Silver Screen (May-Oct 1939)

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APR 28 waa @clB 4 A LETTER FROM LIZA WELL, a cat can look at a Queen I've always said, and can also imitate a First Lady, so with all due apologies to Mrs. Roosevelt who jots down "My Day" between landings and take-offs I shall now do a fine bit of muscling in and give you my version of "My Day." And, baby, it was a honey! Why you movie fans will simply drool at the mouth when you hear about it. You'll all want to be fan writers, heaven forbid. It started out with a call from Barbara Stanwyck to have lunch with her at Lucey's, and there's nothing like an early morning call from Barbara to lift you out of the Monday morning let-down. Barbara is a chain coffee drinker. She is just about the grandest person in Hollywood to lunch with (1) because of her down-to-earthness, (2) because of her swell sense of humor, and (3) because she always has plenty of time. She doesn't give you a cheery smile and a green salad and rush off to another engagement, the way these other glamour girls do. Barbara isn't a big eater, but she is decidedly a big sitter, and a lunch with Barbara can easily last from one until five, which is definitely flattering. Well, you can be sure that I tried to worm it out of Barbara when she would get married to Bob Taylor, but she said she didn't know exactly, and I believe her, though judging from the conversation I think it will be this spring, depending upon the Taylor and Stanwyck picture commitments. In the midst of dishing the industry to a fine fareyouwell (and what fun that is) I remembered that I had a tea date with Hedy Lamarr at her honeymoon house, which I was most anxious to see. So I tore myself away and dashed to the top of the highest mountain out Benedict Canyon way. I found the glamorous Hedy in a peasant costume and a very romantic mood and heard all about her elopement with handsome Gene Markey, the "catch" of the town. Hedy and I went through the tortures of dieting together once and, ever since, I've had a very cozy feeling about her. She confessed that she had eaten three pieces of cake the day before and had gained a pound. She also informed_ me that my lipstick and nail polish didn't match and that was the worst thing a woman could do. I never before realized how important that was. From Hedy's I broke a few speed records to get over to the Tropics to have dinner with Dick Powell and Joan Blondell and go to Dick's first broadcast. And what crazy fun that was with Martha Raye and W. C. Fields bobbing about, but I was pretty tired by then, as you can imagine. Well, "My Day" probably wasn't as instructive as Mrs. Roosevelt s, but I bet it was more fun. REFLECTING the MAGIC of HOLLYWOOD JUNE, 1939 Volume Nine Number Eight Eliot Keen Editor Elizabeth Wilson Lenore Samuels Frank J. Carroll Western Editor Assistant Editor Art Director CONTENTS STORIES AND ARTICLES Page STARLETS FIND LOVE A HANDICAP Gladys Hall 16 The Struggle For Fame Crowds Romance Off Their Track FLASHSHOTS • • Jerome Zerbe i8 Candid Camera Studies Of Celebrities Visiting New York WHO WILL BE THE NEXT HEAD OF THE HEARTTHROB DEPARTMENT? ..Juliette Lane 20 The Answer Is In The Laps Of The Gods SHE'S LIKE SPARKLING CHAMPAGNE Elizabeth Wilson 22 Ginger Rogers Loves To Keep Going THEY FOUND IT BETTER TO BEND THAN TO BREAK. Jerry Asher 24 Francis Lederer And George Murphy "Give In" ioo YEARS LATER Sam X. Barbanel 26 On Location With The "Man Of Conquest" Troupe "BLONDIE '-OUR CUTEST STAR... Helen Louise Walker 28 Penny Singleton Is One Of The Happiest Girls In Hollywood ACTING MEANS EVERYTHING TO THEM Ed Sullivan 30 Nothing Short Of Perfection Will Satisfy These Players THEY BAIT THE NETWORKS Ruth Arell 32 Each Radio Star Has A Man Friday PHYLLIS KEEPS THEM GUESSING Whitney Williams 34 Will She Marry Cary Grant ? TO OUTSTAY A STUDIO-WORK! Leon Surmelian 52 Actors Take Odd Jobs Between Calls MONTHLY FEATURES THE OPENING CHORUS 4 WINNERS IN THE FEBRUARY "LETTERS OF CRITICISM CONTEST'' 6 TIPS ON PICTURES 8 BEAUTY FROM THE WAIST DOWN. . .Mary Lee 10 Get "Done-up" Before You Go Out To Swim A JAM SESSION , Ruth Corbin 12 Preserve Your Favorite Fruits For Fall And Winter TOPICS FOR GOSSIPS ; • • • *5 PRIZE CONTEST! 5* How Proficient Are You In The Use Of Adjectives? PICTURES ON THE FIRE S. R. Mook 54 A Tour Of The Busy Studios REVIEWS 5" A MOVIE FAN'S CROSSWORD PUZZLE Charlotte Herbert 82 THE FINAL FLING Lenore Samuels 82 ART SECTION WE POINT WITH PRIDE 35 John Barrymore •■■ •» ,, PATRICIA MORISON AND DOROTHY LAMOUR 36-3/ Exponents Of Glamour CHARLES BOYER AND WAYNE MORRIS 38-39 Two Heartbreakers ANNABELLA AND SUSAN HAYWARD 40-41 Exotic Ladies JEAN ARTHUR AND CARY GRANT : 42 In "Only Angels Have Wings ALICE FAYE 43 In "Rose Of Washington Square" HOORAY FOR SUMMER! • -44-47 Some Simple Vacation Fashions IT ALL LEADS TO THE CLINCH 48-49 Tender Love Scenes From Two Popular Pictures BETTY GRABLE AND JACK BENNY 5" In "Man About Town" COVER PORTRAIT OF GINGER ROGERS BY MARL AND STONE V. G. Heimbucher, President Paul C. Hunter, Vice President and Publisher D. H. Lapham, Secretary and Treasurer sTTtrmj sjorkkn Published monthly by Screenland Magazine. Inc., at 45 West 45th Street. New York, N. Y. SLT Offlm: 45 We S St., New York; 41(f North Michigan Ave., Chicago; 530 W. 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