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The Smart Screen Magazine
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WHY, MY SUIT LOOKS SIMPLY
YOU'RE A PEAR. TO LET ME BORROW YOUR THINGS AN P I HOPE YOU'RE STUNNING ON YOU! IF LOOKS Rl0HT. I'VE GOT TWO O00P PROSPECTS MEAN ANYTHING, YOU'RE
SEVEN YEARS EXPERIENCE CAN DO 10 WORDS A MINUTE ... AND HERE ARE MY REFERENCES.
I'LL CHECK TH EM UP. PLE AS E CALL TU ESDAY THE JOB PAYS $30.
YES, A MISS STACY. SAID SHE WORKED FOR. YOU. SHE IMPRESSED ME VERY FAVORABLY EXCEPT FOR ONE THING, WHICH MAY BE MERELY TEMPORARY- HE R BREATH
YOU'VE HIT ON IT, I'M SORRY TO SAY. MISS STACY WAS ONE OF OUR MOST EFFICIENT EMPLOYEES, BUT
HER ASSOCIATES COMPLAINED.
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I'M SORRY, MISS STACY, BUT THE POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. WE FELT THAT A GIRL OF MATURER NATURE WOULD SUIT HER ASSOCIATES BETTER.
I'M SORRY, MISS JONES, BUT I'D COUNTED SO MUCH ON THIS. DESPERATE, I GUESS, AND HUNGRY.
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I'M GOING TO BE FEARFULLY FRANK WITH YOU, MISS STACY,- YOU COULD HAVE HAD THAT JOB TODAY BUT FOR ONE THIN&- YOUR BREATH. WHY DON'T YOU USE
LISTERINE? THEN COME BACK AND SEE ME LATER.
THANK YOU! I NEVER DREAMED THAT WAS MY TROUBLE. NO WONDER I COULDN'T G-ET A JOB!
I'VE GOT A WONDERFUL J0B- $30 A WEEK. MISS JONES IS SUCK A PEACH! FIRST TOLD ME WHAT MY TROUBLE WAS, THEN WHEN THEY FOUND THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE OTHER GIRL, GAVE ME
TO THINK I HADN'T THE COURAGE. TO TELL YOU TO
USE listerine!
EVER SINCE 'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS I'VE ! USED IT N EVERYDAY.
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IS YOUR BREATH BEYOND SUSPICION?
Come, tell the truth; you don't know! That's the insidious thing about halitosis (badbreath). You don't know, but others do and are offended. Why run this foolish risk when you can make your breath sweet, more whole- some, and agreeable, by simply rinsing the mouth with Listerine Antiseptic? Use it morn- ing and evening and between times before social and business engage- ments. Listerine Antiseptic first cleanses the entire oral cavity then overcomes breath odors. You know you won't offend.
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Hours for her lovely hoods— Hot a minute for her fender gums
How often such neglect leads to real dental tragedies . . . give your gums the benefit of Ipana and Massage.
uch lovely hands," her friends ex- ;ckim. Why shouldn't they be the envy of others, for she lavishes hours of time and patience upon them.
But look at her smile— her dull, dingy smile — then watch how quickly her beauty fades, how her charm disappears.
Shocking, yes— but shockingly true! Yet she's like thousands of other girls who might have possessed a radiant
smile— who might have had bright, spar- kling teeth— had she only learned the importance of care of the gums. What a price to pay for neglect— what a pity she failed to heed nature's warning, "pink tooth brush."
Don't Neglect "Pink Tooth Brush"
If your tooth brush "shows pink," see your dentist at once! Very often he'll blame our modern menus— soft, creamy foods that deprive the gums of health- ful exercise. And usually his verdict will be, "Strengthen those gum walls with harder, chewier foods"— and, as many dentists suggest, "the helpful stimula-
tion of Ipana Tooth Paste and massage."
For Ipana, with massage, is especially designed to help gums as well as keep teeth sparklingly bright. Massage a lit- tle extra Ipana into your gums each time you brush your teeth. Gradually, as circulation increases within the gums, they become firmer, healthier.
Change to Ipana and massage today —see how sparkling, how lovely, how much more attractive your smile can be— a smile that will be your proud pos- session for the years to come.
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NO PICTURE HAS EVER EQUALLED "CONQUEST"! ^
GRETA .GARBO CHARLES BOYER
„ CLARENCE BROWN'S PRODUCTION
Even Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-with the greatest productions in motion picture history to its credit-has never before made a picture on so lavish a scale as this. Its grandeur will dazzle your eyes... as its romance fills your heart. Garbo, as the temptress who is used to ensnare Charles Boyer as Napoleon; a glorious seductive pawn in an amazing international intrigue. A cast of thousands including Reginald Owen, Alan Marshall, Henry Stephenson, Leif Erickson, Dame May Whitty, C. Henry Gordon. Directed by Clarence Brown. Produced by Bernard H. Hyman . . . Screen Play by Samuel Hoffenstein, Salka Viertel and S.N. Behrman.
A GIANT PRODUCTION IN THE BRILLIANT M-G-M MANNER
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SCREENLAND
OCT -S 1937
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The Smart Screen Magazine
ELIGHT EVANS, Editor
Elizabeth Wilson, Western Representative
Tom Kennedy, Assistant Editor
Frank J. Carroll, Art Director
Invitation to Romance!
For all who love the thrill of excitement, glamor, the un- usual in romantic fiction, Margaret E. Sangster's new novel about Hollywood is an absolute "must."
Starting in the next, the December issue of Screenland is the latest, and we believe, the most absorbing novel written by an author who stands in the forefront of modern creators of vital, pulsing fiction — Margaret E. Songster.
Screenland readers know Margaret E. Songster as the author of many great and stirring stories of Holly- wood which have appeared serially in this publication.
Her new novel, we can assure you, surpasses in its deep understanding of Hollywood and its influence upon men and women who attain fame there, any previous work you have ever read about the Mecca of the Movies.
Put this new serial down as a "must read." Remember — Margaret E. Sangster's latest and greatest story begins in Screenland for De- cember, on sale at news stands November 3rd, 1937.
November, 1937 Vol. XXXVI. No. 1
EVERY STORY A FEATURE!
Scotch Portraits Malcolm Oettinger 13
The Editor's Page Delight Evans 21
Soigne Stars Linn Lambert 22
A Week-End with Bing Crosby Dick Pine 24
The "Swap" System Liza 26
Personality Portrait of Bette Davis Thyra Samter Winslow 28
Career Girls. Fictionization of "Stage Door". ...Elizabeth B. Petersen 30
Leslie Howard's One-Man Show Ruth Tildesley 32
Cash — and Cary. Cory Grant Virginia Wood 34
Sidestepping Romance. Virginia Bruce Maude Cheatham 51
Reviews of the Best Pictures • Delight Evans 52
Carnival Nights in Hollywood. Grace Moore Elizabeth Wilson 54
Screenland Glamor School. Edited by Loretta Young 56
To The Teens. Fashions 59
My Life. By Robert Taylor. As told to Ben Maddox 60
Great Lover. Fiction Vicki Baum ' 62
London Hettie Grimstead 64
SPECIAL ART SECTION:
Number One Man of Hollywood. Paul Muni. Babs Fights Back. Barbara Stanwyck. Girl of 1,000 Faces? Luise Rainer. Adam Gets Eve — Again! Just Fur Fun. Gail Patrick, Sandra Storme, Ida Lupino, Mary Carlisle. From a Sandwich to a Banquet. California Castle by the Sea. Maureen O'S ullivan's Home. Tricks of the Trade. Polo for Peaches. The Most Beautiful Still of the Month.
DEPARTMENTS:
Honor Page &
Screenland's Crossword Puzzle Alma Talley 8
Salutes and Snubs. Letters from Readers |.0
Ask Me! Miss Vee Dee 14
Tagging the Talkies. Short Reviews 16
Inside the Stars' Homes. Dorothy Lamour Betty Boone 18
Here's Hollywood. Screen News Weston East 66
Glamor Rules Hair Styles. Beauty Article Elin Neil 68
Femi-Nifties 69
Cover Portrait of Sonja Henie by Marland Stone
Published monthly by Screenland Magazine, Inc. Executive and Editorial offices, 45 West 45th Street, New York City. V. G. Heimbucher President I S MacD'ermott, Vice President; J. Superior, Secretary and Treasurer. Advertising Offices: 45 West 45th St., New York; 410 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago; 530 W. Sixth St., Los Angeles, Calif. Manuscripts and drawings must be accompanied by return postage. They will receive careful attention but Screenland assumes no responsibility for their safety. Yearly subscription $1.50 in the United States, its dependencies, Cuba and Mexico; $2.10 in Canada; foreign $2.50. Changes of address must reach us five weeks in advance of the next issue. Be sure to give both the old and new address. Entered as second-class matter Novem- ber 30, 1923, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y. under the act of March 3, 1879. Additional entry at Chicago, Illinois.
Copyright 1937 by Screenland Magazine, Inc. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. Printed in the U. S. A.
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ScREENLAND Honor Page
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To Allan Jones, he- man of song, who steals "The Firefly"
Jones rides his way, singing all the while, into the favor of the public in "The Firefly." Below, the delightful "Donkey Serenade," with Jones riding along be- side Jeanette MacDonald's coach, sing- ing his heart out, accompanied by the coachman's guitar and the charm- ing piping of little Robert Spindola.
THERE have been singing ac- tors, and acting singers. But all too seldom is a splendid singing voice combined with acting talent and true manliness. Such a rare combination is Allan Jones, and so he becomes definitely the man of the moment in movie operetta circles. Allan has robust charm, a strong, musically fine voice which also has audience appeal and warm person- ality ; and he is an excellent, always convincing actor — particularly, sigh the femmes in the audience, in his love scenes ! With Jeanette MacDon- ald in "The Firefly" he rides off with most of the honors, for his boundless zest, high spirits, and gay good humor, as well as his glorious voice. Hail a new star : Allan Jones.
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'You've heard the hit W-Vfc tunes from this great Kem-Hamm erstein musical ad- venture romance on the radio . . . "Can I Forget You?" "The Folks Who Live On the Hill." You've seen stories W ?m about it everywhere. At^two-a-day showings in New York, Los Angeles,
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Irene Dunne
"HIGH, WIDE and Mm
Randolph Scott
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William Frawley
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Basil Rathbone, who makes hisses for the villain roles he plays turn into hoorays for his brilliant acting, steps in- to the limelight as this month's choice of the letter writers. Here s Basil, at right, interrupt- ing a romp with two of his dogs during a holi- day, to greet you, his Screeniand admirers
WRITE AS YOU PLEASE ABOUT THE STARS
Now it's the readers' turn to write — precisely what they think about Hollywood and its stars. Read here what your fellow screen enthusiasts have to say about pictures and picture people, then write what you think. You'll find it fun, other readers will find it interesting, and Hollywood will take your advice and criticism to heart. Please limit each comment to a maximum of 50 words. Address to: Letter Dept., SCREENLAND, 45 West 45th St., New York, N. Y.
alutes an
d Snubs
HOW'S ABOUT, PETE SMITH?
Why doesn't Hollywood keep us up to the minute on etiquette, via some short subjects? It could be very entertaining, as well as informative, to see a film in which a couple entertain friends at teas, recep- tions, dinners, etc. Also let them step out to the best hotels, travel by all the modern conveyances', and visit entertainment re- sorts—doing it all in the manner of those who really know their way around.
Alzalein Parker,
Millen, Ga.
Town." Robert Taylor in "This Is My Affair."
Ruth Kilman. Boston, Mass.
FAVORITE PEOPLE AND PICTURES
Here are my favorites and the pictures that made them so:
Errol Flvnn in "Charge of the Light Brigade." Robert Montgomery in "Night Must Fall." Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew in "Captains Courageous." Tyrone Power in "Lloyds of London." Nelson Eddy in "Maytime." Billy and Bobbv Mauch in "Prince and the Pauper." Ferdnand Gravet in "King and the Chorus Girl." Don Ameche in "Fifty Roads to
BASIL — BELOVED VILLAIN
I think Basil Rathbone's amazingly bril- liant performances should convince Holly- wood that he is infinitely worthy of star- dom. He is far too great to play second fiddle to anybody — in reality he doesn't, for in supporting roles he manages to take the lead in scenes with many a leading, or star, player.
Elizabeth White. Landsdown Strand,
Glos., England
THE AH'S ARE FOR AMECHE
Here's my applause, long and loud, for a great radio and screen star, Don Ameche. I certainly receive full value when I go to a theatre where Don is playing.
Lorraine Haley, Berwyn, 111. (Please turn to page 12)
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Salutes and Snubs
Continued from page 10
MANY ARE FINE, BUT DICK IS FAVORED
I see a lot of movies and I like lots of stars, but it's Dick Powell with his natural- ness, human, easy charm and pleasing voice who brings me to the theatre most fre-
(luently. „ ..
M. L. Dailey,
Racine, Wise.
THAT BRITISH CHARM
These English actors fascinate me. Espe- cially Herbert Marshall. He is one of the actors with an ability to draw you into the picture; make you absolutely forget where you are to the extent that you pretend you are in the story yourself. It takes acting skill, the projection of sincerity and warmth, to do that.
Jean Dunbar, Wyndmoor, Pa.
SPEAKING OF TALENT—
On the subject of talent that isn't given the recognition due it, what about those two superb and entertaining actors and dancers, Lee Dixon and Buddy Ebsen? The former with all the pep, life and ap- peal of a college man, and the feet of Astaire. And the latter with all the appeal of a homely but friendly face, the per- sonality of a Taylor and an inimitable style of dancing.
Jeanne Mudgett, Adrian, Mich.
GLADYS RATES WITH THE GREAT
Most people when speaking of the screen's foremost actresses mention Luise Rainer, Miriam Hopkins, Bette Davis, Katie Hepburn and Greta Garbo. But to me Gladys George deserves recognition in any grouping supposed to represent the finest abilities of acting art in the motion picture.
Jean Adams, Buffalo, N. Y.
LOVELY'S THE WORD
I can think of no actress who better qualifies for the word "lovely" than Frieda Inescort. And the best indication of her acting ability is the fact that each of her performances seems better than the pre- ceding one. She was very nearly perfect in her best picture, "Call It A Day ;" and she was one of few redeeming features in "Another Dawn."
Margaret A. Connell,
Dcs Moines, la.
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KING'S ROAD TO STARDOM
Because, after appearing in serials and small parts in features, he rose _ almost overnight to the eminence of a star in "The Road Back," my salutes are for John King. That grand performance entitles him to the best from Hollywood, and the public.
Marion Cadish, Los Angeles., Calif.
MORE ABOUT MARIE
Won't you please tell us more about the grand little comedienne, Marie Wilson ? Marie is bound to become the best loved girl in Hollywood before many moons. You don't know how eagerly I scan the pages of every issue of Screenland to learn more about my favorite actress— Marie Wilson.
Georgia Sargent, Muncie, Ind.
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Screenland
ERROL FLYNN
The Three Musket- eers with one expression.
MADGE EVANS
All - American best girl; cue for song.
EDUARDO CIANNELLI
Dante on loca- tion; acid on iron.
DEANNA DURBIN
canary in a nursery; ingenue wired for sound.
BURGESS MEREDITH
radical in Brooks clothing; senior most like- ly to succeed.
MADELEINE CARROLL
the girl you meet just be- fore waking up.
HERMAN BING
explosion in a sauerkraut fac- tory; Weber and Fields' son.
Scotch Portraits
By Malcolm H. Oettinger
TYRONE POWER, JR.
Mask and Wig presid ent; Father's boy.
SONJA HENIE
china saucer on chubby legs; Kewpie on ice.
NELSON EDDY
a dentist with a marcel wave; the smile with a voice wins.
MARGOT GRAHAME
what every wife fears the other woman is like.
WALTER BRENNAN
Ancient Mariner on a ferris wheel; cracker bar- rel philosopher.
JANE WITHERS
mosquitoes and giggles; prob- lem child.
GREGORY RATOFF
storm over Siberia; triumph of the accent.
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A. G. M. Here's about your little Ca- nadian rave, Rosina Lawrence: born in Ottawa, Canada, 5 feet 2>Vz inches tall, blonde hair and green eyes, u.ighs 115 rounds. Attended high schools in Boston, Mass., and Los Angeles, Calif. Studied iallet and tap dancing, made screen debut at 13, in "Angel of Broadway," later played in "Reckless" and "$10 Raise," "Charlie Chan's Secret" and "Your Uncle Dudley," with a featured role in "General Spanky." Olivia de Havilland was burn in Tokio, Japan, July 1st, 1916. She is of English descent; came with her parents to America at the age of three. Playing the role of Puck in a school production of "Midsummer Night's Dream" resulted in a leading part in the screen version of the play and a contract with Warner Bros. She is 5 feet 4 inches in height, weighs 107 pounds, has reddish brown hair and brown eyes.
Ruth F. Glad you like your gift. John Trent was born in Orange, California. His real name is LaVerne Browne. He grad- uated in an engineering course in Hancock Foundation College, where he also took his course in aviation. He belongs to the Army Air Corps Reserves. Of course you know he was a pilot for a transcontinental air line. He played the leading romantic role in "A Doctor's Diary." He is 6 feet tall, weighs 173 pounds, has blue eyes and dark hair. For his photograph, try Para- mount Studio, Hollywood, California. John's latest pictures are "The Great Gambini" and "She's No Lady."
