Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1919)

ii6 Photoplay Magazine — Advektising Section Unhirthday Gifts according to Humpty Dumpty, are gifts received at any time save on the day of ones hirth. Vb»^ 9° A Subscription to Photoplay Magazine Is one birthday gift that lives long after the cake and candles are gone. Every month — for as long a period as you subscribe — the recipient will be reminded of your thoughtfulness, as well as of your keen attention to his or her preference. Photoplay Magazine is an illustrated magazine of sunshine and studio light, revealing facts and fancies about the sparkling realm that few of us can personally visit— the place where motion pictures are made — behind the screen ! Such a remembrance, then, will please your friends on their birthdays — and please you, too, knowing, as you will, that the gift is appreciated. We tell the recipient, of course, who sent it. V/hen you return coupon, attach an Express or Postal Money Order or a Chech. BIRTHDAY GIFT SUBSCRIPTION COUPON Year. $2.00; Six Months, $1.00; Three months. 50c; Canada. $2..S0 a year ; Foreisn Countries. $3.00 a year. All subscriptions to our soldiers in foreign countries at U. S. rates. PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE, Dept. M, 350 North Clark Street, CHICAGO, ILL. Gentlemen: Enclosed find $ for months. Sentl to ~ Name Address From Name A ddresa I /J aaresa The Shadow Stage (Concluded) some more who don't like Elinor Glyn's stories. As a rule, I belong to the latter class. However, "Catherine Bush" was an exceptional narrative, and I think it was a fair rellection of ihc times. This picture has been hivishly produced, and Miss Calvert really registers. •\\ Man's Fight" (United). Dustin Farnum, in an average Western melodrama. '•The Thirteenth Chair"' (Pathe). Yvonne Delva and Creighton Hale, in a photodramatization of Bayard Veiller's mystery play, directed by Leonce Perret. "The World Aflame"' (Pathe). A serious play of industrial unrest, its causes, and suggestions for its cure. Frank Keenan is the star, and Jack Cunningham is the author of the play, "Evangeline" (Fox), A slow, dreary version of Longfellow's poem, in which Miriam Cooper is about the only redeeming feature. Oh, Mr. Fo.\', how could you ! "Kathleen Mavourneen" (Fox). A much better picture than "Evangeline," for all it contains Miss Bara, acting tremendously in an endeavor to get a "sweet" part across. "Rough Riding Romance" (Fox). Tom Mix, in a real Western thriller. Fox has a real card in Mix, and his plays, with their daring feats of horsemanship, have a deserved place all their own. "The Gamblers" (Vitagraph). It is an axiom of the stage that a poor play may be saved b^' an imposing finish, but a play which starts strong, only to contract anemia later on, is gone without hope. So Vitagraph's adaptation of Charles Klein's drama, entirely unconvincing at first, really has a great finish which makes it worth while. Harry Morey is the star. Humorously Speaking And Eggs are Expensive Old Comedian — Well, if you are such a great Hamlet, why not induce some movie manager to film the tragedy with you in the role? Old Tragedian — It would be sacrilege, my friend — sacrilege ! It is the lines that count, sir, the text ! Old Comedian — Perhaps. But the screen would be a protection against the impulses of audiences to throw things. — Judge. Not Comedy Pie Pie — "What is this cap-a-pie?" asked the movie comedian. "It alludes to a knight's garb in the Middle Ages." "So? I thought maybe it was something we could use in our biz." — Kansas City Jotirnal. Her Revolt QHE had given her all to this man. He •^ had drained her dry and what had she got in return? Hot wrath surged within her. Never in his life had he taken her anywhere. Life was just one dull monotonous round. She ' had never seen a picture-play. With an angry toss of her crumpled horns she kicked over the bucket of milk antf (lashed madly out of the barn. Every aclTcrtiscnicnt In rilOTOPLAY MAOAZIN'T: is guaranteed. A