Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1930)

Likes Polly Because She Has I\o Gilded Cage Winston-Salem, N. C. As the majority rules, am confident I am oicing the sentiments of the people when I lake this assertion that we are all fed up n these much exaggerated mystery stars ho live in dreamland and you should not xpect us to soar the clouds and be enranced with these well advertised celebrities ny longer, as we are human and like a eal kick out of a picture. I ne\-er miss an pportunity of seeing Polly Moran, for her (-ting becomes vitally a part of her and her udience feel the greatest thrill they have ad since they last saw her, Polly brings us own to terra firma when she drops that )\ver jaw, twists her apron and hands us her ine. Oh ! what a scream she is, but when she ets in double harness with Marie Dressier, Ain't We Got Fun." Please give us more ike this Polly that is not in a gilded cage, don't supfMJse this type of a letter is much n demand. Mrs. Jack A. Cooper Keep Oil With the Talkies But Take Out the Color Los Angeles, Cal. I'm really not the type that writes complaining letters to newspapers and magalines. Ill fact, I don't recall ever having written one before, so whether I ha\e S. E. will he a matter of no small conjecture until I see what happens in this instance. (Just a moment, please. I want to point out that any alleged thoughts put forward here are my own and do not represent the ideas of the world at large. — ) Talking pictures are the movies' greatest boon ; color their greatest curse. To take them up in order. Talkies have supplanted the pictures thenisehes as the infant industry. Reproduction is not perfect, nor does anyone expect it to be at present. Radio was far from perfect when it was as young as sound pictures. But in time I have no doubt it will be perfected. At the same time, producers have a temlency to stilted action. One of the attractions of pictures was its ability to change scenes. If all the action is to take place in two or three scenes, we might as well return to the legitimate. As to color. It's not natural and I don't think it should be inflicted on the public until it's perfected. S. One character in search of six authors: Aileen Carlyle, quaint newcomer, specializes in dialects, all kinds Outdoor Life on theSouth Grounds of the Ambassador, Los/bigeks No Hotel in the World offers Such Varied Attractions as the AMBASSADOR LOS ANGELES "The Great Hotel that Seems Like Home" CONTINUOUS program of outdoor and indoor diversion. 2 7acre park, playgrounds, open air plunges, tennis courts, 18-hole miniature golf course, archery and fencing, flowered pergola walks, cactus gardens, ping pong tables, all-talking motion picture theatre, world-famous Cocoanut Grove for dancing parties, riding, hunting, and all sports. Beautifully redecorated lobby. 35 smart shops. Ambassador convention auditorium seats 7000. Guests have privilege of championship 18-hole Rancho Golf Club. Most Attractive Summer and Fall l(ates OUTSIDE ROOMS with BATH as low as*^ per day Writt for Oxf's Booklet of Qilifomia Recipes and Information^ THE AMBASSADOR HOTELS SYSTEM THE AMBASSADOR, NEW YORK THE AMBASSADOR. PALM ItKACH THE AMBASSADOR. ATLANTIC CITY THE AMBASSADOR. LOS ANGELES 43 Are You Coast Wise? .\re you sure you know everything thtit is Koi^K <>" i» Hollywood? Are you sure thjit you know Hollywood inside and out? Do you know the stars like old friends? Are you sure of hnvinK your wit about you when Hollywood is mentioned? .\nd do you insist upon seeing the best pictures the stars appear in".', .\nd are you sure of .seeing them in stories that do them justice? Then, sure enough, you must be another regular reader of Motion Picture CLASSIC ''It's T h c. M a g (I z i n e w ith I h c P e r s o n a I i I i/' ' 105