Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Jun 1929)

OPPORTUNITY MARKET AGENTS WANTED AGENTS— $50. WKEKLY SELLING SHIRTS. No capital or experience needed. C'oniniis.sioiis in advance. Jistabli.-ihed 40 years. Samples Free. Madison Products, 5S4 Broadway, New York. $.S0.00 Weekly. Men wanted to demonstrate and take ten orders dallv direct from motorists. Amazing Magnetic Trouble Light. Sticks anywhere! More orders, bigger pay. Write for demonstrator and particulars. .Magno Co.. 6 Beacon St., Dept. 72<i. Boston, Mass, MOVIE STARS PHOTOS Photos — 8x10 originals, all famous mo\ie stars, latest poses; the finest obtainable. Special 25c each or 5 for $1.00 — Scenes from recent photoplays 25c each, 12 for $2,50. Stamps or money order, BRAM. Studio 299, Film Centre, 9th Ave. at 44th, New York, Dealers ln%1ted, PHOTOPLAYS $1250 For Original Photoplay Story. Our sales department sold unknown author's first story for above amount. We re\1se, copyright and market stories for both silent and talking pictures. Located In the heart of motion picture industry. We know the demand. Kstabllshed 1917, Free booklet. UNIVERSAL SCENARIO COMPANY, 203 Western and .Santa Monica BIdg., Hollywood, California, REDUCE A BOOKLET BY DR. DENSMORE on treatment for reduction of Corpulency will be mailed without charge upon request to Dept. "K" Garfield Tea Company 313 — jlst Street Brooklyn. New York lifes Seciets! mazing new book "Safe Counsel.** \^ at out. tells you toe things you want to X now straight from the shouMer. Gives ad \ ce to newly married. Explains anatomy f reproductive organs, impotence, laws of Sex-Life, mistakes to avoid diBeases. preplancy, etc. Containe 9 startling eections: 1-Science of Eugenics, 2-Love, 3-Mar.riage. 4— Childbirth, 5-Family Life. 6— Sexual Science, 7— Diseases and Disorders, 8— Health and Hygiene. 9— Story of Life. Inall. 104 chapters, 77 illuBtrations. 512 pages. Examine at our risk. Mailed io a plain wrapper. Send No Money Write for your copy today. Don't send a Pay postman iinly $1 .98. plus postage, on il. \foney refunded if not satisfactory. FRANKLIN PUBLISHING CO. Dept. 6610. 800 N. Clark St.. Chicago* »*• MAKE OTHERS LOVE YOO With Love Charm Why are French women so captivating? Because they use French perfume, made from Old World secret formulas. Now this magnetic perfume, LOVE CHARM, has been brought to you. You, too, can ma)(e others love you. Enclose $1.00 to us direct for regular $2.50 bottle, postage prepaid, or $1.22 C. O. D. Send for LOVE CHARM today while this offer lasts. Love Charm Co.. 4865 Easton, St. Louis, Mo. Dept. 12-F. r Painted Portraits of Movie Stars full r.:i avorite movie plar'w phototrraph or a trait from any mai-'azine and our .nsforrn it into a boautifiil oil paintini.'. Send Wc with ..rdor. DEARBORN STUDIOS, 1008 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois. THIS MAN CAN READ yOi/if MIND.' /TT^ He Ih the world's beat known mind-ruuder and the hi^heBt paid profeHsional society and vaudcvilli exponent of this fftatinatintr »nd myetifylntr •rt. There is nothin^r suptrmatural about the work that has m«de him aworUi-fanious folrbnty. VOU CAN BECOME A MIND READER if you but KNOW the few underlyimr principles and the notural l«w« that i^rovern Its practice. It In an attrac> tlve form of entirtatnment which you can easily practice FOR PLEASURE OR PROFIT. Quickly leftrned— anytime, anywhere. Be the first U> oetab llsh % reputation in your neinrhborhood. Win nrw demand at Bucial afiuirs. Many hundn-da of dollars worth and methods are now dl«clo»ed that will cam you an enviable lion as a "Man of Mystery." My book of Instructittns tells ho the easy and more complicated' mcthodn are minutely desci that anyone with averaeo mentality can astonish his fricnde my»tifyinjf skill. SEND NO MONEY-Just Bend your name and address. I will sh\p the complete illuntrated book by return mall without a penny in advance. When package arrives hand the poHtman only two dollarH ((2.00). pluii delivery chanrca and the wonderful Information in yourH. Practice for five dnyn. Money then retarned if it Ih not all and more than I claim. AbHolutely e^uaranl^ed. "t lost. Send your name popula B« In tec rets eputa-, '. Uoth I bed HO More Magic Tricks YOU CAN DO 8«nd 10c for llluiitrat«d Catalos-ue of over200TrtckD. Pozzleo.Jokea.fintertaiDer* BookR, S*cretaBDdS<ipphea, BO you ( NOW. CL "CALOSTRO" Box 76 Times Square Station NEW YORK CITY, N.V. What Every Lover Should Know {Continued from page 28) cater more to the tastes of men than of women. "In the past, women, outwardly at least, have been educated to the standards of the men," he explained. "The men like to see fighting, struggle, courage and triumph. The women have come to agree, since it seems the thing to do. In reality, for instance, they prefer a picture of a good woman captivating a man. This is agreeable to the male portion of the audience if the woman doesn't use the captivation too far." He considers the (iilbert-Garbo screen duo an excellent example of the captivation of a man by a woman. "Cireta Garbo represents the dominance of the blonde race," he said. "She presents a solid, driving captivation to gain the desired effect. Men rather admire that aggressiveness. The women, as a rule, do not, but they do like the results she attains." John Gilbert, in his opinion, is essentially the women's actor. He has a strain of cruelty; he is a bit of a sadist. No, Agnes, you're thinking of a satyr. Dr. Marston knocks into a cocked hat the old theory that a blue-eyed blonde cutie likes to cling to a big hero with upholstering on his chest, and talk baby-talk. "The blondes are more dominant, more independent than the brunette. This is the heritage of their Northern ancestry, warriors, adventurers. A blonde has two possibilities. She can be a cave-woman or an e.