Movie Classic (Mar-Aug 1936)

t's easy to see why movie stars insist on HOLD-BOBS", says lovely Miss Berenice Sheerin. "I never dreamed that a mere bob pin could make such a difference in my hairdress until I usedHOLD-BOBS in preparing for my screen test". Party Line in Hollywood # Miss Sheerin was given a screen test recently in the famous Search for Talent, sponsored by hold-bob Bob Pins, Universal Pictures, Motion Picture and Screen Play. Miss Sheerin echoes the sentiment of the millions of women who use hold-bobs always. Hollywood has long known about these famous bob pins. No star's dressing room is complete without hold-bobs . . . And a good makeup man never thinks of sending an actress on the set until her coiffure is made "screen proof" with hold-bobs. Wherever you are • . . why shouldn't you be assured of a hairdress that is just as lovely as any screen star's? . . . Use holdbobs — for hold-bobs come in harmonizing colors to match every shade of hair; their small, round heads are invisible; their smooth, round points cannot scratch and their flexible, tapered legs, one side crimped, hold your hair in place. Remember, the credit for most beautiful coiffures goes to hold-bobs. THE HUMP HAIRPIN MFG. CO. Sol H. Goldberg, Pres. 1918-36 Prairie Ave., Dept. F-56 Chicago, Illinois S'.o.ghi Style HOLD BOB • Final winners in the Search for Talent will be announced in the next issue of this magazine. ALSO in the next issue will be an announcement of a NEW Search for Screen Talent ! ! Watch for it!! Copyright 1936. by The Hump Hairpin Mfg. Company Here's Opportunity Which reminds me that all of the studios, and Twentieth Century-Fox in particular, are complaining that there is a serious and unprecedented dearth of promising young actresses in Hollywood just now. It seems there are plenty of gals with so-so talent, but very, very few with those outstanding qualities which are necessary for stardom. So . . o . . o, if any of you know someone who has a relative who knows a studio talent scout, it's time to get busy. Hail the Victors! At last, the annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 1936 ! Bette Davis, by almost unanimous vote, wins the award for the best performance by an actress for her work in Dangerous; Victor McLaglen is acclaimed among the actors for his amazingly fine character portrayal in The Informer; Metro Goldwyn Mayer, in the person of Irving Thalberg, wins the Golden statue for the "best production" of the year, Mutiny on the Bounty; John Ford is honored for his direction of The Informer and Hal Mohr's camera work in a Midsummer Night's Dream wins the award for cinematography. Among the actresses, Katharine Hepburn, for her work in Alice Adams was rated second; and Elisabeth Bergner, for her performance in Escape Me Never, was rated third. Paul Muni for Black Fury and Charles Laughton for Mutiny on the Bounty were given respectively second and third ranking among the actors. Clark Gable and Franchot Tone were also given honorable mention for their performances in Mutiny. Jeeves, My Racquet! The Party Line's been buzzing with excited comment about an afternoon party given by Donald Ogden Stewart, the writer. All the men wore soupand-fish and all the ladies wore very formal gowns. And they spent the whole afternoon playing tennis. Think up something — anything will do — that's a little different, and no matter how screwy it is, you're a social success in Follywood. Those Latin Lovers Far be it from me to draw conclusions, but it does seem significant — or something— that Cesar Romero, whose publicity agents like to compare him to Valentino, should be the one to buy Rudy's famous old mansion, "Falcon's Lair." And Another Lover Remember Walter Pidgeon, who starred in a couple of singies for Warner Brothers about five years ago ? Well, Walter's back in Hollywood and Paramount is going to co-star him in With All My Heart with Joan Bennett Astrid Allwyn, who is becoming known as the girl of a thousand wigs, thanks to the great variety of roles which she has played in recent pictures, compares notes with Herbert Mundin at a recent cocktail party and Cary Grant. And, just between you and me and the printer, Walter should be a wow in a picture with a title like that, for he frankly admits that he's had more love affairs to the square mile than any other six actors in the business. You ought to hear him tell that one about the mysterious brunette in Vienna . . . No foolin' you'll like Walter. Two-Gun Man Gary Cooper tells me that he's spending his evenings before a full length mirror, practicing the "quick draw" with that old frontier model six-gun that he toted to fame. And well he may, fer stranger, thet thar Gary boy is all lined up fer a passel of western pitchers. Cecil B. De Mille wants him to play "Wild Bill" Hickok in the forthcoming super-super, Buffalo Bill — which really will be a misnomer since Wild Bill instead of Buffalo Bill is the hero of the show. And after he's finished that role, Gary's scheduled to star in three more ultra-colossal westerns, the first of which will be titled The Texas Ranger. The Salary War If you read the drama pages of your local newspaper, you've probably learned that Fred MacMurray staged a one-man salary strike. But what you didn't read is this : Fred not only won the argument but succeeded in getting his weeklv stipend raised from $400 to $1000. And anybody will tell you he's worth every cent he can get. The only difficulty, from the studio standpoint, is that his success will be a "fiery cross" inciting half of the actors in town to similar rebellion. Ginger Rogers, Composer In spite of the rumors that Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire would not [Continued on page 69] 14 Movie Classic for May, 1936