Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1928-Jan 1929)

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That the average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the malls or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date shown above is — ■ (This information is required from daily publications only.) DUNCAN A. DOBIE, Jr., VICEPRES., GENERAL MANAGER. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th day of March, 1928. Elizabeth Bentley. (My commission expires March 30th, 1930.) The soothing, cooling touch that brings comfort to the babe Cuticura Talcum The newest of the Cuticura preparations. With a background of 50 years of dependable quality and service, 25c. Everywhere In And Out of Focus {Continued from page 107) The Three Requisites "TX7HAT must a perfect photoplay plot » * have?" a visiting author asked the head of the studio scenario department. "Religion, society and sex" was the answer. "I get you," said the author, "I'll have a brief synopsis for you in an hour." He returned and handed in this script: "My God!" cried the Countess, "Let go of my leg." Turning on Fawcett GEORGE FA WCETT had a surprise birthday party on the set of "The Love Song" the other day, and one of the greatest surprises was an impromptu poem (that doesn't mean improper) which D. W. Griffith wrote in his honor, right out of his head, just like that. Follows a sample verse : Now George if you don't like this Little birthday scene, We'll have Bill Boyd crown you Three time on the bean; Or, standing beneath the Golden candelabra, We'll have gentle Lupe kick you Upon your young casaba. Perhaps Partly Both JOHN CARPENTER, now playing in "The Mysterious Island," tells me that this is the seventy-fifth part he has had in eighteen months. Which would seem that John is either a good actor or a good liar. Putting Up a Front OMIGOSH! We quote from one of our contemporary fan magazines, which carries this caption under a picture of a young film actress on a horse. "Fay Webb, on 'Nero,' showing as fine legs and chest as any Hollywood horse." SelfConscious Grief CHARLIE CHAPLIN was speaking about his mother's death. "She opened her eyes and looked at me," he said, "she put out her hand and I took it. I felt a tenderness I had never felt before — and then that other side of me, the actor side, began to notice the nurses standing about the bed looking at us. And I thought ■ — at that solemn moment — how I looked, standing there, holding her hand. I wondered what they were thinking about me. It was dreadful." Desperately Thin MOLLY O'DAY, after trying all other methods of getting thin, heroically submitted to the operation which gave Peaches Browning slim legs. She had six pounds of fat removed by the surgeon's knife. Producing Results THE great banker from Wall Street had come to Hollywood to try to discover where the money went. A powerful producer took him about the lot. 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