Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-25


throw bricks. but while have the floor
Oif I do get my feet on hard woodD do
allow me to pick the largest sized brick
ont Of the dump and huri it at Bill
Farnum. do think he is the most
posy.' concpitcd male who has ever
been on the stage. When he begins to
roll his eyes and look pretty | feel like
doing something violent.
We live in village of almost two
hundred souls. Our movie is part of
the local grocery store and the pro-
prictor gets nothing but Fox films, SO we
are fed three times week on Tom Mix.
! Buck Jones. Farnum and the rest of the
'Sacs and Foxes tribe. So. through
! force of circumstances I have had an
awful dose of Bill Farnum and don't
know which part he Is worse in-thc
! fat, middlc-aged cowboy or the Wall
Street financial wizard. Which is the
most improbable:
II want to ask some questions abou,
a certain movie magazine DO you
answer such questions or. IL you do not :.
can you give me the address of some
one TO write to in reference TO the
! information | want
What kind of questions do you
want to ask about that magazine: :
Send 'em on and, II | cant answer
ON. I'll try to find some one who can.
Much obliged for expressing my opinion
of Bill Farnum.l
"B. D." writes: II was interested
in the letter of Gordon Jim in your
department. and your replies 10 H.,
questions. But | think YOU are in error
about Blanche Sweet. Unless | am very
> much mistaken. she was playing in the
legitimate between 1907 and 1909. il
! fact, if YOU will look in the files
think you'll find that she appeared rs
, Il 'wronged girl in some melodrama
the name Of which escapes me. in this
city. ] recall reading n review of tbs
: show ana seeing her picture printed ii
! one Of th" Sunday papers.
, 'ioU cite Mr.. Griffith'S official bi.
: ography 10 prove your point. but
, assure YOU that volume if you refer
! TO the one compiled by Robert Edgar
Long has more than one error in It
Griffith did not become Il dirrc!or uni
1905, the wear. think, IN which he
made The Adventures Of Dolly il
which his wife, Linda, was the prln'
t cipol player.
! All this is of no Impotence bu
l II might interest veteran movi" fans
= of whom | am one. The first l'iorrapi
t pirtur" in which ! remember to hay,
seen blanche Sweet was All ON Ac.
, count Of tn" Milk Mary Pirkford, the
tin straight comedy rolcI and Juci
. lckford who was then in shor
= trousers, We're also in it.
a 'NIvinn Prescott married maj
connected with automobiles in some wa,
and retired. She had talent and wa,
: an unusual personality.
!; by the way. will you tell me wha
l hns necome Of Dorothy Bernard. Doro
. NY West. the Cotton girls. and Mariol
>unahinc-a!l Griffith protescS:'
In order to settle the Blanche Swrn
= controversy authoritatircly. | sent thi
t !"ttcr to Griftth's personal representa-
4 tive IN New York. His answer is:
As far as We know. Blanche Swpe
used TO be- one of the dancers witt
Gcrtrude IIoffmann and I undcrstun
had been n chorus girl before that. W
/ have no record that she was ever rcall
Z in drama on the stage.
" All on Account of the Mix
n was not directed by Mr.. Griffith, bu
II by Frank Powell Un Ter Mr.. Griffith
II direction. blanche Sweet was in it.
Il "Ausw"ring the last part. Doroth
= h'rnUll II sun III motion pictures.
s think she played part in 'Littl
n Women,
"Dorothy West has RETIRED
T.. "rhe Cotton girls are still IN pie
I lures and ! think played in 'Disraell
@ marion Sunshine is still active nn
!" j. now playing on the stage IN TT
d Blue Kitten. -
- Betty writes: II disagree with 20
:, heartily on Gloria Swanson. ! bet She
- Just A. mic" and sweet a. can be
~ real life. What if she docs not a,
~ Just rs YOU Ike her TO: She does
- the director tells her to and She pleas,
IT some people, though she does rXaggcrnr
Som"times What else can She do?
+, think she looked better AZ "A little gi
ID in Beyond tho Rocks than a won
an. Don't you: How tall * she
III II Ngre" with you. though, about Va
;" Strohcim and his picture. If there
Ic one man | hate it's Won Strohcim.
ID Does Alice Terry really wear
] wig in her picturesf II she does, VIII;
color is her hair: Please put in
picture Of her.
o.. II think saw you tho other day
-, little old man with a bald head al
m blue eyes. No: you weren't exact
" bald: just little hair around ii
ears ES-TU.
Id Il wouldn't call my eyes exact
L. blue thar j.. not light blue But Il
h" rest of the description We'll let stan
re | think Gloria Swanson would loo
nd better as anything than a. Il 'woma
nl But the question is: hi she look Ill
az a little girl in 'i!"yoad Tie Rocks
I know what think she looked .lils
a.. but the boss won't let me usJt tn