The New Movie Magazine (Dec 1929-May 1930)

The New Movie Magazine We Have With Us Tonight (Continued from page 55) interviewers who come to see her chert. The door man at the apartment house where Fifi lives says he is all wore out from opening and shutting the front door. But there are a million men in Southern California willing to take his job. J UPE VELEZ: In order to save our ■*—* car fare, while we are down in Mexico, we'll look around and see who else is here. Ah, LUPE VELEZ herself! Well, say, that's luck; it just knocks me for a loopy. She was born in San Luis Potosi, which is just a couple of jumps from Mexico City, and the date was July 18, 1904, and the name they sprinkled on her was Guadeloupe Velez Villalabos. Her mother's name was Velez, but when Lupe came to Hollywood she left off the Guade and the o out of the Loupe, and that's how it all happened. Her father was a colonel in the Mexican army and before Lupe had been taken off the bottle he had been through thirteen revolutions. One evening her father came home all tuckered out. "You poor darling," said his wife, smoothing his worried brow. "You look so tired. What's the matter?" "I'm plumb wore out," he answered. "I've been through four revolutions today and I expected only three." Leaving Mexico between revolutions, Lupe came to Hollywood. Lupe was a dancer a while and then drifted into pictures, and now the poor little girl from San Luis Potosi has two cars and a Spanish home in Beverly Hills. No, boys, she is not married, but don't leave home yet. Don't be hasty. There's Dead-shot Gary Cooper. It looks serious between them. Gary, as all good fans know, is very fond of owls; he shoots them and stuffs them himself — and the first present that went into Lupe's new house was a stuffed owl. If you wish to take the chance, go ahead . . . but remember we warned you. Be sure to have proper identification papers on the body. /^ONRAD NAGEL: It's been a long w time since Iowa has been heard from, so let me look around for a minute . . .ah! who's that? — CONRAD NAGEL himself— the Pride of Keokuk. Conrad arrived in Keokuk on the 16th day of March, 1897, both parents being home at the time. But Conrad cost practically nothing, as his Pa was a doctor. Conrad lived quietly in Keokuk, visiting with his mother and going out only when she went out. He went to school in Keokuk, finally got his High School diploma and started out to bring the world to its knees, and finally the Pride of Keokuk had to take a job laying bricks. He continued to lay bricks and orate, the latter being something that was growing on him in spite of the best medical attention they could get. Sometimes when he was laying bricks he would pause with a brick in each hand and recite "Over the Hills to the Poor House." No one ever laughed at him. If anybody had, he would have been a fool. At last he saved up some money and packing the family suitcase he went to Des Moines to college. He was the best college orator on the campus, so don't ever make fun of college orators again, either. After that he went out with a Chautauqua bureau and traveled over Iowa reciting pieces. People paid money to hear him. It shows what living in Iowa will do to you. From being a Chautauqua reciter, he gave a jump and landed in vaudeville, and then the first thing Iowa knew he was on Broadway in a regular stage play. Now comes the sad part, girls. Ruth Helms beat you to it. They live at 715 North Palm Drive, Hollywood, and are as happy as half a dozen turtle doves. His hobby is yachting and he's never happier than when walking up and down the deck of his yacht with a pair of binoculars over his shoulders. It just shows what a good bricklayer can accomplish. Now stand up, Conrad Nagel, and defend yourself. The Foremost Writers of the Screen Contribute Every Month to The New Movie Magazine Adela Rogers St. Johns Jim Tully Homer Croy Rosalind Shaffer Grace Kingsley Herb Howe J. P. McEvoy Frederick James Smith Dick Hyland Tamar Lane THERE IS A (p/orShine \+SHOE +S POLISH FOR EVERY SHOE Use ColorShine Neutral Creme for all light-colored shoes. It cleans and polishes without changing the original shade. Use ColorShine Creme Polishes to keep your shoes looking smart and new. For black, brown, tan and lighter leathers. Use ColorShine Paste, if you prefer polish in paste form. Black, brown and tan — in the can with the perfect opener. Sold in 5 and 10 cent stores everywhere. 15 cents in the far west. (plorfhine \+SHOE *J POLISHES CHIEFTAIN MFG. CO.. BALTIMORE, MD. 121