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P.,e- Two Ohio'. CLARK GABLE. By ED SUWVAN Hollywood, Cal. H ASIT EVER struck you girls of the midwest that you're darn lucky? Well, it's high time that it was brought to your attention, my little chick- adees of the Big Ten sector, be- cause you're living in an area that must be scented with lotus flowers and other prerequisites of romance. Most of the great lovers and heart throbs of the cinema come from the area in which you live. Clark Gable and Tyrone Power come from Ohio. Fredric March com e s from Wisconsin. Don Ameche comes from Wisconsin. Spencer Tracy comes from Wisconsin. Alan Curtis is from Illinois. Phil Harris is from Indiana. Fred MacMurray is from Kankakee, Ill. Dennis O'Keefe is from Ohio. There must be something in the air in the Tribune states to account for this fiood of movie heroes. Ohio, of course, must have some special something to have produced Gable and Tyrone Power within the boundaries of one state. That's not bad. C1aica'o SUl:lday TrlLul:le Looking at Hollywood with Ed Sullivan Glamor Boys, Like the Tall Corn, Hail from Midwest minob' FRED MacMl1RRA Y. Maybe if I'd been born in Ohio my whole career would have been altered. Well, it's too late now. Fredric March is one of the few Big Ten grads in the higher brackets of lovemaking. When he was manager -or the Wiscon· sin football team back in 1920, the year that Chuck Carpenter captained the Badgers and Chick Harley was demoralizing the conference at Ohio State, March little thought that some years later he would be hitting Carole Lombard, an Indiana girl, flush on the chin. It only supports the arguments that have been ad- vanced in favor <ifa college edu- cation', I suppose. March is a Racine, Wis., boy. His name then was Frederick Bickel, but the late Frank Van- derlip, then the head man at the National City bank in New York, was to change Bickel's name. his ambitions, and his entire life. Not that Vanderlip, the finan- cier, knew that he was going to play that part in the life of a college, student he didn't even know. 7 SUMMER SKIN ILLS Quick Relief With This Medicated Formula Used By Millions- SUNIURN IAIY RASH PIMPLES (Externally CaUIM) CHAFING INSECT liTES PRICKLY H IAT TIRED, ACHING FElT (Cracks betwHn THI) Modern medicated cream ••. easy, pleasant to use SNOW-WHITE· GREASELESS· STAINLESS • Don't let itching, smarting and burn- ing of unpleasant externally caused skin irritations spoil your fun. Don't suffer needlessly frum these painful ugly skin troubles. It's easy to get quick soothing relief'with snow-white, grease- less medicated Noxzema Skin Cream. A single application of this soothing, cooling cream usually stops itching, smarting, painful irritation-continued use promotes quicker healing. Noxzema is a unique formula of 12 tested medicaments in greaseless, stain- less cream form. It's snow-white and you can apply it freely day and night without staining clothes or linen . Surveys show that hundreds of doc- tors not only prescribe Noxzem .. but use it themselves. Over 50,000,000 jars have been used in just the last few years. So don't let these painful irritations trouble you. Follow the ex- ample of millions - get quick relief with soothing medicated Noxzema. FREE TRIAL JAR: If you would like to try Noxzema, send a clipping of this offer with name and address to Noxzema Chemical Co., Dept. CII, Baltimore, Md. A free trial jar will be sent to you without obligation. CORNS COME BACK BIGCER, UCLIER E.IiIIIIl;- un'••• r.moved Root· and All H OME parinl only affects the surface of a com-leaves the root to come back biller, more painfult Don't take chances with old-f •• hioned, unknown remedies. Play safe with the scientific Blue- Jay. It ends pain by removing pressure, then in • few days the corn lifts out root and .11 (exceptionally stubbcrn cases may require a seccnd applica· tion). 