Modern Screen 1940-07 Vol. 21, No. 2

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D prefer 0 mld Cugartle — Me wae winell Zz 2 MRS. ALEXANDER COCHRANE FORBES, international figure in embassy circles “Sunny” Forbes. The daughter of a diplomat, she is at home Her name is with world notables...speaks five lan- guages fluently. She was educated in Rome, made her New York début at the Tuxedo Ball, was later presented at the Court of St. James .. ve Now, in her Manhattan apartment, Mrs. Forbes entertains famous personalities with casual teas and buffet suppers... WwW “And I wouldn’t think of entertaining,” she says, “without having a carton of Camels handy. My friends are as Camel-conscious as I am. They eyi- dently enjoy Camels, too.” axe She likes to wear colorless polish on her nails ...do her own marketing... make needlepoint seat-covers for her . collect Lowe- stoft china...go to concerts... Chippendale chairs . . oA One of those charming people who are “asked everywhere’—to attend a party for visiting royalty, to hunt in Virginia, to swim in Bermuda—she says: AS WwW “T see Camels everywhere I go. Nobody has to tell me that Camels are ‘extra cool, extra mild, and have extra flavor.’ I know—I smoke Camels. They’re my favorite. Positively the grandest-tasting cigarette I could ever want.” THE CIGARETTE OF COSTLIER TOBACCOS! Copyright, 1940, R. J. Reynolds Tobaeco Company Winston-Salem, North Carolina EXTRA MILDNESS Vows burning A few of the many other distinguished women who prefer Camel’s mildness and delicate taste: Mrs. Nicholas Biddle, Philadelphia Mrs. Gail Borden, Chicago Mrs. Powell Cabot, Boston Mrs. Thomas M. Carnegie, Jr., Philadelphia Mrs. J. Gardner Coolidge 2Np, Boston Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel 3rp, Philadelphia Mrs. Nicholas Griffith Penniman 11, Baltimore Mrs. Thomas Edison Sloane, New York Mrs. Rufus Paine Spalding m1, Pasadena Mrs. Oliver De Gray Vanderbilt 1, Cincinnati Mrs. Kiliaen M. Van Rensselaer, New York EXTRA COOLNESS Ts Pr In recent laboratory tests, Camels burned 25% slower than the average of the 15 other of the largest-selling brands tested— slower than any of them. That means, on the average, a smoking plus equal to 2) Ly ® =) \) 3 EXTRA SMOKES PER PACK! 3 Pr = ee A Re DOMESTIC CIGAR wD Es ¥ LUMUoC.e A Vii Yoe— EXTRA FLAVOR

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_ JULY, 1940_ e Peppermint candy stripes in a new cotton beach frock with shirtwaist top, flaring “Dallerina” skirt. Never, never neglect your precious smile! Help guard its charm with Ipana and massage! F MEN beg for an introduction, but never I ask you for a date, it may be your smile that’s turning love away! For alluring and smart as your clothes may be, if you let your smile become dull and dingy...if you ignore the warning of “pink tooth brush”... you lose one of the most precious charms a girl can possess! “Pink Tooth Brush’ a warning signal If ever you see “pink” on your tooth brush ... see your dentist! It may mean nothing serious... but let him decide! Very likely, his opinion will be that your gums need more exercise... need stimulation they don’t get from today’s soft, creamy foods! Then, like so many dentists these days, he may suggest ‘the healthful stimulation of Ipana and massage!” For Ipana Tooth Paste is specially de- signed not only to clean teeth thoroughly but, with massage, to aid the gums to health. Every time you brush your teeth, massage a little extra Ipana onto your gums. Feel that refreshing “‘tang’’—exclusive with Ipana and massage. It tells you that circulation is awakening in the gum tissues... helping to make the gums firmer and healthier—more resistant to trouble. Get a tube of economical Ipana Tooth Paste at your druggist’s today. And start now to let Ipana and massage help you to have brighter, more sparkling teeth...a lovelier, more charming smile! IPANA TOOTH PASTE Real’ Siatn Ee N Her “Ballerina” Beach Suit held His Glance —but Her Smile ran away with His Heart! NEW YORK, NY. NET WT.

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= PEARL H. FINLEY, Editor ZAILA SEGUIN, Associate Editor LOIS SVENSRUD, Hollywood Editor SS \ s ABRIL LAMARQUE, Art Editor A ) STORIES FEATURES f Ni y THE AWFUL TRUTH ABOUT GLAMOUR GIRLS INFORMATION DESK James: (Reid sac seat ssieosin ahs aie ae ers earn ard eee 28 Questions Answered ...............ceeeecees 6 ANNIE MEETS THE BOYS Ot Reine : —J Garsonirse Sete ee tee eae tan ee er eos Si WEP Gcvon Do Cts sac pp cdGaCOIOCoosDSEoe pmesm carson 20 ICE CREAM—AND HOW! HOLLYWOOD'S HOLD ON GABLE New iRecipes’<. icu.nseckie sce oe ee ae 10 =—Gladyssil allie eeriap etre ea rarer ayer 32 OUR PUZZLE PAGE CAREER GIRL Movie X-Word onepeheyal alee sls t=\«Ue) ejemwmn. eus\lslelene obalelcnetatsl 14 =-Radiettdarrist: sce tare ee acre eee 36 A DOLLAR FOR YOUR THOUGHTS ; Prize Letters’ Axs..dnoose ee ee eee 16 WATCH OUT FOR FIREWORKS! PORTRAIT GALLERY ‘4 —KirtleysBasketteaisicaheo nection nee oe ene 40 For*Your Albums.) s:..0:oa9oe eae 19 INFORMATION PLEASE, MR. MILLAND ON THE SET LAG Zeitlin Seca ee eco crs pee eer 42 With "The Mortal Storm’..................... 34 HE-MEN ON HORSEBACK BATHE FOR BEAUTY Polo Match—Stars vs. Producers.............- 38 =—GCaroliiGarter sys arse tet eee oer ee ree eee 44 GRACIE FOR PRESIDENT THE JOKE'S ON HOPE Gracie Allen's Campaign..................... 46 ==lrving ~ Wallace: wc Sere wine encscter sels uedoerge ciuateicin eieltekors 48 GOOD NEWS Movie Chatter ................ eran ETC oe cc 54 PAULETTE'S OUTSMARTING HER RIVALS MOVIE SCOREBOARD —=George) Benjamineanartte nna cme ween ee eee 50 GeneralRatings see anne aencei ee 60 Vol. 21, No. 2, July, 1940. Copyright, 1940, by the Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 149 Madiscn Ave., New York. Published monthly. Printed in U. S. at Washington and South Aves., Dunellen, N. J Single copy price 10c in U.S. and scription $2.90 a year. Entered as second-class matter, Sept. 18, 1930, at ue Postoffice, Dunell en, Seattle, Wesnes San Francisco, Calif.; Houston, Texas; Savannah, Ga., and Names of characters used in semi-fictional matter are fictitious. anada; U Office of publication S: subscription price $1.00 a year; Canadian subscription Si. 20a vec foreign sub- N. J., under Act of March 3, 1879. New Orleans, La. The publishers accept no responsibility for the return of unsolicited material. If the name of any living person is used it is purely a coincidence. Trademark No. 301773. Additional second class entries at Lovely Women Welcome this Great New Improvement in Beauty Soaps! “Camay has been my beauty soap for years —and now this new Camay is even more wonderful than ever. I’m just thrilled by it! I wouldn't ask for a milder soap!” (Signed) SuzANNE HucHEs Yeadon, Pa. Mrs. R. C. Hughes E “e PENS ee THE BEAUTY NEWS OF 1940 IS THE NEW CAMAY 4 ILLIONS of women have tried this wonderful new Camay. And every- where they’re thrilled to find a soap whose greater mildness, and more abun- dant lather can help them in their search for loveliness! A woman’s delicate skin needs the right care. Famous skin specialists have told us that proper cleansing with a fine, mild soap will help to keep it lovely. That’s why many women who feel that their skin is sensitive like Camay. It is milder than other leading beauty soaps... proved by tests against six of the best-selling beauty soaps there are! Start using this wonderful new Camay, yourself. Feel how your skin responds. .S. Pat. Of, At your dealer’s now —no change in wrapper! de-Mark Reg. GREATER MILDNESS New Camay is milder than other lead- ing beauty soaps. We proved this by actual tests against the 6 best-selling beauty soaps of other makers! MORE ABUNDANT New Camay gives more abundant lather in a short time than other leading beauty soaps. Proved by tests against 6 best-selling beauty soaps! NEW, WINNING FRAGRANCE Camay has a new, long-lasting fra- grance. Almost 2 out of every 3 women we asked voted it more pleasing than that of these other soaps! MODERN SCREEN |

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TEURMATTU Deoh CURIOSITY NEVER KILLS OUR FRIENDS. WE SATISFY AND BRING THEM BACK FOR MORE NOTE: If you desire a reply by mail, send a stamped, self- White Rajah,’ which he himself wrote, but so far, no definite addressed envelope to Informat:on Desk, Modern Screen, 149 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. Helen Goldberg, Brooklyn, N. Y. Just write to our Subscription Department, enclosing ten cents, and ask for our February, 1940, issue. That’s the one that car- ried the first part of the chart. Carol Wagner, Indianapolis, Indiana. Tom Neal was born in Evanston, Ill., on January 28, and he’s around twenty-eight years old. His first contact with the limelight came while he was a student at Lake Forest Academy. There he won twenty athletic letters, and cap= tained the baseball, basketball, swimming and football teams. At Northwestern, he further distin- guished himself, making the var- sity football team as a sophomore, and being chosen All-Big-Ten Halfback for three seasons. Tom Was even mentioned on _ several All-American squads. After fin- ishing college, he joined a semi- professional ice hockey team, “The Chicago Seals,’ winding up the season in the hospital with a dis- located hip. The excitement of his first job completely spoiled him for anything as routine as a business career, but the glamorous lights of Broadway appealed to him no end. He hounded the producers for a job, and—with no experience back of him at all—he landed the lead in “If This Be Treason,’ just on the strength of his rugged appear- ance. He went on to other plays and was really on his way to the Broadway big time, when his roommate, a trapeze artist, was hurt in a fall and ordered to Cali- fornia for a rest. Tom went along, visualizing the studios duelling for his services. Unfortunately, the only job he was offered was that of assistant in a bakery. Even this petered out after a while, and when his capital was down to $2.07, his movie break came in the form of a role in “Out West With The Hardys.” The tall dark youngster with the broad smile and wonder- ful sense of humor may be reached at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, California. P. J. Cervo, New Haven, Conn. De- anna Durbin certainly is far from paralyzed. Haven’t you noticed her very graceful arm movements? Take a good look next time you see her in the movies, and your doubts will, be dispelled. Gene Autry and Richard Greene are two stars who are very conscientious about their fan mail. However, all the stars make a real effort to answer as much of their mail as warrants a reply. An Errol Flynn Fan, Mason City, Iowa. Errol gets lots and lots of fan mail, and is one of the most popular stars at Warner Yes, “The Sea Hawk,” his next picture, was adapted from the book of the same name by Rafael Sabatini. There has been a good bit of discussion about Flynn starring in “The Brothers. plans have been made for its production. Janis Brodt, Pleasant Ridge, Mich. Dalies Frantz, who by the HOLLYWOOD SLANGUAGE IF YOU were visiting a movie set and heard "Take the clothes off that broad!" fly through the air with the greatest of ease, would your face be red? If someone roared out, ‘Slap a barn door over a barrel!'’ would you run for cover? Well, lads and lassies, relax for you'd be as safe as in your own little beds. What sounds to you like rough and tough words are merely everyday terms of endearment to movie folk. We'll let you in on a few and what they mean: |. "Take the clothes off that broad''—make the lights brighter. 2. "Kill the headlights''—remove flashy ring from player's finger. 3. ‘Flaunt the ghost''—set up a tent on location. 4. "It's a polly''—because of an echo, the scene must be reshot. 5. ""Monkey''—the man handling the microphone. 6. "Slap a barn door over a barrel'’—put a shade over a powertul light shaped like a beer barrel. 7. "Loused up''"—a scene in which an actor plays badly or forgets his lines. 8. "'M.O.S.""—a silent shot ( Mit out sound). 9. "'Walla-walla''—crowd background noise. . "Kill the baby''—turn off the small light. . '"One-eyed Connolly''—one who crashes a set where pretty chorus girls are working. 12. "“Juicer'’—studio electrician. 13. "Grips''—stage hands. 14. "You've got egg on your face’'—what a director says to an actor who muddles lines. 15. “Roll 'em,” “Turn ‘em,""—start the cameras. —S way pronounces his first name Daleez, has had a typically American career in spite of his foreign name. He was born in Lafayette, Colorado, on January 9. He was educated at the local schools until he was _ thirteen, studied music under vigorous pro- test and got in and out of all the usual scrapes. Upon graduation from Huntington Prep School in Boston, he went on to the Uni- versity of Michigan, then to the University of Washington, starring on the swimming teams in all of these schools. Dalies inherits his musical talent from his mother, Amalia, a noted singer, and it was she who encouraged him to go abroad for further study. He made three trips to Europe and upon his return, in 1934, made his debut with Stokowski in New York. Sev- eral coast-to-coast concert tours eventually brought him to Holly- wood’s attention, and in 1938, he appeared briefly in “Sweethearts,” with Jeanette MacDonald and Nel- son Eddy. Since then M-G-M has been grooming him for featured roles and his latest appearance was in “I Take This Woman.” He is six feet tall, weighs 175 pounds and has blonde hair and blue-green eyes. Says his favorite actress is Olive Oyl, and is heart-broken that Pop- eye has the inside track. He is unmarried, but confides that he prefers a good sport to a glamour girl, any day. Rose D., Cleveland, Ohio. Yes, in- deed, you'll soon be seeing your favorite, John Carroll again. He’s working in “Susan and God” right now, so keep a weather eye out for it. John’s real name is Julian La Faye, and he was born in Man- deville, Louisiana, on July 17, 1912. Six feet one in height, he has black hair and brown eyes. He was what is known as a problem child, and_ at the age of twelve ran away from home, having decided to see the world. He saw it all right—has circled the globe no less than three times, in various capacities rang- ing from window wiper to ship’s cook. Returning to New Orleans years later, Victor Chesnais, a voice coach, encouraged him to go to Italy and study singing. Nothing would have pleased the roving Carroll more, the only drawback being an acute case of financial embarrassment. Chesnais secured $25,000 from a music-loving philan- thropist, and John was on the high seas once more. He acquired a broad reputation in European musical circles, and gave con- certs in Berlin, Vienna, Budapest and Paris, before deciding that the singing business was much too tame for him. He came back to America, and after a checkered career of deep-sea diving, steeple-jacking, riding the range and doing trick flying he found his way to Hollywood, where his versatility was rewarded. He played in every sort (Continued on page 15) MODERN SCREEN

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MOVIE REVIEWS Dottie Lamour and Ty Power conter with Lawyer Charley Grapewin in a scene from ‘Johnny Apollo." eee Oberon and George Brent make "'Til We Meet a thrilling experience. Pat O'Brien, Merle Again’ Anna Neagle's the Irish Cinderella and Ray Milland, her pursuer in the Technicolor "'Irene."’ Movie of the Pulitzer Prize play, "Sat- urday's Children," teams John Gar- field with Anne Shirley. %*k* Johnny Apollo Tyrone Power scores a success in this, enacting a spoiled college youth who can’t take the disgrace of his father’s imprisonment, denies their relationship and sets out to make a name for himself. But he discovers the world has no place for a soft guy, and drifts into under- world rackets, becoming so deeply in- volved that he finally lands in the same penitentiary as his father. The climax comes with a prison break, and Ty still trying to outsmart justice by escap- ing. His father is wounded while trying to prevent the escape and this brings the youth to his senses. It’s harrowing screen fare, but so powerfully enacted by the principal characters that it is at all times convincing. Edward Arnold as the father gives an excellent account of himself, and highly commendable is the work of Lloyd Nolan, the racketeer who leads Tyrone astray. Charley Grapewin, as the lawyer, chalks up one of the finest characteriza- tions of his career. Lionel Atwill, Selmar Jackson and Charles Trowbridge give creditable performances in minor roles. As the romantic interest, Dorothy Lamour is satisfactory. She has a chance for a song or two which will, no doubt, keep the Lamour fans happy, and manages to be decorative without a sarong in sight. Directed by Henry Hathaway.— Twentieth Century-Fox. kk 'Til We Meet Again “°Til We Meet Again” is the familiar story of two doomed people meeting briefly, falling in love and passing on to their tragically separate dooms. The peo- ple are Merle Oberon, with incurable heart disease, and George Brent with a death rap hanging over him back at San Quentin. In the movies, police departments do not merely function municipally: they dispatch their men to all corners of the habitable globe on the best ships to cap- ture and bring back to justice charming rogues like Mr. Brent. Pat O’Brien is the policeman, and San Francisco’s is the department whose badges are promptly honored in public arrests even by the constabulary of picturesque Hong Kong. Bulldog O’Brien is waiting to clap the cuffs on George as he leaves the bar where he and Merle have just picked each other up, shared a “Paradise” cock- tail (recipe on request), looked deep into each other’s eyes, smashed the glasses and crossed the stems dramatically on the bar. Of course, they meet again on the boat, but don’t forget that little-cere- mony at the bar in Hong Kong, because it is destined to be repeated under rather spooky circumstances as a tearful finale to the picture. For all of his underworld connections, George, it seems, is really too noble for his own good. Twice he could have made good his escape: Once in the harbor, when he swam back to rescue the drown- ing Pat, and again in Honolulu, when he could not bear to escape on that char- tered freighter and disappoint Merle, who was counting on a drive into the mountains. Mr. Brent and Miss Oberon perform bravely, considering what they face. Mr. O’Brien, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Binnie Barnes shine in lesser roles. But Frank McHugh, as a drunken card- sharp and thief, is the one really amusing passenger. Directed by Edmund Gould- ing.—Warner Brothers. *** Irene “Irene” serves to introduce a new Anna Neagle to the motion picture audience— with a combination of Ginger Rogers’ dancing ability and a personality as distinct as the famous Alice blue gown worn in the film. For good measure, Miss Neagle sings with the aptitude of a modern crooner. Though the story is not too rich in plot, it is cleverly and amusingly written. Irene (Miss Neagle) is a wisp of an Irish lassie, with the fiery temper England has been aware of for years. At the start of the film, she is a poor working girl, eating ham sandwiches for lunch and Trish stew for dinner; at the end, she is the most famous mannequin in all New vene and about to wed a wealthy play- oy. Such a story, of course, is impossible any place but on the silver screen. But its an acceptable story, and one that will keep you entertained throughout. Miss Neagle is adorable as the Cinderella model, while Ray Milland gives the exact impression you would expect of a mil- lionaire socialite. Roland Young, Billie Burke, May Robson and Arthur Treacher are responsible for innumerable laughs. Alan Marshal, as the rival of Milland, is excellent, too. The Alice blue gown sequence in Tech- nicolor is truly beautiful, and the bur- lesque of that number will shake your sides with laughter. Directed by Herbert Wilcox—RKO-Radio. *!/2* Saturday's Children Maxwell Anderson’s Pulitzer Prize play has been brought to the screen with con- siderable success. The homely little story of two young people (Anne Shirley and John Garfield) who marry with little else except high hopes, is presented with a sincerity and adeptness of performance and direction that makes it a worthwhile picture. Anne Shirley, as the young wife, in- vests the role with understanding and charm; Garfield, as the idealistic hus- band whose dreams of great success are blasted by cruel misfortune, is always convincing; Lee Patrick, the elder sister who aids and abets Anne Shirley in her matrimonial snaring, is especially enter- taining. Claude Rains, again the sweet-natured father whose daughters cause him no end of worry, is his usual likable self, while Roscoe Karns, a son-in-law, adds con- siderably to the entertainment value of the picture. Dennie Moore and George Tobias contribute a good share of the comedy and Elizabeth Risdon is admir- able as the mother. Directed by Mincent Sherman:—Warner Brothers. MODERN SCREEN

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*!/* It All Came True Except for two or three amusing cracks from Humphrey Bogart, this one may be dismissed as a rather conspicuously un- successful attempt at gangster-comedy, in the style of “A Slight Case of Murder.” Humphrey also affords a charmingly sentimental variation on his usual under- world characterization by letting a group of hard-up vaudevillians, including one who mothers him in spite of his radical attitude, get under his skin to such an extent that he starts a night club to provide an outlet for their quaint, old- world talents. But the sentimental crack- up seems forced, and it is difficult to believe that whatever passes with Humph for a heart—granite, flint, or carborun- dum—was really in it. There are other, less original, novelties. There is Jeffrey Lynn, who smuggles Mr. Bogart into his mama’s old-fashioned boarding house because Mr. B. “has something on him.” Then there is Ann Sheridan, revealing the fact that she has a short-range but not unpleasing con- tralto voice, as well as the other usual things appertaining to “oomph.” Zasu Pitts, Una O’Connor, Jessie Bailey, John Litel, Grant Mitchell, Felix Bressart and the others do their best for a generally losing cause. It all turns out happily, except for Mr. Bogart, who magnani- mously takes his own “rap” instead of foisting it on Jeffrey. Directed by Lewis Seiler—Warner Brothers. Kea! /* Safari Organized for no particular reason, except possibly to prove that a baron with a yacht, a taste for big-game hunt- ing and an accent like Tullio Carminati’s is more than apt to be a heel, this ill- timed expedition follows too closely on the heels of Universal’s “Green Hell” (also with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., in a pith helmet) not to come as a rather unpleasant reminder. With an unusually active process screen, a flock of black bearers, a little river steamer, and Made- leine Carroll without one bead of perspi- ration, the picture—without a semblance of plot—moves cumbersomely into the Los Angeles veldt and cumbersomely out again. Tullio loses Madeleine to Douglas, the white or, at any rate, untanned hunter, while Lynne Overman, undis- guised with a beard and a synthetic Scotch dialect, soddenly applauds. That’s positively all there is to it. Well, perhaps we ought to mention that Madeleine and Douglas take an airplane flight and have to spend a stormy night in a hollow tree, that Tullio deliberately wounds a lion just to prove to himself that Madeleine loves Douglas, and that Douglas is clawed by the enraged beast when he dutifully enters the jungle to put the poor thing out of its misery. All this causes Madeleine to decide not to go back on Tullio’s yacht and that means, of course, that Mr. Fairbanks must do the devoir at the fadeout. Madeleine, who is in excellent face, if slightly more figure than heretofore, looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth, though it is obvious that she has been traveling around on a yacht with a low-principled baron. Directed by Edward H. Griffith. —Paramount. KK'2* Two Girls on Broadway Though a remake of the first “Broad- way Melody,” “Two Girls on Broadway” retains the same refreshing tang, mainly through the talents of the capable cast. (Continued on page 12) JULY, 1940 Just a Pretty Stranger —in her own Home Town _No girl need risk popularity! MUM every day prevents underarm odor = guards charm! Ips couldn't help being envious— they were having such fun, and she was so lonely. So many girls who weren't as pretty as Peg, had dates. “I'll leave this old town, ¢hen I'll be popular,’ thought Peg. But Peg, others will neglect you wherever you go—if you neglect under- atm odor. Like Peg, we seldom know when we are guilty of underarm odor. How much wiser to play safe—each day—with Mum! Don't rely on a bath alone to guard your charm. A bath removes past perspiration, but Mum prevents futwre odor. Wherever there is social life, you will find popular girls use Mum. And more Paes FRANKLY, JEAN, EVEN : For Sanitary Napkins, Too— No need to worry about Sani- tary Napkins if you remem- ber Mum will keep you fresh. Mum is so safe...so gentle... thousands use it this way! POPULAR GIRLS MAKE A DAILY HABIT OF MUM TO HERSELF: WITH! A DAILY BATH - MUM WAS THE ANSWER 'D ADVISE MUM FOR ME, ALL RIGHT! TO PREVENT ODOR! I'M A HIT... : TONIGHT! use Mum than any other deodorant. MUM SAVES TIME! Just 30 seconds, and underarms are fresh all day. MUM SAVES CLOTHES! The American Laundry Institute Seal tells you Mum won't harm any fabric. Safe for skin, too —even after underarm shaving! MUM SAVES CHARM! Mum makes odor impossible—not by attempting to prevent perspiration—but by neutralizing the odor before it starts. Get Mum at your druggist’s today. More women (and more men) make a habit of Mum because Mum keeps you “in right” everywhere— with everyone! 9

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| “IF | HAD MY WAY,” SAYS GLORIA JEAN, “‘I’D HAVE IT FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER” | 4,44, | 74.%%44) | 44,44, 44) | ‘i740, FV ° 41,47, 4) 44,70) gy, 444 44,44, 44 Za y YY 4% G4 UG Vi 1 44, 44,04" peew | 4g ue yore | 4p 0© wat 0 | IT WILL not surprise you one bit, I imagine, to learn that Bing Crosby’s new little leading lady, twelve-year-old Gloria Jean, is “simply crazy” about ice cream. In fact, she holds the title, “Ice Cream Enthusiast Extraordinary” as a result of the number of ice cream cones she can consume in a single day. Why, when Gloria’s teacher asked her to de- fine the word “tragedy,” Gloria replied; “being allergic to ice cream!” At home, too, they tease Gloria about this fondness for frozen desserts. Her father solemnly declares that he is thinking of having her inoculated against it. Her sister, Lois, who is her stand-in; Sally, who is a _publicity- hating high-school student; and Baby Bonnie, all share Gloria’s enthusiasm, knowing their dad too well to put any stock in his dire threat. And besides they know their mother considers ice cream one of the most healthful and nutritious of desserts, as well as one of the easiest to serve. So ice cream makes frequent appearances as the featured dessert on the Schoonover family table. (That’s Gloria’s real name, you know.) Gloria’s mother admits that, these days, she doesn’t often find time to prepare home-made treats. She really loves to cook and still does a major part of it, but spends most of her time at the | studio with her daughter. Nor does the ; one maid they employ for their nine- Gloria Jean's mother always scores a hit when she tops room house have much time for fancy | off a meal with the favorite All-American dessert. desserts. As a result, their ice cream is : more frequently bought than made at home. With modern refrigerators to keep it “just right for serving” there no longer is the problem of having to run out for it the last minute. To add to its festive appearance, sometimes it’s topped with a fresh fruit sauce such as strawberries, raspberries or sliced peaches, which Mrs. Schoonover often sweetens with honey. These same fruits also come in “quick- frozen” style and, in season or out, pro- vide a fine substitute that needs no sweet- ening or other preparation. Once in a while a chocolate or caramel sauce is served at Gloria’s house. Not frequently though, because Mrs. Schoon- over sets a simple table with mostly fruit, vegetable and milk dishes and does not approve of really rich desserts. On special occasions such as holidays, birth- days and party days, she sees to it that they have a special home-made frozen dessert, or else store ice cream fixed up in particularly fine style. She de- scribed some of these “specialties” as we sat out in the lovely patio overlooking the San Fernando Valley, and the gay children’s voices interrupted us with in- sistent demands for samples of the topic Not a race—just the Schoonover kids, Lois, Gloria and Baby Bonnie let loose with a ''special'’ treat. MODERN SCREEN

