Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1926)

Contents Continued Betty Brown 61 62 64 66 A Confidential Guide to Current Releases . . . . 58 A table of condensed comment on all important films now showing. Oh, for the Life of an Actor's Wife! . . . Constance Palmer Littlefield 59 Revelations of a Picture-Play contributor who married a movie actor. Found at Last — Sally Margaret Reid The added liveliness brought to the screen by the recently discovered Sally O'Xeil. Impressions of My Favorite Actress . . . Dorothy Manners W hy Dorothy Manners particularly likes Eleanor Boardman. If You're Making Summer Frocks . A smart selection from the screen of easily copied dresses. Among Those Present ..... Brief sketches of some interesting though less familiar players. Hollywood High Lights ..... The latest news and gossip from the movie town. As Others See Him . . Percy Marmont sees himself on the screen and makes some comments A Rising Vampire ....... Dorothy Wooldr Dorothy Revier's potentialities as a film siren. Our Stars and their Gardens ..... Some informal glimpses of them playing at horticulture. The Tiniest Girls in Pictures . . . . . Helen Ogden •Who they are and how they measure up. A Star Who Has Twenty-five Servants .... A word about Harry Carey's ranch and the Indians who run it for him. Hollywood's Dark-horse Comedian , , . . Edwin Schallert The quiet advance of Douglas MacLean to a prominent place in comedy. A Letter from Location ...... Olive Borden writes from Wyoming about the filming of "Three Bad Men.-' A Player Who is Contented . . . . Charles Carter The philosophy of a slapstick comedian, Chester Conklin. Charles de Roche Returns . . . . Edna Foley And appears in a French film that he has made especially for Americans. Information, Please ....... The Picture Oracle Answers to questions of our readers. Edwin and Elza Schallert 70 Dorothy Manners . 74 idge . 83 . 84 . 86 . 88 . 89 . 91 . 93 . 95 . 102 THEIR FIRST YEAR IN PICTURES How do you suppose it impressed them? We refer to those younger players who recently completed that length of service, or thereabouts. There are several of these girls — Mary Brian, Betty Bronson, Dolores Costello, and nearly all of the Wampas Stars. Dorothy Wooldridge has been talking to those young people, getting their impressions, 'and in our next issue she will tell you their outstanding comments on their first year's work. In the same number, Clara Beranger, one of the most famous scenario writers of to-day, will give a penetrating analysis of the screen characteristics of some of the leading players. This is a contribution that is bound to attract attention and to stimulate debate. Don't fail to read it, as it probably will set you to thinking along similar lines, and you will probably want to write out your thoughts for "What the Fans Think." Fred Thomson is one of the most aloof, mysterious players in Hollywood. He avoids, rather than seeks, publicity, and seldom can he be induced to talk to an interviewer. But he did talk to Myrtle Gebhart not long ago, and her story about him in the next number will explain many seeming oddities about this unusual man. Dorothy Manners has written, among other stories, an unusual description of Joan Crawford doing the Charleston, a story which has so much swing and rhythm that, as you read it, you can almost hear the jazz band playing and see the dancer doing her steps. Margaret Reid will tell you, in the next issue, about Walter Pidgeon. Constance Talmadge's new leading man, while Malcolm H. Oettinger will give you his impressions of Norma Shearer. Altogether, the next number is to be an unusually interesting one. Don't fail to get a copy.