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 #:
0001060
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography -- Periodicals
Collection:
Fan Magazines and Hollywood Studio System
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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What I know about , 4 ♦ No one is better qualified than Ann's mother to tell you the inside story of Ann's rise to fame, her romance— and the recent contract turmoil By ANN LEHR, her friend and mother, as told to WALTER RAMSEY THE moment it became definite that Ami was set on a motion picture career, I found I had to make an unhappy choice between my husband . . . and my daughter. Her stepfather was dead set against Ann's becoming an actress. Ann was equally determine'd to continue with her "career" which was no farther advanced, at this time, than extra1 work. The upshot of the frequent family quarrels was that Ann and I moved to a separate establishment. My husband and I were estranged for several years. Ann's mild success as a chorus girl in "The Hollywood Revue" out at M-G-M had inspired her with the ambition to become a dancer as well as an actress. Certainly no girl in the line-: up worked as hard as did Ann Dvorak to master the dance routines ; and in time she became a mildly celebrated figure on that lot as "the girl who worked so hard." (Have I forgotten to mention that Ann had assumed the name of one of the branches of my family, Dvorak, for her career? Her real name of McKim had been dropped by the wayside along with her long black braids, her blue serge skirts and shirt waists, which she correctly termed frumpy.) (lane she 62