Pictures and the Picturegoer (Jan-Dec 1924)

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Pictures at\d PichjreQVer OCTOBER 1924 PERDITO ■OF Kervsif\gtoK\ »r n^ Top : A fine exterior Venetian setting in " Decameron Nights." Above : Werner Krauss, Herbert Wilcox (centre) and Ivy Duke (" Perdita ") snapped between scenes in Decla studios. Right : Ivy Duke as "Perdita." Below : Venice, another excellent exterior built inside the studio. :• ■, 1 iiti 1 i 4 Right : A present day picture of Ivy Duke. (Photo by Foulsham and Banfield). a Uneasy lies the head that wears two wigs n Decameron Nights," I said to IvyDuke, " I noticed you were wearing a lovely wig of long fair hair and—" " Stop," commanded Ivy. " I know. It wasn't my fault. I knew you'd spot it. I know your lynx-eyed readers will spot it. I KNOW Guy is going to be made to pay for dozens of stamps when I answer all the indignant letters I shall get about it. I told Herbert Wilcox so and he laughed and said he'd cut it out. But he hasn't. Oh, dear ! Oh, dear ! What are we to do about it?" " I don't know," I replied, somewhat mystified. "What's in a wig, anyway?" " Please," said Ivy Duke, almost tearfully, " Please, don't talk about it." So we went upstairs to her pretty Kensington sitting room and talked weather and about Germany's climate