Movie Classic (Sep 1936-Feb 1937)

now movie acting. I've loved each new angle, each new phase of life's game." In his private life, Cobb loves laziness. He says his greatest joy in life would be to just loaf — except that he isn't sure, because he's never tried it. Never had time. When he works at his typewriter, he wears the world's funniest smock. He had it specially made. It hasn't any buttons on it, because when he works, he plays with whatever buttons he can get his fingers on. He used to twist all the buttons off his suits before he took to wearing smocks. Then he twisted the buttons off the smocks. So finally, he invented a buttonless smock, and that's what he wears now. THERE is, about him, something of the same aura of human love that distinguished Will Rogers. Just as Will, even in his most caustic moments, was never offensive because everything he said was so patently flavored with that human kindness and friendly-kidding touch, just so is Irvin Cobb never offensive, even in his own most satirical bursts — or his most rabelaisan sallies. He has the reputation of being not only the funniest and the kindest man in Hollywood, but also the bawdiest-spoken, when the company is right. Most of his funniest cracks can't ever be printed. But throughout Hollywood, they're laughed at, every hour of every day. And no matter what the joke, no matter what it's about, Cobb puts it over with that indefinable touch that makes it funny, never unpleasant. He has definite aversions, regrets, likes. His pet aversion, on a big scale, he says, is a religious bigot. "A religious bigot," he says, explosively, "is the lowest form of animal life." On a small scale, his chief hate is a person who hears what you say. looks right at you, but pretends not to hear what you're saying. His biggest regret in life is what his family did to him what they named him Irvin ! His dad's name was Joshua, and old Joshua Cobb wanted his son named after him. "But the wimmen-folk thought Joshua was old-fashioned ; they were romantic, and they picked out the name of Irvin for me ! Irvin, imagine that ! Hell — if I'd been named Joshua, I'd have had the greatest 'natural' humorist's name in the world — Josh Cobb. I got cheated !" Now, as a movie actor, he's ready for anything it may bring. Being a man of the world, he's prepared for anything and everything. He's even prepared for the inevitable question, put to any and all movieplayers, be they seven or seventy— What About Your Love Life? Irvin Cobb's love-life will never make the front pages of any newspapers. Divorce is just something, to him, that other movie actors go for. He married only once — , that was when he was a reporter nearly twoscore years ago. He took time off and married Laura Baker, of an old Savanah. Georgia, family. The only time since then that Laura Baker hasn't been by his side was when he turned her back to her parents for a while, borrowed $150 from them, and went to New York to get a job. As soon as he got the job, he sent for Laura and paid back the $150. They have one daughter — Elizabeth. She's married, and has three children. One of them, the five-year-old boy, is named Irvin Cobb Brody. The grandchildren are Cobb's greatest delights. Irvin calls every girl he meets "honey," but that's an old southern custom. And that is as wide afield as Irvin Cobb's love life goes. "Sex appeal? Well, I've heard a man has to have it to be a success on the screen," he grunts, "but hell ! All I've got is dandruff ... !" Polish Teeth Safely, 60 Times for 25c • Try this most amazing of tooth powders. It alone has Pepsodent's exclusive new patented discovery for floating-away film, dull yellow stain, leaving teeth transformed with a high-polish luster. 60 brushings in the 25c size. And a large family -size for 50c. Order from any drug counter. PEPS0DENT TOOTH POWDER with the Patented New Discovery for High-polishing Teeth Safely I liYou Know Her Majesty's Private Tea is Supplied by Ridgways". Ouch a remark might well have been spoken in *-' some cultured English home long years ago for the tea that the great Queen Victoria drank had been blended to her taste by the quality tea house of the time — Ridgways (Est. 1836). For almost 100 years Ridgways Teas have been the world's foremost quality teas. Today Ridgways offers teas to suit almost every taste and purse. For special occasions or everyday use, serve a Ridgways Tea. Ridgways, Inc., 230 West St., New York City *Now known as "Ridgways Her Majesty's Blend". "Ridgways 5 O'clock Tea", delicious Ceylon-Darjeeling "Ridgways Gold Label Tea" — 100% Genuine Orange Pekoe. NEW— "Ridgways Orange Label" in 10^f, 'A lb. & 'A lb. Sizes Movie Classic for October, 1936 81