6 for 2S~. Same price in Canada. Wbconaln'. FREDRIC MARCH with Janet 'Gaynor in what h. coMidena his best pictur., •.A Star I. Bom:" It all happened when Bickel won a scholarship in his senior year at Madison. Vanderlip, al- ways in favor of college-trained men for his banking empire, had sent out a notice to all the schools in the land that scholar- ship winners would be welcomed with open arms to National City and would, be trained special- ly for, banking posts in South America. It sou n d ed like high adventure. Bicke 1 started Spenc.r Tracy lor Wall street, 01 WbcolUln. thinking it was the tlrst leg of a trip that would take him to Buenos Aires. Had Vanderlip maintained his grip upon finance there might have been no Fredric March. But Vanderlip was weakening. James Stillman came into Na- tional City at that exact moment. He said that college men weren't particularly well qualified for banking; that he'd rather take high school boys and teach them the banking system. Bickel took the hint and quit. And so A Star Was Born. Out of a job and laid up in a Brooklyn hospital for an appen- dix operation, Frederick Bickel, recently of Racine, Wis., decided that he'd become an actor. How- ever, he was very conscious of the fact that his Presbyterian kinfolk would resent it. So he took his mother's maiden name, Marcher, and shortened it to March. He did not go on the stage Im- mediately. He couldn't get a job. So he became a collar ad- vertisment model. He earned about $30 a week from that, and in the meantime he was taking At right: March a. Mr. Hyde. small bits on the stage whenever they presented themselves. It was in this manner that he got into the Denver stock company which was to alter his life, or complement it. Playing at Den- ver, he met Florence Eldredge, the girl who is now Mrs. Fredric March. Miss Eldredge was the big star then; March was just a theater novice. When Edgar Selwyn called them both to New York to reherse for the leads in "The Proud Woman" Miss Eldredge clicked; March was released and another player substituted as the leading man. "That was the most embarrassing moment of my life," he says. "1 wanted to be a big shot because of Flor· ence. I wanted to show her that her fiance was a somebody. In- stead I was fired." • • • March says that to him his greatest screen performances have been" A Star Is Born" and "Laughter." His most unpleas- ant rOle was in a picture that won him international attention, " Dr. Jekyll and 14r.Hyde." Not that he didn't like the part, but simply because of the excruciat· ing ordeal of makeup. Alan Curtia of minoia. Don Am.ch. of Wi.colUln. Ohio'. TYRONE POWER. ••In the first place, because of the makeup problem I had to be at the studio every morning at 6 o'clock," he says. " Wally West- more would get to work on my makeup immediately, and it was pretty horrible. First he'd put collodion under my eyes so that no perspiration w 0 u I d come through. Then he'd have to weigh down the under part of the eye with wads of surgical cotton to force open the eyeball. On top of that, he had to stutl my nose with rubber plugs. In- stead of teeth I had to use tusks." March has a unique reputation in Hollywood. Directors will tell you that he never has given a bad performance, even in a bad picture. He, like Spencer Tracy, believes in underplaying a scene. His voice records well. He is very natural. That type of per- former never 'appears gawky on the screen, regardless of his ma- terial. His present assignment is ••There Go es My Heart," in which he plays a newspaper man, just as he did in ••Nothing Sacred." The chuckle in this is that March will tell you that he always has been scared to death of newspaper man rOles,because he didn't want the gentlemen of the press to come down on him with a critical deluge of unpleas- ant proportions. "I finally decided that if I'd just act natural I'd be all right as a newspaper man," he says. His characterization of the news- paper man in "Nothing Sacred" I thought was the finest ever done on the screen. He didn't rely on a turned-down gray hat to prove that he was a reporter. What kind of person is this March? A thoroughly nice per- son, with a good sense of humor, a nice modesty. Racine, Wis., is to be congratulated. D.1UlhI O'][e.l. 01 Iowa. l' eke .f .I.e~• ...,ie F GD Dear Miss TInee: I am a very stanch tan of one Mr. Mickey Rooney. From a sprightly Puc k in" Midsummer Night's Dream" to a hard, con- ceited young