Modern Screen 1937-07 Vol. 15, No. 2
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| JUN -3 1937) | ©clsp 338974 feces MODERN |SCREEN Regina Cannon ... . Editor Abril Lamarque . . Art Editor Leo Townsend. Hollywood Editor MODERN SCREEN Copyright, 1937, By Dell Publishing Co., Inc. NOW SHOWING SMALL TOWN BOY 12 RAINER—THE REBEL 28 NOT TOO MANY KISSES 30 SHE'D RATHER BE DEAD 32 | THINKING THINGS OVER 34 © PRIMA DONNAS MEET 36 . HOW TO STAY A STAR 38 | HELP YOURSELF TO STYLE 40 | CHARLIE CHAN AT THE a INTERVIEWER'S 42 — SOLVING BEAUTY PUZZLES 44 A LARK THAT LASTED HIGHLIGHTING GENE SHE KEEPS YOU GUESSING HE'S A COWARD 50 | OFF THEIR GUARD 53 | SHORT SUBJECTS OUR PUZZLE PAGE 8 ~ ROBERT H. MciLWAINE IDA ZEITLIN BEN MADDOX GLADYS HALL CAROLINE S. HOYT NANETTE KUTNER DORA ALBERT ANN WILLS FAITH SERVICE MARY MARSHALL GEORGE BENJAMIN FRANC DILLON MIGNON RITTENHOUSE MARTHA KERR FRANK MUTO PROTECT YOUR EYES from beauty-ma rvin g *lines”’ Inferiorlight bulbs cheat youof lightyou pay for..tendtostrain your eyes and create “lines” that may mar facial beauty. Insist on G-E MAZDA lamps G-E MAZDA lamps help guard your eyesight and your beauty ... because they give you all the light you pay for. And they Stay Brighter Longer. Look for the G-E trade-mark when you buy. ares MOVIE X-WORD A SIT-DOWN SUPPER 10 RIGHT RECIPES OFF FOR HOLLYWOOD 16 — LAST CALL REVIEWS 18 TALKIE TIPS THE ANSWER MAN FAN TALK ENTER NOW! LATEST GOSSIP INFORMATION DESK 20 BETWEEN YOU 'N' ME 22 WIN A HOLLYWOOD TRIP 24 GOOD NEWS 66 60-WATTS AND SMALLER Published monthly by Dell Publishing Company, Incorporated. Office of publication at Washington and South Avenues, Dunellen, N. J. Executive-and editoriol offices, 149 Madison Avenue, N. ¥Y. Chicago, Ill., office, 360 N. Michigan Avenue. George T. Delacorte, Jr., President; H. Meyer, Vice-President, J. F. Henry, Vice-President; M. Delacorte, Secretary. Vol. 15, No. 9, July, 1937. Printed in the U.S. A. Price in the United States, $1.00 a year, 10c a copy. Canadian subscriptions, $1.00 a year. Foreign subscriptions, $2.00 a year. Entered as second class matter, September 18, 1930, at the Postoffice, Dune!len, New Versey, under act of March 3,1879. The publishers accept no responsibility for the return of unsolicited material. Sole Foreign Agents: The International News Company, Ltd., 5 Breams Building, London, E. C. 4, England. Names of characters used in stories and in humorous and semi-fictional matter are fictitious. If the name of a living person is used it is purely a coincidence. G-E ALSO OFFERS A LAMP FOR If you buy ten-cent lamps, 10 arcana : : =e : < | get the best. They’re marked 5 = Pees oe Q ; Bete en ie, ee “Up ereghtte : Be and come in 7%, 15, 30 and 60-watts. ieee Si og 5% Rear Page pte eee sacs : 3
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MODERN SCREEN You will be thrilled to see them together again now in the most exciting romantic drama since “Mata Hari’’ and directed by the man who made it!
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MODERN SCREEN fuzzy Knight and George Hayes open for business..-e (7. Bob Burns and Martha Raye on @ cook’s tour of melody land. WAY MARTHA GETS CRAZIER Here they are, folks, Martha Raye, the lass with the over-sized mouth and Bob (Bazooka) Burns, the gentleman from Van Buren, Arkansas, top- ping their laugh triumph in “Waikiki Wedding” with a laugh a minute hill-billy drayma, that'll have you in stitches .. . Terry Walker, lovely to look at lady of the networks, has the romance as- *signment with John Howard... and a bunch of thi funniest lads who ever came down off the Bk mountains add to the hysteria... > RufeDavis and His White Mule atin niin Dee el ee ee ae Se
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AGE . Singing star whose married name is Mrs. Valentin Parera 2. Belgian battlefield of the World War 3. Lasso 4. Shelled fruit 5. She was recently divorced for the second time from Bruce Cabot 6. The husband of “My American Wite” 7. She was born Edna May Nutter 8. American University 9. Hard-glazed, yellow pottery of Japan 10. Strong beer 11. Military student 12. Virginia Cherrill’s ex-hubby, first name 13. Exist 14. Turn in place 15. Old-English overseer 16. Nichette in “Camille” 23. Actress with a celestial name 27. He’s married to a young lady who used to be Mrs. Douglas Fair- banks, Jr. 29. Movie studio 32. Unfastens 35. Hot star 36. Stuck-up person 38. Indisposed 41. The screen’s Chinese detective 42. “.- - Parade,” M-G-M picture 43. Make a mistake 44. Anger 46. Co-starred with the actress of the puzzle in an Irish film 48. Free of 49. First name of actor who played in “Bulldog Drummond Escapes” 50. Marl - - -, gal with the beautiful legs 53. He was the most handsome Indian in “The Last of the Mohicans” 55. Von S----berg, who discovered 50 down 56. He’s happily married to Venita Varden 60. Big fat member of the team in “The Bohemian Girl” 62. Mrs. Robert Kent 63. Pat 64. Old long measure 65. Central American tree yielding oil: variant spelling 69. B---nd, comedienne 70. “---ewolf of London” 71. “Journey’s - - -” 73. Eternities 74. Yes 77. “First-Nighter” of radio fame— his first name 78. The lady in “Soldier and the Lady” 79. Rustic dancer, married to Win- chell’s ex-Girl Friday, now ap- pearing in ‘Born to Dance” 80. Sweetened 81. Llam - - - - y, temple in “Lost Horizon” 83. Epoch 85. Finer 86. He played Don Luis in “Anthony Adverse” 87. Supporting player in “The Plough and the Stars” 88. Extra 90. Page and Louise both have this first name 93. Groucho is a topnotch j - - - - - 94. The father in “Alice Adams” 95. Rubber for auto wheels, as the British spell it 97. All cutting room equipment in- cludes spl----s 99. First name of the director of “The Ghost Goes West.” His last name is ---- Clair 100. Journey 103. Hail 105. Shirley Temple and Gary Cooper appeared in ‘‘- - - and Forever” 107. C - - -, first name of actress who played ‘Patty’ in ‘Quality Street’’ MODERN SCREEN ... SCENTED WITH GENUINE IMPORTED Freucle PERFUME D. Paris, where life is gay and glamorous--where women are fastidious and fascinating -- comes the exquisite perfume that gives to Djer-Kiss Talc its enchanting fragrance... Here in America it is the daily choice of lovely women who have discovered its ability to enhance personal charm, with a haunting touch of magical allure. Dy be KIS5 TALC By KERKOFF - PARIS Buy Djer-Kiss Talc in drug and department stores at 25c and 75c. New generous 10¢ size in ten-cent stores.
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When Jeanette Mac- Donald and Gene Ray- mond are “at home’ to their pals, here's how they'll treat ‘em By Marjorie Deen There'll be nothing hit or miss about the buffet suppers served by the future Mrs. Gene Ray- mond. She will serve her in- formal meals from a comfortable table with plenty of candlelight, if you please! A SIT-DOWN SUPPER) WHEN THE hit tune of the week is Mendelssohn’s Wedding March; when the churches are bedecked with flowers, ferns and white satin rib- bons; when the society magazines and newspaper columns are filled with photographs of young lovelies in trailing gowns and diaphanous lace and tulle veils, then we know it’s summertime, the bride’s season. This year’s most famous summer bride, of course, is Jeanette Mac- Donald. And certainly she will also be the loveliest we shall see for months to come! As I write this, her marriage to Gene Raymond, on the seventeenth of June, is only a little way off, and it is, of course, Holly- wood’s favorite topic of conversation. For everyone out here loves a wed- ding, particularly when the bride is beautiful, the groom handsome, and both are as unmistakably in love as are Jeanette and Gene. I don’t feel that I’m exaggerating one little bit when I declare that it’s in the nature of a real scoop to be able to offer you, at this particular time, recipes and suggestions for in- formal entertaining given by the bride-to-be. Yes, the future Mrs. Raymond was delighted to give Moprrn SCREEN 10 readers directions for making some of her favorite dishes and also described at some length her idea of a perfectly grand way to give a supper party—one, that is, that will not be too taxing on the hostess yet a huge success in the eyes of the guests. As usual I’m going to give you some of the recipes here and the others in the little leaflet that the coupon brings you free of charge. Of course, I shall also discuss these leaflet recipes with you later on so that you will know what you'll be getting if you go to the trouble of writing in for your copy. A small enough task, isn’t it, when you con- sider that by writing in you can learn how to prepare the special dishes that have appeared most frequently when Jeanette entertained in her Hancock Park colonial house and that will continue to be featured when the Raymonds move into their new San Fernando home. But I do want to reserve a major part of the space for the really worth- while suggestions given by Miss MacDonald for Sit-Down Suppers. “What!” you might well exclaim, “has the sit-down craze spread into the home?” To which Jeanette would cheerfully reply, “If it hasn’t already, then in my opinion it’s high time it did!” For fear that you might think of her as some militant feminist, which she most certainly is not, I asked her to explain in detail for my readers the stand she takes on Sit-Down Suppers. “Well, you see,” Jeanette assured me, green eyes sparkling with amuse- ment, “I’m fully convinced from personal observation at recent Buffet Suppers we've attended, that few women and practically no men really enjoy giving an imitation of a circus juggler. You’ve seen them, too, I suppose, trying to find a corner to settle down in while balancing a well- filled plate, an overflowing glass and silverware! (Continued on page 70) The Modern Hostess, Modern Screen, 149 Madison Avenue, New York, Nes Please send me a free leaflet containing Jeanette MacDonald’s Informal Supper Recipes.
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MODERN SCREEN Steal fpp— USE COSMETICS ALL YOU LIKE ! BUT DON'T TAKE CHANCES WITH COSMETIC SKIN... Lux Toitet SOAP REMOVES COSMETICS THOROUGHLY— HAS AN ACTIVE LATHER THAT PREVENTS CHOKED PORES. | ALWAYS USE IT ! OLLYWOOD STARS can’t afford to take chances with dullness, tiny blemishes, enlarged pores—Cosmetic Skin! That’s why 9 out of 10 of them use fragrant white Lux Toilet Soap. It has an ACTIVE lather that goes deep into the pores, re- moves every hidden trace of stale rouge and powder, dust and dirt. Keep your skin smooth and lovely with the same gentle care Joan Blondell uses. Before you put on fresh make-up, ALWAYS before you go to bed, protect your skin with Lux Toilet Soap. Girls everywhere follow Hollywood’s\ lead—use Lux Toilet — Soap for a bath soap, too! . Good Cue!
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This domestic scene will probably wind up in a cozy spot in the good old family album. Here are Stu and June Erwin with little Billy and Judy. SUCCESS WITHOUT glamor may seem like next to nothing to you, but to the thousands of Stuart Erwin fans it means a heck of a lot. True, if prizes were being given out to those who fill the bill for that certain glamorous something, Stuart probably wouldn’t be in the running— that is, unless they were giving out a consolation prize! For, according to the rules of male pulchritude, Stuart just doesn’t get into the race. But when it comes to doing a bang-up job of personality plus enter- tainment, he steps right up to the head of the class. Not that he cares to be in on the class, because he already has what he wants from life—a home, his family and a darn good job. “This acting is a business to me,” Stu began, “and that’s the way I handle it. It’s no different than if I worked in a bank. Then I’d probably work from nine to five and catch the five-twenty home. As it is, [ work all day and drive home instead. Just a home body, that’s me—a small town boy.” After one look around, we thoroughly understand why Stu hurries home each night. There’s a Mrs. Erwin, who is even more attractive than when she was June Collyer, once Hollywood’s most promising ingenue. Though this would seem almost enough, there are two other darn good reasons for Stu to stick to the fireside—Stuart Jr., and little Judy. June Collyer gave up the screen and her career to devote herself to making a marital success. This she has done in no uncertain way and is naturally as pleased as punch about it all. “You see, after Sttt and I were married,” Mrs. Erwin explained, “I decided there needn’t be more than one career By Robert H. Mcllwaine in the family, at least one professional career. So I quit pictures and have made Stu’s career mine. It’s so much safer and ever so much more fun this way.” Looking in on the Erwins, we could easily understand why it was fun for them both, and why in topsy-turvy Hollywood, where most marriages seem destined to go on the rocks, their life together is slated to survive. You see, the Erwins are an institution, and they are the only stock- holders. ~They: don’t give advice -and, what’s more important, they don’t take it. As to Erwin’s histrionics, we can safely predict a long and prosperous future for him. Gifted with a sympathy-inducing physiognomy (face, to us) and a self- deprecative style of acting, he is the typical small-town character in search of an author. There is a real homespun quality about Stu and, ina modest but highly efficient manner, he carries on much in the Will Rogers manner, which is traditonal for portraying ‘just folks” on the screen. , Though youthful, Stuart Erwin seems the logical suc- cessor to the late Will Rogers and can fill his shoes as well as anyone could ever hope to do. One thing above all else is true of Stuart Erwin. No matter what he does, he always does it well. Indeed, Stu does what he does better than anyone else. This is applicable to any and all exigencies confronting our hero, from movie acting to mixing a mean Martini! To be sure, his prowess at this last mentioned talent was aided and abetted by a little professional instruction and Mr. Erwin wasn’t one bit reluctant to give credit where credit was due! There have been a couple of (Continued on page 14) Stuart Erwin “makes good” in the movies—and at home, too 12
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~ SHES A WILDCAT! HAT a penalty people pay for being mean and nasty-tempered! They for- feit friends and romance! They’re their own worst enemies! Still, they’re not always to blame. You know, yourself, that you can’t escape be- ing nervous, irritable, crabby, if your sys- tem is clogged with poisonous wastes. So if you really want to be light-hearted . . . popular, fresh-looking . . . be sure that your bowels move regularly. And when- ever Nature needs help—take Ex-Lax. Ex-Lax works by the ‘‘sGENTLE NUDGE”’ system The “gentle nudge” system is a simple, easy, effective method of giving you a thorough cleaning-out. Ex-Lax just gives your intestines a gentle nudge at the point where constipation exists. Evacuation is easy, comfortable—and complete. You'll feel clean. You'll feel more alive. And you'll be grateful for the absence of the strain and nausea that make the action of a harsh purgative so unpleasant. Another thing—Ex-Lax tastes just like delicious chocolate. Children actually en- joy taking it, and Ex-Lax is just as good for them as it is for you. Available at all drug stores in 10c and 25c sizes. FREE! if you prefer to try Ex-Lax at our expense, write for free sample to Ex-Lax, Dept. MM77, Box 170, Times-Plaza Sta., Brooklyn, N. Y. When Nature forgets = remember EX-LAX THE ORIGINAL CHOCOLATED LAXATIVE 14 MODERN SCREEN instances, however, when Mr. Erwin has not been able to come through with such flying colors. Notably among them was the business of that theatrical producer, years back, not letting him act in his plays. “You know, that guy would let me stage manage all his shows, handle the money and the business, ferry the company up and down between Los Angeles and San Francisco, but he wouldn't let me play in them,” Stu explained. “Nope, he said he didn’t like my type of work and I should be kept behind the scenery and not in front where the cash customers could get a load of me. He stuck to his guns, too, and he never did let me play a single role the whole time I was with him! “The funny part-of it came when June and I ran into him some years later. It was at the preview of one of my pictures. He came over to us afterwards and said, ‘Stu, I didn’t think you had it in you. I want to apologize and take my hat off to you. You certainly did a fine job and I’m proud of you. If you ever want a job, let me know.’ “Well, we had a good laugh and we're great pals to this day. The real joke of it is that sometime I might take him up on it.” Having been under contract to one of the big studios for years, we were naturally interested to learn the rea- son for Stu’s departure, for Erwin has certainly done nobly by all the roles he has been given to portray. WELL, it may be like the other case of the producer who was my pal but just wouldn’t let me act in his plays,” Stu explained. “There’s a producer at the studio who doesn’t seem to like my work. He’s a good friend, but every time I thought I was set in a role, I found I wasn’t. So I went to the studio and we agreed quite amicably to disagree about signing another contract with them.” Stuart Erwin wasn’t stepping around long, for he was lately nailed to a nice contract at Grand National. Now he is on the same lot as his old friend, Jim Cagney, and is looking forward to some of the better breaks he is entitled to. Under his old con- tract, Stu was not allowed to make personal appearances nor do radio broadcasts, but under the new banner he has the privilege of doing both. Suddenly there were some lusty shouts from another quarter of the Erwin apartment and, just as sud- denly, the reasons for all the shoutin’ appeared. Bill and Judy—the Erwin young hopefuls! Bill was enthralled with New York, having just completed a tour of most of the park and all of the zoo. In fact, he was so pleased with our city that at a word from us he was all for staying right here. When re- minded that his mother and father were going back he said, “Oh, that’s all right. I'll write to “em on picture postals. And we can play policeman all the time. You know, I’m going to be police-on-a-horse when I grow up.” WE WERE all very properly im- pressed when we learned that Bill’s hero was the cop on the corner who was mounted on a sleek horse which immediately took Stuart Jr., for a loss and captivated his fancy. It seems as though it was his first meeting with law on horseback, and now his mind is made up as to what the future holds for him in the way of a career. However, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin in- formed us that they were going to let the children pick their own voca- tions and if they followed in the footsteps of their father there would be no parental objections. If there is one person Mrs. Erwin is proud of, it is her hubby and now that he is playing his first star role in “Small Town Boy,” she is more pleased than ever. And for us movie-goers, it means that our pet comedian, the homespun hero, can visit us again in bigger and better roles and who knows—maybe glamor will set in, too! Slow talkin’ Stuart Er- win, right, with Jean Muir and Chester Clute in Dicaimaciey Gla cir llie, Damickonn
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favorite air program. All this is just a birds-eye view of the round of activities in the cinema city. Eyery detail of these house parties of ours is covered in the beautifully illus- trated booklet which is yours for the asking. In it you'll find photos of the hosts and hostesses, scenes at the studios, pictures of the parks where stop-overs will be made, and the complete itinerary as well as full schedule of costs. Send for your booklet today. Here’s one real-life movie in which you can play a part. All you need do is make up your mind that this year you owe it to yourself to enjoy the finest vacation that anyone could devise, and cast yourself for a leading role in the picture. [pe first trip out finds Leo Carrillo as host. And there is a man after your own heart. Leo has a gorgeous ranch near the ocean at Santa Monica, and we'll all drive down there for an old-fashioned Spanish barbecue and fiesta, with Leo to welcome us and with many of his pals in the movie colony to help make this a grand occasion. Right now Leo Carrillo is making “Hotel Haywire” at Paramount, but he’s not going to let that interfere with your having the time of your life at his party. As a mat- ter of fact, the novel angle of your party has temperamental Leo steamed up full pressure. And that means plenty of fun ahead for all of you. Glenda Farrell postcards from England, where she’s seeing the Coronation and making a movie, that she’ll -be home: in ample time to greet. the tour leaving Au- gust 1, and Dick Arlen is counting the days till his Melting Pot Party, in honor of the shorter trip which leaves Chicago Au- gust 15. You can imagine that Glenda, ordinarily such an intriguing person, will be an out-and-out social lion with all the tall stories shell be telling you about coronation goings-on. No matter where you live you can easily join the house parties, either at Chicago or en route to Hollywood. Because we’re traveling in groups by special trains, a trip that would be very expensive for a private enterprise becomes astonishingly inexpensive; as low as $169.00 for the two- weeks’ tour, or $139.50 for the shorter trip. If you wish to be sure of a reservation, enclose $10.00 as deposit for each person in your party. If you are unable to make the trip, your deposit will be returned. So it’s all aboard for Hollywood. This is the last call. Are you with us? Mr. Joe Godfrey, Jr., Manager, Modern Screen Tours to Hollywood, 360 N. Michigan Ave., 18th floor, Chicago, Ill. : Bee Please send me the free booklet de- scribing MODERN SCREEN Tours to Movieland. Dearth mee Tell me — honestly, now — what is your real opinion about all the many face powders you have tried? Have you ever truly found that one heaven-sent face powder which brings to life all the vivid, glowing, natural skin charm and love- liness that you have every right to expect? You aren’t to blame, really, if your search has failed. We have all had the same trying experience. Testing — choosing—never quite swre we were the lovely person we longed to be. You—are the very problem modern cosmeticians studied year after year before LOVELY LADY was created. Millions of women go on switching face powders, grinding hard-base, sharp-flake powders into the skin, finally spoiling their natural skin beauty. Now,—BALMITE the exquisite new soft-blend base—chosen formy LOVELY LADY Face Powder ends harsh over- powdered’ look caused by hard-base, sharp-flake powders. . . . Because of BALMITE all five exquisite new shades of LOVELY LADY blend out to cover your every seasonalvariation of complexion color. Smooths away horrid lines that have made you look years older, brings out the flattering loveliness of your natural skin tone beauty. Don’t punish your complexion any longer! Sit down before your mirror— try all five new shades of my Face Pow- der. You'll see then, and only then, if you have been using the wrong face powder. You’ll see instantly which one shade of LOVELY LADY makes you look youngest, loveliest. Just send the coupon—NOW and I’ll send you gen- erous vanity size samplers of all 5 new shades of my Face Powder by return mail — FREE. Sincerely, weg tr LOVELY LADY, 603 Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. : ; Please send free by return mail generous vanity size samplers of all five shades of LOVELY LADY Face Powder. Include a week’s supply of LOVELY LADY All Purpose Face Cream FREE. ES Ey cet ie cicleieicieveteliclel=iciclevers|slelelejere(eletelaielshelsteiehekeleiolialeielele TERS EVERYW: Ph we nnecoudaouakooso00e0e0 GiBeosaccnoosessseos ON SALE AT COSMETIC COUN HERE Bees on a postcard or sacle in envelope
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| | | | | | F FODAY’S TALKIE Rand ine haupet When Mark Twain wrote his delightful fantasy of the pauper himself a prince, he probably had never if he were UP an 1 to them for translating his ple screen satire. would also, 10 doubt, han another set of brothers, the Mauch twins, ¢ even Henry Vill, father of one of them 1 ets into the em apart. £ the poor who inadvertently g palace of Henry vill. He meets youns Prince Edward, and the two of them, in a spirit of fun, change clothes. When the prince wanders out into the courtyard, he is ejected by the guards and sO, i the pauper finds himself about to be crowne when Henry dies, ent Henry, and Claud king. Montagu Love is a compet cellent as 4 scheming lord protector. Errol Flynn is D buckling as 4 soldier ot fortune who aids in the caus rince, and Henry Stephenson is Barton MacLane does a 8° j William Keighley: young pauper. a palm to identical tha couldn’t tell th ‘When 1937’s musical probably ag diences alike will brightest and most enjoyable oO s you no do bt know by now that it Producer Darryl Zanuck’s sagacity 1” is tually look and act. he doesn’t show up at the office drunk, nor peautiful girl in the world in the last ree Despite the novelty, hell and Bernie, the real stars 0 i pleasure to re ces We ve offered by the ost hilarious perfo d elegant as the the picture are , port that Haley’s is one of the m seen On the screen. Alice Faye is both swell an heroine of the piece. Ned Sparks and Patsy Kelly do a gran ob with their comedy romance, Walter Catlett 1s excellent as 4 honey agent, and Joan Davis is surprisingly funny in an adagio numbet- The best tunes are “Wake Up and Live’ and “Never in > Directed by Sidney Lanfield.—20th Century-Fox. a Million Years. Chases Man | tck* Woman Never let it be said that Samuel Goldwyn isn’t thorough. When generally makes it the most penetrat- n slapstic 1 document he ar, and when he decides © i Which is to the w ; Chases Man” is no social document. a week after ay that “Woman message, and. you'll probably forget what it was about you've seen it. But while you're Jooking at it, you time. Just to give you an idea, the story concerns (Charles Winninger ) who is trying to blast a loan of $100,000 from (Joel McCrea)- Miriam Hopkins i his conservative son picture on the old gents side, and together the works. s swell in 4 grand-comedy role, and Charles the conniving father. Miss Hopkins 1 i ble foil for he 1 al of their unfortunate victim, i the “other Winninger 1s an a turns in a fine portray y Leona Maricle, as i -icle’s lover. Joel McCrea and there are good performances woman” in the case, a0 Erik Rhodes, as Miss Maric rand-comedy flair as 4 honey all role outstanding. Broderick Craw d Ella Logan, as a maid, e—Sanuel Goldwy. s on Page 102 putler, an' Directed by John Blyston More Review | } 19
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OTHER KURLASH propucTs ARE: TWEEZETTE—the automatic tweezer for painlessly re- moving face hair ES Ee Cee purse-size lipstick mascara with built-in brush LASHTINT MASCARA—cased in metal compact with a patented sponge arrangement that assures perfect applications at all times KURLENE—to promote luxurious lashes and brows TWISSORS—the ingenious tweezers with scissor-handles Kunlishe --C-CeOooe eee 4 MAIL THIS TODAY ] To: JANE Heatu, Dept. D-7 The Kurlash Company, Rochester, N. Y. | The Kurlash Company of Canada, at Toronto, 3 I Please send me, free, your booklet on eye beauty, | | and a personal coloring plan for my complexion. | | Eyes Hair Complezion. | | Name | | Address. | City State. | Copyright 1937, The Kurlash Company, Inc. | SS eS eS ee Se MODERN SCREEN Hello, Modern Screen Readers: I can't think of a better way to thank you folks than to let you all know how very, very important I consider the Barometer standing your hundreds of requests have given me. Though frankly sceptical about most of these polls and barometers, I do have faith in yours. In the first place, it’s ona six months' basis. That keeps it from being fickle and makes it tell a real substantial story. Then, too, I think it a grand idea to base ratings on the requests you folks send in for your favorites’ life stories. That makes your results lots more trustworthy than standings based on a question- naire. People give 'most any answer to a ques- tionnaire, but, when they spend their precious time writing in for a life story, you can bet your boots they're really interested. It is because I am so completely convinced of the reliability of your Barometer that I esteem all the more deeply the position in it your requests have accorded me. So, once more, my thanks to all of you! Most sincerely, Gene Autry (p GENE AUTRY (Last printed March, 1937. Total number of requests since then 1050.) Unglamorous is the word for Gene Autry. In fact, so unglamorous that in the history of Holly- wood he has had but-one serious rival. That was Will Rogers. And Will was the only other chap so utterly likeable. . Pretty hard, though to pin down just what it is that makes you an Autry fan. You eouldn’t mis- take Gene’s face for Bob Taylor’s or his voice for Lawrence Tibbett’s. He has, how- ever, one salient virtue which he shares with no one else on the screen. When he sings, he does his level best to put his song over and not himself. There is no eyebrow “magic”; he doesn’t try to ‘“‘make” the wo- men in the audience. He sings as a cow- boy should—to no audience other than the plains, the stars, and the cattle. Born in Tioga, Texas, Sept. 29, 1907, Gene was trained to two careers almost before graduating from rompers. His grandfather was pastor of a Baptist church, his father arancher. In the church Gene sang hymns, on the ranch he rode. But when the boy had turned sixteen, it was neither to singing nor riding that he strayed. In typical ideal- If you'd like to see a brief synopsis of your favorite's life in this department, and, inci- dentally, help boost his or her standing in our Barometer, fill in and send us the coupon on Page 21, or, if that seems too much trouble, just write. Your request will be recorded whether you bother with the coupon or not. Try to save yourself 2c by using postcards when- ever possible. We an- swer general questions, too, either here or by mail. Address: The Information Desk, Mod- ern Screen, 149 Madi- son Avenue, New York, New York. istic Autry fashion, he longed to try his hand at something novel, something that would speak to his imagination. He took up Morse code and for four years clicked out messages from one of Oklahoma’s most deserted way-stations. It was in the lone railroad shanty, with its ancient, spattered coal stove, that Gene’s voice was discovered. His talent scouts were the simple cowhands who gathered ’round the stove in the dead of winter to listen to the homely strains of Gene’s own compositions. It took these cowmen four years to eon- vinee Gene that he might be talented. He left for New York. To Nat Shilkret he sang one of Nat’s own compositions, “Jenine, I Dream Too Much.” Nat, flattered and amused by the youngster’s politic selection, took him under his wing. He advised him to spend another year in Oklahoma, getting experience on local broadcasts and in local roadshows. It was a sound bit of advice. When Gene came back East, he was asked to make records for almost every existing record company, and soon after, he joined the National Barn Dance program over a nation-wide hook-up. When, in 1931, the Barn Dance went on the road, the gang stopped a night in a sleepy little Missouri college town. Gene met a pretty girl. A year later the Barn Dance y
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followed the same itinerary. The girl, still in college, cut a few classes, became Mrs. Ina Mae Autry. : Meanwhile, Tex Ritter and Dick Foran were setting the style for singin’ cowboys. To Republic officials, Gene Autry seemed the likely man to contend for the box-office laurels Tex and Dick had been dividing between them. Gene was hired, mounted on that noble horse, Champion (who, by the way, had been bred by the same trainer who had raised all Ken Maynard’s horses). In the three years that have elapsed since the signing of his contract, Gene and Champion have left all the other cowboys trailing be- hind in their dust. “Git Along Little Dogies” is their newest screen venture. BARBARA RUSSELL, Duluth, Minnesota: You can’t see why it is that the girls in your sorority are all agreed that the Informa- tion Desk Barometer is a much better gauge of popularity than the poll your college paper runs? If you will give Gene Autry’s letter to our readers a careful once-over, I think you'll find yourself on the same side of the fence as your sorority sisters. Com- ing from Gene, the arguments presented in the letter are doubly effective. Gene’s been in pictures long enough to have a pretty good idea of what’s what in this matter of popularity. When he singles out the Ba- rometer for extra-special praise, I think all your friends who have helped build it up with their requests can consider themselves flattered. GARY COOPER (Last printed June, 1936. Total number of requests since then 388.) People have stopped trying to talk sense to Gary Cooper. Back in the days of Clara Bow, when he was a movie extra, they told Gary there was no future in the extra racket. You might as well beat your head against a brick wall as to try and emerge from the ranks. But Gary didn’t want advice. He preferred to run his head against a brick wall —and become a star. Gary’s mother is the first to admit that her son is a bit of a ne’er-do-well. She often wonders whether he has ever re- covered from the quart of beer that Turkish laborers on his dad’s Montana ranch temptéd him with when he was a little tot of eight. Possibly to protect their ad- venturous child from friendly Turks, or possibly because Mrs. C. had relatives in England, the Coopers migrated to that country in 1914, when Gary was twelve, and remained there for three years. When Gary came back to Helena, Montana, his old pals were amused by his knee pants and Eton collar, charmed by his accent. They took him out behind the barn and thrashed him soundly—because you can’t talk sense to that Cooper guy. It was around this time that the U. S. A. declared war, and when Gary’s brother en- listed, young Cooper was left with the job of delivering a thousand head of cattle to the Minneapolis stock yards. Acting as tour conductor for a thousand yawping steers proved less of a problem to Gary than getting through college. After a pessimistic three years’ trial, and Gary eonfesses that what he was really trying for was not so much a degree as the con- sent of one of the co-eds to marry him, he gave it all up with a bang and took to drink. When he had quite drowned his sorrows and had tired of his cartoonist job on the Helena paper, he left for Hollywood. After prancing through several extra roles on horseback—now a Texas bad man, (Continued on page 99) INFORMATION DESK, MODERN SCREEN, 149 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. Please print a brief life story of MODERN SCREEN GLORIA BREWSTER 20th Century-Fox Player Half and Half (illustrated) $4.95 Other Jantzen Creations $4.50 to $10.95 Beauty with a French accent! This intriguing version of the half-skirt vogue—so important on the Continent —pblends the sophisticated daring of a maillot with ithe modesty of a full-skirt suit. Very chic, very brief. The luxurious quick-drying wool basket-weave Kava Knit fabric provides sleek “sirdle-fit” through the magic of Jantzen-Stitch. Wear the straps straight for sunning, crossed for swimming — quickly, easily changed. The high, separated bust-line is charmingly youthful. Jantzen Knitting Mills, Portland, Oregon; Vancouver, Canada. FIGURE-CONTROL SWIMMING SUITS SY JANTZEN KNITTING MILLS WOMEN’S Q = MEN’S Q Dept. 362, Portland, Oregon Name Please send me style folder in ; color showing new 1937 models. Street City
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'N ME $2.00 Prize Poem My Favorites The finest stars upon the screen, The ones that I like best, I mean— The grandest pair that I’ve seen yet, Are Nelson Eddy and Jeanette. A youthful prize winner begs for a revival of silents. He's never even seen Chaplin! MODERN SCREEN He’s so handsome, tall and fair; She’s lovely, with her red-gold hair. Their voices are so clear and sweet, To hear them is a thrilling treat. “Naughty Marietta” was so nice That I just had to see it twice. Sweet Mystery of Life, sung by Jeanette And Nelson, too, was a grand duet. The next I saw was “Rose Marie,” The loveliest picture one could see. The Indian Love Call I would fain Hear sung by those song-birds again. The picture that I now await, Among the highest it will rate. Is “Maytime!”~ And it’s clear to see How wonderful ’twill surely be. The fourth success, if I’m not wrong, They’re blending next with beauteous song, Jeanette and Nelson at their best, In Metro’s “Girl of the Golden West.’— Margaret Faller, Verona, N. J. $1.00 Prize Letter In Rebellious Mood T am a movie fan; there is no getting around that statement. I can sit open- mouthed through “Romeo and Juliet” and heartily enjoy Mickey Mouse. I even saw “The Great O’Malley.” That proves how good I am. But I have a kick coming. I can put it down to something or other when Simone Simon’s hair has that glori- ous sheen in “Seventh Heaven.” It be- speaks the best of care, although she is next door to a beggar maid. That sort of thing I can understand, but why do all Indians have to say “Um” and “Heap big?” Why do the majority of European noblemen have to be fortune hunters and cads? I have never met a titled person and never expect to, but my intelligence rebels at the same old- story. May I commend the powers-that-be for the wonderful pictures we have been hav- ing lately—‘“The Good Earth,” “Camille,” “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney ?’—Billie Stuart, Newark, N. J. $1.00 Prize Letter Smileless Dietrich Well, I went to see “The Garden of Allah” and the color is perfectly beautiful. It doesn’t come up and poke its fingers in your eyes, as earlier color films did. But—Marlene Dietrich! Her sequences seemed to be a series of rapidly changing still photographs. She shows as much animation as a turtle. I understand that off-screen Miss Dietrich seldom smiles or laughs because of the lines it causes about the mouth and eyes. But does she have to carry this pose before the cameras, too? She is very lovely and is an ex- cellent color subject, but gazing at a mask does get rather tiring. If she would let herself go and really emote instead of posing for camera portraits, it might put life into her voice, too. Just close your eyes and listen to her for a let-down. Or is she too subtle for me?—Julia Kurta, Royal Oak, Mich. $1.00 Prize Letter A Welcome To "Silents" I am 22 years old and have only a faint recollection of ever seeing movies of (Continued on Page 100) | Yu 3 Pendi Senlght's Summer Brunette Sunlight (cx) Sunlight (ark) to soften your face in blazing light - ee Now three new “Sunlight” Shades — to flatter you in hard sunlight. Pond’s “Sunlight” Shades are new ! They catch only the softer rays of the sun. Soften its hard, unbecoming glare on your face. Completely away from the old “dirty-looking” sun-tan pow- ders. Try them at our expense. Or, get a box yourself. If you do not find it more flattering than ordinary sun-tan shades, send us back the box, and we will refund pur- chase price plus postage. -Low prices. Decorated screw-top Jars, 30f, 70¢. New big boxes, 10¢, 20¢. Test them FREE! in glaring Sunlight Pond’s, Dept. 9MS-PG, Clinton, Conn. Please rush me, free, Pond’s 3 new ‘‘Sunlight”’ Shades, enongh of each for a 5-day test. (This offer expires Sept. 1, 1937) Name_ Copyright, 1937, Pond’s Extract Company Street City.
