Screenland (Nov 1934-Apr 1935)

j or April 19 35 79 Baxter's Dreams Come True Continued from page 1 7 All the time I was playing with Mona Barrie, I was visualizing Winifred lounging on it, Winifred arranging the flowers in the vases. I saw at once it was her type of room. Rooms can be becoming or unbecoming, just as much as a hat, you know." Warner Baxter smiled his discovery. "Winifred, for example, is at her best in a picture hat — she sets it off, whereas a woman of less presence might look merely dwarfed and overdressed in it." "Don't misunderstand me ! She's not 'dressy' in the sense that she has to be al ways in regalia, far from it. I know she's just as inspiring to me in pink gingham, when she gets up early to breakfast with me, as she could possibly be in the most imposing velvet. What I mean is that she's a woman who repays fine dressing, is never overshadowed by it." Here's an interesting tribute from the screen star whose atmosphere of romance has ever been a very definite part of his work, and is now just as definitely a part of his home. Of both the Warner Baxters it may be said that they enhance the setting of Belair but are not overshadowed by it, perhaps because to them both it means not grandeur, but home, and home is to both a thing of paramount importance. "I suppose one reason the possession of a home means so much to me is that I know what it means to lose one ; several, indeed, if you count those I lost as a young child," Warner recalls with a hint of grimness. "My father died when I was only five months old, you know ; this meant my poor mother was constantly on the move for years. First back to her old home in Columbus, Ohio, which had been my birthplace. Then to New York where we lived for several years in a dingy flat, until in 1905 we moved to San Francisco to a Nob Hill apartment overlooking the most gorgeous panorama of earth, sky, and sea I have ever known. God, what a change that was and how I loved it!" He caught his breath. "Until we opened our eyes that next April 18th to see the apartment walls rocking to and fro. Refugees we were then, with every cherished little possession we had wiped out by the fire that soon invaded our district. "Eight days we spent in the park. The ninth, we managed to get across the Bay, to be sheltered by friends, but I shall never forget the sense of utter goneness that went with the loss of that home. It seemed unspeakable to me then, and does now — life without a home." The Gate City was in the turmoil of restoration. All their friends scattered to all points of the compass, when the Baxter mother and son returned to it. Young Warner obtained a position with the Underwood Typewriter Company, but the tugging at their heart-strings was too much for both of them ; they were homesick for the old High Street house back in Columbus ; glad enough to return when Uncle Warren Barrett sent the train-fare. This decision proved a turning-point in the life of young Warner, then a boy of sixteen. For several years he sought and held commercial jobs of the salesman type; potboilers all of them. Though we find him selling farm-implements and even touring the country selling insurance, his inner thoughts and ambitions were for the stage, always the stage and its people. "These subconscious dreams and hopes were the ones that had the shaping influence in my life finally," Baxter knows now. "They MIRROR FRESH than any powder you ever tried— you look MIRROR FRESH all eveningas lovely as when you left your mirror. Prove it yourself. We'll send you four generous sample boxes. (A mere 6^ pays packing and postage) . Or don't wait. Your favorite store has Marvelous ! BY RICHARD HUDNUT NOW MAKES FACE POWDER STAY ON FROM 4 ta 6 HOURS ( Oy cuoZual fait ) FT1 fl R V € L O U S (P™U 55* IBEG.U S.PAT. OPPI . YOUR SKIN looks its loveliest the first time you make up for the evening—never quite so fresh after you dab on more powder. With Marvelous Face Powder you don't need constant repowdering— because Marvelous stays on. It contains an ingredient that makes it cling longer 7 FREE — Marvelous Make-up Guide — and FOUR generous trial boxes oi four popular shades of Marvelous Face Powder. Mail coupon now! RICHARD HUDNUT, Fifth Avenue, New York City. I want to try Marvelous. Send me the four trial boxes and Make-Up Guide. Here's 6^ for packing and postage.