Motion Picture (December 1931)

Motion Picture Stanley V. Gibson, Publisher Laurence Reid, Editor DECEMBER 1 9 3 1 Features In This Issue . . . Charles Grayson , . . Harry D. Wilson . Dorothy Calhoun Dorothy Manners Twentieth Year Volume XLII, No. 5 2-7 x8 3 Z 34 Terrence Costello 42. Heading For Stardom—For The Second Time . . Madg: Evans—Once A Sensation As A Child Star The Movie Heroes Of The World War. Thirteen Years Ago, These Actors Weren't Fighting For Film Fame Is Jackie Cooper A Midget?. Skeptics Cannot Believe The Boy Wonder Is Only Fight Years Old How Tragedy Has Stalked The Screen Beauties . . They Have Been Victims Of III Luck, Cruelty and Notoriety Chic Sale—The Actor Who’s Never Himself . . . He Says He Couldn’t Act If He Had To Play Chic Sale How Hollywood Gets Its Wild Reputation. Robert A. Donaldson 44 It’s The Newspapers That Have Painted Hollywood Red—Not The Stars Stars Who Are Victims Of Their Stardom. Gladys Hall 46 They Can t Lead Normal Lives And Be Heroes And Heroines, Too Try To Keep Track Of Hollywood Marriages!. Nancy Pryor 48 Everybody's “Eloping ’ These Days And Hiding The Marriage License Which Of These Boys Will Be Big Stars Tomorrow? . . Elisabeth Goldbeck 5 2. All Of Them Are Newcomers And Most Of Them Have Shown They Can Act Let’s Get It Straight About Janet Gaynor. Dorothy Manners 54 You May Think You Know Janet, But Here’s A New Slant On Her Waiting For The Breaks As The Telephone Rings . . . . Charles Grayson 56 All The Players—From The Stars To The Extras—Are Summoned By Telephone Why I Married Bill Powell. Gladys Hall 59 Carole Lombard Tells The Inside Story Of Her Courtship And Marriage Ziegfeld Was Right About Sally Eilers. Joan Standish 66 He Called Her The Most Beautiful Girl In Hollywood What Is The Menace That Every Star Dreads? . . . Helen Louise Walker 68 It’s The Hollywood Complex That Wrecks Their Careers It Isn’t The Luck Of The Irish—It’s Pat O’Brien .... . Faith Service 70 He Had To Fight His Way To The Top—But He’s There At Last She’d Rather Be Naughty Than Nice. Margery Dodd 75 Have You Noticed The Change In Dorothy Jordan 7 Nancy, Greta, Marlene and Jean Are Also Sirens Of The Stove Sue Dibble 78 All Four Of Them Can Cook—And Here’s How! Cover Design of Marlene Dietrich Painted By Enrique Dorda Departments Letters To The Editor. 6 What The Stars Are Doing. Marion Mart one 8 The Movie Circus.. Dorothy Sjensley iz Your Gossip Test.. Marion Martone 14 That’s Hollywood. Mark Dowling and Lynn Norris 16 News And Gossip .36 The Picture Parade . 60 Featured Shorts. 76 Tabloid Reviews ..84 Now You’re Talking! . 106 Herman Schoppe, Art Director Dorothy Donnell Calhoun, Western Editor Motion Picture is published monthly at 350 East 22nd Street, Chicago, III.. by Motion Picture Publications, Inc. Entered, as second class matter August 31, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879; Printed in U. S. A. Editorial and Executive Offices: Paramount Building, 1501 Broadway, New York City, N. Y. Copy¬ right 1931 by Motion Picture Publications, Inc. Single copy 25c. Subscriptions for IJ.S., its possessions, and Mexico $2.00 a year, Canada $3.30, Foreign Countries $3.00. European Agents, Atlas Publishing Company, 18 Bride Lane, London, E. C. 4. Stanley V. Gibson, President-Publisher, William S. Pettit, Vice President, Robert E. Canfield, Secretary-Treasurer 5