Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1928)

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Caraey A First National player who appears destined soon to become an international figure on the screen is Frances Hamilton Sergta Alberts Ever since he appeared opposite Mary Philbin in "Drums of Love," Don Alvarado's popularity has been increasing to beat the band 0ut 9€olly wood T^ ay By Dorothy Manners Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got up a big dinner for the popular James and instead of a lot of speech-making and other boredom, they went down to the old Mayfair room at the Biltmore and danced until time to go to work the next day. A lot of people had a hunch that it was His.Honor's idea. The Mayor seemed to get much more of a kick out of judging dancing contests with Marion Davies and Charlie Chaplin and things like that than any of the royal fetes they could have planned for him. The night of the premiere of "Lilac Time" he dined with Colleen Moore and John McCormick and wittily addressed the audience after the showing of the picture. Walker was about the most popular visitor Hollywood has had since Lindbergh. E Big Time at "Lilac Time" I LAC TIME" got ofF to a loud and elaborate opening, naturally. Everybody who had five dollars and a new dress turned out for the event. It was Colleen Moore's big night. Colleen looked radiant in a peach-colored chifFon dress that was designed especially for the premiere. Her party included Mr. and Mrs. George Fitzmaurice, Julanne Johnstone, Dorothy Mackaill, Lupe Velez, Mayor James Walker, Al Jolson, Charlie Chaplin and Ben Schulberg. Jobyna Ralston and Dick Arlen were spotted wandering around at intermission — which was more or less surprising, inasmuch as Dick and Joby seldom bother attending premieres or parties or anything that takes them away In the matter of costume, Marion Byron goes in for newsboyish bobs ifrom their own fireside. Dick admitted quite honestly that he was there out of curiosity to see how "Lilac Time" stacked up against ."Wings." Reverting to Type 1AURA LA PLANTE is going to dye her ^ hair black for the role of Magnolia in "Show Boat." Laura got this part over a lot of competition and she's determined to make it as realistic as possible. The people who are raising such a howl about Laura's dyeing her hair seem to have forgotten that Laura was originally a brunette, and so dark tresses won't be so unbecoming to her, after all. Bubbles Is No Baby REGINALD DENNY, with a hurt expression, stopped me on the street the other day. Reggy is going to marry that cute little kid Betsy Lee, commonly called Bubbles, sometime in November and that was just what was on his mind. "I wish you'd do me a favor and tell everyone that Bubbles is twenty-one and not eighteen," he said. "I don't want to look like too much of a cradle-snatcher." Talkie Tribulations ALL the girls are getting awfully excited about the J~\. talkie movies and are having their voices cultivated. This innovation is going to have an awful lot of weight in the casting of pictures. For instance: {Continued on page 88) 61