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of conversation. In the end, they got their ice cream and I came away wi many fine ideas and recipes. Remember, these ideas can be carried out with extra-special pride when you make your own icecream. There are any number of fine ice cream “mixes” on the market for use in automatic refrigera- tors and loads of recipes available-for- the-asking from gelatin and marshmal- low manufacturers. These two products serve as “stabilizers,” and add to your cream’s smoothness by preventing the formation of large ice crystals. But whether you make or buy your ice cream, you'll find that the children in your family will be as thrilled with these serving suggestions as are Gloria Jean and her three sisters. GIANT FIRECRACKERS Every year, when the Glorious Fourth comes around, these appear at Gloria’s special request. Why don’t you feature them this year, too? Be sure to save these directions—Independence Day will soon be here! To make the “crackers” cut red blotting paper or heavy red deco- rating paper into pieces approximately 10 inches long and as wide as the height of your thin parfait glasses—or for that matter any other tall thin glasses you may plan to use. Roll the red paper lengthwise into cylinders—each large enough to slip over the glass and to mask it completely. Fasten cylinders together down the side with paste or Scotch tape. At serving time, place each firecracker- covered glass on a small plate, then fill glasses carefully—so as not to stain paper—with any desired ice cream or mousse. Top each serving with a fresh or. maraschino cherry which still has a stem on it. Have stem extending up- wards to resemble a firecracker’s fuse. HONEY BALLS Your own particular Bonnie Baby will welcome this one with squeals of de- lighted recognition. Heat rice krispies in oven with the door left open. While they are still hot add just enough honey to coat them slightly, mixing them lightly with a fork. Spread this mixture on a sheet of waxed paper. Roll balls of ice cream* in this mixture until well coated. Serve one of these coated balls to each person with a side serving of sliced bananas or fresh berries. A perfect— and a healthful—supper suggestion for the “small fry,” as Bing would say! CIRCUS CLOWNS Cut home made or store sponge cake into % inch thick slices, then cut these slices into circles with a doughnut cutter. Place one of these cake circles on each serving plate. Top each with a round ball of ice cream*. (The hole in the cen- ter of the circle will help keep ice cream in place.) The round ball of ice cream represents the clown’s head. His features should be made with raisins. Now top each ball with an inverted ice cream cone—to look like a clown’s hat. “If you are having your ice cream de- livered ask to have it shaped into balls instead of in bricks or cartons. How- ever, if you are making your own ice cream, you can shape it pretty well with large round-bowled serving spoons; or better still get one of those chrome- finished ice cream scoops. They come in various sizes, cost under two dollars and are also fine for serving cottage cheese, rice, mashed potatoes and other mashed vegetables. (Continued on page 82) _ JULY, 1940 Boi ea Ft HEDY LAMARR, M-G-M FILM STAR, NOW APPEARING IN “BOOM TOWN“ The American Pace taught HEDY LAMARR the need for a Woodbury Beauty Nightcap How Hollywood’s Number One Glamour Girl of the Screen took to famous Woodbury Cold Cream in a crisis, as told to © Lovella Parsons Popular Movie Columnist 2. In Hollywood they expect stars to be beautiful, but spare them little time for their complexions. A friend advised Hedy, “Take a Woodbury Beauty Nightcap. Woodbury Cold Cream is like three creams in one.” |, Hedy told me about the time she was late for the shooting of a big love scene. When she rushed on the set, the director shouted, “You're forty minutes late for that kiss, and it’s costing us plenty of dough!” Refresh Your Skin At Night This Way A single fine beauty cream, Woodbury Cold Cream... performs three services for beauty. 1. It cleanses safely... it’s germ-free. 2. It lubricates profusely... smooths dry skin. 3. It invigorates...con- tains a skin-invigorating Vitamin. Every night, cleanse first with Woodbury. Then leave on a greaseless film all night while you sleep. Get a jar today. $1.00, 50¢, 25¢, 10¢. a Sa Y : Ba 3. Soon Hedy learned that Woodbury cleanses with germ-free purity, softens skin, and brings a special Vitamin to help invigorate tired skin while you sleep. Now the director never has to scold Hedy for being late. MAIL NOW FOR GENEROUS TUBE... FREE! (Paste on Penny Postcard) John H.Woodbury, Inc.,6615Alfred St., Cincinnati, Ohio (In Canada) John H. Woodbury, Ltd., Perth, Ontario Please send me, free and postpaid, a generous-size tube of 3-Way Woodbury Cold Cream. Also 8 smart shades of exquisite Woodbury Powder. CLEANSES safely Smooths as it LUBRICATES INVIGORATES Name Address THE 3-WAY BEAUTY CREAM 11

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Though the story is not too strong, it does have an authentic backstage flavor. Lana Turner and Joan Blondell, playing the parts of the two Mahoney sisters, “bus” their way to New York to crash the not-so-easy doors of the stage. There, they meet George Murphy, Joan’s fiancé and dancing partner, who has begged an audition for them with a crack musical comedy producer. To add impetus to the triangle, Lana and George bag parts in the revue, while Joan has to be content strolling through a night club as a cig- arette girl. Then, to complicate matters, George and Lana fall in love, and Joan, being the good-hearted gal in the film, gives them her blessing. All three principals turn in top-notch performances. You'll appreciate Lana Turner, who adds a winsome freshness to her role. Joan Blondell gives a highly sympathetic portrayal, while George Murphy scintillates personality plus ex- cellent Terpsichorean technique. Wallace Ford and Kent Taylor play their parts with understanding, and the direction, by S. Sylvan Simon, is paced at top speed, which zips the picture up considerably. —Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Continued from page 9) **k!/,* Dark Command. Ever since “Stagecoach” was a surprise hit a year ago, the film industry has been trying to produce a movie with the same punch and suspense. In “Dark Command,” Republic borrows Claire Trevor and Walter Pidgeon, adds John Wayne, and turns out another smashing wild western. Though the plot is the usual triangle affair, the setting and situations make the picture as good as it is. Based on historical incidents, it presents Walter Pidgeon as Cantrell, the evil plunderer and guerrilla warrior in Kansas during the Civil War; Claire Trevor as Mary Mc- Cloud, the beauteous frontier woman who loved two men; and John Wayne as Bob Seton, the ignorant but trustworthy marshal. Both Miss Trevor and Wayne turn in excellent performances; Pidgeon, as the meek school teacher by day and ruthless bandit by night, is fairly well cast; Roy Rogers, who plays the young brother of Mary McCloud, is exceptionally good, and you'll fall in love with ole Doc Grunch, portrayed by George Hayes. The cops and robbers scenes (in this case two plunderers and one militia) are thrilling, and they'll make you wonder if you weren’t born too soon. The story and direction help, too, to make the pic- ture one of the best westerns produced this year. If all doses of history were as easy to take as this, there would be fewer children playing hooky from school—and more adults reading history books. Di- rected by Raoul Walsh.—Republic. Kk!/,* Forty Little Mothers Eddie Cantor has seen to it that all the good old hokum is included in his newest screen offering. There are girls galore—forty of them, to be exact—plenty of good gags and lots of heart-warming interest resulting from a deserted baby which he adopts. Eddie, himself, is in top form, so your entertainment is cinched if the aforementioned ingredients for film fare suit your fancy. The story concerns a college prof (Eddie Cantor) in an exclusive girls’ school who suddenly finds himself the secret custodian of a baby. The infant presents an embarrassing problem, par-

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ticularly since the head schoolmarms, Judith Anderson and Nydia Westman, are suspicious of all the poor prof’s ac- tions. It’s pretty tough sledding for Eddie at first, since the beauteous bevy of school-girls try everything they can think of to get the mild-mannered new teacher discharged. However, when they learn why he is harboring the baby, all is changed. Then, of course, the mother shows up, and romance comes into the picture. Rita Johnson, as the mother, gives a creditable performance; Bonita Granville, as the leader of the girls, is adequate, and Judith Anderson, the prin- cipal, is good in her role. Most amusing member of the cast is Nydia Westman who always complicates things consider- ably. But the real out-and-out star is Baby Quintanilla, the most intelligent and entrancing youngster to reach the screen in many a day. Directed by Busby Berkeley.—Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. *!/,* Dr. Kildare's Strange Case The Blair General Hospital, teeming with human drama, is brought to the screen again in “Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case.” With Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore still heading the staff, the film compares more than favorably with its predecessors in both story interest and acting. This time young Interne Kildare, with the aid of Laraine Day, his nurse and heart interest, risks his reputation and career on a gamble to save a man from certain insanity and a fellow-doctor from disgrace. The gamble involves the wis- dom of administering insulin shock to the mentally deranged, and furnishes the excuse for several of the most stirring medical scenes ever brought to the screen. The delicate brain operations, though overflowing with technical lan- guage, will leave you gasping in your seat like an oxygen machine! If you aren’t already an ardent Dr. Kildare rooter, you will be after seeing his latest picture! Directed by Harold S. Bucquet.—Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. &!/,* And One Was Beautiful “And One Was Beautiful”, as you’ve probably guessed, is the ancient story of two sisters—one pretty, the other an ugly Steere, © TERE + cee oe dp. basen ad. Way A aaa “SSkevr duckling. Polished up, the tale emerges a gay and amusing picture, and puts another acting feather in the cap of Laraine Day. As the younger sister, who is more interested in tinkering with motor cars than in charming men, Miss Day is in direct contrast to Jean Muir, who is cast as the comely, but scheming, older sister. Miss Muir, besides winning your antagonism with her unsympathetic role, earns your greater dislike with her fail- ure to act well. Robert Cummings, por- traying the handsome hero, makes his role hold water, despite the fact that his part calls for a complete reversal of character in the middle of the film. Billie Burke, the mother of the two girls, has only a small part, but is a standout in all her scenes. Bit roles performed by Rand Brooks, Ann Morriss, Esther Dale, Paul Stanton and little Ruth Tobey . are handled capably. Based on the original story by Alice Duer Miller, the screen play would have benefited by the removal of several stilted speeches, but the clever direction of Robert B. Sinclair, under producer Fred- erick Stephani, helped to overcome this defect Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. IN ALL ITS GLORY, with the full fire of its deep-stirrings story, this beloved best-seller sweeps to the summit of screen achievement! And never have its stars come to you so immeasurably magnificent, or brought you a drama that touches so close to your heart. You will, of course, see it! Especially distinguished in the supporting cast of this new WARNER BROS. Success, are JEFFREY LYNN BARBARA O’NEIL Virginia Weidler ° Henry Daniell Walter Hampden ° George Coulouris AN ANATOLE LITVAK PRODUCTION Screen Play by Casey Robinson * Music by Max Steiner A Warner Bros.-First National Picture

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INFORMATION DESK (Continued from page 6) of movie under the sun—from westerns to gangster ones. He is divorced from Stefi Duna and is currently quite a man- about-town. Mildred Ellis, Philadelphia, Pa. Ward Bond is thirty-five years old and was born on April 9. He is six feet two, and weighs 200 pounds. Ward’s a veteran actor, having started his career between semesters while he was a student at the University of Southern California. His first big part was that of Sid Bascom in “The Big Trail.” He would very prob- ably read any letter you wrote him if it was interesting enough to be singled out by his secretary. Yes, Ward’s married— has been for four years, to Doris Sellers. Paul Kelly’s wife recently died. She was Dorothy Mackaye. Sandra Gewel, New York, N. Y. The rea- son Orson Welles was omitted from our last chart was that he hasn’t made any pictures yet, and we confined the list to active stars. You can write to him at RKO-Radio Studios, 780 Gower Street, Hollywood, California. Jeanette Rosewater, Portland, Conn. You'll be delighted to hear that Glenn Ford is still unmarried. He was born in Mon- treal on May 1, 1916, is six feet one and a half, weighs 155 pounds and has straight brown hair and grey-green eyes. He has lived in Santa Monica for over ten years and, before going into the movies, he did some radio announcing and was very active in little theatre work. His first movie role came in 1937, when he played the part of a night club master of ceremonies in “Night in Man- hattan,’ a Paramount short. He scored his first real hit two years later in “Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence.” Besides acting, which is his consuming passion, he is interested in photography and stamp collecting. He plays the violin —but not without a whole lot of coaxing, reads every autobiography he can get his hands on, and claims he could exist on steak and cheese cake for the rest of his days. Watch for him in “Babies For Sale.” Margie Bradshaw, El Paso, Texas. To settle that argument once and for all... Spencer Tracy and Lee Tracy aren’t brothers. Spencer’s parents are John and Carrie Tracy of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Lee’s are William and Ray Tracy of Atlanta, Georgia. That’s Spence’s real name, but Lee’s real one is William. Lee is his real middle name. Tina Cestari, Cedarhurst, N. Y. Robert Cummings’ birthdate is June 9, 1910. He is from Joplin, Missouri, is just a frac- tion under six feet—which makes him furious, incidentally—weighs 165 pounds and has black hair and blue eyes. He is married to Vivian Janis. You can write to Bob at Universal Studios, Universal City, California. He’s not scheduled for anything right now. Mildred Case, Baltimore, Md. Those wild rumors about how long it took for the filming of “Gone With the Wind” are not true. As you say, the book itself wasn’t published until 1936, so it couldn’t have been in the making anything like four years. As a matter of fact, shooting offi- cially started on January 26, 1939 and ended on November 11, 1939. -JuLy, 1940 Pond’s Powder comes in 10¢,20¢ «© and a big economy box, too. "Dusk Rear io the most wma shade I ee ve eww NWA) says Miss Harriet Williams, vivid young New York debutante at paper_and printer's ink give you or suggestion of this glorious ~ de—its velvety sofiness—its d for a free sample today. with ifthe minute “Like me, have you been searching for a powder that would add glamour to your face, even under the cruel harsh light of summer sunshine? “Well, [ve found it, girls! It's a shade that’s not as dark or tan as most summer shades are. The new Dusk Rose gives my face such a lovely smooth finish that my friends heap compliments on me!: says Miss Williams. Dusk ROSE is simply wonderful at keeping your face from looking shiny under harsh lights and in brilliant sun- shine. It is “‘anti-shine.” It absorbs harsh lights and reflects softer, more flattering ones from your face. Dusk Rose comes in 10¢ and 20¢ sizes as well as the big, economical box that so many women prefer. Go out and buy one now! Free —write in for a free sample of Dusk Rose. With it will come 3 other lovely summer shades: Rose Dawn, Rose Brunette, Sunlight. Pond’s, Dept. 9MS-PG, Clinton, Conn. a BS. Copyright, 1940, Pond’s Extract Company 15

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THOUGHTS PRIZES GIVEN EACH MONTH! failed to give a magnificent performance. Please don’t even talk about “equally talented girls.” There aren’t any to be found. There is no one in Hollywood who can even be compared with her. The rest of the country seems to agree with me, too, because Bette is Queen of the Movies, or hadn’t you noticed? Of course, she gets fine parts, and she’ll go on getting them because she’s tops. Long live the Queen!—Claris Ann Ross, Chicago, III. New Faces? Hollywood producers are forever clam- oring for new faces. What a laugh! What do they do when they get these new faces? They shove them into two or three small parts, give them no chance to show the talent that a lot of them possess, and then drop them from con- tract, and once more start shouting for new faces to push around. I’m getting sick and tired of this wild merry-go-round. Id like to give an ex- ample of this dizzy whirl, using my fa- vorite actress as the example—Beverly Roberts. When Beverly was signed by Warner Brothers, she was singing in a night club. Immediately she was put into “The Sing- ing Kid.” Ironically enough, everybody in the picture sang except Beverly. After a few “B” pictures, she was given the feminine lead opposite George Brent in “God’s Country and the Woman.” She was grand in that part. So grand that from then on she was cast as a cold, unromantic, business woman such as she had portrayed in that picture. In other words, she was typed. (Cont’d on page 65) JULY, 1940 Ten Baby Fingers... and Ten Million Germs! BABY SANDY—million- dollar baby now starring in Universal Pictures’ “Sandy Is A Lady”. Her surroundings are kept extra cleanwith‘Lysol’’solution. Help guard your child against the risk of germ Infection - from contaminated objects. ..clean house with “LYSOL”! ABY SANDY, favorite of movie fans, is cared for with all the safeguards money can buy. An important precau- tion taken for her welfare is... clean- liness! Surroundings kept eatra clean with “Lysol’s’”’ help. You can give your own baby the same conscientious care. It costs so little to keep bathrooms, nurseries, and play- rooms, hygienically clean. All it takes is a liberal use of “Lysol” in your cleaning. Ask your druggist now for your copy of “Baby Sandy’s Health Charts”... complete health routines for children of all ages, prepared by a famous expert. Included is a special children’s gift...a full-color Baby Sandy Cut-out Doll and cut-out wardrobe. Disinfectant Acaus earory, FREE! WITH EVERY PURCHASE OF “LYSOL” Baby Sandy Health Charts—a full- color Baby Sandy Cut-out Doll and complete cut-out wardrobe A gift to you while they last, with every purchase of ‘“‘Lysol’”. Don’t wait until these grand presents are gone. See your druggist... NOW! SAAS a x SOMES k Products Corporation YOUR DRUGGIST IS NOW SPONSORING BABY SANDY'S HEALTH CRUSADE - 17

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e J ee PRODUCTION OF ALICE HENRY FAYE -AMECHE FONDA ARNOLD - WILLIAM : CARRILLO Helen Westley « Dorothy Peterson Ernest Truex e Nigel Bruce ¢ Claude Allister ¢ Lynn Bari ¢ Weber & Fields Eddie Foy, Jr. »© Una O’Connor Joseph Cawthorn Directed by Irving Cummings Associate Producer Gene Markey Screen Play by William Anthony McGuire A 20th Century-Fox Picture The woman whose beauty and glamor had the world at her feet! Diamond Jim Brady showered her with jewels! Bankers, industrialists, the smart and the famous lost their hearts to her! Out of the fascinating story of her life and her loves, Darryl F. Zanuck hascreated oneofthereal- » ly great motion pictures! © “After the Ball is Over”, “Rosie, You Are My Posie”, “The Band Played On’’ (“Strawberry Blond”), “My Evening Star”. New . “Adored One’, “Blue Love Bird”. 18 __ MODERN SCREEN ee

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Screen Play by Delmer Daves « Based on a Story by Paul Hervey Fox JULY, 1940 Nae ha to i \ \ ; he . y a “ : . 4 2. . JA = ie se ‘ ALE ~ aan 2 5 ©} = ef- 4 Wee’ ee = wy. hy 4 SOV i ane \ el ley YT ( , Ne Naas TX J / aN NI y FF i an bs y/: : A Paramount Picture with TULLIO CARMINATI - MURIEL ANGELUS ———— oe <i } ; : ‘e is . & LYNNE OVERMAN - BILLY GILBERT DIRECTED BY EDWARD H. GRIFFITH LYNNE OVERMAN as the canny Scot who doesn't give a ‘thoot”’ about women!

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REGGIE GARDINER, ONE-MAN ESCORT BUREAU, GIVES STARTLING DATE-RATINGS ON THE CREAM OF MOVIETOWN’S BACHELOR GIRLS IE AU EUL Ui ABOUT THERE COMES a time in the affairs of men—the love affairs, that is—when thoughts stray to Hollywood. If the men aren’t satisfied with what they have, they wish they could meet some Glamour Girls. And if they are satis- fied, they wonder if Glamour Girls actually have anything, aside from bankrolls, that the girls in their own lives haven’t. In either case, they wouldn’t mind living in Holly- wood for a while and knowing a few unlisted telephone numbers. Fickle or faithful, men can’t see charming armfuls every time they go to the movies or pick up a newspaper, with- out getting the idea that a bachelor’s life in Hollywood must be really something. Most of them, worse luck, will never see Northwest Los Angeles, much less abide there. The only way they will ever find out what the life of a Hollywood bachelor is like and what Glamour Girls are like in person is to take the word of someone qualified to tell. Someone like, say, Reginald Gardiner. Up to now, the tendency has been to think of Reggie only as a comedian, a droll fellow with a terrific gift for pantomime. But the truth will out. He is also the prime example of a man-about-Hollywood. The genuine article. Self-made, not publicity-made. When you read of Reggie’s being seen with some famous female, you don’t have to wonder if his studio arranged the date—for publicity. You can be sure that he arranged it himself—for pleasure. Since he is a free-lance player, no studio hand-picks his companions. He does his own WNW, SAMS picking. And with endless variety. You are as likely as not to see him one night with Marlene Dietrich, the next with Bette Davis—or any other two complete opposites. Reggie knows them all. He is never seen at night except with some beauty on his arm, some beauty who can afford to be choosey about the men in her life. And he is seen practically every night at some premiere, night club or party. He puts a tuxedo on more often than any other man in Hollywood. He gets more party invitations, more invitations to “make a foursome” than any other bachelor. It isn’t because he is a big name. He evi ven “The Doctor Takes a Wife” and the new Charlie Chaplin pic- ture, “The Great Dictator,” may alter this state of affairs. But meanwhile the willingness of Glamour Girls to share their evenings with Reggie can’t be traced to his being a box-office sensation. He has made good as a one-man Hollywood escort bureau strictly on his own merits. Briefly, for the instruction of his envious brethren, the more visible of his merits are: He is tall, well-built, with regular features—in a word, presentable. He handles him- self well. He is, in addition, good company. Men, as well as women, will tell you that. He has wit, which is never a social debit. He has that acquired asset of the cosmopo- lite: easy adaptability to any company. He has been around London and New York, as well as Hollywood. Beautiful women are no novelty to him. He has seen so many that he can be at ease with any. Which little fact helps them to feel always very much at ease with him MODERN SCREEN 3

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By James Reid He arrived in Hollywood because a girl appreciated him. Eleanor Powell had just done a show with him in New York and’ persuaded her bosses to use his talents in “Born to Dance.” He made his movie debut as a zany cop leading an imaginary orchestra in a frantic burlesque of Stokowski. That was in 1936. Hollywood girls have been appreciating him ever since. He lives alone, in modest comfort, in the most cluttered apartment in Beverly Hills. He is looked after by a colored boy named Tommy, who knows to whom to say Reggie is in and to whom to say he isn’t, and when. Reggie is never in to anyone except his agent or a studio before 1 P. M. That phrase, “the morning after,” is little more than a phrase to Reggie. His chief experience is with the after- noon after. Even in Hollywood, a man can’t stay awake half the night unless he can stay abed half the day. The walls of his small living-room are completely cov- ered with autographed photos of his friends, both male and female. They’re a pictorial Who’s Who of Hollywood. Scattered about are also paintings of some of them, signed JULY, 1940 “R. Gardiner.” Over in one corner he has something else to remember them by—a recording phonograph and a large collection of records that will never be heard outside those walls. They’re that intimate. He had just had breakfast. the other afternoon and was still in his blue silk dressing-gown, beneath which no pajama trousers were apparent, when an interviewer-rang his bell. “I knew it was no friend,” he said, by way of greeting. “My friends all crawl in the back way, leaving their cars in the rear alley, where there’s no parking limit.” He unloaded a stack of magazines from one corner of the divan and urged his visitor to sit down. He unloaded a stack of phonograph records from an easy chair a few feet away, sat down himself, lighted a: cigarette and asked his visitor’s pleasure. What were they going to talk about? “You and Hollywood women,” said the visitor. Reggie recoiled with an aghast expression. Then he bel- lowed toward the kitchen, “Tommy!” In popped Tommy with a “Yes, sir.” Reggie shuddered and said, “Tommy, we need something to drink. (Continued on page’ 77) 29

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ANNIE MEETS THE BOYS CINDERELLA was a sissy. Her life was tame and dull. Oh, sure, there was the fairy Godmother, the pumpkin coach and that Prince of a fellow, Mr. Charming—but really all quite drab and ordinary stuff. You see, we’ve met Ann Sheridan. And what happened to her, so suddenly, so excitingly, makes every fairy tale conjured up by the Brothers Grimm, and every wildly romantic daydream concocted in femi- nine minds, ‘seem like workaday stuff. One year, Ann Sheridan, with her oomph still undis- covered and her leg art confined to snapshots in the family album, was just another cute girl out on average dates with different fellows named Joe. The next year. well, the magic took place and the thing "Oomph," says Annie — and who is better qualified to define it?—"is what a fat man says when he leans over to tie his shoe-lace in a telephone booth.” occurred, the most delicious transformation life has ever offered a mortal girl. “Tt’s like being born again,” she admitted. “One minute a nobody. Social lifé limited to drugstores, barn dances, sundaes, simple clothes and the neighborhood boys. The next minute a somebody—or so they say. Social life changed to exotic night clubs, fancy evening gowns and dates with the famous actors I used to read about. Who says fact isn’t more amazing than fiction?” Our only comment was that if such a phenomena could take place; if a very average girl with a drawl, freckles and the usual headaches about getting plump, could suddenly become Hollywood’s most ravishing and sought-after female, then anything was possible—then Du Barry was a lady, Aunt Minnie’s son could become President, and the Cin- derella story might be barred from public libraries. When we found Ann Sheridan, she was sitting at a small square table in a corner of Warner Brothers’ publicized Green Room, where the top-crust of that film factory de- posit food into their respective anatomies. We gaped at * > we all ary 5 CORES

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1 —— @D AND HERE ANN SHERIDAN TURNS THE TABLES AND GIVES AN OOMPH GIRL’S-EYE VIEW OF GEORGE BRENT, CESAR ROMERO AND THE WHOLE GLAMOROUS STAGLINE her copper-colored hair, gulped at her ivory-like cameo profile, listened to her exciting voice—and upon hearing the story she had to tell, immediately lost our cynicism and shed our disbelief. “Sure, I used to dream just like all the other girls about going out with famous men,’ Ann Sheridan confessed. “I always wondered what those movie fellows were really like. Today Iknow. I’ve met the boys. And so, if you don’t mind, instead of talking about Oomph or Texas or how I broke in or what I think of my future, I’m going to tell you how it feels to go out with the glamour boys.” Ann Sheridan straightened her white jacket with a tight tug, ignored a tall glass of iced tea, brushed away a napkin and two pieces of silverware, planted her elbows on the table and verbally let down her hair. “When George Brent asks to take me out, he comes over to the house at 8:30 in the evening. I’m usually dressed and ready to go. I hate to keep a fellow waiting—though I’ve been guilty of that. Why, the first time Cesar Romero called on me, I was forced to keep him sitting downstairs for three-quarters of an hour, while I took off my studio make- up. I don’t like to do that because I know it exasperates a fellow. “Having called for me, George Brent then takes me to dinner. Usually to one of the plain, intimate places like Harry’s Steak House. Then we make the rounds, go to several spots to dance and talk. I think George is so charmingly nonchalant. More serious than my usual date. However, he can get off the cleverest gags with an abso- lutely dead pan. “I’m not a very expensive date. I don’t know how much my escort spends on me, but when we go to a small place like the Zarape, a favorite of mine, and two other couples join us, well, I know the bill is never more than $15 for the six of us. And that’s not bad. “If I have to get up early for the studio the following morning, I don’t stay out late. My looks are part of my meal ticket, and the camera is very frank about how you appear the morning after. So, on work nights, I turn in before midnight. But on week-ends, I'll (Continued on page 85)

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NOPE, NO retirement plans,” Clark Gable told me after emerging with Claudette Colbert from a rickety dance hall on the set of “Boom Town.” “You're going back on your given words,’ I reminded him, after we were comfortably settled in his pine-paneled portable dressing-room at one end of the muddy “Boom Town” street. “Three years ago, you told me that you would retire at the expiration of your contract, which then had three years to go. You were decisive about it and documented your decision with facts and figures, whys and wherefores.” “I know,” said Clark. He removed his ten gallon hat, kicked off his rawhide boots, ran a hand over his some- what unshaven face and grinned. “You said,” I continued, “that by the end of the three years, you expected to have a life income of $10,000 a year and that if that wasn’t enough for any man and his wife to live on, it was too bad about them. You said you would ‘go back to the land’ and become in practise the farmer that you are at heart. “You said that you and Carole (you weren’t married then, of course, but you were planning to be) would travel and see the world. You said, in short, that you would do all the things you’ve always wanted to do, among which Carole and Clark hang their hats in a 9-room house on a 20-acre San Fernando Valley ranch. MODERN SCREEN

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being a movie actor was not included. You were very positive about all this and, I thought, very honest. I be- lieved you not because I wanted to, for a Gable-less Holly- wood is no Elysian field for anyone to contemplate. I be- lieved you simply because you never had said anything you didn’t mean.” “T believed myself,” said Clark. His eyes and voice were serious. I was surprised, because Clark is only serious about really important things. Otherwise, he sort of likes to kick the conversation around, get some laughs and give _ the matter the brush-off. “It was my full intention at the time,” he was saying, “to retire at the expiration of my contract. But I haven’t. I not only haven’t retired but I have signed a new contract. “I didn’t, however, sign the agreement until a few days before time. A year ago, as a matter of fact, the studio had a contract drawn up for me. It stipulated that, any time I wanted to quit for good, I could—provided that I didn’t work for any other company. That was okay by me. I was willing to sign that document. But when it came right down to it, the studio wouldn’t sign. They said—and reasonably enough—that they couldn’t subscribe to a contract like that, because they have to lay out a schedule for a star a year in advance. What if the gypsy By Gladys Hall CLARK PLANNED A 1940 RETIREMENT— BUT, THANKS TO MANY SURPRISES, HE’S CINCHED FOR ANOTHER LONG TERM in me should suddenly get the whip hand? Then where would their advance schedule be? “They wanted me to sign another straight, seven-year contract. I wouldn’t do that. We temporized. ‘Well,’ I said, ‘what kind of a contract can we make? I don’t want to work as I have been working, making four and five pictures a year.’ “We finally got together. The contract I signed states that for the first three years I am to make three pictures a year; I am to have two free weeks between pictures and twelve consecutive weeks’ vacation each year. For the two years after that, I am to make two pictures a year, have four weeks off between pictures and the twelve con- secutive weeks’ vacation. Then, for the next and final two years, I have an option which the studio doesn’t have: the option stipulates that I can work for M-G-M or I can retire. In other words if, at the end of the next five years, I decide that I don’t want to work, I can quit and no one can sue me. If, on the other hand, I do continue to work, I work for M-G-M and no one else.__. “That’s how it is and everyone is happy. But a lot of argument went over the dam before the foolscap was signed, sealed and put in the vault. “The studio’s first argument (Continued on page 75) 5-gaited "Sonny," Gable's favorite mount, goes coy as his owner chucks him under the chin. The Gables celebrate '’Paw's'' 7-year contract and "substantial raise'’ over his $4000 a week. 33

