Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1930)

Photoplay Magazine for February, 1930 thing Miss Chatterton does so superbly — really interesting and worthwhile plays — not just vague stories and innumerable close-ups of pretty figures. Beulah Childers. Likes 'Em Young Columbus, Ohio. Ten years ago there were absolutely no pictures showing the life of the young American girl. Today I am twenty-three years old, but ten years ago I was trying to make myself into an older woman. How unhappy were those days when I tried to wear the serene expression of Dorothy Dalton, living the life of a woman in one of those melodramas, of which the screen program consisted. But what a contrast has come today! Younger players have been starred, in plays which have appeal for the modern girl. We can be natural, chic, and popular, if we use Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Anita Page, June Collyer and others as examples — for don't we all ape the movies? Marcaret Mog. Bringing Up the Boy Friend Los Angeles, Calif. I have been going with a very nice young man, well mannered and gentlemanly, but who, owing to a very little education, made many and noticeable mistakes in grammar. How to correct him without hurting his pride? Then the talkies came along and solved my problem! We went to see "Bulldog Drummond." I remarked about the excellent English used. Then came " Charming Sinners," "The Idle Rich," "Dynamite" and others, all containing dialogue with impeccable grammar, and yet not seeming stilted or affected. I made it a point always to point out the excellent diction of this character or that one. And, believe it or not, after these several months the "ain'ts" and "I seens," etc., have disappeared from my friend's speech, and the improvements are still going on! Thus the talkies solved my problem. H. P. Doughty. A Razz-berry Oswego, N. Y. This is decidedly a "Brickbat," for I deeply resent Miss Barbara Berry's letter in the November issue. Why shouldn't the natives of Chillicothe, Ohio (wherever that is), wish to talk as correctly as those on the Lido or points East? I never knew until talking pictures came here how perfectly flat "been" sounds pronounced like a Big Ben alarm clock and how much more pleasing neither and either are as they are pronounced the English way. As a rule we Americans talk harshly, and talking movies are teaching us "the voice with a smile." I go to the movies for education, not degradation, and I hope the producers will make a great many more pictures like "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" and less like "The Cock Eyed World." Elsie D. Stevens. A Modern Grandmother Thomaston, Conn. I want to hand a bouquet to the modern grandmother as we see her in "Love Over Night." She is such a jolly good sport and seems to enjoy a bit of adventure fully as much as her granddaughter does. 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