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i So = a oe ee WELL- DRESSED WOMEN NOW WEAR *BRA-FORMS Leading American designers recom- mend the use of dress shields to pro- tect their creations not only from perspiration but also from strong under-arm cosmetics. At a recent Fashion Show in New York, every dress was worn over a carefully selected Kleinert’s Bra-form. *Bra-forms are smart uplift bras made in net, lace, batiste and satin and equipped with a pair of Kleinert’s guaranteed dress shields. - They can be laundered as easily as your other lingerie, and solve your perspiration problem perfectly with- out the slightest bother. You need bras and you need shields —Bra-forms combine them most con- veniently! From a dollar up in good Notion Departments everywhere—a tiny fraction of the cost of the dresses they save. The Bra-form illustrated above, is of fine batiste, $1.25. Ask for Kleinert’s Launderite | Shields—25¢ a pair at NotionCounters everywhere. \ a Wesh and Dron le a “*T. M. Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. 485 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. TORONTO, CANADA...LONDON, ENG. 24 MODERN SCREEN Imagine, 20 winners luxuriously trans- ported in a new, smooth-riding “Trail- ways” bus to the city of the flicker-folk ! Even the sidelights of this tour are breath- taking highlights! The wonderlands of the West—Great Salt Lake, Boulder Dam, the Grand Canyon— places you've longed to visit, you'll see them all! In Holly- wood, adventure amid unheard of splendor awaits us! We'll cut capers with the stars and watch them at work on the set! Never say “Never.” Get in on this contest NOW and start hum- ming ‘‘Hollywood, Here I Come!” slai eZ WiZiO a aE Pe | Street Address... s ccilienshe «0 oc Ree Dee City and State... Will you be riding into Cinema land in one of these luxurious buses? You can, you know!
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To enter this contest, fill in the chart with full names of your movie favorites, the first or last name be- ginning with the letters appearing on each line of the chart. The names selected can have fewer letters than squares, but cannot MODERN SCREEN have more. Do not use the same name twice. Then, fill in the coupon beneath the chart, suggesting af name for this “Luxury Liner,’ which will carry our winners to} Hollywood. For example, “Holly wood Cruiser,” “Luxury Express.” § RULES 1. Contestant must fill in the chart on} Page 24, with the full names of the moving picture stars or featured play- ers whose first or last names begin with the letters in the words, NA- TIONAL TRAILWAYS. For example, the letter “N' may represent either Norma Shearer or Nolan, Doris. The names you select can have less letters than squares provided for in the chart; they should not have more. Leave one space between first and last names or last and first names. Don't use the same name twice. 2. In the space at the bottom of the chart, suggest a name for the spe- cial bus which will carry the winners to Hollywood. 3. The 20 trips will be awarded to the persons who submit the most com- plete chart and who, in the judges’ opinion, give the best name for the bus. 4. lf more than one entry is submitted, each must be presented on a sepa- rate chart. 5. Neatness and accuracy will count; elaborate entries will not receive preference in awarding the prizes. 6. The decision of the judges shall be final, and in case of ties, additional trips will be awarded. 7. Mail your entries to Modern Screen- National Trailways Contest, in care of Modern Screen, 149 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. Entries must be postmarked no later than mid- night of June 30, 1937. 8. No employees of the Dell Publishing Co., or the National Trailways Sys- tem, or their families may participate in this contest. Janet Gaynor as she appears in “A Star is Born” “It Could Happen to YOU ie we very heart and soul of Hollywood is ¢ ieee in those few words ... words that have brought a thousand Cinderellas to Hollywood and made stars of them. Elizabeth Arden has used her Screen and Stage Make-Up in David O. Selznick’s revealing story of “A Star is Born” to dramatize truly the transformation of grey Esther Blodgett (Janet Gaynor) into glam- orous Vicki Lester (Janet Gaynor). Most Importantly a eae So successful have the stars found the new Elizabeth Arden Technicolor make-up for the screen that they have taken it up in private life, creating a vogue for the subtle coloring offered only by Elizabeth Arden. Sas. Special Offer: Buyers of any $5 combination of Elizabeth Arden Screen and Stage Make-Up prepara- tions willreceive free one handsome, mirrored make-up kit as illustrated above, and similar to those used by Hollywood stars. . every movie fan. . . every Every star. . woman who ever dreamed to possess glam- our, may share in the discovery of Screen and Stage Make-Up by Elizabeth Arden ...that they may find, thrill and believe in their own beauty, and like the people of stage and screen, live the days and nights of their private lives in rich fulfillment. PRICE LIST Foundations. . Nos. 1 to 10 (Screen); Icitow2Oxi(Stage)mosnenrice acer $1.00 Lipsticks. .convenient swivel top. . . $1.00 Liners. . 1x to 15x (Screen and Stage) $1.00 Powder. .Nos. 1 to 10 (Screen); licatowlOxa (Sica ge) mepeceien seem $1.00 Remover. .(Screen and Stage).....$1.00 And a complete group of theatrical prepar- ations designed by Elizabeth Arden — sold by exclusive Elizabeth Arden retail distribu- tors everywhere. The booklet ‘Professional Information” M-1, may be obtained by writ- ing Screen and Stage Make-Up Laboratortes: 5533 Sunset Blod., Hollywood, Cali. SCREEN and STAGE MAKE-UP
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26 MODERN SCREEN IAN D Darryl F. Zanuck In "Directed by William A. Seiter Associate Producer Kenneth Macgowan Gay songs...love songs...songs of emotion by Mack Gordon SIG RUMANN - R SIDNEY BLACKMER - Charge of Production and Harry Revel .N Se OBERT McWADE _ FRANK CONROY — ; ae 1S 20th Century- Fox, maker of hits, presents another of its entertainment achieve- ments... in the mood of great romance ..-- with the thrill of mighty drama!
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e’? her make-up box over to “The Awful Truth.” southern Isn’t she somethin’ in this Handsom surely meant for frothy frock from “High, Wide and move belles like Irene Dunne. Pretty soon she'll Costume pictures were Columbia for
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NER the R , Luise wouldn't give a dime for glamor, but she'd spend a for- tune fighting for happiness By Ida Zeitlin I SAT waiting in a publicity office something less than two years ago when a small dynamo in slacks and short- sleeved blouse blew in, dropped into a chair and began talking. I had never seen. her before. I didn’t know whether she was actress, visitor or scribbler. I did know —anyone would know the moment she entered a room— that here was an arresting personality. The dynamic effect was produced not by sound and fury, but by a quicksilver vitality. Expression played over her vivid face like light and shadow over a stream—as changefully, as unconsciously, as agreeable to watch. Dark eyes under the windblown bob flashed and softened by turns. Her warmly tinted skin had a translucent quality. And though she was obviously a foreigner, her speech flowed vigorous and free. Never waiting to fumble for a word, she said what she had to say in a swift rush of language that was always graphic, if not always gram- matical. Through sheer color and glow she took and held your attention. “That’s Luise Rainer, a European actress,’ I was told when she left. “What? No mystery? No glamor? No airs and graces?” “She’s different.” I’d heard that often enough to be skeptical. Yet I’d seen for myself that her appearance and manner were different. You couldn’t type her. You couldn’t classify her. You couldn’t say she was a second this-one or that-one or any other Hollywood star. She was like Miss R. with her ; ht hubby, Clifford Odets. William Powell and Luise in “The Emperor's Candlesticks.” no one you’d ever seen but herself. And for any self- consciousness or effort, however subtle, to make an im- pression, she might have been merely the stenographer next door. As the piquant little companion of “Escapade,” I saw her capture the public’s imagination as she had captured mine. For her tender, tempestuous portrayal of Anna Held, she won the Academy Award. Who would have played O-lan if Rainer hadn’t appeared on the scene I have no notion. It was-Mr. Thalberg who chose her, Had he lived to see the finished performance, to see the child of “Escapade” submerge her youth and charm to become the stolid, deep-souled Chinese woman, he would have been content with his choice. As she moved from triumph to triumph, Hollywood talked about her as Hollywood does. She didn’t like interviews; therefore she was doing a Garbo. She pre- ferred long walks with her dog to lunching at the Ven- dome; therefore she must be a poseur. Soon after she married Clifford Odets, the playwright, she went alone to New York. “Why ?” she was asked. “Because every time I am free, 1 make a trip. Mr. Odets is not free. So I go alone.” But the truth was too simple; therefore, “Ha-ha! Rainer’s marriage is on the rocks.”” After you’ve lived in Hollywood for a while, you don’t believe all the tales you hear. They may or may not be true. Anything for a headline. Suppose you have to
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| had been spontaneous. retract your statement tomorrow. So much the better. Today’s headline will sell, and so will tomorrow’s retrac- tion. I couldn’t associate what I’d heard with that unknown girl in the publicity office whose every word and gesture Yet Hollywood has been known to crush spontaneity. So, although I went to see Miss Rainer with an open mind, I couldn’t help but wonder 1f Hollywood really had _ changed her! _ always mispronounce my name. “Please, you must first have your lunch,” she said when 'i came to her dressing room. “If you try to make an | interview at the same time, you will not enjoy your eating. Then I will give you what time you want.’’ She went to the phone to order food. “Here is Luise Ryner— Ry-ner—” she repeated, and shot me a rueful glance. “I They all say Ray-ner. So when I say Ry-ner, nobody knows who is there. But | so long it has been Ryner, it is hard to change.” Over coffee and cigarettes—my coffee and cigarettes, “since she took neither—and with Johnny, her beloved Scottié, sleeping at her feet, we “made the interview.” She sat in the corner of a couch, laughing, wistful, excited | by turns. Not only her lips but her hands and body spoke, | and above all, her velvet-soft eyes that changed with every | changing shade of feeling. And, though her English was vastly improved, she showed that same fine disregard of dictionary speech I had noted earlier, for the sake of vigorous, unimpaired expression. “My rebel-ation,” she said, “was from the beginning to “On the one side, I am strong, as- serts Luise R@iner. “And on the other side, it hurts if people think bad about me. Isn't that id-yotic?” the end that | am what I am. But. 1 cannot think of myself as a rebel because I do not fight to make others do what I wish but only to stay myself. And this is not to say I think I am God’s wonder—please understand me well—but only that I cannot do what is for me not right and natural to do. It is far-est from my mind to hurt somebody else. It never came to my head till I heard someone say, “This girl is a Frankenstein. She will spoil everything.’ ”’ Her hands flew to her face, her eyes widened, recalling the shock of that moment. “I thought, ‘Am I crazy? Are they crazy?’ What can I spoil if I am true to myself? This I must be. Sometimes I may be convinced for a moment against myself. But before I know it, my own color comes through. Not that I will not do what for me is wrong, I can- not do it. Every person has inside of himself a judge,” she tapped her forehead, “and for him this inside judge is the best. “TI will tell you something. What is the most important thing for a child? (Continued on
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Hero's the smile and | profile the girls go for! Vyrone’s next will be “Thin Ice,” with Sonja. KISSES IS TYRONE POWER in love? What does love mean to him? What have his romantic experiences been? How does he look at marriage, at women? What he’s like, emotionally, has suddenly become of great concern. In his habit of half closing his eyes when he starts to smile there is—a provocative promise. This tall, dark newcomer, suddenly giving Robert Taylor a run for honors, has created a big stir in Hollywood, as he has with the public. Girls have been drawn to him as automatically as he has been drawn to them. He is so vital. \Women swear that his sense of humor—and his chuckle’ leaps into an infectious laughter—is the ultimate touch, He is, they vow, fervent, yet doesn’t take himself “big.” I WAS over to his house the other day. In his own room, an extremely masculine haven at the garden end of the low, rambling white cottage in which he lives, there are a couple of vivid sketches splashing the walls. Several pictures of himself and Loretta Young, romantic “stills” from their latest teaming. Then atop a mahogany chest was an enlarged informal shot of himself with Sonja Henie. Queening it on his desk was a beautiful, silver- framed close-up of the blonde star. It is affectionately autographed to “Darling . .. With Love.” Everywhere he goes socially, the vivacious talented Sonja is on his arm. But does he actually want to get married so soon? If so, what was all that flurry about his stepping out with Loretta while the skating wonder was away on an exhibition tour? It is rumored that that brief interlude upset the Young-Eddie Sutherland understand- ing, that the report of those dates threw Sonja into a frenzy. For when news reached her that Tyrone and Loretta were happily partying at the Trocadero, she flew in from the East for a week’s rest. Her studio gave her a luncheon, but it was plain that she hadn’t made the con- tinental dash simply for that. You’ve guessed the real magnet—Tyrone! He is an amazing contradiction in person. Meet him briefly and he reminds you of the Buddy Rogers of years ago. Or of the Prince of Wales of yesteryear. He is completely attractive. Bring up stern reality and you'll be surprised. He not only has charm and tact; he has worked with his brain and with his hands. Although only twenty-three, he has encountered so many different kinds of people, and from them he has learned so many ways of life. Tyrone’s dominating characteristic is a remarkable sensi- tiveness. Now, of course, it is this innate sensitiveness
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On or off the movie lot, Romance is never far away when Tyrone Power's near! By Ben Maddox which causes him to guess a girl’s moods. and easily fit in with them. He is obliging that way. He’s an old-fashioned gallant, with 1937 ginger! His most embarrassing moment with a member of the opposite sex came when he was but sixteen. I MET a gorgeous girl at my mother’s dramatic school,”’ he confided. “We were living in Cincinnati then, Mother, my sister and myself. I ushered at the Orpheum and worked in a drug store after high school hours and I earned the money to buy my first Tux. “JT sorely needed one to escort such a vision to The Fortnightly. That was the society club and they were giving one of their dances when I fell so hard. She was blonde and had lovely long hair.” Tyrone grinned at this description. He admitted then, “I can’t resist hair that | sweeps a girl’s shoulders! | “IT managed to borrow my uncle’s car. It was: huge— there was room enough in the back to put on a Shubert revue! Anyway, it helped me bolster up my pose as a | nonchalant young man about town. When I parked in : front of her apartment, I discovered the heater wasn’t functioning. It was snowing like the devil and freezing cold. When we came out, the battery was too low to turn over the engine. I had to apologize and jump out in the slush and push. “But finally I clambered in again and rolled up in front | of the clubhouse as elegantly as I could. The pretentious doorman bent stiffly to open milady’s door. At that moment Sonja Henie seems to be Ty's favorite “step- ping” partner. Will they marry soon? Now. what is your ‘guess? Loretta Young and T) i rone in a reel mome|| || from “Cate Metropole || || He likes the gal in re ii \ the fellow in front of us backed up and my uncle’s gleam- ing fenders folded right into the radiator. Tragedy! I wanly took the offender’s name, checked the car, and some- how made the stairs. But when we had taken off our coats and were ready to step into the ballroom, I reached into my inner pocket—to pull out two blank pieces of card- board. Later it developed that my cousin had borrowed my tickets to take his girl and had substituted those blanks. Have you ever had a cousin? “Fortunately,” he sighed, “we sighted some friends who knew we were supposed to attend the affair.”’ | And once inside Tyrone had a whale of a good time. | She was a divine dancer and he is very partial to girls who are smooth on a ballroom floor. He doesn’t care to talk when the music’s going dandy, incidentally. Girls who are continually dabbing on more make-up distress him and he dislikes the girl who invariably has to have two lights for her cigarette. That blonde girl of the near- (Continued on page 76)
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SHED RATHER BE DEAD! || If you had beauty, fame and wealth, would you be willing to give them up? Miriam Hopkins would By Gladys Hall A sophisticate to her fingertips, 74 Miriam Hopkins is no snob about Pa the things she likes to do. She's a rabid ‘tourist’ when it comes to traveling. She gapes and gawps and asks guides a million ques- tions, even as you and I,
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Miriam and Louis Hayward in the intri- guirigly-titled picture, ‘“The Woman I Love.” IF FHE time ever comes,’ Miriam said, “when I fail to enjoy the things I am doing, when I fail to get pleasure and satisfaction out of every minute of every day, I’d rather be dead. “Only I wouldn’t rather be dead,” laughed Miriam, making one of her quick mental reverses, laughing the low, in-the-throat, velvet chuckle which is Miriam’s. “That’s a ridiculous thing for me to say because such a - time couldn’t come for me.” Miriam lay back on the oyster-white divan in her | dressing-room suite, a small, compact electrically-charged | young woman, her corn-silk hair vibrant, her forget-me- | not blue eyes wide, as they are when she talks, her mind like a flashlight, a revolving flashlight taking in, with searching brilliance, all aspects of the passing parade. She said, “Such a thing couldn’t happen to me. I’m too curious about everything and everyone: Life is too inexhaustible. “Everything I do,’ continued Miriam happily, “turns into an adventure—even the littlest things like getting up in the morning, taking a cold shower, picnic Iuncheons, a new book to read in bed. “TI wish there were four or five of me to do all the things I want to do, meet all the people 1 want to meet, read all the books I want to read, make all the pictures I want to make, have all the houses I These two, Anton Litvak and Miss H., are constant companions. Is it “lurve’’? want to have, live in all the cities and countries I want to live in, make come true all the dreams I have dreamed, and still dream and shall keep on dreaming. I get so im- patient,” said Miriam, “with my physical limitations.” On the floor were samples of wall paper for small Michael’s nursery in the John Gilbert house which Miriam has bought and is doing over. “T bought it because it was a bargain,” she explained, “and I adore bargains. If I buy a hat, and if it is reduced from $25.00 to $24.50, I wear it like a crown of triumph. I bought the house because it was a bargain, because its location is superb and mostly because I detest living in a leased house. I like the feeling of a home of my own.” Samples of door panellings were all over the floor. Harold Grieve, who is “doing the house,” not for Miriam, but with her, brought them in. And with complete con- centration, brushing away every other care, Miriam gave her soul to the problem. Should Michael’s cupboards be papered with blue ships on a cream background or with red and blue ships on a pale gray background? Miriam got down on the floor, on her hands and knees. She weighted the samples down smooth and straight with books and vases. She studied them with a breathy absorption. Miriam always seems to be just a little out of breath. She weighed one against the other, asked advice of no one, made her decision, jumped up, brushing off her hands as if to say, “That’s done—now what?” There is not a detail in the John Gilbert house nor in any other house which Miriam buys, leases or lives in for forty-eight hours which she does not personally supervise. From tearing down the vaulted ceilings in the Gilbert house to matching samples of specially woven linens with specially hand-woven rugs, Miriam shops, selects and confers with her decorator. Every drape, every pot and pan, every scrap of linen, every detail down to the soap in the powder-room bears the mark of Miriam’s taste and choosing. “T adore houses,” Miriam said, sinking (Continued on page 94) 33
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j “at oline. BP te ae yw Ne aS Hoyt & Florence Eldridge, of stage fame, dines with Fred March, her film-famous hubby. EIGHT AND a half years in Hollywood,” Fredric March said, “and I’ve been thinking things over, listing my assets and liabilities, holding up a damp forefinger to determine whither the wind listeth and why. And, I’m afraid to say what I’m thinking.” Fred laughed a little, sitting there relaxed, on a divan in his dressing room, where he was “between work” in “The Buccaneer.” “I all but cross my fingers,” Fred said then, “look at the moon over my right shoulder, apologize to a comb ial drop one, when I realize how terribly lucky I have been and am. I must have some of the Chinese superstition bedded in the Bickel blood, that fear of speaking of one’s own good fortune lest it may call down the wrath of some jealous gods. “Perhaps,” said Freddie, his gray eyes grave in the Palm Springs sun-tan of his indisputably handsome and thoughtful face, “perhaps that’s why so few people ever do admit their own happiness. But I will admit mine;” here Fred crossed his fingers. “I have been astound- ingly lucky. I have to pinch myself hard to make sure that I’m awake, not dreaming. And I’m ‘grate tik stor everything. & S28. Olivia de Havilland and Fred in a senti- mental scene from ‘‘Anthony Adverse.” “Not only because I have the things I always knew I wanted, but also because I have the things I didn’t know I wanted. And most of all the things I haven’t got and can still want. “One of the grave dangers of Hollywood, especially if you are in the money, is the danger of satiety. The fear _that the day may come when there'll be nothing left to want. As poor John Gilbert once said, “What will there be left for me to want after I am forty?? Tommie Meighan, too, once warned me about that. When I first met him back East, he was awfully kind to me. 1 was nobody, and he was ‘tops.’ He made me feel like big pumpkins because he singled me out, took an interest in me. “He said, ‘Easy does it, kid. Be content to go slowly. Don’t try. to swallow the whole dinner in one course.’ Although he was a comparatively young man, he'd made all the money he could use, had achieved stardom, tasted fame, travelled, bought homes. ‘So now what ?’ he asked me. “Well, I haven’t reached the ‘so now what’ stage. For | haven't got everything I want. And the not having is, and thank God I have sense enough to know it, my most priceless possession. The only one, after all,’ smiled Freddie wisely, “that cannot be taken away from me. “T could look back on these past eight years or so, sit out in a deck chair by my pool, let my mind linger luxuriously over my home and wife and children, our possessions, let my imagination dwell on some of the pictures I feel the greatest satisfaction in: ‘Death Takes a Holiday,’ ‘A Star Is Born,’ ‘Anthony Adverse,’ and let it go at that. “T’ll never ‘let it go at that,’ ”’ said Freddie vigorously, “that’s the best of it. And maybe, the best of me. “TI have got, so far as it is nowadays possible to get
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You'll see Fred next with Janet Gaynor in ee a | “A Star is Born.” It's in technicolor. i, : oo gy — ] it OVER and then proceeds to do so and keep—security. And security is what I have al- ways wanted beyond and above all else. An heritage, no doubt, from my business-man father who knew ‘the value of a dollar and the greater value of a dollar ‘put away.’ “When I was a tiny chap of eight or nine,” laughed Fred, “I can remember trotting down to the bank ‘ every week and depositing twenty-five to thirty-five cents of my fifty-cents-a-week allowance. “Against a rainy day, I said, aping my elders. “I am afraid of rainy days,” said Fred gravely, “not so much for myself as for Florence and the babies. Perhaps I should be colorful and say that my Art has given me my most profound satisfaction. But if it’s truth you want and not trimmings, then I am forced to admit that my knowledge that Florence and the babies are as safe as | can make them is the most heart-warming satisfaction I have. “Do you remember talking to me shortly before we took Penny?’ asked Freddie with a look in his eyes that ae Sete a | Was nice to see. “I was skeptical ae S: : oa : ak Ta about it, remember? Afraid, per- : = : cee : i | " Ras j | | haps. I wanted to postpone it | for a year or two. Still wish- ful that we might have m sons and daughters of “Preddic’ Geka wre sa: =~ vors from, the luck gods. 7 * * Bet you cant guess Bae what they are! our own. Thinking it (Continued on page 86)
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Grace Moore whispered into Lily Pons’ ear. Lily laughed and replied in French. Could it have been about Lily's best beau? By Nanette Kutner Our reporter, having caught up with Lily Pons and Grace Moore at tea, gives you a first- hand account of what goes on
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——— a When prima donnas meet, what do they discuss—men, careers or clothes? Above, Nanette Kutner records the teatime talk of two of the world’s most famous singers—Lily Pons and Grace Moore. WHEN I suggested taking Lily Pons to tea with Grace Moore, a facetious friend asked who would act as referee. Grace Moore laughed at this. “We're twentieth century prima donnas,” she declared with pride. ‘“True, there is a spirit of competition, but no jealousy.” Lily Pons averred, “In Paris—what jealousy! But not here.” Grace Moore said, “Lily and I are the best of friends.” And so, they agreed to meet. Lily Pons suggested we come to her apartment. Grace Moore wanted us at hers. Trying to be tactful, I insisted upon neutral ground—the Weylin Hotel in New York. It was settled. And they came. Lily Pons, a little uncertain, nervous, but utterly natural, arrived five minutes early. She spoke English, carefully dividing the syllables, accenting them charmingly in the wrong places. “Tt is so secret, meeting here. foreign countries,” Like ambassedeurs from she whispered. AS THE waiter carried in the large snowy linened table, Lily looked dismayed and suggested he fetch another. “Not such a beeg one with white clothes on it,” she implored. When asked what she cared to order, she took a glass of water. “I drink twenty glasses a day. It is for health. 1 work so hard, five operas, twenty-four concerts, radio and pic- tures.” Her talk turned to the still absent Miss Moore. “She is charming woman. I have not seen her since ‘ollywood. J went to her party there last September. I never accept parties, but to hers I go. Funny, she bought villa in Cannes where I come from, and I buy house in America.” There was a pause. “She is late. I scold her when she come.” Wearing a coat of satiny broadcloth, Grace Moore ar- rived a half hour later. If she planned an entrance, it was spoiled, for as she walked through the doorway, Lily Pons unexpectedly leaped from her chair, ran across the floor, threw her arms around Miss Moore, kissed her, and cried triumphantly, “I got here first.” Thus Miss Pons unwittingly stole the show. But not for long, not with Grace Moore standing, radiant as a Klieg light, in the center of that room. Grace Moore of the blonde hair and vivacious laughter, Grace Moore, our gay Irish-American lyric soprano, who stood waving her hands and talking—French! SHE WAS being a woman of the world, a linguist—a prima donna. She was being it for all she was worth, and it was a good act, and she knew it? She was having a wonderful time. She explained the outburst with, “After all, Lily isn’t at home in English.” I asked her what she would like to order. “Hungarian Baruck,” calmly demanded Miss Moore. The waiter looked bewildered. “Oh, you won't have it,” she assured him, and turning to Lily, “You know how bad drinks are for us, but this one!’ She threw a kiss towards the ceiling. “An apricot brandy, my dear. A few sips before you go on; it does wonders for the voice. Every singer should take it.” Then, aside, “I just ordered that to have Lily ask what it was.” Round Two definitely went to Miss Moore. Lily stared at her. “Blonde meets brunette,” said she. Theirs is more than a surface (Continued on page 97)
