Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1934)

Let's Hear What You Think of Current Pictures [ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 ] Lee Tracy admirers will be happy to know that he will appear on the scene soon again in Universal's newspaper yarn " I'll Tell the World." Lee and Roger Pryor are reporters for rival syndicates YOU SHALL HAVE HIM Are we, the discriminating devotees of filmdom, to be denied the genius of Lee Tracy? Tracy, who commands exclusive talent and who utilizes that talent in a paramount form of entertainment? Who is superb in his particular characterization? Tracy, who is inimitable? Who lacks nothing that a dramatic actor should profess? I am sure that I express the general sentiment of fandom. There is one, and only one Lee Tracy — and we want him back! Walter White, Indianapolis, Ind. GLAD WE CAN PLEASE One thing that amuses me over here is that no matter how much Europeans criticize American policies and people, they do love American films. I know several, who are studying English simply because they lose so much at the movies by not knowing it. Lately, I have shown copies of Photoplay to some of the women. You see they don't print magazines like this here, and I wanted to get their reactions. Well, there were some surprises in store for me ! Of course, they all loved the magazine. The thing that amazed all of them was that the stars don't mind letting everyone know how they got so beautiful. One woman said, "With such frank articles, anybody can be healthy and beautiful!" Jean Hawthorne, Paris, France THE GREAT HEPRURN ' "Is It Garbo or Hepburn?" Tradition, according to your March Photoplay article, says Garbo. I hope this tradition is wrong; for I'm sick of Garbo. Her highly touted personality leaves me cold. Mysterious and exotic she may be, but my vote goes to Katharine (the Great) Hepburn. Garbo appears so lifeless and dead in her acting. Hepburn never gives a dull moment. Whereas, I have a colorless mental picture when I try to recall Garbo. Hepburn is as alive, vivid and real to me as my best friend. I agree with the letter writer in the March issue, who'd prefer Hepburn as a friend before anyone else in Hollywood. Dorothy Merxett, Raleigh, N. C. MAYBE WE WILL "Hi, Nellie!" with that grand actor, Paul Muni, is what I call a good movie. It didn't have a dull moment in it. It was a real trueto-life picture. I only wish we could have more like it. G. E. Frlnk, Portsmouth, N. H. Folks everywhere are cheering the splendid work of Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell and supporting play ers of "Hi, Nellie!" another clever newspaper story A VOICE FROM ABROAD I am a young American studying the violin here in Prague. I see films from my own country as well as those from other large European nations. I now understand the supreme position of the American films here. It is indeed a pleasure to hear one's favorites speaking in a "reel" American "dialect" (as the English call it). Happily I get every issue of Photoplay and am thus well compensated for the pictures I miss. I enjoy reading about American films even more now than I did while at home. Michael Bezzeg, Prague, Czechoslovakia THE MOVIE INFLUENCE I come home from the theater after seeing something Adrian has designed for Crawford — snatch my scissors, and try to give a hat or dress that same twirl. My young son sees Arabs running with flaming torches. He comes home — makes himself one, and runs through the house with it. After seeing Wallace Beery prescribe lemon juice for Lionel Barrymore's indigestion, my husband hurries out of the theater to buy lemons. Esther Cox, Charlotte, N. C. [ PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 16 ] 12