Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1930)

134 Photoplay Magazine for June, 1930 FRECKLES A Simple, Safe Way to Get Rid of These Ugly Spots There is no longer the slightest need of being ashamed of your freckles, since it is now an easy matter to fade out these homely, rusty-brown spots with Othine and gain a clear, beautiful complexion. After a few nights' use of this dainty white cream you will find that even the worst freckles have begun to disappear, while the lighter ones have vanished entirely. It's seldom that more than an ounce of Othine is needed to clear the skin of these unsightly blotches. Be sure to ask at any drug or department store for Othine — double strength. It's always sold with guarantee of money back if it does not remove every last freckle and give you a lovely, milk-white complexion. OTHINE DOUBLE STRENGTH Wopular r. I News! Views! Gossip! of Stars and Studios! CONTINUED FROM PACE 99 ] WJ the way, is paying all expenses) and everyone hopes that by fall she will be herself again. But nobody knows. She may never be really well again. OH-HA! Monthly Innuendo ! Ronald Colman is one of the few men of the screen who don't make a practice of falling in love with their leading women. In fact, he tries to avoid them as much as possible. But he has shown more interest in the sophisticated and smart Kay Francis than in any charmer that has appeared on his set in many a sequence. HEN that little red-headed Bow girl sets out to do anything she usually does. She realized some months ago that she had to reduce. She did and now weighs 110 pounds. And this brings on wardrobe trouble. "I've only got four dresses I can wear," she said, " and I'm afraid to have any of my others made smaller for fear I'll get fat again." But that doesn't matter. Old Cal has never been one to insist that Clara wear real clothes. Those filmy what-do-you-call-ums will do just as well. THERE'S a brand new wrinkle in the Gloria Swanson productions, and it isn't in one of Gloria's Hollywood frocks either. For the first time in the history of the motion picture business, a film has been "shot" in dress rehearsal form. Gloria's forthcoming comedy, "What a Widow!" was shot in three days. Of course, the public will never see this film. Scenes were made on partially dressed stages, and the cast in many sequences wore street clothes. But the play itself was complete. THIS novel experiment is the idea of Joseph P. Kennedy, in general charge of Gloria's productions. He believes it will save time and money in the long run. Before the actual film destined for release is made, the cast, director and technicians can view the complete dress rehearsal, rectify mistakes and allow adequate spacing for comedy lines in the correct places instead of taking wide chances. After the rehearsal film was completed, the actual shooting was expected to take just ten days, or thirteen days in all on a thirty-five-day shooting schedule. Not one scenewas expected to be made that could not be used in the finished product after the visual rehearsal. The cost of the dress rehearsal did not exceed by more than VS 10,000 the carrying on of actual rehearsals with the full cast. It is a daring experiment in Hollywood, but after all, the public will be more interested in Gloria's twenty-one new gowns. CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S announcement that he intends to form a great producing company to make non-talking pictures, using such stars as John Gilbert and others of prominence, has given the anti-talkers an open chance to express themselves. Ever since the announcement was made, the Chaplin studio has received a steady deluge of commendations from all over the world — by letter, phone, cable, radiogram. But from John Gilbert came only this: "Mr. Gilbert has never, talked with Mr. Chaplin about the proposal to make silent pictures." To which Chaplin merely raised his eyebrows and smiled. 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