Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1930)

Classic Holds Open Court (Continued from page j 7) splitting than I am." (Here several jurymen hurriedly shifted their glances, which for some minutes had been fixed in a mesmerized stare on the legs of the chair on which defendant sat.) "Whether your particular kind of sex appeal is inborn or assumed is of no importance whatever, in so far as the ultimate moral aspects of the case are concerned. The fact is that, by your own admission, you not only possess sex appeal for all practical purposes, but you persist in broadcasting it so as to weaken the moral fiber of millions of young men who see your films. Is this not so?" Defendant: "Any young man who can produce evidence to show that I have weakened his moral fiber can come to me and receive my check for five thousand dollars. I fail to see where there is anything seriously unsettling about real sex appeal — sex appeal which is not assumed or exaggerated. 1 don't believe mine is the unsettling kind, because it isn't the vulgar kind. The boys who see my pictures may get pleasure out of thinking how nice it would be to meet me — to kiss me, perhaps. Possibly they get a little thrill up and down the spine — I don't know just exactly what the reaction is. But it certainly wouldn't do them any harm afterwards, and in many cases it probably does them a lot of good. I dare say that many boys who are starved for some sort of affection get their only satisfaction out of imagining themselves to be the boy-friend of some movie star with honest -to-goodness sex appeal. If anybody says that natural sex appeal is dirty or vulgar, it's just in his own mind." (Deafening cheers broke out again at this point, and no efforts of His Honor and court ushers could check them. A riot appeared to be imminent). To Be Settled Out of Court PA.: "Hm — hm — glug — mumble — tchk." (This was all that could be heard above the din. The Prodnose family, occupying the entire front row of chairs, decided it had been insulted and, gathering up its voluminous skirts, left the court amid further cheers and catcalls.) Defendant (restoring order instantaneously with a single gesture): "In conclusion, I would like to say this to the fine, upstanding ladies and gentlemen of the jury who have listened so patiently to my defense. A girl must have some kind of sex app>eal or she has no warmth — she may have everything else, but it means nothing. There is nothmg vulgar about it, 1 repeat again. Some people have more of it than others, and the ones who in my opinion have least are those who try hardest to have it. When your second thought on seeing a person is that you'd like to kiss him or her, then you know that that person has that certain thing. Is there anything vulgar about that?" (Cries of "No!" broke out from the jurymen, who swept forward in a body, lifted defendant shoulder-high and carried her out of the courtroom at the head of a triumphant procession. In their haste they forgot to give any verdict, so that a decision on the case is left to the jur>' of public opinion.) Clara Bow, the ultimate authority in Hollywood, defines sex appeal as personality— something which, like the mumps, you cither have or don't have. And this being the case, Classic must have it, for "It's The Magazine With The Personality" What hath to give me energy ? Do you, now and then, have hard-to-wake-up mornings, "no-account"' work days, and tired, spoiled evenings? Then you should read the booklet described below. . . should learn how remarkably, simple baths often can help in these too-common complaints. What hath for quick, sound sleep? Nervous fatigue, they say, is an American tendency. When over-tired or too keyed-up to get to sleep, try the magic of the bath that's only mildlv warm. (See booklet) ■ ^ a rf what hath to avoid sore muscles? When physically exhausted never take a cold bath. Make it hot. Drink a glass or two of water, and then soak for a full ten minutes. You'll fairly feel the soreness going. What hath to head off a cold? The quite hot bath is the one to take, too, when you've come home thoroughly chilled or with wet feet. But don't put it off . . . And don't delay either, sending for this instructive highly interesting booklet, "The Book About Baths." Send for "The Book About Baths" Why is it that so many people have tended to think ^f^^ V*Vi T^T^ ^ ofthe bath in terms ofcleanliness alone? One reason, * no doubt, is that they've never before been offered, free, a booklet just like this one. So get your copy. Use the coupon. You'll be glad you did. CLEANLIXESS INSTITUTE Established to promote public welfare by teaching the value of cleanliness Important: Perhaps you would b« interested in "A ae«nerHou»ebyl20'aock.'' or*The Thirty D«y LoTelinest Test." Thrse. too, are free . . . a pari of the wide aervice of Cleanlinetfl Institute. CLEANLINESS INSTITUTE, Dept. MPCS 45 East 17lh Street. New York. N. Y. Please aend me /ree"The Book About Batha.** It aonnda interesting. Name Street City Statr 89