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Picture Play
Volume XXVI CONTENTS FOR JULY, 1927 Number 5
' The entire contents of this magazine are protected by copyright, and must not be reprinted without the publishers ' consent.
What the Fans Think ... 8
An open forum of discussion by our readers.
A Soldier and His Girl . . . . • . • • .15
A photograph of George K. Arthur and Marceline Day in "Rookies."
Behind Lon Chaney's Mask Elza Schallert . .16
An insight into the character oi the man himself.
She Wasn't Allowed to Be Herself . . . Myrtle Gebhart . .19
How Margaret Livingston got the false reputation of being a "jazz girl."
The Stroller Carroll Graham . . 22
Random comments of a humorist on everyday life in the film colony.
The Strangest House in Hollywood . . . A. L. Wooldridge . 24
It's made entirely of sets and props from famous movies.
Manhattan Medley Aileen St. John-Brenon . 26
News and views of film folk in New York.
Those Pirates Bold • ♦ .28
They're only lady pirates, but terrible fierce !
Do You Believe in Hunches? . . . . Helen Louise Walker 29
Renee Adoree tells of some startling hunches that have vitally affected her life and career.
Meet the Boy Friend . . . . . Dorothy Wooldridge . 30
Some famous pairs of chums among the film actors, and how they came to meet.
It's a Hit— Let's Screen It -32
Scenes from current movies that have been adapted from successful stage plays.
Blanche Sweet Faces Facts Virginia Tracy . . 34
She meets life frankly and decisively.
Favorite Picture Players 35
Photos in rotogravure of eight film favorites.
The Earl of Guffaw ■ ,. Malcolm H Oettinger . 43
The title belongs to Chester Conklin.
Over the Teacups The Bystander . . 44
Fanny the Fan's unflagging gossip of the stars and their doings.
Jannings Decides to Stay Edwin Schallert . . 48
The German actor, after early difficulties, is getting used to Hollywood.
Along Silvery Sands 50
Snapshots of screen celebrities frolicking on the beach.
Loved at Last Myrtle Gebhart . .51
Zasu Pitts, the jilted girl of the movies, at last gets her man.
I Knew Him as An Extra . . . Margaret Reid . . 53
The author looks back on the days when she worked side by side with Charles Farrell.
Hollywood High Lights .. . Edwin and Elza Schallert 55
The latest and most interesting items of news from the movie center.
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Monthly publicltion issued by Street & Smith Corporation. 79-89 Seventh Avenue, New York City. Ormond G. Smith, President; George C. Smith, Vice President and treasurer; George C. Smith. Jr., Vice President; Ormond V. Gould, Secretary. Copyright, 1927, by Street & Smith Corporation, New York. CopyiieU. 1927, by Street & Smith Corporation, Great Britain. Entered as Second-class Matter, March 6, 1916, at the Post Office at New \ork, N. Y., under Xct of Congress of March 3, 1879. Canadian subscription, $2.86. Foreign, $3.22.
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