jocky in ••Thor· oughbreds Don't Cry" (not for- getting the Judge Hardy pictures), he proves him- self one versatile young man. Will you please squeeze a pic- ture of him in your column and alao tell some- thing about Monsieur • Ro o- ney? With best wishes from a loyal fan, JEAN L. KLEIN. Editor's note: Faith, an' it is a broth of a boy young Rooney is. Hia real name ia Joe YuZe Jr. He was hom in Brooklyn, N. Y. Hia parents are Nell Brown and Joe Yule, professionals. He Was educated at Dayton Height8 and Vine Street Gram- mar school and Pacific Military academy in Hollywood. As a baby he appeared in a vaudevile act of his parents. Thanka lor the good wishes, and plea8e remain Zoyal. Phil Harm 01 Indiana. Trio in Color • Oolor phot08 of the three film performere 8ketched here ap- pear on page one of tOday'8 pic. ture section. DANlELU: As the result of an- DARRIEUX swering a want ad in a Paris newspa- per in 1931, when she was only 14 years old, Danielle Darrieux landed a leading rOlein a French play, "Le Bal.' Today she is a sensation of the movies, the idol of France, and one of Europe's most glamorous stars. She was seen recently as the star of Universal's picture" The Rage of Paris," with a nota- ble cast that included Doug- las Fairbanks Jr., Mischa Auer, Louis Hayward, and He 1e n Broderick. And everyone who saw her in "Mayerling," playing opposite to Char 1 es Boyer, remembers her sympathetic portray- al of the part of the Innocent young sweetheart of the tragic prince. Dan ie II e was born in Bor- deaux, France, May I, 1917. Dani.n. Darri.ux. GENE Next Saturday will RAmOND be the birthday of one of Holly- wood's well and faVOrably known actors, Gene Raymond. He will be 30 years old. He was born in New York City, Aug. 13, 1908, and actually began his ca- reer in the field of entertainment at the age of 15. Until he blos- somed out as a stage actor in 1924 with a part in •.The Pot- ters," after having put in about five years of study at the Pro- fessional Children's school in New York, he was known as Ray- mond Guion- Guion being the family name. Among his better known stage rOles were those of "Cradle Snatchers," ••Young Sinners," and "Take My Ad- vice." His earlier appearances on the screen were in "Personal Maid" and "Ladies of the Big House." Since 1932 he has ap- peared in more than thirty pic- tures, including "Flying Down to Rio," ••Seven Keys to Bald- pate," and "That Gir I from Paris." On June 16, 1937, Gene and Jeanette MacDonald, star of many musical films, were mar- ried in the Wilshire Methodist Episcopal church in Los Angeles while more than 5,000 movie fans milled around outside the church. The couple passed their honeymoon in Hawaii. Five feet ten inches tall and weighing 165 pounds, young Mr. Raymond is a handsome chap, although the perfect wave in his hair irks him no little. His chief hobby is horseback riding. Her father, a French World war veteran, was a famous eye spe- cialist. Her mother is a noted voice teach- er. Danielle was edu- cated at Lycee la Tour and the Conservatory of Music of Paris, where she studied the violoncello. As previously related, she got her chance in the movies at the age of 14 and took it. Since that day she has starred in almost a score of hits, Includtng' the prize-win. ning "Mayerling." Mlle. Dar- rieux, who made her American film debut.in "The Rage of Paris," has large, luminous eyes and copper hair. Her name, by the way, is pronounced as though it were spelled Dan yell Dar,yuh. VIRGINtA Born almost in the GREY shadows of Holly- wood's vast film stu- dios and of a father who was associated with the movie pro- fession as a comedy director, it was only natural that Virginia Grey should turn to the screen. She was born twenty years ago last March 22, and while she still was a little girl she began preparing for a career by study- ing dancing. She wB:s one of the famous 'Meglin Kiddies and at the age of 9 began playing bits and parts, most important of Which was as Little Eva in " Uncle Tom's Cabin." Asan ex- pert dancer she applied for and was accepted as one of the glorl- fied girls of "The Great Zieg. feld." Because of this part she was remembered by