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THE 1941 WINTER EDITION OF SCREEN ALBUM AUTOGRAPHED STAR PORTRAITS | INSIDE HOLLYWOOD BIOGRAPHIES New Faces is the theme of this 1941 SCREEN ALBUM —the bright, up-and-coming new stars you DEANNA DURBIN are raving about. Not that we have forgotten your # old favorites—you’ll find them all practically | oS Bee OL) sheen : is ; A -TYSIDE-HOLLY WOOD" siocrarmes living for you on the pages of SCREEN ALBUM. | GLAMOUR PORTRAITS — SELECTED AND AUTOGRAPHED BY THE STARS The beautifully printed, entrancing portraits, all of them autographed, are accompanied by thrilling word pictures—intimate, up-to-the-minute details you have always wanted to know. - Now—in one magazine, for only 10c—you can own an album of a hundred glamorous portraits | of Hollywood’s most fascinating personalities, with 4 multitude of inside facts on each one! Ask your newsdealer for a copy today. NOW ON SALE AT ALL NEWSSTANDS 10 CENTS

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HE THOUGHT: Take no chances with “Pink Tooth Brush—help protect your own bright smile with Ipona and Massage! FROM ACROSS THE ROOM her beauty was flawless—almost unreal in its perfection of form and color. He thought, above the swift pounding of his heart, “Why, she’s the loveliest—the most exciting thing I’ve ever seen in my life! I must meet heratonce!” And when he did, his eyes held hers and whispered, “You're loveliness itself!” But then--right at that breathless moment—she smiled. And in just that instant his eager- ness faded. POOR TEETH—DINGY GUMS ARE A TRAGEDY. A ruined smile is a tragedy to anyone. But it is a particularly trag- ic handicap to a wom- an. So don’t YOU be as foolish as this poor girl, and ignore the warning of “pink tooth brush”! To do so is to risk your winning smile—your charm. NEVER IGNORE “PINK TOOTH BRUSH.” When you see “pink” on your tooth brush—see your dentist and see him promptly. It may not mean serious trouble ahead. It may simply mean that today’s soft, creamy foods have robbed your gums of work, left them ten- der, sensitive, weak. And, often, your den- tist’s advice will simply be more work and exercise for those lazy gums—“the health- ful stimulation of Ipana and massage.” FOR IPANA, WITH MASSAGE, is especially designed not only to clean the teeth but to aid the health of the gums as well. Mas- sage a little extra Ipana onto your gums when you brush your teeth. Feel that de- lightful zamg—exclusive with Ipana and massage. It flashes the news that gum cir- culation is improving—strengthening gum tissues—helping to make gums healthier. So get an economical tube of Ipana today. Join the charming women who have found Ipana and massage one way to a more at- tractive smile. WHEN YOU BUY IPANA, ask your druggist for the new D. D. tooth brush. Designed with the aid of over 1,000 dentists,the D.D. brush is more effective for gum massage, more thorough cleansing. IPANA TOOTH PASTE FEBRUARY, 1941 : 3 je Sih ot eis \ 2 4

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * « * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Published in The greatest this space star of the every month screen! Good morning! We hope you’ve had a Happy New Year. Kk ook ok We bring you a recipe to start 1941 off right. xk Ok * It’s “The Philadelphia Story’’. Let us tell you about it. Ke ok Once upon a time (are you sitting com- fortably on my knee?) there was a girl who was good in the Three R’s. xk «k * * She was Rich, Rare and Racy. 9 te kk 3k5 She also was a Ravishing Redhead. kw Ook ok * She was claimed by three men. They were the Three H’s. Hero, He-man, and Heel. ok Kw! They were all Handsome. °s * * * * 3M The Three H’s loved the Ravishing Redhead. They wooed her on horse- back, in swimming pools and at cham- pagne parties. ’* *k k * They Fought for her, Flew to her and Framed her. It all happened in Filadelphia. KOK Ook ok Now that’s just a hint of the most de- lightful New Year’s gift you or your friends or your family ever got. xk wk k& We cannot open the book further on “The Philadelphia Story’. You must see it, not hear about it. You cannot afford to miss Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart. Tet 37s Paraphrasing the well-known poem, only God can make a trio like that. Fiery. aitan Se 9 “The Philadelphia Story’’ (shh!) is directed by the incomparable George Cukor. M-G-M’s own Joseph Mankie- wicz is the producer. xk wk k& * Now there are many plus values — think of adding to Grant, Hepburn and Stewart—in the cast. ko OK Ek For example—in fact, for six examples —Ruth Hussey, John Howard, Roland Young, John Halliday, Mary Nash and Virginia Weidler. * * * * Endowed witha script by Donald Ogden Stewart from the well-known Broadway hit by Philip Barry, M-G-M wit proudly, buoyantly, happily St >) Dhesenits ia SES) * Ko) * ‘“‘The Philadelphia Story” — Leo “ES Another Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer advertisement for “The Philadelphia Story’’ appears on page 5 ©rcis 480659 C \ MODERN SCREEN SCANDINAVIAN CHARMER A close-up of that glamorous import—Ingrid Bergman......----- 10 SHOOTING FOR THE STARS Glamour tricks from movie cameramen to make smoothies of us all! 24 HOLLYWOOD'S NO. 1 MENACE A new slant on Gable by the chap who knows him best—himself 26 LADY HAMILTON Leigh and Olivier relive history's most heart-warming romance 28 DATE BAIT : Let the movie kids teach you some siren stuff!......--------+---- 32 TORIES ALL THIS IS HOLLYWOOD, TOO! Here’s a side of town you'll never see from a sightseeing bus... 34 A THRILL A MINUTE... No more hot spots for Jimmy Stewart—and here’s why!.......-- 36 BEAUTIFUL HANDS TO HOLD Hands are such tattle-tales—make yours say nice things about you 38 MISTRESS PROBLEMS Meet the most heckled tribe in Filmdom, the stars’ servants!.... 42 A GREAT PERFORMANCE The poignant story of Madeleine Carroll’s unflinching courage.. 44 MATRIMONY IN MOVIELAND : Charts and chatter to keep you up to snuff on your wedlock data 46 ASHIONS CLASSIC, CASUAL AND CHIC... Some adorable nine-to-fivers with a dash of night owl in ’em...-- 54 SNOW—SUN Ski clothes cute enough to melt an iceberg—sun clothes with verve! 56 PROP SHOP Some new fillips for that jaded winter wardrobe...:+-+++-+++++:: 58 EATURES Information Desk. ......-.--eeeer sere tress ster 6 "The Shepherd of the Hills”. ....-.------++++ssssseces 8 Movie ReviewS...-----2sssec etter teste cst tte isaua2 Our Puzzle Page......---+:-sesseresesrtee oy sitet eoetene ne ota Portrait Gallery.....------+-+--:: setae le erences o 19 Dangerous Curves.....----+s-ssecerercer settee 30 Designing Males.....-.-----2 esses eerr rrr s ts 40 Good Newsaccincra terete slrseieyisy cen meme nea ro noc . 50 Moderniiostessiccrer critter foley Tcit isha cao cscs 64 Sugdr sm iSpiceriie icierrtssisics tore eToys a a da 95 Movie Scoreboard) circ my yee mimi os oisicl cai 97 Cover Girl: Vivien Leigh, natural color photograph by Coburn PEARL H. FINLEY, Editor - SYLVIA KAHN, Hollywood Reporter ~ _ 99, No. 3, February, 1941. Copyright, 1940, the Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 149 Madison Ave., New York. Sara monthly. Printed in U.S. A. Office of publication at Washington and South Aves., Dunellen, N. J. Single copy price 10c in U. S. and Canada; U. S. subscription price $1.00 a year; Canadian subscription $2.00 a year; foreign subscription $2.20 a year. Entered as second-class matter, Sept. 18, 1930, at the Postoffice, Dunellen, N. J. under Act of March 3, 1879. Additional second class entries at Seattle, Wash.; San Francisco, Calif., Houston, Texas; Savannah, Ga., and New Orleans, La. The publishers accept no responsibility for the return of unsolicited material. Names of characters used in semi-fictional matter are fictitious. lf the name of any living person is used it is purely a coincidence. Trademark No. 301 773. MODERN SCREEN

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INEORMATION DESK OUR MAILMAN’'S A BUSY CHAP, AND WE WANT TO KEEP HIM THAT WAY! WRITE US AND WE'LL ANSWER! Gloria Brandriff, St. Louis, Mo. Get out your little black book—here’s your date data! Bob Hope and Dolores Read were married Dec. 25, 1934. Their adopted daughter is sixteen months old. You may be interested to learn that she’s recently acquired an adopted six-month-old prother Tony. Annabella was born July 14, 1912. George Brent came into the world on March 15, 1904, and Laraine Day first saw light Oct. 13, 1919. Irene Dunne’s birthdate was July 14, 1904. Richard Greene was born on Aug. 24, 1914, and Virginia Field on Nov. 4, 1917. Janet Gaynor’s and Adrian’s son is about six months old now and the best-dressed baby in Hollywood! Margie Neumann, New York, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Lundi- gan were blessed with baby William on June 12, 1914, in Syracuse, N. Y. He has grown to the sizable proportions of six feet two inches in height and 170 pounds in weight and has blue eyes and light brown hair. After high school and Syracuse University, he took a job as local radio announcer in his home town. His voice attracted the attention of a screen executive who interviewed him and believed he had spotted something a little extra in Hollywood hero material. Later events proved his judgment 100% correct, and today Lundigan’s really on his way up. He’s unmarried, but currently in the toils of lovely Margaret Lindsay. During his spare time he reads and tries his hand at radio playlets. Martha Jones, Atlanta, Ga. Louis Hay- ward’s playing opposite Joan Bennett in “The Son of Monte Cristo.” Since his entry into the world thirty-one years ago, he’s grown to a height of five feet ten and a half inches, created a successful six-year picture career and married twenty-four-year-old Ida Lupino. They are both athletic and thrive on a steady diet of tennis and golf. No, he’s never been married before. Louis, who has dark brown hair, blue-grey eyes, scored a hit in “The Duke of West Point,” which was released Dec. 29, 1938. In this picture he played the leading role opposite Joan Fontaine. Sharon Cameron, Chicago, Ill. You know a good thing when you see it! Dennis Morgan was the gorgeous man who played Thomas McCabe in “Tear Gas Squad” and who, incidentally, is rapidly headed toward stardom in “Kitty Foyle.” Born Stanley Morner in Prentice, Wis., he was educated at Carroll College and gained fame singing in opera and over NBC nation-wide hookups. In 1936 he entered movies and he’s likely to stay there at the rate he’s going now! Warner Brothers, Burbank, Cal., are distributing autographed pictures of him for a mere 25c. Cherie LaCroix, Tampa, Fla. Your inquiry about the per- son who took the part of Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda in “Confessions of a Nazi Spy,” led us into very interesting channels. It seems that the studio prefers to leave him unidentified! If he plays the role that convincingly, he must be a pretty swell actor. Mrs. T. F. McCaffrey. Kingston, Pa. Any song Deanna Durbin sings in her pictures is literally “made” right then and there! In “Mad About Music” she wowed em with “A Serenade to the Stars,” “Chapel Bells” and “I Love to Whistle,” and in “That Certain Age,” brought fame and fortune to the composers of “My Own,” “Be a Good Scout,” “You’re As Pretty. As a Picture”? and “That Certain Age.” You'll remember “Ts Raining Sunbeams” in “100 Men and a Girl” and “Someone to Care for Me” and “My Heart is Singing” in “Three Smart Girls.” Her next film is “Nice Girl.” Eunice Millen, Southern Pines, N. C. Lionel Barrymore was really crippled with arthritis for several months, that?’s why he always played those wheel-chair parts in the “Dr. Kildare” series. Good news is that he’s recover- ing and will be able to walk around soon. . . . None of the Andrews sisters, playing in “Argentine Nights,” are twins. Patty, LaVerne and Maxine are their names. A Lew Ayres Fan, Albany, N. Y. Born in Minneapolis in 1908, Lew Ayres was bitten by the “movie bug” in the second grade. After high school he went to the University of Arizona where he centered all his interest on his banjo and guitar in the college or- chestra. Hollywood was still his goal, so when part of the band decided to drift West, he was eager to go along. The Coast didn’t offer all the glory he’d expected, but he man- aged to keep himself going and hung around the studios between orchestra engagements. The breaks were slow in coming, but he finally made the grade after a wowing success with Garbo in “The Kiss.” At the height of his career he satisfied his yen to direct and almost disappeared from sight as a result of his failure in that venture. Re- cently, however, the Dr. Kildare films have pushed him back to the top again, and he’s going to confine himself to acting for a while! He’s very casual about the women at this point and doesn’t seem to be attracted to any particular one. NOTE: If you desire a reply by mail, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Information Desk, Modern Screen, 149 Madison Avenue, New York, New York. MODERN SCREEN r

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“This i is the most exciting story [ know!” says Newspaperdom’s ace story -teller MARK HELLINGER Aas call him ‘Mad Dog’ Farle, enemy of all that is decent and good. Yet his dreams are every man’s dreams: a fireside on a friendly farm, and the arms of the woman he loves ...Then there’s Marie, deep down just another woman with a hungry heart—but to the world a hard-boiled taxi dancer and Killer's com- panion .. . qNow her man is trapped alone, still fearless and defiant, on the highest peak of the terrifying High Sierras. He hasn’t bowed to any law on earth. He’s trapped only be- cause Man can climb no higher... Is this the end for the most dangerous criminal since Dillinger—or is it only the beginning? Iz’s all blazingly told in the new film success, High Sierra’, hailed far and wide as ‘the peak of screen excitement’! .. ‘HIGH SIERRA‘ is the sensational new success produced by WARNER BROS.... For both their brilliant performances it skyrockets to the top- most star ranks IDA LUPIN 0 «a2 star whose startling performance in ‘They Drive by Night’ made her an overnight sensation! Here’s the big role she earned! HUMPHREY BOGART scion: RAOUL WALSH, tion within mem- 3 ory has packed DIRECTOR MARK the power of this Of all his screen HELLINGER'S z _ Successes, from high tribute to the greatest per- formance in the career of Hum- Night’, this film Band mighty phrey Bogart! stands supreme! well-deserved! rs with ALAN CURTIS ¢ ARTHUR KENNEDY © JOAN LESLIE © HENRY HULL © HENRY TRAVERS if : Screen Play by John Huston and W. R. Burnett * From a Novel by W. R. Burnett ‘High Sierra’ to‘They Drive by $ a rare one,

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PARAMOUNT TROUPE CUTS CAPERS | HIGH ATOP SAN FERNANDO PEAKS! | It’s six o’clock in the morning and Henry Hathaway and John Wayne are up and about shoveling away snow from a “location.” | \ \ Here’s Carey—‘“The Shepherd of the Hills—” with his two cronies, Virita Campbell and Lucky, the director’s non-professional pup. Director Hathaway ribs U. of S. Cal. former gridiron stars Templeton, Wayne and Gibbs on their alma mater’s terrific shellacking. Cast and crew teeter on a mountain top following a long timeout. The terrific altitude was too much for delicate constitutions!

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- Carole Returns To Com- | Bob And Carole Are Co- | ‘Foreign Correspondent’ edy; Makes First Laugh | Sparring For The First | Hitchcock Puts Over Show In Three Years! | Time In Screen History | Another Terrific Scoop! AND IT ALL HAPPENS IN ONE GREAT HIT—THE STORY OF A BRIDE WHO COULDN'T STAY MAD

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By Katharine Best Garho isn’t the only Swedish siren nowadays! Not with Ingrid Bergman en these shores! The fact that Ingrid Bergman has been awarded so tasty a screen prize as the role of the governess in “Legacy” means that within just a few months a great many things must have happened. They began happening in a projection room in New York City in the Spring of 1938. Katharine Brown, Selz- nick’s story editor, was watching the screening of “Inter- mezzo,” a Swedish film starring J osepha Ekman, Inga Tidblad and Ingrid Bergman. Miss Brown was not unduly concerned with the story, nor with the histrionic talents of Mr. Ekman and Miss Tidblad. But this Ingrid Bergman —she was captivating. Miss Brown’s estimation of the Swedish star’s gifts was immediately transmitted via long distance to Mr. Selz- nick in Hollywood, at about one dollar per glowing word. Mr. Selznick was interested and asked that a print of “Intermezzo” be shipped immediately to the West Coast. In a few days Miss Brown received an order from her boss to buy the American rights to the film—but the film only, no Bergman. Miss Brown set about doing this with her customary alacrity, but to her it was like buying an automobile without an engine. A less determined soul might have let the matter drop there, but when Miss Brown went on one of her regular scouting trips in England for David Selznick, she couldn’t resist the opportunity of calling Stockholm and talking to this Ingrid Bergman. Perhaps the young actress could not speak English, which lack would make her useless as a Hollywood player. Perhaps she would not want to leave her native Sweden. Perhaps a lot of things. However, Miss 10 Brown put through her call. There was a long wait, and then a man’s voice boomed, “I’m sorry, but Miss Bergman cannot speak to you. She is very busy, right now.” Miss Brown returned to New York with little hope of ever seeing Ingrid Bergman on an American screen. How- ever, a terse order from Mr. Selznick to return to Europe immediately and sign up the young Swedish star rekindled her enthusiasm. A week later she was in Stockholm, where she was introduced for the first time to Ingrid Bergman, whose name in private life is Mrs. Peter Lindstrom. “On the screen she had looked rather like a femme fatale,” recalls Miss Brown, “so you can imagine my amazement when this youngster, looking not more than sixteen, with apple- red cheeks, walked into the room. I thought I had made a mistake, that I was negotiating with the wrong actress.” “I am so sorry I was unable to speak with you that day on the telephone,” Ingrid said quietly. “I was very busy. - I was having my baby.” Katharine Brown learned that in Sweden Ingrid Berg- man’s professional reputation corresponded approximately to that of Bette Davis over here. Miss Bergman had been a film star for many years. She spoke, besides Swedish and an excellent English, fluent French and German. She had been a student for eleven years at the Stockholm Lyceum for Flickor, a smart school for young girls special- izing in languages which, by the way, has nothing to do with “the flickers.” She also learned that Ingrid Bergman had, at the age of fifteen, written, produced, directed and even acted MODERN SCREEN rey aa ; we eee

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in a juvenile playlet that had brought her to the attention of the Royal Drama- tic School in Stockholm. It was there that she was discovered by Svensk Film- industri, Sweden’s leading producing out- fit, for an important part in a film called “Munkbrogreven.” During the next five years she appeared in eleven pictures, and starred in the last three. Her decision to leave an assured career as Sweden’s leading actress was a daring one. The mere thought of Hollywood terrified her, but two things made her think that perhaps her decision was a wise one. First, she was familiar with the part she was to play in “Inter- mezzo,” and second, she knew that a role in a picture starring Leslie Howard and co-produced by him was an exceptional opportunity. “Mr. Howard does not make bad films,” is the way she puts it. Ingrid Bergman’s arrival on these shores in the early summer of 1939 was like that of any ordinary European visitor who steps off the gangplank for the first time. She was besieged by neither re- porters nor photographers. She was, in fact, totally unknown and therefore to- tally unmolested. A fortnight in New York City did not mean lots of giddy night life or interminable press parties, but a continuous round of movies and plays. She did not miss a single matinée or night performance because, as she says, “that’s a good way to learn the language.” In Hollywood she stayed with the Selz- nicks until she could find a small house. For the first three weeks after her arrival she was forced to undergo the rigorous régime of Hollywood prettifying with fittings, makeup, screen tests, rehearsals, speech classes. Ingrid was given no build-up during the three months that “Intermezzo” was in production. Selznick wisely concluded that the American public likes to do its own discovering, and his new importation was not to be publicized at all. She was to play the part of Anita Hoffm2n in “Intermezzo, A Love Story”; the picture was to be released; and then the public could be advised of her past and her future. She was industrious and co-operative on the set. Two incidents particularly are remembered by her co-workers with evident relish: The time she suggested to the wardrobe mistress that she, herself, repair a damaged gown; and the naive fury with which she tore down the “No Visitors” sign on her dressing-room door. “That is a rude thing to say,” she ex- plained. After work she was able, unlike other Hollywood personalities, to wander about the town as she pleased. No one knew her by sight, and a foreign accent in Hollywood is as a coal in Newcastle.. Her desire to compare the New York Fair with the San Francisco Fair led her on a lone trek to the Golden Gate city where she was so delighted with the sights that she calmly overstayed her leave by one entire shooting day! The Selznick office, of course, was practically hysterical wondering what had happened to her! At last “Intermezzo, A Love Story” was finished. Ingrid Bergman was invited by William Van Schmus of Radio City Music Hall, to be guest of honor at a preview attended by the Swedish, Danish and Finnish consuls and their staffs. It was a dignified and distinguished gathering, and Miss Bergman had her first taste of fame in America. This was followed almost immediately by the release of the picture in New York. There was some reservation on the part of the critics as to the greatness of the picture. Of Ingrid Bergman there was no reservation at all. Walter Winchell reported: “New Yor- chids. Ingrid Bergman, the Swedenchan- tress, in “Intermezzo.” Oomf’ly good.” The New York Times said: “Miss Berg- man’s début is one of the most delightful things of the season.” The New York Herald Tribune wrote: “Miss Bergman is the best acting find Hollywood has made in a dog’s age.” The New York Post reported: “Not since Geraldine Fitzgerald débuted has anything as nice as Miss Ingrid Bergman happened.” The Daily Mirror said: “She is the fin- est thing that has come to Hollywood, from anywhere, in many a day.” And Ed Sullivan: “Unknown Ingrid Bergman ran away with the honors.” And Dixie Tighe: “Absolutely tops.” All America evidently agreed with these critics and columnists. Within six months an unknown actress had won the unqualified praise of press and public by a great display of intelligence and emo- tion on the screen. Off-screen she is a revelation as well. She is vigorous, ro- bust, and responsive. She can sit on the coldest day before an open window with- out shivering. She is twenty-three years old, five feet nine inches tall, weighs 126 pounds and is vivid rather than pretty. Her complexion has been called “the most perfect,” in Hollywood, and it is quite unnecessary for her to use makeup while appearing before the cameras. Ingrid is quietly thrilled at her “great good luck.” She has lost every bit of her fear of the Cinema City. As she puts it, “I like Hollywood. Here, you work hard, but it is fun. No one looks at you if you wear slacks and comfortable clothes. You can say what you please. Yes, I like it here.” Well, stick around, Ingrid, because Hollywood likes you too. Great New Improvement in Beauty Soaps helps Women Everywhere to a Lovelier Skin! 4 : 4 Ca Ne. “Tm just thrilled by new Camay,” writes Mrs. J. W. Carlisle, Boston, Mass. “My skin has always seemed rather sensitive, but new Camay is so wonderfully mild thatit actually seems to soothe my skin as it cleanses. 1 know women who feel they have sensitive skin will be grateful for new Camay !” 7” Trade-Mark R, U.S, Pat. on” o your dealer’s nae © change in wrapper! “Tm telling all my friends about new Camay!” says Mrs. A. L. Valery, New Rochelle, N. Y.“It’s so mild and gentle it’s just perfect for my skin!” Everywhere women are turning to this won- derful new Camay to help them in their search for greater loveliness! They’re thrilled to find a beauty soap milder than other lead- ing beauty soaps they have known. We proved Camay’s greater mildness by tests against six of the best-selling beauty soaps we could find. Proved, too, that Camay gave more abundant lather in a short time. If like many beautiful women your skin seems sensitive, let regular cleansing with this milder beauty soap help you to loveliness! 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ARIZONA —This exciting hunk of Americana is well over two hours long, but every moment of it moves with rapid-fire precision. It is the graphic story of the birth of Arizona, brought to life in an imaginative yarn by Clarence Buddington Kelland, a native son, and acted by a big company of players. All the characters in the film are taken from history books, with the exception of those played by Jean Arthur and William Holden. Jean is cast as a rough, tough gal fighting her way in a rough, tough world. For purposes of this yarn, Jean bakes pies for a living and dreams of starting her own empire. Eventu- ally she starts a freighting business, falls in love with Bill Holden, a wandering soldier boy, and is almost whipped in the struggle for life by a gang of tough guys who don’t like to see a gal amass a fortune. She hangs up her six-shooters, reaches for an apron and knitting needles and settles down to being a good wife. Young Holden, as the romantic influence, turns in a very neat job and marches steadily upward on the road to screen recognition; the boy has a lot of personality. Warren William is fine as the head bully, but a bit too heavy. It isn’t his fault; it’s the unrelieved meanness of his lines. The other characters are all good. Two of the things that make this film stand out are the breathtaking scenery (it was filmed right in Arizona, you know). and the photography. The script and direc- tion are jerky in a few spots, but that is because the lads were trying to cram so much punch and excitement into it. Directed by Wesley Ruggles.—Columbia. eee kkk k kkk THE LETTER —W. Somerset Maugham’s most dra- matic story meets up with Hollywood’s most dramatic actress and the result is one of the finest films of the year. It is the tale of a woman, happily married, as far as the outside world is concerned, but who has been carry- ing on a clandestine love affair. She kills her lover when he jilts her and almost gets away with it—but one tell- tale letter, written in a moment of desperation, proves her undoing. William Wyler, in directing this yarn, has chosen a very lethargic pace and drives you quietly mad with his masterly deliberation. The story holds you, the act- ing holds you, but you almost want to ery out, “Get on with it, man; what happens next?” And that’s not a squawk, but a compliment. Because it means that he has you on the edge of your seat throughout the film. The story seems almost to have been written with Bette Davis in mind; you can’t imagine anyone else acting it. But by no means is it a one-performance film. Herbert Marshall lends quiet distinction to the role of her husband, and James Stephenson, as her lawyer, makes you wonder why you haven’t noticed him before. Get ready for some very important work by this gent. Best among the minor players are Sen Yung, a new- comer with a tremendous amount of talent, and Gale Sondergaard, who has an increasingly annoying (to stars) habit of walking away with strong, very dra- matic scenes. Directed by William Wyler.—Warners. 12 Jean Arthur returns to westerns for the first time in ages to play opposite William Holden in ‘Arizona''—a rootin’, tootin’ epic. ————————_—_ > James Stephenson, brilliant British newcomer, makes a screen reputation for himself in "The Letter’ starring a villainous Bette Davis. | | | MODERN SCREEN

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TIN PAN ALLEY—Here’s a picture that has pep, rhythm and laughter, all in copious quantities. “Tin Pan Alley,” which is generally conceded to be i Ve 45th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues in New York, is the famous block where all of America’s popular songs have been manufactured for the past thirty years | or so. In this block, we meet Jack Oakie and John Payne who are partners in a fly-by-night, three-flights- | up “publishing house.” The two lads are typical song- writers, ambitious, full of dreams, none too scrupulous. They have a tough struggle but manage to get to the top of the heap with the help of a sister team consisting of Alice Faye and Betty Grable. The story is spread rather thinly, but pleasantly, and is kept alive by a series of very amusing incidents and a number of good, solid song and dance routines. And by the way, a couple of those oldies may hit the come- back trail. The casting of the players is well nigh perfect. Jack Oakie has never been better and comes near to walking away with the film. Alice Faye and Betty Grable make an exciting sister team—Alice excelling at the singing, Betty tops at dancing, but both doing a bit of each. John Payne has a new kind of assignment here. He’s a dashing, ambitious, fast-talking young man, and chances are that he’s at last found a role that’ll lead him straight to stardom. There are a number of excellent bit performers, tops among them being Elisha Cook, Jr., the inimitable Billy Gilbert, John Loder and George Watts. Directed by Walter Lang.—20th Century-Fox. ———$<——<$<$—<_< eee kk lh John Payne was the only one who escaped un- scathed during the filming of "Tin Pan Alley." Faye lost her voice and Oakie burned a foot. kwKwY eee ESCAPE —One of the most poignantly dramatic films of the year is “Escape,” gripping and spine-tightening melodrama. Both Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor are excellent and the subject matter is very provocative. Based on the best seller novel by Ethel Vance, the film sticks very closely to the original, telling the story of an actress who talks too freely in a land where freedom is a thing of the past. She’s carted off to a concentration camp to die and her son, Robert Taylor, an American, pulls all sorts of strings to free her. He finally manages to arrange her escape by a series of in- genious moves. But he is obliged to seek the help of Norma, an American living in Germany so long she had almost been blinded by its cruelties until this dramatic incident inserts itself into her life—to act as her escape. The thing that annoys you just a bit is the delineation of the main characters. You get especially impatient with the character played by Taylor and almost want to wring his neck when he insists on refusing to be patient You won't be able to stay in your seat when and discreet. Most of his troubles (and those of his you watch Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor mother, too), are brought about by this insistence on a and Nazimova outwit the Nazis in "Escape." freedom of speech when such insistence is folly. As mentioned, both Miss Shearer and Mr. Taylor are’ top-notch. Not far behind, if at all, is Conrad Veidt in a masterly portrayal of a difficult role, and Phillip Dorn, a handsome newcomer whom you'll be hearing a lot about. Nazimova is an experienced performer, but has only a few scenes. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy.—M-G-M. FEBRUARY, 1941 13

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MOVIE REVIEWS (Continued from page 13) KKK, The Mark of Zorro This picture will automatically remind many grey-haired ones of the high point in the film career of the late Douglas Fairbanks. But you don’t have to be an old-timer to enjoy it, because for any- body, of any age, this is exciting movie -fare. You will meet a new Tyrone Power here, a better Ty than you expected. He has dash, color, vitality and range. It’s not the kind of acting that wins Acad- emy Awards, but it does sell theatre tickets. You fans who have stuck faith- fully by Tyrone through a half dozen or so films which were not up to snuff will now be able to puff your chests out and strut your “I told you so.” The story is another version of the Robin Hood saga. Laid in old Spanish- owned California, it tells about young Zorro (Tyrone), son of the Governor. A meanie named Rathbone and his stooge named J. Edward Bromberg push the Guv (Montague Love) aside and take over, meting out very tough treatment to everyone concerned. So young Zorro plays a spineless sissy daytimes and goes ariding by night, masked, with a sharp sword poised. He straightens every- thing out for a happy ending, which in- cludes a lovely damsel named Linda Darnell. You’ve seen the same story before in a dozen different versions, but never as thrillingly told or with as much rapid- fire action. Power’s not as acrobatic as Doug used to be, but he keeps moving mighty fast, and he’s as handsome all tricked out in his brand new mustache. As for the rest of the cast, they’re ex- actly what you expect when they’re at their best. Which is plenty good. Brom- berg is perhaps especially effective in his best film chance to date, and Gale Sondergaard, too, rates a special mention in a difficult role. This, by the way, is one of those cases where the director’s hand is always evi- dent—good, clear direction, photography and acting, all neatly blended into a solid entertainment package; not a minute of it drags. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. —Twentieth Century-Fox: YIPPEE, FANS! At last we have it for you—that bio- graphical chart of your favorite '"westerns"' that you've been begging for! Imagine hav- ing at your fingertips the real names, birth- places, birthdates, ‘heights, weights, how they got their start and studio addresses of over sixty of those rough-riding heroes, leer- ing villains and wide-eyed heroines of your pet “horse opries!"' Made up in a most attractive form, it will make your album proud as anything. Just send five cents in coin or stamps with the coupon below and your chart is as good as lassooed! Information Desk, Modern Screen 149 Madison Ave., New York City ! am enclosing five cents in stamps or coin for which kindly send me your chart of the Western Stars. Citvene Sold gM OS Ea Oe feo It’s always August underneath your arms! Underarms perspire in Winter as in Summer. Use Mum daily to guard your charm! UTDOORS, winter may bluster. But outdoors or indoors, it’s always August, always 98 degrees, under your coat and dress, underneath your arms. So don’t let winter fool you. Remem- ber, even when you see no moisture, odor can and does form, and winter clothes especially, are apt to carry tales about any lack of daintiness. That’s why Mum is so important to you right now. Just smooth Mum on and you re safe from odor, sure of your popu- larity, for a full day or evening. Use Mum daily, for even daily baths BUT PEG, ITS ALWAYS SUMMER TEMPERATURE EVERY Day! For Sanitary Napkins Napkins need Mum, too. For this important purpose, thou- sands of women use Mum be- cause it 15 always so gentle, so dependable, WINTER AND SUMMER...MUM’S q 70 HERSELF: | ITS WARM DANCING TONIGHT! | BUT UNDERARM ODOR CAN'T SPOIL MY FUN ,.. THANKS TO MUM! can’t prevent risk of underarm odor. But Mum’s effectiveness Jasts. Winter or sim- met, Mum is the word for charm, FOR CONVENIENCE! Smooth Mum on in 30 seconds and you're fresh for hours. FOR SAFETY! Is your skin sensitive? Mum won't irritate even after shaving. And Mum is harmless to fabrics. FOR CHARM! You're dainty always, when you make Mum a daily habit. Get a jar of Mum at your druggist’s today. Long after your bath has faded, Mum goes on guarding your charm. THE WORD FOR CHARM! 4 TAKES THE ODOR OUT OF PERSPIRATION 15

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ALL-WEATHER LOTION & Winter is more fun if you're well fortified against the weather. Neither cold nor wind nor snow will mar the appealing satin- smoothness of your skin if you safeguard it with Elmo All-Weather Lotion. Just a little, used regularly, on your hands, arms and legs will protect against dryness, chapping and roughness. 36 Make this lilac- scented “‘satinizer” part of your daily after-bath routine. Elmo All-Weather Lotion is a fich, non-sticky, marvel- ously soothing emollient. PHILADELPHIA « SAN FRANCISCO 16 *** Bitter Sweet Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in a Noel Coward musical is enough to make you realize that this is an important film. Unfortunately, the story has not stood up against the ravages of time as well as the music which is still the best score Coward ever wrote. The tale’s a pretty little trifle about a struggling young musician (Eddy) and his wife. It is Vienna and being poor does not seem to be important as long as they can sing and dance and dream. Then comes realization of their joint am- bition, Eddy’s musical is accepted for production, and fame is just around the corner. But remember the title. Bitter Sweet. At the crucial moment there is a café brawl and Eddy is killed defending his wife’s honor. She lives to see him immortalized by his music. Although this story is not very faithful to the original, it is charmingly handled and not too saccharine. Both Nelson and Jeanette are in fine voice throughout the film; the Technicolor is hauntingly beau- tiful especially in the ivory finale; and “Jigeuner” and “I'll See You Again” will linger with you. You'll probably find yourself humming them for days, in fact. Ian Hunter and George Sanders are tops among the supporting players but don’t have too much to do, which seems a shame, somehow. Directed by W. S Van Dyke.—Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. kk You'll Find Out Here is fun with a capital F, a picture that makes no sense whatever but is a roar from the first scene on. Kay Kyser for rhythm; Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi for chills and thrills; Helen Parrish and Dennis O’Keefe for romance—and the combination of all for laughs. Most pictures wound around a band- leader don’t bother with story, but this Ann Sothern not only goes glamorous in less in parts of ‘Maisie Was a Lady,’ one does; it has a pretty good one, in fact. It seems that Hélen Parrish is a rich heiress who hires Kyser and his band to entertain at a party in her ancestral old mansion. There, everything goes wrong. A number of attempts are made at Helen’s life, and Kay Kyser discovers what almost anybody in the audience could have told him—that Peter, Boris and Bela are not good friends of the family as Helen foolishly believes. The writer and director have managed to contrive a series of really exciting and eerie happenings which keep things moving along at a rapid pace, and there are a number of songs and dances flow— ing quite naturally throughout. It is a very neat combination of chiller and musical formulas, and it should add up to fun for almost any kind of an audience. You don’t need to be told what the various members of the cast do, since you know them all and they are all per- mitted to be themselves here. It should be noted that band-leader Kyser is de- veloping quite a pleasant filmic comedy sense. And Ginny Simms, his specialty songstress, not only warbles pleasantly, but is mighty good to look at. “I’ve Got A One Track Mind” is the best song. Directed by David Butler —RKO-Radio. tk Lady With Red Hair - “Lady With Red Hair” is the screen biography of a famous actress, Mrs. Les- lie Carter, interwoven with a film yarn about David Belasco. The combination makes for plenty okay entertainment. Miriam Hopkins does a thorough and competent job in her role. But that she is no Mrs. Carter shows up all too clearly when she tries to reproduce that red- haired lady’s famous on-stage emoting. Claude Rains as Belasco is tops from the word go. He’s always been a good actor, .and this is his best role by far. How accurate the story is does not matter. It tells very simply and movingly a great big way but also appears head- ' her new film—co-starring Lew Ayres. MODERN SCREEN

