Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1929)

Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section drink it. There was nothing vicious about our drinking bouts. It was harder on our stomachs than our morals. We thought w'e were a bunch of hell-raising, two-fisted guys. Everyone goes through that liberating period. And I, with my freedom fetish, took it big. But it wasn't that which put an official halt to our activities as much as the fact that I fell in love. I'd hardly call it love, looking back now. It was more or less a symbol of my maturity. We danced, skated and drank together, the whole crowd. I don't believe I ever saw the girl alone, except, perhaps, to escort her to her home. THE school board heard of our little set's escapades and seized upon me to save, as a brand from the burning. I was a boy from another town who needed protection and guidance. I was warned against my sinful life, the wages of Jim Crow and shapely ankles. The girl and I were separated, with long lectures, before we had even thought of a romance. Nevertheless, it was a suggestion. I began to contemplate the other se.x with favor, all the while turning, with the fervor equal to that of a young ascetic, to my studies. liVc.v; month Gary Cooper will relate Ins adventures in reacliing Hollywood. Be sure to wateli for the May issue of Photoplay.] I The Philosophy of Crime [ CONTI.NUED FROM I>AOE 71 ] "and at least eighty percent of the murders are never discovered !" That, ladies and gentlemen, is a startling statement. "A man is found dead with a gun near-by." Mr. Wright elaborates. "There are powder marks on his temple, there is no evidence of struggle. Police declare it suicide. The coroner's jury renders a verdict of self-inflicted death. But who put the revoher there? "Someone is discovered seated in a chair, dead. The room is undisturbed except for a shattered chandelier which lies on the floor and which struck the victim on the head and dealt the death blow. It is called accidental death. But does anyone know who was upstairs when the chandelier so mysteriously fell? "So it goes ad infinitum, cases without number, piling the records high in every city. Cases judged solely on appearances and circumstantial evidence." MR. WRIGHT was asked a short time ago if there is such a thing as a perfect alibi. "Who knows?" he answered. "The only alibis we know of are those that w-ere unsuccessful, those that failed. Certain it is that the person who possesses a perfect alibi is not going to expose it, not going to tip his hand, so to speak." There are, it seems, five primary motives for murder, judging by the \'an Dine compilation: "First," says ?>Ir. Wright, "there are murders for profit; these lead all others. Then there are murders for jealousy. A recent example, apparently, is the crime that occurred on Long Island a short time ago. A man and woman were found shot outside a bungalow. No sign of struggle, no tell-tale clue, nothing. What was it, a tryst interrupted? Suicide? Or was it an accident? There's the mystery — solve it. Next, I think, come murders for revenge, followed by killings for ambition. And last, the pathological crimes — the abnormal sex murders, which are usually the most fiendish of all." Because of the baffling stories he writes — stories that defy solution by the most ingeruous minds — I wondered if \'an Dine had developed a contempt for law, or a desire to abuse, misuse or pervert it. In fact, terrible though the suggestion may seem, I wondered if he had ever A^cotionBook Read it — and write your own vacation ticket! You will find this a fascinating book ! It will make you think in new terms of your vacation. It will change your ideas oi cost and time required for a Colorado vacation. It describes a vacation realm of endless variety — a glorious Skyland where you can do the things you enjoy most at their best. Golf, fishing,riding, hiking, camera-hunting—numberless recreation possibilities! 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