Name/Title
"PHOTOPLAY," JUNE 1928Entry/Object ID
2001.173.1.1Description
Color: Black; Blue; Red; White
"Photoplay," June 1928 issue. The front cover has the title, month, and price at the top. Below is a color illustration of actress Marion Davies. To the upper right of her portrait is the motto "The National / Guide to / Motion Pictures." At the bottom is the title of a feature story by actor Jack Gilbert on his life. Contents include late-minute film news; reviews of current playing films; an advice column; marriage in Hollywood; comedies as therapeutic; rumors in the film industry; impressions of Hollywood from Archduke Leopold of Austria; studio gossip; a fiction story related to film; prize contests; a poll of reader's favorite films from 1927; questions and answers from "The Answer Man;" a cookery section; casts of current productions; and features on actors Gilbert; Tom Mix; Greta Garbo; and Mary MacLaren. There are many black and white photographs and advertisements throughout. In fair condition, the object has cover creases, some soiling, a tear along the lower front cover at the spine; overall wear; some darkening of pages; tears on some pages; and a section of page 108 clipped out.Lexicon
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Motion picture industrySearch Terms
Three-dimensional, Magazines (periodicals), Photoplay Publishing Company, Motion picture actors and actressesLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Magazines (Periodicals)