The Picture Show Annual (1928)

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32 Picture Show Annual dress than this to do justice to him, on the screen or off. Although he has got there and is keeping there, he is one who is capable of still bigger things. Conway Tearle is one of the most popular and most-sought- after leading men of the screen. He never lets a director down, and it is said that if he were two men he would still have more offers of work than he could take. He has not only got there, but been there a long time, and likely to retain his position as long as he cares to do so. Victor Varconi is the screen's latest success. He was recognised as a type on his arrival in America, and was at once secured by Cecil B. de Mille for the lead in " The Volga Boatman " and for Pontius Pilate in " The King of Kings." Huntly Gordon, too, has made his name as the hero who is essentially a sportsman, the i an who would guard a woman's honour with his life. Douglas Fairbanks typifies romance and adventure. Norman military type, looks his best in a uniform. Norman Kerry is physically and facially built for the military hero. He looks well in every kind of clothes, but especially fine in uniform. Ivor Novello, stage and screen actor and musician, is of the dreaming type who would fill best the role of the struggling poet or musician, though he made such a big success as the Apache in " The Rat." That is why there is a curious interest in his photograph illustrating this article. Novello needs a more romantic