Modern Screen (Dec 1931 - Nov 1932 (assorted issues))

Record Details:

Title:
Modern Screen
Date:
Dec 1931 - Nov 1932 (assorted issues)
Publisher:
Syndicate Publishing Company
Volume:
Modern Screen (Dec 1931 - Nov 1932 assorted issues)
Leaf #:
000940
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Fan Magazines
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 03, 2022
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, ♦ ♦ Do's and don't's for dieters in profusion— the basal metabolism test, what it is and how it should be made— exercise hints— and a scientific diet (Left) Anita Page showed great sense in her weight-losing campaign. She had a basal metabolism test— the article tells you just what that is and where you could obtain one, too— and then adopted a scientific diet. (Above) Minna Gombell follows the Army setting-up exercises to keep slim. By ADELE WHITELY FLETCHER LAST month in Modern Screen we learned how the motion picture stars, advised by the finest J physicians both here and in Europe, manage to keep at ideal weights. We found they count calories but, more than this, that they are careful to include in their lenient and varied diet fare all of the various foods which supply us with carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals, all vitally important to our system. And then, so that we could make up menus for ourselves on which we, in turn, might gain or lose ten, twenty or even more pounds, we learned which foods contain these different properties. And we were given a chart showing exactly how many calories different foods contain as well as a height, weight, and age chart so that we could tell, at a glance, just how many pounds over or under weight we are. There remain, however, some do's and don't's for those who wish to reduce and who already have begun to regulate