Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1940)

n AY '**. *r °F MOTIOH ^ ^ ERNEST V. HEYN EXECUTIVE EDITOR HEYWORTH CAMPBELL ART EDITOR RUTH WATERBURY EDITOR FRED R. SAMMIS ASSOCIATE EDITOR On the Cover — Ann Sheridan, Natural Color Photograph by Paul Hesse Miss Sheridan is wearing a Catalina Swim Suit HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS ISSUE P^l(Xtl/tBClB<L That's Holden for You John R. Franchey 10 I Out of the laboratory into the limelight came William the Conqueror Hollywood at Home Adele Whitely Fletcher 18 .phaiiv i i ..l l • • i How Joan Fontaine and Brian Aherne live-with exclusive photographs I SUALLY prophecies are popular at the beginning, not by John Swope M in the middle of the year. But since I've been im MormonMaid ...... . • • • ... James Hilton 21 mersed in Hollywood's sub strata, talking to produc The creator of Mr. Chips takes a literary look at fascinating Larame Day ' , .. . Women without Men Roberta Ormiston 22 ers. directors, stars, photographers and publicity experts, Hollywood bachelor girls show how to make the most of single blessedness |'J |;l<e f0 share some speculations that grow out ot the Bed's-eye View of Hollywood . . . . . . . . Vivian Cosby 24 information I've been fortunate enough to obtain. If any Astory ot high couragewhich throws new light on heartless Hollywood J Man of Many Moments Howard Sharpe 26 of tne prophecies come true you can say, "He had inside Beginning the unconventional life and times of Charles Boyer information." If they don't, you can say, "He has Hawaiian Honeymoon Hagar Wilde 28 wretched intuition." Concluding our gay modern novel of movie marriage mix-up Round-Up of Pace Setters Sara Hamilton 30 So I prophesy that before the end of 1940: Eight sparkling personalities who have starlight in their eyes! Laraine Day will be a star of importance. Love Has Wings 32 Public opinion toward Ann Sheridan will radically Neysa McMein's vivid portrait of Howard Hughes' flying companion — . . ... , Ginger Rogers change; women will decide they like her. Surprise Ending Rachel Field 36 "Boom Town" will rival the box-office success of "San The author of "All This, and Heaven Too" previews the screen version! FraneUeo " Photoplay's Vacation Fashions Gwenn Walters 45 « .■■ ■ l h i ».,.■■. From California to Maine spread these movie modes in the holiday mood Three new names Wl11 become better known: William Baby Skylark Dixie Willson 62 Orr, Leila Ernst and Betty Brewer. How Gloria Jean caroled her way to a film career before she was twelve! Joan Fontain'e will join the "First Ten." n aitjfu/Troor 4v'e ' „ .'„'. ',. 1 „ ', '. " '. ' j. ' '. Joel McCrea will be bigger than ever. So will Paulette PHOTOPLAY S new Movie Book — the full-length adventure story of 33 the Patricia Morison-Ray Milland starring picture based on a novel by Goddard. Many stars will realize the ever forming public sentiThe Camera Speaks: — ment about "more money than they deserve" and will The Villain Still Pursued Her 38 take a new and more intelligent attitude toward their Picture-story of the hilarious "hearts-andflowers" melodrama i l> ••. publicity. I'd Know That Figure Anywhere! 40 L ... , „ , _. ... . . But would you? Here's your chance to test your eye for form Two famous series will be cancelled. The Western cycle will grow. The war will cause a new type of picture not NEWS, VIEWS AND REVIEWS yet produced. And Greta Garbo will be in headlines. Brief Reviews of Current Pictures 4 Other headlines: A feminine star's "successful" marShopping for You and the Stars Frances Hughes 8 ••mm a ± _ i ± *n j a HowWell Do You Know Your Hollywood? .11 "^ W'" C°llaPSe\,^ *reat Jm,ale ^ W'" d,e' AA V6ry Boos and Bouquets . 12 famous producer will be faced by a jail sentence. A maClose Ups and Long Shots Ruth Waterbury 15 jor company will fail. We Cover the Studios Jack Wade 44 Charles Chaplin's picture will suffer from bad timing in Let Color Go to Your Head 51 .. i L ... ■«» L . ,lL Pins and Needles (PHOTOPLAY-McCall Patterns) 52 lts releaS6' but l+ W'" be 3 Smash |US* the Same' Cal York's Gossip of Hollywood 57 -^j . The Shadow Stage 60 C jj t~-~twjLv*S Complete Casts of Pictures Reviewed in This Issue 80 / h/uJL4A^' ^^(1 VOL. LIV., No. 7, JULY, 1940 Published Monthly by Macfadden Publications, Inc., 221 N. LaSalle St., Chicago, 111. • Bernarr Macladden, President • Irene T. Kennedy, Treasurer • Wesley F. Pape, Secretary • General Offices, 205 East 42nd St., New York, N. Y. • Editorial and Advertising Offices, Chanin Building, 122 East 42nd St., New York, N. Y., Curtis Harrison, Advertising Manager • Charles H. Shattuck, Manager, Chicago Office • London Agent, Atlas Publishing and Distributing Company, Ltd., 18 Bride Lane, London, E. C. 4 • Price per copy in the United States and Canada: 25c. 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