Silver Screen (Nov 1939 - May 1940)

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Above: W. C. Fields gets a bit affectionate on die Universal lot where he's making "My Little Chickadee" with Mae West. Upper right: Director Raool Walsh, Hedy Lamarr and her hubby, Gene Markey, at the first Hollywood showing of "The Roaring Twenties," which Walsh directed. Higbt: Alan Marshall, the Englishman who plays opposite Anna Neagle in "Irene," with Edgar Bergen and Jean Arthur, who rarely permits candid photo*. Lower right: Linda Darnell, with Robert Shaw, give* an autograph at a sneak preview of her latest picture, "Day-time Wife." emed that nothing would ever release him from Jeanette outside of a )od snipping with scissors. In all the confusion and fuss we are delighted 1 report that Jeanette, a devout music lover, kept her sense of humor. Although Joan Fontaine was twenty-two years old on her last birthday tere were only twenty-one candles on her birthday cake. Frank, her Filipino butler, who is an avid student of American etiquette, '.mained serene when the. error was called to his attention. "But I'm twenty-two, Frank," Joan protested. "Sorry, missy," was Frank's reply. "Blue Book says American ladies ke only twenty-one candles on all birthday cakes." For the first time since she made her debut at the age of three, Jeanette facDonald will appear in Philadelphia, her home town, during her concert >ur this Spring. The citizenry wasted no time proving how they felt about eanette. Four months before her schedtiled appearance the town's largest uditorium, where her concert occurs, was completely sold out. Speaking of movie stars, says Mark Hellinger who did aU right by "The loaring Twenties," two female movie youngsters sat in the Brown Derby lie other night and discussed a woman star with whom they were working. "What do you think of Miss X?" asked the first. "Some people think she's awful catty," the second youngster snorted. "Catty!" screamed the first. "Why she's so catty that they're afraid to save her in the same room with a canary." Rumors persist that Dolores Del Rio and Cedric Gibbons are going to ■all their marriage off. Anyway, Dolores returns to the screen in the fewest Wally Beery picture at Metro, and according to> those who have een the "rushes" she is even more glamorous than ever. Best lad crack of the month: Robert Montgomery's three year old son ;ot angry with his nurse who wanted him to eat something he didn't want, iaid Skipper: "I'm mad with you. I'm going on a diet and you can't come dong." Ever since she worked with Marlene Dietrich, Una Merkel refers to lerself as "Legs" Merkel. She even had a sign made for her dressing room door. In typical Merkel fashion, Una cracked: "The difference between Marlene and me is — she doesn't have to put up signs.** Ann Sothern tells this one on herself. She has been under contract at MGM since last June. Because she always [^Continued on page 7<j\ favorites, here are items of particular interest