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Count them—two— Xavier Cugat and Guy Lombardo pro- vide the irresistible melody. * * * * And in addition the film offers Edward Arnold, Marie Wilson and Leon Ames. * * * * “No Leave, No Love” was produced by Joe Pasternak, outstanding musical picture creator. This one has the Pasternak knack. * * * * Directed by Charles Martin who, along with Leslie Kardos wrote the screen play, No Leave, No Love’, fulfills all anticipations of good entertainment. * * * *x Incidentally, you will notice Marina Koshetz, the ‘‘countess”’ from Texas. * *x * *x Ana hear some tunes that are hummable humdingers, such as ‘‘Love ona Grey- hound Bus’ and “All the Time’. *x * “No Leave, No Love’’? The answer is very definitely “Yes”, —Lea NOVEMBER. 1946 ~~ modern screen “She fucendly magazine fe stories JCORNEL WILDE LIFE STORY (part ome).....ccececcrecereeeucnpeatnettnninereenennss 30 MODERN SCREEN GOES TO SEA (Dana Andrews ) 2 ove eee ee ees 34 “ME AND MY BIG MOUTH!” by Hedda Hopper .......---....----1+:scesssrr™ icy ee 38 “THE RAZOR'S EDGE” (Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Ann ‘Baxter)=...2<----. ° 40 HERE COME THE BRITISH! (Peter Lawford)... -...-.---:es::ecseeesteseetesteree reece ie, AL THE GOBLINS‘LL GIT YOU (Allyson, Scott, bi Tove (= ¢=3p Demers Mee ora ea 46 THE FLYING COWBOY (Gene Autry ).......2.2. cece ec cseeescesesssenerceene ee cererenenernnes: 48 VALIANT LADY (Susan Peters)...........--. ---- TS acelin ee eee Oe ees epee se seer 50 ADVENTURE IN CONTENTMENT (Powell-Ford ) 54 SHE GETS AWAY WITH MURDER (Margaret O'Brien ) 56 THOSE LITTLE ORDINARY THINGS (Payne-DeHaven ).....-22...c.22s esses eee ners 58 PLENTY OF EVERYHING (Joseph Cotten )........-.--:-:-::ee 0 ine od votes 2 60 ee CRAZY, BUT I LOVE HIM” by Mrs. Dane Clark... - i | tok eee eR ee 62 DARK ANGEL (Gail Russell )........--..-s::sseccccsseetesneesscssseensteecssnenssesssecnennanancennsnnssarssse sees 64 color pages CORNEL WILDE in 20th-Fox’s “Home Stretch” :5 0c feast eee emer ... 30 DANA ANDREWS in 20th-Fox’s “Canyon Passage” 34 GLENN FORD in Columbia's “Gallant Journey” 54 MARGARET O'BRIEN in M-G-M's “Tenth Avenue Angel” ..... bah eee ee 56 | GLORIA DEHAVEN in M-G-M's "Summer Holiday” ......0 2.2.00... -:esseteeresereeeerert 58 JOHN PAYNE in 20th-Fox's “Razor's Edge” g...-:s:ssssessecsececese steers setearsnnenenseesnvensnnensnecs 58 JOSEPH COTTEN in Selznick’s ‘Duel in the Sun” IS ae Spee 60 DANE CLARK in Warner Brothers’ "That Way With Women” ...............--.- poe ne OE GAIL RUSSELL in Paramount's * Caleuttat....2.c-c-ce see TS PRU Se alee, resin sere 64 DIANA LYNN in Paramount's “Our Hearts Were Growing Up”.........--..-::.- 89 features PICTURE OF THE MONTH: “Notorious” selected by Dorothy Kilgallen ...............- 6 EDITORIAL PAGE . 29 GOOD NEWS: by Louella Parsons j 92 PART POSTSCRIPTS: by Louella Parsons departments RADIO: Radio Award by Ed Sullivan. Radio Gossip by Ben Gross MOVIE REVIEWS: by Virginia Wilson erie CO-ED: by Jean Kinkead..................... MUSIC: “Sweet and Hot” by Leonard Feather SUPER COUPON BEAUTY: “Top-knot Tactics” -.1........::css:eettsesees FASHION: By Toussia PineS............---:::essseete INFORMATION) DESK v.i.c.ccc-c-cessscecstsge-trtes osees-nareteon ar ase eae TT COOKING: “Oh, Kaye! It's a Party!” ......-..-..c-etssesecsesseenrens en renee THE COVER PORTRAIT OF CORNEL WILDE IS BY NICKOLAS MURAY. - HENRY_P. MALMGREEN, Editor P. DELACORTE, Executive. Editor JEAN KINKEAD, contributing editor GUS GALE, staff photographer BOB BEERMAN, staft photographer SHIRLEY FROHLICH, service dept. TOUSSIA PINES, fashion editor BEVERLY LINET, information desk CHARLES SAXON, editor, Screen Albu MAGDA MASKELL, western manager JANE WILKIE, western editor MIRIAM GHIDALIA, associate editor BERYL STOLLER, assistant editor OTTO STORCH, art director BILL WEINBERGER, art editor POSTMASTER: Please send notice on Form 3578 and copies returned under Label Form 3579 to 149 Madison Avenue, New. York 16, New York Works. Office of publication at 360 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 1, Illinois. Single copy price, 15¢ in U U. S. A. and Canada $1.80 a year; elsewhere $2.80 a year. Entered as second class matter Sept. 18, 193 at the post office, Dunellen, N. J., under Act of March 3, 1879. The publishers accept no responsibility f t)

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M-G-M PICTURE KFENAN WYNN PAT ARKWOOD - XAVIER CUGAT - GUY LOMBARDO New Singing Star and His Orchestra and His Orchestra : ond EDWARD ARNOLD : MARIE WILSON : LEON AMES aN t Original Screen Play by CHARLES MARTIN and LESLIE KARDOS Ue? a Directed by CHARLES MARTIN © Produces by JOE PASTERNAK «© & metrO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURE

