Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1933)

Photoplay Magazine for October, 1933 Two Queens were Born in Sweden [ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 29 1 throne, surrounded by her counsellors of state and representatives from every country in the world, and took the oath as king of Sweden. (It is strangely coincident that Garbo began her career of dramatic queen when she was about eighteen.) Shortly after Christina's coronation, she wished to abdicate. But she reigned for nearly ten years before she "set herself free," as she phrased it. The abdication ceremony was even more dramatic than the coronation. When the moment came for Count Brahe to take the crown from her head, he refused to do it. The queen rose gallantly to the occasion and took it off herself. Then she threw off her royal mantle, which was immediately torn into a thousand pieces by those present for souvenirs. Sounds somewhat like a Hollywood premiere, doesn't it? And this scene will be one of the most spectacular in the picture. AND now comes that portion of the queen's life, which Garbo will delight to play. After the abdication, Christina left her palace on horseback, disguised as a man. She rode for Denmark, her gun slung over her shoulder, a red scarf worn in the Spanish manner, and her pistols at her side. The Queen of Denmark, curious to meet Christina (who did not like her and who had refused to see her) disguised herself also, but as a servant, and waited on her at a country inn. All through the meal, Christina talked of nothing but the stupidity and wickedness of the Danish queen. "It serves her right," was her only remark when told of the identity of the "waitress," but there are strong suspicions that she knew it all the time. Another prank Christina played would have had serious results had it been discovered. Disguised as a young cavalier, with a black wig, big hat and high boots, she visited a Jesuit monastery, a place no woman had ever set foot in, chatted all afternoon with the monks, and departed greatly pleased with herself. She was Christina — unique and unassailable. And Garbo, unique and unassailable, will play her. Can you imagine anyone else in the role? "She had a magnetic charm," writes Mackenzie about Christina, "which she could exert to the destruction of all criticism, and her sense of the stage never failed her. Sometimes she could not resist making grimaces at the crowd, and a favorite trick was to make a lightning change of clothes in her coach, queen to cavalier and vice versa." She amused herself every day at a certain hour by gathering her entourage about her and listening eagerly to the latest bits of gossip about herself; the more exaggerated they were, the more she enjoyed them. Garbo reads avidly everything that is written about her. HprlERE are, however, two great differences *■ between Garbo and Christina. Christina was short, a trifle dumpy, and quite dowdy. Her shirts never quite met her skirts, and her wigs were always awry. And she loved people around her, the more the better. Garbo is tall, slim, and always well dressed. And her dislike of people about her amounts almost to a phobia. There was a tremendous uproar at Christina's abdication. A great surge of sorrow caught the country. "Keep your crown on your head!" the people of Sweden implored. And now that rumor has it that "Queen Christina" will be Garbo's last gesture as Queen of the Screen, so do we cry, "Keep your crown on your head, Garbo." The Queen is dead ! Long live the Queen ! JENNY, DEAR... NOT QUITTING NOW ? THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG SORRY, BUT I...ER.. HAVE A HEADACHE. PERHAPS LATER WE. LATER MAYBE SOME FRESH AIR WILL FIX ME UP. CAN'T HELP FEELING LOW 1 EN NY'S "HEADACHE" SOUNDED SO FISHY. SHE WAS FULL OF PEP AT -i-s FIRST. SHE'S TIRED 0 ^ f OF ME .THAT'S ALL! J J/ A wM > i ^f ' B.O." GON E -partners for life! OH DARLING, THEY'RE NOT STOPPING SO SOON ! NEVER MIND, JENNY SWEET, WE'LL BE DANCING TOGETHER FOR YEARS TO COME ! I ALWAYS USE LIFEBUOY, TOO AND IT'S DONE / U WONDERS FOR W)\) COMPLEX lONC^W YOU can't condemn "B.O." in others— unless you play safe, yourself. Bathing with Lifebuoy is a delightful habit, anyway. Its lather is soft, creamy, luxurious. Leaves you feeling fresh as a daisy— pores purified, freed from every trace of "B.O." {body odor). Your complexion freshens Lifebuoy deep-cleanses face pores of clogged impurities— clears and freshens cloudy skin. Wash with it nightly— gain the healthy, radiantly lovely complexion Lifebuoy's quickly-vanishing, hygienic scent promises you. WE DO OUR P1RI