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the career of an ambitious actress and her fight to win fame and happiness. It is a woman’s story frequently stirring, although occasionally in need of more suspense. Richard Ainley, newcomer from Lon- don, will have to do better than he does in this picture before he will make hearts tingle in this country. Laura Hope Crews 7 PO and Helen Westley handle comedy char- ° UNFORTCH- acterizations intelligently. Directed by Kurt Bernhardt.—Warner Bros. tk Little Nellie Kelly Judy Garland grows up—which is the big news about this one. “Little Nellie Kelly” is not the sort of picture that you are likely to write letters home about, but it’s good, cleansfun. In film circles, it is what is known as “a family picture,” meaning okay for the entire family, es- pecially mom and pop. And in this classi- fication it is tops. The story is taken from an old George M. Cohan play which was better in its day. Judy plays a double role. First we see her as an Irish lass being courted by seoree Murphy; she’s ara quiet, somber young woman inclined not to smile too often. They marry, come to He eae Zig Ra KIND-WIF SPESHUL America, and she dies in childbirth in : RM > RESKEWIN MINERALS a deathbed scene in which there’s really J, AN VITANINES, £: fine acting. Then there’s a time lapse and Judy appears again as the daughter, fully grown, happy, carefree, almost giddy. Douglas McPhail is her boyfriend now, Murphy her pop and Charlie Winninger his pop. It’s pretty much hearts and flowers with a lot of brogue thrown around, but it holds up throughout be- cause of Judy’s splendid work. There’s a bit of disappointment in Murphy’s assignment here; it’s almost a straight dramatic role, and he gets very FELL THROUGH TH’ ICE /7 little chance to be the splendid song and : = 7 z dance man that he is. McPhail hasn’t YO ARMS AROUN’ : eaayer tre mane much to do, but Winninger is a sock ME LIKE THIS yd) HOT BOWL Of ~ in a straight comedy assignment. There ENS Yq f 5-MINUTE “CREAM are a number et swell, old-timey songs PPY , y ) oe, strewn through the picture, including Gp **'/, Gallant Sons “Gallant Sons” is a whodunit with the cast made up almost entirely of young- sters. Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville and Gene Reynolds are the stars, and they keep things moving pretty pleas- antly most of the way. It’s no world- | beater, but it will afford you some fun 7 ‘ | HERE'S WHY if you sit back and relax. Lp \ Li'c ABNER EATS It seems that Gene Reynolds is the son | of Ian Hunter, a professional gambler, et ; laoreet S-MINUTE CREAM OF and Jackie Cooper is the son of Minor vi WHEAT: Quick Foop | Watson, a newspaper man. Cooper’s ia (| SS (/ ENERGY PLUS ADDED dad is instrumental in getting Reyn- ; Siem BODY BUILDERS: olds’ dad sent to jail on a murder rap. Noe 5 acm 5. Munule NATURAL VITAMIN Bz The kids are fast friends, however, so Vee, ‘e ey SS CALCIUM PHOSPHORUS ie : = ay U they gather up a bunch of their school- mates, investigate the murder, prove that AND IRON...HAS A Ian Hunter is innocent and that another oy, & SB Ke g | WHEATIER FLAVOR...COOKS guy actually did the killing. As PP oe TO FULL DIGESTIBILITY | ths wey, 2 which the yo Unesters is oe EVEN FOR BABIES IN andle their detecting is ingeniously Z 2 NUTE worked out, although a few of the deduc- ye ee | ONLY 5 Mt S...COSTS tive steps are a bit too obvious and some LESS THAN Wf A BOWL of the action is rather slow. The romantic interest is supplied by Bonita Granville, Jackie Cooper’s girl friend and daughter of Gail Patrick. Hunter’s so good, he seems wasted in a 0 bit part like this. Leo Gorcey, June THE es GOCO COCCI Preisser, Tommy Kelly and William Tracy are certainly best among the youngsters in supporting roles. Directed by George : B. Seitz—Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ! FEBRUARY, 1941 17 i a Hees SE EI Se AE ee NS ny eS BREAKFAST FOOD * i oh eee en wk a

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SCOTTY WELBOURNE oyely Olivia de Havilland forsakes her saccharine roles for a sood,solid characteriza- tion in Warxer’s tremendously exciting pre-Civil War romance, “Santa Fe Trai)” FEB-Bry, 1941 19

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EUGENE ROBERT RICHEE re = = ees 7 ise = = = = = = = <= rs & hs e i = = ae ae If you've longed for a lively love story interwoven with music from the world’s most beaulti- ful operas, you'll thrill to Paramount's lilting “There’s Magic in Music,” starring Allan Jones MODERN ‘ ‘REEN Wy

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- WHITEY SCHAFE Her ethereal beauty dazzled you in Columbia’s “He Stayed for Breakfast,” but wait till you see the new and lovelier Loretta Young in the title role of Paramount's latest musical, “Ballerina” FEBRUARY, 1941 21

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ey eel ~ sip a ape ev ASTAIRE © rauers GODDARD “SECOND CHORUS” wih Artie Shaw and His Band Charles Butterworth +» Burgess Meredith ©, . Directed by H. C. Potter Prodiited by BORIS MORROS 22 MODERN SCREEN

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RCH - serry FIELD in Joseph Conrad’s “VICTORY” An Island Tole wih SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE and Jerome Cowan « Sig Rumann Directed by John Cromwell MADELEINE ~ : CARROLL * MacMURRAY » VIRGINIA” (in Technicolor) with Stirling Hayden - Helen Broderick Marie Wilson + Carolyn Lee Produced and Directed by Edward H. Griffith sforring RAY MILLAND - WILLIAM HOLDEN WAYNE MORRIS - BRIAN DONLEVY with Constance Moore * Veronica Lake Hedda Hopper © Directed by Mitchell Leisen VERONICA LAKE FERRUARY, 1941 23 I nn nnn nnn nnn nnn eee nee ee a a eee

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SHOOTING FOR THE STARS ee They make fat stars thin and old stars young! Who? Those magnificent Merlins of Movietown — the unsung cameramen These fellows are pretty tough, believe me. They’re banded together in a secret organization called the ASC, and it’s not that they try to be secret but just that no one knows much about them outside of Hollywood. Movie stars dread them and, privately, call them super-assassins. j The leaders of the ASC have committed many drastic deeds. They have ‘literally taken flesh off Myrna Loy’s legs. They have flattened Brenda Mar- shall’s nose. They have removed pieces of Madeleine Carroll’s cheeks. They’ve reduced Priscilla Lane’s mouth, narrowed Zorina’s forehead and changed Vivien Leigh’s blue eyes to pure green. And for committing these atrocities they have been paid as much as $1,500 per week. However, if truth will out, the secret organization referred to is actually a staid labor union, the American Society of Cinematographers. The members, merchants of mayhem, are the very expert and very well-paid cameramen of Movieland who, with thick ground glass and well-placed kliegs, have made ordinary faces beautiful and have converted terrible defects into gorgeous assets. If any one class of worker in Hollywood does not get credit where credit is due, if any one class of laborer is hidden behind the star-bright glare of publicity, obscure, unsung, unknown—it is the cinema cameraman. “Ips this way with us,” Gregg Toland told me. “They've got us wrong, MODERN SCREEN _

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entirely wrong, everywhere. They think cameramen are low-grade mechanical morons, wearing overalls and stupid grins, existing on starvation wages and merely grinding 35 mm. toys. Well, maybe. Only we don’t like that impression. Maybe we are tech- nicians. Nothing wrong with that. But sakes alive, man, tell ’em we're creative artists, too!” And so, I’m telling you. They’re creative artists, too. They’re makers and breakers of thespians and pictures. They’re the Merlins behind the movies. Take that fellow Gregg Toland who just had the floor. A lean little man in brown clothes—cultured, brilliant and active. Twenty-one years ago he ob- tained a job during a summer vacation as an office boy at the old Fox Studios. The film stars on the lot didn’t impress him, but the intent cameramen, cranking their black-sheathed boxes, hypnotized him. He decided to skip school and become a photographer. The result? Well, the last I heard, he had prepared for canning such products as “The Grapes of Wrath,” “The Long Voyage Home” and “Citizen Kane.” I talked with Toland in the comfortable study of his sprawling Benedict Canyon home. He downed a long beer with a practiced gulp and explained the qualifications and duties of the cameraman. “A first-rate cameraman must realize,” said: To- land, “that while some scenes of a film might be shot much, much better, much more artistically, those scenes are worth neither the extra time nor extra cash investment. The cameraman must have a strain of the economist in him, and get speed into his picture without sacrificing ‘quality. After all, FEBRUARY, 1941 time becomes a paramount item when you realize that a single day on a certain picture may run to $22,000 in expenses! “As photographer on a major movie, my first job is to manage my camera crew. I have a special crew of seven men. All specialists. I take them with me wherever I go. There’s an operator and two assis- tants. There’s a grip, a gaffer or electrician, a stand- by painter and a microphone boy. But that’s only the beginning of my job. I must see that there is efficiency. Speed, again. And, with things as they -are, I must practice economy by being artistic with one eye on the production budget. These days a cameraman is actually a producer, director, pho- tographer, actor and electrician. The out-and-out old-fashioned photographer who just had to ma- neuver a camera is as extinct as the dodo bird.” With two decades behind a Hollywood camera, I wondered just which particular feminine face Gregg Toland considered the best he had ever brought into focus. His answer, like his personality and his pictures, was direct. “Anna Sten,” he replied. “She was by far the most photogenic woman I ever shot. She didn’t have an insipid baby doll face, you know the type. She had a face full of good bones and character. Her cheeks caught the lights well, and her nose was so tilted as to place attractive shadows beneath. Frances Farmer was another face I enjoyed working on and, of course, if you want to go way back into ancient history, there was no one like the incom- parable Gloria Swanson. (Continued on page 81)

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26 A million .so Gable kisses Lamarr (this clinch is from “Comrade X””) and gals wonder what they. ever saw in their hubbies. upy sagas have been MODERN SCREEN

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a HOUSANDS, perhaps millions, of words have been written about how “natural” Clark Gable is, how he takes everything with his tongue in his cheek, how he has a complete lack of ego after years of such fame and adulation as have befallen no man save, possibly, Valentino. Di- : rectors, bit players, his fellow stars, interviewers, extras, the studio personnel, from Louis B. Mayer down to a junior bus boy in the commissary, chants the one refrain about Gable: “He blows himself down! He horses his own stardom. He gives Gable, the star, the belly laugh.” It’s almost impossible to believe it, but just listen to a couple of classic examples: One day the assistant director of “Comrade X” stuck his head into Clark’s portable dressing-room. “Hey, Clark,” he yelled. “The pigs are waiting.” “‘T’'m ready,” said Mr. G. ( “Mr. Vidor says,” added the assistant director, “that he can make this scene a long shot and your stand-in can do it, if you’d rather not. It’s going to be pretty messy.” “Boloney,” said Mr. G., “what’s wrong with pigs?” And another day, Clark stepped off the set after’ doing one of the big, emotional scenes of the picture. The crew applauded. Hedy Lamarr applauded. Director King Vidor gave his star a hand, The big fellow grinned. “I certainly hammed that one up, didn’t 1?” he beamed. Later, when Clark was safely out of earshot, King Vidor said to me, “I have been in this business a long while. I have directed most of them, oldtimers and newcomers, big stars and bit players. And you can quote me as saying that Gable is the man for my money. Not only because he is a very fine actor, but also because he is the most down- to-earth, easy-to-get-along-with actor I have ever known. This ‘Comrade X’ hasn’t been an easy picture to film. We've worked inside a mechanized tank a lot, and close “No one else stands a chance with the cameraman when Clark and the photogenic Lombard are around! quarters are always difficult. We have worked through fog and smoke and rain and, furthermore, Clark had to ride in a truck which also housed a pen of pigs. I don’t know any other star in the business who wouldn’t have passed that buck. Not Gable. He never complains about anything. We always had a lot of laughs. He’s not a fair-weather guy. He has no conceit whatsoever. What’s more, he has an enormous and lusty relish for kidding himself. Quite a different matter, you know, from a relish for kidding the other fellow. Practically every time he finishes a big scene, and a damn fine one at that, he says what you just heard him say, ‘Well, I certainly hammed that one up.’ And he believes it. How he has managed to stay as he is through the blitzkrieg of fame and favor is, to me, the major mystery of the picture business.” Hedy had a few words to say on the subject, too. “This is the first time I have felt absolutely at home making a picture,” she told me. “It might have been my hardest one because I wear no glamorous, attractive clothes. I wear an old street car conductor’s uniform, and my hair is all straggly. “The first day I started to work, I was more afraid than usual, I suddenly realized I was playing opposite the Great Gable, and it froze me. In ‘Boom Town’ I did not have a big part and was not often on the sets; I did not have much responsibility. But this ‘Comrade X’ was different. In this, it was Clark and myself! “He laughed at me for worrying and accused me of think-. ing motion pictures the most important thing in the world. He kidded me, saying, ‘They are not as important as all that, sister. Relax. Motion pictures will be here long after you and I are both gone.’ He said, ‘Look, baby, this is a picnic, a clambake.’ I did not know what he meant by a ‘clambake’ but I did know I was having fun for the first time since I‘had been in pictures. I did know that for the first time I relaxed when I worked. “We would have ‘tea’ every afternoon on the set. The first time Clark invited me to tea, I did not know what to expect. It turned out to be tea made in an old coffee pot and he served it with dozens of five-and-ten cookies! “He helped me so much by making suggestions entirely for my benefit. During the filming of a love scene that was to be shot as a large close-up of the two of us, I was supposed to lean over and kiss him quickly on the lips. It seemed rather awkward for me to do. So Clark sug- gested that he stay to one side, almost out of the close-up, and that I first reach over my hand and touch his cheek, then slowly draw his face to mine for the kiss. That approach was easier and gave me more confidence. It also gave me the close-up! After a while, I got so that I forgot we were acting at all. We got down in the dirt and fought like two wildcats for some scenes. I even had to kick him where he sits down, and I wasn’t afraid to kick good and hard because I knew he could take it. That’s how he is.” I was convinced at last that Gable was okay—a natural— but how has he stayed that way, I found myself wondering. Just one man could give me the real answer—Mammy Lombard’s Pappy Gable, himself! “How come?” I asked him point-blank. Gable favored me with a large and lavish wink. He said, “I’ve got the answer right (Continued on page 77) BY GLADYS HALL penned about Gable, but here’s a punehy one right from headquarters! FEBRUARY, 1941 _ 27 eeany : x

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The gripping story of an overwhelming love that defied public opinion and sur- passed the might of Napoleon's armies! “The coach from London, your Excellency!” said a lackey to Sir William Hamilton, Ambassador from Great Britain to the Court of Naples—for, less than one hundred and fifty years ago, Naples had not yet been absorbed by a larger power. There was a King and, more especially, a Queen in the Kingdom of Naples. A few moments later Sir William was happily unboxing art treasures which the coach had brought him. Assisting him was the French Ambassador, who had been a bit ruffled when Sir William had unceremoniously walked out in the middle of a conference. But as he looked at a Greek statue being lifted out of its case, he murmured, “Exqui- site!” and, as Sir William showed him a painting by Rom- ney of a divinely beautiful woman, he forgot there had ever been a conference. “If he could paint reality, he would be a master!” said the French Ambassador critically. “No woman ever lived Gf HE coach from London!” called the gateman. _ with such coloring!” “I thought so, too, until I met her,” observed Sir William. “You met her!” gasped the Frenchman wonderingly. “She exists!” Gavin, Sir William’s secretary, had been trying to break in. At last he succeeded and drew Sir Will.am off to one side. At that moment two servants removed the portrait at which the French Ambassador had been looking. He stared much harder at what he saw behind it. Two women were sitting on a bench, and one, a lovely young thing, was the portrait come alive. Miss Emma Hart and her mother rose from, the bench and stared back at him, completely at a loss as to what to do. Just then Sir William came up. Gavin had managed. to explain to him that the two ladies had been sent on along with the other art objects and bric-a-brac, from his nephew. Sir William bowed deeply and presented the French Ambassador to them. The young lady had an enchantingly frivolous ‘spirit. Moreover, she was so lightly informed that she had forti- fied her mind with a few memorized platitudes about the famous places she had passed on her voyage. These she repeated, with no idea at all of the extraordinary effect of amazement and delight they had on the two diplo- mats. If anything, this naiveté only added to her charm. MODERN SCREEN

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“You met her!" gasped the French Am- bassador to Sir William. "She exists!" But even Emma was definitely aware of something wrong when her mother, referring to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, remarked, “A chimney went like that in Liverpool last year. You remember, Emma, the soap works? It leant right over the gin warehouse, and the Bishop said it was the finger of God.” It must be stated here that the lovely Emma had arrived, ostensibly to study singing, in the home of the Ambassador as the friend of his nephew, Charles Greville, and that Greville had previously found her established in Feather- stone Castle, home of his friend Sir Harry, during a very gay hunting season. And further it may be stated that Sir Harry had earlier found her doing the Dance of the Seven Veils in Dr. Graham’s Temple of Health, which had been closed by the police just after Emma dropped the seventh veil. “Don’t ask me what she had done before that,” said Sir William, explaining these few details to the French Am- bassador who had been overcome with the girl’s seeming innocence and was a trifle bewildered. “Perhaps,” went on her fiancé’s uncle, “perhaps a poor little country girl wronged once—wronged again—the usual story—lower and lower—but always up and up! As for that, consider this superb statue that came with her. Two hundred years in a Greek Temple—then thrown into the mud by some barbarian soldier—two thousand years sinking deeper and deeper into the mud—then dug out by the plow of a peasant—changing hands every year until, at last, it comes into its rightful place in the hands of someone who under- stands the glory of its beauty—because it is still beautiful, despite its past.” And the tolerant man added aside to his ‘secretary, “I’ll dine with Miss Hart alone tonight—at eight o’clock.” § Emma did her best at dinner. It was very important, she knew, to make Charles’ uncle like her if Charles was to pay his debts, come for her in October and make her at last a wife. Sir William tried one way and another to enlighten her. “Now, my child, as we are going to live under one roof, we should be perfectly frank with one another. Charles ‘Greville will never come to Naples.” “But your Excellency—Uncle—” Emma answered with quiet assurance, “he definitely promised to come for me very soon, and the promise he gave me he’ll surely keep.” FEBRUARY, 1941 { te. se Contemptuously, Emma accused her husband of interfering in her love affair. "Now. | have kissed you through two centuries,’ Nelson whispered to Emma. 3 =: fn C 660-06 ¢ @ A aS T e Sle! les sss ee Vivien Leigh BondeNelson=e0s6 a. ee Laurence Olivier Sir William Hamilton... .... Alan Mowbray Reve Nelson iu 222 ue) Halliwell Hobbes (Coisne ImCiitohy. ws een ae 8 ss Henry Wilcoxon Kinghot=Naoles. 8 Luis Alberni Queen of Natoleszsst sare o.. .Norma.Drury Jesiahimr amir sree es Ronald Sinclair Cavin ee ee eee Olat Hytton French Ambassador. .... Georges Renavent MirssiINGlsonpi ee 9 Gladys Cooper Adapted from the ALEXANDER KORDA Production for UNITED ARTISTS Release— Directed by ALEXANDER KORDA—Screen Play by WALTER REISCH and R. C. SHERIFF TIVIYVIIIIIIIIIIVII"N ese REC Eee ce ee ek ve : : wo uv eo ae Nei e “I suppose he promised you marriage as well?” he asked at length, and at her answer added, “My child, ’'m afraid I must destroy those sweet dreamis of yours. My nephew never had the slightest intention of marrying you, either with my consent or without it.” Emma could not believe him. But she had an inspiration. “Tell me, your Excellency, do you know about me—I mean —did Charles tell you?” “He did,” said Sir William. “I imagine that was the only thing he did not lie about. But please, I don’t want to make you ashamed.” “There’s nothing I’m ashamed of,” said Emma, looking at him. with a straight insistent honesty. “I made many mistakes in my life—I was stupid—too young—I believed in men and their promises until I (Continued on page 66) Sictionizet by. Katharine Roberts 29

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1. 22-year-old Rita Hayworth keeps her million dollar figure without benefit of bra or girdle! Favors scanty lingerie and one- thread hose. Splurges on clothes to the tune of over $15,000 yearly, but econ- omizes on help. Has only Velma (above) and Larabee, who’s a chauffeur-butler. ). When she was 17, and dancing in an Agua Caliente cabaret, a Texas oilman— Eddie Judson—was her most ardent stage door Johnnie. They were married four years ago, after an 18-month courtship. Both love dogs, the Conga, bowling and that brand new card game—gin rummy. 3. Rita and Eddie have separate bed- rooms. Main feature of hers is a 12-foot satin-upholstered bed. Rita—whose hair is flaming for her role in “Strawberry Blonde”—crams her lines for two hours nightly simultaneously nibbling choco- lates, but never weighs over 118 lbs! 4 She has a size 544 foot, pays up to $75 for shoes and always has 45 pairs on hand —some of which match her living room furniture! She smokes, wears scarlet nail polish, has received 300 proposals of mar- riage, is mayor of 12 South American cities and speaks Spanish like a native. 31

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If you're angling for a smoothie, hook him with Bonita’s wiles—and if you boys are battling heavy competition, clear the field with some of Jackie's stuff! Is it hopeless if the girl of your dreams can't see you for dust? A thousand times no, says Bobby Stack—who made Mary Beth see him in a new light! You hear an awful lot about the “heat” stage of Holly- wood romances, but somehow the “meet” stage rarely makes the movie columns. You and I have always be- lieved that in the cinema city boy invariably meets girl under the world’s most glamorous and moonlit circum- stances. And we've finally resigned ourselves to the fact that romance blooms like mad out there but that it just can’t happen here. Well, gather around,children,and learn the unbelievable truth. A Hollywood commentator or publicity agent who can’t figure out a new way for a “he” to meet a “she” is in the same position as an author of detective fiction who runs short of murder methods. But while these Hollywood drum-beaters stew, the youngsters themselves meet and 27 fall in love under circumstances that are duplicated all over the world every day. As proof of this we present the case of Jackie Cooper and Bonita Granville. The conditions under which they met were no more glamorous than those which attended your best beau when he fell. The alarming difference is that their: meeting took place in Hollywood. Bonita went to a party with Frankie Darro at Judy Garland’s house and Jackie came alone. The festivities wound up with a scavenger hunt, and at one of the clues they bumped into each other and Bonita said, “Hello.” For weeks thereafter Jackie angled for a date but nothing happened. Finally, after they had been formally introduced at the studio, Bonita had a birthday and Jackie sent her eight gardenias BY FRED HERBERT MODERN SCREEN

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and her very, very first orchid. Still no dice. When Val- entine’s Day came around, he sent her a bottle of her favorite scent, but with typical boyish caution he enclosed a phony greeting that read: “You’re so sweet when you pass on the street, all the boys stare. Gee, it’s too bad you've got such big feet.” Miss Granville kept the perfume and made no comment on the card. But when young Mr. Cooper called up for a date, she said, “Sorry, ’m too young.” The truth of the matter was that Bonita, realizing that she had Jackie hooked, decided to get even with him for the comic valen- tine. So she proceeded to do the town with various escorts and even went so far as to turn up at parties in Jackie’s home with other boys. Being convinced now that he had made a mistake, he - tried a fresh tack. Just before Christmas he sent orchids with a note stressing “good will toward men,” and ending with the plea, “May I take you dancing soon?” P.S. The “humble pie” did the trick. She accepted . . . they danced . . . he complimented her . . . she complimented him . . . and the little guy with the bow and arrow sat grinning on the sidelines. The payoff is that Mr. Cooper waited almost a year for that date and all because of a prankish valentine. However, Bonita and Jackie are now a usual twosome and Bonita beams about his thoughtfulness and his sweet personality. Case Number Two might be that of Bob Stack and Mary Beth Hughes. When Mary was asked to meet Bob she turned her back on the invitation. When pressed for a reason, she explained that he had gone out with somebody else for a long time and then had stopped seeing that “somebody else” for no good reason. Finally, at Bob’s urging, a mutual friend convinced her that she had con- fused him with another man. Mollified now, she agreed YOU'LL BE HANGING OUT THE STANDING ROOM ONLY SIGN ONCE YOU'VE TRIED THIS HOLLYWOOD TECHNIQUE ON THE LOCAL TALENT! to look him over from a distance but made no promises. Accordingly, some time later at Ciro’s, Mary Beth sat at a table with this same friend while nearby, squirming under her appraising scrutiny, sat the hopeful Mr. Stack. Evi- dently satisfied, she nodded to her friend who then rose, approached. the perspiring Robert and invited him to sit at their table. That evening was the first of many and today each thinks the other’s terrific. And just the way it might have happened in Paducah, it happened in Hollywood to Helen Parrish! Helen’s a grown-up gal now, but three years ago she was at that awkward stage, fruitlessly devoting most of her thoughts to Charlie Lang, her brother Bob’s handsome pal. When he came to the Parrish home, he’d pass by Helen - with a “Hi’ya, kid,” and like any other teen age girl, Helen didn’t appreciate the condescension. Why couldn’t the big depe see that she was wearing her heart on her sleeve for him? But he didn’t. It looked like a lost cause for Helen for Charlie suddenly decided to leave California. That was three years ago. In the meantime, Helen outgrew that awkward age, and the Parrish telephone began ringing day and night as Rand Brooks and other Hollywood eligibles besieged her with dates. Helen went out with them but she was just marking time for Charlie Lang. When he did return a few months ago, he whipped over to see Bob Parrish. Helen opened the door and Charlie just stood stock still and stared. When he spoke his voice cracked, and he didn’t call her “kid.” He said, “Hello, Helen,’ and blushed. It was a sweet moment for Miss Parrish. Weddings are always sentimental affairs, for the bride and groom ... and the guests. Brother Bob’s was no dif- ferent. Helen looked divine to Charlie Lang, so he used the occasion of the wedding as the bait and asked for a date. Helen accepted. They went dancing, and he held her as though she were a fragile piece of Ming. When he caught her eye she read the message he was too bashful (Continued on page 80) Should you take to the shelf if “the only one” is miles and miles away? Linda Darnell (gadding here with Bob Shaw) has solved that one beautifully. And let Ann Rutherford (nightspotting this time with Don Kahn) show you how to cope with the hectic business of having two best friends fall in love with you.

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Here's the gaudiest, naughtiest, most wonder- ful town in the world—with all of its dives, its shops, its customs and oddities. Here is its glitter and heartbreak—its very soul! There is only one item your passport must con- tain before you enter this strange land of Holly- wood, and that’s a visa stamped—‘I have a sense of humor.” And, believe us, you must begin having that sense of humor before you step on a train Los An- geles-bound (there are no train depots in Holly- wood), and before you request your home-town boy friends to write you in care of “General Delivery, Hollywood” (since the Hollywood branch post office does not accept “General Delivery” mail, and you'll have to travel six miles to central Los Angeles for such mash notes). Hollywood is many things. It’s the crackpot’s wonderland, the shopgirl’s heaven, the incubator for genius. Hollywood is a small town in Sunday clothes, a constant first night, an endless County Fair—where lights are brighter, voices are louder, colors are more vivid than anything you've ever known or dreamed. Hollywood is also the place where there are three times as many holy churches as unholy celluloid factories, where there are as many males toiling in aviation plants as on motion picture lots, where they’ve run absolutely dry on synonyms for “terrific.” And, above all things, Hollywood is the one place where you must avoid the Chamber of Commerce as you would the bubonic plague, unless you want to be harangued in this fashion by one of the board: ) “Hollywood, California, is a great city of 197,000 inhabitants, living within a beautiful area of 34 twenty-four square miles, at a breath-taking alti- tude of 1,200 feet, where there is marvelous sun- shine 334 out of 366 days of the year. Hollywood is great, beautiful, breath-taking, marvelous! Hollywood has 130 miles of paved streets. It has thirty-five banks and branches. It has twenty-five hotels. There is money everywhere—and the av- erage family earns $3,750 a year, which isn’t hay. Hollywood is terrific! It’s located a half hour from the Pacific Ocean, a half hour from downtown Los Angeles. It has Griffith Park, the largest, most terrific municipal park in America. Hollywood is the only city for you!” If this has not sufficiently softened you, the Chamber of Commerce possesses exactly 799 other members, with the fanatical gleam of the Golden West in their eyes, to convince you. But, at the risk of being hung as a heretic, we must tell you that lots of this is all wrong. Actually, as pal to pal, we're telling you there is no city of Hollywood, California! In 1887, a chap named Horace Wilcox, and wife, purchased a piece of property in Southern Cali- fornia, built a ranch, named it Hollywood, after a rich aristocratic estate in England. Forty years ago Hollywood was being boomed as a real estate stunt. Thirty years ago, for the sake of economy and better facilities, Hollywood consolidated with Los Angeles and became a section of the City of Los Angeles. .That’s the way it is today. Holly- wood is no more a city than, say, the Loop in Chicago is, or the North Side of St. Louis, or the upper West Side of New York. Hollywood has no mayor of its own. It has no chief of police. The nearest station is the Union Depot, six miles off in central Los Angeles. Yet the minute you enter this foreign land with- out a ruler, without a boundary, without an official anything, you know you're in Hollywood! You know it by the funny things you see, the familiar-sounding places, the strange sights. MODERN SCREEN

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It’s a twenty-minute drive from the depot in Los Angeles, down the Boulevard to the center of Hollywood. At this point you cross Western Avenue, reputed to be the longest avenue in the entire world. And, at this point, also, a native Califor- nian (you must remain twenty-four consecutive hours in Los Angeles to become a qualified “native Californian”) will undoubtedly grip your arm and whisper hoarsely, “There it is!” You will stare blankly, and see only a drab corner office building, housing a small drugstore, with a business entrance at one side. From here on in you must have imagination— for this is the Mecca of the many, the many with dreams of success and of fame. This is the building that holds the Central Casting Bureau! Here, through the dull, cold corridor, and up a creaking elevator, you reach the offices of Central Casting. Here, within the offices, are special files listing 17,000 extras. Of these, only about 3,000 (most of them girls) are working at one time. For appearing as an ordinary extra, each is paid $5.50 a day—whereas a trained dog gets $50 a day! There may be glamour here, but there are also empty stomachs, since the average extra girl earns an average income, throughout the year, of $7.65 a week! Only compensation is the fervent prayer that.one day, maybe tomorrow, one of these 17,000—as in the rare case of Janet Gaynor—may become a star. Driving on down Hollywood Boulevard you will have the impression of any busy main street in Kansas City or Boston, except that Hollywood contains no skyscrapers. Most of the buildings are low-slung and have plenty of elbow room. Nothing is way up in the air—except the sky. The reason for this is a city law limiting the height of all public buildings to fourteen stories—as a safeguard in the event of angry cement- cracking earthquakes. In fact, in all of Hollywood, there are only a dozen buildings constructed up to the limit, and these are set on giant underground rollers to help sway the structures during a major quake. You are soon passing thé bright Tele-View Theatre, a news- reel house starring such a variety of actors as Mr. A. Hitler, Mr. Donald Duck and other short subject luminaries. Peering into the box office, you’re liable to see Buddy Adler, the owner, and his statuesque wife, Anita Louise, both checking on busi- ness and greeting such famous “regulars” as Bob Taylor, Bar- bara Stanwyck and Charlie Chaplin. (Continued on page 87) FEBRUARY, 1941 BY IRVING WALLACE ihe: ah oe 5 : LS GES cee eee

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“T ook at those lovely hands,” exclaimed one of Holly- wood’s top directors, enraptured as he watched the screen test of one of Europe’s newest refugee actresses. “Those foreigners may not always have the prettiest faces, but their hands are certainly the most beautiful and ex- pressive I have ever seen!” We’d never thought of it just that way and, in our newly awakened consciousness of the superiority of everything American, we were in no mood to agree with him. However, his sincere praise did give us pause and make us think. Our mind flashed back over half a dozen foreign stars, and we couldn’t deny the fluttering loveli- ness of the hands of Vivien Leigh, Isa Miranda and Ilona Massey or the fluid grace in those of Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Greer Garson. We remembered, too, the dramatic gestures of Dolores Del Rio and Luise Rainer and the expressive vivacity in the fingers of Sonja Henie, Annabella, Danielle Darrieux and Simone Simon. ; “Well,” we said, “how about Ginger Rogers, Virginia 38 ss BY CAROL CARTER Bruce and Betty Grable? Or Anita Louise, Margaret Sullavan and Ann Rutherford?” And it was gratifying to note that the director had no comeback to that! But, French or English, Scandinavian or American, the principal question in our minds right now is—what makes hands lovely, what gives them the power to intrigue? Shape is not important. Hands may be slender, taper- ing, short or medium, and still be beautiful. Training, care and grooming—there are your answers in a nutshell. Watch your gestures. Keep them rhythmic, slow and graceful. Make your motions in curved lines, not in nervous jabs. Watch your hands in front of mirrors. Cut out those choppy, meaningless, indecisive little gestures. Streamline your motions. If you want to break old habits and develop new ones, try keeping your hands perfectly motionless when talking. In the meantime, practice a few simple limbering exercises. Then, after you’ve gotten your hands relaxed and under control, begin to use them with new, more graceful motions. Piano or typewriting exercises practiced a few minutes each day on a table MODERN SCREEN — ; eee

