The Picture Show Annual (1928)

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Picture Show Annual I A BEAUTIFUL DAY IT is not the weather to which I am alluding, but a particular little star of the him firma- ment who twinkles by day. Marceline is her name, and she is the sister of Alice Day, known also on the screen. When these two Days were very young their mother once said, " You can make each day what you will," a little bit of philosophy they never forgot. Alice was the first to take to picture work. Marceline followed a few months later, and for a while was content to step into her sister's shoes. She did actually do this indeed, for often, when Alice couldn't go to the studio, Marceline would turn up, wear her clothes, and take the part. But Marceline was too pretty to remain long the shadow of another Day. Small roles were offered to her, these graduating to more import- ant ones. Marceline's first picture work started with Harry Langdon j she made a sweet, wistful foil for this comedian's drolleries. Her first real chance came, however, when she was given a part in " The Splendid Road." Then followed the role of Princess Catherine with John Barry- more in " "Hie Beloved Rogue," which estab- lished her and won her the leading role in " The Barrier " and a contract with Metro- Gold wyn-Mayer. 119 A SHREWD SCOTSMAN Douglas Mac Lean looks a jocular, happy-go-lucky fellow. Jocular he is, but happy-go-lucky—no. For Douglas is a shrewd Scotsman, as smart a business man as he is great an artist. And it is said in Hollywood that he has saved half the money he has earned. Douglas MacLean is always thought of as a comedian of the films, but he did not start his film work in this capacity. He had a fine stage career before he ever entered the cinema, and then started off as leading man to Mary Pickford, Dorothy Cish, Enid Bennett, and many other stars. After the war, MacLean turned his attention to the comedy field, and gained hosts of admirers by his clever work in " Twenty-Three and a Half Hour's Leave." " What's Your Husband Doing ? " Mary's Ankle," " Let's Be Fashionable," " When Johnnie Comes Marching Home," " The Jailbird," " The Hottentot," and " Going Up " are other comedies featuring Douglas MacLean which have long remained in the memory. Yet there are few who know that Douglas MacLean is the son of a Presbyterian minister, and that he originally studied to become a civil engineer. One of Douglas MacLean's most notable characteristics is his grin, and this is apparently his greatest asset, for he has insured it for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the sum to be paid in case illness or accident make it impossible to smile. Marceline Da