Screenland (Nov 1938-Apr 1939)

A medal to Joel McCrea because he is regular and because, while he has never taken himself seriously as an actor, in his last picture he gives a performance that any man on the screen might be proud of. Geeminy. Here we are almost at the end of our tether — or paper — and Bette Davis hasn't been mentioned. Bette, my toots, you know — or should know — how you stand with me. You're the ultimate in acting, you're as sane and sensible as they come and you handle, not only your career but your private life with finesse and discretion. You should be at the top of this department and it is an inexcusable oversight you aren't. The bed of peonies to you. And Janet Gaynor. I've never liked you, Janet. That outspokenness for which I'm more or less noted compels me to say I still don't. But in "A Star Is Born" and "The Young In Heart" you made me feel like "Stand up and cheer." Salute! The sweet Williams for you. My, my. It grows late apace and I have scarce covered half the field. A medal to George Raft because he is regular, bighearted and observes "Be-kind-to-others" week all year round. One to John Barrymore because, after hating him for years, I finally met him and a more genial entertaining gent I have never encountered. And one to Edward Arnold for his performance in "You Can't Take It With You" and one to John Carradine for his performance in "Alexander's Ragtime Band." Just as the bride throws her bouquet, so I'm throwing all that's left of my hothouse into the air and hoping that Barbara Stanwyck, Anne Shirley, Claudette Colbert, Olivia de Havilland, Una Merkel? Virginia Bruce, Loretta Young, Miliza Korjus and Merle Oberon each get a posey for varied — but obvious reasons. And, just so people won't think Messrs Frieda Inescort, truant from Hollywood for quite a spell, and Patric Knowles in a scene from RKO's "Beauty for the Asking." Goldwyn's and Wanger's gifts have turned me soft, I'm tossing a flock of birds in the direction of Jack Haley (who annoys me to the point I leave the theatre when he comes on the screen), Paul Muni (whose acting I admire profoundly but who, personally, affects me like an overdose of ipecac). John Howard, for whom I see no excuse — either with or without his mustache, Martha Raye — on second thought Martha, I'll hold out the bird until we've had time to talk this over. Maybe you're still passing through a phase. There ! I'm clean out of hates, out of ideas, out of adjectives, epithets, verbs, flowers, birds. But I can dream, can't I? He's Her Boss Continued from page 34 released to theatres throughout the land. Had Deanna been playing a Dollar Princess in that film her personal bank account would be even richer than it is. The character name was Penny, you may recall, and from the day she started working in the part Pasternak put Deanna on his private payroll for a penny a day. 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