Metro-Gold- wyn .Mayer when that studio was seeking a stand -in for Madge Evans. Then she was kept on as a stand-in for Flor· ence Rice. Her great moment came when she was chosen for the leading feminine rOle in the miniature musical, "Violets in the Spring." Her work in that short subject was so outstanding that she was signed to a term contract and played in "Old Hutch" in 1936. Other produe- tions in which she has appeared include "She Gets Her Man," "Secret Valley," "Rosalie," and , ••Bad Guy." Miss Grey is five feet four inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, and is a natural blonde, although in "The Great Zieg· feld " she was a platinum blonde. Letters published in this department should. be written on one side of the paper. If you wish a personal reply please inclose a stamped, self·addressed envelope. Dear Miss Tinee: You have probably already heard high praise from the" Voice of the Movie Fan" about the splendid per- formance of Bette Davis in ••Jezebel." Although the picture has been produced and played for some time, I just recently had the opportunity ot seeing it. My feel· ing toward the acting ab1llty of Miss Davis has been strengthened and I feel that throughout the picture she seemed actu- ally to live her rOle. I feel that those of your readers who have not yet seen "Jezebel" are missing a worth-While picture and have a great treat in store for them. I remain, sincerely, ROSLYN NEWMAN (age lIS). Editor's note: You see what Roslyn says' MICKEY ROONEY " v.ry stlnch fin" cI1I1 him Ylnlttl•. Dear Miss T1n~: I heartily agree with Carolyn Tyler in her criticism of ••In Old Chicago." Why the picture was not boy· cotted after its premiere here Is beyond comprehension. The only thing in connec- tion with it worth looking at was the fine exhibit of relics and antiques loaned by the Chicago Historical society and dis· played in the foyer of the theater, but which had no bearing whatsoever on the play. The novel ••We, the O'Learys" is not obtainable at the library, 10 that I do not know what the O'Learys had to do with old Chicago according to the novel, which you say served as a basis for the action In the play. In any event, why not have , named the play "We, the O'Learys" ? Sincerely yours, EMMA DOESERICH. tor her to play in "Gone with the Wind." What is wrong with Barbara Stanwyck or Katharine Hepburn? They have played those kind of parts before, and they would -make perfect Scarlett O'Haras. I haven't anything against Miss Shearer, except she is not suited for this rOle. What is your opinion of this? Yours trulv, SHIRLEY CHRISTIAN. Editor's note: Miss Shearer may sur prise you. 1 will have no opinion until I've Been the picture. Come again! Dear Miss Tinee: Thil letter may not be right in the line of your column. but I just want to voice my opinion. I was very much taken back In discovering that Norma Shearer was taking the part of Scarlett O'Hara and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind." It is my oplnlon that none is better suited to portray Rhett Butler than Clark Gable, but as for Norma Shearer taking the part of Scar- lett O'Hara, it il out so far as I'm concerned. What's hap- pened to the producers-have their glasses gone astray? My tlrst choice for Scarlett would be Bette Davis, but, of course, since she played Jezebel, it is out of the question My dear Miss Tinee: Will you be kind enough to answer the following questions for me? Q.-Where was Charles Chaplin born? A.-In London. Q.-\'lThere was Gloria Swanson born? A.-·ln Chicago. Q.-Where was the late Jean Harlow born? A.-In Kansas City. Mo. Would you also tell me the real names of the following stars? Screen Name Charles Chaplin Gloria Swanson Jean Harlow Ruby Keeler Gypsy Rose Lee Nelson Eddy Clark Gable Robert Taylor Shirley Temple Jane Withers Editor's note: NORMA SHeARER Will Ih. b. 900d SClrl.tt? fin lika. Real Name Charles Chaplin Glorla'Swanson Harlean Carpenter Ruby Keeler Louise Hovlck Nelson Eddy William Clark Gable Spangler Arlington Brugh Shirley Temple Jane Withers You're very welcome.
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P.,e- Two
Ohio'. CLARK GABLE.
By ED SUWVANHollywood, Cal.
