Modern Screen (Feb - Oct 1933 (assorted issues))

EXTRA Modern Screen's Last Minute News THE VERY LATEST NEWS VOL. 2. No. 3 HOLLYWOOD, APRIL. 1933 NEWS SECTION CASH SHORTAGE CAUSES BIG PAYROLL CUTS Janet Charges Lydeil With Jealousy and Being Inconsiderate Janet Gaynor has every intention of going through with her divorce from Lydeil Peck. Lydeil, you know, is quite willing to make up. In spite of all their differences and disagreements, he believes that their marriage could be saved if Janet were willing But Janet isn't willing to patch things up. She evidently feels that a clean self-respecting divorce will be better than a bitter series of small quarrels. She has charged Lydeil with being jealous and inconsiderate. It is easy to understand how a husband in Lydell's position might be guilty — or seem guilty — of these faults. Naturally he would be jealous of the demands made upon Janet as an actress. And naturally he would want a major share of his wife's time and attention at times when she would not be able to give them. Just another case of clashing temperaments, we suppose. Too bad. Young Hollywood Forms Dutch Club. Tom Brown President The younger set of Hollywood want to get together and have good times without it costing the boys their weekly pay checks — just the way young people get together in small towns all over the country for good fun. So Tom Brown has been elected president of the Dutch Club. Anita Louise is vice-president. Rochelle Hudson, Patricia Ellis, Eric Linden and William Janney are among the members. Forty Foot Fall Not Fatal to Reginald Denny Baby One day while the Denny nurse was occupied with something else, the Denny baby managed to get out of his crib. He crawled out onto the upper porch outside his nursery. There was an open space. And a forty-foot drop. And over the edge Master Denny went. Below was a small flower plot, surrounded on all sides by cement. Yes, the baby hit the flower plot and wasn't even scratched. Marx Brothers Drop "Cracked Ice" Following Money Dispute Work on "Cracked Ice," the Four Marx Brothers next scheduled release for Paramount, is indefinitely suspended — or maybe stopped entirely. The four Marx zanies claim that the studio still owes them money on former releases. And until Paramount pays the bill, not one Marx antic will they perform for another picture. Let's hope the dispute is soon settled — there aren't nearly enough Marx pictures as it is. BEFORE THEY SEPARATED Modern Screen is the First Magazine to Print Joan-Doug Separation The Joan Crawford-Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., separation, one of the biggest Hollywood news stories of the year, is told about for the first time in any magazine this month in Modern Screen. You'll find the entire inside story on page 36. We are proud to present this story. Just before the separation was announced Joan said, "Both Douglas and I tried to make a go of our marriage. We did everything in our power to revive the happiness that we saw waning. Once we were convinced that we could not get along together any more the only decent thing possible was to separate. "Of course, Douglas and I will see each other after the separation. Neither would want to lose the other's friendship and we can't see why the fact that we have decided to separate should make us give up our friendship. "But there is one thing that I do want to make clear. Neither of us wants to remarry. That is why we have decided upon separation instead of divorce. When one of us falls in love — then it is time enough to talk of divorce." Flashes from Here and There Harold Lloyd and the missus returned from their trin to Europe with just a bit of change in Harold's pockets. "Where can I cash a check?" he asked. And wondered why everyone laughed. Karloff has gone to E ngland to make "The Ghoul*' for Gaumont Pictures. Marjorie Wellman, aviatr x, and husband Director William Wellman are divorcing. She charges mental cruelty. This is their second divorce — their two marriages having taken place about a year apart. Buster Keaton, not waiting till he had his final decree from Natalie, married his former nurse. May Scribbens, in Mexico recently. Keaton and his new bride are living in separate establishments pending the final decree. The Gleasons — Lucille, Jimmie and young Russell — are abroad. Father and son will make a picture there and mamma will chaperone. Mrs. Skeets Gallagher has opened a dress shop in Hollywood. Such prices! $12.95 seems to be top. Bebe Daniels and Arline Judge modelled at the opening. Walter Hiers, well known comedian, formerly with Paramount, died in Hollywood recently. Universal Suspends Contracts. Others Give Cuts Because of Bank Holiday The National Bank Holiday hit Hollywood just as it hit the rest of the country. There was a terrific shortage of cash and the studios had to find some way of meeting the emergency. The employees of the Fox company volunteered to help matters by working for four weeks without pay. Universal suspended all contracts during holiday period. Columbia handed out twenty-five and fifty percent salary cuts. MetroGoldwyn-Mayer also decided that fifty percent cuts were necessary in order to get by. RKO and Fox followed suit. These measures were, of course, only brought about by the national crisis and these drastic cuts and stoppages of pay will last only as long as necessary. Just as soon as things start to function normally, Hollywood will go back to the old scale. Extra ! Extra ! How the Quake Affected the Movie PerscnaH lies When the recent earthquake shook the Coast, Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Culver City suffered almost no damage. All studios were ordered vacated after the major shock. The high voltage wiring of talkie apparatus would, of course, have been dangerous. An emergency radio call was put in for studio electricians to help with the relief work — and it was answered in three minutes. The boys rushed all portable lights out to the shattered houses of Long Beach and every studio dispatched truckloads of food to stricken areas. How about the stars themselves ? Marion Davies turned over the entire staff of her private hospital to the injured. Ben Lyon rushed down to his Santa Monica beach home, grabbed Bebe and daughter Barbara, and drove for hours along the beach away from all tall buildings. Sally Eilers —whose permanent separation from Hoot Gibson, by the way, has been announced — was telephoning when the blow fell. The operator informed her of the quake but Sally didn't feel it till five minutes later. Helen Twelvetrees and husband Frank Woody, Wesley Ruggles and wife Arline Judge were dining — and made for the street at the first shock. None were hurt. Anita Stewart, recuperating from an operation, has suffered a relapse from all the excitement. Jean Harlow is the only known star who failed to experience the shock. She was in a moving automobile. All social events in Hollywood were at a standstill. A relief benefit was arranged by all the studios. 13