Modern Screen (Dec 1938 - Nov 1939 (assorted issues))

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MODERN SCREEN INFORMATION DESK (Continued from page 11) after that. She has been in and out of movies since 1934. Florence has traveled all over Europe and America and numbers many distinguished personages among her friends. She is five feet four and a half inches tall, • weighs one hundred eight pounds, has blue eyes and light brown hair. Her last picture was "Sweethearts."' Her next will be "Stand Up And Fight" with Robert Taylor. Address : M-G-M Studios, Culver City, Cal. Mrs. M. Kyffel, St. Louis. Mo. We were glad to again explain the way our barometer works. The figures that appear under each star's name represent the total number of votes that star has received during the last six months. Each month when the new figures are added, the figures for seven months ago must be subtracted to leave the correct six months' total. That is why the results appear to fluctuate crazily at times. Is that clear now? Thanks for your inquiry. Gilbert Inafortu, Hilo, Hawaii. Wendy Barrie was born in Hong Kong, China of British parents on April 18, 1913. Her real name is Wendy Jenkins, and she has red gold hair and green eyes. Wendy is five feet four inches tall, weighs one hundred ten pounds. Sou may reach her in care of Columbia Pictures, Hollywood, Cal. Her last picture was "I Am The Law." Alexander Jaffee, San Francisco, Cal. Lionel Stander is a New Yorker and proud of it. He was born in that city. He is six feet tall, . weighs one hundred sixty pounds, has brown eyes and hair. His last picture was "The Crowd Roars." His next will be "Ice Follies." Address him in care of M-G-M Studios, Culver City, Cal. Phyllis Larson, Onida, So. Dak. Florence George was born in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of Florence and George Guthrie. Her mother was a singer, her father is a • building contractor. Florence studied music at Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio and at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. She sang with the Chicago Civic Opera, and appeared on many radio programs before entering the movies. She has blue eyes, blonde hair, stands five feet four and a half inches tall, and weighs 115 pounds. Marjorie Mewhan, Coventry, England. Henry Fonda was born !>t Grand Island, Nebraska, May 16, 1908. He is six feet one inch tall, weighs one hundred seventy pounds. He has black hair and blue eyes. Fonda is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and is married to Frances Brokaw, a society girl. His last two pictures were "The Mad Miss Manton" and "Jesse James." Address him at United Artists Studios, Hollywood, Cal. Frank Morris, Scranton, Penna. Frankie Thomas played the first mayor of "Boys Town." Address him in care of M-G-M Studios, Culver City, Cal. Always enclose twenty-five cents when requesting any player's picture. Photographs must be obtained from the player or his studio. MODERN SCREEN has no facilities for distributing pictures. This is in answer to hundreds of similar inquiries. Helen Biernat, Cheecktowasop, N. T. Robert Wilcox wTas born in Rochester, N. T. May 19, 1910. He is five feet eleven inches tall, weighs one hundred sixty pounds, has brown hair and blue eyes. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California, started his stage career in Buffalo, N. Y. and went from there to Hollywood. His next picture will be "Gambling Ship." He is with Universal Studios, Universal City, Cal. Beverly Peterson, Pennington. N. J. Billy Lee was born September 12, 1930 in Nelson, Ind. He has dark brown hair and eyes, weighs :ibout forty pounds and is three feet five inches tall. His father is Pete Schlansker, a baseball player. Write Billy Lee in care of Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Cal. His last picture was "Say It In French." says PENNY SINGLETON Lovely star of "BLONDIE'*...a Columbia Pict ure A T D on t envy oncles — Let Marchand's take you safely, surely to highlight and sunlight in your hair. Thousands of young women who were beautifully blonde as children have let time and lack of care darken their hair. With Marchand's Golden Hair Vash you can acquire this natural -looking blonde loveliness at home. Marchand's is a scientific preparation, designed solely to lighten and beautify all shades of hair. It will not interfere with permanents. So swing to the blonde side for new glamour and attractiveness! MARCHAND'S GOLDEN HAIR WASH ALL DRUG AND DEPARTMENT STORES 101