HAS IT EVER struck yougirls of the midwest thatyou're darn lucky? Well,
it's high time that it was broughtto your attention, my little chick-adees of the Big Ten sector, be-cause you're living in an areathat must be scented with lotusflowers and other prerequisitesof romance. Most of the greatlovers and heart throbs of thecinema come from the area inwhich you live. Clark Gableand Tyrone Power come fromOhio. Fredric March com e sfrom Wisconsin. Don Amechecomes from Wisconsin. SpencerTracy comes from Wisconsin.Alan Curtis is from Illinois. PhilHarris is from Indiana. FredMacMurray is from Kankakee,Ill. Dennis O'Keefe is fromOhio.There must be something in
the air in the Tribune states toaccount for this fiood of movieheroes. Ohio, of course, musthave some special something tohave produced Gable and TyronePower within the boundaries ofone state. That's not bad.
C1aica'o SUl:lday TrlLul:le
Looking at Hollywoodwith Ed SullivanGlamor Boys, Like the TallCorn, Hail from Midwest
minob' FRED MacMl1RRA Y.
Maybe if I'd been born in Ohiomy whole career would havebeen altered. Well, it's too latenow.Fredric March is one of the
few Big Ten grads in the higherbrackets of lovemaking. Whenhe was manager -or the Wiscon·sin football team back in 1920,the year that Chuck Carpentercaptained the Badgers and ChickHarley was demoralizing theconference at Ohio State, Marchlittle thought that some yearslater he would be hitting CaroleLombard, an Indiana girl, flushon the chin. It only supports thearguments that have been ad-vanced in favor <ifa college edu-cation', I suppose.March is a Racine, Wis., boy.
His name then was FrederickBickel, but the late Frank Van-derlip, then the head man at theNational City bank in New York,was to change Bickel's name. hisambitions, and his entire life.Not that Vanderlip, the finan-cier, knew that he was going toplay that part in the life of acollege, student he didn't evenknow.
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IAIY RASH
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• Don't let itching, smarting and burn-ing of unpleasant externally causedskin irritations spoil your fun. Don'tsuffer needlessly frum these painfulugly skin troubles. It's easy to get quicksoothing relief'with snow-white, grease-less medicated Noxzema Skin Cream.A single application of this soothing,cooling cream usually stops itching,smarting, painful irritation-continueduse promotes quicker healing.Noxzema is a unique formula of 12
tested medicaments in greaseless, stain-less cream form. It's snow-white andyou can apply it freely day and night
without staining clothes or linen .Surveys show that hundreds of doc-
tors not only prescribe Noxzem .. butuse it themselves. Over 50,000,000jars have been used in just the lastfew years. So don't let these painfulirritations trouble you. Follow the ex-ample of millions - get quick reliefwith soothing medicated Noxzema.FREE TRIAL JAR: If you would liketo try Noxzema, send a clipping ofthis offer with name and address toNoxzema Chemical Co., Dept. CII,Balti more, Md. A free trial jar willbe sent to you without obligation.
CORNS COME BACK BIGCER, UCLIER E.IiIIIIl;-un' ••• r.moved Root· and All
HOME parinl only affects the surface ofa com-leaves the root to come back
biller, more painfult Don't take chanceswith old-f •• hioned, unknown remedies. Playsafe with the scientific Blue- Jay. It ends painby removing pressure, then in • few daysthe corn lifts out root and .11 (exceptionallystubbcrn cases may require a seccnd applica·tion). 6 for 2S~. Same price in Canada.