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Alicia Huberman, (Ingrid Bergman DOROTHY @ In “Notorious,” Alfred Hitchcock has created a shat- tering—but welcome—novelty in female spies. He has flung the kohl-eyed Mata Hari type of -adven- turess into the cinematic dustbin and craftily built his melodrama around an apple-cheeked, soft-voiced, broad- shouldered clinging vine who looks as if she would far rather play hockey than cops and robbers. The script calls this new brand of secret agent “Alicia Huberman,” and infers strongly that she is no better than she should be. But though she is shown reeling across the crest of the drunkenest party since the flapper age, stubbornly speeding through the Miami night to the great peril of a handsome government agent, awaken- ing with a vertiginous hangover and pursuing the hero through a hotel suite with a series of the most relentless SELECTS "NOTORIOUS" Bs sis ) an adventuress, falls in love with American agent Devlin (C. Grant). KILGALLEN kisses ever recorded on celluloid, she is still Ingrid Bergman—as robust as the 4-H champion of Minnesota, as wholesome as the text on a package of Wheaties. “Suspense,” however, does not depend on veils and incense, and Mr. Hitchcock demonstrates in this in- stance that he can concoct as many goose-bumps and refrigerated spines with a spy in a schoolgirl frock as his old-fashioned predecessors achieved with black satin, pounds of mascara, and pallor that suggested tubercu- losis, if not opium. Indeed, it is quite possible that he derives a good deal of the tension in “Notorious” out of the fact that his heroine is an amateur spy on a pro- beautiful but clumsy, and so emotionally befuddled that the chief fessional mission, brave but unsure, mystery in-the picture is why (Continued on page 138)

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Thirsting for adventure . .. red-blooded mutineers surge from the pages of the . | world’s best loved story pes of men and ships! | | ] | i Bs S ‘ ; Se Howard da SILVA- Esther FERNANDEZ. Albert DEKKER - Luis VAN ROOTEN - Darryl HICKMAN Produced by SETON I. MILLER * Directed by JOHN FARROW: Screen Play by Seton I. Miller and George Bruce

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radio award...by ED SULLIVAN EH Sometimes, infrequently, your travels lead to a meeting with a person who is a Standout, a guy who is something special, as human beings go. And at first, you are skeptical, you figure that there’s a catch in it some place, that suits of shining armor disappeared with the last vaudeville booking of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. But months go by, accumulate into years, and the Standout remains something special in your catalogue of human nature. The Standout is Parks Johnson, presiding genius of the Vox Pop show of radio, which you have listened to for 14 years, and which now comes to your dials Tuesdays, at 9 p.m. Vox Pop’s Parks Johnson comes from the under side of the Mason and Dixon line and the south has sent no finer Ambassador to “us-dam-yankees.” Really, the deep south sent us a Johnson-and-Johnson combination of spreaders of good-will, for Alabama's Parks Johnson married Texas eyeful, Louise John- son. Often, a husband is particularly nice, but his wife is a cipher. Or vice versa. In the case of Johnson and Johnson, Parks and Louise are equally genuine, equally thoughtful, WERE DAYS! MARGIE IS equally adaptable, equally generous in their estimates of people. The reason that Vox Pop, as a radio show, has lasted 14 years and maintained its top rating, is because people who listen to radio know that the drawling voice of Parks Johnson is the index to a fine man. They know it in a variety of ways—in his unvarying kindness to people he interviews on his show, in the type of questions that suggest themselves to him, in his sincerity which projects over the CBS network. There is nothing “actofish’ about Parks Johnson. His background would explain that because he is the son, the grandson and the nephew of clergymen. His father was a circuit-riding southern preacher, doing on a small scale what his son does on a national scale, going to the people and translating Vox Pop, the voice of the people. Parks Johnson attended Emory University and thereafter engaged in a colorful variety of jobs. He was a slugging minor league first baseman, a ticket collector on the Southern Railway, briefly a cotton broker, and then served in (Continued on page 26) AND WONDER OF THE GIRL! THIS TS

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and radio gossip... by BEN GROSS M@ Stories They Tell On Radio Row ... It isn't exactly news when a sponsor of an audience Participation show awards a fabulous prize to a contestant. But when a mere listener comes across with a goodly cash reward, and without ballyhoo—well that’s one for the headline writers. Yet, it is on record that somewhere in ABC’s audience there is such a listener. For, re- cently, Mrs. Ben Mansfield, of the Bronx, New York, appeared on that network’s “Glamor Manor,” and while being interviewed by em- cee Eddie Dunn, remarked that she had been happily married for twenty-four years. She also added that her husband was “one man in a million.” A few days later, she received a Western