Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1930)

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Brickbats &? Bouquets YOU FANS ARE THE REAL CRITICS Give Us Your Views $25, $10 and $5 Monthly for the Best Letters The Playback BEAUTIFUL tributes to Mabel Normand. Sympathy for Lew Cody. Hundreds of these letters, but there is space for only a few. Yes, Gloria Swanson and Photoplay "started something" when they set out to choose the most beautiful woman on the screen. Some agree with us, but as for some others — well, our fingers are badly scorched by their letters. In a recent issue, Katherine Albert asked if John Gilbert is through in pictures. When we last caught sight of Katie's coat-tails she was disappearing swiftly into the Great American Desert. And a million Gilbert fans have answered with a thundering "NO!" Garbo's new-found voice has rung around the world! She runs off with our mail bag this month, with Gilbert close at her heels. Swanson and Gay nor tie for third place; Chatterton is only one lap behind; then Farrell, Bow and Colman, in the order named. A new star flashes up to share honors with Gary Cooper — Robert Montgomery. "The Trespasser" is the ace picture with fans this month, with "Rio Rita" and "Sunny Side Up" next. Oui, Oui, Fraulein The $25 Letter New York, N. Y. Are the talkies really helping us to keep correct pronunciations and correct wording? I say no. Why? Because half of the pictures released are spoken with foreign accents. Instead of acquiring better English, I have acquired something very different — a French accent, mixed with Spanish polka dots, and an English-Hungarian border. And who dares say the talkies abolish slang! After seeing "The Cock Eyed World," and "Mister Antonio," I ought to make a first class East Side newsboy. Ann Jamack 8 This is your department. Come right in, hang up your hat and pat or spat the players. Just plain spiteful letters won't be printed, and don't spank too hard, because we want to be helpful when we can. Limit your letters to 200 words, and if you are not willing to have your name and address attached, don't write. Address Brickbats & Bouquets, Photoplay, 221 West 57th Street, New York City. We reserve the right to cut letters to suit our space limitations. Come in — you're always welcome ! Let's All Join in the Chorus The $10 Letter Mexico, D. F., Mex. Just come down to Mexico and see what the talkies are doing! Some say, "They are terrible and menace our Aztec personality." "Don't be silly," others argue. "Talkies are as harmless as Rudy Vallee in 'The Vagabond Lover.' You can't stop it. It's progress." We like them in part, because it's in part we understand them! I like to hear and see Harold Lloyd and Ruth Chatterton, even if I only catch the "come ins," "hellos" and "goodbyes." Silents are gone . . . "not for just an hour, not for just a day, not for just a year, but always." Alejandro Aragon Oh, Yeah? The $5 Letter Tulsa, Okla. Will some kind soul please do something regarding the "Oh, Yeah?" epidemic, which is sweeping our screens. Likewise this one, — "Sez you, sez who." Both expressions have become so common. Every flapper and soda fountain cowboy in this wild and woolly Western town have placed these in their none-too-large vocabulary, and all we get is "Oh, Yeah!" from morn till night, on the streets and on the screens. Mrs. Wm. F. Gloss Farewell, Mabel! Salt Lake City, Utah I would like to pay my humble tribute to my idea of a real trouper — Mabel Normand. I feel sure she met her final "fade-out" with that brave, gay smile of hers that made millions of people love her. May she find a better world than the one she has left, with more mercy in its judgment. I take this means of conveying to Lew Cody my sincere sympathy. Christie Lund Brooklyn, N. Y. Mabel Normand's passing has brought sorrow to the millions who loved her. We all know that there are accidental occurrences, not to be foreseen or avoided by human prudence, by which a reputation may be ruined and a life broken and sacrificed. All homage and reverence to the memory of one who could preserve the love and esteem of millions amid the fury of a venomous few. Mrs. F. R. LeBrecht San Francisco, Calif. Mabel Normand has gone where the finger of scorn and the tongue of slander can no longer harm her. Let those who have censured her be kinder to her in death than they were in life. A brave little warrior has earned her eternal rest for the happiness she spread among her fellow-beings. Bernice C. Bowne We Started It— You Finish It New York City I'll say Gloria, and Photoplay, started something! I've seen Corinne Griffith and Billie Dove in person. Billie Dove is more naturally beautiful, with vivid, gorgeous coloring, though she hasn't Corinne's style. I've been introduced to Ann Harding. Her beauty is genuine, her hair unbleached, her eyes real violet, her features delicate and spiritual. And equally beautiful, far surpassing Corinne, is Mary Nolan. Absolute perfection of feature, form, expression. Dorothy Fargo St. Paul, Minn. The choice of Corinne Griffith as Hollywood's prize beauty, and Billie Dove as the classic beauty, is all "hooey." In my opinion, Corinne is not "The Orchid of the Screen." Hollywood's prize beauty is Dorothy Mackaill, who has a beautiful form, a lovely face, grace and vivacity. Ann Harding's pure classic beauty surpasses Billie Dove's, but the vote really belongs to Yilma Banky whose beauty is perfect. Janet Gay nor is as youthfully beautiful as Loretta Young, but the exotic Greta holds a place no other woman in filmland can ever hope to have. L. Edwards Houston, Texas I resent the fact that you printed Garbo's picture last in your series of photographs of Hollywood's most beautiful women, instead of first, where of course it belongs. R. C. Maddox Waterloo, N. Y. Mary Brian is far above Corinne Griffith in being Hollywood's prize beauty. And for youthful beauty, who could find more charming examples than Clara Bow, Nancy Carroll or Mice White? Doris M. Sage Stick, Jack, Stick Battle Creek, Mich. The article in February Photoplay "Is Jack Gilbert Through?" calls for an answer from his fans. I please turn to page 136 ] •