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The World's Leading Motion Picture Publication
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Contents
Vol. XXXV
For
January
1929
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James R. Quirk
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The High-Lights of This Issue
Cover Design Charles Sheldon
Madge Bellamy — Painted from Lite
As We Go to Press 6
Last Minute News from East and West
Brickbats and Bouquets 8
The Voice ot the Fan
Brief Reviews of Current Pictures 10
A Guide to Your Evening's Entertainment
Recipes for Party Hostesses 15
Let Photoplay's Cook Book Be Your Guide
Friendly Advice on Girls' Problems
Carolyn Van Wyck 16 Photoplay's Personal Service Department
Close-Ups and Long Shots James R. Quirk 27
The Editor Tells You What's What and Who Without Fear or Favor
Sonny Boy Tad Hastings 29
Little Davey Lee Follows Brother Frankie to Fame
Diet — The Menace of Hollywood
Katherine Albert 30 Typical "Star" Luncheons Are Fatal to Health and Happiness
Girl Wanted — No Experience Required
Cal York 34
Charlie Chaplin Picks — Literally Out of the Sky — a New Leading Lady
The Studio Murder Mystery The Edingtons 36
Two Conflicting Confessions Baffle the Police. There's $3,000 for Solutions of This Crime
Here Are Winners of $5,000 Contest 40
Awards Made for Photoplay's Annual Cut Picture Puzzles
The Stars That Never Were
Margaret E. Sangster 44 Chinese New Year — A True Story ot Hollywood
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Gossip of All the Studios Cal York
What the Film Folk Are Doing and Saying
My Life — So Far As told to Dorothy Spensley Janet Gaynor Relates Her Hollywood Experiences
The Shadow Stage
Reviews of Latest Silent and Sound Pictures
What Do You Mean — Intellectual?
Katherine Albert
Aileen Pringle Hates to Be Tagged "The Darling of the Intelligentsia"
Conrad in Quest of a Voice Mark Larkin
Wherein Mr. Nagel Talks About the Talkies
Doug's Ofifice Boy Makes Good Cal York 63
But Barry Norton Did It on the Screen — Not Behind a Desk
Photoplay Reviews the Film Year
Frederick James Smith
Fifteen Stars and Players Scored More Than One Best Performance in Photoplay During 1928 '
Good Girl (Fiction Story) Alice L. Tildesley
Ken Laurel's Heart Stood Still for Years, Until —
Amateur Movies Frederick James Smith
Interest Grows in Photoplay's $2,000 Contest
How to Make a Winter Hat for $3.50
Lois Shirley Esther Ralston Demonstrates the Way
"Imagine My Embarrassment — "
Vernon Bailey How Don Terry, Tourist, Found Out That He Was "Just the Type"
Questions and Answers The Answer Man
What You Want to Know About Films and Film Folk
Casts of Current Photoplays
Complete lor Every Picture Reviewed in This Issue
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A complete list of all photoplays reviewed in the Shadow Stage this issue will be found on page 12
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Published monthly by the Photoplay Publishing Co.
Editorial Offices, 221 W. 57th St., New York City Publishing Oflice, 750 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, III
The International News Company. Ltd.. Distributing Agents. 5 Bream's Building. London. England
James R. Quirk, President Robert M. Eastman. Vice-President Kathryn Dougherty, Secretary and Treasurer
Yearly Subscription: S2.50 in the United States, its dependencies. Mexico and Cuba; S3. 00 Canada; S3. .SO to foreiijtn countries. Remittances
should be made by check, or jiostal or express money order. Caution— Do not subscribe through persons unknown to you.
Entered as second-class matter April 24. 1912. at the Postofflce at Chlcaso. III., under the .Act of March 3. 1879.
Copyright. 1928. by the Photoplay Publishing Company. Chicago.