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A  WOMAN  smiles — and  her  face 
glows  with  a  touch  of  splendor. 
(Dazzling  white  teeth  set  infirm,  healthy 
gums  help  create  that  lovely  moment.') 

Another  woman  smiles,  and  her 
charm  vanishes  before  your  eyes. 

{Dingy  teeth  and  tender  gums  halt  your 
attention  with  an  unpleasant  jolt .) 
"PINK  TOOTH  BRUSH"  IS  A  WARNING 

The  explanation  of  "pink  tooth  brush" 
is  remarkably  simple.  It's  because  almost 
no  one  nowadays  eats  the  coarse,  fibrous 
foods  so  stimulating  to  the  gums.  Our 


modern,  soft-food  diet  allows  them  to 
grow  tender  through  sheer  inaction. 
And  that's  why  the  warning  tinge  of 
"pink'  appears  so  often — why  modern 
dental  science  urges  Ipana  and  massage. 

Dental  science  says  you  must  massage 
the  gums  as  well  as  brush  the  teeth.  So 
rub  a  little  Ipana  on  your  gums  when  you 
brush  your  teeth.  Ipana,  massaged  into 
the  gums,  helps  restore  healthy  firmness. 

Change  to  Ipana  and  massage.  For, 
with  healthy  gums,  you  have  little  to 
fear  from  the  really  serious  gum  troubles 


IPANA 

TOOTH   PASTE 


—  from  gingivitis,  Vincent's  disease, 
and  pyorrhea.  And  the  brilliance  of 
your  smile,  the  whiteness  and  beauty  of 
your  teeth,  will  make  you  wish  you  had 
changed  to  Ipana  and  massage  long  ago. 

WHY  WAIT  FOR  THE  TRIAL  TUBE? 

If  you  like,  send  for  the  trial  tube.  But 
why  not  begin  today — now  —  to  secure 
the  full  benefit  of  Ipana  from  the  full- 
size  tube?  It  gives  you  a  month  of 
scientific  dental  care  .  . .  100  brushings 
.  .  .  and  a  quick,  decisive  start  toward 
healthy  gums  and  brighter  teeth. 

BRISTOL-MYERS  CO.,  Dept.M-95  C^ 

73  West  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y.  |JK' 

Kindly  send  me  a  trial  tube  of  IPANA  TOOTH 
PASTE.  Enclosed  is  a  it  stamp  to  cover  partly  the 
cost  of  packing  and  mailing. 


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Movie,  Classic  for  September,  1935 


A  CHALLENGE  TO  ALL  SCREEN   HISTORy! 

Think  back  to  your  greatest  film  thrill!  Recall  the  mightiest  moments 
of  romance,  action,  souUadventure  of  the  screen!  A  picture  has  come 
to  top  them  all!  For  many  months  Hollywood  has  marvelled  at  the  stu= 
pendous  production  activities  at  the  M=G=M  studios,  not  equalled  since 
Ben  Hur//;  for  many  months  three  great  film  stars  and  a  brilliant 
cast  have  enacted  the  elemental  drama  of  this  primitive  love  story.  Deeply 
etched  in  your  memory  will  be  Clark  Gable  as  the  handsome  seafar= 
ing  man;  Jean  Harlow  as  the  frank  beauty  of  Oriental  ports;  Wallace 
Beery  as  the  bluff  trader  who  also  seeks  her  affections.  "China  Seas"  is 
the  first  attraction  with  which  M=G=M  starts  its  new  Fall  entertain= 
ment  season. We  predict  its  fame  will  ring  lustily  down  the  years  to  come! 


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Lewis  STONE  •  Rosalind  RUSSELL 

Directed  by  Tay  Garnett  •  Associate  Producer:  Albert  Lewin 


A    METRO-COLDWyN=/|^  MAyER     PICTURE 

Movie  Classic  for  September,   1935 


JAMES  E.  REID 

Editor 

LAURENCE  REID 

Managing   Editor 


SEPTEMBER,      1935 


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CLASSIC 

EDITED   IN   HOLLYWOOD  AND   NEW  YORK 


SEPTEMBER  CLASSIC  FEATURES 

Chart  Your   Charm! by   Gertrude   Hill  24 

Why  Janet  Gaynor  Is  So  Popular     ....     by  Louise  Lewis  26 

The  Nelson  Eddy  Women  Want  to  Know   .   by  Dorothy  Spensley  28 

Be  a  One-of-a-Kind  Girl!     ....     by  Mary  Watkins  Reeve  30 

My   Friend,    Marion   Davies by   Eileen    Percy  3 1 

Freddie  Bartholomew's  Busy  Day by  Ida  Zeitlin  32 

First  Crossing  (a  short  and  true  story)     .     .     by  Harriet  Kahm  34 

They  All  Like  Irene! by  Jane  McDonough  37 

Ginger  Rogers — Past,  Present,  and  Future    .    by  Donna  Sheldon  38 

You  Wear  What  They  Tell  You by   Lyn    Miller  40 

How  Carole  Lombard's  Clothes 

Match  Her  Moods by  Virginia   Lane  44 

Give  Yourself  Some  New  Accessories!           .     by  Ann   Sothern  51 

Looks  Mean  a  Lot — of  Care by  Alison  Alden  52 

Secrets  of  the  Stars'  Closets     ....     by  Marianne  Mercer  54 

Sally  Eilers  Plays  Hostess by  Sonia   Lee  56 

MOVIE  CLASSIC'S  DEPARTMENTS 

The  Thrill  of  a  Voice  (an  editorial)     ...     by  James  E.   Reid  6 

They're    the    Topics 8 

New  Shopping  Finds by  the  Shopping  Scouts  12 

Hollywood's  Heart  Problems — and  Yours     .     by  Margaret  Dixe  14 

Speaking    of    Movies — Reviews           18 

This  Dramatic  World — Portraits 19 

Fashion  Foreword by  Gwen   Dew  42 

Classic's  Fashion  Parade 43 

Handy  Hints  from  Hollywood by  Marian   Rhea  70 

Just  As  You  Say — Letters  from  Readers 90 

COVER    PHOTOGRAPH    OF   CLAUDETTE   COLBERT    BY    EDWIN    BOWER    HESSER 

Madge  Evans  illustrates  the  September  mood — Back 
from  the  Trip  with  a  Smile.  She  has  summered  in 
England,   making   The  Tunnel  for  Gaumont-British 


W.   H.   FAWCETT 
President 


S.  F.  NELSON 
Treasurer 


Published  monthly  by  Motion  Picture  Publications,  Inc.,  (a  Minnesota 
Corporation)  at  Mount  Morris,  III.  Executive  and  Editorial  Offices,  Para- 
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offices,  7046  Hollywood  Blvd.,  Hollywood,  Calif.  Entered  as  second-class 
matter  April 1,  1935,  at  the  Post  Office  at  Mount  Morris,  III.,  under  the  act  of 
March  3,  1879.  Copyright  1935.  Reprinting  in  whole  or  in  part  forbidden 
except   by   permission  of  the  publishers.      Title  registered  in  U.S.  Patent  Office. 


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ROSCOE  FAWCETT 
Vice   President 


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MEMBER  AUDIT   BUREAU   OF  CIRCULATIONS 


Grace  Moore — young,  beautiful,  ani- 
mated— has  thrilled  this  old  world  as 
it  never  was  thrilled  before.  Hundreds 
of  thousands  of  people  have  tried  to 
tell  her  what  the  poet,  Orelia  Key  Bell, 
told  her  on  the  autographed,  hand- 
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JOAN  OF  ARC  heard  Voices — and  was  inspired  by 
them  to  lead  a  new  Crusade,  to  work  wonders  that 
the  world  had  never  seen  a  girl  perform  before. 

Five  hundred  years  later,  across  an  ocean  and  a  con- 
tinent, a  whole  city  heard  another  great  voice — and  again 
a  Crusade  was  started,  again  the  world  saw  a  girl  ac- 
complish a  new  miracle. 

The  name  of  the  city  is  Hollywood.  The  name  of  the 
girl  is  Grace  Moore. 

Her  voice  has  started  a  crusade  to  bring  great  music 
to  the  masses  on  everv  continent — throueh  the  masjic  of 
the  movies. 

The  movies  reach  the  far  ends  of  the  earth — beyond 
great  centers  of  population  to  lesser  cities,  remote  towns, 
the  last  outposts  of  civilization  itself. 

Grace  Moore  has  proved  that  movies  can  take  grand 
opera  where  it  has  never  been  before — even  by  radio, 
since  radio  has  yet  to  offer  any  thrill  for  the  eyes. 


•  BECAUSE  of  what  she  did  in  One  Night  of  Love, 
and  because  the  picture's  popularity  in  every  corner  of 
the  globe  proved  that  people  were  starved  for  the  thrill 
of  hearing  a  great  voice  singing  great  music,  Hollywood 
is  going  voice-conscious  and  composer-conscious. 

If  Grace  Moore  had  not  made  One  Night  of  Love, 
you  might  not  now  have  the  thrill  of  hearing  the  operatic 
baritone  of  Nelson  Eddy,  singing  music  worthy  of  his 
voice. 

Lily  Pons,  slender,  vivacious  French  prima  donna  of 
the  Metropolitan  Opera,  might  not  now  be  filming  Love 
Song  .  .  .  Gladys  Swarthout,  also  of  the  "Met,"  might 
not  now  be  in  Hollywood,  starring  in  Rose  of  the  Ranclw, 
with  Carmen  scheduled  .  .  .  Nino  Martini,  handsome 
Italian-American  opera  star,  might  not  now  be  filming 
Here's  to  Romance  .  .  .  Lawrence  Tibbett  might  not  now 
be  scheduled  to  make  Diamond  Horseshoe,  a  story  of  the 
Metropolitan  Opera  House  .  .  .  Mary  Ellis  might  never 
have  sung  on  the  screen  in  Paris  in  Spring. 

Before  Grace  Moore,  Hollywood  did  not  feel  the  need 
nf  operatic  voices. 


•  BUT  Grace  Moore  has  done  more  than  bring  opera 
and  operatic  voices  to  the  screen.  She  has  made  great 
singing  an  accomplishment  of  youth — of  attractive  and 
animated  youth.  Oversized  sopranos  with  a  multitude 
of  chins  can  no  longer  depend  just  on  vocal  quality  for 
romantic  appeal.  Not  with  the  Grace  Moores,  Lily  Ponses, 
Gladvs  Swarthouts,  Jeanette  MacDonalds  and  Mary 
Ellises  "lovely  to  look  at,"  as  well  as  delightful  to  hear. 

Again  in  her  new  picture,  Love  Me  Forever,  the  Moore 
style  of  singing  is  so  natural  and  her  enjoyment  of  sing- 
ing is  so  obvious  that  she  encourages  every  girl  to  dis- 
cover her  own  voice,  to  find  self-expression  in  song. 

She  is  a  living  illustration  of  the  fact  that  music  has 
charms  that  neither  kings  nor  commoners  can  resist. 


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i\omeo  and  Juliet!...  Antony  and  Cleopatra!... Tristan 
and  Isolde!... Dante  and  Beatrice!. ..Heloise  and  Abelard! 
. . .  Lovers  all — out  of  the  scores  upon  scores  of  lovers 
who  down  through  the  ages  have  fired  the  Imagination 
and  the  creative  artistry  of  bards  and  minstrels,  poets 
and  playwrights,  painters  and  writers. 

Without  end  are  the  enduring  love  stories  of  the  world 
—those  transcendental,  inspiring  romances  that  reach  into 
the  hearts,  souls  and  minds  of  people — to  lift  humans  out 
of  themselves  for  one  brief,  thrilling  instant  in  the  scheme 
of  things  and  make  them  kin  to  the  gods  in  Paradise! 

\_»/aking  its  place  alongside  the  immortal  love  romances  of 
all  time  is  the  touching,  tenderly  beautiful  story  of  Peter 
andMaryinDuMaurier's  glorious  tale,  "Peter  Ibbetson." 
Here  was  a  love  truly  beyond  all  human  yX^^^  ■ 
understanding — a  love  that  endured  through 
childhood,  manhood  and  old  age — a  love 
that  flamed  with  a  brilliant  intensity — a  love 
that  burned  even  beyond  the  grave. 


Gary  Cooper  and  Ann  Harding  in  a  scene  from  the  Paramount 
Picture  "Peter  Ibbetson"  directed  by  Henry  Hathaway 


As  a  novel,  "Peter  Ibbetson"  left  an  indelible  imprint  on 
all  who  read  it.  As  a  stage  play,  and  then  again  as  an 
opera,  idealized  with  music,  it  entranced  those  fortunate 
enough  to  have  witnessed  its  performance.  Nowit  is  being 
brought  to  the  screen  by  Paramount,  with  a  devotion  to 
casting  and  direction  that  promises  to  further  deify,  if  pos- 
sible, what  is  already  recognized  as  an  immortal  work. 

v_Jary  Cooper  has  been  chosen  to  portray  the  sincerity  and 
manly  manliness  of  Peter  Ibbetson,  while  Ann  Harding 
has  won  the  coveted  role  of  Mary,  who  was  the  Duchess 
of  Towers.  The  screen  play  has  been  placed  under  the 
lucid  and  understanding  direction  of  Henry  Hathaway, 
who  guided  the  destinies  of  "Lives  of  a  Bengal  Lancer." 

As  a  living,  breathing  canvas  that  recreates  the  glamor- 
ous scenes  and  the  passionate  interludes  of 
Du  Maurier's  story,  the  photoplay  "Peter 
Ibbetson"  gives  every  promise  of  presenting 
another  screen  masterpiece  in  this  story 
of  a  love  that  will  last  through  all  eternity. 


Movie  Classic  for  September,   1935 


They're  the  Topics. 


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Margaret  Lindsay,  like  everyone 
else  in  filmland,  is  taking  a  look 
at  the  San  Diego   Exposition  .  .  . 


Fashion  Headline; 

PARIS  hasn't  heard  of  this. 
Neither  has  New  York.  But  we 
predict  it  will  be  a  bigger  sensa- 
tion than  the  famous  Letty  Lynton 
dress.  We  predict  it  will  take  the 
feminine  world  by  storm.  We  mean 
— the  glamorous  neiv  evening  ivrap 
that  Adrian  has  just  designed  for 
Joan  Crawford  in  Glitter.  It's  a  polo 
coat  of  gold  metallic  cloth! 

Very  tailored,  with  the  same  lapels 
and  stand-up  collar  that  the  sports 
version  has,  it  is  the  best-looking 
thing  on  the  fall  horizon.  It  has  the 
dash  and  smartness  about  it,  with  that 
tightly  belted  effect,  that  made  the 
polo  coat  the  most  popular  coat  ever 
designed.  In  metal  cloth  or  in  one 
of  those  super-heavy  lames  for  even- 
ing, it  is  a  complete  knockout!  So 
get  yourself  four  and  a  half  yards  of 
material  (if  you  are  average  size),  use 
taffeta  for  the  lining,  resurrect  your 
old  camel's-hair  for  a  pattern — and 
lead  the  parade  at  the  night  for- 
mals  this  fall! 


New  notes  on  per- 
sonalities who  are 
always  good  news! 


O  STIFF  black  velvet  lined  with  taffeta 
is  going  to  be  an  unbeatable  combination 
this  season.  So  are  short  "cap"  sleeves. 
One  of  Adrian's  newest  Crawford  crea- 
tions has  all  three  features.  It  is  in 
black  velvet  with  a  muchly  starched  vest 
of  white  pique  that  has  rhinestone 
studs.  The  short  sleeves  have  flaring 
cuffs  of  the  pique  with  rhinestone  clasps. 
And  the  skirt — a  stunning  affair  with 
tunic    and   train. 

And,  speaking  of  Adrian,  he  has  gone 
in  for  trick  poultry  in  a  large,  large 
way.  Yes  sir,  Farmer  Adrian  has  two 
Japanese  roosters  with  tails  six  feet 
long  in  his  collection,  and  expects  them 
to  win  first  prize  at  the  county  fair  in 
October.  The  funny  part  of  it  is  that 
Tony,  the  French  poodle  that  Helen 
Hayes  gave  him  for  Christmas,  has 
adopted  the  roosters  and  won't  let  the 
other  poultry  near  them.  Believe  it  or 
not,  the  coops  have  special  devices  that 
automatically  record  each  egg  laid.  It 
may  be  a  long  jump  from   fashions  to 


fowls,  but  the  chickens  aren't  going  to 
fool  Adrian ! 


•  HE  was  practically  mobbed  at  the 
San  Diego  Exposition  by  women.  When 
they  saw  the  tall,  good-looking  chap 
and  discovered  who  he  was,  there  was 
no  holding  them  back.  The  gowns  he 
has  designed  recently  for  Garbo,  Joan 
Crawford,  Jeanette  MacDonald  and 
Norma  Shearer  are  on  display  there  and 
he  was  inspecting  the  magnificent  set- 
ting that  Fair  officials  had  accorded 
them.  Then  came  the  rush  of  eager 
femininity — and   Adrian    disappeared. 


•  MAE  WEST,  in  white  satin  with  a 
touch  of  red,  went  through  the  San 
Diego  Exposition  with  eight  body- 
guards. But  she  would  not  let  them 
ward  off  the  autograph-seekers.  "They 
pay  good  money  to  see  my  pictures, 
don't  they?"  she  demanded.  "If  they 
want  my  'John  Henry'  they  can  have  it !" 
In  the  Federal  Building,  where  a  mil- 
lion-dollar bank  note  is  on  display,  pro- 
tected by  marines  armed  to  the  teeth, 
Mae  stopped  for  a  long  moment.  "Why 
don't  you  boys  come  up  to  see  me  some 
time — and  bring  that  along?" 

[Continued  on  page  10] 


Wide  World 

And  a  good  time  was  had  by  all!     Marlene  Dietrich  and  Claudette  Colbert 
shared  hysterics  on  the  slide  at  Carole  Lombard's  "amusement  park  party" 


New 


****A    hat    for    15c !      My    goodness, 

/hat's   happening  in  the   fashion  world? 

>omething    smart,    we'll    tell    you,    for    a 

lell-known   company  has  devised  a  new 

lse  for  their  paper — a  chic  head-covering 

ise.    You  braid  and  sew  and  trim  accord- 

ng    to    instructions,    and    the    result    is 

.  lmething  pretty  special.     The  directions 

are  concise,   the  hats  are   easy  to  make, 

and  are  truly  good-looking.  What's  more, 

you  wouldn't  believe  they  were  paper   if 

you    didn't   examine    them    with    extreme 

care !     On  sale  at  department  stores. 

**-**Don't  you  love  something  new  on 
your  grocery  shelves?  Discover  a  brand 
spanking  new  food  product  that  is  simply 
delicious  !  It  is  an  imported-style  liver- 
wurst  roll  in  a  7-ounce  can,  and  at  its 
taste  you'll  call  for  more !  Excellent  for 
sandwiches,  for  summer  suppers,  for 
/  nors  d'oeuvres.  This  company  also  has 
canned  frankfurters  and  cocktail  sausages 
that  delight  your  tummy.     The  cans  are 


vacuum-sealed  for  freshness,  and  steam- 
cooked  for  flavor.  The  new  liverwurst 
is  27c  a  can,  3  cans  for  75c. 

****Let  your  books  stand  at  attention ! 
Books  hate  toppling  over  and  like  to  be 
held  by  smart-looking  book-ends.  The 
very  newest  have  a  spring  action  that 
keeps  the  books  erect  and  accessible. 
They  are  lightweight  in  a  smart  black 
and  chrome  finish,  chromium-plated  black 
solid  brass,  and  they  are  handicrafted 
by  the  company  founded  by  that  famous 
horse-riding  Paul  Revere  in  1801.  They 
make  marvelous  gifts  with  a  very  expen- 
sive look,  while  the  cost  is  only  $1  ! 

****Have  you  always  liked  leather 
jackets,  but  thought  they  were  pretty  ex- 
pensive? We've  found  the  answer  in 
these  sports  jackets  that  you  make  your- 
self of  small  leather  pieces  for  75c !  A 
package  of  material  contains  enough 
leather  (and  ample  instructions)  to  make 
a  grand-looking  patchwork  leather  jacket, 
chic  for  fall,  for  school  and  sports.  Who- 
ever had  this  swell  idea  certainly  used 
a  clever  head,  for  imagine  having  a 
leather  jacket  for  75c!  (50c  children's 
sizes.) 

****Women  sighed  for  it,  and  it  has 
been  provided — a  means  of  transporting 
perfume  around  in  a  purse.  You've  prob- 
ably wished  countless  times  that  you 
could  have  some  perfume  with  you,  but 
dreaded  carrying  a  bottle  in  your  purse 
for  fear  of  its  breaking  or  leaking.  No 
more !  The  case  is  a  graceful  fluted 
bakelite  one  containing  a  glass  cylinder 
filled  with  perfume.  It's  leak-proof, 
feather-light,  and  refillable.  You  can  get 
the  case,  and  the  perfume  for  75c. 

****Liquid  stockings !  Doesn't  that 
sound  like  a  grand  summer  idea?  A  fa- 
mous beauty  expert  conceived  the  idea, 
to  conceal  blemishes  and  give  the  legs 
a  silken  finish.  When  worn  under  sheer 
evening  stockings,  the  preparation  adds 
to  their  allure.  It  comes  in  four  shades  : 
Eggshell,  Evening,  Suntan,  Dark.  If 
your  legs  aren't  tanned  enough  to  suit 
you,  just  apply  this  and  you'll  look  like 
a  true  sun-worshiper.  The  price  of  this 
is   $1. 

****Wash  your  car  without  getting  it 
wet!  Sounds  sort  of  impossible,  doesn't 
it?     But  not  when  you  know  about  this 


Smart 

gals  .  .  .  our 

Sho 

Scouts 

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they 

found 

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for 

home 

and    items    to 

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welcome   news   for   everybt^y 

Find 

out    from    us 

what    is 

new  . 

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month 

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"dry-wash"    which    saves    eighty 
on  car-washing  cost.     There  are 
lion  people  now  who  dry-wash  th 
in  cold  weather,   and   the   number    i> 
creasing  for  summer  use,  too.     Just, 
this    product    on    your    dirty    car 
cloth,  and  away  scampers  the  d 
absolutely    simple,    and   makes    i 
keep  your  car  gleaming.     The  t. 
$1,  but  it  has  been  reduced  to  39c! 

****Inspired     by     the     informality     r 
Hollywood     entertaining     is     the     clev 
server   made    of   lightweight   wood;   It 
one  of  those  things  that  serves  many  pui 
poses   in   life,   from  being  a   cheeseboa1' 
to  acting  as  a  supper,  bread,  or  cock.t. 
board.    It  is  smart  to  look  at,  and  migl 
handy    to    have    while    entertaining, 
buys  it ! 

****There's  a  new  way  of  doing  the 
trick  of  quickly  removing  hair  from  the 
legs.  Just  whisk  these  mittenlike  affairs 
over  the  offending  hair,  and  it  vanishes 
Easy  to  use,  and  extremely  effective.  The 
cost   is   35c. 

****Mickey  Mouse  has  gone  bookish — 
in  a  set  of  three  little  books,  all  illus- 
trated by  his  foster-parent,  Walt  Disney. 
The  titles  are:  "Who's  Afraid  of  the  Big 
Bad  Wolf?",  "Adventures  of  Mickey 
Mouse",  and  "Little  Red  Ri(  ing  Hood". 
And  in  addition  to  these  charming  chil- 
dren's books,  there's  a  big  ruober  Mickey 
for  the  children  to  blow  up  an  '  "  w5tJ» 
The  three  books  in  a  box,  and 
ber  Mickey  Mouse  all  for  50c ! 

****Wash     windows     without 
"What    an    idea !"    say    you,    "I'll 
can't  be  done."     But  that  was  befc 
told    you    about    the    new    cleaner, 
whisk    a    small    cloth    dampened   w 
over  the  glass   and   follow   with   an 
whisk    with    a    dry    cloth.      That's 
Which    all    means    it    is    a    great   wi 
time-,   and   money-saver.     Excellent 
for   eyeglasses   and   automobile  windc 
Leaves  'em  all  sparkling. 

[Continued  on  page  81] 


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9  Nothing  ruins  the 
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HOLLYWOOD'S 

Heart  Problems 

— and  Yours 


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ROM  the  letters  that  come 
pouring  in  to  me,  I  know  that 
cities  are  going  to  he  more 
crowded  than  ever  this  fall  with 
young  girls  "starting  out  on  their 
own."  Young  girls  seeking  to  ex- 
press themselves  in  some  career, 
searching  for  freedom,  for  adventure. 
Young  girls  who  wonder  if  they  will 
need  every  ounce  of  courage  to  com- 
bat loneliness. 

"In  September,"  writes  one  of 
them  (who  is  typical  of  so  many), 
"I  am  leaving  for  a  new  job  in  the 
city.  .  .  How  shall  I  go  about  getting 
acquainted  with  people  and  having  a 
good  time?  .  .  .  What's  the  best  way 
to  get  ahead?  To  meet  worth-while 
men  ?" 

I  wish  I  could  have  a  talk  with 
each  one  of  you — because  the  cruel 
impersonality  of  the  city  is  bound  to 
be  tragic  for  some  of  you — unless,  of 
course,  you  know  how  to  break 
through  that  impersonality  and  make 
a  place  for  yourself.  It  isn't  so  very 
difficult,  really.  But  it  does  take  cour- 
age and  a  great  deal  of  common  sense. 


•  I  WAS  talking  about  this  to 
actress  Binnie  Barnes  at  lunch  re- 
cently. Binnie  has  the  limitless  charm 
of  the  girl  who  has  made  her  own 
way  in  life — and  thrived  on  the  ex- 
perience. She  seems  able  to  converse 
on  any  subject.  And  to  this  par- 
ticular subject  she  brings  an  under- 
standing and  sympathy  that  are 
genuine,  that  mean  something. 

"If  I  were  to  do  it  over,"  she  be- 
gan, "if  I  were  seventeen  again  and 
newly  arrived  in  London  to  make  a 
living,  I  certainly  would  not  go  to 
some  fifth-rate  rooming  house  as  I 
did !  That's  the  first  thing  a  girl 
usually  thinks  of  :  T  must  get  a  cheap 
room  somewhere  until  I  find  work.' 

"My  advice  is — don't  do  it!  Go  to 
some  girls'  club.  Every  profession 
seems  to  have  one  of  its  own.  Off- 
hand, I  can  think  of  the  Business 
Woman's  Club,  the  Secretarial,  The 
Theatrical — and  there  are  countless 
others.  Then  there  is  the  Y.W.C.A. 
The  main  point  is,  find  a  place  where 
you   can   have   companionship.      Let 

Movie  Classic  for  September,  1935 


me  tell  you,  that  is  the  most  important 
thing  the  first  few  weeks  you  are  in  a 
strange  city.  You  don't  pay  any 
more  to  live  at  such  places  and  living 
there  is  a  million  times  more  cheer- 
ful than  in  some  dark,  dingy  hall  bed- 
room. 

"Any  large  city  is  the  same, 
whether  it  is  London  or  New  York 
or  Los  Angeles.  A  girl  gets  buried  in 
them,  the  maze  of  streets,  the  mass  of 


Picture  yourself  in  Binnie  Barnes'  place 
sand  miles  away  from  home.  Would 


When  a  girl  "starts 
out  on  her  own"  in  a 
place  far  from  home 
how  can  she  avoid 
loneliness  .  .  .  best 
get  ahead  .  .  .  meet 
worth-while  men? 
Binnie  Barnes  gives 
several    answers! 

By  Margaret  Dixe 

people.  She  feels  lost.  She  is  so  lonely 
that  it's  like  a  physical  pain.  I  know ! 
I  went  through  it  all.  .  .  .  You  look 
for  work  all  day  and  then,  because 
you  have  no  place  else  to  go,  you  come 
'home'  to  a  dingy  two-by-four.  May- 
be the  landlady  speaks  to  you — about 
the  week's    [Continued  on   page  72] 


— among  strangers  in  a  city  six  thou- 
you  know  how  to  combat  loneliness? 


^  ■ 


'kf  Ex-Lax  Id  ~t&e  \deajf 
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VACATIONS  are  made  for 
fun.  Every  moment  is  pre- 
cious. But  often  a  change  of  water 
or  diet  will  throw  your  system 
"off  schedule"... and  you  need  a 
laxative. 

Ex-Lax  is  the  ideal  summer 
laxative  for  the  following  reasons 
given  by  a  well-known  New  York 
physician: 

1.  In  summer  you  should  avoid 
additional  strain  on  the  vital 
organs  of  the  body,  even  the  strain 
due  to  the  action  of  harsh  cathar- 
tics. Ex-Lax  is  thorough  but  gen- 
tle. No  pain,  strain,  or  griping. 

2.  In  summer  there  is  a  greater 


loss  of  body  fluids  due  to  normal 
perspiration.  Avoid  the  type  of 
laxatives  that  have  a  "watery" 
action.  Don't  "dehydrate"  your 
body.  Take  Ex-Lax. 

And  Ex-Lax  is  such  a  pleasure 
to  take  — it  tastes  just  like  deli- 
cious chocolate. 

So  be  sure  to  take  along  a  plenti- 
ful supply  of  Ex-Lax.  Ex-Lax 
comes  in  10c  and  25c  boxes  at  any 
drug  store. 

When    Nature  forgets  — 
remember 

THE     CHOCOLATED     LAXATIVE 


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Curly  Top"  is  tops  for  Shirley!   SHE 
DANCES  AGAIN  . . .  SHE  SINGS  2  SONGS 
in  this  excitingly  different  story! 

"SURPRISE!"  SHIRLEY  SEEMS  TO  SHOUT 
GLEEFULLY.  For  what  a  joy  package  of  surprises 
this  picture  will  be! 

"Curly  Top"  is  completely  different  in  story  and 
background  from  all  the  other  Temple  triumphs. 
This  time,  Shirley  plays  the  mischievous,  lovable 
ringleader  of  a  group  of  little  girls,  longing  for 
happiness  and  a  home.  Once  again,  she  dances — 
she  sings — in  that  winsome  way  which  captured 
the  heart  of  the  whole  world. 

And  .  .  .  SURPRISE!  .  .  .  Rochelle  Hudson,  as 
Shirley's  faithful  sister,  sings  for  the  first  time  on 
the  screen,  revealing  a  rich,  beautiful  voice  in  a 
song  that  will  be  the  hit  of  the  year.  Her  song 
duets  with  John  Boles — their  wealthy  and  secret 
benefactor — lead  to  a  love  duet  that  ends  in  perfect 
harmony! 

"Curly  Top"  is  tops  for  Shirley  .  .  .  and  that 
means  tops  in  entertainment  for  the  whole  family! 


1HBH 


"All  my  life,  I've  had  a  hunger 
in  my  heart  ...  a  hunger  to 
love  and  be  loved." 


'CU1UY  TOP' 


16 


with 

JOHN   BOLES 
ROCHELLE    HUDSON 

JANE   DARWELL 

Produced  by  Winfield  Sheehan 

Directed  by  Irving  Cummings 

• 

"Spunky— if  you  don't  stop  sneezing, 
you're  going  to  catch  p-monia.  You 
really  ought  to  have  a  hot  lemonade." 

Movie  Classic  for  September,  1935 


JANET  GA 


HENRY  FONDA 


Slim  Summerville     Jane  Withers 
Andy  Devine  Margaret  Hamilton 

Produced  by  Winfield  Sheehan 

Directed  by  Victor  Fleming 

Screen  Nay  by  Edwin  Burke 

From  Max  Gordon's  Stage  Play      "      Authors 

Fronk  B.  Elser  and  Marc  Connelly    •    Based  on 

the  novel  "Rome  Haul"  by  Walter  D.  Edmonds 


YOU . . .  who  loved  "State  Fair". . .  HAVE 
ANOTHER    TREAT   COMING! 

Set  in  a  dramatic,  colorful  era  of  American  life 
now  shown  for  the  first  time  .  .  .  when  the  speed 
of  the  railroad  doomed  the  picturesque  waterways 
.  .  .  this  story  is  a  refreshingly  new,  vital,  heart- 
warming tale  of  simple  folk  on  the  great  Erie 
Canal,  when  it  was  one  of  the  world's  wonders,  the 
gateway  through  which  civilization  took  its  West- 
ward march  .  .  .  when  its  lazy  waters  rang  with 
the  shouts  of  swaggering  boatmen,  bullying  their 
women,  brawling  with  their  rivals. 

Through  it  all  threads  the  romance  of  a  kissable 
little  miss  who  hides  her  sentimental  yearnings  be- 
hind a  fiery  temper  .  .  .  while  a  dreamy  lad,  home- 
sick for  the  soil,  contends  for  her  affection  with 
the  mighty-fisted  bully  of  the  waterways. 

Ask  your  theatre  manager  when  he  plans  to 
play  it! 


Movie  Classic  for  September,  1935 


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MOVIE 

CLASSIC'S     reviewers, 

for  your 

guidance,  rate  the 

new 

pictures 

as  follows: 

•     • 

•     •    Exceptional 

• 

•  •    Excellent 

•  •   Good 
•   Skip  it 

So 


ea 


o 


f  M 


ovies... 


MOVIE  CLASSIC  reviews  the  new 
pictures  from  a  feminine  viewpoint 


"La  Boheme"  is  sung  by  Grace  Moore 
and  Michael  Bartlett  in  Love  Me  For- 
ever in  a  thrillingly  beautiful  manner! 


®  9  •  @  Becky  Sharp  brings 
color  to  the  screen  and  undoubtedly  as 
a  result  the  future  of  the  movies  will  be 
written  in  red,  white  and  blue  ...  as 
well  as  all  the  other  shades.  There  is 
much  development  to  be  done,  make-up 
technique  to  be  adjusted,  nuances  of 
shading  to  be  obtained,  but  for  the  first 
major  all-color  picture  this  one  is  a 
honey.  Color  tells  the  truth  about  the 
beauties  in  the  picture;  it  makes  the 
young  ones  look  that  way,  while  the 
older  ones  reveal  their  age.  The  story 
of  Becky  Sharp  isn't  a  particularly  jolly 
one,  but  regardless  you'll  like  the  trollop 
Becky,  due  to  Miriam  Hopkins'  joyous 
acting  of  the  part.  From  the  time  she 
leaves  school  until  the  last  minute  of  the 


Miriam  Hopkins  and  Sir  Cedric  Hardwicke  are  the  merciless  gossips  of  Becky 
Sharp,  the   picture   that   brings   color   to   the   screen    with    exquisite   results 

18 


show,  when  she  throws  a  saintly  book 
at  a  departing  saintly  friend,  she  is  a 
thoroughly  worldly  -Becky.  The  Re- 
gency silhouettes  are  charming,  includ- 
ing the  bonnets,  which  should  tease  the 
present-day  milliners'  fancies.  There  is 
a  ball  scene  that  is  a  blaze  of  color,  and 
makes  a  gal  wish  she  could  have  lived 
in  times  like  those.  Frances  Dee  is 
lovely  to  see,  Alan  Mowbray  is  excel- 
lent in  his  part,  and  Sir  Cedric  Hard- 
wicke gives  a  splendid  portrayal.  Re- 
member when  you  see  Becky  Sharp  that 
you're  seeing  only  the  first  of  a  new- 
cycle  in  motion  picture  history,  and 
judge  accordingly.     (RKO-Radio) 

•     •     •     •     Love      Me      Forever 

gives  us  Grace  Moore — the  girl  who 
can  take  her  kings  or  leave  them — and 
is  a  picture  that  you  must  see  .  .  .  and 
hear.  Her  voice  is  glorious,  and  what 
is  more,  she  is  exquisitely  beautiful. 
Leo  Carrillo  gives  a  grand  performance 
as  a  gambler  who  falls  in  love  with  her, 
and  builds  for  her  sake  an  elaborate 
night-club  devoted  to  operatic  entertain-  ; 
ment,  and  from  there  lifts  her  into  the 
Metropolitan  Opera.  Luis  Alberni  gives 
a  good  portrayal  as  Carrillo's  hench- 
man, and  Michael  Bartlett,  making  his 
first  screen  appearance,  outshines  even 
Miss  Moore  in  his  rendition  of  "La 
[Continued    on    page   88] 


Henry  Fonda  will  capture  your  heart  in 
The  Farmer  Takes  a  Wife,  with  lovely 
Janet  Gaynor  as  the  maiden  in  the  case 


THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


For    ten    years,    she     has 

been  in  Hollywood — and 
the  magic  spell  she  has 
cast  over  moviegoers  is 
still  in  force.  She  still  is 
The  Woman  That  Most 
Women  Dream  of  Being — 
beautiful,  individual,  elus- 
ive, courageous.  And 
now,  in  "Anna  Karenina,' 
she  becomes  newly  ro- 
mantic. She  has  changed 
her  long  bob  for  a  coiffure 
of  the  I  870s,  when  women 
dramatized  femininity,  not 
sophistication.  And  on 
her  return  from  Sweden, 
she     may    do     "Camille" 

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THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


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Jane  Withers  is  the  name — and  she  is 
a  natural.  She  proved  it  first  as  the 
child  villainess  of  "Bright  Eyes,"  in 
which  she  almost  stole  top  honors. 
Now  she  is  a  sensation — and  a  star — 
in  "Ginger."  Like  Shirley  Temple,  she 
will  lead  children  back  to  the  theatres, 
bringing    their    parents   with    them! 


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Speaking  of  naturalness,  Shirley  Temple  has  not  lost  hers. 
Totally  unspoiled,  she  still  looks  upon  acting  as  a  game. 
And,  to  prove  it,  we  present  a  preview  portrait  from 
her  new  musical  picture,  "Curly  Top" — showing  her  as 
an    orphan,    with    a    four-footed    orphan    of    a    storm 


THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


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Dancing  has  done  plenty  for  Ginger  Rogeri 
and  Fred  Astaire — but  they  have  done 
even  more  for  dancing,  making  it  gay  and 
lively  and  romantic  again.  In  "Top  Hat, 
they  have  music  by  Irving  Berlin,  an  amusing 
story,   and  the  dancing  time  of  their  lives 


THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


Are  you  Robert  Taylor-conscious? 
If  you  are,  you  know  a  rising 
romantic  star  when  you  see  one. 
And  in  "Broadway  Melody  of 
1936,"  you  will  acquire  the  sus- 
picion that  the  boy  is  versatile,  too. 
For  with  coy  June  Knight  as  the 
girl  who  keeps  him  guessing,  he 
not  only  whispers  sweet  nothings 
into  her  half-concealed  ear.  He 
joins  her   in   duets  and   in    dances 


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Now  that  she  has  the  West  Point  situation 
well  in  hand,  after  "Flirtation  Walk,"  Ruby 
Keeler  is  prepared  for  a  naval  engagement. 
At  least,  Dick  Powell  is  a  naval  cadet  in  the 
new  musical,  "Dress  Parade,"  and  they  should 
be  dancing  toward  the  altar  at  the  finaie! 


— Portrait  by  Fryer 


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Love,  they  say,  is  the  same  old  story  the 
world  over — but  Hollywood  is  con- 
stantly finding  new  ways  to  tell  it.  For 
example,  it  has  rediscovered  "Peter 
Ibbetson,"  and  a  different  kind  of 
romance  is  on  your  autumn  menu — with 
Ann  Harding  and  Gary  Cooper  as  co- 
stars  in  the  fantasy  of  two  long-parted 
lovers  who  find  a  way  of  making  a 
romantic  dream   of  reunion  come  true 


'atlnet 


Pert  Paulette  Goddard  was  once  one  of  the  chorus  in  an 
Eddie  Cantor  musical.  Maybe  you  overlooked  her  then. 
But  you  won't  miss  her  in  Charlie  Chaplin's  long-awaited, 
Just-completed  comedy  about  the  machine  age.  She  is 
The  Silent  One's  leading  lady.  And  he  is  planning  to 
star  her  in  a  picture  (a  talkie,  no  less)  that  he  will  direct! 

23 


—  Photo  by  Rhodes,  Movie  Classic  Photographer 

Artist   Willy    Pogany  tells   Binnie   Barnes   she    is 
an  unusual  type — brown-eyed  and  bright-haired 

By  GERTRUDE  HILL 


YOU  are  about  to  become  more  charming  than  you 
ever  were  before,  even  in  your  best  moments !  Ear- 
nest young  men  in  Hollywood,  doing  all  sorts  of 
miraculous  things  with  lenses,  color  combinations,  and 
lights  are  preparing  to  open  a  new  world  for  you.  It  will 
be  a  world  of  living,  pulsing  color,  where  all  the  loveliness 
of  your  screen  favorites  will  be  seen,  and  where  you  will 
discover  the  delightful  possibilities  of  color  for  your  own 
adornment. 

The  stars  themselves  are  preparing  for  color  films  by 
taking  a  new  interest  in  the  tint  of  their  eyes,  their  skin, 


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and  their  hair.  The>  are  feverishly  swirling  rainbow  silks 
and  satins  about  themselves,  trying  to  find  the  colors  that 
will  give  them  That  Certain  Desirable  Something. 

In  the  midst  of  all  this  exciting  flutter  stands  Willy 
Pogany,  genius  of  color.  Pogany  is  that  extraordinary 
artist,  illustrator  and  scene  designer,  whose  canvases 
breathe  with  reality,  and  whose  settings  for  Wonder  Bar, 
Dante's  Inferno,  and  dozens  of  other  films  open  new  vistas 
of  splendor  and  imagination.  And  from  this  color  master 
I  sought  the  secrets  of  color  alchemy,  so  that  all  girls  could 
blossom  with  the  beauty  he  gives  the  stars. 


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A  famous  artist — Willy  Pogany — tells  you  what  colors  will  enhance  your  beauty! 


"Color  can  do  more  than  any  other  single  thing  to  make 
you  charming,"  declares  this  confidential  adviser  to  the  most 
beautiful  women  in  the  world.  "Color  in  films  will  give 
every  girl  and  woman  increased  color  consciousness,  and 
they  will  rely  even  more  upon  the  stars  for  charm,  beauty 
and  allure. 

"How  can  all  this  come  about?  I'll  tell  you  exactly  what 
I  tell  every  star  whose  portrait  I  paint,  whose  color  prob- 
lems I  help  solve.  No  matter  what  kind  of  hair,  eye,  or 
skin  tones  you  have,  there  is  a  color  that  will  make  you 
more  attractive.  If  you  are  drab,  color  can  make  you 
enchanting.  If  you  are  pretty,  color  can  give  you  breath- 
taking charm.  I  have  prepared  a  chart,  suggesting  the  best 
colors  to  be  Worn  by  girls  of  all  complexions  to  get  certain 
definite  effects.    Would  you  like  to  share  it  with  the  stars?" 

Who  wouldn't  like  to  have  a  world-famous  artist  tell 
them  just  what  color  to  wear  to  make  them  appear  their 
loveliest !  And  at  the  bottom  of  this  page,  you  will  find 
Willy  Pogany's  color  chart,  cut  it  out — keep  it  to  consult 
when  you  go  shopping,  when  you  want  to  dress  in  harmony 
with  your  moods. 

•     "First  of  all,  remember  this — you  are  the  most  impor- 
tant part  of  your  costume  or  your  setting,"  counsels 
Mr.  Pogany.    "Since  all  the  colors  that  surround  you  must 
add  to  your  beauty,  it  is  essential  to  study  your  own  coloring 


most  carefully.  Look  into  your  mirror.  What  are  you? 
Blonde?  Brunette?  Medium?  Your  answer  will  come 
quickly.  There  is  no  doubt,  you  say,  that  you  are  this  or 
that.    But,  are  you  sure? 

"Let  us  see.  What  is  the  color  of  your  skin?  It  may 
be  white,  like  a  gardenia  petal.  It  may  be  pink-and-white, 
like  apple  blossoms.  It  may  have  a  pinkish  hue.  It  may 
be  creamy.  It  may  be  golden,  like  the  tawny  side  of  a  ripe 
apricot  or  peach.  It  may  be  olive,  with  green  tones  under- 
lying it.  All  dark  skins  are  not  olive,  although  they  are 
commonly  called  so.  Most  sallow  skins  are  merely  olive 
complexions  that  have  the  wrong  colors  against  them. 

"I  put  so  much  stress  on  the  skin  because  it  has  much 
more  to  do  with  your  blondeness  or  darkness  than  your 
hair  has,"  Pogany  says.  "Your  skin  is  the  most  important 
color  index  you  have.  Next  come  your  eyes.  If  you  have 
blue  eyes  with  dark  hair,  like  Jean  Parker  and  Maureen 
O'Sullivan,  you  are  not  a  brunette.  If  your  eyes  are  hazel, 
like  Joan  Blondell's,  consider  them  brown  when  you  apply 
your  make-up  and  choose  your  gowns. 

"After  your  skin  and  your  eyes,  regard  your  hair.  If 
it  is  dark,  and  you  have  fair  skin  and  light  eyes,  you  are 
artistically  correct  if  you  wish  to  lighten  your  hair,  as  Ann 
Sothern  and  Alice  Faye  have  done.  If  your  hair  is  drab. 
you  are  justified  in  brightening  it. 

"Are  you  still  so  positive  of        [Continued  on  page  58] 


HOW  TO  USE  COLORS  TO  VARY  YOUR  CHARM 


COLORING 
OF 

HAIR  AND  SKIN 


SWEET 


Light 
Contrast 


DEMURE 


SEVERE 


Pale 

Harmonizing 

Shades 


Dark 

Harmonizing 

Shades 


ELEGANT 


Rich 

Harmonizing 

Shades 


STRIKING 


Vivid 
Contrast 


BLONDE  HAIR 
White  Skin 
Pink  and  White 
Creamy  Skin 
Pink  Skin  . 
Golden  Skin  . 


Ivory 

Salmon  Pink 

Lavender 

Pale  Green 

Powder  Blue 


Yellow 

Beige 

Fawn 

Light  Blue 

Cobalt  Blue 


Darker  Shades 

of  Cream 

and  Brown 

also  Black 


Black 
Russet 
Brown 
Brown 

Wine 


Emerald 

Powder  Blue 

Turquoise 

Green 

Violet 


BROWN  HAIR 
White  Skin      .      . 
Creamy  Skin  . 
Pink  Skin  . 
Golden  Skin  . 
Olive  Skin 


Creamy  Hues 

Nile  Green 

French  Blue 

Strawberry 

Fawn 


Tan, 

Beiges 

and 

Light 

Browns 


Darker  Shades 

of  Tan 

and  Brown 


BLACK  HAIR 
White  Skin 
Creamy  Skin 
Pink  Skin   . 
Golden  Skin  . 
Olive  Skin 


Pearl  Gray 

Lavender 

Pale  Green 

All  Greens 

Peach 


RED  HAIR 
White  Skin 
Pink  and  White 
Creamy  Skin  . 
Golden  Skin  . 


Ivory 

Ivory 

Apple  Green 

Misty  Gray 


Creamy 

Navy  Blue 

Whites 

Oxford 

and 

Gray  and 

Grays 

Black 

Olive  Green 

Henna 
Olive  Green 

Amber 
Deep  Russet 


Gray 

Purple 

Wine 

Brown,  Black 

Deep  Violet 


Orange 

Leaf  Green 

Sapphire 

Burgundy 

Burnt  Sienna 

and  Turquoise 


Vermilion 

Fuchsia 

Emerald 

Scarlet 

Ultramarine 

and  Orange 


Dove 
Grays 

and 
Browns 


Black 


Deep  Blue, 
Grays 

and 
Black 


Black,  White, 

Gold,  Green, 

Almost 

Anything 


Study — and  save — this  handy  guide  to  charm  with  colors,    prepared  by  Willy  Pogany.     It  will   pay  you  dividends! 


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Why  Janet  Gaynor 

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Janet  Gaynor  today 
is  sitting  very  pret- 
tily on  top  of  the 
movie  world — Femi- 
nine Favorite  No.  I 
by  actual  box-office 
count.  And  all  the 
glory  hasn'tchanged 
her  a  bit.  She  hasn't 
lost  a  single  friend, 
while  making  millions 
of  new  ones.  Friends 
matter  to  Janet! 


In  The  Farmer  Takes  a 
Wife,  the  rousing  ro- 
mantic comedy  drama  of 
early  Erie  Canal  days, 
Janet  Gaynor  is  popular 
with  such  opposites  as 
Henry  Fonda  and  Charles 
Bickford.  And  in  real 
life  she  is  just  as  popu- 
lar with  people  who  are 
total  opposites.  More- 
over,   there    are    reasons! 


She  is  Feminine  Favorite  No.  1-and  her  secret  of  popularity  can  be  yours 


By  Louise  Lewis 

MANY  WOMEN  know  how  to  dazzle  and  shine. 
Some  know  how  to  rule  nations,  how  to  be 
men's  equals  in  any  career  they  undertake.  But 
Janet  Gaynor  knows  what  so  many  never  learn — how  to 
be  a  friend. 

That  is  the  way  she  has  conquered  an  entire  world. 
Not  with  banners  flying — sensational  headlines — cham- 
pagne splendor.  Oh,  no !  She  has  done  it  quietly  and 
simply.  She  has  done  it  by  being  a  folksy  little  person, 
the  sort  who  would  stand  by  you  through  thick  and  thin, 
laugh  with  you,  cry  with  you — yes,  and  fight  for  you. 
And  that  is  the  secret  of  the  overwhelming  Gaynor  popu- 
larity. 

"It  isn't  the  glory-seekers  and  the  self-seekers  who 
have  the  fun,"  she  believes.  "It's  the  people  who  can 
get — and  give — joy  in  plain,  everyday  living!  That's  the 
biggest  lesson  Hollywood  teaches  you.  You  soon  learn 
how  senseless  it  is  to  put  artificial  values  on  things,  to 
strain  after  something  that  has  no  meaning.  For  in- 
stance, in  my  own  case,  I  was  told  I  should  'live  up  to 
my  position !'  And  I  tried.  Honestly  I  did,"  she  chuckles 
softly.  "I  rented  a  big  place  with  the  regulation  swim- 
ming pool  and  tennis  court,  and  I  attended  some  of  those 
enormous  parties  that  are  so  elaborately  done.  But  no- 
body had  a  very  good  time ;  it  was  too  crowded.  And 
suddenly  I  realized  that  it  isn't  the  big  things,  the  pomp 
and  ceremony,  that  matter.     It's  the  little  things." 


glamor  that  outlasts  every  other  variety.  She  has  proved 
it  with  a  hundred  million  people.  After  nine  years  of 
stardom,  she  still  is  on  top.  But  even  before  she  was  fa- 
mous, there  was  that  "something"  about  her.  You  would 
catch  people  smiling  involuntarily  at  Janet  on  the  street, 
as  if  she  had  evoked  some  happy  thought.  She,  you  see, 
knows  how  to  speak  the  language  of  humanity.  And  she 
has  never  learned  to  speak  another. 

There  is  a  reason  for  that,  of  course — a  reason  why 
Janet,  in  the  midst  of  Hollywood's  sophisticated  hurly- 
burly,  has  been  left  untouched  by  it.  The  answer,  I  think, 
goes  back  to  a  certain  period  of  her  life  when  she  was 
a  little  bundle-wrapper  in  a  San  Francisco  department 
store.  Bundle-wrappers  get  a  pretty  good  insight  into 
human  nature  from  their  vantage  point.  Janet  saw  how 
quickly  arrogance  can  freeze  a  person  and  how  genial 
kindliness  can  warm  the  heart. 

One  afternoon  a  towering  dowager  came  in.  Janet 
heard  what  she  said  to  the  clerk,  watched  her  haughty  in- 
tolerance leave  the  other  girl  white  and  bitter-eyed. 
Finally,  the  woman  called  the  manager  and  ordered  the 
girl  discharged.  It  was  then  that  the  little  redheaded 
bundle-wrapper  turned  into  an  avenging  fury.  She  had 
them  all  listening.  And  when  she  finished,  the  dowager 
was  gasping.  But  she  managed  a  half-apology  before  she 
stalked  off.  "I  never  want  to  be  like  that,  as  if  the  world 
owed  me  a  couple  of  diamond  crowns  for  getting  myself 
born!"  Janet  told  herself  fiercely.  "I  want  to  be  'just 
folks,'  no  matter  what  happens!" 

And  she  has  kept  her  word ! 


•  AND  Janet  has  built  her  stairway  to  success  on  little 
things — the  kind  that  you  and  I  and  the  folks  next  door 
love  for  their  sweetness  and  homeliness.  She  isn't  an 
exotic  wonder.  She  isn't  a  glitter-girl.  But  it  is  an  odd 
fact  that  the  Gaynors  of  the  world,  with  their  simplicity 
and   just-glad-to-be-aliveness,   have   a   special   brand   of 


©  THERE  was  charming  proof  of  that  when  she  was 
in  Paris  last  summer.  Lollie,  as  her  family  call  her, 
was  at  her  favorite  stunt — browsing  among  the  old  book- 
stalls on  the  left  bank  of  the  Seine.  An  American  sailor 
was  browsing,  too — or  making  a  pretense  at  it.  You 
can't  browse  very  well  when    [Continued  on  page  84] 

27 


The  Nelson  Eddy 

Women  Want  to  Know 


You  don't  know  anything  about  the  nation's  newest 
film  rave  until  you  read  this  story  .  .  .  which  reveals, 
among  other  things,  the  kind  of  girl  he  hopes  to  marry 


By  Dorothy  Spensley 


NELSON  EDDY  is  a  man's 
man  .  .  .  and  a  woman's  hero. 
In  apology  for  the  latter,  he 
puts  the  blame  on  the  heroic,  gallant, 
singing  fellow.  Captain-  Richard  War- 
rington, that  he  played  in  Metro's 
smash  hit.  Naughty  Marietta,  which 
has  taken  the  country's  im- 
agination by  storm — and 
song. 

Shy  and  lonely  (by  his 
own  confession),  the  new- 
est matinee  idol  lays  the 
blame  for  his  sudden  film 
success — after  waiting  two 
long  Hollywood  years, 
playing  vocal  bits  in  Danc- 
ing Lady  and  Student  Tour 
— to  the  romantic  appeal  of 
Warrington  and  not  to  his 


own  personable  qualities,  his  fine 
smile,  even  teeth,  thick  tawny  hair, 
tall,  vigorous  body. 

Eddy  has  had  enough  experience 
with  success  (concert,  radio  and  op- 
era) to  know  that  most  of  his  femi- 
nine followers  fall  in  love  with  the  il- 


Recent  concert  audiences  stomped  and 
clapped  for  him  to  sing  the  marching 
song    from    Naughty    Marietta    again 


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With  Jeanette  MacDonald,  his  co- 
star  in  Naughty  Marietta  (above),  he 
will     soon     film     another     operetta 

lusion  he  creates  and  not  with  the 
man.  The  man  is  single,  handsome, 
hard-working,  a  self-made  success. 
Usually,  he  has  a  hard  time  convinc- 
ing these  fearless  stage-door  Jills  who 
pursue  and  confront  him  with  their 
passion,  that  it's  not  Nelson,  but  illu- 
sion they  love.  Sane,  sensible,  almost 
phlegmatic,  he  takes  time  out  to  rea- 
son with  them. 

To  sum  up  the  characteristics  of 
Eddy,  the  man,  for  the  fifteen  hun- 
dred correspondents  (mostly  women) 
who  weeklv  delude  Metro's  fan  mail 


department  with  Nelson  Eddy  letters, 
almost  anyone  would  say  that  he  was 
considerate,  idealistic,  unaffected  by 
his  latest  triumph,  not  likely  to  be  af- 
fected by  future  triumphs,  friendly, 
romantic,  virile,  handsome.  They 
would  be  less  likely  to  know  that  he 
is  tactful  and  anxious  not  to  profit  on 
sensational  publicity. 


•  ON  MY  desk  is  a  written  request 
from  Eddy  asking  that  certain 
Hollywood  names  (of  right  pretty 
girls,  too)  be  omitted  from  this  story. 
"They  may  not  be  keen  about  my  us- 
ing their  names,"  says  the  heedful 
Mr.  Eddy.  And,  further,  "Anything 
written  about  me  on  the  girl  angle  is 
purely  synthetic  to  date.  If  you  must 
do  it,  then  you  must,  but  I  don't  think 
it  right  to  bring  these  names  into  it." 

So  there  you  have,  word  for  honest 
word,  Nelson  Eddy's  feelings  about 
the  woman  question. 

He  is  not  indifferent  to  women,  but 
he  knows  just  the  type  of  woman  he 
wants  to  many.  She  must  be  cul- 
tured, witty,  amiable,  equipped  with 
her  share  of  beauty — and  she  need 
not  know  how  to  cook,  sew,  knit. 
mend.  She  must,  above  all,  be 
"sweet."  And  then  we  have  a  late 
amendment,  also  from  the  Eddy  mes- 
sage on  my  desk :  "Please  make  no 
point  of  social  or  business  distinction 
— merely  say  that  the  hypothetical 
'she'  must  be  a  live  wire." 

Before  you  file  your  application, 
however,  please  consider  this.  Eddy 
had  fourteen  letter  proposals  in  one 
Philadelphia  day  following  a  pro- 
nouncement regarding  his  feminine 
ideal.  And  not  one  got  to  first  base. 
He  likes  to  do  his  own  choosing.  And 
don't  think  that  he  is  an  unmitigated 
so-and-so     because     women     besiege 


him.  They  do  the  same  to  Gable, 
Boyer,  and  probably  did  to  Booth  and 
Salvini.  There  is  something  about 
the  genus  actor,  blond  or  brunette, 
that  lures  the  ladies. 

And  Eddy  is  not  entirely  immune. 
Listen  to  this : 


•  "I  MET  my  ideal  girl  when  I  was 

on  tour  this  winter,"  said  the  big, 
broad-shouldered  singer,  a  symphony 
(or  maybe  an  oratorio)  in  brown 
with  tan  shirt,  autumnal  tie.  "There 
she  was — beautiful,  cultured,  witty. 
I  said  to  myself,  'Well,  this  looks 
like  it's  it,'  and  to  her  I  said,  'Will 
you  dine  with  me  ?' 

'We  dined,  danced,  went  to  the 
theatre.  She  had  everything,  but  be- 
tween us  that  little  flame,  that  chem- 
ical affinity  or  whatever  you  want  to 
call  it,  never  was  fanned  to  life.  You 
can't  fall  in  love  without  it.  It  gives 
zest  and  meaning  and  sweetness  to 
any  association  of  a  man  and  a  wom- 
an. I  waited  for  it.  But  it  never 
arrived.  So  there  she  is,  still  my 
'ideal' — at  least  she  has  all  the  qual- 
ities that  I  admire  in  a  woman — and 
here  I  am." 

"Here,"  to  Mr.  Eddy,  means  Hol- 
lywood, some  thousands  of  miles  west 
of  his  birthplace,  Providence,  Rhode 
Island ;  some  thousands  of  miles  west 
of  Philadelphia  (Jeanette  MacDon- 
ald's  home-town),  where  he  lived  for 
fifteen  years.  ("If  I  had  two  theatre 
tickets,  ten  dollars  to  spend,  and  a 
bunch  of  roses  in  my  hand,  I  wouldn't 
know  a  girl  in  Philadelphia  whom  I 
could  ask  to  share  them  with  me,"  he 
says  regarding  his  Quaker  City  roman- 
tic associations.  He  worked  too  hard 
in  his  youth  to  fill  his  little  red  book 
with  the  femmes'   phone   numbers.) 

"Here,"  to  those  of  us  who  have 
watched  his  career,  is  a  way  up  on  the 
matinee-idol  success  ladder,  giving 
Clark  Gable,  Charles  Boyer,  Gary 
Cooper  and  the  other  lureful  lads  a 
run  for  their  popularity.  It's  prob- 
ably Eddy's  abundant  vitality  that 
does  it,  plus  the  robust  baritone  voice 
that  has  been  wowing  concert  listen- 
ers for  the  past  several  years.  Any- 
way, it's  bringing  in  the  fan  mail. 


•  "I  THOUGHT  thirty  or  forty  let- 
ters a  week  was  tops  just  a  few 
months  ago,"  said  Eddy,  glad  to  be 
talking  of  anything  besides  romantic 
attachments.  "Yesterday  I  employed 
a  secretary  here  to  care  for  my  fan 
mail.  And  I  have  one  in  the  East. 
I  also  put  a  lawyer  on  a  retainer  to 
handle  my  affairs.  My  head  got  to 
aching  with  all  the  things  that  I  had 
to  attend  to,  now  that  Naughty  Mari- 
etta has  clicked  and  Captain  Richard 
Warrington  has  made  an  impression 


Hurrcll 


He  has  a  hard  time  convincing  the  girls  that  they  are  more  interested 
in  Captain  Warrington  than  in  Nelson  Eddy.  But  he  keeps  trying. 
And  then  he  adds,  "I  go  out  every  other  night,  and  still  I  am  lonely" 


on    the    crowd,"    he    added    smiling. 

What  he  would  rather  talk  about, 
instead  of  women  and  love  (although 
he  gh7es  due  homage  to  each),  is  his 
next  year's  concert  tour.  From  the 
middle  of  January  to  the  end  of 
April,  1936,  you  will  find  him  singing 
lustily,  in  person,  up  and  down  these 
broad  United  States.  And  the  price 
for  this  tour  has  skyrocketed  exactly 
250  percent  over  last  year's  because 
of  his  film  popularity ! 

Shrewd  businessman-artist  that  he 
is  (he  was  advertising  man,  reporter, 
copy-reader,  shipping  department  em- 
ployee before  he  ever  sang  opera),  he 
knows,  from  this  season's  experience, 
that  his  next  year's  concert  audience 
is  going  to  be  swelled  by  filmgoers 
who  think  that  he  is  a  Hollywood  act- 
or making  a  personal  appearance.  All 
of  these  people  are  not  going  to  ap- 
preciate the  melodious  Mr.  Eddy's  in- 


terpretation of  selections  from  Italian 
opera,  nor  will  they  care  a  hoot  when 
he  launches  into  Wagner  and  German 
lieder. 


•  "NEVERTHELESS,"  says  Ed- 
dy, determined  that  his  artistic  ca- 
reer shall  not  escape  him,  "I  am  going 
right  on  singing  my  classical  scores, 
and  I'll  give  the  numbers  popularized 
on  the  screen  as  encores.  Toward  the 
end  of  his  year's  season,  I  noticed  that 
the  audience  was  composed  of  more 
film  fans  than  usual.  I  got  this  from 
them  . . ."  and  the  baritone  clapped  his 
hands  and  stomped  his  feet,  rhythmi- 
cally, to  signify  a  demand  for  the 
marching  song  of  his  recent  film  op- 
eretta. 

Next  season's  tour  promises  to 
be  an  interesting  experiment.  But 
in  view  of    [Continued  on  page  68] 


29 


Be  a  One-of-a-Kind  Girl! 


B 


l  A  one-of-a-kind  girl!" 
That      advice,      coming 
from    one    of    the    most 
fascinating  of  all  movie  Stars,  Miriam 
Hopkins,  means  advice  from  one  who 
knows !     She's   a   modern    Cinderella, 
a  beautiful  girl  whom  men  adore,  a 
fine  star,  and  the  one  chosen  to  play 
the  leading  role  in  the  first  all-color 
picture  ever  made.  Becky  Sharp.  Yes, 
help  from  this  girl  should  be  of  the 
utmost  value ! 

Haven't  you  often  thought:  "If  I 
only  knew  just  some  of  the  secrets  a 
Miriam  Hopkins  would  know  about 
feminine  savoir-faire,  I  could  have 
managed  to  be  more  of  a  hit  at  the 
dance  last  Saturday  night." 

You're  not  by  yourself.  I've  want- 
ed to  know  those  secrets  too.  I  got 
my  chance  when  summer  and  Miss 
Hopkins  both  landed  in  Manhattan 
at  the  same  time.  Miriam  was  gayer 
than  I  had  ever  seen  her. 

We  sat  at  luncheon  on  the  terrace 
of  her  house  in  exclusive  Sutton 
Place.  The  food  was  perfect,  the 
East     River     inexcusably    blue     and 


By  Mary  Watkins  Reeve 

Thus  Miriam  Hopkins 
couns.els  every  girl 
who  wants  a  career, 
an  individual  per- 
sonality, charm  . . .  not 
to  mention   romance! 

yacht-dotted,  and  the  afternoon  lazy. 
Later,  my  hostess  was  to  don  a  se- 
vere black  and  white  tailleur,  issue 
the  remainder  of  the  day's  orders  to 
the  servants,  crisply  attend  to  some 
last-minute  matters  by  telephone,  and 
start  for  the  races  on  Long  Island. 
Very  much  the  movie  star.  But  now, 
sitting  opposite  me  in  the  sunshine, 
she  yawned  like  a  sleepy  kitten, 
tucked  her  feet  under  her  in  a  wicker 
chaise  longue,  and  talked  intimately, 
in  the  Georgia  drawl  that  she  has 
been  trying  to  squelch  for  years.    She 


Says  Miriam 
Hopkins:  "I've  dis- 
covered that  the 
smartest  thing  any 
girl  can  do  is 
not  to  be  a  'type'  " 


Recently  star 
of  Becky  Sharp, 
she  now  is  making 
Barbary        Coast 

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wore  a  perfectly  frivolous  pair  of 
white  satin  pajamas,  her  feet  in 
pert  white  mules,  a  mass  of  taffy- 
colored  waves  for  a  coiffure.  Her  eyes 
were  a  vivid  blue.  In  their  depths 
were  reflected  beauty,  intellect,  and 
individuality.  I  wondered,  watching, 
how  much  of  that  loveliness  she  had 
had  at  sixteen,  when  she  had  first 
come  to  New  York  as  a  chorus  girl. 

WHAT  secrets  had  she  learned 
and  practiced  to  change  her 
into  the  superbly  poised  Miriam  Hop- 
kins of  today?  How  much  easier 
would  her  struggle  for  success  have 
been  if  she  had  known  then  what  she 
knows  now  ? 

But  you  don't  ask  people  questions 
like  that.  You  ask  something  sim- 
pler. So  I  said.  "Miriam,  suppose 
you  had  a  sister  in  her  teens.  .  What 
things  would  you  tell  her  out  of  your 
own  experience  about  personality, 
charm,  appearance  and  romance?  I 
mean  your  own  little  secrets,  things 
you've  discovered  for  yourself." 

"I'd  begin  with  appearance.  Be- 
cause the  most  important  thing  I've 
discovered,  and  one  of  the  lessons 
that  it  took  me  longest  to  learn,  was 
simply  this :  It's  never  your  obvious 
charms  that  make  you  beautiful.  It's 
the  little,  less  obznous  ones! 

"Really,  I  mean  just  that.  You 
know  how  you're  inclined  to  be  when 
you're  first  beginning  to  go  out.  You 
think  loveliness  is  mainly  composed 
of  chiffon  stockings,  and  the  best- 
looking  clothes  you  can  possibly  af- 
ford. You  have  more  interest  in 
fashion  books  and  bargain  racks  than 
almost  anything  else.  And  that's  all 
A-ery  well,  for  clothes  are  a  big  item. 
But  they're  not  the  biggest.  Neither 
is  the  perfection  of  your  hair  or  fig- 
ure or  make-up.  Practically  anyone 
can  achieve  those. 

"But  almost  everyone  neglects  some 
part  of  that  biggest  item  of  all.  I 
call  it  little  things.  Have  you  ever 
seen  a  gorgeous  evening  gown  on 
slouched  shoulders?  Or  cracked  nail 
polish  on  the  same  finger  with  a  dia- 
mond? Or  a  girl  whose  hair  in  front 
had  been  fashioned  into  a  stunning, 
just-so  frame  for  her  face,  and  in 
back  was  simply — well,  plain  hair? 
Then  you  know  what  I  mean.  Just 
such  slight  things  as  those  can  take 
all  the  glamor  away  from  any  girl. 

"I'd  teach  my  younger  sister  that 
lesson  first  of  all.  I'd  harp  on  the 
sins  of  scrubby  heels  and  elbows 
when  she's    [Continued  on  page  76] 


My  Friend, 

MARION  DA  VIES 


Anyone  who  knows  her  idolizes  her. 
Now,  at  last,  you  can  discover  why! 

By  Eileen  Percy 


IT'S  NOT  easy  to  tell  people  about 
Marion  Davies.  You  come  up 
against  the  same  kind  of  resist- 
ance as  when  you  tell  a  fairy  tale  to 
a  child  who  has  just  stopped  believing 
in  fairy  tales.  "It's  ridiculous,"  they 
say.  "It's  nonsense.  As  you  de- 
scribe her,  she's  Santa  Claus.  She's 
an  angel.  She's  too  good  to  be  true." 
All  right,  then,  she's  Santa  Claus, 
she's  an  angel,  she's  too  good  to  be 
true.  "But  thank  God,"  we  cry — we 
who  know  her  and  hundreds  whose 
friend  she  is,  though  they  have  never 
met  her — -"thank  God,"  we  cry  from 
the  bottom  of  our  hearts,  "she  is  true." 
I  have  known  her  since  we  were 
children  at  school  together.  We 
weren't  intimates  then.  I  was  just 
another  girl  to  her,  as  she  was  to  me, 
though  even  in  those  days  Marion 
could  hardly  be  "just  another  girl"  to 
anyone.  She  was  too  lovely.  Her 
eyes  were  bluer  than  any  blue  eyes 
I've  ever  seen,  and  though  she  wore 
her  golden  hair  in  braids,  and  though 
her  perfect  skin — rose  glowing 
through  white — was  powdered  with 
freckles,  she  still  looked  so  much  like 
a  princess  out  of  a  storybook  as  to 
set  her  apart  from  the  rest.  Another 
thing  that  threw  a  halo  around  her 
for  me — a  stage-struck  youngster — ■ 
was  the  fact  that  her  sister  Reine  was 
a  headliner  in  the  theatre.  I  used  to 
steal  awed  glances  at  her  over  the  top 
of  my  book,  and  wonder  what  it  felt 
like  to  have  a  sister  on  the  stage. 


•  SCHOOL  ended,  our  ways  parted, 
and  I  landed  a  job  in. a  revue  called 
Stop,  Look,  and  Listen.  There  I  met 
Marion  again,  a  member  of  the  show 
— so  gay,  so  kind,  so  open-hearted 
that  all  my  awe  melted  and  from  that 
day  to  this  we  have  been  fast  friends. 
She  loved  to  laugh  in  those  days 
as,  given  the  least  excuse,  she  loves 


to  laugh  now.  We  were  so  young 
then  that  we  didn't  need  much  excuse. 
One  of  our  greatest  jokes  was  mak- 
ing dates  that  we  knew  we  couldn't 
keep.  Neither  of  us  was  allowed  to 
go  out  to  parties.  But  whenever  we 
received  a  bid,  we  would  open  our 
eyes  wide  in  delight  and  say,  "Oh, 
thank  you,  we'd  love  to  come,"  know- 
ing all  the  time  that  we  hadn't  a 
chance  in  the  world  of  actually  going. 
"We're  not  lying,  though,"  we  would 
assure  each  other  solemnly,  "because 
we  would  love  to  go,"  and  I  think  in 
our  hearts  we  always  had  a  sneaking 


hope  that  somehow  we  might  be  able 
to  manage  it.  But  we  never  did.  So 
we  would  comfort  ourselves  by  going 
home  to  Marion's,  where  we  would 
dress  up  in  some  of  Reine's  finery 
and  parade  around,  pretending  to  be 
at  the  party,  telling  each  other :  "You 
look  charming  tonight,  Miss  Davies" 
and  "May  I  have  the  pleasure  of  kiss- 
ing your  hand,  Miss  Percy  ?" 

We  grew  up  a  little  and  presently 
found  ourselves  together  again  in 
Oli,  Boy.  Marion  sang  a  song,  I  re- 
member, called  Ribbon  and  a  Little 
Bit  of  Lace,  and  we  both  did  a  spe- 
cialty number,  The  Magazine  Cover 
Girl,  with  Joe  Santley,  in  which 
Marion  was  the  Summer  and  I  was 
the  Winter  Cover.  She  was  winning- 
attention  then  as  a  beauty  and  a 
dancer,  and  I  was  having  my  own 
share  of  good  luck.  It  was  during 
the  run  of  that  show  that  Douglas 
Fairbanks  signed  me  to  go  to  Holly- 
wood. Marion  went  out  to  the  Coast 
not  long  afterward. 

The  ups  and  downs  of  my  own 
story  have  no  place  here,  but  what  my 
life  would  have  been  like  without  her 
friendship,  I  should  hate  to  imagine. 
Being  human,  I  suppose  she  must 
have  her  flaws,  though  through  all 
my  years  of  association  with  her,  I 
have  never  been  able  to  discover  them. 
I  know  that,  in  saying  these  things,  I 
lay  myself  open  to  the  charge  of 
prejudice.  "Of  course,  you're  her 
friend — you  [Continued  on  page  62] 


Marion  Davies  not 
only  looks — but  is — 
"like  a  princess  out 
of  a  storybook." 
She  has  just  com- 
pleted Page  Miss 
Glory,  and  may 
next  film  Shake- 
speare's Tivelfth 
Night,  directed  by 
Max    Reinhardt 


Portrait  by 
Manatt 


By 

Ida  Zeitltn 


YOU  SAW  Freddie  Barthol- 
omew play  David  Copperfield, 
and  loved  him.  He  won  you  so 
completely  within  an  hour  that,  when 
the  small  figure  faded  out  of  the 
screen  to  make  way  for  the  grownup 
David,  you  felt  an  irrational  impulse 
to  fling  out  your  arms  and  cry :  "Stay, 
stay !" 

Since  then  you  have  been  hearing 
and  reading  stories  about  him,  all  in- 
dicating that  his  off-screen  appeal 
is  equally  potent,  that  he  mows  down 
hearts  as  a  bowler  mows  down  ten- 
pins, though  with  far  less  effort — 
more  accurately,  without  any  effort 
at  all,  since  the  essence  of  his  charm 
lies,  as  you  may  have  guessed,  in  its 
utter  lack  of  self-consciousness. 

Let  me  invite  you  to  an  interview 
with  Freddie — let  me  invite  you  to 
watch  him,  listen  to  him,  laugh  with 
him — and  if  you  don't  fall  with  a 
thud  like  the  rest  of  us  ten-pins,  let 
me  assure  you  that-  the  fault  will  be 
none  of  his,  but  entirely  that  of  his 
inadequate  Boswell. 

He's  sitting  more  or  less  swallowed 
up  in  the  depths  of  a  large  armchair, 
his  legs  stuck  out  straight  in  front  of 

32 


him,  his  socks  revealing  one  sound 
knee  and  one  that  is  pretty  thoroughly 
battered.  His  hazel  eyes  under  the 
wide  forehead  and  mop  of  curly  dark 
hair  are  momentarily  serious,  and  he 
is  twiddling  a  keycase  by  one  key, 
held  between  fingers  which  are  in  the 
state  normal  to  a  boy  who  has  had  a 
busy  day.  His  left  hand  is  bandaged. 
Opposite  him  sits  his  beloved  Cis — 
otherwise,  Miss  Myllicent  Barth- 
olomew, the  aunt  with  whom  he  has 
lived  since  he  was  three — a  wise  and 
merry  lady,  between  whom  and  Fred- 
die there  exists  the  easy  understand- 
ing of  perfect  good-fellowship — -rare 
enough  between  grown-ups,  rarer  still 
between  a  child  and  an  adult. 


•  HAVING  considered  the  question 
I  put  to  him,  Freddie  plunges  un- 
hesitatingly into  his  story.  He  talks 
with  the  readiness  of  the  well-bred 
youngster,  who  has  been  neither 
squelched  to  timidity  nor  coddled  to 
self-importance.  And  if  his  vocab- 
ulary startles  you  now  and  then,  it's 
the  result  of  no  unchildlike  precocity, 
but  only  of  an  eager  intelligence,  a 
background  of  culture,  and  an  early 
absorption  in  books  which,  at  the  age 
of  five,  included  those  of  both  Dick- 


ens and  Shakespeare.  (Everyone 
knows  about  their  command  of  the 
English  language.) 

"Well,"  he  begins,  "I  get  up  first 
of  all.  The  alarm  clock  wakens  me 
and  I  get  up — which  isn't  easy.  I  love 
to  be  up — I  love  to  be  all  up  and 
dressed  and  doing  things,  yet  the  part 
I  hate  is  getting  up,  d'you  see  what  I 
mean  ?" 

"Perfectly,"  murmurs  Aunt  Cis. 
"It's  a  family  failing." 

"Is  it?"  inquires  Freddie  with  in- 
terest. "Well,  you've  certainly  taken 
it  on,"  and  is  mildly  astonished  to 
note  that  he  has  brought  down  the 
house. 

"I  get  up,"  he  resumes,  "and  put 
the  kettle  on,  and  get  everything 
ready  by  myself,  and  I  make  the  tea 
and  bring  it  in  to  Cissy  on  a  little 
tray,  and  I  pour  her  out  several  cups 
and  she  drinks  it.  Then  I  go  in  and 
turn  on  my  shower,  and  then  I  get 
under  the  shower,  and  then  when 
that's  done,  I  dry  myself  and  get 
dressed  and  then  I  have  breakfast." 
All  this  emerges  on  a  single  breath, 
and  he  pauses  only  long  enough  to 
draw  another. 

"For  breakfast  I  just  generally 
grab  anything  that's  made.  I  like, 
first,  cereal  and  then  I  take  sortie 
fruit  or  anything  that's  Handy,  and — 
oh,  yes — I  love — sandwiches.  And 
after  breakfast,  we  have  to  dash  to 


He  may  be  a  great  child 
actor,  but  he  also  is 
all  boy.  Read  this  great 
story — and  fall  in  love 
with  him  off  the  screen! 


Basil  Rathbone,  Freddie's  cruel  stepfather  in  David  Copperpeld,  is  his  kind 
father  now  in  Anna  Karenina — and  Greta  Garbo  plays  Freddie's  mother 


get  to  the  studio,  and  then  if  we 
arrive  on  time,  which  we  very  seldom 
do" — a  guilty  glance  passes  at  this 
point  between  nephew  and  aunt — "I 
like  to  go  to  the  dressing-room  and 
help  Cissy  out  with  her  attache  case." 

"Fan  mail,"  she  explains,  "which  I 
couldn'tpossibly  manage  without  him." 

Freddie  regards  her  with  a  thought- 
ful eye.  "You  wouldn't  kid  me,  would 
you,  Aunt  Cis?"  he  demands.  And 
the  effect  of  that  borrowed  American- 
ism on  Freddie's  English  lips  is  some- 
thing you  would  have  to  hear  to  ap- 
preciate ! 


Freddie  and  Mickey 

Rooney    watch    his 

tit      ■ >        ■  > 
urtle      run      .  .   . 


"Then  I  toddle  off  to  school,  and 
I  think  Miss  Murphy,  my  tutor" — to 
whom  he  defers  with  a  little  inclina- 
tion of  the  head — "can  relate  the  next 
part  of  it." 

•  IN  "RELATING  the  next  part  of 
it,"  Miss  Murphy  touches  on  the  fact 


that,  while  the 
studio    children 


school   day  of 
limited    to 


is 


most 
three 


He  snaps  his  aunt, 
"Cis,"  and  his  tutor, 
Miss   Murphy   .   .  . 


hours,  Freddie's  stretches  to  five,  be- 
cause of  the  necessity  of  meeting  both 
British  and  American  requirements. 
"That's  odd,"  he  observes.  "Then 
I  really  work  two  hours  overtime." 
A  sudden  thought  strikes  him. 
"What's  more,"  he  informs  his  aunt, 
"I  don't  get  [Continued  on  page  82] 


When  he  goes  par- 
tying, he  goes  with 
Cora  Sue  Collins  .  .  . 


First  Crossm 


Have  you  dreamed  of  going  abroad,  of  seeing  faraway, 
romantic  places?  You  can  make  the  dream  come  true- 
just    as    the    two    courageous    girls    in    this    story    did! 

By  Harriet  Kahm 


I  FIRST  began  to  collect  steamship  folders  when  I 
was  a  senior  in  high  school,  and  planned  one  trip 
after  another  elaborately,  right  down  to  the  last  detail. 
I  eagerly  absorbed  every  travel  book  I  could  find.  I  gave 
my  long-suffering  family  involved  lectures  on  the  beauties 
of  the  Riviera  and  which  part  of  a  ship  vibrates  the  least 
on  an  ocean  crossing.  I  even  went  so  unspeakably  far 
as  to  quarrel  with  steamship  agencies  about  the  relative 
advantages  and  disadvantages  of  various  cabins  (they, 
of  course,  little  dreaming  that  I  was  no  more  a  prospective 
passenger  than  an  Arctic  whale). 

I  had  never  been  more  than  fifty  miles  away  from  my 
home  town. 

No  one  in  my  family  had  ever  been  in  Europe  (except- 
ing those  ancestors  who  had  originally  come  from  there). 
None  of  us  had  ever  traveled  at  all.    Travel  costs  money. 

When  I  was  graduated  from  high  school,  I  took  a  busi- 
ness course  for  a  year  and  became  a  stenographer.  I  was 
nineteen,  and  when  I  dreamed  of  romance  it  was  always 
connected  somehow  with  faraway,  intriguing  places.  The 
steamship  folder  mania  still  had  me  in  its  gentle 
clutches ;  but  down  in  my  heart  I  realized  grimly  that  my 
dreams  never  could  come  true.  My  salary  was  $23.00  a 
week.  Travel  is  for  the  rich,  isn't  it?  But  lack  of  money 
couldn't  stop  me  from  dreaming. 


•  I  DISCOVERED  that  I  wasn't  the  only 
girl  who  had  sea  fever  without  ever  gazing  on 
the  sea.  Beth  Robertson,  a  girl  at  the  office, 
and  I  became  intimate  chums  and  I  learned 
that  she,  too,  had  been  bitten  by  the  deadly 
travel  bug.  We  spent  enchanted  hours  dreaming 
ourselves  around  the  world,  and  exchanging 
travel  information,  books,  and  steamship  liter- 
ature.  We  made  a  sort  of  wistful  game  of  it. 

I  might  have  spent  all  of  my  life  in  my 
home  town   if   it  hadn't  been    for  a  chance 


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conversation  I  overheard  in  a  street  car  one  morning  on 
the  way  to  the  office.  Two  well-dressed  young  women 
were  sitting  on  the  seat  behind  me.  One  of  them  had 
evidently  just  returned  from  Europe  that  very  morning, 
and  both  were  talking  so  excitedly  that  it  was  impossible 
not  to  overhear  them.  Said  the  returned  traveler:  "Oh, 
honey,  you've  got  to  do  it !  I  had  the  most  marvelous 
time  of  my  life,  and  the  whole  trip  didn't  cost  a  cent 
more  than  three  hundred  dollars.  I'm  going  to  go  back 
to  England  for  another  visit  just  as  soon  as  I  can  save  up 
the  money,  and  I  want  you  to  come  with  me.  I've  got  so 
many  millions  of  things  to  tell  you  I  don't  know  where 
to  begin.  Did  you  get  my  cable  from  London?"  and 
much  more. 

I  rode  four  blocks  past  my  street,  so  absorbed  was  I 
in  my  impolite  eavesdropping.  It  seemed  to  me  as  if 
some  unseen,  kindly  power  had  purposely  arranged  mat- 
ters so  that  I  should  be  in  that  particular  seat,  in  that 
particular  street  car,  at  that  exact  time. 

I  told  Beth  what  I  had  heard.  "Do  you  realize  that 
there's  nothing  to  stop  us  from  doing  the  same  thing?"  I 
demanded.  "It  can't  cost  more  than  three  hundred  dol- 
lars or  so,  going  third  class,  and  taking  one  of  the  slower 
boats.  If  we  each  save  three  dollars  a  week  out  of  our 
salaries  for  two  years,  we'll  have  more  than  enough !" 

That  night,  in  Beth's  room,  we 
figured  out  the  details  of  the  cost 
of  a  trip  abroad,  with  steamship 
and  other  travel  literature  spread 
out  before  us.  We  found  that 
every  spring  a  certain  line  offers  a 
round-trip  excursion  to  Europe  for 
$110.00,  third  class,  including  cab- 
in and  meals.  Long  study  had  con- 
vinced us  that  the  modern  third 
class  was  comfortable  to  the  point 
of  luxury,  and  eminently  respect- 
able.   A  passport  would  cost  about 


"New  York's  outline 
was  still  etched  faintly 
on  the  horizon.  Behind 
us  was  America.  Be- 
fore us,  the  vast,  mys- 
terious reaches  of  the 
Atlantic,  and  be- 
yond  —  Paris!" 


"We  saw  the  Latin  Quartier,  with  its  narrow,  dark,  winding  streets,  and 
artists  everywhere,   painting.  (From  a  water  color  by   Harry  L  Taskey) 


SI  1.00.  including-  photographs.  Round-trip  bus  fare 
from  our  town  to  New  York,  $12.00.  Tips  aboard  the 
boat,  about  $2.50  each  way;  total,  $5.00. 


•  THE  excursion  permitted  a  fifteen-day  stay  in  Eu- 
rope. One's  living  expenses  in  Europe  need  not  exceed 
33.00  per  day,  including  meals  and  a  room  in  a  comfort- 
able hotel.  That  would  total  $45.00  for  the  fifteen  days. 
Then  there  would  be  railroad  fare  from  the  seaport  to 
Paris  (our  preferred  destination).  That  would  amount  to 
S10.00  round  trip.  All  of  these  costs  would  come  to  less 
than  $200.00  and  would  allow  the  remaining  hundred  to 
be  spent  for  pleasure.  Fifty  dollars  a  week  for  pleasure 
can  buy  a  lot  of  pleasure  anywhere  in  the  world ! 


Beth  and  I  were  enchanted  by 
our  miraculous  discovery,  though 
"enchanted"  is  much  too  mild  a  word 
for  it.  We  were  delirious  and  not 
at  all  deterred  by  the  thought  of 
having  to  wait  two  years  to  make 
our  dreams  come  true.  We  each 
started  a  bank  account  that  very 
week  and  began  our  weekly  $3.00 
deposits.  Some  weeks,  at  the  sacri- 
fice of  a  few  desserts  and  other  little 
"luxuries,"'  we  raised  the  ante  to 
$5.00,  but  this  didn't  happen  often. 
Xo  one  could  describe  the  thrill  of 
watching  those  bank  accounts  grow, 
week  by  week,  month  by  month.  At 
the  end  of  a  year  and  ten  months, 
each  of  us  had  saved  $310.00. 

Three  hundred  and  ten  dollars ! 
And  it  was  spring ! 

Of  course,  no  one  really  took  our 
travel  intentions  seriously.   Twenty- 
year-old  stenographers  don't  simply 
pack  their  things  and  say,   "Good- 
bve,    folks.    I'm    running     over     to 
Europe  for  a  couple  of  weeks.  I'll 
write  you  from  Paris."    My  friends 
were  politely  incredulous.     My  par- 
ents looked  stricken.    But  the  world 
didn't  really  stop  until  I  actually  re- 
ceived my  passport  from  Washing- 
ton  and   showed    it,   together   with   my    two-yards-long 
steamship  ticket  to  my  pop-eyed  friends  of  both  sexes, 
and  my  despairing  family. 

"But  Harriet,  you  can't!''  they  all  wailed. 
"Oh,  can't  I !"  replied  Harriet.  "Well,  just  watch  me !" 
It  was  my  job  that  cost  me  the  deepest  pang  of  regret. 
I  would  have  to  give  it  up  and  take  my  chances  of  finding 
another  when  I  returned,  and  that  might  not  be  so  easy. 
But  Beth  and  I  agreed  that  faint  heart  ne'er  won  trip  to 
Paris,  so  we  bade  our  employers  a  cheery  farewell  and 
cashed  our  last  pay  checks. 

When  the  bus  pulled  out  of  the  station,  I  saw  my 
mother  weeping.  She  was  confident  that  she  would  never 
see  her  darling  daughter  alive  again.  The  wilds  of 
Europe  would  claim  my  slim  and  helpless  carcass,  if  I 


35 


was  lucky  enough  to  escape  the  treach- 
ery of  the  sea.  My  father  looked 
grim.  A  certain  young  party  who 
kissed  me  goodbye — a  trifle  gingerly 
—looked  puzzled  and  defeated,  as  if 
life  had  handed  him  a  lemon  when 
he  had  had  his  mouth  all  set  for  a 
nice,  juicy  orange.  The  darling  booh  ! 
Do  you  remember  that  picture, 
Monte  Carlo,  with  its  theme  song  of 
Beyond  the  Blue  Horizon/  Well,  I 
wouldn't  be  surprised  if  it  was  that 
picture  that  supplied  me  with  the 
courage  and  motive  power  to  accom- 
plish my  deed  of  daring.  While  the 
bus  thundered  comfortably  toward 
New  York,  I  kept  humming  the  tune. 
I,  little  Harriet,  was  on  my  way  to 
Europe !  As  Hollywood  would  put 
it,  it  was  simply  colossal,  gigantic,  and 
stupendous !  It  was  absolutely  and 
completely  one  of  those  things  that 
can't  possibly  happen,  and  then  does, 


to  everyone  s  aston- 
ishment .  .  . 

The  tall  funnels 
of  our  ship  loomed 
skyward  over  the 
top  of  the  pier 
building,  and  we 
were  in  the  midst 
of  a  deliciously  ex- 
citing scene.  Port- 
ers and  baggage 
men  scurrying  here 
and  there ;  orders 
being  shouted ;  uniformed  pier  offi- 
cials and  sailors  everywhere.  Depart- 
ing passengers  and  their  friends. 
Flowers.  Steamer  baskets.  Smart 
messenger  boys.  Electric  baggage 
trucks  scurrying-,  rumbling  along  the 
vast  wooden  floor  loaded  with  tick- 
eted baggage  and  trunks.  A  gorgeous 
nightmare  of  thrilling  pandemonium. 

We  found  ourselves  walking  up  the 


gangplank,  practi- 
cally in  a  trance.  A 
whit  e- j  ac  k  - 
e  t  e  d  s  t  e  w  a  r  d 
showed  us  to  our 
cunning  little  cabin 
on  D  deck.  And  it 
was  just  about  this 
time  that  we  expe- 
rienced the  only  un- 
happy part  of  the 
e  n  t  i  re  trip.  Wc 
wanted  to  stay  and 
explore  our  cabin,  with  its  lovely 
gadgets,  and  we  also  wanted  to  be  on 
all  decks  at  the  same  time,  and  on 
both  sides  of  the  ship  so  as  to  be  sure 
not  to  miss  anything. 


IV.   R.   Laity  from   Ncsmith 


This  vivid  photograph  portrays  the  activity  of  Paris — centuries  old, 
yet  utterly  modern.  The  scene  is  the  Rue  Scribe,  with  the  Paris  Opera 
on  the  left  and  Grand  Hotel  on  the  right.  Note  that  traffic  is  one-way 


•  A  DEEP-THROATED  blast 
from  the  whistle.  Frantic  goodbyes. 
Last-minute  clicks  of  cameras.  A 
frantic  tumble  of  visitors  down  the 
gangplank.  Then  a  few  minutes  later 
another  deep  sound  of  the  whistle,  ac- 
companied by  the  rattling  anchor 
chains.  Then  slowly  the  ship — with 
Beth  and  me  on  it ! — began  moving 
away  from  the  pier  and  into  the  Hud- 
son River.  I  closed  my  eyes  for  a 
brief  moment  in  sheer  ecstacy.  This 
was  what  I  had  dreamed  of  all  my 
life! 

Gradually,  the  crowd  on  the  pier 
grew  far  away  and  tiny.  There  was 
no  sound  but  the  steady  chug-chug 
of  the  tugs  nosing  our  ship  toward 
the  harbor,  and  the  warm  rushing  of 
the  river  wind.  We  floated  past  New 
York's  skyline  silently.  If  it  is  pos- 
sible to  suffer  with  happiness,  I  was 
so  suffering.  A  musical  bell  dinged 
announcing  that  luncheon  was  ready, 
plunging  me  into  a  still  deeper  agony 
of  indecision.  I  was  starving  hungry, 
yet  I  didn't  want  to  go  below  where 
I  would  miss  an  instant  of  the  magic 
panorama  unfolding  itself  before  me. 
Hunger — and  a  very  nice,  friendly 
chap  (really  much  more  attractive 
than  the  darling  I  left  at  home) 
prevailed  upon  me  to  dine.  (There 
were  a  number  of  girls  and  boys  of 
about  our  own  age  on  board.) 

That  luncheon  !  I  wondered  if  there 
was  anything  left  for  the  first  class 
passengers.  We  simply  had  every- 
thing, and  it  was  delicious,  as  well  as 
beautifully  served.  Third  class,  in- 
deed !  And,  of  course,  it  was  at  the 
table  that  people  began  to  introduce 
themselves  to  each  other.  The  Good- 
looking  Number  (who  was  going  to 
Holland)  sat  next  to  me  and  kept 
passing  me  things. 

The  many-coursed  luncheon  fin- 
ished at  last,  I  hurried  back  up  on 
deck  and  was  delighted  to  find  that 
New  York's  outline  was  still  etched 
faintly  on  the  horizon,  but  we  were 
out  at  sea.    [Continued  on  page  60] 


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They 
All  Like 


IREN 


i — v 


J 


Men  develop  magnificent  obsessions 
about  IRENE  DUNNE-whose  charm 
is  effortless  and  completely  feminine 

By  Jane  McDonough 

GIRLS,  gather  'round  while  I  introduce  you  to  one 
Hollywood  charmer  whose  appeal  to  men  is  the 
kind  that  every  girl  secretly  longs  to  have — and 
it  is  likely  to  be  permanent.  She  isn't  a  devastating 
blonde,  tightly  gowned,  with  a  come-hither  look  in  her 
eye.  Her  dark  hair  is  as  natural  as  her  manners,  and 
she  has  had  neither  a  spectacular  romance  nor  a  single 
fit  of  temperament  chalked  up  against  her  record.  When 
it  comes  to  popularity  with  the  masculine  portion  of  Hol- 
lywood, Irene  Dunne  wins  without  a  struggle. 

It  is  from  the  men  and  women  who  are  with  a  star 
during  her  working  hours  that  you  may  expect  a  genuine 
appraisal.  She  is  not  on  parade  then.  Indeed,  she  may 
be  forgiven  for  showing  the  least  pleasant  side  of  her 
personality.  Nerves  grow  taut  from  emotional  strain. 
The  blazing  lights  exact  a  terrific  toll  of  strength  and 
energy.  Courtesy  and  consideration  for  others  demands 
a  distinct  effort.  And  Irene  Dunne  always  has  friendly 
words  for  everyone  around  her,  from  director  to  the  low- 
liest scene-shifter.  And  men  have  a  way,  just  as  women 
do,  of  cherishing  gestures  of  thought  fulness. 

Fellow-workers  will  tell  you  dozens  of  stories  to  illus- 
trate this  trait  in  Irene  Dunne.  The  one  I  like  best  con- 
cerns an  electrician  who  worked  on  one  of  her  pictures. 

This  man  has  a  small  daughter  who  must  spend  long 
months  of  each  year  in  a  sanitarium,  trying  to  while 
away  the  endless  days  until  seasonal  atmospheric  changes 
make  it  possible  for  her  to  return  to  Mother  and  Daddy. 
Miss  Dunne  happened  to  overhear  the  father  discussing 
his  little  domestic  tragedy  with  a  fellow  workman,  and 
inquired  into  it.  Now  the  lonely  mite  receives  frequent 
notes  and  carefully  selected  gifts  in  an  attempt  to  lessen 
the  weariness  of  her  lot.  Of  course,  any  star  might 
duplicate  the  presents.  They  represent  no  great  effort. 
But  the  personally  written  letters  would  be  missing"  in 
most  cases.  They  are  a  typically  Dunne  touch.  Nor 
would  anyone  know  about  either  letters  or  gifts,  but 
for  the  grateful  father. 

I  knew  a  young  chap  employed  with  the  studio  unit 
that  produced  Cimarron,  Miss  Dunne's  first  screen  suc- 
cess. A  very  sophisticated  nineteen,  he  would,  one  im- 
agined, admire  a  more  flamboyant  type.  But  he  immedi- 
ately  fell  victim  to  the   well-    [Continued   on   page  74] 


Two 

ning 

yellow  taffeta,  with 
wing  shoulders  and  a 
draped  skirt;  (right) 
white  crepe  ornament- 
ed only  with  a  gold  belt 


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Ginger  Rogers- 

Past,  Present  and  Future 


Ginger  Rogers  and  Lew  Ayres, 
avoiding  crowds  together,  fell  in 
love.   (P.S.  They  still  avoid  crowds) 

By  Donna  Sheldon 


GINGER  ROGERS  has  reached 
the  top.  After  long  years  of 
climbing  up  the  theatrical  lad- 
der, inch  by  inch,  she  has  reached  the 
uppermost  rung — and  now  steps  out 
onto  the  heady  heights  of  stardom. 
In  her  new  picture,  In  Person,  her 
name — which  has  been  second  for  a 
long  time — will  be  first  in  the  theatre 
lights  of  Broadway,  London,  Paris, 
and  all  points  east  and  west. 

Nine  years  ago,  she  stepped  out  on 
a  stage  in  Dallas,  Texas,  as  an  en- 
trant in  a  Charleston  dance  contest — 
a  gangling  fifteen-year-old,  slight  of 
figure,  red  of  hair,  and  far  from  glam- 
orous in  appearance.  But  she  had 
personality  and  she  was  a  born  danc- 
er ;  she  won  that  contest — and  put  her 
foot  on  the  first  rung  of  the  ladder. 
An  enthusiastic  Dallas  newspaper 
headlined  the  next  morning,  "Look 
Out,  Broadway — Here  Comes  Gin- 
ger!" 

Three  years  later,  she  was  on 
Broadway.  She  would  have  been 
there  sooner  if  she  had  not  wanted  to 
be  sure  first  that  she  was  ready  for 
it.  One  year  later,  she  was  one  of 
the  principal  reasons   for  seeing  the 

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For  nine  years,  she 
has  worked  toward 
stardom.  Now  she 
is  there,  and  no  one 
on  the  screen  has 
a  brighter  or  hap- 
pier-looking future! 


The  fashion  world  is  Ginger  Rogers-con- 
scious today  because  so  many  of  her 
smart  gowns  are  practical  for  the  aver- 
age girl.  For  example:  this  double- 
faced,  reversible  wool  street  frock  in  Top 
Hat.      The    hat    is    of    Cellophane    straw 


Broadway  musical  hit,  Top 
Speed.  That  same  year  (1930) 
she  played  her  first  picture 
role — in  Young  Man  of  Man- 
hattan, featuring  Claudette 
Colbert  and  Norman  Foster. 
She  was  Claudette's  pert 
rival. 

Today,  five  years  and  thirty 
pictures  later,  she  is  the  pert, 
first-rank  rival  not  only  of 
Claudette  Colbert,  but  of  Joan 
Crawford,  Janet  Gaynor,  Kay 
Francis,  Katharine  Hepburn, 
and  every  other  top-flight  star 
in  Hollywood. 

In  popularity,  few — if  any 
— actresses  on  the  screen  out- 


Ginger,  of 
the  superla- 
tive figure, 
wears  the  lat- 
est in  chic 
beach  wear 
in    Top   Hat 


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Ginger  Rogers  wears  both  of  these  gowns  in  Top  Hat  .  .  .  and  both  were  designed  by  Ber- 
nard Newman  (right),  who  predicts  a  great  fashion  future  for  her.  The  dark  gown  is  marine 
blue  marquisette,  worn  over  matching  crepe.  The  white  frock  is  of  starched  chiffon,  with 
skirt    and    bodice    showered    with    silver    paillettes.      With    it   she    wears    three    underslips 


rank  her.  In  beauty  and  glamor,  she 
has  few  equals.  Critics  applaud  her 
talents  as  actress,  dancer,  singer. 
Connoisseurs,  such  as  columnist  O.  O. 
Mclntyre,  call  hers  the  loveliest  fig- 
ure in  filmland.  Bernard  Newman, 
Hollywood  stylist,  predicts  that  she 
is  the  future  "best-dressed  star"  of 
the  screen. 


•  SHE  and  Fred  Astaire,  who 
have  just  completed  their  fourth  pic- 
ture, Top  Hat,  are  the  most  phenome- 
nally popular  costarring  combination 
since  Janet  Gaynor  and  Charles  Far- 
rell  were  a  romantic  duo.  The  Rog- 
ers-Astaire  appeal  is  far  different 
from  the  erstwhile  Gaynor-Farrell 
appeal,  but  the  public  is  just  as  insist- 
ent that  they  continue  to  appear  to- 
gether. And  so  they  will.  (FoIIozv 
the  Fleet  is  on  the  fall  program  for 
them.)  But,  meanwhile,  producers 
are  out  to  prove  that  they  know  what 


the  public  has  suspected  for  three 
years — namely,  that  Ginger  is  a  grand 
little  actress,  not  restricted  to  musical 
corned)'.  So  she  is  doing  In  Person, 
and  RKO-Radio  is  shopping  for  other 
dramatic  stories  for  her. 

However,  something  even  more  im- 
portant than  stardom  has  happened  to 
Ginger.  Fame  and  fortune  are  rich 
prizes,  but  what  would  they  mean 
without  happiness?  And  Ginger  has 
found  that  in  her  marriage  to  Lew 
Ayres,  whom  she  met,  ironically 
enough,  when  she  played  opposite  him 
in  Don't  Bet  on  Love. 

Their  first  date  was  on  the  night 
of  March  10,  1932,  the  night  that 
an  earthquake  laid  Long  Beach  in 
ruins  and  shook  Hollywood  to  its 
foundations.  Ginger  smiles  today, 
"That  wasn't  an  earthquake.  It  was 
Lew  and  I  falling  in  love,  only  we 
didn't  know  it  at  the  time!" 

They  did  not  believe  in  love  at 
first    sight.      They    both    had    been 


through  the  disillusionment  of  unhap- 
py first  marriages,  and  both  were  on 
guard  against  any  sudden  heart  en- 
tanglements. They  became — just  pals. 
Ginger  in  slacks  and  Lew  in  cords 
and  an  old  sweater  went  out  at  night 
on  long  walks.  They  sat  home  and 
read  serious  books  to  each  other.  They 
did  not  go  to  the  bright-light  spots  to 
parade  their  companionship  for  what- 
ever publicity  there  might  be  in  it. 
Instead,  they  picked  up  hot  dogs  or 
hamburgers  at  some  roadside  stand, 
unrecognized  by  fellow  diners. 

Then  Ginger  went  off  to  New  York 
on  vacation  and  they  discovered  a 
fact  that  they  had  subconsciously  been 
dodging  for  months — the)'  were  in 
love,  and  life  apart  was  not  worth 
the  living.  Ginger  rushed  back  to 
Hollywood    [Continued  on  page  66] 


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You  Wear 
They  Tell 

A  handful,  of  men  in   Hollywood  .  .  .  clever  fashion 
designers . . .  make  up  your  mind  about  "what  to  wear"! 


Walter  Plunkett 
created  the 
gowns  for  Little 
Women — and  you 
copied  them 
in  modern  versions 


ADRIAN  put  a  pillbox  hat  on 
l\  Garbo,  and  the  whole  world 
X  A-  of  women  started  wearing 
similar  hats ! 

Travis  Banton  designed  an  evening 
gown  with  a  tailored  shirtwaist  top 
for  Carole  Lombard  in  No  Man  of 
Her  Own,  and  shirtmaker  evening 
gowns  of  lame,  cloth-of-gold,  satin, 
and  other  rich  fabrics  became  a 
fashion  necessity ! 

In  One-Way  Passage,  Kay  Francis 
wore  an  evening  cape  with  a  slightly 
military  swagger,  designed  by  Orry- 
Kelly.  Now  look  at  capes  all  over  the 
place ! 

Rene  Hubert  slit  a  skirt  that  Janet 
Gaynor  wore  in  Servants'  Entrance, 
and  hundreds  of  thousands  of  women 
dashed  from  the  theatre  to  grab  for 
the  scissors ! 

Walter  Plunkett's  costumes  for 
Little  Women  were 
followed  almost  on 
Howard  Greer  the  instant  of  the 
helped  to  picture's  release  by 
make  you  red-  a  passionate  inter- 
ingote- minded        est  on  the  part  of 


Travis  Banton  made  you  want  wide-brimmed  hats  a  la  West 
.  .  .  and  shirtmaker  evening  gowns  a  la  Carole  Lombard 


dressmakers  and  manufacturers  in 
the  tight  bodice,  the  gored  skirt,  and 
the  fullness  from  elbow  to  wrist — not 
to  mention  poke  bonnets ! 

You  wear  what  a  handful  of  men 
in  Hollywood  tell  you  to  wear,  and 
it  is  of  no  use  to  argue! 


•  IF    THE     fashion    designers    of 

Hollywood  decide  that  you  are  to 
dress  in  hoop-skirts,  hoop-skirts  you 
will  wear — and  like  the  idea.  That  is, 
you  will  if  you  are  the  average 
woman.  And,  according  to  Walter 
Plunkett,  most  women  are  average 
women.  "Otherwise,  we  wouldn't 
have  fads  in  clothes  sweeping  the 
country,"  he  explains. 

Mr,  Plunkett,  costume  designer  for 
RKO  Studios,  was  in  a  mischievous 
mood  the  day  I  talked  to  him.  He  was 
feeling  very  gay,  I  think,  because  his 
costumes  for  She,  the  spectacular  pic- 
ture from  the  Rider  Haggard  novel 
of  the  same  name,  were  behaving  very 
well  for  the  cameras. 

I  asked  him  about  this  business  of 
fads.  "Do  they  just  happen,  or  do 
you  control  them  from  Hollywood? 
In  other  words,  do  you  think  that  the 
designers  of  Hollywood  could  put 
over  any  style  they  wished,  no  matter 
how  extreme,  if  they  decided  to  play 
a  monstrous  joke  on  the  world?" 

"In  the  first  place,  we  wouldn't 
want  to,"  he  said.  "But  I  suppose  that 
if  all  of  the  designers  made  a  pact  to 
use  one  extreme  style  consistently  in 
all  pictures,  within  six  months  every 
woman  in  the  world  would  be  wear- 
ing .  .  .  well,  let's  think  up  something 
really  fantastic  for  an  example!" 

His  eyes  lighted  with  an  impish 
gleam.  "Remember,  now,  I  said  IF  all 
of  the  designers  went  slightly  crazy, 
and  decided  to  play  a  prank  on  the 
world,"  he  cautioned.  "Our  business 
is  to  make  our  stars  look  lovely  in 
clothes  that  fit  their  characters  and 
the  stories.  But  IF  Hollywood  de- 
signers so  chose,  I'll  wager  that  in 
six  months  we  could  have  every 
woman  built  up  to  eight  or  nine  feet 


40 


What 
You 


By 

Lyn  Miller 


tall!  All  that  we  would  have  to  do 
would  be  to  put  stilt  shoes  consistently 
on  our  most  famous  stars,  and  build 
up  hair  and  hats  into  towering  head- 
dresses. The  more  conservative  wom- 
en, of  course,  would  restrain  them- 
selves to  being  only  about  six  and  a 
half  or  seven  feet  tall.  But  very 
quickly  you'd  have  the  extremists 
towering  ten  to  twelve  feet  in  the  air. 
The  implications  are  terrific  !  I  trem- 
ble to  think  of  my  own  power!" 

"You're  not  being  serious !"  I  pro- 
tested. "This  is  a  very  serious  inter- 
view!" 

"I'm  perfectly  serious,"  he  retorted. 
"Most  women  make  the  mistake  of 
wearing  whatever  is  popular  at  the 
moment,  instead  of  what  is  becoming 
to  them  personally.  Otherwise,  .we 
never  would  have  had  -every  woman 
wearing  knee-length  skirts,  regardless 
of  what  kind  of  underpinnings  she 
had  been  born  with.  And  we  never 
would  see  such  things  as  huge  wide 
sleeves  on  short,  wide  women." 


©  PLUNKETT  should  know  where- 
of he  speaks,  for  he  has  been  re- 
sponsible for  several  trends,  himself. 
All  of  them,  he  is  quick  to  add,  origi- 
nated in  spite  of  him,  and  not  because 
he  set  out  to  invent  something  new. 
The  beginning  of  the  modern  usage 
of  puffed  sleeves  dates  back  to  his 
costumes  for  Cimarron.  He  designed 
those  precisely  to  the  period  of  the 
Edna  Ferber  story  according  to  his- 
torical data,  modifying  them  only  in 
some  slight  details  to  make  them  at- 
tractive to  the  modern  eye. 

Shortly  after  the  picture's  release, 
sleeves  began  to  puff,  then  to  gather 
and  spread  until  Adrian,  internation- 
ally known  M-G-M  designer,  went 
the  limit  with  the  famous  Letty  Lyn- 
ton  dress  he  designed  for  Joan  Craw- 
ford. They  swept  the  country  like 
wildfire  within  less  than  a  month  after 
the  picture  was  shown. 

Adrian  smiled  reminiscently  when 
I  asked  him  whether  or  not  he  delib- 
erately had  .wished  those  huge,  flar- 


Dolores  Del  Rio,  with  Orry-Kelly 
(above),  wears  the  Grecian  line  he 
has  sponsored.     And  so  will  you! 


ing  sleeves  and  high,  prim  necklines 
on  a  defenseless  country. 

"Of  course  not,"  he  said.  "Fashion 
evolves  in  spite  of  designers,  and  not 
because  of  them.  There  is  an  evolu- 
tionary law  in  fashion  changes,  just 
as  there  is  in  painting  or  any  other 
art.  A  new  Hollywood  mode,  used 
consistently,  does  make  itself  felt  very 
quickly,  and  is  very  widely  copied  if 
it  is  good  and  right  and  sound.  But 
there  is  no  use  in  doing  something 
just  for  the  sake  of  being  different.  I 
put  those  huge  sleeves  on  Miss  Craw- 
ford in  Letty  Lynton  because  she  was 
playing  an  extreme  person,  and  it 
suited  the  character  to  have  extreme 
clothes.  They  happened  to  click  with 
the  entire  world." 

So  far  two  designers  had  agreed, 
with  charming  modesty,  that  their 
brain-children  had  achieved  world- 
wide popularity  without  their  ever  in- 
tending it. 


©  ORRY-KELLY      of      Warners- 
First   National,   added  his   impor- 
tant voice  to  the  chorus : 

"The  essential  thing  in  dress  for  all 
women  is  to  have  clothes  that  are 
personal,  that  reflect  their  own  in- 
dividual personality,"  he  said.  "Any 
style  trend  I  have  started  gained  pop- 
ularity because  I  introduced  some- 
thing that  was  becoming  to  a  certain 
star  and  right  for  the  part  she  was 
playing,  not  because  I  had  the  mil- 
lions of  women 
who    might    copy 

it  in  mind."  Adrian     and 

H  i  s     striking  Joan     Craw- 

costumes     for  ford  have  been 

Dolores    Del    Rio  partners      in 

(Continued   on  starting    many 

page  78)  a    new    style 


Rene'  Hubert 
(above)  made 
you  slit-skirt- 
conscious 


k>< 


41 


Dramatically,  Virginia  Bruce  gives  us  a  hint  of 
the  dramatic  things  awaiting  us  in  the  fashion 
marts  this  fall  .  .  .  gowns  made  of  unusual  fab- 
rics,  exotic  costume  jewelry,   novel  accessories 


By  Gwen  Dew 


THERE  is  a  whisper  in  the  air  of  coming  days  full 
of  the  zest  of  autumn,  of  the  winelike  fragrance 
of  the  September  air,  of  renewed  interest  in  sports 
and  affairs  that  are  active.  We  have  had  our  full  share 
of  being  lazy,  of  just  "sitting  in  the  sun,"  and  now  we 
are  ready  to  swing  into  autumn  and  its  delightful  new 
modes. 


MEANWHILE,  for  these  last  lovely  summer  days 
we  can  live  in  cotton  lace,  and  capture  all  the  hon- 
ors. It  is  smart  anywhere  and  any  time.  It  is  being 
made  into  amazing  things  that  lace  never  dreamed  of 
being  before,  and  they  are  utterly  charming.  Shirtwaist 
frocks  with  trick  buttons  of  patent-leather,  brilliant  glass 
and  amusing  wood  serve  all  purposes.  They  pack  easily, 
look  supremely  cool,  and  launder  beautifully.  So  what 
more  could  one  ask? 

Even  into  the  evening  goes  cotton  lace,  and  you  will 
see  the  bouffant  gowns  in  the  "best-dressed"  places. 
Sometimes  the  lace  is  starched,  and  then  it  looks  crisply 
cool,  besides  being  mighty  becoming  to  slim  young  forms. 
Eggshell  is  its  favorite  color,  followed  closely  by  flesh, 
white,  aqua,  yellow,  and  lilac. 

Sheer  .blacks  and  navy  blues,  with  flattering  bows  of 
crisp  white  organdy  or  dainty  net,  are  another  grand 
answer  to  the  last  warm  days,  particularly  if  there  are 
jackets  you  can  add  as  August  slips  into  early  Septem- 
ber. There  is  really  nothing  that  looks  cooler,  and  the 
white  touches  set  off  the  deep  tan  of  your  skin,  and  the 
matching  tan  of  your  sheer  hosiery.  Black  or  blue 
gloves  with  flaring  cuffs  give  that  final  smart  touch  that 
means  so  much. 


BERETS  creep  up  on  us  as  summer  wanes,  and  from 
Paris  we  learn  that  there  is  a  jaunty  new  large 
Florentine  beret  draped  in  soft  folds  that  is  on  its  way 
to  us.  It  will  be  worn  high  over  one  eye,  and  then  dip 
daringly  down  over  the  other.  Turbans  for  sports  wear 
are  being  shown  in  New  York  in  taffeta  and  paisley,  and 
small  close  hats  point  the  way  to  autumn  millinery  trends. 

As  the  days  glide  swiftly  into  September,  we  promise 
you  that  velveteen  .will  step  up  into  fashion's  spotlight. 
It  will  either  form  entire  dresses  or  coats,  or  be  used  as 
large  collars  and  revers.  I  have  heard  of  one  fall  suit 
already  being  made  of  brown  wool,  with  rose  velveteen 
for  its  revers.     Doesn't  that  sound  enticing? 

Skirts  are  literally  creeping  up  on  us,  and  by  fall  we 
will  find  our  dresses  an  inch  or  an  inch  and  a  half  shorter, 
which  means  that  the  lengths  will  vary  from  ten  to  four- 
teen and  one-half  inches  from   [Continued  on  page  79] 


42 


FASHION 
PARADE 


Fashion  never  stands  still;  it  is  always  on  the 
march- — and  now  approaches  the  early 
autumn  reviewing  stands  .  .  .  or.  rather, 
previewing  stands  .  .  .  Kitty  Carlisle,  the 
society  girl  who  turned  screen  songstress,  is 
all  prepared  for  that"  Indian  summer  mood 
with  a  chic,  dark  one-piece  street  frock, 
which  has  such  bright  accessory  touches  as 
clusters  of  silk  flowers  on  her  hat  and   belt 


X 


In  a  Romantic 
Mood,  Carole 
Lombard  wears 
silky  black 
tulle  with  pink 
flowers  at  the 
throat . .  .  deli- 
cate make-up 
...  a  softly 
waved  coiffure 


How  Carole 
lathes  Match 


Romantic  or  gay  or  sophisticated, 
she  always  looks  the  part- — with 
make-up  and  coiffures  in  harmony  ! 


A  sophisticate  in  a  Small  Girl  Mood  makes  strong 
men  weaken.  A  round-collared  frock,  a  swagger  coat, 
a  Breton  sailor  and  a  "careless'   coiffure  do  the  trick! 


By  VIRGINIA  LANE 


T] 
; 


HE  more  interesting  a  woman  is,"  says 
Travis  Banton,  the  famous  Hollywood 
designer,  "the  more  sides  there  are  to 
her  personality.  When  she  understands  the 
trick  of  selecting  clothes  to  match  each  mood, 
and  of  varying  her  hairdress  and  make-up  as 
she  varies  her  costumes,  then  she  has  glamor. 
That,  really,  is  the  secret  of  Carole  Lombard's  allure." 
"Twelve-persons-in-one,"  Travis  calls  her.  And  he 
should  know  because  he  has  designed  gowns  that  dramatize 
every  facet  of  Carole's  temperament. 

The  lovely  Lombard,  you  see,  knows  instinctively  what 
clothes  and  coiffures  and  make-up  can  do  for  a  girl  as  well 
as  to  her.  She  found  out  some  time  ago  that,  to  be  a  suc- 
cess, a  girl  has  to  look  the  different  parts  she  wants  to  play 
in  everyday  drama.  That  has  nothing  to  do  with  acting. 
It  is  feminine  psychology,  pure  and  simple. 

•  Suppose,  for  instance,  that  you  want  to  capture  the 
mood  of  romance — the  most  important  mood  in  a  girl's 
life. 

There  is  nothing  like  tulle  for  that,  declares  Mr.  Banton. 
It  has  been  the  outstanding  prom-girl  and  bridesmaid  fabric 
of  history.  And  when  a  blonde  of  Carole's  calibre  com- 
bines tulle  in  a  silky  black  with  pink  flowers  at  the  throat 
— well,  what  man  can  look  in  the  opposite  direction?  In 
order  to  allow  the  flattery  of  those  pink  cloth  flowers  to 
do  their  best,  Carole  uses  a  lip  rouge  in  a  deeper  tone  of 
the  same  shade.  ( Nothing  detracts  from  such  a  mood  like 
a  bold  orange  rouge  or  one  that  has  a  bluish  cast.  And  this 
applies  also  to  a  heavy  perfume.)  By  all  means,  use  a 
delicate  floral  scent  and  spray  it  over  the  whole  dress, 
especially  on  the  flowers. 

Everything  must  be  delicate.  Your  jewelry.  The  flush 
on  your  cheeks.  And  your  eyelashes  and  eyebrows  should 
be  done  in  brown  mascara  and  pencil.  Black  is  too  definite 
a  contrast  with  light  hair  for  such  a  mood.  Even  brunettes 
should  use  brown  unless  they  happen  to  have  very  dark 
hair. 

Carole's  "coiffure  counselor" — Walter  Westmore,  of  the 
famous  Westmore  brothers — says  that  you  may  have  a 
passion  for  a  sleek  headdress,  but  when  you  want  to  spread 
the  spell  of  enchantment,  keep  your  hair  soft.  Comb  out 
the  bangs  and  waves,  and  just  before  leaving  your  room 
tip  your  head  down.     Then  let  the  hair  settle  back  into 


44 


Lombards 
Her  Moods 


place  of  its  own  free  will.  This  will  give  it  the  same  light, 
airy  effect  as  the  dress.  Carole  even  adds,  "Keep  the  con- 
versation on  light  topics.  Don't  discuss  politics  in  tulle!" 
In  fact,  dressed  like  that,  you  won't  have  to  discuss  much 
of  anything.  The  Big  Moment  will  arrive  of  its  own  accord 
without  the  help  of  words ! 

•  Of  course,  there  are  a  good  many  ""moments"  in  a 
woman's  life — moments  that  require  expert  handling. 
Perhaps  an  ex-sweetheart  of  your  husband's  is  coming  to 
dinner,  or  you  want  to  show  the  old  crowd  at  your  class 
reunion  how  "ultra"  you  have  become.  That  is  the  per- 
fect hostess  mood. 

The  way  to  begin  is  by  putting  on  one  of  those  elastic 
girdles  that  can  do  grand  things  for  even  the  grandest  of 
figures,  and  rummage  around  until  you  find  your  most 
madly  extravagant  pair  of  sheer  stockings.  Thus  fortified, 
slip  into  a  white  crepe  gown  modeled  along  the  lines  that 
made  Helen  of  Troy  an  international  complication.  A  de- 
ceivingly simple  gown, you  know, 
probably  with  the  sleeves  cut  in 
one  with  the  bodice  like  Carole's, 
and  with  the  same  unmistakable 
air  of  being  clever  and  classic 
all  at  once.  Have  a  set  head- 
dress with  your  bangs  curled 
under      [Continued  on  page  64] 


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Carole  Lombard  epitomizes  smartness  in  a 

Tailored    Mood    .   .   .   with    such    softening 

touches  as  two-tie  pumps,  a  wine-red  blouse 

and  wine-red  carnations 


In  the  Gayest 
Mood!  Polka- 
dotted  shorts, 
ankle  -  length 
inen ,  and  a 
lustrous"    look! 


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Mr 


Claudette 
Colberts 

CHIC 


Were  you  surprised  by 
Ciaudette's    newly    au- 
burned    hair — as    re- 
vealed   in    the    striking 
natural-color    photo- 
graph  on   this  month's 
cover?      Did  you  won- 
der   about    the     silver 
fox  cape-?     The  answer 
is  that  both  are  chic  .  .  . 
Evenings  always  are 
cool  in  California,  and 
a  fur  cape  is  not  only 
smart,    but    sensible. 
Just  as  smart  and  sensi- 
ble as  her  simple  early 
fall  frock  at  the   near- 
right — green   wool   ac- 
cented with  silver  lame 
stitc'hings.   The  coiffure 
above   is  her  newest — 
worn   in   the    picture, 
"She  Married  Her  Boss" 


Happy 

Summer 

Ending 

Joan  Bennett,  of  :he  Hollywood 
smart  set,  is  giving  summer  a  pert 
and  fashionable   finale — like  this 


For  an  'afternoon  out,"  Joan 
comes  downstairs  in  aquamarine 
crepe,  sportswear-styled.  And 
sport  shoes  and  a  sporty  little 
hat  heighten  the  informal  note 


For  dining  and  dancing,  Joan 
likes  yards  and  yards  of  ruffled 
pink  tulle,  with  a  perky  jacket. 
Which  reminds  us:  her  new  pic- 
ture is  titled,  "Two  for  Tonight" 


Shopping  is  a  "suitable"  occa- 
sion to  Joan,  who  likes  this  year's 
contrast  motifs.  Her  skirt  of 
sheer  wool  crepe  is  topped  by 
a  brief  jacket  and  multi-ruffled 
gilet    of    powder-blue     linen 


Teatime  is  taffeta  time  for  Joan, 
who  rustles  to  her  favorite 
restaurant  in  a  navy-and-white 
printed  frock,  a  navy  coat  and 
navy  hat — all  of  taffeta  (center) 


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Travis  Banton's  creations  for  Loretta 
film   spectacle,   'The   Crusades/'  are 


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versions  of  this  vel- 
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As  Berengaria,  Queen  of 
England,  Loretta  Young 
wears  a  veil  bound  about 
her  head,  with  a  narrow 
metallic  band  surmounting  it 


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a  modern  variation — a 
close-fitting  hat  with  up- 
turned and  shiny  band  brim, 
face    veil    and    chin    strap 


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A  Suit  Substitute — such  is  Madge 
Evans'  smart  black-and-white  wool  frock, 
styled   like   a  tailored  military  topcoat 


Preludes  to  Autumn 

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Would  you  suspect  that  Una  Merkel's  trim 
"office-girl"  frock  (above)  has  a  removable 
jacket?      It' buttons  in   back — just  for  novelty 


Four  pockets  and  eleven  buttons  adorn  the 
jacket  of  Merle  Oberon's  suit  in  "The  Dark 
Angel"  (right).     Its  checks  are  three-toned 


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For  evening,  taffeta  continues  popular 
— like  Maureen  O'Sullivan  (left).  Her 
quaint  gown  is  gray-and-white  striped 


For  autumn  lounging,  Rochelle  Hudson 
has  pajamas  of  chiffon  velvet  in  a  new 
weave.      Their    color?       Rose    opaline 


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Give  Yourself 
Some  New  Accessories! 


You  don't  have  to  spend  a 
fortune  to  smarten  up  your 
fall  clothes.  You  can  make 
things,  yourself.   Here's  how! 

by  Ann  Sothern 


THE  FASHION  powers-that-be  are  good 
to  us !  Every  fall  they  devise  some  new 
types  of  accessories  that  we  can  use  with 
miraculous  results  on  a  last  year's  dress.  And 
thus  we  fool  our  friends  and  enemies  into 
thinking  that  we  just  went  out  and  spent  a 
small  fortune  (snap  of  fingers  here!)  on  a 
whole  new  autumn  outfit !  Last  year  they  said, 
"Trim  with  metals  and  metal  cloths  for  dressy 
wear.  And  for  sportswear  make  your  own 
hats,  sweaters,  scarfs,  and  other  accessories, 
even  flowers  !"  This  year  the  bright  edict  to  us 
is :  "Crochet !" 

Crocheted  gloves,  I  must  admit,  made  their 
first  appearance  this  summer  .  .  .  but  they  were 
so  successful  and  so  well  liked  that  we'll  be 
wearing  them  far  into  the  fall,  in  fact  until  the 
time  when  the  frost  begins  tackling  our  fingers. 
The  shades  will  be  darker,  of  course,  than  we 
wore  this  summer,  in  order  to  match  the  darker 
hats  and  bags  Ave'll  be  wearing. 

Crocheted  hats  for  sports  and  daytime  wear 
are  a  practical  innovation  for  those  of  us  who 
take  our  hats  off  as  often  as  possible  (to  allow 
our  hair  to  breathe)  and  then  put  them  on 
again  five  minutes  later.  They  don't  stretch 
out  of  shape  .  .  .  they  don't  muss  .  .  .  and  you 
can  easily  tuck  them  in  your  pocket.  And  as 
for  their  cost  ...  a  little  time  and  a  lot  of  in- 
expensive thread  is  nothing  to  complain  about 
— particularly  when  the  results  are  so  extremely 
smart ! 


•  I  HAVE  made  only  a  beret  and  gloves  so 
far,  and  I  had  to  do  those  on  the  set  between 
shots  .  .  .  but  I  am  going  to  make  a  crocheted 
vestee  to  wear  with  my  fall  suit.  These  vestees 
in  contrasting  shades  are  very  chic — yellow 
with  brown  suits,  light  blue  with  dark  blue, 
brown  with  gray  suits.  These  handmade  vestees 
are  very  expensive  to  buy,  but  easy  and  eco- 
nomical to  make.  The  instructions  for  making 
them  are  too  long  to  give  here,  but  you  can 
easily  get  details  at  any  art  needlework  de- 
partment in  a  department  store. 

The  brimmed  beret  that  I  just  finished  is  such 
a  simple  pattern,  how-  [Continued  on  page  80] 


Top,  Ann  Sothern  crocheting  hat;  above,  pattern  for  her  coll 


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51 


Betty  Furness  shows  you  how  to  apply  your  powder  to 
attain  a  velvety  skin.  Your  nose  should  be  powdered 
last,    and    a    brush    used   +°   d°   away   with   the  surplus 


The  vogue  for  shiny  make-up  started  in  Hollywood, 
and  is  popular  for  summer  wear.  Betty's  face  is  a 
fine  example  of  how  fresh  and  youthful-looking  it  is 


LOOKS  Mean  a 


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AMERA!  Lights!  Action!" 
Put  yourself  in  the  place 
of  the  star  who  listens  to 
that  thrilling  cry  of  the  Hollywood 
studios.  It  is  the  minute  before  the 
voice  of  the  director  will  boom  out, 
and  you  take  swift  inventory  of  Your- 
self." 

Your  hair?  Cut  and  curled  to 
make  you  look  your  feminine  loveli- 
est. 

Your  dress  ?  Smoothly  fitted,  im- 
maculately clean,   becomingly  cut. 

Your  face?  That  gives  you  swift 
thought,  and  you  steal  a  last  search- 
ing glimpse  in  a  mirror.  It  must 
show  a  lovely  face,  with  a  faultlessly 
smooth  make-up.  The  poor  features 
of  your  face  must  be  hidden — the 
best  points  of  your  looks  must  be 
enhanced,  played  up,  emphasized. 
That's  the  art  that  makes  the  millions 
who  watch  the  movies  believe  that  be- 
fore them  on  the  screen  is  a  girl  with 
all  the  beauty  of  the  world  embodied 
in  her  features. 

Make-up  !  That's  the  secret  of  these 
stars  who  make  a  thorough  study  of 
it.  And  you,  too,  must  know  these 
tricks  of  making  yourself  as  charm- 
ing to  look  at  as  any  star  on  the 
screen.  You  must  realize  that  even- 
day  when  .you  go  to  work  or  to  a 
dance,  you  face  the  camera  of  passing 
glances,  the  lights  of  friendly  inspec- 
tion,   the    action   of   the   people   who 


Make-up  is  as 
important  to  you 
as  to  the  stars 
.  .  .  so  learn 
how  Hollywood 
makes  every  girl 
lovely  to  behold! 


By 


judge  you  only  by  your  appearance. 
There  are  few  stars  who  were  born 
beautiful.  You  realize  that,  don't 
you  ?  Myrna  Loy  has  freckles  ;  Joan 
"Crawford's  mouth  is  large ;  Ginger 
Rogers'  hair  is  "carroty"  color ;  Mar- 
lene  Dietrich  has  high  cheekbones.  I 
know  these  exquisite  stars  will  for- 
give me  for  saying  these  things,  be- 
cause they  themselves  have  recog- 
nized the  facts,  and — what  is  more 
important — have  made  of  them  im- 
portant factors  in  their  stunning  ap- 


pearances, and  a  great  part  of  their 
personal  charm ! 

How  do  thev  do  it? 


•   LET'S   just   imagine   for  a  while 

that  you  and  I  are  in  Hollywood, 
and  that  I'm  the  make-up  person  who 
is  giving  you  some  points  on  how  you 
can  make  yourself  look  as  lovely  as. 
you  possibly  can.     Attention  ! 

First :  consider  each  part  of  your 
face  individually.  Eyes,  eyelashes, 
eyebrows,  lips,  complexion,  and  hair 
must  be  at  their  individual  best. 

Second :  you  must  know  certain 
make-up  principles  that  I  shall  soon 
tell  you. 

Third :  each  part  of  your  face  must 
be  in  perfect  harmony  with  the  rest. 

Perhaps  you  think  you  know  how  to 
apply  powder.  Probably  you  do.  But 
just  let  me  give  you  my  suggestions, 
too.  Start  powdering  at  the  lower 
edges  of  the  cheeks.  Blend  toward 
the  center  of  the  face.  Powder  your 
nose  last.  Be  sure  to  press  the  pow- 
der lightly  into  the  tiny  lines  of  the 
face.  Brush  away  surplus  with  a 
soft  complexion  brush. 

Rouge  next.  Never  rub  your 
rouge  in,  but  pat  it  gently  on.  Start 
at  the  top  part  of  your  cheek,  and  fol- 
low the  curve  of  the  cheekbone  to  the 
nose.  Blend  carefully  with  your 
fingers   so  that  the  rouge  looks  like 


5Z 


Never  rub  your  rouge  in,  but  pat  it  on  gently.  Blend 
carefully  as  Betty  Furness  is  doing  to  make  it  look  like 
natural  color  in  your  cheeks.    Read  about  rouge  tricks! 


Make  up  your  upper  lip  first  as  Betty  is  doing,  and  by 
compressing  your  lips  together  get  the  natural  contour  for 
the  lower  lips.    Proper  use  of  lipstick  makes  them  enticing 


if  Care 


natural  color  in  your  cheek.  Your 
rouge  should  be  applied  very  faintly 
from  the  cheekbone  to  the  outer  cor- 
ner of  the  lower  eyelid.  If  there  are 
tiny  lines  under  the  eyes,  rouge  car- 
ried up  almost  to  the  lower  lid  will 
help  eliminate  them.  ( That's  a 
make-up  secret  I  learned  from  Dumas 
of  New  York,  who  used  to  make  up 
the  ladies  of  the  royal  Russian 
court ! ) 

The  important  lipstick!  Always 
dry  your  lips.  Make  up  the  upper 
lip  by  following  the  contour  with 
lipstick,  and  fill  in  by  blending  with 
the  lipstick  or  your  finger.  Compress 
your  lips  together  to  give  you  the 
proper  contour  for  your  lower  lip, 
and  so  make  your  mouth  look  sym- 
metrical. Fill  in  and  blend  the  lower 
lip  with  the  lipstick.  Rub  well  toward 
the  inside  of  the  mouth  so  you  don't 
have  a  red  smear  just  on  the  outer 
part  of  your  lips.  Blend  the  lipstick 
into  your  lips  carefully.  The  color 
of  your  lipstick  should  harmonize 
with  the  color  of  your  rouge  and 
powder.  (That's  an  important  prin- 
ciple of  one  of  Hollywood's  most 
famous  make-up  men.) 

Eyeshadow!  This  can  do  much  to 
enhance  your  beauty,  for  if  the 
"eyes  are  the  mirrors  of  the  soul," 
they  should  be  an  outstanding  part 
of  your  looks.  Apply  eyeshadow  to 
the   upper  lid   only,   and  blend  very 


delicately  to  give  an  even  color  from 
eyelash  to  eyebrow.  If  your  eye- 
brows need  it.  define  their  natural 
curve  with  eyebrow  pencil,  and  ex- 
tend the  line  a  trifle.  Where  the  eye- 
lash meets  the  outer  corner  of  the 
lower  lid,  draw  a  fine  line  that  will 
make  your  eyes  look  larger.  Deepen 
your  eyelashes  by  brushing  mascara 
on  them  with  an  upward  stroke  on 
the  upper  lashes,  and  with  a  down- 
ward stroke  to  the  lower  lashes. 
Never  let  your  lashes  look  "matty." 
but  separate  and  soften  the  lashes 
with  a  small  brush. 


•   THAT'S    the    main    part    of    the 
make-up   lesson,   but  if   you   have 


BEAUTY  ADVICE 

Want  to  know  Hollywood's 
secrets  of  bringing  out  all  your 
best  points  through,  the  clever 
use  of  make-up?  We'll  tell 
you.  Or  we'll  be  glad  to  in- 
form you  of  the  names  and 
prices  of  any  beauty  aids  de- 
scribed in  this  article.  Just 
write  to  Alison  Alden,  MOVIE 
CLASSIC,  1501  Broadway, 
New  York  City,  enclosing  a 
stamped,    addressed    envelope. 


special  problems  I  can  help  you.  For 
instance,  there  are  ways  to  make  a 
round  face  look  more  oval,  a  thin 
face  fuller,  to  hide  too-high  cheek- 
bones, to  rouge  hollow  cheeks.  Or 
to  change  the  looks  of  your  eyes,  or 
to  remedy  the  thinness  or  fullness  of 
your  lips.  I  shall  be  glad  to  help  you 
with  these  problems  if  you  will  write 
me  about  them. 

Of  course,  you  realize  that  no 
make-up  in  the  world  can  be  wholly 
satisfactory  unless  you  have  a  clean, 
healthy  skin  underneath  it.  That 
yon  must  insure  for  yourself.  It  is 
a  result  of  sensible  eating,  plenty  of 
sleep,  and  absolute  cleanliness.  Never 
hop  into  bed,  no  matter  how  tired, 
without  thoroughly  cleansing  the 
face.  If  your  skin  is  dry,  it  needs  to 
be  nourished  and  freshened.  If  it  is 
oily,  it  needs  an  astringent. 

Study  your  face,  pick  out  its  good 
points  and  play  them  up  big.  Be 
clever  and  do  something  to  detract 
from  your  weak  spots.  Choose  your 
colors  carefully,  and  apply  them  with 
thorough  knowledge  that  you  are  do- 
ing it  just  the  way  a  master  make- 
up man  would.  You  can.  Make  it 
your  business  to  start  out  every 
morning  with  the  feeling  that  the 
next  minute  you  are  going  to  face  the 
cameras,  let  the  lights  search  you  out, 
and  snap  into  action ! 

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Secrets    of  the    Stars' 

The  acid  test  of  any  woman's   charm   is  the   kind   of  closet 
she  keeps.    Read  what  Hollywood  charmers  have  in  theirs! 


THERE  is  nary  a  skeleton  left  in  Hol- 
lywood closets.  Because,  in  order  to 
rattle  around  well,  any  self-respecting 
skeleton  must  have  one  of  those  old-fash- 
ioned dim  interiors  spiked  with  hooks  that 
bump  you  in  the  eye.  And  it  couldn't  pos- 
sibly be  happy  in  the  bright,  modern,  prac- 
tical   marvels    that    are    the    stars'    closets ! 

As  Mae  West  puts  it — and  believe  it  or  not.  she  is 
one  of  the  best  housekeepers  in  filmdom :  "Whether 
you're  single  or  married,  if  you  want  to  save  your  dis- 
position, you've  got  to  have  a  place  for  everything  and 
everything  in  its  place !  You  know  how  little  things  can 
happen  in  the  best-regulated  families — the  wife  loses  a 
shoehorn,  the  husband  can't  find  his  favorite  tie.  Be- 
fore you  can  say  Mickey  Mouse,  they've  quarreled  and 
she's  telephoning  her  lawyer.  Now  I  don't  say  that  con- 
venient, well-planned  closets  are  the  answer  to  the  Amer- 
ican Divorce  Problem,  but  they  certainly  ought  to  help 
to  steer  people  clear  of  it.  Even  in  apartments,  where 
space  is  what  you  have  the  least  of,  you  can  manage 
them." 

And  how  Mae  has  managed  hers !     The  closets  in  the 


By 

Marianne 
Mercer 


West    apartment    show    what    can    be    done 
when  you  set  your  mind  to  it.     First  of  all. 
she  had  cupboards  built  in — cupboards  with 
cute  draw  curtains  over  them  to  hold  her  size 
4A    pumps,    her   gloves,    the    famous   West 
tarns,  and  so  on.     It's  surprising  how  much 
extra  room  the)'  provide  and  how  inexpen- 
sively a  carpenter  will  build  them. 
The  cupboard  for  the  shoes  has  a  sloping  shelf  with  a 
ledge  for  the  heels  to  rest  against,  and  it  is  low  enough 
to  reach  easily.     All  of  Mae's  hatboxes  are  labeled  so 
that  she  doesn't  have  to  scurry  through  a  half  dozen  be- 
fore she  finds  the  particular  one  she  wants.     And,  nicest 
of  all,  the  minute  she  opens  the  closet  door,  she  is  greeted 
by  a  delightful  odor.     It  comes  from  the  quilted  padding 
on  the  shelves.  Incidentally,  it  is  now  possible  to  buy  this 
padding  by  the  yard  in  any  color  and  in  varying  widths ; 
then  you  scent  it  yourself  with  your  favorite  sachet. 


•  TODAY,  smart  closets  are  as  essential  as  smart 
clothes.  And  the  end  of  summer  is  an  excellent  time 
to  clean  out  the  old  catch-alls,  to  give  them  a  fresh  lease 
on  life.     Just  remember : 

A  little  modern  equipment — and  you 
have  space  where  there  was  none  before. 

A  can  of  paint — and  you  have  sunshine 
where  the  sun  never  penetrates. 

A  few  yards  of  chintz — and  you  have 
chic,  plus  cheer ! 

Let  me  tell  you  what  that  charming 
little  Southern  girl,  Gail  Patrick,  did. 
Gail  is  living  on  a  very  moderate  Holly- 
wood income  because  she  is  just  starting 
out  in  the  movies,  and  she  and  her  mother 
live  in  a  small  apartment.     But  the  girl 


Elissa  Landi  had  a  "clothes  filing 
cabinet"  built  in  her  closet — 
which  is  novel  in  other  ways,  too 

54 


Lyda  Roberti  doesn't  "keep  hats 
in  boxes,  but  in  deep  closet 
drawers.  Neat — and  accessible! 


Behind  three  full-length  mirrors  in  the  room 
that  Sally  Blane  and  Polly  Ann  Young  share 
are    three    attractive,    well-arranged    closets 


Closets! 


must  have  some  special  Alabama  ingenuity, 
as  you  will  agree  after  reading  what  she  did 
to  her  closet. 

It  was  the  "pocket-handkerchief"  size  with 
hooks  scattered  around  the  walls.  After  Gail 
had  hung  up  five  or  six  dresses,  it  looked  as 
jammed  as  a  subway  at  rush  hour,  and  half 
her  clothes  still  were  on  the  bed.'  "A  rod 
from  wall  to  wall  across  the  length  of  the 
"closet  will  more  than  double  its  capacity,"  she 
reasoned,  "and  that  will  still  leave  room  for  a 
shelf!"     So  out  came  the  hooks. 

She  called  the  janitor.  He  put  up  a  shelf 
for  her ;  two  inches  below  it  he  arranged 
brackets  for  the  rod.  But  Gail  did  not  buy  the 
ordinary  thick,  wooden  rod.  A  plain  iron  gas 
or  water  pipe  makes  a  far  stronger  one  and 
she  knew  it.  So  young  Miss  Patrick  bought 
a  length  of  pipe  and  a  can  of  paint — cream- 
colored  paint  to  match  the  woodwork  in  her 
bedroom.  And  she  set  to  work  in  the  closet 
painting  the  new  rod,  the  floorboards  and  the 
shelf.  And  when  she  had  finished,  Gail  went 
shopping  again. 

This  time  she  acquired  four  yards  of  fig- 
ured chintz  and  two  and  one-half  yards  of 
shelf  edgings  in  a  turquoise  rayon  taffeta — 
you  can  get  this  sort  of  edging  in  any  num- 
ber of  materials.  With  the  chintz  she  cov- 
ered the  little  wooden  hangers,  the  hat  stands, 
and  boxes  for  her  hosiery,  gloves,  and  lin- 
gerie. (It  means  a  lot  if  you  can  find  place 
for  all  that  in  your  closet.  It  means  that  you 
can  do  without  buying  an  extra  piece  of  fur- 
niture for  your  bedroom,  and  that's  something 
to  consider  these  days  !) 

With  the  new  paint  and  the  chintz,  that 
closet  took  on  a  gaiety  it  had  never  expected 
to  know.  But  when  Gail  added  the  taffeta 
edging  to  the  shelf — that  was  the  supreme 
touch !  She  tacked  it  on  with  cream-lac- 
quered thumbtacks.  And  the  result  was  com- 
pletely charming. 

And  this  was  the  amazingly  low  cost  for 
the  whole  thing,  item  by  item :     Iron  rod,  35c ;  Paint, 
45c;  Chintz   (at  35c  a  yard)  $1.40;  Taffeta  edging  for 
shelf   (at  40c  a  yard),  $1.00;  Thumbtacks,  25c.     Total 
cost :     $3.45. 


•  IF  YOU  have  neither  the  time  nor  the  inclination 
to  cover  your  hangers,  you  can  buy  clever  little  velvet 
dress  hangers  in  any  large  department  store  for  thirty 
five  cents  a  dozen.  Get  them  in  shades  to  match  the 
color  scheme  of  your  room.  Hatstands  to  match  are 
also  available. 

But  grandest  of  all  is  that  new  gadget,  made  up  of 
wire  racks,  that  you  put  on  the  back  of  closet  doors.  It 
comes  enameled  in  any  shade  you  wish  and  gives  you 
unbelievable  space  for  things.  There  is  room  for  at 
least  two  hats,  an  umbrella,  six  pairs  of  shoes — and  if 
you  are  sharing  the  closet  with  your  husband,  you  will 
have  a  place  for  all  of  his  neckties.  What's  more,  every- 
thing will  be  in  plain  sight  so  that  you  will  not  have  to 


Sylvia  Sidney,  seen  in  the  negligee  she  wears  in  Accent  on  Youth, 
keeps  dust  away  from  things  in  her  closet  by  hanging  drapes  there! 


rummage 


Another  item  to  cheer  the  heart  of  any  woman  is  the 
new  flowered  oilcloth.  It  is  extremely  easy  to  keep  clean 
and  it  dresses  up  a  shelf  miraculously.  You  finish  it 
with  bias  or  folded  tape  after  you  have  cut  it  to  fit  ex- 
actly. 


•  LET  yourself  go  where  closets  are  concerned !  Joan 
Crawford  did— with  thrilling  results.  Joan,  you  know, 
has  always  hated  closets,  because  she  was  shut  in  a 
very  dark  one  once  and  the  memory  lingers  on.  Con- 
sequently, every  one  of  Joan's  closets  now  has  a  window 
in  it.  She  has  all  kinds,  but  one  of  the  neatest  is  her 
"game"  closet,  which  lives  next  door  to  the  card  room. 
In  it,  she  has  enough  compartments  to  hold  the  back- 
gammon and  chess  boards,  the  boxes  of  cards  and  chips 
and  all  of  the  old  games  that  help  to  make  a  party  so 
successful.  All  of  the  shelves  and  drawers  are  painted 
white  with  silver  moldings  and  the  walls  are  pale  blue. 
It  isn't  necessary,  of  course,  to  devote  a  whole  closet  to 
such  things,  but  it  is  a  won-    [Continued  on  page  86] 

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Sally  Eilers  Plays  Hostess 


*-%:. 


,    * 


Exclusive  Movie  Classic  photo  by  Charles  Rhodes 


SINCE  her  marriage  to  Harry  Joe 
Brown,  the  producer,  Sally  Eil- 
ers has  blossomed  out  as  one  of 
the  most  brilliant  and  most  successful 
younger  hostesses  in  Hollywood.  Her 
little  "dinners  at  eight,"  of  which  she 
gives  four  or  five  a  month,  have  be- 
come patterns  for  successful  enter- 
tainment. They  are  by  no  means 
lavish,  but  Sally's  gifts  as  a  charming 
hostess  make  each  of  them  distinctive, 
individual,  dramatic.  And  you  may 
obtain  some  new  ideas  from  her  for 
your  own  next  dinner  party. 

She  attacks  her  problem  of  enter- 
tainment, not  as  a  successful  motion 
picture  star,  but  rather  as  a  young 
wife  whose  husband's  friends  and  her 
own  friends  she  wants  to  have  around 
her.  It  is  a  healthy  mental  attitude 
because  her  own  eager  friendliness  is 
transferred  to  her  guests,  and  the  for- 
mality of  the  dinner  itself  never  de- 
feats the  sparkling  atmosphere  she 
creates  at  her  dinner  table. 

Cooking  is  a  hobby  with  Sally.  It 
has  been  ever  since  she  was  a  child, 
when  she  displayed  her  passionate  in- 
terest in  the  culinary  art  by  deluging 
her  mother  with  questions  about  how 
cakes  were  mixed  and  roasts  prepared 
for  the  oven.  In  fact,  when  Sally 
is  a  guest,  it  is  not  at  all  unusual  for 
her  to  ask  her  hostess  for  recipes,  and 
no  chef  in  any  restaurant  in  the  world 
is  safe  from  her!  She  will  wheedle 
and  cajole  until  she  triumphantly  car- 
ries away  the  secrets  of  the  dishes 
that  have  beguiled  her.    And,  as  likely 

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as  not,  sbe  will  spring  a  new  dish  at 
her  next  dinner  party  certain  to  elicit 
"oh's"  and  "ah's"  from  her  appreci- 


•  SURPRISES  are  half  of  the 
secret  of  the  success  of  any  well- 
remembered  dinner  party,  Sally  be- 
lieves. "No  matter  what  your  menu 
is,  it  must  always  have  a  dramatic 
quality,"  she  says.  "It  must  have  sur- 
prise and  visual  delight ;  it  must  not 
only  be — but  look — appetizing.  Your 
dinner  is  a  success  only  when  your 
dullest  guest  makes  brilliant  remarks. 
Your  table  is  a  success  when  it  catches 
and  holds  the  eye.  Your  menu  is  a 
success  when  everything  is  eaten  and 
evidently  enjoyed." 

In  these  repeal  days,  every  dinner 
of  course  begins  with  cocktails.  Sim- 
ple hors  d'oeuvres  may  be  served.  Sal- 


No  one  in  Hollywood 
is  more  successful  or 
popular  in  the  role. 
Let  Sally  give  you 
ideas  for  your  own 
next   dinner    party! 

By  Sonia  Lee 


ly  suggests  that  tiny  pig  sausages  im- 
paled on  toothpicks  and  the  toothpicks 
stuck  into  an  apple  or  a  grapefruit, 
like  porcupine  quills,  are  extremely 
attractive  and  inexpensive.  Cottage 
cheese  mixed  with  a  little  horseradish, 
chopped  green  onions,  and  a  sugges- 
tion of  tabasco  sauce,  placed  in  a 
large  bowl,  and  framed  in  potato 
chips,  makes  another  excellent  hors 
d'ociivre.  A  third  favorite  of  Sally's 
is  peanut  butter  spread  on  tiny  strips 
of  bread,  rolled  and  folded  into  bacon, 
then  browned  in  the  oven. 

As  the  guests  sit  down,  her  table 
has  a  crisp  look.  Sally  places  im- 
portance on  the  visual  delights  of  her 
table.  The  centerpiece  of  flowers  is 
always  flanked  by  candlesticks,  with 
candles  of  a  harmonizing  color.  A 
dish  of  nuts  and  a  dish  of  chocolates 
invariably  grace  the  table.  She  makes 
sure  that  there  is  pepper  and  salt 
within  easy  reach  of  every  guest,  and 
cigarettes  and  matches  and  ash  trays 
at  every  place.  A  thoughtful  hostess, 
of  course,  will  always  try  to  remember 
the  brand  of  cigarettes  each  guest 
prefers  and  provide  those. 


•  "I  SERVE  several  types  of  din- 
ners," Sally  reveals.  "One  I  call  'the 
roast  beef  dinner'  and  another  'the 
steak  dinner.'  With  so  many  women 
calory-conscious  today,  a  hostess  no 
longer  plans  a  dinner  for  women.  She 
caters  to  the  tastes  of  men.  That  is 
as  it  should  [Continued  on  page  87] 


CtmCWtCe,  comes  to  the  girl 
who  guards  against  COSMETIC  SKIN 


SOFT,  smooth  skin  wins  romance 
— tender  moments  no  woman 
ever  forgets !  So  what  a  shame  it  is 
when  good  looks  are  spoiled  by 
unattractive  Cosmetic  Skin. 

It's  so  unnecessary  for  any 
woman  to  risk  this  modern  com- 
plexion trouble — with  its  enlarged 
pores,  tiny  blemishes,  blackheads, 
perhaps. 

Cosmetics  Harmless  if 
removed  this  way 

Lux  Toilet  Soap  is  made  to 
remove  cosmetics  thor- 
oughly. Its  ACTIVE  lather 
guards  against  dangerous 
pore  clogging  because  it 
cleans  so  deeply  —  gently 
carries  away  every  vestige 
of  hidden  dust,  dirt,  stale 
cosmetics. 

You  can  use  cosmetics  all 


you  wish  if  you  remove  them  this 
safe,  gentle  way.  Before  you  put  on 
fresh  make-up  during  the  day — 
ALWAYS  before  you  go  to  bed  at 
night — use  Lux  Toilet  Soap. 

Remember,  this  is  the  fine,  white 
soap  9  out  of  10  screen  stars  have 
used  for  years.  It  will  protect  your 
skin — give  it  that  smooth,  cared- 
for  look  that's  so  appealing. 


.;  '  ,--..    ...   "* 


Use  Cbsrrveticj?  Yes,  indeed! 
"But  I  always  use  Lux 
Toilet  Soap  to  guard 
ainst" Cosmetic  Skin 


C/auc/effeCo/bert 


STAR  OF  PARAMOUNT'S  "THE  BRIDE  COMES  HOME" 


Movie  Classic  for  September,   1935 


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Chart  Your  Charm! 

[Continued  from  page  25] 


your  blondeness,  your  darkness?  Even 
if  you  have  changed  a  life-long  opinion, 
you  are  trading  it  in  on  a  greater  love- 
liness," Mr.  Pogany  assures  you.  "Now 
you  are  ready  to  "dip  into  the  great 
palette  of  colors  and  choose  from  it  the 
lines  that  will  set  you  apart,  emphasize 
your  beauty,  give  you  charm. 


"TN  RELATION  to  you,  all  colors 
-*-  have  only  two  variations.  They 
either  contrast  with  your  complexion, 
or  they  harmonize  with  it.  You  may 
use  either  group  of  shades  without  fear, 
but  you  will  get  very  different  results 
from  each.  Dolores  Del  Rio  is  such  a 
definite  color  type  that  she  makes  an 
ideal  model.  She  has  dark  eyes  and 
hair  with  a  golden  skin.  Her  general 
coloring  is  in  the  warm  browns.  The 
contrast  to  warm  brown  lies  in  the 
greenish  tones. 

"Supposing  Dolores  wishes  to  appear 
very  sweet  and  unsophisticated.  She  can 
do  no  better  than  wear  a  quiet  shade  of 
green  with  a  silvery  cast  to  it.  How- 
ever, should  she  wish  to  be  vivid  and 
startling,  she  gains  the  best  effect  by 
turning  to  the  brilliant,  gorgeous  hues 
of  emerald  and  jade.  Scarlet  would 
be  good,  combined  with  metallic  gold. 
"Follow  her  into  the  harmonizing 
colors,  and  what  effects  do  we  find?  In 
dark,  dull  shades  of  brown  and  in  black, 
she  is  nunlike  and  severe.  In  lighter 
tans  and  fawns,  she  is  quiet  and  de- 
mure. Glinting  copper-browns  and 
lustrous  blacks  give  her  elegance. 


"Bette  Davis  is  as  blonde  as  Dolores 
is  dark.  In  contrast  to  her  white  skin, 
warm  ivory  makes  her  appear  very 
sweet  and  girlish.  Emerald  green  is  as 
much  a  contrast  to  Bette  as  to  Dolores 
— it  would  make  her  very  striking.  To 
be  demure,  Betty  would  choose  a  soft, 
pale  yellow;  to  be  nunlike,  she  would 
select  darker  tones  of  beige  and  brown ; 
and   she  would  be  distinctive  in  black. 


""yOU  SEE,  blondes  and  brunettes 
■*■  must  not  dress  in  contrast  to  each 
other,  necessarily.  They  must  dress  in 
contrast  to  their  individual  skin  color- 
ing, and  frequently  that  contrast  will 
be  the  same  for  both  of  them.  The 
same  is  true  of  the  harmonizing  colors. 

"Don't  believe  it  when  they  tell  you, 
'Blondes  cannot  wear  this  color  and 
brunettes  cannot  wear  that  color.'  It  all 
depends  upon  the  shade  of  the  color  in 
question.  There  are  only  two  'cannots.' 
Girls  with  olive  skin  should  avoid 
black.  It  makes «them  sallow.  Girls  like 
Bette  Davis,  with  white  skin,  should 
avoid  white.  It  makes  them  too  pale. 
Otherwise  black  and  white  go  well  on 
everybody. 

"There  are  warm  and  cool  shades  to 
every  color.  If  your  skin  is  cool — that 
is,  if  it  is  white,  white-and-pink,  or  olive 
— choose  the  warmer  tones  of  your  se- 
lected colors.  If  your  skin  is  warm  and 
glowing — if  it  is  creamy,  rosy,  or 
golden — choose  the  cooler  shades.  Vio- 
let, for  example,  is  warm.  Purple,  be- 
cause of  its  greater  percentage  of  blue, 


When  chorus  girls  go  in  for  crocheting — well,  crocheting  is  news.  And  it 
is  coming  back  into  vogue  in  a  big  way,  as  knitting  has.  Between  scenes  of 
Top  Hat,  chorine  Kathryn  Barnes  makes  her  hands  dance  with  hook  and  yarn 


is  cool.  Turquoise,  which  has  a  touch 
of  green,  is  a  cool  blue.  Powder  blue 
is  warm.  There  are  cool  yellows,  such 
as  lemon  and  pale  gold.  There  are  warm 
greens  with  a  decided  golden  cast.  Gray, 
which  is  considered  a  standard  cool 
color,  may  be  warm  and  pearly. 

"Redhaired  girls,  who  usually  feel 
badly  because  of  the  limitations  put 
upon  their  color  scope,  are  really  the 
easiest  to  dress.  Katharine  Hepburn 
and  Billie  Burke  are  two  extremes  of 
redheadedness.  Katharine  is  dark  with 
greenish  eyes,  Billie  is  bright  with 
bluer  eyes — yet  either  of  them  can  wear 
almost  any  color  and  be  lovely  in  it. 

"Redheads  can  be  very  alluring  in 
creamy  pinks,  peach,  and'  tea  rose,  in 
spite  of  the  accepted  taboo  upon  these 
colors.  Try  different  shades  of  pink 
against  your  skin,  you  ladies  with  the 
Cleopatra  tresses,  the  next  time  you  are 
in  the  silk  section  of  your  favorite  shop. 
Swath  the  fabrics  around  you,  get  the 
color  that  is  just  right  for  you,  and 
select  your  dresses  accordingly.  Com- 
mon sense  will  tell  you  to  avoid  wishy- 
washy  colors  that  will  be  faded  by  your 
own  coloring. 

"The  hardest  type  to  dress  is  the 
dark-eyed  blonde,"  Mr.  Pogany  con- 
tinues. "Joan  Blondell  approximates  this 
type.  Binnie  Barnes  is  another  brown- 
eyed  girl  with  light,  bright  hair.  This 
combination  happens  very  rarely.  Dark- 
eyed  girls  who  lighten  their  hair  find 
it  extremely  difficult  to  bring  out  their 
best  points.  If  they  dress  to  beautify 
their  skin,  their  hair  is  wrong.  If  they 
emphasize  the  gold  of  their  hair,  their 
skin  looks  muddy.  The  best  advice  is 
to  play  up  the  skin  tones,  and  let  the 
hair  take  care  of  itself. 


"HPHE  coming  of  color  to  the  screen 
A  threatens  none  of  the  stars,"  is  the 
assurance  of  this  man  who  knows. 
"They  will  be  colorfully  gowned  to 
high-light  the  loveliness  of  their  own 
colorings  and  more  than  ever  will  they 
be  able  to  show  other  girls  just  how  to 
get  the  most  out  of  this  business  of 
beauty. 

"Color  is  a  fascinating  thing.  It  is 
easy  to  check  up  on  yourself  and  dis- 
cover whether  or  not  you  are  being  as 
beautiful  as  you  can  be.  The  three 
things  every  woman  must  have  in  order 
to  be  charming  are  gained  through 
color.  Grace,  so  necessary  to  a  girl, 
comes  through  a  harmonious  linking  of 
the  girl  and  her  dress.  Poise  is  achieved 
by  elegance.  Animation  comes  with 
vivid,  striking  clothes. 

"After  you  have  gowned  yourself 
with  loveliness  and  charm,  watch  your 
lighting  effects.  Cool  lights  of  green 
or  blue  are  dangerous.  They  will  make 
you  appear  ghastly.  Very  warm  lights 
will  steal  the  color  from  your  lips  and 
cheeks.  Soft,  light  pinks  are  the  most 
becoming,  and  lavender,  too,  is  good  if 
it  is  warm. 

"Now  I  have  told  you  my  color 
charm  secrets,"  says  the  famous  Willy 
Pogany  in  conclusion,  "and  if  you  take 
my  friendly  tips,  each  of  you  can  be- 
come 'A  Portrait  of  a  Lovely  Lady.' " 


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"I  found  a  little 
SECRET  OF  POPULARITY 

that  so  many  women 
OVERLOOK" 


"T^OR  years  I  was  left  out  of  things 

-*■    — a  young  girl  who  rarely  had  a 

date  and  never  had  a  beau.   Now  that  is 

all  changed.  I  am  invited  everywhere 

life  is  gay  and  interesting — and  all  be- 
cause I  discovered  a  little  secret  of  popu- 
larity that  so  many  women  overlook." 


quick  deodorant,  used  as  a  mouth 
rinse.  Most  causes  of  halitosis,  says  a 
great  dental  authority,  are  due  to  fer- 
menting food  in  the  mouth.  Tiny  par- 
ticles which  even  careful  tooth  brushing 


Popular  People  Realize  It 


fails  to  remove,  decompose  and  release 
odors.  It  happens  even  in  normal  mouths. 
No  wonder  so  many  breaths  offend! 

Listerine  quickly  halts  such  fermen- 
Popular  people  are  never  guilty  of  hali-  tation,  then  it  overcomes  the  odors  it 
tosis  (unpleasant  breath),  the  unforgiv-  causes.  The  breath — indeed  the  entire 
able  social  fault.  That  is  one  of  the  reasons  mouth — becomes  fresher,  cleaner,  more 
they  are  popular.  Realizing  that  anyone  wholesome.  Get  in  the  habit  of  using 
may  have  bad  breath  without  knowing  Listerine.  It's  an  investment  in  friend- 
it,  they  take  this  easy  pleasant  pre-  /^^E^S\  ship.  Lambert  Pharmacal  Com- 
caution  against  it — Listerine,   the    U,00?BS^ueep^y   Pany>  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

Keep  your  breath  beyond  suspicion.    Use  LISTERINE  before  meeting  others 


Movie  Classic  for  September,  1935 


59 


First  Crossing 

[Continued  from  page  36] 


It  was  a  sea  as  calm  as  a  lagoon,  dotted 
with  ships.  I  will  never  forget  those 
magic  few  moments  as  long  as  I  live. 
Behind  us  was  America.  Before  us,  the 
vast,  mysterious  reaches  of  the  Atlantic, 
and   beyond — Paris  ! 

Days  lolling  in  deck  chairs  in  the 
sun,  talking  to  the  Good-looking  Num- 
ber who  refused  to  be  put  in  the  discard. 
Deck  tennis.  Shuffleboard.  Marvelous 
meals.  Peace  and  quiet.  Then  nights 
of  dancing,  movies,  parties,  swimming 
in  the  ship's  pool,  and  watching  the 
moonlight  on  the  endless  rolling  waves, 
with  my  head  close  to  that  of  the  good- 
looking  lad,  leaning  on  the  deck-rail. 
It  gradually  occurred  to  me  that  this 
chap  was  a  swell  person.  Beth,  by  the 
way,   wasn't   lonesome  either. 


T^EN  days  of  paradise.  Then  one 
•*■  night  a  sudden,  deep  thrill  at  the 
sight  of  lights  dotting  a  distant  coast. 
The  coast  of  France !  A  tender  came 
up  alongside  manned  by  French  officials 
with  dark  beards  and  red-lined  capes. 
Machine-gun  French.  Excitement.  Tre- 
mendous excitement. 

We  were  on  the  tender,  waving  good- 
bye to  those  aboard  the  ship  who  were 
going  on  to  Rotterdam.  Pangs  of  re- 
gret at  parting  from  friends  we  would 
never  see  again.  Then  the  gradual 
drawing  nearer  of  that  lighted  coast, 
and  a  backward  glance  at  the  thrilling- 
outlines  of  the  ship  etched  in  lights 
against  the  dark  sky.  Forward,  for- 
ward into  mystery  and  glamour — "be- 
yond the  blue  horizon." 

I  stepped  off  the  tender  and  onto 
French  soil,  and  it  seemed  that  I  was 
no  longer  the  same  person;  my  old  life 
dropped  from  me  like  a  cloak ;  I  was 
brand-new  all  over. 

The  boat  train  for  Paris  didn't  leave 
until  morning  so  we  passengers  were 
put  up  for  the  night  at  a  comfortable, 
quaint  little  hotel  owned  by  the  steam- 
ship company,  where  I  tried  out  my 
high-school  French  on  the  hotel  clerk 
and  was  understood!  I  told  him  Beth 
and  I  each  desired  a  warm  bath  (you 
have  to  ask  for  them  in  France)  and 
after  repeating  the  French  words  only 
twice,  he  comprehended  perfectly.  And 
then,  to  my  disgust,  replied  in  perfect 
English  ! 


'  |  VHE  boat-train — a  funny  little  train 
-*-  with  a  sort  of  peanut-whistle  on  the 
tiny  engine — left  at  eight  o'clock  the 
next  morning.  A  few  hours  later  we 
pulled  into  the  Gare  du  Nord  in  Paris, 
and  I  kept  a  promise  I  had  made  to  my- 
self for  years.  I  gazed  about  me  rap- 
turously (nearly  dead  with  excitement) 
and  said  aloud,  "So  this  is  Paris !" 

It  was !  It  was !  It  was !  The  very 
selfsame  Paris  of  my  dreams.  Glo- 
rious old  buildings.  Graceful  statues. 
Those  high-pitched,  musical  auto  horns. 


Berets.  Street  singers.  Sidewalk  cafes. 
Gaiety  and  laughter.  Students.  Soldiers. 
Beautiful  boulevards,  centuries  old.  The 
Eiffel   Tower. 

I  was  in  a  mellow  daze.  "I  can't  be- 
lieve we're  here  !"  I  murmured. 

"I  can't  either,"  said  Beth.  "It's  im- 
possible !" 

We  said  goodbye  to  the  last  of  our 
shipboard  friends  (not  without  a  pang.) 
and  set  about  finding  a  hotel.  It  was  a 
simple  task.  Paris  abounds  with  them. 
We  found  a  lovely  one  on  the  Rue  Lafay- 
ette, and  had  a  gorgeous  double  room, 
with  tall  French  doors  opening  onto  a 
balcony,  for  30  francs  a  day.  That 
amounted  to  about  $1.00  a  day  apiece! 
(That  same  double  room,  before  Amer- 
ica went  off  the  gold  standard,  would 
have  cost  us  very  little  more  than  45c  a 
day  apiece.) 

Although  we  were  terribly  tired  that 
first  night,  we  found  sleep  impossible. 
We  decided  to  take  a  taxi  ride  up  and 
down  the  boulevards.  It  would  be  ex- 
pensive, but  it  would  come  well  within 
our  budget.  Paris  at  night !  It  was 
indescribable.  It  was  like  riding  in 
fairyland.  We  rode  down  the  glorious 
Champs  Elysee  toward  the  beautiful 
Arc  de  Triomphe  and  fairly  gasped  with 
delight.  It  loomed  out  of  the  darkness, 
beautifully  illuminated,  like  the  very 
gateway  to  heaven.  (All  of  the  public 
buildings  and  edifices  in  Paris  are  il- 
luminated at  night — and  they  are  all 
overwhelmingly    beautiful.) 

We  rode  through  the  Place  de  la 
Concorde  with  its  marvelous  statuary, 
and  gazed  in  awe  at  the  tall  obelisk  that 
Napoleon  brought  back  from  Egypt  to 
celebrate  his  victory  there.  All  of  our 
high-school  and  movie  knowledge  of 
French  history  sprang  to.  our  minds  as 
we  rode  through  the  Place  de  la  Bas- 
tille, where  the  gutters  once  overran 
(literally)  with  blood  during  the  ter- 
rible French  Revolution.  As  if  in  com- 
memoration of  it,  the  street  lights  of 
Paris  give  forth  a  subtle,  reddish  glow, 
superbly  beautiful  at  a  distance,  that 
would  intrigue  any  artist. 

At  last  we  returned  to  our  hotel. 
Our  taxi  bill  amounted  to  about  $4.50 
in  American  money,  but  we  had  seen 
things  that  we  would  never  forget — 
scenes  which,  like  the  scent  of  perfume, 
must  be  experienced  and  cannot  be  de- 
scribed. 


l^HE  food  we  had  in  Paris  lived  up 
■*■  to  all  the  legends  about  it.  We  had 
snails  for  dinner — and  they  were  de- 
licious !  And  the  next  day  frogs'  legs, 
equally  excellent.  It's  almost  impossible 
to  get  a  bad  meal  in  Paris.  Dinners 
are,  I  will  admit,  expensive;  you  could 
scarcely  get  a  good  one  for  less  than  a 
dollar.  But  breakfasts,  consisting  of  a 
delicious,  flaky  croissant  and  hot  choco- 
late, were  cheap.  A  sidewalk  cafe  op- 
posite our  hotel  served  a  complete  break- 


fast for  a  franc  (about  7c).  At  first  we 
bad  difficulties  about  water.  The  French 
drink  wine  just  as  we  drink  water,  and 
accustoming  ourselves  to  the  change 
was  fraught  with  peril,  to  say  the  least. 
For  French  vin  ordinaire  is  potent, 
despite  what  anyone  says  to  the  con- 
trary. 

Incidentally,  whenever  my  high- 
school  French  failed  me  (as  it  did  in 
most  cases),  there  was  always  someone 
who  could  speak  English.  One  has  no 
trouble  on  that  score.  And  so  far  as 
being  "gypped"  is  concerned,  we  weren't 
ever  cheated  out  of  so  much  as  a  cen- 
time. 

Of  course,  we  visited  the  Louvre, 
Napoleon's  Tomb,  the  Luxembourg 
Gardens,  and  the  other  famous  places, 
such  as  the  Cathedral  of  Notre  Dame. 
But  my  favorite  was  the  Madeleine. 
The  Madeleine  is  a  vast,  beautiful  Gre- 
cian-type building.  It  looks  like  an 
American  architect's  dream  of  the  Per- 
fect Bank.  It  is  right  in  the  heart  of 
downtown  Paris.  And  it  is — a  church, 
one  of  the  loveliest  in  the  world.  We 
went  to  the  opera ;  rode  on  the  Metro, 
the  Paris  subways ;  window-shopped 
along  the  Rue  de  la  Paix;  and  stopped 
at  the  famous  cafe  of  the  same  name  for 
a  cup  of  chocolate  and  watched  the 
world  go  by  while  we  drank  it.  A  few 
blocks  away  we  gazed  in  awe  at  the 
dressmaking  establishments  of  Moly- 
neux,  Schiaparelli,  and  Lanvin  and 
other  world-famous  courturiers. 


"\X7\E  looked  with  interest  at  the  French 
*  *  girls  of  our  own  age.  They  were 
dressed  very  much  as  we  were,  and  we 
soon  realized  that  the  Parisiennes  do 
not  dress  more  smartly  than  their 
American  cousins.  They  do  achieve, 
however,  a  certain  subtle  difference 
hard  to  define.  They  certainly  know 
how  to  make  themselves  attractive,  and 
the  surprising  part  is  their  make-up.  In 
the  majority  of  cases  it  is  applied  so 
cleverly  it  is  impossible  to  tell  whether 
a  girl  has  any  on  or  whether  it  is  her 
natural  color. 

Neither  Beth  nor  I  was  terribly  im- 
pressed with  the  French  men.  The 
American  men  are  much  better-looking 
on  the  whole.  Perhaps  the  French 
styles  for  men — with  their  pinched 
waists  and  elegant  effects — influenced 
our  judgment.  We  were  glad  when  two 
of  the  nicest  American  boys  spoke  re- 
spectfully to  us  one  morning  in  the 
lobby  of  the  hotel  and  we  became  ac- 
quainted. That  made  it  possible  for  us 
to  visit  many  places,  including  night 
clubs  (or,  night  boxes,  as  the  French 
call  them)  where  we  couldn't  have  ven- 
tured alone. 


\17'E  SAW — with  them — the  Latin 
*  »  Quartier,  with  its  narrow,  dark, 
winding  streets,  its  tiny,  old  cafes,  and 
artists  everywhere,  painting.  We  vis- 
ited the  "Apache"  district,  and  went  to 
several  cafes  where  they  have  dancing 
to  the  tune  of  a  hand-accordion  and 
cymbals.  The  men,  with  scarfs  wound 
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60 


To  make  THIS  BEER 


yeast  cells  must 

be  fed 

just  as  carefully 

as  babies 


,ear"'d  »>a„v  ,kl      ■  ""  h«w 

"""""""of,!,.     '     '  '^  "9h, 

b°uquef,  Carbo  ,n  flavor. 


In  the  brewing  of  BUDWEISER,  nothing  is  left  to  chance.  By  clock 
and  thermometer,  every  process  is  controlled.  You  find  always  in 
BUDWEISER  that  matchless  bouquet  that  is  the  delight  of  exacting 
connoisseurs  and  the  envy  of  all  brewers.  BUDWEISER  is  always  rich 
in  the  flavor  of  the  pick  of  each  year's  barley  crop.  Always  BUDWEISER 
lives  up  to  its  age-old  reputation  —  the  one  beer  that  sets  itself  bril- 
liantly apart  from  all  others.  The  very  first  sip  tells  all  who  try  it  why  the 
world-wide  demand  for  BUDWEISER  built  the  world's  largest  brewery. 

ANHEUSER-BUSCH     •    •     ST.     LOUIS 
Visitors  are   cordially  invited  to  inspect  our  plant 


SJDWEISR 

"     BEER 


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THE     NATURAL     DRINK 

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Copyright  10,35,  Anheuser-Busch,  Inc. 

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My  Friend,  Marion  Davies 

[Continued  from  page  31] 


sec  her  through  rose-colored  glasses." 
If  that's  the  case,  then  everyone  who 
knows  her,  whether  closely  or  slightly, 
wears  glasses  oi  the  same  color.  Nor 
does  the  charge  bother  me.  I  am  not 
telling  this  story  to  convince  anyone. 
I  am  telling  it  to  relieve  my  own  heart 
of  a  little  of  the  love  and  gratitude  and 
admiration  that  fill  it  to  the  bursting 
point. 


A/f  ARION  was  born  with  a  passion  for 
IVi  giving — and  I  do  not  mean  by  that 
material  giving  only,  though  I  have  seen 
too  much  of  the  world  to  minimize  the 
importance  of  that  brand  of  assistance. 
She  gives  lavishly  of  herself — her  time, 
her  thought,  her  sympathy,  her  energy. 
Any  of  her  friends  who  get  into  a  jam 
go  straight  to  Marion — it  is  a  kind  of 
blind  instinct  with  them,  just  as  it  is 
an  instinct  with  her  to  respond  to  any 
honest  appeal  for  help.  She  seems  to 
have  strength  enough  for  them  and  her- 
self, too,  for  nobody  hears  her  talk  of 
her  own  troubles.  Recently  she  lost  her 
father  and  a  beloved  niece — Reine's  only 
daughter — within  a  brief  period.  Dur- 
ing that  time  of  strain  and  grief,  it  was 
Marion  to  whom  the  family  turned  like 
chicks  to  their  mother,  Marion  who 
found  courage  to  support  and  comfort 
them. 

Many  share  their  plenty  with  others. 
Few  share  it  with  the  same  delicacy  as 
Marion,  the  same  gift  for  putting  them- 
selves in  the  other  fellow's  shoes,  the 
same  fierce  rejection  of  thanks.  Nor 
will  she  thank  me  for  telling  these  tales 
now.  What  she  has  done  for  me,  she 
has  done  for  dozens  of  others.  That  is 
between  her  and  them.  I  hope  she  will 
forgive  me  for  revealing  a  little  of  my 
own  experience  with  her. 

A  few  years  ago,  I  was  desperately 
ill,  my  illness  aggravated  by  worry  over 
hospital  bills.  The  bills  that  should 
have  been  presented  at  the  end  of  the 
first  week  were  not  forthcoming,  and  I 
fretted  still  more,  knowing  that  they 
were  piling  up.  "Doctor,"  I  begged, 
"can't  we  cut  down  on  expenses,  some- 
how ?  I  don't  need  these  private  nurses. 
I  can't  afford  them." 

"Don't  worry,"  he  soothed  me, 
"there's  nothing  to  worry  about." 

But  I  kept  on  worrying  till  at  last,  to 
make  me  stop,  he  got  Marion's  consent 
to  tell  me  that  she  had  made  herself 
responsible  for  all  my  hospital  bills  from 
the  moment  I  entered  the  place  to  the 
moment  I  left — four  months  in  all. 
"Only  you  must  promise,"  he  said,  "not 
to  mention  it  to  her.  She  doesn't  want 
to  be  thanked." 


"\X7"E  SPEND  every  Christmas  with 
*  ^  Marion — my  son  and  I.  Last 
Christmas  the  holiday  party  included 
children  of  other  friends  as  well.  The 
children's  gifts  were  brought  from  home 
and  piled  together  under  the  huge  tree, 


to  be  added  to  substantially  by  Marion. 
As  we  were  trimming  the  tree,  she 
drew  me  aside. 

"Jim  has  no  bicycle,"  she  informed 
me. 

"But  don't  be  silly,  Marion,"  I  pro- 
tested. "He  has  loads  of  things.  He 
has  everything  he  asked  for." 

"He  hasn't  a  bicycle,"  she  insisted, 
"and  the  others  have." 

"But  he  doesn't  want  a  bicycle,"  I 
cried  wildly.  "He  wouldn't  know  what 
to  do  with  a  bicycle." 

"Every  youngster  wants  a  bicycle," 
stated  Marion  and  went  to  the  'phone. 
How  she  did  it,  I  haven't  the  faintest 
idea.  It  was  Christmas  Eve  and  all  the 
shops  were  closed.  But  next  morning 
there  was  a  bicycle  under  the  Christmas 
tree  for  Jim,  because  Marion  knew  what 
a  youngster  wanted  even  though  he  had 
not  asked  for  it. 

Her  friends  protect  her  as  best  they 
can  against  her  own  generosity.  They 
have  learned  that  they  dare  not  admire 
anything  she  owns.  For  if  you  say  to 
her,  "What  a  pretty  dress !"  or  "That's 
a  lovely  pin  you're  wearing,"  you  will 
find  that  you  might  just  as  well  have 
said :  "Please  give  it  to  me."  Her  eyes 
light  up  with  what  we  have  come  to 
recognize  as  the  "take-it"  gleam.  "I 
really  don't  care  much  about  it,"  she 
will  tell  you.  "I  hardly  ever  wear  it. 
I  just  happened  to  put  the  thing  on,  and 
I  don't  suppose  I'll  ever  use  it  again. 
Won't  you  please  take  it  ?"  She  sounds 
so  plausible  that  maybe  the  first  time 
you  do  take  it.  If  you  refuse,  you're 
likely  to  find  it  waiting  for  you  at  home 
when  you  get  there. 

When  it  has  happened  once  too  often, 
and  you  protest — truly  and  sincerely 
protest — because,  after  all,  you  have  to 
draw  the  line  somewhere,  she  comes  as 
near  impatience  as  I  have  ever  seen  her. 
"What  difference  does  it  make  ?"  I  have 
heard  her  exclaim.  "I  have  more  than 
I'll  ever  be  able  to  use.  Nobody  knows 
what's  going  to  happen  tomorrow.  I 
can't  take  these  things  away  with  me 
when  I  go.  Why  grudge  me  the  fun  of 
giving  them  away  while  I'm  here  ?"  So 
there's  nothing  you  can  do  but  keep 
your  eyes  carefully  averted  from  Ma- 
rion's belongings,  and  your  mouth  care- 
fully shut. 


'  I  VHERE  are  times,  though,  when  even 

-*■  her  generous  spirit  balks ;  or  rather, 

when  her  sound  common  sense  tells  her 

that  generosity  is  no  longer  a  kindness. 

"Do  you  know  So-and-So  ?"  she 
asked  me  not  long  ago,  naming  a  man 
who  had  been  at  the  top  of  the  heap 
and  was  now  near  the  bottom. 

"The  last  time  I  heard  of  him,"  I 
told  her,  "he  was  in  jail." 

"He  was  in  jail  the  last  three  times 
I  heard  of  him,"  she  informed  me  calm- 
ly. "I've  never  met  the  man,  but  one 
of  his  friends  asked  me  to  get  him  out, 
so  I  did.     Now  he's  in  again,  and  it's 


Acme 

Eileen  Percy  (above)  gives,  in  this  story, 
the  most  complete,  convincing  word- 
picture  of  Marion  Davies  yet  published 

going  to  cost  five  hundred  this  time. 
Not  that  I  mind  giving  him  the  five 
hundred,  but — I  don't  know — "  she  said 
thoughtfully.  "Maybe  it  would  be  best 
for  him  to  stay  in  this  once." 

In  small  things  as  in  big,  she  has 
what  I  once  heard  called  an  educated 
heart. 

But  trying  to  describe  Marion 
through  a  series  of  isolated  instances 
is  like  trying  to  build  a  shining  tower 
with  a  brick  or  two.  It  can't  be  done 
— at  any  rate,  not  by  me.  Yet  there  is 
one  story  I  must  add,  because  it  is  per- 
haps the  most  characteristic  of  all. 

On  a  visit  to  New  York  I  was  doing 
some  shopping  and  bought  myself  a 
pair  of  sandals.  Suddenly  I  thought: 
"Marion  likes  sandals  and  these  are 
cute.  I'll  send  her  a  couple  of  pairs." 
She  wore  those  sandals  ragged.  She 
couldn't  be  persuaded  to  part  with  them 
till  they  parted  with  her — literally 
dropped  from  her  feet.  "I  know  they're 
shabby,"  she  would  say,  "but  they're 
like  old  friends.  I  hate  to  see  them  go." 
She  liked  them,  I'm  sure — but  she  didn't 
like  them  that  much.  She  wore  them 
threadbare  because  I  had  given  them  to 
her,  and  because  she  knew  how  much 
pleasure  it  gave  me  to  see  her  wear 
them. 

Long  ago  I  learned  to  know  her  for 
what  she  is — the  most  thoughtful,  the 
most  selfless,  the  most  understanding 
and  tolerant  person  in  the  world.  If 
there  is  another  like  her  anywhere, 
then  I  can  only  congratulate  that  other's 
friends  on  being  as  fortunate  as  I  am. 
She  has  so  much  to  give,  and  she  gives 
it  so  bountifully.  What  can  you  do  in 
return  but  love  her  ? — love  her  and  give 
her  a  pair  of  sandals,  and  she  will  cher- 
ish both  gifts  as  though  they  were 
precious  jewels,  because  they  come  from 
a  friend. 


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"CAN'T  CHAFE"    M 

**  jpw 

Tie  new  Kotex   | 

Hajrife' 

gives  lasting  com-    mj3!& 

fort   and   freedom.    S 

The  sides  are  cush-    |H 

ioiied  in  a   special    1 

soft,  downy  cotton    §H 

— ail  chafing,  all  irri-    |£| 

ration  is  prevented.    1 

But  sides  only  ate    j 

cushioned — the    sit. 

center  surface  is    1 

left  free  to  absorb.    .,|,*wff 

^f  tf? 

"CAN'T  FAIL" 

Security  at  all  times 
, . .  Kotex  assures  it ! 
A  special  chan- 
neled center  guides 
moisture  the  whole 
length  of  the  pad. 
Gives  "body"  but 
not  bulk.  Ends 
twisting.  The 
Kotex  filler  is  5 
times  more  absor- 
bent  than    cotton. 


/ 


3  TYPES  OF 
KOTEX 

to  suit  different  women 
and  for  different  days 

Each  type  offers  all  of  the  exclusive 
Kotex  features 


NOW  a  way  has  been  found 
to  give  you  greater  comfort 
at  times  when  comfort  means  so 
much. 

There  are  certain  days  when  you 
require  more  protection  than  on 
others.  That's  why  the  Kotex 
Laboratories  developed  three  differ- 
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"CANT  SHOW" 

The  sheerest  dress, 
the  closest -fitting 
gown  reveals  no 
tell-tale  lines  when 
you  wear  Kotex. 
The  ends  are  not- 
only  rounded  but 
flattened  and  ta- 
pered besides.  Ab- 
solute invisibility- 
no  tiny  wrinkles 
whatsoever. 


Regular  Kotex 


For  the  ordinary  needs  of  most 
women,  Regular  Kotex  is 
ideal.  Combines  full  protec- 
tion with  utmost  comfort. 
The  millions  who  are  com- 
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change. 


THE  GREEN  BOX 

Junior  Kotex 


Somewhat  narrower — is  this 
Junior  Kotex.  Designed  at 
the  request  of  women  of 
slight  stature,  and  younger 
girls.  Thousands  will  find  it 
suitable  for  certain  days 
when  less  protection  is 
needed. 


For  more  protection  on  some 
days  it's  only  natural  that 
you  desire  a  napkin  with 
greater  absorbency.  That's 
Super  Kotex!  It  gives  you 
that  extra  protection,  yet  is 
no  longer  or  wider  than 
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How  Carole  Lombard's  Clothes 
Match  Her  Moods 

[Continued  from  page  45] 

and  a  low-placed  roll  in  back.  You  cannot  help  but  be 
a  poised  young  person,  who  looks  as  if  she  had  the 
"classic"  answer  to  everything. 

But  the  scene  changes  and  the  mood  with  it.  There  is 
a  blue  sky  melting  against  a  still  bluer  sea.  And  you  want 
to  be  in  your  gayest  mood — in  beach  clothes  that  are 
terribly  smart,  but  not  too  studied.  For  that,  Travis 
suggests  blue  and  white  polka-dotted  shorts.  And  an 
ankle-lengfti  white  coat  lined  with  the  blue  and  white 
material.  If  you  wear  a  cape  or  coat  that  hits  your  bare 
legs  somewhere  in  the  calf,  the  effect  is  far  from  at- 
tractive. 

And,  before  you  go  out,  scrub  your  face !  Yes,  actually. 
The  "lustrous  look"  is  the  thing  at  the  shore  this  season. 
If  your  face  is  very  dry,  rub  on  a  little  nourishing  cream 
and  let  it  stay.  Instead  of  lip  rouge,  use  pomade  on 
your  mouth  to  protect  it  from  the  sun.  And  the  most 
exciting  thing  of  all  is  that  last-minute  scheme  of 
Carole's.  She  sprinkles  gardenia  oil  in  a  lukewarm  bath. 
Enough  of  the  oil  clings  to  the  skin  to  guard  it  against 
an  overdose  of  sunburn  and  the  subtle  fragrance  is  de- 
lightful. 


.#  '■;■ 


•  ALMOST    every   girl  has   a   flair    for   "the   modern 
manner,"  but  Banton  considers  it  the  most  overdone. 

"It's  so  easy  for  a  girl  to  overstep  the  line  and  harden 
her  looks  when  she  is  in  a  sophisticated  mood,"  the  de- 
signer points  out.  "Sophistication  must  be  done  with 
great  care  and  an  eye  to  complete  harmony.  This  is  what 
I  mean :  I  made  a  very  sleek,  flesh-colored  satin  gown 
for  Miss  Lombard,  the  kind  that  looked  as  if  it  had  been 
molded  on  her.  There  were  bands  crossing  in  front  and 
a  sable  collar.  She  parted  her  hair  in  the  center  and 
drew  it  back  severely  and  tightly,  permitting  it  to  curl 
out  only  at  the  ends.  And  because  her  hair  was  swept 
back  like  that,  she  made  up  her  mouth  much  more  fully 
than  usual.  (For  a  sophisticated  effect,  you  see,  the  ac- 
cent must  be  on  the  eyes,  the  lips,  and  the  line  of  the 
dress.)  And  again,  instead  of  black,  she  used  dark 
brown  eyebrow  pencil.  It  is  subtle  touches  like  these 
that  spell  the  difference  between  real  sophistication  and 
attempts  at  it." 

And  it  is  worth  doing  well,  because  nothing  gives  a 
girl  such  a  sense  of  power  as  a  dramatization  of  feminine 
wisdom. 

Ah,  but  you  have  a  new  beau.  And  that  is  another 
story  .  .  .  For  once,  you  don't  care  a  whoop  about  be- 
ing smart  or  chic.  You  want  to  be  down- 
right pretty!  You  are  in  your  most  femi- 
nine mood.  So  you  put  on  something  soft 
and  preferably  pastelish,  for  this  is  decid- 
edly not  the  time  to  wear  anything  bright 
or  too  surprising.  Next,  you  set  about 
making  your  face  as  heart-shaped  and 
dewy-eyed  as  possible. 

Using  Carole  as  a  model,  you  may  part 
your  hair  in  the  center — but  this  time  you 
will  draw  it  oh-so-gently  to  the  sides  and 
let  it  fluff  there.  You  will  keep  your  lips 
moist  and  natural-looking.  The  sparkle 
in  your  eyes  should  be  something  to  write 
home  about — and  five  minutes'  rest  with 
eye-pads  before  you  go   downstairs  will 


Top,  in  a  Sophisticated 
Mood,  Carole  Lom- 
bard wears  a  sleek, 
flesh-colored  satin 
gown.  Her  hair  is  drawn 
back  severely,  curling 
only  at  the  ends.  Her 
make-up  'has  subtle 
touches.  Left,  jshe  ex- 
presses a  Woman-of- 
Destiny  Mood  in  the 
new  silhouette,  with 
full  flare  in  the  skirt 
below    the     knees 


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do  the  trick.'  Don't  make  the  mistake,  though,  of  shad- 
owing your  lids  too  much.  A  slight  darkening  at  the 
eyelash  line  suffices  beautifully.  Then  step  out  softly 
and  hope  for  the  best ! 


•  SOMEHOW,  no  one  thinks  of  the  luscious  Lombard 
going  into  a  "small  girl"  mood.  But  when  she  does, 
brave  men  weaken.  They  do  with  practically  every 
woman.  Something  about  that  freshly  wholesome  school- 
girl-look tugs  at  the  male  heart  strings,  particularly  if 
they're  used  to  thinking  of  you  as  a  more  woman-of-the- 
world  type. 

Those  little  Breton  sailors  make  it  extremely  easy  to 
slip  into  this  mood.  So  do  the  short  swaggerish  coats 
and  round-colored  frocks.  And  the  make-up  is  almost 
as  easy  as  dreaming  about  it.  You  use  a  very  small 
amount  of  lipstick — and,  if  you  are  blonde  like  Carole, 
will  do  the  ingenious  thing  by  applying  a  pale  rose  shade 
of  that  new  liquid  rouge  that  is  the  consistency  of  a 
lotion.  Pitt  it  all  over  the  cheeks  with  cotton  so  that  it 
is  perfectly  blended ;  then  apply  powder.  It  will  make 
you  look  distractingly  sweet.  A  toilet  water  of  an  out- 
doorish  fragrance  like  heliotrope  or  geranium  is  the  thing 
to  use.  And  arrange  your  hair  with  a  studied  careless- 
ness. 

What  a  twist  of  the  comb  can  do  to  hair — the  change 
it  can  make  in  a  girl's  appearance — is  intriguing.  And 
Walter  Westmore  is  up  on  all  the  newest  twists.  For 
example,  the  same  haircut  that  made  you  seem  a  pert 
seventeen  under  your  Breton  hat  can — when  it  is  more 
tightly  waved,  combed  and  brilliantined — alter  you  into  a 
1935  siren ! 

A  dazzling,  dangerous  siren — if  you  supplement  it  with 


the  right  cosmetics  and  gown.  But,  warns  Travis  Ban- 
ton,  be  very  careful  not  to  be  obvious  in  this  enchantress 
mood.  The  modern  alluring  lady  a  la  Lombard  does  not 
go  in  for  leopard  skins  and  slanted  lids.  On  the  con- 
trary, she  even  borrows  some  of  the  ingenue's  gestures — 
like  a  net  frou-frou  around  the  neck.  Only  hers  is 
flame-colored,  and  she  wears  it  over  the  low  decolletage 
of  a  molded  gown. 

Her  perfume  is  frankly  alluring.  She  draws  in  her 
lips  fully  and  roundly  with  lipstick  of  the  new  dark  pur- 
plish-red cast,  and  the  polish  on  her  fingernails  matches 
it.  Her  eyebrow  pencil  and  mascara  are  a  deep  black,  her 
eyeshadow  a  glorious  violet  shade  that  speaks  of  Paris 
and  cosmopolitan  living.  As  a  finishing  touch,  she  uses 
wistaria  evening  powder  that  is  the  last  word  in  powders. 
Then  she  sets  forth  to  conquer. 


•  "I  BELIEVE  the  most  effective  dress  I  have  ever 
made  for  Miss  Lombard  is  that  thin  black  crepe  in  a 
draped  silhouette  you  will  be  seeing  everywhere  in  the 
fall  and  in  1936,"  said  Travis.  This  he  designed  for  her 
"going  places"  mood. 

Carole,  herself,  considers  it  the  smartest  gown  she  has 
ever  owned.  She  wore  it  in  a  picture,  then  had  it  copied 
in  two  versions  for  her  own  use.  "It's  a  luxurious  res- 
taurant frock,"  she  explained,  "the  sort  of  thing  I'd  wear 
if  I  were  dining  with  some  fascinating  older  man.  The 
slit  skirt  and  separate  panels  give  me  utter  freedom  for 
dancing.  The  hat  is  in  perfect  keeping  with  a  dining-out 
mood ;  it  is  fascinating  and  amusing— a  crepe  turban 
trimmed  with  feathers  that  make  a  half  frame  for  the 
face." 

The  fur  and  feathers  are  so   [Continued  on  page  75] 


Johnnie  GOES 


PLACES/ 


Johnnie  Goes  to  the  Soaf  Races, 
June  1935 


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Ginger  Rogers — Past,  Present  and  Future 

[Continued  from  page  39] 


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and  to  Lew,  who  had  been  bombard- 
ing her  with  wires  and  telephone  calls. 
Together,  they  went  to  Ginger's 
mother,  Lew  said,  "Ginger  and  I  want 
to  be  married.  But  we  don't  want  a 
typical  movie  wedding.  We  want  just 
a  quiet,  simple  church  ceremony,  with 
our  closest  friends  there."  And  that 
was  how  they  were  married. 

They  had  planned  a  sea  honey- 
moon, but  picture  demands  on  both 
of  them  prevented  their  taking  one. 
Except  for  a  short  boat  cruise  a  few 
months  ago,  they  haven't  yet  had  a 
honeymoon.  But  they  still  are  plan- 
ning one. 

"We  want  to  honeymoon  in  Eu- 
rope," Ginger  told  me,  "and  we  ex- 
pect to  be  gone  three  months.  Lew 
has  been  over,  but  I  never  have.  Now, 
nothing  is  going  to  stop  us."  By  the 
time  you  read  this,  they  will  have  gone 
on  their  long-awaited  trip. 

