Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1930)

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This simple treatment is bringing smooth, clear complexions to many who had thought them hopeless. The daily use of Resinol Soap tends to prevent blemishes. |7Upt7 Trial size package on request. r rVCC Resinol , Dept. 6-F, Baltimore, Md. Resinol The fuss and feathers that go into a simple little love scene for the talkies. At the right are Mary Lawlor and Stanley Smith acting it out. Microphones, cameras, orchestra, lights and props are all over the place. How can Stanley keep his mind on his work? picture, "King of Jazz," at a Los Angeles theater: Into the reserved section filed the Universal family party — headed by "Uncle Carl" Laemmle himself. The regular program was in progress, and on the screen at the time, Messrs. Laurel and Hardy were disporting themselves. "Uncle Carl" gazed at them for a while. "What is this?" he demanded of his daughter. "A comedy, papa," she told him. "H'm." Silence. Then: "So? And tell me — who arc these people up there?" RAOUL WALSH makes quick profit: He bought a horse named Grayola on a Friday. On Sunday, he entered it in a race at Agua Caliente. It won. Purse : $29,200 ; cost of horse $15,000; profit, $14,200. \JOT long ago Joan Crawford and Douglas •^ ' Fairbanks, Jr., were shopping. Suddenly a woman rushed up to Doug and said, "Well, well, if it isn't Billy Bakewell! You don't mind if I shake your hand, do you? You know, at first I thought you were Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., but I see now that you're my favorite actor, Billy Bakewell. How is 'All Quiet on the Western Front'?" "Very quiet," said Doug. The lady espied Joan. "And this is Sally Blane, isn't it?" she beamed enthusiastically. "Well, now, I'm so glad that you're going around with a nice girl like Miss Blane. Good luck and all the happiness in the world!" THEY do say that wedding bells will ring out for Natalie Moorehead and Director Alan Crosland before very long now. THE first Jewish talking pictures have made their bow. Judea Films, Inc., are making a series of twenty-six two-reelers in Jewish. Two were released in early spring, with' notables of the Jewish theater in the casts. The first was a musical comedy called "Style and Class," featuring Marty Baratz and Goldie Eisman, well known in New York's East Side theaters. Later on, Judea Films will make a feature film on Zion's history. NOTES on two of Hollywood's prodigal sons: Emil Jannings, between German pictures, has been appearing on the stage in Vienna. He is reviving roles he played before pictures claimed him. Conrad Veidt, who used to work for Carl Laemmle, is playing the lead in a comedy called "He," by Alfred Savoir, as a pleasant change from constant movie work. LEW CODY is back ! Back on the screen. Looking fine. Feeling great. Old Cal will lead the cheers. He's playing the role Ian Keith was supposed to do in Gloria Swanson's picture, "What a Widow!" MABEL NORMAND'S will was read to the family. It left everything to her mother. "That's the way I wanted it," said Lew Cody, Mabel's husband. "That's as it should be." Mabel's mother and sister went to Hollywood for the funeral and decided to stay there. They will sell their holdings back in Staten Island. THE Queen" is dead. Long live Gloria Swanson ! Old "Queen Kelly," the S800.000 beauty begun by Eric von Stroheim and finished by general decay, has been finally thrown away. It was to have been Swanson's first talkie. There was some talk of making an operetta out of it, but no good came of that. Somewhere are many, many film cans. They hold all that is mortal of eight hundred thousand good American dollars tossed into a movie that turned sour, and could never be made sweet again. MARY PICKFORD and Warner Baxter gave the outstanding performances during the year ending July 31, 1929, according to the awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, of Hollywood. Warner Baxter won his award for his performance in the outdoor production, "In Old Arizona," Mary Pickford, for her performance in "Coquette." The winning production, chosen by a vote of Academy members, was "The Broadway Melody." Every advertisement in PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE is guaranteed.