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

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Blondex bubbles instantly into a rich, frothy, searching foam that reaches down to the hair roots. For blonde hairbeauty men can' t resist — start using Blondex today. At all drug and department stores. 108 (Continued from page 17) marked "Celebrities" is chuck full. And you can bet that just as many spectators are drawn to the Marathon by a chance to view the screen stars, as those just interested in the Marathoners. Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg arrived the other afternoon, took time out for dinner and returned. Ernest Lubitsch had a large party. Charlie Chaplin, Marion Davies, Stu Erwin, June Collyer, Chico Marx, Bob Woolsey, Walter Catlett, George Raft, Jimmy Gleason, Kay Francis and Kenneth MacKenna '. . . just name any of the stars and they've been there at least a couple of evenings. The other night, the fun started when Director Archie Mayo offered the two contesting couples $5.00 if George Raft would go on the floor and dance. Georgie obliged with one of his snake-hips specials that sent the crowd thundering for more. Then Georgie offered $5.00 if Archie (well over the two-hundred pounds mark) would dance. And not only did Archie dance, but later in the evening he sang "Sonny Boy" so that the kids in the Marathon could win $10.00 offered by Mrs. Eddie Cantor. In this way, the crowd was treated to first-class entertainment for the twenty-five cent admission charge to the Marathon. Bob Woolsey and Walter Catlett favored with an Argentine special. Dorothy Lee did a little dance (she was there with Russell Gleason). Rotund Archie Mayo, though, was the pet of the stands. He, director Bill Beaudine, Georgie Raft and a couple of writers favored with "Sweet Adeline" . . . and for $5.00 more let the photographer grab their picture. And don't think that all this high-powered entertainment didn't do a lot to keep the two dancing couples awake, also the five and ten dollar bills that were pouring into their pockets. Charlie Chaplin left an envelope with, some say, fifty or one hundred dollars, for each of the couples. "This is better than a bull fight," Charlie is quoted as having remarked of the Marathon. "More sadistic " And don't forget, if luck is with us, you readers of Modern Screen will soon be seeing pictures of the stars posing with the Marathoners. Not only that, but you can expect to see several movies dealing with the subject . . . because when the executives and writers take that much interest in anything . . . you can be sure there's something up. • As long as hubby Al Jolson is busying himself in Hollywood making pictures, wifie Ruby Keeler isn't going to sit home tatting. Ruby has just signed a long-term contract with Warner Brothers and will have the starring spot in her first picture. Another interesting Warner acquisition on the dotted line is Eleanor Holm, Olympic Games swimming champion. Eleanor is considered the most comely of the Olympic girl athletes—comely enough to have had the late Florenz Ziegfeld offer her a role in his "Follies" last year. Warners are planning to launch Eleanor onto the screen in a thorough manner. During the first six months of her contract, the girl athlete will spend her time being coached in dramatics and voice. After that she'll probably go into leading roles as a comedienne. • Ronald Colman is going to be king of all he surveys. A couple of years back Ronnie bought several hundred acres of uncultivated land about seventy miles north of Hollywood. There's a half mile of beach, and Ronald has already built a tennis court near the site for his new home. The country up there is overrun with quail, deer and even wild cats and mountain lions. It's so isolated, in fact, that he may have to build his own road to the place. • Bruce Cabot seems to be quite serious about young Sandra Shaw, Cedric Gibbon's niece, who's having a try at the movies. And Director Clarence Brown is completely engrossed in Alice Joyce. Brown and Dorothy Burgess were enthralled not so long ago. Dick (crooner in "Blessed Event") Powell is rushing Joan Marsh, and now that Dick has signed a contract for the movies, Joan is very, very happee, yes sir. • Zeppo Marx (the good looking one who plays straight) is generally considered the least talented of the Four. As a matter of fact, Zeppo is just as clever as his crazier brothers. Right now he's collaborating on a story with Gouvernour Morris. The action is laid in Poland, and Zeppo and Mr. Morris were almost defeated when it came to finding authentic Polish names for their characters. Then someone suggested the program for the Olympic games in which Poland's representatives participated. Now the two writers are resting easier and not wearing out so much