Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1924)

ii4 Photoplay Magazine — Adveri isim. Section Controls Unliily Hair Both Men and Women Have Learned Its Benefits STACOMB makes the hair stay combed. All unruly, fractious locks fall neatly into place, and stay. Men and women everywhere use it. By rubbing a small amount well into the scalp before combing, the hair becomes soft and pliable and takes on a soft luster, too. More pleasant to use than brilliantines and bandolines. Especially good after washing the hair. "Egyptian" stvle bobbed-hair enhanced by STACOMB.' Supplies the sheen and keeps the hair close to the head. Send for trial tube free. Tubes — 35c Jars — 75c I st; STANDARD LABORATORIES. Inc. 113 West 18th St.. New York City, N. Y.. Dept. 6-0. Please send me free trial tube. Have Baby Comfy In a Cordon Motor Crib. More pleasure for yoa when motoring with baby tucked snugly in this convenient crib. *'The safest way, the doctors say." Crib easily strapped in any touring car. Spring arrangement absorbs all shock over roughest roads. Hood whon raised protects against weather. Fold crib flat or detach when oot in use. Sold everywhere or sent parcel post prepaid. Send for illustrated booklet and dealer's name GORDON MOTOR CRIB CO. 1519 Wabash Ave. Dept. 26 CHICAGO "•£. '■' "v Try This on Your Haar 15 Days (/Then let your mirror prove results 'Write Today for FREE Trial Offer. ^ Your hm'r need not thin out, nor need you i" become hnld, for there is a way to destroy the microbe that destroys the hair. This did i •rent met bod will stop thinning out of the hair, lifeless hair, remove dandruff, dnrken AYMESCO.,3932N.RobeySt., iw-381, Chicago LJ i in twt> Detroit Show Card Studios 213 !'.„ ... Building. DETROIT, MICH. Deai Sin -Wltl I [tirthci obligi i pleura mm meyoni how I ..hi m.ik, I mi SP \m i imi . \vi i i ii it ' I C \\V VSSING \l , you, Gl \K \\ I !■ E I acta mi liou Furnteh mi with WORK and pay mc C VSH 1 \en u I Ik ... ' >•••<■■ ii'..-,. Hun ,,..i iddrai Vilnr Strccl City 'State The Autobiography of Pola Negri [ CONTINUED V more criticism. I was thought haughty and snobbish. liut there is something my critics never knew— that I cried day after day and night after night behind clo-ed doors. When I went out my head was high. It will always he high. I never bow to my enemies. They could ae\ er humble me. Although I am very sensitive, criticism cannot make me turn aside. I am not discouraged. The avalanche of publicity that fell upon me when I was reported engaged to Charlie Chaplin caused some people to say that both Mr. Chap lin and I were seeking publicity. I can hardly blame anyone for this assumption; the importance of the affair was so magnified that the reports must have 1 ecome as tedious to the public as-to us. By this time, however, I had learned that everything connected with a celebrity is news in America, and I did not resent the publicity, although I tried to evade it. I have tremendous ambition, first to accomplkh all that is possible on the screen and then on the stage. My first enthusiasm is for the motion picture because it is a new art form in development. As a medium of expression it is limited only by the dearth of artists. Shut off from the rest of the world during the war, I have not seen all the best pictures. Of those I have seen, "Quo Vadis" was the first to create a deep impression upon me. However, I think "The Birth of a Nation" the greatest. And I love "Way Down East " for its human treatment and sincere characterization. Lillian Cish I think the greatest actress on the screen in America. She is sincere in everything she does. Xot versatile, but supreme in her genre. Of the actors, I admire most John Barn-more. I already have said that I think Ernst Lubitsch the finest directorial genius in the world. With him I created my favorite role, that of Carmen in "Gypsy Blood,-' and Dn Barry in "Passion," also under his direction, is second in my preference. Two other directors whose work interests me verv much are Eric Yon Stroheim and D. W. Griffith. The chief handicap of screen progress in ROM pace 39 ] America as I see it i arbitrary restriction. Rule of ccn.-or-hip, policies of companies and of exhibitors, all combine to limit and standardize expression. Nevertheless, we shall have variety. An artir-t can express himself i with the mo-t vigorous restrictions because he is capable of subtlety. I am happy now because I have the opportunity of doing stories as great a tho>e I did in Europe. I understand the motion picturesituation more clearly, and I feel that I am better under-tood, both as an arti.-t and a woman. "Madame SanGene" was secured at my request, and I feel that sincere etlort is being made toward creating arti-tic work. I am the severest critic of my own pictures. In the past when I objected to certain things a! out them I wastold that they were, neverthek-big box office attractions. But the argument that a picture becomes a box office attraction through tlaws in artist ry is ridiculous. "Passion" was a work of art and also a commercial success. If I thought that I could rot make pictures of as high an order in .America as I did in Europe. I would return to Europe — instantly. This year I plan to visit my mother in Bromberg in Poland. I will take her to the home I have purchased on the Riviera in France, where the climate is delightful. Then I shall return to .America. Here is the place for work; here is the sreat opportunity for the artist of today. While I naturally love Europe, particularly France. I am fascinated by the spirit of energy in America. It is so alive in every nerve that it generates and inspires the creative mind. Although I feel New York is the place for me. I have come to like many things about California. Next to music and books, flowers are my hobby. My home i always filled with them, and in California I have them all about me. The dream of every European child is America. My dream has been realized. In spite of great unhappiness and many disDlusionments. I have found satisfaction. If I can earn favor with my work and continually progress, I am close to as much happiness there is in the world. nPHE avalanche of publicity that fell upon me when I was reported engaged to Charlie Chaplin caused many people to say that both Mr. Chaplin and I were seeking publicity. I can hardly blame anyone for this assumption. I have learned that everything connected with a celebrity is news in America. Lincoln and the Kids [continued The work on the picture was done directly under the supervision of the producer-, li saved time and money. The Rocketts knew exactly what they wanted and they went right out on the set and got it. The war scene threw a curious lighl Oil the Convolutions of the million-addled mind. It became rumored that Al and Ray Rockett were using many thousand extra-. "This Lincoln might not be such a bad idea after all. They're tying up ?ome sort of a war witli him," conceded the erstwhile skeptics. "A picture i generally indued 1 y the number of people you can afford to use," indiscreetly Confided Al Rockett. when 1 saw him one day. "Don't say that. It sounds as though we had some money, and we hadn't any, said l rather Ray. They were both a little gleeful and enthusiastic, for thing were beginning to break right FROM PAGE 66 ] for them. They had shown the film to several people in New York, men whose opinions they valued. And they were not yet tired of having their own opinions confirmed. They described their dramatic preview of the picture. They decided to show "Lincoln" at a little theater in an obscure town and the uncut picture ran almost all night without a single soul leaving the theater. "And we hadn't a single sob or laugh or applause moment that wasn't legitimate, not once a Bag carried across the screen, or a hokum title. But we trot applause repeatedly." And "Abraham Lincoln" continues to get it. The Rocketts got an idea, and held it. and fought and worked for it. with this achievement, a rare fusion of artistic perfection and box-office appeal. There isn't an American who could remain unmoved by it. ulTortlsciacnt In vuorori.AV MAGAZIN arautwd.