Movie Classic (Mar-Aug 1936)

/ JAN 29 1935 ©C1B 288365 {J\n JAMES E. REID Editor LAURENCE REID Managing Editor Speaking of March, Ginger Rogers is marching toward top rating as a boxoffice attraction. Along with Fred Astaire, she now is fourth. Incidentally, she talks about Fred in this issue MARCH, 1936 / VOL. 10 No. I MOVIE CLASSIC EDITED IN HOLLYWOOD AND NEW YORK MARCH CLASSIC HIGHLIGHTS My Ten Commandments for Personality . See Hollywood Yourself! At Last — a Five-Star Picture! (The Quints Are in It) IS NELSON EDDY LEAVING THE SCREEN? by Jeanette's Success Story Could Be Yours! Don't Misunderstand the Clark Gables! . This Is the Fred Astaire We Know . . . Paulette Goddard — Chaplin's Mystery Girl If Freddie Bartholomew Were King . . It's Time You Knew Margo! Why Those Powell-Loy Marriages Are Happy by Patient Is the Word for Helen Mack Leslie Howard Breaks the Rules . . . Una Merkel's Wardrobe Fits the Business Girl A Miracle Happened to Richard Dix by Cecil B. DeMille by Jack Smalley 12 by Carol Craig 3 I Eric L. Ergenbright by John Kent by Ruth Biery by Marian Rhea . by Sonia Lee by Ida Zeitlin by Grant Jackson Wm. A. Ulman, Jr. by Grace McKenzie by William Anthony by Virginia Lane by Dorothy Calhoun 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 43 44 51 THREE UNUSUAL CONTESTS Mary Pickford Offers $1,000 for Trademark Ideas! .... 6 WIN A TRIP TO HOLLYWOOD By Knitting Something New for Yourself 46 Get Your Free Portrait of Norma Shearer as Juliet! .... 52 TO THE LADIES! Comfort, with Glamor 48 Smart Simplicity 50 Helen Vinson's Beauty Secrets by Alison Alden 54 Fashions for Youth — with the Accent on "You" (Patterns) . . 56 New Shopping Finds by the Shopping Scouts 62 Handy Hints from Hollywood 75 FOR EVERY MOVIEGOER Let's Talk About Stars! — News and Gossip 10 What Your Favorites Are Doing ... by Eric Ergenbright 14 The Latest Reviews 20 Looking Them Over by James E. Reid 26 This Dramatic World— Portraits 27 Your Own Ideas — Prize Letters 90 Cover Portrait of Marion Davies painted by Charles Sheldon W. H. FAWCETT President S. F. NELSON Treasurer W. M. MESSENGER Secretary ROSCOE FAWCETT Vice President Published monthly by Motion Picture Publications, Inc., (a Minnesota Corporation) at Mount Morris, III. Executive and Editorial Offices, Paramount Building, 1501 Broadway, New York City, N.Y. Hollywood editorial offices 7046 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. Entered as second-class matter April 1, 1935. at the Post Office at Mount Morris, III., under the act of March 3, 1879. Additional entry at Greenwich, Conn. _ Copyright 1936. Reprinting in whole or in part forbidden except by permission of the publishers, title registered in U.S. Patent Office. Printed in U.S.A. s manuscripts to New York Editorial Offices. Not responsible for lost manuscripts or photos. Price 10c per copy, subscription price $1.00 per year in the United States and Possessions. Advertising forms close the 20th of the third month preceding date of issue. Advertising offices: New York, 1501 Broadway; Chicago, 360 N. Michigan Ave.; San Francisco, Simpson-Rcilly, 1014 Russ Bldg.; Los Angeles, Simpson-Reilly, 536 S. Hill St. General business offices, Fawcett Bldg., Greenwich, Conn. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS