Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1939)

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All her hopes were founded on 'Ice Follies," in which her ability as a skater and a singer were to be exploited. At the preview, a brief flash of Joan on skates and a quick snatch of song were all that remained of the hours of work and the great hopes that had gone into the picture. "I want to get away. I've got to get away," she says to her friends. But the bugaboo only awaits her on her return. Perhaps away from Hollywood, however, Joan may be able to see more clearly what to do. Certainly the role offered her in "The Women" is a mere bit, a strong bit but not worthy of Crawford's talents. So what lies ahead now for Crawford? It's the question of the month in Hollywood. And one we all hope will be solved satisfactorily. Hollywood at a Side Glance nT a penny chewing-gum machine stands a fair lady waiting for her gum after dropping in her penny. When none comes, like everybody else, she attempts to beat the machine into giving. "Oh darn," she murmurs and finally walks away. It's Hedy Lamarr. An item in a paper attracts the attention of an actress, dressed as a bride for a movie scene. Searching in her bag for her glasses she peers at them a moment and then, stealing a little glance around, picks up a corner of her elaborate wedding veil and wipes off the glasses. The girl? Her name is Bette Davis. Gossip Is the Staff of Life w E like to have lunch at Warner Brothers. The Green Room is a chummy sort of place where people stop by your table and pass the time of day and maybe tell you the latest gossip. We had some enjoyable chitchat the last time we were there. Ann Sheridan was telling us about her new yen for ice skating. It started when they took her and Ronald Reagan out to the Ice Palace one day to pose for some publicity "stills" in fancy skating costumes. She had never been on skates before, but the idea so caught her fancy that, every single morning since, she has gotten up early (as early as five o'clock on days when she has been working) and has taken a skating lesson! She's pretty good by now; she admits it. Incidentally, Ann has a new swanky roadster. The Dead End Kids teased her so much about her old 1933 model that she finally did something about it. She calls the new job "Scarlett," for no good reason. It is coal black. Johnny Payne stopped and had an extra cup of coffee with us and while he was there Jimmy Cagney stopped by and had a cup with us, too. Olivia de Havilland asked us out to tea with herself and sister Joan Fontaine and we were tickled to death on account of we like them both a lot. Each has the delightful ability to listen during a conversation and to appear darned interested in what is being said, too. Yes, we had a swell time lunching in the Green Room that day. War Games RESULTS of the far-away European unrest, have caused Hollywood time, money, headaches and heartaches in more ways than one. For instance, Warner Brothers have had to go to the terrific expense of re-sounding twentytwo of their huge stages to shut out the hum of planes being tested overhead. Where formerly only an occasional plane interfered with the delicate sound mechanism, now dozens and dozens of planes, from lighter ships to bombers, are daily flying over the Burbank studio, making it necessary to reshoot almost every scene. Added to this trouble is the fear that many of the English stars may be called home at any moment. Yes, Europe reaches out these days, even to the land of make-believe. Livvie's Last Laugh oLARK GABLE was doing a scene in which, as Rhett Butler, he was required to carry the lovely Olivia de Havilland down a long flight of stairs. While the cameras clicked, he teased Olivia about being such a featherweight. So, come the seventh take, Olivia secreted a thirty-pound weight from the camera boom under her voluminous frock — and Clark, after picking her up with a flourish, gave her a startled look and staggered on. Olivia smiled rather smugly — but last. New Orleans Belle MaRY HEALY, the lovely little lady from New Orleans and the most recent newcomer to get her break at Twentieth Century-Fox, has an interesting bit of background connected with her "discovery" and subsequent trip to Hollywood for a screen test. Mary has always been talented and for a time she earned money now and then by singing in night clubs in New Orleans. However, when circumstances rose that made her the main support of her family, Mary decided that, while such an income was all right in its way, it was sketchy and very unreliable and that a steady income was the thing to try for. So she studied stenography and got a job in the Twentieth Century-Fox exchange with the specific understanding that she was not to have any aspirations towards movie work. When a talent scout checked into the office she evaded him and conscientiously kept her nose in her work. But, just to show that you can't control things like that, it was Mary that the scout saw one evening the following week end while out dancing— and it was Mary to whom he wangled an introduction. And when he asked if she'd like a test, she figured that as long as she wasn't on the job she had a right to accept her chance — with the result that she was one of the two girls chosen out of the group .sent to Hollywood. Mary will have her big chance as the second lead in "Second Fiddle," a dramatic as well as a swell singing role. 72 PHOTOPLAY