Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1920)

I04 Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section WeMostFlyTo-Night! Out of a deep sleep he woke her. She thought she knew him so well. Yet now, at two in the morning, he burst on her with this terror— thismystery—thiswhat? It's the beginning of one of the best mysteries ever solved by the great detective. CRAIG KENNEDY 'fJheAmericmi SherlochWolmes ^ ^ ARTHUR BI<iEVE Sme American Conan Doyle .^,^,y He is the detective genius of our age, He has taken science — science that stands for this age — and allied it to the mystery and romance of detective fiction. Even to the smallest detail, every bit of the plot is worked out scientifically. For nearly ten years, America has been watching Ch is Craig Kennedy — marvel lingal thestrange.new.starding Ihingsthat detcclive-hero would unfold. Such plots — such suspense — with real, vivid people moving through the maelstrom of lite! Frenchmen have mastered the art of terror stories. English writers have thrilled whole nations by their artful heroes. Russian ingenuity has fashioned wild tales of mystery. Bui all these seem old-fashioned — -out-of-date — beside (he infinite variety — the weird excitement of Arthur B. Reeve's tales. LI ZZMM FREE— POE 10 Volumes To those who send the coupon promptly, we will give FREE a set of Edgar Allan Poe's works in 10 volumes. When the police of New York failed to solve one of the most fearful murder mysteries of the time, Edgar Allan Poe — far ofi there in Paris — found the solution. The story is in these volumes. He was a detective by instinct — he was a story-teller by divine inspiration. Before or since — no one has ever had his power to make your hair stand on end — to send chills up your backto hold you in terror — horror! To read breathlessly -~to try to guess the ending — to enjoy the perfect, flawless styleto feel the power of the master— that is all you can do in each and all of Poe's undying stories. In England and France, 1-dgar Allan Poe is held to be the g^reatest writer that America has produced. To them lie is the great American classic. This is a wonderful combination. Here .ire two of the greatest writers of mystery .Hid scientific detective stories. You can get the Reeve at a remarkably low price and the Poe FREE lor a short time only. HARPER & BROTHERS Harper & Brothers, 18 Franklin Square, New York City Send me. all charges prepaid, set of ARTHt'R B. REEVE — in 12 volume*'. Also send me. absolutely free, the set of Erlear Allan Poe— in 10 volumes. If the books are not satisfactory. I will return bothsetswithiyi Todays at vonr exTiense. Otherwiso T will eend you SI within 5 days and $2 a mo. for 1 mos. itni for Special Canadian Offer. .VjfUE ADDRESS OCCUPATION Phuti. J-JO Plays and Players (Continued jrom page 102) THE magazine of Denmark devoted to the screen — "Filmen" — recently held a contest to determine the popularity of picture stars. Mary Pickford topped the poll with i5Q,L99~'"^tes, and Marguerite Clark came n^xt wira 138,852. Douglas Fairbanks wai first arrtofcg the men, closely followed by Bill Hart, IHarold Lockwood and Wallace I^kI, Peary White and Anita Stewart make upHtieeignt first. Languages may differ, but it seems public taste is the same no matter what the country. Note that Charlie Chaplin is not mentioned; and that only strictly American-bred and American-appeari'^'i and American-acting stars are listed. THE young Countess Du Barry, greatgranddaughter of the famous Du carat in a French gambling resort. Baccarat is one of the fastest games in the world, and I was showing the dozen men seated at the table how to play it. They were a little slow, as it was entirely different from anything they ever had played. I was called to the telephone, and asked them to go ahead practicing the game until I returned. "Ten minutes later I came back and they were playing poker. They'll always be extras." BILL FARNLTM can probably draw a gun as quickly as anybody in the world. He practiced it for two months. BHILIP GIBBS, one of the great writers on the war, and the brother Elliott Dexters re-appearance on the Lasky lot was the signal for congratulations on his recovery and convalescence from the long illness livhich has kept him from the screen for so long. Tom Meighan, who took Dexters place as a deMille leading man, has been a good pal through the dark months when Dexter's life -vas in the balance. The gentleman bet-ween them is Cecil deMille. Barry, has come to our shores, to be a star in pictures. She is said to be one of the most beautiful women in Europe, her charms rivalling the storied attractions of her great ancestress. She is turning to films, frankly, to earn money to prosecute a suit in the Chancery Court of England, to recover on 5,000,000 francs' worth of jewelry belonging to the first Du Barry, confiscated during the French revolution and impounded with the Lord Mayor of London. SOMETIMES I have wondered why it is you see the same people playing year after year as extris, never getting a small part even," says Charles Whittaker. "I discovered one answer the other day. "A scene in one of Miss Clara Kimball Young's pictures called for a game of bac of Cosmo Hamilton, author of "Scandal and very well-known indeed to American theatre-and-cinema goers, wrote his impressions of American life for a monthly magazine. And the movies occupied a good many of his paragraphs. He says that the pictureshow has become part of the life of the people— "a democratic habit which few escape." "It would be absurd as well as impossible," writes Gibbs, "to abolish the film-picture as an influence in American life, and I dare say that, balancing good with bad, the former' tips the swing, because of an immense source of relaxation and entertainment provided by the picture-palace in small communities." It is, he adds, a much more elaborately organized institution over here than in England, although it has spread with mushroom growth in English towns and villages. (Continued on page io6) I Every advertisement In PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE is guaranteed.