Silver Screen (May-Oct 1937)

Daddy appeared in a lot of pictures without ever having said a word!" May Robson is an ardent collector of poetry. Also of wild flowers, and she has nearly every variety growing in her garden. Charles Grapewin collects wood! He has a room in his home inlaid in wood by himself as a hobby. It contains 20,000 pieces, and 105 different kinds of wood! But Chester Morris's collection is about as odd as they come— he collects fingerprints! He already has prints of most of his friends and acquaintances in Hollywood, which will be used to start a unique frieze around the wall of his playroom. Then, of course, there are the stamp collectors! Possibly the least publicized, yet most prevalent hobby among Hollywood's stars is that of philately. Almost all of screendom's great collect, for themselves, for their children, or for friends, stamps from the envelopes on the fan mail which they receive from all over the world. Glamorous Marlene Dietrich is one of the most avid of the collectors. She is saving the stamps in an extensive collection for her daughter, Maria. Bing Crosby and his two brothers, Everett and Larry, who work in his Paramount studio office, all collect stamps for their respective offspring. Bing's mail, which scales around 500 letters daily, comes from every port of the world. In a single day's collection were letters from England, Ireland, China, Australia, New Zealand, Malta, Straights Settlements, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Chile", France, Italy, Hungary and a dozen other foreign countries. George Burns and Gracie Allen have just started a collection for their little adopted daughter, Sandra Jean. Both are astonished at the foreign mail they receive, which indicates that Gracie's insane chatter is as popular abroad as it is in this country. Toby Wing boasts an extensive collection of South American stamps of various denominations from the numerous countries there. Toby is rated one of the screen's most popular players in the southern republics, the fans of which are continually addressing impassioned letters to her. Sylvia Sidney specializes in Oriental stamps. She is Japan's favorite star, and receives innumerable letters from Japan, China, Siam and other Asiatic countries. All the stars receive requests from various fans of theirs for foreign stamps, but usually they have so many requests from studio workers that they are unable to fill the "orders." But Jack Oakie probably has the most romantic collection of all— he collects valentines from old sweethearts, friends and palsie-walsies! Coronation of Movie Majesties [Continued from page 17] hand when she wears it. It is rumored that when he gave it to her he also added, "I trust it is vulgar enough." And it is also rumored that several days later Carole Lombard (the ex-Mrs. William Powell) announced that she was selling out her star sapphire collection as star sapphires were becoming passe. But on with the Bests. "The Best Mixer" goes definitely to Clark Gable, who is a swell person and without any of those chichi affectations that cinema idols invariably acquire with popularity. Clark is considered a good sport by the newspaper fraternity, who are always on his side when any controversy arises. He is just as popular with the publicity people in his studio (most actors think it smart to snub the publicity department as soon as they've had hat south sea island smile WE CIVILIZED FOLK NEED DENTYNE! It works in Nature's own way to help keep teeth sound and white. Dentyne's specially firm consistency invites vigorous, healthful chewing -exercise. It stimulates circulation in gums and mouth-tissues — polishes — cleanses. Helps keep your mouth healthy — teeth white. HELPS KEEP TEETH WHITE MOUTH HEALTHY ITS FLAVOR'S A TREAT! Spicy yet smooth — taste it and you'll know at once why it's so popular! Notice the fashionably flat shape of the package (exclusive Dentyne feature)— just right to carry in pocket or handbag. DENTYNE DELICIOUS CHEWING GUM Silver Screen 65