Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1928-Jan 1929)

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LITTLER IN REAL LIFE "T SAW Mary and Doug in a parade — A Gloria Swanson in the patio of her home in Beverly Hills — Tom Mix driving his yellow roadster down Sunset Boulevard — Rod La Rocque in his back yard picking flowers — Leatrice Joy shopping — Alberta Vaughn and Mae Murray at a beauty shop and Adolphe Menjou at the Cocoanut Grove. I saw many more of Hollywood's celebrities, but, with a few exceptions, the stars are difficult to recognize. After having several pointed out to me, I realized just why. They are much shorter in stature than the screen makes them look. They are not so handsome or as beautiful as you and I thought them to be. I found out that whereas many beautiful faces do not photograph well, some faces which are not at all wonderful, in every-day life, do photograph. After a long explanation by a high-salaried cameraman, I came to understand that the motion picture camera is very different from a still camera, and plays no favorites. So your most loved movie stars may not be quite so beautiful or handsome off the screen as they are on. "And it isn't only visitors like myself who are fooled by faces, or have a hard time recognizing the stars. It's rather a funny experience I had. I was wandering down Hollywood Boulevard, wondering if the girl coming toward me was a star, and heard someone behind me say: 'See that girl with the blue dress on in front of us? That's Leatrice Joy.' And suddenly to realize that they were talking about me. So you see everyone who appears on the streets of Hollywood is apt to be mistaken for a movie star. The people are so anxious to see them, that I presume their imagination gets the best of them, and they see the ones they want to see — or at least think they see them. " I had the honor and distinct pleasure of enjoying some of Hollywood's marvelous hospitality. I attended a tea at the home of Mrs. Victor Schertzinger, who is the wife of the famous director of 'Forgotten Faces' and other Paramount pictures, and the composer of 'Marcheta' and 'An Old Love Song.' Their home is probably one of the most elaborate in Hollywood and in excellent taste. The drawing-room is more a music-room. It contains, besides a piano, a beautiful harp and an organ. The grounds are spacious and have as their main attraction the only Italian sunken garden in Hollywood. A garden with flowers, ferns and statues. But even with all its impractical atmosphere, it has a very practical seesaw and sandpile for the kiddies over in one corner. Below the gardens is a beautiful tennis court. 'A TEA-PARTIES AND PREMIERES T Mrs. Schertzinger's tea I met Mrs. Monte Blue, Mrs. Tod Browning, Sally O'Neill, Molly O'Day, Claire Wind(Continued on page 117) This fountain at the entrance to Garvin Park in Evansville is the Kiwanis Club's gift to the city 102