THEa MACAZ/NE FQOM M ® Greater Than Ever! The world’s standard of stage entertainment. Each unit . a master piece of art and beauty. Vibrant with life . they change weekly and are always new. Composed of supe- rior artists . produced . by master directors . pre- sented in Fox Theatres from the Pacific to the Atlantic to delight the most discriminating aud- iences. Screen Mirror The Magazine from Hollywood M MAJ/Cth HOLLYWOOD Frank Whitbcck Eddy Eckels Editorial Director Managing Editor C. J. VcrHalen Editor Vol. 1 January, 1931 No. 8 © ONE OUT of a hundred visitors to Hol- the Carthay Circle Theater to good purpose. page lywood ever hears of the Assistance Realizing the interest of such an event to League. Not more than one out of five hun- the outside world—they made a sound pic- Cover Design Dorothy Croton dred ever visits the place. Thus four hun- ture of the gala occasion. Frank Reicher, Hobnobbing in Hollywood dred and ninety-nine sight-seers and star- well known actor and director, supervised Shelly Ford gazers miss a thrilling experience. the filming, and the finished picture will be released as “Remote Control from Holly- Stranger in Hollywood The Assistance League is the soft spot in A wood.” Don Byron Hollywood’s reputedly hard heart. It is the film colony’s pet charity and to be active Kay Versus Kay in its affairs is a mark of social distinction. © SPEAKING OF “Min and Bill,” the pre- Eleanor Packer mier was a grand night for Marie Dress- The Assistance League, housed in three ier and Wallace Beery. Scores of world fa- Love Burglar rather disreputable old residences facing the mous celebrities attended the showing as Beverly Blackford back wall of the Fox Studios, operates a a tribute to this popular pair. Each visiting dining room, a thrift shop, a woman's ex- Ruth Ages Wesley Hale personage autographed a sentiment to Marie change, a day nursery, and a parking lot. Sad Haines Eleanor Packer and Wally in a beautiful tribute book that The whole affair is conducted by the was placed in the forecourt of the theater. Charlie’s Girl Frances Deancr wives of famous stars, directors and film All in all it was a swell affair for a swell Not So Dumb TroyOrr executives. They cook, wait table, mend o'd pair. Love Birds Hall Wood clothes, and make a lot of money at it. The money all goes to help Hollywood’s unfor- MaeTime Frances Deaner ® GET THIS! The Ohio censor board the tunate. The receipts, incidentally, are paid other day barred a Mickey Mouse cartoon Talkie Plot Winner in by the stars, directors, and executives because it showed a cow reading a copy of who patronize the place. The luncheon hour Editorial Elinor Glyn’s “Three Weeks.” at the Assistance League resembles a Who’s Imagine what they would do if the screen Who convention of Hollywood. PHOTO GALLERY displayed a close-up of “The>Specialist.” One of its worthiest works is the opera- Clara Bow tion of the day nursery. Film mothers who Bessie Love © RADIO’S GREATEST need, according to work in the studios as extras, seamstresses, Jack Oakie, is a trap-door in front of Fredric March etc., leave their youngsters there, assured every microphone. Oakie said he heard an Churchill that they will receive the finest care any Marguerite (Concluded on eight) child ever had. George Bancroft Nancy Carroll Marjorie White ® JOHN MEDBURY, the well known col- umnist, officiated as master of ceremo- ® El Brendei—who has made an accent pay. Ramon Novarro nies at the opening of “Morocco,” at the With the coming of talkies, many of our accented stars had to pack-up and catch the Will Rogers famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood—and first boat back home. But El, with his Swed- Eddie Quillan the result was plenty of nifties. ish dialect — though he isn’t a Swede — is carry him to stardom. Mary Brian making his funny talk For instance—John noticed all the stars Lawrence Tibbett arriving in their big cars and remarked that there Janet Caynor was an abundance of Rolls Royces. He said that he couldn’t afford such an ex- Greta Garbo pensive automobile—but he had his Chev- William Powell rolet trained so that it back-fired with an Norma Shearer English accent. Anita Page and June Walker Frank Albertson ® WILLIAM POWELL, now at work in “Ladies Man” after a long rest and a European trip, was visited on the set by an very truly yours old school mate who is now pastor of a small midwestern church. The reverend O The Screen Mirror Publishing Com- pany, Film Exchange Bldg., Wash- friend was mildly complaining about his ington at Vermont, Los Angeles, Cal- lack of attendance at the morning services, ifornia, copyrighted 1930 . Asso- ciate