Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1931)

io6 Photopxay Magazine for December, 1931 (f)hic (^a/e-The Socialist tells about the ^IDGEWAY Twins TAKE the Ridgeway twins, Ches and Wal. Looked alike as two peas in a pod. Couldn't tell themselves apart except at dinner, and the only way they knew which was which then was because Ches liked navy beans :.nd Wal didn't. Well sir, you might go so far as to say they had equal chances in life if any two young fellers ever did. It was this way at the age of twenty when they went to work in the bank. Now Ches is president of the bank and Wal has seven more years to serve at the penitentiary. It jest shows home conditions and trainin' ain't everything. Jest like Ches would eat navy beans and Wal wouldn't, Ches would eat those little chocolate tablets in the blue tin box, and Wal wouldn't. Ches felt good and thought the world was with him while Wal felt bad and thought the world was agin him. So they traveled different roads. Of course I ain't sayin' these little tablets will keep you out of the penitentiary. I'm jest tellin' about Ches and Wal, twins. // It takes over 30 million boxes of Ex-Lax — those little chocolate tablets in the blue tin box —to supply the demand each year. Ex-Lax tastes like delicious chocolate — but in it is concealed the well-known scientific laxative ingredient, phenolphthalein — of the right quality, in the right proportion, in the right dose. Ex-Lax is safe — gentle — effective for young and old. At your druggist's — iojf, 25^ and 50^. Keep "regular" with EXLAX The Chocolated Laxative FREE SAMPLE of ExLaxancT "CHIC" SALE'S WELLS CORNERS GAZETTE Namt Addrut . City Stall Mail this coupon to The Ex-Lax Co.. P. O. Box 170, t Times Plaza Sea.. Brooklyn. N. Y. P. H. 121 S* Short Subjects of the Month You'll love freckle-faced, grinning Ray Cooke as Torchy, the nonchalant office boy. Dorothy Dix is the blonde. Comedy reviewed below TORCHY Educational-Burr Introducing Ray Cooke and his engaging grin in the first of a series of comedies based on the famous "Torchy" stories. Torchy is an office boy, you know. Dorothy Dix offers good blonde interest. Great stuff. You'll be looking for the next one. OLD KING COTTON Paramount George Dewey Washington, negro singer, dashes off some grand tunes in this dramatic little short about a young darkie who leaves the plantation for Harlem, only to discover that old scenes are best. You'll like it. THE STARBRITE DIAMOND William J. Burns-Educational In this latest William J. Burns mystery thriller, suspicion rests on everyone at a houseparty. The diamond theft and fake shooting will hold your interest right up to the last flicker. The authenticity of these stories gives them added punch. RHYTHMS OF A GREAT CII Y Warner-Vita phone This is German film art made in Brooklyn, N. Y. — weird camera angles, flashes that last five seconds, street cars, silken legs and skyscrapers. Among the lightning-like shots is the tragic love story of a shop-girl and an ironworker. Mad, but well done. ISIANBUL TO BAGDAD Fox Different from the usual travelogue, this covers a wide scope. Beautiful photography adds enchantment to Far Eastern cities. Worthwhile. SPEED Educational-Scnnett A riotous comedy, and beautiful color photography which shows scenic grandeur from the Rockies to the Eastern Coast. Andy Clyde, Marjorie Beebe and Alberta Vaughn are splendid and there's a water scene that will leave your sides aching. ROUGH SAILING Warner-Vitaphone This is fast and it's funny. It's all about a clothing store dummy who gets mistaken for a sea captain and has to handle a ship. Joe Penner is the lad who provides the chuckles. TAXI I ROUBLES Educational-Scnnett All Andy Clyde has to do is bring that bewildered expression into a picture, and the comedy is funny. This time Andy is a taxi driver with more troubles than a traffic policeman. SCREEN SOUVENIRS Paramount See this first of a series of cuttings from old newsreels and dramas. There's Theodore Roosevelt at the opening of the Panama Canal; Christy Mathewson doing his stuff and bits from "The Curse of an Aching Heart." Great fun. HONEYMOON I RIO Educational-Cameo Two's company, three's a crowd when it comes to honeymooning! But sad-faced Al St. John, as a much bullied bridegroom, finds it isn't always easy to lose a chaperon when he happens to be the bride's ex-suitor. Entertaining. I HE GALLOPING GHOST Mascot Red Grange, football hero, comes back to the screen in a twelve-episode serial thriller. All the old-time thrills are given a background of college football. Grange is a versatile athlete, but Francis X. Bushman, Dorothy Gulliver and Gwen Lee take acting honors.