Picture Play Magazine (Jul - Dec 1929)

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71 Seena Owen is the personification of worldly allure and sartorial gorgeousness. Tkey Star? to wear gorgeous costumes — why is it that Often their beauty overshadows that of the course of the flashing comet, never the fixed explains why they are not to be pitied, envied. Chamberlin unusual creations which befit her sinuous grace. She has even starred once or twice, but alas, she is not the type to star. She must furnish always the color relief, she must trail in greens and scarlets through cushion-strewn apartments, posing — but, oh, so beautifully ! Gwen Lee, Dorothy Sebastian, and Jane Winton are all unusually attractive, are types which cause more than ordinary attention. They, too, have been subjected to the holiday poses, but have survived them by reason of their distinctive personalities. Gwen Lee, blond and vivacious, with narrow, flirtatious eyes. Can you forget the touches of color she lent to "The Actress"? Or alluring Dorothy Sebastian to "The Demi-bride"? Or fascinating Jane Winton to "The Patsy"? Lupe Yelez and Eve Southern both promise dramatic ability, as well as colorful personalities. Both these girls made their initial appearance in "The Gaucho." Lupe, fiery, vivid, like a flashing crimson poppy, snapping her way through a role of madcap abandon; Eve, aloof and tall, dark and dreamy — seen to excellent advantage in "The Naughty Duchess." And that glittering spark of fire, Baclanova — color, vivid, like cold sunlight, and marvelous histrionic ability. <^ij'r Then there is Anna May Wong, the little Chinese-American actress. She has won fame and favor, but she can never be a star in American pictures. She must ever be the frail Oriental flower, dancing before a lacquered screen, almond eyes slanting a bit sadly behind her carvedivory fan. But can you forget the vivid touches of color she lent to "Across to Singapore," and The Chinese Par Photo by Froulich Anna May Wong never fails to furnish colorful Oriental beauty to any role she plays. Myrna Loy has every attribute of stardom, but destiny denies it to her. rot" ? Or as the alluring slave girl in "The Thief of Bagdad"? Carmel Myers has slunk her way sinuously through more than one picture. But she cannot be a star, either. She is that type you "love to hate." The woman you love to see fall to her fate amid a swirl of fringe and a shimmer of silk. And so Carmel Myers in sweeping gowns and white wigs, will lure and be rejected. If you see Renee Adorce in peasant patches, or Norma Shearer in a tailored suit. Carmel Myers may be just around the corner as a glittering countess. Can you forget her Iras, the perfumed temptress, in "Ben-Hur"? The regal Betty Blythe, who has descended from the gilded throne she occupied in "The Queen of Sheba." still finds opportunity occasionally to play ladies of