Screenland (May–Oct 1927)

94 SCREENLAND BEAU GESTE Ai remarkable story of the French Foreign Legion OLD IRONSIDES Beloved in American History THE BLACfcTPIRATE A. Douglas Fairbanks Hit SCARLET LETTER Hawthorne's Masterpiece BEN HUR The book which was translated into every language! An Unexcelled Publishing Offer. See the Titles and order now We must go below the pleasing sub-titles or descriptive reading to really appreciate and understand a picture. And tbis we can do if we have read the book from which the picture itself is made and have gotten the author's spirited interpretation in its entirety. Order anyone for $1.00 or 6 for $5.00 Ben Hur General Lew Wallace Beau Geste Percival C. Wren One Minute to Play .... Harold M. Sherman Stella Dallas Olive Higgins Prouty Michael Strogoff Jules Verne The Country Beyond .... James O. Curwood Bardelys the Magnificent . . . Rafael Sabatini Sparrows Marie Coolidge-Ras\ Three Bad Men Herman Whita\er La Boheme Marie Coolidge-Ras\ The Scarlet Letter ~h{athaniel Hawthorne The Volga Boatman .... Konrad Bercovici Old Ironsides A. M. R. Wright Aloma of the South Seas . . . MacBurney Gates The Black Pirate MacBurney Gates Ranson's Folly Richard Harding Davis The Great Deception .... Geo. Gibbs The Sea Wolf Jac\ London Sunny Side Up Henry St. John Cooper Strings of Steel Paul Gulic\ Moby Dick Herman Melville The Phantom of the Opera . . Gaston Leroux Graustark Geo. Barr McCutcheon The Show Off Wm. Almon Wolff The Ten Commandments . . Henry McMahon The Freshman Russell Holman The Reckless Lady . . . ' . Philip Gibbs The Covered Wagon .... Emerson Hough Cobra Russell Holman The Pony Express H. J. Forman She . . H. Rider Haggard The Mark of Zorro .... Johnston McCulley Don Q's Love Story . . . . K. & H. Prichard The Iron Horse Edwin C. Hill Romola George Eliot Seven Keys to Baldpate . . . Farl Derr Biggers The Man on the Box .... Harold MacGrath The Plastic Age Percy Mar\s Peter Pan James M. Barrie Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini The Sea Hawk Rafael Sabatini North of 36 Emerson Hough The Man Without a Country . Edward Everett Hale Scaramouche Rafael Sabatini Monsieur Beaucaire .... Booth Tar\ington The White Sister F. M. Crawford The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln . . . . . . . A. M. R. Wright SCREENLAND MAGAZINE (Book Dept.) Desk 5 49 West 45th Street, New York City. I enclose S for which please send me _ Name Address He swung into the office of James Bell' man who was to direct the air production, and there she was seated across a desk from Bellman "talking story." He glimpsed a pretty profile shaded with a half-moon of ):old-brown hair, and was about to excuse himself for the interruption when Bellman, who had scarcely observed his entrance, said something arresting. "We need a young daredevil pilot," Bellman remarked. "One who isn't too particular about his life. If I could find a leading man to fill the bill my casting troubles would be over." In the instant before speaking the thought flashed through Lane"s mind that he was fairly disgusted with life anyhow, that he didn't much care whether he was killed in a plane crash or died of ennui: that he had been a flyer in France and emerged safely from several risky bits of fighting, and, last, that he wanted to know Janet King a whole lot for some reason which wasn't quite clearly defined as yet. "Mr. Bellman," he said. "Pardon my overhearing you. I want that part more than anything else in the world right now. Give me a chance to take my jinx up in the air and drop it overboard. By God, sir, you've got to give me a break! Do you hear? You've got to! Or, I'll !" And he shook his fist for emphasis. Bellman and the girl both looked at Lane for a moment. Neither spoke. The girl smiled faintly and arched her brows in a questioning way. Then Bellman frowning thoughtfully introduced Lane to Janet. After which he remarked: "I hadn't considered you for this role, Lane. I've always felt you lacked something— I can't just put my finger on it. But I'll think things over and maybe . Well, see me in the morning." "Thank you," said Lane abruptly and walked out cursing all directors and the motion picture industry generally under his breath. But he waited near the studio gate for Janet and when she appeared he planted himself directly in her path. "Miss King," he said with a grimness that was the last spark of defiance in his system, "I want to play opposite you. I want that part and you can get it for me." And of a sudden he softened and added, "Please, Miss King. This is the breaking point if I fail. It's my last chance." CLois Morton and "Beppo". He boasted of evolution until he reached Hollywood.