Union money order for $400 from some one who merely signed himself as “A Listener.” The accompanying message set forth that “anyone who could be happy after almost a quarter of a century of married life deserves this money.” Mrs. Mansfield tried her best to learn the identity of her benefactor, but the telegraph company refused to disclose the name of the big-hearted sender. — TT eee AMERICA’S HEY! THE PICTURE! Among the stories they spin on Radio Row, none is more fascinating than the one about how one of the most popular attractions on the air, Kay Kyser’s “College of Musical Knowl- edge,” got its start. Back in 1938, Kay and his band were playing at the Blackhawk Restaurant in Chicago—just another dance orchestra. As business was slow on Monday nights, Kyser decided to pep up things by adding some audience participation features to the floor show. He worked out an idea which called for the customers to come to the microphone and sing a song. After a few rounds of what proved to be a dull routine, one of the band- men suggested that each amateur singer should not only give the name of his song but also that of the composer. Then, another member of the orchestra piped up: “Say, Kay, you look like a professor. Let's call the act ‘Professor Kay and His Students.’ But Sully Mason, also in Kyser’s crew, had a different— and the best—inspiration. He yelled: “How about ‘Kay Kyser’s College of Musical Knowl- edge?’”’ That decided it. The show became a “Col- HEY! DAY?! lege,” and with the scintillating and best loved boy from North Carolina as the “Professor,” went on to earn many millions of dollars and to become one of the longest-lived items in radio. M Names Make Radio. . Dorsey, producing the picture, “The Fabu- lous Dorseys,” with brother Tommy, will spend one half of his time in Hollywood ac- tivities hereafter, he refuses to give up his dance band. Once a maestro . . . well, it seems you just can’t get over it... On “It Pays To Be Ignorant,” CBS’ burlesque quiz show, comedian Harry McNaughton is known as a “nitwit.’’ But out on Long Island, his neighbors refer to him as the “cat man.” That's because he usually has around 14 felines in his house. Harry loves cats and simply can’t turn a stray Tom or Tabbie away ... Red Barber, the famous broadcaster of Dodgers’ baseball games, who is now sports director of CBS, made his debut in tadio as a spouter of crop news on a farm program over WRUF, down in Gainesville, Fla. Good looking Sally (Continued on page 66) . Although Jimmy presents JEAN CT WARGIE IN TECHWNICOLOR GLENN LYNN = ALAN ANGANBARI-YOUNG BARBARA LAWRENCE - CONRAD JANIS - ESTHER DALE Directed by HENRY KING Screen Play by F. Hugh Herbert Produced by WALTER MOROSCO O;. CENTURY-FOX Based on Stories by Ruth McKenney ond Richard Bransten

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10 by Virginia Wilson MOVIE REVIEWS TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST ™@ Paramount has made this classic saga of the sea into a Technicolor epic of brutality and courage. The cast couldn’t be better—every part is per- formed with understanding. Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd) is a young man about Boston, in 1835. His father owns a fleet of sailing vessels and makes. money even faster than Charles spends it. One of his ships is “The Pilgrim,” which has broken all speed records. The reason is that its captain, Thompson (Howard da Sylva), doesn’t care how many crew members he kills doing it. Unfortunately for Charles, one night he wanders into a waterfront cafe for a drink. The “Pilorim’s” chief mate, Amazeen (William Bendix), sizes him up as a good, strong lad, drugs his drink, and he wakes up the next day on the “Pilgrim,” bound for San Francisco. When he explains that he’s the owner’s son, all he gets is a horse laugh. The only member of the crew who has signed on of his own free will is Richard Dana (Brian Donlevy). His kid brother died aboard the “Pilgrim” last trip out and he means to find out how it happened. He soon learns that life is cheap in those surroundings. The first day, a man is given fifty lashes, and tossed, dying, into solitary confinement, for discipline’s sake. Dana writes down everything that happens on the voyage in a notebook. If he can get back with it, maybe he can clean things up by act of Congress. Charles is pretty unpopular with the rest of the crew for a while. Then he rescues Dana’s notebook from the sneaking, tale-telling second mate, and gets a flogging for it. After that, they accept him as one of themselves. Death is always close to them. The food—decayed horse meat, and moldy sea biscuits, mostly—leads to an outbreak of scurvy. Twice they approach land where they could get fresh food, but Thompson refuses to stop. So at last, Charles leads a mutiny. And the penalty for mutiny is hanging . . . if you're caught! You'll find Barry Fitzgerald, Darryl Hickman (Continued on page 14) | Rich Charles Stewart (A. Ladd), is shanghaied onto a “hell ship," flogged for “discipline.