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FERRUARY, 1941 Finger tips and fashion finds from Hollywood or desk are excellent for suppling your hands. Or, with palms flat on a table, slowly raise each finger separately eight or ten times apiece. Clench your fist, then extend your fingers, stretching them wide apart. Repeat this ten or twelve times. Bend back your open hand, stretch- ing the fingers again. Now, dip forward from the wrist in a quick swan dive motion. Let your wrists go limp, then shake your hands loosely but not too vigorously. Hollywood lovelies, whose every motion must have a meaning, practice these and similar exercises regularly every day to give that restful, fluid expressiveness which we have come to take for granted. Actual hand care begins with the skin. No one is going to hold or admire a hand that is red and rough to the touch. And in these days such conditions are inexcusable. With mild soaps, soft brushes, wonderful hand creams and lotions everywhere, such a situation springs from only one cause—carelessness. It isn’t the washing that irritates, but how it’s done that tells the tale. Even though you don’t use harsh, strong soaps you must thoroughly rinse off all traces of any kind at all. And how do you dry. your hands? : Be sure you do a thorough job of it, pushing nail cuticle back with your towel as you go and rubbing hand skin back toward the wrist, never toward your finger tips. Follow this with a protective cream or lotion applied with a circular, deep rotary motion. If you spend much time outdoors, a coat of vanishing cream and a dusting of taleum powder will add an extra film of protection. If your nails are brittle, as they’re likely to be, come winter, keep a bottle of special oil or a jar of nail softener with your kit of hand protectors. Use it after every wetting and, of course, the last thing every night. In fact, never go to bed without (Continued on page 74) Oval nails are the ideal shape. Let e your half moons show and leave only a tiny white tip at the end of each nail. Long, slim, exotic nails need polish in Si bright, dramatic shades. Half moons are ; optional but they generally add grace. If your nails are naturally round, file them to elon. gated ovals and apply polish from base to tip for length. Leave narrow margins at sides. Square nails will appear oval if you will polish in exaggerated half moons and file their tips to shapely ovals. Leave margins at sides. %S Nails with oval bases and square ends look best with tiny moons and polish extended to the oval-filed tips. °F ars a 1 ng ¢

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One of the most hilarious features of the opening was Dr. Giovanni (a profes- sional pickpocket.) He lifted everything —from Jack Benny’s suspenders to a pair of someone’s shorts! Roz Russell was wheeled past Master of Ceremonies Benny in a huge hatbox. He made some crack about her hat; Roz hooted, then popped out of her tissue and kissed him! Designing Males A quartette of mad hatters stole the spot- light at Hal Kemp’s Cocoanut Grove opening! Rudy Vallee left his own Pirates’ Den for the occasion, but refused to enter the hat-design- ing contest for men. Couldn’t bear to be sep- arated from nineteen-year-old Sheila Ryan—one of the cutest of the new Wampas Baby Stars. 1 Entrants in the contest were given a big selec- tion of untrimmed hats and ornaments, and three minutes in which to indulge their Lilly Daché in- stincts. Here’s Spencer Tracy—blushng—mn his prize-winning off-the-face, flower-trimmed bonnet. } , : ‘ in 40 MODERN SCREEN |

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And don’t think Spence didn’t have some pretty frou-frou competition! That’s He~bert Marshall in the feather and veil arrangement; Eddie Suth- -erland in something more on the conservative side; Tracy (giving the profile), and Gene Markey, elegant in a toque with plumes. Mary Livingstone Benny (always her hubby’s best audience) guffawed after each of Jack’s side-splitting in- troductions—ignored dinner partner Herbert Marshall completely. He perked up considerably, however, when his favorite singer, Mary Mar- tin, did a number with the orchestra. FEBRUARY, 1941

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42 Rosemary Lane tells her Nana about all her love affairs—and poor Nana's problem is to keep secrets! Vic Mature drives his Carolyn mad by absent-mindedly throwing bits of the newspaper all over her clean floor. BY JEANNE KARR You’ve had servant problems, no doubt, or have listened to the woes of those who have, but did you ever hear the other side of the story? Really, the master and the mistress problems some of the stars’ servants meet up with make servant problems too footling to rate even a footnote! Garbo’s servants, for instance, must play the part of deaf-mutes. Not only must they see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, but they must see, hear and speak nothing at all, under pain of instant dismissal. Then there’s Maureen O’Sullivan’s Nellie who had to overcome her fear of animals when working with Maureen on the Tarzan pictures. Cheeta, the mon- key, would not only jump onto the dressing table and make up his face, but he’d frequently try his hand at Nellie’s knitting! Eleanor Powell’s Ruth had to break in Eleanor’s dancing shoes for her during her last picture when Eleanor’s mother, who usually does it, was ill. Lucille Ball’s Harriet merely says that she had to learn to like rare, red steak in the morning, because the minute Miss Ball opens her peepers she yells for some! But these are piffling problems—you haven’t heard anything yet! John Barrymore’s Carl Stuever, nurse, companion and mother, has met a really major problem and has solved it. For five solid months John has been cold sober and doesn’t know it! Carl has given him his Five Fruits daily, at first with the customary amount of alcohol, then with gradually decreasing doses until, five months ago, John started drinking the Five Fruits straight. Moreover, so clever has Carl been that John is elated at how healthy he feels and boasts about how well he is “carrying his liquor.” Up in the sprawling great mansion in the hills John and Carl are literally camping out. The place is “fur- nished” with a camp cot and a broken-down daven- port. There are no cooking facilities, and there isn’t a dollar bill to spend on the place. John says, “T don’t mind camping out in my Chinese tenement. After all, I’m the outdoor type!” But Carl sees to it that John fares well gastronomically, at least once a day, by contriving to get him invited out for dinner at the homes of various friends! And wherever John goes, there Carl goes, too. Socially, profes- sionally, domestically, they are always together, and Barrymore, unique in everything, is actually a “hero to his valet.” For Carl, admittedly, adores “the great man.” When a maid has to be as good an actress as her mistress, that’s another major problem. And that’s what Joan Crawford’s faithful Alice has to be. When Joan is hysterically happy, because she has gotten a good picture or someone has given her a new piece of jewelry, Alice must be hysterically happy, too; when Joan sees her rushes and they are bad, Alice must go to pieces along with Joan; when Joan has a big, dramatic scene to do in a picture, Alice is seen tearing her kinky hair. On the other hand, Alice’s menial labors aren’t much of a problem be- cause Joan does most of them herself. Joan always makes her own bed, keeps a dustpan and brush in her bedroom so she can do her own “light cleaning,” counts the outgoing laundry and sorts and puts away the incoming laundry. “It’s just that you have to be in tune with Miss Joan’s moods,” Alice ex- plained. Bette Davis’ Joanna confides, “Miss Davis is very exacting—the New England housewife if I ever saw one! She has a phobia about dust and, as she also has a mania for moving (Continued on page 90) MODERN SCREEN

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STARS’ PERSONAL GENTLEMEN DISCUSS You don't know the meaning of the word trouble, says Ann - Sothern's long-suffering Marie, until you've worked for an ice cream worshiping star who's on a very strict diet. Ida Lupino's Lily must remember the quirks and whims of every single dinner guest. Each one has to be treated as a member of the family. Fred Astaire's valet has to have a good bit of the slapstick comedian in him. It's his chore to keep Freddie from getting into a "mood."

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There’s an old Hollywood saying: “You can’t make a Glamour Girl cry.” It has a double meaning. No woman is beautiful when she cries—and a Glamour Girl should always be beautiful. And you can’t make a Glamour Girl cry because she doesn’t know how. Her beauty has kept her from having any contact with heartache. ; But Madeleine Carroll has learned how to cry. Madeleine has learned how to do a great many things these past two years. Director E. H. Griffith has been responsible for part of her education. Life has been responsible for the rest. Before she met Griffith, everybody thought of her as probably the most beautiful blonde in existence. But everybody had the general impression that she was too poised, too cultured and (perhaps) too beau- tiful to be emotional. Griffith, a smart showman, aware of the fact that audiences like to be surprised, got the idea of present- 44 es Reid ing Madeleine Carroll as a headache to the hero— instead of an inspiration. He cast her as a spoiled society girl, given to wise- cracks and wild impulses. Audiences were as ‘de- lighted as they were surprised. Next, he gave them Madeleine as a determined career girl who discovered that she couldn’t get along without sex and went in desperate pursuit of a man. Audiences began to think of Madeleine as not only beautiful, but warmly human and amusing. But then Griffith wanted to prove that, while she could be an amusing person, she could also become involved in a serious emotional tangle. Accordingly, in “Virginia,” he cast her as a light-hearted show- girl who goes back to the South to sell an estate she has inherited and finds herself torn between two loves. Among other things, he asked her to cry. Just before she was to do that crying scene, he talked to her in her dressing-room. “This is probably the most difficult thing you've , ever done,” he said. “You’ve never cried as if your heart would break. You’ve always been beautifully ‘brave.’ But this girl has run up against an unbear- able situation which she is helpless to change. It’s too much for her. She breaks down completely— MODERN SCREEN

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They call her the loveliest blonde in the world Her honey-colored hair is naturally curly MADELEINE CARROLL'S IS THE MOST DRAMATIC STORY EVER TO COME OUT OF HOLLYWOOD! for a moment. It’s only human that she should. And we want to get that point across. It’s got to look real, Madeleine. Let yourself go. Cry real tears if you can; if you can’t, we’ll use glycerine.” Madeleine nodded. She didn’t say anything. A few moments later, she walked on the set and took -her place in front of the camera—dry-eyed. The whole crew was tense, waiting to see if she would cry. It was hard to believe she could. It was hard to associate tears with Madeleine. The sound man rang his bell for “Silence.” Griffith said quietly, “All right, Madeleine.” For a moment, she looked only like a woman inex- ‘pressibly worried. Then, suddenly, tears welled in her eyes. Her face contorted in a paroxysm of emo- tion. She sobbed. She cried as if her heart would break. When Griffith called “Cut!” the crew was silent for a moment, a little embarrassed about having watched any woman cry so heartbrokenly. Then they told her how convincing she had been. They broke into spontaneous applause. Madeleine, her face streaked with tears, picked herself up and half-ran to her dressing-room. Griffith gave her a few moments to compose herself, __ FEBRUARY, 1941 then walked over and knocked on her door. She called, “Come in.” He entered to find her at her dressing-table, trying to repair the damage to her eyes and make-up, trying to squelch the last snuffling remnants of her sobs. She forced a smile. “Did it look real?” she asked. “It was the greatest bit of acting you’ve ever done,” he said, sincerely. Madeleine stared at the mirror a moment, as if she saw something there besides herself. Just as sincere- ly, and very quietly, she said, “I’m afraid I wasn’t acting.” That is the only hint she has given of some of the things life has taught her—the only admission she has made of the emotional turmoil she is in, herself— the only confession of the difficulty of “carrying on.” To the world, she is still the beautiful, poised, serene Madeleine Carroll—the woman with the love- liest smile in Hollywood. And that crying scene in “Virginia” won’t dispel the illusion that the picture, as a whole, creates: namely, that she is a woman who has found the recipe for happiness. Nothing could be more ironic, because there is no actress on the screen today who has less reason to be happy than Madeleine. (Continued on page 93) 45

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There are worse places for a man to marry a woman than in Hollywood. There’s Java, where a groom must prove he is healthy before a board of ladies, then sit by himself in silence for forty days, then spend the first three nights of married life with an old woman sleeping between his bride and _ himself. And there is Koryak, in the North Pacific, where the groom must chase his fiancée miles, catch her and, with a knife, slice off her bridal costume, a suit sewed together with thick leather thongs. Sure, there are worse places for marriage than Hollywood, but the actors in town don’t think so. They think California wedlock laws are too slow, and so they rush off, via chartered plane or 1941 coupé, to Nevada, Idaho, Arizona or Mexico. : But, to understand why, for example, a couple like Dick Halliday, the hand- “some writer, and Mary Martin, the equally handsome songstress, will leave comfortable Hollywood, avoid the cozy courthouse which is only a half hour from their home, and drive by night to Las Vegas, Nevada, to be married at the stroke of twelve by a yawning Justice of the Peace—to understand such loony antics is simple enough if you understand California’s legal com- mandments. In Hollywood, when a young actor decides that he would like a better half, he goes to the Hall of Records in the midst of downtown Los Angeles. There he fills out, with his prospective wife at his elbow, an application for a marriage license. This is sometimes difficult, especially when one is famous. The rush of reporters at the License Bureau scared Edna Best and agent Nat Wolff away. In the case of Tyrone Power, his throat became practically paralyzed and the clerk, undoubtedly a movie fan familiar with Mr. Powers biography, had to answer most of the questions for him. Now then, two important factors enter the scene. The actor and actress, with the honeymoon glaze in their orbs, must each submit medical certificates signed by family physicians, certifying that they have been examined for social diseases, have received the standard test for syphilis as required by the state law and have been found healthy. No other papers need be sub- mitted except if the male is under 21 or the female under 18, in which case they must have written consent of their parents or guardians. Finally, having applied, the bride and groom must wait three days for their license—the three-day wait being designed to give them a last chance to think it over before engaging in the most delightful penal servitude on earth. After three days, they need only pay $2 for their license and wander into a nearby chamber, where a Los Angeles judge will knot them forever and ever—and insist that they keep their fee as a wedding present! Or, they may, as Tyrone Power did when he said “I do” at Annabella’s Bel Air home while 40 photographers waited outdoors, be married under (Continued on page 72) FEBRUARY, 1941 47

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50 ERROL SKINFLYNNT? An ancient mining engineer, recently re- turned from the faraway Indies, reports a revolution fomenting in romantic British Guiana. The cause of the trouble, he tells us, is Hollywood’s own Errol Flynn who vagabonded through that country before becoming a famous movie star. Our. engineer asserts Errol borrowed dough from practically every explorer, miner and native:on the island, used his gleanings to pay his steamship fare to America—and, to date, hasn't kicked back a cent! The boys in Guiana didn't mind for the first few years, but they've run into lean times of late and could use the money. They claim they've written Errol on several occasions and asked for it, but they’ve had no response. This YOU'RE REALLY IN THE HOLLYWOOD KNOW WHEN YOU'VE READ GATHERED FOR YOU BY OUR SUPER SLEUTH —SYLVIA KAHN! department is fond of Errol and wouldn't want to see anything happen to him. That’s why we're tipping him off, here and now, that the gang is planning to finance a irip for one among them who will come to these shores and personally put the bee on his neglectful old-time pal! ON THE SPOT Not because she’s trying to duck a cleaner’s bill, but because she must re- tain her reputation as the most smartly- dressed woman in Hollywood, Kay Fran- cis has taken to ordering wine the same color as her gown! Kay found that on too many occasions she spilled liquids down her dress fronts and had to leave Ciro’s looking as bespotted as a high- chair baby. Now the stains blend with her gown, and Kay reports she could almost bathe in her beverages without appearing untidy! All of which is by way of being a fashion tip to you, and you, and me—only, in our cases, it would probably be wiser to buy dresses that match our ice cream sodas! ASIDE TO BETTY GRABLE Vic Mature was once a married man! So swears a woman we know who knew him when. According to our in- formant, Vic's wedded life was briet and stormy and, when the end came about a year ago, he was still deeply in love with his divorced wife. The ex-Mrs. Mature is said to have resembled Betty Grable slightly and Lana Turner even more. All of which leaves one wonder- John Howard ing whether Vic just goes soft on the luscious, lively type, or whether he’s constantly trying to relive the romance that was. HOW ABOUT DONALD DUCK? In the dear, dead days beyond recall, a star's popularity was determined by the amount of fan mail he received, but in this modern, streamlined era, they're counting marriage proposals instead of letters. According to studio experts, any star receiving fewer than twenty pro- posals a month either has not clicked or is slipping! For example, Dean Jagger is riding the crest because he collects sixty a month, Alice Faye does more than. hold her own with forty, Tyrone Power cut his down to twelve by marrying Annabella, and Cesar Romero, the most eligible male of the lot, trails the rest with only ten. Funny thing about these proposals is the fact that though they are considered important popularity gauges, they are never answered! The stars have torn their hair trying to find a suitable response, but their final decision is that there just isn’t anything they can say! SERMON OF THE MONTH The much discussed nighi-club scandal which just a short while back broke around the heads of a noted director and a famous actress should be considered a closed incident now and forever. With all its contacts and newsgathering facili- ties, this magazine, to date, has been Hedy Lamarr Lupe Velez unable to find a single eye-witness to the so-called shocking behavior of the pair, and it is our conviction that the malicious gossips who conceived and have been elaborating on the tale, owe the deepest apologies to the very un- happy couple. DIDJA KNOW That Clark Gable sleeps in only the upper part of his pajamas .. - That W. C. Fields has a wife and son living in Beverly Hills . . . That Eddie Horton's estate is called “Belly Acres . . . That Olivia de Havilland flies an airplane solo now, but is still earthbound by Jimmy Stewart . . . That there are 400 Robert Taylors in the United States . . . That if Lana Turner blossoms out in a new full- MODERN SCREEN

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{ ( | i length ermine coat, you may be certain it’s a gift from Tony Martin . .. That Melvyn Douglas has danced in ‘every one of his last five pictures . .. That Patricia Morison whose initials are P. M. has a brother whose initials are A. M. . . . That Irene Rich passed around six boxes of cigars when her grandson was born .... That to avoid forgeries, Maureen O'Sullivan, like most movie stars, has a special signature for checks . . . That Ruth Nagel, daughter of Conrad Nagel, is a junior at Wellesley College... That John Howard owns stock in every major film company in Hollywood ... That Hedy Lamarr’s No. 1 husband, Fritz Mandl, phoned Hedy long-distance on her birthday and talked for a solid hour while his brand new bride sulked green-eyed in an adjoining room? Errol Flynn Betty Grable LOVE IN TWO-TIME It can only happen in Hollywood. Just a few years ago, three of the town’s choicest Lotharios, Dennis O'Keefe, John Carroll and Addison ‘Wild Jack’’ Ran- dall, shared their bachelor bliss in a comfortable Malibu cottage. Their life together was a perfect song until, one day, O'Keefe upped and married divorcée Louise Stanley. Carroll and Randall thereupon moved into smaller quarters and might be there yet had not O'Keefe, returning from a location trip some months later, discovered that his pal, ‘Wild Jack,” had galloped off with the affections of his lovely bride. He promptly sued for divorce and, when the decree be- came final, “Wild Jack” took the former Mrs. O'Keefe into the Randall clan. FEBRUARY, 1941 Meanwhile, friend Carroll, not to be out- done, met and married little Steffi Duna. In due time, that marriage crashed and O'Keefe, still in the matrimonial mood, wooed and won the ex-Mrs. Carroll. But here’s the topper. ‘Wild Jack” recently left the much-married Louise, sued her for divorce and—please believe us—has again taken up residence with his closest buddy, John Carroll! SUSPENDED ANNIE-MATION The long line of jobless gathered outside of Hollywood's Unemployment Insurance Headquarters, gulped twice and rubbed their eyes when a sleek, chauffeur-driven limousine drew up to the curb and dis- charged a beautifully garbed young woman. But when the young woman Ann Sheridan casually sauntered toward them and took her place on the line, the jobless almost swooned. Who wouldn't? Ann Sheri- dan, under suspension by Warner Bros., and technically unemployed, had come to town for her weekly $18 compensation and no amount of stares or wisecracks was going to cheat her of it! “Why shouldn't I collect?’ asked Annie. ‘I've chipped in my share, and when I no workee, the studio no payee! Heck, a girl’s got to live, doesn’t she?” MICKEY ROONEY Mickey Rooney’s a great little sport, and let no man say otherwise. The other afternoon, on the set of "Men of Boys’ Town,” Mick was doing a sequence with small-fry Darryl Hickman when he real- ized that Darryl was hamming and miug- ging. all over the place in an attempt to steal his scenes. And did Rooney the Star rage and rant over this pro- fessional larceny? He did not! He permitted Darryl to have his fun and, when several takes had been completed, ambled up to Spencer Tracy who was chuckling on the side lines. “It's okay with me, Spence,” said he. Now I know how you feel when I’m in your scenes!" SIDELIGHT ON CARY Maids and matrons who would give their all to come into the daily presence of “easy-going Cary Grant would do well to heed the story of one of Cary’s former housekeepers. After a single month of service in the Grant ménage, that lady wearily quit her job! ‘’Couldn't take an- other day of it,” says she. ‘Mr. Grant was driving me daffy! He has a ter- tific cleanliness phobia and conducts a daily dust-hunt on every piece of fur- niture in the house! I believe in a clean house, too, but don’t like being handed a note each morning telling me I skipped three-quarters of an inch on the bureau top. Mind you, there’s nothing mean about Mr. Grant but, if he were a woman, I think his friends would pack him off to a home for fussy old maids!” GARY AND THE GEISHA Miss Kazuko Yamamoto, tiny, satin- skinned queen of Tokyo’s geishas, has one foot on the road to ruin. Miss Yamamoto, the only geisha to ever bob her hair, don ° modern clothes and become an American movie fan, has long been famous as a precedent-breaker, but her latest deed may prove her undoing. She's let it be known that she’s passionately in love with Gary Cooper! She's aware that Gary has a wife, and a daughter, too, but no such trifling items can throw a damper on her Japanese ardor. She even admits that although kissing in public is a criminal offense in her country, she’d plant her lips on Gary’s before the Imperial Palace itself. Her second choice is Charles Boyer, but she wouldn't risk as much for him. Says he’d have to step inside. OUR TOWNE Heartiest chuckle of the month is con- tributed by Gene Towne, 50 per cent of the zany writing team of Towne and Baker. Gene went to Ciro’s the other evening to celebrate the completion of a new story and ran into a chubby- chinned producer who felt like cele- brating, too. The pair settled in a quiet corner and were shortly joined by a bottle of champagne and then another and another. Towne, who is as great a salesman as he is’a writer, began to im- provise a screen story and did such a fine selling job that, before the night was out, the producer handed him a check for $10,- 000 for an idea Towne hadn't even dreamed of a few hours earlier! The fol- lowing morning, the pair sobered up and got together for a story conference and, after much hemming. and hawing, it was discovered that neither could remember a single line of the plot! Back went the ten grand to the producer—and on the water wagon went our friend Mr. Towne, 51

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\ HEDY IN EXILE Don’t go forgetting the Hedy Lamarr- John Howard romance just because you Te not handed a daily reminder by your fa- vorite columnist. It’s still blazing, and the only reason the publicity’s died down is that Hedy‘s been ordered by the court to keep her nose out of nightclubs and her name out of newsprint if she wants to retain custody of her adopted baby son. Hedy almost lost little Jimmy by leaving Gene Markey’s bed and board, but when she came before the judge she likened herself to a woman whose husband had just died and asked if a child would be deprived of its mother under such cir- cumstances. The grim analogy won - Hedy the right to keep her son another year, but the memory of her plea still makes Markey squirm. LIFE WITH FATHER Jane Withers doesn’t object to Darryl Zanuck as a studio father, but she defi- nitely would not want him as her real- life pa. Jane’s heard stories of how Mr. Z. trains his youngsters and the Zanuck Pian doesn't appeal to her. It seems Zanuck abhors fearfulness in children and has worked out some novel schemes to build the courage of his own young- sters. For example, one afternoon when daughter Darrylin wasn't looking, he slipped a harmless but slithery snake into her pocket. When she reached -in for a lollipop, out came the squirming rep- tile and along came her dad to tell her why she mustn’t be frightened! Zanuck also scrapped his children’s fear of water by teaching them to swim when they were infants. Now all three kids must pop out of bed each morning and take a pre-breakfast workout across their pooi, come sticky weather or frosty. CLAUSE-TROPHOBIA William Powell and Henry Fonda are botn married men. As such, they enjoy mar- tied men‘s responsibilities, and neither can afford to be tossed out of his job be- cause of a fight with a studio boss. That's why both have had unique clauses writ ten into their contracts. Fonda knows the only reason he’d ever want to leave the - Fox fold would be to do Thornion Wilder's “Heaven Is My Destination” should it be adapted into play form. His agreement with the studio, therefore, stipulates clearly that there will be no hard feelings should he ever pull up stakes and head for Broadway and “Heaven.” Bill Powell's stipulation is a bit screwier. For years, Bill has had an unholy and unfounded. fear that he would be asked to portray Cyrano de Bergerac, Durante-nosed hero of the Rostand play of the same name. As insurance against that, he extracted a written promise from his Metro bosses that, though they might ask him to por- tray anyone from Nell Gwynne to Ro- meo, they’d reserve the Cyrano tole for Bob Taylor or one of the other boys. IT WAS IN THE CARDS A newcomer, trying to crash the golden gates of Hollywood, would do well to land Connie Bennett as his agent. Richard Ainley will testify to that. Ainley barn- stormed with Connie and her stage play last year, and when Connie returned to the coast, he came right with her. For several weeks he angled for audiences with studio bigwigs, but met with success of zero proportions. Then, just as it ap- peared he would have to hit the road again, Connie took matiers into her own hands. She went over to Jack Warner's home for one of her regular poker ses- sions and, before the evening was out, Richard Ainley, with no previous movie experience, was in possession of a Warner Bros. contract guaranteeing him $650 weekly for the next fifty-two weeks! No, we don't have Connie’s phone num- ber. Or Mr. Ainleyis, either! BEDTIME STORY Lupe’ Velez will probably be “Big Boy” Williams’ little woman by the time you Binnie Barnes read this. Lupe, who had originally planned an October marriage, postponed her wedding because, as she explains, "T married Weissmuller in October. That was a lousy marriage for me and brought bad luck. I didn't want to risk it again.” In a conversation with Lupe, we learned that her greatest pre-marital problem was the decoration of her boudoir in “Big Boy's’ home. She simply couldn't decide whether to retain her own black lac- quered bedroom suite with its ten-foot- wide bed, or buy new furniture with a “beeger’ bed. One thing Lupe was posi tive about, however, was that her room must be forty-five feet long. ‘It must be tremendous,” said she, ‘because I want space for a fireplace, a bar, my piano and an icebox. You know me. I spend half my life in my bedroom.” NO ACTORS WANTED! After only a few months of wedded life, Binnie Barnes has discovered a fly in her marital ointment. Binnie can't stand lead- ing men—and Mike Frankovich, her sports announcer groom, has broken down and admitted he wants to be a leading man! The disease set in when Mike accom- panied Binnie on a cross-country personal appearance tour and found himself swamped with fan mail and requests for autographed photographs. He immedi- ately developed a streak of ham so wide, Binnie’s threatening to cut it out with a knife. But the odds are she'll cool down about an acting career for her husband. The. pair has been offered a not-to-be- sneezed-at sum tc co-star in a Broadway play—and Binnie is an extremely prac- Tyrone Power Brian Donlevy tical girl She and Mike keep little flour sacks in their bedroom into which they pour their extra nickels and dimes against a rainy day. And they want to fill those sacks. So maybe Mike will be an actor after all! OUR MISCHA Since the morning Mischa Auer picked up his newspaper and learned he was sep- arated from his wife, his life has taken on an entirely new complexion. Holly- wood bachelorettes who previously ig- nored him are now giving him the eye ~and asking numerous intimate questions about Mischa the Man. We-don't pretend to know ail the answers but the following tidbits may tell you whether he’s the type that could make your. heart bounce and bound. (a) He always tops his breakfast MODERN SCREEN

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‘is due any minute. with a stein of beer and a bag of pretzels. (b) He's good-natured and, to prove it, pre- sented his beautiful Encino ranch to his wife as a “goodbye to love” gift. (c) He loves to play the concertina. (d) His prin- cipal hobby is photography. Although his favorite subject is his son, he once took a picture of Broderick Crawford that was so good, Crawford ordered 1500 to send to his fans. (e) He studies his next day’s lines in the bathtub. (f) His dearest possession is a costly Sterytone piano equipped with tubes and a loud speaker. By twirling a knob on the instrument it can be converted into eight different types of pianos, varying from a tinkling spinet to a booming concert Steinway. (g) All his victrola records are Strauss waltzes. (h) No matter where he lives he must have a huge painting of Czar Nicholas of Sonja Henie Bette Davis Russia hanging over his table. And there you have him, ladies. Mischa ‘'Heathcliffe’’ Auer, the reason girls leave home—and go into convents. BABY TALK dining-room After seven years of married life Charles Boyer is having his first painful en- counter with Monsieur Stork. Not that the great Boyer is about to become a father. Nothing like it! He's merely suffering because Margaret Sullavan is about to become a mother! It seems Boyer and Maggie are co-starring in “Back Street’—and Maggie's third baby In order to beat the stork the picture is being produced in frantic haste, and Boyer, accustomed to _ leisurely lunches, rests between scenes and 6 o'clock quitting time, must now _ FEBRUARY, 1941 hop about like a younger edition Mickey Rooney so that no delays can be hung on him! Boyer’s not complaining; but the studio head responsible for bringing the picture in on time makes up for him. Moans he: ‘When we had John Barry- more on the lot we had to build our shooting schedule around a court cal- endar. Now that we have Sullavan, we have to build it around a stork calendar! STARDOM DEFERRED Tyrone Power, who’s done so much to get so many kids started in films, will be amazed when he learns that he’s the reason Bob Shaw has had such a tough time getting a break. Darkly handsome Bob has been under contract to the same studio as Ty for a long while, but officials Ray Milland have been afraid to give him juicy roles and a build-up for fear feminine fans would hail him as a ‘’new Tyrone Power,” thereby injuring Ty’s heartthrob value. Nine-year-old Joan Carroll is another who got the same deal. She was bound to a contract and held to small parts be- cause she looked like a threat to Shirley Temple. Happily, however, both these youngsters are now on their way. Bob's bosses finally relented and lent him out for “Legacy,” and Joan, who went to New York and became a sensation in “Panama Hattie,” is currently being _ courted by several major studios who want her to stage q comeback as the “new Joan Carroll!” STAR BLIGHT If you think movie stars are calm, cool creatures who could meet kings, gods or their Maker without a ruffle in com- posure, you've got another think com- ing. Actually, many of the biggest names in pictures have less poise before an audience than little Susie Zilch has before her Sunday school class, For example, Martha Scott, making a recent appear- ance on a radio show, wore dark glasses throughout so that she couldn't see her studio audience and become upset. And Charles Laughton, veteran stage star, still will not appear on the boards unless @ brilliant spotlight hits him full in the face, practically blinding him and com- pletely blacking out the folks down in front. SONJA'S FOLLIES The fates are giving Sonja Henie an awful shoving around these days. First, Sonja had lawsuit trouble. She was sued by an agent who was willing to call the whole thing quits for $20,000. Sonja rejected the proposal, fought her case, lost it and had to pay the agent $77,000! Next, 60 members of her Ice Revue troupe balked at rehearsals the day before they were to start their tour and refused to go back to work until they were given substantial salary lifts. And now, to crown her woes, word's been brought to her that Hollywood high school students have taken her off their list of screen favorites because they object to her mar- triage to Dan Topping! They poutingly protest she can't manage a career and a fortune at the same time and contend that by wedding a wealthy man she has failed in her duty to them. DATELESS BETTE Bette Davis, who's probably the greatest actress in films and a darned pretty trick besides, has more escort trouble than any girl we know. Eddie Albert would like to date her but is so afraid she’ll turn him down he doesn’t dare broach the subject. And Bette, in turn, is hankering for an evening of dancing with Cesar Romero but naturally can't phone him. She once did hint to a friend that she'd like to know Cesar better, but when Cesar heard of it he smiled regretfully and said he was sorry. “Sure I want to date Bette,” he admitted. ’"Who wouldn't? But can you picture the two of us stroll- ing into Ciro’s? Everyone would say, ‘Look at Romero. He’s angling for pub- licity.. It wouldn’t do either of us any good to have people thinking I was trading on Bette’s fame.” | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME Brian Donlevy, well on his way to be- coming an important star, will definitely be someone to be considered when he shoots Bob Taylor dead in their next pic- ture. But even if he never killed Bob Brian would still be worth a second glance. He's the man who owns the largest bathroom in Hollywood, and let no one forget it! Aiter years of suffering in hotel two-by-fours, Brian has built his own home and indulged his oldest and goofiest yen by knocking a wall out of the architect’s plans and converting two tremendous bedrooms into a single, perfectly huge bathroom just for himself! (Continued on page 94) wn Loe)

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Westie Casual tod hic... Classic for class! That’s our motto and will be yours, too. America’s contri- bution to fashion is the classic, always right and better than ever. Peter-Pan or open throat tailored collars; button fronts; pleats and full skirts that flatter. Perennial | youth captured in the clothes that Americans love. All eyes on Spring in | ithe 1941 classic hats and dresses. You can’t get along without them. | Right. Tonic touch for midwinter; two tones are better than one. Grey for the blouse and belt trimming; dusty rose for the side-pleated, top-stitched skirt and sleeves. Under seven dollars; J. P. Stevens; Chicago. Stitched straw beret. Under two dollars;, Macy’s, New York. Genuine snake charmers. Three dollars; Kitty Kelly. Left.. A McKettrick classic with skirted front fullness in Wedgewood blue and white in stripe effect. Under six dollars; Arnold Constable, New York. Pert patent leather opera pumps, Kitty Kelly.

