The New Movie Magazine (Jan-Sep 1935)

You Tell Us it's not compulsory." And here's my answer. We've only five theaters here, three of them are "first run" only — so I've not much choice — I average five shows a week. "Variety is the spice of life" you know — and we don't want to weep all the time. — Mrs. Bessie Toles, 514 N. Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colo. The movie kings try to give you what you want, Mrs. Toles. Maybe — Not So Dumb? Why does Hepburn act so silly? She claims she wants her private life and actions kept from the public. In order to avoid photographers and interviewers she does unladylike and childish things, which bring her more publicity than if she acted like a lady. This sitting down on curbs and streets to read her fan mail, and wearing disreputable overalls, climbing over seats, and crawling under edges of the tents! You can't tell me that didn't draw attention, but she goes right on "trying to make herself obscure." — Jeanette Andersen, 1915 Hammond Avenue, Superior, Wisconsin. But again, maybe she is sincere, Jeanette. A New Friend While looking through some papers and magazines a good friend of mine sent me, was indeed lucky to find a New Movee among them. Until then, I was unaware that such an ideal and up-to-date magazine existed. It's great fun in reading every page of it. In fact I read it over twice. From now on I'm a New Movie fan. Now for some stars and good pictures. Some of you kind readers will agree with me, I'm sure. So let's please have some more Harlow, Gaynor, and Farrell pictures. Hats off to these fine stars of Hollywood and filmdom! We need stars like these for good and better pictures. Here's to them and here's also to New Movie. — Mrs. Alphonse R. Harles, R. No. 2, Fergus Falls, Minn. Thanks, Mrs. Harles, we hope to be able to please you always. A Challenge to You All Perhaps I'm being too frank but I must have my "say" particularly about these same old worn out stars. They have had their day; why not give up as they should to those much more worthy? I'm so disgusted with the ridiculously affected Bennett, Shearer, Crawford, Davies, Garbo and innumerable others just as obnoxious not forgetting Novarro, Colman and others of the same class. I don't mean "new faces" merely but a place for real genius, glamorous and alluring personalities, perhaps only one or maybe three or four. — Mrs. Dorothy Johnson, 851 N. State Street. Chicago, 111. You've a right to your opinion, Mrs. Johnson, but wait till you see what others say when they read this. Phooey on Us! I've read your unique column in New Movie regularly, and now — alas! — Henry Willson, you've insulted me. In the December issue, you let some of the Hollywood young people edit your column, but nary a word was said about editing it to suit the fans, or asking them to help you! Whom do you write for, huh? For several years I've carried a choice bunch of chips on both shoulders, be cause these darn editors won't run their magazines to suit me. They West me, Garbo me, and Crawford me until I have bad dreams about glamour every night. The reason I like your column is because it tells about the Hollywood youngsters who haven't already had their five pasts retold in seven languages. Shakespeare and Willson never repeat. But listen! If you love your dear public, please carry your good work still farther. Tell us about the almostunknown beginners. Tell us about how they are fighting for notice, and what bits we may see them play. Tell us who they are, where they come from. I'm always picking out bit players I like, but I can't find out who they are, nor where to reach them. Magazines won't publish the letters I write about them though they publish any drivel I may care to write about the big-name stars. It seems to be a conspiracy. Has no one discovered any Wampas stars in Hollywood except Jacqueline Wells? I'll admit she's plenty beautiful, but there are others. Ann Hovey looked mighty sweet to me, even in the brief flash in "Kiss and Make Up." Gigi Parish is delightful. Why don't you give us and them a break by dashing out to interview them? Doubless you, who are on the inside, could discover others whose names and addresses have been carefully obscured from the public. Please don't be among those "snifty" screen writers. Give at least one article to promising unknowns, and near-unknowns.— Mrs. R. L. Price, Midlothian, 111. Whoo! — Are we mortified? But here's your letter, which is something. This is the Place Give the American public a chance to speak for itself. Good pictures are being ruined between the present movie clean-up drive and the censors. No one goes to a movie unless he wants to. We went to see them before this present movie clean-up drive started and liked them! Let us pick what we want instead of what a few people, who are still back in the 18th century think we should have. E. E. Perry, 57 Buell Street, Burlington, Vt. In this department we give each and every one of you a chance to make your preferences known. And don't forget, the producers read this column carefidly each month just to find what you are thinking. Fed Up— But Not with Bela After having recently seen Bela Lugosi give a very fine performance in "The Black Cat" I wonder why it is that we are not allowed more opportunities of seeing this actor. Why is it that the studios give one star too many pictures until the movie-going public gets fed-up with seeing him or her, and allow another actor who could be just as successful, if not better, to fade away into obscurity by giving them nothing but a mediocre role now and then. Don't the studios believe that variety is the spice of life? I believe that many other people besides myself would enjoy seeing more of Bela Lugosi. 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