Press  photographers  have  resented 
the  fact  that  Ginger  and  Lew  have 
permitted  no  photographs  of  the  in- 
terior of  their  home.  Ginger  ex- 
plains :  "It's  a  house  we  rented  fur- 
nished. I  didn't  select  or  buy  a  single 
stick  of  the  furniture  in  it.  I  don't 
want  us  to  be  photographed  with 
furniture  not  our  own.  When  we 
build,  which  will  be  soon,  we'll  fur- 
nish the  new  home  ourselves  and  then 
the  doors  will  be  wide  open  to  the 
press  boys.     It  will  really  be  our  home." 


DERHAPS  the  greatest  thrill  for 
Ginger  in  her  new  stardom  is  that 
it  justifies  the  faith  her  mother  has 
shown  in  her,  all  through  the  years. 
Mrs.  Lela  Rogers  is  a  very  clever 
woman,  well  known  as  a  writer  and 
producer  of  Little  Theatre  plays.  In 
the  early  days  of  the  movies,  she 
wrote  scripts  for  and  helped  to  direct 
child  stars  of  that  day.  She  had  a 
way  with  children — with  beginners  in 
every  form.  And  when  she  had  a 
child  of  her  own,  she  knew  how  to 
develop  whatever  talents  the  child 
showed.  Ginger's  talent  seemed  to 
be  dancing.  Her  mother  encouraged 
it. 

But  she  had  seen  too  many  one- 
talent  successes  quickly  become  one- 
talent  failures  to  be  content  that 
Ginger  should  become  just  a  dancer. 
She  saw,  with  the  practiced  eye  of  a 
talent  judge,  that  Ginger  had  person- 
ality. In  a  hundred  little  ways,  she 
set  out  to  make  the  expression  of 
that  personality  the  most  natural 
thing  in  the  world.  When  the 
youngster  showed  signs  of  self-con- 
sciousness, she  taught  her  all  the 
beauty  aids  that  she,  herself,  knew 
(and  Mrs.  Rogers  is  a  lovely  woman) ; 
she  gave  her  beauty-building  exer- 
cises that  were  disguised  as  games; 
she  watched  the  child's  diet  carefully 
and   gave  her   the   benefit   of  regular 


hours  of  sleep.  Beauty  was  the  re- 
sult. She  encouraged  healthy  romp- 
ing and  athletic  activities  of  all  kinds  ; 
she  encouraged  reading,  to  give  her 
a  love  for  drama;  she  interested  her 
in  acting  as  home,  little  playlets  that 
she  had  written.  So  that  when  Gin- 
ger entered  that  Charleston  contest 
in  Dallas,  she  already  had  "stage 
presence."  She  was  ready  to  go  on 
from   there. 

She  was  offered  an  engagement  with 
a  vaudeville  act  in  which  all  that  she 
had  to  do  was  the  Charleston.  She 
clicked.  Then,  fired  with  ambition, 
she  decided  to  branch  out — to  appear 
in  a  song-and-dance  routine  by  her- 
self. The  act  opened  in  Memphis, 
Tennessee,  in  a  theatre  that  was  half- 
empty,  with  the  small  audience  too 
sleepy  or  blase  to  applaud.  Her 
mother,  in  the  back  of  the  theatre 
watching  the  act,  heard  the  house 
manager  say  that  Ginger  was  "terri- 
ble" and  that  he  was  going  backstage, 
tell  her  so,  and  wire  for  a  substitute. 

"Mother  and  I  had  no  money  to 
get  back  home,"  reminisces  Ginger. 
"We  had  spent  every  cent  getting  my 
costumes  ready  and  traveling  to 
Memphis.  But  Mother  always  was  re- 
sourceful and  she  proved  it  this  time 
in  a  big  way.  She  fairly  flew  back- 
stage and  grabbed  me.  Then  she 
hustled  me  out  of  the  stage  door  and 
onto  the  first  trolley  that  came  along. 

"You  see,  if  the  manager  did  not 
succeed  in  notifying  me  that  I  was 
through  before  I  did  my  second  show, 
he  had  to  pay  me  my  week's  salary 
if  he  closed  me  out.  So  Mother  kept 
me  out  until  just  time  for  me  to  go 
on  for  my  second  show  and  then 
rushed  me  through  the  stage  door 
and  down  to  the  first  entrance.  Of 
course,  she  had  not  told  me  anything 
except  that  she  wanted  me  to  relax 
after  my  first  performance. 

"As  luck  would  have  it,  the  house 
had  filled  up  with  young  people  from 
the  high  schools  and  college,  and  my 
act  was  a  riot.  They  called  me  back 
again  and  again.  By  getting  me  a 
second  chance,  Mother  had  saved  the 
day.  It  is  possible  that  if  I  had  been 
closed  out  that  day,  I  might  never 
have  gone  on  with  my  stage  career." 


RINGER  would  have  you  think  that 
^-*  luck  explains  her  ever  winning 
recognition.  That's  like  Ginger.  But 
you  know  differently — about  the  ex- 
planations. 

There  are  some  other  things  that 
you  may  not  know  about  her.  She 
would  like  to  play  the  role  of  Queen 
Elizabeth  (who  also  was  redheaded), 
but  admits  herself  still  too  young. 
Her  real  name  is  Virginia.  She  likes 
greens,  browns,  and  blues  best.  Her 
favorite  authors  are  Dumas,  Maug- 
\_Continued  on  page  71] 


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Continued  from   page  29] 


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past  occurrences,  no  more  interesting 
than  life  has  been  for  him  in  Hollywood 
since  film  success  overtook  him.  Holly- 
wood females  are  not  exactly  unaware 
of  the  Eddy  attractions.  They  lay  all 
sorts  of  snares  for  him.  And,  confi- 
dentially, of  course,  we  think  he  rather 
likes  it.  It's  fun,  after  all,  to  be  the 
pawn  for  beautiful  women  to  fight  over 
.  .  .  and  pardon  our  mixed  metaphors. 


/~\NE  dazzling  charmer,  according  to 
^^^  newspaper  gossip  columns  (and 
that's  where  you  will  see  the  names, 
right  out  in  cold  print,  of  the  Eddy  con- 
quests .  .  .  since  we  were  gagged  by 
honor  not  to  print  them),  wagered  that 
she  would  be  dancing  with  Nelson  Eddy 
in  ten  days — just  give  her  time.  And 
she  won  the  bet,  to  Mr.  Eddy's  chagrin. 
He  really  thought  she  liked  him  for 
himself  alone.  And  there  she  was  mak- 
ing game  of  him. 

It  was  fun  to  watch  her  tactics, 
though,  Eddy  admits.  She  appeared 
(unexpectedly)  at  a  luncheon  date  with 
a  mutual  friend.  Eddy,  like  a  lamb  led 
to  slaughter,  or,  for  an  operatic  simile, 
as  a  Samson  with  his  scissored  Delilah, 
asked  her  if  she  would  enjoy  a  movie 
some  night.  She  would.  Then,  after 
having  motion-pictured,  if  she  would 
like  a  bite  to  eat.  She  would.  After 
that,  the  strains  of  the  orchestra  were  so 
tantalizing  that  he  asked  her  to  dance. 
("I  don't  dance  at  all  well,"  he  admitted, 
seriously,  "but  I  like  to  dance.")  And 
there  she  was,  wager  won,  waltzing 
around  the  floor  in  the  arms  of  Nelson 
Eddy.  It  made  a  swell  story  for  the 
gossip  columnists.  Eddy  was  a  bit  cha- 
grined. He  thought  she  Avas  a  very 
pleasant  girl. 


CHY,  lonely,  as  he  has  confessed,  this 
^  occurrence  probably  did  not  help  his 
spiritual  ease.  But  it  has  not  put  an 
end  to  his  quest  for  the  ideal  girl — a 
quest  that  is  normal  to  any  home-loving 
bachelor  who  would  like  to  marry  a  girl 
of  whom  he  may  be  proud. 

But  hard  work,  instead  of  shyness, 
will  keep  Eddy  from  meeting  her,  if  any- 
thing conspires  to  do  so.  Eddy  has  al- 
ways been  willing  to  do  more  than  his 
share  of  toil.  He  was  never  too  busy  to 
learn  an  extra  oratorio  in  the  days  when 
he  was  striving  for  concert  success.  To- 
day there  are  just  as  many  busy  ob- 
stacles to  romance.  The  living  room  of 
his  Beverly  Hills  home  (where  he 
dwells  with  his  mother)  is  crowded,  not 
with  gay  friends,  but  with  sound  re- 
cording equipment  to  help  in  his  film 
singing.  It's  not  at  all  conducive  to 
parlor  romance. 

"I  go  out  every  other  night  in  the 
week,  dining,  dancing,  and  still  I  am 
lonely,"  says  Eddy,  in  sudden  confidence. 
"The  only  way  I  can  forget  how  alone  I 

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seem  to  he  is  to  get  husy  on  a  new- 
musical  score.  That,  to  me,  is  the  finest 
recreation  in  the  world.  That's  why  I 
am  a  singer. 


"TT  ISN'T  only  loneliness  that  gets 
*■  me,  but  shyness.  You  may  not  be- 
lieve this,  but  I  am  very  shy.  Last  night 
I  took  a  young  actress  to  dinner  at  the 
Russian  Eagle  Cafe  and  there  we  sat, 
the  two  of  us.  I  had  ordered  bortsch 
and  blini  and  pirojiki  and  baked  Alaska, 
and  all  the  specialties  on  the  menu,  just 
like  a  man  of  the  world,  and  there  we 
sat,  like  a  boy  and  girl  from  the  coun- 
try, wondering  what  to  talk  about. 

"Do  you  know  that  when  I  left  the 
party  Louis  B.  Mayer  gave  to  Director 
W.  S.  Van  Dyke,  Hunt  Stromberg,  Miss 
MacDonald,  and  others  who  contributed 
to  the  making  of  Naughty  Marietta,  I 
drove  to  the  top  of  Beverly  Crest  and 
watched  the  dawn  come.  I  sat  there 
trying  to  realize  that  at  last  I  had  a  film 
to  my  credit,  after  all  the  waiting.  And 
with  the  friendly  comments  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  party  still  ringing  in  my  ears, 
I  never  felt  more  alone.  I  often  go  up 
to  that  mountain  top  and  just  sit  there, 
glad  to  be  away  from  the  constant  ring- 
ing of  the  'phone,  the  countless  demands 
that  are  made  upon  me  since  the  picture 
clicked.  I  watch  the  automobiles,  like 
ants,  and  the  people,  like  pin  points,  rac- 
ing about.  It's  only  then,  high  above 
them,  that  I  can  reassemble  myself  and 
become  Nelson  Eddy,  a  fairly  peaceful 
fellow." 

At  the  moment  he  is  scheduled  to 
make  a  second  picture-operetta  with  the 
fair,  vivacious  Jeanette  MacDonald. 
But  first  he  is  likely  to  be  singing  with 
Grace  Moore  in  Rose  Marie. 


COMETIMES  he  gets  to  wondering  if 
^  he  would  be  an  ideal  husband  to  his 
ideal  girl.  He  is  the  kind  of  man  who 
is  forever  putting  off  visiting  the  barber 
until  next  week ;  he  has  a  horror  of 
sleeping  in  stuffy,  warm  rooms,  under 
heavy,  cumbersome  blankets.  What,  he 
wonders,  if  the  woman  he  marries  in- 
sists that  he  have  his  hair  trimmed  ev- 
ery week,  and  likes  a  hot-house  temper- 
ature for  her  nocturnal  slumbers  ?  Then, 
too,  he  broods,  he  has  a  habit  of  tossing 
his  clothes  about  the  room.  Would  she 
like  that? 

Would  she  understand  him  as  well  as 
does  his  mother,  who  feeds  him  his  fa- 
vorite plain,  simple  foods,  doesn't  try 
to  make  griddle  cakes  or  pies  for  him 
(the  hired  cook  makes  better!),  and 
would  she  be  as  entirely  worshipful  as 
Sheba,  his  English  sheep  puppy,  given 
him  by  Miss  MacDonald?  Mr.  Eddy 
doesn't  know.  And  it's  no  use  telling 
the  ladies  not  to  take  it  up  with  him  in 
lavish  letters.  You'll  probably  do  it 
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ARE  YOURS  FOR  THE  ASKING 
WHEN  YOU  ASK  FOR 


Handy  Hints 


says   DOROTHY   HAMILTON 

Noted  Beauty  Authority  of  Hollywood 


Dorothy  Hamilton,  heard  every  Sunday  afternoon  in  the 
''Maybelline  Penthouse  Serenade"  over  N.  B.  C.  network 

NOTICE  your  favorite  screen 
actress,  and  see  how  she 
depends  on  well-groomed 
brows,  softly  shaded  eyelids, 
and  long,  dark,  lustrous  lashes 
to  give  hereyesthat  necessary 
beauty  and  expression.  More 
than  any  other  feature,  her 
eyes  express  her.  More  than 
any  other  feature,  your  eyes 
express  you.  You  cannot  be 
really  charming  unless  your 
eyes  are  really  attractive  .  .  . 
and  it  is  so  easy  to  make  them 
so,  instantly,  with  the  pure 
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Beauty  Aids. 

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Shadow,  and  see  how  the  col- 
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are  instantly  intensified.  Now 
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ine mascara  to  your  lashes,  to 
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Beauty  Aids  may  be  had  in 
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BLACK  OR  WHITE 
BRISTLES 


VIOLET  AND  GREEN 


from  Hollywood 


By  Marian  Rhea 


All  Maybelline  Preparations 
have  this  approval 


70 


SOAP  AND  WATER  are  the  best 
things  in  the  world  for  cleaning 
Oriental  rugs,  according  to  Miriam 
Hopkins  of  the  blue  eyes  and  yellow 
hair.  She  may  not  look  domestic,  but 
she  has  two  homes — one  in  Hollywood 
and  one  in  New  York — that  she  keeps  in 
the  spickest  and  span-est  of  condition. 

The  procedure  she  follows  is  to  have 
her  small  rugs,  thoroughly  scrubbed  in 
a  tubful  of  sudsy  water,  then  hung  on 
the  clothesline,  equally  thoroughly 
rinsed  with  water  from  the  garden  hose, 
and  left  to  hang  in  the  wind  and  sun 
until  dry. 

Miriam  has  her  larger  rugs  taken  out 
on  the  lawn  and  scrubbed  with  a  brush, 
then  rinsed  with  the  hose  and  left  on  the 
line  to  dry. 

%     %     ^ 

Deep-fat  frying  is  more  healthful 
than  other  frying  methods,  according  to 
Norma  Shearer,  who  is  almost  an  au- 
thority on  food-preparing  practices. 
And  so,  she  says,  no  kitchen  is  com- 
plete without  two  or  three  frying  bas- 
kets to  eliminate  the  old  and  bothersome 
method  of  spearing  doughnuts,  fritters, 
and  croquettes  with  a  long-tined  fork. 
*     #     * 

Bette  Davis  has  a  new  use  for  the 

lowly  hairpin — a  kitchen  use !  Buy  a 
package  of  medium-sized  hairpins  and 
use  one  every  time  you  want  to  seed 
cherries.  The  way  you  do  it  is  to  gouge 
out  the  seed  with  the  curved  end  of  the 
hairpin,  at  the  point  where  the  stem 
protrudes. 

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The  idea  isn't  new,  but  old  friends 
are  often  the  best,  after  all  .  .  .  Meaning 
Minna  Gombell's  kitchen  stool,  which  is 
also  a  stepladder.  Firm  and  compact, 
it  does  away  with  that  old,  precarious 
balancing  on  a  chair,  plus  a  couple  of 
books  necessary  to  reach  inaccessible 
shelves.  Also,  these  stools  are  fine  to 
keep  away  that  tired  feeling  while  per- 
forming any  variety  of  kitchen  duties. 

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For  comfort,  as  well  as  other  rea- 
sons, dainty  women  are  favoring  now, 
as  never  before,  those  remarkable  ar- 
ticles called  "Peds,"  which  have  solved 
at  last  the  problem  of  going  bare-legged 
without  irritation  to  sensitive  feet. 
"Peds"  are  stockingettes  that  keep  the 
feet  coolly  protected  from  hot  shoe 
leather  and  still  do  not  show  above  the 
top  of  even  the  lowest  cut  pump.  They 
also  can  be  worn  under  or  over  stockings 
to  minimize  friction  and  thus  save  wear- 
ing as  well  as  adding  comfort. 

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Scatter  rugs  have  their  place  in 
Movie  Classic  for  September,  1935 


every  house,  but  a  carefully  planned 
place — usually  NOT  the  living  rom  or 
dining  room.  One  reason  is  because  a 
larger  rug  offers  a  richer  and  more 
spacious  effect.  There  is  also  that  un- 
deniable fact  that  small  rugs  often 
"skid"  most  embarrassingly  and  often 
uncomfortably,   if  used   on  a  slick  floor. 


Minna  Gombell  doesn't  need  Alpine 
technique  to  reach  the  topmost 
shelf.      She    has    a    stool-stepladder! 


All  of  this  is  pointed  out  by  Clara 
Kimball  Young — you  remember  her? — 
who  is  working  in  Columbia  Pictures. 
She  has  just  had  some  new  rugs — big 
ones — made  from  several  of  her  smaller 
ones  that  were  beginning  to  wear  out. 
The  Olson  Company  of  Chicago,  New 
York,  and  San  Francisco,  did  it.  Mak- 
ing new  rugs  from  old  ones  is  the  Olson 
Company's  forte.  You  send  them  a  cer- 
tain number  of  pounds  of  rugs  or  other 
woollen  odds  and  ends  and  get  in  re- 
turn a  brand-new  and  beautiful  rug, 
its  size  depending  on  the  amount  of 
material  you  have  sent  them.  These 
rugs  are  made  in  any  proportions  you 
want. 

Sometimes,  instead  of  cutting  string 
beans  in  pieces,  it  is  a  nice  variation  just 
to  remove  the  strings,  tie  the  whole 
beans  in  bunches  with  a  cord  and  cook 
that  way  in  salted  water.  When  ready 
to  serve,  clip  the  cords  and  serve  in 
bundles,  like  asparagus.  It's  done  in 
Hollvwood  restaurants  ! 


Ginger  Rogers — Past,  Present 
and  Future 

[Continued  from  page  66] 


ham,  and  Katharine  Brush.  Emeralds 
are  her  favorite  jewels. 

Elated  as  she  is  over  being  starred 
by  herself  in  her  new  picture,  she 
has  the  greatest  enthusiasm  for  work- 
ing with  Fred  Astaire.  She  says  that 
dancing  with  him  is  every  bit  as  en- 
joyable and  exciting  as  it  looks — even 
though  they  rehearse  for  hours. 

Ginger  and  Lew  still  do  not  go  in 
for  the  bright-light  side  of  Hollywood 
social  life.  They  spend  most  of  their 
evenings  at  home,  where  their  most 
frequent  guests  are  such  members  of 
the  old  All  Quiet  on  the  Western 
Front  gang  as  Ben  Alexander,  Russell 
Gleason  and  William  Bakewell.  They 
take  parts  in  the  16-mm.  film  which 
Lew  is  directing  and  photographing 
and  for  which  he  builds  the  sets.  In 
the  film.  Ginger  plays  the  feminine 
characters.  (And  always  bakes  a 
cake  for  the  picture-makers.) 

But  let  us  look  at  Ginger's  future. 
What  will  the  next  few  years  bring? 

Friends  and  strangers  alike  predict 
continued  happiness  for  Ginger  and 
Lew — whose  love  grew  out  of  friend- 
ship,  not  infatuation. 

Bernard  Newman  predicts  that  she, 
more  than  any  other  star,  will  soon 
set  the  styles  that  girls  everywhere 
will  follow. 

Producers  predict  that  she  will  find 
even  greater  fame  as  a  dancing-sing- 
ing heroine  and  as  a  clever  comedi- 
enne— and,  moreover,  will  become  a 
dramatic    actress    on    occasion. 

And  some  day  she  may  do  the  role 
that  she  most  wants  to  do :  Queen 
Elizabeth. 

Undeniably,  there  is  a  great  future 
before  Ginger  Rogers.  Great  parts  in 
great  films. 


SHE  cheats  herself  out  of  good 
times,  good  friends,  good  jobs  — 
perhaps  even  out  of  a  good  marriage. 

And  all  because  she  is  careless!  Or, 
unbelievable  as  it  is,  because  she  has 
never  discovered  this  fact : 

That  socially  refined  people  never 
welcome  a  girl  who  offends  with  the 
unpleasant  odor  of  underarm  per- 
spiration on  her  person  and  clothing. 

There's  little  excuse  for  it  these 
days.  For  there's  a  quick,  easy  way 
to  keep  your  underarms  fresh,  free 
from  odor  all  day  long.  Mum ! 


It  takes  just  half  a  minute  to  use 
Mum.  And  you  can  use  it  any  time 
—  even  after  you're  dressed.  It's 
harmless  to  clothing. 

You  can  shave  your  underarms 
and  use  Mum  at  once.  It's  so  sooth- 
ing and  cooling  to  the  skin! 

Always  count  on  Mum  to  prevent 
the  odor  of  underarm  perspiration, 
without  affecting  perspiration  itself. 
Don't  cheat  yourself!  Get  the  daily 
Mum  habit.  Bristol-Myers,  Inc.,  75 
West  St.,  New  York.  m« 


MUM  TAKES  THE   ODOR 
Ify^  OUT  OF  PERSPIRATION 


ANOTHER  WAY  MUM  HELPS  is  on  sanitary  napkins.  Don't  worry  about  this  cause  of 
unpleasantness  any  more.  Use  Mum! 

Movie  Classic  for  September,  1935  71 


SHAMPOO  THE   HAIR 
WctAcflct  SUDS  ? 


Yes,  foremost  Beauticians  advise 

this  SOAPLESS  Oil  Shampoo 

for  a  truly  beautiful  head  of  hair 
•      •      •      • 

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Are  you  still  using  old  shampoo 
methods?  Still  working  up  a  lath- 
er; and  rinsing  your  hair  endlessly 
— only  to  find  it  growing  duller, 
darker,  more  lifeless?  Then  a  de- 
lightful surprise  is  awaiting  y ou . . . 
Asingle  shampoo  with  Mar-O-Oil 
will  amaze  you.  Your  hair  will 
instantly  become  soft  and  wavy. 
The  true  color  will  glow  with 
a  beautiful  warmth.  A  lovely 
sheen  will  make  alluring  high- 
lights dance  in  your  hair.  And, 
if  you  are  bothered  with  dan- 
druff, watch  what  happens  to  it ! 
Mar-O-Oil  makes  this  startling 
change  because  it  is  actually  a 
super  shampoo,  scalp  treatment, 
and  tonic  ALL  IN  ONE.  Yet  it  is 
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and  easier  to  rinse  out ...  Get  a 
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Magnified  hair 
6haft  showing 
dirt  film  left 
911  it  after 
im  proper 
shampoo. 


Magnified  hair 
shaft  sham- 
pooed with 
Mar-O-Oil. 
Note  how 
clean.  Not  a 
trace  of  dirt 
film  left. 


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Hollywood's  Heart  Problems- 

[Continucd  from  page  15] 


-and  Yours 


rent.  That  is  the  only  human  contact 
you  have.  Probably  you  do  a  little 
starving-  because  there's  nobody  to  help 
you  out.  It's  great  for  the  figure,  but 
hard  on  the  health.  Still,  you  feel  you 
could  stand  it  //  you  just  had  someone 
to  talk  with.  you. 

"That's  why  it  is  so  much  better  to 
go  to  a  club.  There  are  recreation 
rooms  downstairs  where  you  can  meet 
other  girls.  Very  possibly  some  of  them 
will  be  able  to  give  you  tips  about  get- 
ting a  position.  They  hear  of  open- 
ings. They  tell  you.  And  before  you 
know  it  you  have  a  job !  Then  some- 
body's Aunt  Jane  gives  a  party  and  you 
really  begin  to  get  acquainted." 

HpHAT  suggestion  of  Binnie's  is  the 
■*-  best  one  possible.  I  wish  I  could  tell 
you  about  some  of  the  pitiful  cases  that 
come  to  me — about  the  desperate  things 
girls  are  driven  to  do  by  loneliness. 
Only  too  often  a  lovely  girl  imagines 
herself  in  love  with  the  first  man  who 
pays  attention  to  her.  She  accepts  his 
advances  because  she  is  so  afraid  of 
losing  him.  And  soon  another  young 
life  is  ruined.  ...  Be  patient  and  go  a 
little  slowly  about  masculine  friend- 
ships. There  are  plenty  of  fine  young 
fellows  just  as  eager  to  meet  a  sweet, 
decent  girl  as  she  is  to  meet  them — and 
they  are  worth  waiting  for. 

I  think  that  the  most  difficult  situa- 
tion an  attractive  girl  has  to  face  is 
when  her  employer  becomes  infatuated 
with  her.  Fortunately,  this  is  not  so 
common  as  novelists  would  lead  us  to 
believe.  Men,  as  a  rule,  take  women  at 
their  own  valuation  and  if  a  girl  car- 
ries herself  with  the  right  amount  of 
self-respect,  her  "boss"  won't  be  apt  to 
overstep  the  mark.  But  if  he  does — 
what  should  she  do?  She  needs  her 
job.  If  she's  a  newcomer  to  town,  there 
is  no  one  to  whom  she  can  turn. 

"I  found  myself  in  that  situation 
once,"  said  Binnie.  "And  I  laughed 
my  zuay  out  of  it.  .  .  .  That,  I  discov- 
ered, is  much  more  effective  than  get- 
ting furious  or  standing  on  dignity. 
Nothing  cools  a  man's  fervor  so  quickly 
as  having  fun  poked  at  it.  Diplomat- 
ically, you  understand,  or  you'll  find 
yourself  fired ! 

"Another  girl  I  knew,  a  regal  blonde, 
had  a  neat  way.    She  would  look  bored 

and  yawn  slightly.     'Sorry,  Mr. ,' 

she  would  say,  'but  you're  the  fifth  man 
this  morning  who  has  tried  to  hold  my 
hand !'  And  she  would  smile  forgiv- 
ingly— and  walk  out. 

"Of  course,  as  Lillian  Russell  said, 
'it's  more  a  matter  of  getting  the 
right  man  than  escaping  the  wrong 
one!'  I  have  just  played  the  part^of 
Lillian  Russell  in  Diamond  Jim,  which 
explains  how  I  know.  She  was  a  small- 
town girl,  too.  She  was  born  in  Clin- 
ton, Iowa,  and  went  to  New  York 
where  she  became  the  most  popular 
woman    of    the    Gay    Nineties.      Wide 


popularity  was  a  feat  in  those  days. 
Today,  if  a  girl  is  not  popular,  it's 
pretty  much  her  own  fault.  She  has 
everything  on  her  side. 


"T^OR  very  little  money  she  can  at- 
tend  an  evening  dancing  class  and 
learn  to  become  a  really  good  dancer — 
and  a  really  sought-after  person.  Or 
she  can  work  up  her  game  of  tennis  or 
bridge  so  that  people  will  always  be 
asking  her  to  make  a  fourth.  And  what 
if  she  hasn't  had  the  opportunity  of  go- 
ing to  college  ?  Why  should  that  spoil 
her  fun  when  it's  so  easy  to  read  up 
on  a  subject?  You  can  find  out  any- 
thing through  the  books  in  a  public 
library." 

Binnie  herself  spent  a  great  many 
evenings  at  the  library  during  those 
first  days  in  London — chiefly  because  it 
was  warm  and  it  was  a  handy  place 
for  resting.  After  a  while  she  grew  ab- 
sorbed in  the  books.  So  much  so  that 
three  years  afterward,  when  she  met 
the  man  she  later  married,  he  found 
her  not  only  amusing  and  witty,  but 
wonderfully  well  informed.  People  who 
did  not  know  her  thought  it  amazing 
that  Samuel  Joseph,  the  most  noted  col- 
lector of  rare  books  in  England,  should 
become  so  interested  in  a  little  night- 
club hostess.  To  those  who  knew  her 
it  was  not  at  all  strange.  For  Binnie 
had  spent  her  spare  time  well. 

I  have  little  sympathy  for  the  girl 
who  feels  that  life  has  cheated  her  be- 
cause she  isn't  getting  anywhere.  What 
is  she  doing  to  get  somewhere?  Usu- 
ally, she  doesn't  do  anything  except  talk 
about  it.  She  makes  no  attempt  to  im- 
prove her  appearance  or  her  mind.  Per- 
haps she  has  visions  of  being  a  high- 
priced  confidential  secretary — but  she 
would  laugh  if  you  suggested  a  course 
at  night-school  to  help  her  reach  that 
end.  Binnie  went  to  night-school  and 
joined  classes  in  playwriting  and  pub- 
lic speaking.  It  intrigued  Mr.  Joseph 
when  he  found  this  out.  This  girl  was 
interesting.  .  .  . 

The  truth  is,  girls  hope  to  find  inter- 
esting men,  but  half  the  time  they  for- 
get to  make  themselves  interesting  !  The 
city  offers  them  every  assistance.  It's 
kind  and  friendly  and  full  of  treasures 
— if  you  know  where  to  look  for  them. 

TROUBLED? 

What  is  your  own  personal 
heart  problem?  Wouldn't  you 
like  someone  to  help  you  solve 
it — someone  warmly  sympathetic 
who  has  found  the  right  answers 
for  hundreds  of  others?  Write 
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CLASSIC,  1501  Broadway,  New 
York  City — and  tell  her  what 
problem  you,  personally,  would 
like  her  to  discuss.  Your  letter 
will  be  held  in  the  strictest  con- 
fidence. 


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Looks  Mean  a  Lot — of  Ca?-e 

[Continued  from  page  53] 

Things  That  Help! 

Perhaps  you  are  one  of  the  thou- 
sands of  girls  who  have  been  trying 
to  find  out  how  Hollywood  stars  get 
that  lustrous  look  to  their  faces.  I 
know !  There  is  a  new  shiny  make-up 
for  evening,  and  for  tanned  skins. 
There  are  shades  for  Titians,  Brunettes, 
and  Blondes,  and  the  company  sponsor- 
ing it  has  also  developed  the  correct 
shades  of  lipstick,  rouge  and  eyeshadow 
to  go  with  this  radiant  make-up. 

Are  you  one  of  the  many  girls  who 
feel  they  could  be  beautiful  if  they  did 
not  have  some  sort  of  scar  or  birthmark 
on  their  faces  .  .  .  and  now  surfer  tor- 
tures of  self-consciousness  ?  I  have 
seen  a  new  product  that  will  absolutely 
cover  such  marks  on  your  face  and  give 
you  the  same  effect  as  skillful  make-up 
on  a  flawless  face.  It's  a  perfect  god- 
send in  the  way  of  cosmetics,  and  a  rare 
blessing  to  girls  who  have  always  hated 
the  misfortune  of  some  facial  blemish. 
It  won't  even  come  off  when  you're  in 
swimming.  It  is  absolutely  harmless  to 
use  and  sells  for  $3  a  bottle. 

There's  a  new  soft-tone  powder  that 
is  natural  looking,  alluringly  scented, 
and  lasts  unusually  long  on  the  face.  It 
gives  you  that  new  "unpowdered"  look 
that  is  so  important  in  the  modern  tech- 
nique of  make-up.  Here  are  the  shades 
in  which  it  is  offered :  ivory,  flesh,  or 
pink,  natural,  rachel,  and  brunette.  Can 
you  believe  that  the  price  is  only  50c  ? 

Are  you  sure  you  are  protecting 
yourself  against  the  perspiration 
odors  that  are  so  damning  in  the 
summer?  There's  a  delightful  deo- 
dorant cream  that  does  two  things :  it 
banishes  odors,  and  it  softens  the  skin 
under  arms,  leaving  the  armpits  as 
white  and  smooth  as  a  baby's.  It  is 
harmless ;  it  acts  immediately ;  it 
will  not  stain  the  clothes. 

The  allure  of  perfumes  !  Want  to 
know  the  name  of  one  that  makes  you 
think  of  summer  gardens  full  of  ma- 
donna lilies,  bluebells,  and  heliotrope  ? 
One  that  is  like  the  perfume  of  a  sweet- 
scented  summer  day  ?  One  that  smells 
like  a  whole  world  of  flowers?  And 
that  sells   for  only  $1.10? 

And  a  lipstick  that  blends  perfectly 
with  the  present  vogue  for  tan  make-up 
with  a  rosy  tone  .  .  .  and  that  gives  your 
lips  that  attractive  moist  look  that  is 
so  youthful  and  so  Hollywoodish  !  It 
is  a  flattering  shade,  and  adheres  even 
through  the  meals  without  becoming 
caked  at  the  corners  of  the  lips.  There 
are  tropical  tones  of  powder,  and  cream 
and  dry  rouge  to  go  with  it,  too.  Very 
summery,  indeed ! 

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They  All  Like  Irene! 

[Continued  from  page  37] 


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jred  charms  of  the  fair  Kentuckian,  and 
she  still  represents  an  ideal  of  feminine 
loveliness  to  him. 

You  never  hear  of  this  particular  star 
having  contract  trouble.  Yet  she  has 
just  talked  her  home  studio  into  an 
agreement  to  let  her  make  two  pictures 
for  other  companies  before  completing 
the  balance  of  her  contract  with  RKO. 
(They  will  be  The  Magnificent  Obses- 
sion and  Shozv  Boat,  both  for  Uni- 
versal.) Irene  Dunne  usually  gets  what 
she  wants,  and  without  the  assistance  of 
pyrotechnics.  She  marshals  her  argu- 
ments— then  prefaces  their  presentation 
by  saying  "Don't  you  think?"  instead  of 
"I  insist  upon." 

"^^OT  long  ago  I  was  one  of  a  group 
that  included  a  rising  young  in- 
genue, pretty  and  ambitious,  who  com- 
plained of  the  matter-of-fact  manner  in 
which  men  treated  women  nowadays.  A 
newspaperman  took  up  the  cudgels  for 
his  sex.  For  years,  he  said,  women  have 
been  crying  for  equal  rights — single 
standards.  Well,  they  seem  to  have  ac- 
quired them.  Why  try  to  evade  the  in- 
evitable consequences  ? 

"But,"  the  young  actress  protested, 
"can't  a  girl  meet  men  on  an  equal  foot- 
ing in  the  business  or  professional  world, 
yet  remain  a  lady  and  rightly  expect  to 
be  treated  as  one  ?" 

"She  could,"  the  newspaperman 
agreed,  "but  too  many  women  don't.  My 
principal  complaint  is  against  the  girl 
who  thinks  it  is  smart  to  outdrink,  out- 
smoke  and  outswear  her  male  com- 
panions— and  still  expects  to  be  wrapped 
in  the  same  brand  of  cotton-wool  that 
protected  the  sensibilities  of  her  grand- 
mother, if  it  becomes  desirable." 

He  mentioned  a  famous  beauty,  no- 
torious for  a  vocabulary  that  would 
bring  blushes  to  the  cheeks  of  an  irate 
truck  driver. 

"Can  you  imagine  treating  her  like  a 
lady?" 

Another  man  spoke  up.  "Can  you 
imagine  not  treating  Irene  Dunne  like 
one?"  he  asked. 

"That  just  goes  to  prove  my  point," 
the  reporter  contended.  "Irene  Dunne 
has  never  lost  the  qualities  that  awaken 
gallantry  in  a  man.  And,"  he  turned  to 
the  pretty  youngster  who  had  precipi- 
tated the  discussion,  "you  girls  who 
want  careers  and  still  hope  for  a  full 
measure  of  personal  happiness  would  do 
much  better  to  pattern  yourselves  after 
her,  than  after  some  of  the  more  spec- 
tacular women  you  try  to  imitate." 

I  couldn't  resist  telling  Miss  Dunne 
about  this  conversation. 

""VOU'RE  sure  he  meant  it  as  a  com- 
pliment?"  she  laughed.  "You  see, 
some  of  my  friends  think  I  should  de- 
velop— or  at  least  pretend — a  gayer  and 
giddier  personality  than  my  own.  They 
believe  it  would  make  me  more  colorful. 
"Now,    I'm   not   naive.      I   know   the 

Movie  Classic  for  September,  1935 


words  that  are  supposed  to  blister  ears. 
When  someone  else  wants  to  use  them, 
I'm  not  shocked.  But  it  just  happens 
that  I've  always  found  it  possible  to  ex- 
press   myself    without   their    assistance. 

"I  like  parties — late  ones,  too.  When 
I'm  in  Xew  York  (and  I've  just  re- 
turned from  there),  my  husband  and  I 
have  an_  active  social  life.  And  when 
Dr.  Griffin  visits  me  out  here,  we  do  a 
fair  amount  of  gadding  about.  But 
when  I'm  working  on  a  picture,  I  lead  a 
pretty  quiet  life.  After  a  long  day  at 
the  studio,  a  hot  bath  and  a  comfortable 
bed  seem  about  all  I  would  wish  for  if 
I  had  Aladdin's  lamp." 

The  transcontinental  marriage  of 
Irene  Dunne  and  Dr.  Francis  Griffin  has 
been  described  too  often  to  merit  discus- 
sion here,  other  than  to  mention  the 
genuine  affection  that  appears  to  exist 
between  them. 

When  you  consider  the  way  in  which 
she  bowls  over  men  in  general,  plus  the 
lengthy  separations  from  her  husband,  it 
lends  importance  to  the  fact  that  no  hint 
of  romantic  gossip  has  ever  attached  it- 
self to  the  name  of  Irene  Dunne.  If 
you  have  any  idea  of  what  a  slight  basis 
is  necessary  for  romantic  gossip  in 
Hollywood,  you  will  appreciate  the  com- 
pliment to  Miss  Dunne's  dignity  and 
good  taste  that  this  represents.  Nor  is 
she  a  recluse  in  her  husband's  absence. 
Her  name  appears  on  the  guest  list  of 
filmland's  more  conservative  hostesses. 
And  she  is  frequently  seen  on  the  golf 
links,  usually  with  eager  escorts. 

W/"E  ALL  have  heard  women  alibi 
*  *  lack  of  interest  in  sports  by  stating 
that  "men  don't  like  athletic  women." 
The  lovely  Irene  is  evidence  that  this  is 
a  choice  bit  of  the  well-known  delicates- 
sen stand-by.  She  golfs,  she  swims, 
she  rides — yet,  all  the  men  I  know  who 
are  Dunne  devotees  seem  to  be  most 
impressed  by  her  utter  femininity. 

In  a  plaid  skirt,  navy  blue  twin  sweat- 
ers, flat-heeled  oxfords  and  a  felt  hat 
unadorned  except  for  a  grosgrain  band, 
she  can  achieve  a  greater  air  of  dainti- 
ness and  allure  than  most  of  us  could 
manage  in  a  trailing  velvet  tea  gown. 
This  is  partly  due  to  such  gifts  of  the 
gods  as  a  poreclain  complexion,  slender 
curves,  limpid  blue  eyes  and  a  voice  that 
has  never  lost  its  Southern  softness. 

However,  age  is  bound  to  do  things  to 
even  such  authentic  beauty  as  Irene 
Dunne  possesses.  A  network  of  lines 
will  etch  its  pattern  on  her  delicate  skin. 
Her  eyes  will  dim,  her  svelte  lines  dis- 
appear. And  when  that  times  comes, 
I'll  wager  that  you  will  find  faithful 
cavaliers  still  paying  homage  to  this 
lady's  charm  and  intense  femininity. 

What  men  think  Woman  should  be,  at 
her  loveliest,  she  is — wise,  witty,  kind, 
companionable,  understanding,  gently 
dignified  Men,  the  darlings,  are  mostly 
idealists.  And  Irene  Dunne  gives  them 
something  to  idealize. 


How    Carole   Lombard's 
Clothes  Match  Her  Moods 

[Continued  from  page  65] 


important  a  highlight  that  no  jewels 
are  necessary.  "With  no  hair  visible  on 
the  forehead,  your  eyes  must  be  the 
center  of  attraction.  A  deep  midnight- 
blue  eyeshadow,  and  blue  mascara  on 
the  lashes,  will -work  a  miracle  on  them. 


DERHAPS  the  mood  that  is  most  in- 
dulged  in  by  every  girl  is  the  urge-to- 
charm  mood.  It  is  not  reserved  tor 
romantic  moments ;  girls  have  been 
known  to  have  it  with  only  a  family  au- 
dience. Carole  expresses  it  by  getting 
into  something  that  clings  softly  .  .  . 
that  has  floating  sleeves  and  a  flower  lei 
for  a  neckline.  Since  she  is  fair,  she 
likes  it  to  be  pink,  and  uses  a  pinky 
make-up.  (Pink  powder,  and  lipstick  of 
a  bright  pink  only  a  shade  or  two  deeper 
than  her  cheek  rouge.)  This  is  a  mood 
that  incorporates  gentleness,  a  touch  of 
mystery,   a  bit  of  sophistication. 

Travis  says  that  Carole,  in  this  next 
mood,  reminds  him  of  Gaby  Deslys,  the 
girl  whose  compelling  charm  made  her 
a  woman  of  destiny.  In  every  woman 
lurks  the  suspicion  that  she,  too,  may  be 
a  woman  of  destiny.  At  least,  there  are 
times  when  she  is  in  a  thrilling,  dra-- 
matic  mood.  The  new  silhouette,  with 
full  flare  in  the  skirt  below  the  knees, 
gives  power  to  it.  Express  it  in  black 
velvet  and  furs  and  a  dead  Avhite  make- 
up— and  you  will  create  an  exciting, 
never-to-be-forgotten  impression. 

In  direct  contrast  to  this  is  the 
"mood  spirituclle,"  which  is  woman  at 
her  most  dangerous,  inspiring  admira- 
tion that  borders  on  reverence.  This 
time  the  bangs  are  curled  high,  instead 
of  brushed  straight  down,  and  the  back 
is  rolled  into  an  old-fashioned  coil — the 
"Little  Women"  hairdress.  This  is  ac- 
cented by  very  natural-toned  cosmetics, 
and  by  her  quaint  monastic  cape.  The 
dress  itself  is  a  simple  chiffon  dinner 
dress  with  flounces  around  the  feet  and 
ruffles  falling  over  the  hand. 


"C*IXALLY,  there  is  the  tailored  mood. 
A  Right  now  it  is  terribly  important.  It 
probably  needs  more  thoughtful  plan- 
ning than  all  the  other  moods  together. 
But  here  is  one  little  secret  that  many 
girls  forget.  The  bigger  the  job  and 
the  larger  the  salary,  the  more  you 
should  az'oid  mannish  clothes.  Wear  a 
hat  that  is  frankly  becoming.  Two-tie 
pumps  that  have  a  pretty  feminine  air 
instead  of  flat-heeled  oxfords.  With 
your  suit,  have  softening  touches  like 
wine-red  fresh  carnations  that  match 
the  deep  wine-red  crepe  blouse,  and  the 
flowers  in  your  hat.  Your  make-up 
should  be  very  modified  and  informal. 
Xo  blatantly  red  lips  or  cheeks. 

It  gives  such  zest  to  life,  it  makes  life 
so  much  more  interesting — if  you  know 
how  to  dress  your  moods ! 


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Be  a  One-of-a-Kind  Girl! 

[Continued  from  page  3D] 


wearing  a  bathing  suit.  On  feet  that 
don't  display  the  advantages  of  pedi- 
cures and  skin  softeners.  On  wayward 
ends  on  eyebrows.  Exotic  perfumes 
which  are  never  apropos  for  daytime. 
A  thin  hack  wearing  a  very  low-cut 
dress.  Poor  posture.  Lingerie  touches 
that  droop,  and  pleats  without  the  kick 
an  iron  could  give  them  in  two  seconds. 
The  complete  importance  of  daintiness 
— all  the  little  things  you're  apt  to  over- 
look. 

"They're  what  make  the  difference, 
actually,  between  beauty  and  just 
'dressed-upness.'  I've  found  that  out. 
What's  more,  they  usually  require  daily 
care,  and  that's  hard  when  you're  busy. 
But  you're  far  better  off  coming  in  an 
hour  earlier  each  night  and  attending 
to  all  those  seemingly  unimportant 
things,  than  you  are  dancing  the  last 
dance  every  time,  and  concentrating 
simply  on  the  more  showy  angles  of 
your  appearance.  Big  things  take  care 
of  themselves — but  the  little  things  can 


rum  you 


"I'd  tell  my  sister  that  I've  discovered 
that  the  smartest  thing  any  girl  can  do 
is  not  to  be  a  'type'  Don't  copy  the 
clothes  and  mannerisms  and  ideas  of  the 
girl  across  the  street  who  happens  to  be 
a  knockout,  or  your  favorite  actress  or 
heroine— or  your  big  sister !  Be  your 
own  type.  And  you'll  have  something 
no  other  girl  in  the  whole  world  can  re- 
produce :  a  one-of-a-kind  personality. 
If  you're  just  naturally  frilly  and  fem- 
inine, don't  wear  tailored  things  be- 
cause they're  smart.  If  you're  sophisti- 
cated, don't  affect  naivete  because  you 
think  it  goes  over.  If  you're  athletic, 
stay  that  way.  If  you're  a  thoroughly 
American  Girl,  develop  that  and  leave 
the  exotics,  the  statuesques  and  the 
sirens  to  their  own  types.  Make  a  new 
type  for  yourself— a  you  type.  And 
then  you'll   be   a   distinctive   individual. 

«<T'D  want  my  younger  sister  to  be 
■*■  popular.  So  I'd  try  to  influence 
her  to  learn  to  like  everybody's  kind 
of  fun,  whether  it's  fun  learning  or  not. 
If  dates  and  dancing  and  clothes  were 
her  sole  interests,  she  should  make  her- 
self swim  and  ride  and  golf  and  play 
tennis  anyway,  so  that  she  can  have 
those  things  in  common  with  the  peo- 
ple she  meets  who  may  not  like  just 
dates  and  dancing.  If  she  spent  most  of 
her  leisure  knitting  sweater  suits  and 
playing  bridge,  I  should  suggest  that 
she  read  good  books,  learn  to  be  a  whiz 
at  backgammon  and  ping-pong  as  well 
as  at  contract  bridge.  She  should  be 
able  to  fix  Iiors  d'oeuvres  and  party 
sandwiches  as  expertly  as  she  fixes  her 
hair,  know  as  much  about  music  and  art 
as  she  does  about  eye  make-up  and  the 
Continental.  The  concerts  and  tennis 
parties,  for  instance,  that  she'll  miss  if 
she  doesn't  like  concerts  and  tennis,  can 
keep  her  from  making  many  acquaint- 
ances   she   may   never   make   any   other 

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way.  I'd  like  her  to  think  of  that 
"I've  learned  that  for  everything  you 
know  something  about,  you'll  sometime 
meet  somebody  who  will  like  you  be- 
cause you  can  share  intelligently  that 
interest  with  him  or  her.  And  partic- 
ularly when  it's  a  him!  I'd  want  my 
little  sister  to  be  capable  of  fitting  into 
his  moods  for  dancing,  hiking,  high- 
diving,  visiting  an  art  exhibit,  enjoying 
a  serious  play — or  even  just  sitting 
around  and  talking  for  hours.  Why  ? 
Because  liims,  I've  found,  adore  good 
'mood-mates.'  And  every  girl  can  be 
one  if  she  teaches  herself  to  be." 

AND  there  we  were  on  the  subject  of 
-*■*■  males  !  Which  is  such  a  big  sub- 
ject, Miriam  agreed,  you  could  talk  all 
afternoon  about  it  and  still  just  barely 
scratch  the  surface.  However,  we  did 
not  just  drop  said  subject.  Miriam  told 
me  of  those  first  days  in  New  York 
when  she  was  sixteen,  living  in  a  board- 
ing house  on  historic  Washington 
Square.  She  didn't  know  any  young 
men  when  she  arrived.  She  didn't  think- 
that  she  even  wanted  to  know  the  two 
or  three  at  the  boarding  house  who 
asked  her  for  dates.  They  were  nice, 
she  knew,  but  she  considered  them  dull. 

"However,  I  dated  them  anyway  be- 
cause I  was  lonely,"  she  told  me,  "and 
learned,  then  and  there,  something  that 
every  girl  should  learn  early  and  never 
forget :  that  men,  sentimentally  speak- 
ing, are  much  like  sheep.  They  invari- 
ably flock  first  to  the  girl  who  has  a 
stag  line  around  her.  And  a  girl's  per- 
sonal stag  line,  whether  it's  on  the  dance 
floor  or  in  her  own  living  room,  can  be 
secured  most  easily  by  being  friendly 
with  every  worthy  young  man  who  de- 
sires her  friendship. 

"No  man  is .  really  dull.  I  don't  care 
how  unattractive  you  may  think  he  is  in 
the  beginning.  If  you  try,  you  can  find  a 
lot  to  like  about  every  man  who  likes 
you.  From  those  three  boys  in  my 
boarding  house,  I  began  to  build  my 
stag  line,  and  my  acquaintance  gradual- 
ly widened  to  include  others.  One  ©f 
the  original  trio  has  remained  a  close 
friend  to  this  day. 

"I'd  tell  my  little  sister  about  that, 
too.  It's  not  how  she  can  captivate  the 
Yale  hero  for  an  evening  that  counts  as 
much  as  the  way  that  she  can  interest 
every  boy  she  meets — and  every  time ! 
The  boy  next  door  may  seem  totally  un- 
romantic,  but  if  he  admires  you  and  you 
can  make  him  think  you're  a  swell  girl, 
whether  you're  seriously  interested  or 
not,  and  do  the  same  to  the  next  boy 
and  the  next  one,  you'll  form  a  nucleus 
of  admirers  which  is  certain  to  attract 
others. 

"Then,  when  the  Big  Moment,  that 
you  simply  must  have,  appears,  you'll 
know  just  what  works  when  it  comes  to 
making  a  hit.  For  you'll  have  perfected 
your  charm  by  varied  and  fascinating 
experience." 


They're  the  Topics! 

[Continued  from  page  10] 


face.  It  will  give  you  a  youthful  glow 
that  will  remain  all  evening.  It's  an  old 
trick  that  stage  folk  have  known  for 
generations.  Lawrence  Tibbett,  so  they 
say,  never  gives  a  performance  without 
first  standinsr  on  his  head  in  the  winsrs ! 


(^LEXDA  FARRELL  is  sporting  the 
^-*  two  most  novel  hats  on  record.  One 
is  of  heavy  black  felt  and  the  other  of 
heavy  yellow  felt.  When  worn,  they 
look  like  tarns  with  a  square  crown.  The 
folds  are  stitched  and  give  them  a  de- 
cidedly smart  look.  Then,  if  you  are 
an  outdoor  girl  like  Glenda  who  hates  to 
wear  a  hat  except  to  make  a  proper  en- 
trance, you  snatch  off  the  tarn — and  it 
folds  into  a  compact  bag! 

C  YLVIA  SIDNEY  has  been  having  an 
^  interesting  and  amusing  vacation  in 
Xew  York  City,  where  she  stayed  at 
the  Hotel  Lombardy.  Her  suite  has  been 
full  of  books  and  flowers,  and  she  has 
been  catching  up  on  her  reading,  for 
she  loves  that  relaxation.  The  day  we 
visited  her  we  counted  seven  different 
kinds  of  flowers,  including  mountain 
laurel  and  madonna  lilies.  Also  went 
shopping  with  her  for  hats  at  Lily 
Dache's,  and  you  should  see  the  exotic 
fashions  that  are  awaiting  us  this  fall ! 
Sylvia  wears  them  beautifully,  too.  You 
might  be  interested  in  one  of  Sylvia's 
late  summer  hats — a  clever  white  felt, 
with  a  number  of  ribbon  bands  of  dif- 
ferent colors,  such  as  blue,  red,  3-ellow. 
which  snap  on,  and  thus  match  in  a 
second  anv  dress  she  may  be  wearing ! 


XTORMA  SHEARER  THAL- 
-^  BERG'S  new  baby  is  a  girl,  and 
what  a  complete  and  happy  family  that 
is  now !  The  Thalbergs'  young  son  is 
a  darling  child,  and  now  that  he  has  a 
little  sister  named  Katherine,  there  is  a 
perfect  American  family.  Norma  is 
already  planning  her  next  picture,  which 
will  be  Romeo  and  Juliet.  She  is  a 
typical  American  mother  in  raising  her 
family,  being  a  splendid  wife,  and  still 
findinsr  time  for  other  interests. 


T/"AY  FRAXCIS  ended  her  European 
-"-  holiday  by  returning  on  the  famous 
new  liner,  Normandie,  and  arrived  with 
some  marvelous-looking  clothes  .  .  .  . 
trust  Kay !  She  has  since  been  com- 
pleting her  vacation  with  a  month's  rest 
on  an  isolated  ranch. 

"\X7"ORD  has  been  received  from  Lon- 
*  *  don  that  Madge  Evans  is  having 
the  delightful  experience  of  having  her 
clothes  for  her  Gaumont-British  picture, 
The  Tunnel,  made  by  Schiaparelli,  of 
Paris,  and  that's  something  any  girl 
would  love  to  have  happen  to  her  ! 


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u  'hnx     REDUCED 
MY  WAIST  8   INCHES 

WITH   THE   WEIL   BELT!" 

'rites  George  Bailey 


Wear  the  WEIL  BELT  for 
10   days    at  our  expense! 

YOU  will  appear  many 
inches  slimmer  at  once 
and  in  ten  days  your  waist 
line  will  be  3  inches  smaller. 
3  inches  of  fat  gone  or  no  costl 
"I  reduced  8  inches".  .  .  writes 
Geo.  Bailey.  "Lost  50  lbs." 
writes  W.  T.  Anderson.  .  .  . 
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are  a  case  in  point.  As  long  ago 
as  last  November,  Orry-Kelly  made 
sketches  for  gowns  along  extreme  Gre- 
cian lines.  Wraps  were  fashioned  of 
eight-foot  lengths  of  heavy  silk,  wrapped 
around  the  hips,  and  draped  over  the 
head.  In  this  case,  he  anticipated  a 
trend  that  was  to  be  sponsored  in  Paris 
a  few  months  later. 

Travis  Banton,  of  Paramount,  one  of 
the  most  important  figures  in  the  fash- 
ion world,  agrees  that  fashion  happens 
because  of  a  designer's  adaptation  of  a 
suitable  style  to  a  certain  star,  rather 
than  because  of  a  desire  to  be  startling. 
And  he  says  this  in  spite  of  the  fact 
that  he  is  responsible  for  many  trends. 


ALL  of  these  men  are  modest  in  dis- 
-^*-  claiming  direct  responsibility  for 
fashion  changes,  but  let  us  take  a  look 
back  through  recent  years,  and  see  just 
what   they   have   inspired   us   to   wear. 

Adrian  and  Garbo  jointly  are  respon- 
sible for  the  long-sleeved,  high-in-front, 
low-in-back  evening  gowns.  Garbo  hates 
sleeveless  frocks,  so  Adrian  made  a 
habit  of  giving  her  at  least  one  long- 
sleeved  evening  gown  in  every  film.  It 
was  not  long  until  such  gowns  caused 
not  so  much  as  a  ripple  of  comment 
around  formal  dinner  tables. 

Travis  Banton  was  directly  respon- 
sible for  the  return  to  favor  of  enorm- 
ous hats,  which  have  been  in  such  wide 
vogue  since  Mae  West  wore  them  in 
She  Done  Him  Wrong.  Hats  he  made 
for  her  were  true  to  the  period,  but  were 
modified  slightly  so  that  they  appeared 
interesting  to  the  modern  eye. 

It  was  Orry-Kelly  who  slashed 
sleeves  for  a  dress  for  Kay  Francis  and 
cut  out  segments  in  the  back.  And  do 
you  remember  how  we  went  around 
showing  bits  of  ourselves  through  slits 
and  slashes,  as  soon  as  we  caught  sight 
of  the  effect  on  Kay  ? 


ADRIAN  brought  back  the  redingote 

^*-  line the  nipped-in,    fitted 

waistline  and  full  gored  skirt  for  Greta 
Garbo  in  Mata  Hari  because  she  needed 
something  with  a  gallantry  and  sweep 
for  the  part.  And  it  hit  the  country's 
fancy.  Howard  Greer,  distinguished  in- 
dependent designer,  gave  the  trend 
further  impetus  with  his  gowns  for 
Katharine  Hepburn  in  Christopher 
Strong.  Now  you  are  wearing  long 
redingotes  for  evening. 

Rene  Hubert,  who  is  French  and 
head  designer  at  Fox,  has  a  passion  for 
the  details  of  decoration  and  fabrics. 
He  has  popularized  a  number  of  fascin- 
ating little  gadgets — such  as  names  and 
monograms  cut  from  wood  or  metal. 
He  had  much  to  do  with  the  interest  in 
gloves  of  printed  silks  and  velvets,  and 
the  excitement  about  Cellophane  cloth 
and  Cellophane  embroidery.  And  when 
you  see  Dixie  Lee  in  a  lacquered  satin 

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gown  in  Redheads  on  Parade,  remem- 
ber that  he  was  responsible  for  it. 

Travis  Banton's  Cleopatra  gowns  for 
Claudette  Colbert  had  an  immediate  re- 
sponse. There  were  very  few  women 
who  did  not  have  suspension  straps  and 
some  center  front  drapery  on  evening 
gowns  after  that  film  was  released. 

Banton's  gowns  for  Marlene  Dietrich 
are  likewise  responsible  for  much  of 
the  interest  in  artificial  flowers  over 
the  sleeves  and  in  capes.  Credit  must 
be  given  also  to  Greer,  who  created  a 
cape  of  white  chiffon  dotted  with  white 
fabric  daisies  for  Katharine  Hepburn  in 
Christopher  Strong.  Adrian,  who  slung 
a  flowered  cape  over  Joan  Crawford's 
shoulders,  has  made  lavish  use  of  flow- 
ers in  his  period  gowns  for  Garbo  in 
Anna  Karenina — which,  it  is  predicted, 
will  start  an  1870  trend. 

All  of  which  should  thoroughly  prove 
that  "you  wear  what  they  tell  you." 


A  ND  this  naturally  leads  us  up  to  the 
■^*-  question :  "What  will  they  tell  us 
to  wear  next  year  ?" 

They  are  going  to  give  you  a  wide 
range  from  which  to  choose,  so  be  sure 
you  are  right  in  your  choice  and  go 
ahead. 

Adrian  thinks  that  the  next  important 
trend  will  be  a  slim  silhouette  with  an 
accent   on  front   drapings. 

Walter  Plunkett  would  not  be  sur- 
prised to  see  a  modified  hoop-skirt  come 
into  sudden  popularity ! 

Rene  Hubert's  sports  clothes  will 
feature  a  stunning,  swagger  simplicity. 
They  will  be  very  feminine,  with  an 
emphasis  on  huge  square  sleeves. 

Orry-Kelly  is  using  a  straight,  rather 
full  skirt  gathered  into  the  waist  a  bit. 
He  calls  it  the  "peasant  line,"  and  ex- 
pects it  to  be  widely  used,  particularly 
among  younger  women,  with  the  draped 
Grecian  line  favored  by  mature  women. 

Travis  Banton  already  can  see  the  re- 
sults from  released  stills  of  his  cos- 
tumes  for   The   Crusades the 

tightly  molded  body  line ;  the  very  long 
flowing  sleeves;  simple,  but  dramatic 
necklines;  and  new  emphasis  on  flowing 
feminine  capes. 

Nor  are  these  the  only  Hollywood 
designers,  nor  the  only  ,ones  who  are 
capable  of  influencing  American  fash- 
ions. Bernard  Newman,  modern  stylist 
for  RKO,  has  made  a  point  of  glamor- 
ous practicality  in  his  gowns  for  Ginger 
Rogers  in  Top  Hat.  Omar  Kiam,  of 
Cnited  Artists,  has  designed  some  beau- 
tiful things — all  completely  practical — 
for  Merle  Oberon  in  The  Dark  Angel. 
Rover,  young  Fox  designer,  is  giving 
the  younger  Fox  players  new  gowns. 

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anyone.  Pay  your  money  and  take  your 
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Fashion  Foreword 

[Continued  from  page  42] 


the  floor.  As  long  ago  as  last  spring,  : 
Orry-Kelly,  Hollywood  fashion  design- 
er, predicted  the  trend;  Paris  suggested 
it  this  summer ;  and  now  New  York  is 
showing  it  in  the  dresses  being  made 
ready  for  autumn. 

CPORTSWEAR  always  holds  the 
^  spotlight  in  the  fall,  and  rightfully 
so,  for  we  begin  to  anticipate  football 
games,  long  hikes,  crisp  walks  on  wind- 
swept avenues.  There  will  be  a  casual 
air  to  fall  sports  things  that  will  make 
girls  delight  in  wearing  them,  and  yet 
their  strict  tailoring  will  make  them 
trim  and  youthful.  Two-  and  three- 
piece  suits  in  brilliant  colors,  as  well 
as  dark  browns  and  blues,  will  hold  our 
fancy.  Not  for  years  have  woolens 
been  so  bright  and  gay  as  they  will  be 
this  season. 

Gold  standards  may  come  and  go  in 
the  world  of  finance,  but  feminine  fash- 
ions will  not  be  cheated  of  their  ef- 
fectiveness in  fall  clothes.  There  will 
be  dresses  of  unusual  fabrics  such  as 
Virginia  Bruce  is  so  strikingly  showing 
us  on  page  42.  Accessories  will  carry 
their  golden  touch  on  plain  daytime 
dresses,  in  the  way  of  gold  belts  or  clips 
used  on  fine  black  silk  jersey  or  crepe, 
or  in  cleverly  designed  belts  and  match- 
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npO  NEW  YORK  from  the  Holly- 
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"Crusades"  fashions,  and  in  the  shops 
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outstanding  notes  of  these  dresses.  ! 
Square  necks,  heavy  antique  belts,  rich 
velvet  cloths,  and  long  full  lines  are  al- 
ready finding  favor. 

Another  picture  that  will  give  fashion 
hints  to  young  Americans  is  Top  Hat. 
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Give  Yourself  Some   New  Accessories! 

[Continued  from  page  51] 


ever,  that  you  can  make  it  from  the  fol- 
lowing instructions.  This  hat  (  I'm 
holding  it  in  the  picture)  can  be  worn 
off  the  face  .  .  .  or,  for  a  change,  drawn 
forward  and  tilted  over  one  eye.  It  can 
be  trimmed  around  the  head  band  with 
a  contrasting  "crocheted  ribbon,"  or  you 
can  use  little  grosgrain  ribbon  loops, 
one  on  each  side  of  the  hat,  as  I  have. 
Anyway,  here  are  the  instructions : 

To  begin  the  crown,  chain  5,  and  join 
to  form  ring.  1st  round:  8  simple 
crochets  in  ring.  2nd  round:  2  simple 
crochets  in  each  s  c.  3rd  round:  single 
crochet  in  each  of  next  2  s  c,  2  s  c  in 
next  (this  is  an  increase).  Repeat  these 
two  steps  around.  4th  round:  Single 
crochet  in  each  of  next  3  s  c,  2  s  c  in 
next.  Repeat  these  three  steps  around. 
5th  and  subsequent  rounds:  Increase 
whenever  necessary  to  have  work  lie 
perfectly  flat,  until  work  measures  6l/2 
inches  in  diameter.  (Do  not  make  in- 
creases directly  over  increases  of  pre- 
vious round.)  Then  work  with  increas- 
ing for  1  inch.  Then  increase  8 
stitches.  Then  work  without  increas- 
ing for  1  inch.  Next  round:  Chain  3 
(to  count  as  double  crochet),  double 
crochet  in  next  single  crochet,  chain  2, 
skip  next  2  singles,  double  crochet  in 
each  of  next  2  s  c,  chain  2,  repeat  from 
first  chain  2  to  end  of  round.  Join  with 
single  crochet  in  third  chain  of  chain  3 
first  made. 

Brim:  1st  round:  Single  crochet  in 
next  double  crochet,  2  single  crochet  in 
next  space.  Repeat  from  second  step 
around.  "'2nd  round:  Single  crochet  in 
each  of  next  10  s  c,  2  s  c  in  next,  and 
repeat  these  two  steps  around.  5th  and 
subsequent  rounds:  Work  without  in- 
creasing until  brim  measures  from  1st 
round  of  brim  l-}4  inches.  To  make 
brim  stiff,  single  chain  over  a  millinery 
wire  for  the  next  3  rounds.  Fasten  off 
wire  and  complete  work  with  1  round 
of  single  crochet. 

You  use  your  thread  double  through- 
out on  this  hat  .  .  .  and  you  will  need 
about  8  balls,  size  10,  if  you  use  Clark's 
O.N.T or  6  of  J.  &  P.  Coats  Mer- 
cerized Crochet.  Your  crochet  hook 
should  be  a  No.  2.  Oh,  yes,  and  you'll 
need  3  yards  of  millinery  wire.  And 
that's  all !  Unless  you  need  crocheting 
instruction — and  every  department  store 
offers  that. 


'THE  collar  I  am  wearing  in  the  pic- 
-"-  ture  is  one  of  the  loveliest  I  have 
ever  seen  (I  didn't  originate  hV  so  I 
can  brag  without  sounding  conceited.) 
The  collar  is  white  pique,  trimmed  with 
Irish  lace,  and  makes  any  plain  dress 
smart.    Yet  because  it  is  simple  and  not 


frilly  you  can  wear  it  at  office  or  at 
school,  as  well  as  "out  to  dinner."  It 
cost  $5.95  at  a  Hollywood  department 
store,  and  I  liked  it  so  much  that  I  have 
copied  it  in  several  shades,  and  for  much 
less  money.  I  think  you'll  be  able  to 
copy  it  too,  with  the  help  of  the  dia- 
gram on  page  51.  Here  is  what  you  will 
need   for    it   first : 

54  yard  pique. 

1/4   yard   of   2-inch   wide    Irish   lace 
with   finished  edge.      (1   edge) 

Y\  yard  of  \]A  ineh-wide  Irish  lace 
(straight  edge)    for  insets. 

2^2  yards  of  34  inch-wide  edging. 

Cut  the  pique  according  to  the  dia- 
gram .  .  .  there  are  five  separate  pieces 
.  .  .  and  be  sure  the  grain  runs  as  in- 
dicated on  the  diagram.  First  join  the 
two  front  pieces  to  the  center  strip  of 
lace.  Then  sew  on  the  two  side  strips, 
and  cut  out  the  pique  from  underneath. 
The  lace  with  the  edging  is  used  all 
around  the  outside,  of  course.  And  you 
outline  all  the  insets  with  the  j4-inch- 
edging.  The  diagram  is  so  simple  (es- 
pecially .with  the  picture  to  guide  you) 
that  I  don't  believe  any  further  instruc- 
tions  are  necessary. 


T  KNOW  from  experience  how  impor- 
•*■  tant  accessories  are.  particularly  if 
you  haven't  much  to  spend  on  a  ward- 
robe. When  I  was  looking  for  a  chance 
in  pictures  not  so  long  ago,  I  used  to 
see  to  it  that  even  if  my  dress  was  not 
new,  my  collars  and  cuffs  always  looked 
fresh  and  neat.  My  hat  had  to  be 
smart,  too  .  .  .  and  my  gloves  were  of 
equal  importance.  As  in  everything 
else,  it  is  the  little  things  that  betray 
us  or  else  give  us  the  right  air  of  poise 
and  smartness.  So  my  best  advice  on 
clothes  is:  watch,  out  for  those  little 
tli  ings  ! 

There's  one  more  new  accessory  note 
which  I  w^ould  like  to  give  you.  Col- 
lar and  cuff  sets  of  woven  ribbon  are 
extremely  easy  and  fun  to  do,  and  re- 
quire scarcely  any  sewing.  One  smart 
set  I  saw  the  other  clay  was  woven  of 
three-quarter-inch-wide  ribbon.  Ask  to 
see  them  at  your  department  store,  and 
one  look  will  show  you  how  to  make 
them. 

And  here  is  one  last  new  idea  for 
you :  bead  accessories.  There  are  belts 
of  brightly-colored  beads  in  smart  de- 
signs matching  belts  and  bags,  and  even 
collars  and  cuffs.  Some  of  the  beads 
used  are  natural-color  wood,  and  others 
are  painted.     Very,  very  smart ! 

Do  try  some  of  these  new  tricks  and 
have  them  all  ready  to  put  on  your  last 
year's  fall  dress,  and  you'll  look  like 
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New  Shopping  Finds! 

[Continued  from   page   12] 


****Grace  Moore,  the  girl  who  sings 
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The  word  hat  doesn't  really  do  it  justice 
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different.  There  is  a  stiff  visor  to  pro- 
tect the  eyes,  but  a  soft  scarf  attached 
winds  around  the  head  and  ties  in  jaunty 
knot-fashion  in  back.  Checks,  plaids,  and 
vivid  plain  materials  make  these  swagger 
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the}7  will  stick,  until  you  want  to  take 
them  down.  Clever,  these  modern  gals  ! 
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Freddie  Bartholomew's  Busy  Day 

[Continued  from  page  33] 


paid  For  it.  We'll  have  to  look  into  this." 
It  develops  that  he  loves  history  and 
geography.  "Yes,  history's  love!)',"  he 
assures  me.  "I've  just  learned  about  all 
America's  famous  women.  Jane  Ad- 
dams  is  one.  I  was  so  sorry  to  hear 
that  she  died.  She  did  things  men  have 
no  time  for — like  three  hours  a  day  for 
school  children,  I  mean.  I  was  saying  to 
Cissy" — the  earnest  voice  rushes  on — 
"it's  like  when  you  ask  a  man  to  lay  the 
table,  and  he  puts  on  dinner  plates  in- 
stead of  tea  plates — I  just  give  you  an 
instance  how  thoughtless  men  are — no," 
the  loyal  male  asserts  himself,  "they're 
not  thoughtless,  they're  just  too  busy — 
they  have  no  time  for  those  things." 

Brought  back  to  the  major  thread  of 
his  narrative,  he  picks  it  up  at  the  point 
where  "morning  school's  over,  and  then 
I  generally  snatch  some  luncheon  in  our 
dressing-room,  and  if  you  want  to  know 
what  I  do  next" — he  holds  aloft  the  key 
he  has  been  playing  with — "here's  mute 
evidence — my  bicycle  key." 

"And  here's  more  mute  evidence," 
his  aunt  interposes,  touching  the  afore- 
mentioned knee,  a  veritable  crisscross 
of  scars  and  bruises.  "He  doesn't  ride 
like  any  human  being.  That  would  be 
asking  too  much.  Really  to  enjoy  him- 
self, he  has  to  have  his  arms  in  the  air, 
and  his  feet  where  his  hands  should  be, 
and  himself  balanced  somehow  between 
heaven  and  earth,  and  how  he  has  man- 
aged to  keep  his  neck  unbroken  thus  far, 
I  shouldn't  be  able  to  tell  you." 


<</^IS,"    remarks    Freddie,    with    that 

^  air  of  affectionate  tolerance  which 
the  young  reserve  for  their  overcau- 
tious, but  endearing  elders, — "always 
thinks  she's  going  to  pick  me  up  in 
pieces.  But  I've  yet  to  hear,"  he  con- 
tinues meaningly,  "of  anyone's  hurting 
himself  on  a  bicycle  that  he's  only 
allowed  to  ride  'round  and  'round  a  per- 
fectly safe  back  lot  at  the  studio."  His 
eyes  fall  on  his  bandaged  hand.  "Here's 
a  sprained  wrist,"  he  cries,  flourishing 
it  in  triumph,  "which  no  bicycle  Avas 
responsible  for,  but  just  an  innocent, 
harmless  roller-coaster. 

"All  too  soon,"  he  tells  me,  "I  must 
put  away  my  bicycle  and  return  to 
school.  Not,"  he  adds  quickly,  sensitive 
for  Miss  Murphy's  feelings,  "that  I  love 
school  less,  but  my  bicycle  more.  And 
besides,  we  sometimes  do  things  at 
school  that  are  almost  as  much  fun  as 
the  bicycle.  Like  turtle-racing.  One  of 
my  turtles  disappeared  the  other  day." 

"And  Freddie,"  volunteers  Miss 
Murphy,  "wrote  a  really  beautiful 
lament  on  the  death  of  his  turtle,  Rosy. 
But  they  finally  found  her  about  two 
hundred  yards  away  at  the  back  gate, 
so  Freddie  tore  up  the  lament." 

"Well,"  says  Freddie  sensibly,  "there 
didn't  seem  much  sense  in  lamenting 
the  death  of  a  turtle  who  happened  to 
be  very  much  alive." 

After     school — "that's     about     three 

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o'clock  or  sometimes,  if  things  don't  go 
too  well,  three-thirty,"  he  signs  photo- 
graphs or  keeps  an  appointment  for  an 
interview.  That  finishes  his  business 
day  and  he's  free  to  go  home. 


TLJOME  is  a  Los  Angeles  apartment 
-*--*•  or  a  beach-house  at  Playa  del  Rev. 
Freddie  prefers  the  beach-house,  be- 
cause "first  of  all,  you  don't  have  to  sit 
down  to  a  set  meal — there's  a  cupboard 
place  where  you  keep  all  your  food — 
and  you  just  dig  in  and  pick  out  what 
you  like.  And  then  I  bathe  and  play 
on  the  beach  and  have  a  good  time  in 
general.  And,  oh  yes,  the  dogs — I  must 
tell  you  about  Fritzie."  He's  out  of  his 
chair  at  a  bound,  words  tumbling  out 
in  a  frenzy  of  love  and  excitement. 

"Fritzie's  the  beautifulest  dog  in  the 
world — d'you  know  what  he  does  ?  He 
gets  a  stick  and  he  keeps  half  of  it  in 
his  mouth,  and  gives  you  the  other  half, 
and  then  he  tries  to  get  it  away  from 
you — just  playing,  you  know— and  he's 
so  pleased  when  he  gets  it.  But  he 
wants  to  make  sure  there  are  no  hard 
feelings,  so  he  sort  of  laughs  up  at  you 
-—his  eyes  twinkle  and  he  looks  up  into 
your  eyes.  He's  a  marvelous  dog.  D'you 
know  what  I'm  going  to  do,  Cis  ?"  He's 
thumping  his  aunt's  knees   ecstatically. 

"I  know  what  I'd  do  if  I  had  any 
sense,"  she  rejoins.  "I'd  wear  knee- 
guards." 

But  Freddie  is  oblivious  to  every- 
thing save  the  birth  of  a  great  idea. 
"I'm  going  to  register  him  here  at  the 
studio,"  he  squeals.  "And  then  if  they 
ever  want  a  dog  that  laughs,  I'll  know 
where  to  put  my  hands  on  him." 

"Meantime     suppose     you     put    your 


M    ■      Mi  \.J-«:  i 

When  Freddie  Bartholomew  was  five 
— and  beginning  to  become  interested 
in     Dickens — this    is    how     he     looked 


mind  on  the  rest  of  the  story,"  his  aunt 
suggests. 

"Yes,  of  course,"  he  agrees  readily. 
"Well,  we  don't  always  go  to  the  beach, 
but  when  we're  in  town,  life's  pretty 
interesting,  too.  We  take  a  walk  or  we 
do  a  little  shopping  or  sometimes  we  go 
to  a  show.  Then  there  are  special  times 
— like  the  other  week,  for  instance, 
when  it  was  boys'  week  in  Culver  City, 
and  they  made  me  chief  of  police  and 
gave  me  a  badge.  That  came  in  quite 
useful,  I  can  tell  you.  When  Cissy 
wanted  me  to  do  things,  I'd  flash  this 
badge  at  her  and  tell  her :  'No,  you 
can't  come  at  me  this  week.' 

«<'T",HEN    Saturday's  special,  too,  be- 

-*■  cause  that's  my  day  off.  So's  Sun- 
day, of  course,  but  being. a  national  holi- 
day, Sunday's  different.  Anyway,  that's 
when  I  generally  go  horseback  riding. 
Provided" — he  gazes  blandly  at  his 
aunt,  "Cissy  has  got  her  document  a 
mile  long  with  everyone's  signature  in 
the  world  on  it,  to  guarantee  that  the 
horse  is  perfectly  safe. 

"Oh,  and  that  reminds  me."  He's  out 
of  his  chair  again,  laying  an  imploring 
hand  on  the  arm  of  mine.  "Would  you 
put  in  a  story  about  Cissy?"  he  pleads 
breathlessly.  His  face  is  aglow,  his 
feet  dancing  with  impatience,  and  he 
hurries  on  to  forestall  any  possible  ob- 
jection. 

"Once  when  she  was  a  little  girl  she 
lived  in  the  country,  and  she  was  going 
home  from  school,  and  she  was  terribly 
afraid  of  cows  and  bulls — and  there 
was  a  cow" — he  all  but  chokes  with 
glee,  "and  Sissy  heard  her  moo.  And 
she  ran  into  a  field  and  began  running 
about  with  this  cow  behind  her,  and  she 
fell  into  a  nice  soft  bit  of  moss,  so  she 
thought,  and  she  lay  there  quietly, 
thinking  she  was  perfectly  safe.  And 
then  this  nice  piece  of  moss  began 
waving  about  with  Cissy  on  its  back, 
and  it  was  the  cow  all  the  time !" 
Chortling  happily,  he  turns  to  Cissy  and 
starts  punishing  her  knee  again.  "And 
Cissy  was  thrown  off,  and  ran  all  the 
way  home  like  the  little  pig  in  the 
nursery  rhyme. 

"Freddie,  Freddie,"  protests  Cissy 
through  her  helpless  laughter,  "how 
you're  embroidering  it !" 

"That  doesn't  matter — it's  a  much 
better  story  this  way,"  crows  Freddie, 
thus  revealing  himself  the  true  creative 
artist.  Suddenly  he  sobers,  and  surveys 
his  aunt  reflectively.  "You  know,"  he 
announces,  "I  haven't  quite  decided 
whether  I  shall  be  single  or  a  widow 
when  I  grow  up,  but  I  sometimes  do 
think  it  would  be  nice  to  marry,  and 
have  a  son  to  carry  on  the  same  straint." 


JLTE  RETURNS  to  his  chair,  waiting 
■*■  ■*■  patiently  for  the  shout  that  greets 
this  declaration — made  in  simple  good 
faith — to  subside.  A  friend  passes  be- 
hind him  and  drops  something  into  his 
lap.  Freddie  looks  pleased.  Aunt  Cis 
looks   resigned.    I   look  inquisitive. 

"Chewing  gum,"  Freddie  explains, 
popping  the  gift  into  his  mouth.  "It's 
my  weakness  over  here.   I  never  knew  it 


in  England.  But  on  the  David  Copper- 
field  set  I'd  see  people  moving  their 
mouths,  and  heard  it  was  because  of 
chewing  gum.  So  one  day  I  asked  a 
property  man :  'What's  this  chewing 
gum  I  hear  about?  What  do  you  do 
with  it'  'You  just  chew  it,'  he  said.  Well, 
I  thought  it  was  a  new  kind  of  sweet. 
So  I  said:  'May  I  try  a  bit?'  So  he 
gave  me  a  bit,  and  the  first  two  or  three 
times  I  used  to  swallow  it,  and  then  he 
showed  me  how  to  chew  it,  and  now 
it's  one  of  my  favorite  things." 

Then  he's  up  again.  "Oh,  and  talk- 
ing of  favorite  things,  Cis,"  he  reminds 
her.  "There's  always  the  radio." 

"Yes,"  groans  Aunt  Cis,  "there's  al- 
ways the  radio." 

"After  dinner,"  he  continues,  cheer- 
fully unheeding. 

"Which  he  gobbles  like  the  rest  of 
his  meals,"  puts  in  his  long-suffering 
aunt.  "After  dinner  he  sits  with  his 
ear  glued  to  that  horrible  instrument 
for  the  rest  of  the  evening,  while  I 
plug  my  own  ears  with  cotton  to  make 
life  bearable." 

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someone  suggests. 

t^REDDIE  pounces  on  the  idea.  "Ear- 
■*•  phones — that'll  be  interesting.  I 
could  trail  all  over  the  house  with  the 
earphones  dangling  behind  me.  Oh,  yes, 
Cissy,  I  would  know  how  to  use  them. 
Pardon  me,  Cissy,  but  don't  you  re- 
member when  the  radio  was  out  of  or- 
der one  night,  and  I  twisted  all  the 
screws  and  what-me-nots  and  made  it 
go  ?  Oh,  I  coidd  use  earphones,  Cissy." 
He  has  them  practically  clamped  to  his 
ears  already,  "Then  we'd  both  be  happy. 

"Because,"  he  explains  a  little  super- 
flously,  "Cissy  doesn't  especially  care 
for  the  program  I  like,  but  she's  kind 
enough  to  put  up  with  it  on  my  account. 
First,  at  a  quarter  to  seven,  there's  the 
Adventures  of  Jimmy  Allen — then 
Frank  Whatanabe  and  the  Honorable 
Archie — then  there's  an  interval  of  mu- 
sic that  you  have  to  listen  to  in  order 
to  get  the  rest — then  come  the  In-laws 
and  then  King  Cowboy — all  on  the  same 
station — and  you  get  the  whole  thing 
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"And  Cis,"  contributes  that  lady 
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Why  Janet  Gaynor  Is  So  Popular 

[Continued  from  page  27] 


you're  lonely  and  worried  about  your 
girl  back  in  San  Diego.  Lollie  looked 
up  to  find  his  eyes  on  her.  "Say," 
he  said  awkwardly,  "you — aren't  you 
Janet  Gaynor  ?" 

At  her  nod,  he  grinned  widely.  "Gee, 
it's  good  to  see  someone  from  home !" 

She  wasn't  the  great  movie  star  to 
him.  She  was  a  little  girl  from  home — 
the  sort  you  can  confide  in.  And  the 
sailor  did  confide  in  her,  for  two  hours. 
He  told  her  about  his  hopes,  his  plans, 
his  sweetheart.  And  at  the  end  he 
bought  her  a  nosegay  and  gave  her  the 
supreme  compliment  of  her  life.  "Gosh, 
I  forgot  you  were  famous  !  You're  so 
regular." 

It  takes  a  certain  genius  to  do  that: 
to  know  the  winy  taste  of  almost  in- 
credible success — and  to  remain  regular. 
But  Janet  would  rather  be  "one  of  the 
gang"  than  the  most  feted  person  on 
earth.  That's  why  she  loves  the  vaca- 
tions at  her  "hideaway"  places,  the  lake 
in  Wisconsin  and  the  beach  in  Hawaii. 


DROBABLY  you  would  get  the  sur- 

prise  of  your  life  if  you  went  with 
her  to  that  cabin  at  the  lake.  There  is 
mosquito  netting  over  the  windows  and 
the  stove  smokes  like  blazes  if  it  isn't 
handled  properly.  The  noise  you  hear 
isn't  that  gorgeous  mountain  erupting ; 
it's  Uncle  George's  outboard  motorboat 
getting  under  way.  But  to  Janet,  it's 
more  fun  than  the  expensive  purr  of 
any  yacht.  Nobody  sniffs,  "Humph ! 
Going  highbrow  !"  if  she  is  caught  read- 
ing Marcel  Proust.  Nobody  hesitates 
to  ask  her  please  to  mind  the  baby  or 
help  collect  the  firewood.     She  belongs. 

It's  the  same  at  her  Honolulu  hide- 
away, where  she  is  going  as  soon  as 
she  recovers  from  the  unfortunate  in- 
jury that  took  her  out  of  the  cast  of 
Way  Down  East. 

When  Warner  and  Mrs.  Baxter  came 
back  from  there  a  short  while  ago 
(Janet  always  lends  them  her  cottage 
for  their  trips  to  Hawaii),  they  were 
telling  me  of  the  place  Janet  holds  in 
that  little  community.  "To  them  she 
doesn't  spell  Hollywood.  She's  one  of 
them.  The  natives  call  her  'little  sun 
daughter'  and  her  neighbors  call  her 
'Jan-ny.'  There's  never  any  splurge  or 
fuss  when  she  arrives — but  you  can  be 
sure  of  good  fun,  they  say!" 

Janet's  humor  is  infectious.  Inciden- 
tally, it  has  saved  the  day  more  times 
than  even  Einstein  would  count.  I  re- 
member one  particular  occasion  on  The 
Fanner  Takes  a  Wife  set.  They  had 
tried  to  "shoot"  one  certain  scene 
eleven  times.  The  company's  nerves 
were  on  edge.  The  director  was  pacing 
up  and  down  in  a  frenzy.  And  Janet, 
as  if  she  was  entirely  unaware  of  the 
tension,  started  doing  her  imitation  of 
Stepin  Fete-hit — those  vague,  shuffling 
steps,  those  slow,  aimle-ss  gestures.  It's 
the  funniest  thing  this  side  of  a  circus, 
and    the    tension    broke    in    an    instant. 


AFTERWARD  Henry  Fonda  took 
•^*"  me  aside.  "You  know,  before  I 
came  out  here,  there  were  all  sorts  of 
rumors  about  Janet — about  how  hard 
she  was  to  work  with  and  how  she  was 
one  personality  on  the  screen  and  a 
completely  different  one  off  it.  That's 
the  worst  hooey  I've  ever  heard !  Let 
me  tell  you  that  she  has  taught  me  more 
about  screen  technique  than  I  could  ever 
teach  her  about  the  stage.  She  has 
even  shown  me  how  to  steal  scenes 
from  her  !  Hard  to  work  with?  Why,  the 
whole  studio  adores  her.  ...  It  doesn't 
matter  who  they  are  or  how  old  they  are 
— they're  all  friends  of  Janet's."  And 
that  sums   it  up   exactly. 

Then  there  is  the  little  seamstress  in 
the  wardrobe  department.  Janet  had  an 
appointment  there  for  fittings  for  her 
Way  Doivn  East  costumes.  She 
came  in  dressed  in  what  is  practically 
a  uniform  with  her — beret,  double- 
breasted  jacket  and  slacks.  (Believe  it 
or  not,  she  has  seventeen  outfits  like 
that  in  every  hue  and  color — and  only 
two  evening  dresses  ! )  It  was  stuffy  in 
the  room  and  the  costumes  she  was  to 
try  on  were  the  1890  variety  with  all 
the  frills  and  furbelows.  Janet  looked 
at  the  seamstress.  "You  seem  so  tired 
that  I  hate  to  have  you  work  on  my 
stuff,"  she  said,  one  pal  to  another. 

"Well,  it  has  been  a  strenuous  day," 
admitted  the  woman.  "But  I'll  bet  it 
hasn't  been  an  easy  one  for  you.  Look 
at  your  cheek !  It's  that  impacted  wis- 
dom tooth  again,  isn't  it?" 

"Um-hum,"  said  Janet.  "And  it 
hurts  like  sixty.  But  let's  go  have  some 
tea  and  forget  about  it."  And  off  they 
went,  arm  in  arm. 

Again,  she  went  over  to  Stage  Seven 
to  watch  Shirley  Temple  at  work.  The 
alert  cameraman  sprang  to  get  a  pic- 
ture of  Fox's  two  biggest  feminine 
drawing  cards  together.  They  posed. 
They  smiled  for  the  gentleman.  Then 
Shirley  caught  Janet's  hand.  "Janet's 
my  friend  and  I  want  to  show  her  some- 
thin'.  Can't  she  come  to  visit  me  with- 
out us  having  our  pictures  took  ?" 

Janet's  eyes  lighted  with  amusement. 
"I  know  just  how  you  feel,    Shirley!" 

They're  all  friends  of  Janet's  .  .  . 


T  ASKED  her  point-blank  what  a  girl 
A  should  do  to  be  popular. 

"Certainly  she  can't  be  self-centered  !" 
the  little  Gaynor  answered  thoughtfully. 
"To  me,  selfishness  is  the  most  horrible 
thing  in  the  world — and  it's  especially 
so  in  this  business,  because  you  owe 
your  support  to  so  many. 

"Let's  see.  A  recipe  for  popularity 
...  I'd  say  the  one  that  any  girl  can 
use  with  excellent  results  is  this:  A 
goodly  amount  of  loyalty,  mixed  well 
with  gratitude  and  thoughtfulness.  A 
little  sugar  and  spice!  Add  a  brimming 
cupful  of  gentleness,  and  season  well 
with   humor  and  gaiety. 

"I've  never  known  it  to  fail !" 


84 


Movie  Classic  for  September,  1935 


First  Crossing 

[Continued  from  page  60] 


around  their  necks,  just  as  you  have 
seen  them  in  the  movies,  danced  with 
their  caps  on  without  troubling  to  re- 
move their  cigarettes.  Beth  and  I  were 
a  little  nervous  for  we  knew  this  wasn't 
just  a  show  put  on  for  tourists.  The 
price  of  admission  was  onl)r  three  francs 
— the  cost  of  a  glass  of  beer — and  one 
could  spend  the  entire  evening  there. 
Paris  abounds  with  such  colorful  places. 
Some  of  our  fears  were  allayed  when 
we  observed  these  toughs  saying  "Par- 
don me"  to  one  another  when  they  ac- 
cidently  collided  in  the  process  of  danc- 
ing. I  can't  imagine  American  rough- 
necks doing  that.  Of  course,  all  the 
French  are  extremely  polite.  The  po- 
licemen salute  like  soldiers  when  you 
come  up  to  them  to  ask  a  direction,  and 
salute  again  when  you  thank  them. 

American  movies,  we  found,  are  ex- 
tremely popular  in  Paris.  There  are 
about  twenty-five  big  theatres  showing 
them  exclusively — in  American  dia- 
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modern  as  ours  in  every  respect,  and 
the  pictures  are  not  much  older  usually 
than  those  shown  in  American  houses. 
American  movie  stars  are  as  popular 
in  France  as  they  are  here.     Jean  Har- 


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Passport 11.00 

Bus     fare,     round     trip, 
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way)  12.00 

Tips  aboard  ship 5.00 

Taxis,  tips  to  porters....  10.00 
Railroad  fares  in  Europe       10.00 

Hotel— fifteen    days 15.00 

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Meals  _ 22.50 

Sight-seeing  buses,  car- 
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Postcards,   stamps,   sou- 
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the  French  are  highly  Grace  Moore- 
conscious. 

We  wandered  along  the  banks  of  the 
Seine,  past  the  second-hand  bookstalls 
you  see  so  often  in  paintings  of  Paris. 
We  fingered  dusty  old  volumes  and 
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at  the  open-air  artists'  market.  We 
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We  found  the  French  stores  extremely 
like  American  ones.  Beth  and  I  bought 
some  perfume,  some  silk  undies  and  a 
few  trinkets  to  bring  back  home — plus 
one  dress  apiece.  Could  any  American 
girl  go  to  Paris  without  buying  a  Paris 
frock?  They  were  not  expensive.  Beth 
paid  $25.00  for  hers — a  lovely  afternoon 
dress ;  I  bought  a  goreous  suit  made  out 
of  bed-ticking  (Schiaparelli  created  the 
original)    for  $31.50. 


UOW  crowded  with  thrills,  excite- 
-*■  A  ment,  and  new  experiences  were  the 
days  and  nights  !  We  were  like  two  ex- 
plorers on  a  different  planet.  And  it 
wasn't  until  the  day  before  we  left  that 
the  witchery  of  Paris  with  its  subtle,  pen- 
etrating beauty  began  to  make  me  sad;  I 
sympathized  with  the  way  Satan  must 
have  felt  when  they  told  him  he  would 
have  to  leave  Paradise.  We  were  going 
back  home  jobless  and  broke,  leaving 
behind  us  this  romantic  interlude. 

I  cried  when  the  boat-train  pulled  but 
of  the  Gare  du  Nord.  I  didn't  want  to 
leave  Paris.  Beth  felt  miserable,  too. 
But  deep  down  in  my  heart  I  was  fierce- 
ly happy  that  I  had  had  the  courage  to 
take  that  wonderful  trip.  Of  course,  it 
was  by  no  means  over — there  still  was 
the  long  and  delightful  ocean  trip  back. 

More  days  of  living  like  goddesses  on 
Olympus.  More  charming  people  met — 
including  an  especially  handsome  young 
writer  who  taught  me  a  new  meaning 
in  moonlight,  all  between  Bishop's  Rock 
and  Sandy  Hook.  Then  at  last  we  were 
back  on  the  bus,  headed  for  home.  The 
whole  trip  was  like  a  beautiful  dream. 
Xow  it  was  time  to  wake  up  and  face 
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There  is  truth  in  that  old  saying — 
"Be  bold!  Be  bold!"  Courage  seems  to 
be  accompanied  by  good  luck.  Within 
a  week  after  we  had  been  restored  to 
the  bosoms  of  our  astonished  families, 
Beth  and  I  both  landed  new  positions — ■ 
better  ones  than  we  had  had  before ! 
There  hasn't  been  a  single  moment  at 
any  time  when  we  have  regretted  that 
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85 


Secrets  of  the  Stars'  Closets 

[Continued  from  page  55] 


Shirley's  Lessons 

She  may  be  the  "Little  Queen"  of 
the  movies,  but  life  is  full  of  problems 
for  Shirley  Temple  and  her  parents — 
particularly    papa    and   mama   Temple. 

They  have  had  a  big  job  trying  to 
keep  life  normal  for  Shirley,  but  they 
have  done  pretty  well  so  far!  How 
two  perplexed  parents  have  tried  to 
keep  up  with  the  most  vivacious  little 
star  on  the  screen  is  told  in  Septem- 
ber HOLLYWOOD  Magazine  in  an 
article  entitled  "Bringing  Up  Shirley 
Temple."  It's  human.  It's  gripping. 
It's  any  mother's  child  in  a  make- 
believe   world! 

The  NEWSY  side  of  Hollywood  gets 
a  big  splash  in  HOLLYWOOD  Maga- 
zine with  spicy  gossip  items  and  a 
host  of  exclusive  informal  pictures, 
snapped  by  our  own  candid  camera- 
man. 

You  can  get  all  the  news  of  Holly- 
wood by  reading  the  Hollywood  News 
Reel  and  Harry  Carr's  Shooting  Script 
in  this   one   concise,   breezy  magazine. 

Other  features  of  the  September 
issue  include  a  Natural  Color  photo- 
graph of  Shirley  Temple,  a  side-split- 
ting article  by  Jack  Oakie  himself  en- 
titled "I  Got  Stung";  a  hilarious  les- 
son in  juggling  as  engineered  by  the 
incomparable  W.  C.  Fields;  and  in- 
numerable anecdotes  and  articles 
about    the    stars. 


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derful  convenience  to  have  a  couple  of 
drawers  for  games  tucked  away  in  that 
two-by-four  off  the  living  room. 

Joan  has  one  of  the  neatest  tricks  I 
have  ever  heard  of  in  her  shoe  closet. 
No  matter  how  carefully  you  keep  shoes, 
they  do  have  a  leathery  odor  that  climbs 
around !  And  Joan  eliminates  it  with 
spice  balls.  They  are  made  of  cotton, 
about  four  inches  in  diameter,  and  kept 
saturated  with  oil  of  cloves.  They  are 
just  the  thing,  too,  for  the  closet  in  the 
hall  where  rubbers  and  overcoats  give 
off  a  musty  smell.  Once  you  use  these 
balls,  you  will  never  be  without  them  in 
the  house — and  in  cost  they  average 
only  a  nickel  apiece ! 


\X/rHEN  Elissa  Landi  recently  did 
*  *  over  her  home,  "The  Cloisters," 
she  decided  to  take  the  downstairs  suite 
for  her  own  private  use — and  dis- 
covered that  she  had  practically  no 
wardrobe  ,space.  Instead  of  having 
closets  built  in,  Elissa  did  an  exception- 
ally clever  thing.  She  had  a  wardrobe 
built  out,  two  feet  deep,  along  the  length 
of  one  wall.  It  is  mirrored  and  divided 
into  sections,  one  for  a  series  of  sliding 
drawers  made  to  hold  every  conceivable 
accessory,  and  another  for  her  sport 
togs.  There  is  still  another  for  her  eve- 
ning gowns,  which  are  wrapped  in  bags 
of  Argentine  cloth,  which  is  transpar- 
ent, as  well  as  dustproof.  This  type  of 
wardrobe  is  extremely  effective,  and 
wonderfully  handy.  If  you  want  one 
without  mirrors,  with  the  wood  stained 
or  enameled  to  blend  with  the  surround- 
ings, you  can  have  it,  made  as  cheaply 
as  $35. 


In  her  new  home,  Constance  Bennett 
has  this  sort  of  wardrobe-closet  with 
sliding  doors  covering  the  four  walls  of 
her  dressing  room.  Sally  Blane  and  her 
sister,  Polly  Ann  Young,  have  them, 
also,  in  the  mirrored  version,  in  the 
room  they  share.  And  this  time  the 
looking-glass  is  painted  with  gay  bonnets. 

There  is  really  no  end  to  what  you 
can  do  to  make  closets  attractive.  Per- 
haps you  are  troubled  by  the  "where- 
shall-I-keep-my-hats"  problem.  It  be- 
comes an  actual  difficulty  with  assorted 
boxes  cluttering  up  every  nook  and  cor- 
ner. One  good  answer  is  to  take  three 
or  four  large  hatboxes  and  cover  {hem 
with  wallpaper.  By  stuffing  the  hats  with 
tissue  paper  and  placing  a  sheet  of  the 
tissue  in  between,  you  can  put  two  or 
three  hats  in  a  box.  But  Lyda  Robert! 
has  probably  solved  the  problem  in 
the  most  expert  way  of  all.  She  had 
a  number  of  deep  drawers  constructed 
right  in  her  closet.  In  the  top  drawer 
are  her  berets,  below  come  the  sports 
hats,  next  the  evening  hats,  and  in  the 
large  bottom  drawer  are  her  picture  hats  ! 

Sylvia  Sidney  has  what  she  calls  a 
"three-way"  closet,  which  is  almost  the 
answer  to  everything.  You  open  the 
door — and  discover  three  lovely  red 
Chinese  drapes  hanging  from  the  ceil- 
ing to  the  floor.  Her  clothes  are  behind 
one.  Cupboards  are  behind  another. 
And  behind  the  third  are  such  neces- 
sary, but  undecorative  things  as  a  vac- 
uum cleaner,  a  broom  and  a  mop ! 
Triple  cleverness,  we  call  it. 

It  just  isn't  possible  for  skeletons  to 
rattle  around  in  Hollywood  closets  any 
more.  These  spots  now  are  much,  much 
too  pleasant ! 


86 


Em  Westmore — of  the  fa- 
mous Westmore  brothers, 
coiffure  counselors  de  luxe — 
looks  over  the  Marie  An- 
toinette coiffure  he  created 
for  the  Countess  Rina  de 
Liguoro.  She  wore  it  in  the 
recent  beauty  pageant 
staged  by  the  Westmores 
upon  opening  a  Hollywood 
beauty  shop 

Movie  Classic  for  September,  1935 


Sally  Eilers  Plays  Hostess 

[Continued  from  page  56] 


be.    They  are  the  cook's  best  customers. 

"When  I  serve  roast  beef,  I  usually 
have  Yorkshire  pudding  with  it, 
browned  potatoes  and  several  vegetables. 
I  have  at  least  three,  so  that  the  tastes 
of  every  guest  'may  be  pleased.  One 
of  my  favorite  vegetable  dishes  is  the 
carrot  ring.  You  grate  carrots,  set 
them  in  a  mold,  then  turn  out  the  ring 
on  a  large  platter,  fill  the  center  with 
sauted  corn  and  then  surround  the  ring 
with  green  peas.  It  is  colorful,  attrac- 
tive and  delicious. 

"Steak  dinners  are  topped  off  to  any 
man's  satisfaction  by  hot  apple  pie.  I 
usually  have  it  cut  in  the  kitchen,  so 
that  it  will  offer  no  problems  in  serv- 
ing. To  decorate  the  apple  pie  tray,  I 
take  Tillamook  cheese,  roll  it  into  ap- 
ple-shaped balls,  tint  them  and  stick  a 
little  mint  in  the  hollows,  so  that  they 
look  like  little  apples.  I  flank  the  pieces 
of  pie  with  the  cheese  balls  and  in  the 
center  I  put  vanilla  ice  cream,  and  as 
each  guest  serves  himself  or  herself 
there  is  a  choice  of  any  apple  pie  com- 
bination desired — apple  pie  with  cheese, 
or  apple  pie  a  la  mode.  Of  course,  with 
apple  pie  as  a  dessert,  it  is  best  to  serve 
coffee  at  the  table.  I  find  that  men  pre- 
fer it  that  way. 

"Another  favorite  dessert  of  mine  is 
a  large  pineapple,  cut  in  half,  with  the 
center  scooped  out  and  filled  with  pine- 
apple ice.  It's  attractive  and  is  perfec- 
tion itself  after  a  heavy  dinner.  With 
this  dessert  I  usually  serve  angel-food 
cake,  cut  into  fingers  and  rolled  in  co- 
coanut. 


"C~)F  COURSE,  some  hostesses  make 

^^  the  mistake  of  thinking  a  dinner 
is  over  with  the  coffee.  As  a  matter  of 
fact,  that  is  when  your  evening  should 
begin,  and  that  is  when  it  takes  the  most 
astute  planning  to  continue  the  success 
begun  at  the  dinner  table.  You  can't 
leave  an  evening's  entertainment  to 
chance.  You  can't  hope  that  people  will 
find  sufficient  diversion  in  conversation. 
I  invariably  plan  bridge  or  other  games 
and  see  that  my  guests  get  at  their 
amusements   directly  after   coffee." 

From  the  moment  she  has  invited  the 
first  guest  until  she  has  seen  the  last 
guest  leave,  Sally  personally  assumes 
all  of  the  responsibilities  for  the  success 


of  the  party.  Her  servants  recognize 
her  superior  abilities,  and  she  finds  no 
antagonism  when  she  goes  into  the 
pocket-handkerchief  of  a  kitchen  in  her 
apartment  to  supervise  details.  They 
know  that  in  her  own  right  she  is  a 
splendid  cook,  and  that  if  they  walked 
out  she  would  undoubtedly  be  able  to 
do  everything  herself  with  distinguished 
success. 

Sally  -Eilers  is  a  delightful  hostess,  by 
virtue  of  her  own  scintillating  person- 
ality. And  her  perfect  "dinners  at 
eight"  are  culinary  gems  because  she 
transfers  to  them  all  of  her  own  knowl- 
edge of  cooking  and  concentrates  her 
dramatic  ability  on  making  them  events 
long  to  be  remembered. 

Here  are  Sally  Eilers'  favorite  rec- 
ipes : 

MUSTARD    SAUCE— For    Steaks 

Put  piece  of  butter  in  open  chafing 
dish  or  frying  pan.  Add  three  tea- 
spoonfuls  of  mustard,  one-fourth  cup 
hot  consomme,  a  few  drops  of  Worces- 
tershire sauce,  one  tablespoon  Sauce 
Diable.  Bring  to  a  boil  and  add  a  little 
cream  and  serve. 

CHEESE  SOUFFLE 

The  ingredients  are :  One  Philadel- 
phia Cream  Cheese,  six  eggs,  one  cup 
cream,  and  salt.  Melt  cheese  over  hot 
water.  Add  cream,  stirring  constantly. 
Beat  eggs  separately  and  add  yolks,  then 
whites.  Pour  into  casserole  and  bake 
in  hot  water  slowly  for  thirty  minutes. 

DATE   PUDDING 

The  ingredients  are :  Two  eggs,  one 
tablespoon  flour,  one  cup  walnuts,  one 
cup  powdered  sugar,  one  teaspoon  bak- 
ing powder,  one  cup  dates.  Beat  eggs, 
add  sugar,  flour,  and  baking  powder. 
Then  add  dates  and  nuts  (cut  as  fine  as 
desired).  Pour  in  greased  baking  dish, 
set  in  pan  of  hot  water  and  bake  slowly 
for  forty-five  minutes.  Serve  with 
whipped  cream. 

POPOVERS 

The  ingredients  are :  Two  eggs,  one 
cup  milk,  one  cup  flour,  one  teaspoon 
salt.  Beat  eggs  (together).  Add  milk, 
flour,  and  salt.  Beat  well.  Heat  small 
muffin  tins  and  butter  generously.  Fill 
half  full  of  mixture.  Bake  in  hot  oven 
until  they  pop,  then  turn  oven  down. 
Bake  about  twenty  minutes. 


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Boheme."  But  what  a  glorious  treat 
the  whole  picture  is  for  music-lovers, 
with  the  miraculous  Moore  singing  more 
opera  than  has  ever  been  sung  in  one 
picture  before!  There  is  a  lovely  chif- 
fon dress  with  yards  and  yards  of  pleat- 
ing that  is  utterly  feminine.  (Colum- 
bia) 

•  •     •     •     The   Farmer  Takes  a 

Wife  finds  Janet  Gaynor  crashing 
through  with  such  a  sparkling  perform- 
ance that  you'll  have  to  believe  in  even 
higher  Gaynor  popularity.  If  it  weren't 
for  this  extra-special  performance,  the 
honors  would  go  to  Henry  Fonda,  who 
is  going  to  be  a  new  pulse-throb  with 
the  feminine  world.  The  story  deals 
with  the  early  days  of  the  Erie  Canal. 
Janet  is  a  canal-boat  girl ;  Fonda  is  a 
canal-boat  worker  who  is  saving  to  buy 
a  farm  and  loves  Janet ;  and  Charles 
Bickford  is  the  leader  of  a  rough-an- 
tumble  gang  of  canal  boatmen  who 
never  lose  a  battle.  Gaynor  loves  to 
see  men  fight,  not  because  of  the  gory 
side  of  it,  but  because  she  believes  it 
indicates  manliness.  Her  allegiance  to 
the  canal  takes  her  from  one  boat  to 
another  until  Fonda  goes  back  to  his 
farm.  Later  he  returns  to  thrash  Bick- 
ford in  one  of  the  greatest  fights  ever 
put  on  the  screen.  And  then  guess 
what  Janet  does !  No  modern  clothes 
problem  here,  but  Gaynor  looking  her 
sweetest  in  a  story  that  has  no  dull 
moments  in  it.     (Fox) 

•  •  •  •  No  More  Ladies  asks 
you:  Have  you  ever  loved  a  will-o'- 
the-wisp  ?  That's  the  utterly  tantaliz- 
ing- situation  in  which  Joan  Crawford 
finds  herself.  And  when  that  particular 
"will"  happens  to  be  Robert  Montgom- 
ery, then  you  can  know  what  a  demon 
of  a  spot  the  girl  finds  herself  in !  Joan 
marries  Bob,  only  to  find  that  it  is  as 
impossible  for  him  to  stop  being  him- 
self as  it  is  for  her  to  stop  loving  him. 
(Which  about  sums  up  the  fate  of  most 
feminine  beings,  don't  you  think?) 
Franchot  Tone  is  brought  into  the  pic- 
ture to  add  complication,  and  to  awaken 
Bob  to  his  love  for  Joan.  This  young 
wife's  stratagem  in  bringing  Bob  to  a 
sedate  husbandly  state  includes  the 
bringing  together  of  her  ex-flame 
(Franchot),  her  husband's  ex-affair, 
and  several  other  interested  persons.  In 
the  form  of  a  week-end  party,  this  situ- 
ation is  a  riot  of  laughs,  and  fun  all 
the  way.  It's  sophisticated,  indeed,  and 
utterly  brittle  comedy.  Charlie  Rug- 
gles  and  Edna  May  Oliver  offer  addi- 
tional mirthful  comedy.  The  clothes 
Joan  wears  are  enough  to  set  any  femi- 
nine heart  all  a-twitter,  and  include  a 
stunning  pleated  gold  affair,  with  match- 
ing cape,  an  evening  gown  with  inter- 
estingly pleated  white  collar  that  will 
set  a  new  neckwear  style,  and  a  satin 
affair  with  cut-outs  at  the  shoulder. 
There  is  also  a  glimpse  of  the  famous 


Crawford  figure  in  bras  and  step-ins ! 
But  as  faithful  as  you  may  be  to  Craw- 
ford, you'll  have  to  admit  it's  Bob  Mont- 
gomery's picture  .  .  .  and  after  seeing 
it,  you'll  love  to  admit  it's  so  !  (M-G-M  ) 

•  •  •  Orchids  to  You  gives  us 
femmes  a  chance  to  take  a  deep  breath, 
and  really  enjoy  ourselves  !  John  Boles 
has  at  last  been  given  a  leading  role 
that  is  worthy  of  his  talents,  and  so  can 
give  us  all  the  romance  we  have  wanted 
from  his  pictures  for  some  years  past. 
He  is  even  allowed  to  sing  two  songs, 
a  nursery  rhyme  and  Sylvia,  and  the 
Boles  voice  is  something  smooth  to 
hear !  He  plays  the  part  of  an  attor- 
ney, and  Jean  Muir  furnishes  the  love 
interest  in  the  story.  Jean  is  fast  de- 
veloping into  a  star,  and  handles  this 
role  with  sparkle  and  poise.  And  when 
Boles  sings  to  her,  she  looks  just  as 
you  and  I  might  wish  we  could  look  in 
such  a  superb  situation  !  Charles  But- 
terworth  is,  of  course,  his  usual  droll 
and  lovable  self.  The  story  is  of  the 
mortgage-on-the-old-homestead  type, 
but  with  a  different  slant.  Financiers 
desire  to  foreclose  the  mortgage  on  a 
de  luxe  flower  shop  operated  by  a  lady, 
but  the  majority  stockholder  is  the 
lady's  most  enthusiastic  swain,  played 
by  Butterworth.  The  principals  all  be- 
come envolved,  and  there's  a  clever  di- 
vorce suit  slant.  Butterworth  is  re- 
sponsible for  the  happy  ending  you  per- 
haps expected,  but  you'd  better  see  for 
yourself  what  love  can  do!     (Fox) 

•  •  •  Stranded  finds  the  beau- 
teous Kay  Francis  involved  in  a  racket 
story,  but  there's  a  light  comedy  vein 
that  makes  it  satisfactory  entertainment. 
She  is  a  Travelers'  Aid  Society  worker, 
and  finds  in  George  Brent  a  friend  of 
her  youth.  This  feeling  quickly  turns 
to  love.  But  like  a  lot  of  modern  wom- 
en she  likes  her  job,  too,  until  the  time 
when  George's  safety  is  endangered  by 
racketeer  troublemakers.  Of  course 
Kay  is  able  to  expose  the  whole  affair, 
and  save  George  and  his  job.  You've 
always  liked  George  Brent,  haven't 
you?  Well,  you'll  like  him  in  this  pic- 
ture, for  he's  a  pretty  slick  sort  of  mas- 
culine person.  You  can  always  depend 
on  Kay  to  come  forth  with  the  sort  of 
swank  clothes  that  make  feminine  hearts 
cry  for  more,  and  so  she  does  here. 
Much  of  the  time  she  wears  simple  dark 
things,  suits  with  bright  knotted  scarfs, 
dresses  with  white  lace  collars,  but 
there's  always  a  place  for  startling 
Francis  things.  For  instance  there's  an 
evening  gown  with  a  halter  neck,  and 
a  low  back  that  simply  slants  clear 
down  to  low  levels  in  back,  with  a  star- 
tling grouping  of  white  carnations  right 
in  front.  And  equally  interesting  is  the 
white  gown  with  a  dainty  collar  that 
zips  almost  as  low  in  front.  Fashion 
hint :  see  the  monogrammed  scarf  Kay 
wears  with  a  street  frock.     (Warners) 


Movie  Classic  for  September,  1935  : 


•  •  •  Men  Without  Names  asks 
you :  Are  you  still  interested  in  what 
G-men  do  for  a  living?  Then  you'll 
like  this  story  about  a  vicious  gang  of 
killers.  Remember  Fred  McMurray  in 
Gilded  Lily?  If  so,  you'll  rush  along 
to  see  him  as  a  small-town  man,  a  newly 
trained  G-man.  Fred  is  a  likable  lad, 
and  one  who  is  apt  to  creep  up  and  get 
into  your  heart  without  your  knowing 
it.  In  the  story  he  is  accompanied  by 
Lynne  Overman,  a  veteran  Government 
man,  and  together  they  raid  the  killer's 
lair  with  gory  consequences  and  the 
defeat  of  the  gangsters.  Madge  Evans 
plays  the  romantic  interest  as  the  local 
newspaperwoman,  and  wears  the  sort  of 
clothes  such  gals  really  do.  Young  Da- 
vid Holt  is  her  brother,  and  he's  a  most 
lovable  child,  as  well  as  a  true  actor. 
The  whole  story  brings  a  sense  of  real- 
ity with  it  .  .  .  and  there's  going  to  be 
a  new  McMurray-ward  rush  after  its 
release.      (Paramount) 

•  •  •  •  The  39  Steps  brings 
you  Robert  Donat  again.  Haven't  you 
missed  him  since  The  Count  of  Monte 
Crist o?  Most  feminine  hearts  have, 
and  they  will  enjoy  seeing  him  in  this 
melodrama.  Although  he  is  not  playing 
a  romantic  role  this  time,  the  tale  is  an 
interesting  one  of  international  intrigue 
in  London  and  Scotland.  Donat  finds 
himself  iftvolved  in  an  attempt  to  se- 
cure an  air  ministry  secret,  which  in- 
cludes murder,  shanghaing,  and  wild 
rides  through  foggy  nights.  At  one 
stage  of  the  proceedings  he  is  hand- 
cuffed to  Madeleine  Carroll,  and  these 


scenes  form  an  amusing  interlude  in  the 
grim  tragedy  of  the  rest  of  the  picture. 
Of  course,  all  ends  well  for  the  two. 
This  is  a  British-made  picture  that  has 
a  distinctly  English  air  to  it  all  the  way 
through.  Robert  Donat  is  an  excellent 
actor,  and  as  such,  will  bring  fame  to 
this  production.  (Gaumont-British) 

•  •     •     The  Keeper  of  the  Bees  is 

the  sort  of  picture  at  which  you're 
sure  to  find  the  whole  family  in  attend- 
ance, for  it's  a  fine  portrayal  of  Gene 
Stratton  Porter's  beloved  novel.  The 
plot  concerns  Neil  Hamilton,  a  disabled 
war  veteran,  who  is  given  six  months 
to  live.  Starting  on  a  good-time  jour- 
ney, he  meets  Betty  Furness,  who  in 
turn  takes  him  to  the  Bee  Master.  Here 
Neil  regains  his  health,  and  eventually 
finds  himself  after  many  complications 
married  to  Betty.  Sentiment,  humor, 
and  excellent  characterization  all  rub 
shoulders  here.  (Monogram) 

•  •  •  Nell  Gwyn  provokes  the 
thought:  What  riotous  days  the  old 
days  must  have  been  !  Here's  a  spirited 
and  entertaining  costume  picture  which 
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Hardwicke  gives  an  excellent  portrayal 
as  the  King.  The  whole  thing  is  a 
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Robert  Donat,  now  appearing  in  The 
39  Steps,  is  one  of  the  favorite 
subjects  of  the  letter-writers.  And 
one    presents    a    new    slant    on    him 

' '$15  Prize  Letter 

Glamor,  Bergner  Brand — One  hears 
so  much  about  the  dramatic  aspiration 
of  a  certain  Hollywood  "glamor 
queen."  Every  interview  she  gives 
seems  full  of  them.  I  do  wish  she  would 
concentrate  her  mascara-encrusted  eyes 
on  a  very  great  dramatic  actress  whose 
current  screen  masterpiece,  Escape  Me 
Never,  is  now  playing  in  America — 
namely,  Elisabeth  Bergner. 

In  Miss  Bergner,  we  have  a  plain 
little  soul  who,  strange  to  relate,  always 
dresses  her  hair  in  the  same  way  (rather 
demode!)  and  who  wears  almost  dowdy 
clothes  and  yet  gives  a  performance  of 
stupendous  emotional  force  which  trans- 
forms her  into  a  very  beautiful  being. 

There  is  more  glamor  in  Bergner's 
little  fingernail  than  in  the  "glamor 
queen's"  whole  body  (celebrated  though 
her  figure  may  be).  Which  just  shows 
that  it  takes  more  than  a  few  "dramatic 
poses"  to  make  a  great  actress. — Elsa 
Castleton,  744  Gordon  Square,  London 
W .,  England. 

$10  Prize  Letter 

Something  to  Anticipate — Opera  on 
the  screen  !  When  this  becomes  a  re- 
ality, it  will  be  one  of  the  greatest  evolu- 
tions in  screen  history !  Won't  we  be 
thrilled  to  see  such  singers  as  Gladys 
Swarthout,  Helen  Jepson,  Grace  Moore, 
Nino  Martini,  and  Jan  Kiepura?  Won't 
we  be  proud  to  say  we  have  seen  Carmen, 
Martha,  the  Gilbert-Sullivan  operas,  and 
others  ?    I'll  say  we  will ! 

Music  culture  has  not  been  in  the 
hands  of  many,  but  now  our  chance  has 


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Just  As  You  Say . . 

MOVIE  CLASSIC'S  readers  have  the  final 
word -and    win    prizes    with    their    letters 


come.  We  do  not  have  to  be  content 
with  merely  reading  of  the  great  operas 
in  New  York  and  London ;  we'll  see  and 
hear  them  ourselves !  We  shall  change 
our  jazz  tunes  to  finer,  more  educational 
music.  Wbat  could  be  better  than  this  ? 
The  sooner  full-length  opera  makes  its 
debut  on  the  screen,  the  better,  and  we'll 
all  be  there  to  celebrate  the  arrival ! — 
Miss  Anne  Waisen,  1207  11th  St.,  Lead, 
S.  Dak. 

You  won't  have  long  to  wait  now. 
See  page  6. 

$5  Prize  Letter 

Likes  Them  Real — I  would  like  to 
give  the  real-life  picture  a  boost.  In  my 
opinion,  the  average  movie-goer  ap- 
preciates this  type  of  picture  to  a  far 
greater  extent  than  the  so-called  modern 
sophisticated  epics.  And  what  more 
natural  ?  Hasn't  a  person  more  interest 
in  a  portrayal  closely  resembling  his  own 
life  than  in  the  amorous  adventures  of 
some  bejeweled,  cocktail-sipping  cuties 
as  far  removed  from  ordinary  existence 
as  Mars   from  Venus  ? 

I  am  eighteen  years  old,  I  wear  high 
heels,  I  love  hot  music,  saxophones  and 
hoofers,  but  that  doesn't  stop  me  from 
appreciating  such  pictures  as  The  Wed- 
ding Night,  As  the  Earth  Turns  and 
Straight  Is  the  Way,  all  packed  with  in- 
trinsic drama. — Miss  P.  Blenkinsopp, 
1518  Myrtle  Ave.,  Victoria,  B.  C. 

Some  like  them  real,  and  some  don't. 
Which  do  you  prefer — and  why? 

$1  Prize  Letters 

New  View  of  Donat — Let  me,  as  one 
who  spent  much  time  in  England  re- 
cently, give  you  Robert  Donat  as  we 
know  him.  First  of  all,  his  breath- 
takingly  inspired  performances  in  The 
Private  Life  of  Henry  VIII  and  The 
Count  of  Monte  Cristo  gave  us  a  jolt 
and  no  mild  surprise.  We  always  knew 
him  as  a  light-hearted,  slightly  swanky 
fellow  on  the  Robert  Montgomery  style. 
That  he  had  a  serious  side,  and  could 
feed  us  ancient  vintage  romance  and 
make  us  lap  it  up  and  ask  for  more, 
never  occurred  to  us. 

But  we  like  him  this  new  way  be- 
cause he  is  a  good  actor,  the  like  of 
which  Hollywood  sorely  needs.  So  give 
him  to  us  in  Captain  Blood  (no  wig, 
please),  Robin  Hood  and  Romeo.  And 
in  heaven's  name,  let  the  American  pub- 
lic know  now  what  an  enthusiastic, 
effervescent,  and  grand  person  he  really 
is\—Ardell  Beyer,  3  37 -47  th  Street, 
Union  City,  N.  J. 


Shirley's  Secret — Why  can't  some  of 
the  other  actresses  take  a  hint  from 
Shirley  Temple?  How  has  she  become 
such  a  favorite  ?  Surely  not  by  being 
aloof  and  mysterious  about  her  life, 
nor  by  wearing  dark  glasses  in  order  to 
avoid  recognition  by  her  public.  Shirley 
is  as  honest  as  the  sun  about  everything 
she  does,  and  we  love  her  for  it.  We'd 
hate  to  picture  our  little  Shirley  go- 
ing glamorous  and  alluring  on  us, 
wouldn't  we? — Edna  Batchis,  370  Coch- 
ran Place,  Valley  Stream,  L.I.,  N.Y. 

For  Movie  "Bargains" — May  I  put  in 

concerning  this  double-feature  squabble? 
We  have  long  had  them  showing  at  the 
neighborhood  theatres  in  our  fair  city. 
Often  I  spend  a  very  pleasant  evening  in 
the  theater — and  if  one  feature  isn't 
good,  I  always  feel  my  evening  isn't 
wasted  since  I  have  seen  two  for  the 
price  of  one.  Maybe  I  am  a  little 
Scotch,  but  two  features  in  these  bar- 
gain-hunting days  are  a  good  bargain. — 
Martha  McHatton,  5631  Lowell  Ave., 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 

This  is  the  strongest  sales  point  of 
double-feature  programs — two  pictures 
for  the  price  of  one.  Are  you  sold  on 
the  idea,  or  not?    Why? 

Diamonds  in  Backyard — Hollywood, 
why  don't  you  wake  up?  Give  3'our 
extras  and  stand-ins  a  break !  Put  on 
an  "ability"  campaign !  Forget  "theat- 
rical and  social  background"  !  In  other 
words,  take  a  few  chances !  You've  got 
the  material  if  you'll  train  it — acres  of 
diamonds  right  in  your  own  backyard. 
Broadway  takes  unknowns  and  makes 
stars  of  them.  And  anything  that 
Broadway  can  do,  Hollywood  can  do 
double,  if  Hollywood  will. — Louise  Wil- 
liams, 1007  West  Grace  St.,  Richmond, 
Va. 


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ALL    THAT    I    KNOW...  I    KNOW    BY   LOVE    ALONE" 


The  heart  of  a  man  called  to  the  heart  of  a 
woman.  "We  love",  it  said,  "and  love  is  all." 
Heart  answered  heart.  With  eyes  open  to 
what  she  was  leaving  forever  behind  her, 
she  went  where  love  called... to  dark  de- 
spair or  unimaginable  bliss.  It  is  a  drama  of 
deep,  human  emotions,  of  man  and  woman 
gripped  by  circumstance,  moved  by  forces 
bigger  than  they—  a  great  drama,  portrayed 
by  players  of  genius  and  produced  with  the 


fidelity,  insight  and  skill  which  made"David 
Copperfield"  an  unforgettable  experience. 

BARTHOLOMEW 

(You  remember  him  as  "David  Copperfield") 

with  MAUREEN    O'SULLIVAN 
MAY  ROBSON  •  BASIL  RATHBONE 

CLARENCE    BROWN'S 

Production 


A    Metro-  Goldwyn-  May  er    Picture.  .   .   Produced    by    David    O.    Selznick 

4  Movie  Classic  for  October,   1935 


JAMES  E.  REID 

Editor 

LAURENCE  REID 

Managing   Editor 


Charles  Farrell  and  Charlotte  Henry  sym- 
bolize the  carefree,  romantic  month  of  Octo- 
ber, as  they  stroll  to  work  together  on  the 
picture,  Forbidden  Heaven.  Insiders  pre- 
dict   it    may    be    another    Seventh    Heaven 


OCTOBER,      1935  VOL.  9     No.  2 

MOVIE 

CLASSIC 

EDITED   IN   HOLLYWOOD   AND    NEW  YORK 


OCTOBER  CLASSIC  FEATURES 

Charm  in  Men ......  by  Ann   Harding  24 

Charm  in  Women     .........     by  Gary  Cooper  25 

"I  Can't  Pretend!"  Says  Margaret  Sullavan     .     by  Virginia  Lane  27 

How  Claudette  Colbert  Conquered  _ 

Her  Greatest  Enemy     .....     by  Katharine  Hartley  28 

What  Every  Smart  Woman  Should  Know  by  J.  Eugene  Chrisman  3  I 

Shirley  Temple's  Health  Secrets     ...     by  Anne  Ellis  Meyers  32 

There's  Only  One  Joan! •     •     by  S.  R.  Mook  34 

Garbo  Talks— for  Publication     .....     by  Gunilla   Bjelke  35 

Chaplin-in  Quest  of  Love     ......     by  Dell  Hogarth  36 

The  "Dinner-for-Eight-on-$3"  Club     ....     by  Kay  Osborn  38 

Are  You  Up-to-Date  about  Helen  Vinson?     .     by  Valerie  Gay  39 

Colorful  Women— and  You     .....     by  Selena  Morrison  40 

If  You  Want  to  Look  Sophisticated—     .      .     by  Gertrude  Hill  44 

Star  Right— Star  Slight 

Answer  Ten   Questions— and  Win   a   Prize!     . 56 

MOVIE  CLASSIC'S  DEPARTMENTS 

Men— and  Other  Topics  (an  editorial!     .     .     by  James  E.  Reid  8 

They're  the  Topics! 

New  Shopping  Finds     ......     by  the  Shopping  Scouts  12 

Hollywood's  Heart  Problems— and  Yours     .     by  Margaret  Dixe  14 

Speaking  of  Movies  (reviews) '  8 

This  Dramatic  World  (portraits)     ........••• 

Fashion  Foreword by  Gwen  Dew  42 

Classic's    Fashion    Parade 43 

Classic's  Patterns  for  You     ....           •  5I 

What  the  Stars  Have  Done— You  Can  Do!     .     by  Alison  Alden  52 

Handy  Hints  from  Hollywood     .....     by   Marian   Rhea  80 

Just  As  You  Say  (Letters  from  Readers) 90 


MOVIE  CLASSIC  is  the  first  film  magazine  to  present  a  nat- 
ural-color photograph  of  Miriam  Hopkins,  of  Becky  Sharp 
fame.  This  month's  cover  portrait  was  taken  in  Hollywood, 
where  she  just  completed  Barbary  Coast. 


W.   H.   FAWCETT 
President 


S.   F.   NELSON 
Treasurer 


W.  M.  MESSENGER 
Secretary 


ROSCOE   FAWCETT 
Vice    President 


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matter  April  1,  1935,  at  the  Post  Office  at  Mount  Morns,  III.,  under  the  act  of 
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First  Preview  Of 

The  Big  Broadcast  Of  1936" 

A  Picture  With  More 
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In  Heaven 


There's  romance  in  The  Big  Broadcast!  Lovely  Wendy 
Barrie  and  debonair  Henry  Wadsworth  are  the  lovers 


Ethel  Merman  sings  It's  the  Animal  in 
Me.  What  a  song!  And  boy,  what  a  girl! 


Amos    does    his    stuff 


Grade's  forever  dropping  things!  And   Georgie  loves  it!  And  Andy's  regusted 

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Bing  Crosby 
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Jack  Oakie 
Lyda  Roberti 
Wendy  Barrle 
Henry  Wadsworth 
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Charles  Ruggles 
Mary  Boland 
Sir  Guy  Standing 
Bill  Robinson 
Jessica  Dragonette 
Ray  Noble  &  Orchestra 


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Movie  Classic  for  October,  1935 


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SAcn—and  Other  News 


•  INTERESTING  men  are  always  good  news. 
So  are  interesting  women.  But  in  Hollywood,  at 
the  moment,  the  male  of  the  species  is  earning 
far  more  headlines  than  the  female. 

The  star  of  the  hour,  beyond  any  doubt,  is 
Nelson  Eddy,  M-G-M's  blond  baritone.  Good- 
'ooking,  a  good  actor,  and  a  fine  singer,  he  isn't 
like  anyone  else  on  the  screen.  That's  why  you 
like  him. 

But  Hollywood  isn't  insisting  on  any  duplicate 
copies  of  the  hero  of  Naughty  Marietta — any  more 
than  you  are.  So  Nino  Martini  comes  to  the 
screen.  He  is  as  dark  as  Eddy  is  blond,  and  has 
a  Latin  personality,  plus  a  Metropolitan  Opera- 
radio  background.  The  chances  are  that  he  will 
make  good  in  films.  And  he  won't  have  to  mimic 
Eddy  to  do  so. 

Two  months  ago,  Henry  Fonda  was  just  a 
name — and  an  unfamiliar  name — to  most  movie- 
goers. Today  everybody  is  talking  about  this  tall, 
rugged,  appealing  chap,  who,  in  his  first  picture 
(The  Farmer  Takes  a  Wife),  accomplished  the 
feat  of  becoming  co-star  with  Janet  Gaytior.  He's 
no  copy  of  any  other  screen  actor ;  he's  an  original. 

Since  his  first  picture,  Fred  Astaire  has  had  no 
screen  rivals.  Now  one  appears  on  the  scene — 
namely,  Clifton  Webb,  who  used  to  be  his  com- 
petitor on  Broadway.  They  both  used  to  angle 
for  the  same  kind  of  audiences,  but  they  angled  in 
different  ways.     They  will  keep   on   doing  that. 

•  BACK  in  the  not-so-good  old  days,  a  leading 
man  was  limited  as  to  the  types  of  women  he  might 
play  opposite.  Not  so,  today.  Charles  Boyer 
appears  with  Claudette  Colbert  and  Katharine 
Hepburn,  two  widely  different  personalities,  and 
makes  a  hit.    Fred  MacMurray  has  appeared  with 


Colbert,  is  now  appearing  with  Hepburn,  and  is 
making  a  hit — differently. 

Then,  because  they  are  interesting  individualists, 
there  are  other  new  screen  actors  who  are  rating 
headlines.  For  example,  Peter  Lorre,  now  filming 
Dostoievsky's  Crime  and  Punishment.  Walter 
Abel,  who  left  Broadway  to  play  the  title  role  in 
General  Grant  and  meanwhile  has  scored  a  hit  as 
D'Artagnan  in  The  Three  Musketeers.  Michael 
Bartlett,  who  sang  with  Grace  Moore  in  Love 
Me  Forever  and  now  is  Claudette  Colbert's  lead- 
ing man  in  She  Married  Her  Boss.  And  Errol 
Flynn,  the  tennis-playing  Irishman,  who  has  drawn 
the  coveted  title  role  of  Captain  Blood. 

Another  member  of  the  ma'e  sex  of  whom  you 
will  soon  be  conscious  is  Mickey  Rooney,  the  boy 
actor,  who  literally  romps  away  with  top  honors 
in  one  of  the  most-awaited  pictures  of  any  year: 
A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream.  Here  is  Shake- 
speare as  you  can  like  it ;  here  is  a  thrill  of  a  life- 
time. Warner  Brothers  have  performed  a  major 
miracle  in  bringing  the  monumental  fantasy  to 
the  screen  with  all  the  color,  all  the  variety  of 
mood,  that  Shakespeare  put  into  it.  And  of  all 
the  members  of  the  all-star  cast,  young  Mickey 
Rooney — as  Puck,  the  mischievous — best  captures 
the  spirit  of  the  piece. 

There  are  few  actresses  on  the  screen  today 
who  are  capturing  interest  as  these  actors  are. 
The  outstanding  one  is  Luise  Rainer,  the  Viennese 
surprise  of  Escapade,  who  is  talented  enough  and 
individual  enough  to  go  far.  So  is  Tutta  Rolf, 
the  practically  unannounced  sensation  of  Dressed 
to  Thrill.  Olivia  de  Havilland,  though  young, 
shows  great  promise  in  A  Midsummer  Night's 
Dream.  But  aside  from  these,  where  are  the  new 
girls  who  should  be  setting  the  movie  world  on 
fire? 


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Sweeping  on  to  new 
fame  together,  three 
distinguished  play- 
ers join  hands  with ; 
a  distinguished  pro- 
ducer to  start  the  new 
season  with  a  pro- 
duction of  unparal- 
leled dramatic  force. 


The  tenderly  beauti- 
ful story  of  two  who 
loved  a  woman  .  <  . 
beyond  the  hope  of 
ever  loving  another! 
To  one,  she  was  a 
dream  he  could  nev- 
er realize  -  -  to  the 
other,  a  memory  he 
could:  never  forget! 


SAMUEL  GOLDWYN 

p  resents 

FREDRIC MARCH 

MERLE    ORERON 

HERBERT  MARSHALL 


m  JANET  BEECHER  •  JOHN  HALLWAY  •  HENRIETTA  JCROSMAN  •  KATHERINE  ALEXANDER 


From   ftve, ploy    by    Guy  Bo  I  tan 


Directed^  by     SIDNEY     FRANKLIN 


R*leased  thru   UNITED  ARTISTS 


Movie  Classic  for  October,   1935 


They're  the  Topics. 


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New  notes  on  per- 
sonalities who  are 
always  good  news! 


•  NORMA  SHEARER  has  been  on  a 
clothes  spree  !  With  her  new  daughter 
({Catherine)  safely  installed  in  the  re- 
decorated Thalberg  nursery  and  with 
Romeo  and  Juliet  about  to  go  before  the 
cameras,  Norma  took  time  off  to  go 
shopping.  One  of  her  most  completely- 
devastating  new  fall  outfits  is  a  sand- 
colored  coat-dress,  very  slinkily  tailored. 
But  the  exciting  note  is  the  detachable 
collar  and  cuffs  of  Kolinsky  fur.  On 
an  Indian  summer  day  she  can  zip  'em 
off  and  look  coolly  unfurred.  Smart, 
these  Shearers. 

"We're  going  to  see  a  lot  of  gray  and 
red  combined  this  season,"  Norma  told 
us.  "Also  a  lot  of  navy,  especially  in 
softly  finished  wools.  All  the  amber 
tints  are  going  to  be  better  than  gold. 
And  the  kilt-pleated  skirts  are  with  us 
again.  If  a  girl  wants  to  be  very  ultra, 
she'll  have  the  hemline  oc  her  formal 
frocks    curve   up    in    front    in    a    mildly 


Wide   World 

The  two  wittiest  stars  of  the  screen 
finally  meet!  Mae  West  shakes 
hands  with  Will  Rogers  at  a  dinner 


inverted  V.     It's  the  vogue,  particularly 
with   draped   models." 


•  Light  notes:  Arline  Judge  was 
quarantined  with  a  light  case  of  scar- 
let fever  and  her  friends  sent  her  stacks 
of  children's  toys.  .  .  .  Why  doesn't 
Mary  Brian  marry  Dick  Powell  and 
save  the  poor  fellow  ?  Neighbors  at 
Toluca  Lake  say  that  all  he  does  is  play 
the  Wedding  March  on  that  organ  of 
his  .  .  .  Nelson  Eddy  caught  a  fever 
when  he  made  Naughty  Marietta.  The 
play  fever.  He  used  to  be  the  soul  of 
dignity,  but  since  that  picture  he's  the 
life  of  the  party.  At  Ida  Koverman's 
get-together,  he  did  a  Greek  dance  with 
a  water  pitcher  on  his  shoulder  that 
caused  a  near-riot.  (P.S.  He  didn't 
break  the  pitcher)  .  .  .  Gene  Raymond 
certainly  believes  in  variety.  First  he 
takes  Connie  Bennett  to  the  polo 
matches,  then  he  beaus  a  Pasadena  deb 
who  owns  a  Phi  Beta  Kappa  pin.  And 
then  he  sees  Janet  Gaynor  off  to  Hono- 
lulu. .  .  . 


•  JANET,  by  the  way,  was  far  more 
ill  than  the  reports  said  after  she  fell 
during  the  early  scenes  of  Way  Dozvn 
East.  She  was  in  bed  for  more  than  a 
month  with  a  bad  brain  concussion. 
Now  she  has  gone  to  her  beloved  beach 
cottage  at  Hawaii  to  recuperate,  and 
there  will  be  no  swimming  or  hiking 
there  this  time.  Shirley  Temple,  who 
sailed  with  her  parents  shortly  before 
Janet  did,  told  her  pal,  "I'm  going  to 
Honolulu  to  take  care  of  you,  Jan-y." 
Meanwhile,  Rochelle  Hudson  gets  the 
Break  of  the  Year — taking  Janet's  place 
in  Way  Down  East,  opposite  Henry 
Fonda. 


•  SHIRTMAKER  frocks  are  no  long- 
er stiffly  tailored.  Quaintness  is  the  new 
note.  Ann  Shirley,  Patricia  Ellis,  and 
the  whole  younger  set  have  them  with 
huge  puffed  sleeves,  shirred  fullness  in 
front,  and  little  round  necks. 

Also,  cotton  underwear  is  back  in 
vogue  after  all  these  years !  Not,  of 
course,  the  kind  that  Aunt  Tiddledee 
used  to  wear,  but  a  lovely  kind  that's  as 
sheer  as  dawn  and  all  finely  stitched. 
These  undies  come  in  heavenly  colors 
like  bittersweet  and  rusticana.  Ann 
Dvorak  has  her  first  name  embroidered 
on  them.  Sylvia  Sidney — and  any  num- 
ber of  others — have  gone  in  for  them. 
Looks  like  a  happy  year  for  the  South ! 


•   AND  this  is  the  way  new  fads  are 
born:    June    Knight    had    a    date- with 


An  opera  star  with  a  beautiful 
figure!  Lily  Pons,  in  Hollywood  to 
film  Love  Song,  is  dazzling  the 
movie  colony  in  a  variety  of  ways 


Tommy  Lee — she  usually  does  ! — but 
she  thought  that  they  were  just  going 
to  a  neighborhood  movie,  so  she  wore, 
navy  blue  satin  slacks.  But  Tommy  in- 
sisted on  going  to  the  fashionable  Troca- 
dero  to  dance.  All  the  women  were  in 
full  evening  regalia.  Very  swanky.  Very 
decollete.  June  was  embarrassed  to 
tears  and  decided  that  the  next  time 
she  visited  the  Troc  she'd  be  dressed  as 
formally  as  they  make  'em.  She  was  ! 
It  was  two  weeks  later.  And  half  the 
girls  on  the  floor  were  in  satin  slacks! ! ! 


•  WITH  other  experts  giving  out  opin- 
ions on  the  most  beautiful  women,  the 
most  beautiful  legs,  the  best-dressed 
and  so  on,  one  of  the  film  colony's  lead- 
ing beauticians — namely,  Jim — has  com- 
piled a  list  of  filmites  who  have  the  most 
beautiful  hands  and  nails. 

Topping  his  list  are  Claudette  Col- 
bert, Mae  West,  Billie  Dove,  Bebe 
Daniels,  and  Evelyn  Laye,  the  English 
actress. 

Would  you  agree  ? 


•    Evelyn    Venable     is     it 
Poor     Evelyn     made     the 
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10 


"PAGE     MISS     GLORY 


...and  you'll  find  magical 
Marion  Davies  in  her  first 
picture  for  Warner  Bros, 
—her  finest  for  anybody! 


Look  who's  Marion's  new  screen 
sweetheart .  .  .  Yessir,  it's  T)ick 
Powell!  And  when  he  sings  to  Marion 
he  does  things  to  her  —  and  you! 


SHE'S  back,  boys  and  girls!  Back  with  that  glamorous  gleam 
in  her   eye  .  .  .  that  laughing  lilt  in   her   voice  .  .  .  that 
merry,  magical  something  that  makes  her  the  favorite  of  millions. 

Of  course  you  read  the  headlines  a  few  months  ago  about 
Marion  Davies'  new  producing  alliance  with  Warner  Bros., 
famous  makers  of  "G-Men,'  and  other  great  hits.  Well,  'Page 
Miss  Glory'  is  the  first  result  of  that  union — and  it's  everything 
you'd  expect  from  such  a  thrilling  combination  of  screen  talent! 

It's  from  the  stage  hit  that  made  Broadway's  White  Way  gay — a 
delirious  story  of  Hollywood's  'Composite  Beauty'  who  rose 
from  a  chambermaid  to  a  national  institution  overnight  .  .  . 

It  has  a  12-star  cast  that  makes  you  chuckle  with  antici- 
pation just  to  read  the  names  .  .  . 

It  has  hit-maker  Mervyn  LeRoy's  direction,  and  Warren  & 
Dubin's  famous  song,  'Page  Miss  Glory'.  .  . 

It  has  'Picture-of-the-Month'  written  all  over  it! 


Don't  think  you're  dreaming!  All  these  celebrated 

really    are    in    the    cast    of  Marion's  first 

•opolitan production  for  Warners:— Pat  O'Brien, 

■  Powell,  Frank  McHugh,  Mary  As  tor,  Allen 

ins,  Lyle  Talbot,  Patsy  Kelly,  and  a  dozen  others. 


Movie  Classic  for  October,  1935 


****Glory  be  to  heaven !  There  is  a  new 
liquid  powder  that  will  remove  the  curse 
of  a  shiny  nose  for  six  hours  (at  least), 
once  you  have  applied  it.  Even  our  noses, 
which  happen  to  be  particularly  shining 
ones  (perhaps  from  being  news-noses), 
were  caught  unawares,  and  didn't  emerge 
with    a    glow    from    morning    until    night. 


And  on  top  of  this,  it  belittles  bumps, 
wrinkles,  and  large  pores.  There  are  seven 
shades,  to  give  you  a  choice  of  complexions 
ranging  from  a  lovely  pale-face  to  a  Flor- 
ida tan.  There  is  a  $2  size,  plus  a  leather- 
ette-cased purse  size  at  50c ! 

****What  do  you  know  about  a  nail 
polish  that  won't  crack,  peel,  or  fade,  will 
last  two  weeks,  cover  nail  imperfections, 
and  oil  your  nails?  It  shines  beautifully, 
too.  What  more  could  any  girl  ask?  It 
comes  in  five  grand  shades,  from  natural 
to  garnet.  And  the  manufacturer  guaran- 
tees your  50c  back  if  you  aren't  satisfied 
.  .  .  which  makes  everything  perfect. 


****Rainy  days  are  coming  soon! 
Which  means  that  you'll  want  to 
know  about  these  clever  military 
capes  made  in  rubber  and  oiled  silk. 
The  oiled  silk  ones  fold  up  into  little 
cases  about  six  inches  square,  which 
you  can  tuck  very  easily  into  your 
purse  or  keep  in  your  desk  for 
emergencies.  The  rubber  ones  fold 
into  slightly  larger  sizes.  The  oiled 
silk  ones  are  transparent,  and  cost 
$3.  The  rubber  ones  are  $1.  And 
the  colors  are  very  lovely ! 

****How  about  a  little  ovenette 
all  your  own,  if  you  live  in  an  apart- 
ment so  small  that  you  never 
dreamed  of  being  able  to  bake  there? 
This  contrivance  bakes  and  roasts 
economically  and  easily  over  any 
cooking  burner  or  heating  unit.  And, 
what's  more,  it  roasts  meats  to  a 
turn  while  consuming  only  one- 
quarter  of  the  fuel  required  to  heat 
an  ordinary  oven.  Plop!  you  set  it 
on  any  stove  or  electric  plate,  and 
have  an  oven  .  .  .  for  a  little  over  $2. 

****"Drat  that  run !"  How  many 
times  have  you  said  that  ?  We've  lost 
count,  ourselves !  So  glory  with  us 
in  this  run-stop  liquid  that  you  can 
apply  in  a  second,  that  does  not  stif- 
fen the  stocking,  and  that  does  not 


leave  a  stain.  It  comes  in  cute  little  pack- 
ages that  you  can  keep  in  your  purse  or 
office  desk,  and  one  of  them  will  stop  fifty 
runs.  Which  is  as  good  as  winning  a  ball 
game  any  day !  25c. 

****We're  sorry  to  mention  such  miser- 
able things  as  colds,  but  thought  you'd  like 
to  know  about  the  new  mentholated  tissues 
that  are  excellent  for  curing  them,  easily 
disposed  of,  and  prevent  the  spread  of 
germs.  There  are  two  hundred  and  fifty 
soft  tissues  in  a  package,  size  8x9  inches. 
And  "cold"  weather  is  coming,  you  know. 
Two  packages  for  45c. 

****Do  your  own  dry-cleaning — ten  dol- 
lars' worth  for  65c.  This  cleaner  removes 
spots,  stains,  and  perspiration  odors  like 
magic  .  .  .  and  it  is  amazingly  easy  to  use. 
It  is  the  same  kind  that  is  used  by  many 
dry-cleaning  establishments,  and  does  a  fine 
job  of  French  dry-cleaning.  The  can  con- 
tains one  gallon  of  the  fluid,  and  this  will 
clean  a  carload  of  clothes ! 

****Have  you  ever  seen  a  chair  smiling? 
That's  what  will  happen  to  any  chair  in 
your  house,  no  matter  how  dirty,  when  it 
gets  a  sponge  bath  with  a  foamy  new 
cleaner.  It  is  so  simple  to  use  that  even  a 
child  can  do  a  beautiful  job — and  instantly. 
Moreover,  it  can  be  used  on  the  finest  up- 
holstered furniture — to  bring  back  the 
original  colors,  and  remove  the  spots  where 
oily  heads  or  grimy  hands  have  rested.  In 
sizes  from  70c  to  $1.85. 

****Good  old  food  mill !  The  idea  came 
from  France,  land  of  famous  chefs,  and 
landed  smack  in  the  middle  of  our  best 
kitchens !  With  just  a  few  turns  of  the 
crank,  out  come  the  slickest  mashed  po- 
tatoes, other  vegetables,  or  fruits.  It's  a 
helpful  gadget  for  making  purees,  creamed 
soups  and  souffles.  It  strains  the  baby's 
food,  and  it  saves  endless  time  and  labor  in 
making  tomato  juice,  grapefruit  juice,  jams 
and  jellies.  This  mill  is  made  of  steel  and 
is  acidproof  and  rustproof.   $1.25   buys   it 

****And  Humpty-Dumpty  took  a  great 
fall?  Well,  that  was  before  the  days  of  the 
new  egg  cradle,  which  keeps  eggs  unbroken 
and  always  handy.  It  fits  any  electric  re- 
frigerator or  icebox,  and  slides  in  and  out 
like  a  drawer.  It  fastens  underneath  a  shelf, 
thus  saving  the  space  that  egg  boxes  or 
big  bowls  always  take.  This  cradle  uses 
space   that's    often    wasted.    45c. 


Two  Hollywood  shopping  scouts  are 
Claire  Trevor  and  Marion  Clayton — 
seen  in  the  Assistance  League  shop 


GOING  SHOPPING  is  what  we  like  to  do  best— and  we're  sorry  we 
can't  undertake  any  shopping  commissions  for  you.  But  we  can  tell  you 
what  to  ask  for  by  name — if  you  want  to  go  shop-scouting  on  your  own 
for  any  of  the  things  mentioned  above.  Just  address:  Shopping  Scouts, 
MOVIE  CLASSIC,  1501  Broadway,  New  York  City— enclosing  a 
stamped  self-addressed  envelope  for  reply. 


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13 


WHAT  wouldn't  she  give  to  hear  it 
ring?  To  hear  a  girl  friend's  voice: 
"Come  on  down,  Kit.  The  bunch  is  here!" 
Or  more  important:  "This  is  Bill.  How 
about  the  club  dance  Saturday  night?" 
•     •     •     • 

The  truth  is,  Bill  would  ask  her.  And  so 
would  the  girls.  If  it  weren't  for  the  fact 
that  underarm  perspiration  odor  makes 
her  so  unpleasant  to  be  near. 

What  a  pity  it  is!  Doubly  so,  since  per- 
spiration odor  is  so  easy  to  avoid.  With 
Mum! 

Just  half  a  minute  is  all  you  need  to  use 
Mum.  Then  you're  safe  for  the  whole  day! 

Use  Mum  any  time,  even  after  you're 
dressed.  For  it's  harmless  to  clothing. 

It's  soothing  to  the  skin,  too  —  so 
soothing  you  can  use  it  right  after  shaving 
your  underarms. 

Mum  doesn't  prevent  perspiration.  But 
it  does  prevent  every  trace  of  perspiration 
odor.  Use  it  daily  and  you'll  never  be 
guilty  of  personal  unpleasantness.  Bristol- 
Myers,  Inc.,  75  West  St.,  New  York,  . 

MUM 

TAKES  THE  ODOR  OUT 
OF     PERSPIRATION 


ANOTHER  WAY  MUM  HELPS  is  on  sanitary 
napkins.  Use  it  for  this  and  you'll  never  have 
to  worry  about  this  cause  of  unpleasantness. 


HOLLYWOOD'S 

Heart  Problems 
— and  Yours 

If  you  had  a  promising  furure-and  love 
came  your  way-which  would  you  choose? 
Olivia  de  Havilland   has  a  sane  answer! 

By  Margaret  Dixe 

SHOULD  a  girl  dodge  romance  if    work  and  her  play.    I've  had  to  draw 
she  is  planning  a  career?  There     the  line  on  going  out  nights  during 
are   seven   million   girls   in   the     the   week,   no  matter  how   attractive 
United   States  seeking  the  right  an-     the  invitation  may  be.    It  isn't  always 
swer  to  that  problem.    So  many  new,     easy,  I  can  tell  you !    But  if  I  do  go 
fascinating  fields  of  work 
are  open  to  them  today — 
but  the  age-old  desire  to 
love  and  be  loved  is  pull- 
ing them  in  another  di- 
rection.    Which   way   to 
go? 

"Personally,  I'm  going 
to  take  the  middle 
course!"  says  Olivia  de 
Havilland,  that  lovely 
eighteen-year-old  bru- 
nette who  had  never  ap- 
peared before  a  movie 
camera  until  she  won  the 
coveted  role  of  Hermia  in 
Max  Reinhardt's  produc- 
tion of  A  Midsummer 
Night's  Dream  —  and 
now  is  on  her  way  to 
stardom,  with  Captain 
Blood  her  next  picture. 

"You  see,"  explains 
the  pert,  alert,  and  thor- 
oughly loveable  Olivia, 
"careers  in  Hollywood 
are  no  different  from 
what  they  are  anywhere 
else.  You  have  to  study 
to  make  good  just  as  you 
do  in  any  other  job,  any 
other  place.  You  have  to 
keep  the  strictest  kind  of 
hours  so  that  you'll  be  at 
your  best — and,  most  of 
all,  you  have  to  be  able 
to  say  'No !' 

"You  have  to  'No' 
yourself  to  begin  with.  If 
a  girl  tries  to  play  a  lot 
at  the  same  time  she  is 
building  a  future  for  her-  Only  eighteen — and  already  stepping  along  to 
self  in  her  work,  she  stardom — Olivia  de  Havilland  says:  "I'm  subduing 
makes  a  hash  of  both  her       my  romantic  inclinations  .  .  for  a  specified  time" 


14 


Movie  Classic  for  October,   1935 


Olivia  de  Havilland  and  Dick  Powell 
share  a  heart  problem  in  A  Midsum- 
mer Night's  Dream.  And  there  are 
also  rumors  of  an  off-screen  romance 


to  some  midclle-of-the-week  party, 
I'm  so  tired  the  next  day  that  I  can't 
settle  down  to  business.  And  I  find 
my  mind  wandering  off  to  what  that 
nice  boy  said  the  evening  before — and 
wondering  whether  or  not  he  meant  it 
■ — just  when  I  need  to  be  most  alert 
in  my  lines   .  .  . 

"Naturally,  you  have  to  have  some 
social  life.  You'd  get  as  stuffy  as  a 
bat  if  you  stayed  at  home  all  the  time. 
That's  why  I  intend  to  take  the  middle 
course.  Some  girls — and  they're  good 
looking  and  interesting,  too — feel  that 
they  simply  have  to  devote  every  min- 
ute to  careering.  Then,  after  they 
have  made  good,  they  suddenly  wake 
up  to  find  themselves  so  hungry  for 
romance  that  they  snatch  at  the  first 
man  who  comes  along-.  And  if  they 
make  as  much  of  a  success  of  mar- 
riage, it's  just  dumb  luck.  They  didn't 
really  prepare  for  a  permanently 
happy  ending.  And,  usually,  they 
don't  find  it. 


•  "NOW  I  have  it  figured  out  this 
way :  Right  at  present  the  career  is 
the  most  important  thing  in  my  life. 
I  might  never  have  an  opportunity 
like  this  again  and  I  realize  that  I 
ought  to  make  the  most  of  it.  So  I'm 
subduing  my  romantic  inclinations! 
I  have,  simply  made  up  my  mind  that 
I  can  control  my  emotions  for  a 
specified  time    .    .    . 

"If  I'm  not  wanted  at  the  studio 
on  Saturday  afternoon,  I  like  to  swim 
or  go  riding.  Working  in  the  movies 
is  something  like  an  office  job,  you 
know.  You  spend  three  quarters  of 
your  life  indoors  in  a  place  that  is 
artificially  lighted.  Consequently,  you 
doubly  appreciate  any  outdoor  activi- 
ties and  if  you  can  find  a  man  who  en- 
joys the  same  sports  you  do,  it's  great. 


"Saturday  evening  I  have  a  whirl. 
I  usually  go  dancing  because  I  adore 
that.  And  on  Sunday  we  go  on  pic- 
nics or  long  hikes  and  have  an  infor- 
mal party  at  somebody's  house  in  the 
evening.  But  Monday  morning  I  pull 
the  curtain  down  on  the  weekend.  I 
forget  it  completely.  I  put  the  accent 
on  work  now,  and  the  soft-pedal  on 
romance.  I  won't  mix  the  two  to- 
gether! A  man  forgets  even  his  best 
beloved  when  he  becomes  engrossed 
in  his  job.  A  woman  has  to  learn  to 
do  the  same  thing. 

"Naturally,  some  day,  when  the 
career  has  had  time  to  develop  a  bit, 
I  hope  to  put  the  accent  on  romance. 
I  want  a  home  and  a  marriage  that  is 
a  marriage.  Not  just  one  of  these 
if-I-don't-like-it-I'll-get-a-divorce  ar- 
rangements. I  want  a  husband  with 
plentv  of  character  who  can  browbeat 
me  if  it's  necessary.  (And  I  like 
nothing  better  than  a  good  rousing 
argument!)  If  a  man  has  ideas,  I 
am  willing  to  learn  from  him.  And  I 
hope  my  husband  won't  be  an  actor ; 
I'd  much  prefer  him  to  be  in  some 
business  I  know  nothing  about  so 
that  marriage  to  him  will  open  up  a 
whole  new  field  of  interest. 


®  "IS  THERE  someone  now?  Ye-es 
.  .  .  But  it  will  be  a  long,  long  time 
before  there  is  any  wedding.  There  is 
nothing  'settled'  between  us.  In  fact, 
he  has  been  away  for  a  year.  I've 
known  him  all  my  life.  I  know  his 
family  and  background  and  all.  That's 
essential,  don't  you  think  so?"  asks 
Olivia. 

It  is  so  essential  that  I  would  like 
to  underscore  it  a  dozen  times. 
Olivia's  whole  plan  is  wonderfully 
sound,  right  up  to  and  including  that 
last  statement ! 

Know  everything  you  can  about 
your  man.  Unfortunately,  few  girls 
bother  about  research  when  romance 
comes  along.  Even  trained  business 
girls,  who  would  not  think  of  going 
into  a  business  deal  without  knowing 
all  about  it,  consider  it  "noble"  to 
take  a  man  at  face  value  alone.  I 
can't  begin  to  tell  you  the  grief  that 
attitude  has  caused. 

To  make  a  real  success  of  marriage, 
it  is  absolutely  necessary  for  a  girl  to 
have  high  standards  of  her  own  and 
to  test  the  boy's.  Is  he  honest  ?  Is  he 
kind  to  his  people?  Is  he  thrifty? 
Have  she  and  he  at  least  four  big 
interests  in  common? 

Marriage  vows  are  supposed  to 
make  a  girl  and  boy  one — and  isn't  it 
wise  to  find  out  all  you  can  about  the 
person  who  is  to  be  your  other  half? 

That's  where  a  girl  who  has  worked 
out  a  career  first  has  such  advantage 
over  other      [Continued  on  page  69] 

Movie  Classic  for  October,   1935 


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with  herself/ 

"T'VE  been  doing  nasty  things  to  my 
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been  abusing  my  poor,  patient  sys- 
tem with  harsh,  violent  purges.  The 
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You  taste  like  my  favorite  chocolate 
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. . .  you  treat  me  right.  Yet  with  all 
your  mildness  you're  no  shirker  — 
you're  as  thorough  as  can  be.  The 
children  won't  take  anything  else... 
my  husband  has  switched  from  his 
old  brand  of  violence  to  you.  You're 
a  member  of  the  family  now  .  .  •" 

Multiply  the  lady's  thoughts  by  millions 
. . .  and  you  have  an  idea  of  public  opin- 
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TRAPPED  IN  THE  IfflOF  MODERN  LIFE 

thet/  fiqht..  AS  YOU  DO.,  fortheriqfita/ovet 

ENTHRAL  LED-you'H  watch  this 


I 


BLAZING    SPECTACLE    OF  TODAY   TORTURE 
THE    BEAUTIFUL   AND   THE    DAMNED! 

See  this  man  and  woman  living  your 
dreams,  your  despairs.  Fascinated  .  .  . 
behold  the  raging  spectacle  of  hell  here 
and  hereafter  ...  of  Inferno  created  by 
Man  and  Inferno  conceived  by  Dante! 
This  drama  blazes  with  such  titanic 
power  that  it  will  burn  itself  into 

YOUR   MEMORY   FOREVER! 


TRACY  •  CLAIRE  TREVOR  •  HENRY  B.  W 

Produced     by    Sol     M.    Wurtzel        Directed    by    Harry    Lachman 


HAIL  ♦  AlAfl  L0SNEHART 


THRILL 
AS  YOU 


SEE 


Ten  million  sinners  writhing  in  eternal  torment 
—  cringing  under  the  Rain  of  Fire  —  consumed  in 
the  Lake  of  Flames — struggling  in  the  Sea  of  Boil- 
ing Pitch  —  toppling  into  the  Crater  of  Doom  — 
wracked  by  agony  in  the  Torture  Chambers  — 
hardening  into  lifelessness  in  the  Forest  of  Horror! 

Pius  the  most  spectacular  climax  ever  conceived! 


A   STARTLING   DRAMA  Of  TODAY.  .  .  AND   FOREVER!  TIMELY  AS 
TODAY'S  NEWS  .  .  .ETERNAL  WITH  ITS   CHALIENGING   TRUTHS! 


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Movie  Classic  for  October,  1935 


ma  Rogers 

in  his  greatest  picture 

STEAMBOAT  ROUND  ^  BEND' 

ANNE  SHIRLEY  •  IRVIN  S.  COBB  •  EUGENE  PALLETTE  •  STEPIN  FETCHIT 

Directed  by  John  Ford   •  From  a  novel  by  Ben  Lucien  Burman 


Movie  Classic  for  October,   1935 


17 


Speaking  of  Movies . . . 


attains       . 


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"  °^  Top 


MOVIE  CLASSIC  reviews  fhe  new 
pictures  from  a  feminine  viewpoint 


MOVIE  CLASSIC'S  reviewers, 
for  your  guidance,  rate  the  new 
pictures  as  follows: 

•    •    •    •  Exceptional 

•    •    •  Excellent 

•    •  Good 

•  Skip  it 


•  •  •  •  Anna  Karenina  brings 
Garbo  back  to  us  again  in  all  of  her 
glory!  In  this  new  version  of  Tol- 
stoy's immortal  novel,  with  an  ultra- 
dramatic  and  tragic  role  completely 
suited  to  her  best  ability,  she  gives 
one  of  the  finest  performances  of  her 
career.  And  lovable  Freddie  Barthol- 
omew, (who  was  young  David  Cop- 
perfield),  as  the  son  in  the  story,  is 
sensationally  good  ...  so  much  so 
that  he  steals  every  scene  in  which 
he  appears !  Fredric  March,  as 
Vronsky,  the  dashing  officer,  for  love 
of  whom  Anna  abandons  her  coldly 
ambitious  husband  and  her  child,  is 
technically  perfect  in  the  role,  but 
seems  emotionally  taut.  Maureen 
O'Sullivan,  Basil  Rathbone,  Phoebe 
Foster,  Reginald  Owen,  and  Reginald 
Denny  are  outstanding  in  the  sup- 
porting cast  .  .  .  You'll  love  the 
clothes  Adrian  has  designed  for  Gar- 
bo in  this  picture,  and  their  quaint- 
ness  will  strongly  influence  the  fall 
fashion  mode.  Plumed  hats,  delicate 
nosegays,  the  rustle  of  taffeta  .  .  . 
you'll  soon  be  wearing  them.  (M-G-M) 

•  •  •  •  Curly  Top  is  a  "natur- 
al" for  little  Miss  Shirley  Temple — a 
light  operetta  with  a  child  prima 
donna,  which  gives  Shirley  a  chance 
to  sing,  dance,  do  imitations,  be  emo- 
tional and  amusing.  John  Boles,  as 
the  kindly  bachelor  who  takes  Shirley 
and  her  older  sister  (Rochelle  Hud- 
son) away  from  an  orphanage,  is 
human  and  believable.  The  lovely 
Rochelle  gives  a  beautiful  perform- 
ance, and  her  work  in  the  scene 
wherein  she  reveals  her  love  for  her 
guardian  fully  justifies  her  recent  ele- 
vation to  stardom.  Maurice  Murphy, 
Esther  Dale,  Arthur  Treacher,  and 
Etienne  Girardot  feature  the  support- 
ing cast.  Highlights :  Shirley's  two 
songs,  When  I  Grozv  Up,  and  Animal 
Crackers  in  My  Soup;  and  John 
Boles'  two  songs,  It's  All  So  New  to 
Me  and  Curly  Top.    (Fox) 


•  •  •  Accent  on  Youth  gives 
Sylvia  Sidney  a  chance  to  shine  once 
more,  and  she  does  it  very  gracefully 
and  amusingly.  This  story  deals  with 
the  love  of  a  youthful  secretary  for 
her  employer,  a  playwright  past- 
middle  age,  and  with  his  efforts  to 
convince  both  her  and  himself  that 
June  and  November  should  never 
mate.  Well,  that's  a  problem  many 
girls  have  confronted,  and  Accent  on 
Youth  offers  a  clever  solution.  May- 
be the  laughs  of  the  picture  won't 
shake  you  from  your  seat,  but  you 
will  be  consistently  amused.  You'll 
like  Sylvia's  clothes — both  her  smart 
new  numbers,  and  her  sane  sugges- 
tions for  dresses  for  office  wear.  Her- 
bert Marshall's  stock  will  soar  to  new 
highs  after  this  picture,  and  since  he 
is  always  good,  you  can  judge  of  this 
performance  !  But  you'll  pretty  well 
have  to  hand  the  credit  for  the  real 
comedy  star  of  the  production  to 
Ernest  Cossart,  playing  the  butler 
role.  In  fact  you  can  almost  call  his 
the  most  intoxicating  comedy  of  the 
year!     (Paramount) 

•  •  •  Diamond  Jim  makes  a  girl 
wonder  if  it  wouldn't  have  been  pretty 
good  fun  to  live  in  the  glamorous 
days  of  the  Gay  Nineties,  when  Dia- 
mond Jim  Brady  blazed  a  never-to- 
be-forgotten  trail  on  Broadway.  He 
was  a  high-pressure  salesman,  prodi- 
gal spendthrift,  super-gourmand  and 
hail-fellow-well-met  playboy.  His  life 
story,  brought  to  the  screen,  is  a 
flashing,  colorful  drama,  and  Edward 
Arnold  in  the  title  role  is  magnificent. 
He  gives  a  performance  so  deft  that 
it  is  unforgettable.  The  story  takes 
Diamond  Jim  from  his  humble  begin- 
nings as  a  freight  clerk  to  his  reign 
as  a  railroad  mogul.  It  presents  a 
kaleidoscopic  picture  of  the  whirlwind 
boom  days  at  the  turn  of  the  century 
and  dramatizes  the  birth  of  modern 
sales  methods.  But  it  never  loses 
sight  of  its  central  intimate  theme: 
Diamond  Jim  could  buy  anything — 
excepting  love.  Binnie  Barnes,  as 
Lillian  Russell,  the  Glamor  Girl  of 
her  day,  shows  appeal  even  under  the 
layers  of  the  clothes  of  the  90's.  Jean 
Arthur,  as  the  "No-girl"  who  wrecks 
Brady's  life,  turns  in  another  per- 
formance that  proves  she  rates  star 
billing.  And  Cesar  Romero  is  con- 
vincing  as        [Continued   on   page   60] 


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THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


ewe* 


N°r9  Se    ha    ^s  no  equal  ,n  Ho  Y 

And  now  she -s  at>  ,.Rorneo    and 

loVe    s+ory    ever 


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THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


Before  the  cameras  turn  on  a 
home  scene  of  "Alice  Adams,"  the 
star  has  a  last-minute  dialogue 
rehearsal  with  a  one-man  audi- 
ence— the   dialogue  director 


The  camera  is  focused — 
the  microphone  is  in  place 
— the  lights  are  on — and 
the  star  is  about  to  begin 
her  job-hunting  scene  in 
the   film,    "Alice   Adams" 


utn 


20 


THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


outa  cu  ci 


1 


teweokeavi 


otttKeu 


Josephine  Hutchinson,  of  "Oil  for  the 
Lamps  of  China"  fame,  is  an  inde- 
pendent, talented  young  person. 
Warner  Brothers  believe  that,  if  Will 
Shakespeare  were  alive,  she  would 
remind  him  of  Rosalind  in  "As  You 
Like  It."  So  she  is  to  play  the  first 
heroine  who  masqueraded  as  a  boy! 


ca  a 


Merle  Oberon,  of  Tasmania,  who 
reached  Hollywood  by  way  of  En- 
gland, exotic  roles  and  costume  pic- 
tures, is  becoming  her  natural  self 
and  a  star  at  the  same  time  in  "The 
Dark  Angel."  Give  the  little  girl  a 
hand  for  daring  to  go  "different"  at 
this  stage  of  her  career!  Holly- 
wood  has  high   hopes  for  her  future 


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THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


WILLIAM  POWELL  is  your  idea  of 
what  a  sophisticate  should  be  .  .  . 
suave,  clever,  adventurous,  amusing. 
As  he  will  be  in  "The  Black  Chamber" 


FRANCHOT  TONE  proved,  in  "Lives 
of  a  Bengal  Lancer,"  what  you  had 
suspected.  Now  he's  a  he-man — no 
playboy — in  "Mutiny  on  the  Bounty" 


RANDOLPH  SCOTT  is  blond  and  a 
Southerner — which  is  a  hard-to-resist 
combination.  And  you'll  respect  his 
earnestness    in    "So    Red    the    Rose" 


CHARLES  BOYER  has  the  charm  of 
the  sensitive  Continental.  Claudette 
Colbert,  Katharine  Hepburn,  Loretta 
Young  and  you  all  agree  on  that  score 


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THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


C~>i-Hiltt  ^y/itl 


That  is  the  title  of  Sail  Patrick's  new 
picture  .  .  .  which  aptly  describes  the 
poised  young  Alabama  beauty,  herself. 
Her  roles  increase  in  importance,  and 
her  screen  gowns  become  more  and 
more  stunning  .  .  .  which  are  symptoms 
of  stardom.  This  gown  is  of  silver  meta1- 
lic  lace  over  white  satin,  molded  to  the 
figure.       The     skirt     is     sable-banded 


— Portrait  by  Richee 


-Richee 


Ann  Harding  is  the  lovely  dream  girl  opposite  Gary 
Cooper  in  the  picturization  of  "Peter  Ibbetson" 


Charm 
in 

MEN 


Why  are  Gary  Cooper,  Lindbergh  and 
Leslie  Howard  charming  men?  Sensitive 
Ann  Harding  tells  what  each  letter  of 
the  word     charm'  means  to  all  women! 


By  Ann  Harding 

As  told  to  HELEN  HARRISON 


CHARM!  What  is  it?  ...  A  mysterious,  magical 
alchemy  that  covers  a  multitude  of  sins  and  bridges 
a  thousand  shortcomings.  It  created  the  lure  of 
Cyrano  de  Bergerac,  despite  his  hideous  caricature  of  a 
nose,  made  the  lameness  of  the  lyric  Lord  Byron  one  of  his 
most  endearing  graces,  gave  Napoleon  stature.  It  is  simple 
to  sense — difficult  to  define.  Can  it  be  acquired  ?  Cultivated  ? 

Charm  in  men  is  what  beauty,  personality,  grace  and  a 
dozen  minor  virtues  are  in  women.  It  is  the  open  sesame 
to  the  affections  of  both  young  and  old — a  priceless  posses- 
sion. No  man  can  be  a  hero — or  even  a  success — without 
charm.  It  is  valuable  in  all  walks  of  life  and  endeavor,  but 
its  rewards  before  the  camera  are  fabulous  ! 

For  instance,  take  George  Arliss.  What  has  he?  Un- 
mistakably, CHARM ! 

What  made  John  Gilbert  the  matchless  hero  of  the  silent 
screen?    CHARM. 

As  you  leave  the  theatre  after  seeing  an  actor,  you  carry 
away,  not  the  memory  of  his  appearance  or  his  voice  or  his 
ability  to  sway  your  emotions,  but  a  combination  of  all  of 
these.    In  a  word,  CHARM  ! 

When  the  Editor  of  Movie  Classic  asked  me  to  tell 
what  I  find  charming  in  men,  I  was  both  delighted  and  non- 
plussed. Delighted,  because  I  have  always  maintained  that 
when  a  man  is  charming  he  has  everything ;  nonplussed, 
because  to  describe  charm  is  somewhat  like  being  asked  to 
put  into  words  the  splendor  of  Wagner's  music,  the  glory 
of  sunrise  in  the  San  Bernardino  mountains,  or  the  beauty 
of  a  child's  happy  smile.  But  the  opportunity  to  talk  on  a 
favorite  topic  is  far  too  infrequent  to  allow  it  to  pass,  so 
here  are  my  five  requirements  for  charm  in  men — one  re- 
quirement for  each  of  the  letters  of  the  word.  See  if  you 
agree : 

•     C  is  for  Chivalry. 

Even  when  I  was  a  very  little  girl,  leading  a  secluded 
existence  on  an  army  reservation  where  my  father  was 
stationed,  I  was  enthralled  by  the  tales  of  King  Arthur's 
Court.  I  still  am.  Chivalry,  not  necessarily  "knighthood 
in  full  flower,"  is  always  a  very  satisfying  trait  in  a  man. 
Most  women  find  themselves  vulnerable  to  it.  The  "little 
things"  in  life  go  to  make  it  up.  They  include  the  pulling 
out  of  a  chair  for  a  dinner  partner,  the  "right  way"  of  walk- 
ing along  the  street,  the  flowers  and  gallantries  that  don't 
call  for  any  large  expenditure  of  money,  but  bring  inex- 
pressible joy  and  eternal  devotion  from  womenfolk.  It  is 
really  pathetic  how  little  women  demand  of  demonstra- 
tions of  respect — merely  thoughtful  gestures,  chivalrous 
attentions. 

It  brings  to  my  mind  an  almost  forgotten  incident. 

I  recall  a  very,  very  poor  family  that  lived  on  the  wrong 
side  of  the  tracks  of  this  particular  town.  As  the  wife  of 
what  was  termed,  in  all  dignity,  "a  drinking  man,"  and  also 
the  mother  of  a  large  brood  of  scrawny,  poverty-stricken 
youngsters,  Mrs.  F.  was  obliged  to  provide  them  with  what 
few  necessities  they  had.  This  caused  her  to  seek  odd  jobs 
wherever  they  could  be  found.  She  did  some  work  for  our 
neighbors,  possibly  for  us,  I  cannot  say.  But  I  do  remem- 
ber she  was  discussing  her  marital  difficulties  with  our 
martial  cook,  who  advised  her  to  "shoot  him  up!" 

I  still  can  see  her,  worn  and  dilapidated  and  infinitely 
poignant,  recounting  her  husband's  shiftlessness  and  the 
ill-treatment  to  which  she  was       [Continued  on  page  72] 


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By  Gary  Cooper 

As  told  to  HELEN  HARRISON 


WHEN  Movie  Classic  asked  me  what  traits  men 
find  most  attractive  in  women,  I  simply  voted  for 
one  little  candidate — "charm."  Then  I  began  to 
wonder  if  I  knew  what  I  was  talking  about.  It  seemed  the 
logical  thing  to  answer,  and  sounded  as  though  it  covered 
a  lot  of  ground,  but  the  truth  of  the  matter  was  that  I  knew 
very  little  about  it. 

After  making  this  rash,  one-word  statement,  I  decided 
to  look  up  the  word  in  the  dictionary.  I  picked  on  one  of 
those  foot-thick  volumes  that  ordinarily  scare  me  on  sight, 
and  began  to  study  it.  The  more  I  read,  the  more  I  nialized 
I  had  got  myself  into  deep  water  by  uttering  that  one 
word.  "'Charm,"  I  discovered,  has  a  big.  long  paragraph 
all  to  itself,  which  begins  as  follows : 

"CHARM  ...  to  put  a  spell  upon  .  .  .  attract  irr- 

sistibly  .  .  .  bewitch  .  .  .  enchant  ...  as  to  charr 

audience. 

"To  overcome  as  by  magic  power  .  .  .  soc 

assuage  .  .  .  allay  .  .  . 

"To  influence  the  senses  or  the  mind  of 

quality  or  attraction  .  .  .  fascinate  .  .  .  de' 

The  definition  turned  out  to  be  a  descriptioi 
actress.     It  described  the  mental  and  spirits 
of  those  women  who  have  made  good  in  tl 
fession. 

Heretofore  I  had  never  stopped  to  analyz 
opposite  whom  I  had  played  in  pictures.    Now  1 
the  dictionary  had  all  the  answers  as  to  why 
working   with  them  and  why  audiences  go  to 
pictures. 

Millions  of   women   besides  actresses  have  thi. 
quality  of  charm,  but  just  what  it  is  made  of,  or  w 
it  is  a  natural  or  an  act  uired  trait,  is  more  than  I  can  an 
In  fact,  I  have  nevei   paid  any  particular  attention  i 
until  now,  and  merely  have  gone  along  taking  things 
granted ! 


— Richee 

latest  roman- 
*  Ibbetson" 


•  One  thing  that  I  have  noticed  about  charm  is  that,  to  a 
great  extent,  it  is  geographic.  That  helps  to  make 
the  job  of  defining  it  an  even  greater  task — if  not  an  im- 
possible one. 

In  the  various  countries  and  among  the  various  races  that 
I  have  visited,  ideals  of  womanhood  vary  with  the  parallels 
of  latitude  and  longitude.  Kau-oola-mai,  a  charming  girl 
in  that  Sunda  Isle  known' as  Bali,  would  be  something  con- 
siderably less  in  London's  Mayfair.  What  captivates  in 
the  Pampas  would  bring  a  different  reaction  in  the  Klon- 
dike. 

It  is  the  same  thing  with  individual  men.  The  woman 
who  seems  charming  to  one  man  has  absolutely  no  effect 
on  another.  Every  man  has  his  own  idea  of  what  consti- 
tutes charm  in  a  woman,  and  I  doubt  if  any  two  men  ever 
will  agree  on  every  detail. 

This  boils  it  all  down  to  a  suspicion  that  charm  in  a 
woman  exists  primarily  in  the  minds  of  the  persons  who 
consider  her  charming! 

My  own  ideas  of  what  constitutes  charm,  if  I  had  any 
formulated,  would  not  mean  a  thing.  They  might  be  ably 
refuted  by  Joe  Glutz  of  Bismarck,  North  Dakota,  while 
Herman  Zilch  of  the  same  town  would  heartily  agree  with 
me.  That  would  only  go  to  show  that  Zilch  and  I  think 
alike,  while  Glutz  has  different  ideas.  It  would  have  nothing 
to  rlo  with  the  validity  or  standards  [Continued  on  page  74] 


The  tench 
out  that  c 
man,  must 
in    general, 


Margaret  Sullavan  is  an  intense  young  mod- 
ern— who  is  intent  on  being  completely 
natural,  both  on  the  screen  and  off  it.  Here 
she  is  at  home  and  at  ease,  in  shorts.  And 
in  the  "scoop"  interview  on  the  opposite 
page  she  is  equally  as  informal — and  human1 


-Portrait  b\  Mac  Lean 


MOVIE  CLASSIC  pre- 
sents en  exclusive  inter- 
view with  the  screen's 
most  outspoken — and 
misunderstood —  star, 
who  says,  "I'm  not 
kidding   Hollywood!" 


By 

Virginia  Lane 


Margaret  Sulla- 
van  has  one  of 
the  year's  great 
roles  as  Vallette 
Bedford  in  So 
Red     the     Rose 


\Lant  rretend!" 

says  MARGARET  SULLAVAN 


C 


ERTAIXLY. 
tamed,'   you 


I've  always 
called  ; 


been 


[Margaret  Sullavan, 


like  this.  'Un- 
it i  I  guess  that's  it,"  said 
as  she  gave  me  that  million- 
dollar,  small-girl  grin  of  hers. 

"I  was  a  pampered  youngster  and  I  grew  up  with  the 
idea  that  I  could  do  as  I  wanted  to  do.  Not  that  it  was 
the  family's  fault,  you  understand.  They  had  to  give  in 
to  me  more  or  less  because  I  was  sick.  Anemic.  I  was  all 
arms  and  legs  and  weakness.  If  I  walked  upstairs  fast, 
things  would  get  black  in  front  of  my  eyes.  So,  naturally, 
I  didn't  encounter  much  family  opposition  to  anything  I 
wanted  to  do — 'if  it  wouldn't  hurt  me.' 

"A  future  ?  In  a  vague  sort  of  way,  I  didn't  expect  to 
have  any  and  I  got  in  the  habit  of  doing  whatever  pleased 
me  at  the  moment.  Sometimes  it  was  pretending  I  was 
Sarah  Bernhardt — in  my  aunt's  best  silk  dress.  One  time, 
it  was  painting  the  piano  legs  green — only  my  artistic 
talents  weren't  appreciated !"  Her  grin  deepened.  From 
her  seat  on  the  ground  she  inspected  the  fat  yellow  moon 
that  hung  above  Malibu  Lake,  near  Hollywood.  "I  never 
made  plans  as  most  girls  do.  I  don't  today  .  .  .  D'you 


know  something?  You  get  a  lot  more  fun  out  of  what 
you're  doing  now,  if  you  don't  think  about  what  you're 
going  to  do  next  .  .  . 

"We  lived  in  Norfolk,  and  the  family  took  me  all  over 
Virginia  and  North  Carolina,  fishing  and  hunting,  in  the 
hopes  of  making  me  stronger.  All  it  did  was  to  give  me  a 
taste  for  the  simple  life.  Ever  since,  I've  doted  on  living 
outdoors  and  hated  'dressing  up !'  ...  It  wasn't  until  I 
heard  someone  say  that  I'd  never  live  to  see  my  sixteenth 
birthday  that  I  really  set  my  mind  on  getting  well.  I  had 
to  show  'em.  That's  part  of  the  Sullavan  in  me,  I  guess. 

"Do  you  knozv  zvhat  really  made  me  decide  to  be  an 
actress?"  The  moon  winked  behind  a  cloud  and  some- 
where in  the  near-by  hills  a  coyote  howled.  Margaret 
threw  a  pebble  in  the  water,  watching  the  ripples  for  a 
long  moment.  "I  was  going  to  Sullins  College  in  South 
Carolina.  And  I  was  overwriting  every  essay  I  did  be- 
cause I  knew  that  if  I  wrote  enough,  I'd  strike  the  right 
thing  sooner  or  later.  But  the  professor  in  English  liter- 
ature caught  up  with  me.  On  the  margin  of  one  of  my 
papers  he  wrote,  T  wish  you   [Continued  on  page  68] 

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Clark  Gable  made  me  envious  of  his  own  easy-going  disposition.     So  I  shrugged,  too— for  the  first  time  in  my  life" 


How  Claudette  Colbert 


conquered  her 


I 


reatest  enemy! 


ONE  of  the  things  that  people  most  admire  about 
Claudette  Colbert  on  the  screen  is  her  great  poise, 
her  calm,  cool  self-assurance  ....  sometimes 
referred  to  as  her  "girlish  dignity."  And  when  Claudette 
reads  such  references  in  the  reviews  of  her  pictures,  she 
laughs  aloud  as  though  they  were  a  great  joke.  For,  as 
everyone  who  knows  her  well  is  aware,  these  particular 
qualities  are  self-manufactured. 

She  used  to  tie  herself  up  in  knots  over  some  small 
detail  faster  than  a  Barnum  and  Bailey  contortionist, 
and  the  weighing  of  her  problems  became  a  task  for  a 
Fairbanks  scale  to  deal  with.  Because,  believe  it  or  not, 
until  recently  Claudette  has  always  been  Hollywood's 
chronic  worrier ! 

But  now  she  laughs  aloud  when  people  call  her  calm 
and  cool.  She  smiles  because  she  knows  that  at  last  she 
has  succeeded  in  conquering  her  worst  enemy — worry — 
and  has  it  pretty  much  in  the  bag  where  it  belongs. 


"And  do  you  know  who  helped  me  conquer  it?"  she 
asked  me,  with  a  hint  of  the  surprise  to  come.  "None 
other  than  Clark  Gable,  himself ! 


•  "OF  COURSE,  other  people  had  tried  to  help  me. 
My  mother,  my  husband  (Norman  Foster),  my  friends, 
all  did  their  best.  But  because  they  were  so  close  to  me, 
I  was  inclined  to  disregard  their  advice  on  the  theory 
that  'they  didn't  understand'  .  .  .  that  no  relative  ever 
did.  But  when  my  constant  silly  little  worrying  got 
under  the  skin  of  a  fellow-worker,  a  co-star  .  .  .  well,  I 
really  listened. 

"Ever  since  being  a  child,  I  have  been  anticipating 
trouble.  That  has  been  my  particular  complex.  Before 
an  exam  in  school  I  used  to  worry  so  much  about  not 
passing  it  that  I  couldn't  even  study  for  it.  And  while 
everybody  else  wav  cramming  at  the  last  minute,  I  was 


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Do  you  worry  about  your  looks,  about  the  impression 
you  make  on  others,  about  things  that  might  happen? 
Claudette  did — until  Clark  Gable  taught  her  not  to  worry! 

By  Katharine  Hartley 


kneading  my  hands  and  wondering  what  the  family 
would  do  about  it  when  I  came  home  a  failure.  That 
never  seemed  to  happen,  for  I  always  managed  to  pull 


through,  somehow 


but  I  suffered  asronies ! 


"I  suppose  that  there  are  millions  of  girls  like  that 
in  the  world.    Perhaps  my  experiences  will  help. 


•  "AS  I  GREW  older  and  began  to  look  for  parts  on 
the  stage,  I  grew  worse.  I  would  leave  my  home  with 
high  hopes.  But  by  the  time  I  reached  a  producer's 
office,  I  had  worried  so  much  that  I  could  scarcely  speak 
my  piece.  Yet,  strangely  enough,  if  I  did  get  a  turn- 
down, I  never  wailed  about  it.  I  would  almost  feel 
relieved  that  it  had  happened,  because  that  was  what  I 
had  expected  to  happen.  It  was  strange  that  while  I 
always  used  to  cry  over  the  milk's  possible  spilling,  I 
never  cried  when  it  did. 

"I  think  that  a  little  tenseness  in  an  actress 
is  perhaps  a  good  thing.  At  least,  it  was  true  in 
my  case  that,  the  more  high-strung  and  the 
more  nervous  I  was  before  an  opening,  the  bet- 
ter I  was  in  my  performance.  This  tenseness 
creates  a  sort  of  electrical  energy  that  can  be 
turned  to  good  advantage  on  the  stage  .  .  . 
but  this  same  electrical  energy  displayed  else- 
where is  apt  to  drive  one's  friends  mad. 

"And  that's  true  not  only  among  friends 
and  relatives.  I  suppose  I  have  been  respon- 
sible for  much  gritting  of  teeth  among  dress- 
makers, car  salesmen,  clerks  in  department 
stores,  and  the  like.  I  could  never  help  being 
'persnickety'  over  every  little  thing  I  bought 
or  did.  'Was  the  article  going  to  last?  For 
how  long  was  it  guaranteed?  Would  Norman 
like  it?  Would  Mother  like  it?  Would  /  like 
it,  after  I  had  bought  it?'  And  so  on!  And, 
afterward,  I  would  be  conscience-stricken, 
and  try  to  patch  up  things  with  a  smile,  just 
to  show  that  I  wasn't  such  a  fuss-budget  as 
I  had  made  myself  out  to  be." 


'WHEN 


I  came  to  Hollywood,  a  big 
new  worry  entered  my  life,"  continued 
Claudette.  "My  face!  It  had  always  stood 
me  in  pretty  good  stead  on  the  stage,  but 
when  I  saw  it  for  the  first  time  on  the  screen, 
I  nearly  had  apoplexy.  I  was 


never 

My 

high, 

.  and 

the 


certain  that  I  would 
have  a  picture  career 
cheekbones  were  too 
my  nose  was  tiptilted  .  .  . 
those  two  features  were 
ones  that  every  cameraman 
dreaded  most !  I  actually 
cried  that  night,  I  was  so 
worried.  Mother  said,  'Now, 
what's  the  use  of  worrying? 
It's  your  face,  and  you  can't 
change  it.     Let  the  photog- 


Says  Claudette: 
"There  is  only 
one  worry  of 
which  I  have 
never  been 
guilty  .  .  .  and 
that  is  how 
I  look  off 
the  scree  n." 
(P.  S.  W  h  y 
should      she?) 


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raphers  worry  about  finding  a  way  to  photograph  it!' 
"Again  I  was  certain  that  she  didn't  understand.  She 
couldn't  understand  what  all  this  meant  to  me  ...  or 
she  wouldn't  be  so  casual  about  it.  So  I  shared  the 
studio's  worries.  Eventually  things  worked  out  all  right, 
of  course ;  my  face  problem  was  conquered. 

"But,  with  that  particular  headache  out  of  the  way,  I 
began  to  worry  about  scripts  and  parts  and  proper  di- 
rectors— until  making  a  picture  was  actually  an  ordeal, 
instead  of  the  fun  it  should  be.  Even  then,  I  never 
realized  how  much  my  worrying  was  annoying  other 
people,  until  It  Happened  One  Night  came  along. 


•  "I  REMEMBER  that  only  a  few  days  after  we  had 
started  the  picture,  I  was  voicing  my  worries  about  it 
to  Clark  Gable.  I  had  my  doubts  about  the  script  .  .  . 
the  dialogue  was  too  flip,  I        [Continued  on  page  73] 


The  Grandest  Roma 
Ever  Born  from  the  ft 
Dipped  Pen  of 


Reckless  sons  of  the  fla 
ride   and  fight    for  lo 


WALTER  ABEL,  dashing  young  Broadway  stage  star 
as  D'Artagnan,  gay  and  audacious,  as  Dumas  must 
have  dreamed  him!  Beloved  PAUL  LUKAS  as  Athos, 
MARGOT  GRAHAME,  who  soared  to  dramatic 
heights  in  the  year's  most  praised  picture  "The  Informer", 
plays  the  alluring  Milady  de  Winter  together  with  a 
superb  cast  including  Heather  Angel,  Ian  Keith,  Moroni 
Olsen,  Onslow  Stevens,  Rosamond  Pinchot,  John 
Qualen,  Ralph  Forbes  and  Nigel  de  Brulieras  Richelieu. 


Cast  to  perfection! 
Produced  with  a  lav- 
ish hand  by  Cliff  Reid. 

Fencing  arrangements 
by  Fred  Cavens. 


lis  month  a  real 


comes 


le  screens  o 


as  RKO- RADIO    gives  you   one  of  its  finest  pictures 


KETEEI 

Superbly  directed  by  Rowland  V.  Lee. 

RKO-RADIO  PICTURES  YOU  WILL  WANT  TO  SEE/ 

Fred  Astaire  and  Ginger  Rogers  in  "TOP  HAT."  Music  and 
Lyrics  by  Irving  Berlin  ....  Katharine  Hepburn  as  Booth 
Tarkington's  most  loved  heroine  "Aliee  Adams".  .  .  .  The 
superb  screen  play  from  Mazo  de  la  Roche's  prize  novel 
"Jalna".  .  .  .  Lionel  Barrymore  in  David  Belasco's  greatest 
stage  success  "The  Return  of  Peter  Grimm"  and  Merian 
C.  Cooper's   spectacle   drama  "The   Las?   Days  of  Pompeii" 


--;  - 


^ 


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Movie  Classic  for  October,  1935 


Woman  S 


mart 


DOLORES  DEL  RIO,  who 
has  charm  that  matches 
her  beauty,  makes  this 
provocative  statement: 
uNo  attractive  woman 
should  be  conspicuous!" 

By  J.  Eugene  Chrisman 


the  flashiest,  whose  voices  can  be  heard  above  all  others, 
and  who  are  constantly  saying  T  or  'my'  or  'me.'  I'm 
sure  that  any  man  would  rather  be  with  a  woman  whose 
mannerisms  denote  quiet  good  taste,  who  does  not  go  in 
for  excesses  of  dress,  and  who  will  listen  and  let  him 
talk  about  himself  occasionally,  instead  of  forcing  him 
to  talk  about  her.  He  has  a  way  of  feeling  flattered 
when  such  a  woman — a  woman  of  subtle  feminine  graces 
— likes  his  company." 


•  What  kind  of  woman  does  she  think  is  the  saddest 
victim   of  that  all-too-human    [Continued   on  page  62] 


V 


~^HIS  is  my  listening  room,"  smiled  Dolores  Del 
Rio,  as  we  entered  her  modernistic  living  room. 
"I  suppose  I  have  done  more  good  listening  here 
than  in  any  other  room  of  the  house.  Learning  to  listen 
is  important,  you  know.  No  woman  can  be  conspicuous, 
if  she  listens  more  than  she  talks." 

Dolores  is  one  of  Hollywood's  most  charming  women 
■ — but  far  less  aggressively  so  than  some  of  her  sensa- 
tional contemporaries.  She  does  not  (and  never  will) 
try  to  startle  onlookers  with  her  allure.  Artists  may  pay 
tribute  to  her  classic  loveliness,  but  she,  of  all  the  people 
in  Hollywood,  seems  least  conscious  of  that  fact.  She 
has  the  inherent  good  taste  of  a  sensitive  sophisticate, 
who  feels  that  a  woman  should  not  ballyhoo  her  charm, 
but  allow  others  the  pleasure  of  discovering  it  for 
themselves.  (If  a  woman  has  charm,  they  will  dis- 
cover it.) 

Men  like  that  quality  in  Dolores  Del  Rio.     She  at- 
tracts them  without  making  any  apparent  effort  to  at- 
tract.    And  what  are  her  subtle  secrets?     What  is  her 
"philosophy  of  charm"?     I  went  to  inter- 
view her- — to  find  out. 

"In  the  matter  of  dress,"  she  said,  as  she 
sat  back  gracefully  (and  few  women  know 
how  to  sit  gracefully),  "no  woman  who 
wishes  to  be  attractive  should  dress  so  that 
she  stands  out  in  a  crowd.  She  should  avoid 
too  many  bright  colors,  rakish  hats,  flouncy 
gowns  and  novelty  gloves.  No  one  part  of 
her  ensemble — her  dress,  her  hat  or  her 
shoes — should  stand  out  from  the  others.  If 
she  wants  to  be  charming,  she  should  not 
enter  a  room  in  a  manner  that  says,  'See 
who's  here !'  " 

"I  think  that  the  really  well-dressed  wom- 
an is  not  the  one  you  notice  first,  but  the  one 
you  remember  longest.  I  do  not  believe  that 
many  men  are  attracted  to  conspicuous 
women — women  who  have  no  glamor  of 
mystery,  no  poised  reserve.  They  do  not 
rush  toward  the  women  whose  dresses  are 


"The  really  well- 
dressed  woman  is  not 
the  one  you  notice 
first,  but  the  one  you 
remember  longest," 
says  Dolores  Del  Rio. 
(She  is  wearing  a 
metal-cloth  shirtmaker 
frock — v  e  r  y  chic 
and     tailored) 

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V 


V 


Shirley 
Health 


If  she  hadn't  been  healthy, 
she  would  never  be  the 
world's  most  famous  child 
today.  And  Dr.  Russell 
Sands,  who  knows, tells  what 
her  mother  has  done  for  her! 


Shirley    lemple  today — aged  six — in   Curly  Top 


ONCE    upon    a    time,    a    small 
miracle  was  born.     Everyone, 
unless    he    has    been     South- 
Poling  with  Admiral  Byrd  during  the 
last  year  or  two,  knows  that  the  small 
miracle    who    arrived    in    the     Santa 
Monica  Hospital  on  April  23,  1929,  is 
none  other  than  the  dimpled  darling  of  Fox  Films — 
Shirley  Temple !     There  were  other  details  to  be  noted 
at  the  time,  such  as  an  elfin  face  framed  by  wisps  of 
golden  hair  revealing  a  tendency  to  curl,  a  mere  sugges- 
tion of  a  mouth,  and  a  button  of  a  nose. 

