Screenland (May-Oct 1934)

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Screen land Say it with a prize-winning letter! Janet Gaynor leads our list of favorites this month. Watch for her in the big Gaynor-Farrell reunion film, ''Change of Heart " The Cheering Section It must be the fast-approaching the summer! Or maybe it's just summer; v ' . " t — fact that movies and movie stars are getting better and still better. But whatever the cause, our letterwriters have gone frankly lyrical on us this month. There are cheers, long and loud, for Janet Gaynor's girlish beauty; applause for that vaulting new cinema star, Anna Sten — and raves aplenty for the men-folk, too! And don't suppose for a moment that our correspondents own idea factory slowed down a bit, either. We present herewith an interesting cross-section of the movie public's mind and what s °"now is the time for all good picture-going men and women to join in the chorus! You 11 find our ear attentive, and the prizes just as inviting as ever. Write down that movie comment and send it along today. Prizes of $5 each are awarded to the eight best letters received each month. Keep your comments within fifty words, and mail to reach us by the 10th of the month. Address Letter Deot SCREEN LAND, 45 W. 45th V St., N. Y. C. TALKING! The first eight letters receive prizes of $5.00 each SOME "REVOLUTIONARY" DEMANDS! Please, Hollywood, couldn't we have: A woman reporter who is one, not a chorus girl, dumbbell, or wise-cracking monologist ; . . A head gangster without foppish ioibles , An "English-accented" actor who doesn't lapse into plain American; A modern love story where the principals speak naturally, not in drawing-room-ese? Tee Rose, Hotel Alameda, Alameda, Calif. "CALL YOUR SHOTS!" With other puzzle vogues on the wane, movie producers have supplied a new brainracker: puzzle titles! \ou cant tell by those misleading monickers whether you re going to see a nursery film, bedroom farce, gang picture, or melodrama. Get wise to yourselves, producers. Please give us titles that fit! Rebz London, 209 Peters St. S. W., Atlanta, Ga. BOOSTING THE FILM "BRAIN TRUST" Authors create— directors vitalize— players merely interpret character. I plead : More honor for the first two, particularly directors. Each screen play should be ac companied by at least a flash picture of its vitalizer. I vearn to see Mamouhan, Cukor. Lubitsch accorded this tribute. Give Hollywood brains a break— please ! Mrs. E. P. Vincent, North Tonawanda, N. Y. "DISCOVERING" GABLE I never cared particularly for Clark Gable. But since I saw him in "It Happened One Night," I'm his staunchest ally. Clark is a born comedian, especially when he demonstrates how to "thumb a ride. \nd he really proves to be an actorsomething I used to doubt. Bravo, Gable . Lillian Ginsburg, 13947 Arlington St.. Detroit, Mich. (Continued on page 14)