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OCS YOU? 111707 Ve ‘YOU MODERN SCREEN “A Lovelier Smile would make you more attractive!” GAY, friendly smile, revealing A sparkling teeth, is so appealing. The girl who has a lovely smile can’t help but win! Tragic that so many girls lose this charm through carelessness — tragic that they neglect the warning of “pink tooth brush”—let teeth that are lustreless and dull actually spoil their own good looks! If you've seen a tinge of “pink,” see your dentist. It may be nothing serious, but let him decide. Usually, however, he’ll tell you that it’s only another case of gums deprived of exercise by our modern, creamy foods. And, as so many dentists do, he’ll probably advise more work and resistance—the healthful stimulation of Ipana and massage. For Ipana, with massage, is especially designed to help keep gums healthy, as well as keep teeth sparkling. Every time you brush your teeth, massage a little extra Ipana into your gums. As circulation in the gum tissues increases, gums tend to become firmer, more re- sistant to trouble. Change to Ipana and massage—and change today! Let this very practical dental health routine help you to-have firmer gums, brighter teeth—a lovelier smile! , * * * DouBLE puTY —Ask your druggist for Rubberset’s Double Duty Tooth Brush, designed to massage gums effectively as well as to thoroughly clean teeth. : Change to - ee qnd 2 | cred Masnage - w

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©cis 371716 /: APR <2 1938 ™ Cruel Herds as. but she knew - She knew that frequent headaches and lack of pep had begun to get on her nerves. But she didn’t quite realize how irritable she had become, how hard to get along with—until one night her fiancé lost his temper and threatened to break their engagement. She was frightened, but she still could hardly be- lieve that her constipated condition was back of it all. Then — A friend advised — and the world looked brighter ee Wes ie What a wonderful thing for this girl that on a friend’s advice she got FEEN-A-MINT promptly! This famous laxative in delicious chewing gum re- lieved her constipation and the troubles it caused — gently, effectively, and easily. She found, as you will too, that no other type of laxative CAN do exactly what FEEN-A-MINT does. FEEN-A-MINT is so thorough, so dependable — so different. You get ALL THREE of these important benefits in FEEN-A-MINT NO STOMACH UPSET — With FEEN-A- * MINT you don’t swallow a heavy, bulky dose; there is nothing to further burden an already overburdened digestion. CHEWING AIDS DIGESTION— The chew- ing stimulates the flow of the same natural alkaline fluids that help food digest. ACTS WHERE YOU NEED IT — FEEN-A- 5K MINT’s tasteless laxative ingredient does not affect stomach action. It passes to the intestine and does its work where it should —easily, pleasantly, comfortably. FEEN-A-MINT won’t gripe or nauseate you—won’t disturb sleep. Your whole family will appreciate this modern laxative—children especially. 16 million peo- ple have already changed to FEEN-A-MINT —do yourfolks a favor and get FEEN-A-MINT today! At all druggists, or write for gen- serous FREE trial package, \ Dept.67, FEEN-A-MINT, Newark, N. J. DELICIOUS Tastes like ~ your favorite chewing gum MODERN SCREEN Regina Cannon..../....-++- ...Editor Leo Townsend... ./...-Hollywood Editor Abril Lamarque./......--0++ Art Editor Copyright, 1938, by Dell Publishing Co. Inc. NOW SHOWING THE PUNCH THAT’S JUDY 8 ROBERT McILWAINE MUTUAL BENEFIT ASS’N. 34 KATHARINE, HARTLEY HIS LIFES EXCITING 36 FAITH SERVICE HAS SHE ANYTHING LEFT TO WANT? 38 GLADYS HALL GLAMOR FOR RENT 40 CAROLINE S. HOYT THAT THING CALLED TEMPERAMENT 42 FRANC DILLON SMALL TOWN GIRL 44 KAY.PROCTOR STRANGER THAN FICTION 46 GLADYS_HALL BLUFFS THAT WORKED 48 DORA ALBERT PRESTO CHANGE-O 50 RILLA PALMBORG LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 52 IDA ZEITLIN VANISHING AMERICAN 54 IDA ZEITLIN THOSE HOLLYWOOD MEN 55 ELEANOR PACKER IS YOUR BEAUTY PROBLEM HERE? 56 MARY MARSHALL THE BEWILDERING BRADY 58 MARTHA KERR SPUNKY SPANKY 116 MERLIN PIERCE SHORT SUBJECTS FRENCH FOR DELICIOUS 10 SIMONE’S FAVORITES OUR PUZZLE PAGE 12 MOVIE X-WORD INFORMATION DESK 16 QUESTIONS ANSWERED REVIEWS 20 WHAT TO SEE NEEDLE WORK 24 THINGS TO MAKE PORTRAIT GALLERY 27 FOR YOUR ALBUM OFF THEIR GUARD 59 CANDID SHOTS GOOD NEWS 72 MOVIE CHATTER MOVIE SCOREBOARD 80 FILM GUIDE BETWEEN YOU ’N’ ME 86 PRIZE LETTERS ACCENT ON SPRING 98 NEW FASHIONS Modern Screen, No. 301773. Published monthly by Dell Publishing Company, Incorporated. Office of publication at Washington and South Avenues, Dunellen, Executive and editorial offices, 149 Madison Avenué, 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. 16,,No. 6/May, 1938. 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 Post-office, Dunellen, New Jersey, under act of March 3, 1879. Additional second class entries entered at Seattle, Washington; San Francisco, California; and Houston, Texas._ The publishers accept no responsibility for the return of unsolicited material. Sole foreign Agents: The Internationc! 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 !iving person is used it is purely a coincidence.

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MODERN SCREEN eect z ee . ; ; lI ie © bs i} Bee ae na heart-walloping love s Chats, ieee es os i u a _ The King and Queen of the Screen, with the i? | _ of ‘Captains Courageous’, bring you love and 7 i adventure that will set your nerves a-tingling! © Vile Laughter too... as Clark makes Spencer act as Myrna’s stand- in! Spencer's willing but not able...if you get what we mean.

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EL SA a a A a ST a SS MODERN SCREEN WHITE GODDESS OF THE JUNGLE BARES HER HEART! T the altar of the Crocodile God, while the drums of voodoo sound the terrible tocsin of jungle hate, she stands, thrilling, beautiful Tura, high priestess of a cult so strange, so weird, no white man has ever lived to describe its awesome rites. At her feet, shackled, helpless in the iron grasp of voodoo-maddened tribes- men, is the young avi- ator who has taught her the meaning of a white man’s love. Behind her, sinister, threatening, the all- powerful ruler of the Malayan wilds, Kuasa, gives the dread com- Paramount presents the first jungle picture ever filmed in Technicolor.

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MODERN SCREEN mand ....Will she obey—will she send this man who loves her to a hideous death in the crocodile pit— or is her love great enough to withstand the fury of jungle hate? And what a story this is, the drama of the mysterious girl of the Malayan wilds and the young English aviator who invades her jungle realm, falling like a meteor from the tropic skies. You will thrill to the first words of their love, spoken to the whispering melodies of THE PLANE CRASH IN THE JUNGLE .-.Lhe most thrilling action-picture ever filmed in Technicolor. the wind through tropic palms beneath the jungle moon. You will thrill to the dangers into which this love hurls them... dangers which defy the telling, dangers which must be seen in all the radiant excitement of this great natural color film to appreciate their amazing, thundering, emotional power. The mighty jungle typhoon... . the amazing charge of the crocodile legion...the great earthquake ... scenes like these mark the dawn of a new epoch in the history of moving picture ad- -venture-drama, adventure - romance. HEAR DOROTHY LAMOUR, golden voice of the networks, sing ‘Lovelight In the Starlight” and “Coffee and Kisses”.

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‘ { { i i 4 H } H t a H i i } H i THE PUNCH THATS JUDY BY ROBERT McILWAINE IF YOU can’t be terrific, then don’t try at all,” advises Judy’s sister. There are three Garland girls, but it took the very youngest member of the trio to deliver the punch that rang the gong of fame. Judy has only been around four- teen years, but she’s made each and every one of ’em count. Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Miss Gar- land had only seen two summers when she embarked upon the road to success. It seems that during a Christmas performance, little Judy was allowed to speak her piece—or sing it. “T wanted to sing, so they let me go on for one verse of ‘Jingle Bells.’ Finally, I was coaxed off after about ten stanzas and I[ guess I’d still be Miss Garland’s favorite gen- tleman friend is Mr. Mickey Rooney. there if they hadn't used a little force with their persuasion. One reason I got away with it all might be because Dad owned the theatre,” explained Judy. Even at this tender age, Judy had plenty of punch and was the type that, given an inch, invariably took a mile. Perhaps this is one of the reasons she is a star today. Recently the Garlands visited New York and Judy made personal ap- pearances. We saw her backstage in her dressing-room. The happy young- ster was surrounded by flowers, make-up and costumes equal to any prima donna’s, but featured none of the formalities of a lady warbler. Curled up in a comfortable chair, Judy was busily engaged doing her The youngest of the Gar- lands is the peppiest. She's into everything. lessons for next day. It seems that during her brief sojourn in the East she was accompanied by a tutor. He had gone to the country, but left a little reminder behind. It read: “Since we did not cover the French verbs today, will see you tomorrow (Saturday). Please be prepared.” Even though Judy’s mother and sister are usually present, little Miss G. does her own talking. She is smart and poised without being pre- cocious, and her vivacious person- ality is a factor of her extreme popularity. Between her studies and the five-a- day at a Broadway theatre, she had managed to see her boss’s doctor— just in case. (Continued on page 14)

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Xa a aS a a a a j H 4 i | 4 H i | i Oo! la! la! you'll adore Simone’s pet strawberry pie! In the words of the popular song, “Spring Is in the Air!” Yes, in the florists’ windows as well as in the gardens, on the fashion pages as well as in the shops, everything helps to back up the calendar’s contention that once again, definitely, off- cially (and happily) it’s spring. In our culinary department, too, the season has us, it seems. For here—as timely as the robins, as cheery as the daffodils —are Simone Simon’s suggestions for the sort of dainty fare that will serve as a spring tonic for your menus, lifting them out of the win- ter doldrums into the realm of the unusual. But wait a bit! Did that word “unusual” throw you for a minute? Well, it needn't. For though the foods Simone recommended have a French “accent” as intriguing as her own, the recipes specify no strange ingre- dients that you never heard of. Nor do they call for rare viands difficult for any- one except a linguist or a world traveler to procure. Indeed not, for as with most French cooking, it is the combination of foods, the delicacy of flavoring and above all the excellence of the sauces that give distinction to the dish and serve to prove, to even the most skeptical, that France is richly entitled to the culinary laurels she wears so proudly. So says Simone, at any rate. Further- more, she went on to prove her point by 10 MODERN SCREEN providing us with two or three well chosen recipes. Who, then, are we to argue? We can far better profit by following her direc- tions for preparing Petits Pois Nouveaux a la Francaise, Poulet a la Fagon de Sim- one and Omelette aux Fraises. Which, my pets, in plain English is simply new peas fixed delectably in the French fashion, chicken cooked according to Simone’s fa- vorite recipe and a strawberry omelet that will delight all who try it, whether it is served as a main course luncheon dish or as a dessert. Nor must we overlook another dessert treat for which Simone expressed real en- thusiasm, even though it bears no fancy French title. It’s Strawberry Chiffon Pie! And it’s as spring-like a sweet as one could imagine, according to our piquante little star who was first introduced to this light, frothy concoction at the Café de Paris (20th Century-Fox’s own restaurant) during the making of “Josette.” From now on, Simone assures me, she will order the season’s most popular fruit in this form whenever it appears on their menu. So, with this assurance, I lost no time in getting the recipe to add to the others she had provided. I was also fortunate in being able to procure a picture that would give you some idea of what this pie looks like when made according to the directions that I’m passing along here for all of you to try. Unfortunately, no picture in black and white could do justice to the delicate color that adds so much to the appeal. of the dessert in question. FRENCH FOR DELICIOUS Piquant and French, Simone Simon loves unusual delicacies. Here, then, you'll find this and other recipes for Simone Simon’s favorite foods, carefully tested and simple enough for all to follow. So get busy with the scissors or the pencil (you see, I take it for granted you will want to keep copies!) and try these French dishes. In so doing you'll discover for yourself just what the French word for delicious—which is delicieux, by the way—really means! NEW PEAS, FRENCH STYLE 2 tablespoons butter 6 small white “pickling” onions 2 cups shelled, tender young peas 1 head hearts of lettuce '4 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon sugar 2 tablespoon water (or, preferably, chick- en broth) Melt butter in a heavy saucepan or Dutch oven. Add onions and brown them slightly. Add peas and the head of let- tuce cut into eighths. Season with salt and sugar. Sprinkle with the water or broth and cover tightly. Cook gently until peas are tender. Some chefs also recommend the addition of a little parsley and chervil during the cooking.

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STRAWBERRY CHIFFON PIE 1 pint of strawberries 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten . Y% cup. sugar 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 package strawberry flavored gelatin Y cup hot water 4 teaspoon salt 3 egg whites, stiffly beaten Wash and hull berries. Crush enough berries to make 34 cup pulp and juice, re- serving remaining berries to use as a gar- ‘nish. To beaten ege yolks add one half of the sugar and the lemon juice. Cook in double boiler until it will coat spoon, stir- ring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in the strawberry gelatin which has been dissolved in the hot water. Add the 34 cup of fresh strawberry pulp. Chill in bowl in refrigerator until slightly thickened. Beat salt and remaining sugar into the stiffly beaten whites. Fold lightly into gela- tin mixture. Pour into cold baked pie shell or one of the popular graham cracker or cornflakes shells. Chill until firm. Before serving, garnish wth whole berries. STRAWBERRY OMELET 1 pint strawberries Y% cup granulated sugar 1 tablespoon orange juice 1 teaspoon grated orange rind 4 eggs, slightly beaten 3 tablespoons cream 1 tablespoon powdered sugar 4 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons butter (preferably sweet) Select 1 dozen of the firmest berries in the box. Sprinkle these with 4% cup of the granulated sugar. Add orange juice and rind and allow to stand for % hour before starting omelet. Mash remaining berries, add remaining 14 cup sugar. Stew gently for 5 minutes. Beat eggs only until mixed, add cream, powdered sugar and salt. Melt butter in omelet pan, pour in the egg mix- ture. Cook omelet gently, lifting edges with a fork as the omelet becomes firm on the bottom so that the uncooked portion can run underneath and cook. When ome- let is fairly firm, but not quite done, spread the uncooked berry mixture over the top of it. Cook a minute or two longer. Shake pan gently to loosen omelet, cut two slits in the omelet at right angles to the handle and fold over carefully with a spatula. Transfer to a heated platter and pour over it the hot cooked syrup and serve. CHICKEN FAVORITE 1 broiler (2%-3 pounds) 4 cup butter 1 small bud of garlic Y% teaspoon salt a few grains pepper 1 tablespoon flour 1 cup water (or stock made by boiling neck, wing .tips and giblets) Y% cup red wine (Bordeaux) a tiny pinch of thyme Y%% bay leaf 1 teaspoon minced parsley Y% pound fresh mushrooms, cooked Have broiler cut into small pieces as for fricassee. Dust lightly with salt and pep- per. Melt butter in a skillet. Cook garlic bud in the butter for 5 minutes. Remove gar- lic, add chicken and fry to a golden brown. Remove browned chicken to a baking dish or earthenware casserole. To the fat re- maining in the pan, add salt and flour. Stir until blended. Add water or stock, cook until smooth and thickened. Add red wine, thyme, bay leaf, parsley and mush- rooms. Stir until thoroughly blended, then pour over chicken. Cover tightly. Bake in moderate oven (375° F.) until epieren is tender (about 1 hour). Add cooked mush- rooms last 10 minutes of cooking. Serve in casserole surrounded by cooked vegetables. MODERN SCREEN MATILDA: There! That’s why the bride’s hav- ing plenty of grief, Susan—look what's in her box of groceries! MATILDA: But, Susan, you know it’s that weak-kneed soap the bride buys that leaves dirt sticking in her clothes. She'll never get rid of tattle-tale gray—if we don’t show her the right kind of ‘soap to use. consonant nets ae $ £ : steer tc se SUSAN: Nice doggie! We're only trying to be helpful. We're only trying to show the bride how to get whiter washes. FEW WEEKS LATER COPR. 1938, FELS & CO, BANISH “TATTLE-TALE GRAY” WITH FELS-NAPTHA SOAP They do wonders! Try the new Fels-Naptha Soap Chips, too! SUSAN: Never mind, Matilda, pick up your skirts and run! I don’t think that dog likes old ladies. SUSAN: But the dog!... MATILDA: Don’t be a ‘fraidy-cat—I’ll take care of the dog. You take that lazy soap out of the bride’s groceries and put in our bar of Fels-Naptha Soap. golden soap and Jots of naptha get clothes so MATILDA: Yes, doggie. Fels-Naptha’s richer clean, tattle-tale gray simply has to scamper. 11 =

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H i Men weTonpiled —by the lure of Tangee lips with their appeal- ing rosy softness. They detest a “painted look”! Tangee contains no paint—never coats the lips with ugly red grease. It gives a lovely glow that best suits your natural color— whether blonde, brunette or red head. Tangee looks orange in the stick... but changes on your lips to a warm blush-rose shade, blending perfectly with your com- plexion. Its special cream base keeps lips soft and smooth. Try Tangee. 39¢ and $1.10. For a natural matched appearance, use Tangee Face Powder and Tangee Rouge. Untouched—Lips left untouched are apt to have a faded, parched look. Greasy,painted lips— Don’t risk that painted look. Men don’t like it. Tangee lovable lips— Intensifies natural color, ends that painted look. Worlds Most Famous Lipstick ANGSS ENDS THAT PAINTED LOOK BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTES! There is only one Tangee—don’t let anyone switch you. Be sure to ask for TANGEE NATURAL. If you prefer more color for evening wear, ask for Tangee Theatrical. VY vy, 4 PIECE MIRACLE MAKE-UP SET and FREE CHARM TEST The George W. Luft Co., 417 Fifth Ave., N. Y. C. Please rush ‘‘Miracle Make-Up Set’’ of sample Tangee Lipstick, Rouge Compact, Creme Rouge and Face Powder. I enclose 10¢ (stamps or coin). (15¢ in Canada.) Also send FREE Tangee Charm Test. Check Shade of O Flesh Rachel O Light Powder Desired Rachel Name__..... “(Please Print) Address MODERN SCREEN N LIES lees BAe e a n an Answer to Puzzle on Page 107 eo ACROSS 1. First name of star pictured 58. North central state: abbr. 6. Laboratory: coll. 59. Sally in “Sally, Irene and Mary”: 9. Last name of 1 across init. 14. Col. Ferris in “Gold Is Where You 60. Popular term for microphone Find It” 61. Principal feminine player 15. Small fresh water fish 63. Retails 16. Group of illustrious persons 65. Stores in a silo 18. Lounged 66. Our star married one 19. An insertion 67. Distress signal 21. Aquatic fish-eating mammals 68. Boiling 23. Leave out 73. A kind of loving cup 24, Pauline ---- 74. Mrs. Mason in ‘First Lady” 26. Hero of “Bringing Up Baby” 77. “The Buccaneer” 28. ---- Hugo Borg 79. Parlor game 83. “--- Dancing Daughters” 84. First Jewish high priest The Barrymores’ sister 29. Bandleader in “Love and Hisses” 30. Ginger Rogers’ ex-husband 31. Chiefs 86. 33. Employ 88. Old Dutch measure 34. Build 89. Spoken 36. Varnishes 91. Cut of meat 38. Antiquated 92. Hawaiian wreaths 93. Phillip Reeves in “Change of Heart” 94. Last name of our star’s wife 96. Exclude Suit-maker 40. “In --- Chicago” 42. Oglers 43. Kind of discharge 44. Our hero first starred in “- ------ 3 Blood” 98. 48. Storm 100. Famous Biblical dancer 52. Alcoholic beverage 102. ‘“--- Dollar Raise” 53. French coin 103. Where our star was educated 54. Anger 104. Yvette in “Love and Hisses’ 55. Tony ---tin 105. Comedian who died recently 56. Applaud 106. Lance

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to dD dw bo on CON DAM fw WD to KS) oN . Mrs. John Barrymore . Cooper’s pal in “Souls at Sea” Jack La -- - Queerly Frances Farmer’s husband: init. . Amy in “Jezebel” . Public notices . Morgan’s wife in “Beg, Borrow or Steal” . Fortepiano: abbr. . Bob Anders in “Highway Racke- teers” Still . Young insects . Birthmark . One newly arrived . “Ladies Must - - - - - me . Part of the ear 19); Star of “The Awful Truth” Chinese weights Dirk . Native metal A short-napped fabric Volume of maps Froth Portable bed . “You and --” . Viper . The Quints . Our star was in “The ------- Specimen” . Hiding place . Male star of ‘Sally, Irene and Mary” . Kinds of fruit . Undraped figures . Coronet j . “The Life of ----=- Zola” ? 50. . Lock of hair . Hover . Mrs. Francis Lederer .cccee Massey Motives Photograph from a movie . Plant of the arum family . Star of “Merrily We Live” . Helen Br - - erick . Birthplace of star pictured Metric measure of capacity . Our star’s latest, ‘The Adventures Oh ob inti . Subtle emanations . Plays . Jane --- man . “Sweetheart of Sigma - - - ” Star of “A Yank at Oxford” . Claw of an animal . A sheaf . The poplar . Impede: law. . First name of our star’s wife . Girl’s name . “The Adventures of --- Sawyer” . Guy Kib--- . Priscilla, Rosemary and Lola . G--e Raymond . Al Jo--on No worries or embarrass- ment when you use Mum this way. Thousands do, be- cause it’s SAFE and SURE. MODERN SCREEN ONLY NICE GIRLS WANTED NO OTHERS NEED APPLY Just one hint of underarm odor, and a girl misses out with men Eleanor’s got everything—at least that’s what men think. And yet she’s not the prettiest girl in the world...nor the very best dancer. Why then is she so popu- lar? Why is it always Eleanor who dances every dance? Any mancould tell you one reason why! Eleanor is always sweet, nice to be neat... Eleanor never risks underarm odor! And Eleanor would tell you: “I take a daily bath, of course, but I never think its enough! A bath takes care only of past perspiration—it can’t prevent odor ie. Saige ne Ng MY BATH CANT: PROTECT ME ALL EVENING, SO 1 ALWAYS USE MUM! For Sanitary Napkins— NO WORRIES FOR THE GIRL WHO USES MUM 70 HERSELF — 1CAN EASILY TELL THAT MUM HAS KEPT ME € SWEET. JIM HATES i TO SAY GOOD NIGHT! to come. Underarms must have special care. So after every bath, and before every date, I always use Mum!” Simply and surely, Mum makes per- spiration odor impossible. Protect your charm, your popularity — with Mum. MUM IS SURE! No matter how long or how late you dance, trust Mum to keep you fresh. Just a dab under each arm— and you're safe. MUM IS QUICK! Just half a minute to use. Apply Mum even efter you're dressed. It will not harm fabrics. MUM IS SAFE! Mum does not stop health- ful perspiration, but it does stop every trace of odor. Even after underarm shav- ing, it actually soothes the skin! TAKES THE ODOR OUT OF PERSPIRATION 13

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H H } H H i H Hollywood’s secret of Foot Care. No more pain- y ful feet and ugly foot blemishes. Famous Hollywood Stars take no chances with their feet, for faulty posture and ugly foot blemishes can easily ruin their careers. At the first warning twinges of foot pain, many of them use DR. SCHOLL’S for they know that When Your Feet Hurt You Hurt All Over Follow the Stars! If you have corns, callouses, bunions, tired, aching feet, fallen arches, burning or itching feet, ingrown nails—or any other foot trouble —go at once to your Drug, Shoe, Department or 10c Store and get Dr. Scholl’s Relief for it. CORNS— SORE TOES Dr. Scholl’s Zino-pads instantly re- lieve pain and remove corns. Thin, soothing, healing. End cause—shoe friction and pressure —prevent corns, sore toes, blisters and tender spots. CALLOUSES Dr. Scholl’s Zino-pads, special size for callouses, relieve pain quickly, safely loosen and remove the hard, dead skin. Stop pressure on the sore spot; soothe and heal. BUNIONS Dr. Scholl’s Zino-bads, special size for bunions, give instant relief to tender or enlarged joints; remove shoe pressure on the sore spot. Thin, protective, healing. SOFT CORNS Dr. Scholl’s Zino-pads, special size for corns between toes, relieve pain in one minute; take pressure off the sore spot; quickly, safely remove soft corns. ACHING, TIRED FEET Dr. Scholl’s Foot Balm is a sooth- ing application for tired, aching feet, muscular soreness, tenderness and burning sensation caused by exertion and fatigue. Analgesic and counter-irritant. EASES FEET Dr. Scholl’s Kuroiex, a velvety-soft, cushioning plaster; relieves corns, callouses, bunions, tender spots; prevents blisters. Flesh color. Easily cut to any size or shape. TENDER FEET Dr. Scholl’s Foot Powder relieves sore, tender, hot, tired, chafed or perspiring feet. Soothing, healing, comforting to skin irritations. Eases new or tight shoes. D© Scholls FOR ALL FOOT TROUBLES REMEDIES—PADS—PLASTERS—ARCH SUPPORTS ——e eee rail in Envelope or Paste Coupon on Penny Postcard | FREE Foot Book, also sample of Dr. Scholl’s Zino- j pads for Corns. Address Dr. Scholl’s, Inc.,Chicago, Ill. 1 14 MODERN SCREEN em THE PUNCH THAT'S JUDY (Continued from page 8) ee a ——— “Mr. Mayer wanted me to have cold shots so I wouldn’t be sick,’ Judy ex- plained. “They aren’t so bad, but they do hurt my arm. Each time the nurse says, ‘Turn your back and this won’t hurt one bit’ When it’s all over she says, ‘Now, didn’t I tell you it wouldn’t hurt?’ I feel like saying, ‘Oh, no! Only when you stick-it in my arm and pull it out. The rest I don’t even feel!” When Judy was on the stage you could hear a pin drop. Dressed simply in a white dress, which might have been for the gradu- ation of any fourteen-year-old, she held her audience spellbound. Each number she sang brought deafening response. Complimenting Judy on her good taste, sue quickly gave the credit where it was ue. “Thank you, but my accompanist should get the credit because he picks out all my clothes and the flowers I wear, too.” Then came the surprise for the day. Judy’s mother brings her a present each day and this time it was a stuffed dog that delighted its new owner no end. “Oh, Mummy, he’s adorable and looks almost real,’ Judy exclaimed with glee. “Vou know, I have two real live ones at home. One is a German Shepherd and the other’s just dog—y’know, the fifty- seven variety kind! “Honestly, everyone is so wonderful to me I ’most feel like crying sometimes. I don’t even get tired doing the shows be- cause when I come out there are lots of people waiting for me. I think it’s so nice of them to want. me to sign their books, don’t you? But, there is a cop downstairs who thinks I’m pretty bad,” Judy confided. “Vesterday I walked to the window to look out and everyone began to throw up their books for me to autograph. Everything was fine till one hit me on the nose when suddenly 1 heard an awful commotion. I looked out and the traffic was blocked by people just standing around looking up. The cop was awful mad. E were coming down to the theatre in a taxi today and the driver said, ‘You folks are actors, ain’t you?’ I told Katharine Hep- burn and Cary Grant ‘Bringing Up Baby’’—and not much more baffled than most parents. him we were acrobats! Then he said, ‘I thought so. Who is this Judy Garland kid? I almost said, I know her and she’s an awful brat! But, then I remembered that you have to be careful because he might have relatives on the newspaper.” Of all the shows in New York, Judy picked George M. Cohan in “I’d Rather be Right” and Ed Wynn in “Hooray for What” to see. She was quite frank as to her reasons, saying that she could learn so much in the acting line from them. After the final curtain it was Miss Gar- land’s idea to go backstage and have a talk with Mr. Cohan and receive a few pointers, which she explained helped her immensely in her very first appearance at the. State. Proving that this sagacious Miss, chock full of punch, has plenty on the ball. Men- tion of her pictures and those lovely brown eyes. fairly danced. “T liked the latest best of all,” Judy be- gan. “Maybe because it’s my first real honest-to-goodness_ part. : “In ‘Everybody Sing’, I worked with Miss Fanny Brice and we had some grand numbers, especially one I do in black face with a real southern drawl! Gosh, I guess [ll be pretty glad to get back home.” “Judy, how about Mickey Rooney? You did a marvelous job with him in ‘Thorough- breds Don’t Cry.” “Oh, Mickey is my best friend and my favorite actor. You know, I think he'll be another Spencer Tracy some day. He’s awfully funny though about trying to be grown up. You know, we go to the same school and the other day we were supposed to play some games, but Mickey flatly re- fused. He said they were too silly and it wasn’t playing with us that he objected to, but to the childish games. He smokes a pipe and the minute class is out he runs around the corner, lights it up then comes back puffing and smoking like a steam engine. And the pipe is almost as big as he is, so it makes him look very young. “Mickey’s awfully generous with his praise and likes to tell people when they are good because he thinks it encourages them. He congratulated Spencer Tracy on his performance in ‘Captains Coura-

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Judy. Garland, with admirer, looks happy because she is to play “Dorothy” in “The Wizard oi Ox,” geous’. Mr. Tracy must have been very appreciative for he said, ‘Thanks, Mickey. Coming from you, it’s a real compliment.’ “Once someone wrote that I said Freddie Bartholomew would be another Ronnie Sinclair. Why I wasn’t even interviewed! Can you imagine that!” HOUGH her experiences have been extremely interesting, each shows that it’s the punch in Judy that puts her across. In fact, her entrance to movieland proves an excellent illustration. “All this isn’t very new to me because I’ve been on the stage for ten years. Never headlining before, but we always worked steadily. “My two sisters and I formed a singing trio. Once we almost played New York, but I got homesick so we turned around and went home. I guess we'd still be sing- ing if Suzanne hadn’t gotten married. “Since we lived in Los Angeles, I de- cided that I should work in the movies. I thought Mr. Mayer’s company was the best so I told them I had come to work. They laughed and wanted to know if I’d had experience. When I said eight years on the stage they said, ‘All right, let’s see what you can do.’ I auditioned and they gave me a job in ‘Every Sunday.’ After that, it was easy. “The only hard thing at first was to get on to the way you have to act for the camera. On the stage everything is timed fast, but if you do that in a picture you'll overact something awful.” Judy Garland’s punch is probably re- sponsible for her aptitude in learning quickly, for not long ago Beulah Bondi, one of the finest actresses, said it took her three years to acclimate herself to movie technique. * But not Judy Garland! MODERN SCREEN Promise yourself th e breath-t ak ing Beauty of a Give your complexion this germ-free care which helps safeguard lovely “Camera Skins” from needless faults Wee a blemish appears, do you just add a shade more make-up to hide the flaw? But you can’t be indifferent to the germs that may be the cause! Young Hollywood stars are faithful to a two-way beauty plan. Simple foods, lots of rest; and daily use of Woodbury’s Germ- Woodburys Germ-Free Cold Cream va free Cold Cream, to keep the skin clear. “How sensible”, you'll say, when you admire a ‘Camera Skin” like Heather Angel’s. Then include Woodbury’s Cold Cream in your plot to be a lovelier woman! This cream helps protect your skin from blemishes. No blemish-germs defile its purity! Woodbury’s invigorates skin, too. It’s rich in skin-stimulating Vitamin D. For “Camera Skin”, follow the stars! This beauty cream, $1.00, 50¢, 25¢, 10¢. Helps guard from blemishes Cleanses the pores thoroughly Stimulates—Contains Vitamin D Overcomes dry skin Heather Angel and Allan Lane in the Republic picture “The Duke Comes Back’’. She says: “Naturally I want clear camera skin. Woodbury’s Cold Cream has given me a flawless complexion.” Send for Trial Tubes of Woodbury’s Creams John H. Woodbury, Inc., 6789 Alfred Street, Cincinnati, Ohio (In Canada) John H. W oodbury, Ltd., Perth, Ontario Please send me trial tubes of Woodbury’s Cold and Facial Creams; guest-size Woodbury’s Facial Soap; 7 shades of Woodbury’s Facial Powder. enclose 10c to cover mailing costs. Name Sa es —— = Street___ —— = —— = Giy= eet —_ State = eS

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By the time Joel arrived on the scene in South Pasadena on a certain November 5th, the pioneering was over and the MeCreas were socially established and well-to-do. When Joel was a young child they moved to Hollywood, where he attended the Hollywood School For Girls—a shame he shares with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. There was no other private kindergarten in the town, so especially nice little boys were sent there in spite of their protests. Hollywood High School was the next step, and then Pomona College—that eradle of movie heroes _-where he distinguished himself as an ath- lete. Dramatics were also his specialty, and his movie ambitions were born when Director Sam Wood came to see a college play in which his daughter Jean and Joel played the leads. Encouraged by Wood, he decided on a picture career as soon as he finished college, but progress was glow for a year or two. His fame was confined to the beach, where at a Santa Monica swimming club he played volley ball every Sunday to a gallery of sighing jJadies who felt instinctively that that lean brown -physique and those forthright blue eyes should have a larger audience. Even after important roles in “The Jazz Age’ and “Phe Poor Little Rich Girl” gave him a firm foothold on the screen, he went through a long, hard apprenticeship playing stiff and dull leading men—partly because the seripts called for dullness, and partly because Joel’s talents had not expanded to the point of being able to furnish anything else, except his beautiful torso. When the breaks finally came, he had the experience and maturity to handle them capably, and the rest was easy. Samuel Goldwyn signed him to a con- tract and his future is assured. “Come and Get It,’ “Banjo On My Knee,” “Woman Chases Man” and “Dead End” are some of the pictures which attest to Joel’s coming of age. In “Wells Fargo” he played for the first time with his lovely wife, Frances Dee. Very happily married, they have two sons and a large ranch in the hills back of the Pacific, where on his vacations Joel rides the range with the other cowboys, master of all he surveys. His address is: in care of United Artists Studio, 1041 N Formosa Ave., Hollywood, Cal. =~ INFORMATION DESK Z Y ANDREA LEEDS (First printing) Long before She had ever seen or heard of a motion picture camera, Andrea Leeds, had lived through grim drama. Though born in Butte, Montana, she was taken at a very early age to the Mexican state of Durango, where her father was a mining engineer. Here the Yaqui Indians were war- ring against the rebel soldiers who ravaged the countryside in periodic raids. Once on returning to Mexico for a vacation from her high school education in Long Beach, Cali- fornia, she stepped from her railroad coach into a chaos of smouldering ruins, wounded soldiers, and fear and hunger-crazed civilians. Rebels had raided Jiminez! That same sum- mer, when trouble developed in the mine of which ber father was superintendent, there was an enforced shutdown. More than one hundred drink-crazed laborers surrounded the house where the Leeds family was dining. After they had broken all the windows with rocks, Mr. Leeds reasoned with them and WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR Want to know your favorite player's address? In fact, would you like to have a complete list of all the Holly- wood stars' mailing addresses? It's yours for the asking! So many of you have written to this department wanting to know where to write this one or that one for an autographed picture, or per- _ haps you just want to write a fan letter, that we've compiled a complete list for you, listing the players alphabetically, according to their studio, and giving their complete mailing address. They are all there, even the featured players, printed in such a compact form that you'll be able to keep the list in your movie scrap book for reference when- ever you want it. To receive one of these lists, all you have to do is write to us and ask for it, enclosing a large self-addressed and stamped envelope. Don't forget that last item, as no request can be complied with unless we receive your stamped and addressed envelope. Send your re- quests to the Information Desk, Modern Screen, 149 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.

