Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1928)

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Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section I "Aida" placed him among the foremost tenors. And Mr. and Mrs. Eiseman, who happened to hear the boy at the movies, were the proudest members of the audience. Jagel, you must remember, sang at the movies in the days when theaters specialized in young, unknown singers with good voices instead of elderly vaudevillians with no voices at all. ELSIE JANIS has joined the lists of the women scenario writers. While the musical comedy, "Oh Kay!" was playing in Los Angeles, Elsie lost her \oice and had to withdraw from the cast. Then John McCormick bought the rights to the show for Colleen Moore and asked Elsie to try her hand at adapting the script. LEWIS MILESTONE, that ex-cutter, who has just won his first spurs as a director, was so excited about the opening of his heart-child, "Two Arabian Knights, " that he arrived with a party of twenty celebrities more than thirty minutes late, dug in his pockets and found he had forgotten his tickets. "Sorry, sir, but they must have thought you weren't coming and sold them over. There isn't an empty seat in the orchestra. " So Gloria Swanson went to the gallery, while her I\Iarquis-hubby found a hole in the rear of the balcony. Lila Lee discovered that a couple of electricians in the balcony had forgotten the girl friend and took the empty place between them. Mer\-in Le Roy posted himself on the stairs. E\-eryone but the host found some kind of a position. ^Milestone stood dejectedly in the rear of the building and watched his picture carry the crowd into roars of laughter, while he remembered with longing the irresponsibilities of being a whistling cutting-boy. A HOLLYWOOD theater an^* nounces in electric lights, "Titles by Ralph Spence," being the first time on record a title-writer rated billing. But if the titles were NOT by Ralph Spence, THAT would be news. DOROTHY GISH very silently returned to England to continue her series of famous sirens of history for a British company. Dorothy's new contribution to historic portraiture will be "Anne Boleyn," the recounting of the life of a lady who lost her head. Ricardo Cortez is also making pictures in Europe, with a French company. Ricardo is playing in a dingus called "The Orchid Dancer," directed by Leonce Perret who once made films in these parts. THEY have had orchestras play on the sets during the filming of pictures for some time now, but it remained for Ramon Novarro to introduce the vocalist as an accompaniment for emotional acting. "E\-ery musical instrument is merely an imitation of the human voice," he is said to have argued. Lillian Rosine was the singer borrowed from the costume department to sing in 4 f^ P H ^ f M y I i#3 ^^^3 Ml ^m^^M ^^^^^EiH ■■i "the Last Word m Transportation Service ^\ . . Thus "Chic" Sale, famous vaudeville and musical comedy star, describes the "Golden State Limited." "Go Golden State" is a slogan of stage and screen celebrities who besides expecting the utmost in travel service, know, too, that this de-luxe 63 hour flyer covers the distance between Chicago and Los Angeles on the fastest schedule available. Luxuriously fitted to afford maximum comfort, and serving meals unequalled for their goodness, the "Golden State Limited" is like a great moving hotel. You will be delighted with a trip on this great train. Any Southern Pacific or Rock Island agent will arrange it for you. Golden State Southern W S^^^SA-^^.^ %ock Pacific Liiiiitea ^ ^B^ .os..«..sc.^» Ur. C. L. UcJau Traffic llanoger, "alif"""' Bear Mr. KcPaul . fSMi I hare Bade many trips aero.. traJel'ooJSrt.'L^^ee ^d'th. t go to nmi. traTcllag a plsasore. S^^i^SoQ^^ Island F. S. McGINNIS. Pass. Traffic Mgr. Southern Pacific Company San Francisco, California Hollywood Ticket Office, 6768 Hollywood Blvd. L. M. ALLEN, Vicc-Pres. and Pass. Traffic Mgr. Rock Island Lines, Chicago, Illinois Los Angeles Ticket Office. 212 West Seventh I atlvertisers pleast I niOTOPL.VT SIAGAZIXE.