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• DUMMY, THE— Paramount.— In this excel-
lent all-talking crook melodrama, two HoUy-
wooders — 2aSu Pitts and Mickey Bennett — steal
honors from a lot of stage stars. All Talkie. (.April.)

ELIGIBLE MR. BANGS, THE— Coronet-Educa-
tional. — A clever little dress-suit comedy in one reel,
with Edward Everett Horton fine. All Talkie.
(April.)

EMBARRASSING MOMENTS — Universal. —
Reginald Denny in a farce that manages to amuse in
spiteof its hoary plot. All talkie. (Sept.)

ETERNAL LOVE— United Artists.— John Profile
Barrymore and Camilla Horn get romantic in the
Swiss .\lps. Sound. C^ pril.)

ETERNAL WOMAN, THE — Columbia.—
Frenzied society melodrama with a rubber plot that

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• EVANGELINE— United Artists.— Beautiful
and touching film version of one of America's
best-loved poems. Worth your while. Sound. (Attg.)

EXALTED FLAPPER, THE— Fox.— A princess
turns flapper and upsets royal traditions. Frothy but
funny. Sound. (July.)

EYES OF THE UNDERWORLD— Universal. —

Old-fashioned moWe thriller. Silent. (July.)

FAKER, THE— Columbia.— Well done expose' of
spiritualistic charlatans, with Warner Gland fine as
the phoney spook-chaser. Silent. (April,)
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WELL, you've spoken — in loud ringing
tones, and with liundreds of letters.
The foes of the talking pictures are
in full retreat, with a mail barrage thundering
at their heels. Everyone is now disposed to
like the phonoplay and to give it plenty
of time and tolerance for new developments.

Many express their unbounded horror and
distress at voice doubling. If any two film ladies
have the call over others in our mail bag, they
are the ever-glittering Garbo and the sparkling
Joan Crawford Fairbanks. Of the gents, zal
roguish Maurice Chevalier is kicking up plenty
of fan dust.

And you may not believe it, but this month
we got three rousing, though belated, cheers
for a coy little newcomer named Chaplin, re-
ported to be a comic.

And if there's one thing that touches us, it's
the mail from friends over the sea. Let's have
more. Now you tell some.

The Movies Mould a Life—
The $25 Letter

Philadelphia, Penna.

The movies taught me how to dress, how to
act and how to be popular.

I always wondered why I couldn't be popu-
lar and why I wasn't pretty. Then it came
into my head to watch the stars. One night
I saw Bebe Daniels wearing a dress I liked, so
I made one just like it. It improved my looks,
because it was just my t>pe.

Then I began to act like I felt. I always felt
full of pep, but I was afraid that if I acted that
way people would laugh. I went to see Lupe
Velez in a picture, and tried to act like her. I
succeeded. Now I dress well, am seeminglj-
well liked and seem to be very popular with
both sexes. Now that the talkies are here I
intend to study the way the stars talk, and if
tliere are any improvements to make on my
voice you can believe they will be made !

M. G. T.

Taught by the Talkies! —
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Tucson, Ariz.
This is from one of your "exiled fans."
I came from Renee Adoree's country four
years ago, knowing very little English. If it
hadn't been for the movies, my linguistic life
\.ould have been empty, indeed. But I was
fortunate in being able to go to a show every
day. It was through the silent picture, and
its explanatory titles, that I really learned
English.

Today the talkies ofifer me a still greater
opportunity. I go to "Movie School" regu-
larly, and how proud I am to number among
my professors of English such artists as Ruth
Chatterton, Jeanne Eagels, William Powell,
Edward Everett Horton and many others!
Georgette Bertraud Lacroix.

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The Younger Generation Rears
Up!— The $5 Letter

Tuscola, 111.

I'm tired of all this talk about movie pro-
ducers ha\ing the modern boys and girls all
wrong. It's the bunk.

If a producer actually did make a picture
showing the modern generation as we really
are, he'd be e.xiled from the country.

I mean to say that the movies show the
young people as they really and truly are, only
they sugar-coat us slightly. We do drink,
smoke and pet, and we do sneak home in the
wee hours of the morning. Joan Crawford's
pictures do not exaggerate us one bit. Her
"Dancing Daughters" was true to life, and
Colleen Moore's "Why Be Good?" was a per-
fect conception of modern youth.

Shocking, yet true, I am only sixteen years
old and I have never yet seen a moving pic-
ture which shows us moderns as bad as most of
the younger crowd is.

But we youngsters are not all bad, and under
it all there's some good. The movies show
this, and it's so. Accept it.

Elizabeth Norvell.

From a Colored Fan

Mobile, Ala.

I read the articles in Photopl.w concerning

two members of my race. Miss Nina May

McKenney and Stepin Fetchit, the colored

actress and actor. Both were good, and I want



them to know that I think they are wonderful
and appreciate what they are trying to do for
our race.