Miss R. T. So you like the looks of Jack Dunn? Address your letter to him in care of Universal Studios, Universal City, Cal- ifornia. In the first place, he is very Eng- lish, born in Lounbridge, Wells, England, on March 28, 1917, and next he skated into pictures ! Literally, for it was while skating with Sonja Henie in Los Angeles, that he won his Universal contract. He is tall, dark and handsome, as you yourself have observed. Over 6 feet, weighs 182, black hair and brown eyes.
Allan Jones and his wife, Irene Hervey, take the air to greet radio fans tuned in to c recent Hollywood preview.
Hard to tell where Ann Sothern's fur cape leaves off and her pet doggie be- gins. The pooch is looking at you through those shaggy white locks.
Mrs. K. W. N. Jackie Cooper was born in Los Angeles, California, September 15, 1923 ; Mickey Rooney, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Freddie Bartholomew, London, March 28, 1924; Jackie Searle, Annaheim, California, 1920; Jane Withers, born in Atlanta, Georgia, nine years ago; Shirley- Temple, Santa Monica, California, April 23, 1929.
M. J. G. James Stewart is his real name. His parents are Alexander and Elizabeth Stewart. He was born in Indiana, Pa., is 6 feet 2V2 inches; brown hair and gray eyes, and has a contract with Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer.
Pauline K. Sorry, but unless you can tell me the name of the picture, it would be impossible to give you the information you wish. Send in the title, and I'll do my best to straighten you out on "who is which."
Frank C. S. Why not write direct to the home office of Paramount Pictures. 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Il might be well for you to state in which magazine you saw the statement.
Marguerite M. I'm glad to tell you about Charles Boyer, because he is one of my favorites, too. So, we'll begin at the be- ginning: he was born in Figeac, France. Educated at schools in his birthplace, and also at the Sorbonne, Paris. In 1920 he made his stage debut in Paris, appearing in a number of plays on the Paris stage. Then, several silent films. His_ first talk- ing picture was made in Berlin in 1930, at UFA studios. He came to Hollywood in 1933 and has been outstanding ever since as one of the finest actors on the screen. He is married to Pat Paterson. Address him at the United Artists Studio, Hollywood, California.
Florence 'L. Noah Beery, Jr., was born in New York City, August 10, 1913. He has brown hair and eyes. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall, is not married, but he has not confided in me whether or not he is en- cased, but his heart-throb is Buck Jones pretty daughter, Maxine. His father and mother are both professionals; as a child he traveled with them and appeared m stock, also in "Mark of Zorro" the silent picture starring Douglas Fairbanks.
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A. G. M. Here's about your little Ca- nadian rave, Rosina Lawrence: born in Ottawa, Canada, 5 feet 3'A inches tall, blonde hair and green eyes, w.ighs 115 Bounds. Attended high schools in Boston, Mas-., and Los Angeles, Calif. Studied ballet and tap dancing, made screen debut at 13, in "Angel of Broadway," later played in "Reckless" and "$10 Raise," "Charlie Chan's Secret" and "Your Uncle Dudley," with a featured role in "General Spankv." Olivia de Havilland was born in Tokio," Japan, July 1st, 1916. She is of English descent; came with her parents to America at the age of three. Playing the role of Puck in a school production of •'Midsummer Night's Dream" resulted in a leading part in the screen version of the play and a contract with Warner Bros. She is 5 feet 4 inches in height, weighs 107 pounds, has reddish brown hair and brown eyes.
Ruth F. Glad you like your gift. John Trent was born in Orange, California. His real name is LaVerne Browne. He grad- uated in an engineering course in Hancock Foundation College, where he also took his course in aviation. He belongs to the Army Air Corps Reserves. Of course you know he was a pilot for a transcontinental air line. He played the leading romantic role in "A Doctor's Diary." He is 6 feet tall, weighs 173 pounds, has blue eyes and dark hair. For his photograph, try Para- mount Studio, Hollywood, California. John's latest pictures are "The Great Gambini" and "She's No Lady."
Miss R. T. So you like the looks of Jack Dunn? Address your letter to him in care of Universal Studios, Universal City, Cal- ifornia. In the first place, he is very Eng- lish, born in Lounbridge, Wells, England, on March 28, 1917, and next he skated into pictures ! Literally, for it was while skating with Sonja Henie in Los Angeles, that he won his Universal contract. He is tall, dark and handsome, as you yourself have observed. Over 6 feet, weighs 1S2, black hair and brown eyes.
Allan Jones and his wife, Irene Hervey, take the air to greet radio fans tuned in to c recent Hollywood preview.
Hard to tell where Ann Sothern's fur cape leaves off and her pet doggie be- gins. The pooch is looking at you through those shaggy white locks.
Mrs. K. IV. N. Jackie Cooper was born in Los Angeles, California, September 15, 1923; Mickey Rooney, born in Brooklyn, N Y. ; Freddie Bartholomew, London, March 28, 1924; Jackie Searle, Annaheim, California, 1920; Jane Withers, born in Atlanta, Georgia, nine years ago; Shirley Temple, Santa Monica, California, April 23, 1929.
M. J. G. James Stewart is his real name. His parents are Alexander and Elizabeth Stewart. He was born in Indiana, Pa., is 6 feet 2V2 inches; brown hair and gray eyes, and has a contract with Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer.
Pauline K. Sorry, but unless you can tell me the name of the picture, it would be impossible to give you the information you wish. Send in the title, and I'll do my best to straighten you out on "who is which."
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Marguerite M. I'm glad to tell you about Charles Boyer, because he is one of my favorites, too. So, we'll begin at the be- diming: he was born in Figeac, France. Educated at schools in his birthplace, and also at the Sorbonne, Paris. In 1920 he made his stage debut in Paris, appearing in a number of plays on the Paris stage. Then, several silent films. His first talk- ing picture was made in Berlin in 1930, at UFA studios. He came to Hollywood in 1933 and has been outstanding ever since as one of the finest actors on the screen. He is married to Pat Paterson. Address him at the United Artists Studio, Hollywood, California.
Florence L. Noah Beery, Jr., was born in New York City, August 10, 1913. He has brown hair and eyes. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall, is not married, but he has not confided in me whether or not he is en- gaged, but his heart-throb is Buck Jones pretty daughter, Maxine. His father and mother are both professionals; as a child he traveled with them and appeared m stock, also in "Mark of Zorro" the silent picture starring Douglas Fairbanks.
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Varsity Show
Warners
It's got that thing! This latest Dick Powell musical is sure to please the ma- jority, and will wow the younger element of the land. Dick, with some good songs, fine romantic support from Rosemary Lane, comedy that's funny from Ted Healy, and novelties in the musical line from Fred Waring and his group, especially Johnny Davis, returns to his old college and plumps into a lively and youthfully gay time.
So moving we doubt you'll even wish the dialogue were in English instead of French. The dramatization of the tragic life, love, and death of Archduke Rudolph of Austria is" so vibrantly alive as acted by Charles Boyer, and the lovely Danielle Darrieux, as Marie Vetsera, you live in a world of true and entrancing illusion throughout its course. English titles clarify the dialogue. Notable. This is one you surely must see.
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The world's greatest feminine tap dancer (viz. Eleanor Powell), and Robert Taylor carry on a boy and girl romance to good •:unes, elaborate production numbers, and with attractive aid from George Murphy, Judy Garland — which two score heavily— Buddy Ebsen, Raymond Walburn, Sophie Tucker and many other bright names. Eye and ear entertainment done on an opulent scale. Not much story, but lots of show.
The Sheik Steps Out
Republic
As a welcome return vehicle for Ramon Novarro, absent from films nearly 3 years, this is glove-fitting movie romance. Ramon as the desert lothario tames a spoiled rich girl from America, then proves himself a count, no less, playing Arab for the tun of it. Lola Lane, Gene Lockhart and others do good jobs, and Novarro will delight his old friends in the audience. There's good entertainment in this typical sheik story.
Love Under Fire
20th Century- Fox
Pops away with incident at a machine gun pace, and sure for a diverting evening at the theatre. Loretta Young and Don Ameche share iionors in a melodramatic comedy about stolen jewels — Don the Scot- land Yard chap, and Loretta the suspect he pursues to war-ridden Spain — questionable choice for a comedy locale, but the yarn moves so fast you forget all that. Finely supported, the stars are corking in this.
The Life of the Party
RKO- Radio
Well, anyway it's a big party. There's Joe Penner, Parkvakarkus, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, to make a quartette of comedians, and Gene Raymond and Harriet Hilliard for romance — and song too. Even Gene croons a couple of tunes. The story is verv much musical comedy. Gene is a rich boy" who'll lose his inheritance if he marries, and Harriet's mother wants her to marry money rather than be a singer. Fairish.
It's Love I'm After
Warners
Bette Davis, Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland in their lighter moments keep you amused even to laughing out loud. Leslie is the actor in love with his' lead- ing lady, Bette, but easily diverted by a pretty new face — and so enters Olivia, wor- shipper of the ham actor. All three stars are grand, and excellently supported by Eric Blore, Patric Knowles, and others. A real triumph for the engaging Mr. Howard.
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Bing Crosby . breezes through a tuneful variety show that has the ease and infor- mality of one of his radio shows', with the added zest of Martha Raye's clowning and songs— one a gag about a strip tease act, called "It's Off, It's On," that's catchy and amusing as well. There is a plot, but it doesn't hurt much, and Andy Devine, as well as a number of specialty acts, spotted between romance involving Mary Carlisle
Sea Rack- eteers
Republic
A melange of dance numbers, blood and thunder melodrama, and comedy about two Coast Guard buddies, W eldon Heyburn and Warren Hymer, who steal each other's girls. Jeanne Madden sings pleasantly, Dorothy McNulty stands out as a wise showgirl, and J. Carroll Naish heads a gang of smugglers. Nothing subtle about this — it's straight, obvious, elemental in its efforts to enter- tain by familiar mass production methods.
She Asked for It
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Bright and novel little tale about a writer who becomes the detective in his own stories' and solves murder mysteries. Wil- liam Gargan is excellent as the writer. Orien Heyward, a newcomer with promise, is seen as his wife. Vivienne Osborne, Rich- ard Carle, Roland Drew, Harry Beresford, Alan Birmingham, Harry Fleischmann and Miki Morita offer very good support. This is good program type entertainment.
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Screen's new singing siren, Doro- thy Lamour, serves food as exotic as she looks! See the tempting Southern recipes here
TWO years ago, the section of Hollywood I where Dorothy Lamour now lives con- sisted of fields', brown in summer and green after the rains, with not even a tree to break the monotony.
Today, like a miracle in a movie, in this place can be found street after street of dazzinglv white apartment houses, new and strikingly modern, some with touches of vermilion, royal blue or yellow in shutters, doors' or roofs. Young trees, uniform in size and kind, stand at seeming attention in most of the new streets, and flowers make colorful patterns in window boxes.
Dorothy's apartment is all white outside, effective contrast to the sunbrowned olive- and-rose skin of its occupant. This new starling should be seen in a color picture; a catalogue of brown hair, hazel eyes and scarlet lips gives no adequate idea of her vivid personality.
"I wanted an apartment with a fireplace in it," confided Dorothy, surveying her living-room through half-closed eyes, "but no duplex I looked at that had one would satisfy me otherwise, so I compromised. Instead of the fireplace, I have this enor- mous mirror, with its draperies, and it really makes the room look larger, doesn't
it?"
The mirror, as large as an archway, re- flected the American adaptation of an 18th century French room, with dark blue car- pet, twin sofas in beige and blue facing each other over a low glass coffee table,
Dorothy Lamour is seen, at top, in her unusual living-room, where instead of a fireplace she has a huge mirror. Right Dorothy before the bamboo bo
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a small white piano, and a chair covered in soft white bearskin that matched two perfect skins on the "hearth."
"I had a terrible time trying to find the exact shade for the carpet," remembered Dorothy. "Finally, I had to have it dyed. No, I didn't exactly do the house myself, but I was always in the way, if you know what I mean. One day, I wandered in to discover that the decorator had drapes in French blue sequins over the mirror. It looked like a bad stage setting, and I couldn't stand them. So after we had worn ourselves out looking, we finally came across these peach cellophane drapes and I think they give just the color note I was anxious to have.
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maybe that's why I'm so triumphant over the yellow brocade chair in that corner, and this new picture done in soft pastels."
She waved a slim hand toward the chair, and her image in the mirror, in a peach- beige dress and French blue shoes and belt, waved, too.
Off the living-room is a dinette, with tapestried wallpaper of the 18th century, and dainty French furniture (American adaptation) of the same period.
"Tiny, isn't it?" commented Dorothy, "but I'm, so busy with pictures and radio that I haven't time for a great deal of entertaining. I seldom have more than six to dinner, and these are usually Mother s friends, or members of Herbie's company." (Herbie Kay is Dorothy's husband, well- known orchestra leader.)
"I can squeeze eighteen in if I serve buffet suppers', so that's what I do when my husband is home. As a rule we have cold roast beef, potato salad, and some sort of aspic salad. But if Suedell, my maid, is in the mood, we have crepes Suzette for dessert. I don't know a thing about cooking, but Suedell will tell you— well, it's just a very thin pancake, you know, rolled around strawberry jam with brandy poured over it. Just before she brings it m, she lights the sauce and it makes a name like that on Christmas pudding.
"Suedell makes' the most marvelous desserts! There's a peach nesselrode cake that is one of her specialties. You make any kind of good plain cake and on top put peaches — ripe or canned — set in enough gelatine so that they are fairly firm, and then serve ice cream on that. Peach ice cream is* best but you can use vanilla.
(Knox gelatine is excellent for this purpose.) .
Suedell, dark eyes snapping, reminded Dorothy that perhaps her favorite dessert is lemon mince pie.
"I call it lemon-mince, but some call it lemon," she added. "I use half a dozen eggs to a nine-inch pie; the juice and rind of two lemons'— just the yolks of the eggs, sugar, the grated rinds of the lemons, a little hot water and a dab of butter or Crisco. I put a teaspoon of Calumet bak- ing powder in the meringue and that keeps the pie three days as good as ever. You can cut through the meringue, too."
Dorothy's mother, a scarcely older edi- tion of Dorothy, observed that her daugh- ter was an ideal Hollywood actress, for she didn't really care about eating and food had to be "put over" on her rather than kept out of her way!
"She likes all vegetables except spinach, fortunately," she told me, "so we have plenty of leeway. But when it comes to spinach, you can call it spinach supreme or Spinach a la Lamour, or anything else, but you won't get a spoonful down her throat !"
Daughter of a strict French family in New Orleans, Dorothy's mother was not. permitted to go on the stage, but trans- mitted her ambitions to her child.
"She always said she was going to act, when she was little," she remembered. "I can recall her picking out a stage name for herself when she was about six, but I can't remember now what it was. When Dorothy was three, she used to sing for the soldiers and once she made forty dol- lars for the Red Cross in Thrift Stamps.
"When she was quite small, she won a basket of groceries on amateur night at a local picture house. I wasn't with her, but whe?: they asked for contestants, Dorothy stood up and sang. But some big boys took the groceries away from her on her way home. I was a widow at the time and could have used them, as it was hard to get along. But I was proud of her, anyway."
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DEAR Diminutive Little Chum: Welcome to our movies! We've needed a chip out of the old block like you for a long time. Someone to put certain pompous egos in their right places — and you know where that is, Charlie, as well as I do. Reduce 'em to chips, my little shaving. Now that you've signed your new con- tract to star in pictures, as well as on the radio, Hollywood is getting ready to climb trees. Trying to appear in your pictures will become the life work, I'm sure, of every player on the Universal lot. You've got them stomping in sawdust. Beautiful girls are trembling in fear of your varnished leer, and strong men are cringing in terror of being cast with you. Maybe they don't like woodland pictures. Even W. C. Fields takes to the seashore instead of the woods. You would always have the last crack, Charlie, wooden you? It's lucky there isn't a grove of you!
I would like to make some suggestions now that you are permanently transplanted in Hollywood. I haven't yet seen your first appearance in "The Goldwyn Fol- lies," but it must have been good, or you wooden have been signed for a lone-star film. I'm sorry that Nelson Eddy is with another company and so can't appear with you on the screen, because you have done wonders with Mr. Eddy, Charlie, on that Sunday night radio hour, and he needs you in pictures, too. The way you have helped transform our Nelson from a somewhat sawdusty and self-conscious concert singer into a rather gay guy who can take it and dish it out is a revelation. You've made a trouper of him, Charlie. So please see what you can do with Katharine Hepburn, won't you? Try heckling Hepburn. I don't say that you will succeed with her as you have with Nelson Eddy, but you can try. You may not be able to trans-
an open letter to charlie McCarthy
form her, but at least you might give her ear a twig and badger her into going back to Broadway.
