Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1941)

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Ouida Rathbone is known more for her party-giving than her good deeds, which is just too bad, because Ouida's done some extraordinarily nice things without wanting any publicity or fanfare. I know of one which I'd like to tell you about. An old actress, who was only a casual acquaintance of Ouida's, developed cancer. Ouida took care of all the hospital bills, went to see her every day. And when the actress started to feel a little better and became bored with the hospital, she furnished an apartment for her. took care of everything, including her funeral, after she had passed away. And there aren't ten people in our town who know anything about it. Bette Davis, our twice Academy Award winner, has left word with our Motion Picture Relief Fund that if anybody drops out suddenly on the Screen Guild Show can always get her to go on at the last moment. This show, as you probably know, pays our Fund $10,000 a week for the stars' services and the money goes to buy a home for less fortunate actors. Last year Bette went on twice, this year twice. And that means more than just donating her radio salary, which is $5,000 a performance, because each appearance bars her from any other radio deal for a month or two, as sponsors don't want air appearances of any particular star too close together. Bette gave up a recent Sunday to Ann Lehr, whom we call "the angel of Hollywood," and her Memento Mart. She helped sell, manage and make the day a success. For a long time she was president of our Tail Waggers' Club, and has helped gather thousands of dollars to train and buy Seeing Eye dogs for the blind. And. of course, her kindness One of the "nicest women": Ouida Rathbone, here with husband Basil. Reason: She does more with less fanfare than a lot of others who stand in the publicity spotlight the camera and directs her in dumb show. It's quite a show and nothing dumb about it. I think it's plenty smart to have thought it out. As to Frances Marion, I could devote a whole article to her. As you've probably read, she became through the years one of our leading screen writers. For eons she was getting a salary of $3,000 a week, spending most of it on everybody else but Frances. Even now, when her salary isn't $3,000 a week, she gives two big parties a year for the tubercular patients and the children's ward at the County Hospital. From time to time various people have helped out with small contributions, but if Frances didn't have the price of a Christmas tree for her own two sons, she'd still carry on. She's helped more people to fame than almost any single person here. For years she wrote the Stories that starred Mary Pickford. When souiK dec! upon us. her dialogue was adult when that of other writers was still wearing diapers. She developed and wrote the si for Fred Thompson, who was a chaplain in the Army in the last war, put him on the screen as a cowboy and gol his salary np to $10,000 a •'. ' was the first one to write pari Zasu Pitts, v. hands reminded her of ostrich plumes in a high wind It was she who saw a lazy cowboy leaning up against Sam Goldwyn's window, when Sam was going mad trying to find a young actor to play with Ronnie Colman and Vilma Banky in "The Wini ,i Worth ' He was called in. They made a test nt him, he was put on the back of a horse. Frances kept him there and hi darned near stole the picture from Ronnie That guy's name happens to be Garj Cooper. II" a manicurist or a script girl needs an operation, tor it Sin's .i sucker for a soh story, ami one ol the nicest women I ever met. THEN there an others. For instani Una Merkel isn't our of the richest girls in town, hut she's .mother of the Another Hopper nominee is Bette Davis, in a concentrated pose with husband Arthur Farnsworth. It is in three special fields that she gives — and then gives some more PHOTOPLAY COII1 (lined With MOVIE MIRltOR