1. Enter Leila's Birthday Giveaway! Would you like a shot at winning a copy of "Freaks" on DVD? It's easy! Simply email us your answers to these 3 trivia questions! Question 1: What was Leila's first talkie? Question 2: What color were Leila's eyes? Question 3: Which of Leila's co-stars in Freaks did she describe as "filthy rich" in real life? Think you've got the correct answers? Send us an email at gary@midnightpalace.com and put "Leila Birthday Contest" in the subject line. Leila Hyams plays Venus in this 1932 cult classic. It was banned for over 30 years in the UK and continues to be mentioned among the most memorable films of all time.

2. Download our Leila Hyams AIM Icons!! We've put together 24 AOL Instant Messenger icons that you can save by right-clicking the image and choosing "Save as". We hope you enjoy them as much as we do! Click here to launch the Leila AIM Icons page!

3. Leila Hyams Word Search puzzle! See how fast you can solve the word search puzzle! We've hidden 30 phrases pertaining to Leila, including names of some of her films, in a sequence of letters. Click here to launch the Word Search page!

4. The Leila Switch! There's no doubt that Leila made a lasting impact in her films. But what about other films that she didn't appear in? Can you see Leila in another actress' role? Would she have changed the outcome of the movie? Well, let's find out! Submit your idea to us in paragraph form. Include the name of the film, the role that you imagine Leila playing and how she would have impacted the film as a whole. The most thoughtful and original submission will win a prize (purposely kept secret until a winner is chosen). Are you interested in taking a shot? Send your submission to: gary@midnightpalace.com with "The Leila Switch" in the subject line. Good luck!

5. Download our special Leila Hyams Wallpaper: Remember Leila by adding this beautiful wallpaper to your computer desktop. You will of course recognize this as Leila's famous "Venus" pose! We have two screen resolutions available: 800 x 600 and 1024 x 768. Clicking either link will open up the wallpaper in a new window. Once opened, you can right-click on the image and save it to your computer hard drive, or you can just choose "set as desktop background".

6. Download the "Freaks" Screenplay! Many people have mentioned over the years that due to some of the cast members' accents, certain pieces of dialogue can be easily misunderstood. Now, you can download the entire screenplay to Tod Browning's masterpiece in PDF format! Leila plays Venus. Click here to download the Freaks screenplay!

7. Solve Leila's Jigsaw Puzzle! Now it might be a bit difficult, but don't give up! Arrange the jigsaw puzzle pieces to reveal one of Leila's magazine covers from 1931! By 1931, she had been making films for seven years and already had over 30 films to her credit! All this at age 26! Think you're ready to go??? Click here to launch the jigsaw puzzle!

8. The Scavenger Hunt! Ready to follow a trail of clues? Here's what you have to do: Go to Leila's filmography via our link at the top (you may want to open it in a new window so you can follow the instructions here) and find the movie in which she played a character named Marie du Fronque. Once you find that movie, look it up on IMDB. When you have the film's page on IMDB, find the third cast member in the cast list and click on the name. When that person's page loads, find the film next to number 108 in their filmography, and click it. That film's page will load and you may recognize the first name in the cast list, click the name. Find the film in which this person co-starred with Leila in the 1920's. Once you find that film, click the film's name and look at the trivia. You notice this sentence: "It was completed as a silent film before...", click the name of the first person in that sentence. Scroll down on this person's page, find their one credit listed under "Director" and click it. On that film page, click on the name of the lead actress and find the film next to number 45, click that. Look at the lead actor's name in this film. We did a review on a book written about him over at The Midnight Palace. To find our book reviews, click the "Archives" link at the bottom of any page. Locate the book review on this actor and click the link underneath it. On that page, you'll notice a very familiar face. At the end of the fourth paragraph, you'll find the name of a President. Find out which number President he was (example: the 12th president, 13th president, etc...). When you have the number, go back to IMDB and look up Leila Hyams. Find the name of her film that falls next to that number and click it. Once on the page for that film, click "Plot Keywords" in the column on the left, then find the 2nd keyword in the list. This word is part of the title for one of Leila's films. Look through Leila's filmography to find the name of the film. Go to that film's IMDB page and click the third actor in the cast list. In that actor's filmography, click the film title next to number 150. On that film's page, click the lead actor's name and find his film next to number 29 and click the title. Click the "Full Cast & Crew" link in the left column and find the actor who played "Guthrie", click his name. Now, in this actor's filmography, find the film next to number 207 and help us deliver this very special message to Leila Hyams!

9. Sign the Leila Hyams film petition! We are petitioning MGM and Warner Brothers to release the Leila Hyams films in their catalog on DVD. We feel it is very important that Leila's films come to light rather than fall into obscurity. Every signature helps us along! There are many of her films just sitting in vaults. Click here to sign the petition!

10. Download Leila Tobacco Cards! Tobacco cards were very popular in the 1930's. The tobacco manufacturers took advantage of cinema's popularity and produced numerous cigarette card sets which featured some of Hollywood's best and brightest. In addition, there were also sets produced with sports players and other notable personalities. These quickly became collector's items. Now you can download our zip file with eight (8) of Leila's tobacco cards! You will see the many different looks of Leila! Click here to download the tobacco card zip file!

We would like to thank everyone for their time in looking through this special birthday tribute to Leila! We hope you enjoyed the different downloads, games and contests! As our website grows, we will feature many more special sections and tributes to Leila.