Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1928)

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Autrey Underworldly wise: Don Terry is — or soon will be, for he has been chosen by Charles Francis Coe, author of "Me, Gangster," to play the title role upon the screen Freudch Is it necessary that the one to enact the part of "The Girl on the j^arge," be tow headed? Apparently not, for Sally O'Neill has won the assignment i^ooking Them Over Close-Ups From the West Coast IT was at the opening of "Fazil," the vivid premiere of the gaudy picture in which Charlie Farrell plays such hot love scenes with Greta Nissen : Intermission found Charlie proudly strolling around in the crowd with Virginia Valli on his arm. "Nice work, Charlie," called lovely ladies in corsages and handsome gentlemen with gardenias on the lapel. "Yes," yelled one wisecracker, "but aren't you jealous of those love scenes with Greta, Virginia?" Virginia smiled her inscrutable smile. "Why?" she inquired calmly, "I taught him how." Lay Off the Max Appeal ]V/Iarilyx Miller once wired Ben ■*• Lyon, after she had heard that he was running around Hollywood with little Marian Nixon, "Nixon liking any one but me." Wonder what she'll say when she finds out that Ben is escorting Lupe Velez to the Montmartre for lunch? Caramba ! 1 . Or Lon Chaney "The Spider 'T'he latest Boulevard laugh is that Carl Laemmle has purchased the stage play, "My Relations." If young Carl Laemmle, Jr., writes the script, and Edward Laemmle directs it, under the supervision of Ernest 60 The Loy of living, symbolized necessarily and most appropriately by none other than the lovely Myrna herself Laemmle, you can see where the snicker will come in. Wonder if Gloria Swanson will buy "The Queen's Husband" for Hank? Or maybe somebody jA-ill star Patsy Ruth Miller in "Coquette." Now if Joseph Schenck would only put the Talmadges in "The Royal Family"— what could be more appropriate? Talkie Talk VY/hether or not you like the talkie * movies, they are going to benefit the screen in one way. The various "phones" will be the medium by which several brilliant plays that depend entirely on clever lines can reach the screen. Clarence Brown is interested in "Paris Bound" as a speakie. Or so they say. And M. G. M. is all set to put the spoken word in the mouth of "Mary Dugan." One Noiseless Divorce \Tever was a divorce secured with less sensational or •^ ^ harmful publicity than Dolores del Rio's. Where other stars are forced into headlines, Dolores was carefully engineered into inconspicuous paragraphs. Up until the final decree Dolores even denied that proceedings were in action. In this way, an alert press-agent nullified any possibility of Dolores' being tied up in a divorce of several months previous when Edwin Carewe separated