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Above. Inresistible——a love—in light blue wool angora to wear as a dress or as a suit with a in fitted belt; Under dramatic pockets. > blouse underneath. Set- S. seventeen dollars. Side roll, off-face felt hat. Under four dollars. Emily Shop Ansonia Shoes. Ww pumps; y bo say Brown Morocco d’Or 55 FEBRUARY, 1941

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R you ARE Home in the north—home in the south; or lucky you taking a trip. Ski trains take you to your fun in the snow. The sun beckons on land and sea. Wear the season’s gifts to fashion at a price. 1. In New York, Gimbels features a Brenda Gale ski suit. Navy blue wool and cotton gabardine; jaunty mess jacket, brass buttons; gold zippered pants; under fourteen dollars. | Bright red regulation poplin hat and gloves; each under two dollars. 2. Combine your own: man-tailored ski pants in wool gab- ardine and a bright print waterproofed poplin jacket lined in snowy white. Each under eight dollars; Franklin Simon. 3. After skiing, for fun indoors, | Brenda Gale’s beer jacket, beige and brown flannel slack suit. Cozy! Under seven dollars; Gimbels. MODERN SCREEN 56

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WW 1. There’s something about a sailor slack suit in clear blue spun poplin. Trousers button on to blouse; rows of white braid trimming. Under eight dollars; Emily Shops. Authentics’ wood jewelry. 2. Three phecrs for the red, white and blue. Dance in jersey, broad blue and white stripes, jacketed in red; an emblem on the sleeve. Under seventeen dollars; Burdine’s, Miami. 3. All the new details in an aquamarine Sacony sports dress: set-in ribbed waistband, stitched, gored skirt. Under eleven dollars; Burdine’s. Back-fringed calot. 4. Ballerina-type play suit—jacket, backless and sleeveless dress, separate shorts. Combination red and white striped and plain chambray. Under five dollars; Emily Shops. Kitty Kelly Shoes. | FEBRUARY, 1941 57

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PROP SHOP It?s the little things that count though they don’t cost much Wind a two-tone Persian & colored knit scarf high on your head. $1.95; Lord and Taylor, N. Y. Chosen by Joan Bennett in “The Son of Monte Cristo”: antiqued gold clips. $1 each; Lord and Taylor, N. Y /; Darling of Spring is a sheer white embroidered blouse, lace trimmed. The bigger the better; i] ) | SS $2; J. L. Hudson, Detroit. white washable capeskin | >= : YY bag. $2.95; Burdine’s, Miami. A hold-up! Ski- braces—Tyrolean es fashion; 75c. Kleinert. ay Merry, yellow rubber tomatoes, plastic chain. A Silson design. $1; McCreery’s, N. Y: New, petite pin-in sport shields; 35c. Young notions by Kleinert. Going places? Use handy travel kits that you’ve made yourself. Singer Sewing Centers. For information concerning fashions write to the Fashion Editor of MODERN SCREEN magazine 38 MODERN SCREEN

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ose MRS. ST. GEORGE DUKE (the former MRS. ANGIER BIDDLE DUKE) MRS, MARY ELIZABETH WHITNEY: (the former MRS. JOHN HAY WHITNEY) MRS. DAVID S. GAMBLE, JR. HAT stamps you an American girl? Proclaims it in remotest corners of the globe? That aura of bright, pervasive fresh- ness. Theconscious perfection of groomed hair, groomed nails, chic dress—twice- clean skin. That cool freshness of petal-smooth skinisyour American passport to Beauty. Cultivate it, as do so many members of leading American families—by de- voted observance of the Pond’s ritual:— SMOOTH ON your face and neck clouds of tender, caressing Pond’s Cold Cream. Then slap your cream-coated skin smartly for 3 full minutes. This deliciously slippy cream cleanses and softens. It mixes with dirt and make-up, the dried, dead cells on your skin —softens them and sets them free. WIPE OFF all this soft- ened debris with deft Pond’s Tissues. AGAIN SLAP with cream-laden fingers. And again clean off with caressing Pond’s Tissues. These creamy spankings MBS. NICHOLAS RIDGELY DU PONT AMERICAN PASSPORT enhance both the cleansing and softening actions of Pond’s. Lines seem less apparent, pores seem diminished. FOLLOW with the coo, WET FRAGRANCE of Pond’s Skin Freshener. COAT this freshened, dewy face with a layer of a distinctly other type of cream—Pond’s Vanishing Cream. This cream’s distinguish- ing duty is to disperse remaining harsh particles, aftermath of exposure, and leave your skin silky-smooth—pliant! Wait one full minute before wiping it off. Then see how it has left an indubitable mat finish on your skin. How competently it both receives and holds your powder! Perform this ritual in full at least once, night or daytime. And in briefer form again whenever your skin and your make-up de- mand freshening. Keep your face ever cool, clean, sweet as a flower—as do millions of lovely American girls—with Pond’s. Send for Trial Case. Fillinand forward cou- pon below. Pond’s, Dept. 9MS-CVB, Clinton, Conn. So I may start my Pond’s ritual at once, please send my trial kit of basic preparations I need, in- cluding the 3 famous Pond’s Creams and 7 Pond’s Powder shades. I enclose 10¢ for postage and packing. Name Address City SC ——————————— MRS. JOHN JACOB ASTOR... MRS. DAVID S. GAMBLE, JR.... MRS. NICHOLAS RIDGELY DU PONT... MRS. ST. GEORGE DUKE... MRS. MARY ELIZABETH WHITNEY... MRS. ANTHONY J. DREXEL, Ill names which represent six great American families of culture, - wealth and distinction. Each follows the Pond’s ritual 59

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(Continued from page 46) MATE'S DATE OF PREVIOUS STATUS OF NAME MARRIED TO] MARRIAGE PROFESSION MATES SMe MARRIAGE Bergman, Ingrid Dr. Peter Lindstrom July 10, 1937 Dentist None Tia, 14% yore nde devo- Seymour Best, Edna Nat Wolff Feb. 6, 1940 Actors’ agent Beard, Her- Sarah, 6, by Marshall Best in the West bert Marshall Blondell, Joan Dick Powell Sept. 20, 1936 Actor Geo. Barnes Noma Py Barnes; To Dreams Met *Helen Men- Bogart, Humphrey Mayo Methot Aug. 20, 1938 Actress ken, Mary None Four bells : Phillips Bowdon, Dorris Nunnally Johnson Feb. 4, 1940 aoe None None “Okie”-dokeh Elinor Fair, Boyd, William Grace Bradley June 5, 1937 Actress Dorothy Se- None Riding high bastian Boyer, Charles Pat Paterson Feb. 14, 1934 Actress None None Toujours Brennan, Walter Ruth Wells About 1920 Non-prof. None ieee ore In line for an Oscar Mike Frankovich, 27, Brown, Joe E. Kathryn McGraw Dec. 25, 1915 Nurse None oe a ae Coe ee for golden Kathryn, 8 Bruce, Virginia J. Walter Ruben Dec. 18, 1937 Producer John Gilbert Se iby, ee down and life Bryan, Jane Justin Dart Dec. 31, 1939 Businessman None None Nothing else matters Burnette, Smiley Dallas MacDonald Oct. 26,1936 Writer None ee eee oa In the Autry tradition Barbara, 242; Robin a VAT i Burns, Bob Harriet Foster May 30, 1937 Formerly One 1%; Stephen Foster, Improves with age Bob’s secretary 3 mos.; Robin, Jr., 19, by first wife Sandra, 6; Ronnie; 5, Still “Burns and ~ Burns, George Gracie Allen Jan. 7, 1926 Comedienne None Boonied ane Former vaude- May adopt red- Object Lesson for Cagney, James Frances Vernon About 1928 ville partner None headed baby boy Newlyweds Carey, Harry Olive Golden Spring, 1917 ne n a lead- None Pople 20; daughter, Looks permanent Carlson, Richard Mona Mayfield June 11, 1939 Model None None Not newsworthy John, 4; Bruce, 8, by Carradine, John Ardanelle Cosner Dec. 31, 1935 Non-prof. None wife’s former mar- As You'd Like It riage Carson, Jack Kay St. Germaine Aug. 21, 1940 Singer One None Just plain wonderful Chaney, Lon, Jr. Patsy Beck Oct. 1, 1937 _ Non-prof. One Lon, 12; Ron, 10 Right as rain : \ Mildred Har- Sidney, 16; Charles, You’ve probably Chaplin, Charles Paulette Goddard June, 1934 Actress Tis, Lita Grey 15 ibeeae Colbert, Claudette Dr. J oel Pressman Dec. 24, 1935 Surgeon Nou Nae None eer BRS Colman, Ronald Benita Hume Sept. 30, 1938 Actress Thelma Raye None The sun never sets Colonna, Jerry Florence Charlotte Nov. 2, 1930 _Non-prof. None None Not bad, not bad Comingore, Dorothy Richard Collins June, 1939 Writer None aad due momen- Ronee 295 tee Cooper, Gary Veronica Balfe Dec. 6, 1933 Socialite None Maria, 3 ae COTE? EI Crisp, Donald Jane Murfin Aug. 15,1932 Writer None None Mature and serene Gary, 7%; Phillip Crosby, Bing Dixie Lee Sept. 29, 1930 Actress None and Dennis, 614; Solid sending Lindsay, 3 Crosby, Bob June Kuhn Sept. 22, 1938 Socialite None Cathleen, 142 ie s Cummings, Robert Vivian Janis Feb. 27, 1935 Ziegfeld beauty None None In the clouds D’Arcy, Alexander Arleen Whelan Sept. 2, 1940 Actress None None Red hot Darro, Frankie Aloha Wray July 30, 1939 Actress None None Still baby-talking Davis, Joan | Serenus Wills Aug. 31, 1931 Joan’s manager None Beverly, 744 No time for comedy Davis, Johnny Martha Garber Apr. 1, 1934 _Non-prof. None Judith, 14 Scoffs at scandal Dee, Frances iY Joel McCrea Oct. 20, 1933 Actor None Joel, 6; David, 5 Why lawyers starve Dekker, Albert Esther Guerini Apr. 4, 1929- Actress None Jan, 3; John, 6 mos. Heaven can wait ; : i i i Del Religion blocki Del Rio, Dolores Cedric Gibbons Aug. 8, 1930 ee yame el None eae one Devine, Andy Dorothy House Oct. .20, 1933 Actress One Tad, 6; Dennis, 2 Somebody loves a fat Dietrich, Marlene Rudolph Sieber May 17, 1924 Director None Maria, 15 Kept on ice Dinehart, Alan Mozelle Britton June 28, 1933 Actress None Son, 5 Standpatter Daughter, 8, by first ; f Dix, Richard Virginia Webster June 29, 1934 Secretary Winifred Coe marriage; Richard Matrimonial and Robert, 516, by marathon second 60 (Continued on page 62) MODERN SCREEN

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ty els Holliywood’s wee ones give their chic mamas some stiff competition! Juanita and Rita Quigley spectate at the showing of fash- ions designed by Emily Wilkens especially for youngsters. Joan Bennett’s and Gene Markey’s Melinda wore plaid and was es- corted by her dog in a twin coat. Blond and cherubic Sandra Burns personifies sophistication at six in a house coat and the up hair-do. Joan Benny prefers shirts and shorts, but is a dazzler nonetheless in her ip crisp, butterfly-embroidered organdie. Left, Joan Benny models her pink, beaver-trimmed en- semble that stole the show. It features infinitesimal spats! | Right, George Burns only had eyes for his leg-con- scious Sandra, who changed to a dream of pinafore. || FEBRUARY, 1941 a : 61 ;

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(Continued from page 60) DATE OF MATE'S: PREVIOUS STATUS OF NAME MARRIED TO wWarRRIAGE PROFESSION MATES CHILDREN MARRIAGE Donat, Robert Ella Voysey Aug., 1929 Actress None ea 9; John, 7; Disrupted by war Donlevy, Brian Marjorie Lane Dec. 22, 1936 Singer One None Neighbors can’t talk Peter, 7; Mary Helen, Douglas, Melvyn Helen Gahagan Apr. 5, 1931 Actress One 215: Son, 17, by 1st Democracy at home wife Duna, Steffi Dennis O’Keefe Oct. 18, 1940 Actor John Carroll Juliana, 3, by Carroll ee for Dunn, James Mary Gifford Dec. 25, 1937 Non-prof. None None Kecvie its skirts : : : Mary Frances, 6, Something to sing Dunne, Irene Dr. Francis Griffin July 16, 1927 Dentist None adopted earn . Sidney Franklin, Jr., Eddy, Nelson Ann Franklin Jan. 18, 1939 Socialite None by wife’s first mar- Worth waiting for riage Eilers, Sally Harry Joe Brown Oct. 22, 1933 Studio exec. Hoot Gibson Harry Joe, Jr., 6 Beats a career Ellison, James Grace Durkin Apr. 25, 1937 Actress -None Dirk, 8 mos. Gossip-proof : Stuart, Jr.,8; June June dittos Sally Erwin, Stuart June Collyer July 10, 1931 Actress None Doroteans Eilers Fairbanks, Douglas Bn Epling Apr. 22, 1939 Socialite Joan Craw- Daphne, 9 mos. Note ee Mr. Fairbanks, Lucile Owen Crump, Jr. Oct. 12, 1940 Writer None None Plotted for success Fields, Gracie Monty Banks Mar. 18, 1940 Actor Archie Pitts None Field(s) day Fitzgerald, Geraldine aoe rd Lindsay- Nov. 18, 1936 Song-writer None Michael, 8 mos. Short-cut to Paradise Flynn, Errol Lili Damita June 19, 1935 Actress None None Three-ring circus Fonda, Henry Frances Seymour Sept. 16, 1936 Socialite Meret eee Seymour, 3; Closed corporation Fontaine, Joan Brian Aherne Aug. 20, 1939 Actor None None Almost poetic > Ruth Piper Hol- Pe John Michael, 214; On the brink of Foran, Dick ideas ORE June 7, 1937 Socialite None James Patrick, 115 divorce Foster, Preston Gertrude Warren June 27, 1925 Teacher None Se 2%, Hardy perennial Josephine Gable, Clark Carole Lombard Mar. 29, 1939 Actress Dillon, Rhea None Out of this world : Langham . Garfield, John Roberta Mann Jan. 28, 1933 Non-prof. None Katherine, 2 Love on the run Gargan, William Pat Kenny Jan. 19, 1928 co None Barrie, 10; Leslie, 8 First and last Gaynor, Janet Gilbert Adrian Aug. 14, 1939 Designer Lydell Peck Robin, 6 mos. Designed for living Gilbert, Billy Ella McKenzie Sept. 12, 1937 Actress None Barry, 11, adopted Nothing to sneeze at Gleason, James Lucille Webster Aug. 22, 1906 Actress None Russell, 30 Till death us do part Gleason, Russell Cynthia Hobart June 9, 1938 Actress None Michael, 144 Le ee : Actor-pro- Slated for Mexican Goddard, Paulette Charles Chaplin June, 1934 acer None None Beane Gorcey, Leo Katherine Marvis May 16,1939 Non-prof. None None No jtaues guy” at Greenwood,Charlotte Martin Broomes Dec. 22, 1924 Ponke | None None No kick coming Grey, Nan Jackie Westrope May 4, 1939 Jockey None None Track fast and clear Gurie, Sigrid Dr. Lawrence Aug. 6, 1939 Physician T.W.Stewart None Nothing ails them Spangard His former Alan, Jr., 19; Karen, Hale and hearty Hale, Alan Gretchen Hartman Sept. 19, 1914 jo.gin & lady None 16 Hall, Jon Frances Langford June 4, 1938 Singer None None South Sea idyll Harowicee a Helena Pickard Jan. 8, 1928 Actress None Edward, 8 Foundering Hasso, Signey Harry Hasso Nov. 12, 1933 Cameraman None One son, 6 sores Hayden, Russell . June Clayton Jan. 6, 1939 Actress None Sandra, 6 mos. a ey ae Dorothy Earle Mar. 4, 1914 Actress None None A long, successful run Hayward, Louis Ida Lupino Nov. 17, 1938 Actress None None Ida-eel Hayworth, Rita Eddie Judson May 30, 1937 eee oe None None Love congas all ; Millionai : Henie, Sonja Dan Topping July 4, 1940 eee None None No frost on this one Herbert, Hugh Rose Epstein Summer, 714 a None None Still pitching woo Hersholt, Jean Via Anderson Apr. 11, 1914 Non-prof. None Alan, 25 Accent on romance Hy : Gail, 9, by Hervey, Irene Allan Jones July 26, 1936 Actor One ag lasiecen > PY No sour notes Hobart, Rose Wm. Grosvenor, Jr. Oct. 15, 1982 Chemist None None Proper ingredients present (Continued on page 82) MODERN SCREEN ~

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Now YOU can give your skin screen star care— right in your own home Lovely Loretta Young shows you just how screen stars protect million-dollar complexions. Now you can give your skin regular beauty facials just as they do. You'll find Active-Lather Facials with Lux Toilet Soap remove dust, dirt, stale cosmetics thoroughly— help you keep skin smooth! | NEVER NEGLECT MY DAILY LUX SOAP ACTIVE-LATHER FACIAL. IT'S A WONDERFUL BEAUTY CARE ! FIRST PAT THE LATHER IN... RINSE WITH WARM WATER THEN A DASH OF PAT THE FACE LIGHTLY TO DRY. NOW IT FEELS SMOOTHER SOFTER ! LOVELY SKIN‘S IMPORTANT TO ROMANCE. e YOU'LL FIND Milder! THIS LUX SOAP Costly B e rfume! CARE REALLY , mw _—*Pure! Ele ACTIVE lather! tars—clever women everywhere—use it to protect loveliness BRUARY, 1941 _ 63

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My, my! Here's Scarlett O'Hara's Now that “Gone With The Wind” . has celebrated its first anniversary in such fine style down in Atlanta and is being released all over the country at popular prices, it occurred to us that millions of new admirers would soon be added to the countless people who already have enjoyed Hattie McDaniel’s fine portrayal of ‘Mammy” in that epic of the old South. It seemed high time, therefore, to try and secure for our cooking columns some of those special recipes of ‘Mammy” McDaniel’s we had been hearing about for years. We finally caught up with her in the beauty parlor where, completely at our mercy, she promised to tell us how to prepare her justly famous dishes. “Only you'll have to wait a while,” she declared, “because, you see, I cook by instinct like so many of my race. But I know you'll want things all set down clearly, so’s folks can follow them easily. I’ll have to make some of those favorites of mine and write down how much I use as I go along.” She proved as good as her word for in a day or two along came these recipes, together with her favorite menu and some practical cooking suggestions. So, if you have ever wondered what kind of a meal Mammy herself would have served to the O’Haras, here is ‘your golden opportunity to learn— thanks to Hattie McDaniel. Mammy’s Southern Dinner Menu Plantation Chicken with Dumplings Corn Bread *Onions in String Beans Cream Sauce Cranberry Jelly Tomato and Watercress Salad McDaniel Dressing Cracker Cake Coffee *or Sweet Corn Pudding Chicken With Dumplings Dress, clean and cut up a large (year- old) chicken. Put in a stew pan and 64 Hattie McDaniel—in character cover with about 2 quarts of boiling water. Add 1 small onion, sliced; 2 stalks of celery, chopped; 2 sprigs of parsley and 4 peppercorns. Cover and cook slowly until tender. Add 2 tea- spoons salt the last hour of cooking. Remove chicken, strain liquor and skim off any excess fat. Measure chicken stock—there should be 6 cups, so either add water or boil down stock to make required amount. Thicken with 42 cup flour (directions for thickening gravies will be found in the Special Suggestions at the end of this article.) Cook until smooth and thickened, stirring con- stantly. Return chicken to this gravy, add dumplings and continue cooking as directed in dumpling recipe. Dumplings 2 cups flour __ 4 teaspoons baking powder % teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon shortening 34 cup water Sift flour, measure, sift again with baking powder and salt. Rub in short- ening with your fingers. Add water gradually, mixing it in with a knife. Drop dumpling dough from tip of spoon into stewpan, an ineh apart and rest- ing on the chicken so they don’t drop down into the gravy. Cover pan and steam dumplings — without removing cover—for 12 minutes. Corn Bread 11% cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sugar 34, cup cornmeal (yellow or white) 1 egg, well beaten 2 tablespoons melted shortening 1 cup milk Sift flour, measure; add baking pow- der, salt and sugar and sift again. Mix in cornmeal. Beat egg until light, add melted and cooled shortening and the milk. Stir into dry mixture, beat thor- "Mammy" to fell us how to make her favorite Southern specialties oughly, and turn into well-greased, shallow, square pan. Bake in hot oven (400°F.) 25 minutes, or until done. Sweet Corn Pudding Chop fine 2 cups whole grain canned. corn, or cooked green corn when in season. Add 3 eggs, slightly beaten, 2 teaspoons sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, a dash of pepper, 1 tablespoon melted butter. Stir in 114 cups scalded milk. Turn into greased casserole; bake in slow oven (350°F.) until knife inserted in pudding comes out clean—about 40 minutes. Cranberry Jelly Pick over and wash 1 pound (4 cups) : cranberries; add 1 cup boiling water and boil gently for 20 minutes. Rub through a sieve, add 2 cups sugar, cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Turn in- to a mold which has been rinsed with cold water. Chill, unmold and serve. McDaniel Dressing Grate an onion into a bowl. Add 1 teaspoon each of salt, paprika and pre- pared mustard, ¥4 cup sugar and % cup vinegar mixed with 42 cup water. Stir in 1 can (condensed) tomato soup and 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce. Add 1 cup salad oil gradually and beat with egg beater until thick. A clove of gar- lic also may be added, if desired. Keep in covered quart jar in refrigerator. “And here’s just the dessert to have when you expect company and don’t mind being a little -bit extravagant,” suggests Hattie McDaniel. However, since this recipe of hers serves 12 people you can divide these amounts in half, still have enough for the average size family and not feel extravagant at all! Cracker Cake 1 (pound size) box graham crackers 1 cup butter (4 pound) 214 cups powdered sugar (1 pound) 6 eggs, separated MODERN SCREEN

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Fine foods were traditional on plantations like “Tara.” By Marjorie Deen 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans 1 cup (% pint) whipping cream 1 teaspoon vanilla Roll out or grind crackers to make fine crumbs. Melt half of the butter and mix it with crumbs. Cream the remaining butter, add sugar a little at a time, creaming well. Separate eggs, add yolks to sugar mixture one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Fold in stiffly beaten whites. Add pecans and the cream which has been whipped until stiff. Take a loaf pan, line neatly with waxed paper— allowing enough paper to have it hang over on each side of pan. Put a layer — of crumbs in bottom of pan, then a layer of filling, then more crumbs and filling alternately until all has been used. ‘Have the last layer of crumbs. Cover with waxed paper and chill 12 hours in refrigerator. Lift out of pan care- fully by grasping paper at the sides. Top with additional whipped cream. Special Suggestions “There are some little cooking secrets of mine I want to give you, too,” Mammy wrote, “and here they are: “To thicken gravy—when making the chicken dish I gave you, and stews and pot roasts as well—put the necessary amount of flour in a small jar, like a salad-dressing jar. Add enough water to cover it, put top on jar and shake about 1 minute. Results are perfect. “Here’s the way I do onions to keep the odor from penetrating my fingers. I either grease my fingers or hold the onions under water while peeling. “Be sure your oven is good and hot before you put in your biscuits. “To flour chicken for frying, mix flour, salt and pepper in heavy brown paper bag. Add chicken pieces which have been wiped and dried. Shake the bag and chicken will be well floured. “When you are going to cream butter it’s always a good idea to let it stand at room temperature until it’s soft. Makes it so much easier to work with.” FEBRUARY, 1941 | eae 2 5 The tled from our home! Every week an ugly, sinister shadow darkened our home. My clothes never came out of the wash completely clean. Things reached the point where washday was a nightmare to me... You can imagine that what I heard from the various members of the family was even worse! John and Junior fussed and com- plained about the dull, gray color of their shirts. Dotty’s delicate party frocks were a fright. And my lovely linens it was a lucky day when I got a peek at my neighbor’s linens. Such snowy, sweet-smelling things! “Try Fels-Naptha Soap,” she said, “and your things will look just like these. It’s the gentle naptha and richer, golden soap that get a// the dirt out.” it worked like a charm. With about half the usual trouble, shirts, linens, dainty dresses— came out so clean and sweet I scarcely recognized them. I'll never forget the day Fels-Naptha Soap banished The Sinister Shade. For free introductory bar of Fels-Naptha Soap, write Fels & Co., Dept. 11-B, Phila., Pa. Golden bar or Golden chips_ Fels-Naptha banishes TattleTale Gray 65.

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Mrs. T ces handlesa Difficult Case eee a bright idea. Told = ie Giving Billy some Ex-Lax enlaces at first, but one bite f ation 8 all smiles}! Simply loved colate taste! The action of Ex-Lax is thorough, yet gentle! No shock. No strain. No weakening after-effects. Just an easy, comfortable bowel movement that brings blessed relief. Try Ex-Lax next time you need a laxative. It’s good for every member of the family. 10¢ and 25¢ Uy (ara found out they were all alike and it was too late. But I didn’t deceive Charles by pretending to be what I am not. He knew before he promised to marry me—and I’m different now—not only my clothes, but inside. I’m good now. I know I’m good!” Suddenly she burst out in a full realiza- tion of what had happened, “Why did he play this trick on me? Why did he lie to me? What am I doing here?” It was a long time before Sir William could make her understand. The truth was that he had seen her with His nephew in London and-had wanted her from the moment he’d laid eyes on her. Charles, needing five thousand pounds for his debts, had received the money with real gratitude and with no qualms had sent in exchange to his uncle the beautiful Greek statuary, the paintings—and Emma. “Pm not going to be your mistress. I refuse to stay!” she stormed. “The buyer is as bad as the seller!” young, he said, and the young heal quickly. He urged her to sleep and wait a few days, and he spread before her all he could give. “Youll learn singing and languages from the finest of tutors. Everyone of account in Europe comes to my house. You'll dine with famous sol- diers, artists and statesmen,” he prom- ised, “but, of course, you can’t be pre- sented at court.” At length Emma went to her room. She lay on her bed and talked with her mother. And finally she fell asleep. She dreamed of her whole life—even of when she was a little slavey wielding a vig- orous but unwilling scrub-brush before she did the Dance of the Seven Veils. And through her dream ran the rhythm of her mother’s voice, “We'll go back to London—back to London—back to Lon- don.” And then it changed to the rhythm of Sir William’s words, “Forget London. Charles is a blackguard. Of course, you can’t be presented at court—you can’t be presented at court!” ‘Suddenly Emma awakened. “Why shouldn’t I be presented at court?” she demanded. : And she was. And when it happened, Sir William was beside her. Emma had been Lady Hamilton for three years when she waked on another morning. The sound of cannon shattered her sleep. From her window she saw a battleship. It was offering a salute to the King and Queen of Naples, to be sure, but it really should have been to Emma. Three years had done a lot for her. The new advantages had made her no less beautiful and far more accomplished and, by now, even the Queen would no more think of buying a new gown without Emma’s advice than the henpecked King would think of asserting his own ideas when the Queen stated hers. In fact Emma was going to help her Royal High- ness decide some points of fashion that very morning. Before leaving for the palace she sailed into Sir William’s study. She took no notice of an English Captain who rose, slim and erect, from his chair as she entered. She went straight to the point with her husband. “William, dear, what is this absurd business about the French Ambassador? I want him for the party Sunday night, and Gavin comes telling me about some stupid political tension.” Sir William introduced the Captain of the “Agamemnon,” saying that he could UT Sir William was patient. She was LADY HAMILTON (Continued from page 29) I best answer her question. She turned to the man and reproved him for waking her with his guns. “P’m sorry,” he said to that and, to her first question, “We’re at war with France.” It was clear that he was eager to complete his mission to Sir William and be gone. So Emma was persuaded to leave. “We have captured Toulon,” said the Captain when she had left, “but the Ad- miral needs ten thousand troops to hold it. It would take too long to bring them from England, but our treaty with Naples provides for such cooperation. The Ad- miral expects you to secure these troops from the King of Naples without delay.” He was horrified when Sir William said that the necessary application for an audience with the King and then the further negotiations would take some time. No one had hurried in Naples since the earthquake in 1752. While Sir Wil- liam went into his office to begin drafting the application, the angry, impatient Cap- tain strode about looking at the art treasures and came to a halt before Romney’s picture of Emma as “Circe.” “Yes, that’s me,” said Emma, who had been listening at the keyhole, quite as her mother had taught her, and who now “came in. “What would you say if I would get you the troops like that?” a ree Captain was not a ladies’ man and he most certainly doubted her ability in an affair like this. Emma was not one to be doubted, She had an appointment with the Queen that very hour, did she not? And was not the Queen the real King of Naples? In no time at all the Captain found himself with Emma listen- ing to that same Queen browbeat her spouse in a domestic quarrel carried on in Italian, of which he could not under- stand one word. Emma and the Queen discussed the troops. The Captain and the Lady returned to Sir William’s study just as he was finish- ing the application which might have got five thousand troops in three weeks or more. | “We asked for twenty thousand,” stated Emma, “and we got ten. Here.” She gave him the document assuring them. At this moment a young midshipman entered and handed a message to the Captain, who introduced the boy. “My stepson,” he said. So, the gruff and charming fellow was married and this young man was his chaperone! “How comforting for your wite!” exclaimed Emma. The message summoned the Captain to proceed at once to Sardinia. “Next time you come,” said Emma, brushing aside his protestations of grati- tude for her help, “there’s no need to blow your cannons off. Just drop in without knocking. What did you say your name was?” “Nelson,” he said and left swiitly. 1794_1795—1796—1797—1798—the dates were written in flame. Through the blood and misery of the French revolutionary years the peace of all Europe was wiped out by the will of one man who rose to menace and dominate, one man who wanted to conquer the whole world— Napoleon Bonaparte. The “Vanguard,” with the British en- sign hanging limply from its mast, lay off Capri. In the Admiral’s quarters, a man tramped angrily up and down. He MODERN SCREEN In the midst of this,

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was so changed by the years of battle that only when he spoke could one realize it was Nelson. His stepson, Josiah, read to him his appointment as Knight - of the Bath for his brilliant victories. But he was disconsolate. The oil was low in the ship’s lamps. His men needed food and ammunition. One could not catch Bonaparte with honors or with the new regulations of silly detail that came through from London. What were they thinking of there? He had sent Trow- bridge ashore to get supplies from the King of Naples and the man had not come back. Captain Hardy approached him. “Why don’t we sail up to Naples and blow them | out of their beds? They’d give us water and meat quickly enough then!” Like the other men, he was on edge. “D’you expect me to fire on a neutral port?” demanded Nelson. “Neutral against England!” Hardy. “Trowbridge won't be back. He wore his uniform when he went ashore— the fool!” But Trowbridge did come back and he brought someone with him. “Where is the Admiral?” asked Emma. The lamp, which had been dark to conserve oil, was lit. Then Emma saw him—and all that had happened to him. He pulled the black patch over one eye with the only hand he had left. Emma stared at the mutilated man. “I had no idea,” she murmured. “They told us of TO victories, but not of the price you pai JN/2esion laughed. “Please, my lady. Don’t make a fuss about it. What is your news?” “They are all terrified,” wacaried Emma. “The King refused to see Sir William— refused, mind you, to see the British Ambassador! You can’t conceive how the success of this nasty little Bonaparte has changed them. We're their friends, but they daren’t show it.” “Don’t they understand what I’m try- ing to do for them?” Nelson spoke furi- ously. “Bonaparte’ s fleet is in Egypt. For the first time in five years I know where they are! If I smash them up, I give Europe a chance to breathe again!” But Emma had not come to him empty- handed. Once more she had seen her husband’s failure and had gone to the Queen, who was panicky but from whom, nevertheless, Emma had wrung a man- date for the replenishing of the British Fleet under Admiral Nelson. “You are even more lovely than five years ago,” he said. “Five years—or is it five centuries?” asked Emma. They spoke of his wife whom he had not seen in all this time. But more than all else, they spoke of the war. Bona- parte had swallowed half of Europe. “Now it’s Egypt—and tomorrow it may be India,” mourned Emma. “We are alone but unafraid,” smiled ‘Nelson and she knew he was in a hurry to be off and at them. 3 “Goodbye, Sir Horatio,’ she said, stressing his new title. “It’s a bit of a mouthful, isn’t it?” “You've helped me for a second time,” he said gratefully and kissed her hand. “Goodbye, Lady Hamilton.” Nelson won the battle of the Nile. The Neapolitans gave him an ovation. On his return they brought him to the British Embassy in glory. Sir William’s secretary, Gavin, spoke contemptuously, “When Nelson wins a battle, they hang round our necks. When Napoleon wins, they spit on our trouser legs and kiss the French.” When Emma saw Nelson he looked ill and she was fearful. Only a few mo- ca a a _ FEBRUARY, 1941 snapped | MYRNA LOY, NOW CO-STARRING WITH WILLIAM POWELL IN M-G-M’S “MR. MYRNA LOY... pucrcer Cvitty bed, Rose. CO-ED” Blond-brunette skin. Peach undertones. For rosy accent, For exotic effect, Woodbury Windsor use Brunette. Sb thert Femme, GLORIFY YOUR TYPE! Ss VIRGINIA BRUCE Type Cameo-skin blonde Fair skin. with cameo-pink tints. For delicate bloom, use Woodbury Flesh. For radi- ant warmth, use Blush Rose. MERLE OBERON Type Ivory-skin brunette Creamy skin with ivory tints. For striking clearness, Woodbury Rachel. For deep, velvet tone, use Blush Rose. O MAKE his heart Sines take your beauty sing! To help, Hollywood directors have se- lected 5 stars to represent the 5 skin types. And now Woodbury has created powder shades that magically make each type “light up’ — with love-compelling beauty! They're gorgeously clear shades, for Woodbury Color Control eliminates color blobs that mar smoothness. And Color Control makes Woodbury fine, soft, cling- ing. Today, get Woodbury Powder. His eyes will say you're lovelier! BRENDA JOYCE Type Honey-skin blonde Tawny skin with gold tints. For deeper accent, Wood- bury Champagne. Or for a rosy look, Windsor Rose. DOLORES DEL RIO Type Tropic-skin brunette Vivid skin, dusky undertones. For luscious richness, use Woodbury Brunette. For copper glow, Champagne. 6 Color Controlled Shades and tube of famous Woodbury Cold Cream free— FREE simply address penny postcard to John H. Woodbury, Inc., 8117 Alfred St., Cincinnati, O, (In Canada: Perth, Ont.)

