Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1938)

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Portrait of a Young Man Looking at Life (Continued from page 22) an open fireplace in his bedthinks that definitely the so-called er freedom for women has conted to their unrest and consetly to the divorce rate, he were shipwrecked for a long i he would like as his companions rt Benchley, Roland Young and tald Gardiner. He never uses a ;tte holder, and spends hours sun(ig. seldom goes to concerts but when es he likes to go to the Hollywood where he gets a seat in the last md lies down throughout the permce. He hates to go shopping, is allergic to leathery and musty likes Turkish baths. epicurean tastes are exceedingly lonplace. He wears all of his las when sleeping, and wishes he play the piano, likes pork and beans, wears a platinum ring engraved the family crest, the meaning of t he does not know. His ambition ioy was to be a painter or a writer. impulsive. is known as Young Doug in Hollyhas enjoyed life immensely, even it hasn't been too kind. Years le wrote a series of articles for y Fair which were illustrated by wn caricatures. dislikes eating in places where is music and dancing. prefers the company of men to ■n. likes beer but has no special prefe. was born on December ninth; has lived anywhere long enough to was thrown and kicked by a horse 'ears ago and hasn't been on a since. He weighs 175 pounds, loes not like reading novels. He to go to a barber, plans never to give up acting, but someday to produce. He likes urgers, and never wears a cap. He dieted to fancy ties, and smokes American cigarettes. He has no ion to amass a lot of money, is a poor after-dinner speaker, has a felt hat he has worn for sars which contains three cigarette He enjoys being alone, and his :al talents ended with playing the s at military school years ago. He not like giving parties, but when es he invariably invites a few key s who act as hosts and leave him joy himself. hjoys the opera only on records, ifavorite author is Somerset jham, and he thinks modern wresvery unfunny. likes to lie down when reading. ;eps up with the times by reading zines and newspapers from LonParis and New York. He thinks i:er Tracy the best actor on the ■1. ; is an incurable romanticist. He has a moustache for seven years. \ is fond of mutton, and would F stroll on the beach than anyi else. He prefers Tudor or Georarchitecture. He considers "The t Patrol" and "Catherine the Great" pst pictures. At present, Doug, Jr., 1 : film brother of Janet Gaynor in | Young in Heart." thinks blondes are shrewd and ;:ttes forthright. He has no honest regrets. He considers himself a fatalist and has an agnostic attitude towards theology. His favorite breakfast food is porridge and liver and bacon. He has never won at gambling, and does not like poetry. He studied painting for several years in Paris, and never wears a gaucho shirt. He has an aversion to eating eggplant, parsnips and boiled tongue. His school days were punctuated with special detentions and extra military duty. He wore glasses up until eight years ago when he lost them. He hasn't bothered wearing any since. He does not like walking without a destination. He never reads the sporting page. He likes to wear sweaters and slacks at home. He collects all sorts of trinkets and attaches an exaggerated value to them. He does his best work in the late afternoon and night. He has spent most of his life in apartments. He has a very bad memory for names and places. He studies lines quickly and quickly forgets them when the scene has been filmed. A slight reversal upsets him for a prolonged period. nE would like to be a good conversationalist but invariably fumbles and misses his points. He would rather participate in sporting events than watch them, and he dislikes playing cards with women. He thinks someone should write a book on Anglo-American unity. He has been on the screen for fifteen years, and his favorite books are "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Book of Tea,'' a tome of Japanese philosophy. He never wears spats. He is a good trader. He thinks the numerical increase of college graduates in America is not a sign of proportional increase in culture. He first fell in love at the age of twelve, he likes prize fights, and owns a thirtyfoot cruiser on the Thames. His reading leans toward the historical and biographical. He is very fond of spaghetti, swims well, and is constantly weaving and inventing romantic notions about everything. He is not concerned, when playing a game, whether he wins or not. Had he his own way, he would like to divide his time between New York and the English countryside. He never whistles. He likes wearing tails, has never had a nickname, and his most intimate friend is a seventy-five-year-old gentleman named Tom Patton. He is in a constant state of agitation at a preview of his own picture. He travels by air only when he has to, and never questions people's motives. He has never gone hunting. He thinks war will never be abolished. He does not like baseball. He does not like hot dogs or personal appearances. Douglas Fairbanks, Junior believes a little bit in everything and a great deal in nothing. His manservant is a Swiss valet whom he inherited from his father. He doesn't care where he works, and he doesn't like surf bathing. He thinks it is practically impossible for two professionals to be happily married. He excelled in spelling and geography at school. He is a member of the Portsmouth Yacht Club, England. Fairbanks, the Younger, is of the opinion that motion pictures have narrowed the peak of American culture and widened the base of mediocrity. 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UNDERNEATH IT ALL. ..A MANUFACTURED UNDER PATENTS 1663697, 196S860 AND 2121489 4u<Ui^e&i COPYRIGHT 1931 TOBER, 193 85