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got them to agree to a conference. When her father was borne away by the motley erew, Andrea never expected to see him again. Her fear was proved unnecessary, but she will never forget this greatest scare of her life. After she had received her Bache- lor of Arts degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, she returned to Mexico where she intended to pursue her chosen work, writing. She had been there seven months when unrest again prevailed and her father received several threats that she was to be kidnapped. She was hustled aboard an airplane and flown to Los Angeles. At the University she had appeared in sev- eral college productions including a motion picture photographed with a_ sixteen-milli- meter camera. It was now that this film changed her life. For some weeks she had made the rounds of newspaper offices and motion picture studios trying, without suc- cess, to get some sort of writing work. Just then the college film bobbed up and Howard Hawks, the director, saw it and believed that Andrea had possibilities. He showed it to Samuel Goldwyn who put her under a long-term contract. Her first role was that of Edward Arnold’s daughter in “Come and Get It,” but it was from “Stage Door” that she emerged with laurels equal to those be- stowed upon the stars. Now she is the out- standing personality in the new technicolor musical, ‘The Goldwyn Follies.” Andrea is five feet, four inches tall, weighs one hundred and twelve pounds, and has brown eyes and brown hair which has been given a golden blonde tint for her present role. She lives with her parents, who left Mexico a year ago to be with her in the film capital. oo) JOHN HOWARD (Third printing) A young man who might have been an English professor, a pia- nist, or aspainter, is al- ready in his fourth year as a movie actor, at the age of 25. John Howard was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 14, 1913. His father, a graduate of the dramatic school of Carnegie Institute of Technology, had been thwarted in his ambition to become an actor. But this is not a case of the parent’s disappointed ambitions being thrust upon the child. John’s father consoled himself by selling theatrical equipment, and let his son choose for himself. John chose the academic life. Always a good student, in high school he won a scholarship to West- ern Reserve University in Cleveland, where he became the ideal college man, and dis- tinguished himself in more ways than we ean chronicle here. Member of Phi Beta Kappa, president of the Student Council, president cf the University Players, senior manager of the basketball team, member of the National Collegiate Players, the Univer- sity Choir, the Y.M.C.A. Cabinet and the Thalian Club, are a few of the honors he won, in addition to being chosen most out- standing man in the Senior Class. That’s not all, but enough to show the direction in which John was headed. He aspired to be a professor of English, and to that end won a scholarship to the graduate school, where he would get his M.A. degree. At that point the moving picture industry entered his life. In the spring of his senior year a Paramount talent scout saw him in a campus show, learned that he was also broadcasting, sing- ing and playing over a local radio station, and sized him up as good picture material. (Continued on page 19) INFORMATION DESK, MODERN SCREEN, 149 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. Please print, in this department, a brief life story of: Tf you would like our chart with weights, heights, ages, birthplaces and marriages of all the important stars, enclose five cents in stamps or coin with your coupon. MODERN SCREEN FRESHNESS! ..thats what the world wants In Movie Stars..and Ciga rettes Her Freshness Wins A favorite of the London stage, Ida Lupino’s freshness caught the eye of a Paramount talent scout. She was whisked to Hollywood and stardom in “The Gay Desperado,” “Any- thing Goes,’’ ‘‘Artists and Models,” “One Rainy After- noon,” ‘Fight for Your Lady.” And the freshness of this young star wins fresh applause! HE fear of going stale keeps half ty Hollywood awake nights. For the brightest star becomes a falling star...once freshness fades. That’s equally true of cigarettes. Staleness often makes a “‘has been” of a cigarette that ought to be in the prime of stardom. Staleness can trans- form the mildest cigarette into a harsh irritant and rob it of all flavor. That’s why we run no risks with our delightful young star . . . Old Gold. Every pack of Old Golds carries its own freshness right with it... doubly sealed- in by 2 jackets of stale-proof Cellophane. At the peak of freshness, wherever and whenever you smoke it, every Old Gold gives a pence performance in the role of America’s most appealing cigarette. 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INEORMATION DESK (Continued from page 17) John, with dignity, declined his offer of a trip to Hollywood, his eyes firmly set on the professor’s chair. But that night he learned that the family finances would make it neces- sary for him to go to work the next year, in- stead of taking his degree at the graduate school, without which there could be no pro- fessorship. So he gave in, and arranged to go to New York for a screen test. In Sep- tember, 1934, he arrived at the Paramount Studio in Hollywood, but it was not until three months later that he made his screen debut in “Car 99.” The interim was spent in studying moving picture technique with Phyllis Laughton, Paramount dramatic coach. John was christened John Howard, but he took the screen name of John Cox until, after his first picture, it was decided his own name was better. So he changed back, and now there is a mistaken idea in the mind of the public that John Cox is his real name and John Howard the assumed one. He is 5 feet 10, weighs 150 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes. His first real hit was made in ‘‘Annapolis Farewell.’”’ You also saw him in “Lost Horizon,” “Valiant Is the Word for Carrie,” and the ‘Bulldog Drum- mond” series. He is unmarried, and his hob- bies are painting and piano. For a time he considered going back to take his M.A. de- gree, but this idea seems to have been aban- doned. Carrol Hood, Darlington, S. C. Yes, Robert Young is married. - His latest picture is “Paradise for Three,’ and his address is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, Calif. : Kathryn Gezar, Ambridge, Pa. The birth- places you asked for are: Gary Cooper and Myrna Loy, Helena, Montana; George Raft and Sylvia Sidney, New York City; Spen- eer Tracy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Paul Muni, Lemberg, Austria; and Greta Garbo, Stockholm, Sweden. Edward Borowy, Newark, N. J. I am sorry, but we do not give out the home addresses of the stars. You can reach Joan Bennett by writing to United Artists Studios, Holly- wood, Calif. Mario Marzitelli, New York City. Write Jane Bryan in care of Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, Calif. Marian Morris, Connellsville, Pa. To obtain a picture of Lee Dixon, write to Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, Calif., and enclose twenty-five cents. Mrs. Anna Bumstead, Staten Island, N. Y. Fredric March’s real name is Frederic Er- nest McIntyre Bickel. In January, 1938, he and his wife, Florence Eldridge, ap- peared on the New York stage in “Yr. Obe- dient Husband,” but the play failed after one week. He is not going to leave the screen. Mary Kathryn Dunlap, Austin, Minnesota. Edna Mae Durbin, now known as Deanna, was comfortably well off before her screen eareer began. Her father is a_ broker. Deanna is fifteen, and doesn’t favor any particular sport, Virginia Atemis, Brea, Calif. There are no movie stars who send their photographs free of charge. You should send a quarter with each request. William De Lemmo, Harrisburg, Pa. Lois Lindsay is one of the show girls in “Gold- diggers In Paris,” now being made at the Warner Bros. Studio, Burbank, Calif. Iris Hemphill, Blythe, Calif. Errol Flynn was born June 20, 1908. He lives in Bev- erly Hills. J. Schwartz, New York City. Joy Hodges played in Universal’s ‘Merry-Go-Round of 1938.” She is not under contract to them, but you can probably get her picture by writing to Universal Studio. Ben Halprin, Bronx, New York. Joan Craw- ford and Charles Boyer have never played together. L. Kamajian, Philadelphia, Pa, Joan Blon- dell is an American. She was born in New York City, and has been in every state in the union on vaudeville tours. MODERN SCREEN You'll say “YES” when you find your lucky color among my 10 thrilling new face powder shades! See it bring you new radiance — breathe new life into your skin! Wouldn’t you say this was Your Lucky Day if you found a way to win extra compliments —extra attention—extra admiration? 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\ geK Bringing Up Baby d of considerable size and since bring- ing up this baby jis the responsibility of Katharine Hepburn, 4 scatter-brained heiress, and Cary Grant, an absent-minded pro- fessor, you can get i > mad comedy this turns out to be. Though Cary comes out 0 % n dollars, he takes 2 terrif number and a cool millio strenuous or too silly throughout. For there's nothing too to concoct once she’s escapades at, give uP, unli proceedings. delirious ever filmed. Involved also is May Robson, the millionaire aunt, vinced her niece 1S stark, staring mad. Then there’s Charlie Walter Catlett, Barry Fitz- Ruggles, Miss Robson’s own gerald, Fritz Feld and Leona Roberts are others who Iupexfiormanees are mmendable. You know plicate matters. Al dy, but Katharine will Since “Baby” is 4 leopar what Cary can do with comees prise you. Directed picture, and if you miss it you're miss- ie heart-warming and enjoyable films in years: , Director Norman Taurog i ot to tinker with Mark Twain's ook. So there are no mm erything Polly, he falls proper! aiter a breath- ‘s dream when Becky from the cave i ad Huck realize every boy Injun Joe, and he at hidden treasure. ; debut, 15 Tom Sawyet uncover Young Tommy Kelly, making his screen ife. His performance is really phenomenal. Another i i Becky Thatcher, and Jackie come to newcomer, } Moran is an ideal Huck Finn. Robson’s ’> erst- ue Collins as Tom Victor Jory 4s Le : cia Mae : 4 while love, Walter Brennan_as \ j Joe. i +c Donal Meek, Mickey Rentschler and Philip Hurlic, é Done renick-Internationsl e xk A Slight Ca by Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay, aa ase of Murder” fails to capture the lingo an Runyon fiction characters, put it presents them in ngster story which is 4 pleasant re £_the-mill hard guy stuir ters around Edward G. Robinson, who, as Remy ohibition beer baron, goes straight with the advent of “ith his -mer lieutenants as salesmen. While Remy 1S a very honest character personal y, he forgets to change his beer formula, and the public, suddenly te- belling against the etherized nectar which had stood by them during prohibition’s years, regards Remy s roduct as nothing arties who are more nor less than shellac. At that moment four pe not quite alive—in efinitely dead—assume - fact they are mos \ surprising rol teering Remy out of all his difficulties. edward G. Robi erformance in the lead, es in Ss nson turns in as and there 15 first rate assistance ily, Jane Bryan, Willard Parker, Allen Jenkins, Harold Huber, Edward Brophy and Bobby (“Dead End’) Jordan. Direc \ Warner Brothers. Slight C the run-O Story cen Marco, 4 Pr repeal and opens 4 legal.

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The Schnoz, as he is affectionately known, is completely ludicrous and very funny, His brand of humor is entirely his own. Give him a battery of phones, as in the picture’s funniest scene, and he dials his own number, talks heatedly to himself and gets nowhere in a fine burst of frenzied hilarity. Story has to do with a movie hero (Charles Starrett) who enrolls at good old Midland University to bolster that institu- tion’s waning popularity.. He finds love, of course, with the dean’s daughter (Joan Perry) after complications with some of the less Hollywood-minded underclassmen. A good supporting cast includes Gertrude Niesen, Walter Connolly, Raymond Wal- burn, Broderick Crawford, Ernest Truex, Chaz Chase, and the orchestra of Louis Prima and Johnny Green. Directed by Al Rogell.—Columbia. %* Radio City Revels Stretching a good idea into a full-length picture is a tricky task and has its pitfalls. It can be said for “Radio City Revels” that the dull spots aren’t too frequent, and that the original idea, plus a brace of good songs, is good enough to provide fairly diverting entertainment. Jack Oakie and Milton Berle are a pair of Broadway song writers whose well of inspiration has gone dry. Good luck comes to them in the person of an Arkansas hill billy (Bob Burns) who writes songs in his sleep, but can never remember the tunes when he awakens. Oakie and Berle copy down his stuff and return to fame and fortune. Biggest asset in the picture is the per- formance of young Ann Miller. Attractive and charming, she is an admirable dancer and a capable actress with a bright future. Kenny Baker’s tenor voice is a distinct asset in his songs. Milton Berle shows ereat improvement, and Jack Oakie and Bob Burns perform with their custom- ary gusto. Helen Broderick helps, and Jane Froman, singing one song, adds to the pictorial effect. Directed by Ben Stoloff.—k K O-Radio. 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Jack Oakie smiles upon the lovely newcomer, Ann Miller, in “Radio City Revels.” %** Of Human Hearts This is a very quiet period picture. Wal- ter Huston is Parson Wilkins, a circuit- riding preacher of the 1850’s, and Jimmy Stewart is his son, Jason. Jason wants to be a doctor, and regards his soul-saving father as a failure—chiefly because his Dad’s salary is paid in new potatoes and second hand clothes. The story covers a lot of time, carrying Jason from boyhood through college and on to a medical com- mission in the Union Army. His parents have sacrificed themselves generously to see him through, but Jason, a self-centered young fellow, doesn’t realize it until he is brought up short in a very dramatic scene with President Lincoln. The picture’s best performances are MODERN SCREEN In ‘‘Penitentiary,’’nothingcomes between Jean Parker and John Howard but the groceries. turned in by the two actors who imper- sonate Jason Wilkins—Jimmy Stewart as the adult Jason, and Gene Reynolds as. Jason aged twelve. This lad will really bear watching. Walter Huston is satis- factorily hard and earnest as the preacher, and Beulah Bondi charming as his wife. Charles Coburn is good as the small town doctor, John Carradine superb as Lincoln. Directed by Clarence Brown.—M.G.M. %*%* Love, Honor and Behave A somewhat confused drama of parental influence, “Love, Honor and Behave’’ will depend largely on the popularity of Wayne Morris and the performance of Priscilla Lane for its success. And the much-pub- licized “real life romance” of these two players will undoubtedly bring many cash Jimmy Stewart and Ann Ruther- ford are a new team in “Of Human Hearts.” customers to witness their salaried necking on the screen. Morris’ father (Tom Mitchell) believes that everything in the world must be fought for, while his mother (Barbara O’Neill) holds that success and happiness are achieved by being a good loser. In the general confusion, at any rate you'll be happy to learn that the way to hold a wife is to sock her in the jaw, black her eye and administer a stern hand to her bottom. Wayne Morris goes through the trans- formation from lamb to fanny spanker with becoming sincerity. Priscilla Lane turns in the best porformance of the picture with a spirited portrayal of a forthright young lady who knows what she wants. Directed by Stanley Logan—Warner Bros. (Continued on page 122) Not if you soften that sunlight—with Pond’s “glare- proof” shades. Pond’s Powder shades are blended to reflect only the softer rays of light. They give a soft lovely look to your face in any light. And do not show up “‘powdery.” Use Pond’s daytime and under evening lights. True skin tones, uniformly blended. Special ingredients keep Pond’s soft and clinging for hours. Decorated screw-top jars, 35¢, 70¢. Big boxes, 10¢, 20¢. YLEC 5 ““GLARE-PROOF” SHADES Pond’s, Dept. 9MS-PS, Clinton, Conn. Please rush, free, 5 different shades of Pond’s‘‘Glare-Proof” Powder, enough of each for a thorough 5-day test. (This offer expires July 1, 1938.) Name {Pes first bright mornings search out every little fault of your face!— Powder showing up — features sharpened! Are you afraid of looking “all powdery” ? » POND'S - Fate power Street City State___ oe MISS SARA CLUCAS, New York Debutante "|. Pond's Rose Cream is just the grandest pow- der! It gives my skin a soft, bright look— andnevershows up chalky! Copyright, 1938, Pond’s Extract Company 23

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new person . day. Bob tells the world Barbara's the girl he loves and it's a new security for her. MUTUAL BENEFIT WE DON’T need that old adage about a person being known by the company he keeps to see that Bob Taylor’s selection of Barbara Stanwyck for his~ off-screen, and occasionally on-the-screen-too, sweetheart did a lot for the career of that same Barbara Stanwyck. It didn’t make her a better actress—Barbara has always been that—but it did bring her to the fore and onto the front pages and into the minds of millions of movie-goers as she had never been brought before. : But this story isn’t about that—that is the obvious thing—and there is a Bob-benefit in Barbara’s life which goes much deeper, a much more dramatic and _ heart- warming story. Countless stories have been written about what Barbara has done for Bob: how her advice guided him, how her confidence sustained him, how the constant companionship of this sturdy-fibered, common-sense girl was a safe tether in this giddy-gaddy town. ; It’s time now at last, that the other part of. the story be told: It has somewhere been written that a love only lasts when each of the two who share that love gives something good and great to the other. In this story, then, you will also find the reason why Bob and Barbara are, just about now, celebrating their second friendship anniversary. It was six months after Barbara had come to the end of her marriage with Frank Fay that she met Bob. To describe the. girl she was at that time is to describe a drab-hearted young woman who already felt that her BARBARA STANWYCK’S ROMANCE WITH BOB AN ANCHOR. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! HERE'S WHAT

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Dion Anthony Fay, Barbara's adopted son, has been the center of a_ battle. ASSN BY KATHARINE ; We ey span of happiness and activity, and that her place in the world, no longef existed. In drawing her portrait at this period it is impossible to do so accurately without bringing in the dire effect that her past life with her husband, a long period of seven years, had etched on her. But since Barbara has only recently gone to court to say that her ex-husband is not a desirable companion for their young adopted son, and since she offered numerous signed affidavits to prove her contention, we are not overstepping the bounds of kindness and decency in touching on that subject. What goes into the courts and into the newspapers is public domain of a sort. Whatever Frank Fay’s importance and worth as an entertainer and a man is, it is a fact that as Barbara Stanwyck’s husband he wreaked a very great harm on her. Barbara lost the first round of her recent suit; the judge ruled that Fay should be allowed to see the six- year-old Dion at appointed times, but there are still those affidavits to be reckoned with and the case is being ap- pealed. More than’that, to go back to our point, there was Barbara Stanwyck, at the time the divorce was granted. We say she was drab-hearted. A lot of things had con- tributed to it. For seven years Barbara had not known what it was to be a personality, a personality with ideas of her own, work of her own, friends of her own. Under the constant pressure of the egotism of a man who re- ferred to himself as “The Fay” (Continued on page 110) TAYLOR HAS HELPED HER CAREER—GIVEN HIM IT'S DONE TO THEM AS PEOPLE, NOT STARS Hurrying to keep that date with Babs! And she isn't the only one to benefit from their romance, either. It's had a far-reaching effect ‘>on Bob, tool. -..

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A TALL young man was on the Blue Train Express, going from Paris to Monte Carlo. He lounged along the corridor of the car, smoking, contemplating the familiar contours of the Maritime Alps. A compartment door was open and through it wafted an intriguing scent, faint but nostalgic; mysterious, even mesmeric. The young man glanced discreetly into the compartment, A lady sat there, lovely. She smiled. Pretty soon they were talking of many things. There was dinner, a deux. The Blue Train Express rolled into Monte Carlo. The tall young man said goodbye to the lady. He didn’t know her name. She didn’t know his. They didn’t meet again. It was adven- ture, unsought, brief. = The young man was Douglas Fairbanks, Junior. The lady must be to us, what she is to him, nameless. “My life is exciting,” says Douglas. This is why. Excitement is a glaze laid lightly over matter-of-fact,” over habit, over repetition and routine. Douglas takes care not to scratch the glaze. He is restless, nervous. He moves from place to place. He makes movies, writes and tears up what he has written, the fire of creation be- ing sufficient unto itself. He has been in love. He handles life deftly, never asking too much or too little. In Hollywood now, he will not plan to stay there in- definitely, will not buy a house, strike roots, will not marry soon. “T never want to stay in any one place long,” he told me. “I am restless and, after all, if you want to keep in tune with the rhythm of life you will keep moving. “Am I bored with life? Never! I do try to avoid repe- tition of things a second touch would kill. But there are other things. I’ve crossed the ocean thirty times and I never feel a ship pull out of port that I don’t get misty- eyed. I never catch a ‘first’ glimpse of land that it isn’t really the first to me, and I choke up. T’ve been in the air I don’t know how many times and I never see a plane take off that it doesn’t grip me by the throat. “T never start a picture that we don’t have to do retakes on the first three days’ shooting, because I’m so jittery that I muff things. Invariably I have the feeling that I’ve never faced a camera before. I NEVER want to lose this sense of ‘first experiences’,” said Douglas. “It seems to me that to meet every adven- ture as though it were for the first time is to keep the savour of life sweet and strong on your lips.” “But/is a person just born that way,” I said, “or do you have to work for it?” “JT have to work for it, in part,” said Douglas, “because you have to prod yourself into awareness of how curious everything is and once you are properly curious, you are alive! There are men, I suppose, born Casanovas, who believe that the only experiences worth having are ro- mantic experiences. They seek for them and, of course, to seek for experience in romance is to lose it, I feel sure. Though there is-nothing so presumptuous as to lay down rules and regulations about love. When I read articles in which actors define love, tell others how to ‘manage’ love, - to find it or keep it, I feel nauseated. How the devil do they know how to tell others about love, what they should do about it?” “You've been in love, haven’t you?” I asked. ‘How should I know?” countered Douglas. “I’ve thought so, yes. Infatuations, perhaps. Love, perhaps. But whether there is one love in a man’s life, or which love of many is the real love, I] wouldn’t be so presump- tuotis as to guess.” Douglas is not bored with life. He sees to that. And ‘thereby I lost my bet, which I had placed on the nose of Boredom. For I had remarked to Douglas that I should_ suppose he would be satiated, “too, too weary to fight stag- nation,” as his friend Noel Coward warbles. I had, I felt, good grounds for my assumption. For Douglas has had, in his twenty-eight vivid years, more large hunks of life, and love and adventure than befall most men when the age numeral is reversed and they are eighty-two. Long the young Crown Prince of Hollywood, son of his famous father, only son of the House of Pickfair, to the portals of which came princes and poets, explorers and socialites, inventors and eminent authors the boy, while still a boy, could take a Prince without a genuflection, could prattle unselfconsciously to a Lindbergh or an H. G. Wells, could and did parry thrusts of wit with the brite- brains of two continents, or three. HE KNEW the forcing-house of domestic upheaval, the divorce of his parents, the (Continued on page 78) BY 36 fehl sl ll SE Rh Neer Doug used to write for publication, but now it’s just for fun. . hh g ate Sac LR

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Jeanette and Hubby Gene Raymond do everything together. They like polo. HAS $a BY GLA 1 YS) 1 i] i. | | | | | HAVE YOU anything left to want?” I asked Jean- | ette MacDonald. Jeanette said, immediately, and meaning her answer, | “Yes. To keep what I have.” She added, after a moment, “to be big enough to take the down-grades | if they come; to be able to hold the memory of this | happiness when, inevitably, some of it must go.” Jeanette was serving tea in the soft-toned rose and | rust living-room of the Bel Air home which Gene Raymond bought for his bride, carrying her across | the threshold in keeping with the old tradition. They | care about tradition, Gene and Jeanette; they believe in yesterday as well as today; they contemplate to- |} morrow with questioning eyes, as all intelligent people | must. The late gilt sun came through the ceiling-high window at the big room’s end, it touched the silver- framed photograph of Gene and Jeanette as bride and | groom, on the piano; it fingered the silver bowls of roses Jeanette loves beyond all other flowers; it | aureoled the red-gold hair of Jeanette herself, made blue jewels of her eyes as she sat in the high-backed | wing chair, wearing a simple brown frock sashed in vivid green, nibbling candies from a blue basket at

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They both love horses and can be seen on the bridle path every day. On their evenings at home, Jean- ette and Gene like to read. All dressed up and set for a bit of stepping. Handsome couple, what? ANYTHING LEFT 10 WANT? @ JEANETTE MACDONALD APPARENTLY HAS EVERYTHING BUT ADMITS SHE STILL ISN'T SATISFIED her side. And she looked so sort of shiningly happy that had the sun ceased to shine the room would still have been illumined. Jeanette is fiercely superstitious about discussing her happiness, fear- ing that if she puts it into words the jealous gods, having it called to their attention, may be old Indian-givers and snatch it away from her, just to demonstrate that such earthly Para- dise is not for the children of men. Before Jeanette was married, she was afraid to talk about her wedding day; she was sure that if she did something would happen, something would cloud or postpone that suff- ciently laggard June night. It is hard to think of her as want- ing anything more than she already has. She is married to the man she loves and the man she loves loves her. There are Penelopes a-plenty who would consider that life had done right smart by them if it gave them their Prince Charming, with all his heart. And, riches piled on riches, she has her beautiful home with all of Gene’s thought of her expressed in every exquisite luxury and detail. Just to have such a home would give many a woman cause to feel that shé had not lived in vain. And Jeanette is young, and beautiful and in glow- ing health; she has her mother living close by her, she doesn’t have to diet (she dotes on baked beans). She has friends, Ginger Rogers, the Allan Joneses, Jimmy Stewart, among the many others; she has the cooperation and respect of everyone at her studio. She is not only a gifted actress, but she has the voice as well and offers from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, goal of how many singers, and offers, innumerable. to do concert work. She is well aware of her possessions. But she’s humble withal. V’LL WANT to remember,” she said, thoughtfully nibbling a caramel, “that I worked hard to attain success; that it didn’t come easily nor in the guise of ‘breaks.’ I worked very hard dur- ing those early days in New York. For months I traveled daily, from manager to manager, from agent to agent, but no one had a part for a too-thin, unknown youngster from Philadelphia. To earn the money needed for my wardrobe, for girls seeking theatre jobs just had to look prosperous, I posed for commercial photographers. I worked one whole hot summer through as a model for a fur-manufacturing company, of all things! No one has ever given me anything I (Continued on page 104) When Jeanette was asked if she had anything left to want, her answer was a surprising one, but. com- pletely sincere.

