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Modern Screen
"Tonight" . . .
Tsarakov murmured
TSARAKOV, the mad genius, plotted! Nothing must stand in the way of his success. And what a success — for the great dancer he had hoped to be, danced on another's legs!
A cripple, he could never attain the ambition which dominated all his dreams. Instead he reared Fedor, a small boy whom he had rescued from a cruel foster father, and made a great dancer of him.
But Tsarakov erred, for he was molding more than clay. He had not counted on living, breathing, pulsating youth — and love. And when the lovely Nana captured Fedor's heart, Tsarakov shuddered at the thought of a ruined career — his career.
Yes, he won his point. He parted the pair . . . but at what a price . . . and with what permanence?
You'll thrill to the story of John Barrymore's newest masterpiece, "THE MAD GENIUS." In every page you'll see his figure, as the ruthless Tsarakov, limping through this powerful story. It's in the December
Screen Romances — on sale now.
You'll find, too, the complete stories of many other leading motion picture hits of the month in the same issue:
"THE GUARDSMAN," for instance, the first motion picture to be made by that famous pair, Alfred hunt and Lynn Fontanne, It's the cleverest story you've read in years!
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"DEVOTION," in which Ann Harding and Leslie Howard demonstrate what happens when a beautiful young girl masquerades as a plain, middle-aged governess to be near the man she loves.
"THE RULING VOICE," featuring Walter Huston in the hard-boiled role of a big racketeer. Loretta Young plays his daughter, and David Manners, Doris Kenyon, and Dudley Digges are in the supporting cast.
"LASCA OF THE RIO GRANDE," a passionate story of border love, in which Leo Carillo as a weallhy half-breed, and John Mack Brown as a Texas Ranger, form two sides of the eternal triangle. Dorothy Burgess is the other side.
Other stories in the same issue include "THE ROAD TO SINGAPORE," William Powell's first picture for Warner Brothers; "RICH MAN'S FOLLY," George Bancroft's first picture in much-too-long-atime; "HELL DIVERS," a navy story featuring Clark Gable, Dorothy Jordan, and Wallace Beery; "WICKED" a most interesting story for Elissa Landi and Victor MacLaglen.
If you haven't discovered Sckekn ROMANCES yet, you're in for a new delight. It is a different kind of movie magazine because it is the only all-screen-fiction magazine. Buy it this month — for hours of absorbing reading, and know all about the stories that everybody's talking about. GET YOUR COPY TODAY!
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