Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1938)

in a lifetime, and it is well that Hollywood realizes this fact. If and when the sad day ever comes that Deanna is allowed to go Hollywood and turn into a hard-eyed, wisecracking blonde doll with a sexy voice, her charm for the great mass of the public dies. We feel sure that she won't have to suffer this perversion of her talents because time has brought wisdom to Hollywood's hierarchy. So go right on growing up, Deanna! We're not afraid! E. A. Loucks, Vancouver, Canada. $1.00 PRIZE BOB CAN TAKE A "WIGGING" Who in the heck is responsible for the chest wig that was stuck on MY BIG MOMENT in "Three Comrades"? It certainly is causing lots of noise! I suppose it was stuck there at Mr. Borzage's direction? And I would like to stick it on the aforesaid person's pan (if he's the guilty party). Every time I turn on the radio someone who thinks he's cute must mention Robert Taylor's hairless chest! It's disgusting, that's what it is! I'll bet a Nant against a gum-chewing director that all those smarties don't have nary a hair on their sissy chests. (But don't you care a hang, Robert Taylor, because you know these atom-brained people must have their topic of conversation changed about every six months and maybe it will be something about the originator of the chest wig next time. Goody, Goody!) Some folks are debating whether it will harm R. T.'s career, but personally I say it will not. Hair or no hair, we're stickin' to you, Robert Taylor, as tight as the wig did to your manly chest. So! Justine Case, Sciotoville, Ohio. $1.00 PRIZE SIMONE SIMON SINGS SINGS I have been on the verge of writing a "Boo" letter for a long time, but when I recently endured another Hollywood attempt to make a "prima donna" out of an otherwise good actress, I took up my pen. I refer to the current musical, "Josette." Who ever told Simone Simon she could sing? And as for Eleanor Powell's vocal catastrophe in "Broadway Melody of 1938," she has about as much charm in that semimasculine voice of hers as a bullfrog. How long has the law stated that every actress must be able to sing, anyway? I am a music lover myself, but too much is too much. I fail to see the sense of killing an expert actress with her own singing. (Or is it her own?) I refer here to those two tantalizing ear "tortureuses," Barbara Stanwyck (in "This Is My Affair") and Kay Francis (in "Confession"). There are plenty of good singers in movieland, including Alice Faye, Dorothy Lamour, Frances Langford, Martha Raye and countless others — so why not let an actress act, and a dancer dance, and a singer sing, instead of trying to make a canary out of a crow? H. Rupp, Jr., North Collins, N. Y. $1.00 PRIZE SERVICE— THAT'S OUR MOTTO Hurrah for Joseph Henry Steele! At last we have an author who gives us fans the kind of an article we really want. His "Portrait With a French Accent" on Charles Boyer in the July issue is one of the most interesting I've ever read. He's written it very simply, but, what is more important, he has told us everything about the man. I feel as if I had met Boyer personally because I now know his likes and dislikes, though I knew nothing about this distinguished French star until I read Mr. Steele's article. I would like to make a suggestion to you, Photoplay. Why not have a different star in each issue and make this a monthly feature such as "Close Ups and Long Shots," "We Cover the Studios," etc. Personally I think it's a great idea. Marjorie Beard, Salt Lake City, Utah. We don't guarantee to make this a monthly affair, but Author Steele's first article made such a hit, we are pleased to present another opus from the same pen, "Portrait in Bordeaux Red" — introducing that lovely new French star, Danielle Darrieux, to Photoplay's readers. Catch it on page 32. $1.00 PRIZE THE VERITABLE CAT'S MEOW A little fellow with a turned-up nose, a head of unruly hair, the face of an elf, a boisterous gait — and there you have Mickey Rooney. This Rooney lad, with his growing pains and his keen eye for the younger belles, is fast throwing America into hysterics. Did you see him in "You're Only Young Once"? Did you see him in "Judge Hardy's Children"? Wasn't he the veritable cats's meow with his arrogance and his way with the lassies? It seems Mickey is destined to cut himself a niche in the Hall of Movie Fame a yard wide. He's been entertaining us for years with his funny face and vivid expressions and the older he grows the more he endears himself to his public. Many another child star has flared and then disappeared on the movie horizon, but the longer Mickey shines, the brighter he becomes. 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