Wbconaln'. FREDRIC MARCH with Janet 'Gaynorin what h. coMidena his best pictur., •.A Star
I. Bom:"
It all happened when Bickelwon a scholarship in his senioryear at Madison. Vanderlip, al-ways in favor of college-trainedmen for his banking empire, hadsent out a notice to all theschools in the land that scholar-ship winners would be welcomedwith open armsto National Cityand would, betrained special-ly for, bankingposts in SouthAmerica. Itsou n d e d likehigh adventure.Bick e1 started Spenc.r Tracylor Wall street, 01 WbcolUln.thinking it wasthe tlrst leg of a trip that wouldtake him to Buenos Aires.Had Vanderlip maintained his
grip upon finance there mighthave been no Fredric March.But Vanderlip was weakening.James Stillman came into Na-tional City at that exact moment.He said that college men weren'tparticularly well qualified forbanking; that he'd rather takehigh school boys and teach themthe banking system. Bickel tookthe hint and quit.And so A Star Was Born.Out of a job and laid up in a
Brooklyn hospital for an appen-dix operation, Frederick Bickel,recently of Racine, Wis., decidedthat he'd become an actor. How-ever, he was very conscious ofthe fact that his Presbyteriankinfolk would resent it. So hetook his mother's maiden name,Marcher, and shortened it toMarch.He did not go on the stage Im-
mediately. He couldn't get ajob. So he became a collar ad-vertisment model. He earnedabout $30 a week from that, andin the meantime he was taking
At right:March a.Mr. Hyde.
small bits on the stage wheneverthey presented themselves. Itwas in this manner that he gotinto the Denver stock companywhich was to alter his life, orcomplement it. Playing at Den-ver, he met Florence Eldredge,the girl who is now Mrs. FredricMarch.Miss Eldredge was the big star
then; March was just a theaternovice. When Edgar Selwyncalled them both to New York toreherse for the leads in "TheProud Woman" Miss Eldredgeclicked; March was released andanother player substituted as theleading man. "That was themost embarrassing moment ofmy life," he says. "1wanted tobe a big shot because of Flor·ence. I wanted to show her thather fiance was a somebody. In-stead I was fired."
• • •March says that to him his
greatest screen performanceshave been" A Star Is Born" and"Laughter." His most unpleas-ant rOle was in a picture thatwon him international attention," Dr. Jekyll and 14r.Hyde." Notthat he didn't like the part, butsimply because of the excruciat·ing ordeal of makeup.
Alan Curtiaof minoia.
Don Am.ch.of Wi.colUln.
Ohio'. TYRONE POWER.
••In the first place, because ofthe makeup problem I had to beat the studio every morning at 6o'clock," he says. " Wally West-more would get to work on mymakeup immediately, and it waspretty horrible. First he'd putcollodion under my eyes so thatno perspiration w 0 u Id comethrough. Then he'd have toweigh down the under part ofthe eye with wads of surgicalcotton to force open the eyeball.On top of that, he had to stutlmy nose with rubber plugs. In-stead of teeth I had to use tusks."March has a unique reputation
in Hollywood. Directors will tellyou that he never has given abad performance, even in a badpicture. He, like Spencer Tracy,believes in underplaying a scene.His voice records well. He isvery natural. That type of per-former never 'appears gawky onthe screen, regardless of his ma-terial.His present assignment is
••There Go e s My Heart," inwhich he plays a newspaperman, just as he did in ••NothingSacred." The chuckle in this isthat March will tell you that healways has been scared to deathof newspaper man rOles, becausehe didn't want the gentlemen ofthe press to come down on himwith a critical deluge of unpleas-ant proportions."I finally decided that if I'd
just act natural I'd be all rightas a newspaper man," he says.His characterization of the news-paper man in "Nothing Sacred"I thought was the finest everdone on the screen. He didn'trely on a turned-down gray hatto prove that he was a reporter.What kind of person is this
March? A thoroughly nice per-son, with a good sense of humor,a nice modesty. Racine, Wis., isto be congratulated.
D.1UlhI O'][e.l.01 Iowa.
l'eke .f .I.e~ • ...,ie FGDDear Miss TInee: I am a very stanch
tan of one Mr. Mickey Rooney. From asprightly Puc kin" MidsummerNight's Dream"to a hard, con-ceited youngjocky in ••Thor·oughbreds Don'tCry" (not for-getting the JudgeHardy pictures),he proves him-self one versatileyoung man.Will you please
squeeze a pic-ture of him inyour column andalao tell some-thing aboutMonsieur • Ro o-ney?With best wishes from a loyal fan,
JEAN L. KLEIN.Editor's note: Faith, an' it is a broth
of a boy young Rooney is. Hia real nameia Joe YuZe Jr. He was hom in Brooklyn,N. Y. Hia parents are Nell Brown andJoe Yule, professionals. He Was educatedat Dayton Height8 and Vine Street Gram-mar school and Pacific Military academyin Hollywood. As a baby he appeared ina vaudevile act of his parents. Thankalor the good wishes, and plea8e remainZoyal.