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An attractive little thing called a drawl was once Gail Patrick's chief drawback. Guess what prevented George Raft from get- ting breaks? Producers didn't like his ears! HOW TO STAY You must have looks and talent, of course—but much more than YOU'RE A foolish, stupid girl and you'll never make an actress. I don’t know why the studio ever put you into this role.” The fourteen-year-old girl with the beautiful skin and the great blue eyes tried to keep back the tears. For days it had been like this—with the director scream- ing at her. And she had thought when the studio put her into “Laugh, Clown, Laugh” that her great chance had come. Instead she had been subjected to the torment of being criticized’ mercilessly. She crept into a corner, away from the eyes of the director and began to sob. But the kindly eyes of Lon Chaney found her. “Listen, child,” he said, “stop crying. You’re in the hardest game in the world. If they kick your heart around like a football, pick it up, brush it off and go on your way again.” : The girl followed his advice and today you know her as Loretta Young. Her story illustrates what it takes to stay a star. Thousands of young people who have gone out to Hollywood and who have come back defeated have looked about them at the Shearers, the Myrna Loys, the Jeanette MacDonalds, and have said, “What have they got that I haven’t got? Why did they get to the top and stay there?” Talented young people. Handsome young people. All crying out in bitter mutiny, “Why?” What does it take to stay a star? Countless times you've been told that it takes great beauty and talent. But they're not enough—not nearly enough. More than anything else, it takes courage. The men and women who get any- where in Hollywood have to go through their own private Gethsemanes. Look at Ida Lupino. She is very young to have been called upon to fight fear and discouragement. But Holly- wood spares no one. She was brought from England to Hollywood to play an unsophisticated girl in a picture that was expected to be a sensation, “Alice in Wonderland.” But in one of those typical movie upsets, the executives gave the role to an- other girl. Instead of turning her back and returning to
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If it hadn't been for one man's advice, Lor- etta Young might not now be in movies. A STAR Bing Crosby wouldn't take “no” for an answer, so the box-office says “yes” to him today. By Dora Albert these are needed to keep a player on top of the movie heap England, Ida did away with herself. Not literally, of course. She isn’t the type to shoot herself, or jump off a cliff. But she decided that Hollywood had no use for another artless young thing when they grew as thick in Hollywood as berries in the field. So she did things. She changed her make-up, the way she did her hair. She turned sophisticated. Hollywood executives rubbed their eyes and gave her parts to play. Today, she’d laugh if | you mentioned “Alice in Wonderland” to her. For “Alice” turned out to be a failure and the girl who played the part got nowhere. Jean Hersholt has been in Hollywood for twenty-four "years, longer than almost any other actor, so long that his own studio thought the public must be getting tired of him. | It tossed him around like an old shoe. Finally another studio offered him the plum of the year, the role of Dr. Dafoe in “The Country Doctor.” Hersholt could hardly believe it. After all these years, _ to have a role like this. He made up his mind to play the part so that people would never forget it. Then one day, while he was on location in Callander, he stepped into a crevice and fell. For several minutes he was unconscious. When he came to, he couldn’t move and he thought his leg was broken. The newspapers that day carried scare headlines indicating that he might be crippled forever. Lying still and white in the hospital, he told his wife, who came to visit him, “Honey, keep your chin up. Don’t you know that you mustn’t believe every- thing the newspapers say ?” He lay in the hospital, his foot horribly twisted. At the end of three days, though he was still in great pain, he left the hospital and started to play his role as Dr. Dafoe. The first scene he was called upon to make was rolling with the Quintuplets on the floor. Over and over again they rolled, while every muscle in his leg tortured him; every time he moved he went through unbearable agony. Finally the part called for him to chuckle as he played with the Quints. “T felt like getting up and screaming instead,” con- fessed Jean Hersholt. (Continued on page 74)
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She wears a peasant dress instead “of a beach coat— as contrast to. the sophisti- cation of her swim suit. A backless frock of Navy linen goes to town with perfect aplomb, topped with a figured cotton jacket. Jean Parker's printed cot- ton play dress, with match- ing jacket, is an indispens- able playtime item. Help Yoursoll to YOU ARE going to have a lot of fun this summer—itf you have the right clothes. That’s the way of this wicked world. People may love you for yourself alone, but some- how it never occurs to them until they see you in a knockout outfit. A gaily flowered, crisp cotton sports dress, such as the one Jean Parker is wearing, as she dangles its impertinent matching jacket in her hand, is practically guaranteed to make that exciting new man you just met decide that you’re just the companion he needs at the tennis matches. The suave, dark linen dress, with its dashing flowered jacket, will convince almost any man that he can get away from the office long enough to take you to luncheon. And as for the beach clothes she is wearing, you have no idea how many young men never discover that they can get away with the family car and take you exploring all the beaches and pools in the vicinity until they see you in such an outfit. That settles it. They just have to show you off to their friends and rivals. Now, a lot of girls have foolish and stubborn pride about admitting the effect that wisely-chosen clothes have on Joan Parker shows you how to dre Fashion Flashes From New Films SMARTEST outfit of shirt, shorts, and jigger jacket yet seen on screen, worn by Sally Eilers in “We Have Our Moments.” They are made of blue and white striped bed ticking. CLEVER use of beads as dress trimming shown by Ginger Rogers in “Shall We Dance?” Black sheer dress. shirred from neck to hip is fastened with zipper, ending at neck in cluster of white beads.. Matching beads are wound around each wrist. GRAY iailored suit worn by Doris Nolan in “As Good As Married” is far from severe when seen off-screen, for hat, gloves, and other accessories are rich shade of wine red. AND IF you think that this season's hats are trying, just take a look at the ones Miriam Hopkins wears in the war- time picture, “The Woman I Love.”
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Her sleek, figured white satin bath- “a ing suit accentu- 4 ates Jean's figure’s lithe lines. jean peps up a classic white silk sports dress—a summer “must’—with a peasant bodice. ) their lives. They think it is kinda cute } to play the merry madcap in a sweater / and old slacks all the time,. They want to believe that it is personality that counts, that men never notice what they -are wearing, anyhow. Actresses know otherwise. They know that the girl who _gets thrilling parts to play, in real life ‘/as well as films, is the girl who looks | exciting. They know that judicious use of brilliant colors in dresses makes a girl seem more alive, more vivid. They have discovered that there | is nothing like a severely tai- | lored dark dress to show off a | slim, supple figure.. And they have learned, too, the | greatest secret of all— that clothes can bring | (Continued on page 89)
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{ WENT to interview Warner Oland about Charlie Chan. I remained to interview Charlie Chan about Warner Oland. For, actually, the two men are one. Mr. Oland admitted, with his shy, Chan-ish smile that playing the one part in so many pictures, for so many years, has so steeped him in the character that “not even my wife,’ smiled Mr. Oland, “can tell now whether she is married to Warner Oland, Dane, or Charlie Chan, Oriental.” When I arrived at the studio commissary to lunch with Mr. Oland, we ordered, with a sense of the fitness of things, Chicken Chow Mein, Mandarin and yellow tomato juice. And when I remarked, with an attempt at Oriental courtesy, that it was interesting to be talking to the creator of Charlie Chan, lo, it was Mr. Chan, himself, who rose from the table, made that well-known little bow from the waist, said sibilantly, “Thank you so much.” Mr. Oland is painfully shy about interviews. He says, “Don’t talk too much. Words like sunbeams. The more they are condensed the deeper they burn.” Warner Oland actually speaks in Chan-o-grams. The result of this reticence is that no one knows any- thing about Warner Oland. It has been said that the Chan pictures make more money over a period of years than his studio’s much touted super-super productions. But so 42 Expert sleuthing in Shanghai, at the Race-track and even at the Opera, has nothing on the mys- teries your favorite Chinese detective, Charlie Chan, unravels here about a certain Mr. Oland deep-rooted is Mr. Oland’s conviction that people are not interested in him, personally, that it would be painful for him to talk glibly about himself. There sat Charlie Chan, the ends of his eyebrows brushed up, the ends of his mustache brushed down—his only make-up for the role of Chan. For the eyes, the voice, the build, and the gentle courtesy of Warner Oland are the eyes, the voice, the build, and the soft, impersonal courtesy of Charlie Chan. Knowing that Oriental courtesy cannot refuse a gift, even the gift of words, I induced Charlie Chan to talk about Warner Oland. MR. AND MRS. OLAND live very quietly on their ranch in the Carpenteria Valley near Santa Barbara, in a Cape Cod farmhouse type abode, facing the sea on one side, the Santa Barbara hills on the other. The furnishings are a fascinating and discriminating conglomeration of treasures from the travels of the Olands. The antique English oak table was purchased in London. There are candlesticks from Italy, rare porcelains, some Early American pieces, an English Sheraton desk—Mr. Oland’s favorite chair— and an Early American needlepoint. Occasional touches of Chinese red flame in the English oak living-room. One room, which started out to bea library, now houses Mr. Oland’s ever-increasing collection of Chinese prints
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nd art objects. With this one exception, Mr. Oland does “not go in for collecting. The two bedrooms are done very ‘simply, one in green and lemon-yellow, the other in red ‘and white. The servants’ quarters are as cheerful as the } rest of the house. And there are several portraits of Mr. | Oland about the rooms, done by his artist wife. | There is a lovely rose garden. There are lemon groves, ‘and avocados, limes and oranges, growing in abundance. ‘Oland has an arrangement with one of the big fruit pack- ing houses to tend his lemon groves and market the crops. He makes from sixty to eighty dollars a month on his et cine? Ce g oD iS \G ye ete Ca ot oS 200? : more ~apiet nd S yet plea Nee” 4350-5 of is Keye 2 bh lemons, believe it or not. Mr. and Mrs. Oland seldom go out socially, and they entertain very little. On Sundays when they are at home at the ranch, they have a few close friends in to spend the day with them. These often include Louise Dresser and her husband, Jack Gardner, the Jean Hersholts, the Frank Lloyds, the Richard Arlens. Mr. Oland is a most casual host. He supplies his guests with bathing suits for a before- luncheon swim and after luncheon they will often play pinochle, poker or dominoes—never bridge. But let Mr. Chan tell you about the Olands, in his own words. “Now and then he does some gardening himself. But he is an indolent fellow, this Oland,” smiled Charlie. “He spends much time walking by the sea and in the hills. He calls this ‘refreshing his soul.’ He also sits before the fire, meditating and reading Chinese philosophies. As the years go by, he is becoming more and more steeped in Oriental literature and the ancient wisdoms. But he says, sadly, that not all his reading will ‘capture the sea of literature in the thimble of man’s brief span of time.’ “The marriage of the Olands is completely happy. The seed of their romance which was planted in the sound soil of mutual interests,” said Charlie Chan, “has developed into the full flower of their marriage.” Then he told the story of that romance from its beginning. They met in New York when‘ Mr. Oland was ‘playing “Peer Gynt” at the old Keith and Proctor Theatre on 28th Street. Mrs. Oland, then Edith Gardener Shearn, well- known portrait painter, had written a one-act play, “The House of a Traitor,” and was backstage arranging for its pres- entation. The press agent of the theatre asked if she would like to meet Warner Oland whose perform- (Continued on page 83) WE as,
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By Mary Marshall THIS MONTH, ladies, the beauty seminar will be conducted in question and answer form. By this snappy and efficient means, I hope to clear up a lot of beauty troubles which have been both- ering you and me. So—without more ado... Question: Why do I gain weight, when I eat scarcely enough to keep a bird alive, and why does my friend. stay thin when she eats like a horse? Answer: There is a difference, to be sure, in the rate at which individuals assimilate food. The canary’s rations on which you claim you subsist seem to go, full speed ahead, into fat—usually around the hips—whereas the potatoes and pie consumed by your girl friend don’t do her a bit of damage. But please notice that I said “canary’s rations which you claim, etc.” I’m not doubting your honesty. You think you're being honest. But wait—are you? You may eat little in quan- tity, but howz about the nature of the food you eat? When you say you “had only a salad for lunch,” did you have mayonnaise on the salad in- stead of a dressing compounded of very little olive oil (mineral oil would be better), lemon juice, salt and a little pepper? You know what’s right to eat as well as I do— “ee.” * », A WAS Loretta Young lov sweets and dulges in them without gaining an eo xX Ae , <o
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yg’ > 4 fie | a ¥ * at % - Hére the angwerto i ff s f s This Dolores Del Rio may have to count her calories, but she keeps that streamline by con- “stamt care. Bette Davis knows how to make large eyes look starry in- stead of starey. Re or you should, by this time. All fruit juices and fruits except bananas. All vegetables, ‘cept corn, and go easy on the peas and beans. A baked po- tato or very little starch now and then. All roasted or broiled lean meats except pork. Also fowl and fish. _ And beverages without cream and sugar. No trimmings on food—like. sauces and stuff. No nibbling. Eat three light meals a day and don’t get the snack habit. (That’s put in espe- cially for married women who “don’t feel like eating anything alone’—so they have a cup of tea and a piece of cake, and what could be worse?) No hard liquor or beer. Don’t go round saying you “have a thyroid condition” unless a doctor has told you so. That excuse has been worked to death. Dolores Del Rio, up thar, puts on weight like a house afire if she doesn’t watch out. Loretta Young, down thar, can’t gain a pound without concerted effort. But Dolores sees to it that her luscious curves stay luscious and not lumpy, and Loretta, by constant attention to the cream soups and glasses of milk, stays slim like a willow and not skinny like a bean pole. Question: If I’m fat (or thin) all over, what should I do—exercise or diet? Answer: Diet for a spell, till you get some- where near the weight (Continued on page 91)
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CLAIRE TREVOR is the most surprised star in Holly- wood today. The light-hearted lassie for whom life was all a game has turned into the darndest career woman. Yesterday’s dabblings are over. The old carefree fun is laid away in lavender. Why, even love’s blacklisted! “Imagine it!” she exclaims. “‘Gone career-crazy. of all people. How do you figure that one out?” And it all began as just [ Me another lark. She grew up in Larch- mont, a pleasant suburb of New York City, without the slightest fancy for fame. The only child of a Fifth Avenue merchant, Claire’s one aim was to have as good a time as possible in as quick a time as possible. Her present stern stick- ing to business, her con- version to the cause of serious self-improvement, is all the more remarkable remembering that she was such a belle. As a high-school senior she was as peppy and ir- responsible a gal as you could find. Popular, you bet. She had snapping brown eyes, blond hair and a trim figure. She danced well, dressed with chic and was more fun than half a dozen other seniors alto- gether. So it wasn’t astonishing that even before she grad- uated she became the ideal prom girl. The college boys she met, and she seemed to meet the most interesting ones, decided. that. She was invited to the best house parties from Harvard to Annapolis, in- cluding Princeton, Dart- mouth, West Point, and. way points. Her adamant stand against falling in love now is the result of falling in love twice before she hit Hollywood. The first time was when she was seven- teen. ; Claire was still a senior when her cousin who had just joined the Dekes at Colgate wrote that she was to come up for the fra- ternity formal as his room- mate’s date. Naturally she dreamt of a Robert Taylor. 3ut when she and the three other girls who went along with her for the auspicious week-end set foot upon the campus Claire had reasons to mentally moan. However, being ever polite, she bore up. When the dance was over and he was in the mood to spoon she drew the line though. Saturday night, the remaining evening of that week- end, luck was with her. She went to another dance with LAS 46 ARK THAT TED Claire was a hey-hey gal ‘til Hollywood crossed her path By George Benjamin her unappealing escort and was cut in on by a genuine R. T. effect. Zing went the strings of her heart, and his, too. He said, “I must see you later. Can't you get rid of the fellow who brought you?” Claire, like any romantic girl in that predicament, whispered, “Of course!” The minute the orchestra finished “Home Sweet Home,” she had a headache. She was so sorry but she had to retire right away. Cousin Frank’s forlorn pal left her on the front doorstep of the house occupied by the visiting girls. Fresh- ening her make-up, she tip-toed down the back stairs to the kitchen door, where he was waiting. With another couple they proceeded to go tobaggan- ing in the moonlight. It was glorious. It was first love. When Claire re- turned home Sunday night she was in a daze. ten-page blast from her irate cousin. He’d heard then on his roommate, the R. T. boy friend. The fire! “You'll never be asked to another prom,” Cousin Frank underlined thrice. (She received five bids from Colgate the fol- ing.) She and the One Man corresponded. Her mother agreed that he should be invited down. Then the urge to move seized her in amess. It was no time how didn’t answer his next letter and she never saw him again. Claire found lessons a snap. In fact, so much of a snap that she made a practice of not studying too hard. When she was ready for Vassar learned she’d have to re- turn to high school for a bit of brushing-up on cer- tain credits. . “T decided that was too much trouble,” she admits candidly. Tell Claire she : has to do anything and instinctively she doesn’t want to—with a vengeance. The university polishing was speedily abandoned. Still, she had to go on to something. Public speaking had been her pet subject so it occurred to her that a dramatic academy might be jolly. Her parents sent her. But Claire wasn’t stirred by an overwhelming inner flame seeking self-expression (Continued on page 80) But next day came a going tobogganing with ~ roommate had also heard © about it, and was he on lowing year notwithstand- — parents and the house was — Keen as she was cute, ~ she — about Claire slipping out | to intrigue a suitor. Soin § the confusion Claire some- —
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By the time you © read this story, — Gene and Jean- ette may be Mister and | Missus. Gene’s life is a series of cartoons —with most of the laughs on - Raymond. , HIGHLIGHTING GENE So Mr. Raymond wont talk? Well, listen to this—and all about himself, too By Franc Dillon BEFORE I interviewed Gene Raymond, I was warned not to question him about his romance and approaching mar- riage to Jeanette MacDonald. “He just won’t talk about it, and if you so much as mention it to him, he freezes up,” is what I heard from those in the know. Oh yeah! Well, try talking to that lad five minutes about anything but his romance these days. It can’t be done. Gene’s too enthusiastically in love, too thrilled over the whole thing. “Tm the happiest man alive,” he exploded, and he looked it. Gene is a surprise to those who have seen him only on the screen, for he has a virility, an inner strength, which could almost be described as stern, and a vital personality that the camera seldom seems to catch. His shoulders are so broad that you have to look twice to see both of them, and his handshake so firm that you feel its effects for an hour afterward. Usually good- natured, he has a mind of his own which nothing can change when he thinks he is right. One of the points on which he is obdurate in his determination not to make a publicity stunt of his marriage. FOR THAT reason and because they are both taking it so seriously, they have used good taste about the whole thing. Jeanette’s mother announced the engagement at a tea last Spring, which Gene’s mother attended. They set the date for their wedding—a church wedding— months in advance, believing that a long engagement would give them the opportunity to make sure they were making no mistake. They planned their honeymoon— not just a sleeper jump to Yuma, but a three months’ trip to Honolulu and perhaps to the Orient. They plan a home in San Fernando Valley, forty miles from Hollywood, which will necessitate a place in town where they can stay when they have early morning studio calls. But the place they call “home” will be just that, with all the trimmings. There will be kennels, stables, a tennis court, a swimming pool and a carefully planned garden. The house itself will be a rambling, comfortable retreat. There will be a music room, of course, and, incidentally, Jeanette won’t be the only musician in the family. Gene has composed several songs and wrote both words and music for “Will You?’, one of the successful numbers in “The Smartest Girl In Town.” He plays the piano very well, too, and hopes to compose a symphony when he has more leisure. (Continued on page &1) 47
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Offscreen, too, Mar- garet Lindsay Is sur- rounded by an air of mystery. In other words— KEEPS YOu SHE SEEMS like a girl fresh from finishing school, but she graduated six years ago. She’s a lady with inhibitions, and not afraid to admit it. She believes that women can be good friends even when they're both Hollywood stars. She believes that men should be bosses after marriage, but you can’t pin her down as Victorian. She’s the girl in the snappiest evening gown, whom the fellows in the stag line fall all over each other to dance with. And she’s pretty good at giving workable advice on how to break into the movies. She’s the girl in one of the mystery stories she plays in. She’s a debunker. Before you meet her, you think she’s going to be up-ity, that she’s doing a Garbo on you. Later she seems grandly human, intelligent and humor- ous, does Margaret Lindsay. You like her, even if she does keep you guessing ! On the way to her hotel suite, the elevator man asked sharply, “Are you sure you have an appointment with Miss Lindsay? Because J’m sure she isn’t in to anyone.” Even when I'd reassured him, his eyes followed me suspiciously as I walked down the corridor toward her rooms. Now as I rang the bell, I half expected a maid to appear and hand me a written announcement saying, “Margaret Lindsay doesn’t live here any more.” But the door opened and a girl with frank hazel eyes and a low expressive voice said cordially, “I’m Margaret 48 By Mignon Margaret's idea of fun is going ‘round the world on a freighter! GUESSING Lindsay. Won't you come in? I’m awfully sorry about that appointment. Please don’t think I’m high-hat. The studio and I just seemed to miss connections. I’ve been so terribly rushed. You see, I’m on my vacation.” She wore a tailored Panama suit with a crisp brown linen blouse and nary a frill. She ushered me into a long feminine living room. Bright flowers everywhere—red tulips and yellow and blue-purple irises in colorful vases. She had the same crisp incisive way you felt in “Green Light.” But she seemed younger, with a fairer com- plexion than you’d think, judging from her pictures. More vital. Her personality did things to the room. “I’m telephone operator, doorman et cetera today,” she explained, as she curled up on one end of the sofa. “It’s been like a madhouse here all afternoon.” The place didn’t look like a madhouse. It looked smart, sophisticated and very bright. It looked as though Margaret Lindsay had gone around doing little things to it, changing the position of a chair or vase, rearranging the draperies to suit herself. It had the look of a room that a girl lived in, not one that she dropped into on a short vacation. The telephone rang; Margaret darted off to answer it. She was back in a few seconds but not for long. The telephone rang again and again. Margaret was back and forth, back and forth. Janet (Continued on page 72) Rittenhouse
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ARE YOU a coward?” I asked. John Howard laughed. It did seem a touch preposter- ous to ask such a question of a young man five-feet-ten in height, weighing 160 pounds, with bright blue eyes, brown hair, active and sound of mind and limb. Yet he answered my question promptly, quite without offense. He is enough of an intellectual—a Phi Beta Kappa from Western Reserve University—to be interested in any dis- cussion which probes and analyzes human motives, even his own. “Yes I am a coward,” he answered. “I’m afraid of being mediocre. I am terrified of being an inbetweener. It is my bogie-man, my nightmare. I am terrified of being one of that legion listed ‘and the cast also includes.’ If I can’t be a spectacular success, I prefer to be a spec- tacular failure. I would rather be a good, juicy melo- dramatic ‘dreg of humanity’ than a comfortable and un- sung semi-nonentity. There is something about walking the mid-stream of life, sitting at the ‘second table,’ which is sheer nightmare to me. “I believe,’ laughed John Howard, “that this is my only cowardice. “T’ve faced death on more than one occasion without flinching, so far as I know. I’ve faced blindness and 50 kept my chin up against impending darkness. I’ve faced poverty and have found that it holds no terrors for me. I’ve faced the loss of the career I hoped for and sustained the loss. I’ve faced love and the loss of love and have emerged with the break in my heart neatly mended and ready for the rebound. I’ve faced Hollywood,” laughed John, “and that’s no mean test of the temper of the steel. “T faced the formidable cast of ‘Lost Horizon’ and if my bright, brave little spirit did quail a bit at that, it can doubtless be ascribed to my psychopathic fear of medioc- rity again. The fear that, pitted against such ex- perienced troupers as Ronald Colman, H. B. Warner, Isabel Jewell, Edward Everett Horton, Margo, and the others, little John would go down in oblivion. “I was terrified all the more because I didn’t for one minute believe in the character I was playing. The fel- low was a fool. Whenever I had to cut loose and have a good bout of hysterics because I had to stay at Shangri- la I’d be thinking to myself, ‘What an ass the’ fellow is. Who would want to leave a place like this?’ So, I had the added difficulty of playing the character ‘against the grain.’ If I did it at all creditably—and I can see enough room for improvement to put me well in my place—it is all to my credit. (Continued on page 85)
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Rochelle Hudson performs this “handy” with the greatest of ease. If you don’t think this slick trick is difficult, try it yourself sometime! But unless you're on the petite side —five feet four and tip the scales at about 100—the results are apt to be a mite disastrous. Summer's the time for fun and Frank Muto candid-cameras the cinema girls and boys during their gayest moments 53
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With not a care in the world When a gal has to work up > 7 in and all done up smart an appetite ‘fore she can om the Jantzen beach regalia, Ro- start work in a new picture, lady. Powerful stu chelle emerges from her that’s news. Well, Rochelle — mere ing b cabafia with quoits and surf- wanted to be prepared for chelle board in tow. You guessed any that might she's it—Mam’selle is out to do arise in making “She Had to Bowl, some fine and fancy playing! Eat,” thus all the activity! Rochelle Hudson casts herself as a sea nymph when the director isn't looking. Her location? Santa Monica 54
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This business of sit- ting around on the beach, basking in the sun, a la typical bathing beauty, doesn’t appeal to our little star. She dives right in and lets the nasty waves knock her down—that is, if they can. The name of Ro- chelle’s current heart throb is a deep, dark secret. But there is one, you can_be sure, for when a gal starts drawing hearts in the sand, there’s a gent lurking in, the offing.