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vetata aie ld nein pepe aed % a He 4. # as eh i Fe ated i 3 pire a SOMEBODY has said that you might as well ask an elec- trician what electricity is as to try to get someone to define glamor. They both thrill and kill and they both defy analysis. Good enough, that, but the analogy goes even further. Like electricity, you can also buy or rent glamor, if you only plug in on the right connection. But the trouble is that the glamor company isn’t paying quite the same dividends as the public power set-ups and that’s something that does deserve analysis. What’s hap- pened ? There used to be a day when a young actress bidding for attention could, and would, with only a few dollars in her pocket, burst upon the world in a ten thousand dollar mink coat, wearing a diamond as big as her hope, and lolling magnificently in the squashy back seat of a million- aire’s limousine. Today the mink coats are more likely Japanese imitations, the diamonds remain in some jewel- er’s dark vaults, and the limousines—you can see them 40 ’ yard—have as their only occupants the salesmen who arel [Pans ri bP Fin rr) je hao it conti - Bj on as en aa Be * sy , ‘Ba al vis He cE: ata. rr Ar LF ; ral ata ae at alai staal af thy ee ar. 30 88 ak t Lg is #t Katharine Hepburn is shown here at the wheel of the expensive foreign car she drove when newly arrived in Hollywood. But today? It’s a station wagon for her! Carole Lombard used to be known for her tremendous parties, but not any longer. Now, between pictures, she goes to her ranch and isn’t above milking the cow. Ot leet CA R Hd YT 50 NE displayed in several show rooms out along Sunset Boule-‘ supposed to be out peddling them, and they are asleep } in them. Dreaming of days gone by, no doubt, the good old | days when glamor was glamor and when nobody minded‘ paying a slight sum a week for it. It wasn’t the weekly | rental that meant so much to the boys in the glamor busi- | ness, it was the sales which resulted from the “this. used | to belong to Miss So-and-So” angle that kept them rolling’ on tires with a tread on them, and that’s the loss that’s} making them so gloomy now. q Here’s how it used to work. Memory alights first on that} day back in ’31 when the glamor business received one of} its greatest boosts in all its long history. A young girl, | unknown, by the name of Katharine Hepburn, was due} to arrive in Hollywood, and an hour before her arrival on) The Chief at Pasadena a wire from her agent in New}

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ae ee "9 ig ian _icn weure- ete Fr nd nrc ; Par se Mi es eae ‘ Lor ot ra e us ant (= le PeTArani clipe Ls tararanteunul Jimmy Stewart, along with a lot of other high salaried men stars, takes care of his own moderately-priced car and can be seen often polishing up the buggy. t ‘ : ses Asta et ee hey Remember the days when a million dol- lars was considered well spent to bally- hoo some new star no one had ever seen? Simone Simon ended that era. GONE ARE THE PALMY DAYS WHEN SWANK WAS A BIG BUSINESS IN HOLLYWOOD. THE STARS HAVE RIGHT ABOUT FACED AND THERE'S A NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS NOW York, delivered at the Cinema Motor Company, requested that she be met by something “flashy.” This was the one word that described something luxurious in those days. And thus it was that as this slim suit-clad figure alighted from the train she found, among those who clustered around her, one whose face was quite dark and who looked out at her from under the very latest in chauffeur’s caps, and for the benefit of the photographers who were waiting to snap her she said, “I'll be a few minutes, Jones. You can take my bags and wait for me at the car.” Then between smiles and handshakes, she watched the direction taken by Jones, or whatever his name was, and a few minutes later, with reporters trailing around her, she made her way after him. The press gasped when they saw the car. It was an imported model, an Hispana-Suiza, black, but with plenty of shiny aluminum encasing its eel-like body. The trick worked. They took pictures of her getting into it; they took pictures of her beaming out from it; and the word spread through the world that a new glamor girl had arrived: The car, valued at twenty thousand dollars, it might be added, cost Miss Hepburn only $30 a day, but the lineage it received in the papers, if it had been bought and paid for, would have cost her much more. She didn’t keep the car long, and since then of course it has been completely overshadowed by its black sheep descendant, the famous Hepburn station wagon; but at the time it more than served its purpose, and Miss Hep- burn also served hers. Not so long after Miss Hepburn’s first picture, the limousine found a very delighted owner who could, from that moment on, boast to his friends that they were now riding in the very same car in which, once upon a time, Katie rode. Today there is one lone star who still drives forth in that early Hepburn tradition, and that is Connie Bennett. And hers, sadly enough, is bought and paid for. As for the others who don’t even have limousines, they drive their own small cars and on Sunday morning you can even see some of them out Simonizing them. That homey, personal touch, this back to back-bending trend which has become so popular in the movie colony, it’s this that the boys in luxury row are sadly complaining about. AND THERE is another type of glamor vendor who is also scratching his head these days, and that is the bill- board salesman who used to sign ’em up for seven-sheet spreads on every main road, and on every five-point corner from here to New York. He still rents plenty of space to the movie producing companies to advertise their forthcoming productions, and what’s playing next at your neighborhood theatre, but where are those old persona} campaigns, the kind that (Continued on page 101) 41 del] Prt — -: He yl 2 eee ers

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RY ERANC DIL eD tl KICKING UP A ROW TAKES TOO MUCH ENERGY, AVERS HERBERT MARSHALL, WHO HAS SEEN TROUBLE-MAKERS 60 OFF AT THE DEEP END THAT THING TEMPERAMENT,” remarked Herbert Marshall | thoughtfully, “means to be fired by ambition to reach a) certain goal, to be so set on accomplishing your aim that | you cast everything else aside and are apt sometimes to | be irritated out of all proportion-by things or people who” get in your way. “Actors haven’t got a normal job. It is largely tempera-_| ment that makes an actor.” It’s been hinted, however, that his directors, fellow | actors and all who know him declare Marshall to be the | calmest, most even tempered person they know. | “Oh, I burst out at times,” he insisted. “I fight for | my rights. Don’t think that I don’t.” } I remembered hearing of an incident that illustrates | very well his ability to look after his own interests. Ac= | cording to the story, a certain producer treated a friend | of Marshall’s in-a way that didn’t seem quite cricket to the Englishman. He decided not to work for that producer again, but instead of bluntly refusing future offers fromm | that source, he instructed his manager to set his salary to | that producer so high that no more offers would be forth= | coming. | Imagine his surprise when the producer said, “All righty if that’s your price. When can you come to work?” } Marshall was then able to decline the offer with the)| plea that he was too busy with other roles. For a principle, he turned down a role and a salary that were very inviting. And did so in such a deft manner that the producer doesn’t | yet realize what happened. That is one way Marshall has) of “bursting out.” ] “When I have anything to argue about, I say it quietly) | to the person concerned,” he said, which certainly is not Hollywood’s usual way of doing things. | There the word “temperament” is used to cover a multiq | tude of sins of omission and commission. If a stam demands all the big scenes and close-ups, she is said | to be “temperamental,” just as the same description | applies if she refuses to give autographs or makes | unreasonable requests. i 3 When Mr. M. speaks his With the ‘tempera: | piece, it’s only to the per- mental” Simone in Girls) | son concermed. Dormitory.” en teal &

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LALLED TEMPERAMENT SIMONE SIMON, in the short time she has been in Hollywood, has threatened to put all past performances of her predecessors out of the running with her unpre- dictable performances. Probably Hollywood anticipated “a few unscheduled pyrotechnics when Ruth Chatterton and Simone were cast in Herbert Marshall’s picture together. But that he would encourage any such scenes by sympathizing with an offender seemed unexplainable. However, in fairness, Mr. M. spoke up im defense of the little French girl, whose ability he greatly admires. And there was good, sound - sense in what he said, too. : “You know how difficult it would be for you to try and make a picture in—say Hungary. You might understand the language, as Simone does English, but you wouldn’t be able to understand their slang, their ordinary conversa- tion. A language you learn from books is quite different from that you hear on a set. You would be trying to remember your lines, translating their meaning into your own language in your brain, and simply wouldn’t be able to keep your balance, You couldn’t take direction if you couldn’t understand it. That, I believe, was Simone’s trouble at first.” Having whitewashed Simone so beautifully, I baited him with Katharine Hepburn, whom Hollywood calls “temperamental,” and with whom he worked in “A Woman Rebels.” “You can’t call a girl temperamental who brought a lunch every day-in her station wagon for twelve or four- teen people,” he replied. “And the most delicious food!” he enthused. “She would invite the director, the people who were working with her—props, cameramen and any- one who happened to be around—to lunch with her. Her servants brought the food out, but she helped them to spread it out, fixed the tablecloth and waited on everyone herself. It is pretty nice for a star to wait on table for the people working in her picture. You can’t call that temperament,” he said stoutly. Clearly, Katie could do no wrong. With Deanna Durbin, who knows noth- ing of being temperamental, in ‘Mad , About Music.” “As to barring visitors from her sets, I can’t say that I blame her. You know, I said a moment ago that actors haven’t got a normal job. When there are no outsiders on the set we work along. I can make love to a girl with an electrician two feet away from us holding a spotlight. He doesn’t embarrass me because he belongs there. We think nothing of it. It’s our work. But just let me catch a glimpse of a strange pair of trousers or a new skirt standing on the sidelines and my mind is bound to wander. I’m immediately embarrassed. No one can be expected to do good work with strangers watching. BETWEEN SCENES we kid around, act a little crazily and do things that to an outsider would seem a bit odd; things that sometimes mark real genius; things that make an actor different from his audience. We are slightly mad. But what would seem like madness to an outsider is sometimes inspiration. I think most actors would like to be able to exclude visitors from the set. I know per- fectly well, I should. “Outside the studio I know nothing of Miss Hepburn,” Marshall continued. “But temperament, getting back to what Hollywood calls by that over-worked term, is silly. It takes too much time and energy and is so foolish. ’ Nobody with brains goes in for it. “When I came here I was advised what to do to get along. I was told I would receive more consideration if I had none for anyone else. It didn’t make sense to me. During my experience I’ve seen so many temperamental stars go off the deep end, and I’ve never seen it pay.” One recalls Mr. Marshall’s successful’ career on the stage, both in London and New York. As a boy he didn’t particularly want to be an actor. His father, Percy Marshall, was a well-known star and Master Herbert had no illusions about the stage. He chose to be a business man and went about getting himself educated for it. When that was done he became an articled clerk in a public accounting business. “But I couldn’t seem to take (Continued on page 109) With Katharine Hepburn in ''A Woman Rebels.” Katie, temperamental? Now stop!

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Virginia's romance with Ruben began when he directed her “Bad in Man Of Brimstone.” She liked his -direction sO much professionally that she decided to continue with it in private life. Little Susam Ann Gilbert was flower girl. Og ® ee: O53 “3 OG ae uw OO rats © D B= eo 3 2 8 ® fel fe Eo

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een. Miss B. and Mr. Ruben on location before they were mar- ried. Notice the name eGo bert : across her chair! BY VIRGINIA VIRGINIA BRUCE was homesick. But not in the usual sense which that phrase implies. After all, her home is right where she is—a stately mansion in Beverly Hills. And she doesn’t long for the Broadway she once knew as a glamorous Ziegfeld show girl. She was homesick for the small prairie town of Fargo, North Dakota, where she spent her youth. She wanted to know again the fun of life in a square-cut red brick house, of kitchen showers for brides and ice skating on the town rink, a flat field flooded by the local fire department and frozen by bitter winter cold. You scoff? Sure. So did I when Virginia said as much, over a steaming cup of tea. If ever small town life seemed remote it was on that sunlit California after- noon with the glamorous Bruce, exquisite in every detail from the top of her shining gold head to the tips of her hand-turned slippers. _ LL TOWN GIRL ee Je leslie FN aa a BRUCE MAY BE A GLAMOR GIRL, BUT DONT ENVY TER, SHE WARNS, BECAUSE FAME, TO0, HAS ITS PRICE What started this story, I suppose, was a letter with a Fargo postmark Virginia had been reading. It was from a former high school chum and was full of small gossip about John, who had been one of Ginny’s beaux in high school, and his latest raise at the hardware store; about the cute thing Mary Louise’s two-year-old Bobby had said when the bridge club met at his mother’s house ; about the grand time everyone had at the last shindig of the B. and B. In Fargo that’s not benedictine and brandy ; it’s Bachelors and Benedicks, the swank social club of the town, (There was an intimate P.S. to the letter. that presently.) “I suppose that bucolic picture of contentment seems vastly amusing to you now,” I said. It definitely was the wrong remark. She bridled. “T don’t know why it should (Continued on page 88) We'll get to

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STRANGER THAN FICTION By CLEVES Pall ALAN MOWBRAY'S TRUE LIFE STORY IS MORE EXCITING THAN ANYTHING YOUVE EVER READ IN A BOOK HE BECAME an actor by mistake. He is one of the. painfully few survivors of the Retreat from Mons. : He won four medals in the World War, loaned them to a friend, forgot about them, had them re- turned to him years later by Mrs. Joe E. Brown, who found them in a pawnshop. He once spent four months on a park bench, in Central Park. He was married in Reno as a precaution against divorce. His wife was, before her marriage, Lorayne Carpenter, Chicago Junior Leaguer. He once seconded his pal, Maxie Rosenbloom, in Maxie’s last fight. He was the first man to broadcast from an air- plane. It was during the Canadian National Ex- position and he officially opened the first air broadcast. If he were not an actor he’d like to be a doctor (in a girls’ school!) or in the Diplomatic Service if there was something doing. He detests “Hollywood publicity.” And engages no one to “do publicity” for him. Says he used to read how “Alan Mowbray was seen skiing at Arrowhead where he is week-ending at his de luxe lodge” or “Alan Mowbray rusticating over the week-end at his ranch in the valley.” He doesn’t own a lodge. He doesn’t own a ranch. He doesn’t week-end. He usually works week-ends. A free lance, he worked forty-two weeks last year. He recently bought a house in Beverly Hills. It is the first, as it is the only, home he owns. He has lived too many times on the hard bedrock of life, in the trenches, on Poverty street, to tolerate pose, pretense, pomp or sham. He debunks every- thing, including himself. When some socialite asked him, airily, how his new house was furnished he said, “Oh, with chairs and tables and things like that, you know.’ When the socialite persisted and asked “what kind of furniture?’ Alan said, “Period. I buy a piece one month, wait a month, then buy an- other.” He said, “Chairs are made to be sat in, sofas

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Away from the camera, Alan Mow- bray’s life centers about his lovely wite and their two small children. wer to be slept on, books to be read. That’s all I know about interior decoration.” He takes any part offered him, sight unseen. Some- times, he says, he may discover that he is the butler falling in with the tea. Other times he gets a big break. He figures that the law of averages will operate in his behalf, so why worry? He is a “quick study” and never looks at his lines until just before he steps onto the set. He has only seen himself in one picture. And that only because “I was a magician,” said Alan, “and I wanted to see how I did the tricks.” He never sees rushes nor any of his other pictures. He detests the sight of himself on the screen. He has two children, Patricia Mowbray, aged six and a half, and Alan Mowbray, aged three. He calls theme PM and) “A. 4M.” ~ HIS FRIENDS are varied and various. Among them, Bill Robinson, the president of a huge bonding corporation, Clarence Muse, Joe Lewis, Guy Rennie, Bart Marshall, Captain Erickson, the explorer, Pat O’Brien, the Ritz Brothers, composers, surgeons, crooners, judges, vaudevillians. He says, “I don’t care anything about color, creed, social status or race. So long as they are hot heels they are my friends.” Which calls to mind one of the funniest cracks ever made. One night Alan and Bill were together, on some program or something. Alan was going on to the Troc. He asked Bill to join him. Bill refused. “Oh,” said Alan, “drawing the color line, are you?” Bill nearly died with laughter. He has no enemies. All men are his friends. Which is, really, all one need say about a man to describe what manner of man he is. There is not a picture, not even a snapshot of Alan in all the rooms of his comfortable, homey Beverly Hills home. It is not an actor’s home. It is the home of Lorayne Carpenter Mowbray and her husband and their children. While Alan and I were talking the other Alan accepts any role offered him. Result? Scenes like the above, from “Merrily We Live” with Patsy Kelly. afternoon, small “P. M.” came in and sat with us, Most actors, most fathers, indeed, would have sent the child scuttling. Not Alan. “She has as much right in here as I have,” he said. He authored the play, “Dinner Is Served.” It was produced in New York, London, Hollywood, Toronto and Harrisburg, Pa. It took him five nights to write it. It was produced in five cities. There were five members in the cast. He has also written five other plays, movie scenarios and one uncompleted novel. He wrote, directed and acted in a picture called “Motives.” He has written three one-act plays called, “A Bang and Two Echoes.” And these plays demonstrate that under the springy Mowbray walk, the ready Mowbray laugh, the bright bold glance of his eye, the wise cracking, the ad libbing, there is a spirit as strong and flexible as steel, a heart as tender as a woman’s, an imagination touched by the sorrows of all men. Alan Mowbray was born in London, England, August 18th, 1896. He will tell you that his sole ances- tors were Adam and Eve. His earliest ambition was to be a soldier. Came the World War and Alan was a soldier indeed, enlisting with the famous “Old Con- temptibles.”” He was in France, under fire, for four and a half years. He was gassed twice, wounded five times, decorated by King George—the decorations which he subsequently loaned and lost and eventually recovered. He knows all the mud and misery, the gallantry and gravity of the trenches. When he came out of the war he was at loose ends. Didn't know where to go, what to do. He often says that the turning of street corners has determined his life for him. He had, when he got back to London, a date to meet a pal for luncheon. The pal was an actor and had an appointment at a theatrical agency. He suggested that Alan meet him there. “If it rains,” the friend said, “just go inside and wait.” It rained. Alan went inside, sat among the applicants on one of the benches, and waited. A producer appeared. He pointed a long forefinger at (Continued on page 84)

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THEY OWE A GREAT DEAL OF THEIR SUCCESS To THINKING UP A HOAK AND—SEEING IT THROUGH Bill Powell landed his raise before he even began to work. BY DORA ALPERT THE RED-HEADED girl laughed incredulously. { “You mean,” she said, “you expect me to pretend to be | an American? Why, who in the world would believe such a story? The map of England is written all over my face, and my accent is as broad as the British Empire.” The tall Texan twisted his hat in his hand. | “T can teach you to talk like a Texan in a few weeks. | And if you'll dye your hair black and cut it with bangs, ' you'll look as American as Colleen Moore.” “All right, Mr. McCloud,” said the red-head. “I don’t | think it’ll work, but if you’re willing to gamble, I’ll try it.” | _And that’s how British Binnie Barnes came to be billed as “Texas Binnie” on a South African tour in which she helped Tex McCloud put over a patter and rope act. She learned to handle a rope like the girls who are reared to that sort of thing, and she studied geography books on Texas till she knew more about the Lone Star State than most of its natives. : She even returned to England, where she was billed in | a night club as “Texas Binnie.” At that time American performers were very popular abroad, and Charlot, the Sonja made movie executives Henie- | conscious before a producer, caught her act one night, sent for her, and they ever saw her : asked, “Are you an American?” on skates. “Taixan,” she replied. | And she was hired for “‘Charlot’s Revue,” where she

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Binnie Barnes, a Texan? Well, she claimed to be—and got away with it! made such a hit that eventually she landed in Hollywood. Today she'll frankly admit that her career was founded on a bluff. The astonishing thing 1s that so many Holly- wood careers are. Perhaps it’s because the qualities needed to put over a successful hoax often tend to make people great actors and actresses. They must be reckless and daring, willing to gamble their careers on the success of their hoax. They must not be too sensitive, for if they are, fear will over- come them and they will not be able to see the bluff through, and they must be able to act the role they have chosen to play so skillfully that the wisest producers are deceived. You might imagine that producers would be furious when they find they have been the victims of a bluff, yet in Hollywood the successful perpetrator of a hoax is con- gratulated rather than disliked. Rosalind Russell put one over which was the exact opposite of Binnie Barnes’. A number of years ago, when she was bluffing her way along the early bumpy road to fame, she heard that E. E. Clive’s All-British Copley Players were about to put on a show. When she went to the producer she spoke to him in a crisp English accent, telling him that she was an experienced actress. Not for a moment did he question her nationality. Rosalind got the job, which started her on the upward climb. And how shocked her fellow actors were when they learned weeks later that she was born just a state away from where they were playing ! IRENE DUNNE put over a successful bluff even before she became an actress. Just after she graduated from school, she got a job teaching in a small town in Indiana. When she heard that a scholarship was being offered for vocal students by a musical school in Chicago, owned by the late Flo Ziegfeld’s father, she saw her chance. Al- though she had never studied voice with a professional teacher, her mother, a pianist, had taught her. She went to Chicago, announced that she had studied for years, was granted an audition and won one of the scholar- ships. As a result, the small Indiana town lost a teacher. When Bill Powell graduated from dramatic school in James Cagney figured out a fast one —and his studio had to believe it! New York, he went to David Belasco’s office to ask for a job. Even in those days Bill was well turned out. He was suave and well-groomed, and he had a pleasant voice, so Belasco’s son-in-law agreed to give him a chance as an actor. But when Bill heard what the salary was, he was annoyed rather than grateful. For Belasco’s office refused to pay him more than $18.a week. For several days he haunted producers’ offices, until finally he found another who was willing to take a chance on him. But he too, wouldn’t pay more. Startled that two producers should have offered him the same salary, Bill investigated and discovered that that was the standard salary paid all young men who had just graduated from a dramatic school. The only way to persuade a producer to pay him more would be to con- vince him that he had had a good deal of experience. To Arch Selwyn’s office he went, to ask for a part in “The Ne’er-Do-Well.” “Any experience?” asked Mr. Selwyn. “T’ve been with stock companies in the Middle West for years,” said William Powell. Counting on the fact that it would be too much trouble for Selwyn to verify his story, he mentioned the names of several companies. “All right,” said Selwyn, “T’ll start you at forty dollars per week.” SONJA HENIE, today, is one of the ten greatest box- office stars in Hollywood, but a little over a year ago when the magnificently determined Sonja decided to be- come a motion picture star, Hollywood had never heard of her, even though she had won ten ice-skating cham- pionships. - How did Sonja succeed in interesting movie magnates ? According to Dorothy Kilgallen, the girl reporter who flew around the world, it was all accomplished through a trick. The fact that Hollywood wasn’t interested in her did not deter Sonja. She decided to make Hollywood want her. As she traveled across the continent, she was met at the big cities by reporters. In one city she told them she had signed a contract with (Continued on page 82)

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LOLA LANE, the round eyed ingenue, has been replaced by a new sophisticated Lola. The new -Lola made her debut as the temperamental movie star. in “Hollywood Hotel”. There is an interest- ing story behind this right about face of Lola’s—a story unparalleled in the career of any other Hollywood actress. Lola told it to me while we were having lunch in her dressing-room. She had just finished a ‘morning of strenuous scenes, where, as the fear- less reporter in “Torchy Blane in Panama,” she had jumped from an ocean liner into the ocean. She was wrapped in a heavy robe to counteract the chill of the ocean (a large tank of water lying below her stateroom door), and her maid was holding a hot drier on her wet hair. “When I first arrived in Hollywood, I thought that the world was my oyster,” Lola began. “The thrill and excitement of all the publicity and glamor that surrounds every young girl making her debut in pictures, swept me into a make believe world. Jumping as I had from a piano playing job in the little movie theatre in my home town, Indianola, Iowa, into a ‘Gus Edwards Revue’ and them into the ‘Greenwich Village Follies’ and from there onto Broadway with George Jessel in “The War Song’, success came too fast and too easily. When I was offered a motion picture contract with the Fox Studio, I thought the world was mine to do with as I pleased. : “The idea seems prevalent that I gave up my career when I married Lew Ayres and again when Al Hall and I were wed. That is not the case. I admit that a happy marriage with children might have driven away my desire for a career. As mar- riage did not turn out happily for me, I continued working whenever the opportunity presented itself. There were long, discouraging waits be- tween work. : “As time went on, the parts which I did and the pictures I played in got less and less to my liking. I became convinced that the ingenue roles I was being cast for were not suited to me. However I was unable to convince directors and producers. REALIZING that something drastic must be done if [ expected to go on with my career, I com- menced to study myselfi—take myself apart to see_ what was wrong. It commenced to dawn upon me that my style of dress (like most young girls, I liked frills and ruffles), my clowning and laughing (the Irish in me coming out), my gay, carefree at- titude towards life had definitely stamped me as an ingenue. I realized that if I expected to do grown-up, sophisticated roles that I must actually grow up. Deliberately I set about to make myself over. “T leased a modest, white farm house in a re- mote, quiet spot of the San Fernando Valley. As I always have been acutely sensitive to my sur- roundings, the first thing I did out there was re- place the heavy, dark window drapes throughout the house with bright, gay chintz. I had plain ivory and turquoise slip covers fitted over the somber-hued divans and chairs. The red brick fireplace in my bedroom (it was that fireplace that made me decide to take the house) and the one in the living room were painted white. Bright blue, Rosemary and Lola Lane en- The lucky Lanes have grand Rosemary, Dick Powell and joy a cup of tea together be- senses of humor and love to Lola going dramatic in “Holly- tween scenes. kid each other. wood Hotel.”

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yellow and green outdoor chairs and couches were set around the lily pond fountain below the long brick terraced | porch and under the acacia trees. 1 | “T had never actually lived in the country before,’ said Lola. “Never be- fore had I spent days on end away from people and excitement. I loved it. “In the peace and quiet of my new home I had time to read the books that before I had never gotten around to. I read plays and scripts. I studied books on diet and health. I put myself on a rigid | schedule of diet and exercise. I took long’ walks in the hills. I spent hours stretched out in the sun. “My hair that had been bleached a gold- en yellow, so that the camera could better pick up the lights, grew back to its natural a light brown shade. As the permanent dis- appeared the natural, soft wave returned. I changed my hair dress from the short bob to shoulder length.” Before long the outdoor life, rest, diet, | exercise and study commenced to change Lola’s appearance—even her personality. Her full face became thin and interesting. Her round eyes seemed to narrow and \ grow darker. (Continued on page 115) * | y Lola enjoys the glamor and excitement of working in pictures. BY , IT'S A LONG LANE THAT HAS NO TURNING, AND | RILLA PALMBORG — LOLA IS STANDING AT THE CROSSROADS NOW | : | Lola in her latest, ‘'Torchy Blane in Pan- ama,’ gets instructions from Paul Kelly.

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| LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT erp kh £ZELT.LIN When it comes to trip- ping the light fantastic, Mr. Murphy is second to just about nobody. | IF GEORGE HADN'T LOST HIS HEART 70 | THAT PRETTY GIRL HE WOULDN'T BE ON | THE SCREEN TODAY! MEET HOLLYWOOD’ “MOST ROMANTIC COUPLE—THE MURPHYS

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NOT to keep you in suspense, they’re the George Mur- phys. They fell in love as kids, and at first sight. There had never been anyone else for either. George became. a dancer to keep Julie from going to Florida with a show. They started their careers together and struggled together till they reached a point where George could go it alone. Then Julie bowed out. She’s been asked a dozen times to make film tests. “One crazy person in the house is enough,” she replies sweetly. ‘“I’d rather concentrate on being his wife.”’ They still hold hands at the movies. They still prefer each other as dancing partners to anyone else. They still have more fun with each other than with anyone else. They like stepping out together, but they’d just as soon stay home, just so it’s together. They have yet to be bored in each other’s company. “If the time ever comes,” says George, “when I have to choose between marriage and the movies, I’ll choose marriage. Peace of mind’s more important than money. I can have peace of mind without the movies. I can’t, without my wife.” Tt all goes back to the days when George was a Wall Street runner at fifteen per, and Julie came from De- troit to study dancing at Ned’ Wayburn’s School. He hadn’t chosen running as a career. Engineering was his business, but a cable broke in the Pennsylvania coal mines where he worked, and landed him on a sickbed. When he got up, he couldn’t go back to the mines. Ar- riving in New York with a capital of seven dollars and thirty cents, he met ai college friend who got him a job in his uncle’s brokerage house. He’d met Julie in Detroit, where he’d gone to visit a married sister. He’d liked her chestnut hair and blue eyes, her serenity and spunk. True to his Irish heri- tage, he was mercurial, shooting to the heights or the depths with equal ease. She was calm, cool and col- lected. It gave him a sense of comfort to be with her. George and Juliette Murphy fell in love as kids and have been at it ever since. Eleanor Powell and George have so much fun dancing to- gether they just hate to be paid for itl They do, huh? Besides, she could always see the point of a joke, even when the joke was on her. What was more, she could cap it with a casual wit of her own. It struck George at once that here was a girl in a million. | In New York they saw each other often. One day Julie told him she was going to Florida with Ziegfeld’s “Palm Beach Girl.” George turned moody. “Girls sometimes change when they go away with shows like that,” he informed her darkly. “Thanks, Murph. It’s nice of you to think there’s no room for improvement.” “Well, if you’ve got to go into show business, we’d be better off as a dance team.” She eyed him for a moment, not knowing whether to laugh or scold. She saw he was dead in earnest, and obeyed an impulse. “If you can get us a job before the show leaves, [ll stay. If not, I'll go.” George has that other Irish quality of bullheadedness. ‘He may have promised rashly. He’d make good his promise if flesh and blood and tenacity could do it. When the market closed at three, he’d be off on his hunt. ,His acquaintance was large, and he had a per- suasive tongue in his head. It was that, rather than his dancing ability which finally won him a hearing with Emil Coleman, a bandleader he knew who conducted tea-dances at 10 East 60th Street. Coleman interceded for him with the manager. He and Julie danced for them. “Hm,” said the manager. “Not so hot.” “They'll improve,” pleaded Coleman, who by this time had made their cause his own. “Besides, they know lots of kids around town. They’ll bring ’em in.” That had been George’s strongest argument, and that argument clinched it. “Try ’em,” said the manager. “And tell ’em not to be so grim. Tell ’em to smile.” (Continued on page 91)

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All Preston's spare time is spent on his fifty-foot power crui- ser, which he bought with his first movie earings. Preston won praise for a small bit in “I'm a Fugitive from a Chain Gang." Foster begged for the part just be- cause it was a Paul Muni picture. THE VANISHING American is one who retains some of the quaint habits of a simpler age. Noel Coward is not his prophet, and he doesn’t have to start the day with a pick-me-up. He honors the Fifth Commandment. He enjoys a night club on the average of once a year. Home is neither a hotel where he hangs his hat nor a decorated interior for impressing the Joneses, but a gathering-place , for the people he loves. He’s not ashamed of sentiment, and values the old-fashioned virtues above a flip crack. One such vanishing American is Preston Foster, and this is the story of how he got-that way. It goes back to his ancestry, German on his father’s side, English on his mother’s, and no nonsense about either. An average small town family in New Jersey, where money wasn’t plentiful but affection was. Three youngsters, a boy, the pride of his father’s heart, with eyes blue as the sea he would grow up to love, and two younger girls. -The kind of family that had fun together. ‘We always had better times with each other than we Meet Mrs. Preston Foster. They fell in love when both worked for-a ship- building corpora- tion years ago. BY clei LE Tee could find outside,” says the boy, grown up. “The elder girl was a tomboy, and we played together as kids, always clowning round. No matter what the distress might be, there was usually something funny about it. We still live pretty much like that. My wife’s on the quiet side, but she enjoys the fun from the sidelines.” A household of laughter then, but of discipline enough. There was never any doubt that father and mother were boss. “My father had a way of taking me by the fore- lock,” says Foster, “and saying: “Young man—’” He dropped his voice into his throat. “He'd never hurt me, just catch me by the forelock and hold me there. The only time he ever laid the weight of his hands on me was once when he caught me holding my younger sister by the heels over a sandpile, and trying to push her head into the sand. The only time he ever had me up on the carpet for fair was when I was eighteen, and said damn in my mother’s presence. “That was fifteen years ago, (Continued on page 96) PRESTON FOSTER IS ONE WHO HAS RETAINED THE QUAINT HABITS OF A SIMPLER AGE

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THOSE HOLLYWOOD MEN! | IF TTS ROMANCE YOURE LOOKING FOR, YOU WON'T FIND IT IN MOVIETOWN AND NO ONE KNOWS THAT BETTER THAN MISS RICE BY ELEANOR PACKER IT ALL began with a letter and a fire and a rainy day at home.’ The letter was a part-fan and part-confession missive, written by a girl i Kansas to Florence Rice in Hollywood. The fire was crackling cheerily on the wide hearth in the white-paneled living-room of Florence’s beach house. The rain pounded, as only California rains can pound, against the square win- dows. te Florence, dressed in peach and turquoise satin pajamas, was sitting on a low divan before the fire, looking through her mail, when I arrived. “Read this,” she said and gave me the type- written letter with its small-town-in-Kansas address. The writer of the letter explained, first of all, that she was twenty-five years old and a stenog- rapher in one of the town’s two banks. “I’m telling you these personal facts merely to prove to you that I’m not a very young and-empty-headed girl,” she wrote. She knew all about Florence. That she was the daughter of Grantland Rice, the famous sports writer and maker of those popular short sports pictures, That she had had a gay and ex- citing girlhood of private schools, summers at various Eastern beaches, trips to Europe and a con- stant association with the interesting, colorful people who were her father’s friends. That she had ap- peared in several Broadway shows before going to California. That she had played the leading femi- Here's Florence, all dressed up, and no one to go with! nine roles in a dozen not very important pictures. And that she had recently signed a new contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which made her a major featured player. So, because Florence had known the struggles and delights of both New York and Hollywood, Mary of Kansas was writing to ask Florence’s ad- vice. And here is where the letter reached its real point and purpose. The girl in Kansas was saving her pennies, going without all the luxuries and many of the necessities of life, in order to go to California, the land of sunshine and romance and handsome men. Spinsterhood was staring her straight in the face. The men whom she knew were neither in- teresting nor romantic. So she was preparing for one final fling at romance in Hollywood where all the handsome, clever and successful men seemed to be congregated, where romance was in the very air. Did Florence think she was planning wisely and well? “What are you going to answer?” I asked curi- ously. It was the kind of letter which demands a reply and Florence is always faithful to her fan mail. “I’m going to advise her to stay in Kansas,” Flor- ence said, her eyes twinkling. “If she is looking for men and romance, she'll certainly be disappointed in Hollywood.” “What’s wrong with the (Continued on page 94) 55

