The Motion Picture Story Magazine (Aug 1913-Jan 1914)

n\i 3D 3 DC 3 DC THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE TABLE OF CONTENTS, DECEMBER, 1913 GALLERY OF PICTURE PLAYERS: PAGE Florence Hackett i Irving Cummings 2 Marguerite Courtot 3 Ormi Hawley 4 Baby Doris Baker 5 Eleanor Blevins 6 John E. Brennan 7 Florence LaBadie 8 Carlyle Blackwell 9 PHOTOPLAY STORIES: By Man's Law The Cry of the Blood Conquered Hate , The Pay-as-You-Enter Man The Trail of the Lost Chord PAGE Myrtle Gonzalez 10 l\orma Talmadge 11 Helen Marten 12 Marguerite Wisser 13 Edna Flugrath 14 Elsie MacLeod 15 Richard C. Travis , 16 Anna JSIilsson, of the Kalem Company Cover design .Alexander Lowell Irving Irving lohn Olden Karl Schiller . . .Norman Bruce The Doctor's Duty Grace Lamb Our New Minister Edwin M. La Roche The Passer-By Dorothy Donnell Whoso Diggeth a Pit Henry Albert Phillips Daniel Gladys Hall 19 27 33 38 47 55 63 74 83 9i (NOTE: These stories were written from photoplays supplied by Motion Picture manufacturers, and our writers claim no credit for title and plot. The name of the playwright is announced when known to us.) SPECIAL ARTICLES AND DEPARTMENTS: Christmas Greetings 17 The Little Hemlock Tree Harriet A. Townsend 18 "Please, Mister, Take Us In" C. W. Fryer 90 Santa at the Show George Wildey 100 Popular Plays and Players 101 The Christmas Vision Lila B. N. Weston 106 Chats with the Players 107 My Shadow Girl George Wildey 1 12 Musings of "The Photoplay Philosopher" 113 Extracts from the Wills of Leading Players 116 Winners of the Puzzle Contest 117 An Observation from the Screen Andrew Joseph Sodich 118 Education and Moving Pictures William Lord Wright 119 Penographs 120 Greenroom Jottings 122 Funny Happenings at the Movies George M. Rittelmeyer 125 How to be a Detective A. B. Shults 126 Answers to Inquiries "The Answer Man" 127 Letters to the Editor 168 THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE Copyright, 1913, by The M. P. Publishing Co^ in United States and Great Britain. Entered at the Brooklyn, N. Y., Post Office as second-class matter. Owned and published by The M. P. Publishing Co., a New York corporation, its office and principal place of business, No. 175 Duffield Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. J. Stuart Blacktorv, President; E. V. Brewster, Sec.-Treas. Subscription, $1.50 a year in advance, including postage in the U. S., Cuba, Mexico and Philippines; in Canada, $2; in foreign countries, $2.50. Single copies, 15 cents, postage prepaid. Stamps accepted (one-cent stamps only). We do not want scenarios, stories and plots except when ordered by us; these should be sent to the Photoplay Clearing House (see advertisement). Subscribers must notify us at once of any change of address, giving both the old and the new address. STAFF FOR THE MAGAZINE: Eugene V. Brewster, Managing Editor. C. W. Fryer, Staff Artist. Guy L. Harrington, Circulation Manager. Gladys Ball, J Abram Lott, Advertising Manager. Western, and New England Adv. Rep.: Pullen, Bryant & Fredricks Co., Chicago and Boston. THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE, 175 Duffield St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Edwin M. La Roche, ^ Dorothy Donnell, } Associate Editors. DC m DC After reading these stories, ask your theater manager to show you the films on the screen !