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

before, she finds out why. She can spot dust a mile away. She does her own ordering and planning of meals and when possible, her own marketing. Otten she will call her friends and say, Darling I found the most divine new butcher in the Valley. His lamb is two cents a pound cheaper than I've found it anywhere else. Better meat, too. Try him. She is, herself, a superb cook. I m sure that she didn't reach Gables heart via his tummy but she could have. She is economical in almost every way. She buys fewer clothes than any other star in Hollywood. And she isn t the least bit stuffy about them If she buys something she especially likes, she tells her friends where she got it and says, "Go and see if it looks well on you and have it copied." This, in a town where one lady-star swoons if another ladystar enters a room, wearing a duplicate model of her gown! NO THERE is nothing remotely snobbish about Lombard. She certainly hasn't that excuse for being as evasive as she has been of late. She is, Fieldsie told me wonderful with her servants. She has had the same cook, Jessie, for years. And Jessie is one of the family. When Carole comes in from the studio and says, "It's been a tough day, Jessie, Jessie just doesn't talk. She listens tor the running of the bath water, she serves dinner quietly. When Carole says, Its been a good day, Jess, everything swell, Jessie does talk, relates all the little household happenings of the day. Carole never gives orders. She always says, "Jessie, what do you think about duck and wild rice for dinner tonight, huh, tell me?" Well, they say that you can tell a lady by the way she handles her servants. Carole still drives herself around in her old car, because she likes to drive herself. She could have a couple of town cars if she wanted them, but she figures that, apart from the initial purchase price, town cars cost money to run, to fuel, to re-tire. When they are out of cigarettes, Clark and Carole will hop in the car, drive down to the corner drug store and buy a package of smokes. Neither of them want any part of the show-offmess of stardom. Both of them care for the outdoors, old clothes, horses, guns, tinkering with cars and having fun. So now you have it. Now you know what's the matter with Lombard. What can you do about a gal like this? Lord love her, you've got me! LUCK OF THE IRISH (Continued from page 37) particular talents required for histrionics. "In my present condition it. was useless to look for work, so for six months we worked on voice placement It was a tedious process and at times I'm sure she despaired. However, with patience and great fortitude she saw me through, from beginning to end. At first she couldn't hear me across the room, then one lucky day she went into the next room and distinctly understood everything I said. From then on it was a pretty slow business, first walk-ons and finally a small speaking part." And so it was that due to this excellent training, Geraldine got her break. For, if it had not been for Aunt Sheilah, there wouldn't have been the Gate Theatre, in Ireland, for a proving ground. Y'know, it was here the English Films picked her 1 u*lv surface sta briUiance I to erase un»* full & daZZtt*g I "V* ISs ««« f'Sv » TloVl cat. 1 Too* r°"?ifcovetV. k*St.< fiance JOJ ?J*> ted »>«» Too,k E" eco„omi«l Pr0" , ,. too* V0«.*r ' , NO