Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1928)

Page scan 000192 from Motion Picture Classic

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Classic
Date:
Jul-Dec 1928
Publisher:
New York, Motion Picture Publications, Inc.
Volume:
Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1928)
Leaf #:
000192
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Fan Magazine
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Fan Magazines, and Early Cinema
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
First issue in 1915; absorbed Shadowland in November 1923; became Movie Classic in September 1931. -- Anne Helen Petersen, 2013. Secondary sources consulted: Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine by Anthony Slide and MovieMags.com.
Date Added:
July 18, 2024
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Why Did Mary Do It? Not SO long ago Mary Pickford had her curls cut off. Why? The step was too radical to be meaningless. It was due to no w^him, to no flitting fancy. As w^ell might Adolphe Menjou announce his intention to play in w^esterns, Alice White be chosen to succeed Pola Negri, or Bull Montana be cast as Hamlet, as that Mary part w^ith her spiral trade-marks. There are those w^ho say she did it as a last desperate move to induce Doug to stop smiling. Or, by force of sw^eet example, to get him to cut off his mustache. But nobody really know^s. Yet this much may be said: When anyone does know^, the readers of MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE will, too. For this is the periodical devoted to the interests of the screen w^hich gets the nevv^s first, gets it right — and spreads it broadcast. There are some big new features in the next — the October—issue of MOTION PICTURE. And it will be on the newsstands August 28th. Make a date w^ith yourself nov/ to be there, too — just to be sure that you get your copy of the October MOTION PICTURE. It's the yiagazine of Authority '^ ^j 10