Screenland (Dec 1933-Apr 1934)

for March 19 34 " 'Do you really,' she beamed, flattered half to death. " 'I do,' I told her, 'And I'm going to do something about it. I want you for the part of Poppaea, the sinful empress, in 'The Sign of the Cross.' And I'm going to get you.' And I did!" DeMille snickered into his fried scallops and tartar sauce as he thought of the executives' confusion when he went to ask for the use of Colbert in his picture. "But do you think she looks like the Christian girl?" they asked. That was the role played by Elissa Landi. Another sissy part ! "I don't want her for the Christian girl," said DeMille, trying to be patient and to keep from laughing. "I want her for Poppaea, the wicked empress." One or two of the big-wigs nearly had a stroke. But they let him have her, and what she did with that rich role was a hundred-percent caution, net. No one in Hollywood could have played it better — or wickeder ! And that, chums, was the beginning — the real beginning — of the lovely Claudette's movie career. All the insipid roles that had gone before were so much waste motion, mere futile beatings of the air. From Poppaea, the she-devil of old Rome, to Cleopatra, the hell-cat of ancient Egypt, was an easy and natural step. Between the two pictures, DeMille has taken a company to Hawaii and made "Four Frightened People" in the jungles of that sun-kissed archipelago. Oh, yes, Claudette was in the troupe, under the master's wand. "She proved herself a real trouper, out 95 there," DeMille told me. "You'll find her giving the best performance she's ever done in pictures. Now watch her Cleopatra!" His bright blue eyes twinkled as he forked another scallop. Don't you fret, Cece old boy. We'll watch ! The star-maker, hard at it again ! Once more a glittering young woman has caught his fancy as star-material. Again he is doing what he did so long ago with a youngster named Swanson and a flapper named Daniels. And is he brimming over with j oy ! A great old bird, this DeMille. A grandpappy now. Four grown sons and daughters — one of his own, three muchloved adopted children. A good job, a worthy name, the rosette of the Legion of Honor in his lapel. Clear-eyed, fineskinned, smart under the scalp. He's marched on all these years, with "highbrow" critics snapping at his heels — making the sort of pictures he likes — and that many millions appear to like, too. His eyes twinkle as we say goodbye. "Every woman has a spot of Cleopatra in her," he says. "Some more, some less. If all women weren't a bit of Clco at heart, most of the best plays and stories and songs would never have been written. It's Cleo that makes the world go 'round. "I just happen to think that Claudette has more Cleopatra than anybody I know. See if you don't think I'm right." And with that the young-old veteran charged blithely into the storm to see if he could find a handsome, husky Marc Antony on the actor-littered sidewalks of New York. Dancing for Beauty's Sake Continued jrom page 55 that old exercise where you sit up from a prone position and touch your toes with your hands, and then lie down again. _ These and many others are all designed to teach your muscles to work smoothly and evenly, and literally "without a hitch." That "stiffish" feeling so many of us get, after years of no exercise at all, will soon melt away. Shoulders get straighter, and hips pull in, and abdomens disappear, and waist-lines shrink substantially. One of the nicest parts of this dancing business, is the clothes you wear. Or, rather, the clothes you don't wear ! A pair of short velveteen trunks with a rubber dancing belt under them, and a light weight blouse will suffice. The first time you catch a look at yourself in a mirror in this outfit, you will probably wonder who that young girl is. The trunk-andblouse thing is successful for just that reason. It makes you look young, and when you look that way, you usually feel so. And youth and exhilaration are the most enticing qualities of all. Radio Round-Up Continued jrom page 54 Which reminds me that you'll probably be seeing the Casa Loma boys in shorts — I mean short film features, of course — soon. And if Glen Gray photographs as well as he looks "in person" — well, you never can tell! Irene Taylor, the little girl with the big voice, is even more pleasant to the eye than to the ear. She's dark, exotic, and petite. She grew up with Ginger Rogers in Fort Worth, Texas. Irene, you know, sings with the Casa Loma orchestra. I'd been suspecting that it was about time I sat in on one of Screenland's own broadcasts. And when the boss told me that Phillips Holmes was to be guest artist I was sure it was about time ! I knew Phil hadn't done much broadcasting, so I dashed up to the studio about thirtyfive minutes before the program began, with the benevolent idea of paving the way for him. But when I got there I found Mr. Holmes sitting in the crowded reception room going over his script, unmindful of the people staring at him. "Why aren't you fussed? Why aren't you pacing up and down?" I said in amazement. "Oh, I'm very fresh about that microphone, I refuse to be impressed by the monster," laughed Phil. "The only thing that worries me right now is how I'm ever going to be ready to sail for England this evening!" Phillips went over the script of his broadcast only once with Mr. Sam Taylor, the announcer. And just as they were about to go on the air, Phil grinned at Taylor and kiddingly cautioned him not to be nervous ! 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