Screenland (Nov 1936-Apr 1937)

for November 19 3 6 95 REDUCE % Dr. Hatch's Quick, Safe, External Method Eat what you like, take no exercise or drugs, yet lose weight without effort ! Take off extra fat in just those spots where it has accumulated. What it has done for hundreds of stage and screen stars . . . we are sure it will do for you. In use 25 years. Money Back Guarantee DR. HATCh [EDUCING CREAM— SI. 00 .0. or C.O.D. plus postage jTHFUL FA<~E and FIuURE INSTITUTE Seventh Ave., Dept. SU-3, New York City SEIvD FOR FREE BOOKLET revealing SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL SONG WRITING, including free copy of valuable Rhyming Dictionary and information on current market requirements. If you write poems or compose melodies, SEND FOR OUR OFFER. M. M. M. PUBLISHERS Dept. SU2 Studio Bldg. Portland, Ore. FREE PHOTOGRAPH BEAUTIFUL AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPHS 2 for S .25 24 for S2.00 5 for .50 38 for 3.00 11 for 1.00 65 for 5.00 All the latest Stars and Poses. Send for your favorites. Hollywood Screen Exchange Drawer 1150. Dept. B, HOLLYWOOD. CALIF., U. S. A. 'fir* mm As Told By Your Stars I (L~\\ destined from the day of your birth » Whom / ti*s ' should vou marry; What is your luckiest day; .<CVi% Send full birth-date with Dime and Stamped Eeturn envelope for your Chart at once. mt> THURSTON, Dept. P-1G <FC <V» 20 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, 111. 1 KILL THE HAIR ROOT 1 Remove the hair permanently, safely, privately at home, following simple directions. The Mahler Method positively prevents the hair fiom crowing again. The delightful relief will bring happiness, freedom of mind and greater success. S-r.d €t";3 7 ODAY for nilistrated Booklet, "How to Remove Superfluous Hair Forever." U. J. MAHLER CO., Dept. 29H, Providence, R. 1. Make this your life-time career Wonderful, money-making opportunities. Men, women. Growing field. Become a Commercial Photographer; a News, Advertising. Portrait or Motion Picture Photographer. Personal Attendance or Home Study training. 26tli year. Free Booklet. New York Institute of Photography 10 West 33 Street (Dept. SO) New York EARN MONEYS HOME Address envelopes, list names, sew, • do other kinds of work. We show ^ you. Send 3c stamp for details to WOMEN'S SERVICE LEAGUE 17 Roxbury St., Dept. Sll Keene, N. H, (He completed his time payments on it not so long ago.) He struck out for California alone and plunged into more grief en route — he forgot to have his new possession overhauled. ''When I arrived here I stayed with a friend who was working at Paramount. I figured Hollywood would be more of a small town. And that I would be put to work immediately. Nobody at the studio paid any attention to me. I'd been so on the go at college I hated sitting around. I didn't make many friends, because I can't be a good-time Charlie. It was suggested. ; gradually became acquainted, that I stick around the publicity department, that I date some prominent actresses — to get my name into circulation. It's a pain for me to be forward ; and I was irked at the idea of having to be that way to land a part. "I met Fred MacMurray and Kent Taylor, and they were swell. When I kept reminding the casting office of my presence they finally gave me two bit roles. Nobody told me to go to Phyllis Laughton ; _ but I heard Fred MacMurray say he was in one of her plays, so I introduced myself to her." A briei conversation with John and she sensed his potentialities. She assigned him the lead in "Small Miracle," which she put on in a regular Hollywood theatre to show off the contract talent. All the producers and directors on the lot attended. "For about three days I believed I was going to start going places," John remembers. Then the praise for his performance faded. In two more months he was given another bit. Meanwhile he'd moved from the $3S-a-month apartment he'd rented when his salary commenced. But into one only a little nicer. And a couple of weeks after his option was taken up, (at the end of his initial six months), he secured an agent. In Hollywood agents are generally of considerable value ; they fight for parts for their clients. Still, two more months of idleness passed before John had his chance. Kent Taylor and Donald Woods were tested and, as a final resort, John — for "Annapolis Farewell." He stole the applause from those young veterans Tom Brown and Richard Cromwell. The ball had begun rolling. Hecht and McArthur saw that film in N'ew York and wired for him to be their hero in "Soak the Rich." On his return trip he brought his parents to Hollywood to live with him. He was then second fiddle to his pal MacMurrav' in "13 Hours By Air" and that merited soloing in "Border Flight." Frank Capra had the choice of all the town's juveniles and gave John the highly emotional role of Ronald Colman's brother in "Lost Horizon." And that loan-out cinched him in his own studio, and for the male lead in "Valiant Is the Word For Carrie." Now he's making "Right In Your Lap." Whenever he has a doubt about how to do a scene, though, he dashes over to Phyllis Laughton's office for advice. He'll always be open to suggestions. I promised to tell you more of his house. It is on a modest street in central Hollywood, a plain white cottage with a humble front porch and an interior that's not an "interior"— if you follow me. It's merely unpretentious middle-class, but it's sunny and comfortable. "It's cheap — the rent, I mean," John asserted. That's the chief attraction. Can you visualize the run-of-the-mill favorite deliberately keeping his feet on the ground like this? "I do want a better home." he amplified, "but not until I can afford it. I can't until I manage to accumulate some capital." "So you don't have to spend all your earnings?" I interposed. "Certainly not! I've saved from the beginning. I bought cheap clothes when I arrived. Now I can spend more on clothes, but I haven't run up any fancy charge ac THIS BEAUTY SAYS: Most people would rarely have to resort to harsh purges if they kept tabs on Nature. Usually a mild laxative like Olive Tablets is all one needs to assist Nature on the second day. Once the exclusive prescription of a practicing physician, Olive Tablets are now an established proprietary, welcomed by millions because they are so easy to take and so pleasantly mild. It is simple to keep tabs on yourself. Always have Olive Tablets on your bathroom shelf as a reminder on the second day. Three sizes, 15c, 30c, 60c. All druggists. DR. EDWARDS' THE LAXATIVE OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN Read This Free Offer ! — and learn that what was considered impossible before— the removal of pimples, blackheads, freckles, tan. oily skin, large pores, wrinkles and other defects in the outer skin — can now be done harmlessly and economically at home in three days' time, as stated by the legions of men and women, young and old. It is all explained in a new free treatise called '•BEAUTIFUL NEW SKIN IN 3 DAYS" which is being mailed absolutely free to readers of this magazine. So worry no more over your humiliating skin and complexion or signs of aging if your outer skin lovksoiled and worn. Simply send your name and address to MARVO BEAUTY LABORATORIES. Dept. V-t>3. No. 1700 Broadway. New York. N. Y.. and you will receive paid and absolutely free. If pleased, "tell friends. ' POi BR£ATHTA No preparation can rival Hopkins Egyptian Henna for breathtaking beauty and uniformity of color-tone. With this nature-pure, nature-safe, genuine Egyptian vegetable henna you obtain just the tint you want, from daintiest auburn, to warmest titian. When you visit your hairdresser for henna treatment insist on genuine; Bathe them with LAVOPTIK Instant relief for inflamed, sore, tired, strained or itching eyes. 6000 eyesight specialists endorse it 25 years success. Get Lavoptik 'with free eye cupi from your druggist. r HOPKINS ^ RAJAH BRAND EGYPTIAN HENNA