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j i ML i ee = 1—The days are never | long enough for a regu- lar kid like jhe Wuhan. | She’s up bright and early to do her sprint around the old cinder track. What pep! What form! What a gal! Se er iat im 3 After “business 2—This busy Miss spends part of each acting day in the studio schoolroom learning readin’, ritin’ and ‘rithm’tic. And, naturally, she’s a star pat. 4—Two's a crowd on a motor bike built for one, but Jane’s decided her pet dog needs an outing. © The dog isn’t so sure about it, though.
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i tang 's no end to that gal’s vim. — In her Sore steep enA One PE LAE PEALE AGI AALLD Cee wy air? "s nearly she’s only get- workshop she ting started on that new look hopefully on. mS riage, while her dolls summer wardrobe for her dollies. The needle just won't stay threaded! Like lots of girls and boys, the Withers lass lingers on. How can a gal mystery on the saws away on a car- sleep with an unsolved (! i 8&—Playtime over and 10—Bedtime at last. ~ i g "t her x s nothin Miss Withers . in the artment. Won ther be surprised tastes the Ricre ep de Mo
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No one knows better than the Louise gal that — an army marches on its stomach. But who ever heard of an army marching on a.cup cake? Come, come, Anita, is that cricket? ~ arth oR Marketing’s a lark for Anita Louise. “Yep,” says she, “it's all in knowing how,” as she makes the bananas look a pound or two lighter. Honor system, Anita! Besides, that scale trick is as old as the hills. ER ee RE tse aa ‘aa: 6 £
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aviar. 2 E 3 Ee ) c=) ic) ied oO by roug. umbling into his antennae about cute “Oooh, what a cute lobster!” enthuses Miss Louise. And can you imagine what the lobster blondes? Just another case of love at first sight. ‘Figures are figures, but Anita obviously hasn’t figured on this. Must have been the c bc oat) Ba & O eae g 8 BS gu as Q ap aa 38 oe Bo Es aa is Mm eines | Te in Sao w 4 a, ~ Ral es there any gentlemen in the house? And now for a bit of lightning calculation. If five red apples cost twelve cents, how much will the lamb chops come to if Jack Smart drops in for supper? “Gosh,” complains Anita, “I can’t do a thing without my slide rule.” Anita grins—and bears three baskets. How about wearing that middle one on your head, ‘peasant style? Or how about—aw heck, aren’t '
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Jean Hersholt and Heather \Angel enjoy a_ private ‘joke. while Pat O’Brien ‘hides behind his wife's - hoop-skirts.. The “non- © » ¢om-poop” on ‘the right is ° \ Corp’ral Joe.E. Brown. “It's genu-wine,” protests Frank McHugh. but Bob Young doesn‘t believe in leav- ing the shadow of a doubt. > Courtly “Dia- mond Jim” Ar- nold requests the pleasure of the next waltz with Elaine Barrie Barrymore.
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a > Ot Lee Bett - Pethes 4 ae a A et F wth Be EL EEG A homey gang of Confederates gets together to sample “Rhett” Oakie’s southern hospitality. The occasion is Jack’s “Come with the Wind” party. Mr. and Mrs. Cagney both seem thrilled by the old plantation glamor, as do Dick and “Maw” Powell—Joan Blondell to you. The shy little gal in the middle is Mrs. Oakie. - Tom Brown, shooting iron and all, seems headed | for the front, or is he merely warning the camera- man to wait till he gets his coat buttoned? At any rate, his girl friend, Natalie Draper, looks ship-shape to blaze away at any enemy shoulder- to-shoulder with her man.
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Eleanore Whitney and June Lang (right) congrat- ulate Paul Muni on winning the Academy Award. By Leo Townsend They glamorize everything in Hollywood. The average discovery, for instance, is brought here, and the first thing she gets is a going- over treatment. They give her the works and when she comes out looking like everybody else, she’s ready to go before the photog- raphers to have her glamor recorded for the world. But the all- time high was reached by one studio a few weeks ago. They took a portrait sitting of Wafford, the pig. =& BB B The most popular gal in Culver City is Jean Harlow, and we'll fight the man who says she isn’t, provided the weights are right. Day after she went to the hospital to have three wisdom teeth re- moved, the florist across the street from her home lot reported he dispatched an entire truckload of flowers to her. The floral dona- tions were from studio pals—of which, as they say, Miss H. has more than anybody. Flash: Jimmy Stewart retains his title of champion beau of Holly- wood. The lanky Mr. S., long a favorite of the town's lovelier sex. definitely established his position last month when he was wined and dined by the models appearing in Walter Wanger's “Vogues of 1938.” A round dozen of the gals—a very round dozen of them—cooked the Cecilia Parker and Johnny Downs trip the light fantastic at Anita Louise’s party. dinner, with Jimmy as guest of honor. P.S. The champ ate a hearty meal, # At the Clover Club the other night, Lupe Velez dumped forty dollars in quarters in a slot machine, with no results. She went away for some change, and on the way back another gal stepped up to the machine, inserted a lone quarter and hit the jackpot. Lupe smacked the gal, but she immediately. apologized. Probably thought she ought to hit something, after spending forty bucks. A few days after the candid camera craze had set in in Hollywood, we donned our Inquiring Reporter costume and went about getting a few reactions. Bette Davis, we discovered, is fond of candid camera shots. She thinks they're cute. John Carradine is a candid fiend. He slinks along Hollywood Boulevard shooting facial expressions of unsuspecting strangers, hoping eventually to use them in screen characterizations. Clark Gable, on the other hand, isn't so sure. “They used to photograph our teeth.” he says, “and now they take our tonsils.” e a & & Watched Marlene Dietrich on the set of “Angel” recently. Watching Dietrich this time was more fun than usual, for with Summertime finds Hollywood hard at work and play, with our
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Charles Boyer takes time off from “Marie Walew- ska” to take Wifey Pat Paterson for a spin. Ernst Lubitsch directing, the reign of silence on her sets is over. Everybody relaxes and pretends that Miss Dietrich is just another ordinary mortal. Even Marlene seems to be pretending. Lubitsch rehearses a scene with Dietrich, Herbert Marshall and Melvyn Douglas. While Lubitsch reads their parts,’ Marlene: grabs a cigarette and lights it. Imagine—the most beautiful woman in the world, and she has to light her own cigarettes. Jimmy Stewart is the happiest quy in town at the moment. Reason is that he’s making “Vivacious Lady” with Ginger Rogers, his best gal. Those twelve “Vogues of 1938” models were a mere passing fancy: he’s not going to marry them, even though they can cook. So now Jimmy spends his days emoting with Ginger and when eve- ning comes he throws away the script and does his emoting on his own. / It’s nice to be famous, but it isn’t always fun. Take Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, for instance. For three Sundays in a row they took themselves out to a rodeo in San Fernando Valley and had a wonderful time. Then something happened; people heard about ‘it, and the fourth Sunday found the place jammed with visitors. There wasn’t a rodeo lover among them—they all came to see Lombard and Gable. So now Clark and Carole spend their Sundays at home. “ sleuth reporter right in the thick of the hottest happenings Bette Davis and Hubby “Ham” Nelson celebrate four years of marriage by dining out together. They gave away another medal the other night. This time the award was sponsored by the newspaper critics of the country, and the recipients were, as usual, Paul Muni and Luise Rainer. The critical gentry held a banquet, and Producer Harry Cohn read a gracious presentation speech, but when it came time to hand Muni his medal no one could find it. After a few faces reddened Muni himself pulled the medal out of his pocket. “I took it before the ban- quet started.” he said. “Thought it might save a few speeches.” It happened during the making of “Shall We Dance?” Fred Astaire, on roller skates, was posing for a series of pictures in the portrait gallery. He went through a number of intricate poses, balancing precariously on one wheel and then another. Winding up the series with an extra fancy pose, our hero skated off, and fell flat on his face. Private life of an Academy Award Winner: A few days ago Luise Rainer’s secretary strolled into one of the publicity offices at the studio and asked for copies of all the current movie magazines. The young lady in the office, who had no extra copies, informed the sec- retary she could get them all on the corner newsstand. “But,” said the gal, “Miss Rainer wants them free.”
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The big news about Mae West at the moment is that last month she held up a bank. Our Mae held the bank up for an hour after closing time, and all she had to do was phone in and tell the boys she was coming up to see them. It seems Mae is one of the bank’s most solvent patrons, so the entire staff waited until four o’clock, when Mae swished in accompanied by five ominous looking gentlemen who couldn't have been anything but bodyguards. When they finished “Shall We Dance?” Gertrude Wellman, who_has been script girl on all the Astaire-Rogers pictures, com- plained that her job was wearing her down. Typing gave her a headache, she said. Two days later Gertrude was around the lot 4 Leslie Howard and Robert Ar- nold beau Anita Louise. Edward Arnold, Junior, breaks some good news to Dad. George Murphy “cuts in” on Gregory La Cava and Doris Nolan. the car for which they had given their signed approval. It seems all three of them had traded in their free cars for the ultra-ultra brand. His studio won‘t admit it, but the swell singing voice purported to be Jack Haley's in “Wake Up and Live” isn’t really his. Jack sings, but his own voice is pitched higher than the crooning tones heard in the picture. In Palm Springs the day after the picture’s preview, with the trade-paper re- viewers raving over the Haley “voice,” we overheard a lengthy conversation between Jack and his agent. It seems they wanted Jack to appear in a radio version of the picture. “I'll do it.” wailed Jack, “but I can’t sing.” a & & & Questions without Answers: What prominent male star, playing opposite a glamor girl several years his senior, 1s telling friends they’re thinking of chang- ing the title of their picture to “Boy Meets Grandmother”? Don’t all talk at once, boys and girls! And out at Hal Roach studios they're actually talking about.the new Constance Bennett. The old one, it seems, has been traded in on a brand-new model, equipped with all the latest improvements, including smiles for the press and a fine cloak of graciousness. You'd never recognize the once-haughty Miss B., surrounded by the Our Gang moeppets, but we saw her actu- ally surrounded by them, and everyone seemed pretty happy about it. The Ben- nett favorite is freckle-faced Alfalfa Sweitzer, who is a constant visitor in her dressing room and who hopes one day to make her Mrs. Sweiitzer. Martha Raye vigorously denies that she’s gone elegant since the money started rolling in. The story was around that she closed the set of “Mountain Music” to visitors. Martha’s reason, she says, was that she was being tossed around in an adagio dance scene and she didn’t want a lot of people watching her land on her anatomy. Touches of elegance, though, are reflected in a new town car, a chauf- feur, and six fur coats. (Continued on page 107) ; showing off a new charm bracelet with two solid gold charms—a typewriter and a pill- } box with two aspirin tablets. Miss W. would like it known that the gift was from Ginger Rogers, the working girl's -friend. An automobile concern still thinks the Marx Brothers are the goofiest trio in pic- tures. Harpo, Groucho and Chico signed testimonials for the firm, and each received a brand-new car. Next day they were called to the studio to pose for advertising pictures and all three of them showed up in - elaborate sedans, much higher priced than 68 Ht — a \ |
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DON'T YOU SIMPLY DESPISE COOKING IN THIS HOT WEATHER ? THE KITCHEN GETS SO HOT AND STEAMY... NOT MY KITCHEN! 'M GOING TO HAVE THIS DELICIOUS FRANCO-AMERICAN SPAGHETTI TONIGHT— IT'S SO EASY TO FIX — DOESN'T HEAT THE KITCHEN HOT WEATHER HINT! Serve Delicious, Nourishing Franco-American Spaghetti Ready in a jiffy...costs less than 3¢ a portion vce can make your kitchen-work much easier this summer. Several times a week ive your family delicious Franco-American Spaghetti. They'll love it! It’s simply packed with nourishment— good for children and grown-ups, too, and it is the greatest little work-saver you ever saw. All you need to do is just heat it, and it’s ready to eat. Sometimes serve Franco-American Spa- ghetti as a main dish, It makes a complete meal with perhaps a fresh green salad, milk, and a fruit dessert. Other times, use Franco- American Spaghetti to make your left-over meats into savory, delicious meals. Please do not confuse Franco-American Spaghetti with ordinary ready-cooked spaghetti. Franco-Amer- ican is entirely different. That marvelous cheddar cheese and tomato sauce, with its eleven delicious ingredients, makes Franco-American what it is—a tasty, delicious dish, with a flavor all its own. Franco-American is a real help to the budget, too. Acan usually costs ten cents, so Franco-American costs less than 3 cents a portion. Why not give yourself a break this summer, and give your family a treat, too? 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And I’m sure if the matter were put to a vote the ‘Ayes’ would have it my way.” Then Jeanette went on to explain that she wouldn’t for the world wish to sacrifice any of the air of happy informality “just be- cause you're seated at your ease in the dining room instead of eating from the living-room mantel like a bad boy, or pre- cariously holding your plate on one terror- stiffened knee or leaving rings on the shiny case of the grand piano!” Jeanette has found a way to get around all this by giving the kind of Sit-Down Suppers we were just discussing. For these a limit of six is generally set for the par- ticipants, but no limit is placed on the pleasure given by these delightful informal feasts. OU. doubtless, will enjoy playing “Follow the Leader’ with such a charming guide to show you the way. So here you have Jeanette’s favorite supper menu as well as some of her prize recipes, a promise of still more recipes in the leaflet and a detailed description of how to plan and carry out just such a party as she recommends giving. One particularly nice feature of these Sit-Down Suppers is that they solve the problem of entertaining with- out a servant about as well as any way I’ve ever heard of. Let’s start off then with one of Jeanette’s favorite menus. Then you can visualize the dinner better as we go about serving te (By the way the dishes followed by an asterisk are those which you'll find in this month’s leaflet.) MacDONALD MENU FOR A SIT- DOWN SUPPER Hors d’Ocuvres and Canapés Casserole of Sea Food, Catalina * Baked Tomatoes en Surprise * Mixed Salad Bowl Home-made Bran Bread* Crustless Apple Pie * Demi-tasse The first course is served in the living room, and what a charming room Jeanette’s is with its Colonial furnishings and subdued coloring in autumn shades. Here trays of assorted Hors d’Oeuvres and Canapés are passed with the cocktails. However, as Miss MacDonald herself does not care for alcoholic beverages she makes a point also of serving tomato juice cock- tails for those who share her dislike for the other type. These are made with the usual popular tomato juice which is thor- oughly chilled and highly seasoned with salt, pepper, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and a few drops of onion juice. The dainty little morsels of food that accom- pany the drinks are all of the type that can be eaten gracefully with the fingers, for remember, Jeanette is convinced that plates are even harder to balance than the national budget. Gay colored toothpicks and amusing, feathered “cocktail picks” stuck into holders made especially for that purpose, impale some of the tiny treats, while rounded toast, salted crackers and special canapé crackers supply a variety of bases for the spreads. At the end of this article I shall give you several suggestions for first course foods of this type. Just now I want to move on into the dining room where the dinner itself awaits the guests. Before doing so I'd like to point out to you that the hostess who has no maid can be getting the next course onto the table while the guests are enjoying the initial food offering in the living room. However, in order to be sure that all is going well during her necessary absence, the hostess should delegate to the host or some close woman friend the job of keeping the first course food in circulation. Jeanette’s mother acts in this capacity for her, since even though there are plenty of servants, the young hostess likes to step into the din- ing room in advance of her guests to see that everything is ship-shape, and to light the tall candles which give such a flatter- ing glow to the complexions of the ladies present. : The Sit-Down Supper is now on the table. And here lies the greatest charm of such a feast; it is served family style. That is, everything is placed on the table to be passed by those sitting around it. If there is a maid her sole duty then, during this course, would be to see that the water glasses are filled. In the maidless home even this can be taken care of by placing a water pitcher on the table and the hostess can thus be at her ease without having to jump up constantly. HE main course menu for such a re- past must not be too complicated, nat- urally. Another glance at Miss MacDon- ald’s supper suggestions will give you an idea of what I mean. Here, for instance, you have a Casserole which gives you your main dish, a rich, creamy gravy and a flaky pastry-topping all in one. Sea food is the main ingredient of this prize concoction. Fortunately for the inland residents who read this, the fish recommended by Miss MacDonald are all of the sort that can be bought in cans or bottles. You'll like the combination of shrimp, salmon and lobster, I know, for it is colorful, unusual, tasty and, better still, far more economical than would be lobster alone. The recipe card also tells you how to make the pastry, which, cut into individual servings before being baked, gives this Casserole added dis- tinction. Accompanying this dish and also served by the hostess, are Tomatoes en Surprise. These are filled, baked and served in a way which is really as surprising as their name indicates. The addition of a home-made bread to the menu, in this case Bran Bread, is a delightful idea, one which I hope you'll be ambitious enough to try, too. particularly like the recipe you'll find in the leaflet and I don’t imagine you'll think it a bit hard to follow. How people do fall for home-made bread and what a reputa- tion as a first-class cook you'll gain by being able to make it! So here’s your chance. The Mixed Salad Bowl which decorates the other end of the table should contain, according to Jeanette, plenty of lettuce— endive, watercress; raw vegetables, such as cabbage, grated carrots, chopped celery, sliced radishes and wafer-thin slices of cauliflower. Add to this thin Julienne ——
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MODERN SCREEN | ff 990 URAC 69 yyy ing. (They’re babied with gentle Lux care.) With Luxables it’s easy to have hat lettuce-crisp look all summer long. | miss Bette in her newest role as the far of Warner Brothers’ “KID GALAHAD"” Tailored linen with bright pique bandings is Bette’s , choice for a charming Luxable q evening dress. She’d never let its color and texture be spoiled by cake-soap rubbing or harsh soaps containing harmful alkali. Lux has no harmful alkali. She gives you some Valuable Tips about the Clothes Men Like... Men fall for meticulous freshness ... sports things clean-cut as skimming sailboats . .. sweaters fluffy as a kitten .. . romantic Luxable frills... “Fastidious girls wear things they can whisk through Lux each time they wear them,” em- phasizes Bette Davis. In Hollywood, not only personal ward- robes, but glamorous screen costumes are constantly Luxed. ‘‘They come out so per- fectly, you can’t even tell when they’ve been Luxed in the course of a picture,”’ says N’Was McKenzie, wardrobe director of the Warner Brothers lot. You, too, will find that the Lux habit pays. Cleaning bills are lower, colors look fresher, fabrics last longer! Anything safe in water is safe in Lux!
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WHAT ? NO MENNEN OIL —then whats to keep my skin SAFE from germs ? ‘What's the big idea, Mommy? You're not going to take a day off from rub- bing me with Mennen Antiseptic Oil, are you? Not if J can help it! Germs don’t take any days off, do they? They keep getting on my skin a// the time. That’s why the nurse over at the hos- pital told you to rub me with Mennen Antiseptic Oil every single day. Doctor says it kills germs . . . and leaves a film of protection all over the skin. He says every baby needs this protection and I'm certainly no exception! Oh, you were going to give me my Mennen An- tiseptic Oil rub anyhow? Why didn’t you say so—hurry up, I need it—now! I want to sleep in peace and safety.’ Nine-tenths of all the hospitals important in maternity work use Mennen Antiseptic Oil on their babies every day. Your baby deserves it, too! MENNEN co es Most hospitals rub their babies with it daily MODERN SCREEN shreds of ham, chicken or swiss cheese. “The dressing for this,” Miss MacDonald explained, “is made of olive oil, lemon juice, salt, white pepper and a little onion juice or a suggestion of garlic; just a whiff, you understand, without which no salad abroad or in my home is considered complete.” So much for ‘the main course, and now we come to a real MacDonald triumph. It’s called Crustless Apple Pie, a name which doesn’t begin to do it justice. This wasn’t the first time I had heard of pies that had neither top nor bottom crust, but I never before had gotten hold of a good recipe to try out myself before passing it on for your approval. Well, gals, that sit- uation is now a thing of the past, for this particular recipe of Jeanette’s is a peach. The pie comes out of the oven with a caramelized top that beats any pie crust I ever tasted. It can be served hot or cold, with cream or without, and if that doesn’t make you want to try it yourself, either you have no imagination or no appetite. I don’t list skill as a requirement for true appreciation of this dessert because even the world’s: most hesitant cook need have no fear with this recipe. As for the brides, here’s their chance to shine as chefs. Dinner over, coffee is served in the livingroom with Jeanette presiding at the low coffee table. This always is fol- lowed by games for which everyone feels in fine fettle after their excellent, not-too- heavy meal. Try it yourself sometime real soon. The recipes are ready to be sent out to all those requesting them. And by the time you start preparing them in your own home, the new bride who has shared some of her cooking secrets with you here will be serving similar Sit-Down Suppers to groups of friends who will be dropping in to wish Jeanette and Gene “Long life and happiness’—as do we. Hors d’Oeuvres Suggestions Crisp potato chips topped with a dab of softened Roquefort cheese; tiny cocktail sausages and frankfurters on “picks”; olives wrapped in bacon and broiled radish roses, celery, curls, car- rot strips; pickled onions and tiny green pickles; wafer-thin slices of dried beef wrapped around asparagus tips or filled with cream cheese, then rolled and skewered with a toothpick, etc. Canapé Suggestions Cut bread into many shapes, the more the merrier. Use cooky cutters, a sharp knife, and take especial pains, gals, for they must not be too large. Bread may then be toasted on one side, on both sides, or it can be sauted in oil or butter, or fried in deep fat. Try ’em all, each gives a different texture. Spread these prepared pieces of bread with paté- de-foie-gras or any of the various pre- pared cheese or fish spreads that are now sold in such variety. Other favorite canapé toppings are sal- mon, caviar, anchovies, parsley butter, sliced or minced cucumbers, flaked crab- meat and so on. Garnishes, which add im- measurably to their appearance include such things as riced eggs, yolk or white; chopped chives, onions or parsley; paprika; water- cress; sliced stuffed olives, pickles, radishes and hard-cooked eggs; circles and stars of pimiento and curlicues of cheese forced through a decorating tube after being soft- ened to the right consistency, with mayon- naise or cream added. With these sug- gestions to start off with and Jeanette’s favorite dishes to follow, the success of your Sit-Down Supper is virtually assured! She Keeps You Guessing (Continued from page 48) Gaynor, who was also vacationing in town with her mother, was on the phone. Men friends called wanting to take her to plays, night clubs. “But I’m leaving first thing tomorrow,” she said when she returned the fourth or fifth time, “and I’ve seen just about every- thing. I’ve been to every night club and every restaurant in town. I’ve been in a Long Island blizzard. I’ve been to Vir- ginia. I’ve even been to the zoo. “Do you know what I’m going to do when I’m back working? Take a nice long vacation. I mean a restful one. Go to bed every night at seven. Not see anybody, or do anything after hours. Vacations are grand, especially when you only get one in four years, but—” This time it was the doorbell. “M’gosh!” exclaimed Margaret as she dashed away. “This is going to be hectic!” Her voice from the hall called back, “I’ve got some sparkling water here. How about a Scotch Valentine?” “Swell,” I returned. ‘Tet’s make this a sparkling interview,” she laughed. “Sparkle away,” I laughed back. “T don’t know how to,” she said soberly, putting her glass down on the coffee table. “T mean, I’m not the kind of a girl who can pour out her love life while munching a sandwich with you in the studio com- missary. I’m a girl with a lot of inhibi- tions. “T tell you what,” Margaret went on, her | eyes facetious, “I’ll-ask a few questions my- self. And answer them, too. “Have you been to the Trocadero lately, Miss Lindsay?” asked Margaret. “And whom did you get yourself engaged to the last time you were there? You say you weren't there? Your picture was in the papers? It must have been your double? You say you're not married to Pat De Cicco, not even engaged to him anymore? That that was all washed up long ago? But I read about it in one of the columns. It said you were married. And a columnist’s never wrong. You say that’s what he says? What do you think about Holly- wood? You don’t think about it; you just live there! “Seriously,” said Margaret coming out of her ventriloquist act, “my kid sister wants to crash the movies. She writes me about it at least five times a week. I'd like to advise her on how to go about it. But I don’t know what the heck to tell her. Now, if there were stock companies around the country, I’d tell her to get into one of those first. It seems a shame they’re out, don’t you think? Where are actors and actresses going to get any real training? Maybe in WPA plays; I don’t know where else.” OU ought to know,” I retorted. “Wasn't it Margaret Kies of Du- buque, Iowa, who passed herself off as an English actress named Margaret Lindsay, and landed in Hollywood in the ‘all-English’ cast of ‘Cavalcade’? Didn't Margaret Lindsay tell an actor-friend of hers to pose
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MODERN SCREEN a 7 DIDN’T KNOW there was such a per- son as Betty in the world when I went on my vacation last year. I met her at the Inn, and she was one of the crowd that went around a good deal together during the two weeks. “Of course some snapshots were taken —one of the fellows shot this of Betty and me on a picnic. When I got back on the job, things seemed pretty flat, somehow. Every little while I’d dig this snapshot out of my pocket — then write Betty another letter. “The snapshot wouldn?t let me forget her. Boy, am I glad right now!” Accept nothing but the film in the familiar yellow box— Kodak Film—which only Eastman makes. My By far the greater number of snapshots are made on Kodak Verichrome Film be- cause people have found that “it gets the picture”—clear, true, lifelike. Any camera is a better camera, loaded with Veri- chrome. Don’t take chances, use it always .. . Kastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. The snapshots youll want Tomorrow — you must take Today : —— 73
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Just couldn't get a tumble from Broadway or Hollywood. Just another American actor without portfolio. I did tell him to go to England and pick up an accent as I’d done. I knew producers could always spot talent when it was farther away—especially tal- ent with an accent. But I didn’t think up that one. A smart press-agent told me about it in the first place.” “You worked it though.” “Yes, and so did Robert. I’m glad, for he’s a grand guy. But I don’t think it would work for my kid sister. The pro- ducers are all on to it now. The only way left to break in, I suppose, is to get a drag.” Margaret is a girl with a thousand faces ; her expressions change with every shade of thought. Her movements are all quick, but never graceless. You know she learned about life from women—dignified, culti- vated women—nuns and deans and dramatic teachers. Learned how to enter and leave a room. How to sit down and stand up. You know she brought her finishing-school manners and attitude toward the world right along with her to rough-and-ready Hollywood. They’re as much a part of her as her fresh out-of-door complexion, her candid eyes and chic clothes. But you also know she picked up a few tricks elsewhere, that she’s got what it takes to get along. She’s got a chin, and she’s going places with it! Margaret was born in Dubuque, Iowa, on the Mississippi, and might be living there still if it hadn’t been for that chin, plus her single-track mind. Jp ears all I ever wanted to do—act,” suid Margaret. “I wonder if I ever will be as good as I used to dream I would be? I used to see myself on the New York stage. I never thought of Holly- wood then. I never wanted to be a great tragedienne. I wanted to do comedy. So now I’m in Hollywood doing mystery yarns. Isn’t that life?” She paused a moment before going on, ‘T want to get married some day, but not while I’m in pictures. I don’t think mar- riage and careers mix, though some girls mix ’em successfully. I wonder if I'll marry an actor. God forbid. Well, most of the really attractive actors are already married, so I suppose that lets them out, for I’m not a home-wrecker. When I marry, it’s got to stick. And the man will be boss in my home. “Now that I’m talking about likes and dislikes, here are some more. I hate picture premieres and parades of all kinds. I don’t like pomp and ceremony and that’s funny, for I adore the theatre and exotic places. I like the simple and clean-cut in clothes and people, and here again I’m contradict- ing myself, for I also like them to have that certain something else, savoir faire, zip. I love sitting under a hot sun at the beach. I love to play golf. I love night clubs and cocktail parties. I detest sub- ways; they stifle me. Even when I travel on a train, I get out at every stop for a few moments. “And speaking of traveling, I want that terrifically! How I’d love to start out on a freighter with my own crowd. Stop at places along the way that suited my tancy. Live among the people and really get to know them as I did in England, not just dash through countries with a Baedeker in one hand. But that'll have to_ wait. Meanwhile, I’ve bought a home in Hono- lulu. My ‘Castle in Spain.’ It’s next to Janet Gaynor’s. Janet and I are grand friends, and I think we knock into a cocked hat the fixed belief that girl stars can’t be friends because they’re jealous of each other professionally. That's the bunk. “Well,” said Margaret, “I didn’t sparkle much. Not even on a Scotch Valentine. We'll try rye the next time.” EE ee How to Stay a Star a (Continued from page 39) ERT WHEELER once risked becom- ing permanently crippled, so that he might not lose his job. One night during a performance of “Ziegfeld’s Follies,” in which he was playing his first important stage role, he fell and broke his arm. For a week he fumed in the hospital, un- til one day he heard the doctor tell Flo Ziegfeld not to keep Wheeler’s job open for him, since it would be impossible for Bert to go back to work for six months. “You've got to give your arm a chance to heal,” the doctor told him. That would have stopped almost any- body, but it didn’t stop Bert. Three days later, his arm still in a huge steel sling, he left the hospital. It was impossible for him to walk without some-- one walking in front of him and carrying the sling; and that was the way he walked into the Orthopedic Hospital in -New York. ; “T want to go back to work immediately,” he told a specialist. The doctor warned Bert that since his arm was already set, it would be very painful and dangerous, but Bert insisted. The doctor broke the arm again, set it once more, and Bert went back to work that night. A That was the turning point in his career. From then on his stage work spurted stead- ily upward and led finally to an offer from the movies. PERE are many players who have fought less spectacular but no less real menaces to their careers than broken arms and necks. Take that simple, sinister little thing, a drawl; it can ever so subtly draw a silken cord around the neck of the most promising career. That was the problem which faced three goung players, Frances Drake, Gail Pat- “rick and Randolph Scott. They were told by their studios that they would never get anywhere as long as they spoke with an accent. Gail and Randolph were Southern- ers; Frances Drake came from northern England. But they wouldn’t be licked! Gail went to Phyllis Laughton, a dramatic coach, and studied earnestly. Scott persuaded Sir Guy Standing to give him voice instruction. Frances Drake took Claudette Colbert as her model. bil” drawl and won out in pictures. Selfconsciousness ruins the careers of many girls in pictures, and Bette Davis once told me that when she first went into the movies she had a terrific inferiority complex. “But I learned,” she said, “that if any- All of them beat ‘dat ole deb-