Phil Harm01 Indiana.
Trio inColor
• Oolor phot08 of the three filmperformere 8ketched here ap-pear on page one of tOday'8 pic.ture section.
DANlELU: As the result of an-DARRIEUX swering a want ad
in a Paris newspa-per in 1931, when she was only14 years old, Danielle Darrieuxlanded a leading rOle in a Frenchplay, "Le Bal.' Today she is asensation of the movies, the idolof France, and one of Europe'smost glamorous stars. She wasseen recently as the starof Universal's picture" TheRage of Paris," with a nota-ble cast that included Doug-las Fairbanks Jr., MischaAuer, Louis Hayward, andH e 1e n Broderick. Andeveryone who saw herin "Mayerling," playingopposite to C h a r 1e sBoyer, remembers hersympathetic portray-al of the part ofthe Innocent youngsweetheart of thetragic prince.Dan i e IIe wasborn in Bor-deaux, France,May I, 1917.
Dani.n.Darri.ux.
GENE Next Saturday willRAmOND be the birthday
of one of Holly-wood's well and faVOrablyknown actors, Gene Raymond.He will be 30 years old. He wasborn in New York City, Aug. 13,1908, and actually began his ca-reer in the field of entertainmentat the age of 15. Until he blos-somed out as a stage actor in1924 with a part in •.The Pot-ters," after having put in aboutfive years of study at the Pro-fessional Children's school inNew York, he was known as Ray-mond Guion - Guion being thefamily name. Among his betterknown stage rOles were thoseof "Cradle Snatchers," ••YoungSinners," and "Take My Ad-vice." His earlier appearanceson the screen were in "PersonalMaid" and "Ladies of the BigHouse." Since 1932 he has ap-peared in more than thirty pic-tures, including "Flying Downto Rio," ••Seven Keys to Bald-pate," and "That G i r I fromParis." On June 16, 1937, Geneand Jeanette MacDonald, star ofmany musical films, were mar-ried in the Wilshire MethodistEpiscopal church in Los Angeleswhile more than 5,000 moviefans milled around outside thechurch. The couple passed theirhoneymoon in Hawaii. Five feetten inches tall and weighing 165pounds, young Mr. Raymond isa handsome chap, although theperfect wave in his hair irks himno little. His chief hobby ishorseback riding.
Her father, aFrench World
war veteran, wasa famous eye spe-
cialist. Her motheris a noted voice teach-
er. Danielle was edu-cated at Lycee la Tour
and the Conservatory ofMusic of Paris, where she
studied the violoncello. Aspreviously related, she got herchance in the movies at the ageof 14 and took it. Since that dayshe has starred in almost a scoreof hits, Includtng' the prize-win.ning "Mayerling." Mlle. Dar-rieux, who made her Americanfilm debut.in "The Rage ofParis," has large, luminous eyesand copper hair. Her name, bythe way, is pronounced as thoughit were spelled Dan·yell Dar,yuh.
VIRGINtA Born almost in theGREY shadows of Holly-
wood's vast film stu-dios and of a father who wasassociated with the movie pro-fession as a comedy director, itwas only natural that VirginiaGrey should turn to the screen.She was born twenty years agolast March 22, and while shestill was a little girl she beganpreparing for a career by study-ing dancing. She wB:s one of thefamous 'Meglin Kiddies and atthe age of 9 began playing bitsand parts, most important ofWhich was as Little Eva in" Uncle Tom's Cabin." As an ex-pert dancer she applied for andwas accepted as one of the glorl-fied girls of "The Great Zieg.feld." Because of this part shewas remembered by Metro-Gold-wyn .Mayer when that studiowas seeking a stand - in forMadge Evans. Then she waskept on as a stand-in for Flor·ence Rice. Her great momentcame when she was chosen forthe leading feminine rOle in theminiature musical, "Violets inthe Spring." Her work in thatshort subject was so outstandingthat she was signed to a termcontract and played in "OldHutch" in 1936. Other produe-tions in which she has appearedinclude "She Gets Her Man,""Secret Valley," "Rosalie," and, ••Bad Guy." Miss Grey is fivefeet four inches tall, weighs 120pounds, and is a natural blonde,although in "The Great Zieg·feld " she was a platinum blonde.
