Picture Play Magazine (Sep 1919 - Feb 1920)

Contents Continued Vlniost a Husband . . . . . „ C. L. Kdsoii . ->6 A rhymed review "I XX ill Rogers' new pla>. Well. What Do You Think of That! 58 \ collection ill unusual pictures about unusual picture people. Like a Million Dollars ...... Louis Gasso way . . 60 \ close-up of Louis Sargent, who is to play the leading role in "Huck Finn.'' Vfter the Movies V erst Ruth Grossman . . 61 Since Mystery Plays Are All the Rage . , . G. J. Duprez . . 62 Interesting examples of trick photography. Sealed Hearts Joseph Bernard Rethy 63 \ story on the theme that youth turns to youth. Imagination's Spur . . . . . . Lewis J. 'Penny . . 67 Showing how animated titles are made. Rehearsing the Rehearsal Thomas Shepherd . 68 How Douglas MacLean gets ready to make a picture. The Screen in Review . . . . . . Harry Dunn Cabot . 70 Comment and criticism on recent releases. Hints for Scenario Writers ..... William Lord Wright . 73 Suggestions and advice for those who aspire to write for the screen. Author — Author! . . . . . . . .... .75 Rex Beach relates an anecdote of his Alaskan days Out in the Open with Bill ..... Paul Hubert Conlon . 76 An incident that occurred while Bill Hart was on location. Transplanting a Family Tree . . . . . ... . .78 Hedda Nova has decided that — for the time being — she's a Spaniard. Over the Teacups . . . . . . .The Bystander . . 79 Recent gossip about screen folk and their doings. The Picture Oracle . . . . . . ° . . . .86 Answers to questions from our readers. WE like serials immensely. There is something about the thrills, the suspense, the mystery, that brings us back every week, whenever we start attending a serial at the theater in our neighborhood. But we never thought much of serials as stories until we saw Pathe's new serial, "Bound and Gagged." We at once procured permission to Actionize it, and the first installment appears in this issue of Picture-Play Magazine. From the quick get-away, in which the hero undertakes to make his way around the world, starting without a cent of money or a stitch of clothes, it follows out a well-defined plot, instead of just the usual jockeying back and forth between villain and hero. In the second installment, which will be printed next month, the story takes some most surprising turns and has a somewhat unexpected ending. We have, in preparation, an unusually interesting article, written by a girl who came to New York,' determined to break into the movies. It is the story of how she succeeded in getting a foothold, and it traces her course step by step. It was not an easy thing to accomplish, even though she was favored in some ways, and in the end she decided that, after all, the glamour was for the most part imaginary, and that home life looked better than working under the Kliegs. However, this story will be of unusual interest, we believe, to the thousands of aspirants who yearn to make a similar attempt; for it gives definite facts about just how the writer went about it, what she learned from the different persons she came in contact with, and what the conditions of studio employment were, as she found them. This article is scheduled to begin in the following number. In the same issue we will have some unusually interesting stories about a number of screen favorites, some old and some new. One of these stories is about Tono Moreno, who has been a great favorite, of late, with serial fans. He was interviewed by Herbert Howe while on a recent visit to New York, and the story which Mr. Howe wrote shows the living, breathing Moreno to the life. We shall also print, after some delay, an article about Mary Miles Minter, who, as you doubtless know, is to appear in a series of much finer pictures than she has ever been seen in before, according to the announcement of the Realart Company, which is now starring her. There will be a story about Will Rogers, a charming chat with May Allison, an unusually interesting story concerning Albert Ray and Elinor Fair, and — the rest we will save until it is all ready to hand to you.