The New Movie Magazine (Dec 1929-May 1930)

The New Movie Magazine Too Nice (Continued from page 72) was that I was being looked over like nobody's business and being taken apart to see what made me tick. But it was not long before her talking had me spellbound. The early days of the West, when she lived in Montana and knew all the characters who have made that period famous. Anecdotes about cowboy adventures and gun duels and things you usually read only between the covers of a book. She had lived in every state in the Union at some time or another. "We've always had the wanderlust," she explained. I thought of little Jean, being taken from place to place. Always meeting strangers, new school mates. And I understood a little better that reserve which has been hers. When Jean came down, very slim and pretty — and whatever she thinks of her looks, Howard Chandler Christy and every big artist in New York was glad to have her for his model before she came to Hollywood — we thanked Mrs. Arthur. "It's been very interesting," I said. "Well," said Mrs. Arthur, and for the first time since we had walked in she smiled, "I don't know what I would have done without those stories and reminiscences. Jean is always late, you know. Anywhere from five minutes to an hour. And I don't know what I would have talked about to her beaux while they waited if I had not known they were all interested in the earlv West." _ Jean Arthur has not had an easy time of it, by any means. Many a runner would have dropped out of the race with less provocation than she has had. TTHE WILLIAM FOX studio scouts ■■■ signed her up in New York and sent her to Hollywood under a contract. She was heralded as a find and given all the hopes which go with such publicity. And then during the entire contract, she did nothing but two-reel comedies. At the end of which time, the Fox studio let her go. That was wallop number one and no small item, either. I once saw a six foot, two hundred pound, twenty-one-year-old boy break down and cry under somewhat the same circumstances. He had been talked into going to a certain college, was told that he would be a star football player, and then was given a place on the goof team. It was too much of a drop for him. But Jean Arthur did not cave in. She went to work on some more comedies, free lancing. From these she stepped to Westerns. And got the break of her career when she was cast opposite Jack Mulhall in "The Poor Nut," a First National Picture. When Paramount saw her in that, they signed her up. And events started which led to the scene which opened the story. JEAN ARTHUR, at the present writing, looks to be one of the few girls in the history of Hollywood who has ever had that tag "too nice" placed upon her and gotten anywhere. Mary Brian is another who surmounted the too-nice description. What that "nice girl" description does to the one described I do not know. But it is a fact that they said it about Lois Wilson, and for years it kept her from getting anywhere. They say it about Lois Moran and it helps even one of her unquestioned ability not at all; they said it about Florence Vidor and she left the screen — never having overcome the stigma of that "nice person." Jean Arthur, however, is quite another storv. THE NEW MOVIE MAGAZINE NEXT MONTH offers a remarkable feature CHARLIE CHAPLIN An Emotional Analysis by One of the Greatest of American Writers, Jim Tully Watch for this feature next month. It will be one of a dozen sensational reasons for reading the next issue of THE NEW MOVIE MAGAZINE clashes iliai captivate... thai cliarn i 0 • J tiSu. simple secret Liquid WII\X Women who nave tried ana tried say that no other eyelash preparation is the least like \\ inx. r or \\ inx gives tne softest, trie most natural effect. It never makes eyelashes brittle. It is waterproof. You can get it wherever toilet goods are sola, price 75c. New ... 3IIDGET SIZE 10c Tne new * I i d tj e t size contain; enough lic|uid tor a month s use. r or sale at ; and I O cent coun Every month The New Movie offers a guide to the latest records of movie song and dance. NOW! A Wave Set that Lasts Longer! Dries rapidly — leaves soft, glossy waves in hair Laurei 'v7aveset for finger waving and water waving has found wide favor because it dries rapidly, leaves the hair in soft, glossy waves; is greaseless ; not gummy, and absolutely noninjurious. Lasts longer and adds charm to any head of hair. Generous supply 10c. On sale at 5-and-10-cent stores and toilet goods departments. LAUREL LABORATORIES New York City 7745 St. Albans St., St. Louis 125