Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1926)

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Behind the Windshield 83 Reginald Denny's airplane is a familiar sight in the skies above Hollywood, and he has a perfect mania for doing stunts. and his wife, Helen Ferguson, to any dress function, his Rolls-Royce does the honors, but for the practical purposes of running back and forth to the studio, a Ford coupe is his choice. Little May McAvoy has some sort of an inherent dislike for closed cars and always drives a roadster. She has provided a biglimousine for her mother, and when Mrs. McAvoy and May attend the theater or any affair together, either the mother must needs ride with May, or else May tags along behind the car. Colleen Moore has probably most unique car in Hollywood, just big enough for the fair little tress — and everybody knows that Colleen is not a giantess. The car, an Austin, was brought back from London, where it played a part in Colleen's picture. "We Moderns." It is painted a bright green, and stands about three feet from the ground, and Colleen vouches that it will do thirty-five miles on a gallon of ga — pardon us, petrol. Colleen never has her initials painted on her car, but instead big the It's ac Many happy, lazy hours has Raymond Griffith spent on his racing yacht, and it has won him many trophies. Not for the finest car in the world would Pat O'Malley part with his 1912 Packard — it does require a lot of tinkering, but then that's where all the fun comes in. hangs a little green silk flag in the rear plate-glas^ window. There. are two others of these small, low, foreign cars in Hollywood. One is owned by Mickey Neilan and the other by John Dillon. Neilan keeps his newly painted and shined, while to look at Dillon's car the average observer wouldn't place a valuation on it of more than five hundred dolars. In reality its worth is considerably more than five thousand dollars. Dillon says he can get this "freak" car up to a speed of one hundred and thirteen miles an hour, but he doesn't say just where he lets the car out. Betty Bronson claims the unique distinction of employing the only woman chauffeur in the city. In the roomy big limousine Betty stores brothers and sisters and away they piloted by the woman driver. Transcontinental Tcssic is name Neil Hamilton has given specially built car in which he Mrs. Hamilton recently traveled from New York to the Pacific coast. The seats are collapsible and it can be converted into a sleeping car at will. From one section a miniature dining table springs out, and another cornContinued on page 107 her the his and