Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1929)

Photoplay Magazine for November, 1929 119 Another Hollywood Racket [ CONTINUED TROU PAGE 45 ] Mrs. West must have secretly gloated. "^\libi" was completed. It was a success, one of the most talked about pictures made in the new medium. And everybody in the cast was a success — particularly Chester Morris and Toomey. npHE production was previewed one sunny -•■ morning at Grauman's Chinese Theater. Paramount officials were there. Regis Toomejwas there. A few days later Regis Toomey was at Paramount signing a long term contract. He's made two pictures since then, "The Wheel of Life." with Richard Dix, and "Illusion," with Buddy Rogers. These are the bare facts of his success. He has a nice smile and an intelligent young face and, above all, ideals. He's simply not going to let Hollywood ''get" him. Hollywood High Hat I CONTINUED TROM P.\GE 65 J loftily, "it's the old story of the hare and the tortoise. I'm developing too fast for her and she'll never get the higher viewpoint. It serves me right, at that, for marrying a San Francisco salesgirl with nothing but a perfect three-quarter right profile." "If you think I'll register rage, you're out of Juck," throbbed Joyce, stealing a look at a mirror. "I was the best change maker the Five-and-Ten ever had, and I'm not ashamed to go back. Voii — the man of a million sweethearts — -I'll raffle you off to any of 'em for a thousand weekly alimony. Honest, Abie, Vhen we were married he was almost real once you got him away where no one was looking. But now he's fallen for the society racket I expect he'll start sporting a monocle!" The bewildered president stumbled to his feet and reeled to his official throne. "Do I look like a night club hostess or somethink," he moaned, "that you got to bawl on my lapels? A pfiii on j'ou for a couple false pretencers! ."^in't it only four months since I slipped you that Persian rug along with my blessink while I was pretty near chokink in my new Prince Isaac? It's better you should be soft and slushy like your pictures and maybe you can run in harness. But anyway, " said Mr. Zoop, "dish me the details and I'll see can I do any solutionink. " TTHE Mountstephens bared their souls with -*■ acrid eagerness, untU Mr. Zoop waved them to unwilling silence. "Listen," he said shortly. "A divorce is out, y'understand? It's bad publicity, and besides, all them boulevard beetles who lo\-e scandal will be laughink at you, let alone me, after the way we ballyhooed the ideal love match." "But, Abie," quavered the former Miss Cleary, "I — " "Don't pull no tears on me," advised the president. "If you leave your twin bed and Hubert's board I'll let your contract lapse without castink you in another picture." !Mr. Mountstephen chuckled nastily. "And as for you," yelled Mr. Zoop.enjojing his authority, "you're the kind of a guy who'd say, 'Guess w^ho this is' on a telephone call to London. You got no judgment, Hubert, ''DON'T BE A 'FRAID-CAT, MOTHER. THERE'S NO DANGER n MODERNIZING MOTHER . . . EpuoJe Number Eight Life is so much more fun when one is not afraid. Ic is her happy courage — the zest with which she welcomes every new delightful freedom — which is the charm of the modern girl. What mother can bear to stay in the drab shadows of middle life when such a daughter beckons back to youth? Youth — which will not tolerate senseless drudgery, the slavery of old-fashioned ways. It is to this demand of youth for the best that Modess owes its remarkable success. For Modess is convincingly finer ■ — softer, more comfortable. This superiority is chiefly due to a new filler invented by Johnson & Johnson, world's leading makers of surgical dressings. This filler is a fluffy mass like cotton, so yielding MoJi and conforming that irritation is impossible. Amazingly absorbent -truly disposable. For still greater comfort, the gauze is cushioned with a film of cotton, and the sides are smoothly rounded and shaped to prevent bulkiness. Modess is deodorizing. Laboratory tests prove it to be superior in this respect. Modess is made in one size only because its greater efficiency meets all normal requirements without readjusting size of pad. A box lasts longer. We are positive its gracious ease will convince you. Since it costs no more than you usually pay, why not try it? (J NEW BRUNSWICK. U N. J.. U.S. A. World's largest makers of surgical dressings, bandages. Red Cross absorbent cotton, etc. ess (Pronounced Mo-dess') SO INFINITELY FINER When you write to advertisers please mention PHOTOPLAT MAGAZINE.