The New Movie Magazine (Jan-Sep 1935)

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ALSO CARRY B & W COUPONS Nelson Eddy Again I have seen "Naughty Marietta" six times this week. What a picture! Jeanette MacDonald has given us something new in this picture — a real princess — all her roles have been perfect but "Naughty Marietta" is divine. The reason for this is that nothing short of a Prince would have completed the picture, and in Nelson Eddy we have one. Even his rough clothes did not hide his identity. What a pity we have waited nearly three years! However, such a voice and personality are worth waiting a lifetime for. I sincerely hope Nelson Eddy does not stay off the screen long. I have the little picture you printed in the April number. Please print a larger one and tell us some more about him. I like your new larger magazine so much. I don't expect to have a letter printed but hope someone will write in about Nelson Eddy and you will print it. — Mrs. F. E. Goubbs, Yale at Thornton, Houston, Tex. First Letter This happens to be my first letter to New Movie. So I hope it won't be too discouraging. Last night I went to see "Naughty Marietta" and I think Nelson Eddy was grand. He has a marvelous voice and his acting is nothing to look down upon. Let's hope we will see lots more of Nelson Eddy. Why doesn't John Boles get more singing roles? Isn't that what he's noted for?— M. Nohl, Box 211, Los Gatos, California. Nelson Eddy's popularity is sweeping the country right now. John doesn't get more roles because the studios like to give us new faces now and then. Fighting Words I say down with Cagney, Gable and the rest of the leading-lady wreckers of the screen. Who wants to be lammed with a grapefruit or pulled by the hair? Not I! If you want to look like a broken-down plow-horse, O.K. Go hook yourself to one of those so-called caveman Romeos. Personally I prefer a gentleman and an actor; one who varies his roles and proves that he is an actor and not a type. Let's throw the rough-necks out and put a gentleman in. May I be the first to nominate Paul Lukas for the MacDonald has given us something new," Nelson Eddy was grand," says another, also Marietta." And "Put Paul Lukas in some first-c says one talking of lass roles." THE CONTEST WINNER Each year the People's Academy of Motion Pictures, sponsored by THE NEW MOVIE MAGAZINE, presents twelve awards for what the readers of the magazine consider the outstanding achievements of the past year, in motion pictures. The contest for this past year closed with last month's issue of NEW MOVIE. The votes are now being counted and tabulated. The reader whose vote tallies most closely with the final compilation of the People's Academy awards will be given a trip to New lork or InoUywood to present the awards. The stars and producers to whom the winner will award the medals will be there in person to receive them, wherever production schedules permit. All expenses to and from Hollywood or New York, and for entertainment, hotel accommodations, and so forth, will be borne by THE NEW MOVIE MAGAZINE. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN NEW MOVIE MAGAZINE NEXT MONTH. BE SURE THAT YOU DON'T MISS THE ANNOUNCEMENT! role of the best actor in the world? Here's hoping Mr. Producer takes the hint and puts Paul Lukas in some firstclass roles in some first-class stories. — Marjorie Davis, 812 Arguello Blvd., San Francisco, California. We expect you've got a battle on your hands right now, Marjorie. See next month's New Movie and find out. Les Miserables Recently I saw the picture "Les Miserables" at its first New York appearance. Words cannot express how much I enjoyed it. I was so spellbound as I gazed at the screen that I felt that the events of the story were truly happening before my eyes. Fredric March did not merely act the part of Jean Valjean, he was Jean Valjean. He gave such a realistic and touching performance that the audience cried and suffered with him. Charles Laughton as Javert is also to be commended for his splendid portrayal. I am sure that everyone who sees this picture will agree that it is one of the greatest spectacles ever filmed. NEW MOVIE MAGAZINE pays one dollar for every interesting and constructive letter published. Address communications to A-Dollar-for-Your-Thoughts, NEW MOVIE MAGAZINE, 55 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Here's wishing more fame and success to Fredric March, Charles Laughton and all the other members of the cast that made "Les Miserables" a picture not to be forgotten. — Joan Tripi, 2558 Benson Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Movies vs. People At times I prefer movies to people. That may sound odd, since movies are almost wholly conceived of people — their trials, tribulations — psychic and moral conflicts. Nevertheless, I prefer movies to people. Movies are stories — stories are embellished truth — relaxation needs embellished truth to help a person to forget the humdrum activity of existence— therefore, I at times prefer movies to people. The most factual, realistic sort of person at times likes to escape fact, and live a while with the idealistic, unless he is so far gone that life adds up to nothing more than Dickens' "Mr. Gradgrind," who thought it wrong to use flowers on rugs and carpets because of the idea of stepping even imaginatively on flowers. I like to put myself in the places of the characters. I have a great time wondering what I'm going to react to next. I think I should react in such and such a way, and then I check that against the reactions of the character to the situation. An ounce of imagination builds itself suddenly into a ton of analysis. And through the movies and the psychology of the writer of the picture I find myself answering questions of character which had never before seemed reasonable. — Goodrich Bennett, R. F. D. No. 2, North Main St., Westport, Conn. You express yourself so well that there's nothing we can add to your excellent letter. School Days The students attending Junior High and High Schools now are getting all the breaks. Instead of having to plow through acres of uninteresting description, to know the classics, they need only go to a local moving picture theater to have Dickens, Shakespeare, etc., delightfully presented to them. They learn more of the world's history in the theater than they ever would by studying a dull, unromantic book. They see the lives of {Please turn to page 72) 48 The Neiv Movie Magazine, August, 1935