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1924-01-05 Picture Show Movie Magazine Contents

1924/01/05 —

On the Cover: May McAvoy

24 pages but missing Art Supplement so actually 20-pages total.

Inside this issue contains articles and photos about and of:

  • “Picture Show Chat” has photos of Billie Dove, Betty
  • “When Were You Born?” is cover story including 12 small pics of stars including John Barrymore, Mary Pickford, Rudolph Valentino, Lillian Gish, William S. Hart, and others
  • “The Extra Girl” by Edgar Wallace is part of a serialized story
  • “The Expressions of Pat O’Malley” is a single-page with a slightly larger photo of O’Malley surrounded by several smaller pics of him acting out various expressions
  • 4 photos taking up about 2/3’s of a page of Patsy Ruth Miller
  • Page 10 and 15 (which are the center of the issue because of the missing supplement) includes 7 photos: Carlyle Blackwell with Albert Chase and Madge Stuart in “The Beloved Vagabond”, Fay Compton, Jane Novak in “Divorce”, Jackie Coogan, Ernst Lubitsch directing Mary Pickford in “Rosita”, Reginald Denny, and others
  • “The Young Rajah” is a short story with two pics of Rudolph Valentino
  • “Are Expensive Films Wanted?” includes two small pics of George Arliss and a larger scene with Arliss and Alice Joyce in “The Green Goddess”
  • “Is the Screen Just a Beauty Market?” is text with a half-page photo of Mary Alden
  • “Gossip about British Players” includes small pics of Ivor Novello, Clive Brook, Fay Compton, Betty Balfour, Matheson Lang, Mary Odette, Madge Stuart
  • “Film Favourites on the British Screen” has 4 photos of Malcolm Tod
  • “Fashions & Fancies in Filmland” includes “My Favourite Dish” recipe with small pic of Rosemary Theby, “Dulcy, the Beautiful” comic strip at bottom of page credited as being by Constance Talmadge with cartoons by Lauren Stout
  • “Ask the Picture Show” has small pics of Norma Talmadge, Betty Balfour, Mary Miles Minter, Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino