Screenland (Nov 1935-Apr 1936)

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e a amc Sure, acting is work! But there's a spontaneous spirit about it in every studio. Left, Sally Eilers runs, not walks, to the set. Right, Bill Powell clowns between scenes with "The Great Ziegfeld" beauties. Below, Jack Oakie gives it and Ethel Merman shows she can take it. Anything for a laugh! Right, Bing Crosby, that old cut-up with whiskers, kidnaps Ethel Merman. Left, Eddie Cantor showing off to Rita Rio and a chorus beauty in "Shoot the Chutes." Above, left, Allen Jenkins sneaking up on Hugh Herbert. Above, Pat O'Brien and Frank McHugh, two good storytellers on holiday between scenes: "Have you heard this one?"