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In Hollywood There Is No Man L,ike Him! Ray Milland Is An Ex= pert Marksman And Horseman. He H as Even Raced In The Fa= mous Grand National Steeplechase In Ensland — The Most Difficult Course In The World.
By
Wkitney Will iams
A scene from "Wings Over Honolulu." Ken Taylor (Left) watches with baleful glance as Wendy Barrie and Ray Milland tread a measure.
CE— as has been noted some few million times— is a funny thing. Had Josef von Sternberg not traveled to Germany to direct a picture and there become intrigued with the possibilities of a somewhat plumpish young woman named Marlene Dietrich, who, up until then, had been no more than a hanger-on in the UFA studios, the glamorous star might still be clamoring for attention in German films.
Had Joan Crawford not picked up that piece of torn newspaper carrying a want-ad for clerks in a Kansas City department store, she would not have met the girl whose sister introduced her to a vaudeville agent and, in consequence, she might never have embarked upon a theatrical career which eventually led her to Hollywood.
And, by the same token, had Ray Milland, English to the core, not escorted Estelle Brody, the only actress he had ever known, to London's famous Carlton for dinner, he might be an officer in the British army, a diplomat in some foreign court . . . least of all one of Hollywood's most up and promising young actors.
But Ray Milland DID "date" the bright-eyed Miss Brody, star of the English cinema, to the tune of a fifty-dollar evening of gay abandon— his last bit of change, by the way— and therein lay the turning-point of our Mister Milland's existence.
Tall, slender, regular-featured, one of the screen's better-dressed actors and radiating an engaging personality, Ray Milland stands today a potential star.
Polished in appearance and soft-spoken, he is being groomed to take the place left vacant by Gary Cooper and Gary Grant on the Paramount lot, and Paramount, his home-studio, has high hopes for his future.
That he is one of the most sought after leading men in Hollywood right now would seem to indicate that his future, and stardom, are assured— right around the corner, you might say. In
rapid succession during the past six or seven months, he has appeared prominently in featured roles, in "Three Smart Girls," "The Big Broadcast of 1937," "The Jung]e Princess," "Bulldog Drummond Escapes," "Wings Over Honolulu" and, ere this storycan be printed, will have enacted the leading role opposite Jean Arthur in "Easy Living."
Quite an enviable record for any player, but Milland can recall with all-too-poignant reality other days of his acting career when month after month passed without even so much as a consideration for a part.
"I was down to one suit, several shirts, two ties and a pair of shoes that looked presentable only because they were shined daily," he admits, ruefully. "It wasn't that acting was in my blood, or I was waiting for my grand opportunity— I would have taken any old kind of a job, even with pick-and-shovel. The fact was I couldn't find work. Fortunately for me, those days seem past now."
Unconsciously, he glanced around the comfortable surroundings in which he and his pretty wife reside. [Continued on page 88]
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