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A tranquil moment in the brief and stormy romance of Freya and Hans, the tragic young lovers around whom this tale of modern Ger- many revolves. Waiting for the cameras to be set up, Jimmy en- tertains the cast with a selection on the wine- glasses. They don't seem to recognize the tune! Frank Borzage and . Jimmy Stewart see the accomplished veteran, Maria Ouspenskaya, to the car that takes her to the commissary. — M-G-M PULLS NO PUNCHES IN “THE MORTAL STORM’—A HEARTBREAKING WE SAW it ourselves. The swastika flag of Nazidom flying over Hollywood! Mobs of Storm Troopers scrunch- ing their heavy boots into the yielding California soil. Hundreds of students shouting the glory of Adolf Hitler. It looked like a world gone mad. It wasn’t. It was just M-G-M brewing “The Mortal Storm.” Almost a year in the preparation, “The Mortal Storm” ~ is the picturization of Phyllis Bottome’s novel of the same name. With Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Robert Young in the leading roles, it relates the incredible story 34a of a family wrenched from a life of serenity by the bar- barism of the Hitler regime. To date, the screen’s boldest indictment of a contemporary government, “The Mortal Storm” is expected to earn the scathing damnations of the German press—and the precious coins of moviegoers who, for months, have been anticipating a story as fantastic as the burning of Rome. Though laid in a present-day setting, the picture was devilish to produce. It actually presented a greater head- ache to the Research Department than a 13th Century

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Old softie Bob Young had a hard time portray- ing the cold-blooded Storm Trooper. He's op- posed to everything the character stands for. Director Borzage can't be- lieve his eyes as he surveys this new Frank Morgan. The perennial madcap is cast this time as a perse- cuted scientist. Five assistant directors worked on the concentra- tion camp scene, and cast and crew were sustained through the long night of work with coffee. The be-swastika-ed Bob looks on with brotherly in- - terest as Borzage puts the final touches on his cinema sister, Peg Sullavan's, new Dutch-boy bob. LOVE STORY WITH HITLER’S NEW GERMANY AS ITS RESTLESS BACKGROUND drama! Libraries are chock-full of information about the from newspaper clippings, underground German periodi- 13th Century but even a single truth about the set-up of the Third Reich is as guarded as one of Uncle Sam’s gold bricks. No one said to the researchers, “Come, we want you to see our splendid, up-to-date concentration camps!” or “Sit down and let us tell you all about our gigantic book-burnings!” Der Fuehrer’s Ministry of Propaganda doesn’t do things that way. For months after they decided to make the picture, M-G-M, fact-hungry and desperate, tore its hair and pathetically culled scraps of information cals and a collection of eighteen censored photographs. These sources, unfortunately, didn’t yield sufficient in- formation to supply the background for a Pete Smith short—and the studio wanted an epic. Luckily, they had Dick Rosson. Rosson, an assistant director on the lot, was sent to Germany last year to photograph some atmospheric scenes for “Florian.” One day the authorities decided he and his camera were too snoopy and, appropriating his (Continued on page 88)

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THERE’S NOT A SINGLE FAIR- CRAWFORD’S FANS, FOR SHE’S ONE IDOL WHO DOESN'T HAVE CLAY FEET By Radie WEATHER FRIEND AMONG JOAN Harris 36 cream sodas in the world, surged a huge, milling mob. “What's the matter, has there been an accident?” was the ques- — i ~ tion on everyone’s tongue, as they tried to break through the lines. Suddenly the door opened and a slim feminine figure, glamor- ously cloaked in a scarlet military cape, emerged. Before she had taken a few steps, she was completely engulfed by the clamouring throng. Finally, two stalwart policemen came to her rescue and literally carried her to her waiting car. Disheveled and breath- less, she wilted in the back seat, but as she sped up the avenue q she turned a backward glance at the crowd still lingering on the | same sidewalk where “her” feet had touched. “TI know I’m in a zoo .but, oh, how I love it!” sighed Joan Crawford. It is this attitude that has made Joan Hollywood’s gift to the 3 autograph fans. Bette Davis may be the best actress—Ann Sheri- dan have the most “oomph”’—Claudette Colbert be the best dressed—Vivien Leigh, the most beautiful—but when the vote is 4 cast for -the popularity sweepstakes, it is Joan Crawford who is the unanimous choice. Her fan club is the largest and most efficiently organized in the world. When it was started, back in 1931, there were only eight — charter members. Sixteen-year-old Marion Domner of New York City was elected president. She still holds that position and it is © through her guidance, plus the personal cooperation of Joan, that — the club now embraces members from all over the world. The majority of them are between the ages of seventeen and eighteen, — and females predominate. The masculine. contingent comprises about thirty per cent. Official headquarters are in New York City, with no subsidiary branches.-This is at Joan’s own request as she prefers to give her undivided attention to one large group rather than scatter it over several smaller ones. And make no mistake about it, it is “her undivided attention” that she gives to the club named in her honor for, more than any other star in Hollywood, she believes implicitly — in the importance of fan mail. It is no press agent’s yarn that she personally attends to the thousands of letters she receives each week. Every club member has her West Los Angeles address, so that none of the mail is lost in the avalanche of studio delivery. With her secretary, she has worked out a highly systematized index file. Not only is the name, address and birthdate of each member catalogued, but also such pertinent items as marriage, babies, anniversaries, when last heard from, what the letter was about and how it was answered. When there is a request for a picture, that too is duly recorded by num- ber so that a duplicate of the same pose is never sent again. As a consequence of this comprehensive digest, Joan enjoys the same intimate knowledge of her “public” as they do of her. She wires them on their birthdays; plays godmother to their children (there are some 400 “Joan Crawfords” now populating the country); is the “Dorothy Dix” to all their personal problems and the fairy princess of all their dreams. Joan writes to President Domner every two weeks—friendly, chatty letters with all the news of her various studio and social activities. Miss Domner shares these personal treasures with the club members by printing them in “The Crawford News,” a twenty- four page magazine which is published six times a year. Through these pages each fan vicariously lives Joan’s life. Her friends— the Norman Fosters, George Murphys, Ray Millands, Cesar Romero, to name a few, are their friends. When she played an - unsympathetic role in “The Women,” they rooted for her success because they knew she had fought (Continued on page 73) : ra 2 fae - MODERD Se IN FRONT of a Fifth Avenue confection shop noted for the best ice q sel al pe easing ebels Bias Gilani

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SI AON PRD NA CRO OIRO RTRSY Tome mo Joan, inspiration ot thousands of chorines—from whose ranks she’s risen—visited Ear! Carroll's to meet pana Barrett, on her right, who's kept a scrapbook of her for ? years.

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HE-MEN O HORSEBACK ACTORS AND PRODUCERS VIE FOR POLO HONORS. SCORE 2-1, PRODUCERS’ FAVOR IN THE year 710, a scribe to the court of the Fifth Chinese Emperor of the T’ang Dynasty—by name, Shin Ch’uan- Chi—curled his yellow fingernails around a quilled pen and wrote as follows:— “Today, in the pear garden, his Imperial Majesty ordered all governnient officials to take part in a new sport called polo. Certain statesmen, being worn out and aged, were tumbled to the ground and remained there, to the amuse- ment of the Emperor, Empress and Court ladies.” That was the beginning, and 8000 miles and 2000 years away a team of Actors, sponsored by Ginger Rogers, and a team of Producers, sponsored by Joan Bennett, met on the 300-yard field of the Midwick Country Club. Here, in- stead of chortling royalty for an audience and hapless old men for players, were 5000 paid-up onlookers who came to watch Actors Tim Holt, Charles Farrell, “Big Boy” Williams and Paul Kelly, and Producers Walter Wanger, Frank Borzage, Aiden Roark and Steen Fletcher, come hurtling down the clipped, green turf in futile pursuit of a little, willow root ball. The game, arranged by Jean Hersholt, president of the Motion Picture Relief Fund, for the benefit of that or- ganization, presented the screwiest and possibly the worst polo ever seen in these parts. Umpired by old-timer Jack Holt, the players blundered along for chukker after chukker, roaring up and down the field to no avail and unintentionally crossing up members of their own team. In the fifth period of play, when the score was still tied at 0-0, Boris Karloff jumped to his feet. Rushing to the announcer’s stand, he grabbed the loud speaker by its throat and into it shouted the words that were in everyone’s mind. “The reason neither team has scored,” bawled he, “is that the Producers can’t, and the Actors don’t dare!” That did it. Picture people have pride and, as the last echo of Karloff’s jibe floated over the bonnets of the snickering spectators, Producer Wanger galloped forth. Walloping his mallet against the side of the ball, he sent it sailing between the goal posts to score the first point of the day! The crowd applauded, Miss Bennett beamed, and Mr. Wanger pinched himself to see if it was true! Eureka, it was! The ice was broken! The Actors scored the next point, the Producers topped that—and the fair ladies cheered! There was more fumbling, no more scor- ing, and the game ended with the Producers triumphant! 38 aa Loretta Young, who helped arrange the game, follows the little white ball with Director Frank Capra (left) and Writer Bob Riskin. Reggie Gardiner, with a wicked glint in his eye, looks as if a dime. were a pretty stitf price to pay for Frances Robinson's hot dog. Six cheers for the Actors! Front row: Walter Connolly, Jean Hersholt, Ralph Morgan. Back row: Otto Kruger, Boris Karloff, Ray Walburn.

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Paul Kelly revives "Big Boy” Williams who played so hard he knocked him- — self out. GR stands for Ginger Rogers. d ug Fairbanks making his first pub- Looks as if Mary Astor, who doesn't _ understand the game at all, has asked € appearance as a daddy, snags Lome shots to show Mom and Daphne. hubby just one question too many. Jean Hersholt presents the trophy to sponsor Joan Bennett, while Producers -Wanger, Borzage and Roark look on. Jackie Cooper escorted a non-protes- sional friend, Ursula McGowan. He_ doesn't miss a single sports event. ‘Forrest Tucker's lady for a day was ‘Ann Rutherford. He flew East the ‘next morning to join Helen Parrish. eeu Rubber-faced Mischa Auer returns to wifey after spending most of the af- ternoon at the mike making cracks. is ; ee a Roz Russell was on hand with John McLain, socialite, who kept playing rich man-poor man with her buttons. ‘A house divided: “Arthur Hornblow rooted like mad for the Producers, hile Myrna championed the Actors.

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WATCH OUT FOR FIREWORK THAT RED HAIR SHOULD GIVE YOU FAIR WARNING! OF TNT,SO DON'T MENTION BROGUES OR DIETS TO HER, UNLESS YOU'RE DYNAMITE-PROOF By Kirtley IT’S A little early for war babies—but Hollywood already has one, Her name is Maureen O’Hara, who has hair as red as a cannon flash, spirit like a battle flag and a mind as direct as a rifle bullet. The wake of the first World War ushered Wiaurecn into this vale of tears in Dublin, Ireland, and the second war made her a star in Hollywood, California, where the impact of her powdery personality has burst with the detonation of a bomb. Little fragments of the O’Hara bombshell are still whizzing around the place, I might add—little inde- pendent, fiery fragments. And if you would get in the way of any such devastating missiles, all you have to do is eall Maureen Charles Laughton’s “protege,” mention a Hollywood reducing diet, talk in a theatrical Irish brogue or tell her she’s pretty. In any of the above cases, “Little Mary,” which is what “Maureen” means, will bend her amber eyes on you and you will think you are being poked by twin bayonets. Her five foot, seven and a half inch frame will rise and rattle menacingly, and you will have to retire to your own per- sonal Maginot Line. That’s no way, I know, to introduce a new foreign glamour girl whom RKO has starred in her second picture and hopes now to build into box-office bait. But, as Maureen set me straight once, “I’m no glamour girl; I’m a backyard girl!” I’m afraid it’s the sad truth. In fact, if RKO had done a little undercover investigating into Maureen’s past, they would have discovered just what a spunky package they had on their hands They'd have found, for instance, that Maureen never wanted to be a girl in the first place, and kept snipping off her long coppery hair all through childhood hoping it would work the sex-transformation magic. That her con- fessed earliest ambition was “to rob an orchard.” ‘That when she was only three years old she sassed a squad of tough British soldiers hunting down Sinn Feins in Dublin, and got her family’s house thoroughly ransacked for her cockiness. That all through adolescence she banged and bruised herself around with the neighboring bucks in the Irish games of sporting mayhem called “camogue” and “hurley.” That she can still rattle off the goal percentages of her favorite big league soccer team in Erin, the Sham- rock Rovers. All of that tomboy stuff is no sign, of course, that Little Mary has short-changed herself in feminine charm. Any- one who has seen O’Hara in “Jamaica Inn,” “The Hunch- back of Notre Dame” or “Bill of Divorcement” knows she packs a punch in pulchritude that’s a heavenly haymaker. I will swear willingly, further, that in person, Maureen has even more than the camera reveals, including a flawless peach blossom skin, tumbling titian tresses and a figure that even a, Hollywood diet hasn’t completely wrecked. Although, as Maureen complained, “If they want me any thinner, there’s nothing left to do but get a saw and go to work on my bones!” The diet is just one way, incidentally, in which Holly- wood has complicated life for Little Mary O’Hara. She likes food, “any kind of food,” she sighed wistfully. On the boat coming over she tripped up the gangplank wear- ing a size twelve dress; when she ambled down she took a fourteen. RKO executives took one look, a couple of 40 declaration of independence. couldn’ t wait and be obliging about it!” mane a 18 rom Baskette screen tests, epet frowned. and laid ees the iow z a result Maureen has lost thirteen pounds and some of her good disposition. Maybe that’s why she is quick these days” with snappy comebacks on pet peeve subjects. soe One of those is the mushy Irish aura which theatrical : Hollywood insists on casting. around her red head. The old “Sure, and Begorra,” “Irish Eyes Are Smiling ” stuff gives her an acute case of the pip. Call her a “colleen” and you’re taking your life in your hands. I know. I men- tioned innocently enough that it was odd she didn’t speak — with a brogue. “What do you expect me to do,” retorted O’Hara, around with a potato in my Mag : The O’Hara potatoless bones were draped with shaggy Irish tweeds the day I saw her, in the small cottage up the hill from the Trocadero, where Maureen is camping with her young and beautiful “Mommy.” It wasn’t a particu- larly auspicious occasion. Maureen had just come in from a walk, swinging her square-set, athletic body, with a | scrappy little Irish terrier, one “Sionn McCuail” frisking _ about her low heels. Maureen's yellow eyes were flashing. 2 IT SEEMS she’d been hiking through the Holly woad a | hills on an afternoon constitutional when a car-load of cops rolled up and stopped her. Who was she, they wanted to know. And why was she walking alone? She’d hardly got through explaining when another police car came up. They gave her the third degree too. And a little farther 'on a third radio patrol honked her to a halt. || This time Maureen let loose on them, inferring she had — thought this was a free country. aS “This is a favorite lovers’ parking spot, lady,” explained the cops. “And there are lots of mashers. We're only | trying to protect you.” Sa “Protect me!” exploded Maureen. “And after I studied Re: jiu-jitsu for two years!” aes This non-protective, self-reliant complex is the major _ reason why Maureen O’Hara will bristle when you call her Charles Laughton’s protege. Laughton has, unques— tionably, helped in handing her some breaks, in England and in Hollywood too. All the connection amounts to, though, is that he thinks O’Hara has talent. He’s no Svengali to her Trilby, as the world believes. And the word “protege” infers Maureen is under his wing. Being under anyone’s wing, to an O’Hara, is a fate worse than © death. Maureen’s life has been one twenty-year-long I certainly wouldn’t advise that attitude for everyone—but in Maureen’s case I’ve a a it had a Jot to do with getting her where she is toda ; It w torical literally when she was born. The doctors prophesied Maureen would arrive on April eighteenth, back in 1920. At ten minutes to midnight, April seven- teenth, Maureen made her grand entrance. Her Irish | nurse glanced at the clock and sighed, “I guess she just ae Since then, Little Mary has gazed at life with a level, independent eye. She has faced her breaks with steady blood pressure. She has had temper gene: of tempera- ment. And she has done very well, than ; AS Of course, the luck of the Irish is traditional. But

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luck of the O’Haras (who aren’t O’Haras at all, but Fitz- simonses) is due in large part to a beautiful and extremely capable mater familias already known all cver Hollywood as “Mommy.” Maureen not only gets her fair face from Mommy but, I also suspect, a good part of her drive, her talent, her ambition—much of what the world acclaims today, in fact—except her rusty topknot. That Maureen and Mommy both attribute to unknown Irish gods. The fact, however, that there are four other acting Fitz- simonses of Mommy’s brood, all currently making names for themselves in Dublin, is proof enough for me that Mom- | my, who was an opera singer, and actress herself, is a solid || part of Maureen’s success secret. _ Maureen was just a tiny tot of four when she lisped, “I __ want to be an actress.” It didn’t surprise Mommy Fitz- simons one bit because, for one thing, everybody in Ire- land wants to act. It’s a sort of national weakness. For another thing, Mommy, as I said, had done her bit on the boards before marrying Charles Fitzsimons, a Dublin representative for a London hat firm. She was known as “Rita” then, instead of “Mommy,” and when she settled down to having six children, she had to have something to keep her busy, so she started designing hats and gowns and training mannequins. By the time Maureen, her second child, came along, Rita was a sort of Hattie Car- negie of Dublin. To this day she designs and makes all of Maureen’s creations for important occasions, like premieres and such. It was a cinch for Mommy, who knew all about how a girl should back in and out of (Continued on page 62) 41

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’ MR. MILLAN! Ray's been happily fared for ane. of the ten years he's. lived in America. A Welshman by birth — and an ex-member of the King's Guard, he's now a. U. S. citizen. DANIEL DAVID, Ray Milland’s son, upset a few plans by storming into life two months ahead of time. Ray had just finished “French Without Tears” and | Mal, his wife, urged him to take a vacation. “Ina little while I'll be very hard to get along with,” she insisted, “and you'll need all your strength to cope with my whims. You'd better take one now.” He left without misgivings. Had he known |} that his child was to inherit his own impetu- osity, he wouldn’t have stirred five steps from his wife’s side. He bore all the earmarks of that infernal but pleasant nuisance—the ho- vering husband. : He reached Sun Valley in the morning and skied all day. At nine that evening he was summoned to the phone by his wife’s doctor. “What on earth has happened?” “Nothing to worry about. Your wife’s here at the hospital, and the baby’s due soon. Everything’s all right. But you’d better get home.” “Yes, but what’s——” “I can’t explain now. Ive got to get back to her. Just take my word that there’s nothing to worry about.” He ordered a car and raced up to his room to throw his belong- ings together. His nerves were rigid, and his mind a whirling confusion, through which one thought ham- mered like a devil’s gong. There must have been an accident. Yesterday she was all right. What had happened? Why wouldn’t the doctor tell him? Nothing to worry about. That’s what they all said. Didn’t mean a thing. Must have been an accident. How could he find out? Images flashed through ‘his mind that he closed his eyes against. Accident, accident, accident. How could he find out? Mal’s mother. He’d call her. No, she was probably at the hospital. He’d call the house, anyway. Somebody’d be there, somebody’d tell him. » His mother-in-law’s calm voice answered the phone. “How’s Mal? What happened?” “Mal? Why, she’s all right. She’s having dinner with Joan Crawford this evening.” Milland groaned. “No, she’s not. She’s at the hospital. The doctor just phoned me. Get down there quick. I’m leaving right now.” As he told it later, with a kind of savage tenderness, “she'll go to such idiotic lengths to save people pain. She was in the ear, going home from the beauty shop, when she realized something was wrong. She phoned the doctor, who ordered her straight to the hospital, so she had the chauffeur drive her down. She didn’t let her mother or sister know. If she’d had her way, nobody would have known till the whole thing was over.” Meantime, Milland was speeding toward

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In “Untamed” with -Pat Morison, Ray plays a doctor, one of the few professions in which this former soldier, sailor, rancher and pistol expert hasn't dabbled. Boise. Too jittery to drive himself, he managed to communicate his mood to the chauffeur, with the result that they made two hundred miles through a blind- < ing snowstorm in three hours, and un- scathed. He caught the air express to Salt Lake. There, with a half hour to wait for the mail plane, he sprinted for the nearest telephone. He got the pores He Het oS poy room. He got the nurse. e pulse in his throat threatened to strangle him. BABY MILLAND HAS SOME “How’s Mrs. Milland?” oa ; “She’s fine. She’s doing swell.” ee poo? Beean draining back into his veins. ° “What—what have I got?” She laughed. “You haven’t got anything yet. BIG SHOES TO FILL, IF HE Wait.” There was a new note in her voice. “Wait just a minute, Mr. heer ie heard the ees of the instrument as she laid it down. He waited three minutes by his watch, but his watch lied. He waited HOPES TO MEASURE UP an eternity. Then he heard another sound—thin, high and dumbfounding. “That was your son’s first cry,” said the nurse. “Th-thanks,” murmured the flabbergasted father and TO THAT DAD OF HIS walked out in a daze. His son’s first cry and he’d heard it in Salt Lake City. It was his son who’d made that funny noise. His son—great Scott, he had a son! That fact was confirmed by his butler who opened the door to him at 7 A. M., by which time he was lightheaded and ready for a little solid confirmation. “Suh,” said the butler, é ‘T'd give a million dollars to be in (Continued on page 80) B Ve Iida Zeitlin

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& Fs; a i: & é ¢ ie | } BATHE FOR BEAUTY —AND FOLLOW THIS DAILY DESIGN FOR DAINTINESS IF YOU'D BE A SUMMER SUCCESS A FAMOUS European beauty specialist recently said that there are only two kinds of women in this world—well groomed women and neglected ones. This man, being wise as well as witty, added succinctly that a woman’s psychologi- cal attitudes are so important to her beauty that by changing her point of view she can actually change the texture of her skin—to say nothing of the health of her nervous system, the state of her digestion and similarly mysterious inside workings. We agree with the learned medico, for we’ve seen lots of evidence to bear him out. We agree, too, that a well groomed body is a total loss if the mind which governs it is not well groomed, clear visioned and intelligently perceptive. Charity toward others, optimism and a zest for living are about as important as any qualities we know of when it comes to the business of mental grooming. But let’s take our minds for granted momentarily and con- centrate on a design for summer daintiness. There’s a “be-kind-to-animals” week, cotton week, woolen week, safety week, flower week, apple week, old- home week, and even cranberry week; it seems high time somebody did something about a summer-beauty week! Goodness knows we all could use one along about now! Not that every week shouldn’t be beauty week—it should. In fact, that’s exactly why we have made a one week’s summer beauty schedule that will be simple, flexible and workable enough that practically any girl anywhere can take it and adapt it to her own individual needs. Then, once she’s tried it, she’ll be able to stick to it summer in and summer out— or, for that matter, all year round. The very best plan, we believe, is to distribute your grooming routine equally over six days of the week, leaving Sunday in which to either relax completely or to catch up loose ends unavoidably left over. We said unavoidably—no common garden variety or excuses will do. You've got to make up your mind in the beginning that you are going to stick to your beauty schedule come rain or shine, famine, Rich creams are summer necessities to counteract both wind and sunburn. strikes, high water or summer visitors. Otherwise you might just as well save your eyes and skip these pages. Resolution must be a part of your equipment, if you really want any benefits from what we’re about to set forth. Let’s start with Monday. Monday is an excellent day to, first, check up on your daily diet and, second, to get down to business regarding that little matter of regular exercising. Oh yes, whether you’ re thin or fat or beautifully streamlined, your daily diet is exceedingly important to your beauty. Conscientiously, now, if you’re too thin, are you eating enough proteins—meats, fish, eggs, cheese, milk, and perhaps ~ nuts, dried beans, peas and lentils? If you are too fat, are you counting your calories? Twelve hundred a day should be your total. Have you cut down enough on sugars, starches, rich sauces, gravies, pastries and heavy desserts and substi- tuted raw vegetables, citrus and other fruits, and lean meats? Three hundred calories at "breakfast, four hundred at luncheon and five hundred at dinner would be a sensible distribution—and no cheating between meals! IF YOU ARE just right in both weight and proportions, are you maintaining a diet that will keep you that way? Don’t take unfair advantage of your present good fortune. The old ounce of prevention is better than any cure. And whatever your figure status, are you drinking at least six glasses of water every day, one of these the first thing upon rising each morning? It may be prosaic, but food and — drink are what little girls are made of—big ones, too—and there’s no use closing your eyes and applying beauty com- presses if you’re neglecting the fundamentals upon which beauty is built 5 Are you absorbing enough sunshine to keep your body the smooth-running machine that it should and ean be? There would soon be no beautiful or healthy people in the © world if it weren’t for our sensible use of the free sun- shine. Are you getting enough sleep to keep your skin clear, your nerves relaxed and (Continued on page 70) _A cream del keeps arms and me wey looking thei

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The lovely Jean Parker knows that, after a hard day at the studio, nothing is quite so relaxing as a warm, luxurious bath with plenty of soap and aro- matic bath salts. BY CAROL CARTER Sod “a Here is Jean—cool, — Se crisp and dainty—ready :. . z f _ for an evening's frolic. 11) 3

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By Gracie Allen WHEN THE Surprise Party surprised me by nominating me for President I was so stunned I couldn’t talk. George took one look at me and ran to the telephone and I said, “Are you going to call the doctor?” and he said, “No, believe it or not, I am going to call Ripley.” At first I thought the campaign would be easy and nothing but fun and play, but there is a lot of work to be done in connection with a campaign. First, there was my platform that had to be put together and then fell apart before we could get a picture of it. And then people started asking questions like, “What are you going to do when you get to the White House?” and “How are you going to run the cabinet and the Senate and things?” All of this requires a great deal of thought, which I have been doing so much that George has the earache. Just to give you an idea, the cameraman followed me ona typical busy day at the house in Beverly Hills, which I am using until the White House is vacated and I can make arrangements with a furniture moving company. Len iiyave PRESS CONFERENCE: Lots of big office-holders get into trouble saying the wrong thing at press conferences. | don't believe in talking while press- ing ‘cause you get excited and burn things. 46 TLE LADY BELONGS IN THE WHITE HOUSE FISHING: It's my favorite sport, especially during the campaign, -but | usually fish in the backyard because the ocean is so far from the shore. And you don't have to dig bait, either. . CABINET MEETING: My cabinet will be a typical woman's cabinet, because if you let a man in your cabinet, he's always spilling the sugar or misplac- ing the nutmeg, filibustering at midnight. - MODERN SCREEN — NINE GOOD REASONS WHY THIS LIT- |

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FARM PROBLEM: That seems to bother all of the FIRESIDE CHATS: Yes, | believe I'll keep on giving candidates but me. | will just cross onions with those chummy fireside chats. It's sort of hot for a eople will not offend each other fire in Washington during the summer, but an gardenias and electric fan will help cool the fireplace. while talking about other problems. STATE DINNERS: | will give state dinners, but | NEWSPAPER COLUMN: Maybe I'll let George will not invite anyone because if | left someone out conduct my column, ‘Your Daily Dope.’ Some of he would feel hurt. This way, the dinners won't the things he writes don't make sense to me, but last long and | can listen to me on the radio. my typewriter spells awful when | work it. OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE: Sometimes | am ECONOMY PROGRAM: The Secretary of Labor so busy | have to dictate in the car. It seems kind has a lot of spare time on Saturdays and Sundays of silly to dictate into a hose but by doing this | and he might as well be serving his country. After dentt have to apologize for things | say. all, | can't take care of everything! | JULY, 1940 47

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JOKES ON HOPE WHERE THERE’S HOPE THERE’S INEVITABLY LIFE, AND, EVEN IN THESE GLUM TIMES, EVERY DAY IS PARTY DAY WITH THIS SELF-MADE FUNNYMAN AROUND BOB HOPE certainly wasn’t born a funnyman. And, un- like most great humorists, he wasn’t dropped on his dan- druff as a child, didn’t win prizes for bright sayings as a brat, and never in his youth was the life of the party. Moreover, he was born in London, of a people that have never seen the joke. Yet, he must have been destined for great comedy, for fame, and for becoming an antidote to man’s ills. Because, centuries earlier, another Englishman, that old grouch, Dr. Samuel Johnson, remarked: “Hope is the chief blessing of man:” And he is. Today, in a glum world filled with pangs of war and depression, Bob Hope is the medicine man who is selling that greatest of quick-action pills—laughter. Today, easy and natural, he walks into a room, up to a microphone, onto the screen, and homo sapiens guffaw. He opens his mouth and stolid, respectable citizens fling themselves into the aisles, convulsed with high hilarity. Who is this fellow, this dressy hangover of the medieval court jesters? Who is he? And why is he? And what about him? Well, you can’t be very dignified when you interview Bob Hope. It’s like sitting, asking questions, and for an- swers having someone brush your feet with a feather. You just keep giggling helplessly. That’s because, every time Bob Hope breathes, he exhales, not oxygen, but gags. His weekly radio show and his recent Paramount pictures, during the productions of which he ad libbed without mercy, all prove that Bob Hope knows his humor. Per- haps he wasn’t originally cut out to be a funnyman. Per- haps he doesn’t know how he ever became one. But this is certain—Hope knows Humor as Einstein knows Rela- tivity. “The secret of being funny or not being funny, the trick of telling a good joke, depends entirely on timing,” says Hope. “Of course, to begin with, you've got to have a joke that is shorn of whiskers. I'll tell you, the big trouble with the average life-of-the-party, the amateur wisecracker, is ay His love scenes with Pau- lette Goddard are too un- 5 : sophisticated for him. % XK TH WO 5 RRATAAS that he usually forgets certain important details of his joke, or sin of sins, hasn’t the ending clear in his mind. But mostly, he doesn’t know timing. And his joke falls flat. “T’'ve been in this game long enough to realize there’s no such thing as a new quip. There are certain basic gags like—‘Who was that lady I saw you with last night?’ and the answer, “That was no lady, that was my wife, from which a thousand jokes spring. It just takes a twist. To give you a classic idea—‘Who was that lady I saw you with last night?’ and the answer, ‘That was no lady, that was your wife!’ “The object is to make a quip sound fresh by giving it a new turn, or tying it up with modern slang or situations in the news. “For example, take the recent gag about the King of England putting on a diving suit to review his fleet. Now He was nothing but an old saw made new by the head- nes. “The main thing to watch out for, on radio or in the parlor, is going stale.” Bob Hope grimaced at the very thought of going stale. “What happens is this: My script writers and I will line up a series of gags in which I’m constantly insulted. Luck- ily, it goes over big. The audience is hysterical: The re- ception puts us in a rut. Since it got such easy laughs this week, we try the same thing in different verbal clothing next week and the week after, until it sounds like a needle stuck on a victrola record, and our employers howl, and we think moodily of applying for the WPA where humor is appreciated.” Incidentally, Hope didn’t think you could feed the public corny and obvious humor. He was positive radio, in every hamlet and village, had matured listeners and made them aware of good and bad jokes. In his study of rib-ticklers, Hope had collected a good variety of novelty giggle-provokers. (Cont’d on page 88) Bob's lovely ex-model wife, Dolores Read, is his severe _ but adoring critic.

