Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1930)

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"You'll have to trek ■'-'a long, hard road before you'll ever be an actress. You may get a few breaks now because you're young — and pretty. You're girlfodder. This year's crop. But don't forget that next year there'll be another crop, and the next and the next." "But Mr. Gordon says — " "Say," Monica interrupted. "You're not letting that bozo feed you any bologney, are you?" Chickie flushed. "He says I'll be another Garbo if I'm managed right." "Yeah?" She lighted a cigarette and for a moment she watched the little spirals of smoke. "Listen, baby — you arc just a baby — get out of pictures before they get you. Marry that boy who's crazy about you. Give him your youth and your beauty. It will pay you better returns than this business." "You mean Dickie?'' "Yes — that newspaper boy. Nice kid." "But we sort of quarreled last night." "Over what?" "Well, you see Mr. Gordon wants to manage me. He thinks if I'm managed right — " Monica smiled reminiscently. "Yes, Gordon would pull that one with you." She watched Chickie thoughtfully. Then: "I don't know why I should be pulling this big sister stuff, but I want you to come back here in an hour. That will be about six-thirty. I won't be here. But I want you to sit here. Just listen. Will }'ou?" Chickie promised. An hour later, seated in Monica Moon's dressing room all alone, she tried to figure out what the star meant. It seemed sort of stupid to be waiting here all alone. The building was practically deserted except for some of the Keeps Skin Young Remove all blemishes and discolorations by regularly using pure Mercolized Wax. Get an ounce, and use as directed. Fine, almostinvisible particles of ased skin peel off, until all defects, such as pimples, liver BPOts. tan, freckles and large pores have disappeared. Skin is beautifully clear, eoft and velvety, and face looks years younger. Mercolized ^\ ax brings out the hidden beauty. 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She pressed closer to the wall. "How about coming out to my house some night? We'll have a little dinner, just the two of us, and talk over a contract." "You're not kidding me?" questioned the girl. "Of course not," he assured her. "But I thought you sort of had a yen for that beauty contest winner." "My dear, don't be foolish. She's a sweet dish of girl-fodder BUT—" Chickie did not wait to hear more. Quietly she slipped out of the dressing room. Down the stairs. Across the lot. Out the gate. She fumbled in her pocketbook to see if she had a nickel. A moment later the nickel dropped into a telephone slot. Breathlessly she waited for the answering voice to come on the wire. " T^NICKIE, " she said humbly, " I've changed ■^my mind — " "What's that? I don't get you. There's a lot of noise." "I've changed my mind about going to Riverside. I think the Old Mission would be a lovely place for a wedding — " Something that began like a whistle and ended in "Whoopee!" came over the wire, followed by "When do we start?" "Any time you say." "Then suppose we take a plane. That'll be faster." Intimate Portrait of a Man with Black Hair I CONTINUED FROM PAGE 39 ] His parties arc limited to a few intimates and he sidesteps most formal occasions. ■ He is most punctilious about his personal and social obligations, and it is not uncommon for him to be late at the studio. He has never owned a Rolls-Royce. He never wears a cap or fancy shirts. He looks with abhorrence upon anything that smacks of "putting on the dog." He hates to break in a new hat and will wear a felt hat for years before discarding it. He will buy neckties by the score and never wear most of them. His sartorial weakness is evening clothes, and in such attire he is not at his best. He is more inclined to be suspicious than superstitious. He is apt to make up his mind on the spur of the moment regarding a trip, and contrariwise is inclined to deliberate overlong on most other matters. While playing host, in his anxiety to make his guests feel at home, he invariably has the worst time of any one present. If he believes in the role he is playing he lives it every moment, and if not, his director has his hands full. Being proficient in his own work he is excessively intolerant of those who lack this virtue. While he recognizes capability he is inarticulate in its praise. He has never read Harold Bell Wright. He subscribes to Time, American Mercury, Vanity Fair and The New V inker. He does not like coloratura sopranos. He speaks German and French very badly. His diction and enunciation are faultless. He is reticent and difficult to get talking about himself. The only jewelry he wears is a gold signet ring given to him by his mother. Politically he is a Republican and votes at all national elections. He believes money important to happiness in this day of materialism. His judgment of stories for himself is not reliable. He did not want to do "The Noose," which turned out to be one of his most successful pictures. He prevailed upon the company to do "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come," which proved to be a mistake. On the other hand, it took him many months to convince his producers that "Tol'able David" should be his first starring vehicle. That picture won the Photoplay Gold Medal. Groucho Marx and Jimmy Durante are his favorite comics. Every advertisement In PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE la guaranteed.