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1924-01-26 Picture Show Movie Magazine Contents

1924/01/26 —

On the Cover: Miriam Battista – Jackie Coogan in “Circus Days” – Our Gang

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 May McAvoy, Marie Prevost, Lew Cody, Mae Marsh
  • “The Expressions of Carmel Myers” is a single-page with a slightly larger photo of Myers surrounded by several smaller pics of her acting out various expressions
  • “The Extra Girl” by Edgar Wallace is part of a serialized story
  • Full page with text and 4 photos of John Gilbert with scenes from “Honour First,” “Arabian Love,” and “A California Romance”
  • “They Really Play in the Pictures — Picture Making is ‘Child’s Play’ to the Juveniles” includes pics of Sunshine Sammy & Florence, Baby Peggy, and another shot of Our Gang
  • Page 10 and 15 (which are the center of the issue because of the missing supplement) includes 5 photos: young Douglas Fairbanks Jr. shaking hands with director Joseph Henabery, Mary Pickford spraying water on pet bear cub, shot of the backs of Harold Lloyd and John Aasen, and others
  • “Slippy McGee” is a short story
  • Malvina Longfellow is a page of some text with 4 photos
  • “Before They Were Famous” includes pics of James Kirkwood, Mabel Normand, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks at wedding of Lottie Pickford and Alan Forrest
  • “Gossip About British Players” with pics of Henry Vibart, George Bishop, Florence Turner, Henry Edwards, Chrissie White and Henry Edwards
  • “A Handsome Hero — And Yet a Fighter” is a page of text with a half-page photo of George O’Hara
  • “Fashions & Fancies in Filmland” includes “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 a small pics of Gloria Swanson, Alec Fraser, Agnes Ayres