Picture-Play Magazine (1933)

i:i All Het Up. I'VE heard that when you receive a fan letter you want the writer's honest opinion. Well, here goes : There is only one male star in the movies and he is the much neglected Joel McCrea. When KKO found him they found a star and when I say "star" I don't mean a thing like Clark Gable who always looks as if he were dead and lazy enough to drop, but a wideawake, alert, clean-cut young fellow as well as an athlete. Joel McCrea has got what it takes. I didn't find one letter in August Picture Play saying anything good about him. It is disgusting. Now take George Raft and Clark Gable. What's there to them except a whole lot of axle grease — I mean on their hair. And now take a look at Joel McCrea. Well, I just can't find enough words to describe him. I do hope that some of these narrowminded individuals who keep banging him will lay off. Admirer of Joel. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hooray for Bill Boyd. GIVE three cheers for Bill Boyd. He was superb in "Emergency Call." I am glad to see him getting away from Westerns. Girls and women would go haywire over him if he would play in more pictures like his latest release. With that physique, million-dollar smile, his penetrating eyes, and wavy blond hair, he could do right by the glamorous Mae West. Men have always admired Bill Boyd. I have followed him since he played in "The Volga Boatman," years ago. and have not missed one of his pictures since. Even though I don't care so much for Westerns, I would go to watch his acting. Give us more of Bill Boyd. In the right pictures he could put Clark Gable, Lew Ayres, Cary Grant, and a bunch of these other high-powered actors in the shade. Samuel Stokes. 1001 W. Markham, Little Rock, Arkansas. Why Marry at All! WHY do stars marry? Why, for publicity, of course ! A lot of it on the wedding day and more publicity six months or a year later when comes the divorce. Why don't they just have their little affairs on the quiet and not bother to go> to the trouble of getting married? And incidentally spare the public the nauseating details of why and wherefore they could not get along. The} parted "Because they love each other so," or "My career as a star overshadowed his," but "We are going to remain good friends." Perhaps that is one reason why people stay away from pictures. I know if I see one more article on why Joan and Doug separated and Doug's plans to "woo" Joan all over again, I will never, never go to see another picture. Too much is enough. (Mrs.) M. C. Camerox. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Misunderstood Jean. AS I am Harlow-conscious I can't let the amazing remark about her by Miss Lunsden in May Picture Play pass without comment. I couldn't read that statement without indignation. This beauty spot of hers goes more to augment her beauty than to depreciate it. As to Jean's dress, "irritating" is hardly the word. She has been always misunderstood due to the roles which she has portrayed. I hope that in future the producers will give her some better roles than what she has been lately portraying. Adil S. Batliwala. Dadar Road, Bombay, India. *TRUTlT A DANGEROU COME ON EVERYBODY WE'RE GOING TO PLAY "TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES" SOUNDS DANGEROUS. HOW DO YOU PLAY IT ? THE ONE WHO'S "IT" ASKS YOU A QUESTION. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER TRUTHFULLY, YOU PAY A FORFEIT _ BUT NO FAIR FIBBING ! I'LL BE "IT" FIRST AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU WHY YOU HAVEN'T DANCED WITH ME ALL EVENING WHY. ..WHY I HAVE. YOU JUST DON'T REMEMBER LATER she overhears DID I HOLD MY BREATH WHEN SHE ASKED BEN THAT! MEN REALLY WOULD ( LIKE HER IF SHE WEREN'T | SO CARELESS ABOUT "B.O." GOT OUT OF IT RATHER NEATLY, DIDN'T HE? I WAS JOKING NEVER DREAMT BEN HAD A REASON. AND"B.O."OFALL THINGS! I'LL CHANGE TO LIFEBUOY AT ONCE "B.O.'GONE — Sen fiahh for dances now: RUN ALONG, BEN, THIS IS MY DANCE NOTHING DOING, IT'S MINE Freshens complexions, too LIFEBUOY has improved countless complexj ions — it will do the same for yours! Its gentle, penetrating lather deep-cleanses pores of clogged impurities. Leaves your skin so fresh and clean — it's bound to please the most critical eye! To women in love/us They, especially, can't (-THAT'S WHAT afford to risk "B.O." (body odor). Bathe often with Lifebuoy. Its fresh, clean, quicklyvanishing scent tells you Lifebuoy lather deodorizes— stops'B.O.' WE DO OUR PART