Film Fun (1928 - 1942 (assorted issues))

Are You Sure You Speak Good English? Many people who think they &peak good English are hurting themselves both so¬ cially and in business by making serious mistakes in their speech and writing. The pity of it is that they do not know how bad the mistake, or how badly it grates upon cultured ears. How Well Do You Speak and Write Your Own Language? If you have had an exceptionally schol¬ ar^ environment ; if you have had con¬ stant instruction; if you are well-read, you may stand out as one of the envied few who speak and write cultured, intelligent English; but if you have missed such a training and environment, how can you expect to speak or write that kind of English upon which your social and busi¬ ness success depends? Clement Wood, famous novelist and lecturer, and a former university instructor of English, has given us a complete novel and a guide to correct English combined. Here Is an excellent and a romantic story, a brilliant work of Action in itself. It may be lifted bodily from the book and could be read as a separate novel. But running closely with it is another book that is a thorough survey of our entire language built upon the plot, characters ana action of the story. And this, like the novel, is also complete within itself. A Novel Way of Learning Cultured English You read the story of the characters, and to your amazement you see and learn upon every page, for Clement Wood has woven twenty-Ave years of English mastery into the language he and his characters use. So cleverly done is this fasci¬ nating story, and so clearly explained are the in¬ tricacies of our speech, that when you have come to the climax of the novel you have read an inter¬ esting story that is entirely independent of the English instruction, and you have also absorbed an intimate, new knowledge of the better English that marks you as a well-read, cultured American. 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Unless you do so, you may miss a golden opportunity. Address it to Lewis Copeland Company, Dept. 204, 119 West 57th St., New York, N. Y. Lewis Copeland Co., Dept 204, 119 West 57th St., New York, N, Y. Gentlemen : Please send me a copy of “THE NOVEL WAY TO CULTURED ENGLISH,” by Clement Wood. When the book arrives I will pay the postman $2.95, and if not satlsAed will return it within seven days for complete refund. Send to Address City . State . . . If you wish to send cash with order, enclose only $2.75 in full payment and we will allow you the same generous 7-day return and refund privilege. If located outside the limits of Continental U. S., send $2.95 with order. The Klieg of Nations 'M' OW look here, folks, you’ll have 1 . to be more quiet. Folks, look here! I SAY YOU’VE GOT TO BE MORE QUIET! Yes, quiet. If you don’t, how do you suppose the boys in the back row will be able to jeer what I’m saying? What I want to explain is simply this. When all the various generations of this gener¬ ation hurried to their house tops and shouted loud the praises of Joan Crawford for her work in “Our Danc¬ ing Daughters,” M.-G.-M. immedi¬ ately had Josephine Lovett write an¬ other sensation like it and labeled it “Our Modern Maidens.” Which makes a pair of sexes, doesn’t it, Mr. Hoyle. (Wait, I’ll go ask daddy.) Oh, don’t bother. Some other time. ' Can’t you see I must continue? Joan of Heart, which is straight-eight enough, will have Rod La Rocque as her leading man in this tail-spin of the modern whirl. Does the public like Josephine’s startling expose of youth? Listen, folks, they Lovett! ooo YAEP, they shipped him all the way * from Europe to California and said see here, sir, you’ve gotta direct a coupla pictures. You wanna know his name? Max Reinhardt. Oh, you know a Max, too, do you? Well, who can that Max be? It’s only Max Belief, you say? Stop it, I hear my mother coming! When he arrived in Hollywood every Thomas, Richard and Henry pushed and shoved around the railroad station to get a glimpse of this noted Euro¬ pean theatrical impresario. (Would you mind handing me the dictionary, please?) What actress do you sup¬ pose will be the first this movie mon¬ arch will direct for United Artists? To give you a hint — she’s A Gish Fit for a King. Ah! You’ve guessed it. Apun my word. He will guide Lillian in a super, super, super, etc., attraction called “The Miracle Girl.” The title smacks of being the adven¬ tures of a girl who never wanted the last word, always paid the check and never wanted her own way. ooo ‘"-THROUGH THE NIGHT,” a A 100% talkie will be the next Fay Wray-Gary Cooper pet-together. We’re already all flushed, more than a bit confused and having our heart thumps about it. By the time it’s ready our nails will be bitten to a sight. Isn’t impatience the tearrible thing! Tsk, tsk. Lassie, we’ll never forget the last precious time we saw these two love birds thrilling and coo¬ ing. An old maidenly lady in the rear of us during one of their gor¬ geous grapples mumbled to her equally old maidish companion, “That’s no Wray to Gary on!” ooo TIT-HEN we heard that Norma ** Talmadge’s next effort would be “The Sign On the Door,” we were reminded of a story told about Dorothy Parker when the little New Yorker was in Hollywood. She went out there to write for the movies. They put her in a little office which was far down at the very end of a long hall. It was lonesome in so secluded a place. Her friends had difficulty finding her and it was sel¬ dom she had a visitor. Dorothy de¬ cided to put a stop to being left all alone with no one calling on her. She had a sign printed. A familiar sign. She tacked it on her door. It read: GENTLEMEN. ooo TI7HEN Norma Shearer begins work on her next offering she will take her orders from Director Willard Mack. He’s one of the re¬ cruits from Broadway where every one will tell you he made a name for himself. His friends will tell you it was a good name. His enemies a bad one. A • man usually can tell when he’s a success because it’s then he makes enemies. Willard Mack had plenty. They’d go to see a new play of his. When it was over and they passed out of the theatre you could hear them muttering far up the street and into a taxicab — “Mack truck! Mack truck!” But his friends far outnumber those who rise to sneer. If you ask them about “A Free Soul,” Norma’s new one, they’ll say: “Willard be good? You bet it will!” nr HE next jazzity for big blue-eyed -*■ Alice White is christened “Hot Stuff!” She should extinguish her¬ self in it. College life in general will be considered, but in particular there’ll be mush ado about what goes on and comes off at fraternity house parties. We’re to see whether or not the shaking confines itself to hands and cocktails. This won’t be the first time we’ve been shown the in¬ side about collegiates. It’s all been done before and will be done as many times again. Nothing is more cer¬ tain than that some movie producers are living off the frats of the land! Page J,