Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1924)

^ *l¥ii; 111 f'| ;1 I The WorlJ's Leading Motion Picture Publication PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE FKANK T. TOFK MkNA.lINU KOITOB JAMES R. QUIRK, Editor Vol. XXV No. 2 Contents January, 1924 Cover Design Barbara La Marr From a Pastel Portrait by Hal Phyfe Brief Reviews of Current Pictures 8 In Tabloid Form for Ready Reference Brickbats and Bouquets . 14 Frank Letters from Readers Rotogravure: 19 Who Is the Beauty of the Screen ? Here Is a Portrait Gallery of Lovely Women: If You Select the Winner, You Will Receive Her Autographed Photograph _J Speaking of Pictures (Editorials) James R. Quirk 27 Mary Pickford's Favorite Stars and Films Herbert Howe 28 The Queen of Them All Makes Her Choice Why I Have Never Married Bebe Daniels Richard Dix 30 These Two Famous Screen Favorites Take the Public into Their Confidence The Autobiography of Pola Negri 32 Announcing the Great Magazine Feature of 1924 Winners of Photoplay's Cut Puzzle Contest 33 List of Names of Those to Whom Goes the $5,000 in Prize Money Motion Picture Statistics for 1923 Ralph Barton 36 Screen Figures for the Year Liar's Lane (Fiction) Frank R. Adams 38 The Story of a Young Man Who Took $50,000 to Hollywood Illustrated by Arthur William Brown (Contents continued on next page) Published monthly by the Photoplay Publishing Co. Publishing Office, 750 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. Editorial Offices, 221 W. 57th St., New York City The International News Company, Ltd., Distributing Agents, S Bream's Building, London. England Edwin M. Colvin, Pres. James R. Quirk, Vice-Pres. R. M. Eastman, Sec.-Treas. Kathryn Dougherty, Business Mgr. Yearly Subscription : $2.50 in the United States, its dependencies, Mexico and Cuba ; $3.00 Canada; $3.50 to foreign countries. Remittances should be made by check, or postal or express money order. Caution — Do not subscribe through persons unknown to you. Entered as second-class matter April 24, 1912, at the Postoffice at Chicaeo, 111., under the Act oi March 3, 1879. ADKI.A IKXmS ST. JOHNS wnmwN MirruR Photoplays Reviewed in the Shadow Stage This Issue Save this magazine — refer to the criticisms before you pick out your evening's entertainment. Make this your reference list. Page 68 The Eternal City First National The Acquittal Universal Anna Christie First National Page 6o Long Live the King Metro Ponjola First National Flaming Youth First National Page jo The Virginian Preferred Unseeing Eyes Cosmopolitan His Children's Children. . . .Paramount Woman Proof Paramount The Common Law Selznick Richard the Lion-Hearted Associated ExhibitorPage 71 Pleasure Mad Metro The Darling of New York... .Universal Country Kid Warner Brothers The Drivin' Fool Hodkinson David Copperfield Associated Exhibitors Under the Red Robe . .Cosmopolitan Page 101 On the Banks of the Wabash Vitagraph Held to Answer Metro The Temple of Venus Fox A Million to Burn Universal In Search of a Thrill Metro The Lone Ranger Avwon Blow Your Own Horn F. B. O. Page 102 Our Hospitality Metro Big Dan Fox The Love Pirate . Film Booking Offices The Leavenworth Case Vitagraph Crooked Alley Universal The Way Men Love Grand-Ashur Prod. Men in the Raw Universal You Are in Danger. . Commonwealth Foolish Parents. . Associated Exhibitors The Barefoot Boy Commonwealth The Forbidden Lover Selznick The Monkey's Paw Selznick Modern Matrimony Select Copyright, 192". by the PHOTOPLAY PUBLISHING COMPANY, Chicaeo.