Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1928)

Tl Photoplay Magazine— Ad\'ertising Section . T ,,.,-pr niarrv the rich rirl from the the last chapter, BiU Steinkamp, pay master ^f!"* "",?.r"r 'l.ent.^ at the Fox Hollywood Studios, who could lings women have told me by Ruth Miller ^40^ ff WOMEN constantly ask. me how they can be free from the danger of underarm odor and ruinous stains on dresses. I can answer no better than by telling what women who use Odorono regularly tell me. "My doctor told me about Odorono first years ago; it's marvelous, I use it all the time." .Another, "One day my dress shield slipped and I ruined a new dress. A friend told me about Odorono and now I don't bother with anything else. I use it often enough to keep the underarm dry all the time." A businesswoman sajrs, "Perspiration odor turns men in an office against a woman quicker than anything else and Odorono is the only way I know to keep dainty through the strain of a long busy office day!" "It makes me feel so much more exquisite, and self-confident," says one woman. "I use Odorono twice a week and never have a particle of moisture under the arm." Odorono is endorsed by Physicians. Odorono (ruby colored) keeps underarm dry used twice a week the last thing at night. Odorono No. 3, milder (colorless), is for sensitive skins. At toilet goods counters 35c and 60c. New Odorono Cream Depilatory 50c. If you have never known Odorono, send for the samples at once! n f> fn of breeding use our million bottUs of mfdically approved "lusive" every year. New \W Offe PrTiiMiLtni,246BIa Cinrinnati.Ohio. In Canada 1 he Odorono Co., 468 t., vVV^t, Toronto, Ont. I enclose IOC for samples. east, as it would be mconsistent. -^^^^ ^^^^ ^.^^^ -^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ .^ ^^ ^^^ character of a clean we discovered I had a million— mebbe more. T HAVE tried to create J livin' voung man an' to successfully portray that. I have had to live that kind of a life myself. Young America has placed me on so'methin' hke a pedestal, an' made more or less a hero out of me. For this I owe every boy and giri of this an' other countries a debt of 'gratitude, for in hvin' up to the character they believed me to be they ha\-e made a better man out of Tom Mix than Tom MLx would have made out of himself. For this an the many other comforts an' happiness the boys and giris have brought me I am truly and fleeply grateful, an' most cheerfully do I acknowledge the debt Again, that is a matter between me an' the income tax man. From a little three room shack at Xehall, California, which I built myself and where Mrs. ISIix an' me set up house keepin', v^e moved into a rented bungalow on Golden Gate Avenue, Los Angeles. Then I bought a nice little home at Carlton Way, Hollywood, where Mrs. IMix an' I lived and where our little Tommy was born. In spite of all that has been printed, my married life has been a very happy one, although twice a year the newspaper boys and magazine writers whenever news gets dull. 1 he tirst^ sad note that came in my picture print a story_ about me an' Victoria gett: rarcir was the death of Old Blue, a horse that io\-lullv and safely had carried me for years aiid shared equally with me in privation and prosperity. I buried Old Blue in the center of the corral at Mixville, Cahfornia, where a tall pillar today marks his grave. I buried him there because I thought he would like to be near the horses, and that, in turn, they would all like to be near Old Blue. On Decoration Day, and in fact every day of the year, there are' sweet \-ines and gentle flowers on Old Blue's grave, as sweet and as gentle as Old Blue himself. It is the least I can do to show my respect an' affection for one of the best friends that I, or any man, ever knew. THE pictures have brought me pleasant associations. Likewise some associations that were not so pleasant. I reckon I have had more leadin' women than any other man today in pictures. Around Hollywood young women consider it good luck to make a picture with me, for most of my leading women sooner or later have achieved success. Thinking back for the moment I recall among those who have played with me. Colleen Moore, Myrtle Stedman, Wanda Hawley, Kathleen O'Conner, Pauline Starke, Juanita