Screenland (May–Oct 1927)

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N L A N D WILLIAM HAINES in SLIDE KELLY SLIDE LISTEN to that roaring grand stand, SPRINGTIME'S here, Oh boy! BASEBALL, romance, love and laughter .... REMEMBER William Haines in"Brown of Harvard"? THAT was one glorious football picture! AND now this happy, handsome star appears in THE epic picture of the great National pastime WITH lovely Sally O'Neil and— wow! MIKE Donlin, Tony Lazzeri, and the MEUSELS (Irish and Bob) themselves. FOLLOW the crowd! Slide Kelly Slide »ith William Haines, Sally O'Neil, Harry Carey An Edward Sedgwick Production An original screen play by A. P. Youncer Titles by Joe Farnham Directed by Edward Sedgwick "More stars than there are in Heaven" A Priceless Prize for the . Keenest Eyes ! from Ramoa Novarro YOU attend an exhibition of a truly wonderful MetroGoldwyn-Mayer picture. Settings, action, titles pass swiftly before your eyes. You marvel at them. But when you get home how much of the performance can you remember — and enjoy over and over again ? It's largely a matter of — eyes, alert vision, keen observations. Things you merely glance at you rarely remember. But when you really see something it stays with you. I want to help you to see — and thus enjoy — more of what M-G-M directors and we ourselves strive to put into our portrayals. Here are five questions. The best set of answers to them will win a prize that money could not buy. The man who sends the best set of answers will receive the guitar I used in "Lovers" and a cash prize of $50. And for the best set of answers from a woman, Alice Terry will give the earrings she wore in the same picture and a cash prize of $50. The next fifty lucky ones will receive my favorite photograph especially autographed by yours cordially, lanraon F: N ovarro s In what recent production does Lon Chaney appear without his usual makeup? What do you think of M-G-M "Historical Westerns" such asi "War Paint" and "Winners of the I Wilderness" starring Tim McCoy? (Not more than 50 words.) Who directed "Flesh and the Devil"? and name two of his previous productions. Name a brother or sister of the following screen players, Marceline Day, Lionel Barrymore and Owen Moore. What photoplay holds the world's record for length of run and name two other pictures next in length of run. Write your answers on one side of a single sheet of paper and mail to Competition Editor, 3rd Floor, 1540 Broadway, New York. All answers must be received by May 15th. Winners' names will be published in a later issue of this magazine. Note: If you do not attend the picture yourself you may question your friends or consult motion picture magazines. In event of ties, each tying contestant will be awarded a prize identical in character with that tied for. Winners of the Marion Davies ■ Contest of January RUTH TRAENKLE 36 Delaware St. Albany, N. Y. RICHARD T. COINER, Jr. 1091 Vaughn St. Portland, Ore. Autographed pictures of Miss Davies have been sent to the next fifty prize winners.