Today,  aged  six,  she  is  the  world's  most  famous  little 
girl — one  of  the  Ten  Top  Favorites  of  the  world's 
greatest  entertainment  medium,  the  movies — and  has 
just  completed  her  ninth  starring  picture.  Curly  Top. 
All  at  the  age  of  six ! 

And  the  root  of  Shirley's  tremendous  charm  today — 
her  glowing  health — leaves  nothing  to  be  desired.  She 
is  a  bit  heavier  than  the  average  six-year-old,  but  is  as 
solid  as  her  own  box-office  appeal.  And  she  is  endowed 
with  the  sunniest  of  dispositions — the  logical  result  of 
fine  health  in  any  child. 

How  Shirley  acquired  her  amazing  health  and  energy, 
and  her  sweet,  lovable,  cheerful  disposition  makes  a 
story  with  a  theme  as  old  as  life  itself — the  story  of 
mother-love. 

But  it  took  even  more  than  this  love  to  accomplish 
the  miracle  you  see  upon  the  screen  today.  It  was  love 
coupled  with  a  mother's  intelligence,  and  an  under- 
standing  application   of    a   pattern   designed   to   make   a 

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child   healthy    in    body,    mind    and   character. 

If  Shirley  ever  voiced  anything  so  unoriginal 
as    a   bromide — perish   the    thought ! — she    might 
seriously  utter  that  famous  classic,  "All  that  I  am 
I  owe  to  my  mother." 


•  DR.  RUSSELL  SANDS  of  Santa 
Monica,  whose  life's  work  revolves  about 
children  and  their  health,  has  been 
Shirley's  doctor  from  her  infancy.  And 
he  lays  all  the  credit  for  transforming 
this  tiny  mite  into  the  robust,  rounded, 
merry  Curly  Top  at  the  feet  of  Mrs. 
Gertrude  Temple,  Shirley's  mother. 

"Shirley's  health  is  letter-perfect,"  Dr. 
Sands   told  me.     "She  has   a  balanced, 
stable  nervous  system,  a  sound  body,  the 
sweetest  nature  imaginable,  and  an  alert 
mind   far  beyond  a  child  of  her  years. 
Why?     Because  Mrs.  Temple  sought  ad- 
vice in  building  up  Shirley,  and  then  adhered  rigidly  to 
the  routine  prescribed.     She  persisted  in  following  the 
rules,  even  in  the  face  of  ridicule  by  other  mothers." 
The  secret  of  that  health  program  might  be  briefly 
summed   up    in    three    salient   points:    1.    Proper    diet. 
2.  Plenty  of  rest.     3.  Supervision  of  character-building 
habits. 

But  before  going  into  this,  I  want  to  let  you  in  on 
another  secret.  The  charming  friendship  existing  be- 
tween this  favorite  actress  of  millions  and  the  eminent 
child  specialist  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  things  of 
which  I  know. 

In  the  first  place.  Dr.  Sands  pretends  to  be  serious 
in  his  remark  that  Shirley  is  just  another  patient  to 
him.  Without  her  glamor,  he  says,  she  would  be  the 
typical  little  American  girl.  But  give  him  half  a  chance, 
and  he  will  tell  you  about  her  lovable  nature,  her  un- 
usual intelligence,  her  amazing  personality,  and  so  on, 
just  as  if  he  were  her  press-agent ! 

And  does  Dr.  Sands  wax  indignant  about  any  sugges- 
tion that  she  will  ever  be  "spoiled"!  Not  that  I  have 
suggested  such  a  thing — I  know  Shirley  better  than 
that.  But  just  watch  your  step,  if  you  commit  such 
a  faux  pas  in  his  presence! 


Temple's 
Secrets 


By  Anne  Ellis  Meyers 


•  AS  FOR  Shirley,  she  thinks  the  tall,  good- 
looking,  pleasant  doctor  is  O.K.,  thank  you. 
They  get  along  splendidly  together.  I  saw  her 
in  his  office  recently,  an  edifying  picture  of  what 
the  well-dressed  young  miss  is  wearing  this 
season.  A  double-breasted  blue  coat  revealed  a 
glimpse  of  a  blue-and-white  checked  frock,  and 
a  bewitching  blue  bonnet  covered  her  curls.  She 
dashed  across  the  room  and  embraced  the  doctor 
in  a  big  bear  hug.  There  were  several  friends 
of  Dr.  Sands  present,  and  she  was  introduced 
to  them. 

"How  d'you  do,  Mr.  So-and-So,"  she  said  to 
each  in  turn,  repeating  every  name  correctly. 

The  social  amenities  over,  Miss  Curly  Top 
turned  her  attention  to  the  toys  in  the  reception 
room.  Tucking  a  lavender-colored  woolly  dog 
under  her  arm,  she  obediently  followed  her 
mother  into  the  doctor's  private  office.  Another 
child  might  tremble  at  this  point,  but  Shirley  has 
no  fear.  Everything  is  fun  to  her — the  shiny 
white  table,  the  instruments,  the  bottles  in  the 
cabinet.  She  refuses  to  be  awed  by  the  doctor. 
addresses  him  formally   [Continued  on  page  64] 


Dr.  Russell  Sands,  her  lifelong  friend,  vaccinates  the  inimitable  Shirley 


Aged  two  years 


Shirley  at  eight  months 


&% 


If 


Shirley    wears    white    crepe, 
with  organdie  shoulder  pleats 


And    white    crepe,    with 
black    velvet    capelet 


And    a    yellow    silk    crepe, 
designed   by   Rene   Hubert 


33 


Hun-el! 


Joan  Crawford  has  been  accused  of 
frying  to  be  a  hundred  different 
people.  But  she  doesn't  deserve  the 
accusation   any  more  than  you   do! 


By  S.  R.  Mook 


There's 

Only  One 

JOAN! 


SOMEONE  always  seems  to  be  discovering  "a  new 
Joan  Crawford" — a  "different  Joan" — a  "more 
worldly  Joan."  I'm  sick  of  it.  I  haven't  seen  any 
weird,  fantastic  collection  of  different  Joans.  I  have 
seen  a  changed  Joan,  yes.  But  I  have  been  changing, 
myself.  So  have  you.  If  the  years  brought  no 
changes  in  us — changes  for  the  better — we  would  con- 
sider them  wasted.  And  Joan  has  done  anything  but 
waste  the  few  brief  years  that  she  has  been  in  Holly- 
wood! 

But  these  stories  about  a  hundred  "different"  Joans 
have  finally  reached  such  proportions  that  movie-goers 
now  are  shrieking,  "Please!  Not  another  Joan!"  The 
stories  have  reached  sugh  proportions  that  it's  time 
we  heard  from  the  person  most  intimately  concerned — 
Joan,  herself. 

"Joan,"  I  asked,  point-blank,  "don't  you  ever  resent 
it  when  you  read  all  this  twaddle  about  'new  Joans'  ? 
Doesn't  it  annoy  you  when  you  read  that  'our  Joan  has 
gone  grand  on  us'  ?" 

She  gave  what  sounded  amazingly  like  a  snort. 
"There  aren't  any  new  Joans,"  she  informed  me,  in- 
cisively. "I  haven't  gone  grand.  Look !  Take  any 
girl,  or  any  group  of  girls.  When  they  are  in  high 
school  or  college,  life  means  little  to  them  except  danc- 
ing every  night.  All  they  want  is  excitement.  They 
want  to  be  on  the  go  all  the  time.  But  after  a  few 
years,  that  sort  of  existence  begins  to  pall.  They 
start  looking  around  for  other  pleasures,  other  activi- 
ties. 

"I  was  no  different  from  any  of  those  other  girls. 
I  had  worked  hard  ever  since  I  could  remember. 
When  I  first  came  to  Hollywood,  I  lived  in  a  little 
two-by-four  room.  I  didn't  know  anyone  at  the 
studio,  and  no  one  knew  me.  I  was  young,  full  of 
life,  and  with  nowhere  to  go  and  no  way  to  let  off 
excess  steam. 

"As  I  began  to  get  acquainted,  and  various  lads 
wanted  to  take  me  dancing,  it  was  as  natural  for  me 
to  go  as  for  any  other  girl  in  any  other  walk  of  life. 
I  was  no  older  than  any  member  of  an  average  group 
of  college  girls.  Also,  don't  forget  that  I  had  never 
had  the  time  or  the  opportunity  for  playing  before. 
But  as  time  went  on,  I  grew  tired  of  dancing- — just  as 
any  other  girl  would  have  if  she  had  danced  as  much 
as  I  had. 

"Let's  still  use  that  group  of  girls  as  an  example," 
continued  Joan.  "After  they  tire  of  dancing,  they 
marry  and  settle  down.     So    [Continued  on  page  75] 


34 


Garbo    to    Sweden:    "Weli,    here 
I    am    now — wild    and    uncombed" 


Garbo 


In 
a 


ubhcation 


It  has  been  years  since  you  have  read  a  Garbo  interview. 
But  here  is  one-authentic,  dramatic,  straight  from  Sweden! 


By  Gunilla  Bjelke 


'VERYBODY  in  Gothenburg,  Sweden,  knew  that 
Greta  Garbo  was  on  board  the  Swedish  liner, 
Kungsholm,  which  was  slowly  moving  into  its 
home  port.  Everybody  in  Gothenburg  was  there  to  see 
the  ship  dock.  But  would  anyone  actually  see  Garbo? 
Or  would  she  be  smuggled  ashore  in  a  packing  case — or 
go  ashore  dressed  as  an  old  man — or  perhaps  be  spirited 
away  by  the  boatload  of  optimistic  reporters  that  had 
gone  out  to  meet  the  ship — or  some  other  fast  motor- 
boat?  Or  was  she  actually  going  to  come  down  the 
gangplank  like  any  other  mortal,  to  greet — and  be  . 
greeted  by — her  admiring  fellow-countrymen? 

Out  on  the  little  press  boat,  the  newspaper  people — a 
couple  of  them  from  as  far  away  as  Greece — were 
wondering  if  she  would  escape  them,  as  she  had  escaped 
reporters  in  New  York,  and  not  grant  them  an  inter- 
view. Being  one  among  them,  I  must  admit  that  I  was 
uneasy,  too,  having  flown  from  Stockholm  to  Gothen- 
burg for  the  sole  purpose  of  seeing  Garbo. 

At  the  top  of  the  staircase  leading  up  the  ship's  side, 
Ave  were  greeted  cordially  by  Captain  Wulff,  himself, 
who  escorted  us  to  the  ship's  library.  He  urged  us  to 
sit  down  and  wait.  "She  will  see  you,"  he  said  re- 
assuringly— and  disappeared.  Minutes  ticked  past,  and 
nothing  happened. 

Finally,  we  had  been  waiting  for  a  full  half-hour — 
and  the  ship  was  drawing  near  the  pier.  Had  we  been 
fooled  into  coming  in  off  the  deck,  so  that  she  could 
escape?  The  news  photographers  re-arranged  their 
cameras,  examing  their  lights,  to  make  sure  that  every- 
thing was  ready,  in  case  Garbo  should  appear  and  dis- 
appear suddenly.  I  personally  had  been  accompanied 
by  the  photographer,   Paul   Melander.     But   since  we 


had  stepped  on  the  boat,  he  had  mysteriously  dis- 
appeared. I  couldn't  go  looking  for  him  now.  And  I 
had  no  way  of  knowing  that  I  was  to  have  good  news 
from  him  later.  .  . 

We  had  waited  three-quarters  of  an  hour  when  a 
most  irritated  gentleman,  faintly  reminiscent  of  Musso- 
lini, entered.  He  took  charge  of  the  whole  gathering, 
treating  us  all  as  if  we  were  his  employees.  Which 
made  us  highly  amused.  Who  was  the  man?  Nobody 
knew.  And  cared  less — after  a  while.  He  undoubtedly 
had  Greta  Garbo's  welfare  on  his  mind — most  likely 
unasked  for,  we  gathered.  Extremely  annoyed  at  us, 
he  told  the  calm  photogra-        [Continued  on  page  77] 


pi, 


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enfe^ineXherEnSSOn'  * ■  S. 


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35 


Chaplin-hi  Quest 


o 


f  L 


ove 


All  his  life,  the  genius  of  mirth  has  been  seeking   an   ideal   love. 
And  all  he  ever  found  was  heartache-until  he  met  Paulette  Goddard 


By  Dell  Hogarth 


h 


IS  weakness  is  women."  So  said  a  producer 
and  a  director,  standing  on  the  sidelines  at  the 
old  Mack  Sennett  comedy  studios  in  Holly- 
wood, watching  the  little  comedian  shuffle  through  his 
inimitable  antics.  The  verdict  was  pronounced  lugu- 
briously. Charlie  Chaplin  had  just  skyrocketed  into  fame 
as  one  of  the  greatest  box-office  draws  in  the  struggling 
movie  industry.  Now,  starting  a  new  two-reeler,  he  was 
showering  attentions  upon  his  new  leading  lady  as  soon 
as  he  stepped  off  the  set.  This  weakness,  they  agreed, 
would  get  him.  He  would  make  a  meteoric  flash  and 
then,  shorn  of  creative  powers  by  some  lovely  pair  of 
hands,  sizzle  out  to  oblivion. 

If  these  gentlemen  could  have  foreseen  the  host  of 
beautiful  and  illustrious  women  who  would  weave  a 
bright  pattern  of  his  emotional  life,  they  would  have 
thrown  up  their  hands  in  disbelief. 

For  they  were  wrong,  these  gentlemen.  Women  are 
not  Chaplin's  weakness.  They  are  his  strength.  Love  is 
the  life-blood  of  his  creativeness  as  an  artist.  His  every 
picture  has  been  inspired  by  some  woman,  and  his  every 
effort  has  been  a  tribute  to  an  adored  one.  But,  contrary 
to  popular  belief,  he  has  not  been  emotionally  involved 
with  all  of  his  leading  ladies. 

Edna  Purviance,  of  The  Gold  Rush  and  A  Woman  of 
Paris  fame,  occupies  a  unique  position  in  his  life.  And 
so  does  Paulette  Goddard,  his  leading  lady  in  his  latest 
picture,  Modem  Times.  Of  these,  and  his  two  child- 
wives,  we  shall  speak  later.  But  Merna  Kennedy,  Vir- 
ginia Cherrill,  and  Georgia  Hale  were  merely  actresses 


as  far  as  Chaplin  was  concerned.  Pola  Negri — to  whom 
he  was  once  reported  engaged — may  have  meant  a  little 
more.    She  never  appeared  with  him  on  the  screen. 

But  this  is  the  important  truth  to  know  about  the  great 
comedian,  the  only  comedian  ever  to  be  called  "a  genius"  : 
The  love  of  some  inspirational  woman  is  more  vital  to 
him  than  breath,  for  without  such  love,  he  holds  life  to 
be  nothing,  and  not  worth  living. 


•  IT  WAS  nothing,  to  this  sad-eyed  Pagliacci,  not  so 
long  ago.  He  had  reached  an  emotional  abyss  in  which 
life  held  no  gifts  that  could  stir  his  desire  to  go  on  living. 
"Living,"  he  confided  bitterly  at  the  time,  "has  become 
no  more  than  a  habit." 

He  had  just  returned  from  his  triumphal  trip  around 
the  world.  He  was  still  to  meet  Paulette  Goddard.  He 
was  tired  of  wealth  and  fame  and  love.  He  was  surfeited 
with  them  all.  He  was  aching  from  ennui.  But  one  tiny 
flame  still  fluttered  feebly  within  him,  beckoning  onward. 

He  wanted  to  live  in  his  youth  again,  he  wrote,  hoping 
"to  capture  the  moods  and  sensations  of  childhood,"  so 
remote  from  him  then,  and  unreal,  almost  like  a  dream. 
He  wanted  to  turn  back  the  clock  of  the  years,  to  venture 
into  the  blurred  past  and  bring  it  into  focus. 

And  the  fountain  of  youth,  Chaplin  was  wise  enough 
to  know,  is  to  be  found  in  the  heart. 

Since  those  melancholy  days  when  he  had  propped  his 
tired  elbows  on  the  window-sill  of  a  workhouse  orphan- 
age in  London  to  gaze  longing-  [Continued  on  page  84] 


Virginia    Cherrill 


Pola  Negri 


Edna    Purviance 


Georgia   Hale 


36 


Charlie  Chaplin 
knew  little  affec- 
tion as  a  child. 
And  so,  sensitive 
dreamer  that  he 
was,  he  imagined 
an  ideal  love  that 
should  make  up  for 
all  he  had  missed. 
The  constant  heart- 
ache of  the  search 
for  this  ideal  has 
given  him  that 
wistful  quality.  .  .  . 


Wide  World 

Lita  Grey  bore  Chaplin  two  sons — Charles,  Jr.,  and 
Sidney — with  whom  he  spends  every  weekend.  But 
differences  in  temperament  parted  Charlie  and  Lita 


"The  cleverest  girl 
have  ever  known,"  Chap- 
in  called  Paulette  God- 
dard  two  years  ago.  He 
was       not       exaggerating 


Mildred  Harris"  beauty 
appealed  to  the  artist 
in  Chaplin.  But,  little 
more  than  a  child  then, 
she  could  not  keep  pace 
with    his    feverish     mind 


37 


The  "Dinner-for-Eight- 

on-$3)>  C\\xb 


Four  members  of  Hollywood's  smart  younger  set  start  some- 
thing   new    in    depression    dining.    It's    fun-and    practical! 


1: 


By  Kay  Osborn 

*HE  Junior  League  might  get  away  with  a  thing 
like  that,"  said  Patricia  Ellis,  doubtfully,  "but 
could  zvef  You  can  practise  any  kind  of  econo- 
my in  the  name  of  Charity  or  Society,  but  remember 
we're  only  picture  players,  and  the  public  supposes  we 
have  a  lot  of  money,  even  if  we  haven't  .  .  .  and  if  we 
give  a  dinner  that  costs  as  little  as  three  or  four  dollars, 
won't  people  think  we've  gone  stingy?  Honest,  Paula, 
I  don't  think  it  will  work !" 

Patricia  Ellis  and  Paula  Stone,  movie  newcomer  and 
daughter  of  famed  Fred  Stone,  were  discussing  the 
problem  of  entertaining  their  "set"  .  .  .  and  how  to  do 
it  on  the  least  possible  amount  of  money.  Their  "set," 
in  case  you  aren't  up  on  Hollywood's  younger  genera- 
tion, includes  Anita  Louise  and  Tom  Brown,  Helen 
Mack  and  her  new  husband,  Charles  Erwin,  and  Henry 
Willson  and  Ben  Alexander,  who  keep  Pat  and  Paula, 


Anita  Louise  (left)  and  Paula 
Stone  and  Patricia  Ellis  (be- 
low) are  three  of  the  girls 
who  served  complete  dinners 
on  $3  apiece.   So  could  you! 


respectively,  from  being  lonely  in  the  big  movie  city. 
You  see,  the  boys  in  the  group  had  trotted  them  around 
to  the  Trocadero  and  other  night  spots  time  and  time 
again,  and  now  they  felt  they  should  do  something  to 
repay  them  a  little  .  .  .  but  what,  and  on  what?  That 
was  their  problem.  (And  doesn't  it  sound  very  familiar 
to  you  ? ) 


•  "I  KNOW !"  said  Paula,  suddenly  inspired.  "We 
could  make  a  club  out  of  it.  And  we  could  put  a  little 
competition  into  it,  too,  just  to  add  fun  and  suspense.  I 
could  give  a  dinner  for  the  eight  of  us  .  .  .  then  you 
could  give  one  next  week  .  .  .  Helen  (Mack)  could  be 
next  in  line,  and  then  Anita  could  have  her  turn.  Each 
of  us  would  be  required  to  plan  our  menu  to  cost  less 
than  three  dollars.  That  will  take  a  lot  of  ingenuity  .  .  . 
and  each  hostess  will  have  to  put  her  itemized  budget 
right  on  the  table,  so  that  there  will  be  no  chance  to  cheat 

And  then  at  the  end  of 
the  four  dinners,  we  can 
vote  which  dinner  was 
the  best,  and  the  winning 
hostess  can  get  a  prize  or 
a  medal  or  something. 
How  does  that  sound?" 
"Let's  ask  Helen  if  she 
i  thinks   it  can  be   done," 

|  suggested   Pat,   reaching 

A  for    the    phone.      "She's 

\  the    only   housewife 

[Continued  on  page  88] 


Helen  Mack  said 
it  could  be  done 


Are  Ydu  Up-to-date 
about  Helen  Vinson? 


The  tail,  poised  Southern  girl  is 
the  very  newest  international  star. 
And   fascinating    from    any    angle! 

By  Valerie  Gay 


WHEN  Helen  Vinson,  then  in  her  teens,  walked 
into  dress  shops  in  her  hometown  of  Houston, 
Texas,  she  never  dreamed  that,  in  a  very  few 
years,  her  taste  in  clothes  would  be  world-famous. 

When  she  finished  at  the  University  of  Texas,  where 
she  was  known  as  "the  campus  menace,"  and  started  on 
the  stage  in  romantic  roles,  she  never  dreamed  that  world 
audiences  would  become  Vinson-conscious  by  her  expert 
playing  of  unsympathetic  "other  women" 
parts. 

When  she  first  left  Broadway  for  Hol- 
lywood, she  never  dreamed  that  she  would 
attain  stardom  six  thousand  miles  from 
Hollywood — in  a  British  picture.  And  in 
a  romantic  role. 

And  when  she  played  her  first  game  of 
tennis,  she  never  dreamed  that  one  day 
she  would  interest  (romantically)  the 
world's  greatest  tennis  player — who  is 
none  other  than  tall,  smiling,  colorful 
Fred  Perry  of  London,  England. 

All  of  which  gives  Helen  the  impres- 
sion that  practically  anything  can  happen 
in  this  life  that  we  are  all  living ! 


•  SHE  was  born  Helen  Rulfs,  the 
daughter  of  a  well-to-do  Texas  oil  man, 
and  grew  up  to  be  five  feet,  six  inches  tall 
without  benefit  of  high  heels.  Moreover, 
she  grew  up  with  a  Southern  accent.  At 
first,  both  her  height  and  the  soft  South- 
ern slurring  of  words  seemed  like  pos- 
sible handicaps  on  the  stage.  That  was 
why,  for  a  while,  she  became  a  profes- 
sional model. 

But  elocution  lessons  lessened  the  ac- 
cent, and  her  poise  made  her  height  a 
distinct  asset,  not  a  liability.  She  proved 
that  the  tall  girl  could  be  graceful  and 
charming  without  being  statuesque.  She 
had  glamor.  She  had  charm.  She  had 
intelligence.     She  was  human  and  under- 


Helen  Vinson  has  won  a  reputation 
as  one  of  the  world's  best-dressed 
women.  This  black  net  and  satin,  with 
a  sari  cape,  is  a  Molyneux  creation 


39 


standable  and  likeable — even  when  the  script  zvriters 
made  her  appear  a  super-menace ! 

In  other  words,  Helen  has  won  public  approval  the 
hard  way.  She  has  taken  the  thankless  roles  and  turned 
them  to  her  advantage.  She  has  refused  to  be  tied  down 
to  any  one  studio — so  that  no  one  studio  has  felt  the 
necessity  of  "building  up"  her  standing  as  an  actress,  as 
a  personality,  or  as  a  woman  who  dresses  beautifully. 
She  has  earned  every  bit  of  her  reputation. 

And  it  has  not  gone  to  her  brownish-blonde  head ; 
nor  is  there  any  fleck  of  egotism  in  her  brown  eyes. 
Whatever  praise  may  come  her  way,  she  takes  in  stride 
— with  a  smile  about  the  possible  impermanence  of  it. 
She  is  a  firm  believer  in  the  old  [Continued  on  page  66] 


Colorful  VJomcn-and 


By  Selena  Morrison 


DO  YOU  remember  the  excite- 
ment you  felt  when  Anna 
Christie  came  to  your  theatre 
and  you  first  read  those  magic  words, 
"Garbo  TALKS"? 

But  1935  has  brought  you  a  new 
"high"  in  movie  thrills.  You  have  met 
that  vivacious  vixen,  Becky  Sharp. 
You  have  seen  something  more  than 
shadows  on  the  "shadow  screen"  ;  you 
have  seen  a  woman  in  natural,  lifelike 
color — a  woman  whose  expressive 
eyes  are  blue,  whose  ash-blonde  hair 
catches   and   reflects   the   glory   of    a 


To  Rouben  Mamoulian,  orange- 
yellow  expresses  the  per- 
sonality    of     Miriam     Hopkins 


sunny  day,  whose  lips,  trembling  in 
fright  and  ecstasy,  are  red  lips ! 

Becky  Sharp  will  paint  Hollywood 
red !  And  she  won't  stop  there !  Yel- 
low, blue,  orchid,  green,  magenta, 
brown,    pink,     tan,     orange,    purple, 

cerise,  crimson Just  name  your 

favorite  hue  and  voild!  there  it  will 
be! 

But  stop  a  moment. 

What  are  color  films  going  to  do 
to  your  favorite  star,  and  mine  ? 
Miriam  Hopkins,  who  played  Becky, 
may  be  "just  the  type,"  but  what  of 
Joan  Crawford,  Janet  Gaynor,  Kath- 
arine Hepburn  ?  What  of  Garbo  ? 
What  of  the  others? 

The  more  I  asked  myself  these 
questions,  the  more  determined  I  be- 
came to  know  the  answers.  All  the 
answers — and  the  right  ones.  Who 
could  tell  me  ? 

Rouben  Mamoulian,  of  course!  The 
man  who  directed  Becky  Sharp  for 
Pioneer  Pictures — and  the  only  man, 
incidentally,  who  has  directed  the 
three  leading  glamor  queens  from 
abroad :  Marl  en  e  Dietrich,  Anna  Sten, 
and  Garbo. 


•  I  FOUND  him  charming  and  as 
eager  to  talk  about  color  as  we  are 
to  learn  its  possibilities. 

"Set  all  your  fears  at  rest,"  he 
told  me.  "Color  on  the  screen  will  en- 
rich every  face — it  doesn't  matter 
whose — because  it  will  make  every 
player's  individuality,  or  glamor  more 
pronounced.    The  color  of  the  com- 


plexion, the  hair,  the  eyes  will  accen- 
tuate the  features,  making  each  face 
more  individual  than  it  has  been  up  to 
now,  and  adding  to  the  variety  of 
faces  on  the  screen. 

"Let  me  put  it  this  way,"  Mamou- 
lian offered.  "There  is  a  saying  that 
'at  night  all  cats  are  gray.'  So  are 
humans  in  the  color-blind  eye  of  the 
black-and-white  camera.  They  are  all 
reduced  to  gray,  which  becomes  the 
Common  Denominator  as  it  were. 

"Then,"  he  suggested,  "consider 
the  same  man  or  woman  in  the  color 
scheme  of  things.  Hair,  complexion, 
and  eyes  are  brought  to  life  and  ani- 
mated. So  color  makes  for  greater 
individuality,  for  greater  expression 
of  personality." 

"Just  how,"  I  asked,  "would  you  go 
about  selecting  a  blonde  or  a  brunette 
for  a  part?" 

"I'm  glad  you  brought  that  up," 
the  director  answered  quickly,  ."for 
that  is  just  the  point !  You  won't  se- 
lect a  'blonde'  or  a  'brunette'  in  the 
new  color  era,  although  I'll  grant  you 
that  we  used  to  do  just  that.  You  will 
select  individual  beauties  individually ! 
Formerly,  if  the  heroine  were  a 
brunette,  then  the  ingenue  would 
inevitably  be  a  blonde — 'for  contrast.' 
In  Hollywood  the  blondes  had  to  be- 
come even  blonder  blondes,  and  the 
in-between  shades  had  to  become 
darker,  so  that  their  outstanding  val- 
ues would  photograph  dramatically. 
Finally,  the  monotonous  sameness  of 
shades  has  become  very  dull  and  un- 


To  color-conscious  Mr.  Mamoulian, 
Marion    Davies    suggests    sky-blue 

40 


Marlene  Dietrich- 
regal — suggests 


-exotic,  remote,  Frances     Dee — alert,     modern, 

light     purple  sensitive — suggests    clear    blue 


You! 


Do  you  have  a  vivid  per- 
sonality? Wear  the  right 
colors  and  no  one  can  miss 
it!  .  .  .  Movie  stars  will 
soon  be  showing  you 
how,  predicts  Rouben 
Mamoulian,  who  di- 
rected  uBecky  Sharp" 


•  "BUT,  before  long,"  he  con- 
tinued, "women  on  the  screen  will 
cease  to  fall  into  merely  two  cate- 
gories. There  will  be  platinum 
blondes,  ash  blondes,  golden  blondes, 
auburn,  titian,  chestnut,  light  brown, 
dark  brown,  blue-black  and  iron 
grays.  Coupled  with  these  variations, 
consider  pale  blue,  gray,  hazel,  light 
brown,  dark  brown,  dark  blue,  black, 
violet  and  green  eyes  !  And,  with  these 
infinite  possibilities  for  fascinating 
contrast,  consider  the  added  lure  of 
complexions  ranging  from  alabaster 
through  fine  golds  to  pinks  and  olive. 
Color,  through  these  various  avenues 
of  expression — eyes,  hair,  skin — will 
give  new  values  to  every  screen  face. 
No  longer  will  we  judge  beauty  only 
by  the  contour  of  a  face ;  color  will 
count,  too — as  it  does  in  real  life. 
"Color,  we  must  always  realize,  is 


Rouben  Mamoulian 
should  know  what  col- 
or can  do — after  di- 
recting   Becky   Sharp 


not  superficial.  It  is  not  adornment, 
as  a  dress  worn  for  an  occasion,  but 
is  properly  a  part  of  the  physical 
make-up  of  any  person,  male  or  fe- 
male ! 

"And  here  is  another  thought : 
in  every  picture  in  the  not-far-distant 
future,  color  should  emphasize  all  of 
the  story's  dramatic  significance,  for 
color  is  a  great  and  powerful  factor 
in  life  itself.  From  time  immemorial, 
colors  in  infinite  variety  have  pro- 
voked a  variety  of  different  emotions 


in  us.  Smart  women  select  their  colors 
carefully  to  dramatize  their  beauty, 
their  personalities,  to  the  fullest.  Just 
so,  Hollywood  will  heighten  the  drama 
of  a  story  by  the  careful  selection  of 
colors  to  illustrate  it. 

"All  combinations  of  color  in  har- 
mony and    [Continued   on   page  70] 


Ginger    Rogers — impulsive,    athletic, 
sunny — brings  to   mind   warm   yellow 


Irene  Dunne — serene  and  poised,  with 
quiet      charm — suggests      blue-green 


Mae      West — daring,      provocative, 
keen-witted — could  wear  orange-red 


41 


As  new  as  tomorrow  is  Maureen  O'Sullivan's 
utterly  smart  outfit.  There  is  chic  in  her  halo  hat, 
and  the  high  draped  neckline  and  charming  sim- 
plicity of  her  black  dress  are  Very  Autumn    1935 


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ELLO,  Autumn  .  .  .  Here  so  soon  ?  ...  As  much 
as  we  love  summer,  we  have  been  looking  for- 
ward to  our  "dressed-up"  date  with  you  and  try- 
ing on  all  those  new  clothes  you're  bringing  us  from 
Hollywood  and  Pans  and  New  York  .  .  .  O,  we  know  all 
about  them      Our  spies  have  been  peeking  in  the  pack- 

eguS"Ta£ d  they  ve  seen  a  whoIe  world  of  new  things 
Subtly  flattering,  utterly  chic,  gaily-colored  things  . 
And  all  for  us  !  .  s    •  •  • 

Becky  Sharp  wasn't  any  more  colorful  than  w^'ll  be 
when  you  arrive  .  .  .  That  grand  new  shade  of  pottery 
rust    fascinates  us  .  .  .  and  purple  in  woolen  dresses 
blue  and  red  together  ...  all  those  lovely  new  "Zinnia" 

,  °rS'  ^nging  from  amber  to  copper,  but  always  with 
a  Zinnia  glow  .  .  .  rich  Renaissance  blue  .  .  .honey- 
colored  neckwear  for  black  dresses  ...  and  black  with 
white  trimmings  for  silk  dresses  and  for  coats 


^  ?  *  R,enaissance  trend"  intrigues  us.  So  much 
so.  that  we  ve  checked  into  it  and  found  a  fascinatin- 
story  .  All  about  an  exposition  of  Italian  Renaissance 
art  in  the  Petit  Palais  in  Paris  that  inspired  fashion 
creators  to  adapt  Renaissance  styles  to  modern  times 
and  bring  a  brilliant  new  theme  into  1935  fashions 
In  a  painting  by  Raphael,  for  example  was  a  striped," 
orf-tne-face  turban— and  soon  it  will  be  in  every  millin- 
ery store  in  America,  too!  Botticelli's  Madonna  of  the 
Pomegranate  inspired  the  new  aureole  ha*s  Titian's 
painting  of  the  Doges  is  responsible,  all  these  hundreds 
of  years  later,  for  hats  low  in  front,  high  in  back 

bo,  because  all  of  these  glorious  paintings  were 
shown  in  Paris  a  few  months,  Renaissance  styles  will 
hold  full  sway  in  our  new  clothes.  They're  romantic- 
lookmg  .  .  .  their  lines  are  flattering  ...  and  the  ma- 
terials for  evening  will  swish  and  swirl  around  our  feet 
while  we  become  delicately  feminine.  Yes  even  in- 
trigumgly  feminine. 

And  there  will  be  draped  effects,  even  in  daytime 
things  in  capes,  pockets,  sleeves,  and  bodices.   And 

we  are  looking  forward  to  those  new  tunic  dresses 
1  hey  re  becoming  to  almost  all  figures.  And  plain  high 
necklines,  draped  to  give  fulness  and  grace,  are  very 
enchanting  to  wear,  and  very,  very  smart » 
m  Our  spies  have  told  us,  too,  about  the  fabric  contrasts 
in  the  new  dresses— such  as  velvet  combined  with  crepe 
crepe  with  satin,  and  wool  with  velvet.  This  has  been 
a  year  of  contrasts— in  colors,  in  fabrics,  in  details  of 
ensembles.  So  why  shouldn't  the  "contrast"  cavalcade 
continue?  Particularly  when  the  trimmings  for  the 
new  fabric  combinations  will  include  soutache  cire 
and  rat-tail.  [Continued  on  page  81] 


FASHION 
PARADE 


... 


There  is  a  tang  of  autumn  in 
and  coats  once  more  have  v.- 
Not  to  mention  wide  lapels  .  .  .  and  . 
waists.  Rosalind  Russell,  alert  young  dra- 
matic actress  now  appearing  with  William 
Poweli  in  "The  Black  Chamber,"  manifests 
the  "tailored  trend"  in  a  smart  tweed, 
topped  by  an  Ascot  scarf  and  black  acces- 
sories . .  .The  setting:  the  doorway  of  a  shop 
conducted   by  two  of  the   movie   colony 


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' 


Just  follow  the  lead  of  pert  Ann  Sothern 
By  GERTRUDE  HILL 


IF  YOU  were  a  cuddly,  baby-doll  type  of  girl,  and  you 
very  much  wanted  to  look  sophisticated,  how  would 
you  go  about  it  ?  That  was  the  problem  Ann  Sothern 
faced  when  she  first  went  to  Hollywood  six  years  ago. 

If  ever  there  was  an  ingenuous  ingenue,  eighteen-year- 
old  Ann  was  it.  Soft  curly  hair  (medium-brown),  a  round 
little  face,  big  eyes  and  a  pouting  mouth — Ann  had  them 
all.  A  cute  little  trick  she  was,  a  bit  of  very  feminine 
fluff. 

But  no  one  takes  an  ingenue  seriously.  Her  role  in  life 
is  to  provide  a  pretty  interlude  of  romance  with  the  juvenile. 
She  misses  out  on  all  the  big  dramatic  scenes ;  she  never  is 
allowed  tense  moments ;  no  audiences  sob  and  sigh  and 
thrill  with  her  emotional  cadences.  To  be  frank,  she  lacks 
distinction. 

And  in  order  to  get  anywhere  in  Hollywood,  or  even  in 
Snoqualmie,  Washington,  you  must  have  distinction !  So 
young  Ann  laid  her  plans.  From  a  peaches-and-cream 
ingenue  she  would  evolve  into  a  champagne-and-caviar  sort 
of  girl ! 

She  had  much  to  learn,  and  much  to  overcome.  But 
today  there  is  no  question  as  to  the  Sothern  chic,  her 
languid  poise,  or  her  smartly  sophisticated  manner. 


"A  smart  suit  is 
important."  Left, 
Ann'sunusualone 


A  black  skirt,  sil- 
ver-cloth shirt, 
and  caracul  cape 


Sophisticated.  \\ 

m 

-who  refused  to  be  a  baby-doll  type  any  longer!      %>  * 


•  Ann  began  her  re-characterization  with  her  personal  ap- 
pearance, guided  by  the  direct  supervision  of  the  late 
great  glorifier,  Florenz  Ziegfeld,  to  whom  she  was  under 
contract.  He  told  her  to  lighten  her  brown  hair  to  a  corn- 
silk  yellow.  She  trained  her  eyebrows  to  be  questioning, 
slightly  supercilious  arches.  She  brushed  the  curls  away 
from  her  face  and  cultivated  a  sleek  hairline.  She  was  no 
longer  the  girl  on  the  candy  box ;  she  was  smart,  assured, 
and  ready  .for  the  next  step  in  her  transition  to  a  sophisti- 
cated lady. 

"After  I  had  done  as  much  as  I  could  to  overcome  the 
babyishness  of  my  face,  I  started  in  on  my  clothes,"  Ann 
told  me.  "Fortunately,  I  didn't  have  to  do  anything  to  my 
figure."  (I  glanced  upon  the  luncheon  table  set  up  in  Ann's 
dressing-room  between  morning  and  afternoon  scenes  of 
The  Girl  Friend.  Salmon  loaf  en  casserole,  crackers,  tomato 
and  cucumber  salad,  black  coffee.  No  sugar,  cream  or 
butter,  but  a  generous  portion  of  very  rich  cheese  pie  for 
dessert.  If  she  diets  to  maintain  that  figure,  she  must  do  it 
on  off-days.  But  why  should  dieting  be  necessary,  when 
a  girl  is  naturally  small  and  dainty?) 

"Sophistication,"  she  continued,  "really  means  a  chic 
simplicity.  So  I  discarded  everything  that  was  fussy  and 
loaded  down  with  doodads.  In  place  of  them,  I  chose 
clothes  that  were  svelte,  individual,  and  cleverly  designed. 
The  aim  of  the  sophisticate  is  to  be  noted  for  her  dis- 
tinction and  good  taste  rather  than  to  be  startling  or 
bizarre. 

"I  still  select  my  wardrobe  according  to  the  rules  of  my 
original  schedule.  The  guiding  principles  are  simple  and 
almost  any  girl  can  follow  them  with  success.  In  the  first 
place,  I  buy  a  few  clothes  every  season,  and  I  never  carry 
one  season's  gowns  over  into  the  next.  I  dislike  to  wear 
one  dress  too  many  times,  and  besides,  it  is  poor  business 
to  do  so  if  you  can  possibly  avoid  it.  You  become  associated 
with  that  one  costume,  and  you     [Continued  on  page  76] 


Novel  neck 
ines  help 
Left,  ruffled 
revers  with 
rick-rack    trim 


Di  st  i  nction 
counts.  Right 
Ann's  souffle 
dinner  gown 


All  portraits  by 
Irving  Lippman 


Near  left,   Ann    proves 
that  simplicity  is   smart 

Far  left,  Ann  introduces 
the  new  shirred  capeiet 


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Here's  how  a  movie  dress 
is  born — to  be  correct  in 
style,  suited  to  the  actress, 
and  easy  to  photograph. 
There  are  five  major  steps  in 
the  evolving  of  an  ensem- 
ble, which  Walter  Plunkett, 
RKO  designer,  and  Helen 
Mack,  now  in  'The  Return 
of    Peter    Grimm,"    illustrate 


I.  Stylist  Walter  Plunkett  shows  Helen 
Mack    his    design    for    a    new    dress 


2.  The  designer  and  his  fitter,  Marie 
Ree,    measure    material    for    pattern 


6.  Accessor 


ies  are 


Evolution  of  a  Dress 


4.  Miss    Mack    tries    on    dress,    plus 

4.  .    ...L--.L-      ___j.-     f:-.:-Li_-.     a-     -J-  - 


Accessories 
That  Are 

Successor  ies 


Hats  of  novelty  printed  material,  with  bags  to 
match  .  .  .  watch  for  these  this  autumn.  June 
Ciayworth's  wool  frock  is  of  Chinese  red.  The 
buttons   and   braided   belt  are   "electric   blue" 


The  hands  and 
the  key  belong 
to  Virginia 
Bruce  .  .  .  who 
has  made  a 
part-time  ac- 
cessory (a  scarf 
pin)  out  of 
her  dressing- 
room  door  key 


©G-B 

Ostrich  feathers  and 
braided  felt  combine  to 
make  a  Pierrot  hat  ...  an 
English  fashion  tip  given  us 
by     pert     Pamela     Ostrer 


— Rhodes 

Berets  will  be  more  popular  than  ever 
this  fall.  Esther  Ralston  wears  one  of  felt, 
leather-trimmed,  with  her  plaid  swagger  coat 

Lapels  are  almost  necessities  on 
suits;  now,  on  dresses,  they  become 
accessories.  Bette  Davis  decorates 
a    Fall   frock  with   wide  fur   lapels 


Shovel-brim  hats  continue  in  tavor  ...  as  proved 
by  well-dressed  Esther  Ralston.  Note  the  new 
square-frame     style     of     her     coat's     fox     collar 


— Rhodes 

Jackets  .  .  .  what  girl  can  do  without  one  in  the 
fall?  Esther  Ralston's  is  of  the  popular  gold  vel- 
veteen, with  leather  buttons.     Her  hat,  an  Anzac  felt 


—Kling 

Large  shoulder  clips  on  eve- 
ning gowns  .  .  .  these  are  the 
costume  jewelers'  newest  gift 
to  womankind.  Claire  Dodd 
wears   them    on    black    satin 


Have  you  seen  any 
of  the  new  "Dutch 
boy"  hats,  such  as 
Betty  Furness  is 
wea  ring  ?  You 
will  .  .  .  you    will! 


—C.  S.  Bull 


Charm  bracelets  are  seen 
on  nearly  every  femi- 
nine wrist  in  Hollywood. 
This     is     Mary     Carlisle's 


49 


The  "sari"  itself  is  such  a 
graceful  costume  that  it 
practically  demands  a 
graceful  wearer  —  prefer- 
ably tall,  brunette,  a  bit 
exotic.  And  because  Kitty 
Carlisle  fits  the  descrip- 
tion, the  "sari"  fits  her  to 
fashionab'e     perfection 


— Portrait  by  Walling 

From  the  land  of  Buddha,  where  it  is 
the  principal  garment  of  Hindu  wo- 
men, comes  the  exotic,  softly  flatter- 
ing "sari'  .  .  .  which  Loretta  Young 
wears    enchantingly    in     "Shanghai" 


W, 


a 


sati 


Hollywood  adopts  a 
Hindu  mode ..  .which 
the    world   will   copy 


50 


A  dramatic  newcomer  to 
the  movie  world — Gladys 
Swarthout  of  the  Metro- 
politan Opera  —  takes  to 
the  hood  that  is  a  dramatic 
newcomer  to  the  fashion 
world.  Her  first  picture  is 
Rancho' 


Fashion  Yourself 
a  Fall  Wardrobe! 


Genevieve  Tobin  and  Mary  Carlisle  mode 
two    smart    new    frocks— simple    to    make 


FOR  afternoon  wear,  for  of- 
fice wear,  for  almost  any 
wear — anywhere — you  could  use 
a  frock  like  Genevieve  Tobin's 
(right),  which  she  wears  in 
Here's  to  Romance.  It  has  sim- 
plicity, plus  chic  and  charm. 
The  material  is  wine-red  crepe, 
with  a  vest  of  white  pique,  re- 
peated in  the  revers.  But  it 
could  be  made  just  as  easily  in 
purple  crepe-back  satin,  with 
vest  and  revers  of  the  lustrous 
side  of  the  crepe.  Particularly 
with  MOVIE  CLASSIC  Pat- 
tern 801.  Designed  for  sizes  14, 
16,  18  years;  36,  38  and  40- 
inches  bust.  Pattern,  25c.  Or- 
der by  coupon. 


PETITE  Mary  Carlisle,  of  M-G-M 
films  and  Hollywood's  younger  set, 
is  noted  for  her  clever  clothes.  At  the 
left  is  a  brand-new  sample — which  is 
yours  for  the  making.  The  material 
is  white-flecked  black  silk  that  looks 
like  wool,  with  a  collar  of  quilted 
white  satin  and  a  burnt-orange  bow. 
Note  how  the  big  sleeves  make  the 
hips  look  thin.  Note  its  simple  lines. 
It  might  also  be  made  in  novelty 
wool,  satin-back  crepe,  wool  jersey — 
from  Pattern  80S.  Designed  for  sizes 
14,  16,  18  years ;  36,  38  and  40-inches 
bust.  Pattern,  25c.  Use  coupon  be- 
low in  ordering. 


MOVIE    CLASSIC'S    Pattern    Service 
529    South    7th    St.,    Minneapolis,   Minn. 

For  the   enclosed please  send 

me  Genevieve  Tobin  Pattern  No.   801 — Mary  Car- 
lisle  Pattern   No.   805    (circle   style  desired). 


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Patterns,   25c   each 


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W  Y°  u  \  cou\d 
»  ^can    be\ 


By  ^t^v-  CcMu^. 


YESTERDAY'S  CAROLE 


What  the  Stars  Have 


SUMMER'S  at  an  end,  and  the 
thrill  of  autumn  days  is  here. 
Regretfully,  we  watch  the  long 
hours  of  tennis,  swimming,  riding, 
become  memories.  But,  as  long  as 
there  are  football  games  to  watch, 
long  hikes  to  take,  new  clothes  to  buy, 
life  can  still  go  on.  Especially,  if  we 
— like  old  Mother  Nature — acquire 
new  loveliness  in  the  autumn ! 

Look  into  your  mirror,  and  what 
do  you   see   after   summer   days   are 


past?  A  petal-smooth  skin?  A  lovely, 
radiant  face?  Look  at  yourself  as 
critically  as  any  Hollywood  star  might 
look  at  herself.  Then  answer  your- 
self truthfully  as  to  whether  your 
skin  does  or  does  not  need  some 
special  attention. 

While  hours  in  the  sun  have  been 
wonderfully  healthy  ones  for  you, 
there  is  a  tendency  to  a  drying  of 
your  skin  due  to  swimming  and  the 
effect  of  the  sun.  If  you- were  a 
Hollywood  star,  would  you  just  let 
this  situation  pass,  and  think  that  per- 
haps time  would  remedy  it?  No,  of 
course  not.  You  would  know  that  it 
would  mean  lost  loveliness,  lost 
prestige.  With  an  office  and  home 
audience  to  face,  you  are  likely  to  be 
criticized  for  a  lack  of  personal  care. 
And  there's  no  profit  in  that.  So  let's 
do  just  as  the  stars  would,  and  make 
our  appearance  conform  to  the  fall 
pattern. 

Carole  Lombard  did  not  change 
from  the  conventionally  pretty  girl 
that  she  was  a  few  short  years  ago 
into  the  ravishing  beauty  that  she  is 
today  without  being  self -critical  con- 


Soft  fresh  skins  must  always  be 
cleansed,  lubricated,  and  stimulated. 
Glenda  Farrell  is  intent  on  her  task! 


stantly.  Neither  did  Joan  Crawford. 
Nor  Jean  Harlow.  Nor  Ginger 
Rogers.  And  they  kept  asking  the 
questions  until  they  found  the  right 
answers.  Moreover,  with  every 
changing  season,  they  find  new,  addi- 
tional  answers ! 


•  FIRST,  consider  your  skin.  Yoli 
will  soon  begin  to  want  to  lose  that 
deep  tan — -for  lighter  skin  tones  are 
what  the  darker  autumn  clothes  fash- 
ions will  demand.  As  the  days  go  by, 
your  skin  will  fade,  but  there  are  skin 
bleaches  that  are  mild  and  harmless 
and  will  help  the  process  along.  They 
will  help  you  change  from  a  bronze 
Indian  maiden  into  a  smart  "pale- 
face." 

Then  your  dry  skin  will  need 
lubricating,  and  you  should  apply  a 
nourishing  cream  with  a  good  deal  of 
oil  in  it  to  remedy  that  condition.  Of 
course,  skins  vary  in  their  needs, 
but  if  yours  is  the  kind  that  becomes 
dry  and  coarse  by  the  end  of  the  sum- 
mer, it  must  have  nourishment. 

There's  something  else,  too.  Every 
star  has  some  facial  defect  to  over- 
come, and  she  is  not  averse  to  using 
some  clever,  sane  cosmetic  aid  to 
remedy  it,  to  make  herself  look  as 
lovely  as  possible. 


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"■at  ,Sm,«of  a'-,l°>lowi. 


the 
ids 


,  *c  she   H.T     '  a«v  hP->      w  «J 


TODAY'S  LOMBARD 


Done 


Can  Do! 


Here  are  some  suggestions  that  she 
might  give  herself — and  you : 

If  your  nose  is  too  long:  Put  just 
a  tiny  bit  of  rouge  under  the  tip. 

If  your  face  is  thin :  Put  your 
rouge  farther  back  and  away  from 
your  nose.  Rouge  your  ears  slightly, 
but  not  your  chin. 

If  you  have  circles  under  your 
eyes:  Blend  your  rouge  up  a  bit  into 
the  shadow. 

If  your  face  is  broad:  Your  rouge 
should  be  placed  higher  up  and  nearer 
your  nose.  Try  blending  just  a  tiny 
bit  of  rouge  on  your  chin. 

If  your  lips  are  thin:  Use  lipstick 
freely  in  the  center  of  both  lips,  and 
less  toward  the  corners. 

If  your  mouth  is  too  wide:  Use 
lipstick  on  the  center  only,  and  then 
blend  to  the  edges.  If  your  lips  are 
the  least  bit  thick,  don't  rouge  the 
lower  one,  but  merely  press  the  two 
lips  together. 


•  EXPERIMENT  a  bit  with  make- 
up, and  you  will  find  that  it  works 
wonders  in  your  appearance  that  you 
never  dreamed  could  be  achieved. 
The  stars  do  it  by  make-up  ....  why 
not  you? 

Let  me  tell  you  of  a  beauty  treat- 
ment that  many  stars  have  found  val- 


uable. Use  two  shades  of  powder 
.  .  .  one  that  is  your  natural  shade 
and  one  of  a  lighter  hue. 

This  combination  works  like  magic. 
It  gives  harmony  to  your  features — 
features  that  may  not  be  exactly 
classic  in  their  proportions.  For  in- 
stance, the  girl  with  the  too-prominent 
nose  can  make  it  appear  smaller  by 
using  a  darker  shade  of  powder  than 
that  used  on  the  rest  of  her  face.  Or, 
if  you  are  a  girl  with  a  slightly  re- 
ceding chin,  you  can  make  it  look 
firmer  by  using  a  very  light  coat  of 
rouge  all  over  your  chin,  as  well  as 
a  lighter  shade  of  powder  than  that 
used  for  cheeks,  nose  and  forehead. 

Hollywood  beauty  aids  are  worth 
knowing ! 

Last  month,  I  told  you  how  to 
apply  your  powder  and  rouge  .  .  . 
and  this  month  I'd  like  to  make  a 
suggestion  about  something  not  to  do. 

Never  get  your  rouge  inside  your 
"'smile  curve."  By  that  I  mean  that 
when  you  smile  there  is  a  curving  line 
down  from  the  nose  to  the  lips,  and 
your  rouge  must  always  go  outside 
that   curve.     And    your    rouge   must 


Ginger  Rogers  is  a  lovely  exponent  of 
the  importance  of  taking  the  prop- 
er amount  of  time  to  apply  make-uf 


never  be  lower  on  your  face  than  the 
line  of  your  lips.  It  will  make  you 
look  older  if  you  don't  follow  this  tip ! 


•  IN  THE  actual  care  of  the  skin, 
there  are  three  fundamental  things 
you  must  always  do:  1.  Cleanse.  2. 
Lubricate.  3.  Stimulate.  There  are 
different  ways  of  meeting  these  needs, 
but  a  system  is  absolutely  necessary 
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53 


LET'S  GET  DOWN  to  figures!  After 
all,  what  is  more  important  in  femi- 
J  nine  lives  than  smooth,  slim  figures? 
And  where  do  they  know  more  about  attain- 
ing them — and  retaining  them — than  in  Hol- 
lywood ?  .  .  .  One  smart  company  recognized 
Hollywood's  supremacy  in  svelteness,  and  or- 
ganized the  Hickory  Fashion  Council,  made 
up  of  five  of  filmdom's  most  chic  stars :  Sally 
Blane,  Esther  Ralston,  Gloria  Stuart,  Ad- 
rienne  Ames  and  Binnie  Barnes.  They  act 
in  an  advisory  capacity  to  a  staff  of  expert 
designers,  suggesting  new  innovations  in  gir- 
dle design.  No  two  feminine  figures  may  be 
alike,  but  when  five  ultra-feminine  stars  can 
agree  on  what  every  figure  needs,  it  stands  to 
reason  that  their  consensus  of  opinion  will 
result  in  a  combination  of  smart  style  and 
smooth  figure  control  in  Hickory  foundations. 
A  brand-new   idea— and   a   grand   new   one ! 


o*e  ° Mrs    ^ 

to*1*  counc^ 
fas^°n 


Binnie 
Barnes 


Ames 


This  is  a  sketch  of  a 
fall  creation  approved 
by  the  Council — a 
two-way-stretch  foun- 
dation without  a  single 
seam!  It  has  an  up- 
lift brassiere,  and  new 
Mlayflat"  fasteners 
eliminate  garter  bulges 


54 


JOAN 


^X 


Jp 


Why  so  fussy -bo-; 

cleaning  you'  face ' 
It's  late. 


LCTTY 

l  never  leave  s 
make-up  on  a 


tale 
H  nigh' 


What's  the  harm 
in  that?  \ 


LOTTY 


Don't  you  kno* 
s,o»e  make-op  »* 
clogging  the  P«- 
causes  »9W  CoSme"C 
Skin?  Lu*  To,le* 
Soap's  made  to 
goara  against  it. 


THE  lather  of  Lux  Toilet  Soap 
is  ACTIVE.  That's  why  it  pro- 
tects the  skin  against  the  enlarged 
pores  and  tiny  blemishes  that  are 
signs  of  Cosmetic  Skin.  If  your  skin 
is  dull  or  unattractive,  choked 
pores  may  be  the  unsuspected 
cause. 

Don't  risk  this  modern  com- 
plexion trouble!  Guard  against 
it  the  easy  way  thousands  of 
women  find  effective. 

Cosmetics  Harmless  if 
removed  this  way 

Lux  Toilet  Soap  is  especially 
made  to  remove  from  the  pores 
every  trace  of  stale  rouge  and 
powder,  dust  and  dirt.  9  out  of 
10  screen  stars  have  used  it  for 
years  because  they've  found  it 
really  works. 

Why  not  follow  their  exam- 


ple? Use  all  the  cosmetics  you 
wish !  But  before  you  put  on  fresh 
make-up  during  the  day — ALWAYS 
before  you  go  to  bed  at  night — 
give  your  skin  this  gentle  care 
that's  so  important  to  loveliness 
— and  charm! 


Marge 


Star  of  Uni versa 


\etics  you  WISH 

avoid  Cosmetic 

Skin  By  removing 

MAKE-UP  WITH 
LUXTOILBT  SOA? 


Movie  Classic  for  October,   1935 


55 


Muck 

more  is 

expected 

from  women 
today 


These  days  are  good  to  women.  They  have 
independence  unheard  of  a  generation  ago. 
And  with  this  new  status  every  woman  is 
expected  to  have  a  frank,  wholesome  out- 
look, particularly  in  those  matters  which 
affect  her  intimate  feminine  life. 

Take  the  question  of  feminine  hygiene. 
The  modern  woman  has  found  out  that 
Zonite  is  the  ideal  combination  of  strength 
and  safety  needed  for  this  purpose.  The 
day  is  gone  when  caustic  and  poisonous 
compounds  actually  were  the  only  anti- 
septics strong  enough.  In  the  past,  you 
could  not  criticize  women  for  using  them. 
But  today  every  excuse  for  them  is  gone. 

Zonite  is  not  poisonous,  not  caustic. 
Zonite  will  never  harm  any  woman,  never 
cause  damage  to  sensitive  membranes, 
never  leave  an  area  of  scar-tissue.  This 
remarkable  antiseptic-germicide  is  as  gen- 
tle as  pure  water  upon  the  human  tissues. 
Yet  it  is  far  more  powerful  than  any-  dilu- 
tion of  carbolic  acid  that  may  be  allowed 
on  the  human  body. 

Zonite  originated  during  the  World  War. 
Today  it  is  sold  in  every  town  or  city  in 
America,  even  in  the  smallest  villages. 
Women  claim  that  Zonite  is  the  greatest 
discovery  of  modern  times.  Comes  in  bot- 
tles—at 30c,  60c  and  $1.00. 

Suppositories,  too— sealed  in  glass 
There  is  also  a  semi-solid  form— Zonite 
Suppositories.  These  are  white  and  cone- 
like. Some  women  prefer  them  to  the  liquid 
while  others  use  both.  Box  holding  a  dozen, 
individually  sealed  in  glass,  $1.00.  Ask  for 
both  Zonite  Suppositories  and  liquid  Zonite 
by  name  at  drug  or  department  stores. 
There  is  no  substitute. 

Send  coupon  below  for  the  much  dis- 
cussed booklet  "Facts  for  Women."  This 
book  comes  to  the  point  and  answers  ques- 
tions clearly  and  honestly.  It  will  make  you 
understand.  Get  this  book.  Send  for  it  now. 
USE    COUPON    FOR    FREE    BOOKLET 

ZONITE  PRODUCTS  CORPORATION"""  ""fG-HO 

Chrysler  Building,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Please  Bend  me  free  copy  of  the  booklet  or  booklets  checked  below. 
(    )   Facta  for  Women 
(     )  Use  of  Antiseptics  in  the  Home 

NAME 

please  print  name) 

ADDRESS 

CITY STATE 

<In  Canada:  Sainte  Therese,  P.  Q.) 


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You  are  acquainted  with  Movie  Classic.  But  we  want  to  get  acquainted 
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The  whole  contest  hinges  on  the  tenth  question.  The  answers  to  that 
will  decide  the  money-prize  winners.  You  stand  as  good  a  chance  as  anyone 
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Wouldn't  it  be  nice  to  pick  up  $25.00  with  little  effort?  Someone  will. 
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3.  Your  vocation?. — - - - - 

4.  How  old  would  you  tell  a  census-taker  you  are? ..— 

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"IV 


A**"** 


PAR1? 


Pimples  were 
"ruining  her  life 


>5 


1  "I  had  counted  so  much  on  my        2  "Those  pimples  stayed.  Even 
first  high  school  'prom' !  Then  my  grew  worse.  Then,  I  heard  about 


face  broke  out  again.  I  could  have 
died.  My  whole  evening  was  i  flop.  I 
came  home  and  cried  myself  to  sleep. 


Fleischmann's  Yeast.  I  began  to 
eat  it.  Imagine  my  joy  when  my 
pimples  began  to  disappear! 


Don't  let  adolescent  pimples 
spoil  YOUR  fun 

DON'T  let  a  pimply  skin  spoil  your  good  times 
— make  you  feel  unpopular  and  ashamed. 
Even  bad  cases  of  pimples  can  be  corrected. 

Pimples  come  at  adolescence  because  the  im- 
portant glands  developing  at  this  time  cause 
disturbances  throughout  the  body.  Many  irritat- 
ing substances  get  into  the  blood  stream.  They 
irritate  the  skin,  especially  wherever  there  are 
many  oil  glands — on  the  face,  on  the  chest  and 
across  the  shoulders. 

Fleischmann's  Yeast  clears  the  skin  irritants 
out  of  the  blood.  With  the  cause  removed,  the 
pimples  disappear. 

Eat  Fleischmann's  Yeast  3  times  a  day,  before 
meals,  until  your  skin  has  become  entirely  clear. 


Copyright,  1935,  Standard  Brands  Incorporated 


3   "Now  my  skin  is  clear  and  smooth  as  a  baby's.  I'm  being  rushed  by 
all  the  boys.  Mother  says  I  don't  get  any  time  to  sleep!" 

Many  cases  of  pimples  clear  up  within  a  week  or 
two.  Bad  cases  sometimes  take  a  month  or  more. 
Start  now  to  eat  3- cakes  of  Fleischmann's  Yeast 
daily! 

Eat  Fleischmann's  Yeast  as  long  as  you  have 
any  tendency  to  pimples,  for  it  is  only  by  keeping 
your  blood  clear  of  skin  irritants  that  you  can 
keep  pimples  away. 


by  clearing  skin  irritants 
out  of  the  blood 


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B       R      I 


H 


DEAS 


EYES  BEHIND  GLASSES! 

Lots  of  women  we  know  hesitate  to  wear 
glasses  because  they  believe  them  unflat- 
tering. Not  a  bit,  if  you  beautify  your  eyes! 
Glasses  make  them  look  smaller — so  enlarge 
them  .  .  .  with  Kurlash,  the  little  imple- 
ment that  curls  back  your  lashes  lastingly 
between  soft  rubber  bows.  Your  lashes  ap- 
pear longer  and  darker.  Your  eyes  look 
larger,  brighter,  deeper!  Opticians  recom- 
mend Kurlash  because  it  keeps  your  lashes 
from  touching  your  glasses.  $1,  at  good  stores. 


tfvz  oUrnjz 


Don't  neglect  your  eyebrows,  either!  Tweez- 
ETTE,  which  "tweezes"  out  an  offending 
hair  at  the  touch  of  a  button,  is  the  easiest 
way  known  to  shape  your  brows,  painlessly, 
at  home.  Make  them  conform  to  the  upper 
curve  of  your  glasses,  and  the  latter  will  be 
less  noticeable!  $1,  also,  at  your  drug  store. 


JihU '  (Met Kit 


Behind  your  glasses,  you  can  use  eye  make- 
up liberally  and  defy  detection!  Try  Shad- 
ette,  at  $1,  to  give  your  eyes  size  and  allure. 
And  the  little  marvel  Lashpac  to  travel  in 
your  handbag  everywhere.  It  holds  a  stick 
of  mascara  for  accenting  brows  and  a  little 
brush  to  groom  them  later.  Also  $1.  Write 
me  it  you  aren't  sure  what  shades  to  use! 


Jane  Heath  will  gladly  send  you  personal  advice  on 
eye  beauty  if  you  drop  her  a  note  care  of  Department 
F;10.  The  Kurlash  Company,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  Tlie 
Kurlash  Company  of  Canada,  at  Toronto,  3. 


They're  the  Topics! 

[Continued  from  page   10] 


having  long  hair  when  her  romance 
with  Hal  Mohr  was  flourishing  and  now 
that  he  is  her  husband  he  won't  let  her 
cut  it.  She  is  the  only  star  in  Holly- 
wood witli  genuine  "flowing  tresses" 
long  enough  to  sit  on.  "And  some- 
times," she  confided,  "I  feel  like  a  freak. 
I'd  adore  having  it  bobbed — but  I  dread 
the  scene  that  would  follow  at  home !" 
Hmmm — looks  as  if  we'd  found  one 
man  who  is  head  of  his  house !  Or 
maybe  that  is  what  comes  of  having  a 
wife  with  hair  of  an  old-fashioned 
length.  .  .  . 


tTOLLYWOOD  BOWL,  during  the 
-*■  ■*■  "Symphonies  Under  the  Stars"  sea- 
son, gets  a  big  play  from  music-lovers 
among  the  picture  folk.  But  there 
would  seem  to  be  no  set  mode  of  dress 
for  these  concerts  in  the  vast  theatre 
with  the  sky  for  a  roof. 

For  example — at  the  first  concert 
Marlene  Dietrich  wore  a  navy-blue 
tailored  suit  with  matching  accessories. 
Gladys  Swarthout  wore  a  wine-colored 
peasant  linen  dress  with  natural-colored 
straw  bonnet.  And  whatever  Lily  Pons 
wore  was  concealed  beneath  an  ermine 
wrap. 


WHEN  Mae  West  steps  out  eve- 
nings, she  invariably  wears  wide- 
brimmed  flopping  hats.  And  there's  a 
reason  aside  from  the  sartorial  angle. 
La  West  can  manipulate  the  brim  of 
that  hat  like  nobody's  business — merely 
with  a  toss  of  the  head.  Those  who  get 
close  to  her  and  start  to  take  a  good 
look  will  find  that  brim — front,  back, 
or  sides — always  in  the  way. 


T  ILY  PONS  has  a  keen  sense  of  show- 
-^  manship,  as  she  has  proved  on  many 
occasions.  At  a  garden  fete  that  she 
gave  recently  at  her  Los  Feliz  home  in 
Hollywood,  Mile.  Pons  chatted  with  her 
guests  the  while  she  held  in  her  hand  a 
large  crystal  glass,  filled  with  orange 
juice.  The  color  scheme  of  the  drink 
just  rounded  out  her  orange  ensemble 
and  scarf.  .  .  . 


TT'S  THE  slack  season  in  Hollywood, 
■*-  and  we  don't  mean  from  a  business 
standpoint.  We  just  mean  wearing  ap- 
parel. 

In  one  afternoon  recently  we  noted 
the  following  "slackers" :  Mae  West  in 
white  slacks,  white  felt  hat,  white  silk 
man's-style  shirt  and  white  polo  coat; 
Patricia  Ellis  in  tailored  linen  slacks, 
azure  blue  upper,  natural  color  straw 
coolie  hat  with  blue  ribbon  tied  under 
the  chin ;  Anita  Louise  in  white  silk 
pajamas  with  red  polka  dots  and  red 
hair  ribbon ;  Joan  Crawford  in  white 
slacks  and  Mary-Jane  kid  slippers  with 
her  name  perforated  on  the  toes ;  and — 


hold  everything — Marlene  Dietrich  in  a 
white  linen  sports  suit. 

CREAKING  about  the  wearing  slacks 
^  fad  around  the  studios,  Bing  Crosby 
saw  so  many  of  the  gals  so  attired  that 
he  decided,  for  a  gag,  to  stand  in  him- 
self. So  he  clowned  around  a  whole 
afternoon  attired  in  vivid  blue  shorts 
and  a  polo  shirt  until  Dixie  Lee  arrived 
on  the  lot  and  gave  Bing  the  "Go" 
signal  .  .  .  The  Bings  have  been  vaca- 
tioning between  pictures  in  their  new 
home  at  Rancho  Santa  Fe.  (And  Movie 
Classic  is  going  to  tell  you  about  that 
home.  Watch  for  "Bing  Crosby 
Wanted  a  Small  House!" — Editor.) 

TAMES  DUNN'S  a  changed  man.  And 
*-*  a  blonde  did  it !  Maybe  you've 
wondered  why  you  haven't  heard  of  him 
being  at  this  night  club  and  that  one, 
hitting  the  high  spots  in  the  old  Dunn 
custom.  He's  actually  saving  money 
and  has  a  nice  trust  fund  established, 
thank  you.  All  because  Patricia  Lee 
made  him  do  it.  They've  had  the  let's- 
go-together  habit  since  they  played  in 
the  same  picture,  Stand  Up  and  Cheer. 
And  Pat  has  given  Jimmy  food  for 
serious  thought.  He  used  to  be  up  in 
the  clouds  all  the  time.  Now  he  has 
his  "feet  on  the  ground" — but  he  has 
taken  up  flying !  His  whole  object 
these  days  is  to  get  enough  hours  in  the 
air  so  that  he  will  be  eligible  to  enter 
the  air  race  to  Cleveland  in  the  early 
fall. 


Meet  the  Newest  Topic — 
Walter  Abel.  For  his  first  screen 
role,  he  plays  D'Artagnan 
in    The    Three    Musketeers! 


58 


Movie  Classic  for  October,   1935 


Mrs.  Samuel  L,.  BIaklow  of 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  New  York  City.  Socialite 
.  .  .  ardent  horsewoman  and  dog  lover  .  .  . 
traveler  .  .  .  international  hostess  .  .  .  collector 
and  interior  decorator.  Her  husband  is  a  bril- 
liant composer. 


AN    INTERNATIONAL    HOSTESS 


OF     \OmWm    AND 


^Jji^mciien 


Mrs.  Barlow  considers  Listerine  Tooth  Paste  as  much  of  a  luxury  in  its 
small  way  as  the  antiques  and  tapestries  that  adorn  her  gracious  homes 
in  Gramercy  Park,  New  York  City,  and  Eze,  on  the  French  Riviera. 


tJitrs.  'Barlow's  drawing  room 
in  her  New  York  City  home, 
with  its  rich  igth  century  French 
tapestries. 


(Jxlrs.  'Barlow's  winter  house 
at  Eze,  on  the  French  Riviera, 
overlooking  the  Mediterra- 
nean. The  foundations  of  the 
rambling  buildings  at  Eze  are 
partly  Roman  and  the  struc- 
tures themselves  are  largely  of 
the  70th  Century.  There  has 
been  little  change  here  since 
mediaeval  times.  Like  her 
other  homes,  this  too,  houses  a 
rare  collection  of  antiques  and 
objets  d'art,  and  is  the  scene 
of  many  a  brilliant  social 
gathering. 


Large  Size  25^ .  .  .  Double  Size 


zStftarble  bust  of  Joel 
'Barlow,  Ambassador  to 
France  inj8i2,  by  Houdon, 
the  famous  sculptor. 


T, 


Lt  seems  that  we  have  always  used 
the  products  of  the  Lambert  Com- 
pany. Naturally  when  Listerine  Tooth 
Paste  came  out  we  were  delighted  to 
find  that  it  came  up  to  the  usual  high 
standards  expected  from  such  a  con- 
servative old  company.  I  particularly 
like  the  clean,  exhilarating  feeling  it 
gives  to  the  mouth  after  using — it 
reminds  me  of  a  fresh  wintergreen 
berry  picked  off  the  ground  in  a  New 
England  pasture." 

It  is  significant  that  men  and  women 
who  could  easily  afford  to  pay  any 
price  for  a  dentifrice,  prefer  Lister- 
ine Tooth  Paste,  made  by  the  makers 
of  Listerine.  Obviously,  the  price  of 
25^  could  be  no  factor  in  their  choice. 
They  are  won  to  it  by  its  marvelous 
quality  and  the  quick,  satisfying  re- 
sults it  produces. 

Nearly  3,000,000  men  and  women 
have  discarded  old  and  costlier  fa- 
vorites for  this  better  dentifrice. 

If  you  have  not  tried  it,  do  so  now 
See  how  much  cleaner  your  teeth 
look.  See  how  much  brighter  they 
become.  Note  how  wonderfully  clean 
and  refreshed  your  mouth  feels  after 
its  use.  Remember  that  here  is  a 
product  in  every  way  worthy  of  the 
notable  Listerine  name;  at  a  com- 
mon sense  price.  In  two  sizes :  Regu- 
lar Large,  25fi  and  Double  Size,  40^. 

Lambert  Pharmacal  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


emne 

TOOTH     PASTE       _  

zJIftrs.  T>arlow  considers  her  carved  coral  jewelry  one  of 
her  most  valued  possessions.  The  photograph,  of  course, 
does  not  do  justice  to  its  beauty  and  delicacy. 

Movie  Classic  for  October,   1935  59 


* 


"DIRT  VEIL 


Removed  from   Hair 
in  IO  Minutes 


Amazing,  new-type  shampoo  gives 
dull,  faded  hair  gleaming  life  and 
lustre — with  a  single   washing 

ACCEPT  GENEROUS  TRIAL  OFFER 
NOTE  COUPON  BELOW 

Is  your  hair  dull  and  lifeless — even  after  you 
have  just  shampooed  it?  Then  the  chances 
are  9  out  of  10  that  the  hair  shafts 
are  covered  with  a  beauty-rob- 
bing  *Dirt  Veil*  ...  A  single  sham- 
poo of  Mar-O-Oil  will  completely 
remove  this  *Dirt  Veil*.  When 
this  happens,  your  hair  will  gleam 
with  life  and  lustre.  It  will  sparkle  Magnifiedhair 
with  beautiful  highlights.  And  f^VeUkl 
how  soft  and  silky  it  will  feel ...  on  it  after 
Mar-O-Oil  makes  this  startling  JhaPmSS" 
change  because  it  has  the  power 
to  loosen  and  remove  this  *Dirt 
Veil*,  when  other  methods  fail 
completely.  Then,  being  a  scalp 
treatment  and  tonic,  as  well  as  a 
super  shampoo,  it  nourishes  the 
hair  and  imparts  a  lovely  sheen . . .    Magnified  hair 

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Iret  a  bottle  ot  Mar-O-Uil  from  pooed  with 
your  drug  or  deparlment  store.  Note* "how 
Use  it  only  ONCE.  If  you  do  not  clean.  Not  a 
agree  that  it  is  the  finest  sham-  veil  left. 
poo  you  have  ever  used,  your 
money  will  be  refunded  in  full.  Or,  mail 
the  coupon  below  with  10c,  either  in  stamps 
or  coin,  for  a  regular  sized  25c  bottle. 

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Speaking  of  Movies  , 

[Continued   from    page    18] 


Brady's  stockbroker  pal.     (Universal) 

•  •  •  Page  Miss  Glory  is  light 
comedy,  amusing,  but  slow-moving, 
whose  biggest  attraction  is  Marion 
Davies.  You  haven't  seen  her  in 
months  and  months,  and  the  reunion 
with  her  is  refreshing.  No  star  of 
long  standing  has  retained  her  beauty 
without  a  blemish,  as  Marion  has. 
Millions  of  women  must  envy  her  the 
secrets  of  perennial  charm  that  she 
knows.  In  this,  she  is  a  naive,  plain- 
as-a-hedge-fence  chambermaid  in  a 
big  hotel,  where  Pat  O'Brien,  Frank 
McHugh,  and  Mary  Astor,  who  think 
fast,  are  trying  to  stave  off  eviction 
and  starvation.  They  make  a  com- 
posite photograph  of  several  movie 
stars  and  enter  the  result  in  a  photo 
contest,  calling  their  entry  "Dawn 
Glory."  Dawn  wins,  and  then  the  trio 
have  a  struggle  to  keep  the  press  from 
finding  out  that  there  is  no  such  per- 
son. Dick  Powell,  an  aviator  who  is 
the  chambermaid's  ideal,  has  fallen  in 
love  with  the  picture — and  the  trio 
have  to  fight  him  off,  too.  Finally, 
just  as  the  battle  seems  lost,  the 
chambermaid  is  dressed  up  and  made 
up — and  turns  out  to  be  a  gorgeous 
creature,  who  looks  like  the  winning 
photo.  Her  efforts  to  be  a  lady,  her 
objections  to  a  frustrated  romance 
with  her  hero,  all  are  amusing — if 
not  actually  hilarious.  One  wishes, 
though  that  Marion  Davies — an  ob- 
viously intelligent  person  —  could 
sometime  play  a  smart,  ultra-smart 
modern !     (Warners) 

•  •  •  Jalna  is  the  long-delayed 
picturization  of  Mazo  de  la  Roche's 
prize-winning  novel  of  the  same  name 
— the  story  of  a  large  and  narrow 
family  stagnating  on  a  decrepit  estate. 
As  a  film,  the  story  loses  much  of  the 
book's  strength — probably  because  of 
its  condensation.  The  plot  is  neither 
novel  nor  fast-moving;  nor  is  it  epic. 
And  the  concentration  on  conversa- 
tion is  a  bit  stifling.  Which  leaves 
the  acting  to  be  considered — and  that 
is  flawless,  even  though  no  big  names 
adorn  the  cast.  Jessie  Ralph  has  an 
acting  holiday  as  the  hundred-year- 
old  matriarch  of  the  family.  David 
Manners  is  excellent  as  a  selfish  poet, 
as  is  Kay  Johnson  in  the  role  of  his 
sensitive  wife.  Peggy  Wood  and 
Nigel  Bruce  brighten  and  lighten  the 
story  in  their  scenes.  Ian  Hunter,  as 
the  strong,  silent  brother,  is  likable 
and  convincing.  But  when  it  4s  all 
said  and  done  (mostly  said),  the  pic- 
ture leaves  you.  emotionally,  just 
where  it  found  you.  It  just  doesn't 
make  you  step  inside  the  characters 
and  live  their  lives  with  them.    (RKO) 

•  •  •  Dressed  to  Thrill  is  so- 
phisticated, sparkling,  amusing— and 
it   uncovers,   as   its   major   surprise,   a 


brand-new  and  practically  unheralded 
personality.  Her  name  is  Tutta  Rolf. 
Jot  it  down  in  your  memory  book; 
you  will  be  hearing  it  often  after  this 
picture  gets  around  .  .  .  The  story 
revolves  around  three  people,  and  she 
is  two  of  them;  the  third  is  Clive 
Brook.  He  falls  in  love  with  her 
when  she  is  brunette  and  a  little  Pari- 
sian dressmaker;  and  when  she  be- 
comes a  blonde  and  an  opera  star,  he 
doesn't  recognize  her  and  falls  in  love 
a  second  time.  She  wants  him  to  love 
the  dressmaker,  not  the  opera  star, 
and  uses  complicated  but  novel  ways 
to  try  to  get  her  wish.  She  is  charm- 
ing, with  a  charm  completely  her  own 
— except  for  a  first  brief  suggestion  of 
another  Dietrich,  which  soon  fades. 
And  not  only  is  she  charming,  but 
convincing.  What  more  could  any 
woman  want  to  be — except,  perhaps, 
a  movie  star  ?  And  Tutta  Rolf  will 
soon  be  that!      (Fox) 

•  •  •  The  Irish  In  Us  gives  you 
just  what  you  think  it  will  .  .  .  high 
emotional  appeal  and  a  gusty  robust 
comedy,  just  as  any  true  Irishman 
would.  It  all  may  not  be  pure  "art," 
but  it  has  what  it  takes  to  make  you 
laugh  and  cry  .  .  .  and  what  more 
could  one  want?  James  Cagney,  in 
the  central  role,  again  proves  that  he 
is  a  real  actor,  and  turns  in  one  of 
the  finest  performances  of  his  career 
as  the  scapegrace  youngest  son  of 
a  family.  He  is  devoted  to  his  mother, 
at  odds  with  his  older  brothers,  and 
determined  to  make  a  success  of  the 
fight  game.  And  Mary  Gordon  plays 
the  most  convincing  Irish  mother 
we've  ever  glimpsed  on  the  screen. 
In  his  scenes  with  her  Cagney  reveals 
genuine  tenderness  and  his  work  in 
the  fight  scenes  climaxes  the  story 
with  a  real  two-fisted  wallop.  Olivia 
de  Havilland,  a  new  personality  on 
the  screen,  shows  considerable  prom- 
ise, and  is  the  girl  in  the  case.  Then 
there  are  Pat  O'Brien,  Frank  Mc- 
Hugh. and  Allan  Jenkins,  all  adding 
to  the  fun.  If  you  like  to  laugh,  put 
this  down  as  a  grand  picture  to  see ! 
(Warners) 

•  •     •     •     In  Old  Kentucky  is  a 

grand  Will  Rogers  laugh-fest,  and  it's 
the  most  hilarious  thing  he  has  done 
in  years !  It  has  Rogers'  wit,  a  grand 
love  story,  a  mile-a-minute  plot,  the 
rhythm-crazy  dancing  feet  of  Bill 
Robinson,  and  some  plain  everyday 
tomfoolery.  The  story  is  laid  in  the 
Kentucky  hills,  where  the  Martin- 
gales and  the  Shattucks  carry  on  an 
ancient  feud  with  undiminished  ven- 
om. Rogers  plays  a  wisecracking 
horse-trainer.  Fired  by  the  wealthy 
Shattucks,  he  is  promptly  hired  by 
their  deadly  rivals,  and  devotes  his 
talents  and  his  philosophies  to  the 
final   triumph   of  romance.     (Fox) 


60 


Movie  Classic  for  October,   1935 


From  lovely,  blonde 


Ann  Sothern 


To  the  surprise  of  Ann  Sothern,  her  guests  Helen  Davis 
and  Louise  Lee,  declined  her  invitation  to  the  preview 
of, "The  Girl  Friend,"her  latest  Columbia  picture. 

"You'll  meet  screen  stars,  directors,  and  other  interesting 
people  there,"urged  Ann  Sothern. 

"That's  just  it,"  returned  Helen,  "I'd  feel  self-conscious 
meeting  glamorous  celebrities  when  I'm  so  dull  looking." 

"So  would  I, "returned  Louise. 

"Nonsense!  You're  better  looking  than  you  think — I'll 
prove  it  to  you  by  taking  you  to  Max  Factor,  the  Hollywood 
genius  of  make-up.  He  knows  a  secret  that  can  make  you 
glamorous  too." 

An  hour  later  the  famous  make-up  artist  was  creating  a 
beautiful  living  portrait  from  the  dull  little  face  of  Helen 
Davis.  With  every  touch  of  his  deft  fingers,  her  face  blos- 
somed with  newbeauty.  Color  harmony  powder,  followed  by 
color  harmony  rouge,  then  lipstick . . .  suddenly  with  a  thrill  of 
joy,  she  saw  in  her  mirrored  image,  a  beautiful  woman ! 

"You  see  new  beaut)7,"  explained  Max  Factor, "because  for 
the  first  time  you  have  used  the  three  harmonized  shades  of 
powder,  rouge,  and  lipstick  that  reveal  the  beauty  of  your 
brunette  type.  Color  harmony  is  a  discovery  I  originated  in 
creating  make-up  for  living  screen  star  types,  and  consists  of 
powder,  rouge,  and  lipstick  in  shades  that  harmonize  with 
each  other,  and  with  the  individual  colorings  of  blondes,  bru- 
nettes, redheads,  and  brownettes." 

Louise  was  also  amazed  at  the  power  of  color  harmony 
make-up  to  dramatize  her  redheaded  type.  Enchanted  with 
their  new  found  beauty,  the  two  girls  attended  Ann  Sothern's 
brilliant  preview  where  they  met  famous  stars,  authors,  and 
directors  with  the  poise  and  assurance  that  comes  to  a  woman 
when  she  knows  she  is  lovely. 

"Thanks  to  your  make-up  secret,  life  is  going  to  be  much 
more  fun  now,"  they  told  Ann  Sothern. 

Would  you  too  like  to  share  the  luxury  of  color  harmony 
make-up  created  originally  for  screen  stars  exclusively  ?  If  you 
are  a  blonde,  brunette, redhead,  or  brownette,  there  is  a  color 
harmony  make-up  that  will  transform  you  into  a  radiant  new 
being  just  as  it  did  for  Helen  and  Louise.  Max  Factor's  Pow- 
der is  one  dollar;  Max  Factor's  Rouge  is  fifty  cents ;  Max  Fac- 
tor's Super-Indelible  Lipstick  is  one  dollar.  At  leading  stores. 

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Powder.  To  dramatize  her  delicate 
blonde  coloring,  and  give  her  skin 
satin-smoothness,  Ann  Sothern  uses  Max 
Factor's  Rachelle  Powder.  Its  color 
harmony  shade  enlivens  her  skin,  and 
its  texture  makes  it  cling  persistendy. 
Used  exclusively,  it  safeguards  her  sen- 
sitive skin,  keeps  it  young  and  normal. 


ROUGE.  To  give  a  radiant,  lifelike 
.glow  to  her  cheeks,  Ann  Sothern  uses 
Max  Factor's  Blondeen  Rouge.  Exqui- 
sitely smooth.it  blends  so  easily  that  it 
appears  to  be  her  own  coloring.  The 
color  harmony  shade  remains  alluring 
under  any  light  because  it  has  been  light 
tested. 


LIPSTICK.  Being  moisture-proof  and  pure, Max 
j  Factor's  Vermilion  Super-Indelible  Lipstick  is 
applied  to  the  inner  as  well  as  the  outer  surface 
of  the  lips,  giving  them  a  perfectly  natural  appear- 
ance that  remains  uniform  in  color  for  hours. 


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AND  GREEN 


urge   to   "stand   out    from   the   crowd?" 

"She  is  the  woman  who  lias  ample 
money  to  spend,  but  does  not  spend  it 
intelligently,"  says  Dolores,  after  a  mo- 
ment's thought.  "When  she  enters  a 
shop  to  have  a  frock  made,  she  always 
selects  something  vastly  different  from 
the  present  mode,  fondly  believing  that 
she  is  a  season  ahead  in  style.  When 
she  selects  a  hat,  she  selects  it  for  its 
freakish  design.  Her  shoes  are  expen- 
sive, but  do  not  harmonize  with  the  rest 
of  her  attire — and  draw  undue  atten- 
tion to  her  feet.  She  clutters  up  her 
wardrobe  with  too  many  accessories. 
Her  voice  is  usually  strident,  and  her 
grammar  does  not  indicate  culture. 

"When  she  enters  a  cafe,  she  greets 
too  profusely  every  person  she  knows, 
as  she  is  shown  to  her  table.  And  she 
could  so  easily  avoid  feeling — or  being 
— conspicuous,  if  she'  never  turned  her 
head  or  bowed  even  to  her  best  friends, 
until  she  was  seated !  I  know,  it  is  a 
long-standing  refuge  of  mine. 

"Then,  when  this  woman  goes  to  par- 
ties or  to  formal  dinners,  she  spends 
hours  thinking  of  some  original  manner- 
ism, some  seemingly  unconscious  trick, 
by  which  she  can  attract  attention  with 
her  entrance.  Her  laugh  is  usually  af- 
fected and  fools  no  one  into  believing 
her  light-hearted.  She  talks  so  much 
to  so  many  people  that  she  can  never 
hear  anything  that  might  improve  her 
grasp  of  events  and  her  mentality." 

Dolores  smiled  at  the  "gruesome" 
portrait  she  had  drawn,  but  I  told  her 
that  she  had  probably  overdrawn  the 
picture  very  little.  Everywhere,  one 
meets  women  who  are  just  like  that. 

"And  the  sad  part  is  that  they  usually 
are  very  nice  women — who  just  don't 
know  how  to  make  themselves  incon- 
spicuous," she  commented. 


/"YNE  WAY  in  which  any  woman  can 
^-^  achieve  attractiveness  without  os- 
tentation, Dolores  believes,  is  to  take 
special  care  with  her  make-up.  Eyes 
should  not  be  mascaraed  until  all  other 
features  practically  vanish  by  compari- 
son. Neither  should  lips  be  so  over- 
emphasized as  to  detract  from  the  face, 
nor  should  cheeks  be  painted  until  a 
good  mouth  or  fine  eyes  are  obscured. 
Eyebrows  should  not  be  plucked  into 
lines  unnaturally  thin  or  arched,  or 
blackened  to  the  point  where  they  look 
artificial.  Like  every  part  of  a  costume, 
every  feature  of  a  woman's  face  should 
be  in  harmony  with  every  other  part, 
forming  an  attractive  ensemble. 

"I  often  think  that  women  dress  not 
to  attract  men,  but  to  fascinate  women," 
Dolores  said.  "Any  woman  would 
rather  have  another  woman  come  up 
and  say,  'How  stunning  you  look  to- 
night !'  than  to  have  a  dozen  men  say 
the  same  thing.  Another  woman's  ap- 
proval of  a  woman's  appearance  is  the 
most  subtle  flattery  she  receives. 


"Never  wear  cheap  jewelry,"  is  an- 
other Del  Rio  dictum.  "It  attracts  the 
kind  of  attention  that  -doesn't  flatter 
your  tastes.  If  you  cannot  afford  real 
jewels,  never  wear  the  cheap  imitations. 
Excellent  costume  jewelry  is  preferable. 
But  never  overdo  'the  accessories 
touch.'  A  woman  over-jeweled  reminds 
one  of  the  well-known — how  do  you 
say  it? — Mrs.  Astor's  pet  horse. 


"ALSO,  select  your  shoes  with  care. 

-^*-  They  are  a  very  important  part 
of  any  ensemble.  Never  buy  cheap 
footwear,  which  may  soon  look  tawdry 
and  torture  your  feet  besides.  Men  no- 
tice whether  or  not  a  woman  is  well- 
shod  long  before  they  pay  the  slightest 
attention  to  her  clothes  or  her  curves. 
Select  shoes  that  are  the  very  best  you 
can  afford,  even  if  you  must  skimp  on 
gowns  to  buy  them ;  then  take  the  best 
possible  care  of  them,  keeping  them 
on  shoe-trees  and  brushing  them  thor- 
oughly before  putting  them  away.  A 
well-shod  woman  is  a  well-dressed  one." 

"One  sees  many  a  woman,  otherwise 
well  groomed,  spoil  the  effect  of  her 
entire  ensemble  with  flamboyant  gloves. 
To  be  really  inconspicuous,  a  woman 
must  coordinate  the  various  parts  of  her 
ensemble  without  one  discordant  note, 
for  it  will  always  be  that  note  that  will 
first  attract  any  observer's  eye." 

She  believes  that  when  a  woman  tries 
consciously  to  make  herself  conspicuous, 
she  defeats  her  own  purpose  of  being 
charming.  When  a  woman  is  entirely 
oblivious  to  the  effect  or  impression  she 
may  be  creating,  and  concentrates  on 
being  smartly  comfortable,  she  subcon- 
sciously creates  the  sort  of  impression 
that  is  favorable. 

"It  is  decidedly  painful  to  watch  a 
woman  enter  a  room  where  a  number 
of  people  are  gathered,"  says  Dolores, 
"and  to  see  her  stop  in  the  center  of 
the  floor  and  look  around  as  if  to  say, 
'Well,  what  do  you  think  of  me  ?'  " 

Anyone  who  moves  in  the  upper  strata 
of  Hollywood  society  will  tell  you  that 
Dolores  Del  Rio  never  violates  the 
"philosophy  of  charm"  that  she  has 
given  here.  It  helps  to  explain  why 
she  is  admired,  almost  worshiped  by 
her  fellow  stars  and  is  a  welcome  guest 
at  any  social  gathering  from  a  Mayfair 
ball  to  an  informal  cocktail  party. 


"\X7HAT  sort  of  person  is  Dolores  Del 
*  *  Rio,  behind  that  outward  resem- 
blance to  a  love  orchid?  You  have 
found  part  of  the  answer  above,  in  her 
own  words.     But  there  is  more. 

For  example,  one  side  of  her  that  is 
little  known  is  her  interest  in  hospital 
children.  She  takes  dolls  and  toys  to 
them  by  the  carload.  One  time  she 
found  that  several  small  girls  in  a  tuber- 
cular ward  were  made  to  sleep  in  the 
same  room  with  four  elderly  tubercular 


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women.     Her  protest  to  the  authorities  | 
won  them  separate  rooms.     Last  year,  | 
on  St.  Valentine's  Day,  she  received  a 
huge  box.     Opening  it,  she  found  that  i 
every   poor    child    in    the    hospital   had 
made  her  a  valentine. 

Garbo  is  a  great  friend  of  Del  Rio's 
and  often  plays  tennis  on  her  court. 
"Miss  Garbo  is  not  a  formal  guest," 
insists  Julia  Hudlin,  Dolores'  maid. 
"She  just  walks  in  when  she  feels  like 
it.  But  Miss  Del  Rio  knows  that  Miss 
Garbo  doesn't  like  to  be  talked  about 
and  she  won't  talk  about  her." 

Dolores  has  the  reputation  of  being 
the  most  tactful  and  successful  hostess 
in  Hollywood.  "She  has  the  facility," 
Virginia  Bruce  once  told  me,  "of  mak- 
ing each  guest  feel  that  it  was  he  or  she 
for  whom  the  party  was  really  given." 

Considerate  to  the  last  degree  of  her 
friends  and  her  social  obligations,  she 
will  go  to  any  trouble  to  keep  her  ap- 
pointments. Scheduled  to  lunch  with 
a  party  of  friends,  she  was  delayed  for 
more  than  an  hour  on  a  movie  set. 
Nevertheless,  she  eventually  appeared. 
as  well  groomed  as  ever,  and  apologized. 
She  drank  a  glass  of  milk,  ate  a  piece 
of  toast,  and  went  back  to  the  studio. 
She  had  changed  her  costume,  removed 
her  screen  make-up.  dressed  in  appro- 
priate clothing  and  driven  from  Bur- 
bank  to  Beverly  Hills,  rather  than  dis- 
appoint her  friends. 


CHE  is  not  conscious  of  her  own  rare 
^  beauty.  She  never  thinks  of  herself 
as  beautiful  and  yet  she  praises  other 
women  of  the  screen  unstintingly,  both 
for  their  beauty  and  charm.  Vet  I  have 
heard  many  strangers  say,  when  they 
see  her  at  Hollywood  gathering  places, 
"Why.  she  looks  more  like  a  star  than 
any  of  them !" 

Says  Julia  Hudlin,  her  maid,  "When 
Miss  Del  Rio  first  came  to  Hollywood, 
she  spoke  English  with  a  decided  ac- 
cent, and  it  made  her  very  shy  of 
strangers.  For  that  reason,  she  gained 
a  reputation  for  being  cold  and  distant. 
But  during  the  past  two  or  three  years, 
she  has  studied  English  systematically 
and  now  has  hardly  a  trace  of  accent. 
This  has  enabled  her  to  overcome  her 
shyness  and  be  as  gracious  to  strangers 
as  anyone  could  be." 

Her  extreme  tenderness  and  the  con- 
stant fear  that  she  will  do  something 
in  her  pictures  that  will  give  the  public 
a  mistaken  impression  of  her  is  exem- 
plified by  an  incident  that  occurred 
while  she  was  making  a  certain  picture. 
The  script  called  for  her  to  push  a  child 
away  from  her  as  if  angry  with  him 
and  to  indicate  that  she  disliked  chil- 
dren. She  refused  flatly  to  do  it,  and 
when  the  director  insisted,  she  went  to 
her  father.  "Don't  do  it.  even  if  it 
costs  your  contract  and  a  million  dol- 
lars," he  told  her.  "Do  not  let  your 
public   think   you  would  hurt  a   child." 

She  is  married  to  Cedric  Gibbons,  art 
director  of  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Stu- 
dios, who  designed  their  beautiful  mod- 
ernistic home_  She  herself  is  a  star  at 
Warner  Brothers'  Studio  where  she  has 
completed  /  Live  for  Love. 


WE  SHOW 
ACTUAL  PHOTOGRAPHS 

To  Let  You  See  The  QUICK-ACTING 
Property  of  REAL  BAYER  ASPIRIN 


DROP  A  BAYER 
ASPIRIN  TABLET  INTO 
A  GLASS  OF  WATER. 


BY  THE  TIME  IT  HITS 
THE  BOTTOM  OF  THE 
GLASS  IT  IS  DISINTE- 
GRATING. 


Quick  Relief  for  Headaches,  pains  of  rheumatism,  neuritis 


THE  old  adage  says,  "what  you  see 
you  believe."  So  the  scientist, 
pictured  above,  shows  you  two  actual 
photographs  to  prove  the  quick  action 
of  Genuine  BAYER  ASPIRIN. 

Look  at  them,  and  you  will  see  one 
reason  why  Scientists  rate  BAYER 
ASPIRIN  among  the  fastest  agents, 
now  known  or  ever  knoivn,  for  the  relief  of 
headaches  and  pains  of  neuritis,  neu- 
ralgia and  rheumatism. 

You'll  see  that  a  Bayer  Aspirin 
tablet,  dropped  into  a  glass  of  water, 
starts  to  disintegrate,  or  dissolve,  be- 
fore it  hits  the  bottom  of  the  glass. 
Hence,  is  ready  to  go  to  work  almost 
instantly  you  take  one.  For  what 
happens  in  that  glass  happens  in  vour 
stomach  when   you  take   a   BAYER 


ASPIRIN  tablet.  Relief  comes  in  few 
minutes. 

Countless  thousands  know  that 
about  BAYER  ASPIRIN.  Know  by 
experience  that  it  brings  the  quick  re- 
lief you  want  when  in  distress. 

Keep  this  in  mind  the  next  time 
your  work  or  play  is  handicapped  by 
a  bad  headache,  neuritis  or  rheumatic 
pain.  And  ask  for  Bayer  Aspirin  by  its 
full  name  "BAYER  ASPIRIN"  when 
you  buy.  Learn  for  yourself  how  fast 
you  can  get  relief. 


NOW  REDUCED  TO 


Genuine  Bayer  Aspirin 


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63 


Jveaucea 


POUNDS 

with 
DILEX-REDUSOLS" 

writes 
Mrs.  H.  H.  Langley 


NOTE:  MRS.  LAXGEEY 
USED  THE  SAFE  DILEX- 
REDTJSOL  METHOD  OVEK 
A   PERIOD   OF   10   WEEKS. 


Now 


YOU, 


too, 


can    take    off    pounds    of 

ugly   fat   this    safe,   easy, 

quick,  way! 

NO   DIETING  ...   NO 

SELF  DENIAL  .  .  . 

NO        STRENUOUS 

EXERCISES! 

You  May  Eat  What 
You  Wish  and  as 
Much  as  You  Want! 

Sounds  too  good  to  be 
true?  Yet  it  is  true. 
Dilex-Redusols  increase 
your  metabolism;  that  is, 
they  turn  food  into  energy 
instead  of  fat.  You  will 
be  amazed  at  your  in- 
creased vitality! 

REDUCE 
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We  make  this  guarantee  because  hundreds  of  tests 
have  proven  that  consistent  use  of  Dilex-Redusols 
will  reduce  your  weight  to  wliat  it  should  be! 
They  will  not  reduce  you  below  normal!  The 
length  of  time  required  depends  upon  the  number 
of  pounds  you  need  to  lose. 

There   Is  No   Need   to   Change    Your 
Present  Mode  of  Living 

At  last  you  can  reduce  safely  and  quickly  without  deny- 
ing yourself  the  good  things  of  life.  You  do  not  need  to 
diet  or  go  through  tiresome  exercises — simply  take  these 
carefully  prepared  capsules  and  watch  the  pounds  disap- 
pear! Dilex-Redusols  are  effective  because  they  remove 
the  cause  of  obesity. 

Both  Men  and  Women  Report 
Amazing  Reductions 

"REDUCED  24  POUNDS",  SAYS  MR.  C.  W.  P. 

"I  stay  around  ISO  pounds,  having  reduced  from  204 
pounds  and  feel  fine.  I  still  have  about  50  tablets  left 
in  my  second  box." 

"LOST  40  POUNDS",  WRITES  MRS.  H.  C.  R. 

"On  February  20th  I  weighed  193  pounds  and  now. 
Mny  31st.  weigh  only  153  pounds.  Enclosed  find  money 
order  for  another  box  of  Dilex-Redusols." 

The  DILEX-REDUS0L  Way  is  the  Safe  Way! 

Do  not  accept  any  substitute  for  safe  Dilex-Redusols  .  .  . 
the  absolutely  harmless  capsules  that  reduce  your  weight 
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Beware  of  any  product  that  makes  extravagant  claims  for 
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pounds  a  month. 


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postman  $3.00   (plus  23  cents  postage.) 

If   I    do   not   lose   at   least   12   lbs.    after    taki:ig    the   first 
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Name    

Write  Mr.,  Mrs.   or  Miss 


Heisht Weight 

Orders  from  Canada  and  Foreign  Countrie. 


Age*. 
Cash 


Shirley  Temple's  Health  Secrets 

[Continual  from  page  33] 


as  "Doctor  Sands,"  confides  that  she 
loves  him,  and  beams  at  him  affection- 
ately. 

Shirley  has  had  no  real  illnesses, 
ever.  A  few  minor  colds,  perhaps,  in 
her  earliest  years,  but  even  those  have 
been  gradually  eliminated.  She  has 
been  spared  such  juvenile  ailments  as 
measles,  mumps,  and  all  the  "poxes." 
She  has  an  excellent  constitution,  but 
to  safeguard  her  further  against  pos- 
sible contact  with  germs,  she  has  been 
immunized  against  practically  every- 
thing. And  Shirley  doesn't  like  being 
vaccinated. 

"Of  course,  she's  no  cry-baby,"  said 
the  doctor,  a  defiant  look  daring  me 
to  differ.  "She's  a  little  girl,  after  all, 
and  no  martyr  to  pain.  But  though 
she  may  cry  like  the  dickens,  it's  never 
for  long.  Her  forgiving  nature  won't 
let  her  stay  'mad'  at  me  more  than 
three   minutes!" 


CHIRLEY'S  diet,  in  the  beginning, 
^  consisted  entirely  of  certified  Hol- 
stein  milk,  with  feedings  on  a  four- 
hour  schedule.  At  three  months  of 
age,  her  two  a.m.  meal  was  discon- 
tinued, and  cooked  cereal  added  to  the 
10  a.m.  and  6  p.m.  feedings. 

But  let  Dr.  Sands  continue  the 
story: 

"At  five  months,  we  added  strained 
vegetables  to  the  2  p.m.  feeding. 
Speaking  of  vegetables,  they  were  al- 
ways pureed  for  Shirley  until  she  was 
a  year  and  a  half  old. 

"At  six  months,  the  2  o'clock  meal 


was  increased  by  meat  in  the  form  of 
finely-ground,  well-cooked  liver,  lamb 
chop,  or  beef.  Until  the  age  of  six 
months,  this  is  about  the  routine  that 
the  average  child  should  follow. 

"At  six-and-a-half  months,  Shirley's 
diet  was  increased  by  egg  yolk  at  10 
a.m.,  and  pureed  fruit  and  cottage 
cheese  at  6  p.m. 

"At  seven  months,  Shirley  was  a 
sturdy  young  lady,  and  we  put  her  on 
'three  square  meals  a  day.'  Breakfast 
consisted  of  orange  or  tomato  juice, 
cereal,  egg  or  chopped  bacon,  and 
eight  ounces  of  certified  milk. 

"Small  interiors  get  hungry  often, 
so  at  8:30  she  was  given  fruit  juice  or 
milk.  Also,  cod-liver  oil  may  be  given 
at  this  time,  increased  from  a  minute 
quantity  at  the  age  of  three  weeks  to 
two  teaspoons  of  straight  cod-liver 
oil,  or  one  teaspoon  of  cod-liver  oil 
with  Viosterol. 

"Luncheon  included  milk,  two  green 
vegetables,  meat  or  a  meat-vegetable 
soup,  and  either  fruit  pulp  or  a  simple 
pudding  for  dessert. 

"Shirley  dined  between  five  and  six 
o'clock  on  milk,  cereal,  or  another 
starch  such  as  baked  potato,  baked 
banana,  boiled  rice,  macaroni  or  spa- 
ghetti, or  milk  toast;  cottage  or  cream 
cheese,  and  cooked  fruit. 

"Except  for  the  added  nourishment 
at  8:30  a.m.,  Shirley  never  was  given 
food  of  any  kind  between  meals,  and 
her  mother  still  observes  that  rule. 
When  a  child  plays  hard,  fruit  be- 
tween meals  is  a  tonic,  but  otherwise 
it  is  better  omitted. 


64 


Wide  World 

It's  no  fable,  that  Shirley  Temple  is  a  happy — as  well  as  healthy — child.     For 
proof,  here  is  a  new,  imposed  snapshot  of  her  with  her  mother  and  father 

Movie  Classic  for  October,   1935 


"I 


BELIEVE  that  the  average  nor- 
mal child  does  better  on  a  three- 
meals-a-day  regimen,  starting  between 
seven  and  eight  months,  than  it  more 
feedings  were  continued  past  that 
time,"  Dr.  Sands  continued.  "At  this 
age  a  child  accepts  the  routine  very 
well  and  thrives  upon  it.  Further- 
more, it  makes  the  care  of  the  child  a 
great  deal  simpler  from  the  family 
standpoint,  because  the  baby's  meals 
can  be  prepared  at  the  same  time  as 
the  family's.  But  in  following  this 
routine,  two  rules  should  be  observed 
— add  only  one  new  food  at  a  time, 
and  always  start  with  a  small  quan- 
tity, gradually  increasing  it. 

""Shirley's  diet  at  six  years  of  age  is 
similar  to  this  one  that  I  have  out- 
lined— with  more  variation,  of  course." 

Shirley's  favorite  dish  is  ice  cream 
and  "gravy" — an  ice  cream  sundae — 
which  she  may  have  on  state  occa- 
sions. Next  on  her  list  of  favorites 
comes  vegetable  soup.  At  the  studio 
she  lunches  in  exclusive  solitude  in 
her  pretty  white  bungalow,  for  too 
many  people  clustered  about  and  dis- 
turbed her  when  she  formerly  ate 
with  the  other  stars  in  the  studio  cafe. 
And  there  is  no  danger  of  her  getting 
indigestion  for  she  eats  slowly,  chew- 
ing her  food  thoroughly. 

"Then  there  was  the  matter  of 
rest,"  Dr.  Sands  went  on.  "Shirley 
had  two  naps  every  day  from  infancy 
until  she  could  not  sleep  that  much. 
Xow  she  takes  a  long  nap  in  the  after- 
noon, and  her  bedtime  is  seven  at 
night,  with  twelve  hours  of  sleep  in 
store  for  her." 


RUT  let  there  be  no  misunderstand- 
*-*  ing  on  one  score.  Shirley  is  no 
"mama's  angel  child."  Mrs.  Temple 
guards  her  daughter's  health,  play, 
and  associations,  but  disciplines  her 
whenever  necessary. 

'"Mrs.  Temple  hasn't  allowed  the 
aura  of  glamor  that  surrounds  Shirley 
to  influence  her  in  letting  down  the 
bars  even  an  inch,"  said  Dr.  Sands. 
"From  the  very  beginning — long  be- 
fore Shirley  was  a  'child  wonder'  or 
a  'miracle  child' — she  has  sacrificed 
personal  pleasures  at  a  cost  that  few 
mothers  would  be  willing  to  pay.  The 
family's  home  life  is  unostentatious 
and  simple,  in  wide  contrast  to  the 
excitement  in  which  the  child  lives  at 
the  studio  and  in  public." 

In  tempering  indulgence  with  dis- 
cipline, Mrs.  Temple  has  followed  an- 
other of  Dr.  Sands'  rules.  In  his 
opinion,  you  can't  indulge  a  child  one 
hundred  percent  and  expect  her  to  be 
anything  but  "spoiled."  From  the  time 
that  Shirley  was  old  enough  to  be 
reasoned  with,  her  mother  has  been 
frank  and  honest  with  her. 

L  nconsciousry  imitating  the  attitude 
always  shown  toward  her.  this  very 
famous  Shirley  has  remained  sweet, 
good-tempered"  and  unaffected.  She  is 
the  happiest  of  youngsters,  her  little 
feet  are  firmly  set  on  the  ground,  and 
her  lovely  curly  head  remains  balanced 
and  unspoiled ! 


FROM 


Qrusading 
Men  at^Arms 

comes  the  Vogue 

of 
METAL  MESH 


Lovely 
Lace 

Mesh    Pag 
to    match. 


From  the  hand-wrought  chain  mail 
of  warrior  Crusaders  springs  the 
motif  of  this  ultra-smart  stvle  ac- 
cessory—METAL  MESH  by  Whiting 
&  Davis. 

In  smartly  styled  Mesh  Bags  for  day 
or  evening  wear,  in  collars,  belts, 
gauntlets,  capes,  and  even  in  shoes 
and  caps.  Whiting  &  Davis  METAL 
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End  Skin  Troubles  with 
Dry  Yeast — It  Supplies  More  of 
Element  that  Tones  up  Digestive 
Tract  and  Ends  Cause  of  Many 
Complexion  Faults— Easy  to  Eat 

To  correct  ugly  eruptions,  blotches, 
sallowness —  all  the  common  skin 
troubles  caused  by  a  sluggish  system — doc- 
tors have  long  advised  yeast. 

Now  science  finds  that  this  corrective  food 
is  far  more  effective  if  eaten  dry! 

Tests  reveal  that  from  dry  yeast  the  sys- 
tem receives  almost  twice  as  much  of  the 
precious  element  that  stimulates  intestinal 
action  and  helps  to  free  the  body  of  poisons. 
The  digestive  juices  can  more  easily  break 
down  dry  yeast  cells  and  extract  their  rich 
stores  of  vitamin  B — the  tonic  substance 
which  makes  yeast  so  valuable  for  correcting 
the  cause  of  many  skin  ills. 

No  wonder  Yeast  Foam  Tablets  have 
brought  relief  to  so  many  men  and  women. 
These  pleasant  tablets  bring  you  yeast  in 
the  form  science  now  knows  is  most  effective. 
This  improved  yeast  quickly  tones  up  the 
intestinal  nerves  and  muscles,  strengthens 
digestion,  promotesmoreregular  elimination. 
With  the  true  cause  of  your  trouble  cor- 
rected, your  skin  should  soon  clear  up! 
FREE!  This  beautiful  tilted  rnirror.  Gives 
perfect  close-up.  Leaves  both 
hands  free  to  put  on  make-up. 
Amazingly  convenient.  Sent 
free  for  an  empty  Yeast  Foam 
Tablet  carton.  Use  the  coupon. 

1 
I 


NORTHWESTERN  YEAST  CO., 
1750  N.  Ashland  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 
I  enclose  empty  Yeast  Foam  Tablet  carton.  Please 
send  me  the  handy  tilted  make-up  mirror. 

FG.  10-35 
Name 


Address 

City Stale. 


Hollywood  adage,  "No  player  is  bigger 
than  her  last  picture."  And  respect  for 
that  adage  pays  dividends,  particularly 
if  you  can  pick  your  parts,  yourself — 
and  make  the  right  guesses. 

(~X^  the  screen,  the  impression  that  she 
^-^  usually  creates,  with  deft  serenity, 
is  that  she  is  an  exotic  sophisticate,  a 
deliberate  and  skilful  attention-seeker. 
Off  the  screen,  she  does  not  even  pre- 
tend to  live  up  to  the  role. 

If  you  should  arise  early  enough  some 
morning  when  she  is  in  Hollywood,  you 
would  see  Helen  astride  her  favorite 
mare,  Arabella,  riding  along  some  quiet 
Hollywood  bridle  path — the  typical  out- 
door girl,  with  cheeks  glowing  and  hair 
flying.  To  see  her  on  the  screen,  the 
epitome  of  "the  hot-house  flower"  type, 
you  would  never  suspect  that,  in  real 
life,  she  plays  a  rousing  game  of  tennis 
(and  in  shorts,  too!)  or  that  she  is  a 
strong,  agile  swimmer.  And,  if  you 
should  have  an  interview  appointment 
with  her,  you  would  not  find  her  wait- 
ing for  you  in  a  gown  intended  to  daz- 
zle all  onlookers ;  you  would  find  her  in 
a  simple,  smart  dress,  probably  of  the 
street  variety,  with  a  dash  of  the  active 
young  modern  about  it. 

Moreover,  you  would  not  be  disillu- 
sioned to  find  her  thus.  You  would 
suddenly  realize  that  you  knew  she  must 
be  like  this — animated,  informal,  too 
varied  in  her  interests  to  be  self-cen- 
tered, and  too  conscious  of  the  color  of 
life  to  sacrifice  other  interests  to  mere 
wearing  apparel. 

Not  that  she  minimizes  the  importance 
of  attractive  clothes.  She  doesn't.  But 
she  thinks  that  a  girl  can  easily  fall  into 
the  error  of  believing  that  clothes  make 
the  woman  .  .  .  interesting.  "And  it 
should  be  the  woman  who  makes  the 
clothes   interesting,"  believes   Helen. 


T~*\0ESN'T  she  enjoy  her  reputation, 
*~"^  then,  of  being  "one  of  the  screen's 
best-dressed  women"  ? 

"Up  to  certain  point,  any  woman 
would  enjoy  such  a  tag-line,"  is  her 
answer.  "I  don't  want  to  get  beyond 
that  point  ...  to  have  anyone  accuse 
me  of  paying  more  attention  to  my 
clothes  than  to  my  acting.  After  all,  I 
am  an  actress,  and  my  prime  ambition  is 
to  be  a  good  one.  What  I  wear  while 
I  am  acting  is  only  a  side  issue." 

You  tell  her  that  many  people  think 
that  she  is  after  the  laurels  of  the  late 
Lilyan  Tashman,  who  reigned  supreme 
as  "the  best-dressed  woman  in  Holly- 
wood"— and  who  specialized  in  "other 
woman"  roles. 

Helen  smiles,  and  asks,  "How  could 
I  be  a  'second  Lilyan  Tashman,'  even  if 
I  wished  to  be?  I'm  not  the  Tashman 
type.  She  had  a  marvelous  clothes  sense 
—a  clothes  sense  all  her  own.  She  really 
was  one  star  who  could  tell  designers 
what  she  should  wear,  instead  of  hav- 


ing designers  tell  her.  She  had  a  great 
flair  for  the  dramatic.  Everything  she 
wore  was  dramatic.  She  created  an  in- 
stant sensation,  wherever  and  whenever 
she  appeared;  and  she  seldom  wore  the 
same  dress  twice.  She  spent  hours 
every  day — and  thousands  of  dollars 
every  year — in  maintaining  her  title.  I 
don't  have  that  much  money  but  I'm 
sure  I  couldn't  be  dramatic  every  wak- 
ing moment.  I  like  my  comfort  too  well. 

"And,  speaking  of  money,  I'll  tell  you 
an  additional  hazard  in  wearing  glamor- 
ous clothes  on  the  screen.  People  not 
only  assume  that  you  must  be  wealthy ; 
they  think  that  those  clothes  all  belong 
to  you,  personally.  And  when  they  see 
you  in  several  gowns  in  one  picture,  and 
never  see  you  wearing  the  same  gowns 
in  any  subsequent  picture,  they  assume 
that  those  dresses  are  just  hanging  in 
your  closet,  gathering  dust.  So  they 
write  to  you,  asking  for  them.  Letters 
arrive  by  the  hundreds. 

"If  only  some  writer  would  tell  peo- 
ple how  small  a  share  we  have  in  the 
dresses  we  wear  on  the  screen  !  We  don't, 
as  a  rule,  own  them ;  Ave  just  wear  them. 
They  are  the  property  of  the  studios  for 
which  we  work.  They  are  made  for 
our  particular  specifications,  yes,  and 
presumably  wouldn't  fit  anyone  else. 
But  you  might  be  surprised. 


«<T^\0  you  know  how  long  it  takes  to 
*-^  acquire  a  wardrobe  for  a  single 
picture?  Usually,  two  weeks.  Every 
working  day  for  two  weeks,  we  have  to 
think  about  that  wardrobe.  First,  the 
desigrer  shows  us  water  color  sketches 
— -works  of  art,  really — of  the  gowns  he 
has  in  mind  for  us,  along  with  samples 
of  materials.  We  make  our  criticisms, 
if  we  have  any,  and  the  dressmaking  be- 
gins. Then  we  have  various  fittings,  in- 
numerable fittings,  as  the  making  of  the 
dress  progresses.  It  mustn't  have  a 
wrinkle  anywhere.  Finally,  it  is  fin- 
ished and  the  picture  begins.  Every 
night,  when  we  take  off  the  dress,  it  is 
sent  to  the  wardrobe  department  to  be 
pressed.  If  there  are  any  makeup 
stains  on  it — and  make-up  stains  are  fre- 
quent under  hot  studio  lights — the  dress 
must  be  dry-cleaned.  Finally,  by  the 
time  the  picture  is  completed,  the  dress 
is  worn  almost  threadbare — from  its 
many  pressings  and  cleanings. 

"We  usually  wouldn't  want  to  buy  it, 
even  if  it  were  offered  to  us.  Not  only 
because  of  its  sad  condition,  but  because 
we  are  heartily  tired  of  it,  after  days 
and  weeks  of  wearing  it.  So  it  is  sent 
to  the  wardrobe  department,  and  then, 
until  it  is  literally  threadbare,  it  is  worn 
by  one  inconspicuous  'extra'  after  an- 
other. I  wonder  if  all  this  has  "ever 
been  explained  before?  I  think  people 
ought  to  know,"  she  added. 

Knowing  that  she  was  playing  the 
only  feminine  role  in  the  Gaumont- 
British   picture,   King   of  the   Damned, 


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with  Conrad  Veidt  and  Noah  Berry,  and 
knowing  that  the  part  was  romantic,  I 
asked  her  if  she  intended  heading  in  a 
new  direction  in  her  screen  work. 

Her  answer  was :  "It  doesn't  matter 
to  me  what  type  of  role  I  play,  so  long 
as  the  character  is  human  and  interest- 
ing .  .  .  Do  you  know  a  role  I  think 
I  would  like  to  play?  Lucresia  Borgia. 
You  know,  the  lady  of  the  famous  house 
of  poisoners.  '  She  was  supposed  to  be 
one  of  the  most  heartless  women  who 
ever  lived;  she  literally  dressed  to  kill 
her  admirers.  Yet  she  must  have  been 
interesting,  and  she  must  have  had  some 
redeeming  traits — some  common  bond 
with  the  rest  of  humanity.  Anyway,  I 
would  like  to  portray  her — to  try  to 
humanize  her  and  make  her  understand- 
able, if  not  exactly  likable.  If  I  could 
play  such  a  character  as  that,  and  make 
that  character  human,  I  should  feel  I 
had  passed  my  acting  test." 


TT  took  the  astute  and  up-and-coming 
*■  Britons  to  awaken  first  to  the  possi- 
bilities of  starring  Helen.  They  saw 
her  work  in  The  Wedding  Night,  star- 
ring Gary  Cooper  and  Anna  Sten;  they 
read  critics'  comments  that  she  had 
stolen  the  picture.  On  top  of  that,  they 
saw  her  work  in  Private  Worlds.  They 
offered  her  a  starring  role  opposite  Con- 
rad Veidt  in  the  melodrama,  King  of  the 
Damned.  Melodrama  was  new  to  her ; 
so  was  the  prospect  of  working  in  Eng- 
land ;  and  stardom  had  its  attractions. 
She  accepted.  And  so  well  pleased 
were  they  with  her  work  that  they  in- 
vited her  to  remain  in  England  to  make 
Transatlantic  Tunnel,  with  Richard 
Dix,  Conrad  Veidt  and  Madge  Evans. 
Again,  she  would  be  in  a  melodrama — 
but  one  likely  to  be  remembered  for  a 
generation,  being  a  story  about  the 
building  of  a  vehicular  tunnel  under  the 
Atlantic  Ocean  between  England  and 
America  in  some  far-distant  future. 
And  again  she  accepted. 

By  that  time,  too,  romance  was  brew- 
ing. She  had  met  Fred  Perry  on  the 
ship,  going  over  to  England.  With  both 
of  them,  it  had  been  practically  love  at 
first  sight.  Constantly,  in  England, 
they  had  seen  each  other.  Finally  news- 
papers announced  that  they  would  marry 
"within  a  week."  The  report  was  pre- 
mature, it  seems,  but  the  impression  that 
they  are  seriously  interested  in  each 
other  still  prevails. 

Should  she  fulfill  the  columnists'  pre- 
dictions and  become  Mrs.  Fred  Perry, 
she  would  hardly  be  likely  to  desert 
Hollywood  entirely.  After  all,  he  is 
a  frequent  visitor  to  America,  and  he 
has  almost  as  many  friends  in  Holly- 
wood as  she  has.  In  fact  either  single 
or  married,  she  might  be  the  means  of 
persuading  the  handsome  tennis  cham- 
pion to  accept  one  of  the  many  film  offers 
he  has  received. 

But  wherever  she  goes  and  whatever 
she  does,  Helen  Vinson,  the  Texas  girl 
who  made  good  in  the  big  world,  she 
will  continue  to  be  one  of  that  world's 
most  fascinating  women ! 

(Since  this  was  written  he  has  ac- 
cepted one  of  said  many  offers. — Editor) 


M?MA¥ 


^if*  ^JF  IT/ 


ALWAYS  HERSELF 

Do  you  know  a  woman  who  is 
never  at  a  disadvantage,  never  breaks 
engagements,  never  declines  dances 
(unless  she  wants  to!)  and  whose  spirits 
never  seem  to  droop?  She  is  apt  to 
be  that  eighth  woman  who  uses  Midol. 


NATURE  being  what  it  is,  all  women 
are  not  born  "free  and  equal."  A 
woman's  days  are  not  all  alike.  There  are 
difficult  days  when  some  women  suffer 
too  severely  to  conceal  it. 

There  didn't  used  to  be  anything  to  do 
about  it.  It  is  estimated  that  eight  million 
had  to  suffer  month  after  month.  Today, 
a  million  less.  Because  that  many  women 
have  accepted  the  relief  of  Midol. 

Are  you  a  martyr  to  regular  pain? 
Must  you  favor  yourself,  and  save  your- 
self, certain  days  of  every  month?  Midol 
might  change  all  this.  Might  have  you 
riding  horseback.  And  even  if  it  didn't 
make  you  completely  comfortable  you 
would  receive  a  measure  of  relief  well 
worth  while! 

Doesn't  the  number  of  women,  and  the 
kind  of  women  who  have  adopted  Midol 
mean  a  lot?  As  a  rule,   it's  a  knowing 


woman  who  has  that  little  aluminum 
case  tucked  in  her  purse.  One  who  knows 
what  to  wear,  where  to  go,  how  to  take 
care  of  herself,  and  how  to  get  the  most 
out  of  life  in  general. 

Of  course,  a  smart  woman  doesn't  try 
every  pill  or  tablet  somebody  says  is  good 
for  periodic  pain.  But  Midol  is  a  special 
medicine.  Recommended  by  specialists 
for  this  particular  purpose.  And  it  can 
form  no  habit  because  it  is  not  a  narcotic. 
Taken  in  time,  it  often  avoids  the  pain 
altogether.  But  Midol  is  effective  even 
when  the  pain  has  caught  you  unaware 
and  has  reached  its  height.  It's  effective 
for  hours,  so  two  tablets  should  see  you 
through  your  worst  day. 

You'll  find  Midol  in  any  drug  store  — 
usually  right  out  on  the  toilet  goods 
counter.  Or,  a  card  addressed  to  Midol, 
170  Varick  St.,  New  York,  will  bring  a 
trial  box  postpaid,  plainly  wrapped. 


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"HeteH  a 

TIP!" 


4  MILLION  WOMEN  BOUGHT  CLOPAY 

WINDOW  SHADES 

LAST  YEAR.,  .and  Here's  Why... 

'T'OTAL  Clopay  sales  compared  with  average  pur- 
-*-  chase  per  person  show  the  astounding  fact  that 
Clopay  15c  window  shades  now  hang  in  1  out  of  every 
4  American  homes!  American  housewives  have  seen 
CLOPAYS,  tried  CLOPAYS,  and  then  bought  them 
again  and  again.  But,  no  wonder!  The  beauty  of 
their  lovely  patterns  and  rich  texture  is  not  to  be 
equaled  in  even  the  costliest  shades — beauty  ac- 
claimed by  leading  interior  decorators  the  country 
over.  Add  to  that  the 
amazing  durability  of 
Clopays — their  utter  free- 
dom from  cracking,  pin- 
holing,  raveling  on  the 
edges  and  other  common 
faults  of  shades  costing  far 
more — then,  their  sensa- 
tional popularity  is  easy 
to  understand.  And  now 
the  new  fall  patterns  are 
out — lovelier  than  ever 
before.  Don't  fail  to  see 
them.  Write  for  samples 
showing  patterns  in  full 
color.  Enclose  3c  for  post- 
age. Clopay  Corp.,  1486 
York  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 


NO  FILLER  TO  FALL  OUT 

This  shows  how  clay  or 
sizing  falls  out  of  ordinary 
window  shades  from  regular 
use  causing  cracks,  pinholes 
and  raveled  edges.  Impossi- 
ble with  CLOPAYS  which 
have  no  filler  to  fall  out — no 
threads  to  ravel. 


Clopay  Patterns  are 
strikingly  beautiful 
and  their  value  a 
revelation* 


*Says  Mrs.  Sarah  Lockwoodr^ 


|— one  of 

America's 
Leading  Interior  Decorators,  author  of  widely  read  book, 
"Decoration — Past,  Present  and  Future." 

Watch 

STORE    WINDOWS 

During  October  leading 

*'5  &  10"  stores  and  ri 

many  others  will  feature  j^ 

in  their  windows  those  £ 

striking  new  CLOPAY  *~ 

patterns  so  heartily  en-  «$ 
dorsed   by  Mrs.  Lock- 

wood.  Watch  for  these  I 

displays — see  how  to  » 

beautify  your  home  at  I 

negligible  cost.  p£ 


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15*  WINDOW  5HADE5 

At  All  5  & 10  and  Most  Neighborhood  Stores 

NOTE:  Like  all  successful  products.  CLOPAYS  are  imi- 
tated. Beware!  CLOPAYS  have  PATENTED  advantages 
no  other  inexpensive  shade  can  possess.  Insist  on  genuine 
CLOPAYS. 


"I  Can't  Pretend!"  says  Margaret  Sullavan 

[Continued  from  page  27] 


would  stop  acting!'  It  made  me  think. 
Maybe  I  was  acting.  Maybe  I  could 
act !  So  I  went  over  and  joined  a  dra- 
matic  group.   .   .  . 

"No,  I'm  not  kidding  Hollywood. 
I'm  not  pretending.  I've  always  been 
this  way.     Just  funny.  .  .  ." 

It  is  a  blessed  kind  of  funniness,  if 
you  ask  me — as  refreshing  as  a  cool 
breeze  in  a  Sahara  of  sophistication. 


A  GREAT  number  of  people  have 
-^*-  thought  this  indifference  of  Mar- 
garet Sullavan's  to  publicity,  to  Holly- 
wood, to  fame,  was  a  deliberate  pose. 
And  it  was  to  get  the  correct  answer 
that  I  drove  forty  miles  out  to  Sher- 
wood Forest,  where  she  was  making 
outdoor  scenes  for  So  Red  the  Rose. 
Two  days  "on  location"  with  any  star 
can  reveal  more  about  her  than  anyone 
could  discover  'in  two  years  of  casual 
friendship.  Emotions  are  intensified  by 
the  strain  of  working  under  unusual 
conditions.  And  for  the  first  time 
the  reasons  for  what  the  film  colony 
terms  "Miss  Sullavan's  strange  be- 
havior" became  evident. 

Her  indifference  is  based  partly  on 
that  credo  of  hers — independence.  And 
partly  on  her  shrewd  wisdom  about 
what  really  matters  in  life.  For  Mar- 
garet was  well  aware  that  indifference 
to  its  gold  and  glitter  was  the  one  thing 
Hollywood  couldn't  understand.  Before 
she  ever  left  for  the  Coast,  she  knew 
that  it  would  be  her  safest  weapon.  Just 
as  Joan  Crawford  once  told  me,  "You 
can't  care  too  much  or  it  gets  you." 

It  got  that  pitifully  beautiful  girl  who 
was  once  "Miss  America."  She  took 
the  shortest  way  out — with  a  bullet.  It 
has  got — how  many?  Only  the  great 
movie  god  knows  and  the  great  movie 
god  isn't  telling.  But  it  will  never  get 
Margaret  Sullavan.  She  could  bury 
herself  in  an  obscure  stock  company — 
in  fact,  she  did  so  last  summer — and  be 
just  as  happy  as  on  a  hilltop  in  Holly- 
wood. That  is  what  living  for  the 
moment  has  taught  her. 


A  N  AMUSING  thing  happened  when 
^~*-  she  was  returning  by  train  to  take 
the  lead  in  this  production  of  Stark 
Young's  beautiful  story  of  the  Old 
South — one  of  Paramount's  most  ambi- 
tious productions  of  the  year.  '(Para- 
mount "borrowed"  her  from  Universal, 
where  she  is  next  to  film  Next  Time 
We  Live.)  She  had  occasion  to  be- 
friend a  couple  of  old  ladies  and  when 
they  finally  discovered  who  she  was, 
one  of  them  stammered,  "G-goodness, 
I  didn't  know  movie  stars  were  like 
that.  W-why,  she  might  have  been  my 
own  daughter — she  was  so  natural  and 
unaffected  and  kind.  .  .  ."  And  this 
was  "the  girl  that  Hollywood  couldn't 
tame." 

With    all    her    soul,    Margaret    Sul- 


lavan wants  to  be  a  plain  human  be- 
ing with  both  feet  on  the  ground.  She 
is  as  terrified  today  of  any  "glorifying 
process"  as  she  was  the  day  she  landed 
in  Hollywood.  That's  why  her  contract 
stipulates  that  she  shall  be  permitted  to 
spend  half  of  each  year  away  from  Hol- 
lywood. And  because  of  that  clause, 
she  and  her  new  husband,  Director  Wil- 
liam Wyler,  have  separated. 

"Out  here  a  happy  couple  can't  fight 
without  rumors  !"  she  joked  shortly  be- 
fore they  parted.  And  probably  they 
never  would  have  parted,  if  Wyler  had 
not  enjoyed  the  film  city  as  much  as 
she  fears  it.  It  is  a  part  of  him.  He 
owes  to  it  everything  he  has ;  its  life 
is  an  integral  part  of  his  life.  Their 
main  bone  of  contention  was  that  he 
would  not  leave  it  and  she  felt  that  she 
had  to  get  away  occasionally. 

"He  is  a  very  lovable  man  .  .  .  but  I 
don't  love  him."  There  was  terrific 
finality  about  that  sentence  as  she  said 
it  to  intimate  friends.  It  marked  the 
closing  of  that  romantic  chapter  which 
began  in  such  whirlwind  fashion  when 
they  were  working  together  on  The 
Good  Fairv. 


npO  UNDERSTAND  Margaret's 
A  viewpoint,  it  is  necessary  to  under- 
stand that  flamelike,  independent  spirit 
of  hers.  The  very  spirit  that  makes  her 
so  outstanding  on  the  screen  is  what 
makes  an  adjustment  between  Margaret 
and  the  hullabaloo  of  fame  so  difficult. 

"There's  a  tendency  here  toward 
turning  everyone  out  according  to 
mold,"  she  protested  to  me. 

"There  has  been  an  illusion  that  femi- 
nine stars  are  goddesses.  I'm  not  that 
type  of  person  !  I  can't  pretend  that  I 
am — and  no  one  can  build  that  kind  of 
glamor  around  me.  I  don't  like  any 
process  of  whitewashing  the  human  be- 
ing and  elevating  her  above  'the  com- 
mon herd,'  putting  a  halo  around  her 
head. 

"If  only  people  would  let  you  be  your- 
self between  pictures,  if  they'd  only 
leave  you  alone.  .  .  .  But  they  won't. 
It's  up  to  you  to  get  away  every  little 
while  or  lose  your  perspective.  And 
life's  too  short  to  be  narrow-visioned 
about  anything." 

It  was  110  degrees  in  the  shade  in 
Sherwood  Forest  the  day  I  arrived. 
Two  of  the  oldest  trees  in  California 
were  gently  waving  "prop"  beards  of 
imported  Dixie  moss.  The  atmosphere 
was  so  distinctly  1860-ish  that  I  felt  out 
of  place  in  a  shirtmaker  frock — until  I 
saw  Margaret  step  blithely  out  of  her 
hoop  skirt  and  appear  in  shorts.  And 
I  swear  that  she  is  the  only  woman  who 
could  do  it  without  losing  charm. 

She  has  the  childlike  quality  of  all 
young  genius.  And  something  of  its 
sparkle.  But  most  of  all,  I  like  the 
sweetness  of  "the  girl  that  Hollywood 
will  never  tame !" 


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Hollywood's  Heart  Prob- 
lems— and  Yours 

[Continued   from    page   15~\ 


girls.  She  has  been  taught  to  judge  far 
more  carefully,  to  test  and  weigh  and 
balance  problems  in  everyday  life. 

Without  a  doubt  business  girls  make 
the  best  wives  if — 

Yes,  there's  an  "IF."  A  very  big 
one.  It's  this :  If  they  don't  permit 
themselves  to  be  too  matter-of-fact. 


HAVE  in  mind  a  young  woman  who 
•*•  is  gradually  and  unconsciously  ruin- 
ing her  home  by  being  too,  too  practical. 
She  is  spoiling  every  romantic  illusion 
her  husband  ever  had — and  American, 
men  are  the  greatest  romanticists  on 
earth.  They  still  don't  want  to  look  on 
a  girl  as  an  equal,  but  as  an  ideal.  Wom- 
en used  to  earning  their  own  living 
sometimes  overlook  that  fact.  They  get 
too  frank  and  palsy-walsy  in  their 
friendship  with  men.  Don't  make  that 
mistake!     Keep  those  illusions  for  him. 

If  he  is  calling  for  you  at  the  office 
snatch  a  minute  somehow  to  buy  a 
flower  for  your  dress.  Don't  take  your 
office  personality  out  into  the  moonlight 
with.  you.  Or  to  the  altar!  It's  the 
grandest  feeling  on  earth  to  know  that 
you  are  equipped  to  take  care  of  your- 
self and  that  you  can  be  brightly  effi- 
cient if  the  need  arises — but  don't  thrust 
the  fact  in  his  face  morning,  noon,  and 
night. 

One  of  the  things  I  like  best  about 
the  way  Olivia  de  Havilland  is  manag- 
ing her  career  is  that  she  has  not  al- 
lowed it  to  take  any  of  her  sweetness 
or  womanliness  away.  .She  still  brings 
a  young  man  home  and  introduces  him 
to  Mother  before  she  goes  out  with  him  ! 
It's  the  truth  !  Of  course,  you  can  bank 
on  her  not  to  make  a  coy  Victorian  ges- 
ture of  it.  She  simply  invites  a  boy  out 
for  a  game  of  badminton  or  to  dinner. 
And  seeing  her  in  her  own  surroundings 
makes  a  boy  appreciate  a  girl. 

Business  girls  need  to  preserve  their 
mystery  "after  hours !"  If  they  can 
retain  all  their  feminine  charm  and  yet 
manage  a  career  competently,  you  can 
rest  assured  that  they  will  be  the  ablest 
manager  of  a  home  later  on.  .  .  . 


AN  18-YEAR-OLD  GIRL,  torn 
between  love  and  a  career,  wrote 
to  Margaret  Dixe  for  help  in  solv- 
ing her  problem. 

Her  letter  inspired  Mrs.  Dixe  to 
ask  eighteen-year-old  Olivia  de 
Havilland  what  her  answer  would 
be.  You  have  read  the  sane  an- 
swer that  Olivia  gave — and  Mrs. 
Dixe's  sound  comments  on  it. 

What  would  you  like  to  ask 
her?  She  invites  you  to  write  to 
her.  Address:  Margaret  Dixe, 
c/o  MOVIE  CLASSIC,  1501 
Broadway,  New  York  City. 


THE  SCREEN  WANTS  NEW  TALENT 

-fwid'Bo^A  BRING  -ffoUlf (AXXJzL 


TO  YOU ! 


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Dougbss  Montgomery  and  Anita  Louise  indulge  in  a 

cup  of  tea  between   scenes  during  the  filming  of 

Universal's  comedy  "Lady  Tubbs  . 


Jean  Rogers,  winner  of  a  Boston  beauty 
contest  is  playing  the  leading  feminine 
role   in    Universal's   drama   "Stormy  . 

•  Universal  Pictures  are 
looking  for  screen  talent! 

HOLD-BOB  Bob  Pins,  Univer- 
sal Pictures,  Motion  Picture  and  Screen 
Play  join  forces  to  conduct  this  elabor- 
ate search  for  screen  talent.  To  you, 
who  cannot  come  to  Hollywood — we 
are  bringing  Hollywood  to  you!1.  HOLD- 
bobs  are  giving  you  the  opportunity  for 
a  FREE  screen  test.  Your  local  dealer  can 
give  you  full  details  about  the  "Search 
for  Talent". 

Remember,  the  screen  wants  new 
faces  and  fresh  talent.  At  the  Universal 
Studios,  this  minute,  such  newcomers  as 
Dorothy  Page  and  Jean  Rogers  are  working 
in  pictures  destined  to  make  them  famous! 

All  you  need  do  to  enter  the  "Search  for  Talent" 
screen  test  is  to  fill  out  an  entry  blank,  attach 
your  photo  and  mail  to  "Search  for  Talent"  head- 
quarters. You  may  get  entry  blanks  in  any  of  the 
more  than  hundred  thousand  stores  that  sell  the 
famous  HOLD-BOB  Bob  Pins — they're  printed  right 
on  the  back  of  the  HOLD-BOB  cardsl 

Here's  how  these  screen  tests  will  be  given:  The 
"Search  for  Talent"  movie  truck,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  H.  E.  Howard,  with  a  crew  of  cameramen 
and    technicians  and   all   equipment   for   making 


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screen  tests,  will  tour  the  country.  A 
committee  in  your  locality  will  select 
from  photographs  the  most  likely  pros- 
pects for  a  movie  career.  They  will  be 
given  screen  tests  which  will  be  forwarded 
to  Universal  Studios  for  final  judging. 
Those  selected  from  the  final  judging  will 
be  brought  to  Hollywood,  all  expenses, 
paid,    for   a    final    studio    screen    test. 

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contrast  must  be  planned  very  deliber- 
ately to  obtain  desired  dramatic  situa- 
tions. For  each  situation,  as  every  artist 
knows,  there  is  only  one  color-combina- 
tion that  will  best  express  a  given  dra- 
matic point  or  a  certain  characteriza- 
tion. You  wouldn't  play  Faust  against 
a  light  pink  background,  or  Dr.  Jekyll 
and  Mr.  liyde  against  baby-blue. 

"Nor,"  I  contributed,  "would  you 
think  of  Mae  West  in  pastels!" 

"Precisely,"   he  agreed. 


CONSIDER  some  of  the  stars  I 
have  directed,"  Mamoulian  con- 
tinued. "Hopkins,  Garbo,  Dietrich,  Sten, 
Sylvia  Sidney,  Frances  Dee,  could  not 
all  be  dramatic  against  the  same  color 
background.  No  two  of  them  are  alike, 
and  each  one  must  be  interpreted  in 
colors  completely  different  from  those 
that  would  heighten  the  appeal  of  the 
others.  Even  now,  in  black  and  white, 
each  must  be  photographed  individually 
— with  lights,  angles  and  dramatic  in- 
tensity all  considered.  In  color  photog- 
raphy, lighting  is  a  part  of  make-up — 
heightening,  as  it  does,  the  natural  color- 
ings and  bringing  out  the  desired  effects. 
To  translate  it  for  every  woman,  then — 
no  matter  where  she  may  be  and  re- 
gardless of  her  natural  coloring — the 
most  effective  way  to  express  your  per- 
sonality is  to  find  what  combination  of 
colors  you  wear  most  effectively." 

"How  fascinating !  Which  means,  of 
course,"  I  assumed,  "that  you  see  the 
stars'  individual  personalities  expressed 
by  some  particular  colors  in  your  own 
mind  ?" 

"That  is  so,"  he  agreed. 

"In  that  case,"  I  said,  "don't  you  think 
movie-goers  would  be  extremely  inter- 
ested in  learning  how  Miriam  Hopkins, 
for  example,  'translates'  in  color?  What 
color  would  express  her  personality  ?" 

"Well,  I  see  Miss  Hopkins  as  orange- 
yellow." 

"And  Greta  Garbo?"  I  prompted. 

"Violet-blue." 


LJE  continued,  without  prompting: 
■*■  "Anna  Sten  suggests  dark  green, 
Marlene  Dietrich  light  purple,  Mae 
West  orange-red,  Marion  Davies  sky- 
blue,  Elisabeth  Bergner  purple,  Frances 
Dee  clear  blue,  Sylvia  Sidney  dark  blue, 
Joan  Crawford  bright  red,  Katharine 
Hepburn  deep  blue,  Ginger  Rogers 
warm  yellow,  Ann  Harding  bright  yel- 
low, Irene  Dunne  blue-green,  and  Mar- 
garet Sullavan  dark  green,  just  to  name 
a  few." 

It  seems  to  me  this  "color-identifica- 
tion" would  make  a  fascinating  new 
parlor  game  to  replace  that  antiquated 
animal,  vegetable,  and  mineral  business ! 
When  color  films  increase  in  num- 
ber (and  new  ones  are  even  now  be- 
ing scheduled),  there  will  be  different, 
more  improved  methods  of  high-light- 
ing, according  to  Mr.  Mamoulian.  And 


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should  you  come  into  a  theatre  in  the 
middle  of  a  film,  you  will  probably  be 
able  to  say  that  the  picture  is  a  Mamou- 
lian,  or  a  Cukor  or  a  W.  S.  Van  Dyke 
production,  as  a  result  of  certain  gen- 
eral coloring  and  shadow  effects,  just 
as  today  one  recognizes  a  painting  by 
Rembrandt  or  Corot  from  their  individ- 
ual use  of  colors.  And,  undoubtedly, 
your  favorite  stars  will  also  become 
identified  with  pastels  or  sombre  rich 
hues  or  bright  gay  colors  when  they 
have  found  their  metier  in  Technicolor ! 


LL  of  this  should  mean  something 
important  to  you  in  your  personal 
appearance,  too.  You  can  sit  back  and 
let  the  stars,  whose  ensemble  of  coloring 
nearest  approaches  your  own,  do  all 
your  experimenting  for  you !  And  when 
dusky  Dolores  Del  Rio  or  blonde  Joan 
Bennett  or  auburn-haired  Janet  Gaynor 
arrives  at  the  lipstick,  eyeshadow,  rouge, 
and  powder  that  seem  just  right,  then 
you  can  step  out  and  do  yourself  up 
brown — or  blue — or  violet,  as  the  case 
may  be. 

And  don't,  for  one  moment,  think  that 
complexion  isn't  a  deciding  factor  when 
it  comes  to  beauty.  Mr.  Mamoulian  be- 
lieves that  complexion  alone  gives  one 
a  definite  impression  of  a  face — for  fre- 
quently a  lovely  skin  makes  a  girl  pretty, 
or  even  beautiful,  though  her  features 
may  not  be. 

"Eyes,"  Mamoulian  says,  "are  today 
but  two  black  dots  on  the  screen,  almost 
infinitesimal  in  size  and  practically  of 
a  color  with  the  rest  of  the  picture.  But 
think  of  them  as  bright  blue  eyes  !  Im- 
mediately they  become  interesting  and 
intriguing,  like  two  cornflowers  in  a 
sunny  field — for  a  golden  complexion 
gives  added  beauty.  Do  you  recall  when 
the  sun  goes  under  a  cloud,  however 
briefly,  the  change  that  comes  over  the 
landscape?  Just  so,"  he  says,  "the  change 
to  color  is  rapid  and  convincing." 

Hollywood  has  always  had  beautiful 
women,  and  now  they  are  to  be  colorful 
as  well !  That  is,  if  Mr.  Mamoulian  has 
anything  to  say  about  it — and  who  can 
doubt  that  he  will  have  something  to 
say? 

Because,  to  use  the  words  of  Cole 
Porter's  song,  he's  the  top  ! 


At  last! 


A  novelist   pictures    Hollywood   as   it 
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NINA  WILCOX  PUTNAM 
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constantly  subjected.  And  then,  sud- 
denly growing  tender,  she  said:  "But 
he  sobers  up  onct  a  month  and  then  he's 
so  chivalrous  !" 

Alan  may  commit  a  thousand  major 
crimes,  but  let  him,  in  an  off  mo- 
ment, be  thoughtful  and  kind,  and 
most    women    are    eternal    slaves ! 


H  STANDS  for  humaneness. 
I  mean  the  quality  that  calls  for 
friendship — and  gives  it.  It  progres- 
sively covers  friendship,  love,  mar- 
riage, and  companionship.  It  also  em- 
braces understanding — the  greatest  of 
all  human  relations.  Without  under- 
standing, which  in  itself  makes  a  man 
charming,  he  lacks  much  that  women 
find  vital  to  their  happiness.  If  he  is 
cold,  unfeeling,  indifferent,  no  woman 
can  find  him  charming. 


A  IS  for  the  "assertive"  quality  in  a 
charming  man.  Now  please  don't 
misunderstand.  I  don't  want  you  to 
confuse  assertive  with  aggressive,  for 
one  has  little  to  do  with  the  other.  An 
aggressive  man,  by  and  large,  is  not 
only  a  bore,  but  a  very  annoying  ani- 
mal. An  "assertive"  man  is  really  a 
"masterful"  one. 

He  never  leaves  you  in  any  doubt 
that  he  is  a  real  man.  He  will  see 
that  you  are  comfortable  and  happy, 
even  if  he  has  to  fight  a  whole  regi- 
ment to  make  it  possible.  He  doesn't 
shilly-shally.  He  likes  you.  He 
makes  it  perfectly  clear.  But,  remem- 
ber, he  is  also  chivalrous — and  he 
doesn't  force  his  attentions.  He  is 
simply  there  to  do  whatever  he  can. 
And  he  does.  You  can't  make  a  con- 
venience of  him.  (You  wouldn't 
want  to  do  so.)  But  he  will  be  your 
friend,  if  that  is  your  wish— and  he 
will  do  everything  in  his  power  to 
make  you  his  wife,  if  that  is  his  de- 
sire. You  find  it  exceedingly  dif- 
ficult even  to  try  to  dissuade  him. 
You  see  that  assertiveness  is  one  of 
his  most  persuasive  charms! 


RIS  for  his  romantic  quality,  the 
Romeo  lurking  in  every  charm- 
ing male.     And  women  love  romance ! 

When  I  say  "romantic,"  I  am  not 
thinking  only  of  a  balcony  scene  or 
even  a  gondola  built  for  two  in  a 
lovely  Venetian  setting.  A  romantic 
quality  is  much  more  than  mooniness  in 
a  moonlight  setting ! 

For  instance,  it  may  mean  that  a 
man  dances  well,  that  he  walks  with 
virile  grace,  or  has  a  voice  with  tim- 
bre and  depth.  Or  a  romantic  quality 
may  enable  him  to  enjoy  the  poetry 
that  you  do,  be  the  athlete  to  whom 
you  may  point  with  pardonable  pride, 
or  his  ideals  may  be  such  as  to  make 
you  justly  proud. 


FOR  M  there  is  only  magnetism. 
*■  Magnetism  is  the  very  core  of 
charm — it  is  charm !  Magnetism,  in 
its  most  obvious  sense,  "attracts."  It 
is  that  subtle  something  that  causes 
us  to  turn  to  a  certain  one  in  a  group 
for  interest  and  appreciation.  It  is 
vague,  provocative,  and,  of  all  the 
qualities  which  comprise  charm,  it 
alone  cannot  be  either  acquired  or 
cultivated.  It  simply  is — or,  lament- 
ably, it  isn't ! 

All    together,    these    five   attributes 
spell  C-H-A-R-M! 


ASKED  to  illustrate  these  points,  I 
find  myself  thinking  of  an  assort- 
ment of  types  that  have  caught  the 
imagination  of  all  women,  men  who 
seem  to  be  the  personification  of  each 
ingredient  of  charm. 

For  chivalry,  there  is  Leslie  How- 
ard, who  appeals  to  women  as  the 
type  of  man  who  would  do  all  those 
tender  little  things  which  endear  men 
to  us.  He  is  the  embodiment  of  old- 
world  charm  that  accounts  for  the 
vogue  of  English  actors  in  Holly- 
wood's  renaissance. 

For  humaneness,  Gary  Cooper,  with 
whom  I  am  co-starring  in  Para- 
mount's  Peter  Ibbctson,  and  who  sug- 
gests to  women  everywhere  the  con- 
stant friend,  rich  in  understanding 
and  devotion.  And  Gary  is  humane. 
He  is  kind  to  everyone  alike — and 
friendly  to  all.  One  believes  in  hu- 
manity through  him. 

For  assertiveness,  Clark  Gable 
stands  as  the  pre-eminent  example. 
Women  find  in  him  the  man  who 
overcomes  barriers,  who  knows  what 
he  wants  and  has  the  courage  and 
ability  to  go  after  it.  And  get  it! 
No  if's,  and's,  and  but's  for  him.  He 
is  no  weak-kneed,  indefinite,  waver- 
ing fence-sitter,  but  a  man  who  asks 
only  to  be  depended  upon. 

For  romance,  the  Prince  of  Wales 
is  an  international  figure  who  makes 
Prince  Charming  come  to  life.  No 
figure  calls  forth  more  adoration  from 
feminine  hearts  than  David  Windsor, 
the  jaunty  bachelor.  Wherever  he 
goes,  the  Prince  is  a  figure  of  ro- 
mance materialized. 

For  magnetism — Lindbergh.  The 
flier's  very  name  is  mesmeric.  His 
lanky  good  looks  are  not  those  of  a 
Beau  Brummell,  but  his  appeal  is 
sheer  magic.  His  charm,  a  strange 
mixture  of  modesty  and  outstanding 
bravery,  is  a  heady  drink  for  women. 

And  yet  charm,  for  the  average 
woman,  is  not  prefaced  by  titles  or 
great  deeds.  It  is  a  happy  combina- 
tion of  man's  natural  instincts  culti- 
vated by  the  appreciation  and  sym- 
pathy of  women.  All  men  have  charm 
in  varying  degrees,  but  it  takes  a 
woman  to  discover  it.  That's  your 
gift  from  the  gods  above! 


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How  Claudette  Colbert 
conqi 


luered  her  greatest 


enemy! 


[Continued  from  page  29] 


insisted.  It  was  all  very  cute  and  light, 
of  course,  but  that  was  just  the  trouble 
with  it.  What  audiences  would  want  to 
watch  Clark  and  me  working  out  a 
thumb-formula  for  hitch-hiking? 

"Well.  Clark  listened  to  about  'as 
much  as  he  could  stand.  Then  he  said, 
"Oh,  forget  it,  Claudette!  What  do 
you  care?  And  if  you  do,  you'd  bet- 
ter keep  it  to  yourself;  because,  as 
far  as  I'm  concerned,  it  just  -doesn't 
matter.  If  it's  going  to  be  a  flop,  it's 
going  to  be  a  flop.  If  it's  going  to  be 
a  hit,  it  will  be  one.  Don't  forget :  you 
and  I  just  work  here.  The  script  isn't 
our  business  any  more  than  the  photo- 
graphing is.  Come  on,  how  about  a 
game  of  checkers  ?' 

'"Well,  to  make  a  short  story  of  it, 
he  absolutely  scoffed  me  out  of  my  wor- 
ries. He  suddenly  made  me  ashamed 
of  myself  because  I  realized  that  I  was 
annoying;   everyone. 


"T  LEARNED  from  Clark  a  thing  or 

-*■  two  about  taking  life  in  stride,  and 
I'll  always  be  grateful.  He's  so  amiable, 
so  unperturbed,  that  I  couldn't  help 
learning !  I  never  start  on  a  picture 
now  without  a  Clark  Gable  talking-to. 

"Then,  too,  whenever  I  entertained, 
I  used  to  have  such  a  bad  time  at  my 
own  parties,  worrying  ahput  whether 
my  guests  were  having  a  good  time, 
that  everyone  else  sensed  the  strain  in 
the  air.  That,  incidentally,  is  a  failing 
that  many  women  have — anticipating 
trouble  at  their  own  parties. — And  if 
anything  will  spoil  a  party,  that  will ! 
I  have  learned  now  not  to  worn'.  I 
invite  only  my  eight  or  nine  close 
friends  to  parties,  anyway. 

"There  is  only  one  worry  of  which 
I  have  never  been  guilty  .  .  .  and  that 
is  how  I  look  off  the  screen.  If  some- 
one sees  me  wearing  a  pair  of  com- 
fort-shoes, instead  of  snappy  high- 
heeled  slippers,  I  don't  care.  I'm  com- 
fortable, and  I  refuse  to  parade. 

"And  here  is  the  final  proof  that  I 
really  have  improved !  Just  recently 
I  bought  a  beautiful  plot  of  land  in 
Hohnby  Hills.  I  selected  the  plan  for 
the  house  I  wanted — English  Colonial 
— and  started  to  build.  The  founda- 
tion was  scarcely  begun  when  the 
whole  industry  began  to  talk  of  mov- 
ing out  of  California.  If  this  had  hap- 
pened three  years  ago,  I  would  have 
been  thrown  into  a  panic.  But  I  had 
learned  the  Clark  Gable  shrug.  I  used 
it.  I  figured  that  it  would  take  the  in- 
dustry a  couple  of  years  to  move,  any- 
way, and  by  that  time  I  might  be  re- 
tiring from  pictures.  But  I  would  still 
have  my  house  .  .  .  the  house  that  I 
had  always  wanted.  Doesn't  that  sound 
as  if  I  am  cured  of  worrying?"  I 


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WITH  DANGEROUS 
METHODS  OF 

l/lcMiage  r/ygiene 


Says  MRS. 
L.  C.  K. 

"I'VE  BEEN  A 

SATISFIED  USER 

FOR  OVER 

20  YEARS" 


Charm   in  Women 

[Continued  from   page   25] 


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of  charm.  I  have  been  told  that  there 
are  certain  universal  standards  by 
which  tli  is  priceless  quality  can  be 
judged.  Maybe  so.  If  there  are,  they 
must  be  judged  universal  on  the  strength 
of  the  fact  that  they  appeal  to  all  peo- 
ple. 

'""PHIS  subject  of  charm  is  one  I  don't 
•*■  recall  ever  having  heard  discussed 
in  my  early  days  in  Montana.  A  man 
and  woman  there  began  marriage  with 
scarcely  anything  but  individual  cour- 
age, mutual  interest  in  their  home,  and 
four  willing  hands.  They  had  to  fight 
for  those  conveniences  that  most  of  us 
now  take  for  granted. 

And  yet,  despite  the  hard  winters,  un- 
reliable crops  and  the  cattle  that  strayed, 
starved,  or  were  frequently  stolen,  they 
managed  to  gain  a  foothold,  fight 
through  and  flourish.  There  was  no 
whining,  no  pouting,  no  scenes.  A  wife 
had  vision  and  courage  and  faith  in  the 
future  and  by  encouraging  and  toiling 
side  by  side  with  her  hard-working 
man,  she  helped  him  to  accomplish  the 
impossible. 

Call  that  charm  if  you  will.  The 
Montana  husband  probably  did.  Yet  it 
stands  to  reason  that  this  Montana 
woman  wouldn't  pass  inspection  in  a 
Hollywood  casting  office  or  in  front  of 
the  stag  line  at  the  Ritz. 

Those  whose  business  it  is  to  pick 
the  stars  of  tomorrow  from  the  thou- 
sands of  young  hopefuls  who  flock  to 
Hollywood  set  up  a  lot  of  arbitrary 
standards  by  which  they  judge  potential 
charm.  They  demand,  so  they  tell  me, 
poise,  beauty,  intelligence,  womanliness, 
and  sincerity.  It  sounds  as  though  a 
combination  of  all  these  in  one  woman 
should  do  the  trick  without  fail,  but 
such  is  not  the  case. 


WE  ALL  have  seen  women  who 
have  held  the  attention  of  all  the 
men  around  them  and  who  lack  some  of 
these  so-called  "necessary  attributes." 
No  man  who  has  ever  met  Amelia  Ear- 
hart  has  failed  to  remark  on  her  charm. 
Yet  she  is  not  on  any  Hollywood  cast- 
ing director's  list  under  the  heading  of 
"beauty."  One  or  several  of  these  at- 
tributes may  be  missing  in  a  woman,  yet 
some  person,  group  or  even  an  entire 
nation  may  set  her  up  as  an  ideal  of 
charm.  Maybe  I'm  wrong,  but  we  all 
have  seen  it  happen. 

The  screen  is  the  conceded  interna- 
tional focal  point  of  beauty,  yet  notice 
how  varied  the  types  are.  You  will  hear 
Marlene  Dietrich  rated  as  the  acme  of 
perfection  for  natural  beauty  of  fea- 
tures, while  others  will  dispute  such  a 
contention  and  substitute  Greta  Garbo 
as  their  choice.  Or  they  may  prefer 
the  warmth  of  Sylvia  Sidney,  the  verve 
of  Katharine  Hepburn,  or  the  sparkle 
of  Carole  Lombard.  And  each  would 
be  right.    That  is  why  any  girl  can  be 

Movie  Classic  for  October,  1935 


quite  as  lovely  as  any  of  these  if  she 
appears  so  to  her  sweetheart.  It  all 
depends  on  who  is  doing  the  appraising. 

That  beauty  alone  is  not  considered 
charm  is  conceded  by  all  women.  It 
may  help  to  attract  a  man.  But  will  it 
hold  him?  For  every  physical  fault  a 
woman  may  have  there  is  a  compensa- 
tion. Homely  women  have  been  known 
to  hold  the  attention  of  men  to  the  ex- 
clusion of  stunning  beauties.  They  have 
personality,  intelligence,  character,  wit, 
or  some  other  quality  that  outshines 
mere   beauty. 

It  seems  that  qualities  that  go  to 
make  up  charm  can  be  cultivated,  either 
consciously  or  unconsciously.  There  is 
not  a  woman  living,  no  matter  what  her 
appearance,  who  cannot  find  compensat- 
ing qualities  in  her  nature  that  will 
make  her  attractive  to  men.  This  is 
one  of  those  facts  of  life  on  which 
everyone  agrees.  How  it  happens  is 
something  else  again. 


TT'S  all  a  mystery  to  me.  I  do  not 
A  analyze  the  women  opposite  whom  I 
play.  I  have  no  category  into  which 
I  can  place  Ann  Harding,  with  whom 
I  am  now  appearing  in  Peter  Ibbetson, 
nor  Marlene  Dietrich,  Marion  Davies, 
Carole  Lombard,  nor  any  of  the  others. 
I  enjoy  working  with  them,  and  that's 
that.  To  be  where  they  are  in  motion 
pictures  naturally  presupposes  that  they 
have  what  is  commonly  known  as  charm. 
I  assume  this  and  go  on  that  basis. 

There  are  women  all  over  the  coun- 
try who  are  dead-ringers  for  many  of 
these  actresses,  yet  they  don't  set  things 
on  fire  to  the  same  degree — and  some 
of  them  perhaps  not  at  all.  They  may 
be  sincere  or  artificial,  exactly  alike  in 
most  ways  or  with  a  number  of  differ- 
ences, yet  they  bring  a  different  reac- 
tion in  men.  Why  this  is  so  will  have 
to  be  answered  by  greater  authorities 
than  myself. 

You  might  also  ask  these  authorities 
why  the  standards  keep  changing  so 
often.  I  would  like  to  know  why  my- 
self. The  chorus  girl  with  the  "boyish 
figure"  seems  to  be  the  standard  today. 
The  buxom  beauty  went  out  with  the 
mustache  cup.  There  must  be  some- 
one who  decides  these  trends,  but  no 
one  has  yet  been  able  to  identify  him 
or  it.  This  seems  to  prove  that  there 
doesn't  seem  to  be  any  use  looking  for 
a  formula  or  a  gauge ! 

You  can  have  a  lot  of  fun  speculating 
on  just  how  far  Lillian  Russell  would 
go  on  the  screen  if  she  were  alive  and 
in  her  heyday  today,  or  how  the  bald- 
headed  row  would  have  received  Joan 
Crawford  if  she  held  Lillian  Russell's 
place  back  in  the  '90's ! 

I  feel  safe  in  saying  that  there  is  only 
one  hard  and  fast  rule : 

CHARM  is  inherent  in  every  person. 
Find  it  in  yourself — and  then  make  the 
most  of  it ! 


There's  Only  One  Joan! 

[Continued  from  page  34] 


did  I.  They  don't  live  the  same  im- 
pulsive, happy-go-lucky  life  as  married 
women  that  they  did  as  single  girls. 
They  have  new  responsibilities  now. 
They  can't  help  being  more  dignified. 
It  was  the  same  way  with  me. 

"The  difference  between  them  and  me 
lies  in  the  fact  that  their  friends  expect 
them  to  settle  down  after  marriage.  If 
they  continued  going  out  night  after 
night,  even  with  their  husbands,  people 
would  talk.  They  would  say  that  those 
girls  were  wrecking  their  husbands' 
health  and  lives,  keeping  them  out  every 
nigh't  until  all  hours,  preventing  them 
from  going  to  work  on  time. 

"But  because  /  settled  down,  I  had 
done  grand!"  exclaimed  Joan. 


"'"PHOSE  girls,  after  they  marry,  oc- 

-*-  casionally  go  out  dancing.  So  did 
I.  If  I  feel  like  going  to  the  Cocoanut 
Grove  or  the  Beverly-Wilshire  today,  I 
go.  But  as  any  girl  grows  older,  it  is 
natural  that  less  strenuous  pleasures 
should  attract  her. 

"No  beings  on  earth  remain  the  same 
year  after  year.  If  they  show  the  least 
inclination  to  stay  static,  the  world 
moves  on  and  leaves  them  behind.  When 
you  are  a  child,  you  read  books  by 
Louisa  May  Alcott.  As  you  grow  older, 
their  simple  sentiment  cloys.  You  go 
on  to  a  little  more  mature  fiction.  After 
awhile  you  become  satiated  with  that, 
too.  You  go  on  to  something  else,  some- 
thing with  more  meat  and  substance  to 
it — biographies  and  histories,  perhaps. 
I  don't  believe  anyone  starts  out  by  read- 
ing classics.  You  work  up  to  them  grad- 
ually. You  have  to  develop  an  appre- 
ciation of  them." 

I  knew  what  Joan  was  driving  at. 
Some  time  ago  an  actor-friend  of  mine 
was  working  in  a  picture  with  her.  He 
came  home  one  night  muttering  about 
her  trying  to  show  him  up.  Pressed 
for  an  explanation,  he  said  that  during 
the  day  he  had  quoted  a  line  from  one 
of  Shakespeare's  plays.  Joan  had  picked 
it  up  and  recited  the  whole  speech  from 
which  the  quotation  was  taken.  It  gave 
him  a  feeling  of  inferiority  because  she 
had  known  the  whole  thing  and  he  had 
known  only  a  line  of  it. 

Yet  it  was  he  who  started  it!  In 
repeating  the  incident  to  others  later, 
this  actor  did  not  bother  to  explain  that 
part  of  it.  All  that  he  found  necessary 
to  say  was  that  Joan  went  around  the 
set  flaunting  her  knowledge  of  Shake- 
speare in  others'  faces  to  impress  them 
with  how  well-read  she  was! 


T  HAVE  KNOWN  Joan  pretty  well 
over  a  period  of  years.  I  have  never 
known  her  to  try  to  impress  anyone 
with  anything.  This  chap  started  the 
conversation.  There  was  no  reason  for 
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longer  Mary  Smith,  but  'The  girl  in 
the  yellow  dress.' 


"tj^VERY  wardrobe  must  have  a 
dominating  color,  and  you  can 
do  no  better  than  to  choose  black. 
It  can  be  worn  anywhere,  any  time, 
triumphantly.  Black  shows  to  best 
advantage  on  blondes,  of  course. 
Since  my  hair  has  been  lightened,  it  is 
much  easier  for  me  to  dress  becom- 
ingly, for  I  can  always  rely  on  black. 

"The  most  important  item  in  my 
wardrobe  is  evening  gowns.  I  must 
give  them  the  greatest  attention  be- 
cause I  make  most  of  my  public  ap- 
pearances at  formal  evening  affairs. 
However,  for  the  non-theatrical  girl, 
or  the  girl  who  doesn't  go  out  a 
great  deal  at  night,  I  think  the  most 
important  single  costume  is  her  tail- 
ored suit.  It  is  much  the  best  thing, 
if  you  can  possibly  afford  it,  to  have 
this  made  for  you.  You  have  to  be 
fitted  by  a  regular  man's  tailor  to 
achieve  that  crisp  precision  of  line 
that  is  so  essential.  With  my  suits  I 
prefer   tailored   shirtmaker   blouses. 

"If  a  girl  has  to  economize,  I  would 
suggest  that  she  save  on  the  little 
casual  dresses  she  wears  on  the  street 
in  summer  and  under  her  heavy  coat 
in  winter.  The  wash  silks,  the  prints, 
and  the  plain  in-between  dresses  can 
be  purchased  for  very  little  money, 
and  still  put  up  a  good  appearance. 

"For  example,  I  have  a  new  navy 
silk  luncheon  dress  printed  with  white 
polka  dots.  It  is  entirely  simple  save 
for  the  unique  trimming  of  shirred 
navy  blue  taffeta  ribbon  that  runs 
the  length  of  the  sleeve  from  shoulder 
to  cuff.  With  the  addition  of  a  bow- 
tied  sash  of  the  ribbon,  and  a  tie  at 
the  base  of  the  neckline,  that  is  all 
there  is  to  the  gown.  It  is  an  ex- 
clusive model  designed  for  me,  but 
it  certainly  wouldn't  cost  a  great  deal 
to  duplicate. 

"Although  I  like  clothes,  and  I  like 
to  have  as  many  of  them  as  possible, 
I  don't  consider  myself  extravagant. 
Perhaps  the  only  thing  I  indulge  in  to 
excess  is  shoes.  I  have  slippers  of  all 
different  types,  colors,  and  materials. 
My  hose  I  buy  by  the  dozen  pairs, 
but  that  is  merely  for  convenience.  I 
am   not   especially  hard    on   them. 

"Handkerchiefs,  lingerie,  and  gloves 
are  other  accessories  I  purchase  in 
quantity.  They  are  staples,  and  it  is 
only  practical  to  have  a  generous 
supply   on   hand. 


««TET  me  show  you  the  clothes  I 
-■—'have  selected  for  my  fall  en- 
sembles. I  had  them  designed  by  Dot 
Gregson,  a  young  couturiere  who  is 
making  a  name  for  herself  as  an 
American  modiste.    These  dresses  are 


all  very  new,  and  I  think  indicative 
of  the  trend  that  winter  fashions  will 
take,  during  the  coming  season. 

"I  am  simply  crazy  about  the  black 
and  white  evening  gown.  To  me,  it 
has  everything.  It  is  made  of  sheer 
black  wool  crepe,  molded  closely 
about  the  hips  and  flaring  below  the 
knees.  The  blouse  is  nothing  in  the 
world  but  two  giant,  beruffled  berthas 
of  white  souffle,  falling  over  the 
shoulders  to  the  natural  waistline.  A 
black  velvet  ribbon  ties  in  a  bow  at 
the  front  of  the  low  decolletage,  and 
loops  over  my  neck.  With  this  I 
wear  a  very  plain  black  velvet  hat, 
and  a  little  cape  of  the  white  souffle 
ruffles.  I  also  like  large  single  pearl 
ear-rings  with  the  costume,  and  no 
other  jewelry. 

"My  new  dinner  dress  is  entirely  of 
souffle.  The  black  skirt  is  softly 
draped,  and  concentrates  its  fullness 
at  the  back  of  the  waist.  Black  el- 
bow-length sleeves  are  so  full  that 
they  seem  almost  to  be  part  of  a  cape. 
Over  the  front  of  the  black  bodice 
comes  a  large,  low  collar  of  pale  blue 
souffle,  shirred  into  countless  tiny 
ruchings.  Pale  blue  and  black  inter- 
twine to  form  the  girdle. 

"My  suit  is  unusual.  It  is  entirely 
hand-made  of  a  dark  wine-colored 
crepe.  The  blouse  of  crepe  is  most 
severe,  and  its  long,  narrow  neckline 
is  edged  with  finely  pleated  grosgrain 
ribbon.  A  little  bit  of  a  toque  with 
a  nose  veil  matches  the  suit,  and  is 
trimmed  with  a  saucy  cluster  of  yellow 
daisies  right  in  front.  The  daisies 
are  sisters  to  those  that  make  up  my 
corsage.  Black  patent-leather  pumps 
with  rhinestone  buckles,  a  double 
scarf  of  silver  fox,  and  a  luncheon 
date  make  the  effectiveness  of  the  out- 
fit complete ! 


"ANOTHER  street  costume,  that  I 

x  *-  have,  introduces  a  new  note 
with  the  shirred  insertion  of  the  tiny 
shoulder  cape  of  black  crepe  de  chine. 
The  capelet,  which  is  finished  off  with 
a  wide,  shirred  flounce,  goes  over  a 
plain  waist  with  full  elbow-length 
sleeves.  The  skirt  of  black  crepe  is 
wrap-around  and  has  a  flounce. 

Still  another  smart  street  ensemble 
for  autumn  in  Ann's  wardrobe  is  a 
two-piece  dress  with  a  short  jacket  of 
black  caracul.  The  skirt  is  black  with 
a  faintly  ribbed  design;  it  is  topped 
by  a  shirt  of  silver  metal  cloth  with 
an  Oliver  Cromwell  collar. 

"With  sophisticated  clothes,  you  gain 
self-assurance,"  Ann  points  out.  "They 
encourage  you  to  be  smart  and  modern 
in  your  appearance,  your  manner,  and 
even  in  your  mode  of  thinking.  You 
subconsciously  live  up  to  your  clothes, 
and  the  first  thing  you  know,  you  have 
the  gift  you  have  been  seeking — Sophis- 
tication !" 


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Garbo  Talks  for  Publication 

[Continued  from  page  35] 


phers  "not  to  blaze  their  spotlights  in 
her  eyes."  He  said,  vociferously,  "We 
must    not   scare   her!" 

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standing  in  the  doorway.  Greta  Garbo 
herself,  smiling.  She  did  not  look  tired, 
as  reported.  She  was  tanned,  healthy- 
looking. 


SHE  sat  down,  and  as  a  group  we 
looked  at  her — Sweden's  Queen 
Christina.  Greta  Garbo  never  has  been 
so  popular  in  Sweden  as  she  is  right 
now,  since  making  this  picture. 

For  a  moment  no  one  said  a  word. 

As  a  beginning,  someone  asked  the 
most  obvious  possible  question:  Was 
she  happy  to  be  home  again? 

"Yes,  indeed,"  she  said — and  sighed 
a  deep,  contented  sigh. 

We  inquired  how  she  felt  personally 
about  the  popular  Queen  Christina. 

She  looked  sadly  disappointed.  She 
shook  her  head,  while  she  said :  "That 
picture  never  was  done  the  way  I 
wanted  it — not  at  all." 


«<TS  IT  true  that  you  love  Nature — 

■*•  the  country — more  than  the  city  ?" 

"I  love  Nature,  yes.  I  feel  free  and 
clean  when  I  am  out  in  Nature.  And 
free — only  then." 

We  asked  if  she  saw  many  pictures. 

"Yes,  I  love  to  see  pictures.  And  I 
do  whenever  I  have  time  to  see  them. 
But  I  have  so  little  time." 

Does  she  ever  see  Swedish  pictures? 
And  does  she  like  them? 

"I  have  seen  so  few  recently.  But — 
they  all  seem  to  move  in  the  same 
circle.     Why?" 

Greta  Garbo  asked  us.  And  we 
could  not  answer.  That  amused  her. 

"Now,  you  see  how  difficult  it  is  to 
answer  some  questions,"  she  joked — 
throwing  her  head  backward,  laugh- 
ing.    She  made  us  all  laugh  with  her. 

What  did  she  think  about  the 
newly-found  Mauritz  Stiller  manu- 
script ?  This  was  the  play  that  the 
late  great  Swedish  director  (and  her 
discoverer)  had  wanted  so  much  to 
film,  with  Garbo  as  star,  upon  his  first 
arrival  in  Hollywood. 

"How  can  I  make  any  statement 
about  that  off-hand?  It  is  entirely  too 
important — maybe — and  very  near  to 
my  heart." 

What  were  her  plans? 

"How  do  I  know  ?"  she  said.  "I  make 
plans  and  change  them.  I  never  know 
what  will  happen.  I  have  as  yet  no 
idea  what  I  will  do  tomorrow." 

"Do  you  mean  actually  tomorrow — 
or  in  the  future?" 

"Both,"  she  said  slowly. 


"RUT,    Miss    Garbo,   you   must  have 
-LJ  some  plans  of  your  own.     Some- 
thing that  you  desire — something  that 
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[Continued  from   page  77] 


you  want  to  do  yourself — very  much." 

"Yes,"  she  said,  "I  have.  But  what 
is  the  use  of  telling  them?" 

How  cleverly  evasive  her  answers 
were !  All  right,  we  would  try  one 
more   question. 

We  asked  about  her  friends.  Did 
she  have  many? 

"Not  many.  I  have  so  little  time  to 
be  out  socially.  And  when  I  am,  I 
have  just  a  few." 

"You  play  tennis  a  great  deal  ?" 

"Tennis  is  exercise." 

"Do  you  play  it  with  friends?" 

"Sometimes." 

We  were  getting  nowhere — if  we 
wanted  to  find  out  anything  about  her 
private  life,  her  own  thoughts — her 
hopes,  her  ambitions.  That,  after  all, 
is  her  private  business.  But,  unfortu- 
nately perhaps  that  is  what  the  world 
wants  to  know — even  if  it  has  no  busi- 
ness to  know  it  at  all.  Garbo  in  self- 
defense,  has  developed  a  clever  tech- 
nique in  dodging  questions.  And  hard- 
crusted  reporters  find  themselves  ad- 
miring her  for  it. 

We  asked  her  about  her  men 
friends. 

"How  could  I  answer?"  she  said 
very  sweetly. 


~V\7HILE  we  had  been  talking,  the 
**  photographers  had  been  busy 
continuously  and  Garbo  had  flashed 
her  captivating  smile  occasionally.  It 
was  as  if  one  had  been  in  a  studio  in 
Hollywood,  watching  them  making  pic- 
tures of  her — a  sight  that  is  rarely  the 
privilege  of  the  uninitiated. 

The  "royal"  photographer  asked  her 
to  smile  for  a  special  picture — which 
she  very  graciously  did — and  I  took  a 
look  at  her  costume  for  the  first  time. 
She  was  wearing  a  gray  suit,  gray 
scarf,  blouse,  shoes  and  coat.  Her  hair 
was  uncurled — windblown — and  ex- 
tremely girlish.  She  looked  much 
younger  even  than  she  is. 

What  we  had  expected  happened: 
her  handsome  brother,  Sven,  came  to 
rescue  her — and  do  the  "forgive,  but 
I  have  really  no  more  time"  for  her. 
Which  he  did  most  charmingly. 

"You  know."  he  said,  "my  sister  has 
never  deliberately  granted  an  inter- 
view in  any  other  place  than  Sweden 
for  years.  So — when  she  has  loved  so 
much  to  see  you — I  know  you  will  not 
mind,  if  I  take  her  away  now." 

He  helped  his  lovely  sister  up  from 
the  chair,  took  her  coat  from  her  arm, 
and  escorted  her  to  the  door.  She 
turned  there  to  smile  a  friendly  farewell 
— and  was  gone  ahead  of  her  brother. 

Naturally,  we  went  out  on  deck  to 
see  her  descend  the  gangplank.  That 
was  worth  seeing.  She  stood  on  the 
deck — and  suddenly  stepped  up  on  the 
gangplank  in  front  of  her  brother. 
Her  hair  flew  back  from  her  face.  And 
as  she  stood  there  she  reminded  every 
onlooker  of  the  marvelous  last  shot  of 


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Movie  Classic  for  October,  1935 


Queen  Christina — where  she  stood  at 
the  prow  of  the  sailing  vessel  that  was 
to  take  her  away  to  foreign  lands, 
with  the  wind  blowing  through  her 
hair.  She  created  entirely  the  same 
impression  now.  And  she  must  have 
sensed  it,  like  the  thousands  who  were 
waiting  for  her  on  the  pier. 

Her  lips  quivered,  as  all  eyes  were 
turned  up  to  her.  Then  she  shouted, 
so  that  everybody  could  hear  her: 

"Well,    here    I    am    now ,"    and 

added,  as  she  put  her  hand  through 
her  hair,  "wild  and  uncombed."  Then 
the  tears  choked  her.  She  could  say 
no  more.  But  the  thousands  below 
were  cheering  wildly.  It  was  as  if 
Queen  Christina,  who  had  left  Sweden 
three  hundred  years   ago,  had  come. 


"YXTHEN  Garbo's  waiting  limousine 
*  *  had  disappeared  among  the  old 
streets  of  the  city,  headed  for  an  un- 
known destination.  I  went  into  the 
Kungsholm's  bar — to  have  a  well- 
earned  cocktail.  There  I  met  a  charm- 
ing Englishman,  who  had  been  seen 
with  Garbo  a  couple  of  times  during 
the  journey. 

He  was  all  aglow  with  the  memories 
of  glorious  days  on  shipboard.  In 
fact,  he  did  not  feel  like  going  ashore 
and  breaking  the  spell. 

"She  is  the  most  fascinating  person 
I  have  ever  met — and  ever  expect  to 
meet.  There  is  no  one  like  her.  I 
swam  with  her  several  times.  She 
swam  twice  a  day  generally.  And  I 
was  one  of  the  few  who  were  up  early 
enough  to  see  her.  We  chatted  and 
had  a  glorious  time.  And  let  me  tell 
you — she  is  lovelier  than  ever  in  her 
bathing  suit." 

"What  color  bathing  suit  did  she 
wear  ?" 

"A  light  blue,  of  very  fine  wool,  cut 
out  low  in  the  back.  Sun-back,  they 
call  it.  And  she  always  hid  her  hair 
under   a   tight    bathing   cap." 

"Very  modern  and  feminine,  in 
other  words  ?" 

"Decidedly  so.  I  don't  like  her  pic- 
tures at  all.  But  I  see  them  all  sev- 
eral times  just  the  same.  You  see — 
she  has  always  fascinated  me.  And  I 
haven't  changed  my  mind  since  meet- 
ing her. 

"She  kept  to  her  stateroom  almost 
all  day  a  couple  of  times.  But  she  was 
not  seasick — only  resting.  And  most 
of  the  passengers  never  saw  her,  ex- 
cept for  a  few  glimpses  they  got  of 
her  passing  by  in  her  dark  blue  slacks 
— or  if  they  occasionally  were  up 
early  enough  to  see  her  exercise  in 
the  morning  in  her  yellow  pajamas — 
or  hurry  back  to  her  cabin  in  her  gray 
morning  coat." 

I  did  not  have  to  ask  any  questions. 
The  chap  was  so  engrossed  with  his 
memories  of  shipboard  incidents  that  I 
earnestly  believe  he  gave  me  all  this 
information  without  knowing  he  was 
talking  to  a  reporter — or  anyone,  for 
that  matter. 

He  told  me  that  she  amused  herself 
by  playing  deck  games.  Often  she 
played  with  Madame  Bostrom,  wife  of 


the  Swedish  Minister  at  Washing- 
ton, or  with  the  ship's  officers.  Par- 
ticularly she  played  with  the  good- 
looking  young  second  officer,  Ewert 
Eriksson,  who  was  born  a  few  houses 
from  where  she  herself  was  born. 
"The  young  man  entertained  her  with 
droll  stories  that  she  seemed  to  enjoy." 

CO  I  went  to  take  a  look  at  the 
^  young  officer,  who,  I  discovered, 
had  movie-possibilities  himself.  I 
wanted  to  call  one  of  the  photogra- 
phers to  get  a  picture  of  him.  But  he 
refused  to  be  photographed. 

He  also  refused  to  say  one  solitary 
word  about  Miss  Garbo.  But  he  glad- 
ly  admitted  that  he  had  had  a  good 
time  on  this  particular  trip.  And  that 
his  fondest  dreams  were  to  be  a  mo- 
tion picture  actor. 

Before  I  left  the  ship,  I  went  to 
meet  the  chef,  who  told  me  in  con- 
fidence that  he  would  have  liked  so  much 
to  cock  the  finest  dishes  he  knew — 
and  particularly  the  ones  that  he 
alone  knew — for  her. 

"But  her  diet  was  Spartan,"  he  told 
me.  "For  lunch  she  ate  a  few  vege- 
tables— and  a  slice  of  brown  bread 
with  layers  of  raw  white  onions.  For 
dinner  a  few  more  vegetables — and  a 
small  piece  of  grilled  lamb — with  all 
the  fat  removed.  And  no  salt,  no 
pepper.  But  the  last  day  she  really 
ate  a  juicy  Swedish  beefsteak." 

Otherwise,  the  chef  would  not  tell 
much.  A  couple  of  American  women 
told  me  that  they  did  not  like  the  idea 
that  she  avoided  taking  her  meals  in 
the  dining  room — except  at  the  cap- 
tain's dinner  the  night  before  reach- 
ing  Gothenburg.   Then   she   came. 


"CHE  wore  a  black  velvet  costume." 

^  they  told  me,  "very  lovely  in  its 
own  way — cut  very  mannishly.'tuxedo 
fashion — with  a  plain  white  silk  blouse 
— and  low-heeled  shoes.  She  talked 
mostly  to  the  captain,  whom  she  had 
visited  daily  during  the  journey.  And 
she  left  before  the  dessert." 

Wrhen  I  was  about  to  leave  the  ship 
finally,  my  photographer,  who  had  so 
mysteriously  disappeared,  returned. 

"I  got  pictures  of  her  up  on  the 
captain's  deck.  No  one  else  got  them. 
And  I  accidentally  got  a  couple  of 
the  second  officer." 

I  had  learned  things  about  Greta 
Garbo  on  vacation  from  Hollywood 
that  none  of  the  other  reporters  had 
learned,  because  they  had  followed 
her  ashore.  And  now  I  even  had  ex- 
clusive pictures.  (Two  of  them,  ex- 
clusive with  MOVIE  CLASSIC,  are 
published  on  page  35.— Editor.) 

Just  before  leaving  the  ship,  I  heard 
that  the  fair  Garbo  had  been  in  ex- 
cellent humor  throughout  the  vovage 
and  seemed  happy  to  be  "going 
home."  After  the  emotional  strain  of 
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tion among  old  friends.  Or  alone,  as 
she  so  much  likes  to  be — at  least  un- 
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familiar  quotation,  and  it  seems  to  me 
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chime  in  with  the  rest  of  it.  I  would 
have  done  the  same  thing — if  I  had 
known  the  rest.  But  I  have  probably 
gone  grand,  too ! 

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cident that  a  story  appeared  about  a 
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to  be  expected  that  she  will  seek  simpler 
pleasures. 

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her.  There  was  nothing  more  natural, 
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her  own,  than  wanting  to  fix  it  up.  I 
have  known  dozens  of  girls  and  women 
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point pieces.  One  and  all,  they  have 
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made  out  of  affectation. 

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Spanish.)  In  actual  fact,  she  has  changed 
it  only  once  since  it  was  built ! 

"You  see,"  Joan  explained  to  me,  "I 
didn't  know  anything  about  architecture 
— or  about  furniture — when  I  built  the 
house.  I  had  never  owned  anything 
beyond  a  few  clothes.  I  built  during  the 
time  when  people  thought  that  only 
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California.  After  I  had  studied  a  bit 
and  traveled  a  little,  I  found  that  other 
styles  could  be  even  more  attractive,  so 
I  began  renovating  it.  I  found  too,  after 
living  in  it,  that  I  didn't  care  for  Span- 
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I  didn't  want  to  go  into  debt,  so  I  have 
altered  only  one  room  at  a  time.  But 
every  time  I  have  refurnished  a  room, 
there  have  been  stories  told  that  I  was 
doing  over  the  whole  house, 

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many  bitter  memories  about  the  house 
as  it  was.  That's  partly  true.  It's  why 
I  finished  all  the  changes  at  once  in- 
stead of  gradually.  I  didn't  want  to  give 
up  the  place,  because,  after  all,  there  are 
also  some  very  pleasant  memories  con- 
nected with  it.  This  house  has  a  signi- 
ficance for  me.  To  me,  it  stands  for  me 
with  all  the  changes  that  the  alchemy 
of  time  has  wrought  in  me. 

"WITHOUT    chanSe>"    J°an    con" 
*  *   tinued,    "we    stagnate.      It's   like 

an  old  woman  trying  to  dress  and  act 
like  a  young  girl.  She  only  makes  her- 
self ridiculous.  I  don't  want  to  de- 
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about  me  to  keep  pace  with  my  develop- 
ment." 

"Joan,"  I  asked  earnestly,  "do  you 
know  where  you  are  going,  what  you 
really  want  from  life?" 

She  shook  her  head.  "No.  I  only 
know  that  I  want  to  find  myself." 

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Chaplin — in  Quest  of  Love 

[Continued  from  page  36] 


ly  into  the  murky  distance,  he  had 
dreamed  of  a  perfect  love.  His  vision 
had  risen  above  the  squalor  of  White- 
chapel  to  fasten  upon  a  will-o'-the-wisp 
that  would  lead  him  through  life. 

That  was  only  natural.  His  mother 
was  an  actress,  jumping  from  town  to 
town  with  a  vaudeville  troupe,  trying 
to  contribute  something  to  the  support 
of  her  child.  He  had  known  little  af- 
fection as  a  child,  none  of  the  tender 
solicitude  of  friends.  And  so,  sensitive 
dreamer  that  he  was,  he  imagined  an 
ideal  love  that  should  make  up  for  all  he 
had  missed.  It  has  been  the  constant 
heartache  of  the  search  for  this  ideal 
that  has  given  him  that  wistful  quality 
on  the  screen  which  has  endeared  him 
to  humanity  the  world  over. 


f-JIS  career  has  moved  smoothly  up- 

■*■  ward,  so  far  as  fame  and  fortune 
are  concerned.  But  with  love,  rocks  and 
brambles  have  tripped  him,  and  bruised 
him.  Money  and  fame  meant  one  thing 
only  with  him — a  means  to  a  rich  emo- 
tional life.  But  ever  his  goal  remained 
unattained.  That  was  why,  a  scant  two 
years  ago,  he  said  despairingly  to  a  few 
intimates :  "I  am  a  failure." 

If  Chaplin  had  not  been  an  artist,  he 
might  have  found  his  ideal  long  ago. 
For  an  artist  sees  first  with  his  eye. 
The  lady  who  haunted  the  comedian's 
dreams  had  to  be  beautiful,  with  that 
fragrant  beauty  found  only  in  the  bloom 
of  youth.  And  once  this  elementary 
sense  was  satisfied,  Chaplain  ecstatically 
leaped  to  the  conclusion  that  his  ravish- 
ing angel  possessed  all  the  other  requi- 
sites as  well.  His  disillusionment  in 
every  instance  was  torture. 

The  story  of  his  emotional  life  is  a 
history  of  impetuous  loves  broken  off 
after  first  blooming,  dropped  to  earth, 
and  ground  deep  into  the  dust  by  a 
slender  high  heel. 

Mildred  Harris  was  his  first  wife. 
She  was  barely  sixteen  when  they  mar- 
ried. Her  features  were  so  fragile  that 
they  could  not  be  caught  by  the  camera, 
and  she  never  made  a  great  success  in 
pictures.  Not  that  Chaplin  cared,  for 
he  wanted  to  cloister  her  in  his  home. 
"The  loveliest  girl  who  ever  appeared  in 
Hollywood,"  was  the  unanimous  verdict 
at  the  time.  But  people  wondered  how 
the  marriage  would  turn  out,  whispered 
about  the  difference  in  their  ages,  and, 
because  human  nature  envies  those  on 
top,  hoped  for  the  worst. 

All  too  soon  they  were  able  to  gloat 
— to  say,  scornfully,  that  Chaplin  could 
not  be  happy  with  any  one  beauty  for 
long — to  imply  that  any  gorgeous  young 
creature  could  hold  him  only  for  a  brief 
while,  until,  tiring  of  the  same  caress, 
he  would  gaily  move  along,  searching 
restlessly  for  another. 

The  same  charge  might  be  repeated 
today  if  something  happened  to  his 
marriage  to   Paulette  Goddard.    I  hope 


this  article  will  lay  that  ghost  forever. 


WHY  did  he  and  Mildred  part? 
*  "  What  broke  up  his  home  with  Lita 
Grey — mother  of  his  two  sons?  You 
should  already  be  able  to  infer  the 
answer.  But  this  story  must  begin  at 
the  beginning. 

Chaplin's  first  romance  was  typical 
of  many  others — except  that  it  lasted 
longer.    For  twenty  years. 

Let  us  get  a  picture  of  him  at  that 
time.  He  has  said  that  he  was  a  spirit- 
ually starved  child  of  nineteen,  earning 
a  haphazard  living  as  a  vaudeville  sketch 
artist.  Life  was  lonely.  His  social  ac- 
tivities were  limited.  He  yearned  for 
more  than  his  environment  could  give 
him.  He  lived  through  moody  days 
without  romance  or  beauty  until  one 
memorable  August  night  .  .  . 

He  saw  her,  that  night,  standing  in 
the  wings  about  to  scoot  on  the  stage 
with  a  troupe  of  other  girls.  He,  him- 
self, was  shortly  to  appear  as  a  ragged 
harlequin.  As  he  feasted  his  eyes  on 
this  lovely  brunette,  his  pulse  began  to 
throb,  for  she  was  smiling,  and  smiling 
at  him. 

Three  days  dragged  by  torturously 
before  he  mustered  courage  to  speak  to 
her.  Laughingly,  she  asked  why  he  had 
not  done  so  before.  With  eyes  and  smil- 
ing lips,  she  had  done  her  best  to  en- 
courage him.  He  asked  her  to  have 
dinner  with  him  after  the  show.  No,  she 
replied,  she  had  a  previous  engagement. 
But  she  suggested  meeting  the  next 
afternoon  at  Kensington  Gate. 

Chaplin  was  transported  into  heaven. 
And  there  he  remained,  if  the  misery 
of  youthful,  unrequited  love  could  be 
called  a  heaven.  They  saw  each  other 
at  every  opportunity  after  that,  Chaplin 
dining  her  whenever  his  slender  purse 
could  afford  such  a  treat.  And  when  he 
left  her  at  night,  to  walk  home  to  his 
tenement  along  the  Thames  Embank- 
ment, the  passing  wraiths  of  people 
were  startled  by  a  cavorting  gnome  who 
danced  past  them  in  the  fog.  He  was 
living  on  that  high  plane  of  emotion 
where  everything  was  worth  while. 


OUDDENLY,  she  went  away.  She 
^  went  to  the  Continent  with  the 
troupe  and  he  did  not  see  her  for  two 
years.  Then  Fate  brought  them  to- 
gether again.  He  was  crossing  Trafal- 
gar Square  one  day  when  a  limousine 
slowed  down  and  a  white-gloved  hand 
waved  from  a  window.  Hetty,  more 
vivacious  and  beautiful  than  ever  be- 
fore !  He  went  home  with  her  that  night 
and  met  her  mother  and  brother.  She 
had  to  return  to  the  Continent  in  the 
morning,  so  they  sat  up  alone,  dream- 
ing, until  she  fell  asleep  on  his  shoulder 
at  dawn. 

Then  she  left  for  America  to  join  her 
brother.  Chaplin  resolved  to  follow  her. 


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Three  years  later,  he  was  in  New  York. 
He  searched  all  over  the  city  before  he 
located  her  address.  His  hopes  were 
dashed.  Hetty,  her  brother  said,  had 
returned  to  London.  And  she  was 
married. 

It  is  indicative  of  Chaplin's  capacity 
for  devotion  that  even  this  could  not 
erase  her  from  his  heart.  In  Phila- 
delphia, Chaplin  was  signed  up  by  Mack 
Sennett  and  left  for  Hollywood.  He 
was  tasting  already  the  fruits  of  suc- 
cess when  one  of  her  infrequent  letters 
arrived.  "If  you  are  ever  in  London," 
she  wrote,  "please  look  me  up." 

Up  to  now  the  affluence  of  her  posi- 
tion had  added  to  his_  sense  of  inferior- 
ity. But  now,  he  could  return  like  a 
conqueror.  He  quickly  put  his  affairs 
in  order  and  left  for  England.  Her 
brother,  with  whom  he  had  corre- 
sponded, met  him  at  Southampton.  As 
soon  as  Chaplin  saw  the  chap's  eyes 
looking  up  from  the  dock,  he  knew  that 
something  tragic  had  happened.  But  it 
was  more  than  an  hour  before  his  shy 
nature  was  able  to  ask :  "By  the  by,  is 
Hetty  in  London  ?"  The  brother  stared 
at  him.  "Why,"  he  said,  "I  thought  you 
knew.  You  must  not  have  received  my 
last  letter.    Hetty  died  three  weeks  ago." 

The  comedian  was  prepared  for  any 
tragedy  but  this.  Years  later,  he  was 
able  to  write  of  his  feelings  at  that 
time.  He  had  pictured  his  success  as 
a  bouquet  of  flowers  to  be  addressed  to 
someone,  and  now  it  could  never  be  sent 
to  that  person. 


TT  IS  easy  to  understand  why  this  love 
L  stands  out  above  all  others.  He  never 
knew  Hetty  well  enough  to  be  disillus- 
ioned. With  the  others,  he  was  to  reap 
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Mildred's  beauty  appealed  to  the  art- 
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variety  of  subjects,  an  ardent  idealist  in 
every  respect.  He  cannot  tolerate  peo- 
ple who  quote  cliches,  whose  interests 
will  r.ot  encompass  all  of  life.  Mildred 
who  was  then  hardly  more  than  a  child, 
could  not  keep  pace  with  his  feverish 
mind.  He  would  not  recognize  this  at 
first,  but  when  the  disappointing  truth 
could  be  denied  no  longer,  he  decided 
that  there  was  nothing  for  them  to  do 
but  separate.  A  mind,  as  well  as  a  body, 
must  be  beautiful  to  Chaplin.  And  he  is 
constitutionally  unable  to  compromise 
with  his  ideal. 