Then there's Mischa Auer; there certainly is; every- where you look, there's Mischa. He's on the screen prac- tically continuously; you can't escape him even if you take to the tall pines — and you know your pines, Charlie. Now it happens fortunately that Mischa is with Universal, too, so you'll be working on the same lot. He might even be in your first starring picture — but I warn you, Charlie, it might be his starring pic- ture before he's finished with you. So be on your guard. No log-rolling. Watch out, or Mischa will re- duce you to splinters — and very good kindling too. Anything for an effect. Ever since he scored such a success in "My Man Godfrey" there's been no holding him back. He stood out like a poplar. He was grand in that picture, but since, he's taken to bigger and broader gestures, wider eyes, more exaggerated accent. You know how it is in the spring when the sap comes out. In "Vogues of 193 8" he reaches a new all-time low — like a fir seedling — and he really needs you to heckle him back into a poplar.
And now to your favorite topic: to the ladies. You'll have to remember, Charlie, that Will Hays will be listening, so you may have to be more subtle in your approach. But if you can do anything for Dorothy Lamour, to get her bigger and better roles, I know you'll leave no stump unturned. It took your radio program to bring out the best in Dorothy, and so far no picture has presented her successfully.
When you're a big movie star, in the Gable-Taylor class, maybe you'll remember Dorothy Lamour, and how sweetly she took your honeyed insinuations, and give her a part playing opposite you, or at least sitting in your shade. And now just one more suggestion. You've got to begin to branch out. You don't want to be "typed," do you? Your top hat and tails are all very well for weekly appearances, but do you think you can "carry" an entire picture with that man-about-town stuff? Be folksy, be everyday, my little hatrack. Get a pair of overalls and let them know you're just one of them, put slacks on your — er — limbs. Think how Fields would laugh if they called you a one-part actor, like a lone elm„
Gosh all hemlock, Charlie, be the mighty oak you are and do all of this for me. And when you've got it done, take a bough, Charlie, take a bough!
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Svelte, smart, shimmering — here are the ultra ladies of the lenses. Learn their secrets of sophistication
Understanding Man came into my life. Adrian, the fashion designer for M-G-M. And these were the all-important words he uttered, which changed the whole course of my life: 'You must dress as you think!'
'"Result: My first picture where I was dressed as he thought I thought was 'When Ladies Meet,' an undisputed success, if I do say so as shouldn't. They even played up my nose, and left all my makeup off ; that is, only street make-up was used.
"To date, my career of 'thought dressing' has won me the titles of Mrs. Thin Man, Mrs. America, The Ideal Wife, etc., a far cry from those sloe-eyed princesses of yore.
Very last word in Hollywood elegance is Marlene Dietrich, above, who tells girls everywhere, in our accompanying story, just how they, too, can be soigne. Myrna Loy, right, admits she was once an ugly duckling, and became glamorous by her own efforts.
HAVE you ever longed to be soigne? Smoothly smart, worldly, sophisticated? Of course you have. Perhaps it has never occurred to you that Lombard, Dietrich, Craw- ford, Wray and Loy, whose' names are now synonymous with everything that's svelte and shimmering, were not always the creatures of perfection they now are. So be not downhearted; vou, too, can be soigne.
Listen to Myrna Loy on the subject : "I was an ugly duckling. You know, constantly hiding in closets, under pianos and things, to escape having the company see me. I ran past mirrors with my hands over my face. I completely despaired of ever doing anything about rav turned-up button nose and freckles.
"Then when I 'swooned all over the place in those Oriental effects, I still felt very unhappy, in that the characters I repre- sented were so unlike myself, and it was so difficult to make them seem real even to myself. But at least the freckles were hidden by tons of make-up and the nose was artfully disguised.
"It began to look as though I would have to go through life in complete disguise as the only escape from the plain little Myrna Loy. All of which did not make for peace and content- ment, as you may well imagine.
"But, in true storybook fashion, about this time, a Very
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By Linn Lambert
And I'm perfectly satisfied, because that's the sort of person I feel I am inside."
So, my children, if there's no Adrian in your life, go into a huddle with your- self and decide what type of clothes would best suit your innermost thoughts, capitalize upon your short- comings, and see what happens.
With Joan Crawford, it is quite another story : Joan's outstanding char- acteristic is ambition, and this has motivated her
Lombard, famous for taking life with a laugh, nevertheless -rakes her career as a glamour girl intensely seriously. That's why she's a success at it. Joan Crawford, left, extends valuable advice on this business of being soigne. Fay Wray, at left below, used to be "that girl in the blue suit. ' Now she works hard at sophistication.
radical change in appearance from the little hot-cha dancing girl to the sleek sinuous charmer she now is. Adrian says of her : "No movie star can start a fashion trend as quickly and defi- nitely as Crawford. She is the most copied star in Hollywood."
Years ago, Joan adored tight waists and full skirts, as some of you may remember. These were all wrong for her, but loving them the way she did, it was very difficult for her to bow to Adrian's edict and change to flowing picturesque afternoon gowns, or extreme broad-shouldered tweeds (By the way, Joan's shoulders are that broad; there's never any padding- used.) But her intelligence and ambition won out and she obediently wore whatever was suggested. Result: One of our- top ranking candidates for the soigne set of Hollywood.
Joan's advice for girls who wish to be well dressed at all times, is: "Never trust your own judgment. If you can't afford a professional fashion counsellor, go to someone whose taste is unimpeachable, and adhere strictly to their advice, no matter what your personal wishes are."
Now as to 'Suivez-Moi' Dietrich : Of course you've all heard that Marlene calls those long flowing veils which she wears on her hats 'suivez-moi' (follow me). The Dietrich of today doesn't need a veil to beckon her many admirers of both sexes, but time was when such an airy accoutrement would have looked absurd on her.
I mean when she first came to Hollywood. Von Sternberg brought her into the Paramount publicity offices, after haying cabled that he was bringing them a genius. She proved a distinct shock to those who beheld her that first day.
Try to imagine the present-day gossamer, slumbrous Dietrich as she appeared that day, seven years ago :
Eleven o'clock in the morning on {Please tarn to page 73)
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A Week-End
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By Dick Pine
A visit to Rancho Santa Fe gives you op- portunity to meet the famous song and romance man in his most natural role, as cordial host, devoted family man, golf enthusiast, and lover of fine horses
T MAY have been fate, and it may have been Bing. Anyhow, it was decreed that the most famous of the Crosby family should enjoy a couple of months' free- dom from picture and radio commitments. My own men- tal picture of Bing was of an easy-going, happy-go-lucky son of a gun who worked hard at his relaxation, and when I heard that he had closed his North Hollywood home, and was "resting and relaxing" at his country place on the Rancho Santa Fe, I thought it might be a good idea to "rest and relax" with him for a week-end. Screenland thought so, too ; and, as there are no things I do better than rest and relax, it seemed a perfect ar- rangement all around. My few years in America still leave me with the hope that even native Americans can rest
and relax. Maybe they can. I'm still hoping. But I'm not entirely convinced. (Parker! Bring me the liniment!)
Now, don't get me wrong. Bing is a gracious host, and I like him. I had a good time at his house. It was just my rusty old bones that cried, "Uncle !"
Rancho Santa Fe lies about thirty-five miles north of the Mexican border, and consists of some forty ranches
some of which are bona fide ranches, and some, like
Bing's, country play homes. As one rounds the last turn in the semi-circular drive that leads to Bing's estate, lined on both sides with palms and bamboo trees, one comes suddenly upon a real Spanish hacienda which must have been the pride and joy of some gallant don of a century or so ago.
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Bing, besweatered, and wearing corduroy slacks, rose from the shade of a gigantic palm tree, and smiled his greetings. "Welcome to my humble shack," quoth he. "All that I have is yours !"
Though I had heard that greeting in the Orient, I had never heard it in the Occident. And when a bird like Bing Crosby utters it, he really has something to offer. I thought I would take him up on it. His Paramount con- tract flashed through my mind, but I didn't think that Paramount might care about that. I looked about me, and my eyes fell upon the largest and heaviest-bearing avo- cado tree I had ever seen. It was the size of a small house. My mind was made up. I like avocados.
"Gracias, sehor," I replied, using the only two Spanish words I know. "I desire yon avocado tree." Bing grinned, and looked at his tree with affection.
"D'you know, that was the first avocado tree ever planted in California. If you can carry it back to Holly- wood in your rumble seat, you can have it !" Bing still has his avocado tree.
After I had washed away the dust of travel, Bing showed me his domain. It had belonged to a Spanish grandee, and has played a part in California's early his- tory. The original adobe ranch house (with walls three feet thick) still stands, and is now the guest house. The additions which Bing has built are the same type of archi- tecture down to the last detail. The door handles, for instance, are the height of a man's knee, so that children can let themselves in and out without bothering their elders. Smart people, those Spaniards! They couldn't have been thinking of the Crosby dynasty. Or could they ?
Of course, the first things we looked at were the horses — eight mares with their foals. Nice beasties all. But I saw that Bing was panting to get down to the new Del Mar race track, of which he is president, and where he has more than twenty thoroughbreds in training. For sheer beauty of setting, I believe it is unequalled in this country. Bing's own slogan for it is, "Where the turf meets the surf." Now, I'm not particularly interested in racing, but when Bing shows his horses, one cannot help but be impressed with his intense enthusiasm. He croons over them.
"Here's a smart little two year old, foaled in California. His name's High Strike. And here's Rocco. He won four straight at Caliente."
What interested me more than the horses was Bing's complete absorption in his stable. He doesn't care very much about riding himself, although he occasionally hacks about with Dixie. He is interested in horses for them-
Life at Bing's ranch near Del Mar is as informal as mine host's costume of corduroy slacks and windbreaker, and as warmly friendly as his smile of greeting to his guests. Below, the adobe ranch house, Right, Bing goes to work on a big platter of sandwiches. Lower right, giving his personal attention to one of his many fine race horses.
selves. His greatest thrill is watching a thundering good race, with good horseflesh showing what it can do.
Back we went to the house for a cocktail on the lawn. Dixie appeared, wearing — oh, I don't know. Anyhow, it looked all right. She had slacks of some pale, shivery stuff. The three husky, tow-haired youngsters, Gary and the twins, appeared briefly, accompanied by a small army of cockers, under the escort of a huge Newfoundland. Gary suddenly announced that he would like to sing. Well, Gary did sing, in an amusing four-year-old imita- tion of his father. It was a ditty with the looniest lyrics I ever heard. "Daddy made up the words," he confided to me in a whisper which couldn't have been heard for more than sixty feet. "He sings, too, you know, in pic- tures and on the radio !"
He climbed up beside me, with a book in his hand, and gave me an appraising look. Bing had previously in- formed me that Gary's year's seniority over the twins had given him a "tough" superiority complex. "Y'know," he informed me, "Dennis, that one over there, is a dumb little guy. He's always divin' off things an' conkin' his bean, an' . . .
"Gary," expostulated Dixie, gently, "bumping his head."
"Bumpin' his head," went on Gary ; and then, apropos of nothing at all : "D'ya like books ? This is full of ani- mals." He opened it at random. "What's that one?" he demanded.
"A yak," I replied.
"What?"
"A yak," I repeated. {Please turn to page 88)
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"Swap Syste
When a Hollywood producer has something an- other producer wants, he offers to "swap" — star, story, or director. And how do famous stars like the system? Our authentic story tells you
By Liza
Bobby Breen, above, may be offer- ing to "swap" his choicest agates for some other boy's new kite. Well, it's done every day in Hollywood, on a gigantic scale. Kenny Baker's boss demanded six kids in exchange for Kenny, at right. Frances Farmer, far right, was "swapped" for Joel Mc- Crea. Below, the picture that started the "swap" system in full force: It Happened One Night," for which Columbia borrowed Claudette Col- bert from Paramount and Clark Gable from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
T USED to be, out in Hollywood, that a five million dollar law suit was almost as effective as a trumped ace in breaking up a beau- tiful friendship. In the old days if Paramount had slapped a five mil- lion dollar suit — there's nothing small about Paramount — on Gold- wyn because he lured, decoyed, en- ticed, or shall we say snagged Gary Cooper, Goldwyn would undoubted- ly have gone hog-wild with his Gold- wynisms and uttered enough of them to keep the columnists in velvet for months, and columnists look very well in velvet if they don't sit too long. The Goldwyn gang would have been murderously furious with the Para gang and there would have been hot words and bloody noses over the pickled pig knuckles at the favorite snack bar. It used to be. It
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isn't any more. Nimbly skipping around Holly- wood these last few years I have discovered to my amazement that it is practically impossible to break up a beautiful friendship. Not so many months ago Paramount actually slapped a five million dollar suit on Goldwyn because Gary Cooper signed a contract. Nobody seemed to get mad. Then they called it off altogether, and Gold- wyn and Paramount remain the best of pals. A pretty state of affairs indeed.
Do you find this lovely peace and brotherly love that envelops Hollvwood like a saint's halo some- what baffling? Well, don't. The explanation lies m the Swap System, which is as old as the hills When you were very young and coveted the red kite with the fancy tail that the little boy next door owned, you didn't sock him one on the nose and run off with it— or did you, point-killer? No, you put on your prettiest smile and offered to swap him six agates for it, making your agates, of course, sound as alluring as possible. The swap was made, after you threw in an extra agate, and everybody was happy. And so it is with Goldwyn, Paramount, Metro, Columbia, Wanger and all the rest of them.
The Swap System has become the very foundation stone of the movie industry.
Happy result of the "swap" system was "My Man Godfrey," right, for which Univer- sal borrowed Carole Lombard and Bill Pow- ell from their home studios. Below, Joan Blondell was loaned by Warners to Wanger to play opposite Leslie Howard in "Stand-In. Center, below, Gary Cooper gets high bids; and Irene Dunne, delighted to be "swapped." At bottom of page, another "bor- rowed" team: Claud- ette Colbert and Charles Boyer, for "Tovarich.'
As long as a studio has some- thing some other studio wants you can be sure that a five mil- lion dollar law suit, even murder itself (the Warners would swap a good murder for Greta Garbo any day), will not disrupt a beautiful friendship. Why, hard- ly was the legal ink dry on that important five million buck docu- ment than the Paramount studio had the Goldwyn studio on the phone, and the conversation went something like this, "What's Joel McCrea doing next month? Have vou found a girl for 'Come and Get It'? What about Frances Farmer? Say, she's terrific. Why, we wouldn't think of loaning her out to anyone else — but Goldwyn, that's different." So Frances Farmer was swapped for Joel McCrea, and later Dorothy Lamour was swapped for Toel McCrea, and Frances is happy and Dorothy is happy, and they do say that Goldwyn's "Hurri- cane" will do as much for Dorothy as "Come and Get It" did for Frances; and Joel is happy (he's starring in Paramount's "Wells Fargo"), and Goldwyn is happy and Paramount is happy and I'm happy, and entirely forgotten is that Five Million Dollar Law Suit that Para- mount slapped on Goldwyn. And who cares ? It could only happen in Hollywood. But it's too bad it couldn't happen in Europe. If those warring nations would just inaugu- rate the Swap -System think what a beautiful friendship they too might enjoy.
What do the movie stars think of this bartering over their beautiful bodies, or {Please turn to page 85)
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Personality Portrait of
BETTE DAVIS leads a double life! She really does. That doesn't seem at all the sort of thing you'd say about a good friend, unless you meant to be catty, does it ? And I like to think of Bette as one of my good friends — and I haven't the least idea in the world of try- ing to be catty about her.
I don't suppose Bette ever thought about it — but if you asked her she undoubtedly would admit to the double life. It's a double hie brought on by being a Career
Woman and a Home Girl at the same time. Bette Davis is a combination of Hard Boiled Gal and Dear Little Woman, Cynical Woman of the World and Sweet Little Home Maker. And difficult as it may sound, she's a suc- cess on both sides. Which side do I like best ? That's the funny part of it, I like them both !
Yes, I like Bette when she's gentle and when she's calculating; when she's curled up on a sofa with her knitting — and when her lips are curled with a sharp and rather sardonic epigram. Bette is fun, either way. And
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Famous author interviews famous actress! For intimate impression of the screen's spitfire, rc Samter Winslow's close-up of Bette he
here is something I don't think even she would admit : I think that the gentle side of Bette is the true side— and that the cynical attitude is an armor she has put on to protect her from the world— and a girl needs a shell of pro- tection in Hollywood. , ,/ T 1 tu
Bette's life story is a combination of Cinderella, Young Love, and 1 he Girl Who Was Misunderstood. It might have turned out differently except for three things : a, Bette is a swell girl ; b, she is a splendid actress ; and c she happened to fall in love with a perfectly grand man. And that third may be the most important of all. Well, as important as the other two,
anyhow. , , , ,
No use going into details of Bette's life. You've read them dozens ot times, I'm sure How she fell in love with Harmon Nelson when she was a very youn°- girl And he paid no attention to her. Not the least bit of attention ! And she was in love with him even then. But she thought of it as puppy l0Ve_and as long as he didn't care about her, why bother about it ! Thus thought the very young and seemingly very wise Bette.
Careers seemed more important than love, anyhow. So Harmon Nelson went away to college and Bette went on the stage. In stock. In New York Bits at first. And then a grand chance. With Blanche Yurka in "The Wild Duck." Getting ahead on the stage was the main thing, then. No time at all
for young men! , , ... , , ,
And then Harmon Nelson came to see Bette act. And he didn't come back
to see her! She heard he was in the theatre. And she
didn't see him !
So he didn't care, eh ! Oh, very well, then she^ didn't
care, either. After all, she was an actress, wasn't she!
