Hollywood (1942)

-.-Bfci,. "* this space "it every month i-G The greatest star of the screen! • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • tAt Uncle Sam, you can count on me. • -lea "f{ Advertisement for Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Pictures When the.going got toughest, Abe Lincoln said, "With the fearful strain that is upori me night and day, if I did not laugh* I should die." • * * * The screens of Amer -O^H^U^Uijj n ,i provide run t : v^me'rica's ■■ tainment for all. The^l movies started as a novelty, learned not to flicker and learned how to talk. They were developed by Americans and conquered the world with their merit. • • • * Go to your favorite theatre. There are many fine films from all movie companies. Sometimes they miss, sometimes they hit, but the average is high. • • • • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is the leading producer of movies. There are more M-G-M stars than there are stars of all the other companies combined. • • • • You have seen the recent films, "H. M . Pulham, Esq." (Lamarr-Young-_ Hussey), "Woman of the Year" (Tracy-* Hepburn) and "Johnny Eager" (TaylorTurner). If you haven't, they are still playing some place. • * * • Each in its way is a masterpiece. • * * • Now we should like to recommend "We Were Dancing'', which is based in part on the Noel Coward' playlets called'"Tonight at 8:30"— starring Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas. "Mrs. Miniver", based on the novel by Jan Struther, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. * • This screen play is by James Hilton, author of "Goodbye Mr. Chips" and R. C. Sherriff, author of "Journey's End." An exciting collaboration. m 7*r W. H. FAWCETT, JR., President JOAN VOTSIS, Editor k^m CONTENTS FOR MARCH, 1942 No. 3 20 EXCLUSIVE STOKIES DEANNA DURBIN What's Keeping Deanna Durbin" off the Screen? fay Kay Proctor 23 NORMA SHEARER-MELVYN DOUGLAS A Couple of Fetching Phonies fay John Franchey 24 HOLLYWOOD IN UNIFORM by Duncan Underhill 26 MARLENE DIETRICH Dietrich, No. I Woman-Hater — Picks the World's 10 Greatest Women (told to Jack Dallas) by MARLENE DIETRICH 28 JOHN SHEPPERD Carolina Comer by Charlotte Kaye 32 GENE TIERNEY "How Marriage Has Changed Gene Tierney" (told to Marion Cooper) by COUNT OLEG CASSINI 34 JOAN BENNETT "Why I Want My Daughters To Be Actresses" fay Helen Hover 36 JUNE HAVOC Tiny Thunderbolt by Bob Hall 38 MARGARET HAMILTON She Never Gets Her Man fay Mori Fremon 42 ANTHONY OUINN Quixotic Quinn fay Fredda Dudley 44 PEGGY MORAN "I Want a Husband!" ..fay Gene Schroft 46 DAN DAILEY, JR., He Hoofed His Way to Hollywood fay Dennis Sprague 48 JOAN MERRILL The Girl Behind the Voice fay Kate Holliday 50 HAROLD HUBER He's Not So Tough by Gloria Brent 52 EVELYN KEYES Pride of the South fay Ernest Bell 54 MAUREEN O'HARA Back With a Bang fay Tom DeVane 56 BILLY GILBERT Sneezing His Way to Fame fay Vivian Cosby 58 ANNE NAGEL Army Bride by Helen Weller 60 JANET BLAIR Redheaded Rage fay Dugal O'Liam 62 MICKEY ROONEY The Courtship of Mickey Rooney fay Drake Hunt 65 MONTHLY SPECIALS Hollywood Newsreel ..by Erskine Johnson 6 Handy Facts (Beauty) by Mary Bailey 20 Preferred for Spring (Fashions) by Catherine Roberts 30 Beauty Headliners 37 Shopping Guide 66 Roy Rogers' He-Man Breakfast by Betty Crocker 68 Movie Crossword 71 Important Pictures by Sara Corpening 73 HOLLYWOOD is published monthly by Fawcett Publications. Inc.. 1100 W. Broadway. Louisville, Ky. Printed in XL S. A Advertising and Editorial Offices, Paramount Building. 15111 Broadway. New York, N. Y. Hollywood Editorial Offices, S555 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. Calif. General Offices. Fawcett Building, Greenwich. Conn. Eliott D. Odell, Advertising Director; Roscoe K. Fawcett, Circulation Director; Ralph Daigh, Editorial Director; Al Allard, Art Director; E. J. Smithson, Western Manager. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Louisville, Ky., under the act of March 3, 1S79. Additional entry at Greenwich, Conn. Copyright 1942 by Fawcett Publications, Inc. Reprinting in whole or in part forbidden except by permission of the publishers. Title registered in the U. S. Patent Office. Address manuscripts to New York Offices. Not responsible for lost manuscripts or photos. Unacceptable contributions will be returned, if accompanied by sufficient first-class postage. Price 5c per copy, subscription price 50c per year in LT. S\ and possessions. Canadian subscrintions not accepted. Foreign subscriptions Sri. 50. Foreign subscriptions and sales should be remitted by International Money Order in United States funds, payable at Greenwich, Conn. Advertising forms close ISth of third month preceding date of is^ue. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS