Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1927 - Feb 1928)

118 Advertising Section A Volume of a Thousand Wonders The Marvel Cook Book by Georgette MacMillan There is a recipe to suit every one for every occasion in this remarkable book. The favorite recipes of the leading stars of the stage and screen are included. There are 28 recipes for beverages 57 *• " breads 71 " " cakes and cookies 31 " candy 57 canning and preserving 11 " cereals 10 " cliafing dishes 76 " " desserts 31 " eggs and omelettes 20 " " famous people's dishes 17 " " cooking fowl 26 " frozen desserts 9 ''■ " fruits 19 icings and fillings 10 " invalid cookery 39 " " meats 12 one-dish dinners 18 " oysters 41 " salads 10 salad dressings 28 " sandwiches 28 " " sea foods 32 " soups 79 " " vegetables 9 " " vegetarian dishes AND MANY OTHERS This Volume Should be in Every Home Price, $1.00 CHELSEA HOUSE Publishers 79 Seventh Ave. New York "Climbers, The" — Warner. Irene Rich in dull, meandering tale of innocent Spanish duchess who is maliciously compromised, then banished to Porto Rico, where she falls in love with a sneering bandit. "Dance Magic" — First National. Obscure, archaic film of country girl who comes to the big city to be an actress, with the usual dire results. Pauline Starke and Ben Lyon. "Fast and Furious" — Universal. Typical Reginald Denny film, but not up to his usual inark. Story of a young man afraid of automobiles who is forced into a race in order to win his girl. "Fighting Love" — Producers Distributing. Slow-moving film involving the amorous mix-up in the middle of the desert of an Italian princess and three men. Jetta Goudal, Victor Varconi. and Plenry B. Walthall. "For the Love of Mike" — First National. Ben Lyon in commonplace film of boy from the slums of New York who goes to Yale, becomes captain of the crew, and wins the race with Harvard. "Gingham Girl, The" — F. B. O. Lois Wilson in innocuous film of sweet country lass who sells homemade cookies in the city and attracts the e}'e of a villain in spats. "Hard=boiled Haggerty" — First National. Milton Sills miscast as a roguish, frolicsome ace of the air who chases his ladylove through leafy glades. "Heart of Salome, The" — Fox. Gaudy, heavily dramatic film of an alluring European adventuress who helps a wicked baron in his nefarious operations, until reformed at last by an athletic young American. Alma Rtibens and Walter Pidgeon. "Heart Thief, The" — Producers Distributing. Dull film of a Hungarian peasant girl who marries a rich old landowner, is almost compromised by his scheming relatives, but is saved in time by the handsome hero. Lya de Putti and Joseph Schildkraut. "High Hat"— First National. Foolish satire on the motion-picture world, with Ben Lyon and Mary Brian cast to disadvantage in a silly plot. "Joy Girl, The" — Fox. SiWy picture of mercenary young girl in Palm Beach who goes out to get a millionaire who is really a chauffeur, and ignores a chauffeur who is really a millionaire. Olive Borden and Neil Hamilton. "Lonesorne Ladies" — First National. Slow, silly picture of a wife who, to spite her husband, flounces off with a villain, but is rescued at the critical moment. Anna Q. Nilsson and Lewis Stone. "Lovers" — Metro-Goldwyn. Ramon Novarro and Alice Terry in disappointing picture showing the damage done by malicious gossip. "Matinee Ladies" — Warner. May McAvoy and Malcolm McGregor in slow, dull film about a cigarette girl and a law student who hires himself out as a professional dancing partner. "Moon of Israel"— F. B. O. Heavy, spectacular German film, laid in biblical times and based on the love story of an Egyptian Pharaoh's son. Cast includes Maria Corda and Arlette Marchal. "Notorious Lady, The"— First National. Conventional society melodrama beginning in London and ending in South Africa. Lewis Stone and Barbara Bedford are the husband and wife eventually reconciled. "Orchids and Ermine" — First National. Colleen Aioore wasted in thin, unamusing tale of a switchboard operator who marries a rich young man posing as a valet. Jack Mulhall is the young man. "Painting the Town" — Universal. Glenn Tryon and Patsy Ruth Miller in an energetic but tiresome comedy of a smart-aleck young inventor and a "Follies" girl. "Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary, The" — Pathe-DeMille. Old-fashioned farce of speed demon who deceives his aunt into believing he's a doctor, and has to hastily improvise a sanitarium when she suddenly pays him a visit. May Robson, Harrison Ford, and Phyllis Haver. "Sea Tiger, The"— First National. Silly film, laid in the Canary Islands, of two brothers, a girl they both love, and a trouble-making vamp from Broadway. Milton Sills, Mary Astor, and Larry Kent. "Secret Studio, The"— Fox. Crude, old-fashioned attempt at the risque. An innocent country girl comes to the city and is duped by a wicked artist. Olive Borden, Ben Bard, and Clifford Holland. "Tender Hour, The"— First National. Silly film of American girl who is tricked in,to marriage to a dissolute Russian prince, though in love with a young American. Billie Dove, Ben Lyon, and Montagu Love. "Vanity" — Producers Distributing. Leatrice Joy in absurd film of high-hat society girl who snubs a sailor and suffers forit by being kidnaped by him on the eve of her marriage. Charles Ray and Alan Hale. "When a Man Loves" — Warner. John Barrymore in a stagy, artificial screen version of "Manon Lescaut," the tale of the troubles of a French cavalier and his flirtatious mistress. Dolores Costello miscast as Manon. "Whirlwind of Youth, The"— Paramount. Uninteresting picture of a young English girl's shattered romance, later patched up during the war. Lois Moran and Donald Keith. Information, Please Continued from page 102 I don't know Greta's age. Norma Shearer has dark hair and blue eyes, and so has Corinne Griffith. Like many others, they are neither blondes nor brunettes, but rather in between. Billie Dove is quite definitely a brunette. Donald Reed is married, and is in his early twenties. Ramon Novarro's current picture is "The Road to Romance." Brunette. — Now, I shouldn't be so distressed over not having seen Gilbert Roland before; few people had heard rnuch about him until he played in "Camille." Write to him in care of United Artists — address at the end of this department. Barry Norton is twenty-three. He was born in Buenos Aires. His real name is Alfredo de Biraben, Jr.