Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1936)

14 PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE FOR DECEMBER, 1936 Beautiful NAIL POLISH SETS A zipper set in genuine leather. Contains La Cross manicure cutlery and the marvelous La Cross Creme Nail Polish. Smart. Complete. Useful. 4011— $4.00 Other La Cross Sets$1 to $18 shade JtUtit Try the new exotic polish AUTHENTIC FOR THE NEW SEASON TRIAL Neural. Rose. Coral. Sun Tan. Cardinal. Garnet. Rust. Colorless. For trial size. OFFER anv one co'or. sena" this advertisement and two 3c stamps to La Cross. Newark, N. J. Also three new shades • PEACH, BLUSH and ACORN KEEP YOUR BABY HEALTHY "How to Raise the Baby" By Bernarr Macfadden. Will set you on the right trackl How to feed, clothe, bathe, and exercise your little one. bend $2.uu tor a copy to MACFADDEN BOOK CO., Inc. Dept. 12, 1926 Broadway, New York City <y that IRIS ADRIAN i„ sh< H.I Roxh-M-G-M Production "Mister Cinderella" DON-R-CflP Fitting Wave Protector FITS BETTER is made better lasts longer is more comfortable The Patented Don-a-Cap has been imitated, but never equalled. For complete satisfaction, insist on the original. At stores and beauty shops everywhere. If not obtainable, write . . . does things for your circulation. Take advantage of the sun at every opportunity. Sun and air baths are potent tonics for whatever ails you. So see that you get plenty, will you? Well, darlings, I haven't come to the end of my rope, by a long shot, but almost to the end of my allotted space. I meant to tell you more about overcoming the mental snarls which can make a girl self-conscious, cranky, sulky and generally unfit for human consumption. But I'll do that later in an article on developing personality. I'm not a bit sorry that I devoted most of my space this time to the turnip tops and raw cabbage, because I know so darn well that if the physical part of you is hitting on all six, the rest of your make-up will step sweetly and smoothly into line. I also know that the other way — the way of neglect, indifference, of too-lazy-to-bother and don't-give-a-hoot attitude can mean loss of health and beauty; in the unhappiest cases, even loss of mental balance. Along that other way also lies the stories you see occasionally in the newspapers about young lives ended all too suddenly, and for no apparent reason. Perhaps I'm looking at the worst aspect of it. But I've seen so much of such misery that I want you to pull yourselves together and avoid even the milder consequences of a listless, do-less, loveless life, lived out too often in drab and dreary solitude. So come on, sweethearts, get busy on that diet! Start doing those exercises. And now, as Walter Winchell might say, I'll be back next month with another flash for the FLESH! Until then, remember darlings, an exercise in time, saves nine pounds. Write me immediately if you want to know anything further. The address is: Madame Sylvia, c/o PHOTOPLAY, 7751 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California. Don't forget to enclose a stamped, selfaddressed envelope for your reply. Brief Reviews of Current Pictures f CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 ] THE ACCUSING FINGER— Paramount.— A stirring story with the abolishment of capital punishment as its theme. Paul Kelly is the prosecuting attorney who is accused, convicted and reprieved. The cast is splendid. (Nov.) THE ARIZONA RAIDERS— Paramount.— A bang up Western with Larry Crabbe and partner Raymond Hatton aiding an elopement and rescuing Marsha Hunt from a crooked lawyer. Grant Withers. Nice riding. {Sept.) THE BRIDE WALKS OUT— RKO-Radio.— Barbara Stanwyck and Gene Raymond in an entertaining bit of froth about the troubles of the young married. Robert Young steals her romantic interest and yours too. Gags are good. (Sept.) THE CAPTAIN'S KID— Warners.— Unimportant and improbable little comedy about treasure in a summer resort. Sybil Jason holds the spot. May Robson is her cantankerous grandmother. Newcomer Fred Lawrence's voice is nice. (.Nov.) • THE DEVIL IS A SISSY— M-G-M.