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There are guys and guys, and as we all know, one man's meat is another man's arsenic. It makes it tough on a girl. Do the shy ones like you to scin- fillate, or is that how to hook a muscle man? Do you draw out the local Ein- stein or what? When is it good tactics to listen, when to flatter, when to talk seriously? We've done some research on the whole business, so if you're in the market for a Man (and who ain't), come on over. |f he's a Brain, chances are he wants a gal who's—first of all— decorative. Don't ask us why, but the bright, bright boys rarely go for the plain babes, even-if they're junior grade Phi Betas. Just a face, with nothing behind it, won't hold him, of course, but it'll sure-as-shootin’ snare him. Once you've got him, break it to him slowly that you too can read and write, but—even if it's true— don't leave him think that you think you're smarter than he is. These straight-A boys aren't athletic or smooth as a rule, and they're a bit self-conscious about their shortcom- ings. If you can start your lad bowl- ing, bear with him until he's pretty good, then let him see how impressed you are—he’ll think you're divine. Like- wise, it will cut a lot more ice with him if you laugh at his jokes and make him feel like a wolf, than if you tell him he's a genius. The latter he knows, the former is News. If he's a Three-Letter-Man, he'll want a gal who's more than slightly sports-minded, too. One who'll cheer like mad at the football games and shiver with him at the hockey games, and who'll know who Tami Mauriello and Doc Blanchard are without look- ing in the back of the book. If you're awfully beautiful, you'll find it ne handicap, but a sense of humor, a slue of enthusiasm, and an easy-going, one-of-the-boys attitude are even more important to (Continued on page 23) Lay that pistol down, babe—’cause ADD ciamorous COLOR and SHEEN 70 YOUR HAIR (Gre, BLONDES — you'll say you can’t get a man with a gun! Espe- cially if you’re us- “goodbye” to that dull mousy look as Nestle /.. Colorinse adds richer 2 color and lustrous sheen to your hair. ing the same ammunition for each guy, when BRUNETTES—dark hair can be drab hair un- less it sparkles with dancing highlights. Nestle Colorinse gives your hair these lovely highlights — makes it softer and silkier, too. different caballeros need different calibres! REDHEADS — enhance the natural beauty of your hair. Nestle Col- orinse brings out all its hidden highlights and sheen. Makes it easier to comb — easier to manage. CO-ED QUESTION BOX We are a large family with a small income, and there is practically no money for clothes. | am fifteen and fairly pretty, but this year | find myself so self-conscious about the way | look that my whole per- sonality is changing. What can | do about it? G. H., Appleton, Wisc. There have been lots of jokes about room-mates with just one wardrobe be- teween them, but actually it’s a very good idea. Couldn’t you and your sisters work out some such deal? Could you learn to sew, and thus be able to work all sorts of magic, like making good looking jackets. from outgrown coats, jumpers from worn out dresses? Could you manage a very few inexpensive but JEAN KINKEAD i coun! 0 inaters of one) KEEP HAIR IN PLACE ALL DAY LON Delicately perfumed Nestle elegant accessories like a wide belt, an Hairlac keeps all styles of assortment of hair ribbons, a_ string of hairdos looking well-groomed |} pearls? How about tinting faded sweat- throughout the day. Also adds ers, turning the frayed cuffs of blouses, sheen and lustre to your hair. rejuvenating an entire dress with new 2¥, oz. bottle 25¢. Ss buttons and a new belt. There's nothing A “ o easy about looking well turned out on es Nestle HAIRLAC~ G2 almost no money, but it’s been done be- fore, and we'll bet you can do it again. (Continued on page 22) 12

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14 Rhoda Hoffman, Bewitching Cover Girl, Says: I ean’t afford CHAPPED SKIN” Beauty Care is 2 es "You can’t fool the color camera. It shows up winter-roughened skin,” says Rhoda. “But now I don’t fear ats searching lens, for my complexion has that smoother SweetHeart look!” How proud men are to date popular Rhoda Hoffman, now that this gentle SweetHeart Care keeps her skin softer, smoother, lovelier all winter long. SweetHeart Soap’s | De Siti Lattin to) Helpa fiwent Chapping | A model earns most of her money in winter. So if your face and hands chap easily—get red and rough—let Rhoda’s experience solve your beauty problem. “Tt helped prevent chapping and made such an amazing difference in my complexion,’ says Rhoda Hoffman, “when I changed from inadequate care to SweetHeart's Extra Lather Care)” Like this glamorous cover gitrl—massage your face night and morning for one minute with SweetHeart Soap’s extra lather. Rinse with warm—then icy cold water. This gives 3-way help...