Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1931)

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Same Tangee Color Principle in SEND 101 FOR TANGEE BEAUTY SET • Containing miniature Lipstick, Powder, two Rouges, and "The Art of Make-up." The George W. Luft Co., Dept. P 8 417 Fifth Avenue New York Name A d dress Screen Memories From Photoplay 15 Years Ago Theda Bara T\ 7ITH a forlorn in** dignation we asked editorially: Aren't you tired of trash? Of comedies without a glint of humor? Of dramas without a gleam of originality? Of love stories that haven't a semblance of humanity ? And concluded, in a bombastic furioso finale, "the ailment of the industry is feverish over-production!" That was 15 years ago. Seems we've been hearing the same thing for the last six months. And the last six years! Without any warning whatsoever, Theda Bara, then screen siren supreme, went practically sweet and pure in the role of Cigarette in "Under Two Flags." Our reviewer, commenting on her performance, said: "Her timid lovemaking carried as much conviction as though performed by Marguerite Clark." Olga Petrova, the Perilous Pole of her era, became, for purposes of cur interviewer, "Our Lady of Troubles," because she enjoyed playing unhappy roles on the screen. The fifth chapter of D. W. Griffith's life story told of the making of the "Birth of a Nation." In the gallery were pictures of Camille Astor, Irene Fenwick, Pedro De Cordoba, Henry B. Walthall, Annette Kellerman, Norma Talmadge, Betty Schade and Adda Gleason. Pictures reviewed included: "Honor Thy Name," with Frank Keenan, Louise Glaum and Charlie Ray; "The Half Breed," with Douglas Fairbanks, Alma Rubens and Jewel Carmen; "The Woman in the Case," with Pauline Frederick; "The Dream Girl," with Mae Murray; "Hulda from Holland," with Mary Pickford, and "The Daring of Diana," with Anita Stewart. Cal York items: Thomas Meighan has temporarily forsaken the screen to appear in stock with his wife, Frances Ring . . . Dorothy Dalton was awarded her divorce decree from Lewis J. Cody, heavy in Mabel Normand's company. io Years Ago O; ,NE of the loveliest romances of Hollywood culminated in the happy announcement that Alice Terry and Rex Ingram were to be married. "Probably in New York or in Europe," Rex, who is Irish and superstitious, told Cal York. "There's no luck in Hollywood marriages. They don't last." Well, Rex evidently knew, for he and Alice are still married and happier than ever in their Nice, France, villa. Ralph Barton compiled and illustrated a set of "vital statistics" of the past film year. One of the most vital was: "The amount of energy expended in 1920 by wealthy villains in luring pure and innocent working girls to their luxurious bachelor apartments would be sufficient to hoist the New York Public Library thirty-one feet from its foundation." Ralph had a lot of fun all through the issue. On another page he drew a picture of Lon Chaney as Svcngali and wrote: "Lon Chaney is the easiest man on earth to draw. If the sketch doesn't look like him he will deftly make up to look like the sketch. You can't go wrong." The famous Carmcns of opera and the screen were pictured: Calve, Theda Bara, Mary Garden, Marguerite Sylva, Geraldine Farrar, and Pola Negri, who was the latest to join this distinguished company. Agnes Ayres was the girl on the cover. In the gallery were pictures of Pauline Starke, Betty Blythe, Marshall Neilan, Shannon Day, Gladys Coburn, Corinne Griffith and Norman Kerry. Pictures reviewed included: "Peter Ibbetson," with Elsie Ferguson and Wally Reid; "The Sign on the Door," with Norma Talmadge and Lew Cody; "Among Those Present," with Harold Lloyd; "The Conquest of Canaan," with Thomas Meighan and Doris Kenyon, and "The Inner Chamber," with Alice Joyce and Pedro De Cordoba. Cal York item: Pearl White has secured her divorce from Wallace McCutcheon. 5 Years Ago John Barrymore THIS month we recorded two epochal episodes in the history of the screen: The tragic, untimely death of Rudolph Valentino, and the coming of sound! It was the passing of the old order and the coming of the new. Some how, looking backward, it seems more than a coincidence that these revolutionary events should have met head-on. "Bringing Sound to the Screen," told of the Vitaphone demonstration in connection with the showing of John Barrymore's "Don Juan." It was actually a musical accompaniment for the picture, which was silent. We had some of Hollywood's married folk tell us "How They Popped the Question." Estelle Taylor told how Jack Dempsey proposed; Bill Boyd how he wooed and won Elinor Fair; Eddie Sutherland how he captured Louise Brooks, and Gloria Swanson admitted the Marquis said it in English. Since then they've all told different versions to a judge. In the gallery were pictures of Seena Owen, Olive Borden, Mav Allison, Monte Blue, Ronald Colman, Phyllis Haver and Janet Gaynor. "The Son of the Sheik," Valentino's last picture and the one that had taken him to New York for its premier and his last illness, was reviewed in The Shadow Stage. "Lonj; will this picture remain in the memory ol those fortunate enough to see it," wrote our reviewer. Other pictures reviewed were: "The Scarlet Letter," with Lillian Gish; "One Minute to Play," with "Red" Grange; "Don Juan," with John Barrymore and a Vitaphone musical accompaniment, and "Fine Manners," with Gloria Swanson and Eugene O'Brien. Cal York items: Dick Arlen and Jobyna Ralston have announced their engagement . . . Cecil B. De Mille is still trying to roun< up the Apostles for "King of Kings." . Constance Talmadge and her hubby, Alastai Mcintosh, are honeymooning in Scotland.