Women  flocked  to  him  as  his  fame 
spread  throughout  the  world.  He  was 
forced  to  assume  the  role  of  a  great 
lover,  which  was  beyond  his  emotional 
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ing and  stimulating  person  they  had 
ever  known.  Frankly,  each  had  tried  to 
interest  him  romantically — and  each  was 
unable  to  touch  his  heart.  He  gallantly 
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devoted  his  attentions  to  them  and  even 
pretended,  when  their  eyes  conveyed  a 
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of  cost  or  consequence. 

Lita  Grey  bore  him  two  sons — 
Charles,  Jr.,  and  Sidney  Earle — who 
attend  a  West  Coast  military  academy, 
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on  his  yacht,  Panacea.  (Only  an  idealist 
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surrounded  always  by  gaiety,  this  stun- 
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matures  in  solitude. 

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and  a  brunette.  Edna  Purviance  was 
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time  went  on,  to  an  enduring  friendship. 

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was  at  its  lowest  ebb  before  he  met 
Paulette  Goddard.  He  has  not  been 
known  to  look  at  another  woman  since 
he  had  her  change  her  blonde  hair  back 
to  its  natural  color,  rich  brown  tinted 
with  gold.  Her  glowing  beauty  is  pro- 
verbial, as  is  her  intelligence.  She  is 
twenty-one,  he,  forty-seven. 

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known,"  he  enthused  to  friends,  a  week 
after  he  met  her.  Her  actions  bear  out 
his  contention.  If  it  isn't  necessary, 
she  doesn't  come  to  the  studio  when 
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{Continued  from  page  38] 


among  us.  If  she  says  eight  people 
won't  starve  on  three  dollars,  I'm  will- 
ing !" 

Well,  to  make  a  long  story  short, 
Helen  said  she  thought  it  could  be  done, 
and  that's  how  Hollywood's  first  and 
only  "Dinner-for-Eight-on-$3  Club"  was 
formed. 


T  DON'T  want  to  put  any  ideas  in 
A  your  head — but  you  know,  of  course, 
that  history  can  repeat  itself  ! 

Before  we  begin  on  the  menus,  re- 
member that  the  prices  I  quote  are  Cali- 
fornia prices.  Naturally,  food  costs 
vary  all  over  the  country  .  .  .  but  they 
will  not  vary  more  than  a  few  cents  on 
each  item.  Some  items  may  even  be 
less  expensive  where  you  live.  Another 
footnote  I'll  add  is  that  all  the  dinners 
the  girls  gave  had  to  have  four  courses — 
that  was  one  of  the  by-laws  ! 

Here  is  what  Paula  served : 

Grapefruit     Cocktail $  .15 

Pot   Roast   Cooked  with   Browned 

Potatoes,     Carrots,     Celery    and 

Onions  1.20 

Spinach  and  Hard  Boiled  Egg 25 

Muffins  and  Butter 20 

Tomato    Salad 20 

Crackers  and  Cheese 30 

Strawberry    Shortcake 60 

Demi-Tasse  10 

Total    $3.00 

None  of  Paula's  dishes  was  compli- 
cated, so  we  can  dispense  with  recipes. 
And,  I  ask  you,  could  anybody  stick  up 
his  nose  at  that  dinner,  even  if  it  did 
cost  only  $3  ? 


DATRICIA  ELLIS  tried  to  go  her 
A  friend  one  better,  and  offered  cur- 
ried lamb  as  her  entree.  Her  menu : 

Tomato  Juice  Cocktail $  .15 

Curried    Lamb* 85 

Rice     Baked  Tomatoes (rice)     .10 

(tomatoes)     .20 

String  Beans   (French  style) 20 

Rolls  and  Butter 20 

Diced  Beet   Salad 15 

Prune  Whip 70 

Brownies  30 

Demi-Tasse    10 

Total    $2.95 

*Recipe  for  Curried  Lamb: 

Cut  your  lamb,  about  Zy2  pounds,  in 
one-inch  pieces,  and  put  in  kettle ;  cover 
with  cold  water,  and  bring  to  boiling 
point.  Then  drain  in  colander,  and  pour 
over  it  1  quart  of  cold  water.  Then 
return  your  meat  to  the  kettle,  cover 
with  a  quart  and  a  half  of  cold  water; 
add  four  or  five  small  onions,  and  a 
sprig  of  thyme  and  parsley.  Simmer 
until  tender,  then  remove  meat,  strain 
liquid,  and  thicken  with  butter  and  flour 
cooked  together;  to  the  flour  add  -K 
teaspoon  of  curry  powder,  a  little  salt 
and  pepper.    Then  add  the  meat  to  the 

Movie  Classic  for  October,  1935 


gravy,  reheat,  and  serve  with  border  of 
steamed  rice. 


TTELEN   MACK'S  menu  was  as  fol- 
■*■  ■*■  lows : 

Creamed  Spinach  Soup $  .20 

Stuffed  Pork  Chops 1.25 

French    Fried    Onions* 15 

Parsley   Potatoes 10 

Applesauce    10 

Hot     Biscuits 20 

Carrot  and  Walnut  Salad 20 

Ice    Cream 60 

Cookies    10 

Demi-Tasse    10 

Total    $3.00 

*The  Recipe  Helen  used  for  her 
French  fried  onions:  Peel  medium- 
sized  onions,  and  cut  in  one-quarter- 
inch  slices,  and  separate  into  rings.  Dip 
the  rings  in  milk,  drain,  and  dip  in  flour. 
Fry  in  deep  fat,  drain  on  brown  paper, 
and  sprinkle  with  salt.  That's  all  there 
is  to  it  .  .  .  and  they  are  delicious  ! 


AND  last,  but  not  least,  came  Anita's 
-^*-  turn  .  .  .  and    her    dinner    was    a 
complete  success,  just  as  the  others  had 
been.     This  was  her  menu : 
Appetizers 

Chives   $  .01 

Pretzels 10 

Cream  cheese.. 20 

Crackers 10 

Cream  of  Tomato  Soup 15 

Qt.  milk 14 

Tongue  .75 

Carrots,  parsley,  onions 05 

Riced  potatoes 05 

Candied    Carrots 20 

Green  Salad 20 

Rolls   and  crackers 20 

*Chocolate  Bread  Pudding  and 

cream  70 

Demi-Tasse   - 10 

Total    : $2.95 

*  Anita's  chocolate  bread  pudding  is 
made  like   this: 

The  ingredients  are  2  cups  stale  bread 
crumbs,  4  cups  scalded  milk,  2  squares 
unsweetened  chocolate,  1  tsp.  vanilla, 
2/3  cup  sugar,  2  eggs,  *4  tsp.  salt. 

Soak  bread  in  milk  thirty  minutes; 
melt  chocolate  in  saucepan  placed  over 
hot  water,  add  one-half  sugar  and 
enough  milk  taken  from  bread  and  milk 
to  make  of  consistency  to  pour ;  add  to 
mixture  with  remaining  sugar,  salt, 
vanilla  and  eggs  slightly  beaten ;  turn 
into  buttered  pudding  dish  and  bake  an 
hour  in  moderate  oven.  Serve  with 
hard  sauce  or  whipped  cream. 

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Just  As  You  Say  . . . 

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be  confined  to  a  pleasant  mold.  Truly,  it 
was  one  of  the  classics  of  the  screen ! — 
Bruce  Cameron,  Box  322,  Oakmont,  Pa. 


$5  Prize  Letter 


All  for  Beacons — Well,  Oil  for  the  Lamps 
of  China  is  a  picture  with  a  lot  of  fuel  in 
it  which  isn't  all  oil  and  isn't  all  intended 
for  the  Chinese,  either.  In  fact,  it  casts  an 
illuminating  beacon  on  some  practices 
which  in  too  many  Big  Companies  have 
been  explained  in  the  past  with  a  shrug  of 
the  shoulders  and  a  "business  is  business" 
lift  of  the  eyebrows.  Which  is  why  I'm 
for  it  a  million.  It's  an  honest  story  and 
Pat  O'Brien  is  as  real  in  the  role  as  if 
he  had  actually  been  living  it  and  some 
movie  scout  came  along  and  took  the  shots 
when  he  wasn't  looking.  And  that's  true 
art  in  acting. — Helen  Stoll,  Box  271, 
Mrnlo  Park,  Calif. 

$1  Prize  Letters 

A  Voice  in  Protest — Some  famous  design- 
er names  a  list  of  the  ten  best-dressed 
women  on  the  screen  and — presto!  the  bat- 
tle is  on,  with  all  the  other  stars  rushing 
to  get  on  this  or  that  list.  Is  all  of  this 
necessary  to  a  star's  popularity? 

Did  Mary  Pickford  become  "America's 
Sweetheart"  by  wearing  someone's  latest 
creations?  Was  our  beloved  Marie  Dress- 
ler's  great  popularity  due  to  decking  her- 
self in  the  latest  frills  and  fashions?  Is 
Janet  Gaynor's  appeal  based  on  dressing 
in  an  ultra-sophisticated  manner  ?  The 
answer  to  these  questions  is  NO. — T.  M. 
Fccmann.  161A  Prospect  Ave.,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Calif. 

Reader  Feemann  makes  the  point  that 
screen  actresses  are  too  clothes-conscious. 
What  is  your  own  reaction ?  Do  their 
"latest  creations"  bore  you — or  do  you-  get 
inspiration  and  helpful  ideas  from  them? 
We'd  like  to  know.  (P.  S.  So  would  the 
stars!) 

Approves  Shirley  as  Peter  Pan — Movie 
Classic  raises  an  interesting  discussion  as 
to  the  possible  casting  of  Shirley  Temple 
in  the  title  role  of  Peter  Pan.  Personally, 
I  imagine  her  perfect  as  Barrie's  impish 
un-grown-up,  and  more  fascinating  to  both 
adults  and  children  than  a  grown-up  simu- 
lating "lightness  of  step  and  spirit."  A  col- 
lection of  fairy  tales  (preferably  those 
charming  old  German  stories)  would  give 
Shirley  a  chance  to  keep  her  childish 
charm  untarnished. — Con  Cozvell,  Manhat- 
tan Apts.,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 

Thus,  one  reader — commenting  on  the 
suggestion  of  a  Movie  Classic  letter- 
writer  that  Shirley  should  play  Peter  Pan. 
The  suggestion  has  attracted  wide  inter- 
est, zi'ith  comments  both  pro  and  con — 
mostly  pro. 

However,  another  reader  has  a  supple- 
mentary suggestion: 

Suggests  Freddie,  Instead — Since  some- 
one suggested  the  casting  of  Shirley  Tem- 

KABLE  BROS.    CO.,   PEINTEP.S 


pie  in  Peter  Pan.,  why  shouldn't  Fox 
Studios  borrow  the  famous  star  of  Da7<id 
Copperficld,  Freddie  Bartholomew,  and 
star  them  both  ?  Peter  Pan  was  a  "boy," 
so  why  let  a  girl  spoil  the  originality  when 
an  equally  talented  and  impish  boy  is  avail- 
able? However,  Shirley  would  make  a 
most  charming  mother  as  Wendy,  and 
the  part  would  afford  ample  opportunity 
for  songs  and  dancing.  The  co-starring  of 
the  two  most  popular  screen  children 
would  also  give  the  public  their  oppor- 
tunity of  choosing  their  favorite. — Mela 
JVillging,  2136  White  St.,  Dubuque,  Iozva. 
What  is  your  reaction  to  this  suggestion? 

Vivid  Discovery — Permit  me  to  swell  the 
crescendo  that  must  inevitably  arise  when 
movie  fans  have  seen  Luise  Rainer  in 
Escapade.  At  last  the  one  girl  brings  us 
Garbo's  mystery,  Colbert's  vivacity,  and  a 
sweet  new  simplicity  of  her  own.  Those 
first  two  actresses  have  been  thrilling  us 
right  along — and  now  comes  the  answer  to 
the  perplexed  movie-goer  who  cannot  de- 
cide who  is  the  reigning  queen.  She  re- 
minds us  of  their  charms — bringing  us  the 
qualities  we  like  best  in  each — and  adds  to 
that  a  poignant  beautv  of  her  own  that  is 
irresistible.— Emily  MaGUl,  1019  West 
39th  St.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Tip  to  Producers — If  a  grocer  attempted 
to  get  rid  of  a  stock  of  canned  tomatoes 
by  putting  a  corn  label  on  them,  his  store 
would  soon  be  a  good  place  for  Greta 
Garbo  to  spend  her  time — that  is,  if  she 
wanted  to  be  alone.  And  yet  movie  pro- 
ducers will  lure  us  into  a  theatre  with  a 
title  that  is  about  as  much  like  the  picture 
itself  as  Boris  Karloff  is  like  Janet  Gaynor. 
And  then,  when  the  star  of  such  a  picture 
fails  to  draw  at  the  box  office  in  his  or 
her  next  production,  it  is  attributed  to  the 
fans'  desire  for  new  faces  or  some  equally 
ridiculous  reason.  Mr.  Producer,  here's  a 
tip — the  next  time  a  star  begins  to  fall, 
look  over  his  recent  pictures  and  see  if  he 
hasn't  been  starred  in  a  production  in 
which  the  public  was  misled. — M.  Seitter, 
6454  Laflin  St.,   Chicago,  III. 


WHY  DON'T  YOU  tell  us 
your  movie  thoughts? 

They  certainly  are  worth  re- 
peating— and  they  may  be  worth 
money  to  you.  Each  month  we 
offer  these  cash  prizes  for  the 
best  letters:  (1)  $15;  (2)  $10; 
(3)  $5;  all  others  published,  $1 
each. 

The  editors  are  the  sole 
judges  and  reserve  the  right  to 
publish  all  or  part  of  any  letter 
received.  Write  today  —  to 
MOVIE  CLASSIC'S  Letter 
Editor,  1501  Broadway,  New 
York  City. 


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at  the  Tattoo  Color 
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and  readily  found  wher- 
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WITH  THIS   LUSCIOUS  NEW  RED 

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chime.  Dashing  and  gay  as  Hawaii's  wild  Hibiscus  flower;  vivid  and 
daring  as  a  grass  skirt  on  Fifth  Avenue  .  .  .  still  as  easy  to  wear  as  the 
most  elusive  perfume.  It's  the  brighter  red  you  have  dreamed  of  and 
hoped  for  —  in  indelible  lipstick,  but  has  never  been  available  because 
it  would  turn  purplish  on  the  lips.  Now,  Tattoo  has  found  a  way  to 
give  it  to  you  without  even  a  hint  of  purplish  undertone.  You'll  find 
it  the  same  luscious,  appealing  red  on  your  lips  as  it  is  in  the  stick. 
See  "Hawaiian."  Tattoo  your  lips  with  it  .  .  .  if  you  dare! 


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CAN'T  you  just  hear  the  shocked 
whispers  flash  around  a  dinner  table 
at  her  conduct?  . . .  "How  terrible". . . 
"How  perfectly  awful"  .  . .  And  they'd 
be  right — from  a  social  angle. 

But  your  dentist  would  come  to  her  de- 
feme — promptly  and  emphatically. 

"That's  an  immensely  valuable  lesson 
in  the  proper  care  of  the  teeth  and 
gums,"  would  be  his  reaction  . . .  "Vig- 
orous chewing,  rougher  foods,and  more 
primitive  eating  generally,  would  stop 
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orders  —  and  about  'pink  tooth  brush.' " 
For  all  dentists  know  that  soft,  mod- 
ern foods  deprive  teeth  and  gums  of 
what  they  most  need  —  plenty  of  exer- 
cise. And  of  course,  "pink  tooth  brush" 
is  just  a  way  your  gums  have  of  asking 
for  your  help,  and  for  better  care. 

DON'T  NEGLECT  "PINK  TOOTH  BRUSH!" 

Keep  your  teeth  white — not  dingy.  Keep 
your  gums  firm  and  hard — not  sensitive 
and  tender.  Keep  that  tinge  of  "pink" 
off  your  tooth  brush.  And  keep  gum 
disorders — gingivitis,  pyorrhea  and 


Vincent's  disease  far  in  the  background. 

Use  Ipana  and  massage  regularly. 
Every  time  you  brush  your  teeth,  rub  a 
little  extra  Ipana  into  your  gums.You  can 
feel  —  almost  from  the  first  —  a  change 
toward  new  healthy  firmness,  as  Ipana 
wakens  the  lazy  gum  tissues,  and  as 
new  circulation  courses  through  them. 

Try  Ipana  on  your  teeth  and  gums  for 
a  month.  The  improvement  in  both  will 
give  you  the  true  explanation  of  Ipana's 
15-year  success  in  promoting  complete 
oral  health. 


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Movie  Classic  for  November,  1935 


1  YEARS  FOfc 


M-G-M  again  electrifies  the  world  with 
"Broadway  Melody  of  1936"  glorious  successor 
to  the  picture  which  7  years  ago  set  a  new 
standard  in  musicals.  Roaring  comedy,  warm 
romance,  sensational  song  hits,  toe-tapping 
dances,  eye-filling  spectacle,  a  hand-picked  cast. 
THE  GREATEST  MUSICAL 
SHOW  IN  SCREEN  HISTORY! 


JACK 


UNA    MERKEL  •  FRANCES    LANGFORD 
SID    SILVERS  •  BUDDY    EBSEN 
JUNE  KNIGHT  •  VILMA  EBSEN 
HARRY  STOCKWELL  •  NICK  LONG,  JR. 
A  Metro-Goldivyn-Mayer  Picture 

Directed  by  Roy  Del  Ruth  •  Produced  by  John  W.  Considine,  Jr. 

Movie  Classic  for  November,  1935 


JAMES  E.  REID 

Editor 

LAURENCE  REID 

Managing   Editor 


NOVEMBER,      1935 


VOL.9     No.  3 


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CLASSIC 

EDITED   IN    HOLLYWOOD  AND    NEW   YORK 


NOVEMBER  CLASSIC  FEATURES 

Rochelle  Hudson   Isn't  Killing   Romance!    .    by   Margaret  Dixe  14 

Meet — and  Watch — Gladys  Swarthout     .     by  P.  K.  Thomajan  24 

I  Learned  About  Love  from  John  Boles     .     by  Marion  Blackford  25 

Why  Women  Can't  Resist  William  Powell     .     .     by  Jim  Tully  26 

Sing  a   Song   of  Six   Pons! by    Helen    Harrison  28 

Why  Lederer  Likes  American  Women     ...     by  Dena  Reed  29 

Design    for    Livelihood by    Jane    Carroll  30 

Dick  Powell  Tells  Six  Ways  to  Be 

"A  Good  Date" by  Richard  English  32 

Luise  Rainer — Sensation!  ....  by  Eric  L.  Ergenbright  33 
"It's  a  Woman's  World," 

Says  Mary  Pickford by  J.  Eugene  Chrisman  34 

A  Thanksgiving  Dinner  to  Remember       .     .     by  Irene  Dunne  35 

SCREEN  STRUCK     ....     by  NINA  WILCOX  PUTNAM  36 

A  Tale  of  Three  Cities by  John   Kent  40 

Bing  Crosby  Wanted  a  Small  House     .     by  Marianne  Mercer  41 

Virginia  Bruce's  Bag  of  Fashion  Tricks     .     .     by  Virginia   Lane  44 

AND  DON'T  MISS— 

Gone — ?  (A  tribute  to  Will  Rogers)     .     .     by  James  E.  Reid  6 

They're  the  Topics! 8 

Speaking  of  Movies  (Reviews) 12 

This   Dramatic  World    (Portraits) 19 

Head  First  into  Autumn  (Beauty  hints)     .     .     by  Alison  Alden  42 

Classic's  Fashion  Parade 43 

Smart   Styles — for   Clever  Girls  (Patterns) 50 

New  Shopping   Finds by  the   Shopping  Scouts  51 

Just  As  You  Say  (Letters  from  Readers) 82 


MOVIE  CLASSIC  wants  to  call  particular  attention  to  its  cover  this 
month — a  fashion  portrait  of  Jean  Harlow  by  Charles  Sheldon.  You  have 
never  seen  anything  like  it  on  a  screen  magazine  before.  It  is  some- 
thing  new,   unusual    and    smart — for  the   magazine  that   is   smartly   different. 


W.   H.   FAWCETT 
President 


S.  F.  NELSON 
Treasurer 


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MEMBER  AUDIT  BUREAU   OF  CIRCULATIONS 


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one. . . 


? 


•  "ALL  I  know  is  what  I  read  in  the  papers,"  you 
used  to  say — smiling  that  shy,  boyish  smile  of  yours, 
talking  in  that  querulous  drawl,  as  if  you,  personally, 
wouldn't  guarantee  that  the  papers  were  right. 

Now,  we've  got  so  used  to  having  you  joke  us  about 
believing  all  the  headlines,  that  we're 'suspicious  of  half 
of  them.  We  don't  believe  half  of  them.  Like  those 
about  you  and  Wiley  Post,  for  instance. 

The  first  ones  said  you  and  Wiley — a  great  flier,  that 
pal  of  yours  ! — were  off  on  a  flying  vacation.  To  Alaska. 
Maybe  on  to  Siberia  and  Russia.  Maybe  on  around  the 
world.  You  didn't  know.  Wherever  you  were  going, 
you  were  happy  about  going  by  air. 

Those  particular  lines  of  type  were  easy  enough  to 
believe.  We  knew  how  you  had  made  three  pictures  in 
a  row,  without  a  rest,  just  so  you  could  get  away  for  a 
real  holiday.  We  knew  how  you  loved  flying.  Maybe 
we  wished  you  wouldn't  do  so  much  of  it — or  take  off 
for  places  where  mountains  and  fogs  and  storms  didn't 
seem  to  like  strangers.  But  we  sort  of  flew  along  with 
you,  sharing  your  adventuring. 

We  were  happy  to  hear  about  the  hit  you  made  up 
North.  That  was  easy  enough  to  believe,  too — and 
"More  power  to  you,"  we  said.  We  understood  how 
the  Alaskans  felt  about  you. 

Then,  one  morning  the  headlines  about  you  stopped 
being  small  and  casual.  They  jumped  to  giant  size ;  they 
started  screaming.  They  said  that  you  and  Wiley  had 
crashed  on  that  bleak  Alaskan  tundra,  that  the  torn, 
twisted  wreckage  of  the  plane  had  been  found  .  .  .  and 
two  broken  bodies. 

They  said  that  the  world  had  lost  you. 

We  couldn't  believe  that.  Not  that  last  part.  We  had 
to  believe  the  part  about  the  plane  slipping,  smashing  to 
earth  .  .  .  about  the  two  bodies.  They  showed  us  pic- 
tures of  a  shattered  plane,  of  two  flower-covered  coffins. 

But  we  couldn't  believe  them  when  they  said  that  you 
were  gone.  The  Will  Rogers  we  all  knew  couldn't  per- 
ish in  an  airplane  crash.     Or  in  any  other  way. 


•  YOU  may  have  stopped  writing  those  pungent  little 
Letters  to  the  Editor.  And  maybe  you  don't  stand  up 
in  front  of  a  microphone  any  more,  with  an  old  alarm 
clock  at  your  elbow,  philosophizing  to  the  folks  until  the 
alarm  clatters.  But  you're  still  with  us — in  your  books, 
in  your  pictures,  in  our  hearts. 

You  showed  us  plenty  of  ways  to  live  more  fully,  no 
matter  who  we  were  or  what  we  were.  You  showed  us 
how  far  a  little  philosophy,  with  a  sprinkling  of  laugh- 
ter, could  take  us.  You  showed  us  the  fun  of  being  a 
little  more  honest  with  ourselves,  a  little  more  tolerant 
of  the  neighbors — a  little  more  warmly  human  all  around. 

And  we  still  want  to  be  shown.  We're  going  to  see 
those  last  two  pictures  of  yours — Steamboat  'Round  the 
Bend  and  In  Old  Kentucky.  And  we're  going  to  ask  to 
see  pictures  like  State  Fair  and  Judge  Priest  and  David 
Harum  and  Doubting  Thomas  again. 

Just  to  prove  to  ourselves,  Will,  what  we  know  al- 
ready :  Those  headlines  were  mistaken  when  they  said 
you  died  in  Alaska. 


Newspaper    headlines    said    Will    Rogers    was    dead.    But 
"Steamboat  'Round  the  Bend"  makes  that  hard  to  believe 


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So  Red 
the  Rose! 


The  Flower  of  Southern  Chivalry 
Dewed  with  the  Shining  Glory 
of  a  Woman's  Tears     •     ■     ■ 


;  "SO  RED  THE  ROSE,"  starring  MARGARET   SULLA  VAN   and  Walter  Connolly   with 
Randolph  Scott.  Directed  by  King  Vidor.  From  Stark  Young's  novel.  A  Paramount  Picture. 


Movie  Classic  for  November,  1935 


Don't  Fool 

Around  with  a 

COLD! 


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A  cold  it  an 
internal  Infection 

ond  Requires 
Internal  Treatment 


Every  Four  Minutes  Some  One 
Dies  from  Pneumonia,  Trace- 
able to  the  "Common  Cold!"  M 

T~\ON'T  "kid"  yourself  about  a  cold.  It's 
*~^  nothing  to  be  taken  lightly  or  treated  trivi- 
ally. A  cold  is  an  internal  infection  and  unless 
treated  promptly  and  seriously,  it  may  turn  into 
something  worse. 

According  to  published  reports  there  is  a 
death  every  four  minutes  from  pneumonia 
traceable  to  the  so-called  "common  cold." 

Definite  Treatment 

A  reliable  treatment  for  colds  is  afforded 
in  Grove's  Laxative  Bromo  Quinine.  It  is  no 
mere  palliative  or  surface  treatment.  It  gets  at 
a  cold  in  the  right  way,  from  the  inside! 

Working  internally,  Grove's  Laxative  Bromo 
Quinine  does  four  things  of  vital  importance 
in  overcoming  a  cold :  First,  it  opens  the  bowels. 
Second,  it  combats  the  infection  in  the  system. 
Third,  itrelieves  the  headache  and  fever.  Fourth, 
it  tones  the  system  and  helps  fortify  against 
further  attack. 

•  Be  Sure  — Be  Safe! 

All  drug  stores  sell  Grove's  Laxative  Bromo 
Quinine  in  two  sizes — 3  5c  and  50c.  Get  a  pack- 
age at  the  first  sign  of  a  cold  and  be  secure  in 
the  knowledge  that  you  have  taken  a  depend- 
able treatment. 

Grove's  Laxative  Bromo  Quinine  is  the  larg- 
est selling  cold  tablet  in  the  world,  a  fact  that 
attests  to  its  efficacy  as  well  as  harmlessness.  Let 
no  one  tell  you  he  "has  something  better," 


GROVE'S  LAXATIVE 

BROMO 
QUININE 


They're  the   Topics: 


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New  notes  on  per- 
sonalities who  are 
always  good  news! 


Wide  World. 

Leslie  Howard  basks  in  the  sun 
with  his  young  radio-actress 
daughter,  also  named  Leslie, 
before  filming  his  Broadway 
hit,     The     Petrified     Forest 


9  THE  height  of  something  or  other  was 
one  of  the  last-beach-parties-of-summer, 
thrown  by  Merle  Oberon  in  honor  of  a 
famous  European  style  expert  who  was  in 
Hollywood  for  a  brief  stay.  Merle's  guests 
included  Marlene  Dietrich,  Norma  Shearer, 
Aliriam  Hopkins  and  a  dozen  other  smart 
dressers.  But  when  they  showed  up  at  the 
beach,  there  was  not  a  dress  in  the  group. 

Dietrich  wore  white  silk  slacks,  Norma 
Shearer  wore  blue  ones,  and  the  rest  wore 
either  slacks  or  shorts.  The  hostess,  Miss 
Oberon,  wore  a  dog  collar — at  least,  she 
called  it  that — and  a  brief  beach  outfit.  The 
girls,  dressed  thusly,  gave  the  boy  from  over 
there  no  ideas  about  what  the  fall  fashions 
would  be. 


©  THE  film  colony's  new  winter  play- 
ground will  be  Ensenada,  the  Mexican  re- 
sort which  Jack  Dempsey  started  a  few  years 
ago  and  which  has  never  been  a  big-paying 
venture  until  now.  With  gambling  barred 
at  Caliente,  the  Ensenada  place  (a  beautiful 
resort,  by  the  way)  will  get  the  excitement- 
seeking  crowd,  for  it  has  an  iron-bound  per- 
mit to  allow  gambling — and  this  permit 
cannot  be  voided  for  fourteen  years  more. 


•  ADD  to  things  you  never  knew  till  now : 
Jack  (Producer)  Warner,  Al  Jolson  and 
Mae  West  all  carry  on  their  personal  pay- 
rolls from  a  dozen  to  a  score  of  former  suc- 
cessful actors  and  actresses  now  decidedly 
out  of  the  money,  with  Jolson  topping  the 
list  as  a  Good  Samaritan  to  the  needy.  The 
late  Will  Rogers  was  one  of  the  best  friends 

Movie  Classic  for  November,  1935 


the  unfortunates  ever  had.     His  untold  phi- 
lanthropies  ran  into  six  figures. 


•  THOUGH  his  studio  assumes  an  opti- 
mistic air  and  fully  believes  that  W.  C. 
Fields  will  return  to  the  screen  in  less  than 
six  months,  those  closest  to  him,  his  neigh- 
bors at  Toluca  Lake,  do  not  share  in  this 
optimism.  Fields  has  moved  from  his  To- 
luca Lake  home  to  his  ranch  at  Encinos, 
and,  though  past  the  danger  point,  he  is  still 
a  very  ill  man.  The  basic  source  of  his 
trouble  is  a  back  ailment  that  necessitates 
his  having  to  recline  in  a  barber's  chair, 
which  seems  to  ease  the  pain,  whereas  a 
hospital  bed  of  the  adjustable  type  did  not. 
Paramount  has  several  pictures  lined  up  for 
Bill  and  his  irrepressible  sense  of  humor. 


•  DON'T  take  your  rumored  Hollywood 
romances  too  seriously.  All  too  often 
couples  step  out  where  the  chatterers  con- 
gregate, and  the  chatterers  immediately 
publicize  a  hot  romance  when,  in  truth,  the 
alleged  romance  lasts  only  until  a  full  vol- 
ume of  publicity  has  been  gleaned. 

Recent  romance  rumors  not  to  be  taken 
too  seriously  include  those  pairing  Marlene 
Dietrich  and  Tohn  Gilbert ;  Lee  Tracv  and 


Wide  World. 

Recognize  the  girl  with  the  dark 
hair  at  the  premiere  of  Top 
Hat?  The  fans  penetrated  the 
wig  disguise — and  Ginger  Rog- 
ers had  to  sign  those  autographs 


Estelle  Taylor ;  Jack  Oakie  and  Hazel 
Forbes,  heiress  to  toothpaste  millions.  And 
there  are  a  score  of  others. 


•  A  CERTAIN  blonde  star  may  be  de- 
pended upon  to  give  an  honest  opinion 
when  asked  for  one.  A  few  nights  ago, 
some  friends  of  hers,  preparing  to  launch 
a  stage  play  in  the  film  city,  invited  her  to 
sit  in  on  the  dress  rehearsal  and  give  an 
expression  of  opinion  about  it.  This  was 
what  she  told  them  afterward :  "Either  call 
the  thing  off  or  be  honest  and  advertise  it  as 
Amateur  Night." 

[Continued  on  page  10] 


A  GOLDEN  SYMPHONY 
OF  THRILLING  SONG, 
VIBRANT  ROMANCE 
AND  SOUL-STIRRING 
EMOTION! 


Thrill  to  the  magnificent 
voice  of  the  screen's  latest 
find— George  Houston,  as 
he  sings  the  "Toreador" 
song  from  "Carmen" and 
" Ritorno  di  Sorriento", 
famous  Italian  folk  song. 


Even  the  world's  applause  ringing  in  her  ears 
could  not  silence  her  yearning  heart-song  for  one 
glorious  moment  with  the  man  she  loved  and  one 
enchanting   hour  with   the  son   she  could   never  claim  I 

Qtarry    Oil    Qoelx 
Presents     0,1        EDWARD       SMALL      foroa'uclion 


'MMam 


JOSEPHINE  HUTCHINSON 
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HELEN  WESTLEY  •  JOHN  HALLIDAY  •  WILLIAM  HARRIGAN 
WALTER  KINGSFORD  •  MONA  BARRIE  ■  LAURA  HOPE  CREWS 
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Movie  Classic  for  November,  1935 


Startling  New  Discoveries 

Explain  Why  Pacific  Ocean 

Sea  Plant  Can  Now 

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Weak  Rundown 
Skinny  Folks  ! 


How  Thousands  of  Pale,  Sickly,  Tired  Out, 
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As  the  result  of  tests  covering  thousands  of  weakened, 
rundown,  nervous  folks,  science  now  claims  that  it  is  glands 
starving  for  iodine  that  keep  folks  pale,  tired-out.  under- 
weight and  ailing.  When  these  glands— particularly  the 
important  gland  which  controls  weight  and  strength — lack 
NATURAL  PLANT  IODINE,  even  diets  rich  in  starches 
and  fats  fail  to  add  needed  pounds.  That's  why  skinny 
people  often  have  huge  appetites  yet  stay  weak  and  skinny. 

Now,  however,  with  the  introduction  of  Kelpamalt — a 
mineral  concentrate  derived  from  a  huge  90-foot  sea 
vegetable  harvested  off  the  Pacific  Coast — you  can  be  as- 
sured of  a  rich,  concentrated  supply  of  this  precious  sub- 
^ar.cc.  1300  times  richer  in  iodine  than  oysters,  Kelpamalt 
at  last  puts  food  to  work  for  you.  Its  12  other  minerals 
stimulate  the  digestive  glands  which  alone  produce  the 
juices  that  enable  you  to  digest  fats  and  starches.  3 
Kelpamalt  tablets  contain  more  iron  and  copper  tfnn  1  lb. 
of  spinach  or  IVz  lbs.  of  fresh  tomatoes,  more  iodine  than 
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3  Steps  in  the 
Building  of  New 
Strength  and 
Good  Solid  Flesh 


1  Ordinary  food  enters  stomach 
■  and  is  partially  digested. 
'y  Digestion  completed  in  in- 
^*  testines  and  flesh-building 
material  absorbed  in  blood  stream. 
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[Continued  from  page  8] 

•  SPEAKING  of  amateur  night,  the  fall 
and  winter  movie  season  will  see  a  pic- 
ture from  each  major  studio  with  a  radio 
background.  Included  will  be  Broadway 
Melody  of  1936  from  M-G-M,  which  sank 
a  fortune  into  the  picture  and  will  reap  a 
fortune  from  it ;  Millions  in  the  Air  and  Big 
Broadcast  of  1936  from  Paramount ;  Radio 
Jamboree  from  RKO ;  Stars  Over  Broad- 
ivay  from  Warners-First  National ;  and 
Thanks  a  Million  from  20th  Century-Fox. 
Walter  Wanger  beat  the  gun  with  his 
Every  Night  at  Eight. 


•  ORRY-KELLY,  fashion  creator  for 
Warners,  has  designed  a  hostess  gown 
for  Marion  Davies  that  is  expected  to  cre- 
ate a  furore  this  fall  and  winter.  The 
gown,  with  flowing  lines  and  long  train, 
has  a  wide  band  of  hand-made  point-de- 
Venice  lace  edging  the  white  foundation, 
over  which  a  black  Lyons  velvet  house  coat 
is  worn.  A  wide  flaring  collar  and  deep 
cuffs  of  the  lace  distinguish  the  upper  half 
of  the  design. 


•  WHEN  Marlene  Dietrich  received  a 
tempting  offer  to  make  a  picture  for 
an  English  company,  she  promptly  made  it 
known  to  the  foreign  producer  that,  before 
she  would  even  consider  the  offer,  she  must 
first  be  assured  that  Travis  Banton,  fash- 
ion creator  for  Paramount,  would  fashion 
her  wardrobe  for  the  picture.  And  little 
wonder ! 

Banton  recently  designed  a  very  smart 
gown  for  La  Dietrich.  It  is  a  dinner  gown 
inspired  by  the  chain  mail  costumes  seen  in 
The  Crusades.  The  skirt,  full  and  long,  is 
of  black  satin,  and  the  blouse  of  mail  has  a 
long  sash  that  falls  over  the  skirt  in  front. 


James  Cagney  takes  it  easy, 
working  up  a  sailor's  com- 
plexion for  his  new  pic- 
ture,   The  Frisco   Kid   .   .    . 


Gladys  George,  star  of  the 
biggest  Broadway  hit,  Person- 
al Appearance,  is  Hollywood- 
bound    when    it    closes    .    .    . 


•  JOAN  CRAWFORD,  via  Adrian,  M- 
G-M  costume  designer,  has  introduced 
more  smart  dress  accessories  than  any  other 
movie  star.  In  her  new  picture,  /  Live  My 
Life,  Joan  carries  an  evening  bag  of  metal 
cloth  and  gold,  eighteen  inches  long  and 
five  inches  deep.  It  is  lined  with  white  sat- 
in, with  compartments  for  powder,  rouge, 
lipstick,  hairpins  and  even  for  a  tiny  flagon 
of  perfume.  Go  to  it,  girls — Joan  claims 
no  copyright  on  the  idea.  ■  , 


•  AN  elderly  and  shabbily-dressed  woman 
makes  the  rounds  of  the  leading  studios 
regularly,  visiting  all  the  pay  telephones  in 
the  outer  recesses  of  the  studios  and  in 
nearby  stores.  She  is  seeking  nickels  that 
may  have  been  left  in  coin-return  slots. 

Studio  hangers-on  have  named  her  "Nick- 
el Annie,"  and  they  claim  that  she  ekes  out 
a  fair  living  in  this  way.  What  "Nickel 
Annie"  does  not  know,  however,  is  that 
many  a  nickel  is  slipped  into  a  telephone 
slot  when  she  is   seen  approaching. 


•  AT  LAST  Henry  Fonda  has  had  his  wish 
fulfilled.  He  has  a  house !  It's  a  Mex- 
ican farmhouse  out  Brentwood  way.  not 
far  from  the  homes  of  Joan  Crawford  and 
the  Clark  Gables.  And — such  is  the  influ- 
ence of  pictures— after  playing  croquet  in  a 
scene  for  Way  Doum  East,  he  went  and  had 
a  croquet  court  laid  out.  It's  Hollywood's 
newest  gathering  place ! 


10 


Movie  Classic  for  November,  1935 


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THREE    HOURS    OF    ENTERTAINMENT 

THAT    WAS    THREE    CENTURIES    IN    THE    MAKING 
"From  heaven  to  earth, from  earth  to  heaven  .  . .  imagination  bodies  forth  the  forms  of  things  unknown" 


WARNER         BROS. 

will  present  for  two  performances  daily,  in  selected  cities  and  theatres, 

Max   Reinhardt's 

first   motion   picture  production 

A  MIDSUMMER     I 
NIGHT'S  DREAM" 

from  the  classic  comedy  by 

WILLIAM     SHAKESPEARE 

accompanied  by  the  immortal  music  of 

FELIX     MENDELSSOHN 


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ANITA    LOUISE  OLIVIA    DE    HAVILLAND  JEAN    MUIR 

HUGH    HERBERT  FRANK    McHUGH  ROSS   ALEXANDER 

VERREE    TEASDALE  IAN    HUNTER  VICTOR  JORY 

MICKEY    ROONEY  HOBART    CAVANAUGH  GRANT    MITCHELL 

Augmented  by  many  hundreds  of  others  in  spectacular  ballets 
directed  by  bronislava  nijinska  and  nini  theilade.  The  music  arranged  by 
erich  wolfegang  k o r n go l d .  The  costumes  by  m  a x  ree.  The  entire  pro- 
duction under  personal  direction  of  max  reinhardt  and  william   dieterle. 


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IMPORTANT    NOTICE 

Since  there  has  never  been  a  motion  picture  like  a  midsummer  night's  dream, 

its  exhibition  to  the  public  will  differ  from  that  of  any  other  screen  attraction. 

Reserved  seats  only  will  be  available  for  the  special  advance  engagements, 

which  will  be  for  a  strictly  limited  period.  Premieres  of  these  engagements 

will  be  not  only  outstanding  events  in  the  film  world,  but  significant  civic  occasions. 


Movie  Classic  for  November,  1935 


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Mickey  Rooney  hypnotizes  Dick  Powell 
in     A     Midsummer    Night's     Dream 


Speaking  of  Movies 


•  •  •  •  A  Midsummer  Night's 
Dream.  Two  and  a  half  unforgettable 
hours  of  Shakespearean  fantasy,  with 
mood-music  by  Mendelssohn,  perform- 
ances by  an  all-star  cast,  and  direction 
by  Max  Reinhardt.  Nothing  like  it  has 
ever  before  been  attempted  on  the  screen, 
which  makes  the  success  of  this  monu- 
mental effort  all  the  more  remarkable. 
Moviegoers  will  discover  charms  in 
Shakespeare  that  they  may  never  have 
suspected  were  there.  The  story  revolves 
around  two  pairs  of  lovers  and  a  rough 
weaver,  lost  for  a  night  in  a  magic  and 
ancient  wood  inhabited  by  fairies,  sprites 
and  gnomes — a  dream-world  where  the 
unreal  seems  real.  Of  the  tremendous 
cast,  including  such  names  as  James 
Cagney,  Dick  Powell,  Joe  E.  Brown,  Jean 
Muir,  Olivia  de  Havilland,  Verree  Teas- 
dale,  Ross  Alexander,  Anita  Louise, 
Frank  McHugh,  Ian  Hunter,  Victor  Jory, 
and  Mickey  Rooney,  not  all  fit  the  pat- 
tern of  Shakespearean  players;  but,  with- 
out exception,  all  are  believable — which 
is  what  matters.  The  greatest  of  them 
all  is  young  Mickey  Rooney,  as  Puck, 
the  mischievous.  Next  best  are  Olivia 
de  Havilland,  vivid  as  Hermia;  Joe  E. 
Brown,  as  Flute,  the  slow-witted  cart- 
driver,  masquerading  as  a  woman;  Victor 
Jory,  as  Oberon,  the  sonorous  king  of  the 
fairies ;  and  Anita  Louise,  ephemerally 
beautiful  as  Titania,  his  queen.   (Warners) 

•  •     •     9     She    Married    Her    Boss. 

This  prosaic  title  masks  a  comedy-drama 
that  is  anything  but  prosaic.  It  has  Clau- 
dette  Colbert  and  all  the  other  ingredients 
of  entertainment  that  It  Happened  One 
Night  had.  When  the  situations  are  dra- 
matic, they  are  excitingly  real ;  when  they 
are  comic,  they  are  uproariously  natural ; 
and  the  acting  is  flawless.  No  rich  girl 
this  time,  Claudette  is  a  stenographer 
who  weds  her  employer- — only  to  discover 
that  she  has  an  unromantic  husband,  a 
stepchild  who  has  tantrums,  a  sister-in- 
law  who  has  nerves,  and  a  carefree  ad- 
mirer who  knows  how  to  sing  and  be 
merry.  Between  the  four  of  them,  she 
leads  a  life  that  is  never  dull,  never 
dreary.  Edith  Fellowes,  as  the  freckly 
problem-child,  gives  a  classic  perform- 
ance. Melvyn  Douglas,  as  the  husband 
who  can't  lose  his  dignity,  etches  a  clear- 
cut  portrait.  Michael  Bartlett,  as  the 
singing  playboy  (you  heard  him  sing  for 
the  first  time  in  Love  Me  Forever),  looks 


like  one  of  the  next  stars.  And  Claudette 
— never  more  beautiful  or  glamorous — was 
never  more  natural.     (Columbia) 

•  •  •  •  Way  Down  East.  Long 
a  classic  of  the  stage,  this  famous  drama 
of  old  New  England  now  becomes  a  clas- 
sic of  the  screen.  Its  story  has  been  told 
so  often,  its  characters  and  situations  are 
so  familiar,  that  you  might  think  there  is 
no  vitality  left  in  them.  Not  so.  In  its 
new  version,  it  becomes  stark  drama, 
compelling  and  moving — something  to 
talk  about  and  remember.  Rochelle  Hud- 
son, a  last-minute  substitution  for  Janet 
Gaynor  in  the  role  of  the  tortured  young 
heroine,  reveals  unsuspected  dramatic 
depth — and  is  on  her  way  to  stardom. 
Henry  Fonda,  as  her  country  boy-lover, 
terrified  by  the  consequences  of  their  im- 
petuousness,  cements  the  stardom  he  won 
in  The  Fanner  Takes  a  Wife.     (Fox) 

•  •  •  •  Top  Hat.  Hats,  top  and 
otherwise,  will  be  tossed  high  over  this 
latest  entertainment  invention  of  Astaire, 
Rogers  &  Co.  Fred,  of  the  nimble  feet 
and  the  nimble  wit,  and  Ginger,  his  agile 
partner,  not  only  have  an  amusing  story 
to  work  with,  but  practically  the  same 
amusing  supporting  cast  that  they  had 
in  The  Gay  Divorcee.  Fred  again  is  an 
American  dancer  appearing  in  London ; 
Ginger  is  a  pert  young  person  who  re- 
sists his  attentions  because  she  thinks 
(unknown  to  him)  that  he  is  a  married 
man ;  Edward  Everett  Horton  is  an  ab- 
sent-minded producer  with  a  knack  for 
getting  into  difficult  situations ;  Eric 
Blore  is  his  bland,  comical  valet;  Erik 
Rhodes  is  a  dandified  designer  who  cre- 
ates the  clothes  (and  what  clothes  !)  that 
Ginger  models;  Helen  Broderick  is  Hor- 
ton's  dryly  witty  wife,  who  thinks  she 
has  a  flair  for  matchmaking.  Light  and 
airy,  its  lilting  mood  is  contagious — just 
as  every  Irving  Berlin  melody  in  the  pic- 
ture is  catching.  One  of  the  best  num- 
bers, Top  Hat,  Fred  does  with  a  male 
chorus.  But  he  and  Ginger  are  poems 
in  poise,  dancing  Cheek  to  Cheek  and  The 
Piccolino.  As  for  the  "best  performance." 
why  start  an  argument  by  trying  to  select 
one  above  all  the  others?     (RKO-Radio) 

•  •  •  •  The  Crusades  lasted  a 
long  time  in  reality,  and  they  last  a  long 
time  as  they  unreel  on  the  screen,  under 

[Continued   on   page    16] 


12 


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ROCHELLE  HUDSON 

Isn  yt  Killing 
Romance! 

The  pretty  twenty-year-old  who  stepped  into 
Janet  Gaynor's  shoes  in  "Way  Down  East"  has 
great  appeal  for  men.  And  it  isn't  patented! 

By  Margaret  Dixe 


This  is  the  fifth  of  Margaret  Dixe's 
sane,  popular  and  ividely-discussed 
series  of  articles  on  "Hollywood's 
Heart   Problems — and   Yours." — Edi- 


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tor. 


AMERICAN    girls    are    killing 

f~\  romance!"  I've  heard  that 
accusation  a  good  many  times 
lately.  And  it  takes  a  girl  like  Ro- 
chelle  Hudson  to  refute  it. 

The  accusation  does  not  come  from 
foreigners,  but  from  our  own  Amer- 
ican men.  Men  as  typically  and 
romantically  American  as  Fred  Mac- 
Murray,  who  first  laid  hold  of 
feminine  fancy  in  The  Gilded  Lily, 
recently  scored  another  hit  with 
Katharine  Hepburn  in  Alice  Adams, 
and  now  is  opposite  Carole  Lombard 
in  Hands  Across  the  Table. 

"Most  girls  of  today  make  mar- 
riage more  of  a  gamble  than  their 
mothers  did,"  Fred  said  to  me  the 
other  day.  "They  have  more  sophis- 
tication and  far  more  personal  free- 
dom. And — well,  we  might  as  well 
be  frank  about  this.  No  matter  how 
liberal  a  man's  ideas  may  be  in  re- 
gard to  women,  they  do  not  extend 
to  his  wife  or  to  the  woman  he  hopes 
to  make  his  wife. 

"Sweetness,  innocence,  loyalty,  are 
still  the  prizes  every  man  seeks  when 
the  thought  of  matrimony  enters  his 
head.  Those  attributes  are  not  so 
common  any  more.  .  ." 

Fred  should  meet  Rochelle  Hud- 
son .  .  .  the  girl  who  replaced 
Janet  Gaynor  in  Way  Dozen  East,  op- 
posite Henry  Fonda,  after  Janet  was 
injured  in  a  fall.  "She  has  the  same 
sort  of  'feminine  appeal,'  "  was  the 
explanation  and  high  praise  of  Twen- 
tieth Century-Fox  executives. 

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•  "IT'S  queer,"  says  the  observant 
Rochelle,  "but  the  very  qualities  that 
appeal  to  a  man  in  a  girl  he  likes  to 
pal  around  with — tremendous  pep, 
absolute  frankness,  that  palsy-walsy 
stuff — are  the  very  qualities  that  keep 
him  from  thinking  of  love  and  Lo- 
hengrin. If  a  girl  wants  to  inspire 
sentiment,  she  has  to  show  some.  I 
don't  mean  that  she  has  to  go  vapid 
or  do  a  'clinging  vine'  act.  But  with 
just  a  little  effort,  she  can  make  a 
man  feel  terribly  important  and 
strong  and  protective.  And,  after 
all,  that's  part  of  a  woman's  job. 

"Ever  since  I  was  three  I've  been 
in  constant  training  to  take  a  defi- 
nite place  in  the  world.  I  have 
studied  dancing,  music,  proper  enun- 
ciation— everything  that  would  help 
further  a  career.  Mother  always  be- 
lieved every  girl  should  be  equipped 
to  earn  her  own  living.  But  I'm  not 
'ambition-mad,'  if  you  know  what  I 
mean.  When  I  marry,  I  expect  to 
give  up  my  career  for  good  and  all, 
and  my  husband  will  be  my  one  im- 
portant interest.  Not  that  I'm  going 
to  give  up  all  outside  interests  in 
life.  Good  grief,  no !  I  think  a  girl 
holds  much  more  glamor  for  a  man 
when  she  has  something  to  talk  about 
besides  household  cares  and  her  diet- 
ing!" 

Rochelle  is  twenty  now.  Ever 
since  starting  in  pictures  five  years 
ago,  she  has  had  an  agreement  with 
her  mother  that  until  she  was  twenty- 
one,  at  least,  she  would  not  allow  any 
boy  more  than  one  date  a  week.  This 
was  the  idea  behind  her  promise : 
Rochelle  is  intensely  loyal  in  her 
friendships  and  friendships  last  longer 
if  they  develop  slowly. 

"You  lose  too  much  of  the  thrill 
of  it  when  you  rush  a  romance  too 


Says  Rochelle  Hudson,  seen  above  in  a  scene  from  Way  Doivti  East,  "Men  love 
a  girl  to  be  a  romanticist.  If  she  gets  a  thrill  out  of  hearing  rain  on  the 
roof  or  seeing  sunset  from  a  hilltop,  they  may  tease  her.     But  they  love  it!" 


fast,"  observed  this  very  wise,  slen- 
der, dark-haired  little  Hudson  girl. 
"I  do  believe  that  girls  who  do 
things,  who  have  some  genuine  ambi- 
tion, are  more  appealing  to  men  than 
those  who  haven't,"  said  Rochelle,  the 
day  we  sat  talking  in  her  charming 
new  Beverly  Hills  home.  "When  you 
have  nothing  else  to  occupy  your  time, 
the  boys  naturally  suspect  that  you  are 
after  them.  But  when  you  are  busy 
and  obviously  enjoy  your  work,  then 
it's  the  other  way  around.  They  are 
after  you!  It  rouses  the  male  spirit 
of  competition.    At  first,  that  is  .  .  . 


•  "AFTERWARD  it  comes  to  a 
point  where  a  girl  has  to  decide  if  a 
man  is  a  matrimonial  prospect  or  if 
she  just  wants  him  as  a  friend,  a  danc- 
ing partner,  a  pal.  Then  her  tactics 
vary. 

"If  she  doesn't  want  to  be  taken  seri- 
ously, all  she  has  to  do  is  wear  that  air 
of  I-can-take-care-of-myself-thank- 
you.  Independence  is  like  an  armor 
that  makes  h%r  attractive,  but  remote, 
inaccessible.  However,  if  she  does 
want  to  be  taken  seriously,  if  he  seems 
to  be  everything  she  hopes  for  in  a 
husband — no  matter  how  strong  her 
footing  is  in  the  modern  business 
world,  she  has  to  revert  to  old-fash- 
ioned methods  to  get  and  hold  him ! 

"She  leans  upon  his  judgment — - 
and  lets  him  know  it.    Oh,  every  once 


in  a  while  a  good,  stirring  argument 
clears  the  atmosphere.  No  man  wants 
to  be  'yessed'  to  death.  But  no  man 
ever  grew  angry  yet  by  being  made  to 
feel  his  masculine  superiority ! 

"Another  thing — men  love  a  girl  to 
be  a  romanticist.  If  she  gets  a  thrill 
out  of  hearing  the  patter  of  rain  on 
the  roof  or  out  of  seeing  sunset  from 
a  hilltop,  they  may  tease  her.  But  they 
love  it!" 

And  right  there  I  think  Rochelle 
has  touched  on  a  terribly  important 
thing.  Why  is  it  that  girls  are  afraid 
of  looking  sweet? 

American  men,  as  a  rule,  are  born 
sentimentalists — and  the  sooner  Amer- 
ican girls  find  it  out,  the  better.  Not 
only  for  themselves,  but  for  romance. 

Don't  kill  romance  with  the  sopho- 
more brand  of  sophistication! 


EVERY  GIRL  faces  the 
problem  discussed  in  this  frank 
article.  And  there  are  other 
heart  problems  that  every  girl 
faces.     What  is  yours? 

Write  Margaret  Dixe  about 
it.  She  will  hold  your  letter  in 
strictest  confidence,  will  suggest 
a  solution  in  a  personal  letter. 

The  address :  Margaret  Dixe, 
c/o  MOVIE  CLASSIC,  1501 
Broadway,  New  York  City.  En- 
close a  stamped,  self-acfdressed 
envelope  for  her  reply. 


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[Continued  from  page  12] 


the  guiding  genius  of  Cecil  B.  De  Mille. 
But  you  forgive  the  picture  its  length,  its 
elongated  love  scenes,  its  slow  moments 
because,  when  it  goes  spectacular,  it  gives 
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coxon)  he  was  tall,  handsome,  rough- 
mannered,  a  lover  of  battle ;  that  he  went 
on  the  Crusades  to  avoid  marrying  Alice 
of  France  (Katherine  De  Mille) ;  that, 
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sword  representing  him ;  that,  later,  his 
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A  great  story,  told  in  the  grand  manner, 
it  very  nearly  makes  Saladin,  the  Sara- 
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times.  But  Ian  Keith's  playing  of  the 
role  has  something  to  do  with  that.  Lor- 
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Wilcoxon   is   convincing.    (Paramount) 

•  •  •  •  Broadway  Melody  of  1936. 
Here,  literally,  is  a  million  dollars'  worth 
of  entertainment — the  best  musical  ex- 
travaganza the  movies  have  yet  turned 
out.  It  has  glorious  insane  comedy  fea- 
turing Jack  Benny,  Sid  Silvers,  and  Una 
Merkel;  sensational  dancing  by  Eleanor 
Powell,  who  also  plays  a  dual  role,  and 
steps  to  stardom  in  both  of  them ;  sing- 
ing and  dancing  by  Robert  Taylor  and 
June  Knight ;  effective  blues  singing  by 
Frances  Langford ;  eccentric  dancing  by 
Yilma  and  Buddy  Ebsen — all  woven  to- 
gether by  a  logical,  amusing  story  about 
a  columnist  and  show  business.  Cleverly 
planned  and  cleverly  presented,  with 
clever  lines,  it  introduces  to  you  a  whole 
new    crop    of    clever    people — topped    by 


Eleanor  Powell.  Watch  this  girl  with 
the    magic    feet.      She    is    going    places. 

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•  •  •  •  The  Dark  Angel.  After 
English  producers  took  the  time  and  trou- 
ble to  build  up  Merle  Oberon  as  an  ex- 
otic personality,  Samuel  Goldwyn  de- 
cided she  could  be  even  more  interesting 
as  a  person  more  sympathetic.  And  The 
Dark  Angel  proves  he  was  right.  She 
turns  in  a  magnificent  performance,  equal 
to  any  you  have  seen  this  year — sensi- 
tive, with  fine  shadings.  The  story  finds 
her  growing  up  during  the  prewar  years 
with  two  boys  who  are  cousins.  Both 
love  her,  though  one's  love  is  silent,  since 
he  knows  she  loves  the  other.  Then 
comes  the  war  with  its  havoc,  its  turmoil 
of  emotions,  catching  the  three  of  them 
in  its  eddies.  An  obbligato  of  pathos 
runs  all  through  the  picture,  which  is  su- 
perbly done,  considering  that  the  story  it 
tells  is  no  longer  new.  She  enlists  your 
sympathy;  so  does  Fredric  March,  as 
the  lover  who  can  never  look  upon  her 
again ;  so  does  Herbert  Marshall,  of  the 
twisted  smile,  as  the  unrequited  lover. 
(United    Artists) 

And  don't  miss :  •  •  •  •  Anna 
Karenina,  Tolstoi's  tragedy  of  a  woman 
who  deserted  husband  and  child  for  love, 
co-starring  Greta  Garbo  and  Fredric 
March :  •  •  #  •  Diamond  Jim,  a 
colorful,  amusing  character  sketch  of  the 
world's  most  lavish  spender,  starring  Ed- 
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The  romantic  idol  of  radio  and  opera 
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young  tenor  who  sings  a  song  of  love 
on  the  heart-strings  of  one  woman 
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MARIA  GAMBAREUI,  famous  ballet 
dancer   and   protege   of  Pavlowa. 


SCHUMANN-HEINK,  best  loved  of 
all  operatic  prima  donnas,  now 
brings  her  inspiring  voice  to  the 
screen. 


Beautiful  GENEVIEVE  TOBIN,  sparkling 
in  another  sophisticated  role. 


A  FOX 
PICTURE 


A  JESSE  L.  IASKY  PRODUCTION  with 

NINO   MARTINI 

GENEVIEVE  TOBIN 

ANITA  LOUISE 

MARIA  GAMBAREUI 

MME.  ERNESTINE  SCHUMANN-HEINK 

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VICENTE  ESCUDERO 

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Movie  Classic  for  November,  1935 


Directed  by  Alfred  E.  Green 


THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


These  are  not  just  symbolic  portraits  of  Ruth  Chat- 
terton — who  piloted  Hollywood  into  the  talkies 
with  her  first  acting  flights  in  films.  She  actually 
is  an  aviatrix,  and  a  skillful  one.  Recently  return- 
ing from  abroad  after  months  of  inactivity,  she 
winged  her  way  to  Hollywood  in  her  own  plane, 
to    star    —    appropriately    —    in    "Modern    Lady" 


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THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


Paul  Muni  is  one  star  who  is 
allowed  to  pick  his  pictures, 
himself.  Few  stars  have  that 
privilege.  But  few  know 
drama,  and  few  know  acting, 
as  he  does.  One  of  these  years, 
the  Motion  Picture  Academy 
may  awaken  and  give  him  the 
award  for  superfine  acting. 
Perhaps  after  seeing  him  asdra- 
matic,  lovable  "Dr.  Socrates'  ? 


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THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


Portrait  by 
Wm.  B.  Thomas 


ixiawt 


Miriam  Hopkins  has  a  new  world 
audience  waiting  for  her  after 
"Becky  Sharp."  People  went  to  see 
natural-color,  and  stayed  to  ap- 
plaud her  vivid  performance.  She 
now  has  another  colorful  role — 
this  time  in  black-and-white  —  as 
the  heroine  of  "Barbary  Coast," 
an  early  San  Francisco  beauty 
who   thought   she   didn't   want   love 


Portrait  by  C.  S.  Bull 


Jeanette  MacDonald,  of  the  songs  and  smiles,  was  the  screen's  first  star  soprano. 
Grace  Moore,  Lily  Pons,  Gladys  Swarthout  all  followed  Jeanette — who  has  prac- 
tically joined  the  immortals  since  "Naughty  Marietta."  She  will  soon  be  "Rose 
Marie"  to  Nelson  Eddy,  and  she  and  Clark  Gable  are  to  make  "San  Francisco" 


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THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


Eleanor  Powell  left 
Broadway  for  Hol- 
lywood to  do  a  fea- 
tured tap-dance  or 
two  in  films.  She 
remained  to  play  a 
dual  role  and  be- 
come a  sensation 
— and  a  star  —  in 
"The  Broadway 
Melody  of  1936." 
Now  it's  breaking 
M-G-M's  heart  to 
spare  her  to  Broad- 
way for  a  brief 
appearance 


m 


-Croncnweth 


/Leu 


cw(i-)  1 


Sybil  Jason  is  six  and  British.  No  pretty- 
pretty  child,  she  has  great  personality, 
great  talent.  Overnight,  after  "Little 
Big  Shot,"  she  is  a  big  little  Temple  threat 


Erro)    Rynn    grevv 
fODlavvT-  6   exPected 

m^rCJ^c  h! ,ands  ** 

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Sc^^njare 


,    Ro\i  *ar0°     A  v/^oU\    «  ••  she 
-...•ri   m  Ho"V  ,.nressed^  Co<    f,\ms 


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THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


Remember     how     Charles 
Farrell  and  Janet  Gaynor 
set  the  movie  world  on  fire 
as    the    young    lovers    of 
"Seventh    Heaven?"      (As 
if  you  could  forget!)   Now, 
Hollywood  predicts  Farre 
will     scale     the     romantic 
heights    again,    this    time 
with  a  new  partner — Char 
lotte     Henry.       They    wi 
bear  watching   together 
in     "Forbidden     Heaven" 


V 

?:.;- 


more 


Q+  Gra^ame 


wc^emes 


Ik  <=U-lo 


u 


/ 


—Richee 


The  romance  of 
Berengaria  and 
Richard  the  Lion- 
Hearted  made 
history.  And  Lo- 
retta  Young  and 
Henry  Wilcoxon, 
reliving  the  fa- 
mous story  in  the 
spectacle,  "T  h  e 
Crusades,"  are 
making  film  his- 
tory   themselves 


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She  is  young,  slender,  beautiful,  an  opera 
star,  and  one  of  the  best^dressed 
women  in  America.  She  will  be 
worth     seeing   and   hearing   in    films! 

By  P.  K.  THOMAJAN 


THE  golden  voice  of  Gladys  Swarthout,  who  has 
been  adjudged  the  best-dressed  star  of  the  Metro- 
politan Opera  and  one  of  the  ten  best-dressed 
women  in  America,  has  at  last  come  to  the  screen.  Young, 
slender,  poised,  she  makes  her  film  debut  in  the  title  role 
of  Rose  of  the  Rancho,  with  baritone  John  Boles  as  her 
co-star.  It  is  one  of  the  big  film  events  of  Autumn,  1935 — 
to  be  followed  by  another  impressive  event.  In  the  title 
role  of  Carmen,  she  will  be  the  first  to  bring  a  complete 
opera  to  the  screen! 

The  soothing  mellowness  of  her  rich  mezzo-soprano 
voice,  singing  "Memory  Lane,"  has  charmed  air  addicts 
from  Coast  to  Coast.  It  will  soon  thrill  the  moviegoers 
and  music-lovers  of  the  entire  world.  And  no  longer  will 
anyone  have  to  imagine  the  person  behind  that  lovely  tone ; 
she  will  stand  revealed — a  brunette  beauty. 

Gladys  Swarthout  is  the  epitome  of  the  ambitious 
American  career  girl.  Born  in  Deep  Water,  Missouri,  she 
is  of  Dutch  descent,  her  name  originally  being  pronounced 
"Swar-toot."  She  is  the  direct  antithesis  of  the  old- 
fashioned  prima  donna  who  ate  huge  meals  and  starchy 
pastries,  followed  by  quantities  of  red  wine.  This  lithe 
individual  prefers  to  travel  light.  Golfing  and  riding, 
she  keeps  herself  in  a  condition  that  dispenses  with  throat- 
coddling  scarfs  and  mufflers. 

Today,  she  works  harder  to  continue  as  a  success  than 
she  ever  did  to  become  one.  And,  decidedly  human,  she 
is  ever  on  the  alert  to  help  others  with  talent  get  breaks. 
When  Rose  Bampton,  another  mezzo,  made  her  debut 
at  the  Metropolitan,  Gladys  called  aside  an  important  critic 
friend,  and  told  him  that  after  hearing  such  a  glorious 
voice  he  couldn't  give  anything  but  a  rave  review.  In 
the  world  of  opera,  where  jealousy  is  a  byword,  this  ac- 
tion shows  the  sterling  stuff  of  which  this  sparkling  star 
is  made. 

•  The  tortuous  road  that  leads  to  fame  in  opera  has 
been  strangely  devoid  of  detours  in  the  case  of  arrow- 
eyed  Gladys  Swarthout.  When  she  was  only  a  locally- 
known  concert  singer,  friends  urged  her  to  make  a  try 
for  opera,  going  so  far  as  to  arrange  an  audition  for  her 
in  Chicago.  There  she  went,  sang  a  few  arias,  and  a  few 
days  later  was  awarded  a  contract  for  the  following  sea- 
son.   And  that's  pure  triumph        [Continued  on  page  66] 


Meet  -and  Watch- 

Gladys  Swarthout! 


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I  Learned  About  Love 

from  John  Boles 


.  .  .  Being  the  revelations  of  a  girl 
who  convinced  the  screen's  most 
popular  baritone-lover  that  she 
needed  advice  from  an  authority 

By  MARION  BLACKFORD 


I    PUT  on  my  best  dress,  my  three-dollar  stockings,  a 
dash  of  that  bottled-in-bond  perfume  I  received  last 
Christmas,  a  very  pale  make-up  and  a  lovelorn  look. 
Then  I  kept  my  luncheon  date  with  John  Boles. 

I  was  going  to  lie  to  him.  But  what  are 
lies  when  you're  out  to  get  something  from  a 
man — even  if  it's  only  a  story  ? 

I  went  into  my  act  for  him  as  soon  as  the 
tomato  juice  cocktails  were  served.  I  squeezed 
a  bit  of  lemon  into  the  glass,  and  rubbed  the 
lemon-y  fingers  across  my  eyes.  The  lemon 
juice  stung — and  I  turned  a  tear-dimmed  pair 
of  eyes  on  John. 

"'Why,  honey !"  he  said  (pay  no  attention 
to  that,  because  he  calls  every  girl  "honey"), 
"you're  cryin'.  What's  wrong?"  He  was 
patting  my  hand,  but  think  nothing  of  that 
either — he  always  does  it,  except  when  he's 
patting  your  knee,  instead.    That's  nicer. 

"Mister  Boles,"  I  moaned,  "I'm  in  love." 

The  poor  man !  He  dropped  my  hand  as 
though  it  were  a  piece  of  hot  codfish.  He 
backed  away  from  the  table  perceptibly.  I 
found  out  later  that  once  an  ingenious  female 
had  crashed  an  "interview"  with  him,  under 
faked  credentials,  just  to  say  she  had  fallen 
in  love  with  him  and  that  he  must  "fly"  with 
her.  That  was  the  word  she  used,  so  you  can 
tell  just  the  type  of  filbert  she  was.  He 
thought  I  was  another  one. 

"Ah — er — in  love?"  he  stalled. 

I  shot  him  a  quick  answer  to  unscare  him ; 
"Yes — with  the  handsomest  young  blond  fel- 
low I  met  the  other  night."  Oh,  Truth — poor, 
poor  Truth — how  I  hate  blondes !  But  I  had 
to  put  John  at  his  ease.  You  could  almost 
see  the  sigh  of  relief  when  he  found  I  wasn't 
another  huntress  in  disguise.  By  this  time 
the  lemon  had  done  its  stuff,  and  my  cheeks 
were  wet.  He  was  back  at  the  hand-patting 
again. 


•  "But  honey,"  he  crooned  in  that  low,  just-you-and-me 
voice  he  uses  with  girl  interviewers,  "that's  nothing  to 
cry  about,  is  it?" 

"B-b-b-but  Mister  Boles,"  I  butted,  "you  see,  I  don't 
know  what  to  DO  about  it !  I  was  raised  in  a  convent  and 
I  never  had  a  chance  to  learn  anything  about  men,  and 
I'm  sort  of — of — scared  .  .  . !"  (And  if  that  one  didn't 
make  a  piker  out  of  Ananias,  what  with  my  marks  in  rum- 
ble-seat technique  and  catch-as-catch-can  necking,  in  both 
junior  and  senior  years  in  college,  then  my  name's  Carrie 
Nation !) 

"Yes,  child,"  soothed  John,  "but  what  can  /  do  about 
it?" 

I'm  not  sure  yet  whether  the  man  was  just  sincere,  or 
maybe  hopeful.  I  was  banking  on  sincerity,  so  I  gave 
him  the  works :  "Why,  Mister  Boles,"  I  explained,  "inas- 
much as  you're  certainly  The  Tops  when  it  comes  to  love 
on  the  screen  nowadays,  I  thought    [Continued  on  page  68] 


John  Boles  sings  of  love 
to  Gladys  Swarthout  in 
"Rose    of    the    Rancho" 


Why  Women  Can't  Resist 

William  Powell 

Find  the  woman  who  doesn't  like  him — whether  she  knows  him 
in  person  or  only  in  films!  ...  A  famous  writer,  who  knows 
human     nature     and     Bill     Powell,     explains     his     popularity! 

By  Jim  Tully 

Author  of  Beggars  of  Life,  Circus  Parade,  Shanty  Irish 


IT  WAS  said  long  ago  that  the  real  test  of  a  man  was 
what  a  few  highly  intelligent  women  thought  of  him 
.  .  .  women  being  more  subtle,  more  analytical  than 
men,  so  far  as  impressions  of  the  opposite  sex  are  con- 
cerned. 

From  all  indications,  William  Powell  is  the  most  popu- 
lar man  in  Hollywood — with  women. 

Carole  Lombard  once  said  that  William  Powell  was 
the  most  wonderful  ex-husband  a  girl  could  have. 

This,  though  it  sounds  facetious,  has  profound  implica- 
tions. 

The  average  couple,  once  separated,  generally  go  their 
different  ways  forever.  Once  the  fire  is  burned  out,  there 
is  no  warmth,  no  glow  in  continued  companionship.  Not 
so  with  Carole  and  Bill.  She  found  in  her  ex-husband  a 
great  and  understanding  friend,  in  whose  heart  there  was 
room  enough  for  the  hopes  and  despairs  of  many  such 
lovely  women  as  herself. 

Their  romance  began  when  she  played  his  leading  lady 
in  two  successive  pictures,  Ladies'  Man  and  Man  of  the 
World.  They  married  soon  afterward,  their  marriage  last- 
ing approximately  two  years.  They  parted  friends,  and 
they  still  are  friends. 

Frequently,  for  months  after  their  divorce,  they  attended 
Hollywood  parties  together.  There  was  no  idea  of  recon- 
ciliation. None  was  needed.  The  woman  he  considered 
worthy  to  be  his  wife  had  the  same  consideration  as  a  friend. 

"Bill,"  she  said,  "is  one  of  the  greatest  souls  I  have  ever 
known." 

•  One  who  lives  in  Hollywood  for  a  long  enough  period 
can  get  a  true  light  on  any  citizen  through  a  consensus 
of  opinion — that  is,  if  the  citizen  lives  in  the  fierce  light 
of  Kleigs  and  publicity,  as  a  prominent  actor  must. 

Powell  is  popular  not  only  with  fellow-players  of  both 
sexes,  with  executives,  with  social  leaders,  with  the  in- 
telligentsia. He  is  popular  with  script  girl,  electricians  and 
property  men  on  the  set.  He  has  not  forgotten  the  days 
of  his  hunger — and  is  not  ashamed  of  having  struggled. 

Myrna  Loy,  who  played  with  Powell  in  Manhattan  Melo- 
drama, The  Thin  Man  and  Evelyn  Prentice,  as  his  screen 
wife,  has  an  interesting  sidelight  on  him.     It  is  that  the 

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suave  sophisticate's  success  in  playing  a  screen  husband  lies 
in  the  fact  that  all  women  dramatize  themselves  sub- 
consciously, and  thereby  accept  him  as  the  sort  of  hus- 
band they  feel  they  could  love  and  honor. 

"One  can  call  it  what  one  wishes — personal  magnetism, 
excellent  manners,  unique  personality — but  the  result  is  the 
same,  and  it  coincides  with  my  own  impression  of  him. 
Personally,  he  is  a  fine,  genial  gentleman,  always  con- 
siderate of  his  fellow-players — a  man  to  be  admired  for 
his  own  good  qualities  as  a  person,  aside  from  his  appeal 
as  an  actor." 

Any  man  who  could  inspire  such  a  tribute  from  appeal- 
ing, reticent  Myrna  Loy  would  have  the  legal  right  to  feel 
that  he  must  be  one  in  a  million.  But  Powell  hasn't  the 
capacity  for  egotism ;  he's  too  interested  in  others. 


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Har\oW   ^  V^  \S  •  •  • 


"The  man  who  worships  one  woman  will  never  be  free."     But 
William   Powell   worships  them   all,   and   they   all   adore   him 


\\\m 


And  Virginia  Bruce,  who  appeared  with  him 
in  Escapade,  says  of  William  Powell : 

"He  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  men  I've 
ever  known.  I  have  never  known  anyone  whose 
friends  so  adore  him.  He  casts  a  charm  over 
men  and  women  alike — including  me.  He  is 
just  that  grand  to  work  with,  too — and  a  perfect 
gentleman." 

Ah,  William,  William — let  those  who  wish 
draw  up  NRA  codes  and  American  neutrality 
resolutions.  Let  them  write  the  laws  of  a  nation 
— and  even  its  songs.  But  to  rule  as  a  friend 
in  the  hearts  of  such  ladies  is  surely  a  happier 
destiny. 

•  Nor  is  this  all.  To  be  the  companion  of  Jean 
Harlow,  to  wear  an  evening  suit  like  Sherlock 
Holmes  on  a  hot  scent,  to  be  nonchalant  where 
lesser  men  would  be  flustered,  to  look  upon  the 
Grand  Canyon  not  as  a  tourist,  but  as  a  fellow 
who  has  one  of  them  in  his  back  yard — there  can 
be  no  happier  lot.  But  more  than  all,  William, 
and  I  repeat — to  be  a  pal  of  Harlow's !  She's 
from  around  your  diggings  in  Kansas  City — and 
surely  you  reflect  now  and  then,  in  gazing  upon 
her,  that  you  have  gone  a  far  way  from  being 
a  clerk  with  a  K.  C.  telephone  company. 

Jean  Harlow,  the  tempestuously  lovely,  implies 
— and  bear  up,  William — that  you  are  one  of  the 
most  delightful  companions  that  a  man  or  woman 
could  have,  that  you  have  humor,  understanding, 
intelligence,  tolerance.  In  other  words,  she  seems 
to  be  fond  of  you.  [Continued  on  page  74] 

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By 
HELEN  HARRISON 


Lily  Pons/  the 
newest  operatic 
arri  va  I  on  the 
screen/  isn't  just 
one  unusual  per- 
son. She's  six 
amazing    women! 


Sing 


a 


Song 


of  Six  Pons! 


1"^  MELIE,  Yvonne,  Cecile,  Marie  and  Annette  Dionne 
\  are  merely  quintuplets.  Lily  Pons,  young,  beautiful 
_i  and  incredibly  accomplished  new  arrival  in  filmdom 
goes  them  one  better.  There  are  really  six  Pons — and  it 
isn't  done  with  mirrors  ! 

There  is  so  much  to  tell  about  the  lovely  Lily  that  it  is 
impossible  to  know  where  to  begin.  Yesterday's  opera  sen- 
sation, today's  radio  queen,  tomorrow's  outstanding  screen 
star — such  phrases  tell  only  part  of  the  story.  Did  you 
guess  that  she  was  a  brilliant  pianist?  Do  you  know  any- 
thing of  the  girl,  Lily,  whose  personality  is  magnetic  and 
whose  friends  are  legion  ?  Or  the  woman  behind  the  enigma 
of  contrasts  that  she  seems?     So  few  do. 

Let  me,  then,  tell  you  as  interesting  a  story  as  has  ever 
appeared  between  the  covers  of  a  book  of  fiction — but  re- 
member these  are  true  facts  about  the  most  fabulous  heroine 
who  ever  trilled  a  note,  or,  still  in  her  twenties,  was  wildly 
acclaimed  by  blase  Metropolitan  opera-goers  as  the  world's 
greatest  coloratura  soprano ! 

When  Fate  set  in  motion  the  destiny  that  would  make  an 
unknown  little  French  girl,  born  in  Cannes,  a  world-famous 
figure,  Fate  disguised  its  intentions  so  well  that  even  the 
recipient  of  its  favors  did  not  suspect  the  ultimate  goal.  Her 
parents  were  well-to-do  people,  with  a  great  love  of  music, 

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and  were  only  too  happy  to  foster  their  daughter's  musical 
talent,  which  was  displayed  at  a  very  early  age.  In  fact, 
she  was  studying  the  piano  before  her  childish  hands  could 
span  an  octave.  Never,  in  her  wildest  fancies,  however,  did 
she  think  of  herself  as  a  future  singer. 

•  At  sixteen  she  graduated  with  a  first  prize  from  the 
Paris  Conservatoire,  determined  to  make  piano  her 
career.  Then  she  fell  desperately  ill  and  the  family  doctor 
advised  leaving  music  alone  for  two  years.  At  sixteen,  two 
years  out  of  one's  life  are  not  irretrievable. 

But  little  Lily,  an  active,  eager  personality,  could  not  be 
idle.  So,  as  a  form  of  "rest"  she  took  up  acting — which  had 
been  her  favorite  game  as  a  child.  It  was  not  long  before 
she  obtained  a  position  with  the  Theatre  des  Varieties  in 
Paris,  where,  for  the  next  two  years,  she  played  ingenues. 

The  magnetism  which  she  exerts  over  people  today  be- 
came manifest  then.  She  was  an  immediate  success 
Vitally  alert,  she  made  friends  easily  and  then,  as  now,  it 
was  almost  unknown  for  anyone  not  to  bow  to  her  charm 
at  first  meeting. 

After  this  Paris  interlude,  she  returned  to  Cannes  to 
resume  her  piano  studies,  but  instead  she  met  August 
Mesritz  and  married  him,  [Continued  on  page  70] 


Why  Lederer  Likes 
American  Girls 


// 


Handsome  Francis  Lederer  is  no  play- 
boy. He  is  an  idealist,  embarked 
on  a  search  for  the  ideal  girl. 
And  she  may  be  American    .     .     . 

By  DENA  REED 


WHEN  Francis  Lederer  said  he  thought  he  had 
found  his  "ideal  girl"  twice,  I  knew  he  was  speak- 
ing the  simple  truth.  And  when  he  said  he  had 
been  honestly  mistaken  both  times,  I  could  not  doubt  him. 
No  woman  could.  It  is  impossible  not  to  sense  that  he 
wants  love,  and  needs  love — because  he  has  missed  much 
of  it  in  life.  And,  despite  his  Continental  background, 
American  women  are  not  mistaken  in  their  increasing 
belief  that  he  deserves  their  acquaintance. 

"American  girls  think,"  said  the  handsome  and  earnest 
young  Czech  actor,  who  is  currently  starring  in  a  ro- 
mantic comedy,  The  Gay  Deception.  "And  that  is  good, 
for  a  woman  does  not  need  beauty  of  face  or  form — 
but  mind  and  soul."  In  definition,  he  touched  his  fore- 
head and  heart.  "That  is  why  American  women  interest 
me.  Their  charm  is  not  only  that  of  a  lovely  face  or 
a  'feminine  form  divine.'  Behind  their  eyes,  one  'sees' 
something  is  happening;  they  are  thinking  clearly  and 
frankly  and  honestly.  One  senses  an  ability  to  meet 
issues,  a  forthrightness.  In  them,  there  is  no  futile  or 
pampered  yearning  to  be  petted  and  cajoled.  They  are 
men's  equals,  their  'betters,'  if  you  will !" 

To  understand  this  unusual  young  man's  attitude 
toward  women,  you  must  really  know  something  of  his 
background,  for,  remembering  the  tempestuous  diffi- 
culties of  his  parents,  the  youngest  of  the  Lederers  has 
come  to  regard  love  as  a  very  serious  business.  He  can't 
be  facetious  about  it. 


The  earnest  young  Czech  star 
turns  to  romantic  comedy 
in     "The     Gay     Deception" 


•  In  the  quaint  town  of  pre-war  Prague,  the  cobbler, 
Lederer,  had  a  home,  a  wife  and  three  children.  Then, 
the  very  young  Francis  noticed,  a  coolness  developed  be- 
tween those  whom  he  instinctively  loved  best — his  parents 
— until,  to  the  entire  bewilderment  of  his  childish  mind, 
there  was  a  divorce. 

In  the  absurd  equations  of  such  family  split-ups,  the 
two  elder  children  were  given  into  the  custody  of  the 
mother,  and  little  Francis  constituted  the  paternal  spoils 
of  matrimony.  What  a  puzzling  thing  life  was!  One 
cried  for  one's  mother  and  one's  father  answered,  or  per- 
haps an  aunt  or  grandmother,  who  tried  so  hard  to  make 
up  to  Francis  for  the  loss  of  his  mother.     And  couldn't. 

And  then  a  second  tragedy  entered  Francis'  life. 

Toward  the  close  of  the  War,  just  as  he  and  his  eldest 
brother  were  becoming  attached  after  long  separation,  that 
brother  was  killed  in  battle. 

Francis  Lederer  has  never  recovered  entirely  from  that 
blow.  As  the  yearning  for  his  mother  sharpened  his  dis- 
cernment toward  women,  just  so  this  needless  death  of 
his  brother  has  imbued  him  with      [Continued  on  page  60] 


29 


'Design 


By  JANE  CARROLL 


or  Livelihood 


show  how 


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,ho** 


■Photos  by  Old  Masters  Associates,  Inc. 


a°c/  Opn-       n  S/'s^ers  rv 


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ARNESS  your  ambitions!"  This  is 
the  valuable  message  to  the  feminine 
world  from  a  handsome  gray-haired 
woman  who  earlier  in  her  own  life  met  Adver- 
sity in  his  corner  and  knocked  him  out  of  the 
ring.    Her  name  is  Ethel  Traphagen. 

A  talented  artist  and  world-famous  designer 
of  feminine  fashions  in  her  own  right,  she  man- 
ages a  prominent  New  York  designing  school 
that  bears  her  name.  It  is  from  this  school  that 
such  master  fashion  designers  as  Bernard  New- 
man, who  profits  to  the  ex- 
tent of  $100,000  a  year  for 
costuming  such  pictures  as 
Roberta  and  Top  Hat,  and 
Gladys  Parker,  sophisti- 
cated dictator  of  youthful 
feminine     fashions,     have 


Maralyn  Tank- 
ersley,  of  Web- 
ster Groves, 
Mo.,  is  a  prom- 
ising student 
dress  designer 


graduated. 


Harness  those  ambitions  for  a 
glamorous  career — and  give  a 
thought  to  designing.  For  the 
average  girl,  it  has  far  greater 
possibilities     than     acting! 


Lettie    Lee   is   giving    Hollywood's 
male  designers  serious  competition 


When  Miss  Traphagen  says,  "Har- 
ness your  ambitions,"  she  is  thinking  of 
girls  with  a  multitude  of  ambitions  who 
never  seem  to  find  a  successful  release 
for  their  energies. 

"Many  women  today  could  be 
financially  independent  and  happy  in  a 
fascinating  career,"  she  says  earnestly, 
"if  they  only  awakened  to  what  the 
fashion  field  has  to  offer  them.  After 
many  years,  manufacturers  have  come 
to  recognize  American  designers.  Frequently,  when  I  first 
entered  the  field  of  fashion,  designers  were  forced  to  allow 
Parisian  names  to  be  attached  to  their  creations  if  they 
hoped  to  have  them  accepted.  Now  the  market  is  wide  open 
to  Americans — and  there  aren't  enough  to  supply  the  de- 
mand." 

Hollywood,  in  the  opinion  of  Miss  Traphagen,  has  helped 
to  open  the  door  of  opportunity  to  young  American  de- 
signers. 

•     "Film  fashions — smart,  original,  practical- — have  helped 

to  convince  America  that  not  all  the  dictates  of  fashion 

need  to  come  from  Paris,"  she  declares.    "Not  only  has  the 

screen  inspired  women  to  wear  their  clothes  better ;  it  has 


Brueck  and  Richards  silk  dresses, 
created  by  students  of  the 
Traphagen    School     of 


— Old  Masters  Associates,  Ivc. 

Alert,  attractive  and  young,  Page  Michie,  of  Char- 
lottesville, Va.,  looks  able  to  pass  a  screen  test. 
But,  instead,  she's  studying  to  become  a  designer! 

ff\*  "W  given  them  a  liking  for  clothes  'in  the 

American  mood.'  And  it  has  opened 
the  eyes  of  many  to  countless  oppor- 
tunities in  fashion  designing  today." 
Her  words,  "countless  opportuni- 
ties," carry  no  exaggeration.  The 
chance  of  achieving  outstanding  suc- 
cess in  the  field  of  fashion  design  is 
considerably  greater  than  the  chance 
of  getting  on  the  stage  or  screen — and 
often  work  in  this  profession  leads 
straight  to  Hollywood.  At  any  rate, 
it  is  an  established  fact  that,  although 
Marlene  Dietrich  may  earn  $5,000  a 
week  and  Garbo  may  endorse  salary 
checks  to  the  tune  of  $400,000  yearly, 
there  are  hundreds  more  men  and 
women  profitably  employed  today  as 
fashion  designers  than  there  are 
players  in  Hollywood. 

But  what  does  it  take  to  become  a 
successful  designer?  Is  special  talent 
essential?  What  about  age?  Is  vast 
experience  necessary? 

"I  think  'talent'  is  a  highly  over- 
rated word,"  Miss  Traphagen  begins, 
taking  up  the  barrage  of  questions. 
"Let  me  cite  an  illustration :  Only  a 
few  years  ago  I  had  a  student  who  I 
seriously  doubted  would  ever  become 
a  designer.  Unattractive  in  person, 
she  was  slow  and  somewhat  clumsy  and  seemed  impossible 
to  teach.  Gradually,  by  gentle  suggestion,  I  managed  to 
improve  her  personal  appearance.  With  her  own  acquisition 
of  neatness,  her  drawings  turned  slowly  from  smudgy,  un- 
inspired efforts  to  well-turned-out  designs.  From  a  foreign 
girl  who  seemed  doomed  to  a  lifetime  job  of  making  button- 
holes at  ten  dollars  a  week,  she  changed  into  an  independent 
young  lady  who  commanded  a  salary  of  seventy-five  dollars 
a  week.  That,  I  think,  is  indication  enough  that  'talent'  or 
'genius'  is  not  a  prime  necessity.  Neither,  for  that  matter, 
is  neatness.    But  ambition  and  application  count. 

"As  for  age,  one  of  my  pupils,  a  young  man  just  sixteen, 
happened  to  be  in  a  museum  looking  for  ideas  on  which  he 
might  base  designs  for  feminine        [Continued  on  page  62] 


Two  prize- 
winning  de- 
signs    for 


Fashi 


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Olivia  de  Havilland  interests 
Dick  in  "A  Midsummer  Night's 
Dream" — and    off-screen,    too 


DICK'S  SIX: 

1. 

Be  entertaining. 

2. 

Be  a  good  mixer. 

3. 

Be  a  good  sport. 

4. 

Be  attractive. 

5. 

Be  intelligent. 

6. 

Be  charming. 

Dick 
Powell 

tells 

Six  Ways 

to  Be 

"A  Good  Date" 


The  hero   of     A  Midsummer 


Night's    Dream      has 
about     how    any    girl 
interest  a  man.      Good 


ideas 

can 

ideas! 


By  RICHARD  ENGLISH 


DICK  POWELL,  attired  in  a  midshipman's  uniform, 
perspired  under  the  lights  and  sang  into  the  micro- 
phone on  the  Shipmates  Forever  set.  A  score  of 
Busby  Berkeley's  prettiest  dancing  girls  formed  an  ap- 
preciative audience.  After  three  "takes,"  the  number  was 
"okay  for  sound  and  camera"  and  Mr.  Powell  staggered, 
not  walked,  in  my  general  direction.  "Whew,"  he  said 
in  greeting  as  he  sank  into  a  camp  chair  and  reached  for 
a  bottle  of  pop. 

"Hot  work,  this  being  a  tenor,"  I  sympathized.  He 
withered  me  with  a  glance.  "A  baritone  to  you,  sir!"  I 
changed  the  subject  deftly.  "Lots  of  pretty  girls  on  the 
set  today,  Dick.  I  don't  think  I'd  mind  the  heat  if  I  rated 
smiles  from  beauties  on  all  sides."  He  said  nothing.  Dick 
is  as  appreciative  of  feminine  beauty  as  the  average  young 
man,  but  is  becoming  more  than  a  little  tired  of  being 

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rated  Hollywood's  favorite  bachelor.  He  fin- 
ished drinking  the  pop  and  unbuttoned  his  tight- 
fitting  jacket.  "Sure,  they're  nice-looking,"  he 
agreed,  "but  I  hope  you  don't  think  every  'good 
date'  has  to  be  good-looking.  Let's  take  the  case 
of  the  girl  with  a  sense  of  humor,  who's  a  good 
sport,  is  intelligent,  has  poise — " 
"Wait  a  minute,"  I  objected.  "You  mean  you'll  take 
a  harem,  not  just  one  girl." 

•  He  grinned.  "Don't  be  silly !  If  you  come  right  down 
to  it,  almost  every  girl  who's  a  preferred  'date'  has 
those  four  qualities  and  a  couple  more  for  good  measure ! 
Stop  and  think  about  the  girls  you  like  to  date.  Aren't 
they  alike  in  half  a  dozen  ways?  .  .  .  Just  because  a  fel- 
low's in  pictures  certainly  doesn't  make  him  an  expert  on 
secrets  of  popularity,  but  he's  entitled  to  his  own  little 
standards  of  what  a  good  date  ought  to  be.  Like  you,  or 
any  other  guy." 

"I  don't  agree  with  you  so  much  about  this  sense-of- 
humor  business,"  I  objected.  "These  girls  who  are  the 
life  of  the  party  get  in — " 

"Wait  a  minute!"  Dick  said.  "I  don't  like  that  type 
either.  What  I'm  talking  about  is  the  girl  who  has  a  quiet 
sense  of  humor,  who  gets  a  little  chuckle  out  of  life.  When 
you're  tired  out  and  the  old  spirit  is  worn  to  a  frazzle, 
it's  mighty  nice  to  know  some  [Continued  on  page  64] 


By  ERIC  L.  ERGENBRIGHT 


A  FEW  weeks  ago  a  towsle-haired  wisp  of  a  girl, 
driving  an  inexpensive  open  roadster,  sought  to 
cross  the  international  boundary  line  from  Mexico 
into  the  United  States.  Her  broken  English  betrayed  her 
foreign  birth  and  immigration  officers  promptly  demanded 
her  passport  and  entry  permit.    She  had  none. 

"But  I  am  Luise  Rainer.  ...  I  am  working  in  pictures," 
she  explained. 

The  immigration  men  were  skeptical,  to  put  it  mildly. 
That  slip  of  a  girl,  clad  in  nondescript  slacks,  with  uncombed 
hair  and  little  make-up,  unescorted  and  entirely  lacking  in 
'grandeur" — she  couldn't  be  the  new  Continental  star  whom 
Hollywood  was  hailing  as  its  great  new  discovery.  She 
didn't  fit  the  movie-star  pattern — she  didn't  look  or  act  the 
part.  They  had  encountered  too  many  stars  not  to  know 
the  type.    So  they  thought. 

And  so  they  held  Luise  Rainer  at  the  border  until  her 
predicament  ceased  to  be  an  adventure  in  her  estimation  and 
she  succeeded  in  finding  a  film  magazine  that  contained  a 
portrait  of  her.    With  its  aid,  she  proved  her  identity. 

But  don't  blame  Uncle  Sam's  immigration  officers  for 
their  mistake.  Blame  Luise  Rainer  for  looking  so  entirely 
unlike  a  screen  star.  She  doesn't  fit  the  glamor-queen  pat- 
tern, and  never  will.  That's  just  one  thing  you  will  like 
about  her     There  are  more. 

•  She  is  small,  dark  and  elfin — an  animated  little  person, 
as  moody  as  a  vagrant  spring  breeze.  Her  eyes  sparkle 
with  eagerness  and  vitality  one  moment — and  brim  over  with 
dream<  the  next.  One  moment  she  is  the  quintessence  of 
gaiety  :  the  next,  she  is  impressive  in  her  intense  seriousness 
of  purpose.  One  moment  she  is  confiding;  the  next,  she 
retreats  behind  an  unscalable  wall  of  reserve. 

If  ever  Hollywood  has  known  an  unpredictable  person, 
that  person  is  Luise  Rainer.  Read  Green  Mansions  and 
yon  will  know  her.  for,  like  W.  H.  Hudson's  heroine,  she  is 


Luise 
Rainer 

Sensation! 


Six  months  ago,  you  had  never  heard 
of  her.  Today  her  name  is  on  every- 
one s  lips.  Why?  Because  the  movie 
world  has   never  seen   anyone  like  her! 


-Portrait  by  C.  S.  Bull 

a  child  of  Nature — an  appealing,  puzzling,  provocative 
mixture  of  natural  simplicities  and  natural  complex- 
ities. Sophistication  and  artificiality  have  not  touched 
her  at  all. 

Hollywood  has  always  expected  its  celebrities  to  fol- 
low its  prescribed  rules  of  "celebrity-conduct."  Rainer. 
apparently,  is  unaware  that  such  conventions  exist. 
Consider,  for  instance,  the  prelude  to  that  amusing  de- 
tention at  the  international  boundary.  .  .  . 

The  filming  of  Escapade,  in  which  she  later  made  so 
sensational  a  debut,  was  scheduled  to  start  within  a  day 
or  two.  Instead  of  being  a  taut  bundle  of  nerves — as 
even  the  best-established  actresses  usually  are  immedi- 
ately before  the  start  of  a  new  picture — she  was  com- 
pletely relaxed.  The  weather  was  glorious,  the  country- 
side beautiful,  and  she  found  herself  driven  by  a  gipsy 
impulse.  With  only  fifteen  dollars  in  her  purse,  with 
no  luggage  in  her  car  and  with  no  definite  plan  in  her 
mind,  she  left  her  home  one  morning.  And  disappeared 
for  five  days ! 

The  studio's  executives  were  frantic.  Her  maid  was 
phlegmatic.  Rainer  would  be  back.  When?  Today, 
maybe.    Or  perhaps  tomorrow. 

Meanwhile,  the  little  Viennese  minx  with  the  wind- 
tossed  hair  was  vagabonding,  most  un-starrishly. 
wherever  her  fancy  took  her.  She  drove  to  San  Diego 
and  saw  the  Fair.  She  ate  hamburgers  at  roadside 
stands.  She  struck  up  acquaintance  with  picnickers  and 
shared  their  lunches.  She  stayed  overnight  in  inex- 
pensive hotels  and  washed  her  one  pair  of  stockings 
and  her  lingerie  in  washbowls.  She  drove  on,  across 
the  Mexican  line,  to  Caliente  and  reveled  in  the  color 
of  the  border  towns.  And  she  returned  to  Hollywood, 
after  her  five-day  tour,  with  more  than  a  dollar  left 
in  her  purse. 

No  wonder  everyone  on  the  Hollywood  scene  regards 
her  with  amazement — and  liking!  No  wonder  immi- 
gration officers  refused  to         [Continued  on  page  76] 

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"It's  a  Woman's  World" 

Says  MARY  PlCKFORD 

Every  day,  in  every  way,  women  are  fast  becoming 
men's  equals.  Yes,  and  often  superiors.  And  the 
First    Lady  of  Filmland  is   all    for  the  movement! 


By  J.  EUGENE  CHRISMAN 


T 


HE  brain  has  no  sex,"  said  Mary  Pickford.  "A 
woman's  intellect  and  inventiveness,  as  well  as  her 
ingenuity,  are  equal  to  a  man's.  Even  greater, 
some  psychologists  insist.  A  man  often  depends  on  physical 
strength  to  get  what  he  wants,  while  a  woman  has  to  be  more 
subtle  ;  so  she  uses  her  brain.  And  she  is  constantly  getting 
more  practice.  That's  why  I  say  that  it's  becoming  a 
woman's  world,  year  by  year,  almost  day  by  day." 

We  were  sitting  in  the  small  library  of  Pickfair,  just  off 
the  beautiful  antique  dining  room.  Mary,  with  a  new 
coiffure,  more  severe  than  the  one  she  wore  formerly, 
looked  younger  than  ever  and  more  than  ever  the  poised, 
efficient  young  business  woman.  Which,  indeed,  she  is — 
having  just  become  a  combination  producer,  director  and 
star   (and,  possibly,  writer)    for  United  Artists,  with  a 

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production  program  of  several  pictures  a  year  ahead  of  her. 

In  my  lap  lay  a  newspaper  with  headlines  telling  of  fears 
of  a  new  world  war.  Indicating  the  newspaper,  and  the 
tale  it  told,  she  said :  "I  believe  that  women  are  the  hope  of 
the  world — the  sex  that  will  eventually  bring  about 
universal  peace.  They  are  no  longer  going  to  bear  male 
children  for  cannon-fodder — cannon-fodder  for  countries 
reaching  out  for  more  land,  for  munitions-makers  who 
want  more  business,  for  industrialists  who  want  more  war- 
time profits.  Women  do  not  make  wars,"  she  added. 
"Men  make  them — without  consulting  women,  who  shrink 
from  its  terror  and  tragedy.  But  one  of  these  days,  women 
will  have  their  way  and  eliminate  war  forever. 

"There  is  an  old  saying  that,  for  every  man  who  rules  a 
nation,  there  is  a  woman  who  [Continued  on  page  67] 


I 


Irene  Dunne's 

Thanksgiving 

Menu 

Grape  and  orange  cocktail 

Turkey  with  mushroom 

dressing 

Mashed  potatoes 

Mashed  turnip 

Brussels  sprouts  de  luxe 

Cranberry-clove  jelly 

Thanksgiving  salad 

Mince  pie  with  meringue 

Coffee  Nuts 


A  Thanksgivin: 

Dinner 
to  Remember! 


By  Irene  Dunne 


As  told  to  Frances  Kelhim 


IT'S  SO  easy  now  to  make  holiday  dinners  something 
lovely  and  "extra-special" — something  for  the  family 
to  remember !  Or  if  you  are  bachelor-girling  it  and 
want  a  few  friends  in,  it's  easy,  too,  to  get  that  cozy 
home  atmosphere  that  everybody  loves.  Let  me  tell  you 
about  a  Thanksgiving  menu  that  is  easy  to-prepare  and 
simple  to  serve  without  assistance  .  .  . 

The  first  thing  on  this  menu  is  grape  and  orange  cock- 
tail which  is  made  the  first  thing  in  the  morning  and  set 
in  the  icebox  to  chill  for  several  hours.  Cut  large  wine- 
grapes  in  half,  seed  them,  and  add  diced  orange  from 
which  every  particle  of  skin  has  been  removed.  Serve 
it  ice-cold  in  cocktail  glasses,  with  a  sprig  of  mint  on 
top.  If  you  want  to  give  it  extra  zest,  pour  a  little  of  the 
juice  of  crushed  mint  and  limes  in  each  glass  and  serve 
the  cocktail  on  a  plate  that  has  a  large  green  leaf  in  the 
middle. 

Turkey  with  mushroom  dressing  is  the  entree — THE 


entree,  I  should  say.  The  "mushroom  dressing"  is  super- 
tasty.  Add  a  can  of  condensed  cream-of-mushroom  soup 
to  the  usual  bread  dressing,  instead  of  moistening  it  with 
water  or  milk.  Put  the  soup  in  a  dish  first  and  add  one 
egg,  beating  the  mixture  well,  then  stir  it  into  the  other 
ingredients.  And  when  you  start  the  roasting  process, 
don't  forget  that  the  secret  of  a  juicy  turkey  lies  in  its 
being  basted  every  twenty  minutes. 

Brussels  sprouts  de  luxe  are  a  delicious  side-dish.  Cook 
one  quart  of  sprouts  in  one  cup  of  hot  water  for  fifteen 
minutes.  Add  one  cup  of  green  Malaga  grapes,  cut  in 
halves  and  seeded.  Cook  until  the  sprouts  are  tender. 
Drain  and  season  with  butter,  pepper  and  salt. 

Cranberry-clove  jelly  would  enhance  any  turkey  din- 
ner— and  should  be  made  a  day  or  so  beforehand  to  be 
its  most  delicious  self  on  Thanksgiving  Day.  Cook  one 
quart  of  cranberries  with  one-quarter  teaspoonful  of 
salt,  two  teaspoonfuls  of  whole  {Continued  on  page  54) 

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Screen  -  struck 

At  last!  A  dramatic,  penetrating  novel  about  Hollywood 
-about  the  Hollywood  that  you,  yourself,  would  discover 
if  you  were  an  unknown,  desperately  trying  for  a  career! 


by  Nina  Wilcox  Putnam 


/N  THE  darkness  of  the  theatre,  I  was  watching 
the  screen  eagerly,  waiting,  as  I  had  waited  every 
day  for  a  month,  for  the  appearance  of  the  an- 
nouncement that  might  mean  that  my  whole  life 
would  be  changed.  All  across  the  continent,  girls  were 
looking  at  screens  in  Burnham  Theatres  and  asking 
themselves  the  same  burning  question  I  was  asking 
myself :  "Am  I  to  have  the  chance  of  a  lifetime,  or  stay 
in  a  rut  all  the  rest  of  my  life?" 

My  photograph  had  been  one  among  thousands  sub- 
mitted, of  course.  Perhaps  it  was  absurd  even  to  con- 
sider the  possibility  that  it  would 
win  the  first  prize  in  the  "Search 
for  New  Faces"  contest — a  trip 
to  Hollywood  and  a  screen 
test.  But,  having  once  sum- 
moned up  enough  courage  to 
send  in  a  photograph,  who  could 
help    hoping?     Someone   had    to 

win 

Meanwhile,  the  two  other 
usherettes  at  Burnham's  Palace, 
Helen  West  and  Babe  Hollis, 
had  gone  into  a  huddle  at  the 
back  of  the  next  aisle  and  were 
having  a  few  laughs  at  my  ex- 
pense. I  could  see  their  round 
pillbox  hats  tossed  convulsively 
in  silent  hysterics. 

Of  course,  as  head  usher,  I 
had  to  keep  my  post  near  the 
entrance  door.  But  my  back 
was  toward  it,  and  the  elbows 
of  my  smart  little  military  jacket 
were  on  the  parapet,  my  electric- 
torch  making  a  support  for  my  chin  as  I  kept  my  gaze 
riveted  on  Clifton  Laurence  on  the  screen.  The  picture 
was  Love  Me  Only — you  must  remember  it — the  picture 
that  made  him  a  star.  What  did  I  care  if  the  other 
girls  laughed  at  me  for  it?  They  simply  didn't  under- 
stand. 


•  ANYONE  could  see  that  he  was  handsome,  in  a  strong 
he-man  fashion,  and  his  smile  was  certainly  something. 
But  that  wasn't  all  that  he  meant  to  me.  What  those 
two  amused  girls  didn't  appreciate  was  the  fact  that 
Laurence  was  a  splendid  actor — that  the  little  things 
he  did  were  what  counted.  It  thrilled  me  to  watch 
his  subtle  tricks  of  acting  and,  in  watching,  to  learn. 
Helen  and  Babe  didn't  realize  how  I  was  trying  to 
store  awav  in  the  back  of  mv  head  what  I  learned  be- 


He  spoke  in  a  clear,  low  voice 
— to  me  alone.  "Good  girl!" 
said  Clifton  Laurence.  "Keep 
your     head,     out     there!" 


cause  some  day  I  might  want  to  use  those  tricks  my- 
self. They  thought  I  was  in  love  with  him — a  shadow 
on  a  screen. 

I  let  them  laugh.  I  never  even  told  them,  or  any- 
body else  f<5r  that  matter,  how  crazy  I  was  to  be  in 
pictures.  Or  how  I  studied  Clifton  Laurence  because 
he  was  the  best  actor  of  them  all.  Of  course,  I  was 
crazy  about  him,  too,  but  as  one  is  crazy  about  a  Rolls- 
Royce,  or  a  yacht  or  a  corsage  of  ten  orchids — -without 
any  chance  of  getting  them.  Clifton  Laurence  was  so 
far  out  of  my  class  that  I  could  afford  to  sentimentalize 
over  him.    He  was  perfectly  safe,  and  so  was  I ! 

But  I  wasn't  making  a  fool  of  myself  over  him  the 
way  so  many  palpitating  females  did.  Clifton  Laurence, 
"the  handsomest  bachelor  in  Hollywood,"  was  a  sort 
of  demigod  to  me — someone  I  could  worship  because 
he  was  so   remote,   actually,  yet   so  close,   figuratively, 


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Illustration  by 

Harve  Stein 


I  kept  my  gaze  rivet- 
ed on  Clifton  Laur- 
ence on  the  screen. 
What  did  I  care  if 
the  other  girls 
laughed  at  me  for 
it?  They  simply  did- 
n't understand  .  .  . 
It  thrilled  me  to 
watch  his  subtle 
tricks  of  acting  and, 
in  watching,  to  learn 


there  in  the  theatre  ...  a  personification  of  an  ideal. 

Now,  as  I  watched  him  go  through  a  love-scene  with 
Joan  Crawford,  I  knew  those  two  girls  in  the  darkness 
were  whispering  about  my  secret  thoughts.  In  the 
outside  lobby,  posters  announced  that  Clifton  Laurence 
would  make  a  personal  appearance  at  the  Palace  on 
Saturday  night,  and  no  doubt  they  anticipated  that  I 
would  faint  at  actual  sight  of  the  man.  Well,  I 
wouldn't.  In  a  way,  I  almost  wished  he  wasn't  com- 
ing, for  it  would  be  just  too  terrible  if  I  was  disillu- 
sioned. But,  then,  it  was  hardly  likely  that  I'd  get  to 
speak  to  him.  In  my  heart  of  hearts  I  zvas  excited,  of 
course — because  I  so  much  wanted  him  to  be  as  nice 
as  he  seemed  .  .  .  Well,  this  was  Wednesday.  In  three 
more  days,  I'd  know  .  .  . 

The  picture  came  to  an  end  with  the  usual  clinch, 
and  people  here  and  there  got  up  like  dim  ghosts  and 
stumbled  out.  Others  came  in  and  our  three  spot-lights 
guided  them  to  the  vacated  places,  while  the  newsreel 
droned  on.  The  best  newsreel  in  the  world  drones  after 
you've  seen  it  four  times  a  day  for  three  days.  I  didn't 
even  glance  at  it,  or  at  the  "coming  attractions."  The 
one  o'clock  show  was  just  beginning,  so  I  was  not  sur- 


prised when  a  familiar  head  was 
stuck  through  the  door  beside 
me  and  Buddy  Kane  hissed  the 
usual  "Phist!  Lola!"  at  me.  I 
finished  guiding  an  old  gentle- 
man to  a  seat  and  stepped  out 
into  the  foyer. 

Buddy  had  a  pencil  stuck  be- 
hind his  ear.  He  did  the  the- 
atre's office-work  for  Mr.  Kar- 
pen,  our  manager.  Buddy  tow- 
ered over  me  like  a  good-natured 
giant,  his  homely,  kind  face 
smiling,  his  eyes  adoring. 

"Say,  Beautiful,"  he  began, 
"I  just  slipped  out  for  a  sec. 
Had  to  make  sure  I'll  see  you  to- 
night." 

"I  wanted  to  catch  up  on  my 
sleep  !"  I  protested,  with  a  smile. 
His  eyes  Avere  terribly  earn- 
est. "Listen,  this  is  important !" 
he  insisted.  "I'll  be  waiting  in 
the  flivver  after  the  last  show — 
please !" 

"All    right,"    I    agreed    reluc- 
tantly.    "But  no  parking  on  the 
lake  front  tonight — even  if  there's  a  full  moon!" 

Buddy  nodded,  his  eyes  still  devouring  me,  with  that 
sweet,  doglike  devotion  of  his.  For  the  hundredth  time 
I  wished  that  he  didn't  care  like  that  ...  or  else  that 
he  wasn't  so  darned  nice.  It  was  his  being  such  a  swell 
person  that  made  it  hurt  so  to  snub  him.  With  a  smile 
and  a  salute,  he  was  gone  and  I  went  back  to  my  job. 
The  teasers — announcements  of  coming  pictures — 
were  just  ending  and  their  place  was  taken,  in  a  flash, 
by  the  Contest  Announcement — a  brief  "short,"  which 
told  the  audience  all  about  the  Burnham  Brothers' 
"Search  for  New  Faces"  Contest,  open  to  every  girl 
in  America,  who  sent  her  photograph  through  one  of 
the  Burnham  theatres.  For  weeks  we  all  had  been 
Avatching  the  daily  flash  as  if  it  could  tell  us  something 
beyond  its  bare  Avording.  But  local  excitement  OATer 
it  had  died  doAvn  lately.  We  had  become  used  to  it, 
and  somehoAV  it  didn't  seem  quite  real.  But  this  after- 
noon, a  "still"  slide  had  been  added.  It  carried  neAvs 
that  made  one  heart  skip  a  beat : 

"Winner  Will  Be  Announced  in  This  Theatre  To- 
morroAv  Night !" 

I  looked  at  it  with  a  sudden  agonizing  hope  Avhich 


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quickly  subsided.  How  could  anyone  win  without  some 
special  influence?  And  I  had  none.  Why,  1  didn't 
even  know  many  people,  because  my  maiden  aunt  and 
only  living  relative,  with  whom  I  lived,  was  poor  and 
we  kept  to  ourselves  most  of  the  time.  Sometimes  I 
used  to  envy  Helen  and  Babe  for  the  way  they  seemed 
able  to  make  friends.  I  used  to  feel  out  of  things  some- 
times— used  to  wonder  if  I  was  too  serious,  too  self- 
sufficient  .  .  .  The  announcement  faded  from  the 
screen,  and  I  thought  to  myself :  "All  that  Saturday 
night  is  going  to  mean  to  me  is  more  people  to  seat. 
If  I  had  won,  I'd  have  heard  about  it  before  now!" 


•  AFTER  the  last  show,  Buddy  Kane  did  park  the 
car  on  the  lakeside,  after  all.  It  was  a  lovely  night, 
with  the  moon  making  a  path  across  the  calm  water, 
and  I  braced  myself  against  any  possible  lovemaking. 
But  Buddy  turned  half-around  so  as  to  look  me  square- 
ly in  the  face,  and  shot  the  question  that  had  appar- 
ently been  seething  in  him  all  day. 

"Lola  Le  Grange!"  he  demanded,   earnestly.     "How 
would  you  like  to  go  to  Hollywood?" 

I  laughed.    "I'm  not  such  a  fool,"  I  answered  lightly. 
"Why?" 

Buddy  swallowed  hard  be- 
fore he  could  speak  again. 
"You're  very  beautiful,"  he 
said  at  last.  "You've  got  what 
it  takes  ...  at  least,  I  thought 
you  were  wonderful  in  the 
high  school  play.  Wouldn't 
you  like  a  chance  in  pic- 
tures?" 

"Yes,"  I  answered  slowly, 
"I  would  like  just  'one  chance. 
I  want  to  be  an  actress — I 
want  it  more  than  anything. 
But  I've  read  too  much  about 
what  happens  to  unknowns  in 
Hollywood.  You  say  I'm 
beautiful,  but  Hollywood  is 
full  of  girls  who  have  been 
told  the  same  thing  by 
friends.  Some  of  them  are 
beauties — and  they're  starv- 
ing. I  wonder  if  I'd  like  to 
risk  being  one  of  them,  if  I 
ever  had  the  chance  !" 

"You  have  something  most 
girls  don't  have,"  he  said,  his 
voice  shaky.  I  looked  at  him 
more  closely  and  saw  that  the 
big,  kind  thing  v/as  actually 
trembling. 

"Listen !"     I     said     firmly, 
about   my   ca- 


the  prize-winner  right  in  Hopewell,  right  in  one  of  their 
own  theatres.  Only  Karpen  says  they  don't  know  that 
last  part  yet.  He  can  hardly  wait  to  tell  them.  I  simply 
had  to  beat  him  to  it,  telling  you  the  news.  Oh  Lola,  my 
dearest,  you're  going  to  be  a  star — a  marvelous  success. 
You  can't  lose,  Lola,  I  tell  you,  you  can't  lose!" 

"Buddy,  I — I  can't  believe  it!"  I  cried,  my  brain 
whirling.    "I  couldn't  have  won." 

"Do  you  think  I  would  tell  you  anything  like  this — 
if  it  wasn't  true?"  he  asked  quietly.  "I — I  love  you  too 
much,  Lola." 

Convulsively,  I  pressed  his  hand.  "Don't !"  said  I. 
"The  whole  thing  is  impossible — it  can't  be  true !  There 
may  be  some  mistake  !" 

But  there  was  no  mistake.  What  Buddy  had  said 
was  true,  and  when  the  announcement  was  made  the 
next  evening,  these  words  danced  before  my  eyes  : 

"Miss  Lola  Le  Grange  wins  ...  a  trip  to  Holly  woe  d 
...  a  chance  in  pictures." 


T 


The  Author: 


"Let's    forget 

reer !  What  was  this  im- 
portant thing  you  had  to  talk 
about  tonight?" 

"This  is  it !"  he  exclaimed 
hoarsely,   seriously.     "Lola,   I  wanted  to  tell  you  first, 
myself.     You  are  going  to  Hollywood." 

"Are  you  crazy?"  I  demanded,  but  my  heart  began 
to  beat  painfully  just  the  same. 

"I  got  an  inside  tip  today,"  he  went  on  breathlessly. 
"Karpen  told  me.  around  noon.  He  got  a  wire  straight 
from  Burnham  Studios.  Lola — you've  won  the  contest! 
You're  going  to  Hollywood — going  to  have  the  chance 
of  a  lifetime !  And  is  Karpen  puffed  up !  Burnham 
Brothers  scoured  America  for  new  faces — and  found 


Nina  Wilcox  Putnam  is  a  living  success  story. 
She  sold  her  first  bit  of  fiction  when  she  was  II, 
has  been  writing  ever  since,  and  has  never  had  a 
manuscript  rejected.  She  estimates  that  she  has 
written  approximately  a  thousand  stories — a  score 
of  them  novels.  She  insists  that  she  cannot  operate 
a  typewriter;  she  composes  her  stories  by  longhand 
and  by  dictation.  As  an  author,  she  is  listed  in 
"Who's  Who  in  America,"  as  well  as  every  book- 
store, and  is  a  member  of  the  Authors'  League  of 
America.  Movies  she  has  authored  include  "The 
Fourth  Horseman,"  "A  Lady's  Profession"  and 
"Golden  Harvest."  Born  in  New  Haven,  Conn., 
she  now  lives  in  New  York  City  and  Palm  Beach, 
Florida.  Immensely  proud  of  her  18-year-old  il- 
lustrator-son, John,  she  also  says  of  "Screen 
Struck,"  her  newest  achievement,  "I  am  proud  of 
this   story." 


Chapter  II 

HE  trunk  was  very  new  and  so  large  that  it  al- 
most filled  my  aunt's  tiny  living  room.  On  its 
side  was  painted  in  conspicuous  golden  letters 
a  legend  which  proclaimed  it 
as  belonging  to  Lola  Le 
Grange,  winner  of  the  Burn- 
ham Studio  Beauty  Contest. 
I  had  seen  the  trunk  before  in 
the  shop  window  of  its  donors 
the  Hopewell  Mercantile  Com- 
pany. And  now  Aunt  Neta  was 
busy  filling  it  with  the  lovely 
things  the  other  merchants  had 
sent  me— hats,  shoes,  dresses, 
everything  imaginable. 

But  suddenly  I  hated  the 
sight  of  them  all.  The  shabby 
little  room  looked  very  dear 
and  homelike,  and  in  the  mid- 
dle of  folding  a  beautiful  silk 
nightie,  the  like  of  which  I 
had  never  hoped  to  own,  I 
burst  into  tears. 

"Now  what?"  exclaimed 
Aunt  Neta.  "First  you're 
laughing  and  running:  all  over 


the  place,  and  now  you're  cry- 
ing !  Here,  give  me  that  gown 
before  you  ruin  it!" 

"But  Hollywood's  so  far 
away!"  I  wailed.  "And  sup- 
pose they  don't  like  me  when 
they  see  me,  out  there?  I  just 
can't  face  it." 

"Hysterical,"  Aunt  Neta 
commented.  "It's  that  French 

j        blood    in     you,     'way    back ! 

Imagine  crying  over  a  grand 
chance  like  this.  Why,  in  your 
place,  I'd,  I'd  .  .  .  ."    Her  face  began  to  work,  and  in  an- 
other minute  we  were  crying  on  each  other's  shoulders. 
"There,  there  !"  she  comforted  me.  "You'll  make  good." 
"I've  got  to,"  I  said,  drying  my  eyes  and  trying  to 
smile.  "I'll  never  dare  show  my  face  back  here  if  I  don't." 
"And  you  can't  go  back  on  Buddy,"  Aunt  Neta  added. 
I    said    nothing    to    that.     Buddy    Kane    headed    the 
throng  that  was  pushing  me  into  this.     I  felt  as  though 
a  spotlight  had  been  turned  on  me,  and  everybody  in 
town  was  looking.     They  were  cheering  and  laughing 


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and  egging  me  on.  I  belonged,  not  to  myself  now, 
but  to  Hopewell,  Illinois.  I  was  its  boast,  its  citizens' 
creation.  I  was  going  to  Hollywood  and  they  were  all 
going  to  see  my  pictures  (so  they  thought)  and  tell 
each  other  about  remembering  me  when  I  was  only  an 
usherette  at  Burnham's  Palace — "this  very  theatre,  my 
dear." 


•  IN  ONLY  two  days — two  short  days — my  life  was 
completely  changed.    They  seemed  like  years,  even  like 
centuries.     This   had  been  going  on,   I  thought,   for- 
ever; the  long,  slow  days  before  had  been  a  dream. 
This  was   reality.  And  through   it 
all,  there  was  Buddy  Kane,  trium- 
phant, utterly  thoughtless  for  him- 
self, absorbed  in  what  was  happen- 
ing to  me.     No,  I  couldn't  go  back 
on  any  of  them.     Nor  on  myself. 
After  all,   it  zvas  my  great  oppor- 
tunity, although   I  hardly  grasped 
the  truth  of  it  as  yet. 

It    was    Saturday   morning,   and 
Aunt  Neta  was  helping  me  to  pack 
— to  set  out  for  Hollywood  and  an 
unknown,    unguessed   future.      My 
train    was    to    leave    at    midnight, 
after  the  last  show.     And  for 
two  days  there  had  been  a  new 
easel   in  the   Palace   foyer  an- 
nouncing that  after  his  person- 
al   appearance,    Clifton    Laur- 
ence would  present  me  to  my 
fellow   townsmen   and  person- 
ally hand  me  my  ticket  to  the 
Film  Capital. 

It  was  hard  to  say  whether 
I  was  elated  or  frightened  by 
the  prospect  of  this  encounter. 

Suppose  I  lost  my  head  and  did  some  silly  thing  when 
I  met  him  ?  Suppose  I  got  stage-fright  in  front  of 
him?  Then,  too,  it  was  a  terrible  task,  choosing  a 
dress  for  this  occasion.  I  had  three  evening  gowns 
now,  and  there  was  much  difference  of  opinion  as  to 
which  I  should  wear.    In  the  end  I  decided  on  the  simp- 


voice  singing  Love  Me  Only,  I  had  forgotten  all  about 
myself  and  my  own  part  in  the  evening's  program, 
when  the  manager  of  the  theatre  touched  me  on  the 
arm,  propelling  me  toward  the  stage. 

I  was  out  there,  in  the  lights,  and  he  was  looking 
at  me.  His  eyes  were  gray  and  laughing.  He  took  my 
hand  and  led  me  to  the  front  of  the  stage.    It  was  very 

noisy  out  there  in  the  audi- 
ence. He  held  up  his  hand 
and,  in  the  silence  that  fol- 
lowed, made  a  little  speech. 
Then  he  turned  and  presented 
me  with  a  long  white  envel- 
ope containing  my  ticket.  The 
audience  roared  again  as  he 
shook  hands  with  me.  Under 
cover  of  the  noise,  he  spoke  in 
a  clear,  low  voice — to  me 
alone.     No  one  else  heard  him. 

"Good  girl!"  said  Clifton  Laur- 
ence. "Keep  your  head,  out  there. 
Good  luck !" 

He  meant  it — oh,  he  meant  it, 
that  was  plain.  This  was  no  bally- 
hoo, but  a  personal  message  to  a 
girl  who  looked  real  to  him.  I  was 
glad  I  had  worn  the  plain  white  gown. 
I  said,  "Thank  you,  I  will."  Then 
I  turned  and  tried  to  walk  away, 
tripped  on  my  train  and  all  but  fell. 
The  audience  laughed  at  my  awkward 
exit.  Just  off-stage  someone  caught 
me  and  pulled  me  into  the  wings. 
Buddy  Kane. 

"Are  you  hurt?"  he  whispered. 
"No,    of    course    not,"    I    said,    my 
whole  body  burning  with  humiliation.     They  were  still 
laughing  outside.     Across  the  stage  I  could  see  Laur- 
ence hurrying  away  without  a  backward  glance. 

"Well,"  I  thought  to  myself  satirically,  "I'll  prob- 
ably never  see  you  again,  Mr.  Clifton  Laurence,  but 
I  did  get  to  speak  to  you  after  all !"  Then  I  turned  to 
Buddy. 

"Get  me  out  of  here!"  I  begged.  "Oh,  Buddy,  do 
vou  think  it's  a  bad  omen — my  making:  a  fool  of  mv- 


Le    Grange!"    he 

ded,         earnestly. 

would     you     like 

to    Hollywood?" 


lest   of   them   all — a   plain  white   chiffon   without  any      self  at  the  very  start,  like  that?' 


"All  you  need  is  the  wings,"  Aunt  Neta  sniffed  when  I 
was  ready.  "Yes,  a  pair  of  wobbly  wings,  Rock  of 
Ages,  and  the  Church  Festival  would  be  com- 
plete !" 

But  she  was  wrong,  I  thought,  gazing  at  my  reflec- 
tion in  the  mirror.  My  hair  looked  blonder,  my  eyes 
bluer,  without  any  color  to  detract  from  them.  I  had 
done  my  hair  very  simply,  too.  and  worn  no  ornaments. 
Perhaps,  I  thought,  the  audience  would  not  like  it,  but 
for  this  once  I  was  not  dressing  for  the  audience — I 
was  dressing:  for  Clifton  Laurence. 


®  IT  WAS  dusty  and  draughty  backstage  as  I  stood 
waiting  to  step  in  front  of  the  footlights.  But  the  place 
could  have  been  on  fire  and  I  would  not  have  noticed, 
for  watching  him — every  move  of  his  head,  his  slight- 
est gesture,  the  way  his  shoulders  lifted  as  he  sang. 
He  was  the  handsomest  man,  in  a  fine  way,  that  I  had 
ever  seen.  The  Laurence  of  the  gray  screen  was  as 
nothing  beside  Laurence  in  the  flesh.  His  hair  was  a 
satin  brown,  his  color  bronze,  with  the  red  glow  of 
health  underneath.  I  wondered  what  color  his  eyes 
were.     Listening    to    his    golden,    "laughing    cavalier" 


Chapter  III 

ON  THE  way  to  the  train,  riding  in  Buddv's 
flivver,  I  felt  as  though  it  could  not  be  true  that 
I  was  really  leaving.  There  was  something 
comforting  and  homey  about  Buddy,  and  even  his  old 
rattletrap  coupe  gave  me  a  sense  of  security.  "Surely," 
I  thought,  "we  are  just  going  to  park  at  the  lakeside 
and  talk,  as  we've  done  so  many  times  before!"  But 
no,  here  I  was  in  a  smart  new  traveling  outfit,  headed 
for  the  railroad  station  and  the  midnight  train,  through 
the  quiet  streets  of  a  nine  o'clock  town. 

Buddy  said  very  little  during  the  drive.  He  just  sat 
there  driving  steadily  and  carefully  and  looking  at  me 
out  of  the  corner  of  one  eye  every  now  and  then.  But 
when  he  parked  at  the  station  platform,  instead  of 
opening  the  door  for  me  immediately,  he  turned  square- 
ly to  me  and  swallowed  twice  in  that  funny  way  of 
his.     Finally  the  words   came. 

"Lola,"  he  began,  "I  know  there  isn't  much  I  can  do 

for  you now !     But  I  want  you  to  promise  that 

if  things  go  .  .  .  well,  all  you've  got  to  do  is  write  me, 
see?  Not  that  they  will  go  wrong,  of  course,  because 
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Ronald  Colman,  above,  says 
he  would  have  risked  his 
head  to  play  Sidney  Car- 
ton in  A  Tale  of  Tivo  Cities. 
Now  he  has  the  role — 
and  his  head,  too.  Right, 
Donald  Woods,  as  Charles 
Darnay,  whose  place  he 
takes      on      the      guillotine 


You  h 
Cities. 
Ronald 


read    Dickens'    "Tale    of   Two 
Now  read  how  Hollywood — and 
Colman — have  filmed   its  drama! 


ave 
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SEVEN  years  ago,  in  1928,  Ronald  Colman  and  I  sat 
in  his  studio  dressing-room,  discussing  his  future 
in  pictures.  "Talkies"  were,  at  that  time,  a  remote 
possibility — a  curiosity,  not  an  accomplished  fact.  Like 
most  of  Hollywood's  stars,  Colman  was  frankly  dubious 
of  their  boosters'  claims.  Interesting,  he  thought,  but 
hardly  practical. 

40 


Love  for  Lucie  Ma- 
nette — played  by  Eliz- 
abeth Allan — inspires 
Sidney  Carton's 
supreme      sacrifice 


A  Tale  of 


"Yhree 
Cities 


"However,"  he  said,  clipping  his  words  in  true  British 
fashion,  "if  talking  pictures  ever  are  perfected,  a  new 
treasure  house  of  dramatic  material  will  be  opened.  Then 
it  will  be  possible  to  do  justice  to  one  of  the  greatest 
emotional  dramas  ever  written — Dickens'  Tale  of  Two 
Cities.  How  I  love  that  story — and  what  I'd  give  to  play 
the  role  of  Sidney  Carton!  I've  dreamed  of  playing  that 
role  ever  since  I  became  an  actor.  Carton  is  a  character 
one  can  believe  in " 

And  yesterday,  on  one  of  the  most  spectacular  sets 
ever  built  in  any  studio,  I  watched  Ronald  Colman  step 
out  of  a  "tumbril"  and  mount  the  scaffold  of  the  guillo- 
tine. Sidney  Carton  was  making  his  supreme  sacrifice 
— and  Ronnie's  wish  had  been  granted. 

•  WHEN  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  first  announced  defi- 
nite plans  for  the  filming  of  A  Tale  of  Two  Cities, 
Ronnie  was  away  from  Hollywood  on  one  of  those  peri- 
odic, vagabond  journeys  that  are  his  chief  delight.  He 
lost  no  time  in  rushing  home,  for  he  was  obsessed  by 
the  fear  that  some  other  actor  would  be  awarded  his 
long-desired  role.  When  he  finally  signed  a  contract 
to  play  Carton,  he  was  jubilant — as  ecstatic  as  so  phleg- 
matic an  Englishman  can  be.  He  sent  slightly  insane 
telegrams  to  his  inseparable  pals,  Richard  Barthelmess 
and  William  Powell — and  then  proceeded  to  lose  his 
own  identify  completely  in  that  [Continued  on  page  80] 


Left,  the  living-dining  room. 
This  scheme  of  things  makes 
a  small  house  seem  spacious 


Right,  an  exterior  view  of 
the  small  house  the  Crosbys 
built  for  themselves — not  to 
mention  Gary  and  the  twins! 


Photos  by  Will  Walling,  Jr. 


Bing  Crosby 

Wanted  a  Small  House 

So  the   movies'  star  crooner  went  out  and   got  one, 
which  he  and   Dixie   Lee   have   made   super-attractive 


BING  CROSBY  started  it.  Said 
the  biggest  broadcaster  of  The 
Big  Broadcast  of  1936  to  Dixie 
Lee  Crosby:  "Dixie,  let's  get  a  house 
that's  a  home.  You  know — simple. 
No  fuss.  We  don't  want  to  raise  our 
youngsters  in  a  young  hotel.  We  want 
them  to  feel  close  to  their  immediate 
forebears." 

Said  Dixie:  "I've  been  thinking 
the  same  thing.   When  do  we  move  ?" 

It  was  Bing's  mother  who  really 
found  the  place — one  of  the  oldest 
adobe  houses  at  Rancho  Santa  Fe, 
seventy-five  miles  south  of  Holly- 
wood. It  was  a  little  house  built  more 
than  a  century  ago  and  tucked  away 


By  Marianne  Mercer 

beneath  pepper  trees  and  palm  trees. 
"That,"  announced  Bing,  "will  be 
for  our  folks  when  they  want  to 
come  down.  Dixie  and  I  will  build 
our  own  home  next  door."  So  they 
built  an  exact  duplicate  of  the  original 
adobe — and  it  has  five  rooms.  Five 
rooms  for  five  people!  But  they  are 
so  perfectly  planned  and  decorated 
that  there  is  ample  room  for  every- 
body without  any  crowded  feeling. 
And  the  place  has  created  something 
of  a  back-to-the-small-home  fever  in 
Hollywood.  Because,  for  sheer  com- 
fort and  coziness,  it  beats  any  starry 
mansion  that  ever  stood  on  a  Holly- 
wood hilltop. 


•  OF  COURSE,  there  is  a  trick  to 
making  a  little  house  seem  spacious. 
Harold  Grieve,  the  decorator  who  was 
called  in  by  the  Crosbys,  revealed  it. 
"If  yon  keep  your  zvalls  a  light  mono- 
tone in  color/'  he  said,  "the  rooms 
will  appear  larger.  The  rugs  or  car- 
pets should  be  plain.  Then,  if  you 
keep  your  furniture  in  proportion  to 
the  room  and  don't  try  to  use  heavy 
pieces,  you  immediately  get  a  sense  of 
space  and  ease." 

The  Crosbys  have  plain  off-white 
plaster  walls  that  are  zvashable.  And 
with  three  small  children  in  the  house, 
what  a  boon  that  is !  Sticky  finger 
marks  can    [Continued  on  page  56] 

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Head  First 

into  Autumn! 

Have  beautiful  hair,  and  you  will  be 
beautiful.    Here  are  the  newest  hints! 

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'HAT  will  our  heads 
wearing-  this  fall?"  .  .  . 
There's  nothing  like  asking 
questions  of  the  right  person  when 
you  really  have  a  problem,  is  there? 
So  when  I  wanted  to  tell  you  about 
the  latest  and  finest  beauty  hints  for 
hair,  I  went  to  one  of  the  foremost 
hairdressers  of  America — Emile,  of 
Rockefeller  Center,  New  York  City. 
He  "does"  most  of  the  "Hollywood 
heads"  while  they  are  in  New  York, 
and  is  considered  a  leading  style  au- 
thority in  creating  hair  fashions  in 
this  country. 

"What's  the  keynote  for  autumn 
heads  ?"  I  asked  him. 

"Naturalness,  above  all  things," 
Emile  answered.  "Your  clothes  now 
are  natural  ones  .  .  .  they  are  purely 
feminine  and  very  adaptable  to  our 
modern  quick  tempo  of  living.  So 
the  coiffures  must  be  the  same.  The 
hair  should  have  that  beautiful  cared- 


42 


for  look,  as  though  it  has  a  natural, 
soft,  loose  wave,  and  dressed  so  that 
it  falls  naturally  into  place  as  soon 
as  it  is  waved." 

Brush  a  wave !  How  many  girls 
have  a  finger  wave  and  never  touch 
their  hair  for  days  at  a  time,  fearing 
to  interfere  with  its  tight  finish  ?  Yet 
you  should  see  Emile  go  after  the 
wave  as  soon  as  the  hair  is  dried.  He 
grasps  a  good  strong-bristled  brush, 
and  brushes  energetically  so  that  the 
hair  is  soon  shining  with  natural  oil, 
and  falling  into  a  natural-looking  curl. 

For  evening,  of  course,  the  hair 
can  be  set  in  special,  very  formal 
coiffures,  but  during  the  clay  it  should 
look  like  a  soft  beautiful  frame  for 
your  face.  Wear  bangs  if  they  suit 
you,  but  study  your  face  carefully 
before  you  have  any  new  hairdress. 


NO   HAIRDRESS   on   earth  can 
look  well  if  your  hair  is  not  in 
good  condition.    And  since  I  feel  that 


you  are  going  to  take  good  care  of 
your  hair,  I'll  give  you  some  exercises  : 

1.  From  the  hairline  at  the  base  of 
the  neck,  brush  up  to  the  crown, 
working  backward  and  forward  from 
ear  to  ear  several  times. 

2.  Brush  with  vibrating  movements 
all  along  the  face  line.  Work  from 
the  scalp  to  the  ends  of  the  hair  to 
loosen  powder,  dust,  etc. 

3.  Space  the  hair  in  small  sections, 
and  with  the  brush  on  its  side,  roll 
the  full  length  of  the  bristles  with  a 
turn  of  the  wrist,  and  brush  to  the 
ends  of  the  hair. 

4.  After  the  entire  head  has  been 
brushed,  fluff  the  hair  with  fingers 
and  light  short  strokes  of  the  brush 
to  let  the  air  circulate  through. 

Weekly  shampoos  will  keep  your 
hair  in  good  condition.  With  the  ex- 
ercises I  have  given  you,  there  should 
be  new  lights  and  sheens  to  de- 
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Bette  Davis,  always 
in  the  front  rank  of 
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VIRGINIA 


BRUCE'S 

Bag  of  Fashion 

Tricks 


Do  you  know  why  she  is  always 
charming?  She  has  solved  ward- 
robe problems  that  every  girl  faces 

Bv  VIRGINIA  LANE 


A  LL  you  co-eds  and  young  business  girls  who  are  jug- 

l\     gling   a   Wardrobe   Problem    (aren't   we   all!) 

J*   JL  rally  'round  for  the  Classic  scoop  of  the  month  ! 

It  comes  from  Virginia  Bruce,  famed  for  her  fash- 
ions, her  charm  and  her  beauty — and  named  by  artist 
Neysa  McMein  as  one  of  Hollywood's  "always  charm- 
ing" women.  Of  course,  Virginia  had  no  idea  she  was 
delivering  a  ready-made  scoop  to  me.  She  thought  she 
was  merely  serving  jasmine  tea  in  the  patio  of  her 
Toluca  Lake  home.  But  she  was  talking  clothes  at  the 
same  time.  And  when  Virginia  talks  clothes  .  .  .  the 
result  is  bound  to  be  real  news ! 

"Spur-of-the-moment  buying  can  kill  any  wardrobe," 
she  declared.  "Every  woman  finds  that  out  sooner  or 
later,  I  think.  You  pick  up  something  because  it  sud- 
denly strikes  your  fancy,  and  afterward  you  have  to 
scheme  like  everything  to  make  it  fit  in  with  what  you 
already  have.  It's  not  only  hard  on  your  pocketbook. 
but  hard  on  your  'chic' ! 

"The  best  way  to  acquire  a  truly  smart  wardrobe  is 
to  have  a  definite  plan  of  zvltat  yon  need  before  you  ever 
start  shopping.  And  this  is  a  rule  that  will  work  for  you 
whether  you  are  a  college  girl,  an  office  girl,  or  an  actress. 
I  found  that  out  during  my  first  year  of  'careering.' 

•     "I   checked  up  and   found   I   needed   four  daytime 

frocks,   one   ensemble — -a   long  coat  and  matching 

dress,  one  afternoon  outfit,  one  dinner  dress  that  would 

44 


Virginia  Bruce 
knew  how  to 
smarten  her  silk 
print   for    autumn 


Wearing 
pajamas, 
one    to 
other 


hostess 

she 
inspire 
girls 
k  e  w  i 


do  tor  informal  parties,  twu  evening  dresses,  one  heavy 
coat  that  could  be  made  to  serve  for  both  street  and  dress 
occasions,  one  sports  coat,  and  an  evening  wrap.  Many 
another  girl's  needs,  I  suspect,  are  practically  the  same. 

"I  planned  the  daytime  frocks  around  that  sports  coat. 
It  was  a  soft  gray  wool,  I  remember,  and  I  bought  tie- 
pumps  and  gloves  to  match  it.  One  of  the  dresses  was 
a  scarf-dress  of  chartreuse,  gray  and  black.  One  was  in 
hydrangea  blue,  of  the  shirtmaker  variety.  Another  was 
a  dark  green,  and  the  fourth  was  a  scarlet  and  black  jersey. 
But  what  I  honestly  got  excited  over  were  the  hats.  You 
won't  believe  me,  but  I  bought  four  mad  little  white  hats. 
Since  it  was  early  fall,  I  got  them  for  a  song.  They  were 
all  felts,  and  I  had  them  dyed  the  exact  shade  of  my  four 
dresses."    (And  that's  a  clothes  trick  worth  remembering ! ) 

"You  can  bring  your  budget  down  in  a  jiffy,  buying  out 
of  season  like  that,"  Virginia  went  on  to  say,  "For  instance, 
white  shoes  are  practically  given  away  by  stores  in  the 
early  fall,  and  it's  so  easy  to  have  those  dyed,  too.  And 
there  are  probably  thousands  of  charming  summer  dresses 
hanging  on  the  racks  this  minute  that  would  carry  any 
girl  well  into  winter.  And  they're  marked  at  half-price 
and  less !  I  mean  something  on  the  order  of  that  navy 
print  silk  of  mine.     You  know  the  one?" 

I  nodded.  Did  I  know  it!  It  is  of  lovely  pussywillow 
silk  in  a  navy  blue  and  chartreuse  print  with  a  kick-pleat 
in  front  and  cute  peasant  sleeves.  It  is  the  sort  of  dress 
that  looks  grand  and  feels  even  better  on  a  warmish  fall 
day,  and  later  slips  on  so  comfortably  and  smartly  under 
a  heavy  coat.  It  was  on  this  dress  that  Virginia  performed 
one  of  her  fascinating  fashion  tricks.  There  was  an  ordi- 
nary collar  on  it,  so  what  did  Miss  Bruce  do  but  insert  a 
fold  of  chartreuse  chiffon  at  the  neckline.  Then,  knowing 
that  chiffon  hankies  tucked  in  belt  or  bag  for  street  wear 


White  is  becoming  to  eight  out  of  every 
ten  girls.  Consider  Virginia  Bruce  in 
filmy  white  chiffon,  with  magenta  flow- 
ersatherthroat  and  velvet  belt  to  match 


What  is  trimmer 
than  a  suit?  Svelte 
Miss  Bruce  models  a 
super-smart      one 


She  found  that  a 
daytime  wardrobe 
can  be  built  around 
a  swagger  coat  .  .  . 


and  very,  very  voguish,  she  drew 
one  over  her  navy  blue  patent- 
leather  belt.  And  that  is  the  way 
smart  dresses  are  born  ! 

•  Naturally,  in  buying  a  last 
season's  frock,  you  have  to  be 
sure  that  you  are  not  buying  a  last 
season's  fad.  But  nowadays  good 
designs  remain  popular  for  much 
longer  than  they  used  to,  and  you 
can  bring  a  frock  right  up-to-date 
if  you  keep  well-posted  on  last- 
word  accessories  —  such  as  that 
chiffon  hanky,  for  instance. 

"Do  you  know  where  I  learned 
about  this  'bargain  buying?'  "  Vir- 
ginia asked  me.  "In  New  York, 
when  I  was  a  Ziegfeld  showgirl. 

"It  is  part  of  a  showgirl's  job  to 
look  exceedingly  well-dressed.  And 
usually  she  does  it  on  surprisingly 
little  money.  The  Ziegfeld  girls 
were  wonderful  about  showing  me 
how  to  do  it.  We  would  watch  for 
off-season   [Continued  on  page  72] 

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Four  practical  hints 
for  achieving  chic 
in    daytime    dresses 


Mary  Carlisle  suggests  a  collarless  shirr- 
maker    frock,    in    amber-colored    wool, 
with     brass-studded     wooden     buttons 
46 


"Dressy"  wool  things  are  stunning.  Wit- 
ness Sally  Eilers'  black  dress  with  gold 
stripes,      red      buckle     and     red     hat 


©  G-B  Pictures 

Fay  Wray  wears  a  beautifully  tail- 
ored English  dress  of  gray  herring- 
bone tweed,  with  taffeta  trimming 


Teatime  dates  will  respond 
to  this  dress  of  Olivia  de  Havil- 
land's — with     its     pert     jacket 


Una  Merkel,  of  the  informal 
smile,  models  an  intriguing 
formal   gown    of   metallic   clorh 


Dancing  Eleanor  Powell  finds 
smartness  in  this  gold  lame 
dress    with    its    new    slit    tunic 


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inta  ike  J  via  lit 


Old-fashioned 
accordion    pleats 
are    the    newest 
fashion    for    eve- 
ning.    Mary  Car- 
lisle has  them   m 
her    wine-colored 
taffeta.  Note  the 
violets  in  her  hair 


And  so  to  bed. 
Shirley  Temple 
— style-setter 
for  the  7 
o'clock  girls — 
poses  for  you 
in  the  newest 
and  swankiest 
of  all-night  at- 
tire. Sweet 
dreams, 
ever  y  b  o  d  y! 

47 


UlUWM 


When  evening  comes  .  .  .  chif- 
fon and  velvet  for  Jean  Parker, 
rustling     taffeta     for     Margo! 


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wardrobe    .    .  .    from    two 
American    fashion    capitals! 


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Chic  gipsy 
seam  and 
side-jewei 
on  suede 
(I.      Miller) 


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Sturdy  alli- 
gator san- 
dals with 
flat  heels. 
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For  soorts 
wear,  soft 
brown  tie 
oxxo  r  d  s. 
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A  fashion  forecast  for 
cooler  days. ..stunning 
fabric  and  a  flattering 
fur  collar,  with  a  semi- 
halo  hat.  (Wanamakers) 


Smart  Styles — 
for  Clever   Girls 


Two  members  of  Hollywood's  chic  younger- 
set — Gloria  Shea  and  Geneva  Mitchell — 
give  you  two  new  autumn   wardrobe  ideas. 


MOVIE  CLASSIC'S  Pattern  Service 
529   South  7th  St.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

For   the   enclosed please   send 

me  Gloria   Shea  Pattern  No.  810 — Geneva  Mitchell 
Pattern  No.   811    (circle  style  desired). 

Size Bust 

Name 

Street     

City     

Patterns,  25c  each 

50 


Gloria  Shea,  new  Columbia 
player,  models  a  sophist 
cated  cocktail  gown  of  in- 
terwoven metallic  cloth  in 
Hunter's  green  and  gold, 
featuring  a  tunic  and  soft 
drapery  in  the  sleeves.  Pat- 
tern 810  is  designed  for 
sizes  14,  1 6  and  18  years;  36, 
38  and  40-inches  bust.     25c 

These  patterns  may  be  ob- 
tained at  any  store  selling 
Screen  Star  Patterns.  Or 
you  may  order  by    coupon. 


Geneva  Mitchell,  attractive  Columbia 
player,  wears  this  neat  two-piece  afternoon 
dress  of  sheer  navy  blue  wool,  sprinkled 
with  silver  metal.  The  wool  skirt  is  topped 
with  a  blouse  of  white  ribbed  silk,  and  a  re- 
movable jacket  with  unusual  sleeves.  Pattern 
811  is  designed  for  sizes  14,  16  and  18 
years;    36,    38    and    40-inches    bust.      25c 


Katherine  De  Mille,  of  The  Crusades, 
models  some  of  the  costume  jewelry 
inspired  by  the  picture- — a  mesh  collar 
and  bracelet,  with  matching  compact 

****Crusades  jewelry — inspired  by  the 
greatest  movie  spectacle  of  the  times — is 
the  newest,  latest  word  in  accessories. 
(And  stunning  accessories  are  becoming 
more  and  more  important — in  Paris,  in 
Hollywood,  and  in  all  places  east  and 
west.)  There  are  simple  pin  bracelet  sets 
shaped  like  shields,  gold  or  silver  ones 
with  chain  mail  mesh,  V-shaped  bibs  that 
fit  tightly  around  the  throat,  round 
medieval  collars,  small  fringed  collars, 
belts  of  varying  widths,  little  bows  and 
small  evening  bags.  Some  have  matching 
compacts,  too.  Ultra-new  .  .  .  and  priced 
from  $2  to  $4. 

****Your  grandmother  probably  used  a 
certain   hand    lotion   to   keep   her   hands 


soft  and  lovely,  for  it  has  been  on  the 
market  for  generations.  Now  the  manu- 
facturer has  had  two  bright  new  ideas 
about  improving  his  boon-to-woman-kind, 
with  the  result  that  the  lotion  now  dries 
much  more  quickly  and  is  non-sticky — 
and  there's  a  new  dispenser  cap  free  with 
each  50c  bottle.  Which  is  something  to 
remember  this  winter — to  forestall  rough, 
chapped  hands. 

****Are  we  premature — or  are  you 
really  thinking  about  making  Christmas 
gifts  this  year?  After  all,  you  have  to 
start  some  time.  And  it's  painless  to 
start  early  when  the  gift-making  is  fun. 
Like  creating  things  out  of  a  special  kind 
of  crepe  paper — bags,  mats,  baskets,  chair 
seats,  all  sorts  of  things.  They  all  are 
very  good-looking  and  take  little  time 
and  effort  to  make.  And  little  money. 
You'd  never  guess  how  little,  to  see  the 
finished  products.     15c  per  package! 

****Now,  here's  a  new  find  to  appeal 
to  any  feminine  soul — young  or  old, 
pretty  or  homely.  Namely,  a  perfumed 
powder  to  put  in  the  rinse  water  when 
you  do  a  washing — a  powder  that  imparts 
a  delicate  scent  to  lingerie,  woolens  and 
linens.  It  lasts  until  the  next  washing, 
and  will  not  stain  the  most  delicate  gar- 
ments. And  when  you  wear  any  of  these 
things  next  to  you,  the  scent  will  respond 
to  the  heat  of  your  body.  It's  equally  as 
good  in  your  bath  and  for  rinsing  your 
hair  after  a  shampoo.     Also  inexpensive. 

****Do  you  have  a  pair  of  invisible 
magic  gloves  ?  You  can  have — with  a 
new  cream  we  have  discovered.  You  rub 
the  cream  on  your  hands  and  it  disap- 
pears. Whereupon  you  can  do  any  chore 
from  gardening  to  tinkering  with  the  en- 
gine of  your  car,  without  fear  of  grimy 
aftermaths.  For,  when  you  wash  your 
hands  afterward — presto  ! — the  soap  and 
water   take   off   the    dirt    along   with   the 


****Hang  your  hosiery  and  lingerie  on 
a  new  hanger  we've  seen  and  you  won't 
have  to  go  near  the  windowsill  (or 
wherever  you  hang  the  nightly  "wash- 
ing").     It's    a    clever    gadget    with    four 


hooks,  is  washable,  has  no  metal  to 
tarnish  any  of  your  silky  things,  and 
costs  only  25c. 

****Then  there's  an  all-in-one  business 
that  would  practically  set  you  up  in  a 
dry-cleaning  establishment.  There  are 
four  bottles  all  fitting  into  a  box,  and 
each  is  the  right  kind  of  cleaner  for  every 
conceivable  kind  of  spot  .  .  .  from  grease 
to  juice  stains.  No  looking  around,  no 
wondering  what  to  use,  for  it's  all 
brought  together  here  in  one  handy  little 
home  kit.     $1   buys  it. 

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your  outfit,  add  a  hand-made  collar  and 
cuff  set.  Besides,  you  aren't  in  the  social 
swim  these  days  if  you  can't  crochet. 
(Yes,  and  knit,  too.)  We  saw  a  set  with 
a  collar  in  the  new,  smart  middy  shape, 
with  cuffs  to  match,  which  comes  in  red 
and  white  or  blue  and  white.  And  it  can 
be  made  for  50c. 

****Knitting  these  days?  Everybody  is! 
But  not  everybody  knows  about  the  new- 
est king  of  needles.  It's  patented,  and  a 
time-saver — a  circular  steel  needle  with 
an  eye  at  each  end,  through  which  a 
string  may  be  pulled  and  the  stitches 
transferred  from  the  needle  onto  this 
string  whenever  you  want  to  measure 
what  you  have  accomplished.  This  pro- 
cess takes  just  a  jiffy,  without  the  chance 
of  a  stitch  being  lost,  and  you  can  try 
on  a  skirt,  blouse  or  dress  you're  knitting 
at  any  time  without  trouble.  The  needle 
costs  65c. 

****New  fall  dresses  require  new  fall 
forms.  And  are  you  unfortunately  just  a 
bit  flat  where  you  should  be  just  a  bit 
curvacious?  (Take  a  bow,  Miss  West!) 
Then  you'll  be  delighted  in  a  new  bras- 
siere with  clever  little  build-up  sections 
that  will  make  you  look  like  Venus  di 
Milo  herself.    For  $1. 

****Nb  more  squirts  from  lemons  into 
unsuspecting  eyes !  Not  if  you  know 
about  a  delicious  lemon  extract  that  gives 
perfectly  luscious  lemony  taste  to  pies, 
cakes,  ices  .  .  .  and  drinks  of  the  long, 
cool  variety.   It'  costs  only  25c  a  bottle. 


51 


Any  Woman 
can  be 

Up  to  Date 

(in  her  information) 

A  great  deal  of  the  talk  among  women,  on 
the  subject  of  feminine  hygiene,  had  better 
be  disregarded.  Some  of  it  is  garbled,  in- 
correct, perhaps  even  dangerous.  And  some 
of  it  is  just  plain  old-fashioned.  Here  are 
the  facts,  for  any  woman  to  read,  and  bring 
herself  up  to  date. 

With  Zonite  available  in  every  drug  store, 
it  is  old-fashioned  to  think  that  poisonous 
antiseptics  are  needed  for  feminine  hygiene. 
There  was  a  time  in  the  past,  when  certain 
caustic  and  poisonous  compounds  actually 
were  the  only  antiseptics  strong  enough  for 
the  purpose.  But  that  day  ended  with  the 
World  War  which  brought  about  the  dis- 
covery of  Zonite. 

Zonite  is  the  great  modern  antiseptic- 
germicide — far  more  powerful  than  any 
dilution  of  carbolic  acid  that  can  be  safely 
used  on  human  flesh.  But  Zonite  is  not 
caustic,  not  poisonous.  This  marvelous 
Zonite  is  gentle  in  use  and  as  harmless  as 
pure  water.  Zonite  never  injured  any 
'woman.  No  delicate  membranes  were  ever 
damaged  by  Zonite,  or  areas  of  scar-tissue 
formed. 

It  is  hard  to  believe  that  such  power  and 
such  gentleness  could  ever  be  combined — 
as  they  are  in  Zonite.  But  what  an  ideal 
combination  this  is— for  the  particular  re- 
quirements of  feminine  hygiene. 

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Head  First  into  Autumn! 

[Continued  from  page  42] 

New  Beauty  Tips 

The  fragrance  of  new-mown  hay 
combined  with  new  beauty  for  your  wave 
.  .  .  that's  the  recipe  for  a  brand-new 
shampoo  soap.  It  encourages  a  wave 
in  hair  that  has  even  the  slightest  tend- 
ency to  curl,  and  will  help  your  perma- 
nent wave  keep  its  beauty.  It  is  a 
grand  reconditioning  treatment.  50c  a 
cake  .  .  .  but  it  lasts  a  long  time ! 

Dangerous  for  the  appearance  of 
the  hair  and  its  future  health  are  poor 
and  cheap  "permanents."  If  you  are  in 
any  doubt  about  the  quality  of  the  prepa- 
rations used,  ask  the  operator  to  show 
you  the  little  sachets  they  put  on  your 
hair,  and  see  that  they  bear  the  name  of 
an  accepted  maker  of  "permanent"  prepa- 
rations. And  I'll  be  glad  to  tell  you  the 
name  of  the  best. 

Hot  oil  treatments,  which  you  can 
give  yourself  by  heating  oil,  rubbing  it 
into  your  scalp  with  a  rotary  movement 
of  the  fingers,  wrapping  your  head  in  a 
towel,  and  leaving  it  on  overnight  are 
excellent  ideas  to  precede  a  permanent. 

A  new  hairbrush,  designed  for  a 
firmer,  more  comfortable  grasp,  has 
wavelike  bristles  with  wide  spacing  for 
stranding  the  hair  as  it  brushes.  You 
can  vibrate  it  so  that  it  conforms  with 
the  undulations  in  a  wave.  Grand  to 
use  with  the  hair  exercises  I  outlined. 
$1.50  up. 

Do  you  like  a  soapless  shampoo? 
Then  you  should  discover  a  grand  soap- 
less  olive  oil  shampoo  that  will  make 
your  hair  gleam  with  life  and  lustre. 
You  really  get  a  scalp  treatment  and 
tonic  as  well,  for  this  nourishes  the  hair 
and  gives  a  lovely  sheen.    Only  25c. 

There  is  a  new  rinse  to  brighten  red 
hair  .  .  .  which,  by  the  way,  is  the  fash- 
ionable hair  color  of  1935,  according  to 
Emile.  This  is  safe  to  use,  and  gives  a 
lovely  sheen.    35c  a  bottle. 

Have  you  discovered  a  cream  that 
gives  new  life  to  the  skin?  I  have. 
And  the  claim  that  it  does  bring  new, 
young  life  to  the  cells  and  tissues  under- 
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54 


A  Thanksgiving  Dinner 
to  Remember! 

[Continued  from  page  35] 


cloves  and  two  cups  of  water  until  they 
are  soft.  Put  through  a  sieve.  Add  one 
cup  and  a  half  of  sugar  to  the  juice  and 
cook  three  minutes.  While  it's  hot,  add 
one  teaspoonful  of  lemon  juice  and  one 
and  one-half  tablespoonfuls  of  gelatine 
that  has  been  softened  in  cold  water. 
Then  chill. 


^THANKSGIVING  salad  is  something 
-*-  else  that  can  be  fixed  the  day  before. 
This,  too,  is  extremely  easy  to  prepare. 
All  you  have  to  do  is  to  stir  chopped 
red  cabbage  into  individual  molds  of 
lime  gelatine  and  then  set  it  to  cool. 
I  like  to  serve  it  on  lettuce. 

And  a  one-crust  mince  pie,  topped 
with  lemon  meringue  "tops"  a  Thanks- 
giving dinner  with  a  dessert  that  will 
have  everybody  in  raptures !  For  the 
meringue,  beat  two  egg-whites  until 
frothy,  add  one-fourth  cup  of  sugar, 
one-fourth  teaspoonful  of  baking  pow- 
der, one  teaspoonful  of  grated  lemon 
rind.  Beat  until  the  mixture  is  very 
stiff.  Pile  in  peaks  on  the  pie  and  bake 
in  a  slow  oven  for  twenty  minutes. 

If  you  are  without  help,  the  whole 
idea  is  to  make  the  dinner  service  as 
simple  as  possible.  The  fruit  cocktail 
can  be  on  the  table  before  the  guests 
sit  down.  And  when  the  first  course  is 
over — that's  when  the  tea-wagon  begins 
playing  a  big  part !  Remove  the  used 
dishes  to  the  top  of  the  tea-wagon  and 
wheel  them  out  to  the  kitchen.  Then, 
on  the  lower  tray  of  the  wagon,  put 
your  hot  dinner  dishes,  your  hot  bat- 
tered rolls,  a  dish  of  crisp  cold  celery 
and  ripe  olives,  and  the  individual 
dishes  for  the  brussels  sprouts.  On  top 
goes  the  "feast"  dish — Mr.  Turkey. 

While  the  master  of  the  house  is  carv- 
ing the  turkey,  slip  out  to  the  kitchen 
again  for  the  vegetables.  Now,  in  order 
to  facilitate  matters,  why  not  have  your 
large  wooden  steak  plank  as  hot  as  pos- 
sible and  place  vegetables  on  it?  A 
mound  of  mashed  turnip  could  go  in 
the  middle  with  sprays  of  parsley  on 
top.  Around  this  you  could  have  the 
mashed  potatoes,  decorated  with  melted 
butter  and  grated  raw  carrots.  Around 
the  outer  edge,  if  you  want  an  extra 
vegetable,  roasted  onions  on  slices  of 
canned  pineapple  make  a  very  effective 
border.  Then  set  the  plank  on  a  large 
platter  atop  the  tea-wagon,  with  the 
gravy,  cranberry-clove  jelly,  and  sprouts 
flanking  it. 

After  the  salad  is  served,  it's  nice  to 
clear  everything  off  the  table  with  the 
exception  of  the  nuts.  Then  the  mince 
pie  can  really  have  the  concentrated  at- 
tention it  deserves  ...  to  be  cut  and 
served  by  whoever   carved  the  turkey. 

This,  to  my  mind,  is  a  good,  old- 
fashioned  dinner  that  would  make  any 
Thanksgiving  a  gala  day  to  linger  in 
the  memory  and,  best  of  all,  it's  easy  to 
prepare — simple  to  serve  ! 

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Bing  Crosby  Wanted  a 
Small  House 

[Continued  from  page  41] 


be  erased,  accidental  stains  cause  nary 
a  worry. 

The  entrance  hall  has  an  old-fash- 
ioned hatrack  and  gay  prints  on  the 
wall  that  pick  up  the  color  in  the  hooked 
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bined in  one  long  room — an  ideal 
arrangement  for  the  small  house.  Natu- 
rally, the  furniture  is  placed  with  an 
eye  to  the  fireplace.  There  is  a  Vic- 
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those  huge  sink-into-me  couches,  also 
rough  in  texture,  but  a  pinkish-tan. 

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holders. 

The  lamps  and  side  lights  throughout 
the  house  are  all  ex-oil  burners,  elec- 
trically wired.  And  every  window  has 
[Continued  on  page  58] 


Dixie  Lee  and  Bing  Crosby  want- 
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MIRIAM   HOPKINS 

in  Samuel  Goldwyn's 

"BARBARY   COAST-' 

Max  Factor's  Make-Up 
Used  Exclusively 


Reveals  Her 
Beauty  Secret 


MIRIAM  HOPKINS  and  Janet  Ross  met 
in  Hollywood  for  the  first  time  since 
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dull-looking,  self-conscious,  awkward. 

"Please  tell  me,"  asked  Janet,  "is  there 
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Bing  Crosby  Wanted  a 
Small  House 

[  Continued  from  page  56] 

white  sash  curtains  of  crinkled  organdy 
easily  laundered.  From  front  to  hack 
and  from  side  to  side,  it  is  a  practical 
home  that  one  can  dream  in  .  .  . 

The  dining  room  chairs  are  Mexican. 
So  is  the  long-  pine  table.  The  kitchen 
is  in  green  and  red — Christmasy  and 
cute.  The  walls  are  a  lovely  pale  green 
and  the  curtains  are  red-checkered.  All 
of  the  Crosby  china  is  a  pale  yellow 
with  a  red  stripe. 

Carrying  harmonizing  colors  from 
one  room  to  another  is  the  secret  of 
charm  in  a  small  house.  And  what  goes 
better  with  sand,  the  predominating 
shade  in  the  Crosby  living  room,  than 
a  rich,  deep  blue?  So  Bing  and  Dixie 
chose  that  for  their  bedroom.  The  rug 
is  a  dark-blue  mixture ;  the  curtains  are 
a  plaid  glazed  chintz  that  unites  dark 
and  light  blue  and  is  high-lighted  with 
a  small  red  flower.  A  red  glass  floor 
lamp  and  red  glass  wall  brackets  with 
flowers  in  them  repeat  that  accent.  But 
•the  most  amusing — and  delightful — part 
of  all  is  the  ruffle  of  the  plaid  chintz 
around  the  bottom  of  the  pine  dressing 
table.  It's  easy  enough  to  put  on.  You 
can  do  it  yourself  either  with  invisible 
thumb  tacks  used  on  the  inside  or  with 
plain  adhesive  tape. 


HpHE  built-in  bookcases  (in  the  bed- 
A  room  ! )  are  a  happy  thought — to  say 
nothing  of  the  cast-iron  Victorian  night- 
tables  with  their  shining  marble  tops. 
There  is  also  a  white  drop-leaf  table  in 
the  wide  window  recess,  which  makes 
an  ideal  breakfast  spot. 

In  the  nursery,  three  little  beds  stand 
in  a  row  .  .  .  They  look  like  cradles  now, 
but  they  are  made  so  that  the  sides  can 
be  taken  off  and  the  children  can  use 
them  until  they  are  eight  or  nine  years 
old.  It  is  distinctly  a  boys'  room ;  Bing 
saw  to  that.  There  is  only  one  fabric 
used  and  that  is  a  soft  yellow  plaid. 
Each  bed  has  a  yellow  coverlet  bound 
in  red.  And  there  is  a  spindle-back 
chair  painted  in  old  red.  It  is  a  room 
easy  to  copy — and  easy  to  keep  clean. 

Immediately  off  it  is  the  nurse's  room. 
If  no  nurse  were  present,  this  could 
readily  be  transformed  into  a  sewing 
room,  a  study  or  a  sunroom. 

A  little  home,  tastefully  arranged  like 
the  Crosbys',  saves  an  enormous  amount 
of  energy  and  simplifies  living.  And  you 
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For  instance,  for  an  Early  American 
living  room,  it  is  possible  to  buy  a  very 
smart  sofa  around  $45.  A  gateleg  table 
with  mahogany  finish  runs  about  $19. 
A  small  upholstered  armchair.  $21.50. 
A  wing  chair,  $38.00.  A  high-boy, 
$25.00.  A  desk,  $40.00. 

If  you  can  paint  some  of  the  furniture 
you  can  cut  the  expense  in  half. 

It  takes  only  a  little  attention  and 
care  to  make  any  small  house,  like  Bing 
Crosby's,  a  real  home. 

Movie  Classic  for  November,  1935 


MO  DIET* MO  MEDICINES 
•  NO  EXERCISES  • 

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"3  mino*cS 
of  my  time... 
and  I  forgot 
my  troubles!" 


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"Like  all  mothers,  I  wanted  every  advantage  for 
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nursing.  I'd  always  been  handy  around  a  sick- 
room and  this  seemed  a  good  chance  to  make  use> 
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"After  talking  it  over  with  John  I  decided  to 
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Why  Ledercr  Likes 
American  Women 

[Continued  from  page  29] 


a  most  precise  value  of  what  Peace 
might   mean   to  men — and   women,  too.* 

"Now,"  he  said,  continuing  the  story 
of  his  constant  search  for  his  ideal,  "I 
have  set  a  hard  and  fast  rule.  When 
I  next  believe  I  have  found  'the  one 
and  only,'  I  shall  set  a  time  limit.  I 
have  determined  that  in  two  years  of 
friendship,  love  must  prove  itself  real!" 

"And  it  hasn't  proved  itself  real  yet?" 
I  asked. 

"Not  yet,"  he  answered,  "though  I 
am  hopeful !" 

Moreover,  he  is  prepared  to  find  his 
ideal  in  America.  For  he  told  me: 
"The  American  woman  has  many  traits 
that  women  of  other  countries  do  not 
possess.  First  of  all,  she  is  so  self- 
possessed,  so  poised  that  one  can  meet 
her  on  one's  own  ground,  discuss  one's 
ideas  and  feel  perfectly  understood. 

"But,"  he  continued,  and  his  eyes 
brightened  in  his  intensity,  "never  be- 
lieve that  the  intellect  of  the  American 
woman  leaves  her  cold  and  detached  as 
brainy  women  of  other  nationalities  are 
apt  to  be.  She  possesses  that  rare  and 
most  desired  of  human  traits — the  capac- 
ity   for    understanding. 

"I  realize,"  he  admitted,  with  charm- 
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responsible  for  many  womanly  'defi- 
ciencies,' and  that  the  American  wife 
is  far  ahead  of  her  sisters  in  this 
respect.  But  we  should  also  appreciate 
the,  fact  that  American  women  have 
themselves  struggled  and  fought  for 
those  very  things  that  men  have  grown 
to  value  most ! 

"American  women,  for  the  most  part, 
are  less  given  to  pettiness,  also,  than 
Continental  women  are.  Of  course,  you 
can  select  individuals  and  say,  'That  is 
not  so !'  But  still  it  is  generally  true. 
Mainly,  I  believe,  it  is  because  Amer- 
ican women  are  more  independent  in 
thought.  As  one  broadens,  there  is  less 
room  for  such  nonsense  as  jealousy. 

"The  women  stars,  themselves,  are 
a  group  who  prove  this.  There  may  be 
certain  ones  who  would  like  to  tear  each 
other  apart,  but  my  own  experience 
has  been  that  they  maintain  a  very 
pleasant  and  interested  attitude  toward 
each  other's  work. 

"This  is  partially  due  to  the  advan- 
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Design  for  Livelihood 

[Continued  from  page  31] 


frocks.  An  elderly  man  happened  by, 
asked  the  youth  what  he  was  doing.  He 
was  a  dress  manufacturer  with  an  offer 
for  a  job  up  his  sleeve.  That  same 
young  man,  George  Knox,  is  a  promi- 
nent fashion  designer  today. 


Tt)  answer  the  question  of  age  by 
■*-  concrete  illustration,  Miss  Traphagen 
opened  a  wide  door,  to  reveal  a  dozen 
or  more  students  busy  at  drawing 
boards.  "You  will  notice  that  some  of 
these  girls  are  in  their  twenties;  others 
are  women  of  forty  or  more.  This  class 
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I  did  see.  Several  of  the  girls,  both 
in  appearance  and  attire,  looked  like 
debutantes  in  search  of  independent  ca- 
reers. One  was  a  cripple,  who  would 
have  faced  an  insurmountable  handicap 
in  almost  any  other  profession ;  she  was 
doing  a  beautiful  sketch  that  was  later 
to  be  sold  for  her  to  one  of  New  York's 
most  exclusive  shops.  Others  were  plain, 
frankly  unattractive  girls  who  could 
never  hope  for  a  theatrical  career,  but 
who  are  unhampered  in  this  other  glam- 
orous field — fashion  creation. 

But  what  are  the  rules  of  the  game 
for  the  average  girl — who  may  never 
have  thought  of  designing  as  a  possible 
career  for  herself  before? 

First,  remember  this :  it  is  not  neces- 
sary to  be  an  artist  to  become  a  de- 
signer. If  you  have  imagination  and  a 
sense  of  color,  you  have  the  potentiali- 
ties; Further,  the  ability  to  work  hard 
is  of  more  value  than  any  first  indica- 
tion of  originality  or  talent.  There  are 
many  women  who  have  become  design- 
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sketches  to  manufacturers. 

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ers becomes  constantly  more  acceptable, 
competition  becomes  keener.  The  ones 
who  become  outstanding  will  be  those 
best  equipped  with  a  fundamental 
knowledge  of  the  work.  For  this  rea- 
son, study  is  advisable.  Many  high 
schools,  colleges,  and  training  schools 
offer  fine  courses.  In  addition,  there 
are  professional  schools,  which  usually 
sell  the  student's  work  as  she  goes  along 
and  generally  manage  to  secure  em- 
ployment for  her  after  graduation. 

Every  change  of  seasons  calls  for 
new  variations  of  feminine  fashions — 
new  creations.  Designers  are  never 
idle.  But  few  realize  that,  in  addition 
to  dress  designing,  this  profession  has 
many  other  channels  to  which  the  am- 
bitious may  adapt  themselves  on  discov- 
ering their  particular  enthusiasms.  Tex- 
tile designing — the  working  out  of  pat- 
terns for  almost  every  bit  of  cloth  that 
passes  through  a  loom — is  one  great 
branch  of  the  profession.  Millinery 
design  enlists  hundreds  of  women, 
young  and  old,  each  year.  Bathing 
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girl  who  not  only  can  make  you  forget 
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a  A  ND  if  a  girl  has  poise,  she'll  catch 

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be  interested  in  a  girl  who  does  possess 
it.     Like — " 

"Like  whom?"  I  urged. 

He  grinned,  and  said,  "Well,  like 
Mary  Brian."  (Dick's  and  Mary's  mu- 
tual affection  for  one  another  needs  no 
retelling  here.)  "She  has  poise.  She's 
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"What  keeps  a  girl  from  being  on  a 
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"For  one  thing,  a  big  overwhelming 
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it  AND   here's   another  thing.     I   sup- 

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on  clothes  are  just  as  bad  as  too  little ! 

"And  what  I've  just  said  about 
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good  habits  too.  Men  are  every  bit  as 
fastidious  as  women.  And,  if  you  don't 
believe  me,  just  ask  one!" 

Intelligence,  according  to  Dick, 
doesn't  imply  someone  who  can  step  up 
and  explain  the  Einstein  theory.  Dick 
says,  "If  your  'date'  can  talk  your  lan- 
guage, understand  your  problems,  and  is 
conversant  with  life  in  general,  I  think 
that  you  will  consider  her  intelligent. 
And  that  sort  of  girl  is  more  in  demand 
than  the  flighty,  fluttery  ingenues. 


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*-*  Night's  Dream,  Olivia  de  Havil- 
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she  is  bound  to  be  popular — whether  she 
lives  in  Hollywood  or  Tierra  del  Fuego. 

"Anything  else  that  goes  to  make  for 
a  first-rate  date  ?"  I  asked  Dick. 

He  smiled.  "I  guess  that  I  forgot  one 
of  the  most  important  things — charm. 
Funny  thing  about  that  charm  angle," 
Dick  mused.  "Have  you  ever  noticed 
that  the  minute  a  girl  learns  she  has 
charm,  and  turns  it  on  full  force,  she 
seems  to  lose  part  of  it?  I  guess  it's 
an  unconscious  attraction  that  loses  its 
power  when  a  girl  becomes  too  con- 
scious that  she  has  it!  I  couldn't  even 
begin  to  define  it.  But,  boy,  you  sure 
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"Yessir,  a  girl  who  has  charm,  class, 
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and  poise — won't  spend  many  evenings 
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rules  him.  That  may  or  may  not  be 
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Mary  Pickford. 

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from  John  Boles 

[Continued  from  page  25] 


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"Do    I    look   like    Beatrice 
Why  not  ask  Mae  West?" 

"Oh,"  I  said,  "she'd  just  tell  me  to 
give  the  boy-friend  this-and-that,  and  I 
haven't  the  equipment  she  has.  And 
anyway,  I  don't  want  a  woman's  ad- 
vice— I  want  you,  as  a  man,  to  tell  me 
what  I  can  do  to  snap  a  half-Nelson 
on  the  boy-friend." 

It  took  his  startled  look  to  make  me 
realize  that  I  wasn't  talking  like  Ermin- 
trude-from-the-Convent,  or  even  like  a 
writer  with  an  aching  heart,  so  I  toned 
down.  "I  m-m-mean,  Mister  Boles,  that 
perhaps  you,  as  a  kind  gentleman  who 
really  knows  about  Love,  might  tell  me, 
a  puzzled  but  heart-hungry  little  girl, 
some  things  to  remember  in  trying  to — 
er — 'get  my  man,'  as  they  say." 

John  looked  worriedly  over  to  a  near- 
by table,  where  the  girl  from  the  studio 
publicity  department,  who  usually  sits- 
in  on  his  "love"  interviews,  was  lunch- 
ing. She  did  not  see  his  frantic  signals 
for  first  aid.  So  John,  being  the  gentle- 
man he  really  is,  came  through  nobly. 
He  could  not  let  down  a  lady  in  dis- 
tress. He  could  not  fall  down  on  the 
reputation  they  are  building  for  him — 
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t(\ \TELL,  honey,   in  the  first  place, 

V V  ancj  at  the  risk  of  being  called 
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she  dishes  out  a  double  portion  of  that 
half,  and  thereby  thinks  she's  filling  the 
order,  when  in  reality  she's  making  men 
sick  with  an  overdose  of  that  half  menu. 

"What  I  mean  is  that,  speaking  large- 
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sensuality  and  spirituality.  I  mean  by 
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"Bluff  him,  in  short,  into  thinking 
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"Then  there  are  so  many  'little  things' 
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come so  big  by  repetition.  Like  al- 
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and  patting  your  hair.  Sure,  honey, 
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doing  the  mechanics   of  it. 

"The  Modern  Girl  takes  'love'  too 
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pretty  regularly.  Modern  openness  of 
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apt  to  say  to  herself :  'I'm  modern,  I'm 
not  afraid  of  sex,  I  know  all  there  is  to 
know.'  Maybe  she  does — that  way — 
but  she  doesn't  know  that  too  much 
whipped  cream  makes  a  man  sick. 

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play  just  one  tune.  There  are  so  many 
— and  the  more  you  play,  the  more  you 
appreciate.  And  that  goes  for  your 
boy-friend,  too.     Maybe  double." 

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hurt  at  my  duplicity,  partly  amused. 

"Why — why — why,  you  little.  .  .  " 

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completely  shelving  her  career  as  a  pian- 
ist; that  is,  until  one  day  her  husband — 
who  had  been  a  music  critic — heard  her 
sing  a  few  songs.  He,  who  had  listened 
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Lily  agreed  that  it  would  be  nice  to 
have  another  "hobby,"  so  they  went  to 
a  celebrated  music  teacher  who,  upon 
hearing  her  sing,  cried  with  horror, 
"Hobby?  Impossible!  It  must  be  your 
life's  vocation !" 

.  .  .  And  so  finished  the  prelude  to 
the  extraordinary  life  of  the  little  Pons 
of  Cannes,  the  pianist,  and  the  wife. 
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marriage,  all,  in  the  testimony  of  her 
own  words,  sacrificed  on  the  altar  of 
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of  life,  of  family,  and  of  husband,  all 
wrapped  up  in  the  same  packet.  This  I 
cannot  help — it  is  the  greatest  life  and 
no  one  shall  change  it!" 


[  TNTIL  the  time  Mile.  Pons  arranged 
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Gorostiaga,  her  first  and  only  voice 
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of  1931  that  she  made  her  air  debut  over 
the  NBC  network.  She  has  been  on  the 
air  for  four  years. 

"I  am  on  the  brink  of  a  new  world 
and  I  am  as  excited  as  any  explorer 
who  has  found  an  unknown  continent," 
she  says.  "But  my  responsibility  is  so 
much  greater  than  when  I  made  my 
opera  debut,  you  know.  Four  years 
ago  I  was  just  setting  my  feet  on  the 
road  to  success  and  had  not  traveled 
far.  If  I  failed,  it  was  not  very  im- 
portant. I  had  no  reputation  and  there- 
fore had  nothing  much  to  lose. 

"Now,"  she  continues  quietly,  "it  is 
different.  I  have  been  fortunate  enough 
to  win  favor  with  opera  and  radio  audi- 
ences. I  have  had  the  good  luck  to  win 
to  the  top  of  my  chosen  field.  When 
one  is  at  the  top,  it  requires  persistent 
work  and  care  to  hold  the  position.  If 
I  am  not,  as  a  screen  star,  all  that  my 
opera  and  radio  following  expect  of  me, 
I  shall  lose  favor  in  their  eyes. 

"I  realize  that  it  means  hard  work  and 
intensive  study  of  still  another  new 
technique,"  she  says.  "My  head  swims 
with  the  mass  of  detail  work  involved. 
I  am  terribly  concerned  about  how  I 
will  photograph  and  whether  I  will  have 
the  ability  to  project  my  personality 
from  the  screen  as  I  have  from  the  opera 
stage.  I  don't  believe  my  head  will 
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picture  and  know  if  I  have  been  favor- 
ably received.  One  can  only  hope," 
she  added,  wistfully,  "that  those  who 
have  been  so  kind  to  me  will  continue  to 
be  my  friends  when  they  see  me  on  the 
screen." 

She  does  not  consider  her  screen 
work  as  something  transient — something 
to  bring  in  big  checks  and  a  million 
dollars'  worth  of  publicity. 

"I  like  to  know  that  I  can  give  both 
pleasure  and  help  to  many  millions  of 
people,"  she  says  gravely.  "I  thrill  at 
every  fan  letter  I  get  and  every  one  of 
them  is  answered." 

That  then,  is  the  woman  who  has 
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hotels  nor  large  parties,  preferring  a 
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day  in  the  out-of-doors,  a  swim  in  the 
pool  of  her  home  or  an  afternoon  in 
the  gardens. 

Music  takes  up  all  the  rest  of  her 
interest  and  most  of  her  leisure.  "There 
is  no  time  for  books  or  recreation,"  she 
says.  "When  I  am  not  studying,  I  am 
relaxing."  Nor  is  there  time  for  love. 
When  her  engagement  to  Dr.  Fritz  Von 
der  Becke,  handsome  young  German 
physician,  was  broken,  she  said :  "I  am 
through  with  love.  From  now  I  only 
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"During  and  after  the  Christmas  holi- 
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her  old  one  until  then,  she  can  blossom 
out  in  January  in  something  new  and 
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very  friendly  toward  her  pocketbook. 
The  clever  thing  to  do  is  to  choose  mate- 
rials that  can  stand  constant  wear  with- 
out being  hard  or  bulky.  When  they 
are  bulky,  they  square  off  your  figure  so. 
Another  thing  to  avoid  is  a  shiny  surface 
that  shows  the  slightest  mark." 

A  few  paragraphs  ago,  Virginia  told 
of  once  building  part  of  her  wardrobe 
around  a  sports  coat.  In  a  recent  pic- 
ture, she  wore  a  swagger  coat  that  was 
ultra-smart  and  adaptable  for  wear  with 
many  a  fall  frock.  (Her  screen  fashions 
are  something  to  watch!)  On  Virginia, 
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thing  that  could  be  worn  to  business,  as 
well  as  to  football  games.  (In  fact,  she 
was  playing  an  average  business  girl.) 
The  three-quarter-length  coat  was  of 
brown  tweed ;  with  it,  she  wore  a  tan 
dress  with  brown  sleeves  and,  of  course, 
brown  accessories. 

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girl,  tone  her  up,  make  her  trim  and 
piquant  and  chic.  Virginia  wore  a  suit 
in  a  recent  picture  that  was  a  honey,  it 
was  of  light  beige  wool,  with  a  complete 
dress,  whose  sunburst  of  self-pleating  at 
the  neck  was  accented  by  a  diamond  clip. 
The  coat  was  of  regulation  suit  length, 
very  fitted,  but  made  stunningly  feminine 
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the  most  startling  feature  is  a  barbaric 
wide  belt  of  gold  metal  and  gloriously 
savage  bracelets. 

Her  hostess  pajamas  have  a  tunic 
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trousers.  The  belt  of  the  tunic  ties  in 
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eight  out  of  every  ten  girls,  and  it  is  the 
accepted  favorite  of  almost  every  movie 
star.  There's  a  reason.  White  throws 
a  special  highlight  on  the  skin  that  is 
utterly  devastating  at  night.  Also,  it 
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hair  more  striking  by  contrast.  And — 
if  you  will  be  practical — it  lends  itself 
to  a  hundred  ravishing  color  combina- 
tions. 

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dance  completely,  without  making  too 
great  a  dent  in  the  bank  roll,  go  in  for 
white  chiffon !  Wear  crushed  magenta 
flowers  at  your  throat  and  a  velvet  belt 
to  match,  a  la  Bruce.  Or  make  them 
Parma  violets,  and  carry  a  large,  oh 
very  large,  violet  hanky.  Or  again,  have 
a  spray  of  bright  red  geraniums  trotting 
down  your  shoulder  strap,  slip  on  red 
and  gold  bracelets,  and  wear  red  satin 
sandals.  There  is  almost  no  end  to  what 
you  can  do  with  white  chiffon  to  keep 
looking  "different." 

The  shortest  fashion  seasons  are  really 
April-May  and  September-October,  Vir- 
ginia pointed  out.  So  what  a  girl  buys 
this  fall  she  ought  to  plan  on  being  able 
to   use   for    "second-best"   next   spring. 

AND  here  is  a  remarkable  tip  for 
bright  young  things  from  this  same 
little  Miss  Bruce,  who  is  named  by  artist 
Neysa  McMein  as  one  of  Hollywood's 
"always-charming  women"  and  who  is 
appearing,  at  the  moment,  opposite  Law- 
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For  years  every  co-ed  has  been  going 
in  for  sharp,  hard  colors  and  boyish 
lines.  You  know — little  mess  jackets, 
lumberjack  coats,  severe  sailor  dresses. 
Now,  advises  Virginia,  do  a  right-about- 
face  !  Let  your  colors  be  just  a  shade 
wistful  .  .  .  candy  pink,  twilight  blue, 
misty  green.  If  your  dress  flutters  a 
bit,  so  much  the  better.  Discard  the 
old  saucy  hats  and  wear  those  that  are 
becoming.  In  other  words — go  feminine ! 

"You  have  to  know  your  figure,"  she 
pointed  out.  "For  instance,  if  you  have 
a  long  waist  and  short  legs,  don't  hesi- 
tate to  raise  your  waistline.  When  you 
are  wearing  a  suit,  hitch  the  skirt  a  little 
higher  before  you  tuck  in  the  blouse.  Go 
Empire-ish  for  evening.  One  of  the 
biggest  points  in  being  well-dressed  is 
being  able  to  dress  your  figure  correctly. 
Incidentally,  it's  a  great  training  for 
business  later  on  if  you  learn  how  to 
look  your  best  at  college  every  day,  and 
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Why  Women  Can't  Resist 
William  Powell 

[Continued  from  page  2T\ 


William,  William,  how  long  does 
it  take  to  learn  to  be  an  actor? 

My  comrade,  Matt  Moore,  the 
shrewdest  observer  of  people  and 
things  platonic  in  Hollywood,  except, 
of  course,  Matt's  comrade,  Jim  Tully, 
is  of  the  opinion — and  I  am  speaking 
directly  to  you,  William — that  you 
will  always  be  a  very  successful  com- 
rade to  Jean  Harlow. 

As  the  author  of  a  line  that  S.  Jay 
Kaufman  said  should  be  immortal : 
"The  man  who  worships  one  woman 
will  never  be  free,"  I  will  tell  you 
why.  William,  the  women  all  adore 
you.  That  is  because — you  worship 
them  all. 


AND  looking  back  over  your  career, 
■^^  William — it  was  a  woman's  faith 
that  launched  you  on  the  perilous 
theatrical  seas. 

The  debt  was  long  since  paid,  Wil- 
liam.    So  I  can  tell  it  here. 

I  now  step  back  of  the  scenes. 

It  was  a  woman — William's  aunt — 
who  loaned  him  the  money  to  go  to 
the  American  Academy  of  Dramatic 
Art  in  New  York. 

His  mother  thought  he  would  be- 
come a  lawyer.  He  thought  so,  too 
— and  had  his  eye  on  a  law  course 
at  the  University  of  Kansas — until  he 
made  a  hit  in  a  high-school  play.  Ed- 
win Booth,  he  felt,  was  due  to  have  a 
successor — if  he  could  only  get  to 
New  York. 

He  went  to  work  as  a  telephone 
clerk  at  $50  a  month.  On  the  side, 
he  ushered  at  the  Grand  Opera 
House.  After  months  of  saving,  he 
had  $300" and  he  still  was  hundreds 
of  miles  and  hundreds  of  dollars  dis- 
tant   from    fulfillment    of    his    dream. 

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But  he  wrote  her  a  letter.  It  was 
twenty-three  pages  long.  It  was  tact- 
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A  month  passed.    No  answer  came. 

Then  one  day,  after  weeds  had  grown 
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wrote. 

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She  had  instructed  her  attorney  to  ad- 
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years  later  did  experience  make  him 
realize  that  the  master  of  one  heavy 
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Once  through  school,  he  rented  a 
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destitution,  looking  for  work. 

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A  FTER  the  closing  of  another  play, 
•'••*■  Powell  was  seated  disconsolate  at 
a  table  in  the  Lambs  Club.  A  movie 
director,  Albert  Parker,  sat  down  be- 
side him. 

He  glanced  casually  at  Powell's 
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Powell  said,  "When  do  we  start  ?" 

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a  woman  whom  he  was  not  to  meet 
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Holmes.  That  Powell  was  later  to 
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of  such  roles  was  not  yet  written  in 
the  faraway  cinema  sky. 

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Ronald  Colman.  The  trio  today  are 
inseparable. 

Powell  changed  from  "heavy"  to 
"lover"  in  Sea  Horses.  He  appeared 
in  Paramount's  first  talking  picture. 
Interference,  and  was  starred  in  Street 
of  Chance.  From  Paramount,  he  went 
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she  married   another   man. 

"She  was  a  wonderful  girl,"  William 
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fered to  Luise  Rainer,  Rainer  was  ready. 

When  she  saw  the  first  day's  "rushes," 
she  was  so  disheartened  that  she  wanted 
to  break  her  contract  and  return  to  Ger- 
many and  the  stage.  William  Powell, 
nominally  the  star,  judged  her  work  dif- 
ferently— so  differently  that  he  strode 
into  the  "front  office"  as  the  picture 
neared  completion  and  demanded  that 
she  be  co-starred  with  him. 

"It's  her  picture,"  he  said.  "She  is  a 
magnificent  actress  and  her  role  domi- 
nates the  story.  She  deserves  co-star- 
dom.    She  'steals'  the  picture." 

And  that  is  the  highest  tribute  one 
player  can  pay  another. 

She  lives,  with  her  two  servants  and 
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mesquite-covered  hills  rise  from  her 
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her ;  California's  natural  beauty  means 
everything.  With  the  wind  tossing  her 
hair  and  her  eyes  afire  with  her  love  for 
Nature,  she  has  a  pagan  charm  that  is 
strange  and  unexpected  in  Hollywood, 
the  capital  of  sophistication. 

She  cannot  understand — nor  does  she 
appreciate — the  idolatry  showered  on 
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of  me  more  than  an  actress.  It  fright- 
ens me — this  tendency  to  make  idols  of 
simple  human  beings.  If  I  permit  such 
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simple  things  and  lose  my  ability  to  re- 
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should  people  want  to  interview  me? 
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many,  many  years,  and  that,  try  as  she 
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[Continued  from  page   39] 

change  your  mind  about  me — or — or 
anything,  well,  let  me  know,  that's  all. 
I'll  be  there  if  I  have  to  walk!" 

My  heart  melted  "Buddy,  you're 
tops!"  I  said  very  solemnly.  "I'll  never 
forget  you — and  what  a  pal  you've  been. 
I  do  promise." 

"There's  one  more  thing,  Lola,"  he 
said.  "I  didn't  tell  you  before  because 
I  didn't  want  to  speak  until  I  was  sure. 
But  I've  got  me  a  new  job,  a  real  one." 

"Why,   Buddy!"   I  cried.     "Where?" 

"You  know  Nick  Mancini — the  fellow 
who  owns  the  Golden  Slipper  Club?" 
he  went  on.  "Well,  he's  opening  up  a 
bigger,  better  place — and  I'm  to  be  as- 
sistant manager,  at  decent  money." 

"I'm  glad !"  said  I.     "Very  glad." 

"So  am  I,'  said  he  simply,  "because 
I  can  save,  now,  and  get  to  you  if 
you  need  me  !" 

Impulsively  I  leaned  over  and  kissed 
him  on  the  cheek. 

"Buddy,  dear,"  said  I,  "I'll  need  you 
all  my  life!"  But  though  he  smiled 
gratefully,  it  was  a  sad  little  smile.  He 
knew  that  I  meant  I  would  need  him  as 
a  friend. 


•  THERE  was  a  big  crowd  at  the  sta- 
tion in  spite  of  the  late  hour.  Mr. 
Brown,  the  Burnham  publicity  man,  his 
duty  done,  bade  me  a  hasty  farewell  and 
roared  away  in  the  big  car  that  had  been 
mine  for  three  whole  days.  Helen  and 
Babe  gathered  around  me  excitedly,  a 
new  note  of  awe  in  their  voices.    • 

At  last  the  train  pulled  in — and  a 
porter  swung  down,  placing  steps.  I 
was  rushed  forward,  for  the  flyer  stop- 
ped only  on  signal,  and  as  I  climbed 
aboard  a  shower  of  cries  followed  .  .  . 
"Goodbye"  .  .  .  "Good  luck"  .  .  .  "Write 
soon"  .  .  .  "Goodbye  .  .  .  'bye!"  The 
train  gave  a  lurch  and  began  to  move 
slowly.  I  waved  at  the  little  group  on 
the  platform,  misty  and  indistinct  now 
because  of  my  tears.  The  colored  port- 
er took  a  look  at  my  ticket. 

"This  way,  please,  miss/'  he  said,  and 
I  followed  him  down  a  swaying  alley 
of  green  curtains  to  Number  Ten.  My 
berth  was  on  the  side  nearest  the  sta- 
tion, and  I  leaned  over  and  pulled  up 
the  shade  for  a  last  glimpse  of  Hope- 
well, which  had  vanished  before  the 
porter  had  finished  stowing  away  my 
suitcase.  The  night  blotted  out  the  last 
of  the  familiar  landscape  and  a  whole 
epoch  of  my  life. 


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self. Even  the  experience  of  being 
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citing adventure.  I  took  off  my  hat, 
fluffed  up  my  hair,  and,  selecting  a  few 
toilet  articles,  started  rather  timidly  for 
the  dressing-room.  I  had  almost  reach- 
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was  flung  open  and  a  figure  in  a  blue 
silk  dressing-gown  appeared.     From  en- 


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ormous  heights,  that  world-famous  smile 
flashed  down  at  me.  It  was  Clifton 
Laurence. 

"Hello!"  said  he.  "Have  you  seen 
the  porter?     My  bell  doesn't  work." 

"Mr.  Laurence !"  I  gasped,  incoherent 
with  surpise.  "I — er,  yes,  the  porter 
is  back  at  the  other  end.  But,  but  you 
.  .  .  are  you  appearing  in  St.  Louis  or 
somewhere  tomorrow  ?" 

"No,  thank  heaven!"  he  whispered. 
"My  personal  appearance  tour  ended  to- 
night. I'm  on  my  way  back  to  Holly- 
wood." 

I  could  hardly  grasp  the  full  signifi- 
cance of  that,  at  first.  He  would  be 
there,  on  the  same  train  with  me,  for 
two  days !  What  was  that  going  to 
mean  to  me?  Would  he  ignore  me  in 
daylight — or  would  he  become  ...  a 
new  and  very  real  friend,  perhaps  my 
only  friend  in  Hollywood? 

Continued  in  December 
Movie  Classic 


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[Continued  from  page  66] 

ural  History.  Father  and  son  both  con- 
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They  figure  that  the  best  way  to  keep 
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A  Tale  of  Three  Cities 

[Continued  from  page  40] 


of  Sidney  Carton,  a  part,  which,  to  him, 
means  the  realization  of  his  most-cher- 
ished professional  dream.  For  the  first 
time  in  his  career,  he  has  spent  his  spare 
time  on  the  set,  watching  the  other 
memhers  of  the  cast  at  work. 

The  story,  as  you  probably  know,  is 
laid  in  London  and  Paris  between  the 
years  1765  and  1789.  Its  background  is 
the  French  Revolution — the  oppression 
of  the  common  people  by  the  nobility, 
which  led  to  the  rise  of  "Madame  Guillo- 
tine" and  the  Reign  of  Terror.  Dickens, 
the  master,  captured  the  sweep  of  the 
holocaust  by  telling  the  intimate  story 
of  four  people — Charles  Darnay,  the 
scion  of  the  great  and  cruel  house  of 
Evrcnwnde;  Lucie  Manette,  his  wife; 
Dr.  Manette,  her  father;  and  Sidney 
Carton,  the  drunken,  but  brilliant  Eng- 
lish lawyer  who  loved  her  and  gave  his 
life  on  the  guillotine  to  preserve  her 
happiness. 

It  is  a  story  of  tremendous  emotional 
power,  and  its  climax — the  scene  in 
which  Carton  bribes  .his  way  into  the 
cell  where  the  condemned  Darnay,  whom 
he  resembles,  is  awaiting  execution  and 
there  persuades  the  husband  of  the 
woman  he  loves  to  let  him  take  his  place 
and  fate  "for  her  sake" — is  soul-stirring. 

