Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1932)

WithBrickbats&Bouquets y*^;ST 1 This is a neat trick if you can do it. If you miss that other stirrup your head hits the ground and the orchestra plays "Hearts and Flowers." Ride 'em cowboy Ken Maynard just loves this sort of thing and doesn't enjoy his morning's oatmeal unless he does a few stunts like this before breakfast. "Oh yeah?" says Mrs. Maynard, with an Edna May Oliver sniff In Montreal I had seen all the pictures playing at the larger houses, but went to two smaller ones in the downtown section. "Transatlantic," the photography of which was lauded by critics, was a foggy maze, out of which the voices emerged like foghorns. "The Magnificent Lie" looked as though it had suffered from smallpox. And Ruth Chatterton's glorious speaking voice sounded more like Marjorie White's (all right for Marjorie, but not for Ruth!). If some of the Canadians don't like talkies, I can now understand why. Somebody ought to sell them up-to-date projection and sound apparatus. Alice Francis, Brooklyn, N. Y. THAT PRIVATE LIFE To the stars who are willing that one should take a peek at the interiors of their homes and at their wardrobes, and who tell us about the expected arrival of the new baby, we should express some appreciation. It is not entirely through curiosity, as some would have it, but through admiration and interest that we like to know more about them. Mrs. E. T. Stevens, Eureka, Calif. BRING BRIAN BACK Mary Brian is one of the most beautiful and talented actresses in Hollywood. It's true she isn't gay like Shearer or glamorous like Garbo or sophisticated like Connie Bennett, but she has something that none of these actresses has — that sweet, winning, winsome personality that everyone adores. In the bank where I work we took a vote and Mary Brian was the favorite. Myrtle Stewart, Troy, N. Y. SEELN'S BELIEVIN' If someone tells me of my faults, I am apt to become irritated, but I can see them on the screen and immediately decide to mend my ways. Elizabeth Paulson, Longview, Wash. ANY OLD SITUATION! I have a daughter eighteen who is just now trying to acquire mannerisms fitting a sophisticated young woman of today. She cannot be persuaded to miss any of either Connie Bennett's or Ann Harding's pictures and, believe me, she is beginning to be most satisfactorily proper. I think that this is one of the most important advantages of pictures, they teach a person how to handle many situations. Mrs. J. Reginald Lynch, Flint, Mich. OLD AS YOU FEEL, MARY We want Mary Pickford more often, but we don't want her to spoil herself in such pictures as "Kiki." There are plenty of ham actors for parts like that. Mary, give us something like "Tess of the Storm Country." You're not too old for little girl parts, you just think you are. Mrs. John Ordway, Findlay, Ohio DON'T TOOT THAT HORN Clean cut and handsome and a capable actor, perfect to typify the American youth, Buddy Rogers' place should be first among the young male stars. I hope he will continue with his acting and not turn to music. We have many good musicians but few actors as good as he. George Christie, Berkeley, Calif. BARBARA'S REAL One becomes weary of looking at beautiful wax figures and that's what these beautiful stars remind me of, with their same sleek hairdress, same languid and bored air, and same pose in holding a cigarette, with hand on hip. Now look at Barbara Stanwyck. Strictly speaking, Barbara is not beautiful, but, I'll take her any time. Bessie Krazok, Philadelphia, Penna. [ please turn to page 12 ] International Once they were happy — just like this ! Now Helene Costello has walked out on hubby Lowell Sherman and thenlawyers are having a big pow-wow. They say the trouble was that Lowell didn't like Helene's brother-in-law, Jack Barrymore. Yes, friends, "inlaw" worries pester even in Hollywood 11