And he was just a college boy! She was getting some
place ! How could she be bothered by a boy she used to
know! But she was bothered. And piqued because he
didn't come to see her. And something stirred — under- neath the ambition — and the first new layer of being
cynical.
She got ahead. And Harmon Nelson got ahead. His success lay in music. Hers on the stage. His continued in music. He had his own orchestra, finally. And Bette went on the screen — and you know of her success — of all of the steps of it — and of the very fine pictures she is doing right now.
But, before her big success came she met Harmon Nelson again. And she found out — and very soon — trust Bette for that — that his seeming coldness was because he thought, because she was beginning to be a success on the stage, that she wasn't interested in him — or in being in love. Bette soon convinced him of the opposite of that. And now everyone else is convinced. Their love for each other — and trust of each other and faith in each other — is one of the loveliest things I know. Too lovely to write about. The sort of thing that reducing to cold type takes off some of the fine glow. They are so swell, both alone and together.
Harmon Nelson was a success in his own right when he married Bette. But his success meant that they were apart too much of the time. Love can't stand separation. And, thinking it over, they saw no reason why they had to be separated. Bette's success on the screen, to them both, was more important than Harmon Nelson's success as a musician and orchestra leader. Harmon liked living in Hollywood. So did Bette. So Harmon did something that only a very wise and very strong man could do — he gave up his established position to be with Bette. He isn't a parasite. Don't get that idea for a minute. Talk with him for one second and you'll know that he'd stand on his feet any place. Tall, very good looking, clever, amus- ing, understanding, he felt that Bette's happiness and Bette's career meant more to (Please turn to page 79)
She's one of the few Hollywood actresses notabfe for brilliant personality as well as flashingly clever act- ing. That's why Thyra Winslow, one of America's most pop- ular writers, picks Bette Davis as most interesting girl in movies. At right, top, Bette as Mrs. Harmon Nelson, with "Ham. Next, with her stand- in, snatching tea on the set between scenes. Below, with the tot who shares scenes with Bette in ''That Certain Woman."
CAREER GIRLS
inger Rogers and Katharine Hepburn play the roles of girls fiqhting for fame in the theatre. Left, reading own: Ginger, Lucille all, and Ann Miller, atharine Hepburn,
ndrea Leeds, and Lu- "I'D LIKE 3. TOOm with private
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virtue of birth and training m the most exclusive schools in the coun- try. And the girls lounging around the living room of the Footlights Club resented the too perfect intonation as much as they resented the question itself. A private bath in a girls' theatrical boarding house ! It was just too, too something or other.
Jean Maitland, who had been hovering near the tele- phone on the desk hoping for a dinner invitation, drew herself up with exaggerated hauteur.
"If you young ladies will pardon me, I shall take the wolf hounds for a stroll through the park," she mimicked as she walked model fashion through the door and up the room.
Terry's hands tightening on her bag were her only indication of annoyance. "Is there anything strange in my request?" she demanded.
"Oh, you mustn't mind the girls!" Mrs. Orcutt, who used to be an actress once herself, looked up with her tired, vague smile. "They're just full of fun. We're just like one great big family. I may not be able to give you just what you want, but I can put you in a room with a very charming girl, temporarily that is, until we get a vacancy. That would be thir-
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"Stage Door" novelized from the screen production of the Broadway hit, with Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, and a distinguished Hollywood cast in a thrilling story of theatrical life
fiction/zed by Elizabeth B. Petersen
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livelihood in the thea- tre. Right, Ginger and Menjoo, as the pro- ducer; Andrea Leeds in
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"Well, that's rather high, Bal) and Ginger, in
Terry said doubtfully. "Isn't there h umorous scene,
some reduction by the week?"
"That is for the week." Mrs. Orcutt tried to suppress an outburst of giggles with a frown. And she smiled her harried, too set smile as she led the way to Jean's room, pretending not to see the girl's exasperation at the trunks and bags being rapidly piled in the small room.
"When does your baggage get here?" Jean asked ironically as the door closed behind Mrs. Orcutt
"I'm expecting the bulk of it in the morning." Terry's smile was as measured as Jean's had been.
"We could leave the trunks here and sleep in the hall. There's no use crowding the trunks." Jean's voice dripped icicles. "Or maybe we could live in the trunks."
"That's a good idea. You don't mind helping me un- pack?" Terry suppressed a smile as she tossed a fur coat over the girl's arm. "Oh, I beg your pardon, you're not the maid, are you?"
"That's quite all right." The little red-headed spit- fire of the Footlights Club sniffed contemptuously at the mink. "Fresh killed?"
"Yes." Terry slipped a dress that could have come from no other place than Paris on a hanger. "I trapped them myself." (Please turn to page 81)
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"Hamlet" of the stage, debonair hero of the screen, the noted English actor turns completely small-boy as he tells you about his camera hobby
By Ruth Tildesley
A FRIEND, stopping at the Leslie Howard house in Hollywood, had occasion to look for a handkerchief in one of his host's bureau drawers. Instead of handkerchiefs, the drawer fairly bulged with prints of camera pic- tures. He sought in the rest of the drawers, but there discovered more piles of prints, more spirals of film, more strips of not-yet-enlarged Leica shots.
"But what do you do with your shirts and ties?" he demanded, mystified, when the actor had come to his rescue with the needed linen.
"Oh, Mrs. Howard sees to that, — I don't know. I need this space for my pictures!" returned Mr. Howard.
He took trunkloads of camera pictures with him to England, where they are permanently installed in the Howard homestead, but already the new Hollywood domicile is over- flowing with results of recent Howard-Leica excursions.
The new home is not three min- utes from the heart of Hollywood, but once inside the gates you'd
Leslie Howard before the camera and behind it. Right, view made on the "Romeo and Juliet" set. Center, left: his daughter before the Lincoln monu- ment, and, right, with her father in an- other view made in Washington, D. C. Upper right, Linton, England. Upper left, the picture-taker taken, with two pals.
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never suspect that you were within a hundred miles of the roaring town. The stucco house, with its flat roofs and arched windows, is set into the side of a hill that rises from the dark green of fir trees to the blue of the sky. Yucca, those "candles of the Lord," dot the upper slopes.
Below the driveway is the swimming pool, flower- rimmed, with a stone terrace above the dressing-rooms, gay with yellow furniture, tilted sun-umbrellas, and water-proofed swings.
And here was Leslie Howard, slender and sunburned, in blue bathing trunks, dark glasses, and a gold medal suspended on a thin gold chain.
"Nice place for pictures," he commented, with a glance at the sunlit panorama around us. "Eventually, you know, I should get something rather interesting here." The important thing about a house, I gathered, was that
he should be able to ■ make pictures around it.
"I had cameras long before I thought of going into motion pictures," he said. "I suppose the reason anyone goes in for cameras is because he can't make pictures with oils or charcoal or water colors. As a child, I wanted to be an artist, but as I grew up I hadn't the time or opportunity to devote myself to it, so I did the next best thing and made my pictures with a lens.
"Leicas, or other miniature cameras, seem the best for my purpose because of the swiftness of the lens. It takes motion picture film, too, which {Please turn to page 90)
More samples from the huge Howard collec- tion. Right, view from train window during the "Hamlet" tour. Below, San Francisco. Left, Hugh Walpole's home in England — a street scene — showing theatre where he played "Ham- let." Lower left, extra girl.
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Moreover, if you haven't given Cary Grant credit for a lively sense of humor as well as a sane outlook on life, you will after reading this swell interview
By
Virginia Wood
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HAT would you do," I asked Cary Grant as we sat on the set at Columbia where "The Awful Truth" was being filmed, chatting about this and that, "if you found yourself at the end of your career and with no money ?"
"Well— I don't know," Cary replied, reflectively, "I'd never even thought of it. Guess I'd just
start over again, and go out and look for another job."
And the funny part of it is, that's about what Cary would do if he were confronted with such a problem. Certainly, it wouldn't be the first time he's been broke and had' to take the first job that came along to keep on living. There were plenty of long, lean years after Cary ran away from his home in England to seek his fortune when he didn't know where his next meal was coming from. And I can assure you Cary's present en- viable position hasn't softened him to the point where he wouldn't be able to buck those same hardships again.
"In the first place, Ginny," Cary went on, "I don't think the day will ever come when there will cease to be some medium of entertainment. I believe it will always exist in some form or another — maybe not for myself, as an individual, but certainly for us of this profession.
"Look back at the first days of the depression in thi 3 country. Theaters went out of business, to be sure, but not nearly in proportion to other businesses. People would spend their last half dollar to go to a movie or a vaude- ville show, just to take their minds dff their own troubles.
"Charlie Laughton said something to me one time that made a very deep impression on me. I was terribly de- pressed one day at the studio — you know, in one of those Russian cellar moods. I happened to run into Charlie on the Paramount lot, where we were both working at the time, and started to tell him all my troubles.
" 'Did you ever stop to think, Cary,' Charlie said, 'that all those people in the audience who see your pictures are faced with the same problems — and probably worse diffi- culties than you are? It's something that occurred to me years ago when I first went on the stage. I was feeling very sorry for myself. I didn't think I'd ever make a success of acting. I was terribly upset about finan- cial matters and life just didn't seem worth the living. And suddenly it dawned on {Please turn to page 70)
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Mirror of her own real or simulated emotions, Rainer*s face is fascinating to watch, particularly in our intimate ort- the-set candid camera shots of her. Working on "Big City," her new film with Spencer Tracy, the little Luise is heart and soul in her task of portraying character. Above, discussing next scene with Tracy; center above, listening to director Frank Borzage. Then, from top down at right: a poignant close-up of the co-stars; concentrating on the director's * demands; visualizing the next scene as Borzage explains it. At bottom of page, in her dressing-room between scenes — revealed as the young girl this great actress actually is, her shoes kicked off for comfort as she reads her fan mail.
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As old as Eve, as urgent as Adam, is the moti- vation of most cinema plots, from then till now. But why not? Hollywood likes it, the customers like it — and occasionally, as with Gary Cooper, above, its expression becomes practically a fine art. Gary is shown trying to decide between a brunette Eve and a blonde one, in his new character of Marco Polo. At right, Patric Knowles is being persuasive with Beverly Roberts. At far right, new boy Lee Bowman is pleasantly menacing Gertrude Michael, in "Sophie Lang Goes West."
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The merry game, Adam-chases-Eve, goes on. Above, James Elli- son, hero of Paramount's re-make of Rex Beach's popular book, "The Barrier," charms jean Parker in her rdle of shy Indian maiden. At right, Nino Martini tells the old story to Joan Fontaine for "Music for Madame," in which Martini supplies both the trills and the thrills, and Joanie the frills.
J Of course, motion pictures are improving every day, and audiences grow more sophistic cated and demanding. But somehow the theme song remains the same— with variations
At left above, you'll see our delightful decoration from "The Great Garrick": three blissful, beautiful bar-maids, played by Marie Wilson, Lana ("They Won't Forget") Turner, and Linda Perry, at the mythical "Adam and Eve" Inn. Top, Leslie Howard as scholarly love interest for Joan Blondell in "Stand-In.'^Above, two on a match are John Boles and Ida Lupino of "Fight for Your Lady." Below, Joan Crawford and her two cavaliers from "The Bride Wore Red": Robert Young, Franchot Tone. At left below, John King and Joy Hodges ride right into romance on "Merry-Go-Round of 1938."
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Starring at far left, on other page: Gail Patrick in swagger grey Persian lamb; new beauty Sandra Storme in sophisticated kolinsky, new model; Ida Lupino in brown squirrel, short and boxy; Gail again, this time in "Tahmi," new trick of the mutton family; and above, Mary Carlisle in her new topper. Below, San- dra again, leopard-trimmed; next, left below, Mary Carlisle in swank grey Persian swagger; then Miss Patrick, in sheared beaver; and finally, 'way across on next page, Miss Carlisle, a-gleam in shining black broadtail, with big muff to match.
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''Victoria the Great," produced in England by Herbert Wilcox, gives great promise of being an important historical photoplay. At far left, an impressive portrait of Anna Neagle as Britain's great Queen. At left, Victoria in la- ter years, with her Prince Consort Al- bert, as portrayed by Miss Neagle and Anton Walbrook.
"Summer Lightning," followed by drenching rain, for Joan Bennett, shown at left playing the wettest scene of her career, with Henry Fonda. Note the technician protected by rain coat and hat. Lower left, a quartette of zanies comprised of Bert Lahr, Billy House, Mischa Auer, and Jimmie Savo, per- form for Universale "Merry-Go-Round of 1938." Below, a beautiful love scene between Gary Cooper and the newcomer Sigrid Gurie, for "The Adventures of Marco Polo," Samuel Goldwyn's costly new epic.
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menu for greedy moviegoers. But which the snacks, we're not saying!
Glorifying that good old South Sea style, the sarong, is hand- some Frances Far- mer, far right, for Paramount's Tech- nicolor production, the first drama of the sea in all-color, "Ebb Tide." In this screenplay of the tropics Ray Milland plays opposite Miss Farmer, as seen in scene still at right.
A fight that may start a new comedy cycle is in "Nothing Sacred," between Carole Lombard and Fredric March. Our scene at right is just before Carole gives up, after a furious hand-to-hand struggle with Freddie — all because, says the script, she wouldn't say "good-night." Below, all is sweetness and light in this scene from "Make A Wish," with Basil Rathbone and Bobby Breen. Lower right, the Ritz Brothers getting into the spirit of the big game, in "Life Begins in College." Maddest of three, Harry, is at right.
It's a comfortable castle, Maureen O'Sultivan's new Maliou Beach home, and shows why the star will hurry back from England after makins a picture there as Robert Taylor's leading lady
At Malibu Beach, original playground of Holly- wood stars, you'll find this decidedly charming and enormously livable home of the John Farrows — she's Maureen O'Sullivan, he's a director. Below and at left, the lady of the manor on the beach terrace. Across page at far left, reading down from top: the playroom, with its interesting wall treatment of a ship at sea; the dining room; Maureen in her mirrored dressing-room; and the bedroom, done in ice-blue and white. At right, reading down from top: another view of the nau- tical playroom, in the better modern manner; a corner of the living room, with good 18th cen- tury pieces; a large view of the same room, taken from the balcony which forms the upper portion of the house; and the breakfast room, where in the window recess below which Maureen is sitting, are many of the fine Chinese porcelains of which the Farrows are avid collectors.
Hollywood has a way with it, when it comes to making seeing be- lieving, and remem- bering. For instance, Katharine Hepburn, far left, sees to it that her poses live up to her reputation as a stormy petrel.
A big — but big — hat serves as an effective frame for Mary Astor's beauty, upper cen- ter. Eleanor Powell, upper right, peppy priestess of the tap dance, switches to a very spiritual mood for a striking picture for the papers. Right: Margot Gra- hame,' remains in character as an alluring siren of in- triguing and inviting charm, and Movita Castenada stres- ses the primitive appeal of the South Seas Hollywood scouts discovered in her.
A little game to ke you guessing is worke out at the left. Whic of the three girls yc see really is Gloria Die son? Well, we'll td you. The one in th( center is the GloriM you'd recognize if yoiH met her face to face oiff screen. At far left, tl brooding, defiant ladij and, near left, the di dainfully quizzical gil are tricks of the trade!
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Giving you something to rememher them by is a neat Hollywood stunt. Note these startling samples of tricks that catch your eye, excite your interest/ and keep you movioconscious
Hotcha a la Hollywood, is prettily por- trayed by Eleanore Whitney in this pose at the right. But for tricks of the acting trade, you — and we, too — know that John Barrymore knows them all. Here's Jack, below, turning from great lover to grizzly sea-farin' man — which transfor- mation is a mere pipe and whiskers for Jack. And note the neat trick that was turned with a comb and curling iron, at bottom of page. Of course you recognize Ginger Rogers with her own adaptation of the page boy bob she'll wear in some scenes in "Stage Door," even though Gin- ger turns her well-known and soothing features away from our camera.
Then there's Enrol Flynn to consider in this trick business. Errol jumps from swashbuckling costume romantics to the brawny business of prize fighting by merely putting on a scowl and ring togs, as shown in our movie at the right, with fast action in the first three frames, and a bit of makeup repair at bottom right. Below, Errol makes love to Joan Blondell, and Joan reciprocates — which you may be sure is just a trick of the trade, for "The Perfect Specimen."
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Shirley is growing up gracefully. Her loveli- ness is not only that of an ingratiatingly chubby child, but has a rare spiritual quality which, we venture to Dredict, will keep Shir- ley Temple a beloved public figure all her life. Now she stars in "Heidi," from Johanna Spyri's story which has been a best-seller for
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Virginia Bruce explains that every man friend a girl has isn't a potential sweetheart, and goes on to tell why she admires five of her own friends
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AN a girl keep her sweethearts as friends, after the romance cools down?" I suddenly asked Virginia Bruce. And Virginia, propped up in bed, battling a cold and a menacing temperature, gave me a reproachful _ look before replying, "Why come to me? I'm not knowing!"
But she went on, "Every man friend that a girl has isn't a potential sweetheart, especially in this business where we meet so many charming and brilliant people; and even if at first they imagine they have a romantic urge, they usually wake up to find it is a grand friend- ship, instead.
"The demand for friendship is strong in everybody. We all seek someone in whom we can confide, talk over our troubles and our triumphs, ask advice, encourage and be encouraged. Too, we like a congenial companion for our fun, and so, when we find a trustworthy friend, we appreciate him.