I am proud of the fact that Negro talent is
recognized and appreciated on the screen.

I hope more colored people will write their
thanks to Hollywood, to Photoplay and to
King Vidor for what they are doing for iSIiss
McKenney, Stepin Fetchit and the colored
race as a whole

James M. Parker.

Well, Right Now He Has Ina!

Philadelpliia, Penna.

Why do all the stories read "Why Jack
Gilbert ISIarried Ina Claire?" Why not the
other way round?

Ina Claire was a star in her own right long
before Jack Gilbert was ever heard of. On the
speaking stage, where she is rated among the
best, it takes more than a pair of soulful eyes
and a big grin to get by.

Ina Claire has looks, style, personality,
charm, refinement, and, most of all, talent
What has Jack Gilbert compared to all these?
Rose A. Lee.



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Lafayette, Ind.
Is there anyone in this uide world who, on
going into a theater and seeing the picture,
"The King of Kings," could not have some
feelings of emotion and sentiment?

Mr. DeMille is a wonderful actor. Nobody
could have played the part of Jesus Christ
better than he did!

G. L. M.

Master Cleninions Attacks
Beautiful Men

Brookhaven, Ga.

When I s,a.\\ Buddy Rogers in "Close Har-
mony" my heart almost failed me. Why?
Because he looked too much hke one of Nell
Brinkley's drawings of "beautiful men."

Of course, I like handsome men, but not
pretty ones. Barry Norton is in the same case
as Buddy. "Too beautiful." Both of these
are grand actors and nice boys, but their faces
do not appeal to me, and that's that !

Take Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. He looks like
a girl who has her hair pushed back. Also take
these wax doll stars. How would John Gilbert
look making love to Anita Page or Nancy
Carroll? His types are Greta Garbo, Bacla-
no\a and all those vampish women. Why.
Baclanova could put Buddy Rogers in a spell,
and Greta could put Barry Norton in a daze.

But as I said before, they are all good actors
and actresses!

John Francis Clemmons.

P. S. I am 14 years old.

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ONCE again the children come trooping in from school,
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Gingerbread, with a glass of milk, is an ideal after-school
snack.

The recipe is Dorothy Sebastian's, and you may be sure it's
genuinely Southern, for Dorothy is an Alabama girl.

First measure out the following ingredients:

1 cup molasses Y2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 cup sugar 1 cup hot water

Yi cup melted butter 4 cups flour

1 teaspoon ground ginger Yi teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon soda

Stir together the molasses, sugar and butter. Add the hot
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FALL OF EVE. THE— Columbia.— Rowdy farce
of tlie buyer wlio comes lo the big town to make
whoopee. Ford Sterling, Patsy Ruth Miller. All
talkie. (Sept.)

FAR CALL, THE— Fox.— Piracy in the Bering
Sea. Plenty of action for your money. Sound. {Aug.)

• FASHIONS IN LOVE— Paramount.— Adolphe
Menjou with a French accent. Amorous and
amusing farce. All Talkie. {Aug.)

FATHER AND SON — Columbia.— Doing right by
Dad. With the inevitable "sonny boy" motif. Part
Talkie. (Aug.)

FLYING FOOL. THE — Pathe. — Hit-the-sky
melodrama with Marie Prevost crooning a theme
song — and howl All Talkie. (Aug.)

FOUR DEVILS— Fox.— Talk has been added to
last part of F. W. Murnau's good circus film. You'll
hear Janet Gaynor. Part talkie. (Sept.)

• FOUR FEATHERS, THE— Paramount. —
The story of a coward's repencration grafted on
a nature film shot in the Soudan. Excellent film, with
Richard Arlen fine. Sound. {Sept.)

• FOX MOVIETONE FOLLIES— Fox.— Lots
of good tunes, swell comedy b\' Stepin Fetchit
and the good-looking girls that go with any revue.
All Talkie. (July.)

GAMBLERS, THE— Warners.— Well acted story
of high finance with a pretty theme song. All Talkie.
{July.)

• GENTLEMEN OFTHE PRESS— Paramount.
— A newspaper story that is a knockout. Fine
performances by an all-stage cast. Check up this
as one of the hits of the talkies. All Talkie. {June.)

GENTLEMAN PREFERRED, A— Supreme.—
From cowbo\' to earl in one badly-aimed picture.
Silent. (Sept.)

GIRLS GONE WILD— Fox.— Plenty hot and
plenty fast. Sound. {July.)

GIRLS WHO DARE— Trinity. — Sleuths fail to
find a reason for this picture. Who cares if girls do,
after this one? Silent. {April.)

GIRL WHO WOULDN'T WAIT, THE— Liberty.
— In spite of its title this is one of the best pictures
turned out by an independent producer. You'll
Hke it. Silent. {June.)

GLAD RAG DOLL. THE— Warners.— Mostly
hokum. All Talkie. {Aun.)

