Motion Picture Classic (1923, 1924, 1926)

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It Speaks Volumes for a Man's Character When He Is Known by His Nickname. Reginald Denny Is One of Those Rare True Sports Who Believes in Walking on Your Side of the Street and Shaking Hands With the Whole Wide World By Don Eddy uniil late in t he afternoon we rode thru mountainous seas, the ■nscuppered decks constantly awash, the duffel and rifles soaked, tin food ;i soggy mess. It there was talk of running hack to port, who talked it down? Reg Denny 1 It spirits were low, who was always ^^^^^^^^ on hand with the cheery wise crack, the booming laugh? .^^^ Denny ! I wish I could picture him as he was then, standing straddle-legged on the plunging deck of the little craft, his clothing plastered to his body, his hair soaked and rumpled; roaring high-spirited sea songs, shouting badinage, manufacturing puns, holding up the morale of a pleasure crew that wasn't so pleasant. Well, we sighted the islands in the late afternoon, and still later located a deceptive cove on the lee side. The cove looked quiet from the sea. We transferred the sodden duffel, dropped into the dingey and started ashore. The cove, as I say, was deceptive. On the beach the rollers were running ten feet high, w oarsman let the those enormous troughs. The following sea dumped us onto the beach like drowned rats, the dingey upside down. And who, forgetting his own discomfort, was the first to rustle firewood and build a roaring fire before which we danced like naked Indian^ (Continued on page 78) The Reg Denny that all ot us know on the screen is a vibrant personality — a man with the spirit and enthusiasm of a boy. The two gentlemen grouped with him are the two mighty moguls of the screen and the baseball world, Will Hays and Judge Landis hite-capped, murderous. ( )ur dingey slip broadside into one of Being English, it is natural that Denny would go in for sports. One of hi6 favorite pastimes is golf. Oi the right the Missus and Barbara are smiling theii prettiest for the head of the family and you