Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1941)

fabrication of a bad dream, still for the most part "Fantasia" is a thrilling and utterly unique experience. The music is so realistic that it seems to be coming at you from all sides. Here for the first time is a form of entertainment aimed right at the masses as a method for making the classics both popular and intelligible to the rank and file of the uninitiated. Even such a modernist as Stravinsky takes on meaning for the first time when his music is set to a story. Providing visual colorings for program music both clarifies its structure and creates a more vivid and lasting impression. Willard C. Hyatt, Libertyville, 111. $1.00 PRIZE "How About It, Hymie?" THERE'S no question about it — Holly' wood knows practically everything there is to be known about photography. But, and this was a startling discovery, Hollywood knows very little about the use of the very popular candid camera! At least, one would not think so after watching Ruth Hussey's use of the camera in "The Philadelphia Story." Research authorities spend untold hours when it comes to the proper presentation of articles and their uses in historical motion pictures. Yet here's something that's as up-to-date as Roz Russell's hats, and what happens? The motion picture big-wigs place the camera in the hands of an inexperienced person and say, "Go ahead — make believe, you're a magazine photographer." And, believe Speak for Yourself {Continued from page 74) me, dear reader, Ruth Hussey certainly did irwfce believe; just as you and I would have when we were six or seven years of age! Ruth galloped through the house, taking one picture after another, and for all her efforts, she didn't turn the film more than two or three times. She wiggled the camera, she took close-ups within a foot of her subjects — and all with the same lens! Boy, it was so easy, I decided to try her method, just to prove a point. Well, I have a composition now that any modernistic painter would envy. But, it isn't practical, and I'll have to revert to the old method, for even PhotoplayMovie Mirror's own Hymie Fink can't take more than one picture on a given section of film and have it published! How about it, Hymie? Bill Batty, Middletown, Conn. $1.00 PRIZE Seeing Is Believing N Valentine's Day something happened to me that I shall never for o get. Nelson Eddy gave a concert here before an audience that was packed to capacity. Before the concert began, the usual rumors went about of how Mr. Eddy never smiled, gave very few encores and all the unpleasant things that will be said about a star. When the curtain rose and Nelson Eddy stood before us with a smile that could brighten the four corners of the earth, the building fairly resounded with the thunder of applause. Finally, after his last number had been given (with encores throughout the program), he gave us encore after encore. The audience stood as they clapped, whistled and even stamped for Mr. Eddy to sing even more. Then, after twentytwo numbers had been sung, he ended his concert with "Will You Remember?" from his picture "Maytime." I know that every person in that audience will always remember Nelson Eddy. His graciousness and love for giving all he has could never be forgotten. Barbara Bennet, Phoenix, Ariz. $1.00 PRIZE A "Yes" for a Few "No's" I WAS ill for more than a year during which, naturally, I saw no movies. Then I started going to see them — and what a surprise! Can it be that Hollywood is now a guild of real artists? All the old cliches are gone. Just lately, for instance, I've seen: The hero telephoning, and not getting the number right away; paying off his taxi and counting the change he received; packing for a sudden journey and not lifting six monogrammed shirts out of a top drawer to throw into a suitcase; writing a letter and not just making a hurried hen-track across a sheet of paper; ringing for his servant and not getting him immediately; a girl dressing for a date and not once dabbing perfume behind her ears; a young wife telling her husband she's going to have a baby — in just those words. No coy subterfuges. In brief, Hollywood seems at last to have Listen in! (The girls are talking about Tampons) The Blonde: It's invisible sanitary protection, thank heavens . . . 'cause Fibs are worn internally . . . keep my secret safe even in this bathing suit. Otherwise I'd be missing lots of fun this summer. The Brunette: W hatta pal . . . why didn't you tell me before? I had to miss the beach all last week! But why Fibs? . . . aren't all tampons alike? The Blonde: 77/ say they're not! For one thing . . . Fibs are easy to use ... no gadgets needed, so naturally Fibs cost less. And what means even more to me — Fibs are the Kotex Tampon . . . The Brunette: That's the answer! Fibs are a Kotex roduct . . . so it's Fibs for me! Now I remember . . . ibs are the tampons that are '"Quilted" for more comfort and safety. And you get a full dozen for just 20c. FIBS'^JieKotex Tampon ^<£j Not 8 -not 10 12 FOR 20< ♦ Trade Marks Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. JUNE, 1941 97