Motion Picture (Aug 1940-Jan 1941)

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£we, Htm and favm KEN HOWELL looks naive but he isn't. He has had to establish his spot in Hollywood the hard way. He had no money, no encouragement, no contacts. He is more than young, blond, and the eldest son of the movies' popular Jones Family. He isn't the boy next door ; he's the boy who should be there. He's incredible ! For if there's anything exciting he hasn't done yet, if there is a girl in his vicinity he hasn't dated with a surprisingly successful technique, you can swear to this — it will soon happen. Young as he is, he has already lived a lot. He is far removed from the everyday rut. We have a mob of juveniles in Hollywood, and all of them but Ken react according to a routine formula. They are obviously immature and inexper mm ienced, and thus none too interesting off-screen. Ken, though, can't be dismissed as average. Up against the usual obstacles that block most young people, he's found his way over the hurdles. Today he's the romantic member of a film family which theatre managers rate in the same box-office class as Hedy Lamarr, Ronald Colman, and Charles Laughton. Today Ken has a beautiful home. Plus chances for glamorous fun. You can top off his record with the revelation that he even has a past that's taught him plenty ! He is blue-eyed, smart-looking. He has a life-guard build for his height. There's a great deal of charm in his wide smile, but it's his enormous enthusiasm and vitality that put him over. A quick thinker, he's never let a complex cramp him. He avoids the trite by concentrating on whatever promises to be fascinating and different. He began to experiment early in ife. The son of a Los Angeles ear specialist, Ken became aware of adult difficulties when his parents divorced. Both remarried and he tried living with both new families. Avid for knowledge and thrills, he made the most of each episodic change in his formative years. Ken con [Continued on page 74] y BEN MADDOX N HOWELL, THE ELDEST SON OF THE POPULAR JONES FAMILY, IS NOT MISSING MANY TRICKS IN HIS YOUNG LIFE. HE'S ABSORBED WITH LIVING, LOVING > LEARNING '