Screenland (Dec 1933-Apr 1934)

4 28 1933 ©C1B 204789 The Smart Screen Magazine Delight Evans, Editor James M. Fidler, Western Representative Frank J. Carroll, Art Director Norma Shearer, who will tell you, next month, he r secrets of success. NORMA SHEARER TELLS HOW TO ESCAPE HOLLYWOOD'S PITFALLS! For the first time a great screen star tells the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about the hazards of a Hollywood career. Norma Shearer has reached the top of the ladder. How did she do it? She tells you frankly and fearlessly in one of the most amazing stories ever written. Miss Shearer states her own personal recipe for outsmarting the movie jinxes. Every young American who has screen ambitions should read this remarkable story. We have no hesitation in calling it the finest film feature in many months. Don't miss the next issue, the January number of SCREENLAND, on sale November 24. December, 1933 1 THIS MONTH v0i xxvm, No 2 FEATURES: COVER PORTRAIT OF JOAN CRAWFORD Charles Sheldon AN OPEN LETTER TO KATHARINE HEPBURN Delight Evans 17 THE REAL LIFE STORY OF LILIAN HARVEY James M. Fidler 18 JEAN HARLOW'S 3rd MARRIAGE James Marion 21 WHY YOU LOVE MARIE DRESSLER Hal Howe 22 REUNION ON LONG ISLAND Leonard Hall 24 "DOLLAR A WORD" Beth Brown 26 JOAN CRAWFORD UNMASKS HOLLYWOOD FOR FRANCHOT TONE. .Ben Maddox 28 IN THE "GRAND HOTEL" OF HOLLYWOOD Vicki Baum 31 MAE WEST TELLS HOW TO "GET YOUR MAN" Dickson Morley 32 PERSONALITIES: LOWE AND BEHOLD! HERE'S EDMUND Mortimer Franklin 30 MIRACLE MARY. Mary Pickford Alfred Hughes 51 THE RETURN OF LILLIAN GISH Leonard Hall 52 "WE." Herbert Marshall Jed Barker 56 SHE ISN'T LIKE THAT AT ALL. Kay Francis Carlisle Jones 57 SPECIAL ART SECTION: Portrait Drawing of Claudette Colbert. Luscious Lines! (J oan Crawford's Exclusive Fashions) . Daring Daughter! (Margaret Lindsay) . Care-free Ricardo! (Ricardo Cortez). Who said "Three's a Crowd?" {Miriam Hopkins, Fredric March, and Gary Cooper in "Design For Living") . Dainty Diplomat! (Heather Angel). Laugh, Lew, Laugh! (Lew Ayres). The Gracious Gaynor! (Janet Gaynor). The Blithe Blondell! (Joan Blondell). Languorous Lady! (Patricia Ellis). Crisp Cavalier! (Adolphe Menjou). The Most Beautiful Still of the Month. DEPARTMENTS: HONOR PAGE . .\ 6 SCREEN NEWS. '.. , • • ■ 8 THE PUBLIC BE HEARD. Letters from the Audience .10 TAGGING THE TALKIES. Short Reviews 14 SCREENLAND'S GLAMOR SCHOOL 54 REVIEWS OF THE BEST PICTURES . . . . .Delight Evans 58 PERFUMES. Beauty Katharine Hartley 60 DRAMA IN THE AIR. Radio Evelyn Ballarine 61 HERE'S HOLLYWOOD Weston East 62 FEMI-NIFTIES Katharine Hartley 68 ASK ME Miss Vee Dee 77 Published monthly by Screenland Magazine, Inc. Executive and Editorial offices, 45 West 45th Street, New York City. V. G. Heimbucher, President; J. S. MacDermott, Vice President; J. Superior, Secretary and Treasurer. Chicago office: 400 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 $1.50 in the United States, its dependencies, Cuba and Mexico; $2.10 in Canada; foreign $2.50. Changes of address must reach us six weeks in advance of the next issue. Be sure to give both the old and new address. 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 1933. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations . , Printed in the U. S. A.