Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1930)

DIAMONDS WATCHES I CASHorCREDITl BIG FREE CATALOG Over 2,000 bargains In Diamondset Jewelry, Watches, Silver^ ware and Giftwares for ChHst^ mas. Catalog explains everything. CREDITTERMS: l-lOth down: balance weekly, semimonthly or monthly at your convenience. Wear while you pay. Elite Wedding Rings, platinum, only SIS. 75. In BoUd 18-k white eold. $5.00. Diamond set wedding rings. 3 Diamonds, $12.75; 5 Diamonds. $18.75; 27 Diafflonds, S25.00. 'Mies Liberty" aet with 6 sapJhirea.flexiblebraceCA et. Du=tproof Balova ' case $3.75 Down; $8.76 a Mo. How to Order f Afc*.? desired— name of employer —kind of work yoo do— how long in position— age— married—where live— how lonsr there. Everything Is Confidential. Send first payment, OR epodB sent for your FREE Examinatloo on request. The Old Reliable Credit Jewelers Dept. E-616 108 N. State St. I BROS.&CO. ilsa Chicago, III. REMOVE Ugly Mask Often in 3 Days A NEW SKIX — fresh, clear, youthlul. lies just Deneath the surface of your old outer skin Ketnove your outer skin mask, with its blemishes Heckles, pimples, large pores, signs of coarseness ''"'?,'iee— simply, safely, quickly, with an amazing SEW liquid. BEAUTY Is Just Underneath ! Slm^ly apply this clear, wonder-working liquid f h"" days, then — presto! oft comes your old. laded outer skin. 'V our dazzling new beauty will amaze you. SPECIAL Introductory Offer WRITE If !"'..«"1.>'.*I "0 '■" lilxirsl bottle of -Myit TODAY COLEE, $1.00 for liberal bottle of * Slcin" with full directions — by return mail, in plain wraptMr. Take advantage of tliibig offer — write AT ONXE. (Dept. K-OlO) 853 Broadway New York, N. Y. How To Obtain A Better Looking Nose ImproTC Your Perion*! Appearance My free book tells you how I guarantee lo improve the shape of your nose by remolding the cartilage and fleshy parts, quick' ly. safely, and painlessly, or refund your money. The very fine, precise adjustments which only my new patented Model 25 Nose Shaner possesses, make results .r.tiH(*iclory and laetina. Worn night or day. o.tr IIXI.OCJO u»er«. Send (or free boot to M. Triltly, Pioneer Ntseshaping Speclaliil. Dept. 195 Binghamlon. N.Y. blSSOLVES and PERM.VNE.NTLT Removes any kind , anywhere. Safe, No acid. Easily applied. Price $1. Information tree. C ^\ m '^yg^kJT Vita Co., Dept. A , Room 4 1 s 9%rMmW MLn m 1819 Broadway, N. Y, City. LOWEST WHOLESALE PRICES 168 paKea of radio bargains New 1931 Screen Grid, all-electric, A. C. Seta in beautiful Consoles—also battery operated sets. Write today, ALLIED RADIO CORPORATION 711 W. LAKE ST. DEPT. le^ CHICAGO It Pays To Be Poor {Continued from page 52) advised me to gi\e a party for the press, which I did. I invited twenty-five people. I counted seventy-two — and they wrecked the house. They consumed cases and cases of liquor, and broke everything we had. I said, ' Never again I ' "After that, I watered the garden, and suffered terribly. "Then one morning I went to a pre-view of ' Alibi ' at the Chinese Theater. I couldn't sit through it. I left in the middle of the picture, went home, and started packing. I said to Susie, 'Get read}'. We're going back to Broadway today.' "Just then the 'phone rang. It was Roland West. 'What are you doing?' he asked. ' Packing? I thought so. Well, hold everything. We're coming right over.' He Became an Investment HE and his wife came over. 'We're going to New York to-morrow for the opening of ' "Alibi,' ' ' Roland said, 'and we're taking Susie with us. You can stay here and take care of the baby.' "'You're going to work. I'm going to put you under personal contract for a year, and we'll see what we can do with you.' " Chester protested. "I can't let you burden yourself with me. r\e been here four months, and it looks as though I'll never get a job. You'll just be paying me out of your own pocket." "I've never yet lost money on anything I invested in," retorted Roland, "and I won't now." What happened after that is history. "Alibi" was a big sensation, and the personal hit made by Chester \Iorris was an even bigger one. The studios, which had been apathetic toward this gifted player, began fighting for him. From the time that contract was signed, Chester became an obsession with Roland ^^'est. The director has carried benevolence and paternalism to an extreme. He has handled Chester very astutely, thought everything out to the smallest detail. He has loaned him to nearly every big studio in Hollywood — studios