Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Jul 1929)

Diiniiii ii i nun iiiiiiiiii ii ilinilllllllllililllll iiiiiiiiiiii ii mini Contents Continued 111111111111111111 111 1111 11 111 1 1111 1 1111 1111 11 " ' Myrtle Gebhart Unwept and Unsung . . . . . Madeline Glass That was the fate of Carroll Nye until he was sought out for this story. The Screen in Review .... . Norbert Lusk Critical comments on the latest films. A Confidential Guide to Current Releases Helpful tips on pictures now showing. "Twinkletoes" The nickname of Lena Malena fits her perfectly. With Pen in Hand ........... Proof that certain stars do take an interest in their mail. A Girl Comes to Hollywood . . . . Alice M. Williamson The final installment of our mystery serial is the most exciting of all. Different . . . . . . . .... . .. Wouldn't you expect Jetta Goudal's home to be just that? Every Little Touch Has a Meaning All Its Own Helen Louise Walker Yes, of course; but here it refers to the care taken to make movie settings and costumes fit the story. This Thing Called Love . . . . . Myrtle Gebhart . It has transformed Joan Crawford more than changing the color of her hair did. "Very Well, Sir" . 7 . . . . A. L. Wooldridge . The slogan of the movie butler. How a Star Is Made . . . . . . Myrtle Gebhart . Shrewdness and hocus pocus are blended in the process of building popularity. Sisters Under the Skin ..... Ann Sylvester The surgeon's knife unites the stars in a common bond. Information, Please ...... The Picture Oracle Answers to readers' questions. 59 60 64 65 66 67 71 72 74 83 84 89 102 THE FLAME OF HOLLYWOOD "DOOR, little flame! Burning so brightly, expending herself so eagerly, so wildly — what will her future be? How long will this gifted, vital girl last in the movies and in Hollywood? Already those who first petted her and taught her to swear in the language that was new to the little, foreign "discovery," are now lifting their eyebrows and patronizing her, because she* is "well, so — so outre, don't you know!" That is, when they do not avoid her altogether. And she, the little flame, does not see all this, because of her consuming desire to enjoy success while it lasts. "When the public no longer loves me, no longer wants to see me, I will die. I will kill myself!" she says. Those who know her fear she may. Who is she? Where did she come from? What is her future? The answers will be found in PICTURE PLAY for April, together with an amazing, intimate revelation of one of the most disturbing personalities that has ever swept into the movie colony — one v/hose future is so inevitable that you will want to foresee it by reading this story. Don't miss it. Ronald Colman, Clive Brook and William Collier, Jr. XZOU agree that they are three of the most interesting men in the movies, don't you? Yet how often have you read really satisfying stories about them? Rarely, if ever. For Mr. Colman is aloof, Mr. Brook is reserved, and Mr. Collier is elusive Between the three, the ordinary interviewer has been balked, thrown off the scent and generally circumvented by their polite uncommunicativeness. He, or she, has found that this trio has had "nothing to say." But that is only because the right approach was not made. Now, in next month's PICTURE PLAY you will find proof that these aloof, reserved and elusive gentlemen are anything but that. A story about each will appear to dispel common belief in their inability to make interesting reading, and you will learn much that you never dreamed existed. Look alive! Don't wait to buy PICTURE PLAY before the edition is exhausted. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin