Photoplay (1923)

The World's Leading Motion Picture Publication PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE FREDERICK JAMES SMITH UANAGINO EDITOR JAMES R. QUIRK, Editor Vol. XXIII Contents April, 1923 Cover Design From a Pastel Portrait by Tempest Inman Brickbats and Bouquets Letters from Readers Friendly Advice The Department of Personal Service No. 5 Barbara La Marr 8 Carolyn Van Wyck 10 Rotogravure: ' 19 New Pictures: Shannon Day, Kenneth Harlan, Malcolm McGregor, Leatrice Joy, Thomas Meighan, Gloria Swanson and Alice Terry The Part the Public Plays The Tragedies of Pauline Frederick Fate Has Been Unkind to This Superb Actress Editorial 27 Ada Patterson 28 Introducing Ivor Novello Delight Evans 31 The Britisher Who Now Adorns the Griffith "Lot" Star Babies of Hollywood (Photographs) 32 Five of Filmland's Cutest Married! (Photograph) 34 Just Harold and Mildred Dick and Senorita Dorothy 35 They Make a Dashing Pair in "The Bright Shawl" (Contents continued on next page) Editorial Offices, 221 W. 57th St., New York City Published monthly by the PHOTOPLAY Publishing Co., 350 N. Clark St., Chicago, 111. Tlie International News Company, Ltd., Distributing Agents, 5 Bream's Building, London, England Edwin M. Colvin, Pres. James R. Quirk, Vice-Pres. R. M. Eastman, Sec.-Treas. Yearly Subscription: $2.50 in the United States, its dependencies, Mexico and Cuba; $3.00 Canada; $3.50 to foreign countries. Remittances should be made by check, or postal or express money order. Caution — Do not subscribe through persons unknown to you. Entered as second-class matter April 24, 1912, at the Postoffice st Chicago, 111., under the Act of March 3, 1879.Additional entry as second-class matter January 17th, 1923, at the Postoffice at Binghamtun, New York, ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHN--!: WESTERN EDITOR Photoplays Reviewed in the Shadow Stage This Issue Save this magazine — refer to the criticisms before you pick out your evening's entertainment. Make this your reference list. Page 64 Java Head Paramount Alice Adams Associated E.xhihitors-Pathe Fury Inspiration-First National Page 65 Driven Universal The Pilgrim First National The Voice from the Minaret First National Page 70 Tillers of the Soil. . . .Abel Gance Prod. The Bohemian Girl American Releasing Corporation Drums of Fate Paramount Gimme Goldvvyn All the Brothers Were Valiant . . Metro Dark Secrets Paramount Page 72 Bell Boy 13 Ince-First National Dollar Devils W. W. Hodkinson Poor Men's Wives Al Lichtman The Ghost Patrol Universal The World's Applause Paramount While Paris Sleeps . . . W. W. Hodkinson Page gi Nobody's Money Paramount Fighting Blood .... Film Booking Office What a Wife Learned. First National Milady American Releasing Corp. Starland Review . . Film Booking Office The Speeder Educational Canyon of the Fools F. B. O. Page g2 The First Degree Universal The Power of a Lie Universal The Oregon Trail Universal The World's a Stage, Principal Pictures Crinoline and Romance Metro The Gentleman from America Universal Pop Tuttle, Detekative. .R-C Pictures Mighty Lak' a Rose .... First National When Knights Were Cold Metro Robert Bruce Wilderness Tales Educational The Love Letter Universal A Million in Jewels American Releasing Corporation Copyright, 1923. by the PHOTOPLAY PUBLISHI.NG Company, Chicago. 5