"For myself, I'm not interested in romance. Not for the present, anyway. But I treasure certain friendships.
"I sometimes think that working in screen romances takes the edge off the real ones ! After being soulful, repeating passionate dialogue, and rehearsing clinches and kisses before the camera all day, players demand a
complete change of scenery when they leave the studio ; it is a relief to be with a person who isn't still acting. After all, there are many interesting things in life be- sides— love. Too, contrary to what many seem to think, I believe most actors and actresses prefer simple amuse- ments when their play-hours come. I certainly do, for one.
"I like amusing people. It is a great gift when one is able to bring laughter and gaiety into social life, and after the strenuous work at the studio it offers the nec- essary antidote for high-strung nerves. My men friends, among whom I count Jimmy Stewart, Cesar Romero, David Niven, Ralph Jester,' Paul Warburg of New York, Jean Negulesco — offer the widest contrast in per- sonalities, but they all have a quick wit and a keen sense of humor ; they see life at its best.
"Cesar is a gay companion and we laugh much of the time we are together. He has an electric vitality, is always thoughtful and chivalrous, and dances divinely. We frequently have our dates here at home, dining with the family, and my father and mother, as well as my brother Stanley, welcome him as a charming guest. He's a very comfortable person, too, and fits into any situa- tion. One of our favorite stunts is singing duets, and while they are sometimes (Please turn to page 72)
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100 MEN AND A GIRL— Universal
✓jffi&v MOST refreshing picture in a long time! Deanna Durbin's second starring film is better than her first and V&SL ideal entertainment for the family. The dewy-eyed, char- acterful-chinned Deanna presents a fresh and new style in screen glamor. As direct and clean-cut as a young Norma Shearer whom she somewhat resembles, Dubin challenges criti- cism by behaving as though her rather phenomenal voice were an entirely natural thing, not to be surrounded with hocus-pocus but simply to be taken for granted. The result is always an audi- ence at ease and in love with Deanna, the one prima donna who doesn't demand homage and therefore gets it. She is a most de- lightful child, and a joy to watch in her new role as Ado phe Menjou's daughter trying to get work for her father and 9) other unemployed musicians. To do it she pursues the eminent maestro, Stokowski, playing himself in fine style, until in self- defense he is forced to conduct the men m a big concert— the musical occasion of the movie month, I assure you Deanna sings two "popular" numbers, but the thrill comes' when she sings Mozart's "Exultate," with Stokowski's symphony orchestra. Menjou, Frank Jenks, and the other 98 men are splendid.
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DEAD END— Goldwyn-United Artists
STRONG meat in the month's movie menu is "Dead End " masterly picturization of the important stage play. Robbed of some of its impact by the censorship restric- tions of screen speech, Samuel Goldwyn's version is never- theless a powerful and moving photoplay. As it happens to be al- most the only realistic drama of the current screens, it will im- press you in its full force as a sombre, though not ^sordid social study cleverly caught in terms of cinema. Joel McCrea gets that part'he has been preparing for all this time in the role of the ideal- istic Dave, who dreams of better things than his life in the dead end street, and through his courage in defying the prodigal gangster triumphs over his environment. McCrea is really excellent. Sylvia Sidney too is at her very best as Drina, whose dream is to save her young brother from the evil influences of the waterfront, it is recorded that Joel and Sylvia said to each other : You know who will be the real stars of this picture, don t you ? They mean the five boys who play the young hoodlums, victims of the Dead End" street, the same young actors who played m the original staore play. I still think the picture "belongs" to Joel and bylvia and to Humphrey Bogart. The boys somehow lacked conviction.
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THE FIREFLY— M-G-M
"THE FIREFLY" was to me just that old operetta with "Giannina Mia" in it, and I have been trying to duck "Giannina" over the radio for years. It's a horrid song, I think and I still think so even after hearing Allan Jones sin- it But that is not Mr. Jones' fault. If anyone could make me like that song he could. He has converted me to everything else about "The Firefly" in general and male operetta singers in particular. He helps make the new MacDonald musical movie a rousino- and at times irresistible entertainment. Jeanette herself is completely captivating as the lovely lady spy whose private ro- mance threatens to interfere with Napoleons plans in Spain. Mr. Jones is a gentleman spy and it was inevitable, m a Metro picture, that they meet, make love, and sing duets. It was not inevitable that the best of the love duets should be sung m a farm wagon in a barnyard, and this is a fine bit of amorous buffoonery. The high spot of the picture, however, is "The Donkey Serenade, the best number in all movie musical history to my mind. Allan Jones rides along beside Jeanette's coach singing in rhythm to the coach wheels and the coachman's guitar as the donkey boy capers ahead piping the tune. It's sheer delight, a classic. A fine show.
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THE PRISONER OF ZEN DA — Selznick-United Artists
GRAND "escape" from gangster melodrama, fashion shows, and maybe too much music this month is this remake of the picturesque Anthony Hope romance. It is a gorgeous show, this new "Prisoner of Zenda," and genuine fun all the way — even though you may think you disdain such make-believe as mythical kingdoms and mistaken identity, of which "Zenda" has more than its share. I admit I may be prejudiced, because I like any Ronald Colman picture, and this one offers Colman not only once, but twice — oh yes, it's a dual-role film, too. But Mr. Colman is twice as superb as Rasscndyll as he is as King Rudolf; so I had a wonderful time, and I believe you will too, you old doubter you. It's magnificently produced in the true Ruritanian manner, with lavish settings against which the top-flight cast swashbuckles with what seems true enjoyment. If you must know, the story concerns the commoner who doubles for the king, with whom the Princess Flaz'ia falls in love, but who bows out gracefully when the time comes. It's beautifully sad at this point, for the Princess is none other than Madeleine Carroll, the only actress I know who can play this proud princess stuff and make you believe it. Douglas Fair- banks, Jr., is a grand Rupert of Hcntzau. It's all first-rate fun.
SOULS AT SEA— Paramount
IT'S an epic. I know it's an epic, because it has trouble at sea on a huge scale, and Gary Cooper being a hero also on a large- scale, and it even has a trial scene. The fact that George Raft, disguised even though he is with a curly coiffure, comes narrowly close to stealing the epic right out of the sea and Gary Cooper's hands, makes no difference, except possibly to me and Mr. Raft. We enjoyed his part in it more than anything else. The ex-slick dancing gangster-type has become an Actor, and a darned good one. He is truly touching at times, and with Olympe Bradna, the poignantly appealing little French actress, as his team-mate, he enacts a dual death scene that, for me, was as sincerely moving as in any "Romeo and Juliet." But to get back to Mr. Cooper, who is after all the billed star of this show : won't he ever outgrow "Mr. Deeds" ? Here he is practically on trial for his life and honor, for strange doings in the Atlantic after a shipwreck ; and for all he seems to care, the issue at stake might as well be just a new form of doodling. "Souls at Sea" has big moments in spite of Mr. Cooper's lack of enthusiasm and Miss Frances Dee's phlegmatic heroine. Splendid sea "pictures" — and Mr. Raft, and little Bradna supply most of them. Watch Bradna.
THIN ICE— 20th Century-Fox
THE amazing Miss Sonja Henie follows up her first picture success with a new film almost as good. If you thought the great little skater had run the gamut in glacial exercise in "One in a Million," see this and change your mind. Sonja hasn't even scratched the ice. That goes, too, for her acting performance. Like Deanna Durbin, Sonja disarms her au- dience by resolutely refusing to do any acting, as such, contenting herself with being herself, and very nice too. The story isn't much — when I tell you the scene is Switzerland, and Tyrone Power plays a Prince incognito, and Sonja a skating instructress at the local hotel where Tyrone and his political playmates are stag- ing a conference — but of course she doesn't know he's a Prince, though everyone thinks she knows — does that give you an idea? I thought so. But somehow the story doesn't seem to matter so much once Sonja swings into graceful action, which she does at gratifyingly short intervals. She is a dream of loveliness on the ice, and not shy on skiis, either. Mr. Power, being neither a skater nor a skiier, has to be satisfied with occasional moments of charm, as romantic support to Sonja. He's gallant about it. Raymond Walburn, Arthur Treacher, Melville Cooper stand out.
VOGUES OF 1938— Wanger-United Artists
NO GIRL in her right senses will want to miss this one. It's a field-day for fashion-conscious femmes — with a prac- tically endless parade of advance fashions — say about 1940 — and an inside slant on what goes on behind the scenes of a smart dressmaking establishment. "The Most Photographed" — and most exploited — "Girls in the World" are here, too, undulating around in fine fur and feathers ; but it remains for Our Own Joan Bennett to show them, and us, how really to model clothes, moods, and emotions. This is an all-Technicolor production, you know ; and it was a lucky day for Miss Joan Bennett when Technicolor was born; for the always pretty but often pallid Joanie becomes in a flash a brilliant new beauty, whose Dresden-doll prettiness comes to glowing life. She's a society bride-to-be who changes her mind at the altar, and becomes instead a model for Warner Baxter's clothes salon. Despite all the obstacles put in their way by Helen Vinson, assorted models, and the dull plot, Joan and Warner manage to keep things moving, either in new fashion shows, romantic comedy scenes, or breathtaking close-ups. Night- club scenes reach a new high in pictorial excitement. It's too long, but it's awfully pretty. And how dull other pictures look !
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Invitations to Grace Moore's "Musical Evenings" are keenly coveted in the screen colony. You'll enjoy this brilliant ac- count of Grace's latest party
I might have gone to my grave thinking them as dull a crowd of bores as ever gathered over a mess of spaghetti if it hadn't been for Grace Moore. In one evening she de- stroyed mental adhesions I had had for years! Old prej- udices fell off of me clippity cloppity. I who thought the alpha and omega of music was Benny Goodman's swing band suddenly became passionately intrigued with anas and octaves. As a matter of fact I might even go for a passacaglia, or a tenor.
I don't know how I happened to get invited to La Moore's. I'm inclined to believe that it was an accident. But strange things happen in my profession, so I never penetrate too deeply into the why or wherefore of my
MUSIC lovers, I have always been big enough to admit, are all right in their places. But I have i never been able to find their place m my scheme of things I think it was because I met the wrong people during my formative vears : I would simply _ go into ecstasies over a neatly 'cracked shin, provided it wasnt my shin, on the hockey field ; Jane Cowl emoting, You gave me a number, etc." (hot stuff in my day) ; and a successful Queen finesse "after lights" in a drafty dormi- tory__but a concerto, even a zippy concerto, left me cold. Music Lovers, I was led to believe by my evil companions who reeked of chocolate sodas and dill pickles, were a bunch of undesirables with long hair and dirty nails who didn't wash behind their ears and who dressed as dowdily as a slattern from the other side of the tracks. (I was forced to change my opinion when I met the very chic and awfully clean Misses Moore, Pons and Swarthout.) rie- ine of 'a good family I was sent to all the musical events my city afforded so I might absorb by environment what I had missed out on in heredity— but when given a choice of Kreisler or Billie Dove I invariably took Bilhe Dove. Later I switched to Clara Bow. I simply would have no truck with those Music Lovers.
Grace Moore Parera, at right in her gay party gown, is one of Hollywood's most exclusive hostesses. When she entertains, her guests are the cream of the musical and screen worlds — as at left: Gloria Swanson, Gladys Swarthout, Miss Moore, Rosa Pon- selle, noted singer.
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invitations. I was never one to bite the hand that feeds me caviar. Grace was too much of a lady to express sur- prise and say, "And what are you doing here?" and I was too much of a lady to answer, "Hell, I don't know," ( I have a quaint Old World vocabulary that's a perfect joy to my friends who have small children). Anyway, why all this quibbling as to how I happened to get to Grace Moore's party? It isn't that important.
The Parera estate — Grace is Mrs. Valentin Parera in private life — consists of three acres out near Brentwood, and directly across the street from the Gary Coopers which means they must look out for burglars on warm summer evenings as the Coopers seem to attract them to that neighborhood. On the three Parera acres there are at present the groundwork of a spacious and beautiful house, a swimming pool, a badminton court (except the Pareras insist upon playing Pelota on it ) , some elegant trees, some termites looking over prospective home sites, and a horrid little dog named Queenie, given Grace by a Lord, who bites. I mean the dog bites, I'm sure I don't know the personal habits of the Lord. While their home is being built, the Pareras — when not
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All the way out to Bundy Drive (streets get awfully coy out Brentwood way), I kicked myself for letting my- self in for a boring evening. Grace Moore, I growled, is
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The merry Moore, whose new ■film will soon be seen, has a flair for the unusual in costumes, canapes, and carnival capers. At left, note her very new clips, at neck ond wrists. Far left, surrounded by James Melton, Valentin Parera, her proud husband, Lawrence Tibbett, Herbert Marshall.
a famous opera star making pictures in Hollywood. She knows every composer, every conductor, every song-bird in the racket. She knows everybody who even had a whiff of the musty old Metropolitan. It was only natural that the place would be jammed with Music Lovers, and fine talk about fugues and concertos would be flipped over my head with terrifying glibness. And of course there would have to be a Child Wonder, there always is. Even at Norma Shearer's parties.
A memory of all the horrors of my one musical inter- lude in Hollywood swept over me. It was sanguine. It was given by an actress, who shall remain nameless for certain reasons (law suits, if you must know), and her piece de resistance of the evening was a fat soprano with an aura of garlic from the Met (Please turn to page 98)
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Ever eager to applaud his fellow stars, Bob was first to congratulate Sophie Tucker for her singing of "Some of These Days" in "Broadway Melody." Below, you see how delighted Sophie was with Bob's tribute.
As told to Ben Maddox
UNKNOWN HOLLYWOOD DAYS
WILL never forget my letter asking to get into the movies. It was a warm summer morn- ing when I wrote it. Everyone in Hollywood seemed headed for the ocean. However, I have never cared for the beach and certainly I was not going to be sidetracked from my all-important job for that day. I had just graduated from college and settled in a Hollywood rooming-house ; I was trying to be an actor. The appeal to M-G-M had ect sales line.
For three hours I sat there at the plain little desk in my upstairs room and wished I had studied essay- writing ! I fought with eloquent phrases, threw them away, and eventually emerged with my masterpiece. Tact- fully I pointed out that the previous winter one of their talent scouts had noticed me in a college play at Pomona, and I reminded them that for several months I had reported for coaching at the studio. Of course I didn't add that I had impatiently quit reporting when they hadn't made me an actor immediately.
As I was running downstairs to take the letter to the postoffice the elderly lady who was the only other boarder came to the door of her room to wish me luck. I still see her smile of encouragement. It kept me, frequently, from wondering too much if I were making an awful fool of myself. A country kid from Nebraska sticking his neck into the weird windmills of Hollywood !
I had no friends at all at first. I knew no one influen- tial. Emphatically I was on the outside of the studio world. My name was not on any stellar part)- lists.
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"It always has been, Mr. Fuller, you know that. But this <niy didn't get a square deal. You took him away from his home and a job where he earned a living You made him think you believed in him as an actor. \ ou brought him to this madhouse where he didn't know a soul but you You didn't take the trouble to see that he got a fan- test or a chance to show his stuff. He can't buck this game He's too nice and gentle and sweet. He didn t ask you to bring him. It was your own idea. Now you re shipping him back like a— like a crate of rotten eggs— ?
"Wa-ait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Fuller drawled it, but a slow fire burned behind his eyes "So he's too gentle and kind for this game, is he? And I'm supposed to wet-nurse him. Well, if he's too gentle and kind, he better go back where the big bad wolf won t bite him." He dropped irony for direct attack. Whats this fella got, anyway, that sends you dames into dithers f First my wife, then you. With her it was just an idea. She gets one a day. Turns herself into a one-woman cast- ing bureau. Now it's a big brown palooka from Honolulu.
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Son of Nature. Primitive whatchamacallem. Put him in pictures. Schony for a wedding present, Honolulu for a coming-back present, next she'll go up to Alaska and pick me out an Eskimo. Well, I put my foot down, see? So what happens ? So she leaves me flat. I ain't got no culcha, I'm a — a philispine or something, I don't know from art, so she skips — vamoose, spurlos versenkt. Maybe she's gone to Reno. Let 'er go. Is that any way to treat a hus- band?" For one moment she caught sight in his gimlet eyes of a little boy lost, then he stormed on again. "Get this. I'm running my business. I'm not taking dictation, not from my wife and not from my secretary — "
The phone rang. Through force of habit Hilda picked it up. She wanted to laugh wildly at what she heard. In- stead she said: "Greenwood's outside."
"Tell her to send him in." He took a cigar from his pocket and bit the end off viciously.. "That's all. From here on I'll handle it."
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They sat in a little park, facing Santa Monica Boule- vard. The arclight, to which Hilda's back was turned, shone full on Ferdinand. Her hands lay listless in her
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"Well, I certainly fixed it up fine with buller. "What does it matter? This way or that, the end will be the same."
There was a silence. "When are you going? "He has arranged for tickets for Tuesday. So I take the boat the same day I come in New York. That is better, he said, it is cheaper to spend here those few days than there." He smiled, and waited for her answering smile, but none came.
His voice took on a graver note, and he moved a little to see her face more clearly. "Miss Hilda, is it for me you are sad ?"
