Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1938)

Reading clockwise: Phyllis Fraser and Ginger Rogers; Katharine Hepburn jnd Laura Harding; Alice Faye and Helene Holmes; Loretta Young and Mrs. John Wayne; Paula Stone, Phyllis Fraser, Anne Shirley, Jacqueine Wells and Lana Turner; Jane Draper and Grace Moore; Norma Shearer and Merle Oberon; Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cooper, Dolores Del Rio and Cedric Gibbons. All famous friendships: the story tells the tale HER OPPOSIT Hollywood. When Dietrich went to England to make "Knight Without Armor," British Gaumont paid Nellie's expenses, so that she might accompany Marlene. But when the picture was finished, Dietrich, at her own expense, took Nellie to Paris, bought her an entirely new wardrobe and finished off the whole thing by taking Nellie on a grand tour of the Continent. Last Christmas, Marlene presented Nellie with a new Ford car. When Nellie saw the car she climbed in, stepped on the starter and burst into tears. With tears streaming down her cheeks, she rode around and around the block with Marlene standing on the corner watching the strange sight. Finally Nellie stopped the car and tried to thank Marlene who was so bewildered, she, too, began crying. Marlene has twice tried to break the rule which says that two important women stars cannot be close friends without damaging their careers. When she first came to America she was a vast admirer of the work of Joan Crawford and was seen everywhere with her. But when a movie magazine compared their work, von Sternberg, Miss Dietrich's director, interfered. "They are using you to build up Joan," he said. "I won't have it! You must see no more of her." And that was the end of a (Continued on page 76)