Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1928)

The World's Leading Motion Picture Publication FREDERICK JAMES SMITH MANAGING EDITOB Contents MARK LARKIN WESTERN EDITOR For July 1928 Vol. XXXIV *>>= James R. Quirk EDITOR' AND PVBLISHF.R No. 2 =<<&? The High-Lights of This Issue Cover Design Charles Sheldon Ruth Taylor — Painted from Life Brief Reviews of Current Pictures 6 A Guide to Your Evening's Entertainment Brickbats and Bouquets 8 The Voice of the Fan As We Go to Press 10 Last Minute News from East and West Fish for Fun and Food 13 Photoplay's Cook Book Tells You How to Prepare Them Friendly Advice on Girls' Problems Carolyn Van Wyck 18 Photoplay's Personal Service Department Close-Ups and Long Shots James R. Quirk 29 The Editor Tells You What's What and Who Without Fear or Favor He Was Not Afraid to Die Jane Colman 31 Richard Dix Gives His Thoughts When He Was on the Brink of the Great Adventure How to Get a Man and How to Hold Him Elinor Glyn 32 The First of a Series of Articles on Modern Sex Problems by Six Well-Known Authors Jack Gilbert Writes His Own Story Jack Gilbert 36 In This, the Second Reel, the Famous Screen Star Becomes One of the Mob at Inceville The War Orphan Val Jo Don 40 From a French Trench Waif to Hollywood Fame Is the Path Traversed by Philippe de Lacy More Imported Love Birds 42 Introducing Lily Damita and Walter Byron How to Become a Great Producer James R. Quirk Read How Winnie Sheehan Did It Gossip of All the Studios Cal York What the Film Folk Are Doing and Saying Torch Song (Fiction Story) William Brokaw Jutte Benny's "Blues" Echoed Along Broadway When He Was One of the Broken Hearted What Is Sex Appeal? Dr. Louis E. Bisch The Doctor Tells You What It Really Is The Shadow Stage Reviews of the Newest Pictures $5,000 in Fifty Cash Prizes Rules of Photoplay's Annual Cut Picture Puzzle Contest Hard Times in Hollywood Herb Howe He Is Still Trying for That Twenty-five Dollar Prize Over Their Heads (Fiction Story) Eric Heath The Boss Thought He Was Just a Dumb Cameraman, But He Solved a Murder Mystery Two More Nutty Biographies There's a Lot of Fun and $500 in Prizes for You in This Contest Amateur Movies Frederick James Smith Prize Contest Film Is Released to the Public You Can Never Be an Actor Marion Davies Tells About It What Was the Best Picture of 1927? Cast Your Ballot NOW in Photoplay's Annual Gold Medal Award Selection Questions and Answers The Answer Man What You Want to Know About Films and Film Folk Casts of Current Photoplays Complete for Every Picture Reviewed in This Issue 45 46 50 52 54 60 65 66 72 76 78 80 83 134 <55>j= S(S^ A complete list of all photoplays reviewed in the Shadow Stage this issue will be found on page 14 ■%>= Published monthly by the Photoplay Publishing Co. Editorial Offices, 221 W. 57th St., New York City Publishing Office, 750 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. The International News Company, Ltd., Distributing Agents, 5 Bream's Building. London, England James R. Quirk, President Robert M. Eastman, Vice-President Kathryn Dougherty, Secretary and Treasurer 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, cr postal or express money order. Caution— Do not subscribe through persons unknown to you. Entered as second-class matter April 24, 1912, at the Postofflce at Chicago, 111., under'the Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1928, by the Photoplay Publishing Company, Chicago.