with many diflerent releases — with the object of having him reach all the fans. He reads all Chester's fan letters, studies the trend of their opinions and guides his career accordingly. No Longer a 'Villain CHESTER established himself in crook roles. But Mr. West won't let him play any more. The public is tired of them, according to all the signa. The fans are always writing, "Why don't you let him get the girl for a change?" So Chester's going to be allowed to capitalize on some of that personal charm (refined for "sex appeal"; that has been almost forgotten in the general enthusiasm for his acting. Mr. West manages everything. All Chester has to do is to receive a smalh check every week. That's the beginning and end of his business worries. But don't think Roland West is fattening on the thousands of dollars Chester now earns. This is one personal contract that will never end in a lawsuit. West gets nothing out of it but the fun of seeing what he can do with a boy who was turned down by every studio. Chester gets every penny of the huge salary Mr. West has managed for him — but not just yet. "I'm not going to let you make a fool of yourself, the way I did when I first began to make money," Roland told his protege. "You're going to get just enough to live on reasonably, and I'll invest the rest. When you have a trust fund of one hundred thou sand dollars, it'll be time enough for you handle your own money." At the end of five years, the Morrise3, who will still be in their infancy, will have one hundred thousand in the Bank of Italy, and another hundred thousand in a Canadian bank. The principal goes to their son Brooks when he is thirty-five. And Chester intends to collect an extra thousand on the deal by winning a bet he made with Roland that he can keep up his modest living for the five years. Smart man, that Mr. West. Meanwhile, Susie runs her house on fifty dollars a week. "You can't do it!" her friends assure her. "But I do," says Susie firmly. She does, and very nicely too, from what I could gather. They have a nurse, for the baby, a maid named Tina who i" very versatile, and maybe some more co cealed about the house. Chester consults Mr. West about ev( thing he does. He let them buy their hou" which used to be his. He let them buy a car apiece. He's even letting them ha\e another baby. He allows them enough to keep the little' Brooks in tiight-overalls, or whatever you. call them. Brooks is a whimsical child, very., smart for his age, blond like his mama, and. with a charming social instinct. At the age of two, he already knows how to totter over to the smoking stand and pass the cigarets to the assembled guests, with a perfectly devastating smile. He can articulate something that sounds like "Daddy," and naturally Chester takes great pleasure in hearing him say it as often as possible. "Good-night," lisped the little heir, as he took off for bed. "Good-night, who?" prompted Chester. "Good-night, who," said Brooks obligingly, and went romping up the stairs. Why They Like Hollywood E\"ERY Saturday, the Morrises go to the Wests' beach house at Castellamare, and stay until Monday morning. Every Tuesday, the Wests have dinner at the Morrises. Those are their most important social engagements, and they're perfectly contented. "I was playing in 'Yellow' when I married Sue," Chester explained. "The show had already run for seventeen weeks and seemed set for a long and prosperous run, and I thought it was safe, so I said, 'Come on,' and we got married. "The next night the two weeks' notice was posted." They had a miserable life for a long time afterwards. The City Marshal was one of their frequent callers — collecting the rent. Food was none too plentiful, and they experienced all the other horrors familiar to impulsive young couples. That's why they don't mind living on Mr. West's pittance. That's why they love Hollywood, their house, their view, and their garden. You might almost say they have a swimming-pool — in a way. Monta Bell has a house a little below them on the hillside, with a pool placed conveniently under the Morrises' window. Chester is thinking of constructing a chute. Their cars aren't Lincolns. They're Dodges, to be frank. They've just built a barbecue oven in the yard, but they haven't enough money left to buy the meat. Just two kids trying to get along. But when you see them swinging happily down the boulevard, hand in hand, you sigh and think — wouldn't it be wonderful to be poor! 102