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A GODDARD IN WOLF-GIRL’S CLOTHING HAS SUDDENLY SET AN UNSUSPECTING HOLLYWOOD ON ITS EAR "Despite appearances to the contrary," says Paulette, "my career is my whole life; not a trinket to wear on my wrist."

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pulew728 WASMARTINE HER RIVALS By George Benjamin WHEN Gary Cooper signed to do “North West Mounted Police,” Producer-Director Cecil B. De Mille told him, “There are three equally good male roles in the picture. You can have your choice.” So Gary took the script home, read it, mulled things over for a couple of days and came back with his answer. He guessed he would play the ranger from Texas, but he didn’t want anybody to tell him it was the best role in the picture. Gary drawled dryly, “I'd like to be able to play the wolf girl, Louvette.” De Mille, himself, thought enough of the role to consider Vivien Leigh for it. Louvette was a half- breed Searlett O’Hara, and he wanted an actress who could be dangerously feminine—dynamite in skirts; and she had to talk with a French-Indian accent. He didn’t think of Paulette Goddard as a possibility. ; But Paulette is the girl who is playing the role. And how did she get it? She used her head. She outsmarted everyone else. The picture was all set to go into production. Every role had been cast except Louvette. De Mille still hadn’t made up his mind about the girl to play the part. But he had decided which actresses to test, and he was testing them at the rate of two a day—one in the morning, another in the afternoon. This particular noon, as usual, he stopped in his office on the way from the test-stage to the com- missary. Only this noon, Bill Pine, his production assistant, seemed to be finding a confounded lot of things to ask him, keeping him from lunch. Impatiently, he was answering Bill’s questions when his secretary appeared in the doorway. “There’s a young lady outside to see you,” she said. “Who is it?” barked C. B., studying a paper Bill had just handed him. “She wouldn’t give any name. She said she wanted to surprise you.” “Tell her I can’t be surprised now. I’m going to lunch.” He looked up to glare toward the doorway to make the point emphatic—and gaped, instead. Peering around the edge of the open door was a brown-skinned vixen with unruly hair, an Indian feather dangling from the right side of her head. And, unless his eyes were tricking him, she was wearing the same dress he had seen, only fifteen minutes before, on the girl (Continued on page 83) Paulette's made a gad- about of recluse, Charlie Chaplin — Hollywood's - richest man—and his ‘sons (this is Charlie, Jr.) / adore her. When six artists agree on the most beautiful girl in the world, their decision — especially when it's Paulette—is worth noting.

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Fay Bainter forsakes her hubby for Those perennial lovebirds, the Stu a turn about the floor with Greg Erwins, have been married 8 years! Bautzer, who is doing no brooding We caught them one night when over his lost love, Lana Turner. they'd “snuk” out on their 2 kiddies. Here are the Doug Fairbankses on We've heard that aviators are a Livvie de Havilland consoles herself practically their last appearance at sleepy lot by night. Not so Wayne with Valleajo Gantner, the bathing Ciro’s before Daphne was_ born. Morris, who still takes Bubbles party- suit scion, while her heart, Jimmy Doug's thrilled that it’s a_ girl. ing in spite of his flying lessons. Stewart, works on “The Mortal Storm.” George Murphy holds Rog Pryor, Mrs. Marie Wilson is back to the Grinde It's the end of a perfect evening for Murphy and Ann Sothern spell- (Nick) and loving it. She looks very . George Raft and Norma Shearer as bound with one of his tall tales a cute after a hard day of testing for they leave Victor Hugo's in Norma's few days before he left for New York. the coveted part of ‘Tillie the Toiler.” car—a big 16-cylinder limousine. Her tip-tilted bonnet shields Diana Herbert Marshall, looking tan and Mischa Auer works all day and Lewis from the disillusioning knowl- terrific, cigarettes his bride, Lee plays all night. He and his big-as- edge that Bill Powell's catching forty Russell. Herb, Edna Best's ex, is a-minute wife haven't missed a winks in the midst of a swell story. working in ‘Foreign Correspondent.” night at Ciro’s since it opened. 52 MODERN SCREEN

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Al Hall has that ifyou-weren't-a-lady look, as Lucille Ball goes to work on his shrimp cocktail. She must be pretty darn sure of her ground! Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier were wined and dined before the opening of “Romeo and Juliet” and were jittery as a pair of amateurs. It looks like love for Irv Cummings Humph Bogart looks heckled while wifey, Mayo Methot, beams. She's just brow-beaten him into angel-ing her brand new infants’ wear shop. Agent Nat Wolf signals his bride, Edna Best, that he'll be right back (that old gag) as he borrows lovely Joan Bennett for a quick rhumba. The Allan Joneses were stunned to Bobby Stack is playing the field these days. Here he’s cutting off a yard or two of the old line for Laurie Lane, lovely ex-Mardi Gras queen. Dick and Joan Powell sing the and Nancy Kelly seen here on their near-elopement night, but ‘tis said her heart belongs to Ed O’Brien. learn their extra-special car has an identical twin. They drove it away from Ciro’s one night, by mistake. praises of marital bliss all day on the “I Want A Divorce” set, and look as though they really meant it, too. Mary Martin and playboy beau Bob Oliver wind up even their elegant evenings with a fudge sundae. Mary gets a yen for one mid-nightly. JULY, 1940 Fred Perry, the tennis star, looking anything but sad over wife Helen Vinson‘s divorce action, makes merry with Rosalind Russell at Ciro’s. Eleanor Powell and Merrill Pye, M-G-M art director, will middle-aisle it this summer. It will be his sec- ond marriage and Eleanor’s (first. 53

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LOOK TO YOUR LAURELS. CLARK! On the set of ‘Boom Town” Mickey Rooney dropped by for a visit with his idol, Clark Gable. Gable was doing a scene with Hedy Lamarr, in which the weeping actress threw herself down on a couch. Gable was sup- posed to come up to Hedy, pat her on the shoulder and tell her how much he loved her. The scene was just getting under way when Mickey arrived on the set, and Gable motioned to him to take his place. Imagine Hedy’s surprise when she heard Mickey’s voice, quavering from sheer nerves, saying "T love you.” She turned quickly’ and burst into laughter, while Mickey blushed to the roots of his blonde hair. “That's all right, Mickey,’ said Hedy. “You sound a lot more convincing than Clark.” _ LADY BOUNTIFUL Looks like wedding bells for Nick Grinde and Marie Wilson, who've been consulting architects ever since Marie’s return to Holly- wood. According to Nick, he’s a little hesi- tant about giving Marie a house, for fear he might return from work some evening and find that she had given it away. Marie has the habit of bestowing her possessions— whether cocker spaniel puppies or star sap- phire rings—on anyone who happens to admire them. But Grinde’s decided that a good hefty. mortgage on the place might nail down his home sweet home! LUCK OF THE IRISH! Nancy Kelly’s almost-elopement didn't cause much excitement around town, for those in the know claim that her real heart interest is, and always will be, Edmond O’Brien. Looks as if they're right, for she no longer sees her would-be fiancé, Irving Cummings, Jr., and the long-distance calls with Edmond, 54 who's on tour with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, are something for the telephone company to rejoice over. BARN WITH A VIEW Bette Davis is planning a short visit to Hono- lulu on completion of “All This, and Heaven Too.’ But the dreamy look in her eyes is not due to contemplation of Waikiki Beach but of Sugar Hill, the place she’s recently purchased in New Hampshire. As soon as the elderly barn on the place is rejuvenated, Bette will hie herself east for a real vaca- tion. She’s chosen the barn in preference to the house, because its view is beautiful enough to compensate for its other draw- backs. ‘Then I’m just going to sit and look for a few months,” claims Bette. HOP SCOTCH Claudette Colbert received a royal welcome when she reported for work at Metro. The ted carpet was unrolled at the door, and Norma Shearer gave over her dressing-room ifor the visiting star's use. Miss Colbert was duly appreciative of Norma’s thoughtfulness, but admitted that she was pretty uncomfort- able for the first few days. It seems that she felt she should remove her shoes at the door before stepping on the white carpets. Finally Claudette solved this diffi- culty by bringing some scatter-rugs from home and playing Eliza-on-the-ice-cakes whenever she walked around the apartment. GINGER’S AFFAIRS Looks like the real thing between Ginger Rogers and Howard Hughes, for the star wears a magnificent square-cut diamond whenever she appears with him in night spots. Furthermore, her divorce from Lew Ayres was all Ginger’s idea; according to By Lois Svensrud bbe at ~ Sts: aa oe ORS He eee ‘ : his intimates, Lew was trying to effect a reconciliation right up to the last minute. DARK VICTORY It would seem that Ginger’s permanently discarding her blonde locks along with her dancing shoes, In her next picture, “Lucky Partners,’ she‘l\ have raven tresses. In fact she has announced that, from now on, she'll shun the peroxide bottle both on and off the screen. The only \actress in town who's tak- ing. up the blonde {cause is Frances Langford. After two years without making a picture, Frances decided that something drastic should be done to alter her looks. She em- erged from the beauty parlor the next day with a reddish gold coiffure and one hun- dred per cent more confidence. A week later, just to prove that blondes aren't through, Frances landed a picture contract at RKO. RECONCILIATION? Friends of Martha Raye and Dave Rose are busy these days trying to effect a reconcilia- tion between the two. Martha admits that there’s no one else she’s interested in, and Dave has convinced everyone but Martha that he’s still in love. Just another case of two careers in a family being one too many. - But bets are going strong that before the divorce becomes final, Martha will decide to become just plain Mrs. Dave Rose and forget that ‘Moutha” Raye ever existed. NO MORE ACTORS No hopes are held out, however, for the Tony Martins settling for domesticity. Though Alice Faye and Tony had several meetings on his recent trip to the Coast, the only thing they settled was a property arrangement. Neither is looking forward to another mar- tiage, though Alice says that, should love MODERN SCREEN)

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. come into her life again, she hopes it won't be accompanied by on actor. TURNABOUT After years of being a golf-widow, Dixie Lee Crosby suddenly turned the tables on Bing. She took to the fairways with a vengeanc and has shown such remarkable progress) in the game that she’s now tournamentinc all around the country-side. While Dixie} having the time of her life at Palm Spring and Del Monte, Bing is mamma, papa ar crooner to the four young Crosbys. i FANS’ DELIGHT Maureen O'Hara is the fans’ delight. } crowd of autograph-seekers is too large her to accommodate with her signature c after scribbling away for a half-hour or ‘she will look up and say disappointedly, ’ more autographs wanted?” The reason feels this way, says Maureen, is tha some time when she attended previe iw, Hollywood, she was never asked ‘for , autograph. “I'd go up to the theatr’e sp ing graciously,” Maureen laughs, .”“aind hoy ing against hope that someone—anyonc would think I looked like an actress an, want my autograph. If I live to ke ninety I'll never get over the thrill of finally having an autograph book held out to me!” JANE DWELLS IN MARBLE HALLS How would you like to have a pink marble apartment presented to you on your birth- day? And a soda fountain? Jane Withers was the recipient of just these things when she recently checked off her fourteenth birth- day. The apartment is built on the second floor of her parents’ home and the soda fountain holds the place of honor in the ‘Tumpus-room. When George Ernest, Jane's AN EAR TO THE GROUND AND AN EYE ON THE STARS — IMPOSSIBLE FEAT? romantic interest No. 1, called to inspect the place, his eyes poppe~ ~~’ tt_g#the splen- dor. “Oh, it’s rec “said his hostess; ttyino—~ ~ bit mo K ad te Glam oe pee” Laurence Olivier has never bothered to find out the language of the flowers, for Vivien Leigh, the girl of his dreams, would far rather have a gift of caramels or chocolate-dipped cherries when he comes a-courting. On the set, she always has a box of candy at her elbow, and generally there’s one tucked under her arm when she shows up for a preview. A nibble on a chocolate now and then is an excellent pepper-upper according to Vivien, who never gains an ounce, and NOT FOR OUR SNOOPING, SCOOPING HOLLYWOOD REPORTER! glamour, in her opinion, is nothing more nor less than pep. There’s an_ easy-to-take recjpe, girls! ie BAROMETER George Brent-Ann Sheridan romance is ‘ the shelf and really going strong again. je Annie is definitely on top now, and re are those around town who say that 442 voltage of Mr. Brent's ardor can always } gauged by the career status of the object Yhis affections. | [AN IN A MILLION tom a saleslady in the millinery department jf I. Magnin’s, we learned that Clark Gable ccompanies his wife on shopping tours. But he isn't much help in selecting hats for (Miss Lombard,” she explained. “Mr. Gable /doesn't even look at the hats I put on her ‘head. He just looks at his wife and says, ‘Beautiful, just beautiful.’ THE ACID TEST Whether it’s “luff” on Miss Garbo’s part, we don't know. But there’s no doubt about how Dr. Gaylord Hauser feels toward Greta—not after watching, them lunch the other day at the Villa Nova, famous Italian restaurant on Sunset Boulevard. The fresh vegetable fad- dist stuck to his guns and ate barely a bite of the Villa’s renowned spaghetti. Instead, with a beatific expression on his face, he watched Greta, whom he’s been dieting for months and months, consume literally yards of pure, unadulterated starch. ROONEY HOLDS HIS OWN Mickey Rooney was being ribbed by his pals on the lot the other day. “You sure get the girls in a marrying mood, Mickey,” said one 55

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of them. ‘Only they marry someone else!” “If you have reference to the fact that I used to date both Diane Lewis and Lois Andrews,” said Mickey with dignity, “kindly bear in mind that it took men with forty years more experience with women to outsmart me." UNDERSTATEMENT Jimmy Stewart may appear very smitten with the charms of Olivia de Havilland, but he hasn’t forgotten Marlene Dietrich. When he was called to the studio the other day to discuss a forthcoming, picture, the producer confided to him, ‘We may be able to get la Dietrich for this, too.’ “Not Ja Dietrich,” corrected Jimmy, “but Ooolala Dietrich!” TRULY A WONDER-BOY ' Jack Benny and Orson Welles are seen together at the Brown Derby so often that the rumor got around the two were discussing making a picture together. Benny nipped this idea in the bud, however, when a friend broached the subject to him. ‘Orson and I discussing business?” he laughed. ‘Why, all we get together for is to eat. We have a mutual admiration for each other's appetite. cinates me. Last time we met, for instance, he got away with a quart of milk, three extra-size steaks, four baked potatoes and four pieces of apple pie at one sitting. When we got up to leave the Derby I said, “Where to, Orsie?’ And he said, ‘To get something to eat, of course.’ So we went over to Sardi’s and had cake & la mode and several cups of coffee. You can see for yourself,’ said Jack, ‘that we haven't a minute to discuss business.” i BUT IS IT WORTH IT? There’s a concoction which Orson imbibes before every broadcast which might interest would-be radio stars. According to Mr. W. it keeps his vocal chords in trim and he wouldn’t dream of going on the air without it. Recipe for this potion is as follows: Take a half cup of cold coffee, add tomato juice and grape juice, season with salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce. You might try it, just °~ whether or not you're a genius. CHORE-GIRL a \ Hedy Lamarr was late for work the other moi the director for an explanation of her tard} her morning chores held her up. The “chc Hedy’s morning duty of collecting the eggs \ Orson just fas-. = —S Oe 4 and stamping them with the name of the Markey estate—now known | It's a fact, | as “Hedgegrow’—before sending them off to market. Mr. Ripley! | SAFETY IN NUMBERS | The title of Young-man-abouttown is the undisputed right of Freddie Bartholomew these days. Though he’s been dating several of the {| girls in the younger set, Freddie hasn't forgotten his former flame, | Judy Garland, and always buys flowers for his dates at Judy’s shop. — { The other day Judy happened to drop in just as Freddie was winding | up @ purchase of two .corsages of gardenias. “Hmmm, hmmmed Judy, unashamedly taking a good look at the attached names, “Gloria and Peggy—who mighi they be?” Freddie was pretty flustered and muttered something about a “couple of girls I’m taking to a premiere,” but Judy refused to be put off and proceeded to pin him down. “Well, | if you must know,” said Freddie, “their last name is Lloyd.’’ Then he added with an attempt at nonchalance, “Just Harold Lloyd's kids, you know.” STREAMLINED WARDROBE | Remember the days when a certain radio star was known as Bob Brummell Burns? Well, those days are gone forever. Bob Burns has become so interested in his back-to-the-soil movement at his Canoga ranch that he hasn't bought so much as a new tie for months. Bing Crosby asked him if he didn’t intend getting a new summer suit. "Heck, no,” drawled Bob. “I'm not buying any summer suit. All a smart guy needs is one suit and brains enough to take off the vest when the weather gets warm, and to shed the coat when the weather starts sizzling.” eS GOOD GUY Miriam Hopkins is now a member of the "Good Guy" club at Columbia broadcasting studio. The membership list is limited to those stars. | who have filled in at the last moment on a radio broadcast. Miriam won her spurs when Paulette Goddard took that tumble off her “tor scooter and was unable to appear for a scheduled airshow. j “=anday broadcast, and the blonde star was finally located, \| sturday night dining and dancing at Ciro’s. When Paulette’s place, Miriam accepted the job on the 7 went home to study her role. After the per- | thanked Miss Hopkins and said, ‘And here eing temperamental!" “Well,” said the star | ardly time for temperament!” i SNe TEMPLE HIRLEY MODERN SCREEN _ fae LE or OR eee

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BING MUST BE COLOR-BLIND The first party given by Andrea Leeds and Bob Howard in their new home was a gala affair. The guests of honor were Bob’s brother Lin and his bride, Judith Barrett, but Bing Crosby stole the spotlight. Even competing with the fanciest furbelows worn by the who’s who of town, his costume was in a class by itself. The Crosby outfit con- sisted of a pale blue slack suit with light violet skirt and matching hanky. He was completely unconscious of his sartorial splendor and had the time of his life. A RABID LEWIS FAN Those newlyweds, William Powell and Diana Lewis, are having a time for themselves with week-end jaunts to fashionable Arrowhead Springs and other resorts around the countryside. Diana’s a great— and accomplished—badminton fan and to date has taken the honors from all her competitors wherever the Powells have stopped long enough for a game. Mr. P. doesn't play, just beams from the side- lines and cheers the little woman on. In fact, he’s cheering Diana on in every way, her career included. After the preview of her latest picture, when the fans descended on her, Bill stood by looking as though he’d swallowed a canary. FORCE OF HABIT Greer Garson says that "Pride and Prejudice,” her current picture, has meant a lot to her. It has given her a chance at a role which she really liked and enabled her to become acquainted with lots of interesting people. But the picture is also responsible for one of her most embarrassing moments. She attended a party one evening after the picture had been in production for several weeks. The quests were all assembled and primed for Greer’s grand entrance. They were naturally electrified to watch her ease into the room sideways! Greer had been unconsciously turning sideways for so many weeks to get her voluminous “Pride and Prejudice” costumes through door- ways that it had become second nature! that I would invest exactly two more dollars in the ranch—and that for a ‘For Sale’ sign!” BOUDOIR SCENE Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy had a strange summons from the wardrobe department the other day. They were asked to appear for a fitting at ten o'clock one morning—but a fitting for long under- wear! Yep, in “Boom Town” you'll see both stars romping around in this intimate apparel. WHAT-NEXT DEPARTMENT After brooding for a long time over her shorn finger-nails, necessitated by her role in ‘North West Mounted Police,’ Paulette Goddard evolved the scheme of having four sets of artificial nails made up. Along with her evening clothes, Paulette’s maid now lays out her mistress’ choice of finger-tips for the evening—agate, red spangle, sequin or telecast red. BUSMAN’S HOLIDAY Laraine Day is so in earnest about her career that her leisure time is spent making movies on her own. With a gang of her Long Beach friends, she’s just finished producing a picture that is soon to be pre- viewed—strictly for the gang—at their ‘Community Playhouse.'’ The theatre’ was formerly a Long Beach garage. ‘Strictly an Icky’ will have a gala premiere, however, with a sand-box out in front for foot- prints and a cameraman ready with a Brownie. HAIR-RAISING SPECTACLE The other day on the set of “North West Mounted Police,’’ the cast and crew watched with baited breath the strange spectacle of Cecil B. De Mille’s having the few hairs on his bald head tweaked by a woman visitor. Mr. De Mille looked as if he felt a little silly, but didn't show any signs of blowing up. The tweaker, it developed, was none other than Elsie Janis, who is a very old friend of his. THE GOOD EARTH? Guy Kibbee and his family have moved back into town after that valiant effort to “go back to the land” via a San-=Fernando Valley Ranch. “The idea was swell, but the upkeep was terrific,” Guy told his pals at the studio. “One night I sat jdown and figured out that every tomato cost us $1.79; each ear of corn, approximately $2.00 and string beans, exactly 27c a bean. I figured right then and there - BLUE TIMES FOR SONJA Sonja Henie slipped out of Hollywood the day following her arrival from Honolulu. She spent: several weeks at a quiet cabin on the shores of Lake Arrowhead before reporting for work at the studio. One reason for her seclusion was her recent illness; the other, her concern for her beloved Norway. (Continued on page 67)

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She was without a particle of make-up and was wearing a tailored beige dress, a dusty pink “‘hide-away' hat and her customary low-heeled shoes. Garbo, the recluse, leaves Ciro’s with Andre Embiricos, a shipping executive from Greece, after din- ing with.Mrs. Harrison Williams, Dr. Gaylord Hauser, background, and his publisher, Frey Brown, lett. Sitting beside Mrs. Williams, one of They drive off discussing their sky's- the world's ten best-dressed women, the-limit evening. Dinner lasted four Greta tried to hide, exposing Hauser's hours, involved two bottles of cham- diamond ring on her fourth finger. pagne and ran up a bill of $75. 58 MODERN SCREEN

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This season, Society is wel- coming Miss Straight to her native America, where she is currently appearing in theatrical productions. Miss Beatrice Straight is a granddaughter of the late William C. Whitney, famous financier and diplomat. At the family’s 14th-century castle, Dartington Hall, in Devon- shire, England, was originated the drama group which is her consuming interest. Miss Betty Allen recently got a job teaching in an experimen- tal school at New City, N. Y. Her work with her 9 tiny pupils includes outdoor play, paint- ing, modeling, dancing and a smattering of the “3 R’s.” In some of her free time, Miss Allen writes children’s stories. eH PES S 6 oe CSR SRL ESSE PNSES pc _ —but EACH GUARDS HER OVELY COMPLEXIO eee of school. She adores dancing, HE VERY SAME WA a ae Ne “Perfect for my skin’’ QUESTION TO MISS STRAIGHT: Miss Styaight, is the English complexion really as radiant and lovely as we hear that it is? ANSWER; ‘“‘Yes—a good English complexion is lovely ... just as lovely as a good American complexion! I think the charm of a girl’s skin depends more on the care she gives it than where she lives. So whether I’m in England, America or in a far corner of the world—I always use Pond’s 2 Creams. They’re perfect for my skin.” QUESTION: Your complexion shows that, Miss Straight—but just how do you use your Pond’s Creams? R: “Every night, every iz and always before make- up, I cleanse my face with Pond’s Cold Cfeam. These regular cleans- ings help keep my skin soft and supple, |too. To smooth my skin for subtle, fattering make-up, I use Pond’s Wanishing Cream. I adore Pond’s Vanishing Cream—it’s not a bit greasy ... and so fragrant and fluffy|’” seems to have the “‘advan- > tage”’ at tennis! Smooths in a minute’’ QUESTION TO MISS ALLEN: Doesn’t managing a lively group of youngsters keep a young teacher right up on her toes, Miss Allen? ANSWER: ‘‘It surely does—and in more ways than one! My classroom ‘public’ is very observing and brutally frank. That’s one reason why I’m so particular about my complexion. I use both Pond’s Creams every day. No matter how busy I am—or how tired—I always cleanse and soften my skin with Pond’s Cold Cream before going to bed at night, first thing in the morning, and often at noon, too. This care seems to give my skin just the fresh, soft look I want.”’ QUESTION: What do you do when sun and wind roughen and chap : your skin? , f sin sg ANSWER: ‘“‘That’s easy! Little roughnesses are smoothed away in a minute with Pond’s Vanishing Cream. Just a light film of it and presto! My skin feels marvelous and has the ideal base for soft, faithful make-up.”’ SEND FOR - POND’S, Dept. 9MS-CVG, Clinton, Conn. IAL Rush special tube of Pond’s Cold Cream, TR enough for 9 treatments, with generous BEAUTY KIT samples of Pond’s Vanishing Cream, Pond’s : Liquefying Cream (quicker-melting cleansing cream), and 5 different shades of Pond’s Face Powder. I enclose 10¢ to cover postage and packing. Name Street City. x State. Copyright, 1940, Pond’s Extract Company