Seldom  has  Hollywood  seen  a  picture 
produced  on  so  gigantic  a  scale  or  with 
such  painstaking  attention  to  detail. 

Research  started  fully  eighteen  months 
before  a  camera  crank  was  turned. 
Every  available  document,  describing 
the  time  and  setting  was  studied  by 
Metro's  research  department.  Special 
staffs  were  established  in  Paris  and  in 
London  to  copy  Revolution  relics. 

On  the  studio  lot,  sections  of  London 
and  Paris  were  created,  not  as  they  are 
today,  but  as  they  were  during  Revolu- 
tionary times.  And  meanwhile  W.  J. 
Lipscomb,  the  man  who  adapted  Les 
Miserables  for  the  screen,  labored  to 
condense  a  thousand-page  novel  into  five 
hundred  script  scenes.  Dickens  has  been 
too  widely  read  and  too  universally  loved 
to  take  liberties  with  his  text. 


f^OSTUMING  presented  a  staggering 
^-J  problem,  for  several  of  the  mob 
scenes  required  as  many  as  five  thousand 
extras.  One  entire  building  was  set 
aside  to  house  the  costumes,  nearly  all 
of  which  had  to  be  specially  made. 

The  Place  de  la  Concorde,  which,  dur- 
ing the  "The  Terror,"  became  the  Place 
de  la  Rc-i'olution,  was  duplicated  with 
exact  detail  and  in  it  was  erected  an 
authentic  replica  of  the  great  guillotine 
that  claimed  the  heads  of  nearly  thirty 
thousand  French  noblemen  and  noble- 
women. The  Bastille,  the  hated  prison 
that  represented  the  power  and  pride  of 
the  old  regime,  was  recreated  on  the  stu- 
dio lot  in  its  exact  dimensions  from 
architects'  drawings,  borrowed  from 
French  archives.  La  Force  prison,  the 
scene  of  the  brutal  murder  of  four  hun- 


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died  aristocrats,  was  rebuilt.  London's 
Newgate  prison  and  its  courtroom,  old 
Bailey,  probably  the  most  famous  trial 
room  in  the  world,  were  duplicated 
with  almost  microscopic  precision.  An 
equestrian  statue  of  Louis  XV,  thirty- 
five  feet  high,  was  cast  and  erected  in  the 
Place  de  la  Revolution,  for  the  hate- 
crSzed  mob  to  hurl  down. 


DEMEMBER,  when  you  see  A  Tale 
^-  of  Two  Cities  unfolding  its  dramatic 
plot  on  the  screen,  that  such  a  picture  is 
a  tribute  to  others  besides  the  director 
and  the  cast.  Give  those  unsung  stars  in 
the  studio's  research  and  technical  de- 
partments a  hand ! 

Probably  the  most  spectacular  scene 
in  the  picture  is  the  storming  of  the  Bas- 
tille and  its  complete  demolition  at  the 
hands  of  the  mob.  Five  thousand  "ex- 
tras" took  part.  Twelve  cameras  filmed 
the  attack. 

Another  ultra-spectacular  scene  is  the 
trial  of  Darnay  before  the  Revolutionary 
Tribunal.  Thirteen  hundred  "extras" 
worked  for  the  better  part  of  a  week  in 
order  to  record  that  scene  on  film. 

Besides  Ronald  Colman,  the  cast  con- 
tains many  outstanding  names.  Eliza- 
beth Allan,  as  Lucie  Manette,  has  the 
finest  role  of  her  career — one  that  should 
make  her  a  major  star.  I  watched  her 
play  the  scene  in  which  she  accepts 
Carton's  sacrifice  and  bids  him  farewell 
— and  I  have  never  seen  an  emotional 
scene  played  with  greater  understanding 
or  tenderness. 

In  this  picture  Blanche  Yurka,  one 
of  the  greatest  living  stage  actresses, 
makes  her  screen  debut  as  Madame  Dc- 
farge,  fiend  of  the  Revolution,  as  re- 
morseless as  fate.  Henry  B.  Walthall, 
cast  as  Dr.  Manette,  has  his  greatest 
role  since  Viva  Villa.  Isabel  Jewell  play's 
the  little  seamstress  who  accompanies 
Sidney  Carton  to  the  scaffold — a  small 
part  as  far  as  footage  is  concerned,  but, 
nevertheless,  one  of  the  outstanding  emo- 
tional roles  in  fiction.  Basil  Rathbone 
has  an  important  part  as  the  hated  Mar- 
quis de  Evremonde.  Donald  Woods  has 
the  role  of  Damey. 

And  Tully  Marshall,  grand  old  man 
of  the  screen,  came  out  of  retirement  to 
accept  the  dominant  character  of  a  rev- 
olutionary. Taking  the  part,  he  an- 
nounced that  this  would  be  his  last  ap- 
pearance before  the  cameras.  Edna  May 
Oliver,  Reginald  Owen,  Walter  Catlett, 
Fritz  Lieber  (the  distinguished  Shakes- 
pearean star),  H.  B.  Warner,  Mitchell 
Lewis,  Claude  Gillingwater,  Billy  Bevan, 
Lucille  La  Verne  and  Lawrence  Grant 
all  have  important  roles.  In  all,  there 
are  a  hundred  and  twelve  speaking  parts 
in  A  Tale  of  Two  Cities. 

But  Sidney  Carton  will  dominate  the 
picture  just  as  it  has  always  dominated 
Ronnie  Colman's  ambitions.  Carton, 
the  impractical  dreamer ;  Carton,  the 
self-sacrificing  lover;  Carton,  the 
drunken,  scintillating  genius  whom  love 
regenerated. 

"I  lose  my  head  in  the  picture,"  Ronnie 
told  me.  "And  I  think  I'd  willingly  have 
given  my  head  for  the  privilege  of  play- 
ing Sidney  Carton." 


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Which  is  the  greater  boy-actor — Fred- 
die Bartholomew  (above)  or  his  pal, 
Mickey  Rooney  (right)?  We  expect 
plenty  of  letters  on  the  subject  after 
you  see  Freddie  as  Sergei  in  Anna 
Karenina  and  Mickey  as  Puck 
in     A     Midsummer     Night's     Dream 

$15  Prize  Letter 

Bring  On  Shakespeare! — It  is  with  deep 
satisfaction  that  I — along  with  millions  of 
others — read  that  both  Norma  Shearer 
and  Marion  Davies  are  contemplating  roles 
from  Shakespeare.  Let  the  cynics  scoff 
that  Hollywood  is  trying  to  go  "highbrow." 
Hollywood's  business  is  to  amuse  and  en- 
tertain millions  of  people,  and  that  same 
demand  for  amusement  and  entertainment 
from  Elizabethan  England  was  Shake- 
speare's reason  for  writing  and  producing 
his  famous  plays. 

Personally,  I  think  Shakespeare,  with 
his  ghosts  and  balconies  and  murders  and 
fairies  and  shipwrecks,  was  meant  for 
Hollywood.  I,  for  one,  am  saying,  "Holly- 
wood, bring  on  your  Shakespeare." — Mar- 
■  ion  Simmermon.  10411 — 93rd  St.,  Edmon- 
ton, Alberta,  Can. 

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In    Memoriam — Will    Rogers    dead !    The 

first  shock  of  those  electric  words  failed 
to  penetrate  the  numbness  of  my  mind.  It 
didn't  seem  possible  that  Will,  the  Am- 
bassador without  portfolio  to  a  world  in 
need  of   homely  truth,   was   dead. 

As  the  screen  loses  one  of  its  greatest 
actors,  the  world  loses  one  of  its  greatest 
men.  After  his  untimely  death,  the  pro- 
ducers were  uncertain  about  whether  or 
not  they  should  release  his  last  two  pic- 
tures. Will  made  known  his  views  on  the 
subject  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  Marie 
Dressier.  He  seriously  believed  that  her 
last  picture,  not  yet  released,  should  be 
shown.  Therefore,  in  accordance  with  his 
own  desire,  why  not  let  his  buoyant  and 
lovable  character  live  again,  through  the 
medium  of  the  screen? — Thomas  Quirk,  254 
ML   Auburn    St.,   Watertozvn,  Mass. 

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Thought  for  Today — So  many  people 
write  to  you,  telling  what  they  have  learned 
from  the  movies — styles  in  clothes  and 
hairdressing,  how  to  walk  like  Crawford 
and  talk  like  Harlow.  But  all  I  get  from 
these  beauteous  gals  is  ah  inferiority  com- 
plex and  a  headache. 


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After  my  boy-friend  has  taken  me  to  a 
Crawford  movie,  how  do  you  think  I  feel 
when  he  looks  me  over  afterward?  All  I 
can  think  of  is  that  my  eyelashes  aren't  a 
foot  long,  that  I  am  twelve  pounds  over- 
weight, and  that  my  dress  cost  only  $3.50 
in  a  sale,  and  that  my  skin  isn't  very  beau- 
tiful from  working  in  a  dusty   factory. 

I'd  like  to  see  these  glamorous  girls  in 
a  real  situation  once :  Crawford  waking 
up  in  the  morning  with  her  wave  cap  on 
one  ear,  Harlow  coming  in  from  a  swim 
with  her  hair  in  limp,  wet  slabs.  Then  I'd 
know  that  movie  stars  are  as  human  as  I 
am  and  I  could  take  the  boy-friend  to  see 
someone  besides  Shirley  Temple  and  Wal- 
lace Beery  ! — Helen  Gronozcski,  Blossburg, 
Pa. 

$1  Prize  Letters 

Wants  Realism — The  wonderful  possibili- 
ties offered  by  the  economic  problems  of 
the  past  five  years  have  been  neglected  by 
the  producers.  People  have  been  experienc- 
ing astounding  changes  and  tragic  ques- 
tions arise  almost  daily  in  the  lives  of  com- 
monplace families.  Unquestionably,  the 
lives  of  plain  people  can  furnish  interesting 
plots  for  pictures. 

Are  we  living  in  a  world  of  make-believe? 
Are  we  interested  only  in  pretty  faces,  fine 
clothes  and  glamorous  scenes?  Black  Fury 
points  the  way  out  of  make-believe  into 
the  world  of  reality. — Mac  R.  Hynes,  511 
Park  Ave.,  Effingham,  111. 

Thus,  one  reader  of  Movie  Classic. 
However,  there  is  not  complete  agreement 
in  the  ranks.  Another  reader  says  some- 
thing else.     What  do  you  say? 

Wants  the  Opposite — Ye  gods  forbid  that 
I  should  ever  see  a  portrayal  of  "real  life" 
on  the  screen !  If  we  are  to  take  the  word 
"real"  in  its  literal  sense,  then  we  cannot 
escape   the    prosaic    side    of   life — but    why 


deliberately  seek  it?  Many  of  us  see  motion 
pictures  so  that  we  may  forget — tem- 
porarily, at  least — these  very  realities.  We 
drift  away  into  the  realms  of  dream-life, 
where  dreams  come  true. 

For  my  part,  I  want  to  be  carried  far 
away  to  the  land  of  make-believe  where 
"the  cow  jumps  over  the  moon"  and  things 
are  seldom  what  they  seem.  What  if,  at 
the  end  of  the  show,  we  do  hit  the  earth 
with  a  dull  thud?  Haven't  we  had  our 
illusive  hour  with  its  pleasures  and  relaxa- 
tion?— Evelyn  S.  Hill,  7704  LaGrange  Ave., 
Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Hurt  by  Headlines — My  little  boy,  twelve, 
is  a  great  admirer  of  a  certain  star  and  al- 
ways has  read  everything  printed  about  her. 
He  was  interested  in  her  baby,  her  sup- 
posedly happy  home,  and  had  more  than 
once  held  her  up  as  a  model  to  me.  I  felt 
so  sorry  for  him  yesterday  when  he  read 
the  headlines  of  her  divorce  proceedings. 
He  was  actually  hurt,  just  as  if  one  of  his 
own  friends  had  done  him  an  injury.  .  .  . 
Not  that  I  consider  divorce  a  disgrace, 
or  that  I  lament  over  any  human  faults 
common  to  all.  It  is  only  when  we  read 
the  purported  statements  of  actresses  or 
actors  that  they  are  supremely  happy,  can 
never  change,  etc.,  etc.,  and  find  ourselves 
zvanting  to  believe  it,  that  we  get  that  duped 
feeling  when  things  turn  out  the  exact  op- 
posite.— Mrs.  M.  Seele,  2738  Hatcher,  Dal- 
las, Texas. 

Reader  Scclc  expresses  one  viewpoint 
about  stars'  private  lives.  Another  Texas 
reader  feels  differently: 

Live,  and  Let  Live — I  don't  think  the  pub- 
lic has  any  business  criticizing  the  life  of 
a  star — any  star — apart  from  the  screen. 
We  want  art — real  acting.  When  we  get 
that,  why  should  we  still  expect  the  stars 
to  live  according  to  our  dictates  ?  They 
have  a  right  to  more  privacy  from  the  pry- 
ing eyes  of  the  world.  I  don't  wonder  some 
of  them  resent  public  curiosity  so.  Why 
should  they,  more  than  any  other  celebrities, 
live  in  glass  houses?  Humanity  in  general 
is  pretty  decent  and  so,  I  think,  are  the 
stars. — R.  W .  C .,  Ennis,  Texas. 


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See  "Hawaiian."  Tattoo  your  lips  with  it  .  .  .  if  you  dare! 


TATTOO.  CHICAGO 


TATTOO     "  H  A  WA  I 


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"I'M   ALL   READY   TO    GO   ON 
AFTER   I'VE   SMOKED   A   CAMEL. ..IT 
ALWAYS   SEEMS   TO    RENEW 
MY   ENERGY" 


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•  The  Langliorne  estate, 
"Greenfields,"  is  famous 
for  its  hospitality.  "I  notice 
that  Camels  disappear 
amazingly  fast,"  says  Mrs. 
Langhorne.  "Every  one 
likes  them — they  are  mild 
and  you  never  tire  of  their 
flavor."  Costlier  tobaccos 
do  make  a  difference! 


•  "I  certainly  appreciate 
the  fact  that  Camels  never 
make  me  either  nervous 
or  edgy,"  Mrs.  Langhorne 
says.  "I  can  smoke  all  the 
Camels  I  want."  It  is  true 
that  Camels  never  upset 
the  nerves.  The  millions 
more  Camel  spends  are  jus- 
tified. Smoke  one  and  see. 


Mrs.  Langhorne  grew  up  in  New  Orleans.  Now 
she  lives  in  Virginia,  where  she  rides  to  hounds. 
"One  thing  I  especially  like  about  Camels,"  she 
says,  "is  the  fact  that  they  are  not  strong  and 
yet,  if  I  am  tired,  smoking  one  always  picks  me 
up.  I  feel  better  and  more  enthusiastic  immedi- 
ately." Camels  release  your  latent  energy — give 
you  a  "lift."  Millions  more  are  spent  every  year 
by  Camel  for  finer,  more   expensive  tobaccos. 


AMONG  THE  MANY 

DISTINGUISHED   WOMEN   WHO   PREFER 

CAMEL'S  COSTLIER  TOBACCOS: 

MRS.  NICHOLAS  BIDDLE,  Philadelphia 
MISS  MARY  BYRD,  Richmond 
MRS.  POWELL  CABOT,  Boston 
MRS.  THOMAS  M.  CARNEGIE,  JR.,  New  York 
MRS.  J.  GARDNER  COOLIDGE,  II,  Boston 
MRS.  ERNEST  DU  PONT,  JR.,  Wilmington 
MRS.  JAMES  RUSSELL  LOWELL,  New  York 
MRS.  POTTER  D'ORSAY  PALMER,  Chicago 
MRS.  BROOKFIELD  VAN  RENSSELAER 
New  York 


tis  Tobacco  Company,  Winston-Salem.  N.  C. 


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SIXTEEN  MEN 

From  the  blood-drenched  decks  of  a  man  o'  war 
to  the  ecstasy  of  a  sun-baked  paradise  isle . . .  from 
the  tyrannical  grasp  of  a  brutal  captain  to  the 
arms  of  native  beauties  who  brought  them  love 
and  forgetfulness  .  .  .  came  sixteen  men  from  the 
"Bounty".  Now  their  romantic  story  lives  on  the 
screens  of  the  world  ...  in  one  of  the  greatest 
entertainments  since  the  birth  of  motion  pictures! 


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Three  of  Hollywood's  biggest  stars 
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CHARLES        CLARK 

IAUGHTON  GABLE 

In    Metro  -  Goldivyn  -  Mayer's    greatest   production 

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Neatly  25,"     best-se"         eS 
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with 


FRANCHOT  TONE 

Herbert  Mundin    •     Eddie  Quillan    •    Dudley  Digges    .    Donald  Crisp 


A  FRANK  LLOYD  Production 

Movie  Classic  for  December,  1Q35 


Albert  Lewin,  Associate  Producer 


JAMES  E.  REID 

Editor 

LAURENCE  REID 

Managing    Editor 


DECEMBER,      1935 


V  O  L  9     N  o.  4 


MOVIE 


The  Opera  Season  Opens  in  Hollywood — 
with  a  number  of  operatic  stars  becoming 
screen  stars.  Lily  Pons  makes  her  bow  in 
I  Dream  Too   Much — formerly  Love  Song 


CLASSIC 

EDITED   IN    HOLLYWOOD   AND    NEW   YORK 


DECEMBER  CLASSIC   FEATURES 

The   Winners — and   a    New   Contest o 

Make  the  Most  of  Your  Beauty! by  Lee  Daniels  14 

MRS.  TEMPLE  REFUSES  FORTUNE 

FOR  SHIRLEY by  Harry  Lang  24 

Joan  Bennett — Doubly  Successful!     .     .      .      .     by  B.  F.  Wilson  26 

Miriam  Hopkins  Begins  a  New  Life     ...     by  Dell  Hogarth  27 

Models   Today — Stars   Tomorrow      .      by    Beatrice    MacDonald  28 

How  Fred  Astaire  Looks  at  Life     ....     by  Carol   Craig  30 

Sylvia  Sidney's  10  Pointers  for  a  Career           by  Helen  Harrison  31 

Portrait  of  a  Self-Made  Woman — 

Carole  Lombard by  Sonia  Lee  32 

Tullio  Carminati's  Immortal  Love      ....     by  Jane  Carroll  33 

Tibbett   Returns — in  Triumph      ...      by   Eric   L.   Ergenbright  34 

James  Cagney — with  a  Difference     ....     by   Ida  Zeitlin  35 

Screen-Struck — a  New 

Hollywood    Novel      ....      by    Nina    Wilcox    Putnam  36 

So  Nothing  Ever  Happens  to  Robert  Taylor?    .   by  Virginia  Lane  39 

They  Saw  Stars by  Jack  Smalley  40 

Are   Modern  Women   Copy-Cats?      ...      by   Marian    Rhea  44 

AND  DON'T  MISS— 

They're  the  Topics!   (News) 8 

New  Shopping  Finds — Accent 

on   Christmas by  the   Shopping    Scouts  12 

Romance  Returns — an  Editorial      ....     by  James  E.  Reid  18 

This  Dramatic  World  (Portraits) 19 

Give  a   Hollywood  Christmas  Eve   Party     .      by   Mary   Harding  41 

You,  Too,  Can  Have  Winning  Hands    ...      by  Alison  Alden  42 

CLASSIC'S  FASHION   PARADE 43 

Sew  These  and   Reap  Smartness  (Patterns) 50 

Speaking  of  Movies  (Reviews) 51 

Handy   Hints  from   Hollywood 79 

Just  As  You  Say  (Letters  from  Readers) 82 


W.   H.   FAWCETT 
President 


S.   F.   NELSON 
Treasurer 


Published  monthly  by  Motion  Picture  Publications,  Inc.,  (a  Minnesota 
Corporation)  at  Mount  Morris,  III.  Executive  and  Editorial  Offices,  Para- 
mount Building,  1501  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.Y.  Hollywood  editorial 
offices,  7046  Hollywood  Blvd.,  Hollywood,  Calif.  Entered  as  second-class 
matter  April  1,  1935,  at  the  Post  Office  at  Mount  Morris,  III.,  under  the  act  of 
March  3.  1879.  Copyright  1935.  Reprinting  in  whole  or  in  part  forbidden 
except  by   permission  of  the  publishers.      Title  registered  in  U.S.  Patent  Office. 


W.   M.  MESSENGER 
Secretary 


ROSCOE  FAWCETT 
Vice    President 


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Not  responsible  for  lost  manuscripts  or  photos.  Price  10c  per  copy,  subscrip- 
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AW  a  Vsew  Contest! 


I  don't  consider  three  minutes  of  my  time 
a  very  high  price  to  pay  for  banishing 
headaches  and  the  tired  feeling  that 
come  from  constipation.  Particularly 
when  during  those  three  minutes*  you 
simply  chew  a  delicious  gum  like  FEEN- 
A-MINT.  Of  course,  if  you  aren't  will- 
ing to  spend  three  minutes,  harsh  "all- 
at-once"  cathartics  will  have  to  do.  But 
what  a  difference  chewing  makes!  With 
FEEN-A-MINT  there  are  no  cramps, 
no  griping,  no  bad  after-effects !  Try  the 
three-minute  way  yourself.  Only  15c  and 
25c  for  a  large  supply. 

ATTENTION,  MOTHERS- FEEN- 
A-MINT  is  ideal  for  everybody,  and 
how  children  love  it! 


*  Longer  if  you  care  to 


•  IN  the  October  issue,  Movie  Classic  invited  you  to  "Ask  Yourself  Ten  Questions — 
and  Win  a  Prize!"  We  wanted  to  find  out  what  you  erijoy  reading  most.  We  wanted 
to  discover  what  stars  interest  you  most— and  why.  We  wanted  to  learn  a  little  about  you, 
personally — so  that  we  could  feel  as  if  we  knew  you. 

And  we  appreciate  your  frank  answers.  Answers  by  the  hundreds,  then  by  the  thou- 
sands, from  every  section  of  the  country,  from  people  of  all  ages — answers  that  will  help 
us  to  give  you — and  you— and  you  the  kind  of  magazine  that  you  want  to  have. 

The  contest,  you  remember,  hinged  on  the  answers  to  the  tenth  question :  "What 
would  you  suggest  as  a  title  for  a  story  about  your  favorite  star?"  The  judges  name 
these  as  the  readers  who  submitted  the  most  interesting  titles : 

First  Prize  ($25)— Mrs.  R.  M.  Riley,  809  S.  15th  St.,  Quincy,  111.,  for  Why  I  Fell  in 
Love  with  Jean  Harlow  .  .  .  by  William  Pozvell.  Second  prize  ($10) — Mrs.  Firmin 
Coyle,  Sanator,  S.  Dak.,  for  What  the  Stars  Forecast  for  Shirley  Temple.  Third  Prize 
($5)— Edna  Faye  Peacock,  P.  0.  Box  117,  Walnut  Cove.  N.  C,  for  What  Motherhood 
Means  to  My  Career  .  .  .  by  Norma  Shearer.  Next  ten  prizes  ($1  each)  :  Jean  San- 
ford,  2265  Adams  Ave.,  Norwood,  Ohio,  for  My  Stepping  Stones  to  Stardom — Claudette 
Colbert;  Jessie  Thompson,  5136  Seventh  Court,  South  Birmingham,  Ala.,  for  What  I 
Admire  Most  in  a  Woman  .  .  .  by  Nelson  Eddy:  Catherine  Spillane,  3914  Eighth  Ave., 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  for  How  to  Find  Out  If  You  Can  Sing — Jcanette  MacDonald :  Jerrie 
Kyle,  900  College  St.,  Kinston,  N.  C„  for  Step  This  Way — Ginger  Rogers;  Mary  Kar- 
mazin,  118  N.  Morris  St.,  St.  Clair,  Pa.,  for  What  Freddie  Bartholomew  Thinks  of 
Greta  Garbo;  Mrs.  R.  W.  Scellars,  159  S.  Detroit,  Los  Angeles,  Calif.,  for  "Be  Yourself 
— You'll  Win!"  .  .  .  Jean  Parker;  Aileen  Ditmer,  1260  Colwick  Dr.,  Dayton,  Ohio,  for 
Hozc  Mary  Pickford  Stays  Young:  Julia  McCaskill,  Marianna,  Fla.,  for  Poise  .  .  .  by 
Irene  Dunne;  Lorena  E.  Brooke,  72  E.  Fifty-Fourth  St.,  New  York  City,  for  Why  Be 
Ordinary? — Joan  Crawford;  Dorothy  Hanley,  662  King  Philip  St.,  Fall  River,  Mass., 
for  Miriam  Hopkins:  She  Really  Lives! 

Now,  because  of  the  popularity  of  the  first  contest,  Movie  Classic  offers  its  readers 
another  chance  to  play  this  simple,  delightful  little  game  of  questions  and  answers.  Again, 
the  cash  prizes  will  be  (1st)  $25;  (2nd)  $10;  (3rd)  $5;  (4th  to  13th)  $1  each.     (See  the 
rules  on  page  8.) 
Obey  that  impulse  !  Tell  what  you  like — and  try  your  hand  at  title-writing  ! 


1.  What   is   your    name? 

2.  Where   do   you   live? 

3.  What  is  your  vocation? 

4.  How  many  birthdays  have  you  had? 

5.  Why  did  you  buy  this  copy  of   Classic?. 


6.     What  three  features  do  you  like  best  in  this  issue: 


7.  What    three    photographs  ? 

8.  Are  ycu  reading  Nina  Wilcox   Putnam's  new  novel,   "Screen-Struck" 

9.  What  star  would  you   like  interviewed? 

10.      What  title  would  you  suggest   for   the  story? 


Clip  and  Mail  to- 


Contest   Editor    •     MOVIE   CLASSIC     •     1501    Broadway     •     New  York   City 


Movie  Classic  for  December,  1935 


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to  special  theatres  in  leading  cities  .  .  .  following'  its 

remarkable  reception  in  NewYork  and  other  world  capitals  .  .  . 

the  spectacle  connoisseurs  consider  "the  most  important 

production  ever  done  in  talking  pictures." 

WARNER    BROS.   PRESENT 

MAX    REINHARDT'S 

FIRST  MOTION  PICTURE  PRODUCTION 

"A  MIDSUMMER 
NIGHT'S  DREAM' 

By    WILLIAM     SHAKESPEARE 

Music  by    FELIX     MENDELSSOHN 


<y/ie  J/lauers 


James  Carney- 
Anita  Louise 
Hugh  Herbert 
Verree   leasaale 
Mickey  Rooney 

And  nearly  one  tnousan 


Joe  E.  Brown 

Olivia  de  Haviiland 

Frank  McHugk 

Ian  Hunter 

Hobart  Cavanaugn 

thousand  Dancers  and  S 


Dick  Powell 

Jean  Muir 

Ross  Alexander 

V  ictor  Jory 
Grant  Mitchell 
upernumeraries 


Owing  to  the  production  s  exceptional  nature  and  extraordinary  length, 

it  will  be  presented  only  twice  daily,  with  all  seats  reserved. 

To  insure  your  early  enjoyment  of  this  picture 


it  is  advisable  that  you 


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Sdeded 

TO  CELEBRATE 

GB'S  FIRST 
ANNIVERSARY 


GB  S  EIGHT  •••• 
STAR  SPECIAL 


RICHARD  0 IX        LESLIE  BANKS 


C.AUBREY  SMITH        BASIL  SYDNEY 

TRANSATLANTIC 
TUNNEL 

New  York  to  London 

THE  MOST  GIGANTIC 
FEAT  IN  ALL  HISTORY 


GB  THANKS 
Waller  Huston. George 
Arliss  for  graciously 
contributing  portrayals 
of  the  President  of  the 
U.  S.  and  the  Prime 
Minister  of  England  .  .  . 


Directed  by  MAURICE  ELVEY 
COMING  SOON 

^yi   VCVHT)  Production 

^3^^  "  Caurlcty  of  M.  G.  M. 


They  re  the  Topics. 


! 


New  notes  on  per- 
sonalities who  are 
always  good   news! 


ONE  of  the  most  unwelcome  surprises 
of  the  month  was  the  friendly,  but 
final  parting  of  Frances  Dee  and 
Joel  McCrea.  Married  in  1933,  they  were 
generally  considered  one  of  Hollywood's 
model  married  couples.  In  1934,  putting  her 
marriage  ahead  of  her  career,  Frances  left 
the  screen  to  become  the  mother  of  Joel 
Dee  McCrea.  Returning  to  films  only  re- 
cently, in  Becky  Sharp,  she  had  found'  new 
and  greater  success,  climaxed  by  her  late^ 
performance — in  The  Gay  Deception.  Joel, 
at  the  same  time,  had  been  rising  to  new 
heights,  his  latest  role  being  the  romantic 
lead  opposite  Miriam  Hopkins  in  Barbary 
Coast.  There  is  irony  now  in  the  fact  that 
they  will  not  share  in  each  other's  success 
.  .  .  There  was  less  surprise  in  the  quiet 
Mexican  divorce  of  Claudette  Colbert  and 
Norman  Foster.  For  a  number  of  years, 
they  have  occupied  separate  homes,  explain- 
ing that  the  plan  would  assure  a  happy 
marriage,  since — unlike  most  married  cou- 
ples— they  would  see  each  other  only  at 
their  best.  It  was  a  good  idea,  theoreti- 
cally  .    .   . 

Mary  Pickford,  autographing  several 
hundred  of  her  books  at  a  Los  Angeles  de- 
partment store,  recognized  a  woman-pur- 
chaser as  Myrta  Sterling,  who  once  worked 
with  her  in  Biograph  pictures,  later  was 
starred  in  a  series  of  comedy  shorts,  and 
still  later  played  "bits"  in  a  few'  talkies. 
And  Mary  told  her:  "I'm  going  to  make 
my  own  pictures  again  and  I  want  you  and 
others  of  the  old  days  to  remember  that  I 
am  going  to  find  a  place  in  my  productions 
for  as  many  of  you  as  I  can."  That's  Mary 
Pickford !  .  .  .  Rumors  that  she  is  about 
to  marry  Ruddy  Rogers  can  be  temporar- 
ily overlooked.  For  one  thing,  her  final 
decree  of  divorce  from  Douglas  Fairbanks. 
Sr.,  is  not  final  until  1936   .    .    . 

By  the  time  this  appears,  it  is  expected 
that  Joan  Crawford  and  Franchot  Tone 
will  be  bride  and  groom — or  will  have  an- 
nounced that,  as  long  suspected,  they  have 
been  secretly  married  for  some  time  .  .  . 
Ramon  Novarro  has  inaugurated  a  new 
preview  stunt.  At  the  preview  of  Against 
the  Current,  the  Spanish  picture  he  directed 
and  produced,  he  was  surrounded  by  well- 
wishers  and  autograph-seekers,  mostly  fem- 
inine.   He  gave  no   autographs,   but   every 


Photo   by  Ralph   Daii/h 

Fredric  March  and  Florence 
Eldridge  sail  abroad  for  a 
vacation.  He  wanted  a  chance 
to  read  Anthony  Adverse  .  .  . 


female  who  stepped  up  to  shake  his  hand 
received  a  Novarro  kiss.  There  have  been 
no  rumors  yet  that  the  innovation  will 
spread  .  .  .  Another  star  gone  charitable 
is  George  Arliss.  He  received  a  $30,000 
overtime  check  for  work  on  his  new  G-B 
picture,  Mister  Hobo,  and  gave  it  back  to 
the  studio. 

A  belated  movie  discovery  is  Irvin 
S.  Cobb,  the  noted  humorist,  who  appeared 
with  his  good  friend,  Will  Rogers,  in 
Steamboat  'Round  the  Bend.  He  is  now  to 
be  featured  in  Everybody's  Old  Man  .  .  . 
Still  another  is  Fred  Stone,  another  good 
friend  of  the  late  great  Will  Rogers.  Fred 
was  a  hit  in  Katharine  Hepburn's  Alice 
Adams  and  now  is  the  father  in  Ah,  Wil- 
derness— a  role  that  Will  played  on  the 
stage    .    .    . 

Douglass  Montgomery,  sailing  for  Eng- 
land on  the  Normandie,  Was  practically 
mobbed  by  autograph-seekers.  Only  the 
day  before,  he  had  told  us  that  he  wasn't  a 
celebrity,  but  just  an  actor — even  after  his 
performance    as      [Continued    on    page    10] 


^gamam 


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Ruies  for  Contest  on  Page  6 


These  are  the  only  rules  in  our  new  contest:  (1)  All  entries  must  be  ad- 
dressed to  Contest  Editor,  MOVIE  CLASSIC,  1501  BroacVvay,  New  York 
City — and  submitted  on  coupon  printed  on  page  6,  or  a  facsimile.  (2)  They 
must  be  in  our  office  not  later  than  November  20,  1935.  (3)  All  entries,  to  be 
eligible,  must  have  answers  to  all  ten  questions.  (4)  The  decision  of  the 
judges — the  editors  of  this  magazine — will  be  final,  and  in  case  of  ties  dupli- 
cate prizes  will  be  awarded.  (5)  Members  of  the  MOVIE  CLASSIC  organi- 
zation and  their  families  are  not  eligible  to   compete. 

Winners   will   be   announced   in   the    February,    1936,    MOVIE   CLASSIC. 

P.S.:  And,  in  addition,  you  can  tell  your  movie  thoughts  to  MOVIE 
CLASSIC'S  Letter  Editor  (see  page  82) — and  be  eligible  for  other  cash  prizes. 
Not  only  this  month,  but  every  month. 


Movie  Classic   for  December.   1935 


// 


Not  the  least 
of  my  luxuries 

IS   EISTERINE   TOOTH   PASTE" 

SAYS    MISS    ELISABETH    IVEMSEN 


Miss  Remsenshoicn 
on  one  of  her  thor- 
oughbreds which 
she  rides  daily,  rain 
or  shine,  in  Central 
Park  or  the  quiet 
paths  of  Long  Is- 
land'sfamous  south 
shore    where    she 


"I  like  it  for  its  gentle  action 
and  its    pleasant  after-effect" 

WHAT  a  fine  compliment  to  this  exceptional 
dentifrice  .  .  .  that  women  and  men  of  Miss 
Remsen's  position — people  able  to  afford  any  price 
for  tooth  paste — prefer  it  to  all  others.  More  than 
3,000,000  people  now  use  it  regularly.  They  are 
simply  delighted  by  its  results. 

If  your  teeth  are  dull,  off -color,  and  look  only 
half  clean,  start  using  Listerine  Tooth  Paste  now. 
See  how  quickly  it  brings  improvement. 

Note  how  thoroughly  but  gently  it  cleans — and 
how  quickly.  Thousands  are  won  by  this  speedy 
action. 

See  how  it  erases  unsightly  surface  stains  and  dis- 
colorations.  "Magically,"  say  many.  Note  the  bril- 
liant flash  and  lustre  it  gives  after  brushing  is  over. 

The  really  remarkable  results  that  Listerine  Tooth 
Paste  gives  are  due  to  special,  delicate,  light-as-a- 
feather  cleansers  not  found  in  ordinary  dentifrices. 

As  they  cleanse  so  gently,  they  also  polish  .  .  . 
softer  than  enamel,  they  cannot  harm  it  and  so  can 
be  used  year  in  and  year  out  without  danger. 

Start  now  to  give  your  teeth  better  care.  Get  a 
tube  of  Listerine  Tooth  Paste  and  let  it  show  you 
what  it  can  do.  Lambert  Pharmacal  Company, 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 


Reinsen  House  .  .  .  Built  by 
Miss  Remsen's  forebears  — 
full  of  rare  pieces  reflecting 
the  traditions  and  heritage 
of  an  old  family. 


One  of  Miss  Remsen's  par- 
ticular delights  —  her  speed- 
boat. She  drives  it  very 
capably  on  the  Atlantic  as 
well  as  Shinnecock  Bay. 


Movie  Classic  for  December,  1935 


Miss  Remsen' 'scar—  a  familiar  sight  along  the 
roads  around  the  fashionable  Hamptons  .  . . 

LISTERINE 

TOOTH  PASTE 

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a  neivoeam 


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•You  never  knew  it  was  there.  For 
years,  perhaps,  you  put  up  with  dull 
drab  hair  .  .  .  until  .  .  . 

"Try  Admiracion  Shampoo  Treat- 
ment," a  friend  told  you.  What  a  reve- 
lation! All  your  life,  beauty  had  lain 
hidden  in  your  hair.  And  this  modern 
soapless  olive  oil  treatment  brought  it 
to  light  after  just  one  use. 

Admiracion  does  things  that  the 
finest  soaps  can't  do.  More  than  a 
shampoo,  it  is  a  complete  beauty  treat- 
ment— a  "deep-down"  cleanser,  unique 
scalp-and-hair  tonic,  and  beautifier,  all 
in  one.  A  magic-working  oil  that  mixes 
with  water  to  soften  the  dust  and  dead 
skin  cells,  undermine  the  dandruff  and 
wash  all  impurities  away  in  one  rinse. 

Unmask  the  hidden  beauty  of  your 
hair  this  quick  and  easy  way.  Olive 
Oil  base  for  dry  hair,  Pine 
Tar  blend  for  oily. 

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OIL  TAR 

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They're  the  Topics! 


[Continued  from  page  8] 


Chid  no  f,  New  York 

Marta  Eggerth,  Hungarian 
beauty,  has  come  to  America  to 
sing  Song  of  Joy.  She  couldn't 
wait   to   see   Jan   Kiepura    .    .   . 


Stephen  Foster  in  Harmony  Lane.  Glided 
about  the  statement,  he  said,  with  a  laugh, 
"The  farther  I  get  from  Hollywood,  the 
better  that  gag  seems  to  work."  Present, 
to  see  him  depart,  was  a  tall,  good-looking, 
smartly-dressed  and  mysterious  "Miss 
McLean,"  who  looked  very  Park  Avenue, 
but  declined  to  identify  herself,  claiming 
she  "didn't  count."  Do  you  scent  a  new 
romance,  Dr.  Watson?  .  .  .  Also  aboard 
were  Fredric  March  and  his  wife,  Flor- 
ence Eldridge,  heading  for  a  vacation  in 
England,  during  which  Fredric  hoped  to 
finish  reading  Anthony  Adverse,  scheduled 
as  his  next  picture  .  .  .  Also,  Helen  Hayes 
— who  temporarily  lost  her  little  girl,  Mary, 
in  the  vast  corridors  of  the  giant  French 


liner.  Her  husband,  Charles  MacArthur, 
spotting-  a  normal-sized  ship  at  a  near-by 
pier,  inquired  innocently,  "What's  that — a 
tender?" 

Hollywood  has  two  new  foreign  stars — 
Marta  Eggerth,  blonde  Hungarian  beauty, 
who  is  to  appear  in  Universale  Song  of 
Joy,  and  Jan  Kiepura,  handsome  Polish 
tenor,  who  is  to  co-star  with  sensational 
Gladys  Swarthout  in  Paramount's  Give  Us 
This  Night.  Marta  and  Jan,  reported  ro- 
mantically interested  in  each  other,  arrived 
in  New  York  only  a  few  days  apart — 
Marta  reaching  America  first.  Scheduled 
to  depart  for  Hollywood  in  a  day  or  two, 
she  resisted  all  efforts  to  persuade  her  to 
leave  prior  to  his  arrival,  until  convinced 
that  she  could  not  help  but  meet  him  almost 
immediately  in  Hollywood,  since  it  is  "a 
small  town."  Each,  at  cocktail  parties  for 
the  press  in  New  York,  sang  for  the 
writers,  who  aren't  used  to  such  stellar 
generosity.  Jan,  by  the  way,  sang  an  aria 
from  the  opera  Martha — which  is  pro- 
nounced Marta. 

It  isn't  Loretta  Young's  fault  (unless 
she  can  be  held  to  blame  for  being  so  gor- 
geous), but  columnists  are  constantly  ru- 
moring her  "engaged"  to  men  who  later 
marry  other  girls.  A  recent  rumor,  for 
example,  linked  her  name  with  that  of  Fred 
Perry,  British  tennis  champion — who  later 
eloped  with  Helen  Vinson.  Now  they  are 
calling  Loretta  "Cupid's  Stand-In"  .  .  . 
The  Perry- Vinson  wedding  took  place  in 
Harrison,  tiny  New  York  suburb,  late  at 
night.  Unable  to  find  an  inn  open  at  that 
hour,  they  served  the  champagne  to  the 
small  wedding  party  in  a  plebeian  lunch  car 
— with  hamburgers  on  rolls   .   .   . 

A  new  type  of  movie  camera  has  been 
developed  (and  patented!)  by  Twentieth 
Century-Fox.  Rifle-shaped  and  compact,  it 
does  away  with  the  huge  cumbersome  hood 
or  "noise  blanket"  once  used  to  eliminate 
the  sound  of  the  electric  motor.  The  new 
device  is  silent.  It  is  being  used  for  the 
first  time  on  Rochelle  Hudson's  new  pic- 
ture, Snatched  .  .  .  Shirley  Temple  is 
about  to  move  to   [Continued  on  page  75] 


Edsel  Ford,  who  makes  automobiles  that  are  popular  the 
world  over,  visits  Hollywood  and  discovers  how  movies  are 
given  world-wide  appeal.  You  see  him  on  the  set  of  The 
Frisco  Kid,  with   Margaret   Lindsay   and   James   Cagney 


Movie  Classic  for  December,  1935 


/our  Dreams  Of   Romance 
Set  To  Music! 

Dreams  of  say,  mad^cxcitinglove!  Dreams 
of  glamorous  beauty  . .  brought  to  life  by 
the  charm  of  the  screen's  loveliest  sing= 
ing  star. .  .and  poured  forth  in  an  inspir= 
ing  rhapsody  of  Jerome  Kern's  music  by 
the  glorious  voice  that  thrilled  the  world! 

LILY.PON 


in 


// 


I  DREAM  TOO  MUCH 


an    Kr\C_)  =  Radio    1  icture  with 

HENRY  FONDA 

Ossood  PERKINS  •  Eric  BLORE 

Directed  by  John  Cromwell 
A  Pandro  S  Bcrman  Production 


Music  by  JEROME  KERN 

composer     of     "ROBERTA' 


Movie  Classic  for  December,  1935 


11 


New 


Finds! 


—Accent  on  Christmas 


1.  Christmas  cards  are  a  joy  to  send — 
and  to  receive — when  they  are  clever,  col- 
orful, completely  expressive  of  the  joyous 
season.  And  here  is  a  grand  boxed  col- 
lection of  fifteen  different  cards  for  the 
low  price  of  50c.  The  maker  produces 
hundreds  of  designs,  all  outstanding  and 
unusual- — and  place-cards  and  tallies  that 
also  display  the  Christmas   spirit. 

2.  Talk  about  million-dollar  legs  .  .  . 
well,  whose  wouldn't  fit  the  description  in 
these  enticing  new  net  evening  hose? 
Lacy  and  lovely,  they  may  not  look  like 
the  old-fashioned  Christmas  stocking,  but 
they  are  far  more  interesting !  They  are 
knee-length,  with  elastic  tops  (but  also 
come  in  full-length  styles).  A  glamorous 
gift  for  any  girl,  at  $1.95. 

3.  Give  the  girl  with  lovely  hands  new 
pleasure  in  keeping  them  lovely — with  a 
well-known  hand  lotion  put  up  in  a  very 
special  Christmas  box.  The  lotion  is  fra- 
grant, velvet-smooth  and  a  guardian  angel 
to  tender  skin.  You  could  even  afford 
to  make  this  one  of  those  gifts-for-vour- 
self  ...  at  $1. 

4.  Three  little  bottles  filled  with  fa- 
mous perfumes,  packaged  in  shimmering 
silver  and  blue,  will  carry  your  Christmas 
message  for  months  to  come.  The  scents 
are  delicate,  delightful — and  inexpensive 
at  $5  for  the  trio. 

5.  Smart-looking,  and  the  sort  of  thing 
a  girl  adores,  this  cosmetic  set  includes  a 
compact,  lipstick,  and  box  of  powder. 
And  the  simple,  stunning  silver-and-black 
cases   make   them   plain    enough    for   day- 


time  use  .  .  .  attractive   enough    for   for- 
mal occasions.     All  for  just  $2.85! 

6.  What  girl  wouldn't  be  grateful  for  a 
manicure  set  in  a  sturdy  pig-grained- 
leather  case — a  set  so  complete  that  it 
even  has  a  finger-rest  to  hold  her  hand 
steady  while  she  beautifies  her  nails?  It 
contains  polish,  oily  polish  remover,  cu- 
ticle remover,  file,  emery  boards,  orange- 
wood  stick,  finger-rest  and  nail-white 
pencil.     An   excellent  gift   for  $2. 

7.  What  to  give  the  all-important  male 
— and  flatter  his  good  taste  at  the  same 
time?  If  you  have  a  man  on  your  Christ- 
mas list  who  makes  it  a  habit  to  look- 
well-groomed,  and  is  mighty  particular 
about  what  he  uses,  here  is  his  gift.  The 
shaving  soap  in  a  wooden  bowl,  after- 
shaving  lotion,  and  hair  tonic  are  among 
the  most  famous  of  all  products  for  men — 
and  all  boxed  in  a  thoroughly  masculine 
manner.  The  price,  too.  is  attractive — 
$2.95. 

8.  Cosmetics  are  always  popular — and 
never  more  so  than  at  Christmas.  Packed 
in  a  gay  Yuletide  box  come  three  famed 
beauty  aids  ...  an  exquisite  skin  lotion, 
a.  fragrant  face  powder,  and  a  skin  per- 
fume that  anvone  would  adore.  The  mod- 
est cost'     $3.25. 

9.  Straight  from  Hollywood,  the  beauty 
capital,  comes  this  stunning  box  contain- 
ing every  make-up  necessity  .  .  .  powder, 
rouge,  lipstick,  melting  cleansing  cream, 
skin   freshener.        \Conflnued   on  page  5f>] 


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We  have  been  racing  from  store  to 
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clever  Christmas  gifts  .  .  .  and  pre- 
sent a  few  of  our  finds  here.  (More 
next  month!)  We  can't  do  any  shop- 
ping for  you,  but  we'll  be  happy  to 
tell  you  the  names  of  any — or  all — 
of  these  finds.  Address  Shopping 
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THE   NAKED    EYE ! 

To  your  naked  eye,  it  probably  looks  as  if 
the  country  were  full  of  women  more  beau- 
tiful than  you,  about  to  steal  your  best 
beau!  Probably  that's  the  trouble — your 
naked  eye!  Try  slipping  your  lashes  into 
Kurlash.  Lo!  your  lashes  are  curled  up 
in  a  fascinating  sweep  like  a  movie  star's, 
looking  twice  as  long,  dark  and  glamorous. 
Your  eyes  sparkle  (that's  more  light  enter- 
ing!), are  deeper  and  more  colorful!  No  heat 
— no  cosmetics!  $1,  at  stores  near  you. 


bujejdoiJdlotu 


Dear  Mrs.  J.  M. — far  from  being  "obvious" 
eye  make-up  is  extremely  subtle.  Apply  a 
little  Shadette — $1 — in  blue,  violet,  green 
or  brown  to  your  eyelids,  close  to  the  lashes 
and  blend  it  outward.  It  defies  detection  but 
how  your  eyes  deepen  and  sparkle! 


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Lashes  also  need  never  look  "made  up. 
Try  this  Lashtint  Compact.  The  little  sponge 
stays  damp  for  hours — and  supplies  just  the 
right  moisture  to  insure  even  applications 
of  the  fine  mascara.  Result:  silky,  natural 
looking  lashes!  $1,  in  black,  blue  or  brown. 


Jane  Heath  will  gladly  send  you  personal  advice  on 
eye  beauty  ij  you  drop  her  a  note  care  of  Department 
F-12.  The  Kurlash  Company,  Rochester,  N.  Y,  The 
Kurlash  Company  oj  Canada,  at  Toronto,  3. 

14 


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Make  the  Most 


THE  twenties  are  a  magic  age.  They 
bring  into  fulfillment  the  promise  of 
beauty  made  by  the  teens,  enriching 
it  and  glorifying  it.  But  only  a  very  few 
women  know  how  to  make  the  most  of  the 
treasures  of  the  twenties — or  how  to  pre- 
serve them. 

The  girl  in  her  twenties  all  too  often 
betrays  her  own  beauty  by  her  mistakes 
in  make-up.  Such  is  the  statement  of 
Jack  Dawn,  make-up  expert  at  Metro- 
Goldwyn-Mayer  Studios — and  beauty  ad- 
viser to  such  glamorous  women  as  Myrna 
Loy,  Joan  Crawford,  Greta  Garbo,  Jean 
Harlow,  Jeanette  MacDonald,  Virginia 
Bruce,  Maureen  O'Sullivan  and  Rosalind 
Russell- — all  in  their  twenties. 

"The  girl  in  her  twenties,"  Jack  Dawn 
insists,  "must  realize  that  it  is  well  to  re- 
tain that  look  of  sweetness  and  innocence 
that  she  had  in  her  teens.  It  can  be  her 
greatest  feminine  charm.  And  she  can 
easily  cultivate  it  if  she  studies  her  own 
face  and  recognizes  the  make-up  mistakes 
she  may  be  making.  Every  woman  needs 
beauty  aids — but  few  know  how  to  use  them. 

"All  lines  add  age  to  the  face.  As  she 
grows  older,  every  woman  develops  tiny 
wrinkles  that  drag  the  face  down.  The 
duty  of  make-up,  then,  is  to  give  a  lift 
to  the  face  so  that  for  as  long  as  possible 
we  have  the  childish  roundness  and  the  look 
of  childish  naivete,  that  are  so  appealing. 


©  "IN  making  tip,  remember  that  the  eyes 
and  the  mouth  are  the  two  features  that 
transmit  your  personality.  Remember  that, 
if  vour  make-up  hardens  your  eyes  and 
your  mouth,  it  also  defeats  the  very  qual- 
ities you  want  to  impress  upon  those  whom 
you  "meet.  A  freakish  mouth  make-up, 
weird  eyebrows  or  badly  shadowed  lids 
detract  "from  natural  charm.  Emphasize 
vour  good  features — but  don't  distort  them. 
"The  color  harmony  of  your  skin  is  im- 
portant. Many  girls  have  difficulty  in  de- 
ciding on  the  proper  tones  of  powder  and 
rouge  and  lipstick  and  shadow.  Here  is 
a  good  rule  to  follow :  Stand  in  a  light  that 

Movie  Classic  for  December,  1935 


You'll  never  be  more 
beautiful  than  when  in 
the  twenties — like  the 
four  glamorous  girls 
above.  And  Jack  Dawn, 
their  beauty  adviser, 
tells  you  how  to  enhance 
and  preserve  that  once- 
in  -  a  -  lifetime    charm! 


will  shadow  the  wrinkles  around  your  eyes 
and  your  mouth.  You  can  then  determine 
the  type  of  pigmentation  of  your  skin — 
whether  it  runs  to  the  browns,  the  laven- 
ders, the  greens,  or  the  creams. 

"The  next  problem  is  to  select  good 
rouge  and  lipstick  that  will  harmonize  with 
your  skin.  Discover  that  by  repeated  ex- 
periment. Remember,  however,  that  cheek 
and  lip  rouge  must  never  match,  but  must 
aliuays  blend. 

"Before  you  start  to  make-up,  it  is  well 
to  use  one  of  the  foundation  creams  that 
make  your  skin  smooth  and  obliterate  large 
pores.  Powder  your  face  carefully.  Then 
study  your  features. 


•  "THE  ideal  face  is  symmetrical.  Wheth- 
er yours  is  or  not,  you  can  make  it  appear 
so.  For  example,  if  your  lower  jaw  is 
heavy  in  relation  to  the  rest  of  your  face, 
use  a  darker  powder  around  your  jowls 
up  to  where  the  heaviness  ceases.  Then 
use  a  lighter  powder  for  the  upper  portion 


Ma"reen 


O'SulVivan 


of  Your  Beauty! 


of  your  face,  and  you  will  reduce  that 
heavy  look.    Blend  carefully. 

"If  your  mouth  turns  up  at  the  corners, 
then  make  it  up  according  to  its  natural 
line.  If  it  does  not  turn  up,  bring  your 
lip  rouge  up  at  the  corners.  Mouth  make- 
up, of  course,  is  important.  Don't  apply 
lip-rouge  with  your  stick.  Apply  it  with 
your   little  finger. 

"Be  sure  to  work  your  lip-rouge  in  well. 
To  do  that,  stretch  your  lower  lip  over 
your  teeth,  and  rub  the  rouge  over  it  until 
every  crevice  is  thoroughly  covered.  Rouge 
a  little  inside  your  mouth,  and  you  will 
thus  avoid  that  ugly  darker  line  that  you 
see  so  frequently.  If  your  mouth  is  very 
large  and  you  want  to  diminish  its  size, 
don't  rouge  to  the  corners.  Open  your 
mouth,  stretch  it  wide  until  you  make  a 
large  O,  powder  the  corners,  then  bring 
your   lip-rouge  up   until   it  makes  a   curve. 

"Don't  forget  that  every  line  on  your  face 
must  go  up,  no  matter  what  make-up  you 
put  on,"  Mr.  Dawn  continues.  "Don't  rouge 
dozvn.  Don't  powder  dozvn.  Don't  make 
up  your  month   to  a  droop. 

"Red  is  a  conspicuous  color.  Use  it  in- 
telligently. In  applying  your  rouge,  study 
the  position  of  your  eyes  and  the  shape  of 
your  face.  If  your  cheekbones  are  high, 
keep  your  rouge  low.  If  your  cheeks  are 
sunken,  bring  it  a  little  higher.  If  your 
eyes  are  exceptionally  good,  then  high 
rouge  make-up  emphasizes  them  and  adds 
brilliance  to  them. 

"The  eyebrows  are  very  important  in 
setting  the  tone  for  the  whole  face.  Many 
girls,  in  emulating  exotic  actresses,  affect 
exotic  eyebrows.  It  destroys  their  own 
character,  unless  it  is  in  accordance  with 
their  particular  type.  A  good  rule  to  re- 
member in  make-up  is:  DON'T  COPY. 
Every  face  has  its  own  problems  and  its 
own  requirements. 

"In  plucking  your  eyebrows,  don't  for- 
get to  give  yourself  ample  width  between 
the  eyebrow  line  and  your  eye.  Notice  in 
a  baby's  face  the  vast  space  between  the 
two.     It  is  this  eyebrow-line  that  gives  a 


child  that  ingenuous,  innocent  look.  So 
pluck  your  eyebrows  underneath,  then  use 
a  pencil  to  extend  the  eyebrow  line,  if  nec- 
essary, not  forgetting  to  keep  that  upward 
sweep.  If  the  bridge  of  your  nose  is  nar- 
row, the  eyebrows  should  be  far  apart.  If 
it  is  broad,  bring  them  closer  together. 
"Again,  remembering  that  all  lines  on 
the  face  should  be  kept  going  up,  don't 
mascara  the  outward  corner  eyelashes.  In- 
stead, take  a  pencil  and  place  a  very  nar- 
row line  directly  over  the  eyelashes,  on  the 
lid.  You  thus  give  the  effect  of  an  up- 
ward sweep  without  making  it  noticeable. 
In  applying  eyeshadow,  it  is  well  to  use  a 
very  narrow  brush,  which  will  give  you 
an  exact  line  over  the  eye  and  help  you 
in  blending  the  shadow  into  the  skin  as 
far   as    the   eyebrow. 

•  "IF  YOU  have  a  little  puffiness  under 
the  eyes,  don't  mascara  the  lower 
lashes.  It  will  only  throw  into  relief  that 
ugly  swelling.  To  make  it  less  apparent, 
fold  your  powder  puff,  dip  it  lightly  into 
face-powder  and  work  it  gently  into  the  lit- 
tle wrinkles  under  the  eyes.  If  you  have 
lines  anywhere  in  the  face,  try  'erasing' 
them  this  way. 

"Your  nose  and  chin  should  be  powdered 
last.  Usually,  they  are  the  least  attractive 
features  of  any  face.  Therefore,  don't 
highlight  them.  If  your  nose  is  very  prom- 
inent, a  little  darker  powder  on  the  sides 
will   help.     Don't   rouge   your   chin. 

"After  all  your  make-up  is  on,  take  a 
powder  brush  and  dust  off  your  face.  It 
will  give  that  final  touch  of  creaminess 
and  naturalness  to  your  skin,  and  help  to 
blend  all  your  make-up  into  your  basic 
skin  tones. 

"If  you  are  a  woman  who  brags  that 
it  takes  you  only  a  minute  or  two  to  make- 
up, you  ought  to  be  ashamed  of  yourself! 
Make-up  is  an  art.  Your  face  is  a  prom- 
ising canvas.  If  you  are  not  beautiful— or 
rather,  let's  say,  if  you  are  not  extremely 
attractive  when  you  step  away  from  the 
dressing-table— then   it's  your  own  fault!" 

Movie  Classic  for  December,  1935 


A  Big  Smile- 


Once  this  lady  fairly  loathed  the  idea 
of  taking  a  laxative.  Postponed  it  as 
long  as  she  could.  Hated  the  taste; 
hated  the  effect;  hated  the  aftermath. 
Then  she  found  out  about  Ex-Lax. 

It  tastes  just  like  delicious  chocolate. 
Mild  and  gentle  in  action  . . .  approxi- 
mating Nature.  She  found  it  thorough, 
too,  without  over-action.  There  was  no 
need  for  her  to  keep  on  increasing  the 
dose  to  get  results.  On  every  count  she 
found  Ex-Lax  the  ideal  laxative.  It  is 
the  best  in  America  .  .  .  according  to 
America's  opinion  of  it.  Because  more 
people  take  Ex-Lax  than  any  other 
laxative.  AG  million  boxes  were  bought 
last  year  alone.  10c  and  25c  boxes;  at 
every  drug  store. 

GUARD  AGAINST  COLDS! ...  Remember 

these  common-sense  rules  for  fighting  colds 
—  get  enough  sleep,  eat  sensibly,  dress 
warmly,  keep  out  of  drafts,  keep  your  feet 
dry,  and  keep  regular  —  with  Ex-Lax,  the 
delicious  chocolated  laxative. 

When  Nature  forgets  — 
remember 

EX- LAX 

THE    ORIGINAL    CHOCOLATED    LAXATIVE 


MAIL  THIS    COUPON  — TODAY! 
EX-LAX,  Inc.,  P.  O.  Box  170 
Times-Plaza  Station,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
MP125    Please  send  free  sample  of  Ex-Lax. 


Name 

Address 


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736  Notre  Dame  St.  W.,  Montreal) 


Time  in  o>i"Strange  as  it  Seems" ,  new  Ex-Lax  Radio 
Program,  See  local  newspaper  for  station  and  time. 


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THE  at&U€£{'\\\ RILL  IN  SOUND 


Fresh  from  new  triumphs  in  radio  and  opera ...  he  thrills 
you  as  never  before  in  his  most  dramatic  picture  .  .  . 
revealing  the  glamour  and  glory  .  .  .  the  comedy  and 
caprice  .  .  .  the  rivalries  and  loves  .  .  .  the  hidden,  inti- 
mate drama  pulsing  behind  the  curtain  of  the  world's 
most  spectacular  opera  house! 


A  BURST  OF  SONG...  AND 
YOU  ARE  IN  PARADISE  AS 
THE  GREAT  TIBBETT  SINGS: 

PA6LIACCI 

THE  ROAD  TO   MANDALAY 

THE   TOREADOR   SONG  FROM    CARMEN 

THE    BARBER    OF    SEVILLE 

FAUST 

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Movie  Classic  for  December,  1935 


VIRGINIA  BRUCE 
ALICE  BRADY 

CESAR   ROMERO 
THURSTON   HALL 


A 


DARRYL  F.ZANUCK 

20th  CENTURY  PRODUCTION 
Presented  by  Joseph  M.  Schenck 

Directed  by  Richard  Boleslawski 


Movie  Classic  for  December,  1935 


17 


Romance  Returns . . * 


FTER  twenty  years  of  picture-making,  I  realize 
that  we  make  pictures  for  women.     They  make 


"A1 

1.  \.  up  sixty  per  cent  of  our  audiences,  in  the  first 
place.  In  the  second  place,  they  accompany  two-thirds  of 
the  men  who  attend  the  theatre,  and  the  women  generally 
select  the  entertainment.  .  .  .  With  this  in  view,  it  is 
heart  appeal  and  romance  which  count  most  in  pictures. 
Some  of  the  films  that  receive  the  finest  critical  acclaim 
are  box-office  failures  because  they  fail  to  thrill  women." 

Thus  says  Jack  Warner,  production  head  of  Warner 
Brothers-First  National  Pictures,  as  quoted  by  Mollie 
Merrick,  in  her  syndicated  column.  And  there  is  not  a 
producer  who  disagrees  with  him. 

Hollywood  has  tried  everything  else — gangster  thrillers, 
sexy  comedies,  divorce  dramas,  prison  plays,  G-men  pic- 
tures, big  business  exposes.  It  has  been  trying  to  give 
you  film  fare  as  exciting  and  varied  and  up-to-the-minute 
as  the  headlines  you  read.  Headlines  arrest  the  eye,  and 
may  register  temporarily  on  the  mind,  but  they  seldom 
reach   the  heart   .    .   .   which  has  a   far  longer   memory. 

Think  in  terms  of  headlines,  and  you  are  thinking  of 
impersonal  things,  things  which  concern  few  of  us  inti- 
mately. Think  in  terms  of  romance,  of  romantic  adven- 
ture, of  courageous  struggles  to  succeed,  and  you  are 
thinking  of  things  that  interest  all  of  us — intimately. 

Hollywood  has  learned  that  now  .  .  .  and  romance  is 
returning  to  films.  Hollywood  is  trading  idealism  for 
realism,  Romeo  and  Juliet  for  Men  Without  ATames,  A 
Midsummer  Night's  Dream  for  The  Bride  of  Franken- 
stein. Hollywood  is  going  to  pull  your  heartstrings  again, 
glorify  human  nature  again,  give  your  dreams  something 
on  which  to  feed  again. 

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•  ABOVE  are  three  scenes  from  three  new  pictures, 
made  by  three  different  studios,  all  showing  the  new 
trend.  The  Three  Musketeers,  as  a  novel,  is  a  classic  of 
high-spirited  adventure,  romance,  laughter,  and  tears. 
Captain  Blood,  though  written  by  a  modern.  Rafael 
Sabatini,  is  in  the  same  mood.  And  So  Red  the  Rose,  by 
Stark  Young,  is  perhaps  the  greatest  glorification  of  the 
romance  of  "the  Old  South  ever  written.  And  these  are 
onlv  three  of  the  romantic  treats  in  store  for  you. 

A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  already  released  in 
world  capitals,  will  soon  be  bringing  romantic  fantasy  to 
your  neighborhood  theatre.  A  Tale  of  Tzco  Cities,  Dick- 
ens' romantic  masterpiece,  unfolding  against  a  background 
of  the  French  Revolution,  is  coming.  And  Mutiny  on 
the  Bounty,  the  stirring  tale  of  a  small  band  of  seamen 
that  dared  to  seek  a  new  life.  And  Peter  Ihbctson, 
telling  how  two  lovers,  long  parted,  finally  saw  a  dream 
of  reunion  come  true. 

Norma  Shearer  is  filming  Romeo  and  Juliet,  most  im- 
mortal of  all  love  stories.  Nelson  Eddy  and  Jeanette 
MacDonald  are  making  Rose  Marie,  offering  romance 
with  music,  as  Gladys  Swarthout  and  John  Boles  are  in 
Rose  of  the  Rancho.  Fredric  March  is  about  to  relive 
the  high  adventures  of  Anthony  Adverse.  Charles  Laugh- 
ton  is  filming  Cyrano  de  Bcrgcrac.  Gladys  Swarthout 
will  soon  sing  the  passionate  tragedy  of  Carmen. 

We  all  ought  to  meet  at  the  movies ! 


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she's  dancing,  singing,  acting — or  tobog- 
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THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


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Al  Jolson's  "li'l  Ruby" — Ruby 
Keeler — was  the  first  to  show 
the  movie  world  that  a  dancer 
could  become  a  star.  And  the 
first  to  prove  that  a  dancer 
could  have  girlish  sweetness. 
Every  picture  she  has  made  has 
been  a  hit — like  her  latest  with 
Dick  Powell,  "Shipmates  Forever' 


Portrait    by    Fry 


Serious  in  this  newest  portrait, 
and  serious  heretofore  in  films, 
Frances  Dee  stages  a  delightful 
surprise  in  "The  Gay  Deception" 
by  being  one  of  The  Most  Amus- 
ing People  of  the  Year.  Any 
year.  Depicting  a  typical  Amer- 
ican girl,  who  suddenly  has  a 
fortune  of  her  own  to  spend,  she 
glorifies    a    very    human    being 


22 


Fortune  for  Shirley 


I  ve  sacrificed  a  million  for  Shirley/'  reveals  Mrs.  Temple — 
who  tells  why  in  this  story.    It's  a  story  that  needed  telling 

By  HARRY  LANG 


LET'S^lo  some  just-supposing.  .  .  .  Let's  suppose,  to 
begin  with,  that  you  are  just  a  typical,  everyday 
J  American  housewife  .  .  .  with  two  nice  boys,  a  cute 
little  daughter,  and  a  husband  who  loves  you,  works  hard, 
and., brings  home  pay-check  enough  to  provide  the  neces- 
sities of  life  and  a  few  of  the  luxuries. 

You  live  in  a  house  that  is  cozy  enough,  and  you  do 
your  own  shopping  and  cooking  and  some  of  the  washing 
and  cleaning.  You  bargain  around,  and  watch  the  pennies, 
and  wonder  if  there  will  be  enough  to  meet  the  instalments 
on  the  family  car  and  the  radio.  You're  happy  enough, 
in  a  way,  like  hundreds  of  thousands  of  other  American 
women.  ...  * 

But  you  can't  help  dreaming  now  and  then,  can  you, 
of  how  wonderful  it  would  be  if  somebody  would  hand 
you  a  thousand  dollars — or  if  you  could  afford  to  move 
into  that  nice  house  in  that  nicer  neighborhood  over  on  the 
other  side  of  town — or,  in  short,  if  you  could  suddenly 
be  rich  .  .  .? 

Well,  then  suppose  that,  out  of  a  clear  sky,  Lady  Fate 
should  smile  on  your  family  and  make  your  little  girl  sud- 
denly famous.  And  then,  as  a  result,  in  rapid  succession 
all  these  things  should  happen : 

A  great  theater  chain  offers  you  $5,000  a  week  if  you 
will  let  your  daughter  appear  on  its  stages  about  an  hour 
a  day — and  that  offer  is  good  for  enough  weeks  to  bring 
you  almost  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars 

And  a  broadcasting  system  offers  you  up  to  $500  a  min- 
ute for  every  minute  your  daughter  talks  or  sings  into  its 
microphone — for  enough  minutes  to  total  another  quarter- 
million  .  .  . ! ! 

And  real-estate  corporations  deluge  you  with  offers  of 
$25,000  houses,  fully  furnished,  to  be  given  you  free,  if 
you  and  your  family  will  just  please  move  in  .  .  . ! ! ! 

And  a  foreign  corporation  begs  you  to  bring  your  daugh- 
ter to  England  for  a  series  of 
stage  appearances,  and  offers 
to  pay  all  expenses  on  the  best 
trains,  boats,  hotels,  every- 
thing, and  $50,000  besides,  for 
about  ten  weeks ...!!!! 

And  scores  of  manufacturers 
of  clothing,  food,  shoes,  ice- 
cream, books,  songs,  toys,  dolls 
and  all  manner  of  things  offer 
you  amounts  ranging  from  hun- 
dreds to  five-figure  thousands 
merely  to  have  your  daughter 
"endorse"  and  be  seen  with 
their  products  ...    ! ! ! ! ! 

Suppose,  finally,  that  all  these 
offers  total  a  million  dollars  and 


more,  within  a  couple  of  years  . 
you — ^->y  "No"?  .  .  . 


Would  you — could 


•  Well,  Shipley  Temple's  mother  DID  SAY  "NO!" 
And,  what's  more,  Mrs.  Gertrude  Temple  still  is  say- 
ing "No!"  to  offers,  every  week  of  the  year.  She  has 
already  sacrificed,  in  cold  cash,  more  than  a  million  dollars. 
And  the  reason? 

"Because  I  won't  in  any  way  hurt  or  spoil  Shirley  one 
tiny  bit  for  all  the  money  in  the  world !" 

And  she  means  it.    I  know  [Continued  on  page  60] 


-Wide  World 


Mrs.  Temple  (left)  intends  to  keep  Shirley 
as  unspoiled  as  she  was  at  three  (above), 
when     she     started     her     amazing     career 

25 


—Portrait  by  C  S.  Bull 


Happy  in  her 
career/and  happy 
in  her  home-life, 
the  youngest  of 
the  Bennetts 
proves  herself  a 
clever  per  so  n 


Joan  Bennett- 
Doubly  Successful! 


By  B.  F.  WILSON 


THE  Gene  Markey-Joan  Bennett  residence  is  the  hap- 
piest home  in  Hollywood.  Everyone  will  tell  you  so. 
Most  of  the  movie  colony  who  visit  the  house  rue- 
fully admit  it.  There  is  an  air  about  it — a  distinct  atmos- 
phere of  cheerful  gaiety  that  one  seldom  finds  in  the  private 
dwellings  of  celebrities. 

It  is  far  from  being  a  pretentious  place.  The  Markeys 
only  rent  it.  They  have  not  fallen  for  the  lure  of  owning 
their  own  home — and  neither  one  has  any  yearning  for 
marble  swimming  pools,  banquet  halls,  or  terraced  gardens 
taking  up  expensive  acres.  They  are  too  thrifty.  They 
own  a  little  refuge  on  the  beach  which  they  have  taken  on 
one  of  those  perpetual  lease  affairs,  and  even  that  possession 
is  preying  on  their  minds.     Why? 

"I'm  superstitious  about  such  things,"  Joan  told  me.  "I 
feel  that  if  we  bought  a  house,  or  decided  to  build  one, 
something  would  happen  to  make  us  move.  Then,  too, 
we  both  like  California,  but  we  know  we  are  not  going  to 
spend  the  rest  of  our  lives  here.  Gene  eventually  wants 
to  get  back  East.  He  says  there  is  a, stimulation  about 
New  York  that  keeps  every  writer  on  his  toes. 

26 


"Besides,"  this  lovely  girl  continued,  "while  I  like  to  make 
pictures,  some  day  soon  I  hope  to  go  back  on  the  stage.  I 
feel  that  the  ideal  combination  would  be  for  Gene  to  write 
plays,  and  for  me  to  act  in  them.  He  writes  most  of  his 
stories  now  with  me  as  the  heroine.  Why  shouldn't  he 
write  a  really  good  play,  and  let  me  act  in  it?  That's  what 
I  want  to  do  more  than  anything  else.  Don't  you  think  it 
would  be  perfectly  grand?"  she  demanded  with  an  eager 
smile. 

•  It  is  an  amazing  thing  that  this  youngest  of  the  Bennett 
girls  has  done.  I  remember  her  ten  years  ago — an 
adorable  little  schoolgirl,  coming  into  her  mother's  drawing- 
room  and  making  an  old-fashioned  curtsey  to  the  guests. 
There  she  stood — her  hair  tied  up  in  a  babyish  ribbon,  her 
pretty  little  face  under  the  yellow  curls,  her  blue  eyes 
gravely  watching  the  antics  of  the  grown-ups.  There  was 
a  decided  seriousness  about  her  even  then  that  made  her  a 
distinct  contrast  in  character  to  her  two  older  sisters. 

The  three  Bennett  sisters !  Connie — the  belle  and  the 
sophisticate  to  her  fingertips,  who     [Continued  on  page  78] 


Miriam  Hopkins 

begins  a  new  life 


She  set  out  to  win  fame  and  success — and  she  won 
them.  Now  she  wonders  how  much  of  life  she  missed 
on  the  way.    Moreover,  she   intends   to   find   out! 


By  DELL  HOGARTH 


In  Barbary 
Coast,"  Miriam 
Hopkins  plays 
a  character  few 
would  have 
attempted 


MIRIAM  HOPKINS  is  at  the  crisis  of  her  career. 
Having  attained  what  she  thought  she  wanted, 
she  wants  it  no  more !  Her  future  in  pictures 
will  be  different  entirely,  and  soon  (perhaps  too  soon)  she 
will  be  working  for  fifty  dollars  a  week  as  a  reporter  on 
the  New  York  World-Telegram  or  impishly  poking  her 
freckled  nose  into  the  curiosities  of  faraway  Pekin  or 
Timbuktu. 

This  crisis  all  came  about  because  Miriam  started  out  on 
the  wrong  foot. 

Her  screen  career  actually  began  in  Monte  Carlo.  Some 
years  ago  she  was  luxuriating  at  the  famous  resort  with 
her  husband.  She  was  a  successful 
actress  on  the  Xew  York  stage ;  he,  a 
successful  playwright.  But  among  that 
host  of  fashionable  revelers  they  were 
just  an  ordinary  American  couple:  a  Mr. 
and    Mrs.   Austin  Parker. 

One  day  as  Miriam  lolled  in  the  hotel 
lobby,  gazing  out  through  great  bay  win- 
downs  at  the  shimmering  blue  of  the 
Mediterranean,  her  mind  dwelt  lazily  on 
what  her  future  might  hold.  Her  musings 
were  suddenly  interrupted.  There  was 
an  excited  buzz  of  conversation  in  the 
crowded  lobby.  People  jumped  to  their 
feet  and  began  to  rush  toward  the  door 
and  windows.  Miriam  glanced  up  to 
see  a  chic  French  lady  staring  toward 
the  door  with  a  bright,  expectant 
face. 

"Why — what  is  it?"  Miriam  asked  in 
French. 

"It's  Constance  Bennett — the  famous 
American  movie  actress.  She's  just  now 
arriving.     She's  .  .  ." 

The  awed  voice  broke  off  as  the  crowd 
at  the  doorway  parted  to  admit  the 
famous  entourage.  Miriam  glanced  un- 
easily about.  Everybody  else  was  stand- 
ing up  as  a  tribute  of  respect.  Not  to 
be  conspicuous,  Miriam  also  arose  to  her 
feet.  And  as  she  watched  Connie  Bennett 
pass  along  like  a  queen  to  the  accom- 
paniment of  enthusiastic  applause,  she 
realized  that  there  was  the  pinnacle  she 


wanted  to  attain — the  golden  life — the  adoration  of  the 
public. 

From  that  moment  on  her  mind  wa>  made  up.  She 
would  be  famous. 

And  now  that  Miriam  has  attained  her  goal,  she  realize* 
the  tragic  truth  of  Emerson's  words  :  "Be  careful  what  you 
set  your  heart  upon,  because  you  are  sure  to  get  it." 

•     "Fame?"  asks  Miriam,  with  a  touch  of  irony  in  her 

voice.  "An  actress  is  rarely  famous.  She's  glamorous — 

a  passing  curiosity — a  being  strangely  set  apart  for  a  brief 

while.    Take  Eleanora  Duse  and    [Continued  on  page  66] 


Models  today 


By   BEATRICE   MACDONALD 


THE  models  of  today  will  be  the 
movie  stars  of  tomorrow — if 
the  future  is  anything  like  the 
present  and  the  past.  Models  have 
what  it  takes  to  make  good  before  the 
camera.  And  here  is  your  opportunity 
to  learn  what  it  takes  to  make  good  as 
a  model. 

At  first  glance,  the  profession  looks 
overcrowded.  There  are  enough 
models  in  New  York  City  alone  to 
populate  a  small  city.  Only  a  clever 
few  can  possibly  make  screen  star- 
dom. 

But  just  as  surely  as  the  sun  rises  in 
the  east,  these  few  will  attain  the 
highest  perch  on  the  ladder  of  fame 
that  movie  celebrities  mount.  Because 
it  has  been  done  before! 

One  of  the  most  interesting  com- 
mon factors  in  the  rise  of  many  fam- 
ous screen  stars  is  the  little-known 
fact  that  at  one  time  or  another  they 
have  been  professional  models.  Mak- 
ing a  living  by  posing  for  pictures. 
Artists'  drawings.  Commercial  pho- 
tographs. Billboards.  Posters  telling 
you  the  benefits  of  a  nationally  known 
pill,  or  advising  you  to  use  none  other 
than  a  particular  brand  of  gasoline, 
cigarette,  automobile,  cosmetic,  cor- 
set, stocking,  beef,  cereal,  soap,  shirt, 
boat — in  short,  anything  and  every- 
thing that  is  a  commoditv  on  the  mar- 
ket. 


•  If  you  want  something  amusing 
to  do  on  a  dull  winter  evening, 
take  out  a  number  of  old  magazines 
and  go  through  their  pages.  You  will 
come  across  many  a  face  that  is 
famous  today.  See  that  good-looking 
boy  showing  off  a  certain  brand  of 
collar,  or  a  new  kind  of  hat  ?  Do  you 
recognize  him?  Of  course  you  do. 
Fredric  March ! 

Fredric  worked  as  a  model  in  New- 
York  City  three  or  four  years,  be- 
tween stage  engagements  or  while 
waiting  for  that  golden  opportunity — 
that  chance  to  show  what  he  could  do 
with  a  real  part!  (He  was  head  over 
heels  in  love  with  his  art  even  in  those 
days,  and  thought  of  nothing  but 
the  stage.)  In  between  plays,  how- 
ever, he  had  to  eat,  and  so  he  pounded 
the  pavement,  going  the  rounds  of  the 
photographic  studios,  posing  for  some 
advertising  agency  one  day,  posing  on 
the  next  for  a  commercial  photog- 
rapher illustrating  some  magazine 
stories. 

He  worked  through  the  John 
Powers  Agency,  which  has  supplied 
more  models  to  the  commercial  world 
in  the  past  ten  years  than  come  from 
all  the  other  sources  together. 

"March  was  a  great  favorite,"  Mr. 
Powers — who  is  an  ex-actor,  himself 
— says  with  a  smile  of  reminiscence. 
"All    the    advertising    agencies    and 


Janice    Jarratt    is   the    best-known 
model  today.   She  has  movie  offers! 


Fredric    March,     between 
plays,  posed  for  collar  ads 


Kay   Francis  was  supreme 
as  a   Fifth   Avenue   model 


As  a  child,  Anita  Louise 
posed    for    many    artists 


2S 


Stars  Tomorrow! 


magazine  editors  liked  him.  They 
called  him  "the  most  reposeful  type' 
to  be  had.  He  got  up  in  the  top  model 
class,  making  as  much  as  a  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  a  week  when  business 
was, good.  He  certainly  was  one  of 
the  best  models  I  have  ever  had  in  my 
office,"  he  added  somewhat  wistfully. 

•  '"Kay  Francis  is  another  movie 
star  who  used  to  work  for  me  as 
a  model,"  he  continued.  "A  few  years 
ago  she  was  playing  a  small  part  with 
Walter  Huston  on  the  stage.  I  had 
to  have  a  girl  to  show  fur  coats  for  an 
important  Fifth  Avenue  house.  So 
I  got  her,  and  she  turned  out  to  be 
just  as  good  as  I  expected.  Kay 
worked  around  here  for  quite  a  while, 
modeling  gowns,  coats,  furs.  But  it 
didn't  take  her  very  long  to  hit  the 
movies,  and  once  she  started,  she  kept 
right  on  going.  She  is  such  a  resource- 
ful, intelligent  person  that  I  think  she 
would  make  good  at  anything  she 
wanted  to  do. 

"I'll  never  forget  the  day  Norma 
Shearer  walked  into  my  place."  Mr. 
Powers  said.  "She  was  perfectly 
lovely,  about  eighteen  years  old,  and 
had  just  come  to  New  York  from 
Canada  to  try  to  earn  a  living  by  pos- 
ing. The  moment.  I  saw  her,  I  knew 
she  was  a  'natural.'  She  is  the  only 
model  I  have  ever  seen  who  T  could 


say  was  a  born  actress.  In  every  pose 
that  she  did,  I  could  feel  she  was  put- 
ting everything  she  had  into  her  job. 
It  wasn't  just  a  moment's  registering 
of  a  certain  expression.  She  acted  the 
part — whether  it  was  that  of  a  young 
housewife  showing  off  a  new  refrig- 
erator, or  a  sweet  girl  graduate  carry- 
ing a  daisy  chain  for  some  magazine 
cover,  or  a  young  modern  smiling  up 
into  some  young  chap's  face  as  he 
lighted  a  cigarette  for  her,  or  a  Park 
Avenue  deb  wearing  a  new-style  gown. 
All  of  them  were  as  different  in  es- 
sential delineation  when  Norma  did 
them  as  though  each  pose  had  been 
made  by  some  entirely  different  girl. 

•  "It  isn't  so  easy  to  get  into  the 
modeling  business,"  Mr.  Powers 
says,  seriously  and  earnestly.  "I  wish 
there  was  some  way  of  stopping  so 
many  girls  from  wasting  their  time 
and  energy,  trying  to  buck  an  impos- 
sible game.  Not  one  out  of  a  thousand 
applicants  that  I  have,  ever  makes  the 
grade.  Sometimes  I  feel  that  every 
girl  in  the  United  States  is  determined 
to  become  a  model !  They  hear  or 
they  read  about  some  of  the  best  ones 
in  the  field — such  as  Janice  Jarratt, 
who  has.  by  the  way,  already  appeared 
briefly  in  films  and  has  had  numerous 
screen  offers — and  they  all  want  to 
get  in.   They    [Continued  on  page  72] 


Jean  Muir,  tall  and  poised, 
met   all   the   requirements 


Nei 
answers 


Hamilton    knows 


amilton    knows   the 
to  "Hold  that  pose!" 


Norma  Shearer  was  "one  model 
.   .   .   who  was   a    born   actress" 


Did 

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te's  , 

you!  29 


How  Fred  Astaire 

Looks  at  Life 


The  worlds  shyest  movie 
star  breaks  down  and  gives 
an  interview  in  which  he 
reveals  some  of  his  most 
personal  opinions 

By   CAROL  CRAIG 


4  FTER  the  hit  that  he  made  in  Tup  Hat — which 
l\  broke  attendance  records  all  over  these  United 
1.  Jl  States— you  might  think  that  Fred  Astaire  is 
looking  at  life  with  that  top-of-the-ladder  feeling.  He 
isn't.  He's  scared  stiff  about  his  next  picture — wor- 
ried that  he  won't  be  able  to  repeat.  No  one  else  is 
worrying.  But  that's  Fred — the  world's  greatest  wor- 
rier and  the  world's  most  modest  movie  star. 

Notice  that  I  didn't  also  say,  "the  world's  greatest 

dancer."     He  hates  the  phrase  (or  praise,  if  you  prefer). 

Every  time  he  reads  it,  or  hears  it,  he  grits  his  teeth.    To 

Fred,  it's  too  much  responsibility,  trying  to  live  up  to  any 

such  title.    He'd  rather  just  dance — and  enjoy  it! 

There's  no  doubt  that  he  does  enjoy  it,  now.     That's 

obvious  from  his  facile  footwork  on  the  screen.     And  he 

says,  for  the  record :  "Why  shouldn't  I  like  it  ?     It's  my 

work,   my  profession — Eve   given   mv  life  to  it.      Some 

writer  recently  wondered  in  prii 

up  dancing.    That's  ridiculous.    .-■ 

ably,  until  I  drop  in  my  tracks." 
Getting  Fred  to  say  anything  i 

of  an  achievement.    His  modest; 

of  the  press.     He  dodges  the  ge 

who  write.     He  has  learned   f; 

it  seems,  that  most  of  them  wa; 

to  talk  about  Fred  Astaire.     So 

than  "I  Won't  Dance")  has  bec< 

is,  he  won't  talk  unless  he  knows 

discussed,  and  is  promised  persi 
Running  up  against  this   rest 

under  the  delusion  that,  in  priva'/ 

about  the  favors  he  granted.    I  los 
The  meeting  occurred  on  a  Sa 

hearsal  for  his  radio  broadcast. 

huge,  modernistic.  3000-seat  thea 

York — empty  except  for  the  larg< 

studio  hangers-on.     As  the  RKC 

me  to  a  seat  down  in  front,  still  c  J 

difficulty  of  getting  Fred  to  talk       |  c 


Sylvia 

Sidney's 
10  Pointers 

for  a 
Career 


She  is  one  of  the  youngest  stars.  And 
she  found  success  by  following  these 
ten  simple  rules,  which  would  apply 
to  any   other  career  as  well  as  acting! 

As  told  to 
HELEN   HARRISON 


A  CAREER  is  something  you  plan,  work  toward 
and   sometimes  achieve.     It  isn't,  as  you   may 
think,  thrown  into  your  lap  like  so  many  ripe 
plums.     Neither  is  it  done  with  mirrors. 

I  am  not  talking  only  of  a  picture  career — I  mean  any 
career.  Being  a  successful  model,  debutante,  stenogra- 
pher, flyer,  designer  or  housewife  requires  thought  and 
effort,  just  as  does  that  long,  discouraging  trek  toward 
movie-stardom.  I  know.  I've  climbed,  foot  by  foot  of 
endless  miles  of  film,  and  sometimes  I've  wondered  how 
to  go  on,  wondered  if  there  were  any  short-cuts,  any 
signs  along  the  road  besides  "detour." 

As  a  result  of  my  own  experiences,  I  can  tell  you  that 
there  are  no  short-cuts.  But  you  can  save  valuable  time 
and  many  heartaches  by  doing  some  intelligent  planning. 
Amelia  Earhart  didn't  step  into  a  plane  and  fly  from 
Hawaii  to  California  just  on  blind  faith  in  Providence. 
Her  success  was  the  outcome  of  years  of  careful  plan- 
ning and  tireless  work.  That  goes  for  all  successful 
women — and  men,  too.  Secretary  of  Labor  Perkins 
was  not  selected  at  random,  nor  did  Grace  Moore  just 
happen  to  click  in  One  Night  of  Love.  Behmd  every 
career  is  work,  sacrifice,  intelligence,  and  a  clearly  de- 
fined plan  of  action. 

But  how  to  start  planning?  Are  there  pointers  that 
would  be  effective  for  anyone  and  everyone  ?  From  my 
own  experience,  I'm  firmly  convinced  that  there  are  ten 
rules  that  would  apply  to  any  career — no  matter  what 
that  career  may  be. 

•  First,  I'd  say:  Take  inventory!  Whether  you  are 
ten  or  twenty  or  forty,  when  you  make  up  your 
mind  not  to  drift  through  life,  but  to  have  a  real  career, 
add  up  your  assets  and  your  debits.  Work  it  out  syste- 
matically. Draw  up  your  own  little  mental  balance 
sheet.  On  one  side,  take  stock  of  what  you  "have."  On 
the  other,  what  you  "haven't."     For  instance: 

The  four  main  assets  in  career-building  are  :  1 .  Looks  : 
2.  Personality ;  3.  Brains ;  4.  Charm.  Under  "Looks" 
you  may  enumerate  regular  features,  large  eyes,  even 
teeth  and  a  clear  complexion.  Against  those  assets  you 
may  have  to  balance  such  handicaps  as  hips  that  are  a 
little  too  large,  lips  that  are  too  thin.  Under  "Brains" 
you  might  credit  an  enjoyment  of  good  books,  an  ability 
to  speak  two  or  three  languages,  a  good  memory,  a  taste 
for  painting.  This  will  all  help  you  to  determine  just 
what  line  of  work  would  be  the  best  field  for  your 
potential  talents.  Of  course,  one  of  the  rules  of  the 
game  is  that  you  must  be  honest  with  yourself  in  your 
appraisal. 

Second :  Perfect  your  looks!  The  possible  assets  I 
mentioned — regular  features,  large  eyes,  even  teeth  and 
a  clear  complexion — are  desirable  in  the  model,  the 
debutante,  the  successful  business  woman,  the  actress. 
But,  let's  see,  we  said  the  hips     {Continued  on  page  71  ] 

M 


Portrait  of  a 
Self- Made  Woman 


CAROLE  LOMBARD  owes  her  success  today  to  no  one  but 
herself.  She  was  the  person  who  developed  her  personality,  her 
ability — and  even  her  beauty.     Read  the  whole  fascinating  story! 


By  SOMA  LEE 


CAROLE  LOMBARD  today  is  Hollywood's  out- 
standing self-made  woman.  From  the  tips  of  her 
toes  to  the  crown  of  her  head,  from  that  beautiful 
figure  to  that  clear-thinking  mind,  she  is  a  monument  to 
forethought,  ambition  and  relentless  self-control.  She  is 
a  glamorous,  inspiring  example  to  women  the  world 
over. 

In  many  instances,  beauty  may  be  God-given,  even  intel- 
ligence may  bei  inherited,  and  honesty  may  come  through 
childhood    training — but     Carole   Lombard    is   personally- 
responsible  for  the  woman  she  is 
today,  even  to  the  remaking  of  her- 
self physically. 

She  is  a  unique  personality.  Al- 
ternately, she  has  the  consuming 
fire  of  a  dynamo  and  the  placidity 
of  a  lily  pool.  She  is  perhaps  the 
most  honest  person  in  Hollywood — 


"She    is    essentially 
honest    with    herself" 


because  she  is  essentially  honest  with  herself.  There  is  no 
phase  of  herself,  either  in  relation  to  her  work  or  to  her 
fundamental  self,  which  she  allows  to  be  obscured  by  any 
confused  notions. 

Today  she  is  not  only  one  of  the  best-dressed  women  on 
the  screen,  but  one  of  the  most  beautiful,  whose  beauty  is  a 
curious  blend  of  flesh  and  spirit,  which  can  never  be 
definitely  labeled.  In  the  past  year,  she  has  taken  her  place 
in  the  upper  roster  of  competent  Hollywood  celebrities  by 
effective  work  in  a  half-dozen  productions.  After  seeing 
her  performance  as  a  temperamental  Broadway  queen  in 
20th  Century,  not  only  producers,  but  the  country  at  large, 
became  aware  of  this  girl's  talent,  and  instantly  began  to 
mine  her  potentialities.  (Her  newest  picture  is  the  color- 
ful Hands  Across  the  Table,  with  Fred  MacMurray.) 

Here  was  feminine  beauty ;  here  was  an  honest  reaction 
to  emotion;  here  was  a  lucid  mind  that  easily  compre- 
hended the  limitations  of  a  character,  as  well  as  its  possi- 
bilities. Hers  was  no  surface  interpretation,  but, 
rather,  a  keen  analysis  of  drama  and  emotional  ex- 
pression. People  began  to  suspect  a  fact  that  has 
actually  been  true  for  years :  Carole  Lombard  is 
a  person  who  can  subtract  fluff  from  substance :  who 
has  almost  second  sight  where  people  and  their 
motives  are  concerned. 

•     She  was  by  no  means  a  remarkable  child.     She 

had  delicate  coloring,  a  certain  grace,  a  habit  of 

walking  on  her  toes  that  convinced  the  family  that 

she  was  destined  to  be  a  dancer,  but  she  had  all  of 

a  small  boy's  inclinations  and  curiosities.     She  had 

then — and   still   has — an  insatiably  inquiring  mind. 

Nothing    daunted    her    then — and    it    doesn't    now. 

Even  as  a  child  no  horse  was  too  spirited  for  her,  no 

wall  too  high  to  climb,  no  water  too  swift  to  swim. 

To  all  intents  and  purposes  the  small  Jane  Peters. 

who    later    became    the    glamorous    star,    Carole 

Lombard,  might  have  been  a  boy. 

Certainly  she  had  little  that  would 

give  even  an  indication  that  the  small 

girl  would   eventually,  through  her 

own  labors,  become  a  famous  beauty 

and  a  famous  actress. 

The  first    [Continued  on  page  62] 


— Portrait 
by  IValli-.ip 


-Richce 


i      tnr  her   qenius   and   for 
d   Duse  deeply ■  for her   9  ,  $ense 


n  a  purely  spi 


Tullio  Carminatfs 
Immortal  Love 

Some  day  the  poised  Latin  lover  may  marry    -  but  meanwhile  he  can- 
not forget  Eleanora  Duse,    the  most  feminine  woman  I  have  ever  seen 

By  JANE   CARROLL 


IN  THE  life  of  every  man  who  ever  becomes  an  idol  of 
many  women,  there  is  one  unforgetable  woman — one 
inspiring  woman.  The  memory  of  her  charm  helps 
to  explain  his  own.  At  least,  this  would  seem  to  be  true 
of  Tullio  Carminati,  the  blue-eyed,  soft-spoken  Latin  actor 
— whose  sensitiveness,  combined  with  his  good-natured 
suavity,  becomes  more  irresistible  each  time  he  makes  a 
picture.  (I  hope  you  didn't  miss  seeing  him  in  One  Night 
of  Love,  Let's  Live  Tonight  and  Paris  in  Spring. ) 

And  the  "unforgetable  woman"  in  the  life  of  Tullio 
Carminati,  born  Count  di  Brambilla,  was  a  woman  who. 
many  insist,  was  the  greatest  actress  of  all  time.  In  books 
of  theatrical   history  now   fast  gathering  the  dust   of  the 


vears  in  libraries,  you  may  find  some  brief  biographical 

sketch  of  her  such  as  this: 

ELEANORA  DUSE— Italian  actress.  Born  near 
Venice,  Italy,  October  3,  1859,  the  daughter  of  Alcs- 
sandro  and  Angelica  Duse,  strolling  players.  Married 
Signor  Checchi.  First  stage  appearance  as  child  in 
Les  Miserables  in  1863  .  .  .  last  American  appearance 
at  Metropolitan  Opera  House  in  November,  1923, 
drawing  a  $30,000  box  office  in  Ibsen's  Ladv  of  the 
Sea.  Died  in  Pittsburgh.  Pa.,  April  21,  1924.' 
It  was  of  this  woman,  this  superb  actress,  that  Tullio 

talked  to  me  a  certain  day  not  long  ago,  as  we  sat  in  the  dim 

light  of  his  apartment,  feeding  the    {Continued  on  page  68] 

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TlBBETT  Returns 
— in  Triumph 

Metropolitan     gives  the  sensational  American  opera 
star    his   great   chance  to    become    a   screen    sensation 

By  ERIC  L.  ERGENBRIGHT 


Between  scenes 
Lawrence  Tib- 
bett goes  into  a 
"crooning     act, 
before    Cesar 
Romero.  Vir- 
ginia Bruce    Di- 
rector Boleslaw- 
ski,     George 
Marion,  Sr.,  and 
Luis      Aiberm 


e^yrevea/saf.    V^n,d   Bruce 


lne  sir, 


9'ng 


voice 


71  JT ETROPOLITAN  is  not  "just  another  musical 
/t/t  picture" — it  is  one  of  the  great  crossroads  in  the 
A  V JL  career  of  Lawrence  Tihhett.  On  its  success 
hangs  his  screen  future. 

Several  years  ago,  he  came  to  Hollywood  to  star  in  a_ 
series  of  film  musicals.  He  was  the  first  of  the  great  opera 
stars  to  dare  the  new  medium  that  had  heen  provided  by 
the  invention  of  sound  pictures.  Like  most  pioneers,  he 
encountered  many  obstacles  and  difficulties.  The  methods 
of  recording  then  in  use  could  not  do  justice  to  his  voice. 
More  important,  even,  was  the  fact  that  Mr.  and  Mrs 
Public,  to  whom  the  voice  of  the  screen  was  still  a  novelty. 
were  not  ready  to  accept  operatic  pictures. 

Tibbett  made  four  films,  no  one  of  which  was  a  box- 
office  hit,  and  left  Hollywood  as  discouraged  as  so  buoyant 
a  personality  can  be.  In  the  intervening  years,  he  has 
climbed  to  even  greater  heights  in  the  music  world,  but  he 

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makes  no  secret  of  the  fact  that  his  comparative  failure  in 
pictures  has  continued  to  rankle.  Lawrence  Tibbett  is  not 
the  man  to  accept  setbacks  placidly. 

As  a  consequence,  when  Twentieth  Century-Fox  offered 
him  the  opportunity  to  star  in  Metropolitan,  he  accepted 
with  eagerness  and  determination.  Also,  perhaps,  with 
just  a  bit  of  honest  apprehension,  for  he  knew  that  a  failure 
— which  might  well  result  without  any  fault  on  his  part — 
would  blast  forever  his  hope  of  a  screen  career.  Tibhett 
wants  a  screen  career — make  no  mistake  on  that  point. 
And  it  looks  as  if  he  will  have  it  now.  in  a  big  way. 

•  He  wants  to  succeed  in  pictures  because  he  sincerely 
believes  that  the  screen  is  the  great  new  medium  for 
music — that  it  is  going  to  popularize  opera  and  make  it  part 
and  parcel  of  the  cultural  life  of  every  man  and  woman 
and  child  in  America.    Being  fired  \Contiuued  an  pauc  741 


James  Cagney- 

with  a  Difference 

You  feel  as  if  you  know  him  from  his  films. 
But  do  you?  ..  The  answer  is  uNo"-until  you 
read  this  story.     Like  Jimmy,  it  packs  a  punch! 


By  Ida  Zeitlin 

THOSE  who  know  James  Cagney  only  on  the  screen 
take  it  for  granted  that  he  is  twin  brother  to  the 
roughnecks  he  plays — a  dese-dose-and-dems  lad, 
with  a  chip  on  his  shoulder  and  a  hard  fist  swinging  free 
— a  product  of  the  New  York  streets  who  found  his  ser- 
mons in  the  paving  stones  of  Hell's  Kitchen. 

His  friends  know  him  as  the  son  of  a  decorous  house- 
hold in  Yorkville,  a  modest,  but  peaceable 
quarter  of  Manhattan — as  a  boy  who  used 
his  fists  when  he  had  to,  but  found  the  use 
of  his  brain  a  more  stimulating  process — as 
a  man  whose  blood  is  more  easily  stirred  by 
social  injustice  than  the  latest  heavyweight 
bout — who  will  talk  far  into  the  night  on 
any  subject  at  which  his  mind  can  tug,  and 
close  up  like  a  grim-lipped  oyster  only  on 
the  subject  of  himself. 

In  one  respect  he  does  resemble  his  screen 
characterizations.  He  has  a  directness  that 
shies  like  a  nervous  horse  from  any  form  of 
pretension.  He  hates  high-sounding  phrases 
that  ring  hollow  with  their  own  emptiness. 
He  will  have  no  part  in  any  pose,  intellectual 
or  otherwise.  His  quiet,  caustic  tongue  has 
been  known  to  blast  a  press-agent  inadver- 
tent enough  to  refer  to  "Mr.  Cagney's 
career." 

"Why  a  career?"  he  inquired  with  decep- 
tive mildness.  "Why  not  a  job  like  yours 
or  the  bootblack's  or  the  elephant's  in  the 
circus  ?    You'll  be  having  me  an  ah-tist  next." 


•  HE  can  be  pried  open  if  you're  lucky 
enough  to  discover  the  right  instrument. 
Tell  him  you  liked  him  in  such  and  such  a 
picture  (if  you're  wise,  you  won't  tell  him, 
but  all  of  us  can't  be  wise)  and  behind  his  im- 
passive front,  you  can  sense  his  intention  to 
run  to  cover,  managing  at  best  to  mutter 
over  his  shoulder :  "Yes,  it  turned  out  well, 
didn't  it?"  As  many  people  expand  under 
a  compliment,  he  curls  up  and  does  a  fade- 
out.  That  the  compliment  may  be  warmly 
and  spontaneously  offered  makes  little  dif- 
ference.    Cagney  can't  take  it. 

Tell  him  that,  as  a  popular  actor,  he  is  an 
object  of  public  interest,  and  he'll  swallow 
his  own  skepticism  to  inquire  reasonably: 
"What  can  I  say  that  hasn't  been  said  be- 


fore ?"  Give  him  the  time-honored  spiel  about  the  value 
of  crashing  the  prints  on  any  terms — and  he'll  bring  his 
palms  down  in  a  characteristic  gesture  of  derision  and, 
with  his  lower  lip  caught  between  his  teeth,  give  vent 
to  a  long-drawn  "Ph-h-h !"  But  remind  him  that  writ- 
ing is  your  job,  as  acting  is  his,  and  you'll  have  him  on 
the  spot.    He  may  look  about    [Continued  on  page  58] 


■ 


Portrait  bv  Scotty   Welbourne 


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Screen-  Struck 


This  is  the  dramatic  story  of  an  unknown's 
struggle  for  success  in  Hollywood-a  story 
as  real  as  the  city  of  hope  and  heartbreak 

By  Nina  Wilcox  Putnam 

Illustration  by  HARVE  STEIN 


THE  STORY  THUS  FAR:  Pretty,  alert  Lola  Le  Grange— 
whose  mother  and  father  are  dead — works  as  an  usherette  in  a 
theatre  in  a  small  midwest  city.  Screen-struck,  she  has  one 
great  secret  ambition — to  win  the  chance,  some  day,  to  be  an 
actress.  Her  girl  friends  are  amused  by  her  absorption  in 
pictures,  particularly  the  pictures  of  Clifton  Laurence,  roman- 
tic screen  idol.  Feeling  that  they  would  not  believe  her  or 
understand,  she  does  not  bother  to  explain  that  she  is  more 
interested  in  his  acting  than  in  Laurence,  himself,  who  is 
scheduled  to  make  a  personal  appearance  in  the  theatre. 

A  few  days  before  this  event,  Buddy  Kane — who  works  in 
the  theatre  office  and  is  wistfully  in  love  with  Lola,  though 
realizing  that  she  cannot  love  him — brings  her  an  inside  tip 
on  a  great  piece  of  news.  A  photograph  that  she  had  secretly 
entered,  weeks  before,  in  the  nation-wide  Search-for-New- 
Faces  Contest,  conducted  by  Burnham  Brothers'  Studio  in 
Hollywood,  has  won  first  prize  ...  a  free  trip  to  Hollywood 
and  a  chance  in  pictures. 

She  cannot  believe  it.  But  the  news  is  true.  And  on  the 
stage  of  the  theatre  where  she  has  worked,  Clifton  Laurence 
— who  is  even  more  romantic  in  person  than  in  films — presents 
her  with  her  ticket  to  Hollywood.  As  she  leaves  the  stage, 
buoyant  with  excitement,  she  trips,  almost  falls.  The  audi- 
ence roars  with  laughter,  adding  to  her  torture.  Buddy  Kane 
rescues  her  and  drives  her  to  the  station  to  catch  a  midnight 
train — to  embark  on  her  great  adventure.  As  the  train  leaves 
Hopewell,  she  encounters  Clifton  Laurence  in  the  Pullman 
corridor.  He  recognizes  her,  seems  pleased  to  see  her.  She 
wonders  what  part  this  meeting  will  play  in  her  future.  The 
story  continues: 


Chapter  IV 

THAT  Clifton  Laurence  should  be  on  the  same 
train  with  me,  was,  when  I  came  to  consider  it 
later,  not  very  surprising.  But  that  he,  too,  was 
going  all  the  way  to  Hollywood  on  the  same  train  and 
in  the  very  same  car  with  me,  was  another  matter.  The 
realization  of  it  kept  me  awake  far  into  the  night,  be- 
cause the  last  thing  he  said  to  me  in  the  dim  Pullman 
corridor,  had  been,  "How  about  breakfast  tomorrow — 
say  at  eight-thirty?"  And  I  had  only  nodded,  unable 
to  speak  because  I  was  so  surprised. 

"Anyway,"  I  decided  dreamily,  "he  doesn't  think  me 
a  clumsy  clown,  after  all.  And  what  /  think  of  him 
is  better  kept  under  control — plenty !  Because,  after 
all,  an  invitation  to  breakfast  isn't  half  as  clubby  as  it 
might  sound !" 

But  at  the  breakfast  table,  with  cheerful  sunlight 
flooding  the  snowy  damask  and  sparkling  service,  my 
heart,  if  not  my  lips,  would  not  be  denied.  In  the  full 
davlight.     Clifton     Laurence     Avas     an     immaculately 

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groomed,  incredibly  healthy  specimen.  And  any  man 
who  looks  thoroughly  charming  while  eating  break- 
fast-cereal is  super-attractive !  He  was  so  natural  and 
so  much  at  his  ease  that  presently  I  began  to  feel  as  if 
I  had  known  him  a  lifetime — and  in  a  way,  from  watch- 
ing him  on  the  screen,  I  had. 

When  I  put  out  my  hand  for  a  second  hot  biscuit, 
he  tapped  my  wrist  smartly,  making  me  drop  it.  At 
my  look  of  amazement,  he  chuckled. 

"Just  an  old  Hollywood  custom !"  he  explained. 
"Your  figure,  you  know.  We  earn  our  daily  bread,  but 
we  are  not  allowed  to  eat  it!" 

"Thanks  for  reminding  me,"  I  said.  "But  I've  al- 
ways eaten  what  I  wanted — and  stayed  thin." 

"What  you  think  is  thin,"  he  warned  me,  "and  what 
the  camera  says  about  it,  are  usually  two  different 
stories.  The  camera  wins.  Look  here,"  he  went  on, 
"you're  completely  new  to  all  this,  aren't  you?  The 
picture-game,  I  mean." 

I  nodded,  and  he  went  on :  "Any  stage  experience 
at  all?"  he  wanted  to  know;  and  when  I  shook  my 
head,  he  said,  "What  makes  you  think  you  can  act?" 

This  rather  annoyed  me.  "I've  watched  dozens  of 
actresses  in  dozens  of  pictures,"  I  declared  confidently, 
"and  I  know  I  can  do  just  as  well  as  some  of  them  ever 
can.  Of  course,  I  know  there  are  little  tricks  I'll  have 
to  pick  up.  But  most  of  it  is  up  to  the  director.  I'm 
not  afraid  of  Hollywood.  The  test  is  the  only  thing 
I'm  worried  about.     If  that's  successful,  I'll  get  by." 

He  gave  me  a  long,  quizzical  look.  "I  hope  you're 
right, "  was  all  he  said. 


•  A  TRANSCONTINENTAL  train,  I  soon  found,  is 
a  place  where  one  makes  intimate  friends  of  complete 
strangers  in  no  time  at  all.  The  train  roared  on  and 
on  across  a  glorious,  never-ending  America,  day  and 
night,  night  and  day.  The  last  night  on  the  train. 
Cliff  (he  had  asked  to  be  called  that  by  now)  and  I  sat 
late  on  the  observation  platform,  with  a  full  moon 
sculpturing-  the  mountains  into  dream-castles.  Our 
chairs  were  the  only  ones  occupied,  and  they  need  not 
have  been  so  close  together — but  they  were.  Some- 
how, with  this  unreal  world  falling  away  behind  us, 
we  had  got  to  talking — impersonally — about  love. 

"I  think  it's  the  most  important  thing  in  life,"  I  was 
saving.     "I'm  old-fashioned   that  wav,   I  guess.     But 


"That  chin  is  going  to  catch  the  shadows  badly,"  the  cameraman   warned.      I   began   to   wonder   why   in   the 
world  they  even  bothered  about  testing  me.    I  might  have  been  a  wax  figure,  for  all  they  considered  my  feelings 


I've  always  felt  that  rumble  seats  were  made  for  rid- 
ing, not  petting.  Cheap!  That's  what  I  hate!  The 
way  some  of  the  boys  in  our  town  ...  oh  well,  you 
know." 

"The  boy  who  was  with  you  at  the  theatre?"  he 
asked. 


"He  has  helped  give  me  respect  for  honesty  and  sin- 
cerity," I  retorted  promptly. 

"Engaged?"  he  asked. 

"Not  to  Buddy,"  I  said,  quickly  aware  of  my  blunder. 
"And  I  never  could  be.  But  when  it's  the  real  thing,  it 
breeds  respect."  [Please  turn  to  next  page] 


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"The  real  thing!"  Cliff  interjected.  "Is  there  any 
such  animal?  After  you've  made  a  dozen  love  scenes 
— and  heard  people  suspect  a  dozen  different  times  Una 
you  were  actually  'living'  those  scenes — you'll  wonder, 
too.  If  the  make-believe  article  looks  so  much  like  the 
veal  thing- — how  are  you  going  to  recognize  the  real 
thing'  when  you  see  it?  And  the  way  some  women 
throw  themselves  at  actors  doesn't  help  any." 

"I've  read  a  lew  things  about  popular  actors,"  I  re- 
plied dryly.  "I  know  they  have  to  sweep  the  women 
off  their  doorsteps  before  they  can  go  out  in  the 
morning!" 

He  laughed  appreciatively.  "Seriously,  though,"  he 
went  on,  "Tom  Burnham  didn't  really  need  to  put  that 
clause  in  my  contract — that  it  would  lie  broken  auto- 
matically if  I  married.  I  have  no  intention  of  ruining 
my  box-office  value  as  a  bachelor.  But  not  because  of 
that  clause." 

"What's  your  reason,  then?"  I  wanted  to  know. 

"Because  I  don't  want  to  be  hurt,"  he  said  at  last. 
"Don't  mistake  me.  I  like  women  a  lot.  But  I  don't 
want  to  fall  and  get  up  bruised.  People  are  silly  to  get 
married  unless  they  can  stay  that  way." 

"Everyone,"  I  said  in  a  low  tone,  "secretly  hopes  for 
that.  After  all,  marriage  is  all  right.  It's — it's  the 
people  who  go  into  it  who  are  wrong.  And  they're 
not  always  wrong." 

"You're  a  funny  kid!"  he  said  with  a  short  laugh. 
"But  you're  kind  of  sweet,  at  that !" 

He  stood  up.  It  was  late.  We  would  be  in  Los 
Angeles  in  the  morning.  And  there  was  a  moon  .  .  . 
and  a  dangerous  topic.  In  the  shadow  under  the  awning 
it  was  very  dark.     We  might  never  see  each  other  again. 

"There  will  be  a  lot  of  ballyhoo  for  you  at  the  sta- 
tion," he  said  in  an  odd  voice.    "I  may  not  get  a  chance 
to  see  you,  but  you  know  where  to  find  me  if  I  can  ever 
be   of    help.     Keep   your   chin   up!"    Without   knowing 
what  I  did,  I  put  my  chin  up.     His  kiss  was  as  elec- 
tric as  it  was  unpremeditated.     I  turned  and  ran — ran 
t!  .  whole  surging  length  of  several  cars  to  my  berth, 
never  looking  behind  me.     For  hours  afterward,  I  lay 
in  my  berth  with  the  shade 
raised,    looking    out    at    the    ■ 
starry  night,  asking  myself 
what  he  had  asked :     "How 
are  you  going  to  recognize 
the  real  thing?"    I  told  my- 
self  over   and   over,   tremu- 
lously, "I  love  him — I  have 
always  loved  him,  even  when 
he  was  just  a  shadow  to  me. 
And  he  may  never  know  .  .  . 
and,  maybe,  never  care  .  .  ." 


•  I  DIDN'T  see  him  again 
in  the  morning.  He  wasn't 
there  to  witness  how  right 
he  had  been  in  his  prediction 
about  ballyhoo  for  me.  As 
I  stepped  off  the  train,  a  bat- 
tery of  cameras  faced  me.  A 
publicity  man  greeted  me — a 
child  actress  presented  me 
with  a  huge  bunch  of  flow- 
ers while  cameras  clicked — 
and  reporters  buzzed  around 
me. 

Then  out  I  went  into  the 
California  sunshine,  beneath 
an  incredibly  blue  sky,  see- 
ing   waist-high    hedges     of 


"I'll — I'll  be  even  better  than  my  test!"  I 
promised  breathlessly.  "You'd  better  be!" 
said  Mr.  Kramberq  with  a  little  crooked  smile 


crimson  geraniums,  low-lying  white  buildings,  ingen- 
ious shops  formed  like  giant  kettles  and  windmills. 
The  big  studio  car  flashed  on  mile  after  mile,  through 
streets  with  the  biggest  houses  and  trimmest  lawns  I 
had  ever  imagined,  to  the  enormous  cream-colored 
Spanish  facade  of  the  studio,  buried  in  elaborate  flower 
beds. 

Everybody  was  so  kind,  so  polite,  so  helpful.  There 
was  Mr.  Thomas  Burnham,  the  studio  head — a  big, 
quiet  man  with  a  Boston  accent.  He  looked  preoccu- 
pied, but  he  was  cordial  and  .  .  .  far,  far  different 
from  the  comic-strip  type  I  had  fully  expected.  He 
had,  I  found  out,  once  edited  a  nationally  famous  news- 
paper. 

At  luncheon,  in  the  executives'  dining  room,  Mr. 
Burnham  made  a  little  speech,  presenting  me  to  the  rest 
of  the  inner  circle,  while  Burnham  newsreel  cameras 
recorded  the  scene. 

"What  this  studio  seeks  most  earnestly,"  he  said  in 
part,  "is  talent — real  talent.  Our  gates  are  never  closed 
to  those  who  have  it.  On  the  contrary,  it  is  our  duty 
and  our  pleasure,  to  serve  our  audiences  with  genuine 
entertainment,  and  to  find  new  faces  and  new  charm  in 
order  to  have  our  entertainment  standards  on  the  high- 
est possible  level.  This  was,  as  you  know,  the  reason 
behind  our  recent  Search-for-New-Faces  Contest,  and 
we  hope  and  believe  that  in  Miss  Lola  Le  Grange  we 
have  the  making  of  a  real  actress  and  a  popular  star. 
Gentlemen,  Miss  Lola  Le  Grange !" 

My  heart  was  fairly  bursting  with  gratitude  as  I 
rose  and  bowed.  "I  can't  tell  you  how  happy — and 
how  lucky — I  am  to  be  here,"  I  said.  "This  is  the 
proudest  moment  of  my  life.  And  I  only  wish  all  my 
friends  could  be  out  here  in  this  wonderful  place,  too, 
enjoying  this  marvelous  California  sunshine." 

When  I  sat  down,  I  was  a  little  afraid  I  had  rather 
mixed  in  some  real-estate  talk  by  accident,  but  nobody 
seemed  to  notice.  Indeed,  nobody  noticed  me  any  more 
the  moment  the  newspaper  crowd  left.  I  waited  about, 
at  a  loss,  feeling  forgotten.  Then  at  last  Mr.  Burnham 
turned    and    caught    sight    of    me.      He    summoned    a 

younger  man  to  his  side,  and 
they  came  toward  me. 

"This  is  Mr.  Hilton,  Miss 
Le  Grange,"  said  the  older 
man.  "He's  going  to  have 
your  test  made  right  away." 
Then  he  hailed  another 
member  of  the  group  and 
was  gone. 

Mr.  Hilton  grinned.  "As- 
sistant producer  is  my  job," 
he  explained  reassuringly. 
"Don't  mind  the  big  boss. 
He's  not  unkind,  really — 
he's  just  busy.  Come  on, 
I'll  get  you  fixed  up  for  the 
sacrifice !" 

I  picked  up  my  purse  and 
gloves  and  followed,  my 
heart  in  mv  mouth. 


•  THE  sound-stage  where 
the  test  was  made  was  dark, 
confused,  and  smelled  mus- 
ty. To  my  surprise,  I  found 
that  several  other  people — a 
young  man,  and  an  old  lady 
and  a  little  girl — were  also 
waiting  to  have  tests  made. 
It    [Continued  on  page  64] 


38 


So  Nothiir 

Ever  Happens 

to 


ROBERT  TAYLOR? 


His  life  has  been  uneventful,  he 
claims.  But  let's  look  at  the 
facts  about  New  Sensation  No.  1! 


He  became 
an  ac+or  be- 
cause a  crick- 
et won  a 
race  with  a 
spicier     .    .  . 


By  Virginia  Lane 


"N 


'OTHING  ever  happens  to  me,"  said  Robert 
Taylor,  with  a  look  of  honest  perplexity  in 
those  cobalt  eyes  of  his.  "I  haven't  any  star- 
tling story  to  tell.  I  haven't  any  background  of  struggle 
or  adventure.     Just  plain,  everyday  Bob — that's  me." 

"Plain,  everyday  Bob,"  it  so  happens,  has  Hollywood 
as  twittery  as  an  old  maid  with  a  new  beau.  The  movie- 
makers rate  him  as  "the  find  of  the  year."  Moviegoers 
started  talking  about  him  when  he  appeared  in  Society 
Doctor  and  the  noise  reached  a  tumult  by  the  time  he 
appeared  as  the  romantic  lead  of  Broadzvay  Melody  of 
1936.  Now  he  is  heading  straight  for  stardom  as  the 
hero  of  The  Magnificent  Obsession,  opposite  Irene 
Dunne. 

"Your  case  history  interests  me  strangely,"  I  assured 
him,  as  one  psychologist  to  another.  (Originally,  he  in- 
tended to  become  a  psychoanalyst.)  "I'd  like  to  do  a  little 
personal  research." 

This  allegedly  uneventful  life  of  his  began,  it  seems, 
in  Nebraska,  not  far  from  the  birthplace  of  Henry 
Fonda,  another  blue-eyed  six-footer  who  is  putting  new 
life  into  films.  "Dad  was  a  doctor  there,"  Bob  explained. 
"Dr.  S.  A.  Brough.  Do  you  know  anything  about  phy- 
sicians practising  in  small  western  towns?" 

I  nodded.  They're  apt  to  be  quiet,  self-effacing  men 
who  consider  fighting  blizzards  and  tornadoes  and  vio- 
lent heat  all  a  part  of  the  day's  job  in  that  greater  fight 
against  death.  And  their  sons  are  apt  to  become  men 
of  the  same  fibre. 

Bob  was  an  only  child.  He  could  (and  did)  drive  the 
family  car  at  ten,  but  he  liked  better  his  piebald  pony, 
which  was  big  enough  to  pull  a  light  sled  over  the  road 
when  the  snowdrifts  were  so  bad  that  an  auto  couldn't 
get  through.  It  was  fun  to  hitch  up  "Peanuts"  (the 
pony)  and  drive  his  father  out  to  make  a  call  at  some 
farm,    with    the   hard    snow    crunching    underfoot    and 


Portrait    by   Hurrell 


sparks  flying  from  the  pony's  hoofs.  Once  he  went  with 
his  dad  at  night.  It  was  twelve  below  zero  and  there  was 
not  a  light  on  the  road.  The  patient  had  acute  appendi- 
citis. His  father  had  to  operate  immediately,  with  the 
kitchen  table  serving  as  the  operating  table.  Bob  helped 
his  father.  He  brought  hot  water  and  sterilized  instru- 
ments and  kept  a  stiff  upper  lip — until  dawn.  They 
knew  they  had  won  then.  The  man  was  going  to  live. 
And  Bob  felt  his  legs  suddenly  sag  with  nerve  reaction. 
He  stumbled  out  to  where  "Peanuts"  was  stabled,  buried 
his  face  against  her  and  cried  himself  to  sleep. 

No,  nothing  has  ever  happened  to  Robert  Taylor,  who 
plays  a  young  doctor  in  The  Magnificent  Obsession.  Just 
life,  that's  all. 

He  attended  the  public  school  in  Beatrice,  Nebraska, 
and  thought  he  was  in  love  with  a  little  blonde  until  she 
deserted  him  for  a  boy  with  more  ice-cream  money.  So 
Bob  was  off  women  until  he  went  to  college  at  Doane. 
Until  that  time  the  Big  Moment  of  his  life  had  been 
the  day  he  graduated  into  regular  he-man  clothes  from 
the  pongee  shirts  and  Buster  Brown  collars  his  mother 
made  him  wear.  Bob  had  suffered — but  not  in  silence 
— over  those  shirts. 

"I  think  they  gave  him  a  clothes  complex,"  confided 
Butch,  otherwise  known  as  Don  Milve,  who  is  Bob's 
pal,  no-man,  and  general  adviser.  "It  takes  him  a  couple 
of  hours  now  even  to  pick  out  a  tie.  And  he  sees  red 
every  time  I  try  to  lend  him  a  pongee  handkerchief  .  . ." 

At  Doane,  Bob  heard  about  Pomona  College  in  Clare- 
mont,  California.  And  what  he  heard  he  liked.  He 
couldn't  know  that  the  fellow  who  told  him  about  it  was 
an  agent  of  fate  in  disguise.  "They've  got  a  great  phi- 
losophy course  out  there,"  Bob   [Continued  on  page  63] 

39 


They  Saw  Stars. 


! 


All  who  went  on  MOVIE  CLASSIC'S 
first  annual  Movieland  Tour  not  only 
saw  a  studio  from  the  inside,  but  met 
stars,  and  were  guests  at  a  "celebrity 
party"   at  the   home   of   Raquel  Torres 

By  Jack  Smalley 


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IT  isn't  everyone  who  can  get  in- 
side a  studio,  and  "behind  the 
scenes,"  on  a  trip  to  Hollywood. 
In  fact,  few  ever  manage  it.  Likewise, 
few  visitors  ever  see  any  of  the  well- 
known  players — much  less  meet  them. 
And  fewer  still  ever  step  inside  a 
star's  home,  as  a  guest  invited  to  a 
party.  But  every  member  of  the  re- 
cent Movie  Classic  Movieland  Tour 
(and  there  were  two  hundred  mem- 
bers) not  only  was  admitted  to  the 
largest  film  studio  in  the  world,  but 
stepped  onto  "sets"  where  pictures 
were  being  filmed,  met  world-famous 
actors  and  actresses,  lunched  with 
them,  and  was  entertained  at  the  home 
of  one  of  movieland's  most  beautiful 
and  popular  hostesses,  Raquel  Torres, 
wife  of  Stephen  Ames. 

That  party  at  the  lovely  Ames 
home  in  Beverly  Hills  was  the  memor- 
able climax  of  a  memorable  two-week 
tour,  which  began  and  ended  in  Chi- 
cago and  included,  besides  Hollywood, 
many  of  the  beauty  spots  of  the  West. 

One  of  the  early  thrills  of  the  trip 
was  an  overnight  stop  in  the  famed 
lake  country  of  Minnesota — at  Breezy 
Point  Lodge,  "the  Deauville  of  the 
North  Woods,"  where  everyone  was 
the  guest  of  Captain  W.  H.  Fawcett, 
publisher  of  Movie  Classic  and  other 
well-known  magazines.  Then  on  went 


40 


the  Movieland  Special  across  the  glor- 
ious Rockies  to  Seattle,  the  Pacific, 
San  Francisco  .  .  .  and  Hollywood ! 

And  hardly  had  the  Special  arrived 
in  Los  Angeles,  when  Universal 
City,  home  of  Universal  Pictures, 
was  thrown  wide  open  to  the  entire 
party.  Only  a  few  hours  after  their 
arrival  in  the  movie  capital,  they  were 
achieving  the  wish  of  every  movie- 
goer— meeting  stars  in  the  flesh,  dis- 
covering how  pictures  were  made. 
And  most  of  them  admitted  that  it  was 
the  thrill  of  a  lifetime. 

And  then — luncheon  with  the  stars, 
in  the  Universal  commissary,  where 
beautiful  Valerie  Hobson  acted  as 
hostess  for  the  studio.  At  near-by 
tables  sat  Edward  Arnold,  star  of 
Diamond  Jim,  Monroe  Owsley,  June 
Martel,  John  King,  Charles  Bickford, 
Charlotte  Henry,  and  Andy  Devine. 

•  THIS,  in  itself,  was  a  grand  party 
and  an  exciting  one.  It  would  take 
something  pretty  grand  to  top  it.  But 
Raquel  Torres  provided  it,  with  her 
afternoon  party.  Other  stars,  friends 
of  Raquel  and  Stephen,  began  to  ar- 
rive to  share  in  the  fun.  Handsome 
Ivan  Lebedeff,  accompanied  by  Wera 
Engels  .  .  Jack  La  Rue  .  .  .  Tom 
Brown  with  Paula  Stone,  actress- 
daughter  of  Fred  Stone  .  .  .  Fritz 
Lieber,  noted  stage  actor  who  has  just 


Raquel  Torres,  who  gave  the 
Movieland  Tour-ists  a  grand 
party,  had  to  pose  for  photo- 
graphic souvenirs  of  the  event 


entered  films,  and  his  wife  .  .  .  Blanche 
Yurka,  another  stage  celebrity,  who 
also  makes  her  film  debut  in  A  Tale 
of  T-wo  Cities  .  .  .  Binnie  Barnes  .  .  . 
Monte  Blue  .  .  .  Buck  Jones,  who  was 
stampeded  by  guests  with  cameras  .  .  . 
Alice  White,  who  wanted  to  hear  all 
about  Breezy  Point  Lodge  .  .  .  Her- 
bert Mundin  .  .  .  Vince  Barnett,  who 
engaged  in  a  burlesque  tennis  match 
with  Stephen  Ames.  And  last,  but  not 
least,  there  was  Renee  Davies,  beauti- 
ful sister  of  Marion  Davies,  "cover- 
ing" the  event  as  Hollywood  society 
reporter  for  all  the  Hearst  papers. 

Everyone  was  enjoying  the  party 
so  much  that  the  dinner  hour  arrived 
all  too  soon  ...  In  parting  with  their 
hostess  the  guests  left  no  doubt  of 
how  much  they  thought  of  her. 

After  dinner,  the  Tourists  scattered 
to  take  in  various  other  exciting  places 
— the  Brown  Derby  .  .  .  the  Bilt- 
more  Bowl  .  .  .  the  Cocoanut  Grove 
.  .  .  the  Trocadero. 

The  next  day,  some  journeyed  down 
to  San  Diego  to  the  Fair  .  .  .  others 
continued  their  Hollywood  explora- 
tion. 

Too  soon,  it  was  time  to  board  the 
Movieland  Special  for  the  homeward 
trip  through  Salt  Lake  City  and  Colo- 
rado Springs.  And  over  and  over 
again,  those  who  went  on  the  Tour 
said  that  when  the  second  annual  Tour 
is  announced  next  year,  they  will  be 
the  first  to  make  their  reservations 
.  .  .  for  this  trip  had  been  the  most 
memorable  and  thrilling  event  of  their 
lives ! 


D  i  d  you  ever 
serve  a  buffet 
supper  on  Christ- 
mas Eve?  It's 
fun.  And  Donald 
Woods  and  his 
wife  g  i  v  e  you 
ideas  for  one 


Give  a  Hollywood 

Christmas  Eve  Party! 


By  Mary  Harding 

'"Twos  the  night  before  Christmas, 
And  all  through  the  house  ■  .  .  ." 

WE  HAVE  to  stop  right  there  because  they  are 
going  to  upset  the  "not-a-creature-was-stirring" 
tradition  at  the  Donald  Woods'  house,  this  Christ- 
mas Eve.  You  see,  Donald  and  his  beautiful  German  wife, 
who  was  the  Baroness  Josephine  von  der  Horck  before 
she  gave  up  her  title  to  become  Mrs.  Woods,  are  going  to 
have  a  party.  And  since  it  is  to  be  a  midnight  party — one 
of  those  affairs  to  which  their  friends  will  drop  in  after 
caroling  tours,  other  parties,  or  Christmas  Eve  church 
services — things  are  bound  to  be  pretty  festive  ! 

They  live  in  a  house  that  has  international  aspects. 
Donald — who  plays  the  Frenchman,  Charles  Darnay,  in 
A  Tale  of  Two  Cities — and  his  son  Conrad,  playfully 
called  "Splinter,"  are  very  much  American ;  Josephine  is 
German,  and  their  home  is  an  interesting  two-story  Span- 
ish type.  It  is  a  grand  place  to  have  a  Christmas  Eve 
party,  or  any  party  for  that  matter.  From  the  outside,  it 
emanates  good  cheer.  Inside,  the  Monterey  furniture  is 
so  informal  it  is  best  described  by  one  simple  word — 
"homey."    But  about  that  party : 

"To  tell  the  truth,"  Donald  confides,  "no  one  is  exactly 
invited,  but  our  friends  always  do  drop  in  on  us  on  Christ- 
mas Eve,  as  well  as  on  Christmas  night,  so  we  always  try 
to  have  something  good  to  eat,  and  a  table  all  set  as  a  sort 
of  welcome." 

Because  of  the  informal  "dropping  in"  custom,  the  sup- 


per is  always  of  the  buffet  type  and  the  big  table  is  lovely 
with  holiday  decorations.  This  year  the  table  will  be  cen- 
tered with  a  miniature  Christmas  tree,  bright  with  baubles, 
tinsel,  and  crystal  snow  while  a  tiny  plaster  Santa  Claus 
bids  the  guests  welcome  to  the  feast.  The  silver,  napkins, 
plates  and  goblets  will  be  arranged  on  the  table,  along  with 
such  things  to  eat  as  pickles,  nuts,  and  biscuits.  Back  of 
the  table,  on  the  buffet,  the  delectable  hot  foods  will  be 
served  from  steaming  casseroles.  Then,  of  course,  there 
will  be  Mrs.  Woods  presiding  over  the  tea-table  pouring 
coffee  and  wishing  Happy  Yuletide  to  her  guests. 

"When  we  have  a  buffet  supper,"  explains  Mrs.  Woods, 
"I  feel  that  the  hostess  should  play  as  important  a  part 
as  she  would  if  presiding  at  a  dinner.  For  that  reason,  I 
set  my  tea-table  with  the  coffee  service  and  cups  so  that  I 
may  pour  for  the  guests  as  they  come  around  the  large 
table.  I  find  that  this  little  effort  on  the  part  of  the  hostess 
gives  the  party  a  'chummier'  air." 

Then  she  told  me  about  the  simple,  but  excellent  menu 
she  is  planning.  (You  will  find  it  boxed  at  the  top  of  the 
page.) 

"What  is  Dixie  Chowder?"  I  asked  Mrs.  Woods. 

"Well,  for  one  thing,"  she  said,  "it  isn't  fish  or  sea  food 
at  all.  It  is  chicken,  which  is  very  popular  below  the  Ma- 
son and  Dixon  line.    I'll  give  you  the  recipe." 

I  whipped  out  my  notebook  to  take  down  the  details  of 
a  dish  you'll  love : 

DIXIE  CHOWDER— In  large  casseroles,  place  three 
pounds  of  chicken,  cut  as  for   [Continued  on  page  69] 

41 


Above, 
one  of 
Garbo's 

dramatic 
hands 


Right, 

Carole 

Lombard 

graceful 

hands 

42 


You,  Too,  Can  Have 


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Wands 


Beautiful  hands — and  beautifully  cared-for 
hands — make  any  woman  glamorous.  Hollywood 
has   proved  that.      Now  you   can   prove   it,   too! 


By  CCoU^-r^  ^&^w- 


WHAT  do  your  hands  reveal  about  you?  In  a  hundred  subtle 
little  ways,  they  can  tell  the  world  what  kind  of  person  you 
really  are.  Whether  you  are  charming  and  poised  and  have 
self-respect,  or  are  self-conscious  and  untidy  and  careless,  those 
quiet  gossips — your  hands — will  tell  all.  And  it's  up  to  you  to  see 
that  they  say  that  you  have  a  winning  personality. 

Any  screen  actress  can  give  you  that  beauty  lesson.  She  has 
already  had  to  learn  it,  herself.  She  has  learned  that,  without  her 
ever  knowing  it,  her  hands  can  create  impressions  that  others  un- 
consciously absorb.  She  has  learned  how  to  make  her  hands  grace- 
ful, as  well  as  "lovely  to  look  at,  delightful  to  hold."  And  you  can 
do  likewise. 

Consider  the  famous  hands  shown  on  this  page.  Do  you  suppose 
they  always  revealed  what  they  do  today?  When  Greta  Garbo 
worked  in  a  Stockholm  department  store,  were  her  hands  so 
clamorously  dramatic?  When  Carole  Lombard  was  a  bathing 
beauty,  were  her  hands  so  unmistakable  a  trademark  of  graceful 
sophistication?  The  answers  are  "No."  And  what  Greta  Garbo 
and  Carole  Lombard  have  done  with  their  hands,  and  for  their 
hands,  you  can  do  for  yours. 

The  important  thing  is  to  make  your  hands  expressive  of  per- 
sonal charm.  You  can  cure  them  of  awkwardness  by  studying  the 
way  the  stars  use  their  hands — and  by  remembering  always  that  If 
you  move  your  hands  simply,  you  will  be  moving  them  gracefully. 
And  you  can  cure  them  of  that  "neglected"  look — you  can  make 
them  soft  and  white  and  feminine— by  taking  a  few  tips  from 
Hollywood. 

Almost  every  star,  regardless  of  the  fact  that  she  has  frequent 
professional  manicures,  gives  her  hands  regular  "home  beauty 
treatments."  And  the  methods  favored  by  almost  every  star  today 
may  be  summed  up  in  seven  brief  hints : 

1 .  Be  sure  to  soak  your  nails  in  a  dish  of  warm,  soapy  water  for 
a  few  minutes  before  you  begin  a  manicure. 

2.  Use  a  good,  oily  polish  remover.  It  is  better  for  your  nails. 

3.  Don't  file  your  nails  deep  down  at  the  corners  and  risk  in- 
grown nails.  Use  long  strokes  from  side  to  center  with  an  emery 
board  for  shaping. 

4.  Never  cut  your  cuticle  except  when  there  are  wee  ragged 
edges.     Push  the  cuticle  back  with  a        [Continued  on  page  54] 


FASHION 
PARADE 


If  Cinderella  were  real  .  .  .  very 
real  .  .  .  and  very  much  alive  today 
.  .  .  what  would  she  wear  to  the 
Bali?  If  she  were  very  1935,  she 
would  probably  model  herself 
after  a  movie  star  .  .  .  one  of  the 
younger  stars  like  Margaret  Lind- 
say—who steps  forth  with  a  dra- 
matic suggestion  for  a  glamorous 
evening  ...  a  gown  in  the  Grecian 
manner,  created  by  Orry-Kelly, 
with  white  bagherra  for  the  classic 
drapery  of  the  skirt,  fastened  at 
the  waist  with  a  looped  gold  chain 
.  .  .  and  a  loose  upper-part  with  a 
suggestion  of. short  sleeves  .  .  . 
which  she  wears  in  "Personal 
Maid's  Secret."  The  Greeks  had  a 
word  for  it,  translated  as  "charm" 


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Bernard  Newman  sketches  a  modern  girl 
wearing  a  "Gay  Nineties"  adaptation 


.  .  .  and  an  evening  gown  with  classic 
lines  that  trace  back  to  ancient  Greece 


Are  Modern  Women 


A  LTHOUGH  the  Twentieth  Century  has  produced  a 
l\  New  Woman,  she  is  inclined  to  be,  for  all  her 
A.  JL  emancipation,  a  Copy-Cat — fashionably  speaking. 
Such  is  the  opinion  of  Bernard  Newman,  young,  good- 
looking,  internationally  famous  fashion  designer  for  RKO- 
Radio  Pictures.  Moreover,  he  thinks  it  is  a  sad  state  of 
affairs. 

I  found  him  muttering  about  it  the  other  day  in  his  office, 
where  he  creates  the  screen  wardrobes  of  Ginger  Rogers, 
Katharine  Hepburn,  Lily  Pons  and  other  RKO  stars.  He 
had  attended  a  glamorous  dinner  party  in  Hollywood  the 
night  before,  he  said,  at  which  he  had  made  this  startling 
discovery: 

44 


"I  wouldn't  have  known  I  was  in  the  United  States  of 
America  if  everyone  hadn't  been  talking  English." 

"What  exactly  do  you  mean?"  I  asked  him. 

"I  mean  the  women's  clothes,"  he  told  me.  "They 
weren't  the  kind  of  clothes  that  modern  women  should 
wear. 

"Just  picture  the  gathering  at  the  table,"  he  went  on. 
"Forget  the  men  and  consider  the  women.  They  were  all 
famous  stars  or  the  wives  of  famous  stars — women  whose 
clothes  set  the  style  pace  for  the  world.  And  what  do  you 
think  they  wore?  Clothes  to  adorn  and  enhance  the  per- 
sonality of  the  woman  of  1935?  Clothes  that  typify  this 
present  and  very  individual  age  in  America? 


But   this    Newman    design    for    a    Lily 
Pons  gown  in  "Love  Song"  is  original! 


Copy-Cats : 


"No !    Every  one  of  them  wore  clothes  copied  from  some 
other  nation  or  period — or  both  ! 

•  "There  was  one  ultra-modern  star  (he  mentioned  her 
name)  in  a  Grecian  outfit — flowing  draperies,  low- 
heeled  sandals.  A  little  farther  down  the  table  was  her 
sister  in  one  of  those  Hindu  effects,  with  a  sari.  Beyond 
her  was  (he  mentioned  another  famous  name)  in  an  Em- 
Dire  gown.  Still  farther  along  was  a  chic  beauty  in  a 
Renaissance  costume.  Nowhere  was  there  a  costume  that 
was  distinctly  Twentieth  Century!" 

Bernard  interrupted  himself  to  light  his  pipe  and  I  ven- 
tured a  question.    "Well,  is  this  really  so  deplorable?" 


? 


Even  the  smartest  women  today  don  t 
dress  in  tune  with  the  times,  says 
Bernard  Newman,  brilliant  young  de- 
signer, who  has  reasons  for  saying  so. 
Read  what  he  says  —  and  think  it  over! 

By  MARIAN  RHEA 
Sketches  by  BERNARD  NEWMAN 

World-Famous  Hollywood  Stylist 


He  answered  vehemently.  "Sure,  it  is !  Modern  women 
are  'selling  out'  their  own  age!  They're  not  doing  their 
best  by  it.  As  time  goes  on  and  we  are  all  dead  and  gone, 
and  people  of  future  centuries  study  the  history  of  costume, 
there  will  be  a  great  big  gap  in  the  early  Twentieth  Century 
.  .  .  People  will  shake  their  heads  and  say:  'How  strange! 
Those  women  seemed  to  think  and  act  originally,  but  they 
didn't  dress  that  way.  They  copied  their  grandmothers' 
clothes — or  somebody  else's  grandmothers'  clothes.' 

"The  American  woman  of  today,"  he  continued  earnestly, 
"is  a  remarkable  being.  She  is  different  from  women  of 
any  other  land  or  time.  She  is  intelligent.  She  is  enlight- 
ened. She  has  a  variety  of  abilities.  She  is  emancipated, 
independent.  She  is  standing  on  her  own  feet.  .  .  ." 

"But  she  stands  all  dressed  up  in  La  Pompadour's  or 
some  Grecian  lady's  clothes,"  I  murmured. 

He  took  me  up  instantly.  "Exactly  !  She  isn't  dressing 
her  part — at  least  not  definitely  enough — in  spite  of  her 
brains  and  ability  and  independence.  And  it  is  detracting 
from  her  individuality.     This  is  what  I  mean : 

"Take  some  of  our  movie  stars  who  represent  the  highest 
and  most  beautiful  type  of  American  girl.  For  example, 
take  Ginger  Rogers,  whom  I  should  name  instantly  if  some- 
one asked  me  to  point  out  the  most  typical  American  girl 
I  know.  Ginger  Rogers  in  a  Pompadour  gown  with  frills, 
bouffant  skirt,  puffs  and  ruffles  would  be  lovely,  perhaps. 
But  Ginger  Rogers  in  clothes  that  bespeak  the 
grace,  freedom  and  action  of  1935  would  be  some- 
thing better  than  lovely — she  would  be  right. 

"Katharine  Flepburn  in  a  Grecian  gown  would 
be  charming  because  she  is  charming,  anyway. 
But  straightforward,  unaffected  Katharine  Hep- 
burn in  an  outfit  that  enhances,  rather  than  com- 
petes, with  her  personality — Katharine  Hepburn 
in  a  real  Twentieth  Century  gown — would  be 
right." 

"Well,  isn't  there 
I  thought.   .  .   ." 


I   interrupted  him  again, 
any  Twentieth  Century  mode  at  alb 


•     "There  is  only  the  beginning  of  a  real  Twentieth  Cen- 
tury mode,"  he  answered  with  a  grimace  of  dissatis- 
faction. 

"Our  sports  clothes  are  Twentieth  Century,  all  right," 
he  went  on  to  admit.  "Women  of  other  times  had  no  use 
for  such  clothes,  so  they  never  wore  them.  But  the  present 
trouble  is  that,  while  a  girl  puts  on  a  little  shirtmaker  dress 
and  swagger  coat  to  sally  forth  for  the  more  casual  occa- 
sions, she  reverts  to  styles  of  some  other  period  when  she 
really  wants  to  dress  up.  Which  means  that  her  most  im- 
portant clothes  are  not  modern."    [Continued  on  page  70] 

45 


— Ray  Jones 

Silk  pique  trims  the  military  jacket  of 
Joan  Bennett's  navy  wool  in  "Rich 
Girl's  Folly"  and  she  gains  new  height 


— Elmer  Fryer 

Simple,  yet  chic,  is  Patricia  Ellis'  black 
wool  frock,  with  skirt  fullness  below  the 
knee  and  a  fur-banded  double  capelet 


©  G.-B.  Pictures 

A  novel  yoke  effect,  amusing  waistcoat 
points,  and  a  row  of  white  clips  like  tiny 
piano  keys  adorn  Fay  Wray's  navy  wool 


Dress 

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— Scotty  Wclbourne 

Persian  lamb  will  be  ultra-smart.  And 
so  will  Glenda  Farrell's  new-length  coat, 
in    boxed    style,    with    slashed    pockets 


— C.  S.  Bull 

Cloth  coats  will  have  novel  fur  trimming 
— like  Virginia  Bruce's,  with  its  vertical 
band,  and  a  half-cape,  of  galyak  fur 


— William  Walling,  Jr. 

And  swagger  coats  will  appear  in  inex- 
pensive furs.  Gail  Patrick  has  one  of 
gray    kid    fur,    with    a    swaqqer    collar 


47 


Young  Ideas 


in 


Evening  Gowns 


Right,  a  gown  with  metallic  splendor 
.  .  .  novel  shoulders  .  .  .  and  a  tunic 
silhouette.      Gail    Patrick    wears    it 


— Portrait  by  Sherman  Cla 

Left,  a  new  and  intriguing  contrast 
.  . .  velvet  trimmed  with  embroidered 
inen  .  .  .  modeled  by  June  Knight 


Above,  a  white  matelasse  formal, 
transformed  into  a  dinner  gown  by  a 
trim  jacket .  .  .  worn  by  Madge  Evans 


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Right,  black  velvet  and  lace  .  .  .  with 
a  "halter  top"  and  puffed  lace 
sleeves  .  .  .  worn  by  Mary  Carlisle 


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Miss  Charm  .  .  . 

If  in  this  year  of  !  935  you  know  anything  smarter  for 
your  wardrobe  than  a  hand-knitted  dress,  we  want  to 
know  about  it.  At  a  knitted  fashion  show,  we  saw  this 
stunning  two-piece  suit  knitted  of  cassimere  sport  yarn 
.  .  .  and  wanted  you  to  see  it,  too.  The  lines  are  very 
figure-flattering,  and  the  fashion  details  are  the  latest. 
The  sweater  can  be  worn  separately.     All  for  $7.20! 

Miss  Swank  .  .  . 

Here  is  a  jiffy-knit  dress  that  has  all  the  newness  of  the 
season  caught  in  its  design.  The  youthful  collar  and 
cuffs,  the  slenderizing  peplums,  and  the  unusual  side- 
pleating  effect  make  this  a  dress  worth  knitting.  And 
you  can  be  sure  that,  for  the  $7.20  it  will  cost,  you 
will  find  nothing  smarter.  With  a  jaunty  contrasting 
scarf,    you  will   look  like   Miss  Winter,    1935,    herself! 


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season  than  Scotch 
plaid?  It  is  used  as 
contrast  with  gray  woo 
in  this  one-piece  dress 
worn  by  Marian  Marsh 
who  plays  in  Colum- 
bia's "Crime  and  Pun- 
ishment." The  dress  is 
trimmed  with  meta 
belt  and  metal  buttons 
Pattern  8  I  7  is  designed 
for  sizes  14  16  and 
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Cash  in  on  small  checks 
too — as  Frances  Drake 
does,  in  her  soft  gray 
wool  dress.  Up-to-the- 
minute  in  fashion,  the 
frock  has  a  full  skirt  with 
side-pleats,  a  blouse 
gathered  in  at  the 
waist,  full  sleeves  with 
tight  cuffs,  patch 
pockets  and  noveltv 
buttons.  Pattern  816  is 
designed  for  sizes  14. 
16  and  18  years;  36.  33 
and  40-inches  bust.   25c 


MOVIE  CLASSIC'S  Pattern  Service 
3  29  South  7th  St.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

For  the  enclosed please  send 

me  Frances  Drake  Pattern  No.  816 — Marian  Marsh 
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are  these  winter  dresses-^worn 
by  Marian  Marsh  and  Frances  Drake 


These  patterns  may  be  obtained  at  any 
store  selling  Screen  Star  Patterns.  Or 
you  may  order  by  coupon  at  the   left. 


Preston  Foster,  Doro- 
thy Wilson  and  John 
Wood  in  The  Last 
Days     of     Pompeii 


Speaking  of  Movies.. 


MOVIE 

CLASSIC'S     reviewers, 

for  your 

guidance,  rate  the 

new 

pictures 

as  follows: 

•      •      • 

•   Exceptional 

•      • 

•    Excellent 

• 

•  Good 

•  Skip    it 

•  •    •    •    The   Last  Days  of  Pompeii  is 

a  picture  that  should  have  been  filmed  in 
color.  It  cries  for  color.  Even  in  black  and 
white,  it  is  a  spectacular  vision,  unfolded 
against  a  background  of  the  ancient  Roman 
Empire  in  all  its  glory,  pomp,  and  barbarism 
...  a  spectacular  vision  with  a  very  human 
and  timeless  story  in  the  foreground.  For 
centuries,  people  have  wondered  what  life 
was  like  in  the  beautiful,  famed,  and  fated 
city  of  Pompeii,  doomed  to  destruction  by 
a  volcano.  Here  is  a  graphic,  imaginative 
answer.  The  principal  character  is  an  ironic 
gladiator,  a  public  hero,  who  sells  his  soul 
for  gold — magnificently  played  by  Preston 
Foster.  As  his  adopted  child  who  redeems 
him,  David  Holt  tears  hearts  loose  from 
their  moorings.  Anly  only  a  little  less  mem- 
orable are  John  Wood,  Dorothy  Wilson, 
Basil  Rathbone,  x\lan  Hale  and  Gloria  Shea. 
(RKO-Radio) 

•  •  •  •  I  Live  My  Life  gives  Joan 
Crawford  her  first  real  chance  to  depart 
from  emotional  acting  and  become  a  come- 
dienne .  .  .  and  you'll  wonder,  after  seeing 
her,  why  she  wasn't  given  the  chance  long 
ago.  Vanished  is  the  familiar  Crawford 
formula  of  poor-girl-struggling-against- 
cdds  (and  rich  suitors)  toward  success.  She 
is  the  rich  one  this  time — a  Park  Avenue 
girl,  used  to  getting  what  she  wants,  who 
falls  in  love  with  a  hard-to-get  (and  poor) 
archaeologist,  played  to  the  hilt  by  hand- 
some Brian  Aherne.  The  romantic  difficul- 
ties she  has  are  amusingly  real,  hilariously 
real.    Her   clothes   are   strikingly   practical 


and  her  supporting  cast  is  flawless,  includ- 
ing such  names  as  Frank  Morgan,  Aline 
MacMahon,  Eric  Blore  (droll  as  ever!) 
and  Fred  Keating.   (M-G-M) 

•  •  •  •  Barbary  Coast  is  a  salty,  dra- 
matic tale  of  the  early  gold  rush  days. 
Miriam  Hopkins,  starred,  gives  what  is 
probably  the  best  performance  of  her  career 
as  a  girl  who  loses  her  dreams,  turns  gold- 
greed}-  and  becomes  notorious  as  the  com- 
panion of  a  gambling  overlord,  until — 
against  her  will — she  falls  in  love  with  a 
young  prospector  who  has  condemned  her. 
Miriam  Hopkins  is  a  vivid,  intense  com- 
posite of  all  women,  both  good  and  bad,  in 
the  role  of  Swan.  Edward  G.  Robinson 
is  no  less  superb  as  the  cynical  gambler. 
And  Joel  McCrea  gives  genuine  vitality  to 
a  role  that,  in  lesser  hands,  might  have  been 
flavorless.  (United  Artists) 

9  •  •  •  The  Gay  Deception  is  romantic 
fantas\r.  par  excellence.  Not  only  does  it  do 
great  things  for  Francis  Lederer  and  Fran- 
ces Dee,  but  it  does  things  for  the  old  and 
still  popular  story  of  Cinderella — dressing 
her  in  smart  modern  clothes  and  giving 
new,  amusing  twists  to  the  tale.  Frances  is 
a  stenographer  who  wins  $5,000  in  a  sweep- 
stake, decides  to  have  a  grand  time  for 
once  in  her  life,  goes  off  to  New  York, 
stops  at  the  Walsdorf-Plaza,  encounters  no 
rich  suitors,  and  has  to  content  herself  with 
an  insistently  romantic  bellhop  .  .  .  who 
happens  to  be  a  prince  in  disguise,  learning 
the  hotel  business,  and  can't  prove  his  iden- 
tity at  the  crucial  moment.  Light,  gay, 
romantic,  the  story  has  sparkle  and  a  lilting 
mood.  Like  the  story,  the  acting  is  a  con- 
stant delight.  (Twentieth  Century-Fox) 

•  •  •  Shipmates  Forever  gives  Dick 
Powell  and  Ruby  Keeler  another  romantic 
reunion,  with  singing  and  dancing,  and  the 
U.  S.  Naval  Academy  in  the  background. 
Like  a  retired  admiral,  the  plot  has  gray 
hair,  but  there  still  is  life  in  it,  thanks  to 
some    amusing    situations,    some    dramatic 

[Continued   on    next   page] 


'  "''"  j    \r>an  Crav- 

D  •  „  Aheme  and  J°  Lj|e 

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51 


It  all  depends 
on  the 

WOMAN 


There  are  sensitive  women  everywhere  who 
do  not  trust  the  superficial  information  that 
is  going  around  about  feminine  hygiene. 
These  deep-natured  women  want  the  whole 
truth  from  the  scientific  standpoint.  They 
must  depend  on  themselves  to  sift  out  the 
real  facts.  And  to  them  the  news  about 
Zonite  will  be  welcome. 

•  You- do  not  need  to  use  poisonous  anti- 
septics for  feminine  hygiene,  just  because 
an  older  generation  used  them.  In  those 
days  there  were  no  antiseptics  powerful 
enough  for  the  purpose,  except  the  poisons. 
But  that  was  before  the  discovery  of  Zonite 
—the  antiseptic-germicide  of  the  World  War. 

Zonite  is  powerful,  and  Zonite  is  safe. 
Zonite  is  far  more  powerful  than  aw y  dilution 
of  carbolic  acid  that  can  be  used  on  the 
human  body.  But  Zonite  is  not  poisonous. 
Not  caustic.  Zonite  has  never  harmed  any 
woman.  It  will  not  desensitize  tissues.  It 
cannot  cause  accidental  poisoning. 

•  The  old-fashioned  poisonous  antiseptic 
has  no  place  in  the  life  of  the  modern  woman. 
She  has  welcomed  Zonite — and  Zonite  is  now 
available  in  every  town  and  city  through- 
out the  length  and  breadth  of  America. 
Sold  in  bottles;  3  sizes,  30c,  60c,  $1.00. 

Another  form  of  Zonite .  .  Suppositories 

Besides  the  liquid  Zonite,  there  are  also  Zonite 
Suppositories.  These  are  $1.00  for  box  of  a 
dozen.  They  are  dainty  white  cone-like  forms, 
each  sealed  in  its  own  glass  vial.  Some  women 
prefer  them  to  the  liquid.  Other  women  use 
both.  Ask  for  both  the  Zonite  Suppositories 
and  the  Liquid  Zonite  by  name  at  drug  and 
department  stores.  There  are  no  substitutes. 

•  Send  for  the  booklet  "Facts  for  Women." 
This  is  a  plain,  clear  statement  on  the  whole 
subject  of  feminine  hygiene.  Much  discussed  in 
women's  circles.  Coupon  below  will  bring  you 
a  copy.  Read  it  and  get  frank,  authoritative 
data  on  this  important  phase  of  modern  life. 
Write  today. 

USJ_C^OUPO_N  _FO_R_2REE    BOOKLET 

ZONITE  PRODUCTS  CORPORATION  FG-512 

Chrysler  Building,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Please  send  me  free  copy  of  the  booklet  or  booklets  checked  below. 
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ones,  and  a  generous  allotment  of  music. 
Dick  and  Ruby  make  the  most  of  every 
singing,   dancing    opportunity.      (Warners) 

•  •  •  Little  America  is  the  photographic 
story  of  Admiral  Byrd's  second  expedition 
to  the  South  Pole — and  an  absorbing  story 
it  is,  crowded  with  drama,  humor,  human 
interest,  giving  you  all  the  high  thrill, 
the  tense  excitement  of  exploration.  It  is 
spell-binding  in  its  effect,  with  every  man 
on  the  expedition — from  the  handsome 
Admiral  on  down — appearing  complete^ 
natural.  Maybe  more  exciting  pictures 
should  be  made  with  unfamiliar  faces  in 
the  leading  roles — for  reality's  sake!  (Para- 
mount) 

•  •  •  Rich  Girl's  Folly  gives  both 
George  Raft  and  Joan  Bennett  new  things 
to  do  and  gives  any  audience  plenty  of 
entertainment.  Raft,  departing  from  "sinis- 
ter menace"  roles,  is  a  reformed  beer  baron 
who  is  made  trustee  of  the  estate  of  a  mil- 
lionaire, and  discovers  that  the  millionaire's 
chief  heirs  are  an  extravagant  wife  (Biilie 
Burke),  a  rattle-brained  daughter  (Joan 
Bennett)  and  a  scapegrace  son  (James 
Blakely).  They  all  rebel  against  him,  with 
Joan  finally  managing  to  get  herself  kid- 
naped  for  ransom — not  to  mention  a  barrage 
of  laughs,  well-seasoned  with  excitement 
(Columbia) 

•  •  •  Two-Fisted,  starring  Lee  Tracy, 
is  one  of  the  funniest,  fastest  farces  of  the 
year — with  Lee  as  the  fast-talking  man- 
ager of  a  slow-thinking  prize  fighter 
(Roscoe  Karns).     (Paramount) 

•  •  •  •  O'Shaughnessy's  Boy  is  one  of 
the  best  circus  pictures  ever  filmed.  The 
atmosphere  is  so  real  that  you  can  prac- 
tically smell  it.  And  on  top  of  that,  the  pic- 
ture has  a  father-and-son  story  that  comes 
close  to  being  in  the  same  powerful  class  as 
The  Champ — with  Wallace  Beery  and 
Jackie  Cooper  again  two  of  a  kind. 
(M-G-M) 

•  •  •  Red  Salute  is  a  romantic 
comedy-drama  that  has  many  of  the  ele- 
ments of  It  Happened  One  Night  .  .  .  and 
will  boost  the  stock  of  Barbara  Stanwyck 
and  Robert  Young  to  new  heights.  Bar- 
bara, expelled  from  college  as  a  radical, 
goes  to  Mexico,  there  bumps  into  Robert,  a 
soldier  on  leave.  Together  they  have  ad- 
venture and  troubles.  (United  Artists) 

•  •  •  The  Case  of  the  Lucky  Legs  is  a 
fast-paced  detective  comedy,  with  more  em- 
phasis on  comedy  than  suspense  .  .  .  and 
with  no  one  disappointed.  Warren  William 
is  even  more  suave  than  usual  in  his  familiar 
role  of  Perry  Mason.     (Warners) 

•  •  Freckles  is  the  picture  version  of 
Gene  Stratton-Porter's  sentimental  novel 
of  the  Limberlost  timber  guard  who  falls  in 
love  with  the  district  schoolteacher.  Tom 
Brown  and  Carol  Stone,  daughter  of  Fred 
Stone,  have  the  chief  roles  in  this  unpreten- 
tious little  romance — but  top  honors  are 
stolen  by  Virginia  Weidler.     (RKO-Radio) 

•  •  •  Navy  Wife  is  poignant,  affecting 
drama,  in  which  Claire  Trevor  has  her 
long-awaited  opportunity  to  prove  herself  an 
emotional  actress  ...  as  the  love-frightened 
daughter  of  a  famous  beauty  whose  life  has 
been  tragic.      (Twentieth  Century-Fox) 

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SWEET,  smooth  skin  is  very 
hard  to  resist.  So  don't  risk 
losing  this  charm.  Use  all  the  cos- 
metics you  wish!  But  be  sure  to 
remove  them  properly  with  the 
care  9  out  of  10  Hollywood  stars 
have  used  for  years — gentle  Lux 
Toilet  Soap! 

This  is  the  way  to  guard  against 


I  use  cosmetics,  of  course! 
But  tfianks +o  LuxToi  lei- 
Soap,  I'm  not  a  bit  afraid 
of  Cosmetic  Skin 


facm  B Ion  dell 

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the  dangerous  pore  choking  that 
results  in  tiny  blemishes,  enlarged 
pores,  blackheads,  perhaps — warn- 
ing signals  of  unattractive  Cosmetic 
Skin! 

Cosmetics  Harmless  if 
removed  this  way 

Lux  Toilet  Soap  is  especially  made 
to  remove  cosmetics  thoroughly. 
Its  rich,  ACTIVE  lather  goes  deep 
into  the  pores — frees  them  com- 
pletely of  all  hidden  traces  of 
dust,  dirt,  stale  cosmetics. 

To  protect  your  skin  —  keep  it 
always  lovely — follow  this  easy 
rule:  Before  you  put  on  fresh 
make-up — ALWAYS  before  you 
go  to  bed  at  night — use  Lux  Toi- 
let Soap! 

You  want  to  have  the  kind  of 
skin  that  makes  men  say,  "I 
think  you're  wonderful!" 


Movie  Classic  for  December,  1935 


53 


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All  cosmetic  counters  supply 
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if  you  don't  agree  that  your  skin  is 
more  wonderfully  clean,  clear  and 
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Sales-people  often  don't  have  all 
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You,  Too,  Can  Have  Winning  Hands 

[Continued  from  page  42] 


cotton-tipped  orangewood  stick. 

5.  To  keep  your  nails  smooth,  al- 
ways buff  them  before  applying  the 
liquid   polish. 

6.  Apply  a  cuticle  cream  or  oil 
after   polishing   your   nails. 

7.  Have  your  nail  polish  harmonize 
with  your  lipsticks,  if  you  would  fol- 
low  the  new  vogue. 


JNLESS  you  can  wear  bright 
^  polish  naturally,  however,  without 
being  conscious  of  its  brilliance  con- 
tinually, it  is  not  for  you.  In  other 
words,  colorful  polish  is  smart  and  in 
good  taste,  if  you  wear  it  in  such  a 
way  that  it  becomes  a  part  of  you. 

Nail  brittleness  is  a  problem  that 
harasses  every,  girl.  Office  work, 
house  work,  nerves — they  all  can 
wreak  havoc,  leaving  the  nails  split, 
broken  or  bitten  .  .  .  and  ugly-looking. 
But  there  .is  a  new  rejuvenating  oil 
that   is   a   real    aid   in    mending  nails. 

You  should  have  a  bottle  of  hand 
lotion  in  the  bathroom  or  near  the 
kitchen  sink  if  you  are  doing  house- 
work. And  a  good  hand  cream  will 
bring  new  softness  and  whiteness  to 
your  hands   overnight. 

Briefly,  here  are  a  few  rules  about 
shaping  nails,  as  practiced  by  glamor- 
ous movie  stars:  1.  For  the  short, 
broad  hand  with  stubby  fingers,  shape 
the  nails  ovally,  with  nails  extend- 
ing just  to  the  tips  of  the  fingers.  2. 
Broad  hands  should  have  the  nails 
filed  closely  at  the  corners  and  tapered 
to  slightly  rounded  points.  3.  Long, 
slender,  well-tapered  hands  can  wear 
the  exaggerated  long  nails.  4.  The 
nails  of  the  short,  small,  though  well- 
tapered  hand  should  be  shaped  be- 
tween a  point  and  an  oval. 

As  you  watch  your  favorite  Holly- 
wood star,  notice  how  great  a  part 
her  hands  play  in  expressing  her  per- 
sonality. You  couldn't  dream  of  those 
hands  as  being  anything  but  white, 
soft  and  well-kept,  could  you?  In  the 
same  way.  your  hands  can  be  a  great 
asset  to  you  in  proving  to  the  world 
your  poise,  your  gracefulness,  your 
good  grooming.  Let  your  hands  re- 
veal you  are,   indeed,   a  lovely  lady ! 

Beauty  Finds  of  the  Month 

There  is  an  excellent  new  hand  lo- 
tion that  is  delicate  in  texture  and  is 
quickly  absorbed  by  thirsty  skin.  It 
is  quick-drying  because  it  requires  only 
a  moment  to  filter  into  the  skin.  This 
lotion  is  a  complete  beauty  treatment 
for  "tired"  hands.     75c. 

A  "creamy"  paste — to  be  buffed  on 
the  nails  before  and  after  applying 
liquid  nail  polish — acts  as  a  tonic  for 
them.  And  it  helps  that  brittle  condi- 
tion, too  (which  is  something  to  re- 
member, with  winter  in  the  offing).  50c. 

A  new  discovery  is  a  cream  lotion 


that  serves  two  purposes — for  it  can 
be  used  not  only  as  a  hand-beautitier, 
but  as  a  complexion  softener  and 
powder   foundation.      10c. 

Brittle  nails,  which  split  or  break 
easily,  and  cuticle  that  develop.-^ 
ragged  edges  (perhaps  with  painful 
hangnails)  can  be  remedied  with  a  re- 
juvenating oil  that  brings  back  their 
smoothness.     75c. 

One  of  the  finest  lines  of  cosmetics 
is  known  as  "non-allergic"  .  .  .  which 
means  they  are  absolutely  free  from 
any  harmful  properties.  Even  the 
American  Medical  Association  is 
among  the  endorsers !  All  are  sooth- 
ing, healthful  and  beautifying.  You 
can  secure  face  powder,  creams,  lo- 
tions, rouge,  lipstick,  eyeshadow,  dust- 
ing powder,  dental  cream  and  hand 
lotions.     Reasonably  priced. 

An  excellent  hand  cream  is  pro- 
duced by  a  well-known  cosmetic 
house.  It  softens,  heals  and  whitens 
the  hands,  and  is  amazingly'  quick  as 
a  beauty  restorer.  You'll  like  its 
fragrance,   too.  55c. 

Something  new,  too,  is  a  "pick-me- 
up"  facial  kit  that  is  a  boon  to  civili- 
zation. It  contains  a  cleansing  cream 
that  is  quick-acting — and  a  masque 
that  is  most  stimulating,  since  it  re- 
vives and  freshens  "tired"  skin,  erases 
lines  of  tiredness,  and  brings  fresh 
color  to  the  surface  of  your  skin.     $1. 

A  petite  nail  brush,  which  really 
does  a  grand  job  of  cleansing  and 
whitening  the  nails,  has  bristles  that 
are  firm  and  penetrating,  yet  are  not 
harsh  or  irritating.  You  need  a  brush 
like  this  for  successful  home  mani- 
cures, as  well  as  for  daily  hand  beauty 
treatments.     50c. 

And  have  you  heard  about  artificial 
nails  ?  They  are  like  the  answer  to  a 
prayer — when  you  have  broken  your 
nails  on  the  eve  of  some  important 
occasion.  You  can't  grow  new  nails 
overnight,  but  you  can  acquire  these 
life-like  substitutes,  which  fit  over 
your  own  nails,  and  come  in  all  smart 
shades   .   .   .   already   manicured!      $1. 


ASK  YOUR  BEAUTY 
ADVISER! 

How  can  Alison  Alden  help 
you?  Being  helpful  is  her  job— 
and  she  loves  it.  Write  to  her 
about  your  own  personal  beauty 
problems.  She  will  give  you  a 
personal  answer.  Also,  she  will 
be  glad,  on  request,  to  tell  you 
the  trade  names  of  any  of  the 
products  mentioned  in  this  article. 

Address :  Alison  Alden, 
MOVIE  CLASSIC,  1501  Broad- 
way, New  York  City — and  be 
sure  to  enclose  a  stamped,  self- 
addressed  envelope  for  her  reply. 


54 


Movie  Classic  for  December,  1935 


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From  13  to  25  years  of  age,  im- 
portant glands  develop.  This 
causes  disturbances  throughout 
the  body.  The  skin  becomes  over- 
sensitive. Harmful  waste  prod- 
ucts get  into  your  blood.  These 
poisons  irritate  the  sensitive  skin 
and  make  pimples  break  through. 

Physicians  prescribe  Fleisch- 
mann's  Yeast  for  adolescent  pim- 
ples. This  fresh  yeast  clears  skin 
irritants  out  of  the  blood.  Pim- 
ples vanish!  Eat  it  3  times  a  day, 
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Movie  Classic  for  December,  1935 


55 


I  Do  your  hands  feel  coarse?  Are  they 
rough  as  stucco?  Do  they  "snag"  on  silk? 

Why  not  use  some  rich,  -wide-spreading, 
quick-drying  Italian  Balm  (just  one  drop  is 
sufficient)  and  see  how  quickly  your  skin  be- 
comes soft  and  smooth  in  texture ! 

Italian  Balm  is  recognized  as  one  of  the 
quickest-acting,  most  economical  skin  beau- 
tifiers  ever  invented.  These  two  qualities  — 
effectiveness  and  economy — have  made  it  the 
largest  selling  skin  protector  in  America. 

In  one  of  the  nation's  largest  cities  a  recent 
Parent  Teacher's  Association  Report,  cover- 
ing over  5,000  homes,  revealed  that  Italian 
Balm  was  practically  a  3  to  1  favorite — used 
in  about  3  times  as  many  homes  as  any  other 
similar  preparation. 

Italian  Balm  is  made  from  a  secret  formula, 
by  a  secret  process.  There  is  nothing  like  it 
on  the  world  market  today.  Your  drug  and  de- 
partment store  carry  Italian  Balm  in  3  sizes 
of  long-lasting  bottles — 35c,  60cand  /-SqjSr* 
§1.00  —  and  in  handy  25  cent  tubes. 

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kitchen  or  laundry  wall  (wood  or 
tile).  Dispenses  one  drop  when  you 
press  the  plunger.  Try  your  drug- 
gist first— ask  for  the  Dispenser 
Package.  If  he  can't  supply  you  — 
then  get  one  FREE  by  sending 
ONE  60c  Italian  Balm  carton  (and 
10c  to  cover  packing  and  postage),  or 
TWO  60c  cartons  and  NO  MONEY 
—with  your  name  and  address— to 
CAMPANA,  Batavia,  Illinois. 

Italian  Balm 

THE  ORIGINAL  SKIN    SOFTENER 
"America's  Most  Economical  Skin  Protector" 

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New  Shopping  Finds! 
[Continued  from  page  12] 


eyeshadow,  eyebrow  pencil  and  eyelash 
make-up.  What  more  could  any  pretty  girl 
ask  ?  And  the  price  for  all  this  is  only  $0.50. 

10.  Here's  a  grand  buy  .  .  .  tor  it  con- 
tains face  powder,  lipstick,  talcum,  and  a 
loose-powder  vanity,  for  only  $2.35.  A 
qualitv  product,  daintily  scented,  it  is  at- 
tractive against  a  white  satin  background. 
The  compact  is  in  lovely  blue,  white,  and 
silver. 

11.  When  you  give  gardenia  perfume, 
vou  are  sure  to  please  the  recipient— for 
it  is  one  of  the  most  irresistible  of  all. 
This  good-sized  bottle  has  a  true  flower 
scent  "that  is  subtly  seductive.  Good- 
ooking  bottle,  too!  $4.50. 

12.  Hi  there.  Wirehaired !  You  look 
just  like  a  real  little  fellow,  and  are  as 
perky  and  cunning  as  anything  could  be. 
Yet  vou  can  be  made  for  $1 — out  of 
crepe  paper.  Here  is  a  splendid  sugges- 
tion for  something  you  can  make  that  will 
be  both  unusual  and  inexpensive.  Also, 
in  no  time  at  all,  vou  can  make  Scotties. 
and  dolls,   and   Popeye,   the   Sailor! 

13.  Isn't  it  good-looking?  This  non- 
tarnishing  hostess  set  has  a  chromium  tray, 
creamer,  and  sugar,  with  black  wooden 
handles.  A  splendid  gift  for  friends  who 
entertain  often  and  like  to  do  so  with  nice 
things.    The  price  of  the  set  is  only  $3. 

14.  It  may  be  called  a  miser's  pouch, 
but  some  fair  lady  will  be  utterly  de- 
lighted with  it  on  Christmas,  and  for 
many  days  to  come.  Made  of  stunning 
silver  (or  gold)  mesh,  it  has  an  unusual 
ring  fastening.  It  is  very  new,  and  ultra- 
smart   for   dress-up   occasions,   $5. 

15.  For  someone  who  appreciates  "the 
personal  touch,"  here  is  a  new  inspiration 
—a  pin  with  a  three-letter  monogram 
inserted  in  it.  In  the  same  line,  there  are 
gold-  and  silver-plated  monograms  for 
purses,  clips,  bracelets,  gloves  ...  all 
novel   and   smart.     $2   per   monogram    set. 

16.  Here's  what  we  call  a  find !  This 
accessorv  set  of  bracelet  and  necklace  has 
all  the  glamor  of  a  family  heirloom  that 
has  been  handed  down  from  somebody's 
great-grandmother.  Made  of  imitation 
antique  gold  and  black  catalin  (which 
resembles  onyx),  they  have  a  very  expen- 
sive look  .  .  .  but  the  items  are  only  $1 
apiece.  There  are  also  matching  earrings 
and  pin  at  the  same  low  price.  A  stun- 
ning gift ! 

17.  What's  in  that  little  black  box? 
One  of  the  surprises  of  the  month — the 
tiniest  razor  you  ever  saw  (not  more  than 
V/z  inches  long),  with  tiny  little  blades 
to  fit.  Excellent  for  shaping  eyebrows, 
and  a  gift  that  will  tickle  the  feminine 
fancy,  as  well  as  prove  most  useful.    $1. 

18.  These  twin  bottles  of  two  simply 
divine  perfumes,  encased  in  a  simple  gray 
box  with  a  beautiful  white  satin  lining, 
are  a  luxurious  gift  for  someone  who 
appreciates  the  glamorous  things  of  life, 
$7.50. 

19.  This  gaily-wrapped  package  of  cos- 
metics includes  an  excellent  body  pow- 
der, face  powder,  and  a  small  bottle  of 
perfume,  all  very  useful  and  all  very  wel- 
come in  any  girl's  life.  The  bright  cel- 
lophane wrappings  make  the  package  very 
Christmasy.    $1.10. 

Movie  Classic  for  December,  193? 


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VOU  can  now  make  at  home  a 
-1-  better  gray  hair  remedy  than 
you  can  buy,  by  following  this 
simple  recipe:  To  half  pintof 
water  add  one  ounce  bay  rum. 
a  small  box  of  Barbo  Com- 
pound and  one-fourth  ounce 
of  glycerine.  Any  druggist 
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HER  ADVANTAGE  OVER  OTHERS 

Do  you  know  a  woman  who  is  never  at  a 
disadvantage,  never  breaks  engagements, 
never  pleads  that  she  is  "indisposed," 
and  whose  spirits  never  seem  to  droop? 

She  is  apt  to  be  that  eighth  woman  who 
has  learned  to  rely  on  Midol. 

Eight  million  women  once  suffered 
every  month.  Had  difficult  days  when 
they  had  to  save  themselves,  and  favor 
themselves,  or  suffer  pain.  But  a  million 
have  accepted  the  relief  of  Midol. 

Are  you  a  martyr  to  "regular"  pain? 
Must  you  favor  yourself ,  save  yourself,  on 
certain  days  of  every  month?  Midol  might 
change  all  this.  Might  have  you  playing 
golf.  And  even  if  it  didn't  make  you  com- 
pletely comfortable  you  would  receive  a 
measure  of  relief  well  worth  while!  Midol 
is  effective  even  when  the  pain  has  caught 
you  unaware  and  has  reached  its  height. 
It's  effective  for  hours,  so  two  tablets 
should  see  you  through  your  worst  day. 
And  they  do  not  contain  any  narcotic. 

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usually  right  out  on  the  toilet  goods 
counter.  Or,  a  card  addressed  to  Midol, 
170  Varick  St.,  New  York,  will  bring  a 
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ALWAYS  HERSELF— Nature  doesn't  keep 
the  eighth  woman  off  the  links — or  from  other 
strenuous  activities.  Midol  means  freedom 
from  the  old  martyrdom  to  "regular"  pain. 


James  Cagney — with  a 
Difference 

[Continued  from  page  35] 

wildly  for  a  loophole  of  escape,  but  he 
won't  find  any.  His  sense  of  fairness 
won't  let  him.  And  so,  like  a  child  who 
holds  his  nose  while  he  tries  to  take  his 
castor  oil  cheerfully,  Cagney  proceeds 
to  the  subject  of  Cagney. 

"Only  do  me  one  favor,  will  you?" 
he  a^ked,  between  scenes  of  his  newest 
picture,  The  Frisco  Kid.  "Leave  out  the 
books.  I'm  tired  of  having  it  broadcast 
that  I  once  read  a  book.  You  can  read 
a  book  and  still  be  a  thoroughgoing  heel. 
You  can  be  an  illiterate,  and  still  give 
college  professors  points  on  how  to  be- 
have like  human  beings.  So  let's  drop 
the  books  overboard,  and  start  from 
scratch.  O.K?"  He  flashed  a  grin  that 
made  his  face  ten  years  younger. 

"T  DON'T  know  why  I'm  rated  a  hoo- 

■*•  ligan,  except  that  I  played  a  gang- 
ster in  Public  Enemy,  and  I've  been 
playing  a  more  or  less  tough  little  tike 
ever  since.  The  smell  clings — not  only 
with  the  public  who  have  nothing  except 
the  pictures  to  go  by,  but  right  here  on 
the  lot.  'Still  fooling  'em,  hah  ?'  they'll 
yell,  every  time  they  see  me  with  my 
hair  cut  or  my  pants  pressed.  And  don't 
think  it's  a  gag  with  them.  They're  in 
sober  earnest.  They're  convinced  that 
I'm  trying  to  bury  my  horrid  past." 

He  spoke  without  heat,  his  quiet  voice 
shorn  of  that  brusque,  staccato  quality 
he  gives  it  on  the  screen,  lacking  any 
suggestion  of  Tenth  Avenue. 

"Then,  somehow,"  he  went  on,  "the 
legend  started  that  I  was  sworn  brother 
to  half  the  bandits  in  New  York.  And 
the  one  grain  of  wheat  in  all  that  chaff 
was  this  :  I  was  playing  semi-professional 
baseball  at  one  time  from  necessity — for 
the  money  in  it — and  one  Sunday  the 
ball  club  was  invited  to  Sing  Sing  to 
play  the  prison  welfare  team.  There 
was  no  sun  that  day,  I  remember — the 
sky  was  gray,  the  walls  were  gray,  the 
uniforms,  the  faces  all  gray.  It  got  me 
down — that  grayness,  the  dour  faces  of 
the  guards ;  the  implications  of  the  place 
made  me  physically  sick. 

"Suddenly,  someone  taps  me  on  the 
shoulder.  'Hello,  Red.'  I  turned,  and 
there  was  a  kid  I'd  gone  to  school  with 
ten  years  before — sat  in  the  seat  next 
to  him.  I  tried  to  be  matter-of-fact. 
He  was.  'Meet  my  buddy,'  he  said. 
'He's  up  on  the  same  rap.'  And  there 
stood  another  fellow  who  had  been  in 
my  class.  That  night  I  went  to  a  dinner 
at  the  settlement  house  for  the  dramatic 
club  I  belonged  to.  I  couldn't  eat.  I 
sat  there  like  a  lackwit.  I  couldn't  get 
out  from  under  that  gray  weight.  The 
thought  of  it  makes  me  cringe  today. 
Well — -"he  stopped  short,  palms  out, 
"that's  all.  That's  the  extent  of  my  as- 
sociation with  the  criminal  element. 
This  fellow  served  his  time  for  that  par- 
ticular shooting,  and  later  went  to  the 
chair  for  killing  a  policeman.  So  what 
does  that  make  me  ?  A  kid  like  hundreds 


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of  others  who  attended  a  public  school 
that  wasn't  in  the  silk-hat  part  of  town. 

"Maybe,"  he  continued,  "I  could 
have  lived  the  whole  thing  down  sooner 
with  a  dash — just  a  dash,"  he  simpered, 
a  coy  finger  flicking  his  cheek,  "of  social 
grace..  But  I  have  no  talent  for  the 
formal" — he  was  talking  straight  again. 

That  the  hoodlum  "smell"  should  have 
clung  is  ironic  enough,  since  all  of  Cag- 
ney's  instincts  reach  in  the  opposite  di- 
rection. He  has  worked  prodigiously ; 
his  home  ties  have  been  strong.  When 
their  father  died,  he  and  his  three  broth- 
ers formed  a  protective  circle  around 
their  mother  and  the  little  sister  who 
was  born  posthumously.  The  bond  is  as 
close-knit  now  as  in  the  days  of  their 
poverty,  though  this,  too,  is  a  thing 
Cagney  won't  talk  about.  Like  the  fact 
that  he  has  been  happily  married  to  one 
woman  for  ten  years.  That's  a  thing 
to  be  taken  for  granted,  you  may  think, 
not  singled  out  for  applause.  Holly- 
wood has  good  reason  not  to  think  so. 

On  one  theme  he  needs  no  prodding- 
Max  Reinhardt's  production  of  A  Mid- 
summer Night's  Dream,  in  which  he 
plays  Bottom,  the  buffoon,  who  is  given 
an  ass's  head  and  is  beloved  of  Titania, 
queen  of  the  fairies — a  part  as  far  as  the 
poles  from  anything  he  has  done  before. 


<«T  HAD  no  idea  I  had  any  chance  at 
the  part,  though  I  would  have  given 
my  eyeteeth  to  do  it.  As  far  as  I  knew, 
someone  else  was  set  for  it.  Then  I 
got  a  message  that  Mr.  Reinhardt  wanted 
to  talk  to  me.  He  asked  what  I 
thought  of  Bottom.  I  thought  he  was 
the  first  and  best  ham  actor  ever  writ- 
ten. It  seemed  a  new  idea  to  Reinhardt, 
but  I  think  he  liked  it.  Two  days  later 
I  got  the  part,  and  the  biggest  kick  of  my 
movie  experience. 

"Working  with  him  was  a  joy  from 
start  to  finish — as  it  is  with  any  man 
who  is  an  expert  at  his  craft.  And  I 
think  we  all  felt  a  little  lost  when  the 
picture  was  finished.  We  saw  the  pre- 
view not  long  ago — about  a  hundred 
and  fifty  of  us — the  players  and  their 
wives  and  the  technical  crew — everyone 
who  had  had  anything  to  do  with  making 
it.  And  here's  an  interesting  thing :  The 
fade-out  came,  and  the  lights  went  up 
— and  we  looked  at  each  other — and 
hadn't  a  word  to  say.  Generally,  they're 
all  slapping  each  other  on  the  back. 
'Boy — it's  terrific!  Boy,  it'll  slay  them!' 
We  couldn't  talk.  We  were  too  full  of 
what  we  had  seen.  There  was  nothing 
to  say  that  wouldn't  have  spoiled  the 
way  we  felt.  So  we  just  filed  out  quietly 
and  took  our  own  midsummer  night's 
dream  home  with  us." 

I've  been  a  Cagney  fan  since  the  day 
I  watched  him,  as  a  fast-talking  insur- 
ance salesman,  steal  a  scene  from  George 
Arliss.  "Tough  little  tike"  or  not,  for 
me  his  own  likability  has  sifted  through 
every  part  he  has  played.  How  much 
more  apparent  that  quality  is  in  a  face- 
to-face  meeting,  I  don't  dare  say.  I  can 
see  too  clearly  his  palms  brought  down 
in  a  gesture  of  derision.  I  can  hear  too 
clearly,  between  teeth  caught  around  his 
lower  lip,  a  long-drawn  "Ph-h-h !" 


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Mrs.  Temple  Refuses 
Fortune  for  Shirley 

[Continued  from  page  25] 


she  does — because  not  only  have  I  talked 
with  her  about  it,  but  I  have  investi- 
gated and  learned  of  the  offers  that  have 
been  turned  down — and  why. 

True,  Shirley  IS  making  more  than  a 
thousand  dollars  a  week.  She  is  stor- 
ing up  a  nice  trust  fund  that  will  pro- 
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— for  every  dollar  she  is  getting,  at 
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Ten  "easy  dollars."  And  here  they  are 
— with  the  why's  of  the  rejections. 


THIRST,  the  stage  and  personal-appear- 
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total  well  over  a  half-million;  by  anoth- 
er year,  they  will  be  well  over  the  mil- 
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pearances, Shirley  has  been  offered  $5,- 
000 — on  a  forty-weeks'  deal !  For  radio, 
the  bids  have  run  from  $2,500  to  $5,000 
for  a  ten-minute  period  before  the  mi- 
crophone— on  deals  ranging  from  thir- 
teen up  to  fifty-two  weeks.  Just  add 
that  40-week  personal-appearance  offer 
and  the  52-week  radio  offer,  and  there 
is  a  cool  half  million  already.  Just  one 
offer — and  that  from  a  well-known 
breakfast  cereal  company — has  ever 
been  seriously  considered.  As  this  is 
written,  decision  on  the  invitation  is  be- 
ing held  in  abeyance. 

Every  month  brings  scores  of  offers 
from  conventions,  department  stores, 
clubs  and  associations,  and  other  sources 
for  single  personal  appearances  by  Shir- 
ley. These  bids  range  from  fifty  dol- 
lars for  a  few  minutes  time  to  several 
thousands  of  dollars  for  an  hour.  Be- 
cause no  record  has  been  kept  of  them, 
an  accurate  total  is  impossible  to  get. 
But  a  little  figuring  shows  that  the  net 
total  is  somewhere  around  the  $150,000 
mark. 

Then  there  was  the  offer  from  the 
British  Isle's.  "Come  to  England  for  a 
ten-week  personal-appearance  tour,"  it 
said,  "and  we'll  pay  all  your  expenses 
and  $50,000  besides." 

But  to  each  and  every  one  of  these 
offers,  the  answer  has  been  a  flat  NO  ! 

The  reason  for  this  group  of  turn- 
downs,  totaling  about  three-quarters  of  a 
million  dollars,  is  basic  and  simple : 
Nothing  must  interfere  with  Shirley's 
normal  childhood  life  and  childhood 
routine. 

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showered  on  her  would  be  continuous, 
terrific.  The  child  could  not  help  but 
become  conscious  of  it  all,  spoiled. 

"And  that  I  will  not  have,"  says  her 
mother.  "If  at  any  time  I  find  Shirley 
is  becoming  spoiled  or  precocious  or 
'smart'  or  fresh'  because  of  her  work,  I 
will  take  her  out  of  pictures  immediate- 
ly. Her  future  happiness  means  much 
more  than  any  amount  of  money  she 
misrht  earn." 


"VTOW  for  the  other  offers — and  rejec- 
-*-  ^  tions.  Real  estate  firms  have  of- 
fered gorgeous,  completely  furnished 
houses  to  the  Temple  family  if  they 
would  move  in,  thus  attracting  custo- 
mers to  see  the  new  subdivision,  to  buy 
houses  near  Shirley's.  But  the  Temples 
live  in  a  mode"st,  side-street  house  in  an 
old,  quiet  residential  section  of  Santa 
Monica,  off  the  tourist  track.  They  pay 
for  it  themselves ;  nothing's  free.  Even 
so,  they  are  going  to  have  to  move 
again,  soon — because  the  rubber-neck 
buses  and  the  racketeers  who  sell  movie 
stars'  addresses  and  phone  numbers  have 
publicized  the  Temple  address. 

To  all  of  this,  Shirley's  mother  feels, 
the  child  should  not  be  subjected.  At 
home,  she  is  just  one  of  the  family. 
Motion  pictures  are  never  discussed. 
Shirley  is  not  allowed  to  be  fresh  or 
smart.  She's  not  running  the  house. 
Sometimes  Mama  Temple  even  spanks 
her  when  she's  disobedient.  In  short, 
at  home  Shirley  is  to  be  like  any  other 
six-year-old  youngster. 

And  the  few  carefully  selected  en- 
dorsements that  have  been  given  by 
Shirley  and  her  mother  and  advisers 
are  authentic,  I  happen  to  know.  (I 
looked  into  them.)  Mrs.  Temple  has 
hired  an  expert,  at  high  salary,  to  watch 
these  matters  and  to  protect  Shirley  al- 
ways against  false  representation,  harm- 
ful advertising,  misleading  endorse- 
ments or  statements,  and  kindred  evils. 
No  "fake  endorsement"  racketeers  can 
make  use  of  Shirley,  ever,  no  matter 
how  much  they  bid. 


TN  EXPLANATION  of  all  the  bids 
*■  she  has  turned  down,  Shirley's  moth- 
er says :  "It  is  not  physical  harm  that 
I  fear  for  Shirley.  I  fear  for  her  self. 
I  don't  want  her  little  fun  in  pictures  to 
take  her  from  me,  to  cost  her  her  self. 
I  want  her  to  be  natural,  ingenuous, 
sweet.  If  she  ceases  to  be  that,  I  shall 
have  lost  her  and  she  will  have  lost  her 
self.  If  I  ever  find  that  she  is  becoming 
spoiled  by  her  picture  work — if  I  find 
her  becoming  precocious,  smart,  fresh — • 
I  shall  take  her  out  of  pictures  instant- 
ly ..  .  This  fortune  I  have  refused  ?  I 
know  that  I  have  saved  her  much  more 
than  the  million  or  two  of  dollars  she 
might  otherwise  have." 

And  so  there  you  are.  I  have  shown 
you,  in  black  and  white,  how  Shirley's 
mother  has  refused  a  million — and  more 
—and  why. 

And  Mrs.  Temple,  far  from  seeing 
anything  unusual  in  her  million-dollar 
sacrifice,  says :  "Why,  any  mother 
would  do  the  same,  wouldn't  she?" 


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and  dissolved  in  34  glass  of  water  as  a 
gargle.  Gargle  with  this  mixture  twice, 
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instantly.  And  they  dissolve  completely 

enough  to  use  as  a  gargle. 

Watch  out  for  this. 


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61 


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Portrait  of  a  Self-Made 
Woman 

[Continued  from  page  32] 

intimation  of  what  she  might  become,  in 
-lime  seemingly  impossible  future,  came 
during  her  high  school  day-,  when  her 
boisterous  good  humor  and  her  ready 
comradeship  were  an  irresistible  magnet 
to  cohorts  nt'  her  contemporaries.  But 
her  arresting  personality  required  pol- 
ishing, development  and  amplifying  be- 
fore she  was  even  embryonically  the 
Lombard  of  today.  Moreover,  she  her- 
self knew  it.  That  is  important. 


CHE  studied  dancing  until  she  became 
^  so  adept  that  she  was  invited  to  join 
the  Denishawn  dancers  on  a  tour.  Her 
mother  would  not  permit  her  to  accept. 
Carole  still   was  undiscouraged. 

At  sixteen  she  had  her  first  break  in 
pictures.  It  came  about  through  a  fleet- 
ing resemblance  to  Constance  Bennett. 
Fox  signed  her  as  a  stock  player. 

She  knew  nothing  about  make-up. 
about  dramatic  technique.  She  had  dif- 
ficulty with  her  hands — she  never  knew 
just  what  to  do  with  them.  She  listened 
to  what  everybody  told  her,  making  her 
mind    a    sponge    to    absorb    every    idea. 

If  she  was  not  an  actress — then  she 
had  to  prepare  herself.  She  had  to  rem- 
edy her  shortcomings,  of  which  she  was 
so  well  aware.  So  she  began  the  con- 
scious program,  that  well-planned  rou- 
tine, which  eventually  bore  splendid 
fruit.  She  joined  a  Little  Theatre  group, 
with  whom  she  studied  dramatics. 

Carole  learned  her  acting  lessons  in 
the  most  difficult  school — the  school 
of  experience.  At  the  end  of  a  year  she 
felt  herself  well  prepared  for  better 
things  than  she  had  had.  She  proved 
that  when  the  studio  offered  her  a  con- 
tract at  the  same  seventy-five-dollars-a- 
week  salary  that  she  had  been  receiving 
before.   She  refused  the  contract. 


CHE  thought  she  could  get  a  job  easily. 
^  Perhaps  she  could  have — but  Fate 
intervened.  Before  she  could  even  look 
for  another  opening,  she  was  in  a  seri- 
ous automobile  accident  that  scarred  her 
face  and  held  her  helpless  on  her  back 
for  a  year.  Possibly  there  is  no  greater 
testimony  to  her  absorbing  ambition  than 
this  fact — that  even  with  the  thought 
that  the  scar  would  never  heal,  even 
with  the  suspicion  that  another  chance 
in  pictures  would  be  long  in  the  com- 
ing, she  never  relaxed  her  determination 
to  be  an  actress.  Her  defiance  of 
Fate  maintained  her  inflexible  ambition. 

There  were  no  marks  on  her  face  and 
no  marks  on  her  body  when  she  was 
finally  able  to  work  again.  She  took 
one  of  Hollywood's  severest  tests  of 
pulchritude.  She  went  to  Mack  Sennett, 
applied  for  a  job  as  one  of  his  famous 
Bathing  Beauties — and  got  it. 

Carole  was  now  nineteen.  In  three 
years,  which  included  that  year  of  be- 
ing an  invalid,  she  had  learned  what 
[Continued  on  page  67] 

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to  Robert  Taylor? 

[Continued  from  page  39] 


told  his  father,  "and  a  fine  rating."  So 
it  was  decided  that  he  would  finish  his 
junior  and  senior  years  at  Pomona. 

He  had  never  gone  in  heavily  for 
athletics,  but  he  decided  that  there  were 
two  other  alternatives — the  Glee  Club 
or  the  Dramatic  Group.  He  settled 
the  matter  simply.  A  spider  and  a 
cricket  were  on  the  walk.  "If  the  spider 
crosses  that  line  first,  it's  the  Glee  Club," 
Bob  decided.  "If  the  cricket  wins,  I'll 
go  in  for  drah-ma."  And  from  that 
small  event  an -entire  career  was  destined 
to  develop.  The  cricket  won  .  .  . 

The  Dramatic  Group  gave  him  "bit" 
parts.  The  boy  was  good.  He  earned 
bigger  roles.  When  it  came  time  to 
cast  the  special  production  of  the  year. 
Journey's  End,  he  was  handed  the  lead- 
ing role — that  of  Capt.  Stanhope.  Now, 
perhaps  a  thousand  or  more  amateur 
performances  are  given  around  Los  An- 
geles during  the  year,  but  it  was  this 
one  that  Ben  Piazza,  casting  director 
for  M-G-M,  chose  to  attend  personally. 

"That  chap  playing  Stanhope  has 
something,"  he  said  to  himself.  The 
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to  Pomona  with  a  contract  in  his 
pocket,  which  arranged  for  him  to  com- 
plete his  college  course  before  starting 
work.  After  that,  reasoned  Bob,  it 
wouldn't  hurt  to  have  a  fling  at  the 
movies  before  he  went  home. 

But,  abruptly,  that  home  was  broken. 
Three  months  prior  to  his  graduation, 
his  father  died.  And  with  him  went 
the  family's  security  and  mainstay.  Bob 
was  jolted  into  a  realization  that  if  it 
weren't  for  that  contract  he  wouldn't 
know  where  to  turn.  Suddenly,  he 
had  reason  to  bless  the  cricket,  the  cast- 
ing director,  and  Hollywood  in  general. 
Surprisingly,  he  had  a  job ! 

They  changed  his  name  from  Brough 
to  Taylor  because  it  sounded  better. 
They  gave  him  a  test — -"which  was  so 
bad  that  I  was  almost  sunk,"  Bob  ac- 
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Now,  after  ten  months  in  Hollywood, 
he  is  headed  for  the  top — without  benefit 
of  a  spectacular  background  or  big-town 
achievements.  Sometimes  it's  the  small 
things  that  weave  into  a  success  pattern. 

With  every  picture  the  Taylor-made 
fans  are  increasing — not  by  thousands, 
but  by  millions.  It's  an  amazing  fact. 
The  boy  doesn't  act.  He  gets  inside  a 
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what  made  John  Stahl,  the  ace  director, 
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But,  of  course,  nothing  ever  happens 
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wasn't,  after  all,  the  special,  private 
affair  I  had  expected.  The  man  in 
charge,  a  middle-aged  director,  was 
a  short-sleeved   cynic   called   Mac. 

A  small,  painted  backdrop  had  been 
set  up  with  a  table  and  some  chairs. 
Around  this  careless  set,  the  great 
lamps  crowded.  They  looked  merci- 
less. In  one  corner  a  make-up  man 
was  turning  out  new  faces  for  the 
applicants  for  fame,  as  indifferently 
as  a  baker  shaking  flour.  Mr.  Hilton 
introduced  me.  The  man  in  the  chair 
grunted  and  told  me  to  turn  around. 
Then  he  grunted  again. 

