Screenland (Jun-Oct 1935)

for July 19 3 T-J CI amor Girl Continued from page 23 she had unconsciously acquired from Betty. "Come over here," Stewart ordered curtlv, placing her directly beneath an arc-light. "Look at me — no — not over there — straight at me." Stella blinked under the soft blonde hair that fell over her forehead. "Looks well under the lights," remarked Driscoll in the background. Stewart whistled thoughtfully. "The tvpe's not bad," he said over his shoulder to Morrison. "Not much fire, though — " "Give us a chance," growled the other. "All she needs is a little kindling — " "Just a kindling fool," Stewart scoffed, but his voice was friendly. Retreating a couple of steps, Morrison placed his hands under his eyes in the expert's gesture, and for the dozenth time surveyed the girl. Then, struck by some sudden thought, he lumbered over to the adjoining stage and stuck his head through the door of a prison cell, at which the workmen were still tinkering. "Robin," he called. "Come out here a minute, will you ?" Stella didn't know much. But one thing she did know — she knew who Robin was. She knew Robin, indeed, as intimately as we know people whom we see every day of our lives. She — and all her little moviegoing sisters with her — knew how Robin looked when he came down a stair-case, how he shook hands, how he walked, strode, ran, how he entered a car, drew his gloves on, removed his overcoat — how he danced, made love, smiled, kissed — yes, better than anything else he did, this sixteen-year-old could have told you how he kissed — how he closed his eyes, how his face took on a somber, suffering look. Indeed, if she could have analyzed her emotions, understood her child's heart, youn~ Stella Harrison would have realized that she'd fallen a little in love with this seductive projection of a photographed man on a screen. So when it happened that this glorious Robin actually emerged from the prison cell on the stage, emerged as a living creature of flesh and blood — dressed though he was in the shabby garments of a fugitive, made up though he was to look holloweyed and gaunt — when he actually approached Stella from out of the shadows, his eyes fixed on her and on her alone, she awoke for the second time that day. And this time she awoke more completely than ever before — with a terror so thrillingly sweet at the pit of her stomach that her quivering legs could scarcely hold her. Resting her weight on her delicate left hip, she raised her eyes as though drawn by some hypnotic power and looked at Robin. Morrison could no longer control his exultation. "Well ?" he burst out. "Go find something, Bill — what ?" Stewart, intent on the girl for the last thirty seconds, drinking in her childishness, her shabbiness, her innocence, her young gaucherie, seemed not to hear. At length he looked up. "Yes — ?" he said half questioningly. "Yes — -maybe — it's a chance. You can have a test made tomorrow, Morrison." It was 4 :30. Stella's wild chase began. Do you know what a screen test means ? Do you realize the significance of this opportunity— this amazing, this unique, this fabulous opportunity that was being handed Stella Harrison of Alhambra? No film career — however sensational, however spectacular, but has' started in the same way — ■ with a screen test; with that first dazzled blinking under the arc-lights ; with those first awkward gestures in front of a camera. If the test turned out well, Stella would Look what else comes in the Dentyne package MOUTH HEALTH— As a bonus, you receive with Dentyne the wherewithal to a healthy mouth — to white, sparkling teeth. For chewing Dentyne is the finest kind of mouth health promotion. Its firm consistency exercises the mouth muscles and helps the mouth to clean itself — naturally, normally. It helps prevent flabby mouth and chin muscles, too. Many dentists, orthodontists, and physicians recommend its frequent use. WITH THIS DELIGHTFUL GUM — Of course you receive a delicious gum, too. Really different with a delicious, distinctive flavor, and a general air of quality that makes it the favorite of thousands. Notice the characteristic, handy, flat shape which distinguishes the Dentyne package. It fits easily in vest pocket or purse. Try some today. DENTYNE tfCCDO TCCTH U/HITF. MOUTH HFAITHY