Motion Picture (Aug 1940-Jan 1941)

NOV 29 \%Q ^ClB 479024C/ [VI ^^?\r~ji Vryu LL vbL ii INCORPORATING MOVIE CLASSIC W. H."BUZZ"FAWCETT/ JR., President Volume LX. No. 6 LAURENCE REID, Editor JANUARY, 1941 Twenty-ninth Year features I Must Be Mad! Roger Carroll 21 He Won't Be Licked Dan Camp 23 Sanest Man in Hollywood James Reid 25 Hedy's Private Opinion of Men Marian Rhea 28 Your Hollywood — And Mine (No. 5 Famous Families of Filmdom) Louella O. Parsons 36 Cold, Cold Ground for Massey? James F. Scheer 46 Who Are They? Jack Holland 75 The Girl With Bounce (Lucille Ball) John Castle 26 The Master's Voice (Edward G. Robinson) Louis Raymond 31 Is He the Great Donlevy? (Brian Donlevy) Gladys Hall 33 Gorgeous Hussey (Ruth Hussey) Z.eon Surmelian 42 Young Man on His Way (Dennis Morgan) Dorothy Spensley 45 What a Beau-Man! (Lee Bowman) Frances Draper 52 llidoual Teaiu^es Carole Lombard 19 Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier 22 Jean Arthur 24 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. 27 Hedy Lamarr, Clark Gable 29 Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy 30 Ellen Drew 32 William Holden 43 Paul Muni 47 The Talkie Town Tattler Harry Lang 6 Stars Over Broadway Dorothy Lubou 14 Hollywood Parties '5 Picture Parade I6 The Talk of Hollywood 50 On the Sets With the Stars 69 Between Ourselves °4 Ta the Ladles Beauty Is a Gift Denise Co/ne 34 Deanna's Designs for You ■-■••• ~Jjj Christmas Stocking Candida 48 Make Your Christmas Gifts Tasty Pauline Rawley 54 Motion Picturb is published monthly by Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1100 W^ Broadway .Lo*i™iUe Ky. Printed in U. S. A. Advertising and Editorial Offices, Paramount Building. 1501 Brc lad way, ,New York N. Y. Hollywood Editorial Offices, 8555 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. Cahf. General Offices, Fawcett Building, Greenwich, Conn. Eliott D. Odell, Advertising Directory Foscoe K F ™cctt Ore, da t ,, Direct J; Ralph Daigh, Editorial Director; Al Allard, Art Director ;/E. J. Snnthson Weste r Manpgei. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Louisville, Kyi, under the act of M%™,>'.*°'fAdditional entry at Greenwich, Conn. Copyright 1940 by Fawcett Publications Inc. fWffifcg whole or in part forbidden, except by permission of the publishers Title registered ™U.S.P?ent Office Address manuscripts to New York Editorial Offices. Not respons Me for lost manuscr iptsor fhotos. Unacceptable contributions will be returned, if accompanied by »*£«*£« %'J Subsections not copy. Subscription price $1:00 per year in U. S. and possessions. l rcm;ttcd by Inter accepted. Foreign subscriptions $2.00. Foreign subscriptions and sacs *"<*'* JVgfV^0*,^ ■national Money Order in United States funds, payable at Greenwich, Conn. Advertising forms 18th of the third month preceding date of issue. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS * * * * * • • • • * * * • • * * * * • • • * • • • • * • • • • * • * * • • * * • • * • • • • * • • * • * * • * * * • • * • • • * • ^jg^^Ay The grand total circulation of this column is 30,936,879. To every one of our readers in the twenty-nine national magazines, the lion roars a Merry Xmas. <S3 As a pre-holiday treat we present you with one of those dashing affairs with Clark Gable doing most of the dashing. • • • • And Hedy Lamarr is something to dash after • • • • "Comrade X" — that's Clark — is a mysterious correspondent who attempts to smuggle news past the censor and Hedy Lamarr past the immigration. • • • • He is caught smuggling Hedy. • • • • The film is a confection of suspense, speed and merriment. The screen play, written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer, has a pace that is Hechtic. • • • • Our studio spies send us a warning that "Comrade X" is a most dangerous picture. People laugh themselves sick and the laughter is contagious. An epidemic of laughter isn't a bad idea. • • • • Knee-bends to those great characterizations (in addition to Gable and Lamarr) by Oscar Homolka, Felix Bressart and Eve Arden. • • • • King Vidor. whose direction isdirect, has not missed on this one. Long live King! • • • • It's a great job, M-G-M. More "Comrade X"es, say we all of us. • • • • In fact, there'll be a movement afoot to rename the merry season. • • • • They're thinking of calling it— • • • • • n Comrade Xmas. J^CO Advertisement for Melro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pic, urea