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New ingredient doubly indelible. Cheeks blush as if tinted by nature. Ask for TAYTON’S DOUBLE INDELIBLE LIPSTICK TAYTON’S DOUBLE INDELIBLE ROUGE TAYTON’S SILK-SIFTED POWDER AT DRUG, DEP'T AND 10c STORES Se TAYTONS| An Old English Name MODERN SCREEN one hasan inferiority complex, the camera picks it up. Watching a picture, you can tell if the person who made it was embar- rassed. On your first picture you're think- ing, ‘I hate my nose. I wish I could do something about it. Gosh, am I supposed to smile in this scene? I know I'll look as if I were simpering all over the screen.’ “T knew that I’d have to kid myself out of it. I’d get in front of the camera and tell myself, ‘Go right ahead, Bette Davis. You’re marvelous.’ And gradually, assur- ance came to me.” If Bing Crosby hadn’t been the sort who wouldn’t take “no” for an answer, he wouldn’t be a movie star today. For Bing Crosby was thrown out of the office of the first studio he ever worked for. In those days, before he had achieved any real recognition, he was singing in a Los Angeles hotel, where Ray McCarey, a young director, discovered him. He per- suaded Bing to make a picture with him at an independent studio. Unfortunately, the picture was nothing but a “quickie,” made on an economy basis; the lighting, directing and acting were all bad. When the picture was completed, the producer summoned both McCarey and Crosby into his office. He had a reel of the film on his desk. “This picture is impossible,” he yelled. “Whoever told you this young man was an actor? Or a singer? You're both fired.” When Bing walked out of that office, he felt like crawling in shame. He was afraid that he might meet some of his friends and that they might ask him what had become of his great screen opportunity. Certainly it was Crosby’s courage more than his ability that enabled him to suc- ceed after this blow to his pride. He realized that the producer was partly right and that he could never hope to succeed un- til he had improved himself both as a singer and actor. And he labored cease- lessly to accomplish just that. PERHAPS the hardest of all things to face is ridicule. Before George Raft came to Hollywood, he had done many things in his adventur- ous career. At one time he was a prize fighter, and during a fight, the cartilage in one of his ears had been broken, affect- ing his good looks. When Raft began to be famous, people laughed at the disfigured ear. Leading men didn’t have ears like that, they said. Instead of departing from the town which mocked him, Raft faced the ridicule. He consulted the best surgeon he could find, had an operation performed and re- turned to his career. Then there is Jeanette MacDonald. When Jeanette was singled out by the great Herr Lubitsch for an important role in “The Love Parade,” Jeanette played the role beautifully. She had every reason to be- lieve that she was a success in it. Hadn't the director himself praised her in front of all the company ? The day after the picture opened in New York, she picked up the newspapers to read the reviews. The first one that she read said that the picture was an amusing comedy, but unfortunately the prima donna ruined it. ‘She has buck teeth, a scrawny neck, and looks simply terrible,” jibed the critic. At first Jeanette was furious. Buck teeth indeed! Jeanette has gorgeous, evenly spaced teeth. But instead of running home humiliated, she went to see the picture again. And she saw what the critic had meant. In the pic- ture she really looked as if she had buck teeth. Undoubtedly, this must have been caused by some mistake in her make-up. She went to see the cameraman and the make-up man, and begged them to devise some make-up which wouldn’t give that horrible effect in the future. They did. The next time she was in New York, the first person she looked up was that particular critic. Sitting back in his seat, he waited for an explosion. “T want to thank you,” were the first words Jeanette said. “If you hadn’t told the world that I had buck teeth, I would never have discovered the fault in my make-up that caused my pictures to look that way, and I might have gone on for- ever, making the same mistake.” Even children in Hollywood have to learn how to “take it.” There's Jane Withers. At one time, when Jane was scheduled to make personal appearances in Chicago, she ate something that disagreed with her and became quite ill. Her mother then volunteered to go to the manager of the theatre and explain to him that Jane was not feeling well and would not be able to make her scheduled appearance that night. Jane was shocked by the suggestion. “Oh, no, Mother,” she said. “We couldn’t do that. I have to go on. I promised.” Yes, it takes personality and talent to be- come a Hollywood star. But to stay on top of the heap takes something else again— courage, then more courage. Not Too Many Kisses (Continued from page 31) tragedy episode who was clever enough to be really feminine, stands out as the most interesting girl he knew in his high-school days. But there were others to come. NSTEAD of going to college, Tyrone began an acting career by trouping with his father’s illustrious Shakespearian group. Then he came to Hollywood, joined a stock company one of the studios was then ex- perimenting with. Here he was thrown in with a young struggling Hollywood crowd and was for the time being wrapt up in seeking opportunity. He lived in tiny apartments. He had no automobile, and every cent went for actual expenses and clothes he needed to make a decent appearance. Once in awhile he would double-date with some of the other aspirants, go to a movie, for a drive to the beach, have a fleeting evening of casual fun. But resolutely, I remember, he tempered himself. He got nowhere by avoiding kisses. The noble experiment was a frost. So Tyrone packed his suitcase and went to Santa Barbara to try acting with the community players. It was there he met the second girl who mattered to him. She was the debutante daughter of well-to-do people in the plays at the Lobero Theatre. She dressed strik- ingly and Tyrone inevitably notices a woman’s flair. She was all gay exuberance. In high school he had worshiped at a shrine, almost. Here was a different sort of girl, a girl who subtly teased him into enjoying the moment. She had a dashing
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Sica gS apa roadster and she frequently invited Tyrone for week-ends on her family’s ranch. His spirits rose. For a year he was in one show after another. But he had to go on, he couldn’t settle down to a frivolous so- ciety whirl. When he signed a movie contract he was sure he wouldn’t seek another romance. At the studio he met Alice Faye and they went around for a month or so. It was just friendship. His meeting with Sonja Henie did lead to something, however. “T’d only vaguely heard of Sonja,’ he confesses. “She was giving her Los Angeles skating exhibition and was lunch- ing at the studio. I no sooner looked down into her merry blue eyes than I was—er, impressed ! “She said, ‘You are coming to see me tonight?’ Not having planned to, I replied, ‘I haven’t been able to get a seat.’ Sonja twinkled. She reached into her purse. ‘Here are two tickets, and you must come back during intermission and say hello and to my house afterwards for a little party I am giving!” YRONE had made an immediate im- pression. upon the little Norwegian marvel. Sonja is only in her early twenties, as he is. But she has been feted by Europe. As keen to success in Hollywood as she was to capture all the skating trophies, the bond which links these two is their sky- rocketing simultaneously and their great wish to be accomplished as actors. At Sonja’s spectacular all-white house that night after her tremendous acclaim for her skating, her attention was all on Tyrone. She wasn’t glad that he’d invited a girl to go to her performance. Not at all. Tyrone still doesn’t catch on. “Why did she give me two tickets then?” he wonders, revert- ing to naivete. Sonja expected he’d throw one away and come alone! She is accustomed to luxuries and he can’t afford them. She spins around town in a big, all-white, streamlined motor, with red-leather upholstery. She will build a huge colonial home. Her picture salary is right at the very top, and whenever she skates she reaps thousands of dollars. But Tyrone, who appreciates niceties, has had to skimp. And as soon as he was handed a raise he prudently mapped out a - budget. His Uncle Frank, who isn’t his uncle at all but a wise friend who’s been the family lawyer for years, is investing for him so in the tomorrows there’ll be interest coming in to live on. The one extravagance Tyrone’s indulged in is a snappy roadster. He was assigned that lead in “Lloyds” just as Sonja made her picture debut. After the cold mountains in which she grew up, the eternal sunshine of Hollywood is a brand-new treat for her. Tyrone has eagerly shown her California’s charms. They swim and bicycle—her father was the fastest bicycle rider in the world—and most often they go dancing. Sonja studied dancing between the ages of four and twenty; so she shines at the Trocadero and the Cocoanut Grove. But she doesn’t want him to spend money on her. The evening of the day I was at Tyrone’s last they were going to the movies. They have so much in common besides their work. Both had Irish grandfathers, and both have inherited the quick wit of the Emerald Island. Both are impetuous, relying on hunches, and they have to con- trol this impulsiveness. Tyrone has a stalwart appetite, and Sonja’s daily work- outs to remain in perfect trim keep her from having to diet. “I always seem to fall for hungry girls,” he laughs. Sonja has been most assiduously chaper- oned, and it is only now, in Hollywood, that MODERN SCREEN she is experiencing American girls’ in- dependence. But Sonja has sensed that Tyrone doesn’t especially care for overly- athletic women, so though she has broken more sport records than any other man or woman in athletic history she artfully ignores that side of herself when she is with him. She has become, naturally, grace per- sonified. Yet she is sweetly feminine— except when she’s a trifle imperious. Yes, Sonja is imperious at times and that merely captivates Tyrone all the more. He couldn't be attracted to a woman with no fire. AM sure marriage is still the right thing,” he has said to me emphatically. “T want to avoid the blunders which break up couples who start off so happily. For one thing, I do not believe in separations. Then I think, too, that a husband has to strive just as hard to make a marriage a success as the wife does. “That’s one important reason why I don’t want to marry until I am older, until I have achieved permanence here. I couldn't find the time to be a very good husband now. To progress I have to be free to jump at chances. “Love,” he added in- trospectively, “is a fundamental reply to something in me. It’s a tremendous in- spiration and influence.” His dates with Loretta Young were not a deliberate stepping out on Sonja. He and Loretta were each invited to dinner at the home of the vice-president of their studio. Each discovered the other was going alone. They were working together, and it struck them as silly to part only to meet an hour or two later. They went out again; Sonja was always skating, and Tyrone was lonely. Loretta, at a stand- still in her romance with Director Eddie Sutherland—he has been previously mar- ried and her religion prohibits marriage with a divorced man—was in a quandary. Here was an amazingly refreshing new- comer who was temporarily minus his girl friend. She said yes when he asked her out, as what young lady wouldn't? But Tyrone and Sonja are devoted to one another. She is filling a place no other girl could. She not only is a superb com- panion but she is going through the iden- tical grooming, facing the same perplexities, learning what Hollywood is all about as an equally surprised overnight victor. Perhaps you read a columnist’s tale about Sonja having to stop telling Tyrone where she was going to open next when she was away on tour. Tyrone bought his first orchids when he proudly escorted her to the premiere of “Lloyds.” Then, recol- lecting that the King of Norway always sent carnations and a personal telegram to Sonja when she had competed for her nation, he decided he should send orchids once a week, to remind her of him, as she skated in each Eastern city. His flowers were magnificent. Sonja guessed he couldn't afford the gesture and refused to say where her bookings were taking her. The columnist played up this intimate incident. But here is the real topper to the story. Tyrone went downtown to his Uncle Frank’s. 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You know, this kind of thing can make you sick for your whole life long or it can make you strong, if you overcome it. What many other children have without question, I had to fight for, and this fight made me strong, and this fight made me think and this fight brought me to the bad or good which is in me. O I am sixteen and I start out and I am full of ideals. Well, I tell you my life hasn’t changed for a dime. In me the same thoughts and ideals live which then lived, and which I have built up in myself as long as I can think. I had to compro- mise, yes, and every. compromise made me unhappy. But I have not compromised with myself. Only with the outside. The day I compromise with myselfi—” she leaned from her corner and a small fist struck her palm—“I guess I have to com- mit suicide. And this means never. Be- cause,” she said, with a kind of amused grimness, “I do not dream to commit sui- cide. “Maybe,” she continued more quietly, “this sounds high-hatted to say I am strong. I am not high-hatted. How is it possible that your hat grows high if you have your eyes open? Because there is always an- other thing to reach to and another thing, and when you have reached that, and when you have reached the highest height of an actress, there is always far, far above you an Einstein or a Toscanini. Why I am strong is very simple to explain. Because I know so strong what I want.. And what is that? To make out of yourself the best what can be made of yourself in every- thing, in life as in work. And nobody else can tell you how to do that, isn’t it so?” Suddenly she laughed. “It is funny. On the one side, I say I am strong. On the other side I must admit, if you ask me, that it hurts me if people think bad about me. Isn’t it id-yotic? Because everybody cannot think good. I know it. Yet every- body matters to me. Everybody in the whole world can hurt me. It is so easy for me to have an inferiority complex. If I have nine hundred and ninety-nine good notices and one bad one, you can be sure I have the bad one in my pocketbook. The good ones I overfly. (Ed. note :—skim through.) Mr. Odets always laughs about that. ‘Why do you laugh?’ I tell him. “You love me. That is why you think everything is good I am doing. This man does not love me. So it must be something bad I am doing.” Then her face cleared. “The only thing T don’t read, and what doesn’t bother me is the gossip column. They can write about me what they want to. It doesn’t matter. Once, yes, I did read. One day I saw my test. Somebody asked me, ‘What do you think?’ I said, ‘All right. Because that person on the screen is to me not me but - an actress. Shall I say always she is bad because her name is Luise Rainer? body heard it and wrote, ‘Luise Rainer thinks. she is Rolossal.’ I-laugh because I know I do not- think it. They say, “She must-be thirty.’ 1 am not hurt, because to be thirty is first not a crime in America, Some- - 1 - meant-to her. and anyway, this is something I know. I know I am not thirty. But I do not know, am I a good actress. “Still, if something hurts me, I can bear it. Even if they would say, well, she’s a rotten actress and if they would throw me out of the whole America, all right, they can do it, and surely I will not like it, but I will still go on being what I am. This is the real something, what is deep within me and what nobody can touch. I mustn't be an actress. Of course I love to act, but if they don’t let me there are million things in life you can do and do good. “This, that I am an actress, is something secondary to me. I was never longing for that which they call glamor. For glamor I don’t give a dime. To be a human is so much more important. And that will come through if I make stitches in a cushion,” she seized one and thumped it, “or what my hands find to do,” she cried, flinging it down again. You couldn’t have listened and remained unconvinced. These were no airy theories, whisked out at a moment’s notice as a sop to publicity, but a philosophy painful- ly arrived at, intensely felt, solidly rooted. Nor was her object to convince me. What I believed was up to me. But “whatever you do, you must do it good,” she had cried. So she was “doing good” the job she had undertaken of explaining herself. In fact, she was doing so nobly from my point of view that I couldn’t help wonder- ing about her rumored reluctance to grant interviews. Se answered that with the same willing- ness and clarity and candor she had shown throughout. “In my country,” she said, “you work very hard, and you don’t get so many rewards. People are not bow- ling—how do you say ?—bowing? I thought always bow-ling! People are not bowing to you all the time. When I came here I was surprised. I didn’t understand what are those interviews. For publicity, they told me, for advertising. So people will know you. But they will know me through my work, if they like it. If not, they don’t care to know me. I don’t want to make my way through that. I don’t want a suc- cess that goes—swish!—up and then down. I want to find for myself what I am in this country, without publicity. “That is why, in the beginning, when I was nobody in America, I do not give in- terviews. Today I allow myself to give a few. Because people have been so kind to like my work, I stand now on my feet here as an actress, and the rest is no more so important. Does it sound proud? It is then only the proudness of an honest shoe- man in his shoes. . “And still I think, if you do the best work you can and spend the other life you have left in not thinking about yourself, but taking new things into yourself, it is more important than any interview. My acting I give to who wants it. The rest I would give to my husband and those few who love me. This is-three-quarters of my- self, what I give to the fans. They should please leave me the last quarter.” Her voice had turned almost pleading, her face very sweet and serious. Then a little coax- ine smile flickered ‘round her lips. “And they should please not be angry with me.” T asked what the Academy Award had She raised her lashes and I caught a glint of mischief in her eyes. “I
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am very thankful,” she said. “For a couple of weeks I have no more my inferiority complex. “You see,” she said, “the last thing I did was this ugly little woman, O-lan. Beautiful inside, but ugly outside. Each time I look at myself I think, ‘No man in the world could like you again.’ So the complex be- comes always more inferior. Then I was supposed to do this—‘The Emperor’s Candle- sticks,’ my next picture. William Powell got lost in the woods, nobody could find him, so I said, well, if he gets lost in the woods, I make a trip in my car.” Gone was the serious mood of a moment ago. Now she was having fun. “So I took my husband and we both went to see a piece of the country and we were very happy, and we saw the redwoods and Carmel and a piece of San Francisco, and we were lying in Santa Barbara on the beach—see, I am all sunburned. Then we came back late in the evening and my maid grabbed me. ‘Miss Rainer, Miss Rainer, you are back. Mr. Mannix called, Mr. Mayer called, Mr. Capra called. They send the police behind you.’ ‘What's the matter?’ I said. ‘What can happen? They didn’t start the picture yet.’ ‘I don’t know what's the matter, she told me, ‘but the telephone doesn’t stop.’ “Then again it rings, and a friend of us tells to Mr. Odets, ‘Well, you better look out. The grapevine— is there such a grapevine ?—‘the grapevine says Luise prob- ably gets the Award.’ I. say, ‘It’s non- sense. Mr. Odets says, ‘Well, darling, what do you want? Do you want to go to this banquette?’? ‘But I cannot go like that. -I am burned with the sun. Look, I have a head like a balloon,’ “Vou are beautiful,’ he said. He is my husband, you must excuse him. ‘You look so healthy,’ he said. ‘But I am afraid, I Break offas muchas you need! Rit is inwafer 4 form for your convenience. Dissolves instantly MODERN SCREEN am embarrassed.” ‘They will think you are high-hatted.’ So we chase down in a taxi. And I was afraid, and I was em- barrassed, but deeply thankful, too, so I don’t know how to look. But now when I see my little statue I say, “Go away, complex. I don’t give a dime for you.’ Sometimes he goes, sometimes he stays,” she shrugged. I CLOSED my book. “You are finished? Then I must tell you one thing, and I want you to print it, because I come in many funny situations, especially lately, through certain circumstances. It is about politic.” I pricked up my ears, beginning to realize that the “certain circumstances” had to do with her marriage. Because Odets’ plays reveal him as an enlightened and compassionate thinker, in tune with his times, the undiscerning have tagged him radical. “T never had anything to do with politic,” said his wife, “and I don’t dare to give any remark on politic because it would be id-y-otic, everything I say. But I do not believe in women having to do with politic. This I leave to my husband. I deeply be- lieve that women should shut up in politic and better be womanly. I know that I make with this remark new enemies but I cannot help it. Maybe I am a rebel in this, too,’ she smiled, “that my husband’s happiness means more to me than success. I am only happy if he is happy, and happi- ness and success—” her eyes looked off into space—‘‘they haven’t much to do with each other,” she concluded gently. My first impression of her innate sim- plicity, I knew now, was the true one, and her leap to the pinnacle of movie fame has changed her only in this—to intensify her appreciation of the genuine, her hatred of sham. I had always thought of her as a gay Shirley Temple flashes real dra- ‘matic talent in this ‘Wee Willie Winkie’ sequence. But her fuzzy little pooch steals the scene. and charming child, despite her perfect identification with the woman O-lan.- Now I began to understand how she had been able to sink herself so completely in the role. I think it was because she under- stood O-lan with her heart, because she shares with her O-lan’s essential grace. ‘““To be human is so much more important,” she had cried. Like O-lan, I think she knows how to be human and to be it “good.” 79
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Both of them vowed Claire ought to have a footlight future. She went downtown one spring morning with the former girl friend, to make the rounds of the theatrical agents. Warned that novices wouldn’t be considered, that the password was “past engagements,” Claire promptly created a fine record. Her imagination has’ never done her wrong. Finally her nerve was rewarded. She was waiting to give one of these free per- formances when she overheard a man say he- was. in from Michigan to hire an ingenue for his drama festival there. Claire hastily dropped her handkerchief and the conversation was on. Casually she disclosed that she herself was a superb Broadway ingenue. Between plays at the moment, don’t you know? Go West? Well, that was something she’d never done! She was prevailed- upon to accept his offer and arrived in Ann Arbor to find herself billed in stpport of Margaret Anglin, the noted veteran actress. But undaunted, she just went ahead and acted, and competently. 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“When Mother and I started for Cali- fornia I thought we’d only be here six months. It was to be one more laughing adventure.” Claire not only has become a permanent resident of the film capital with no desire to live elsewhere again, but she has been notably changed by pictures. On her arrival, she was met at the sta- tion with instructions to hurry to the studio. While fitting her into outdoor garb, they passed on a few pointers on screen make-up. Her second day in Hollywood she was on a train for the great open spaces to be George O’Brien’s sweetheart. They thrust her on a horse—she, who’d never so much as looked at one! But she rode the ranges because there was no choice. And she was such a gracious Western heroine that she was immediately assigned to the next O’Brien horse opera. “lve grown to love my work,’ Claire avers. “I want to stay in Hollywood in the profession I know I prefer. I like the people here; they’re so stimulating. Kind also. The breadth of the country out here has won me. I stumbled into the work [’m cut out for instead of the social life I anticipated. It’s so gratifying.” She’s lost interest in big parties. Claire doesn’t care much about dancing any more. Rather, she chooses the latest movie so she may see what the other actresses are doing and profit thereby. She’s been earnestly taking voice coaching and dancing lessons. Fame was but one more fling when she gave it a tumble. But here is the lark that lasted. : Highlighting Gene (Continued from page 47) Another one of Gene’s pastimes is draw- ing, and he often illustrates informal little notes to his friends with comical carica- tures. He would like to be a good enough cartoonist to illustrate some of the high- lights of his career and hang them where he could see them frequently and be re- minded that he wasn’t always a motion picture star. One picture might show Gene on a train, deeply engrossed in a poker game and would remind him of a time he needed an overcoat but lacked the money to buy one. The $65 he won took care of the bill. Being in a sentimental frame of mind just now, his first cartoon would undoubt- edly illustrate his introduction to Jeanette, which occurred on the doorstep of a friend’s house when they arrived simultaneously to attend a party. “Tm Gene Raymond, Miss MacDonadd,” Gene said politely, as they stood waiting for the door to be opened, but their hostess exclaimed: “How nice of you to come to- gether !” HE second picture of this series would no doubt chronicle their next meeting which, strangely enough, occurred on the doorstep of another friend’s house where a breakfast party was in progress. Again they entered the house together and their friends jumped to the conclusion that they were “that way” about each other. No amount of denial on their part could con- vince their friends that their meetings had been accidental. Almost unbelievably, they met the third time at the box office of a theatre where they had gone to attend a preview. Jean- ette asked for her tickets, but through some error there were none for her. Gene then stepped up to the box office and was handed four tickets. Having but one guest, MODERN SCREEN e “Hi-ya, F. uzsy! Don’t be scared of me—come over here and gel acquainied! Where did you come from and why the heavy woolies on a day like this?... You can’t change ’em?...Say, that’s tough!’’ e “Mother, come quick! Look at this poor guy—has io wear a camel’s hair coat the year around! And he’s so hot it’s sticking tight to him—bring some Johnson’s Baby Powder right away!” e “Now cheer up, pal—that soft, cooling powder makes you forget all about prickly heat and sticky hot weather. And every time Mother gives me a rub-down, I'll get her to give you one, too 992 © “Feel my Johnson’s Baby Powder—it’s as soft as the kitty’s ear! Not gritty like some powders. That’s why it keeps my skin so smooth.” .-- Smooth, healthy skin is the best protection against skin infec- tions, Mothers! And Johnson’s Baby Powder is made of the rarest Italian talc...no orris-root...Don’t forget baby’s other toilet needs —Johnson’s Baby Soap, Baby Cream and Baby Oil! | | NEW BRUNSWICK | | NEW JERSEY 8 :
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They entered the theatre together and were photographed by every cameraman in town. They sat to- gether and laughed at the strange series of coincidences. “We'd better make it official,’ Gene whis- pered. ‘Will you have dinner with me to- morrow night?” There might be another picture to end this series, showing them repeating their marriage vows at the wedding they plan on the 17th of June, 1937, just two years from the day of their first official “date.” In the romantic corner there would be a little picture illustrating one of Jeanette’s April Fool jokes. When Gene was ringing her front doorbell, Jeanette ran out another door and climbed into the tonneau of his car. Her butler informed Gene he was to pick Miss MacDonald up at another ad- dress. A little puzzled, but still willing, he drove off. About a mile away, at a par- ticularly dark spot in the road, he saw in his mirror a dark figure rising up behind him. ‘T’m held up,” he thought, and, quickly pulling over to the curb he stopped the car suddenly and prepared to give the intruder a good battle. With his fist upraised he was interrupted by Jeanette screaming: “Don’t shoot! It’s 1!”’, and Gene nearly fainted at the thought of what one of his hard punches might have done to her. N a mood of boastfulness, he might draw a picture of the time he got the best of a motorcycle officer. Hurrying down the boulevard one Sunday morning late, as usual, Gene was stopped by a cop who was so obviously Irish you could almost see the shamrocks sticking out of his ears. “Shure, and I’m late for mass, officer,” Gene explained. To which the good-na- tured Irishman replied: “Be hurryin’ along thin, me lad, and be shure you say a prayer fer me.” Of course, his art gallery would include some pictures illustrating his motor trip West and his introduction to Hollywood. It was while he was making a hit in “Young Sinners” in New York, that he signed a contract to come to Hollywood and make pictures. “You can drive out, Gene,” he was told. “But you must be in Hollywood two weeks from today.” Gene and his brother started off from New York in high spirits. Their first stop was in Chicago and there they had rather a hilarious time, staying two days longer than they had expected. From Chicago on, they began.to run into detours, bad roads, mechanical troubles, and one delay followed another. Arriving finally at the studio, he was re- ceived coldly by the clerk at the information desk. Did Gene have an appointment? 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are you doing in California?” “That was deflating enough,” Gene laughed, “but when he took me down to in- troduce me to B. P. Schulberg, that gentle- man just looked at me and said: ‘I thought you'd be a much older man.’ And when he introduced me to Al Kaufman, pro- duction manager of the studio, Al remarked sourly; ‘Didn’t know you were blond.’” OWEVER, Gene was under contract, and for the next four months he waited around for an opportunity to work. Every week he collected a salary, but nothing was ever said about putting him in a picture. Then came an offer to return to Broadway, so Gene went to his employ- ers and said: “I don’t know whether you know it or not, but you’ve been paying me a lot of money that I haven’t earned. You don’t seem to need me around here; I have an offer to go back to the stage, and lm leaving in three weeks for New York.” Never let it be said that an actor who is good enough for Broadway isn’t good enough for Hollywood. Gene was put to work immediately. He takes his career seriously, seriously enough so that he gave up a good contract and free-lanced for awhile because he didn’t think the pictures he was making were doing him any good. He refused to play opposite a great star in an important production when, from every angle, it seemed a great opportunity for advancing his career. He didn’t think it was the right role for him. Another time he re- fused an equally important picture because the producer insisted that he dye his hair. Although firm in his beliefs, he never crosses bridges until he gets to them and doesn’t worry over things to any great ex- tent. Actually, he dislikes publicity. “Tf I make good pictures, the publicity will take care of itself,” he says. “I don’t believe in saying just anything in order to get your name in the paper.” Publicity is Gene’s biggest bugaboo, and his efforts at cartooning would include one to illustrate what he considers an all-time low in exploitation. Picking up a magazine one day he saw a large picture of himself in which he was looking admiringly at a dish of some un- recognizable food. Under the picture was a caption reading: “Gene Raymond’s fav- orite recipe for Crepes Suzette.” “Crepes Suzette!” Gene exploded. “And what, may I ask, is Crepes Suzette?” ‘Charlie Chan at the Interviewers (Continued from page 43) ance was just over. Miss Shearn was shown his photograph, expressed interest, but did not have time to wait for an introduction. Just then Mr. Oland came in. He was presented to Miss Shearn. They talked, and it was as if they had known each other all their lives. Someone who had joined in the conversa- tion commented on Mr. Oland’s ‘Peer Gynt” and that of Richard Mansfield. Mr. Oland’s performance, she said, was old wine, Mr. Mansfield’s, beer. Oland quietly replied, “I think it was wonderful of him to produce “Peer Gynt’ at all.” Miss Shearn, impressed with the modesty of the man, wondered if she had met, at last, a man humble and sincere, who thought only in -terms of art. She forgot her other appoint- --ments and remained. to~ talk. She made arrangements to paint his portrait, the first MODERN SCREEN .-. SINCE IVE LEARNED THIS “LOVELIER WAY” TO AVOID OFFENDING | Nt Ns MARVELOUS FOR COMPLEXIONS, TOO! This pure creamy-white soap has such a gentle, caressing lather. Yet it re- moves every trace of dirt and cos- metics — keeps your skin alluringly smooth, radiantly clear! : TO KEEP FRAGRANTLY DAINTY— BATHE WITH PERFUMED CASHMERE BOUQUET SOAP
