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The World's Leading Motion Picture Publication
FREDERICK JAMES SMITH
Contents
Vol. XXXV
MARK LARKIN WESTcnK EorroB
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May 1929
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J4MES R. Quirk'
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No. 6
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The High-Lights of This Issue
Cover Design Charles Sheldon
June CoUyer — Painted from Life
Brief Reviews of Current Pictures 6
A Guide to Your Evening's Entertainment
Brickbats and Bouquets 8
The Voice of the Fan
As We Go to Press 10
Last Minute News from East and West
Hollywood Puddings! 13
Photoplay's Cook Boolv Tells You How to Make Them
Friendly Advice on Girls' Problems
Carolyn Van Wyck 18 Photoplay's Personal Service Department
Close-Ups and Long-Shots James R. Quirk 29 The Editor Tells You What's What and Who Without Fear or Favor
She Fell in Love with Her Husband
Mark Larkin 32 The Amazing Story of the Strangest Romance in Filmland
How They Manage Their Homes
Alma Whitaker 34
The First of a Series of Word and Picture Visits to "Cinema Castles" — Pickfair
The All Star Blonde Herbert Howe 37
The Hollywood Boulevardier Visits the Celebrated Danish Beauty of Idaho — Jeanette Loff
The Great Talkie Sleep Test
Dr. Leonard Hall
The Professor Talks Right Out — Without Orchestra Accompaniment
The Studio Murder Mystery The Edingtons 40
Solution to the Fascinating Thriller of Filmland The Girl From Woolworth's (Fiction Story)
Grace Mack 46 What Happened When a Social Lion Tried to Crash the Movie Gate
Gossip of All the Studios Cal York
What the Film Folk Are Doing and Saying
What Are Your Correct Colors?
Laurene Hempstead Hints for the Brown Haired Girl
The Shadow Stage
Reviews of Latest Silent and Sound Pictures
The Girl Who Walked Back Herbert Howe
Otherwise, Bessie Love
That Old Devil, Camera Katherine Albert
What It Did to Ruth Chatterton
Everything, but — (Fiction Story)
France Goldwater
What Happened When the Star Quit the Picture and the Double Had Her Moment
The Big Boy Tells His Story
As told to Dorothy Spensley Gary Cooper Comes to Hollywood
Amateur Movies Frederick James Smith
Photoplay's Contest Closes with Many Interesting Entries
Watch Your Diet Dr. H. B. K. Willis
How to Achieve Beauty of Figure and Complexion Through Health
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Tips vs. Art
The Former Wins
Mark Larkin 74
at Least at Henry's
38 Wanted— a New Name for the Talkies 76
Send in Your Suggestion — There's a $500 Prize for the Best One
Questions and Answers The Answer Man 88
What You Want to Know About Films and Film Folk
Casts of Current Photoplays 152
Complete for Every Picture Reviewed in This Issue
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A complete list of all photoplays reviewed in the Shadow^ Stage this issue will be found on page 16
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Copyright. 1929. by the Photoplay Publishinq Company, Cblcaga