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Ill. No waistline? You can have, if you'll try a bit. I. Heavy thighs? , WHAT DO you say if, instead of pointing out object lessons in beauty among the movie stars this month; I delve into my notes on just plain folks? I have a horrid habit of studying closely every girl I see—on the street, in the bus, in the stores—and one of these days, I know, some indignant gal is going to speak to me sharply and probably smack me soundly for my nosiness. However, in the meantime, if it brings grist to the Mary Marshall. mill, who cares? : I want to point out average figure and face faults and tell you a little bit about correcting them. I shan’t con- cern myself with the very fat, the very thin, the very beau- tiful, or the downright ugly. (No woman is downright ugly, anyway. No, she ain’t!) I want to talk, in other words, about that person concerning whom her friends say, “She’d be an awfully pretty girl, a very attractive wo- man, except for...” It’s that nasty compound conjunc- tion, preposition, adverb—whatever it is—“except for,” that I’d like to eliminate from your life. First, three figure faults, which I-saw on every beach I sunbathed on last summer and which I see regularly in evening gowns all winter. Sketches I, II, and III, exe- cuted in masterly style by our art department, illustrate these too-common faults of the otherwise good figure: One, the bulging abdomen—and why is it that girls with — this blight-on-the-body will pull belts as tight as possible and simply refuse to wear girdles? Two, the hunk below 56 the hip—and girls with this figure fault seem to dote upon standing with one leg thrown outa joint, so that the bulge is even more evident. And three, the figure that is very, nice except for (there we are again) a shapelessness at the waistline. =: Here’s how to go about correcting these faults. For the protruding tum (if you are not really fat all over) perhaps very simple measures will help. First, wear a girdle, with some stiffening in front. Don’t let that stiffening change from a straight line to an inelegant curve—you must sit straight as well as stand straight. Perhaps you bloat: your abdomen with too much liquid. Get out of the habit of drinking with meals—drink after meals, even though you at first miss the comfortable sensation of sluicing down food with a beverage. Have one liquid meal a day if you like—that’s fine—but don’t chase ‘solids with liquids. If you're a regular fish about drinking water, cut down to one large glass between meals. IF LIQUIDS ain’t the cause behind the bulge, perhaps it’s too bulky food. Cut down on meats. Eat more vege- tables. Of course, I don’t need to tell you that candy, cake, pie, ice cream and cocktails never did anybody’s stomach any good, either internally or externally. Stand or walk about for at least half an hour after each meal ; if you have to trot out and do the dishes, don’t complain— it’s good for your figger. Put conscious effort into keep- ing your middle flat whenever you can. You can’t think

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about it all the time, of course, but there are lots of mo- ments when you can definitely concentrate upon it. Other times, how about whipping up a password with a sister or a friend? Ask said sister or friend, whenever she sees you poking out in front, to say to you snappily, “Potato chips !”” or something. If it’s simply a slight excess of flesh which causes figure. trouble No. 1, this exercise, not new, but helpful; will work: lie on the floor, face down, and grasp your heels with your hands. Rock your body back and forth. This is better than the well known rolling stunt for taking off ab- dominal fat. A small, hard pillow is sometimes helpful. If it’s a slackness of the abdominal muscles which is un- streamlining your silhouette, here is the best exercise in the world, even if I have repeated it umpteen times: lie on the floor on your back. Legs together, knees stiff. Bring your legs up, together, to a right angle with your body. Let them down, down, slowly, to within a few inches of the floor, but don’t let them touch the floor. ‘Bring them on up again. Repeat, beginning with five times, working up to as many times as you can spare minutes to do. Wear a boned girdle. But—for an hour a day, perhaps, when you’re alone—practice going without a girdle and see how nice and flat you can keep your tum without its assistance. Figure Fault IT: diet has nothing to do with this—exer- cise is the only cure, and it takes a lot of patience to cure it, too. First, wear a long girdle, that will hide this bump when you’re wearing average-fitting dresses. Keep away from molded gowns until you get rid of it, choosing softer or even bouffant styles, if you can wear them. Come summer, choose a bathing suit with some sort of skirt effect. Second, you can fool some of the people some of the time about this figure fault, if you'll do this: when stand- ing, tighten the muscles of the thighs. It will pull in that bump like anythin’. Never stand on one. foot, with the other leg “at ease.” Do not flex the knee nearest the be- holder, in the accepted manner of the movie star posing for fashion pictures. Stand straight, and keep the thighs tense. Third, get busy and roll this lump away. Sit on the floor and roll from side to side on the derriere—rolling far enough so that you touch the offending bump. Also, get down on hands and knees and kick back—left, right, left, right—just as far and just as hard as you can kick. And, believe it or not, swinging your hips in the well known hula-hula motion is grand for muscular supple- ness. Even if you feel silly, go on and do it. Figure Fault III: stretch for grace and for a slender waistline. Stretch down—in front of you and to either side, with your knees straight and stiff, and try to touch a point just beyond your actual reach. Stretch 1, on tip- toe, and try again to touch (Continued on page 113) 57

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ALICE BRADY has Hollywood impaled on the horns of a dilemma because Hollywood doesn’t know what to think about Miss Brady! For six years Miss Brady has fluttered through films, waving her hands wildly about, throwing her voice into antic cadences, making the outlanders howl with laughter. Miss Brady was, accordingly, neatly catalogued “‘a comic.” It made no difference that Miss Brady had come from the New York stage, one of the great dramatic actresses of the theatre. Miss Brady clicked as a comic on the screen, and as a comic on the screen she must continue to click. Now, in “In Old Chicago,” she has done such a right- about-face as bewilders a town which believes that black is black and white is white; Oakie, funny; Muni, unfunny ; and that a lady who tickles its ribs does not, normally, agitate its tear ducts. The question Hollywood is asking is, simply: Js she funny? Or isn’t she funny? There are the twin masks of Comedy and Tragedy, of course. Well, then, does she caper about in her private life, wearing the mask of Comedy? Or does she sit, somber and brooding, behind the mask of Tragedy? The answer, of course, is both. But I anticipate. The other night I was invited to have dinner with ¢ Miss Brady. So, I arrived at her home in Beverly Hills, a spacious white house somewhat in the Italianate style. A home occupied by five dogs, five servants, Miss Brady and a state of perpetual if pleasant pandemonium. The five dogs scuffle and yelp constantly; the five servants are not suffi- cient, it seems, to keep the domestic machinery functioning smoothly. WE DID, in fact, dine. Eat would be too lowly’a word for it. We dined on a round table placed, felicitously, near the fire; the table richly mounted in scarlet and silver-toned damask, fine old silver, elegantly cut crystal. Miss Brady made a face at the pigeon pie and said, “Pd just as soon take a pill!’ There was, also, fizz. Fizz is her name for that aristocrat of beverages, champagne. Which she likes to drink from tall glasses equipped with chunks of ice, not, as she knows very well, the way connoisseurs drink champagne. But Miss Brady does in all things exactly what she feels (Continued on page 118) 58

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. Gary Cooper proves that a screen hero is really a hero when he has one of those six a. m. calls. Just one more stretch before he answers the phone. “Sure I'm up.” Practically at the Something's wrong with this pic- Even a screen hero's gotta work, studio right this minute, aren't you, ture. But what? Gary, we don't so Gary is off to the set of “Blue- Gary? think you're awake! beard's Eighth Wife.”

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He wants to talk script. He wins and Sylvia gives her Is your mind on your work? you here again? Wait all to Art. The dejected looking You wanted to finish an inch catch this stitch,” Sylvia si needlepoint knows it must wait. to-day? What price Art!

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A couple of Tom Sawyer" en- thusiasts clutch their tickets— Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Tracy. Judging by that big smile on her boy friend's face, Janet Gaynor is more than holding her own in the Tyrone Power sweepstakes. At “the preview of “Tom Sawyer’, Comedienne Irene Dunne is propelled through the crowd by her husband, Dr. Griffin—a shadowy figure.

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The bride comes home. Even a good excuse like a honeymoon couldn't keep Virginia Bruce and J. Walter Ruben away from home. Fannie Brice and her escort both have a sense of humor. He's Jackie Cooper, all grown up. One of the cast goes to the “Tom Sawyer” preview with her best beau. Cora Sue Col- lins and Freddie Bartholomew have a date. Andrea Leeds clasps the arm of Skater Jack Dunn with that contented look. Meaning they're a new romance. ays Ad rises PA eertS s) PARR OY eetaeeeee s445eeers Sees eeey SHSSVSE SHC HE > PINEDA ae the Se ri reo eee sees the % ss ; MAiiorsSeboessie: cee Tres $33 etneaee> >is tie. 23332273

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The Fred Astaires take in “Tom Sawyer,’ too, which incidentally, is as much fun for grown-ups as for ole swimmin’ hole devotees. they‘re everywhe else together. Here is little Durbin | - out on her first date. — ~The lucky lad is — Jackie Moran, who is taking Deanna to | _- -see him in “Tom | oe: Sawyer Margot Grahame and Lester Matthews, a couple of players from London town, “do” the Wilshire Bowl together and talk about home. reer SE aS ETES ES, Ea

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is time Frances Langford steps out with Jon Hall. Gosh, that boy certainly gets around as fast as a ‘'Hurricane."’ Here we have Paul- ette Goddard, but have not Charlie Chaplin. It is Ander- son Lawler who es- corts Scarlett O'Hara,

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| eS cGE era gk Constance Bennett does a ''Gertrude Ederle” il i gee pe ee GN in her own back. pool. Yep, the Bennett ear 5 % would. rather swim than make cold cream! Here she is with a fourfooted friend who looks as if he understands a thing or two. Anyway, he is Connie's favorite canine. A two-footed friend who comes to discuss Ne eee : scripts and studio business. Dont you i a oa S; —— know, Mister, this is to be a day of rest? i i | : yi. Neg Pr A pretty picture of a pretty picture player. % BR Pee ike Miss Bennett, minus temperament, is back ii : P She : in the movies to stay.

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You'd imagine a fine dancer to be a fine tennis* player, now “wouldn't you? Well, Fred As- taire is. When he’s not at the ~ studio, he is out practicing. This looks enough like a dance pose to make Astaire feel right at home. Guess dancing and tennis go together—eh, wot? Here's something coming, and Mr. A. is gonna wallop it right back. Note the concentration, please. TENNIS Now, we really have something! Looks like a stunt play’s been accomplished, from the pained expression on his face. i If you're up on your tennis, you know what Freddie is going through here. He has served something to his opponent and is avidly watching for the effect. Reaching for a high one with a look of real confidence. Yes, seems as if Freddie really knows his stuff!

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72 Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy have turned down offers running up to $5,000. for a single ap- pearance, but we know how you can get their act for nothing. All you have to have is Bergen’s phone number. Just call the house- and ask for Charlie, and if Bergen is home he’ll bring young Mr. McC. to the phone and entertain you as long as your nickel holds out. Washington, Note! Last year Carole Lombard worked hard. made $460,000 and paid most of it back to the government in taxes. Right now she is in the middle of a three- months’ vacation, and our spies report that she plans to take it easy this year. It’s a drastic situation. boys. How can we build battleships with Lombard lying down on the job? | i oe | More Lombard information: When Miss L. finishes a picture she always has her phone number changed so her studio’ can’t contact her until she’s ready to work again. . The sheepdog Clark Gable gave her for Christmas is very unhappy with Carole’s Siamese cats. She’s thinking of hiring a wolf in sheep’s clothing, just to keep the hound contented. ‘ Oh Boy! Martha Raye is doing all right these days. She has her own apartment, Myrna Loy’s former maid, Elissa Landi‘s former secretary, and she has just added to her collection of “jools” a $2.500. bracelet. The brace- let is a 9-piece miniature orchestra, done in diamonds and rubies. So when Martha yells “Oh Boy!” these days, she means it. _ Although most people know that Frances Farmer is currently a hit on Broadway in Clifford Odet’s Andrea Leeds, Charlie Mc- Carthy and Edgar Bergen. j \\ a ie 7 Jack Oakie and Dorothy — Lamour go Hawaiian! play, “Golden Boy,” few are aware that her husband, Leif Erikson, is also in the same show. He’s doing a walk-on bit, just to be near his wife. The word is, though, that he'll get a leading role in Odet’s next production. Junior Diversion All Hollywood—as they say in the gossip columns —is watching the romance between Jackie Cooper and Bonita Granville. Theyre working together in “White Banners,” and Jackie sent her flowers on her ~1Sth birthday. You know what that means. wedding bells any day now. Ona clear day out here you can see three gents puffing heavily and pedalling bicycles over Cahuenga Pass. The gents are Rudy Vallee and his two sec- retaries, and they’re doing it because Rudy decided to take off a little weight. Every morning they cycle to work, followed by Rudy’s limousine, which collects the bikes at the studio. The secretaries, who would rather lose weight than their jobs, say it’s a very healthful practice. Unemployment Note Miss Marlene Dietrich, recently employed by a major studio, has rented a cottage in Beverly Hills and taken her furniture out of storage. She expects to make her home in Hollywood, and many of her friends have told her she ought to be in pictures. It‘s nice work, they all tell her. if you can get it. One publicity department, justly eager to plug its forthcoming pictures, sends the following: “Dorothy Lamour and her bandleader husband, Herbie Kay, will ‘You and Me’ it when he begins his engage- ment at the ‘Cocoanut Grove.’ Later they plan a ‘Tropical Holiday’ in Hawaii.” You can probably It‘s—

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Carole Lombard and Clark Gable make the rounds of the night spots. gather from the above that the recession has hit Hollywood. Congratulations They’re congratulating Dick Powell on the impending arrival of an addition to his family, and Joan Blondell blushes properly when- ever she’s within earshot. Incidentally, did you know that when he’s working and she’s not, he phones her every afternoon at three? The other day, though, he didn’t get to the phone until three twenty. Said Joan: “Don’t you love me any more?” When Jack Haléy’s option was taken up by his studio recently, Mr. H. had a ready explanation for it. He claims the main reason was that no one was able to scrape his picture off the wall in the studio reception room, Ditto, Sam This month’s Sam Goldwyn story: Mr. G. recently returned from Hawaii on the Lurline. The boat docked at San Francisco, laid over a day and pulled out for Los Angeles. At sailing time several hun- dred people were at the dock waving goodbye to friends. Sam, at the rail, waved back and yelled, “Bon voyage!” His studio looked all over for George Brent the other day. He was scheduled to appear in Weaverville, California, for the pre- miere of “Gold is Where You Find It.” The studio couldn't lo- cate him by phone, so they resorted to the radio, sending out queries for him on_their- own broadcasting station. Brent, like gold, is where you find him. In this case it was Palm Springs. Family Pride Looks as though the one-time feud between Al Jolson and the Warner Brothers is being carried into the second generation—which will distinguish it as the only second-generation feud in these parts. It happened ‘at a children’s party given by Darryl Zanuck’s young- sters (who can afford it), When young Sonny Jolson arrived at the affair he marched immediately over to Mervyn LeRoy’s son, Warner, and socked him. Rumor has it that he apologized later, when he A Dutch girl and a guy from Iowa —Anita Louise and Ronald Reagan. I discovered that Warner's papa had just transferred his porifolio to Metro. After all, you can‘t sock a guy just because his old man doesn’t work for Warners’, The latest Hollywood beauty hint—and we got this straight from a Hollywood beauty who does a lot of hinting—is colored eyelashes for evening wear. If you’re a brunette, the local experts have de- cided you should wear brown lashes with blue tips. And if you're a blonde, you buy yourself a set of gold ones. Personally, we’re going to try to get another year’s wear out of last. year’s. Good Casting! John and Elaine Barrymore have just bought a play, called "My Dear Joan,” which they will try out in San Francisco as scon as John finishes his picture commitments, which will be in August. If the play goes over, they will take it to New York. What's news about this item is the fact that John will play Elaine's father! John Barrymore’s comeback is now officially successful. A small theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, playing a revival of “Bill of Divorcement,” billed it “John Barrymore in ‘Bill of Divorcement’.” And not even a mention of Katharine Hepburn. Ritzy, huh! After scoring in several recent pictures, the Ritz Brothers tried to live up to their name by insisting on telling directors just how their scenes should be played. Most comedians are extremely unfunny when they decide to go serious, so Darryl Zanuck took the balmy brothers into his private office and explained to them that directors have a weakness for directing their own Pictures. The brothers got the idea, and now all is calm in Beverly Hills. -And the best act in town—another free one—is put on by Martha Raye and Ruby Keeler. For their own amusement they do a screaming takeoff on the Busby Berkeley girls. If you Berkeley girls would only leave the room for a minute we'd go into detail. 73

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Charles Boyer and Pat Paterson attend “Goldwyn Follies” preview. James Cagney and Pat O'Brien step out together. They are old pals. ~~ Another Garho? : During the making of “The Adventures of Marco Polo,” - Sigrid Gurie, Goldwyn’s Norwegian importation, was billed as the “Girl Who Didn't Know Hollywood.” Reports from the Goldwyn camp were that Miss Gurie had never been on Hollywood Boulevard. had never entered a Hollywood night club, and in fact had done nothing but work for Mr. Goldwyn since her arrival on these shores. Came the night of the preview, and Miss Gurie was to make her grand entrance—her first public appearance. Crowds waited, but nothing happened. Miss G. was home with a cold. There’s talk around that Mr. and Mrs. Walter Withers, Jane’s | parents, want to adopt two children. Reason is that Jane has a tremendous number of pets around the house on which she has lavished much attention and considerable expense. Papa and mamma feel that she'll soon outgrow them, and they think a couple of youngsters might be very happy with them. « Nice Custom Best Scene in a Current Picture: The moment when Marco Polo (Gary Cooper) teaches the Chinese princess (Sigrid Gurie) the western world’s favorite salute—a kiss. The princess, whose family has been Gladys Swarthout and hubby, Frank Chapman, are east for opera dates rubbing noses for centuries, is first astonished, then highly pleased. with the new world’s trick. Next time you get a run in the chiffon number nines, gals, think of ‘poor old 20th Century-Fox. The studio paid out $2,200. for runs during the filming of one picture—and for one player. The young lady was Sonja—Henie. The opera length hose she wore in “Happy Landing” cost $37. a pair, and she sometimes went through six pairs in a day. Music to Soothe When Annabella started work on “The Baroness and the Butler.” she wanted music on the set. so she bought a huge radio-phono- graph to scothe her between scenes. When the picture finished, the prop department asked her what she intended to do about moving the thing. Said Annabella: “I'm finished with it. Give it to the crew.” So the boys drew lots, and a guy named Brownie now has a radio-phonograph to get him in the mood for scene shifting. (Continued on page 90)

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“,.. but what is this difference you notice between Camels and other Cigarettes ?” -o-Kathleen Williams asks Alma Nicoll, debutante daughter of De Lancey Nicoll, Jr., of New York and Middleburg, Virginia. And here is Miss Nicoll’s answer: “Do I find Camels different from other cigarettes? Yes, def- initely! For instance, after hours in the saddle, I’m quite weary. Smoking Camels gives me a delightful ‘lift’! And Camels never jangle my nerves—another way they are different! I smoke as many Camels as I please...and they never tire my taste. Camels are mild...gentle on my throat. And so you see, in so many ways, Camels agree with me.” It is not surprising that smokers are so enthusiastic about Camels. Camel spends millions more, year after year, to assure a finer, more delicate quality for Camel smokers. HE Nicoll family have occupied positions of prominence here since Matthias Nicoll crossed to these shores in 1664. Alma Nicoll (above, right) is a fine horsewoman, devoted to the life of the Long Island and Virginia hunting country. She has traveled in England, on the Continent, and in the Near East. At right, Miss Nicoll poses before dining out. She is typical of the younger crowd in her enthusiasm for Camels. “At all the parties,” she says, “I notice that Camels are served. Between courses...and, of course, after dessert, Ismoke Camels —‘for digestion’s sake!’ Camels add to mealtime pleasure.” po apprect® sTLié Among the many distinguished women c who find Camels mild and refreshing: Mrs. Nicholas Biddle, Philadelphia »« Mrs. Powell Cabot, | Boston »« Mrs. Thomas M. Carnegie, Jr., New York « Mrs. camets | J. Gardner Coolidge 2nd, Boston « Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel 3rd, — Philadelphia « Mrs. Chiswell Dabney Langhorne, Virginia oo, — y Q, % EST | iy kerr, ; Mrs. Nicholas G. Penniman III, Baltimore e Mrs. John W. Rockefeller, Jr., New York »« Mrs. Rufus Paine Spalding III, Pasadena «+ Mrs. Louis Swift, Jr., Chicago »« Mrs. Barclay Warburton, Jr., Philadelphia » Mrs. Howard F. Whitney, New York ONE SMOKER TELLS ANOTHER Copyricht, 1988, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, N. C

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a YOUNG LOVE Richard Greene, fresh from England, makes his ro- mantic debut with Loretta Young in "Four Men and a Prayer.” wit Ske, Mat LSS ’ y Pe Zaytt 925 4,38 Fs, f ee how Site 2

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Unguentine takes the fire out of a burn and the burning pain out of a cut; it relieves the itch- ing of eczema... and pro- vides lasting antiseptic protection. It is the anti- septic in soothing form. Never, zever be without an adequate supply of Un- guentine. Big tube 50¢; economical family size | jar, $1. At drug stores. : MODERN SCREEN HIS LIFE’S EXCITING (Continued from page 36) consequent unhappiness of a child divided. He tried to act eighteen when he was four- teen—and succeeded almost too well. He studied art in Paris, was broke and had a beautiful, Left-Bankish time of it, acquiring hollow cheeks and stoicism. He tried his hand at writing, was published, and is still writing. When he wanted to go into pictures, and did, his father “disinherited” him, but both recovered. However, it was an experience. For the past four years he has lived, more or less continuously, in London. He left London because he and his associates in picture-making there did not agree. It thas been stated that he owned his produc- ing company there. That, he tells me, is not a fact. He also left London because David Selznick paged him for the role of Hentzau in Prisoner of Zenda, and Hentzau would be irresistible to one who is by way of being Hentzau’s blood brother. And it was. In the London group of Forty, which is the much more selective equivalent of New York’s one-time Four Hundred, the name of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. is listed. He lived sleekly in London, in the narrow, five-storied house in Mayfair which overhangs Locks, the hatshop, the one-time house of Nell Gwynn snuggling cosily in his back garden, or in the more recent, smart pent-house apartment, which he still maintains. Or he can live, and has, when ow on funds, in a mews, finding his fun poking about on the river, dining alone at little marshy inns, dropping in on the farmers for a talk and a pipe. He numbers among his friends the dis- tinguished in almost every station in life . . . Clemence Dane, playwright and novelist, Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese Am- bassador to France, Dr. Will Durant, Charlie Chaplin and last, but Lordy, Lordy, not least, the Duke of Kent! And, as a friend of the Duke of Kent’s he has, it is said, met and mingled familiarly with royalty, including the Duke of Windsor and the surely immortal, however de- servedly, Mrs. Simpson. He has had, he admits, adventures which can only be recorded when he is, probably, eighty-two. Or when the other participants are all gone beyond the sound and“fury of this earth. For the adventures have been political ad- ventures and belong, not to him alone, but to history. Nevertheless, he has had them or witnessed them. And that he has had them is a part of his provocativeness. E has been variously rumored as ro- mancing with Marlene Dietrich; more recently Hollywood has had him “dating” Norma Shearer, Katharine Hepburn, others. Probably he has had these dates, why not? Having seen Douglas in “Having Won- derful Time,’ with Ginger Rogers, having caught glimpses of him in action for ‘The Joy Of Loving,” I can prophesy that he will be one of the but really terrific heart-throbs of our screen this year. I, therefore, take pleasure in announcing to you, his fans, who will be intensely inter- ested that—he is not in love. He is not only not in love but he is not, by his own casual admission “going with” any particu- lar lady. When I reminded him that the column-chatterers have been “linking” him he said, “They have to have something to print. Obviously, romance-rumors make the most fetching fillers. And they leave me quite helpless, for, also obviously, a gentleman cannot announce that he is not in love with a lady, has no intentions, matri- monial or otherwise.” He does, however, hope to marry again some day. “I certainly have no objections to marriage,” he told me, “but not now.” He has leased a house on the beach, quite near to his father. He keeps one servant, drives his own car, entertains 1n- formally, liking it when Ronald Colman and Leslie Howard “drop down.” He en- joys parties when Cary Grant is among the guests. They have a lot of fun together. He goes to night clubs much less often than he used to. He sees quite a lot of his father. “Our relationship has never been that of father and son, you know,’ Douglas told me. “There has never been the adult, paternal superiority of the parent on my father’s part, nor the father-what-is-beer on mine. We're good friends. I would seek his company if we were not any kin at all. In a kind of similar dissimilar way the characters we like to play on the screen stem from the same root. My father’s “Zoro,” “Thief of Bagdad” and the others were thrilling fantasy. The characters I like to play are more rooted in fact, or could be fact.” The elder Fairbanks, I thought, swash- buckled physically; the younger Fairbanks swashbuckles mentally. “There are three reasons why I am glad I was born in this age,’”’ he continued. “The first is the telephone. I love to carry on interminable tebates with my friends, righting the wrongs of the world. For me to talk publicly about how I should like to right the wrongs of the world would be, in my position, as presumptuous as giving advice on love. But I can, I do,” laughed Douglas, rather grimly, “drop seeds. The second reason for my gratitude that the year 1909 saw my birth, is the wireless. I loathe to write letters, and never do. Therefore, my social obligations are salved by means of telegrams. The third object of my gratitude is the speed of this age, the fast trains, cars, planes. To lag in anything is to lose interest.” Douglas was called then. “In the mean- time,” he said, “I work. And I take my work seriously. I take everything I do seriously.” Loretta Young's littlest sister, grown up, renamed Ann Royal, is playing her first role in “Mad About Music.” Time marches on!

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(Warners)... 1.0.5.0 sscssesl 8: 3 It Happened in Hollywood (Columbia). -:272% — Victoria the Great (RKO)....-.......-.- 4* It's All Yours (Columbia): « - ee 7s Vosues of 1938 (Walter Wanger). | eae 3% Fee Be ag le ee oe Wee Willie Winkie (20th Century-Fox).......... 4* Lady, Behave (Republic)........... nn Sien Welle ergo Gardm oan) ae eee ee The Lady Escapes (20th Century-Fox). val ek Tes entland Cases (Universal) care Ge ane ax AEs aes Cees “* TX White Bondage (Watners)..-s00.00c0ecosss-e 198 Fone ti Gamanter (MGM)... an Wife, Doctor and Nurse (20th Century-Fox)...... 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Instead of giving the individual ratings of Modern Screen and authorative newspaper movie critics all over the country, we have struck an average of their ratings. You'll find this average under General Rating, beside each picture. 47k, very good: 37k, good: 24k, fair: lyk, poor. Asterisk denotes that only Modern Screen ratings are given on films not reviewed by news- papers as we go to press.

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“DON’T rush me, woman! I’m in no party mood— but [ll brighten up in a hurry if you'll share that package of Beeman’s! You know that flavor’s a real joy reviver. It’s got a frisky freshness, a tingly tang—in short, it’s great. If you don’t know, the pack- age is sealed airtight to keep all that luscious freshness inside. I'll stop on the way. We need a fresh package.” Beeman’s AIDS DIGESTION... MODERN SCREEN BLUFFS THAT WORKED (Continued from page 49) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In another city, she said Paramount had signed her. In still a third city, she said she was under contract to Universal. The truth was that, although she had been tested, no company had signed her. But motion picture executives always read such items carefully. They began to ask, “Who is this Sonja Henie?” The final stunt was pulled just before Sonja reached the coast. At the Metro publicity office, they received a telegram ordering them to meet Sonja Henie with photographers. “She is coming to work for us,’ the telegram said. Naturally they sent photographers, and some of the photographs got into the news- papers. By the time they discovered that the telegram had not been authorized by the New York office, Hollywood was be- ginning to be Henie-conscious. Thus when she staged her famous exhibition at the Polar Ice Palace, executives from every major company attended. James Cagney once succeeded in bluffing his own movie company. It was back in 1932, and Jimmy, engaged in one of his periodic fights, was demanding more money. The studio refused to consider giving Jimmy any kind of a raise. Finally he quit work. “T don’t have to remain an actor,” he said. “All my life I’ve been interested in medicine. I’m going to study at Columbia University, and give up my screen career entirely. My wife approves of my plan.” If Jimmy had threatened to go to an- other movie company and sell his services, there were legal steps that might have ff been taken. But if he was going to be- come a doctor, no contract could stop him. Of course the studio knew it might all be a bluff, but on the other hand, if Jimmy was not faking, they would lose f one of their most valuable properties. In § the end, Jimmy got pretty nearly every- thing for which he asked. After he and Warners’ had patched up their difficulties, reporters asked him if he had really been serious about his plan to become a physician. Jimmy grinned. “No,” he said, “that was just a gag.” While Nelson Eddy has never had to ° bluff in his motion picture career, he fibbed about his experience when he was trying to get a job on a newspaper in Philadel- phia. Before he went to see the editors he had never written a line. an advertising man. From that he ad- vanced to reporter, to rewrite man and finally to the copy desk by pretending that | he could do all these things, then taking the time to learn how in order to back up his bluff. Necessity is the mother of most hoaxes, |! and that was the case with W. C. Fields. ; Shortly after the Spanish American War, | he was forced to accept a vaudeville en- eagement in Spain, and due to the resent- / ment toward Americans at that time, he was billed as an Englishman. was doing a pantomime act, it was not necessary for him to speak on the stage. For about three months he was successful sf rd Tyrone Power and Joseph Schildkraut look with equal admiration on Norma Shearer's getup as ‘Marie Antoinette.” But he per- | suaded them to give him a job in the ad- | vertising department by saying that he was | Since he |" lj 1

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h bi L - ee Anna May Wongconfidessome- thing to Akim Tamiroff in her native Chinese—but it’s still her secret. at this bluff until he gave vent to some typical Fieldsian dialogue backstage, was overheard by a Spaniard and was fired. | ces IN her career Ginger Rogers tried a bluff that definitely did not work. While she was in New York, play- ing a leading role in “Girl Crazy,’ she was also making films for an eastern mo- tion picture studio. Hoping that she could persuade the motion picture executives to give her more money and better roles in pictures, she stalked up to an executive of the company, said she wasn’t getting as much money from the studio as she was from the musical comedy contract, and demanded her release. To her amaze- ment, the official gave her the release. “That incident taught me a lesson,” Gin- ger said, laughing, “about the technique of a bluff.” The most successful practical joke Gin- ger ever tried was the famous “Lady Ainsley” hoax, perpetrated at the time when Producer Pandro Berman was hav- ing great difficulty finding the right actress to play Elizabeth in “Mary of Scotland.” One day Director John Ford, who was in on the hoax, said to Producer Pan Ber- man, “I’ve just heard that Lady Ainsley, the famous English actress, is in town. She has played Elizabeth hundreds of times on the stage—in fact, she’s a direct descendant of the Queen. Why don’t you get her to take a test?” Pan Berman authorized a test of Lady Ainsley. A few days later, when he saw the test, he was electrified. The girl who appeared as Queen Elizabeth, her hair piled high on her head, her face vicious with cruelty and lust for power, was just the actress he had been searching for. “Send for her,” he said. “She’s marvel- ous !” Director Ford shrugged his shoulders and intimated that there might be difficul- ties. Lady Ainsley was just like Kathar- ine Cornell in her aversion toward making pictures. For a week, Berman frantically sought to contact Lady Ainsley. Then one day a newspaper item reported, “What red- haired star is playing a gigantic practical joke on what producer by posing as a great foreign actress who doesn’t exist?” Berman got the point at once. But though Ginger’s bluff was called, she had attained her secret objective. For a long time she had been trying to persuade her studio that she could play dramatic roles. It took the great Lady Ainsley hoax to make her company realize that Ginger was more than just a foil for Fred Astaire. A Ae ie COMMS. 4 OF. NUS -ARAC Ati apick! 5 0H MODERN SCREEN Gerald Whight at 4 mons. Somebody’s coming with a bowl and a spoon. Jerry knows what that means — he’s been having Clapp’s Baby Cereal for a month. He’s one of the small citizens of a New Jer- sey community who is contributing pictures and growth records to a study of infant feeding. Clapp’s Strained Vegetables will go on his diet list soon. Jerry’s mother doesn’t have a wor- ry except that his blond hair won’t lie down. For he’s growing steadily and putting on some good solid pounds. Besides Clapp’s Vegetables, Jerry has been having Clapp’s Strained Soups and Strained Fruits lately. Smooth, finely strained, but not too liquid—these foods have the exact texture that doctors approve. Vitamin-rich Clapp’s Foods, pres- sure-cooked to hold in food value, have built Jerry into a hefty little rascal, weighing 23 pounds. His steady progress is typical of all the Clapp-fed babies in the test. And so is his freedom from food dislikes. Clapp’s Foods really do taste better! 16 Varieties of Clapp’s Strained Baby Foods —Baby Soup Strained or Unstrained, Vege- table Soup, Beef Broth, Liver Soup; Apri- cots, Prunes, Apple Sauce; Tomatoes, As- paragus, Peas, Spinach, Beets, Carrots, Green Beans; Baby Cereal. Free Booklet! Photographs and records of 12 Clapp-fed babies. Valuable diet facts. Write ; : to Harold H. Clapp, Inc., Dept. QSY, 777 © OP DRIEL Mount Read Blvd., Rochester, N. Y. NEW!... for older babies Clapp’s Chopped Foods Doctors asked for them...even-textured foods PUREE OF PRI YO) wercset wa OF with all the advantages of Clapp’s Strained Foods, but more coarsely divided. At deal- ers’ now—remember them when your baby outgrows Clapp’s Strained Toods. 0 STeained baby 83