Editors: Troy Orr, Cus McCar- whereas on Sunday evening, when a motion thy, William Hardwick. Art Director: picture was shown, the church was filled. F. K. Ferenz. Contributing Editors: Eleanor Packer, Shelly Ford, Cloria “Your problem is easy,” Powell declared. Harvey Byron, Muriel Phelps, Joy, “Advertise your morning services as 'All Hall Wood, Wesley Hale, Rob. Jamey- son, Francis Fenton, Don Nixon, Lew talking—All singing,’ and you’ll get a Garvey, Joseph Reddy, Erie Hampton, crowd.” Frances Deaner. Business Manager: Tom Wood. Circulation Manager: Dwight K. Mitchell . Advertising rates upon application. Ten cents the © METRO - GOLDWYN - MAYER studios copy. No subscriptions solicited. No used the premier of “Min and Bill” at manuscripts solicited. I • Obviously Miss Bow believes in the presents — what with all these packages — and Clara is some prize package herself, believe you us. The ‘It’ girl’s next picture is titled “No Limit,” and, oddly enough, it has a gambling theme. We, along with Clara’s many other fans, hope that the ensuing year will be a banner one for the titian-haired beauty. May “No Limit” clean up for Clara and win her scores of new followers — personally we’re betting on her. No- body can hold a candle to Clara—ex- cept Miss Bow herself—as this photo illustrates. Photo by English © Cute Bessie Love’s new number is one nine three one—in case you want to know. Bessie is wish- ing each and every one of you, a happy and prosper- ous NewYear. If everyone had her winning smile, old man D. Pression would just naturally run for cover. We in turn hope the coming months will bring more fame and fortune to Bessie, whose cheery personality and peppy antics have long been a boon to pictures. - . 4 Sceen Mirror • For January A Stranger in Hollywood who has captured and conquered the heart of the motion picture industry and is destined to become a sensation of the cinema . • A STRANGER is the talk of Hollywood. been Hollywood's beautiful mysterious A stranger who has given the thrill-lov- stranger not because of any voluntary ing motion picture colony more to admire aloofness, but because Hollywood itself and more to envy than any personality since i, all women in one su delights in casting an aura of romance Rudolph Valentino crashed through to be- about itself and those things which interest come a one-day sensation. • . s . f“1 ustenou and concern it. It likes to pretend it does She—for this stranger is a woman — is not understand. It likes to feel that there the exotic, glamorous, mysterious, talented, uring . are . ns-cr>uta hidden meanings in AH | Ue bold glances, that and surpassingly beautiful Marlene Dietrich. there are secrets to be discovered between . spoken or written lines. Such adjectives need explanation. Ordi- . Darlene Dietrich narily they might require an apology. But Marlene Dietrich is a stranger because i? a she fails to understand Hollywood. not when they are used to describe this girl flaming M eteor That she of the Continental background and the Con- says, frankly and calmly. Hollywood twists tinental up-bringing. on a starlit j—(ollqwooJ this around to mean that Miss Dietrich knows all, sees all, and Hollywood fairly Pick up any motion picture magazine as aches to know her real opinion. you have this one. The chance is nine to ten hloriTon “Many of the women of Hollywood are that Marlene Dietrich's lovely features will aware of the fact that they are well- grace its cover. No actress who has come to gowned,” she explains. “The town is dis- Hollywood within the last five years has tinctly clothes-conscious. As- for jewels, I created such a stir among editors, critics, never saw so many in my life. Half the peo- artists and the general initiate as she. Jon hijron It has taken Marlene Dietrich but one Photo by Paramount picture to reach her present commanding place. She was an actress on the Berlin wide set and unwavering. Her voice is stage when “discovered’' there by Josef von magnetic; a warm, mellow note which Sternberg, an American director who had she uses as a flutist uses his reed. gone there to direct Emil Jannings’ first Without seeing her, one could tell that all-talking picture, “The Blue Angel.” Von hers is the voice of a beautiful woman. Sternberg, under contract to Paramount in Sound recorders at the studio have Hollywood, urged that his company retain remarked this her when he returned. that voice lends itself almost perfectly to their purpose. She came to Hollywood. Sternberg Von First of all Miss Dietrich has long directed her in “Morocco" with Cary Coop- been accustomed to the micro- er, and she became an immediate sensation.