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It clears the way tor breathing comfort. | Opens STOPPED-UP NOSTRILS due to colds -MENTHOLATUM Gives COMFORT Daily LO ments later.he said, “Lady Hamilton, may I speak with you?” and walked into the house away from the others and col- lapsed. Days later Emma sat beside him. She was wan as one is who hasn't slept in many nights. Nelson lay in her bed. The doctor stood looking down at him. “When they come to write his history, they’ll tell about his victories at San Vincent and the Nile—” ‘Fe’s not—dying?” gasped Emma. “No, my lady,” said the doctor. “I was going to say that this will be his greatest victory. I never thought he would de- feat death the way he did.” When Nelson woke, they were alone. “This is the third time you’ve helped me,” he said. “You sat here nine days— night and day—and all the time I felt you round me—even when I was out of my senses, I knew you were here—” ‘As the days passed Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson became Emma and Horatio to each other, and, after he was up and around, their names were heard so loud- ly on the lips of the gossips of Naples that even the singers at the opera had trouble to dominate the sound of those two names with their voices. HE Casa Rossa was the poorest bode- ga on the Naples waterfront. Its orchestra was one old lazzarone whose fingers fluttered uncertainly over his mandolin. Its patrons were sailors, beg- gars and street girls. Two people drinking wine at a far table were turned to conceal their faces. Dark cloaks covered the splendor of his uniform and the brilliance of her eve- ning dress. They had fled from the Queen’s party for Nelson. “What a pleasure a banquet is when you can get out of it,” he said. Emma was bubbling with joy. “Tet’s have the party here!” She imitated the King, the Queen, Sir William and others. She delighted him. And then she im- personated Lord Nelson—in a bad mood, a good mood, in an exuberant mood and, for each, she distorted her features into Nelson’s grimmest face. They were all the same expression. “You must make allowances for a sailor,” he laughed. “Shall I give an impersonation? Lord Nelson in—guess what mood?” “J don’t dare say it.” “Tord Nelson in love,” he answered softly. Abruptly the quiet of the bodega was interrupted. Sailors poured in at the door—some of them drunk—sailors from the “Agamemnon,” and J osiah was among them. He was the only one who gave her a swift glance before he called noisily for drinks. | “Tet’s go,” said Nelson, but sat back when Josiah spoke loudly. “What’s a pretty barmaid doing in a place like this when women worse than barmaids go to the Opera with the King and Queen?” he demanded hilariously. The sailors roared with laughter. ‘“He’s drunk,” said Nelson. “I wonder,” Emma felt Josiah’s party here was no accident. “Pm sorry,” shouted Josiah to the waitress. “How much do I have to pay for the pleasure of your company? Don’t be too expensive. There’s heavy com- petition in town. Married women enter- tain for nothing.” “IT never saw him like that before,” Nelson spoke through set teeth. “Friends,” cried Josiah, “I give you Sir William Hamilton!” Nelson rose. He approached them glass in hand. All but Josiah were startled and horrified when he appeared. “That’s an excellent toast, Josiah,” he said quiet- ly. “May I drink it with you?” And they drank. He sent Josiah for a carriage. “Lady Hamilton and I are leaving,” he told the embarrassed boys. “You're off duty. Don’t let me disturb you. Have a good time!” It was after the guests were gone from the big ball given at the Embassy in honor of the hero, that Sir William in- formed his wife of a dispatch that had arrived for Nelson. He had ordered it sent on to the ship instead of giving it to Nelson at the ball. “I wouldn’t spoil your evening, my dear,” he said. “You mean you wouldn’t have spoiled yours, William! You wanted to prevent me from saying goodbye to him.” She knew that Sir William enjoyed this little game, although it was quite clear that he was not perturbed at being a deceivea husband. In fact no one tried to deceive him. He had wanted her as an ornament for his drawing room—like the pictures and the statues. She was that and noth- ing more to him. But he had enjoyed preventing her goodbye to Nelson. She would not bid Sir William good- night. “I won’t show you my face,’ she said, “I’m always ugly when I hate!” Her mother came for her and, when Emma got to her big bedroom, Nelson was waiting there. He had come back. She ran to him, and their first kiss was deep and it united them. The dawn-mist hung over the harbor and, within it, voices rose from two shadowy figures who stood very close together. “Go back now, darling,” said Nelson. “You shouldn’t have come. People will see you. They'll talk.” “Tet them talk. I don’t care. Do you? Are you sorry?” “Sorry for all the wasted years I’ve been without you—for all the years I shall have to be without you. You are married. I am married. Those things stand out very clearly in the dawn.” He held her tenderly as the long boat com- ing for him approached the shore. “We have to obey the codes and creeds that we’ve sworn our lives to. I know I must not come back, and I know nothing in this world can keep me away.” She watched the long boat carry him into the mist. MMA!” Another voice came from be- hind her. Sir William leaned out the window of his coach. “I think it advis- able for you to come back by coach, Emma. A little strange to see the British Ambassador’s wife in the fish market at this hour of the morning.” Days were beaten into the past by the heavy waves of the sea on which Nelson sailed. One night as a storm attacked his vessel, he held a council of war with the captains of his several ships. Malta was to be the objective upon order of Lord Keith of the Admiralty. The plan of attack was being made when the bo’sun entered with the report of two fishermen who had been saved from the storm. . “Revolution has broken out in Naples,” he said. “They were just waiting till they saw the back of us.” Hardy and Trowbridge went on with the talk of bottling up Bonaparte, who was said to be making a run for it back to France. But from the moment of the news of revolution in Naples, Nelson did not hear them. Suddenly he gave orders for all but his own ship to follow the original plan. ‘What course are you asked Hardy. “Back to Naples,” growled Nelson, ig- noring orders and arguments alike. In the Board Room of the British Ad- miralty in London there was violent taking, sir?” MODERN SCREEN

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indignation. Lord Keith demanded Nel- son be relieved of his command. Others were as indignant as he. Only Lord Spencer stood up for him. . “He didn’t catch Bonaparte, it’s true,” asserted Spencer, “and he might have by obeying orders. But he did save the Royal Family of an allied nation from certain death at the hands of a mob. He also saved the British Ambassador and his wife.” “What was the point of saving the husband?” demanded a sarcastic voice— and the fury over Emma broke loose, indignation summed up by one of them in the words, “Not even the greatest hero is strong enough to defeat the prejudice and conventions of society.” Their com- munications made it clear to Nelson. In Palermo where the party from Naples had been landed, Emma and Nel- son stood on the balcony of the casino overlooking the harbor. It was New Year’s Eve. Nelson had ignored three orders to return to England. He knew now he must go—and alone. And Emma knew it, too, for Sir William, speaking not at all as her husband but as a dutiful diplomat in the best interests of England and England’s hero,-had told her she must force Nelson to go. He had worked out a plan. She must tell Nelson she had accepted the invitation of some friends for a trip to Egypt. ‘Wy husband suggests I play a little comedy all for your benefit.” She out- ‘lined the plan. “As if lies were neces- sary between us—as if we couldn’t face the truth!” She nestled close to him. “Of course, Pll go to Egypt,’ she sighed and put her arms about his neck. “Dar- ling, this is a farewell scene again. It seems to be our destiny—always to say goodbye.” NTO the music from the orchestra of a nearby ship struck the sound of ship’s bells. “What are those bells?” she asked. “Have you forgotten this is the last night of 1799? Eight bells for the old year, eight for the new. Eighteen Hun- dred, the dawn of a new century!” The bell stopped for a moment, and he gave her a long kiss that ended with the chime for the New Year. “Now I have kissed you through two centuries,” he said. They clung to each other. “Say you hate the pyramids,” he begged. “T loathe them!” responded Emma. “Say you abominate the sphinx!” “I wouldn’t look at it if you served it to me on a plate!” “We'll go to London together!” he cried. “I would have died if you’d left me behind,” sighed Emma. “Happy New Year, darling!” ‘Happy New Year, my beloved!” In London Lady Nelson and the Rev- erend Nelson, the hero’s proud father, had established themselves in the Hotel Nerot to await the younger Nelson’s coming. To be more accurate, Lady Nel- son had established them, for the rosy- cheeked, white-haired old clergyman in the bath-chair had nothing to say when his severe-featured daughter-in-law took charge. She was very proud to be “Lady” Nelson—perhaps prouder of it than of her husband’s exploits which had given her the title. Her manner was full of self-conceit. It was, then, hard enough on so ambitious a woman to be told that her husband had arrived not on his flagship in triumph, but quietly on a mail packet because, as the embarrassed Lord Spencer said, “it is not customary for ladies to travel on battleships.” But it was even harder for her to learn that there was to be no official welcome hbe- cause of it. When the populace disre- _ FEBRUARY, 1941 “And | thought a baby brought parents closer together” _A new mother convinces her husband that a baby should be raised the modern way 1. Bill and I used to be the happiest couple in the world ... until after our baby was born. We both wanted him and we both adore him. That’s why it broke my heart when we began to quarrel about raising him. Bill’s favorite. argument was that I was raising a sissy—pampering him. 2. Well, the whole thing came to a head the other day, when Bill Jr. needed a laxative. “Don’t tell me you’ve got a special laxative for that kid, too!” Bill yelled. “Special foods, spe- cial diapers, and. now...a special laxative! You're turning him into a regular cream pufi!” 4. “Let’s not quarrel any more about Bill Jr.,” I pleaded. “He’s the healthiest baby on our street. And naturally I want to keep him that ‘way. The doctor says you can’t take chances with a baby’s system ...it’s too delicate. If you treat it like an adult’s, you'll have trouble.” 6. “And just look at the way he goes for it. You know what a strong will our baby has. If he doesn’t like a medicine, he just won’t take it. But he loves the taste of Fletcher’s Casto- ria.” That settled it. Bill is finally convinced that the doctor and I know best after all. 3. Did I burn up! “I’ve had just about enough of this!” I yelled back. “I’m going to raise my baby the way the doctor told me to... the modern way...giving him things especially designed for a baby’s needs. That’s why he’s going to get Fletcher’s Castoria!” 5. “He recommended Fletcher’s Castoria. It’s made especially and only for infants and chil- dren. There isn’t a single harsh ‘adult’ drug in it. It’s effective ... but mild! And safe. It isn’t likely to gripe a child’s tiny system. I wouldn’t give him anything but Fletcher’s Castoria.” HERE IS THE MEDICAL BACKGROUND Chief ingredient of Fletcher’s Castoria is senna. Medical literature says: (1) In most cases, senna does not disturb the appe- tite and digestion or cause nausea... (2) Senna works primarily in the lower bowel... (3) In regulated dos- ages, it produces easy elimination and has little tendency to cause irritation or constipation after use. Senna is especially processed in Fletcher’s Castoria to eliminate griping and thus allow gentle laxative action. Gat/tiete#ier’ CASTORIA The SAFE laxative for children 69

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By the end of an exhausting day in which Emma and the redoubtable Lady Nelson met, it was clear to Emma and her Horatio that his wife would not be moved. and that their life from then on would be one of furtive meetings and deception. “T can’t stand that,” cried Emma, “T hate hiding and deceit!” That night, they talked in circles. At last he left her. “There’s no need to be frightened,” he soothed. “Something will happen. We'll see it through and we are going to win, darling.” He kissed her goodnight. HEN Lord Nelson made his maiden speech in the House of Lords, the interest in the Peeresses Gallery was less in what he said than in what he would do when it was over. When that moment came, Lady Keith and Lady Spencer waited with others in the outer vestibule to see that for which they had really at- tended. Would he, upon emerging, go to his wife or to Lady Hamilton? As he came from the inner hall, his first glance found Emma, but he went directly to his wife. And thé disappointed ladies were without their scandalous tidbit. But he had no more than given the coachman the address when a cry rose behind him. “Stand back!”—“Give her air!’ He turned. Emma lay on the pave- ment in a dead faint. “FIorace!— Come on!” His wife grabbed his arm. He wrenched himself away and went to Emma. Her mother spoke in a Nelson knelt beside her. —all the while.” On the edge of the little group around them, Lady Spencer was saying to Lady Keith, “My dear! It’s natural to women of all classes. I fainted when little Bertie was on his way.” At the Hotel Nerot, Lady Hamilton bitterly gave her husband an ultimatum. When his choice was clear, she said icily, “Al right! I shall go away, but I shall never drag the name of Nelson through the divorce court. As long as I live I shall be your wite.” Sir William Hamilton’s home was at 23 Piccadilly. It was evident that Sir Wil- liam’s mind was rapidly failing. Gavin, who was with him, was glad he didn’t have to tell him that all his art treasures had been lost when the boat carrying them from Italy had sunk. Emma’s mother pottered about the kitchen. There were no servants and she had returned to her old field of operations with some- thing of real pleasure. Her Emma _ sat talking with her as she had many a time. She had just come from visiting her two-months-old daughter who was being kept by a Mrs. Gibson in a nursery in St.-John’s Wood. “Mother! If only you could see her! You’d adore her! She isn’t like a two-months-old child at all!” And she had news, too, that Nelson had beaten the Danes. Emma was ecstatic. But her mother was worried. While she was away, Charles Greville had brought a lawyer_and made his uncle change his will. Even though Sir Wil- liam’s brain was going soft, her mother thought there was still time for Emma to take steps so that she, his wife, would not be poor. “Pye never been his wife, Mother. Let Greville have the money,” Emma said cheerily. “I shall be rich. I've my child —his child. That’s more than all the money in the world!” Emma had changed in these months. She was free—a woman low voice as “She’s been ill _eal gentleman” who had grown greater with love. Soon the bells of London tolled for Sir William. ; And soon those same bells rang joy- ously for another Nelson ‘victory. the Board Room of the British Admiralty, where they had once considered tossing him out, they now congratulated him, a hero of increasing greatness. But Nelson was not filled with their gaiety. He knew that peace with Bonaparte was no peace but merely an interlude to give the dictator time to re-arm, make an alliance with Italy and Spain and then continue the attempt at destruction of the British Empire. He implored them not to ratify the peace. It was as they were leaving that Lord Spencer, who had always been his friend, delicately conveyed to him the news that Emma had lately been seen frequently with an Italian opera conductor, promi- nent in the Covent Garden season, and: that it was rumored she was going to Italy with him and some other acquaint- ances. Nelson hurried to her. She was living again at the Nerot. She seemed very gay and happy—and very evasive, though she kissed him as usual. She prattled of how busy she was. The house in Piccadilly had been dreary. That was why she had moved to the hotel. And then she tried to hide some letters from him. The letters became the subject of a quarrel. But finally the dis- traught Nelson discovered the truth about his Emma. The letters were bills. She was drowning in bills—up to her neck. She’d been thrown out of the house in Piccadilly. She hadn’t been to see her child because she owed Mrs. Gibson for her keep. She had dined with the “musi- because he had offered her a contract in his opera house. She’d worked before and would work again. Nelson gasped at these things. “Emma! Why wasn’t I told?” “They're my troubles, not yours,” said and meant it. He took her in his arms and there were no more bills, and Miss Horatia Nelson up in St. John’s Wood received a visit from her parents. she HORTLY thereafter, the summer house at Nelson’s home ten miles from Lon- don was redecorated as his daughter's nursery by a very distinguished man, if not an artist with the brush. Having splashed a good deal of paint on himself and more on his wife who stood below giving critical advice, he at last descended his ladder and inspected his work. Each of his ships was there on the tossing sea on the nursery wall, and it was to be hoped that little Horatia could look at them each morning and night with a quiet stomach. They planned to go and fetch her from St. John’s Wood that afternoon. “We've had happiness for a long time together,” he said to Emma, “but now we know the meaning of contentment and peace as well.” She left him and went into the house to find out about a meal. To her surprise Captain Hardy was in the living room. He was swift in what he had to say. “Tt’s you I came to see, not him. Napoleon’s made himself Emperor of France. His next move is the invasion of England. In a few weeks from now, all he'll need is a fair wind—” “And all you need is Nelson?” “That’s it, milady. He was right about this peace and others were wrong. He’s refused to see Lord Spencer and Lord Keith— They’ve sent me to talk to you— to get your help.” She refused to speak for them to her husband. He had given enough—his arm, his sight, his health. He needed rest now —peace of mind. She would use all her MODERN SCREEN

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Influence, yes. She would use it to persuade him this new war was none of his affair. Hardy left hastily. Emma was alone. She called up her anger to justify her behavior which in her heart she knew was wrong. She looked around the room at the relics of Nelson’s victories. On his desk was a manuscript— ‘Memorandum by Lord Nel- son on the Defense of England.” A pas- sage read: “In case of a new war, Boulogne, Calais, even Le Havre may be- come the points from which the enemy will seek to land in Sussex and Southern Kent—” . Nelson came in. “I don’t think we'll go to St. John’s Wood teday, Horatio,” said his wife who was very pale. “It’ll save two journeys if we pick up the child to- morrow after you’ve been to the Admir- alty.” She told him of England’s tremen- dous need of him. FEW weeks later autumn leaves swirled around the carriage waiting in the drive. In a room on the second floor of the house, Nelson, in civilian clothes, prepared to leave as he talked with Emma, persuading her not to close off part of the house for the winter. “We'll need the whole of it when I come back at Christmas,” he said. “We’ll have a real old-fashioned Christmas—with a yule log, carols, plum-pudding, roast beef and everything!” “And perhaps peace on earth,” said Emma with a subdued smile. He kissed her hair. Downstairs a clock began to strike. They heard Hardy’s voice, “Til tell Captain Hardy you’re coming.” She went down to him. Very quietly Nelson went into the next room where his child lay asleep. In the darkness he knelt beside her and prayed the prayer of a gallant father. Emma’s mother wrapped a hot-water bottle in a rug and gave it to a servant to put in the carriage. “It’ll be freezing on the high road over the downs,” she told Nelson as he followed her slowly to the outer door. “Yes. Ill take the small rug I use in my study,” he answered. : “TIl get it.” Emma ran up the stairs. When she came down, the coach had gone. “He thought he wouldn’t need the rug,” said her mother and Emma under- stood. She waited there in the doorway, watching the lights of the carriage dis- appear through the gates at the end of the drive. : “He'll never come back,” she said softly. And Emma, Lady Hamilton—but never Lady Nelson—was right. Solution To Puzzle on Page 14 BRB OO Oe P | LO} R | 2 > [>] |S [0 | [ts | [R|M| LA |B [es |] fale] __ FEBRUARY, 1941 “H’m. You pups have got a bad rash all right. Don’t know as I ever saw anybody worse broken out...Oh, you feel fine, do you?...Well, you don’t look so good! You ought to see yourself in the mirror!”’ & : : OTST Les eee “Funny—your tail looks O.K....By Jove, I see it all now! Your mother’s been stingy with the Johnson’s Baby Powder—giving you little dabs in the rear instead of good all-over rubs!” *““Listen—stick around at bath-time and get in on my Johnson’s rub- down. Yow’ll feel like a different dog—so slick that rashes and chafes and prickly heat’ll have a tough time getting a toe hold!” ~ “Babies have it pretty soft these days! Baby Powder costs so little any baby can have all the sprinkles he wants to keep him comfortable!” . JOHNSON’S BABY POWDER Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N. J. Downy, soothing Johnson’s oF 5 Sf; ee SENG 71

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ee cr ee Goldilocks was brightening up her smile with delicious Den- tyne the day she found thehome of the three bears. Of course she tried their chairs, their beds and their porridge—and you’ve never seen three madder bears. But Goldilocksflashed herlovely smileand said“Anyway,porridge won’t make your teeth shine.” “But it’s nice porridge,’ wailed the big bear. . “And not chewy enough,” said Goldilocks. “Now Dentyne has an extra firmness that helps pol- ish teeth and makes them gleam. It strengthens jaw muscles— firms up your gums. Here try some.” 4; “M-M-M,” said the little bear. “It’s delicious. That nice cinna- mon taste is different—and extra good.” “Right-O,” laughed Goldilocks, “and note the flat handy pack- age. It slips neatly into purse or pocket. More smiles to you and S brighter ones— with Dentyne.” Moral: Help your teeth stay lovely and sparkling by chew- ing Dentyne often. Get a flavor- tite package today. 6 INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED STICKS IN EVERY PACKAGE HELPS KEEP TEETH WHITE... MOUTH HEALTHY 72 MATRIMONY IN. MOVIELAND (Continued from page 47) domestic circumstances, if they prefer. Well and good. These laws, adminis- tered by the men whose Bible is Black- stone, aren’t too strict. But most motion picture stars, impulsive and impatient people, don’t like to bother about hurdles like medical examinations and three-day license waits. And so, they charge off to ~ some Gretna Green in a nearby and more liberal state. ue Now, Gretna Green is synonymous with runaway marriages. The original town is found in easy-going Scotland. There, back in 1754, when England passed a law banning elopements, amorous mates raced across the border to be married. TREAMLINED counterparts of the Scottish haven in the movie-making area of the United States, catering to streamlined hurry-up movie folks, are such convenient marts as Las Vegas, Nevada, Yuma, Arizona, and Tia Juana, Mexico. The most popular of the marts is Las Vegas, 250 miles northeast of Hollywood. The laws of Nevada are liberal, permit- ting a couple to wake a Justice of the Peace at any hour and present a $2 license obtained without delay from the local county clerk. The couple need not bother about showing a medical cer- tificate. Most prolific Justice of the Peace in Las Vegas, for many moons, was George E. Marshall, recently elected a judge. In the last two years he united 6,000 couples, including some of the biggest motion pic- ture stars. It was to Las Vegas that Janet Gaynor and Gilbert Adrian went two years ago for their wedding, to be fol- lowed last year by Diana Lewis and William Powell. And more recently, Ar- leen Whelan and Alexander D’Arcy stood in the Apache Hotel at three o’clock in the morning, while a bleary-eyed judge, who had traveled 325 miles to marry them, droned the ceremony. Yuma, in Arizona to the south, is an- other made-to-order matrimonial mill for the speedy. Here, too, no medical cer- tificate is required, no wait for a license is necessary (a special marriage agent will hand you one pronto). It was to Yuma, six years ago, that Charles Boyer brought Pat Paterson, after suddenly proposing to her in the midst of a screen preview, and it was here that he was married without delay. Claudette Col- bert and Dr. Joel Pressman were another pair to avoid the three-day stall in Los Angeles and convert themselves from plural to singular in this desert town. Finally, stars have crossed the border to Tia Juana and Juarez, in Mexico, and paid $30 to a Spanish-speaking clergy- man or Justice of the Peace to hear the solemn and legal words. There are no preliminaries to a wedding below the Rio Grande, though it’s safer to have the local American Consul as a witness. The entire ceremony takes maybe five min- utes as Fredric March and Florence El- dridge, wedded below the border over a decade ago, will testify. The legality of Mexican wedlocks, however, has been so constantly questioned that Gloria Stuart and Arthur Sheekman, after marrying in Tia Juana in 1934, were welded again in Carmel, California in 1938, just to be sure. But now, alas, the villain enters this piece. The villain’s name is divorce, and when you ask him why he ever inter- feres, he replies, “Mental cruelty.” Divorce is a simple enough process in some parts of the world. In Russia, when man and wife agree to disagree, they just walk up to the Commissar in charge, say they wish a divorce, give exactly no reasons and are split in a few minutes. In Morocco, if a wife desires a divorce. she gets it by merely fleeing to the house of another man (a common practice in Hollywood, too, though not quite as un- complicated). But, in California, the machinery of separation grinds slowly, tediously anc carefully. For an X-ray of the California system consider the recent case of Gail Patrick 28-year-old cinema star. After four year. of married life to Bob Cobb, popular bos: of the Brown Derby restaurants, Gai could no longer stand his indifference toward her and his humiliating attitude She went to her attorney and poured out her troubles. The barrister, like a good relative, attempted to dissuade her from seeking a divorce. This is done in every case. He failed. Then he took down her complaints against her husband, dressed them up in legal language and filed them with the Clerk of Court, on the fifth floor of the Los Angeles Hall of Records. INE the paper listing Gail’s com- plaints was served on her husband. The law gave him ten days to reply or contest her charges. Few men reply. At the end of ten days, he defaulted and, after a behind-the-scenes property settle- ment, the divorce suit was placed on the court calendar. The trial, as per law, came up in two weeks. Gail, in a black crépe suit, accompanied by her secretary- manager, a required witness, appeared. The attorney and the judge asked some questions. She answered them. Typical stuff being— Gail Patrick: “I went with him for two years before our marriage in Tia Juana. Yes, I was aware of his faults.” Judge: “And knowing his faults you married him anyway?” Gail Patrick: “Yes.” (Smiling briefly.) “You see, we’re both Irish!” Her divorce thus granted at trial, Gail Patrick, or any other movie personality, must now wait one year for the final divorce decree. Wife may be seen with husband, but, according to law, must not “co-habit” with him, i. e., for one year must not live under same roof and sleep in same bed with him. After that year, if no reconciliation is effected, the couple are split and neither may remarry for twelve more months. This slow divorce, in California, costs the average movie celebrity anywhere from $1,500 to $5,000, but it would cost you a mere $125. There are numerous grounds for di- vorce in California. There’s desertion, adultery, drug addiction, habitual drunk- enness, incest and bigamy (each punish- able as a felony), public defamation, im- potency (which must be shown to be permanent) and extreme cruelty. In the case of movie stars, the most popular of these reasons is “extreme cruelty.” According to the California Civil Code, Section 94: © “Extreme cruelty is the wrongful in- fliction of grievous bodily injury, or grievous mental suffering, upon the other party by one party to the marriage.” Most Hollywoodians don’t care to air their fisticuffs in a divorce court. The publicity is too harmful. One handsome actor’s wife divorced him for physical MODERN SCREEN

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cruelty because he threw tomatoes (i. e. canned) at her. The handsome actor is still looking for a job. Mental cruelty is a simpler item. It- covers everything— systematic ill-treatment, scolding and fault-finding, public profanity, studied contempt, nagging and general intoxica- tion, and so on ad nauseam. Bu California is lenient compared to New York. The movie and stage stars residing in New York can obtain a State divorce on only one ground—adultery. In other words, in blunt words, your - wife must find you on a bed or sofa in the company of some wench (preferably blonde and in a state of partial undress). This type of thing is often faked by respectable movie couples. The husband hires a girl for $25, takes her to a hotel room—and is “surprised” by his wife and detectives. This is labeled “hotel evi- dence” and was used when Wallis Simp- son (now the Duchess) got her divorce. No wonder stars flee from the slowness of California and the strictness of New York to obtain mile-a-minute fadeouts of their wedlocks in the two most effi- cient spots on earth—Reno and Mexico. Reno—“Biggest Little City on Earth’— has a population of only 20,000 but han- dles over 4,000 divorces and divorcees a year, which bring in over four million | dollars to the countless lawyers, fourteen cabarets, forty-six bars and twenty rou- lette houses. When the business of mining fell down in Nevada, the State went after a new and more prosperous business. It liberal- ized its divorce laws to bait that lucrative trade. Today, in Reno, you may set up residence for merely six weeks or forty- two days, as Constance Bennett did re- cently, pay $250 if you are of the masses, $2,000 if you are a movie star, or $50,000 if you are Barbara Hutton, and behind closed chambers, obtain a divorce decree. There are many grounds for divorce ranging from the usual mental cruelty and adultery to inability to provide and epilepsy. Added advantage—you don’t have to wait a year, in fact you don’t have to wait a day, to remarry. But Nogales and Tia Juana and Juarez, in Mexico, are even more accommodat- ing. Miss Hollywood Star doesn’t even have to take up residence or put in a personal appearance. She may be di- vorced for a mere $75 (half paid in ad- vance, please) through the mail! The divorce can be final in five days! Juarez, boasting such clients as Norma Talmadge and Katharine Hepburn, ad- vertises that “it is not necessary for di- voreing parties to appear.” The Juarez divorce factory cleans up $45,000 a month! Only stumbler is the fact that neither Nevada nor Mexican divorces are legal for Hollywood stars! Smart stars stay in California and do it the hard way. Of the 4,000 divorces in Reno last year, only 2% were valid. Practically none of the Mexican divorces are valid. The one exception, where a Mexican divorce was found perfectly okay was in the case of George Brent. He married Constance Worth, the Australian lass, down in Mexico. Then, when he realized it was a mistake, he tried to have it annulled on the grounds that they were never married since Mexican marriages are illegal. The court replied, in effect: “Mr. Brent, since you avoided Cali- fornia to be married in Mexico, you can now go right back to Mexico if you want a divorce. But you can’t have it annulled here.” So Mr. Brent went back to Mexico. Legal history was made. And another milestone sadly added to matrimony in movieland. _ FEBRUARY, 1941 * Brenda Joyce and Robert Conway, popular 20th Century-Fox players. For romantic, soft hands. thousands of loved girls use Jergens Lotion. your HANDS must be silken-soft, — alo + Bronte V0Hee (Romantic Hollywood Star) WELL, SUE, — JANE HAS SUCH SOFT, SMOOTH HANDS. WHY DID YOU TAKE THAT HORRID JANE BROWN TO THE DINNER? Know this Famous Way to Lovable HANDS Try it just once! So soothing to parched skin! Two fine ingredients in Jergens Lotion are relied on by many doctors to help rough “Jikely-to-split” skin to adorable smoothness. Faithful use helps prevent hateful roughness and chap- ping. No stickiness. Start now to use Jergens Lotion. 50¢, 25¢, 10¢, $1.00. “| THAT SAME DAY OF COURSE MY HANDS ARE ROUGH! | HAVE TO WASH THEM A DOZEN TIMES A DAY. BOE TUARS NO SUE TOOK HER FRIEND'S ADVICE— EXCUSE. USE JERGENS AND NOT LONG AFTER LOTION. IT FURNISHES ae SKIN-SOFTENING MOISTURE THAT HELPS KEEP YOUR HAND SKIN LIKE VELVET. MAIL THIS COUPON NOW FREES YOUR CHANCE FOR LOVABLE HANDS (Paste on penny postcard, if you wish) The Andrew Jergens Company, 3720 Alfred Street Cincinnati, Ohio (In Canada: Perth, Ontario) 4 I I 1 I I 1 1 Please send my free purse-size bottle of Jergens Lotion. : I 1 i I I | JERGENS LONION ¥ Name Street. FOR SOFT, ADORABLE HANDS

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If you eat and sleep right and keep generally fit, then nail creams will help, but don’t blame poor results on the prep- aration if you fail to look after your own physical health. For health is the begin- ning of beauty—even in your finger tips. Manicure your nails thoroughly at least twice a week when possible, say, every Tuesday and Saturday. Then do touch-ups and repair jobs every time they’re needed. Your home “tool chest” or manicure kit should contain a small bowl for suds, a soft hand brush, mild soap, nail scissors, flexible file, emery board, orange stick and cotton, oily polish remover, cuticle softener and remover, polish, liquid or paste, nail white, a buffer and a softening cream or lotion. A bit of powdered pumice and peroxide or plain lemon will help with stubborn stains. IRST, remove every vestige of old pol- ish with cotton dipped in remover—or by dripping on one of those new tube rolish removers. Second, file and shape your nails. File from the corners toward the center, and keep emery board or file away from nail corners. Thin nails must be filed gently with either fine, long flex- ible steel or else an emery board. Next, soak your nails in warm, soapy water. Third, scrub nails with a soft brush. Never dig or scrape them with metal implements. Fourth, apply a cuticle soft- ener. During winter months, especially, an oil massage at this point is an extra luxury that smooths and improves hand skin immensely. - Fifth, remove old cuticle with a cotton tipped orange stick dipped in remover. cuticle and also stubborn dirt under the nails. A moistened pumice stone rubbed over calloused or rough finger skin will smooth it beautifully. Now for a bit of nail white under the free ends before a final gentle scrubbing. Dry your fingers separately and your hands thoroughly and you’re ready for nail polish. Buffing will smooth ridged, thick, uneven nails. And a clear nail protector applied under polish will save nails and keep polish ever so much emoother and longer. After protector is thoroughly dry, stroke on polish quickly and boldly. Remove all excess with an orange stick dipped in remover, and after this is entirely dry apply another coat of protector. If your nails are short, polish from base to tip will make them look longer. If they are long, half moons are lovely when carefully done. If your nails are square, leave slim margins beside the polish. Leave moons at the bases and shape their ends into medium long ovals. Remembering that a slim oval is the most graceful nail shape, use your file and polish to achieve this effect. Fit your polish colors and nail lengths to your way of living. Suitability is the first rule of good taste. Bright, gay colors are for gay occasions. Soft or burnished tones are Work this all around gently to loosen. BEAUTIFUL HANDS TO HOLD (Continued from page 39) SI LN er best for business and daytime wear. If your hands are large or bony, wear heavy rings and bracelets, loose sleeves and carry large hand bags. If your hands _ are small, play them up with beautifully molded jewelry, contrasting cufis, tight sleeves and feminine accessories. Plump hands need very simple lines in sleeves, jewelry and accessories. Think grace and poise and composure and your hands will convey that impres- sion. Though your face may deceive, your hands are a dead give away of what is in your mind. If- your hands express beauty, gaiety and sensitive feelings, there will be plenty of men around to hold them! Training, care and grooming are three essentials to hand loveliness, and what an important third is grooming! Haven't you seen nails that were perfectly pol- ished but around whose rims the cuticle was so torn, ragged and inflamed that you shuddered inwardly and turned away? We have. 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A THRILL A MINUTE... (Continued from page 36) the scene of the crash and pick up the pieces. “T wanted a long ride. So I blew my entire savings of $15 on one magnificent flight. Afterward, my only regret was that it would take me so long to save up for another ride. “Not that I would have had many chances to go up even if I’d had the money. Fliers didn’t come to Indiana every day or even every year. “I had to take out my enthusiasm for flying on something, so I started building model planes. I put ’em together by the gross.” In other words, he gave a thought to aviation long before he thought of acting. “I got a certain satisfaction out of making toy planes fly. And even more out of an occasional airplane ride, of which I probably had four or five all told, while I was growing up. But my idea of something really satisfying was to learn how to pilot a plane. Only fly- ing lessons were ’way out of my reach. So far out of my reach that I sort of forgot about them after a while. UT I didn’t outgrow my interest in airplanes. Just before we came to Hollywood, Hank Fonda and I were sav- ing expenses, sharing the same hotel room in New York. We went down to Macy’s toy department to shop for toys for some kids we knew. I spotted a box full of parts for a big model airplane, and I bought that for myself.” He grinned sheepishly. “Hank and I didn’t have any money to spend on entertainment,” he continued, “especially after Christmas. So we stayed in our two-by-four hotel room and worked on that model airplane. I’ve never seen such a complicated one. It had hundreds of parts. Hundreds! And most of them were so small we needed tweezers to handle them—and magnifying glasses.” He pantomimed the painful labor of joining one infinitesimal part to another. “We still didn’t have it finished when Hank got this sudden offer from Holly- wood. He left me to finish it. About _three weeks later, I got a sudden offer from Hollywood, myself. I wired Hank. He didn’t wire back congratulations. He simply wired, ‘Don’t forget to bring air- plane. Guard with life. Before I left New York I got five more wires from him all relating to the plane. I didn’t know, whether he had been talking up the plane to pals on the Coast or just had visions of the struggle I would have, lugging this enormous, fragile thing 3,000 miles. I detected a note of scornful chal- lenge in Fonda’s wires. He didn’t think I could get it to Hollywood in one piece. “T finally found a packing case big enough to hold the thing, and I put a handle on it so that I could carry it. And don’t think I didn’t carry it. I wouldn’t let a redcap so much as lay hands on it. On the train, I kept it under my seat by day, under my berth by night. I’m sure the little old lady across the aisle suspected me of transporting a cut-up cadaver, I was so uneasy if any- body got anywhere near the box... . Often ‘wonder whatever became of that plane. Fonda kept it on display for a long time, so that he could. inform sundry visitors, ‘Believe it or not, Stewart piloted that plane across the United States.’ ” At that particular point, his interest in _ planes was a matter for jocular comment A girls pri atone!” There are § have felt that way- Feel its ne Prove its 2 i n pecial times when eve ‘want TO BE I the best of us But if you mope 4 “dificult days’> Y° miss out on fun! Perhaps you 8° elf just because of rs a ou wont nd feel sorry for ee u need a few easy , d ff to a bad start. Tried tee i a a i @ : ourt or oc ed around a tennis ¢ a sport. -- TORE peen taking it easy: half when you geod bee d that comfort 1s ane ee Or maybe you Bae kind of comfort Kotex” gives- the battle! Ne a i ns x sanitary napxl ce bles! mind off your trou What to YES, you can §° to d mo lookuat tte: states; You'll have fun and you the flat, pressed Kotex ends never chafe. i ' Just bundle up ex! aay lead the singing and nd help drive the horses. do and not to do.-- ances! But sit one out now and then. _or hear 2 life story- needn’t be self-conse give your becaus ious, because secret away. e Kotex siays a warm - rides on your okay lis emblem taessnON: cheering - - - OF perch ue front a You'll forget about yoy - In fact, you won't have ae w Safety-Shield in Kotex P ee ao Junior, Regular, and Supe for each day’s needs. cause the oment’s Worry be ion. And ded absorption. ©! fe meee a right size q % in Text Books: ‘ bout i irl to learn all a Me oblem? Where’s she to ie . . . et those little intimate pee ee needs to know? The 2 pook : ‘As ee ives you the answer cece: Post Office Dept. MM-2, Chicago, *Tain Girl To Another” eae Its FREE. Box 3434, Winois. w softness Singhs new flatter ends e Compare its ae me ete ee *Trade Mark Reg. U 75

