Picture-Play Magazine (1933)

Volume XXXIX MONTHLY Number 4 STREET & SMITH'S YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PICTURE PLAY SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER, 1933 j in cnlin contents of this magazint are protected '»;/ copyright, and mitxt not be reprinted tritium! the publishers' consent. FRONTISPIECE: She Knows She's Good Meteoric Katharine Hepburn celebrates her arrival among the fixed stars with some new photographs. SPECIAL ARTICLES: The Strange Case of George Brent . Eric L. Ergenbright . Has the career of a popular actor suffered from marriage? Ralph Bellamy Turns Prophet . . Ralph Bellamy . A whimsical look into the future shows Mr. Bellamy in a new light. "Me!" Bing Crosby An autobiographical revelation by one of the most popular figures ou the screen. Jack — In Person ..... Leroy Keleher One of the most taciturn stars, .lack Holt, is intimately described. What Hollywood Has Given Me Joan Blondell — As Told to Dorothy Wooldridge . A busy star mournfully contemplates the price of success. The Mending of Myrna .... Myrtle Gebhart . Tlic inside story of .Miss Loy's fight for "normal" roles. This Fan's Dream Came True . . John G. Whidding Neil Hamilton's club president spends two weeks in the home of his idol. Maureen Laughs It Off .... William H. McKegg . .Miss O'Sullivan disposes of her 1 union d romances with humor and good sense. Say It Isn't So Helen Klumph . Lee Tracy labors under the quaint delusion that women don't like him. DEPARTMENTS: What the Fans Think Our readers express opinions with startling finality. Information, Please The Oracle .... Queries of interest to tans are answered Crnnkly and accurately. They Say in New York . Karen Hollis Intelligent chatter about stars in Manhatl; Hollywood High Lights .... Edwin and Elza Schallert Hits of news and gossip harvested in the cinema capital. Norbert Lusk The Screen in Review Honest appraisal of new lilms and performances. Addresses of Players .... ...... Where to write to your favorite. ART GALLERY: Favorites of the Fans Superb portraits in rotogravure of Anna Slcn. Barbara Stanwyck. Ann Dvorak, Ida I.upino. sari Marit/a. Ralph Forbes, Jeanettc MacDonald, .lack Holt, and Lee Tracy. PREVIEWS: Glimpses of Future Films Prerelease stills of "The World Changes," "Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men. rhe Worst Woman in Paris," "The Private Life of Henry VIII," "Female, "The House on Fifty-Sixth Street," and "The Woman Spy." Btreel & Smith Publications, Inc., 79-89 Seventh Avenue, New York, N. V. Geo] Hmlth, Jr., Pri lent; Ormond V. Gould, Vice Pre Ldenl and Treasurer; Artemai Holmes, Vice President and Secretary, eet A Smith Publications, Inc., Ne« York. Copyright, ia:;:t. by Street & Smith Publications, Inc., Matter, March 6, 1916, .it the Post Office at New York, N. Y.. undei Acl ol Congrc . ol March 3, 1879. Hub crlption to Cuba, Dom. Republic, Haiti, Spain, Centra] and South American Countries except The Qulana and Brltl li Hondura . s i j ■. per year. To Canada, $1.20 per year. To all other Foreign I'ountrics. Inrludlnij Th< G is and Brltl h Bonduras, $1.70 per year, 11 12 14 16 27 30 32 36 38 42 6 8 28 34 40 66 19 43 We do not accept responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts. To facilitate handling, the author should inclose a self-addressed envelope with the requisite postage attached. STREET & SMITH PUBLICATIONS, INC., 79 7th AVE., NEW YORK, N. Y. WHEN STARS WERE MODELS Every fan knows that many of the most famous stars of to-day served their apprenticeships as commercial models. Some for ads for tooth paste, antiseptics, and other articles of that kind. Some as fashion models, some for illustrations. The list of past performances in this field is long — and interesting. However, few fans have seen pictures of present favorites of the screen taken in the days of their obscurity. Next month's Picture Play will present some choice photographs, illustrating an absorbing article which describes the stars as they were in days gone by. This is an exceptional feature and really shouldn't be missed. THE STRANGE CASE OF MISS MORLEY What has happened to Karen, everybody's favorite a year ago? Her future was bright, her performances brilliant. Thffn she virtually dropped out of sight. True, she has recently become a mother. But that doesn't account for her long, mysterious absence from the screen. January Picture Play discusses Karen Morley as seen by Jeanne De Kolty, who went to school with her. It throws new light on another of Hollywood's baffling "cases." OTHER FEATURES Leroy Keleher, the writer whose three contributions to Picture Play have brought scores of requests for more, discusses Gloria Stuart next month. Judith Field, whose articles invariably provoke discussion, addresses an open letter to Joan Crawford, most controversial of stars, with a directness that is sure to focus still more interest on Miss Crawford.