Screenland (Apr-Sep 1924)

C1B615307 cjfie clrtdefiosiderit Screen Magazine JUNE, 1924 VOL. IX, NO. 3 V)te)t ANNE AUSTIN Associate Editor Myron Zobel, Editor EUNICE MARSHALL Western Editor (\Special Features in this Issue QTHE MONA LISA OF THE MOVIES, A personality story page 23 QHOME MADE STARS, Exposing the absurdity of "mail order actors" . . . page 27 OLBrEAKFAST TOGETHER — ONCE A WEEK, Marriage a la mode .... page 33 Q SONG OF A SPINNING WHEEL, A screen satire in free verse page 54 ROLF ARMSTRONG Creates a study from life of May McAvoy page 1 GEORGE JEAN NATHAN Heralds the new stage plays of the month page 68 H. B. K. WILLIS Proves that the measure of a film today is not the yardstick but the lipstick page 34 UPTON SINCLAIR Says the movies are the only place where money grows on trees . . page 38 BARRY VANNON Tells the love story of Fanny Barr and Tommy Loyal .... page 43 DELIGHT EVANS Reviews without favor or malice the new Screenplays . . . . page 48 MARSHALL and BROWN Discuss exhibitors from roast to coast page 64 ALMA WHITAKER Takes you to the home of filmdom's pioneers page 60 This is JIM TULLY the man who wrote The Optimistic Elinor in the April last issue ; that was the most talked of article Screenland ever ran. Incidentally Tully also wrote Emmett Lawler. Arrangements have been made for him to write exclusively for Screenland. His first article appears next month. Watch for the July SCREENLAND On all newsstands June first EUNICE MARSHALL Discusses the Chaplin boys . page 31 SIDNEY VALENTINE Carries you behind the scenes with D. W. Griffith page 37 MYRON ZOBEL Touches on several important screen topics page 16 KLIZ Renders his version of the home life of Tom Mix page 51 GRACE KINGSLEY Says the tragedy of Jackie Coogan is that he is growing up ... page 46 ANNE AUSTIN Tells of a press agent who works without pay page 58 SCREENLAND'S FAMOUS DEPARTMENTS Stars of Today .. page 10 Stars of Tomorrow . page 39 Alice in Screenland • page 72 Our Own News Reel ■ Page 74 The Listening Post ■ Page 78 The Movie Clock ■ page 82 -and a dozen other features— 39* Published monthly by The Myron Zobel Publications Inc., at 145 West 57th Street, New York, N. Y., U. S. A. Myron Zobei, Pres.; Frank Aimer, Vice Pres.; Paul H. Sanipliner, Treas. ; Glenn Johnston, Secty.; Copyright, 1924. Trade Mark legistered. Single copies 25c; subscription price, United States and Canada, $2.50 a year; foreign, $3.50. Entered as second-class matter, November 30, 1923, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Permission to reprint material must be secured from the Screenland Feature Syndicate, 145 West 57th Street, New York. General Executive and Editorial offices at 145 West 57th Street, New York, N. Y. Western advertising offices at 168 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111.; 1004 Coca Cola Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. Publishers also of Real Life Stories. Subscription price United States and Canada, $2.50 a year. Single copies 25 cents each. Club rate for the two magazines, $4.00 a year; foreign, $6.00. Screenland Magazine out the first of every month; Real Life Stories the 15th.