JUDY GARLAND THINKS SHE'S GROWING UP!

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 35, 11 February 1939, Page 7 (Supplement)

JUDY GARLAND THINKS SHE'S GROWING UP!

F*R the first time in her life fjudy Garland is becoming chscious of her appearance. ' Beauty,' to jj.udy, hitherto' - has been f imething witji which you were born id couldn't do !much about, and why rould; ,;you £ant . to, -anyway t You ffere and you were having a good time, and tfiat-was the principal thing, i Bit when a" girl' is 14, and a junior I .-school, she has to. pay some f Sention to appearance. Competition, /jCiSd all-that., v, .. /, .j W And . when your -competition - comes c 'f frijron4s v snch : people as- Joan. Crawford, 5: |J/Myrna v ix>y> Virginia. Bruce raaid- Rosa- ■ 'Jj lihd Russell, why, you'veJgot to fight : vjr fire with .fire, as it were. W Xot that Joan,'or Myrna', or "Virginia jj or Rosalind were trying to compete with Judy. Judy's last big party was if vat the'. Sigjna'Chi house at Ohio: State / V"'' University; Atad did she enjoy herself!' But there were, pictures-of Joan, ?v r Myrna;; Virginia arid Rosalind on the walls.. So now: Judy knows - what she's «p against.. ' - • "I lost five pounds on -nay personal W- appearance tour," she beamed on her return to the old home lot,. MetroGold wyn-Mayer. "And, believe me, I'm not going to put it back. No more spaghetti and French bread, and pie all at the same meal. I'm going to dance my feet off and stay slim. "I've got to do things with my hair, too. I want it to be thicker. It doesn't grow fast enough and the lights sort of shine through it. "Maybe I can talk Adrian»into designing some dresses for me, too. There ought to be better-looking • dresses for

ByJames Arthur

a girl my age. I have an awful"time finding • something that becomes me. I simply' can't wear ruffles, and every store to which I go for dresses tries to make me look like Shirley Temple when I want smart, Collegiate things. Not too Bporty and not too sophisticated, but really attractive. Maybe I'll have to design them myself. I did design the one I have on. Look!" And she displayed a cool green peasant style that appeared to be a model of what the 14-year-old ought to wear. "I'm at just that age when a girl has to pay a lot of attention to herself' because everybody else thinks she isn't quite old enough to warrant it," commented the starlet, sagely. "Just wait until I get hold of the cameraman on my next picture, though. I bet you well surprise everybody, because I've only just begun to realise how many things I can do to improve myself." ♦ +.. "•••>'*• • + TVTRS. GARY COOPER has been speechmaking in London on how to be happy though married—to Gary Cooper. Her creed is embodied in six rules: 1, ibe considerate ; 2, give him all your love and complete freedom; 3, never lose your temper; 4," keep the children well behaved; 5, make the home attractive; 6, share interested—i.e., work, sports and vacations. (And now all that the girls have to do is to get a Gary Cooper for a husband?)

