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Fans' Forum
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HONORABLE MENTION
Recently, while dining at a not too large hotel, my eyes wandered to an attractive looking couple who had just entered. Not overdressed or conspicuous in any way, they passed unnoticed to their table. Was it their charming simplicity and ease _ of manner that made me continue watching them? No, I didn't think so. There was something familiar about the man. Suddenly it dawned on me. There could be no doubt about it. I was sitting just two tables removed from Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Nolan.
Apparently no one else had recognized them, but I determined to go over and shake hands with one of my screen favorites. I was truly touched by the graciousness with which I was received. Movie stars or no movie stars, they were honestto-goodness human beings.
ROSEMARIE GAY, Albany, N. Y.
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This is to report that the slam against "stout" cowboys, particularly aimed at Gene Autry by Miss Hazel Lewis, has found its mark, and Autry fans around here are boiling with righteous indignation !
We will dispense with the statement of "excessive chins and receding hairlines" by admitting that, yes, several movie cowboys had best go back to the home corral and let some of the youngsters have a chance, but Mr. Autry is certainly not one of these. Having seen him in the flesh is proof enough for us. ■ He may not be a glamor boy, but we're sort of glad he's not. His clean, wholesome type of entertainment is refreshing and worth a lot more to us than any amount of so-called "A" productions.
M. J. DART, Wilkinsburg, Pa.
I think I have a justifiable gripe, and it's against the so-called mind-relieving comedies the producers are piling on our unsuspecting heads these days.
Certainly I like to be amused ; I like to laugh uproariously, but when it's at the expense of hitherto respected actresses, no thanks. Referring to those absolutely grotesque films, "The Lady Eve" and "One Night in Lisbon," how supposedly dignified women like Barbara Stanwyck and Madeleine Carroll can make themselves so utterly ridiculous is beyond me. Miss Carroll, particularly, has always impressed me as a highly intelligent actress, but she destroyed all illusions of brain with her senseless, infantile chatter in a pointless story. Ditto for Miss Stanwyck, who together with Henry Fonda, staged an exhibition that wasn't even so much as human.
IRMGARDE MITTLER, Madison, Wis.
When "I Wanted Wings" came to town, I immediately went to see it The picture was superb but for one thing — Veronica Lake. I will admit that she played her part fine, but her appearance — that was something else again. When I go to a movie I like to see the faces of the people acting. I had to keep my eyes on the screen every second in order to get a peep at her face. All through the picture she kept pushing her hair out of her face so that she could see.
Another thing, I wish she'd put some meat on her bones. She was so thin that every time someone touched her I was afraid she was going to break !
AUDREY HOLMES, Mankato, Minn.
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