Picture-Play Magazine (Mar-Jul 1929)

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28 Frank Albertson, once a property boy, made a hit in "Prep and Pep," his first picture. riioto by Bruno Jeanne Morgan's beauty is actually a handicap, but she has talent as well. Photo by Ball Youth is Never before before has th supplant old present, to & AYBE you have already 1 ▼ 1 heard, but nevertheless it is well to state here what is happening" in Hollywood right now. Yes, sir — there's a radical change in the whole works. Producers, instead of paying from one to five thousand dollars a week for seasoned players, are signing mere youngsters at something like seventy-five, or a hundred, and — take notice — are giving them leads and, as exciting as it sounds, are starring some of them. Most important of all — the fans rave with delight. Rumor says the producers are making this seemingly benevolent move in order to boycott the older players. If they can get a suitable actor for one hundred a week, why pay one thousand? Yes, why? This does not seem perfectly exact, for several of the young players got an increase in salary as soon as they had achieved fame. No, the real truth is that guileless youth, without sophistication, is popular with the public just now, so we get pictures like "The High-school Hero," "Harold Teen," and "Prep and Pep." Consequently, there is a group of youngsters being keenly regarded by the picture colony. Some of those mentioned here, who are not under contract, will be before long. So let's pull up the curtain and have a look at 'em ! Photo by Duncan Elene Aristi is the only Greek girl in pictures. Robert Sweeney once studied a t the Art Students' League. Photo by Brown have there been so many ere been such an influx of favorites is something for familiarize yourself with already made B? William H. You have already seen Marjorie Beebe. Miss Beebe has done no end of good work so far and, take my „word, she is going to do a lot more, and keep right on doing it. She is, at present, the only low-comedy actress of her type on the screen. "Actress" was written purposely. For our Marjorie is skillful. • She has attracted attention with each picture in which she has appeared. So much that Fox, where she is under contract, is starring her. "The Farmer's Daughter" and "Homesick" are her first two stellar vehicles. Well, boys. I know you are restless until I explain what Marjorie is like. She is dynamic. Pier sea-green eyes and red hair cause a stranger to look twice — then three or four times. In speaking, she gives you the impression that she wants to lift the entire studio up in her hands. Miss Beebe came from Kansas City. At an early