Picture Play Magazine (Jul - Dec 1929)

ADV ERT I S I N 0 S ECT 1 0 X 105 has been indicted for murder in New York, but manages to live a lite ot ease outside the law. However, she falls into the clutches of Louis Wolheim, as a rum runner, who knows all about her past. To placate him, she is forced to betray Robert Armstrong, as his rival, who loves her. But it comes out all right, due to the time-honored expedient of a confession from the woman who actually committed the murder. So Lola is free to marry Mr. Armstrong. This sounds like a simple story, and indeed it is not calculated to tax any one's mentality. But it is interesting, nevertheless, because of clever direction and admirable acting and a brief talking-sequence at the end. Russell Gleasotl is capital as an idealistic cub reporter, who chivalrously protects Lola. Jazz After Midnight. "Syncopation" is a combination of song and speech, with just enough plot to keep the music and dialogue from falling apart. But the presence of the band known as Waring's I Vnnsylvanians. playing "Jericho," will prove an attraction to those who like jazz orchestras which feature clowning. As for myself, they're all alike and are a poor substitute for actors. _ To be truthful, however, the actors in this picture are so miscast that the musicians are superior to them. ^ The familiar story has to do with Flo. a dancer, who' deserts her husband because she listens to the persuasions of the suave night-club owner. On discovering that his intentions do not include a wedding ring, she is properly surprised and returns to her hoofer husband, who has been pining for her and is glad to get her back to resume their act. Barbara Bennett, as Flo, is neither convincing as a dancer nor sympathetic as a heroine, and Bobby Watson, who is well known in musical comedy, doesn't suggest a hoofer. Morton Downey, recruited from the night clubs, sings a great deal in a high, thin voice. As the same voice has brought him popularity. I suppose the lack of my applause is because I have no ear for music and no interest in singers minus screen personality. ALFRESCO Here be paths a-winding, Glimpses of far hills. Nymphs in charmed circles, Merry winding rills. Find with me green spaces Where the branches lean Freed from cares, exultant, we Will picnic on the screen. Alice Thorx Frost. The embarrassment that comes with knowledge of this grave social offense is finally ended. An important phase of woman's oldest hygienic problem is now solved. WHERE smart women gather socially — or in business— even the most attractive are guilty of offending others at certain times. Yet they, themselves, seldom realize it. When told, they become miserably self conscious. They try in vain to overcome the difficulty by make-shift methods. Now science offers safe and certain relief from this fear. Kotex now scientifically deodorizes* Millions of women have learned to depend on Kotex within the last ten years. It has brought them better health, greater peace-ofmind under trying conditions. Now comes an added advantage. Kotex chemists have discovered (and patented) a process that absolutely ends all odors. The one remaining problem in connection with sanitary pads is solved ! No more bulky outlines That awful feeling of being conspicuous because of the bulkiness of old-time methods is gone, too. Kotex pads are rounded and tapered so there is no evidence of sanitary protection when worn. You may add or remove layers of filler as needed—a thing all women appreciate. There is a new softness, because both filler and gauze have been specially treated. Finally, Kotex is so easy to dispose of, eliminating all need of laundering. Buy a box today, at any drug, dry goods or department store . . . 45c for a box of twelve. Supplied, also, in rest-room vending cabinets. *Kotex is the only sanitary pad that deodorizes by a patented process. (Patent No. 1,670,587, granted May 22, 1928.) SUPER-SIZE KOTEX Formerly yoc—Now 6<jc Some women find Super-size Kotex a special comfort. Exactly the same as the Regular size Kotex, but with added layers of Cellucotton absorbent wadding. KOT6 X The New Sanitary Pad which deodorizes