Modern Screen (Dec 1933 - Oct 1934)

Modern Screen Cleric? scrap of I wish every girl could read my story and find out how easy it is to become lovely. I used to be considered plain and seldom was asked to parties. I brooded over my unpopularity until I became so sullen and sad that everybody let me alone. That was a lucky day when I wandered into the 10^ store and took the free perfume card sprayed from the Blue Waltz Giant Atomizer. Girls, that little "scrap of paper" changed my whole life. I gasped with pleasure at the exquisite perfume and bought a bottle immediately. I bought the other Blue Waltz Beauty Aids, too, because the salesgirl told me they were "certified to be pure" and as fine as a $2 or $3 quality. Next day I made up carefully with Blue Waltz Lipstick and Face Powder. I finished with a touch of Blue Waltz Perfume. My mirror told me that I had never looked so lovely before and I started for the office smiling. Both men and girls were friendlier and soon I began to be asked for dates. Girls, go to the cosmetic counter of your 5 and 10(i store. . . get afree sample card sprayed from the Blue Waltz Giant Atomizer . . . you'll love its enchantingfragrance. Euy the Blue Waltz Perfume and all the marvelous Blue Waltz Beauty Aids . . . only 10(' each. Seize this opportunity to ensemble your beauty preparations. You find the same alluring fragrance in Blue Waltz Perfume, Face Powder. Lipstick, ColdCream, Cream Rouge, Brilliantine, Talcum Powder. Only 10c each at your 5 and 10c store. Blue UJalU . FIFTH AVENUE • NEW YORK J N. F. G., Short Hills, N. J. — Maureen O'Sullivan was born in Boyle, Ireland, and it is quite true that Frank Borzage discovered her when she was dancing in a Dublin cafe in 1929. If you didn't see her in "The Thin Man," you will still have another chance in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street." JANET WINGETT, Bronx, N. Y.; JEAN BELLAMY. Scarsdale, N. Y. and THEDA — That fascinating Bellamy person (Ralph, of course) was born June 17, 1904 in Chicago, 111. You may write him at the KKO-Radio Studios, 780 Gower St.. Hollywood, Calif. He was very much on the stage before giving the movies a break, having played in stock companies in at least twelve cities in the United States, besides playing on Broadway. Catherine Willard is his wife, and they have no children. He is scheduled to appear in "Girl in Danger" and "Woman in the Dark." "Secret Six" was released May 3, .1931 and the cast is as follows: Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, John Mack Brown. Jean Harlow, Marjorie Rambeau. Paul Hurst, Clark Gable. Ralph Bellamy and John Miljan. MILDRED E. ERIKSON. South Bellingham, Wash. — Anna Sten warbled, crooned or what -haveyou "That's Love" in her first American picture. "Nana." And don't forget you will have the thrill of seeing her soon in "We Live Again" with Fredric March. ROSWELL GRANT, Woonsocket, R. I.— But yes, Evelyn Laye has up and signed a contract with M-G M under which she and Ramon Novarro are set to make "In Old Vienna." TANIA HOWATH, Pittsburgh, Pa. ; CONNIE LAMAR, Los Angeles, Calif.; B. B., New York City; ALICE MONROE, Kansas City, Mo. ; ALEXANDER, Lancaster, Pa.; B. M. I., Forreston, Tex.; E. C. BLOSS, AUentown, Pa.; DEIRDRE FALLON, Newark. N. J.; F. S. Washington, D. C; BRUCE CARTER. Port Byron. N. Y.; and JEAN WURSTER — Dearie me ! Is this popularity or merely an enigmatic personality? Hope 1 can satisfy you all. Gene Raymond, whose real name is Raymond Guion, was born in New York City, August 13, 1908 (which will make him 26 by the time you read this.) He is descended from a French Huguenot family. He left grade school at four, and enrolled in the Professional Children's School in New York where he stayed until 1924 when he made his stage debut in "The Potters." He has been in the movies since 1931. He likes solitude, long drives, horseback riding, tennis, golf, blue and green, thick steak, politics, fan mail and to be asked for his autograph. (Here's your chance!) He hates shopping, entertaining, jewelry on men and having "still" pictures taken. His favorite book is Dumas' "Three Musketeers." He is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 150 pounds and has blue eyes and golden hair (almost platinum). His last picture was "Sadie McKee" in which he himself sang "All I Do Is Dream of You," and he will be in "Trans-Atlantic Merry-Go-Round" and "Sure Fire." , MISS M. L. WILENT, Olney, Philadelphia, Pa., and A. M., Meriden, Conn. — ' 'The Mad Game" is the name of the gangster picture Spencer Tracy recently played in with Claire Trevor and Ralph Morgan. He is scheduled to appear in "Marie Galante" for Fox. His address is Fox Studios. Movietone City, Westwood, Calif. MURIEL CHAPELLE, Toronto, Ont., Canada, and JOANNE AMES, Camden, N. J. — Douglass Montgomery (formerly known as Kent Douglass) was born October 29, 1909. He is 5 feet 11V2 inches tall and has blue eyes and blonde hair. Yes, he played in "Waterloo Bridge" with Mae Clarke, and after his great success in "Little Man, What Now?" he is going to make "Zest" and "Music in the Air." You are quite right, Joanne. "Spitfire" was at one time called "Trigger." ELIZABETH V., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. — Ronald Colman, born in Richmond, Surrey, England. February 9. 