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millions more kisses for maids of America new lipstick Such heavenly beauty, such glamour and allure your lips have never had before. Now your lips can have that soft and silken dewy texture that makes fashionable debutantes so desirable and kissable. For here is Chiffon Lipstick, a new lipstick of incredible smoothness and scented with a costly perfume especially selected for its lure. Ask for Chiffon Lipstick, 10¢, today at your favorite 5-and-10 store—your choice of these four extremely smart new shades: Chiffon Red—light, vi- True Red — fiery, bril- brant, the shade favored liant, alluring. An excit- b m fam us m d 1s ing invitation to manly y many ous models. een! Medium—a clear, burn- Raspberry — smolders ing red. Makes almost with defiance. A mag- netic red, excellent for ‘ brunettes, a fashion compelling. shade for all. Chiffon Powder 10¢ The finest-textured shine-proof powder; clings for hours, never cakes or clogs the pores; in seven of fashion’s smart- est shades: every complexion more Brunette Natural Dark Tan Rose Petal Rose Beige Beige Rachel Chiffon All-Purpose Cream 10¢ A new, entirely different cream, the only cream you need apply for cleaning, to help clarify and soften the skin. You'll be thrilled with the silken dewy texture it lends to your face. the loveliest thing in make-up 60 MOVIE SCOREBOARD (200 pictures rated this month) Turn to our valuable Scoreboard when you're in doubt about what movie to see. The “general rating” is the average rating of our critic and the authoritative newspaper critics all over the country. 4 means very good; 3%k, good; 27, fair: lyk, poor. C denotes that the picture is recommended for children as well as adults. Asterisk shows that only Modern Screen rating is given on film not yet reviewed by news- papers as we go to press. Picture General i General Rating Picture Rating Abe Lincoln in Illinois (RKO)..........----++ 4* Midnight (Paramount)............. poddoboobeS 3 Adventure in Diamonds (Paramount)........- l* Mikado, The (Universal)..... GHoOdanpnGouons 6 C 3x Amazing Mr. Williams, The (Columbia)........ 3k Millionaire Playboy (RKO)................... lk And One Was Beautiful (M-G-M).........-.. Wak Miracles For Sale (M-G-M).................- Wk Another Thin Man (M-G-M).......-.---+-++ 3% Missing Evidence (Universal).................- 3 Balalaika (M-G-M)......--.-++0+-+es sees eee 3% Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Columbia)...... 4* Barricade (20th Century-Fox).............+.- . 3* Music in My Heart (Columbia)................ lk Big Guy, The (Universal) ................-.-- Wak My Little Chickadee (Universal)...°........... Wh Black Friday (Universal)..........-.+++-+---+5 Qk Nick Carter, Master Detective (M-G-M)...... 3 *Bill of Divorcement, A (RKO).......-.------- 3% Night of Nights, The (Paramount).............. Wha Blondie on a Budget (Columbia).............. LQ Ninotchka (M-G-M) a uieuibuecale, cle croie ernie eet 4* Blue Bird, The (20th Century-Fox)........... C 3x No Place To Go (Warners)..........-.-e-eeee- le Broadway Melody of 1940 (M-G-M)........ 3 Northwest Passage (M-G-M)...............--- 4k Brother Rat and a Baby (Warners).........-.-- lk Nurse Edith Cavell (RKO)..................-. 4* Buck Benny Rides Again (Paramount).....-...- ELS d OF Mice and Men (United Artists)............ A* Calling Philo Vance (Warners)..........-+---- Wak Oklahoma Frontier (Universal)................- lk Castle on the Hudson (Warners)..........----+- Vok Oklahoma Kid, The (Warners)............---- 3* Cat and the Canary, The (Paramount).......... 3A *® Old Maid, The (Warners)..............---00- 4k Charlie Chan in Panama (20th Century-Fox).... 2% On Dress Parade (Warners).............--. C lk Charlie McCarthy, Detective (Universal)........ 3 One Hour to Live (Universal)................. Qk Chasing Trouble (Monogram)..........--++++0- Qk One Million B.C. (United Artists)............- 3% Child Is Born, A (Warners)........22--2+++000s 3% $1,000 a Touchdown (Paramount)............. Q*& Chump at Oxford, A (United Artists).........- Wk On Your Toes (Warnets)........2.02200eeeeee Doe Cisco Kid and the Lady, The (20th Century-Fox) 2% Our Leading Citizen (Paramount).............. WM * Congo Maisie (M-G-M)...........--seeeeees 3 Our Neighbors—The Carters (Paramount)........ Wok Courageous Dr. Christian, The (RKO)........... Qi Outside 3-Mile Limit (Columbia).............. Dok Cowboy From Texas (Republic)............... Qe Pack Up Your Troubles (20th Century-Fox)...... 2, GurtainiGalli((RKO) sc seces orecieeeceenenne Wak Parole Fixer (Paramount).................--- Wak *Dark Command (Republic)................-. Mlk Rinocchioms(RK©) Sec eeeeee eee eneeeeeee G4 Daytime Wife (20th Century-Fox).............. 3 Pioneers of the Frontier (Columbia)............. Destry Rides Again (Universal)............-.+. 3 Pride of the Blue Grass (Warners)............-- Disputed Passage (Paramount). 3% Primrose Path, The (RKO)...............-.+--- Double Alibi (Universal). . Wa* Quick Millions (20th Century-Fox).......... Dr. Cyclops (Paramount).......... 3* Raffles (United Arrtists)............cceeeeeeeee Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet (Warners) Bik Rains Came, The (20th Century-Fox)...........-. Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case (M-G-M)........... Vo k Range War (Paramount)................0.000- Drums Along the Mohawk (20th Century-Fox)... 3%* Real Glory, The (United Artists).............-- Earl of Chicago, The (M-G-M)... . 4X Rebecca (United Artists).... Elizabeth and Essex (Warners). 4* Remember? (M-G-M) Emergency Squad (Paramount). . Mh. Remember the Night (Paramount)............-. Eternally Yours (United Artists)................ Wk Rio (Universal).............+-e00- Everything Happens at Night (20th Century-Fox)... 3%* Road to Singapore, The (Paramount). Farmer's Daughter, The (Paramount). Wak Roaring Twenties, The (Warners). Fighting 69th, The (Warners)..... 3 Rulers of the Sea (Paramount). First Love (Universal)............. A . 3* Sabotage (Republic) Five Little Peppers at Home (Columbia C2 k *Safari (Paramount) *Florian (M-G-M)........ pa0000n000U oo 6 Se Saint’s Double Trouble, The (RKO) Flying Deuces (RKO).... l* Santa Fe Marshal (Paramount). - . Forty Little Mothers (M-G-M) Wk *Saturday’s Children (Warners)... .- Four Wives (Warners)....... . 3* Secret of Dr. Kildare, The (M-G-M). 3% Free, Blonde and 21 (20th Century-Fox lk Seventeen (Paramount)............ * French Without Tears (Paramount)... UK Shooting High (20th Century-Fox). * Geronimo (Paramount)........... - 3* Shop Around the Corner, The (M-G-M * Gone With the Wind (M-G-M)... - 4* Sidewalks of London (Paramount Release). * Grapes of Wrath, The (20th Century-Fox) 4* Slightly Honorable (United Artists)....... * Great Victor Herbert, The (Paramount). . 3% Smashing the Money Ring (Warners) *x Green Hell (Universal)................- o000,. SIF Spirit of Culver, The (Universal)..... * Gulliver's Travels (Paramount)...........+-++ C 3% Stanley and Livingstone (20th Century-Fox). * He Married His Wife, (20th Century-Fox)...... lk Star Maker, The (Paramount) * High School (20th Century-Fox)............. Ginsix. Strange Cargo (M-G-M).........2-2-eeeeeeeee * His Girl Friday (Columbia).................5- 3 Stronger Than Desire (M-G-M)..............-- * Honeymoon Deferred (Universal).............. WMhk Swanee River (20th Century-Fox).............-. * House Across the Bay, The (United Artists)..... Qe Swiss Family Robinson (RKO)............... 3 Housekeeper's Daughter, The (United Artists).... 2* Television Spy (Paramount).............+----. 2* House of Seven Gables (Universal)..........-. Wok That's Right, You're Wrong (RKO).......... CE Si ss Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (RKO)......-. 3k These Glamour Girls (M-G-M).............-. QDa* Intermezzo, A Love Story (United Artists)...... 3 They Shall Have Music (United Artists)....... C3A* Invisible Man Returns, The (Universal).......... Qk Three Cheers for the Irish (Warners)............ 3 Invisible Stripes (Warners).......-..+eesseeeeee lQ& Three Smart Girls Grow Up (Universal)....... C 3x *lranen(RKO) s-ieioioeeeiceleteieleiiteiciettee rt . 3* Three |Sonsi( RKO) sa see ee lenin atacrnarcrereierenietees - 3* Isle of Destiny (RKO)............eeceeceevee Qk ‘Til We Meet Again (Warners)...........+---- 3 | Take This Woman (M-G-M).........-+--+55 Qi Too Busy to Work (20th Century-Fox)....... C Wk It All Came True (Warners)........-....eseeee Wak Too Many Husbands (Columbia)............. 3% It's a Date (Universal)..........502eceeeceeeee Bow Torchy Plays With Dynamite (Warners)......... Wh* Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (M-G-M) 2* Tower of London (Universal)............-.--++s Qe Johnny Apollo (20th Century-Fox)............. 3* Tropic Fury (Universal)...........0sseeeeeuves Q2*& Judge Hardy and Son (M-G-M)............. C 3x 20,000 Men a Year (20th Century-Fox)......... 3 Kid Nightingale (Warners)...........---+---0s lk Two Bright Boys (Universal)..............+++-- l* Light That Failed, The (Paramount)............ 3 Two Girls on Broadway (M-G-M)............-. 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The new champion waved me aside. “A speech? Nothing doing! I’m just a tennis player.”. ..° Wait!” I ask. “You’ve won the tennis cup, now you’ve got to tell them how you did it. Here—settle yourself with a stick of Beeman’s. The flavor’s great and that tang—”’ “Vou win!” says the champ. “Gotta hand it to Beeman’s—it’s got what it takes. A fresh taste that’s doubly re- freshing. A dash and tang. A flavor that’s too good to last—yet does.” He laughed. “Sure I’ll make a speech! It’ll be good, too—if you'll just keep that package of Beeman’s on tap!” ZEMANS AIDS DIGESTION 62 WATCH OUT FOR FIREWORKS! (Continued from page 41) either a stage or salon, to set little Mary straight on the art of walking and talk- ing like an actress. When Maureen wasn’t laid up with a black eye, a cracked collar bone or a kick in the shins from soccer, she was out in the back- yard in a two-room playhouse her papa built for her, reciting, acting and putting on plays. As little brothers and sisters came along they joined the cast. By the time she was twelve, Maureen had worked up quite a dramatic repu- tation in church entertainments and amateur plays around Dublin and was ready for bigger time. She got a profes- sional radio job then, enrolled in Burke’s Elocution School on the side and, at fourteen, was ready for the Abbey Thea- tre School. Ae Abbey Players, as everyone knows, are about as solid a collection of acting talent as there is anywhere around. The Abbey School is the na- tional dramatic school of Eire where, as I say, acting is a racial mania. Maureen not only passed her school tests, but won about all the medals and awards they had lying around at the many play festi- vals and dramatic shillies in Ireland. If you stick in the Abbey group you know your dramatics, or else. So when Fame decided to grab her by the skirt, Little Mary Fitzsimons was prepared, if not particularly impressed, She was seventeen. It was her first ball. It was the first time, in fact, she’d ever stepped out. The social side of Maureen had been more or less neglected. It wasn’t, though, the minute the master of ceremonies started to pick the queen of the ball. He was, of all people, Harry Richman, the Manhattan crooner, and just what he was doing picking queens of Irish fetes is a little vague. Even Maureen doesn’t remember. Anyway, Harry, who knows his tootsies, took one look and crowned Maureen the queen without a moment’s hesitation. It all seemed sort of silly to Maureen at the time. Mommy was with her, and when Maureen was about to be crowned she whispered, “For goodness sake, Maureen —smile! You look as if you were bored stiff!” “I am,” said Maureen. But if Maureen wasn’t thrilled, Harry Richman was. He went to London and raved about the Irish beauty he’d dis- covered, and pretty soon an offer came from London for Maureen to make a screen test. Well, even a blasé, inde- pendent Irish colleen—I mean, girl—can feel the nippers of the movie bug, if only lightly. She had to give up a long cherished lead in the Abbey Theatre, to go over to London and make it, for the Vogue Film Company. She was sorry right away. The test was awful. They put her in a bonnet and made her up like an old biddy. The result was pretty sad. So Maureen turned down the half- baked offers she got and packed her bag for Dublin, when her agent came run- ning up panting a magic name, “Charles Laughton.” He wanted to see her, the man explained. That stopped Maureen, because all the British Islés are Laugh- ton-conscious by now, and Maureen was a fan, even as you and I. So little Mary stalked right over and right into the Mayfiower Productions office, wearing a Jaeger travel coat and a round hat with a little feather in it. She looked like any one of a million Irish misses. But she wasn’t. Most of those ordinary misses would have been ga-ga and thrilled to their open toes about the interview. Independent Maureen sat down before Laughton and Erich Pom- mer, his famous producer, and frowned disapprovingly. Because Pommer had popped a script right at her and said, “Here, read this.” And Maureen didn’t think that was ex- actly the way to treat a girl. She shook her red head and calmly replied, “No! It’s not fair to ask me to read this. I’ve never seen it before.” Instead of ushering her out of the place then and there, Messrs. Laughton and Pommer bolted up in their seats and took interest. Here was a girl who knew. what was what. Spunk! Spirit! Fire! They arranged for a personally directed screen test. Before she knew it, Mau- reen was making “Jamaica Inn” with the (Continued on page 64) Though Brenda Joyce is now a tried and true member of Film- land, she is still loyal to her col- lege-days' boy friend, Owen Ward. And, mind you, in spite of the fact that his job keeps him away from Hollywood a | great part of the § time! When he's around, their fa- vorite recreation Is hiking through the hills. MODERN SCREEN

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great Laughton. It was just like that. It was quite a jump from Dublin, where audiences take their Abbey dra- matics pleasantly but relaxedly, to Lon- don, where movie stars are mobbed more than anywhere else in the world. But Maureen faced the crowd at the “Ja- maica Inn” London premiere just as if she’d been doing that sort of thing every night of her young life. If there were any proud flutters beneath her evening gown (which I seriously doubt) they vanished forever after the premiere. As Maureen got in the Laughton’s car to be whisked away for a late supper, a man chased the automobile down the street, waving and shouting. The driver stopped, and the man thrust an autograph pad inside. “’Ere,” he panted, “will you sign this?” “Why, certainly,” said Maureen. It was the first time this had ever hap- pened to her. The man snatched his pad. “Not you,” he said, scornfully, extend- ing it to Laughton. “’Im!” AS a matter of fact, Hollywood didn’t exactly roll out the barrel when Maureen arrived. One lone RKO hired hand met her at the station. And the first day she went down to the studio the gateman wouldn’t let her in—until she told him her name was O’Hara. That didn’t mean a thing to the gateman either. His name happened to be O’Toole, though, and he couldn’t give the back of his hand to an O’Hara. Maureen is only mildly thrilled about being a Hollywood screen star at this point. The trouble is, that heretofore things were so pleasant and simple, now her life is mixed up like a chef’s salad. For one thing, she has a seven-year lease on a house in Hyde Park, Lon- don, which is just sitting there to worry her. For another thing, she up and mar- ried a London film production manager, George Brown, a couple of hours before her boat sailed for Hollywood, and that’s on her mind too. For a third, she had an Irish holiday after “Jamaica Inn” during which she rambled all over Ireland, kiss- ing the Blarney Stone, ringing the bells of Shannon and dunking in every rock- rilled brook on the island, the memory of which is making Maureen so home- sick now she could die. Then along came the war to make everything more topsy-turvy. It’s this same war, of course, which has been the backhanded stroke of luck that made Maureen O’Hara RKO’s golden- haired girl today. When Laughton haled her to Hollywood in a hurry for “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” she had no idea in the world of staying. Her mar- riage right before sailing is proof enough of that. But when she’d finished “The Hunch- back,” packed her bags and booked her return reservations on the boat which was to take her back to home and hub- by—boom!—Hitler got going, and war was declared. Every Hollywood actor from the British Isles ran around for days like a decapitated chicken. Finally the word came to stay put. So Maureen did—lucky for her in one way; unlucky in another. London film production promptly went to pot. In Hollywood, however, RKO, with O’Hara hanging around biting her nails, decided to put her to good use as the long-sought star in “Bill of Di- vorcement.” That’s the sunny side of O’Hara’s plight. And bright it is, too. Two more starring pictures are already lined up for her— “Have It Your Own Way” and “The Water Gypsies.” At RKO, where they can use a new young star, the sky’s the limit for Little Mary. On the other hand, away from the career Hollywood isn’t much fun for Maureen. . She knows hardly anyone. She hasn’t had time to go places, see and do things. She has been in a rush, ever since she landed in New York harbor. Reporters caught her there in Quaran- tine for a few pearls of Irish wisdom and found Maureen busily packing her bags. In between trying to make things fit and talk sense too, Maureen heard someone say, “What do you think of the New York skyline?” It occurred to her then that she hadn’t even seen it. So she rushed to the window, gave a quick peek, said, “It’s gorgeous,’ and then found herself hemmed in again. That’s the only look she got. Even in Manhattan, where she stayed only a day, talking business, all Maureen saw was, as she says, “bald heads and billboards.” The next thing she knew she was on a train, and as she hates trains, Maureen stayed in her berth as much as possible, emerging only at Albuquerque to buy a Mexican sombrero. The hat came in handy in Hollywood, on the “Hunchback” location in hot San Fernando Valley during the hottest wave California had had in sixty years. Mau- reen spent her first weeks dancing in the sun and dragging herself into the hay nightly at eight. After “The Hunch- back,” the studio shot Maureen around the country on a personal appearance tour. But in Little Rock she threw her thigh out of joint, in Portland she swelled up like a balloon with sea-food poisoning, in Seattle she landed in the hospital with appendix pains and in Chicago she got lumbago! There wasn’t much playgirl percentage there. Being a married lady, naturally Mau- reen can’t step around with Hollywood’s host of beaux eager enough to oblige. She doesn’t go for the gay life in a big way, anyway. When she does dine out, always with Mommy, Maureen will trade you froth for fodder any day. A couple of nights she showed up at Ciro’s and the Victor Hugo, on the arm of RKO publicity men, but that was just for— well what do you think publicity men do for a living? When the photographers aren’t around, Maureen breaks training and reverts to a ravenous appetite at the House of Murphy or Lowry’s Prime Rib, or better yet, whips up an Irish stew at home. H ER spare time in the day, if and when she has it, Maureen spends swim- ming, trotting a horse, batting a tennis ball around or striding through the hills —when the cops let her. To keep out of mischief she’s also taking ballet lessons and voice for the ultimate career ambi- tion—which is to be a prima donna in the opry. That keeps her fairly happy. But, as Maureen confessed to the Hollywood Hibernian society on St. Pat- rick’s Day, “Hollywood is very nice—and I like everybody—but—I want to go back to Ireland.” That's where her heart is. She wants to see her sisters and brothers —Florence Catherine and Charles Ber- nard and James Bartholomew and Margo and Bridget Marguerite, who'll take her final vows as a Dominican nun this August (which means she’ll never see Maureen in a picture). And she’d like to get acquainted with her husband, Mr. Brown, too. So this summer Maureen is taking the Atlantic Clipper home, war or no war. “And I’d like to see anyone stop me,” she said with her chin in the air. I told her not to look at me. It’s a job I wouldn’t take for all the gold in Glamourland—stopping independent Lit- tle Mary O’Hara from doing anything that she has made up her mind to do. MODERN SCREEN

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A an ee DS eee A DOLLAR FOR YOUR THOUGHTS (Continued from page 17) I have seen Beverly on the stage dur- ing her present personal appearance tour, and a lovelier, more feminine woman there never was. Yet she was dropped from her contract because it was hard to find roles for her. Why was it hard? Why wasn’t she given a chance to show how truly lovely she is? Why didn’t the brothers Warner give her a chance to sing? Beverly would be superb in the type of role Alice Faye does—a chance to use that lovely voice of hers and a chance to get her teeth into a good dramatic part. When is some producer going to wake up and realize that she has what it takes?—Hvelyn Lacques, Revere, Mass. A Way of His Own That cowboy has me. Id rather see that sincere, refreshing man, Gene Autry, in a movie than all the Academy Award winners put together. There are no fake build-ups and glamour stuff for Gene. The songs he writes are as American as Stephen Foster’s, his voice is as clear as a rain-washed sky and his grin is as catching as the mumps. He’s setting a wonderful example both on the screen and in real life for the kids who worship him. For clean, wholesome, unsophisticated, satisfying entertainment there’s no one like him! It’s easy to see why his fans are world-wide. Whenever anyone starts a popularity poll, Gene is right at the top, in spite of the fact that his pictures are not as widely heralded or distributed as those of other actors. The amount of his fan mail is second to none. While other stars have their ups and downs, their ins and outs, that amazing fellow Autry, with his guitar and spurs, keeps right on grinning and climbing the heights of success.—Jean D. Shepard, Oakland, Cal. Tch, Tch, Marlene! After seeing Marlene Dietrich in “Des- try Rides Again,’ I can’t help thinking how wrong she was to use this type of picture for a comeback. Marlene has always been the screen’s most glamorous star. We fans admired her for her cold beauty, perfect grooming and flair for beautiful clothes. She is one star who can get away with glamour alone, and we would like her to stay that way. In “Destry” she lost her glamour as well as her dignity. There ought to be many roles requiring a “lady” for the part. Marlene should apply for these roles and leave barroom maidens alone. —Jane Brennan, Beverly, N. J. The Price Whenever I turn my thoughts upon What movie queens are nurtured on, I wonder if the sacrifice ‘To gain the crown is worth the price. For a little middle, a languid eye, They ever must pass the pastry by, Confine their cramming to lemon and toast Till they’re as wan as Marley’s Ghost. To evade the deplorable double chin, A pillowless bed they slumber in. Though Lombard, Lamarr or blonde Queen Beth Can charm any attractive man to death; Let those who have the will to do it Gain the crown. They’re welcome to it! —Rebecca Wood, Tulsa, Okla. JULY, 1940 “The biggest mistake | ever made with my boy” lp Xe P Y ‘ee 4 e \7 ae ZZ 1. One day when I came home from work, I found my wife mad as a hornet...and Bobby standing in a corner, sullen and defiant. I asked what was wrong. And when my wife said, “The same old business,” I knew what she meant. 3. The incident stayed on my conscience all next day. I couldn’t seem to get rid of it. And so J decided the best thing to do was to talk to our doctor and get his advice. I saw him early next evening, and told him the whole story. ae ‘i CAN i \ Ne \ oe ee \ ahh Wor GEA tasting laxative, BUT not one made for adults, and recommended Fletcher’s Cas- toria. It’s the laxative made especially for children. It has no harsh “adult” drugs. So it’s always mild, and SAFE. Wy d yt worst kind. And this time I decided to take a hand. I grabbed his shoulders—and poured the stuff down his throat... Ill never for- get the resentful look in his eyes. I felt a gap had come between us. > SSS SSS SS SD x ~ SRW SSE V GS Aa wo gqanyow SSS SSS SSS SSS S88 ( Dee LE ogee A OOO 4. When I finished he said: “John, you’ve made an awlful mistake. We grownups are inclined to forget that children can’t see the reason why it is necessary to take a bad- tasting medicine, and forcing them to take it can shock their delicate nervous systems.” n and we gave some to Bobby. He took a sip, sort of scared-looking. Then his eyes wi- dened, and he downed the spoonful! He grinned from ear to ear. And right then, I knew we'd had our last “laxative battle.” Catt Veter CASTORIA The modern—SAFE—laxative made especially for children 65

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RR Bea eR Ee ON'T be afraid of unkind re- marks about your bare legs this Summer, when you follow the stockingless fashion in shorts, sports and dress clothes, / "Pour yourself a pair of stockings” and glamorize your legs. MINER'S LIQUID MAKE-UP will give them the same velvety attractiveness it does to face, neck and arms. Stays on for hours and houirs. Try mer shade, © Ask for by name and getthe origina: MINER: Liquid MAKE-UP 25¢ & 50¢ at cosmetic counters; trial size at 10¢ stores FREE Generous Sample Send Coupon and 3c Stamp 1 I enclose 3c stamp to cover mailing cost. Send me generous sample of Miner’s Liquid Make-Up FREE! Name. Address Hawaliang Suntano Brunetteo Rachelleo Peacho | A New Deal in Productions It is about time the era of “boy-gang- ster” films ended. Perhaps they do carry a moral and “food for thought” value, but I maintain that they provide a nucleus or seed in the mind of youth which in time may bear criminal fruit. You may offer the “crime does not pay” education, but these films do show the offender’s life a merry even though a short one. Three cheers for such screen vehicles as “Babes in Arms,” “Judge Hardy and Son,” “Seventeen” and “Young Tom Edison.” These motion pictures place be- fore us a youth of which we can he proud. They show the life and ambitions of boys who reach their goals the hard but honest way. They encourage the young folks to succeed over obstacles and odds which seem destined to produce failure. They bring about a realization of the satisfaction reaped in the end from hard-earned success.—Ruth May Knell, Bellerose, N. Y. Overlooked What is the matter with the Hollywood producers? Don’t they know a star when they see one? We hear talk of child prodigies—Shirley Temple and Jane Withers, for instance. Well, they have another one just as good or better in the person of little Sybil Jason and they don’t even seem to know it. ; Seems to me—and I speak for all of my friends—that Sybil is one of the best little actresses that has appeared on the screen. They ought to give her the lead in a picture and let her prove her talent. She gave such a brilliant performance as a little servant girl in “The Little Prin- cess” that I thought surely her talent would be recognized. As a member of the supporting cast, she is grand. In the lead, isn’t it just possible that she would be a big hit? I say orchids to Miss Jason. After all, aren’t we, the audience, the real judge? —Carol Frost, Ardmore, Okla. The Fate of Actor Raft I am an ardent George Raft fan and think he is ene of the most attractive stars on the screen. He is grand in prison roles but, occasionally, I would like to see him as something besides a convict. Just because he plays that role so well, I don’t think he should be typed and his talents limited to that kind of picture alone. I also think some of his pictures should end without his being killed. And why can’t there ever be any love life for him? I think it would improve his pictures immensely if, once in a while, he could succeed in getting the girl he loves. Why not give him a romantic part opposite Maureen O’Hara, Lana Turner or Paul- | ette Goddard and, please, let him do a little love-making for a change? His fans will love it, ’m sure—Winnie Brun- ner, Farmington, Wash. WRITE A LETTER— WIN A PRIZE You're in love again—this time with that brand new leading man you saw last night—and you can’t find a soul who'll bear with you while you rave. Or maybe you're feeling smug and self-satisfied ‘cause some nonentity you admired months ago is coming to the top. Perhaps you're harboring a secret grudge against “America’s Sweet- heart,” but have kept it dark, feeling yourself a minority of one. Are you a conscientious objector to war pic- tures, but in your element whooping at a Western? Whatever your views are, we're interested in them, so drop us a line, and who knows—you may win a prize! Just one thing—please don’t copy or adapt letters already published. That’s plagiarism and will be prosecuted as such. Send your letter to: A Dollar For Your Thoughts, Modern Screen, 149 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. What's wrong with this picture? You can't blame Hugh Herbert if he seems a bit confused. In "LaCongaNights"' he plays five temi- nine rae and here, bedecked in|t beaded evening gown and silver- | (is haired wig, he hits | §#m the drums for a sixth one. MODERN SCREEN

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GOOD NEWS (Continued from page 57) Though Sonja and her family are all in this country and call Hollywood home, the star says that in her heart, home will always be that island in Oslo fjord where the Henies lived for twenty years. A COUPLE OF GOOD SCOUTS Extra-curricular activities of two of Holly- wood's leading stars ought to prove that movie actors and actresses don’t spend all their leisure time in frivolity. Clark Gable, for instance, devotes two evenings a week to Boy Scout Troop 59 in Westwood, while Shirley Temple gives every Saturday eve- ning to the Campfire Girls of Santa Monica. Shirley’s just been given a new name, which she likes lots better than her own. It’s the Indian name Keri-Woh-Sune-Anang and means ‘The Bright Shining Star.” CINDERELLA STORY It's been really “rags to yiches” for Joan Crawford, cinematically speaking. For “Strange Cargo’’ her wardrobe set Metro back exactly $37.45. But for “Susan and God” Joan has had Adrian's exclusive at- tention—and Adrian's attention costs about $37.45 an hour. In addition to this colossal dent in the budget, the star’s gowns had to be turned out in threes—identical in every detail. Ordinarily, you see, a star's gown is dry-cleaned after working hours and pre- sented, ready for wearing, the following morning. But these outfits were too elab- orate for such speedy methods. NOT A PONY-PLAYER Alice Faye was considerably flattered when reminded how much she resembled the beau- tiful and romantic Lillian Russell. However, when one old-timer told Alice he heard she even gambled as recklessly on the horses as Miss Russell did, the star said, “I'm afraid not. Gee, I haven't the nerve.’’ She added, “Tm in the two dollar class at the tracks, and even then I feel as if I’m plunging.” CLOSE SHAVE Gary Cooper discovered that there’s no more privacy in a barber-shop than in a goldfish bowl. The other morning he dropped in for a shave and a hair-cut at the shop across from Paramount studio and settled down in the chair with a nonchalance that was short- lived. On glancing out the window, he saw two girls, noses pressed against the pane, watching his every move. He retired fast behind a hot towel, hoping that the girls would be on their way. But, when he finally emerged for a breath of air, they had been joined by several others. ‘Look,’ sput- tered the embarrassed actor, ‘‘can't you do something?’’ The barber shook his head and pointed out that his shop was right on the way to a neighboring high school. Cooper thrust a bill into the astonished man’s hand, hurriedly wiped his face with a towel and made his getaway via a back-door. SHORT SHOTS Joan Crawford has had her house redecorated in orchid—every room. It’s her favorite color ... Margaret Sullavan is Hollywood's most enthusiastic reader and totalled 17 books during the shooting of “The Mortal Storm” . . . Roger Pryor, Ann Sothern’s hus- JULY, 1940 : ae Ho? ees es ee eas Baby: “Don’t dodge the issue, my fine-feathered friend. You oughta be ashamed to show your beak! Leaving a baby in a place without Johnson’s Baby Powder! What’s a fellow to do about chafes and prickly heat?” Stork: “Now, Baby, don’t give me a dirty look! I knew you When. And today when I heard you were in trouble, I dropped everything and flew right over! What’s wrong? Room too small? Parents unsatisfactory?” Stork: “Dear, dear—a ticklish question... How can I smooth things over?” Baby: “You can tell my mother to get me silky-soft Johnson’s Baby Powder quick! .-. Hi, Mom—come here! ... Now, big bird, do your stuff!” “Believe me, there’s nothing like a sprinkle of satiny-smooth John- son’s to please a baby! That nice powder is such fine help for prickly heat and chafes...inexpensive, too!” JOHNSON’S BABY POWDER Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N. J. 67