(1) cleanses (2) stimulates (3) brightens. Your skin’s fresh, velvety! And see how this SweetHeart Care helps you avoid chapping. SweetHeart gives up to twice as much lather as the average beauty soap—rich, creamy lather that’s pure, mild, gentle. Yes, extra kind to sensitive skin in wintry weather. The soap that AGREES with your skin DON'T WASTE SOAP Te conrains vital materials. MOVIE REVIEWS (Continued from page 10) and Esther Fernandez among those who add color to her story.—Par. P. Ss. Wartime restrictions on navigation pre- vented the studio from going to sea for the filming of the picture, but a full- sized reproduction of the historic brig Pilgrim, upon which three-fourths of the story’s action takes place, was built on the back lot. . . . Director Farrow conduct- ed a school of seamanship to familiarize his actors with sea-going practice and idiom. A training mast was erected on the studio lot and the players were given in- structions on climbing aloft and handling sails. . . . Special effects experts created storms and hurricanes. Snow, rain, wind, sleet, and fog were loosed upon the ship, while batteries of wind blowers battered the ship with gales and mechanical wave- making machines sent water cascading over the gunwales. During the most violent of these~man-made storms, Alan Ladd and Brian Donlevy went aloft on the pitching mainmast to furl the sails. Both disdained the use of doubles for the dangerous job. THREE LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE Three little girls in blue. Three little girls in Technicolor! Three little girls in 1905, in search of a rich husband. Pam (June Haver) and Liz (Vivian Blaine) and Myra (Vera Ellen) afe tired of life on a chicken farm. They want to go to Atlantic City and grab a millionaire. But they only have enough money for one of them to-go in style. They draw lots, and Pam wins. The others go along as her secretary and maid. Atlantic City is full of handsome young men and music and champagne. Hand- some young man number one is Steve Harrington (Frank Latimore) who sends Pam champagne the night of their ar- | rival. Mike (Charles Smith), the wine | steward who brings it up to the suite, | makes eyes at Myra, who’s playing maid. He also makes a date with her for Thurs- | day, maid’s night off. Pam starts her campaign next day by | pretending to be drowning as Steve's sailboat passes. Steve dives off to rescue | her, but he’s hit on the head “by the | boat’s boom, and she’s the one who has | to haul him out to the float. There they meet handsome young man number two, | Van Dam Smith (George Montgomery). Later Pam learns from Mike that Grand-_ father Smith was the one who invented | animal crackers and made all that money. | So here she is with two millionaires | on the string. Everything is just ducky, | except that for the next three weeks | neither of them will let the other one be alone with her. At last she gets Van) alone, and he asks her to marry him but/ admits he’s broke. It seems that Grandpa left the dough to a zoo. So Pam gets en-| gaged to Steve instead, although she’s in love with Van. They all go down to Steve's Maryland estate, where Steve and Liz find a common love of horses and fried chicken. | It’s all pretty muddled until Steve's sis-| ter Miriam (Celeste Holm) takes a hand Lots of tunes here that are whistle bait—20th-Fox. : : } P. 8. The movie is a story of youth, and the combined ages of five of the six leading

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ee Vand on = players adds uz In one sequence two hundred and fifty rare goldjish were used in three speciac- ular four-joot crystal bowls. To keep them p to exactly ninety seven.... | alive, the special effects department de- | vised a machine to keep the water aerated, and continually pumped a mixture oj fresh water and oxygen into the bowls which kept them crystal clear, while the added oxygen had an exhilarating effect on the fish. . . . During production, June Haver fell out of an apple tree, was chased by a goat, attacked by a turkey, and fell into a watering trough... . : : : s her cherry tresses for the picture and be- came a blonde to match the other two = = | ra = foamed = girls. The hairdressers found it impos- sible to get the red dye out oj the ends Vivian Blaine shed | of her hair, so Vivian gritted her teeth, | and cut it all of within four inches of her head. . .. June Haver was out oj the east for almost a week with a “strep” throat. When she came back, her doctor made two calls on the set a day to take germ cultures, and it wasnt until she was eonsidered saje, that he would consent to | her playing any love scenes. THE KILLERS One of the best known short siories ever written is “The Killers.” Expanded inio a full length moiion piciure, it still packs a ierrific punch, especially with a top | flight casi bringing it io life. iis midst would affect it: The town of Brentwood is appalled by the machine- gunning of Swede Lunn (Burt Lancasier). On the other hand, itis obviously a killing done by outsiders and they want no part of the mess involved. The local police make | a few gestures, but the only one who is | really interested in solving the crime is Riordan (Edmund O’Brien), claim