Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-26
THE MOVIE FANS LETTER.BOX
BY HENRY M. NEELY

Jane c. writes: ''Hurrah for you
/ must say that I'm glad to hear one
person honest enough to say that Mary
Pickford bores them to extinction. She
affects me the same way. Those curls
and that sweet, sticky smile and her
kittenish way Of kicking up her heels
are the limit. but ! used to be afraid to
3 say so for fear l would be considered
queer. I'm an ardent movie fan and
enjoy your Letter Box so much. espe
cially when there is a controversy on
And i was glad TO get some ones opin
ion of Gareth Hughes in Sentimental
Tommy. / thought he was awful, bCt
as | had never heard him criticized be =
fore. decided | didn't know good act
ing when ] saw it. All the critics in
the movie magazines gave him a great
deal of praise.
Here's hoping you won't be tarrcd
and feathercd for saying what you did
about Mary Pickford, but even il you
are, please don't lose your courage aud
quit expressing your opinions, as |
like so well TO hear them. They always
agree with mine-and it is 80 seldom
that happens.
Anna ReynOlds-Address Vera Cor
don. care Cosmopolitan Studios. Second
avenue ana 10th street, New York.
Augustine BtShop-VaIentino' screen
appearances include the following pho
toplays: With Mae Murray in The
Big Little Person and Delicious Lit
tie Devil" with UnivcrsaI's Society
Sensation" and "All Night" with
Dorothy Cish in Out of Luck" with
Clara Kimhall Young in Eyes of
Youth" with Dorothy Phillips in Am
bition," with Metro in THE Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse, I'm
charter Seas" Camille" The Con-
quering Power with Selznick in The
Wonderful Chance" with Universal in
''Once 70 Every Woman" with LasS =
IN Moran Of the Lady Lefty" Be
yond the Rocks" (neither one of which
has yet been released, and is now
working in a film version Of Ibanez' 5
Blood and Sand" which Otis Skin =
this season. Valentino was on the
stage and was with a company which
closed its tour in los Angeles. He was
naturally attracted TO the chance Of
getting n job in the movie studios and
that's how he got his start. June Ma =
this, who wrote the continuity for The
-Four llOrsemen, mad been impressed
with his performance in Eyes OF
Youth" and suggested him to Rex In
gram, the director, for the part of Julio.
That's where he got his introduction
10 fame. Max Linder is now in Cal.
fornia making a burlesque on The
Three Musketeers.
NJ. c.. 29I1 North Twenty. sixth
street valentino was not in The
Passion Flower" The cast was Norma
Talmage, Courtenay Foote, Eulalie
Jensen. Harrison Ford, Charles Steven
son. Alice May, Herbert Vance. II. d.
Mcclellan, Austin Harrison, Robert
Agnew. Robert Harold Stern, Natalie
Talmadge, Mrs. Jacques Martin, Elsa
Fredericks, Robert Payton Gibbs, An
gustus Balfour, Walter Wilson. Mil
dred Adams, Julian Greer, Edward
Boring.
B. L. E.-It is customary TO ipclosc
twenty FIVE cents for each photograph
Of star. Some of them answer their
letters personally and some do not. 1t
usually depends on the amount of fan
mail they get.
A Fan-For the umpteenth time-ad =
dress Valentino care Lasky Studio,
Hollywood, Calf. think must have
printed that at least fifty times in the
last two or three months.
Saydee-The answers to two other
letters vii give you the information you
ask about Valentino.
Sally-Oh. yes; Wally Reid is very
much married and has fine youngster,
William Wallace, Jr. His wife was
tand again isl known on the screen as
Dorothy Davenport. Address him care
OF Lasky Studio, Hollywood.
Samuel Stricisstem writes-''My at
tcntion has been called TO an article
concerning the action of a certain young
man during the appearances of the
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