Screenland (May-Oct 1939)

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ing Ginger Roger's mother — her own mother, oddly enough, in the film. Asked why she did not do this she said: "I wouldn't mind playing Ginger's mother in some other film, but to play my own mother in a picture presenting Irene Castle as I was then would spoil the whole idea. The rumor started by a kidding remark I made when somebody asked me if I were not going to appear in the film, and I replied — 'Yes, I'll play the mother !' "You may hav.e forgotten I had a brief screen career. I made the serial 'Patria' with Milton Sills playing opposite. About all I had to do was to ride horses, drive a racing car in front of trains, and dive fifty feet from rocks into the sea," she laughed. "I'd like to stay in Hollywood in some capacity," she continued. "I'm fascinated by all these people who are doing things. I get a great thrill out of it. I love to grab my little dinner pail and go to work. I don't play bridge, I was never a woman to be idle. I have to be doing something worth while." We talked of her famous dog refuge^at Lake Forest, 111. Of her children by her second marriage to Frederick McLaughlin, wealthy Chicagoan, from whom she now is seeking divorce. Her daughter Barbara is at school in Washington, D. C. The boy, William Foote McLaughlin, came to California with her and entered school. (Later, he became the subject of controversy between the separated parents, and had to be returned to his father in Chicago). It doesn't often occur that a woman so completely can re-live her youth, and immortalize it on the screen, as Irene Castle has done. But Hollywood magic has nothing to do with her charm and beauty and youthful spirit of enthusiasm. The Castle bob she introduced to women of America touches the neck now in soft curls, brushed out, and built up to becoming contour. She still has that grace of the Castle walk — and I'm not talking about the dance step of that name, either. Irene Castle is no back number, participating in the revival of something old. She could give Young America cards and spades if she cared to compete with them in the shag or Suzy-Q. "When anyone my age criticizes something it takes youth to do, it is put down as sour grapes," she remarked. "But I soon could get in shape to do these dreadful dances if I really cared to." But how much more thrilling for the woman who, with her young husband, took America out of its seat and put it on its feet, to be able through the artistry of the Astaire-Rogers dancing be able to take rhythm out of America's SEAT (frankly called fanny) and put it back in the feet and that portion of the body where it belongs ! 2 Applying WITH THE NEW UNIT FACIAL MASK! # Look how easy it is for you to make the Linit Facial Mask at home: Simply mix three tablespoons of Linit (the same Linit so popular for the Bath) and one teaspoon of Cold Cream with enough milk to make a nice, firm consistency. Apply it to the cleansed face and neck and relax during the twenty minutes the mask takes to set. Then rinse off with clear, tepid water and pat the face and neck dry. WHY NOT TRY THE LINIT FACIAL MASK? ALL GROCERS SELL LINIT UNIT Scree n l a n d AND SI