\hibitionist. When a man is lovecaptured by a cave-woman, he gets the thrill of his life out of it, and so does the audience. The blonde merely expresses her dominance." Blondes in Bathing AS to the blonde exhibiting her physical charms in a bathing suit, tests were made on that point. Men received very little excitement from it. Blonde exhibitionism is not subtle enough. Ordinarily Dr. Marston would not cast a blonde for a seductive role unless she is a past mistress of the cave-woman technique, or unless the role calls for a business-like gold-digger. "The brunettes are more exotic, more submissive than the blonde," he continued. "They have, as a rule, a greater sum total of passion and captivation than either blondes or red-haired women. Brunettes usually experience love-emotions the most keenly. "Red-haired women are born to burn men up. Solomon couldn't resist 'em; neither could Mark Antony. Our tests at Columbia last year showed that red-haired women have more inducement-emotion than all the other girls put together. Also, they have less submission and less complianceemotion than any other type." .'\n interesting series of casting tests for screen actors and actresses will soon be inaugurated at l^niversal. The tests will be based upon scientific psychological knowledge of the way the human body changes when a person is feeling a given emotion. If a person is feeling dominance, the blood pressure goes up. If a w-oman is feeling intense passion, her blood pressure drops so low it can scarcely be recorded. The breathing, the sweat-glands, and the heart beats all change in different ways in expressing different emotions, according to the psychologist. Measuring Emotions Ol'R casting tests are of two kinds," Dr. Marston explained. "We measure the emotions which the player feels, when put into the situation called for by the screen storj'. The amount of emotions which the player is able to call forth from different spectators is also measured." Many of the screen stories of today are psychologically wTong, he said. That dear, quaint old plot, out of which they have been grinding " moonpitchers" for !o! these many years, the familiar variations on "The Taming of the Shrew," is all wrong. Everyone is more or less familiar with the Paduan gentleman of Shakespeare's comedy, Petruchio, who tamed the lively dominating Kathcrine with rough methods. The movies have had husky gents " wid bicaps in de harms" forcing kicking, scratching maidens into submission in every possible setting from the sands of Araby to the snow peaks of the Rockies. "Just plain applesauce," snorted the doctor. Yes, he did, too, Agnes, in those very words. Even Ph.D.'s relax once in a while if it is only reading H. (i. W'ells. "When a man reforms a woman, he triumphs over women's standards. Women get thrilled out of being captivated — but this thrill only lasts until she takes a serious interest. Then she captivates the captivating male. Otherwise she is never happy. A man is not capable of continued captivation." And here is a direct quotation which should be remembered. It reveals one of woman's most closely-guarded secrets: "When a woman seems to be most completely mastered, really she is the most completely victorious." Hence the Chorus ACCORDING to thorough-going laboratory experiments, conducted in New York, the greatest natural stimulus a picture can present, to men and women alike, is the body of a beautiful woman. "Women admire the beautiful body of another woman to an even greater degree than the men," was his surprising declaration. "We obtained this information in scenes from motion pictures shown to our subjects. One of the scenes which gained the greatest response was of Gilda Gray, during a dance in which she was very lightly clad, in 'The Devil Dancer.' Some of the women pretended to be shocked at the exposure. They weren't really. Their reaction was one of pleasure, not disgust." So, after all. Dr. Mack Sennett is a fine psychologist. During all these years he has been making pictures with the "greatest natural stimulus." And Phyllis Haver, Marie Prevost, and all the line of bathing beauties, ha\e not only been gratifying the tired business man but the tired business woman as well. Maybe. But did you ever see a woman trample three dozen men to buy seats in the baldheaded row at Ziegfeld's Follies? You have just read What Every Lover Should Know. And we should like to say now that in Clas.sic next month there are going to aj>pear several articles which reveal what every lover of the movies should know. That's not a title, it's the nature of the stories. Watch for them — and watch the calendar for the date of their forthcoming, in the July issue of Motion Picture Classic. Out the 12lh of June. 96