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We, The Hubinger Co., number 401, Keokuk, Towa will send our little proof packet. Simply write for “That Wonderful Way To Hot Starch”’. 84 MODERN SCREEN of many. He went to her studio to watch rehearsals of her playlet. Within three weeks they were engaged to be married. “Tt is a marriage,” said Charlie Chan, “which is enduring because it is joined by the treasures of the mind which neither rust nor corrupt. They are as much mar- ried in their tastes and interests as in their affections.” [Pex do everything together. Mrs. Oland started to paint when she was twelve. She studied at the Smith College Art School, at the Art Students League in New York and later in Paris. She studied under such artists as William Chase and Robert Henri. Mr. Oland also paints, though he speaks of his wife’s painting, not of his own. He would, he confesses, rather have been a painter than anything else in the world, but he never had enough confidence in his ability. He never had lessons. He watches his wife paint and does landscapes him- self. He says that his wife’s work is “virile,” while his is merely “Vyrical.” His favorite among his own paintings is one he did of Benedict Canyon, near Beverly Hills. He called it “Spring” and stood knee-deep in mud during a rain to get a certain land- scape mood. The Olands, jointly, translated the first eleven Strindberg plays ever translated and published in English. The household of Mr. and Mrs. Oland consists of Preyedes Venedetti, the cook, and Preyedes’ husband, who is the gardener. He did not know a weed from a geranium when he started, for his trade in Italy was that of a stone worker. There is also Milton Thorp, the chauffeur, who not only drives the Oland cars, but also answers all of Mr. Oland’s correspondence, fan and personal mail. “Perhaps the most important member of the Oland household,’ resumed Charlie Chan affectionately, “is Mrs. mother. Mrs. Shearn is over ninety and has the verve, the gaiety, and the vigor of a woman of forty. Mrs. Shearn maintains her own bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel, visiting the Olands only upon occa- sion. She believes’ that mothers-in-law should not live ‘with the young folks’— unlike the custom in my country,” added Charlie Chan. “There are no children in the Oland family. But there is Shaggedy Ann, a German Schnauzer given the Olands by Richard Arlen. And there are Shageedy’s . children, Countess Julie, Mr. Chan, Princess Ming Lo Fun and Till Eulenspiegel, named for one of Mr. Oland’s favorite Strauss tone-poems. “A whimsical fellow, I am afraid, this Warner Oland,” said Charlie Chan, “for he threatened, at first, to give all of the puppies away. Then he changed his mind as his affections were assailed and now, not only keeps all puppies but takes them with him on his travels and also to his various places of residence. They go along to their farm- house in Southboro, Massachusetts, an old house built in the days of the Revolution, and to their 7,000-acre ranch on the wild Mexican island of Palmetto de la Virgin. “Mr. Oland has some distressing little habits,” Mr. Chan pursued, something like a gleam of satisfaction in his slightly slanted eyes. “He has a habit, for instance, of putting his lighted cigarettes—at all times he resembles a lighted chimney rather than a portly gentleman of some 200 pounds —on desks, tables, ancient books, choice prints. Accidents occur. I would like to tell him that he should pay attention to detail. Insignificant molehill more worthy of notice than conspicuous mountain. He does the same with wet Oland’s © sometimes - fountain pen. Mrs. Oland does not believe in Occidental wifely habit of nagging. As Oriental wife she bears and forbears; she permits him to blot and burn. One time he ruined his wife’s costly white opera cloak. Several of their prized Sheraton chairs have been marred by such burns. On the other hand, he keeps very fine care of his clothes. He has neither a valet at home nor a dresser at the studio. “Mr. Oland habitually brings his lunches to the studio—sandwiches and coffee, prin- cipally coffee, to which he is an addict. He brings his lunches in humble fashion, ina workman’s metal container. And he brings them not because he cannot stand cafe cooking, but because he must concentrate, while working, on character of Chan. The only intrusion into this concentration is Shaggedy Ann. “One afternoon Mr. Oland disappeared from the set. Great disturbance resulted. Scouts were dispatched. Calling All Cars was considered. It was found that Mr. Oland had rushed Shaggedy from his dressing room to the dog hospital, having found that a medicated flea bath was indicated. R. OLAND has a bland, calm man- ner. He moves slowly and with deliberation. His voice is pitched so low as to be, at times, inaudible. Inwardly, he is very nervous and tires easily. The only time he ever shows signs of nervous- ness is when someone stands in his line of vision off-stage while he is playing a scene. He takes his work very seriously. He takes Charlie Chan very, very seriously. One of his greatest regrets is that he never met Earl Derr Biggers, creator of Charlie Chan. “He has played many Oriental char- acters prior to Chan. His first screen appearance was in support of Theda Bara in ‘Jewels of the Madonna.’ He played in ‘Old San Francisco, ‘Chinatown Nights,’ ‘Heels of Chance, ‘The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu, ‘The Return. of Dr.- Fu Manchu’ and many others. Then he began the Charlie Chan pictures and will make no others. ‘Mr. Oland cannot live in Hollywood. He says that the vibrations would destroy him. When Mr. Oland is in Hollywood, he has rules for living there and for work- ing in pictures. They are: Don't alibi. Old excuse like ancient goat, has whiskers. Face the facts. liars, distort facts. Be punctual. Cold omelette, like fish out of sea, does not improve with age. Think things out. Hasty conclusions, like hind leg of mule, kick backward. Don’t hog the picture. One man cannot move mountain. Lead the right-sort of life. Talent without virtue like silver without a master. Be determined. Oak tree do not fall with first stroke. Invest wisely. Much wealth will not come if little does not go.” Mr. Oland is not, Mr. Chan said, greedy for money. He believes that much money, like much poverty, is much responsibility. He receives many offers to play other Oriental characters and invariably refuses. He was offered a fabulous sum for playing the general in “The General Died at Dawn” and declined the part. He makes his three Charlie Chans a year and will make no others. “This is a saying of Mr. Oland,” Charlie Chan added. “When he is told that he should make more money, work more often, strive for greater gains he always says, ‘Naked I came into the world and naked I shall go out of it.” Dreams, like good
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MODERN SCREEN He's a Coward | ie not afraid of death. Once, a few short years ago, Mother, Dad and I were on a fishing trip that almost proved fatal. There are just the three of us, you know; I am an only child. And naturally we have been, and are, always together. We have a little house here in Hollywood now. Anyway, we were on this fishing trip late one afternoon when we came to a river that was in a state of flood. We started to cross the seemingly safe bridge. Midway across, the bridge cracked. Dad thought fast, reversed, backed the car swiftly to the high precipitous bank over- hanging the river—but the engine stalled. There we were, imprisoned in that car, the slightest move on our parts almost certain to send the car hurtling down that drop of several hundred feet into the roaring tor- rent and sure death. We didn’t dare to move or breathe. We didn’t speak a single word. For some fifteen eternal minutes we hung there. “In that fifteen minutes we made good acquaintance with the thought of death. I knew that, at any instant, life might be a thing of the past. And it wasn’t fear I felt. To my own amazement it was, in- stead, a sort of deep curiosity. What would I find on the other side? I also had a weird sense of gratification that the three of us would be together in death, as we had been in life and that I would not be dying, dismally, in bed, with the measles or the mumps. There, again, you see my fear of the mediocre even in the teeth of death. ; (Continued from page 50) “At last, using the most infinite caution, Dad climbed out of the car. He found that it was being held there by the upthrust root of a tree. As lightly and swiftly as was humanly possible, Mother and I stepped out. We clung there to the bank and then, with the release of our weight, the car, soundlessly and instantly slid into the waters which closed over it. “Another time,’ reminisced John, “I was hurled through the windshield of our car. My eyes were badly cut. For days they thought that I would never see again, and I faced the dark thought of being blind for life. My-whole life had been filled with books. We'd never stayed in any one place long enough for me-to make friends, or to join in the activities of the football field, or clubs. I’d done most of my living through books. My other hobbies were painting, piano and the theatre. A_ blind man would be in a bad way with painting, piano and the theatre as hobbies. I had no other interests. Still I was not afraid. “T decided that if I were fated for blind- ness I would be one of the most extraordi- nary blind men in the world. I would be a male Helen Keller. Again, you see, the rebellion against mediocrity. So, when I was finally told that the eye injuries were, after all, curable, I was not conscious of any overwhelming relief. “T’ve been in leve. I had always thought that love was something to be afraid of. I’d never had any romances in college. For one reason because we moved around so much I never had time to strike any roots, even romantically speaking. I fell in love out here in Hollywood, and I awoke one morning to find myself thinking in terms of marriage. Then I knew that I had not escaped. I expected to feel some- thing approaching terror. I didn't. “Now,” said John quietly, “it’s over. And the loss of love is something from which stronger men than I have quailed. Emotional anguish is harder to bear than physical pain. Well, it hurt. There were some bad hours. But I’ve lived through that, too. And I'll never be afraid of love, or the loss of love again. It hasn’t em- bittered me. It hasn’t made me cynical. I hope to fall in love again, to be married. |e not afraid of loss of my career, either. I’ve been through that. I studied, I planned, I hoped to become a professor of English. Then, afte I graduated from Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, I found that there was not enough money to give me the post-graduate course I needed in order to be eligible, one day, for a chair at Harvard, Yale, or one of the ranking colleges. This meant, again, that I might become just another professor. I couldn’t go that. “A talent scout had approached me, on the campus, a few months prior to grad- uation. At that time, dangling my Phi Beta Kappa key, I had laughed at Holly- wood. I hadn’t been interested. What should I do there? 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I was taught that the ‘best things in life are free.’ Woods and rivers, books and music, the heritage of all men, rich and poor. I had expected to be a pro- fessor with the full consciousness that an English prof does not correct his term papers in a limousine or on the edge of a blue-tiled swimming pool. “Yes, I am inoculated against the major fears: death, poverty, loss of chosen ca- reer, loss of love, competition with my betters. I am afraid only of mediocrity. And because of that fear I shall give my- self six more months in Hollywood. Hi, at the end of that time I haven’t found myself or ‘been found, then I shall leave Hollywood and seek other fields to con- quer. “Tt’s going to be a little difficult to find myself here in Hollywood because I don’t seem to be any standard type. There is no pattern, cut and ready for me to wear. i don’t think I’m enough like any other screen actor to be classified as ‘another Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone,’ or what- ever. Not that I’d want to model after anyone, but it does make it easier to cast a man who fits into some category, I believe. Tll have to find my own niche, as others have done. Fred MacMurray, for instance. “Fred and his wife are among my _ best friends in Hollywood, by the way. They’re grand, regular people. I haven't many friends out here. I haven’t been ‘taken-up’ by society. My name doesn’t appear in the columns as ‘among those present’ at smart parties. I don’t go Troc’ing. I don’t be- long to tennis clubs and beach clubs. And I don’t care. But I do have a few close friends. I do go out on occasional dates with Ginger Rogers, Anne Shirley, Margo and a few others. “T am not afraid of age. I want to grow older as rapidly as possible, for youth, in Hollywood, is a terrific liability. They don’t believe out here that young people have any brains. Youth in Hollywood has only pictorial value. Young men must be leading men, juveniles. Young men must pose, simper, smirk, shake cocktails, say, ‘I love you.’ Don’t I know? Didn't I smirk and simper and act young through ‘Soak the Rich, ‘Valiant Is the Word for Carrie’ and the others? They won't give youth a chance to be raw, ugly, wounded and violent. “No, it isn’t what I am doing that mat- ters to me. It’s the figure I cut in doing it. If I were in a bank, I must be the president or nothing. If I go to war, I must be an officer, not a private. If I am an actor I must be either a ranking char- acter actor or, at least, star material. It is the whole law of my being.” Thinking Things Over (Continued from page 35) over now I know that we have a son and daughter of our own. And I can’t be grateful enough to Florence for making me see it her way. I only wish we'd had the idea sooner. I can’t imagine now what the house would be like without children in it. | Ries Off Theganial en avoid bristly re-growth Why spoil your summer fun with ugly hair on arms and legs? 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Without Penny and Tony. I can’t imagine what it would be to live without children’s toys all around the place, children’s parties, even children’s problems—and there are plenty of those. “T find myself feeling actually sorry for people without children. Even sorrier for people who have children and complain about how it’s a wear and tear on their nerves; the business of measles and whoop- ing cough and mumps, of having teeth straightened, and all of the bumps and bruises; the ‘lap and heart trouble of hav- ing children at all,’ my mother used to call it. It’s life, isn’t it? The famous man who once said, ‘Why is it that we always come‘in the end to a little child?” was so darned right. ; “When we have children, we are giving ourselves hostages to the future,” said this star who will never be lonely. “For there is nothing more deplorable, more tragic than the actor or actress who, when the grease-paint wears off, the applause dies down, sits alone among a heap of dusty scrap-books, all his eggs in the one basket of his own fame, and that basket frayed or broken. “There is nothing more pitiable than the sight of the actor or actress who, his or her day done, runs madly after the reced- ing figure of Popularity. “And thinking back, I can tell you that I couldn’t possibly be fonder of children of our own than I am of Penny and Tony. There'd always be the fear,’ laughed Freddie, “that the terrible traits of some Aunt Lulu of Florence, or some Uncle Dodo of mine, or even some of my own traits which I admit I don’t want perpet- uated, would rear their ugly little heads in our offspring. “We have no such fears. We have no inhibitions about our children. We can rave about their beauty, marvel at their cleverness, boast and brag about them to our hearts’ content and no one can say, ‘Well, they think they did pretty well, don’t they?’ It’s very gratifying to watch Penny and Tony taking on some of the better characteristics of their proud parents, some of the habits of thought, the man- ners, the reactions we have tried to give them through environment. Penny, for instance, speaking with the lilt in Flor- ence’s voice. “Of course, we'll tell them they’re adopted when the time comes. We'll tell them in the way other parents who have adopted children have done. That other children just come to their parents, and their parents have to take them as they are, but that their mother and daddy adopted them, chose them from all the little boys and girls there are in the world just because they were Penny and Tony. We hope to make them proud of being adopted, able to feel secure about it. “Whenever I possibly can, I give some happy significance to the word ‘adoption.’ For instance, last Easter I took Penny to buy some Easter bunnies. And when we found the ones we wanted the most I said to her, ‘Shall we adopt them for our very own, Penny ?’—thus stressing the meaning of the word ‘adoption’—the love in it, you know. S I think back,’ smiled Freddie, “when I remember myself as I was ten years ago, I am amused. And a little sorry for that chap with the single-track mind, before all the warmth and varied interests had come into his life. Then my one and only idea was to win success in the theatre. Nothing else mattered. I wanted to crash the theatre. That wanting was all of me. Well, I didn’t crash it. I did several plays, got good enough notices, saved a little more money each year, never quite making that crash. I never achieved MODERN SCREEN MY DEODORANT GETS GREASE ALL OVER ME AND MY CLOTHES! aie YOU MUST TRY THE NEW NON-GREASY ODORONO ICE — IT DISAPPEARS Non-Greasy Cream Vanishes Instantly and Checks Perspiration! OW, at last, there is a cream deodorant that is absolutely non-greasy. And checks perspiration immediately ! Just apply Odorono Ice with your finger tips, night or morning. In no time, it is completely absorbed, leav- ing no grease to make your under- arm or your clothes messy. ~ A single application keeps your un- derarm odorless and perfectly dry for 1 to 3 days! And Odorono Ice leaves *Trade Mark Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. OD0-RO-NO IC NON-GREASY no odor of its own to betray you to other people. Its own clean, fresh odor of pure alcohol disappears at once. Odorono Ice is made on a totally new principle. 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Write for interesting, free booklet, ‘‘Stenotypy, the New Profession,” describ- ing the many opportunities in Stenotypy and telling how you may master it successfully. THE STENOTYPE COMPANY Dept. 7318-ST, 4101 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, (ll. 88 MODERN SCREEN what Florence achieved in the theatre, nor anywhere near it. “So, when I came to Hollywood in ‘The Royal Family of Broadway’ and was offered a job in pictures, we decided to take it. We'd stay a little while, we said. The climate was pleasant. The experience would be valuable. The money was even pleasanter than the climate. I’d make some real money here and then we'd go back to the theatre again. I needed money. All actors need money. We are, by nature, luxury-loving brutes. “Thinking it over,” Freddie said thought- fully, “perhaps the security bug has been the ‘ole debbil sea’ in my life. Perhaps actors shouldn’t be too secure. It may not make us smug to feel: that way, but it does tend to make us soft. Too many limousines, too many easy-to-get-into swimming pools. Palm Springs at hand if you feel too cold. Too much good food, good clothes. “T love making pictures and I certainly don’t despise movie gold—far from it. But too much gold from any source may harden the heart, insulate the spirit against the aches and pains and hurts that are good for it. It was a terrific temptation, you know, to stay tucked snugly into a contract and to re-sign when my con- tract had run its course and another was offered me. I fought the temptation, Florence helping me. I decided to free- lance. And when I asked myself, ‘Why do you want this kind of freedom?’ the answer was, ‘So I can be free for the theatre and the licking I never gave it.’ “So my thoughts lead me,” smiled Fred, “to one of the two things I want and haven't got—a chance to crash the theatre. And that’s what I’m going to try to do. Within the year, I hope. We're going back, Florence and I; Florence to the place she has already made for herself, I to the place I hope to make for myself. And I like the idea of reversing the usual pro- cedure. “Tt has been the custom, you know, for stage successes to come to movies and movie failures to go to the theatre. I want to go to the theatre when I am among the ‘tops’ in pictures, when I don’t have to go. I don’t want to go begging at the back door of the theatre when the front door of films begins to close on me. “So, that is one thing I still want. HE other,’ said this amazing Fred- die, ‘is twins . Yes,” grinned Freddie, “Florence and I would like to adopt twin boys. And very probably that’s exactly what we will do. We may decide to wait until Penny and Tony are old enough to go with us and help us choose them. This, even more than the Easter bunnies, should prove to them what adoption really means, how much love goes into it. “Thinking it all over,” Fred said, “I realize how great, how immeasurable a part Florence has played in everything. She is never jealous. And I know well that the role of wife to a Hollywood actor is the most difficult role in the world. Especially for a woman who has been what Florence is in the theatre, and has given up her world for mine. At least tempo- rarily. She has helped me keep my feet on the ground. She is not the kind, thank goodness, to gush over me. “Sometimes I kid her and ask her why she doesn’t throw her arms about me, give me some of the adulation to which a gent in the movies should feel entitled. And she always laughs and says, ‘Because I don’t fuss over you is one reason why you are still around. And how right she is. “T am grateful to her for the sacrifices she has made. 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T knew very little about until she made me realize how little I did know; art, lan- guages. She speaks French exquisitely. Penny is fast learning. I know that I must get busy and keep up with them. “IT am grateful to Hollywood, too, for many things besides security. For the friends we have made here, the Bob Mont- gomerys, Gloria Swanson, the Chester Morrises, Marion Spitzer and Harlan Thompson, Bart Marshall—others. “And,” went on Fred thoughtfully, “it’s a pet theory of mine that the reason so many of us do keep our feet on the ground, some common sense in our heads in spite of all the flattery and fulsome praise our celluloid images induce, is because so many of us are small-town boys. Take Gable, Gary Cooper, Bob Montgomery, Bob Tay- lor, Bing Crosby, any number of us—all small-town boys. - Kids who were brought up without fuss and feathers, made to go to Sunday School, wash behind our ears, do chores, obey the Ten Commandments, to darn well know the difference between black and white, or else. “Yep,” mused Freddie, shaking hands in goodbye, “I’m the luckiest man alive. I’ve always been afraid to say that before. But I’ve said it now. I hope,” he added under his breath, “that the gods who shape man’s little destiny are bowling with thun- derbolts or something and don’t hear me.” I looked back as I stepped into the car. And there, sure nuff, was Freddie, fingers crossed, in the act of placating the greedy gods for the happiness he dared to confess ; the good fortune he has earned—gratetully. Help Yourself to Style (Continued from page 41) out the many moods of an impulsive and versatile individuality and save you from being always the tailored type, the fluffy type, the schoolgirl, or the siren. New fashions for this summer are par- ticularly exciting because they have all the contradictory traits of the ideal girl of 1937. They look alluring, frivolous and high-spirited and actually prove to be thrifty and durable. In their gay coloring and crisp daintiness there is no hint of their sturdy virtues, their resistance to stretching, spotting, and wrinkling. Just as you would never suspect to look at Jean Parker’s exquisitely-thin arms and legs that they mask a steel-wire strength that makes it possible for her to swim confidently through the pounding waves of the Pacific. Now, before you go out to buy your summer playtime wardrobe—whether it is to be one outfit or ten—I want you to ask yourself frankly just what sort of shopper you are. Do you dash into a store and buy something you just saw in the window because it is a color you like or the price you can afford to pay? Or do you do as Jean Parker does, study each purchase carefully and score it by points? Is it be- coming; that is, does it do something definite for you spiritually, not just cover you up? Does it heighten your coloring or accent the best lines of your figure? Is it appropriate? Do many occasions crop up in your life when you need just such an outht? Is it comfortable? You can't have poise without comfort, and poise is the essence of style. Are its details true to the newest fashion trends? Has the fabric been treated by the new processes that make it resistant to dust, perspiration, ~crumpling, wilt? Is it washable? Does it MODERN SCREEN LILAC BUDS—for —=" SINGAPORE. NIGH’ daytime . . .. refresh- ie oa —for evening. .-:a ing, sweet as the first .' ‘ Lee : haunting, glamorous blossoms of spring. ‘ : — fragrance of the. East. GARDENIA—for MISCHIEF—forsports = cocktailtime... accent 2.90 light, dashing, to brilliant afternoons. modernas youthifself.. When-you wear Duchess of Paris, you are truly “wrapped — in fragrance . . . these indescribably lovely odeurs surround you with an aura of charm. Each blended with the highest skill of the parfumeurs art... with restraint, with exquisite taste. In four elusive scents created to match your every mood. DUCHESS OF PARIS PERFUMES IN PURSE SIZES ‘AT LEADING 5 & 10c STORES—10c EACH Also Duchess of Paris “Parfum Cologne’ at department stores—$1 = FIFTH AVENUE ~NEW YORK. =
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offer marked contrast to the dresses you already have? EAN PARKER did not always have the lavish funds at her disposal that she has under her new contract with Columbia Pictures. But always, even in her days as a shy youngster down at M-G-M, she was not overlooked, even when Norma Shearer and Jean Harlow and other experienced fashion plates were near- by. Necessity had taught Jean how to shop cannily and thriftily. She knew that mistakes in a wardrobe were costly, not only in money but in wasted opportunity. Dresses that don’t add some zip to your appearance are just like a great blanket of fog hiding your personality. But dresses that serve as an accent bring all sorts of invitations your way. Now I am going to ask you to study carefully the pictures of Jean on pages 48 and 49 to see if you can figure out her exact reasons for selecting these summer outfits. Then come back and check your findings against what I have to tell you about them. You'll know then how to go about selecting your summer clothes. First let’s look at the figured cotton sports dress, because that is the type of dress that every girl needs in her summer wardrobe, whether she is staying in. town or going to the country. The background is white for daintiness, and the leaf-figures are a fresh, clear red and yellow for gayety. Jean is inclined to be a shy, retiring girl, so she deliberately selects clothes that are striking in color, or fit, or novelty of style. The low-cut square neckline is an im- portant style point. (Ii you have high- necked sports dresses left from last year you may want to cut them down just as the rest of us are doing.) The peasant-fashion tie belt emphasizes her slim hips, and the MODERN SCREEN fullness introduced in the skirt by inverted pleat front and back makes the skirt com- fortably wide for tennis or golf. Of far greater importance than its size would sug- gest is the jacket that matches this dress. That trifle takes the dress into the dual- role class, makes it suitable for town as well as country or sports wear. Her tiny hat that looks like a Dutch cap is crownless and is made of linen, so it can be washed daily, emerging fresh and clean as new. You will find these hats, in pique and novelty cottons, ridiculously cheap. Her shoes are the ever-popular brown leather and white buckskin spectator sports pumps. Girls who buy only one pair of summer shoes do well to select this model, as these shoes go well with all types of summer clothes except the dressiest chiffons. Jean Parker enjoys wearing skittish novelty fashions, if they can be thriftily discarded when she tires of them. That is why she selected a simple white silk sports dress with a detachable bodice of peasant embroidery rather than one of the new peasant frocks. If the Tyrolean fashions run their course swiftly, as they threaten to do, she can just leave off the bodice. This is not an extravagant gesture, be- cause she still has a distinguished white dress that can be enlivened with various colored scarfs, with one of the new basket- weave moire ribbon belts, or with the flowered jacket shown with her dark linen dress. Note the tiny stand-up collar on this white dress, the puffed sleeves and the circular fullness of the snug-hipped skirt. Those are all featured in the newest fashions. There are many sly reasons behind Jean’s choice of the dark linen dress. When you have been wearing white and pastels continually, and everyone you know is dressed in light, girlish colors, don’t you long to show up in something suave and dark? So does Jean. Any director who harbors a notion that she is just a naive and guileless ingenue is going to visualize her in more worldly roles when he sees her in this outfit. And if your friends are accustomed to pigeon-holing you as a jolly, open-faced playmate, you can jolt them into suspecting hidden depths, if you wear an artfully simple Navy, or mahogany, or black linen dress like this occasionally. This dress, like the white one we just discussed, is a basic dress that is the de- light of a girl dressing on a small budget, because it can look different every time you wear it, by merely adding a bright scarf, a jacket, a peasant bodice, or novelty belt. It is grand for motoring or train travel, because the linen is crease-resistant and smooth enough to repel dust. fe trim jacket that she is wearing with this Navy linen dress is made of mate- lassé (we plain folks call it crinkly or blis- tered, cotton printed in red, yellow, blue, and green. Can't you just see how you'd practically live in such a jacket, wearing it with all your dresses? Her Navy kid shoes, stitched in white, show you how heels are coming out in the open this summer in street shoes as_ well as in evening and beach sandals. They are so comfortable and cool, you will wonder why we never demanded them before. We really should have started with the bathing suit, instead of ignoring it all the time, for it was her appearance in a bath- ing suit that launched Jean Parker into a film career. She posed for an Olympic Games poster, and as soon as M-G-M saw it, they sent for her. The bathing suit she is wearing in the | HEARD JACK SAY | WAS A {COLD WEATHER GIRL” AND NO GOOD ON SUMMER PARTIES WHAT GLORIOUS sue enjoys lasting freshness LATHER — | NEVER FELT SO THOROUGHLY CLEAN IN MY LIFE HOW DO YOU KEEP SO FRESH AND DAINTY IN ALL THIS HEAT ? | I'M SORRY HE HURT YOU, CROSS MY HEART LIFEBUOY BATHS! | AM VERY CAREFUL! | SINGLE DAY ALICE_BUT YOU SHOULD BE MORE CAREFUL IN HOT WEATHER SMOOTH AS CREAM JUST REGULAR and “‘baby soaps.” 120,000 women! 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ee theente, photograph on page 49 is of smart white satin, figured in sprays of California pop- pies. And let me warn you right now that only a girl of her gentle temperament and willowy figure could get away with a suit like that without looking downright brazen. Pastel colors are better for those less lithe and plain dark suits for those with bulges. (And shame on you if you bulge when our beauty expert, Mary Marshall, would be so glad to send you corrective exercises. ) 4 These well-made suits give the figure firm support, and are so durable they will survive at least two summers of daily plunges through surf. They are compara- tively inexpensive, and come in all colors and every style. __ ARIETY is the spice of. personality, so having played the siren in her bath- ing suit; Jean goes to the other extreme in selecting a beach wrap. Quaint and modest as can be is the wrap of blue cotton printed-in white, made-on the lines of a peasant dress.- Don’t you see what a dra- matic build-up that is when she slips out of the picturesque wrap and emerges so woman-of-the-wordly in her swim suit? Current fashions make it possible to play the drama the other way around if you cwant to. You can choose a stately wrap ‘of gleaming white acetate jersey or fine white terrycloth tightly fitted through the ‘hips and swirling into deep folds like the ‘most glamorous evening wraps. Under ‘that, for contrast, you would wear one of the dainty, full-skirted swim suits made like a little girl’s pinafore. These beach coats aren’t a rash ex- travagance, even if your visits to the beach are rare, for you will wear one the year ’round at home as a lounging robe. They are quite inexpensive when made of chintz or paisley cotton. You are going to be deeply grateful to Jean Parker, I know, when you go shop- ping and discover how much her advice has helped you. Solving Some Beauty Problems (Continued from page 45) you wish to be. Then some exercises won't hurt. vet ; _ Question: If I’m fat (or thin) in spots, what should Ido? Answer: Exercise for the fat. Diet, plus special exercise for the thin. By “‘spe- cial exercise,’ I mean stunts to smooth out any lumps and bulges that may appear as you gain weight. » - Question: All kidding aside, can the bust be reduced? Answer: You mustn’t expect miracles, but you can do considerable- to improve your appearance in this respect. A general reducing diet, if you’re generally fat, will reduce the bust some. Buttermilk is a help- ful bust reducer. Always wear a good uplift bras. And do deep breathing exer- cises for fen minutes every morning. Raise the arms in front to shoulder height, move them out to the sides and as far back as you can, meanwhile trying to feel a “Lift” in the breast muscles. Dress devices to kid the public into thinking your figure to be better than it is, are as follows: Let your dresses fit easily —not form-fitting, nor yet so loose as to look old ladyish. Don’t wear knit goods. Wear V-necks, long tunics. Don’t go in for jabots and frills. Set your waistline a MODERN SCREEN “Always worth F stopping for Fev Sot ra Pe GE Een The Beech-Nut Circus _ SEE THE BEECH-NUT CIRCUS i) Biggest Little Show on Earth! A méchanical marvel, 3 rings of perform- ers, clowns, animals, music "n’ everything ! Now touring the country. Don’t miss it. 91