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Lew Ayres is off for South America, planning to take a 1600 mile jaunt through the Inca country ... Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Robinson are plan- ning to accompany Leopold Stokowski on his next concert tour . .. Mrs. Basil Rath- bone will donate her script on “The Life of Franz Liszt’’ gratis to any studio that will star her husband Basil in it. She’s tired of his being a meanie .. . It wasn’t the Hays office that nixed Alice Faye’s appearing in tights for ‘Lillian Russell.” ‘Twas Lillian Russell's daughter . . . Bette Davis’ protege, Pamela Caveness, has been signed to a long-term contract at RKO. They're going to make an “‘oomphier” girl out of her... Robert Montgomery’s first trip to Hollywood was made on an oil-tanker. It was during his college vacation days The Don Ameches are calling Al and Ruby Jolson’s former house their home, sweet home ... Anne Shirley has a weakness for chocolate sundaes and goes on a sundae spree every once in a while ... Irene Rich is proud as Punch of her famous sculptress daughter and is trying to persuade her to remain in Holly- wood. UNDERCOVER WORK Since Olivia de Havilland and Jimmy Stewart are mum on their romantic status, we've taken to doing a little quiet sleuthing on our own hook and have one clue to re- port. Olivia is patronizing a well-known Boulevard tailor, and has ordered two dash- ing aviatrix outfits. Though Jimmy has been “grounded” by studio orders until his cur- rent picture is completed, he’s planning on taking off for Mexico City the moment the ban is lifted. We haven't caught Olivia boning up on Spanish—but quien sabe? PLAY WITHIN A PLAY The most entertaining set in town these days is ‘Strike Up the Band” over at Metro. For one thing, Mickey Rooney’s in the cast. Then there’s Judy Garland to keep things moving at a fast pace whenever Mickey pauses for breath. Between their acting and their acting up, Mickey and Judy still find time to work on their own musical comedy. Mickey, with the help of his pal, Sydney Miller, is writing the script, the music and the lyrics, while Judy is going to be the star. ORCHIDS TO GINGER The Screen Guild Theatre program, as you may know, relies upon the picture people giving their services gratis. The proceeds from the broadcasts go into a fund to help needy people in the film colony. And the Hollywood stars have rallied to the cause with alacrity. When Ginger Rogers made her recent appearance on the show, it marked the third time she had donated her services. Bette Davis and James Cagney are the only ones who have equalled Gin- ger’s score. CARRILLO FOR GOVERNOR Everyone knows movie stars have gone berserk on the subject of higher education. But nevertheless, it was something of a shock to learn that Leo Carrillo is now en- rolled in a political science course at the University of Southern California. He's cramming for California's next election when he’ll run for governor of the state. SVENA NEV SENATE EL LAREN EY SEN NEI BENE LO Come summer, Eleanor Powell will be danc- ing altarwards with Merrill Pye, art director at Metro . . . Director Gregory Ratoff and Eugenie Leontovich, after eighteen years of marriage, are on their second honeymoon to celebrate her decision to stay in Holly- wood and accept a movie contract... ‘Big Boy’ Guinn Williams is going for romance in a big way—it’s Steffi Duna . . . Gilbert Roland and Connie Bennett have said good- bye, but Roland’s looking mighty happy around the night spots with Mrs. Dick Foran, who's getting a divorce any day now... It’s Junior Laemmle and Mary Carlisle again . .. Anatole Litvak is dividing dates evenly between Bette Davis and Barbara O'Neil . . . Brenda Joyce didn't accept so much as a tea-date with another man while her boy friend Owen Ward was away for two months on a business trip . . . Greg Bautzer looks mighty cheerful for a jilted lover— especially when he’s around Elaine Shepard . .. Liz Whitney and Bruce Cabot look that- away ... Robert Preston and Dottie Lamour have pfft! ... Andy McLaglen, Victor's six- foot-son, will soon marry Anne Ralston Page of Pasadena ... Anita Louise is trousseau shopping and meaning it... FAMILY AFFAIR Joan Blondell and Dick Powell are purring all over the place since they landed that co-starring picture deal at Paramount. For a long time they've been trying to get some studio to see things their way, since they feel that the Powells are a team that can't be beat. They've nixed all current picture offers for son Normie, however, and contend that they'll wait until some studio dreams up a picture that will have a place for Normie right along with Ma and Pa. ANOTHER HORSE-FANCIER The stables of Robert Young and Allan Jones are well-known, but few people know that Don Ameche is a horse-flesh enthusiast. He and Chet Lauck, of Lum ‘n’ Abner fame, have plenty of their do-re-mi tied up in the L. and A. Stables in the San Fernando Valley. i ALONG SUNSET STRIP Fanny Brice coming out of an antique shop, ‘triumphantly bearing a Victorian table and being followed by the shop-keeper stagger- ing under a heavy mahogany rocker... Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman driving into the Sunset nutburger stand and ordering two sandwiches without onions—but defi- nitely . . . Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Robin- son walking arm-in-arm down the boule- vard and pausing to look at windows show- ing art collections . . . Loretta Young, with an armful of brown paper sacks from which celery and carrot tops wave in the breeze, coming out of a vegetable market and get- ting into her fancy gun-metal limousine at the curb . . Joan Blondell and Dick Powell, engrossed in an argument, speed- ing along in their open roadster . . . Shirley Temple perching at a drug-store counter with her mother and sipping a strawberry soda while the admiring soda-jerker is the only one in the store who pays any atten- tion to her. TEAR JERKER Latest glamour gal to take the town by storm is Baby Quintanilla, whom you saw in MODERN SCREEN

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"Forty Little Mothers. Yes, the truth is that Eddie's baby “son” is really a girl. But there’s nothing phony about the affection displayed on the screen between the actor and scene-stealer Quintanilla. The youngster was so smitten with the Cantor charms that loud gurgles and wide grins were the only responses the director could get from. her whenever the two were in a scene together. Finally, to get some loud wails demanded by the script, he hit upon an’ idea. He mo- tioned Eddie to put on his hat and start to leave the set. The ruse never failed to bring the required amount of tears. TRUE WORDS, MARIE! Whenever you see Marie Wilson in a tearing hurry, you can be sure she’s just heard of a new numerologist, crystal-gazer or palm-reader. At Warners the other day she was being teased by her co-workers about throwing her money away. ‘Throw- ing it away, nothing!’ said Marie, indig- nantly. “Why imagine getting someone to talk about you exclusively, for an hour. Why, it’s cheap at any price!”’ DIDJA KNOW That Madeleine Carroll plans to return to France to see that romantic army officer if she can book passage on any boat—de luxe, freighter, or what-have-you . . . That Baby Sandy is going to be a ballet dancer when she grows up if her parents have anything to do with it—she’s taking lessons daily. ... That Hedy Lamarr is swooning with joy over being in a picture with Clark Gable— she used to keep a scrap-book of his pic- tures clipped from her magazines . .. That when Mrs. Ray Milland returned home with her new baby son, she found a brand new swimming pool which was Ray's gift to her . That Gloria Jean has grown ex- actly two inches in the past year and now measures exactly five feet ... That Margaret Lindsay got a real ovation when she visited her home-town of Dubuque, Iowa, and had such a wonderful time that she wondered why she had ever left the place ... That Bette Davis is taking French lessons twice a week and studying on the set between “takes?” GYPSIES AT HEART Tyrone Power and Annabella have had to give up that idea of Rio de Janeiro due to Tyrone’s studio assignments. They have been planning this trip for months and for sentimental reasons. It was in Rio, if you'll remember, that their romance first flourished. But don’t think that the studio’s plans mean the Powers will stay home and stagnate. They're planning week-end jaunts while the pictures are in progress, and cross-country jaunts for any breathing spells between pictures. According to both An- nabella and Tyrone, travelling is their avo- cation and they would rather be away from home any day wishing they were back, than at home yearning to get away. INFORMATION DESK MODERN SCREEN 149 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. Please send me your newly revised chart listing the heights, ages, birth- days and marriages of all the impor- tant stars. I enclose 5c (stamps or coin) to cover cost of mailing. JULY, 1940 Abed of Mloney— DOESN'T MAKE YOU RICH A sure way to fatten your pocketbook is to wad money up in bunches. But folded bills buy just as much...and are lots less bulky! Elementary? Certainly! And for just that same reason Kotex sani- tary napkins are made with a soft folded center! This naturally makes Kotex Jess bulky than napkins made with loose, wadded fillers! Snap your fingers at worry! For safety’s: sake, an improved new type of moisture-resistant material is now placed between the soft folds of every Kotex pad... And that’s not all! Kotex has flat, form- fitting ends that never show...never make ugly bulges...the way napkins with thick, stubby ends so often do! FEEL its new softness PROVE its new safety COMPARE its new, flatter ends Unlike most napkins, Kotex comes in three different sizes — Super — Regular — Junior. (So you may vary the size pad to suit different days’ needs.) All 3 sizes of Kotex have soft, folded centers...flat, tapered ends...and moisture- resistant “safety panels”. And all 3 sizes sell for the same low price! ° WEEE, ff” «Trade Mark Reg. U. S. Pat. Off, 69

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pe ee KEEP UNDERARMS SWEET NONSPI CREAM FOR WOMEN WHO PERSPIRE FREELY SAFE TO APPLY as often as de- sired. Nonspi Cream is harmless to skin or clothing. CHECKS BOTH perspiration and odor safely... effectively. SOOTHING and cool when ap- plied. Doesn’t sting or irritate— even after shaving. DRIES ALMOST INSTANTLY. Not sticky...a greaseless, stainless cream. SEND 10¢ for trial size of Nonsp1 Cream. The Nonspi Co., 113 West 18th Street, New York City. There is also a L1QUID NONSPI— at drug and department stores. 70 BATHE FOR BEAUTY (Continued from page 44) your mind alert? Check these points on Monday, and no evasions or excuses al- lowed. Don’t try to fool yourself. What about regular exercising, too? We're still doing the Monday check-up —remember? A daily dozen of stretching and limbering exercises for ten or fifteen minutes the first thing every morning is a week-day “must,” if you want to keep a trim, graceful and comfortable as well as beautiful figure. But what of out- door or active indoor exercises just “pour le sport?” Swimming, tennis, golf, riding, playing ball, roller-skating, bicycling, bowling, rowing, dancing, hiking or just brisk, peppy outdoor walking? Set aside every Monday as a day on which to treat yourself to one or the other of these active exercises. (Walking is one of the most beneficial in the whole category—so don’t feel a bit sorry for yourself if that is the only one in which you can conveniently indulge.) Or maybe you'd rather go to a gymnasium for your weekly work-out. Set every Monday aside for concentration on the diet and exercises that will give you a face and figure that will reward your efforts for every minute you devote to their grooming. UESDAY is a good day for that lei- surely weekly manicure—and appro- priate, too, Wednesday usually being beau night, bridge night or some other social celebration in which hands are likely to play a leading role. Try giving yourself a luxurious oil manicure. Use plenty of rich, softening cream or lotion while mas- saging and exercising your hands before you start. Then, at the end of the mani- cure, treat yourself to a bright, gay nail polish that gives your hands sophistica- tion and eye appeal. Give your polish plenty of time to dry and apply a coat of nail protector before and after each coat of polish. It will make the polish last longer. : Wednesday, give yourself a home facial. elax for half an hour, then scrub your face, neck and arms with a soft com- plexion brush dipped in warm, soapy water. Follow this with a thick slather- ing of cleansing cream which you allow to remain on for at least five to ten minutes before removing with a cool skin freshener. Next, pat on your fa- vorite lubricating cream, massage it in well, then close the pores with a cube of ice wound in a facial tissue or a clean hankie. : Now, luxuriate with one of those new skin-matching foundation make-ups in either stick, cream or liquid form and put on cheek rouge. Top it all with a film of fluffy powder, first applied with a clean puff, then lightly brushed off with a soft bristled powder brush. Now, add your lipstick and eye make-up and go out and dazzle the world. Thursday is a perfect day for that regular hair shampoo—just before the week-end parties or the restful relaxa- tion that follows a hectic week of work- ing. Comb and brush that hair of yours, up and out, then massage your scalp deep- ly to loosen tight nerves and stimulate the brisk circulation necessary for lively, lustrous locks. Now, give yourself a hot oil shampoo. Afterwards, set your hair with some of these wonderful new curling gadgets that so intrigued you the last time you were browsing through your favorite store. Friday is the day for all those little grooming luxuries that make the differ- ence between a smart and careless appear- ance. Apply one of those lovely. safe new depilatories to upper lip, forearms and legs. Pluck your brows—but spar- ingly, just around the wild edges—with a shiny new pair of tweezers or one of those handy little scissors-shaped gad- gets. Change your nail polish for the week-end and give yourself a pedicure. (Be sure to match your toe and finger nail polish.) Flounce yourself down in front of your dressing table and take a critical inventory. How do you like your reflection? Saturday—two guesses! Yes, a bath! But not the ordinary every day tub or sponge or shower—goodness me, no! The kind of bath that we’re talking about now is the kind that is so important that we put it right into the title of this article. It?s one of those super-salu- brious, extra special baths that not only gets you clean (we trust we don’t even need to mention here the primary im- portance to both health and beauty of every-day baths which you take as reg- ularly as you get up every morning or George Raft, right, treats his friend, Mack Grey and Norma Shearer's cute freckled-faced son, Irving, to a baseball game. MODERN SCREEN

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| go to bed every night—we hope) but, || as a leisurely, luxurious, ceremonial kind of bath, washes away fatigue, “nerves,” | petty worries and drooping spirits. It’s ; the kind of bath that leaves you literally | purring with comfort, relaxation and pleasure. You can take this in the form of one | of those jolly, caressing new bubble | baths that are sweeping the country like | a tidal wave (we might say “washing |. the country,” if we wanted to be pun- | nish.) Or, if you’re an apostle of plain old-fashioned simplicity, you can take a tub bath with just good, pure soap and water and a dash of fragrant bath salts or a fresh-scented water-softener to- gether with your bath brush, sponge, wash-cloth or bath-mitt. But, whichever kind you take, lie back, relax and lux- uriate. Don’t have the water too hot— that would be enervating and weakening —just have it warm and fragrant with your favorite scent. We don’t know what it is, but there’s something awfully sooth- ing about a scent that you particularly enjoy. Spend at least half an hour in such a bath, and behold, the cares of ' the world will fall as a cloak from off your shoulders. Try it and see. How often do you change your kind | of’ toilet soap? You don’t need to keep using the same soap year in and year out, you know. Youre missing a lot of pleasure if you do that. There are so many delightful, heavenly scented, deli- eately colored good soaps that are such ' a thrill to use that you feel just as though you’re splurging every time you | take a bath with them. Any number of them are amazingly inexpensive. Try changing your soap from day to day and see what fun it can put into even the routine business of keeping clean. ie showers are your special joy, get yourself a jaunty, pretty shower cap, a long-handled bath-brush or a sturdy friction mitt. Put some bath salts in your | friction mitt or. on your brush or sponge | and rub yourself with fragrance. Sing | or whistle or splash with more abandon | than you dare put into any other opera- tion throughout your routine day. Step out onto a clean, dry mat, take a clean, heavy towel and give yourself a vig- orous, stimulating rub-down. Dash on a lot of your favorite cologne or toilet water—or spray a thick mist of it in front of you and then walk through it if you want a feeling of utterly ex- quisite luxury. Finish up with a fresh, clean-scented dusting powder and last, HERE’S something about a Jantzen that makes the but not least, use a good deodorant. You’re clean now, but be sure you stay clean. ...a lift in every color... and magic in three wonderful \ { men sit up and take notice... there’s a lilt in every line Deodorants come in many forms, é : ; : ereams, liquids, powders, sticks and so miracle-making, figure-molding fabrics. forth. Some check perspiration for sev- eral days, some for hours, and others only partially. Choose the type you like Sea-Ripple, sleek, sophisticated all-way stretch at its best, best and use it regularly, as often as you need it. Nothing is more disillusion- Water-Velva, “‘velvet-ly” lush in or out of water. wonderful even for problem figures. ing than a girl who looks pretty but has Velva-Lure, suave figure-control with a gardenia finish. neglected to be personally fastidious. : FE : : And why, can anybody answer, do so There’s glamour... there’s gaiety in every Jantzen and many of us neglect our feet? Is it be- ; Coa : Pe erate eat Leh oe thar) enough excitement for a lifetime. For illustrated style Goodness knows we can feel them often folder, men’s or women’s, address Dept. 342. enough! Not only will their comfort more _ than repay any coddling you may give | them but, in taking care of your feet, you IVA STEWART, Twentieth-Century Fox are also giving a beauty treatment to your Eee ead ere Russell” eee face. Never forget that many a drawn pat Ne Wigs EL ee Ma ee mouth and furrowed brow are directly Dee ero Vane ee traceable to abused, neglected tootsies. JANTZEN KNITTING MILLS, Portiand, Ore. First, bathe your feet thoroughly and, Vancouver, Canada if possible, soak them for five or ten min- | utes. A special foot soap massaged well SWIM SUITS H into wet feet will not only cleanse them AND SUN CLOTHES | thoroughly but will also stimulate circu- _ yuLy, 1940 71

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Soften it with a mildly medicated corn plaster, then lift it out with a clean blunt instrument. Protect callouses from pressure and _ friction. There are excellent little medicated pads to soften and remove callouses, too. A few points in parting and we'll leave this business of summer daintiness en- tirely in your hands. Use good cosmet- ics, the kind that agree with your special skin and fulfill your individual requirements. Nowadays, beauty aids don’t have to be expensive to be both pure and effective. The best are often the least expensive. Keep your beauty ac- cessories—powder pufis, combs, brushes, towels, etc., immaculately clean and in good working condition. Once in a while treat yourself to a salon hair-do, facial, massage or the like. ‘Go out window or store shopping once in a while just for the pleasure of look- ing and for the fun of gathering some sprightly new ideas. You'll be surprised how many you will find. Go frivolous every so often, curl your eye lashes with one of those cute, simple little inexpen- sive gadgets. Match your make-up from tip to toe and wear your prettiest dresses when you're not expecting “company.” You'll get a lift from such simple doings. Keep yourself clean and crisp and dainty whether any one is around to see you or not and, if you make these things a daily habit, we'll venture that when romance or opportunity do their unex- pected knocking you'll not only be called on—you'll be chosen. The popular “stockingless” fashion with playsuits, shorts and other play togs is often a considerable problem to us girls, especially at the beginning of the summer season when our legs are apt to be the same pale color as hot-house bean sprouts —and just about as alluring. But one of our favorite manufacturers has taken this problem to heart and comes to our rescue with a perfectly grand liquid make-up which gives a smooth, velvety finish that will stay on for hours and hours. Avail- able in gorgeous, deep, rich tones that blend beautifully with your own skin col- oring, it is very easy to apply. Of course, you dov’t need to confine this dandy liquid make-up to your lower extremities—it is just as attractive and effective on arms, face, neck and all other areas that.are sub- ject to improvement by a first-rate cos- metic of this kind. We recommend it for general make-up purposes, too, but we’re especially keen about it for those too often neglected legs. Try it in this summer’s newest, richest shade. We’re sure you'll like it. Shall we send you the name? * * * When grandma was a girl, most fastidi- ous young ladies cherished little pot- pourri jars in which they kept skillfully blended spices and flower petals to sweeten their clothing and their persons. We moderns don't always have our own gardens, and pot-pourri jars in stores are often quite expensive, but we’ve recently discovered a talcum powder that is such an exquisite blend of delightful spice and blossom petal scents that it is just about the next thing to a jar of pot-pourri. Be- sides imparting a fresh and lovely scent to your skin and clothing, this tale will contribute a lot to your cool summer com- fort, too. Showered over your entire body every morning, the film that this tale forms between your skin and clothing will help to eliminate the excess perspiration usually caused by friction. It will help keep your undies dry and sweet, too, and that’s so important! Drop us a card and we'll be glad to send you the name of this delightful spicy, blossom-scented tale. * * * With Fairs at both ends of our country, vacations all over the land, and hot weather rampant from border to border, it’s practically impossible for a great many of us to avoid tired, aching feet at one time or another. One of the most im- portant contributions to foot comfort we've seen in a long time is the convenient little kit of three necessities boxed to- gether by a firm that is a recognized leader in this highly specialized field. There is a can of fine, granulated foot soap for cleansing, stimulating and resting tired feet. Then a jar of soothing foot balm to soften, cool and refresh them. And last, but not least, a can of antiseptic foot powder to sprinkle over the feet and be- tween the toes to help absorb perspiration and relieve chafing, friction and that tight, binding feeling that so often accompanies warm weather. 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CAREER GIRL (Continued from page 36) Louis B. Mayer tooth and nail to play it. They were awfully glad, though, to see her carry the love interest again opposite Clark Gable in “Strange Cargo.” Ro- mance and Gable are their favorite formula for a Crawford picture. As for her romance in real life, they approve of anyone who can make her happy— even if only temporarily. Of course, their heroine worship con- tinues unabated 365 days of the year, but it is on March 23rd that it reaches its apex. This is Joan’s natal day, and from all over the world packages of every shape and size pour in on her in a never- ending stream. These are no ordinary gifts either, but gifts planned with the utmost care and discrimination. Pennies are hoarded day by day, so that an eve- ning bag, a feathered fan, a paisley scarf, chiffon handkerchiefs and other acces- sories from the smartest, most exclusive shops are selected with an eye to her own exquisite taste. Not only Joan, but her adored six-year-old niece, Joan Crawford LeSueur, is showered with birthday presents. Joan (big Joan, not little!) made an attempt to return some of these gifts, as she felt guilty about the involved cost, but the fans, who would rather deprive themselves of their own personal luxuries if it means pleasing Joan, were so hurt that she now keeps them all and is deeply touched and grateful. It was last year, during her annual holiday in New York, that Joan attended her first meeting of The Joan Crawford Fan Club. It was held at Loew’s Lexing- LEB WHAT WOULD YOU MAKE OF A MAN WHO STARTED TO KISS YOU AND THEN CHANGED HIS MIND? \_ WOULD YOU THINK HE WAS SHY, OR WHAT? ton Theatre, and no four-star picture ever played to greater capacity. Joan, shaking like a jitterbug, was so over- whelmed at the ovation given her that all she could do was cry unashamedly. Incidentally, it is on her New York visits that Joan comes most closely in contact with her fans, and her arrival is a signal for dancing in the streets. The autograph hounds know that during her entire stay their days and nights will be touched with glamour. Joan, being a very systematic person, plans her sched- ule ahead of time so that she knows exactly where she’s going to be every minute of her “vacation.” So do the fans, for the simple reason that from the time she steps off the 20th Century at Grand Central, until she boards it again, Joan gives them her entire schedule in chron- ological order. GROUP of “regulars” usually pool their resources, pile into a taxi and tag her around, like a game of Follow the Leader. From the Hampshire House—to “21”—to Hattie Carnegie—to Saks Fifth Avenue—to Beekman Place for tea with “Alfred and Lynn”—to the Colony for dinner with “Ellen and Irving”—to the theatre to see “Gertie,” “Kit” or “Helen” —to the Persian Room, Algonquin, Stork Club and El Morocco—and back to the Hampshire House, they maintain their ceaseless vigil. Neither weather nor food ever interferes. It was during a recent trip that Joan, visiting El Morocco for the first time, arrived at two A.M. to find a bedraggled, tired little group, impervious to the cold December winds and the steady down- pour of rain. She pleaded with them to go home, but they stubbornly refused. To anyone else, if these kids were foolish enough to want to risk catching pneu- monia, it would have been their own affair. But Joan’s not like that. Once inside, she fretted about them so much that finally nothing would do but that she invite them into the ante-room and treat them all to hot coffee and sand- wiches. There are still a lot of estab- lished residents in New York who have never been inside El Morocco because they can’t afford the sandwiches and coffee—without Joan Crawford thrown in! Another event that still has the fans walking around in a Charlie Butterworth daze is the memorable day that Joan in- vited a few of the chosen ones up to her suite at the Waldorf and let them listen to the recordings she had made of her mezzo-soprano voice. On another occa- sion, when she emerged from a shopping spree to find her “gang” patiently waiting for her, she extended an invitation to the whole lot for an ice cream soda treat at her favorite fountain. If they had been drinking champagne, it would have had the same effect! Joan hasn’t had much opportunity to travel through the United States, but on her brief stopovers in Chicago, Albuquer- que and other railroad depots along the Santa Fe line, she is greeted with the same adulation. In Hollywood where movie stars are as indigenous to the soil LATcR-THANKS TO COLGATE DENTAL CREAM I THINK ALL MEN ARE SHY OF-- }} BAD BREATH, ANNE. AND THATS e SOMETHING THAT YOU--WELL, | WISH you'D TALK TO OUR DENTIST ABOUT IT! TESTS SHOW THAT MUCH BAD BREATH COMES FROM DECAYING FOOD PARTICLES AND STAGNANT SALIVA AROUND TEETH THAT AREN'T CLEANED PROPERLY. | RECOMMEND COLGATE DENTAL CREAM. ITS SPECIAL PENETRATING FOAM REMOVES THESE ODOR-BREEDING DEPOSITS. AND THAT'S WHY... BAD BREATH KEEPS ROMANCE AWAY! PLAY SAFE! USE COLGATE'S TWICE A DAY! __ COLGATE'S COMBATS BAD BREATH |_| faith ) | | ...MAKES TEETH SPARKLE! Se > DID YOU TELL ME JOE WAS SHY, De | - ANNE? OR WAS THAT BEFORE YOU js : | Li : ) TWO SOUEN CAGED? | q “Colgate’s special pen- etrating foam gets into hidden crevices be- tween your teeth... helps your toothbrush clean out decaying food particlesandstop the Eraenant saliva odors that cause much bad breath. 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When members of her club come to Hollywood on their summer vacations they write to her and she arranges to have them visit her at the studio. This, needless to say, is an added thrill, because besides their own adored Joan, they may be lucky enough to spot Spence Tracy, Bob Taylor, Clark Gable and Mickey Rooney! Not only is Joan acclaimed by the fans, but for two consecutive years all the lensmen in Hollywood have voted her the best liked and most cooperative star. This year they gave her a gold cup inscribed, “To Our Darling.” And last year their appreciation took the form of a silver cigarette box dedicated, “To Our Be- loved.” () THER players, knowing of Joan’s slavish devotion to Great God Pub- licity and to her fans, wonder what good it does. They point to Garbo, Margaret Sullavan, Jean Arthur, Laurence Olivier, Ginger Rogers, Paul Muni and Katharine Hepburn, who haven’t her sympathetic attitude but draw the fans anyway. Joan knows all about them but, as she explained to me in one of our long con- fidential chats, “I’m nice to my fans be- cause I want to be. I don’t even care if they want to swap my autograph for one of Myrna Loy’s or Rosalind Russell’s— I’m so grateful that they want it for any- thing. When I first started on the M-G-M lot and was just a nobody, I was flattered to death when a few people shoved an autograph book in my face. Now, after working hard to build that handful up to crowds, I’m still flattered. Incidentally, I suffer from claustrophobia, so you know how panicky I get in a crowd, but I’ve learned to control myself. The time when I really will be panicky is when the fans stop giving me claustrophobia!” Of this eventuality, there is not the remotest possibility. Through good pic- tures or bad, through happiness or sor- row, the fans will never let Joan down. Because Joan will never let them down. She is too fully aware of the illusion they have built up around her, and she tries in every way to live up to it. Unlike a great many stars who relax in their off- screen moments, Joan, whenever she makes a public appearance, is still a creation by Adrian. She is the one star. who in real life epitomizes the glamour that glorifies her in every magazine. Of course, the underlying reason for her understanding of fan psychology is her own rabid enthusiasm for movie stars. Her idea of diversion after a hard day’s work at the studio is running off a picture in her private projection room, and to watch her audience reaction is an interesting experience. As familiar as she is with story outline, as acquainted as she is with most of the cast and as movie-wise as she is to all the tricks of the trade, she is still transported into a make-believe world as magically as any moviegoer. She never misses a Katharine Hepburn, Margaret Sullavan or Greta Garbo picture. And since “Intermezzo,” Ingrid Bergman has been added to her list of favorites. Among the men, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Charles Boyer, Jimmy Cagney, Paul Muni and the French actor, Jean Gabin, are tops in her esteem. If she meets anyone for the first time whom she admires, she is as ga-ga as are her own fans meeting her. In trying to sum up Joan’s fan appeal, I can’t think of a better story to illustrate it than a conversation I overheard be- tween two staunch admirers. The scene was a ladies’ dressing-room during the period preceding her divorce from Fran-= chot Tone. ; “Have you heard about Joan and Fran- chot?” asked the first young girl. “No, what?” her companion gasped. “They’re splitting up!” came the re- sponse in tragic tones. - “Oh no!” was the other’s horrified re- tort. “That’s awful! When did you hear There “Oh, I heard it Friday, but I didn’t want to ruin your week-end!” Exciting intrigue rides the good ship ''New Moon, in the film of the same name, with Jeanette Mac- Donald, a French belle, and Nel- son Eddy, a duke masquerading as a pirate, pro- viding the love element. MODERN SCREEN swedish oa ns

