Picture-Play Magazine (1934)

Volume XLI YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 MONTHLY STREET & SMITH'S PICTURE PLAY Number 1 SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1934 The entire contents of this magazine are protected by copyright, and must not be reprinted without the publishers' consent. FRONTISPIECE: A Hundred Years of Love . . ... Franchot Tone and Madeleine Carrol] star in "The World Moves On." SPECIAL ARTICLES: Love Done Her Wrong .... Jack Smalley A Irani; and revealing appraisal of Jean Harlow, her life and loves. Hollywood's Lost Legion . . . Samuel Richard Mook The roll call of stars and players who are on the heights one day and unwanted the next. Why? Destination — Stardom .... William H. McKegg . A sparkling interview with a girl witli a future, Pat Paterson. Hartford Resents Hepburn! . . . Andrea Arne A fellow citizen explains the gulf that lies between Queen Katharine and her hoinetowners. Prim Prima Donna ..... Madeline Glass . A close mi of Jeanette MacDonald, who should he naughty but isn't. The Strange Case of Miss Dietrich . Helen Pade .... 'f'he extraordinary career of Marlene and an explanation of her curious descent in popularity. Every Day Is Mother's Day Hester Robison Lee Tracy and James Dunn are guided, counseled and ruled by mother and are better for i(. Sylvia Sidney's Secret Battles . . Edwin Schallert . The least known star in Hollywood is sympathetically unmasked. Why the Press Agent? .... Robert Eichberg . The exploits of the publicity man in real life are far more hectic than fans would think from liis activities in films. Blond Courage Whitney Williams Joan Arthur's daring risk and what it gained for lor. DEPARTMENTS: What the Fans Think Candid opinions of readers who write with sense and conviction. Information, Please ..... The Oracle .... Intelligent answers to questions of Interest to fans. They Say in New York . . . Karen Hollis Throwing I he spotlight on players in Manhattan. Hollywood High Lights .... Edwin and Elza Schallert . Inside stuff on the studio world. The Screen in Review .... Norbert Lusk Pungent summary of the month's pictures and performances. Addresses of Players Where they're ready to count letters from fans. ART GALLERY: Favorites of the Fans Exclusive portraits in rotogravure of Genevieve Tobin, Ronald Colman, Stuart Erwin, ('(din ('live, William Powell. Joel McCrea, Adolphc Menjou, Edmund Lowe. Preston Foster, Joan Bennett, Rosemary Ames, Dorothy Dell, Pat Paterson. and Jean Arthur. PREVIEWS: Glimpses of Future Films 11 12 14 27 30 31 32 34 36 38 42 6 8 16 28 40 66 19 44 Prerelease stills of "The Cat's Paw." "Dames," "The Croat Flirtation," "Born To Be Kissed." "J: Eyre," "She Learned About Sailors," and "The Private Life ol Don Juan." Monthly publication issued by street & Smith Publications, Ine., 79 SO Seventh Avenue. New York. N. T. George C. Smith, Jr., President; Ormond V. Gould, Vice President and Treasurer; Artemaa Holmes, Vice President and Secretary; Clarence C. Vernam, Vice President Copyright, 1934, by Street ,v Smith Publications, Inc., New York. Copyright, 1934, by Street dt Smith Publications, Inc., Great Britain. Entered as Second class Matter, March 6, 1916, at the Post Office Vdrli. N. Y , im.l.r Act of Congress of March 3, IS79. Subscriptions to Cuba, Dom. Republic, Haiti, Spam. Central and South American Countries except The Gnianas and British Honduras, tl.25 per year. To Canada. $1.20 per year. To nil other Foreign Countries, Including The Guianas and British Honduras, $1.70 per year. Wc do not accept responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts. ajjj^gjoie To facilitate handling, the author should incloso a self-addressed envelope with the requisite postage attached. STREET & SMITH PUBLICATIONS, INC., 79 7th AVE.. NEW YORK, N. Y. COULD YOU LIVE ON $1,000 A WEEK? Of course you could — and save plenty, too. But not if you were a star in Hollywood. You could barely make both ends meet. And, in time, you would go bankrupt, with debts running into huge figures. The average star of today who earns $1,000 per week is worse off than the man or woman who earns $30 weekly in some more certain work. That is why Jean Harlow said that she not only couldn't get by on $1,250 weekly, but was falling behind and into debt on that salary! WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? It is not difficult for a star to spend $1,000 weekly. You have only to read Helen Pade's article in next month's Picture Play to realize this. Miss Pade gives facts and figures that will astonish you. She proves that it is impossible for a full-fledged star to save a cent out of an income of $52,000 a year! WHAT CHANCE HAS A MAN IN HOLLYWOOD? He can achieve success, of course. But the chances are against him as tremendously as they are in his favor in any other business. He can go far on the screen, yes, but he can never be as successful as a woman star, never earn as much money, never be as influential! Read Laura Benham's extraordinary reasons for this condition in Picture Play for October.