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When the friend arrived Alan was await- ing him outside in the rain. “Why didn’t you go in out of the “rain?” asked the friend. “Oh,” said Alan easily, “I went inside!” Then he told what had happened. The friend staggered momentarily and said, “That’s the billet 7 was after!” Alan offered to go back and fix things but the friend would have none of it. “You go ahead and do it,” he said sincerely. HE play was “The Cinderella Man.” Alan, in the lead role, toured Eng- land with the third company. He just memorized his lines and spoke them, he says, nothing more. He hadn’t -the fog- giest notion how to act. At the end of their first performance at some English watering place, the cast, as is customary, went to a pub to celebrate. Alan, still in funds, ordered brandies and sodas. The rest of the company ordered beers. They cast wistful eyes at Alan’s luxury. He invited them to join him and stood treat to brandies and sodas. In return for his hospitality they broke the ice and told him he had given the worst performance they had ever seen in all their years of trouping. It was not, they said, humanly possible to act worse than he did. His per- formance, they elaborated, had left them stunned. They offered to teach him how to act. They did. They taught him how to use his hands, gesture, raise his eye-brows, modulate his voice. They also taught him what they called, “The dirty business of acting.” They invented bits of business for their own parts which were calculated to kill his effects. He, in turn, thought up bits of business that would kill their effects. This game was the making of an actor. In 1923 he came to America. No work. Money dwindled, and then was’ not. That was the four month period which Alan Mowbray spent sleeping on a bench in Central Park. Sitting, the other day, in his cedar- panelled library in Beverly Hills, comfort- able in deep red leather chairs, the red- hearted fire roaring on the hearth, his small daughter twined about him, Alan said, briefly, “I learned a lot. Makeshifts. De- vices. I didn’t have a nickel. Not one. Now and again I’d meet a friend and pull the well known, ‘Say, old man, I want to phone. Lend me a nickel, will you? No change, y'know.’ I learned how to eat with- out a nickel. I’d go, for instance, to the Automat in New York. No one pays much attention to you in the Automat. I found that customers always got two rolls and a pat of butter with their dinners and that, in nine cases out of ten, they only ate one of the two rolls. It was a simple matter to wander about and with fair surreptitious- ness to slip a couple of rolls into my pocket. There was always a tomato catsup bottle handy. Water was free. I’d take a catsup bottle, pour a little catsup into a paper cup of water, and there I’d be—with a reasonably decent cup of tomato soup and a roll! “Now and again [’d run into an old friend and be invited to a cocktail party or something. I managed to maintain a fairly well groomed appearance. I had a friend who had an office down town. He never got to his office until late. I'd get there early. I’d use his razor, have a wash, comb my hair. I’d also rinse out my ‘other shirt’ and dangle it over the window ledge to dry. And there I’d be. I’d go to the party. They were, unfortunately, those parties rather short on eats and long on drinks. I didn’t dare take anything to drink on my empty stomach. But I’d go and, on more than one occasion, a swank limousine would drop me at the gates of Central Park. I'd say, breezily, that I al- ways liked ‘a turn in the Park before turn- ing in!’ HILE I was ‘in residence’ in the Park I had another study in irony, my por- trait painted! My friend, the Countess Wenner, did it. When it was eventually hung, it hung between the portraits of two ex-kings! The Countess never suspected my predicament. She also did a portrait of my dog, Pal. Pal shared all of the vicissitudes of my life with me. It was while I was in New York that I wrote ‘Dinner Is Served.’ I wrote it to keep myself awake until it was time to go around to the Hip- podrome Grill where I collected meat scraps for my dog. We shared those meat scraps, Pal and I. That is his portrait over the fire there. He died a year and a half ago, out here.” “And when he died,” small “P.M.” chimed in, “Daddy started to cry. . . .” Alan, unashamed, did not deny it “T had a couple of adventures,’ Alan went on. “One night it was raining. I was sitting under a heavy tree. You ac- quire a fine flair for self protection when you are without protection of any kind. As I sat there an ancient crone came and hud- dled there by me. She was the type you read about. She rather resembled May Robson in an Apple Annie make-up. She peered at me, without interest, and said, ‘Life’s lousy, ain’t it, young man?’ I said, ‘For some of us, yes. You can’t lie to a soul like that. They are too near the ter- rible truth of some things. I didn’t ask her to ‘tell me her story.’ I didn’t need to. She didn’t ask me mine. She didn’t need to. God knows, she had rubbed elbows with down-and-outers these many years, no doubt. “One night a tough looking chap sat down beside me. He began to talk to me, without glancing at me, without moving his mouth at all. He said, ‘Better scram. They’re after you. If you don’t scram now you won't live to regret it.’ I answered, also without moving my mouth, ‘What would anyone be after me for, in God’s name?’ He said, ‘You look pretty nippy. They think you’ve got something. They've got a rod!’ I said, “Then they’re wrong. I haven’t got a sou in the world nor a meal in my belly. Let ’em try it!’ I was sore and bitter and discouraged. The one thing I couldn’t do was run. The rod was pushed into me. I hauled off and let the bloke have it. I knocked him cold, took his rod away from him and beat it. There it is up there, a little old ’22, the only fire-arm I’ve ever owned since I came out of the War. “Of the friends I ran into during those four months, not one ever suspected my plight. They never have. I’ve never told

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this part of my life before. They will learn it now, if they read this, for the first time. | “At the end of the four months, and pretty near at the end of me, I guess, I got a job with the Boston Repertory Theatre. “They advanced me some money and I took the train for Boston. En route I or- dered steak and potatoes and onions and coffee and pie. When I arrived in Boston I was carried off the train. They called a Ccctor and he said to me, ‘What’s the mat- ver with you? What have you been doing <o yourself?’ ‘Nothing, I said. ‘Come, let’s have the truth, he ordered, ‘you're starved, aren't you?’ I admitted the diagnosis then and he told me that I had just about com- mitted suicide. My stomach had shrunk to the size of a walnut. I should have had a couple of pellets of bread soaked in con- somme and very few of those! The steak and fixin’s about fixed me. “After that, things went all right. “The Amorous Antic’ was my first Broadway show, with Phoebe Foster and Frank Mor- gan. I toured with the Theatre Guild in ‘The Apple Cart,’ ‘The Doctor’s Dilem- ma’ and ‘The Second Man.’ “T came to Hollywood in Shaw’s ‘The Apple Cart,’ which was, by the way, so similar in theme to the Simpson-ex-King case as to be a deft prophesy of things to come. I played the King of England in the stage play and then went to the part of George Washington in ‘Alexander Hamil- ton,’ the film starring George Arliss. From the King of England to the first President of the United States was what might be termed a _ political manoeuver without precedent. “And I like Hollywood. It satisfies me, thus far. When the children are grown I may shy off and try something else, far afield. I have the usual actor’s ambition to direct one of these days. It’s been said so often I hate to say it, but there it is. They used to say that at Shepherd’s Hotel in Cairo you could meet the whole world. Now that is true of only one place, Holly- wood. It’s exciting here because exciting people come here. The work is fun. The money is fun. I have my wife and home and youngsters. They’re fun, too. “My experiences,’ said Alan Mowbray, “have taught me one thing. It’s this: I look at a mountain as a mountain and at a molehill as a molehill.” And these, I think, are about the wisest words I have ever heard. From about the wisest man I’ve ever met. A man who can mix the incredible ingredients of life with the mixing spoon of tolerance; who can give an epitaph in one breath and sing a bawdy ditty in the next. I give you Alan Mowbray. Papa Allan Jones even passed the cigars out in the stable when his son and heir was born. MODERN SCREEN IM GOING TO A DANCE! THAT'S WHY IM BATHING WITH FRAGRANT CASHMERE BOUQUET SOAP...IT'S THE LOVELIER WAY TO AVOID OFFENDING! THIS LOVELY PERFUMED SOAP DOES MORE THAN MAKE YOU SWEET AND CLEAN ! FIRST, ITS DEEP-CLEANSING LATHER REMOVES EVERY TRACE OF BODY ODOR... AND THEN, LONG AFTER YOUR BATH, CASHMERE BOUQUET'’S LOVELY, LINGERING PERFUME CLINGS TO YOUR SKIN... MAKES YOU SO MUCH MORE GLAMOROUS ! HOW NICE TO KNOW THIS ALLURING PERFUME IS KEEPING YOU FRAGRANTLY DAINTY ! CASHMERE BOUQUET SOAP CERTAINLY IS THE LOVELIER WAY TO AVOID OFFENDING ! MARVELOUS FOR COMPLEXIONS, TOO! You'll want to use this pure, creamy- white soap for both face and bath. Cashmere Bouquet's lather is so gentle and caressing. Yet if removes dirt and cosmetics so thoroughly, leaving your skin clearer, softer... more radiant and alluring! now onty 1O¢ af drug, department, ten-cent stores TO KEEP FRAGRANTLY DAINTY—BATHE WITH PERFUMED CASHMERE BOUQUET SOAP 85 —

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Why should Robert Montgomery continue to play in one idiotic picture after another, simply because he was cast in them in the first place? a Fredric March has played in comedy, in tragedy, even appeared as Mr. Hyde, and no one complained. | Spencer Tracy plays an endless variety of roles, and no one is disappointed. Why, then, should Robert Montgomery, who has proved himself the equal of either, be doomed to an infinity of bedroom farces? Who can deny that Charlie Ruggles’ part of the reporter in “Exclusive” is miles above anything else he has done? Must we see him in nutty comedy for the rest of his career because he started as a nutty comedian? I’m quite sure that for every old lady who has deserted him, Robert Montgomery has two astounded and admiring followers. —Mrs. N. H. Stratten, Winnipeg, Can. $2.00 Prize Poem Ode To The Villain Some of my pals pray for Gable, And some for a man like Tyrone. But I'll take the villains just any old day, And let all the heroes alone. When six-shooters barked and the bandits Were robbing the pony express, And they wanted a blackguard to handle the job— Could Lloyd Nolan do it? Why, yes! If it’s dashing and swashbuckling sword play, There must be a dastardly foe. Give me Doug as a gay and adventurous rogue, (That would be Fairbanks, Jr. you know.) If it’s suave and sophisticate villainy That’s my fancy in crime for the nonce, Basil Rathbone [ll try as a slithering spy, He tops ’em in cool nonchalance. There are others I really should mention— Alan Baxter, his gang and a gat; Raymond Massey, that sneering and sinister plotter, And several others like that. It’s agreed that all pictures have villains, And I like ’em, so what can I lose? Rest assured, oh you rascally actors, from me You'll get bouquets of orchids, not boos. —Betty D. Frye, Santa Ana, Cal. Her friends pray for Tyrone and Gable, but one gal prefers the good old-fashioned villain any day. $2.00 Prize Letter Candid Shots Call it “high treason,” hang me for a traitor, but I must, I simply must know the why and wherefore, thusly: Why do the stars who are so widely bally-hooed as gorgeous, glamorous, ro- mantic, and super-marvelous consent to pose for informal shots, on the set, at a preview, at a racetrack, restaurant, or party? Such pictures always have a way of appearing in all the fan magazines, and greatly disillusion the dear public who were justly led to believe all is as appears in the silver flickers. For illusiration, we have Carole Lom- bard (very “high treason,” this) in an off shot, looking anything but glamorous, rather skinny and colorless, not at all La Lombard of our fond dreams; Kay Francis, in an unguarded moment, looking all of at least forty years old, plus one dou- ble chin; Robert Taylor, a very much un- shaven young man (perhaps he’s just growing said stubble for his next picture, eh?), not at all romantic; not to mention his constant gal friend, Barbara Stanwyck, looking for all the world like a slightly dowdy school marm; Claudette Colbert, oh, so peaked looking, a small pinched smile on her face, not the pert, comely Claudette of “I Met Him in Paris.” Oh, I could go on and on. Really, the only one I recognize at all is good old homely Spencer Tracy—he at least looks the same in any language—Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, Rochester, N. Y. $1.00 Prize Letter A la Natural Now I’m not one of these sticklers for reality so don’t get me wrong. I’m a dizzy young thing, chock full of romantic notions, and nothing thrills me so much as a shiek making violent love to a divinely beautiful maiden in the heart of the desert to the accompaniment of dreamy music. But, I say, give us more girls like Carole Lom- bard who seemingly doesn’t give a darn

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IT? WRITE A LETTER— WIN A PRIZE This is an open forum, writ- ten by the fans and for them. Make your letter or poem brief. 7? Remember, too, that your con- tributions must be original. Copying or adapting letters or poems from those already pub- lished constitutes plagiarism and will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Following are best letters: Ist prize, $5; two second prizes of $2 each; six prizes of $1 each. Address: Between You ‘n’ Me, 149 Madi- son Ave., New York, New York. the prizes | awarded each month for the | MODERN SCREEN TRY YOUR LUCK AT WINNING A CASH PRIZE. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE STARS AND THE MOVIES YOU SEE? Another fan resents the candid camera, whose relentless frankness catches the stars in unflattering poses. how she looks but instead concentrates on giving us entertainment with a capital E. You've succeeded, Carole, and how. Take Susie Glutz, for example. She goes to bed and tosses and tumbles half the night worrying over the unpaid mortgage, but the next morning up she jumps bright as a dewdrop, hair beautifully coiffured and not a wrinkle in her satin pajamas. Now I ask you is that natural? Of course not, and it simply spoils the picture for me. No one is beautiful all the time and when the star is rumpled and mussed, even as you and I, she seems more warm and human. The picture becomes a reality. We really live it, instead of feeling that it’s “just another picture.” Bouquets to Carole Lombard for her naturalness. Ditto for Ann Sothern and Sylvia Sidney.—Pegegy Ruff, Henderson- ville, N. C. $1.00 Prize Letter Stars’ as People According to a recent report made by a Hollywood commentator, the movie exe- cutives and directors have put a ban on all publicity dealing with the home life of movie stars. All I can say is that said executives and directors certainly must underrate the in- telligence of the average theatre-goer. A person who is ballyhooed as a lover of everything except a home and family is soon looked upon as a freak. The lives of glamor girls and matinee idols hardly belong to themselves. They must have publicity to help their star to soar—in fact, to earn a living. Why not, then, have the simple stories that tell of (Continued on page 108) COLGATE DENTAL CREAM COMBATS BAD BREATH ““Colgate’s special penetrating foam gets into every tiny hidden crevice between your teeth...emulsifies and washes away the de- s ' caying food deposits that cause most bad breath, dull, dingy teeth, and much tooth de- cay. At the same time, Colgate’s soft, safe polishing agent cleans and brightens the enamel— makes your teeth sparkle— gives new brilliance to your smile!” POOR TUFFIE! YOU MISS JOHN, TOO, DON'T YOU? LISTEN! THERE'S THE PHONE! MAYBE TH WHAT'S BECOME OF THAT NICE MAN AT'S JOHN NOW! aa ME OF THOSE 8 NOW LOOK § WHATS HAPPENED! © WITH THAT JOHN MAN AGAIN! NO TUFFIE--JUST THE DENTISTS OFFICE CALLING ABOUT MY APPOINTMENT. SAY! THAT REMINDS REATH ADS! | WONDER ct ae ES, TESTS INDICATE THAT 76% OF ALL} PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 17 HAVE f AD BREATH. AND TESTS ALSO SHOW THAT MOST BAD BREATH COMES FROM IMPROPERLY CLEANED TEETH. {| ADVISE COLGATE DENTAL CREAM ay BECAUSE... Bam OVER TWICE AS mUCH .-AND NO TOOTHPASTE EVER MADE MY TEETH AS BRIGHT AND CLEAN AS COLGATE'S! eee = ereaenrasnem t i

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As it is, I’m more than a little homesick for it all.” “One of Hollywood's chief glamor girls homesick for the prairie? Don’t be silly! Besides, you never would have stayed there with your ambitions!” It was not her ambitions that took her away from Fargo in the first place, Vir- ginia insisted. She did not have any at that time, at least not for the stage or screen They would not even let her play in the high school dramatic productions, so little did they think of her talents, if any, and she thought less. It was simply a case of the family moving, and daughter Virginia with it. The picture career was accidental, something that just happened. Virginia, then Virginia Briggs, the most beautiful girl in town, was an eighteen year old graduate of Fargo High School when that well-known depression caught up with -her father, Earl F. Briggs, a prominent insurance broker. Not that the family finances were pinched; just that California seemed a better field for his business. And so they moved, bag and bag- gage, to Los Angeles where Virginia was to enter the University of California at Los Angeles. That was before the school moved to its present elaborate site in West- wood. She had matriculated, in fact, and was being given a flattering rush by campus sororities when the new world of the screen opened up. Director Harry Beaudine hap- pened to see her on the street, asked her if she worked in pictures. No. Did she want to? Maybe. The upshot was she signed a personal contract with him at $25 a week. Her first role was as an extra in a pic- ture starring Madge Bellamy. Virginia re- members meeting another blonde extra in that picture. Her name was Jean Harlow. After that, came a bit part in a Helen Twelvetrees story, and then Paramount, at Beaudine’s urging, gave her a singing test. Result, a contract and $75 a week, of which she received one third. She played a lady-in-waiting in Chevalier’s “The Love Parade.” But chiefly, she says, she was waiting for that $25 a week contract to expire! EANTIME, John Harkrider was L scouting for beauties for Sam Gold- wyn’s “Whoopee” with Eddie Cantor. He was scenic designer for Ziegfeld and was on loan to Goldwyn. He considers Virginia the loveliest of all the girls he signed for the picture. : When she was free to make a new con- tract, Harkrider was back in New York. Virginia wrote him, received a bid, at $90 a week, to be a Ziegfeld beauty in “Smiles” on Broadway, neatly reversing the Broad- way to Hollywood custom. After two shows in New York, she returned to Hollywood and her present M-G-M con- tract which has built her from compara- tive obscurity to starring material. In 1932 she married the late John Gil- bert, divorcing him two years later after the birth of her daughter, Susan Ann. Time passed and Virginia’s career con- tinued to skyrocket. Susan Ann grew from a chubby infant into a charming little girl and movie goers became increasingly con- scious of the golden beauty which was Vir- ginia’s. During those years she went about, of course, but her name was never linked seriously with any man’s. Then came “Bad Man of Brimstone.” J. Walter Ruben was assigned to direct this opus and Virginia got the feminine lead. She’d known Ruben for a number of years —casually. They'd been to some of the same parties, had seen each other in night clubs, had danced together and talked about the weather and the picture business. Working together did something to both of them. Casual acquaintanceship ripened into friendship which, in turn, became a great deal more. Thus it was that love came a second time to Virginia Bruce. You read about her marriage to Ruben. It was one of the most beautiful ceremonies Hollywood has ever witnessed, with little Susan Ann serving as flower girl. It is a marriage based on the sound foundation of mutual respect and friendship as well as mutual affection. It is a marriage which means complete happiness to Virginia. But it is a different sort of happiness from that which she knew back in the small town of her birth. And she is well aware of that difference. “You said something about life in Fargo being amusing,’ Virginia went on. “It would have been for me, but not in the patronizing way you implied. Rather, it would have been fun. Here’s why. Here’s what would have happened to me if I had stayed there. O begin with, I probably would have married, after a year or so at the uni- versity,” Virginia picked up the story. “His name probably would have been John. My beaus always seemed to have that name, which simplified things in one way. He might have worked in a bank and by this time might be a junior vice-president get- ting a salary—and quite a handsome one, too, of about $300 a month. A dark horse in the race for the part of the sister in ‘Holiday,’ Doris Nolan got the job.

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“Before I married, in church with white satin, veil, and all the trimmings, 1 would have been guest of honor at all sorts of hen parties. Kitchen showers, handker- chief showers, odds and ends showers. My engagement would have been announced at a tea. “After a honeymoon, probably in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul) or Chicago, we would have taken a house on Eighth or Ninth Street, buying it on time. It probably would have been of red brick and not very handsome, architectur- ally speaking, but sturdily built to keep out the winter cold. Two-story, it might have had seven or eight rooms, a good sized yard, flowers, shrubs and vines on the house. And most certainly it would have had sliding doors on the garage in back. “Tn the basement would be a large cool room called the fruit cellar, where jams, preserves, apples and potatoes were stored. The laundry might have been in the base- ment or on the back porch and the clothes- line would be strung between two wooden poles just close enough to the garage to get the clothes dirty if a stiff breeze came up! John would keep promising to move them and never get around to it. So much for the house. “We would have had what we call ‘the girl’ Her duties encompass everything from cooking, housework and laundry to helping look after the children, and it would never enter her head to expect other- wise. She’d live in the house with us, of course, and her salary would be around twenty-five dollars a month. She could bake marvelous cakes and her chocolate icing would be divine. “The week would be blocked out and it would take a major catastrophe to deviate from washing on Monday, ironing on Tuesday, mending on Wednesday, day off on Thursday, cleaning on Friday and bak- ing on Saturday. “Week days John would come home for lunch at 12:30 and dinner would be at 6:30. On Sundays dinner would be at 2 o'clock with a roast large enough so Monday’s dinner could come out of it, potatoes, two vegetables, a salad and cake. Sunday evenings we'd fix a snack in the kitchen. “We probably would have three child- ren, one boy named after John’s father, one after mine, and a girl whose name would be wholly of my own choosing. They'd have the usual childhood diseases but the family doctor could handle everything nicely. If it was contagious, the children not affected probably would be sent to their grandmother’s to stay until the quar- antine was lifted. “John would be at business all day, so I would find ways to occupy my time. Since I can play the piano fairly well, I would have joined the Fine Arts Club and ac- companied the soloists. Occasionally I might be asked for a vocal solo myself. “I would have joined the Women’s Club and given papers on current topics when my turn came around. I would have been on committees to sell tickets to lectures by visiting notables. I would have made it a point to develop such small talents as I had for drawing, painting and singing. As it is, my singing is the only thing I’ve had time to cultivate. WOULD have belonged to a foursome or an eightsome which met once a week at our respective homes for bridge in the afternoon, and I’d have racked my brain, every time it was my turn, to figure out something novel to serve for refreshments that were limited to two dishes. We prob- ably would have played for a quarter on the corner, and my winnings would go in a_cloisoune box on my dresser for John’s Christmas present. MODERN SCREEN @ “You poor baby lamb! Still got on long woolen underwear! And your mother says she can’t help it, you have to wear it. Dear—dear! You’d think you were a black sheep, the way they treat you!” e <r : e “Next thing you know, something soft and downy goes tickle-tickle down your back—whee-ee! After that, you can say phooey to rashes and chafes and prickly heat, and play Run, Sheep, Run with the best of them!” e “Did you ever notice how smooth Johnson’s Baby Powder is? That must be why it keeps my skin just perfect!’ Perfect skin con- dition is a baby’s best protection against skin infections, Mothers. So guard your baby’s skin with Johnson’s Baby Powder, the kind that’s made of finest imported tale—no orris-root... Also impor- tant for the bath-basket: Johnson’s Baby Soap and Baby Cream, and Baby Oil for tiny babies...safe, sooth- ing, stainless, and it cannot turn rancid. Gohavrow: NEW junsey COPYRIGHT, 1938, JOHNSON & JOHNSON 89 ~ —ereerece ave ————

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If a Myrna Loy picture was playing, we'd see it, at John’s suggestion, on the opening night. “Once in awhile we'd play chess at home and raid the ice box for a glass of milk and some sugar cookies before bed. Other nights Joe and Mary Louise would come over for bridge and we’d have a few high- balls during the evening. Every so often there would come one of those nights when John or Joe would insist on mixing some newfangled drink they'd heard about. Usu- ally we'd decide it wasn’t much good. “John’s boss and his wife would come for dinner on special occasions and I’d pretend it was nothing to get excited about. But I’d plan the menu for days, get my _ best monogrammed linen out of its sheafs of blue tissue paper, use my sterling given us for a wedding present by John’s parents, and spend an hour arranging the flowers. “We'd join the B. and B. and have a grand time at the two parties a year it gives. If possible, we'd budget a new evening dress for me for each party. I'd put the studs and such in John’s shirt and help him tie his tie. We'd probably join the Century Club, too. . That’s another social club: “Two or three times a year we might go to Minneapolis for the week-end, crowding it with shows, night clubs and hurried shopping. “On Sunday we’d play tennis, ride horse- back, shoot a game of golf or take the children to the farm of a relative for the day. Each summer we'd take a cottage at Pettibone Lodge at the lakes at Shore- ham, Minn. “As for clothes, I’d have the two new evening dresses, skirts and sweaters, a nice tailored suit, a couple of informal after- noon dresses, a dinner dress and maybe a tea dress. Mornings I would wear cute ginghams. About every five years I'd have a new fur coat, probably pony skin or cara- cul, or maybe even squirrel. ‘Well, there it is. The girl I would have been, the life I would have lived if I had stayed in Fargo. Amusing? What have I got in Hollywood? A_ successful director-husband, about eight or ten new evening dresses a year, a house with seven bedrooms and five baths, and four servants. I go to movies, play tennis, dress up for dances. I don’t have the time I want with Susan Ann; I’m missing half the fun of her growing up because I have to be at the studio during the day. “T have fame and more money? Granted. But I also have all the nagging worries, the troubles, the twenty-four-hour-a-day fight to keep what I’ve won! “Boil it all down to relative values. Then tell me if I’m winner or loser. Show me where I’m any happier than I would have been in Fargo!” on Se GOOD NEWS (Continued from page 74) a Short Story Six months ago a prominent film star and a handsome leading man were in the middle of a colossal and terrific romance. She sent him a gift, on which was engraved a history of their dates together. Later, the young man shifted to another gal. After a few months he sent her a very novel gift which pleased her immensely, because on it was engraved the history of their dates to- gether. BH Extra! Bob Taylor goes to a night club alone! The event, which should have been recorded for posterity like the footprints at Grauman’s Chinese, occurred two nights be- fore Mr. T. made an appearance on the Jack Benny radio show. The unglamorous facts are that he rehearsed late, and dropped in at Ray Haller’s for a night cap before going home. And he went home alone, so it’s hardly an item. Count Sheep The other day we asked Margot Grahame —who should be an expert on the subject— for advice on the care and maintenance of a good figure. There was nothing personal in the question, for our own figure is per- fect, but we thought her words might be something every young girl should know. Said Margot: ‘Don’t exercise at all. I never touch the stuff. Sleep till noon when you can, and when you can't, see that you get to bed early the night before.” End of quotation. Hearts and Flowers dept.: Most consistent romance in town is that of Tyrone Power and Janet Gaynor. He’s her steady fella. The Taylor-Stanwyck alliance remains un- changed. You can see her almost every Wednesday evening, sitting in the back of a darkened theatre, watching him rehearse his radio show. Newest romance has Jon Hall and Frances Langford sharing the billing. They've sneak-previewed it at sev- eral loca! night spots, and the reviewers are already calling it a hit. Polo Fan First public appearance of Mr. and Mrs. Franchot Tone since he returned from hos- pitalization in Baltimore was at the preview of “Adventures of Marco Polo.” Our spy, who sat next to Miss Crawford, reports she - was completely captivated by the activities of Mr. Polo; so much so that she didn’t stop her frantic gum-chewing until the picture was over. Ze Now that both Joan Bennett and Walter Wanger are practically single, their ro- mance has advanced beyond the rumor stage. As is the case in most well-known Hollywood romances, both principals are trying their best to keep it a secret. At the “Tom Sawyer” preview, for instance, they pulled a surprise end run on photog- raphers and romped across the goal line (Grauman’s entrance) without a_ single flash bulb near them. (Continued on page 123)

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LOVE AY FIRST SIGHT (Continued from page 53) On the appointed day they stepped out on the dance floor. Somehow, they got through with it. The customers, largely recruited from among their friends and their friends’ friends, applauded. Johnson and Murphy had brought them in, so the management was satished. And by the end of the six weeks’ engagement, they were winning plaudits even from strangers. To follow their fight for recognition is to follow a monotonous succession of hopes and disappointments, of jobs promised and withdrawn, of engagements filled and not paid for, of money spent to buy new dance routines, of practice to perfect their tech- nique. There was the time when they knew that, unless something broke by the end of the week, Julie would have to go back to Detroit and George to Wall Street. Julie was trying to keep her tears from spotting the lingerie she was packing, when George waltzed in, yelling: “The fort is saved.” There was the blessed time when they worked with George Olsen for two solid years. 'ULIE soon took over the business end. George was a’ fiend for work. George was a marvel at thinking up snappy rou- tines. But when some manager, choked to the gills with coin, would pour a hard luck tale into George’s ear, George would weep for him. “The guy’s in a spot,” he’d tell Julie. “We've got to play ball with him.” Wise Julie played ball, till George discov- ered for himself a couple of times, who was in the spot. Thereafter he told the man- agers: “Go cry. on Julie’s shoulder. Mine has a headache. He was, and still is, tem- peramentally incapable of driving a bargain. He wanted to work. Try as he would, he couldn’t lash himself into a lather over whether he worked for five dollars or twenty-five. From the day when he realized that he couldn’t bear to have Julie in Florida, with himself in New York, he’d known he wanted her to be his wife. He suspected she knew it too. He hadn’t said anything because he was waiting for that visionary day when he could afford to marry. They’d been dancing together for a year and a half, and the day seemed as far off as ever. George suddenly decided he could wait no longer. When Julie’s around, he tells the story of his proposal this way: “I pulled the old gag about two living cheaper than one. She laughed. Three times I asked her to marry, and she turned me down. Finally I said: ‘Nuts, we'll forget about it!’ Then Julie got interested.” Her blue eyes dance, but she refuses to confirm or deny the story. They didn’t want to go on being just a dance team. Their object was to break into a show. Their chance finally came with the Lon- don production of “Good News.” They’d been playing for a week when the leading man was fired, and the part given to George. “Wait till we ram this down their throats in New York,” he said, seated for the first time before an array of make-up cream, “Say, which of these things do you smear on your face first?” Before the run was over, they received a cabled offer to do a show in New York. They were to be back by Christmas. That would give them time to see England, which they did in style. Why hoard money, with a show on Broadway waiting to wel- come them in? What welcomed them as they stepped off the gangplank was the news that the show MODERN SCREEN WHEN WORK PILES UP ...the use of chewing gum helps lessen fatigue, im- prove alertness and men- tal ethciency. BEECHIES are the ““candy-coated’’ variety in your choice of flavors... Peppermint, Pepsin or Spearmint. Always worth stopping for ALWAYS REFRESHING Beech-Nut Peppermint Gum is so good it’s the most popular flavor of gum in America. Beech-Nut Spearmint has a richness you're sure to enjoy. “CHEW WITH A PURPOSE” The use of chewing gum gives your mouth, teeth and gums beneficial exercise. Beech-Nut Oralgene is specially made for this purpose. It’s firmer, ‘‘chewier’’...helps keep teeth clean and fresh looking. OQ]

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The weary round began again. “You're a dance team,” said the producers. “We played ‘Good News’ in London,” said George. “Is that so?” said the producers. “We didn’t see you.” It took Heywood Broun, that discerning journalist, to recognize comedy talent with- out waiting for somebody else to tell him about it. He spotted the two in scene after scene throughout his co-operative show, “Shoot the Works.’ The producers came, and the rest was plain sailing. They worked in “Of Thee I Sing” and in “Roberta,” but Julie didn’t keep her “Roberta” part. She'd been cast as the menace. “And,” says George, “she was so much cuter and better-looking than the lead that they fired her.” N the heat of resentment he wanted to throw up his job, too. “Now wouldn’t that be silly?” she smiled. She was really smiling. He searched her blue eyes for a trace of hurt, and couldn’t find it. “You know I never cared about all this except as a4 means to an end. Maybe it’s come.” “What's come?” “What we’ve always been talking about. The time when you’d bread-win alone, and I'd be the little woman at home.” “And you'll be just as well satisfied?” “Better.” She’s stuck to that. George’s path led to Hollywood, via Sam Goldwyn, who saw a test he’d made to oblige a friend. There was no dancing in it. It was a comedy scene, topped by a song, so Goldwyn spotted him for a song in “Kid Millions.” A contract with Columbia was followed by one with Metro. But his career lan- guished till Universal borrowed” him for “Top of the Town.” Preview night came, and the plaudits next morning were-all for an engaging personality named George in id a I SIZ INIZINI/ INL ee ‘nie oun Cesar Romero, Nambex One feces Murphy. “Broadway Melody” sent his stock soaring still higher, and the lead op- posite Alice Faye in Universal’s “Young Man’s Fancy” bids fair to do the rest. The day after “Top of the Town” was previewed, came an irate wire from Gold- wyn: “Why in blazes didn’t you tell me you could dance?” How Sam had escaped that knowledge it’s hard to say. One of the pleasantest sights at the Troc of an evening was that of George and Julie dancing together. With- out any such intention on their part, it would often resolve itself into an exhibition performance. People instinctively stepped back, as they always will, to watch per- fection. Again and again, when they'd re- turned to their table, a message would be delivered to Julie. Would she make a movie test? The answer has always been no, thank you. Temperamentally different, they are alike in sharing warm hearts and a sense of fun. Their’s is one of the few Holly- wood households where friends stop by without phoning first. A crowd will drop in, and presently Julie’s at the piano, play- ing the old songs. “Time to make a break,” someone will say at midnight. “Remember this one?” George cuts in, and at two in the morning they’re still remembering. They delight in poking fun at each other. George, for instance, is an excellent ra- conteur, but his stories have a tendency to go on. “He’s off again,” Julie sighs. But let someone else venture a similar remark, and she’s up in arms. “Who can tell a story better than Murph?” she flares. It’s easy to see why he stirs the protec- tive instinct. He’s the kind who treasures his friends above everything else. He couldn’t sleep one night because a gossip writer had compared him favorably with Astaire. He was all for rushing down to YR NNN i gil ISNA K+ NZNO “NING s’ man of the film colony, shares himself between June Lang and Ethel Merman, who don't seem to mind.

