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REG. U. S. PAT. OKF. THE WORLD'S LEADING MOVING PICTURE PUBLICATION
Photoplay Magazine
"The National Movie Publication"
Copyright, 1917, by the Photoplay Publishing Company, Chicago
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VOL. XII N^, 4
CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1917
Cover Design — Mae Marsh
Painted by Neysa Moran McMein
Popular Photoplayers
Marjorie Rambeau, Vernon Steele, Olga Petrova, J. Barney Sherry, Louise Glaum, Robert Harron, June Caprice, Ann Pennington.
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Chaplin— And How He Does It Terry Ramsay 19
Revealing the Methods Employed to Make a Chaplin Comedy.
Drawings by Herbert M. Stoops.
They Wouldn't Take a Dare Photograph 24
Vivian and Wally Play a Duet
Speaking of Pearls: John Ten Eyck 25
Generally, and of One in Particular— Namely Pearl White.
Seeking the Germ Frederick James Smith 27
An Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew.
Brenon's Corner on Royalty 31
lliador, the "Mad Monk" Becomes an Actor.
An Announcement 32
At the Front with General DeMille Photograph 34
Shooting a Battle Scene on the Lasky Lot.
An Ingenue Who Won't Ingenue James S. Frederick 35
Mildred Manning Expresses a Preference for Character Roles.
Pearls of Desire Henry C. Rowland 39
The Greatest Novel of the Year. Illustrations by Henry Raleigh.
I Am Humanity Julian Johnson 50
The Appeal of the Moving Picture.
Close-Ups (Editorial) 51
Timely Comment on the Art and the Industry.
Polly of the Circus Jameson Fife 55
A Romance of the Saw-dust Ring.
The Boy Magnate Julian Johnson 63
The Remarkable Career of President "Dick" Rowland of Metro.
Stars of the Screen and Their Stars in the Sky Ellen Woods 66
Planetary Reading of Screen Celebrities.
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Published monthly by the Photoplay Publishing Co., 350 N. Clark St., Chicago, 111. Edwin M. Colvin, Pres. Robert M. Eastman, Sec.-Treas.
James R. Quirk, Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Alfred A. Cohn, Western Mng. Ed. Frederick James Smith, Eastern Mng. Ed.
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