1891. attended Hadley School at Littlehampton, Sussex. He got his first job with a steamship company as office boy at $2.50 a week when he was 16. He played in school theatricals and for four years belonged to the London Scottish Regi' ment. In the World War he saw action in the first battle of Ypres and at Messines, but broke his ankle and was discharged. In 1920 Mr. Colman came to America, and in 1922 made his screen debut with Lillian Gish in "The White Sister." I hope you saw him in "Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back." MOLLIE M., Vancouver, B. C. Canada; GLADYS MEJIN, New York City — Here is the answer to your question, and more, too. Elissa Landi. born December 6, 1904 in Venice, Italy, nearly encircled the globe in her travels by the time she was two, when she was Your questions will be answered in this magazine. Please do not ask questions which require too much research or which infringe upon good taste. Address: The Information Desk, MODERN SCREEN, 149 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. being taken from Italy to Vancouver. She returned to Italy when she was seven. Began her education in Bavaria and continued it in London and on the Continent, first in private schools and then with tutors. She will appear shortly in "The Count of Monte Cristo" with Robert Donat. DOROTHY FREY, Bronx, N. Y.— Charley Grapewin was William Bakewell's brother in "The Quitter." He was also in "Hell and High Water." _ You will be able to see him again in "Caravan" and in "Judge Priest." He was born December 20, 1875. KATHLEEN MASTROIANM, Sault Ste. Marie. Ont., Canada ; ROSE MARIE FRANKLYN, Christine, Tex. — Franchot Tone was born in Niagara Falls. N. Y. He is 6 feet tall, weighs 160 pounds, has light brown hair and hazel eyes. He prepared for college at the Hill School, and while at Cornell was an Alpha Delta Phi and also earned his Phi Beta Kappa key. He likes golf, swimming, tennis, theatres, movies and night clubs (just a playboy at heart,) and let's not forget Joan Crawford! In 1932 he played with Claudette Colbert in "The Wiser Sex." In 1933 he was in: "Today We Live," "Gabriel Over the White House," "Stranger's Return," "Midnight Mary," "Stage Mother," "Bombshell" and "Dancing Lady." "Moulin Rouge," "Sadie McKee," "Born To Be Kissed" and "The World Moves On" with Madeleine Carroll, the English actress, of *T Was a Spy" fame, are his latest. His next is "Straight Is the Way." C. A. HOWARD, Rutland, Vt.— Charles Laughton's wife, Elsa Lanchester, played the part of Ann of Cleves (and marvelously, too) in "The Private Life of Henry VIII." Furthermore, she will have a featured assignment in Norma Shearer's "Marie Antoinette. " And don't forget ! Friend hubby will be holding forth in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street." E. M. B.. Jersey City, N. J.; LILLIE SCIARABBA. Brooklyn, N. Y.; A. M.. New York City; FLOR' ENCE LONGUIDICE, Chicago, III.— Dorothy Wilson was born in Minneapolis. She is 5 feet 1 V% inches tall and weighs 103 pounds. She has beautiful white teeth, brown hair and blue eyes. She likes to travel, ride horseback and bicycles. She also likes Thousand Island dressing, new places, buttermilk, Myrt and Marge. She hates carrots, painted fingernails, overshoes, surf-riding and crowds. The only character I remember whose name even resembles "Giggles" in "Eight Girls in a Boat," was "Pickles," which part was taken by Barbara Baron-, dess herself. No wonder you thought she looked like Barbara Barondess! Miss Barondess has the following pictures to her credit: "Soldiers of the Storm," "Hold Your Man," "When Strangers Marry," "Devil's Mate," "Queen Christina" and "Change of Heart," and she will be in "The Fountain" with Ann Harding. Dorothy Wilson, whom you can reach at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Calif., has been in these pictures: "Age of Consent," "Lucky Devils." "Men of America," "Scarlet River." "Before Dawn." "Above the Clouds," "Eight Girls in a Boat" and "His Greatest Gamble." MARGUERITE PETERMANN, Brooklyn, N. Y.— Charles (Buddy) Rogers was born August 13. 1904 (not so unlucky, at that.) His first picture was "Fascinating Youth" but his first big chance was in "Wings." BETTY DUNGAN, West Newton, Mass.— Helen Twelvetrees, nee Jurgens, was born December 25, 1908, in Brooklyn, N. Y. She was educated in the Brooklyn Heights Seminary, the Art Students League and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She likes swimming, golfing, riding, painting and home-making. In fact, she seems to be doing a good job of it for her husband, Frank Woody, and for her baby, Frank Woody, Jr. EDWARD J. BROWN, Brooklyn, N. Y.— Dolores Del Rio, who was born Dolores Asunsalo (Del Rio was the name of her first husband), in Durango, Mexico, is descended from one of Mexico's most distinguished old families, which came originally from Spain. WANDA ETHEL WESTOVER, Alliance. Ohio— Yes. indeedy, you saw Winifred Westover in "Lummox" with Ben Lyon and Wm. Collier, Jr. Furthermore, that was her first and last picture. A. S. N., Pa., PEGGY DURAND, Corona, N. Y. — Joel McCrea. born November 5, 1905, in South Pasadena, Calif., attended Hollywood High School and Pomona College. Is 6 feet 2, has brown hair and blue eyes, likes swimming, tennis, riding and Frances Dee, his wife. That young lady, who was born November 26, 1907, in Los Angeles, is 5 feet 3 and has the same brand of hair and eyes as her husband. Miss Dee recently appeared in "Of Human Bondage. " 82