Photoplay/Volume 36/Issue 4

The World's Leading Motion Picture Publication PHOTOPLAY FREDERICK JAMES SMITH MANAGING EDITOR MARK LARKIN WESTERN EDITOR Contents For September 1929 Vol. XXXVI James R. Quirk EDITOR AND PUBLISHER No. 4 — The World's Leading Motion Picture Publication PHOTOPLAY FREDERICK JAMES SMITH
MANAGING EDITOR MARK LARKIN
WESTERN EDITOR Contents For September 1929

Vol. XXXVI
James R. Quirk
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
No. 4

The High-Lights of This Issue

Cover Design		Earl Christy
	Nancy Carroll—Painted from Life
As We Go to Press			6
	Last Minute News from East and West
Brief Reviews of Current Pictures			8
	A Guide to Your Evening's Entertainment
Brickbats and Bouquets			10
	The Voice of the Fan
What Was the Best Picture of 1928?			12
	Here's Your Last Chance to Vote
Friendly Advice on Girls' Problems		Carolyn Van Wyck	16
	Photoplay's Personal Service Department
Close-Ups and Long Shots		James R. Quirk	27
	The Editor Tells You What's What and Who Without Fear or Favor
Vocal Boy Makes Good		Janet French	29
	His Voice and Face Synchronize
Racketeers of Hollywood		Bogart Rogers	30
	Or Painful Extractors of Bank Rolls
Tragic Mansions		Cal York	32
	The Strange Story of Heartbreak Houses
What Would You Do if You Had a Million?		Herbert Howe	35
	Anita Murray Becomes an Extra
Cuddles Grows Up		Katherine Albert	36
	The New Lila Lee is Sophisticated and Beautiful
Westward the Course of Tin-Pan Alley		Jerry Hoffman	38
	New York Can Thank the Talkies for That
Songs Across the Sea		Dorothy Spensley	41
	Meet Maurice Chevalier
Hollywood—A Manless Town		Katherine Albert	42
	The Starlets are Shy of Stars for Escorts
Confessions of a Press Agent		Herbert Howe	44
	Alas, He Has Reformed
Help John McCormack Select His Movietone Songs			45
	You Can Vote for Your Favorites
Father Knows Best (Fiction Story)		The Edingtons	46
	A Different Sort of Movie Story
Gossip of All the Studios		Cal York	48
	What the Film Folk Are Doing and Saying
How to Write a Theme Song		Leonard Hall	52
	They're Turning 'Em Out in Chain Gangs
The Shadow Stage			54
	Reviews of the Latest Silent and Sound Pictures
$5,000 in Fifty Cash Prizes			58
	Last Set of Cut Picture Puzzles
The Siren from Montana		Richard Colman	63
	Her Real Name is Williams
How They Manage Their Homes		Alma Whitaker	64
	Clara Bow Has a Budget System
It Happened in Hollywood (Fiction Story)		Vivien R. Bretherton	66
	What's In a Name?
The Wisecracker Reveals Himself		As told to Marquis Busby	68
	Beginning the Life Story of William Haines
Reeling Around		Leonard Hall	70
	Tidbits Served with a Dash of Spice
Amateur Movies		Frederick James Smith	71
	News About Contest Entrants
Recipes with an English Accent			81
	From Photoplay's Cook Book
Questions and Answers		The Answer Man	84
	What You Want to Know About Films and Film Folk
Casts of Current Photoplays			140
	Complete for Every Picture Reviewed in This Issue

Contents (not listed in original)

Addresses of the Stars (list of contact addresses for Hollywood stars).
New Pictures (a selection of photographs of new and upcoming stars).
They're All Eddie (photographs of Eddie Nugent impersonating other actors).
Ten Years Ago in Photoplay (a look back at the September 1919 issue).

There are several Miscellaneous small items (usually a captioned photograph) used to fill space.

The issue includes many Advertisements.

Photoplays Reviewed in the Shadow Stage This Issue

Save this magazine—Refer to the criticisms before you pick out your evening's entertainment. Make this your reference list.

	Page
A Gentleman Preferred—Supreme	129
Bachelor Girl, The—Columbia	130
Behind That Curtain—Fox	56
Big News—Pathe	129
Broadway Babies—First National	56
Climax, The—Universal	57
Dance of Life, The—Paramount	54
Dangerous Curves—Paramount	56
Daughter of Heaven—All Star	130
Drag—First National	54
Embarrassing Moments—Universal	130
Fall of Eve, The—Columbia	56
Four Devils—Fox	129
Four Feathers, The—Paramount	56
Greene Murder Case, The—Paramount	55
Hollywood Revue of 1929—M.-G.-M..	55
It's Easy to Become a Father—UFA	130
Joy Street—Fox	57
Last Performance, The—Universal	56
Laughing at Death—FBO	130
Love Trap, The—Universal	57
Man and the Moment, The—First National	57
Masquerade—Fox	57
Morgane, The Enchantress—Franco-Film	130
New Bankroll, The—Mack Sennett	130
One Woman Idea, The—Fox	130
Paris Bound—Pathe	55
Phantoms of the North—All Star	130
Physician, The—Tiffany-Stahl	130
Scarlet Daredevil, The—World Wide	130
Single Standard, The—M.-G.-M.	54
Two Men and a Maid—Tiffany-Stahl	130
Two Weeks Off—First National	57