For the first time intimacy sounded in his voice— for the first time, now that she was about to lose him. Plow sweet it sounded. How she wanted to wrap it around her and lie close within it, that tenderness. She caught a swift glimpse of days and weeks and months, when there would be no "Here Ferdinand von Schoenbauer" at the other end of the wire, no thin brown face smiling at her across a table. A wave of desolation swept her. But her gray eyes met his steadily enough.
"No, Shavbar. It's for mvself." "Yourself?"
"Yes. — I love you, Shaybar." Modern, courageous, honest though she was, her voice faltered and died.
For what seemed to her an eternity he was silent. Then he gathered her up in his arms, as one gathers a child, and she lay there like a child. When he found his voice again, he was saying: "I did not mean it to be like this, my dear. I thought, when all is well with
me here and there is some work and some little money, and my people are cared for, then if I can teach her to love me, I will ask her for my wife."
"What are we going to do?" she whispered.
He released her, and took her hands in his. "My Plilda, What can I do? You understand, without me they are helpless. There I will find something, that they may eat."
"But what about us, Shaybar? What about us? "You will be patient, yes? I will send for you. Then you will come — you and your good mother—" "No, no, it'll never be like that. You know it won't. You know you can't imagine me in Vienna. Things'll happen and I'll never see you again. There'll be some horrible Austrian {Please turn to page 75)
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Hollywood as usual Is well represented in the current London picture scene. Above, Elizabeth Allan, who is playing opposite Anton Walbrook, left, in a new melodrama. Patricia Ellis, lower left, is making her first visit to England to play in a picture with Jack Hulbert. Percy Marmont, below, and Sophie Stewart, lower right, are British stars now engaged in important new screen productions.
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TO SEE a perfect picture of English peace you should come to Pinewood just now. Majestic oaks and chestnuts spread fading branches over the spa- cious, rolling lawns, surrounded by shrubs that nod lazily in the cooling winds which lull them into their long winter sleep. A peacock pompously preens himself on the old stone terrace and only the songs of the birds disturb the country silence.
But come out of the gardens into die great white studio buildings and you'll have all the noise and crowds you want! Half-a-dozen major productions are now in "full swing, headed by "The Girl Was Young" which is Director Alfred Hitchcock's new thriller. It's about a young author suspected of murder, helped to escape from gaol by the Chief Constable's daughter and her four little brothers. There's a pursuit that leads to such diverse spots as a seaside boarding-house and the bottom of a disused mine — and there's pretty Nova Pilbeam as the hustling heroine.
Less than three years ago brown-haired Nova was hailed as the latest child star with her work in "Little Friend." Since then she has been menaced with death in "The Man who Knew Too Much" and executed on Tower Hill in "Nine Days a Queen;" but now she is seventeen and has just learnt to smoke mild Turkish
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romantic role. She's a charming girl, delighted that her pet terrier Brenda is appearing with her in the film, and owes her unusual name to the fact that her mother hails from Nova Scotia. She lives quietly with her parents in a suburban house and has her bedroom decorated in tur- quoise blue, her favorite color in which she usually dresses too.
Tall Percy Marmont, who plays her father in the new picture
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By Hettie Crimstead
because she has the right kind of hands. "Supple, quick- moving, sensitive in gesture, rather long and slim. All the greatest players have hands like that— Garbo, Norma Shearer, Katie Hepburn and Joan Crawford to name only a few." So Nova is accordingly paying particular attention to her manicure and looking forward to her next assignment which is to play the youthful Princess Victoria in the historical "Girlhood of a Queen."
Also at Pinewood they are busy on Jessie Matthews new musical— the last our dainty dancing star will make in England for she and director-husband Sonnie Hale are off to America immediately it's finished. Jessie's greatest ambition is to partner Fred Astaire and since Fred likes the idea too and there's a lot of negotiations going on between Jessie and Radio Pictures — well, don't be too surprised this winter ! But first you'll be able to see Jessie in "Full Sail," playing the adopted daughter of a London bargee. (He's a stalwart gentleman who navigates a little flat-hulled freight boat along our canals. We've hundred of miles of them, connecting up with the River Thames.) There'll be some lovely shots of Lon- don's famous river and lyrics by Arthur ("Pennies from Heaven") Johnson, all written in a week because he had to dash back to Hollywood to provide Bing Crosby with another epic.
Pinewood's recent visitors include blue-eyed tiutty- curled Patricia Ellis, looking cutely Continental in a slim black marocain frock with a gaily-printed red and green jacket. She's come over the Atlantic for the first time to be Jack HulbeYt's romantic interest in his new musical film "Playboy." She's seen the Changing of the King's Guard and walked in Hyde Park and eaten hot buttered scones for tea, so she's getting quite Anglicized.
Patricia was also bidden to the cocktail party of the month, given by wealthy and good-looking bachelor Sir Anthony Weldon in honor of Merle Oberon. It took place in a great green-walled room at our latest Society restaurant, Le Vert Galant in Park Lane, and Merle wore an unusual outfit in vivid blue and yellow and looked supremely glamorous as usual.
Her latest film is being made entirely in color and it is called "Red Shoes," Merle playing Tamara who's a Russian Ballet dancer. She doesn't need a double for
the scenes where she is pirouetting on the stage of the Royal Opera House at Moscow because she _ was originally trained in dancing and once earned her living as professional partner in a Mayfair club before she went on the films.
Do you remember Merle as Lady Blakeney in Alex- ander Korda's pro- duction of "The Scarlet Pimpernel" a couple of years ago, with Leslie Howard playing the foppish but gallant Sir Percy ? Well, now the inscrutable Alex, with his characteris- tic knack of doing the unexpected, is mak- ing the sequel, "The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel," but he's chosen two different players for the prin- cipal parts.
Sir Percy Blake- ney is now Barry Barnes, who is rather like Leslie with the same long lean face, light blue eyes, crisp blond hair and sensitive mouth. His screen wife is Sophie Stewart, absolute antith- esis of gorgeous Merle in every way. Sophie is gravely shy and essentially domestic, living with a large family in a country farmhouse where she {Please turn to page 96)
Nova Pilbeam, at top of page, with her pet terrier, grown up since "Nine Days a Queen," is to be seen next in a new Alfred Hitchcock film. Lower, left to right, Anna Lee, whose midnight party was attended by many cele- brities; George Arliss in his latest role as "Dr. Syn;" and Whitney Bourne, another American beauty frequently seen in London.
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Stars and their stand-ins are congenial companions as well as fellow workers. Here you see an example as Joan Blondell, starring in "Stand-In," chats with her "set-up" substitute, Connie Rea.
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William Powell's stand-in, W. W. Dearborn, not only "holds it" while cameras are focussed, but clowns with his boss to entertain colleagues on the set. That's Bill behind the whiskers at left.
THE lowdown on the Clark Gable dis- ' appearing act he pulled on his recent va- cation was because Clark couldn't even complete his bear hunt he started out to do without five million people tagging along. So he tipped and turned his car the other way and vanished into thin air because he really needed a rest and even the studio didn't know his whereabouts.
THAT party the Ritz Brothers gave the I other eve, which was attended by dozens of famous filmites, was really thrown in honor of "Ritzie," their favorite poodle! The guests claim they've never had such a good time because their real host was so amusing.
OVER on the set of "The Bride Wore Red," Helen Hayes had the time of her life, during her visit in Hollywood, taking candid camera shots of Joan Crawford from every conceivable angle to add to her collection.
TYRONE POWER, in spite of the fact I he's been seen round and about with Janet Gaynor very frequently, insists that there's only one gal he really cares for and that's Sonja Henie. But on account of her ab- sence, he just can't sit in a corner and mope. And Sonja thinks he's pretty swell, too.
GLORIA STUART and her hubby, Arthur Sheekman, are one of _ Holly- woods more devoted couples. During her recent trip to Honolulu with her mother and a gal friend, Gloria got so homesick for Arthur she cabled him each and every day. "I spent more money on cables than I did on the trip," Gloria admits, ruefully. "Guess I'll never take another without him."
BELIEVE it or not, the glamorous Jeanette MacDonald can whip up a mean dish when she puts her mind to it. When she and Gene Raymond returned from their honeymoon trip to Honolulu, they discovered they didn't have a cook between 'em. They borrowed one from Jeanette's ma for a couple of days, but this didn't work out very well. So Jeanette donned her favorite apron and went to
The Gay Gossip in Brief
By Weston East
work herself. "And, boy," says the en- thusiastic bridegroom, "can she cook!" This went on for two weeks — until they'd found a satisfactory servant.
EVERY year for the past seven, Dolores t Del Rio and Cedric Gibbons have made a trip on their anniversary to Santa Bar- bara, where they were married. In fact, they go through the same routine they fol- lowed on their wedding day — a visit to the priest in the church, followed by dinner alone in the same cafe, and then a jaunt to Carmel, Monterey, and Del Monte, where they spent their honeymoon. How's that for sentiment?
IANE WYMAN, that luscious babe who J made her screen debut in "Mr. Dodds Takes the Air," is buying furniture for her new pent-houSe apartment. In real life, Jane is Mrs. Myron Futterman and she's getting a terrific kick out of fixing up their very first Hollywood home.
DON MILO, Bob Taylor's best friend and stand-in, is getting a swell break. Bob wanted to take him to England, but British labor laws wouldn't allow Don to work in his usual capacity, as stand-ins must be hired in that country. However, Bob finally discovered he was allowed to bring in a companion, so Don is having a marvelous vacation with no expense to either of them and won't have to do a tap of work until he comes back to Hollywood.
DURING the filming of "A Love Like That," Barbara Stanwyck was supposed to hit Herbert Marshall in the face with a strawberry short cake. They rehearsed and rehearsed, but Barbara just couldn't make a go of it. "I just can't throw that thing at Bart," Barbara moaned, "he's simply not the type." So the prop man had to do it for her in the actual shooting of the scene.
THE Errol Flynns came back from their boat trip on Errol's yawl, "The Cheerio," just like a couple of newly weds. Looks like all the rumors of a separation were just rumors and they're happier than ever after being apart for so many months while Lili was making pictures in Paris. And they're a mighty handsome couple, if you ask me !
BUMPED into June Lang out on the Fox lot, clad in pink pajamas, and looking anything but unhappy about her recent marital mix-up. What we're wondering is what's going to happen to all those gor- geous wedding presents they received? We're told on very good authority that Vic Orsatti, the groom, did everything in his power to persuade June to patch things up, but it was no go.
THE latest mutual admiration society is that combination of Paul Muni and Spencer Tracy. Muni thinks Spencer is tops in the acting field and Tracy goes into a perfect dither whenever Muni's name is mentioned. Nice to hear a couple of raves like that in this town where so many knives are aimed at the other fellow's back.
N SPITE of the fact that Wayne Morris has been doing the town with that and that young thing, it's Lana Turner, young Warner actress, who's really carrying the torch for him. Every chance she gets, she pops over to the set where Wayne is work- ing in "Submarine D-l" just so's she can look at him.
pLAUDETTE COLBERT has two new pets in her household. They're two kittens, one Siamese and the other Persian. And they answer to the somewhat startling titles of "Monsieur" and "Bijou."
\/OU'D think, just off-hand, that Joan ' Davis would be perfect when combined with the Ritz Brothers. But when they tested Joan in the comedy lines for "Life Begins at College." they found her par- ticular brand of humor and theirs just didn't jel. So she's playing herself in the film and won't appear in any scenes in which the hysterical brothers cavort
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So far as Joan Crawford is concerned, no breakfast is complete without fruit, right out of the peel, like this.
Danielle Darrieux, Parisian star, is all ready, and eager to make her debut in a Hollywood screen production.
IOAN CRAWFORD'S latest hobby is J whipping out petit point bags for her friends. The bags are terribly clever, hav- ing the initials of the party concerned worked right into the pattern of the bags. She's doing one, now, for Billie Burke.
\/OU can always' tell when Mrs. Pat / O'Brien is out of town. It's during these rather infrequent intervals that Pat tears loose with the boys and attends every fight and wrestling match and other equally masculine sports and really has a time for himself. Then when Mrs. O'B. arrives back home, Pat settles down to being but the most model of Hollywood husbands.
FUNNY thing about that marriage license George Mason and Paula Stone took out in Santa Barbara. Seems George gave the clerk her name as Pauline instead of Paula, thereby holding up the whole procedure. Anyway, we think it's a good idea he found out her name was really Paula before they got married !
OVER on the set of "Bulldog Drum- mond's Revenge," they're not asking for afternoon tea any more. Reason is the cast and crew was somewhat miffed when they requested permission to knock off for half an hour at four each day for tea and the director refused their request. On the following day, however, they were handed the finished script and found there were
Patricia, daughter of Director William Wellman, tells Carole Lombard her name and age — two years.
nine individual tea-drinking sequences to be filmed in the picture. P.S. They're all so sick of tea, you can't even mention it to any of them. (It's the truth, s'help me!)
IN CASE you meet a rather florid gentle- ' man, riding around the streets of Bel Air on a motor bicycle in the early mornings, you can bet your boots it's W. C. Fields'. This latest pastime has been taken up by Bill, since his serious illness, as a less strenuous way of keeping fit than his former hard game of tennis'.
\ /IRGINIA BRUCE isn't awfully super- V stitious about most things, but when it comes to her dressing-room, she is. When the studio notified her they had a brand new suite ready for her in the fancy new building they've just constructed, Virginia agreed to move. But with her she took most of the furnishings she's had ever since
Burgess Meredith and Ann Sothern are ready to do a very informal scene, all done up in their bathrobes and being coached in dialogue by a director, lower left. Buddy Longworth, ace Hollywood photographer, shows Lana Turner and Marie Wilson his re- cently published book of camera art. Right.
she first arrived at the studio — many of them gifts from the late John Gilbert. And Virginia swears no matter how many times she moves her dressing quarters, those same things will go right along with her.
MOST amusing is the fact that Helen Vinson, married to the tennis champ, Fred Perry, is taking tennis lessons, but not from her illustrious husband. Instead, she's learning to swing a wicked racket under the instructions' of Elizabeth Ryan, a former tennis ace.
A BIG-HEARTED cop stopped Wendy / \ Barrie when she was buzzing down the boulevard the other day and ordered her to pull up to the curb. Seems he'd been passing by and noticed that Wendy was crying. Upon being questioned, Wendy, with tears still streaming out of her eyes, told him she was just homesick for her family in England. Handing her his hand- kerchief, he told her to go ahead and have a good cry, but not to try to drive until she'd had it out !
THEY celebrated the close of "Park Ave- I nue Dame" the other eve with a barbecue, given by Fay Wray and Dick Arlen, at Dick's Toluca Lake manse. Plenty of steaks, baked beans, and all the trimmings were served. The guests later played bad- minton, ping-pong, or went for a swim in the pool.
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Cecilia Parker's modified Page Boy coiffure, above, has a soft roll in front to flatter her high forehead. Dorothy Lamour, right, hopes it's true that long hair is coming back!
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Large curls frame Orien Heyward's love- ly face, above. A flower-like coiffure is achieved by Lucille Ball, left, who wears a halo of soft curls across the top of her head. Olympe Bradna's luxurious hair, below, is ar- ranged in a smart coiffure that's natural and well-groomed.
By Elin Neil
TURN back the clock and give us Yesterday ! That's the theme song in the Fall of 1937 hair-style sym- phony. There are myriad new twists and turns to show off the beauty of your crowning glory, but each has found its inspiration somewhere in the past.
Hollywood heads this season present a pageant of the most femininely alluring hair arrangements history has to offer, subtly adapted to modern life and fashionable clothes. Cecilia Parker, for instance, wears the new modi- fied Page Boy coiffure to perfection. The latest version of this style, which sky-rocketed into popularity last Spring, is shorter and neater, with a softer look in back ; and it shows curls or rolls atop one's head wherever they will be the most becoming. The severity of the original Page Boy bob has gone by the board.
The "1900" fashions that are showing up so conspicu- ously in clothes, are having their influence on hair styles, too. Front curls, brushing one's forehead, are increas- ingly smart. They're not the frizzed-bang variety, prod- uct of the old-fashioned curling iron, though. They are soft and smooth and shining.
Two or three little curls that caress one's neck behind exposed ears have been borrowed from the days of hoop- skirts and high powdered coiffures. They're ^ frivolous and intriguing, especially if the rest of one's hair is arranged simply.
There's a revival in hair ribbons. Little bows are being
used as evening deco- rations almost as much as the flowers, feath- ers, and jeweled orna- ments that have been having such a vogue. It's an ultra-smart as well as a comfortable habit to tie up your curls in a cluster at the back of your head
when you indulge in active sports. And little girls are wearing big hair ribbons again without a whimper about they're being "sissy."
Some hair style prophets are predicting that long hair will be the coming rage, and unshorn tresses will be piled high atop one's head, reminiscent of the pompadour days. If this prediction comes true, Dorothy Lamour will be in the height of style, without any hair "growing pains," because her crowning glory falls below her waist. Others foresee a shorter bob, designed to promote back-of-the- neck comfort.
Long or short, as the case may be, there are a few very definite developments in hair styles. Faces are
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framed with curls or rolls or soft bangs breaking the hairline in front. More often than not, there's' height above the forehead.