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proffer his apologies to Fred. “They’re crazy,” he kept yelling. “I couldn’t touch that guy in a million years.” They can find food for laughter where the more heavyhanded would find only grief. They were expecting guests for dinner just after Christmas last year, when Julie conceived the notion of burning the branches of the Christmas tree in the fire- place. “Make the house smell nice.” “Sure,” agreed George, on his way up to the shower. A few minutes later he heard her call pleasantly, ““We’re on fire, Murph,” then, ane a second’s pause: “Lord, we are on nem With a towel draped round his midsec- tion, he dashed out, discovered that the blaze was spreading merrily by way of the vines covering the house, and rushed for the extinguishers. Meantime Julie was calling the Hollywood fire department. “You're in Beverly Hills, lady,” they told her. “We can’t come.” Beverly Hills told her to apply to the county. The county told her she lived in Hollywood. “What do I call next?” she asked her husband, who by now was playing the hose over the vines. Inside they heard the phone ring, and the voice of their domestic drawl- ing: “Mrs. Murphy’s residence. No, Mrs. Murphy can’t come to the phone just now. We're having a fire.” Eventually, three fire companies and the bewildered dinner guests arrived at the same moment. They’ve recently bought their own house in Beverly Hills, the first they’ve ever owned. Rather than furnish it with stuff they could afford but couldn’t love, they’re doing it piecemeal. They’re making prog- ress, though. They’ve got the kitchen, the maid’s room and two bedrooms done, and they’ve started. on the dining room. {| Ubu the servant expert. But it was George who picked the pair that now form their staff. He got home one evening to find them in the kitchen, being interviewed. Having viewed no more than the back of their heads, he gave Julie a violent nod and said: “You're hired.” “What did you do that for?” his wife inquired, when the couple had retired beaming. “He was a prizefighter.”’ “How do you know ?” “Cauliflower ear.’ He strode to the door, and called after the man: “When did you quit fighting ?” The answer boomed back on a chuckle. “Three years ago.” “See?” exulted George. “If he’s got sense of humor enough to be a prizefighter, I want him around, even if he doesn’t work so well.” The incident which best illustrates their relationship happened at the Cocoanut Grove, where George was about to make a personal appearance. Julie was at a table with some friends. As the time for George’s appearance drew near, one of them noticed that Julie was turning pale green. She waved their concern away. “It'll pass,” she murmured. “I know how nervous Murph is. I’m just sick with sympathy.” George came on, smiled at Julie, and started his song. 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At /f hdwe.,drug,grocery,10¢ stores. 3-IN- ONE 9 MODERN SCREEN THOSE HOLLYWOOD MEN (Continued from page 55) Hollywood men?” I asked, gasping a little with surprise because Florence’s words were not the ones which I had expected to hear. : “There’s nothing wrong with the men, except that there aren’t enough of them to go around,” Florence told me. “The ques- tion is, where are those romantic, hand- some Hollywood men whom that girl is hoping to see? Look around and you'll discover for yourself how few eligible males there are in town. Almost all the actors and writers and practically all the pro- ducers and directors are married. The eligible girls outnumber the men at least seven to one. So far as I can see, there’s less chance for romance in Hollywood, the supposed land of romantic adventure, than in the average American city or town.” Florence is the sort of girl who is made for romance, a magazine-cover kind of girl with burnished gold hair and deep, blue eyes and a soft, rounded slenderness. The room in which we were sitting was a perfect setting for the girl and for ro- mance—deep rugs, low chairs, bowls of roses and the glowing fire. Yet Florence told me seriously that, during the two and a half years which she has spent in Holly- wood, romance has not once entered her life in any important way. THER girls, young, lovely, success- ful, glamorous Hollywood women, com- plain of the dearth of eligible males. So, that afternoon, listening to Florence’s voice, | made a mental count of the un- married young men in the film colony. There is Robert Taylor, of course, but his devotion to Barbara Stanwyck immediately eliminates him from the field. George Raft pays attention only to Virginia Peine. Clark Gable, who is practically, if not tech- nically, free, is devoted solely to the blonde and gay Carole Lombard. That leaves only a scant handful of heart whole and fancy free young men, among them Jimmy Stewart, Nelson Eddy, Michael -Bartlett, George Brent, Lee Tracy and Cesar Romero. The ranks of the eligible writers and directors are even more discouragingly thin. “Tt’s not so bad for the very young girls in their ’teens,” Florence was saying when I stopped counting. “There are a compara- tively large number of boys, just beginning their careers of acting or writing or working in the technical branches of the picture business, But for girls like this Kansas Mary or like me, girls in their middle twenties, there aren’t nearly enough men to go around. We're too old for the boys and too young for the retired widowers who make Hollywood a playground. “Please don’t think that I’m complaining,” Florence said with a sudden little gurgle of laughter, “I’m not worried about Holly- wood’s manless condition. I’m not the lonely kind of person. I have a few good friends, mostly married couples. I have all the fun and companionship I need or want. Besides, I’m not thinking of romance now. The main thing that interests me is my work, I think that most of the girls, who are struggling for success, feel as I do. Some day, of course, we'll want romance. That’s only natural. But, when we do, we'll be lucky if we find it in California.” Florence had her share of romance before she came to Hollywood. Her name has been linked romantically with a dozen young men during the short, crowded years since she made her theatrical debut in “June Moon.” “T’m a deep-dyed romantic at heart,’ she confessed. “Since I started school I have always been falling either in or out of love. At first it was with the brothers of my school mates. Then, after I went on the stage, it was with the young men whom I met at parties and with the sons of my father’s friends, Ring Lardner, Junior, Owen Davis, Junior, and Phillips Holmes, among them.” When she was eighteen years old, Flor- ence put away her school books and firmly announced that she wanted to be an actress. Her father confided her desires to ~ one of his good friends, Ring Lardner, who was writing a play, “June Moon,” destined to be one of Broadway’s greatest successes. Mr. Lardner wrote in a small part for the daughter of his friend and Florence played the role on Broadway for many long, suc- cessful months. OWARD the end of the “June Moon” engagement, when Florence was nine- teen, she met the attractive and charming Sidney Smith, one of the most popular figures of both Broadway and Park Avenue. Their romance was a_ hectic, exciting, breathtaking affair and, as soon as “June Moon” closed for the summer, they were married. But, like so many youthful, tumultuous marriages, theirs was doomed to failure. It lasted exactly three months. Then they separated. Florence returned to the home of her parents and to a winter of fun and dancing and gay parties. That was the hectic era of cocktail parties and tea dances and velvet-shrouded speakeasies and all the forced gaiety which New York wore to cover the first shock of the stock market crumble. Florence was the gayest of the gay, her father’s brilliant and interesting friends opening wide their doors to his lovely daughter. The starry babes of “The Ad- ventures of Tom Sawyer,” Tommy Kelly and Ann Gillis, get a trip to New York.

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“When that year was ended, I had made up my mind,” Florence said. “I knew that I didn’t want an idle, useless, fun-filled life. So I decided to try to find another job on the stage. This time I didn’t go to Dad or to any of his friends. I was determined to paddle my own canoe. For weeks I made the rounds of the agencies and, finally, I landed a very small part in another big success, ‘Once In A Life- time.’ After that I joined a stock company for the summer and played everything from maids, with one line to speak, to ingenue leads. I learned more in those few months than I could have learned in a year on Broadway, playing one small part.” When the stock company closed, Flor- ence went back to job-hunting. After weeks of searching, she found a job in the New York production, “She Loves Me Not,” found it solely and entirely by her own efforts, without the help of her influ- ential father or his influential friends. It was during the run of “She Loves Me Not,” that talent scouts from Hollywood discovered her, tested her and offered her a contract with the Columbia Studio. So Florence packed her trunks and departed for Hollywood. Her first appearance in pictures was in a small role in “Carnival” with Lee Tracy. But, brief as was that part, people noticed the lovely girl with the clear voice and the slender, blonde grace. From that part she stepped immediately into leading roles in a dozen small pictures. “T was pretty discouraged,” she told me, remembering those early days. “It looked as if I might go on and on forever, getting nowhere, doing merely second-rate parts. Dad offered to help me, but I wouldn’t let him do anything for me. I was so terribly anxious to make good by my own efforts. Finally, I left Columbia and free lanced. I managed to get a test for the leading feminine role in ‘Sworn Enemy’ at Metro. The test was successful and I was given the part. That was the beginning of my new lease on life, my new contract and my new hopes for the future. So you can see why I haven’t time to worry about the lack of romance in my life. “There is one thing about Hollywood to which I can’t become accustomed, however. That’s going to public places, unescorted. Of course, I can understand why it’s necessary. With the dearth of men, the girls would have to stay home forever, if they waited for escorts. This lack of men has developed a splendid self-reliance and independence and self-sufficiency in the Hollywood girls, however, There are no clinging vines among the unattached Holly- wood women. It’s every girl for herself with a free field and no rules. They all are on ett toes always, alert, wide-awake, vital. “T honestly pity the Hollywood men more than the girls. Suppose the condi- tions were reversed and there were seven free men to every woman. Imagine how we'd feel in the mad scramble for our com- panionship. The amazing thing is the way in which the men manage to keep their heads and their sense of humor. But I notice that they usually attach themselves as quickly as possible to one girl. That’s the greatest protection they can find, Only a few hardy souls, like Nelson Eddy and Jimmy Stewart and Lee Tracy, dare to play the field. It’s an exciting game, both to play and to watch from the ‘sidelines.” Suddenly Florence smiled and her eyes crinkled with laughter. “Maybe I won’t advise that Mary to stay in Kansas,” she said, “after all, she might be one of the lucky ones to find real ro- mance in Hollywood. While there’s life, there’s hope, you know.” ITS PROMISES! DEMAND A SANITARY NAPKIN THAT LIVES UP TO When you buy Kotex™ you can be sure that: *& Kotex stays Wondersoft——for it’s cushioned in cotton. * Kotex can be worn on either Side——no risk of using a pad with a non—absorbent side. * Only Kotex offers three types —-Regular, Junior and Super—— for different women on different days. * Kotex can’t chafe, can’t fails can’t show. * You get full value for your money . .. the most efficient, comfortable sanitary service that 18 years of experience can pro— duce. Use Quest* with Kotex... the new positive de- odorant powder developed especially for sanitary napkins —soothing, completely ef- fective and only 35c for large 2-ounce size. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR—WHEN YOU BUY K OTE X* SANITARY NAPKINS ("Trade Marks Reg. U. S. Patent Office) 95

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Just count . cubes for “™® perfect starching Cuts my ironing time 73 STALEY’S STARCH IN CUBES MODERN SCREEN a SE EE VANISHING AMERICAN (Continued from page 54) nnn LEE but I’ve never forgotten his opening lines. ‘Young man,’ he said, ‘we're either going to make a man or a damned fool out of you, and it’s going to be decided right now. I’ve forgotten the rest of the speech, but not how it made me feel— pretty cheap, I can tell you, standing there digging my toe into the carpet. “But whatever he said or did never made any difference in the way I felt for him. I loved him but, besides that, I never dis- liked him, if you know what I mean. You know, even people you love sometimes do things you find yourself disliking them for. But when Dad corrected me, I al- ways knew it was for my own good.” Father and son were particularly close. They liked the same things, and liked to do them together. The elder Foster taught the boy to hunt, bought him his first gun, made him his first fishing-rod. Preston still has it. The one thing he wouldn't teach him was to swim. The father had dreamed that his first child would be a son, and that he would die by drowning. When half of the dream came true, he tried to keep the boy from the water. As well try to keep a fish. From then till now docks, boats, the sea, have been his ruling passion. He haunted the piers, and at seven decided that one day he would own a motorboat. Today he owns the best power cruiser on the market, and spends there every moment he can steal from his work. IS two remaining ambitions were born in church, where he sang in the choir and listened with awe and admiration to the rumbling notes of a bass singer, over six feet tall. He vowed that some day he would be over six feet tall and a bass singer. The former end he achieved with- out a struggle. By the time he was seven- teen and in his junior year at high school, he was growing impatient to do something about the latter, though he felt he might have to abandon the bass idea and com- promise on a_ baritone. His father was opposed to his leaving school. What becomes of old tennis balls in Hollywood? Una Merkel feeds them to ‘’Shanty”’ and “Jock,” her two pet Scotties. “But this stuff I’m studying won’t help me to be a singer,” he protested. “Plenty of time for that, if that’s what you're going to be, after. you graduate. Anyway, I don’t hold with this singing business. Land you in the theatre. What kind of work is that for a man?” But here his mother came unexpectedly to the rescue. “He’s been taught what's wrong and what’s right, and what he makes of himself is up to himself. I daresay there’s many a good man in the theatre business,” she declared mildly. However, his father remained adamant on the subject of school. So Preston took his own way out. 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I’m going to New York and try my luck.” The teacher flung up his hands in hor- ror. “You've got to study and study.” “Can’t wait,’ smiled Preston and went to New York, where the only offer he got was to sing with a quartette at $35 a week. This, he thought, smacked of a chorusman’s job and was far beneath him. went back home. So he A.E. Staley Mfg. Co., Decatur, Ill. ASK YOUR GROCER 96 =

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1 eee The next few years were a monotonous record of being hired and fired. The town knew him as “that crazy Foster boy who wanted to be a singer and wanted to be an actor and didn’t know what he wanted.” They didn’t understand that there boiled within him a fierce, if inarticulate, need to expand beyond the limits of clerking or truckdriving. To them he was just a ne’er- do-well who couldn’t keep a job. Even True’s family eyed him askance. “I was nothing a mother wanted for her girl,” he says cheerfully. His own family, doubtful of the wisdom of his course, still continued to believe in him, however. RESENTLY he himself began doubt- ing the wisdom of his course. Anyway, he wanted to marry True. He was given a second chance on a newspaper he’d al- ready been fired from, “and this time, by golly, I stuck. True and I were married and I told myself I was going to forget show business, quit singing, and buckle down to harness. And I did, for almost two years.” The cloud on the tranquil herizon ap- peared in the shape of an Italian singer, “who got me all steamed up again. He sent me to the maestro of a little opera company he was interested in, and_ this guy put me in the chorus. Then someone took sick, and he gave me small parts to sing. My chest. went out. I was still on the paper, but began neglecting my work, and first thing I knew, I was out on my ear. True didn’t say much, but she couldn’t help seeing which way the wind blew. Then “The Miracle” came to Philadelphia, and Foster got a job in the chorus. Mor- ris Gest singled him out from among the others, and told him he might have a job for him some day. Foster figured that MODERN SCREEN The Crosby vocal chords get a rest as Bing dons his blue jeans and gives his hands a workout. really made him an actor. He raced home in a fever. Nothing could stop him now. With fifty dollars in his pocket, he crossed the river to New York and called on an agent he knew. “There’s a piece called ‘The New Moon’ with a part open. Go down and see them.” The producer took one look at him and said, “That’s the guy. Here, read this.” He read two lines and they gave him the air. “I had it cinched,” he says, “the thing I’d been dreaming about. I had it in my pocket, and then I didn’t have it. I got my chance and I wasn’t good enough. When a thing like that happens to you, you either give up or else you get fighting mad. I got fighting mad. I had fifty bucks. When that was gone, I told myself, Vd wash windows. But I wouldn’t leave that town till it gave me a job.” As he entered the agent’s office a few days later, that gentleman eyed him specu- latively. ‘““There’s a part I think you can fill. All they want is somebody six feet tall. There won’t be any lines to wreck yourself on. It’s a deaf and dumb China- man.” He got the part. Five minutes later an excited young man was phoning his wite in New Jersey that he had a job at fifty dollars a week. It was a mystery play called “The Silent House,” and it ran for six months. He understudied three long speaking parts, and spent his days hoping to heaven someone would get sick. No one did. He decided that acting was a cinch, compared to singing. The show closed and he got another part with Lionel Atwill. He became stage manager at a hundred a week. His wife joined him. Atwill grew interested in him, coached (Continued on page 100) * | STOCKING ApPEAL| They couldn’t help noticing Betty’s great big RUN --:- Poor BETTY! Just as she had captured the two most at- tractive men in the room, that awful run had to pop. It made her look so dowdy ... killed S. A.* Why not cut down runs... guard S. A.... with Lux? Lux saves the elasticity of stockings so the silk can stretch without snap- ping so easily —then spring back into shape. You cut down runs, avoid wrinkles, wobbly seams. Cake-soap rubbing and soaps with harmful alkali weaken elas- ticity, rob you of S. A. Lux has no harmful alkali. Buy the big box for extra economy.

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fee A N ON ACCENT ON Spring! In this new season of 1938, this means, according to Holly- wood’s best designers—accent on naturalness, gayety, youth, and femininity ! Which ought to be pleasing news to all you gals who like your clothes to be flattering as well as smart. If you're young, feminine, with an eye for color, then this Spring’s styles were just made for you. Hollywood expresses femi- ninity and naturalness through fitted lines and soft draping. Youth and gayety are stressed through the use of brilliant Marjorie Weaver's black dress features a mottled leather belt which matches her peaked hat of stitched straw. On her high-placed double flap pockets, she wears one of the popular “head hunter” clips. Joan Perry wears “an ‘all purpose” three-piece’ sports ‘suit made: of _closely woven nubbly wool. The hip-length coat, with its slightly full shoulder line and straight, slim sleeves, has deep lapels and four patch - pockets. Wires eel eae colors, brief skirts, bolero and jacket frocks, wide-brimmed and chin-strap chapeaux, or the three “B’s” that are film- land’s favorites—berets, beanies and babushkas. Very smart, wearable and typical of Spring were the costumes worn by Joan Perry and Gertrude Niesen in their recent college picture, “Start Cheering.” Most of these were two or three piece in contrasting or harmonizing colors, with straight, short skirts, gay print blouses and tricky little jackets trimly tailored, but with attention ACCENT o SPRING }

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to smart detail in their unusual buttons and fastenings, novel treatment of sleeves, neckline and waist, so they might be worn for almost any type of daytime occasion. Another type of all-around utility cos- tume is the three-piece sports suit which Joan Perry models for you here. If you have no use for a man-tailored suit because you live in the country, or because your activities are such that you're either all dressed up or in sports clothes—then what you need most is an all-purpose suit like Joan’s. It looks very much like an ex- pensive imported tweed and gives the same effect of casual elegance. But in reality, it’s made of closely woven nubbly wool. Four colors are combined in this ensemble, with grey predominant. The hip-length coat is a black, grey and red mixture, with deep lapels and four patch pockets placed so that their stripes run across the stripes on the coat, for contrast. The shoulder line is slightly full, the sleeves straight and slim. Joan’s sweater, of a matching grey, boasts a tiny white piqué collar, while her white hankie tucked into the jacket pocket is an extra touch to carry out the color scheme. The closely knit skirt with its deep centre pleat is also of grey. Black accessories, gabardine and_ kid pumps and kid belt, complete the costume. The beauty of a suit like this is its ver- satility, for it can be combined with other blouses, skirts and jackets in your ward- robe. For days in the country and spec- tator sports events, it is worn as is, with the sweater blouse, black classic felt hat and black pull-on gloves. When it goes to town for the day, the jacket and skirt are worn with a tailored sill blouse, white or red, and a soft felt hat with a red quill feather. With formal accessories, a small fur scarf may be worn. And, inci- dentally, if you want to be “ultra-ultra,” MODERN SCREEN be sure to wear the new delicately meshed lisle hose with your tweeds and_ knit dresses for both town and country. “THOSE of you who are strictly city- dwellers, however, will find more use for the formal man-tailored suit, a perfect example of which is worn by Gail Patrick in “Dangerous to Know.” This is the type of suit that will be chosen for street wear by smart metropolitans from Fifth Avenue to Hollywood Boulevard. With Paris and Hollywood both crying, “Color!” what are we who have to count our pennies going to do about it? We can’t go out and choose five or ten differ- ent costumes in our favorite colors, with as many pairs of shoes, hats and gloves to match. But we are living in a wonderful age—the age of the Accessory Dress, which allows us, when Fashion clamors for col- or, to keep up with the best of them. We take a simple dark dress, made on the lines most becoming to our own individual fig- ures, and we use this as a foil for the newest shades on the color chart, some- times cleverly combining as many as three different colors in our accessory scheme. Just such a basic dress is the one shown here by Marjorie Weaver, whom you will soon see in “Kentucky Moonshine.” Mar- jorie sets off her short-sleeved black dress with accessories of Sierra beige, a warm golden tone. The belt is of mottled leather, matching her peaked hat of-stitched straw; the buttons are bone. On one of the high- placed double flap pockets she wears a black enamel “head hunter” clip with gold tassels hanging from the ears and a gold ring in the nose. It would take very little effort or ex- penditure to make this into a completely different ensemble. New buttons, belt and hat create an entirely new effect. ‘the Axe little touches of originality like Marjorie’s unusual clip go a long way toward enhancing the basic frock. Just wander along the jewelry counter in the five and ten, and you'll see all sorts of fas- cinating pins and clips—beetles and de- lightfully ugly spiders, gay flower combina- tions, clusters of colorful little Tyrolean hats, little tinkling bells, tiny wooden shoes. Make a collection of these and clip them to your dresses and hats. Make your- self a smart brass-studded sports belt by joining together two dog collars in the same or contrasting colors, bought at the five and dime for less than fifty cents! The problem of having enough changes of hats should hold no fears for those of you who share Hollywood’s fondness for “beanie,” or calot. And then, too, there’s the babushka, that cute little bonnet which ties under the chin. Not only are they worn for evening as a hood, and with active sports costumes, but you can also wear them with your afternoon and street dresses—and here’s the secret. Instead of tying the strings under your chin, bring them around to the back of your head, tie them in a tiny bow, and presto! you’ve a fetching little bonnet. By tacking on a circular veil, you can be even more dressy. Briefly, here is all you have to do to present to your public an appearance that is smart and distinctive. Study the general style trends as you see them in the maga- zines, newspapers and on. the screen. Choose those that are most becoming and which will be of the greatest service to you. Then make these styles indi- vidually yours by little touches of origin- ality such as those I have suggested. Just dust off your imagination, and you will be surprised at the very charming results you can achieve! rmnaigea f y HOW DO MOVIE STARS KEEP IN SHAPE? 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Finally he got a job in a play called “Two Seconds.” The emotional impact of this play was such that when the final curtain fell on opening night, the audience stood huzzaing, while Foster and the leading man took curtain call after curtain call, the tears streaming helplessly down their cheeks. “The day after you open in this part,” his manager, William Stephens, had told him, “I’ll sell you down the river to pic- tures.” And he kept his promise. On the screen he played his original part in “Two Seconds,” following it with a lead in “The Last Mile.” Then, because Paul Muni was in it, he took a bit in “I’m a Fugitive From a Chain Gang.’ Purple adjectives aren’t in Foster’s line, but the way his face lights up at mention of Muni’s name is worth more than adjectives. “There’s an actor,” he says, his voice al- most tender. ‘“There’s the boy for my money. I was tickled to death when they gave him the Academy Award.” The smile in his eyes deepened. ‘Only one thing could make me happier—if I got it myself.” Originally he was not cast for “The In- former.” But he asked to be. “We're building you up for leads,” they protested. “There’s nothing here for you but a third part.” “I don’t care if it’s a tenth part. I’ve got a notion this picture is going places. I want to go with it.” And go with it he did, playing the Irish patriot to such perfection that, even in the face of McLaglen’s superb performance, his own made its own deep impression. He’s one of those who wanted to go to Hollywood and, having gone, wants to stay. He says phooey to any yearning nostalgia for the stage. “There is a thrill in the personal contact,” he admits. “I got mine on the opering night of ‘Two Sec- onds.’ I might go for fifty years and never match it. Meantime, the movies offer plenty to compensate.” The first thing he did on arrival was to inspect the harbors. When he found one to suit him at Balboa, he bought a boat. His boat and his business absorb him. It’s not so much that he avoids the publicized pit- falls of Hollywood as that for him they don’t exist. His head is too hard to swell. An occasional cocktail before dinner be- gins and ends his drinking. He loves his wife. She couldn’t be bribed to return to New York. Her life, like his, revolves around essentials. The girl who stood by him when he was “that crazy Foster boy” now handles his fan mail, because she likes to. For the rest, a few close friends and a children’s hospital that she’s interested in suffice to fill her days. NE Christmas, Foster had made rail- road reservations to go East. “We're a sentimental family about Christmas,” he explains. “It’s always been the same pro- cedure ever since we were kids. We get up early on Christmas morning. The gifts are all put together in the middle of the room, and one of the girls gives them out. Then we have Christmas breakfast, and spend the rest of the day together at home. It’s always been a great time with us. Dad was ailing, and I had a hunch it would be the last Christmas we’d all have together.” He was offered a part in “Love Before Breakfast” with Carole Lombard. “T won't take it,’ he said. “My father’s sick. It’s Christmas and I’m going.” But a contract’s a contract. It was Christmas and he stayed. They sent for him the following October. When he entered the sickroom, his father murmured: “My boy—best boy that ever lived.” So long as he knew them, they kidded him gently, and he smiled back. It was the old, the ingrained habit of keeping up the morale. Preston brought new strength to the weary household. He even tried to force a smile to his mother’s lips, make her forget for a moment what she was going through. They took turns at the bedside, wife, son, daughters, in-laws. One night the nurse said: “I doubt if he'll see another.” Preston kept vigil till four, then was sent to sleep for a couple of hours. Re- turning, he took his father’s hand in his to feel the pulse. He was still holding it when the pulse stopped. In going through his father’s wallet later, he found among other things numerous clippings and pictures of himself. “I’m afraid he made rather a nuisance of him- self in local circles, talking about his ‘young man,” said the “young man” gently. Maybe he did. I doubt if the local circles minded. They seem to have done quite a lot of bragging on their own account. But if the old man was proud of his son’s suc- cess, he must have been still prouder of something else. It wasn’t the actor he welcomed with his dying eyes. It was “my boy—the best boy that ever lived.” << . eS y : Se. Sok Sere After that sojourn in the gutter that she managed so capably for ‘Dead End,” Claire Trevor gets back into the trappings of a lady. 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GLAMOR FOR RENT (Continued from page 41) once upon a time Mr. Von Sternberg him- self didn’t mind paying for? No one knew who the star was, but that was the very secret of the secret’s success. That was the kind of campaign that any space-sales- man could thrill to. Thus Samuel Gold- wyn personally went to the bill-board bat for Anna Sten. Thus Darryl Zanuck for Simone Simon. But now, only about two years later, no more. The public is no longer fascinated just by one name. New imports are now given the opportunity— yea, the edict, to show first what they can do, and not until after the first preview are they introduced to the public at’ large. And neither of these girls arrived with the fifteen or twenty trunks of clothes, that an earlier harbinger from Europe, Lilian Harvey, brought with her a few years ago, and all to no avail. In fact if one has clothes today, whole carloads of them, it’s the smartest thing to keep them out of the public eye, for the actress who is a clothes horse is also on the wane, along with all those other fancy appurtenances of the Great Glamor decade. Marlene Diet- rich still traipses back and forth to Europe with three suites, one for herself and two for her veils, but that hasn’t helped the public any too much either when it comes to a show-down of acclaiming her favorite. But it was chiefly because of Dietrich, back there in the early thirties, and the example which she set, that a few of the others who would have liked to follow in her romantic footsteps came upon the idea that what glamor they couldn't buy, they might rent. There was one youngster, Madge Evans by name, who suddenly realized that she’d never get anywhere as long as producers, directors and_ such, persisted in thinking of her as an uninterest- ing but nice-enough child. Something had to be done, and quickly, and there was no time, nor the inclination to. go to work building up a real romance, so Madge did the next best thing and hied herself to one of Hollywood’s big jewelry shops, where she rented a ring. It was a large ring, a very large diamond, set in a circle of small sapphires, and Madge wore no gloves for that whole week afterward. Heads turned and tongues wagged and there was Little Madge snag- plenty of conjecture. é thts eae. fe ae It's chic to whip up ai little needlework between scenes, but Glenda Farrell crochets the bedspread to end all bed- spreads. MODERN SCREEN KEP WANTED... WOMEN! NEGLECT O MAY cost A WOM “Lysol” gives greater assurance of intimate cleanliness OMEN...any woman... YOU...are foolish to risk offending by neglect of personal daintiness. Your happiness and even the security of your home may rest on a dependable method of intimate feminine hygiene. Use the “Lysol” method. Often the very nicest’ and loveliest women are at fault. No one warns you. The offense is too personal. Yet so many women would benefit by giving this sub- ject honest thought. Ask any experienced family doctor. The fact often is—your fussiest bathing, your loveliest beauty aids, just cannot make you completely clean, sweetly nice. People may notice; your husband surely will, And may think you are carelessly neglectful. To be sure of not offending, use the wholesome, efficient method many Disinfectant FOR FEMININE HYGIENE — INTIMATE C AN ALL HER LEANLINESS HAPPINESS doctors and nurses recommend— “Lysol” in the proper dilution with water. You can buy “Lysol” disinfectant in any drug store—with detailed directions for use on every bottle. Six reasons why ‘*‘Lysol”’ is recom- mended for your intimate hygiene—to give you assurance of intimate cleanliness. 1—Non-Caustic - . . “Lysol’’, in the proper dilution, is gentle. It contains no harmful free caustic alkali. 2—Effectiveness -.. “Lysol”’ is a powerful germ- icide, active under practical conditions, effective in the presence of organic matter (such as dirt, mucus, serum, etc.). 3—Spreading . . . “Lysol” solutions spread because of low surface tension, and thus virtually search out germs. 4—Economy -. . “Lysol’’, because it is concentrated, costs only about one cent an application in the proper dilution for feminine hygiene. 5—Odor... The cleanly odor of “Lysol” disappears after use. 6—Stability . . . “Lysol” keeps its full strength no matter how long it is kept, no matter how often it is uncorked. What Every Woman Should Know SEND THIS COUPON FOR “LYSOL” BOOKLET LEHN & FINK Products Corp. Dept. 5-M. S, Bloomfield, N. J., U.S. A. Send me free booklet ‘Lysol vs. Germs” which tells the many uses of “Lysol.” Name. Street : = City. te a Copyright 1988 by Lehn & Fink Products Corp. 101

