Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1927)

Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section Alma Rubens, they all affected it. But there were two beautiful exceptions, Mary Pickford and Vilma Banky. Mary wore a lovely gown of gold sequins, her wrap of peach colored velvet with a dyed fox collar. Vilma, with a bright aureole of love shining about her, wore a gown of chartreuse green and silver. GIRLS, First National is about to be good to you. It is about to show you John Westwood, and John is the handsomest college boy in America. Some time ago First National Pictures started a contest in the colleges. Cameramen from that studio visited every university in the country and took film tests of all the most popular men. The tests, some 14,261 of them, were weeded out to twenty. Then a group of critics, among them two representatives of Photoplay, thank you, viewed those twenty tests and selected John as preeminent. Mr. Westwood is a Princeton man. Nine other campus sheiks will come to Hollywood with him, the nine other survivors of the contest. They have ten weeks and a fair salary on which to make good. Their first picture will probably be the next Richard Barthelmess starring vehicle. They are all handsome, but if John doesn't knock the femmes for a bunch of lilies, these eyes did not know their onions. A ND there is Charles Delaney, ■*^Metro Goldwyn Mayer's newest contract player, who said, after reading the morality clause in his contract, that he blushes when he kisses his wife. RUTH DWYER, that's Monty Banks' leading lady, brings forth a new fad. Finger nails to match your dinner dress. I saw her at Montmartre the other night gowned in a slim golden sheath of a dress, her fingernails glistening like molten metal. She looked like a golden idol from Siam. The following night she wore green and her finger tips were as the apple leaf. It's all right with me, Ruth. But don'l start chewing betel nuts so your teeth will match your hair. THE next time somebody offers you a letter to somebody else that will surelv get you into the movies and make you a star, look to the ink of the signature. For thereby hangs your career. The ink trick was invented by Dave Allen, head of Central Casting Bureau. Dave was continually annoyed by sweet young things who called on him bearing letters from Mr. Whosis of the Whatnot Studio asking Dave to put the dear on Central's Casting list. And Dave, who is daily forced to listen to heartbreaking stories of hundreds of really talented girls who simply can't find enough work, welcomes an inexperienced film aspirant as cordially as a star welcomes a new wrinkle about the eyes. However, he'd get the novice a day's work, if possible, only to have Mr. Whosis call, in nine cases out of ten, and IO7 c\iance, oUtse. ****** ° Atee *oUtS OnW **£?**** t C0&& A Quickest, CYnca&o to Tickets and reservations at Hollywood Ticket Office 6768 Hollywood Boulevard, Phones Granite 1801-1802 Los Angeles Ticket Office 212 West Seventh Street, Phone Metropolitan 2000 B. F. Coons, General Agent, Rock Island Lines 809 Van Nuys Building Phone Trinity 4574, Los Angeles, Caliiornia Hugh H. Gray, General Agent Southern Pacific Lines 165 Broadway, Phone Cortland 4800 or 531 Fiith Avenue at 44th Street Phone Cortland 4800, New York City P. W. Johnston General Agent, Passenger Department Rock Island Lines 723 Knickerbocker Building Broadway and 42nd Street Phones Wisconsin 2515-6, New York City (240) COMFORTABLE LOW ALTITUDE WAY OO 5AN DIECOD^ARRISO GORGE ^CSON OLDEN STATE ROUTE •-■53* When you write to advertisers please mention rnoTOPLAY MAGAZINE.