Straight, shiny hair at the crown of the head has completely vanquished waves and "wisdom bump" fullness. Shingles are fad- ing right out of the hair fashion picture. Nape-of-the-neck rolls are still popular, but there's a decided tendency toward fluffing them up so they won't appear too tight and sausage-like. The shorter Page Boy effect is another favorite way of finishing off one's coiffure in back.
Some of the newest coiffures bring the hair up from the back of the neck, arrang- ing it in high-placed curls on both sides of a diagonal part. The kind of long bob that has- a "bedroom" look is rapidly becoming passe. Your back-of-the-head view must appear well-groomed, however soft and na- tural-looking. The days of careless abandon below the neckline are gone.
Waves grow fewer and farther between. A smart new adaptation of the fingerwave idea is the half-wave ending in a soft curl.
Don't go to extremes in the color of your hair, if you want to ride with Dame Fash- ion. The platinum blonde rage is dwindling down to oblivion. And for this we're thank- ful, because that artificial silvery shade takes such strong bleaching that few heads of hair can stand it for long.
We're in favor of having your hair "touched up" (or doing it yourself) if you want to disguise gray streaks or substitute brightness for drab tones. Only be sure you bring your hair to a shade that could be natural with your type of coloring. Ob- viously bleached or tinted hair is decidedly out of style. And the blondes gentlemen prefer are the ones that don't wear labels !
If you touch up your hair yourself at home, the best method is a temporary color rinse that washes out with the next shampoo. This will brighten your hair and lend it color. However, it won't bring gray streaks into harmony with the rest of your head. Henna, which leaves' a thick coating on each hair shaft, will cover up gray, but it produces a shade of red that's unmistak- able to the discerning eye.
If you have your hair tinted at a beauty shopj watch the part like a hawk. It'll give away your secret if you don't watch out. You can get a hair dye pencil that will keep the new-grown hair in color harmony with the rest of your head. And there's a liquid retouch for the same purpose that you put on with a brush.
And now I'm going to give you a very important word of advice. If your hair is bleached, dyed, or tinted, be sure to tell the beauty operator what you've been using when you get a permanent wave. Standard permanent waves can be given on touched- up hair with beautiful results. But the oper- ator should know everything you can tell her about the condition of your hair, so she can give the wave accordingly.
Beauty to Match New Fall Clothes
Lilte all movie girls, Eleanor Powell uses the latest beauty methods.
the lathering road to Beauty with Lux Toilet Soap.
WE'D like to erect a monument to lather as beauty's first hand-maiden ! When it's the product of a mild, pure efficient soap like Lux, lather works mir- acles for beauty. Snowy white suds of Lux cleanse complexions so gently yet firmly that blackheads ■ and blemishes don't have a chance to get a start, unless they're due to in- ternal causes. Its mild- ness and non-drying qual- ities make Lux ideal for bathing and washing your hands, too. Use it, either in cake form or in flakes, for kitchen and laundry jobs, and you won't be embarrassed by tell-tale housework hands when it's" time to go ladylike for life's gayer moments. Everybody knows how good Lux is for washing- fine silks, cottons, and woolens, but the beauty angle is sometimes over- looked. Besides making clothes fresh and new- looking, it removes every trace of perspiration odor.
DEAUTY news of the D first importance has" to do with Pond's famous face creams. They've been such great favorites for years that we didn't think there was any room for improvement, but a very great one has been made. To each cream has been added "skin-vita- min," a substance that's been proved by the most thorough tests to have remarkable powers for beautifying complexions'. The color, texture, and fragrance of Pond^s creams remain just the same, and there's been no change in jars or labels. But every time you get a jar of Cold Cream or Liqui- fying Cream to cleanse and soften your skin, or Vanishing Cream to give it a smooth, flattering surface for make-up, you'll know that it contains this new "skin- vitamin" for beauty !
Lovely Lady solves powderbox problems with a Spill-proof container.
Youthful beauty to your eyes with Maybelline Special Eye Cream.
Enter "skin-vitamin" as a new feature of Pond's face creams.
Galiardo's "Breathe-Rite Dy-Nam-Ics" you can make it work wonders for your beauty. Under this system of breathing, which requires only a few minutes of concentrated effort each day, your own lungs reduce over-fat parts and bring your figure into harmonious proportions. And you feel so much better from the energizing effects and sense of inner poise that you want to carry yourself with queen- ly grace. The system is easy to learn through sim- ple, illustrated lessons ob- tained from The Health Reconstructive Institute, Inc.
A BURNING beauty / \ problem is how to keep your face powder where you want it, without the inconvenience of hav- ing it spill over in your purse, dressing table, wash basin or luggage. That problem has been solved by the firm of Lovely Lady, who recently brought out one of the finest inexpen- sive cosmetic lines we've found. Their Spill-proof powder container keeps the powder right in its case until you dip into it with a puff. Convenient as it is, you'll find it at five- and-ten cent stores. And you'll find other Loveiy Lady products — creams and make-up — that are ex- cellent quality in spite of their low price.
IF YOU think eye cream I is an expensive luxury, just wait until you try Maybelline's new Special Eye Cream ! It's marvel- ous for keeping the super- sensitive skin around your eyes smooth and fine-tex- tured, preventing "age signs." Smooth a little Maybelline Special Eye Cream over your eyelids and around your eyes at night. And you'll find it an excellent "dressing" to give your eyelids a flattering shine by day. A generous tube of Maybelline Special Eye Cream costs a mere trifle.
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Men don't seem to mind whether the_ dress- ing they use on their hair makes it look varnished or not. But we women are dif- ferent. Our enthusiasm for Vassar Hair Oil mounts every time we use it. Yon simply apply a few drops to the palms cf your hands and rub the hair between them. The result is a lustrous sheen, absolutely minus in stickiness. And you'll find that your hair falls into soft waves and curls ever so much easier. At Ten-cent stores.
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me that whenever I did a good job on the stage or screen I was diverting those thou- sands of people down in front from their own troubles by interesting them in mine — as the character I portrayed.
" 'So I determined that no matter what happened to my own private life, I'd try my level best to help those folks forget about themselves for at least as long as they looked at my performance. And I can't tell you what a great deal of satisfac- tion I've gotten out of that one ideal'
"Don't misunderstand, Ginny," Cary went on, "or run away with the idea that I foiidly imagine myself a public benefactor, philanthropist, or what have you. It's true I'm being paid for it— but that follows as a natural course. The better your acting is, the more money, as a consequence, you earn. But that's the same in any business. If you're interested in your work, it's bound to further you, thereby bringing in more money. And actors, just as human beings in any other walk of life, have the same desires, the same disillusionments and dis- appointments to contend with. It all boils down to getting the most out of what you have and making as few people unhappy in the doing of it. And if you can add, in any small way, to another's happiness, that's about the best you can do. ^Phew—we're getting profound, aren't we?"
Cary chortled and just then the director called him back on the set. I watched him as he loped across the stage. "Loped" is really the only way to describe the way Cary walked. Six feet one, tanned as dark as a Hindu from his outdoor life at the beach, wearing an old pair of slightly mussed white pants and a not-too-new polo shirt, Cary looked anything but a movie star. And I must say he doesn't act like one — except in front of the camera. On this particular day, he was crouched down behind it, as a matter of fact, playing with a dog, while Irene Dunne and Ralph Bel- lamy enacted the rest of the scene in front
"It's always been a mystery to me, Lary went on, as he flopped down in a chair fac- ing me, the scene finally completed, "how people can feel that money is absolutely essential to happiness. After all, there are only a certain number of things that money
Cary Grant, always seeking good acting company, finds it in his newest screen assign- ment, as leading man for Irene Dunne, here in a scene with Cary and Ralph Bellamy.
Popular co-stars Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell are malting a comedy for their next film together.
can buy. It can assure you of eating more or less regularly, that's true, and it can provide you, possibly, with a more com- fortable bed on which to sleep. But all the money in the world can't buy that harmony and contentment which must exist only w'ithin yourself.
"I can look back now and think of a mndred instances when I was broke, jobless and all the rest of it, when I was every bit as happy as I am today. I can recall dozens of times, when I've been down to my last dime, spending it on some small luxury and getting that full dime's worth of enjoyment in return, simply and purely because my mental attitude was right."
I know Cary really means this because I remember, when he first came out to Holly- wood from New York, how he would sit around for hours with a few of histoid cronies and reminisce about their various and sundry escapades. And many a laugh we've all had at his expense, too. Inci- dentally, Cary enjoys nothing more than a .good laugh on himself.
"Right now," Cary continued, seriously, "the thing I'm interested in more than anything else is to perfect myself at my job. I want to be a really good actor more than anything in the world. It's much more important to me than accumulating wealth. It wasn't easy for me to leave Paramount, they made it worth my while to stay. They were swell! But I've realized, these past few years, that an actor can only be good if he plays in the type of roles he has faith in. When you're under contract to a large studio, you have to take the good with the bad.
"Besides, I got bored a long time ago with straight leading man parts. And there's nothing that gets a guy down as much as being bored with his job, believe me! I got so darned tired of always having to say nice things, always acting like a perfect o-entleman— as you do when you're a lead- ing man. Character parts give an actor much more opportunity to express himselt — to be natural.
"And, actually, they're a lot easier. If a director tells me, for instance, to walk across the stage as / would, naturally, I immediately become self-conscious. But if a director tells me to stagger across the stage like a drunk, it's a cinch and I snap right into the role— (fine thing!).
"One thing that really broke my heart
was when another studio bought a play I had seen in London and was dying to do. I wanted to do that part more than any- thing I've wanted in a long time and I begged my studio to buy it for me. But they were afraid the part (which was a pretty unsympathetic one) would hurt my career and they refused."
I was reminded of another story I d heard about Cary the other day. A big pro- ducer wanted Cary to play in a very im- portant picture. Cary was crazy about the part, although it wasn't the most important one in the film. But the producer happened to be a friend of his and Cary knew he was spending a large sum of money on the rest of the cast.
"You can't afford to have me in the pic- ture in such a small part," Cary told him. "Get someone else to do it for less money." But the producer insisted. "All right," Cary finally agreed. "Tell you what — I'll play it for nothing!"
The producer was p-ractically overcome ! But of course couldn't agree. Cary finally played the part and the picture was a tre- mendous success, as Cary had been sure it would be. The point is, however, Cary really would have sacrificed any monetary gain to appear in a part he was sold on !
"You know, you've got me all upset," Cary said, suddenly. "I don't know what I really would do if I couldn't act any more. I'd be rather badly equipped for any other job after acting for so long. You don't have to be particularly intelligent to be an actor, you know. You just have to have a certain peculiar facility of expression and imagination that is indispensable but pretty hard to acquire. And it isn't particularly adaptable to any other business — unless it's writing."
"Tell you what, Cary, I suggested, you could write fan magazine stories."
"No thanks !" Cary said, emphatically. "I have enough grief trying to be an actor without taking anything like that on my- self. Guess I'll keep on concentrating on acting and not worry about the future.
"The best anyone can do, anyway, when it comes right down to it, is to eat, sleep and be as happy as you can and let the future take care of itself."
And with that sound bit of philosophy, Cary rushed away to his dressing room to change clothes for his next scene. Think I'll try his prescription myself. He certainly seems to be thriving on it !
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pretty awful — our harmony doesn't always harmonize— we have great fun doing it.
"David Niven is a true cosmopolite, who has lived fully and touched life at many thrilling points. Sensitive, sympathetic, and with an amazing understanding, he makes a congenial friend. There's Ralph Jester, supervisor of educational shorl subjects, lie's a brilliant conversationalist, well up on every current topic, and is a stimulating as well as an amusing friend.
"jimmy Stewart is a merry companion, though he has plenty of depth and one could unburden one's heart to him. If Jimmy is your friend you can always depend upon his loyalty and trust him in every emergency. One of our chief amusements is to spend an exciting evening pounding out duets on the piano and making up lyrics as we go along.
"I've known Paul Warburg for many years, but naturally, as he lives in New York, we see each other seldom — only on my rare trips East, and his infrequent visits to the Coast. But when we do get together we make up for lost time, and we talk a lot and laugh a lot. He is much interested_ in my career and I look forward to getting his opinions because his viewpoint is unbiased.
"A scintillating personality is Jean Ne- gulesco. He's astonishingly versatile and is not only a successful scenarist, but has won acclaim as an artist. He made that copper pastel portrait of me that hangs in the library, and I'm tremendously proud of it. Jean often comes dashing in, enthusiastic over some clever game he's just heard about, and within a few minutes he has the entire family playing it. Under his exuberant lead- ership, it always ends up as an hilarious adventure.
"It's a wild life, isn't it?" laughed Vir- ginia. "Of course, there are times when I dress up in my best and go to parties, and to night clubs — I love to dance. But I soon tire of the bright lights; I've never out- grown my small-town complex of early to bed."
There are girl friends, too, many oi them, with Veronica Cooper, (Mrs. Gary), Dolores Del Rio, Betty Furness among the intimates. But there are few leisure days for her to lunch or go on shopping jaunts with the girls, for besides her Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer pictures, she is loaned to other studios, most recentlv to Twentieth Century- Fox for "Wife, Doctor and Nurse" in which she is vying with Loretta Young for Warner Baxter's love.
One day, when she was a very little girl, back in the home town of Fargo, North Dakota, she and a school chum were leafing through a motion picture magazine, when the friend breathlessly asked, "Why don't you be a movie star?" Embarrassed, Vir- ginia replied, "Don't be silly. First you've got to be pretty. Then, you must live in Hollywood to be a screen star."
Despite the suggestion, she never once thought of becoming an actress ; instead, she dreamed of becoming an artist, and already her funny little sketches were being praised. But life had other plans. Following financial reverses, the family left Fargo and moved to Hollywood ; by chance, Virginia met Direc- tor William Beaudine, who gave her a screen test, then put her into her first picture, "Exiles." To this day, she wonders how it all happened.
Like a shining thread running through Virginia's thoughts is an intense desire for happiness. Persistently, she side-steps all sad stories and pathetic incidents because they break her heart. When she finds she has to do something, she immediately makes herself like it because she hates doing things
she doesn't like to do. Naturally, she has a sweet and placid temperament, but there are times when she's likely to fly off and stage a high-powered scene. But she doesn't, be- cause it makes her miserable, afterwards. It's all very simple; avoid unhappiness and you'll be happy !
Said Virginia, "I used to drift through the days and let things happen as they would; but I discovered that because of so many loose ends, I was wasting precious hours. So, one day, I did a little serious thinking. When we make a picture, plan a party, or even a new dress, we figure how to get the best results from the material at hand. Why not do this with life? Why let it go helter- skelter and become sketchy, instead of filled to the brim ?
"With a little thinking ahead, I now have time for my screen work, and my daughter- Susan Ann was four in August, and we're building a comradeship which I fondly hope will be her most precious treasure. Also, I have time for my family. We're a contented household and I feel the intimate contact with these sterling personalities is a priceless experience for my child. Especially helpful is the masculine influence which my father and brother bring into her life, not to leave out mother, who at all times is the backbone of the family. Then, I'm building a new home on two acres I bought here in Brentwood, a block from this house. I play tennis, keep up my music, and have a few social diversions ; so all in all it's rather exciting, and believe it or not, everything works out most happily, without fret or worry."
Though still in her early twenties, Vir- ginia, has had a full life and more colorful experiences than many women check up at forty. She's reached a high spot in her career; she's known the love of handsome John Gilbert in their romantic marriage; she's had-a baby. Too, she's had heartbreaks, and a divorce. And the love and admiration of manv men. But today, she insists there is no romance. Then, after a long pause, she quietly admitted that Jack still fills her thoughts.
"He did so much for me," she explained, simply. "He enriched my life in every way, teaching me to appreciate the important things, the best in literature and art, the magic of the starry heavens, the sweep of landscape; he worshipped beauty in every form. I bought many of his treasures when his home was sold after his death, and his chessboard is always set up in my room, his favorite books are here, and his beautiful desk that he loved. They bring him very close, for whatever he touched seemed to take on some of his vital, magnetic per- sonality."
Through the quiet house we heard the patter of footsteps on the winding stairway, and Susan Ann burst into the room, bub- bling with excitement as she exclaimed, "Oh Mother, I saw a train — an engine train. I wish you could see it."
Looking into her bright, blue eyes, I asked, "Who do you look like.''" and promptly, she replied, "I look like Susan, 'cause that's who I am, Susan Ann Gilbert!"
After the child left us, with characteristic frankness Virginia told me that someday she hopes to find romance again; a glorious one that will open up new dreams for marriage in the greatest adventure life can offer. Too, she wants children.
The Prince will need no classic profile, or soulful eyes, or even an impressive bank account ; but he must be understanding, gen- erous, and have a sense of humor ; he must be strong, courageous, blest with a vital personality, and alive!
But Virginia seems to be in no hurry and is carefully sidestepping romance, as she goes serenely on her way, contented with her work, her family, and— her loyal friends.
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a damp California day. She had on a baby- blue chiffon afternoon gown, an enormous pink horsehair hat which didn't spare the bows, and PINK SATIN SHOES! Add to all this the fact that she was more than plump, and you have the German star, Marlene Dietrich.
Seeing her on the set of "Angel," her current picture, in flowing black chiffon and transparent black picture hat, which allows the sunlight to filter through in such a manner that it picks up the gold powder which she uses' in her makeup, one can't help but feel that if a metamorphosis such as this can be accomplished in such a. comparatively short space of time, there's hope for all and sundry.
