Photoplay/Volume 36/Issue 2

 

The World's Leading Motion Picture Publication PHOTOPLAY FREDERICK JAMES SMITH
MANAGING EDITOR MARK LARKIN
WESTERN EDITOR Contents For July 1929

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The High-Lights of This Issue

Cover Design		Earl Christy
	Bessie Love—Painted from Life
As We Go to Press			6
	Last Minute News from East and West
Brief Reviews of Current Pictures			8
	A Guide to Your Evening's Entertainment
Brickbats and Bouquets			10
	The Voice of the Fan
Friendly Advice on Girls' Problems		Carolyn Van Wyck	14
	Photoplay's Personal Service Department
What Was the Best Picture of 1928?			16
	Have You Cast Your Ballot for the Photoplay Medal of Honor?
Close-Ups and Long Shots		James R. Quirk	27
	The Editor Tells You What's What and Who Without Fear or Favor
Little Alabam		Katherine Albert	29
	A Picture of the "Other Side" of Dorothy Sebastian
The Girl Jack Gilbert Married		Ruth Waterbury	30
	You'll Love Ina Claire Just as You Love Jack
The Truth About Voice Doubling		Mark Larkin	32
	The Why and How of It
My Boy Buddy		B. H. Rogers	34
	Father Rogers Tells His Story
A Jungle Lorelei		Herbert Howe	36
	Nina May, the New Colored Wonder
The Butterfly Man and the Little Clown		Adela Rogers St. Johns	38
	The Sad Love Story of Lew Cody and Mabel Normand
She Prayed for the Part		Frank Pope	40
	And Winifred Westover Won the Title Rôle in "Lummox"
Lucky Amateur Detectives			41
	Here Are the Winners in The Studio Murder Mystery Contest
That Awkward Length			42
	This Will Help You Solve the Problem of Growing Out Gracefully
Rosie Rolls Her Eyes (Fiction Story)		Stewart Robertson	44
	Here's the First Story of the New Talkie Studios
Gossip of All the Studios		Cal York	48
	What the Film Folk Are Doing and Saying
Trials of the Talkies		Albert Boswell	52
	The "Mikes" Even Hear a Pin Drop
The Shadow Stage			54
	Reviews of the Latest Silent and Sound Pictures
$5,000 in Fifty Cash Prizes			58
	Rules in Photoplay's New Cut Picture Puzzle Contest
What Next for Gloria?		Katherine Albert	64
	Swanson's Future Is in the Fans' Hands
The Golden Fleecer (Fiction Story)		Grace Mack	66
	A Modern Jason Does His Stuff
Reeling Around		Leonard Hall	68
Do You Drink Enough Water?		Dr. H. B. K. Willis	69
	Photoplay's Diet Expert Gives the Proper Proportions
How They Manage Their Homes		Alma Whitaker	70
	Mr. and Mrs. Walter Morosco Show You Their New Domicile
Amateur Movies		Frederick James Smith	72
	Film Elimination's Progress in Photoplay's Contest
A Summer Tonic for the Complexion			81
Questions and Answers		The Answer Man	90
Casts of Current Photoplays			141

 

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Contents (not listed in original)

• New Pictures (a selection of photographs of new and upcoming stars).
• The Lawyer for the Defense, by Muriel Babcock (an article on Raymond Hackett).
• Young King Leer, by Leonard Hall (about the actor Chester Morris).
• Silent Clothes for the Talkies, by Janet Aster (a short interview with clothes designer Charles LeMaire).
• Princeton Goes Talkie, by Jay O'Gee (about the introduction of 'talkies' to Princeton).
• Ten Years Ago in Photoplay (a look back at the July 1919 issue).
• Addresses of the Stars (list of contact addresses for Hollywood stars).

• There are several Miscellaneous small items (usually a captioned photograph) used to fill space.

• The issue includes many Advertisements.

 

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Photoplays Reviewed in the Shadow Stage This Issue

Save this magazine—Refer to the criticisms before you pick out your evening's entertainment. Make this your reference list.

	Page
Big Diamond Robbery, The—FBO	134
Bulldog Drummond—Goldwyn-United Artists	54
Come Across—Universal	134
Devil's Chaplain, The—Rayart	134
Duke Steps Out, The—M.-G.-M.	56
Exalted Flapper, The—Fox	134
Eyes of the Underworld—Universal	133
Fox Movietone Follies—Fox	34
Gamblers, The—Warners	133
Girls Gone Wild—Fox	134
Gun Law—FBO	133
Hole in the Wall, The—Paramount	57
Honky-Tonk—Warners	56
Hottentot, The—Warners	134
Innocents of Paris—Paramount	54
Madame X—M.-G.-M.	55
Man I Love, The—Paramount	56
Masked Emotions—Fox	134
Mother's Boy—Pathe	57
Nothing but the Truth—Paramount	56
Not Quite Decent—Fox	57
Our Modern Maidens—M.-G.-M.	54
Pawns of Passion—World Wide	133
Prince of Hearts, The—Imperial	133
Quitter, The—Columbia	133
Rainbow Man, The—Sono-Art-Paramount	56
Roaring Fires—Ellbec	134
Saturday's Children—First National	57
Ship Mates—Educational	134
Squall, The—First National	56
Studio Murder Mystery, The—Paramount	55
Thru Different Eyes—Fox	57
Time, the Place and the Girl, The—Warners	57
Tommy Atkins—World Wide	133
Vagabond Club, The—FBO	134
You Can't Buy Love—Universal	134