Picture-Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1926)

.vi High Lights ~c when she _nt and sound reuse with Blanche, about her illness, besomewhat wan — hut perhaps Concerning Bessie Love. ^. caking of Blanche Sweet reminds us that Bessie x-ove, who is her best friend, made frequent trips to visit her while she was recuperating, miles meaning nothing to Bessie when it comes to showing her devotion. Bessie has a very appealing characterization to her credit in "Lovey Mary," in which she is featured with William Haines. It looks like the best role that she has had in quite a while. Chaney At It Again. Lon Chaney devised a new form of self-torture for himself in his picture, "The Road to Mandalav." And it was probably one of the most unique he has tried during his career of portraying hunchbacks, cripples, and others afflicted with human ills and deformities. The outstanding feature of his makeup was an eye deformity, similar to a cataract. The entire eyeball was glazed with a milkywhite him or fog while he was appearing before the camera. A | And the effect was not only re / alistic photographically, but |'; equally actual for him personally, in that he suffered the effects of actual blindness in his eye while appearing in the scenes. "I had my oculist make me up a harmless preparation that I injected into the eye while the scenes were being made," said Chaney, "and another solution that counteracted the effect of the first solution. It was unpleasant, but not dangerous." Chaney has never been the palpable seeker of publicity that some players are, but he always manages to do something sufficiently sensational, in every role he plays, to cause the whole colony to talk about it. He wants, by the way, to make "The Penalty" over again some day — that having been one of his most famous ductions. Anna Q.'s Rival. "There'll probably be another Miss Nilsson in the films within a year." That is what Anna O. Nilsson, who was contemplating taking a trip to Europe, told us not long ago. "What !" we exclaimed, in some excitement. "You 1on't mean that you have a daughter that you have -en concealing from us all this time !" You see, Anna has been married twice, and such a > would be quite possible, since her first marriage an affair of some ten or twelve years ago. V replied Anna, "it's my niece — my brother's daughter. She has been bitten by the movie bug, en I go back to Sweden this time, I'm certain m going to be prevailed upon to bring her me. •i, I will have to watch out!" This is Charlie Chaplin's new leading lady, Merna Kennedy, whom you have been hearing about, and who appears in his next film, " The Circus." starring pro An Unconvenl One of the brightest mi tended lately — surprising a: vention of the business 01 company. Generally, such long and dull speeches abo the pictures from the da} usually begin with an invoc sional, and nearly every 01 other, feels the need for pray, except those who ha] gently fallen asleep during At the Fox meeting, ho1 and the only speaker that got up blithely and said : "Ladies and Gentiles . And who subsequently re being "in their insanity." For which two pleasant be for once, to express our h Fox and all others who spoi divertisseme Samue aturdaxI did stirrii Cabin becon fine promi into rj one t lackin the fil little the pe waves farewt stage, my yd my eyi playing voice, j almost her heavenwa forty-nine lon made her appi Sunday — To my long journ milady Cissy 1 me hugely wit friends — a stu being called home to the bedsi did with great anxiety make t to the brother's abode in St. being a stunt man, he did rem instead of stopping outside th« house, did ride directly and spe, where his brother lay upon hi from the phthisis from which in so driving into the room, on< upon a tack, and suddenly expl being California air, proving so to the brother's nostrils that he j and called for a stoop of ale ai recover}' from his ailment being i plete, that the next day he and hi leave St. Louis and happily and t on a balloon-tired tandem, so tl more California air to invigor?' Monday — Up betimes this .