“SILK LEGS”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 370, 2 June 1928, Page 15

“SILK LEGS”

WITH MADGE BELLAMY ‘‘Silk Legs," a Fox Film production, is a whirlwind story of the perils an unprotected girl might undergo if she 1 tried to compete with seasoned veterans of the road as a travelling saleswoman. Undaunted by the failure of a week s work. Miss Bellamy, as Ruth Stevens, hosiery saleswoman for the Blue Ribbon Company, prepares for a little relaxation at Atlantic City. Ruth is kept busy, repulsing the objectionable. advances of a number of beach mashers. One, more persistent than the rest, follows her to the hotel. Amused by his audacity, Ruth leads him a merry chase, and is dumbfounded to discover that he is the salesman for a rival company who beat her to the biggest deal of her career. Ruth pretends that she is a little “dumb Dora,” and Phil, the man, unwittingly lets out a few’ trade secrets that enable Ruth to gain the upper hand. James Hall has the role of Phil Barker, the audacious Gold Medal salesman, who is bent on capturing the heart of Ruth. Beautiful Atlantic City forms the background for many

That he is the world’s greatest authority on make-up is the singular honour recently accorded Lon Chaney when he was requested xo write the section devoted to make-up and disguises for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. One authority of outstanding professional prestige in every department of life was invited to prepare a description of his field of endeavour for the world's leading compendium of human knowledge, and Sir Oliver Lodge, Steinmetz, Wasserman. ami other renowned figures have consented to do tlieir share. Lon Chaney is the star of many Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer pictures, and an outstanding figure in the motion picture world