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Be- fore the week was up Madge was assigned a part which up until then had been de- clared too old and a little beyond her. But this practice wasn’t indulged in only by Madge. There were others before, and since, who added quite a glitter to their personality by the simple expedient of rented gems, but the rental business in this particular line has fallen off, too. Just re- cently a jeweler approached Wendy Barrie and asked her to wear a certain necklace which he had just originated, rubies and pearls in a beautiful design. Miss Barrie would not even have to pay for the privi- lege, he assured her. He only wanted her word that she would wear it to all the best places, and when it was admired, she was to say where she had purchased it. This proposal, surprisingly enough, was turned down cold. ‘“That’s all very well and good,’ Miss Barrie said, “but suppose somebody begins to wonder how I can afford such a necklace. Not only my im- mediate family, it would upset them enough, I know, but I also have another relative whose good will, even above the others, I’d like to keep. Maybe you've heard of him. We call him Uncle Sam,” she added with a smile, “and as it happens he has a very accurate accounting of what I make and what I own. I’m sorry, and thanks just the same.” HERE are many furriers in Hollywood who still do rent fur coats, but their business, surprisingly enough, is mostly among the extras, and even this is not so much for personal show as for business, as these are evening wraps mostly. With such a trick up her sleeve, an extra girl can answer the call for dress extras, and make fifteen dollars a day, instead of the usual seven-fifty. The coat costs her three or four dollars, depending on what it is, and she’s still several dollars to the good, above the usual figure. However, some of these girls do manage sometimes to buy clothes which once belonged to the big stars, and there is one place out in Beverly Hills, the Patsy Rogan Shop, where Joan Bennett and Myrna Loy and others take their old things, which in turn are sold at a fraction of their original cost to any- one who has a few dollars and the figure to get into them. There have also been sev- eral instances where dress shop owners have outfitted newcomers for nothing, with the promise that if they succeed, they'll pay up for past deliveries, and continue to do business with them. This kind of an agreement was made, not so long ago, between Harry Cooper and Dorothy Lamour. Dorothy arrived in town, with scarcely more than two or three complete outfits to her name, and one day she went into the Cooper shop to see if she could open a charge account. She told him frankly that she had no money, but begged him to trust her with “just a few things.” After talking with her a while, Mr. Cooper said he would do better than that. “What you need is a lot of things, and good things, and as for the money, you let me worry about that.” Now his faith in her has been justified. Dorothy is one customer he’s sure he’ll never lose. But even Dorothy didn’t burst out in “olamor clothes” as we used to know them. Neat little sport suits, tailored dresses, plain but smart hats. Here she is, one of the newest and most luscious of the new glamor stars, but only on the screen and in her publicity pictures. Off the screen she dresses simply, rides simply and _ lives simply, and she is so typical of the many new youngsters in pictures that you can see where and why the business part of the. glamor industry is slipping. “You should rent a beautiful big house out in Bel Air, have a maid or two, and do a little entertaining,’ the renting agents from all the real estate offices tell her. “That’s how to get along in this town.” But Dorothy smiles a smile which seems to say that she’s doing all right as she 1s, and then she tells them about that four-year lease which she has on her present small apartment. “That’s my insurance against falling for that old-fashioned argument,” she tells them plainly, and it’s no wonder they go away grumbling. Dorothy isn’t the only one. There’s Olivia de Havilland, who still lives with her mother and her sister in a small Holly- wood apartment. Martha Raye packs. her loud voice, her screaming vitality and all her fifty pairs of shoes in just four rooms. It used to be the first thing one did, on arriving in Hollywood. One rented a big house first, then went to town afterward. But it is rapidly becoming an old Holly- wood custom. When Sonja Henie arrived and rented a big white house on a hill, and bought herself an extravagant-looking white car to run around in, the glamor agents, for one brief moment of happiness, thought that perhaps the custom was being re- vived. But, then, Sonja explained that this display had nothing to do with what she hoped to make out of her career as an actress. This was merely living up to her reputation as a world champion ice skater. This, then, was not glamor rented on hope, as in the old days, but “position” bought and paid for on skates. No, they are not making the splashes as they once did. What has happened to the Carole Lombard who, several years ago, achieved a new reputation and a second wind spurt in her career, by being known as Hollywood’s biggest party giver. There was that time she rented the entire amuse- ment pier at Venice; turned it into an hil- arious party place, so that Dietrich might slide down slides and Claudette Colbert take a turn through tumbling barrels, not only to their personal delight, but for the delight of the world. After that, there were quite a few wholesale rentals — skating rinks, bowling alleys, dance halls and what not. Where are those parties, those extrava- gant shebangs now? Miss Lombard has all but gone into solitude, spending her free John Barrymore tussles with his daily crossword puzzle. It's all part of the domesticating process achieved by the reso- lute Mrs. Barrymore.

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time on her ranch, and even Kay Francis, who used to rent a place such as the Ven- dome once each year for the whole stellar list of Hollywood, now rents no more, but occasionally has a few guests to dine in her own home. Are they getting stingy? Not a bit of it. But they are getting wise. They see that the public, living moderately itself, has come to prefer the stars who live that way, too. Instead of that old awe, a new palsy- walsy feeling has taken its place. “They’re just human after all!” say the fans when they read that Clark Gable or Jimmy Stewart tinkers with his own car; that Loretta Young does her own marketing. ONE even are the glamorous gestures that the great screen idols used to make toward their lady-loves.’Gone so far into the past that some of them are hard to recall, but there are a few which stand out. Notably there was the time when Rudolph Valentino hired the staff of a large flower house, to properly decorate his home and the entrance up to it, to welcome Pola Negri, who was merely coming to dinner. There was a pathway of roses over which she walked, a table cloth of gardenias over which she ate.’ To-day Bob Taylor takes Barbara Stanwyck to Ocean Park and to- gether they ride on the roller coaster. It goes to show how things have changed. - And there was that one other occasion, the occasion of probably the greatest glamor rental in history. A very famous young man, some say it was John Gilbert, and his equally famous lady friend once stopped at a well-known California resort. They were driving and they only intended to stop for tea, but the lady looked at the deep green pool about which the hotel was built, and she breathed, “How beauti- ful it would be to swim there, in the nude, in all that sunshine. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do ever since I was a child.” A few minutes later it was arranged. But it wasn’t so easy as it may seem. The pool part was easy enough, but the hotel was a popular one, and every room which looked out over the pool was taken at the time. But, within the hour, guests were moved, the blinds pulled, and to the tune of a four-figure sum, the lady had her swim—alone, we might add, without a soul looking on. But such things don’t happen any more. It’s sad in a way, and it’s tough on the publicists who now have to make much of such things as how Maureen O’Sullivan makes good old-fashioned potato bread, but it’s all in the name of progress toward. a greater sanity and a more simple life. W. C. Fields, restored to health, is soon to co-star with John Barrymore in “Things Began to Happen.” MODERN SCREEN FIRED: REHIRED- “Just fired the best stenographer Lever had. Nice girl but I couldn’t stand her painted face.” ye Sue MISSING OUT on jobs, on dates, on fun? There might be a reason... misfit makeup ... those unrelated cosmetics that clash, that can’t possibly look well together... or on you. Easy to correct—with Marvelous Kye-Matched Makeup. For here’s .. . MAKEUP THAT MATCHES. .. face powder, rouge, and lipstick... eye makeup, too...in color-harmonized sets. And here’s makeup that matches you .. . for it’s keyed to your true personality color, the color that never changes, the color of your eyes. NOW YOU CAN BE SURE your skin, your hair, your eyes look their loveliest, because you’re following Nature’s color plan for you! Stage and screen stars, beauty editors, fashion ex- “It’s not your work, dear—it’s that misfit makeup. Why don’t you do something about it?” | Ricaarp Hupnut, Dept. M, twhtu Ahe found oud how lo Cou hie hirfil Wlaletufo soon. Let’s forget it—the job’s yours as long as you want it.”’ Mf Featured in Hal Roach-MGM Picture > ~ ““MERRILY WE LIVE“ perts endorse Marvelous Eye-Matched Make- up. Thousands of women who have tried it agree it’s the way to immediate new beauty. THE PRICE IS LOW. ... Start now to build your matched set. Buy that lipstick... rouge, face powder, eye shadow, or mascara... in Marvelous Eye-Matched Makeup... only 55¢ each (Canada 65¢). Your drug or department store recommends this makeup, advises: BLUE .... wear DRESDEN type GRAY .... wear PATRICIAN type BROWN .. wear PARISIAN type HAZEL ... wear CONTINENTAL type YOU'RE EAGER for success...in work, in life, in love! Invite it . . . wear makeup that matches... makeup that matches you! If your eyes are COPYRIGHT 1938, BY RICHARD HUDNUT Mail coupon NOW for Marvelous Makeup, keyed to your eyes! See how much lovelier you’ll be with makeup that matches ...and matches you, MM-5-38 Tay it! 693 Fifth Avenue, New York City I enclose 10 cents to help cover mailing costs. Send my Tryout Kit of Marvelous Makeup.. - harmonizing powder, rouge and lipstick for my type, as checked below: : v My eyesare Name EBlue [) Brown Address L1Gray 0 Hazel City = State a 103 |

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They sit around and think about what they would like to do, what they should be doing, instead of doing some- thing active about it.” “But, after all, Jeanette, you had great beauty and the voice. Do you honestly be- lieve you would have got where you are now if you had been plain, unprepossess- ing?” “Who says I had beauty?” demanded Jeanette. “I did not! And I can prove it.” And Jeanette took herself into the library, returned with a portfolio of pictures, pro- duced photographs of herself at the ages of eleven, fourteen, sixteen, said trium- phantly. “See, I was too thin, much too thin. When I first went to New York I was all eyes and teeth. I didn’t have beauty nor self-confidence nor glamor nor train- ing nor pull. I did have ambition, I did have the physical energy to move the body from place to place. I did not sit and mope and pine and say, ‘Oh, well, of course it was different for Jenny Lind!’ “T had patience. I took advice. I gained ten pounds, deliberately, and a commensur- ate amount of looks. I firmly believe that any girl can even make herself pretty ac- cording to the way she thinks. I also be- lieve that laziness, alibis, what is known as ‘passing the buck’ are the only real deterrents to success. “Ves, that’s something I do want to re- member—how hard I worked, how steep that upgrade was. I want to remember it well because it’s a spine-stiffening thought if ever I have to make an upgrade again. IGHT now, I am thankful, of course. I count my blessings. Whenever I am petty—and we are all petty, ’m afraid, at times—I have the grace to be good and ashamed of myself. “T am thankful but I am also aware that the truest axiom ever written is, ‘This, too. shall pass away.’ “Ultimately I must give up my ambition, of course. We all lay down the cudgels sooner or later for younger hands to pick up. I shall doubtless have more ups and more downs in my work, in my life. What I want is to be able to take the downs as gallantly as, for instance, the late great Madame Schumann-Heink did. Think of how many times she was down and would have been completely owt if it had not been for her invincible spirit. “T want,” said Jeanette, “an invincible spirit. That, above all, is what I do want. When the bad times come, or if they come, I want to be big enough to take them with- out whining. “You know,” Jeanette went on, speaking with that gravity which can only come from some deep-felt source, “one never knows. Life is fluid and keeps moving and motion means change. I know that every- thing I have now can pass away. I know that the money I have worked for and put away against the future may, with condi- tions in the world what they are today, be swept away, next year, five years from now, who can tell? There may be wars and I may lose my husband. Youth passes and the lustre of fame dims. These are in- evitabilities. You say that I have my voice, too. Yes, but that also can go. It has happened to others. It could happen to me. “T want to learn well the lesson that we are, all of us, essentially alone. We have, in the last analysis, only ourselves to de- pend on. Only that stuff of which we are made, or make ourselves, can stand us in stead, good or bad. The very words I am saying to you may enter your mind and there be transmuted into meanings I never intended them to have. I sing on the air and my voice goes from me and is mine no longer. It is everyone’s who listens. “To hold the memory of my happiness,” she said, then, “I want that so much.” She told some of the memories she hopes will never dim for her. The little thought- fulnesses of Gene, the gifts he sends her when she begins each new picture, the charm bracelet he sent her when she started “Maytime,’ with tiny golden clefs and notes of music as the charms, and minia- ture golden letters spelling out the word “Sweetheart,” the jade brooch he gave her when she started “Firefly”; the charm bracelet he sent her when she started work in “The Girl of The Golden West,” the charms two tiny gold guns, a tiny upright gold piano, a gold lariat, a couple of miniature gold horses. “And I am supersti- tious about these gifts, too” Jeanette laughed. “I wear each one throughout ‘the picture. I wouldn’t shoot a single foot of film without wearing it, even if I have to put it in my shoe. I’ve always been super- stitious about anything like that.” ND Jeanette does her share, too. For while Gene was making “Stolen Heaven’ recently, he had a dance number to do and Jeanette sent him a bronze dance trophy, one of those things with “To The Winner” engraved on the base. And the director, acting in cooperation with Jean- ette, presented it to Gene on the set. “Gene,” Jeanette said, “all but died of embarrassment and J nearly died of laugh- Jeanette MacDonald, “Girl of the Golden West,” goes in for pud- dings between scenes, to keep her voice smooth or something.

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famous phrase Dancer Buddy Ebsen is illus- trating—with the help of Kidder Leo Carrillo. Guess what ter when he came home that night and told me about it!” And there are the games they play. “We've always been slightly mad about games,” laughed Jeanette. “Our Christmas tree resembled a six-year-old’s idea of what Santa would do in a generous mood. Every game in the toy departments was there. Our current favorite is, of course, Indications, a kind of new version of the old Charades, Gene had to do Minnie the Moocher the other night and he couldn’t do it—because, he said, he didn’t know how to mooch. “TVve always heard,’ - said Jeanette, amused, “that the first year of married life is the hardest. Well, then, I have yet an- other blessing to count, for in the eighth month of married life, I can only say that I'll want to remember every day of it. I'll want to remember our mutual love of music, the songs we sing together, the friends we share together, our love of horses and the rides we take. “T want to keep the material things I have, too, our home and all of our beau- tiful things. For to have is one thing, to keep is another. I want to keep them beautiful. I am still in the stage where I go about just touching things to be sure they are here, and ours, and won’t vanish. I like to take care of my things, too, and do. I’m not careless. I’m not extravagant. I don’t think I waste my blessings, either material or immaterial. I never squander money on furs, jewels, imported gowns, other feminine frivolities. I am, on the other hand, full of pet economies. BVERY Thursday I go into the kitchen and inspect the ice box. And nothing makes me more furious than to find two or three surplus quarts of milk there. I can’t help thinking of all the wunderfed children in the world to whom this milk, spoiling in my ice-box, would mean life. I will not allow waste. If we have a roast for dinner Tuesday night, we have hash or stew the next night. I wouldn’t dream of wearing a dress, a hat, a couple of times and then tossing them aside. No ma’am, I have my clothes made over, sometimes MODERN SCREEN XOiliness results in unflattering shine. Dermatologists identify exces- sive oiliness as Seborrhea. Germs aggravate this condition. Wood- -bury’s Powder retards germ-growith, helps subdue nose shine. VER since Eve, women have com- E plained about Shiny Nose... until Woodbury skin scientists perfected a germ- free face powder, which helps subdue this age-old enemy of beauty! ; Germs May Aggravate Shiny Nose All very simple how noses come to shine like Cellophane! Dermatologists say the excessive oiliness that makes the nose shine is often due to a condition called Seborrhea. Germs tend to aggravate this unwholesome skin condition. Vital, then, to use face powder that is free from harmful germ-life! That’s how Woodbury’s Facial Powder helps inhibit ugly germ-induced shine. In tests, Wood- bury’s was the only one among 20 leading brands that was germ-free before use and still germ-free after contact with a germ- laden powder puff! You'll love the shades of this exquisite beauty powder, too. Seven in all, covering the whole range of skin types. See the new Windsor Rose, styled in Paris, gloriously flattering to almost every woman. Woodbury’s Facial Powder comes in the new blue box at $1.00, 50¢, 25¢, 10¢. And to complete your make-up, try Woodbury’s Germ-proof Rouge and Lipstick. Send for 7 Thrilling Youth-Blend Shades John H. Woodbury, Inc., 9189 Alfred St., Cincinnati, Ohio (In Canada) John H. Woodbury, Ltd., Perth, Ontario Please send me 7 shades of Woodbury’s Facial Powder; trial tubes of two Woodbury’s Beauty Creams; guest-size Woodbury’s Facial Soap. I enclose 10¢ to cover mailing costs. Name — — = Street a City. nue SE : |

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I even save little odds and ends of ribbon, from florists’ boxes, gift boxes. I give them to my maid to cover plain wooden hangers with. She pads the hangers with cotton first, then twines the fragments of ribbons around them and there they are, gay and attractive and costing nothing! “I do have one extravagance, though,” laughed Jeanette, ‘and it’s a complex for making long distance telephone calls! It’s a positive phobia with me. When I was in New York the autumn before Gene and I were married, well, I had a phone bill and it was a honey! When I was in Tahoe on location, ditto. I never think of waiting for the lowered-rate hours. I talk and talk and talk, for hours. But in every other respect” said Jeanette, with emphasis, “T’d call myself economical. “T don’t like the idea of doing a house over every year or so. I like the feeling of things I’ve lived with. 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Sonja Henie got herself decked out in ermine tails to go step- ping with a new beau—Cesar Romero. what I am trying to do and—and I don’t mean a word of it!’ And then I clapped my hand over my mouth and gave myself the laugh and he, of course, did the same thing. What I’d meant to say was, ‘And I mean every word of it!’ I get so excited with what I am saying that it doesn’t seem to matter to me what words I use. -“T should like to write. And if ever I do any writing it will not be poetry! I detest poetry. I never read it, it bores me. If ever I do any writing it will be, I think, very simple, very down-to-earth writing. “I have one obsessing yen, to take a trip in a trailer with Gene. It would be more fun than to take any kind of a trip on the most de luxe ship, train or plane. I want to keep house in a trailer. J want to cook in a trailer.” Gene phoned. A week-end trip was planned, then and there. Jeanette’s maid was summoned, packing instructions given. Jeanette walked to the door with me, she walked down the flower-bordered path, sweet-scented in the dusk. She looked back at the house which contains her happiness and I looked at her, who gives happiness to so many. I went away with a newly increased respect for this girl who, en- dowed with and surrounded by all the treasures of the earth says, “I want to keep what I have—I want an invincible spirit.” Solution to Puzzle on Page 12 N A\D, i E\[2\S O VIE B UIS HE SIS|E ie EISTT A A C | = SiS H TIT|O O AIM O Lie D LO}: OIN - MARCHAND'S MODERN SCREEN A BEAUTY SECRET FROM NOBILITY AND SCREEN 0” OF ALL WOMEN WERE BORN BLONDE! ..» But time dulls the radiance of any shade of hair If your hair is darker now than it was when you were a child, there is new loveliness in store for you. Let Marchand’s Golden Hair Wash restore the natural sunny highlights of your hair. It is as though a miracle takes place... your whole person- ality is spot-lighted. Try a bottle of Marchand’s Golden Hair Wash today...follow simple direc- tions...and double your attractiveness, overnight. GOLDEN | HAIR WASH AT ALL DRUG AND DEPARTMENT STORES

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WAVE-SET Os CLEANSING PADS lot and 25¢ a10 PACKAGES MODERN SCREEN BETWEEN YOU ‘N’ ME (Continued from page 87) their mates, their children and their homes, rather than an elaborate description of Dawn Darling spending every day gamb- ling at the race track, and spending long hours each night at the Swanky Swank Club. This latter type of publicity isn’t exactly wholesome, and we theatre-goers aren't so degenerate that we can’t appre- ciate the splendid father Bing Crosby is, or grin when we see a picture of lovable Wally Beery with his adorable Carol Ann. Even Gary Cooper has been roped and branded as a home lover—and he is prouder of his new daughter than of any picture he ever made. The same goes for feminine stars. lLet’s hear more of their homes and babies, and less about night clubs and pros- pective divorces.——Gladyce Bennett, Hous- ton, Texas. $1.00 Prize Letter As She Sees Them Shirley Temple—bonny. Sunshine dancing on yellow poppies... Irene Dunne—genial. Fragrant apple pies on the kitchen table. Claudette Colbert—vivacious. High heels . . . wind-tossed laughter ... Ginger Rogers—animated. Hurdy-gurdy music on a spring day.... Greta Garbo—idealist. Wind-swept cliff overlooking a pounding sea. Mae West—suggestive. Cigarette glowing in the dark.... Myrna Loy—sophisticated. Orchids . . . soft candle-light on a lace clothe Katharine Hepburn—spirited. Cornered kitten, snarling to hide its fears eee —Mrs. Edna Geries, Fresno, Cal. $1.00 Prize Letter Is Nothing Sacred? “Nothing Sacred” might have been ex- traordinarily funny had it boasted a diff- erent theme. Somehow, I couldn’t get into the fun as whole-heartedly as I might. The actors gave smooth performances, the dialogue was consistently amusing, and WEE o 0 Perhaps ‘T am unique, but to me death just isn’t a comic subject. Some one sup- posedly dying by inches, even “just pre- tending,” somehow went against the grain, and made the laughs stick in my throat. 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Unhappy the skate-steps Endeavoring vainly to echo your grace, For each of my feeble, decrepitous capers Unfailingly landed me -flat on my face! day that I followed your Henceforth my applause shall be utterly passive ; The cheers of a fan who’s contented as such, For since I attempted to say it with skat- ing I’ve worshipped your skill from the top of a crutch! —Gene Gleason, East Cleveland, Ohio. $1.00 Prize Letter Ist Degree Murder A couple of years ago, I saw “Times Square Lady” and also a gentleman by the name of Robert Taylor. Since then Mr. Taylor has reached the very pinnacle of fame, but, unfortunately, recently has lost most of his popularity. It is a famous saying—‘the fans are fickle.” I disagree. It is not the fault of the public that a star falls into oblivion. Silly publicity is mainly at fault. What could be more ridiculous than this “Do you consider yourself beautiful?” business? Why, it has finally got to the point where a person can’t confess that he is a Taylor fan, without being ridiculed. I admit that Mr. Taylor is not the best actor in Hollywood, but he certainly can point with pride to his best performance in “Magnificent Obsession.” Since then, how many worthwhile pictures has MGM cast him in? In “Broadway Melody of 1938” he didn’t have one decent line. In all of his pictures, his features have a tendency to look feminine because of excess makeup. Therefore, MGM, I accuse you of murder in the lst degree—the murder of Robert Taylor’s popularity. However, MGM is not the only studio at fault. Take heed, Studios! We fans do not destroy stars. If some who deserve to shine brightly are flickering and even fad- ing, the blame rests upon you. The jury finds you guilty of the murder of worth- while careers and recommends capital pun- ishment.—Florence Toomey, Verona, N. J. Edward G. 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MODERN SCREEN THAT THING CALLED TEMPERAMENT (Continued from page 43) hold,” he said, “and so what was there for them to do but fire me?” -His father then obtained a job for him with a friend as assistant manager for a theatrical company, and it was while work- ing at this job that he decided to become an actor, “because they made more money than I was getting,’ he explained. He traveled with the company, working as business manager and jumping into un- important roles when he was needed. His ability to act and his popularity with audiences increased simultaneously and at the end of two years he found himself a success on the London stage in the role of Tommy in “Brewster’s Millions.” Then along came the war, interrupting his career just as it was nicely started. He won't talk of the war; of his own injuries, which put him in a hospital for thirteen long months; but those years made a defi- nite impression on his character and left their imprint on his face. Thirteen months is a long time to lie in a hospital; a long time when all he could do was think and think and think. It isn’t strange that things as unimportant as temperament seem silly to him. One of the most important lessons he learned during that period was self-control. With self-control he learned tolerance, with the result that he considers the other fellow’s point of view as well as his own. I happened to be at the studio one day when he had an appointment for an inter- view. It was a day when he was having one of his very occasional holidays from work and he had broken a personal en- gagement to keep this appointment. He waited until two o’clock but the reporter neither appeared nor telephoned. Finally he ate a solitary lunch. “Tm sure something must have happened to her,” he said, and waited another hour. Later the reporter appeared. She had met with an accident on a country road miles from a telephone. Marshall agreed to an appointment for a later date. Not a word was said about his ruined holiday. OWEVER, don’t think, from that in- cident, that he can be pushed around or made to do anything he doesn’t want to do. He has learned how to live gracefully and how to get the most out of life. When he says “kicking up a row takes too much energy” he means just that. It is much easier, he has learned, to gain your ends by less spectacular methods. I had an op- portunity to see how this worked out in one instance. When he signed his new contract, he was assigned one of the star dressing-room suites. When I went to the studio to see him he had just moved in, the place hadn’t been cleaned up after the last occupant, and things were in a bit of a mess, as he would say. Unlike many another star, he made no demands. He moved in and waited. We had barely sat down when there was a rap on the door. A studio decorator had come to ask if Mr. Marshall would like his suite done over. PARK&TILFORD'S New Perfume Sensation Every moment sparkles with gay romance when you wear Adventure perfume. Spicy, provocative, lingering — its caress- ing fragrance whispers of love, the supreme adventure! “Oh, if I might have some covers put on this furniture,” he said eagerly. “Some loose covers of some gay material.” He said it with the manner that the decorator was doing him the greatest per- sonal favor in the world and just as though he couldn’t pick up the telephone, call the front office, demand satin upholstered walls and other luxurious furnishings and get them. “And there are two of these dressing tables with mirrors,’ he continued. “I don’t need two, but both: mirrors .are cracked and it’s most depressing to look at yourself in a cracked mirror. And some- thing at the windows?” he suggested ques- tioningly. “Would you like Venetian blinds, Mr. Marshall?” the young man asked. “Oh, say!” the actor replied enthusi- astically. “That would be terrific!” It would be my private guess that by now he has the smartest dressing-room at the studio. Before he left he told me of his hopes to visit England after another picture or two. “T’m going to England to get a look at it,’ he said. “You know how Americans are. They live here all their lives and never see the Grand Canyon. Well, I’m that way about England. I’ve never really seen my own land. I’ve always been too busy.” Judging by the way producers rush him from one picture to another, it doesn’t look as though he will see it soon. Begin today to live with a new, intoxicating glamour — keyed to the thrill of Park & Tilford’s Adventure. Smart tuckaway size at all ten- cent stores... lOc = SERENE SIT SPT ———

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(Continued from page 35) and who told her daily how lucky she was to have him, she found herself being forced into a back seat, both as an actress and as a woman. It was, to put it bluntly, seven years of stooging. They never went out, court was held at home, and there were only the husband’s old vaudeville friends to pay him homage. When Barbara made a picture, as she did occasionally, it was with the enforced atti- tude that it was only a side-line, only for pin money. Naturally her career suffered, but deeper than that went the destruction. Every woman needs a certain amount of attention, a certain amount of mental cuddling and patting, a certain amount of “Dosition” both in the home and out of it to keep her ego at a proper level. These were all things which were lacking. HEN Barbara finally emerged from that dark existence, it was, as she once put it, “like the first day when she’d been released from the orphanage.” That was when she was about twelve. It was some holiday’s outing: out from cold dank walls into the limitless sunshine. When Barbara stepped out into the sunshine of Holly- wood freedom and airiness it was like that. Like a little girl who had escaped pigtails and black and white checkered gingham, and was going for a great glorious walk into the open. But can’t you imagine that a little girl who has been in an orphanage all her life finds the world rather startling, is a little amazed and benumbed about it, and doesn’t quite know how to act? That was what happened to Barbara in 1936; an older, but still a little-girl Barbara. Which brings us to the second important line on her picture. Barbara in those days was not only drab-hearted, but she was also ungracious; one of the most ungracious girls who ever ungraced a Hollywood gathering. That first gathering which she attended is well-remembered by a friend who says that “Barbara was in that pe- culiar kind of state known as corner-sitting. She just sat there and nobody could get her out of it. Even civil conversation she ignored. For example, you'd say, ‘It’s been a nice day to-day, hasn’t it?’ and she’d say, ‘I don’t know. I wasn’t out in it. It wasn’t that she meant to be like that, it was just that she was strained and self- conscious and she didn’t know what to do about it.” Yet it was on that same evening that she met Robert Taylor. It is still a mystery to the world, and to Barbara too, consider- ing the unpleasantness of her mood, how he ever happened to be attracted to her. But perhaps that was it. Besieged and torn apart by flagrant flappers at every turn, perhaps it was exactly this unresponsive- ness which looked good to him, although those of us who know Bob a little better are rather inclined to hand him more of a bouquet on the matter. Bob is not the fly- by-night, light-and-laughter young man he is sometimes made out to be. There is a stalwartness in him some people don’t know about. Looking through and beyond the flippant “so-what” mask Barbara was wearing, he saw a harmonizing stalwart- ness there behind that mask, and it was something he had been looking for. The result was the first date Barbara had ever had with a man since the end of her marriage. The result of that result is that up until this moment Barbara has never had another date with anyone else. Bob’s frankness and directness made him, in the beginning, a welcome figure in Barbara’s life. Back there at the time of her new stepping-out into the world she had been beaten down, and then along came this young man, the idol of millions, to build her up. That phrase, “idol of mil- lions,” is used, incidentally, only as an explanatory phrase in connection with Robert; it is not in the least explanatory of what happened to her. While aside from the fact that Bob’s attentions were flattering in the eyes of other people, because he was and still is the romance man of the hour, it wasn’t this which meant so much to her. It was because he was a fine, clean young man who adored her, who not only didn’t mind letting her know about it, in a thousand little gestures, little words, little ways, but didn’t mind letting the world know about it either. For the first time in seven years, she knew what it was to hear a man say, “Gee, I like your hair that way. That’s swell. It looks awfully pretty.” Or, “Good girl, you wore my favorite dress again.” Or, “Barbara, where would you like to go to dinner?” Little things, but with big mean- ings. Barbara found herself being impor- tant again. Because she was important now to some- one else, she was becoming important to herself, and that was what she needed. Slowly, and by degrees, that chip lost its balance on her shoulder, then it slipped and fell altogether. Barbara left it somewhere along the road, behind her, because the new Barbara was making fast strides along that road, away from the dark abode where once she had been hiding. There are concrete things, too, to show how she has blossomed—such a trite word, but in this case the only one that adequately describes the process. There is her atti- tude toward clothes, for example, and jewelry and perfumes and furs, and all those outer things which nevertheless in- dicate the degree of femininity and senti- James Stewart tries to do an Astaire in Ginger Rogers’ pic- ture, “Vivacious Lady.” Gin- ger looks doubtful, but Jimmy will convince her, we know.

