Modern Screen (Dec 1931 - Nov 1932 (assorted issues))

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BETWEEN YOU and ME Write to the editor of MODERN SCREEN and express your opinions of the talkies and the stars This ought to keep you Joan Blondell fans happy. There are a heap o' people who disagree with you, George Is Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., worthy of all the space allotted him by the movie magazines ? Will someone please let me know what he has done to gain such? And does he or Joan Crawford think for a moment that they are doing their public an honor by providing them with so much insane love-patter? (Modern Screen please note.) And will the M-G-M higher-ups assign a special bodyguard to Joan so that she may for a moment discard the look of fear she assumes in her eyes. You know, that jungle expression. George K. Moran, New York City, N. Y. There seems to be a difference of opinion on our Janet Caynor story Jack Jamison said in your October issue: "Charles Farrell would probably sink into obscurity without Janet Gaynor as team-mate." "Liliom" and "Body and Soul" were given as examples of his box-office appeal. Even a great actor could hardly have made a success of such a fanciful story as "Liliom." A very great actor could not have made the public believe in such an unconvincing story as "Body and Soul." When Janet Gaynor plays without him she is given a role which enables her to retain her natural littlegirlishness. When Farrell plays without her he is forced to do his best (and he does) with a story in which he is miscast or that is not too plausible. Loretta Brown, Waterbury, Conn. 12 Many thanks to Jack Jamison for the best story ever written on Janet Gaynor Instead of a lot of bunk about her and Lydell Peck we have a real story about the star herself. Betty Prosser, Hazelton, Penna. "Street Scene" answers your third question I'd like to know who carves that ultra-swanky mustache of Ivan Lebedeff's ... If that incomparable Phillips Holmes and wonderful little Peggy Shannon wouldn't make a swell picture Why Sylvia Sidney doesn't get a good story so that she can show her acting ability . . . Why there are not more actresses like peachy HI' Joan Blondell, who has not turned mysterious. ... Allen e Eaty, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Joan, take a bow I have an actress in mind who is lovable and sweet, a comedienne, a bundle of true qualities with the making of a great star all wrapped up in one. It is a small bundle, in the personage of Joan Blondell. She is a small and valuable package which will grow and grow. Hilda Elizabeth Prichard, St. Louis, Missouri. We're printing this just to hear the Garbo fans scream with rage So Ramon Novarro and Greta Garbo co-star in "Mata Hari" ! From what you printed in your last issue, Mr. No varro is very enthusiastic about it. Funny, isn't it, but I extend my congratulations to Miss Garbo. I can't understand why Novarro should be so worked up over the idea, when he has been a star for almost ten years, and will probably still be acting long after she is forgotten. . . . A Novarro Fan, New York City, N. Y. Yes, but we're not afraid of them. This concerns the critics that review the pictures. They make me sick with their forever harping on the past. Everything that Janet Gaynor does is compared to "Seventh Heaven." Chevalier's pictures are measured by "The Love Parade" and so it goes with other stars. ... It might be a good idea, now that there is a supply of machine guns on hand from abandoned gangster pictures, to line up the critics— and then make it an annual occurrence to end this nuisance about the past. If you print this letter, just sign it "Fair" Play." However, I'm sure you won't dare print it because you've critics on your own staff. Fair Play, Chicago, Illinois. You know what you like, eh, Marie? To Lionel Barrymore: Bravo for stealing the honors from Norma Shearer in "A Free Soul." To Miriam Hopkins : Bravo for stealing the honors from Chevalier in "The Smiling Lieutenant." To Clark Gable: Bravo for stealing all the scenes from the fainting Joan tn "Laughing Sinners." Jean Harlow: Give lessons in sex appeal to