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Vol XXIV
MONTHLY
PICTURE PLAY MAGAZINE
CONTENTS FOR
APRIL, 1926
What the Fans Think » 8
An open forum of discussion by our readers.
Estelle Taylor in "Don Juan" . . . . . .15
A portrait of her as she appears in John Barrymore's next picture.
Now Come the German Films . . John Addison Elliott 16
Some big Ufa pictures that are to be shown in this country.
A Three-Hundred-Thousand-Dollar Gamble Caroline Bell . .18
What John Bowers has staked for the hand of Marguerite de la Motte.
The Sketchbook Dorothy Manners . 20
Casual impressions of the players at work and at play.
Shifting from Low to High . . . Malcolm H.Oettinger 24
A Keystone cop, Ford Sterling, becomes a polite comedian.
The Boy Grown Older .... Margaret Reid . 25
What Charlie Ray has learned from hard experience.
An Innocent Abroad . . . Myrtle Gebhart . 26
Mary Philbin has ventured into Hollywood society.
On the Set with Great Directors . . A. L. Wooldridge . 28
Some of the stars describe how they act.
Hollywood's Latest Adventures in Matrimony . Myrtle Gebhart . 31
Screen romances of 1925, and how they came about.
Favorite Picture Players ... . . . , 35
New portraits, in rotogravure, of popular people.
Alabama Joins the Union . . . Malcolm H.Oettinger 43
Dorothy Sebastian makes her home State proud of her.
Screen Heroes Pick their Ideal Girls . . . . 44
Some Hollywood bachelors picture their favorites.
A Study in Contrasts .... Dorothy Manners . 46
Marion Davies vs. Norma Talmadge — two extremes in personality.
A Letter from Location ♦ . . , 48
Julia Faye writes about the filming of "The Volga Boatman."
The Oldest Beauty Secrets in the World Violet Dare . . 49
Time-honored methods of preserving beauty.
The Movies Conquer New Worlds of Money Edwin Schallert . 51
Huge and increasing profits made by successful films.
Over the Teacups ..... The Bystander . 54
Fanny the Fan's never-flagging gossip of moviedom in the East.
On Sober Reflection .... Horace Woodmansee 58
Taking the film world and its people in lighter vein.
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