Photoplay/Volume 36/Issue 6




The World's Leading Motion Picture Publication PHOTOPLAY FREDERICK JAMES SMITH
MANAGING EDITOR MARK LARKIN
WESTERN EDITOR Contents For November 1929
MANAGING EDITOR MARK LARKIN
WESTERN EDITOR Contents For November 1929
Vol. XXXVI
James R. Quirk
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
No. 6
The High-Lights of This Issue
| Cover Design | Earl Christy | ||
| Janet Gaynor—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 | |||
| Soup, Salad and Dessert | 13 | ||
| You'll Find Them All in Photoplay's Cook Book | |||
| 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 | |||
| Exposing the Hollywood Orgy | Leonard Hall | 29 | |
| Mother Goes Stepping and Comes Home Yawning | |||
| Slipping the Marriage Noose | Janet French | 30 | |
| "I Will" Is Not in Their Vocabularies | |||
| Gloria's New Clothes and Coiffure | 32 | ||
| Chic Is the Keynote | |||
| Filmland's Royal Family (Second Edition) | Frances Hughes | 37 | |
| Joan and Doug. Jr., Are Paddling Their Own Canoe | |||
| Why Sheiks Go Wrong (Fiction Story) | Grace Mack | 38 | |
| A Real Life Episode in the Talkies | |||
| He Threw Away a Million | Herbert Howe | 41 | |
| The Story of a Man Hollywood Couldn't Buy | |||
| Ghostly Studios of Yesterday | Marquis Busby | 42 | |
| A Backward Glance at Dream Workshops | |||
| Another Hollywood Racket | Katherine Albert | 45 | |
| There's More Than One Way They Break In | |||
| Gossip of All the Studios | Cal York | 46 | |
| What the Film Folk Are Doing and Saying | |||
| How Bachelors Manage Their Homes | Katherine Albert | 50 | |
| Lessons in Living from the Screen's Unmarried Men | |||
| The Shadow Stage | 52 | ||
| Reviews of the Latest Silent and Sound Pictures | |||
| Hollywood Leads Paris in Fashions | Katherine Albert | 56 | |
| And Creates the Rage of the Boulevards | |||
| Reeling Around | Leonard Hall | 58 | |
| Tidbits Served with a Dash of Spice | |||
| The Littlest Rebel in Hollywood | Elinor Corbin | 63 | |
| The Story of Nancy Carroll | |||
| Hollywood High-Hat (Fiction Story) | Stewart Robertson | 64 | |
| In This Case It Was Lowered | |||
| The Birth of the Theme Song | Maurice Fenton | 66 | |
| Photoplay's Record Review Department | |||
| The Amateur Movie Contest Prizes | Frederick James Smith | 67 | |
| Winners of Photoplay's $2,000 in Awards | |||
| Four Babes in the Hollywoods | Cal York | 68 | |
| Brief Sketches of Alexander Gray, Vivienne Segal, Catherine Dale Owen and Morgan Farley | |||
| These New Faces | 72 | ||
| Who They Are and What They Look Like | |||
| Questions and Answers | The Answer Man | 82 | |
| What You Want to Know About Films and Film Folk | |||
| Casts of Current Photoplays | 140 | ||
Contents (not listed in original)
- New Pictures (a selection of photographs of new and upcoming 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 | |
| Big Revue, The—All-Star | 117 |
| Big Time—Fox | 53 |
| College Coquette, The—Columbia | 117 |
| Dark Skies—Biltmore | 117 |
| Drake Case, The—Universal | 117 |
| Fast Company—Paramount | 55 |
| Frozen Justice—Fox | 55 |
| Girl from Havana, The—Fox | 118 |
| Gold Diggers of Broadway—Warners | 54 |
| Happy Days—M-G-M | 55 |
| Hard to Get—First National | 54 |
| Her Private Affair—Pathe | 53 |
| Hungarian Rhapsody—UFA-Paramount | 117 |
| Illusion—Paramount | 54 |
| In Old California—Audible Film Corp | 118 |
| Kibitzer—Paramount | 52 |
| Light Fingers—Columbia | 118 |
| Love Doctor, The—Parmount | 55 |
| Lucky in Love—Pathe | 118 |
| Madonna of Avenua A—Warners | 117 |
| Marianne—M-G-M | 52 |
| New York Nights—United Artists | 54 |
| Night Club—Paramount | 117 |
| Oh, Yeah!—Pathe | 118 |
| Prince and the Dancer, The—World Wide | 117 |
| Pusher-In-The-Face—Paramount | 117 |
| Richthofen: The Red Knight of the Air—F. P. G. Production | 117 |
| Rio Rita—RKO | 52 |
| Silver King, The—British | 117 |
| Taming of the Shrew—United Artists | 52 |
| They Had to See Paris—Fox | 6 |
| Thirteenth Chair, The—M-G-M | 54 |
| This Mad World—M-G-M | 55 |
| Three Live Ghosts—United Artists | 55 |
| Tonight at Twelve—Universal | 54 |
| Wrecker, The—Tiffany-Stahl | 117 |
| Why Leave Home?—Fox | 117 |