Word: photoplay
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...before he accepted the civilian, as an equal has been strongly painted by Mme. Furmanov and is acted with a power only excelled by the climax, in which a white regiment sacrifices itself in an attempt to break the morale of the Reds. For the first time in Soviet photoplay, justice has been done to their stalwart opponents, and the scene of the psychological charge, with White troops marching stoically, awesomely to their death, is typical of the Russian mind and its grim realism...
...Lazy A ranch at Santa Susana, Calif., Producer Buell started filming the first all-midget photoplay ever made. He had troubles. The flaccid little people tumbled off ponies, had trouble handling man-sized six guns, had attacks of temperament and sunburn. Finally, at a cost of almost $100,000 and many a headache, the film was finished...
...patrons (mostly Negroes) of Philadelphia's Nixon Grand Theatre, Manager Si Cohen last week was preparing a rare treat. During the run of Damaged Goods, a photoplay dealing with the ravages of venereal disease, he planned to give on the stage at each evening show one free Wassermann test. To 100 lucky coupon holders, less exploitational Wassermanns were to be available daily at nearby clinics...
...shortly before its release on the eve of Lincoln's Birthday, Of Human Hearts had been called Benefits Forgot, a title lifted from Shakespeare's wintry hyperbole on man's ingratitude.* But even Shakespearean titles sometimes lack the necessary box-office smash to put across a photoplay that has no top-ranking box-office names. Late last month MGM ran a radio contest for a new title, paid a $5,000 prize to 17-year-old Roy Harris of Greenville, S. C. The investment produced wide publicity and a title near enough Of Human Bondage (TIME, July...
...Physical Culture, True Story, True Romances, Love and Romance, True Experiences, Movie Mirror, Radio Mirror, Photoplay, True Detective Mysteries, Master Detective...