Screenland (Nov 1930-Apr 1931)

for February 19 31 95 you understand — will help rather than hinder a star. It seems the fans like their stars a bit on the human side. They like to think of them as having red blood not lemon jello in their veins. Witness of this is when Clara Bow had her little gambling adventure and Paramount immediately scissored her current picture to fit in a "No Limit" film. Speaking of De Mille, this director confides that he made his picture, "Madame Satan," with his tongue in his cheek. Oh, Cecil, never, never confess! The very latest feminine accessory— a combination lipstick and pencil, both wielded by Joan Marsh, featured player on the Metro lot. In the picture on the right, Joan pauses in her writing to refresh her lips. Shootin' up the town — that's what charming Sally Eilers gets away with in her newest talkie "Reducing." But she doesn't need to reduce. She has just borrowed her husband's (Hoot Gibson's) chaps. bankruptcy. Also, Mollie O'Day and Sally O'Xeil, screen sisters. The Duncan sisters have split at last. Vivian who recently married Nils Asther, is on the way to Sweden with her husband. They're 'expecting.' Rosetta is looking for a new partner Edith Mae Pennington, who was "Miss America* in 1921, has given up the movies for preaching. She debuted in Granite City as an evangelist. She gives the small town folks a lot of inside stuff on Hollywood where she went after she won her beauty title. But it seeems Hollywood drove her to old-fashioned religion. She felt she was coming close to losing her soul, so she started out saving other folks. While she was working in pictures she saved thirty-five hundred dollars and had the same number of marriage proposals by mail. But Edith has given up her big time salary for passing the hat among the deacons. "I haven't set foot in a theater for five years," she says. But she still applies showmanship to her evangelistic work. She has everyone in the house shake hands while chanting. Then they clap hands, while, as a climax, they all pull out their mouchoirs and wave them free and wild. Mrs. Pennington is very pretty, dresses only in white, and wears a wedding band of white silver. Helen Cohan, daughter of the famous George M., is thrilled with her first picture. "Lightnin'," with Will Rogers. Helen is exceptionally pretty, which is going some for Hollywood, where prettiness abounds. Outside of being in a play of her dad's in New York, and a small part in the legitimate show "Xew Moon," Helen hasn't had much experience. She didn't even take 'drayhma' at school, a French one near Paris. She is frightfully uppish about being self-supporting. Lives with an aunt, pays board, bought her own Ford and runs it, and adores writing checks on her new bank account. Dad will have a job to patronize Helen after this! There's a prohibition film being discussed. Al Rogell wants to co-star Clarence Darrow, Chicago lawyer, and Upton Sinclair, socialist writer, in a real trial scene. The first church to go in for talkers is the Riverside Drive Church in New York at One Hundred and Twenty-Second Street. It is fitted with a DeForest machine. The church gives film recitals along with organ music and educational instruction. Virginia Cherrill, Charlie Chaplin's new leading lady, is very youthful. A former Chicago society girl. We heard she was engaged to Buster West, ring and everything. But a short time ago, she jumped out of West's car while it was speeding along, with consequen cuts and bruises. So we judge the betrothal is off. However, it is reported that Joseph Schildkraut iinterested in Virginia. Joe will soon be a bachelor 'once removed.' as his divorce from Elise Bartlett will be final very soon. We're growing up. The old theory that scandal ' ~ed a star has been kicked in the slats. The i that a gentle pink publicity — not too red, Before Charles Rogers went to Europe, June Collyer was his best girl friend. June, by the way, was the young lady young Prince George of England found sc interesting last year. But after meeting all of those Continental sirens in Paris, wonder how Buddy will look on the Hollywood jcunne filles when he gets back.