Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1929)

Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section DelighLfulanrf so Inexpensive,/ Millions of discriminating women have thus expressed their appreciation of Black and White Face Ponder— the largest-selling popular -priced face powder in the world. This pure, fine powder goes on smoothly, does not streak or appear artificial, adheres for hours without renewing and keeps the complexion looking youthfully fresh, smooth and beautiful. At all dealers. Try it! NEW YORK-MEMPHIS MONTEREY BLACK-^WHITE FACE POWDER. Amateur Movies I CONTINUED FROM PAGE 96 ] are becoming more decorative. They are taking on color and ornamentation, following in the trail of dc luxe radios. The Eastman Company now sells a combination Kodascope screen and card table at $30. Closed, it is an attractive bridge table. Open, it is an alimiinum screen, I8J-2 by 25 inches. Another important accessory for amateurs is the new Bell and Howell Filmo projector safety shutter. With this in place you can allow prolonged projection of a single frame picture without injury to the lilni. The shutter gives illumination and safety. "PHOTOPLAY received so many inquiries ■' about the new home talkie device of the De Vry Corporation that it presents a picture in another column. The De Vry Cine-Tone is compact, dependable and as easily operated as the regular projector. It brings to the home the clear, iiickerless movies projected by the popular De Vry type G 16 millimeter projector, plus voice and sound accompaniment. The attachment plays a regular record-, the films being synchronized just as are the talkies in the big theaters. The Cine-Tone is complete with connection for light socket operation and connection to your radio loud speaker. The present combination unit can be purchased for about $250, less than the cost of many projectors alone. The unit, mountecl complete on one base, can be obtained in an attractive cabinet or it may be purchased alone. There wiU be regular releases of De Vry Cine-Tone 16 millimeter subjects. One Star Is Enough i CONTINtlED FROM PAGE 72 ] spark, and Jobyna knew it. She also knew that of all the boys who used to drop by the house on Sunday afternoons Dick was the most vivid, the most dominant. Jobyna doesn't remember when he asked her to marry him. Certainly there was no formal proposal. No fine speeches. It just happened like a poem and they both knew that when they Had the time and when circumstances were right they'd marry. Even in those days Joby was a sensible little person. Her cahn eyes saw clearly and she knew that circimistances did have to be right. SHE knew for Dick's own pride and selfrespect she could not marry him while her salary was so much bigger than his and her career more important. And then the happy circumstances occurred. Dick was chosen, after hundreds of tests had been made, for the famous r61e in "Wings." They celebrated that night and began to plan on a wedding. Joby was happy. Now Dick would be famous and important and make money and she could, with a wifely conscience, work toward fulfilling her own destiny as an actress. They would be as other professional couples. Have mutual interests. Find joy in each other's work. And then something happened that changed the color of Joby's life and made the great sacrifice necessary. The night after the celebration Dick stormed into till* house. "What DO you suppose they've done?" he cried. "They're taking a test of another man for 'Wings.' And they'd promised the part to me!" Before Joby could stop him he had the telephone. He had Paramount on the wire. He was telling somebody, an^'body, everybody who would talk to him what he thought of the studio and each individual in it. He hung up the phone at last. "They tell me to come down for another test," said Dick, "but I won't! Let 'em take the part and give it to somebody else and see if I care." JOBYN.^'S heart stopped beating for the fraction of a second, until she could pull herself together and muster up the courage she needed. She talked to Dick. He mustn't be silly and throw away the chance of a lifetime just because he was in a temper. He must, of course, go back and have the test. He mustn't scream at executives. He must say, "Yes," and show them what a nice boy he was. She watched his face closely to see if her words were having their effect. It was the crucial moment in their lives. If Dick didn't go back . . . She didn't dare to think what might happen. He'd always be an extra man. They couldn't ever be married. He had to go back. He went back, had the test and, of course, got the part. Dick's career had begun. Joby's had ended. Or had it? Hers had begun, too. Her career was now Dick's. The great sacrifice was to be made. She saw her way clearly, as only a woman who gives a man a great love can see it. Her manager wouldn't believe her when she told him she was going to turn down leads in two big, important pictures to take a small part in "Wings." "But, Jobyna," he gasped, "your career!" .And Joby nodded wisely and thought of that other career, her career as a counselor to Dick. She took a small part in "Wings" so that she could be near Dick and help him and keep him from doing the foolish things that all artists do. She knew that she had been right in giving up better picture work when they stood together in Riverside and were married on a Saturday afternoon off, January 28, 1927. Of course, she worked after that but it seemed inane and rather ridiculous. For instance, they began to build their home in Toluca Lake Park just a few days before she was called away on location. She knew that was wrong. A growing house needs a woman as much as a growing child. Dick came to the location to spend a week end with her and to tell her about the home. But they were both unhappy that she was away. And when he left her she had no heart for her work. Her work! Her real work was with Dick! They moved into the newhomeinNovember, 1927. And while Dick's career grew and flourished like a summer day, hers jogged along in spite of herself. She had to be there for Dick, for he is an artist and she is a wife. He needed her for the big things and he needed her for the small ones. [ CONTINUED ON PAGE 100 ] Every advertisement In PHOTOPLAT MAGAZINE la guaranteed.