Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1926 - Feb 1927)

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METROGOLDWYNMAYER WEEK SEPT. 12th TO SEPT. 18th Jfjf USTER KE ATON /» BATTLING BUTLER PresenUd by JOSEPH M. SCHENCK From the play produced by George Choos with Selwyn & Co.Booic by Stanley Brightman and Austin Melford Lyrics by Douglas Fufber Music by Philip Braham American Music by Walter L. Rosemonc Adapted by Ballard MacDonald Screen Adaptation by Paul Gerard Smith Albert Boasberg Charles Smith Dtrecud by BUSTER K EATON A Metro-Goldu.yn-.\fayer Picture BUSTER Keaton THAT great giggle getter LANDS the biggest knockout OF his frozen-faced career IN Battling Butler! FROM the opening gong TO the final flop EVERY round's a riot! AND Sally O'Neil falls too— FALLS hard for Buster Keaton DO you know why? YOU ought to! READ on the right .... "More stars than there are in Heaven" You can win one of these Valuable Prizes Can you answer Norma Shearer 's questions? Do you "glance"' or Do you really see? EVERY Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer fan has a chance to win one of the valuable prizes I am offering this month. All you have to do is to keep your eyes open and your mind alert when you go to see a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture. Don't be a "glimpser" — be a "seeker". You may be one of the winners-. To the person who writes the best answers to all the questionsin this column, I will present — ifitbeone of the fairsex — the hand bag I use in "The Waning Sex" and a cash prize of $50. If amanis thelucky one, Buster Keaton will present and sign the boxing gloves he uses in "Battling Butler" together with a cash prize of $50. To the next fifty lucky ones, I will send my personally autographed photograph finished in a sepia style suitable for framing. Go to it and best of luck. Yours cordiallv, Norma' s six questions 1 In what Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture does a Mollusk play a prominent part? Who is the director? 2 Who plays Musette in La Boheme? 3 In what picture does Sally O'Xeil fall for Buster Keaton and why ? 4 In what Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture does Lon Chaney play the part of Singapore JoerDescribe his "make-up" in not more than fifty words. C Where are the Metro-Goldwyn O Mayer Studios? 6 What animal is the King of Beasts and where is he most often seen? Write your answers on one side of a single sheet of paper and mail to Question Contest, 3rd floor, 1540 Broadway, New York. All answers must reach us by October 15th. Winners' names will be published in a later issue of this magazine. In the event of ties, each tying contestant will be awarded a prize identicalin value with that tied for.