A COMEDIAN’S “FAN” MAIL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 85, 9 April 1936, Page 10

A COMEDIAN’S “FAN” MAIL.

GIFTS AND ADVICE FOR LLOYD. FATHER OPENS LETTERS. Harold Lloyd’s "fan" mail .lilT r: in type from that of almost evroo oth’i t scremi star, aceorilinc Io his fjither .1 Darsie Lloyd, who over.oes lhe Ope-I ing of lhe comedian's letters. M->.t ■>• his correspondents give him s'lmelliite —story ideas, “grigs.” suggest io'A or information on Ills hobbies- -rvliib the “fans” of other stars ask foi photographs nr tokens of some kind. “Tivc»nty-fonr per rent, of the mm contains sngg'stir, „s for stories.” .\| - Lloyd, senior, stated recently. „ other .12 per cent contains d -s.-ript i.>» ‘oOgs’ that the ronicdimi miglii use. Fifteen per cent, are letters about his wife and children, mid lit pci cent, compliment him on the parity ol his pictures. A further IP per cent are of a general complimentary nature special reference being made Io the latest picture produced. “About three per eent. contain pres ents for the children, and 10 per r ent contain requests for autographs,’’ Mr Lloyd added. “The other five pm cent, is taken up hr those who give and ask advice abotit - Harold ’.< hobbi his microscopic studies, his fl erg, i dens, and his dogs.”