adjuster for the insurance company. There are a few clues here and there. A green handkerchief with a harp embroi- dered in the corner. A life insurance policy made out io a maid in an Ailaniic Ciiy hotel. A boxing glove which leads to De- teciive Sam Lubinsky (Sam Levene) in Philadelphia, who once secured Swede’s conviciion om a robbery charge. Through Lubinsky, Riordan learns about Kiity Col- lins (Ava Gardner), who went around with Swede while her-sieady guy, rackeieer Colfax (Albert Dekker); was in jail. When Colfax came oui, Swede went in—on a | stolen jewelry rap. According io Lubinsky, Swede took the rap for Kitty, who is a very beautiful dame and quiie a lot smarier than Swede. Swede is looking for trouble when he comes out of ihe pen, and it doesn’t take him long io find it. He and a couple of “pen pals” plan a hold-up. Colfax is back oi it. one of the pariicipanis wearing a green handkerchief as a mask. The loot comes to a quarier of a million bucks, and Swede finds oui, a litile late, that there’s no honor among thieves. This is one of the mosi brillianily acied, excitingly» paced pictures of this or any year. Don’t miss it!—Univ. P. 8. Producer Mark Hellinger paid $50,000 | jor the Ernest Hemingway tale, a record price up to that time, for a short story. ... Burt Lancaster, an ex-GI, makes his film debut in the movie. ... During production. Ava Gardner was a student in the Exten- sion Division of the University of Cali- jornia at Los Angeles. Her proudest moment came, not from praise by Director Siodmak, but at getting a B-plus in an English literature exam. . . This was (Continued on page 18) The holdup goes off all right, with | LITTLE LULU Is All Ears po) | E7ROR 7a: =< 2 TISSUE USERS SAV—\ ie nal Cellucotton Products Co. } LIKED BEST IN A NATION-WIDE SURVEY BY 7 OUT OF 10 TISSUE USERS Copyright 1946, Internatio MORE KLEENEX is being madethan ever before. So keep asking for it! | Only Kleenex has the Serv-a-Tissue box *T.M. Reg — pull a tissue and up jumps another U.S. Pat. Of Watch for Paramount's latest LITTLE LULU cartoon in Technicolor at your favorite theatre.

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@ This month, I refuse to make any terse and brilliant remarks about the weather, but will proceed directly to the Hotel Pennsylvania, where I can make terse and brilliant remarks about Elliot Lawrence. I went over to the Pennsyl- vania the other night, under the impres- sion that Lawrence was a young genius of twenty-two. I discovered he’s a young genius of twenty-one. . -P’ve told you in previous issues about his background, and about the unusual sounds (bassoon, oboe, French -horn, etc.) that he uses, so I’Jl simply add that he’s good looking, agreeable and has a pleasing band. His vocalists, Jack Hunter and Rosa-~ lind Patton, are both from Philadelphia, Lawrence’s home town. Lawrence worked with Rosalind on the Children’s Hour when they were ten years old. At the Hotel Penn: Jack Hunter, Rosalind Patton, ork leader Lawrence and L. Feather. Paula Stone interviews Dinah Shore backstage at N.Y.'s Para. for ‘Benny Goodman Day." By LEONARD FEATHER Whether Hunter was talented at ten, I don’t know, since Lawrence first heard him at Philadelphia's Stage Door Can- teen. Anyhow, watch this young outfit. As for the best records of the month, try Frankie’s “Begin The Beguine” for popular, and “Oop Bop Sh’ Bam” by Dizzy Gillespie, for hot. Yeah, “Oop Bop Sh’ Bam.” You want to make some- thing of it? Incidentally, if you do make something of it, let me know. I haven't been able to yet. BEST POPULAR EVERYBODY LOVES MY BABY, MY BABY—Gene Krupa (Columbia), Tex Beneke (Victor)—The most interesting thing about this song is that it isn’t the song you think it is. Wait just a minute, and I'll explain. There’s a trend now to call new songs by the names of old songs, and this “Everybody Loves My Baby” is not the famous old “Everybody Loves My Baby” of 25 years ago. Then there was once a Fats Waller “Squeeze Me,” and now Duke Ellington has a | brand new “Squeeze Me.” and there’s a new “That’s My Home,” and a new “Blue,” and even a new “Just One of Those Things” which is not the Cole Porter number. The only song I’d say was safe from (Continued on page 104)

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= BY THE MAKERS OF DR. WEST'S MIRACLE-TUFT ‘each other. 