Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
cG&s DaiyMovie Magazine
THE MOVIE FANS
LETTERBOX
BY HENRY NJ. NEELY

Dieguito writes: GLOW can any sym.
pathetic person regard Blood ant
Sand with any pleasure, knowing, n,
we now know. of Valentines sufferings
in the making ?-sitting on barrel t.
make up; resting from his emotiona
scenes on n concrete floor: changinl
costumes without even shclterina
Limousine!
But seriously. why not realize the
futility of judging or dealing with the
Latin temperament on Anglo SaXor
terms? You may take it to your heart,
or scorn 1t with dcrision, but there II
remains. with all its weaknesses and
glories. Valentines present attitude is
as characteristic as his glowing eyes
and cleaning tceth-or his acting. At
any rate, it seems to got the lady in
terviewers--they feel the urge to
stroke his hair.' etc. Me, l cant
imagine any substance less tempting to
stroke, can you?
''llooray for you on Theodore Rob :
crts and his personality, but I'm afraid
you won't agree when ! find George
Fawcett cXaggcratedly theatrical in
makeup. though he does get things over
Same for Raymond llatton.
But l like Lucien Littlcfeld. He
does it with his brain, rather than with
grease paint. Can't look forward to
The Old Homestead, though James
Cruze is usually interesting
Il never agree with any ono. so now
l won't agree with you in saying
won't agree with you. | do agree with
you--that is. not in saying won't
agree--oh, gosh ! Let's start over again
and get it straight.
l think l agree with you about Faw-
cett. And l know l agree with you
about Valentino. Especially about
stroking his hair. And III agree with
anything nice any one says about Lucicn
Littlefeld because now he's Constance
Palmer's husband, and any friend of
hers Is friend Of mine. I'm going to
print picture of 'em together In day
or two.
BILLY DUE writes: II made the
acquaintance of the EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER and discovered your very in
teresting Daily Movie Magazine during
the last Limerick Contest, and want to
say that l have enjoyed many leisure
minutes reading your interesting COM
ments among other things. My read
ing time is taken while making two
ten block trolley trips, and | have IL
schedule that always brings me to your
page on my return trip. Between the
sports page and yours. ] hardly know
which | like the most.
Il am not much disposed TO follow
some one elSc's views and let it 60 at
that, but | do agree with you quite per-
fectly on most everything you say, and
when l don't. l just keep 1t to myself.
You have helped me select the best
in pictures and avoid the bad ones and
that alone IS something | would gladly
pay more than two cents to learn. |
might have passed up the Good Pro-
wider and 'Tol'ab David had I
not read your criticism. and those two
pictures l sure would have hated to
miss.
II nm not exactly movie fanatic.
| like the movies lot, but most of the
pictures are so unintereSting that |
fall asleep during the course of their
showing, and therefore stay away from
most of them. But me and my gnl. we
go every Saturday night and get there
about once during the rest of the week.
80 since | only attend about twice Il
week, you see | am not much of n fan.
But sometimes that is more than enough
and | pity those who have to attend
every day.
Me and my gal don't agree very
much on the pictures She judges them
from the angle of nice clothes rather
thnn acting, 50 you can guess who her
fayorites are.
with me the plays the thing I