Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1929)

The World's Leading Motion Picture Publication PREDBRICK JAHE» SMITH UANAalNO BDITOB MARK LAKKIN WBHTFRN KOlTOn Contents Vol. XXXV For January 1929 <^= James R. Quirk = EDITOR AND PUBLISHER : No. 2 =i»i> The High-Lights of This Issue Cover Design Charles Sheldon Madge Bellamy — Painted from Lite As We Go to Press 6 Last Minute News from East and West Brickbats and Bouquets 8 The Voice ot the Fan Brief Reviews of Current Pictures 10 A Guide to Your Evening's Entertainment Recipes for Party Hostesses 15 Let Photoplay's Cook Book Be Your Guide 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 Sonny Boy Tad Hastings 29 Little Davey Lee Follows Brother Frankie to Fame Diet — The Menace of Hollywood Katherine Albert 30 Typical "Star" Luncheons Are Fatal to Health and Happiness Girl Wanted — No Experience Required Cal York 34 Charlie Chaplin Picks — Literally Out of the Sky — a New Leading Lady The Studio Murder Mystery The Edingtons 36 Two Conflicting Confessions Baffle the Police. There's $3,000 for Solutions of This Crime Here Are Winners of $5,000 Contest 40 Awards Made for Photoplay's Annual Cut Picture Puzzles The Stars That Never Were Margaret E. Sangster 44 Chinese New Year — A True Story ot Hollywood 46 50 52 56 58 Gossip of All the Studios Cal York What the Film Folk Are Doing and Saying My Life — So Far As told to Dorothy Spensley Janet Gaynor Relates Her Hollywood Experiences The Shadow Stage Reviews of Latest Silent and Sound Pictures What Do You Mean — Intellectual? Katherine Albert Aileen Pringle Hates to Be Tagged "The Darling of the Intelligentsia" Conrad in Quest of a Voice Mark Larkin Wherein Mr. Nagel Talks About the Talkies Doug's Ofifice Boy Makes Good Cal York 63 But Barry Norton Did It on the Screen — Not Behind a Desk Photoplay Reviews the Film Year Frederick James Smith Fifteen Stars and Players Scored More Than One Best Performance in Photoplay During 1928 ' Good Girl (Fiction Story) Alice L. Tildesley Ken Laurel's Heart Stood Still for Years, Until — Amateur Movies Frederick James Smith Interest Grows in Photoplay's $2,000 Contest How to Make a Winter Hat for $3.50 Lois Shirley Esther Ralston Demonstrates the Way "Imagine My Embarrassment — " Vernon Bailey How Don Terry, Tourist, Found Out That He Was "Just the Type" Questions and Answers The Answer Man What You Want to Know About Films and Film Folk Casts of Current Photoplays Complete lor Every Picture Reviewed in This Issue 64 66 70 72 74 85 124 <%^ =<5^ A complete list of all photoplays reviewed in the Shadow Stage this issue will be found on page 12 ■<&)= =<!^ Published monthly by the Photoplay Publishing Co. Editorial Offices, 221 W. 57th St., New York City Publishing Oflice, 750 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, III The International News Company. Ltd.. Distributing Agents. 5 Bream's Building. London. England James R. Quirk, President Robert M. Eastman. Vice-President Kathryn Dougherty, Secretary and Treasurer Yearly Subscription: S2.50 in the United States, its dependencies. Mexico and Cuba; S3. 00 Canada; S3. .SO to foreiijtn countries. Remittances should be made by check, or jiostal or express money order. Caution— Do not subscribe through persons unknown to you. Entered as second-class matter April 24. 1912. at the Postofflce at Chlcaso. III., under the .Act of March 3. 1879. Copyright. 1928. by the Photoplay Publishing Company. Chicago.