Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1931)

02 Photoplay Magazine for November, 1931 MACK SENNETT brings to the screen SURRENDER DEAR" As great on the screen as lie is on the air . . . the new king of radio crooners . . . California's famous discovery who has become the country's reigning favorite overnight — that's Bing Crosby. You'll never forget the thrill of his inimitable rich baritone as he sings his most popular song "I Surrender Dear." Romance, rhythm and rollicking comedy are packed into this picture in glorious gobs. The biggest laughs, ihe fastest aetion — beauty, comedy and thrills — are always to be had at the theatre showing Educational Pictures. So watch for others such as Al Christie's Vanity Comedies; the speedy, peppy Mermaid Comedies; Mack Sennctl's Brevities, in natural color; and a host of other sparkling tid-bits of movicdom. EDUCATIONAL FILM EXCHANGES, Inc. E. W. BA MMONS, Pnddtni Executive Office: 1501 Broadway, New York, N.Y. "THE SPICE OFTHE PROGRAM" P Now, here's a girl who believes in being all set when the crisis comes! That smart Louise Fazenda has done her Christmas shopping early — two whole months early — and here are just a few of the 500 gifts she intends to pass out when the holiday rolls round Circle. Well, she can and does. She learned it as a child in the convents of Mexico. It's a rare treat to find perpetual motion Lupe sitting in a quiet corner between scenes of "The Cuban" embroidering doilies for her friends. T~NUKE R. LEE, the old-time serial actor now -*-^playing small-bit heavies, dropped into the cutting room at M-G-M. "What do you do with the left-overs, the faces on the cutting room floor? " he asked. "Oh, we make them into pictures for release in China." "Well, in one country I'm a star," Lee answered in glee. HOLLYWOOD doesn't call 'em "beautiful but dumb" any more. Now they're just "It-wits." HE came to the studio looking for a job. "I haven't much — I'm not handsome, haven't many brains, don't know much, admit I'm lazy, can't . . ." "Fine," was the reply; "you're hired. We need a supervisor." ALICE WHITE has always been noted for speaking her piece. That's one of the reasons why she isn't liked in political Hollywood. But Alice can't help it. Long before she, herself, was in pictures she happened to be in a beauty parlor and overheard a very ritzy star giving the hairdresser a first-class bawling out because her hair was not done exactly to suit her. Alice listened until she could stand it no longer. Then she dashed into the star's booth. "You're just taking advantage of your money and position," she said. "And this poor girl here has done her best. Lord knows, she doesn't make much money and she has to stand on her feet all day long. If you don't like what she does you might at least tell her in a nice way." The star was furious and she forgot her grand manners long enough to indulge in some pretty common words with the little spitfire. But Alice wasn't sorry she spoke up. TNCIDENTALLY Alice, who has had a -Hough time of it in Hollywood and has been the victim of a lot of talk by a lot of meanies, has a heart as big as Connie Bennett's salary. When Alice was playing in Detroit she went to a sanatarium for the tubercular to visit a girl, a fan with whom she has been corresponding for four years. And all those patients — most of them kids — are still talking about it. AN autograph-hound stopped Ben Lyon the other day. "Oh, Mister Arlen," she gushed, "you're my favorite actor. Please let me have your autograph." "Certainly," grinned Lyon. And signed Richard Arlen's name in the girl's book. A N interviewer asked Lionel Barrymore why -*Mie had given up directing for acting. "Well, you can't blame a potato for not being an apple, can you?" he said. [ PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 130 ]