Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1928-Jan 1929)

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LOVE GAVE HIM COURAGE FOR HIS DEATH DEFYING SLIDE WILLIAM HAINES in EXCESS BAGGAGE with Josephine Dunn and Ricardo Cortez A James Cruze Production — Based on the play by John McGowan — Continuity by Frances Marion— A MetroGoldwyn 'Mayer Picture — Directed by James Cruze SEE — REMEMBER 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. irt/a^^" i* <£ZsCt^<, BILL HAINES' FIVE QUESTIONS 1 What new M-G-M picture has a South Sea Island -* setting? O What two Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer World Tours ** are now in progress? "1 What does "continuity" mean in motion picture J making? 4 In 75 words or less tell who your favorite M-G-M director is and why. C Which M-G-M actress is called the screen's lead— ing comedienne and name two comedies in which she has played? Write your answers on one side of a single sheet of paper and mail to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1542 Broadway, New York. All answers must be received by October 15th. Winners' names will be published in a later issue of this magazine. Note: If you do not attend pictures yourself you may question your friends or consult motion picture magazines. In event of ties, each tying contestant will be awarded a prize identical in character with that tied for. Winners of John Gilbert Contest Don F. Russell, Newburyport, Mass. Mrs. Belle McCain, Dallas, Texas a ME 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-Gold wyn-M ay er's big pictures FOR your enjoyment this season. Ask your theatre manager when you can see the new M-G-M pictures: William 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." RAMON NAVARRO TIM CODY & BUSTER DANE & LILLIAN NORMA McCOY PRINGLE KEATON ARTHUR GISH SHEARER JLDWYN-MAYER picture "More Stars than there are in Heaven"