"Profile  not  so  good,  eh,  Mac?"  he 
said.     Mac  grunted,  too. 

"Eyes  too  far  apart,"  said  Mac,  re- 
suming his  cigar. 

"That  chin  is  going  to  catch  the 
shadows  badly,"  the  cameraman 
warned.  I  began  to  wonder  why  in 
the  world  they  even  bothered  about 
testing  me.  I  might  have  been  a  wax 
figure,  for  all  they  considered  my 
feelings. 

"Give  her  some  eighteen-eleven," 
the  man  in  the  chair  told  the  make-up 
man,   "and   lighten    the   cheekbones." 

Trembling  with  excitement,  I  sub- 
mitted to  the  carrying  out  of  these 
mysterious  instructions.  Then  sud- 
denly the  great  glaring  lights  went  on. 
I  was  standing  in  the  middle  of  the 
little  set,  telling  a  perfectly  strange 
man  that  I  loved  him. 

Chapter  V 

MR.  HILTON  said  that  they 
would  not  know  how  the  test 
came  out  for  a  couple  of  days. 

"I'll  let  you  know  what  I  think  my- 
self," he  added,  "just  as  soon  as  it 
comes  through.  Don't  be  discour- 
aged if  you  have  to  wait  around — 
nothing  will  be  done  about  you  until 
a  producer  and  a  director  or  two  have 
had  a  look  at  the  tests  for  final  de- 
cision.    But  stick  around  for  news." 

I  stuck.  I  would  wander  around 
the  lot  aimlessly,  trying  to  look  as 
though  I  were  going  somewhere, 
peeking  into  the  sound-stages,  and 
the  back-lot  with  its  streets  of  all 
nations.  Then  back  past  the  neat  row 
of  snowy  buildings  that  were  the  pro- 
jection-rooms, wondering  if  by  chance 
my  likeness  were  being  shown  in  one 
of  them,  waving  to  a  young  operator 
at  No.  4,  who  had  said,  "Hello,  there," 
the  first  day,  and  whose  name  was 
Dickey  Wells.  He  was  the  only  per- 
son who  spoke  to  me  at  first. 

Finally,  it  would  be  luncheon- 
time  and  I  would  be  able  to  go  to 
the  commissary  and  find  a  table  some- 
where in  that  exciting  throng  of 
pretty  girls  and  handsome  men. 

Then  when  I  really  could  not  find 
another  excuse  to  stay  at  the  studio, 
I  explored  Hollywood,  where  I  had 
taken   a    tiny    bungalow-court    apart- 


ment. I  strolled  along  the  famous 
Boulevard  with  its  ever-shifting,  col- 
orful crowds,  its  strange  mixture  of 
luxury  and  shoddiness,  of  great  suc- 
cesses and  utter  failures. 

The  evenings  were  the  worst.  I 
couldn't  have  even  the  faint  hope  of 
seeing  Clifton  Laurence.  He  had 
gone  on  a  location  trip  twelve  hours 
after  reaching  Hollywood.  A  hurried 
note  had  explained. 

"They  are  running  me  off  to  Big 
Bear  Lake,"  he  wrote.  "Logging  pic- 
ture. About  three  weeks.  Watch 
your  step.  Sorry  I'm  not  going  to  be 
able  to  keep  my  eye  on  it.     C.  L." 

So  the  evenings  were  pretty  blank. 
I  couldn't  write  letters  all  the  time, 
even  to  Aunt  Neta  and  Buddy.  Dickey 
Wells,  the  boy  in  the  projection-room, 
asked  me  to  go  out,  but  I  thought 
that  beneath  my  dignity — I  was  al- 
most an  actress  ...  So  I  snubbed  him 
and  went  to  the  pictures  alone.  No- 
body else  at  the  studio  paid  the  slight- 
est bit  of  attention  to  me.  I  sensed 
— and  it  wasn't  very  pleasant — that 
they  were  holding  off  until  after  the 
test.     It  was  a  long  and  lonely  wait. 

Then,  when  I  least  expected  it,  my 
telephone  rang.  Thinking  it  would 
be  another  real-estate  man  trying  to 
sell  me  a  house,  I  picked  up  the  re- 
ceiver indifferently. 

"Miss  Le  Grange,"  said  a  staccato 
voice,  "this  is  Joe  Hilton  speaking. 
Can  you  be  at  Mr.  Kramberg's  office 
at  nine  o'clock  tomorrow  morning?" 

"Yes,"  I  gasped,  "but  .  .  ." 

"Okay!  Thanks!"  said  he  and  hung 
up.     Not  a  word  about  my  test! 

The  next  morning  I  was  up  at  six. 
I  bathed  and  dressed  slowdy.  If 
the  news  was  bad,  I  was  going  to 
look  my  best.  If  it  was  good,  I  want- 
ed to  look  the  part.  I  was  far  too 
excited  to  eat,  and  reached  the  studio 
fifteen  minutes  early. 

'  I  "'HERE  was  no  one  in  Mr.  Kram- 
-"-  berg's  outer  office  when  I  arrived 
except  an  old  scrubwoman  in  a  rag- 
ged skirt  and  a  faded  shawl,  whose 
drab  gray  hair  fell  uncombed  around 
her  wrinkled  cheeks.  As  I  closed  the 
door   behind   me,   she  smiled   at   me. 

"Good  morning !"  she  said.  Then 
a  look  of  recognition  dawned  on  her 
face.  "Aren't  you  the  girl  who  won 
the  Search-for-New-Faces  Contest?" 
she  asked.  I  glowed  with  satisfac- 
tion. "Yes,  I  am,"  I  admitted  in  a 
kindly,  half-condescending  tone. 

The  scrubwoman  moved  into  the 
chair  next  to  mine  and  laid  a  hand 
on  my  arm.  "Turn  around  to  the 
light  and  let's  have  a  look  at  you!" 

Amused,  I  obeyed.  She  looked  me 
over  critically  and  pursed  her  lips. 

"You  are  very  pretty!"  she  said  at 
last.  "But  I  think  you  could  learn 
a  little  more  about  lipstick,  my  dear." 

I  could  feel  my  cheeks  flaming,  but 


I  held  my  temper  as  best  1  could. 
"Thanks!"  1   said,  coldly. 

"Tut,  tut,  child,"  was  her  answer. 
"I  only  spoke  for  your  own  good. 
I've  seen  so  many  of  them  come  and 
go — mostly  go,  and  I  take  an  interest 
in  them   all!" 

"I  suppose  you  do!"  said  I.  "Per- 
haps you'll  go  on  to  warn  me  about 
some  more  of  my  private  affairs?" 

"No  one's  affairs  are  private  in  Hol- 
lywood," said  the  scrubwoman,  "and 
good,  disinterested  advice  is  scarce, 
anywhere.  Come  and  see  me  some 
time,  child.     Maybe  I  can  help  you." 

"Thanks,"  I  said  stiffly,  "but  I'm 
afraid  I  shall  be  too  busy."  Then  I 
opened  a  paper  to  show  her  that  the 
conversation  was  at  an  end.  Besides. 
I  hated  to  look  at  the  puzzled  and 
hurt  expression  that  came  over  her 
face.  Several  moments  of  uncom- 
fortable silence  followed.  Then  the 
door  of  the  private  office  opened  and 
a  young  woman  came  out.  I  stood  up. 

"Mr.  Kramberg  will  see  you  now. 
Miss  Dare,"  said  the  secretary.  The 
scrubwoman  walked  through  the  open 
door.  "Hello,  darling!"  she  said  to 
someone  invisible  to  me.  "I  hate  to 
worry  you,  but  part  of  this  last  scene 
really  must  be  rewritten  for  me.  .  .  ." 

The  door  closed  behind  her  and  I 
stared  at  the  secretary  in  horror. 

"Was  that  ...    ?"  I  stammered. 

The  girl  nodded.  "Yes,"  said  she, 
"that  was  Miss  Nancy  Dare.  Isn't 
she  sweet?  We  all  love  her  as  much 
as  the  public  does.  So  kind  and  un- 
spoiled, yet  the  biggest  box-office  at- 
traction in  pictures  today!  I  think 
her  comeback,  in  her  old  age,  is  the 
finest  thing  I  know." 

I  couldn't  say  anything.  The  girl 
looked  at  me  curiously. 

"You  are  Miss  Le  Grange,  aren't 
you  ?"  she  asked.  "Mr.  Kramberg  will 
see  you  in  a  few  minutes,  just  as  soon 
as  he's  through  with  Miss  Dare." 

But  to  me  it  seemed  an  agonizing 
age  before  I  found  myself  seated  op- 
posite the  quiet,  bald  little  man,  who 
was   saying  such   nice   things. 

"I'm  taking  a  chance  on  you,"  he 
told  me,  "and  I  know  it's  a  chance. 
You  may  not  work  out,  but  to  be 
frank,  we  are  giving  it  to  you  be- 
cause the  girl  we  counted  on  had  to 
drop  out.  From  now  on,  it's  up  to 
you.  Don't  let  me  down,  because  this 
picture  is  an  important  one,  to  me." 

"I'll  never  let  you  down!  I'll — 
I'll  be  even  better  than  my  test!"  I 
promised  breathlesslv. 

"You'd  better  be!"  said  Mr.  Kram- 
berg  with   a   little   crooked   smile. 


Chapter  VI 

ONCE  Hollywood  opens  its  doors 
to  a  newcomer,  the  sky  is  the 
limit  so  far  as  hospitality  is 
concerned.  I  was  playing  Only  the 
third  most  important  feminine  role  in 
Heart's  Desire,  but  suddenly  all  kinds 
of  people  showed  an  interest  in  me. 
A  very  important  agent  invited  me  to 
a  cocktail  party  at  his  magnificent 
home  in  Beverly  Hills.     I  met  at  least 


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a  hundred  people  there,  and  I  was  told 
I  would  be  lucky  if  this  agent  added 
me  to  his  list  of  clients. 

There  were  no  more  lonely  eve- 
nings after  that.  Mr.  Hilton  -often 
took  me  to  dine.  A  girl  who  played  a 
character-bit  in  my  picture  took  me 
along  with  her  to  a  swimming-party. 

There  were  parties  in  small,  cheap- 
ly pretty  apartments — at  beach  cot- 
tages, on  a  small  scale.  Everybody 
was  Al,  or  Kit,  or  Babe.  I  hardly 
ever  knew  their  last  names,  or  ex- 
actly what  the}'  did. 

During  the  luncheon-hour  at  the 
studio  commissary  there  was  always 
somebody  to  beckon  to  me  as  I  came 
in.  and  invite  me  to  sit  at  his  table. 
And  getting  all  this  overwhelming  at- 
tention, I  began  to  develop  a  special 
manner.  Friendly,  but  not  too  much 
so.  Just  the  right  degree  of  conde- 
scension. After  all,  an  up-and-com- 
ing actress  had  to   act  the  part ! 

On  the  set,  the  director  roared  at 
me.  He  was  a  quick-tempered  man, 
the  famous  Jan  Schilk,  and  nothing  I 
did  pleased  him.  I  had  to  rehearse 
my  lines  over  and  over.  It  was  hard- 
er than  I  had  thought.  I  found  my- 
self trying  to  copy  Helen  Hayes,  and 
then  switching  to  a  Colbert  manner. 
Then  to  Kay  Francis.  Schilk  howled. 
"Forget  for  five  minutes  that  you  are 
acting!  Relax!"  he  would  shout, 
stamping  back  and  forth. 

Whenever  I  could.  I  saw  the 
"rushes" — the  pieces  of  film  that  had 


been  shot  the  day  before — and  it  was 
incredible,  wonderful,  to  see  and  hear 
myself  on  the  screen,  living  a  dream. 
At  last  the  picture  was  finished. 
While  it  was  being  cut,  I  hung  about 
the  studio  as  usual,  in  case  I  was 
needed  for  retakes.  And  it  was 
then  that  Clifton  Laurence  came  back 
from  location.     I  heard  of  it  casually. 

**  ALASKA    BOUND    is    practically 

-^*-in  the  can."  I  heard  a  publicity 
man  tell  someone.  "Clifton  Laurence 
blew  into  the  studio  this  morning  for 
some   interiors." 

My  heart  almost  stopped  beating. 
Then,  a  moment  later,  I  was  piqued 
by  this  thought:  Why  hadn't  he  let 
me  know?  Had  he  forgotten  ...  so 
easily  ? 

"He'll  have  to  respect  me  now,"  I 
told  myself,  in  self-defense.  "Not  just 
kiss  and  forget."  I  shook,  inwardly, 
at  the  thought  of  his  nearness,  and 
all  over  again  I  realized  how  terribly 
I  loved  him.  I  could  not  lose  him — 
I  must  play  my  hand  carefully,  so  that 
he  would  appreciate  my  changed 
status,  so  that  he  would  have  to 
exert  himself  to   interest   me. 

I  had  my  first  glimpse  of  him  as  he 
was  chatting  with  Mr.  Burnham  and 
two  of  our  biggest  stars  (whom  I  had 
never  met) — a  little  group  standing 
in  the  sunlight,  talking  with  familiar 
intimacy.  When  he  saw  me,  he  ex- 
cused himself  and  broke  away.  I  felt 
a  bit  hurt  that  he  had  not  asked  me  to 


join  them  instead,  yet  when  he  clipped 
his  hand  through  my  arm  and  drew 
me  away,  I  thrilled  so  that  it  took  all 
my  will  power  to  try  to  appear  casual. 

"How  is  everything?"  he  asked. 
"Started  a  picture  yet?" 

"I've  finished  one,"  I  said  calmly, 
with  a  smile. 

"That's  swell!"  he  exclaimed.  "I 
was  afraid  they'd  put  you  away  on  a 
shelf  and  forget  about  you — like  some 
other  beginners   I've,  heard  about." 

"'On  the  contrary,"  I  said,  airily.  "I 
seem  rather  in  demand.  I've  had  a 
very  gay  time,  too." 

He  looked  at  me,  puzzled.  "Say!" 
he  exclaimed.  "What's  come  over 
you,  anyway?  Why  didn't  you  even 
drop  me  a  post-card  ?" 

I  hadn't  written  because  I  wasn't 
sure  how  to  address  him  and.  had  been 
shy  about  asking  anyone.  But  this 
gave  me  my  chance  to  impress   him. 

"Really,"  I  said,  "I've  been  fright- 
fully busy  on  the  picture — and  so 
mamr  social  enga: 
know  how  it  is." 

"Oh!"  said  he,  withdrawing-  his 
hand  from  my  arm.  "So  that's  how 
it  is !  Yes.  I  guess  I  know.  One 
picture,  and  you'd  hardly  speak  to 
Greta  Garbo !  It  must  be  great  to  be 
famous  !  Sorry  I've  got  to  run  along. 
Perhaps  if  I  can  work  up  a  bit,  you'll 
include  me  on  your  invitation  list.  So 
long.  Miss  Le  Grange!" 

I  wanted  to  cry  out,  to  call  him  back 
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ATiriam  Hopkins  Begins 
a  New  Life 

[Continued  from  page  27] 

Bernhardt,  for  instance.  Mention  their 
names  and  how  many  can  identify  them? 
And  of  all  the  actors  and  actresses  in 
Hollywood  today,  how  many  will  be 
remembered?  Only  Charlie  Chaplin, 
Garbo,  and  Mary  Pickford  stand  any 
chance  of  enduring  fame.  The  rest  of 
us  are  merely  people  who  flit  across 
the  screen  and  then,  often  while  we  are 
still  young,  merge  into  living  shadows." 

Is  it  worth  while  as  long  as  it  lasts? 
If  Miriam  thought  so,  she  wouldn't 
be  rearranging  her  future. 

To  achieve  success,  it  is  necessary  to 
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head  with  glory,  she  realized  there 
were  too  many  things  that  she  wanted 
to  do.  Her  interests  were  too  varied. 
So  she  ruthlessly  banished  everything 
from  her  plan  of  living  that  did  not 
bear  directly  on  the  accomplishment  of 
her  ambition. 

And  now,  looking  back,  Miriam  re- 
grets that  she  has  had  to  discipline  her- 
self so  severely.  There  are  so  many 
things  that  she  has  missed.  So  much 
of  life  has  flowed  irretrievably  past 
while  she  has  crossed  over  the  narrow 
bridge  of  ambition — to  something  that 
now  she  finds  she  does  not  want. 

No,  the  pride  of  achievement — the 
temporary  adoration  of  the  public — 
does  not  compensate,  with  Miriam,  for 
the  life  she  hasn't  lived. 

But  if  she  is  sincere  about  not  liking 
fame,  why  does  she  remain  in  pictures  ? 

This  is  the  answer :  When  Miriam 
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as  she  is  in  judging  everyone  else,  she 
sat  down  to  take  an  inventory  of  her- 
self.    What  did  she  find? 


V\yrELL,  she  had  to  admit  that  she 
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money  she  made?  No.  She  cannot  stand 
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And  she  wanted  to  think  of  herself 
as  not  "just  another  actress,"  but  an 
artist  in  her  work.  She  wanted  to  make 
worth-while  pictures.  She  wanted  to 
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Portrait  of  a  Self-Made 
Woman 

[Continued  from  page  62] 

to  do  with  dangling  and  embarrassing 
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Tullio  Carminati's  Immortal 
Love 

[Continued  from  page   33] 

fires  of  conversation  with  stray  frag- 
ments of  thought. 

1  had  spoken  of  her  as  an  actress  it 
had  been   my  misfortune  never  to  see. 

'"Eleanora  Duse !"  Tullio's  quiet  echo 
of  her  name  had  a  reverent  tone.  "Sin- 
was  the  greatest  actress  of  them  all  !  I 
have  seen  and  appeared  with  a  great 
many  talented  artistes,  but  my  personal 
conviction  is  that  none  of  them  can  ever 
compare  with  Duse. 

"Don't  you  think  it  is  possible  for 
time  and  memory  to  magnify  the  im- 
portance of  an  actress  ?"  My  question 
was  an  ill-disguised  thrust  to  inspire 
him  to  overcome  his  reticence. 

"I  do  not !"  Tullio's  answer  was  em- 
phatic. "And  I  am  not  speaking  alone 
— others  share  my  opinion  that  Duse  was 
the  greatest  of  them  all.  One  who  never 
saw  her  can  hardly  understand,  perhaps. 
The  greatest  tribute  I  might  pay  is  to 
say  that  at  sixty-one  she  was  the  most 
feminine  woman  I  have  ever  seen  !" 

With  this  remarkable  statement,  Tul- 
lio warmed  to  his  topic. 

"I  loved  her!"  he  confessed,  simply. 
"Oh,  not  as  you  might  think  or  write 
of  love.  It  was  something  quite  differ- 
ent. It  was  the  admiration  any  actor 
can  have  for  another  because  of  the 
beautiful  things  he  represents.  I  loved 
Duse  deeply  for  her  genius  and  for  what 
she  meant  to  me  in  a  purely  spiritual 
sense. 

"I  recall  how,  while  standing  com- 
pletely still,  with  her  back  to  the  audi- 
ence, without  moving,  without  the  slight- 
est gesture  of  her  hands,  Duse  could 
convey  to  her  audience  the  power  of  a 
surging  emotion.  There  has  never  been 
another  who  could,  with  so  few  arti- 
fices, convey  such  tremendous  force  of 
the  dramatic." 


'PIFTEEN  years  ago  Tullio  Carminati, 
-*•  beginning  his  stage  career,  was  ap- 
pearing with  John  and  Lionel  Barry- 
more  in  a  play  called  The  Jest.  This 
marked  his  return  to  the  legitimate  the- 
atre following  the  World  War,  in  which 
he  served  with  distinction.  At  the  same 
time,  Eleanora  Duse  decided  to  forsake 
a  retirement  of  fourteen  years  and  re- 
turn by  public  demand  to  the  stage  on 
which    she    had    ruled    as    a    sovereign. 

Duse  called  for  Carminati  and  asked 
him  to  become  her  leading  man,  man- 
ager, and  director.  Greatly  honored, 
Tullio  accepted.  The  next  few  short 
years  were  the  happiest  of  his   career. 

"I  will  never  forget  the  night  of  her 
last  American  appearance  in  Lady  of 
the  Sea,J'  he  told  me.  "I  took  a  leading 
role  in  this  play  without  rehearsal.  The 
script  called  for  me  to  step  over  a  low 
wall  as  I  made  my  entrance.  Duse,  with 
her  back  to  the  audience,  was  facing  me, 
and  I  was  paralyzed  instantly  by  the 
power  of  her  oddly  fascinating  eyes, 
living  the  emotions  of  the  character  she 
[Continued  on  page  81] 


Crooked  Spines 
Made    Straight 

GREATLY    BENEFITED 
OR   ENTIRELY    CURED 

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Eve  Party ! 

[Continued  from  page  41] 


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pieces  with  fat  removed ;  one  can  of 
corn  niblets ;  two  sliced  tomatoes ;  one 
pint  green  beans ;  three  cubed  potatoes ; 
one  chopped  onion;  one  pint  or  more  of 
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2  cups  of  tomato  juice  and  pour  over 

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potatoes  with  skins  on  until  tender.  Peel 
and  dice.  Add  potatoes  to  aspic  and 
pour  into  ring  mold.  Add  1  cup  of 
diced  celery.  When  congealed,  unmold 
on  a  large  platter.     Fill  the  center  with 

2  cups  of  cabbage  slaw  and  fashion  dec- 
orative holly  from  chopped  green  pepper 
and  pimiento. 

Mrs.  Woods'  cranberry  tarts  are  made 
this  way: 

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pound  cranberries,  2  cups  powdered 
sugar  and  2  cups  water  over  a  slow  fire 
until  near-tender,  adding  sugar  a  few 
minutes  before  removing  from  fire.  Pour 
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As  a  special  Christmas  feature,  Mrs. 
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close  to  the  edge  of  the. crust  will  form 
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"But  there  could  be  a  typically  modern 
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there  ?"  1  inquired. 

"Why  not?  The  life  of  the  woman  of 
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than  ever  before  in  history." 

I  asked  him  then,  to  describe  his  con- 
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"Well,"  he  began,  "in  the  first  place, 
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frankness,  courage.  They  should  be 
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He  paused,  contemplatively.  "And 
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it  AND  so,"  he  concluded,  "as  I  said, 

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Now,  that  was  all  very  well.  I  saw 
his  point.  But,  nevertheless,  there  was 
one  particular  question  I  wanted  to  ask. 

"But  women,  even  in  Hollywood,  sel- 
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marked. "What  do  you  mean  .  .  . 
their  fingers  have  been  burned?  What 
about  you  costume  designers?  Why 
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new  and  beautifully  appropriate  to  the 
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guess  it  is  we  who  have  been  'copy-cats,' 
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Sylvia  Sidney's  10  Pointers 
for  a  Career 

[Continued  from  page  31] 


may  be  a  bit  too  large.  Well,  that  handi- 
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people  and  places,  manners  and  customs 
that  can't  help  but  make  you  a  more 
tolerant,  intelligent  individual  and,  for 
that  very  reason,  a  better  saleswoman, 
actress,   or  executive. 

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is  a  mixture  of  glamor  and  graciousness. 
Beauty  and  personality  contribute  to- 
ward it.  Charm  is  not  only  born  in  one: 
it  may  be  acquired — developed.  I  have 
often  seen  this  happen.  But  please  don't 
mistake  charm  for  some  affectation, 
such  as  talking  with  a  broad  "a."  You 
have  heard  people  say:  "Simplicity  is 
her  greatest  charm."  And  that  is  true. 
Charm  is  disarming  and  entirely  devoid 
of  pretense.     You  can  have  it,  too. 

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and  dispassionately,  and  know  just  about 
what  sort  of  person  you  really  are,  know 
what  you  want  to  do  !  There  is  no  more 
pitiful  situation  than  a  girl  or  boy  who 
has  no  purpose  or  aim  in  life. 

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tunities! You  will  have  to  do  so  if 
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the  battle,  of  which  the  other  half  is 
overcoming  your  obstacles.  You  simply 
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3'ou.    Because  some  of  your  rivals  won't. 

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success,  don't  feel  that  your  services  are 
indispensable  hereafter. 

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success!  When  you  reach  one  milestone, 
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matter  how  high  you  aim,  there  is  al- 
ways a  further  goal — and  to  do  anything 
really  well,  it  is  necessary  to  feel  that 
your  present  objective  is  only  the  means 
to  an  end,  not  the  end  itself. 

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Models  Today — 
Stars  Tomorrow! 

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telephone,  or  write,  by  the  thousands. 
Very  often  girls  read  the  name  of  some 
famous  artist.  They  go  to  his  studio  and 
ask  for  modeling  work.  He  sends  them 
along  to  a  commercial  photographer, 
who  in  turn  sends  them  along  to  the 
agencies.  All  this  helps  to  crowd  the 
offices  of  the  different  agencies  with 
a  lot  of  impossible  material.  I  think 
the  hardest  job  in  the  world  is  mine 
)ecause  I  have  learned  to  say  'No'  so 
often  that  my  head  shakes  from  side  to 
side  even   in  my  sleep  !" 

There  is  an  agency  called  the  Models' 
Guild  that  started  with  a  membership 
of  three  hundred.  All  members  are 
models  who  joined  together,  bought 
stock  in  their  own  little  organization, 
and  went  to  work.  It  is  headed  by  a 
man  named  William  Black,  himself  an 
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Mr.  Black  feels  that  the  modeling  pro- 
fession is  overcrowded  for  the  reason 
that  it  is  interesting,  exciting,  pleasant, 
lucrative,  and  easy  work. 


««npHERE  is  no  training  required, 
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model  is  to  send  in  sample  photographs 
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shots. The  chief  requirement  for  a 
model  is  that  she  must  photograph  well. 
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shots  are  made.  If  these  turn  out  well, 
she  is  registered  in  our  books  and  put 
to  work.  The  average  model  lasts  about 
four  years.  She  is  usually  tall — and 
she  is  always  poised.  She  may  have  the 
prettiest  face  in  the  world,  but  if  she 
dresses  badly,  she  is  out.  She  has  to 
develop  a  'dress-sense,'  and  this  eventu- 
ally becomes  her  greatest  asset. 

"Also,"  this  Guild  head  added,  "it 
does  not  necessarily  follow  that,  because 
a  girl  is  pretty,  she  will  photograph  well. 
I  have  seen  a  raving  beauty  turned  down 
because  there  was  something  lacking 
when  the  camera  told  the  story.  I  know 
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is  exactly  like  a  colt  that  has  been 
trained  for  the  thoroughbred  class — 
and  makes  it. 

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Another  movie  favorite  who  clicked 
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and  for  about  seventeen  years  worked  as 
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the  studios  as  one  of  the  prettiest  and 
most  popular  in  the  profession. 

Mary  Astor,  Constance  Cummings, 
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model  route.  She  attained  a  unique  rep- 
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ty, but  patient — a  very  hard  worker.  She 
took  on  all  the  jobs  she  could  possibly 
get,  and  no  amount  of  trouble  seemed 
to  bother  her.  All  the  artists  clamored 
for  her  services.  Anita  Louise  and  Tom 
Brown  both  were  child  models  in  New 
York.  Anita's  name  was  then  Anita 
Fremault. 


TJETTY  FURNESS  has  just  been 
-*-*  named  by  M-G-M  as  one  of  six 
likely  stars  of  the  near  future.  Betty 
served  her  apprenticeship  as  a  model 
for  some  time  in  New  York.  She  is  one 
of  the  most  recent  recruits  from  the 
model  field,  but  there  is  a  constant  quest 
for  more  in  the  profession. 

Handsome  Robert  Allen — who  ap- 
peared with  Grace  Moore  in  Love  Me 
Forever — is  an  example  of  how  the  pro- 
ducers are  combing  the  model  field  to 
get  more  fodder  for  that  insatiable 
screen  machine.  Less  than  a  year  and 
a  half  ago  he  was  listed  on  the  male 
sheet  at  a  model  agency  as  Theodore 
Baehr — a  Dartmouth  College  boy  who 
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every  summer,  posed  whenever  he  could 
get  a  job  around  the  commercial  studios. 

Little  Charlotte  Henry,  of  Alice  in 
JJ'ondcrland  fame;  Jean  Arthur,  who  is 
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Reed  are  a  few  more  to  add  to  the  list 
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I  could  name  a  hundred  others. 

There  is  no  worse  bugaboo  in  the 
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In   This    Issue; 

• 

SECRETS 

OF 

MOVIE 

THRILLS 

• 

HOW  TED 

HUSING 

BROADCASTS 

FOOTBALL 

MAKING 

XMAS 

GIFTS 

AND  CARDS 

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CAIHIONTEIT! 

Can  You 

UnscramblePictures? 
Identify  These  Men? 


Photographs  of  well-known  movie  stars, 
aviators,  and  sports  champions  have 
been  scrambled  as  at  the  left;  for  re- 
assembling and  identifying  the  pictures 
123  cash  prizes  are  being  offered.  Full 
details   are   in   the   December   issue   of 


Tibbctt  Returns — in  Triumph 

[Continued  from  page  34] 


with  a  tremendous  love  of  fine  music, 
le  wants  to  play  an  important  part  in 
bringing  it  to  the  average  American. 

One  day,  between  scenes  on  the  Met- 
ropolitan set.  he  said:  "The  screen  has 
become  the  singer's  greatest  opportunity. 
That's  why  I'm  so  anxious  to  succeed." 

With  so  much  at  stake,  Lawrence  Tib- 
bett  would  have  been  excusable  had  he 
displayed  the  traditional  operatic  tem- 
perament. Instead,  he  has  been  the  pal 
of  everyone  on  the  set.  I've  never  heard 
any  great  star  so  unanimously  and  so 
enthusiastically  praised  by  his  fellow 
workers. 


THE  story  of  Metropolitan,  strangely 
enough,  closely  parallels  the  real-life 
story  of  its  star.  It  deals  with  the  strug- 
gle for  recognition  of  a  talented  young 
singer  whose  cardinal  sin  was  his  failure 
to  study  abroad  and  who,  consequently, 
was  denied  an  opportunity  at  the  Metro- 
politan Opera  House  by  the  tradition- 
bound  directors.  Tibbett  fought  exactly 
that  same  battle.  Born  on  a  California 
cattle  ranch,  obliged  to  support  a  family 
before  he  was  old  enough  to  vote,  he  had 
neither  the  time  nor  the  money  for 
study  in  Europe.  He  climbed  to  success 
by  drudgery,  singing  in  church  choirs, 
in  theatre  prologues  and  finally  in  unim- 
portant concerts. 

In  addition  to  Tibbett,  the  principal 
players  in  the  brilliant  cast  of  Metro- 
politan are  Virginia  Bruce,  Alice  Brady, 
Cesar  Romero,  George  Marion.  Sr..  and 
Luis  Alberni.  Virginia  Bruce,  cast  in 
the  role  of  a  wealthy  society  girl  who 
is  trying,  incognito,  to  win  success  in 
opera,  has  a  chance  to  sing  several  op- 
eratic arias.  Tibbett  contends  that  she 
has  one  of  the  finest  natural  voices  he 
has  ever  heard.  Alice  Brady,  who  gave 
up  a  musical  career  of  her  own  because 
of  her  success  in  drama,  plays  a  would- 
be  prima  donna,  a  near-comedy  char- 
acter, who  adopts  Tibbett  as  a  protege. 

Most  of  the  scenes  in  the  picture  cen- 
ter around  the  opera  house,  yet  music 
never  transcends  the  dramatic  plot  in 
importance.  Rather,  it  augments  and 
plays  a  definite  part  in  developing  the 
plot.  Tibbett  believes  that  every  song 
must  have  a  definite  place  in  the  story 
if  opera  is  to  be  popular  on  the  screen. 

In  Metropolitan,  you  will  hear  him 
sing  arias  from  The  Barber  of  Senile, 
Carmen,  and  Pagliacci.  He  also  sings 
a  number  of  the  songs  which  have  been 
most  popular  with  his  concert  audiences 
— On  the  Road  to  Mandalay,  Vesta  La 
Giubba,  and  Glory  Road. 

On  the  set,  one  day,  I  heard  him  sing 
the  Toreador  song  from  Carmen.  His 
voice  filled  the  huge  sound  stage  and  for 
several  minutes  after  he  had  finished, 
the  five  hundred  "extras"  in  the  "opera 
house"  sat  spellbound.  Then,  completely 
disregarding  the  director's  order,  "Cut," 
they  broke  into  a  storm  of  applause  that 
lasted  fully  ten  minutes. 

Listen  for  that  song  ! 


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Kidneys  Must 
Purify  Blood 


To  Bring 
Vitality,  Clear  Skin 
and 
k\  Youthful  Looks 


Women  Need  Help  More  Often  Than  Men 


The  only  way  your  body  can  clean  out  Acids  and 
poisonous  wastes  from  your  blood,  is  through  9  million 
tiny,  delicate  Kidney  tubes  or  filters.  If,  because  of 
functional  troubles,  your  Kidneys  get  tired  or  slow  down 
in  their  work,  these  poisons  remain  in  the  system  and 
make  your  eyes  look  dull  and  your  skin  coarse  and 
dry,  and  at  the  same  time  you  find  yourself  all  Tired- 
Out,  Nervous,  and  unable  to  keep  up  with  the  speed  of 
modern  life. 

Functional  Kidney  troubles  also  may  cause  much 
more  serious  and  disagreeable  symptoms,  such  as  Getting 
1'P  Nights,  Leg  Pains,  Backache,  Circles  t'nder  Eyes, 
JJizziness,  Bheumatic  Pains,  Acidity,  Burning,  Smart- 
ing, and  Itching. 

Any  Doctor  can  tell  you  that  the  speed  of  modern  life 
and  present  day  foods  throw  an  extra  heavy  load  on  the 
Kidneys,  and  that  most  people  need  help  from  time 
to  time  if  they  are  to  feel  their  best  and  preserve  their 
*  youthful  appearance.  Fortunately,  for  sufferers,  it  is 
easy  to  help  functional  Kidney  Troubles  with  the  Doctor's 
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completely  or  cost  nothing. 

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London,  says:  "Cystex  is  one  of  the 
finest  remedies  I  have  ever  known  in 
my  medical  practice.  Any  Doctor  will 
recommend  it  for  its  definite  benefit 
in  the  treatment  of  many  functional 
Kidney  and  Bladder  disorders.  It  is 
safe  and  harmless."  And  Dr.  C.  Z. 
Bendelle,  another  widely  known  Phy- 
sician and  Medical  Examiner,  of 
San  Francisco,  recently  said:  "Since 
the    Kidneys    purify    the    blood,    the 


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poisons    collect    in    these    organs    and    must  be    promptly 

flushed    from    the    system,    otherwise    they  re-enter    the 

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How  Fred  Astairc 
Looks  at  Life 

\Contiintcd  from  page  30] 


about  himself,  our  quarry  was  occupying 
the  center  of  the  stage,  surrounded  by 
the  rest  of  the  cast. 

For  one  solid  hour,  we  sat  and 
watched  Fred  at  work.  Finally,  a  long 
recess  was  called.  And,  instantly,  a  dis- 
tinct uneasiness  came  over  Fred — who 
had  been  so  completely  at  ease  for  an 
hour,  doing  his  act.  With  strained 
casualness,  he  stepped  down  from  the 
stage,  approached  us,  shook  hands  with 
an   embarrassed   smile,    and   sat    down. 

I  asked  him  if  he  liked  life  to  be  in 
quick  tempo,  like  The  Piccolino,  or  in 
slow  tempo  like  Smoke  Gets  in  Your 
Eyes. 

"It  all  depends  on  the  mood,"  he  said, 
"and  I'm  changeable.  But,  in  general, 
quick  tempo — at  least,  when  I'm  work- 
ing.    It's  more  exciting,  invigorating." 

"Does  that  mean  you  like  the  city 
better  than  the  country?"  I  asked.  "I've 
heard  that  one  of  your  secret  ambitions 
is  to  retire  to  a  farm." 

"I  was  born  in  a  city — Omaha,  grew 
up  in  cities,  and  have  always  lived  in 
cities.  Maybe  that's  why  I  like  the 
country  .  .  .  away  from  all  the  clatter 
and  bang  and  rush.  It's  easier  to 
be  alive  there.  I  want  to  own  a 
farm.  And  I  don't  think  it  will  wait 
until  I  retire,  because  I'm  not  retiring 
yet  awhile.  I  like  my  work  too  well. 
And  I'm  not  going  to  retire  until  I  reach 
my  peak  and  can  step  out  in  a  blaze  of 
glory.  I'm  not  there  yet — at  least,  I 
hope  I'm  not." 

I  told  him  that,  on  the  screen,  he 
gave  the  impression  of  being  a  well- 
groomed  city  slicker — shy,  but  smooth, 
nevertheless.  He  laughed,  "It  must  be 
the  clothes  I  wear.  'Clothes  make  the 
man,'  you  know." 

His  amazing  screen  success  isn't  half 
so  amazing  to  anyone  else  as  it  is  to 
Fred  Astaire. 

"When  I  went  out  to  Hollywood  the 
first  time,  to  dance  in  Dancing  Lady  and 
Flying  Down  to  Rio,"  he  said,  "I  never 
thought  that  I'd  be  staying.  When  I 
finished  Flying  Down  to  Rio,  I  packed 
my  bag  and  went  over  to  London,  to  ap- 
pear in  The  Gay  Divorce  on  the  stage.  I 
nearly  fell  over  when  I  got  a  cable,  tell- 
ing me.  that  I  had  clicked.  That  cable 
was  the  Eighth  Wonder  of  the  World !" 

I  volunteered  that  movie  audiences 
had  never  seen  anyone  like  him  before. 
His  answer,  illuminated  by  that  twisted, 
ironic  smile  of  his,  was:  "You're  prob- 
ably right.  They  had  never  seen  a  face 
like  mine  before !" 

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"All  of  my  friends  tell  me  I  worry  too 
much,"  he  said.  "Maybe  I  do.  But  I 
don't  think  I'd  be  anywhere  today  if  I 
hadn't  worried  myself  there.  As  a 
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with  my  sister,  Adele — who  was  always 
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-^*-  by  his  dancing,  are  now  applauding 
him,  as  well,  for  being  one  of  the  finest 
comedians  on  the  screen.  And  here  is 
a  revelation:  it  was  his  dancing  that 
made  him  an  actor. 

He  told  me :  "The  way  you  dance 
isn't  so  important — though  it  counts 
plenty.  The  important  thing  is  what  you 
do  while  you're  dancing,  the  business 
you  tack  on  to  it.  You've  seen  dancers 
— and  so  have  I — who  are  smooth  in 
their  footwork  and  can  do  a  lot  of  clever, 
trick  stuff ;  yet,  somehow,  they  don't 
stand  out.  They  look  as  if  they're  con- 
centrating on  their  footwork.  Every 
dancer  works  plenty  hard,  but  the  trick 
is  to  let  audiences  forget  that— to  let 
them  watch  you  enjoying  yourself. 

"Personality  is  the  greatest  asset  any- 
body on  the  stage  can  have,"  said  Fred, 
"whether  he's  a  dancer,  an  actor,  or  just 
a  spear-carrier.  And  another  prime  as- 
set is  a  capacity  for  hard  work.  You 
can't  dream  yourself  or  wish  yourself  or 
bluff  yourself  into  stage  success.  You 
have  to  work — and  like  it — to  get  there." 

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more  prime  essentials.  As  everybody 
should  know  by  this  time,  Fred  himself 
was  the  inventor  of  The  Carioca,  The 
Continental  and  The  Piccolino.  How 
does   he   contrive   so   many   new   steps  ? 

"A  great  many  people  ask  me 
that  question,"  he  says.  "Whenever  I  go 
traveling,  they  ask  me  if  I  got  ideas  for 
a  new  dance  from  watching  a  Spanish 
fandango  or  a  Russian  folk-dance.  I 
don't.  I  enjoy  watching  native  dances, 
but  I  don't  get  hot  flashes  about  ways  to 
vary  them.  Right  now,  I'm  supposed  to 
be  thinking  of  new  dances  for  my  next 
picture  with  Ginger  Rogers,  Follow  the 
Fleet — in  which,  by  the  way,  I'll  play  a 
sailor,  not  a  'city  slicker.'  And  I  haven't 
a  single  idea  about  what  those  steps  will 
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Hollywood,  is  to  lock  myself  in  a  room 
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about?  You  put  down  a  few  words,  and 
suddenly  you  begin  to  get  ideas,  until 
finally  you've  written  about  ten  pages. 
Well,  that's  the  way  I  do  new  dances." 

Why    does    he    dodge    interviewers? 

"They  want  to  tell  the  world  what  I'm 
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Downey.     Joan,  the  schoolgirl. 

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Her  practical  outlook  on  life  has 
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Joan's  house  is  furnished  throughout 

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to    Diana   on    state  occasions)    and  the 

[Continued  on  page  81] 


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and  tell  him  I  had  been  a  fool,  but 
the  words  stuck  in  my  throat.  Then 
my  mood  changed.  So  he  thought  1 
had  been  bragging  about  my  success, 
did  he?  Wait  until  he  saw  my  pic- 
ture— wait  until  be  saw  me  with  a 
new  contract!  He  was  fair  and  hon- 
est, and  he  would  acknowledge  he 
had  been  wrong.  Then  I  would  say 
I  was  sorry,  too,  for  "putting  on  an 
act."  It  would  be  all  right;  it  had  to 
come  right !  My  confidence  came 
back,  my  head  went  up. 

f"\N  my  way  out  of  the  studio,  the 
^-^  doorkeeper  called  to  me,  "Mr. 
Burnham  would  like  to  see  you." 

My  heart  leaped.  At  last  I  was 
going  to  do  another  picture.  But  for 
more  money — I  intended  being  firm 
about  that.  Perhaps  he  would  offer 
me  a  long-term  contract  .  .  .  surely, 
I  had  been  good  enough  to  warrant 
it.     I  pulled  my  nerves  together. 

In  his  vast  paneled  office,  Mr. 
Burnham  was  alone.  He  offered  me 
a  seat,  very  politely. 

"Miss  Le  Grange,"  he  began,  "I 
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Hollywood.  It  has  been  a  pleasure 
to  have  you  with  us,  and  I  hope  you 
will  take  back  pleasant  memories." 

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Burnham!"  I  said,  with  white  lips. 
"What  do  you  mean?  Do  you — oh. 
you  can't  mean  I'm  .  .  .  fired?" 

He  smiled  a  little  sadly,  and  patted 
my  hand.  "I  hate  to  put  it  that  way, 
my  dear,"  he  said,  "but  I'm  afraid  we 
just  can't  use  you.  Don't  take  it  too 
hard.  At  least,  you've  had  a  chance 
in  pictures,  which  is  more  than  most 
girls  get.  It's  better  for  you  to  know 
the  truth  now." 

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my  heart.  "The  picture — surely  I 
looked  well,   surely.  ..." 

"It's  true  that  you  photograph 
well,"  he  interrupted,  "but  you  have 
a  great  deal  to  learn  about  acting. 
Your  voice,  your  accent,  your  timing 
— they're  all  wrong.  Now,  why  not 
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We'll  «pay  your  expenses,  of  course." 

"No!"  I  cried,  springing  to  my 
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it's  not  fair,  what  you've  done!" 

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affair.  In  any  event,  good  luck  to 
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He  held  out  his  hand.  Automatic- 
ally. I  took  it.  'Then  I  turned  slowly 
and  went  out  into  the  cruelly  bright 
California    sunlight. 

Continued    m    January. 
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OF    CONGRESS   OF    AUGUST   24,    1912 

Of  Movie  Classic,   published  Monthly  at  Mount  Morris. 
111.,  for  Oct.  1,   1935. 
State    of    Minnesota  ? 
County   of   Hennepin>ss- 

Before  me,  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  State  and 
county  aforesaid,  personally  appeared  W.  M.  Messenger, 
who,  having  been  duly  sworn  according  to  law,  deposes  and 
says  that  he  is  the  business  manager  of  the  Movie  Cla>-ic 
and  that  the  following  is.  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and 
belief,  a  true  statement  of  the  ownership,  management 
(and  if  a  daily  paper,  the  circulation ),  etc..  of  the  afore- 
said publication  for  the  date  shown  in  the  above  caption, 
required  by  the  Act  of  August  24,  1912,  embodied  in  sec- 
tion 111,  Postal  Laws  and  Regulations,  printed  on  the  re- 
verse of  this  form,  to  wit: 

1.  That  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  publisher,  edi- 
tor, managing  editor,  and  business  manager-  are:  Pub- 
lisher, Motion  Picture  Publications.  Inc.,  Minneapolis. 
Minn. :  Editor.  James  E.  Reid.  New-  Tork.  N.  Y. ;  Manag- 
ing Editor.  Laurence  Reid.  New  Tork.  N.  T. :  Business 
Manager.   W.   M.    Messenger.    Minneapolis.   Minn. 

2.  That  the  owner  is:  (If  owned  by  a  corporation,  its 
name  and  address  must  be  stated  and  also  Immediately 
thereunder  the  names  and  addresses  of  stockholders  owning 
or  holding  one  per  cent  or  more  of  total  amount  of  stock. 
If  not  owned  by  a  corporation,  the  names  and  addresses  of 
the  individual  owners  must  be  given.  If  owned  by  a  firm, 
company,  or  other  unincorporated  concern,  its  name  and 
address,  as  well  as  those  of  each  individual  member,  must 
lie  given.)  Motion  Picture  Publications.  Minneapolis. 
Minn.;  Fawcett  Publications.  Inc..  Minneapolis.  Minn.; 
W.  H.  Fawcett,  Breezy  Point.  Minn.:  Roscoe  Fawcett. 
Minneapolis,  Minn. ;  C-A  Publishing  Co..  New  York.  N.  Y. 

3.  That  the  known  bondholders,  mortgagees,  and  other 
security  holders  owning  or  holding  1  per  cent  or  more  of 
total  amount  of  bonds,  mortgages,  or  other  securitie-  are: 
(If  there  are  none,  so  state.)    None. 

4.  That  the  two  paragraphs  next  above,  giving  the 
names  of  the  owners,  stockholders,  and  security  holders,  if 
f.nv.  contain  not  only  the  list  of  stockholders  and  security 
holders  as  tliey  appear  upon  the  books  of  the  company  but 
also,  in  cases  where  the  stockholder  or  security  holder  ap- 
pears upon  the  books  of  the  company  as  trustee  or  in  any 
other  fiduciary  relation,  the  name  of  the  person  or  corpora- 
tion for  whom  such  trustee  is  acting,  is  given;  also  that 
the  said  two  paragraphs  contain  statements  embracing 
affiant's  full  know'edgc  and  belief  as  to  the  circumstances 
and  conditions  under  which  stockholders  and  security  hold- 
ers who  do  not  appear  upon  the  books  of  the  company  as 
trustees  hold  stocks  and  securities  in  a  capacity  other 
than  that  of  a  bona  fide  owner:  and  this  affiant  has  no 
reason  to  believe  that  any  other  person,  association,  or 
corporation  has  any  interest  direct  or  indirect  in  the  said 
stock,  bonds,  or  other  securities  than  as  so  stated  by  him. 

W.  M.  MESSENGER. 
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September.  1935.  _„.„„„ 

(SEAL I  ESTHER  V.    MAUSEL. 

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Tullio  Carminati's  Immortal 
Love 

[Continued  from  page  68] 

was  playing.  It  was  the  first  time  I 
had  come  face  to  face  with  her  in  the 
midst  of  a  play.  I  was  unable  to  do 
anything  but  stare,  completely  forgetting 
the  audience.  Not  until  the  prompter 
rapped  sharply  with  his  book  did  I  re- 
member who  I  was,  where  I  was,  and 
what  I  was  to  do." 

When  Duse  died  suddenly,  following 
an  attack  of  influenza,  Tullio  deserted 
the  stage  for  many  months.  Later,  con- 
tinuing his  career,  he  rose  to  such  a 
position  of  eminence  that  Joseph 
Schenck  signed  him  for  films  in   1926. 

Oddly,  his  first  picture  appearances 
met  with  little  success.  Few  can  re- 
member the  fact  that  he  appeared  in 
several  important  pictures  (such  as  The 
Bat,  The  Duchess  of  Buffalo,  The  Pat- 
riot and  Three  Sinners)  with  Constance 
Talmadge,  Florence  Vidor.  Pola  Negri, 
and   other   actresses    of   the    silent   era. 

As  everyone  knows,  his  success  in 
Hollywood  dates  from  his  appearance 
with  Constance  Bennett  in  Moulin 
Rouge  and  with  Ann  Harding  in  Gallant 
Lady,  and  particularly  from  his  hit  per- 
formance opposite  Grace  Moore  in  One 
Night  of  Love.  Since  then,  although 
constantly  in  demand,  he  has  refused  to 
sign  long-term  studio  contracts,  pre- 
ferring to  appear  when  he  chooses  in 
films  to  his  own  personal  liking. 

That  he  still  cherishes  a  love  that  is 
beyond  ordinary  understanding  explains 
the  hidden  power  of  his  appeal,  for  no 
man  who  has  encountered  such  a  su- 
preme emotional  experience  as  Carmin- 
ati  did  with  the  immortal  Duse  can 
emerge  without  a  vital  emotional  sp;irk 
in  his  own  heart. 

Joan  Bennett — Doubly 
Successful! 

[Continued  from  page  78] 

baby  Melinda,  whom  Gene  considers 
the  eighth  wonder  of  the  world,  sounds 
through  the  house  at  all  times. 

Says  her  mother,  Adrienne  Morrison, 
"I  think  it's  perfectly  marvelous  to  see 
what  Joan  has  done  with  her  life. 
There  are  very  few  youngsters  who 
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and  then  remake  their  lives  as  success- 
fully and  happily  as  Joan  has." 

The  Powers-that-Be  thought  well 
enough  of  her  efforts  in  Private  Worlds 
and  Mississippi  to  sign  her  up  for  the 
next  two  years  at  a  price  that  would 
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Ginger  Rogers,  who  has  just  fin- 
ished Tamed,  her  first  solo  star- 
ring picture,  is  the  new  Favorite 
No.  I  of  readers,  by  actual 
vote.       Can    you    tell     us    why? 


$15  Prize  Letter 

Success  Secret — Why  does  the  tide  of 
screen  stars'  popularity  so  frequently  ebb 
and  flow?  Is  it  a  problem  of  glamor,  or 
sex-appeal,  or  stories?  Every  member  of 
our  family  had  a  different  explanation  un- 
til Junior  exploded  his  bombshell :  "Say, 
what  about  Will  Rogers?  How  will  you 
explain  a  great  man  like  him?" 

The  question  made  us  realize  how  far 
from  the  basic  truth  about  box-office  appeal 
we  were. 

True,  Rogers  was  a  wit,  a  fine  comedian. 
But  others  have  been  as  good  as  he.  He 
was  lovably  human,  natural.  But  so  have 
been  other  actors.  Then  what  was  it  that 
endeared  him  to  the  public  year  after  year? 
Grandmother  had  the  answer :  "It  was  be- 
cause Will  Rogers  loved  people  more  than 
he  loved  himself.  Remember  how  he  said : 
T  never  met  a  man  I  didn't  like'  ? 

"Any  actor  who  can  say  that  truthfully 
doesn't  need  to  worry  about  holding  his  fol- 
lowing. A  warm  heart  is  as  apparent  on 
the  screen  as  anywhere  else.  That's  why 
we  loved  Marie  Dressier.  That's  why  we 
loved  Will."— Mrs.  A.  S.  Traxell,  Frye 
Hotel,  Seattle,  Wash. 

$10  Prize  Letter 

Hands  Across  the  Sea — As  an  English 
movie-goer,  I  should  like  to  express  through 
your  magazine  an  appreciation  of  the  mag- 
nificent way  in  which  the  American  picture 
industry  has  produced  such  excellent  films 
as  Lives  of  a  Bengal  Lancer,  David  Cop- 
pcrfield  and  others,  which  are  so  British 
in  spirit.  Such  pictures  should  do  much 
to  cement  the  friendship  between  our  two 
peoples. 

Perhaps  the  most  significant  thing  about 
these  pictures — Bengal  Lancer  in  particular 
— is  the  way  in  which  typical  American 
stars  portrayed  typical  British  characters. 
The  result  of  this  is  the  realization  on  this 
side  of  the  Atlantic  that  the  average  Amer- 
ican is  not  the  gum-chewing  hustler  beloved 
by  cartoonists,  but  actually  differs  little 
from  the  average   Britisher. 


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MOVIE  CLASSIC'S  readers  say  what  they 
think— and   win    prizes   with    their   letters 


Now  that  our  own  studios  are  finding 
other  plots  besides  continual  "drawing- 
room  dramas,"  filmgoers  will  benefit  by  the 
rivalry  between  Hollywood  and  English 
companies. — Reg.  Foggin,  14  Weld  Road, 
Withington,  Manchester,  England. 

$5   Prize  Letter 

Unappreciated — Don't  you  think  the 
screen  director  seldom  gets  the  credit  due 
him  from  the  public?  His  name  is  infre- 
quently heard  in  the  conversations  of 
movie-goers,  yet  he  is  an  important,  if  not 
the  most  important,  person  in  every  pro- 
duction. 

He  is  responsible  for  the  interpretations 
of  all  the  players  in  every  variety  of  char- 
acter. He  knows  human  nature  to  the  core. 
He  must  know  good  acting.  He  has  to 
manage  the  entire  cast,  the  property  men, 
and  the  photographic  sound  crew,  fie  sees 
that  everything  runs  smoothly,  allays  jeal- 
ousies, secures  maximum  cooperation.  And 
with  it  all  he  must  avoid  nervous  prostra- 
tion. All  hail  to  the  director ! — Milton 
Landau,  609  West  137th  St.,  New  York 
City. 

$1   Prize  Letters 

Several  months  ago,  a  MOVIE  CLASS- 
IC reader  suggested  that  Shirley  Temple 
should  play  the  title  role  of  Peter  Pan. 
Other  readers  jumped  at  the  suggestion, 
both  pro  and  con.  Several  thought  that 
Freddie  Bartholomew  should  play  Peter, 
with  Shirley  as  Wendy.  Now  comes  still 
another  suggestion : 

Virginia  as  Wendy? — Shirley  Temple  is 
not  the  type  to  play  Peter  Pan.  In  the  first 
place,  she  is  much  too  small  for  the  part, 
besides  having  a  personality  altogether  dif- 
ferent from  that  of  the  impish,  boastful 
Peter.  I  think  that  Freddie  Bartholomew, 
with  his  boyish  charm,  his  wonderful  act- 
ing ability,  and  his  perfect  diction,  would 
be  an  ideal  Peter  Pan.  Also,  I  suggest  Vir- 
ginia Weidler,  the  charming,  sincere  Little 
Sister  of  Laddie,  as  a  "natural"  for  the  part 
of  Wendy.  Each  of  these  children  alone 
captivated  the  movie-going  public.  Together, 
what  would  they  be  ?  Perfection ! — Jacque- 
line Moffatt,  2923  S.  Hope  St.,  Los 
Angeles,  Calif. 

In  October  MOVIE  CLASSIC,  Reader 
T.  M.  Fecmann  started  something  by  in- 
timating that  movie  stars  arc  too  clothes- 
conscious.  We  have  been  deluged  with  let- 
ters of  protest,  of  which  this  is  typical: 

New  Styles  Important — Reader  Feemann 
must  be  of  the  male  of  the  species.  It  is 
true  that  a  famous  actress  does  not  have 
to  depend  on  the  latest  creations  to  be 
heralded  for  her  performance,  but  I  dare- 
say that  if  our  critic  saw  a  favorite  wear- 
ing a  1932  model  gown  in  a  1935  picture, 
the  thought  would  be,  "That  actress  is  los- 
ing her  appeal."  Good  clothes  and 
fashionable  clothes  are  necessary  for  the 
happiness  and  success  of  a  woman,  whether 
she   is    Marv   Brown  of   Peoria   or   Sylvia 


Sidney  of  Hollvwood. — Beatrice  Spasoff, 
1726  M.  Street,  N.  W .,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Bergner  Passed  the  Test — I  saw  Elisa- 
beth Bergner's  Escape  Me  Never  six  weeks 
ago  and  I  still  am  enjoying  it.  It  stands 
out  on  the  movie  horizon  clear  cut.  sym- 
bolic and  dignified.  Of  the  eight  or  ten 
pictures  I  have  seen  since,  I  have  only  a 
scene  here  and  a  line  there — but  Bergner, 
the  tragic  little  imp,  pops  into  my  mind 
often,  and  I  like  to  have  her ! 

My  own  test  of  a  good  movie  is  the 
same  as  my  test  of  merchandise:  Has  it 
quality?  Will  it  serve  its  purpose?  And 
—do  I  really  want  it?  Escape  Me  Never 
is  my  best  movie  buy  so  far  this  year. — 
Mrs.  J.  G.  Riley,  Sil'lman  Hotel,  Spokane, 
Wash. 

Here  is  an  interesting  topic  for  discus- 
sion— the  test  of  a  good  picture.  What  is 
your  own  personal  test? 

Nominated  for  Award — I  wonder  if  manv 
MOVIE  CLASSIC  readers  will  approve  of 
the  list  of  ten  screen  performances  I  would 
consider  worthy  of  the  Academv  Award 
of  1935?     The  "list  follows: 

(1)  Freddie  Bartholomew  in  David  Cop- 
per field;  (2)  Victor  McLaglen  in  The  In- 
former; (3)  Noel  Coward  in  The  Scoun- 
drel; (4)  Paul  Muni  in  Black  Fury;  (5) 
Pat  O'Brien  in  Oil  for  the  Lamps  of 
China;  (6)  Katharine  Hepburn  in  Alice 
Adams;  (7)  Charles  Laughton  in  Ruggles 
of  Red  Gap;  (8)  Julie  Haydon  in  The 
Scoundrel;  (9)  Bette  Davis  in  Bordertown; 
(10)  Gary  Cooper  in  Lives  of  a  Bengal 
Lancer. — Albert  Manski,  69  Pinckney  St., 
Boston,  Mass. 

Reader  Manski  is  rushing  the  azcard 
season  by  several  months,  perhaps  on  the 
theory  that  it's  better  to  be  early  than 
late.  And  so  it  is.  Would  your  own  ten 
nominations  include  more  actors  than  ac- 
tresses,'as  his  does?  Why  not  take  a  piece 
of  paper  and  pencil  and  jot  them  down? 
And  send  us  your  list? 


WHAT  is  your  favorite  movie  topic 
— your  reaction  to  new  pictures,  new 
performances — your  newest  idea  for 
the  betterment  of  films? 
Tell  us,  and  you  will  also  be  tell- 
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The  editors  are  the  sole  judges  and 
reserve  the  right  to  publish  all  or 
part  of  any  letter  received.  Write 
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an  ACTIVE  lather  that  sinks 


deep  into  the  pores,  safely  re- 
moves every  vestige  of  dust,  dirt, 
stale  cosmetics.  Before  you  put 
on  fresh  make-up  during  the  day 
—  ALWAYS  before  you  go  to  bed 
at  night  —  use  the  gentle,  white 
soap  9  out  of  10  screen  stars  have 
made  their  beauty  care  for  years 


■;  "«;;;:—• 


"PINK   TO 

A  MAN'S  first  swift  dingy 

look  sometimes 
says  .  .  .  "You're  a  charming  woman." 

And  a  woman's  eyes  may  answer  .  .  . 
"You're  a  likeable  person." 

And  then  she  smiles.  Lucky  for  both 
of  them  if  it's  a  lovely,  quick  flash  of 
white  teeth,  in  healthy  gums. 

For  a  glimpse  of  dingy  teeth  and  ten- 
der gums  can  blast  a  budding  romance  in 
a  split  second! 


OTH   BRUSH"  makes  her  avoid  all  close-ups  — 
teeth  and  tender  gums  destroy  her  charm 


WHY 


IS  "PINK  TOOTH  BRUSH' 
SO  COMMON? 


It's  very  simple.  The  soft  foods  that  we 
all  eat  nowadays — almost  exclusively — 


cannot  possibly  give  teeth  and  gums 
enough  work  to  do  to  keep  them  healthy. 
They  grow  lazy.  Deprived  of  the  natural 
stimulation  of  hard,  coarse  foods,  they 
become  sensitive,  tender.  And  then,  pres- 
ently, "pink  tooth  brush"  warns  you 
that  your  gums  are  unhealthy — suscep- 
tible to  infection. 

Modern  dental  practice  suggests  Ipana 
plus  massage  for  several  good  reasons.  If 
you  will  put  a  little  extra  Ipana  on 
brush  or  fingertip  and  massage  your 
gums  every  time  you  brush  your  teeth, 
you  will  understand.  Rub  it  in  thor- 


oughly. Massage  it  vig- 
orously .  Do  it  regularly. 
And  your  mouth  will  feel  cleaner.  There 
will  be  a  new  and  livelier  tingle  in  your 
gums  —  new  circulation,  new  firmness, 
new  health. 

Make  Ipana  plus  massage  a  regular 
part  of  your  routine.  It  is  the  dentist's 
ablest  assistant  in  the  home  care  of  the 
teeth  and  gums.  For  with  healthy  gums, 
you've  ceased  to  invite  "pink  tooth 
brush."  You  are  not  likely  to  get  gingi- 
vitis, pyorrhea  and  Vincent's  disease. 
And  you'll  bring  the  clear  and  brilliant 
beauty  of  a  lovely  smile  into  any  and 
every  close-up. 


of  your  teei  ^ 


Movie  Classic  for  January,  1936 


THE  FUNNIEST  PICTURE  SINCE 
CHAPLIN'S  SHOULDER  ARMS 


And  that— 

If  your  memory  is  good  .  .  . 

Was  way  back  yonder! 

*  •      • 

We've  gone  a  long  way  back 

We  admit. 

But  then,  consider  what 

"A  NIGHT  AT  THE  OPERA"  has- 

And  you'll  see  why 

We  feel  safe 

In  making 

This  comparison. 

•  •     * 
It  has 

The  Marx  Brothers  — 
Groucho  .  .  .  Chico 
And  Harpo— 

Every  one  of  them  a  comic  genius, 
And  together  the  funniest  trio 
That  ever  played  on  stage  or  screen 
In  this  a?*-  ^ 

Or  any  other  country.  fc^  £\  $(L 


And  it  was  written  by 

Two  famous  comedy  dramatists— 

George  Kaufman 

And  Morrie  Ryskind 

(George  is  the  fellow  who  wrote 

"Once  in  a  Lifetime," 

"Merrily  We  Roll  Along," 

And  Morrie  collaborated 

With  George  on 

"Of  Thee  I  Sing"  and  other  hits). 

This  is  their  first  joint  job 

Of  movie  writing. 

Their  stage  successes  were 

Laugh  riots — 


Imagine  what  they  do 
With  the  wider  range 
Of  the  screen  — 
And  three  master  comics 
To  do  their  stuff. 


Then  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayec 

Put  #1,000,000  into 

Making  this  picture. 

Yes,  sir!  One  million  dollars 

For  ninety  consecutive  minutes 

Of  entertainment. 

Which, 

So  our  Certified 

Public  Accountant  says, 

Is  #12,000  worth  of  laughs 

Per  minute  (and  that,  we  think, 

Is  an  all-time  high) . 


And  lest  we  forget, 

That  new  song— "Alone" 

By  Nacio  Herb  Brown 

And  Arthur  Freed 

(The  tunesmiths  who  gave  you 

Five  happy  hit  numbers  in 

"Broadway  Melody  of  1936")- 

And  there's  lots  of 

Music  and  romance 

For  instance 

Allan  Jones'  rendition 

Of  "II  Trovatore" 

(Watch  this  boy,  he's 

A  new  singing  star) 

And  watch 

Kitty  Carlisle  — 

She  is  something 

To  watch! 


// 


A    NIGHT    AT 
THE     OPERA 

Starring  the 

ARX     BROTHERS 

with  KITTY  CARLISLE  and  ALLAN  JONES  •  A  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Picture 
Directed  by  Sam  Wood  •  Story  by  George  S.  Kaufman  and  Morrie  Ryskind 


it 


Movie  Classic  for  January,  1936 


DEC  13  1935 7 

James'eMid 

Editor 

LAURENCE  REID 

Managing   Editor 


©C1B    283553^/* 

JANUARY,     193  6'  VOL.    9'No.    5' 

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MOVIE 


On  this  month's  cover  is  one  dancing  star 
— Ginger  Rogers — in  a  ski  outfit.  Here 
is  another — Ruby  Keeler.  And  how  about 
you?       Are     you     winter-sports-minded? 


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Wooden   Heads  of  Hollywood     .     .     by 

Gable  Changed — ? 

Rose  Marie — You'll  Love  It!       .... 

WARNER  BAXTER— AND  WOMEN     . 

The  Story  Ginger  Rogers   Never  Told 

Charles  Boyer — Master  of  Charm 

Grace   Moore's  Secret  Triumph 

The  Dramatic  School  That  Jean  Started 

Up  from  the  Bottom  to  Stardom 

Meet  Errol  Flynn — Born  Adventurer! 

Screen-Struck — a  Dramatic,  New 

Hollywood  Novel by 

Famous,  But  Human — Barbara  Stanwyck 

There's  Only  One   Eleanor  Powell — 

and   here's  why! 

What  Every  Smart  Girl  Could  Wear     . 

My  Success  Story  Is  a  Love  Story — 

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Winifred   Aydelotte  14 

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by   Robert  Graham  28 

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Eric   L.   Ergenbright  31 

by  Jane  Carroll  32 

by  Mary  Anderson  34 

by  Shirley  King  35 

Nina  Wilcox  Putnam  36 

by  Helen  Harrison  39 


by   Carol    Craig        40 
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by  Ruth  Biery        51 


AND  DON'T  MISS— 

They're  the   Topics!   (News) 6 

New  Hero — an   Editorial by  James  E.  Reid  8 

Speaking   of  Movies  (Reviews) 10 

New  Shopping   Finds by  the   Shopping   Scouts  12 

Six  to  See 16 

This    Dramatic    World    (Portraits) 19 

Fashion  Foreword by  Gwen   Dew  42 

CLASSIC'S   FASHION   PARADE 43 

CLASSIC  Stresses  Practical  Dresses  (Patterns) 49 

Does  Your  Make-Up  Match  Your  Wardrobe?  .  by  Alison  Alden  50 

Handy  Hints  from  Hollywood 71 

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They're  the  Topics! 


New  notes  on  per- 
sonalities who  are 
always  good  news! 


Harold  Lloyd,  now  starring  in 
The  Milky  Way,  treasures  his 
first  pair  of  hornrimmed  specs. 
He's  holding  them  here — but  us- 
ually they're  under  lock  and  key 


Before  Rochelle  Hudson  came  along. 
Hollywood  had  a  superstition  that  no  other 
girl  could  play  a  role  originally  intended 
for  Janet  Gaynor  and  find  success.  But 
Rochelle  succeeded  where  several  predeces- 
sors had  failed,  simply  because  she  did  not 
try  to  be  a  second  Gaynor  when  the  chance 
was  thrown  her  way.  She  gave  an  indi- 
vidual performance  as  the  heroine  of  Way 
Down  East,  when  she  was  handed  the  role 
opposite  Henry  Fonda  after  an  injury 
took  Janet  out  of  the  cast.  In  her  latest 
picture.  Show  Them  No  Mercy,  she  plays 
the  part  of  a  young  wife  and  mother — and 
her  performance  is  so  outstanding  that  she 
will  be  starred  in  the  title  role  of  Ramona. 
Keep  your  eye  on  Rochelle.  The  girl  with 
"the  plastic  face"  (so-called  because  she 
can  register  any  given  emotion  at  any  given 
moment)  is  going  far! 

The  favorite  protegee  of  the  late  Will 
Rogers,  Rochelle  is  in  her  very  early  twen- 
ties, has  one  of  Hollywood's  most  beautiful 
figures,  has  a  flair  for  smart  fashions — and 
was  six  years  en  route  to  her  present  emi- 
nence. When  she  started  in  films,  she  was 
too  young  to  play  anything  but  sub-deb 
roles ;  also,  she  had  no  acting  experience. 
If  she  had  been  less  conscientious,  less  will- 
ing to  learn  what  there  was  to  learn  about 
film-acting,  she  would  never  have  lasted 
long  enough  to  "become  of  age"  in  Holly- 
wood. She  never  kidded  herself  into  think- 
ing that  she  could  get  by  on  looks  alone. 
And,  for  a  girl  with  Rochelle's  "looks,'" 
that    was    an    unusual    attitude  .  .  . 

Edward  Everett  Horton  (a  real  come- 
dian, if  anyone  should  ask  you)  holds  a 
record  no  other   player   has   ever   equaled. 

Movie  Classic  for  January,  1936 


He  has  been  a  free-lance  actor  for  fourteen 
years,  never  has  been  tied  up  with  any 
company  on  one  of  those  long-term  con- 
tracts, will  not  play  any  role  he  does  not 
like — and,  if  he  does  like  it,  asks  (and  gets) 
$5,000  a  week,  with  no  reduction  for  cash. 

It  looks  as  if  Mae  West  is  the  trail- 
blazer  to  the  new  winter  playground  of  the 
stars.  She  has  taken  a  fancy  to  Ensenada, 
the  new  resort  below  the  Mexican  border, 
and  is  going  to  build  there.  Having  no 
liking  for  airplanes  or  steamships,  she  can- 
not get  away  for  "quick  vacations"  to  New 
York  or  Hawaii  as  other  stars  do — but  she 
can  reach  Ensenada  in  that  big  car  of  hers 
in  three  hours.  Now,  other  stars  are  ask- 
ing questions  about  land  prices  there. 

It  is  a  little  early  to  suggest  Academy 
Award  winners,  but  you  can  lay  a  bet  that 
Victor  McLaglen  (for  his  performance  in 
The  Informer)  and  Edward  Arnold  (for 
his  performance  in  Diamond  Jim)  will  be 
in  the  running.  And  there  is  likely  to  be 
another  special  award  for  Shirley  Temple 
.  .  .  who  has  become  the  top  favorite  in- 
ternationally in  her  second  year  of  stardom. 


Prepare  for  a  pleasant  little  sur- 
prise when  you  see  Coronado.  The 
leading  lady  is  a  brand-new  comer, 
named  Betty  Burgess,  discovered 
in     a     Los     Angeles     high    school 


Warren  William's  health  regimen  re- 
quires him  to  drink  fifteen  glasses  of  water 
a  day — and  he  hasn't  foundered  yet  .  .  . 
George  Brent,  A-l  aviator,  was  afraid  of 
riding  on  merry-go-rounds  as  a  youngster ! 
Incidentally,  the  dancing  beauties  at  War- 
ners, in  a  poll,  voted  for  George  as  "Holly- 
wood's most  eligible  bachelor"  .  .  .  Maureen 
O'  Sullivan  has  one  of  those  trick  memories 
that  enables  her  to  memorize  a  full  movie 
script  by  reading  it  only  twice  .  .  .  Wil- 
liam S.  Hart,  of  two-gun  film  fame,  has 
authored  another  book  on  the  Old  West, 
titled,  "The  Law  on  Horseback,  and  Other 
Stories"  .  .  .  Outrageously  hilarious  was 
that  retort  of  Mrs.  Pat  Campbell's  to  the 
young  and  beautiful  actress  who  bawled 
her  out  for  forgetting  a  line :  "My  dear," 
said  Mrs.  Pat,  sweetly,  "how  thin  you  are ! 
You  must  have  worms!" 


Girls,  be  glad  that  you  are  not  living 
back  in  the  mid-1800's,  because  it  took  128 
yards  of  material  and  348  yards  of  lace, 
not  to  mention  horsehair  braid,  ribbon,  etc., 
to  make  only  four  of  the  costumes  of  the 
period  that  Miriam  Hopkins  wore  in  Bar- 
bara Coast  .  .  .  Strange  as  it  seems,  there 
is  a  man  working  on  Warners'  Captain 
Blood  set  whose  name  really  is  Captain 
John  Blood.  He  is  six  feet  four  and  flew 
for  the  British  in  the  war  .  .  .  James  Cag- 
ney  says  that  he  trained  so  earnestly  for 
his  last  two  pictures  that  he  gained  a  half- 
inch  in  height.  Are  you  listening,  Mr. 
Ripley? 

Charles  Boyer,  scheduled  to  play  oppo- 
site Marlene  Dietrich  in  her  next  pic- 
ture, may  soon  play  Haroun  Al  Raschid  in 
The  Arabian  Nights.  In  color,  that  should 
be  a  thrill  .  .  .  Marian  Marsh  believes  that 
"tight"  coiffures  are  due  for  an  eclipse.  In 
Columbia's  Crime  and  Punishment,  she  is 
wearing  her  hair  loose  and  wavy — and  the 
novelty,  think  we,  may  start  a  fad  .  .  .  The 
newest  legend  about  Cecil  B.  De  Mille 
(who,  by  the  way,  is  about  to  produce 
Buffalo  Bill — probably  with  Gary  Cooper 
as  the  star)  is  that  he  has  a  trick  spotlight 
under  his  desk,  which  he  can  suddenly  focus 
on  any  actor  or  actress  who  enters  to  be 
interviewed.  "And  is  it  startling !"  ex- 
claims one  who  claims  to  know.  .  .  . 

Because  there  are  about  12,500  "extra" 
players  registered  at  the  Central  Casting 
Bureau,  and  because  it  is  a  BIG  day  when 
as  many  as  five  hundred  of  them  receive 
calls,  the  Bureau  heads  have  adopted  new 
tactics  to  bring  down  the  total.  They  are 
sending  out  successions  of  form  letters  to 
all  registered  "extras,"  advising  them  how 
tough  the  game  is  (just  as  though  most  of 
them  didn't  know  it  already!),  in  the  hope 
that  many  of  the  12,500  will  throw  up  the 
sponge  and  go  back  home,  wherever  that 
is.  "Save  in  a  very  few  exceptional  in- 
stances," one  typical  letter  points  out,  "it 
is  an  impossibility  for  any  individual  to 
make  an  actual  living  from  motion  picture 
'extra'  work." 

In  Hollywood,  population  figures  show, 
there  are  about  3,000  more  women  than 
men.  And  that  includes  screen  beauties. 
And  that  means  that  a  girl  in  Hollywood, 
even  though  she  may  have  been  a  Garbo 
in  her  own  home-town,  has  a  slim  chance 
[Continued  on  page  13] 


Lionel  Barrymore  as  Scrooge  in 
Dickens'  Christmas  Carol — here 
is  a  radio  treat  in  store  for  you 
on  Christmas  Day.  And,  by 
contract,      for     the      next     five! 


just  naturally  helps 
make  a  beautiful  mouth 


IT'S   THE    CHEWING    EXERCISE   THAT    DOES    IT! 

Movie  Classic  for  January,  1936  7 


N 
H 


ew 
ero 


HAVE  you  seen — and  heard — Nino  Martini?  If 
you  haven't,  you  will  soon  be  conscious  that  you 
have  missed  a  sensation.  If  you  have  seen  him, 
you  know  that  here — at  last — is  something  new  in  heroes. 
He  has  just  made  his  bow  in  a  picture  called  Here's  to 
Romance.  It  is  a  pleasant  little  picture,  not  at  all  sensa- 
tional in  story  or  characters.  But  it  packs  one  terrific  sur- 
prise— Nino  Martini. 

In  the  first  place,  few  men  have  the  right  to  be  as  hand- 
some as  he  is.  But  few  men  have  the  inner  radiance  that 
he  has — a  radiance  that  lights  up  his  whole  face.  And 
he  sings  as  few  men  can. 


•  UNTIL  now,  on  the  screen,  you  have  had  to  content 
yourself  with  singing  heroes  who  looked  like  college  boys, 
night-club  entertainers  or  robust  products  of  the  great 
open  spaces.  But  here  is  a  singing  hero  who  might  wear 
the  mantle  of  Romeo — young,  sensitive  Romeo. 

Until  now,  on  the  screen,  you  have  heard  few  men 
sing  of  love  without  surges  of  sentimentality.  But  here 
is  a  man  who  can  put  depth  into  a  love  song,  even  such 
a  pale  love  song  as  the  one  that  gives  his  first  feature 
picture  its  title.  He  has  a  voice  that  is  capable  of  power- 
ful emotion.  And  if  you  don't  think  he  is  capable  of 
doing  things  to  your  emotions,  hear  him  sing  Ridi,  Pag- 
liacci  in  Here's  to  Romance. 

It  isn't  a  love  song,  and  you  may  not  understand  the 
words  (which  are  in  Italian),  but  when  Pagliacci's  ironic 
hymn  of  heartbreak  pours  forth  from  Martini,  your  emo- 
tions play  tricks  on  you,  tricks  they  never  have  played 
before.     You  lose  yourself  in  his  sweep  of  emotion. 

He  will  change  a  great  many  ideas  of  what  a  singing 
hero  should  be. 


•  OR  an  operatic  hero,  for  that  matter.  For  if  opera  is 
to  come  to  the  screen,  Nino  Martini  looks  like  the  most 
logical  man  to  bring  it.  Not  only  does  he  have  a  great 
voice ;  he  is  handsome,  youthful,  slender. 

At  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House,  audiences  used  to 
sit  with  closed  eyes  when  great  voices  sang  romantic 
arias.  The  difficulty  was  that  the  singers  were  well  past 
the  romantic  age — and  great  girths  usually  accompanied 
the  great  voices.  Now  Martini  is  there,  and  audiences 
keep  their  eyes  open.  They  literally  "wake  up  and  dream." 
.  .  .  And  movie  audiences  will  do  likewise. 

In  Here's  to  Romance,  he  may  not  have  the  acting 
finesse  of  a  Leslie  Howard,  but  he  is  far  more  relaxed, 
far  more  natural,  in  the  final  sequences  than  in  the  first. 
He  even  has  possibilities  as  an  actor. 

What,  I  ask  you,  is  to  stop  him  from  becoming  a  top 
film  favorite — except  weak,  incredible  stories  ?  And  may 
the  fates  spare  him  those ! 


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Bros.'  vivid  picturization  of  Rafael  Saba- 
tini's  immortal  story  of  the  17th  century  sea  rovers. 
After  two  years  of  preparation  and,  according 
to  reliable  Hollywood  sources,  the  expenditure 
of  a  million  dollars,  "Captain  Blood"  is  ready  to 
furnish  America  with  its  big  holiday  screen  thrill. 
What  with  great  ships,  250  feet  in  length, 
crashing  in  combat,  with  more  than  1000  players 
in  rip-roaring  fight  scenes  -  -with  an  entire  town 
destroyed  by  gunfire -this  drama  of  unrepressed 


hates  and  loves,  the  story  of 
a  man  driven  by  treachery 
into  becoming  the  scourge 
of  the  seas,  is  superb  beyond 
any  screen  parallel. 

And  the  cast  is  just  as  ex- 
citing as  the  production!   1 
First  there's  a  brand  -new 
star,  handsome  Errol  Flynn,  J 
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lovely  Olivia  de  Havilland  ! 
who  brilliantly  repeats  the  success  she  scored  in  "A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream". 
Others  in  a  long  list  of  famous  names  are  Lionel  Atwill,  Basil  Rathbone,  Ross 
Alexander,  Guy  Kibbee,  Henry  Stephenson,  Robert  Barrat,  and  Hobart  Cavanaugh, 
with  Michael  Curtiz  directing  for  First  National  Pictures. 

To  do  justice  with  words  to  the  fascination  of  "Captain  Blood"  is  impossible.  See 
it !  It's  easily  the  month's  grandest  entertainment.  And  Warner  Bros,  deserve  our 
thanks  for  so  brilliantly  bringing  alive  a  great  epoch  and  a  great  story ! 


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as  Fletcher   Christian   in   Mutiny   on   the  Bounty 

Speaking  of  Movies... 


•  •  •  •  MUTINY  ON  THE  BOUNTY 
is  one  picture  that  you  will  never  forget. 
It  is  one  of  the  greatest  things  that 
Hollywood  ever  has  done — or  ever  will 
do.  It  is  an  epic  of  mankind,  haunting 
in  its  horror  and  its  beauty.  And  its 
great  story  is  greatly  acted  by  a  cast 
headed  by  Charles  Laughton,  Clark  Gable 
and  Franchot  Tone. 

Here  is  no  imaginative  fiction.  Here  is 
a  chapter  torn  from  life's  own  ledger  .  .  . 
a  chapter  that  reveals  life's  every  emo- 
tion, with  the  surging  sea  for  a  back- 
ground ...  a  true  chapter  that  epito- 
mizes man's  inhumanity  to  man,  man's  end- 
less rebellion  against  injustice  and  man's 
longing  for  a  paradise  beyond  the  reach 
of  brutality  and  battle. 

The  good  sailing  ship,  Bounty,  leaves 
England  for  the  South  Seas  to  gather 
breadfruit  plants  and  take  them  to  the 
West  Indies  for  transplanting.  The 
voyage  is  to  take  two  years.  But  before 
the  vessel  ever  reaches  Tahiti,  rebellion 
is  smoldering  aboard,  kindled  by  the 
sadistic  "discipline"  of  Captain  Bligb 
(Laughton),  whose  iron  hand  beats  down 
even  the  remonstrances  of  mate  Fletcher 
Christian  (Gable),  who  manages  to  keep 
the  crew  in  hand.  In  Tahiti,  the  men  dis- 
cover an  parthlv  paradise.  (These 
scenes  are  breath-taking  in  their  beauty.) 
Once  at  sea  again,  they  mutiny,  led  by 
Christian,  setting  Bligh  and  his  men  adrift 
in  an  open  boat.  Christian  forces  Byam, 
a  midshipman  (Tone),  to  remain  with 
him,  as  the  men  sail  back  to  Tahiti. 
Bligh,  after  torturous  difficulties,  reaches 
England,  sets  out  on  a  voyage  of  venge- 
ance— with  all  but  a  few  {Byam,  among 
them)  escaping  to  an  inaccessible  island, 
where  they  find  unending  peace.  And 
Byam,  in  one  of  the  great  scenes  of  the 
picture,   fights   a   lone   battle   for   justice. 

Program  notes:  The  picture  cost  $1,- 
800,000,  was  two  years  in  the  making  and 
was  filmed  in  Tahiti  and  near  Catalina 
Island,  California.  It  is  based  on  the  book 
by  Charles  Nordhoff  and  James  Norman 
Hall,  directed  by  Frank  Lloyd,  produced 
by  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 


•  •  •  •  Peter  Ibbetson  is  an  unusual 
picture — poignantly  and  deeply  emotional, 
with  no  break  in  its  mood.  It  is  a  picture 
for  the  sensitive,  the  dreamers  of  dreams — 
and  any  and  all  admirers  of  Gary  Cooper 
and  Ann  Harding,  who  give  the  most 
memorable  performances  of  their  respective 
careers.  They  live  their  roles  of  two  lovers, 
fated  never  to  share  earthly  happiness,  who 
find  release  in  a  dream-world,  escaping 
cruel,  harsh  realities.  Dickie  Moore  and 
Virginia  Weidler,  as  their  younger  selves, 
perform  a  touching  childhood  scene — and 
John  Halliday,  as  Ann's  unloved  deter- 
mined husband,  also  gives  a  performance 
not  soon  to  be  forgotten.     (Paramount) 

•  •  •  e  Transatlantic  Tunnel  is  pow- 
erful, dramatic  entertainment  in  any  film- 
goer's  language — and,  though  made  in  Eng- 
land, abounds  in  players  familiar  to  Amer- 
icans. Richard  Dix,  Madge  Evans,  Helen 
Vinson  and  Leslie  Banks  head  the  strong 
cast,  with  even  George  Arliss  and  Walter 
Huston  appearing  in  brief  interludes  as  the 
British  Premier  and  the  President  of 
the  United  States,  respectively.  The  story 
races  forward  to  the  distant  future  and 
revolves  around  the  construction  of  a  gi- 
gantic tunnel  from  London  to  New  York 
by  an  engineer  whose  devotion  to  duty 
costs  him  the  sight  of  his  wife  and  the 
loss  of  his  son.  Fascinating  are  the 
futuristic  gadgets,  including  televisors,  that 
are  accepted  as  commonplaces  by  the  char- 
acters. Emotionally  stirring  are  the  super- 
human undersea  struggle  and  the  warmly 
human  problems  of  a  man  and  wife  who  are 
parted  by  his  work.  It  is  Dix's  picture, 
but  Madge  Evans  displays  emotional  depth 
that  few  pictures  have  given  her  a  chance 
to  reveal.     (G-B) 

•  •  •  •  Thanks  a  Million  is  one  of 
the  cleverest  comedies  of  the  year— enter- 
tainment of  the  calibre  of  Top  Hat  and 
Broadivay  Melody  of  1936.  It  is  magnifi- 
cent, merciless  fun — with  humor  both  broad 
and  subtle — at  the  expense  of  politicians. 
Fred  Allen,  of  "Town  Hall"  radio  fame, 
looks  like  a  permanent  film  fixture  after  his 


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display  of  personality  and  comedy  talent 
in  this  one.  He  is  a  stranded  band-leader 
who  becomes  a  campaign  manager,  with 
Dick  Powell  as  his  candidate  for  governor, 
and  tours  the  state  in  the  vaudeville  manner 
— finally  forcing  the  opposition  to  hire  Paul 
Whiteman  as  competition.  Patsy  Kelly 
scores  another  hit  as  the  comedy  foil  for 
Allen;  Ann  Dvorak  is  Dick  Powell's  gay 
heart  interest ;  and  a  collection  of  smart 
entertainers,  ranging  from  Rubinoff,  the 
violinist,  to  the  harmonizing,  provocative 
Yacht  Club  Boys,  all  add  to  the  robust  mer- 
riment. You  will  be  humming  one  of  three 
songs  when  you  leave  the  theatre — Thanks 
a  Million,  Sitting  High  on  a  Hilltop  or 
I've  Got  a  Pocket  Full  of  Sunshine.  Oh, 
yes,  and  Dick  Powell  has  the  most  fun  he 
has  had  in  a  year.   (Twentieth  Century-Fox) 

•  •  •  •  A  Night  at  the  Opera  is  in- 
sane, uproarious  farce  and  probably  the 
funniest  thing  that  the  Marx  Brothers — 
now  three  in  number — have  ever  done.  It 
offers  everything  from  hilarious  slapstick 
through  sly  puns  to  operatic  arias  (which, 
by  the  way,  are  not  burlesqued,  but  are 
beautifully  sung  by  Kitty  Carlisle  and  Allan 
Jones).  It  kids  grand  opera,  yes,  but  lets 
you  continue  to  like  it,  too.  Groucho  is  a 
would-be  operatic  manager  with  troubles, 
and  Chico  and  Harpo  are  two  steamship 
stowaways  who  add  to  his  comic  woes.  It 
is  a  picture  that  any  man — and  any  woman 
with  a  mischievous  sense  of  humor — would 
like.     (M-G-M) 

•  •  •  •  The  Three  Musketeers,  talkie 
version,  is  romantic,  exciting,  enjoyable 
every  inch  of  the  way.  As  Alexandre 
Dumas  wrote  it,  it  was  a  great  story — and, 
with  few  changes  in  its  new  screen  transla- 
tion, it  still  is  a  great  story.  The  three 
inseparable  soldiers  of  France — Athos, 
Aramis  and  Porthos — relive  all  of  their 
high  adventures  with  the  daring  a" Ar- 
te gnan.  In  the  role  of  d'Artagnan,  Wal- 
ter Abel  is  as  believable  and  likable 
as  another  Hollywood  stranger,  Robert 
Donat,  was  in  another  Dumas  story,  The 
Count  of  Monte  Crista.     Always  at  his  el- 

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New 


Fmds! 


The  Shopping  Scouts  have  scouted  far  and  wide  this 
month  for  last-minute  "Christmas  suggestions."  Here 
are  seventeen  that  appealed  to  us.  We'll  be  glad  to 
send  you  the  name  of  any  article  pictured  here,  if  you 
write  to  the  Shopping  Scouts,  MOVIE  CLASSIC, 
1501  Broadway,  New  York  City,  enclosing  a  stamped, 
addressed     envelope     for     reply.       Merry     Christmas! 


1.  A  luscious-looking  jar  of  bath  salts  with  clear  pink  crystal 
appearance.    Jar  will  have  a  hundred  uses  when  empty.  $2.50. 

2.  A  new  kit  of  eye  beauty-aids  includes  mascara,  eyebrow  pen- 
cil, eyeshadow,  tonic,  and  eyelash  brush.  An  inexpensive  gift,  50c. 

3.  A  perfume  with  a  warm,  rich  bouquet  odeur  which  has  a  defi- 
nite overtone  of  carnation  and  blending  of  rose  and  jasmine.  In  a 
stunning  case!    $4.50. 

4.  Simple,  dignified  silver  case  carrying  a  famous  make  of  lip- 
stick and  rouge  is  ultra-smart,  with  space  for  monogram,  $1.50. 

5.  For  an  intimate  gift,  this  famous  cream  would  be  most 
acceptible.  Excellent  quality,  and  a  lovely-looking  jar.  50c. 

6.  A  perfume  as  new  as  the  tunes  you  will  dance  to  tonight !  It 
inspires  poise  and  charm,  and  provokes  romance.  We  gave  samples 
to  many  of  our  readers  last  month,  and  how  they  loved  it !   $3.75. 

7.  In  a  jar  of  smart  simplicity,  this  fine  facial  cream  joins  the 
Yuletide  gift  parade.  Grand  to  use!  $1. 

8.  An  evening  bag  of  gold  mesh,  with  brilliant  top  and  clasp, 
will  make  any  girl  go  into  raptures !  It  carries  a  sense  of  richness 
and  beauty.   $10. 

9.  For  the  man  on  your  gift  list',  we  take  delight  in  telling  of 
this  newspaper  holder  with  its  suggestion  of  early  morning.  If  he 
must  read  at  breakfast,  here's  the  pleasant  solution!    $1.50. 

10.  Every  little  girl  will  adore  this  set  of  two  Shirley  Temple 
statuettes  molded  from  purest  castile  soap,  standing  in  a  miniature 
theatre.     One  figure  has  blue  trimmings,  one  has  red.   60c. 

11.  Exquisite  package  of  pink  and  silver  with  foundation  cream 
that  is  a  perfect  complement  to  the  gossamer  powder.  $3.75. 

12.  A  drop  of  this  perfume  suffices !  It  is  in  an  undiluted,  con- 
centrated essense  form  that  is  rare  and  beautiful.  All  held  in 
unique  book-like  case.  Each  vial  named  after  a  famous  woman  of 
French  history,  or  a  beloved  flower.  Gift  de  luxe  at  $15,  or  one 
small  bottle,  $2.50. 

13.  "A  Gift  from  Hollywood,"  says  the  colorful  cover  of  this 
powder  box.  Very  intriguing  gift  idea  from  a  famous  house.  $1. 

14.  Flexible  white  case  packed  with  cream,  lotions,  powder  and 
other  make-up  is  an  excellent  gift  choice.  All  packed  with  gay  red 
ribbon  and  holly.  Compact  and  complete.  $3. 

15.  This  skin  perfume  with  its  useful  atomizer,  gaily  packed, 
would  grace  any  Christmas  tree.  Delicate  lily  scent!  $1.85. 

16.  This  perfume  ensemble  has  three  lovely  scents  to  suit  various 
moods  of  the  recipient.    Gold  and  orchid  case.    $3.75. 

17.  A  dark  blue  powder  box  with  silver  butterflies,  and  a  bottle 
of  perfume.  Low  cost,  plus  fine  quality.  $1.50. 


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They're  the  Topics 

[Continued  from  page  7] 


of  being  dated  every  night  in  movieland. 
It's  a  nice  break  for  the  boys,  but ! —  .  .  . 
Harry  Carey,  after  twenty-five  years  on 
the  screen,  says  that  stars  are  not  as  beau- 
tiful today  as  they  were  in  the  old  days — 
even  though  they  "achieve  a  great  resem- 
blance to  beauty."  Gun  licenses,  girls,  cost 
$2  up  .  .  .  Harry,  however,  is  doing  some- 
thing that  no  other  man  in  Hollywood  has 
yet  thought  of  doing.  He  has  a  young 
daughter  and  is  looking  forward  to  her  be- 
coming an  actress  some  day.  With  this  in 
mind,  he  has  it  written  in  every  contract 
that,  wherever  he  goes  in  making  a  picture, 
she  can  go,  too — and  absorb  the  technique. 

Have  you  become  accustomed  yet  to 
saying  "Joan  Tone"  ?  It  isn't  obligatory — 
for  she  will  continue  to  be  Joan  Crawford 
on  the  screen.  Incidentally,  she  was  just 
becoming  accustomed  to  that  name,  herself, 
ten  years  ago  today.  M-G-M  had  run  a 
contest  to  find  a  name  for  their  new  "find," 
Lucille  Le  Sueur — and  the  winning  name, 
it  had  been  decided,  was  "Joan  Arden." 
A  real  Joan  Arden  had  turned  up  with  ob- 
jections, however,  so  a  second  name  was 
chosen.  The  name  was  "Joan  Crawford," 
submitted  by  a  little  old  lady  in  New  York. 
The  little  old  lady  received  $500. 

Speaking  of  back  when  you  may  not 
have  heard  this  story :  Not  too  many  years 
ago,  Mae  West  was  featured  in  the  big- 
time  vaudeville  in  New  York  City  and 
was  panicking  the  customers  with  her  dance, 
"Texas  Tommy."  On  the  same  bill  at  the 
opening  matinee  was  a  youthful  dancing- 
team — a  boy  and  girl.  The  youngsters'  act 
was  cancelled  after  the  matinee,  the  man- 
ager deciding  that  they  were  not  good 
enough  for  the  big-time.  The  team  was 
Fred  and  Adele  Astaire. 

The    latest    social    stunt    of    the    movie 

colony  is  to  stage  B.Y.O.   (meaning  Bring 

Your  Own)  parties.     It  was  introduced  by 

Joseph    Breen     (he    passes    judgment    on 

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Mr.    and    Mrs.    Franchot   Tone — 
Joan  Crawford  to  you — couldn't 
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By  Winifred  Aydelotte 


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THE  wooden  heads  of  Hollywood! 
Hundreds  of  them !  To  be  exact, 
five  hundred  of  them — all  in  a  row. 

No  thought  ever  troubles  the  dumb  placid- 
ity of  their  existence ;  no  stimulating  idea — 
no  idea  at  all,  for  that  matter — ever  dis- 
turbs their  cerebral  vacuity ;  they  don't  even 
bother  to  "yes"  anybody. 

Yet,  intriguingly  enough,  these  wooden 
heads  are  a  very  important  factor  in  the 
making  of  motion  pictures. 

They  inhabit  the  House  of  Westmore, 
the  most  famous  wig  establishment  in  the 
world,  and  they  are  the  wooden  facsimiles 
of  the  heads  of  the  stars — the  models  upon 
which  the  Westmore  wig-makers  create  the 
wigs  used  by  the  stars  when  the  screen 
characters  they  portray  are  radically  dif- 
ferent  from   their   own. 

One  of  the  odd  things  about  this  West- 
more  collection  is  that  some  of  these 
heads  may  be  used  for  a  number  of  dif- 
ferent stars  whose  bumps,  phrenologically 
speaking,  are  similar. 

Wigs  for  Elizabeth  Allan  and  Dolores 
Del  Rio  are  made  on  the  same  wooden 
block;  Bing  Crosby  shares  his  with  Sid 
Silvers,  the  comedian;  romantic  Charles 
Boyer  and  "heavy"  Stanley  Fields  have 
heads  the  same  shape  and  size ;  Julie  Hay- 
don  and  Madame  Maria  Jeritza  find  them- 
selves in  the  cranium  company  of  Harpo 
Marx ;  the  heads  of  Olivia  de  Havilland 
and  Marion  Davies  are  alike. 

Nobody  else  in  Hollywood  can  use  Clive 
Brooks'  highly  individual  model.  O.  P. 
Heggie  has  the  most  nearly  perfect  head ; 
Mae  West  has  the  smallest ;  and  Clark 
Gable,  Constance  Bennett,  and  Blanche 
Yurka  have  the  largest  heads  in  Hollywood. 
Shirley  Temple's  head  is  a  runner-up. 

In  the  Westmore  wig  department  are 
twenty-five  hundred  pounds  of  hair,  im- 
ported from  Europe.  (It's  a  case  of  hair 
today,  gone  tomorrow,  with  the  peasants  of 
Europe!)  Most  of  the  black  hair  comes 
from  Russia.  Blonde  hair  and  red  hair 
come  from  the  buxom  German  ladies,  and 
an  assortment  of  colors  comes  from  Italy. 
The  Westmores  pay  about  seventy-five  dol- 
lars a  pound  for  ordinary  hair.  White  hair, 
or  natural  platinum,  brings  twenty-five  dol- 
lars an  ounce  up. 

When  the  hair  is  admitted  to  the 
United  States,  after  going  through  quar- 
antine at  Ellis  Island  exactly  like  any  im- 
migrant, it  is  sent  immediately  to  the  West- 
mores  in  Los  Angeles,  where  it  is  washed 


in  soap  and  water,  put  through  various 
softening  processes,  then  dried  and  combed. 
After  all  kinks  and  short  combings  are  set- 
tled with,  the  strands  are  "drawn."  This 
means  that  some  long-suffering  soul  in  the 
workroom  actually  places  all  the  roots  of 
the  hair  together,  which  is  some  job. 

In  the  making  of  a  wig,  each  single,  in- 
dividual strands  of  hair  is  sewn  by  hand 
on  the  wig  foundation — which  is  made  of 
imported  ribbon,  gauze,  net  and  hair-lace, 
and  fitted  exactly  to  the  wooden  replica  of 
a  star's  head.  The  girl  who  puts  the  hair 
in  the  wig  is  known  as  a  "ventilator."  She 
works  with  a  needle  similar  to  that  of  a 
crochet  hook,  tying  a  knot'  in  each  hair. 

The  Westmore  brother  who  goes  by  the 
name  of  Perc  is  the  hair  and  wig  expert 
of  this  famous  family.  When  he  is  not  busy 
as  director  of  the  Warner  Brothers-First 
National  make-up  department,  he  is  in  the 
Westmore  salon,  personally  creating  wigs 
for  screen  use  and  new  hair  styles  for  off- 
screen wear  by  the  stars.  He  recently 
completed  a  monumental  task — the  creation 
of  all  the  wigs  for  Captain  Blood,  the  War- 
ner Brothers  spectacle  of  high  adventure  on 
the  Spanish  Main. 

•  ANENT  modern  hair  styles,  Perc  West- 
more — coiffure  counselor  to  Hollywood — 
says :  "Simplicity  is  the  main  essential  of 
a  startling  coiffure.  And  simplicity  is  al- 
ways in  good  taste.  An  infallible  rule  to 
follow  in  hairdressing  is  to  make  the  hair 
conform  with  the  head,  the  shape  of  the 
head,  the  way  the  head  is  carried ;  and,  most 
important  of  all,  it  should  be  in  harmony 
with  the  body  carriage.  A  short,  dumpy 
person  should  never  have  a  'streamline'  hair- 
dress.  A  woman  who  is  slim,  breezy,  and 
who  moves  with  an  air  of  easy  speed,  should 
have  a  streamlined  hairdress. 

"Spit  curls  are  the  essence  of  bad  taste. 
Nothing  worse  could  be  seen  on  any  head. 

"The  new  hair  styles  indicate  that  the 
wind-blown  effect  is  going  out,"  he  adds. 
"Hair  will  be  dressed  high  at  the  back  of 
the  head,  very  similar  to  the  Helen-of- 
Troy  coiffure.  A  woman  who  wears  her 
hair  high  in  back  also  has  the  added  ad- 
vantage of  being  able  to  effect  an  imme- 
diate change  of  coiffure,  just  by  adding  a 
few  bits  of  false  hair.  And  simply  by  cov- 
ering up  the  sports  curls  worn  in  the  day- 
time, she  can  achieve  the  stunning  Grecian 
type  of  hairdress  for  the  evening." 


14 


Movie  Classic  for  January,  1936 


Speaking  of  Movies  .  .  . 

[Continued  from  page  11] 


bow,  lending  him  staunch  support,  are  Paul 
Lukas  as  Athos,  Onslow  Stevens  as  Aramis, 
and  Moroni  Olsen  as  Porthos.  Rosamond 
Pinchot  as  Anne  of  Austria  and  Heather 
Angel,  as  Constance,  also  are  outstanding, 
but  it  is  Margot  Grahame,  as  the  infamous 
Milady  de  Winter,  who  captures  the  fem- 
inine honors,  with  a  performance  as  flaw- 
less in  every  detail  as  that  of  Abel — who 
is  headed  for  stardom.     (RKO-Radio) 

•  •  •  •  Frisco  Kid  gives  James  Cag- 
ney  one  of  the  most  colorful  roles  he  has 
ever  had  and  he  makes  every  ounce  of 
drama  in  it  count.  The  setting,  like  that 
of  Barbary  Coast,  is  San  Francisco  in  the 
early  gold  rush  days,  when  it  was  ''every 
man  for  himself."  Cagney  is  a  fighting 
sailor  who  outwits  gangsters  and  political 
bosses  and  makes  himself  the  uncrowned 
king  of  all  he  surveys.  Pared  down  to  its 
essentials,  the  picture  is  a  tale  of  good 
versus  evil,  of  vigilantes  versus  vice — a 
vigorous,  virile,  exciting  tale,  which  has 
adventure,  romance,  comedy,  pathos. 
George  E.  Stone,  as  a  Jewish  clothes  dealer 
who  befriends  Cagney,  gives  a  magnificent 
portrayal,  tinged  with  both  pathos  and  com- 
edy. Margaret  Lindsay,  as  Cagney's  be- 
loved, is  appealingly  natural.  Ricardo  Cor- 
tez  is  excellent  as  a  suave  gambler.  Donald 
Woods,  Lili  Damita,  Joseph  King,  Barton 
MacLane,  and  Fred  Kohler  make  their  roles 
stand  out.  And  the  whole  cast  makes  the 
picture  a  standout.  (Warners) 

•  •  •  y2  Annie  Oakley  is  an  absorb- 
ing film  novelty — a  colorful,  many-sided 
screen  biography  of  a  backwoods  beauty 
from  Ohio  who  became  Show-woman  No.  1 
of  the  world  as  the  ace  sharpshooter  of  the 
old  Buffalo  Bill  Wild  West  Show.  Barbara 
Stanwyck,  escaping  trivial  dramas,  gives 
everything  she  has  to  the  role — making 
Annie  warmly  human,  completely  real. 
Preston  Foster  is  no  less  excellent  as  her 
blustering,  but  big-hearted  masculine  rival 
who  comes  a-wooing.  Moroni  Olsen  is 
Buffalo  Bill  to  the  life,  and  Melvyn  Doug- 
las gives  sensitive  shading  to  the  role  of  the 
circus  manager  whose  love  for  Annie  is 
unrequited.  This  is  a  picture  that  proves 
that  Hollywood  has  a  picture  gold-mine  in 
true  stories  of  the  colorful  "good  old  days." 
(RKO-Radio) 

•  •  •  %  Hands  Across  the  Table 
is  an  amusing,  appealing,  fast-moving 
comedy,  with  situations  as  real  as  life.  Carole 
Lombard  is  a  manicurist  who  is  determined 
to  marry  for  money;  Fred  MacMurray  is 
a  society  lad  fallen  on  hard  times,  who 
has  the  same  determination — and  they  dis- 
cover that  they  love  each  other.  Both  stars 
are  grand.      (Paramount) 

•  •  •  The  Man  Who  Broke  the  Bank 
at  Monte  Carlo  reveals  smooth  Ronald 
Colman  in  a  light  romantic  mood,  as  an 
exiled  Russian  prince  who  wins  millions  at 
the  gaming  tables  and  then  stops  gambling, 
only  to  fall  in  love  with  an  entertainer 
(Joan  Bennett)  who  is  being  paid  to  try  to 
part  him  from  his  money — and  can't  plav 
the  game  because  she  falls  in  love  with  him. 
But  Colin  Clive  (the  villain!)  gets  him 
back  to  Monte  Carlo,  makes  a  pauper  of 
him.  Colman  becomes  a  taxi-driver  in 
Paris,  where  he  decides  to  have  one  final 
ironic  fling  in  the  cafe  where  Joan  is  sing- 
ing.   Fade-out :  happy  ending.    A  light,  un- 


important story,  it  is  deftly  handled  and  is 
constantly  entertaining.  (Twentieth  Cen- 
tury-Fox) 

•  •  •  Rendezvous  is  a  noble  attempt  to 
make  another  picture  of  the  calibre  of  The 
Thin  Man,  which  falls  only  inches  short 
because  Rosalind  Russell,  poised  and  in- 
telligent, is  miscast  as  the  not-so-bright 
fiancee  of  William  Powell,  secret  govern- 
ment agent.  The  setting  is  wartime;  the 
story,  alternately  exciting  and  hilarious ; 
the  acting,  excellent.      (M-G-M) 

•  •  •  Show  Them  No  Mercy  is  tense 
drama,  with  a  G-man  theme.  Rochelle 
Hudson  and  Edward  Norris,  with  their 
young  baby,  traveling  across  the  country, 
stop  for  the  night  in  what  looks  like  a 
deserted  house.  It  happens  to  be  the  hideout 
of  a  kidnap  gang,  headed  by  Cesar  Romero 
and  Bruce  Cabot,  who  hold  them  pris- 
oners. The  two  gang  chiefs  carry  most  of 
the  acting  burden,  but  Rochelle  as  the  ter- 
rified young  wife  and  mother,  gives  an 
emotional,  highly  believable  performance. 
(Twentieth  Century-Fox) 

•  •     •    I  Found  Stella  Parish  is  Kay 

Francis'  first  picture  in  months.  It  reveals 
her  in  several  new  coiffures  and  several 
stunning  new  gowns — and  a  young-mother 
role.  For  the  sake  of  her  "child  (Sybi. 
Jason),  she  gives  up  London  stage  fame 
and  disappears,  going  to  America,  where 
she  is  found  by  an  English  reporter  (Ian 
Hunter),  who  discovers  why  she  vanished, 
tells  all,  and  then  discovers  he  loves  her. 
The  youngster  steals  the  picture,  because 
she  is  the  most  real.  (Warners) 

•  •  •.  In  Person  is  just  what  Ginger 
Rogers'  vast  audience  ordered — a  clever, 
fast-moving  comedy  that  gives  her  talent 
a  chance  to  shine  by  itself.  She  dances, 
she  sings,  she  gives  a  deft  performance 
as  a  fiery,  super-feminine  film  actress 
who  is  "tamed"  by  suave,  smiling  George 
Brent.     (RKO-Radio) 

•  •  $1,000  a  Minute  is  improbable, 
but  laughable — a  pulse-stirring  satire  on 
Brewster's  Millions.  Roger  Pryor,  who 
has  just  lost  his  job  and  his  girl,  is  given 
an  assignment  by  two  wager-crazy  million- 
aires to  try  to  spend  $1,000  a  minute  for 
twelve  hours.  Keeping  just  one  jump  ahead 
of  the  police,  who  think  he  must  have  com- 
mitted a  big  bank  holdup,  Pryor  dives  into 
his   assignment.      (Republic) 

And  don't  miss :  •  •  •  •  A  Mid- 
summer Night's  Dream,  Warner  Broth- 
ers' magnificent  screen  version  of  Shake- 
spear's  great  fantasy,  with  a  cast  full  of 
stars.  •  •  •  •  The  Crusades,  Cecil  B. 
De  Mille's  vivid,  if  overlong  spectacle  of 
life  and  love  and  war  in  the  Middle  Ages 
featuring  Henry  Wilcoxon,  Loretta  Youn<^ 
and  Ian  Keith.  •  •  •  •  Metropolitan^ 
which  brings  Lawrence  Tibbett  and  his 
glorious  voice  back  to  the  screen  in  a 
light,  but  believable  story  of  backstage 
life  at  the  Opera.  •  •  •  •  Barbary 
Coast,  the  rousing,  robust  drama  of  life 
and  love  in  early  San  Francisco,  revolv- 
ing around  Miriam  Hopkins,  Edward  G 
Robinson,  and  Joel  McCrea.  •  •  •  • 
'Way  Down  East,  sensitive  and  poignant 
drama  of  young  love  in  old  New  England 
beautifully  acted  by  Henry  Fonda  and 
Rochelle  Hudson. 

Movie  Classic  for  January,  1936 


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Interesting    people    do    interesting    things 
.  .  .  and  here  are  a  half-dozen  new  examples! 


James  Cagney — America's  favorite 
hard-surfaced,  soft-hearted  hero — at  last 
has  chances  to  prove  the  variety  of  his 
talents.  In  A  Midsummer  Night's 
Dream,  he  plays  the  buffoonish  Bottom, 
who  has  to  wear  a  donkey's  head.  In 
Frisco  Kid,  he  is  an  adventurous  early 
Californian.  Soon  he  will  be  Robin 
Hood,  beloved  bandit. 


Marian  Marsh  won  her  first  film  fame, 
playing  Trilby  to  John  Barrymore's 
Svengali.  Ever  since  then,  she  has 
found  herself  typed  as  the  sweet,  weak 
heroine.  But  now  she  has  the  chance  to 
prove  her  dramatic  depth  as  Sonya  in  the 
picturization  of  Dostoievski's  powerful 
story,  Crime  and  Punishment — directed 
by  movie-magician  Josef  von  Sternberg. 


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Katharine  Hepburn,  for  all  her  per- 
sonal eccentricities  (such  as  wearing 
overalls  to  work,  sitting  on  curbstones 
to  read  her  mail,  etc.),  has  always  been 
ultra-feminine  on  the  screen.  But  now, 
in  Syk'ia  Scarlett,  she  portrays  a  girl 
who  masquerades  in  boys'  clothing.  She 
has  unexpected  adventures  with  Brian 
Aherne  and  Cary  Grant. 


Irene  Dunne,  model  of  charm  to  mil- 
lions, has  not  been  seen  on  the  screen 
since  she  sang  Smoke  Gets  in  Your 
Eyes  in  Roberta.  But  she  is  likely  to 
make  up  for  lost  time  as  heroine  of 
Lloyd  C.  Douglas'  Magnificent  Obses- 
sion. Then,  after  a  month's  vacation  in 
New  York,  she  will  sing  Jerome  Kern 
songs  again — in  Shozv  Boat. 


16 


Ronald  Colman,  who  sacrificed  his 
mustache  to  play  Cliz'e  of  India,  has 
sacrificed  it  again  to  play  Sidney  Carton 
in  Dickens'  dramatic  masterpiece,  A 
Tale  of  Tzvo  Cities.  Again  he  lives  a 
great  love  and  meets  tragedy — in  a  his- 
toric setting.  Then,  for  contrast,  he  is  in 
a  light  mood  for  The  Man  Who  Broke 
the  Bank  at  Monte  Carlo. 

Movie  Classic  for  January,  1936 


Jean  Parker,  only  nineteen,  has  a 
wistful  charm  that  few  can  resist.  It  has 
made  her  one  of  the  top  ten  favorites 
today,  according  to  Classic's  recent 
popularity  poll.  But  in  her  newest  pic- 
ture, she  is  a  bit  more  adult — and  not 
a  bit  less  charming.  In  fact,  she  is  Robert 
Donat's  first  American  leading  lady — in 
The  Ghost  Goes  West. 


They're   the  Topics 

[Continued  from  page  13] 


the  purity  of  Hollywood's  pictures).  Each 
guest  was  instructed  to  bring  something  to 
eat — and  each  did.  So  much  that  the 
Breens  confessed  that  they  had  enough  left 
over  to  keep  the  grocer  and  butcher  from 
the  door  for  a  week.  It's  an  idea  for  you, 
if  it  begins  to  look  like  a  hard  winter. 

For  the  first  time  in  her  career,  Jean 
Harlow  has  dyed  her  famous  platinum  hair. 
For  Riffraff,  in  which  she  co-stars  with 
Spencer  Tracy,  she  has  changed  the  color 
of  her  hair  to  light  brown.  Once  before, 
Jean  played  a  dark-haired  role.  That  was 
in  Red-Headed  Woman.  But  that  time  she 
wore  a  wig  over  her  own  hair.  If  you  like 
the  change,  she  may  stay  changed  .  .  . 
Fashion  note,  heaven  help  us ! ! — Adrian  of 
M-G-M  warns  us  that  women's  bracelets, 
this  coming  season,  will  weigh  up  to  two 
pounds  !  Maybe  armor  plate  is  going  to  suc- 
ceed metallic  cloth!?!  .  .  .  Every  major 
studio  in  Hollywood  has  opened  its  own 
dancing  and  singing  school,  hoping  to  un- 
earth another  Eleanor  Powell.  (Eleanor 
has  spent  only  thirteen  years  developing 
herself!)  .  .  .  Speaking  of  dancers,  laconic 
Buddy  Ebsen — who  scored  the  second  big- 
gest hit  in  Broadway  Melody — is  being 
loaned  by  M-G-M  to  Twentieth  Century- 
Fox  for  Shirley  Temple's  next  picture, 
Captain  January. 

The  chorus  girls  that  M-G-M  wanted 
for  The  Great  Ziegfeld  had  to  be  statuesque, 
no  less  than  5  feet  6  inches  in  height  and 
possessed  of  long  hair.  And  they  had  a 
hard  time  finding  twenty-four  out  of  the 
four  hundred  chorines  in  Hollywood !  This 
is  the  picture  that  will  co-star  William 
Powell,  Myrna  Loy,  and  Luise  Rainer. 
Bill,  who  will  have  to  sacrifice  his  mus- 
tache temporarily,  will  play  the  late  great 
glorifier ;  Myrna  will  play  the  role  of  Billie 
Burke,  whom  Ziegfeld  married ;  and  Luise 
will  play  young  Anna  Held,  one  of  the 
greatest    of    Ziegfeld    protegees. 

There's  a  story  within  a  story  in  the 
production  of  Coronado  by  Paramount. 
Making  the  picture  was  an  idea  of  Ernest 
Lubitsch,  erstwhile  director  and  now  pro- 
duction head  of  the  studio ;  but  he  is  not 
taking  credit  for  it  on  the  screen.  The 
background  is  the  Hotel  Del  Coronado,  a 
picturesque  California  resort  close  to  the 
Mexican  border.  For  years,  members  of 
the  film  colony  have  passed  the  place  on  their 
way  to  Agua  Caliente,  but  it  remained  for 
Lubitsch  to  visualize  it  as  a  perfect  setting 
for  a  picture — a  picture  combining  romance, 
adventure,  mystery,  and  colorful  music.  So 
he  assigned  writers  to  evolve  a  story  and 
now,  with  the  picture  an  assured  success, 
every  writer  in  Hollvwood  is  asking  him- 
self: "Why  didn't  I  think  of  that?" 

If  Adrian,  the  famous  M-G-M  costume 
designer  is  correct  (and  he  usually  is!), 
then  the  wearing  of  slacks  and  sweaters  in 
public  is  passe.  Adrian  says  that  the  vogue 
may  have  had  its  inception  because  the  girls 
wanted  to  be  comfortable,  but  so  many 
wore  them — when  they  should  not  have — 
that  the  vogue  is  through,  washed  up,  out. 

Two  big,  husky  bodyguards  are  now  trail- 
ing little  Shirley  Temple.  They  have  been 
doing  so  ever  since  a  slightly  balmy  chap 
created  a  disturbance  at  the  Temple  home 
by  _  insisting  that  he  wanted  to  talk  with 
Shirley  about  her  career.  He's  where  he 
won't  bother  anyone  for  a  while,  but  the 
studio  assigned  an  additional  guard  besides 
the  one  hired  by  the  Temples. 


Maureen  O'Sullivan  and  John- 
ny Weissmuller  play  checkers 
' — for  relaxation — between 
scenes  of  Tarzan  Escapes 


Patsy  Kelly,  who  has  made  such  a  hit 
in  two-reel  comedies  with  Thelma  Todd  and 
in  feature  pictures  by  herself,  is  to  be 
starred  by  Hal  Roach  in  a  feature-length 
comedy — Kelly  the  Second  .  .  .  Charlie 
Chaplin,  who  has  been  in  the  habit  of  mak- 
ing a  picture  every  three  years,  will  pro- 
duce six  in  the  next  two  seasons — two  star- 
ring himself  and  four  starring  Paulette  God- 
dard,  his  leading  lady  in  Modern  Times. 
One  of  his  own  will  revolve  around  Na- 
poleon ;  the  other  will  be  modern.  The  first 
to  star  Paulette  will  be  a  farce ;  the  next 
will  be  a  drama,  written  by  himself.  He  will 
direct  all  six.  .  .  . 

Edward  Arnold,  who  scored  such  a  hit 
in  his  first  starring  picture,  Diamond  Jim, 
had  to  gain  twenty-eight  pounds  for  the 
role.  In  case  you're  out  for  weight-gaining 
hints,  this  is  how  he  did  it  (so  he  says)  : 
He  lunched  daily  on  boiled  beef  with  horse- 
radish sauce,  wiener  Schnitzel  and  copious 
draughts  of  beer.  Now,  he  wishes  someone 
would  tell  him  how  to  take  off  those 
pounds  .  .  .  Did  you  know  that  Japan 
made  600  pictures  (including  both  feature- 
length  and  shorts)  last  year — and  that  the 
total  Hollywood  output  for  the  same  period 
was  less  than  500  pictures?   .    .    . 

Gracie  Allen,  of  Burns  and  Allen,  who 
had  already  adopted  one  baby  and  has  just 
adopted  another,  spikes  the  report  that  "The 
Cradle,"  famous  Evanston,  Illinois,  found- 
ling home,  is  the  only  institution  that  will 
permit  actors  to  adopt  children.  The  report 
started,  it  seems,  because  several  states  have 
laws  forbidding  foster-parents  to  take 
adopted  children  beyond  state  lines — and 
actors  do  considerable  traveling.  But  Gracie 
and  George  have  settled  in  Hollywood  per- 
manently, which  makes  them  eligible  .  .  . 
Jessie  Matthews,  the  English  star,  who  is 
co-starring  with  her  husband,  Sonnie  Hale, 
in  First  a  Girl,  and  is  about  to  travel  to 
Hollywood  for  a  picture  with  Clifton 
Webb,  recently  lost  her  first  baby.  In  her 
grief,  she  has  adopted  a  child  from  a  fa- 
mous English  foundling  institution,  and 
wants  to  adopt  five  more.  She,  herself,  was 
the  youngest  of  a  large  and  very  poor  fam- 
ily   ..    . 


Mary  Brian,  appearing  in  London  in 
Chariot's  Revue,  is  reported  to  be  squired 
about  by  scions  of  nobility — a  different  one 
each  night.  In  Hollywood,  Dick  Powell  is 
not  pining  away  for  companionship.  Is  the 
romance  over  ?  .  .  .  Did  you  ever  see  a 
straw-stack  walking?  Well,  we  did — and 
very  pertly,  very  smartly,  too.  With  coat, 
hat,  purse,  and  gloves  all  of  straw,  Dolores 
Del  Rio  strolled  into  a  Hollywood  restau- 
rant the  other  noon — and  was  the  cynosure 
of  all  eyes  .  .  .  Mary  Carlisle  has  inaugu- 
rated another  new  vogue :  miniature  edi- 
tions of  tropical  fruits  as  smart  lapel  deco- 
rations .  .  .  While  Eleanor  Powell  has  an 
outfit  with  buttons  made  of  looking- 
glass    .    .    . 

Joan  Crawford,  answering  the  frequent 
criticism  that  screen  clothes  aren't  "practi- 
cal" for  everyday  wear,  has  had  copies 
made  of  all  her  twelve  chang*es  of  costume 
in  /  Live  My  Life — simply  because  Adrian's 
creations  are  "the  same  general  type  that 
I  would  choose  for  my  own  use."  And  she 
adds,  "In  the  future,  whenever  the  type  of 
character  will  permit,  I'm  going  to  do  the 
same  thing."  The  two  outstanding  things 
in  her  new  wardrobe  are  an  evening  coat 
of  metallic  cloth,  modeled  after  a  polo  coat, 
and  a  strictly  tailored  coat  of  black  galyak 
fur  with  a  six-inch  belt  that  is  detachable 
and  may  be  worn  on  a  dress  indoors !    .    .  . 

Henry  B.  Walthall,  that  grand  char- 
acter actor,  was  proudly  calling  atten- 
tion to  his  dressing  gown  between  scenes 
of  A  Tale  of  Two  Cities.  Walthall  claims 
that  he  bought  the  dressing  gown  (it  was 
a  bathrobe  in  those  days)  twenty  years  ago 
and  that  it  was  bought  during  the  filming 
of  Birth  of  a  Nation,  which  also  reveals  that 
it  was  twenty  years  ago  that  Birth  of  a 
Nation  went  into  production.  Walthall,  the 
memorable  Little  Colonel  of  that  epic,  has 
worn  the  same  robe  all  these  years. 


Jack  Dempsey  feels  right  at  home 
on  a  visit  to  Hollywood.  On  the 
Stars  Over  Broadway  set,  Mervyn 
Le  Roy  shows  him  a  replica  of 
his     New     York     restaurant     sign 


17 


A  GIRL  YOU  KNOW 

might  have  been  trapped  by  this  new  underworld  terror! 


Like  the  girl  next  door  ...  or  at  your  office  . . . 
the  Loretta  of  this  story  never  dreams  that 
crime  will  strike  her  .  .  .  until  one  cruel  night 
she  is  hurled  into  the  machine-gun  fury  of  a 
nation-wide  manhunt  .  .  .  her  loved  ones 
threatened  .  .  .  her  life  endangered! 
Frantically,  these  people  struggle.  And  YOUR 
heart  beats  to  THEIR  horror,  THEIR  hopes... for 
suddenly  you  realize,"This  can  happen  not  only 
to  a  girl  I  know... THIS  CAN  HAPPEN  TO  ME!' 


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Movie  Classic  for  January,  1936 


THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


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For  months  before  Joan  became 
Mrs.  Franchot  Tone  in  a  quiet  cere- 
mony in  the  East,  reporters  and 
columnists  insisted  on  rumoring  a 
secret  marriage  . .  .  much  to  her  irri- 
tation. And  maybe  she  was  justified. 
Anyone  can  be  married  or  remain 
single.  But  could  any  other  dramatic 
actress  suddenly  display  comedy  tal- 
ents— as  she  has  in  "I  Live  My  Life"? 


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One  of  the  best  actors  on  the  American 
scene,  he  would  have  become  famous 
even  if  he  and  Joan  Crawford  had 
never  seen  each  other.  Popularity  is 
based  on  ability  these  days.  And 
Franchot  will  find  even  greater  favor 
after      "Mutiny     on      the      Bounty" 

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Youngest  of  the  stars, 
Shirley  Temple  is  also 
the  only  one  who  is  as 
popular  in  Timbuktu  as 
in  Main  Street,  U.S.A. 
First  she  was  just  "our" 
little  girl;  now  the 
wholeworldhas 
adopted  her.  But  she 
remains  completely 
American  (in  old 
Southern  costumes)  in 
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THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


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with  one  of  the 
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dark  Gable—- 1935 


GABLE  Changed..? 


Some  say  he  is — and  others  say  he  isn't. 
Here's   what   his   first    interviewer  says! 

By  S.  R.  MOOK 


IT  IS  always  hard  for  me  to  temper  my  enthusiasm  in 
writing  of  Clark  Gable.  I  happened  to  do  the  first 
interview  with  him  and  I  may  as  well  be  frank  and 
admit  that  it  was  done  under  protest.  I  had  the  average 
man's  prejudice  against  another  man  over  whom  women 
were  raving.  And  I  came  away  from  that  interview  thor- 
oughly sold  on  Clark.  Women  might  go  for  him,  but  he 
was  typically  a  man's  man. 

Several  things  about  this  ruggedly  handsome,  smooth- 
shaven  chap  named  Gable  impressed  me.  For  one 
thing,  there  was  nothing  about  him  that  made  me  want  to 
write,  "He  reminds  me  of  a  small  boy."  Clark  seemed 
matured  mentally  as  well  as  physically. 

Another  thing  that  attracted  me  to  him  was  the  total 
lack  of  that  quality  frequently  found  in  actors  and  which, 
for  want  of  a  better  name,  Richard  Arlen  calls  "whimsy." 
There  was  nothing  "cute"  about  Clark.  He  was  hu- 
man. 

He  had  asserted  that  Hollywood  would  never  "get"  him 
because  he  had  been  broke  and  friendless  there  and  he  knew 

24 


how  narrow  a  gulf  separated  success  from  failure  in  the 
movie  town.  He  showed  a  willingness  to  face  life  as  it  is 
when  he  said  that  if  he  should  start  slipping  tomorrow  the 
back-slapping  would  stop  as  suddenly  as  it  started.  There 
was  no  bombast,  no  egotism  about  him. 

Then,  shortly  after  his  great  vogue  started,  when  he  was 
working  on  The  Finger  Points,  he  said  to  Regis  Toomey 
and  me,  "This  won't  last.  I'll  find  myself  back  in  some 
two-bit  stock  company  again."  This  new  idol  of  the  masses 
had  no  illusions  about  his  own  importance — or  the  perma- 
nence of  public  favor. 

During  that  first  interview,  he  candidly  confessed  that 
he  liked  reporters,  explaining:  "On  the  stage,  actors  are 
rarely  interviewed — and  I'm  from  the  stage.  People  don't 
know  me  yet  except  on  the  screen.  Interviews  can  help 
us  get  acquainted — and  stay  acquainted.  I'll  talk  as  long 
as  there  is  anyone  to  listen." 

And,  lastly,  when  Clark  had  been  in  pictures  about  a 
year — a  big  hit  in  pictures — he  said  to  me,  "By  the  time 
this  contract  is  up,  I'll  have  saved  a  hundred  or  a  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand  dollars.  That's  all  the  money  I'll  ever 
need.  I'll  never  sign  another  contract.  I'm  going  to  be 
free  after  that  and  do  the  things  I've  always  wanted  to  do." 

He  said  it  so  simply  and  so  sincerely  that  I  had  the  in- 
escapable feeling  that  he  really  meant  it.  Those  are  things 
you  don't  forget  in  a  man.  [Continued  on  page  58] 


ROSE 
MARIE 


You'll  Love  It! 


By  JOHN  KENT 


SITTING  beside  me,  as  I   write,  are  Jeanette   Mac- 
Donald    and    Nelson    Eddy.       Nelson    is    dozing- 
Jeanette  is  .  .  .  well,  just  looking !     Her  gaze  is  fixed 
on  the  far  horizon  and  her  eyes  are  filled  with  dreams 

About  what,  I  wonder?  In  Hollywood— if  there  is  such 
a  place—with  the  hurdy-gurdy  of  the  studio  about  us  I 
would  ask  her.  Here,  in  these  sky-reaching  hills,  I  do  not 
dare. 

We  are  on  a  granite  escarpment,  high  in  the  Sierra  Ne- 
vada Mountains  above  Lake  Tahoe.  The  clean,  aromatic 
odor  of  the  pines  is  in  our  nostrils.  The  warm  sun  is 
beating  down  through  the  thin,  dry  air  to  rob  the  eternal 
wind  ot  its  sting.  On  our  right  is  a  chasm— narrow  tor- 
tuous, deep.  It  is  filled  to  the  brim  with  shadow  and  hush 
Un  our  left,  the  cliffs  drop  away  in  a  series  of  rock  terraces 
and  swift-plunging  slopes  to  the  pine-clad  shore  of  Lake 
1  ahoe,  deep  blue  in  the  afternoon  light.  Above  us,  in  regal 
majesty,  tower  the  snow-capped  pinnacles  of  the  mother 
range. 

What  an  inspirational  background  for  Rose  Marie  the 
nrst  great  outdoor  operetta  of  the  modern  screen '  '  No 
picture  has  ever  brought  to  the  screen  more  awesome 
grandeur,  more  breath-taking  loveliness. 

•  The  company  has  been  on  this  particular  escarpment 
since  dawn,  filming  "trail  scenes."  Long  before  day- 
light, we  were  routed  from  our  blankets  by  the  summons 
of  Director  W.  S  Van  Dyke.  (He  directed  Naughty  Mari- 
etta, you  remember.)  We  filed,  shivering,  into  the  hotel 
dining  room,  ate  ravenously,  and  then  drove  over  a  treacher- 
ous, winding  mountain  road  to  the  foot  of  this  knife-like 
ridge  And  there,  in  the  pine  forest,  cameras,  reflectors 
sound  equipment,  make-up  boxes  and  all  of  the  other  inci- 
dentals to  picture-making  were  already  being  loaded  on 
pack  mules  and  sent  ahead,  up  the  thread-like,  zigzag  trail 
Saddled  horses— nearly  a  hundred  of  them— waited  to 
carry  the  cast  and  crew  to  the  location 

From  the  foot  of  the  trail,  we  rode  about  five  miles,  and 
most  of  the  way  along  narrow  ledges  where  a  misstep 
would  have  plunged  us  to  the  bottom  of  a  rockv  gorge  But 
these  mountain  horses  don't  make  missteps  '  The  equip 
ment  will  remain  here  overnight  under  guard  The  com- 
pany will  go  back  down  the  rocky  trail  before  sunset 

W  ith  the  exception  of  Van  Dyke,  [Continued  on  page  63] 


Above,  you  see  Warner  Baxter  with  the  woman 
all  Baxter  admirers  should  thank — Winifred 
Bryson  Baxter.  Because  she  played  a  hunch,  he 
is  on  the  screen  today,  a  favorite  of  millions 


WARNER 

— and 


He's  a  man's  man,  yet  women  can- 
not resist  him.  And  a  famous  writer, 
looking  into  the  matter,  tells  you  why! 

By  Jim  Tully 

Vivid  novelist,  personality  and  Hollywood  resident 


WHILE  having  lunch  with 
Rowland  V.  Lee,  the  brilliant 
director  of  George  Arliss  in 
Cardinal  Richelieu,  I  asked  him  which 
actor,  since  the  advent  of  the  talkies, 
had  been  the  most  consistently  popular 
with  feminine  moviegoers. 

The  immediate  answer  was,  "War- 
ner Baxter." 

I  asked  another  man,  a  popular 
actor,  the  same  question.  "Present 
company  always  excepted,"  he  said, 
smiling,  "I'd  choose  Warner  Baxter." 

"Why?"  I  asked. 

"Because  he  is  a  composite  of  an 
American  and  an  Englishman,  if  there 
can  be  such  a  thing.  He  is  human  and 
warm-blooded,  well-dressed,  and  has 
charming  manners.  He's  the  kind  of 
fellow  who  would  stop  to  pat  a  stray 
mongrel  on  the  street.  I've  seen 
him.  Also,  I've  played  with  him,  off 
and  on,  for  fifteen  years,  and  I've 
never  heard  an  unkind  word  against 
him,"  he  concluded,  lighting  his  pipe 
and  looking  at  me  quizzically,  "Not 
even  by  you,  Jim  ! 

"I  believe,"  added  the  actor,  "that 
if  a  man  can  act  and  if  other  things 
are  equal,  what  he  is  in  his  heart  even- 
tually registers  on  the  screen." 

•     This  actor's  words  made  me  more 
interested  in  his  handsome  con- 
temporary, who  was  born  in  Colum- 

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bus,  Ohio,  the  son  of 
an    auditor,    with    an 
American   ancestry 
that    dates    back    two 
hundred  years. 
Investigation  proved  that  Warner 
Baxter's  popularity  with  the  ladies  is 
simply  astounding.     To  them,  he  is 
the  ideal  American,  the  blase,  good- 
looking,    and,    of    course,    successful 
young  business  man.     He  is  the  chap 
with  the  sleek  hair  and  trim  mustache 
who  sits  in  a  large  office   with  the 
word,    "Manager,"    printed    on    his 
door.     He  is  the  Lothario  drawn  in 
the  Sunday  supplements  by  Howard 
Chandler  Gibson  Flagg,  with  a  lovely 
lady  looking  up  at  him  as  though  he 
were  the  sun  on  a  foggy  morning.  He 
is  the  beau  ideal,  a  Valentino  without 
a  horse  and  the  costume  of  a  sheik. 
He  is  the  chap  the  lonely  woman  on 
the  prairie  sees  when  she  looks  at  the 
men's    ready-to-wear    pages    in    the 
latest  mail-order  catalogue. 

The  actor  who  said  that  Warner  is 
the  composite  American  and  English- 
man was  not  far  wrong.  He  is  quiet, 
unassuming,  and  knows  when  and 
how  to  laugh.  Yet  he  can  romp 
through  a  part  like  The  Cisco  Kid  and 
cause  women  to  dream  of  the  wide 
open  spaces  where  rainbows  color  the 
horns  of  the  cattle  in  the  fields,  and 
where  cowboy  Carusos  sing  in  the 
night  : 

"Oh,  give  me  a  home,  where  the 

buffalo  roam, 
Where  the  deer  and  the  antelope 
play — 


Where   seldom  is   heard  a  dis- 
couraging word, 

And  the  skies  are  not  cloudy  all 
day." 

Baxter  has  appeared  in  nearly  fifty 
pictures  for  Fox  Films.  Not  one  of 
them  has  ever  been  a  box-office  fail- 
ure. Most  of  them  have  been  out- 
standing successes.  He  is  one  of  the 
most  valuable,  dependable  assets  any 
studio  could  have.  His  personality 
is  the  kind  that  "grows  on"  audiences ; 
his  popularity  is  the  kind  that  goes 
never  backward,  always  forward.  And 
the  reason  ?  He  is  a  man's  man  who 
has  never  failed  to  interest  the  women 
in  the  audience. 

•  He  is  dark,  with  black  hair  and 
hazel  eyes,  stands  five  feet,  eleven 
inches  tall  and  never  weighs  more 
than  a  hundred  and  seventy-five 
pounds. 

He  drives  a  high-powered  car, 
and  often  rides  far  into  the  night — 
alone. 

That  Warner  has  a  keen  sense  of 
humor  is  well  known  in  Hollywood. 
And  the  ladies  like  humor — if  the  joke 
is  not  on  them. 

He  early  learned  the  need  and  im- 
portance of  a  sense  of  humor.  His 
father  had  died  when  Warner  was  less 
than  a  year  old.  His  mother,  to  sup- 
port Warner  and  herself,  took  in 
sewing.  She  saw  him  through  high 
school,  wanted  him  to  go  to  college. 
But  he  felt  that  he  should  become  the 
bread-winner  as  soon  as  possible — and 
became  a  salesman. 


BAXTER 

Women 


.  .  with  Myrna  Loy 
in  "Broadway  Bill 


The  boy  Warner  had  shown  a 
marked  leaning  toward  the  stage.  He 
had  good  looks,  an  excellent  voice, 
poise  beyond  his  years.  He  played  the 
leading  role  in  a  high  school  play  in 
Columbus,  called  The  Prince  of 
Insomnia.  When  the  curtain  went 
down  on  the  last  act,  he  was  (so  he 
claims)  the  only  person  awake  in  the 
house. 

After  seeing  this  play,  Warner's 
mother  became  so  convinced  that  he 
would  become  a  great  actor  that  she 
helped  him  secure  a  position  as  a 
traveling  salesman  for  a  farm  imple- 
ment firm.  He  actually  became  the 
sales  manager,  thus  proving  that  one 
may  not  like  his  work  and  yet  succeed  ! 

Then,  one  night,  Warner  wandered 
into  a  theatre  to  see  a  play,  although 
mighty  problems  of  percentage  and 
business  revolved  in  his  mind.  Soon 
afterward  he  learned  that  the  leading 
man  of  the  company  had 
been  injured.  The  fever 
of  the  stage  still  was  with 
Warner.  He  scribbled  a 
note  to  Dorothy  Shoe- 
maker, star  of  the  play. 
She  saw  the  handsome 
young  sales  manager,  and 
gave  him  a  job.  He  went 
to  Louisville  with  the 
show,  and  toured  with 
Miss  Shoemaker's  com- 
pany for  some  months 
thereafter. 


"He  is  the  composite  of  an 
American  and  Englishman, 
if  there  can  be  such  a  thing" 


was 


•     However,   Warner's  mother 

still  skeptical  about  her  son's 
stage  career.  He  returned  to  Colum- 
bus and  took  a  course  in  an  insurance 
agency  school,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  high  honors.  He  soon 
became  popular  with  housewives  who 
insisted  that  Warner— and  not  his 
agents — sell  them  insurance. 

In  time,  he  became  so  successful 
that  he  was  able  to  open  a  garage  in 
Tulsa,  Oklahoma.  The  garage  busi- 
ness was  so  slow  that  once  more  he 
had  a  new  excuse  to  join  a  stock 
company — one  headed  for  Dallas, 
Texas. 

Pandemonium  reigned  in  Colum- 
bus. We  realize  that  "pandemonium" 
is  a  large  word,  but  Warner's  mother 
had  large  hopes  for  him.  And  what 
was  more  terrible  for  his  mother  in 
Ohio  to  bear  was  the  fact  that  the 
stock  com-     [Continued  on  page  64] 


.  .  .  with  Janet  Gaynor 
in  "One  More  Spring" 


.  .  .  with  Ann  Loring  in 
Robin  Hood  of  El  Dorado 


< 


The  Story 

Ginger  Rogers 


N 


ever 


Told 


GINGER  ROGERS 
has  often  been 
tagged  "The  Typical 
American  Girl."  And  this 
is  not  just  another  slogan 
originated  by  some  phrase- 
making  press-agent.  It  is  a 
national  sentiment.  The 
little  sprouts  love  her,  the 
high-schoolers  think  she's 
tops,  the  college  boys  think 
she's  great,  the  older  folks 
like  her  natural,  youthful 
charm  and  spirit.  (And  a 
recent  Classic  reader  poll 
revealed  that  she  is  today's 
most  popular  screen  star — 
by  a  wide  margin. — Ed.) 

For  all  her  b  e  a  u  t  i  f  u  I 
Newman-designed  clothes 
and  her  all-around  glamor- 
ous screen  personality, 
Ginger  Rogers  might  be  the 
girl  next  door.  And  this  is 
even  truer  off  the  screen 
than  on.  She,  herself,  has 
never  told  the  public  about 
her  private  life — but  it  is  time  that  someone  did.  Ginger  is  too  real  a  person  to 
rate  silence  about  what  she  is  actually  like. 

She  combines  femininity  with  independence,  and  the  art  of  playing  with  the 
ability  to  do  a  number  of  things  well — all  of  which  epitomizes  the  alert  young 
modern.  Ginger  could  not  have  those  qualities  only  on  the  screen  and  put  them 
over  as  she  does.    They  show  up  in  her  private  life  as  well. 

Frankly  ambitious,  she  is  one  of  the  hardest,  most  conscientious  workers  in 
Hollywood.  But  when  she  walks  oft"  the  set  at  the  end  of  a  day's  work,  she  leaves 
the  worries  of  the  day  and  everything  connected  with  her  work  behind  her.  In 
other  words,  she  knows  the  secret — and  the  value — of  relaxation.  She  steps 
out  of  shimmering  gowns  or  furred  suits  and  steps  into  simple  sweaters  and  skirts 
or  slacks,  as  a  rule,  and  drives  her  coupe  to  her  small  hacienda-type  ranch-house 
in  Beverly  Hills.  She  has  never  had  a  big  car  and  doubts  that  she  ever  will. 
The  same  thing  applies  to  houses.    She  is  free  from  any  show-off  complex. 


The  typical  American  girl  who  has  be- 
come Public  Favorite  No.  1  has  a  private  life 
that  explains  her  screen  personality.  And 
this  is  the  first  complete  story  about  that  life! 

By  ROBERT  GRAHAM 


Sceoe 


o^ 


°'ire?c^     and 
flee* 


•  When  she  is  working  on  a  picture,  the  amount  of  danc- 
ing she  is  generally  called  upon  to  do  so  taxes  her 
energy  that  she  naturally  is  forced  to  curtail  many  of  the 
things  she  might  like  to  do  "after  hours."  During  the 
making  of  a  picture,  Ginger  generally  obeys  a  nine  or  ten 
o'clock  curfew,  and  an  evening's  entertainment  for  her 
often  consists  of  a  good  book.  She  is  one  of  the  most 
voracious  readers  in  the  cinema  town  and  is  up  on  all  the 
latest  best-sellers. 


P'dce 


Any  evening  entertaining  that  she  does  while 
working  generally  takes  the  form  of  having  a  few 
close  friends  in  for  dinner.  Her  circle  of  com- 
panions is  small.  As  a  general  thing,  they  are  not  among 
the  movie  great.  In  fact,  they  might  be  your  friends  or 
mine.  Some  of  them  are  entirely  outside  the  ranks  of  the 
industry. 

More  often  than  not,  invitations  are  considered  un- 
necessary among  Ginger  and  her  friends.  They  visit  each 
other  when  they  feel  like  doing  so— not  under  the  com- 
pulsion of  invitations.  They  drop  in  on  her,  and  she  drops 
in  on  them,  with  the  greatest  of     [Continued  on  page  66] 

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Charles  Boyer- 
Master  of  Charm 


Women  succumb  to  his  great  charm, 
his  powerful  personality,  without 
being    able    to    help    themselves  ...  . 


By  DENA  REED 


CHARLES  BOYER  is  the  impossible  come  true.  He 
is — or  easily  might  become — every  woman's  ideal, 
yet  he  is  completely  honest,  sincere,  unegotistical. 
Popularity  has  not  changed  him. 

His  performances  in  Private  Worlds,  Break  of  Hearts 
and  Shanghai  have  made  ten  million  women  Boyer-con- 
scious.  Pure  luck,  you  say?  He  would  be  the  first  to 
agree  with  you.  Laughing  genially,  he  would  even  call  to 
your  attention  the  fact  that  this  is  the  third  time  he  has 
come  up  to  bat.  Twice  he  struck  out.  But  no  alibis,  you 
understand. 

The  first  time  he  saw  Hollywood  he  was  scheduled  to 
make  French  versions  of  M-G-M  films.  Boyer  (pro- 
nounced Bwah-yay)  could  not  then  speak  English.  And 
no  sooner  had  he  arrived  in  America  than  French  versions 
took  a  slump,  and  he  found  himself  with  a  contract  for  six 
months,  a  salary  and  no  work. 

Now,  Boyer  was  no  parboiled  French  actor  who  was 
down  on  his  francs  and  leapt  at  the  sound  of  Hollywood. 


"The  man  who  can 
ove  and  act  at  the 
same  time  should  be 
placed  in  a  museum" 


As  a  matter  of  exact  fact,  this  same  incredible  charmer 
had  been  a  delight  for  years  in  Paris,  where  his  fame  was 
as  great  as  Chevalier's.  He  did,  however,  have  that  in- 
excusable talent — a  conscience.  Resolved  to  give  work 
for  pay,  he  played  small,  inconsequential  parts  that  did  not 
require  him  to  speak.  One  of  them  was  the  role  of  the 
chauffeur  in  Red-Headed  Woman,  starring  Jean  Harlow. 
No  one  ever  noticed  him,  but  he  was  there,  however  fleet- 
ingly,  working  for  his  pay. 

M-G-M  did  kindly  agree  to  delete  the  chauffeur  from 
the  picture,  if  and  when  it  was  shown  in  France,  where  a 
crisis  undoubtedly  would  have  been  precipitated  if  fifty 
million  Frenchwomen  had  seen  their  favorite  playing  so 
small  a  role. 

It  isn't  every  day  that  a  star  jeopardizes  his  fame  just 
to  salve  his  conscience.  But  it  isn't  every  day  that  you  will 
meet  a  man  like  Charles  Boyer. 

The  second  time  he  accepted  a  Hollywood  offer,  he  found 
himself  scheduled  to  play  the  romantic  gypsy  hero  of 
Caravan,  which  was  intended  to  be  something  new 
in  musical  comedies.  After  trying  to  persuade  the 
Powers-That-Be  that  he  was  not  a  musical  comedy 
hero,  but  a  dramatic  actor,  he  shrugged  his  broad 
shoulders,  pocketed  his  professional  pride,  made 
the  picture — and  then  bought  up  his  contract, 
charging  the  item  to  experience. 


•  Boyer  might  be  called  eccentric,  temperamental 
and  arty.  But  no  one  ever  has  used  those 
adjectives  in  describing  him — and  I  doubt  if  any- 
one ever  will.  Meet  him  and  speak  with  him  for 
only  a  short  space  of  time  and  he  is  your  friend. 
Know  him  longer  and  he  holds  an  enduring  place 
in  your  regard. 

Why?  For  one  thing,  with  all  his  charm,  he 
is  extremely  modest.  He  refuses  to  discuss  the 
possible  reasons  for  his  sudden  and  extravagant 
popularity  with  the  fair  sex. 

At  a  recent  press  reception,  for  example,  some- 
one asked  him  :  "Do  great  movie  love  scenes  result 
from  real,  if  temporary,  love  between  the  actor 
and  actress  involved  ?"  That  may  be  a  fair  ques- 
tion to  ask  a  star,  but  I  found  myself  wanting  to 
flee  for  air — until  I  heard  his  calm,  sane,  smiling 
answer : 

"The  man  who  can  love  [Continued  on  page  62] 


Grace  Moores 

Secret 


Triumph 

She  had  an  opportunity  no  other  American  ever 
no  one  has  known  till  now  that  she  thought  she 

By  ERIC  L.  ERGENBRIGHT 

THIS  is  the  story  of  the  greatest  personal  triumph 
ever  won  by  an  American  singer.  It  is  also  the 
untold  story  of  the  greatest  emotional  ordeal  and  the 
greatest  secret  triumph  in  the  life  of  Grace  Moore— a  life 
that  has  been  a  succession  of  emotional  crises. 

Grace  Moore's  predominating  trait  is  eagerness — eager- 
ness to  thrill  others  with  song,  eagerness  to  work  for  suc- 
cess, eagerness  to  escape  the  humdrum,  eagerness  to  live 
completely-     She  is   vibrantly,  deeply  emotional.     And  if 


"I'll  take  my  bows  to  the 
crowd  in  the  street.  I've 
never  sung  to  stuffed 
shirts   and    I    won't   now!" 


she  can  feel  happiness  and  joy  to  a  greater 
degree  than  more  stolid  persons,  she  can 
also  be  more  deeply  hurt  because  of  that 
same  responsiveness.  Like  all  truly  great 
artists,  she  is  super-sensitive  in  her  emo- 
tional reactions ;  unlike  most,  she  is  pos- 
sessed of  too  much  intelligence  and  too 
much  vitality  to  "break"  under  severe 
strains,  to  go  "temperamental"  under  diffi- 
cult circumstances.  Her  vitality,  both  men- 
tal and  physical,  is  amazing. 

Yet,  when  she  went  abroad  last  May, 
that  magnificent  vitality  had  been  nearly 
exhausted.  For  months,  she  had  been  be- 
fore Hollywood  cameras,  filming  Love  Me 
Forever.  The  production  had  not  gone  any 
too  smoothly.  Story  difficulties  had  been  en- 
countered ;  a  new  and  untried  recording  sys- 
tem had  been  employed.  And  she  knew 
that  the  real  test  of  her  screen  success  was 
that  second  picture  for  Columbia.  Holly- 
wood had  been  frankly  skeptical  regarding 
her  ability  to  repeat  her  first  sensational 
screen  triumph.  Characteristically,  she  had 
answered  the  challenge  by  throwing  her 
entire  energy  into  her  work. 

Meanwhile,  she  had  agreed  to  sing  La 
Boheuie  at  Covent  Garden  in  London.  It 
was  to  be  a  "command"  performance,  with 
the  royal  family  in  their  box.  No  other 
American  prima  donna  had  ever  been  hon- 
ored with  such  an  invitation. 

Love  Me  Forever,  encountering  one  de- 
lay after  another,  kept  her  in  Hollywood  so 
long  that  she  barely  had  time  to  reach  Lon- 
don on  the  scheduled  date.  En  route,  she 
hoped  to  rest,  but  the  hope  was  doomed. 
She  had  under-estimated  her  own  popu- 
larity. In  New  York,  banquet  after  ban- 
quet had  been  arranged  in  her  honor.  Old 
friendships  made  demand  upon  her  time. 
Autograph-hunters  mobbed  her  wherever 
she  appeared.  In  Paris,  where  she  spent 
two  days,  it  was  the  same  story.  In  Lon- 
don, a  special  detachment  of  "bobbies"  had 
to  be  assigned  to  guard  her  from  the  en- 
thusiasm of  the  throngs  who  had  seen  her 
in  One  Night  of  Love. 

To  her  surprise,  she  discovered  that  Lon- 
don knew  her  only  as  an  American  movie 
star  with  a  glorious  voice.  The  fact  that  she 
had  come  to  the  screen  with  a  Metropolitan 
Opera  background  had  been  entirely  for- 
gotten.    Fashionable  Mayfair  was  profoundly  interested 
in  her  as  a  personality,  but  frankly  dubious  of  her  talent. 
There  were  insinuations  that  Hollywood  magic  had  woven 
a  spell  that  she  probably  could  not  repeat  in  person. 

If  such  insinuations  stimulated  interest  in  her,  they  also 
had  their  effect  on  the  over-wrought  nerves  of  an  exhausted 
girl  who  already  was  on  the  verge  of  a  breakdown. 

"I  knew  that  I  was  on  a  spot,"  she  says,  "but,  fortunately, 
the  knowledge  aroused  my  fighting  [Continued  on  page  60] 

31 


had — and 
had  failed! 


The  Dramatic  School 
That  JEAN  Started 

JEAN  MUIR  had  a  great  idea — a  Hollywood  school  for  promising  amateurs. 
Result:  The  Theatre  Workshop,  Inc.      You  have  to  like  work  to  be  admitted! 


By  JANE   CARROLL 


SO  YOU  want  to  become  an  actress  !  Why  ?  To  earn 
a  thousand  dollars  a  week?  To  possess  a  palatial 
home  .  .  .  servants  ...  a  swimming  pool  .  .  .  the  adula- 
tion of  men  ?  That  may  seem  reason  enough  to  most  of  us, 
but  not  to  Jean  Muir,  and  certainly  not  to  the  men  who  guide 
the  destinies  of  our  greatest  motion  picture  companies. 
"Too  many  people  are  turning  to  acting  as  a  profession 
merely  because  they  have  a  desire  for  fame  and  wealth," 
says  Jean  Muir,  the  Helena  of  A  Midsummer  Night's 
Dream.  "They  want  to  take  from  the  theatre — or  from 
motion  pictures — and  they  have  nothing  to  give.  Every 
actor  and  actress  who  have  achieved  a  certain  success  with 
nothing  more  than  mercenary  ambitions  as  an  inspiration 
have  robbed  the  theatre  and  the  screen  of  something  to 
which  they  have  no  right." 


Above,    two    members    of    a    Workshop    cast 
rehearse     before     a     group     of     co-workers 


All     Workshop    photos 

taken     exclusively    for 

MOVIE      CLASSIC 

by  Charles  Rhodes 


Right,  The  Workshop 
from  the  outside. 
Within  its  walls,  you 
may  learn  everything 
worth  knowing  about 
this  art  called   acting 

32 


WORKSHOP 


Strong  words,  these,  from  a  twenty- four-year-old  girl, 
but  who  can  refute  them?  It  is  an  indisputable  fact  that 
more  people  think  of  acting  than  of  any  other  profession 
for  the  selfish  reason  that  it  looks  like  a  life  of  ease — a 
simple  way  to  gold  and  glory.  Only  a  very  few — too  few 
— choose  acting  because  they  seek  to  interpret  great  drama. 

Jean  Muir  and  other  alert  young  actresses  have  estab- 
lished themselves  firmly  in  Hollywood,  despite  their  youth, 
because  of  their  sincerity  of  purpose.  And  out  of  this 
same  sincerity  has  developed  the  one  great  interest  of 
Jean's  life. 

•  Today,  in  a  remodeled  night  club  on  Santa  Monica 
Boulevard  in  Hollywood,  the  strange  rustling  sound 
of  shifting  scenery  and  the  intonations  of  earnest  young 
voices  can  be  heard  far  into  the  night,  indicating  that  The 
Theatre  Workshop,  Inc.,  comes  honestly  by  its  name.  Jean 
Muir  originated,  founded  and  helped  to  finance  The  Work- 
shop. It  is  her  pride  and  joy — an  achievement  of  which 
any  actress,  young  or  old,  might  well  be  proud. 

"The  purpose  of  The  Theatre  Workshop,"  Jean  ex- 
plains, "is  to  train  young  people  in  the  traditions  and 
atmosphere  of  the  theatre,  to  show  them  the  best  that  the 
theatre  has  developed  down  through  the  passing  centuries. 
We  want  to  study  both  the  old  and  the  new,  and  to  go  for- 
ward, not  merely  for  personal  gain,  but  for  the 
satisfaction  of  trying  to  contribute  our  small  bit 
toward  preserving  and  building  the  best  in  enter- 
tainment. And  who  knows?  We  may  succeed!" 
Jean  Muir  does  not  want  to  create  the  impres- 
sion that  she  is  being  "arty."  One  has  only  to  talk 
to  her  for  a  few  moments  to 
realize  that  she  is  extremely  prac- 
tical and  level-headed. 

"I    know    that    hundreds    of 
untrained  young  girls  will  come 
^»  J       |\  to    Hollywood    in    the    next    few 

years,"  she  says,  "hoping  against 
hope  that  they  will  have  a  lucky 
break  and  land  at  the  top  of  the 
heap.  They  will  have  no  idea 
of  the  qualifications  they  must 
have  to  become  actresses.  They 
will  not  be  coming  because  they 
love  the  theatre  and  the  profes- 


"The  theatre  and  the  screen  need  a  new  generation  of 
piayers  who  are  workers,"  says  Jean  Muir.  "To  de- 
velop  them    is  the   purpose   of  The  Theatre    Workshop" 


sion  for  what  it  is.  They  will  not  realize  that  they 
should  not  come  directly  to  the  studios — that  they  must 
have  a  foundation  of  dramatic  experience.  Without  it, 
an  actress  may  achieve  some  small  degree  of  fame,  hut 
her  days  on  the  screen  will  he  numbered.  They  won't 
last  any  longer  than  the  first  youthful  bloom  of  beauty. 
The  theatre  and  the  screen  need  a  new  generation  of 
players  who  are  workers.  To  develop  them  is  the  pur- 
pose of  The  Theatre  Workshop." 

In  organizing  her  remarkable  project,  Jean  had  the 
help  of  Anthony  Landi,  Elissa  Landi's  brother.  He 
helped  to  organize,  incorporate,  sell  stock  and  get  The 
Workshop  under  way.  There  were  others,  too — ama- 
teurs who  hope  some  day  to  occupy  important  positions 
in  the  world  of  the  screen  and  theatre. 

Officially,  The  Workshop  opened  on  October  first, 
after  the  gaudy  night-club  had  been  converted  into  a 
theatre  and  a  school  by  the  industrious  Workshop  group 
in  person.  "The  decorations  were  terrific,"  says  Jean. 
"Huge  figures  danced  on  the  wall,  black  oilcloth  with 
splashes  of  gold  hung  from  the  proscenium  arch  to  all 
corners  of  the  auditorium — and  there  was  dirt  every- 
where. We  moved  in  with  scrub  brush,  soap,  lime,  and 
everything  necessary  to  make  the  place  sanitary.  And 
we  really  are  proud  of  the  transformation  we  wrought. 
Compo  board  forms  the  ceiling,  the  walls  are  done  in 
ivory,  and  the  large  stage  has  been  re-equipped. 

•  "Actually,  the  theatre  is  small,  but  it  is  sufficient  to 
hold  about  two  hundred  people — an  intimate  audi- 
ence for  our  plays.  At  first  there  were  only  a  few  of  us 
interested,  but  as  time  passed,  the  group  grew.  Now 
there  are  about  twenty-five       [Continued  on  page  56] 


h     the     dancing     class,     a     student     actress 
receives     a     lesson     in     dramatic     poise 


WSJ77" 


Operating     a     miniature     theatre,     students 
experiment    with    lighting    effects 


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Up  from  the  Bottom 

to  Stardom 

Rosalind  Russell  has  reached  for  success  the 
sure  way — by  working  for  it.  And  in  her 
rise  is  inspiration  for  every  girl  in  America  today! 


^ 


By  MARY  ANDERSON 


ROSALIND  RUSSELL  is  one  of  the 
most  interesting — and  one  of  the  least 
spectacular — personalities    in    Holly- 
wood.   On-screen  and  off-screen,  she  typi- 
fies the  new  trend  in  pictures — refinement, 
intelligence,    independence,    gallantry. 
To  use  slang — which  is  usually  more 
descriptive  than  prosaic  English — 
she  has  CLASS ! 

She  came  to  Hollywood  from 
the  stage,  and  to  the  stage  from 
a  background  of  culture.  Her 
journey   to    stardom — and 
she    has    nearly    arrived, 
after  her  performance 
opposite     Willam 
Powell  in  Rendezvous 
— has  been   featured 
by  a  calm  poise  that 
dominates  her 
every  word  and 
action.     It  has 


been  attended  by  very  little  pub- 
licity, yet  Hollywood,  most  certain- 
ly, and  every  movie-goer,  most 
probably,  have  been  fully  conscious 
of  the  fact  that  Rosalind  Russell  is 
destined  for  greatness. 

She  has  excited  international 
curiosity  and  it  is  high  time  that 
this  curiosity  should  be  satisfied. 

She  is  one  of  seven  children,  the 
daughter  of  a  well-to-do  and  so- 
cially prominent  New  England  family.  Most 
of  the  stories  written  about  her  have  ex- 
aggerated the  wealth  of  her  parents  and,  in 
doing  so,  have  created  the  impression  that 
Rosalind  has  no  need  to  work,  that  she  is  rich 
beyond  the  need  of  earning,  and  that  she  is 
merely  playing  at  her  profession.  As  a  mat- 
ter of  fact,  her  father,  a  well-known  and 
highly  respected  attorney,  left  his  children 
little  more  than  enough  money  to  complete 
their  educations  and  finance  their  starts  in 
life.  The  balance  of  his  fortune  had  been 
lost  through  unfortunate  investment. 

Rosalind  was  born  in  Waterbury,  Con- 
necticut, and  lived  there  for  the  first  sixteen 
years  of  her  life.  She  attended  Marymount 
School  at  Tarrytown-on-the-Hudson,  Rose- 
mont  School  and  Barnard  College.  She  was 
given  every  advantage.  More  important  still, 
she  was  given  some  very  excellent  advice  by 
her  father,  who  insisted  that  his  children 
must  never  be  idlers. 

"It  doesn't  make  a  great  deal  of  difference 
what  work  you  do,"  he  told  them.  "The  im- 
portant thing  is  to     [Continued  on  page  61] 


"I  vowed  that 
I  would  climb 
slowly  and  never 
take  a  step  until 
knew  where  I 
was  going;  I 
would  never  run 
before  I  had 
learned  to  walk" 


Portrait  by 
Hurrell 


Meet  Errol  Flynn- 

Born  Adventurer! 


Young,  handsome,  Irish,  the  screen's 
newest  he-man  hero  has  had  a  life 
just  as   exciting   as   Captain  Blood's! 

By  Shirley  King 


COMPARED  to  Errol  Flynn,  Captain  Blood,  of  the 
Spanish  Main  Bloods,  was  a  bleeding  cream  puff. 
Not  that  the  daring  captain  lacked  any  of  the 
manly  qualities  or  shirked  his  duties  as  a  pirate.  The 
parallel  is  drawn  because  young  Mr.  Flynn,  who  is  por- 
traying the  Sabatini  hero  in  the  talkie  version 
of  the  famous  novel,  has  been  involved  in  so 
many  more  hazardous  undertakings  and  ex- 
ploits. 

The  South  Seas,  the  East  Indies,  the  Far 
East,  India,  Ethiopia  and  most  of  the  inter- 
mediate points  are  as  familiar  to  him,  relatively 
speaking,  as  your  own  backyard  is  to  you.  As 
British  magistrate,  gold  miner,  sea  captain, 
pearl  fisher,  rice  buyer,  explorer,  soldier,  he 
knows  them  all.  There  is  scarcely  a  place,  no 
matter  how  small  it  may  be  on  the  map,  that 
he  has  not  visited  and  cannot  recall  by  some 
vivid  adventure  that  befell  him  there. 

Flynn,  a  tall,  good-looking  young  Irishman 
with  the  slender  build  of  an  athlete  and  the 
eager  eyes  of  a  roamer,  arrived  in  Hollywood 
some  six  months  ago  to  pursue  a  film  career. 
He  had  been  in  pictures  on  the  English  screen, 
and  so  impressed  Irving  Asher,  British  head 
of  Warner  Brothers,  with  his  work  that  Asher 
sent  one  of  his  films  over  here.  The  Warners 
saw  enormous  possibilities  in  this  clean-cut 
actor's  personality  and  ability,  and  immediately 
cabled  for  him  to  hie  himself  to  Hollywood. 

His  first  American  picture,  in  which  he  ap- 
peared only  briefly,  indicated  that  Warners 
had  starring  material  in  this  latest  addition  to 
their  fold.  On  the  off-chance  that  he  might 
be  an  embryonic  overnight  sensation,  they 
tested  him,  along  with  scores  of  well-known 
he-man  actors,  for  the  title  role  of  Captain 
Blood.  And  out  of  all  the  tests,  one  alone  stood 
out — Errol  Flynn's.    He  got  the  job. 


•  IN  scanning  his  short,  but  eventful  career 
(he  is  only  about  twenty-six  today),  you 
discover  the  reason  why  Flynn  seems  so  per- 


fectly cast  in  the  role  and  why  he  is  turning  in  so 
splendid  a  performance  as  the  English  doctor  turned 
pirate  through  force  of  circumstance.  He  is  walk- 
ing his  own  quarter-deck  again,  reliving  tropical 
days  of  his  past  when  Life  offered  a  constant  chal- 
lenge and  Death  kept  but  a  pace  behind.  Flynn  has 
actually  been  as  lusty  an  adventurer  as  Captain 
Blood  ever  thought  of  being  in  the  Sabatini  story. 

His  adventures  began  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  when  he 
accompanied  his  scientist-father  on  an  exploring  expedi- 
tion to  Western  Tasmania,  off  the  coast  of  Australia, 
and  as  wild  a  spot  as  remains   [Continued  on  page  72\ 


"In  his  reticence  lies  the  charm 
of  the  man;  this — and  a  person- 
ality that  immediately  wins  you" 


Portrait  by  Elmer  Fryer 

35 


Screen-  Struck 

A  famous  author  tells  a  dramatic  story  of  an 
unknown's  struggle  for  screen  success-a  story 
as   real   as  the   city   of   hope   and    heartbreak 

By  Nina  Wilcox  Putnam 


THE  STORY  THUS  FAR:  Pretty  Lola  Le  Grange,  usherette 
in  a  theatre  in  a  small  midwest  city,  lives  in  a  dream  world. 
Screen-struck,  she  has  the  secret  and  "impossible"  ambition  to 
win  the  chance,  some  day,  to  be  an  actress.  And,  suddenly, 
the  dream  comes  true;  she  has  her  chance.  A  photograph  she 
had  entered  in  a  nation-wide  Search-for-New-Faces  contest, 
sponsored  by  Burnham  Brothers  Studio  in  '  Hollywood,  is 
awarded  first  prize.  She  wins  a  free  trip  to  the  movie  capital, 
plus  the  promise  of  a  screen  test  .  .  .  and  finds  herself  fright- 
ened by  her  good  fortune,  by  her  inexperience.  She  wonders  if 
her  fear  is  a  premonition  of  failure. 

The  prize,  her  ticket  to  Hollywood,  is  awarded  to  her  on  the 
stage  of  the  local  theatre  by  Clifton  Laurence,  romantic  screen 
idol,  making  a  personal  appearance  there.  Long  fascinated 
by  his  screen  performances,  she  finds  him  even  more  romantic 
in  person.  When  she  leaves  for  Hollywood  to  begin  her  great 
adventure,  he  is  aboard  the  same  train.  They  strike  up  an 
acquaintance,  which  reaches  a  climax  on  their  last  night 
aboard  the  train.  Sitting  alone  on  the  back  platform,  they 
begin  talking,  impersonally,  about  love.  Laurence  sincerely 
doubts  that  there  is  such  a  thing  as  "lasting  love."  Lola  dis- 
agrees with  him,  citing  as  one  proof  the  wistful  love  of  Buddy 
Kane,  a  home-town  boy,  for  her — love  that  she  can  never  re- 
ciprocate. As  they  part,  Laurence  impulsively  kisses  her. 
Later,  she  is  tortured  by  the  thought  that  now  she,  like  Lau- 
rence, must  wonder  how  one  can  recognize  "real  love." 

Arriving  in  Hollywood,  she  is  feted  and  ballyhooed  as  a 
contest-winner,  and  almost  immediately  goes  through  the  un- 
expectedly agonizing  ordeal  of  a  screen  test.  Then  she  is 
gradually  forgotten,  though  her  test  proves  that  she  photo- 
graphs well  enough  to  rate  a  short-term  contract.  But  her 
luck  still  holds.  An  actress  scheduled  to  play  a  certain  small 
part  falls  ill,  and  the  role  is  given  to  Lola,  who  is  swept  off 
her  feet  by  the  attention  that  is  now  showered  upon  her  .  .  . 
by  self-seeking  people  who  intend  to  be  included  among  her 
friends  if  she  should  become  a  success.  She  senses  the  shal- 
lowness of  their  "friendship,"  which,  nevertheless,  buoys  her 
up  with  supreme  self-confidence.  Though  the  director  is  im- 
patient with  her  first  efforts  at  acting,  she  soon  feels  that  she 
is  showing  genuine  ability. 

Clifton  Laurence,  returning  from  a  location  trip,  is  pleased 
at  the  break  that  she  has  had  with  no  help  from  anyone. 
Lola,  however,  in  an  effort  to  impress  him,  goes  too  far  and 
gives  him  the  impression  that  she  is  "putting  on  an  act"  for 
his  benefit.  Disappointed,  he  coolly  says  "goodbye."  Lola,  at 
first  heartbroken  at  this  turn  of  events,  is  then  determined  to 
show  him  that  she  can  win  bigger  roles — and  his  applause. 
Soon  after  this  encounter,  she  is  summoned  into  the  office  of 
Mr.  Burnham,  head  of  the  studio.  Thrilled  by  the  summons, 
she  expects  a  salary  raise,  a  long-term  contract.  Instead, 
Mr.  Burnham  tells  her  that  the  studio  can  no  longer  use  her 
— that  she  photographs  well,  but  is  no  actress.  He  asks  her, 
"Why  not  be  a  sensible  little  girl  and  go  home?"  With  a 
heavy  heart,  she  walks  out  into  the  cruelly  bright  California 
sunshine — a  failure.     The  story  continues: 


Chapter  VII 

IN  FIRING  me,  Mr.  Tom  Burnham  had  said — un- 
willingly— some  pretty  cruel  things  about  my  work 
in  the  one  role  I  had  played.  The  smart  of  them  was 
still  upon  me  as  I  stood  there  in  the  sunlit  studio 
gardens  just  outside  the  private  entrance  to  his  offices. 


I  walked  slowly  away  as  soon  as  my  leaden  feet 
would  obey  my  dazed  brain  .  .  .  and  found  myself 
mournfully  making  the  familiar  round  of  the  studio 
that  I  had  made  in  my  first  days  there — to  the  sound- 
stages,  the  miniature  department,  the  back-lot,  the  pro- 
jection-rooms. At  Number  Four,  Dickey  Wells,  the 
operator,  stood  idling  in  the  doorway. 

"Hello!"  he  said,  cheerfully.  "What's  eating  you? 
You  look  as  though  the  villain  had  foreclosed  on  the 
Old  Homestead." 

I  looked  up  at  him,  wondering  if  I  would  be  able  to 
speak  coherently  or  not.  And  at  sight  of  his  homely, 
impudent  face,  an  idea  came  to  me.  "Dickey,"  I  asked, 
"could  you  do  me  a  favor?" 

"How  much?"  he  said.     "Five  bucks?" 

Tense  as  I  was,  I  almost  laughed.  "No,"  I  replied. 
"What  I  want  is  to  see  my  picture  again.  Alone,  all 
by  myself.    And  see  it  over  and  over,  several  times." 

"You're  the  only  one,"  he  said,  with  mock  solicitude 
about  my  sanity,  "who  does  want  to  see  it  twice.  The 
Chief  thinks  it  smells." 

"So  I  gathered,"  I  admitted,  dryly.  "But  I  want  to 
know  why.  This  means  a  great  deal  to  me,  Dickey. 
I've  got  to  find  out  what  was  wrong.  Could  you  man- 
age it  for  me?    Alone?" 

"I'll  tell  you  what,"  he  replied  after  a  long  moment 
of  thinking  over  the  idea.  "I'll  fake  some  extra  work 
tonight  and  you  come  back  about  nine-thirty  and  I'll 
run  it  off  for  you." 

"Thanks,  Dickey!"  I  said,  gratefully.  It  was  the 
first  time  I  had  spoken  naturally  in  weeks. 

That  I  most  certainly  had  not  spoken  naturally  while 
acting  in  the  picture,  I  admitted  to  myself  before  the 
evening  was  over.  During  the  long  hours  that  inter- 
vened before  the  showing,  however,  I  had  had  plenty 
of  time  to  think  over  what  Mr.  Burnham  had  said. 
The  shock  of  my  failure  to  make  good  had  affected  me 
like  a  sudden  plunge  into  icy  water.  I  had  emerged 
shaking,  frozen,  confused.  But  the  after-effect  was 
a  strange  new  vigor.  I  saw  that  my  attitude  back  home 
in  Hopewell,  when  I  had  cried,  frightened  at  the 
thought  of  being  lifted  to  unearned  fame,  was  right. 
But  the  ambition  that  had  always  been  in  my  heart  was 
still  there.  It  would  take  more  than  one  failure  to  extin- 
guish it.  I  felt  very  humble  now.  I  had  to  learn.  In  this 
frame  of  mind,  I  went  and  sat  alone  in  the  dark  little 
projection-room,  my  eyes  glued  to  the  screen  and  to  the 
awkward  amateur  who  was  Lola  Le  Grange  .  .  . 

It  hurt,  but  I  could  see  that  everything  Mr.  Burnham 
had  said  was  true,  including  his  merciful  admission 
that  I  screened  well.  On  this,  at  least,  I  could  base  a 
little  hope.  What  had  I  once  said  to  Clifton  Laurence? 
"The  test  is  the  only  thing  that  worries  me — the  rest 


36 


Illustration  by 

Harve'  Stein 


"Why,  I  can  iden- 
tify this  girl!"  Miss 
Dare    exclaimed 


will  be  easy."  Well,  I  knew  now  that 
it  wouldn't  be  easy,  but  it  might  still  be 
done  .  .  .  with  hard  work  and  patience 
and  sticking  at  it  no  matter  what  they 
said  to  discourage  me.  I  would 
learn  to  speak  dramatically,  to  act 
realistically,  to  move  gracefully — to 
be  relaxed  and  natural — to  be  the 
character,  instead  of  acting  it.  I 
would  never  use  that  carfare  money 
to  get  back  to  Hopewell.  Never !  .  .  . 
I  walked  out  of  the  projection-room 
late  that  night  a  new  person — free  of 
my  silly  hallucinations  about  acting, 
and  with  a  fierce  new  determination 
to  succeed  burning  in  my  heart. 


X 


•  The  next  morning,  after  sleeping  the  sleep  of  exhaus- 
tion, I  took  stock  of  my  assets.  One  hundred  dollars  in 
savings,  plus  the  studio's  expense  money  of  a  hundred  and 
twenty-five,  a  fairly  decent  wardrobe,  a  "photographic 
face"  and  a  fistful  of  courage.  They  would  have  to  carry 
me  through. 

My  first  move,  of  course,  was  to  give  up  the  small 


bungalow  I  had  been  renting.  I  took  the  cheapest  fur- 
nished room  I  could  find,  within  walking  distance  of  Hol- 
lywood Boulevard  and  Vine  Street.  That  meant  I  could 
reach  three  major  studios  without  spending  carfare.  Then 
I  went  to  see  Mr.  Otto  Rikenbach,  the  important  agent 
who  had  invited  me  to  a  party  at  his  house  soon  after  my 
arrival  in  Hollywood.  [Please  turn  to  next  page] 


37 


"What    salary   do  you  get?"   was  his   first   question. 

1  told  him  I  had  been  getting  a  hundred  and  twenty- 
live  dollars  a  week. 

He  grunted.  "How  long  does  your  contract  run?"  he 
asked. 

"It  has  run,"  I  admitted  ruefully. 

The  faint  interest  that  he  had  shown  died  a  visible 
death.  "I  am  afraid  we  wouldn't  be  much  help  to  you," 
he  said.  "We  already  have  more  people  than  we  can 
really  handle." 

It  was  a  dismissal — a  tactful  one.  I  was  already  learn- 
ing that  Hollywood  hates  to  be  cruel — yet  often  has  to  be. 
As  a  result,  a  polite,  roundabout  formula  has  developed. 
Snubs  are  wrapped  in  cellophane — blows  in  velvet 
gloves !  I  tried  other  agents,  but  the  answer  was  the  same 
everywhere :  I  must  have 
more  experience  before  they 
could  afford  to  handle  me. 

"But  how  am  I  to  get 
experience,"  I  cried  desper- 
ately, "unless  you  get  me 
work?" 

I  gritted  my  teeth  and 
joined  the  long  lines  at  the 
casting  office  windows.  Once 
I  worked  for  fifteen  hours, 
sitting  in  a  French  sidewalk 
cafe,  and  earned  seven  dollars 
and  fifty  cents.  No  director 
came  up  and  picked  me  for 
the  lead,  either !  A  eirl  who 
had  once  taken  me  to  a  swim- 
ming party  was  in  that  pic- 
ture, and  she  pretended  not 
to  see  me.  Several  people 
had  done  that,  though,  and  I 
was  getting  used  to  it.  Even 
Mr.  Hilton  ducked  when  he 
saw  me  now,  although  I  could 
see  that  he  felt  sorry  for  me. 
When  I  buttonholed  him,  he 
would  murmur  something 
vague  about  keeping  me  in 
mind  if  anything  suitable 
showed  up. 

As  for  Clifton  Laurence,  he  had  in  all  probability 
read  the  only  recent  notice  about  me  that  any  publication 
had  bothered  to  print — a  brief  trade-paper  comment  that 
I  had  gone  home.  If  he  believed  that,  I  thought  iron- 
ically, it  was  just  as  well ;  I  was  not  likely  to  run  into 
him  anywhere ! 


•  MY  GOOD  luck  had  left  me  as  suddenly  as  it  had 
come  in  the  first  place.  Meeting  discouragement  at  every 
turn,  I  did  not  find  it  easy  to  work  at  training  _myself . 
But  when  I  wasn't  haunting  the  studios,  I  was  spending 
my  time  reading  aloud  to  myself,  rehearsing  before  the 
mirror  in  my  dingy  little  room,  spending  a  few  dollars 
on  elocution  lessons  to  improve  my  delivery  and  on  danc- 
ing lessons  to  improve  my  carriage  and  .  .  .  getting  really 
thin.  This  last  was  no  effort — on  the  meals  I  ate !  About 
the  only  thing  that  kept  me  going  was  the  letters  Buddy 
Kane  wrote  so  faithfully  from  Hopewell.  He  believed 
in  me  so  implicitly! 

"We  can  hardly  wait  to  see  your  first  picture,"  he 
wrote.  "And  the  next  and  the  next.  You've  got  it  in 
you,  Lola,  but  you  must  believe  that  yourself,  first  of  all. 
Then  they  can't  discourage  you,  ever!"  It  was  always 
like  that  .  .  .  "faith  .  .  .  win  .  .  .  you're  good  .  .  ." 
It  helped — a  little.    Perhaps  more  than  a  little. 

There  was  one  pther  bright  moment.     It  came  when  I 


found  a  chance  to  apologize  to  Miss  Nancy  Dare,  "the 
grand  old  lady  of  the  screen,"  for  refusing  her  advice 
because  I  had  not  recognized  her.  Very  lovely  in  black 
silk  and  soft  laces,  she  allowed  me  to  waylay  her  as  she 
was  stepping  into  her  limousine  outside  a  Boulevard  shop. 
"I've  been  sick  at  heart  over  what  I  said  to  you,"  I 
told  her  earnestly.  "Not  only  because  I  admire  you  so, 
really,  but  because  I  was  such  an  ignorant  young  fool." 
She  smiled  at  me,  her  eyes  twinkling,  her  manner  brisk. 
"Stuff  and  nonsense !"  She  chipped  her  words.  "Great- 
est compliment  to  my  acting  I  ever  had !  Don't  moon 
over  it!  Glad  to  see  you've  left  off  the  rouge!"  She 
patted  my  shoulder,  stepped  into  the  big  car,  and  was 
gone. 

But  I  felt  a  great  load  off  my  mind.  There  was  some- 
thing about  her  crisp  kindli- 
ness that  made  the  world 
momentarily  a  better  place. 
I  walked  "home,"  feeling 
more  gay  and  courageous 
than  I  had  in  weeks.  .  .  . 
And  I  needed  all  the  gaiety 
and  courage  at  my  command 
because,  when  I  reached  the 
door  of  my  room,  the  lock 
was  plugged. 

At  first  I  could  not  under- 
stand. I  went  back  down- 
stairs— to  complain,  of  all 
things !  Then  I  saw  the  land- 
lady's face  and  understood. 
"I'm  sorry,  Miss  Le 
Grange,"  she  said,  through 
thin  lips,  "but  you  owe  three 
weeks  now.  You'll  have  to 
pay  up  or  go." 

I  thought  of  the  dollar  and 
sixteen  cents  remaining  in 
my  purse.         looked  at  the 


"Is  Mr.  Laurence  at  home?"  I  finally  managed 
to  ask.  "I  think  extremely  not,"  said  the  Jap- 
anese. "I  make  inquiry,  please.  What  name?" 


woman  s  determined  face. 
And  without  a  word,  I  walked 
out  into  the  glorious  sunset 
.  .  .  headed  nowhere. 

I  was  a  girl  without  a  room, 

without     a     nearby     friend, 

without    resources    or   prospects.      AVhere    could    I    go? 


I 


Chapter  VIII 

HAD  never  been  locked  out  before.  Up  to  now  I 
had  thought  of  such  an  experience  as  something  that 
happened  only  in  fiction.  Now  it  had  actually  hap- 
pened to  me.  "Believe  it  or  not,"  I  thought  ironically. 
I  had  the  clothes  I  stood  in,  the  small  sum  in  my 
purse,  and  nothing  else.  Everything  else  was  locked  in 
my  room.  Not  that  I  had  much — just  a  few  clothes  that 
probably  would  not  sell  for  the  price  of  one  good  meal. 
Hollywood  Boulevard  was  crowded  with  gay,  hurrying 
people.  The  cafes  were  packed  full,  the  closed  shops 
brilliantly  lighted.  A  long  line  was  already  forming  out- 
side Grauman's  Chinese  Theatre  as  I  passed  along — still 
headed  nowhere.  Miss  Nancy  Dare's  latest  picture  was 
showing  there.  That  gave  me  an  added  pang  .  .  .  she 
had  not  repeated  her  invitation  to  call  on  her  .  .  .  Where 
was  I  going,  anyhow?  I  walked  over  to  Sunset  Boule- 
vard and  sat  down  on  one  of  the  wooden  benches  at  a 
bus-stop.  It  was  close  to  the  curb,  and  sleek,  expensive 
cars  skimmed  by  me,  so  close  that  I  could  feel  the  breeze 
they  made  in  passing :  cars  full  of  happy,  prosperous  peo- 
ple, who  knew  where  they  were  going !  The  brief  carnival 
that  marks  Hollywood's  early  evening  was  beginning. 
It  swept  past  me,  unseeing.      [Continued  on  page  52] 


38 


F 
BitfH 


amous, 


uma\ 


Those  words  describe  straigfr 
shooting  Annie  Oakley,  the  rv 
oine  of  the  1880's-and  Barb 
Stanwyck,  who  brings  her  ba< 
life  and   is  amazingly   like 

By  Helen  Harrison 


BARBARA    STANWYCK   is   an   unu 
phenomenon — a    charming,    normal 
touch  of  the  spectacular. 

If  you  have  never  seen  Barbara  "in  the  fie 
not — without  color  photography — imagine 
beauty.    Her  skin  is  smooth  and  soft  and  lo^ 
a  lustrous  titian,  and  her  eyes  a  flashing  dai 
the  secret  of  her  success  is  not  her  lovelines 
is  more  than  skin-deep. 

She  has  had  the  courage  of  her  ambitions— 
ness  to  fight  for  fame  on  the  battle-ground  o 
determination  to  succeed,  not  as  a  coque 
"straight  shooting."  Everyone  knows  aboul 
her  sense  of  fair  play,  her  capacity  for  hard 
know  the  complete  Barbara. 

But  movie-goers  will  be  given  that  privileg. 
see  her  in  the  title  role  of  Annie  Oakley — t 
screen  biography  of  a  pretty  woman  who  nr. 
a  man's  world.    If  you  know  your  Buffalo  Bi 
know  your  Annie  Oakley,  the  backwoods  girl 
1880's,  made  an  international  name  for  herse. 
ica's    straightest    shooter.      And    Barbara    ,% 
amazingly  like  -  this   woman   she   sincerely 
sincerely  portrays — who  also  was  a  lovely 
married  a  Frank,  and  also  had  a  soft  spot 
for  children  who  might  have  to   struggle, 
struggled,  if  she  did  not  do  something  about 
not  only  famous — but  human. 


•  OF  AXXIE  OAKLEY,  Barbara  say: 
ing  candor:  "Modern  women  could  lear 
from  her.    She  was  a  woman  of  the  ages,  « 
in  spite  of  all  her  shooting  ability — which 
to  support  her  family.     She  wasn't  bor: 
spoon,  you  know.     She  was  raised  in  th 
Ohio.     She  earned  her  own  early  living  § 
her  widowed  mother  and  sisters  by  she 
sending  them  to  the  Chicago  markets, 
way  for  her  later  success.     It  couldn't 
fun,  but  it  was  the  only  thing  she  could 
aged  to  do  it  better  than  anyone  else 
female. 

"I    have   a   sketchy   idea   of   how    s' 
grew  up  in  a  city — Brooklyn,   [Conti 


1   One 

Powell 


nd  h 


wes  w, 


hyi 


/ 


?as  a  Grade  A  problem.     I  wanted  to  run 

oeople  looked  at  me.    I  remember  I  was  crazy 

ittle  girl  and  ached  to  play  with  her ;   but 

she  would  come  up  to  me  and  want  to  be 

mid  get  numb  all  over  and  would  run  home — 

my  eyes  out  because  I  hadn't  known  what  to 

Mother  didn't  know  what  to  do  to  cure  me. 

my  of  the  relatives  or  the  neighbors — though 

:ty  of  ideas.   Finally,  someone  suggested  that 

?d  was  a  little  forced  mingling  with  other 

I  would  soon  lose  my  self-consciousness, 

;old  Mother,  if  I  could  feel  that  I  was  one 

md  could  do  everything  that  the  group  did. 

ed  dancing  school  for  me.     Mother  was  so 

at  she  was  willing  to  try  anything.    And  that's 

arted." 

.vas  nine  years  old  when  her  Mother  inaugu- 
ireat  Experiment — which  was  to  succeed  so 
leanor  would  become  world-famous.  In  that 
aturday  dancing  school  in  Springfield,  Massa- 
:arning  such  social  accomplishments  as  the 
cwo-step  and  the  fox-trot,  the  little  girl-who- 
:>ther-people-to-look-at-her  forgot  her  painful 
She  had  lost  herself  in  the  discovery  of  a 
world  of  rhythm  and  motion.  The  most 
upil  in  the  class  when  she  began,  she  became 
vo  Saturday  afternoons — the  star  pupil.  Her 
»  that  the  child  had  such  talent  that  she  de- 
iced  instruction. 

eeing  that  Eleanor  received  that  instruction, 
-Mrs.  Blanche  Powell — cannot  be  given 
;dit.  Mrs.  Powell  had  separated  from  her 
n  Eleanor  was  a  baby.  Ever  since  then, 
'd  to  support  her  little  girl  and  herself.  The 
en  none  too  easy ;  few  dollars  could  be 
curies.     But  when  she  saw  what  dancing 


had  done  for  Eleanor,  and  saw  the 
child's  lightfootedness  and  love  for 
dancing,  she  decided  that  "advance  in- 
struction" was  one  luxury  that  she 
could — and  would — afford.  Ten-year- 
old  Eleanor  Powell  entered  the  Spring- 
field dancing  academy  of  Ralph  Mac- 
Kernan — the  first  of  three  men  who 
were  to  guide  her  footsteps  to  fame. 


•  "HE  gave  me  a  thorough  ground- 
ing in  everything  a  dancer  should 
have,"  she  explains  today.  "Kicking 
exercises.  Acrobatic  work.  And  then 
ballet  work — the  foundation  of  all  good 
dancing.  Ballet  can  give  a  dancer  poise 
and  grace  that  nothing  else  can.  If  I 
am  anything  today,  the  secret  is  that  I 
had  five  years  of  ballet  training. 

"The  first  year,  I  had  one  lesson  a 
week.    It  lasted  for  two  hours.     The 
second  year,  I  had  two  lessons  a  week. 
The  third  and  fourth  years,  I  had  four 
and  five  lessons  a  week.     And  the  last 
year.  I  spent  most  of  my  time  at  the 
studio — not  only  taking  further  instruc- 
tion, but  being  assistant  to  Mr.  Mac- 
Kernan.     I  had  charge  of  the  'baby' 
class.     I  loved  it.     I  still  love 
it,"  she  adds,  parenthetically. 
"If  anyone  at  a  party  says, 
'Eleanor,  show  me  how  to  do 
that  tap   you    did   the   other 
night,'  I'm  off.     I  can't  resist 
the  temptation  to  teach.    We  "  •  "* 

go  off  in  some  corner  and 
practice — and  the  party  is  a  •       «  .    ' 

success  for  me.  Most  of  them  '■'.       .*.' 

don't  know  that  I've  had  only 
ten  actual  lessons  in  tap  in 
my  life. 

Believe  it  or  not — it  is  true. 
But  in  mentioning  those  ten 
lessons,  Eleanor  is  'way  ahead 
of  her  story.  She  has  not  told 
us  how — or  why — she  hap- 
pened to  leave  Springfield. 

"When  I  was  thirteen,"  she 
resumes,  "I  went  to  Atlantic 

City  to  spend  the  summer  with  my  grandparents.  I  prac- 
tically lived  on  the  beach  and  I  was  as  brown  as  a  berry. 
One  day  I  was  turning  cartwheels  and  doing  some  other 
acrobatic  stunts  we  had  had  to  do  in  dancing  school,  when 
a  middle-aged  man  walked  up  to  me  and  asked  me  if  I 
could  dance.     I  said,  'A  little.'     He  said,  'I'll  give  you 


improve.1'     j, \   VY'ng    to 

'      »hY     Eleann      I6650" 

became     l        anor  povvel/ 

in 


/  melody  of  1936 


seven  dollars  tonight  if  you'll  do  an 
acrobatic  dance  at  the  Ritz-Carlton 
Roof.'  The  man  was  Gus  Edwards — 
you  know,  the  famous  producer  of  kid 
revues  for  vaudeville,  who  discovered 
Eddie  Cantor  and  Lila  Lee  and  a  flock 
of  other  stars,  when  they  were  youngsters. 

"I  raced  home  and  told  Mother,  who  was  down  from 
Springfield,  that  I  had  a  job.  She  didn't  believe  it.  Who 
would  offer  a  thirteen-year-old  girl  a  job  as  a  dancer? 
When  I  finally  convinced  her  that  it  was  true,  she  wasn't 
sure  she  would  let  me  go.     She  [Continued  on  page  54] 


41 


In  the  British  picture,  "Transatlantic  Tunnel,"  dealing 
imaginatively  with  life  fifty  years  from  now,  Madge 
Evans  wears  this  ultra-smart  suit — which  is  also  highly 
chic  today.  A  fur-edged  cape-jacket,  which  has  been 
stressed  in  recent  Paris  showings,  tops  a  stunning  long.- 
sleeved   dress  of  the  same  silver-flecked   blue   material 


By  Gwen  Dew 


THE  New  Year  and  I  sat  down  to  have  a  good  old- 
fashioned  gossip  about  the  fashion  news  that  was 
drifting  across  my  desk.  Bulletins  from  Holly- 
wood, news-letters  from  smart  New  York  shops,  cables 
from  Paris.  From  all  three  came  startling  reports  .  .  . 
fashion  echoes  of  newspaper  headlines.  The  world  is 
going  military-minded,  and  so  are  fashion  designers  ! 

Millinery  is  military,  dresses  have  taken  on  martial 
touches,  coats  are  styled  in  the  West  Point  manner — 
with  capes.  And,  reminiscent  of  the  World  War  years, 
skirts  are  shorter !  Daytime  dresses  are  to  be  fourteen 
inches  from  the  ground,  while  evening  gowns  will  just 
touch  the  floor  in  front  and  will  be  slightly  longer  in 
back.  Afternoon  dresses  have  taken  a  decided  leap  up- 
ward and  are  the  same  length  as  street  dresses. 

And  clothes-colors  are  as  brilliant  as  a  military  pageant. 
Italian  red  is  one  of  the  favorites  ...  as  is  another  burn- 
ing red  called  "Gaulois."  The  favorite  blues  are  deep 
blue,  royal  and  light  porcelain.  And  there  is  a  fashion 
riot  of  in-between  colors — the  brightest  in  years — to 
challenge  the  daytime  popularity  of  black  and  brown  and 
deep  blue,  those  "always-right"  colors. 

Once  I  had  an  inkling  of  all  this,  I  decided  that  there 
was  nothing  to  do  but  go  out  and  start  a  1936  wardrobe. 
So  with  my  little  budget  in  hand,  I  sallied  forth  into 
the  shopping  sector — as  eager-eyed  as  an  army  scout. 


•  AND  what  exciting  things  I  saw !  Stylists  seem  to 
be  torn  between  a  revival  of  the  quaint,  adorable  fashions 
of  1913  (the  year  before  the  Great  War)  and  a  revival 
of  the  serenely  glorious  styles  of  the  Italian  Renaissance. 

First  of  all,  I  shopped  for  a  suit — always  the  working 
girl's  first  answer  to  her  clothes  problems.  A  suit  is 
good  for  all  day  .  .  .  and  if  you're  going  on  to  a  date  im- 
mediately after  office  hours,  you  can  just  add  a  "dress- 
up"  satin  blouse,-  and  there  you  are !  I  picked  out  a  tweed 
one,  very  tailored,  with  a  matching  topcoat  that  can  also 
be  worn  with  everything  else  I  own,  which  solved  my 
coat  problem  at  the  same  time,  praise  be !  The  whole 
outfit  has  a  military  swagger  to  it,  aided  by  such  touches 
as  good  old  soutache  "frogs"  for  trimming.  There  are 
grand  sales  on  such  suits  now.  Incidentally  blouses  seem 
to  be  buttoning  up  around  the  neck  .  .  .  and  some  of  them, 
copying  men's  shirts,  are  in  deep,  solid  colors.  Black  satin 
blouses  for  business  girls  are  supertrim! 

Several  scarves,  of  course,  to  be  worn  Ascot-fashion, 
had  to  be  selected.  There  are  little  new  cat-bow  ones 
of  soft  kid,  with  matching  belts  and  purses  .  .  .  besides 
the  conventional  large  cloth  squares.  Scarves  all  are  bril- 
liant in  tone  .  .  .  designed  to  offer  vivid  contrasts  to  the 
main  colors  of  suits. 

Next  I  went  searching  for  a  [Continued  on  page  70] 


42 


amc  i    FASHION  PARADE 


MM  ..*'... 


WHITE  satin  is  sophisticated.  So  is  the  blondest  of  blondes, 
Jean  Harlow.  Together,  they  are  a  glamorous  picture. 
Ultra-new,  her  gown  has  Grecian  drapery,  a  "straight- 
across-the-shouJders1'  neckline,  and  gathered  front-fulness 


BLACK  transparent  velvet  has  soft  feminine  charm.  So  has 
Jean  Harlow.  Together,  they  are  an  alluring  picture.  Her 
gown,  graceful  in  its  simplicity,  features  a  wide  yoke  of 
mousseline-de-soie,    and    puffed    off-the-shoulder    sleeves 


2 


'4T' 


What  Every  Smart 
Girl   Could  Wear 

Anne  Shirley,  of  the  pert  personality,  has 
a  wardrobe — and  ideas  about  clothes — 
that  will   appeal  to  every  young   modern 

By  MARIAN  RHEA 


LIFE  is  one  grand  thrill  for  any- 
one fair,  feminine  and  still  in 
J  her  teens  .  .  .  particularly  when 
winter  arrives.  Winter  is  party  time, 
dress-up  time,  the  time  for  being  ex- 
citingly lovely.  Or  it  can  be,  if  she 
is  glamor-conscious  and  style-smart. 
Clothes  that  are  chic  and  clothes 
that  are  practical  are  almost  as  im- 
portant to  the  alert,  active  young 
modern  as  her  meals.  Sometimes 
even  more  so  .  .  .  What  should  she 


MOVIE  CLASSIC  presents,  on  these 
two  pages,  the  highlights  of  Ann 
Shirley's  personal  wardrobe.  Note 
their  simple  smartness — and  note  parti- 
cularly her  stunning  three-in-one  even- 
ing ensemble  on  the  opposite  page. 
Each  garment  is  described  in  detail 
in  this  clever  article. 


wear  to  winter  luncheons  and  after- 
noon bridge  parties  and  dinner  dances 
and  such  ?  What  will  be  appropriate  ? 
What  will  be  in  good  taste?  What 
will  be  ultra-smart  without  taxing  a 
girl's  allowance  (or  pay-check)  too 
awfully  much  ? 

