Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-13

| said that Bert Lytell's shows disap
point rs. think if he should be put
into one of these great shows that other
actors and actresses are in. he would
step into line with Rudie Valentino.
"A few weeks ago you found mis-
! take in my letter. The word late,
and you said meant recent | did
In the ordinary sense. but if You will
take out your Webster you will sec
that recent means late and vice
versa. But / know ] am wrong. be-
cause every ore uses the word recent
TO express that idea. And you also
asked mo il | meant dead from the
neck up | didn't then, but l do now.
As forcefully have said before. | think
the movies nowadays arc--wcll-not at
land everything else. Don't you agree
with me4 If it's not the movie it is
the director or writer who is dead from
the neck up
Most of the stars do not want their
home addresses given. Tom Mix lives
'nt 5S41 Carlton Way. Hollywood; Mary
Miles Mintor at 101 New Hampshire
boulevard. Hollywood: Bebe Daniels al
1901 West Adams street, Los Angeles
Eugene OI'ricn can be addressed a. the
Players Club. New York. and Richard
Dix care of GOldwyn, Culver City. Cal.
Jeanie MACPHERSON wrote Saturday
Night" and l hope she and Sissy De-
Mile are properly ashamed of it. I'm
not prepared to believe what your friend
says about that treStle scene. Even il
1t is true. it was not "craZy' mis-
take BY any means. Mighty few pho
| topayS are filmed exactly according to
scenario. In almost every case acci-
dents happen or new IDEAS occur and
the script is adapted to suit. don't
see what would have happened if the
car had gone all the way across The
| tr"stle without stalling. The stalline
| bilty to the chauffeur and the girI
falling in love with each other. II
was unbelievable enough. anyway.
You are at perfect liberty TO like
Nazimova all you want TO. But it,
the point wherc you'll realize how bad
she has been in all her recent pictures
And ! don't think every one disagrees
with me about her. ] should say the
fans are about fifty fifty. But II
tell you one thing l notice; the fans
whose letters generally indicate tht
most education and intelligence don't
| like her.
| And, unfortunately for your opinion
of my intelligence. I don't agree will
you about the movies being in hope
| less condition. ] think they have i'm
proved wonderfully just in tho past 81,
months. Let's make a little compari.
! son.
Last Sunday ! rode by troll v!
can't afford an auto--fron. Camden t.
Beverly, y. j. Having a certain per,
Sonal interest in home building. | LOOKED
At every home along the route. W,
! passed, at conservative estimate. ;
. thousand homes. Out Of that thousand
! | found just two with sufficient origi
nality or beauty to interest me. ] fine
more than two movies out Of thou.
sand that satisfy me. Yet architect!
have been planning homes for centuries
/ have seen every stage play thi
season. l don't think there have beer
more than n dozen that ] would cal
really satisfactory. | find bette
ratio of pictures. Yet dramaiists hav,
had centuries in which to- perfect thei
art--and the movies have had barell
twenty years.
get mixed up with n lot Of paint
lngs one way or another. | find abou
one in thousand really worth while