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Hayward not only has his own plane but is a director of TWA. “T got re-enthused,’ Jimmy explained now. “I suddenly realized that for the first time in my life I had enough money to do something I had always wanted to do: take some flying lessons. So I got a student flier’s permit and went over to Clover Field and started learning how to fly. I soloed after ten hours. That was a big thrill—taking a ship off the ground by myself and bringing it down again on all three wheels. OME people take flying lessons just to get that thrill. Then they’re satisfied and give up flying. But that was just a teaser to me. I decided I wanted to learn to fly well. “I sort of kept it quiet because I didn’t want people worrying about me and may- be grounding me. By the time they found out, I wanted to be able to say, ‘But look —TI’ve passed the test for a private pilot’s license. The Government says I’m able to handle a plane. You don’t have to worry. “1 ‘still don’t know whether my con- tract forbids my flying or not—I’ve never read my contract—but I didn’t see how the studio could object if I wanted to risk my long neck between pictures—as long as I didn’t risk it during production. Anyway, I operated on that theory. I stayed on the ground while I was mak- ing pictures, until I had my license. The only trouble was that I got so little time off between pictures, it took me months to build up enough solo flying time to try for a license. “When I got that license, that was an- other big thrill. There it was in black and white: I was qualified to operate a private plane. But where was the kick in operating a plane somebody else owned? It was like getting a driver’s license just to go riding in a U-Rent-It car. I decided I had to have a plane of my own or bust. I mentioned the matter to my business manager. He screamed to high heaven. He said, “You don’t be- lieve those rumors about your salary that you read in the newspapers, do you?’ But he finally said I could have a small one. “‘T picked out a Stinson 105, a two- seater, with a fuel tank that would hold enough gas for seven hours’ flying. I went to Kansas City last January to fly it out and incidentally to give myself a navigation test. “Between the weather and my naviga- tion, that trip took five and a half days. I was forced down five times. The fifth time was the bad one. I got lost—and I stayed lost for an hour and a half. I was riding the radio beam into Kingman, Arizona, from about 100 miles away, when it faded out and I couldn’t pick it up again. Below there was nothing but mountains, and they all looked alike. I couldn’t tell where I was, and I only had a couple more daylight hours in which to get my bearings. To make mat- ters still worse, the storm was tossing the plane around like a cork. It was like riding to Catalina on a rough day. I was worried that the buffeting was going to tear the plane apart, and I was getting a little air-sick myself. To understate mat- ters considerably, I had to find a place to land without too much delay. I studied the map frantically. It showed a railroad running east and west to the south of me somewhere. I turned south, finally — picked up the railroad and followed it into Kingman—with about a half-hour of daylight to spare!” Apparently afraid that he had come perilously close to dramatizing himself, relating that adventure over Arizona, Jimmy added wryly, “I wonder why it is that I can’t get any of my pals to go flying with me? They invariably have something else to do.” He claimed, with a knock on the com- missary table, that that Arizona expe- rience was the only close call he had had. He discounted that last trip from Kansas City a few weeks ago. After fin- ishing “The Philadelphia Story” (and wait till you see him in that!), he rushed East via airliner for a quick visit with his family. He had an East-bound avia- tor-friend fly the Stinson to Kansas City, where Jimmy picked it up on his way back to the Coast. This time he spanned the distance in three days. (“I’m improv- ing,” he commented.) But darkness over- took him between San Gorgonio Pass and Los Angeles—and he had never made a night landing. “That was when the two-way radio came in handy. I got in touch with the night supervisor at Clover Field, where I was keeping my plane then and told him I was coming in. ‘Come on,’ he said. It was easy enough to find Los Angeles and to follow Wilshire Boulevard out toward Santa Monica. But then came the tough part: finding Clover Field. It doesn’t have any landing lights. The supervisor literally ‘talked me down’ to the pitch black field.” And Jimmy flies “because it’s such great relaxation!” “T don’t go up in the clouds to get away from it all,” he said. “But there’s so much to think about up there, just to stay up there, that you forget. things down below. Flying is something alto- gether different from the way I’m earn- ing my living. That’s what I like about it. I used to make professional movies six days a week and then make home movies on Sunday. That wasn’t relaxa- tion. I was always around people who were talking shop, and I was constantly talking shop, myself. Now I’m bumping into people who speak a different lan- guage, and in my spare time I’m speaking a different language. When you make four pictures a year, as I do, you can use every bit of variety you can get. [Re been lucky so far in the different roles I’ve had and the different people I’ve worked with. But flying is a sort of guarantee that life will continue to have variety.” Of late, people have wondered if the Stewart-de Havilland romance has ended —because Jimmy and Olivia haven’t been seen at the night spots. The answer to that is those airport breakfasts. An- other answer is: When you're going to put an airplane through spins and turns at 6 a.m., you can’t do much carousing. “To get a transport pilot’s license,” Jimmy explained, “you have to pass tests in precision flying. You have to execute a succession of figure 8’s around two pylons a certain distance apart—which isn’t so easy when you have to make your turns in a limited amount of space. You have to be able to come in from a thousand feet and make a full-stop land- ing within forty feet of a certain white line. You have to know how to go into, MODERN SCREEN

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and come out of, tailspins. You have to know how to fly by instruments. I’ve got all the instruments on my plane that an airliner has, and consequently it’s so loaded down with gadgets I can hardly get off the ground with two people in it. “You not only have to pass flying tests to get a transport pilot’s license, but you have to pass a four-hour written exam- ination. That’s another reason why I’m staying home nights. I’m cramming for that exam—with an Army instructor who comes to the house every night.” But what does Jimmy want with a transport pilot’s license? What’s he go- ing to do with it? ~ “To get in the air corps, you need that kind of training. If we get into the war, I want to get into the air corps. And if we don’t get into it—well, I’ll know some things about flying I didn’t know before, anyway.” Meanwhile, you know some things about. Jimmy Stewart you haven’t known before. Including the fact that he’s as serious about flying as he is about acting —though for some inexplicable reason he worries more about acting. Incidentally, don’t overlook the fact that Olivia de Havilland is the one girl who shares both of his big interests in life. That may mean something. Even though Jimmy says, smothering a smile, “N-no, I don’t have any marriage plans.” HOLLYWOOD'S NO. 1 MENACE (Continued from page 27) at the tip of my tongue. How can you be conceited when you're so unversatile. I can’t play a pale poet or a languid lover.” He flashed a burlesque leer at me and added, “Not a languid one! I couldn’t, for instance, play Donat’s Mr. Chips! “I can’t play anyone with an accent. I'd have to struggle with it. I just can’t do that. If I can’t believe what I’m doing, I can’t make others believe it. That’s not being an actor.” “You played ‘Boom Town.’” “A man of action. That’s my trouble— I’ve got to have some action somewhere. I can’t play old men. I had a part in ‘Strange Interlude’ a few years ago and I had to age. They put paint and more paint on my puss, then powder galore and more bags under my eyes than: the American Express Company ever carried. It was still Gable! In this picture, I wear a long beard in some scenes—have my map covered with enough hair to keep it warm in-an Icelandic blizzard. This, I thought, will fool em. But total strangers took one look at me and said, ‘Hi ya, Gable!’ Even the pigs knew me,” he mourned. “I can’t get into ‘moods,’” grinned Gable. “What the hell is a mood, any- way? I can’t be one of the fellows who study every move they’re going to make. I don’t think I ever played two takes of the same scene alike. Why, if I figured out in advance what I was going to do in a scene, I'd be so self-conscious, I’d be thinking about my big hands and feet instead of what the scene means.” “Maybe,” I reflected aloud, “it’s just as well you can’t age. Maybe those looks of yours put you up there.” “Tm way overpaid when it comes to my looks, honey,” laughed Mr. G. “But do you really like being an actor?” I asked. “Sister,” he said, “I certainly wanted to act or I wouldn’t be out here. No one pushed me up on the stage. I walked up there under my own power. I’m just as FEBRUARY, 1941 THE WONDER CREAM THAT SURPRISED EVEN ITS MAKERS i Gheck lee (ways Ub may help you NLY a few years ago a new medicated cream was introduced to the public as a soothing, greaseless skin cream. Today it’s known from one end of the country to the other; over 150 million jars have been used! It’s startled even its makers, because of the many different uses found for it. The name of this cream is NOXZEMA SKIN CREAM. READ HOW IT MAY HELP YOU! AS A BEAUTY AID: If your skin is coarse, Vi rough and dry, use NOXZEMA asa night cream i and as a protective powder base. 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NOM: coer es peeecncecsseccerce f Address FO WM Yolata sie acl a slsiala ictal Vatalyialeleoialane State... — FREE big pri 78 much of an exhibitionist as the next ham.” ‘Well, anyway,” I said, impatiently, “I don’t see what not being able to play old men has to do with your still wearing the same size hat.” “Plenty to do with it. Unless an actor can strut his stuff from slapstick to Shakespeare and back again, he has no reason for bellows in his chest and an oversized hat. You may say that the actor isn’t born who can play everything. There are damn few of them, but I can think of one without trying—John Barry- more. If he should want to make the grandstand gestures, he has the right, he’s earned it. I just play the same funda- mental character everytime.” I accused him of false modesty. Gable laughed, “I’m being serious. I’m suffering from a lot of things (such as the go far away from Hollywood) but I do not suffer from false modesty. “Thing is, I’ve got my limitations and I know them. When you're fenced in with limitations, you can’t rampage like a prize Spanish bull; you might get hurt.” S PEAKING of things Spanish,” I inter- rupted, “reminds me of that trip of yours to South America. The cheering multitudes, the swooning seforitas and doesn’t it?” “Say, do you remember reading the newspaper accounts of Will Rogers’ trip to South America?” countered Clark. “And Bob Taylor’s? And Ty Power’s? The multitudes cheer and the senoritas swoon over anyone with a name who goes there. Something pretty swell about it, too, but nothing individual. That’s what I mean. Why anyone should think he is any different from anyone else is beyond me. If a man does something no other wgnortal man has ever done, that’s some- thing else again. But that’s not true of actors, by and large. The fan mail comes into the studio and is sorted alphabeti- cally. Get the idea? The crowd follows me out of a restaurant or theatre, then turns around and follows Taylor. Same crowd. In pictures, everyone has a niche desire to hop in the car with Carole and — all that kind of dilates the inner man,. Jeff Lynn, who only a short time ago vowed his allegiance to Hollywood's bach- elor brigade, plays traitor and switches and I have mine. But how does that make me better than the fellow in the next niche? Follow me? “No, honey, I can’t get up the wind over this business of being a movie star. An actor sells himself, sure, but only if he gets the material. A story can make a star, a star can’t make a story; ever think of that? Then, you’ve got to have a director who knows what you do best and helps you to do it. The producer does pretty much the same for you. A cameraman can like you and fix you pretty or he can hate the shape of your nose and screw you up so that you can ham your fool head off—right on the cutting room floor. It’s certainly not a personal success. That’s why I can’t un- derstand why anyone in movies should feel he is an Institution, let alone an invaluable one. ‘T’m glad to have a chance to discuss this, though. I really am. It’s a funny thing, but with all the stuff written about me since I came to Hollywood, I don’t believe anyone ever asked me to explain me. I’ve read a lot about this ‘being natural’ business, and it doesn’t seem a matter of much importance to me or one that should require any explanation. But if people are interested in why I haven’t blown my hat, ll tell ’em: It was already blown before I came to Hollywood! There’s your answer in a great big nutshell. “I guess everybody, at one time or another, gets to thinking he’s pretty good, especially if he’s an actor. “T went through it when I was a punk kid and had a job with a stock company. The leading man quit and the company couldn’t afford a bigger name, so they put me in to play his parts. With the help of the company and the director, I made good. Of course, I thought I was doing it all myself. I got so not a hat I owned fitted me. That was youth, in- experience. To top it, I played in “Ma- chinal’ on the New York stage, and that went over well. Then I knew no one in the world could top me. After that, I had nothing but flops for two whole years. I was even taken out of a couple of shows so that the shows could go on. loyalties to gal friend, Dana Dale. MODERN SCREEN ~

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— “Somewhere during this period David Belasco made it clear to me that I hadn’t the semblance of an idea about acting. He said he didn’t know that I'd ever make it. Then I went to the other ex- treme, depression, melancholy, but I came out of that, too, onto middle ground. Am I glad Belasco blew me down like that? Damn right I am. “What I’m getting at is this—and it’s something no one ever knew or, for that matter, cared about: I came to Holly- wood with humiliation. When I came, in a pretty potent play, ‘The Last Mile, I had no idea of getting into pictures. Lionel Barrymore saw me and spoke for me. Get it? I wasn’t rushed out by a chartered plane from New York because Hollywood hungered for Gable. “I was no ‘overnight’ success after that either. I think it’s pretty well-known that at first I couldn’t even get a job as an extra. When I did break in, I got very small parts. A laundryman was one of my first assignments. I played a chauf- feur at Warner Brothers. I had a small part with Jean Harlow in ‘The Secret Six.’ Both of us spent our time wonder- ing whether we’d ever get another job! I made any number of ‘B’ pictures. Yep, it took me two years to get started after I appeared in that first film. Got my first recognition as the heavy in ‘Dance, Fools, Dance. And why? Because the man I played was a potent guy who bumped off a brace of men and then sat in tails in a drawing room and played soft music on the piano. Why, the boy was a ‘nat- ural’ when the author’s brain conceived him! “You can’t figure stardom. That’s why you can’t take the bows for it. Like when I played the gangster with Norma Shearer in ‘A Free Soul.’ I hadn’t picked that part for myself with rare acumen— I played it only because every other actor in Hollywood turned it down. Too small for them, they said, too risky. When I socked Norma across the jaw in that picture, it might have done for me, but the women applauded the scene and the goose hung high! What makes a man a star is your guess as well as mine. But I don’t have a standing order at the florist to send myself bouquets because I engineered the breaks I’ve had, for myself! “When Claudette and I made ‘It Hap- pened One Night,’ we were both being ‘punished’ by our studios. I forget what for. The thing wouldn’t be any good, it was thought, so we’d just rip through it, have some laughs, let it go at that. You know how that panned out. “So, again I say, why should anyone take bows for being a part of a good motion picture? Conceit is a disease of the very young.” The assistant director looked in on us again. “We’re through for the night, Clark,” he said. “See you tomorrow.” Clark reached for his hat. A gray fedora; old, battered, somewhat out of shape. “Ten years old, this topper,” he grinned. He put it on his head. It fit. Perfectly. UP-TO-DATE ADDRESS LIST! Send today for the new up-to-date 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 request to Information Desk, Mod- ern Screen, 149 Madison Ave., New York, New York. FEBRUARY, 1941 _ When someone’ eyes are judging you can you be sure its Safe to Smile ?.. the ANS Wa, the tip of : OH Voy I tongue Make the Tongue-Test... Run the tip of your tongue over your teeth...inside and out. Feel that filmy coating? That’s Materia Alba ... and it doesn’t belong on teeth! It collects stains, makes teeth dull, dingy-looking. Your Tongue Tells You Your tongue tells you what others see... the filmy coating that dims the natural ee brilliance of your teeth, your smile. And it’s this filmy coating that makes teeth look dull...bars your way to romance. Switch to Pepsodent Irium nsw the joy of Teeth that feel bright to you ... look bright to others Pepsodent will remove the filmy coating that clings to teeth .. . the coating your * tongue can feel, your friends can see. Because only Pepsodent contains IRIUM '...super-cleansing agent that loosens and flushes away sticky particles that cling to teeth. Use Pepsodent regularly. Because Pepsodent also contains an exclusive, new high-polishing agent that safely buffs teeth to such a shiny smoothness, this filmy coating slides off before it can collect and stain. Only Pepsodent gives you this wonder- working combination that makes your teeth feel so smooth, look so bright. Make sure of the loveliness of your smile. Get a tube of Pepsodent with IRIUM today. Bi , ze : : ry 79

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Hollywood’s younger suitors don’t bother to call, and when they speak of Helen and Charlie, they hyphenate the names. A few years before Brenda Joyce be- came one of the most promising starlets in Hollywood, she was “the popularity kid” in school and always the center of a group of the smoothest boy students. HEN Brenda first met Owen Ward she looked him over, liked what she saw and smiled her Sunday smile. Which is very, very Sunday. Ward re- turned the smile blandly and said, “Nice to have met you. Goodbye.” And walked away. That was a new one in Brenda’s book. Never before had a boy been able to dismiss the high voltage look in her eyes. It fascinated her and piqued her a bit, too. She decided that Owen needed look- ing into. From that day on, Brenda con- trived to meet him in the school corridors between classes, at the lunchroom and at the games. In fact, Miss Joyce began to make a career out of meeting Owen Ward. Finally, she shook her pack of pursuers one day and ran into Owen alone. She grabbed his arm as he attempted to pass by with just a brief nod, and asked quite bluntly, “What’s wrong with me? Why do you avoid me?” Two very leading questions that most girls would rather die than ask. But not Brenda. Owen pondered and smiled quizzically. “T like you, but I don’t care to be just one of the boys.” Soon it was just Owen Ward and Brenda Joyce. It still.is today. Owen’s an unusual type of American youth. He wants no part of Brenda’s publicity and ballyhoo. He refuses to take her to the well-known night-spots frequented by the stars, and he won’t have himself mugged by the hocus focus men with Brenda. Casting director Lew Schrieber pleaded with Owen to take a screen test, but the answer was an ‘unqualified “Nothing do- ing,’ and he meant it. But that’s all right with Brenda. Owen’s studying to take his public accountant examinations, and when he passes them the two kids will probably team up together for life. It didn’t happen in Hollywood but in Dallas, Texas—the meeting between Linda Darnell and Jaime Jorba (pro- nounced Hymie Yorba). This young Spanish refugee hadn’t been a_ high school student more than a week before practically all the girls were swooning over “the marvelous new man.” All of them except’ Linda Darnell who thought it was disgusting to go so completely hay- wire over some insignificant boy. When she met him accidentally at lunch one day, she found him as courteous as he was handsome. She was glad to ad- mit she was wrong, and from the way Linda talked to us about Jaime, it was easy to infer that she had “fallen” for him at the first meeting. And apparently he for her. In order to be near Linda, Jaime defied the government and overstayed his six-month visitor’s permit. As a result, he had to go to Mexico City where he has remained for over three years. Each week, however, Linda gets a letter from Jaime written in Spanish, which she learned with a speed that she had never shown in her other school subjects. “T have been dreaming about seeing Jaime for the past three and a half years,” Linda told us. Of course, I’ve been seeing dozens of other boys—having a wonderful time, but I could never fall in love with anyone else until I found out for sure about Jaime. I don’t know whether it would be possible for us to be happily married or not. He is even more jealous than the average Spaniard. “He’s jealous of my career, for instance. He told me he would demand that I quit pictures immediately after marriage. But who knows—if he is the same person I knew in Dallas, I may even be willing to do that.” We all know it’s no trick to look pro- vocative sipping champagne, but when a girl can look glamorous guzzling a double dip soda, a fellow really has something! Just ask the man who dates one. Don Kahn’s the lucky chap in question this time, and Ann Ruther- ford’s the gal. Yes, the way to Ann’s heart was via the chocolate soda route. Don lured her out for one ten minutes after they were introduced, and the romance was off to a swell start—until.... NE morning, Chuck Isaacs, one of Don’s closest pals, went along to a breakfast party given by Ann at her new Westwood Hills home. One look and he knew she was the girl he’d always want- ed to share a chocolate soda with—but every time he took her out Don went along! Chuck is a yachtsman of some note on Pacific waters, so he asked Ann to go sailing with him. She consented and blithely suggested that Don go along, too. Chuck had to agree, even though the idea didn’t appeal to him much. As they sailed from Coronado to Catalina, Chuck gave Ann a few lessons in navigation while Don sat nearby in the cockpit and burned. He felt much better about it, though, when he read in a Hollywood column that “Chuck Isaacs, the boy with the yacht, is running around with Ann Rutherford—who likes yachts.” That was a measure of consolation. Maybe Ann liked the yacht better than Chuck. Don asked her point-blank, while the three of them were sipping chocolate sodas. Ann told the two boys she liked them both equally well and that she didn’t know two other boys whom she liked better. But, she added, she had to think only of her career for the present. Only a super-diplomat could say that to her two most persistent suitors and make them like it. They liked it and Ann so well that the breach which was ruining a good friendship was mended. They still go out with Ann together most of the time. They accept with grace her breaking of dates at the last minute, because they know she does so only when she’s working overtime or is too tired from long hours before the camera. They’re on hand, too, when she asks them to take her out at the last minute. Yes, Don and Chuck like Polly Bene- dict Rutherford so well that it has reached a point where the three of them have even dipped three straws into the same chocolate soda! That’s really the test of friendship and adolescent love! But having boy meet girl is the same old headache to the Hollywood scripter or praiser. He still speculates on how he can cleverly get the verb “meets” to fit cozily between “boy” and “girl.” Some- body ought to tell him how well the real Hollywood boys and girls manage that all by themselves! MODERN SCREEN

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|} ( | ne TSS SHOOTING FOR THE STARS (Continued from page 25) a “On the other hand, an actress like Merle Oberon gives the photographer a good deal of work. Her countenance can only be photographed from certain angles. And as to clothes, her body requires that she wear either fluffy dresses or evening gowns to show her up to advantage. Jean Arthur, a dear friend of mine, won’t mind my mentioning that her face is also a lighting job, but, when it comes to attire, she is perfectly photogenic in any- thing from a cowboy costume to a bath- ing suit. “Thinking back on personalities, I re- call that I had difficulties with Ingrid Bergman when I worked on ‘Intermezzo.’ Ingrid is really two persons. Shoot her from one side and she’s breath-takingly beautiful. Shoot her from the other, and she’s average.” Toland paused: for punctuation, then smiled. “Of course,’ he said cheerfully, “I’d rather photograph girls like June Lang and Arleen’ Whelan with their pretty little faces, than any. Because they’re no work at all. You set your camera and your lights anywhere, and they still look cute. If I shot them constantly, though, T’d become far too lazy.” Now he spoke of the stronger sex. “The most photogenic male is Gary Cooper. But he looks best when he isn’t photographed well! Here’s what I mean. If he’s shot casually and naturally, with- out frills or fuss, he has plenty of femme appeal. He doesn’t have to be dolled up like the juvenile leads. If you don’t be- lieve me, just take a gander at him in ‘The Westerner.’ He’s grand in it and without special lighting or any make-up. “Henry Fonda is another I enjoy work- ing with. He also doesn’t require make- up. And he’s so damn intelligent. Under- stands props, stage business, electricity. You know, Fonda’s main hobby is pho- tography, and on ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ he spent half his time looking through my camera, which, of course, gave him a better understanding of what I was after.” I inquired about Toland’s. most recent and celebrated patient, Orson Welles. Sues ‘Citizen Kane’ in sixteen weeks,” explained Toland. “It’s an unusual picture. For example, we worked with no beams or parallels (to hold spots) for the first time in Hollywood history. All sets were given natural ceilings, which made bright lighting difficult but also made for realism. “Orson Welles was an interesting type to shoot, especially his characterization, changing from a lad of twenty-five to an old man of seventy, and wearing, in old age, blood-shot glass-caps over his eyes. “His problem, today, will depend on whether audiences prefer him as a char- acter actor or as himself. I like one quality in his acting and direction. Stub- bornness. He would bitterly fight every technical problem that came up. Never say die. Never.” Gregg Toland confessed that the one defect he’d found in most actors and actresses was discoloration and lines or wrinkles under their eyes. “Were we to leave them natural, it would make them appear tired and haggard on the screen, especially since they are amplified so greatly. So, I place bright spotlights di- rectly in their faces, which wash out these lines and make their faces smoother.” Then Toland began discussing technical problems in a very untechnical manner. It was a liberal education in cinema craft. He spoke fondly of “The Grapes. of Wrath.” Said he enjoyed much of it be- cause he was able to shoot his favorite type of scene—building somber moods through shadowy low-keyed lighting, such as the opening candlelight scene in that classic of the soil. “We slaved, Jack Ford and I, to make that picture real,” Toland revealed. “We sent the cast out to acquire good healthy sunburns. We threw away soft diffusion lenses. We shot the whole thing candid-camera style, like a newsreel. That’s the trend today in Hollywood. Realism. “Of course,” he added, “sometimes real- ism is attained only through complete trickery. Remember the third or fourth shot in the beginning of ‘The Long Voyage Home?’ The scene of the ship floating and rocking on the water? Here’s how that was done. I had the studio build half a miniature boat, set it on a dry stage. Then I took a pan full of plain water, placed it on a level with my lens— and shot my scene over this pan of water, catching the boat and giving the perfect (Continued on page 84) Martha Scott and William Gargan starring in “Cheers for Miss Bishop”, a Richard Rowland Production forU.A. FEBRUARY, 1941 Yes, they’re set on Pepsi-Cola’s fresh flavor and keen taste. . . And all around the country Pepsi-Cola is stopping thirsts quick and sure. Plenty of sips in that big 12-ounce bottle... and every sip enjoyable. Pick up a big Pepsi-Cola today! 81

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(Continued from page 62) DATE OF MATE'S PREVIOUS STATUS OF etal 2 ea) ute MARRIAGE PROFESSION _— MATES eee, MARRIAGE Holden, Fay David Clyde Winter, 1914 Actor None None Love found Ma Hardy Holt, Tim Virginia Ashcraft Dec. 10, 1938 Student None Lance, 1 Definitely stable i Linda, 16 mos.; Tony, Yehoodi beams on Hope, Bob Dolores Be Dec. 25, 1934 Singer None , 6 mos.; both adopted this one Howard, Leslie Ruth Martin Mar. 13, 1916 Social worker None Ronald, 22; Leslie, 17 The rumors persist Hubbard, John Lois Golder Apr. 1, 1939 Non-prof. None ace production on Bill-y and coo-y Hudson, Rochelle Hal Thompson Aug. 16, 1939 Disney director None ' None ee warnings Hunt, Marsha Jerry Hopper Dec. 23, 1938 Film editor None None Christmas every day Hunter, Ian Casha Pringle Fall, 1926 Actress None Jolyon, 12; Robin, 9 es in a reserved Hymer, Warren Virginia Meyer Feb. 21, 1936 Non-prof. None None Not too happy i . Won’t emulate | Jagger, Dean Antoinette Lowrance jon: 29, 1935 Writer None None Brishami Younes Jones, Allan Irene Hervey June 26, 1936 Actress One Jacks; Som: 11, by Close harmony Jones, Buck Odelle Osborn August, 1915 Non-prof. None Maxine, 23 Riding high Joslyn, Allyn Dorothy Yockel Mar. 7, 1934. Actress None None pee makes Kibbee, Guy Brownie Read Aug. 27, 1927 See None Shirley, 9; Guy, Jr., 5 Stili Lohengrinning Kruger, Otto Susan MacNamany Sept. 20, 1919 Actress None Ottilie Ann, 14 A wear-ever model Lake, Arthur Patricia Van Cleve July 25, 1937 Actress None None On an even keel Lake, Veronica John Detlie Sept. 26, 1940 See cae None None June in January Lang, June _ John Roselli Apr. 1, 1940 Businessman Vic Orsatti__None Too sudden to be sure Langford, Frances Jon Hall June 4, 1938 Actor None None Love in tune LaRue, Jack nee acs Jan. 31, 1937 Socialite None ; None Coasting along Laughton, Charles Elsa Lanchester Feb. 28, 1929 Actress None None They Found What = ; Ere They Wanted Lederer, Francis Margo Oct. 16, 1937 Actress One None Separation looks permanent Leeds, Andrea Bob Howard Oct. 25, 1939 eee None Heir en route In fine shape Leigh, Vivien Laurence Olivier Aug. 30,1940 Actor Legh, Hele ee Weere decerd Livingston, Robert Dorothy Gee Nov. 30, 1935. Non-prof. None None Made in heaven Lockhart, Gene Kathleen Arthur June 12, 1924 Actress None June, 15 Long term contract Lombard, Carole Clark Gable Mar. 29, 1939 Actor Wm. Powell None Ask Mr. Gable Lorre, Peter Cecile Lvovsky June 22, 1934 Actress None None Two sensible people Louise, Anita Maurice E. Adler May 18, 1940 Theatre owner None None Sittin’ pretty Loy, Myrna Arthur Hornblow June 27, 1936 Producer None None There’s been talk Lugosi, Bela Lillian Arch Jan. 31, 1933 Non-prof. Bes None Thrills but no chills Lupino, Ida Louis Hayward Nov. 16, 1938 Actor None None Note ae MacDonald, Jeanette Gene Raymond’ June 16, 1937 Actor None None Molasses and honey MacLane, Barton Charlotte Wynters Nov. 22, 1939 Actress One None Toast-burning stage MacMurray, Fred Lillian Lamont June 20, 1936 Show girl None Susan, 5 mos. adopted Stars in their eyes March, Fredric Florence Eldridge Spring, 1928 Actress None Ripe ise Perpetual devotion Marshal, Alan Mary Grace Borel Nov. 18, 1938 Socialite None One infant They're likethis Mollie Mait- soyah, 8, by Edna Marshall, Herbert Lee Russell Feb. 27, 1940 Actress land; Edna Se ¥y Safe on third Best Martin, Mary Richard Halliday May 4, 1940 Literary agent None None Aflame Massen, Osa Alan Hersholt Dec. 15, 1938 Film critic None None Hollow ne ae Peggy Fre- Son, 17, and daughter, 7, ._ 4; > Massey, Raymond Dorothy Whitney July 10,1939 Socialite mantle, Adri- 7, by first wife; son, This time’s the last enne Allen 3, by second wife time Circus per- Faring better than Maynard, Ken Bertha Denham Nov. 15,1939 emer Mary Elsa None first McCrea, Joel Frances Dee _ Oct. 20, 1933. Actress None Joel, 6; David, 5 Dee-lightful Michael, 5; Peter, 11, McHugh, Frank Dorothy MclIsaacs Feb. 27, 1933 Non-prof. None and Susan, 8, by The real McHugh wife’s first marriage McLaglen, Victor Edna Lamont Oct. 28, 1919 Non-prof. None ope 20; Sheila, Good as new McPhail, Douglas Betty Jaynes January, 1939 Singer None Joan Lorraine, 1 Smooth sailing Menjou, Adolphe Verree Teasdale Aug. 25,1934 Actress Two Peter Adolphe, 4 Verree happy Merkel, Una Ronald Burla Jan. 1, 1932 Engineer None None “Perfect,” says Una 82 MODERN SCREEN

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— _ NAME Milland, Ray Mitchell, Thomas Montgomery, Robert Moore, Constance Morgan, Dennis Mowbray, Alan Muni, Paul Murphy, George Naish, J. Carrol Niven, David Nolan, Lloyd Oakie, Jack Oberon, Merle DATE OF MATE'S PREVIOUS STATUS OF PML) 19) MARRIAGE PROFESSION MATES CHIEDREN MARRIAGE Muriel Webber Oct. 2, 1931 Non-prof. None Daniel David, 9 mos. Honeymoon for three Rachel Hartzell Jan., 1938 Actress One Ann, 22, by first wife eae Frisco quake Elizabeth Allen Apr. 14, 1928 Actress None Betty, 7; Robert, 4 Haye wonderful Johnny Maschio Apr. 29, 1939 Actors’ agent None None Lifelong option lifted ae Retired drama 7 ee Going down for the Lillian Vedder Sept. 5, 1933 tenchier None Stanley, 6; Kristen, 3 srdl time Lorraine Carpenter Aug. 1, 1930 Non-prof. None ee 10; Alan II, Bae LORSeEVICe Bella Finkel May 8, i921 Former stage None None Stands the test of time Juliette Johnson Dec. 28, 1926 Aas None Dennis Michael, 2 Lucky partners Gladys Heaney Feb. 10, 1928 Actress None Carol Elaine, 9 It’s a “take” : i No recent Primula Rollo Oct. 3, 1940 Social worker None None Commnntane : Straight from “Mod- 3 Mell Efirc May 10, 1933 Actress None One en route BE ROM GES? Venita Varden Mar. 23, 1936 Actress None None Peaceful at present Alexander Korda June 5, 1939 Producer None None Complete ac-Korda O’Brien, George O’Brien, Pat O’Hara, Maureen O’Keefe, Dennis Olivier, Laurence Marguerite Churchill July 15, 1933 Eloise Taylor George Brown Stefi Duna Vivien Leigh O’Sullivan, Maureen John W. Farrow Pallette, Eugene Retired actress None Louise Stan- Erin, 544; Darcy, 142 Must be unlucky at cards Mavourneen, 6; Sean, 3; Christopher, 2; all adopted None None Parker, Cecilia Marjorie Cagnacci Dick Baldwin Jan. 23, 1931 Actress None Film technical Wiley 2a) USED adviser in Eire None Oct. 18, 1940 Actress ley Aug. 30, 1940 Actress Writer; now in Sept. 25, 1934 Canedtem eta? None Sept. 19, 1932 Non-prof. None June 2,1938 Actor None FEBRUARY, 1941 - Read it...summed up in the findings of a group of dis- tinguished doctors: WHEN SMOKERS CHANGED TO PHILIP MORRIS EVERY CASE OF IRRITATION OF THE NOSE OR THROAT= DUE TO SMOKING—CLEARED COMPLETELY, OR DEFINITELY IMPROVED! ~Ourads neither coax nor hoax- YOU DON’T find personal opinions... private research... high-pres- sure claims...or special pleading...in ads for Philip Morris cigarettes. Jill Esmond Simon, 5, by first marriage Michael, 114 No quarrels yet Oceans apart Made for each other Story-bock stuff Temporary war casualty None No news is good news First on its way Look up synonym for “bliss” (Continued on page 98) SMOKING-PLEASURE with- _ = out penalties! Philip Morris’ superiority—for the nose and throat—is recognized by emi- nent medical authorities. No other cigarette can make that statement! Aiuccrivs FINEST Copeselle = CREATORS OF FAMOUS CIGARETTES FOR 92 YEARS, ALWAYS UNDER THE PHILIP MORRIS NAME™=——-— 83

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I left Toland, drove out into the Valley north of Holly- wood and halted before an intimate Oriental restaurant bearing a blinking neon that read “Ching How.” This restaurant was the hobby and hide-out of the cherubic Chinese camera- man, James Wong Howe, the place where he came in the evening, to chat with old friends or supervise a steaming chow mein after a hard-and tiresome day with Ann Sheridan, Rita Hayworth, Hedy Lamarr or Loretta Young! Je CORNG at Jimmy Howe, youd never know what he’s been through and what his keen eyes have seen. Not because he has the “inscrutable” yellow man’s face of fiction, the traditional face that hides feelings and emotions, but be- cause he is so cheerful, so friendly, so disarmingly sincere. You wouldn’t know that he once fought gory battles in the fistic arena for ten bucks a knockout, or that he got his first job in Hollywood as a camera assis- tant at that same price. But you would know, immediately, that Jimmy Howe is as American as you or I, born in Pasco, Washington, of a farmer father; and you would know, too, immediately, that he understands more about Hollywood stars than any photographer alive. I found Jimmy Howe a little interview- shy when it came to discussing person- alities. That was because he’d been burned once. Recently, a reporter asked him about Bette Davis, and Howe told the reporter that Bette’s enormous eyes were her finest feature, and that they must be emphasized by lighting, whereas her long thin neck must be shadowed. The reporter misquoted him as stating that Bette was badly pop-eyed. Ever since, Howe has been afraid to explain the truth to Bette—and if she reads this —well, hell, Bette, the guy thinks you’re the greatest actress on earth! Over a delicious dish of aged Chinese eggs, bamboo shoots and other Far East- ern delicacies, in a nook of his popular eatery, Jimmy Howe softened sufficiently to discuss the women he had captured for celluloid. He digressed>on the subject of glamour als. “Hedy Lamarr has more glamour than anyone in Hollywood. Her jet black hair and fine light complexion, marvelously contrasting, requires'no faking soft dif- fusion lens. But, like all glamour ladies, she must be aided by the cameraman. First of all, I took attention away from her lack of full breasts by playing up her eyes and lips. With a bright light I cre- ated a shadow to make you forget her weak chin. Then, I really went to town! I planted an arc on a level with her eyes, shadowing her forehead and blending it and her hair into a dark background. Now, all attention was focused on her eyes. Remember her first meeting with Boyer in ‘Algiers?’ Her eyes got away with lines that would never have passed Mr. Hays. “It?s an old glamour trick. The aver- age girl should learn it. For example, when you wear a hat with a low brim, and then have to peer out from under the brim, it makes you more interesting, centers attention on your orbs. When you sport a half-veil, you have to look from behind it and thus become an exciting and intriguing person. There’s no ques- tion about it. The eyes certainly have it. “Now Ann Sheridan. Her gorgeous throat and shoulders, and those lips. I light them up and disguise the fact that her nose is irregular and her cheeks overly plump. Incidentally, to correct her nose, which curves slightly to the left, I put kliegs full on the left side of her face, pushing her nose perfectly straight. Once, on ‘Torrid Zone,’ when Annie ar- rived on the set with a pimple on her chin, I had the make-up man convert it into a beauty mark, and then viewing her through the camera, realized that this concentrated attention on her full lips, which made her even more glamorous! “Hach actress, no matter how beautiful, becomes a problem. Madeleine Carroll has a good and bad side to her face, like so many others. I always shoot her three- quarters, because it thins her out. A full face shot makes her too fleshy. With Myrna Lvey,- there must not be white around her neck, because it’s too con- trasting to her ‘complexion. Moreover, lights must be low, shooting upward, to reduce the size of her underpinnings. “Zorina, off-screen, relaxing, is an ordinary woman, with a _ good-sized healthy body. But, the minute she dances before the camera, her true personality grows. Her face turns from good looking to gorgeous. Her body becomes smaller and willowy. She’s easy to work with, except that an enthusiastic uncie of hers, a doctor, gave her four vaccination marks when she was young, and we have to get rid of them with make-up and special lights. “But you want to know the most pho- togenic lady I ever set my lens upon? Priscilla Lane. An absolutely eye-sooth- ing face, despite a generous mouth. A fine skin texture. A rounded facial struc- ture. Mmm. Lovely to look at. “There is no perfect camera face, Con- fucius say. Not even Loretta Young, who is reputed to have a camera-proof face. Why, she wouldn’t want a perfect face and neither would any other actress. A perfect face, without irregular features, would be monotonous and tiresome to observe. Of course, a well-balanced face is another thing. Oh, I’ve seen so-called perfect faces—those composite photo- graphs showing Lamarr’s eyes, Leigh’s nose, Dietrich’s lips—but the result is always surprisingly vacant! Mest women must be photographed with flat lights, shooting down from a forty-five degree angle, because this lighting washes out any defects. Whereas, a cross-lighting from either side, while it makes the face natural and round and real, also accentuates wrinkles, blemishes and bad lines. There are exceptions. Flat lighting would wash Joan Crawford's face clean to the point of blankness. Cross- lighting chisels her beautifully. But others can’t stand up as well. “T’m not telling you these inside items on the stars to give you a sensational story. I’m trying to point out this—that while the Chinese author, Lin Yutang, wrote a book called ‘The Importance of Living,’ I should like to write one called, ‘The Importance of Lighting.’ It’s all- important. Take a look at the way celebrities appear in a newsreel, without careful kliegs adjusted to them. They seem messy. “Why, the only newsreel personages I ever saw who looked decent’ ‘without expert work on them, and who were, in fact, once offered a million dollars to come to Hollywood, were the Windsors. Now Wally Simpson is a bit too thin in the face and has some blemishes. But this could be corrected by shooting her _ MODERN SCREEN