3 (Continued from page 15) Edmond O’Brien’s first picture since get- ting out of uniform. . . . O’Brien’s and Lancaster’s background curiously parallel Both were born in New York City, quit universities there to enter show business, had similar Army careers, and have members of their immediate family teaching in New York schools. Though they play the two top male roles of the movie, they have only one brief scene to- gether—in the morgue when Lancaster lies dead. ... Sam Levene spent four eve- nings a week while in production in coach- ing ex-GIs who are students at the Actors Lab little theater and school where Levene is a director. THE COCKEYED MIRACLE Frank Morgan and Keenan Wynn, two of the funniest men on the screen, are teamed in this opus about a couple of practical-minded ghosts. -Sam_ Griggs (Frank Morgan), a man in his sixties, has serious heart trouble, and dies as a result of over-concern about his family’s finan- cial welfare. He has a right to be con- cerned—he’s invested all their savings in a deal that looks dubious, to say the least. When Sam dies, he feels just the same as ever, and—to himself—looks just the same. But noné can see him or hear him, except other ghosts. His father, Ben (Keenan Wynn), who died from being hit on the head with a whiskey bottle at. thirty-five, is an alert and vigorous young ghost. He turns up to escort Sam to their ultimate destination. Sam flatly refuses to go as long as his family is in such a jam financially. He tells. Ben with con- siderable lack of filial respect that anyone who has been dead as long as he has should have some influence. So why doesn’t he do something? Ben hedges, but finally admits that his only ghostly accomplishment is a dubious ability to cause a rainstorm now and then. This come§ in handy when Jen (Audrey Totter), Sam’s daughter, is out for a ride with her dream man, Howard (Richard Quine). Howard is a brilliant young geol- ogist, but so absent-minded he seldom notices that Jen is around. When Ben causes a storm to materialize, Howard and Audrey take shelter in a barn and Howard forgets to be ‘absent-minded. However, Jen refuses to marry him because she thinks she should stay home and support her now widowed mother. By now, Sam is on the verge of having apoplexy all over again. “It’s your own fault,’ Ben points out condescendingly. 18 TRIMAL LABORATORIES, { | i ut i | | TRIMAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA 10° ° seer ey ee x] as ree “Why didn’t you leave your dough in the savings bank?” But in the end it’s Ben who performs another cockeyed miracle and saves the day—_M-G-M P. Ss. During the filming of the picture, Keenan | Wynn became entranced with bar bells, | and eventually took them on the set where | he practiced between scenes. When he. wasn't building muscles, he was spouting Shakespeare for the entertainment of the | cast, until Director Simon suggested that | the cast bring earmuffs to the set the next | day. Dick Quine and Susan Peters | spent their weekends at his mother’s horse | ranch, where they watched the time trials " in the mornings. Susan’s pet was an orphan | colt she dubbed Pest, who wandered freely | over the ranch and was once found in the bathtub of the ranch house. For a} scene in a barn, Audrey Totter wore a'| horse blanket and a safety pin—and noth- | ing else. Morgan termed it a sarobe. / STRANGE WOMAN Yes—a strange woman. So beautiful that she pulls men’s hearts right into their throats. So wicked that she breaks those hearts in a dozen pieces, and stands over the fragments, laughing. Yet only a few) knew of her wickedness, and those few are) too enmeshed by it to talk. ; Jenny Hager (Hedy LaMarr) has always loved cruelty for its own sake and for the | power it gives her. As a child of nine, she! persuaded the others to toss Ephraim Pot- ter into the river, and stood watching his struggle against death. But when an adult! came by. Jennie ran into the water and’ rescued him and became a heroine. Years later, at eighteen, Jenny is still pursuing the same policy of sadism cov- ered neatly over with kindness. She has) noticed the way rich old Isaiah Poster | (Gene Lockhart) looks at her, so one night when her drunken father beats her— | Jenny runs for shelter to Mr. Poster.| The next morning her father is found dead) of apoplexy and Jenny marries Poster. Then Ephraim Poster (Louis Hayward) | comes home from college, and Jenny’s smile of welcome to her step-son is an open invitation. It doesn’t take her long, with kisses and promises and even threats, to persuade him that his father stands in the | way of their happiness. Isaiah dies, but| Ephram bungled the job and there were witnesses. Jenny, her head high, her beau-_ tiful face cold and remote, refuses to let! him in the house when he comes back. | He takes to drink and finally kills himself in. bitter remorse over his father’s death.| Jenny, meanwhile, meets another man, Evered (George Sanders), who is as strong | as Ephraim was weak. As handsome as she herself is beautiful. But even Jenny can’t conceal her true self forever.—U.A. DECEPTION It’s easy to tell a lie. But then you have! to tell another and another. Christine Radclyffe (Bette Davis) lies, as most of us do, from fear. Fear of losing the man she loves, Karel (Paul Henreid), who has ai last come to America after years in a con-| centration camp. She’s afraid that if he! learns the true story of those years since she left him in Europe, she will never see | him again. i You see, when Christine first came tc America, she was a young composer. Ne one cared whether she had talent or not Then she met Hollenius (Claude Rains) who not.only cared, but helped her. He was one of the greatest of modern compos- ers. Their affair developed quite naturally since Christine thought Karel was dead...

