Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-25
THE MOVIE FANS LETTER-BOX
Bv HENRY NJ. NETTY

"Old Timer" writes. "You see, I
still address you with all due respect
regardless Of your kind invitation to
call you Hen. Old Top
Nevertheless. the next time I see
t',nt snme old gentleman in thai par
ticular theatre reviewing n first show
ing, I surely will salute you. On your
head be it II l get pinched as a movie
'masher.'
81 was so delighted to see you men
tion Jack Holt as one of your es.
pecial favorites. have always liked
his work. While he isn't as handsome
as some Of our heroes he has a fine,
clean. outdoor look about him that is
attractive.
"Just recently it was my misfortune
to stray into neighborhood theatre
that was showing "A Mans Home
Wasn't 1t awful? All the effort they
wasted about nothing.
"Two regular character folks, Kath-
lyn Williams and Harry Morey, utterly
wasted. Same old 'hokum' used so
many times already that it has whis-
kers. Stern, money mad husband. dig
nified wife, designing young man, pos
q regular drammer.' And when the
d. Y. NJ. asked for money, Kathlyn
instantly snatched off her pearls and
gave them to him. And I said If she
did that was leaving and most surely
did at the first possible moment.
"Why do they always give their
jewels, and why is it always a string
Of 'poils?'
What is the matter with the movies!'
ut has been long time since we
have seen or heard of Tom Forman in
picture. know he has been di:.
recting for Tom Meighan. but wondered
if he had given up the acting end al
| together. Have you heard if he is to
play in anything at all in the near fu-
ture? Always thought lots of him, he
was such quiet, unassuming lad and
played juveniles so we'll Remember
him in the old Lasky pictures about six
or eight years ago?
81 have heard and read the ramblings
Of lots of fans. but have yet to hear a
thing about Will Rogers in your COL
umn. ~
do you like his pictures? To me
he has the Quaintest personality on the
screen today. Far from good looking
and never dressed up, his naive manner
and whimsical smile are as charming
as a youngsters of ten. And in his
emotional parts he is convincing, too.
A friend of mine said: Il never care
to see his pictures; you can see Il
sloppy looking man any time without
going to the movies
II feel sorry that she does not see
farther than patent leather hair and
dress suits. But there is no account
inc for another's taste and undoubtedly
lots of people think the same about
mine.
"Well as I'm an old Timer any
way. maybe | am little peculiar my
self-who knows? You can tell me
after I accost you some day at the
movies.
"One thing I'm certain of; I'm n
rotten penman and If you read all these
letters | write you should get, the
Box award next year
"Adios Hen
"P. S.-Do l bore You to extinction
writing these rambling letters each and
every week hope not; it's really
enjoyment to me.
(You bet you don't bore me. Your
letters are always worth reading. AS
to your penmanship. l guess I've seen
worse-though I'm not sure. 1t would
be all right IL You would make your
So a little different from your 'r''
and If you'd dot your 'i'' and write
the word "is' so that | don't think it's
gu" and write ''hpr' 50 that ] can
tell it from your "his' and, after that,
Use typewriter. But it's oil right ;
don't worry.
Yes, "A Mans Home" wash shurc
shad affair." should shay sho. They
usually wear polls in the movies
because they photograph better than
diamonds. \ diamond gives out tiny
rays of very strong light that cause
what photographers call "halation' on
the negative.
has Just started directing Katherine
Macdonald in her new picture. Will
Rogers isn't exactly the type of male
beauty to appeal to the kind of girl who
goes crazy over Valentino. But l like
him immensely and always have. in
spite of some of his very unsatisfactory
plays. "Che Glorious Day" however,
atones for all Of them
"Dick" writes: Last night / saw
FOOTBALLS and watched it with vary
ing emotions, il l possess such things.
Brabin's conception of party in the
country districts is SO absolutely ridic =
ulous that it left Il bad taste that lin =
gercd through the rest of the picture.
II have spent some of my young life
in the rural districts, especially of
West Virginia, and saw considerable of
their social life and in these days of
big mail -ordcr houses and women's mag
a2ines 1t Is rather difficult to imagine
anything so weird as the characters
shown at the party in FOOTBALLS.
These people have ways and means
of knowing fairly well what is going
on IN the world outside and it is an in
snlt to their intelligence to show them
lacking, In good seisc. tss'
gscTOm Doualas Il extfsmely irritat. .