Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1930)

Record Details:

Title:
Photoplay
Date:
Jan-Jun 1930
Publisher:
Chicago, Photoplay Magazine Publishing Company
Volume:
Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1930)
Leaf #:
000312
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema, Hollywood Studio System, and Fan Magazines
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, PFA Library and Film Study Center
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The leading Hollywood fan magazine of the 1920s and 1930s. Photoplay offered readers portraits of their favorite movie stars and stories about their personal lives. The magazine played an important promotional function for the Hollywood industry, but its editors and reviewers could also be highly critical of Hollywood. Beginning in 1921, Photoplay bestowed its annual 'Medal of Honor' for the film readers voted as the best of the year. -- Eric Hoyt, 2011.
Date Added:
July 04, 2024
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J)o You Know We Are W. E. Benton, character analyst, discovers there are two sides to every face, and each one tells a story THIS is the way Mr. Benton does what he calls character analysis by the face, as presented in these striking composite pictures. The right side of the face, he says, shows the conscious side of the subject, while the left displays the subconscious, or hidden characteristics of the person. He has taken a picture of each slar, cut it in half, and has photographed two right sides and two lefts together. And presto, these results! Below is a conventional portrait study of our handsome hero, Ronald Colman. Mr. Benton has turned his face-analyzer upon this picture, with the somewhat astonishing results shown to the right and left of here Above, the left side of Ronald Colman's face, doubled. In this, the subconscious side, alertness and determination are predominant, with an almost Oriental cast to the eyes. Below, the left side of Norma Shearer's face. Note that it is stronger-jawed than the right. This shows that subconsciously she has enormous stamina — the secret of success The right, or conscious, side of Ronald Colman's face, above, shows the star we know best — orderly, a bit repressed and a trifle tragic around the lips and eyes. Below — Norma Shearer's right side. This shows the girlish, bright-eyed Norma, notable for optimism, high spirits, and tremendous zest for life, even in the face of adversity A studio portrait of our lovely friend, Norma Shearer. Mr. Benton, in his analysis of this classic face, finds that Norma's is one of the best balanced in all filmland, as you will discover to right and left 32