Photoplay (May 1921)

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4 r Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section PARAMOUNT PICTURES listed in order of release April 1, 1921, to July 1, 1921 Ask your theatre manager when he will show them. George Melford'sproduction"TheFaithHeaIer." From the famous play by William Vaughn Moody. Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in "The Dollar a Year Man." A roaring farce written especially for the great comedian. Cosmopolitan production "Buried Treasure," With Marion Davies. A thrilling modem story of romance and adventure. William D. Taylor's production of Augustus Thomas' famous play "The Witching Hour," With Elliott Dexter. Wallace Reid in "The Love Special," With Agnes Ayres. A spectacular production of Frank Spearman's exciting story. Hugh Ford's British production "The Great Day," with Arthur Bourchier. From the Drury Lane Melodrama. Filmed in England, Scotland, Paris and the Alps. Sir James M. Barrie's "Sentimental Tommy." An immortal masterpiece brought to life by an all-star cast. Directed by John S. Robertson, who made "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Douglas MacLean in "The Home Stretch," A Thos. H. Ince production. Another comedy triumph from the lovable star of "23y2 Hours' Leave." Thomas Meighan in "The City of Silent Men," From Frank Moroso's story "The Quarry." The story of a hunted man, filmed partly in Sing Sing prison. Cosmopolitan production "Proxies," From the story of Fran R. Adams in Hearst's Maga,me. Dorothy Gish in "Oh Jo!" A small town comedy as rea and funny as "Seventeen." Sidney Chaplin in "King, Queen, Joker." Written and directed by the famous comedian the biggest laugh spectacle ever made. Lois Weber's production "Married Strangers.' An intimate study of a universal problem. Elsie Ferguson in "Sacred and Profane Love." William D. Taylor's production of Arnold Bennett's play in which Miss Ferguson appeared on the stage. William DeMille's production of Sir James M. Barrie's famous play "What Every Woman Knows," with Lois Wilson and Conrad Nagel. Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in "The Traveling Salesman." A screamingly funny presentation of James Forbes' popular farce. Cosmopolitan production "The Wild Goose," By Gouverneur Morris. One of this writer's best stories. Thomas Meighan in "White and Unmarried," A whimsical and out of the ordinary romantic comedy. "Appearances," by Edward Knoblock, A Donald Crisp production. Made in England. With David Powell. Thomas H. Ince Special "The Bronze Bell," By Louis Joseph Vance. A thrilling melodrama on a gigantic scale. Douglas MacLean in "One a Minute. " Thos. H. Ince production. Fred Jackson's famous stage farce. Ethel Clayton in "Sham," By Elmer Harris and Genevieve Bonner. The play in which Henrietta Crosman made her greatest triumph. George Melford's production "The Money Master," By Sir Gilbert Parker. A drama of the northwest, by the author and director of "Behold my Wifel" Something to tell the folks /^^N the way home from business take your cue from the lobby of any theatre that dis' plays the line "It's a Paramount Picture." That's the big news to take home and tell the folks. That's the thing that will make them all say "Good! We'll go tonight!" This idea of shopping for their photo-plays is gradually taking hold of people. Just the way they shop for suits, rugs or motor cars. It may seem strange to shop for such a romantic thing as a motion picturebut good business methods turn out as well in buying entertainment a'j in buying anything else. When you buy an automobile that bears the proud brand name of one of the greatest firms in the industry you are sure of the finest. Why? The name! When you go to a theatre which is showing a motion picture made by the foremost concern in the industry you are sure you are in for a great time. I Why? The name, Paramount! The birds sing not more sweetly in early summer dawns than your heart when you see a Paramount love scene. The terrible roar of tropic thunder is not more filled with a sense of awe than the greatest Paramount dramas. To get entertainment so thrilling that boredom is dispelled like mist before sunshine, see Paramount Pictures. Theyareannouncedinthenewspaper advertisements, and in the lobbies, as Paramount Pictures. That is how the best theatres everywhere may be distinguished: it is tTieprideofdeliveringthebest. If it's a Paramount Picture it's the best show in town. Cparamouivt ^iciure^ \ FAMOUS PLAYERS_~LMKY CORro :i Every advertisement ill PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE is guaraateed.