Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-24

Several Readers have recently sug
gested some of the Jeffery Farnol books
as good photoplay material. j am par.
ticularly glad to be able to print the
following letter from II. Dudley Haw-
lev. 100 West Forty fourth street:
"I have read in your column the agi-
tation of the fans to secure The ANA.
teur Gentleman and Broad Highway
for the screen. As I represent Mr.. Far
nol'e interests in this country, and am
therefore anxious TO place his works in
hands that will best represent them,
NAV I ask you to 60 a step further and
secure from your readers their choice
az star most capable Of portrasing either
Peter or the Amateur Gentleman 7!
$50 there's your chance to boost the
ilea along, WHO is nominated Tor the
!,arts mentioned:)
kata n. writes--"I wrote to you
about three weeks ago and asked you
pointblank whether you were man
nr a woman. I never saw an answer
TO my letter. but, as ! am not par.
iicularly easy person to squeich' 1 am
coming back anyway.
TN berin With, want to tell you
;hat / agree with you entirely as re-
cards Charlie Chaplin. ] think he is
wonder. particularly IL his role in life
MS the loneliest man in the world Is NOT
4, nose. l should like to see him minus
The custard pies, mustache and III mt
ting clothes and cast in tragedy role.
2. There are a few actors and actor
i;nes on the screen that l like; there
are A vast majority that am indifer-
INT 10 and there are many that do not
sikc, but, startling as it may sound, !
have no real favorites.
"Rodolph of the polished hair /
,hink might be good actor: but ne
is going the way Of many others and
becoming a matinee idol. I had, OF
course, read The Four Horsemen' and
i went to the movie expecting to be
disappointed. most certainly was not;
Valentines acting in The Shetk. l
think, was very good, but do not like
Agnes Ayres much and did not think
the story was particularly good. have
not read the book, but l always want
10 leave before a play OF that kind Is
over. Laugh il you please-I am used
to it--but I do not like Arabs who turn
ont In be Europeans. The only play
Of that kind that I really enjoyed was
II. b. Warmers The Man Who Turned
White liked 1t because one knew
in the beginning that the Arab was
Enslish and 1t did not lead up to bril-.
liant climax, only to slump.
"Do you not like Jack Holt. Fl. B.
Warner, House Peters. Monte Blue,
Sessue Hayakawa, Ethel Clayton, Elsie
Ferguson. Alice Joyce, Lois Wilson and
Lila Lee? ] think they are excellent,
hut, oh, the 'sameness' Of nearly every
actor on the screen The role of ego
seems to be the stopping point Of most
Of them, and yet there are many others,
whose names l cannot think Of jus,
now, that l could add to my list OF
good ones.
"But, really. just so | do not have to
see Mary Pickford. Marguerite Clark
Mabel Normand. Richard Barthelmess
Mary Carr and the Gish girls do not
care particularly. But the Gishes were
good In Orphans of the Storm par
ticularly Dorothy. Don't you think SO
But wasn't Wallace Reid's acting in
Peter Ibbetson' revelation?
"I wonder If you have read this far
Just few questions before stop.
"How do you make those who read
your column feel that you are Mr.
Nicely and not just an answer man-s
machine for grinding out answers 10 foo
questions? But. granting this, can yor
explain to Inc how any girl out of ar
insane asylum can write to a perfect
strange man and rave like an idio
over another perfectly strange man
And how can any girl fall in love witt
a man whose voice she has never heard
"One more and I'll stop. Don't 20,
think Over the Hill was the-dckens
Am coming again If you will allow me
"P. S.-I envy you. You must ge
lots of laughs at the expense of Fans
Letters including this one. BY th'
way, don't you think Nazimova is {
dancer first and actress second? ] lik'
her."
mo. ] don't get laughs at the expense
Of the fan letters. They are chock -ful
of human interest and they frequently
saw nice things TO me, as you have
done. which is pleasing to my over
weening vanity. or else. like recent
one, they tell me thar am too narrow
minded to be interesting and only .
psthetic imitation Of the real. simon
Jure, original answer man In one oi
fbe fan magazines. which is stimulating
and makes me take account Of myself IL
changing for the better.
I'm glad to say l don't like Nazi-
nova in any OF her recent pictures. II
nlrases me to say that because it's the
bs,ly thing in your letter that makes me
ftricusly disagree with you and love
a. li6nsrec With peop,e. Oh. ycs--and
~ can dimgrec on your admiration for
lrphapR ef .ths atosm' and your die.