Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1928-Jan 1929)

r<* Betty to have as many flirtations as she can manage. It's good training," saysMrs. Wallace Reid. "The danger depends on whether or not you're afraid of marriage," puts in Arthur Lubin. "I always feel more romantic when the weather is fine, so summertime would be more hazardous if I were in the East. In England the proper season would be April, and I understand that winter in Japan is delightful. In California, there's good flirting weather all year round." Richard Dix declares that he has tried to make something serious out of flirtation more than once, but failed every time, so he can't see why they should be considered dangerous. "They are a relaxation," agrees Lois Wilson, "a change from studio sets. Say, we go to the shore for a vacation. Here's a new scene and a new leading man, a moon and a warm, fragrant breeze. It's the hero's role to come forward with a Where have you been all my life?' look, and the heroine's part to respond with a 'Just waiting for you to show up' expression. With the end of vacation, the play is over." Fritzi Ridgway sounds a warning to those who take flirtations lightly. "It was summer," she relates. "I made a personal appearance at a theater showing 'The Old Homestead.' Constantin Bakaleinakof was conducting the orchestra. We had a whirlwind flirtation. In three days he proposed and we were married. We're still married, though that is six years ago." "How can one find the true love if flirtations are not encouraged?" Sue Carol wants to know. "They're a tonic after fifty weeks of work," laughs Marian Nixon. "They're not only harmless, but nice." Virginia Valli insists that of course flirtations are dangerous ; that's why we enjoy them. There's no fun in flirting with the staid next-door neighbor — the other party to the romance must be a stranger — here today and gone tomorrow, zzlt's the risk of the thing's becoming serious that puts the kick in the game. "A moonstroke is as dangerous as a sunstroke," cautions Charlie Byer. "One can say and do the most extraordinary things to an attractive person of the opposite sex under the influence of mellow moonlight. Cupid becomes tricky in summer — so beware !" But Andres de Segurola thinks a summer without a flirtation would be a frightful bore. Everyone who goes for a few weeks' outing is secretly hoping for a bit of romance. "There's no stopping the things after they start, though," mourns Carmel Myers. "They're fascinating, but oh, my !" Over on the Fox lot, it's a draw. The men think flirtations dangerous and the girls laugh at the idea. "No more dangerous than TNT," is George O'Brien's opinion. "Why pick on summer?" sighs Edmund Lowe. "You usually need to send out an SOS before the thing's over," contributes Charlie Farrell, and Victor McLaglen sagely remarks : "Some are and some aren't. Don't take a chance." "Part of life's curriculum!" laughs Lois Moran, while Janet Gaynor and Madge Bellamy agree that tinsel romance should be taken as lightly as "Forty — Love!" in tennis. "They start out innocently," confides William Haines. "Girls pretend to be in fun, but there's always dirty work afoot and every girl hopes the tennis match is going to end up at the altar." Our Gift to You HERE is your opportunity to get a framed photograph of your favorite star. As a special gift to you, we will send you, with a one-year subscription to MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE or MOTION PICTURE CLASSIC, one beautifully finished 8 x 10-inch photograph of your favorite star (select from the list of stars below) mounted in a very attractive art frame with easel. The frame is finished in a very pretty shade of silver gray. 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