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MODERN SCREEN In spite of her daily bath she's an UNDERARM VICTIM! | eee day she makes the same mis- take. She expects the bath she takes at 8 o’clock in the morning to protect her from underarm perspiration odor at 3 o’clock in the afternoon! Tt can’t be done. All a bath can do is to wash away the traces of past perspiration. It cannot prevent perspiration odor from cropping out later in the day. A bath works backwards; never forwards. You cannot count on your daily bath to keep your underarms fresh, free from odor longer than an hour or two. It takes more than soap and water to do that; it takes speczal care. You can give your underarms this special care in just half a minute. With Mum! Mum takes care of you all day. Smooth a quick fingertipful of Mum under each arm and you're safe for that day, no matter how long and strenuous it is. No trouble to use Mum. You waste no time in using Mum. And when it’s on, you're through. No fuss of waiting and rinsing off. Harmless to clothing. Mum has been awarded the Textile Approval Seal of the American Institute of Laundering as being harmless to fabrics. So don’t worry — if you forget to use it before you dress, just use it afterwards. Soothing to sensitive skin. Mum is so cooling and soothing you can use it right after shaving the underarms. How women appreciate this! Does nof prevent natural perspiration. Mum does just what you want it to do— prevents the ugly odor of perspiration and not the perspiration itself. ‘,» Don’t be an underarm victim! Depend upon the daily Mum habit as the quick, easy, sure way to avoid repellent under- arm odor. Bristol-Myers Co., 630 Fifth Ave., New York City. USE MUM ON SANI- TARY NAPKINS, TOO. Mum daily gives to countless women comforting assur- ance that they can- not offend. MUM TAKES THE ODOR OUT OF PERSPIRATION 92 bit lower. Above all, don’t slouch. Question: Where should very short girls watch out for excess weight? Answer: Besides the obvious stomach- and-hip area, the back and upper arms should be watched. Stretch—stretch—every morning. Make an exercise of stretching. Question: What can (1) the very short girl do to look taller and (2) the very tall girl to do to look shorter? Answer: First place, the short girl can emulate Luise Rainer’s walk and posture. To be pretty sure of good posture without thinking about yourself every minute, just get the habit of keeping your chest out. When the chest goes out, the shoulders go back, the tum just naturally has to be pulled in, and there you are. The short girl can wear the highest of heels, but she shouldn’t wear the highest of hats nor high coiffures, because such ain’t in keep- ing. Beltless, princess-style frocks are good. And though fashion says skirts are shorter, the petite lass might well keep her clothes ten or twelve inches from the ground, rather than fourteen. The very tall girl, now, should also stand up to her full height, for slouching will only make her look slovenly. She should wear high heels when high heels are appro- priate, for the little smitch taken off by low heels won’t help her height enough to matter. A page-boy coiffure, if she can wear it, will flatten her down some. Two- color outfits, if she’s slim, are swell—the dark frock, with the neutral or bright oe jacket. And big hats are just her ish. Question: What make-up problem is illustrated by Simone Simon? Answer: The problem of the heavy lower lip. Very cute on S. S., but unattrac- tive on some girls because they erroneously try to make their mouths look smaller by not applying lipstick to that lower lip. Build up the upper lip a trifle to balance the cute pout, and see if you don’t like yourself better. Question: What make-up problem is illustrated by that ace actress, Bette Davis? Answer: The problem of large eyes, light in color, which can so easily look starey, rather than starry. Eyebrows, in such a case, should be trained down, rather than up. They should be straight, rather than curved. And never pluck them too thin—but of course, you wouldn’t do that, for it ain’t fashionable no mo’. Question: What make-up problem is illustrated by that lovely person, Myrna Loy? ; Answer: The difficult problem of the red-head, who simply must get herself rouge and lipstick in the new rust tone, and not wear much of either. If she has the pink-and-white skin that so often goes with red hair, let her by all means wear a creamy, pinkish powder—more creamy than pinkish—and pay no attention to the folks who urge her to try a suntan shade to cover her freckles. Mascara should be brown—on the light side, rather than dark. Question: What's a good make-up scheme for the girl with light hair and dark skin? Answer: Golden shade of powder—one of the many suntan shades, darker than her skin rather than lighter. Very little face rouge and bright, bright lipstick, in a clear red. If her lashes and brows are naturally dark, no mascara at all. If not, brown mascara, not black. Question: What’s a good make-up scheme for the girl with dark hair and very fair skin? Answer: Cream or ivory powder, no face rouge, bright lipstick. Black mascara, if she needs any at all. 3 Question: What should the woman with gray or white hair do about make-up? Answer: A little rouge—delicate pink—
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ee remove the blackheads. ij MODERN SCREEN is essential to keep her from looking washed-out, no matter what her age. A little lipstick more pink or rose than red. Tt her lashes and brows are naturally dark, she should be a knockout. If they’re not, a little dark brown mascara at night for young ladies who are “prematurely gray.” Question: Why, even on skins which are rather dry, does the nose shine? Answer: There’s an oily path, down the center of the forehead, over the nose and chin. The oil glands here work overtime. Even if your skin is dry, anoint the beak occasionally with a good astringent. Question: What—and why—are black- heads and how to get rid of them? Answer: The pesky curse to the human face known as the blackhead is a particle of natural oil, plus dirt, which makes an enlarged pore for itself, or settles in one already provided. Two cleansings with cold cream, plus a gentle washing with bland soap, plus the application of a warm towel to the face, will loosen these unat- tractive blights. When they’re well loos- ened (and it may take a few treatments ) rub gently, with a circular motion and a piece of tissue, over the affected area, to No pinching and gouging. Touch the spot afterwards with alcohol or astringent. Question: What can be done about fingernails which break all the time? Answer: Soak ’em in warm olive oil. Don’t wear them longer than finger-tip length. Question: What's the latest news in shades of nail polish? Answer: The latest news is that we’re getting a little more sensible about same. For everyday doin’s, we are wearing the lighter, smoky rust shades. These shades blend well with the riot of colors fashion decrees. They’re chic, they’re ladylike, and they’re not so darn pale that they look washed-out and uninteresting. For gala occasions, there are bright and deep tones, but even these have an overlying smoki- ness. Question: To what extent should one try to keep up with “fashions in faces” and hair-dos? Answer: Only so far as you please and is becoming to you. Take the best of any new trend, and pay no attention to the freakish side of it. For instance: ’tis fashionable for eyebrows to be heavier and more natural, and I think that’s fine. But if some dodo in Paris told us to wear colored wigs—green and purple and so on, as actually happened once, so ’elp me, though you young things won’t remember that far back—well, one should say “phooey!”” to that. Remember that it takes a lot of time and money to doll your face or your hair up in some artificial manner. Fashionable ladies with plenty of dough are the target for such decrees of fashion, and it keeps money in circulation and amuses the fashionable ladies. But you and me, toots, we can’t afford the reg- ular services of expensive beauty experts, and we only look tacky if we attempt high- falutin’ beauty stunts on our own. Question: What can be done to keep pretty blonde hair from turning darker as a girl gets on into the thirties? Answer: Rinses. Heaps of warm olive oil. Daily massage. Daily brushing. Judicious sunning. A girl can do all these things for herself. Watch out for excess oiliness. And how about dyes and bleaches, you ask? If you must resort to such, go EAUTY authorities agree that thor- ough cleansing is the most important step in complexion care. A simple step, too, since Daggett & Ramsdell created Golden Cleansing Cream, with its re- markable new ingredient. New Kind of Cleansing Golden Cleansing Cream contains colloi- dal gold, which has an amazing power to rid skin pores of dirt, make-up and other impurities. You can’t see or feel this col- loidal gold, any more than you see or feel the iron in spinach. Yet its penetrat- ing action makes Golden Cleansing Cream more thorough than ordinary cleansers, and, at the same time, tones and invigo- rates skin tissues. Make This Simple Test Apply your usual skin cleanser. Wipe it (Conrarping coxeoimat 608 off with tissue. Then cleanse with Golden Cleansing Cream. On the tissue you will find more dirt—brought from pore depths by this more effective cleansing. Try it tonight. See for yourself how fresh and clean Golden Cleansing Cream leaves your skin. You'll find this new cream at your drug or department store for just $1.00. | to the best beauty parlor you can find to ' have it done. To make a simple compari- | son: if you want to tint a slip, or old summer dress or something, you feel no tremors at doing that yourself, do you? But if you wish to have a lovely evening gown dyed, you send it out to the best cleaner and dyer in town, don’t you? Treat City ae oe Pease estes ci aeceaay Staten iy aor eee eas see ag Copr. 1937, Daggett & Ramsdell 93 ee et ty hy ey ey yy PS PS SY YS SS Daggett & Ramedell, Room 1980, 2 Park Avenue, New York City. Dept. MM-7 Enclosed find 10c in stamps for which please send me my trial size jar of Golden Cleansing Cream. (Offer good in U. S. only.)
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Answer: (1) If it’s flesh and cartilage that make your nose large, you can refine it with massage. Takes heaps of time and heaps of patience, but you'll get results. Powder your nose with powder a shade darker than you use on the rest of your face. (2) If you’re on a general reducing diet, your double chin will come down along with the rest of you. A lifting massage will help, too. Very important, keep your head back and up, and the double chin won’t seem nearly so dreadful. (3) You can sit with your chin in hand, pooshing and pooshing, and that will help. You can train yourself to keep your chin thrust forward a little, too. I know, on account of I did it. (4) Again, a general reducing diet will take down the lower part of the face. A rouge shadow, very cleverly applied on the lower part of the pan, will help kid the public. Question: Do the various rather high- priced cosmetics called “tissue” this and “muscle” that, really do any good? Answer: They help some. They don’t do any harm, and they often do some good. lf you can afford ’em, use ’em. Question: Can I make my eyelashes erow? Answer: Yes, a little. By constant application of a good eyelash grower, your lashes will thicken and perhaps increase in length. The grease, too, makes the lashes look more healthy and luxuriant than they may be in reality. Question: How do some of the movie stars get that fascinating point in the hairline? You know, the hair is parted on the side, swept. straight across the head, and right at the place where one would have a widow’s peak if one were that lucky, there’s a little point in the hairline that’s not quite a wave. Answer: If you think this would be becoming to you, see if the following method won’t achieve it: part your hair where you want it parted. Now, right at the center front, where you want that point, comb the hair back just the least bit. Just as though you were going to comb your hair straight, slick back, then stop. Then bring the hair over from its side part as you want it. You'll have a sort of cowlick right at the center front. Sometimes, the judicious plucking of a few hairs will help to give the desired pointed effect. Set the hair with lotion as you want it. Let it dry very well indeed and don’t comb it out thoroughly—just sort of lift it a bit with the comb. It’s pretty difficult to explain this on paper, but go ahead and experiment, and I think you'll understand better what I’m driving at. Question: Do them there beautiful stars, with the gudgeous figures, wear girdles? Answer: Yes, indeedy. Even if they’re streamlined to the hilt, they wear a wisp of a girdle—lastex pants, or a feather- weight step-in model—to give their gowns a beautiful smooth line. So, gentle reader, even if your figure is pretty durn good, wear a little something in the way of a foundation. Question: Why, Miss Marshall, haven't you said anything about dry skins during all this tirade? Answer: I’m coming to that. 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She'd Rather Be Dead (Continued from page 33) back on the divan. “If I were not in pic- tures I’d be a real-estate woman, I’m sure. I love to look at houses, just go through them and snoop. I love to do them over. I always ‘settle in,’ make a home of any place where I happen to be staying, how- ever transiently. If I stay in a hotel room overnight I order flowers, arrange my books on the tables, put out some framed photographs. My dressing room here, even my portable dressing room on the set, gets ‘Gxed. Even though it may be only a bowl of flowers, or a picture of Michael, I want it-to be homey, my own.” HERE is something extraordinarily rich and warm about Miriam. She talks like a character out of a book. A rapid talker, she is also a rapt listener. People come to her with their problems and their troubles. Ex-husband Austin Parker brings to her all his plans, triumphs and fears, sure of the sympathy and under- standing only Miriam can give. In Miriam’s dressing room every new book worth reading was spread over the tables; a victrola poured forth symphonies, jazz songs; favors for young Michael’s fifth birthday party cluttered chairs and divans; scripts, costumes, long-distance calls from New York, maids, publicity men, retakes, fittings—all these things came in for their share of attention from Miriam. She was supposedly resting during her luncheon hour and the place was like a bee- hive at swarming time. You might suppose that Miriam, socially- minded, popular and sought by so many of the eminent people of the world—Lady Mendhl, Gertrude Stein, the Duke and Duchess of Kent (she lunched with the Duchess at home and reports chops and
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peas, much folksy talk of “where did you buy that frock?” and babies and servant -problems) ; Mrs. Simpson (she has met Wally and reports her as a vivid, intensive- ly vital personality, always eager to go places and do things, no sooner at one place than she is planning on going to the next) —yes, you might suppose that Miriam would take her work lightly, hold Holly- wood casually, even with a touch of gay, amused condescension. Miriam studies her scripts with the same quality of absorption with which she studies blue ships on a cream background. Recently, while making “Woman Chases Man” (her fifth picture opposite Joel Mc- Crea, incidentally), she did a scene where she had to appear a touch on the stiff side from champagne. The plain gingerale she was drinking on the set was hardly con- ducive to authentic champagne capers. It is against the Hopkins grain to fake any- thing. She never wears any make-up at home or on the street. So Miriam thought it over. One of her chief charms is that she doesn’t send her lively mind down blazed trails of thought. She blazes her own trails and they are full of fascinating curlicues. When you see her in this particular se- quence you will find that she appears very champagne-caperish, indeed. What she did was this: she walked briskly onto the set a moment or two before Director John Blystone called ‘“Cameras!’’ With her pulses racing from the rapid walk, she stopped, spun violently on her toes for fifty revolutions or so, and then, the sound stage reeling about her, she went into action be- fore the cameras. IRIAM is also a realist. She may walk with kings (and Mrs. Simpson), but she never loses the “common touch.” She may entertain the Maharajah of Indore in her drawing room, but she also knows full well what goes on in the kitchen, what the Maharajah is going to have to eat for dinner. She can discourse on world economics with economists, Chinese philos- ophy with a disciple of Lao Tse and infant feedings with any young mother. She has an intense love of being in the center of things. When she was abroad last year, she saw to it that she was in Berlin on Hitler’s birthday, in Venice at the close of the Ethiopian war to hear Mus- solini broadcasting from Rome. Wherever history is being made, there Miriam would like to be. She flew over a great part of Europe on this Jast trip with a woman friend. When she settled in England to make a picture, she had her small son, Michael, brought over to her. She said, “I intend to take Michael to England with me every time I go, and I’d like to go once a year to make a picture. I want him to be familiar with all of the historic spots of Europe. I want him to know languages. He had a French Mam’- selle and speaks baby French right smartly. He came back from England with an English Nana and spoke so veddy, veddy British that I found myself asking him, | ‘What say?” Miriam is no snob about the things she does and likes to do. Sophisticated down to her tapering fingernails, she is quite honest when she says that she has more to learn than she will ever know. She isn’t stuffy either about being a “tourist.” She says, “I am one of the best. I go to all the tourist spots. I visit the Tower of London and ask to be shown the exact spot where Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed—it was Mary, Queen of Scots, wasn’t it? I stand in front of Buckingham Palace and get a thrill if the flag is up and I know that the King is ‘in residence.’ I gape and gawp and ask guides a million silly questions and learn a lot.” MODERN SCREEN CANT CHAFE... The sides of Kotex are cushioned in a special, soft, downy cotton to prevent chafing and irritation. Thus Wondersoft Kotex provides lasting comfort and freedom. But sides only are cushioned — the center surface is free to absorb. QR OWT AIL... By actual test Kotex absorbs many times its own weight in moisture! A special “Equalizer” center guides moisture evenly the whole length of the pad. Gives “body” but not bulk — prevents twisting and roping. QB CANT SHOW... The rounded ends of Kotex are flattened and tapered to provide absolute invisibility. Even the sheer- est dress, the closest-fitting gown, reveals no tell-tale lines or wrinkles. type. OF KOTEX ALL AT THE SAME LOW PRICE Regular, Junior, and Super—for different women, different days. Wo \| D E Ft S 0 F T K 0 T E Sean “ah poles uA ad 95
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I talked to clerks in little drugstores all over Germany, to taxi drivers, concierges, shop girls, and policemen in Paris and learned a lot. “T love luncheons and dinner parties, with plenty of good food and good talk. I love tennis parties, surprise parties, swimming parties and children’s parties. I love Punch and Judy shows and word games. She loves jokes, too. A few weeks ago she was lunching with Edmund Goulding, Anton Litvak and the Earl of Warwick, known as Michael Brooke in the movies. Austin Parker called to ask his ex-wife, who is also his best friend, whether he might borrow her car and man for the next day. His man, he said, was going to the dentist and would be off for the day. He needed the car and he needed a man to wake him in the morning, make his tea, shine his shoes, and so forth. Overhearing the conversation, Edmund Goulding called out and offered to lend Austin Parker his man, an Englishman, who was very good, he said. The next day, promptly at eight o’clock, Austin Parker was awakened by Goulding’s “man.” The “man” made the morning tea, so bitter and so black that poor Parker gulped it unprotestingly only because he didn’t want to be ungracious. His shoes were polished and the polish spilled into the shoes and on the floor. Two teacups and two vases were broken. When Parker left his house he was a nervous wreck; his suit was badly pressed; he was jerkily shaven and the car was driven with such speed that he was on the verge of collapse. That noon he lunched with Miriam, Edmund Goulding, and Anton Litvak. Miriam said to him, “I’m sorry, Parker, but Edmund’s man says he can’t possibly stay the day with you. He says you are impossible, temperamental, sloppy, surly and hard to please.” Austin Parker saw fifty-nine shades of red. He was just about to slip the last control when the “man” came in casually, took a place at the table, rubbed his hands together, gave an off-hand nod at Parker. 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When Prima Donnas Meet! (Continued from page 37) difference, more than Lily looking pale, Grace, glowing with buoyant health. “How do you work so hard?” I asked. “We are strong,’ said Grace. “But not strong enough,” added Lily, who is a simple person, and despite her exquisite clothes, remains the thrifty well- disciplined French woman, intensely in earnest, taking everything seriously. I don’t think she has had much fun. Grace Moore gives the impression of knowing her way around and wanting you to know that she knows. “T have had a grand time.” She drawls the words, flaunts them. “Nobody can say I haven't lived! I could have got further, but I like to enjoy myself. And I’m not sorry.” She is on the defensive, this Grace Moore. Wary, quick thinking, there is little restful about her. She commands at- tention with the same knowing competence in which she pulled up her chair and took charge of our conversation. The parry of words is her stimulant. Under her armor of “my dears,” of villas, of general brag- gadocio grows an honest lustiness. For this, she is likeable. She smiled at Lily. “Our paths have always crossed,” she said. “When I ar- rived in France to sing ‘Boheme,’ I was the artist receiving the fuss and ovations. Lily had just sung her first role in ‘Lakme.’” “She was the star,” said Lily. “I was the debutante.” “Then, to show you what this business is,” went on Grace, “one year later, Lily, the great French star, made her sensa- tional debut at the Metropolitan.” “But we did not meet then,’ said Lily. “We met in 1931, when we both sang in ‘Tales of ’offman.’ I was the doll; Grace, the courtesan.” Miss Moore, trying a bit of Spanish on our cameraman, neglected to catch this remark. “But tell me, Lily, how are you?” she asked, again concentrating on us. “T have cold. Seven months I go with- out cold, now before I sing I get cold. I think it is hay fever.” “Hay fever!” laughed Grace. “How could you get hay fever?” “From the air,” said Lily. “Gwan,’ said Grace, good-naturedly dropping her diction. “G’wan, Lily, it must be love.” S if this were her cue, Grace Moore, up on all stock interview phrases, spoke her piece. “T started romance at the Metropolitan,” she said. “Until then nobody thought a prima donna could be happily married.” Here she stopped to scream at the busy photographer. “Don’t you print that pic- ture! Tear it right up!” Lily Pons, encouraged, asked him not to take her profile. “Oh, you can take my profile,’ said Grace sweetly. Then back to love and to the marriage she so proudly wears. “Everyone said I wouldn’t make a go of it. I proved they were wrong. The other girls followed my example. Gladys Swarth- out, now... Lily. I do not know whether she is married or not, but look what ro- mance did for her!” “Until a year and a half ago I was always alone,” admitted Lily Pons. “When you are alone, you are lost. I sing, I go MODERN SCREEN Don’t let your face become a desert!... prevent destructive “skin-thirst” with OUTDOOR GIRL face powder—contains Olive Oil for your protection Sucked dry by relentless sun and wind! The parched Sahara sands show what happens when the vital moisture of nature is lost.... In this same way, nature’s beauty-giving moisture is stolen from your skin. As early as 16, your face starts to dry — the charm of youth begins to fade. Guard your precious complexion from dreaded “Skin-thirst” with Outdoor Girl Face Powder. By a special patented process each fine flake carries a tiny abe | particle of Olive Oil to keep it from“sponging-up” the 5 |. natural moisture so essential to a youthful skin. ‘OUTDOOR GIRL Che face powder blended with OLIVE OIL Six luscious shades of clinging love- liness,approved by beauty-sxperts, at your nearest drug and depari- ment store, in the large size .. 50c For perfect make-up color harmony use Ouidoor Girl Lipstick and Rouge. Generous purse sizes at 10c stores. LL Give yourself the Outdoor Girl Beauty Treatment today! 97
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home, I sleep. What good?” “A woman must give love in order to eget it back,’ volunteered Grace. “No career is worth loneliness. When I look around at the old stars, with their money gone, and nobody to care about them, I shudder. Was it Henry James or Barrie who said, ‘’'m living my life now so I can have roses in my garden in December?’ That’s the way I feel.” “Her husband is charming man,” said Lily. “So is Andre Kostelanetz,” Grace, complimenting Lily’s suitor. There was a deadlock. I broke it by suggesting they question each other. Grace started with, “Is it really true that you're going to retire in five years?” “Ves, I quit, I mean it. I work and work, for what ... for im-come tax! Better do four operas a year and not so much m-come tax!” NOTHER cue for Grace. “I was only saying to Beatrice Lillie last night, we don’t seem to have fun any more. All we do is work for security.” This failed to jibe with Miss Moore’s previous line about living her life, but it fitted the moment. She said rich people no longer cared about security because nothing, in these days, is certain, when Lily piped up with, “T have house in Connecticut. I build swim- ming pool. I go three days week. It is my health. I tell you, Grace, I am country woman.” Grace chuckled. Lily ?” “No ... but I have deer.” “T’m country-minded, too. I’m importing chickens irom France. Before leaving the coast I planted one hundred-and-forty-three grapevines on my California place. Be- sides, I have that villa at Cannes, and I’m returned “Have you chickens, MODERN SCREEN buying houses in Italy, England, Germany —all over. My pictures play on a per- centage basis; I can't take money out of those countries, so I buy property.” “T take vacation,” announced Miss Pons. “This summer I just do once week radio program.” “Pm taking a real vacation,” said Miss Moore. “We've bought a yacht.” “Do you go to see each other’s pictures?” I asked. “Oh, yes!” exclaimed Lily. “Grace, I see ‘When You're in Love’ in Ottawa before my concert.” ‘What did you like best?” I asked. Lily Pons did not hesitate. Bouncing in her chair she shouted, ‘De Minnie De Moocher!’” “That was the hardest thing I ever did,” said Grace. “I was okay in my dressing room, but it was awful when I had to wriggle before all those people.” “And the sound track,” added Lily. “The sound track, she make me jitters.” ‘Lily sang ‘Minnie the Moocher,’” said Grace, “four years ago at a benefit with Helen Jepson and Gladys Swarthout.” “In pictures I am afraid,” said Lily “Minnie, she not my style.” “What do you mean!” A determined note crept into Grace Moore’s voice. ‘Your studio tried to buy it for you two years ago, but mine got it first!” There was an awkward silence, graciously broken by Miss Moore who praised Lily’s singing of “The Beautiful Blue Danube.” “T think there is a place for opera on the screen,” she said, off to another stock start. ‘“‘Love Me Tonight’ started a cycle. It took the high-hat off opera.” “You cannot put a whole opera into pictures,” declared Lily. “I disagree with you,” said Grace. “But,” argued Lily, “all wormen I sing are cra-zy women. Lucia, she cra-zy, every- one she cra-zy!” “Tsn’t she cute!” Grace Moore laughed appreciatively. “Lily’s right. Her roles are different because she is .a_ colora- tura. However, I could do ‘Louise.’ In- cidentally, my next picture will bring Wagener to the screen for the first time— ‘Lohengrin’ and Elizabeth from ‘Tann- haueser. I’m going to Vienna to study for it. The story is from the novel, ‘Of Lena Geyer.’ ” “Mine is ‘Kiki’,” said Lily. “They have trouble with the writers.” “T want to ask Lily a question,” said Grace, “but I don’t want you to hear it.” HE whispered into Lily’s ear. Lily whispered back. When Grace heard the answer she uttered something in French. I did some rapid translating and made out the words, “I thought so.” Thus, to my way of guessing, Miss Pons may be married to Andre Kostelanetz after all. This terminated our meeting. On the way downstairs Lily told us she was leavy- ing to do some singing in “Mees-ees- zepp-i.” “Don’t come back with a southern ac- cent,’ teased Grace, whose car was the first to drive in front of the door. “T have a Nash,” she explained. for them.” Lily, walking toward her car, remarked timidly, “I have a little Pack-urd.” “But they gave me mine!” sang out Miss Moore. I watched them drive off into the dis- tance. Rushing to telephone the editor, I sighed with pride and relief at my achieve- ment in bringing two famous prima donnas together. But, apparently, there is no rest for a weary reporter. 