Silver Screen (Nov 1938-Apr 1939)

Silver Screen for November 1938 79 "You said it." "Listen. You're well rid of that ham. I never liked him." Eloise got her handkerchief up just in time to he-ad off two large tears. "Look, Barney. Do me a favor, will you? Just eat in silence for the next couple of hours and don't say anything." It was easy for Barney to eat, but not to keep quiet. "I don't want to step on any fresh graves, honey, but you know I'm mighty fond of you." "Yes, Barney. And I'm fond of you." "What I mean is . . . what's the matter with me?" "I don't know. Don't you feel well?" "Yes. I mean no. I'm in love with you, Eloise." She stared at him for one horrified moment, then burst out crying. "Oh, Barney. You poor thing! I know just how you feel. Isn't it awful!" "I tell her I love her;" groaned Barney to Belva the next day, "and she dissolves into tears and says, 'Isn't it awful.' How do you like that?" Belva sighed contentedly. "My heart bleeds for you, Barney." "You're a good kid, Belva. Thanks for the sympathy. Too bad it doesn't do anygood. " Rudolph was not pleased with his stars' romantic misbehavior. In fact, he went crazy. When Jimmie Fidler announced over the air that Eloise Sargent had tied the can to Roger Lawrence even before the completion of their co-starring picture, Rudolph began talking about tearing up her contract. Then Barney resourcefully pointed out that this might bring them in at the boxoffice in bigger droves than ever. "The battling lovers co-starred in a rib-tickling, side-splitting farce, 'Love's a Bargain'!" Rudolph smiled and started eating regularly again. As for Eloise, she was relentless. Each time she saw Roger it was like touching a live wire to an open wound. She put on an eight-hour-per-day demonstration of shrill, razor-edged temperament. For each member of the "Love's a Bargain" company, the set became a little bit of hell. She didn't like the direction, she didn't like the photography, she didn't like the sets, and, with special emphasis, she didn't like Roger Lawrence. Roger soothed, explained, and cajoled till his head rang, and then he only succeeded in opening up a new mother lode of invective. One day he blew up and screamed back at Eloise. That night he took Gloria to the La Maze and had champagne with dinner. The next night it was Lindy's, then the Brown Derby, then the Cock and Bull, then the Trocadero. Jealousy gave way to despair. The awful realization struck Eloise that she had lost Roger. It was useless to keep repeating to herself that she no longer loved him. Those days were agony for Barney, too. There could be no worse torture for him than to be compelled to watch Eloise suffer. He tried kidding her and babying her and jollying her with bluff heartiness. And each time it was like trying to swim in a barrel of soft dough. Then he remembered something. He re-' membered that Eloise had a whale of a temper. He waited till the time was ripe, then he got busy. They were eating lunch together in the studio commissary, sitting at a small table on the far side of the room. Eloise had gotten so she would eat with no one but Barney. She didn't want to talk, and he kept his mouth shut. On this day Barneymaintained his usual discreet silence until "IT'S THE WOMEN with velvet-smooth fingers who win — and keep — a man's heart", says ANDREA LEEDS*, star of the Universal Picture "Youth Takes aFling". Help preventyour hands from getting rough, red and chapped by regular use of Jergens. Andrea Leeds (Charming Hollywood Star) 11 :X. : : * Andrea Leeds' hands thrill Joel McCrea in Universal hit "Youth Takes a Fling" Help You rself to Smooth Soft HANDS this lovely easy Way D O YOUR HANDS feel a little harsh? Look older than your age? Probably the skin has lost too much of its beauty -protecting moisture, from exposure to cold and wind or from being often in water. That dried-out moisture can be quickly supplemented by using Jergens Lotion, which furnishes moisture for the skin. Never feels sticky! Contains 2 ingredients — used by many doctors to help soften and whiten rough skin. Hands are soon like creamy velvet — inviting to romance. Start now to use Jergens. Generous sizes only 50(£, 25(4, 10(4 — $1.00 for the special economy bottle — at any beauty counter. Contains 2 ingredients, often used in medical practice to help soften and smooth rough skin. FREE: GENEROUS SAMPLE See — at our expense — how wonderfully this fragrant Jergens Lotion helps to make red, rough, chapped hands smooth and white. The Andrew Jergens Co. ,2347 Alfred Street, Cincinnati, (). (In Canada, Perth, Ontario). Name. Street. City— (please print) -Stale.