Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1926)

Photoplay Magazine Advertising Se< hon i i Close-Ups and Long Shots n\i i i) i ROM PAQ] rope thirtj fh e feel abo\ e the ground and looking at the extra girls ,u the aame time, which unquestionably was .1 feat. IM RED ray pet theory, namely thai an actor has no brains, and Doug promptly agreed "I'm no actor," said he, "but Charlie is a great actor." JOHN Gil BERT to my monastery for lunch, J proclaiming the ecclesiastical effects of madonnas and crucifixes alter hi> own In-art. he likewise being a home church-goer. He's the lirst to endorse my casa whole lieartedly, w hii h is not to be surprised at, says Adela St Johns, as Jack is also a nut. Jack has liuilt a Mexican house on a hill top above King Vidor's so as he can throw dead bottles and other tributes onto his director's root top. There is one bedroom in black and white, with a huge ebony crucifix against the white wall over the black bed, and a black prtdieu with a prayer book lying open on the top. The room holds sacred memories, being an exact duplicate of the one in "The Merry Widow" wherein Jack did (Censored: substitute "get fresh with") — Mae .Murray. I ALWAYS wanted to he a writer and still do," remarked Jaek. tactfully, as he eyed my typewriter. Then tactlessly, "I started to he one once because I thought my nose was too big for pictures " Noting that I bridled at this, having an appendage of pure Greek heritage, he said he didn't mean that a big nose qualified him as a writer but that it did disqualify him as an actor until his face had a chance to grow up to it. JACK asked me what I considered as necessary qualifications for a writer. "Well, first of all," I said, putting on my horn-rimmed glasses, "you ought to know Alice Terry." A letter from Alice in France informs me of the unsurprising news that writers are Hocking to the Riviera since her arrival. Frederick Lonsdale, dramatist of "Spring Cleaning," is there, and Michael Arlen, who is still collecting money with his old green hat. If I'm to compete in wit with such as these I'll have to hurry to France even if it requires a supreme sacrifice. I dare say that under Alice's sophisticated inlluence Michael's next contribution will make "The Green Hat" look like a white woolly baby bonnet. IWOXDER sometimes why more youths don't tackle writing for the movie magazines. It pays well, as my lands and lowing herds do testify. You don't need to know anything about grammar, which is so troublesome in other forms of writing, and you are practicallyfed free. "How do you go about writing an interview?" a correspondent asks. "Is it an art requiring special study?" Ans.: Xo, all you need is pictures, which the press agent supplies, with enough words packed around them to make the page look like your money's worth. Any kind of words will do as the editor never bothers to read them, the stars can't read them, and the public only looks at the pictures. Of course, with a page like this one you are handicapped because there are no pictures. So you have to rely on inspiration, and inspiration comes from God, as Milton would say, or from the bootlegger, as Scott Fitzgerald might say, or from your friends, as honest Herb would orate. The reason I Boswell a select coterie is that it keeps me from being found out. "Does .Alice Terry really say the witty things HINDS Jfo??ey &~ yihnond CRfeAM tt Can't you do that later?" he whispered fiercely Yes, he was emphatic. But if there is one thing in the world he hates most, it is to see a woman powder her nose in public. Someone should tell this misguided lady about Hinds Honey and Almond Cream, as a base for powder. Use it and the powder stavs on — for hours Hinds Cream also protects the skin. Gently patted on every time you wash your face and hands, it will keep your complexion fresh and youthfully smooth, your hands supple and voting. Try it and sec. Let us send you a generous sample of Hinds Honey and Almond Cream Stays on so well that powder and puff to try for yourself. Simply write to needn't be dragged out. the address below. Made and dhtributed by A.S.HINDS CO., Bloomrield, N. J., Dept. ,^o HINDS CREAM <.in new b, furchair.1 in Franci,ln Gtrmanj jnd in England A D ivi si o n of I.EHN & FINK PRODUCTS COMPANY When you write to advertisers [fleam mention PnOTOPI.AY MAGAZINE.