To fully appreciate Marlene's advice to the glamor-seeker, it's necessary to hark back to the worn-out topic of those trousers she affected. She was sincere in adopting this fashion. She likes the freedom such clothes afford. As she says :
"Women's fashions are always changing, and it is so much trouble to bother about my personal wardrobe as well as my studio clothes, that it seemed to be a simple solu- tion of the problem. I've never worn them outside of Hollywood, and Hollywood has such a country-like air, they seemed appro- priate."
But you will notice that Marlene now wears the usual trimly tailored suits, but with frilly feminine blouses. So Marlene, like our sage Emerson, has learned the secret of gcod taste, which she passes along to you: MODERATION. So all youse little caterpillars who yearn to be butter-
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And now in our journey down the soigne, we come to that Gorgeous Gamine. Carole Lombard. Somehow no matter how su- perbly she slithers across the screen, one can always detect that mischievous glint in her eye, that theoretical tongue in cheek, which is the Carole her friends know ; the
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those coveted cups went for a very serious purpose. For Mrs. Peter's little lass, Jane, would arise bright and early the morning after each contest and wend her way to "Uncle," where her new trophy was ex- changed for coin of the realm, and such coin was again exchanged for clothes.
At this period, Peggy Hopkins Joyce was Carole's idea of sartorial elegance, and she assiduously copied her. What matter if Carole's black satin was not quite so lus- trous, nor so enticingly heavy? What mat- ter if her pearls were by Woolworth rather than Cartier? They were larger, weren't they? And they were worn in the true Joyce manner, for dressed thusly, Lombard zvas Joyce.
Fortunately, when her next ideal crossed her horizon, she had more of the well- known wherewithal to buy the stuff girls are made of. For by now she was a Mack Sennett bathing girl, getting paid for clowning around. This time, she fastened her fascinated stare on Connie Bennett, the elegante. This fixation ran into money, for it called for great variety, and all of it luxurious. Carole got a bit out of her depth at times during this period, and was wont to show up at a very informal swimming party attired like the proverbial Christmas tree. But her sense of humor apparently conquered, for next we see her as the Tailored Woman, the Ruthie Chatterton_ in- fluence. This style was very becoming, accentuating as it did that voluptuously lithe figure, but unfortunately Carole was such a perfect mimic that her friends began to look around for Chatterton whenever Carole spoke, and she's too much of an individualist to want to be completely lost in another identity.
So when Barrymore asked for her to do "Twentieth Century" with him, Carole was temporarily without benefit of any out- standingly different personality whose color she could take on. (Sounds like Carole the Chameleon, doesn't it?) But all was not lost, for Hepburn hit Hollywood about this time.
However, she reckoned without Barry- more, for here was an actor who had dealt with women of the theater from 'way back, and the first day on the set, he said :
"Miss Hepburn, come here a moment." "You mean me?" intoned Carole mo- notonously.
"Yes, you! Why don't you be yourself? I wanted Lombard, that grand trouper, for this picture, and what do I get? An imita- tion Hepburn. Just remember you're a dis- tinct personality. You don't need anyone else. You've got everything." Then, with a spank where it would do the most good, which brought forth Carole's old gladsome whoop, he continued :
"Now, remember, from now on, be your- self."
And that finished the saga of a siren, for Carole has found herself as the real Carole Lombard, and not an imitation.
Speaking of sirens, have you seen Fay Wray recently? There's one of the most startling changes of all. Fay Wray speak- ing:
"Ten years ago when I was doing 'Legion of the Condemned,' I thought of clothes as a necessary evil. Something an- noying, which took precious time away from my work. So I just always wore a blue suit of some sort. I did this until it had become sort of a uniform, and people would say: 'There goes that girl in the blue suit again.'
"But that picture was the turning point in my life. I met my husband on it. He wrote it, you know. It even changed my ideas on the little blue suit numbers. Like every creative person John (John Monk Saunders), is interested in the drama of women's clothes. He even likes red finger- nails," she added, laughingly. "He's not
one oi those husbands who believe their wives should wear black things with white collars, because they look ladylike. 1 strongly suspect he doesn't even aire whether or not I do look ladylike, as long as I look interesting." (But somehow she always manages to look the perfect lady, even the dignified grand lady, despite her pocket size.)
"At the time I went in for that blue suit routine, I had a blue suit personality. If anyone spoke to me, I stammered and stuttered and I only felt really at ease when actually working before the camera. I was looking at some stills from that pic- ture recently, and I actually look like my own grandmother. Wait — I'll show them to you. Get the hairdress. That was what I thought a spy would do with her hair."
Her naivete would fool you until you realize what a clever gal the new Wray is. She's reached the acme of cleverness as a hostess. She makes you babble! Yes,
Louise Hoviclc's crowning glory is topped by a fringe-trimmed hat of gray kidskin that matches her swagger coat.
and what's more, she makes you prattle ! Before you know it, you're going on like mad about yourself, until suddenly stopping in mid-sentence, you realize that she has been looking at you with a look of sloe- eyed interest, murmuring encouraging yeses, and you're making an utter fool of yourself. You know the type. They're "deadly. After bearing your soul, you go home feeling like the devil of a fellow, and remembering that particular person with a warm feeling around the heart, but not quite realizing why. Not realizing you've been given the utmost in flattery: a gen- uine interest. And she's tops in this accom- plishment. All the more strange for her to be a mistress of this art, when she tells you that her shyness amounted to a phobia B. S. (Before Saunders, of course).
So the Fay Wray of today rightfully belongs in our soigne salon, and her recipe seems to be : "Dare to be daring, but always be sincere." A tough combination, but worth the effort, if we can judge by our diminutive friend.
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THE STORY UP TO NOW
Ferdinand von Schoenbauer is brought to Hollywood from Vienna, ■where he is a success on the stage, by an agent, Fuller — chiefly because Ful- ler's wife is sure he'll be "a discovery." Ferdinand, whose last name is changed to Greenwood, gets a small part in a film largely because Hilda Drake, Fuller's secretary, who is greatly at- tracted to the modest and handsome foreigner, keeps at her employer to do something for the actor. With hopes high, Ferdinand and Hilda go to the sneak preview, only to find that his scenes have been eliminated from the picture. Broken hearted, for this failure means Ferdinand must go back to Vienna a failure, he takes Hilda to her home. There the girl confesses to her mother that she loves Ferdinand, and the mother sympathetically advises her to do her utmost to make Fuller give the actor another chance.
girl — " She burst into wild weeping. "I don't know what's the matter with me," she cried against his chest. "I've turned into a regular wailing wall."
When the fit was spent, he dried her face with his handkerchief. "What a child it is — smaller than Annamarie. See — so I make her to laugh." Two fingers became a pair of long ears on either side of his head. His nostrils quivered. His lips munched contentedly. Despite herself, a faint giggle escaped Hilda, even as she sniffed. He was a pinknosed rabbit to the life.
"Do you know any more like that?" she gulped.
"Many. All that the Zoopark contains." He looked cautiously about — "Do they give here tickets for madness as for speeding?" — and dropped on all fours. Head down, he lumbered past her, a clumsy bear, regard- ing the world out of sullen eyes. Then, in one supple movement, he folded his limbi beneath him, a tiger, wary-eyed, on the watch for prey. Slowly he rose to his fore- legs, bared his teeth and snarled. Now he flung his head up, straightened his back, his limbs seemed to grow long and delicate, his neck arched, he picked his way daintily through a forest, paused in fright at the rustle of a dead leaf, and loped away.
"With the speed of an antelope," cried Hilda, as he rejoined her on the bench. "What else can you do?"
"Perhaps mademoiselle is hungry? It will astonish you how one can fill the stomach when there is no food." He plucked a napkin from the air and spread it over her lap, another over his own. He offered her a plate. "A peach, if you please. I my- self gathered them in the orchard this morning, while you still slept." He took one for himself and peeled it carefully, lay- ing each non-existent paring on his non- existent plate. Then he set the plate aside, held his imaginary napkin under his im- aginary peach, and took a bite. "Hm — a little over-ripe, perhaps." He thrust his head forward, that the napkin might catch the juice, and continued eating, turning the fruit round as he progressed, and finally holding the pit in three fingers to nip off the last morsel. Finished, he flung the peachstone from him, touched the napkin to his lips, and wiped his hands vigorously. "So. I have eaten better."
Hilda's eyes shone. "Shaybar," she breathed. "Who ever told you you were the romantic type?"
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"Did you ever play comics?"
"But no. With what?"
"With this— that you've just been show- ing me." . . . a
He took her face between his hands. "Liebling, this is for children— a pastime, a fun— riot for the stage." Weariness shad- owed his eyes. His hands dropped. We have been playing, Hilda. There is little time left for play. Let us not cheat our- selves to think there is hope for us here together. For myself, I will take every chance. I will live in a shoebox, I will eat sand to stay with you here and be happy. For them, I cannot." „
She rose. "All right, Shaybar. Let s go.
She entered the living-room where her mother sat reading. Mrs. Drake threw her a quick glance, then dropped her eyes back to her book. . "Guess I'll go to bed, mom. Im tired. "Good-night, darling." "G'night." „, , „ .
She was at the door. "Oh, Hilda Good heavens, I almost forgot. Mrs. Fuller phoned." _ .„
Hilda whirled. "Mrs. Fuller! "That's what she said. Wanted you to call her, no matter what time you got m. The number's on the phone pad.
Hilda steered her car into the cathedra - like garage of the hotel where Elaine dul- ler had taken refuge from the persecutions of her husband. On the phone the night be- fore Elaine had told her to ask for Miss Warwick. She had registered under an as- sumed name. She didn't want Joe to know where she was.
Mrs Fuller, a vision in orchid against piled pillows, extended a suffering hand. "My dear, this is sweet of you. Pull up that chair and sit down close beside me, won't you? You must be terribly surprised, finding me here and having me send for you like this."
"If I weren't so miserable," Hilda was thinking, "I'd be having an elegant time."
"Now I'm going to tell you the whole story so you'll see what I'm up against. You know, I sacrificed my career to marry Joe Mind you, I'm not saying a word against Joe. For a business man Joe s o-ot a good head on his shoulders, but he don't understand the finer things of life. That's where he falls down— m the finer things. And that's where I have to help him—where we both have to help him. She leaned forward and spoke in solemn ac- cents "I want you to tell Joe that you met me accidentally on the street, and you know for a fact I'm going to Reno."
"How will that help him to appreciate the finer things of life?" asked Hilda gravely. . . , T ,
"It'll scare him into it, see? Joes nuts about me. Look, here's the thing, honey. Down in Honolulu I found a guy— an artist," she amended hastily, "if ever I saw one. What a physique! I wanted to bring him alon", but he wouldn't come without a contract. They're getting good and cagey down there, those natives, instead of appre- ciating the interest we take in them. Any- way I told him Joe would fix him up, gave him my word and all. And what hap- pens? Joe refuses." _
"Mrs. Fuller, I have another idea. Will you listen, and then, if you still like yours better O.K. The reason I think it may not work 'so well is this. Something came up yesterday—" Hilda was feeling her way like a cat among bricabrac— "something hap- pened that made Mr. Fuller tell me you d left him and might be going to Reno. He was heartbroken— I'm sure of that— but he was terribly angry too. He said, whatever
happened, he was going to run the office
himself — " "He did!"
"Yes, but look, Mrs. Fuller. Don't you think he's a man who ought to be led, not driven?
"Wasn't it you who discovered Ferdi- nand Greenwood? I mean, that man from Vienna with the long German name — "
Elaine's eyes turned bitter. "That's just the trouble. If I hadn't messed around with hini — . Joe says he's a washout. That's why he won't — "
"Suppose you could prove he wasn't a washout. Don't you see, Mrs. Fuller? Then you'd have your handle. Then your husband would have to admit you knew how to pick 'em, and Honolulu or anybody else would be a cinch." Hilda had the grace to blush inwardly as she dug pitfalls for her unsus- pecting boss. But that was all right. He could take care of himself. Her Shaybar couldn't.
There was a long pause. Then: "What makes you so sure this guy's going to be a hit?"
Hilda lifted a guileless gaze. Her smile was lovely. "First, because you picked him. And then, by the audience reaction he
got — "
"And what's this scheme of yours? How do we work it?"
A stab of elation set Hilda's head whirl- ing. She pulled her chair closer. "Here's how."
* * j*
On her way to the office she stopped in at Ferdinand's room, and poured out her story. "Yes, I know it's mad, darling, but do it for me. What can we lose? Will you ask me to kiss you? I still feel a little shy about asking yon." Then she phoned to her mother. She reached the office at 10 :30.
"Taking a day off?" Fuller asked, but his heart wasn't in it.
"As a matter of fact, I've been making arrangements to throw a party for you. Will you come to dinner at my house to- night ?"
His eyes stretched to capacity. "Well — that's mighty nice of you. But why the sud- den rush?"
"I expect Mrs. Fuller."
"You — what!"
She nodded, and held his wild glare un- flinchingly. "I think she'd like to see you."
"Then whyn't she come here ?" he shouted.
"Or back home where she belongs?"
"Well — you know — women are funny that way. They've got crazy notions about dignitv or something."
He whirled. "Howjew get hold of her?
"That's something I promised not to tell. I couldn't break my word to Mrs. Fuller," she said softly, "any more than I could to
you." ,■*'•'« "All right, all right, all right, don t talk so much. Where's the house? What time? Put it down, put it down. Remind me. What the hell do I pay a secretary for — ?" * * *
Robbie, who came by the day or when- ever she was needed, showed Elaine into the living-room. She was exquisitely dressed and a little nervous. She kissed Hilda, mur- mured: "So glad—" to Mrs. Drake, ex- tended a gracefully drooping hand to Ferdi- nand. "Dear Herr Baron. So we meet again."
Hilda threw him a startled glance. She could scarcely contain herself till her mother had led Elaine from the room to remove her wraps. Then she pounced on him.
"What did she call you?" He flushed. "She called me nonsense." "Listen, if you're a king or something, you'd better tell me right now. I'm carry- ing just about as much suspense as I can handle." , "Hilda, I have no shame for my family s title. But here I am Ferdinand Greenwood.
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Everything else is stupid. They think you are — phony, yes? — or they think you pre- tentious— "
"They think you're a darling. And you've taken a load off my mind. Imagine me prancing around as the Baroness Hilda — ."
The doorbell rang as Mrs. Drake and Elaine re-entered the room. Ferdinand squeezed Hilda's hand and vanished. Her knees threatened to give way. She heard Fuller's voice, and her mother's, greeting him. Through a blur she saw him advance, and tried to move forward but couldn't. Elaine came to the rescue.
"Hello, Joe." How meltingly Elaine could smile. "We thought we'd fix you up a little surprise."
"Surprise is right." But the ice had thawed from his eyes. He put his arm round his wife's shoulders and held her at his side. The first crisis was over. Hilda breathed more easily. "Mighty nice of you to go to all this bother, Mrs. Drake."
Hilda sent her mother an imploring glance. ("Pull the gracious hostess act for all you're worth," she had warned her earlier. "Else he'll take one squint at Shay- bar, and the jig'll be up. You'll have to keep him subdued.")
"It was good of you to come, Mr. Fuller. I know from Hilda what a busy man you are, and this was such short notice. I must thank you for all your kindness to my daughter. She finds life so — stimulating in your office — "
Ferdinand tripped in, bearing a tray of cocktails. Round his waist a frilly white apron was tied, and a lace trifle adorned his head, which was cocked at a coy angle. His lashes were demurely lowered. As he crossed the room, his hips moved to a rhythm that suggested the swishing of short skirts. Fuller half rose —
Mrs. Drake's voice came bland but firm.
Marie Wilson strolls in a two-piece dress of mustard gold and black.
"Oh, please don't bother. Ferdinand will manage — •"
He presented the tray to the Fullers.
"You!" said Elaine. Lips set, Joe picked up a glass. Ferdinand whisked a napkin from the tray and, with a murmured "Mon- sieur," draped it over Fuller's knee. He minced across the room to Hilda and her mother. He started for the door and paused midway, rooted to the ground. All blushing confusion, he tucked into what would have been his bosom, had he been a woman, a bit of straying lingerie. He fled to the door in an agony of shyness, turned with a swift change of mood, fluttered his lashes at the fascinated Fuller and disappeared.
Joe addressed his wife. "Ve-vy funny — "
"Of course it's very funny. But I pre- sume you're too stubborn to admit it."
Robbie stood in the doorway. "Dinner is served."
Five places were laid. They had started on their chilled melon before the fifth diner entered. He sauntered in, a cane under his arm, a monocle in his eye. As he re- moved what might have been from his air a tophat and an opera cloak, and drew off a pair of imaginary gloves, his gaze wan- dered round the room, stretching it to more spacious proportions, peopling it with a larger assemblage.
He surrendered his outer garments to an attendant, letting his stick drop unheeded to the floor, moved toward the fifth chair, became for a flash the obsequious waiter, pulling it out, then_ again the gentleman of fashion, dropping into it.
He scanned first the menu, then the wine list, gave his order in French — including an elaborate manual explanation of how he wanted the salad mixed — and sat back to survey the scene. Elaine was watching in frank admiration. Hilda's glance stole from her boss to Shaybar and back. Fuller made
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