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three-quarters, the lights flat against her. She should never be shot in profile. As to the Duke, Edward himself, well, while he often appears a bit weary and haggard, he would have to be kept that way in Hollywood. It’s part of his adult charm. We wouldn’t want to wash that out with faked brightness.” Now the little man expounded on pic- ture-making. He told exactly the way pictures should be made. Here’s Howe: “My theory of picture-making is that a movie must run true. It must be real. You must not feel that it is obviously a movie. A big fault is that photographers often try to make their photography stand out. That is bad. If you go away raving about the photography of certain scenes, you've seen a bad photographic job. ; “When I was a beginner, ’way back, I had that common failing. I never gave a damn about the actor. All I wanted was to get those fat beautiful clouds in, so people would say, ‘Some shot. Some photographer.’ But now I know that’s not professional.” There was one more thing. I had a hunch a lot of photographers, like pro- ducers, were repressed actors at heart. Did James Wong Howe ever aspire to histrionics? “Oh, once I almost became an actor. The late Richard Boleslavsky wanted me to play with Greta Garbo in ‘The Painted Veil. Just a bit part. I refused. My place is behind the big machine, not in front of it. Besides I’d be scared stiff. Me, Wong Howe, an actor? Hell, the boys would rib the pants off me!” To continue my scientific study of the lads behind the lenses, I went to a party of General Service Studios. There, on the lavish set of “Lady Hamilton,” Vivien Leigh was passing out cake to celebrate her birthday, and a stocky, dark-haired handsome man named Rudolph Mate was celebrating his first year as a full-fledged American citizen. Rudolph Mate, born in Poland, student of philosophy, lover of fine paintings, was the cameraman on the newest Leigh- Olivier vehicle. His previous pictures had been movie milestones—“Love Af- fair,’ “Foreign Correspondent” and “Seven Sinners.” I asked Mate about the ingredients that make a tip-top photographer, and he answered very slowly and very precisely. He spoke slowly to prevent becoming mixed in the languages he knows— French, German, Hungarian, Russian, Polish, English and _ pinochle—all of which he speaks fluently. - a Re become a good photographer, one must have a complete knowledge of the technical end,” stated Mate. He point- ed toward his $15,000 movable camera. “One must make everything about that instrument a habit, a second nature, as natural and uncomplicated as walking. This complete technical knowledge gives one time, on the set, to think in terms of the story being shot. A photographer must be creative, imaginative. Above all, he must have a talent for continuity. “What do I mean by continuity? The celluloid mustn’t be scatterbrained. For example, every day a cameraman looks at the daily rushes of the footage he’s shot. Some photographers have excellent daily rushes, excellent separate scenes— but, when the film is cut, patched to- gether, it’s mediocre and without full meaning because the cameraman had no feel of harmony, no sense of continuity. “A cameraman must be thorough. I study a script page by page and solve each problem as I study it. Also, on the side, I study oil paintings and works of art. In fact, I have a big collection of my own, because this study gives a cameraman knowledge of composition and color.” Rudolph Mate was ecstatic about Vivien Leigh as Lady Hamilton. “A marvelous subject. Cool. Positive. The certain beauty of a steel dagger. No bad facial angles. And an actress in her head and in her heart. Laurence Olivier is fine for me to shoot, too. His face is so expressive. It has so much character. Mate admitted that he had enjoyed toiling with Marlene Dietrich on “Seven Sinners,” and that he was scheduled to do her next opus at Universal. “She has a wonderful head. I mean both brains and shape. Furthermore, like no other actress, she understands lighting problems and angles, and takes all sug- gestions without a fight. She is coop- erative despite the nonsense you read. She will pose for fifty different takes if need be. The reason she knows so much is that she acquired her photographic education from Josef Von Sternberg, her first director, who still has the best pic- torial -mind in the cinema business.” Mate, I understood, was a master ma- gician at trickery. He could make any- thing real. In “Lady Hamilton,” you'll see the Battle of Trafalgar, when Olivier as Lord Nelson is killed. It’ll be a terri- fic scene, realistic as war and death— but remember, it was made with minia- ture boats, only five feet tall, costing $1,000 each, and the cannon balls were tiny marbles shot into thin balsa wood. Remember, too, that Mate can—and often has—made mob scenes involving thousands of people with just a half | Did Scarlett Spoil VIVIEN LEIGH? LEARN THE FACTS behind Hollywood gossip. February SCREEN GUIDE takes you on the set as “Scarlett” Leigh and Laurence Olivier film the story of a famous illicit romance. You will be movie-wise if you get on the inside with SCREEN GUIDE. MORE SCOOP PHOTO-FEATURES “Hollywood’s Battle of the Night Clubs’? —War between the beauties who baffle the censors and make the stars jealous. “Carole Lombard Can’t Fool the Public” —Mrs. Gable runs wild again. “Norma Shearer Steps Down’?—What now for the ex-First Lady? “Deanna Durbin, 1941 Model”—Have four years of stardom hurt Deanna? What are her hopes and plans? 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Rudolph Mate had a date with Vivien Leigh, in front of the camera, and I had one, at Warner Brothers Studio, with a gentleman named Ernie Haller, a stu- dious architect who wound up by be- coming the genius to put that little tidbit labeled “Gone With the Wind” on celluloid. Good-natured, bespectacled Ernie Hal- ler didn’t waste words. “The camera- man’s main duty is to tell a story with lighting. Next, he must have a thorough understanding or feeling for composition; you know, how to group and balance people and objects properly. It’s like salesmanship—you create a point of in- terest, and you try to sell the fans a star or an idea by subtly focusing atten- tion on this point of interest.” Haller referred to a few tangible points of interest. “Tm not merely being loyal to War- ners when I tell you Ann Sheridan is the most photogenic female in this town to- day. Her features are well proportioned ' and take lighting easily. The most pho- togenic man is Errol Flynn. His oval face stands up from any angle or under any lighting condition. “But, as you know, we have our stick- lers, too. There’s Clark Gable. I always shoot him three-quarters, so that you see only one of his ears. If you saw both at once, they’d look like mine do—stick out like the arms of a loving cup. RENDA MARSHALL, whom Im working with at present, is a fine ac- tress. Her only defects are a slightly crooked nose and eyes set too closely to- gether. I light up one side of her face more fully to straighten the nose, and push inkies square into Brenda’s face to spread her eyes. “When I shot GWTW, I found Vivien Leigh ideal for Technicolor. But I learned too much light was extremely bad for her. Her face was delicate and small, and full brightness would wash out her fea- tures and spoil the modeling of her coun- tenance. Another thing. She has blue eyes. David Selznick wanted them green. So I set up a baby spot with amber gelatine, placed it under my lens, and Scarlett wound up with green eyes. “Listen, they all have handicaps that we have to correct. Most have square jaws, which must be softened and rounded. Some have prominent noses, which requires a low light set at the knees to push up their noses. Some ac- tresses have thin legs. We plant spots right at their feet to fill °em out. “There’s no limit to what we have to do. We keep middle-aged actresses young by using special diffusing lenses that make faces mellow, hazy, soft, foggy, ethereal. We use these lenses on mood scenes, too, thus enabling us to create cold, crisp mornings on hot, sultry days. “In my time, I’ve put them all in my black box. Some who were difficult and some who were easy, ranging from Mae Murray and Norma Talmadge to Dick Barthelmess and Bette Davis. I’ve never had trouble because I knew sculpturing, knew the basic foundation of the human face and was able to become, literally, a plastic surgeon with lights.” Says Haller: “Most trick stuff is in the hands of the Optical Printing Department of any studio. This is conducted by specialized cameramen and special effects men who manufacture 75% of the mechanical trick scenes. Most impossible scenes are done in miniature, caught by a camera that blows them eight times normal.” Ernie Haller, with an eye for the un- usual, summarized some of the crazy paradoxes he’d run into during his many semesters in the movie village. He said that big banquet scenes were always filmed right after lunch, because the extras weren’t so hungry then and wouldn’t eat so much expensive food! Moonlit night scenes were taken in the daytime with a filter, because real moon- light was not photogenic. Faked fights photographed better than real ones, be- cause real ones appeared too silly. Se- quences on an ocean liner had to he faked on dry land, because an honest- to-goodness boat pitched and heaved too much for the average camera. Blank cartridges recorded better on the sound track. Real ones were too high-pitched. “In barroom sequences,” concluded Haller, “cold tea is better than whiskey, not because it photographs better but because actors have to drink a lot of it— and tea, sir, keeps them sober!” So there. You’ve met some of the boys from the ASC. Now paste Gregg Toland’s classical outburst into your hat— “Tell ’em were not low-grade me- chanical morons, we cameramen. Tell ’em we're creative artists, by God!” And, by God, they certainly are! How i feels to be one of the world's most envied wives is illustrated by Pat S Paterson's happy smile as she dinner dates with husband Charles Boyer. MODERN SCREEN

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ALL THIS 13 HOLLYWOOD, 100! (Continued from page 35) Across the street and just a half block before the renowned intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street is the massive Pantages Theatre. This movie temple, along with Warner’s Theatre and Grauman’s Chinese, repre- sents all of Hollywood’s first-run show houses. The film capital of the world possesses only three first-rate theatres! But on premiere nights, when strips of virginal celluloid make their public débuts, these theatres are really carni- vals to see. Brightly carpeted in front, decorated with microphones and crouch- ing cameramen, studded with stars, packed with energetic autograph collec- tors and five hundred members of the inky-fingered sect—the theatres are topped by a battery of three or four metal-capped kliegs, their long white slivers of light piercing the blue: heaven above in crazy patterns, crossing and criss-crossing. f Ae here, if we may be so unromantic as to inject a purely financial note, we would like to observe that these three or four klieg lights, each maneuvered by a union workman in overalls, have made a fortune for their owner, Mr. Otto K. Olsen. This should help you understand that like these dazzling kliegs, glamour itself has a price in Hollywood and is only a commodity to be bought, sold, ex- ploited. Mr. Olsen, one of the few com- munity bigwigs who isn’t connected di- rectly with films, famed renter of giant searchlights, started out making $5,000 a year. Now, after seventeen years of let- ting these kliegs, he has pyramided his yearly take to almost $300,000 per an- num. Moreover, Mr. Olsen, we are happy to add, is not a snob. His blinding searchlights not only brighten the weekly premiere, but also the opening of any new vegetable shop or shoe store that is willing to pay greenbacks for glamour. Indeed, this is Hollywood! But now, initiated, you’ve torn yourself away from the premiere at the Pantages, and suddenly, you are at the most fa- mous corner in the world. It has been immortalized by a million amateur Homers, in verse, in anecdote, in shady stories, in gossip and in the song— “Hollywood At Vine.” This corner is guarded by a depart- ment store, a restaurant, a bank and a drugstore. This corner is inhabited by cranks, tipsters, those who have been stars and those who want to be stars, by shoppers, curiosity-hunters, visiting firemen, the Barrymores and the Hardys. This is Hollywood at Vine, and when you stand on the corner, you know it’s everything you’ve dreamed about. It’s in the air. You can taste it. Hollywood! The city needs no historian. It needs only Hollywood at Vine. Nearby is a steel bench where housewives still sit, waiting for the ten-cent bus to take them home. This is the “Lon Chaney” bench, where that neurotic, elastic-faced son of deaf-mute Colorado parents used to sit, in the early twenties waiting to ride to the studios. Nearby is a bar, run by a man with a pancaked nose and scrambled ears, a prizefighter who will show you 1.0.U.’s collected in the early days from Charlie Chaplin and Wallace Reid and Al Jolson. This is Hollywood at Vine where the old guard will fill your ears with stories FEBRUARY, 1941 e It was a Blind Date UNTIL SHE GAVE ME KLEEWEX TISSUES TO POLISH MY SPECS. WHAT A BREAK- ONE LOOK AND O4 BOYS (from a letter by G. S., Redding, Calif.) ONLY AZEEWEX HAS THE SERV- A-TISSUE BOX TO END WASTE! 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Use KLEENEX’ —about Mae West, who has the biggest collection of books on sex and courtesans in the world, who combs her hair and puts on her hat before pulling on her slit dresses, and who has told the boys on the corner, “The best way to hold a man is in your arms!”; about Walt Disney, who used to go down to the Los Angeles zoo every week to study the animals and their noises; about George Gershwin, once called “A Drunken Schubert,” who got five dollars for his first song, fifty thousand for his last, suffered from nervous indigestion and took three music lessons a week until the day he died; about the late Lilyan Tashman, whose home was the gaudiest in Hollywood and . whose toilet seat was covered with white ermine! It’s all there on that corner, the crazy, crazy cavalcade of Hollywood—the saga, told and retold, of that handsome Italian with slickum on his hair, Rudolph Val- entino, who died fourteen years ago, and whose death prompted the women of Rio de Janeiro to hold High Mass, a chorus girl in London to take poison and leave a note for her girl friend begging her to “look after Rudolph’s picture,” and 100,000 fans, including Pola Negri and Texas Guinan, to crowd his funeral; the story of W. C. Fields, who has fifty hats hanging in his smoking room to com- pensate for the years of bumming when he never had a place to hang his hat; the Cinderella legend of a plump, hard- boiled dame who came to this town, danced the Charleston, doubled for Norma Shearer and became the brightest of stars, meaning, of course, Joan Crawford. Those are the things you'll hear on Hollywood at Vine, and they’re as much a physical part of Hollywood as the buildings and premieres and wide clean streets. The remaining blocks of the Boulevard, perhaps a mile of blocks, comprise the central shopping district. According to Thurston H. Ross, consulting economist, 25% of the people on the Boulevard shop for food, only 10% visit the night clubs and bars and a mere 7% are out to buy clothes. Then, with pretty colored graphs and charts, our economist reveals that three out of every ten persons on Holly- 87

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Single subjects if desired. Free Bulletin on request. American School, Dept. H-214, Drexel at 58th, Chicago KALAMAZOO STOVE & FURNACE CO., Mfrs. 405 Rochester Ave., Kalamazoo, Mich. “A Kalamazoo, or Direct to You wood Boulevard are there because it is supposed to be glamorous, because it is so informal, because there isn’t much traffic or noise and because they want to see some stars. Proceeding up the Boulevard, you pass Nancy’s, bright and expensive—where you can get a dress from $5 to $50, and where the sales girls wear slacks. And there is MacIntosh, English tailors, fre- quented by Don Ameche, Joe Louis and Jackie Cooper, who sometimes pay $150 a suit. Across the Boulevard is Gettle- sons, a ticket brokerage, where you can reserve one of the 20,000 seats in the Hollywood Bowl or purchase a paste- board to the Friday fights at the nearby American Legion Stadium, and there sit beside Lupe Velez, waving ten spots for bets, or Rochester, a Harlem jumping bean. HE Boulevard becomes a whirl of neons now—Thrifty Drugstore, where giant malteds may be had for a dime; two tremendous five and ten cent stores, where we once saw Bing Crosby buying toys for the ailing son of a minor studio technician; the open air Hollywood Market, where grinning Japanese will sell you a bucket of oranges for pennies; and The Jade, an oriental-styled night- club where some singer named Vivien Lee is capitalizing on a famous name. Next you are passing the famed Brad- ley’s Five and Ten, where for fifteen cents you can have a hot dog and a stein of beer big enough to make you see pink elephants, where you can sit in over- sized soft chairs and observe bit players, second-rate agents and all the fringe of Hollywood’s society move in and out. Your head is on a swivel now, trying to see everything—Miller’s Stationery Shop, where Garbo sneaks in for books on philosophy and Errol Flynn grabs a few more copies of “Beam Ends,” which he wrote. Next, the Pig ‘n Whistle, an eatery, where the door opens automati- cally as you approach. Finally you are at Highland Avenue. There is the Bank of America, and next door to it Max Factor’s $600,000 makeup factory, where research workers have learned that there are forty-five different color types among women, each requir- ing a different cosmetic combination, and where Joan Bennett and Myrna Loy are often used as guinea pigs. Cater-cornered stands the old-fashioned, sprawling, wooden Hollywood Hotel, where you can sleep for $12 a week. Two blocks along the Boulevard, and the garish fantastic Chinese Grauman’s Theatre holds your attention—with blocks of concrete (so easy to remove once a star has slipped down the ladder) in the forecourt, each holding the handprints and footprints of some star, running the gamut from Marie Dressler to Tyrone Power to the late Tom Mix, who added the fine touch of gun- prints. A half block from Grauman’s is a spot, with booths, called Brown’s. It specializes in hot fudges covered with toasted almonds and costing 30c each, and in pretty waitresses who serve them. One of the waitresses who served them was Ellen Drew, and an agent saw her and then Paramount—and that’s Holly- wood Boulevard. You may have other fleeting memories of the Boulevard—of the unusual lack of jay-walking, since there is a_ five dollar fine for this offense; of the Duke of Hollywood, a stocky, cheerful negro wearing top hat and tails, who’ll shine your shoes for a dime; of Jim Tully, the Irish hobo-author who once punched John Gilbert in the nose, arguing on a corner and telling a friend what he thinks of the mansions in which movie a a stars live, “By God, you could feed five poets on what it costs to keep up one of their lawns!” : If the Boulevard is the spine of Holly- wood, there are numberless other streets and sights to make up the flesh and bones of the twenty-four square mile body, There are ordinary things like the twenty-five public schools and the one junior college, and extraordinary things like the drugstore across from Hollywood High School which sells more contra- ceptives than any other drugstore in the area (and we state this only as a fact, and not for obvious sensationalism). There are eleven radio stations in all of Los Angeles, but the two mammoth net- works, CBS and NBC, have stream- lined studios that seem to have been designed by Jules Verne. Across from them is Earl Carroll’s Restaurant. Of course, you'll see it, may- be even work in it. There’s an aura about the place—because it is master- minded by forty-eight-year-old Earl Car- roll himself, the skinny, baldish sex ex- pert, who was once a journalist in Hong- kong, a baseball pitcher in Japan. Over a decade ago, Carroll gave a party at which he paid a seventeen-year-old girl $700 to appear before guests clad only in a chemise and shoes, then had her strip naked, then ordered her into a bathtub of wine, while Carroll remarked, “Gen- tlemen, the line forms to the right!” He was sent to the Atlanta Federal Peni- tentiary for this—but there was a happy ending, because today his film restaurant is jam-packed nightly. No less a landmark would he the Angelus Temple in Echo Park, which isn’t exactly in Hollywood but near enough and cuckoo enough to be adopted. The round dome and twin radio masts of the Temple are the headdress on a build- ing containing 5,300 opera chairs, an organ eighty feet high—and 49-year-old Aimee Semple McPherson, America’s greatest actress-evangelist. Aimee, widowed at the age of nineteen in China, came to Los Angeles, preached, raised one and a half million dollars for her shrine for sinners and became famous enough to enable a local paper’s circulation to jump 300% when it announced that she'd changed the color of her hair! We saw her once as she appeared before her con- verts, attired as a railway conductor, waving a lantern, shouting, “All aboard the Father, Son and Holy Ghost Limited For Gloryland!” Boe no story on Filmville would be half complete without an essay on the natives of this topsy-turvy paradise. In fact, it’s better to observe the natives than the gorgeous blue hills rimming Hollywood to the north. Something happens to the average per- son who moves into Hollywood. It must be a cosmic thing. A young man coming to Hollywood immediately gets into a polo shirt and colored neckerchief, wears Want to see your own Hollywood honey in our GALLERY SECTION? Just send us his or her name on the coupon be- low, then watch the next few issues! Information Desk, Modern Screen 149 Madison Ave., New York City I'd like to see a gallery picture of eeccreceeeseceeeees MODERN SCREEN

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high-waisted, pleated trousers that bag at the knees and shuffles around in Mexi- can-styled shoes. A young lady forgets what her mother told her, sports a ban- dana, too much make-up, sloppy slacks and even takes to wearing her bedroom slippers in public. Everyone talks big. Very big. The language is well punctu- ated with the language of the movie sets. Words like “inkies,” meaning incandes- cent lights; “gobo,” meaning small-sized spots; and “blimp,” meaning the felt- padded coverings that dull the whir of the camera, are tossed around with the clumsiness of a medicine ball. But, to the men and women of Holly- wood who taste fame, an even rarer phenomenon occurs. Sometimes they “go Hollywood”—which is pure Califor- nianese for becoming uppity and forget- ting your friends. More often they go plain crazy. William Morris, the dean of movie agents, once tried to explain the insane antics of the stars by saying: 12 are a pathetic group of poorly educated children, driven by forces incomprehensible to them, seeking diver- sion and security ...Why, if youd never had anything but a wardrobe trunk and a lousy second-rate hotel room to call home, you might spread yourself, too.” However, sometimes even that doesn’t suffice to explain the daffy doings of an Ida Lupino, inviting guests to a party, asking them to come formal and then pushing them into a swimming pool fully dressed, or of a Glenda Farrell pur- chasing eye-glasses for her pet cat, or of a Joan Crawford building a special over- sized piano done in stainless white and decorated with satyrs chasing nymphs. The best explanation we've heard comes from Robert E. Sherwood, the playwright, who served several sentences in Movieland. When a friend wondered why Hollywood actresses cavorted so close to the lunatic fringe, he replied: “Imagine the plight of a Hollywood heroine, a not too complex cutie who has been boosted suddenly to a dizzy emi- nence and is rather puzzled by it all. She awakens in the night with the real- ization, ‘At this moment I am being sub- jected. to vicarious rape by countless hordes of Jugo-Slavs, Peruvians, Bur- mese, Abyssinians, Kurds, Latvians and Ku Klux Klansmen!’ Is it a wonder that a girl in that predicament finds it difficult to lead a normal life, that her sense of balance is apt to be a bit erratic?” Still, the erratic lives of the actors and actresses have helped make Hollywood the razzling-dazzling village it is today. When you walk down a Hollywood thor- oughfare and see Katharine Hepburn in blue overalls and hob-nail shoes, or Mary Pickford shutting her eyes as she passes a butcher shop (meat has nau- seated her since she read “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair years ago), or Tony Martin, coatless, hatless, informing a friend how he wishes he could sing like Bing Crosby—when you see the stars, so informal, so human, you begin to succumb to Hollywood’s charm. But there is another Hollywood, too, and it’s no use avoiding it. The Holly- wood known throughout the wide world, as the wildest den of vice and the most prolific playground for wholesale sexual orgies on this mad mudball earth. And how much of this infamy is true? Ask any member of the Chamber of Commerce, and he assumes a _ horrified facial expression and points to Holly- wood’s sixty-nine churches and nineteen Service Clubs. 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There is the Para- mount Studio, which recently took Betty Brewer, a poor, unemployed fourteen- year-old, off the streets and made her rich and famous, made her life some- thing glorious and of fiction. There is the Pacific Ciné Arts Film Company, where other unemployed girls become employed by stripping off their clothes, and for $3 an hour, performing in the nude for two days at a time to help make suggestive movies for stag parties. There is the cemetery, green and white, where a well-known movie woman was recently buried. She had been living be- yond her means, and had inhaled monox- ide to pay her debts. We make no further comment, but to quote the parting shot of visitor Vicki Baum: “What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along quite well by knowing two words of English—swell and lousy.” That, normal Americans, is Hollywood in composite. Swell and lousy! about one motion picture star or another. Somewhere in between is the truth. The day of the “Casting Couch’—when a girl had to exercise her libido instead of her talent for a job—is almost dead. The much-publicized and _ traditional Hollywood orgy died that evening when Fatty Arbuckle became involved in the community’s most colossal scandal which meant the end of Virginia Rapp. To- day Hollywood parties are pretty dull and business-like affairs, where Darryl Zanuck is talking about himself, and bor- ing Joe Pasternak who would like to talk about himself, and where Jack Benny won't talk at all for fear of losing a gag to Bop Hope and Ken Murray who are also silent. But, most of the 28,500 persons in Hollywood—one-sixth of the population —who work in the twenty-one major studios, live decent, ordinary, useful lives and do their share in turning out the six hundred films a year. Now, you must understand, space has forced us to skip many word photos of the Hollywood scene. We haven’t had time to tell you about the novel Studio Club, a sort of “Stage Door” setup, a combination club-hotel exclusively for girls interested in the movies. We haven't been able to mention Billy Wilkerson, a hidden power in the colony, owner of Ciro’s and boss of the industry’s Bible, the Daily Hollywood Reporter, and of Wilkerson’s colorful editorials (he once 89

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OSALIND RUSSELL’S Hazel says that she wishes she were a mind reader; it would cut her work in half. For example, let’s say Roz makes up her mind to go to New York. Hazel packs her bag with things she'll need there. Five minutes before train-time, Roz will change her mind and decide to go to Sun Valley to ski. Or she'll buy tickets for Alaska, switch plans and go to Palm Springs. Poor Hazel lives in a perpetual whirl of taking woollies out and putting sun-suits in and vice versa. However, she’s licked her problem by packing half a dozen bags every time Miss R. is gypsy- minded. Then as Roz goes out the door, Hazel hands her the bags packed for the ultimate destination! Ann Sheridan’s Elizabeth says that when Ann is working, no one is more punc- tual, and Miss Annie is always on the set twenty minutes ahead of anyone else. But when she is not working, she can sleep the clock around, and its always four or five in the afternoon before she gives evidence of life. Hence, since she is sure to be dining with Mr. Brent, Elizabeth must solve the problem of wak- ing her. She has several systems, which include rattling the Venetian blinds like castanets; running the bath water with the velocity of a thundering Niagara; playing the radio loudly enough to blast the eardrums of Gargantua; and pre- tending to be on the phone and saying, “Yes, Mr. Brent, yes, Mr. Brent!” as many as fifty times on a rising scale. Elizabeth also has to be a voice mimic so that when Annie doesn’t want to talk on the phone, but feels she should, Elizabeth can do it for her. So well does Elizabeth simulate the Sheridan contralto that she can even fool George Brent. In fact, on one occa- sion Brentie could not be convinced that it was not Annie he was talking to. And was Elizabeth’s face red, were Elizabeth’s eyes shining and her breast heaving at what she heard! Don’t ever tell Eliza- beth that Brent isn’t the Great Lover, she knows! 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by mice. Mice so tame, so housebroken, that when Jimmy played his accordion they all came out and danced. They loved Jimmy’s accordion and, according to Malcolm, Jimmy loved them. Malcolm. fixed up the mice situation—but now he has another worry.. Jimmy wont en- courage him to be efficient. “Mr. Jimmy says to me,” complained Malcolm, “ ‘Mal- colm,’ he says, ‘there’s so much less you could do, you know.’ When I ask him to please elucidate, he says, ‘When some- one calls me on the phone and _asks whether I’m in, you could just say no. But instead you go into a detailed _itin- erary of my day. You say, “Mr. S. got up at seven fifteen, took a_ shower, ran around the block, called. Miss Olivia on the phone and went to the chiropodist. Take your job as less of sacred | duty, Malcolm, he says. Then there’s the times Mr. Burgess Meredith is stay- ing with us. Strange parcels are always arriving at the door. Strange women, too, to tell the truth. I takes the parcels in and keeps the women out and then I’ve done the wrong thing. When Mr. John Swope stays with us, he and Mr. Jimmy rarely has an evening together. How we know they finally get together is when we find nut-shells from cellar to roof. Way that is, we always keep a huge big bowl of nuts by the fireside. The eéve- ning Mr. Jimmy and Mr. Swope are to- gether, they don’t eat any dinner, just talk and eat nuts. And when the last nut is gone, they go to bed. Mr. Jimmy has odd people come to the house, too. Like one day he told me, ‘Malcolm, one of my trees is deathly ill. Termites, Type B” Next thing I know a man comes to our door, says he is the Tree Doctor and performs a operation on the banana alm! Another time Mr. Jimmy says, ‘Malcolm, our lawn has got fleas and must be de-fleaed.’ Pretty soon a man comes up, says he is the ‘de-fleaer.” I pass ’em in. You get accustomed. to most anything when you are working for him. | Ree ALBERT’S houseman started life as a Portuguese fisherman. He is now working for Eddie, because Eddie heard him singing Portuguese folk-songs and offered him a job just to have him around. Now, Eddie’s house is just barely hanging by the skin of its shingles over the edge of Hollywood’s highest hill and you'd think no one in the world. could possibly find it. But according to Re- naldo, Mr. Eddie “has a million lady friends, and they come up at all hours of the day and night!” The windows are always open, the doors are always open, the Capehart phonograph is always play- ing, so there are no defenses! Eddie’s passionate interest in World Events is one of Renaldo’s big worries. It causes him to take all the pictures off the walls and hang huge maps from floor to ceiling. On the maps are arranged serried rows of pins, showing the positions of armies and air forces in Europe. Renaldo says that walking on eggs would be child’s play compared to dusting between pins, any one of which might be Il Duce or Der Fuehrer. Nor is this all. Eddie has a huge collection of records and_books. He keeps them all on the floor. Says he can’t find them when they are on shelves. One day, one of his girl friends, Beverly Holden, dropped by and, finding Eddie out, turned housewifely and put things in order. Renaldo said he couldn’t tell a lady what Eddie said to her when he got home! Eddie is always in a hurry. On his way home from the studio, therefore, he starts undressing. By the time he reaches his front door, he has on a“neck- tie! Renaldo has then to go on a scav- enger hunt for the missing garments. He finds the Albert shoes in a cuckoo’s nest, FEBRUARY, 1941 the Albert shorts on the rear-view mir- ror! I feel maybe I’m working for Gypsy Rose Lee,” he sighs. Constance Moore’s maid is of West In- dian extraction. Connie calls her Dai- quiri. Daiquiri’s particular problem is to keep anyone who can possibly have any- thing to sell off the premises—Connie be- ing susceptible to sales of any kind, rang- ing from the Queensboro Bridge to a rubber mouse. Fuller Brush men, to a man, vote Connie their Ideal Choice for a desert island! Joan Bennett’s French maid, Madeleine, has taken it upon herself to keep as many newspapers and news broadcasts away from her mistress as it’s humanly possible to do. Joan is positively allergic to the disturbing nature of today’s head- lines, and a bad turn in Europe not only sends her into a depressed mood for the rest of the day, but actually causes her to break out in red blotches! Ann Sothern’s Marie was particu- ‘larly voluble. “Miss Ann is not supposed to eat fattening foods,’ she informed us, “but she’s always sending me for ice cream on the sets! Well, I just say to her, “Miss Sothern, you know you're not sup- posed to eat ice cream, and I get her an apple instead! Then, she will suddenly yell at me, ‘Marie, we have to be in the studio, on the set, in five minutes!’ This happens every day Miss Ann is working. Well, I calls Robert, the chauffeur, tell him to bring the car around fast as those wheels will re-volve. Then I tears around like a crazy woman. I gets Miss Ann’s lunch basket (she always .takes her own lunch to the studio), I get her make-up box, her knitting, the book she’s reading, her stationery, (she writes her letters on the sets but never mails them), her extra coat and shoes. Then I gets in the car. I waits and I waits. Then I gets the palpitating miseries. I think, Lawd have mercy, Miss Annie has sho’ broken her neck falling down the stairs! I rush into the house and there is Miss Ann, straightening pictures on the wall or fix- ing a rose in a vase! I also has to keep reminding Miss Ann of dates and ap- pointments and such. Sure as I live, she- will make an appointment with some big gentleman from the studio and just when he raises the knocker on the door, Miss Ann is off having a permanent! I tries to get her to keep a date-pad but she won’t on account of how she is using ‘mental discipline, she says.” Virginia Field has only her Danish Mrs. Kjar for “general housework.” Virginia doesn’t believe in having a personal maid at the studio. “Too bloody silly,” she said. “There’s a make-up man, a wardrobe girl, a hair-dresser for every woman player. If that’s not enough for them, they should fall apart!” Mrs. Kjar’s most “worriting” problem is to make Virginia eat enough. Especially since Richard Greene has gone away to war. 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T7y ASTHMADOR in any of three forms, powder, cigarette Of pipe mixture. At all drug stores— or write today for a free sample to R. SCHIFFMANN CO., Los Angeles, Dept.F-43 92 say, “those two lace-edged brassieres, where are they?” Mrs. Kjar must also, she told me, take every phone message clearly and exactly. Phone calls properly delivered are the Field phobia. “If I don’t get the name and the message straight,” sighed Mrs. Kjar, “she say she beat me over the head with the ice- box!” Another of Virginia’s habits that constitutes a major problem to thrifty Mrs. Kjar is her mania for shopping in the five and tens and bringing home things that make flowers in the bath-tub, awful candies, all the framed pictures of Richard Greene that are on sale there! Mrs. Kjar maintains that, “Miss Field she love the five and ten too mooch. That iss Mr. Greene’s only rival.” Mrs. Kjar also admits to a worship of young Mr. Greene. “Miss Field, she tell me,’ she laughed, “that I act all gooey and pecooliar over him! I says she is describing herself and how she act over him, not me! But she is goot, nice young girl, my Miss Field. She iss never moody, never cross except in the late of nights when she is all alone, and I hear her crying in her pillow now he iss gone away!” Desi Arnaz’s Richard started life with theatrical ambitions of his own. Now he is devoting himself entirely to Desi in every capacity, one of which is that of critic. Desi never comes off a set that Richard doesn’t say, “Don’t mugg so much,” or “You didn’t mugg enough.” Getting Desi out of bed in the morning used to be Richard’s biggest worry, but he has fixed him at last. He’s bought an alarm clock with lungs like Big Ben and a Big Bertha combined. He hides the alarm clock in Desi’s room, set for the time he thinks a Cuban gent should arise. The alarm goes off. Desi bawls for Richard. Richard “can’t find” the clock, “forgets” where he hid it. In. sheer desperation and to the accompaniment of language not to be printed, Desi leaps out of bed and locates the screaming time-piece. Olivia de Havilland’s Alma has but one complaint: Olivia (now that she is the New Olivia, a free soul, a sophisticate) gets invited out so much (and not only by Mr. Stewart, Alma let slip) that Alma never ‘gets a chance to show off her cooking. . Madame Ouspenskaya’s Gladiola loves to answer the telephone. So does Ma- dame. The phone rings and they both run, struggling to see who gets there first. Gladiola also has the problem of having several mistresses: Madame Ouspen- skaya, the spider monkey and the love- birds. Gladiola’s chief duty is to keep the love-birds happy and amused. When there is a premiere at Grauman’s Chi- nese Theatre, Gladiola must remember to put covers over the cages so that the nearby lights don’t get in their eyes! Ida Lupino’s Lily must awaken Ida with three cups of tea each morning. It takes the third to give Idsey the vaguest idea that another day has dawned. Then, there’s the dinner problem. Dinner, Ida gives orders, must be on time to the minute. It is. Ida says, “Just five min- ‘utes more, Lily, Helen Hayes is on the radio.” It is announced again. Ida says, “Just five more minutes, Lily, Mr. Hay-: ward is listening to the news broadcast.” By the time the Haywards sit down to dinner the ducklings have become old ganders, and the hot coffee is iced. Every Saturday night everyone in town “drops in” and everyone must be treated as “a member of the family.” So Lily must know, not only the intimate tastes and distastes of the Haywards, but also those of about five hundred of their “intimate” friends. Lily could qualify, she says, as a “mood detector.” Because Ida, being a dramatic young person, can never make up her mind what she wants to wear, and Lily must determine whether the Lupino mood is a “black mood,” a “white mood” or one of sultry scarlet! Now that you’ve seen and heard how the other half lives, don’t all those “Ser- vant Problems” seem pale and tepid compared to “Mistress Problems,” which require servants to be contortionists, jit- terbug artists, voice mimics, deaf-mutes, salesmen, tap dancers, lie-detectors, scav- enger hunters, mousers, critics, Beatrice Fairfaxes and mind-readers in order to give complete satisfaction? Jane Withers and her screen discovery Buddy Pepper do some plain and fancy jumping in Citadel, Hollywood's favorite game, twixt scenes of "Golden Hoots. MODERN SCREEN