• GREENE MURDER CASE. THE— Para-
mount. — Another fine Van Dine murder mys-
tc o" film, with Bill Powell an elegant Philo \'ance.
All talkie. {Sepl.)

GREYHOUND LIMITED, THE— Warners.—
Not a dog story, but a railroad melodrama, it's
speedy, exciting and good fun. Sound. {June.)



GUN LAW— FBC— A lot of shooting, all in fun.
Silent. {July.)

HARDBOILED—FBO.— Hackneyed story about j
a gold-digging show girl, but well played by Sally ]
O'Neill and Donald Reed. Silent. {April.)

HAUNTED LADY, THE— Universal.— Laura
LaPlante knows who did the murder, but is afraid to
tell. She and the story are good. Part Talkie.
(April.)

• HEARTS IN DIXIE— Fox.— Plantation life
according to a Fox talkie, with the stupendous
debut of Stepin Fetchit, colored comic. All Talkie.
(May.)

HIGH VOLTAGE— Pathe.— Stupid and morbid.
All Talkie. {Aug.)

HIS LUCKY DAY— Universal.— Another flimsy
story for Reggy Denny, with the star a dizzy realtor.
Part Talkie. (April.)

HOLE IN THE WALL. THE— Paramount.— Con-
fusing crook story, acted by a good cast. All Talkie.
(July.)

• HOLLYWOOD REVUE OF 1929— M.-G.-M.
— A great big merry girl and music show, \vith
all the Metro people from Gilbert and Shearer on
down. All-talkie. (Sept.)

HONEYMOON ABROAD — World Wide.—
Monty Banks in a spotty comedy made in London
and Paris. Silent, (April.)

HONKY TONK— Warners.— Story of a night
club mamma with a heart of gold. With Sophie
Tucker and her songs. All Talkie. {J:dy.)

HOT STUFF— First National.— Collegiate stuff in
musical comedy style. Alice White disrobes, smokes
and tipples, as usual. Part Talkie. {May.)

HOTTENTOT, THE— Warners.- Hilarious farce
comedy. You'll like it. All Talkie. (July.)

HOUSE OF HORROR, THE— First National.—
Cheap claptrap mystery movie which is saved by the
comedy of Chester Conklin and Louise Fazenda.
Sound. (May.)

IDLE RICH, THE— M.-G.-M.— Literal transla-
tion of the stage play, "White Collars." with good
acting. All Talkie. (Au^.)

IN HOLLAND — Fox - Movietone — Another by
those fine stage comedians. Clark and McCuUough.
AU Talkie. (April.)

• INNOCENTS OF PARIS — Paramount. —
Inconsequential plot made delightful by the
charming personality of Maurice Chevalier. All
Talkie. (July.)

IT'S EASY TO BECOME A FATHER— UFA.—

Tlie German idea of a funny farce about an American
gal running wild abroad. Silent. {Sept.)



Photoplays Reviewed in the Shadow Stage This Issue

Save this magazine — Refer to the criticisms before you pic\ out
your evenings entertainment. Ma\e this your reference list.



Page

Awful Truth, The— Pathe 54

Black Magic— Fox 107

Chasing Through Europe — Fox 107

Cock Eyed World, The— Fox 52

Dynamite— M.-G.-M 53

Girl in the Glass Cage, The — ■

First National 107

Half Mar^iage^-RK0 107

Hallelujah— M.-G.-M 53

Hoofbeats of Vengeance — Universal. . .107

Ken<py— M.-G.-M 55

Kitty— World Wide 107

Last of Mrs. Cheyney, The— M.-G.-M. 52

Lucky Larkin — Universal 107

Lucky Star — Fox 52

Melody Lane — Universal 107

Oppressed, The — •

Wm. Elliott Production 107



Page

Piccadilly— World Wide 54

Pleasure Crazed — Fox 55

River of Romance — Paramount 55

Sailor's Holiday— Pathe 107

Salute— Fox 107

Smiling Irish Eyes — First National 107

Speedway— M.-G.-M 55

Street Girl— RKO 54

Trial Marriage — Columbia 107

Twin Beds — First National 54

Unholy Night, Th^-M.-G.-M 54

Very Idea, The— RKO 107

Virginian, The — Paramount 53

Wagon-iSIaster, The— Universal 107

Why Bring That Up?— Paramount. .. 55

Woman Trap — -Paramount 54

Wonder of Women— M.-G.-M 55



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JOY STREET — ■Fox. — Oh. how the kids carry on I
YounRer generation stuff and possibly you'll like it.
Lois Moran, Nick Stuart. Sound. {Sept.)

JUST OFF BROADWAY— Chesterfield.— Boot-
legging, serious drinking, gunfire and pure night-club
gills in an impossible hodge-podge. Silent. {April.)

LAST PERFORM.\NCE, THE — Universal. —