Screenland (May-Oct 1931)

96 SCRE ENL AND c?Lsk qMe\ Big Boy Bickford is busy again, having signed a new contract with M-G-M. Here he is between pictures with Mrs. Bickford. You'll be seeing Charles in Cecil DeMille's "The Squaw Man." Answering your questions about screen plays and players By Miss Vee Dee TilCKFORD FAN. There, there— it's ■D all right ! Your boy friend, big Charlie Bickford, is working again and regularly. He said for a while there he didn't care if he ever made another picture; but apparently he changed his mind, for he is performing, and quite docilely, too, for Leo the Metro Lion. You'll see Bickford in "The Squaw Man" with Lupe Velez, Warner Baxter, and Eleanor Boardman. Johnny IV. And still they come — queries about Clara. Clara Gordon Bow was born July 29, 1905. Evelyn Brent, whose real name is Betty Riggs, was born in 1899. Joan Crawford, March 23, 1908. Dolores Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1905. Colleen Moore, Aug. 8, 1904; and Norma Shearer, Aug. 10, 1904. Alice K. You thought I was a "wow" in "Wings," did you ? Please pardon the correction but I did not appear in "Wings" ■ — that was two other pretty girls. But to give you the low-down, I'm not an actress, except incidentally. Jack Holt appears in "The Last Parade" with Constance Cummings and Tom Moore. The addresses you asked for will be found in the Write to the Stars Department in this issue. Etta F. More good old pie and slapstick comedies and less murder and gangster pictures if you had your say about the production end of the business — hurrah and a hoop-de-do for you ! Joan Crawford's given name is pronounced as one syllable — Joan. Norma Shearer's new picture, "Strangers May Kiss," will have been released before you read this. Playing with her will be Irene Rich, Marjorie Rambeau, Neil Hamilton and Robert Montgomery. Corinnc of Newark. Charles Delaney's wife is Mary Meek, a professional. He entered pictures in 1923 after working in stock and vaudeville. One of Charles' latest releases is "Millie" with Helen Richard Dix, one of our handsomest he-man heroes, has that outdoors complexion and the physique of a football player. You'll find the stars' addresses on Page 114. Turn to Page 110 for the casts of current films. Please consult these services before asking questions. Thank you! Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman and Robert Ames. Charles was born Aug. 4, 1907. in New York City. Nancy H. Sorry to disappoint you but I'm not a male grouch, I'm not waiting for a street car, do not say "and how" and believe it or not, I'm just a little rich girl, poor but honest, trying to get along. You can write to Cecil Blount DeMille at Metro-Gold wvn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, Cal. Billie of B. C. So I'm funny, am I? That's far too mild a word, but don't blame me for the stock market or the price of spinach. If you must have the exact age of Charles Rogers, he is 25 years and about 10 months old when you read this — his birthday was Aug. 13, 1905. He has black hair and brown eyes and he plays with Frances Dee and Stuart Irwin in "Along Came Youth." A Dominion Girl. Billie Dove's latest release was "The Lady Who Dared," from the story. "The Devil's Playground." by Kenneth J. Saunders. Appearing with Billie were Sidney Blackmer and Conway Tearle. She is one of the screen's most beautiful women and is a charming person to meet. She has hazel eyes, brown hair, is 5 feet 5 inches tall and was 28 years old on May 14 of the present year. Swimming, riding and golf are her favorite pastimes when not engaged in screen work. Her next film will be for the Howard Hughes Company. Betty from N. J. You ask Bebe Daniels' director to put her in a series of college pictures where she gets her man — doesn't Bebe always get her man, I ask you? She is 30 years old, has black hair and eyes, is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. She is happily married to Ben Lyon. Her new pictures are "Reaching for the Moon" with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. ; and "My Past" with Joan Blondell, Ben Lyon and Lewis Stone. (Continued on page 128)