I  have  found  all  of  the  answers  for 
you  in  Hollywood,  the  capital  of 
glamor,  which  is  giving  the  whole 
world  new  (and  practical)  fashion 
ideas.  A  certain  little  red-headed 
girl,  scarcely  past  her  middle  teens 
but  already  famous  in  motion  pictures, 
had  the  answers.  I  mean  Anne 
Shirley — who  may  be  starring  as  an 
old-fashioned  girl  in  Long  Ago 
Ladies,  but  is,  in  private  life,  one  of 
Hollywood's  most  modern  maidens. 

Young,  pretty,  smart-looking  and 
possessed  of  excellent  taste,  Anne  is  a 
vivid  source  of  information  concern- 
ing what  the  smart,  early  1936,  girl 


will  be  wearing  .  .  .  especially  if  she 
adheres  to  two  easy-to-follow  rules : 

1.  Dress  simply.  A  girl's  youth 
is  a  priceless  possession  and  should 
never  be  spoiled  by  over-dressing. 

2.  Select  good  clothes.  Buy  dur- 
able fabrics  if  you  would  consistently 
look  well,  because  youth  is  active  and 
hard  on  clothes. 

•  As  the  best  means  of  illustrating 
her    ideas    of    a    suitable    winter 

wardrobe  for  a  girl  in  her  teens,  Anne 
showed  me  her  own. 

We  first  considered  everyday 
tilings,  which  a  girl  might  wear 
around  the  house,  although  we  agreed 
that  she  probably  wouldn't  be  there 
much.  Nevertheless,  there  are  those 
times  when  boy  and  girl  friends  drop 
in  unexpectedly  for  a  chit-chat  or  a 
game  of  ping-pong  or  bridge — and 
even  then  she  wants  to  look  chic. 

Anne's  "home  wardrobe"  includes 
a  sweater  and  skirt  and  a  silver-gray 
angora  frock  with  black  leather  trim- 
ming. The  skirt  for  the  first  outfit 
(See  illustration  4)  is  dark  green — 
you  simply  couldn't  have  a  real  ward- 
robe this  season  without  a  good  deal 
of  green — and  the  sweater  is  a  lighter 
green,  coat  variety,  to  be  worn  with 
or  without  a  green  suede  belt,  but 
always  with  a  scarf  of  some  kind. 

The  angora  dress  (See  Illustration 
1 )  is  perfectly  plain  except  for  the 
flare  at  the  bottom  of  the  skirt,  leather 
lacings  in  front  with  a  bow  at  the 
throat,  and  leather  trimming  on  the 
belt.  A  very  effective  dress,  this,  on 
a  miss  with  flaming  red  curls. 

•  "If  a  girl  must  economize  on  her 
clothes   budget,"    says   Anne,   "I 

think  it  is  a  good  idea  to  select  dresses 
for  lunching,  afternoon   parties  and 


informal  dining  that  will  all  go  with 
the  same  coat.  For  instance,  if  her 
coat  is  black,  she  will  have  a  wide 
choice  in  dresses — black,  gray,  green, 
dubonnet,  any  color  except  brown  and 
the  darker  shades  of  blue.  But  if  her 
coat  is  in  any  bright  color,  she  will 
have  to  be  a  little  more  careful  to 
choose  things  that  will  harmonize 
with  it." 

Her  own  favorite  dress  of  this  type 
is  a  black  silk  in  novelty  weave  with  a 
short  flare  to  the  skirt  (these  flares 
are  awfully  tricky-looking  when  a 
girl  is  dancing),  a  sash  belt  tipped 
with  long  fringe,  and  collarless  yoke 
fastened  in  front  with  silver  marble- 
shaped  buttons.  The  sleeves  are  long 
and  snug  around  the  wrist.  (See 
Illustration  2.) 

Anne  has  another  black  dress — 
black  velvet  with  demure  collar  and 
cuffs  of  Irish  lace.  (See  Illustration 
3.)  It  has  the  new  full  back  and  the 
bodice  is  fastened  down  the  front  with 
crystal  buttons.  With  this  dress,  she 
wears  black  patent-leather  shoes  and 
a  Tyrolean  velvet  hat  trimmed  with 
an  iridescent  quill  and  a  short  mesh 
veil  with  lace  edge. 

"If  you  want  to  capture  a  fraternity 
pin,  just  wear  black  velvet  with  white 
lace  collar,"  says  Anne,  with  all  the 
wisdom  of  her  years.  "The  combina- 
tion is  practically  infallible!" 

Anne's  third  frock  of  the  "step- 
ping-out"  type  is  dark  green  wool 
crepe,  a  two-piece  affair  trimmed 
with  black  broadtail  and  highlighted 
with  a  crystal  pin  at  the  high  neckline. 
>  (See  Illustration  5.) 

"I  don't  believe  in  spending  all  of 
my  millinery  money  for  just  one  hat. 
The  older  woman  may  get  by  with 
one  knock-out  of  a  hat,  instead  of 
several  less     [Continued  on  page  70] 


4L 


Jean  Muir  "goes  Gre- 
cian" (right)  in  chiffon 
over  red  crepe.  Her 
dramatic  mantle 
(above),  is  made  of  red 
and    gold    metal    cloth 


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■■8.°       C/*"-        °>     -3* 


Utterly  simple 
utterly  smart  is 
Dolores  Del  Rio's 
formal  gown  with 
its  loose  bodice, 
trim  collar  and 
molded     hipline 


A  very  modern 
version  of  the 
robe  de  style  is 
Gladys  Swarth- 
out's  eloquently 
simple  gown  of 
stiff,  brocaded 
lame    (below) 


Marjorie  Weaver,  Warner 
Bros,  beauty  contest  win- 
ner, models  a  new  version 
of  "a   leather   in    her  hat" 


Hats 


for 
Hollywood 


Up  on  one  side, 
down  on  the  other, 
a    feather    on    top 


All  photos  taken 

exclusively  for 

MOVIE  CLASSIC 

by  Ralph  Daigh 


Also  military, 
with  a  "forward 
march"  motif — 
and  a  double 
pompom  on 
the    front    line 


A  Robin  Hood  felt,  with 
a  dramatic  feather  dra- 
matically placed — in  front 


Classic  Stresses 

Practical  Dresses 


te 


Tw o  practical-minded 
stars — Glenda  Farrell  and 
Claire  Trevor — model  two 
dresses  that  you  can  easily 
add  to    your  wardrobe 


Triumph  In  tweeds  —  in  the 
Claire  Trevor  manner! 
Whether  you  wear  bright 
shades  or  pale  shades,  tweeds 
can  give  you  tailored  smart- 
ness both  in  town  and  in  the 
country.  Claire's  trim  ensem- 
ble (below) — which  she  wears 
in  "Navy  Wife" — is  in  a  gray 
and  white  check.  The  bib  vest, 
adding  a  chic  touch,  is  of  white 
linen.  And  you  can  copy  the 
whole  ensemble  in  every  detail 
— with  Pattern  831,  designed 
for  sizes  14,  16  and  18  years; 
36,  38  and  40-inch  bust.     25c 


C^azu  to 


L 


Take  a  fashion  tip  from  Glenda  Farrell:  Have 
at  least  one  dress  in  your  wardrobe  that  is 
simple  enough  for  all-day  wear,  yet  can  ease 
gracefully  into  the  cocktail  hour!  Glenda — ■ 
now  appearing  in  "Miss  Pacific  Fleet" — 
models  just  such  a  dress,  above.  It  is  of 
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49 


Does  Your 

Make-up 

Match  Your 


Wardrobe ? 


It  can — if  you  take  tips 
about  color  harmony  from 
the  beauties  of  the  screen! 

By  &/u^-r^  OcMu^. 

DO  YOU  take  beauty  hints  from 
the  most  beautiful  women  in 
the  world  .  .  .  the  actresses  of 
Hollywood?     Then  you   are  living  in  a 
new   world    of   color,   a   glamorous,   lovely 
world,  in  which  clothes  and  complexions  bar 
monize. 

The  beautiful  women  of  Hollywood  place  implicit 
faith  in  what  cosmetic  colors  can  do  for  their  beauty ; 
also,  they  wear  clothes  whose  colors  enhance  their  charm. 
And  you  should — and  can — do  the  same. 

It  has  become  very  much  the  vogue  to  be  the  sweet, 
ultra-feminine  sort  of  girl — the  kind  whom  men  adore. 
And  we  can  thank  Hollywood  for  the  trend.     Several 
recent    pictures    have    glorified    the    quiet,    compelling 
charm  of  unaffected  beauty — and  given  women 
everywhere  the  longing  to  be  softly,  daintily 
feminine. 

Witness  the  high  success  of  the  four 
stars  pictured  on  this  page — Rochelle 
Hudson,  Joan  Bennett,  Myrna  Loy 
and  Elizabeth  Allan,  all  so  truly  femi- 
nine that  you  know  they  are  made  of 
"sugar    and    spice    and    everything 
nice."    They  represent,  respectively, 
the  four  color  types  into  which  all  of 
us  fall :  brunette,  blonde,  titian  and 
"brownette"   (which  is  neither  dark 
nor  light,  but  medium  brown). 

If  you  should  watch  any  one  of  these 
four  stars  applying  her  make-up,  you 
would  see  that  she  takes  into  consideration 
not  only  the  color  of  the  costume  she  will  be 
wearing,  but  its  type  as  well.     She  would  not 
dream  of  using  the  same  shades  of  make-up  with 
a  sports  outfit  as  she  would  with  an  evening  gown,  or  the 
same  tones  with  a  red  dress  as  with  a  blue  one. 

Too  many  girls  overlook  the  importance  of  having  their 
make-up  match  their  wardrobes.  They  wear  the  same 
shades  of  powder,  rouge  and  lipstick  from  early  morning 


Rochelle  Hudson  (top) 
is  brunette;  Joan  Ben- 
nett (second),  blonde; 
Elizabeth  Allan  (third), 
"brownett  e;"  and 
Myrna  Loy  (bottom), 
titian.  And  all  four 
make  their  clothes  and 
cosmetics  harmonize! 


until  late  evening.  If 
you  are  the  least  bit 
interested  in  looking 
just  as  pretty  as  pos- 
sible (and  who  isn't?), 
you  must  put  such  a  habit 
into  the  discard.    You  must 
learn  to  choose  shades  of  cos- 
metics that  will  harmonize  with  the 
colors  of  clothes  you  are  wearing,  and 
will  be  appropriate  for  the  type  of 
things  that  they  are  and  the  time  of 
day  or  night  that  you  will  be  wearing 
them. 

•     There  are   two  distinct  theories 
about  make-up  today.     Let  me  ex- 
plain both  of  them  to  you.     Then  take 
your  choice ! 
One  theory  is  that  every  girl,  because  of  her 
hair,  her  eyes  and  her  skin-tones,  falls  into  a 
definite  color  class  (such  as  blonde  or  brunette) 
and  that  she  should  always  wear  make-up  colors  that 
harmonize  with  her  skin,  her  eyes  and  her  hair. 

The  second  theory  is  that  any  girl  can  wear  a  variety  of 
cosmetic  colors  .  .  .  just  as  she  wears  dresses  of  varied 
colors.  According  to  this  theory,  she  can  forget  that  she  is 
blonde,  brunette  or  titian.     She    [Continued  on  page  68] 


50 


You  already  know  Robert  Donat. 
Now  meet  three  other  very 
charming  Donats — Mrs.  Donat  and 
Tommy  (above)  and  Joanna  (right)! 


My  Success  Story 
Is  a  Love  Story, 

says  Robert  Donat 


The  young  English  actor,  who  fas- 
cinates a  world  of  women,  owes 
fame    to    a    fascinating    woman! 

By  Ruth  Biery 

IT  HAS  long  been  said  that  behind  every  great  man  is 
a  great  woman.  But  it  is  not  often  that  you  find  a 
man  who  admits  it.  Although  Robert  Donat  would 
never  say  he  is  great — he  is  too  sincerely  modest — he  will 
tell  you  in  his  first  sentence  and  in  his  last  that,  if  it  were 
not  for  his  wife,  he  would  not  be  a  motion  picture  actor 
today.  And  he  will  give  you  a  hundred  examples  to 
prove  it. 

She  might  have  stepped  directly  from  a  painting  by 
Rossetti.  Her  hair  is  a  violent  titian,  rioting  around  her 
head  like  a  blaze.  Her  personality  is  like  her  hair — con- 
tinually on  fire.  Even  her  delicate  hands  have  the  quick 
motions  of  young  flames.  If  you  have  once  been  the  hus- 
band of  such  a  woman,  to  lose  her  would  be  to  become  a 
Napoleon  without  his  Josephine. 


All  stories  of  great  success  fascinate  us.  But  the  story 
of  a  man  who  had  five  shillings  in  1931,  and  who  had  been 
told  that  he  would  never  make  a  success  in  pictures  by 
every  producer  in  England  except  one  (Alexander 
Korda),  and  who  is  deluged  today  by  offers  from  all 
over  the  world — there  is  a  story  more  unusual,  more  fas- 
cinating than  the  average. 

"If  it  had  not  been  for  her,  it  could  not  have  hap- 
pened." His  eyes  turned  from  blue  to  deep  purple,  so 
emotional  was  he  when  he  said  this.  We  were  in  his 
dressing-room  at  the  studios  of  London  Films,  where  he 
has  been  making  The  Ghost  Goes  West  with  our  little 
American  Jean  Parker  and  our  American  funny-man, 
Eugene  Pallette.  Like  his  recent  Gaumont-British  pic- 
ture, The  39  Steps,  it  will  be  shown  in  America — and 
should  be  popular  here. 

"Her  name  was  Ella  Voysey,"  he  continued.  "She  has 
some  of  John  Wesley's  blood  in  her  and  some  of  Welling- 
ton's." He  paused  as  though  to  let  me  understand  the 
import  of  such  a  heritage.  Wesley  was  the  sturdy,  stern 
idealist  who  gave  us  many  of  the  "don'ts"  of  the  Prot- 
estant religion ;  Wellington's  courage  and  imagination 
turned  Napoleon  from  Waterloo.  [Continued  on  page  73] 

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Screen-Struck 

[Continued  from  page  38] 


What  should  I  do?  Take  a  portion  of 
my  small  store  and  wire  Buddy  for 
he'lp?  No,  I  couldn't  do  that.  Not 
yet.  I  had  lied  in  my  letters  to 
him,  out  of  pride.  I  couldn't  tell  him 
now,  except  as  a  last  resort.  To  call 
on  him  for  help  would  be  to  abuse  a 
devotion  that  I  was  unable  to  return. 
Besides,  what  excuse  could  I  manufac- 
ture? And  even  if  I  weakened  and  did 
wire  him,  I  could  not  possibly  get  an 
answer  before  morning.  Meanwhile, 
where  was  I  going  to  sleep  tonight?  I 
had  just  reached  this  poignant  question 
when  a  brightly  painted  flivver  drew  up 
at  the  curb  and  a  voice  hailed  me. 

"I'm  heading  out  Beverly  way," 
Dickey   Wells   called.      "Want   a  lift?" 

Did  I  want  to  go  to  Beverly  Hills  ? 
Well,  why  not  ?  It  was  as  good  a  place 
as  another  and  Dickey's  voice  was  warm 
and  friendly. 

"How's  tricks?"  Dickey  asked. 

"Oh.  fine,  thanks !"  I  lied,  going 
through  the  established  formula.  "Ex- 
pecting a  call  any  day  now." 

"That's  swell !"  said  Dickey.  "Any 
time  you  need  your  test,  just  let  me 
know,  and  I'll  fix  it  up  for  you." 

"That's  nice,"  I  said,  "I'll  appreciate 
it.    Do  you  live  out  in  Beverly,  Dickey?" 

"Me?"  His  look  accused  me  of  try- 
ing to  be  facetious.  "Only  plutocrats 
like  you  and  the  Barrymores  live  there. 
I'm  on  my  way  to  the  beach.  By  the 
way,  where  do  I  take  you?" 

"Just  drop  me  at  the  corner  of  Alpine 
Drive,"  I  said,  thinking  fast. 

"Well,"  he  grinned,  "I  don't  blame 
you  for  being  ashamed  to  drive  up  to 
your  mansion  in  this  crock !  Here  we 
are!" 

He  drew  up  to  the  curb  at  the  foot  of 
the  lovely  quiet  residential  street.  I 
stepped  out.  "Thanks  a  million,"  I 
said.    "I  have  only  a  step  to  go !" 

He  looked  at  the  nearest  house — a 
large  one — and  said  "Good-night"  in  an 
awe-struck  tone.  So  I  was  a  plutocrat, 
a  resident  of  exclusive  Beverly  Hills ! 


T  TURNED  and  strolled  on  up  the 
-*■  street,  past  beautiful  homes.  There 
w'as  a  scent  of  honeysuckle  in  the  air. 
It  made  me  homesick  and  terribly  lonely. 
I  walked  another  block  or  two,  and 
stopped  on  a  corner.  "This  won't  do," 
I  said  to  myself.  "I  can't  go  on  walking 
forever."  Then  I  noticed  the  name  on 
the  curb :  North  Crescent  Drive.  This 
was  the  street  on  which  Clifton  Lau- 
rence lived. 

A  great  wave  of  longing  just  to  see 
him  swept  over  me.  Suddenly,  my  un- 
spoken love  for  him  seemed  to  me  to 
constitute  some  sort  of  claim  upon  him, 
just  as  Buddy's  quiet  love  made  me  feel 
obligated  to  him  in  an  intangible  way. 

"After  all,"  I  thought  eagerly,  "it  was 
I  who  was  cold — I  didn't  give  Cliff  a 
chance.  I  made  an  idiot  of  myself  and 
drove  him  away.  And  he  made  me  prom- 


ise to  call  on  him  if  I  needed  help.  Well, 
I  do  need  help,  desperately.  One  word 
from  him  would  open  almost  any  studio 
door — I'd  get  a  chance  if  he  asked  it!" 
But  even  more  than  the  chance,  more 
than  the  money  with  which  to  buy  a 
night's  lodging,  I  needed  to  see  the  man 
himself — to  hear  his  voice,  to  touch  his 
hand.  It  was  a  ravenous  hunger  that 
would  not  be  denied.  And  if  he  would 
listen,  I  would  tell  him  everything  .  .  . 
how  I  had  acted  in  that  ridiculous  man- 
ner from  pride,  how  I  had  learned  my 
lesson  from  my  work — how  hard  I  had 
been  trying  to  improve,  starving  myself 
in  order  to  buy  lessons  in  dancing  and 
diction,  and  how  I  had  come  to  the  end 
of  my  rope  tonight.  He  would  under- 
stand. 


T  T  WAS  a  magnificent  house,  set  far 
*  back  in  an  elaborate  garden.  With 
my  pulses  beating  wildly,  my  feet  lag- 
ging, I  went  slowly  up  the  path  toward 
it.  The  windows  on  the  lower  floor 
were  all  lighted.  He  was  at  home ! 
This  seemed  a  good  omen.  I  rang  the 
bell  and  waited  breathlessly.  After  an 
interval,  the  door  was  opened  by  a  per- 
petually-smiling   Japanese    manservant. 

"Is  Mr.  Laurence  at  home?"  I  finally 
managed  to  ask. 

"I  think  extremely  not!"  said  the 
Japanese.  "I  make  inquiry,  please. 
What  name?" 

I  told  him  and  he  nodded  and  went 
away,  leaving  the  door  ajar.  From  the 
room  beyond  the  hallway  came  the  sound 
of  his  voice — low,  polite.  I  could  not 
catch  what  he  said,  but  Clifton  Lau- 
rence's voice  was  distinguishable  enough. 

"No!"  he  shouted,  impatiently.  "I 
have  never  heard  of  her.  Hito,  I  have 
told  you  a  thousand  times  not  to  let 
women  in  here.  Tell  her  if  it's  any- 
thing important  she  can  communicate 
with  me  through  the  studio!" 

I  did  not  wait  for  the  servant's  return. 
With  hot  tears  blinding  me,  I  stumbled 
down  the  steps  and  through  the  garden, 
into  the  mercifully  enveloping  night. 

Chapter  IX 

CLIFTON  LAURENCE'S  rebuff 
was  the  last  straw.  I  didn't  care 
what  happened  to  me  as  I  walked 
away  from  his  house,  hurt  to  the  very 
depths  of  my  being. 

For  what  seemed  like  a  century,  I 
walked  blindly,  fighting  off  the  desper- 
ate thoughts  that  forced  themselves  into 

my  tired  brain thoughts  of  the  ocean, 

the  cool  waters,  and  sleep  .  .  .  the  story 
of  the  girl  who  had  jumped  from  the 
great  letter  "H"  on  the  big  electric  sign 
on  the  hills  above  Hollywood  Boulevard 
.  .  .  desperate,  wicked  thoughts  they 
were.  It  was  bad  enough,  I  felt,  to 
have  failed  in  pictures,  but  without  Cliff, 
what  wras  left?  But  crushed  as  I  was 
with  pain,  something  in  my  heart  stub- 


bornly battled  my  despair.  "Wait- 
wait  a  while,  Lola,  and  maybe  the  pain 
will  stop!  Pain  stops  .  .  .  almost  al- 
ways !" 

So  far  the  world  had  defeated  me. 
But  if  I  committed  that  last  desperate 
act,  I  would  defeat  myself,  which  was 
far  worse.  I  stopped  in  the  shadow  of 
an  old  pepper-tree  and  looked  up  through 
its  shower  of  lacy  foliage  at  the  moon. 
The  moon  had  been  up  there  so  long, 
and  must  have  looked  down  calmly  on 
so  many  unhappy  girls  like  me  ! 

"Dear  God,"  I  whispered,  "I  can 
stand  it,  if  You  help  me !  Help  me  to 
bear  it,  please!" 

Somehow,  I  felt  better  then.  A  degree 
of  calm  came  to  my  rescue  and  my 
thoughts  began  to  clear.  I  told  myself: 
"I  must  be  practical  and  refuse  to  be 
panicked  again.  I'll  be  honest.  I'll  send 
that  wire  to  Buddy  Kane,  tell  him  the 

truth  and  ask  to  go  home and  find 

some  job  that  I  know  I  could  do!  And 
try  to  forget  my  dreams  of  a  great  ca- 
reer .  .  .  and  Clifton  Laurence  .  .  ." 

With  a  lighter  step.  I  turned  south 
toward  Sunset  Boulevard,  to  catch  a  bus 
back  to  Hollywood.  The  Boulevard,  the 
great  main  artery  of  traffic  between 
Santa  Monica  Beach  and  Hollywood, 
was  ablaze  with  light,  its  broad  span 
alive  with  darting  cars,  careless  of  speed 
limits.  My  bus  would  stop  on  the  south 
side.  Eager  to  reach  the  telegraph  office 
and  mentally  framing  the  wire  I  would 
send,  I  stepped  off  the  curb.  A  mon- 
ster, gray  and  chromium,  roared  close. 
There  was  a  terrific  scream.  A  blind- 
ing pain.  And  a  whirl  of  darkness  that 
wiped  out  the  world  for  me.  .  .  . 


T  MOVED  my  hand  and  felt  a  cool 
*■  sheet  beneath  it.  I  moved  my  head. 
It  hurt,  horribly. 

"She  is  regaining  consciousness,  Doc- 
tor," said  a  calm  feminine  voice.  I 
opened  my  eyes.  A  man  with  a  grave 
face  was  bending  over  me.  His  hands 
were  very  gentle,  but  the  world  went 
blank  again.  Eons  later  I  felt  a  cool 
hand  on  my  forehead. 

"Better  now?"  someone  asked.  "Do 
you  feel  strong  enough  to  tell  us  your 
name?" 

I  made  a  mighty  effort  to  speak. 
"How  badly  am  I  hurt?"  I  whispered. 

From  the  look  in  her  eyes,  I  knew  the 
nurse  was  lying,  kindly.  "Not  much." 
she  said.  But  there  was  my  head.  One 
arm  wouldn't  move.  Perhaps  other 
things.  .  .  . 

"My  name  doesn't  matter,"  I  mur- 
mured. "Nobody  is  interested." 

Another  long,  blank  interval  of  pain. 
Then  men  in  blue  uniform  around  my 
bed.  The  police  .  .  .  Why  couldn't 
they  let  me  die  in  peace  ? 

"But  the  name  is  important,"  per- 
sisted the  officer  who  seemed  to  be  in 
charge.  "It  was  a  hit-and-run  case, 
Miss.  Too  much  of  that  sort  of  thing 
has  been  going  on.    Won't  you  help  us  ?" 

I  shook  my  head  painfully  and  would 
not  speak.  They  talked  and  talked,  but 
it  did  no  good.  I  held  grimly  to  my 
silence. 

[Continued  on  page  57] 


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Famous,  But  Human 

[Continued  from  page  39] 


the  little  things,  those  always  impor- 
tant little  things,  that  she  manages  to 
do  have  endeared  her  to  all  who 
know  her. 


New  York — I  had  to  earn  my  own  living 
as  a  young  girl.  I  did  it  by  working  for 
the  telephone  company  and  cutting  dress 
patterns.  And  that  made  me  just  one 
of  the  many  young  girls  and  women  who 
battle  life  just  as  valiantly  as  Annie  ever 
did.  Perhaps  the  country  was  rougher  in 
her  day,  but  the  competition  couldn't 
have  been  so  keen.  Today,  whether  a  girl 
wants  to  be  an  artist,  a  private  secretary, 
a  writer  or  an  actress,  she  must  be  more 
alert,  more  capable  than  those  around 
her  to  achieve  even  her  smallest  ambi- 
tion." 

Although  she  did  not  say  a  word  about 
it.  I  was  thinking  of  those  early  years 
when  I  had  known  Barbara  Stanwyck. 
Her  name  was  then  Ruby  Stevens  and 
she  was  an  alert  young  dancer  in  the 
chorus  of  a  "girl"  revue  on  the  Strand 
Roof  in  New  York.  No  one  had  ever 
heard  of  her,  but  that  did  not  discourage 
her.  She  determined  that  someday  peo- 
ple would  hear  of  her.  She  kept  right 
on  dancing,  practising  newer  and  better 
steps,  although  she  really  wanted  to  be 
a  dramatic  star.  It  was  typical  of  her 
that  she  did  the  work  at  hand  just  as 
well  as  she  knew  how,  in  the  belief  that 
some  day  she  would  get  her  break. 

It  came  when  the  stage  play,  The 
Noose,  went  into  production,  and  several 
cabaret  girls  were  given  small  parts. 
Barbara  Stanwyck  was  one  of  them.  It 
was  not,  I  believed  then,  pure  chance — 
and  I  am  more  certain  than  ever  of  it 
now.  The  following  season,  she  was 
given  the  role  of  Bonnie  in  the  play, 
Burlesque.  In  this,  as  in  all  her  en- 
deavors, she  was  highly  successful  and 
immediately  established  herself  as  one 
of  Broadway's  leading  actresses.  It  was 
during  the   run  of  that  very  play  that 


she  took  her  first  screen  test  and 
promptly  received  a  motion  picture  con- 
tract. 


"YXTHEN  Frank  (Frank  Fay)  and 
*  '  I  came  to  Hollywood,"  she  told 
me,  "and  settled  down  to  work  and  live 
here,  I  decided  that,  after  a  long  uphill 
struggle,  I  wanted  a  home.  I  discov- 
ered that  I  was  essentially  a  home-loving 
person."  Annie  Oakley  made  that  same 
discovery.  Every  woman — no  matter 
how  ambitious  or  how  successful  she 
may  be — eventually  discovers  a  longing 
to  have  a  little  home  of  her  own  if  she 
is  human.     Annie  Oakley  was  human. 

"For  all  her  spectacular  career,  she 
got  her  keenest  pleasure  from  her  home- 
life  and  the  eighteen  orphans  she  raised 
and  educated.  Raising  children  is  a 
grand  and  worthy  career  for  any 
woman,  whether  they  are  her  own  or 
someone  else's." 

Barbara  loves  children,  too.  You  can 
see  it  when  she  plays  with  little  Dion 
Anthony  Fay,  her  own  adopted  three- 
and-a-half-year-old.  She  is  devoted  to 
this  youngster  and  I  shouldn't  be  at  all 
surprised  if  a  sister  and  brother  were 
adopted  as  companions  for  him. 

"Will  Rogers,"  she  told  me  softly, 
"was  one  of  Annie  Oakley's  greatest 
admirers  and  friends.  Being  another 
homespun  human  being,  he  realized  the 
worthwhileness  about  this  woman  who 
was  simply  great — and,  in  her  greatness, 
simple.  She  was  a  show-woman  of  the 
highest  type  and  did  much  to  raise  the 
status  of  all  professional  women." 

Barbara  is  just  such  a  woman,  too. 
She  is  known  through  ./it  the  picture 
colony  as  the  friend  cf  everyone.     And 


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'TAKE  as  an  instance  her  considera- 
-■-  tion  of  Katherine  Doyle,  her  stand- 
in.  Numerous  times  late  in  a  long,  busy 
day,  when  everyone  was  tired,  Barbara 
would  stand  under  the  hot  lights  until 
the  camera  was  focused,  instead  of  call- 
ing on  Miss  Doyle.  That  is  really  stu- 
dio procedure  in  reverse  English. 

Watching  Barbara  from  the  sidelines 
would  give  anyone  illuminating  side- 
lights on  her  character,  her  willingness 
— and  eagerness — to  help  others.  For 
instance,  while  Walter  Thiele,  who  has 
a  small  part  as  Crown  Prince  Wilhclm, 
was  going  through  a  particularly  diffi- 
cult routine,  she  noticed  that  he  was 
getting  tired  and  asked  George  Stevens, 
the  director,  to  halt  work  and  give 
Thiele  a  chance  to  rest.  How  many  stars 
notice  what  minor  players  are  doing,  or 
if  they  do,  put  themselves  out  to  give 
them  a  chance  to  do  their  best? 

Barbara  once  told  me  that  she  never 
asks  people  to  do  anything  that  she 
would  not  willingly  do  herself.  That, 
she  says,  is  her  test  of  fairness.  It  is 
small  wonder  then  that  those  about  her 
are  always  glowing  in  their  praise  of 
her.  Co-workers  felt  the  same  way  about 
Annie  Oakley,  according  to  all  the  rec- 
ords. Annie,  let  me  remind  you,  was 
human. 

And  she  was  also  human  in  her  pride 
in  her  work.  As  Barbara  says,  "A 
woman  should  experience  honest  pleas- 
ure in  her  ability,"  she  believes.  "When 
a  person  works  hard  and  diligently,  pride 
is  natural  and  justifiable.  Don't  you 
think  I  revel  in  the  letters  /  receive  from 
those  who  enjoy  my  pictures  and  tell  me 
so  ?  I  do,  with  all  my  heart.  W orking 
without  an  audience  makes  the  pub- 
lic's reaction  every  important  and  any- 
one who  has  been  on  the  stage  feels 
this  need  of  contact  with  audiences 
particularly.  On  the  other  hand,  I 
think  the  actress  owes  a  debt  to  her 
public.  She  should  try  to  play  believable 
roles — roles  that  will  not  only  provide 
entertainment,  but  depict  emotions,  and 
experiences  that  are  close  to  all  human- 
ity, that  can  be  shared  by  all  humanity." 

That  is  really  the  way  she  sees  her 
career — as  a  useful,  gainful  occupation 
that  has  a  certain  importance  beyond 
the  immediate  rewards  of  money  and 
fame.  As  a  commentary  on  the  real 
Barbara  Stanwyck — a  normal  girl  with 
a  slight  touch  of  the  spectacular — I 
quote  what  she  so  earnestly  said  to  me 
about  the  character  she  has  just  played : 

"Annie  Oakley  became  internation- 
ally famous,  but  it  didn't  turn  her  head. 
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had  never  had  the  idea  that  I  might  go 
on  the  stage — not  at  that  age,  certainly — 
and  she  wasn't  prepared  to  face  the 
problem.  If  I  hadn't  teased  and  teased, 
she  wouldn't  have  let  me  go.  And  she 
went  with  me. 

"I  didn't  do  an  acrobatic  dance.  I  did 
a  ballet  number — a  classical  number, 
called  'A  Japanese  Sunset' — that  I  had 
originated,  myself.  Picture  the  scene: 
A  kid  thirteen  years  old,  almost  as  tall 
as  I  am  now,  and  as  brown  as  a  berry 
— out  there  in  the  middle  of  the  floor 
doing  a  ballet  number — and  getting 
away  with  it.  For  I  was  hired  to  dance 
three  nights  a  week." 


/"\NLY  a  few  weeks  later,  she  was  at 
^-^  the  near-by  Folies  Bergere  Club — 

earning  $75  a  week.  There  she  stayed 
until  school  began  again  in  Springfield. 
The  following  summer,  she  was  back 
at  the  Folies  Bergere.  (Today  she  says, 
with  smiling  self-mockery,  "I  wore 
sequins  and  spangles  and  feathers  and 
thought  I  was  just  as  good  as  the  New 
York  acts!")  In  September  she  once 
more  returned  to  Springfield.  That 
was  the  year  she  accomplished  the  rare 
feat  of  doing  three  uninterrupted 
pirouettes.  Today  she  can  do  twenty- 
two.  And  she  is  "prouder  of  those 
turns  than  anything  else." 

The  next  summer,  she  was  back  in 
Atlantic  City — this  time  at  Martin's,  at 
$150  a  week.  "The  money  didn't  mean 
a  thing  to  me,"  she  vows.  "Mother 
took  care  of  all  the  worldly  things,  all 
the  business  details,  all  the  worries.  I 
was  free  to  concentrate  on  my  dancing. 
And  it's  still  that  way.  I  think  this 
marvelous  freedom  from  petty  distrac- 
tions has  been  one  of  the  biggest  helps 
I  have  had."  It  helped  her,  that  summer, 
to  become  known  as  "Atlantic  City 
Sweetheart."  Theatrical  people,  vaca- 
tioning at  the  resort,  began  to  tell  her, 
"You  ought  to  go  to  New  York." 

"The  old  theatrical  flattery,"  Eleanor 
describes  it  today.  "But  I  fell  for  it. 
I  told  Mother  I  didn't  want  to  go  back 
to  Springfield  and  school ;  I  wanted  to 
go  to  New  York  and  go  on  the  stage. 
She  tried  to  dissuade  me,  but  I  wouldn't 
be  dissuaded.  She  gave  in,  and  we  came 
to  New  York.  I  was  fifteen  and  a  half, 
and  gawky,  and  I  had  an  engagement 
at  Ben  Bernie's  new  Club  Intime.  The 
club  died  in  two  months — and  for  eight 
months  I  was  out  of  a  job.  You  see,  I 
had  a  very  stubborn  manager." 

The  name  of  that  "very  stubborn 
manager"  was  Billy  Grady,  and  he  was 
the  second  man  to  guide  her  footsteps 
in  the  direction  they  are  taking  today. 
As  Eleanor  tells  it,  "He  said  to  me, 
'Why  won't  I  let  you  take  any  of  these 
stage  offers?  I'll  tell  you.  They're  all 
offers  for  specialty  numbers.  If  you 
take  them,  you'll  get  typed  right  at  the 
beginning    as    a    specialty    dancer — and 


you'll  never  get  a  chance  to  be  anything 
else.  When  you  step  on  a  stage,  I  want 
you  to  open  your  mouth — have  a  few 
lines  to  say — be  a  personality,  not  just 
a  specialty  dancer.'  A  very  clever  man, 
Billy  Grady.    And  I  knew  it. 


<<T  KEPT  right  on  practising  my  danc- 

x  ing,  and  I  had  one  audition  after 
another.  They  liked  what  I  did — but 
they  couldn't  get  excited  about  it.  Peo- 
ple wouldn't  spend  good  money  to  watch 
ballet  dancing,  they  told  me.  Could  I 
tap-dance?  they  asked  me.  All  I  knew 
about  tap-dancing  was  the  heel-beat  and 
the  off-beat  and  I  had  to  say  'No.' 
Finally,  I  decided  that  I  had  better  find 
out  what  this  tap-dancing  business  was 
all  about.  I  asked  somebody  to  tell  me 
who  could  teach  me  tap-dancing.  This 
person  said,  'Johnny  Boyle.'  I  went  up 
to  his  school  and  paid  for  ten  lessons — 
in  advance. 

"Johnny  Boyle  was  one  of  these  quick, 
impatient  men.  He  said,  'Well,  maybe 
we  can  do  something  with  you.'  He 
didn't  seem  to  have  much  hope  for  me. 
He  told  me  that  I  was  'too  much  the 
premiere  danseuse'  and  every  time  I 
tried  to  get  a  tap,  my  feet  behaved  like 
Chaplin's.  I  didn't  know  what  it  was 
all  about,  and  it  didn't  look  as  if  I  would 
ever  find  out.  I  didn't  break  down 
there — but  I  did  when  I  got  home.  I 
was  going  to  give  it  all  up.  The  things 
I  had  worked  five  years  to  accomplish 
weren't  appreciated.  I  was  going  to 
forget  the   idea   of  a  career. 

"Then  I  got  mad  at  myself.  I  had  let  a 
little  thing  like  one  tap-dance  lesson  get 
me  down.  I  made  up  my  mind  to  go 
back  there  and  take  my  ten  lessons  if  it 
killed  me.  The  second  time,  Johnny 
wasn't  so  impatient  with  me,  and  I  picked 
up  plenty.  .  .  .  Over  in  a  window  sat  a 
man  watching  us  girls  dance.  When  the 
lesson  was  over,  he  came  up  to  me  and 
said,  'I'd  like  to  see  you  in  Johnny's 
office  in  about  five  minutes.'  I  didn't 
know  who  he  was,  but  the  other  girls 
were  awe-struck.  'Why,  that's  Jack 
Donahue — the  dancing  star  of  Smiles. 
He's   Johnny   Boyle's    silent   partner.' " 

And  Jack  Donahue — the  Broadway 
favorite  of  the  day — was  destined  to 
be  the  third  man  to  guide  Eleanor  Pow- 
ell's footsteps  toward  fame.  He  had 
called  her  into  Johnny  Boyle's  office  to 
tell  her  that  she  had  unusual  promise,  a 
phenomenal  sense  of  rhythm,  and  that 
he  would  personally  supervise  her  fu- 
ture lessons.     She  was  just  sixteen. 


(tj  HAVE  followed  every  bit  of  advice 
■*■  that  he  gave  me,"  she  says,  humbly. 
"For  instance,  he  told  me,  'When  you 
dance,  make  believe  that  something  very 
heavy  is  on  your  hips — holding  your  feet 
on  the  floor.  Don't  bounce.  Glide.' 
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The  Dramatic  School  That  Jean  Started 

[Continued  from  page  33] 


studying,  including  night  classes.  We 
have  been  rehearsing  scenes  from  fa- 
mous plays,  studying  the  history  of  the 
theatre  and  becoming  acquainted  with 
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doing  the  directing  herself.  Around 
the  platform,  students  who  are  not  in 
rehearsal  sit  in  as  the  audience.  But, 
unlike  the  usual  theatre-goers,  they  are 
there  to  observe,  criticize,  and  discuss 
the  actors  and  the  action  during  the  play. 
Then  there  is  a  miniature  theatre,  built 
to  scale,  where  all  scenic  effects  and 
lighting  effects  can  be  tested  before  a 
play  is  ever  presented. 

There  may  be  more  elaborate  dra- 
matic schools,  but  certainly  there  is  none 
better-equipped  to  give  beginners  a 
chance  to  work  in  the  genuine  atmos- 
phere of  the  theatre. 

"The  ambitious  young  girl,"  Jean  in- 
sists, "must  start  at  the  very  bottom  and 
work  up.  If  she  isn't  familiar  with 
every  phase  of  the  theatre,  if  she  hasn't 

STUDENTS  at  The  Workshop  will  training  in  the  fundamentals,  she  is  li- 
have  the  advantage  of  superior  in-  a°le  to  be  lost  in  the  crowd— the  crowd 
struction.  Rouben  Mamoulian,  the  fa-  of  wishers,  not  workers." 
mous  director  of  Becky  Sharp,  is  one  of  No  better  advice  could  be  given  to 
many  celebrities  scheduled  to  deliver  lee-  embryo  actresses  than  these  words  from 
tures,  as  is  Constance  Collier,  the  veter-  a  Sirl  who  is  building  her  own  career 
an  stage  star.  There  will  be  classes  in  on  .a  solid  foundation  ...  Do  you  have 
fencing  for  the  women,  dancing  for  both  actln?  ambitions?  Are  you  willing  to 
men  and  women,  make-up  and  diction,  in  work  to  achieve  them  ?  Do  you  love  the 
addition  to  the  study  of  theatrical  his-  screen  an"  theatre  as  a  student  does  a 
torv  great  teacher?  Then  be  an  actress.  Let 

Nothing  has  been  overlooked  in  mak-     nothing  stop  you ! 
ing  The  Workshop  a  modern,  up-to-the- 
minute   training    school    for   the   young 
actor   and  actress.     Entering  the  two- 
story  building,  with  its  neat  red-tile  roof,     .   ARE  YOU  sincerely  interested  in  act- 

the  visitor  finds  himself  in  the  tiny  the-     "£• ,  "*  ,Jn1t.e.nt  t  °\  a    dramatic+  /areer? 

A       ,  ,   ,i  •■•.      ■   „  :       Would  you  like  to  have  a  leaflet  describ- 

atre.     At  the  moment  the  auditorium  is     ing  in  ^  each  cQurse  ^  The  ««™_ 

empty,  but  from  upstairs  in  a  large  room  shop    offers?     you    may    obtain    one    by 

that  has  been  swept  clean  of  its  night-  writing    to    Miss    Jean    Muir,    c/o    our 

club  trappings,  comes  the  clash  of  steel  Western  Office  at  7046  Hollywood  Boule- 

on  steel.  vard,  Hollywood,  Calif.    Or,  if  you  wish, 

Climbing  the  stairs,  he  sees  about  a  >'°u  may  use  the   coupon  below, 
dozen   agile  young  women   engaged   in 

spirited     fencing     matches     under     the  j  ■ j 

watchful   eye   of   an   expert   instructor.  |     Migs  m^ 

Fencing  is  a  requisite  at  The  Workshop,  |     c  ,     jyjoviE  CLASSIC 

for  nothing  does  more  to  develop  grace.  |     704Q  Hollywood  Blvd.,  ' 

poise  and  quick  thinking.  |     Hollywood,  Calif. 

In  another  room,  light  and  cheerv  be-  | 

cause  of  the  long  row  of  wide  French  j         Please  send  me— without  any  ob- 

windows,  is  a  group  of  girls,  busy  with  |     ligation    on   my   part-detailed   in- 
i_       i         '    ..        j  „«j     i°      „™ ,.*,-,, ^i^,,  formation  about  the  courses  offered 

brush,  cardboard  and  glue    constructing  The  Theatre  Worksh        j 

tiny   miniature   theatre    sets.      Some   ot     | 
them  are  developing  their  own  original     | 

ideas:   others   are   copying   the   sets   of     |        ame  — 

famous  plavs  of  yesteryear.    "This  par-     | 
ticular  phase  of  the  work,"  Jean  Muir  itreet 

points    out,    "is    particularly   helpful    to 

the    beginner.      Ordinarily,    one    might  Clty 

think  the  study  of  stage  settings  super-     | 

Movie  Classic  for  January,  1936 


Screen-Struck 

[Continued  from  page  52] 


Gradually,  I  began  to  realize  that  I 
was  going  to  get  well.  "Why  get  well  ? 
Oh,  why?"  'Round  and  'round  my  sick 
mind  ran  the  question.  The  attendants 
could  not  get  a  word  out  of  me.  What 
was  the  use  of  speech? 


AND  THEN  one  day  a  visitor  was 
L  expected.  There  were  murmurs 
about  it  among  the  nurses.  "She"  was 
coming,  they  said.  Everything  must  be 
in  extra-good  order  when  "she"  arrived. 

Newly  scrubbed  and  combed,  I  lay  on 
my  immaculate  bed.  Whoever  was 
coming — I  did  not  care. 

At  last  the  door  at  the  far,  far  end 
of  the  ward  opened  and  a  quietly-dressed 
old  lady  came  in,  accompanied  by  the 
Chief  of  Staff,  with  two  orderlies  bear- 
ing flowers.     It  was  Miss  Nancy  Dare. 

Her  progress  down  the  ward  was 
slow.  She  stopped  a  long  while  at  each 
bed,  leaving  gifts  and  flowers  behind. 
My  heart  began  to  flutter  wildly.  What 
should  I  do?  Pretend  she  was  mis- 
taken ?  If  only  I  had  strength  enough  to 
get  up  and  run  away  !  Presently  she  was 
at  the  foot  of  my  cot.  I  closed  my  eyes 
and  pretended  to  be  sleeping. 

"This  is  a  pitiful  case,"  said  the  nurse 
in  that  tone  of  impersonal  kindness  that 
becomes  second  nature  to  the  women-in- 
white.  "She  has  been  here  almost  a 
month,  and  we  do  not  know  her  name." 

"Did  she  do  this  herself?"  said  the 
compassionate  voice  of  the  older  woman. 

"No,"  the  nurse  replied,  "it  was  a  hit- 
and-run  accident.  And  she  would  get 
well  if  only  she  would  try!  She  just 
doesn't  seem  to  have  the  will  to  live." 

A  little  pause  ensued,  followed  by  a 
sharp  gasp.  "Why,  I  can  identify  this 
girl !"  Miss  Dare  exclaimed.  "But  I'm 
only  going  to  do  it  confidentially  for 
your  own  records.  I  guess  she  has  suf- 
fered enough  already  without  adding  un- 
pleasant publicity." 

In  another  instant  Miss  Dare  was 
bending  over  me,  taking  my  hands  in 
hers,  kissing  me  on  the  forehead,  im- 
pulsively.   I  opened  tear-filled  eyes. 

"So  you  haven't  got  the  will  to  live !" 
she  cried  crossly.  "Stuff  and  nonsense ! 
I  have  never  heard  of  anything  so  ri- 
diculous in  all  my  life  !" 

"Oh,  Miss  Dare!"  I  said,  clinging  to 
her,  "I — why  should  you  ...    ?" 

"Why  didn't  you  come  to  see  me  first?" 
she  snapped.  "I  told  you  to,  didn't  I  ? 
Well,  why  wait  until  you  get  into  this 
mess  ?"  Still  holding  my  hand,  she  turned 
to  the  attendants. 

"How  long  will  it  take  to  get  me  a 
private  ambulance  ?"  she  asked,  in  her 
quick,  brusque  way.  "I'm  taking  this 
girl  home  with  me,  and  I'll  soon  show 
you  doctors  how  little  you  know  about 
your  business !" 

Concluded  in  February 

MOVIE  CLASSIC 


HE  WAS  HORRID  TO  ME -I  HATE  HIM! 
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Gable  Changed  .  .  .  ? 

[Continued  from  page  24] 


TODAY,  four  years  later,  I  look  at 
Clark  and  feel  like  giving  him  a 
pat  on  the  back.  I  listen  to  people  who 
say  that  today  he  is  a  vastly  different 
person  from  the  man  he  was  then.  I 
listen  to  writers  who  interviewed  him 
in  the  old  days  and  who  tell  me  that 
they  can't  touch  him  now  with  a  ten- 
foot  pole.  And  it  all  rolls  off  me  like 
water  off  a  duck's  back.  I've  waited 
almost  a  month  for  this  interview,  but 
what  does  that  matter  ?  I  know  that 
Clark,  today,  is  fundamentally  the  same 
as  he  was  when  I  first  met  him.  There 
may  be  more  character-lines  in  his  face, 
but  fundamentally,  he  will  never  change. 

The  interview,  if  you  can  call  it  that, 
took  place  on  the  deck  of  the  ship  used 
in  Mutiny  on  the  Bounty  in  which  he 
plays  the  leader  of  the  mutineers. 

Clark  came  from  below  decks.  "Hi, 
pal,"  he  said.  And  suddenly  all  the 
things  I  had  been  hearing  about  him  did 
matter — mattered  tremendously.  I  hap- 
pen to  like  Clark ;  and  when  you  like 
a  person,  you  can't  hear  him  put  on 
the  pan  and  then  casually  dismiss  it. 
You  want  to  set  him  straight  with  every- 
one— so  far  as  is  possible. 

"Clark,"  I  began  earnestly,  "lias  Hol- 
lywood got  under  your  skin?" 

He  looked  at  me  and  grinned.  "What 
do   you   think  ?" 

I  nodded  glumly.  "I  think  it  has  in 
a  way." 

The  smile  faded.  "What  do  you  mean? 
How  ?" 

"Oh,  I  don't  mean  that  you're  tak- 
ing the  back-slapping  seriously — that 
you're  taking  your  success  'big.'  I  don't 
mean  that.  But  do  you  remember,  when 
you  first  came  out  here,  telling  me  that 
you  liked  interviews  ?  You  were — were 
grateful  to  people.  I  think  you've 
changed  in  that  way." 


OH,  NO,"  said  Clark  positively. 
"I'm  still  grateful — and  don't 
ever  think  I'm  not.  I  still  get  a  kick 
out  of  seeing  my  name  in  print  and 
feeling  that,  perhaps,  people  are  inter- 
ested enough  in  me  to  want  to  read 
about  me.  I  still  try  to  be  considerate 
of  people.  But  conditions  have  changed 
— and   I've   had   to  change   with   them. 

"Look :  For  more  than  one  year,  I 
haven't  had  a  rest — not  one  rest — be- 
tween pictures.  There  has  never  been 
a  time  during  a  picture  when  I  have 
had  three  or  four  days  off  at  a  time  and 
could  go  away  on  a  little  trip.  If  I 
have  a  day  off,  there  are  wardrobe  fit- 
tings ;  the  publicity  department  is  after 
me  for  interviews  or  portrait  sittings 
or  publicity  stunts.  I  can't  do  all  the 
things  that  are  asked  of  me. 

"In  the  beginning  I  didn't  work  in  so 
many  pictures  and  I  had  only  small 
parts.  I  had  plenty  of  time  to  myself. 
It  was  easy  to  accommodate  everybody. 
Now — don't  think  I'm  trying  to  make 
myself  out  a  big  shot  because  I'm  not — 


the  demands  made  on  me  are  so  many 
that  it's  humanly  impossible  to  accede 
to  them  all.  There  aren't  enough  hours 
in  the  day.  Do  you  see  what  I  mean? 
That's  why  people  say  I'm  'difficult' 
now." 

I  nodded.  "Do  you  remember  telling 
me  that  when  this  contract  was  up  you 
would  never  sign  another?" 

It  was  Clark's  turn  to  nod. 


"TT  7ELL,"  I  continued,  "how  is  it 

W  that  you're  talking  a  new  con- 
tract   with    the    studio?" 

"Suppose,"  he  answered,  "my  con- 
tract had  expired  and  I  didn't  sign 
again.  I'd  do  all  the  things  I've  wanted 
to  do — see  all  the  places  I've  always 
wanted  to  see.  Maybe  it  would  take  a 
year.  And  then  what?  I'd  be  bored  stiff, 
so  I'd  come  back  to  the  one  thing  I  know 
— pictures.  And  my  retirement  would 
have  been  a  fiasco.  What's  the  use  of 
kidding  myself? 

"I'm  going  to  make  a  stab  at  it, 
though.  As  soon  as  this  picture  is  fin- 
ished, I'm  going  to  take  three  months 
off  and  go  to  Europe  or  South  America. 
I'll    see    how    I    like    loafing." 

"But  will  you  get  any  rest  that  way  ?" 
I  argued. 

"That's  what  I'm  worried  about,"  he 
confessed.  "If,  when  the  time  comes,  it 
looks  as  if  I'm  going  to  have  the  clothes 
torn  off  me  everywhere  I  go,  as  I  did 
in  New  York,  I'll  just  say  I'm  going 
to  Europe  and  go  to  some  quiet  place." 

Through  all  this  quasi-serious  conver- 
sation, there  had  run  a  thread  of  banter. 
Clark  was  in  a  facetious  mood.  I  wond- 
ered if  It  Happened  One  Night  had  got 
under  his  skin — if  he  was  constantly 
keeping  in  character.  "Wasn't  your  role 
in  It  Happened  One  Night  the  first 
comedy  part  you  ever  played?"  I  asked. 

"No,"  he  replied.  "The  only  serious 
thing  I  ever  did  on  the  stage  was  The 
Last  Mile.  That  happened  to  be  done 
out  here  on  the  West  Coast  and  one  of 
the  officials  of  Pathe  saw  me  in  it  and 
cast  me  as  a  villain  in  The  Painted 
Desert.  So,  because  I  played  a  heavy  in 
my  first  movie,  I  had  to  become  a  'ro- 
mantic menace'  and  continue  to  be  one 
— until  It  Happened  One  Night  came 
along.  Now  it  looks  as  if  I'm  going  to 
have  a  variety  of  roles.    That  suits  me." 

The  director  called  him  for  another 
scene.  I  watched  Clark  walk  away  and 
felt  like  giving  him  another  pat  on  the 
back.  For  despite  all  I  have  heard  about 
him  and  all  you  may  have  read  about 
him,  Clark — today — is  fundamentally 
the  same  as  he  was  four  years  ago  when 
I  first  met  him.  And  five  years  from 
now  or  twenty-five,  he  will  still  be  the 
same — as  constant  and  unchanging  as 
any  star  the  astronomers  can  tell  you 
about.  And  that,  in  the  merry-go-round 
town  of  Hollywood,  is  no  small  achieve- 
ment .  .  .  He  is  as  real  as  he  looks  in 
Mutiny  on  the  Bounty. 


58 


Movie  Classic  for  January,  1936 


There's  Only  One  Eleanor 
Powell — and  here's  why! 

[Confined  from  page   54] 


Then  he  said,  'Fortunately,  you  have  a 
face  you  can  mugg  with.  Capitalize 
on  it.  Don't  dance  with  a  "dead  pan" — 
change  your  facial  expressions — and 
you'll  find  that  people  are  more  inter- 
ested in  your  face  than  in  your  feet. 
They'll  think  of  you  as  a  personality,  not 
just  a  dancer.' 

"And  he  told  me,  'Don't  do  too  many 
difficult  steps.  Don't  do  anything  that 
will  look  like  effort  to  an  audience.  Let 
them  enjoy  themselves — not  work  with 
you.'  Today,  I  do  only  about  nine  steps 
that  are  difficult.  One  is  the  tap-on- 
turn,  which  is  a  feat.  Another  is  that 
tap  I  do  with  my  feet  hardly  moving. 
It  took  me  three  years  to  perfect  that. 

"Another  dancing  lesson  that  Jack 
Donahue  gave  me  was :  'Be  subtle.  Be 
more  graceful  than  acrobatic.  Go  in  for 
pantomime — tell  a  little  story  with  your 
expressions  and  your  gestures.  They  will 
remember  you  longer.' " 

Free  from  false  modesty,  she  admits 
that  she  had  something  to  do  with  her 
present  success.  In  fact,  she  had  the 
most  of  it  to  do,  if  you  want  to  get  sta- 
tistical. 


MORE  of  her  secrets :  "I  am  a  maniac 
about  rehearsals.  I  never  let  my- 
self get  out  of  condition  or  out  of  prac- 
tice. And  I  don't  allow  myself  to  stay 
static.  I  keep  trying  to  do  something 
new,  something  different,  something 
better.  Ever  since  I  was  nine  or  ten 
years  old,  I  have  lived  in  my  own  little 
world  of  trying  to  improve. 

"I  originate  all  the  steps  I  do.  I  have 
a  pad  and  pencil  on  my  night-table,  be- 
cause I  dream  steps.  Often,  I  waken 
in  the  middle  of  the  night  with  some 
idea  for  a  new  step  and  write  it  down. 

"People  have  come  to  think  of  me 
primarily  as  a  tap-dancer.  That's  why 
I  enjoyed  that  'Lucky  Star'  ballet  so 
much  in  Broadway  Melody;  I  don't  want 
to  be  'typed.'  And  every  day  of  my 
life,  I  do  both  tap  work  and  ballet  work. 
Tap  work  produces  long,  'stretched' 
muscles ;  ballet  work  counteracts  that, 
producing  short,  tight  muscles.  If  I  do 
a  half-hour  of  one,  I  do  a  half-hour  of 
the  other." 

She  went  to  Hollywood  originally  to 
do  a  dancing  number  for  George  White's 
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spirit.  I  kept  telling  myself  that  I  must 
not  let  myself  down.  I  knew  that  I  was 
in  brilliant  voice.  .  .  ." 

For  two  days  before  the  opening  per- 
formance, policemen  had  to  guard  the 
very  doors  of  her  hotel  room  to  keep  her 
admirers  from  intruding,  to  allow  her 
privacy  for  voice  practice.  Everything 
was  hustle  and  bustle  and  tension. 

And,  in  the  excitement,  everyone  for- 
got to  tell  her  that  tradition  in  Covent 
Garden  proliibits  applause  after  each 
aria — that  all  applause  must  be  saved 
until  after  the  curtain  of  each  act! 

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^-^  made  her  Covent  Garden  debut. 
Every  seat  was  filled  and  every  available 
standing  place  was  taken.  A  crowd  of 
thousands,  unable  to  get  into  the  theatre, 
milled  in  the  street  outside.  And,  before 
the  curtain  rose  on  that  first  act,  Grace 
Moore  waited  in  her  dressing-room, 
tense,  eager,  determined. 

Through  her  mind  flashed  some  of 
the  highlights  of  her  life  up  to  that 
night.  Singing  in  a  church  choir  in 
Jellico,  Tennessee  .  .  .  sitting  on  a  hill- 
top near  her  home  all  through  one  long 
summer  night  and  resolving  to  trans- 
mute her  dreams  of  musical  conquest 
into  realities  .  .  .  living  in  Greenwich 
Village  and  making  her  first  contacts 
with  brilliant,  artistic  minds  .  .  .  sing- 
ing for  her  supper  in  a  little  cafe  .  .  . 
knowing  the  pinch  of  poverty  in  her  stu- 
dent days  in  Montmartre  and  Milan  .  .  . 
making  her  debut  at  the  Metropolitan 
to  wild  acclaim  .  .  .  knowing  screen 
failure  and  then,  three  years  later,  sen- 
sational success  and  .  .  .  and  now  this 
— the  greatest  honor  and  the  greatest 
opportunity   of   all ! 

The  curtain  went  up.  A  sea  of  faces 
gradually  took  form  .  .  .  her  own  voice, 
never  better,  never  richer,  was  ringing 
clear  and  true  .  .  .  her  confidence,  soar- 
ing like  the  music  of  Puccini's  great 
opera,  sang  from  her  heart,  filled  the 
theatre.  .  .  . 

She  started  her  first  aria — and,  as  she 
sang,  remembered  subconsciously  the 
tumultuous  applause  that  had  greeted 
the  conclusion  of  the  same  aria  at  the 
Metropolitan  in  New  York,  at  the  Paris 
Opera  House,  at  La  Scala  in  Milan. 
The  last  note  died  away  .  .  . 

And  Covent  Garden  was  silent !  There 
was  not  a  single  handclap,  not  a  single 
applauding  voice! 


<<T  FELT      myself      sinkii 

Jt    Afr\rtrA    tnlrl    mA    5ttprur5 


:mg,"  Grace 
Moore  told  me  afterward.  "All  of 
those  faces  out  across  the  footlights 
blurred  into  a  hazy  mass.  My  heart  was 
like  lead  and  I  could  hardly  stand.  I 
had  failed — abjectly.  I  lived  a  year  in 
that  one  moment  of  blank  silence.  Tears 
filled  my  eyes  and  blinded  me. 

"A  few  moments  later,  when  the  cur- 
tain dropped,  I  ran  from  the  stage.  On 
the  way  to  my  dressing-room,  I  passed 


a  glass  door  and  through  it  saw  the 
thousands  who  still  stood  in  the  street. 
I  waved  to  them  with  the  last  bit  of 
courage  I  had,  and  rushed  into  my 
dressing-room  and  closed  the  door. 

"I  was  crushed,  stunned,  paralyzed  by 
the  sudden  sensation  of  failure.  And  I 
was  hurt  as  I  never  had  believed  I  could 
be  hurt.  Years  of  work,  years  of  climb- 
ing, step  by  step — for  this ! 

"Suddenly,  I  became  aware  of  voices, 
shouting  my  name.  'The  crowd  in  the 
street,'  I  told  myself,  bitterly.  'They 
couldn't  hear  me  sing!' 

"And  then  my  husband,  Valentin 
Parera,  and  the  manager  of  Covent 
Garden  forced  their  way  into  my  dress- 
ing-room. They  were  greatly  excited. 
'Don't  you  know  that  it  is  customary  for 
a  prima  donna  to  take  a  bow?'  they  de- 
manded— and  my  temper  flamed ! 

"  'I'll  take  my  bows  to  the  crowd  in 
the  street,'  I  stormed.  T  won't  go  on 
that  stage  again.  I've  never  sung  to 
stuffed  shirts  and  I  won't  now!' 

"They  looked  at  me  with  amazement. 
'But  it's  the  voices  in  the  theatre  you 
hear,'  my  husband  said.  And  they  half- 
dragged  me,  protesting  every  foot  of 
the  way,  to  the  wings  of  the  stage.  I 
still  couldn't  believe  them.  When  I 
stepped  out  on  the  stage,  my  knees  were 
so  weak  that  I  had  to  support  myself  by 
holding  on  to  the  curtain. 

"Everyone  in  Covent  Garden  was 
standing!  They  were  clapping  and 
shouting!  They  were  stamping  on  the 
floor  and  shouting  my  name! 

"Suddenly,  I  realized  what  it  all  meant, 
and  my  reaction  was  so  swift  and  so 
overwhelming  that  I  thought  I  would 
surely  faint." 

Grace  Moore  took  thirteen  curtain 
calls  after  that  first  act  before  the  audi- 
ence would  let  her  retire  to  her  dressing- 
room  again! 

XTEXT  MORNING,  the  London  news- 
-*-  ^  papers  forgot  their  customary  re- 
ticence in  broadcasting  the  story  of  her 
triumph.  The  critic  of  The  Daily  Mail 
wrote :  "Never  since  Melba  sang  at  her 
farewell  performance  has  there  been  such 
a  reception  accorded  a  Mimi  at  Covent 
Garden  as  there  was  last  night. 

"From  the  time  she  walked  on  the 
stage  in  the  first  act  until  the  fall  of  the 
final  curtain,  she  had  her  hearers  at  her 
feet  .  .  .  after  the  last  act,  the  applause 
was  sensational!" 

The  Daily  Mirror  told  the  world  how 
the  Prince  of  Wales  attended  a  fash- 
ionable supper  party  given  for  her  at 
Claridge's  after  the  opera  .  .  .  and  how 
he  sat  beside  her  and  enthusiastically 
complimented  her. 

But  no  one  told  the  world  about  the 
lifetime  of  agony  that  she  spent  in  those 
few  short  moments  in  her  dressing-room 
before  she  knew  of  her  triumph.  No 
one  told  because  no  one  knew  but  Grace 
Moore — and  she  has  kept  it  a  secret  until 


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Movie  Classic  for  January,  1936 


Up  from  the  Bottom 
to  Stardom 

[Continued  from  page  34] 


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another  teaches  economics,  the  third  is 
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her  course  and,  upon  graduating,  calm- 
ly considered  the  various  kinds  of  work 
that  she  might  do.  After  due  reflection, 
she  determined  upon  acting,  and  prompt- 
ly enrolled  in  a  dramatic  school.  Friends 
told  her  that  no  one  could  succeed  on 
the  stage  without  God-given  talent  and 
influential  friends.  Apparently,  she  paid 
no  attention  to  their  pessimism.  She  be- 
lieved in  herself  then,  and  she  believes 
in  herself  now. 

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is  the  bunk !"  she  says.  "All  of  us  have 
to  learn  by  experience.  The  things  we 
work  for  never  fail  us.  It's  the  things 
we  don't  work  for  that  give  us  the  slip. 

"Too  many  people  seem  to  think  that 
success  on  the  stage  or  screen  depends 
entirely  on  luck  and  influence.  Luck 
helps  and  influence  does  no  harm,  but 
alone  they  can't  carry  anyone  to  the 
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"Acting  is  a  highly  competitive  pro- 
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That  expression,  "start  at  the  bottom 
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play  and  her  work  was  so  excellent  that 
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vowed  that  I  would  never  try  to  run  be- 
fore I  had  learned  to  walk.  And  I 
never  have." 

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and  act  at  the  same  time  should  be 
placed  in  a  museum." 

He  has  a  habit  of  walking  miles  on 
the  set,  oblivious  of  everyone,  be- 
tween the  scenes  of  a  picture — a  habit 
that  was  considered  "a  little  un- 
usual" until  Hollywood  learned  that 
only  in  that  manner  could  he  study 
his  parts.  While  he  paces  to  and 
fro,  he  practices  gestures  and  expres- 
sions, talking  to  himself.  Other  ac- 
tors have  been  known  to  live  certain 
roles,  but  Boyer  lives  all  of  his. 

According  to  Parisians,  he  became 
a  familiar  figure  on  the  boulevards 
doing  the  same  sort  of  thing.  Yet 
no  one  there  doubted  his  sincerity ; 
everyone  accepted  his  theory  that 
good  performances  are  possible  only 
through  complete  subjugation  of  self. 
Now  Hollywood  is  taking  Boyer  as 
he  is — and  liking  him. 

He  shuns  most  Hollywood  parties 
— not  because  he  is  high-hat  or  anti- 
social, but  because  he  detests  cliques, 
which  are  to  be  found  at  most  of  the 
movie  parties,  discussing  nothing  but 
their  own  particular  screen  achieve- 
ments. That  is  all  right  for  them,  he 
supposes,  but  as  for  himself,  he  re- 
fuses to  talk  shop.  He  believes  that 
keeping  in  touch  with  the  rest  of  the 
world  prevents  stereotyped  perform- 
ances. And  besides,  he  prides  himself 
on  being  kin,  socially,  to  the  butcher, 
baker  and  candlestick-maker,  any  one 
of  whom  he  would  like  to  portray. 
And  could  portray,  realistically.  Real- 
ism is  a  fetish  with  him. 

"Always  living  in  the  same  place 
and  always  doing  the  same  things," 
lie  told  me  very  seriously,  "are  detri- 
mental to  acting.  I  find  my  new  con- 
tracts, which  provide  for  six  months 
in  Hollywood  and  six  months  in 
Paris,  ideal.  Each  time  I  return  to 
one  or  the  other,  I  bring  a  new  pro- 
spective and  fresh  ideas.  Thus  I  am 
not    permitted   to    grow   stale." 


'~PHERE  are  two  widely  divergent 
-■■  stories  about  him  that  reveal  the 
true  man  and  the  artist,  too. 

The  first  concerns  the  visit  of  Prin- 
cess Katherine  of  Greece  to  the  sound 
stage  where   he  was  working. 

Living  his  roles,  Boyer  understand- 
ably resents  mood-shattering  intru- 
sions while  he  is  at  work.  And  long 
before  the  royal  visit,  this  particular 
day  had  developed  into  a  trying  one, 
with  continual  interruptions  during  a 
tender  love  scene. 

Boyer,  who  is  extremely  sensitive, 
could  feel  the  Princess'  eyes  focussed 
on  him.  He  tried  the  scene  several 
times,  and  realized  that  his  work  was 
suffering  by  the  experience.  Analyz- 
ing the  situation  clearly  in  the  light 
that  this  was  his  business  and  that  it 
must  not  be  interfered  with,  he  polite- 
ly, but  firmlv,  had  her  leave  the  set. 


It  made  absolutely  no  difference  to 
him  that  she  had  been  feted,  wined, 
and  dined  by  every  other  major  studio 
and  studio  official  in  Hollywood.  It 
was  not  the  Princess  to  whom  he  ob- 
jected, but  her  steady  gaze,  which 
rendered  his  most  conscientious  ef- 
forts worthless. 

The  second  concerns  an  interview 
that  he  had  agreed  to  give  to  a  news- 
paper woman.  She  did  not  arrive. 
Boyer  waited  for  a  reasonable  time 
after  work  was  finished.  Then  he 
gave  up  and  went  home.  The  next 
afternoon  he  did  not  have  to  report 
for  work,  and  he  was  delighted  at  the 
prospect  of  a  brief  rest. 

The  following  morning  he  read  that 
the  newspaper  woman  had  been  in- 
jured in  an  automobile  accident. 
Boyer  called  up  to  find  out  the  ex- 
tent of  her  injuries  and  gave  up  his  few 
hours  of  rest  to  call  upon  her. 


A  SK  Boyer  to  whom  he  credits  his 
^"*-  American  success  and  his  imme- 
diate answer  is :  "Walter  Wanger, 
the  producer.  He  is  the  man  who 
understands  the  miracle  of  casting, 
probably  the  one  greatest  stumbling 
block  to  any  promising  Hollywood 
career." 

I  have  noticed  each  time  I  have 
talked  with  him  the  seriousness  with 
which  he  has  weighed  each  question, 
the  earnestness  with  which  he  has 
framed  his  replies.  Have  you  ever 
studied  Boyer's  face  and  the  large 
vein  that  traces  itself  from  hairline  to 
brow?  It  is  one  of  his  most  fascinat- 
ing features  and  gives  to  his  clear 
brown  eyes,  his  straight  nose  and  his 
full  mouth  a  most  compelling  and  re- 
strained charm.  Queer  how  a  trick 
of  physiognomy  can  lend  importance 
and  credence  to  strong  features  and 
furnish  women  with  an  added  clue  to 
smoldering  cross-currents  which,  they 
suspect,  underlie  his  charm. 

A  well-known  character-analyst  re- 
cently told  me,  "Whereas  many  so- 
called  Continentals  find  it  necessary 
to  advertise  their  knightly  tendencies, 
Boyer,  without  effort  or  ostentation, 
causes  women  to  know  that  within 
him  is  every  desired  romantic  virtue. 
He  is  courtly  in  a  quiet  way." 

Born  at  Figeac,  in  the  center  of 
France,  in  August,  1899,  the  son  of  a 
respected  business  man,  who,  in  turn, 
had  been  the  son  of  a  respected  busi- 
ness man,  and  so  on  for  centuries,  he 
suggests  a  throw-back  to  some  un- 
suspected ancestry.  As  a  critic  in  a 
French  magazine  said :  "Women  suc- 
cumb to  his  great  charm,  his  power- 
ful personality,  without  being  able  to 
help  themselves.  He  leaves  them 
stunned  and  astonished." 

Just  between  us,  I  don't  credit  that. 
I  simply  don't  believe  they  want  to 
help  themselves. 


62 


Movie  Classic  for  January,  1936 


Rose  Marie — You'll  Love  It! 

[Continued  from  page  25] 


who  commutes  by  speed  boat  from  the 
Nevada  side  of  the  lake,)  the  entire 
cast  and  crew  are  living  at  Chambers 
Lodge,  on  the  west  shore  of  Lake  Ta- 
hoe.  The  accommodations  consist  of 
a  fair-sized  central  lodge  and  some  forty 
individual  cabins.  Jeanette,  her  two 
dogs,  and  Lucille,  her  French  maid,  are 
established  in  one  of  the  larger  cabins 
near  the  lodge;  Nelson  lives  in  a  little 
one-room  cabin  far  back  in  the  pines. 

Every  member  of  this  company,  with- 
out exception,  is  in  love  with  Jeanette. 
Work  here  has  been  done  under  diffi- 
cult conditions :  physical  hardship  has 
been  the  order  of  almost  every  day.  And 
never  once  has  she  been  inconsiderate ; 
not  once  has  she  lost  her  ability  to  "take 
it"  with  a  laugh.  Surprisingly,  in  view 
of  the  fact  that  she  has  been  a  star  for 
several  years,  this  is  her  first  location 
trip.  It  is  also  Nelson  Eddy's  first  trip 
on  location.      He   calls   it  his   vacation. 

He  is  a  strange  combination  of  friend- 
liness and  reserve.  At  dinner,  every 
evening,  he  is  the  life  of  the  party; 
after  dinner  he  plays  pool  with  all  com- 
ers for  an  hour  or  so  and  frequently 
shakes  the  rafters  with  some  extempo- 
raneous song.  And  then,  by  nine  o'clock, 
he  retires  to  his  cabin,  to  study  the  next 
day's  lines.  During  the  day,  he  fre- 
quently disappears — wanders  away  be- 
tween scenes  and  sits  by  himself,  think- 
ing, until  he  is  called  before  the  cam- 
eras again.  When  lunch  is  called,  how- 
ever, he  never  fails  to  join  the  produc- 
tion crew. 


*TpHE  story  has  been  changed  to  some 
■■■  extent.     Briefly,  here  is  the  plot : 

Jeanette  is  first  seen  as  an  opera 
singer  in  the  opera  house  at  Quebec. 
On  the  night  following  her  triumph,  she 
receives  word  that  her  scapegrace  broth- 
er is  a  fugitive  in  the  north  country. 
Accompanied  by  a  half-breed  Indian 
guide,  she  sets  out  to  find  him. 

Far  north,  lost  in  a  wilderness  of 
mountains  and  streams,  she  is  deserted 
by  her  guide,  only  to  be  rescued  by  the 
sergeant  of  Canadian  Northwest  Moun- 
ties  who  has  been  commissioned  to  ar- 
rest her  brother.  The  policeman,  of 
course,  is  Nelson  Eddy. 

Aware  of  her  identity,  he  nevertheless 
finds  himself  falling  in  love;  aware  of 
his  purpose,  she  still  cannot  avoid  re- 
turning his  love.  They  push  farther 
and  farther  into  the  wilderness,  stop- 
ping for  a  few  days  with  the  gathered 
tribes  who  are  celebrating  their  annual 
corn  festival,  and  there  discovering  the 
whereabouts  of  the  fugitive  murderer. 
Securing  a  new  guide,  she  eludes  her 
companion,  only  to  meet  him  again,  dra- 
matically, just  as  he  arrests  her  brother. 

An  old  theme,  perhaps,  but  still  a 
strong  theme,  is  the  clash  between  love 
and  duty.  And  it  offers  a  perfect  set- 
ting for  the  songs  of  the  Rudolph  Friml 
operetta. 

[Continued  on  page  65] 


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Warner  Baxter — and  Women 

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pany  paid  Warner  a  good  salary — every 
week ! 

He  remained  two  years  with  the  com- 
pany. He  received  a  few  increases  in 
salary  as  he  grew  more  popular  as  a 
leading  man  with  the  discriminating 
Texas  ladies.  A  girl  in  Dallas  suggested 
to  him  that  he  "should  try  the  movies, 
which  were  then  in  their  well-known 
infancy." 

Warner  went  to  Hollywood.  And  al- 
most went  on  the  breadline.  Still  jobless 
after  some  months,  and  nearly  broke, 
he  finally  landed  with  the  Burbank  Stock 
Company  on  Main  Street  in  Los  An- 
geles. There  were  many  less  handsome 
and  buoyant  men  cavorting  before  film 
cameras,  ten  miles  away,  but  Warner, 
though  he  had  the  eloquence  of  an  insur- 
ance agent,  could  not  convince  the  pro- 
ducers that  they  needed  him. 

He  remained  seven  long,  heart-break- 
ing years  with  this  stock  company.  He 
became  a  popular  leading  man  on  the 
Los  Angeles  stage.  At  the  end  of  the 
seven  years,  Warner  was  urged  by  Oliver 
Morosco  to  go  to  New  York  to  play  a 
role  in  Lombardi,  Ltd.  He  accepted — 
welcoming  the  change  of  scenery,  the 
chance  for  fame.  And  he  made  the 
opening  day  doubly  memorable  by  mar- 
rying Winifred  Brvson,  his  leading 
lady.  That  was  in  1918.  They  still  are 
happily  married. 

Behind  the  success  of  every  famous 
man,  there  is  a  woman.  The  woman  be- 
hind Warner  Baxter  was  Winifred  Brv- 
son. He  gives  her  full  credit  for  his 
being  a  movie  star  today. 


HIS  success  in  New  York  was  nom- 
inal. At  the  end  of  the  play's  run, 
the  newlyweds  returned  to  Hollywood 
and  he  made  new  efforts  to  crash  the 
films.  He  did  not  return  to  the  local 
stage.  Instead,  he  went  from  one  cast- 
ing office  to  another  without  the  least 
encouragement.  That  he  was_  not  se- 
lected to  play  at  least  a  minor  role  is  one 
of  the  supreme  mysteries  of  the  films. 
A  handsome  and  magnetic  fellow,  as  all 
the  ladies  know,  he  had  had  ten  years  of 
rigid  and  diversified  stage  training.  Men 
with  fewer  qualifications  were  famous  as 
stars,  and  received  enormous  salaries. 
As  one  discouraging  week  stretched  into 
another,  he  began  to  thank  his  mother 
for  his  early  business  training,  and  to 
turn  his  eyes  sadly  away  from  the  pro- 
fession he'  loved,  and — I  may  write  it 
here — so  magnificently  adorned.  He 
was  on  the  verge  of  accepting  a  job  as 
an  automobile  salesman. 

Perhaps  with  feminine  intuition,  per- 
haps merely  with  hope  that  the  incred- 
ible would  occur,  Winifred  persuaded 
Warner  to  wait  just  one  more  week  be- 
fore giving  up  the  Hollywood  struggle. 
They  had  enough  money  to  last  seven 
more  days.  And  in  those  seven  days, 
something  might  happen. 

On  the  Saturday  of  that  week,  some- 
thing did  happen.     The  telephone  rang 

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and  he  was  casually  told  to  appear 
for  a  test  on  Monday  for  the  leading 
male  role  opposite  Ethel  Clayton  in  Her 
Ozvn  Money.  Warner  thought  for  a 
moment.  If  the  test  failed,  he  would 
lose  the  job  as  salesman  for  not  report- 
ing. He  made  his  decision,  took  the 
test,  and  waited  for  word  until  the  next 
Thursday.  Then  word  came.  He  was 
given  the  role ! 


TJAXTER  was  not  a  spectacular  suc- 
*-*  cess  in  his  early  films.  Young  lead- 
ing men,  playing  opposite  famous 
women  stars,  seldom  get  the  chance  to 
be  spectacular.  But  Warner  worked 
continuously  in  films  from  then  on. 

He  worked  continuously  until  the 
talkies  came — when  his  luck  seemed  to 
change.  Just  why,  is  another  Holly- 
wood mystery.  He  was  given  no  chance 
in  talkies,  despite  all  his  experience. 

Many  months  passed.  Warner  had 
saved  enough  to  buy  a  ranch,  and  it 
looked  as  though  one  of  the  most  hand- 
some men  in  films  would  retire  to  the 
country  to  be  a  "gentleman  farmer." 

He  was  all  ready  to  make  the  move 
when  a  rush  call  came  from  the  Fox 
Studios.  He  was  to  be  given  a  test 
for  the  leading  role  in  that  popular  stage 
success,  In  Old  Arizona.  Raoul  Walsh, 
schedule  to  play  the  role,  had  been  in- 
jured in  an  automobile  accident — and, 
with  the  picture  ready  to  start,  a  substi- 
tute hero  had  to  be  found  immediately. 
A  number  of  actors  were  tested.  War- 
ner won  the  assignment. 

His  delineation  of  The  Cisco  Kid  in 
this  picture  was  chosen  by  the  Academy 
of  Motion  Picture  Arts  and  Sciences  as 
the  best  performance  of  1928. 


'  I  ^HE  rest  is  brilliant  film  history.  He 
*■  has  played  a  vivid  variety  of  roles. 
He  has  portrayed  suave  men-of-the- 
world,  rough-and-ready  caballeros,  de- 
tectives, masters  of  finance  (not  to  men- 
tion romance),  carefree  victims  of  the 
depression.  He  and  Janet  Gaynor  have 
been  a  frequent — and  popular — co-star- 
ring combination. 

He  was  recently  borrowed  by  M-G-M 
to  play  the  title  role  of  Robin  Hood  of 
El  Dorado.  He  is  now  making  King  of 
Burlesque  for  Twentieth  Century-Fox. 
Directly  ahead  of  him  are  Earthbound 
and  Hawk  of  the  Desert. 

Considered  by  many  the  best-tailored 
man  in  films,  he  wears  his  clothes  as 
gracefully  as  a  tiger  does  its  skin. 

And — I  don't  know  how  popular  these 
items  will  be  with  the  ladies — he  dis- 
likes being  waited  upon,  and,  though  he 
has  a  personal  secretary,  his  wife  helps 
him  take  care  of  his  "fan  mail." 

A  ruler  in  the  realms  of  romance,  he 
does  not  ignore  letters  from  those  who 
admire  him — among  whom  there  is  none 
more  sincere  than  Jim  Tully. 

He  is  a  real  man.  I  mean  Warner 
Baxter — not  Jim  Tully. 


Rose  Marie — You'll  Love  It! 

[Continued  from  page  63] 


HpHE  scenes  of  the  Indian  corn  festi- 
-*■  val,  which  were  filmed  during  the 
past  few  days,  will  thrill  you  when  you 
see  them  on  the  screen.  For  these  scenes, 
eight  hundred  Indians  were  gathered 
from  all  of  the  reservations  in  the  west- 
ern United  States  and  Canada.  An  In- 
dian village  was  built  on  a  pine-clothed 
point  of  land  jutting  into  Lake  Tahoe. 

On  the  point  adjoining  the  Indian 
village,  the  totem  poles  of  all  the  tribes 
were  erected,  enclosing  a  great  circular 
space.  In  the  center  was  a  great  fire 
pit  and  beside  it  stood  the  totem  pole  of 
the  Thunder-Bird  God.  There  the  great 
dance  was  filmed — by  eight  cameras. 

Around  the  fire  pit  squatted  a  circle 
of  ancient  women  ....  outside  the  forest 
of  totem  poles,  a  double  line  of  feathered 
horsemen,  wove  their  ponies  in  and  out 
in  a  weird,  rhythmic  serpentine  dance 
....  Between  the  circle  of  totem  poles 
and  the  fire  pit,  at  least  a  hundred 
painted  braves,  kept  dancing,  dancing, 
to  the  pulsing,  hypnotic  beat  of  tom- 
toms. .  .  . 

From  the  darkness  of  the  forest  came 
a  chorus  of  blood-curdling  yells  ....  and 
into  the  circle  of  totems,  pushed  by  a 
score  of  medicine  men,  is  rolled  a  huge 
drum,  thirty  feet  in  diameter  ....  down 
from  the  Thunder-Bird  totem  pole 
danced  the  corn  maiden  and  the  Mani- 
tou  ....  they  leaped  on  the  drum,  which 
had  been  placed  over  the  fire  pit ... . 
faster  and  faster  they  danced  and  each 
step  sent  the  voice  of  the  drum  booming 
out  over  the  lake  ...  it  seemed  to  fill  the 
whole  world  .... 

I  looked  at  Jeanette  and  Nelson,  stand- 
ing beside  me,  and  I  saw  that  they  were 
swaying  to  the  beat ....  Van  Dyke  was 
rocking  back  and  forth  as  though  he 
were  hypnotized ....  and  so  was  every 
member  of  the  crew ....  and  so  was  I ! 

Jeanette  has  been  riding  constantly  this 
last  year  and  is  a  superb  horsewoman. 
On  this  picture  she  has  needed  to  be. 
There  have  been  a  number  of  sequences 
that  called  for  her  to  ride  a  horse  across 
swift-tumbling  mountain  streams.  Had 
she  lost  her  head,  or  her  saddle,  the  re- 
sults would  have  been  perilous. 

You  will  hear  the  famous  Indian  Love 
Call  sung  by  Jeanette  while  she  rides 
with  Nelson  Eddy  in  a  canoe.  Always 
a  magnificent  song,  it  is  doubly  so  as 
recorded  in  this  picture.  Nelson  ex- 
plains the  Indian  tradition  as  they  pad- 
dle up  the  stream,  ar.d  assures  Jeanette 
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an  echo.  Verse  by  verse,  he  extempo- 
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ease,  and  a  snack  can  always  be  raked 
up  on  short  notice  from  the  pantry  shelf. 
If  it  is  the  cook's  night  out  and  her 
guests  have  no  pet  dish  they  insist  on 
whipping  up,  Ginger  herself  is  entirely 
capable  of  taking  the  kitchen  by  storm 
and  making  a  souffle  or  a  fluffy  omelet. 
She  very  definitely  does  not  fall  into  the 
category  of  actresses  who  pose  for  "still" 
pictures  clad  in  frilly  fudge  aprons, 
bending  their  freshly-made-up  features 
over  stoves,  in  the  act  of  pulling  "prop" 
roasts  from  unlighted  ovens.  Ginger 
cooks  and  does  it  well.  Any  of  her 
friends  will  grade  her  favorite  entree — 
ham  and  eggs  with  strawberry  jam — 
with  an  A  plus. 

"Y^THEN  Ginger  was  a  high-school 
*  *  lass  back  in  Texas,  she  was  up  with 
anyone  in  her  "gang"  when  it  came  to 
sports.  She  was  the  all-round  girl  of  the 
neighborhood  who  could  almost — if  not 
quite — beat  the  boys  in  tennis  in  the 
morning,  swim  countless  times  across 
the  pool  without  stopping  in  the  after- 
noon, and  then  fairly  float  around  a 
dance  floor  at  night,  all  without  turning 
so  much  as  one  red-gold  hair. 

She  still  has  this  boundless  energy, 
even  though  her  picture  work  does  step 
in  to  halt  a  great  part  of  such  a  schedule. 
However,  as  one  of  the  most  efficient 
equestriennes  in  Hollywood,  she  does 
find  time,  picture  or  no  picture,  for  a 
frequent  canter.  And  when  she  was  on 
location  in  the  mountains  for  scenes  in 
her  first  solo-starring  picture  for  RKO- 
Radio,  In  Person,  she  was  also  able  to 
do  considerable  swimming  between 
shots — cold  though  the  mountain  lake 
was.  This  trip  was  practically  a  vaca- 
tion for  Ginger,  who  is  almost  a  stranger 
to  holidays. 

She  likes  to  throw  some  necessary 
clothes  in  a  bag,  get  in  her  car,  and  drive 
with  no  particular  destination  in  mind 
until  she  finds  a  place  that  strikes  her 
fancy.  Then  she  will  "hide  out"  there 
until  a  broadcast-summons  brings  her 
back.  She  is  looking  forward  to  having 
three  successive  days  in  some  such  place, 
sometime.  And,  in  admitting  this  sup- 
pressed desire,  she  also  confesses  to 
being  an  incurable  optimist. 

Ginger's  love  of  sports  has  been  mis- 
takenly called  her  hobby  by  some.  But 
her  hobbies  are  far  different  things,  and 
they  fluctuate  with  amazing  rapidity. 
Just  as  your  pet  eccentricity  may  be 
hating  to  dry  your  hands  on  a  glazed 
guest  towel,  or  a  penchant  for  saving 
paper  bags  and  string,  or  turning  out 
unneeded  electric  lights,  so  little  Miss 
Rogers'  eccentricity  is  this  wild  leaping 
from  one  avocation  to  another. 


T>  IGHT  now,  her  pet  hobby  is  home 
A\  movies.  And  this  particular  one, 
inspired  by  her  actor-director  husband, 
Lew  Ayres,  has  lasted  for  a  strangely 


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long  time.  Wherever  Ginger  goes,  her 
home-movie  camera  goes,  too.  She  has 
even  made  a  couple  of  two-reel  produc- 
tions starring  and  featuring  her  friends. 
The  first  was  Red  Riding  Hood,  starring 
her  cousin,  Phyllis  Fraser  (who  is  gen- 
erally credited  with  having  named  her 
"Ginger,"  since  she  could  not  pronounce 
her  real  name,  "Virginia,"  as  a  small 
child).  Featured  in  the  "super-colossal" 
production  were  her  mother,  Lela 
Rogers,  who  conducts  a  charm  school  at 
RKO-Radio  Studios,  teaching  beginners 
what  she  has  taught  Ginger ;  Ben  Alex- 
ander, Ginger  herself,  and  one  or  two 
other  cronies.  Ginger  does  everything 
from  directing  to  titling,  cutting  and 
editing  the  pictures — even  lending  a  hand 
with  the  acting  when  she  is  needed. 

Other  Rogers  hobbies  have  ranged  all 
the  way  from  gardening  to  watercolor- 
painting.  The  last  had  fruitful  results, 
even  if  not  in  Ginger's  case.  She  became 
so  enthusiastic  about  this  painting  busi- 
ness that  she  infected  her  friend,  Janet 
Gaynor,  with  the  bug  until  Janet  was 
sure  that  life  was  not  worth  living  unless 
she  dashed  off  a  watercolor  every  few 
days.  As  a  result,  Janet  still  is  paint- 
ing and  doing  very  creditable  work. 
Ginger  is  so  spontaneous  in  her  en- 
thusiasms that  everyone  who  knows  her 
soon  shares  them.  In  fact,  all  America 
is  now  dance-conscious,  thanks  to  her 
graceful  gliding  with  Fred  Astaire. 

Bernard  Newman,  RKO-Radio  de- 
signer, prophesies  that  Ginger  is  head- 
ing straight  for  the  title  of  "the  best- 
dressed  woman  on  the  screen."  Anything 
she  wears,  whether  simple  or  elaborate, 
is  charming  on  her.  And  fully  aware  of 
the  universal  interest  of  women  in  smart 
attire,  she  is  completely  cooperative  with 
the  style-creator.  She  never  gets  temper- 
amental about  long  hours  of  dress-fitting, 
never  demands  drastic  changes  in  de- 
signs. Just  as  he  would  not  attempt  to 
tell  her  how  to  dance,  so  does  she  refuse 
to  tell  him  how  he  should  design  a  dress. 
She  trusts  his  judgment  as  an  expert 
stylist.  And  the  chances  are  that,  work- 
ing together,  they  will  become  world- 
famous  as  a  fashion  team. 


TJTOWEVER,  Ginger  is  far  from  being 
■*■  ■*■  super-clothes-conscious.  Her  per- 
sonal wardrobe  is  small — and  consists 
largely  of  sport  clothes.  She  has  been 
known  to  buy  an  evening  gown  to  which 
she  has  taken  a  fancy,  bring  it  home, 
hang  it  neatly  in  a  closet  and  forget  about 
it  until  the  gown  either  is  out  of  style  or 
the  moths  have  chosen  it  as  the  site  of 
their  annual  convention.  Meanwhile, 
she  has  gone  merrily  along  in  a  favored 
old  sweater  and  skirt.  Like  any  other 
normal  girl,  however,  she  does  have  an 
innate  liking  for  pretty  clothes.  And 
when  she  goes  to  the  theatre,  or  dinner- 
dancing,  she  becomes  more  like  the 
Ginger  of  the  screen— and  is  likely  to 
have  all  eyes  upon  her  because  of  her 
smart  appearance. 

Three  conflicting  studio  biographies 
catalogue  her  eyes  as  brown,  green  and 
blue.  In  reality,  they  are  blue-green. 
She  stands  five  feet,  five  inches  high. 
She  weighs  112  pounds,  except  after  a 
strenuous     rehearsal     period     for     an 


Astaire-Rogers  musical,  during  which 
she  loses  anywhere  from  four  to  six 
pounds. 

There  are  rumors  that  she  does  not 
share  Fred  Astaire's  enthusiasm  for 
dance  rehearsals.  That  is  not  true.  Fred, 
as  the  originator  of  the  routines  they 
present,  necessarily  devotes  more  time 
to  dancing  than  Ginger  does.  But  when 
he  has  them  completely  mapped  out  and 
rehearsals  are  ready  to  begin,  so  is  Gin- 
ger— who  learns  amazingly  fast,  as 
proved  by  her  easy  grace  and  smoothness 
in  their  dancing  duets. 

They  are  the  most  popular  co-stars  in 
talkie  history — and,  oddly  enough,  both 
are  super-modest  about  their  achieve- 
ments. Both  are  hard  workers  and  party- 
dodgers,  both  are  unwilling  to  talk  about 
themselves,  and  both  have  enough  humor 
to  look  upon  displays  of  temperament  as 
ridiculous  and  childish.  The  only  rea- 
son for  their  scheduled  separation  after 
the  picture  on  which  they  are  now  work- 
ing, Follow  the  Fleet,  is  that  the  studio 
does  not  want  to  overplay  them  as  a 
team,  with  a  possible  loss  of  popularity. 
Smart  executives  figure  that  there  will 
be  public  curiosity  to  see  what  they  will 
do  when  apart  and  starred  separately. 
But  you  may  demand  them  together. 

All  the  talk  about  her  dancing  feet 
has  made  Ginger  self-conscious  about 
them.  She  curls  them  under  her  at  every 
opportunity.  Another  little-known  fact 
about  her  is  that  she  plays  the  piano — 
very  well.  And  unlike  most  graduates 
of  the  stage,  she  is  not  superstitious; 
it  seems  that  once  she  broke  a  mirror — 
and  later  the  same  day  signed  a  big  con- 
tract. 

She  likes  Ping-Pong,  the  baby  sister 
of  tennis,  and  is  practically  unbeatable 
at  it.  She  plays  a  middling  fair  game  of 
golf.  She  likes  New  York  for  excite- 
ment, Hollyword  for  working.  Her 
favorite  card  game  is  not  bridge,  but 
poker — despite  the  fact  that  she  does 
not  have  "a  poker  face."  She  likes  peach- 
colored  lingerie,  Pomeranians,  and  John 
Held,  Jr.,  drawings  (which,  by  the  way, 
she  suspects  she  resembles).  She  be- 
lieves that,  if  teeth  can  benefit  and  be 
more  beautiful  with  three  brushings  each 
day,  a  face  can  likewise  gain  added 
beauty  with  three  washings  each  day. 
Her  greatest  ambition  is  to  play  the 
role  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  who  also  was 
a  redhead ;  and  now  that  she  is  starting 
as  a  solo  star,  she  is  one  step  nearer 
her  goal. 

She  does  not  like  dieting  (she  doesn't 
have  to  do  any,  thanks  to  her  dancing 
and  her  athletics),  spinach,  great  heights, 
trying  to  remember  telephone  numbers, 
balancing  her  check-book  or  being 
tickled. 

All  in  all,  there  is  not  much  to  differ- 
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of  any  other  popular,  well-liked  girl  the 
country  over.  She  is  just  a  grand  young 
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every  cylinder  behind  that  very  lovely 
face.  There  is  none  of  this  affecting 
elaborate  cars,  freak  clothes,  or  any  of 
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ger. She  is  not  the  type.  And  that, 
undoubtedly,  is  why  she  occupies  that 
singular  niche  that  she  does  occupy. 

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Does  Your  Make-Up  Match  Your  Wardrobe? 

[Continued  from  page  50] 


68 


can  wear  any  color  she  wishes  because, 
with  a  handy  make-up  chart,  she  can 
apply  cosmetics  that  will  give  her  skin- 
tones  to  harmonize  with  her  clothes. 

One  famous  cosmetic  house,  now  de- 
veloping this  idea,  would  say  that  Ro- 
chelle  Hudson  (a  brunette)  or  Myrna 
Loy  (who  is  titian)  could  wear  blue  as 
well  as  blonde  Joan  Bennett,  by  apply- 
ing the  following  make-up :  American 
Beauty  rouge,  violet  lipstick,  a  shade  of 
powder  called  Lysetta,  dusted  over  with 
a  mat  fonce  powder,  blue  eyeshadow 
with  flecks  of  silver,  and  black  mas- 
cara tipped  with  blue.  For  each  shade 
of  clothes  that  a  girl  might  wear,  there 
is  another  combination  of  cosmetic  col- 
ors. (If  you  wish  a  color  chart,  cover- 
ing different  shades,  I  shall  be  glad  to 
send  you  one  on  written  request.) 

Then  there  is  another  cosmetic  firm 
that  has  found  a  way  to  transform  your 
skin  coloring  to  any  shade  that  may 
strike  your  fancy — from  the  golden 
brown  of  a  South  Sea  charmer  to  the 
glowing  pale  orchid  of  a  moon-maiden ! 
Using  this  liquid  powder,  you  can  wear 
any  color  of  clothes  that  you  like.  For 
when  you  apply  this  particular  make-up 
according  to  a  carefully  developed  color 
formula,  you  acquire  a  skin-tone  that 
blends  with  the  shades  of  your  dresses, 
hats  and  coats — whatever  those  shades 
may  be.  (I  also  have  a  color  chart  for 
this  cosmetic.     Want  it?) 

You  may  believe  the  first  theory :  that 
you  should  choose  your  make-up  accord- 
ing to  your  own  personal  coloring — for 
every  occasion.  Or  you  may  like  the 
second  theory :  that  you  should  change 
your  personal  coloring  to  blend  with  the 
clothes  you  are  wearing. 

Both  theories  have  their  merits — and 
I  am  eager,  out  of  a  passion  for  cos- 
metic research,  to  learn  which  one  you, 
personally,  prefer.  Won't  you  tell  me? 
To  the  writer  of  the  best  letter  about 
each  theory,  I  shall  send  a  complete  set 
of  make-up,  illustrating  the  one  that 
she  favors. 

When  you  buy  your  cosmetics,  buy 
enough  different  shades  of  each  so  that 
you  can  always  look  your  best.  You 
won't  use  any  more  powder  than  you  do 
now,  but  you  will  wear  different  shades 
with  different  gowns,  thus  gaining  beau- 
ty. And  remember  that  without  the 
help  of  modern  cosmetics,  most  of  the 
stars,  as  well  as  the  rest  of  us,  would 
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"Look  natural — and  you  will  look 
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introduces  an  "invisable"  powder — en- 
hancing your  natural  skin  tones,  freshen- 
ing your  whole  appearance,  doing  away 

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Up  from  the  Bottom 
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[Continued  from  page  61] 


panies  that  present  a  new  play  each 
week.  Any  seasoned  trouper  will  as- 
sure you  that  work  of  that  kind  is  the 
finest  of  all  theatrical  training.  From 
the  tent  show  she  journeyed  on  to  small 
roles  in  stock  companies  and  from  stock 
she  climbed  to  the  Broadway  stage — 
playing  unimportant  parts  at  first,  and 
later,  as  she  felt  more  confident  of  her 
own  ability,  featured  leads. 

When  she  received  her  contract  from 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,  she  was  offered 
several  important  roles — and  refused 
them.  She  insisted  on  beginning  in 
small  parts,  despite  the  fact  that  she 
came  to  Hollywood  with  a  Broadway 
reputation.  Such  modesty  is  practically 
without  precedent.  But  really,  it  wasn't 
modesty,  it  was  merely  Rosalind's  com- 
mon-sense at  work  again. 

"I  knew  nothing  about  screen  work," 
she  explains.  "To  me,  it  called  for 
an  entirely  new  technique  and  I  wanted 
to  learn  it  thoroughly.  I  saw  no  reason 
to  be  ashamed  of  playing  incidental 
roles." 

The  point  is  that  she  made  those  small 
parts  so  outstanding  that  she  has  stead- 
ily earned  advancements,  one  by  one. 
Even  in  her  first  picture,  in  little  more 
than  a  "bit,"  she  attracted  nearly  as 
much  attention  as  the  stars. 


pHARACTERISTICALLY,  she  dis- 
^  likes  ostentation  and  pretense.  She 
mingles  little  with  "the  Hollywood 
crowd"  and  resents  any  attempt  to  vest 
her  with  typical  Hollywood  glamor. 

"Glamor  ?"  she  asks,  dark  eyes  widen- 
ing. "I  haven't  time  for  it.  I  have  a  job 
to  do.  If  I  can  do  it  well,  I  shall  be 
satisfied  without  being  glamorous,  too." 

She  lives  alone,  in  a  tiny  New  Eng- 
land-style house,  high  in  the  Hollywood 
hills.  It  is  probably  one  of  the  small- 
est houses  ever  occupied  by  a  screen 
personality,  but,  since  it  is  beautiful  and 
since  her  entertainment  is  limited  to  a 
few  small  dinner  parties,  it  completely 
satisfies  her  needs. 

She  drives  a  small,  inexpensive  road- 
ster— and  in  it  manages  to  cover  the 
entire  west.  Between  pictures,  she  shuns 
the  fashionable  spots  and  goes  away,  by 
herself,  on  gypsy  tours  of  the  mountains 
and  the  desert.  Her  favorite  vacation 
resort  is  a  private  ranch,  high  in  the 
mountains,  where  she  can  dress  in  slacks 
and  a  ten-gallon  hat  and  be  treated  as 
a  human  being. 

Temperament  and  affectation  are  en- 
tirely out  of  her  line.  She  is  invariably 
simple  and  frank. 

"You  know,  people  take  life  and  espe- 
cially themselves  much  too  seriously," 
she  says.  "It's  so  much  more  ■  fun  to 
live  simply.  The  actress  who  stages 
temperamental  pyrotechnics  is  outdated. 
She  forgets  that  actors,  today,  are  so 
well  paid  that  they  should  be  willing  to 
give  everything  they  have  in  return." 

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What  Every  Smart  Girl  Could  Wear 


[Continued  from  page  45] 


grand  ones,  but  I  think  any  young  girl 
needs  a  variety  of  hats,"  she  confides. 
"How  else  can  she  maintain  that  de- 
sired 'new-outfit-a-month'  appearance? 
A  girl  nowadays  can  pick  up  really  clev- 
er little  cJiapcaux  for  a  few  dollars,  wear 
them  for  a  brief  time,  and  get  new  ones 
without  upsetting  her  budget  too  much." 


ANNE  really  has  a  grand  assortment 
-r*-  of  hats — most  of  them  black  be- 
cause so  many  of  her  dresses  are  black. 

There  is  a  little  round  affair  shaped 
like  a  mandarin's  hat  and  trimmed  with  a 
tassel ;  a  similar  shape  with  smart  veil 
and  quill ;  a  satin  contraption  about  the 
size  of  a  freshman's  "beanie,"  only  con- 
siderably smarter,  as  you  might  guess ; 
one  of  those  halo  hats  that  are  simply 
ravishing  as  a  frame  for  a  very  young 
face  blessed  with  a  good  complexion; 
and  a  smart  felt  beret — all  to  be  worn 
with  the  two  black  dresses  and  the  green. 

Slippers  and  bag  to  wear  with  these 
dresses  were  black,  too.  Anne  said  she 
thought  any  girl  could  make  one  bag  and 
one  pair  of  slippers  do  for  all  three. 

Anne's  favorite  coat  is  dark  green 
with  very  dark  beaver  collar.  iVlthough 
lovely  to  wear  with  the  black  costumes 
since  the  fur  is  so  dark,  it  is  also  ideal 
for  brown  outfits.   (See  Illustration  6.) 

But  we  must  not  talk  too  long  about 
daytime  clothes.  There  are  formal  oc- 
casions to  dress  for,  also.  Anne  deserts 
black  and  turns  to  a  beautiful  shade  of 
taupe  for  a  dinner  dress.  (See  Illustra- 
tion 7.)  A  more  sophisticated  type  of 
dress  it  is,  too,  with  a  slit  in  the  skirt, 
but  so  plain  that  it  is  lovely  for  the  very 


young  girl.  It  is  made  with  a  high  neck 
and  a  simple  collar  that  might  have  been 
on  a  suit  blouse ;  big  gold  buttons  down 
the  front;  long,  loose-at-the-wrist 
sleeves,  a  belt  buckled  with  two  larger 
editions  of  the  bodice  buttons,  and  abso- 
lutely plain  skirt. 

Indicating  another  bit  of  economy, 
Anne  pointed  out  that  at  least  two  of 
the  hats  she  wears  with  her  afternoon 
dresses  are  also  fine  with  this. 

For  strictly  formal  evening  occasions. 
Anne  again  turns  to  black  and,  honestlv, 
I  never  saw  a  lovelier,  simpler  frock 
than  the  one  that  is  her  favorite !  It  has 
a  perfectly  plain  skirt,  simple  girdle, 
square  neckline,  and  nothing  else  to  it 
except — and  this  is  an  exception — a  sort 
of  scarf  sprinkled  with  brilliants  that  can 
be  worn  either  as  a  sari  (you  know, 
Hindu  fashion,  over  one's  head),  or  as 
a  shoulder  scarf,  or  as  a  tunic!  (See 
Illustrations  8,  9,  and  10.) 

There  are  tiny  hooks  and  eyes  in  sev- 
eral places,  invisible  except  when  vou 
look  for  them,  and  they  act  as  the  'aid 
that  transforms  the  scarf  from  one  to 
another  of  its  magic  roles.  Any  clever 
home  dressmaker  could  have  just  such 
a  scarf  of  her  own. 

The  evening  dress  was  the  "grand 
finale"  of  Anne's  "fashion  revue"  and 
it  was  time  for  me  to  go.  But  as  I  was 
leaving,  I  stopped  to  ask: 

"Anne,  have  you  any  'don'ts'  to  offer 
the  teen-age  girl  about  clothes-buving?" 

She  thought  a  moment.  "Just  one," 
she  said.  "Don't  spend  all  your  monev 
on  dresses.  Save  enough  out  of  your 
allowance  for  nice  shoes,  bags,  'and 
gloves.  Because  shabby  accessories  ruin 
any  costume!" 


Fashion  Foreword 

[Continued  from  page  42] 


lightweight  woolen  dress — and  found 
just  what  I  wanted  in  a  sheer  black 
wool,    with   a    little    detachable    cape. 

At  this  point,  it  seemed  a  good  idea 
to  look  at  accessories,  particularly 
bags.  And  I  found  the  trickiest  little 
suede  purse,  shaped  like  a  miser's  bag. 

I  remembered  last  year's  favorite  black 
dress.  Now,  if  I  could  only  redeem 
that  for  this  season,  without  much 
expenditure !  .  .  .  A  new  hat  was  all  I 
needed,  besides  an  accessory  bouquet  or 
pin,  to  make  it  a  new  dress. 

After  my  usual  session  of  millinery- 
shop  miseries,  I  chose  a  brimmed  felt 
with  cocky  feather.  Equally  in  fashion 
are  the  little  caps,  soft  off-the-face  types, 
and  Spanish  hats. 

Then  I'm  acquiring  another  smart- 
looking  dress  by  knitting  one.  Hand- 
knitted  clothes  still  are  just  about  the 
most  figure-flattering  things  that  a 
girl  can  wear.  And  they  can  be  made 
so   cheaply,   too. 


Evening  things  can  wait  until  next 
month,  but  I'll  have  my  eyes  open  for 
a  lovely  velvet  or  lame  gown. 

Returning  from  the  fashion  front 
and  the  shopping  wars,  I  took  inven- 
tory of  my  captures.  Everything  I 
had  bought  was  a  friend  to  my  budget, 
and  yet  it  was  new  .  .  .  smart 
lasting.  I  had  a  satisfying  foundation 
for  a  1936  wardrobe — some  slick  new 
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Evalyn  Knapp  (above)  has  discov- 
ered something  new  in  coffee  pots. 
It  consists  of  a  little  electric  heat 
unit,  topped  by  a  tall  container.  With 
it.  coffee  can  be  made  at  any  strength 
desired,  in  much  the  same  manner 
that  tea  is  made.  The  metal  basket  in 
Miss  Knapp's  left  hand  contains  the 
coffee  and  is  plunged  up  and  down 
in  the  boiling  water  until  the  coffee 
becomes  the  desired  color.  The  Chi- 
cago Flexible  Shaft  Company  takes 
credit  for  placing  this  one  on  the 
market. 

Onslow  Stevens  thinks  that  one  of 
the  handiest  gadgets  to  have  in  the 
house  is  Holdems  .  .  .  for  repairing 
loose  chair  rungs.  "They  really  do 
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Holdems  alongside  of  it.  The  barbs 
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gadget  hold  the  rung  in  place  for- 
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A  soap,  time  and  trouble  saver  that 
is  popular  in  Hollywood  is  the  new 
A.  P.  W.  Red  Cross  paper  towel. 
Most  good  housekeepers  use  these 
towels  to  wipe  grease  from  dirty 
dishes  before  washing  them.  Doing 
this,  they  need  only  half  as  much  soap 
.  .  .  and  half  as  many  changes  of 
dish   water. 


How  to  keep  bathroom  fixtures 
clean?  It's  probably  a  disagreeable 
problem  unless  you  have  discovered 
"Dutch  Maid,"  used  in  many  Holly- 
wood homes  and  studios.  "Dutch 
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enamel  and  keep  them  removed  for 
at  least  two  weeks. 

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Little  Cora  Sue  Collins'  mother  be- 
lieves in  starting  Cora  Sue's  house- 
keeping training  early.  The  other  day, 
we  found  her  giving  Cora  Sue  a  les- 
son in  quick-and-easy  cleansing  and 
polishing  of  kitchen  utensils  .  .  . 
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Nancy  Carroll  has  discovered  a  new 
use  for  Zonite.  After  she  has  been 
peeling  onions,  she  applies  it  as  a 
hand  deodorant.  Another  use  for 
Zonite  is  for  removal  of  ink  stains — 
if  the  stained  cloth  is  dyed  with  a 
fast   color. 


Mrs.  Ralph  Bellamy  says  that  the 
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and  napkins.  The  Dennison  Paper 
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than  the  average  old-fashioned  tin 
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the  same  size,  line  one  with  the 
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as  you  put  it  in  the  oven.  The  crust 
will  be  kept  in  place  while  baking  and 
will  come  out  as  smooth  as  velvet. 


Paula  Stone,  daughter  of  Fred 
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Meet  Errol  Flynn — Born  Adventurer! 

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in  the  world  today.  Life  there  took  on 
a  dangerous  aspect,  and  his  father  sent 
the  unwilling  Errol  to  Sydney,  Australia, 
to  continue  his  schooling.  He  studied 
for  three  weeks,  then  decided  he  had 
sufficient  education.  He  took  a  job  as 
clerk  in  an  office.  This  lasted  only  a 
week.  Office  work  held  no  charms  for 
him  because  it  offered  no  adventure. 

For  two  years,  he  roamed  the  islands 
of  the  South  Seas,  adventuring.  Then, 
pulling  the  right  political  wires,  he  at- 
tached himself  to  the  British  Colonial 
Service  and  embarked  for  New  Guinea 
in  the  East  Indies.  There,  at  the  age 
of  eighteen,  he  was  the  youngest  man 
on  the  island  in  government  service. 

Once  arrived  in  New  Guinea,  he  was 
detailed  to  patrol  a  district  and  ac- 
quired the  title  of  Patrol  Officer.  His 
duties  consisted  of  taking  a  dozen  native 
policemen,  all  boys,  and  making  the 
rounds  of  a  given  area,  settling  all  dif- 
ferences between  natives  and  maintain- 
ing British  law  and  order.  To  complete 
this  circuit  required  a  week  of  arduous 
travel  through  dark,  dank  jungle  and 
in  torrid,  fever-ridden  heat. 

Errol  Flynn  could  write  a  book  on  his 
experiences  as  a  Patrol  Officer,  as  a 
judge  in  the  jungle,  which  recognizes 
few  man-made  laws.  To  the  average 
man  and  woman,  his  adventures  sound 
like  the  most  imaginative  fiction.  Ac- 
tually, the  dangers  he  encountered  were 
dangers  that  every  officer  there  faces 
almost  daily. 

ttlVyTY  WORST  moment  in  the  patrol 

-L'-"-  service,"  he  says,  "happened  one 
day  when  the  boys  and  I  were  paddling 
a  makeshift  raft  across  a  wide  stream. 
In  the  center  of  the  river,  the  raft  broke 
up  and  all  of  us  were  plunged  into  the 
water,  with  guns,  ammunition,  money 
and  supplies  at  once  sinking  to  the  bot- 
tom. 

"This  presented  a  pretty  serious  prob- 
lem— but  wait !  As  I  approached  the 
shore,  one  of  my  boys  yelled  for  me  to 
watch  out.  /  hadn't  noticed  that  I  was 
swimming  next  to  a  crocodile.  I  struck 
out  to  the  side,  and  just  as  I  did  so,  I 
heard  the  beast's  jaws  crash  together 
with  an  awful  snap.  His  teeth  just 
grazed  me.  I  tell  you,  that  was  the  most 
fearful  moment  of  my  life,  and  I've 
been  in  some  pretty  tight  spots." 

Leaving  the  service,  he  did  some  pros- 
pecting in  the  most  dangerous  gold  coun- 
try on  earth — inner  New  Guinea.  At 
that  time,  the  government  would  not 
cooperate  with  the  miners  in  that  out- 
of-way  hell,  and  to  get  supplies  a  dozen 
natives  would  have  to  beat  their  way 
through  the  steaming  jungle  to  the  sea- 
coast,  eight  days  distant.  The  return 
journey  required  from  ten  to  twelve 
days,  depending  upon  the  weather  and 
the  weight  of  the  load. 

"Sometimes  they  would  not  make  the 
coast,"  the  young  actor-adventurer  told 
me.    "The  cannibals  would  see  to  that." 

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rjDR  two  more  years,  following  his  ex- 

perience  in  the  gold  fields,  Errol  Flynn 
sailed  through  the  South  Seas, — this 
time  in  his  own  schooner,  picking  up 
cargo,  transporting  natives  and  inter- 
mittently plying  the  pearl-fishing  trade. 
During  these  two  years,  he  came  to 
know  and  love  the  islands  of  the  South 
Seas.  His  adventures  on  his  craft  would 
fill  another  volume,  for  death  and  dis- 
aster rode  the  waves  with  him  on  more 
occasions  than  he  can  remember. 

From  the  Indies.  Flynn  went  to  Hong- 
kong with  the  small  fortune  that  he  had 
amassed  and  converted  into  uncut  dia- 
monds— and  lost  it  in  a  nearly- fatal  en- 
counter with  cut-throat  thugs.  From 
Hongkong,  he  sailed  up  the  China  coast 
to  Shanghai,  as  a  member  of  a  volun- 
teer force  of  young  adventurers  en- 
listed to  help  China  fight  Japan.  Look- 
ing for  war,  he  was  put  to  work  shovel- 
ing snow. 

Tiring  of  this,  he  and  a  friend  took 
French  leave  one  wintry  night  and  left 
for  Manila,  where  they  entered  the  cock- 
fighting  business.  When  they  found 
themselves  in  another  tight  spot,  they 
departed  overnight  for  Indo-China. 

Finding  excitement  in  every  port, 
Errol  went  from  Saigon  to  Bangkok, 
down  to  Singapore,  on  to  India  (where 
he  had  a  brother  in  the  British  army), 
to  French  Somaliland  and  Addis  Ababa, 
center  of  the  present  Ethiopian  crisis, 
where  he  was  a  guest  of  the  prime  min- 
ister of  the  country.  He  left  there  for 
England  to  enter  upon  a  brief  stage 
career,  and,  later,  to  ally  himself  with 
the  cinema. 


>TPO  DRAW  from  him  even  a  meagre 
-*-  recital  of  his  adventures  requires  both 
tact  and  patience.  However  thrilling  an 
incident  may  have  been,  he  minimizes 
its  importance  to  such  an  extent  that  he 
might  be  mentioning  the  weather.  In 
his  reticence  lies  the  charm  of  the  man; 
this,  and  a  personality  that  immediately 
wins  you. 

In  keeping  with  his  romantic  char- 
acter was  his  courtship  of  his  actress- 
bride,  Lili  Damita.  He  met  her  on  the 
boat  crossing  to  America.  When  the 
steamer  docked,  Lili  remained  in  New 
York  and  Flynn  hastened  on  to  Holly- 
wood. Several  months  later  they  met 
again,  when  Lili  visited  Dolores  Del  Rio 
on  the  First  National  lot.  They  renewed 
their  acquaintance,  and  in  a  whirlwind 
manner  Errol  wooed  and  won  the  dark- 
eyed  French  beauty. 

Small  wonder  that  the  studio  selected 
him  for  the  prize  role  of  the  season — 
the  title  role  of  Captain  Blood.  His 
adventurous  and  romantic  background 
make  him  the  logical  choice.  And  when 
you  glimpse  him  as  the  swashbuckling 
terror  of  the  seas,  you  will  thrill  to  the 
handsome  young  Errol  Flynn,  knowing 
him  for  the  exciting,  virile,  young  ad- 
venturer that  he  really  is ! 


My  Success  Story  Is  a  Love  Story, 
Says  Robert  Donat 


[Continued  from  page  51] 


Yes,  a  woman  with  such  blood  must  be 
fire  battling  with  water — the  fire  of  the 
fighter,  the  water  of  the  dreamer. 

"I  met  her  when  I  was  sixteen.  The 
first  time  I  didn't  like  her.  Nor  the 
second.  But  the  third,  I  knew  that  if  I 
married  anyone,  I  would  marry  her. 

"She  didn't  like  me.  For  eight  years, 
except  as  a  friend,  she  would  have  none 
of  me.  Then,  all  at  once,  she  fell  vio- 
lently in  love.  We  were  married  imme- 
diately." 

CHE  was  teaching  classical  dancing  in 
^  Glasgow — and  gave  up  her  work  im- 
mediately to  go  into  stock  with  her  hus- 
band. And  her  far-sighted  helpfulness 
began  at  this  very  moment.  Large 
sums  were  offered  to  Robert  by  various 
repertoire  companies.  The  smallest 
offer  came  from  the  Festival  Theatre  in 
Cambridge.  But  the  best  plays  were 
also  given  in  Cambridge. 

"Ella  gave  me  the  strength  of  mind 
to  decide,"  Robert  Donat  said.  "I  chose 
Cambridge." 

I  smiled.  His  sentence  had  been  so 
revealing.  "Ella  gave  me  the  strength 
■ — /  chose."  Five  years  later,  he  gave 
her  the  credit  of  being  the  influence 
behind  his  success,  but  she  had  managed 
to  let  him  keep  that  masculine  pride  in 
the  feeling,  "I  am  boss  !" 

At  the  end  of  the  first  year,  came  an 
offer  from  London.  It  would  mean 
fame,  fortune,  financial  independence ! 
They  could  have  that  family  now.  And 
a  home.  By  the  time  they  arrived  in 
London,  they  were  laying  definite  plans 
for  the  arrival  of  little  Joanna.  And 
the  play  closed  almost  before  it  had 
opened !  When  Joanna  was  born, 
Robert  Donat  had  approximately  five 
shillings  to  his  name. 

But  behind  him  stood  a  woman  who 
laughed  when  Fate  dared  the  very  ex- 
istence of  herself  and  the  man  she  loved. 
He  should  not  sign  with  the  producers 
and  managers  who  would  finance  him 
through  this  difficult  period.  They  would 
work  their  way  through  together.  They 
would  remain  indebted  only  to  them- 
selves and,  when  the  time  came,  he  would 
find  success — and  it  would  be  all  his. 

The  story  of  how  her  prophecy  came 
true — of  how  Alexander  Korda  even- 
tually cast  him  in  The  Private  Life  of 
Henry  the  Eighth,  which  led  to  The 
Count  of  Monte  Cristo — is  history.  The 
story  of  Robert  Donat,  the  young  fail- 
ure who  became  the  most-sought-after 
actor  in  the  movies,  is  amazing,  fas- 
cinating. But  the  tale  of  his  love  for 
this  brilliant  woman  is  our  story. 

"\X7HEN  Robert  is  working,  he  is  up 
*  "  at  five  a.m.  and  so  is  the  rest  of  the 
family.  The  children — Joanna,  5,  and 
Tommy,  2 — scramble  into  his  room  and 
while   he   is   having   his   early-morning 


cup  of  tea,  they  munch  their  early  morn- 
ing fruit.  Then  he  shaves  at  his  dress- 
ing-table, using  an  electric  razor,  while 
the  children  sit  on  his  bed,  opening  his 
letters.  "They  make  an  awful  mess," 
Robert  says  with  a  rueful  face,  "but 
they  like  to  open  letters."  Later  they  all 
breakfast  together  gaily  in  the  nursery. 
Then  off  to  work  drives  Robert. 

Once  the  day's  work  is  over,  his  valet 
telephones  to  the  house  when  Robert  is 
leaving  the  studio  and  no  matter  wheth- 
er it  is  five  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  or 
midnight,  there  is  a  hot  meal  waiting. 

And  here  is  a  secret  that  the  motion 
picture  producers  have  not  discovered — 
at  least  not  to  its  fullest  value :  Robert 
Donat  sings.  How  he  sings !  Night 
after  night,  his  wife  plays  and  he  pours 
out  his  romantic,  idealistic  soul  in  song 
— both  classical  and  modern. 

A  walk  on  the  heath  ends  the  Donats' 
day.  And  it  makes  no  difference 
whether  it  rains  or  it  fogs  or  the  moon 
smiles  and  the  stars  twinkle — this  walk 
is  a  ritual  never  neglected  because  it  is 
that  pause  in  a  busy  life  when  two  souls 
commune,  not  only  together,  but  with 
the  great  wonders  of  the  space  above 
and  around  them. 

Undoubtedly,  it  has  been  on  some 
of  these  nightly  walks  that  they  have 
developed  their  psychology  for  the  rear- 
ing of  Joanna  and  Tommy.  "We  have 
tried  to  make  them  un-self-conscious," 
Robert  says  humbly.  "They  don't  think 
of  themselves  as  individual  personalities. 
Joanna  doesn't  say  when  she  looks  in  a 
mirror,  'Oh,  that's  me.'  She  says,  'Oh, 
that  looks  like  Joanna.'  Or  if  she  has  a 
new  dress  she  does  not  announce,  T 
have  a  new  dress,'  but  says,  'Joanna  has 
a  new  dress.'  "  Frequently — in  fact,  usu- 
ally— Joanna  and  Tommy  do  not  sav 
"Mother"  and  "Father"  but  "Ella"  and 
"Robert." 

They  are  four  happy  people  learning 
about  life  together — romping  and  play- 
ing— studying  and  advancing.  A  man 
who  heads  his  family;  a  woman  who 
stands  behind  him ;  two  youngsters  be- 
ing treated — and  therefore  feeling — like 
real  human  beings. 

Robert  Donat  is  just  thirty.  He  has 
the  charm  of  all  ages  rolled  into  one. 
He  is  not  handsome ;  he  is  something 
more.  He  is  man  as  women — all  women 
— adore  man.  He  has  strength,  power, 
charm.     He  is  excitement;  he  is  repose. 

Women  cannot  help  but  love  him — on 
the  screen  and  off.  And  he  is  human. 
Otherwise,  no  one  could  love  him.  But 
Robert  Donat  knows  that  Napoleon  went 
to  the  greatest  heights  and  stayed  there 
as  long  as  he  had  his  Josephine.  He 
went  to  the  deepest  depths  when  he  did 
not  have  her.  Today,  Robert's  greatest 
idol  is  his  wife.  May  he  keep  her  al- 
ways. 

I  think  he  will. 

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with  them  than  in  the  glamorous  beauties 
who  are  thousands  of  miles  away ! — Johnie 
Mae  Hopkins,  Ontario,  Ore. 

$10  Prize  Letter 

To  Katharine  Hepburn — I  must  confess 
that  I  have  never  liked  you  especially ;  I 
have  never  thought  that  you  were  a  better 
actress  than  several  others  of  our  screen 
stars.  But  yesterday  I  saw  you  in  Alice 
Adams.  For  eighty  minutes  I  was  Alice 
— or  Alice  was  I!  I  laughed  (with  a  lump 
in  my  throat),  I  cried,  I  burned  with 
humiliation,  I  pitied  myself.  But  I  was 
only  one  of  several  hundred  Alices  in  that 
theatre.  That's  what  you  did  to  Alice  and 
us,  Kate.  I  revere  Booth  Tarkington  for 
that  human,  touching,  real  story,  but  you 
— I  love  you  for  your  artistry,  your  imagina- 
tion, your  understanding  and  personality.  I 
cannot  think  why  I  never  before  sensed 
your  warmth  and  depth,  your  genuineness. 
I  can  only  hope  that  the  powers-that-be 
see  fit  to  present  you  with  the  Academy 
Award  for  having  given  all  of  us,  not  a 
fine  play,  but  a  little  piece  of  life,  so  beau- 
tifully set  forth  that  we  cannot  help  but 
apply  its  principles  to  our  own,  to  their 
betterment.— Mary  Ellen  Madden,  218  E. 
Eighth  St.,  Flint,  Mich. 


Win  a  Prize/ 


$5  Prize  Letter 

All- American  or  Not? — Why  not  give  our 
American  men  and  women  a  chance?  Isn't 
there  enough  ability  in  the  United  States 
without  going  abroad  for  talent?  There  is 
nothing  more  irksome  than  sitting  through 
reels  of  indistinct  diction  because  some 
director  has  made  a  "discovery"  and  wants 
to  create  an  atmosphere  for  his  "find." 
Many  of  our  young  American  actors  and 
actresses  are  just  as  adept  in  the  portrayal 
of  dramatic  roles,  and  they  do  not  have  the 
foreign  accent. 

"See  America  First"  is  a  good  slogan, 
so  why  not  give  movie  patrons  American 
settings,  too?  It  is  true  that  there  are 
many  magnificent  sights  in  foreign  coun- 
tries, but  the  United  States  has  scenery 
that  rivals  all  that  grandeur  abroad  and 
engages  the  attention  and  curiosity  just  as 
well.— E.  F.  Schuff,  803  S.  Fifth  St.,  Louis- 
ville, Ky. 

Thus  one  reader  feels  about  All-Amer- 
ican movies.  Do  you  agree,  or  do  you 
enjoy  the  foreign  stars — Charles  Boyer, 
Leslie  Howard,  Greta  Garbo,  Marlene  Diet- 
rich, Merle  Oberon,  Charles  Laughton  and 
the  others?  Do  you  consider  them  indis- 
pensable to  your  enjoyment  of  motion  pic- 
tures? 

$1  Prize  Letters 

A  couple  of  months  ago,  Movie  Classic 
asked  the  question:  "Which  is  the  greater 
boy-actor — Freddie  Bartholomew  or  Mickey 
Rooney?"  Herezvith  are  two  of  many  in- 
teresting  answers   received   from    readers: 

Freddie  Is  Tops — The  greatest  boy-actor? 
Freddie  Bartholomew,  I  sincerely  believe, 
is  the  greatest  boy-actor  ever  to  appear  on 
a  movie  screen.  In  the  title  role  of  David 
Copperfield,  he  was  superb.  But  why  do 
I  believe  him  to  be  the  greatest?  For  the 
same  reason  that  Marie  Dressier  and  Will 
Rogers  were  the  greatest  adult  stars :  little 
Freddie  is  just  himself,  natural,  carefree; 
so  completely  does  he  live  the  characters  he 
portrays  that  you  are  not  conscious  that  he 
is  acting.  Mickey  Rooney  is  good ;  so  are 
Jackie  Searl,  Frankie  Thomas,  and  Jackie 
Cooper,  but  none  is  the  born  actor  that 
Freddie  is ! — Roy  Robert  Smith,  115  Sher- 
man St.,  Denver,  Col. 

No,  It's  Mickey  Rooney — To  my  way  of 

thinking,  Mickey  Rooney  is  in  a  class  with 
the  beloved  Will  Rogers  and  the  winsome 
Shirley  Temple,  a  natural  and  a  far  better 
actor  than  Freddie  Bartholomew.  The  lat- 
ter is  a  little  prince,  courtly  and  fine. 
Mickey  is  an  elf,  an  imp  making  you  laugh 
at  his  mischievous  ways,  then  bringing 
tears  to  your  eyes  as  he,  the  street  gamin, 
sobs  broken-heartedly  over  his  dead  father's 
body.  Both  boys  are  truly  marvelous,  but 
Mickey  is  outstanding  because  of  the  many 
different  characters  that  he  has  portrayed. 
As  Puck,  who  can  ever  forget  him? — 
Marcella  N.  Buck,  1922  Miramar  St.,  Los 
Angeles,  Calif. 

It  looks  as  if  the  Bartholomew-Rooney 
debate  is  destined  to  continue.  What  is 
your  contribution  toward  the  conclusion  of 
the   controversy? 


Eleanor  in  Fred's  Class — Once  in  a  great 
while,  a  truly  great  and  thrilling  personality 
comes  to  the  screen.  This  time,  it  is  Eleanor 
Powell !  She  is  very  attractive  and  shows 
great  promise  as  an  actress.  She  is,  with- 
out a  doubt,  every  bit  as  good  as  Fred  As- 
taire. That  is  saying  a  lot  because  I  did 
not  think  anyone,  especially  a  young  girl 
like  Miss  Powell,  could  ever  rival  Astaire 
as  a  dancer.  Here's  hoping  that  she  will 
dance  in  every  picture! 

Remember  Joan  Crawford  in  Dancing 
Lady?  She  danced  and  acted,  and  as  a 
result  became  one  of  my  favorites.  But 
now  she  is  pushing  the  dance  scenes  fur- 
ther and  further  away.  It's  a  big  mistake, 
I  think. — Thelma  Lee,  2625  St.  Louis  Ave., 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

On  pages  40  and  41  of  this  issue  is  a 
story  about  Eleanor  Powell  that  explains 
why  she  could  not  help  being  a  sensation 
when  she  had  her  big  opportunity.  Don't 
miss    it! 

Attention,  Mr.  Disney — Wouldn't  it  be 
grand  if  Walt  Disney  could  create  cartoon 
versions  of  the  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  oper- 
ettas? The  possibilities  are  almost  unlim- 
ited, and  they  would  be  glorious  riots  in 
color,  with  really  good  voices.  Remember- 
ing the  furore  of  The  Three  Little  Pigs,  I 
believe  that  an  even  greater  sensation  could 
be  expected  upon  the  appearance  of  a  tiny, 
animated  Mikado  or  a  stealthy  Dick  Dead- 
eye.  More  power  to  Walt  Disney ! — 
Thelma  Greenberg,  332  Southern  Bldg. 
Washington,  D.  C. 

One  of  the  new  Disney  cartoons  is  called 
Mickey's  Grand  Opera.  What  do  you  think 
of  Reader  Greenberg's  suggestion? 

Time-ly  Hits— The  March  of  Time  films 
are  the  something  new  and  different  that 
we  have  been  awaiting.  They  are  vividly 
alive  and  entirely  credible.  For  clearness 
of  presentation  and  true  present-day  in- 
terest, they  have  no  equal.  They  are  graphic 
dramas  of  action,  reinforced  by  delightfully 
clever  comments.  They  are  brief  word- 
and-picture  reviews  of  thrilling  and  mo- 
mentous happenings,  directed  with  charm 
and  finesse — many  of  the  scenes  being 
majestic  in  their  emotional  appeal  and 
virility.— Mrs,  H.  B.  Hunter,  Hotel  Wash- 
ing-ton,  Washington.  D.   C. 


WHAT  is  your  favorite  movie  topic 
— your  reaction  to  new  pictures,  new 
performances — your  newest  idea  for 
the  betterment  of  films? 
Tell  us,  and  you  will  also  be  tell- 
ing the  world.  And  be  in  the  run- 
ning for  one  of  these  cash  prizes 
for  each  month's  best  letters:  (1) 
$15;  (2)  $10;  (3)  $5;  all  others  pub- 
lished, $1  each. 

The  editors  are  the  sole  judges  and 
reserve  the  right  to  publish  all  or 
part  of  any  letter  received.  Write 
today  to  Letter  Editor,  MOVIE 
CLASSIC,  1501  Broadway,  New 
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Of  course  you'll  give  cigarettes  for  Christ- 
mas. They're  such  an  acceptable  gift — 
such  an  easy  solution  of  your  problem. 
And  Camels  fill  the  bill  so  perfectly. 
They're  made  from  finer,  MORE  EX- 
PENSIVE TOBACCOS  than  any  other 
popular  brand.  They  are  the  accepted  cig- 
arette of  the  social,  business,  and  athletic 
worlds.  Their  finer  tobaccos  give  that 
pleasant  "lift" — that  sense  of  well-being 
so  appropriate  to  the  spirit  of  Christmas. 


A  full  pound  of  Prince  Albert 
in  an  attractive  gift  package. 


At  your  nearest  deal- 
er's—the Camel  carton — 10 
packs  of  "20's" — 200  cigarettes. 


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Copyright.  1935. 


A  full  pound  of  Prince  Albert 
packed  in  a  real  glass  humidor. 

.  Reynolds  Tobacco  Co..  Winston-Sajem.  N.  C. 


Fine  tobacco  for  Christmas.  For  more 
than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  the  mellow 
fragrance  of  Prince  Albert  has  been  as 
much  a  part  of  Christmas  as  mistletoe 
and  holly.  So  to  the  pipe  smokers  on 
your  Christmas  list  give  Prince  Albert, 
"The  National  Joy  Smoke."  It's  the 
welcome  gift.  For  more  men  choose  Prince 
Albert  for  themselves  than  any  other  pipe 
tobacco.  Let  every  pipeful  of  Prince 
Albert  repeat  "Merry  Christmas"  for  you. 


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—  when  Greyhound  offers  warm  and 
pleasant  trips  at  such  low  cost 


"Hibernate"  is  a  word  applied  chiefly  to 
bears — who  retreat  into  caves  or  hollow 
trees  when  the  first  snow  flies,  and  stay 
there  until  the  spring  thaw,  when  they 
come  blinking  out,  in  very  bad  humor. 
Many  people  used  to  be  like  that.  Winter 
kept  them  cooped  up  at  home — their  cars 
locked  in  garages,  or  confined  to  city  streets. 

Greyhound  has  changed  the  whole  picture. 
For  who  wants  to  be  a  prisoner  of  winter, 
when  trips  to  any  part  of  America  can  be 
warm,  relaxed,  pleasant — and  cost  very, 


very  little?  Floods  of  Tropic -Aire  heat 
keep  the  temperature  right — cushioned 
chairs  recline  to  the  most  restful  angle — 
expert  drivers  competently  guide  each  big, 
safe  Greyhound  coach. 

Millions  of  Americans  are  finding  winter 
a  more  friendly  season,  when  it  is  broken 
by  interesting  trips  ...  to  visit  friends,  or 
to  soak  up  the  vital  sunshine  of  Florida, 
Gulf  Coast,  and  California.  We  invite  you 
to  prove  the  comfort  of  Greyhound 
winter  trips  for  yourself. 


MAIL  THIS  COUPON  FOR  COLORFUL  NEW  BOOKLETS, 
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Fill  out  and  mail  this  coupon  to  nearest  Greyhound  infor- 
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rates  and  information  on  winter  trips  to  FLORIDA,  GULF 
COAST,  NEW  ORLEANS  □,  CALIFORNIA  D,  GREAT 
SOUTHWEST  □.  (Please  check  which  one).  Or  jot  down 
city  you  wish  to  visit,  on  margin  below. 


PRINCIPAL  GREYHOUND  INFORMATION  OFFICES 


CLEVELAND,  OHIO  .  E.  9th  &  Superior 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA.  .  Broad  St.  Station 

CHICAGO,  ILL 12th  &  Wabash 

NEW  YORK  CITY    .   .   .   .  Nelson  Tower 
BOSTON,  MASS..   .  .  230  Boylston  St. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C 

1403  New  York  Ave.,  N.  W. 

DETROIT,  MICH Tuller  Hotel 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO    .   630  Walnut  St. 

CHARLESTON,  W.  VA 

1101  Kanawha  Valley  Bldg. 
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SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIF 

Pine  &  Battery  Sts. 
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. ,509  6th  Ave. ,N. 
LEXI  NGTON,  KY.  .  .  .  801  N.  Limestone 
NEW  ORLEANS,  LA.,  400  N.  Rampart  St. 
MEMPHIS,   TENN.    .  .  146  Union  Ave. 

ST.  LOUIS.  MO 

Broadway  &  Delmar  Blvd. 
RICHMOND,  VA.  .  412  East  Broad  St. 
WINDSOR,  ONT. .   1004  Security  Bldg. 

LONDON,  England 

A.  B.  Reynoldson,  49  Leadenhall  St. 


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Address  . 


AGAIN    IN    1935 —GREYHOUND    WINS    NATIONAL    SAFETY    COUNCIL    TROPHY 

Each  year,  for  four  years,  the  National  Safety  Council  has  offered  this  beautiful  bronze  plaque  for  the 
intercity  bus  company  with  the  best  safety  record.  And  each  year,  Greyhound  has  won  this  coveted  award. 


SEE  ANITA  LOUISE  IN  THE  WARNER  BROS.  CLASSIC  "MIDSUMMER  NIGHT'S  DREAM." 

A  Max  Reinhardt  production  with  Olivia  de  Haviland,  James  Cagney,  Joe  E.  Brown,  Dick  Powell  and  twenty  other  stars. 


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"Here  in  Hollywood  we  have  every  beauty  aid  sent  you  FREE  with  one  ten-cent  package  of 

known  to  the  profession.  All  except  the  finest  Duart's  Hollywood  Hair  Rinse — not  a  dye — 

are  cast  aside.  For  a  motion  picture  star  doesn't  just  adds  sparkle  and  tint. 

dare  take  chances  with  her  beauty.  And  she  DEMAND  THIS  SEALED  PACKAGE 

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DUART  WAVES  ARE  THE  CHOICE  OF  THE  HOLLYWOOD  STARS      City State 

Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936  c 


HUMANITY*  GREATEST 
LOVE  STORY/ 


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A  life  for  a  life  you  love."  So  vowed  this 
handsome  idler!  In  that  terror-haunted  cell 
he  asked  himself  what  is  the  greatest  sacri- 
fice he  could  make  for  the  woman  he  loved  . . . 


The  producers  of  "Mutiny  On  The  Bounty",  "China  Seas"  and  other 
big  hits  of  this  season  are  happy  to  bring  you  another  million  dollar 
thrill-drama!  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  has  re-created  for  the  screen, 
in  breath-taking  realism,  one  of  the  great  romantic  dramas  of  all 
time,  penned  by  Charles  Dickens  whose  "David  Copperfield"  was 
the  most  treasured  picture  of  1935.  We  now  confidently  predict 
that  "A  Tale  of  Two  Cities"  will  be  the  best-loved  romance  of  1936! 


RONALD  COLMAN 
A  TALE  OF  TWO  CITIES 

Cast  of  6000  including  Elizabeth  Allan,  Edna  May  Oliver,  Blanche  Yurka,  Reginald 

Owen,  Basil  Rathbone,  Walter  Catlett,  Donald  Woods,  Fritz  Leiber,  H.  B.  Warner, 

Mitchell  Lewis,  Billy  Bevan,  Lucille  La  Verne,  Tully  Marshall,  E.  E.  Clive,  Lawrence 

Grant,  Henry  B.  Walthall,  Claude  Gillingwater,  Tom  Ricketts 

A  METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER  PICTURE       •      Produced  by  David  O.  Selznick      •      Directed  by  Jack  Conway 


Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


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JAMES  E.  REID 

Editor 

LAURENCE  REID 

Managing   Editor 


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First,  let  us  present  Robert  Taylor.  Cer- 
tainly, he  is  one  of  the  first  stars  you 
want  to  see  this  month — as  Irene 
Dunne's    hero    in    Magnificent    Obsession 


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FEBRUARY,     193  6/  VOL.    9    'No.6 

;    M      O      V      I      E 

CLASSIC 

EDITED   IN   HOLLYWOOD  AND   NEW  YORK 


FEBRUARY  CLASSIC  HIGHLIGHTS 

Chart  Your  Beauty! by  Marie  Canel  12 

IF  YOU  WERE  JOAN  CRAWFORD—     .     by  Evaline  Lieber  32 

Harold  Lloyd's  Unknown  Hobby     .     .     by  Elisabeth  Goldbeck  34 

How  to  Grow  Up  Gracefully — 

Jean  Parker by  Helen  Harrison  35 

Screen  Struck— a   novel     ....     by   Nina   Wilcox   Putnam  36 

A  Real  He-Man — and  Can  He  Sing!     .     .     by  John  R.  Baldwin  39 

This  Is  Hepburn! by  Carol  Craig  40 

Resolutions — 1936 by     Sonia     Lee  42 

SHIRLEY  TEMPLE'S  TEACHER  PREDICTS 

HER  FUTURE by  Marian  Rhea  43 

"Be  an  Actress  in  Real  Life!" 

Says  Claudette  Colbert by  Jay  Chapman  46 

"But  Don't  Try  Vamping!" 

Says   Bette   Davis by   Mark   Dowling  47 

Great  Actor — Great   Hermit  (Paul   Muni)     .     by   Harry   Lang  48 

Jessie    Doesn't   Talk — She    Fights!     ....     by    Ruth    Biery  49 

They  Exiled  Marian  Marsh — 

But  She  Came  Back! by  John   Kent  50 

Take  Tips  from  Ginger   Rogers!     ...     by   Muriel   Standish  52 

AND  DON'T  MISS— 

They're  the  Topics! — News 6 

New  Shopping   Finds      .....      by  The  Shopping   Scouts  14 

This  Way  to  Beauty! by  Alison  Alden  16 

Speaking  of  Movies — Reviews 18 

December     Contest     Winners 21 

Looking  in  on  Films  to  Come     ...     by  Eric.  L.  Ergenbright  22 

And  Your  "Ten  Best"—?  (an  editorial)     .     .     by  James  E.  Reid  26 

This    Dramatic     World — Portraits 27 

CLASSIC'S  FASHION   PARADE 51 

Start  the  New  Year  Style-Right!— Patterns 58 

Handy  Hints  from  Hollywood 72 

Write  a  Letter— Win  a   Prize! 90 

Cover   Portrait  of   Shirley   Temple   by    Charles   Sheldon 


W.   H.   FAWCETT 
President 


S.  F.  NELSON 

Treasurer 


W.  M.  MESSENGER 
Secretary 


ROSCOE   FAWCETT 
Vice   President 


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Why  put  up  with  jolting,  harsh,  "all-at-once" 
cathartics  that  may  upset  and  shock  your 
whole  system!  Take  your  laxative  the  3- 
minute  way — the  modern,  pleasant,  easy 
way  to  clear  your  system  of  accumulated 
poisons.  Just  chew  FEEN-A-MINT  for  three 
minutes  before  going  to  bed.  It's  those  three 
minutes  of  chewing  that  make  the  difference 
between  FEEN-A-MINT  and  other  laxatives. 
You  have  no  cramping  pains — no  nausea — 
no  unpleasant  after-effects.  Its  utterly  taste- 
less medicinal  content  goes  to  work  gradu- 
ally. You  wake  up  fresh  as  the  dawn.  In  fact 
FEEN-A-MINT— the  three-minute  way- 
is  the  ideal  family  laxative — and  it  costs 
only  15*  cents  and 
25*  cents  for  a  big 
family-size  box. 

*Sliehtly  higher  in  Canada 


They're  th 


New  notes  on  per- 
sonalities who  are 
always  good  news! 


Wide  World 

This  is  the  hairdress  you  will 
see  Norma  Shearer  wearing  in 
Romeo  and  Juliet.  A  coiffure  in 
a  XVth  Century  painting  by 
Fra     A  n  g  e  I  i  c  o     inspired     it 


•  Suppose  you  were  a  lonely  telephone 
girl  on  a  night  switchboard  job,  and  all 
of  a  sudden  Bing  Crosby  sang  a  love-song 
to  and  for  you  alone  .  .  .  That's  the  thrill 
that  jittered  the  heart  of  pretty  Kay  Roon- 
ey,  who  handles  the  plugs  on  the  Para- 
mount board.  Bing  had  forgotten  a  phone 
number  and  called  the  studio  to  get  it.  Kay 
had  to  hunt  through  several  files  and  Bing, 
appreciative,  crooned  "In  the  Middle  of  a 
Kiss"  into  her  ear  while  she  sought.  She 
says  she  knows,  now,  how  Dixie  Lee  feels 
sometimes  .  .  . 

Fittingly,  the  first  actual  memorial  to  the 
late  beloved  Will  Rogers  is  the  huge  Will 
Rogers  Memorial  Stage  built  on  the  Twen- 
tieth Century-Fox  lot,  where  Will  made  his 
pictures.  And,  fittingly,  the  first  star  to 
use  the  stage  was  Shirley  Temple,  who, 
he  said,  was  his  favorite  actress. 

•  When  you  see  the  new  Astaire-Rogers 
picture,  Follow  the  Fleet,  you'll  see  a  new- 
comer named  Harriet  Hilliard.  Watch  her 
work — and  realize  that  one  reason  why  it's 
so  good  is  because  Ginger  Rogers  is  one 
of  the  grandest  persons  in  pictures.  We 
don't  think  there  is  another  star  in  Holly- 
wood who  would  have  done  what  Ginger 
did  for  Harriet.  Although  the  latter's 
role  is  almost  as  big  as  her  own,  Ginger 
took  the  novice  from  Broadway  under  her 
tutelage  and  taught  her  all  of  the  tricks  of 
the  studios.  There  is  neither  jealousy  nor 
fear  in  Ginger's  heart. 


e  Topics: 


! 


Nelson  Eddy  won't  sing  a  note  for  re- 
cording until  he  has  "warmed  up"  his  larynx 
by  warbling  scales  jor  a  half-hour  in  his 
dressing-room. 

©  Actors  are  born,  not  made,  insists  Ed- 
mund Lowe.  "If  you  have  to  learn  how  to 
act,  don't  try  to  be  an  actor,"  he  warns. 
"I've  seen  hundreds  of  boys  and  girls  fail 
after  devoting  years  to  studying  dramatics. 
The  simple  fact  is  that  acting  cannot  be 
learned." 

In  his  next  picture  (untitled  as  yet), 
Harold  Lloyd  is  going  to  appear  without 
his  famous  glasses  for  the  first  time  since 
he  began  wearing  them.  Fie  will  play  a 
dual  role — one  character  without  the  specs. 

•  Opera-lovers  are  agog  over  the  likeli- 
hood that  one  of  their  great  Metropolitan 
stars  is  going  to  play  Carmen  on  the  screen. 
It  will  be  Gladys  Swarthout,  if  Paramount 
goes  ahead  with  its  announced  plan  to  film 
the  opera  .  .  .  But — in  all  the  excitement, 
they  forget  that  several  years  ago,  believe 
it  or  not,  the  same  thing  happened.  That 
was  when  Samuel  Goldwyn  produced  Car- 
men, with  Geraldine  Farrar,  then  the  Met's 
top  songstress,  in  the  title  role.  It  was  si- 
lent, however  .  .  .  Gladys  is  singing  Carmen 
on  the  Metropolitan  stage  now,  and  for  the 
first  time  the  costumes  have  been  created 
by  a  movie  designer — Paramount's  Travis 
Banton. 

That  he  has  more  than  fust  clever  feet, 
Fred  Astaire  proved  by  writing  some  of  the 
songs  in  his  new  picture.  Wonder  if  he 
can  cook,  too? 

©  The  brunette  rush  is  on  in  a  beeg-a- 
way ! !  Jean  Harlow  started  it  by  going 
dark  for  Riffraff.  Carole  Lombard  dark- 
ened hers  several  shades,  as  did  Margot 
Grahame.  Clara  Bow  has  turned  her  once- 
red,  then-blonde  curls  to  black!  The  Holly- 
wood beauty  shoppes  are  doing  a  rushing 
business,  darkening  the  same  honeys  who 
once  went  there  to  be  lightened.  And  the 
craze  almost  ruined  a  sequence  in  The 
Great  Ziegfcld  because  four  of  six  blondes, 
called  back  for  retakes,  had  darkened  their 
hair  in  the  interim  ! 

Tap-dancing  Eleanore  Whitney — you'll  see 
the  youngster  in  Millions  in  the  Air — can 
dance  for  five  hours  straight  without  rest- 
ing! 

©  Whether  or  not  marriage  affects  a  star's 
audience-appeal  still  seems  to  be  a  moot 
question.  For  example,  M-G-M  feels  that 
Franchot  Tone's  marriage  to  Joan  Craw- 
ford will  enhance  his  appeal,  and  so  the 
studio  is  giving  him  bigger  and  better 
roles.  But  at  the  same  time,  Hollywood 
understands,  they  wouldn't  like  their  new- 
comer, Robert  Taylor,  to  marry  his  heart- 
throb, Irene  Hervey,  because  they  are 
afraid  marriage  might  hurt  his  skyrocket- 
ing career  .  .  .  Sally  Eilers,  for  one,  thinks 
that  a  star's  off-screen  life  doesn't  make 
any  difference  with  today's  fans.  "I  don't 
think  the  fact  that  I  divorced  Hoot  Gibson, 
married  Harry  Joe  Brown  and  have  a  son 
named  'Pouchy'  makes  thirty  cents'  worth 
of  box-office  difference,"  she  insists. 
[Continued  on  page  8] 


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It's  the  top!    It's  a  Crosby  honey! 

It's  the  top!    It's  a  Ruggles  funny! 

It's  the  grandest  show  the  screen  could  ever  boast ! 

It  had   Broadway  cheering  —  Its   tunes  we're 

hearing  from  coast  to  coast!  — 
It's  the  top!    It's  got  Merman  singing! 
It's  the  top!    What  applause  it's  bringing! 
It's  a  perfect  smash,  a  hit,  a  crash — don't  stop  — 
You'll  be  shoutin'  when  you  see  it  — 
IT'S  THE  TOP. 


They're  the  Tops  .  .  .  Bing  Crosby  and  Ethel  Merman, 
star  of  the  Broadway  stage  hit  "Anything  Goes,"  sing 
the  famous  Cole  Porter  tunes,  "You're  the  Tops,"  "I 
Get  a  Kick  Out  of  You,"  and  a  bunch  of  other  new  ones. 


Only  a  Sample  ...  of  the  kind  of 
chorines  Dance  Director  Leroy 
Prinz  has  collected  and  trained  for 
the  chorus  in  "Anything  Goes". 


This  Is  Not  a  Cigarette  Ad  .  .  .  but  a  shot  of 
Bing  Crosby  and  Charlie  Ruggles,  thinking  over 
their  misdeeds  in  the  ship's  jail. 


A  PARAMOUNT  PICTURE. ..DIRECTED  BY  LEWIS  MILESTONE 


Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


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plexion destroys  a  woman 's  charm. 

That's  why  thousands  of  women  today  are 
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doesn't  show  a  big  improvement  in  ten  days. 

Apply  Noxzema  at  night  after  removing 
make-up.  Wash  off  in  the  morning  with  warm 
water.  Then  apply  cold  water  or  ice.  Follow 
this  with  a  light  application  of  Noxzema  as  a 
protective  foundation  for  powder. 

Do  this  for  ten  days,  note  the  difference — 
feel  how  much  softer,  finer  your  skin  is — how 
much  clearer.  Noxzema  is  astringent,  helps  re- 
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There  is  nothing  like  Nox- 
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irritated  Chapped  Hands. 
Noxzema  is  not  a  lotion  or  a 
perfumed  cream — it's  a  medi- 
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Test  it  yourself.  Apply  Nox- 
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Note  the  difference  between 
the  hands  in  the  motning. 


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They're  the  Topics! 


[Continued  from  page  6] 


In  addition  to  everything  else,  Paul 
(Louis  Pasteur)  Muni  is  a  billiards  expert. 

•  In  Stars  Over  Broadivay,  maybe  you 
thought  you  saw  Radiostar  Jane  Froman 
kiss  Radiostar  James  Melton.  But  she 
didn't.  When  they  shot  that  scene,  she 
told  the  director  that  in  the  four  years  she 
has  been  married  to  Don  Ross,  also  of 
radio,  she  has  never  kissed  any  other  man, 
and  she  wouldn't  begin  now.  So  they  shot 
the  scene  from  an  angle  that  made  it  neces- 
sary only  for  Jane  to  lay  her  head  on  Mel- 
ton's shoulder. 

In  Universal's  The  Invisible  Ray,  ol'  bad- 
die  Karloff  achieves  a  new  horror-thrill  by 
burning  up  right  before  your  eyes,  when 
the  invisible  ray  whereby  he  manages  to 
destroy  others  turns   on  himself. 

•  When  you  laugh  at  Jack  La  Rue's 
knuckle-cracking  in  Strike  Me  Pink,  the 
new  Eddie  Cantor  comedy,  remember  that 
your  laugh  nearly  cost  Jack  his  finger.  For 
a  gag,  Jack  was  to  crack  his  knuckle  and 
yank  his  hand  away  just  before  somebody 
slammed  an  auto  door  on  it.  But  the  prop 
man  slammed  the  door  too  soon  and 
crushed  Jack's  finger,  and  for  a  while  they 
feared  that  they  would  have  to  amputate  it. 
Jack  fainted. 

Simone  Simon,  the  pert  and  warmish 
French  importation  who  recently  joined 
Twentieth  Century-Fox's  forces,  has  a  new 
stunt  for  getting  "into  the  mood"  during 
a  picture.  Unlike  old-timers  who  need 
certain  sentimental  music  played  by  a  pri- 
vate three-piece  orchestra,  Simone  fust 
brings  seventeen  perfume  bottles  on  the 
set  with  her.  Each  of  the  scents,  she  says, 
helps  to  put  her  in  a  certain  mood.  You 
will  see  her  for  the  first  time  in  A  Message 
to  Garcia. 

•  During  Lawrence  Tibbett's  recent  stay 
in  Hollywood,  he  rented  a  house  on  Alpine 
Drive  in  Beverly  Hills.  His  immediate 
neighbors  were  Grace  Moore,  Gladys 
Swarthout  and  Nelson  Eddy.  Just  around 
the  corner  lived  Jeanette  MacDonald.  And, 
believe  it  or  not,  neighbors  protested  to  the 
authorities  that  the  vocalizing  of  the  array 
of  songbirds,  all  operatic  soloists,  annoyed 
them ! 

After  months  of  dickering,  Mae  West 
finally  yielded  to  a  manufacturing  firm  in 
Pennsylvania  and  signed  for  them  to  make 
Mae  West  dolls,  paying  Mae  some  royalty, 
believe  us.  The  first  day  they  started  pro- 
duction on  the  dolls,  the  factory  burned  to 
the  ground.     Write  your  own  comment. 

•  The  Trail  of  the  Lonesome  Pine  com- 
pany was  on  location  at  Big  Bear  Lake, 
two  hundred  miles  from  Hollywood.  Sylvia 
Sidney  was  in  urgent  need  of  a  few  things, 
so  a  messenger  was  dispatched  to  Holly- 
wood in  a  fast  studio  car  to  do  some  shop- 
ping. These  were  the  items  on  Sylvia's 
list:  1  bottle  of  cologne;  6  Ray  Noble 
orchestra  recordings  (the  latest),  2  pack- 
ages of  a  certain  cracker  (health)  and  1 
electric  heating  pad  (to  warm  her  feet  at 
night).  With  his  back  aching,  but  his  chin 
up,  the  messenger  made  the  round  trip  in 
a  little  better  than  eight  hours. 

When  Janet  Gaynor,  fully  recovered  from 
her    recent    injuries,    recently    moved    her 

Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


make-up  kit  to  the  M-G-M  Studios,  it  was 
the  first  time  she  had  ever  gone  away  from 
her  home  lot  (Twentieth  Century-Fox)  on 
loan.  Janet  will  be  starred  in  Small  Town 
Girl — with    Robert   Taylor   opposite   her. 


Frances  Dee  has  better  news!  She  and 
hubby  Joel  McCrea  are  celebrating 
the  arrival  of  a  second  son.  They 
aren't  thinking — and  never  have 
thought — of  parting.  That  "regretful" 
item  in  December  MC  was  regret- 
table. It  was  based  on  a  last-minute 
news  dispatch  sent  out  over  the  coun- 
try by  a  well-known  news  syndicate — 
but  it  was  not  true,  as  we  learned  too 
late.  Scallions  to  the  Reno  reporter 
who  started  the  story  and  orchids 
to  Frances  and  Joel  for  laughing  it  off! 


•  Loretta  Young,  who  was  forced  to  take 
a  vacation  from  picture  work  because  of 
illness,  is  now  able  to  take  short  walks,  and 
is  looking  even  more  lovely  than  before. 
She  will  soon  be  back  in  films  .  .  .  Charles 
Bickford,  critically  injured  when  attacked 
by  an  enraged  lion  during  the  filming  of 
East  of  Java,  is  now  almost  completely  re- 
covered. .  .  . 

The  long  delay  in  selecting  the  actor  to 
play  Romeo  opposite  Norma  Shearer  in  her 
forthcoming  picture,  Romeo  and  Juliet,  has 
led  the  wisecrackers  to  refer  to  the  role  as 
"The  Case  of  the  Lucky  Legs."  Meaning 
that  several  fine  prospects  have  been  re- 
vealed in  the  scores  of  tests  made,  but 
many  a  top  star  has  lacked  the  all-impor- 
tant asset  of  good  shapely  legs. 

[Continued  on  page  10] 


No  Wonder  Franchot  Tone 

calls  BETTE  DAVIS 


LOOK  WHAT  SHE  SAYS, 
IN  HER  LATEST  PICTURE, 
ABOUT  LIFE,  LOVE,  MEN! 


"I'm  not  lady  enough  to  lie!  Loving  me 
is  like  shaking  hands  with  the  devil— the 
worst  kind  of  luck.  But  you'll  find  I'm 
the  woman  you'll  always  come  back  to!" 


OF  THE  MONTH 


"I've  never  had  any  pity  for  men  like 
you.  You  with  your  fat  little  soul  and 
smug  face!  Why  I've  lived  more 
in  a  day  than  you'll  ever  dare  live." 


"It's  going  to  be  your  life  or  mine!  If 
you're  killed,  I'll  be  free  .  .  .  If  Vm 
killed,  it  wont  matter  any  longer... 
and  if  we  both  die— good  riddance." 


YESSIR,  "Dangerous"  is  the  label  Franchot  tags  on  the 
screen's  famous  blonde  temptress.  And  that's  the  title 
Warner  Bros,  have  selected  for  their  first  picture  together! 

If  you  thought  Bette  gave  men  a  piece  of  her  mind  in 
"Of  Human  Bondage",  "Bordertown",  and  "Front  Page 
Woman",  wait  'til  you  hear  her  cut  loose  as  "the  woman 
men  always  come  back  to",  in  "Dangerous". 

The  way  she  talks  about  them— particularly  about  Mr.  Tone 
—is  going  to  be  the  talk  of  movie-fan  gatherings.  Maybe  you'll 
say  she's  right  when  you  see  what  men  did  to  her  life.  But 
you'll  certainly  agree  that  this  story  of  a  woman  whose  love 
was  a  jinx  to  men,  is  the  surprise  package  of  the  New  Year. 

Besides  Bette  and  Franchot,  Margaret  Lindsay,  Alison 
Skipworth,  John  Eldredge,  and  Dick  Foran  are  smartly 
spotted  in  a  big  cast  directed  by  Alfred  E.  Green.  There's 
no  use  telling  you  you  must  see  "Dangerous"  Because  you 
may  not  be  able  to  get  through  the  crowds  to  the  box-office 
when  the  news  of  this  daring  drama  gets  around  town! 


Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


VM     J-O/w?  XkoAM 


Is  there  some  one  for  whose  benefit  you'd  like 
to  look  especially  lovely,  evenings,  in  your  lamp- 
lit  living-room?  Then  this  simple  experiment  may 
give  you  a  brand-new  idea  on  how  to  do  it: 

Just  arrange  your  lamplight — make  up  your 
face  as  usual  (omitting  all  eye  make-up  to  start 
with).  Then  take  your  Kurlash  and  curl  the 
lashes  of  one  eye.  Touch  them  with  Lashtint. 
And  shade  the  same  eyelid  with  a  little  Shadette. 
Now — inspect  your  face  closely  in  a  hand  mir- 
ror, as  the  light  falls  across  it.  One  side  will 
seem  softer,  clearer,  more  subtly  colored.  Because 
the  eye  you  have  beautified  looks  larger,  brighter, 
with  longer,  darker  lashes.  That's  eye  beauty! 
You'll  never  neglect  it— or  Kurlash — the  little 
gadget  that  curls  lashes  without  heat,  cosmetics, 
or  practice.  ($i  at  good  stores.) 


Lashtint,  the  liquid  mascara,  may  be  applied 
while  the  lashes  are  being  curled.  Touch  the 
little  glass  rod  to  them  as  they  are  held  in  the 
rubber  bows  of  Kurlash.  Lashtint  will  darken 
the  tips  delicately  and  it  doesn't  crack,  stiffen, 
wash  or  weep  off — in  black,  brown,  or  blue,  $i. 
Another  clever  trick  is  to  rub  Kurlene  on  the 
lashes  before  you  curl  them,  so  they'll  be  silken 
and  full  of  dancing  rainbows.  Kurlene  is  a  scien- 
tific  formula  for  eyelash  luxuriance.   50c  and  $1. 


•  Hase  you  tried 
TwiSSORS — the  new 
tweezers  with  scissor 
handles —  marvel- 
ously  efficient — 25c. 


Write  Jane  Heath  Jor  advice  about  eye  beauty.  Give  uour 
coloring  Jor  personal  beauty  plan.  Address  Dept.SB-2 


They  re  the  Topics! 


[Continued  from  page  8] 
What  a  cinch  to  give  a  party  in  Holly- 
wood! Dick  Powell  called  some  of  his 
friends  recently  to  invite  them  to  his  house, 
but  informed  them  in  advance  that  he  was 
not  planning  any  entertainment.  The  re- 
sult was  that  James  Cagney  arrived  with  a 
cornet  that  he  played  with  gusto,  Lew 
Ayres  teased  a  guitar,  Joan  Bloudcll  and 
Ginger  Rogers  put  on  a  sister  dance  act, 
Harry  Ruby  (the  songwriter)  played  the 
piano,  and  Nelson  Eddy,  Regis  Toomey 
and  Phil  Regan  did  the  vocal  end  of  the 
evening   much  justice. 

•  Lila  Lee  and  Patsy  Ruth  Miller  are 
partners  in  a  swank  new  Hollywood  shop 
.  .  .  Jimmy  Cagney's  new  hobby  is  taking 
glider  lessons  at  Santa  Ana  .  .  .  Al  Jolson 
and  Ruby  Keeler  have  moved  to  a  farm  at 
Encino  .  .  .  Ruth  Chatterton  is  really  tak- 
ing- her  aviation  seriously.  She  just  pur- 
chased a  $25,000  plane  .  .  . 

New  York  fashion  designers  recently 
made  up  a  list  of  America's  best-dressed 
women.  The  only  screen  player  in  the 
first  ten  is  a  newcomer — Mary  Taylor,  so- 
ciety girl,  niece  of  Countess  di  Frasso,  and 
heroine  of  the  new  He cht-Mac Arthur  pic- 
ture, Soak  the  Rich.  But  Joan  Crawford 
and  Gladys  Swarthout,  of  the  film  colony, 
received  honorable  mention — "for  their  off- 
screen wardrobes."  The  laugh  of  that  is 
that  Joan  is  adapting  her  screen  clothes 
for   private   wear.     And  so   is    Gladys. 


The  Kurlash  Company,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  The  Kurlash 
Company  oj  Canada,  at  Toronto,  5. 


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A  streamlined  1936  model 
chorus  girl  is  Anya  Taranda. 
She  heads  the  list  of  Gold- 
wyn  Girls  in  Strike  Me  Pink 


Show2iiis-1936! 


This  little  girl  is  well  cut  out 
to  play  one  of  the  chorines  in 
Anything  Goes,  Bing  Cros- 
by's new  (and  biggest)  picture 


Three  little  girls  who  are  on 
their  toes  for  what  looks 
like  a  big  musical  year  are 
these  in  King  of  Burlesque 


Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


Eddie  Cantor  gives  you  the  time  of  your 
lives  in  this  roaring  comedy  of  a  timid  tailor 
who  became  a  titan  among  men  .  .  .  He'll 
strike  you  pink  with  gleeful  excitement 
as  this  great  production  winds  up  in  the 
wildest  climax  ever  brought  to  the  screen. 


SAMUEL  GOLDWYN   pA*j^tj- 

EDDIE  CANT0R 


with   ETHEL   MERMAN   •  PARKYAKARKUS   •  SALLY  EILERS 

T     .,  (~*  r~\  "D  (~*  T  r\  T  T  O     t~*  (~W    T"Y\A7"V"NT    /^"TDT    O     Music  and  Lyrics  by  Harold  Arlen  and  Lew  Brown  ...  Dance 

and    ttie    VTJWrlv^lIIjW  U  O    \3  W  J_i  J-/ VV     I   IN     V^IrlijO     Ensembles   by   Robert   Alton  ...  Directed    by  Norman  Taurog 
.    .    .    Adapted     from     Clarence     Budington     Kelland's     Saturday     Evening     Post     Serial,     "Dreamland"    .     .    .    Released     thru     United     Artists 


Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


11 


Right,  Margot  Grahame 
— who  has  changed  from 
blonde  to  redhead — 
has  her  make-up  charted 
by  Max  Factor  in  his 
new  $500,000  Make-Up 
Studio.  Above:  Mau- 
reen O'Sullivan,  a  model 
for      "light      brunettes" 


Chart 
Your  Beauty! 

Thus    counsels    Max    Factor— world-famous 
beauty  adviser  to  stars  of  every  color-type 


Top,  Joan  Crawford — 
an  outstanding  ex- 
ample of  the  "brown- 
ette"  type.  Directly 
above,  Carole  Lom- 
bard, whose  make-up 
is  charted  for  "blonde" 


By  Marie  Canel 

THE  FILM  CAPITAL  of  the  World 
is  unquestionably  the  Beauty  and 
Make-Up  Capital  of  the  World  today 
as  well.  It  is  impossible  to  be  in  Holly- 
wood for  twenty-four  hours  without  be- 
coming more  make-up  conscious  than  you 
ever  have  been  before.  And  that  is  easy  to 
understand,  for  it  is  so  apparent  that  you, 
too,  can  accomplish  what  most  of  the  stars 
have  accomplished  in  achieving  beauty — 
if  you  will  give  the  time  and  the  study  to 
it  that  they  do ! 

Every  one  of  us  has  been  enchanted  by 
the  magic  beauty  of  some  screen  star.  Per- 
haps we  have  even  tried  to  analyze  the  at- 
tractiveness of  that  particular  star — the 
loveliness  that  seems  to  demand:  "Stop 
.  .  .  Look  .  .  .  and  Admire !"  We  have 
experimented  to  see  if  we  could  not  adapt 
for  our  own  use  some  of  the  make-up 
secrets  that  the  screen  stars  possess. 

In  Hollywood,  there  is  one  man  who 
stands  supreme  for  his  work  in  beautify- 
ing the  screen  stars.  In  fact,  his  name  is 
synonymous  with  beauty  and  make-up: 
Max  Factor  !  For  twenty-six  years,  he  has 
been  identified  with  every  important  devel- 
opment in  make-up  for  the  movies'  beauti- 
ful   women — both    on   the    screen   and    off. 


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Just  observing  his  new  half-million-dol- 
lar Make-Up  Studio  in  Hollywood  is  a 
thrill  in  itself.  What  a  monument  to 
beauty !  Outside,  it  is  modernistic  with  a 
Grecian  influence.  Inside,  it  is  neo-classic — 
suggesting  an  ancient  Grecian  temple.  And 
the  Maestro  of  this  "make-up  home"  of 
the  stars — what  is  he  like?  Instead  of  be- 
ing blase,  seeing  screen  celebrities  for  so 
many  years,  Max  Factor  is  just  the  oppo- 
site— unassuming,  understanding,  and  very, 
very  kindly.  He  is  a  charming  person — 
rather  short,  with  gray-white  hair,  a  bit 
of  the  Dafoe  type. 

I  asked  him  what  advice  he  would  give 
any  girl  who  wants  to  emphasize  her  beauty 
to  acquire  that  "individual-looking-some- 
thing"  that  the  screen  stars  possess. 


•  "EVERY  type  may  be  fascinating,  in- 
dividual-looking— once  every  girl  knows 
her  type  and  how  to  emphasize  its  beauty 
to  the  best  advantage."  he  answered.  "You 
should  have  your  make-up  charted  so  that 
your  shades  of  powder,  rouge,  lipstick  and 
other  make-tip  essentials  harmonize  per- 
fectly with  your  own  individual  colorings. 
That  is  the  great  essential  in  using  make- 


up to  give  beauty  the  stamp  of  individual- 
ity— or  to  make  a  plain  face  beautiful. 

"One  blonde  should  never  use  make-up 
colors  that  another  blonde  could  use  .  .  . 
unless  she  is  the  exact  color  type  of  the 
other  blonde.  There  are  many  variations 
in  colorings  of  blondes,  brunettes,  redheads, 
and  the  in-between  type,  which  I  call 
'brownette.'  And  each  variation  calls  for 
different  color  harmony  in  make-up  shades. 
There  are  as  many  as  eighteen  variations 
for  some  types. 

"Carole  Lombard  is  an  excellent  exam- 
ple of  the  blonde  type,"  this  expert  pointed 
out.  "With  her  blonde  hair,  creamy  skin 
and  blue  eyes,  the  make-up  I  prescribe  calls 
for  rachelle  powder,  blondeen  rouge  and 
vermilion  lipstick.  Her  eye  make-up  col- 
ors, powder  base  and  make-up  blender 
would  be  in  keeping  with  this  color  har- 
mony in  make-up.  Also,  in  applying  make- 
up, personality  should  be  taken  into  consid- 
eration— and  this  make-up  emphasizes  per- 
fectly the  glamor  and  smartness  associated 
with  the  name  of  Miss  Lombard. 

"Each  type  has  its  own  particular  make- 
up problems.  When  a  girl  sits  down  at 
her  dressing-table,  she  should  think  of  her- 
[Continued  on  page   73] 


Her  Greatest  Role  .  .  as  tender  as  "Little  Women".  .  as 
irrepressibly  gay  as  "Little  Minister". .  as  glamorous  as 
"Morning  Glory". .  as  dramatic  as  "Christopher  Strong" 


with  GARY  GRANT 
BRIAN  AHERNE 
EDMUND  GWENN 

A  Pandro  S.  Berman  Production 


Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


13 


Jveaucea 

m 

J  POUNDS 

with 
J  DILEX-REDUSOLS" 
writes 
Mrs.  H.  H.Langley 


NOTE:  MRS.  LAXGI.EY 
TSED  THE  SAFE  DILEX- 
REDI'SOL  METHOD  OVEIt 
A    PERIOD   OF   10   WEEKS. 

NwYOU,.oo, 

can  take  off  pounds 
of  ugly  fat  this  safe, 
easy,  quick,   way! 


New 


NO  DIETING  ...  NO 

SELF  DENIAL . 
NO         STRENUOUS 
EXERCISES! 

You  May  Eat  What 
You  Wish  and  As 
Much  As  You  Want! 

Sounds  too  good  to  be 
true?  Yet  it  is  true. 
Dilex-Redusols  increase 
your  metabolism;  that  is, 
they  turn  food  into  energy 
instead  of  fat.  You  will 
be  amazed  at  your  in- 
creased vitality! 

REDUCE 
12  Pounds 

. .  in  five  Weeks 
....  or  no  Cost 


We  make  this  guarantee  because  hundreds  of  tests 
have  proven  that  consistent  use  of  Dilex-Redusols 
will  reduce  your  weight  to  what  it  should  be! 
They  will  not  reduce  you  below  normal!  The 
length  of  time  required  depends  upon  the  number 
of  pounds  you  need  to  lose. 

There    Is    No    Need    to    Change  Your 
Present  Mode  of  Living 

At  last  you  can  reduce  safely  and  quickly  without  deny- 
ing yourself  the  Rood  things  of  life.  You  do  not  need  to 
diet  or  go  through  tiresome  exercises — simply  take  these 
carefully  prepared  capsules  and  watch  the  pounds  disappear! 
Dilex-Redusols  are  effective  because  they  remove  the 
cause  of  obesity. 

Both  Men  and  Women  Report 
Amazing  Reductions 


Reduced   50    Pounds 

"I  want  you  to  tell  every 
woman  about  my  reducing  50 
pounds."  Mrs.  E.  D. 

Lost  35  Pounds 

"I    have     changed     my     weight 


Lost  40  Pounds 


Reduced  36   Pounds 


The  DILEX-REDUSOL  Way  Is  the  Safe  Way! 

Do  not  accept  any  substitute  for  safe  Dilex-Redusols  .  .  . 
the  absolutely  harmless  capsules  that  reduce  your  weight 
by  increasing  metabolism.  Dilex-Redusols  contain 
no  thyroid  extract  or  other  harmful  ingredients.  They 
are  absolutely  safe  when  taken  as  directed. 
Beware  of  any  product  that  makes  extravagant  claims  for 
more  rapid  reductions  .  .  .  responsible  physicians  will  tell 
you  that  it  is  harmful  for  anyone  to  reduce  more  than  15 
pounds   a   month. 


DON'T  WAIT... MAIL  COUPON  NOW 


DILEX    INSTITUTE, 

9   East  40th  St.,   Dept.  282-A,      New  York  City 
"I    Enclosed  find   $3.00.   please   forward  postpaid  one   box 

' — '   of  Dilex-Redusol   Capsules. 
~)    Send    Dilex-Redusol    Capsules.    C.O.D.      I    will    pav 

— '  postman  $3.00   (plus  23  cents  postage.) 

If  I    do   not   lose   at   least   12   lbs.    after   taking   the   first 

box  of  Dilex-Redusols  as  directed,  you  will  refund  my  S3. 

Name    

Write  Jlr.,  Mrs.  or  Miss 


City  State 


Height Weight Age 

Orders  from  Foreign  Countries  Cash  in  Advance, 


1.  We  really  aren't  lazy,  but  we  do  like 
housework  helpers  that  can  do  three 
things  at  once — like  a  certain  polish  that 
removes  all  dirt,  polishes  any  wood  finish, 
and  rubs  easily  to  soft  dry  luster,  all  in 
one  action. 

2.  Want  to  do  away  with  belts?  There 
is  a  dainty  new  pantie  that  will  insure 
perfect  comfort  and  peace  of  mind.  It  is 
scientifically  designed  and  smartly  cut.  $1. 

3.  How  to  "dress  up"  salads,  vegetables, 
desserts?  Use  a  clever  gadget  that  elim- 
inates slow,  tiresome  hand-cutting  and  is 
effective  for  grating,  shredding  or  slicing. 
$2.25. 

4.  No  more  stray  hairpins!  There  is  a 
new  and  handy  little  suede  case  contain- 
ing twelve  coiffure  pins  (the  hard-to- 
detect  kind)  that  can  easily  be  tucked  in 
the  corneY  of  the  smallest  purse.  5c. 

5.  Pots  and  pans  burned  black?  Pff  .  .  . 
that's  a  small  matter  with  a  magic  new 
kitchen  aid.  You  dip  it  in  water,  then 
rub  the  pan  with  it,  rinse  away  the  dirt, 
and  have  a   shining  utensil   again !     25c. 

6.  If  you  have  broken  any  dishes  or 
kitchen  utensils,  a  certain  household  ce- 
ment will  mend  it  in  a  minute.  It  is 
waterproof,   permanent,   easy,   to  use.    25c. 

7.  We  have  found  paper  towels  that  are 
less  expensive  than  cloth  dish  towels, 
more  practical  and  much  easier  to  use — 
for  all  the  sticky,  greasy  tasks  of  the 
kitchen.  And  they  eliminate  laundry  ex- 
pense. Two  big  rolls  for  25c  and  150 
towels  in  each  roll. 

8.  Do  away  with  untidy  closets  and 
cluttered  floors — with  an  ingenious  set  of 
closet  gadgets  that  offer  perfect  rests  for 
hats,  handbags,  hosiery  and  shoes.  You 
can  buy  the  items  separately,  or  in  a  box 
containing  two  hat  rests,  three  handbag 
holders,  one  hosiery  holder  and  one  shoe 
rack  section  for  $1.95. 

9.  We  know  of  a  window  shade  that 
won't  crack,  is  washable,  and  costs  only 
45c.  It  looks  like  silk,  yet  you  can  use 
soap  and  water  on  it  as  though  it  were 
glass.     Size  36  x  6,  complete  with  roller. 

10.  Found — one  ink  that  will  leave  no 
spots,  if  spilled  on  anything  washable.  _  It 
dries  faster  than  other  inks,  and  contains 
a  secret  ingredient  that  actually  dissolves 
sediment  left  in  vour  pen  by  other  inks. 
15c. 

11.  So  you  like  caramel  pudding?  And 
hate  to  make  it?  Discover  a  can  that  you 
can  put  in  water,  boil,  chill,  open  and 
have  a  delicious  dessert — for  25c. 

12.  Reduce  quickly  and  comfortably— 
with  a  girdle  that  has  ventilation  to  avoid 
chafing  ...  a  massaging  action  that  takes 


If  you  would  like  the  names  of  any 
this  month's  New  Shopping  Finds, 
just  write  to  the  Shopping  Scouts, 
MOVIE  CLASSIC,  1501  Broadway, 
New  York  City.  Enclose  a  stamped, 
addressed  envelope  for  reply — which 
will  be  free  and  prompt. 


Finds! 


16.  In  Frisco  Waterfront,  Helen 
Twelvetrees  wears  this  chic  en- 
semble, created  by  Lettie  Lee, 
Hollywood  stylist  who  also 
designs     popular-priced     frocks 


the  place  of  exercise  .  .  .  and  a  brassiere 
that  is  figure-flattering.  And  a  money- 
back  guarantee ! 

13.  Stop  that  fingernail  breakage  prob- 
lem !  A  well-known  rejuvenating  oil 
eliminates  the  problem  of  broken,  brittle, 
split,  peeling  nails  or  ragged  cuticles.  75c. 

14.  Lashes  as  long  as  Garbo's !  Hers 
are  naturally  long,  but  you  can  have 
luxurious  lashes — that  look  natural  and 
can  be  put  on  in  a  few  seconds'  time.  35c. 

15.  There  is  a  cleaning  product  that  will 
instantly  remove  heavy  gas  greases,  cook- 
ing grease,  smudge  smoke  and  all  soil 
and  discoloration  from  painted  walls, 
woodwork,  tile,  brick.  No  water,  rinsing 
or  drying.  No  scrubbing  or  scouring. 
Just  wipe  the  surface  as  you  do  in  dust- 
ing.   75c  to  $3.50  a  can. 


14 


Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


YOU'LL     NEVER     BE     THE     SAME     AGAIN! 

'Something"  will  happen  to  you  when  you  see  this  enduring  picture 

—  just  as  it  did  to  the  countless  millions  of  people  who  read 

the  strange  love  story  from  which  it  was  filmed  .  .  .  For 

it  fathoms  that  precious  thing  called  "a  woman's 

soul",  holds  it  up  as  a  blazing  emblem  to  al 

humanity  —  for    the   admiration    of   men, 

for   the    inspiration    of  women! 


IRENEDUNNE-  ROBERTTAYLOR 

y^  M  A  G  N 

OBS  ESSIO 

A     JOHN     M.    STAHL     PRODUCTION 

For    greater   than     his     famous     "Back    Street",     than     his    memorable 
"Only    Yesterday",    or    his    immortal    "Imitation    of    Life  I  "   .   .   .    With 

CHARLES  BUTTERWORTH  -  BETTY  FURNESS 

Arthur  Treacher    '    Ralph   Morgan    '    Henry  Armetta    •    Sara    Haden 
From     the     phenomenal     best -selling     novel     by     Lloyd     C.    Douglas 


Pi  c.tu  re 


SBBEBX 


G.a  r  I      L  a  e  m  m  I  e 


Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


15 


WHAT  HAPPf  ns 

WHEn  FACE  POWDtfl 

fOflms  a 


SH'"v  NOSe 

CLOGGED  PORES 


Combat  all  3 

with  a  moisture-proof  powder! 

BE  sure  your  face  powder  is  rnoisture-proof 
if  you  want  to  make  your  skin  clear,  trans- 
parent, lovely  .  .  .  and  have  it  last  that  way 
for  hours.  Paste  on  skin  is  the  ugly  reason 
for  many  bad  complexions.  The  result  of  face- 
powder  mixing  with  the  natural  moisture  of 
your  skin. 

Luxor  is  the  moisture-proof  face  powder. 
It  won't  form  a  paste  on  your  skin.  Don't 
take  our  word.  Put  a  spoonful  of  Luxor  in  a 
glass  and  pour  water  on  it!  Notice  what  hap- 
pens. It  does  not  mix  with  the  water.  It  rises 
to  the  top  soft,  dry,  smooth  as  velvet. 

There's  similar  moisture  on  even  the  dryest 
skin.  But  Luxor  won't  mix  with  it,  any  more 
than  with  water  in  the  glass. 

More  than  6,000,000  women  use  Luxor  be- 
cause it  is  moisture-proof.  It  comes  in  a  range  of 
smart  new  shades,  scientifically  blended  in  our 
vast  laboratories  to  flatter  brunettes,  blondes, 
and  in-betweens  with  gorgeous  natural  effect. 
Insist  on  Luxor  by  name  at  any  cosmetic  counter,  and  get 

FREE!  2  drams  of 
$3  perfume 

a  sophisticated,  smart  French 
scent,  LaRichesse,  selling  reg- 
ularly at  S3  an  ounce..  An 
enchanring  gift  to  win  new 
friends  for  Luxor.  Powder  and 
perfume  together  for  the 
price  of  Luxor  Powder  alone. 


55c 

moisture-proof 
FACE   POWDER 


Coupon  brings  4-piece  make-up  kit! 


Luxor,  Ltd.,  1335  W.  31st  St.,  Chicago,  111. 
Please  send  me  your  4-piece  make-up  kit  includ- 
ing generous  amount  of  Luxor  Moisture-Proof 
Powder,  Luxor  Rouge,  Luxor  Special  Formula 
Cream  and  Luxor  Hand  Cream.  Here  is  10c  to 
help  cover  mailing.  (Offer  not  good  in  Canada). 
Check,  Powder:  Rose  Rachel  □  Rachel  □  Flesh  □ 
Rouge  :  Radiant  D  Medium  D  Sunglow  □ 
Pastel  D  Vivid  D  Roseblush  □ 

Name 

Address _ _ _ 

H-2 

City 

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Eleanor 
Powell  pats 
on  powder 
with  a  clean 
powder    puff 


This  Way  to  Beauty! 

You  can't  be  lovely  without  a  lovely 
skin  —  and  this    is   how   to   have   it ! 


IF  YOU  want  to  achieve  beauty  as 
the  stars  do,  you  must  first  have 
a  lovely  skin  to  be  the  founda- 
tion of  clever  make-up,  and  to  tell 
the  world  of  health,  youth,  and 
freshness. 

Stop  first  to  realize  that  you,  your- 
self, are  causing  any  skin  troubles 
that  you  may  have,  and  then  remedy 
them.  You  may  cleanse  your  face 
thoroughly  at  night,  but  how  many 
times  a  day  do  you  take  a  powder 
puff  (and  is  it  always  as  clean  as  it 
should  be?)  and  apply  more  powder 
without  first  cleansing  your  face? 
Naturally,  pores  become  clogged,  ulti- 
mately causing  blackheads,  pimples, 
large  pores.  A  star  never  puts  on 
new  make-up  over  the  old.  A  large 
jar  of  cleansing  cream  is  indis- 
pensable to  her — just  as  it  should  be 
to  you.  But  for  a  daily  routine  for 
a  normal  skin : 

1.  At  night  apply  a  cleansing  or 
all-purpose  cream,  covering  the  en- 
tire face  and  neck.  The  main  thing 
is  to  get  your  face  exquisitely  clean, 
free  from  all  dirt,  grime  and  stale 
make-up.  Remove  the  cleansing 
cream  with  a  clean  cloth  or  paper 
tissues. 

2.  Now  wash  the  face  and  neck 
thoroughly  with  a  thick  creamy 
lather  and  lukewarm  water.  Rinse 
with  lukewarm  water,  and  dry  thor- 
oughly. 

3.  Moisten  a  piece  of  cotton  with 
water,  dip  in  your  favorite  skin 
tonic,  and  pat  briskly  on  the  face 
and  neck.  Pat  dry.  This  will  stimu- 

Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


late  the  circulation,  close  the  pores, 
and  refine  the  entire  texture  of 
the  skin. 

4.  Apply  a  tissue  cream  that  will 
keep  your  skin  supple,  and  keep 
away  lines.  Pat  gently  on  the  area 
just  beneath  the  eyes  and  on  the  eye- 
lids and  on  the  neck. 

5.  In  the  morning,  wash  your 
face  and  neck  with  a  good  bland 
soap  (I'll  be  glad  to  give  you  the 
name  of  one)  or  with  a  cleansing  or 
all-purpose  cream.  Dry  carefully. 
Apply  a  little  skin  tonic  or  freshener, 
and  then  your  make-up. 


START  off  with  the  right  powder 
base  or  foundation,  blended  care- 
fully into  the  skin.  Pat  your  powder 
on  gently,  working  down  from  the 
temples,  forehead,  nose,  cheeks,  chin 
and  throat — so  that  if  you  have  even 
a  faint  suggestion  of  down  on  your 
skin,  it  will  become  invisible.  Re- 
member to  use  a  darker  shade  on 
the  bad  features,  a  lighter  one  on 
the  best  ones. 

Apply  your  rouge  with  great  care 
so  that  it  becomes  a  part  of  you  .  .  . 
not  an  extra  color  dab.  Start  at  the 
high  point  of  the  cheek,  following  the 
natural  curve  of  the  cheekbone  toward 
the  nose.  With  the  fingers  blend  the 
rouge  into  the  full  part  of  the  cheek. 
At  the  edges,  soften  the  color  with 
the  fingers,  so  that  it  blends  with  your 
own  complexion  coloring. 

Dry  the  lips  before  applying  lip- 
[Continned  on  page  71] 


QUICKLY  CORRECT  THESE 


FIGURE  FAULTS 


Perfolastic  not  only  CONFINES  .  .  it  REMOVES  ugly  bulges/ 


Reduce  Too  Fleshy 
Hips  and  Thighs 

■  Nothing  ruins  the 
graceful  lines  of  an 
expensive  gown 
more  than  billowing 
hips  .  .  .  they  are 
quickly  brought 
back  to  beauty  with 
the  gentle  massage  - 
like  action  of  the 
Perfolastic  Girdle. 


rt  It  is  so  easy  to 
overcome  the  after 
effects  of  too  healthy 
appetites  .  .  .  simply 
don  a  Perfolastic 
Girdle  and  watch  the 
curves  smooth  out 
at  the  spots  where 
Fashion  says  reduce. 


I  Prominent  "  tum- 
mies"  are  almost 
universally  due  to 
relaxed  muscles  and 
resulting  fat.  Perfo- 
lastic will  correct  the 
appearance  at  once 
and  then  surely  and 
safely  reduce  it,  with- 
out dieting. 


Diaphragm  Rolls 
Quickly  Disappear 

■  Until  the  develop- 
ment  of  the  new 
Perfolastic  Brassiere 
the  woman  whose 
figure  was  marred  by 
unsightly  "rib-rolls" 
had  to  reduce  by 
expensive  massage. 
Now  the  massage- 
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APPEAR  SMALLER  AT  ONCE! 
H  Look  at  yourself  before  you  put  on 
your  Perfolastic  Girdle  and  Brassiere— 
and  afterwards!  The  difference  is  amazing. 
Bulges  are  smoothed  out  and  you  appear 
inches  smaller  at  once.  You  are  so  com- 
fortable you  cannot  realize  that  every 
minute  you  wear  these  Perfolastic  garments 
you  are  actually  reducing . .  and  at  just  the 
spots  where  surplus  fat  has  accumulated— 
nowhere  else! 

NO  DIET. . .  DRUGS  ...  OR  EXERCISES! 
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change  your  comfortable  mode  of  living. 
No  strenuous  exercises  to  wear  you  out 
. .  .  no  dangerous  drugs  to  take  . . .  and  no 


diet  to  reduce  face  and  neck  to  wrinkled 
flabbiness.  You  do  nothing  whatever 
except  watch  the  inches  disappear! 

■  No  longer  will  surplus  fat  sap  your 
energy  and  steal  your  pep  and  ambition! 
You  will  not  only  be  gracefully  slender, 
but  you  will  feel  more  like  doing  things 
and  going  places! 

MASSAGE-LIKE  ACTION   ACTUALLY 

REMOVES  SUPERFLUOUS  FAT ! 
And  how  is  it  done?  Simply  by  the  mas- 
sage-like action  of  this  wonderful  "live" 
material.  Every  move  you  make  puts  your 
Perfolastic  to  work  taking  off  unwanted 
inches.  The  perforations  and  soft,  silky 
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WRITES  MISS  HEALY! 

B  "Massages like  magic",  says  MissCarroll; 
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Ronald  Col- 
man  in  A  Tale 
of  Two  Cities 


Speaking  of  Movies . . 


•  •  •  • 

Captain  Blood  will  be  compared  with 
Mutiny  on  the  Bounty.  While  the  Laugh- 
ton-Gable-Tone  picture  is  based  on  dra- 
matic fact,  and  Captain-  Blood  is  dramatic 
fiction,  the  theme  of  each  is  a  British  re- 
bellion against  man's  inhumanity  to  man, 
with  the  surging  sea  for  a  background. 
Blood  is  a  doctor  imprisoned  in  an  early 
penal  colony,  who  leads  an  escape,  seizes  a 
ship,  turns  pirate  and  becomes  the  terror  of 
the  seas — until  England  needs  his  unasked 
help.  It  has  beauty  and  brutality,  romance 
and  horror,  thrills  and  chills.  And  on  the 
horizon  is  a  new  star — Errol  Flynn,  who 
plays  Captain  Blood.  Little  less  outstanding, 
from  an  emotion-stirring  viewpoint,  is 
Olivia  de  Havilland,  as  the  one  girl  for 
whom  the  terror  of  the  seas  would  risk 
his  much-wanted  head.      (Warners) 

A  Tale  of  Two  Cities  is  more  than  that. 
It  is  a  tale  of  all  humanity.  Yes,  an  epic — 
a  picture  impossible  to  forget.  Powerful 
and  poignant,  it  unmasks  the  human  race, 
and  reveals  mankind  at  its  worst  and  at 
its  best — with  the  terror  of  the  French 
Revolution  as  the  obbligato  of  its  theme. 
Charles  Dickens,  of  David  Copperfield 
fame,  supplied  the  original  story — and  men 
who  had  thrilled  to  that  story  have  filmed 
it  with  every  bit  of  beauty,  terror  and  trag- 
edy intact.  Ronald  Colman,  in  perhaps 
the  greatest  performance  of  his  career,  is 


18 


magnificent  as  Sidney  Carton,  the  wastrel 
and  weakling  who  makes  a  lover's  supreme 
sacrifice.  Superb  in  supporting  roles  are 
Elizabeth  Allan,  who  cannot  return  his 
love ;  Blanche  Yurka  as  Madame  Le  Farge, 
woman  of  a  vast  hate  who  gets  a  vast  re- 
venge ;  Donald  Woods,  as  the  prisoner 
whose  place  Carton  takes — and  others,  lit- 
erally too  numerous  to  mention  (M-G-M) 

The  Littlest  Rebel  is  almost  one  hundred 
per  cent  Shirley  Temple.  And  she  has 
never  been  better  than  she  is  in  this  pic- 
ture of  the  Civil  War  as  a  small  Southern- 
er might  have  seen  it.  Child  of  John 
Boles  and  Karen  Morley,  she  sees  her 
mother  die,  sees  her  father  captured  by  the 
hated  Yankees,  wins  the  heart  of  his  cap- 
tor (Jack  Holt)  to  such  an  extent  that  he 
aids  their  escape,  and,  when  they  are  re- 
captured, prevents  a  double-tragedy.  De- 
spite the  emotions  she  is  called  upon  to 
register,  she  is,  every  moment,  a  child — a 
very  talented  child,  judged  by  her  dancing 
with  Bill  Robinson,  a  slave  on  the  old 
plantation,  suh.    (Twentieth  Century-Fox) 

So  Red  the  Rose  will  be  a  surprise  for 
those  who  have  read  Stark  Young's  beau- 
tiful story  of  the  Old  South.  The  movies 
have  taken  his  title,  his  characters,  and 
liberties  with  his  story.  They  have  added 
more  plot — and  the  result  is.  constantly  ab- 
sorbing, even  if  it  may  be  a  bit  theatrical 


MOVIE 

CLASSIC'S     reviewers, 

for  your 

guidance,  rate  the 

new 

pictures  as  follows: 

•    •    • 

*  Exceptional 

•    • 

*  Excellent 

• 

*  Passing  fair 

•  Why  bother? 

for  the  realists'  tastes  in  tracing  what  hap- 
pens to  every  one  of  a  large  family  of 
"conscientious  objectors"  during  the  Civil 
War.  Completely  convincing  are  Margaret 
Sullavan,  as  hot-tempered  Valctte  Bedford, 
Walter  Connolly  as  her  philosophical  fath- 
er, and  Randolph  Scott  as  her  cousin,  the 
most  determined  objector  ot  tnem  all.  They 
make  it  what  it  is — something  new,  roman- 
tic and  affecting  in  Civil  War  stories. 
(Paramount.) 

