Picture Play Magazine (Sep 1925 - Feb 1926)

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MONTHLY What the Fans Think .... . . • . 8 An open forum of discussion by our readers. Mocd Romanttque ♦ ♦ * . J 5 A study of Mary Astor and John Barrymore as Paola and Brancesca. The New Theda Bara .... Myrtle Gebhart . J 6 How the former screen vampire expects to reinstate herself. The Greater Movie Season . . . Edwin Schallert . 18 What it means and how it will affect film productions. He Made a Fortune While on Location . Blake McVeigh . 22 The story of Thomas Meighan's quarter-of-a-million profit in Florida real estate. The Observer ..... ♦ . 23 Editorial comment on timely topics concerning the screen. A Unique Figure in Pictures , . Myrtle Gebhart . 24 An intimate impression of the little-known Alice Calhoun. What Will Griffith Do Now? . . Gerrit Lloyd . . 26 A remarkable sketch of the great director and his work by a close associate. In and Out of the Studios ... .... 30 Glimpses of the players on and off duty. Breaking Through the Mist , . . Mona Gardner . 34 How Eleanor Boardman has figured out her problems. Favorite Picture Players ... .... 35 Portraits in rotogravure of popular players. The Girl Friend Makes Good . . Dorothy Manners ♦ 43 The writer is now able to say that about Kathleen Key. Over the Teacups ..... The Bystander . 44 Fanny the Fan's chatter on random cinema subjects. On the New York Stage ♦ . . Alison Smith . . 48 Reviews of the latest Broadway plays and their film possibilities. Looking on with an Extra Girl . Margaret Reid . 51 Experiences gleaned on the fashionable Elinor Glyn set during the making of "Four Flaming Days." On Sober Reflection .... Horace Woodmansee 54 A department of pungent comment on various subjects. The Screen in Review .... Sally Benson . .56 Passing on the merits of the month's new films. A Confidential Guide to Current Releases . . .60 Guideposts to important offerings now being shown. Continued on the Second Page Following Monthly publication issued by Street & Smith Corporation. 79-89 Seventh Avenue. New Tork City. Ormond G. Smith, President: George C. Smith Vice President and Treasurer; Georje C. Smith. Jr.. Vice President; Ormond V. Gould, Secretary. Copyright, 1925, bv Street & Smith Corporation' New York. Copyright. VjZi. by Street & Smith Corporation. Great Britain. All Rights Reserved. Publishers everywhere are cautioned against using any of the contents of this magazine either wholly or in part. Entered as Second-class Matter, March 6, 191G, at the Post Office at New York N Y under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Canadian subscription. $2.86. Foreign, S3.22. WABNINC — Do not subscribe through agents unknown to you. Complaints are daily made by persons who have' been thus victimized IMPORTANT — Authors, agents, and publishers are requested to note that this corporation does not hold itself responsible for loss of unsolicited manuscripts while at this office or in transit; and that it cannot undertake to hold uncalled-for manuscripts for a longer period than sii months If the return of mam' script is expected, postage should be inclosed. YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 SINGLE COPIES, 25 CENTS Address all communications to the Street & Smith Corporation