Modern Screen (Dec 1940 - Nov 1941)

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Items most in demand are empty perfume bottles, dress clips and hosiery, but Miss Lehr is also attempting to fill orders for Gene Autry's old spurs, a belt Clark Gable wore in "Boom Town," a battered fender from Tyrone Power's car, the sash of a dress Loretta Young wore in "The Doctor Takes A Wife" (for a male moviegoer) and the costumes that decked Doug Fairbanks, Jr., in "Gunga Din" (for an exclusive girls' finishing school!) The most unusual request of all, however, has come from a young woman in St. Louis. She, heaven only knows why, wants Gary Cooper's toothbrush! THE MAN I MARRIED— NO. 2 They're saying it was a severe case of careeritis that put the skids under the Carole Landis-Willis Hunt marriage. Carole, if the stories are to be believed, revelled in the publicity she received prior to her altar trek, and it took her only two moon's time to decide that magazine and newspaper editors thought her better copy as a Miss than as a matron. Whether or not a divorce will restore the publicity she's said to desire, only the future will tell, but it's our guess that a good performance and not single-blessedness is the thing that will again make Carole the pet of the press. OUR TOWN Talk about feminine vanity! There's been a hot feud on in town ever since a Swashbuckling hero at a major studio grew jealous of the "beauty" of a dark-eyed male player cast in his last picture. The trouble arose when both were assigned to a dueling sequence and the leading man, realizing his opponent's tumbling black curls would make feminine hearts thump harder than his own red-blonde crop, insisted that said opponent wear a helmet throughout the scene although he himself appeared bareheaded! NOT FOR PUBLICITY When Mary Beth Hughes first made her Cinema City debut, she cut through the town's stagline like a bolt of unsheathed lightning. Every attractive bachelor in Hollywood was on her date list, and for two months she whirled from party to party and night club to night club. Then, suddenly, it all stopped. Mary Beth discovered leading men bored her to tears and leaped off the merry-goround. She stayed off it, too, until her press agent suggested, a few weeks ago, that she pose for some publicity shots with another of his clients, a Mr. Robert Stack. That did it. Mary Beth has a different slant on leading men today. She's dated Bob every night since they met, except for those few days he had to spend out of town on business — and then she received one special delivery letter, two air mail-special deliveries and four wires from him in a single morning! Neither will admit it's serious, but Mary Beth's sporting a new diamond solitaire and it's rumored they're secretly married. Yessir, it looks as though Miss Hughes is back on the merry-go-round — but this time it's exclusive! DID] A KNOW That Patti McCarty uses boss Dorothy Lamour's old sarongs as head scarves . . . That Gary Cooper is shopping around for a plane . : . That Shirley Temple's brother, Jack, is an instructor of dramatics at Stanford University . . . That Jack Carson, considered a newcomer to the screen, is now appearing in his 56th picture . . . That Priscilla and Rosemary Lane, who have always shared sleeping quarters, are to have separate bedrooms at last . . . That Josef von Sternberg continues to be Marlene Dietrich's No. 1 adviser in all matters concerning her career . . . That Florette Debusky of Pottsville, Pa., was given the name Dana Dale by Walter Winchell . . . That Andy Devine is replacing his station wagon door with a sliding panel that will allow him more room to get in and out . . . That the story of "Citizen Kane" is suspiciously like the life story of William Randolph Hearst . . . That Maria Korda, Alexander's ex, is bringing Maurice Maeterlinck, author of "The Blue Bird," to Hollywood . . . That William Holden won't go into a scene without money in his pocket STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACTS OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24. 1912, AND MARCH 3, 1933 of MODERN SCREEN, published monthly at New York, N. Y., for October 1, 1940. State of New York ( County of New York, N. Y. j ss Before me, a Notary Public, in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Helen Meyer, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that she is the Business Manager of MODERN SCREEN and that the following is, to the best of her knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as amended by the Act of March 3, 1933, embodied in section 537, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business manager are: Publisher, George T. Delacorte, Jr., 149 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.; Editor, Pearl H. Finley, 149 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.; Managing Editor, None; Business Manager, Helen Meyer, 149 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. 2. That the owner is: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 149 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. ; George T. Delacorte, Jr., 149 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. ; Margarita Delaeorte, 149 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: None. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where .the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by her. HELEN MEYER, Business Manager, Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of September, 1940. ALFREDA R. COLE Commission Expires March 30, 1942. 76 MODERN SCREEN