Screenland (May-Oct 1939)

Page scan 000255 from Screenland

Record Details:

Title:
Screenland
Date:
May-Oct 1939
Publisher:
[New York, Affiliated Magazines, etc.]
Volume:
Screenland (May-Oct 1939)
Leaf #:
000255
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals","Television broadcasting -- Periodicals
Collection:
Fan Magazines and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Mid-range fan magazine. Ran from 1920 to 1952, at which point it changed its name to Screenland Plus TV-Land. Merged with Silver Screen in 1971 and ceased publication. -- Anne Helen Petersen, 2013. Secondary sources consulted: Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine by Anthony Slide and MovieMags.com.
Date Added:
August 08, 2024
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Practical Bette, being too smart to fail to be dollar wise, reserves ber efforts and her brains for use in her own work, letting her business manager do her worrying. "I haven't the training or the time to tune my piano, repair my car, or handle my finances," explains this star. So she passes those responsibilities to advisers and then co-operates. When Vernon D. Wood suggested it was a needless expense to drive her twenty-five cent a mile Packard twelve on errands around town, Bette gave heed, and bought a light station wagon to knock about in. Not long ago she drove some friends up to Monterey in this light car, reporting oodles of fun for all. But it isn't only the spectre of the follies of former stars that worries film players today and causes them to gather up their old check stubs, past-due bills, interest payments and what-not and make a dash for a business manager. Neither is it merely the desire not to be a soft-touch and a sucker that induces stars to put them selves on a budget ti at allows only twenty-five dollars a week spending money. Tbeir sudden need of a financial crutch is also inspired by a present-day complication which — though it never woke the old stars in a cold sweat — has been known to turn a profitable year of film work into practically a net loss and to drive sane (Please turn to page 95 j 53