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HOLLYWOOD'S HOLD ON GABLE (Continued from page 33) was: “You haven’t enough money to re- tire.” Well, I haven’t the $10,000 a year life income I thought I would have. Taxes see to that. I have enough for my own needs. My tastes haven’t changed any; I still hold with the old axiom that you can sleep in only one bed, wear only one suit of clothes, eat only one beefsteak at a time. I still want to live like a farmer. I do now. Our place is twenty acres with a small, nine-room house. It’s easy to live in and easy to rent, if we want to get away. “The money I’ve got now would be all right for our present set-up, but not for our future set-up which, we both hope, will include some kids. And when you’ve got kids you can’t brush the matter of income off like that. I wouldn’t want to think that kids of mine might say some- day, ‘The old man was okay, but he certainly saw to it he did what he wanted to do. Responsibility didn’t bother him any, the lazy so-and-so.’ “Then the studio came out with this: ‘You’d put a lot of people out of work, if you retired. Don’t you think that’s kind of a selfish way to look at things?’ “T called that one. I said that, if I didn’t work, someone else would. They refuted me, saying that was okay in theory but might not work out in prac- tise. If they brought an actor in to replace me, they asked, what guarantee would they have that he’d last? They said that you can’t replace a ‘going con- cern’ with a gamble and rest easy nights. They said that for me to retire for no sound reason (wanting to travel around the world and rake alfalfa aren’t ‘sound reasons’ to business men) was setting an unhealthy precedent. If everyone felt like that, what would happen? “They called my attention to the fact that an established star is a ‘One Man Industry.’ A top star in Hollywood en- tails big exploitation which, in turn, calls for a huge personnel. They itemized the scenarists who do the scripts, the typists, the boys in the mimeograph department, the boys in transportation who carry companies to and from locations, the make-up man, the wardrobe man or woman, the script girl, the set designer, the publicity department, etc., all the people who ‘eat off’ the success of a ranking Hollywood star. They painted a grim picture of the unemployment situa- tion that would result if many of us decided to retire. HADN’T thought about it like that. But when I did think about it, it did seem kind of selfish. After all, I wasn’t planning to retire because of ill health, the only valid reason, I suppose, for a man to quit working. I was planning to retire for purely selfish reasons, so I could do the things I wanted to do. “Besides, and not to sound too much like the gallant fellow who lays down his cherished desires for his fellow-men, there was another reason for not getting out: I couldn’t do what I wanted to do. Carole and I had, as you know, a scheme up our sleeves. I might call it a dream and not be too fancy about it. We planned to take at’least two years off and do nothing but travel. We planned to go in our own little car, with no chauffeur and as little luggage as possible. Time, we said, was not to be considered. We might come back in two years; we might come back in twenty years; we might never come back. We’d see everything in the world while we were still young enough to be up and doing. We'd go into Egypt, India, South Africa! We’d follow the trails the tour- ists have made and explore out of the way, lonely places, too. “Well, that scheme was knocked in the head when the war rambled in. We couldn’t go to Europe. The Orient was closed up. We could have gone to South America, but I’ve been there before and that’s not what we wanted, anyway. We wanted to be free to go everywhere. “Carole and I didn’t do much talking about it. What was there to say? When we thought we could go, she was all for my not signing another contract, of course. Now that we can’t go, not yet anyway, we don’t talk much about con- tracts and things. We never have talked shop at home, you know. We still don’t. The most we ever do is check with each other on how long we expect to be on our current pictures. We try to plan it so that we'll both be working at the same time and both be free at the same time. A few weeks ago I read in the paper that Carole had signed a contract with RKO. I called her on the phone,” grinned Clark, “and asked her about it. It was the first I had heard of it. She said she hadn’t decided. RICHARD HUDNUT, Dept. M, 693 Fifth Ave., New York City Please send me tryout Makeup Kit containing generous metal containers of harmonizing powder, rouge and lipstick. TI enclose 10¢ to help cover mailing costs. 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e@ There is no excuse for the old- fashioned notion that toilet bowls must be scrubbed and scoured. This picture of a woman using Sani-Flush appeared 28 years ago. From that time to this, a simple chemical compound has kept toilets sparkling clean—without mussing or fussing. BOWLS WITHOUT SCOURING @ Sani-Flush removes rust, stain and incrustations from the toilet. ‘You don’t have to touch it with your hands. It even cleans the hidden trap. Cannot injure plumb- ing connections. (Also effective for cleaning out automobile radiators.) See directions on can. Sold by gro- cery, drug, hardware and 5-and- 10c stores. 10¢ and 25c sizes. The Hygienic Products Co., Canton, O. of eczema, sed skin tr from itching oubles externally ca¥ 35c bottle, at druggists, proves it or money back Quick relief and other . THE DOCTOR » ORDERED S| All over America there are — baby doctors who tell “ = mothers to buy Wee Walkers, those CORRECT baby shoes which cost so little. Don’t let baby wear outgrown shoes. Baby feet grow so fast you must change to new shoes often. Infants’ Wear Dept. of the following low-profit stores. Birth to shoe size 8. S.S. Kresge Co. J. J. Newberry Co. Sears, Roebuck and Co. Kinney Shoe Stores 1. Silver & Bros. W. T. Grant Co. H.L. Green Co., Inc. Metropolitan Chain Stores, Inc. Schulte-United Stores F. & W. Grand FREE: Baby foot measuring scale in pamphlet on fitting. Moran Shoe Co., Dept. M, Carlyle, Ill. Wee WaLkERs for the wee walker 76 “I got to thinking, too, what would I do with myself at the end of the first year of retirement? Read books? Id read a couple of books, then I'd be ready to relax. I’m just not of the Intelli- gentsia, you know; I’ve got to be active, got to have things to do with my hands. The farm wouldn’t take up all of my time, and pretty soon I’d be talking to myself! “I thought of the bunch I’ve worked with all these years, pals of mine like Vic Fleming and Jack Conway, the boys on the sets, the fellows who drive the studio cars, the boys and girls of the Press who have been so swell to me. And they have;” said Clark, “I wouldn’t be where I am if it weren’t for them. There have been a couple of times in my career, when they could have done me in with a few neat phrases. They could have made me the laughing stock of the country. They didn’t. They told the truth and left it at that. One or two have taken a sock at me, but that’s the law of averages, and you can’t blame the lot for the few. Yeah, I decided I’d be pretty lonesome without the gang who ‘made me what I am today.’ “So, when you add all these things up, the answer seems to be that there’s no reason to be an obstinate lunkhead and do something just because you once said you'd do it. “Last but not least, I must confess, I had another reason for saying, three years ago, that I’d retire this year. I thought I’d be washed up by this time. And I’d hate like hell to go down and down and down. That I’m not washed up is a matter of... .” “Don’t say it’s ‘Luck’” I interrupted him. “You always say it’s Luck, the ‘breaks.’ That's too modest and not true.” “Sorry, sister,’ Clark said, patiently, “but I’ve got to call it Luck because that’s its name. I’ve told you right along, and I’m still telling you, that the breaks I got might have come to anybody, they just happened to come to me. “Figure it out! Look, I made ‘San Francisco; that was swell. Then bang, along came ‘Parnell.’ No one went to see the thing. Know something? The fans can smell out bad pictures before we've finished shootin’ ’°em. They seem to be ahead of us. All right, after ‘Parnell’ came ‘Test Pilot,’ a honey, but— it might have been another stinkaroo. The cards were shuffled right for me, that’s all. Then ‘Idiot’s Delight? .. . yeah . . and then ‘Gone With The Wind.’ See what I’m getting at? Ive always alternated, one good, then one not so good, then a good one again. I’ve never had two baddies in a row. Two baddies in a row don’t do anyone any good.” The man’s modesty is chronic and invincible. Ten years have tested and proved that. Why, in his first two years of stardom he went through a barrage of fan fever and feminine swoons, such as no man, saving perhaps Valentino, ever knew. It would have made the head of a less earthy man spin like a whirling dervish on a bender. Clark’s head didn’t spin nor did it swell. He never lost the “common touch.’ (EMIS: as though the thoughts run- ning through my head were visible to Clark he said, “This has always been a business to me. Nothing personal about it. How can you take a personal bow for making a picture like, well, like ‘Boom Town?’ A forty million dollar organiza- tion is back of you. The best writers, best director, cameraman, the best cast to be got is given you. A group of people as a whole should take a bow when a picture is a success—not an individual.” I said, “I was thinking of the more personal adulation you get—the fan let- ters, the autographophiles, the tumult and the fury given you, as an individual.” Now Clark did laugh. He said, “Honey, when I get one of those hot potato things in the mail I thirk, “So what, they wrote that to Ronnie Colman day before yes- terday!’ That sort of thing doesn’t hand the palm to me; it hands it to the sales force behind me. Nothing to get con- ceited about,” said Clark, “in this busi- ness.” He added, with a grin, “the de- fense rests its case.” “No Retirement Plans.” Ill say not. But not because he changed his mind, not because the studio argued him out of it, not because he can’t go on his travels. That’s just what Clark honestly thinks. The real reason is that We, the People, wouldn’t let him retire. You don’t let a friend get away from you, do you? We hear that Baby Sandy is even hay- ing a Health Week named atter her, these days. She's such a busy little bee around the set of ''Sandylsa Lady" that it isn't often you catch her in her special chair. Pencil in hand, she's just been making some additions to the script! MODERN SCREEN

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THE AWFUL TRUTH ABOUT GLAMOUR GIRLS (Continued from page 29) Be sure to make it something strong.” Even with the libation in hand to for- tify him, he was loath to talk about him- self—that is, in the light of a Hollywood social success. He said, “I'll tell you one thing that can happen to a man going out with a Glamour Girl. I took a cer- tain young lady—never mind her name— to the preview of her first Hollywood picture. She was unknown before that night. The picture made her a sensa- tion, a star. The theatre rippled with excitement about her. You could feel it. When the picture was over, she sat in her seat, as cold as ice, scared stiff about facing the crowd outside. ‘Come on, dar- ling,’ I said, ‘you’ve got to take it. We'll make a dive for it.’ We started up the aisle. At the top of the aisle, fifteen or twenty kids pounced out and wanted her autograph. I beamed to her to sign them. I stood off at one side, letting her have her first taste of glory. “First she handed me her gloves, so that she could write better, then her bag, then her furs. A few feet away stood two elderly women who didn’t want autographs but who were interested spectators. Queerly enough, they seemed to be watching not her, but me. Then they whispered. From their expressions I gathered that they were saying some- thing like, “Who the devil is it? He must be a great friend of hers.’ Sud- denly they both rushed over to me. ‘Oh, Mr. Disney,’ they chorused, ‘won’t you please sign our programs?’ I was put in the position of signing Walt Disney’s name from memory. As I remembered, he had a circle over the ‘i’ All the while they kept up a babble about ‘how they loved those little chipmunks.’ I was afraid they were going to ask me to draw Dopey.” Any Hollywood bachelor taking out a Glamour Girl is very apt to have the experience of being shunted to one side, while the populace mobs his companion. Men outside Hollywood wonder if this one thing wouldn’t be hard to take. Ac- cording to Reggie, “At the most, it’s in- convenient. If you like a woman, what’s painful about having your taste con- firmed?” HIS being-pushed-aside is one ex- perience peculiar to the Hollywood bachelor. So is the large number of compulsory buffet dinners. “At which,” to use Reggie’s word-picture, “you have to consume half a dead duck, orange jelly, celery, a cream puff and a diseased radish, invariably mixed with a scotch you didn’t need.” Otherwise, the life of a Movietown bachelor is much the same as the life of a bachelor anywhere else. Except that there is more of it. “There are more beautiful girls here to the square mile than in any other town in Christendom,” he said. “And they are all very good men’s girls. They mix well—even the children of sixteen, just out of the egg. Though I’ve noticed that the ones who are most successful with men are those who retain a certain elusive quality. Not a hard-to-get qual- ity. Something more subtle. It’s more an element of mystery combined with JULY, 1940 Pepsi-Cola makes every party porfect. It's the bigger drink with the finer flavor. 12-ounce bottle, 5¢— or in handy 6-bottle home cartons, naturalness. They don’t wear emeralds the size of baseballs, if you know what I mean. “People have the horrible suspicion that beauties are haughty damsels. I’ve seen some haughty chorus cuties in my time, but it has been my experience that movie queens not only can take ribbing; they can dish it out. Collectively, they have a sense of humor. For your infor- mation, they don’t issue decrees about what they want to do when a man asks them out. They like the man to plan the evening, though it helps if he knows what dance orchestras they prefer or what their favorite foods are and where they can be found. Most of them dance, and few of them diet. “T’ve never yet asked a Hollywood girl for a date that she didn’t say, ‘What shall I put on?’ They all like to be told to put on evening clothes. I think it’s be- cause they’re in slacks and sport things all day long and when evening comes they want to dress up.” Reggie was gradually warming to the subject of Glamour Girls. He even be- came willing, for the fun of it, to give a Hollywood bachelor’s impressions of a number of the Hollywood bachelor girls, providing it was understood in advance that it was all in fun. He didn’t want anyone wondering if next he would be kissing and telling. At the top of the list was Loretta Young. “Definitely Bachelor Girl No. 1,’ commented Reggie. “Loretta has everything except the habit of giving a man any hope. She is keeping herself to 77

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an intelligent actress. And yet, with it all, she’s a pixie.” Madeleine Carroll? “Tve known Madeleine so long, I don’t know if I dare say anything about her. We did a play together in London twelve years ago. Even after all that time, Madeleine still is something of a mystery woman to me. I’ve never been able to escape the feeling that she is one actress dying to be some- thing else—but what, I don't know. I’m reasonably sure of only two things about Madeleine. She is very beautiful and, if the nunnery were on the hill, she’d be likely to take the road to the beach.” Rosalind Russell? Reggie rubbed his hands, smiled and cleared his throat. “When I heard that RKO was planning ' a certain picture,” he intoned sonorously, “T was positive that Roz was going to do the title role, even though she was an M-G-M player. The title exactly fitted her. It was ‘The Mad Miss Manton.’ I have a very deep spot in my heart re- served for Roz, although she probably doesn’t know it, because I consider my- self a serious person seized with an un- controllable urge to clown, and I suspect Roz of exactly the same thing. I also suspect her of pausing in the hall, just as she is about to leave the house in one of those wonderful creations of hers, and snatching a bit of lampshade—just a bit. Then, on the way through the gar- den to the car, snatching a clothespin from the line and, with the clothespin, clamping the bit of lampshade to the right side of her hair-do.” Greer Garson? “Better than anything I could say about her, I urge you to re- member Cathy’s first meeting with Mr. Chips in the fog on the mountain. That wasn’t Cathy. That was Greer Garson.” Mary Martin? “I sometimes wonder idly if there are any more like Mary down Texas way. If so, I must see Texas. She’s full of high spirits and vivacity. But one thing I’m quite convinced of: her heart does not belong to Daddy.” Frances Robinson? “She is the girl who is queen of the campus, only she has left college. She is everything that a gay girl can be: young, bright, pert and pretty. She is grand company for a man, a ‘good scout.’ I can have as much fun with Frances as with anyone I know. She has probably the loudest laugh in Hollywood. It starts with three staccato notes in high F and does a sudden sepul- chral swoop to the last black note on the piano. It can be heard on the southwest point of Catalina Island.” LEANOR POWELL? “She has two horrors. One’s men who stammer, ‘Ym embarrassed dancing with someone as expert as you, Miss Powell.’ The other is Reginald Gardiner.” He rolled his r’s ominously. “When we were doing ‘At Home Abroad’ on the stage together, we had adjoining dressing-rooms, and I was always popping next-door to see Eleanor and her mother. Somehow, a running gag that I was her secret husband started. I would make veiled, barbed remarks indicating that my patience as a husband was wearing thin; I wanted to know when she was going to give up this career and come home. This went on and on and Eleanor was amused—until some South American millionaire with a flock of titles, who had conceived a violent passion for her and had sent her $150,000 (more or less) worth of flowers, was scheduled to make a call backstage. “Eleanor pleaded with me. ‘Please don’t come into my dressing-room to- night. Or, if you do, please don’t say anything to embarrass me.’ I simply had to see the ardent suitor. So I went in, as usual. There he was, with a large bouquet in one hand and his top hat, gloves and cane in the other. We were introduced, and I couldn’t have been bet- ter behaved. I turned on all that old British charm. Finally I shook hands and said, ‘Well, I must get along.” At the door, just before I closed it, I paused to say to Eleanor, ‘Goodbye for now, darling. Ill run the tub for you.’ The suitor had kittens then and there.” And the most beautiful girl in Holly- wood? “The most beautiful brunette,’ an- swered Reggie, “I won’t argue about—it’s Hedy Lamarr.” This certainly proved him unbiased. Remember that Hedy married someone else, after going with Reggie, her first Hollywood discoverer, for a year and a half! “Though let’s face the fact,” he added, “that little Viv Leigh isn’t bad-looking. “The most beautiful blonde woman is more difficult. I’m tempted to say Mar- lene Dietrich. Being asked ‘What do you think of Hollywood beauty?’ is a little like living among 3,000,000 sturgeon for a year, and then being asked, ‘Don’t you love caviar?’ After a year, you’re sated with seeing the most perfect sort of caviar. You're looking for mauve caviar, or yellow caviar, or red caviar—any kind that’s different. And Marlene is differ- ent. Her face doesn’t have a doll-like perfection. It has character. 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Then he’d go back to his wife to take up again the heavy game of pretense. OR Mal, of course, wanted to talk about the baby. “Not having seen him, I don’t feel like a mother at all. So you'll have to tell me every little single thing to convince me that it wasn’t just an appendix.” “His fist was curled up today,” he’d re- port, and Mal would be enchanted. Sometimes a cloud crossed her face, and fear would clutch at him lest she sus- pect something. But, “Are you sure you don’t mind its being a boy?” she’d ask. In his heart, he’d wanted a boy, and had kept insisting on a girl only to prevent Mal’s feeling he’d be disappointed if it were a girl. Now he had the whole thing to unravel backward. “But how do I know you're telling the truth this time?” His comment, irrelevant enough, seemed to content her. “Women!” he said. “You never can figure them.” Then there was the engrossing topic of “what shall we call him?” They both like Biblical names. A baby born in Hollywood promptly suggested to Ray the image of Daniel in the lion’s den. David is the patron saint of his native Wales. So they arrived at Daniel David. At midnight of the fifth day, the doctor said there was a fifty-fifty chance. On the afternoon of the sixth day, he went farther. “I’m going to make a prediction. I may be wrong, in which case you'll hate me for this later. But I think your baby’s going to live, and I think he’s going to be a hundred per cent.” He saw the shadows clear from a pair of eyes that had been haunted and felt his hand being crushed to just short of a pulp; as the world was washed new for Daniel’s father. They told Mal she could see the baby at eleven next morning. When Ray ar- rived at nine, she was out of bed and dressed and all prettied up for her son. This was one time when she didn’t want to talk about him. She spent the two hours waiting and watching the clock. At length, her husband’s arm around her, she was standing, staring through the glass. Her hands went out in an in- stinctive gesture, but the pane barred their way. She tried to say, “Bless his heart,” and couldn’t get the words past her trembling lips. So she turned to Ray and buried her head in his coat. “Tt’s all right, honey,” he said. “This is just a preview. We'll have our own opening when we get him home.” Mal went home first. Daniel was three weeks old before he was strong enough to leave the hospital. “Won’t you want me?” the chauffeur asked that day. “Look,” said Milland. “When it’s your baby, you can drive him home.” His sister-in-law went along to take charge of the infant. He annoyed both her and traffic—the latter by clipping along at a pace of twenty miles, the former by frequent admonitions to sit up on non- existent bumps. He let her carry the baby into the house, though. He was no dope. Commitments to Paramount compelled him to tear himself from the crib side a few days later for a trip to New York. Daniel bore the parting with philosophy, his parent with impatience. Every night he’d phone, and Mal would report the latest world wonder. “Just think! He weighs nearly ten pounds and he isn’t even supposed to be born yet.” Meantime, Information Please, that radio program of wit and wisdom, had learned that the actor was to be in town. Many actors come to town, but few are chosen. Asked what you had to have to rate as a potential guest, Dan Golden- paul, the producer, answered: “A well- stocked mind, an absence of stuffing in the shirt, an ability to bandy language and to take your blunders in strides.” Many a guest, possessing these qualifica- tions has sat up there with the seasoned experts, only to find his . well-stocked mind dry as a desert, and his banter trip- ping, indeed, and falling on its face. Alice Longworth, as nimble-witted a lady as you'll find in a month’s search, will bear this out. Wendell Wilkie had to be coaxed for a year before he’d go on. [2 was on this formidable program that Milland was asked to appear, the in- issued through At first vitation having been Paramount’s New York office. he was incredulous, then cagey. “Must be some other Milland they mean, not me. Well, what in the name ot commicu sense would they want me or?” It seemed that someone had heard of his academic prowess at Cambridge. “Yah! So I suppose they'll pop me questions on medieval Italian history, just to let me show off. No thanks, it’s too big-time for me. Anyway, I want to get home to my baby.” They didn’t point out that it would be excellent publicity for him and for Para- mount, and his new Paramount picture, “French Without Tears,” which Fadiman would be sure to plug. They wisely soft- pedaled that aspect. They stressed the fact that it was an honor to be asked. They recited an impressive roll of earlier guests. They said it was less important to answer correctly than to contribute to the gaiety of the hour. He began to think twice. It was sheer perversity, though, that cinched it. He’d told Mal about it over the phone one night. She went to a party next day, and when Ray called that. evening, she was all of a dither. “They said not to do it, Ray—” UP-TO-DATE ADDRESS LIST! Send today for the newly revised list of Hollywood stars with their correct studio addresses. It is a convenient size to handle or keep in a scrap-book. To re- ceive a list, 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 otherwise. Please send requests to Information Desk, Mod- ern Screen, 149 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. MODERN SCREEN

