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Vol. 23 No. 1
HOLLYWOOD
VNRA.
ROSCOE FAWCETT
Editor
Contents for January, 1934
ARTHUR C JANISCH
Assistant Editor
Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O' Sullivan in their treetop home for a scene in Tarzan and His Mate
NOTES FROM THE EDITOR'S CUFF
There Are At least five important questions that confront every girl as she tries to cope with life and its many perplexities.
We have compiled a list of these questions and requested the one person in Hollywood best suited for the purpose to answer them — Mae West. Her advice on the difficult problems given in typically frank and intelligent fashion, will be published in the February issue of Hollywood, on sale at all news stands December 27th. Place an order with your news dealer for your copy now — -you can't afford to miss this sensational story.
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Mae West's story is but one of many similarly attractive features you'll find in the next issue of Hollywood. Many readers are telling us what they'd like to see in this magazine and we're doing our best to take care of every suggestion. Send us your ideas. Tell us what you'd like to read and see in your magazine.
The patterns of the stars' favorite frocks which are offered each month in Hollywood (see page 45) are proving exceptionally popular with fans. We would like to make this feature even more popular and would like your ideas on improving it.
What kind of dresses would you like featured in the pattern service? Sports apparel, afterncx>n dresses, frocks for business wear, formal or semi-formal gowns? Tell us what you like and we'll try to satisfy you.
FEATURES
Why Love Is Doomed in Hollywood!
By Donald Henderson Clarke 14
A famous author on an amazing situation .
Francis Lederer, Man of Two
Worlds By Jerry Lane 1 6
The story of a strange personality
Groucho Marx Time
By Heyman Zimel 21
Fun with the maddest of the Marx's
Undraped Movies?
By Jay Brien Chapman 22
Airy Trend may be next film rage
Mae West's Personal Maid Tells All!
By Harmony Haynes 32
Mae West's private life revealed
Christmas Comes to Hollywood
By Jerry Lane 36
Stars with the real Christmas spirit
"Any Girl Can Do What I've Done"
By Alyce Curtis 38
Jeanette MacDonald tells how
Maedchen in Hollywood
By Woodrow Loring 39
Introducing glamorous Dorothea Wieck
War Declared on American Movies!
By Harry Carr 40
A famous film writer tells why
Chester Morris Strikes off Shackles!
By J. Eugene Chrisman 43
And takes a new tease on cinema life
"I've Always Been a Devil"
By Jev/el Smith 44
Joan Blondell confesses to a lurid past
MOVIE ROMANCE
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
By Lynde Denig 24
Walter WincheWs great story
FASHIONS AND BEAUTY
Peggy Shannon's Favorite Frock 45
Offered through our pattern service
Beauty Is At Your Fingertips 46
Expert ■makeup advice
DEPARTMENTS
What's New on the Screen 4
The Editor's Mailbag 10
The Publisher's Page 12
With the News Sleuth 28
Cross-Examining the Stars 42
J. EUGENE CHRISMAN
Western Editor
Hollywood is published monthly by Hollywood Magazine, Inc.. 1100 W. Broadway. Louisville, Ky. Entered as secondclass matter at the post office at Louisville, Ky., August, 11, 1930, under the act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1933. W. H. Fawcett, Publisher; Roscoe Faucett. Editor and General Manager; S. F. Nelson, Advertising Director; Douglas Lurton, Managing Editor. All manuscripts should be addressed to the editorial office at 529 South 7th Street, Minneapolis. Minn. Western office, 6605 Hollywood Boulevard. Hollywood. Calif. Subscription rate, $1.00 per year and 10c per copy in United States and possessions. In Canada $1.50 per year, 15c a copy. Unless otherwise stated all names used in fiction stories are assumed. Printed in U. S. A. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS.
Bing Crosby was loaned to appear with Marion Davies in Going Hollywood but soon will return to Paramount for another picture
OF INTEREST TO ALL FANS
Billie Burke won a long -termer with Sam Goldwyn as a result of her clever portrayal in Metro's Dinner at Eight . . . Claudette Colbert stepped on a sharp stick and punctured her foot rather seriously while emoting in Honolulu . . . Cary Grant draws the stellar role in Paramount's version of Murder in the Vanities . . .Diana Wynyard is back from her London visit and awaiting start on her next task for Metro . . . Esther Ralston has just signed a long-term contract with the same studio . . . Sailor Beware, a musical, will be Jack Oakie's next . . . RKO -Radio plans to star Irene Dunne in Her Excellency, the Gov
Mrs. Lionel Barrymore (Irene Fenwick) is recuperating after a serious attack of pneumonia . . . Sally Blane is home from Europe, all set to play in Twentieth Century's Advice to the Lovelorn . . ■ Now that the June Collyer-Stuart Erwin baby is old enough to be left with a nurse, June is again donning make-up . . . she's to be seen in Columbia's House of Horrors ■ ■ ■ S-h-h-h — ! Garlic is Warner Baxter's favorite fruit . . . Charlie Ruggles bought a big ranch out in the San Fernando valley, but lost his nerve when it came time to break the news to his frau ... a mere handshake took the place of the usual written contract, when Jesse Lasky selected Gene Raymond for the lead in Fox's Coming Out Party.
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