Motion picture news booking guide (1929)

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I 4 « k £ 4 t 1 4 1 1 1 i ] 1 In my circle of intimate friends I am proud to include many members of the press. From the very beginning they planned with me my career and their cooperation helped "put me over. I am always '' at home ” and "on call" to them. BEN LYON. CO-STARRED or FEATURE LEADS IN: "So Big” "Flaming Youth” "Lily of the Dust” "Wages of Virtue” "The New Commandment” "Bluebeard’s Seven Wives” "Prince of Tempters” "Hell’s Angels” THE THRILL OF BEING U. S. GOVERNMENT PILOT NO. 4373 Ten months on ‘‘Hell’s Angels,” Howard Hughes’ two million dollar air epic — co-starred with Greta Nissen and James Hall — became expert aviator — now licensed pilot by U. S. Government. A HOP FROM STAGE TO SCREEN Long career on stage — Jesse Bonstelle Stock Company— productions on Broadway including “Three Live Ghosts,” “The Wonderful Thing,” opposite Jeanne Eagels — culminating in a starring role in the New York sensation “Mary the Third” — Sam Goldwyn saw the play and took him to Hollywood for juvenile lead in his production “Potash and Perlmutter.” FIVE YEARS WITH FIRST NATIONAL During that period appeared in the featured lead, or co-starred in twenty -four productions opposite the foremost female stars of the day — and one foreign production made in Germanv, “Dancing Vienna,” co-starred with Lya Mara. EXPERIENCE OPPOSITE WOMEN STARS Among the stars — Colleen Moore, Barbara La Marr, Eleanor Boardman, Pola Negri, Gloria Swenson, Anna Q. Nilsson, Viola Dana, Blanche Sweet, Billie Dove, Belle Bennett, Lois Moran, Aileen Pringle, May McAvoy, Lya Mara, Lois Wilson, Lya de Putti, Marie Prevost and Greta Nissen. Further details for story material will be obtained on request by Motion Picture News 48