Photoplay/Volume 37/Issue 1
The World's Leading Motion Picture Publication PHOTOPLAY FREDERICK JAMES SMITH
MANAGING EDITOR MARK LARKIN
WESTERN EDITOR Contents For December 1929
MANAGING EDITOR MARK LARKIN
WESTERN EDITOR Contents For December 1929
Vol. XXXVII
James R. Quirk
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
No. 1
The High-Lights of This Issue
| Cover Design | Earl Christy | ||
| Norma Talmadge—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 the Festive Season | 13 | ||
| Photoplay's Famous Cook Book Has the Recipes You'll Like | |||
| 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 | |||
| The Microphone—The Terror of the Studios | Harry Lang | 29 | |
| This Demon Is Making and Breaking 'Em | |||
| Just a Crazy Kid | Janet French | 31 | |
| He's the Despair of Pueblo and the Sensation of Hollywood | |||
| How to Become a Hollywood Hostess | Katherine Albert | 32 | |
| And Keep Peace at the Festive Board | |||
| Cornering the Sister Market | 34 | ||
| Famous Pairs Who Are Cast in a New Revue | |||
| 3 Fur Coats | Eugene Earle | 36 | |
| They Started the Story of Sue Carol's Imaginary Millions | |||
| She's Dynamite | Stanley Burton | 37 | |
| That's Kay Johnson, Who Drives to Her Openings in a Taxi | |||
| Pickles and Pictures (Fiction Story) | Jerome Beatty | 38 | |
| A Great Story of Love and Business | |||
| Two Aces and a Pair of Queens | Cal York | 40 | |
| This Winning Hand Is Composed of Irene Bordoni, William Bakewell, Robert Armstrone and Norma Terris | |||
| Oh, It Is, Is It? | Charleson Gray | 43 | |
| The Masculine Side of a Celebrated Controversy | |||
| The New Extra Girl | Roland Francis | 44 | |
| She's Pretty and Pert | |||
| Gossip of All the Studios | Cal York | 46 | |
| What the Film Folk Are Doing and Saying | |||
| The Disliked Girl | Grace Thornley | 51 | |
| Folks Picked on Alice White, but Her Gameness Won | |||
| The Shadow Stage | 52 | ||
| Reviews of the Latest Silent and Sound Pictures | |||
| Olive in Quest of Her Soul | Helen Loring | 59 | |
| The Story of a Girl Who Learned to Be Natural | |||
| The Other Side of the Story | Marquis Busby | 60 | |
| Tragedy and Misfortune Have Stalked Many Who "Got Their Chance with Griffith" | |||
| "I Raised My Boy to Be an Actor" | Elaine Ogden | 63 | |
| J. C. Nugent Talks About Elliott | |||
| You Can't Get Away with It in Hollywood | Basil Woon | 64 | |
| What? Oh, Anything | |||
| Reeling Around | Leonard Hall | 66 | |
| Tidbits Served with a Dash of Spice | |||
| Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol! | Maurice Fenton | 70 | |
| Photoplay's Theme Song Record Department | |||
| Photoplay's Style Forecast from Hollywood | Edited by Katherine Albert | 74 | |
| The Big PArade of What's Being Worn and How | |||
| Questions and Answers | The Answer Man | 96 | |
| What You Want to Know About Films and Film Folk | |||
| Casts of Current Photoplays | 142 | ||