August 15, 2016 · 11:00 am

Photoplay July-Oct. 1926: A New Look

  • Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance:) Dorothy Mackaill, Doris Kenyon, Marion Davies, Alice Joyce.
  • As you can see, Photoplay’s cover now includes the head and torso of the subject. Previously the usual cover shot had been a close-up of the face. We’ll see how long the new look lasts.

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August 8, 2016 · 11:00 am

Photoplay May-June 1926

  • Cover girls are Leatrice Joy and Lois Moran.
  • These will be the last of the portrait covers for a while; the cover format changes with the July 1926 issue, as we’ll see next time.

 

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August 1, 2016 · 11:00 am

Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1926

  • Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Colleen Moore, Bebe Daniels, Gilda Gray, Vilma Banky.
  • More Colleen Moore (and her iconic coiffure) on the cover of the December 1927 issue of Theatre Magazine.

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July 25, 2016 · 11:00 am

Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1925

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  • Cover girls: Esther Ralston (Oct.), Aileen Pringle (Nov.), Georgia Hale (Dec.). Not shown: Marie Prevost, September issue.

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July 18, 2016 · 11:00 am

Photoplay May-Aug. 1925

  • Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Norma Shearer, Madeline Hurlock, Greta Nissen, Dorothy Gish.

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July 11, 2016 · 11:00 am

Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1925

  • Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Betty Bronson, Florence Vidor, Bessie Love, May Allison.
  • Betty Bronson was a dancer who nabbed the coveted film role of Peter Pan.
  • April cover girl May Allison would marry Photoplay editor/publisher James T. Quirk in 1926. She’d graced the November 1923 cover.

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July 4, 2016 · 11:00 am

Photoplay Nov.-Dec. 1924

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  • Cover subjects: mega-star Jackie Coogan (November) and prolific actress Lois Wilson (December).Both Coogan and Wilson had lengthy careers that lasted well past the silent film era.
  • Coogan of course acted into the 1960s as Uncle Fester in The Addams Family. Not to mention he was the impetus for Coogan’s Law, legislation regarding  children working in the movies.
  • In addition to acting in both silent and sound films Wilson wrote and produced. She also appeared on Broadway and worked in television.

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June 27, 2016 · 11:00 am

Photoplay July-Oct. 1924

  • Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Anna Q. Nilsson, Betty Compson, Colleen Moore, and making her Photoplay cover debut, Mary Philbin.
  • The August cover features a Compson portrait by Tempest Inman.
  • And if that’s not enough to reel in the reader there’s also the tantalizing question “Is Bobbed Hair An Extravagance?” 
  • October cover girl Mary Philbin would go on to co-star with Lon Chaney in 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera.

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June 20, 2016 · 11:00 am

Photoplay May-June 1924

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Photoplay June 1924

  • Making their Photoplay cover debuts: Ramon Novarro and Leatrice Joy, on the May and June covers respectively.
  • Both covers are by Tempest Inman.
  • The June issue promised to tackle a controversial topic: “Why You Should and Why You Should Not Bob Your Hair.”

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June 13, 2016 · 11:00 am

1924: More Barbara LaMarr

Some more Barbara LaMarr covers from 1924:

Picture-Play magazine, February 1924. Image from the always fascinating retrokimmer.com site.10afd0074f2e096ecbe38ece3cfa0f72

 

Motion Picture magazine, May 1924. Here’s an image from the Little Hokum Rag blog. 1924maymotionpicture1

 

And in case you were wondering: in the late 1930s Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler–a young European actress (and later, inventor) who was new to Hollywood–was renamed Hedy Lamarr, after Barbara LaMarr. It’s said Louis B. Mayer was the one who did the rechristening.lmf90a4jyc6464hedy lamarr

 

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