Silver Screen (Nov 1937-Apr 1938)

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They are the newest contenders for dramatic honors, their beauty is an accepted fact, and each is a consummate actress. They still are under twenty-one, each has changed her name in the pursuit of fame— Anne Shirley from Dawn O'Day, June Lang from June Vlasek and Joan Fontaine from Joan de Havilland —and the plums of the studios are being tossed their way. The sky's the limit for each of them now. P»»»" MAIL THIS COUPON"--"™"-" * Dept SSI, FINK & CO., 151 W. 40th St., N. Y. * Please send me at once, jar of Muriel Joan Beautifier. I Enclosed is ! □ Rachel □ Brunette □ Flesh □ Suntan □ White i | Name I I Address B I City State >_.__--- ........ .. Flashshots [Continued from page 21] many years. Genevieve Tobin, blonde and amusing, is now in England making a picture, but in the weeks she was in New York before sailing she was frequently in the town's night clubs, very often escorted by the very social Joseph J. O'Donohue IV. When I asked if I might take a photo Mr. O'Donohue said not unless I had a drink at their table. So I had a glass of wine, while all Miss Tobin had was a copy of a magazine. She, like so many of the successful actors and actresses, drinks almost never, if at all. John Engstead of Paramount had arranged for me to take photographs of Mary Carlisle out at Anna Q. Nilsson's charming house and we were to stop and pick up Miss Carlisle on the way out. We were early, or could Miss Carlisle have been late? In any case, she was out on the balcony of her apartment combing her blonde hair when we arrived. On a chair near her, hanging over a newspaper, were several pairs of sports socks which had just been washed. Miss Carlisle yipped in protest when she heard the shutter click, but it was too late, and so I show her to you as first I saw her. Her apartment is small, but delightfully furnished. From there we went on to Miss Nilsson's while I photographed them out in the garden, under the trees, but I still prefer Miss Carlisle with her comb and her newly washed socks. In Walter Wanger's "Vogues of 1938," one of the largest night club scenes was laid at New York's famous El Morocco. The studio photographer, with great care, photographed and measured, and splendidly caught the atmosphere of the place. The photo above, however, was not on the set, but made at the real El Morocco in New York only a few weeks ago. Joan Bennett was East on a vacation, Walter Wanger happened to be in town and so they dropped in to see how much alike the movie and the actual were. Joan Bennett was a great success in New York and her clothes, and what hats she wore to "21" and the "Colony," were widely commented on in the newspapers. What the papers didn't say much about was that she was really in New York to spend a great deal of time with her very ill father. I should say that Robert Montgomery has less of that elusive quality that stamps a successful movie star than any other actor I can think. I have seen him in Hollywood at the West Side Tennis Club, at private parlies and in New York night clubs. He is always at ease, always pleasant and always inconspicuous. If a member of his party hadn't sent me a note that he was in the place I shouldn't have known it. 1 think he saw me coming, asked for a light, nodded and spoke pleasantly. Then I'm sure he forgot the entire incident. A gentleman fitting unobtrusively into his surroundings. Gloria Swanson, Gladys Swarthout and Grace Moore get all their clothes in private life from Valentina, a fascinating Russian who, when she saw me about to snap a shot, hurriedly tried to arrange Grace Moore's sleeve the way she felt it should be worn. It all happened at a cocktail party Valentina, in private life Mrs. George Sthlee, w^as giving for Miss Moore, who was late and finally arrived after much excitement. She had said where she would be and every few minutes there were calls from secretaries, newspaper people, friends and fans. Grace Moore has been accused of being temperamental, and I don't know whether she is or not, but if she isn't with that sort of a life, it's a miracle. Old friends somehow seem better friends when seen in strange towns and unexpected places, and I'm sure that Mary Brian and Randolph Scott felt that way when they met in New York. Mary Brian was with the English actor, Billy Mitton, and Randolph was with a whole table of friends. Time was when Sylvia Sidney was difficult about all casual snapshots and I always suspected that it was because she really was rather uncertain of her looks and shy about them. Now she makes a grand and very helpful subject and is a very good sport. I suppose no matter how shy one is, that the life of a movie star, and time itself, accustoms one to anything— even one's own face. Stars Recall Joyous Yuletides [Continued from page 13] paste and covered with chocolate." Paul Lukas hasn't lived in Hungary for a number of years, but, like Dietrich, he loves to remember his last Christmas in his native land. "One thing I recall well," smiled Paul, "and that is— I ate so much that shortly afterwards I thought I was going to burst wide open any moment! After the Hungarian fashion, we had a scanty but ceremonious meal on Christmas Eve. This included wine soup, grilled carp, walnut cake-roll and apples. On Christmas Day, however, we all attacked a feast at noontime, featuring pig-soup with vinegar, roast cluck, roast pig, sweet and sour cabbage, fried noodles with jelly and walnuts and cakes and cookies!" "I shudder to think what Christmas will mean this year to war-torn Spain," mused Grace Moore, whose husband, Valentin Parara, was born in that once care-free country. "Yet how well I recall the last Christmas I spent there in my husbands native land, before any thoughts of a mad, horrible civil war. The Spanish peop'2 loved music, mirth and hilarity so much, poor dears, so always made them the feature of the occasion. The provinces had varied customs, naturally, but Christmas Day was the Day of Days with them all." Christmas in South America is like spring in this country, according to Marguerite Churchill, or Mrs. George O'Brien, if you prefer. She spent her childhood in Buenos Aires, where her dad, a theatrical producer, was the first to introduce English musical comedy in that land. 72 Silver Screen