— Packed with human interest and lively humor is this story of a poor-little-rich boy who goes visiting his estranged father on New York's East Side and finds Americanization a painful process. Freddie Bartholomew, Mickey Rooney and Jackie Cooper divide honors. For the whole family. {Nov.) • THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN— Para mount. — Oriental melodrama involving the efforts of Gary Cooper to smuggle arms into China. Madeleine Carroll a lovely heroine. Akim Tamiroff. Dudley Diggs and Bill Frawley are splendid. Slow but swell. (Nov.) THE GI RL ON THE FRONT PAGE— Universal. — Clever dialogue raises this picture to good entertainment. E 'mund Lowe is satisfactory as the hardboiled man; ger of a newspaper which Gloria Stuart owns. Spring Byington and Reginald Owen are good too. (Nov.) • THE GORGEOUS HUSSY— M-G-M— Joan Crawford in costume, gives an exciting and sincere performance as the tavern keeper's daughter who influenced the political destiny of America in Jackson's time. Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas, Jimmie Stewart, Franchot Tone all are superb. See this. (Oct.) • THE GREAT ZIEGFELD— M-G-M.— Completely enthralling picturization of the life of eld combining deln ions music, lavish spa i drama and humor. Bill Powell. Myrna 1 Dy, l.uisc Rainer are only a few of the superb east. Don't let anything keep you away. (Ju n THE RETURN OF SOPHIE LANG— Paramount.— The famous blonde thiel ' rei 1 1 tide Michael) whom everyone though! dead, returns to life, reformed. Sir (.uv standing is a suave bandit; Ray Milland an enterprising reporter who fixes tl gets Gertrude. Entertaining. (Sept.) • THE TATTLER — Warners.— Brimming with action, plentv of laughs and good performances this displays the inside story of the radio gossip racket. Ross Alexander is the publicity man who takes to the air. Glenda Farrell and Anna Nagel are Okay Go. THE TEXAS RANGER— Paramount.— Sturdy, stirring, blood and thunder drama of the old West. Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie are two reformed handits who go gunning for an old pal. Lloyd Nolan who is outstanding as the "badie." Will please young and old. (Nov.) THREE CHEERS FOR LOVE— Paramount — An amateurish production built around the hackneyed school amateur show idea. Eleanor Whitney's dancing and Gordon and Revel's music is good, the rest is juvenile. (Sepl.) THREE MARRIED MEN— Paramount.— A befuddled farce involving the crazy antics of rival families in a small town. Pretty Mary Brian is wooed. married, separated and reconciled. Old stuff but you'll laugh. (.You.) • TO MARY— WITH LOVE— 20th-CenturyFox. — Myrna Loy, Warner Baxter and Ian Hunter depicting the emotional shoals of married life highlighted through the years by prohibition, the Lindbergh Flight, the 1929 crash, et al. Hunter, as the family friend, steals the picture. (Oct.) TWO IN A CROWD— Universal.— An amusing but weak horse story, not too well done. Joel McCrea is the stable owner who enters his last nag in the handicap; of course he wins the race, and marries Joan Bennett. No realism. (Oct.) WALKING ON AIR— RKO-Radio.— A nice romantic comedy, short on plot but long on laughs. Headstrong Ann Sothern hires an unknown I Raymond) to pose as a count and woo her to spite her father; gets caught in her own net. (Oct.) WE WENT TO COLLEGE— M-G-M.— Don t waste your time on this old-home-week festival. Una Merkel is the only bright spot as she attempts to recapture a lost love and another woman's husband. (Sept.) WHITE FANG— 20th Century-Fox.— Jack London's mellerdrammer of love, adventure and treachery in the Alaskan gold fields. The dog. Lightning. gets tangled in the affairs of Michael Whalen and Jean Muir. Send the children. (Sept.) WIVES NEVER KNOW— Paramount. K ing laugh material with the Charley Ruggles-Mary Boland combination enhanced by Adolphe Menjou's sophistication. ( botanist. Yivienne Os borne plays the temptr, YOURS FOR THE ASKING — ParamountDolores Costello Barrymore, George Raft and Ida Lupino in an amusing tale of a gambler whose "mug" friends trj to i\ las Romeo troubles. It's "Cheating Cheaters" in a novel form you'll like. (Oct.)