The New Movie Magazine (Jan-Sep 1935)

About "It's a Fake" AFTER having read an article in one of your magazines, entitled "Fake," I am somewhat concerned in regards to a daughter of mine that I think has gone to Hollywood in answer to an ad similar to the one you exposed. I am asking if you would be so kind as to send me the addresses of some of the studios there, that do that kind of advertising, that I might address a letter to my daughter to each one of them in hopes that she might get it in time to avoid her losing her savings. Enclosed is a self-addressed envelope, and any information that you might be able to give me will be held strictly confidential, I can assure you. Thanking you for any co-operation that you might render, I will close by stating that we are surely in need of more such magazines that have the interest of the people at heart. If it hadn't been for your magazine I would have never known that there are such frauds in existence. You may quote me in anything that I say in reference to the above if you wish. I am a minister and I can heartily endorse your magazine for a safe and sane publication for the people of our land. Allow me to thank you once again for any help you might render me. I await an early reply. — ■ Rev. E. M. Fields, 530 W. 27th St., Houston, Texas. Mrs. Magley Answers Allow me to say a few words to the Crosby and Vallee fans who so generously "panned" me with their flattering (?) comments in the July New Movie. Thank you, my dear friends, it was really too much — I expected more. Some of the excerpts printed were not only amusing, but they were actually pathetic. How any intelligent person can enjoy listening to a couple of conceited crooners, who think they are the answer to a maiden's prayer, is beyond me. Well, well, some grownups are still infants at heart ; it takes so little to amuse them. May I also add that, regardless of what you Crosby and Vallee fans think of Lanny Ross, I'm still for him one hundred percent. — Mrs. J. Magley, 52 Center Ave., Chatham, N. J. All right. This is all. Everybody has had fun, and the subject is hereby closed. Good Friend New Movie is a very good friend of mine and I consider it one of the most entertaining magazines of today. It will be quite some time before I can attend a movie, but I do expect to know what stars are most popular and what pictures are four star, just by reading your various articles and the comments of other fans. I must say I admire Joan Blondell for her naturalness and sweetness, and her ability to enact the role of Mrs. George Barnes with the same finesse she displays in front of the camera. — Mrs. Charlotte Parker, Essex County Sanatorium, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The New Movie Magazine, September, 1935 We call this page "You Tell Us" because it's the page on which you c/o tell us what you think about pictures — and everybody has fun. " 'G Men' is a picture worth seeing. Our hero is just what he should be, a law-abiding citizen and not a movie Dillinger." "In 'Private Worlds' Guinn Williams executed as fine a piece of work as it has been my privilege to see" — spoiled by a dumb audience. 'Black Fury' was a terrible, almost frightening lesson to Americans and their adopted brothers, but it was true to life," says one. NEW MOVIE MAGAZINE pays one dollar for every interesting and constructive letter published. Address communications to A-Dollar-forYour-Thoughts, NEW MOVIE MAGAZINE, 55 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. We're very sorry you are in the hospital, Mrs. Parker, and we hope you'll be well soon. Elizabeth Bergner Just a note to tell you what I think of the new star, Elizabeth Bergner. To begin with, I say good-bye to Crawford and Garbo. Take the fancy clothes from Crawford and what have you? Nothing. And as for Garbo I don't see how she ever got by in the first place, as far as acting goes. But Elizabeth Bergner is most charming; a frail little person, just full of pep, she certainly holds her audience, and one does not know what she is going to do or say next. You laugh with her, cry with her, and she is just too sweet for words. If producers would have pictures like "Escape Me Never" and actresses like Miss Bergner, then moving pictures would be worth going to see. I wish Miss Bergner the greatest of success in movieland. — Mrs. Gerard M. Stone, 82 Glenville Avenue, Allston, Boston, Mass. The Cover I buy your magazine every month and enjoy it very much. I think the July cover of Joan Crawford was very cute but the one before that, of Grace Moore, was just lovely. She is my favorite movie actress and I save every picture of her that I can find, so you can imagine what a grand picture that made for my collection. I like the "You Tell Us" department a lot, and the action pictures taken on the set of "No More Ladies" were supreme. Please have more of them. The stories are swell, too, and the Gallery of Stars is another favorite of mine. Even the reviews are all I could hope for and the magazine as a whole is the best of its kind I've seen yet. — Jean Bigelow, 7 Roosevelt Avenue, Larchmont, N. Y. // you liked the action photos of Joan Crawford* what do you think of tke ones on Garbo, Jean? We're glad you like the new covers. We weren't sure, but so far everybody seems to like them. Bang, Bang, Bang! . Three cheers for the "You Tell Us" department! In addition to being a battle-ground for fans, many intelligent ideas and constructive criticisms find their way into print. I may be the target for a number of expert javelin thrusts, but here are some honest convictions. I think that continuity, clever dialogue and expert direction won the 1934 Academy Award for Claudette Colbert in "It Happened One Night," rather than the merit of her performance. Also that Bette Davis turned in the best individual performance of the year, as Mildred in "Of Human Bondage." Her brilliant mosaic of histrionics held me completely spell-bound, and will never be forgotten as long as memory lasts. Miss Davis is not one of my favorites, but this picture established her as one of {Please turn to page 55) 27