Letters published in this department should. be written on one side of the paper.If you wish a personal reply please inclose a stamped, self·addressed envelope.
Dear Miss Tinee: You have probablyalready heard high praise from the" Voiceof the Movie Fan" about the splendid per-formance of Bette Davis in ••Jezebel."Although the picture has been producedand played for some time, I just recentlyhad the opportunity ot seeing it. My feel·ing toward the acting ab1llty of Miss Davishas been strengthened and I feel thatthroughout the picture she seemed actu-ally to live her rOle.I feel that those of your readers who
have not yet seen "Jezebel" are missinga worth-While picture and have a greattreat in store for them.I remain, sincerely,
ROSLYN NEWMAN (age lIS).Editor's note: You see what Roslyn
says'MICKEY ROONEY
" v.ry stlnch fin" cI1I1him Ylnlttl •. Dear Miss T1n~: I heartily agree with
Carolyn Tyler in her criticism of ••In OldChicago." Why the picture was not boy·cotted after its premiere here Is beyondcomprehension. The only thing in connec-tion with it worth looking at was the fineexhibit of relics and antiques loaned bythe Chicago Historical society and dis·played in the foyer of the theater, butwhich had no bearing whatsoever on theplay.The novel ••We, the O'Learys" is not
obtainable at the library, 10 that I do notknow what the O'Learys had to do withold Chicago according to the novel, which
you say served as a basis for the actionIn the play. In any event, why not have, named the play "We, the O'Learys" ?
Sincerely yours, EMMA DOESERICH.
tor her to play in "Gone with the Wind."What is wrong with Barbara Stanwyck orKatharine Hepburn? They have playedthose kind of parts before, and they would-make perfect Scarlett O'Haras.I haven't anything against Miss Shearer,
except she is not suited for this rOle.What is your opinion of this?Yours trulv, SHIRLEY CHRISTIAN.Editor's note: Miss Shearer may sur·
prise you. 1will have no opinion until I'veBeen the picture. Come again!
Dear Miss Tinee: Thil letter may notbe right in the line of your column. butI just want tovoice my opinion.I was very muchtaken b a c k Indiscovering thatNorma Shearerwas taking thepart of ScarlettO'Hara andClark Gable asRhett Butler in"Gone with theWind." It is myoplnlon that noneis better suitedto portray RhettButler thanClark Gable, butas for NormaShearer takingthe part of Scar-lett O'Hara, it ilout so far as I'm concerned. What's hap-pened to the producers-have their glassesgone astray?My tlrst choice for Scarlett would be
Bette Davis, but, of course, since sheplayed Jezebel, it is out of the question
My dear Miss Tinee: Will you be kindenough to answer the following questionsfor me?Q.-Where was Charles Chaplin born?
A.-In London.Q.-\'lThere was Gloria Swanson born?
A.-·ln Chicago.Q.-Where was the late Jean Harlow
born? A.-In Kansas City. Mo.Would you also tell me the real names
of the following stars?Screen Name
Charles ChaplinGloria SwansonJean HarlowRuby KeelerGypsy Rose LeeNelson EddyClark GableRobert TaylorShirley TempleJane Withers
Editor's note:
NORMA SHeARERWill Ih. b. 900d SClrl.tt?
fin lika.
Real NameCharles ChaplinGlorla'SwansonHarlean CarpenterRuby KeelerLouise HovlckNelson EddyWilliam Clark GableSpangler Arlington BrughShirley TempleJane WithersYou're very welcome.