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iia a - jackass of himself,” “Who said that I shouldn’t do ar? “Oh—Jack and Joe—all of them at the party. They said you'd be sticking your neck out. They said, ‘Does he know they don’t see the questions beforehand?’ ” “They said he’s going to make a prize grinned Milland. “That settles it, honey. I’m going on.” By the time he’d subdued her protective terrors for him, he owed the telephone company most of the profits. Tuesday night came. The studio audi- ence gathered. Who they are is a mys- tery, for the legend goes that you have to know the rooster himself to get in, so clamorous is the cry for tickets. Fadi- man sat at his table, stage right, looking over the questions. Facing him were the tables of the quizzees. The pianist in the rear was softly playing a Gilbert and Sullivan tune for F. P. A. Kiernan squatted downstage, talking to two pretty girls. “That's his daughter,” somebody whispered. “The prettiest one.” Milland opened the stage door, his toes curled in panic. “I was going to stroll in, very nonchalant, with my hand in my pocket. And there were these three lit- tle steps, leading to the platform. Think- ing how nonchalant I was going to be, I fell up the steps and entered on all fours.” This feat was hidden from the audi- ence. To them he appeared upright— tall, dark, hatless, the collar of his top- coat turned up, his air faintly rakish as you've seen it in the movies, nonchalant as anything. He was introduced to Fadi- man and the others. From a corner came the sound of Levant’s distinctive bray, so you knew that all the experts were present and accounted for. There’s a _ fifteen-minute warm-up period preceding the broadcast. Fadi- man is presented to the audience and NO posts cee eich cee he in ‘turn presents his quartet. “The relatively personable gentleman,’ ‘he said, “seated between Mr. Kiernan and Mr. Adams—” A round of applause told him he need go no further. He beamed at the relatively personable gentleman who appeared to be blushing. You'll have to take Milland’s word for it that he was shaking and never quit shaking till five of nine. He gave no evidence of it. He seemed wholly re- laxed. He was neither coy nor hasty in volunteering. He proved as conversa- tional as the veterans and as little bowed down by lapses of memory. Asked for three current plays based on books, he supplied “Life With Father,” then cheer- fully confessed himself stuck. He mis- took the name Plessy for Grecy, and offered Richard Coeur de Lion as the person associated with the place. His had been the only hand up. “You’re way ahead of the others,’ Fadiman soothed him. “They didn’t even know it wasn’t Richard Coeur de Lion.” He knew that “March on, march on” was part of “La Marseillaise,’ adding pleasantly, “I love my accent.” [Xe entente was promptly formed be- tween him and Levant, who was in fine fettle, egged on, it seemed, by Mil- land’s appreciation. The actor was fas- cinated by him, howled at each sally. “This Levant is very funny,” he excused himself after one such outburst. They played into each other’s hands, passed the buck to each other. “Who went from cavalry to cinema?” Fadiman asked. “This fellow Milland,” yelled Oscar. Ray half rose and made him as courtly a bow of acknowledgement as his position, wedged between chair and table, per- mitted. The platform fairly radiated good will after the show, indicating that the Pleasers were as pleased with their guest as he with them. They wanted to hold him, but he had a ten-thirty plane to make. Between the excitement of the program and the prospect of getting back to his wife and child, his spirits ran high. All the way out to the airport, he chuckled over the antics of Levant, mar- veled at the learning of Adams and Kier- nan and at Fadiman’s smoothness. “Lord, how he lacerates ’em. And all the time soft as silk, so you have to think twice to get the sting. Looking forward, it was torture. Looking back, it was grand. Now that it’s finished, I’'d like to do it all over again.” Fadiman had offered to send him a record of his percentage. “Do that, will you?” Milland had urged. “I need it for my kid brother-in-law. He’ll never believe I made more than zero minus, unless it comes with authority.” Mal’s brother is thirteen, and a skeptic on principle. Ray approves of him. “He’s the kind of kid that gets shy and em- barrassed with people. These kids that say howdyado, I’m so glad to meet you, then sit on the edge of a chair, all smug and polite—I could hit ’em across the teeth, couldn’t you? I’ve warned my wife that if ours ever says howdyado, she’ll answer for it.” The car came to a halt. reached in for the luggage. with that one,” warned Milland. my wife’s present.” “How ’bout the big one?” “Tll take that myself. It’s for my boy.” The porter eyed the huge package. “Must be a powerful big boy,” he grinned. Milland was striding toward the plane. “That’s right,’ he flung back over his shoulder. “Five weeks old today.” A redcap “Go easy “Tt’s Licky the (Sride WHO KNOWS THIS CHARM SECRET The girl who wins her man and keeps him knows the magic of Park & Tilford cHERisH Perfume! Like a fra- grant breeze of spring, this blossom-time scent sur- rounds you with glamour! From Park & Tilford—with its 100 year tradition of truly fine quality. Get CHERISH Perfume today! At drug,department and ten-cent stores. 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PAULETTE’S OUTSMARTING HER RIVALS (Continued on page 51) he had been testing all that morning. He was not only surprised; he was startled. Involuntarily, he said, half to her, half to himself, “Who—who is it?” The vixen smiled at the effect she had produced, stepped into the room and said, “FHal-lo. My name, she is Louvette. What you think, eh?” : De Mille smiled, in spite of himself. The girl, whoever she was, had contrived a clever ruse to get his attention. He relished her showmanship. She was cleverly made up, too. He still didn’t recognize her. He admitted it, asking, “Louvette who?” “T ouvette Goddard—no one else,” she said. ‘What!” he exclaimed, a man stunned with amazement. “Paulette?” He was both incredulous and delighted. “Why, you little dickens. So you think you could play the wolf girl?” “What do you think?” she said. E didn’t answer immediately. He stood up, walked around her slowly, looked her over from every angle, as critically as a camera would. “Your fin- gernails are too red and too long,” he said finally, “but we could do something about those. Otherwise, you look the part. I'd like to hear you read some lines.” He reached for a script, ruffled through it to a certain scene. “But I haven’t read the script before,” said Paulette. “To help me get the feeling of the scene, would you read the man’s lines as I read the girl’s?” De Mille looked helplessly at Pine, who said, “I’m no actor. You'll have to do it.” ~ So De Mille—who had completely for- gotten about lunch—went through the scene, himself, with Paulette. But reading the man’s lines kept him so busy and made him so self-conscious that he couldn’t concentrate on her interpretation of the girl’s lines. Finally, he admitted, “This isn’t fair to you. Take the script home, study the scene, and then come back tomorrow at noon and read it for me. I’ll have somebody here to read the man’s part.” He implied, “You’re a smart girl. You thought of a way to make me wonder if you couldn’t be Louvette. Now, the rest is up to you.” That was all that Paulette needed— the chance to show what she could do. She proved that the next noon. In her own clothes and without benefit of ap- propriate make-up, she gave her idea of how a North Woods spitfire would talk and behave. De Mille was convinced. “I’m not giving you a screen test, Paulette. You don’t need one. I know you can play the part.” This story has been carefully sup- pressed. The public has been led to be- lieve that Paulette was the original and only actress considered for the role. But having had a tip-off that that was not the case, and that the real story revealed unsuspected things about the girl named Goddard, I went to her to do a little checking. _ I found her on the set of “North West Mounted Police,” stirring up trouble—for picture purposes—among some Indians. The Indians were genuine, but such is the magic of make-up, she looked as Indian as they did, except for those mis- chievous blue eyes, “The blue eyes aren’t out of character,” she said, smiling, her white teeth gleaming against the back- ground of dark greasepaint. “I play a half-breed, you know.” She led the way to her portable dress- ing-room, a canvas coop rigged up on the sidelines of the set, and crowded with three chairs and a dressing-table. She sat down on the dressing-table bench, one bare—and shapely—leg curled under her, the other dangling, and waited for my first question. I told her the story I had heard about how she had gone after the role, and asked her if it were true. “Yes, it is. It didn’t look as if I could get myself considered for the role any other way,” she admitted frankly. “At least fifty actresses wanted it. It’s that kind of role. But apparently none of them wanted it quite as badly as I did. “As long as I’ve been movie-minded, I’ve dreamed of doing a picture for Mr. De Mille. Everyone he makes is im- portant. He has never produced a flop. And no one in Hollywood is his equal for bringing out players, making them fa- mous’—a statement that indicated, all by itself, that those blue eyes were observant and the brain behind them shrewd. “I met him for the first time at the Academy dinner three years ago. We sat side by side. He teased me about looking like his idea of Delilah. I asked him jokingly why he didn’t do the story of Samson and Delilah, and let me play Delilah? He joked back, “Maybe I will! Shortly after that, I went on a six months’ trip to the Orient. From every port, I sent him post cards. From Singapore I wrote: ‘When are you going to have a part for me?—because I want to work for you.’ From Hong Kong I sent: ‘Don’t forget—Paulette.’ It was all in fun, but mixed in with the fun was a certain amount of wishful thinking. And that, as I say, was three years ago.” | peRiuieiaar na drew her leg up under her. “The first I heard of Mr. De Mille’s search for Louvette,’ she con- tinued, “was when I saw a drawing of her in the paper. Everybody saw it. The caption underneath the drawing was: ‘Have you seen this girl?’ The implica- tion was that her living counterpart would be a dramatic sensation in ‘North West Mounted Police.’ I studied the picture, and I asked myself, ‘Why couldn’t I look like that—if I had the chance?’ Not that I felt ’'d ever get it. What I thought was that this so-called search was a big build- up to an announcement that So-and-So had been cast in the part—with So-and- So having been decided upon months in advance. Maybe that was what people thought when I was announced for it! “I was away from the Paramount lot for several weeks. When I got back, I had a lot of gossip to catch up on. One morning I said to Dot Ponedel, my studio hairdresser, who ought to know: ‘Tell me —who’s going to play Louvette?’ To my infinite surprise, she answered, ‘The part hasn’t been cast yet. Mr. De Mille’s lining up people for tests.’ She showed me the drawing I had seen reproduced in the newspaper—which the hairdressing de- partment was using as a guide in fixing the girls’ hair for their tests. I said ‘Ammmm!’ and got in touch with my agent as soon as possible. “Tf the part wasn’t cast yet, I was going to try for it. I made up my mind on that point in a hurry. Here might be my chance at last to work with Mr. De Mille! “My agent tried to discourage me. ‘I’ve already got three other clients out for it, Paulette. That means I’m due to have at least two disappointed clients. 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But how was I going to compete with girls who had agents talking up for them? I had to do something unusual—some- thing to make Paulette Goddard stand out as an unexpected possibility for the part. “I couldn’t imagine myself walking into Mr. De Mille’s office in my own clothes and saying, “Why couldn’t I play Lou- vette?’ and trying to persuade him that I could. For one thing, I wouldn’t look the part. ; “That gave me an idea. I’'d go in to see him—and I would look the part. “That took a bit of conniving. I per- suaded Dot Ponedel to fix my hair like Louvette’s, got one of the Westmore boys to put on the make-up touches, and had a wardrobe woman. snatch Louvette’s dress off the other girl’s back, as soon as her test was over, and rush it to my dressing-room. Meanwhile, I had begged Bill Pine to hold Mr. De Mille in his office for fifteen minutes that noon, be- cause I had a surprise for him, and Bill promised not to tell I was coming. “It took a lot of nerve, but I wanted that role desperately.” EOPLE have underestimated Paulette. They considered her the girl in Charlie Chaplin’s life. They haven’t sus- pected her of a long and determined campaign to make a name for herself as an actress. They have suspected her, instead, of only toying with a career. Paulette planned it that way. She wasn’t taking any chances of being knifed by stars afraid of her. She smiled and let them think she wasn’t serious about a career. She kept her ambition completely and shrewdly hidden until she sensed the psychological moment to turn it loose. That moment arrived when the role of Louvette loomed on the horizon. She had just finished “The Ghost Breakers,” written especially for Bob Hope and her- self, which would be out in early sum- mer. She had just played the girl in “The Great Dictator,’ Chaplin’s long- awaited first talkie, another part espe- cially written for her. Both pictures had hit possibilities. But both were comedies. Now, if she could only do a big dramatic picture like “North West Mounted Po- lice,”—well, 1940 might be her year. Any- way, it was worth a gamble. As she explained it, “My career is my whole life, not just a trinket to wear on my wrist. And it has been that ever since I first arrived in Hollywood, despite ap- pearances sometimes to the contrary. “IT wasn’t as lucky as some girls with screen ambitions. I had no acting back- ground worth mentioning. I had done two small bits in two New York shows; that was all. I had to acquire an acting background by starting at the bottom. “T arrived in Hollywood originally on a week-end party with some friends from Reno. I hadn’t been here twenty-four hours when I received a movie offer—to be a chorine in Hal Roach Comedies. I took the offer, but I didn’t have any il- lusions about being able to step from the chorine ranks to stardom, because I knew I didn’t know how to act. On the other hand, I didn’t have any intention of staying a chorine forever. “What I did was to look around for the best dramatic coach in sight. I decided that Samuel Kayser was it. I think How- ard Hughes brought him out from New York during ‘Hell’s Angels,’ to coach Jean Harlow. He had also coached Janet Gay- nor and countless other people, helped to make them famous. I started working with him, and I haven’t stopped since, except for short intervals—the longest one six months. I have always come back, started again. Every day at nine, when I’m not working, I have an hour’s lesson. I don’t have something new to do every day; far from it..Some of the work is so repetitious, and I become so bored, that I could scream. But I have always been able to make myself keep on, make myself have that much vitality and take that discipline.” In other words, she has been smart enough not to relax, not to underestimate for one moment the calibre of the com- petition. She hasn’t waited for the breaks. She has worked for them. “The long hours, months, years spert with Kayser were the only thing that gave me the courage to sign with Selz- nick two years ago,” said Paulette. “I hoped I was ready to strike out and have a career—at last. The first thing I did was ‘The Young in Heart,’ followed al- most immediately by “Dramatic School.’ Meanwhile, the Scarlett O’Hara business was going on, with endless tests and talk about my doing it. After such a build-up, the eventual letdown was cataclysmic. I lost all my belief in myself as an actress. “George Cukor, who was originally to direct ‘Gone with the Wind,’ still believed in me. He talked me into doing the role of the show girl in ‘The Women.’ He said, ‘it’s a minor role, but it will do a lot for you. Especially the scrap with Rosalind Russell.’ He was right; it did do a lot for me. The scrap was what impressed people. “You hear that in Hollywood every- body tries to beat you down, if you’re new. But everybody I’ve known has tried to help me. I don’t understand it, but that’s the way it has been.” The girl is too modest. It’s easy enough to understand. She hasn’t trampled other people, in her efforts to get somewhere, herself. She has been smart enough to take her time, to make friends all along the road. I ASKED her about the Chaplin picture. Was it true she had the biggest part any girl had ever had in a Chaplin pic- ture—and, if so, did she talk Chaplin into making the part so prominent? She answered, “Yes” to the first ques- tion, “No” to the second. “The part looms up so well,” she said, “because the story revolves around the girl. She typifies the Ghetto, the Common People. She is the only one willing to help the persecuted, and lives in hope of beating up the Storm Troopers. Being created especially for me, she is very much like me, except that our voices are different. In the picture I use what I call ‘my little voice,’ and I jabber constantly—so that Charlie never gets a chance to talk as the little tramp. He plays a dual role, you know, a dictator, and a little tramp who is a double for the dictator. I love the story. It should be a tonic to everybody who sees it. Only it’s too bad that the dictator-ridden countries can’t see it. “What kind of roles do I want to do? Every kind. Amusing ones, tragic ones, dramatic ones, romantic ones. That’s the fun of acting, it seems to me. There’s no limit to the things you can try to do, the interesting people you can try to be. You can never reach the end.” Paulette Goddard has an animated face that you can’t confuse with any other on the screen. 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ANNIE MEETS THE BOYS (Continued from page 31) stay up until four or five in the morning.” Ann Sheridan smiled. The smile was dazzling. And while we recovered from it, she sipped her iced tea, left some lipstick on the straws and told us she usually wears evening gowns to formal parties and big affairs. On the average date, she likes to be comfortable in slacks. Her shapely legs are always bare beneath her formal attire, but she wears stockings with slacks. There are two dozen gowns in her closet that she hasn’t tried on yet. They’re in her fa- vorite colors of black and white—“And, of course, red. I’m daffy about red. But while I speak Spanish fluently, dance Spanish, like Spanish food, I can’t wear that type of clothes because it’s too colorful for my hair.” She admits that most of the beaux don’t much care what she drapes on her body. 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It was held at Victor Hugo’s. After I came in, I wanted to pay my respects to Miss Anderson, whom I consider a top-notch actress. I walked over to her table where she was seated with Sally Eilers and Mrs. Warner. I reached out to shake her hand, and in my usual enthusiasm, knocked over a tall tumbler filled with scotch. It spilled right on Sally Eilers’ gorgeous white formal! I wanted to drop through the floor! “Back in Texas, such incidents would not have been so bad. But dating in fast company, among celebrities, it’s awtul.” NN tilted her chair and stretched, re- vealing curves that will enrich her forthcoming picture, “Torrid Zone,” and a figure that has already prostrated men from Ethiopia to Japan. “But sometimes we get sick of night clubs,” she said finally. “When that hap- pens, I throw an impromptu party at my place, invite about a half dozen friends, hire two Mexican guitar-strummers, roll up the rugs and the fun starts. After a couple of hours, I wander into“ the kitchen and fry some chicken and eggs, and despite ensuing indigestion, it always turns out to be swell sport.” About this stage of the interview, under the influence of Ann’s confidences and her Parisian perfume, we began to get a trifle chummy. Not forward enough to ask for a date ourselves, we men- tioned a friend who wanted to meet her. Ann screwed up her face. “No, thank you. No blind dates for little Annie! Listen, honey, I’ve never been on a blind date in Hollywood, and I don’t intend to begin now. I just don’t believe in them. You never know what youre running into. Rather than accept a blind date, I prefer to go out alone and often do. . . . Sometimes hosts try to put something over on me. At the last minute they'll phone, ask me to drop around for a party and tell me some friend of theirs will pick me up. ‘Keep your friends, I always reply. ‘I don’t want to run into strangers that way. Ill come along alone.’ ” Refusing to set herself up as some divine and infallible Juno sitting on some high Olympus, Ann didn’t want to offer advice to other girls. She didn’t think that, in the final analysis, she knew enough about men to give advice. “But there’s one obvious mistake I constantly notice in other women,” stated Ann. “Sometimes they are just too, too feminine. You know, after one drink they start talking baby talk, becoming fluttery and coy. That gets under my skin. They begin requiring protection and so many attentions. You know how those girls get—they want the table changed, coat removed, clothes checked, food returned, until a fellow must think he’s going insane. A lot of ladies ought to get wise to themselves. Most of the actors here dislike such traits in women.” Without conversational transition, we whispered one word—Matrimony. Ann Sheridan emitted a sound similar to “Woof” and almost fell off her chair. “Not for Annie!” she exclaimed. “I’m not at all interested in getting married! And don’t forget the exclamation marks!” We wondered—though said nothing about it—if she was recalling her first and only marriage. That was four years ago. She was living in an apartment hotel. One morning she forgot to take with her a letter she intended to mail. Returning for it, she bumped into a handsome young actor, Eddie Norris. That was the start. On a blazing hot. Sunday afternoon, August 26, 1936, she went to Ensenada, Mexico, with Eddie Norris. She was in a white slack suit. He was in a sport ensemble. The Mex- ican judge, near-sighted, mumbled the ceremony in Spanish. And Ann Sheridan was married. Two years and ten days later she was divorced. “Tm not at all interested in getting married again!” she repeated. Was it a case of having touched fire once, and of being afraid to get burned again? We didn’t press the point. But Ann did say that if she ever were wed again, it would be in the same quick, strange, exciting way. “I hate big elaborate ceremonies. If I marry again, itll be on the spur of the moment, an elopement. “The kind of fellow I’d like? He doesn’t have to be handsome, but not ugly, either. An older man, preferably, maybe around thirty-five or forty, am- bitious, interesting and with a sense of humor. Someone who would be a gen- tleman at all times, would be careful about his appearance and would not take me, or himself, too seriously!” Of all the men in all the wide world, she said there were four she would go out of her way to meet; men she would like to spend time with, chat with, know very well. They are Nijinsky, the dancer; Oscar Levant, the wit; Noel Coward, the “Scoundrel”; John Stein- beck, the author. According to Ann: “Tve always been fascinated by the man Nijinsky and his life. I know he is now aged and mentally unbalanced in a Swiss sanatorium, but I hear he is regaining his mind and, when that day comes, I'd love to meet him. As for Oscar Levant, after hearing him on the air and reading his ‘Smattering of Ig- norance, I’m anxious to be introduced to him. I understand he is very biting, quick on the verbal trigger and profes- sionally insulting. “As for Noel Coward. Well, what girl wouldn’t want the pleasure of his suav- ity, worldliness, cleverness? And after reading ‘The Grapes of Wrath, I just wonder what John Steinbeck looks like and what kind of person he is.” (CONCERNING the red-headed lady who would like to meet these men, there isn’t much more to tell. Most has already been told. That she was born and reared in Denton, Texas, a town which can be found in any handy seed catalogue, is ancient history. That she was born on Washington’s birthday, that her name used to be Clara Lou, that she is five feet five, that she is part Indian, that her sister, Kitty, sent her photo to Paramount and that’s how she broke into Hollywood, that she is ticklish under the ribs—all of that is also history. Actually, Ann Sheridan’s life can be dated from that singular afternoon, over a year ago, when the telephone rang at four o’clock and bespectacled Bop Tap- linger, head of Warners’ publicity, told her to get into a formal and show up at a dinner being given for male writers, actors, business men and socialites. Ann showed up for the banquet, on which Taplinger spent $160 for food. Ann was crowned the Queen of Oomph and given a bracelet. She then went home MODERN SCREEN

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George Hurrell and other still-photog- raphers took over seven thousand por- traits of her in various sexy and sultry poses. A gasoline, a cigarette and ten orchestras were named after her. Her Oomph became a million dollar asset, was promptly copyrighted and insured for $100,000. A Chicago theatre owner, in Hollywood on a vacation, posed for a picture with her. He wanted to show it to his friends at the next poker session. The theatre owner’s wife saw the photo, sued for divorce, presented the picture for evi- dence—and won. Joan Castle, an actress, claimed she was the original Oomph-girl and sued for $5,000. A six-year-old child, in a crowded theatre lobby, tugged at his mother, pointed at Ann Sheridan, and screeched, “Mom, I don’t see any Oomph! What does it look like?” A hundred wits tried to explain what it looked like. Gene Towne, zany writer, claimed, “Oomph is simply It—with a _ super- charger!” Busby Berkeley, dance direc- tor, thought, “Oomph is the quality that drives girls to stardom and men to distraction.” Ann Sheridan herself, typically frank, solved the enigma. “Oomph,” she ex- claimed, “is what a fat man says when he leans over to tie his shoe lace in a telephone booth.” She told us she was very surprised at her sudden success. And to prove it, showed us a bright little bracelet which she gave to herself. On it were the words— “From Clara Lou to Ann. You continue to amaze me, kid.” But cockiness hasn’t even touched her. Not a single bit. The best antidote for an inflated ego, thought Ann, was to see herself on the screen. “It’s an ordeal, a torture. I go to a preview, and when I see myself flashed on the screen, I almost slide under my seat. I try to sit there, try to be brave, and proceed to pick the polish off my nails. I suffer a thousand hells, promise never to go again—and do. 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Write today to U.S.DENTALCO., Dept, 7: icago, Oll POWDER PUFFS AT ALL 5-AND-10¢ STORES 88 ON THE SET (Continued from page 35) equipment, dumped him into a concen- tration camp. There he remained for forty days, existing on barley soup and dry bread—when he was fed—and grate- ful for the daily quart of water which he could use for either drinking or washing. In September, by the grace of God and Louis B. Mayer, Rosson was released and is now Hollywood’s foremost author- ity on concentration camps. However, while interred, he was too angry to think of doing research for the future edifica- tion of the boys back home, so there were many details he overlooked. As a last resort in its round-up of real- ism, M-G-M turned to the refugees. Or rather, the refugees turned to M-G-M. Scores of them, learning of the studio’s mammoth undertaking, phoned in their personal experiences and volunteered their services in any capacity whatso- ever. Accepting what it could, Metro set about building its own concentration camp. At the end of six weeks, at a cost of $15,000, one of these modern-day tor- ture chambers rose in Culver City. And into it goose-stepped over 400 extras, to shiver in synthetic rain and cower under Storm Troopers’ lashings for $11 an eve- ning. LMOST as difficult as the concentra- tion camp set was the creation of the Storm Troopers. To play the parts, the studio hired 200 ex-gridiron stars and then proceeded to have them Hitlerized. As the first step in their Nazification, the boys were trotted over to a neighborhood tonsorial parlor where a French barber gave them German haircuts. A lot of moss can grow on 200 scalps, and when the mass operation was over the floor of the shop was covered with enough hair to stuff a mattress! The next step was getting them dressed for their roles. That meant putting each one into a $75 uniform (figure it out yourself) and trimming him off with swastika-ed hats, armbands and buttons. Interesting is the fact that no manufac- turer in town would agree to make these embellishments and the studio, unpre- pared for a moral sit-down, had to go to the great expense of making them and the Nazi flags needed on their own lot! Finally came the actual education of the “Troopers”—the business of teaching them the Nazi salute, the Nazi song, the Nazi carriage. “We don’t know how we done it, but we did!” about sums up the attitude of the coaches. According to them, one of the toughest tasks they ever had was showing these easy-moving young Americans how to click their heels, stiffen their bodies and say “Heil!” as though they meant it. In fact, the per- fection of this motion alone took three weeks! Acquainting the boys with the Horst Wessel Song, the national anthem of Nazi Germany, was another painful process. Besides drilling them in daily voice classes, it was necessary to provide every “Trooper” with a recording of the song, which could be studied from a home victrola. When, at last, they all had it down pat, some one suddenly re- membered that the “Horst Wessel” copy- right was owned by a German firm and that any unauthorized usage of the song would constitute an infringement! But Germany had to have a national anthem. The inspired music department at Metro sat down promptly and wrote one—a similar melody entitled “The Adolf Hit- ler Song,’ which it is to be earnestly hoped will never reach the Hit Parade. Undountedie the greatest spectacle in the entire picture is the book-burning scene, Hollywood’s first presentation of the most loathsome incident in modern history. In this scene, several hundred university students set fire to a mass of books, supposedly those banned by the German government and ordered de- stroyed by Adolf Hitler. To secure the props for the sequence, a corps of men scurried from one second-hand bookshop to another, picking up all the literary junk they could find. Their search netted them 2,000 volumes which they purchased at an average cost of 25c apiece. Since they were mostly turn-of-the-century novels and outrageous dream books, their loss is hardly to be regretted. Nor is it regrettable that snug-in-its- corner Hollywood has gone to such great lengths to take a whack at a dictatorship. The picture is bound to have a tremen- dous influence on its audiences. THE JOKES ON HOPE (Continued from page 48) He repeated the shortest jokes he knew. One was a poem that had to do with the genealogy of fleas. It went like this— “Adam Had ’em.” Another short joke (reading time: 1% seconds) was— “Bill Rose sat on a tack, Bill rose.” And another— “Boy, miss, Joy, kiss, Popper sees, Doctor, please.” Bob Hope insisted that the lowest form of humor was not the pun. “When people groan at a pun like, ‘She wanted to be a school teacher but she had no class,’ they’re only groaning because they didn’t think of it first.” Bob has been married five years. Her | name is Dolores. She used to be a model and a hoofer. They have a four-month- old adopted daughter. Every summer Mr. and Mrs. Hope take a honeymoon— behind the footlights! Last summer they returned to vaudeville for seven weeks. This summer, they'll do it again. Very few fans know Bob Hope is married, but if you want to see his wife, watch for the gorgeous brunette who goes under the name of Dolores Reed in the billing. Bob Hope admitted that the one per- son in Hollywood who could best him in a practical joke was Harry Lillis Crosby. “Bing really has a sense of humor. He’s funnier than his horses. Anything for a chuckle. Have you seen the sign on Bing’s front lawn? It reads, ‘Keep off the grass. Remember when you, too, were struggling for recognition. And did Bing ever tell you about the prac- tical joke he pulled in Boston? It was a honey! They were holding a contest. MODERN SCREEN

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It almost drove me nuts!” I asked Hope if he enjoyed working with Bing in their last picture, “The Road to Singapore.” Did he enjoy it? Sa-ay! Hope’s frame, huskier off-screen, shook with inward glee. “What a riot! Id rather work with Crosby than with any human alive. It’s not work. It’s play. Besides, Bing gives me something. Do you understand? He’s easy, simple of style. Together, we’re relaxed. We have a picnic, forget the script. Why, in ‘The Road to Singa- pore, we practically threw the scenario in the wastebasket, and made up half the dialogue, just horsing around. We didn’t play a single scene twice the same way, or with the same words. “Someday I’d like to work with W. C. Fields. I’d be a little afraid, though. He’s my idea of the best comedian in the business. He leaves me limp. Fields has a curious manner. You know, just an old rogue. He kids everything. It’s unbeatable. “And another thing, I wouldn’t mind doing more love scenes. Professionally, that is. (Now, now, Dolores, you heard me clearly, I said, professionally!) Of course, I’ve never had any serious pas- sionate moments on celluloid, but I re- peat, I wouldn’t mind. Maybe I wouldn’t be good, though. Maybe Id cavort like an untrained chimpanzee. Because, up to now, with girls like Shirley Ross, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour and Paulette Goddard, ’'ve never embraced or kissed them for keeps. Ive just burlesqued everything. Id like to do sophisticated love scenes, the “Thanks For the Memory’ sort of stuff.” HETHER or not he’s ever con- verted into a Casanova, one thing sure, he will always sport the cap and bells because he has ridden to fame with laughing gas. And the entire story of Bob Hope’s career, to date, can be summed up in the four familiar words: From gags to riches. Born in the shadows of Westminster Abbey, Hope was transported, as a child, to Cleveland. There he attended high school, and his education consisted largely of learning to tap dance. 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we" named Johnny Risko, who eventually tangled with Max Schmelling and Jack Sharkey. Hope’s pugilistic aspirations ended on that day when, in a gym- nasium arena, Mr. Risko threw a right uppercut at him; Mr. Hope neglected to remove his chin, and the uppercut almost obliged. About that time, Fatty Arbuckle was making a personal appearance. He need- ed supporting acts, and Bob Hope and a friend rehearsed a blackface tap rou- tine and landed the job. Not only did Hope dance, but he was the voice off- stage, he sang in a quartet, played the sax in the pit orchestra and helped move the scenery. That was the beginning. Some weeks later, scheduled to work in a night club, his partner fell ill with fever. Hope shuffled out to announce that the act was postponed. To make the announce- ment graceful, he began relating a few inoffensive Scotch jokes. He told his favorite about-the Scotchman who sat up all night in order to watch his wife’s vanishing cream. The patrons cackled with glee. Encouraged, Hope went on for an hour. The audience was prostrated with joy and— A new funnyman was born. HEN there were the usual things. Alone, unarmed, he wandered into stag parties, cocktail lounges and out on the vaudeville stage, wise-cracking for experience and for the root of all evil. Sometimes things were tough. “But it wasn’t too bad,” said Hope. “Oh, I starved a couple of weeks here and there. But that’s not very original. It was the only real discouragement I ever faced. That lack of food. It’s hard as hell on your timing, believe me! “At one period I was $4,000 in debt, had holes in my shoes, and had forgot- ten whether you cut a steak with a knife or drink it out of a spoon. Then I cracked Western vaudeville.” Eventually he reached the entertain- er’s Babylon—a dizzy, dazzling, blinking place called Broadway. And on the gay- way, he got the worst press notice of his entire career. He winced, remembering it. “IT opened in vaud at the old Palace. It was my debut in big time. My first show was great, terrific. But the critics didn’t come until the second show. By that time a reaction had set in. I was tired, nervous, my timing was way off, and I misfired. The billboards outside the theatre advertised me as, ‘The Mid- West Sensation,’ but after that second show, Lew Strauss, a critic, wrote in the Graphic— ‘So this is the Mid-West sen- sation. Why did he ever come Kast?’ “The payoff is this: Three years later, I hired a Strauss as my press agent, not knowing he was the same fellow who wrote that almost suicidal review!” During that period, as his success grew, he took his first sereen test for Pathe. “That test was a classic,” groaned Hope. “I started into the scene. My chin was on the screen for five minutes before I appeared! “They sent me into the projection room, by myself, to see the test. I learned, later, that was because nobody else could stand being exposed to it! “Some screen test! The projectionists who ran it off wore gas masks, and the Pathe rooster never crowed again, real- izing that none of his hens could ever lay an egg like that one! “After it was over, Pathe officials wouldn’t even give me street car fare home!” Having somehow survived his first ill- fated bout with the camera, Hope scored 90 smash hits in such musicals as “Bally- hoo,” “Roberta,” “Ziegfeld Follies” and “Red, Hot and Blue.” He even in- dulged in a feud, now a legend, with another comic, Milton Berle. It seemed that Bob Hope heard Milton Berle was lifting some of his best gags, and so Hope, instead of sueing, merely said: “Rich man, poor man, beggar man, Berle.” That ended the alleged crimes. While playing in the stage hit, “Roberta,” Hope loaned a musician named Fred MacMurray his hat and cane for a screen test at Paramount’s Man- hattan studio. “That’s the only reason I ever came to Hollywood,” said Hope. “I followed MacMurray. I had to get my hat and cane back.” In Movietown, Bob made his first ap- pearance in “The Big Broadcast of 1938.” He teamed with Shirley Ross—and soon had streets and infants named after him for his rapid-fire gags and his warbling of “Thanks For the Memory.” “<a Something new in beach outfits is Zorina's lovely coat with its puffed shoulders and bustle bow. He made eight shows in a row. “The Ghost Breakers” was the ninth. “Ten years ago, I never dreamed I’d be sitting on a Hollywood set, talking about the most interesting subject in the world to me—myself.” He sighed. “I was surprised the first day I ever got to this town, and I’ve been in a state of suspended surprise ever since. The wrong things always happen to me. A short time ago I had a dressing-room right next to Carole Lombard. My first day in that dressing-room, I heard a knocking on the wall. Thrilled, I jumped out of my room and ran next door—but how res I to know Clark Gable smokes a Pipe!” Hope confessed to the following habits and hobbies: He sleeps in a bed six by nine feet in size, a bed imported from New York. In it he does all of his reading. His prin- cipal diet consists of what he smilingly considers the most fascinating literature in America. “You know, the Daily Variety and the Hollywood Reporter!” He enjoys eating pickled herring, caviar, Printed in the U. S. A. by the Art Color Printing Company, Dunellen, N. J. garlic and gulps down a quart of milk a day. He swings a wicked game of golf, but Bing Crosby always licks him. He plays excellent billiards. He owns Leica and Graflex cameras, and also takes terrible outdoor movies with the 16 mm. He has a Great Dane, a Scottie and canaries that eat out of his hand. He sleeps six hours a night. He believes in taking life as it comes to him. He is always willing to admit a mistake. He considers mother-in-law jokes stale. ambition, “And that ambition is to one day be able to stay home and present my weekly broadcast while reclining in bed!” There is no person in the world he would rather be than Bob Hope. “Ah, sir, if I couldn’t be myself, I wouldn’t want to live!” Once, during the interview, when he left me to perform in a scene, I asked the people on the set about him. I learned one major thing. That Bob Hope, like most funnymen, was a rank sentimentalist. If there was a worthy charity, a benefit of any size, Hope was willing to contribute his talent gratis. He didn’t want to hoard his humor, keep his best gags in hiding. -For a cause, he was willing to give his all. When he returned from his session with histrionics, I asked him about bene- fit performances. He was modestly silent for a moment. Then he confided: “There was one benefit appearance I made that Ill never forget. It was the most embarrassing experience I’ve ever had. It took place a short time ago, at the Madison Square Garden, before 20,000 people. I was on the stage, trying to entertain the audience. I began a long story, building to a single climax, to a single punch line that would put them in the aisles. Then, just a split second before I reached that punch line, a side door opened and Governor Leh- man of New York entered. Immediately, the 20,000 forgot about me, turned to- ward Lehman, sent up a giant whisper, ‘There’s the Governor!’ I was left red- faced on the stage, with a funny punch line and no audience. Embarrassing? God! What did I do? Just stood there for about five minutes, and finally, when everyone settled down, I said simply, ‘Remember me, folks?’ And then every- thing was all right.” HOzE told me he used about 125 jokes on each radio broadcast. He told me, also, that he had on file at home about 50,000 jokes, almost half of them of Scotch origin. This joke collection, plus Hope’s ability and growing reputation, impressed me not half as much as a few comments he later made: They had nothing to do with the interview. I had accused him, off-the-record, of being soft-hearted, and Bob Hope shrugged and replied: “Maybe. Maybe not. But the one thing that gets me down and makes me miserable is seeing old people in poverty. When I’m driving down the street, and I see a very old lady, you know, bent and weary and hungry-looking, waiting for a street car, well, geez, it gets under my skin. I want to stop my car, get out and give her a fin. People like that need more than laughs.” After he said that, he paused thought- fully; someone nearby cracked a joke, and Hope grinned suddenly and topped it with a gag of his own. And soon every- one was guffawing. But I didn’t pay attention. I had learned, from those last few words, all I wanted to know about Bob Hope, about what kind of a fellow he really was. I had learned that he possessed what every great man and every great comic must have—a heart! MODERN SCREEN He has a single driving

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