Modern Screen (Jan - Nov 1940)

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If you need any star's address, why not drop us a line, enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope. We'll be glad to send you our free address list. I. M. Wadding, New York, N. Y. Rita Johnson uses her own name. She is twenty-five years old and was born in Worcester, Mass., on August 13. Rita has blue eyes and hair that has been described as "burnished gold." She's five feet four, weighs 110 pounds and isn't married. She's been personal-appearing in the East, but is now hard at work on "Golden Fleecing." A producer has nothing to do with financing a picture — unless, as in the case of Charlie Chaplin — he is an independent one. The usual producer is employed by a studio to supervise the entire making of a picture. He passes on the casting choice, the costumes, the budget — everything. No, his duties aren't the same as a director's. The latter instructs the casi; telis them how to play each scene — frequently having been previously instructed himself by the producer. In a word, the producer is the power behind every movie you see. Dottie Mitchell, Live Oak, Florida. Just as you thought, Bob Livingston and Jack Randall are brothers. Bob's real name is Bob Randall. Jack's real one is Addison Randall. Duncan Renaldo is Americanborn (he's from Camden, N. J.), was educated in France and is of Spanish descent. Bob, who collaborated on movie scripts and wrote songs before going into pictures, has appeared in the following films: "West Point of the Air," "Public Enemy Number 2," "The Band Plays On," "The Winning Ticket," "Baby Face Harrington," "Murder in the Fleet," "Three Godfathers," "Absolute Quiet," "The Three Mesquiteers," "The Bold Caballero," "Larceny on the Air," "Come on Cowboys," "Range Defenders," "Wild Horse Rodeo," "The Purple Vigilantes," "Call the Mesquiteers," "Arson Gang Busters," "Outlaws of Sonora," "Ladies in Distress," "Riders of the Black Hills," "Heroes of the Hills," "The Night Hawk," "Orphans of the Street," "Federal Manhunt," "The Kansas Terrors" and "Cowboys from Texas." Mary Powendki, Lackawanna, N. Y. We're afraid we have a bit of a blow for you and other Roy Rogers fans. It's been kept secret for some time by the studio, but at last word has leaked out. Yes, Roy is very happily married! Elsie Lutz informs us that she's started a Roy Rogers fan club. Write her at 114 Stephens Street, Winnipeg, Man., Canada. Roy's address is Republic Studios, 2024 Radford Avenue, N. Hollywood, California. He prefers not to receive fan mail at home. Claire F. Wishbow, Jersey City, N. J. Lew Ayres was born on December 28, 1908. At thirty-one, he has two unsuccessful marriages behind him — one to Lola Lane and one to Ginger Rogers. Though he looks tall and slim on the screen, he's really rather short and stocky, being five feet nine in height and weighing 155 pounds. His latest pictures are "These Glamour Girls" and "Dr. Kildare's Strange Case." You'll next be seeing him in M-G-M's "Golden Fleecing" with Rita Johnson and Virginia Grey. Vicente Aguero, Cotulla, Texas. Judy Garland's next picture will be "Strike Up The Band." Here are the ten best pictures of 1939, listed in order of their selection by the 542 representative American critics and reviewers from 448 eligible pictures. "Goodbye Mr. Chips," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "Pygmalion," "Wuthering Heights," "Dark Victory," "The Women," "The Wizard of Oz," "Juarez," "Stanley and Livingstone" and "The Old Maid." Olga Sabat, Perth Amboy, N. J. There's a lot of talk that Freddie Bartholomew may renounce the screen for a legal career, but his plans are still indefinite. In any case, he'll be in the movies for several years to come, for he's only sixteen. Anna Mae Gilligan, Brooklyn, N. Y. Dennis Morgan, who's popularity has grown to colossal proportions ever since he changed his name and his studio, was corn in Prentice, Wisconsin, on December 20, 1910. When he was under contract to M-G-M, he used his real name of Stanley Morner, and the movie-going public barely knew he existed. They know now, though, and his fan mail is enormous. No, that athletic physique is not a result of padded suits and tricky camera shots. It's a bi-product of four college years of star baseball, football and basketball. Now Dennis, who's six feet two and weighs 195 pounds, keeps fit with strenuous tennis. He married at twentytwo, when but a struggling radio crooner, and Lillian Vedder is the lucky girl. As his hobbies Dennis lists his small son, Stanley, and playing the saxophone. You can write him at Warner Brothers Studios, Burbank, California. All studios permit their stars to have fan clubs, but it just happens that Dennis has not yet been so honored. At any rate, no Dennis Morgan fan club is registered with us. If you feel brave enough to launch one, drop us a line and we'll tell you how to go about it. Priscilla Morrison, Lincoln, Nebr. John Payne was born in Roanoke, Va., on May 28, 1912. He's six feet two — more than a foot taller than his tiny wife, Anne Shirley — weight 175 pounds and has green eyes and brown hair. Yes, he really sang in "Kid Nightingale." You see, John started out to be a singer and got sidetracked into the movies. His mother was an opera singer whose dream was that her son sing in the Metropolitan. John studied hard and won a scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music in New York. He left before his two years were up, though, and succumbed to the lure of radio. Featured singing spots brought him to Hollywood's attention and in 1936 he landed in Hollywood for a role in "Dodsworth." Not for two years did he get a chance to use his rich baritone, though. The chance came in "The Garden of the Moon." His most recent picture is "Tom Brown's School Days." No star's birthday coincides exactly with yours, but Victor Moore was born just one day earlier — on February 24, and Madeleine Carroll one day later — on the 26th. 8 MODERN S2jvE2N