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A GREAT PERFORMANCE (Continued from page 45) The background of the picture is the countryside around Charlottesville, Vir- ginia—filmed in Technicolor. It is a land of peace and plenty, where life is leisure- ly and graceful. It’s easy to think of Madeleine in such a setting. That’s ironic, too, because it didn’t seem natural to her to be there. It was like a dream. Unreal. Only a few days before she had been in a place where people were starving and life was a nightmare of brutality and horror and suffering with war the only reality. Every British player in Hollywood has been hard hit by the war. All of them have offered their services. And England has told every last one—including David Niven and Richard Greene—to stay in Hollywood, to keep on working, to help financially. Acting isn’t easy for any of them these days, reading and hearing and thinking about what’s happening Over There. And, particularly, it isn’t easy for Madeleine. She has also seen what’s happening. HEN she finished “North West Mounted Police” last May, she faced a six weeks’ vacation. It was her first va- cation in months. And, perhaps, her last chance to try to see the people she loved. The Germans were beginning to bomb London, overrun France. She boarded the Clipper, bound for Europe. She didn’t think of it as courageous; she felt it was the only thing to do. She wanted to get her parents and her younger sister, Marguerite, out of Eng- land—to safety. She wanted to make sure that the 200 orphans of the Maison de Charite in Paris, for whom she had assumed financial responsibility when war broke out, could be evacuated from her chateau near Oise in case that be- came a danger zone. And—last, but not least—she wanted to marry the man she loved, Lieut. Richard de la Rozier, skip- per of a French bomber . . . while there was still time. By the time the Clipper landed in Lisbon she was frantic. The Germans were threatening Paris—and Oise was only 17 miles away. She couldn’t think of anything but getting there before it was too late. She left her baggage on the pier at Lisbon, except for an over- night bag, and rushed north across Por- tugal and Spain to the French border. The day she arrived in Biarritz, across the Bay of Biscay from Spain, Paris fell. She had no way of knowing what had happened to the orphans. She had no way of knowing what had happened to her fiancé, who had been stationed in Paris. No way of knowing whether he might have been shot down, or taken prisoner, or wounded or whether he might still be flying. Frantically she sent wires to the places - where the French government was ru- mored to have gone, to officials she knew —hbegging them for information. Then she waited in an agony of suspense for their answers. None ever came. She determined to try to go north herself, searching for someone, some- where, who would know. She offered fabulous sums for a car and driver. Peo- ple looked at her as if she were mad. No one would think of driving north, with the roads clogged with refugees fleeing south. Every day they were pouring into Biarritz. And no one would FEBRUARY, 1941 part with his car for any price. He might need it to save his life, tomor- row, next week. She tried, desperately, to find someone with an airplane who would fly her north—or to England. That search was as fruitless as the other. There was nothing she could do but wait, hoping against hope, reading news bulletins, watching the endless lines of refugees, doing what she could to help care for some of them—especially the children, ragged and starving and dazed, lost from their parents. For days, weeks, she watched those endless lines of refugees—pitiful, terri- fied people, driven from their homes, go- ing they knew not where. She heard nothing else, except that the Germans were pressing relentlessly forward. HE knew that France couldn’t hold out. She knew, too, that when France fell, the conquerors would consider her an enemy. But still she stayed. Even after the French authorities began stamp- ing the visas of all foreigners every half hour to discourage their staying. She didn’t cross back into Spain until the day before France surrendered. She had a bad moment at the border. A suspicious official asked her if she hadn’t played in the picture, “Blockade,” which the present government of Spain didn’t like. She had to act on the spur of the moment. She forced a laugh. “Oh, no, that was another actress named Madeleine Carroll,” she said. He decided to believe her. She went to Madrid, sent more wires that brought no answers, made more ef- forts to fly to England that brought no results. Long before the civil war in Spain, she had bought a house in Spain for vaca- tions. She went there now. No one was there except the old couple who took care of the place. She stayed with them —while she still waited for word from France, or word from her parents that they could come to her. She passed the time cleaning, working in the garden, in the suit she had worn ever since she had stepped off. the Clipper. The only word she had before it came time for her to take the Clipper back to the United States to return to work was from her parents. They said they didn’t want to leave England. It was where they had always lived. It was where they wanted to die. She had been back in America several days before she had her first word from her fiancé—a cable from North Africa, telling her that he had flown his bomber there to join General Nogues’ forces, which would still fight on. But General Nogues changed his mind about fighting on. He ordered Lieut. de la Rozier to fly his plane back to France. Since then, there has been only silence. It was weeks, too, before she heard what had happened to the orphans. A letter from one of the Charity Sisters finally broke through the wall of silence between occupied and unoccupied France. The children were back at the chateau now, safe. They had received some of the money she had sent. All this time Madeleine had been send- ing money to the orphans with no assur- ance that they were getting it. All she could do was to hope. She’s still send- ing it, still hoping. Soon after her return to America the Germans started their mass bombings of London. And all she could think of was her father and mother and sister, living 93

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Marguerite had spent the weekend be- fore with her father and mother in Kent. There had been an air raid, and she had seen the effect on “Daddy.” All his life, he had been a professor of romance lan- guages, a man living in the past. These bombings were his first contact with brutal reality. “Mummy has an awful time with him during a raid,” Marguerite wrote. “He turns white with horror. ’m afraid the shock may kill him.” And just before Griffith knocked on her dressing-room door, Madeleine had been reading the end of the letter again: “How pleasant it must be over where you are—no war and no air raids—just warm sun. I will say goodbye to you now. Cross your fingers for me.” That was the last letter Madeleine was ever to have from Marguerite. Only a few days later, a bomb landed -squarely on 51 Lexham Gardens—and Marguerite was there. Madeleine was at home when reporters phoned her the tragic news. “I won't be- lieve it,” she told them. “It can’t be true. I haven’t had direct word from my mother or father.” Distraught, she cabled her mother. No answer had come by the time she had to leave for the studio next morning after a sleepless night. But she didn’t beg off from work. She reported as usual right on the dot of nine. Halfway through the morning, a mes- senger handed her a cablegram. A con- firmation from her mother of the news report. Madeleine didn’t break down—at least, not where anyone could see her. She went to her dressing-room, closed the door and stayed inside about a half-hour. Then she came out and went back to work. She wanted to fly to Europe again after she finished the picture and would have if Paramount hadn’t begged her to make personal appearances in Canada with “North West Mounted Police”—with the proceeds to go to British War Relief. Even those who know the story and know Madeleine wonder how she has been able to go on acting, making per- sonal appearances, forming knitting clubs for British War Relief and helping this cause and that—when her own heart must be breaking. Someone asked her the other day how she has been able to “carry on.” Her only answer was: “Well, it’s a wonderful thing for a woman to be able to work at a time like this, with so many unfortunate people needing help.” GOOD NEWS (Continued from page 53) DISCORDANT DUET From a reliable source comes word that the team of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy may be broken up forever. Jeanette and Nelson, we are told, have not worked together happily for a long while and only their terrific combined box office appeal has prevented them from splitting before this. Recently their studio announced that they would star in separate pictures in the fu- ture, so it seems fairly certain that “Bitter- sweet’ must have ended on a sour note. SHORT SHOTS John Garfield's exhibiting a letter from a fan who enclosed a dollar and asked him to get a haircut. . . . Eddie Norris’ home is decorated with pictures of his three former wives, the first, a Philadelphia socialite, the second, actress Lona Andre, and the third, UGLY Citic Steal Bearily ._ Remove It Easily, Safely with ON ~\ TRIMAL a ef, WELL-MANICURERAH TH 94 Wie cotton around the end of an orangewood stick. Saturate with Trimal and apply to cuticle. Watch — dead cuticle soften. Wipe it away with a towel. You will be amazed at the results. On sale at drug, department and 10-cent stores. Trimal Labs., Inc., Los Angeles. Complete with _ manicure stick and cotton our own Annie Sheridan. ... In appreciation of Albert Basserman’s great »erformance in a recent flicker, writer Clifford Odets sent him orchids. . . . Harold Lloyd is plot- ting an early-in-the-year return to acting. . . . Those beautiful corsages Jeanette Mac- Donald's wearing on her concert tour are made of artificial posies. Real flowers give her hay-fever. . . . Arty Richard Halliday, who once rented a house in Beverly Hills because he liked the crayon drawings in the dining room, now selects all of wife Mary Martin’s clothes. . . . Rudy Vallee is pulling the crowds away from his own Pirate’s Den by appearing at the Victor Hugo, a rival nite-spot. Credit Perc Westmore with rigging up the most unique Christmas tree in town. It stood in his beauty salon and was hung with green, gold and silver compacts instead of Christ mas balls. . . . Claude Rains has snapped at least one picture of his daughter, Jennifer, every day for the last two and one-half years. .. . Dotty Lamour, taking advantage of the new glass shoe fad, is sporting a- slender gold ring on her little toe. . . . Dick -Powell has opened a new drugstore in Hollywood. . . . Jane Darwell lost a strong part in Tobacco Road” because the role demanded that she run around in bare feet—and Janie’s got a complex about it! SAGA OF THE WEST. Mae West, the most durable glamour girl in show business, is on the verge of.making her forty-second comeback. Only this time Mae will return as a film producer and not as a purveyor of sex appeal. For a full year she’s been in retirement, has lazied (Continued on page 96) MODERN SCREEN

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It’s located in a building that’s owned by an organization which aids un- fortunate boys. Mae’s lived in it ever since she came to the coast six years ago and, though she’d like to move out, she won't because she realizes that her name in the door bell induces free-spending tourists to rent neighboring apartments. And so Mae West, always connected with sex and sin, - remains in a small, inexpensive flat and plays fairy-godmother to over 400 unsus- pecting males! HAIR NOTES Number One: Rita Hayworth was converted into a “Strawberry Blonde’’ by having her hair bleached yellow and then hennaed. . Number Two: No movie actress who has consistently worn a sleek, upslung-in- the-rear hairdo has remained popular. Seems there’s an ugly spot on the neck that, left uncovered and blown up several thousand times on the screen, robs a woman of her attractiveness. Number Three: Tony Martin, asked how he liked Lana Turner as a blonde, replied: ‘Say, I'd like that one even if she were bald-headed.” JOB INSURANCE Randolph Scott is a very busy man. And the thing that keeps him busy is Randolph Scott. Randy is the town’s foremost male worship- per of the torso terrific and devotes three or four hours a day to swimming, riding, golfing and hiking, just to keep himself lovely. "Other actors spend their spare time learn- ing to waltz or warble,’ explains Randy. “I spend mine keeping my body in trim. But we're all doing the same thing. We're build- ing fan appeal.” AN ORCHID TO JEFFREY While we haven’t given Jeffrey Lynn’s per- sonal health record a careful check-up, we're certain he’s escaped one affliction that most rising stars suffer. That's the affliction known as “Going Hollywood,’ and its symptoms are an abnormal swelling of the head plus an inability to remember one’s old friends. Our proof that Jeffrey's still an okay guy is the little wooden: file box he keeps atop his bedroom bureau. In the box are cards con- taining the names and addresses of all the acquaintances, friends and relatives he as- sists monthly with money and gifts, and it's our pleasure to report that the number of cards increases as Jeff's income does. Aside from that we have no comment to make about Jeffrey Lynn, except this: if Dana Dale doesn't grab that man right quick, well, gangway— we're putting on our war-paint! MODERN DAY CYRANO Mike Gordon has written love letters to al- most every beautiful actress in Hollywood. He's written to Hedy Lamarr, Marlene Die- trich and Alice Faye—written of their eyes, their lips, of the moon and a secret rendez- yous. He’s written over 250 passionate let- ters to great stars, all of which have been read and many of which have been an- swered. Yet Mike Gordon has never been married, jilted or sued. Who is this strange person? Well, we'll tell you. He's a pro- fessional love letter writer, that’s what. When the script of a movie calls for a ro- mantic letter, Mike Gordon is the gent whe composes it. He reads the story, gets in the mood and then knocks off a poem of pas- sion like pancakes at breakfast. “Nothing to it,” he confesses. “But I never write them outside the studio. They're too dangerous. Besides, when I leave the lot, I gotta keep my mind off my work.” MUCHA SWELL While still recovering from a series of earth- quakes, Hollywood was hit by a South American cyclone. And a very lovely one at that. Her name is Carmen Miranda and she’s the lassie who scored so terrifically in “Down Argentine Way.’ Carmen's se quences in that picture were filmed in New York and then tacked on to the finished product, but for her role in The Road to Rio” she’s come all the way out to the coast Carmen's giving the town plenty to ialk about. She always wears red, seldom re moves her head-hugging turban and tre- fuses to learn English. It’s this last item that’s driving her voice coach, Charles Henderson, nearly crazy. In order to teach her to sing in English, he must learn Portuguese! WHY MEN LEAVE HOME When Don Ameche disappeared from home recently, leaving behind his wife and four ; children, the Hollywood scandal-line buzzed with speculation. Where had Don gone, and with whom, asked the curious—and when would he be back, if ever? His wife would say nothing, his studio would say less. The Ameche mystery seemed insoluble. Then one sunny morning about four weeks later. the runaway returned to town. The first person he met was an old friend, a former school chum. “Just between us,” said, the friend, ‘who was the date, Don?” ‘The date,” Don repeated. ‘There were eleven of them! I spent the last month touring the country with the Notre Dame football team, eating with them, sleeping with them and sitting on the benches while they played. I attended four colleges in my youth—but this is the first time I’ve stuck to one school long enough to see it through a football season!” FIRE PREVENTION Residents living in the vicinity of Warner Bros. report that three times in the past week the studio has appeared to be in flames. However, snoopers searching for the arson- bug found the real source of the sizzle on the set of ‘Footsteps in the Dark’’ where Miss Lee Patrick was doing a hig strip-tease scene. So hot was Miss Patrick that half the Will Hays censorship board stood on the sidelines ready to pounce while she did her number. According to reports, they nodded approvingly as she removed one garment and then another and another, but when * she leaned over and began to roll her sheer silk stockings down the fullness of her thighs, they screamed. That was too sug- gestive! Remarked Miss Patrick: “Well, the censors taught me one thing—that brassieres may come and brassieres may go, but my stockings stay on forever!” DISA AND DATA Greta Garbo, cold weather notwithstanding, strolls around town with open sandals and stockingless tootsies . . . Ann Sheridan has a private detective guarding her home against prowlers . . . Bill Gargan used to write magazine yarns under the name of Belden Fitzgerald before the movie bug bit 4 . Jackie Cooper and Bonita Granville have a daily luncheon date in the Metro commissary even when they're not work- ing . .. There's a new swimming pool in Ginny Weidler’s back yard... Babs Hut ton has 20 servants in her Brentwood home. MODERN SCREEN 6

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QVIE 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 newspaper critics all over the country. 4y%¢ means very good; 37x, good: 27x, fair: 14, poor. C denotes that the pic- ture is recommended for children as well as adults. Asterisk shows that only Modern Screen rating is given on films not yet reviewed by newspapers as we go to press. e General ° Picture Rating Picture aS All This, and Heaven Too (Warners)...--.+-.- 4k Meet the Wildcat (Universal)..............+- 1) *& Always a Bride (RKO).......---+++2+22++--e Wk Men Against the Sky (RKO)................ 3 Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (M-G-M).....- 3% Mexican Spitfire Out West (RKO)............ Ik Angels Over Broadway (Columbia)........-..- 214% Midnight (Paramount)............-..eeeeeeee 3% Argentine Nights (Universal)....... --24%4% Money and the Woman (Warners)..........-. Wyk Arise, My Love (Paramount)... -. 4% *Moon Over Burma (Paramount)... . Mh *Arizona (Columbia).........++++++--+-+++5> hodtal perm pe Oa as 5 ue Wis Pe aislterti ome teramtesraie ummy’s Hand, The (Universal). 2k ne NO OUND ORNS ee lsiare ele te 34% Murder in the Air (Warners)..... Ik Black Diamonds® (Universal)..........+++++0-+ 2% My Favorite Wife (RKO)..... - 3% Blondie Plays Cupid (Columbia)...........-. My Little Chickadee (Universal). hk Boom Town (M-G-M)..... EP acern ijstetwrais soe 1 My Love Came Back (Warners)... Le Boys from Syracuse, The (Universal)..........-- 34% My Son, My Son (United Artists)............. sok Brigham Young—Frontiersman (20th Century-Fox). 3% New Moon (M-G-M).............-..000008 Calling Philo Vance (Warners)........++:++-+- Wh ke North West Mounted Police 5 Captain Caution (United Artists)...........+.- hk Northwest Passage (M-G- Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (20th Century- No Time for Comedy (Warners) OX)ecccreceeercreseeccrsrersorsccceres ak Oklahoma Kid, The (Warners)..............-- 3k Christmas in July (Paramount)........+2..+-+++ 3% Oklahoma Renegades (Republic)............. Wak City for Conquest (Warners).......-.-+5+2+08. One Crowded Night (RKO)................-- * Colorado (Republic)..........+-..ssssseseeee One Million B. C. (United Artists).......... C 3 Comin’ Round the Mountain (Paramount)...... Opened by Mistake (Paramount)............. Wek Cowboy From Texas (Republic) seeee> 2% Our Town (United Artists).........--.-.+0+00e Ax Cross Country Romance (RKO)..........2-2++- Out West With The Peppers (Columbia)...... C Wk Dance, Girl, Dance (RKO).........--.-++-55> * = Pastor Hall (United Artists)................. 3k Dancing on a Dime (Paramount).............+- 2 Phantom Raiders (M-G-M)............-0+e0- Dk Devil's Island (Warnets)....-+-..+2+e2ese2eceee Pier 13 (20th Century-Fox)..........ceceeeee Wak Devil's Pipeline, The (Universal).........-...- Pinocchio (RKO)........2.+eecceeccecceees C 4* Diamond Frontier (Universal)...........++++- Pioneers of the Frontier (Columbia)............ Ik *Dispatch From Reuter's, A (Warners)..-.-- +. Pop Always Pays (RKO)...........-+eseeeee Wyk Dr. Kildare Goes Home (M-G-M)......-- .. Prairie Law (RKO).........2cceeeecceceeeces ok Down Argentine Way (20th Century-Fox) Pride and Prejudice (M-G-M)..........--+00 3k Earl of Puddlestone (Republic)...........-.++- Public Deb No. 1 (20th Century-Fox).......... Qe East of the River (Warners).........-.-+.5506. Quarterback, The (Paramount)..............6. Wak Escape (M-G-M)...---+e-eseee eee e reece eeee Queen of the Mob (Paramount)............--- 3 Fantasia (Walt Disney).........-..-.-+-++ C Ar Queen of the Yukon (Monogram)............. Ik Five Little Peppers in Trouble (Columbia). ..... C 2% Ragtime Cowboy Joe (Universal).............. I Flowing Gold (Warners)........ eee teen ences 3 Ramparts We Watch, The (March of Time-RKO). 314% Foreign Correspondent (United Artists).........- Ak Rangers of Fortune (Paramount)..............+- 3 Free, Blonde and 21 (20th Century-Fox).......-. 2% Rebecca (United Artists).............eseeeees 4* French Without Tears (Paramount)...........-. Wk Rhythm on the River (Paramount)...........-. 3a *Gallant Sons (M-G-M)....----++-222s-++e0% 914% Road to Singapore, The (Paramount).......... Wk Gambling on the High Seas (Warners).....----. 24% Safari (Paramount)........ssecceseserereeee Mak Gay Caballero, The (20th Century-Fox).......- 242% Sailor's Lady (20th Century-Fox).......2.-.+0 9 Ghost Breakers, The (Paramount)........-.--++ 3% Saint's Double Trouble, The (RKO)............ 2 ke Girl from Avenue A (20th Century-Fox).......- C 2% Sea Hawk, The (Warners).............seeeeee 3k Girl from God's Country (Republic)...........- 2% Seven Sinners (Universal)............-....00- 3k Girl from Havana, The (Republic).......--.-.-- 2%% Sidewalks of London (Paramount Release)...... 3 Girls Under 21 (Columbia)............--.--- 2% Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (Republic)............ 5) Glamour for Sale (Columbia)...........----- 2% Sky Murder (M-G-M)..........----eeee eres I Gold Rush Maisie (M-G-M)......---->-++---- 2%2% — Slightly Honorable (United Artists)............ 3% Golden Fleecing, The (M-G-M).......-.----- 3% Slightly Tempted (Universal)..............-65 9 Gone With the Wind (M-G-M)........------- 4% South of Pago Pago (United Artists)........... Wak Grapes of Wrath, The (20th Century-Fox)...-...- 4* South to Karanga (Universal)...............+. Wk Great Dictator, The (United Artists).......----- 3%2% So You Won't Talk? (Columbia).............. Wak Great McGinty, The (Paramount)....-.------- 342% Spirit of Culver, The (Universal)............. C2 *& Great Profile, The (20th Century-Fox).......-.- hk Sporting Blood: h-G-M) poerae Ay tp ot cme tne clan Honeymoon (M-G-M)........--++-> 3 pring Parade (Universal).......esceeeceeees he for aan perives Matciseemees 2% Stanley and Livingstone (20th Century-Fox)..... 3k Hired Wife (Universal)........+2+eeeeeceeoee 3 Star Dust (20th Century-Fox) ee Honeymoon Deferred (Universal).........-.--- 1, Stranger on the Third Floor (RKO). 3 House of Seven Gables (Universal)........-.-.- Wh Strike Up the Band (M-G-M)... sk Howards of Virginia, The (Columbia).........- 314% Stronger Than Desire (M-G-M). Wak Hullabaloo (M-G-M)........+-- podacocosDGa0 2% Susan an od (M-G-M)... ak s : Swiss Family Robinson (RKO)... : 34k ‘ Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby = ; (Universal)....-2.ececescecececerseseces 2% They Drive by Night (Warners)............... 3 If 1 Had My Way (Universal)..... ArecEBOSO C 3% ‘They Knew What They Wanted (RKO)........ Bk | Love You Again (M-G-M)......-...-.+-+-++ 3% Thief of Bagdad, The (United Artists).......... 3k | Married Adventure (Columbia).............- 35k Third Finger, Left Hand (M-G-M)............ 3 I'm Still "Alive (RKO).......--ceeeecececenees 214% Those Were the Days (Paramount).......... CQ In Old’Missouri (Republic)..................- 9% Three Faces West (Republic)................ 3 lrenemn (RKO) seeeietoriseeiisiecicricjactio sale 3x Three Smart Girls Grow Up (Universal)........ C 3x Isle of Destiny (RKO)....----+-eeeereceeeeeee 9% Thundering Frontier (Columbia)..............- lk I Take This Woman (M-G-M)...........-.--- 2% Tin Pan Alley (20th Century-Fox)............ ak | Want A Divorce (Paramount)......-.......-- 3% Tom Brown's eres! pars (RKO).. -C 3% Kit Carson (United Artists). 02.0002. 00s000e00 0+ ON ESS aneeies ries Knute Rockne—All American (Warners)........ 3h * THe Jee UL’ Oduscccoa: aa ake Ladies Must Live (Warners)......-2+++220e0-> thd Tugboat Annie Sails Again (Warner 2p te *Lady with Red Hair, The (Warners)........... 3x Vicon (Paramaunt) 3k Last Alarm, The (Monogram)..........-..+-- oe JUST eh ell Une go a0 0ooCOG COD ODP OOD DOGG Letter, The (Warners).......-.--seee eee e ees 4% Vigil in the Night (RKO).......-++--..++++5- 3 Little Bit of Heaven (Universal)............-- C 3x Waterloo Bridge (M-G-M).......0+eeseeseeee Bik *Little Nellie Kelly (M-G-M).............+.. C 3x Westerner, The (United Arrtists)........-....++- 3% Long Voyage Home, The (United Arrtists)...... 4 We Who Are Young (M-G-M)......-.------> 3 Lucky Cisco Kid (20th Century-Fox)............ 3 When the Daltons Rode (Universal)............ 34k Lucky Partners (RKO)...---2-2eccceeeereeaee 3% World in Flames, The (Paramount).......--+.+.. 3k Mad Men of Europe (Columbia)....... Re ee 2% Wyoming (M-G-M)....---+-eeeeere eee e reece 3 Mal He's Making Eyes At Me (Universal)...... Wh You'll Find Out (RKO).........ceeeeseeveeves 3 Man | Married, The (20th Century-Fox)......... 3* Young As You Feel (20th Century-Fox)......... lk Man Who Talked Too Muck, The (Warners)... -242% Young People (20th Century-Fox)........... CWA Mark of Zorro, The (20th Century-Fox)......... Bak Young Tom Edison (M-G-M).......-.++++++ C Ak Maryland (20th Century-Fox)................ 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(Continued from page 83) DATE OF MATE'S PREVIOUS STATUS OF’ NAME MARRIED SO MARRIAGE PROFESSION MATES SN MARRIAGE Payne, John Anne Shirley Aug. 22, 1937 Actress None Julie Ann, 6 mos. Still on honeymoon Pidgeon, Walter Ruth Walker Summer, 31 Non-prof. One Edna, 18, by first wife Parted but friendly Mildred Ellen, 212; Norman, 6, Powell, Dick Joan Blondell Sept. 20, 1936 Actress Wenn by Joan’s first mar- Sweethearts forever riage Eileen Wil- van Powell, William Diana Lewis Jan. 5, 1940 Actress son, Carole ee 16, by Ist Still kiss in public Lombard wee Power, Tyrone Annabella Apr. 23, 1939 Actress None None Inseparable Preston, Robert Kay Feltus Nov. 8, 1940 Actress None None Matchmates Price, Vincent Edith Barrett Apr. 23, 1938 Actress None Vincent, 4 mos. Couldn’t be swoonier Raft, George Grace Mulrooney About 1916 None None One son, about 23 In name only Isabel Jeans, P Marie Hemin- : This one seems to Rains, Claude Frances Propper Apr. 8, 1935 Non-prof. way, Beatrice Jennifer, 3 ety Thompson Rambeau, Marjorie Francis Gudger Nov. 19, 1931 pee any About five None This time it’s real Rathbone, Basil Ouida Bergere Apr. 18,1926 Scenarist Ethel Forman Roce 24, by first ae day is party Ratoff, Gregory Eugenie Leontovich Dec. 8, 1922 Actress None None On again; off again Raymond, Gene Jeanette MacDonald June 16, 1937 Actress None None Sweetness and light Reagan, Ronald Jane Wyman Jan. 26, 1940 Actress None None Infanticipating Manny, 7; daughter, 5 Robinson, Edw. G. Gladys Lloyd Summer, ’26 a stage None 24, by wite’s first Mae adoration marriage SOE Rogers, Buddy Mary Pickford June 27, 1937 Retired actress None None Love-birds Rogers, Roy Ross, Shirley Arline Wilkins Ken Dolan June 11, 1936 Non-prof. None Sept. 18, 1938 Actors’ agent None Cheryl, 5 mos. None No chance for ‘rustlers Still hold hands at movies Schildkraut, Joseph Marie McKay May 27,1932 Non-prof. Elise Bartlett None No disturbances Scott, Martha Carleton Alsop Sept. 16, 1940 Radioproducer None None The real McCoy Scott, Randolph Marianna Somerville Mar. 23,1936 Socialite None None No hope at Shirley, Anne John Payne Aug. 22, 1937 Actor None Julie Anne, 6 mos, “ Potential Darby Sidney, Sylvia Luther Adler Aug. 12, 1938 Actor Bennett Cerf Jacob, III, 1 Soulmates Sondergaard, Gale Herbert Biberman May 8,.1930 Stage director None None Having fun Sothern, Ann Roger Pryor Sept. 27, 19836 Band-leader None None “Just wondy” Stanwyck, Barbara Robert Taylor May 14, 1939 Actor Frank Fay Dion, 8, adopted -Honeymoon’s over Stephenson, James Lorna Dinn Dec. 1, 1938 Non-prof. None Peter, 8 mos. A bit of all right Stone, Lewis Hazel Woof Oct. 16, 1930 Non-prof. Two we daughters by Ist Hee ehee the heart Stuart, Gloria Arthur Sheekman July 28, 1934 Writer ones Sylvia, 544 So far, so good Henry Fonda, Brooke, 4; Bridget, Sullavan, Margaret Leland Hayward Nov. 15, 1936 Actors’ agent Wm. Wyler 144; 3rd coming Really smitten Sutton, John Charlotte Meier Apr. 25, 1933 Non-prof. None None - Sutton-ly is clicking Tamiroff, Akim Tamara Shayne Aug. 6, 1932 Russianactress None None Accent on love Taylor, Robert Barbara Stanwyck May 14,1939 Actress None None Winchell fodder Tracy, Lee Helen. Thomas July 21, 1938 Non-prof. One None Hearts are trump _ Tracy, Spencer Louise Treadwell July 28, 1923 unoeas None Johnny, 14; Susy, 6 egy, Award | Treacher, Arthur Virginia Taylor May 23, 1940 Stand-in None None Very good, sir Trevor, Claire Clark Andrews July 27, 1988 Script writer None None No rumors Tucker, Forrest Sandra Jolley Sept. 25, 1940 Showgirl “None None Time will tell Michael, 6; Toni : ’ 4 ake : 2 rare Love’s definitely not Wayne, John Josephine Saenz Spring, 1933 Socialite None (girl), 4; Patrick, 16 mos.; 4th coming ©” the Wayne Weaver, Marjorie George Schart Oct. 22, 1937 Tae None None Distr ee ng Weissmuller, Johnny Beryl Scott Aug. 20,1939 Socialite Pee © John Scott, 3 mos. somes aa | Whelan, Arleen Alexander D’Arcy Sept. 2, 1940 Actor None None Off to a good start Wilcoxon, Henry Joan Woodbury June 29, 1936 Actress San at Wendy, 1 Much to be thankful William, Warren Helen Nelson Oct. 15, 1920 Socialite None None Lifetime guarantee Wyman, Jane Ronald Reagan Jan. 26, 1940 Actor Heo Fut- One en route Every woman’s hope . Advertising Grant “Marriage ain’t Young, Loretta Tom Lewis July 31, 1940 Cyacutive Withers Judy, 5, adopted Measles” Young, Robert Elizabeth Henderson Mar. 6,1933 Non-prof. None Boe SiCarolnne, Gilt-edge security NEXT MONTH—Another chart listing ex-marrieds who live alone and like it 98 Printed in the U.S. A. by the Art Color Printing Company, Dunellen, N. J. MODERN SCREEN

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Mrs. Roger Williams, Jr. ‘‘T couldn’t ask for a finer cigarette than Camels. Wonderfully mild —and just-vight with flavor!’’ ee ge UF re Here are a few of the many other distinguished women who enjoy the ‘‘extras”’ in slower-burning Camels: ee CARVER WILLIAMS is a mem- _sber of a distinguished Boston family and, through marriage, is connected with the Williams fam- ily of Rhode Island fame. In the portrait, Mrs. Williams is shown — | wearing some of her family jewels. e Mrs. Williams spends a great deal of her time traveling in the states. “Wherever | am,” she says, “1 make it a point to have plenty of Miss Peggy Beadleston, New York Miss Nancy Beadleston, New York Mrs. Nicholas Biddle, Philadelphia Mrs. Gail Borden, Chicago Mrs. Powell Cabot, Boston Mrs. Charles Carroll, Jr., Maryland Mrs. J. Gardner Coolidge 2p, Camel cigarettes on hand. I never eA ee 13 tire of Camel’s fine, flavorful taste. Li aa g a i Ce uke Aad Camels ext mildness is IGARETTE OF COSTLIER TOBACCOS é d Miss Eleanor Frothingham, Boston something special!” In recent Jaboratory tests, an Teatro DA = ee 2 Ill CAMELS burned 25% slower rs. Kutus Paine spalding ? < i than the average of the 15 other Pasadena She collects antique silver and dc ot thes lene ent eee eee Mrs. Oliver DeGray Vanderbilt III, f 3 tested — slower than any of Cincinnati china, plays golf and badminton... | them, That means, on the ay- Nie TolineneNieVan Re neeclaee | i 3 : w erage, a smoking p/us equal to : . ? | but her favorite diversion 1s on ip INDO SYenE taining with buffet suppers. “Such 5 5 EXTRA SMOKES PER PACK! Copyright, 1940, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Winston-Salem, North Carolina ge LE EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA MILDNESS COOLNESS FLAVOR informal suppers,” she says, “af- ford a grand opportunity for just chatting and smoking. I notice that my guests prefer Camel cigarettes, too. And ever so often, I hear some- one say: ‘Camels are slower-burn- ing—they’re milder!” Get the “extras” with slower- burning Camels