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SCREENLAND
Ask Me!
Keeping you informed on film plays and players
By Miss Vee Dee
Pickford Fan. As far as your fans and all the rest of the world are concerned, Mary, you are still "America's Stveetheart." Don't miss "Secrets," her new picture with Leslie Howard. Mary started her stage career at the age of five with a stock company in Toronto, Canada, where she was born April 8, 1893. When she was eight she traveled with a road show and a year later was the youthful star of the company's offering. She appeared in a David Belasco play on Broadway when about fourteen years old and later decided to try motion pictures. Her first picture, a 500-foot film called "Her First Biscuits," was made under the direction of David Wark Griffith. Among her best known pictures of later years are, "Pollyanna," "Little Lord Fauntleroy," "Rosita," "Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall," "Little Annie Rooney," "Sparrows," "My Best Girl" and "The Taming of the Shrew," co-starring with her husband, Douglas Fairbanks, in the later film. "Coquette" was her first talking picture. Mary has golden hair, hazel eyes, is 5 feet tall and weighs 100 pounds. She was married to Douglas Fairbanks on March 28, 1920.
Blondie. Lee Tracy doesn't say which he prefers, blondes, brunettes, or red-heads in his films. Gather what you can from Lupe Velez, who played with him in "The Half-Naked Truth" ; from Constance Cummings, his leading lady in "Washington Merry Go-Round, " and ask Mary Brian, who played with him in "Blessed Event." He usually falls for all colors in the end, in his pictures. Lee was born in Atlanta, Ga., on April 14, 1898.^ He is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 145 pounds and has sandy hair and blue eyes. He began work in pictures in 1929, playing in "Big Time," "Born Reckless," "She Got What She Wanted" and "Liliom." Since then he has played in "The Strange Case of Molly Louvain," "Dr. X," those mentioned above and his next will be "Dinner at Eight," the all-star Metro film. He is a bachelor and adores his mother, with whom he lives.
Hots. Do all the people in my column write me or do I just make up the questions ? Why, Llot En-Tot, what a question ; believe it or not, with all due apologies to Bob Ripley. I can refer to several screen players of your height of 5 feet 6. There's Greta Garbo, Vilma Banky, now retired from the screen ; Billie Dove, Helen Jerome Eddy, Louise Fazenda, Lucile Webster Gleason, Corinne Griffith, who is now in England and Carole Lombard. Nils Asther made a grand come-back in "The Bitter Tea of General Yen," with Barbara Stanwyck. Nils is 32 years old, is 6 feet tall, weighs 170 pounds and has dark brown hair and brown eyes. He was in pictures in Germany before he came to the U. S. in 1927 to appear in "Sorrell and Son" with
H. B. Warner. Joel McCrea and Richard Cromwell are not married. Joel's recent releases are "Bird of Paradise" with Dolores Del Rio and "Rockabye" with Constance Bennett. His next will be "The Silver Cord." Richard Cromwell's latest is "That's My Boy" with Dorothy Jordan and Mae Marsh.
Miss Sybil P. Being intrigued by a screen personality is just one of our American customs. You are not alone in your admiration of Colin Clive. We have seen all too little of him in American releases. He was born _ Jan. 9, 1900 in St. Malo, France. He is 6 feet tall and has dark brown hair and grey eyes. His wife is a well known European actress, Jean de Casailis. Colin played the role of Captain Stanhope in the original stage production in London of "Journey's End." He had the same role in Tiffany's screen version and gave an unforgettable performance. His last release was "Christopher Strong," with Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke and Ralph Forbes.
Fran. How did you get the idea that I'm Col. Stoopnagle and Budt They're good too but there is only one of me ! John Arledge was Pidge in "Huddle" with Ra
The man in demand — Leslie Howard! Metro, United Artists, RKO, and Fox all have called upon him for his services. And he is Miss Vee Dee's most asked-about star. His next film is "Berkeley Square. "
mon Novarro and Madge Evans ; Frank Albertson was Larry and Kane Richmond was Tom Stone. Mary Boland, who made such a success of her Broadway comedy, "The Vinegar Tree," is the same actress you saw in "Night of June 13," with Clive Brook, Lila Lee, Gene Raymond, Charlie Ruggles and Frances Dee. Mary Boland was Mazie Strawn, the wife of Charlie Ruggles as Philo Strawn. Your male favorite, John Arledge was born March 12, 1907 in Crockett, Texas. He is 6 feet tall, weighs 140 pounds and has grey-blue eyes and wavy blonde hair. John was a piano player with Paul Whiteman's orchestra before going into the movies.
Curious Ruth. I never let a few questions get me down — I manage to rise to the occasion if they do throw me a bit. In the talking version of "So Big" with Barbara Stanwyck, young Dick Winslow played Roclf Poole, aged 14 and George Brent was Roelf grown-up. "Pier 13" was released as "Me and My Gal."