Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1930)

Photoplay Magazine for Sf.ptemher, 1930 Dads' Boys [CONTIMIiD FKOM I'.U.K 67 ) "Rain or Shine," his latest, tell the tale. A proud dad and a prouder son. "I was one of those awful dark secrets that had to be kept hidden away," Francis X. Hushman, Jr., laughed. ■•.\ wife, when my father was a star, was simply unthinkable; and kids — whew! that was the unforgivable sin to fans. And when the public found out that dad had not only a wife but live little unforgivable sins hidden around the house — -well, poor dad, his movie career blew up with a bang." This tall, handsome son of the very handsome idol of early pictures, Francis X. Bushman, Sr., is quite the best looking of all the movie sons. The screen does not quite catch his youthful good looks as it did his father's. PR.\NCIS X. BUSHMAX! Ah. me! One ■' glimpse of Francis in the old days and our girlish hearts raced like trip hammers. Se.x appeal as she was appealed in those days. Francis X. and those love scenes! There was something. "I remember," Francis, Jr., said, "when my dad was crowned king of the movies. It was at the Exposition in San Francisco. Gee, that was a day." His eyes, so much like his father's, lit up at the remembrance. ".\nd you know dad's still good, too. Did I ever tell you how he stole the part I wanted? The late June Mathis was looking for a Messala for 'Ben Hur.' "I was in Rhode Island at the time and had always craved the part of Messala. So I dolled up in a Roman nightgown and crown and so forth, and with the pictures of myself in this garb, I started for California. " 'I'm going over to June's,' I told dad. 'to show her these pictures. I want that part and I've come all the way across the continent to get it.' 'Here,' dad said, tossing me an old picture of himself draped in a tiger skin, that lay on his desk, ' take this.' So I stuck it in the bottom of the pile and started for June's. "'Very nice, very nice.' she remarked, as she looked through the pictures. Then suddenly she stopped. 'But, here,' she exclaimed. Denver, Colo. Last summer and fall my sister and I worked at the same place here in town, went places together, and didn't mix much with others. Then she married and moved away. Soon afterward I was called away by her illness. After she died I came back and started looking for a job. I have just two friends here, and they both work in the afternoons and evenings. So 1 go to the movies, sometimes two a day. AVhat a relief to be able to forget loneliness, grief and worry, and drift into the land of make-believe. After the show is over, I feel able to approach all the hard-boiled bosses and have them say "no" to me, and still come up smiling. If it weren't for movies I don't know what I'd do. G. Wickliffe Kleenex . . . the only safe way to remove face creams and make-up* Right past the doorman, into the star's own inner sanctum ! And here we find her, cleansing her skm . . . with Kleenex ! "Kleenex is always on my dressing table," she says. "It's the only safe and sanitar>' way to remove face creams and make-up. Soft and absorbent, it wipes away bul does not scratch or stretch the skin." You see, Helen Morgan knows the importance of proper cleansing. So she uses Kleenex. Kleenex is powerfully absorbent. It blots up . . . not only every trace of cream and oil . . . but embedded dirt and cosmetics also. Women everywhere are rapidly adopting the Kleenex way of removing cold cream. Kleenex is so sanitary. It's so much safer than germ-filled "cold cream clodis" or towels. And far less expensive. Kleenex comes in white, and in three safe, lovely tints, at all drug and department stores. •> 2uay we send you K.leenex'~jree? <* PH'» Kleenex Company, Lake-Michigan Building, Chicago, Illinois. Plea^ send a sampU; of Klecacx to: She Started all America singing "Can't help levin' that man". . . she played in some of the greatest successes Ziegfeld has ever known . . . and she tells you here how she protects the beauty that made her famous. YOU saw her in "Show Boat," didn't you ? And if you are human — and feminine — you 7n:iit have wondered how she preserves her creamy skin and cool, magnolia beauty. Well — take a peep into her dressing room ! More and more people are using Kleenex to replace haodkeichiefs. It is especially valuable during colds, to avoid reinfection. City — yoa write to adTcrUsera please meniloo PHOTOPLAT MAQAZIKS.