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The World's Leading MotionPicture Publication
ITBEDERICK JAMBS SMITH
Contents
For
June
1928
Vol. XXXIV
James R. Quirk
= LDITOR AND PUBLlbHER
No. 1
The High-Lights of This Issue
Cover Design Charles Sheldon
Marion Da\'ies — Painted from Life
As We Go to Press 6
Last Minute News from East and West
Brief Reviews of Current Pictures 8
A Gmde to Your Evening's Entertainment
Brickbats and Bouquets 10
The Voice of the Fan
Friendly Advice on Girls' Problems
Carolyn Van Wyck 16 Photoplay's Personal Service Department.
Close-Ups and Long Shots James R. Quirk 27
The Editor Tells You What's What and Who Without Fear or Favor
What Price Matrimony in Hollywood
Earl Wingart 30 It Takes a Fortvme to Win a Famous Baby Star
Jack Gilbert Writes His Own Story
Jack Gilbert 32 The Screen's Most Brilliant Actor Talks About Himself
What Makes You Laugh? Dr. Louis E. Bisch 34
Comedies Are Prescribed as a Cure for Mental Fog
Sadder but Wiser Lois Shirley
Mary MacLaren Is Back in Hollywood Trying to Forget Her Nightmare Romance in India
Misinformation Ruth Biery
The Spotlight Is Turned on the Holly^vood Rumor Market
Sketches from Hollywood
His Imperial Highriess, Archduke Leopold of Austria
A Habsburg Gives Some Impressions of the American Film Capital
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Gossip of All the Studios Cal York
What the Film Folk Are Doing and Saying
Stepping Stones (Fiction Story) Grace Mack
A Hollywood Expert on Sex Finds Love — in a Restaurant
The Shadow Stage
Reviews of the Newest Pictures
Two More Nutty Biographies
Have You Joined in This Interesting Contest for $500 in Cash Prizes?
$5,000 in Fifty Cash Prizes
Here's the Start of Photoplay's Annual Cut Picture Puzzle Contest
The Story of Greta Garbo
Conclusion of This Star's Interesting Narrative as Told by Her to Ruth Biery
$2,000 in Prizes for Amateur Movies
Frederick James Smith Awards Are Made in Pioneer Photoplay Contest
Sexes and Sevens (Fiction Story)
Harry L. Reichenbach
A Clever Story by the Screen's Cleverest Press Agent
Making a Million Tom Mix
Tom's Counted Up and Finds He Has a Million — Maybe More
What Was the Best Picture of 1927?
Cast Your Ballot for the Photoplay Medal of Honor
Questions and Answers The Answer Man
What You Want to Know About Films and Film Folk
Eat Well and Be Your Weight
Photoplay's Cook Book Tells You How
Casts of Current Photoplays 141
Complete for Every Picture Reviewed in This Issue
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52 56
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A complete list of all photoplays reviewed in the Shadow Stage this issue will be found on page la
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Copyright. 1928. by the PHOTOPLAY Publishing Company. Chicago.