Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-24
THE MOVIE FANS LETTER.BOX
By HENRY M. NEELY

think you are mistaken about
Salome.' Nazimova is going to do it,
but | don't think 1t has yet been filmed.
IL I'm mistaken in this, some of the
| fans Will correct me, so watch the
| column.
George j. Wilson. 1903 n. Bouvier
street, writes-"Here l am writing to
! you again for some more information.
| What has happened to the Betzwood
Film Company, at Betzwood, Pa?
"You were one Of the men who helped
run the EVENING PUBLro LEDGER
Movie Beauty Contest, weren't you?
lAnd I'll bet YOU also ran the Limerick
Contestant / right or wrongly
well, now, I'll run back to where |
started. You remember the day the
'Toonervile' people invited everybody
up to inspect the studio and also help
complete picture I'm pretty sure
It was Sunday, June 81, 1920. Well,
was one Of the many who accepted
their invite and must say l had a
Grand time watching Dan Mason,
The Skipper and Katrinka and Mr.
6angS (but was very much disappointed
IN him and also disappointed in Betty
Boveel, and the rest of the company
ably directed by Ira VI. Lowry. Bob
Maxwell was also there playing on the
bonneville Nine. Well, everything
went along fine-no trouble or anything
to mar the day, but here's what ! want
10 know: BY the time you publish this
it will be January 81, 1922, which will
make 1t Just seven months since they
started that two reel comedy.
Surely 1t doesn't take seven months
to finish two-reel comedy. l know
1t takes time to make a good comedy.
but not for "Toonerville.' I've seen
one in town this week called The Toon-
erville Tangle,' and If it wasn't for
Ralph Spence and Dan Mason mot to
forget the trolley carr what would
there be to the picture? The hero,
heroine, Bangs. Katrinka and the rest
OF the company just act fSe bunch Of
amateurs excepting the villain, who
was the most natural person in the
whole picture.)
IF you can get any information
concerning the comedy in question,
will be very much obliged to you. There
was no title given out when they were
making 1t.
"And one more question, then I'll
give you a rest. Where Is Madelaine
Starhill. the winner of the Beauty Con-
test How many comedies did she play
in! What are their titles? What is
Miss starhill doing at present?
II guess I'll stop asking you questions
now and wish you luck with your
Film Faults. You said to send in
any mistakes you see in pictures You
Just wait until the fans start sending
in film faults you'll never be
able to publish halt Of them. You
know in the early part Of last year a
ian magazine put notice in the maga-
zine saying they would pay dollar for
every fault found in the pictures. Two
months later another notice appeared
saying that Judging by the amount of
faults coming in from fans the movies"
must be nothing but lot of mistakes in
every picture l think you'll have to
do the same.
Am glad to see you have dropped the
Rudolph Valentino affair. Good radiance
to bad rubbish
by the way, have you seen the trade |
press write-ups of Universal's Foolish |
Wives by Eric Won Strohelm? Look in |
the Moving Picture World for January
Il and see what they say about the
million dollar production.
(The Betzwood Film Company has
suspended production for the time being. |
As to the Movie Beauty Contest and !
the Limerick COntest-when u man re
forms and tries to live down his past, |
why rake up his old sins and reproach |
him with them? The Toonerville film |
you helped to make was called "The !
Tooneryille Blues" 1t was intended
to put 1t out as a FIVE reel feature, but !
later they decided to cut it into two
reels: That's what has taken so long
the decision, not the cutting. 1t hasn't
been released yet.
Miss Starhill worked in four come
dies at Betzwood-as an extra In two.
IN small part in one and as ingenue
lead In another. The last was called |
The bonneville Bank Robbery" The |
small bit was in THE Toonervillc
iold-Cp." None of these has vet
been shown in public. Miss Starhill de- !
CClded just last week to accept a very
hattering offer she has had to 20 on the
stage Unfortunately, am under
promise not to give details until it is
announced, so / cannot tell you any
more. Yes; I've seen the trade press
comment on Foolish Wives" But I
seldom pay much attention to those re-
views. / prefer TO see the films myself
ana form my own Opinions.)