Photoplay (Oct 1917 - Mar 1918)

i6 Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section j4><4> V V My friends asked me to write a book. I did. It's not a book of jokes, but a message from me to you. Laugh and Live Is the name of his new book DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS set the world to laughing and has kept himself happy and well. His book will inspire you. It gives life a new meaning. You will find it most helpful towards your own success and happiness. Beautifully illustrated with eighteen intimate action photographs of the author. It is like a charming visit with one of the most admired and best loved men in public life. Here's what the country thinks of "Laugh and Live.79 The Los Angeles Times say s "Douglas Fairbanks' 'Laugh and Live* gives something practical to live by. It is clean, inspirational, and bubbling over with good humor," The Pittsburgh Leader says : "It is for people of all ages, — young men starting out — and their elders of both sexes who have need of the right sort of optimism. " The Spokesman Review says: "Douglas Fairbanks lives the life he preaches, consequently it will appeal as well as invigorate. It is just the book for young men >tarting out in life." The Springfield Union says: "If this great inspirational book doesn't develop into the finest sort of best seller the American public is losing its taste." For sale everywhere. Library edition $1.00 net. Special bindings— Khaki for the boys going to the front(fits the pocket) $1.00 net. Leather (boxed) $2.00 net. Ooze (boxed) S2.50 net. Postage extra 10 cents. Get it. Read it. BRITTON PUBLISHING CO., N. Y. books over here are picked to please three totally different moods that ,most everybody has. If you care for superb fiction read THE ROAD OF AMBITION a great novel by ELAINE STERNE of which the New York Tribune says: "TT'S a big story about a A big man who did big things in a big way." A story that casts a veritable spell over the reader. A man's book — a woman's book — a story for both the masses and the classes. Over 300 literary editors praise this novel. Here is what a few of them say about this great book. The Pittsburgh Press says: "One is owed by the bigness and vitality of this book which fairly shakes with power. It is the bestnovel in years." The Atlanta Constitution says: "Miss Sterne has written a great big American novel of wonderful magnitude about a real man." The New \ork World says: *'A story vividly and richly human, dashing, completely convincing." The Philadelphia Press says: "It is seldom that a novel is characterized by such a keen sense of dramatic values, deftness in dialogue, and skill in characterization." All Bookstores Price $1.35 net—Postage 12 cents THE CASE OF MARY SHERMAN by Jasper Ewing Brady If you like a rapid fire romance full of mystery — love — fight — detective work, this is your book. All Bookstores 81.35 Net Postage extra 12 cents A THOUSAND WAYS TO PLEASE A HUSBAND A Wonderfully Pleasing Gift Book by Louise Bennett Weaver and Helen Cowles Le Cron AN instantaneous hit because, under the guise of romance a most delightful and unusual cook book comes into being. Running through it is a little story about "Bettina" and how she made a real home for her "Bob." It's The Romance of Cookery and the inspiration of housekeeping It's all sensible, simple and precise — you can't go wrong — and best of all it's very economical and not full of scientific terms like "proteids," "calories" and words like that. Tells two people in particular and small families in general exactly what to do and how to do it. 479 pages Extra illustrated $1.50 net Postage 12 cents BRITTON PUBLISHING CO., N. Y. Annie Fellows Johnston's "Georgina of the Rainbows" now selling in beautiful popular edition — 60 cents. Every advertisement in PHOTOPLAY MACAZIXE is guaranteed.