Color: Green; Purple; White; Yellow
"Picture Play," February 1928, published by Street & Smith Corporation, New York. The front cover has the title in white letters at the top with the issue date and price in smaller black letters below and to the right. The subtitle "LITTLE JOURNEYS TO FILMLAND" is within a red-bordered white field. A painting by Modest Stein of a startled-looking actress Olive Borden has the caption "Is Any / Star Really Happy?" beneath it. Contents include items on specific films; the physical imperfections of stars; the unhapiness of stars; child actors; the childhood of stars; dogs in film; a humorist's view of Hollywood; what constitutes a star; and other news related to actors and actresses. There are many photographs of star portraits and film scenes, as well as many advertisements, some of them by film companies showing stars and identifying new films. With adhesive on the spine; edge brittleness; light soiling of the cover, mainly on the back; some losses on the front right edge and the top of the spine; a loose cover; some moisture damage on the bottom of the front; small stains on the cover; and small tears on the cover and the bottom of the last few pages, the overall condition is still good.
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