Screenland (Nov 1935-Apr 1936)

for February 1936 83 luxuries than they could appreciate and they always came to have a very cynical outlook on life." He nodded his slick head in self-corroboration. "And so, while I didn't fall heir to a million dollars cash like some people think, I know I've come into something a lot more important and wonderful to me : the good fortune to feel that zvhat I make from now on will be earned by my own efforts — and my own efforts alone! My only thought with regard to the money I have already earned is that I want it to stay with those who made it all possible. Now that Dad is gone, I find myself feeling all the more that way about Mother. I am all pepped up to go out and earn my own way in the world !" He stared longingly at the waves pounding at our feet. "You know what I've got in mind right now? A sailboat. I hope I'll be able to earn some money in pictures in the next six months so's I can buy me one. Secondhand boats can be picked up for that, (a snap of the finger) — just about one-sixth of what they cost new. I've found a honey. It cost about $30,0Q0 to build and the man said he'd sell it for five thousand cash. It's eighty-five feet long and could go anywhere in the world." And I wondered if I was merely imagining a touch of wistfulness in the comment. "Of course," he added. "Five thousand dollars is a lot of dough !" "Well, suppose you don't earn that much dough in the next six months. What then?" I asked. His stare continued fixed on the rolling water. "Oh, I suppose I'd ask mother for it," philosophically. "If she wouldn't go for the idea right away, I'd just have to keep after her. It might — gosh ! it might take as long as the car. But I'll get a job, sure. That's why I'm so pepped up about looking forward to it, if you know what I mean." I had a vague idea. I said: "How about pictures, Jackie? Are you anxious to get back in the fold, not counting the money for the sailboat?" He shook his head. "Pictures have lost their glamor." Silence, to let that announcement sink in. "Or perhaps I should say : picture-making has lost a lot of its glamor for me. I don't know whether you remember it or not but pictures used to be — oh, sort of a family affair. It was fun making them. Everyone took them seriously, yes, but there was time to enjoy them as well. Now the picture has changed." He gestured nonchalantly in the direction of Hollywood, thirty miles away. "Everything has a face like Wall Street, today. There's a lot of so-called temperament taking the place of real talent, and you hear about directors who are supposed to have the 'Chaplin touch' and all that sort of thing. Well, I haven't seen any of it. There never will be another Chaplin. Most of the men of the screen today say it from here, (pointing to his lips), and Chaplin said it from here, (fondly touching his heart) . "Of course, there is a type of thing I'd like to do if I had the opportunity to choose my own pictures. A type of picture patterned after the old-time Wally Reid ideas. Good, clean sports stories. You know, Doug Fairbanks was always an idol of mine when I was a kid. All my life I've tried to emulate him and keep in fine physical condition." The Kid didn't have to tell me that he is a "Six-Handicap Man" at golf, captain of his' University swimming team for two years, and a member of the football and tennis teams as well. But he did have to answer one more question before I could leave. I drew his attention away from the ocean with: The clear-toned bloom of Beauty Before you don your make-up, protect your skin against wind and dust with Woodbury's Germ-free Facial Cream. It is a delightful foundation for rouge and powder, and guards against blemish, too. The prices of these fine beauty creams are well within your budget. Only 50c, 25c, 10c in jars; 25c and 10c in tubes. 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