Hollywood (1942)

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Published In this space every month The greatest star of the screen ! Call us Nostradamus, Jr. At any rate we're following in the footsteps of the eminent foreteller. We are about to prophesy that the Jan Struther novel, "Mrs. Miniver" will be the First Lady of the Screen for '42. * • • • We have our paw on the pulse of the public when we make our startling prediction. We saw William Wyler's production of "Mrs. Miniver" in a Hollywood preview. * • • • Let us tell you about that preview. * * * • Prepared for the screen by producer Sidney Franklin, who had had an editorial hand in"Goodbye Mr. Chips", there was reason to believe that "Mrs. Miniver" was an equallv creditable picture. *" • • • But it was not certain what the public would say. * * * • It was evident that William Wyler, one of the really great directors, had done his finest job . . . * * * * That Greer Garson as Mrs. Miniver had been perfection itself . . . * * * * And that \\ alter Pidgeon as Clem had been dream-like casting . . . It was said that no finer supporting cast had ever been assembled than Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Henry Travers, Richard Ney, Tom Conway, Henrv Wilcoxon. • * * * Still, there was a lot to be learned from the first public reaction to this most unusual type of film about a peaceful little life caught in the maelstrom of the moment. • • • * Imagine the excitement! Only once before— it was the previewof "BigParade" — had there been such a tremendous public demonstration in favor of a film. • • * * "Mrs. Miniver" had joined the big parade of the screen's noblest. • * • • Now it's true we haven't told you about the story. Perhaps we should have done it, because our purpose is to arouse your interest. • • • * Sounds selfish, doesn't it? • * • • But when you see "Mrs. Miniver" you '11 remember whom to thank for the tip — Hollywood 1 1 W. H. FAWCETT, JR. President JOAN VOTSIS, Editor / I WAR BONDS AND STAMPS FOR VICTORY 31 CONTENTS FOR JULY, 1942 No. 7 2<> EXCLUSIVE STORIES BARBARA STANWYCKGEORGE BRENT Having a Gay Time.6y Jessie Henderson 18 SPRING BYINGTON Scrapbook Shorts by Eleanor Harris 20 ELEANOR POWELL Up in Eleanor's Attic .by Marion Cooper 21 GREER GARSON— WALTER PIDGEON Director Wyler Cracks the Whip by Kay Proctor 22 ABBOTT and COSTELLO How Hollywood Kills Its Stars by Gene Schrott 24 JOAN BENNETT Beautiful Ugly Duckling. .by Henry Reese 26 WALTER PIDGEON Popping the Ouest*on to Walter Pidgeon by Helen Hover 30 GINGER ROGERS Boss Lady by Muriel Reed 36 PATRIC KNOWLES Detour to Fame by Dugal O'Liam 38 BELA LUGOSI The House That Horror Built by Hoyt Barnett 40 WALTER ABEL Fugitive from the Law....iy Jack Dallas 42 marie Mcdonald Noisy Does It by Jerry Riley 44 JENNIFER JONES Find of '42 by Helen Weller 48 JEAN PARKER Buy-Buy-Blues by Bob Hall 50 KANE RICHMOND Haiard Hero by E. J. Smifhson 52 CRACKING DOWN ON THE MOVIE CRITICS by Duncan Underhill 56 CAROLYN LEE Carolyn's Note-Book by Gloria Brenf 58 RONALD REAGAN Pipe Collector by Fredda Dudley 60 MARGARET HAYES She Drives 'em Nuts by Drake Hunt 62 LUM and ABNER Two Other Guys by Connie Curtis 66 PICTORIAL FEATURES JANE RUSSELL— Portrait 17 BONITA GRANVILLE— Homesitting 32 GLENN FORD— Color Portrait 35 MO.VTHLY SPECIALS Hollywood Newsreel by Erskine Johnson 6 Sun Fun (Beauty) by Mary Bailey 12 Movie Crossword 14 Nice Footwork (Fashions) 15 Cut for Action (Fashions) 28 Beauty Headliners 47 Slack Season (Fashions) 61 HUGH HERBERT Dishes It Out (Cooking) by Betty Crocker 64 Important Pictures (Reviews) by Sara Corpening 69 HOLLYWOOD i3 published monthly by Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1100 W. Broadway, Louisville. Ky. Printed in U. S. A. Advertising and Editorial Offices, Paramount Building, 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Hollywood Editorial Offices, S555 Sunset Bird.,. Hollywood, Calif. 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