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now a Roman legionnaire—his riding won him a lead in a Western two-reeler. <A short while later, his work in “Wings” raised him to star status. For the next two years, Gary was the busiest man in Hollywood. Dividing his time between courting Mexican Lupe Velez and seventeen pictures for Paramount, he found himself on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Once again folks tried talking sense to him. What he needed was a good rest, and all that sort of thing. So Gary left on a six months’ hunting safari through the African jungle, just missed getting gored by a rhino, and came back feeling fit as a fiddle. What he forgot was that Holly- wood was as fine a hunting ground as the African jungle. Between Veronica Balfe, a young “huntress” from Park Avenue and a little fella called Cupid, Gary was snared. He proposed, and, of course, the lady ac- eepted. Gary will be seen soon in ‘Souls at Sea,’ with George Raft and Frances Dee. MILDRED KORMAN, Yonkers, New York: You bet following our Barometer is every bit as fascinating as horse-racing! In fact, from what I hear, a good many people are betting on the results. Frankly, I’d like to discourage the practice. Too much of a chance. You can’t tell from one month to the next what a star’s position will be. For instance, look how close to the top Flynn is in this issue. Well, from the way the requests have come in so far, it looks like Tyrone Power, sprinting up from fourth place, is going to weasel in ahead of Errol in the August Barometer. And little Deanna Durbin—but you’d better stop me. I can talk all night about this Barometer business. Besides, if you want the monthly lowdown on who the first ten are, as well as a few predictions concerning future issues’ ratings, just write in. Ill DICK POWELL MODERN SCREEN Information Desk (Continued from page 21) keep you, or anyone else interested, posted free of charge for the next six months. (Last printed November, 1936. Total number of requests since then 414.) All a practiced biographer wants is a very few clues about a man—trifles like wavy hair, a melodious voice, roguish eyes, a boyish smile — they do the trick. He'll recon- struct you a life story with no more evidence than that. That there will be lots of admiring girls is a safe bet, says he; plenty of trouble, too; and money, easy money; and no end of chances to go wrong. Take Dick Powell. Girls? Oh, yes, they were crazy about him, and he loved it. Used to sing to them. One little girl (couldn't have been more than _ fifteen, ‘cause Dick was only sixteen himself) told him he had just about the swellest voice she’d heard. That gave Dick big ideas. Money ideas. He got himself three jobs all at once. Sundays, he sang in the Pres- byterian Church. Wednesdays he was a Seottish Rites-man. And every Friday night he donned a prayer shawl and did some heavy chanting in the Little Rock, Arkansas, Synagogue. Dick was alternately a studious boy and a prankster. In grammar school he be- came a member of that august body known as the P. I. E. (perfect in everything). However, he ended his education in high school, or rather the school ended it for him. He and a group of his buddies “bor- rowed” a car to ride in an Armistice Day parade, and prankster Powell was sum- marily dismissed. “Aha,” says your biographer, “trouble! What did I tell you?” But Diek didn’t know what trouble was until, some four years later, he met Mildred Maund. She was attending a P. I. E. dance, a strange girl from the South, and she swept him off his feet. Ignoring the fact that she had come with another escort, Dick took her home. He showed himself so perfect in everything that three months later Mildred eloped with him. At the time, Dick had a good job with the telephone company. But a sixty- dollar-a-week offer from one of the coun- try’s better orchestras stifled his ambitions along that line. Opportunities thrust them- selves upon Dick after that initial break. At the end of little more than a year, he was commanding a salary of $450 a week as mas- ter of ceremonies at one of Pittsburg’s largest theatres. But ol’ man trouble still had his number. Life for Dick had become synonymous with business, and his frail little wife from the South languished from inattention. The couple split up shortly before Dick was called out to Hollywood to take a tenor role in “Blessed Event.” That was in 1982. Once again the biographer’s guess comes true. Dick had gone wrong. But there’s a rock foundation of good sense in Dick’s make-up. He doesn’t go wrong twice. Hollywood love affairs passed him lightly by, until he was sure he had found the real thing. His marriage to Joan Blondell is no kid marriage. It will last. His latest picture is “Singing Marine.” NANCY SQUIER, Chicago, Hlinois: Whad- daya mean, Joe Brown doesn’t like parties ? 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A few months later he made a hit in “Sing, Baby Sing.” Sounds ridiculously easy, but back of that evening’s success story is a long tale of devotion to music. Tony’s a Califor- nia boy, born in Oakland, on a Christmas day. As far back as he can remember Tony has had musieal aspirations. The band he organized in high school was so much in demand in ’Frisco theatres, that his mother began to wonder how Tony could be passing his studies. When she discovered he wasn’t, she saw to it that the band was disbanded, But “musie wherever he goes’’ remained the Martin motto. It proved a most pain- ful motto to the pious brothers at St. Mary’s College. When they caught Tony jazzing up some of the hymns on the chapel organ, the good brothers agreed that Tony was carrying his musical devotions to ex- eess and asked him to leave. To make up for the fact that he had left his four years in college incomplete, his life story now ran in cycles of four years. Four years after leaving St. Mary’s he was given an M-G-M contract. For a time he remained on their payroll, but was given no roles. And then, after another four-year period, RKO signed him. This studio was every bit as blind as M-G-M. Tony was stalled with promises, but in-six months not a single part was found for him. He got a release from his contract and was prob- ably looking forward to another four years’ Odyssey as band leader and singing trou- badour, when that amazing Zanuck chap eaught up with him. At present writing Tony is unmarried. Whether his lovely sweetheart, Alice Faye, will let him suffer on much longer in that unblessed state is one of Hollywood’s burn- ing questions. ‘Sing and Be Happy” is his latest picture. ) Between You n Me (Continued from page 23) Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Rudolph Valentino, Mary Pickford, and other old- timers. I have heard of these stars all my life and would enjoy seeing some of their pictures. 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it costs more to rent the best pictures, especially while they are “new.” Why couldn't the managers compromise and give us good shows that are between the poorest and the best? These could be purchased for about the same price that they pay for a six-months-old de luxe pic- ture—James T. Berryman, Orange, Va. $1.00 Prize Letter A 13-Year-Old Speaks Up We children of adolescent age aren't often heard from, but, after all, we have our ideas about motion pictures, too. We're not so young that the only thing we enjoy is a picture in which a child actor or actress is starred; often that type doesn’t even win our favor one hundred per cent. I want to say in behalf of myself, and I’m sure many other children between the ages of twelve to fifteen everywhere, that Deanna Durbin, for one, deserves orchids and orchids and orchids. Besides having a golden voice that just thrills you right down to your toes, she’s a great actress and rates above Garbo -any day. Her role in “Three Smart Girls” was a good one to begin with, but the way she played it made it simply superb. She isn’t a goody-goody girl like Shir- ley Temple, nor a brat like Jane Withers. She’s just—just Deanna Durbin and I pre- dict a great future for her as far as we kids are concerned.—Betty Hindman, Springfield, Mo. Who's America’s Screen Idol, Movie Lover, Boy Friend, or what- have-you—Robert Taylor or Tyrone Power? The following letters seem to indicate that gals the country over have had a change of heart wm recent months as to who is King? Your fellow fans and Between You ’n’ Me would like to know how these two stars rate with YOU.—The Editor. $1.00 Prize Letter Blushingly Yours— Why not give the Bob Taylor fans a break? Now, for instance, in that scene in “Personal Property” where the thrill- ing heart throb of millions of American women sat serenely in the bath tub. Just think how much nicer it would have been if Bob could have been taking a shower with that handsome head thrust out of the top of the curtains and his shapely (I hope) legs peeking at us from underneath. I held my breath hoping he would show his legs at sometime or other, but, alas, he did not. I would like to know just why we are deprived of seeing these two very important features. Maybe it is for the best, though, as they might not be so per- fect as he, and I never could love a man with bowed legs. I lost interest in Warren William after seeing him running around in a pair of shorts, and maybe it would be that way with Bob. I will still continue to see all the Taylor pictures, hoping some day to see him in trunks.—Billie Leer, Grand Rapids, Mich. Taylor, Beware! Robert Taylor had better look to his laurels. A certain 20th Century-Fox ac- tor is knocking on the gateway to a million feminine hearts which Taylor couldn’t even get within speaking distance of. This actor has a certain boyish quality that stands out. He’s good-looking enough to send women home dreaming about him, but he’s not good-looking to the point of MODERN SCREEN Woodbury’s Cold Cream helps to guard from blemish and to soften lines. Vitamin D ingredient stimulates the skin to breathe skin. Just waiting for some crack in its surface to set up a blemish-infec- tion. So use a beauty cream that is germ-free ... Woodbury’s Cold Cream! Gee are unfriendly to the delicate Less chance for germs to cause ugly blemishes when Woodbury’s softens your skin. This cream arrests germ-growth. And now Woodbury’s Cold Cream con- tains another protective element that all skins need ... Sunshine Vitamin D. Vita- min D wakes up the quick-breathing process of skin cells. And when the skin breathes fast, takes up oxygen quickly, it retains its youthful vigor. Use Woodbury’s Cold Cream to keep your skin soft, young-looking, clear. Use Woodbury’s Facial Cream as a powder base, to hold make-up smoothly. Each of these lovely creams $1.00, 50¢, 25¢, 10¢ in jars; 25¢, 10¢ in tubes. “In less than three weeks, Bob be- gan to invite me to dances. And last night he confessed he first fell in love with my complexion.” GERM-FREE BEAUTY CREAMS MAIL for 10-PIECE COMPLEXION KIT! It contains trial tubes of Woodbury’s Cold and Facial Creams; guest-size Woodbury’s Facial Soap; 7 shades Woodbury’s Facial Powder. Send 10¢ to cover mailing costs. Address Jokn H. Woodbury, Inc., 6779 Alfred St., Cincinnati, Ohio. (In Canada) John H. Woodbury, Ltd., Perth, Ontario. Name. Street City. State 101
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Does he have any acting ability, or roles in his pictures that would dirty up his pretty face? No! Can he make a speech in a film that will startle you beyond words? No! Ah, but there is a young actor who has acting ability and personality with a capi- tal P. He is not conceited and doesn’t think all the girls are ga-ga over him. He sent shivers down my spine in his mag- nificent speech in “Lloyds of London.” Please let’s have more of Power and give our playboy, Taylor, a rest—Sylvia Shaw, Dayton, Ohio. Poor Bob! Ive heard so many people rave about filmland’s latest idol, Robert Taylor, that I felt compelled to venture my own humble opinion on this feminine heart throbber. Personally, I think he resembles a goo- goo eyed, washed-out mama’s boy. I can’t decide whether it’s his too divine toothy smile or his immaculately groomed coif- fure which has captivated so many gals’ hearts. But whatever it is, I'll take va- nilla. I hope I’m not too harsh on the poor guy.—Hortense Cupo, S. IL, N. Y. Reviews (Continuea from page 19) kkk Cafe Metropole If you're in the mood for a slightly mad jamboree, then this is your dish. Your dish, so to speak, is concocted mainly of satire, but it’s whipped up in a manner | that won’t strain your mentality, just in case you had a hard day at the office. Loretta Young is the daughter of a wealthy American manufacturer, and Tyrone Power is a young gent from these shores who finds himself the author of a bad check for a gambling debt, owed to Victor, major-domo of the Café Metro- pole. To pay the debt, young Mr. Power, under Victor’s direction, assumes the role of a Russian prince whose sole duty is to marry Miss Young and collect from papa. You know what happens, but everything is done in a fine comedy vein, and the thing winds up happily for everyone, 1n- cluding the audience. Both Tyrone and Loretta turn in ex- cellent performances, and there is an equally deft portrayal by Adolphe Menjou, as Victor. 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| }pear on the screen. |. As for the story, it’s one of those things jabout a Park Avenue chanteuse who ‘deserts her Broadway-trained agent for someone on her own level. The broken- ‘hearted agent scouts around for a new ‘singer and finds Frances Langford, whom lhe skyrockets to radio fame in spite of )her prison record, which is revealed, of course, by the mean gal from the social register. Phil Regan is a handsome and capable ‘hero as the agent, and Miss Langtord, photographed to advantage in most of the unreeling, lends her excellent chanting to several good numbers. ** Top of the Town This musical is terrific, colossal, stupen- dous and not very amusing. Its sets are amazing combinations of chromium, cello- phane and imagination. Their very size tends to dwarf the entertainment offered in front of them. In one scene, a huge mirrored floor makes it impossible to see the dancing feet of George Murphy and little Peggy Ryan, which is a pity, for both Mr. Murphy and Miss Ryan are experts. The picture consists of a series of good vaudeville acts without a plausible story to bind them together. Doris Nolan, as a batty heiress, shows promise of a fine screen future, and George Murphy, who is an excellent dancer, gets the break he should have had long ago. The best breaks, however, are handed to Ella Logan and Gertrude Niesen. Miss Logan can sing and dance and has a swell sense of comedy. Miss Niesen, treated kindly by the camera, registers well in her song numbers. Hugh Herbert, given too much to do, overdoes it. The Three Sailors come through with several good routines. Eleven-year-old Peggy Ryan does a neat impersonation of Eleanor Powell, and Henry Armetta is splendid in a burlesque of a symphony orchestra conductor. Di- rected by Ralph Murphy.—Universal. *%* The Woman | Love Almost throttled by an obviously old- fashioned and routine story, this falls short of the splendid drama it might have been. It is difficult to understand why a studio will borrow two such expensive and ex- pert players as Paul Muni and Miriam Hopkins and put them into such thread- ) bare surroundings. Played against a background of the World War, “The Woman I Love” is a story of two men who love one woman. Miriam Hopkins, as the woman, is the central character. Wife of a lieutenant (Paul Muni) in the French Escadrille, she meets and falls in love with a young officer in Paris. When the young man goes to the front he is detailed to the squadron of the gal’s husband. The two become fast friends and tell each other about the woman they love, not knowing they're speaking of the same young lady. The inevitable denouement arrives, accord- ing to schedule, but it will be no surprise to seasoned picturegoers. 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The tiny Blue-Jay medicated plaster, by removing pressure, at once relieves pain and in 3 short days the corn lifts out—Root and All (exceptionally stubborn cases may require a second application). Try this safe, easy Blue-Jay method today. 25¢ for 6—at all druggists. BLUEJAY BAUER & BLACK SCIENTIFIC CORN PLASTERS *A plug of dead cells root-like in form and position. If left may serve aS focal point for renewed development, 104 MODERN SCREEN banded together a highly competent group of young people, and together with the veteran Edward Ellis, they turn in a brace of fine portrayals which help make this good entertainment for all audiences. Story revolves about a young interne in a big city hospital. The city is run by corrupt poli- ticians who grab what they can while the poorer classes suffer in pestilence-ridden slums. Into the young doctor’s campaign to free the city from its grip of vice is woven a number of highly dramatic se- quences which carry the story on its way swiftly and with considerable punch. John Howard is admirable as the young doctor, adding another good performance to his growing list. Robert Wilcox, a new- comer, is fine as a fellow interne. ‘This young man has a definite screen future. Edward Ellis is an excellent political boss. Nan Grey and Judith Barrett are more than competent in the romance department. Directed by Harold Young.—Universal. tr Think Fast, Mr. Moto If you don’t find Mr. Moto one of the most fascinating gentlemen you’ve met up with in celluloid in sometime, then we’re— well, surprised and even disappointed. For Mr. Moto is to the Japanese what Mr. Chan is to the Chinese—a charming ex- ample of the race and a crack sleuth. Peter Lorre is a happy choice for this character and makes enough of the role so that you will no doubt be looking for his future adventures. The plot gives Mr. Moto plenty of reason for thinking fast, between straightening out smugglers, spies, murderers and a couple of young people who are madly in love but badly in need of advice. On board a giant steamer, all these intrigues are given a background which helps to build up excitement and suspense. Sig Rumann as the chief meanie and John Rogers and Murray Kinnell as assistant meanies do a good job of it, while Virginia Field and Thomas Beck satisfactorily, if not brilliantly, provide the romantic interest. Directed by Norman Foster.—20th Century-Fox, %% Good Old Soak Here we have that familiar small-town character, Clem Hawley, played by Wally Beery, who, though saturated with home- brew, still retains an untarnished heart of gold. It is a role well-suited to Wallace Beery, who plays it for every laugh and tear that could be squeezed out of it. A harmless, good-natured souse, he’s a con- stant source of exasperation to his wife, Janet Beecher, and his children, Betty Furness and Eric Linden. Everybody in town agrees that Clem is utterly worthless, but that there’s something about the guy you cant help liking. And Clem finally comes crashing through with an heroic gesture which saves his son from prison, his wife from dying of disgrace and his daughter’s heart from breaking. It’s a fine, melodramatic climax that should wring even the toughest heart—M-G-M. te Pick a Star Even the appearance of Laurel and Hardy, Patsy Kelly, Jack Haley (he has a streamlined singing voice), Mischa Auer, plus other dependables, does not make it the swiftly-moving, smartly-paced musical that it should be. The fault seems to lie in the plot and its treatment. The whole thing is a hokum view of Hollywood's oft-told tale: the quest for fame. Pat Kelly's sister, beauteous Rosina Lawrence, has film aspirations. 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Haley) rushing to Hollywood to make her happy by snagging a film contract for her. Unsuccessful, he becomes a bus boy at a popular cinema night spot, hoping to con- tact a movie producer. Chance gives Patsy and her sister an opportunity to fly to Hollywood. It also serves to introduce Mischa Auer, playing a “ham” film Lo- thario and roasting the part to a delectable brown. Auer’s work in the film is out- standing, although Laurel and Hardy, and the Kellys, add their hilarious moments, too. If you like slapstick overtones, you will probably like this—Hail Roach. %& Another Dawn This opus is very brave, very British, and very dull. They've taken the age-old story of a woman torn between two men, one of whom is her husband, and they’ve neglected to give it a modern dress which might have covered its old and feeble bones. Story centers around one of those British army outposts at Dykat—good old Dykat—whose commandant, Ian Hunter, returns from a London furlough with a bride. The bride is Kay Francis, and she doesn’t love her husband. She merely re- spects him, although she was _ decent enough to let him in on her feelings. There is, of course, the inevitable handsome young captain at the post. Errol Flynn is the dash- ing young man in the beautiful uniform, and Miss Francis immediately falls in love with him. From that moment on, the story drags along, while audiences sit back know- ing that in the end Ian Hunter will follow the customary procedure and walk out of the picture, leaving the two lovers prac- tically alone in the theatre. Miss Francis manages to be quite effec- tive in spite of her stilted dialogue and a couple of gowns in which she must have felt pretty silly. Ian Hunter is his usual capable self as the husband, and Errol Flynn is decorative as the young officer. Frieda Inescort is given nothing worthy of her talents. Directed by Wilham Die- terle—Warner Bros. %x* As Good As Married When a wealthy architect discovers he can save considerable money on his in- come tax by the simple process of getting married, he dictates a proposal to his sec- retary. The young lady accepts the busi- ness proposition, and the story gets under way. You know, of course, that the young lady has been in love with the handsome architect for some time, just as you know that eventually their strictly business ar- rangement will turn into romance. In spite of its rather obvious theme, this is amusing and entertaining mainly because it has been handled with a light touch and a sense of humor. John Boles portrays the architect in an easy, gracious manner and shows improve- ment in nis acting ability. Doris Nolan, while not at her best in light comedy, is attractive and completely believable as the secretary. Walter Pidgeon is excellent as a young man in love with Miss Nolan, and Tala Birell leers her way through the role of the villainess. Esther Ralston, looking young and beautiful, lends an ex- pert touch to a role which should have been much bigger. Directed by Eddie Buzzell. —Umiversal. %*%* Dance, Charlie, Dance This is the old George S. Kaufman play, “The Butter and Egg Man,” slightly revised for screen purposes. With Stuart Erwin and Jean Muir in the leads, and the fa- miliar Warner Brothers set of comedians in supporting roles, it is a light, wise- cracking comedy which should please au- diences who don’t demand too much sub- tlety in their screen entertainment. The plot concerns a couple of Broad- MODERN SCREEN NEW...a CREAM DEODORANT which safely STOPS PERSPIRATION Arrid is the ONLY deodorant to stop perspiration with all these five advantages: — Cannot rot dresses, cannot irritate skin. No waiting to dry. Can be used right after shaving. Instantly stops perspiration for 1 to 3 days—keeps armpits dry and odorless, saves dresses from perspiration stains and offensive odor. A pure, white, greaseless, stain- less vanishing cream. Arrid is the ONLY deodorant to stop perspiration which has been awarded the Textile Seal of Approval of The American Institute of Laundering for being harmless to ) fabric. TRIALJAR: Send 10 cents (stamps or coin) for a generous size jar of Arrid. Feminine Products Inc., 55 Park Place, New York, N.Y. At drug and dept. stores MAN'S WORK LASTS TILL SET OF SUN OMAN'S work Is NEVER DONE - YET WHILE DOING OTHER THINGS You CAN ENJOY Double Mint Gum HELPS KEEP YOUR FACE YOUNG AND LOVELY. 105
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A small-town gent with theat- rical leanings (Stuart Erwin) takes over the show, and when “Dance, Charlie, Dance” emerges on Broadway, it’s so bad it’s an instant hit. Best performance in the pic- ture is Stuart Erwin’s portrayal of the am- bitious young man from Athens, IHinois. Directed by Frank McDonald—Warners. *kk* Make Way for Tomorrow When Barkley and Lucy Cooper, after fifty years of married life, realize their home is about to be taken away from them, they call in their children and ask for help. The children, most of them married and with homes of their own, are no longer interested in the old people’s problems, but after considerable wrangling they parcel their parents out—their father to one home and their mother to another. The two old people, after their years together, find a tragic unhappiness in their new life and in the realization that the years they sacrificed for their children were spent in vain. That’s the story, and it’s told with such depth and feeling that most audiences will leave the theatre weeping. Its power lies in the fact that it is drawn from life itself, an honest portrait of many a family whose parents have grown too old. Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi make the old couple a tragic and lovable pair. Thomas Mitchell and Fay Bainter are outstanding as a son and daughter-in-law, and Barbara Read is splendid as a modern granddaughter. Di- rected by Leo McCarey.—Paramount. %% Internes Can't Take Money You won't want to miss this one, for the story is interesting from first to last; it is well cast, and the players give admirable accounts of themselves. In the leading roles are Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea, while the supporting players in- clude Lloyd Nolan, Stanley Ridges, Lee Bowman, Barry Macollum and Nick Lucats. McCrea is the young interne who has to turn down Gangster Nolan’s thousand dol- lars in payment for an operation, since it is against the rules of the hospital to ac- cept money. This is made doubly hard since Barbara Stanwyck, the girl Joel loves, needs just that amount so badly. Finally she resorts to stealing it from Nolan. The Stanwyck predicament is due to the fact that the underworld will only give her information C.O.D. concerning the whereabouts of her child. And thereby hangs the tale, for the aim of Barbara’s existence, since serving a prison term, is to locate her missing child. Stanley Ridges, a big-shot racketeer, offers to lead her directly to the child for a thousand dollars —or else. It looks as if the latter were inevitable, and Barbara is just ready to take off with Ridges when one of the most dramatic rescues in celluloid is staged. Directed by Alfred Santell.—Paramount. kk Fifty Roads to Town This is a delightful hour and a half in any theatre. 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Good News (Continued from page 68) Luise Rainer is the biggest problem yet to confront the studio prop men. It seems that Miss R. has an appetite that would put a whale’s to shame and that even card- board cookies have been known to disap- pear on a Rainer set. In a scene from “The Emperor's Candlesticks” the other day, the cameras were grinding away as the dignitied butler passed a trav of hors- d'oeuvres to Luise and then to Bill Powell. Bill groped all over the tray, then cocked that famous eyebrow at his leading lady. “Certainly strange, isn’t it?’ agreed Luise, turning on one of those melting glances that win Academy. Awards and irate di- rectors. Kay Francis is becoming pretty difficult these days, it seems. She’s practically ‘impossible to interview, and then when lined up refuses to talk on anything to do with her private life or personal views. “Tf I’m married,” she snapped at an in- terviewer the other day, “that’s my busi- ness, and I can’t see how it could concern anyone else.’ Well, our guess is that it might concern Delmer Daves. Joan Blondell had her small son, Norman Barnes, Jr., on the set the other day. He was riding a kiddie-kar made by Dick Powell and proudly announced that when he grew up he was going to be just like his daddy. “I’m going to be a carpenter,” he said firmly. Norman has evidently over- looked the fact that Papa is a’movie star of soris. Who Done It? Dept.: What well- known star, estranged from his wife, re- cently phoned her at her home and re- quested her not to divorce him? It isn’t because he wants to go back to the wife —he’s afraid if she divorces him he'll soon have a brand-new wife on his hands, and he’s enjoying himself too much now in his married-but-single bliss. Just heard that the real reason for Con- nie Bennett’s change of tactics on the “Topper” set was a threatened spanking. When Connie came to work on the picture she approached Director Norman McLeod. “I guess you know my reputation,” she said. “What are you going to do about it if I'm temperamental on this picture?” “I'll take you across my knee and paddle you,” an- nounced McLeod. “Okay,” said La Bennett, “it's a date.” And the word is that the Bennett posterior received nary a whack. Out on the “New Faces of 1937” set, the comedians aren’t having much fun. The reason being that Parkyakarkus doesn’t like Milton Berle, Milton -Berie doesn’t like Parkyakarkus, Joe Penner doesn’t like Milton and Milton isn’t crazy about Joe. Parkyakarkus and Joe feel that they really shouldn’t care for each other under the circumstances, but can’t get over a sneaking liking for each other that they've had for some fifteen years. MODERN SCREEN x As romantic as a Waliz, as exciting as a Swing Band—the Vw PON GAAS > gay bouquetfragranceof Blue Waltz Perfume has a potent appeal to the masculine heart. It sets the senses awhirl, and swings hearts into harmonious rhythm. A touch on your throat, your lips, and your wrists, and you will swirl in a cloud of enchanting fragrance. ae Best of all, Blue Waltz Perfume lasts and lasts! 10¢ at all 5 and 10¢ stores ee FIFTH AVENUE: NEW YORK g BLUE WALTZ PERFUME - FACE POWDER’: LIPSTICK - BRILLIANTINE - COLD CREAM GRIFFIN ALLWITE for all white shoes BOTTLE or TUBE ..... 10¢ LARGER SIZES FOR ECONORY 107
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the Grove, too. It's just recently that Ella Logan is begin- ning to look like a Promising Movie Star, as far as her wardrobe goes. For Ella wore the same suit every day for a month after arriving in town. Reason was that while in Chicago she had just accepted an offer to sing in a Florida night club, checked her trunks on the train, and was all ready to pull out when a wire came from movie moguls offering her a job here. Ella boarded a plane and headed west, while her ward- robe sped due south. Frantic wires after Ella finally collected herself were to no avail. The baggage had been mislaid, and it represented two thousand dollars worth of raiment that Ella had saved for years to buy. The day the studio signed her to a long-term contract with a fancy salary, the trunks arrived in all their pristine glory. Marlene Dietrich’s new dressing room is the last word in swank. All the walls and the ceiling are lined avith mirrors; the fur- niture is white and silver, and the rugs white bear-skin. But despite all the grandeur, the lovely lady is unable to enjoy lunch in her fancy surroundings. It seems the food reflected in all those mirrors gives her indigestion. Jackie Cooper and Judy Garland are at 108 Don Ameche and his leadin’ lady, Honore, step out a Mrs. A.'s pretty enough-to be his reel partner, but she’d rather play Mother to their two young heirs. the hand - holding - at- soda - fountain stage. Which accounts for the completely dejected look on the freckled countenance of Mickey Rooney. But Mickey pulled a fast one at the studio commissary the other day. Jackie and Judy were interrupted in their soulful gazes at each other over malted milks when Mickey passed the table and yelled, “Hi, you kids!” On his arm was Sophie Tucker. Here’s one for the Crosby fans. In Hong Kong they have just released “Rhythm on the Range.” The reason for the delay is that the Chinese theatre managers aren’t so dumb. They waited until the festive season when the Sacred Cow is highly regarded by the people. Then great signs went up on the principal theatre, announcing the picture, “Starring prize Hollywood bull with Bing Crosby.” The cast of “I Met Him in Paris” claims that Hollywood has it all over Idaho, where the company was on location for winter sports. We watched Claudette Colbert and Rokert Young out on the movie lot having a fine time on a sleigh-ride. A platform was mounted on rubber wheels and on this Claudette and Bob were merrily bouncing up and down, while Bob cracked a couple of reins over some non-existent horses. And After deserting his screen fons for ages, Douglass Montgomery is back in the limelight, com- forting Anne Shirley and her slightly bruised knee. Bob Young and Missus sample the food at the Cocoanut Grove. Bob is Devoted Husband No. ie from behind the camera, several prop men pelted the pair with great gobs of studio “snow, supposedly kicked up from the horses’ hoofs. It all seemed like fun. Francis Lederer arrived in town first, for his role in “Cape of Good Hope.” It was just a matter of days until Margo planed in to start in a new film over on a rival lot. Asked about all those rumors concerning romance, Mr. L. just shakes his head and sighs, “Ah, if they were but true.” You'd think that would get the gal, if nothing else could. Habitues of the Brown Derby’s Bamboo Room usually notice a certain chap who parks himself at the end of the bar every evening. The mysterious guy, it turns out, owns a health club, but he does all his busi- ness in the Bamboo Room. Which is why, on occasion, this or that actor wakes up of a fine morning and discovers he has pur- chosed a full-fledged membership in the health club. Our friend won't be happy un- til he makes Hollywood the healthiest little community in the couniry. Elegance Note: We have it, from sources occasionally considered unimpeachable, that Helen Vinson is not one to lag behind when it comes to the little things which make for luxurious living. “Miss Vinson,” according to the sources, “has installed before each of the several shower rooms _ located throughout her palatial new home, an elec- tric beam which automatically starts the thermostatically controlled shower release as one enters the cubicle and which also stops the flow upon leaving.” Printed in the U. S. A. by Art Color Printing Company, Dunellen, N. J.
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