Hollywood (Jan - Oct 1934)

THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG An open forum in which readers express their views on stars and pictures. $5.00 is paid "to each of the five best letters received each month Mae enchants young and old Good Medicine What's This I Hear about Mae West being "bad medicine" for our young girls? Who got the idea and from what source? Mae West simply has the ability to reveal all her beauty of character, her sweetness and womanliness in such an enchanting manner that men, young and old, go down on their knees. I'm for her. There is nothing about her wonderful performance to arouse antagonism. ($5.00 Letter) M. WATKINS, Elmore, Alabama. H ere s a nld ea "lV/IANY picture fans disagree on the 1V1 pronunciation of the names of certain stars as well as the titles of pictures. Fans would be agreeably surprised if, as the cast of characters is shown on the screen, a voice were to be recorded pronouncing each name as it appears." ($5.00 Letter) REGINA PETRILL, 627 N. Locust St., Hazleton, Pa. Garbo and Howard Teamed ! Leslie Howard gave a wonderful peri formance in Berkeley Square. It is his best portrayal. Now let us see soon the peerless Garbo and Leslie Howard teamed in a picture. It would be a sensation! ($5.00 Letter) VIOLA MAGNUSSON, 454 Riverdale Ave., Yonkers, N. Y. Let's Save Clark! WHY will movie producers insist on re-making Clark Gable into a sweet, gentle lover? Every time I see one of his pictures I grow more disappointed. The women fell in love with him because he was a big, capable, protecting he-man. The men fell for him because 10 he was a man's man. Then why make the screen's most perfect he-man into a sissy? Let's keep him a caveman! ($5.00 Letter) MARY K. JONES, 708 St. Claire Ave., Grosse Pointe, Mich. Minna delivers the goods They Should Minnna Gombell deserves the highest compliments for her work on the screen. No matter what kind of a part she has she certainly delivers the goods. Here's one superlative actress the producers certainly are neglecting. Won't you speak to them about giving her bigger and better roles? MARY BUTLER, Seattle, Washington. An Orchid to Margaret I Would Like Very much to present an orchid to Miss Margaret Sullavan for her grand performance in Only Yesterday, one of the finest pictures I have ever seen. CLYDE LADD, 2016 N. Beechwood Dr., Hollywood, Cal. Real Entertainment T SAW Helen Hayes and Robert 1 Montgomery in Another Language, a wonderfully acted bit of family life. Helen Hayes' excellent performance made one realize that young wives are intelligent and ambitious, doing everything in their power to make their home a success. Real stories like this are appreciated, for they bring forth problems which confront us in our daily lives and help us to solve them. ($5.00 Letter) G ANDERSEN, 3516 N. 23rd St., Milwaukee, Wis, Another Swell Star Alice Brady is a real actress. Anyone . who can turn from the bleak and dismal Mourning Becomes Electra to the giddy widow as played in When Ladies Meet has to be. After When Ladies Meet she played a dramatic part in Broadway to Hollywood. Now in Stage Mother she does a little bit of everything. So what? Well, we've got another swell star. STEWART JOHNSON, Palmyra, Missouri. Laughter and Tears MR. PRODUCER, why must you give us close-ups of our stars weeping? Such scenes often look silly and sound worse. Why not let 'em do their sob stuff at long distance? Please remember we American's have lots of imagination, and instead of sobbing at sobby scenes we often laugh. MARILEE BRUCE, 439 E. Mable St., Tucson, Arizona. Keep Clark a caveman! HOLLYWOOD