Silver Screen (Nov 1930-Oct 1931)

54 Silver Screen for January 1931 Sally The chatterer of Hollywood, Sally Forth, will be glad to answer any questions you have about movies or stars or both. Write Sally at Silver Screen, 45 West 45th Street, New York City. For personal replies enclose a stamped addressed envelope. ELLEN: Another Lew Ayres booster! The lad certainly gets the girls. He is twentytwo years old and is five feet nine inches tall. You can see him now in "East is West" and "The Doorway to Hell", neither of which is so hot, or you can wait until his next picture, which will be "Mississippi." As for girl friends. Lew plays the field. Now aren't you curious, wanting to know all of Nancy Carroll's beauty secrets? Her hair isn't really curly but it has a soft wave which lends itself to finger waving. At present she's letting it grow and it's just shoulder length. That's the most popular length nowadays. SeRAFINA NERVA: Why, I think your writing's swell, Serafina. And the only thing about your questions is that I promised Nancy Carroll I wouldn't tell all the things I know. However, Nancy's real name is Nancy La Hiff, and shure and she's Irish, mum. She's been married about seven years and has a darling little girl five years old named Patricia. The Catholic Church finds Nancy at mass regularly, but as to her age, why Serafina, don't you know you must never ask a lady how old she is? Nancy's pictures with Buddy Rogers have been "Abie's Irish Rose", "Close Harmony", "Illusion", and "Follow Thru". As to Buddy, he's American and proud of it and he's twenty-five years old. Getting down to little Janet Gaynor, her real name is Laura Gaynor and she was born in Philadelphia — which makes her American, too, doesn't it? And you know how girls' are about printing the size of their shoes. Both Nancy and Janet made me promise not to tell, but I'd guess at their wearing about threes. But I won't even guess publicly about the size I wear. Pansy : I'm so glad you Hke our new magazine. I like it, too! To obtain a picture of Lowell Sherman, just write to RKO Studios, 780 Gower St., Hollywood, and enclose a quarter. Marian WEIGEL: Yes, the Montgomery lad played opposite Joan Crawford in "Untamed". And he was swell, wasn't he? Every woman in Hollywood is twittering over him — me included. Joan Crawford, Sue Carol, Anita Page and Mary Brian have secretaries, but I don't know them. I'm that important I just talk to the players themselves. As to the glamourous Garbo, she's still heartwhole and keeping quiet. Marilyn "Sunny" Miller has had two flings at matrimony. First with Frank Carter, a dancer, 'way back in the dim, dark ages, and second with Jack Pickford, who recently married Mary Mulhern. Marilyn, though, has gotten no further than the engagement stage with anyone else. At present she's appearing on Broadway in "Smiles", Ziegfeld's new show. And is she knocking New York for the wellknown loop? IN ELL AND EV; And why do you want to know if Buddy Rogers typewrites? Were you thinking of hiring him for your secretary? Well, Buddy has a Httle portable typewriter which he operates on the hunt-and-peck system. But don't offer him a job — he's got a good one. His next picture, "Along Came Youth", is being made on the West Coast. Too bad, too bad, the East doesn't get a break. I'm sorry I can't give you his home address — I'm not allowed! Friend ANTHONY: Whotta question, whotta question! So you want to get in pictures. You and fifty milhon others. Well, here's the first bit of advice— graduate from High School, then go on to college if you can, and by that time you'll probably be so wise you'll laugh at acting as a career. Then, write me again and I'll tell you how to crash the gates — that is, the outer gates at the Sante Fe Station. Juliet : Don't believe all you hear about love in Hollywood. Lots and lots of couples have found a very real happiness there. Look at Interviewer: "And this, I suppose is your Roman plunge.'" Star: "Dear me no — That's just the horse trough." Lilyan Tashman and Edmund Lowe. Look at — oh, well, name them yourself. Grace Moore's first picture is "A Lady's Morals", based on the life of Jenny Lind, the famous songstress. Betty Compson and Kay Johnson played opposite Gary Cooper in"TheSpoilers",the lucky girls. MiTTIE PORTER C: Of course, you know Joan Crawford's a mighty busy young lady, what with starring in "Within the Law", and keeping house for Doug, Jr., so, she probably hasn't gotten around to answering your letter yet, or sending you a picture. But I think you'll get it eventually. Just don't lose hope. As to becoming more intimate with Norma Shearer, that is quite a problem. And I'm afraid nothing can be done about it. For no matter how much a movie star might like to meet and know her admirers personally, her time is so limited that she has to divide it as best she can among the many. Little EVA: Yes, Gloria and her Marquis have finally split. The divorce suit was filed in October. Just another case of a career and matrimony not mixing. Which proves that the movie stars don't find happiness often, for all their fame and money. Take Gloria, she's been married three times, and yet she is one of the loneliest women in the world. Fast company: Lupe Velez is under contract to Universal — in a business way. But Gary Cooper has a long-term option on her time after studio hours. That's really one of the big romances of Hollywood. Lupe has become lots quieter since going with the silent Cooper gentleman, while Gary has gone Mexican, and how! He eats Mexican food, drinks Mexican beverages, and puts chih sauce on his beans. That's what love does to one! Alice : You'll get a chance to see Marlene Dietrich in "Morocco" opposite Gary Cooper. That will be her first American picture. Despite all their denials, I rather think she and Josef von Sternberg like each other. It may be only friendship, though. Marlene claims to be devoted to her husband in Germany — but where have we heard that before? SuRE-FIRE: June CoUyer is about five feet five inches tall, and very slim. Her hair isn't naturally curly — but what's a permanent wave between friends? And you can rest assured that she creates quite a commotion among the weaker (meaning male) sex, whenever she enters a room. The biggest vamps aren't always the hotsytotsies in real life, anyway. Desperate desmond: Viima Banky and Rod LaRocque are appearing on Broadway at present, so you won't be able to see them soon in a movie. Vilma has never stood alone — her only very successful pictures were those with Ronald Colman. And after all, Ronald is Ronald. Need we say more? He's my weakness, for one.