I  Dream  Too  Much  suffers  from  the  same 
complaint  that  every  other  opera-star  pic- 
ture, except  One  Night  of  Love,  has  suf- 
fered— a  weak  story.  But  the  singing,  the 
gamin  personality  and  the  acting  of  Lily 
Pons  outweigh  that  trite  weakness.  The 
little  French  girl  from  the  Metropolitan 
[Continued  on  page  20] 


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Speaking  of  Movies 

[Continued  from  page  18] 


20 


Opera  scores  a  very  decided  personal  tri- 
umph in  her  first  picture  ...  in  which  she 
runs  away  from  a  stuffy  uncle,  meets  com- 
poser Henry  Fonda,  marries  him  at  the 
height  of  their  hilarity,  and  then  becomes 
more  famous  than  he  is,  after  Osgood 
Perkins  discovers  that  she  has  a  voice — 
which  almost  wrecks  her  little  love  idyll. 
Though  the  songs  are  misarranged,  with 
the  operatic  numbers  preceding  the  lighter 
ones  and  thus  leaving  no  vocal  fireworks 
for  the  finish,  her  singing  is  something^  to 
hear  twice.  Fonda,  likable  in  a  weak  role, 
has  the  most  amusing  scene  in  the  amusing 
picture — when  he  packs  his  bag  to  leave. 
(RKO-Radio) 

Crime  and  Punishment  spares  no  on- 
looker's emotions.  It  traces  what  goes  on 
in  a  murderer's  mind  before,  during  and 
after  his  crime — and  it  is  a  masterpiece  of 
suspense,  thanks  to  Dostoievsky's  original 
story,  Director  Josef  von  Sternberg's  treat- 
ment of  it,  and  the  acting  of  Peter  Lorre, 
Edward  Arnold  and  Marian  Marsh.  Lorre, 
with  the  flicker  of  an  eyelid  and  the  droop- 
ping  of  a  lip,  strips  bare  a  soul  in  torment 
and  exaltation.  Arnold,. as  the  crafty  police 
inspector  who  plays  a  cat-and-mouse  game 
with  the  self-control  of  the  killer,  is  no 
less  real.  And  Marian  Marsh,  as  the  one 
person  who  shares  Lorre's  secret,  gives  a 
heart-wrenching  performance.    (Columbia) 

Ah,  Wilderness  is  a  flawless  re-creation 
of  family  life  in  the  early  1900's — a  comedy 
of  reminiscence  that  implies  that  human 
nature  is  not  so  different  _  today.  Eric 
Linden,  valedictorian  of  his  high-school 
class,  is  violently  intellectual,  and  intends 
to  remake  the  world  more  to  his  liking  and 
to  live  life  to  the  fullest — preferably  with 
Cecilia  Parker.  When  young  love  strikes 
a  snag,  he  temporarily  goes  berserk,  and 
his  understanding,  amused  father  (Lionel 
Barrymore)  has  to  take  a  hand.  Not  much 
of  a  plot?  The  dialogue,  the  incidental 
happenings  and  the  character  portrayals 
make  the  picture  the  delight  that_  it  is. 
Linden's  performance  takes  rank  with  the 
year's  best.  And  Barrymore,  Wallace 
Beerv,  Aline  MacMahon,  Mickey  Rooney, 
Spring  Byington,  Cecilia  Parker,  Frank 
Albertson  and  Helen  Flint  leave  nothing  to 
be  desired  in  support.    (M-G-M) 

The  Story  of  Louis  Pasteur  is  an  excuse 
for  drum-beating  in  the  streets.  Warner 
Brother  and  Paul  Muni  have,  for  the  first 
time  on  any  screen,  made  the  life  of  a 
scientist  exciting,  dramatic,  poignant, 
heart-warming.  And.  moreover,  they  have 
stayed  close  to  the  facts  in  the  life  of  the 
man  who  discovered  the  cures  for  child- 
birth infections,  rabies  and  other  once- 
dread  enemies  of  mankind  and  whose  life 
was  one  long  struggle  against  great  odds. 
If  vou  ever  doubted  the  genius  of  Paul 
Muni,  see  him  as  Pasteur  and  be  converted 
forever.    (Warners) 

The  Bride  Comes  Home  is  the  sort  of 
thing  that  no  one  can  do  so  well  as  Claud- 
ette  Colbert— light  comedy,  completely 
true  to  life,  about  a  girl  determined  to  be 
on  her  own  and  not  fall  in  love  with  the 
man  who  is  a  real  match  for  her.  This 
time,  she  is  battling  the  depression  with 
Fred  MacMurray  for  a  hard-crusted  boss 
and  Robert  Young  for  a  wealthy  suitor 
.  .  and  the  plot,  moving  fast,  works  up 
to  a  hilarious  finish.     (Paramount) 

Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


Dangerous  might  be  just  that  for  the 
career  of  any  star  except  Bette  Davis. 
Few  stars  have  Bette's  courage — not  to 
mention  ability.  For  here  she  gives  a  per- 
formance reminiscent  of  her  memorable 
Mildred  in  Of  Human  Bondage.  An  ex- 
actress  lifted  out  of  the  depths  by  idealistic 
Franchot  Tone,  she  uses  sensuousness  as 
a  leash  to  hold  him,  tortures  him,  changes 
him  and  his  life.  It  is  for  realists  and 
lovers  of  fine  acting — not  for  those  with 
sentimental,    squeamish   tastes.    (Warners) 

•     •     • 

Mister  Hobo — An  entertaining  character 
sketch  by  George  Arliss  of  a  lovable  old 
vagabond  who  finds  himself  becoming  a 
bank  president  and  out-tricking  some 
tricksters.     (G-B) 

Mary  Burns,  Fugitive— One  of  the  most 

exciting  and  absorbing  of  recent  gangster 
pictures,  with  Sylvia  Sidney  as  an  innocent 
bystander  at  a  murder  who  is  fleeing  from 
both  gangland  and  the  police.  Melvyn 
Douglas  is  an  able  support    (Paramount) 

Splendor — Excellent  acting  in  a  slight, 
complicated  story  of  a  middle-class  girl 
who  marries  into  the  Park  Avenue  set  and 
acquires  mother-in-law  trouble.  Miriam 
Hopkins  is  starred ;  Joel  McCrea,  Paul 
Cavanagh,  Helen  Westley  and  Ruth  West- 
on are  featured.   (U.  A.) 

Seven  Keys  to  Baldpate — Gene  Raymond 
has  an  amusing,  suspenseful  night,  trying  to 
win  a  bet  that  he  can  write  a  novel  in  twen- 
ty-four hours  and  finding  himself  involved 
in  a  succession  of  baffling  mvsteries. 
(RKO-Radio) 

The  Perfect  Gentleman — Whimsical  and 
veddy,  veddy  English  comedy  about  a 
down-at-heels  major  who  falls  in  love 
with  a  would-be  vaudeville  actress  and 
makes  good  as  an  actor.  Frank  Morgan, 
Cicely  Courtneidge  amuse.    (M-G-M) 

The  Great  Impersonation — If  you  like 
your  melodrama  straight,  Edmund  Lowe 
&  Co.  give  you  a  generous  sample,  featur- 
ing spies  and  haunted  houses — with  Ed- 
mund in  a  dual  role.    (Universal) 

Miss  Pacific  Fleet — The  familiar  laugh- 
getting  team  of  Joan  Blondell  and  Glenda 
Farrell,  as  two  ex-chorus  girls  who  oper- 
ate a  concession  on  an  amusement  pier, 
have  Allen  Jenkins  and  finally  the  whole 
Navy  on  their  side  in  a  slapstick  comedy 
about  a  popularity  contest.    (Warners) 

Remember  Last  Night? — A  fast-moving 
murder  mystery,  with  unexpected,  amusing, 
suspense-making  twists,  with  the  setting 
a  Long  Island  house  party  on  "the  morning- 
after. "  Edward  Arnold  is  the  detective. 
Robert  Young  and  Constance  Cummings 
(welcome  back  to  the  screen,  Connie!) 
carry  the  romance.    (Universal) 

The  Case  of  the  Missing  Man — An  ingen- 
ious thriller  about  a  candid-cameraman 
(Roger  Pryor)  who  accidentally  snaps  an 
unsuspected  robber  leaving  a  jewelry  store 
and  joins  the  hunt  for  the  man,  while  being 
hunted  by  gangland  himself.  (Columbia) 
[Continued  on  page  79] 


December 

CONTEST 

Winners 


MOVIE  CLASSICS  second  Question- 
naire Contest — something  new  in  the 
magazine  world — went  over  with  a  bang,  as 
did  the  first.  All  of  which  augurs  well  for 
the  third  Questionnaire  Contest — the  most 
interesting  of  them  all.    Coming  soon ! 

As  in  the  first  contest',  we  were  snowed 
under  with  answers.  And  the  more  we  saw, 
the  happier  we  became.  For  when  tabula- 
tions of  those  answers  show  agreement 
among  readers  about  their  likes  and  dislikes, 
we  have  a  pretty  good  idea  of  what  per- 
sonalities you  want  to  read  about,  what  kind 
of  stories  you  want,  and  what  kind  of  pho- 
tographs you  like.  .  .  .  We  want  to  thank 
each  and  every  reader  who  answered — and 
hope  you  are  among  the  winners.  If  you 
aren't  this  time,  you  may  be  next  time ! 

These  are  the  December  Questionnaire 
winners : 

First  Prize  ($25)— Geneva  Davis,  P.O. 
Box  911,  Springfield,  Ohio,  for  What  I 
Think  of  Marriage  Nozv — Clark  Gable 

Second  Prize  ($10)— Edith  Gablik,  222 
West  77th  St.,  New  York  City,  for  //  / 
Had  My  Life  to  Live  Over  .  .  .  by  Joan 
Crawford 

Third  Prize  ($5)— Ruth  Sipek,  17806 
Henry  Ave.,  Springfield  Gardens,  Long  Is- 
land, N.Y.,  for  My  Ideal  Girl— and  Why  I 
Never  Married  .  .  .  by  Nelson  Eddy 

Next  ten  prizes  ($1  each)  : 

Betty  Ann  Wilcox,  23  Johnston  Ave., 
Cohoes,  N.Y.,  for  It's  the  Rat  in  Me  .  .  . 
by  Mickey  Mouse 

Dolores"  Bart,  13526  Buffalo  Ave.,  Chi- 
cago^ 111.,  for  Why  I  Refuse  to  Make  a 
Talking  Picture — Charlie   Chaplin 

Madeleine  Bransford,  41  Lincoln  Ave., 
Newark,  N.J.,  for  Portrait  of  a  Lady — 
Norma  Shearer 

Dorothea  M.  Gilfillan,  Galena,  Mary- 
land, for  My  Life,  from  My  First  "Tap" — 
Eleanor  Poivell 

Carolyn  Wells,  Del  Rio,  Texas,  for  Will 
I  Ever  Marry? — Myrna  Loy 

Grace  Raguse,  41-25  63rd  St.,  Woodside. 
L.I.,  for  Why  I  Am  a  Bachelor— Gene  Ray- 
mond 

Joseph  Kot,  Jr.,  3434  Highland  Ave.,  Ni- 
agara Falls,  N.Y.,  for  Why  I  Married  My 
Reel  Leading  Man — Franchot  Tone  .  .  .  by 
Joan  Crawford 

Frances  Martin,  1930  Curtis  St.,  Berke- 
ley, Calif.,_  for  From  Silents  to  Television 
— Mary  Pickford 

Lillie  Belle  Baker,  Hemphill,  Texas,  for 
Sing  and  Stay  Slim — Gladys  Swarthout 

Daisy  D.  Ryan,  115  Grant  Ave.,  San  An- 
tonio, Texas,  for  Why  I  Prefer  Seclusion 
to  Societv — Greta  Garbo 


WATCH 

for  the 

Unusual 

New  Contests 

(yes,  there   will    be   more  than    one) 

in  March 

MOVIE  CLASSIC! 


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. . .  after  your  luxurious  bath  with  this  lovely  scented  soap! 


YOU  are  more  than  just  safe  from  fear 
of  offending,  when  you  bathe  with 
this  lovely  scented  soap  .  .  .  You  are  al- 
ways alluringly,  fragrantly  dainty! 

For  Cashmere  Bouquet's  rich,  luxurious 
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free  from  any  danger  of  unpleasant  body  odor. 

And  its  delicate,  flower-like  perfume 
lingers  about  you  long  after  your  bath — 
guards  your  daintiness  in  such  a  lovely  way! 

You  will  want  to  use  this  pure  creamy- 
white  soap  for  your  complexion,  too.  Its 
generous  lather  is  so  gentle  and  caressing. 
Yet  it  gets  right  down  into  pores  and  re- 
moves every  bit  of  dirt  and  cosmetics  .  .  . 
Keeps  your  skin  so  fine-textured,  smooth! 

Cashmere  Bouquet  now  costs  only  10e\ 
The  same  superb  soap  for  which  genera- 
tions of  women  have  gladly  paid  25^.  The 
same  size  cake,  hard-milled  and  long-last- 
ing .  .  .  Scented  with  the  same  delicate 
blend  of  17  rare  and  costly  perfumes. 

Surely  you  will  want  to  order  at  least 
three  cakes  of  Cashmere  Bouquet  Soap 
today.  At  the  beauty  counters  of  all  drug 
and  department  stores;  also  at  10^  stores. 


BATHE    WITH 


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Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


21 


Stop  that 

COLD 

in  Its  Tracks! 


A  cold  is  nothing  to  "monkey  with."  It  can  take 
hold  quickly  and  develop  seriously.  Take  no 
chances  inviting  serious  complications. 

Treat  a  cold  for  what  it  is — an  internal  infec- 
tion! Take  an  internal  treatment  and  one  that 
is  expressly  for  colds  and  nothing  else! 

Grove's  Laxative  Bromo  Quinine  is  what 
you  want  for  a  cold!  It  is  expressly  a  cold  tablet. 
It  is  internal  in  effect.  It  does  four  important 
things. 

Four  Important  Things 

First  of  all,  it  opens  the  bowels.  Second,  it 
checks  the  infection  in  the  system.  Third,  it  re- 
lieves the  headache  and  fever.  Fourth,  it  tones  the 
system  and  helps  fortify  against  further  attack. 
All  drug  stores  sell  Grove's  Laxative  Bromo 
Quinine.  Let  it  be  your  first  thought  in  case  of 
a  cold.  Ask  for  it  firmly  and  accept  no  substi- 
tute. The  few  pennies'  investment  may  save 
you  a  lot  of  grief. 


"A  Cold  is 

an  Internal 

Infection 

and  Requires 

Internal 
Treatment" 


GROVE'S  LAXATIVE 

BROMO 
QUININE 


Above,  a  behind-the-camera  view  of  Mae  West  at  work  on  Klondike  Lou 


Looking  in  on 
Films  to  Come! 

By  Eric  L.  Ergenbright 

Hollyzvood  Editor  of  MOVIE  CLASSIC 


22 


Do  you  want  to  know  what's  doing  in 
the  studios — what  pictures  and  what  stars 
you  will  be  seeing  on  the  screens  of  your 
local  theatres  in  the  near  future?  If  so, 
then  come  with  us — each  month — "behind 
scenes"  of  Hollywood! — Editor. 

LET'S  start  this  month's  studio  tour 
.  from  the  western  editorial  offices  of 
Movie  Classic,  at  7046  Hollywood 
Boulevard,  and  make  the  vast  plant  of 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,  in  nearby  Culver 
City,  our  first  port  of  call.  A  number  of 
big  pictures  are  in  production  there — as 
usual.  Others,  intended  for  release  within 
a   few   weeks,   are   in   the    "cutting   room." 

Rose  Marie,  co-starring  Jeanette  Mac- 
Donald  and  Nelson  Eddy,  is  nearing  com- 
pletion, with  musical  recordings  being 
made.  Listen  as  we  pass  the  big  sound 
stage  and  you  can  hear  the  voices  of  the 
two  stars  singing  the  Rudolph  Friml  songs 
that  highlight  the  picture.  Since  we  print- 
ed a  full-length  story  about  the  picture  last 
month,  we  will  pass  it  up  now  with  little 
mention.  However,  you  will  be  interested 
to  know  that  both  Jeanette  and  Nelson 
are  probably  going  to  appear  in  opera 
this  winter,  and  that  W.  S.  Van  Dyke,  the 
director,  is  already  hailing  James  Stewart, 
a  young  newcomer  who  plays  Jeanette's 
brother  in  the  picture,  as  a  sensation. 

On  a  nearby  stage,  scenes  are  being- 
filmed  for  The  Great  Ziegfeld,  which 
promises  to  be  one  of  the  smash  hits  of 
1936.  The  story  is  factual,  based  on  the 
authentic  life-story  of  the  great  showman. 

The  chap  with  the  gardenia  in  his  button- 
hole and  the  bag  of  chocolates  in  his  hand 
is  William  Powell.  He's  playing  "Zieg- 
gie,"  and  doing  such  a  swell  job  that  every- 
one on  the  lot  has  started  calling  him  "Mr. 
Ziegfeld."  And  how  he  has  come  to  hate 
chocolate    candy!      As    Ziegfeld,    one    of 

Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


whose  idiosyncraisies  was  his  fondness  for 
chocolates,  Bill  has  had  to  eat  candy  in 
nearly   every   scene. 

The  other  principals  in  the  cast  are 
Luise  Rainer,  Myrna  Loy,  Frank  Morgan, 
Reginald  Owen,  Ann  Pennington,  Fannie 
Brice  and  Harriet  Hoctor.  Luise  plays 
Anna  Held,  the  first  Mrs.  Ziegfeld ;  Myrna 
has  the  even  more  difficult  assignment  of 
playing  Billie  Burke,  the  second  Mrs. 
Ziegfeld — her  task  being  complicated  by  the 
fact  that,  simultaneously,  she  has  been 
playing  a   co-starring  role  in   Whip   Saw. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  features  of 
this  picture  is  the  fact  that  it  will  concern 
so  many  world-famous  people  who  are 
still  living,  or  still  remembered.  A  few, 
Fannie  Brice,  Ann  Pennington  and  Harriet 
Hoctor,  all  Ziegfeld  stars,  are  playing 
"themselves."  Too,  many  of  the  chorus 
girls    are    actually    former    Ziegfeld    girls. 

Among  the  other  pictures  shooting  on 
the  lot  are  The  Tough  Guy,  starring  Jackie 
Cooper,  and  Three  Live  Ghosts,  with 
Richard  Arlen,  a  re-make  of  the  hilarious 
war-time  comedy.  More  about  them  next 
month,  for  they  are  just  starting — as  is 
Wife  vs.  Secretary,  co-starring  Clark  Gable, 
Jean  Harlow  and  Myrna  Loy. 


$  AND  now,  on  to  Westwood  Hills  and 
the  giant  studios  of  Twentieth  Century- 
Fox,  where  King  of  Burlesque,  starring 
Warner  Baxter  and  featuring  Jack  Oakie, 
Alice  Faye,  Arline  Judge  and  Mona  Barrie, 
is    nearing    completion. 

The  cast  of  this  picture  includes  among 
its  "bit"  players  many  old-time  burlesque 
stars.  For  instance,  there  are  Agnes  and 
Minnie,  who,  more  than  thirty  years  ago, 
were  the  first  "sister  act."  They  contend 
that  the  song  routines  and  the  dances  have 
changed  in  few  essentials  in  that  time — 
and  that  the  one  striking  change  in   style 


is  in  the  weight  of  the  girls.     Note  them. 

King  of  Burlesque  presents  a  new  child 
star,  a  twelve-year  old  named  Gareth  Jop- 
lin.  Watch  for  him.  He  is  a  protege  of 
Frank  Fay,  who  introduced  him  at  the 
Trocadero  Cafe  one  night  and  persuaded 
him  to  do  a  dance.  The  next  day,  every 
studio  talent  .scout  was  after  him. 

Another  big  Twentieth  Century-Fox  pic- 
ture with  a  theatrical  background  is  Song 
and  Dance  Man,  the  talkie  version  of 
George  M.  Cohan's  famous  stage  hit — with 
Paul  Kelly  getting  his  biggest  break  in 
the  title  role,  with  Claire  Trevor  playing 
opposite.  Shirley  Temple  is  just  starting  a 
new  picture — Captain-  January — in  the  big 
new  sound  stage  that  is  dedicated  to  the 
memory  of  Will  Rogers.  Jane  Withers  is 
re-creating  Booth  Tarkington's  beloved 
heroine,  Gentle  Julia.  Freddie  Bartholo- 
mew and  Victor  McLaglen  have  just  com- 
pleted Professional  Soldier,  in  which 
Freddie  plays  the  boy-king  of  a  mythical 
kingdom.  Just  starting  is  A  Message  to 
Garcia,  inspired  by  Elbert  Hubbard's  fa- 
mous brochure  and  co-starring  Wallace 
Beery,  John  Boles  and  Barbara  Stanwyck. 


©  AT  small,  but  mighty  Columbia,  our 
next  stop,  the  most  interesting  "super"  pro- 
duction is  No  More  Yesterdays,  Ruth 
Chatterton's  comeback  picture. 

Chatterton  is  amazing.  In  the  earlier 
sequences  of  this  picture,  she  plays  an 
eighteen-year-old  girl — and  looks  the  part. 
By  what  magic,  only  she  and  her  make-up 
man  know,  and  they  won't  tell  us  anything 
beyond  the  single  fact  that  she  wears  a 
blonde  wig.  As  the  eighteen-year-old,  her 
resemblance  to  Marian  Marsh,  who  later 
plays  her  daughter,  is  astonishing. 

Two  other  Columbia  pictures  now  in 
production  are  Rolling  Along,  a  musical 
featuring  Harry  Richman,  Walter  Con- 
nolly and  Rochelle  Hudson,  and  Hell-Ship 
Morgan,  a  roaring  melodrama  of  the  sea, 
with  Ann  Sothern,  Victor  Jory  and  George 
Bancroft.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that 
Rolling  Along  is  laid  on  a  Mississippi 
show  boat,  and  that  the  river  scenes  are  all 
the  result  of  "process  photography."  A 
camera  crew  photographed  the  river,  and 
then  pictures  of  the  boat,  constructed  on 
the  Columbia  lot,  were  tricked  into  the 
river  shots.  Process  photography,  now 
highly  perfected,  saves  the  expense  of  long- 
distance location  trips. 


®  AT  nearby  Paramount,  the  ace  pro- 
ductions in  the  making  are  Give  Us  This 
Night,  co-starring  Gladys  Swarthout  and 
Jan  Kiepura  ;  Trail  of  the  Lonesome  Pine, 
being  filmed  in  color  with  Sylvia  Sidney, 
Henry  Fonda  and  Fred  MacMurray ; 
Klondike  Lou,  in  which  the  one  and  only 
Mae  West  has  Victor  McLaglen  for  a 
leading  man  ;  and  Desire,  co-starring  Mar- 
lene  Dietrich  and  Gary  Cooper. 

Jan  Kiepura,  already  established  as  a 
European  star,  is  making  his  American 
debut  in  the  first.  He  is  Polish,  short,  very 
handsome,  very  much  in  love  with  Marta 
Eggerth. 

Most  of  the  action  is  laid  in  a  little 
Italian  fishing  village  (the  exterior  scenes 
were  filmed  at  beautiful  Laguna  Beach). 
Kiepura  plays  a  young  fisherman  who  is 
accused  of  petty  theft  and  takes  refuge  in 
a  church,  only  to  be  discovered  there  by  a 
great  concert  singer — that's  right,  Gladys 
Swarthout — who  hears  him  sing  and  per- 
suades her- manager  to  take  him  as  her 
partner.  The  song  numbers  include  "The 
Fisherman's  Song,"  "Sweet  Melody  of 
Night,"  "I  Want  to  Say  I  Love  You,"  and 
a  musical  version  of  Romeo  and  Juliet. 

The   Trail  of  the  Lonesome  Pine  com- 


pany is  on  location  in  the  mountains  and 
will  be  there  for  weeks,  since  color  pho- 
tography takes  much  more  care  and  time 
than  the  black-and-white  variety.  How- 
ever, tales  come  back  that  Fonda  and  Mac- 
Murray,  both  from  Nebraska,  have  teamed 
up  as  pals  off  the  sceen — that  Sylvia  is 
lonesomely  pining  for  Bennett  Cerf,  her 
publisher-husband — and  that  Fred  Stone,  a 
rancher  at  heart,  is  having  the  time  of 
his  life  in  his   hill-billy  role. 

Mae  West's  picture,  Ivlondike  Lou,  has 
a  San  Francisco  setting  and  gives  Mae  new 
opportunities  to  wear  the  fulsome  fashions 
of  bygone  days.  Like  all  her  previous  pic- 
tures, it  has  been  written  by  herself.  Ac- 
cording to  studio  insiders,  McLaglen  first 
complained  that  his  role  was  Shirley  Tem- 
ple size,  but,  if  so,  the  complaint  must  have 
been  adjusted  for  he  went  through  with 
it — and,  from  all  reports,  he  and  Mae  are 
a  hilarious  team. 

Desire  is,  perhaps,  the  most  important 
picture  in  the  career  of  Marlene  Dietrich. 
After  three  half-way  successes  in  a  row,  no 
expense  is  being  spared  to  make  this  picture 
an  outstanding  hit.  It  is  being  directed  by 
Frank  Borzage,  who  was  responsible  for 
Seventh  Heaven — and  Gary  Cooper's 
handsome  presence  is  another  asset. 


©  JUST  across  the  fence,  in  the  Radio 
Pictures  Studios,  Fred  Astaire  and  Ginger 
Rogers  are  tapping  out  new  rhythms  in 
Follozv  the  Fleet.  Like  Roberta,  it  will 
carry  a  secondary  love  theme,  this  time 
with  Randolph  Scott  and  Harriet  Hilliard 
(the  radio  songstress)  carrying  the  torches. 

Harriet  Hilliard  is  Mrs.  Ozzie  Nelson 
in  private  life  and  has  been  the  soloist  with 
the  Nelson  orchestra  for  two  years.  This 
is  her  first  picture,  and  the  plot  has  her 
changing  from  a  comical  prim  type  into  a 
glamor  queen,  which  she  actually  is.  She 
sings  two  numbers,  "Get  Thee  Behind  Me, 
Satan"  and  "Here  Am  I,  But  Where  are 
You?" — both    by    Irving    Berlin. 

Ginger  and  Fred  do  three  dances  to- 
gether and  each  also  has  a  solo  number. 
One  of  their  numbers,  in  particular,  has 
created  a  sensation  in  the  studio.  It  is  a 
comedy  pantomime  dance,  done  to  the  tune 
of  an  hilarious  ditty  entitled  "All  My  Eggs 
in  One  Basket."  They  spent  nearly  one 
hundred  hours  practicing  that  dance. 

Three  other  pictures  "in  work"  at  RKO- 
Radio  are  The  Indestructible  Mrs.  Talbot, 
starring  Ann  Harding,  who  is  radiantly 
happy  since  winning  sole  custody  of  her 
young  daughter,  Jane  Bannister ;  Tzvo 
O'Clork  Courage,  co-featuring  Walter 
Abel  and  Margot  Grahame  of  The  Three 
Musketeers  fame ;  and  Chatterbox,  starring 
young  and  talented  Anne  Shirley  as  an 
old-fashioned  girl.  And  coming  up  is 
Alary  of  Scotland — Katharine  Hepburn's 
first  historical  picture. 


®  BEHIND  guarded  gates  and  barred 
doors  at  United  Artists,  Charlie  Chaplin 
is  putting  the  finishing  touches  on  his  new, 
non-talking  picture,  Modern  Times — which 
he  wrote  and  directed,  in  which  he  plays 
the  principal  role  (with  Paulette  Goddard 
as  his  leading  lady),  and  tor  which  he 
composed  the  incidental  music.  No  other 
star  in  Hollywood  could  do  what  he  ha? 
done  on  this  picture.  .  .  .  Eddie  Cantor. 
Ethel  Merman,  Sally  Eilers  and  Parky- 
karkas,  Eddie's  "stooge,"  have  just  com- 
pleted Strike  Me  Pink  with  the  Gorgeous 
Goldwyn  Girls  much  in  evidence.  Watcr 
for  the  amusement  park  sequence,  which 
was  a  scream  in  the  making.  .  .  .  Jusl 
starting  is  Little  Lord  Fanntleroy,  starring 
Freddie  Bartholomew,  who  will,  by  decree 
[Continued  on  page  83] 


Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


THE  KING  OF  CASTS  in  the  pictuipfs 
THE  KING  OF  LAUGHTER... DRAMA.  JoNG! 

THE  FIRST  GREAT  MUSICAL  ROMANCE  OF  1936  . .  ablaze  with  color . . 
crowded  with  the  drama  •  .  of  a  wonder-world  you've  never  seen  before ! 


i.  WARNER  BAXTER 

plays  the  colorful  King  of  Burlesque,  a  true-to-life  role 
surpassing  even  his  "42nd  STREET"  success!  From 
cheap  side-streets,  he  skyrockets  to  dazzle  Broadway  with 
his  happy  hoofers  and  his  singing  sweeties  in  a  show 
of  spectacular  novelties! 

2.  ALICE  FAYE 

knocks  Park  Avenue  playboys  and  London  lords  for 
a  row  of  top  hats — but  almost  loses  the  man  she  loves ! 

3.  JACK  OAKIE 

is  the  Burlesque  King's  best  pal,  who  helps  to  put  the 
ha-ha-ha  and  heh-heh-heh  into  the  Great  White  Way ! 

4.  DIXIE  DUNBAR 

is  the  switchboard  operator,  who  can  do  more  with 
a  dance  number  than  a  telephone  number! 


s.  MONA  BARRIE 

stands  high  in  the  social  register  but  low  in  the  cash 
register.  She  takes  the  King  of  Burlesque  for  a  matri- 
monial sleigh  ride. 

6.  GREGORY  RATOFF 

pretends  he's  the  "angel"  who  will  back  the  comeback 
of  New  York's  great  showman! 

7.  ARLINE  JUDGE 

is  the  burleycue  gazelle  who  leaps  at  the  idea  of  be- 
^-■/ry  coming  Oakie's  wife!  (Can  you  imagine!) 

fe8.  FATS  WALLER 

makes  a  "hot  piano"  sit  up  and  cry  for  mercy ! 

9.  NICK  LONG,  JR. 

hoofs  and  he  hoofs  'till  he  brings  the  house  down! 


A  Fox  Picture    *   Associate  Producer  Kenneth  Macgowan    '\$>irected  by  Sidney  Lanfield    •    From  a  story  by  Vina  Delmar 

Movie  Classic  for  February,   1936  25 


And  Your  "Ten  Best"—? 


NOW  is  the  time  of  year  when  All  good  moviegoers 
come  to  the  defense  of  their  preferences.  If 
they  have  memories  (and  all  good  moviegoers 
dq),  they  look  hack  over  the  year  just  past  and  ask  them- 
selves which  pictures  and  which  performances  they  re- 
member most  vividly.  And  then,  if  they  have  inquiring 
minds,  they  ask  themselves  why. 

They  are  the  smart  screen  shoppers.  They  know 
what  they  want,  why  they  want  it,  and  where  they  can 
find  it. 

Let's  take  out  pencils  and  paper  .  .  .  give  ourselves  ten 
minutes  to  list  the  pictures  that  we  are  likely  to  remember 
beyond  next  Michaelmas  .  .  .  and  then  compare  notes. 
And  afterward  repeat  our  little  game i  with  performances 
we  have  seen. 

You  and  I  don't  try  to  be  technically  critical  when  we 
see  a  movie.  We  don't  condemn  a  picture  because  we 
suspect  that  the  director  didn't  know  what  he  was  doing 
or  because  we  didn't  like  the  soundj  effects — or  praise 
a  picture  solely  because  it  has  beautiful  photography  or 
because  the  incidental  music  is  appropriate  to  the  dialogue. 
You  and  I  aren't  concerned  with  the  technical  problems 
of  making  a  picture.  What  concerns  us  is  our  ability  to 
enjoy  ourselves  wholeheartedly  when  we  see  it,  to  react 
to  it  emotionally,  to  lose  ourselves  ijn  its  scenes  and  its 
characters.  To  us,  the  "best"  pictures  and  performances 
are  those  that  we  like  best  .  .  .  thosip  that  we  remember 
for  their  emotional  effect  upon  us. 


•  ON  my  own  personal  ten-minuta|  list,  I  find  twenty- 
six  pictures.  On  the  average  of  every  other  week,  during 
1935,  I  apparently  saw  a  picture  worth  remembering 
Maybe  I'm  wrong,  but  that  seems  li 
than  in  previous  years 

After  cutting  off  this  one  and  slicing  away  that  one 
(no  easy  task!),  I  have  whittled  down  the  twenty-six  to 
the  ten  I  would  be  most  willing  to  see  again — the  ten 
top  personal  favorites,  in  other  words : 

Mutiny  on  the  Bounty,  an  epic  of  man's  struggle  for 
justice  and  peace,  embracing  every  emotion  of  mankind, 
with  the  restless,  tireless,  ageless  sea  for  its  setting ;  A 
Midsummer  Night's  Dream — Hollywood's  first  success- 
ful rendering  of  Shakespeare  and  first  magnificent  film 
fantasy ;  Les  Miserables,  the  screen  transcription  of  Vic- 
tor Hugo's  powerful  indictment  of  the  stupidity  of  man- 
made  laws ;  Becky  Sharp,  first  full-length  feature  pic- 
ture in  perfected  color — visually  beautiful,  even  if  its 
ironic  portrait  of  a  designing  woman  left  the  emotions 
cold ;  Lives  of  a  Bengal  Lancer,  such  well-knit  and  skil- 
ful melodrama  that  the  absence  of  a  love-story  was  never 
felt ;  The  Informer — which,  though  modern  in  setting, 
gave  us  an  inkling  of  Judas  Iscariot's  emotions  after  he 
received  the  thirty  pieces  of  silver ;  David  Copperfield — 
a  wistful  saga  of  life  and  love  in  the  England  of  a  cen- 
tury ago ;  Naughty  Marietta — one  musical  comedy  with 
a  colorful,  romantic,  virile  story  and  music  and  singing 


ke  a  higher  average 


that  were  haunting;  Crime  and  Punishment — an  unfor- 
getable  glimpse  of  the  mind  of  a  killer — the  slyness, 
the  terror,  the  self-torture;  and  Ah,  Wilderness! — -Eu- 
gene O'Neill's  "comedy  of  reminiscence"  about  American 
family  life,  a  generation  ago. 


•  AND  the  "ten  favorite  performances"?  Now,  there 
is  a  question  to  answer.  But  these  are  the  half-score  of 
players  whose  work  in  1935  is  likely  to  linger  longest  in 
my  personal  memory  book : 

Charles  Laughton  in  Rnggles  of  Red  Gap,  Les  Mis- 
erables and  Mutiny  on  the  Bounty;  Elisabeth  Bergner 
in  Escape  Me  Never;  Freddie  Bartholomew  in  David 
Copperfield;  Eric  Linden  in  Ah,  Wilderness! ;  Peter 
Lorre  in  Crime  and  Punishment;  Katharine  Hepburn  in 
Alice  Adams ;  Mickey  Rooney  in  A  Midsummer  Night's 
Dream;  Victor  McLaglen  in  The  Informer;  Paul  Muni 
in  Black  Fury;  and  Frederic  March  in  The  Dark  Angel. 

Not  to  mention  Edward  Arnold  in  Diamond  Jim, 
Claudette  Colbert  in  Private  Worlds;  Greta  Garbo  in 
Anna  Karenina;  Pat  O'Brien  in  Oil  for  the  Lamps  of 
China;  Luise  Rainer  in  Escapade ;  Fred  Astaire  in  Top 
Hat;  Julie  Haydon  in  The  Scoundrel;  and  .  .  .  but  here, 
here!  I  can't  keep  on  doing  this.  Performances  weren't 
the  only  good  things  about  1935  ! 


•  1935  was  a  great  movie  year — and  1936  ought  to  be 
an  even  better  one. 

1935  saw  Hollywood  become  conscious  of  the  classics 
at  last.  It  saw  Hollywood  become  aware  of  the  fact  that, 
though  Shakespeare,  Dickens,  Hugo  and  Thackeray  may 
be  dead,  there  still  is  plenty  of  life  in  their  stories.  And 
it  proved  anew  the  point  that  when  there  is  a  great  story 
in  the  beginning,  there  can  be  a  great  picture  in  the  end. 

1935  saw  the  songbirds  flying  west  and  going  into  the 
movies — songbirds  like  Lily  Pons,  Gladys  Swarthout, 
Nino  Martini,  Lawrence- Tibbett,  Michael  Bartlett,  James 
Melton,  joining  the  few  already  there,  such  as  Grace 
Moore,  Nelson  Eddy  and  Jeannette  MacDonald.  We 
may  not  have  full-length  opera  on  the  screen  yet,  but  it's 
coming.     And,  meanwhile,  we  hear  operatic  voices. 

1935  saw  the  release  of  the  first  full-length  picture  in 
"natural  color."  That  color  may  not  have  been  complete- 
ly lifelike,  and  it  may  have  interfered  with  the  story  it 
decorated,  but  it  opened  our  eyes  to  the  bright  movie- 
going  future  we  have  ahead  of  us. 

1935  saw  Hollywood's  discovery  of  such  players  as 
Luise  Rainer,  Robert  Taylor,  Eleanor  Powell,  Errol 
Flynn,  Olivia  de  Havilland,  Freddie  Bartholomew,  Mar- 
got  Grahame,  Walter  Abel,  Merle  Oberon,  Peter  Lorre, 
Henry  Fonda,  Fred  MacMurray,  Fred  Stone,  Irvin  S. 
Cobb,  Tutta  Rolf,  Cesar  Romero,  Eric  Blore.  And  others. 

The  movies  have  had  good  years  before — but  never 
one  that  was  better,  or  more  promising,  than  1935.  In 
fact,  it  was  the  previous  "ten  best"  rolled  into  one ! 


S.  R^J( 


26 


THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


waxi 


Upon-  filmdom's  newest  star, 
the  whole  world  is  bestowing 
orchids  .  .  .orchids  for  her 
classic  loveliness,  her  deep 
spirituality,  her  dramatic 
poise,  her  magnificent  sing- 
ing in  her  first  picture, 
"Rose  of  the  Rancho."  And 
beside  the  wonder  girl  from 
Deep  Water,  Missouri,  even 
orchids  seem  pale  tributes. 
Impatiently,  the  Metropolitan 
Opera  is  recalling  her  for  the 
winter  season  —  but  before 
she  leaves  Hollywood  (to  re- 
turn in  the  Spring),  she  is  film- 
ing "Give  Us  This  Night," 
with   Jan    Kiepura   as  co-star 


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■•HP'     \ 


THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


ompan-Lon. 

Olivia  de  H  a  v  i  I  I  a  n  d 
showed  great  promise  in 
her  first  picture,  "A  Mid- 
summer Night's  Dream." 
Now,  in  another  movie 
masterpiece  —  "Captain 
Blood" — she  fulfills  every 
bit  of  that  vivid   promise 


I 


ew 


i 


KY>et 


He  was  Warner  Brothers'  Christ- 
mas gift  to  a  world  that  wanted 
one  more  hero.  Errol  Flynn  is 
his  name.  And,  in  case  you  have 
not  heard,  he  is  the  reason  why 
"Captain  Blood"  should  be  on 
every  moviegoer's  "must  see' 
list.  Born  a  Briton  and  an  ad- 
venturer, he  was  made  to  order 
for  the  stirring  role  of  the  young 
English  doctor,  tortured  victim  of 
injustice,  who  turned  pirate  and 
righted  a  few  wrongs.  He 
played  the  role  on  a  one-pic- 
ture contract — but  now  he  is 
signed  up  for  years  to  come. 
That  is  the  tip-off  on  his  ex- 
pertness     in     furnishing     thrills 


28 


THIS  DRAMATIC  WORLD 


The  next  time  you  see  William 
Powell,  he  won't  have  his 
mustache  and  he  won't  be 
William  Powell.  He  will  be 
smooth-shaven  Florenz  Zieg- 
feld,  glorifier  of  the  Ameri- 
can girl,  in  the  screen  biog- 
raphy of  that  shrewd  show- 
man— "The    Great    Ziegfeld" 


Pardon    Myrna 
stasy.       That's 
feels     about 
united  with  Wil 
in   "The   Great 
And,     as     in 
Man,"  she  wi 
play    his    wife 
ing    the    role 
Burke     p  I  a  y  e 
Ziegfeld    re  a 


Loy's  ec- 
how  she 
being  re- 
iam  Powell 
Ziegfeld." 
'The  Thin 
once  more 
.  .  .  hav- 
that  Billie 
d  in  the 
-life    story 


When  Myrna  Loy 
had  a  tiff  with  her 
studio,  Luise  Rainer 
fresh  from  Vienna 
was  given  her  role 
in  "Escapade."  And 
William  Powell  in- 
sisted that  she  be 
co-starred.  So  it  is 
easy  enough  for  her 
to  worship  him  in 
"The  Great  Zieg- 
feld" ...  as  his  pro- 
tegee,    Anna     Held 

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If  You  Were 
Joan  Crawford 

Put  yourself  in  Joan's  place!  If  you  had  her  fame, 
her  emotions,  her  ambitions,  her  memories — -how  would 
you  have  solved   the   great  problem  she  recently  faced? 


By  EV ALINE  LIEBER 


*SK| 


JOAN  CRAWFORD  and  Franchot  Tone  arrived  in 
New  York  simultaneously  for  vacations.  They  were 
happy,  gay,  excited.  Joan,  who  thrives  on  travel,  had 
not  been  East  for  two  years.  Franchot,  who  has  never 
lost  his  fondness  for  New  York,  felt  as  if  he  were  coming 
home  after  a  long  absence.  And  the  prospect  of  seeing 
New  York  together  added  an  extra  thrill.  For  they  had 
admitted  to  themselves  long  ago — even  if  both  of  them  had 
not  admitted  to  the  world — that  they  were  in  love. 

A  huge  corps  of  reporters,  eagle-eyed  for  a  possible 
elopement,  met  the  train  at  Grand  Central  Station.  '"Are 
you  married  ?  .  .  .  Do  you  intend  to  marry  ?"  they  asked 
Joan.  She  shrugged  away  the  inquiries  as  she  had  for  many 
months,  changing  the  subject  to  talk  vivaciously  of  her  vaca- 
tion plans. 

FYanchot,  anticipatin:r  the  questions  and  wishing  to  save 
Joan  any  embarrassment,  had  left  the  train  in  the  suburbs 
and  had  motored  to  the  city.  One  reporter,  cornering  him, 
drew  from  him  his  oft-repeated  and  humorous  assertion 
that,  though  he  was  constantly  asking  Joan  to  marry  him. 
he  had  not  yet  persuaded  her  to  say  "Yes."  That  reporter 
learned,  before  his  paper  went  to  press,  that  Joan  and 
Franchot  were  registered  at  the  same  hotel — in  rooms  on 
the  same  floor.  ("Make  it  plain  that  I  am  down  the  hall 
— not  in  the  next  suite,"  Franchot  was  quoted  as  saying. ) 
But  the  reporter,  being  human,  wondered — and  made  his 
readers  wonder — if  Joan  and  Franchot  were  vacationers 
or  honeymooners.  The  whole  country,  led  by  the  col- 
umnists, joined  in  the  guessing  game.  And  was  faintly 
irritated  at  being  forced  to  guess. 

•  Before  she  had  ever  arrived  in  New  York  and  en- 
countered this  situation,  Joan  had  suggested  to  her 
studio  a  little  party  for  the  press.  She  wanted  to  go 
out  of  her  way  to  convince  the  metropolitan  cynics  that  she 
was  "regular" — that  success  had  not 
changed  her  in  one  iota,  despite  all 
rumors  to  the  contrary.  Now,  the 
newspaper  hullabaloo  made  her 
doubly  determined  to  have  the  party. 
Invitations  were  duly  issued,  and 
newspaper  reporters,  magazine 
writers,  critics  and  editors  congre- 
gated to  meet  her  and  talk  with  her. 
And,  as  one  seasoned  reporter  later 


The  memory  of  her  un- 
happy first  marriage  (to 
Douglas  Fairbanks,  Jr 
overshadowed  Joan 
Crawford.  She  wanted 
to  be  sure  that  she  and 
Franchot  Tone  would  be 
happy   "forever  after" 


32 


* 


— Portrait  by  Hurreli 

"A  woman  who  combines  glamor  with  sensitiveness 
as    she    does,    could    not    but    be    misunderstood 


said,  "I  never  saw  a  star  more  natural.  There  weren't 
enough  chairs,  so  she  dropped  onto  the  floor  and  soon  had 
a  circle  of  people  squatting  on  the  floor  around  her,  chat- 
ting informally  with  her."  She  greeted  each  new  arrival 
personally,  talked  with  animation  to  those  surrounding  her. 
and  showed  a  lively  interest  in  her  party.  Many  there  may 
have  wondered  if  she  was  married  to  the  absent  Franchot. 
but  no  one  asked  the  question.     She  gave  the  impression 


of  feeling  that  she  was  among  friends 
— and  so  she  was. 

No  one  there  was  willing  to  shatter 
that  impression.  After  all,  she  had 
been  a  good  sport  to  give  them  a  party. 
(Few  stars  of  Joan's  popularity  go  out 
of  their  way  to  be  pleasant  to  unknown 
writers. )  Now,  they  would  prove  that 
they  were  good  sports,  too — and  not 
force  her  into  a  corner  and  demand  to 
know  whether  she  was  in  love  with 
Franchot  Tone  or  not.  That  was  a  pri- 
vate concern  of  hers.  Their  concern, 
they  decided,  was  with  Joan  Crawford, 
the  actress — who  was  a  tremendously 
likable,  natural  person. 

Then  came  two  late  arrivals,  who  had 
not  been  initiated  into  this  atmosphere 
— and  had  not.  apparently,  been  initi- 
ated into  the  customary  courtesies  of 
guests  toward  hostess.  For  the  first 
remark  one  of  them  made  was:  "If 
you  aren't  married  to  Franchot  Tone, 
why  are  you  living  at  the  same  hotel?" 

There  had  been  sunshine  in  that 
room.  Bright,  warm,  friendly  rays. 
Now,  there  was  a  black  cloud.  Elec- 
tricity snapped  its  ominous  warnings. 

If  you  had  been  Joan  Crawford  at 
that  moment,  what  would  you  have 
done  ? 

•  Joan  tried  to  push  away  her  pre- 
dicament with  humor.  She  said, 
with  a  smile,  to  a  studio  publicity  man, 
"'Will  you  please  open  a  window — and 
gently  toss  these  two  out?"  The  re- 
porters smiled  in  rebuttal  as  she  turned 
to  talk  to  someone  else.  They  wan- 
dered to  another  part  of  the  room  and 
the  whole  incident  seemed  ended.  But 
they  were  not  to  be  thwarted.  After 
partaking  of  her  refreshments,  they 
returned  to  Joan,  stood  directly  before 
her.  and  asked :  "We  want  to  know. 
Miss  Crawford,  if  you  are  married — - 
and,  if  you  aren't,  why  you  and 
Franchot  Tone  are  registered  in  the 
same  hotel?" 

The  storm  burst.  The  question  that 
she  had  been  dodging  so  adroitly  had 
been  flung  directly  into  her  face.  She 
jumped  up,  burst  into  tears  and  fled 
from  the  room.  There  was  a  startled 
silence.  For  an  actress  to  run  from  her 
own  press  party  was  to  break  every 
precedent !  The  reporters  looked  at 
each  other  aghast.  What  a  story! 
Those  closest  to  the  door  broke  the 
silence  by  telling  the  rest  that  she  had 
said,  in  effect,  when  leaving,  "I  made 
one  marriage  mistake.  Why  should 
T  talk  about  marrying  again?" 

She  returned  later,  but  she  was  not  the  same  Joan  as 
before  the  storm.  She  was  the  bewildered,  smoldering- 
eyed.  semi -repentant  little  girl  who  had  run  from  a  roomful 
of  guests  because  someone  had  hurt  her  feelings. 

The  newspapers  made  the  to-be-expected,  sensational 
fuss.  One  columnist  wrote  her  an  open  letter,  reminding 
her  that  the  same  press  boys  and      \Continucd  on  page  74] 

33 


Off-screen,  Harold  Lloyd 
needs  no  horn-rimmed 
i pecs.  On  •  screen,  he 
wouldn't  be  Harold  Lloyd 
without  them.  Ha  wean 
a  new  pair  in  hit  new 
comedy,  77ie  M  ilky  Way 
playing  a  shy  milkman  who 
becomes  a  prize-fighter 
by  accident.  His  first  pair 
is   under   lock    and    key. 


A  well-lighted  bathroom  became  the  Lloyd  studio 


HAROLD 
LLOYD'S 


This  Eng/frf,  ,andsc 


apewash,-sf|rsteffort 


Unknown  Hobby 

You  know  that  he  is  the  most  energetic  comedian  alive.      But 
you   haven't   heard   what   new   direction  his  energy  has  taken! 


By  ELISABETH  GOLDBECK 

IF  YOU  scrutinize  a  certain  English  landscape  painting 
on  the  wall  of  Harold  Lloyd's  dressing-room  bungalow, 
and  tell  him  brutally,  "I  don't  believe  for  a  moment  that 
you  painted  this" — that  is  Harold's  moment  of  supreme 
joy.  And  the  better  qualified  you  may  be  as  an  art  critic, 
and  the  more  skeptical  you  are,  the  sweeter  the  flattery. 

For  Harold  did  paint  the  picture  himself — without 
tracing,  without  assistance,  without  even  the  aid  of  a  smock. 

You  may  wonder  what  on  earth  a  successful  movie 
comedian  is  doing  at  the  easel.  Well,  in  the  first  place, 
Harold  doesn't  use  an  easel.  He  paints  on  a  cardtable  in  the 
capacious  bathroom,  with  a  couple  of  daylight  lamps  adding 
a  cinematic  touch  of  which  the  garrets  and  artists  of  Mont- 
martre  never  dreamed. 

In  the  second  place,  only  a  successful  comedian,  or  some- 
one who  commands  an  equal  bounty,  can  afford  to  have 
hobbies  such  as  this.  Having  removed  his  nose  from  the 
grindstone  some  years  ago,  Harold  is  now  free  to  poke  it 
into  various  pursuits  that  have  nothing  to  do  with  his  busi- 

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ness.  And;  equipped  with  natural  zest  and  eagerness  and 
tremendous  powers  of  concentration,  he  has  become  a  really 
accomplished  "hobbyist."  Usually  he  runs  to  sports.  But 
now,  after  sessions  with  chess,  Ping  Pong,  Backgammon, 
golf,  egg-coloring,  and  looking-things-up-in-the-encyclo- 
pedia,  Art  is  having  its  day. 

Up  to  the  time  this  was  written,  he  had  painted  a  couple 
of  English  landscapes,  a  bunch  of  bananas,  and  a  portrait 
of  Joan  Crawford  in  two  sections — the  hair  on  one  sheet 
of  paper,  and  the  face  on  another.  The  "still  life"  was 
particularly  difficult. 

"I  want  to  emphasize,"  says  Harold  with  a  twinkle,  "that 
one  of  the  bananas  has  the  peel  partly  pulled  off,  so  I  had 
to  do  the  texture  of  the  inside  of  the  banana,  as  well." 

Never  let  it  be  said  that  a  Lloyd  does  things  half-way. 
Harold  gave  his  all  for  Art.  At  the  onset  of  the  fever,  he 
practically  bought  out  the  art  shop  every  week.  He  has 
paints  galore — in  tubes,  blocks,  and  pans.  After  getting 
one  complete  set  of  paints,  he         \Continned  on  page  70] 


How  to  Grow 


Gracefully 


Jean  Parker  went 
over  to  England 
to  be  Robert 
D  o  n  a  t '  s  first 
American  leading 
lady.  (He  is  with 
her  in  the  por- 
traits at  the 
right.)  And  work- 
ing with  him  and 
the  great  French 
director,  Rene 
Clair,  on  The 
Ghost  Goes 
West,  she  felt 
"grown  up"  for 
the  first  time. 
The  picture  is  so- 
phisticated mys- 
tery-comedy, for 
one  thing.  For 
another  thing — 
well,  the  details 
are  in  this  story. 


"Just  be  natural/'  advises  JEAN  PARKER-who  should  know 


By  Helen  Harrison 


"I 


HAVE  just  begun  to  live!"  Jean  Parker  ex- 
claimed, and  a  new  something  in  her  voice  left 
no  doubt  that  she  meant  what  she  said.  .  .  .  Had 
she  just  signed  a  new  contract?  Had  she  won  the 
Academy  Award?     Was  she  in  love? 

No,  she  had  not  signed  a  new  contract.  Metro- 
Goldwyn-Mayer  holds  her  to  a  "long-termer."  Nor 
had  she  won  the  Academy  Award — although  you  must 
not  be  surprised  if  she  does  win  it  one  of  these  days. 
As  for  being  in  love?  I'm  amazed  at  such  a  question! 
Our  Jean,  just  out  of  the  nursery,  and  with  so  much 
"unfinished  business"  ahead  of  her? 

None  of  those  explanations  explains  the  new  Jean. 
It  is  just  that  she  has  grown  up.  Suddenly  and  grace- 
fully. 

"Jean,"  I  said,  "you  have  achieved  the  impossible. 
You  have  emerged  from  charming  girlhood  into  young 
womanhood  with  none  of  the  Tarkington  symptoms. 
For  vou  the  so-called  'awkward  age'  has  never  existed. 


How  have  you  managed  to  avoid  all  of  its  hazards?" 
"Really,"  she  replied,  "I  think  anyone  can  grow  up 
gracefully,  simply  by  not  worrying  about  it — by  being 
interested  in  too  many  things  to  be  self-centered.  .  .  . 
Just  be  natural.  Worrying  about  the  possibility  of 
being  awkward  makes  you  self-conscious,  and  self- 
consciousness  is  the  bane  of  adolescence.  The  one 
thing  to  realize  is  that  artificiality  is  never  an  asset — 
either  in  the  old  or  the  young. 

"Personally,"  she  said,  smiling  the  beloved  Parker 
smile,  "I  don't  believe  in  age !  If  you  are  completely 
yourself,  you  shouldn't  have  any  regrets,  or  say  to 
yourself  the  morning  after  a  dance,  'Oh  I  wish  I  hadn't 
been  so  stuffy,  or  tried  to  seem  sophisticated  or  bored.' 
Having  been  yourself,  you  at  least  have  the  satisfac- 
tion of  thinking — in  the  face  of  success  or  failure — 
'What  else  could  I  have  done?' 

"Of  course,"  she  added  very  seriously,  "I  believe 
that  the  right  clothes,  make-up  [Continued  on  page  87] 

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is  is  the  final  instalment  of  a  vividly 
human  novel  about  an  unknown's  struggle  in 
Hollywood,  city  of  hope  and  heart-break 


THE  STORY  THUS  FAR:  Pretty,  alert  Lola  Le  Grange 
has  a  great  secret  ambition.  She  dreams  of  some  day  becom- 
ing an  actress.  And,  working  in  a  movie  theatre  in  a  small 
midwest  city,  she  finds  food  for  her  dreams  in  the  films  shown 
there — even  though  she  sees  no  way  of  ever  fulfilling  them. 
Her  girl-friends  are  amused  by  her  absorption  in  pictures,  par- 
ticularly the  pictures  of  Clifton  Laurence,  romantic  screen  idol. 
Feeling  that  they  would  not  believe  her  or  understand,  she 
does  not  bother  to  explain  that  she  is  more  interested  in 
Laurence's  acting  than  in  Laurence,  himself,  who  is  about  to 
make  a  personal  appearance  in  the  theatre. 

Only  one  person  shares  her  secret — Buddy  Kane,  her  friend 
since  childhood,  who  is  hopelessly  devoted  to  her  and  encour- 
ages her.  And  one  day  he  has  great  news:  a  photograph  en- 
tered in  a  nationwide  Search-for-New-Faces  Contest,  spon- 
sored by  Burnham  Brothers'  Studio  in  Hollywood,  has  won 
her  a  free  trip  to  Hollywood  ....  a  chance  in  pictures.  She 
cannot  believe  the  unexpected  news.     But  it  is  true. 

On  the  stage  of  the  theatre,  during  his  personal  appearance, 
Cl'fton  Laurence  presents  her  with  her  ticket  to  Hollywood. 
Frightened  by  the  possibility  of  failure,  now  that  she  actually 
has  a  chance  to  become  an  actress,  she  entrains  for  the  movie 
capital.  On  the  same  train  is  Clifton  Laurence.  Unavoidably, 
they  meet,  become  good  friends  during  the  long  trip.  He  gives 
her  advice  about  approaching  a  career;  she  feels  that,  if  she 
can  pass  a  screen  test,  the  rest  will  be  easy.  In  a  moody 
moment,  he  confides  his  intention  to  remain  single  and  his 
doubt  that  an  actor  can  ever  know  when  love  is  real  or  just 
pretended.  Lola,  unconsciously  in  love  with  him,  tries  to  con- 
vince him  that  when  he  meets  real  love,  he  will  recognize  it. 
Impulsively,  as  they  part,  he  kisses  her. 

She  receives  a  great  welcome  as  a  contest-winner,  is  given  a 
screen  test  (which  she  discovers  is  a  genuine  ordeal),  passes 
it,  and  is  assigned  a  small  role.  Would-be  friends  play  up  to 
her  and  she  goes  from  the  one  extreme  of  self-consciousness  to 
the  other  extreme  of  over-confidence.  She  ignores  some  ex- 
cellent advice  from  Miss  Nancy  Dare,  grand"  old  lady  of  the 
screen.  And  because  he  thinks  she  has  "gone  Hollywood," 
Clifton  Laurence  drops  her  from  his  calling  list.  On  top  of 
this,  the  studio  drops  her,  telling  her  that  she  photographs 
well,  but  has  no  dramatic  ability. 

She  cannot  believe  that  she  lacks  what  it  takes  to  be  a  suc- 
cessful screen  actress.  Rather,  she  believes  that  she  simply 
has  not  had  the  right  opportunity.  She  visits  several  actors' 
agents,  and  discovers  that  they  are  disinterested  now  in  hav- 
ing her  as  a  client  or  in  seeking  roles  for  her. 

Thoroughly  chastened  now  and  determined  to  prove  herself, 
she  takes  a  cheap  room,  skimps  on  food,  and  spends  what  little 
money  she  has  for  coaching  and  elocution  lessons,  meanwhile 
going  the  weary,  hopeless  round  of  studio  casting  offices.  She 
gets  a  little  work  as  an  "extra,"  but  not  enough  to  support 
herself.  Finally,  she  is  evicted  from  her  room  for  non-pay- 
ment of  rent.  She  has  a  dollar  and  a  few  cents,  no  friends, 
no  prospects.  What  to  do?  She  goes,  in  desperation,  to  the 
home  of  Clifton  Laurence,  hears  him  curtly  tell  his  servant 
that  she  can  get  in  touch  with  him  through  the  studio.  Heart- 
broken, she  plans  to  use  her  last  few  cents  to  wire  Buddy 
Kane  for  train  fare  home.  As  she  crosses  a  busy  street,  there 
is  a  sudden,  blinding  crash,  a  scream  of  terror,  blackness. 

In  the  hospital,  lying  between  life  and  death,  she  refuses 
to  tell  her  name.  She  has  no  "will  to  live."  Every  one  of 
her  great  hopes  has  been  wrecked.  Then  one  day  Miss  Nancy 
Dare  visits  the  hospital,  recognizes  her,  insists  on  her  being 
moved  from  the  hospital  to  the  Dare  home.  The  story  con- 
cludes: 

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Chapter  X 

I  HAD    never    seen    real 
luxury  before.  I  realized 
that    as    I    entered    the 
magnificent   home    to    which 
Miss    Nancy   Dare   took   me 
when  she  rescued  me  from  the 
hospital  ....  and  my  despair- 
ing self ! 

The  few  other  houses  I  had 
seen  in  Beverly  Hills  were  ordi- 
nary,   compared    to    "Journey's 
End,"  as  this  grand  old  lady  of 
the     screen     called     her     estate. 
There  were  great  iron  gates,  with 
a  lodge,  at  the  entrance.  The  enor- 
mous white  house  itself   rambled 
over  a  shaded  hilltop,  and  the  view 
from   the   terrace   was    superb.    A 
blue-tiled  swimming  pool  smiled  up 
at  the  bluer  sky.  The  house  was  full 
of  flowers  from  the  great  gardens. 
And  the  beautiful  bedroom  to  which 
I  was  carried  was  warmly  Colonial 
and  gay  with  bright  chintz.  Outside 
the  windows,  a  little  balcony  flaunted 
colorful  flower-boxes  against  the  far 
horizon. 

Despite  her  years,  Miss  Dare  herself 
had  actually  ridden  with  me  in  the  am- 
bulance that  transferred  me   from  the 
hospital    to    her    home.    "Not    but    that 
you're  strong  enough  to  ride  alone!"  she 
said  to  me,  with  affectionate  brusqueness-. 

"How  can  I  ever  thank  you?  ..."  I 
began. 

She  pursed  her  lips.  "Don't  let  me  hear 
a  word  out  of  you!"  she  commanded. 
"You're  far  too  weak  to  talk!" 

My  new  room  was  Heaven  plus  to  me.  A 
white-clad   nurse   moved   about   noiselessly, 
efficiently — so   differently    from   the   proba- 
tioners who  had  cared  for  me  in  the  Charity 
Ward. 

"Nurses  are  a  nuisance,"   Miss   Dare   de- 
clared. "When  they  come  into  a  house,  nobody 
else  there  can  do  a  thing  for  the  patient.  But  a 
good  one  is  something  you  won't  be  able  to  do  without 
for  a  few  days  yet.  She's  here  to  teach  you  to  walk  again. 
And  when  I'm  through  with  my  picture,  I'm  going  to 
teach  you  plenty  of  other  things !" 

And  she  did.  The  first  lesson,  offered  almost  uncon- 
sciously on  her  part,  was  that  kindness  and  goodness  still 


By 

Nina 
Wilcox 
Putnam 

Illustration  by 

Harve  Stein 


had  a 


As 


bi*  o1 


reigned  in  the  world — the  world  that  I  had  thought  I 
wanted  to  leave.  But  when  her  picture  was  completed  and 
she  was  free  to  rest  for  a  few  weeks,  my  real  instructions 
began.  The  nurse  had  left  long  before  this,  and  I  was  able 
to  walk  slowly  about  the  gorgeous  rooms  and  vast  gar- 
dens. I  had  made  friends  with  a  nice,  new  puppy ;  I  had 
made  friends  with  the  earth  once  more ;  and,  most  impor- 
tant of  all,  I  had  made  friends  with  myself. 


3ceWe  VoUl 


But  with  returning  strength,  I  naturally  began  to 
wonder  what  was  to  become  of  me.  Miss  Dare  did  not 
allow  me  to  wonder  long.  On  the  very  first  day  of  her 
vacation,  she  called  me  into  her  upstairs  sitting-room 
and  made  a  place  for  me  beside  her  on  the  big  sofa. 

"Lola,"  she  began  without  preliminaries,  "I've  been 
watching  you  closely  since  you've  been  here,  and  I  like 
you.  I'm  a  lonely  old  maid  who  has  always  wanted  a 
daughter.  I  don't  say  that  you'll  do,  but  I'm  going  to 
give  you  a  try." 

I  made  an  effort  to       [Please  turn  to  the  next  page] 

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speak,  and    failed   utterly.     I   could   not   find   my  voice. 

"Now,  now!"  she  scolded,  "don't  go  interrupting  me 
like  that!  Let  me  talk!  1  don't  mean  I'm  going  to  adopt 
you,  or  any  stuff  and  nonsense  like  that.  But  we  have 
something  in  common.  You  see,  when  I  first  came  to 
Hollywood,  I  practically  starved,  too.  No  one  remembered 
my  success  on  the  stage  years  before;  no  one  cared — ex- 
cept one  woman.  She  helped  me.  She  convinced  producers 
that  1  had  something  to  offer.  I've  always  felt  that  the 
only  way  to  repay  her  was  to  help  someone  else  the  same 
way.  But  somehow  the  right  girl — one  I  could  really  train 
and  set  on  her  feet — hasn't  come  along.  I've  helped  girls 
in  little  matters,  of  course.  Any  number  of  them.  But 
now  I  feel  that  the  time  for  my  big  job  has  come.  How  do 
you  feel?" 

Still  I  couldn't  speak,  so  I  leaned  over  and  kissed  her. 
To  my  surprise,  she  put  both  arms  around  me  and  re- 
turned the  kiss.  There  were  tears  in  her  eyes  when  she 
drew  back. 

"Cold  in  my  head!"  she  explained  crossly,  wiping  the 
tears  away. 

At  last  I  found  my  voice.  "Why  do  you  believe  in  me?" 
I  asked.  "Do  you  think  I  really  'have  something' — or  are 
you  just  being  kind  .  .  .  too  kind?" 

"Well,"  she  said  in  a  practical,  matter-of-fact  tone, 
"I've  seen  your  test.  And  I've  seen  your  picture.  The  test 
showed  something  that  was  lost  as  soon  as  you  had  to  learn 
lines.  You're  going  to  work  unmercifully  hard  and  get 
that  lost  thing  back,  and  you're  going  to  do  exactly  what 
I  say !" 

"Tell  me  to  begin  by  catching  you  the  moon,"  I  cried, 
"and  I'll  do  it,  or  know  why." 

"Knowing  why  people  don't  succeed,"  she  replied 
crisply,  "is  half  the  secret  of  success.  Work  is  the  other 
half." 

Miss  Dare  had  meant  it  when  she  said  that  I  would  have 
to  work,  and  work  hard.  I 
found  that  out  as  the  weeks 
went  by,  and  she  put  me 
through  my  paces  with  all 
the  skill  and  wisdom  that 
her  long  stage  and  screen 
career  had  given  her.  Al- 
most every  hour  of  her  va- 
cation she  devoted  to  my 
education.  It  was  an  inten- 
sive course.  I  learned  a 
dozen  famous  roles,  and 
recited  them  over  and  over 
until  she  had  no  further 
fault  to  find.  I  learned 
acrobatic  dancing  ;  I  swam 
in  the  big  pool  and  learned 
to  dive ;  my  body,  which 
had  become  so  thin,  re- 
gained its  healthy  curves. 
I  had  singing  lessons  and 
riding 
bridge 


"Let's  stop  pretending,  dear!"  he  said 
moments  later,  in  that  rich,  low  voice  of 
his.      "I    love    you    and    you    love    me" 


essons  and  even 
lessons,  because 
Miss  Dare  said  they  not 
only  trained  the  mind,  but 
....  so  many  big  produc- 
ers liked  to  play  bridge ! 
One  night  Mr.  Tom 
Burnham  came  to  dinner 
and  proved   this   last.      It 

seemed  unreal  to  be  sitting  at  a  table  so  informally  with 
the  great  producer  who  had  told  me  that  I  would  never 
succeed  in  Hollywood  because  I  was  no  actress.  There 
were  only  four  of  us  at  the  table,  including  Mrs.  LeMont, 
a  rich  and  aristocratic  neighbor.  It  took  me  only  two 
minutes  to  realize  how  deeply  Mr.  Burnham  was  devoted 


to  the  great  character  actress.  Not  in  love  with  her,  of 
course,  for  she  was  twice  his  age.  But  he  held  her  in 
high  esteem,  valued  her  judgment  in  all  things,  and  loved 
her  as  a  son  would. 

After  dinner,  we  had  a  bridge  foursome.  1  was  Mr. 
Burnham's  partner,  and  was  treading  dangerous  ground, 
but  I  got  by.  He  even  smiled  approval,  once  or  twice. 
Later,  over  some  refreshments,  Miss  Dare  took  advan- 
tage of  this. 

"Tommy,"  she  said,  "I  want  you  to  keep  your  eyes 
open  for  a  spot  for  Lola.  I've  had  her  in  hand  and  you 
won't  make  any  mistake." 

Even  the  wine  and  his  victory  at  bridge  did  not  stop 
Mr.  Burnham  from  freezing  up  and  becoming  the  pro- 
ducer at  this.  "I'll  think  it  over,"  was  all  he  would  say. 
"There  isn't  anything  right  now."  But  he  looked  at  me 
keenly  as  if  seeing  me  with  new  eyes.  This  background 
was  a  very  different  one  from  the  void  in  which  most 
Hollywood  unknowns  live,  I  reflected.  In  fact,  it  might 
make  all  the  difference  in  the  world ! 

But  nothing  happened — until  a  few  weeks  later  when 
Miss  Dare  gave  a  party.  As  the  preparations  for  it  pro- 
gressed, I  began  to  realize  that  this  was  the  first  real 
Hollywood  party  to  which  I  had  been  invited.  The  names 
on  the  invitations  were  all  important  ones.  Great  stars, 
producers,  studio  executives,  a  few  society  people,  a 
famous  visiting  scientist  from  Europe.     Writers  whose 

names  were  household  words and  Clifton  Laurence. 

When  the  guests  began  to  arrive,  I  still  was  uncertain 
about  how  I  should  greet  him.  My  heart  beat  wildly  at 
the  thought  of  seeing  him,  but  my  brain  refused  to  plan 
an  attitude  to  take.  Perhaps  I  could  avoid  any  encounter 
— as  instinct  prompted  me  to  do.  After  all,  there  were 
so  many  people  coming !  There  would  be  eighty  guests 
at  little  flower-wreathed  tables  set  around  the  edge 
of  the  swimming  pool,  illuminated  with  crossed  spot- 
lights of  soft  pastel  hues. 
But  too  late  to  find  a  quick 
escape,  I  discovered  myself  face 
to  face  with  him. 

His  eyes  lighted  as  he  saw  me. 
"Lola!"  he  cried.  "How  glad  I 
am  to  see  you !  The  moment  I 
heard  about  your  being  here  with 
Miss  Dare,  I  rushed  over  to  call 
on  you.  Why  wouldn't  you  let 
me  in?" 

"It's  an  old  Hollywood  cus- 
tom," I  said  coldly,  " — rushing 
over  to  see  people  who  have  had 
a  bit  of  luck.  As  for  why  I  didn't 
receive  you,  I  was  only  evening 
up  matters,  after  all." 
He  looked  puzzled. 
"Have  you  forgotten  turning 
me  away — when  I  came  to  your 
house  in  desperation?"  I  asked, 
heatedly.  "A  marvelous  friend 
you  turned  out  to  be!" 

"I  never  did  anything  of  the 
kind,"  he  denied  vigorously. 
"Lola,  you  must  have  dreamed 
it !  I  looked  everywhere  f or 
you.  I  was  worried  sick  over 
your  disappearance  .... 
I  interrupted  him  with  a 
mocking  laugh.  "  'I  never  heard  of  her  !'  "  I  said,  imitating 
his  own  sharp  tone  as  he  had  said  those  same  words  to 
his  servant.  "  'Haven't  I  told  you  to  keep  women  out  of 
here?  If  it's  anything  important,  tell  her  to  get  in  touch 
with  me  through  the  studio !'  " 

A   slow  horror  crept  over    [Continued  on  page  80] 


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A  Real  He-Man 


and  Can  He  Sing! 


JAMES  MELTON,  the  screen's  new  singing  sensation, 
found    success    by    a    surprising,    ail-American    route! 

By  John  R.  Baldwin 


G.  Mmllard 
Kcsslerc 


AS  THE  elevator  rose  toward  the  twentieth  floor,  I 
l\      berated  myself   silently   for  accepting  an  invita- 
A.  Jl.   tion  to  breakfast  with  James  Melton,  the  much- 
ballyhooed  discovery  of  Stars  Over  Broadway. 

I  thought  I  knew  the  type.  Despite  the  fact  that  he 
was  so  outstanding  with  Jean  Muir  and  Pat  O'Brien  in 
the  picture  that  critics  everywhere  have  hailed  him  as  a 
sensation,  I  suspected  that  he  probably  was  one  of  those 
fast-aging  tenors  made  over  into  a  handsome  movie 
juvenile  by  Hollywood's  make-up  wizards.  Melton,  I 
suspected,  probably  was  nothing  but  a  pair  of  noisy  vocal 
chords  surrounded  by  ambition.  And  this  breakfast  no 
doubt  would  be  a  case  of  toast  and  coffee  with  just  an- 
other flash-in-the-pan. 

At  this  point  in  my  dismal  musings  the  elevator  reached 
the  twentieth  floor.  A  moment  later,  the  door  to  Pent- 
house C  was  flung  wide — by  a  huge,  good-looking  chap 
wearing  blue  corduroy  trousers  and  polo  shirt.  James 
Melton,  in  the  flesh — six  feet,  two  inches  tall.  Ten- 
derly, I  pulled  at  the  fingers  he  crushed  in  a  vise-like 
grip  and  followed  him  into  the  apart- 
ment.   The  place  was  bursting  with       

violent  song.  It  poured  down  on  me 
from  the  ceiling,  burst  in  at  the  win- 
dows, surrounded  me,  pushed  me 
into  a  chair  and  then  ceased  abruptly. 

"One  of  your  recordings,  Mr. 
Melton  ?"  I  asked  brightly  in  the 
nush  that  followed. 


James  Melton  was 
worried  about  the 
telegram     below 


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plied with  a  wide,  ivory  grin  and  a 
trace  of  Southern  accent.  "That's  a 
great  pal  of  mine,  Lawrence  Tibbett. 
He  lives  in  the  apartment  below." 

Jimmy  Melton  looked  me  over  as 
one  prize-fighter  might  another.  Then 
one  big  fist  shot  out.  "Tell  me."  he 
demanded,  thrusting  a  telegram  un- 
der my  nose.  "On  the  level,  now,  do 
you  think  this  guy  is  kidding  me?" 

As  I  read  the  wire,  another  surprise  hit  me  between 
the  eyes.  It  was  from  Jack  Warner,  chief  high  mogul  of 
Warner  Brothers  Studio  and  famous  also  for  speaking 
his  mind.  In  no  uncertain  terms,  his  telegram  raved  about 
Jimmy's  first  picture. 

"Kidding  you?  Why,  man,  if  Jack  Warner  didn't  think 
you  were  good,  all  you'd  get  would  be  a  pink  slip  telling 


James  Melton,  from  radio,  is  a 
tenor,  but  no  crooner.  In  his 
first  picture,  Stars  Over  Broad- 
way, he  not  only  puts  across  the 
song,  Where  Am  I?,  but  sings 
an  operatic  aria  by  Verdi.  He 
is  the  first  non-operatic  person- 
ality who  has  shown  enough  vo- 
cal ability  to  be  plausible  on 
the  screen  as  a  Metropolitan 
Opera  singer.  His  next  picture 
is  likely  to  be  the  famous  or. 
etta,  The  Desert  Song. 


you  that  the  studio  wasn't  taking  up 
your  option." 

"Is  that  a  relief !"  Jimmy  com- 
mented, breaking  into  a  wide  grin. 
"Golly,  I've  been  worried  about  that. 
You  never  know  when  you  can  take 
praise  seriously  in  this  game!" 

At  that  a  moment,  a  radiantly 
lovely  girl  appeared  on  the  circular 
staircase  in  the  far  corner  of  the 
room,  carrying  a  vase  bursting  with 
American  beauty  roses.  Jimmy 
Melton  exclaimed.  "You  make  such 
grand  entrances,  darling !  How 
would  you  like  me  to  have  a  chute 
built  right  into  the  living  room.  It 
would  be  so  much  more  startling." 
This,  of  course,  was  Mrs.  Melton, 
who  reprimanded  her  husband  cheer- 
fully for  his  nonsense  and  ushered  us  toward  the  dining 
room.  And  what  a  sight  for  hungry  eyes  that  table  was ! 
This  was  no  movie  star's  breakfast.  Imagine,  if  you  can, 
a  floating  island  of  bacon,  heaped  high  with  golden 
scrambled  eggs. 

"Jimmy,"  I  ventured,  "don't  tell  me  you  are  going  to 
eat  this!     If  a  cameraman  saw  [Continued  on  fagc^86] 

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40 


Here  is  a  new  and  unusual 
slant  on  an  unusual  person 
— Katharine  Hepburn.  This 
is  an  interview  with  Muriel 
King,  her  latest  designer. 
Exclusive  with  CLASSIC! 


By  Carol  Craig 


K 


ATHARINE  HEPBURN  is  a 
girl  who  could  not  look  ordi- 


nary. She  knows  too  well  what 
she  wants  in  clothes — and  what  goes 
with  her  personality.  She  can  make  a 
fashion,   but  she  cannot   follow  one." 

Thus  says  Muriel  King,  vivid  young 
American  designer,  whose  own  reputa- 
tion for  individuality  has  made  her  one 
of  New  York's  foremost  fashion  au- 
thorities, a  favorite  of  the  smart  set, 
and  the  creator  of  the  Hepburn  cos- 
tumes for  Sylvia  Scarlett. 

She  is  not  talking  as  an  old  friend. 
She  is  talking  as  an  impartial  observer 
of  the  Hepburn  personality,  which  she 
had  to  observe  closely  and  know  in- 
timately before  she  could  create  cos- 
tumes for  her. 

The  two  individualists  had  never  met 
until  three  or  four  months  ago — when 
Katharine,  unannounced,  walked  into 
the  King  salon  and  asked  to  see  some 
sketches  of  new  creations.  Restlessly 
pacing  up  and  down,  she  considered 
two  hundred  of  them,  liked  one  hun- 
dred, and  sent  them  to  Hollywood  to 
George  Cukor,  who  was  to  direct 
Sylvia  Scarlett,  showing  him  what  this  King  girl  could 
do.  He  wired  the  designer,  "Come  on  out."  The  invi- 
tation was  an  innovation  in  Hollywood,  which  is  crowded 
with  expert  fashion  creators.  This  is  one  of  the  first 
times  that  any  young  American  woman  designer  has  been 
summoned  to  the  movie  capital  to  design  costumes  for 
a  special  picture.  Katharine  Hepburn  may  have  started 
something. 

Muriel  King  accepted  because  she  was  interested  in 
Hepburn's  individuality — and.  because  she  has  a  healthy 
respect  for  Hollywood  as  a  setter  of  styles.  She  allowed 
herself  six  weeks  away  from  New  York  and  compressed 
all  of  her  observing,  designing  and  fitting  into  those 
forty-two  days. 

The  first  thing,  she  did  was  to  read  the  script  of  Sylvia 
Scarlett,  studying  the  character  that  Hepburn  was  to 
portray  and  the  various  backgrounds  in  which  that  char- 
acter would  appear.  Then  she  went  into  a  series  of 
huddles  with  the  star.  And  out  of  those  close  contacts 
come  these  interesting,  exclusive  observations  : 


9  "SHE  is  tiny,  very  feminine,  with  delicate,  finely-cut 
features — and  freckles,  which  contribute  to  her  particular 
personality.  I  didn't  see  any  flaring  temperament,  such 
as  the  gossips  talk  about.  In  fact,  I'd  say  she  is  rather 
shy.     Shy,  but  definite.    The  two  go  together  in  her  case. 


"Katharine  Hepburn  is  a  girl  who  could  not  look  ordinary" 


"She  has  far  too  definite  a  personality  to  fit  into  just 
any  clothes.  She  has  such  good  bones,  such  good  carriage, 
so  much  distinction  that  her  wardrobe  cries  for  distinc- 
tion, too.  She  doesn't  try  for  it  with  fuss  and  jewelry. 
Everything  she  wears  is  very  glamorous,  but,  at  the 
same  time,  very  simple. 

"Every  girl  who  has  any  kind  of  looks  wants  to  set  off 
those  looks — make  them  distinctive — with  what  she 
wears.  But  few  girls  are  sure  of  how  to  do  that.  Very 
few  are  Hepburns.  They  know  what  they  don't  like — but 
knowing  what  they  do  like  is  another  matter. 

"Miss  Hepburn's  awareness  of  what  is  appropriate  for 
her,  and  her  insistence  upon  getting  it,  are  based  partly 
on  instinct,  partly  on  experiment.  She  is  not  carried 
away  by  new  fads,  but,  being  intelligent,  she  is  constantly 
open  to  new  ideas — ideas  that  are  practical  for  her,  per- 
sonally. 

"She  is  hypercritical  of  her  own  appearance.  Looking 
at  herself,  she  is  completely  detached  and  practical — and 
this  is  a  rare  talent.  For  example,  she  concentrates  on 
dresses  with  high  necklines  as  a  rule,  because  she  feels 
that  her  neck  is  too  long.  And  she  insists  on  being  com- 
fortable. 

"She  doesn't  want  dresses  that  can't  take  wearing. 
Particularly,  daytime  dresses.  She  doesn't  want  the  kind 
that  need  constant  pressing.  She  wants  the  kind  that 
can  be  worn  in  a  room  or  in     [Continued  on  page  84] 


41 


#5* 


Resolutions 
-1936 


What  promises  are  movie  stars  making  to  them- 
selves  this   year?        We   investigated   for  you! 


IN  December  of  almost  any  year, 
Hollywood,  like  the  rest  of  the 
world,  takes  inventory  of  itself. 
The  making  of  New  Year's  resolu- 
tions is  as  much  a  part  of  the  holi- 
day season — as  definitely  on  the  pro- 
gram— as  buying  the  right  present 
for  Aunt  Carrie  in  Oskaloosa,  or  for 
Uncle  James  in  Wappinger's  Falls. 

So  the  arrival  of  1936  finds  Holly- 
wood dedicated  to  good  intentions. 
Some  brand-new  ones.  Others  slight- 
ly second-hand,  dusted  off  from  the 
year  before  and  almost  as  good  as 
new.  Without  exception,  they  are 
indexes  to  the  character  of  various 
stars — a  spotlighting  of  things  they 
have  (or  have  not)  done,  to  their  re- 
gret— a  highlighting,  of  ambitions, 
both  serious  and  amusing. 

Here  they  are  for  your  enlighten- 
ment and  edification.  And  you  might 
get  ideas  for  some  belated  resolutions 
of  vour  own : 

JEAN  HARLOW  (who  makes 
no  promises  about  remaining  a 
"brownette"  or  returning  to  her  for- 
mer platinum  blondeness)  :  "The  end 
of  the  day  invariably  finds  me  with 
loads  of  things  undone.  So  I  have 
resolved  to  turn  over  a  new  leaf  in 
1936.  Every  evening  I'll  enter  my 
program  for  the  following  day  in  a 


little  date-book,  and  I  shan't  go  to 
bed  until  every  item  is  crossed  off, 
indicating  that  I've  written  the  let- 
ters I  should  write,  telephoned  the 
peopled  should  telephone — and  for- 
gotten nothing." 

WILLIAM'  POWELL  (who  has 
been  talking  of  living  in  England 
six  months  of  the  year  to  avoid  Cali- 
fornia's heavy  new  income  tax)  :  "I 
resolve  to  continue  worrying.  Life 
would  be  dull  and  vapid  and  unin- 
teresting to  me — Hollywood's  First 
Worrier — if  I  thought  everything 
would  be  all  right  tomorrow  or  next 
week.  I  even  expect  to  adopt  a  few 
extra  worries  in  the  coming  vear." 

JOAN  CRAWFORD  (who  re- 
cently married  Franchot  Tone)  :'  "I 
resolve  not  to  talk  about  my  mar- 
riage, in  any  way,  for  any  purpose. 
I  shall  neither  analyze  it  nor  make 
prophecies  for  it.  And  that's  a  reso- 
lution I  will  not  break." 

JANET  GAYNOR:  "I  resolve  to 
keep  my  fingers  crossed  and  avoid 
accidents."  (Janet  has  had  serious 
ones  in  the  past  year.)  "And  I  re- 
solve to  take  that  long-planned  trip 
around  the  world." 

JOHN  BOLES:  "I  resolve  to  get 
all  messed  up  in  every  picture.  I'm 
fed  up  with  looking  like  an  illustra- 
tion  of        [Continued   on   page   88] 


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By  Soma  Lee 


They  all  have 
good  inten- 
tions: (I)  Merle 
Oberon;  (2) 
John  Boles;  (3) 
Ruby        Keeler; 

(4)  Dick  Powell; 

(5)  Janet  Gay- 
nor;  (6)  Miriam 
Hopkins;  (7) 
Joel    McCrea 


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Shirley  Temple's 

Teacher  Predicts 
Her  Future! 

MOVIE  CLASSIC  presents,  on  the  next  two  pases,  one  of  the 
most  interesting  prophecies  ever  printed  -an  exclusive  inter- 
view with  Lillian  Berkley,  who  is  preparins  her  for  that  future 


Shirley  Temple  likes  to  go 
to  school.  Her  school  desk 
is  in  a  sunny  corner  of  her 
studio  bungalow.  And  she 
has  an  understanding  teacher 
— Lillian      Barkley      (above) 


Photographed  exclusively  for  Movie  Classic  by  Carola  Rust 


By  MARIAN  RHEA 


IF  THE  most  famous  curly  head  in  the  world  should 
bend  over  a  seer's  crystal — 
If  the  most  famous  hazel  eyes  should  look  for  revela- 
tion of  life's  secrets — 

If  the  most  adorable  childish  lips  should  frame  a  plea: 
"My  future,  O  mirror  of  fate?    What  of  my  future?" — 
What  would  the  answer  be? 

It  is  a  question  that  little  Shirley  Temple,  all  oblivious 
of  the  crown  of  glory  that  she  wears,  all  unknowing  of  her 
importance  in  the  four  corners  of  the  earth,  would  never 
ask.  But  it  is  one  that  you  ask  and  /  ask.  When  we  con- 
template this  phenomenal  child  and  the  niche — indeed,  the 


great  chamber — that  she  has  already  won  in  the  Hall  of 
Fame,  we  cannot  help  asking.  Our  curiosity  is  just 
naturally  natural. 

But  where  can  we  find  the  possible  answer?  Where  is 
the  person,  close  enough  to  Shirley,  yet  impartial  enough 
to  see  her  potentialities — to  be  able  to  forecast  her  future  ? 
Her  mother  and  father  do  not  intend  to  dictate  her 
future,  but  to  allow  her  to  develop  naturally,  normally,  as 
her  own  abilities  dictate.  Yet  there  is  one  person  who  can 
tell  the  directions  her  development  may  take — namely, 
Lillian  Barkley,  Shirley's  teacher  and  adviser  and  chum. 
And,  questioning  her,  I  have  discovered  the  amazing  fact 
that  there  is  not  just  one  answer ;  there  are  six! 

Lillian  Barkley,  slender,  vivid,  and  very,  very  sincere, 
does  not  like  to  be  "interviewed."    She  would  rather  let  her 


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44 


work  as  teacher,  dramatic  coach  for  the  stock  players  and 
interpreter  for  the  foreign  players  at  Twentieth  Century- 
Fox  Studios  speak  for  itself.  She  has  consistently  avoided 
talking  for  publication  about  Shirley,  her  personality,  her 
actions,  her  habits,  her  program  at  the  studio. 

•  "But,"  I  pleaded  with  her,  "I  have  come  to  you  for 
something  different — something  that  you,  of  all  people, 

can  best  tell  me.  You  have  seen  Shirley  almost  every  day 
for  two  years.  You  have  heard  her  lessons,  answered  her 
questions,  listened  to  her  ideas,  played  with  her,  protected 
her,  loved  her,  and  so  you  should  know  .  .  .  What  will  lie 
the  future  of  Shirley  Temple?" 

She  gave  me  an  astonishing  reply.  Quickly,  and  so  con- 
fidently that  I  knew  that  she  spoke  from  deep  conviction, 
she  said:  "Shirley  could  disappear  from  motion  pictures 
tomorrow  and  still  grow  up  to  be  a  vivid  personality.  There 
are  five  other  fields  open  to  her!" 

Of  course,  you  know  my  next  question :  "What  fields. 
Miss  Barkley?" 

And  then  Lillian  Barkley,  sitting  quietly  behind  her  desk 
in  the  little  office  that  they  have  built  for  her  at  the  studio, 
told  me  things  about  little  Shirley  Temple  which  the  world, 
for  all  its  interest  in  and  devotion  to  this  remarkable  child, 
has  not  known  until  now ! 

She  showed  me — as  I  shall  show  you — that  Shirley  has 
the  unmistakable  potentialities  of  becoming  six  distinct 
beings,  because  of  six  distinct  talents  that  she  has.  Shirley 
is  a  born  actress — and  she  has  the  type  of  beauty  that  will 
not  vanish  with  childhood.  She  can  still  be  an  actress  as 
an  adult,  if  she  so  desires.  But  she  will  have  a  wide  choice 
of  careers.  For,  according  to  her  teacher,  Shirley  could 
become  a  successful  painter  or,  perhaps,  a  cartoonist ;  a 
splendid  musician  ;  a  famous  writer ;  a  great  dancer ;  or — 
last,  but  not  least  (when  you  consider  the  rich,  full  life  that 
such  an  existence  could  offer) — a  capable  farmer! 

•  "I   don't  mean  that    Shirley  shows  just  the  average 
inclination  toward  any  one  of  these  possibilities,"  Miss 

Barkley  said.  "I  mean  that  already  she  has  displayed  such 
marked  leaning  toward  these  various  lines  that  you  wonder 
how  one  small  person,  six  years  old,  could  harbor  all  of 
these  interests." 

She  took  a  packet  of  papers  from  her  desk,  and  handed 
them  to  me.    "Some  of  Shirley's  drawings,"  she  said. 

I  looked  at  them.  One  portrayed  a  rabbit  being  fed 
carrots  by  a  man  who,  Miss  Barkley  explained,  takes  care 


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of  Shirley's  rabbits,  wVien  he  is  not  being  a  studio  prop-man. 
Another  was  supposed  to  be  Charlie  Chaplin  skidding 
around  a  corner.  Another  was  Miss  Barkley,  herself.  Still 
another  depicted  a  group  of  people  engaged  in  various 
activities.  These,  Shirley's  teacher  said,  were  studio 
workers. 

The  pictures  were  not  the  work  of  a  genius,  of  course. 
But  even  I,  with  my  limited  knowledge  of  drawing,  could 
see  that  each  possessed  a  certain  sureness  and  a  certain 
strength  that  were  out  of  the  ordinary. 

Shirley  loves  to  draw,  Miss        [Continued  on  page  64] 


She  is  gifted  musically 


She  is  a  born  dancer 


And  farming  fascinates  her 


45 


Be  an 

in  Real 


INM 


Actress 

Life! 


If  you  want  to  develop 
your  personality — if  you 
want  to  succeed  in  your 
ambitions — here  are  some 
big,  valuable,  tested  tips! 

By  JAY  CHAPMAN 


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"^  E  AN  actress  in  everyday  life — if  you  want  to 
succeed,"  Claudette  Colbert  would  advise  the 
woman  with  ambition,  no  matter  what  that  am- 
bition may  be.  And  Claudette  should  know  about  success. 
She  has  succeeded  to  such  an  extent  that  she  received  last 
year's  "best  acting"  award  of  the  Academy  of  Motion  Pic- 
ture Arts  and  Sciences — is  one  of  the  top  favorites  of  film- 
goers  today — and  has  studios  standing  in  line,  waiting  to 
star  her  in  prize  roles  and  pay  handsomely  for  the  privilege. 
Nor  is  this  all.  Howard  Chandler  Christy,  the  noted  artist, 
calls  her  one  of  America's  ten  most  beautiful  women ;  and 
artist  Neysa  McMein  calls  her  one  of  America's  most 
charming  women. 

In  twelve  years  of  interviewing  world  celebrities,  I  have 
never  stumbled  on  a  more  intelligent,  valuable  and  unusual 
bit  of  advice  for  the  average  woman.  The  advice  was 
doubly  unusual,  coming  from  a  person  so  completely  natural 
and  untheatrical.  And  she  nearly  gave  me  heart  failure, 
for  fear  that  she  would  not  let  me  pass  it  on  to  you — and 
you — and  you.  "It's  all  right  to  chat  about  it,"  she  said, 
"but  in  print  it  might  sound  frightfully  preachy." 

I  doubted  that  anyone,  knowing  Claudette  Colbert  either 
on  or  off  the  screen,  would  ever  consider  her  "preachy" — 
but  I  understood  what  she  meant.  Words  spoken  can  be 
more  persuasive  than  words  written.  Words  spoken  can 
have  charm,  humor  and  sparkle  that  cold  print  lacks.  Yet 
here  was  too  important  a  message  to  forget,  to  shelve.  If 
Claudette  had  qualms  about  giving  advice  in  public,  I  was 
willing  to  take  the  risk  .  .  .  the  very  small  risk.  I  would, 
I  told  her,  state  her  theory  of  success  in  my  own  words. 

46 


ays 

Claudette 
Colbert 


However,  I  cannot  resist  quoting  some  of  her  pungent  re- 
marks. Your  appreciation  of  them  will  have  to  earn  me 
her  forgiveness. 

Any  modern,  intelligent  girl  or  woman  may  acquire  a 
knowledge  of  the  art  of  acting  that  will  be  of  tremendous 
advantage  to  her,  if  she  uses  it  deliberately  to  aid  her  in 
every  phase  of  her  daily  life.  This,  Claudette  Colbert 
ardently  believes. 

She  holds  with  Shakespeare  that  "all  the  world's  a  stage, 
and  all  the  men  and  women  merely  players."  If  you  are 
a  living,  breathing  human  being,  you  are  acting  most  of  the 
time,  whether  you  like  it  or  not.  This  being  the  case,  you 
may  as  well  learn  to  act  well.  Your  success,  your  social 
usefulness  and  your  happiness  all  depend  to  some  extent 
on  how  skillfully  you  portray  the  many  and  varied  real-life 
roles  that  are  thrust  upon  you,  as  situation  follows  situation 
in  the  plot  of  your  existence.        [Continued  on  page  60] 


Claudette  Colbert  has  just  completed  The  Bride  Comes  Home— 
a  comedy  about  a  rich  girl  who  is  determined  to  be  a  working  girl 
—and  has  her  troubles  convincing  wealthy  Robert  Y<  ung  and 
hard-working  Fred  MacMurray  that  she  means  it.  You  will  appre- 
ciate her  battle  doubly  after  reading  this  article.  (P.  S  — for 
women  only:  You  will  be  interested  in  the  "working  girl  ward- 
robe" designed  by  Travis  Banton  especially   for  Claudette.) 


Heroines  sometimes  use  tricks  to  attract  men. 
But  those  ruses  might  not  work  in  real  life! 


By  MARK  DOWLING 


COULD  any  woman  in  private  life  employ  with  suc- 
cess the  tricks  of  attracting  men  that  a  clever  actress 
uses  so  successfully  on  the  screen  ?  Could  you?  .  .  . 
Do  screen  beauties  themselves  use  similar  tricks  in  their 
own  private  lives,  after  seeing  how  effective  those  wiles 
appear  in  the  eyes  of  the  camera  ? 

I  asked  Bette  Davis.  And  she  told  me,  "There  are  man- 
snaring  tricks  that  might  prove  almost  foolproof,  if  em- 
ployed by  a  woman  in  private  life."  Then  she  added,  em- 
phatically, "But  any  zvoman  would  be  a  fool  to  use  them! 

"A  love  founded  on  artificiality  or  false  illusions  is 
doomed  from  the  beginning,"  she  continued.  "I  first  realized 
that  when  I  was  seventeen  or  so.  Ever  since,  I  have 
scorned  women  who  'put  on  acts'  to  capture  their  men. 
They  are  shallow,  stupid  and  selfish.  I  tried  to  put  across 
every  one  of  those  points  when  I  played  Mildred  in  Of 
Human  Bondage  .  .  .  just  as  a  man — Somerset  Maugham- 
did  when  he  wrote  the  book  and  created  the  character.  I 
tried  to  make  audiences  feel  what  I  feel,  myself — that  it  is 
incredible  that  a  man  can  love  a  woman  who  never  risks 
being  herself. 

"Any  woman  instinctively  senses  at  the  beginning  of  an 
acquaintance  whether  a  man  is  interested  in  her  or  not," 
Bette  added.  "If  he  is  not  naturally  attracted  to  her,  she 
will  be  wise  if  she  leaves  him  alone. 

"To  me,     [Continued  on  page  62] 


But- 
Don'tTry 

Vamping! 

says 

BETTE 


DAVIS 


Above,  Paul  Muni 
as  "Pasteur,"  the 
young    scientist 


Great 

Actor- 
Great 

Hermit 


There's  a  reason  why  PAUL  MUNI 
takes  you  out  of  yourself  with  his 
acting.  He  lives  as  no  other  actor 
in  Hollywood  lives.  This  great 
story   tells  you   how — and  why 

By  HARRY  LANG 


\eui". 


PAUL  MUNI  looked  ghastly  ill,  as  I  watched  him 
between  scenes  of  The  Story  of  Louis  Pasteur — 
the  dramatic  screen  version  of  the  scientist's  life. 
There  he  stood,  'way  off  on  one  side  of  the  set,  leaning 
with  weary  heaviness  against  a  light  scaffold,  where  the 
lights  would  not  burn  his  eyes.  Electri- 
cians shifted  lamps,  "prop"  men  hurried 
about,  but  Muni  did  not  appear  to  see 
them.  His  face  was  heavy  with  lines  of 
suffering.  He  talked  to  no  one ;  just  clung 
there. 

After  a  while,  Director  Wilhelm  Die- 
terle  quietly  walked  to  his  side,  quietly  told 
him :  "We're  ready  for  the  next  take. 
Paul." 

Muni  looked  up  wearily.  Slowly,  pain- 
fully, then,  he  let  go  of  the  support  to 

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which  he  had  been  clinging.  Every  step  was  an 
obvious  effort  as  he  tottered,  bent  and  weak,  to  a 
wheel  chair  before  the  camera.  An  assistant  director  had 
to  help  him  as  he  lifted  a  foot,  put  it  unsteadily  on  the 
foot  rest  of  the  chair,  and  lowered  his  body  into  the  seat. 
Dieterle  nodded.  "All  right,  turn  'em,"  he  called,  and 
the  cameras  began  whirring  softly  inside  their  "blimps." 
"SILENCE,  please!"  shrieked  an  assistant  director.  The 
"take"  was  on;  under  the  hot  lights,  the  sick  man,  Muni, 
went  painfully  through  a  brief  scene.  .  .  . 

I  turned,  resentful  and  astonished,  to  the  studio  publicity 
man  who  had  come  on  the  set  with  me.  "I  didn't  know 
Muni  was  ill,"  I  protested.  "Why  in  the  name  of  decency 
do  they  let  him  work  when  he  is  so  obviously  sick?" 

"Sick,  my  eye!"  the  press-agent  snorted.  "Muni  is  just 
as  well  as  you  or  I — in  better  health  than  either  of  us, 
as  a  matter  of  fact." 

"But  look  at  him,"  I  insisted.  "He  can  hardly  walk!" 
(The  assistant  director  was  helping  him  out  of  the  wheel 

chair  again,  half-supporting 
him  as  Muni  walked  over  to 
the  corner  of  the  set  and  sank 
back  into  an  easy  chair,  his 
eyes  closed.) 

"Sure,"  said  the  publicity 
man.  "He  looks  sick  to  death 
— but  it's  all  an  act.  You  see. 
when  Paul  is  making  a  pic- 
ture, he  doesn't  ever  step  out 
of  character  —  even  between 
[Continued  on  page  66] 


Seeing  Paul  Muni  in  The  Story  of 
Louis  Pasteur,  you  will  understand— 
because  of  this  story — how  he  has 
worked  the  miracle  of  losing  his  own 
personality  in  that  of  the  man  he  por- 
trays. A  man  who  actually  lived — a 
man  unlike  Muni  in  appearance — a  man 
who  made  life  safer  for  all  of  us  by  his 
own  daring  adventures  in  science. 


FASHION  i 
PARADE 


*0 


C* 


**\ 


?\ 


If  you  dream  of  ro- 
mance in  a  gown 
glowing  with  glamor 
.  .  .  consider  Wendy 
Barrie's  festive  eve- 
ning frock  of  siiver- 
and-rose  lame.  She 
is  so  partial  to  it  that 
it  was  whisked  from 
her  personal  ward- 
robe into  "Millions  in 
the  Air."  It  glorifies 
youth  .  .  .  like  all  of 
the  new  fashions  in 
the    followinq    paqes 


Don't  wear  horizontal  stripes  if  you 
want  to  look  slender.  These  two  fig- 
ures are  the  same  size — though  the 
one  on  the  left  looks  plumper.  .  .  . 
Right,  Ginger  Rogers  makes  middies 
popular  again. ..in  "Follow  the  Fleet" 


By   MURIEL  STANDISH 


IF  A  MILLION  women  were  asked 
one  question  —  "What  treasure  in 
life  do  you  covet  most?" — I  believe 
the  million  answers,  if  spoken  truly, 
would  be  as  one  : 

"Give  me  beauty  .  .  .  Just  beauty.  .  .  . 
With  beauty,  I  can  win  my  other  heart's 
desires.  With  beauty,  I  can  find  love, 
happiness,  success.  With  beauty,  I  can 
conquer  the  world.  .  .  ." 

You  are  protesting,  aren't  you?  Some 
of  you  who  are  reading  this  are  saying : 
''I  am  not  among  those  million  women. 
There  are  other  things  I  would  much 
rather  have  than  beauty.     There  are — " 

But  think !  Would  you  rather  have 
something  else  ? 

You  go  to  beauty  parlors,  don't  you? 
You  may  be  fifteen  or  fifty,  but  you  love 
manicures,  facials,  hair  waves.  You  are 
interested  in  correct  make-up.  And  your 
clothes  are  not  merely  coverings  in  the 
name  of  comfort  and  propriety,  are 
they?  You  seek  things  to  wear  that  are  becoming  and 
pretty,  don't  you?  You  want  to  look  chic  and  smart,  don't 
vou? 

Why? 

Because  you  are  a  part  of  that  great  feminine  horde 
joined  in  a  single  quest — a  quest  for  beauty.  This  search 
has  been  going  on  since  the  beginning  of  time.  In  days 
gone  by,  women  put  rings  in  their  noses  and  tattooed  their 
faces,  and  built  coiffures  like  baskets — in  quest  of  beauty. 

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Take  Tips  from 

Ginger  Rogers  ! 


There  are  ten  very  good  reasons  why  Ginger  is  attractive, 
and  popular.     Here  they  are  —too  worthwhile  to   miss! 


Nowadays,  we  do  better  than  that ;  we  think.  We  have 
changed  our  styles,  but  the  quest  is  the  same.  We  still  are 
secretly  or  frankly  looking  for,  hoping  for,  working  for 
— beauty.  And,  along  with  beauty,  we  are  seeking  fashion 
smartness.  Maybe  we  can  be  beautiful  without  being  smart, 
or  smart  without  being  beautiful,  but  we  want  to  be  both, 
if  possible! 

And  whether  we  realize  it  or  not,  we  seek  tips  from  films 
on  beauty,  charm  and  fashions. 


i*s  -> 


Wear  appropriate 
accessories — like  the 
figure  at  far  left. 
The  one  at  near  left 
is  overdressed  with 
herfancy  accessories 


Be  neat,  says  Gin- 
ger. At  far  left  is 
a  picture  of  neat- 
ness. At  near  left, 
how  you  look  with 
hair  untidy,  tie 
crooked,  belt  askew 
and  slip  showing 


Drawings  by 
BERNARD  NEWMAN, 

who  designs 
Ginger  Rogers'  clothes 

Wear  the  right 
clothes  at  the  right 
time.  -  For  example, 
street  clothes  should 
be  simple  and  tai 
ored,  as  at  near  right 
— not  fluffy-ruffly,  as 
on  figure  at  far  right 


•  All  of  which  brings  us  to  the  subject  of  Ginger  Rogers, 
the  most  popular  star  on  the  screen  today  and  the  model 
of  beauty,  fashion  and  charm  to  millions  of  American 
women  and  girls.  She  was  not  always  the  lovely-looking 
person  that  she  is  today.  Just  a  few  short  years  ago,  she 
was  a  youngster  without  particular  poise,  magnetic  charm, 
or  outstanding  beauty — all  of  which  she  has  now  in  great 
measure.  How  did  she  achieve  them?  What  rules  that 
she  made  for  herself  could  she  give  to  the  rest  of  us? 

I  went  on  the  set  of  Follow  the  Fleet,  her  new  picture 
with  Fred  Astaire,  to  ask  her.  I  soon  made  the  surprising 
discovery  (surprising  in  Hollywood)  that  she  is  disparag- 
ing about  her  looks  and  her  charms.  She  does  not  think 
that  she  is  beautiful  at  all.  But  she  does  have  marked 
ideas  about  what  any  girl  can  do  to  appear  at  her  best 
and  how  any  girl  can  achieve  smartness.  Practical  ideas 
they  are,  too — ideas  that  will  be  helpful  to  you  and  to  me. 

She  did  not  go  into  abstract  discussion  of  "personal  mag- 
netism," "verve,"  "personality"  or  any  of  the  other  in- 
tangibles that  make  a  girl  a  social  success.  Friendly,  forth- 
right Ginger  brought  forth  concrete  suggestions  about  neat- 


Watch  your  posture, 
if  you  want  to  be  at- 
tractive. Near  right, 
a  "wrong"  figure — 
slumped  down,  round- 
shouldered.  Far 
right,  correct  posture 


ness,  posture,  the  selection  of  accessories,  and  other  definite 
rules  for  being  attractive.  And  how  interesting,  sensible 
and  easy-to-follow  they  are! — as  you  will  discover  for 
yourself. 

•     Be  neat.    That  is  Ginger's  first  self-imposed  rule  for 
achieving  attractiveness. 

"Bunchy  lingerie,  slips  that  show,  wrinkled  stockings, 
gaping  plackets,  run-over  heels  and  all  the  rest  of  the  slov- 
enly   touches    that    ruin    many    an    expensively    dressed 
woman's  appearance  are,  I  think,  a  tragedy,"  she  said.  "For 
one  thing,  they  are  so  unnecessary.     A  girl  can  be  svelte 
in  a  seven-ninety-five  dress  if  she  is  neat.     She  can  keep 
the  heels  straight  on  a  three-fifty  pair  of  shoes.     She  can 
sew  fasteners  on  the  most  inexpensive  coat,  suit,  dress  or 
pair  of  pajamas.     Real  neat- 
ness," Ginger  continued,  "be- 
gins underneath  your  dress  or 
suit  —  with  your  lingerie. 
Most    women    wear    girdles, 
these  days,   or  tightly-fitting 
clothes ;    if    they   don't,   they 
should.    It  takes  a  very,  very 
perfect    figure    to    look    its 
best  without  a  little  'clothes- 
sculpturing.' 

"Some  girls  today  feel  that 

[Continued  on  page  76} 


All  rumors  to  the  contrary.  Gin- 
ger Rogers  and  Fred  Astaire  are 
continuing  as  a  screen  team.  They 
are  now  completing  Follow  the 
Fleet — in  which  Fred  trades  his 
top  hat  for  a  gob's  hat  and  Ginger 
becomes  a  sailor's  sweetheart. 
They  give  each  other  their  songs 
and  dances  in  a  new — a  nautical 
—setting,  with  music  by  Irving 
("Cheek  to  Cheek")  Berlin.  Gin- 
ger wears  a  natty  new  wardrobe, 
designed  by  Bernard  Newman, 
who  drew  the  smart  sketches  on 
these  pages.  You  will  get  fash- 
ion hints  from  that  wardrobe  for 
Spring  .  .  .  when  you  will  be  see- 
ing Ginger  and  Fred  in  their  next 
picture,    /  Won't   Dance.  C? 


GWEN  WAKELING  in  inset,  is  a  Hollywood 
phenomenon —  a  female  designer  of  feminine 
fashions.  There  are  a  few  other  women  stylists 
in  the  studios,  but  none  ranks  with  the  Adrians, 
the  Bernard  Newmans,  the  Orry-Kellys  and  the 
Travis  Bantons  as  Miss  Wakeling  does.  She  is 
American,  from  New  York,  and  as  dramatic  at 
her  creations.  She  was  brought  to  Hollywood 
by  Twentieth  Century-Fox,  for  whom  she  has 
just  costumed  the  new  Warner  Baxter  picture, 
King  of  Burlesque.  Mona  Barrie,  featured  in 
the  film,  models  three  of  the  Wakeling  crea- 
tions here.  And  the  question  is:  Are  they 
more  feminine  than  creations  of  men  designers? 


More 
feminine.? 


1.  Mona  Barrie  wears  this  gown  of 
silver  and  white  lame  in  "King  of 
Burlesque."  It  has  new  back  full- 
ness with  looped  bustle  effect, 
fine   front   shirring,    novel    shoulders 

2.  Something  new  in  smartness  is 
the  blue  woolen  frock  worn  by  Mona 
Barrie — with  its  clever  slot  seam- 
ing about  bodice  and  sleeves.  The 
hat   is    blue;    the    accessories,-  gray 

3.  Pleated  ruffles  work  new  fash- 
ion magic  on  a  chic  cocktail  cos- 
tume worn  by  Mona  Barrie — a  gun- 
metal  lame  blouse,  pin-dotted  in 
black,     with     a     black    velvet     skirt 

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Outdoor  able ! 


I.  To  ski  or  not  to  ski?  If  that  is  the  question, 
it  is  easily  answered  when  you  have  an  outfit  as 
colorful  and  cosy  as  Marsha  Hunt's.  You'll  ski! 
It  is  brown  wool,  trimmed  with  vari-colored  purling 


2.  A  pretty  trick  all  dressed  for  a  wintry  trek 
is  Marsha  Hunt,  who  first  caught  your  eye  in  "The 
Virginia  Judge."  With  skiing  trousers,  she  wears 
a   striped   jumper  that   laces   smartly   up  the  front 


3.  There's  no  fun  like  snow  fun,  hints  Helen 
Wood,  young  starlet  of  "Champagne  Charlie." 
(You'll  see  it  soon.)  She  takes  to  the  hills  in  ski 
trousers,  suede  jacket,   knit  belt,  scarf  and  anklets 

55 


Gay  bands  of 
red,     green     and 

silver  give  dash 
to  Anita  Louise's 
black  crepe  frock. 
A  velvet  turban 
becomes  flirta- 
tious with  a  chic 
veil.  This  modern 
outfit  is  much  in 
contrast  to  styles 
she  wears  in  the 
film,  "The  Story 
of  Louis  Pasteur" 


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For  the 

New  Year's  Days 


■ — W  elbournc 

Olivia  De  Havilland  arrives  in  a  pebbly  weave  black  crepe 
oufit  with  semi-fitted  jacket  and  jauntily  feathered  tur- 
ban. The  quilted  silver  vest  and  flower  add  an  exciting 
touch.       And     Olivia     is    exciting     in     "Captain     Blood" 


Here  comes  Cecilia 
of     "Ah,     Wilderness") 
simple,     ultra-smart    woo 
Tucking   and  gold   belt  are 


— c.  S.  Bu 
Parker  (the  heroine 


utterly 

frock. 

chic  details 


n     an 

crepe 


1+  may  be  monkish  in  line, 
but  it  is  daring  in  mood — 
this  extremely  dramatic 
gown  of  Kitty  Carlisle's! 
Flowing  lines  and  wide 
skirt  feature  its  beauty. 
Kitty  made  a  great  success 
in  "A  Night  at  the  Opera" 


-C  S.  Bull 


Silver  lame  creates  Elizabeth 
Allan's  striking  gown  with  hal- 
ter neckline.  Note  the  jeweled 
back  clip.  Elizabeth  is  a  sen- 
sation in  "A  Tale  of  Two  Cities" 


For  the 

New 
Year's 

Eves 


Schiaparelli  designed  it  .  .  . 
Helen  Vinson  wears  this  ex- 
quisite gown  in  S-B's  "King 
of  the  Damned."  Grecian 
lines  inspired  this  creation  with 
its  golden  stripes  and  flame 
mousselline  background.  Helen  s 
silver  sandals  (above)  were  also 
inspired     by     ancient     Greece 


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'A  LOT  OF  PIMPLES?  I  CLEARED 
,  THEM  ALL  UP  WITH  FLEISCHMANN'S 
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WHY,  HELLO,  EDMA!  SAY  I 
KMOW  IT5  AWFULLY  LATE 
BUT  IVEOXIST  DEC\OEO 
TO  GOTO  THE  SWANK 
5TEWART  DANCE- 
GO  WITH  ME  ? 


Don't  let  Adolescent  Pint  pies 
make  YOU  feel  left  out! 

BETWEEN  the  ages  13  and  25,  important 
glands  develop.  This  causes  disturbances 
throughout  the  body.  Waste  poisons  in  the 
blood  irritate  the  skin.  It  breaks  out  in  pimples. 

But  even  bad  cases  of  adolescent  pimples  can 
be  corrected — by  Fleischmann's  Yeast.  Fleisch- 
mann's  Yeast  clears  the  skin  irritants  out  of  the 
blood.  And  when  the  cause  of  the  skin  eruption 
is  removed,  the  pimples  disappear. 

Eat  Fleischmann's  Yeast  3  times  a  day,  be- 
fore meals,  until  skin  clears.  Start  today! 


by  clearing  skin  irritants 
out  of  the  blood 


Copyright.  1936.  Standard  Brands  Incorporated 


Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


59 


Tor  Years 
I  Suffered 


AN  AFFLICTION 
THOUSANDS  SUFFER 
BUT  FEW 
TALK  ABOUT! 


HEMORRHOIDS  or  Piles  are  one  of  the 
worst  afflictions.  They  not  only  harass  and 
torture  you,  but  they  play  havoc  with  your 
health.  They  tax  your  strength  and  energy,  wear 
you  down  physically  and  mentally  and  make 
you  look  haggard  and  drawn. 

Piles, being  a  delicate  subject, are  often  borne 
in  silence,  and  allowed  to  go  untreated.  Yet,  no 
condition  is  more  desperately  in  need  of  atten- 
tion. For  Piles  can,  and  often  do,  develop  into 
something  serious ! 

REAL   TREATMENT 
Real  treatment  for  the  relief  of  distress  due  to 
Piles  is  to  be  had  today  in  Pazo  Ointment.  Pazo 
almost  instantly  stops  the  pain  and  itching.  It 
is  effective  because  it  is  threefold  in  effect. 

First,  Pazo  is  soothing,  which  tends  to  relieve 
sore  and  inflamed  parts.  Second,  it  is  lubricat- 
ing, which  tends  to  soften  hard  parts  and  also 
to  make  passage  easy.  Third,  it  is  astringent, 
which  tends  to  reduce  swollen  parts. 

Pazo  is  put  up  in  Collapsible  Tubes  with  spe- 
cial Pile  Pipe,  which  is  perforated.  The  perforat- 
ed Pile  Pipe  makes  it  easy  for  you  to  apply  the 
Ointment  high  up  in  the  rectum  where  it  can 
reach  and  thoroughly  cover  the  affected  parts. 

REAL  COMFORT 

Pazo  is  now  also  put  up  in  suppository  form.  Those 
who  prefer  suppositories  will  find  Pazo  the  most  satis- 
factory^ AH  drug  stores  sell  Pazo-in-Tubes  and  Pazo 
Suppositories,  but  a  trial  tube  is  free  for  tie  asking. 
Just  mail  coupon  or  post  card. 


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"Be  an  Actress  in  Real  Life!"  Says  Colbert 

[Continued  from  page  46] 


ADDRESS 

CITY- STATE. 


CTRAIGHTFORWARD  Claudette 
^  Colbert  is  not  advocating  pretense, 
insincerity,  the  putting  on  of  a  constant 
show  or  "act."  That  is  not  at  all  what 
real  acting,  on  stage  or  screen  or  in  pri- 
vate life,  constitutes.  Acting  is  self- 
expression — revealing  truth,  not  camou- 
flaging it.  In  using  the  art,  you  do  not 
pretend;  you  emphasize. 

"I  like  to  think  of  'everyday  acting'  as 
a  form  of  self-improvement,"  Claudette 
declared.  "To  condemn  it  as  insincerity 
would  be  to  misunderstand  not  only  mod- 
ern acting,  but  modern  life.  Just  as  it 
would  be  ridiculous  to  condemn  as  insin- 
cere the  proper  use  of  cosmetics,  or  the 
wearing  of  an  unusually  pretty  gown, 
when  a  girl  wants  to  be  her  most  attrac- 
tive self." 

Let's  cite  some  typical  instances  to  il- 
lustrate how  you  might  use  acting  abil- 
ity in  private  life. 

Suppose  you  are  applying  for  a  posi- 
tion. Rival  applicants  have  already  been 
interviewed ;  many  are  waiting  behind 
you.  You  know  that  you  could  do  the 
work  ably,  but  in  the  few  minutes  al- 
lotted to  you,  can  you  convince  your 
prospective  employer  of  this  fact?  Ah — 
that's  when  a  girl  needs  skill  at  express- 
ing herself,  the  confidence  and  the  per- 
suasive powers  of  a  fully  developed  per- 
sonality, which  a  knowledge  of  acting 
will  give ! 

Or  let's  say  that  you  are  competing 
for  social  popularity — making  your  first 
appearance  with  a  new  crowd.  Here, 
too,  you  will  find  numerous  rivals.  In 
this  situation  you  need  ability  to  express 
yourself  easily,  confidently,  engagingly 
— to  entertain  and  please  groups  of  peo- 
ple. In  such  a  situation,  what  wouldn't 
you  give  for  the  arts  of  an  actress? 

*TpHE  first  training  required  in  "every- 
■*■  day  acting"  is  available  through 
courses  in  dramatics  in  public  schools, 
colleges,  and  night  schools:  also  through 
clubs  and  other  co-operative  and  com- 
munity projects.  Experience  in  amateur 
theatricals,  preferably  under  capable 
coaching,  is  always  excellent.  But  once 
the  groundwork  is  completed,  you  are 
your  own  best  teacher,  provided  you 
faithfully  and'  continually  try  to  improve 
yourself,  and  study  good  professional 
acting.  Once  you  learn  something  of 
acting  technique,  you  easily  grasp  and 
appreciate  that  seen  in  films. 

For  there  is  a  close  resemblance  be- 
tween your  real-life  use  of  acting,  and 
Claudette  Colbert's  screen  use  of  her 
art.  She  etches  a  fiction  character ;  you 
portray  your  own  best  self.  Doing  so 
teaches  you  to  kuozu  character,  and  to 
improve  and  fortify  your  own.  You 
learn  to  cultivate  that  best  self  of  yours, 


and  presently  it  dominates,  perhaps  even 
obi  iterates,  less  admirable  sides  of  your 
nature. 

Even  though  in  private-life  acting  you 
portray  only  yourself,  you  have  plenty 
of  need  for  versatility.  That  is  de- 
manded to  bring  out  the  different  moods 
and  facets  of  your  own  complex  nature. 
You,  like  the  screen  actress,  can  cultivate 
versatility  by  studying  the  characteris- 
tics of  people  you  meet  in  real  life,  see 
in  movies,  or  read  about  in  books. 


"\X7TIILE  adding  variety  to  your  out- 
**  zvard  personality,  you  actually 
broaden  and  enrich  your  character.  The 
moods  that  you  bring  to  light,  control 
and  express,  will  grow  into  stronger 
character  facets  within  you.  And  while 
the  average  woman  lets  her  moods  come 
forth  at  random,  controlling  her,  rather 
than  being  commanded  by  her,  your 
training  in  acting  will  make  your  moods 
more  manageable. 

For  example,  suppose  you  are  back 
again,  applying  for  the  position  we  men- 
tioned'. You  realize  (through  the  pow- 
ers of  observation  and  understanding 
of  character  given  you  by  the  study  of 
acting)  that  a  sober,  prim  secretary  is 
required.  You  may  have  your  sober  and 
prim  moods,  but  just  now  you  are 
tempted  to  giggle.  Wouldn't  a  control 
of  mood  be  handy?  I  have  seen  that 
gay  soul,  Claudette  Colbert,  laughing  a 
moment  before,  enter  a  scene  on  the 
crest  of  a  flood  of  tears  that  would  break 
your  heart ! 

At  a  social  function,  you  may  be  in- 
clined to  sadness.  Many  a  social  func- 
tion affects  one  that  way.  But  being  a 
trained,  real-life  actress,  you  are  able 
to  throw  yourself  into  the  fitting,  frivo- 
lous mood.  And  in  your  romance,  you 
may  distance  your  scheming  rivals — 
rivals  are  always  scheming  ! — by  empha- 
sizing those  character  traits  that  will 
appeal  to  the  man  you  love. 

But  enough  !  Your  imagination  can 
carry  on  from  here,  and  it  need  not  be 
limited.  You,  like  the  great  actresses 
of  stage  and  screen,  will  ripen  in  experi- 
ence, improve  in  technique  with  every 
passing  month  and  year. 

When  and  where  to  begin  ?  Now,  and 
anywhere.  Perhaps  by  studying  the 
first  character  you  see,  or  by  running, 
not  walking,  to  the  nearest  movie  theatre. 
By  joining  a  local  drama  club  or  class. 
By  organizing  something  of  the  sort 
yourself.  And  you  will  have  a  success 
secret  in  advance,  revealed  to  you  by 
Claudette  Colbert — you  will  know  what 
you  are  seeking  in  these  activities. 

Once  you  have  that  knowledge,  life  is 
your  starring  vehicle,  the  world  your 
stasre ! 


News  note:  As  we  go  to  press,  Claudette  Colbert  announces  that  in 
January,  1936,  a  bride  will  come  home  with  Dr.  J.  J.  Pressman,  noted  Cali- 
fornia surgeon— and  that  the  bride  will  be  Claudette  Colbert. 


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[Continued  from  page  47] 


the  idea  of  a  woman  using  tricks  to  in- 
terest a  man — including  the  ones  that  are 
practically  infallible — is  old-fashioned 
stuff.  Worthy  of  a  Mildred,  perhaps,  but 
not  worthy  of  a  modern,  intelligent 
woman.  To  me,  no  man  would  be  worth 
having,  if  I  had  to  put  on  an  act  to  get 
him." 

It  seemed  easy  for  Bette  to  have  such 
decided  opinions — provocative  and  fas- 
cinating as  she  is  with  her  creamy 
complexion,  her  large,  expressive  eyes 
and  her  vivid  red  lips.  Naturally,  she 
attracts  men.  But  what  of  the  countless 
women  who  haven't  great  natural 
charm?  Aren't  they  justified  in  using 
tricks  to  attract  masculine  attention  ? 

"Definitely,  NO,"  Bette  answered  at 
once.  "If  men  are  not  attracted  to  a 
woman,  it's  because  there  is  something 
basically  unattractive  about  her.  I  don't 
mean  clothes  or  beauty.  Many  of  the 
homeliest  women  in  history  have  been 
the  greatest  successes  with  men.  Charm 
goes  deeper  than  physical  attractiveness. 

"One  fatal  mistake  made  by  unpopular 
women  is  being  too  anxious  ....  try- 
ing too  many  wiles.  Nothing  depresses 
a  man  more  than  a  man-hunter. 


"INSTEAD  of  pretending  indifference 

^  to  a  man — instead  of  using  indiffer- 
ence as  a  trick,  as  Mildred  did  in  Of 
Human  Bondage — a  woman  should  dis- 
cover resources  within  herself  that  will 
make  her  independent  and  self-reliant. 
Men  can  respect  that  attitude.  They 
can't  respect  an  attitude  of  studied  in- 
difference, even  when  they  suspect  that 
a  woman  is  only  pretending.  And  they 
always  do  suspect  it.  That's  what  makes 
a  pose  of  indifference  one  of  the  most 
successful  man-getting  tricks  a  woman 
could  adopt — if  she  believes  in  tricks. 

"Of  course,"  she  added  quickly,  "in- 
dependence can  be  overdone,  too.  Heaven 
help  the  woman  who  is  too  independent ! 
But  there  is  a  nice  half-way  self-reli- 
ance that  any  woman  can  attain.  Stories 
stressing  it  are  beginning  to  be  written 
that  way  for  the  screen,  and  I  believe 
that  there  will  be  more  of  them.  Myrna 
Loy  has  played  roles  of  the  type  that  I 
mean.  So  has  Rosalind  Russell." 

So  has  Bette  herself,  in  Front  Page 
Woman  and  Special  Agent,  pioneering 
as  this  new,  naturally  attractive  type 
of  modern  woman. 

She  continued  thoughtfully,  "The 
basic  fact  about  this  new  type  of 
woman  is  that  she  does  not  use  tricks  on 
men.  And  that  fact  makes  her  different 
from  the  flapper,  with  her  amorous 
forwardness — different  from  the  seduc- 
tive old-time  vampire — different  even 
from  the  glamor  queens.  She  has  to  be 
pursued,  for  all  her  modernity,  just  as 
an  old-fashioned  girl  had  to  be  pursued. 
And  the  woman  who  uses  tricks  is  do- 
ing the  pursuing. 

"Maybe  I've  missed  a  lot  of  fun,"  Bette 
continued,  "not  trying  tricks  to  attract 


men.  Some  men  like  it,  you  know.  It 
flatters  them.  For  instance,  there  is  one 
trick  that  works  well  on  the  screen  and 
in  real  life,  too:  Let  your  sweetheart 
see  only  your  most  glamorous  side !  Go 
out  with  him  only  when  you're  looking 
too  lovely  and  feeling  in  a  marvelous 
humor ! 

"I  would  not  do  that.  Sooner  or  later, 
he  would  find  out  that  I  was  human 
enough  to  have  moods — and  then  dis- 
illusionment would  follow.  I  might  lose 
the  very  thing  that  I  had  struggled  to 
win — his  love.  So  I  would  do  just  the 
opposite.  I  would  make  a  definite  point 
of  letting  any  man  I  was  interested  in 
see  me  at  my  worst — when  I  was  in  a 
foul  humor,  and  not  looking  too  w^ll ! 
Then  he  couldn't  build  around  me  any 
illusions  to  be  broken. 


«  ANOTHER  screen  trick  that  is  ab- 

^*-  solutely  foolproof  is  to  pretend  an 
interest  in  a  man's  work,  whether  you 
are  really  interested  or  not.  I  know  a 
girl  in  this  town  who  uses  this  trick 
again  and  again  in  private  life — with 
brilliant  success.  Before  meeting  a  man, 
she  finds  out  what  his  chief  interest  is, 
and  then  manages  to  ask  him  coy  ques- 
tions about  it.  It's  a  feminine  trick  that 
can't  fail.  But  when  the  man  finds  out 
that  he  has  been  tricked — that  the  woman 
wasn't  really  interested — she  loses  every- 
thing. I've  seen  that  happen,  too. 

"That  is  why  I  believe  a  woman  would 
be  stupid  to  try  to  imitate  the  man-get- 
ting methods  of  screen  heroines  who 
aren't  natural,  honest,  sincere.  Their 
tricks  might  not  work  in  real  life,  where 
everything  wouldn't  be  pre-arranged  to 
make  them  work,  as  in  a  scenario. 

"There  are  other  tricks,"  Bette  added, 
"but  the  women  who  use  them  are  be- 
neath contempt.  I  have  seen  a  girl  go 
after  a  married  man — and  win  him — by 
posing  as  a  good  friend  of  the  wife. 
Some  girls  rely  completely  on  physical 
attraction  to  win  their  men.  They  are 
cheating  the  very  men  they  love,  offering 
them  so  little. 

"Such  tricks,"  she  finished,  "are  a 
woman's  last  resort.  If  she  can't  get  a 
man  interested  without  tricking  him, 
she  had  better  leave  men  alone.  She  will 
save  herself  plenty  of  future  trouble." 

And  Bette  Davis'  belief  in  feminine 
honesty — first,  last  and  always — is  borne 
out  by  her  own  marriage.  She  was  mar- 
ried to  Harmon  O.  Nelson,  Jr.,  young 
orchestra  leader,  before  she  had  risen 
to  full  stardom  on  the  screen.  For 
months  gossip  writers  made  that  mar- 
riage a  target  for  rumors  of  divorce. 
For  months  at  a  time  Bette  and  Har- 
mon were  separated  by  their  work- 
she  being  in  Hollywood,  and  he  in 
various  other  cities.  All  of  these  things 
might  have  smashed  their  happiness  if 
it  had  not  been  grounded  on  a  firm 
foundation — a  foundation  of  sincerity 
and  honesty,  devoid  of  tricks. 


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Barkley  said.  Her  models  are  living 
things — people,  animals,  birds  and  in- 
sects. She  has  no  time  for  inanimate 
objects.  She  has  an  active  imagination, 
is  interested  in  all  life  about  her,  and 
tries  to  capture  it  with  her  paints  or 
crayons.  Sometimes  she  fails,  but  some- 
times she  succeeds  in  getting  down  a 
bit  of  reality  that  is  astonishing.  She 
has  an  instinctive  sense  of  color  and 
proportion. 

"And,"  Miss  Barkley  added,  "Shirley 
is  the  most  observant  human  being  I 
have  ever  seen,  either  child  or  adult, 
which  should  make  her  work  appealing 
and  accurate.  Also,  that  sense  of  humor 
of  hers  should  help  if  her  inclination 
should  be  toward  caricature.  Yes,  I 
think  Shirley  could  grow  up  to  be  a 
successful  artist." 


T  ASKED  Miss  Barkley  about  Shir- 
-*-  ley's  dancing,  although  everyone 
knows  that  this  talent  of  hers  is  re- 
markable. But  I  didn't  know,  until  she 
told  me,  that  Shirley  learned  in  one 
morning  the  intricate  dances  that  she 
did  in  Little  Colonel  with  Bill  Robinson 
.  .  .  that  she  learns  her  screen  dances 
ever  more  quickly  .  .  .  that  she  can, 
and  does,  make  up  all  kinds  of  steps 
.  .  .  and  that  she  often  offers  sugges- 
tions, when  being  taught  a  dance,  that 
vastly  improve  the  original  routine. 

"Dancing  is  in  her  blood,"  Miss  Bark- 
ley said.  "She  loves  it.  Her  mother 
tells  me  that  she  has  loved  to  dance 
ever  since  she  could  stand  in  her  crib, 
and  I  can  see  that  she  is  improving  all 
the  time.  Yes,  if  Shirley  wished,  she 
might  have  her  own  dancing  school 
when  she  is  older,  and  a  fine  one  it  would 
be.  Or  she  might  win  still  more  fame 
as  a  creator  of  dance  numbers.  She 
might  even  have  her  own  company,  her 
own  ballet." 

Or  Shirley  might  become  a  writer. 
She  has  that  intense  desire  to  express 
herself  on  paper.  At  the  age  of  six, 
she  is  not  writing  stories,  but  she  does 
write  letters.  All  of  the  happy  expe- 
riences of  her  utterly  happy  life,  she 
wants  to  tell  someone,  her  teacher  said. 
So  she  writes  letters. 

She  writes  to  her  mother,  to  her  fa- 
ther, to  Lillian,  to  her  playmates,  to 
studio  workers,  to  John  Boles  and 
Jimmy  Dunn,  both  of  whom  she  adores 
particularly.  She  tells  them  about  her 
adventures  .  .  .  about  her  new  rabbits, 
the  new  gardens  at  the  studio,  how  she 
finds  elves  and  pixies  behind  the  holly- 
hocks around  Stage  Five  on  a  clear 
morning,  how  she  played  "Goldilocks 
and  the  Three  Bears"  with  Jack  Holt 
while  they  were  making  The  Littlest 
Rebel. 

Shirley  is  especially  concerned  about 
children  who  have  no  mothers  nor  fa- 
thers. She  learned  about  them  for  the 
first  time  when  she  made  Curly  Top,  in 
which  picture,  you  will  remember,  she 
played   an   orphan   herself.      She   wants 

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everyone  else  to  know  the  sad  plight  of 
such  children  so  that  they  may  be 
helped.  Accordingly,  she  writes  letters 
about  them — in  her  labored,  yet  very 
legible  scrawl. 


f)R  SHE  might  become  a  fine  musi- 
^-^  cian. 

Her  ear  for  music,  her  lovely  talent 
for  harmony,  her  natural  aptitude  for 
playing  the  piano,  as  well  as  the  singing 
voice  that  the  world  already  knows  and 
loves,  all  point  toward  a  real  career  in 
music  if  Shirley  should  desire  it,  Miss 
Barkley  believes.  Few  children  of  six 
can  carry  a  tune — much  less  "put  over" 
a  song.  That  is  just  one  indication  of 
her  exceptional  talent,  which  she  has 
had  since  the  age  of  three. 

In  two  hours,  Shirley  learned  the  har- 
mony for  the  song,  Sweet  Genevieve, 
which  she  and  John  Boles  sing  in  The 
Littlest  Rebel.  And  thereby  hangs  an 
amusing  anecdote.  They  were  doing 
very  nicely,  it  seems,  when  suddenly 
John  swung  off  the  regular  tune  and 
into  the  tenor  key.  Shirley  kept  vali- 
antly on  with  the  air,  looking  chidingly 
at  John  as  if  to  say :  "You're  singing 
it  wrong,  but  I'll  keep  on  anyway  and 
maybe  you  will  get  it  right  pretty  soon." 

Finally,  though,  she  could  not  stand 
it  any  longer.  She  interrupted.  "Mis- 
ter Boles,"  she  said,  politely,  "I  don't 
think  you're  singing  this  song  the  way 
you  should." 

John  sat  down  on  the  piano  bench, 
took  her  on  his  lap  and  explained  the 
intricacies  of  tenor  versus  soprano  in 
harmony  singing.  "I'm  supposed  to 
sing  higher  than  you,"  he  told  her. 

Shirley  listened  carefully  until  he  had 
finished,  then  drew  a  sigh  of  relief. 
"That's  all  right,  then,"  she  said,  "I 
won't  have  to  help  you  with  your  part." 


AS  FOR  Shirley's  aptitude  for  farm- 
-^"*-  ing.  ...  I  smiled  a  little  skepti- 
cally when  Miss  Barkley  first  mentioned 
it.  But  by  the  time  she  had  finished  tell- 
ing me  why  she  thought  Shirley  would 
make  a  good  farmer,  my  skepticism  had 
vanished. 

"Shirley  not  only  loves  the  country, 
but  she  is  at  home  there,"  Miss  Barkley 
said.  "She  is  at  home  among  animals 
and  in  gardens  and  fields.  She  has  that 
intangible,  yet  recognizable  attainment 
known  as  'the  feel  of  the  land.'  She 
knows  such  things  as  the  commercial 
value  of  a  heifer  calf,  and  how  many 
calves  it  can  be  counted  on  to  bring  into 
the  world,  and  how  much  they  can  be 
sold  for.  She  has  a  calf  of  her  own — 
a  gift  from  children  in  the  State  of 
Washington — which  is  being  kept  on  a 
ranch  not  far  from  Los  Angeles. 

"She  is  interested  in  chickens,  how 
they  lay  eggs  that  can  be  eaten  or  sold, 
and  how  they  can  be  eaten  or  sold  them- 
selves. She  knows  about  gardening,  too 
— not  just  flower  cultivation,  but  about 


vegetables.  She  has  watched  them  grow. 

"And — "  Miss  Barkley  smiled  remi- 
niscently,  "we  mustn't  forget  her  pro- 
clivities as  a  raiser  of  rabbits,  another 
farm  by-product.  I  am  thinking  of  a 
certain  time  when  she  took  Irvin  S. 
Cobb  to  see  her  rabbits  which  are  kept 
on  the  studio  grounds.  I  must  explain 
that  at  first  she  had  only  five,  but  they 
increased  to  twenty-four  in  a  remark- 
ably short  time. 

"Anyway,  after  Mr.  Cobb  had  ad- 
mired the  lot,  Shirley,  generous  little 
soul  that  she  is,  wanted  to  give  him  one. 
Slightly  appalled  at  the  prospect  of  car- 
rying a  live  rabbit  around  with  him  for 
the  rest  of  the  day,  he  protested. 

"  'You  have  just  the  right  number  of 
rabbits,  Shirley.  I  couldn't  take  any 
away !'  he  told  her. 

"  'Oh,  that's  all  right,  Mister  Cobb,' 
she  assured  him,  'they  keep  coming  all 
the  time !'  " 

Lillian  Barkley,  intelligent,  under- 
standing, warmly  human  teacher  of 
Shirley  Temple,  was  silent  after  that, 
and  so  was  I.  We  sat  there  looking 
out  of  the  window,  contemplating — not 
the  blazing  Southern  California  sunset 
that  it  framed — but  the  five  cross-roads 
waiting  for  lovely  little  Shirley  Temple 
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has  already  come  far  along  the  trail  as 
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may  pause  at  one  of  these  cross-roads, 
and  then  turn  another  way.  No  one 
can  know  about  that — yet.  But  which- 
ever road  she  takes,  the  world  will  bene- 
fit— for  her  talents  are  as  great  as  they 
are  varied. 

In  the  meantime,  those  who  love  Shir- 
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scenes — hardly  even  overnight.  In  this 
sequence,  Pasteur  is  convalescent  from 
a  great  illness.  Muni  is  living  that  con- 
valescence— not  just  before  the  camera, 
but  all  of  the  time.  Muni  is  not  just 
acting  Pasteur;  he  is  being  Pasteur,  the 
sick  man." 

On  the  sets  of  other  pictures,  even 
where  emotional  drama  was  being 
played,  I  have  seen  players  switch  off 
their  emotions  instantly  and  become 
matter-of-fact,  as  soon  as  a  "take"  was 
over.  But  Muni  never  jokes  on  the  set 
— no  matter  how  long  it  is  between 
takes.  Even  at  lunchtime,  he  eats  in 
his  dressing-room — and  stays  in  char- 
acter while  he  is  eating.  Making  a 
movie  is  a  serious  business  with  Muni. 


r  HAVE  been  telling  you  all  this  as  a 
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est character  actors;  why  he  is  one  of 
the  very  few  stars  of  the  screen  who 
can  take  you  out  of  reality,  as  you  sit 
in  the  theatre,  and  carry  you  completely 
into  the  story. 

On  the  screen,  he  is  never  Muni,  but 
always  the  character  he  is  playing.  Ar- 
liss  is  always  Arliss,  Beery  is  always 
Beery,  Chaplin  is  never  anyone  but 
Chaplin — and  each  is  a  great  artist  in 
his  special  way.  But  Muni  transcends 
their  work  in  this  manner — Muni  totally 
submerges  his  own  personality  when  he 
is  working.  He  submerges  it  so  utterly 
that  for  twenty-four  hours  of  every 
day  while  he  is  making  a  picture,  he  is 
the  character  in  the  picture. 

"Paul's  wife,"  an  intimate  of  his  told 
me,  "must  have  a  time  of  it,  being  mar- 
ried to  him.  Because,  you  see,  she  is 
married  to  a  different  man  every  time 
Paul  makes  a  new  picture.  Right  now 
she  is  Mrs.  Pasteur;  in  the  past,  she 
has  been  the  wife  of  Scarface,  the  Gang- 
ster— the  wife  of  a  striking  coal  miner 
— even  the  wife  of  A  Fugitive  from  a 
Chain  Gang!     What  a  life!" 

But  don't  gather  from  this  amusing 
commentary  that  Bella  (who  is  his 
wife)  is  annoyed  at  his  absorption  in 
his  roles.  His  art  is  as  important  to 
her  as  it  is  to  Muni  himself.  Not  many 
people  know  it,  but  Bella  Muni  plays 
an  actively  important  part  in  his  work. 

Often  she  sits  in  on  the  set,  along 
with  the  director.  She  is  there  nearly 
every  day  during  production.  Not  in- 
frequently, after  a  take,  she  says  qui- 
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good!"  Inevitably,  that  calls  for  a  re- 
take— at  Paul's  insistence. 

Bella,  who  was  Bella  Finkel  on  the 
New  York  stage,  gave  up  her  own  pro- 
fessional career  for  the  sake  of  her 
husband's.  Today  she  is  his  business 
manager,  too.     She  signed  for  him  the 

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contract  for  Scarface,  which  led  to  his 
present  screen  success.  He  seeks  her 
advice  on  make-up,  characterization,  his 
pay,  whether  or  not  to  accept  a  part. 


DERHAPS  it  is  because  of  the  com- 
plete fullness  of  accord  and  joy  of 
living  between  these  two  that  Muni  is 
the  quiet,  retiring  person  who  has  been 
dubbed  "Hermit  of  Hollywood." 

Muni's  behavior  on  the  rare  occasions 
when  he  does  appear  in  public  is  a 
dead  give-away  to  even  the  most  ama- 
teurish of  psychoanalysts.  At  such 
times,  Muni  glad-hands  and  good-fel- 
lows it  to  an  obviously  overdone  extent. 
Self-consciousness  sticks  out  all  over 
him.  A  nervousness  that  belies  his 
handshaking  and  backslapping  is  all  too 
evident.  Muni  is  no  hail-fellow-well- 
met — he  is  a  shy,  serious  artist  who 
likes  nothing  better  than  to  do  his  work 
in  the  best  way  he  can,  and  then  be 
left  alone  to  be  the  Hermit  of  Holly- 
wood to  his  heart's  content. 

It  is  tradition  that  hermits  are  sup- 
posed to  live  in  caves,  isn't  it?  Well, 
Muni's  hermit-cave  is  a  surprising  thing 
— a  onetime  portable  dressing-room  in  a 
far  corner  of  his  ranch. 

He  has  it  stacked  with  books,  and 
that  is  where  he  goes  when  he  wants 
to  study  or  read  or  work.  He  has  his 
beloved  violin  there,  and  sometimes 
when  a  certain  mood  strikes  him,  he 
expresses  himself  in  mood-music. 

Muni  loves  being  there,  entirely  alone. 
Or  maybe  with  his  wife.  But  solitude  is 
a  passion  with  him.  He  has  mental 
wanderlust;  his  keen,  active  mind  tours 
the  world,  searching  out  things  worth 
remembering.  Parties  are  prosaic  by 
comparison. 

Books  and  music  are  his  relaxation. 
Not  detective  novels  or  light  modern 
fiction.  Give  him  the  writings  of 
Shakespeare,  Gorky,  Tolstoi— men  who 
probed  and  understood  humanity — and 
he  is  happy.  Plays? — Eugene  O'Neill 
has  written  the  best  modern  ones,  he 
believes.  Upton  Sinclair  and  James 
Joyce  are  his  favorite  contemporary  au- 
thors. You  see  his  mental  trend?  In 
music — aside  from  the  soft,  sad,  sweet 
songs  of  his  race — he  likes  the  works 
of  Beethoven  and  Bach.  Jazz  is  just 
so  much  noise  to  him.  For  "light"  mu- 
sic, he  approves  of  Jerome  Kern's  vel- 
vety melodies. 

Don't  gather  from  all  this  inside- 
walls  stuff  that  Muni  is  a  physical  re- 
cluse, too,  who  does  nothing  except 
work  and  read  and  play  music  and 
hide  away.  On  the  ranch,  he  has  a 
swimming  pool  and  spends  much  time 
in  it.  Baseball,  football,  soccer  games — 
and  above  all,  prizefights — find  him  an 
enthusiastic  watcher.  He  can  box  like  a 
professional,  himself. 

But  everything  else  is  far.  far  sec- 
ondary to  Muni's  one  overwhelming  in- 
terest in  life — the  art  of  acting. 


This  Way  to    Beauty! 

[Continued  from  page  16] 


stick.  Make  up  the  upper  lip  first. 
Follow  the  contour  of  the  lip  and  fill 
in  by  blending  with  lipstick  or  finger. 
Trace  this  on  the  lower  lip  by  com- 
pressing lips  together.  Fill  in  and 
blend  the  lipstick  on  both  lips,  being 
sure  to  rub  well  toward  inside  of  the 
mouth   to   eliminate   the  lipstick  line. 

With  a  soft  complexion  brush,  dust 
off  the  surplus  powder  and  rouge,  so 
that  your  skin  has  a  satiny  finished 
look. 

This  routine  is  really  very  simple 
and  takes  very  little  time.  Always 
remember,  however,  you  cannot  ex- 
pect beauty  results  unless  you  follow 
such  a  routine,  every  day,  year  in  and 
year  out.  The  stars  do,  and  you  have 
seen  the  results  in  their  constant 
loveliness  ! 

Beauty  Aids 

A  new  cream  mascara  actually 
keeps  lashes  silken  smooth,  instead  of 
making  them  brittle  .  .  and  gives 
beauty  to  your  eyes  at  the  same  time. 
It  is  so  easy  to  apply,  can't  smart,  is 
harmless,  won't  run  or  smear ! 

A  cream  with  gold  in  it  ?  Yes,  it  is 
a  new  beauty  secret — a  cream  that  has 
tiny  atoms  of  gold  that  penetrate 
easily  and  quickly  into  the  pores,  at- 
tract grime  and  other  impurities,  and 
carry  them  to  the  surface  of  the  skin 
for  removal.  The  cream  also  stimu- 
lates, arouses  circulation,  and  rids  the 
skin  of  dead  tissues. 

There  is  a  lipstick  that  deodorizes, 
as  well  as  beautifies  }7our  lips !  As 
you  moisten  your  lips  from  time  to 
time,  the  ingredients  of  this  stick  im- 
part to  the  mouth  a  pure  sweet  breath. 
It  has  a  smooth  lasting  quality. 

A  famous  cosmetic  house  has  pro- 
duced a  fragrant  and  delicately  tinted 
rouge  that  will  add  beauty  to  any 
cheek.  There  are  four  grand  shades 
for  different  types  of  skins,  and  three 
sizes  of  inexpensive  cases  to  hold 
them. 

A  new  face  powder  lends  to  the  skin 
velvety  overtones  that  seem  to  blend 
more  beautifully  with  the  heavier 
fabrics  of  winter  clothes.  It  has  a 
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Does  your  hair  often  seem  dead  and 
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and  radiance  may  be  seen. 


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JOBYNA  RALSTON  and  her  husband, 
Richard  Aden  (above),  delight  in 
their  new  Nesco  electric  roaster — in 
which  a  whole  meal  can  be  cooked,  Jobyna 
has  found.  It  has  a  twenty-one  degree 
range  of  heat.  "And,"  she  adds,  "it  is  so 
attractive  that  I  put  it  right  on  the  dining 
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table  ware  we  have  noticed  ultra-smart 
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one  of  her  keeping-slender  secrets  when 
she  reveals  that  in  her  salads  she  uses 
Pompeian  Olive  Oil.  .  .  .  Herbert  Mundin 
claims  that  his  household  and  his  car  both 
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fear  of  staining  things"  .  .  .  Madge  Bellamy 
not  only  has  sea  fever,  but  gives  it  to 
everyone  else  with  her  charming  new  wall- 
paper. It  is  a  delightful  ship  pattern 
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Chart  Your  Beauty! 

[Continued  from  page  12] 


self  as  a  portrait  artist.  And  just  as  one 
jarring  off-color  note  would  spoil  the  beau- 
ty of  a  painting  in  pastels,  so  one  wrong 
color  in  lipstick,  rouge  or  some  other  make- 
up preparation  would  mar  the  loveliness  of 
a  girl's  appearance.  And  every  girl  should 
make  naturalness  in  make-up  her  ideal." 


<t\X7'HAT  about  brunettes?  Claudette 
»  V  Colbert  and  Maureen  O'Sullivan — 
both  brunettes — would  use  different  make- 
ups. For  Miss  Colbert,  with  her  dark  hair, 
olive  complexion  and  brown  eyes,  I  prescribe 
olive  powder,  raspberry  rouge  and  crimson 
lipstick.  This  color  harmony  emphasizes 
perfectly  Miss  Colbert's  own  personal  love- 
liness. Maureen  O'Sullivan  is  a  lighter 
color  type,  and  for  her  I  recommend  a  dif- 
ferent make-up." 

Brunettes  should  be  particularly  careful 
in  applying  make-up,  according  to  Mr.  Fac- 
tor, because :  "Hair  and  skin  usually  pro- 
vide a  contrast  that  should  be  emphasized 
in  make-up.  Also  a  brunette's  make-up 
should  be  just  subtle  enough,  yet  definite 
enough,  to  intensify  her  natural  colorings." 

Margot  Grahame  entered  the  studio  at 
this  moment.  She  was  a  stunning  redhead 
— for  her  next  picture,  Two  O'Clock  Cour- 
age. I  had  seen  her  less  than  a  week  be- 
fore as  a  blonde  .  .  .  her  true  coloring.  She 
was  now  in  search  of  the  correct  color 
harmony  for  her  new  shade  of  hair. 

'After  Miss  Grahame's  present  make-up 
is  removed,  and  I  observe  her  natural  skin 
colorings  against  the  frame  of  her  new 
golden-red  hair,  I  shall  chart  a  new  make- 
up for  her,"  Mr.  Factor  said.  "Speaking 
of  redheads,  I'd  like  to  give  you  the  color 
harmony  chart  for  a  light  redhead  with 
freckled  skin,  as  so  many  redheads  have 
this  combination.  Such  a  type  will  obtain 
beautifying  effects  with  a  color  harmony 
of  olive  powder,  blondeen  rouge  and  ver- 
milion lipstick.  Also  here  is  a  make-up 
point  all  redheads  should  remember :  they 
should  always  use  brown  eyeshadow,  brown 
eyebrow  pencil  and  brown  eyelash  make- 
up. These  colors  harmonize  for  them  as 
no  others  will. 


UV\7"HAT  about  the  girl  who  is  not  a 
VV  blonde,  not  a  brunette,  and  yet  not 
a  redhead?  She  is  what  I  call  a  brownette, 
and  she  is  an  inspiration  to  the  artist  in  the 
field  of  make-up.  Forty-seven  percent  of 
all  the  women  in  America  are  brownettes — 
so  you  can  realize  how  shades  in  powder, 
rouge  and  lipstick  for  this  type  have  to 
run  the  gamut  of  the  make-up  scale.  Some 
brownettes  are  almost  as  light  as  blondes ; 
others  are  almost  as  dark  as  brunettes ;  and 
some   are    strictly    in-between. 

"Joan  Crawford  is  an  outstanding  brown- 
ette type,  with  her  golden-brown  hair,  medi- 
um skin  and  blue  eyes.  For  her  I  recom- 
mend a  color  harmony  make-up  of  bru- 
nette powder,  carmine  rouge  and  carmine 
lipstick— which  highlight  Miss  Crawford's 
own  vivid  charm  and  attractiveness." 

So  important  does  Mr.  Factor  consider 
the  charting  of  beauty  that  in  his  new  and 
luxurious  make-up  studio  he  has  a  special 
room  for  Redheads  .  .  .  also  one  for 
Blondes  .  .  .  another  for  Brunettes  .  .  .  and 
still  another  for  Brownettes  .  .  .  each  es- 
pecially equipped  to  give  complete  make-up 
assistance  to  each  specific  type  of  beauty — 
further  proof  that  Hollywood  leads  the  way 
in  the  realm  of  make-up ! 


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self, certain  days  of  every  month?  Midol 
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If  You  Were  Joan  Crawford — 

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girls  who  had  embarrassed  her  had 
helped  to  make  the  Crawford  name 
famous.  Another  claimed  that  the 
public  had  a  right  to  know  the  an- 
swer to  the  reporters'  question.  They 
made  the  most  of  her  sensational  exit 
from  a  party  to  the  press — the  alleged 
representative  of  public  opinion.  But 
when  she  and  Franchot  slipped  away 
to  New  Jersey  a  few  days  later  and 
were  quietly  married,  the  same  news- 
papers paid  small  attention. 

It  does  not  seem  so  frightfully  im- 
portant when  you  read  about  it  like 
this.  But  our  own  most  embarrass- 
ing and  emotional  and  critical  mo- 
ments would  not  seem  so  like  life-or- 
death  if  we  wrote  them  down.  How 
many  others  would  understand — and 
share — the   emotions   we  had   felt? 

Strangely  enough,  Joan's  whole  life 
probably  seemed  at  stake  in  that  be- 
wildering moment.  You  see,  it  is 
true  that  there  had  been  one  marriage 
mistake  and  Joan  did  want  to  do  the 
right  thing  about  this  second,  great 
romance. 

When  putting  ourselves  in  the  place 
of  a  girl  like  Joan,  we  must  always 
remember  the  true  storm-depths  of 
her  nature.  I  once  wrote  of  Joan 
Crawford :  "A  woman  who  combines 
glamor  and  sensitiveness,  as  she  does, 
could  not  but  be  misunderstood.  A 
woman  who  dramatizes  life  as  Joan 
does  could  not  but  be  accused  of  self- 
dramatization.  Joan  does  dramatize 
herself.  She  cannot  help  it.  She  can 
no  more  help  this  than  a  Florida  resi- 
dent can  prevent  a  hurricane  from 
descending  upon  him.  Only  the  Flor- 
ida resident  has  a  forty-eight  hour 
warning  of  his  storms.  Joan  has  no 
warning." 

When  those  reporters  tried  to  force 
her  hand  on  her  marriage  plans  with 
sharp  questions,  a  storm  hit  her.  To 
marry  at  once  or  not  to  marry?  Her 
entire  life  lay  balanced  in  the  an- 
swer— the  answer  she  had  been  avoid- 
ing, until  she  could  be  sure  that 
Franchot  would  be  happy,  and  that 
she  would  be  happy. 


\7"ET,  emotional  as  she  is,  she  has 
■*•  not  fallen  in  love  easily.  No  matter 
what  you  have  read  before,  this  is 
true.  To  dance  with  men,  to  be  es- 
corted hither  and  thither  is  the  right 
of  a  woman.  To  fall  in  love — that 
is  another  matter. 

But  when  she  does !  I  have  never 
seen  a  love  more  genuine  than  her 
early  love  for  Douglas  Fairbanks, 
Jr.  To  make  Douglas  happy  became 
life's  single  passion.  To  care  for  his 
suits,  to  see  that  his  favorite  dishes 
were  prepared — she  did  all  of  the  tiny 
things  that  any  girl  does  for  the 
man  she  has  loved  and  has  married. 
We  all  suffer  when  our  first,  real 
love  is  broken.  At  one  moment,  we  are 
soaring    in    an    airplane    above    fleecy 


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clouds,  crying  aloud  for  the  pure  joy 
of  just  living.  The  next,  we  have  hit 
a  mountain  and  life  has  become  a 
tragedy  rather  than  a  vision.  While 
soaring  with  Douglas  Fairbanks,  Jr., 
she  crashed  against  a  mountain. 

When  Joan  met  and  fell  in  love 
with  Franchot  Tone,  she  did  not 
hesitate  about  admitting  her  love  be- 
cause she  was  afraid  of  a  second  mar- 
riage. A  girl  who  has  transformed 
herself  from  a  hey-hey  chorus  girl 
into  a  cultured,  poised  woman  who 
could  not  be  afraid.  But  when  you 
have  been  in  one  airplane  wreck,  you 
do  not  go  up  again  unless  you  are 
certain  of  your  pilot,  your  weather  con- 
ditions, your  own  nervous  system. 

Two  full  years  ago,  Joan  told  me 
that  she  thought  Franchot  the  most 
brilliant,  interesting  man  she  had  ever 
met.  But  she  shied  then  from  the 
question  of  marriage  as  she  did 
when  she  arrived  in  New  York  City 
last  October.  She  had  learned  to  be 
cautious  and  she  was  being  as  thor- 
oughly cautious  as  she  is  thorough  in 
every  phase  of  her  life. 

But  Joan  is  one  of  the  foremost 
favorites  of  the  screen.  She  belongs 
to  you  and  to  me.  In  a  way,  she  was 
keeping  something  from  us  by  not 
letting  us  know  whether  she  and 
Franchot  were  intending  to  marry. 
Did  she  have  the  right  to  do  this? 
Wouldn't  she  have  been  happier  if, 
instead  of  crying  and  running  from  a 
room,  she  had  answered  the  marriage 
question?  For  even  as  she  refused  to 
answer,  she  must  have  known  that 
she  and  Franchot  would  soon  marry. 

Suppose  that  you  had  been  Joan 
and  she  had  been  you?  If  you  were 
equipped  emotionally  as  she  is  and 
had  her  experiences  behind  you,  what 
would  you  have  done? 


Few  of  us  remember  that  stars  have 
problems,  worries,  heartaches,  as  well 
as  joys — exactly  as  we  do.  Money 
and  fame  have  never  suspended  any- 
one from  inner  ecstasies  or  tortures. 
We    all   have   them  in    common. 

MOVIE  CLASSIC  wants  to  try  to 
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this  great  common  inner  bond.  We 
plan  to  print  a  series  of  stories  about 
problems  faced  by  Hollywood  favor- 
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turn, what  you  would  have  done  if 
you  had  faced  similar  problems.  If 
you  had  lived  Joan  Crawford's  life 
and  faced  her  situation,  for  example, 
would  you  have  acted  as  she  did? 
Tell  us  frankly.  Put  yourself  abso- 
lutely in  her  place.  Be  frank,  fear- 
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This  is  not  a  contest.  There  are 
no  monetary  prizes.  We  are  trying  to 
get  at  something  that  money  cannot 
reach.  The  best  letter  will  be  printed. 
And  if  we  find  from  your  letters  that 
this  exchange  of  ideas  about  life's 
common  problems — Hollywood's  and 
yours — is  interesting  and  helpful,  we 
shall  continue  the  series  indefinitely. 

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Take  Tips  from  Ginger 

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they  can  get  along  without  wearing 
slips.  Maybe  they  can,  but  their  dresses 
can't.  The  extra  'foundation'  of  a  slip 
is  always  a  help  if  it  fits  smoothly  and 
does  not  show.  A  bit  of  pink  satin  or 
lace  below  a  skirt  is  unpardonable/' 

Watch  your  posture  is  Ginger's  "sec- 
ond home-made  rule  for  chic. 

"The  way  you  sit,  stand  or  walk  is 
very  important,"  she  said.  "You  should 
be  erect  without  looking  as  if  your  back- 
bone is  a  ramrod.  Round  shoulders  make 
any  woman  look  older.  When  you  sit 
down,  you  shouldn't  slump  in  your  chair, 
but  should  sit  gracefully.  It's  possible  to 
be  comfortable  that  way,  too. 

"I  think  I  shall  combine  Rule  Num- 
ber Three  and  Rule  Number  Four:  Be 
sure  to  select  the  proper  clothes  for  a 
given  occasion — and  be  sure  to  select 
proper  accessories  for   every  costume. 

"Nothing,"  she  explained,  "could  be 
so  disconcerting  as  to  find  yourself  at  an 
unexpectedly  formal  function  in  street 
clothes,  or  at  an  informal  affair  in 
formal  clothes.  Always,  when  in  doubt, 
dress  simply.  Another  good  idea  is  to 
pay  attention  to  the  weather.  People 
should  dress  far  more  simply  on  a  bad 
day  than  they  might  otherwise.  That  is 
only  common  sense,  and  common  sense 
is   "always   a   good   criterion  to    follow. 

"Then  there  is  the  matter  of  acces- 
sories. Correct  ones  are  essential  to 
smart  dressing.  The  wrong  accessories 
can  be  as  incongruous  as  the  wrong 
costumes.  Patent  leather  purses  don't 
harmonize  with  suede  slippers,  nor  blue 
gloves  with  a  brown  coat,  nor  a  black 
bag  with  brown  shoes.  If  you  plan  your 
complete  wardrobe  and  accessories  at  the 
beginning  of  the  season,  you  can  avoid 
this.  You  may  not  buy  them  all  then, 
but  vou  should  plan  the  color  scheme. 
and  'stick  to  it.  The  effect  is  worth 
the  extra  time  and  trouble." 

Commandment  Number  5,  according 
to  Ginger's  way  of  thinking,  is :  Dress 
your  figure  as  it  should  be  dressed,  not 
'the  way  it  might  be  dressed  if  it  were 
a  different  kind  of  figure. 

"I  mean  this,"  Ginger  explained.  "If 
vou  are  a  tall,  perhaps  too  slender  girl, 
vou  shouldn't  wear  vertical  stripes  be- 
cause they  only  accentuate  your  height 
and  thinness.  If  your  neck  is  too  long 
and  thin,  you  should  not  wear  low,  plain 
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stands  up,  or  a  frill,  perhaps,  or  a  scarf. 
On  the  other  hand,  if  you  are  a  girl  with 
a  very  short  neck  you  shouldn't  wear 
beads  or  Ascot  scarves.  Ginger 
pointed  out,  also,  that  shiny  fabrics 
tend  to  increase  the  illusion  of  size  and 
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toward  plumpness.  Ruffles,  ditto.  And, 
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slenderness,  don't  wear  horizontal 
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selves  in  a  few  weeks,  so  far  as  real 
style  is  concerned.  They  become  cheap 
and  common." 

Ginger's  seventh  style  commandment 
is :  Wear  becoming  colors.  ''For  clash- 
ing color  combinations  can  wreck  the 
smartest  ensemble.  Just  because  a  dress 
or  a  suit  or  -a  coat  is  the  right  cut  and 
style  is  no  excuse  for  selecting  it,  if  the 
color  is  wrong  for  you.  What  is  the 
best  way  to  choose  your  colors?  The 
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colored  frocks  and  study  the  effect  of 
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colors.  No  dress  should  be  merely  "sat- 
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do  something  for  vou  when  vou  wear  it." 


t-JER  eighth  commandment  recognizes 
x  -1  still  another  phase  of  personal 
charrm  It  is :  Never  overlook  personal 
grooming.     She  said: 

"Use  make-up,  yes,  to  heighten  your 
attractiveness — but  use  it  subtly,  in  dif- 
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Don't  use  as  much  in  the  daytime  as  in 
the  evening,  and  then  don't  try  to  be 
super-dramatic.  You  might  be  garish, 
instead  .  .  .  Keep  the  part  in  your  hair 
straight,  and  keep  your  hair  clean  and 
soft  .  .  .  Watch  your  fingernails,  your 
skin  .  .  .  Don't  smear  on  rouge.  Put 
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ton .  .  .  Keep  your  eyebrows  plucked 
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of  your  teeth.     Make  them  shine." 

Ginger  Rogers'  ninth  rule  for  a  smart 
appearance  is:  Be  sure  that  yo-u  are 
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"I  don't  mean  the  sort  of  comfort  that 
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are  against  your  looking  smart  in  it." 
-  Ginger's  final  commandment  is  a 
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be  attractive,  you  must  have  'poise. 

"Poise  is  an  intangible  thing,  more 
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attractiveness.  Poise  embraces  many 
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"It  really  is  difficult  to  offer  rules  for 
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She  couldn't  find  work,  at  any  price,  in 
any  major   studio. 

At  twenty,  when,  with  her  start,  she 
should  have  been  climbing  to  the  heights, 
she  was  an  idol  toppled  from  a  pedestal, 
a  failure.     Why? 

"Finally,  I  learned  the  truth  from  a 
sincere  friend  in  the  New  York  office 
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be  allowed  to  work  !" 

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adequate  rest,  into  one  trying  production 
after  another — Alias  the  Doctor,  The 
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to  Singapore,  and  a  number  of  others. 
Her  health  broke  under  the  strain. 

At  last,  fully  recovered  and  feeling 
rested  for  the  first  time  in  months,  she 
reported  to  the  studio.  And  then  she 
encountered,  for  the  first  time,  the  ban 
that  was  to  keep  her  from  the  screen 
for  nearly  two  years.     Her  place  had 

been  filled  in  the  picture there  might 

be  something  soon  ....  no,  it  would 
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his  face  as  he  realized  what  I  was  re- 
peating. 

"Good  heavens,  was  that  you?"  he 
asked  miserably.  "Hito  told  me  it  was 
a  Miss  Leggege !  Oh,  Lola,  Lola  ....  !" 

Before  he  could  say  anything  more, 
Mr.  Burnham  had  come  up. 

"Sorry,  Cliff,"  he  said,  "but  Miss 
Le  Grange  is  at  my  table  tonight,  and 
I  want  to  talk  to  her  about  a  new  role." 

Chapter  XI 

NEXT  morning  I  looked  from  the 
big  corsage  of  orchids  on  my 
shoulder  to  the  script  in  my  hand 
and  murmured  a  short,  silent  prayer  of 
thanks.  The  orchids  had  come  early 
with  an  humble  note  in  Cliff's  own 
scrawl.  The  script  was  of  American 
Parade — in  which  I  was  to  have  a  part, 
a  second  chance.  Mr.  Tom  Burnham 
himself  had  just  handed  it  to  me. 

Was  I  the  luckiest  girl  in  the  world? 
Yes,  but  I  had  been  lucky  before  when 
I  first  came  to  Hollywood — and  I  knew 
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one success  in  pictures.  Merit — in  the 
end  that  was  all  that  made  a  success. 
It  was  copy-book  truth,  but  truth  none 
the  less.   /  wouldn't  forget  it  this  time! 

It  was  not  a  big  part,  but  it  had 
big  possibilities :  a  good  actress  could  do 
things  with  it.  Each  line  could  be  made 
to  count — with  real  characterization.  I 
slaved  at  learning  it,  happy,  tireless. 

And  then  suddenly  the  production 
went  sour.  They  rewrote  part  of  the 
script.  The  supervisor  was  changed, 
and  that  added  to  the  confusion.  It 
became  increasingly  hard  to  maintain 
my  tempo,  but  I  tried — desperately ! 

"I'm  sorry,  Lola,"  said  Mr.  Burnham 
one  day,  "but  I'm  afraid  you're  in  the 
worst  picture  we'll  be  putting,  out  this 
year.  We  have  to  finish  it  because  it  is 
already  sold  to  the  distributors,  but 
that's  the  only  reason." 

"It's  wonderful  experience  for  me, 
anyway,"  I  said,  cheerfully. 

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called  for  me. 

As  we  left  the  room  together,  I  no- 
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dare  to  answer.     Until — 

The  day  the  last  re-take  was  made,  I 
found  him  waiting  for  me  in  the  studio 
bungalow  that  I  shared  with  another 
girl.  Although  I  knew  what  was  coming, 
as  women  always  know,  I  could  not 
force  myself  to  retreat.  I  was  in  his 
arms ;  his  lips  were  on  mine. 

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moments  later  in  that  rich,  low  voice  of 
his.  "I  love  you  and  you  love  me.  Shall 
we  fly  to  Yuma  tonight?" 

"Oh,  darling,  darling!"  I  cried.  "Give 
me  time  to  think !" 

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— not  your  head — tell  you  the  answer. 
I'll  order  a  special  plane  and  come  for 
you  at  eight  o'clock  this  evening." 

"But—"  I  started  to  say,  when  the 
girl  who  shared  my  dressing-room 
came  in.  Cliff  tossed  me  a  kiss  behind 
her  back,  and  was  gone.  .  .  . 

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contract-breaker,  studios  fight  shy  and 
try  to  find  a  substitute — and  Hollywood 
is  packed  with  talent. 

Then  there  was  my  own  case — a  case 
far  less  important.  Could  I  throw  aside 
my  dreams  of  a  screen  career?  To  be- 
come the  wife  of  Clifton  Laurence? 
Willingly ! 

But  I  couldn't  allow  him  to  risk  Ms 
screen  career  for  the  sake  of  being  my 
husband.  Perhaps  I  could  persuade  him 
to  wait — three  whole  years — 'to  test  our 
love.'  .  .  .  What  was  I  to  do  when  he 
came  for  me  ?  What  was  I  to  say  ?  I 
wanted  to  marry  him,  yet  at  the  same 
time  I  wanted  something,  someone,  to 
prevent  me  from  doing  so ! 

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ing room  when  I  arrived  home.  Buddy 
Kane,  of  all  people !  Dear,  homely,  safe 
Buddy  from  Hopewell,  Illinois. 

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time,"  he  said,  grinning  from  ear  to 
ear,  "that  I  got  worried  about  you." 

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to  realize  that  his  presence  was  real,  a 
wild,  desperate  idea  flashed  through  my 
tired  brain. 

"Oh,  Buddy,  Buddy  !"  I  cried.  "Marry 
me  right  away  and  take  me  home !" 

Chapter  XII 

FOR  AN  instant  Buddy's  face  shone 
with  a  great  light  of  happiness. 
Then  a  troubled  look  came  into 
his  eyes. 

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he  said,  quietly.  "Nothing  matters  but 
your  love." 

And  I  knew  that  he  was  gloriously, 
crazily,  right ! 

When  I  told  Miss  Dare,  she  hugged 
me.  "If  I  were  your  age  again,  I'd  do 
just  what  you're  doing — career  or  no 
career." 

When  I  was  actually  ready  to  leave, 
she  caught  me  in  her  arms  for  a  moment 
before  handing  me  over  to  Cliff.  As  she 
said  goodbye  to  us,  she  placed  a  small 
object  in  his  hand. 

"My  mother's  wedding-ring,"  she  ex- 
plained. "It's  the  old,  thick,  gold  kind, 
but  somehow  they  seem  to  stay  longer 
on  the  same  finger !  I  once  hoped  to 
wear  it  myself  .  .  .  but  now  .  .  .  for 
Lola,  if  you  don't  mind  !" 

She  turned  to  Buddy  and  spoke  with 
mock  crossness.  "Come  on,  if  we're  go- 
ing to  the  movies,  or  we'll  miss  the 
newsreel !" 

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born  to  give  and  lose  and  ask  only  to 
serve  others.  I  had  a  curious  moment 
of  feeling  that  Buddy  was  as  great  as 
the  famous  old  actress.  .  .  . 

VV7"HITE  desert,  moon-silvered  far 
*  *  below.  Soaring  heights,  on  broad 
white  wings,  with  hearts  soaring  high. 
Yuma  .  .  .  deserted,  arcaded  streets, 
vaguely  foreign,  crouching  below  a 
ruined  fortress  on  a  mesa.  The  simple 
frame  house  and  the  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  the  famous  "Marrying  Judge"  of 
Moviedom.  The  broad  gold  band  was 
on  my  finger  now  .  .  .  forever  and  ever. 

For  a  month  we  vanished.  .  .  .  And 
when  we  returned,  there  were  liter- 
ally hundreds  of  gifts  waiting.  Far 
from  resenting  his  romance,  his  admir- 
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Burnham  had  to  admit  as  much.  He 
had  a  gift  for  us,  too  ...  a  torn  con- 
tract. 

"During  this  last  month,"  he  said. 
"I've  been  figuring  up  what  we  have 
invested  in  you,  Cliff.  See  me  tomor- 
row about  your  new  contract !" 

But  my  most  surprising  wedding  gift 
did  not  arrive  until  three  months  later. 
It  came  on  my  breakfast-tray  on  the 
morning  after  my  picture's  first  show- 
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Go  far?  Who  could  tell?  At  any  rate, 
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Looking  in  on 
Films  to  Come! 

[Continued  from  page  23] 


uf  the  fans  themselves,  not  wear  the 
Fauntlerby  curls,  but  his  own  haircut,  and 
be  a  real  boy.  His  mother  will  be  Dolores 
Costello,  making  a  screen  comeback — and 
as  beautiful  as  ever.  The  little  American 
bootblack  will  be  played  by  Mickey  Rooney. 
Here's  your  chance  to  compare  the  two 
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The  Children's  Hour,  starring  Miriam 
Hopkins,  Merle  Oberon  and  Joel  McCrea 
— with  a  new  child  actress,  Bonita  Gran- 
ville (you  saw  her  as  Mildred  in  Ah, 
Wilderness)  very  much  in  the  foreground. 
Universal — which  has  just  produced  one 
of  the  new  season's  memorable  pictures  in 
Magnificent  Obsession,  starring  Irene 
Dunne  and  Robert  Taylor — has  three  more 
big  pictures  in  production :  Show  Boat, 
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The  first  of  the  trio  is  a  new  version  of  the 
famous  _  Jerome  Kern-Edna  Ferber  oper- 
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Charles  Winninger  as  Cap'n  Henry,  with 
Helen  Morgan  as  Julie,  and  with  Paul 
Robeson  singing  "01'  Man  River."  .  .  . 
Slitter's  Gold  gives  Edward  Arnold,  of 
Diamond  Jim  fame,  another  great'  chance 
to  draw  a  character  portrait,  with  Lee 
Tracy  in  support.  This  company  is  on 
location  in  the  Sierra  Nevadas.  .  .  .  Mar- 
garet Sullavan,  back  from  her  long  and 
memorable  sojourn  at  Paramount  for  So 
Red  the  Rose,  is  now  going  modern  again 
in  Next  Time  We  Love. 


$  AND  now,  to  Warner  Brothers-First 
National  where  Captain  Blood  and  Ceiling 
Zero  just  finished. 

Errol  Flynn,  playing  the  title  role"  of 
Captain  Blood,  is  a  great  "new  find." 
The  battle  scenes  between  Blood's  pirate 
ship  and  a  French  frigate  are  spectacular 
and  convincing — but  we'll  let  you  in  on  a 
secret.  Both  ships  were  constructed  on 
the  "back  lot"  of  the  Warner  studio.  They 
were  built  on  steel  runways  and  were 
maneuverable.  The  "rolling  ocean"  was 
"processed"    in. 

Ceiling  Zero,  co-starring  James  Cagney 
and  Pat  O'Brien,  is  the  first  picture  that 
has  centered  around  the  technical  work  of 
the  ground  crews  in  aviation.  Anyone  see- 
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of  exact  information  about  the  inner  work- 
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Warner  Brothers,  who  filmed  A  Mid- 
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movie  masterpiece,  are  now  embarking  on 
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March  has  the  title  role;  Anita  Louise 
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early  sequences;  Olivia  de  Havilland  is 
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Keeler  in  the  title  role,  surrounded  bv  Joan 
Blondell,  Dick  Powell  and  Jack  Oakie ; 
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{Continued  from  page  41] 

an  automobile.  She  is  a  young  modern, 
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citing-looking, yes — as  every  other 
young  modern  does — but  she  has  no  urge 
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<<CHE  is  very  conscious  of  the  texture 

^  of  clothes — and  color  harmonies," 
Miss  King  pointed  out.  She  isn't  a 
passive*  shopper,  in  other  words.  She 
investigates.  She  knows  what  designers 
are  talking  about  when  they  make  sug- 
gestions. And  whether  she  accepts  them 
or  rejects  them,  she  knows  what  she  is 
doing.    She   isn't   just   playing  hunches. 

"And  she  has  good  ideas  of  her  own. 
There  may  be  a  limited  number  of  ways 
of  cutting  a  dress,  but  she  is  capable  of 
suggesting  new  ways  of  putting  on  but- 
tons or  visualizing  unusually-cut  neck- 
lines, which  will  add  distinction. 

"Her  own  clothes  are  so  terribly  sim- 
ple that  any  girl  could  wear  them — so 
simple  that  you  don't  think  of  them  as 
extraordinary,  which  they  actually  are. 
She  has  insisted,  you  see,  that  those 
clothes  should  be  very,  very  simple  and 
very  well  fitted.  And  her  ability  to  wear 
simple  things  is  extraordinary,  too. 
Most  girls  don't  have  enough  confidence 
to  wear  them.  They  should  cultivate 
that  confidence  more.  Particularly,  if 
they    are    the    active,    clean-cut    type. 

"Let  me  tell  you  the  stories  behind 
some  of  the  new  costumes  in  Sylvia- 
Scarlett"  Miss  King  continued.  "For 
one  sequence  of  the  picture,  I  had  to 
create  a  Pierrot  costume  for  Miss  Hep- 
burn— who  plays  a  boy  through  a  large 
portion  of  the  picture.  Now,  that  may 
not  look  like  a  real  assignment.  After 
all,  Pierrot  costumes  have  been  the  same 
for  centuries.  But  Miss  Hepburn  is  so 
distinctive  that   I  felt  that  her  Pierrot 


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costume  could  afford  to  have  distinction, 
too.  So  I  suggested  bells,  instead  of 
pompoms,  for  the  front  of  the  costume. 
And  little  gold  bells  the  costume  has. 
"Then  I  had  to  design  a  dress  that 
Sylvia  Scarlett  would,  presumably,  be 
able  to  obtain  in  the  little  town  of 
Cornwall,  England.  I  finally  decided 
that  I  would  get  an  amusing  material, 
make  a  very  simple  dress  that  would  fit 
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"Another  sequence  called  for  Sylvia 
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land Banks — and  adapted  the  square 
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of  a  mountain,"  Miss  King  said.  ''She 
has  a  wonderful  view — a  large  house — 
a  swimming  pool — a  tennis  court. 
Nearly  every  time  I  saw  her  there,  she 
was  wearing  trim   shorts. 

"It's  true  that  she  doesn't  go  to  par- 
ties. She  says  that,  in  Hollywood,  if 
you  begin  by  going  to  one  party,  you 
have  to  go  to  them  all.  So  she  dodged 
the  first  one.  It  is  also  true  that  she 
does  not  like  to  be  interviewed.  This 
is  no  pose.  Before  she  ever  made  a 
picture,  she  asked  RKO  to  make  no 
publicity  ballyhoo  about  her.  She 
wanted  to  stand  or  fall  on  her  work 
alone.  She  still  feels  that  way.  It  is 
not  an  affectation.  She  doesn't  'act' 
off-screen.  She  is  less  interested  in 
what  she  has  done  than  in  what  she  may 
be  able  to  do  with  hard  work. 

"She  has  an  impish  sense  of  humor, 
and  a  sense  of  mischief  that  hasn't  an 
iota  of  malice  in  it.  And  you  can  scratch 
out  conceit  as  a  Hepburn  characteristic. 
Her  mind — like  her  ambition — is  never 
still.  And  it  is  an  honest,  direct  mind. 
I  have  an  immense  respect  for  her.  She 
knows  not  only  what  she  wants  in 
clothes,  but  in  life." 

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makes  these  observations  about  Kath- 
arine Hepburn?  She  is  young,  unusually 
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dark  eyes,  a  deliberate  speaking  voice 
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York,  eventually  going  to  Paris,  where 
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or  call  the  police.  He  gave  in,  and  the 
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began  to  receive  a  staggering  amount 
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T)  ACK  again  in  the  luxurious  living 
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mendous, surging  voice — Melton  singing 
Celeste  Aida. 

"Just  how  do  you  feel  when  you 
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"Y0U  know,"  Jean  confided,  "I've 
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"Tell  me  about  some  of  your  English 
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was  bursting  with  excitement  and  the 
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MYRNA  LOY  (who  plays  Billie 
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I've  recently  discovered  that  troubles 
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laughter." 

BILLIE  BURKE:  "I've  resolved 
not  to  expect  too  much  of  life,  or  ask 
too  much  of  'people,  or  burden  my 
friends  with  my  problems." 

VICTOR  McLAGLEN:  "Some- 
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wait  a  minute.  That's  my  New  Year's 
resolution.  I'm  not  drinking  more 
than  six  cups  a  day  now — and  I've 
had   that    many   already   today." 

DICK  POWELL  (who  has  lately 
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BETTE  DAVIS:  "I've  resolved  to 
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thinking,  no  matter  what  the  opinions 
of  others  might  be.  For  the  sake  of 
herself  as  a  person,  a  motion  picture 
actress  can't  serve  too  many  masters. 
She  must  set  a  definite  program  for 
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MERLE  OBERON:  "My  house- 
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that  in  1936  I  can't  buy  more  than 
six  dogs.  I  have  four  now — and  they 
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seen  full-grown  Dalmatians  eat?" 

OLIVIA  de  HAVILLAND:  "I 
promise  not  to  go  Hollywood  and 
to  wear  the  same  size  hats  at  the  end 
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A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream  and  Cap- 
tain Blood— -is  being  groomed  for  star- 
dom— and  is  totally  unspoiled.) 

JEAN  MUIR:  "My  1936  resolu- 
tion is  made  in  self  defense.  I've 
taken  an  awful  beating,  figuratively 
speaking,  because  I  have  always  spok- 
en my  mind,  delivered  opinions,  aired 
my  views,  without  taking  the  bother 
to  be  tactful.  This  coming  year  I've 
resolved   to   be   a  diplomat." 

JOEL  McCREA:  "My  1936  reso- 
lution is  a  notice  to  all  real-estate 
salesmen  that  I'm  not  a  prospect.  I 
have  promised  myself  and  Frances 
(Frances  Dee,  my  wife)  that  I  won't 
buy  another  foot  of  ground  until  my 
ranch  is  completely  cultivated  and 
stocked.  And  what's  more — I  prom- 
Movie  Classic   for  February,   1936 


ise  and  resolve  not  to  get  the  bug  for 
race-horses."  (Many  of  Hollywood's 
elite  have  gone  in  for  racing  stables. ) 

MAUREEN  O'SULLIVAN:  "For 
seven  months  now  I've  lived  in  my 
skin  and  a  few  rags  for  the  latest  edi- 
tion of  Tarcan.  I  don't  even  know 
what  the  new  styles  are  like.  The 
moment  the  last  scene  is  shot,  I've  re- 
solved to  go  out  and  buy  myself  an 
extravagantly  complete  wardrobe.  I 
expect  to  lean  towards  the  Mid-Vic- 
torian. I'm  awfully  tired  of  being  a 
self-reliant  child  of  nature.  I  want 
dozens  of  long  clinging  dresses,  so 
that  I'll  have  an  excuse  for  being 
very,  very  feminine." 

RUBY  KEELER  (who  recently 
adopted  a  baby  boy)  :  "I've  made  the 
same  resolution  for  several  years  and 
I  have  always  kept  it.  And  that  is — 
never  to  forget  for  a  moment  that  I 
am  first  and  foremost  Mrs.  Al  Jolson. 
That  I  am  a  wife  long  before  I  am  a 
motion  picture  actress.  And  that  it  is 
far  more  important  to  have  a  happy 
marriage  than  it  is  to  have  a  career." 

EDWARD  ARNOLD:  "Every 
year  for  years — as  a  matter  of  fact 
ever  since  our  engagement — I've  prom- 
ised to  take  Mrs.  Arnold  to  Europe. 
We've  never  got  around  to  it.  But 
this  year  I've  made  a  resolution.  As 
soon  as  my  next  two  pictures  are 
completed,  despite  war  and  earthquakes 
and  producers  we  are  going  to  Europe 
for  six  months. 

SHIRLEY  TEMPLE  (after  hav- 
ing 'resolutions'  explained  to  her)  :  "I 
don't  know  if  this  is  a  'resolution' 
like  Mr.  Boles  made.  Anyway,  I've 
made  up  my  mind  to  make  Mommie 
increase  my  allowance.  I  get  four 
and  a  half  dollars  a  week — and  I  have 
to  buy  food  for  my  rabbits  out  of 
that — and  almost  every  day  I  have 
more  of  them.  And  I  have  to  buy 
soda-pop  for  me  and  my  stand-in,  and 
buy  presents,  and  oh,  just  lots  and 
lots  of  things.  And  don't  you  think 
Mommie  ought  to  give  me  five  dollars 
"a  week?  That's  my  resolution — but 
Mommie  will  have  to  help  me  keep 
it." 

GLENDA  FARRELL:  "In  1936 
I'm  going  to  learn  to  relax  even  if  it 
kills  me.  I've  been  on  a  figurative 
roller-coaster  for  years — and  I've  prom- 
ised myself  to  take  things  easy,  and  not 
get  excited  about   anything." 

MIRIAM  HOPKINS:  "I  have 
never  been  worried  that  the  public 
would  confuse  me,  as  a  person,  with 
the  characters  I  play  on  the  screen. 
For  that  reason  I  have  gratefully 
played  unsympathetic  roles — as  long 
as  they  were  good  roles.  In  1936  I 
have  resolved  to  follow  the  same 
policy,  no  mater  what  anyone  says, 
or  what  advice  I'm  given." 

These  are  Hollywood's  very  own 
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Movie  Classic  for  February,  1936 


Which  Jean  Harlow  do  you  prefer- — 
the  Jean  with  chestnut  hair  in  Riff- 
raff (top)  or  the  platinum-blonde 
Jean  directly  above?  She  would 
like    to    know,    and    so    would    we! 


Write  a  Letter- 


$15  Prize  Letter 

In  December  Movie  Classic,  we  pub- 
lished an  interview  with  Bernard  Newman, 
Hollywood  designer,  entitled:  "Are  Mod- 
em Women  Copycats?"  He  asserted  that 
they  are — and  gave  his  reasons.  The  in- 
terview brought  forth  many  interesting' 
reader-comments,  among  which  zvas  this: 

Let's  Be  Modern! — Mr.  Bernard  New- 
man is  right.  American  women  should 
adopt  a  typically  modern  style  of  dress. 
There  is  a  mode  which  expresses  the  true 
character  of  the  modern  American.  This 
style  is  the  casual,  tailored  type  of  clothes 
that  has  been  cropping  up  during  the  last 
few  years — particularly  tailored  evening 
fashions.  What  could  be  more  appropriate 
and  expressive  of  the  Twentieth  Century 
American  women?  Their  clothes  must  nec- 
essarily be  practical,  comfortable,  simple, 
without  ostentation,  yet  altogether  becom- 
ing to  the  American  type  of  beauty. 

Tailored  clothes  for  morning,  noon,  and 
night.  Isn't  that  a  new  and  entirely  dif- 
ferent mode  in  dress?  Unlike  any  other 
country  or  period?  And  suitable  to  none 
but  the  Twentieth  Century  American.  .  .  . 
A    splendid    example    of    this    trend    was 


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the  lame  polo  coat  worn  by  Joan  Craw- 
ford in  No  More  Ladies.  And  there  are 
plenty  of  other  examples — long  shirtwaist 
dresses  in  any  suitable  material,  coats, 
suits  or  dresses  made  in  the  correct  length, 
material  and  color  to  suit  the  occasion,  time 
and  season.  Thus  the  American  woman  can 
express  her  individual  self.  She  need  copy 
no  other  country  or  period.  She  can  be 
original  if  she  wants ! — Ann  Godcck,  27 
E.  Roseridge  Avenue,  Bellevue,  Pa. 

$10  Prize  Letter 

Eight  Reasons — "Why  is  Ginger  Rogers 
so  popular?"  In  my  opinion,  it  is  because 
of  her  naturalness,  her  wholesomeness,  and 
charming  personality.  And  because  she  is 
successful  and  represents  the  typical  Ameri- 
can girl,  every  girl  desires  to  be  like  her. 
Her  deep  sincerity,  winsome  femininity  and 
vivacity  make  her  a  worthy  model  for  any 
girl  to  follow.  May  fascinating  Ginger 
Rogers  continue  being  No.  1  favorite  of 
everyone  ! — Mrs.  C.  V .  Vansant,  Douglas- 
ville,   Ga. 

Recently,  we  published  a  reader's  nomi- 
nations of  ten  1935  performances  to  be  con- 
sidered for  the  next  Academy  Awards. 
Others  submitted  their  preferences.  The 
list  that  came  closest  to  being  the  consensus 
of  all  the  lists  was  the  one  below.  But  with 
many  good  pictures  recently  released,  nezv 
nominations  may  be  in  order. 

$5  Prize  Letter 

Listing  the  Favorites — Reader  Manski's 
nominations  of  ten  screen  performances 
worthy  of  the  Academy  Award  did  not 
appeal  to  me.  In  fact,  to  me  the  picture  as 
a  whole  is  much  more  important  than  the 
acting  of  any  one  player.  Often  I  think 
of  the  leading  lady  and  leading  man  as  an 
outstanding  pair,  rather  than  give  all  the 
credit  to  one  of  them.  The  pictures  I  have 
enjoyed  most  in  the  past  year  are  as  fol- 
lows, with  the  stars  mentioned: 

Naughty  Marietta — Jeanette  MacDonald 
and  Nelson  Eddy ;  Broadway  Melody  of 
1936 — Eleanor  Powell ;  The  Crusades — 
Loretta  Young  and  Henry  Wilcoxon ; 
Roberta — Irene  Dunne  and  Ginger  Rogers ; 
She  Married  Her  Boss — Claudette  Colbert 
and  Michael  Bartlett;  Rendezvous — Wil- 
liam Powell  and  Rosalind  Russell ;  Les 
Miserables — Fredric  March;  Top  Hat — 
Ginger  Rogers  and  Fred  Astaire ;  Broad- 
zvay  Gondolier — Dick  Powell ;  Who  Killed 
Cock  Robin?— the  Walt  Disney  "Silly 
Symphony"  in  Technicolor. — Mary  Bovd, 
Worth  Hotel,  Fort  Worth,  Texas. 

$1  Prize  Letters 

Women  Aren't  Copycats! — No,  modern 
women  are  not  copycats.  They  are  merely 
exercising  their  woman's  prerogative  of 
changing  their  minds — and  style  of  dress — 
to  suit  the  way  they  feel  or  wish  to  act. 
What  could  be  more  dignified  than  a  Gre- 
cian style  evening  dress,  or  what  more  mys- 
terious than  the  Hindu  sari,  or  what  more 
enchanting  than  dress  "a  la  Madame 
Pompador"?  No,  modern  women  are  not 
copy  cats,  for  they  are  all  these  former 
women  made  into  one  1936  style ! — Mrs. 
Emeral  White.  106  Walnut  Street,  Bor- 
deniown,  N.J. 


Fulfills  a  Need — I  am  still  breathless 
over  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream.  Max 
Reinhardt  has  indeed  captured  the  world  of 
fancy  in  what  he  terms  "the  loveliest  dream 
I  ever  dreamed."  Aside  from  the  fact  that 
this  production  has  opened  up  an  unlimited 
vista  of  possibility  in  art,  one  of  the  main 
reasons  why  it  is  finding  so  much  favor  is 
that  this  poor  old  world  at  present  needs 
a  touch  of  fairyland.  Max  Reinhardt  has 
mended  our  hearts  with  make-believe  and 
sprinkled  our  troubles  with  star  dust. — 
Mrs.  Fred  Schenley,  Waynesburg,  Pa. 

What  new  picture  has  affected  you  in- 
tensely— and  zvhy?  Tell  us!  We're  inter- 
ested, and  so  are  other  moviegoers.  Also, 
we  like  to  know  about  your  own  new  dis- 
coveries.    A  sample  of  what  we  mean: 

New  Master  Menace — A  new  dyed-in-the- 
wool  villain  has  come  upon  the  screen,  and 
what  a  man  he  is !  I  never  thought  I 
could  hate  anyone  as  heartily  as  I  do 
Charles  Laughton,  but  since  I  have  had  the 
privilege  of  seeing  Peter  Lorre  in  Mad 
Love,  I  believe  I  shouldn't  mind  seeing 
Laughton  as  Little  Red  Riding  Hood.  Nev- 
er has  a  screen  character  affected  me  as  has 
Peter  Lorre.  It  took  three  pictures  to 
hate  Laughton,  but  I  have  seen  only  one 
of  Lorre's  vehicles  and  I  could  throttle  the 
man  and  feel  like  Public  Hero  No.  1 ! 
Wherever  did  they  find  the  man?  I  believe 
his  acting  ability  surpasses  that  of  Emil 
Tannings. — Ted  Hilliard,  1147  S.  Main  St., 
Akron,  Ohio. 

Peter  Lorre,  gifted  European  actor,  was 
born  in  Rosenberg,  Hungary,  June  26,  1904. 
grew  up  in  Vienna,  became  a  bank  clerk 
in  the  daytime,  an  amateur  actor  at  night — 
until  the  bank  fired  him  for  being  late  to 
zvork  too  often.  Then  he  concentrated  on 
acting,  playing  everything  from  comedy  to 
tragedy,  eventually  becoming  a  star  (and 
a  rival  of  Jannings)  in  Vienna  and  Berlin. 
A  director-friend,  Fritz  Lang,  persuaded 
him  to  play  the  child-murderer  in  the  Ger- 
man picture,  M,  and  he  became  world- 
famous.  Hollyzvood  became  Lorre-cou- 
scious,  and  Lorre  became  Hollyivood-con- 
scious.  His  nezvest  picture  is  Columbia's 
Crime  and  Punishment,  reviewed  on  page 
20  of  this  issue. 


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performances — your  newest  idea  for 
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part  of  any  letter  received.  Write 
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ITHEMAN  WHOWILLPAY   YOU   $250    FOR. 

|THIS    DIME*    IKNOW    I'VE  SENTHIfsA  OLD 

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without    KNOWING  WHAT  THEY 
ARE    WORTH  '. 


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185  MEHL  BLDG.,       FORT  WORTH.  TEXAS 

LARGEST  RARE  COIN  COMPANY  IN  U.  S. 
EST.  34  YEARS 


Post  Yourself!   It  Pays! 

1  paid  J.  D.  Martin,  Virginia,  $200  for 
a  single  copper  cent.  Mr.Manning, New 
York,  $2,500  for  one  silver  dollar.  Mrs. 
G.  F.  Adams,  $740  for  a  few  old  coins. 
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Many  of  these  coins  are  now  passing  from 
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Today  or  tomorrow  a  valuable  coin  may 


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