Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1928)

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OVE GAVE HIM COURAGE OR HIS DEATH DEFYING SLIDE p==^ WILLIAM HAINES >' EXCESS BAGGAGE with Josephine Dunn and Ricardo Cortez A James Cruze Production— Based on the play by John McGoivan — Continuity by Frances Marion— A MetroGoldtvyn-Mayer Picture — Directed by James Cruze SEEREMEMBER AND CASH IN Mighty few people can remember what they've seen after it's all over. You can test your own memory — and possibly win a prize, by answering these five questions. To the man sending in the best answers I'll give $50 in cash and the domino I wear in my new picture, "Excess Baggage." To the lady sending in the best answers I'll also give $50, and Miss Dunn, who plays opposite me, will give the make-up kit she used in the back stage scenes. In addition I will send autographed photographs for the fifty next best answers. BILL HAINES' FIVE QUESTIONS 1^'hat new M-G-M picture has a Souch Sea Island setting? 2 What two Mctro-Goldwyn-Mayer World Tour* arc now in progress? 3 What does "continuiry" mean in motion picture making? 4 In 75 words or less tell who your favorite M-G-M director is and why. 5 Which M-G-M actress is called the screen's leading comedienne and name two comedies in which she has played? Write your answers on one side of a single sheet of papct and mail to M-G-M, 1542 Broadway, New York. All answers must be received by October 1 5th. Winners' names will be published in a later issue of this magazine. No-n If you do not attend pictures yourself you ma> question your friends or consult motion picture magaiines. In event of ties, each tying contestant will be awarded a pri:e identical in character with that tied for. Winnen of John Gilbert Contest Don F. Russell, Newburyport, Mass. Mrs. Belle McCain, Dallas, Texas 1 M E YOU' LL laugh — you'll cry — . YOU'LL thrill to "Excess Baggage" ON the screen AS thousands did on the Broadway stage. AND it's only the first OF Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's big pictures FOR your enjoyment this season. Ask your theatre manager when you can see the new M-G-M pictures: VXilliam Haines in "Excess Baggage"— Lon Chaney in "While the City Sleeps"-"Our Dancing Daughters" with Joan Crawford — Buster Keaton in "The Camera Man —"The Bellamy Trial." D n % TIM McCOY CODY » PRINCLE BUSTER KEArON D LILLIAN GiSH LDWYN MAYER picture "More Star.s t/uin i\\i:xc are m Heaven" 81