Motion Picture (Aug 1940-Jan 1941)

Page scan 00032 from Motion Picture

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture
Date:
Aug 1940-Jan 1941
Publisher:
Fawcett Publications, inc.
Volume:
Motion Picture (Aug 1940-Jan 1941)
Leaf #:
00032
Language:
English
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:
May 30, 2024
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STILL PULLinC THEIH By FRANC DILLON JEFFREY LYNN ONCE PULLED IN CROWDS AS DOORMAN AT MOVIE THEATRE. NOW HE PULLS THEM IN AS POPULAR HOLLYWOOD STAR DURING the fall of 1936 and early months of 1937, there were frequently groups of amused people loitering in front of the Embassy, a newsreel theatre, in New York's Duffy Square — the theatrical heart of Broadway. Attracted by the strange Oxford accent of the doorman out front, the crowds remained to chuckle at the appearance of the tall, self-conscious young man so earnestly crying the highlights of the show inside. "I was so funny that I think the crowds preferred to stay outside and listen to me than to go inside and see the pictures," Jeffrey Lynn told me. Yes, difficult as it is to believe, that busy young doorman was the smooth actor who has been cornering compliments in Warner pictures. It is quite a step from the job of doorman to the status [Continued on page 62] The sensational Scarlett of Gone With the Wind — Vivien Leigh — joins our gallery of exclusive color portraits. No star has jumped into such popular favor as the English star who won the Academy Award as best actress of the year. Her last picture is Waterloo Bridge. Next month, MOTION PICTURE presents the twelfth in this series of gorgeous color portraits — the popular Cary Grant