Picture Play Magazine (Sep 1927 - Feb 1928)

12 Advertising Section Gr©at Contest ★ * ★ Pays to the Stars A valuable prize is waiting for YOU I COME on, fans — make your "stargazing" pay! Find out how well your eyes and your memory work together — and profit by proving that you know your astronomy! The star-gazing game is fun in itself — and a large cash prize awaits you for playing it. Here's hoping your eyes, wits and memory serve you well! If they do, the prize is yours. These are the rules of the contest: Elsewhere in this magazine, you will find a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer advertisement. Study the pictures of the stars shown there and write a list of their names. Name your favorite star. And, in 8 words or less, write a suitable slogan for each star. (As, for example: "Lon Chaney — the man of a thousand faces."} The person sending the most correct list of names, with the set of slogans found best in the opinion cf the judges, will be awarded $100 and an autographed picture of his or her favorite star. The fans sending the 50 next best lists and slogans will all receive autographed pictures of the stars they mention as their individual favorites. M-G-M reserves the right to use, in any way, any or all slogans submitted, paying $5 for each slogan so used. Write your answers on one side of a single sheet of paper and mail to Question Contest, 3rd Floor, 1542 Broadway, New York. All answers must be received by September 15ih. Winners' names will be published in a later issue of this magazine. NOTE: If you do not attend pictures yourself you may question your friends or consult motion picture magazines. In event of ties, each tying contestant will be awarded a prize identical in character with that tied for. Winners of the Pringle-Cody Contest of June VIRGINIA KRISLE 1108 Wood St., Texarkana, Texas C. H. USSERY Box 24, Tuscaloosa, Alabama oiiiy see her in "The Green Archer," she would certainly change her tune. I have seen every one of Miss Ray's serials that has been shown here, and so far, she has not once disappointed me. And every time a new chapter in one of the serials is shown, the theater here is packed. How any one can criticize John Gilbert is more than I can understand. He is the very best actor on the screen. He has magnetism and — well, he just can't be beat. Some one said, "Where would John Gilbert be without his mustache?" That person couldn't have seen "The Big Parade," in which he wore no mustache. Richard Barthelmess is another splendid actor. Greta Garbo, Renee Adoree, and Vilma Banky could easily make up for all the deficiencies of other foreign players, but I like every one of the foreigners. I'd like to know v/here the movies would be without the foreigners. I have seen Martha Sleeper in a few comedies. She would be darling in pictures like those Gloria Swanson has played in, such as "Stage Struck" "Fine Manners." Here's every success I Norfolk, Virginia. i^ishins and her B. D. V. To my opponent, Miss Texas : I think you are mistaken about Allene Ray. Allene, in ;;;v opinion, is a much better actress than Ruth Roland. She is not only beautiful, but she can ride a iiorse, drive a swift motor, and is an expert dancer and swimmer. And she never uses a double When her serials come to this town, there is not a seat to be had in the theater, which holds three thousand people. Berlin is no jerk town, either. I hope my opponent, Mary Louise Zebroe, will see 'and read this letter. Lf.ona M. Hayes. 448 Champlain Street, Berlin, New Hampshire. Further Words from Miss Zebroe. I have received a letter from a fan in Idaho. It seems that this fan disagrees with what I said about Allene Ray and Ruth Roland in my letter in a recent issue of Picture Play. She seems to think that she is the only one entitled to an opinion. If she had just said, "Allene Ray is beautiful, and a much better actress than Ruth Roland," I wouldn't have minded, but when I read the next line it made my blood boil. "No one in my city ever goes to see Ruth Roland. Everybod} hates her." I should like to know just what Miss Roland has done to incur the hatred of these people. I doubt whether that fan has ever seen any of her pictures, anyway. Miss Roland hasn't worked regularly in films for several years, so naturally, people don't go to see her — they haven't the chance. I reall}^ wonder if that Idaho fan believes that I am ready to swallow all that bunk. She is all upset just because she has found some one whose opinion of Allene Ray's acting ability differs from hers. "Do you really care for Miss Roland?" she asks mc. "And also, why?" Certainly I do. I love her dearly. She is a sweet woman, I know, and has been my favorite for years. If I choose to place Miss Roland at the head of my list of favorites and to keep her name there, isn't that my business? As much as I think of her, though, I'll never be guilty of telling another fan that I hate her favorite star, just because she doesn't agree with me about Ruth Roland. Mary Louise Zebroe. 1924 McFerrin Avenue, Waco, Texas. A Big Laugh for a Poor Film. I thoroughly approve of the suggestion, made by a fan in a recent issue, that the Wampas should choose some men among their "baby stars" as well as girls. It seems only fair. Equal rights for men, say I. "Flesh and the Devil," with John Gilbert, really drew a big laugh from audiences here But — it also drew capacity crowds. One of the most torrid love scenes was cut out entirely in the second showing, and some of the others could very well have been deleted with no detrimental effect on the picture. As for the story, it was negligible, to say the least. Kathryne L. Youxg. 2904 Tenth Street, N. E., Washington, D. C. Make the Foreigners Become Citizens. I have been a reader of Picture Play for a number of years, but have never written a fan letter until this moment. I am an American through my marriage to an American soldier and sailor, and am proud of it. All this foreign stuflf is just mere lalk. Why not give the foreigners a square deal? And then if they do not prove their abilit}-, then pan them. I agree with the letter which my husband, William H. Clark, wrote to Picture Play a few months ago, in which he stated the situation very fairly — he said, give the foreigners two years in which to decide whether or not they wish to become citizens. If, at the end of those two years, they have decided against becoming citizens, then send them home. If American dollars are good enough to spend, surely it is to Uncle Sam to whom allegiance should be sworn. I really enjoy Pola Negri, Greta Garbo, and Anna Q. Nilsson, no matter in what pictures they may be playing. They are my favorites among the foreign stars. Otherwise, American stars are good enough for me. But such things as we read about the stars' love afifairs ! Such nonsense ! Besides, what have we to do with their private affairs? We should not concern ourselves with a star's private life, but just his public life. Would any one with any self-respect care to have his private life discussed abroad? I should say not I If the stars would only pay more attention to their art and forget about whom they next will marry, I think the public would benefit, for it certainly does not help a star's career when we read such trash about them. We pay to see good a-cting and not just a lot of beautiful faces with nothing behind them. It is really worth going to the movies when such artists as Clara Bow, Norma Talmadge, Norma Shearer, and a few others like them are shown. They really act, and you feel that your money is not wasted. I was a Britisher until my marriage to an American, i.nd I certainly do not regret coming to this country. I have my home here, I also earn my money in this country. Why not love it and give it my loyalty? I am proud of my British birth, and of my British parents and brothers and sisters, but it is not to my relatives that I look for support, but to my American husband and American dollars ! Mrs. William H. Clark. 710 S. Harrison Street, Amarillo, Texas. Why Should They Become Citizens? I wish to say something about the letter from William Clark, of Texas. He said, "Make them become citizens," speaking of the foreign players. Now, I'd like 10 know what difference it makes to us fans whether or not the stars are citizens. We go to the pictures to be amused,