Screen Mirror (January 1931)

Screen Mirror The Magazine from Hollywood Frank Whitbcck Editorial Director C. J. VcrHalen Editor Eddy Eckels Managing Editor Vol. 1 January, 1931 No. 8 page Cover Design Dorothy Croton Hobnobbing in Hollywood Shelly Ford A Stranger in Hollywood Don Byron Kay Versus Kay Eleanor Packer Love Burglar Beverly Blackford Ruth Ages Wesley Hale Sad Haines Eleanor Packer Charlie’s Girl Frances Deancr Not So Dumb TroyOrr Love Birds Hall Wood MaeTime Frances Deaner Talkie Plot Winner Editorial PHOTO GALLERY Clara Bow Bessie Love Fredric March Marguerite Churchill George Bancroft Nancy Carroll Marjorie White Ramon Novarro Will Rogers Eddie Quillan Mary Brian Lawrence Tibbett Janet Caynor Greta Garbo William Powell Norma Shearer Anita Page and June Walker Frank Albertson very truly yours O The Screen Mirror Publishing Com- pany, Film Exchange Bldg., Wash- ington at Vermont, Los Angeles, Cal- ifornia, copyrighted 1930 . . . Asso- ciate Editors: Troy Orr, Cus McCar- thy, William Hardwick. Art Director: F. K. Ferenz. Contributing Editors: Eleanor Packer, Shelly Ford, Cloria Joy, Harvey Byron, Muriel Phelps, Hall Wood, Wesley Hale, Rob. Jamey- son, Francis Fenton, Don Nixon, Lew Garvey, Joseph Reddy, Erie Hampton, Frances Deaner. Business Manager: Tom Wood. Circulation Manager: Dwight K. Mitchell . . . Advertising rates upon application. Ten cents the copy. No subscriptions solicited. No manuscripts solicited. MAJ/Cth ■ M HOLLYWOOD © ONE OUT of a hundred visitors to Hol- lywood ever hears of the Assistance League. Not more than one out of five hun- dred ever visits the place. Thus four hun- dred and ninety-nine sight-seers and star- gazers miss a thrilling experience. The Assistance League is the soft spot in Hollywood’s reputedly hard heart. It is the film colony’s pet charity and to be active in its affairs is a mark of social distinction. The Assistance League, housed in three rather disreputable old residences facing the back wall of the Fox Studios, operates a dining room, a thrift shop, a woman's ex- change, a day nursery, and a parking lot. The whole affair is conducted by the wives of famous stars, directors and film executives. They cook, wait table, mend o'd clothes, and make a lot of money at it. The money all goes to help Hollywood’s unfor- tunate. The receipts, incidentally, are paid in by the stars, directors, and executives who patronize the place. The luncheon hour at the Assistance League resembles a Who’s Who convention of Hollywood. One of its worthiest works is the opera- tion of the day nursery. Film mothers who work in the studios as extras, seamstresses, etc., leave their youngsters there, assured that they will receive the finest care any child ever had. ® JOHN MEDBURY, the well known col- umnist, officiated as master of ceremo- nies at the opening of “Morocco,” at the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood—and the result was plenty of nifties. For instance—John noticed all the stars arriving in their big cars and remarked that there was an abundance of Rolls Royces. He said that he couldn’t afford such an ex- pensive automobile—but he had his Chev- rolet trained so that it back-fired with an English accent. ® WILLIAM POWELL, now at work in “Ladies Man” after a long rest and a European trip, was visited on the set by an old school mate who is now pastor of a small midwestern church. The reverend friend was mildly complaining about his lack of attendance at the morning services, whereas on Sunday evening, when a motion picture was shown, the church was filled. “Your problem is easy,” Powell declared. “Advertise your morning services as 'All talking—All singing,’ and you’ll get a crowd.” © METRO - GOLDWYN - MAYER studios used the premier of “Min and Bill” at the Carthay Circle Theater to good purpose. Realizing the interest of such an event to the outside world—they made a sound pic- ture of the gala occasion. Frank Reicher, well known actor and director, supervised the filming, and the finished picture will be released as “Remote Control from Holly- wood.” © SPEAKING OF “Min and Bill,” the pre- mier was a grand night for Marie Dress- ier and Wallace Beery. Scores of world fa- mous celebrities attended the showing as a tribute to this popular pair. Each visiting personage autographed a sentiment to Marie and Wally in a beautiful tribute book that was placed in the forecourt of the theater. All in all it was a swell affair for a swell pair. ® GET THIS! The Ohio censor board the other day barred a Mickey Mouse cartoon because it showed a cow reading a copy of Elinor Glyn’s “Three Weeks.” Imagine what they would do if the screen displayed a close-up of “The>Specialist.” © RADIO’S GREATEST need, according to Jack Oakie, is a trap-door in front of every microphone. Oakie said he heard an (Concluded on eight) ® El Brendei—who has made an accent pay. With the coming of talkies, many of our accented stars had to pack-up and catch the first boat back home. But El, with his Swed- ish dialect — though he isn’t a Swede — is making his funny talk carry him to stardom.