Name/Title
"PHOTOPLAY," MAY 1928Entry/Object ID
2003.136.1.1Description
Color: Black; Blue; Gray; Red; White
"Photoplay," May 1928 issue. The front cover has the title, month, and price at the top. Below is a color illustration of the face of actress Greta Garbo, with a gray and black background around her, her name at the lower right, and the caption "Greta / Garbo's / Life / Story" at the bottom. Contents include regular features on the film industry, including film reviews, fan letters, advice on "girls' problems" and casts of current photoplays; and articles on actors and actresses such as Garbo, Evelyn Brent (and her suicidal tendencies), Tom Mix and Erich Von Stroheim; a visit by the Austrian archduke Leopold to Hollywood; two fiction stories; an article on the bride of actor Adolphe Menjou; amateur movies; salad recipes; and others. There are many photograph illustrations and advertisements, some related to the film industry. With cover creases, corner dents, light soiling, a major fold at the bottom right corner of the front, pest damage on the spine and bottom right of the front cover and stains and staple tarnish; and page foxing, the artifact is in good overall condition.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)