Photoplay/Volume 36/Issue 5




The World's Leading Motion Picture Publication PHOTOPLAY FREDERICK JAMES SMITH
MANAGING EDITOR MARK LARKIN
WESTERN EDITOR Contents For October 1929
MANAGING EDITOR MARK LARKIN
WESTERN EDITOR Contents For October 1929
Vol. XXXVI
James R. Quirk
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
No. 5
The High-Lights of This Issue
| Cover Design | Earl Christy | ||
| Anita Page—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 | |||
| For Autumn Appetites | 13 | ||
| Photoplay's Cook Book Tells How to Please Them | |||
| 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 | |||
| Empty Hearted | Lois Shirley | 29 | |
| Clara Bow Is Engaged Again | |||
| They Must Suffer To Be Beautiful | Katherine Albert | 30 | |
| And Keep Their Fan Followings | |||
| The Herds of Hollywood | Leonard Hall | 35 | |
| It's Just Like Working in Any Other Factory | |||
| After Four Years | Rosalind Shaffer | 36 | |
| Is Bill Hart to Come Back? | |||
| The Films Go Baby Talk | Helen Huston | 39 | |
| Bu-lieve Helen Kane | |||
| That Sex Appeal Voice | Marquis Busby | 40 | |
| It's Ann Harding | |||
| The New Broadway | Cal York | 42 | |
| Otherwise Hollywood Boulevard | |||
| A Hollywood Promise (Fiction Story) | Agnes Christine Johnston | 44 | |
| And How It Was Kept | |||
| Gossip of All the Studios | Cal York | 46 | |
| What the Film Folk Are Doing and Saying | |||
| Phonoplay Wins—but Talkie Stays on | Harriet Parsons | 50 | |
| Announcing Winner in Photoplay's $500 Contest | |||
| Vamping With Sound | Leonard Hall | 51 | |
| The First Menace of the Talkies—Kay Francis | |||
| The Shadow Stage | 52 | ||
| Reviews of the Latest Silent and Sound Pictures | |||
| The Wisecracker Reveals Himself | As told to Marquis Busby | 56 | |
| William Haines Tells of His Life in Hollywood | |||
| Temperamental? Yes! What of It? | Katherine Albert | 58 | |
| But a Lot of It's Not True | |||
| Sing a Soothin' Song (Fiction Story) | Stewart Robertson | 60 | |
| The Romance of a Voice Doubler | |||
| How They Manage Their Homes | Alma Whitaker | 62 | |
| Richard Arlen and Jobyna Ralston Built Most of Theirs | |||
| The Weigh of All Flesh | Harriet Parsons | 64 | |
| Or the Eighteen Day Diet | |||
| Amateur Movies | Frederick James Smith | 65 | |
| Prize Contest Announcement | |||
| Reeling Around | Leonard Hall | 66 | |
| Tidbits Served with a Dash of Spice | |||
| Photoplay's Fall Style Section | 75 | ||
| What Film Favorites Are Wearing | |||
| These New Faces | 90 | ||
| Who They Are and What They Look Like | |||
| Questions and Answers | The Answer Man | 92 | |
| What You Want to Know About Films and Film Folk | |||
| Music of the Films | 100 | ||
| Photoplay's New Record Review Department | |||
| Casts of Current Photoplays | 150 | ||
Contents (not listed in original)
- New Pictures (a selection of photographs of new and upcoming stars).
- Ten Years Ago in Photoplay (a look back at the October 1919 issue).
- Addresses of the Stars (list of contact addresses for Hollywood stars).
- 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 | |
| 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 Marriage―RKO | 107 |
| Hallelujah―M.-G.-M. | 53 |
| Hoofbeats of Vengeance―Universal | 107 |
| Kempy―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 |
| 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, The―M.-G.-M. | 54 |
| Very Idea, The―RKO | 107 |
| Virginian, The―Paramount | 53 |
| Wagon-Master, The―Universal | 107 |
| Why Bring That Up?―Paramount | 55 |
| Woman Trap―Paramount | 54 |
| Wonder of Women―M.-G.-M. | 55 |