Screenland (May-Oct 1931)

APR -« 1331 Paul C. Hunter, Publisher w Delight Evans, Editor Alma Whitaker, Western Editor Frank J. Carroll, Art Director May, 1931 THIS MONTHS PROGRAM Vol. XXIII, No. 1 FEATURES : COVER PORTRAIT OF JANET GAVNOR Thomas Webb LIFE SKETCHES. Ronald Colman Henry Rood, Jr. 16 DANGER AHEAD FOR CLARA BOW Sydney Valentine 18 THAT GAR BO-DIETRICH QUESTION Keith Richards 22 THOUGHTS WHILE BEING INTERVIEWED. Neil Hamilton Peter Kent 23 WHAT ABOUT THESE AFRICAN FILMS? Martha Miller Bliven 24 HOW TO BEHAVE THOUGH FAMOUS Allen Erwin 26 CONFESSIONS OF A HOLLYWOOD BABY. (Fiction) Owen Atkinson 28 LOVE ON THE REBOUND Samuel Richard Mook 32 WHAT DOES NUMEROLOGY FORESEE FOR JANET GAYNOR? Clifford W. Cheasley 52 HOLLYWOOD GOES SPANISH! Grace Kingsley 54 THEY GET SI, 000 to $5,000 a Story! : Alma Whitaker 56 THE GIRL STOOD ON THE BURNING DECK. Marie Dressier'* Life Story. Marie Dressier 58 PERSONALITIES : WON OUT OF SIXTY! Marian Marsh Brian Herbert 34 THE CHILD WONDER. Carman Barnes Margaret Reid 51 ALL ABOUT BARRYMORE! Bradford Nelson 55 CLARA'S BOY FRIEND. Rex Bell Helen Burns 66 DOT DASHES ALONG. Dorothij Lee Constance Carr 83 JACKIE COOGAN'S BROTHER, BOBBIE. Bobby Coogan 83 IT'S JUST A LOT OF TALK! Evnlyn Knapp Helen Howard 130 SPECIAL ROTOGRAVURE ART SECTIONS: PRESENTING POTENTIAL HOLLYWOOD HEADLINERS. New Faces 35-50 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STILL OF THE MONTH 67 BEN LYON AND BEBE DANIELS' HOME 68-69 PORTRAITS: Greta Garbo, Richard Barlhehness, Evelyn Brent, Lew Ayres, Genevieve Tobin, Barbara Stanwyck, Mitzi Green, Edwina Booth, Joan Crawford. FASHIONS: Posed by Screen Stars 74-75 DEPARTMENTS : REVUETTES. Guide to Current Pictures 6 SLAMS AND SALVOS. Letters from the Audience 8 ASK ME Miss Vee Dee 10 HONOR PAGE. Charlie Chaplin 12 TEA FOR TWO. Genevieve Tobin Betty Boone 14 RADIO GOLD RUSH Louis Reid 15 EDITORIAL _ 17 REVIEWS OF THE BEST PICTURES Delight Evans 60 BEAUTY IS MORE THAN SKIN DEEP Anne Van Alstyne 62 THE STAGE IN REVIEW Benjamin De Casseres 64 CRITICAL COMMENT ON CURRENT FILMS 84 SCREEN NEWS 86 THE TRUTH ABOUT COSMETICS Mary Lee 102 CASTS OF CURRENT FILMS H0 ADDRESSES OF THE STARS 112 PATS AND POKES 119 A New Slant on <^ARBO ! You may have thought that everything that could be written about Greta has been written. Certainly the Swedish star has been the subject of more articles, gossip, and conjecture than any other rilm personage. But in next month's Screen land we're going to give you a Garbo story — and it has a new slant on the Gorgeous Greta! Don't miss it. In that same June issue, on the stands the first of May, you'll find a dozen other features, each expressing the originality of the Smart Screen Magazine. "Is Romance Synthetic in Hollywood ?" packs a punch. "Mexican Divorce'' is a fiction story — and such a story ! — all about one of the most beautiful blonde stars in the screen colony, who is all set to marry a playboy of the eastern world, when — but let Charles Winfield Fessier tell you in his own pungent style, next month, in that June issue of Screen land, with Greta Garbo on the cover ! Published monthly by Screenland Magazine, Inc. Executive and Editorial offices, 45 West 45th Street, New York City. Alfred A. Cohen, Chairman of the Board: Paul C. Hunter, President; Delight Evans, Vice-President; H. C. Olpe, Secretary. Chicago office: 919 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Manuscripts and drawings must be accompanied by return postage. They will receive careful attention but Screenland assumes no responsibility for their safety. Yearly subscription $2.50 in the United States, its dependencies, Cuba and Mexico; $3-00 in Canada; foreign, $3.50. Entered as second-class matter November 30, 1923. at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Additional entry at Chicago, Illinois. Copyright 1931. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. Printed in the U. S. A.