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Picture Play
Volume XXX CONTENTS FOR MAY, 1929 Number 3 '
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 for and by our readers.
All A-twitter 15
Buddy Rogers and Nancy Carroll give a glimpse of their roles in "Close Harmony."
The Regal Courts of Filmdom .... *Edwin Schallert . .16
The retinues employed by the stars include many odd jobs.
A Fish Out of Water Walter Ramsey . . 18
Nils Asther doesn't feel at home in Hollywood.
Broadway Drag . . . . . . ... . . . . 20
Photographs of Merna Kennedy and Glenn Tryon demonstrating the new dance.
Irish and Proud of It Aileen St. John-Brenon 21
Nancy Carroll couldn't deny her family if she wished to.
Whom Fortune Would Destroy . . . William H. McKegg . 22
She first gives the amiable madnesses of some Hollywood folk.
Weep No More, My Lady . . . .... . . .26
Photographs of some ladies who ignore that plea.
In Defense of Dick . . . . . . Carroll Graham . . 27
Mr. Barthelmess speaks for himself.
Over the Teacups . . . . . The Bystander . . 28
Fanny the Fan's conversation flows with the Spring sap.
Mother Goose a la. Mode 32
Familiar rhymes brought up to date.
George — As He Is Margaret Reid . . 34
A pleasing encounter with Mr. O'Brien.
Favorites of the Fans 35
Full-page rotogravure portraits of eight players.
He Doesn't Like Liver . . . . Ann Sylvester . . 43
But Joseph Schildkraut does like Bach, red pajamas and seclusion.
The Talkies Have a Birthday .... Virginia Morris . . 44
The first year of talking pictures is quite a celebration.
Six Steps to Success . . . . . . A. L. Wooldridge . . 49
Barbara Kent has taken them all.
The Bridge of Fate Myrtle Gebhart . . 50
An unusual story about the filming of an unusual picture, "The Bridge of San Luis Rey."
The Stroller ....... Neville Reay . . .54
Pungent comment on the movie colony.
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