Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-16
THE MOVIE FANS LETTERBOX
Bv HENRY NJ. NEELY

mail box one big family or club. ! hav,
written to you before. so naturally
take more interest in all of us thar
otherwise.
II have been saving up for ages tt
get enough TO write about. Firstly
want to know IL you saw the 'Prodiga
Judge Didn't you find in it real act
ing! The cast was for the most par
not handsome nor beautiful. but
thought the acting was really excellent
AT the time had been wondering
whether or not grent many movies
are not spur Of the moment stories
with thrillingly bcwitching players tc
cover up their defects. Some of then
are not and among the screen prescnta
tions of the year | think that The
Trodisal Judge was one of the perhaps
least impressionistic. memorable ol
spectacular. but surely one Of the coun :
try's best stories acted by persons who
If they are not already. should be mum
bered among our best actors.
please tell me who took the part OF
the little boy in the aforementioned
How old is he?
ALSO. who wrote 'Molly.O?' Was
it written first as book or especially
!, for the screen!
Where can address Constance
Ialmadge: Don't YOU admire her:'
ct thrills me. TOO. to have us all re.
f"rred to as one family. Just the other
day. printed m awful slam in which
the writer said that my attitude toward
/Foolish Wives and Won Strohcin
was not a calmly critical one. but was
rather that of shepherd guarding his
flock. And | actually considered that
q compliment. Il don't mean TO say that
have any better judgment than the rest
OF you have. Bur 1t just happens that
my business has brought me closer 10
the inside workings Of the movies than
most of YOU get. | know things about
the production of Foolish Wivea'
that simply make me froth at the mouth.
! don't want to have The calmly un
prejudiced viewpoint Of a critic in such
n case. want TO have the right of n
plain ordinary human being TO sec red
and go ont hunting for blood Unfor-
tunately l cannot defend myself in the
"Foolish Wives controversy. The
things on which base my attitude are
simply unprintable.
You are perfect ly right about the act
ing and production in "The PrOdigal
Judge. | thought tn" members of the
cast were especially fne-all except Jean
Page, who seems to me 20 be absolutely
without personal magnetism or emo
tional expressivcncss.
Charles Eaton was the little bow
Wonderful, wasn't he: He is eight
years old. by rhe way. it was he VINO
played Gogo in Peter lbbetson.
Sorry | cannot toll You about the
authorship of "Molly- o." but for some
rcnsor the writer's name was not an.
nounced.
Address Constance Talmadge n,
United Studios. Hollywood. I'm afraid
don admire her ms much as you'd
evidently like me- to-
Several Readers punching the
addresses you all ask for. Rodolf Val
cntino and Wallace Reid. I.asky Studio,
Hollywood; Charles Ray. care Of
Charles Ray Productions. 1925 Flpm-
ing street. Los Angeles: Eric Won
Stroheim at Universal city. Calf. :;
Douglas Fairbanks and Charles Chap
lin. simply Hollywood. Calf. Charles
Odon't call him Buck any more,
Jones and Tom Mix. Fox Studios. IIol-
lywood Snub Pollard and Harold
Lloyd. Hal Roach Studios. Culver City.
Calf. Jackie Coogan, Uni ed Studios.
Hollywood.