Screenland (Nov 1938-Apr 1939)

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emon Meet Miss Oberon in a new role, that of amateur camera fiend H |OLD everything! Quiet, please! Kill that back light!" Orders like firecrackers popping came from trie crew of "The Lady and the Cowboy," followed by a chorus of: "Here comes that demon photographer !" A laughing girl with a camera hesitated at the entrance to the stage. "You know I never shoot pictures on the set," she protested. "I thought we were to go on location." The crew kept kidding. "Don't spoil the mood, boys!" "Watch your profiles!" "How's the background, Merle?" She waved them away, still laughing. "Dreadful, aren't they? They like to pretend I'm one of these arty photographers, taking myself seriously. I do it for fun. All I want is to snap something for my book — sort of souvenir of good times. I never know what I'm doing. I don't stop to look for correct lighting, fine background, contrasts and all that. I couldn't bother. I use the same old Brownie I've had since I was a kid. No trouble about focus, timing, any of the real artist stuff. If my pictures are good, it's luck. Some are, some aren't. But on the whole Merle snapped these nice shots. Right, ride 'em, cowboy; above, sleigh ride; top right, gay group of David Niven, Paulette Goddard, Heather Thatcher, Sylvia and Douglas Fairbanks, Eddie Goulding. Merle stars in the other candids: above center, at St. Moritz, toboganning with Mr. Fairbanks; top left, with Doug and Sylvia; right center, with Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson. 68