Silver Screen (Nov 1936-Apr 1937)

story," Freddie explains liis favorite pastime. "Sometimes the action o£ my story is very much lilce that of the radio; more often, though, I enter new fields and my hero and heroine perform in entirely different ways from the characters in the radio story." There can be little doubt that these exercises will materially influence his future, for Freddie is learning to write through the most practical route. At sixteen Mickey Rooney declares: "By the time I'm twenty or twenty-one I'll be ready to direct. I've been in hundreds of pictures— almost seventy-five during the past two years alone— and I've always made a point of observing carefully. I think I know my moods, my tempo, how to properly characterize a part, from a director's viewpoint, and I'd be willing to step into a director's shoes tomorrow. But I realize mv age is against me, so I'm content to wait. "I am, however, getting a lot of practical experience. Mr. Bernie Hyman, the producer, months ago told me I might sit in on story conferences whenever he and others were thrashing out the problems confronting them on a picture and I've learned a lot from these meetings. I never speak out, of course, but I've compared my ideas with theirs and many a time they've been the same. "Then, too, several of my friends and myself are producing a picture, just for the fun of it, on i6-millimeter film. I'm directing this. It's a wild melodrama, and without any dialogue, but it's a chance at practical directing experience." A natural-born organizer and leader, Mickey captains a football team and is about to form a basketball five. He heads, too, a bowling team of youths several years his senior, and is the leader of a swingband orchestra, which plays at college dances and ^vherever an engagement can be found. Pretty good, for a young chap only sixteen . . . and he still has time to study the methods of the different directors on the Metro-Goldwyn lot where he is under long-term contract. "Before I become a director I \\'ant to put in sexeral years at college," he tells you. "I don't care particularly about a degree, but I do want to take subjects that will help me in my work. Naturally, I'll take as many dramatic courses as I can." Insofar as his learning how to act is concerned, Mickey need attend no drama classes. He is hailed as one of the cleverest juvenile actors on the screen today, and ■ivhen Max Reinhardt presented his spectacle of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the Hollywood Bowl several seasons ago Mickey enacted the part of Puck and garnered every honor. Not once, but many times, have Freddie and Mickey talked over the possibility of Freddie writing the first story for Mickey to direct. Each holds a tremendous admiration for the other, both personally and professionally. That they later may be associated in such a venture seems not at all beyond the realm of reason. Freddie, the visionary; Mickey, the practical-thinking . . . what better combination for the future. Just as, today, they stand at the peak of their profession, so tomorrow may see them working as a team. It's only conjectural, of course . . . but there's nothing problematical about their respective futures. Just watch their smoke! RocHELLE Hudson, 20tl> Century-Fox Powder Secret "Your skin will look radiant, satin-smooth, if you use Max Factor's Powder in your color harmony shade, "says Rochelle Hudson" because the color is created to dramatize your type, and the texture appears perfect, even in a closeup. Max Factor's Powder, Alice Fayb, 20th Century-Pox ^ouge Magic "Your cheeks will have a lasting, lifelike color if you use your color harmony shade of Max Factor's Rouge," says Alice Faye,"its creamy-smooth texture blends evenly, clings for hours." Max Factor's Rouge, 50^ ; Claire Trevor . . . Men Say of These Three Stars . . wouldn't you like to have others say this about you ? DISCO"VER hoiv you, too, can have appealing loveliness with color harmony make-up created by Alax Factor, Hollywood make-up genius. ^ew Lip Make-Up "Your lips will have an alluring color," says Claire Trevor, "if you use Max Factor's Super-lnAeVible Lipstick in the color harmony shade for your type. Moistureproof, it gives the lips an even, lasting color." Max Factor's 5A(/>fr-Indcliblc Lipstick, $ i . 20th Cciitury-Fox aclor ^ l~[olltiwoocl ninii MAX FAC FOR PouiDER. Rouge nnoiipsTKHin vowloioiiH"!™"^ ROCHELLE HUDSON in "WO MAN -WISE'' ALICE FAYE in "ON THE AVENUE" CLAIRE TREVOR in "15 MAIDEN LANE" NEW 20TH CENTURY-FOX PICTURES NAME STREET. 3n. Mii« Fnclofa Mohc Up Studio. Hollywood: ;i/o SoM o( Powder nnd RougD Samplor in my color harmony thado; i Color Snmplor. four shades. I oncloso Ion cents tor posIako J, Alio '.ona mw my Color Hormony Mnhe Up Ctinrt And AQ pagc istf ucllon 6ooh.-The Now Aft of Socloly Moko-Up" FREE 17-3-30 Silver Screkn 91