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MODERN SCREEN
Between You and Me
{Coiitiiiitcd front page 61)
have long since worn out the idea of imitating the colored race. I am inclined to doubt if there ever was a time when it was a clever idea. Of course, in slavery days and immediately afterward, there may have been a reason for having a few laughs at the expense of the negro. But in 1935 the situation is entirely different. With freedom came intelligence and progress and pride. We would do well to consider a while before playing upon the pride of a whole race of people for the sake of cheap comedy. To me it is downright insulting. Enough of a thing is enough. — A Fan, Kimball, W. Va.
EXPERT EYEBROW LIFTER!
Some fans admire Gable's dimples, others marvel at Crawford's gowns, and some go in ecstasies over Colbert's eyes ; now it's my turn to rave about the adorable way Russell Hardie lifts his eyebrows before he speaks. It's very distinctive and becoming to him.
Speaking of his eyebrows, why not let them charm some co-ed sometime instead of just being her brother. This brother stufi is all right, but we hope he'll graduate from these dull roles in time. — Fan, Portland, Alaine.
IDEA FOR KIDDIE FILM
Why not have a film entirely acted by child artists? This would probably settle the question of the Queen Starlet. Imagine a screen play with Jane Withers and Jackie Searle as "mother and father." Shirley Temple, the "debutante daughter," wtih Freddie Bartholomew her "heart interest." Cura Sue Collins, George Breakston, _ Virginia Weidler, Sybil Jason, and Dickie Moore "supporting" and Baby Jane Quigley the "other girl." — Connie Cowell, Vancouver, B. C, Canada.
HOORAY FOR REGAN!
I sit through all of Phil Regan's pictures twice just to hear him sing! And he's so breathtakingly handsome, too ! Bing Crosby and Nelson Eddy are not to be compared to sweet-voiced Phil. I'd rather have him sing to me than dance with Fred Astaire, go out with Clark Gable, dine with Greta Garbo, go up and see Mae West, or play house with Shirley Temple. — Nell Ljutic, Richmond, Calif.
CRITICIZING CRAWFORD
We all appreciate the fact that Adrian means well by designing clothes such as those worn by Joan Crawford, but some of us do feel that those clothes are unattractive and that it is utterly impossible for clothes like that to be worn by people other than an actress.
I do not know how many people will agree with me when I denounce Crawford's way of wearing her hair and making her lips look very large. I think that her make-up is ugly and that it makes her look common. She not only looks common and ordinary, but she acts as if she had been brought up in the poorer districts of some city where cheapness and commonness are part of one's nature.
I strongly hope that Miss Crawford will either learn to act better, dress better, make up differently and get over being cheap and common, or leave the movies. — D.E.K., Pelham Manor, N. Y.
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