Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1928-Jan 1929)

No-one Calls Me TUBBY Now! i* v.. Sow a woman solved the Sivjatest problem in her life ■ — quickly transforming herself into a slim, graceful, healthy person free from the ^ ill effects of obesity. WHAT a constant torment stoutness had been to me. People got to calling me 'Tubby.' I couldn't go anywhere without being reminded that I was fat. I couldn't walk a block without sitting down to rest. The slightest housework tired me. If I hurried a little bit my heart would begin to beat like a triphammer. I hated to accept invitations because I knew people talked about me. You can imagine what misery fat caused me — aches and pains in my body as well as mental worry. "But no one calls me 'Tubby' any more. And all the credit for my wonderful improvement goes to Annette Kellermann. Her own story was well known to me — how she, called the world's most perfectly formed woman, had once been a puny, ailing, sickly child. Then I learned how her methods had brought her a perfect form which had not changed by a fraction of an inch, or by even a pound in over sixteen years. I wrote to Miss Kellermann, told her all about myself and asked what she could do for me. "Her answer was a charming letter and a copy of her delightful book called, The Body Beautiful. That book, I can truly say, was the turning point in my life. It rescued me from the misery of fat, and showed me the way to make myself exquisitely slim in a short while. And it was so very easy. Actually, it was a delight for me to follow her instructions — light exercises for only 15 minutes a day, and plenty of the right kind of satisfying food that produced energy instead of fat. It was a revelation, even to me, how quickly my weight began to decrease. I felt better from the very first day and soon the name Tubby became a thing of the past." Miss Kellermann will be glad to send you, free, a copy of her book, "The Body Beautiful." 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I don't understand why so many people believe I am a bachelor. I'm not, and I don't want to pose as one." An amusing situation arises occasionally, when a well-established actor decides, right out of a clear sky, to soft-pedal his family life. Probably the whole world knows what his wife looks like, how many children he has and how many teeth the children have, but suddenly the astonished interviewer finds that a ban has been placed on all photographs of him surrounded by the little woman ct al. He will pose with his dogs, his books, his piano or anybody's rose-bush, but he'll pose alone. The family is out. He actually hopes, thereby, to create the impression that here is a lone and eligible bachelor. But the fans, already familiar with his domestic affairs, can't be fooled, and Hollywood jeeringly awaits the pseudo-bachelor's inevitable return to the family group. It is because of the fruitless endeavor of these men to pose as bachelors, that the newcomers, just rising to stardom, strive manfully to hide the wife and family from the hour that popularity dawns upon them. It would appear that this problem troubles the romantic actor only. Comedians and character actors are, with the exception of Lon Chaney, quite willing to permit their families to bask in the limelight with them. In fact, the wives of these men are frequently asked to pose for "gag" pictures with their celebrated husbands. Thus we may have Mrs. Ray Hatton playing leap-frog, and Mrs. George Bancroft frolicking among the cactus. Anything for a laugh. Harold Lloyd readily poses with Mildred and Gloria, Tom Mix with Vickey and Thomasina, Emil Jannings with his Gussie. But perhaps the girls don't write love-letters to these men, as they do to the swell collar hero, who strives for a Valentino fame. And, mentioning Valentino, we must admit that marriage appeared to hamper his career. I happen to know that photographs of Rudy with Natacha were most unpopular . among the film fans. Thousands of angered, protesting letters were written to Rudy whenever a lay-out of pictures that included his wife graced a magazine page. I doubt that a single movie fan, today, treasures a picture in which Natacha appears at Rudy's side. The public wanted him — alone — though Rudy was eager to have his wife share his fame. Like Rudy, a few other popular stars are frank about their marital status. Outstanding examples are Rod La Rocque, Jack Mulhall, Dick Arlen, Milton Sills and the lately married Adolphe Menjou. They will pose with their wives any day of the week, without worrying whether it will affect their fan mail adversely. If it just breaks your heart to see pictures of these men with their wives, cheer up. There are a few bachelors left in the film colony, and I am inclined to believe that they are jolly well pleased to remain bachelors, because the fans like them that way. 90