Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1918 - Feb 1919)

/ ©CLB42634 5 FEB 319 PICTURE-PLAY MAGAZINE Vol. IX CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1919 No. 6 FAVORITE PICTURE PLAYERS Artistic photographs of stars of the screen. STAR DUST — A stellar view of Elsie Ferguson TALES TOLD OUT OF SCHOOL . . . R. W. Baremore . Some inside facts about trick photography. THE HIGH COST OF LOOKING— Verse . . Vara Macbeth Jones . BILLIE AND YOU AND ME Gwen Sears . A visit to Billie Burke's home. PRISCILLA CHAPERONS . . . . . . Emma=Lindsay Squier An unusual account of a wild night of picture taking. GOSH DARN THE KAISER Martin J. Bent . The true story of ex-Emperor Wilhelm's downfall. WHEN THE STARS CUT UP The Bystander . A bit of studio byplay, told just as it happened. MEXICO, WITH THE LID ON J. B. Waye . Some new views from the land of revolutions. PERFECTLY FIENDISH FLANAGAN . Jerome Weatherby . Introducing a new actor — James Montgomery Flagg. THE OBSERVER Editorial comment on screen topics. VIRGINIA OF THE MANY ROLES Jean Francis A chat in the home of Virginia Pearson. THE CASTLE IN THE AIR Charles Carter . And how it was brought down to earth by Kitty Gordon. TILL THE BOYS COME HOME . . F. S. Tisdale . What the movies are doing for our soldiers abroad. . PETER PAN REBELS Barbara Little . Ernest Truex doesn't want to be a boy who can't grow up. HINTS FOR SCENARIO WRITERS William Lord Wright . Helpful instruction and advice for the amateur writer. THE RIGHT WAY TO WRITE 'EM ... Tom J. Geraghty . Some suggestions from a successful author of screen plays. SNAPPED WITHOUT WARNING Pictures of picture folk as they appear "offhand." BETTER TAKE THE HINT A suggestion to female film fans. MY LADY, MY LADY WANTS TO DRESS . . Betty Browne . My Lady being — Ann Little. SYLVIA ON A SPREE Frances Wood . The story of a wild and exciting courtship. SIGNING UP JUNO Everett Leighton . Which isn't Nell Shipman's name — though it might be. THE SCREEN IN REVIEW Peter Milne . Comment and criticism on recent releases. A TRIP TO NO MAN'S LAND . . . . . Lewis Tenny LET THE LADY WAIT Selma Howe . But who wouldn't wait to see Doug Fairbanks? FADE=OUTS Harry J. Smalley . Gentle jabs at the foibles and follies of the screen. A BARGAIN IN PEACHES Frederick J. Jackson . The fair bargainer being Virginia Lee Corbin. ART IS LONG A HOME TOWN GIRL Gerry Breitigam . Which is another name for Margarita Fisher. OLIVE'S SMILEAGE YORSKA Jay Brien Chapman . A new and fascinating screen personality. SCREEN GOSSIP . The Bystander . News about your favorites. THE PICTURE ORACLE Answers to questions from our readers. 165 176 177 182 183 188 194 203 207 211 214 218 222 223 231 234 238 241 247 248 250 259 264 270 272 276 280 284 285 290 291 295 306 Monthly publication Issued by Street & Smith Corporation, 79-89 Seventh Avenue, New York City. Ormond G. Smith, Prescient; George C. Smith, Secretary and Treasurer. Copyright, 1919, by Street & Smith Corporation, New York. Copyright, 1919, by Street & Smith Corporation, Great Britain . All Rights Reserved. Publishers everywhere are cautioned against using any of the contents of this magazine either wholly or in part. Entered as Second-class Matter, March 6, 1916, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y.. under Act of „.„„.„-, * Congress of March 3. 1879. Canadian Subscription. $2.36. Foreign. $2.72. WARNING — Do not subscribe through agents unknown to you. Complaints are daily made by persons who have been thus netnnited. IMPORTANT — Authors, agents, and publishers are requested to note that this trm does not hold Itself responsible for loss of unsolicited manuscripts while at this office or in transit; and that it cannot undertake to hold uncalled-for manuscripts for a looser period than six months. If the return of manuscript Is expected, pottage should be inclosed. YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 SINGLE COPIES 20 CENTS