Picture Play Magazine (Jul - Dec 1929)

Over tne Teacups other day, and you can't imagine what she is going to do." "A play," I yawned. "Oh, no." Fanny went on, in superior lashion. "She has gone in for civic pride and social consciousness, and all that. She is organizing a theatrical committee to work for Jimmy Walker's renomination for mayor. All during his campaign, free movies are to he shown in Times Square urging his reelection. Miss Bordoni will probably sing the campaign song in a talkie. Now I ask you, what other candidate can compete with that ?" Unless some other candidate can get Lindbergh to take voters for a ride, I am afraid the election is practically settled as soon as the show begins. "And have you heard that Nancy Carroll is here visiting her home town?" Fanny babbled on. "Only to find that she isn't the only celebrity in the family any more. Her kid sister. Terry, is working in a Pathe musical short, and doing so well that a big success is predicted for her. If the rest of the brothers and sisters follow her example, the Eaton family with its contribution of five to the screen will look like pikers." "Are there as many in Nancy Carroll's family as that?" "Oh, lots and lots of them, and then some more," Fanny replied, with a large gesture. "I've forgotten the exact figure, but it is up in the epic superfeature class. "If Terry wants to establish herself as an individual, and avert all risk of being confused with Nancy, all she will have to do is to appear fully clad in all her photographs." And only the other day Fanny was complaining because Nancy Carroll wears smart clothes with the air of Broadway, rather than of Park Avenue! There is no pleasing some people, unless you happen to be born Gloria Swanson. "Jack Holt and Ralph Graves flew East for the opening of 'Flight,' " Fanny informed me with no great interest. "Columbia wanted Lila Lee to come, too, since she is not only the lead, but the only girl with a prominent part in the picture. But Lila was working, as usual, and couldn't. "Lila Lee and Josephine Dunn are running neck and neck for the record of making the greatest number of pictures this year. Tt must be pretty hard on them working so steadily, but it is great for audiences. "The audience at the Capitol By improving her make-up Lola Lane is now one of the acknowledged beauties of the screen. >' Honunel Evelyn Brent skimmed through New York at such high speed that she just had time to reach the steamer. Theater simply adored Josephine Dunn, in 'Our Modern Maidens.' Just a every one thought silent pictures were a relic of the past, along came that one and drew such crowds that it was held over for another week. "The picture was entertaining, but it was weird after a steady diet of audible films, to have Anita Page strum a ukulele without a sound coming out. "Dolores dil Rio's almost-silent 'Evangeline' has been drawing crowds in Brooklyn, but maybe her personal appearances with the film have something to do with it. Brooklyn has been very polite to her, all things cor ered. The day she was supposed to arrive, the United \rti>ts office gathered up a large crowd of photographers, reporters, official greeters, and people who just went along for the ride, to meet her at the Pennsylvania Station. The train came in. but without Miss del Rio. Without notifying any one, she bad stopped off at Pittsburgh to see Teddy Jo a master of ceremonies who is her currently reported fian< "< >h, well, it got his name in the papers, even if it did .\li-> del Bio in bad with the officials who were waiting t" receive her. "Some one promoted a content that must have been a s> Strain on her disposition. All the girls who had been told by their friends that they bore a startling resemblance to Dol • !el Bio wire invited to meet her. Then she had I I the one that she thought looked most like her, and award ! wrist watch. Well — when she looked at that must have thought that practical joking v, ant. I dare I inui 'I on pagi