Hanson, Enid IMarkey, Kitty Sampson, Betty Jewel, Patsy Ruth Miller, Billie Dove, Alma Bennett, Lillian Rich, Dorothy Dwa ~" ~ " " " divorce. Twi both denied it. a year, for ten years, we ha\e SOjNIETIMES when they are a little slow starting the rumor I start it myself so I can have my secretary deny it and get the regular semi-annual denial out of the way. I ha\-e often been asked what future I have in mind for my little Tommy, who is now between six and seven. I have none. She is goin' to public school, where I think all children should be sent. I aim to give her a good education, train and fit her to be a good wife an' a good mother. Mebbe I am old fashioned, but to my mind that is about the highest aim any father can have for a child, an' that is our aim for little Tommy. All that I have gained, however, has not come easy. I reckon I have paid as great a penalty, at least as great a physical penalty for success as any livin" man. Makin' pictures of the kind I turn out are frequently attended with accident. I have had a hundred and fifty-six stitches taken in my body. I have, during my picture career suffered 23 broken and cracked ribs. My right arm has been broken in five places, my left in three. I have had three fractures of the left leg, in addition to two clean breaks of the legs. I have suffered numerous bruises and sprains, but ha\-e never snapped an ankle, due to the fact that my spur straps are always worn tight and protects 'em. Clara Bow, Kathleen Keys, Helene Of broken fingers and toes I have never kept a Costello, Ora Carew, Olive Borden, Clare .\dams, Dorothy Sebastian, Marion Nixon, Lucy Fox, Gertrude Ohnstead, Esther Ralston, Jane Novak, Eve Novak, Pauline Curry, Ann Cornwall, Helene Chadwick, Natalie Joyce, Doris May, Natalie Kingston, Barbara Bedford, Ann Pennington, Marjorie Daw, Sally Blane, an' many others whose names for the moment escapes me. For the benefit of some of the women folks who might be inquirin', I tried just now to present estate in Beverly Hills, which is said figure out how many of my leading women to be a ^'ery fine one. It has a nice swimming were blondes an' how many brunetts, and pool, and nifty tennis courts. I ha\-e a butler record since they have been too numerous record. I have been an annoyin' patient an' worn plaster casts in hospitals in Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and California. Frequently I have escaped injury through the sure footedness and nimble legs of Tony. V\l THEN the money got to comin' thick, I »* moved from the Carlton Way house to my which did I prefer. But since playin' with me a lot of 'em have changed the color of their hair so many times that I can't remember how they originally started out. So it is I can't tell whether I prefer blondes or brunetts — mebbe I ain't a gentleman. From time to time my income was increased until I was popularly supposed to be receivin' quite a large salary. I am admittin' to that, although I will say mebbe it was not as large as the publicity department tried to make out. In fact, at one time there arose quite a triflin' dispute between me an' the fellers who pass on the income tax a tryin' to decide who was a tellin' the truth, me or the press agent. Money came in, I'll admit faster than I could spend it. An', one day, as I stated in and my wife plays bridge. I hope by the time little Tommy grows up she will be able to act like she lives there. But often in the evenin' I look back an' think of the nights when I rolled over in my blanket an' went to sleep, soothed by the rumble of the long-horns as they milled themselves down for the night. Often again, I picture once more the mornin's when the sun was just breakin' over the eastern foothills an' we started the trail-herd on the long, long road to the north. Then it was that the broad prairie stretched away, green an' invitin' before me; the wUd flowers nodded a cheery good mornin', an' with the blue sky above me an' a good horse under me, I was a King — the richest of men. Just how rich, I didn't then know. FIRST CUT PUZZLE PICTURES There'.s $5,000 in Ca.sh Prizes for Winners in Photoplay's | Annual Cut Puzzle Picture Contest «hieh start.s in this issue. See rules and suggestions on page 58. 1 tiscmcnt In PUOTOPhAY MAGAZINE Is euaiantced.