pOOR Sidney Toler! He was upset about a story that he was to be dropped from the Chan series. The actual truth of the matter was that Twentieth Century-Fox were so enthusiastic about his initial "Ohan" film that they asked him to continue indefinitely in the series. + ♦ + + rpHE Mauch Twins, whose Hollywood career, ended with "Adolescence," will make a picture at Kew York's World Fair. ♦.♦ + ♦ JpANNY BR'ICE is to be glorified by the movies—in "Rose of Washington Square," with Alice Faye in the titlerole, songs by Irving Berlin, and pos- ' sibly a part for A 1 Jolson. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ J)EANNA DURBIN was 16 years old on December 4. She gave herself an exquisite birthday present. "I slept late and loafed at home," she told a reporter with ecstatic anticipation. + ♦ ♦ ♦ Garbo was in Paris, she told an interviewer: "The only things I want are life, sun and liberty. And the only place to find them is in Europe." ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ jyjAXIE ROSENBLOOM has three sets of notepaper. One is headed "Maxie Rosenbloom, Boxer." Another, "Maxie Rosenbloom, Actor." And another, "Maxwell Everett Rosenbloom, nightclub owner and entertainer." ♦♦♦ ' ♦ "|~)ARRYL ZANUCK will beat competitors to the punch with his "Life of Abraham Lincoln,'' based on "Lawyer of the West," by Lamar Trotti. Zanuck's Lincoln is Henry Fonda, who bears a strong facial resemblance to the great emancipator. '♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ "PfrlNG CROSBY and Walt Disney are backing a new 33-acre recreation centre in Hollywood, patterned after New York's Madison Square Garden. Ice hockey, championship boxing bouts, professional tennis, etc., will be featured. Stockholding memberships are selling at 1000 dollars a share. ♦ +' + + TJARBARA STANWYCK told the ladies and gentlemen of the Hollywood Press: "There are three things I won't discuss —Dion (her adopted son), Robert Taylor (you all know who he is) 4nd Frank Fay (her ex-husband). But/' she said optimistically, "I will talk about Cecil B. de Mille" (her new boas). "Don't bother, Barbara," they replied. "Mr. de Mille does all right talking for himself!" + + + ♦ PRINCESS "BABA", of Sarawak, bride of wrestler Bob Gregory, is the only film actress in Hollywood whose husband takes her to the studio in the morring, hangs around on the set to have lunch with her, then waits to take her home at night. ♦*+ ♦ * will be controversy over Paulette Goddard's performance in"Dramatic School."' Some will like her, . some. vill. not., It has been said in ' Hollywbod that it was a mistake to team her with Luke Rainer—the fine acting of Miss Rainer threw too vivid a searchlight on Paulette'e lack of histrionic ability.

LEEDS i* again fighting with Boss Goldwyn. and for the same reason—she wants a salary increase, or she will refuse her "next assignment with Gary Cooper in "The East Frontier," and there are some girls who would emote with Gary for nothing! ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ |-| EDY LAMARR is telling friends she had no idea a film career was such hard work! Of all people, Hedy should complain least. She i:«ade only one Hollywood picture wid became an overnight sensation. She is worried about her next movie, which will decide whether elie is an exotic flash in the pan—or an actress. + ♦ "f + POWELL estimates that his recent illness deprived him of around 300,000 dollars—in film, and radio salaries. ♦ * + + COLMAX k reported to have « the largest fortune among film stars who are still active, except Chaplin, of course, who, if he is not actually before the cameras, is talking about* getting there. + + + + QLIVER HARDY y.-as recently told by a fan. "You sure are a great actor. I think you're immense." Oliver hoped he was referring to his talent and not to his 300-odd pounds of weight. .♦ ♦ ♦ * QLAI'DE RAIXS is wanted to play John Philip Sousa in a picture based on the famous bandmaster's life. In addition to covering the SpanishAmerican War, the trouble in the Philippines, and the beginning of the World War, the picture will feature the pick of Sousa's 100 or so famous marches. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ KIVEX marries Merle Oberon —in "Wuthering Heights." ♦ ♦ * gHIRLEY TEMPLE'S bungalow at the Desert Inn in Palm Springs has been redecorated and reehristened with a bottle of milk. Shirley is now in residence and spending all her waking hours in violent exercise in hopes of growing taller and thinner. + + + •♦- JT looks as if Charlie Chaplin is really serious about making the talkie he has talked about for the past three years. The epic is now at the stage where Charlie is acting out every role, every dsy, for his dinner guests. At this rate, it will probably be before the camera in the earlv 19405. ♦* ♦ ♦ gAMUEL GOLDWYX h«K purchased a script based on the history and foundation of Scotland Yard, tentatively titled "Colonel Rowan of Scotland Yard.'' for a future Merle Oberon vehicle. If negotiations are successful, Fredric March and Herbert Marshall will play the lead roles, thus re-uniting the trio who played in Goldwyn's "Dark Angel." March will play Colonel Rowan and Marshall will portray the Duke of Wellington. The producer has already made arrangements with Scotland Yard for use of files, archives and other facilities to aid in authenticating the production. Alexander Korda has announced that upon her return from Hollywood Merle Oberon. who is under joint contract to Korda and Goldwyn, will be starred in "Elizabeth of Austria," a romantic adventure story woven around the wife of the Emperor Franz Josef when •enna was at the height of its glory.