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

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Modern Scree n Between You and Me (Continued from page 88) means more than flashing smile, expressive eyes and dancing toes." ( Vous-aves raison, madame. Sorry, we went French a couple of lines ago and wanted to keep it up.) A MODERN SCREEN FAN of CHICAGO, ILL., writes in to ask us why we don't run a movie crossword puzzle. (You'll see one in a coming issue, sir.) MISS B. ANDERSON of NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C, thinks Ramon I Novarro one of the best actors on the screen. (Sorry we couldn't put the letter in your ozvn chafming words, Miss B., but ivc hadn't the room.) ALICE ANNE SHUE of PROVIDENCE, R. I., writes to thank Vicki Baum for the story, play and movie of "Grand Hotel." And also for the Vicki Baum article which appeared in Modern Screen. MISS MARGARET CARLSEN of CALIFORNIA, wants Joan Crawford given a break. (Just ivhat does a break mean to you, MARGARET? Hasn't she had plenty?) W. J. McR. of CHARLOTTE, N. C, wants to know if Wheeler, Woolsey and Lee will be together after "Hold 'Em Jail." (Wheeler and Woolsey will do a picture for Columbia, William — if it is William. Dot Lee -won't, be in it.) JOAN OF JERSEY writes in to say that Marlene Dietrich has more personality than Greta Garbo. She also has a package of praise for Ralph Bellamy because "he is good-looking without being pretty and he has a good voice." S KATHERINE LUTZ of POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., wants us to print more about Mary Brian. "I'll promise you I'll buy Modern Screen for the next ten years if you'll only give her some space." (All right, Kate, the next time we run a story J on Mary we'll send you a ten-year subscription blank.) CATHERINE MON ; TAG of CINCINNATI, OHIO, liked \ our story about "Connie Through Joan's Eyes" so much that she wants to see Joan through Connie's eyes. (We hope to get that very article, CATE. Better watch for it.) HAZELDORAS OLSEN of BROKEN BOW, NEB., thinks Lew Ayres "cute, darling and handsome." (What gal doesn't, ma'am?) HELEN CHRYST of CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, in j forms us that Richard Cromwell is grand and that she'd like to hear about him more often in preference to Gable, Garbo and others. HELEN WILLIAMS of CO \ LUMBUS, OHIO, asks us if it isn't a fact that Clive Brook "is one of the most accomplished actors available today." (Of course, Helen, of course.) EL I EANOR CAUTHEN of SUMMERVILLE, S. C, insists that Tom Brown, Ann Dvorak, James Cagney and Richard ! Cromwell are all cute. NICHOLAS EPP of HAMILTON, ONT., thanks us I for the article "The Hardest Job in Hollywood" which appeared in a recent issue. MARIE ORRELL of DETROIT, MICH., a clever fourteen-year-old, thought the story on making the kids cry was good. "I've sat watching Jackie Cooper or Delmar Watson or Bobbie Coogan, my heart breaking and a lump as big as j a goose egg in my throat. I wondered how on earth they could cry and make it sound and look so realistic." (Sorry you don't like the new arrangement, MARIE. Hozv about some suggestions? W c're alivavs open to them.) A. L. D. of BRIDGEPORT, CONN, believes that Anita Louise should have been Rebecca in "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." And also adds something about Bebe Daniels. (Continued on page 93) One little girl Won a Beauty Contest Four little girls stayed at Home! pVERY day you are competing in a Beauty Contest with many other lovely women. You can triumph — attract men's admiration — if your skin is soft and clear and immaculately clean. Let gentle Camay keep your skin exquisite! Use a generous lather of Camay, a soft cloth and warm water — then rinse with cold water. You'll like Camay from the start. It's so mild and gentle! Here's Camay — the delicate, "He staged a little Beauty Contest of his own, when he creamy-white beauty soap. Now mentally reviewed the girls he might invite. And she who wrapped in green and yellow — won possessed a flawless skin . . . exquisite as an orchid!" with Cellophane jacket. A WOMAN is not always the best judge of her own charms. She often places too little value on a perfect skin. Yet others notice your complexion first. If your skin is fresh and clear, you win another of life's daily Beauty Contests. Keep your precious skin deeply clean with delicate Camay. The Soap of Beautiful Women is pure, refreshing, safe—znA leaves your skin immaculate and blooming. And Camay, you know, costs less today than ever before! Never in your lifetime has so fine a soap sold at so low a price. Camay Copr. 1932. Procter ft Gamble Co. THE SOAP OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN 91