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& Joan Blondell plays a lady detective in ‘There’s Always A Woman,” and she just can't get that suspicious look out of her eyes. mental care in the inner woman. Barbara used to be a perennial headache to all of the fashion experts in town who were sometimes required to outfit her for publi- city and fashion pictures. We say “some- times” because requests for Barbara dis- playing the smartest and latest of this and that weren't very many or very frequent. Her reputation as a lazy, slip-shod model was already too well known. She had this reputation because that was her viewpoint toward this type of work. “Oh, so you want me to give it this!” she would say belittlingly to the over- wrought photographer who was merely trying to get her. to tip her hat at a more sophisticated angle, to swing her hips a MODERN SCREEN La Hawkshaw isn't afraid to hold the magnifying glass up to nature. If all sleuths looked like Joan, crime would cer- tainly pay. little to the left, or maybe it was an even smaller matter of just wetting her lips. “Oh, so you want me to be a- Glamor Girl —well, how’s this?” “No, not like that, Barbara, please. Don’t kid it, please. Oh, Barbara!” T was always hopeless, not only the poses, but the type of clothes she in- sisted on wearing. “Don’t make me out a movie queen,’ she would say, ordering a whole bunch of hot-from-the-designer cre- ations back to the wardrobe department. “What's the matter with this little num- ber I’m wearing? It’s not very new, I'll admit, but I’ve never worn it before. Save those other things for somebody who’s got Joan twirls her moustache, sticks out her little finger, and prepares to show up Philo Vance, Charlie Chan, and Mr. Moto. the style. I just haven’t and I know it.” But this situation is no more, as the fashion editors of many a publication will testify. They want more and more. photo- graphs of Barbara. And she hasn’t spruced up on clothes just to please a new-found public. Barbara has had public before. It’s something she has done because of Bob. Not directly perhaps. It was not anything ever mentioned between them, but when she saw that he noticed things about clothes, she naturally strived to please him on this subject. For example, she discovered that he ad- mired tailored suits on women. An exclu- sive Hollywood tailor had a new customer shortly afterward. Another thing, Barbara BECAUSE PALMOLIVE IS MADE WITH OLIVE OJL...A SPECIAL BLEND | WAS SO PROUD OF YOU TONIGHT, DARLING! HOW WISE! THE WIFE WHO GUARDS AGAINST ’’‘MIDDLE-AGE”’ SKIN! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO YOUR COMPLEXION, LATELY ? IT'S SO MUCH LOVELIER, SO SOFT AND SMOOTH ! | REMEMBER, A FEW WEEKS AGO, HOW UPSET YOU WERE BECAUSE YOUR SKIN WAS SO DRY... ro OF OLIVE AND PALM OILS, NATURE'S FINEST BEAUTY AIDS! THAT'S WHY IT'S SO GOOD FOR DRY, LIFELESS SKIN. IT SOFTENS AND REFINES SKIN TEXTURE! CLEANSES SO THOROUGHLY, TOO... LEAVES COMPLEXIONS RADIANT / NOT ONLY DRY, BUT LIFELESS AND COARSE-LOOKING/ | REALLY WAS GETTING “MIDDLE-AGE"” SKIN! THEN HELEN SAID MAYBE | WAS USING THE WRONG SOAP. SHE SUGGESTED CHANGING TO PALMOLIVE, AND... PALMOLIVE ? HOW COULD IT MY HUSBAND'S RIGHT! IT PAYS TO USE ONLy PALMOLIVE, THE SOAP MADE WITH OLIVE OIL TO KEEP SKIN SOFT, SMOOTH, YOUNG! WELL, MY ADVICE 18, STICK TO PALMOLIVE !|

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MODERN SCREEN IS YOUR BEAUTY PROBLEM HERE? (Continued from page 57) something just out of touching distance. {Peis is a good exercise, too, for adding shape to a waistline which is pretty much straight up-and-down: stand erect with hands on hips. Bend your upper body to the left, and at the same time do a side left kick, keeping your leg straight and your knee stiff—iffen you can. Do this to music whenever possible. Having been practicing what I preach, I find that “Bei Mir Bist Du Schon” is simply swell for this —kick and bend on “mir” and again on “Schon” —in that tempo. The above are figure faults which are fairly typical, I think. The rest of this ar- ticle will be devoted to case histories— notes I’ve made on average folks I’ve ob- served. And if you recognize one of your faults or mistakes here, maybe my sug- gestions will help. Girl with thin face, long nose—you get a rough idea of what I mean in Sketch IV. She had dark hair and it was pulled back from her forehead and tucked behind her ears. Her dress had a V-neckline. Nothing—but nothing—could be “wrong- er.” A short bang, or at least soft waves pressed down to conceal the hairline (which wasn’t good, ennyhoo) would have taken attention away from the long nose. The bang would widen the face. Her rather thin mouth might have been im- proved by widening the curve of the up- per lip just a trifle. Her brown eyes were really beautiful, but obscured by lack of eyebrow grooming. Eyebrows do obscure or set off the “windows of your soul.” She had a Latin look—probably Italian or Spanish descent. I’ve observed that most Latin-American gals are apt to do their hair in too severe a style, probably because their mamas and grandmamas kept to their nationality’s slick hair-do. It shouldn’t be so. Only true beauty or great chic can get away with ultra-severe coif- fures. One needn’t go to the other ex- treme, and blossom out in tight waves and ringlets. But there are such things as short center parts, soft, flattish curls emphasizing the width of the face, and an upward trend to the back hair, to get away from that pulled-down effect. Okay to show the tip of the ear, but not the entire ear. And a boat-shaped or base-of-throat neckline is much better than a V for a thin face. The girl whose. salient face faults are. illustrated in’ Sketch V was potentially kinda cute, but she did nothing whatever to enhance her charms. She did everything to detract from them. Features—not much. Nose a bit bulbous at the tip, but not an ugly nose. Simply a run-of-the-mill nose. Mouth very small—not much could be done about it in the way of enlarging it with lipstick, but this girl need not have made it up in the old Cupid’s bow style, which is as out of date as the corset cover. Her eyes were rather. small and deepset, but well spaced. However, nothing was accomplished in the way of improving these windows of the soul by the over-plucked eyebrows, placed entirely too high above the eyes, and painted, so help muh, black as ink when the gal’s coloring was medium blonde. The brows should have been trained down closer to the eyes, by brush- ing and oiling, and should not have been plucked at all, except perhaps for strag- gly hairs near the nose. They should have been pencilled brown, and lengthened a little bit at the outer edge, to give the eyes the illusion of greater size. And _ eye- shadow should certainly have entered the picture—to shadow the whole lid, increas- ing in depth a little toward the outer side, and all blended in very cleverly, of course. ’Twas the hair-do, though, that really got me down. It was high, and wide, and not very handsome. With a small face, and small, rather insignificant features (though the face as a whole was pleasing), this kid had shwooshed her hair out in al- most an old fashioned pompadour style.- An old fashioned,. wooden marcel, with the ends finished in combed-out, rather messy curls—oh dear! Before you ask where did I see this wench—in the Ark?—let me tell you I see many similar hair-dos. Perhaps not quite so bad, but at least, far too bushy, or over-curled and over-permanented, and quite lacking in the closer, smarter, more ladylike style which is rapidly becoming popular. Another thing: this girl had a low forehead, and like many similarly fea- tured, she had thought. to give height to her forehead by taking all the hair off’n it. The opposite trick gives the desired effect: cover part of your forehead, and keep the public guessing how low or high this fea- ture of yours may be. Now-with the active SUVA it NOURISHES Skin,too CREAM that is powder base and nour- ishing cream in one! 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When Barbara went to court to fight for the right to be the sole custodian of her child she was totally unprepared for the introduction of Bob’s name into it. She felt that Bob’s name had no place in the case, that he had nothing to do with her life as Mrs. Fay, and since she always fights by fair rules herself, she had no thought that the fight might be conducted otherwise. Then, on the second or third day of the hearing, Bob’s name hit the headlines too. It was brought in by the opposition. They put her on the stand to have her admit that he was a frequent visitor at her house, but Barbara insisted that this had nothing to do with it. It was a blow to her, and she was heartsick that they should thus side-track the issue. Bob took it all graciously and kept quietly and calmly at a distance. He begged her to believe that it didn’t upset him a bit, and in the end the calmness and quietness of his attitude did more than anything to ease the hurt. If it hadn’t been for him the reopening of an old wound would certainly have put her back in the same _ bitter state from which he had once rescued her. In every big crisis then, as well as in the small daily ones he has been just as surely a blessing to her, in pulling her out of an old life, as she has been helpful to him in advising him on how to get established in a new one. So you can see that there has been a “sive” and a benefit on both sides, and that is what makes their love story such a full, rich one, and one which is more surely to be continued, installment after installment, a story without end. Everywhere you turn now in this town, you hear people comment- ing on the Stanwyck-Taylor association which has withstood even a separation of four months while Bob made his trip to England, and always you hear the phrase, “Well, he’s certainly lucky to have her!” We mean that she’s a true-blue girl who has been a help to him rather than a hin- drance. 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| MODERN SCREEN : PRESTO CHANGE-0 (Continued from page 51) Baiting ii Shelving | STILL 5¢ wa ALMOST EVERYTHING you buy costs more these days... but you can still trim and protect shelves with beautiful Royledge for a nickel! And this strong, double- edge shelving lasts a whole season, As her waist line tapered down, she ap- peared to take on height. This slender, chestnut-haired, quietly poised young lady bore little resemblance to the rollicking, wide-eyed blonde who had married Lew | Ayres. “T realized that for the first time in my life I was thoroughly enjoying life,” ex- plained Lola. “It had taken quiet and study ; and normal living to bring out the real Lola Lane. The other Lola, in her eagerness to appear a sophisticate, had put on a gay front that did not belong to her inner self.” Lola now commenced gathering together a wardrobe to suit her new personality. Plain, expertly tailored suits became a pas- sion with her. A beautiful mink coat did ARRAN f ’ Ss away with numerous evening wraps. A pair | of silver fox furs was replaced by a smart skunk cape. Woolen and silk tailored slacks replaced other informal attire. Lola became clothes conscious and style conscious, until today one of the head designers in the movie capital has listed Lola as one of the ten best dressed women in Hollywood. At the end of seven months a new Lola Lane walked into the office of her former agent announcing that she was ready to go } out after the kind of parts she had always wanted to do. Once more Lola commenced making the rounds of the studios. She was compli- i mented on her smart appearance, but con- _ tinued to receive offers to do ingénue parts. It seemed impossible to break away from the roles in which she had been typed. “T turned down several fat parts,’ said Lola. “I was determined never again to do | an ingénue.- I didn’t care how small the | part, if it had a bit of real acting in it. There were days of heartbreaking experi- ences. Finally I was offered a small part in ‘Marked Woman.’ Here was something I could get my teeth into. I signed up.” OLA’S next picture was opposite Ramon Novarro in “The Sheik Steps Out.” This was her first experience in playing comedy. The swell job she did in portraying the spoiled daughter of rich, doting parents, resulted in her being signed for “Hollywood Hotel.” And now with a series of “Torchy Blane” pictures ahead of her, it looks as though Lola has carved out a new career for her- self. “T was never more contented and happy,” said Lola. “With mother, Rosemary and Priscilla living out here my life is very full.” When Lola’s two sisters, Rosemary and _ Priscilla, came out here last summer, under contract to make pictures, they took a house high on a hill, overlooking San Fernando Valley, about a mile from Lola. For the first time since she was a little girl, Lola has a part of her family near her. There are two other sisters. Leota is in New | York studying for Grand Opera. Martha, who is married, is out here now with her | little girl on a visit. | Lola, Rosemary, Pat, and Cora, their mother, call themselves a closed corpora- , tion. Their work, business and daily doings | are freely discussed among themselves, but ‘never beyond their own immediate circle. All are called to sit in on important de- cisions. There -is no jealousy, selfishness or dissension among them. All are for one. One is for all, _ Lola is determined that “the kids,’ as she calls Rosemary and Pat, will make no mistakes. Her knowledge of the “whys” (Continued on page 121) doesn’t frazzle, curl up, catch dust or get limp. No laundry costs either; once up, stays up. Your nearest 5-and-10¢, neigh- borhood or department store has slews of smart new Royledge patterns and colors, decorator approved, at 5¢ for the 9-ft. package. (10¢ sizes, too.) Mil- lions of thrifty women use it... many who could afford extrav- agant, fussy shelving. Try Royl- edge once; you'll never change. Roylace, 99 Gold St., B’klyn, N.Y. Jessie Mathews, with her twin- kling toes and peppy personal- ity, is in GB's “Sailing Along.” ®@ At home—quickly and safely you can tint those streaks of gray to lustrous shades of blonde, brown or black. Asmall brush and BROWNATONE does it. Guaranteed harmless. Active coloring agent is purely vegetable. Cannot affect waving of hair. Eco- nomicalandlasting—willnot wash out. Impartsrich, beautiful, natural appearing color with amazing speed. Easy to prove by tinting a lock of your own hair. BROWNATONE is only 50c—at all drug or toilet counters—always on a money-back guarantee. AT A MOMENT’S NOTICE EW! Smart, long, tapering nails for everyone! Coverbroken, short, thin nails with Nu-Nalts. Can be worn any length and polished any desired shade. Defies detection. Waterproof. Easily applied; remains firm. No effect on nail growth or cuticle. Removed at will. Set of Ten, 20c. All Sc and 10c stores. NU-NAILS Rca N ~ FINGER NAILS NU-NAIL CO. 5249 W. MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 115 So natural they even have half-

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Never I, always us. But he feels his leader- ship in quite another way, however. He’s head of his gang, and don’t think he isn’t! After all, he’s belonged to this gang for years now, and why shouldn’t he be its rightful leader? And, as with all chiefs, it’s not all honor. and glory, sweetness and light, or what have you. He feels it incum- bent upon him, to settle all internal strife, sometimes resorting to fisticuffs to enforce his mandates. He has a typical boy’s room which he shares with his brother. It has a berth-like arrangement of beds. Blackboards and school desks, with a fine collection of guns. He likes all the things most kids like—dogs, ice cream, games and of course, he has a girl. Yes, it’s the blonde in the gang. But also, like all regular guys, his yen in this direction is strictly on the q. t., and he won’t talk about his heart in- SPUNKY SPANK Y BY MERLIN Meet Spanky McFarland, the leader of the Gang,’ who could pass up spinach, but doesn't! terest. Time enough for that later on. He’s a natural as a comedian. Even his entrance into the Hal Roach Studios } smacked of the ludicrous. He had made his artistic debut as an ornament on a bread wrapper, and some astute sales- } man figured, that if his pan had so much | sales appeal, it would be further height- ened if the lisping voice could be heard | in a frantic appeal for more of this par- » ticular bread. And that’s where Fate | stepped in. For an aunt of Georgie McFarland’s, who had been reading of | Hal Roach, glorifier of American kids, brought this advertising reel to his at- tention, which resulted in a trip to Hollywood for Baby Georgie. During the first interview, as so often happens, Baby refused to do any of his cute tricks for Massa Roach. 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another nom de movie was born. And private Spanky McFarland is now Gen- eral Spanky. Not bad for five years in any man’s army. AFTER HE became an old-timer of two-and-a-half or thereabouts, he toddled off the set one day and went visiting a couple of other comedians, Laurel and Hardy. As befitting a good trouper, he stood by silently watching. As a climax to a sequence, Hardy did his famous “double take.” You know, that wide- eyed stare directly into the camera. This fascinated our young hero and he clapped his hands gleefully and chortled: “Ba-bee, ba-bee.” It takes a baby to recognize a baby stare, and so to this day big, lum- bering Oliver Hardy is much _ better known as “Babe.” But the incident was not closed for Spanky. The next day they were shoot- ing Spanky in a sequence where he had some business with a trick pack oi cigarettes representing a toy gun. The director was satisfied and was going on to something else, but not so Spanky. He indicated he’d like to do it over, so out of curiosity, they complied. He repeated his previous performance up to a cer- tain point, then, with perfect timing, he calmly faced the camera and did a per- fect Hardy double-take! Ba-bee! So he’s a showman as well as a comedian. A visitor to his set is most impressed with the complete lack of professionalism. On location at a golf-course nearby, the Gang seems more like any bunch of kids getting together in a corner of the mea- | dow for a nice quiet blood-curdling game. This atmosphere is carefully maintained without any obvious effort on the part of MODERN SCREEN director or crew. Mothers of the young performers, sitting around under the trees with their knitting, do nothing to dispel Darla Hood and Spanky go to school every day and drink their milk as all good little girls and boys should. The girl-friend pours while Spanky gets ready for the first sip. the homely, bucolic charm of the picture. Between shots, Spanky runs over to a nearby tree where a huge turtle is sunning himself. He has done some of his most amusing scenes off the set with this lazy pet. In fact, many of his best perform- ances have been caught by the camera with Spanky all unawares. One day when he was four, he was regaling his pals with a highly imaginative story, with gestures, about a rat who swallowed a monkey. Someone caught him as he was at the point of showing how the monkey’s tail persisted in hanging out of the rat’s mouth, which obstacle was surmounted by the rat simply going F-f-f-f-t (the in- take noise his favorite spaghetti makes). This has always remained one of his best performances. While recently performing, Spanky blew up in his lines. Truly a phenomenon for this seasoned trouper. His poise in this emergency was indeed interesting. He just stopped short, looked into the camera a long moment, then went over and sat on the grass nearby. There was the slight- est look of disgust on his face, then Director Newmeyer said: “Got it, Spanky?” and he nodded and went through it perfectly. Some of our adult stars could well take a lesson from Spanky. Just now our Spanky is really upset. He has two purportedly thoroughbred Scottie puppies, Sandy and Inky. But it seems their legs just grow and grow and Spanky is beginning to feel there’s something wrong somewhere. So, if he seems a bit worried when next you see him on the screen, you'll know that leg-growing trouble is still afoot. Even a big movie star like Spanky has his troubles! 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Liking fizzy beverages she was asked whether she didn’t think they were bad for her and she said, “I am the health- iest person in the world and I haven't had a glass of water in six years!” She has always done what she wanted to do. Her father, famed theatrical pro- ducer, William A. Brady, didn’t want her to go on the stage in spite of his own tremendous theatrical interests. In spite of the fact that the famous Grace George be- came her step-mother, he kept her, as a child and a very young girl, away from all talk of and contact with the theatre as well as theatrical people. But Miss Brady wanted to go on the stage. Her first public appear- ance was at a ship’s concert when, at the age of thirteen, she was on her way to Europe with her father. Having made se- cret arrangements with the ship’s entertain- ment committee to “appear” she rendered one of Caruso’s favorite records with the fine operatic style, the famed, florid gestures of the great tenor himself. She had learned the Saluto by playing the Caruso record over and over. Her unsuspecting father, in the audience, was first stricken with sur- prise, then stormed by the applause and the expressed opinions that “the girl is a genius.” And so to the stage, musical comedies, Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and then, her father capitulating, the producer in him conquering the father’s’ protest; as Meg in ‘Little Women, as a star in Forever After, and a long line of successful plays. And Broadway paid its tribute and legal tender to a great dramatic talent. Which talent, now lost to Broadway, both Broadway and Mr. Brady mourn; but must continue to mourn because Miss Brady will not go back to Broadway. Miss Brady lives, to be flagrantly face- tious, a dog’s life. But literally. There is Checker, a Cocker spaniel ; Lavinia Manon (named after her role in “Mourning Be- comes Electra”), a Scottie; Desire, a wire- haired terrier ; Drunky, another wire-haired and Snooky, a poon dog. 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and probably did. Her half-brother was burned to death a little more than two years ago. Yes, one has the feeling that there are secrets buried in Alice Brady’s heart and memory, bruises on her spirit, but buried deep because the will that buried them is stronger than the secrets and the pain. “All comedians,” said Miss Brady, “are sad of heart. They have to be or they couldn’t give to comedy the macabre touch it needs.” Her childhood, however, was happy and normal, though carefully chaperoned. For which she is, now, very grateful. “At least I wasn’t satiated before I was out of my teens,” she said. A cousin, a kindly wo- man of middle years came into the house- hold upon the death of Alice’s mother. Later, of course, Mr. Brady married Grace George to whom Miss Brady refers, af- fectionately, as “Mom.” There was a town house and a country place and the small Alice attended a convent school in Madison, New Jersey. She had her own pony and cart and plenty of books and affection. But she was, even then, always wondering what it was all about. _ She is, now, very pleased to be “doing my own work again.” She is grateful to Mr. Zanuck for giving her the opportunity to do the kind of thing she does do, most naturally, most instinctively. She said, “I have pleaded with producers for six years to give me dramatic roles. But, no, they couldn’t see it. “When I did my first comedy role in ‘Mademoiselle,’ I hadn’t the foggiest notion of how to be funny. I didn’t know what on earth to do. I just thought I’d flap my hands about even more than normally and ‘talk silly.’ I did—and I’ve lived off of it for six years. But I never have any idea of what I’m doing, or why.” She has erratic bouts of mad extrava- gance. She told me, “I spent thirty-seven thousand dollars in the first six months was in Hollywood. What on? I haven't ‘the least idea! Scents and furs and things, you know. I’d just go down to shop every single morning and stand there in the middle of the place and think, “Now, let me see, what can I buy today?’. And then I’d just shop- and shop. After all, I don’t play tennis, and I had to do something!” Now Miss Brady has a manager and is not allowed to so much as make out a check. She does, however, she told me happily, manage a little leeway for herself now and then by telling him that she has to have money to send to her little son back East in school. “You know how children are,” she tells him. “Always needing something.” Now and again, she manages to ring in a diamond ring for herself. HE loves to “do” houses, her surround- ings being important to her. She spent four months planning and decorating the dining-room in her home, peacock blue walls, lovely reflecting mirrors. She sent to Venice for the crystal chandeliers and— has used the dining-room twice in the six months she has been in the house. She does think it a pity that the Venetian treasures came so far to be so seldom appreciated. She never takes exercise. ‘Exercise,’ she laughed, “is decadent.” She never goes anywhere. She has lived in Hollywood for six years and has never been to Palm Springs. She doesn’t gossip. She lives and lets live and keeps to the letter as well as to the spirit of this law. On the sets, you never find her sitting on the side lines gossiping between scenes. She is either on the floor shooting crap with some of the stage hands or she is in her dressing-room, taking the only sound sleep she ever gets. She admits to a very bad temper. MODERN SCREEN _ SPRINGTIME IS Like the true, sweet fragrance of lila wafted on a springtime breeze, there is that about Lilac Buds Perfume which stirs romance. Created by Duchess of Paris, it is young, tender as first love. Each exquisite drop makes you seem fresher, daintier-—adds to your desirableness—what’s more, it lasts and lasts. Try Lilac Buds Perfume today On sale at 5 and 10c stores, 10c. 54. O, << Other famous perfumes « Singapore Nights + Ga lischief * 10c each. Franciska Gaal of “The Buccaneer” is making “Never Say Die.” 119

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PRESTO CHANGE-0 (Continued from page 115) and “wherefores” of this fantastic business has smoothed over many a rough spot for her sisters. While all three girls have good singing voices, dance well and have what it takes to play leads, each personality is decidedly different. Each has an outstanding talent. With Rosemary it is her singing. Pat is the finished dancer, while Lola is the dra- | matic actress. The one thing that all have in common is a swell sense of humor and love of fun. Birthdays call for big celebrations. It is then that each tries to outdo the other in gag gifts, tricks and surprises. All packages | are approached warily. Elaborately wrapped boxes often prove to be gags. The plainest package usually holds the important present —the gift of the three of them to the fourth. No matter how tired she is after a hard day at the studio, Lola drops in to see Cora on her way home. Sunday is reserved for the Lane family to get together. At dinner, at Lola’s or Cora’s, the four of them sit down to a specialty of Cora’s. Their favorite is fricassee chicken, just as Cora always prepared it when they were youngsters at home. Today Lola has a new understanding and appreciation of life. Rarely is she seen out in public. Occasionally she.goes into the Brown Derby for lunch. On rare occasions she spends an evening at the Trocadero. | WANT to go on working in pictures as long as I am able to work,” said Lola. “Happiness to me means independence, work and, of course, success. “Work in pictures satisfies all of my longing for romance, glamor and change. Outside of an occasional trip to the nearby mountains, the desert and New York, I am content to settle down in the valley. “At present I am considering plans for my own farmstead to be built on my own acreage not far from where I now live. As much attention will be given to the grounds as to the house. There will be extensive vegetable gardens, fruit trees, berries and a profusion of flowers. “T will never give up my career. The glamor and excitement surrounding my work will be nicely balanced by the quiet and rest in my peaceful valley home.” Jane Wyman is mighty pretty in that hunting outfit—but she looks like fair game to us. Jane gets the lead opposite Johnny Davis in “The Chump.” BLUE WALTZ PERFUME New Modern Method MODERN SCREEN When it’s swingtime and dancetime, she’ll never be lonely again. What a difference since she discovered Blue Waltz Perfume! There’s something actually tantalizing about its lovely, floral bouquet. Perhaps you’d find greater happiness, too, if you’d remember to say “Blue Waltz” when you buy perfume and cosmetics. June Modern Screen tells you WHY GABLE IS KING Yes, there’s a reason! HOW YOU CAN REMOVE CORNS ROOT AND ALL safer—quicker—easier! OW you can remove corns easily, quickly, bainlessly without dangerous old-fashioned paring that only affects the surface, leaves the root to come back bigger, uglier. The new, double- action Blue-Jay stops pain instantly, and then by its gentle medicated action, removes corns, root and all, in just 3 short days (exceptionally stub- born cases may require a second application). Blue-Jay is a tiny medicated plaster. Easy to use —invisible. Safe, scientific, quick-acting. 25¢ for 6. Same price in Canada. ° BLUE-JAY CORN PLASTERS *A plug of dead cells root-like in form and position. If left may serve as focal point for renewed development, Ps AOS + FACE POWDER 10c at 5 and 10c stores. LIPSTICK © BRILLIANTINE * COLOGNE STUDY FASHION MODELLING The ‘Hollywood Way” learn to be a Send 10c in stamps Attractive girls and women glamorous fashion model. for Booklet A. ANNE ARDIS, Box 422, Hollywood, Calif. heh fe, Jo Pronounced “SIT-TRUE" Sus of stage and screen, and fas- tidious girls everywhere, prefer Sitroux Tissues, because they’re soft asa flower petal, yetso much stronger they won't “come apart” in the hand. Give your skin better care with these delightful, fine-quality tissues. Look for the attractive gold-and-blue box! At Your 5 and 10¢ STORE! J 121

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Derrick DeMarney, as Robert Tisdall who is caught in a web of circumstantial evidence, gives an impressive performance. Even though “youth will be served,” top honors in this production go to the char- acter actors. If you are among the many who have wondered what’s become of Percy Marmont, you will be pleased to find him here in the role of the Constable. Playing the role of the girl’s father with his cus- tomary ease and conviction, he does much to insure interest. Edward Rigby as Old Will, the china mender who puts the finger on the real murderer, gives a very creditable perform- ance proving that even a friendless bum may have a heart of gold. While there is something to be desired in this picture, it will no doubt prove popular through its theme and characteri- zations. For, a movie mystery is apt to be a good entertainment bet, and, a movie mystery with real acting thrown in, worth your cash at the box office. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.—Gaumont British. GIRLS! 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Without Calomel—And You’ll Jump Out of Bed in the Morning Rarin’ to Go The liver should pour out two pounds of liquid bile into your bowels daily. If this bile is not flow- ing freely, your food doesn’t digest. It just decays in the bowels. Gas bloats up your stomach. You get constipated. Your whole system is poisoned and you feel sour, sunk and the world looks punk. Amere bowel movement doesn’t get at the cause. It takes those good, old Carter’s Little Liver Pills to get these two pounds of bile flowing freely and make you feel “up and up.’”’ Harmless, gentle, yet amazing in making bile flow freely. Ask for Carter’s Little Liver Pills by name. 25c at all drug stores. Stubbornly refuse anything else. MODERN SCREEN GOOD NEWS (Continued from page 90) At the moment, Gene Autry and Republic Studios are still shooting it out. When he couldn’t get an adjustment on his contract, Gene walked out and went on a personal appearance tour which was netting him $3,500 a week when a studio injunction halted it. Now he’s on a sit-down strike, and refuses to work until he gets more money. Facts are that Autry, whose pictures draw top money for westerns, makes eight pic- tures a year and gets only $5000 for each of them. The profits on his pictures war- rant a larger salary, but the studio contends that a contract’s a contract. We still think the tops in lovers’ quarrels was the Nelson Eddy—Eleanor Powell squabble in “Rosalie.” To keep a date with her in far-off Ruritania, Nelson makes a solo flight across the Atlantic. Angered when he learns she’s engaged to another guy, he turns right around and flies back, making Lindbergh—and_every- body connected with “Rosalie’—look silly. Chivalry, Farewell Romance, in the movies, still goes hand in hand with assault and battery. In other words, if the hero says he loves the girl, and she tells him the same thing, audiences immediately know they don’t mean it. But let him sock her on the jaw, or let her break some china on his profile and every- one knows that theirs is a true and lasting love. Latest example is in “Love, Honor and Behave.” Wayne Morris is about to lose his wife (Priscilla Lane), but he comes home one night, blacks her eye and knocks her down. Love surges in her breast, and she crowns him with a chair. And we re- member the good old days, when the guy who socked the heroine was the villain. Those who see the stars in their least glamorous moments are the gals in the studio wardrobe departments. If a star has temperament, the wardrobe department is usually the place she turns it on. All of which leads up to an unofficial vote taken in the wardrobe department at 20th Century-Fox. Most popular star: Sonja Henie. Least popular: Simone Simon. 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Mr. The Adolphe Menjous, once wan and ailing, look positively abloom as they escort Josephine Hutchinson to the preview. Making her American screen debut, An- nabella won the approval of a preview au- dience with her performance, but her appeal was not at all heightened by the fact that her French accent made some of her lines impossible to understand. And for the same reason, the meaning of some of her lines was distorted. For example, in one scene she turns to Bill Powell and be- wilders him and the audience by saying, “Don’t bite the hand that fits you.” Fashion Note When the Cedric Gibbons’ left on their trip to Africa, eleven of their trunks were © filled with brand new gowns for Dolores Del Rio. Mr. G. also took along a trunkload of camera equipment, with which he hopes to photograph African wild life. Can't you picture the lovely Dolores, in Schiaperelli’s latest, perched fetchingly on the carcass of a hippo? Out on the 20th Century-Fox lot is a trailer which is the last word in that sort of thing. It’s Darryl Zanuck’s reconcilia- tion gift to the Ritz Brothers. The Ritzes, of course, have added a touch of their own. Over the door a sign says: “Through these portals pass the most beautiful boys. in the world.” What will they do next? 124 worrying. MODERN SCREEN Lovely Loretta Young has her night with young Alfred Vanderbilt, who craves change. Stop Worrying Speaking of the desirability of raising children in Hollywood, Stuart Erwin’s press agent quotes Mr. E. as follows: ‘People in the East who fear that film colony children will come under an evil influence are wast- ing their worry. In the 10 years I’ve been in Hollywood I’ve seen hundreds of babies grow into healthy and mannerly children.’ Note to those people in the East: Stop your Myrna Loy has just finished redecorat- ing her dressing room at Metro. It’s all “blonde,” because Myrna has always wanted to be one herself. The other day she in- vited the cast of “Test Pilot” to a “pre- meer” of the new room, but most of the attention was focused on a gift from Arthur Hornblow. It was a Capehart which matches the decorations. Tom Sawyer Interesting to watch the reaction of the audience at the preview of “Tom Sawyer.” It was hardly a “Hollywood” type of Pic- ture, yet it brought cheers from such effete gents as Fred Astaire and Sam Goldwyn. Mrs. Ossip Gabrilowitch (daughter of Mark Twain) wept silently, and Deanna Durbin constant as wyn Follies, Kay Francis, smiling troubles, wel- comes the Dick Barthelmesses. was wreathed in smiles. But no one knew whether it was because of the Picture or because she had attended the Preview with her first date. The lucky swain was Jackie Moran, the film’s Huckleberry Finn. After the incident in Arizona, when he hurled shoes at a crowd assembled to greet him, Warner Oland and his studio are more at odds than ever. The great Chinese detective drew a suspension when he walked out on his last picture, and the studio promptly substituted the Japanese sleuth, Mr. Motto. So now there’s a wild rumor around that Oland’s next will be “Charlie Chan at Loggerheads.” All for Art Richard Greene, the young English actor billed as a cross between Tyrone Power and Robert Taylor (that’s nice double bill- ing, if you ask us) is still a bit baffled about Hollywood. Rushed here for the lead opposite Loretta Young in “Four Men and a Prayer,” he was first fitted to a brand new wardrobe, his English clothes having been declared n. g. for picture Purposes. Next he was taken over by a make-up expert, who said, “Let’s see your teeth.” In Holly- wood, perfect molars come before Art, even if youre a second Clark Gable. Printed in the U. S. A. by Art Color Printing Company, Dunellen, N. J. At the "Gold-- in | spite of legal |

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