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, Only her sister could — LY "= save her from shame... at a price no woman | could pay! | Sister vs. sister... . sharing oe | a secret that wouldn’t keep! g J i 1) ie | | { | ' | { ‘ we PRC Pictures, Inc. presents a, Nancy Coleman: Margaret Lindsay a _ Philip Reed Felix Bressart bth, ae tl Dh, A, ak Telit Se ee tenet eee te ny Sree) with Regis Toomey e Henry Stephenson e Fritz Feld e George Meeker and Winston Severn ¢ Helene Reigh ¢ Frances Williams ¢ Rudolph Anders A Henry Brash Production Based on the Novel, “‘Dark Angel!’ by Gina Kaus Screenplay by Ann Green. « Associate Producer Raoul Pagel Directed by Edgar Ge: Ulmer

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joe 20 AS SCARFACE HE WON A NATION'S ACCLAIM As FASTEUR’.. AN ACADEMY AWARD ANO WOW... HIS GREATEST TRIUMPH!. p \UL MUNI. prio was too mean to live — and too tough to die! . as the great and terrible Eddie Kagle, Killer - Now Karel is here, and must never know what has happened in his absence. For- tunately, Hollenius is out of town when he arrives, and by the time the composer re- turns, they are married. Hollenius is furious at first. Then he adopts his usual suave manner, and tells them that he knows Karel is a great cellist—he has heard records he made years ago in Europe. Karel shall play Hollenius’ new concerto at its first public presentation. Christine is half delighted, half fearful of some trickery. Perhaps at the last min- ute Hollenius will withdraw his offer, or somehow cause Karel to fail. Then a new threat arouses panic in her. Hol- lenius tells her meaningfully that he- will have something to say to Karel after the concert. She is sure he means to reveal their past relationship, and she can’t bear to think of the unhappiness it will cause Karel. There is a way to end this threat— a desperate way. Bette Davis and Claude Rains give char- acteristically fine performances in difficult parts.—War. P. S. This is the second time Paul Henreid and Bette Davis have played opposite each other. ... It is Bette Davis’ 55th role and 44th starring role. ... Just before produc- tion, Miss Davis announced she would wear her hair down instead of up as the script called for. She pointed out that she could make love better with her hair falling to her shoulders naturally. ... Like the cig- arette routine in their first picture, “Now Voyager” where Henreid lighted two cig- arettes, one for himself, and one for Bette, there is a triple-kiss ceremony throughout this picture that is expected to gain even more widespread notice. Bette. kisses Hen- reid on the forehead, tip of his nose, and then on his chin. ... There are nine love scenes in the picture, entailing 27 kisses. . Paul Henreid cut his hand severely as he crushed a champagne glass for a “dramatic wedding reception scene. . Claude Rains’ personal nemesis dur- ing filming was his antipathy toward cats and he was required to appear in several scenes with Petey, famous movie Siamese, a bad tempered animal who persisted with his angry yowl, not only to spoil “takes” but Rains’ sunny disposition. THE PLAINSMAN AND THE LADY Joseph Schildkraut always manages to make villainy singularly attractive. In “The Plainsman And The Lady” he is a very wicked villain indeed, who tries to stop 1859’s startling new enterprise, the Pony Express. On the side of the ponies are Sam Cotton (William Elliott) and Michael Arnesen (Reinhold Schunzel). Sam is in love with Michael’s pretty daugh- ter Ann (Vera Ralston). Ann hasn’t been very happy at home since her step-mother, Cathy (Gail Patrick) has lived there. Cathy has formed an alliance with Marquette against her elderly husband, in the hope that she will gain all her desires through him. Marquette is the owner of the South- ern Stage line, and he wants to keep the Pony Express from going through, as it would raise the devil with his business. He doesn’t worry too much about it until he finds that Sam Cotton has been put in charge. Sam is a man to be reck- oned with, and Marquette would like to do the reckoning with a six-shooter. But Sam has a way of being somewhere else when a bullet strikes. He has sold his famous saloon, “The Happy Chance,” and is now busily organizing riders and stations for the Pony Express. A few days before the Express is due to start expressing, Michael Arnesen, its backer, falls ill. The doctor says all worries must be kept from him, as any shock would kill him. Marquette and Cathy plan to give him the shock, so she'll inherit his com- pany and can call off the ponies. With this in mind, she tells her husband a dra- matic but all too truthful story of her nefarious activities since she’s been his wife. As the doctor predicted, the shock kills him. But Sam announces that the opening of the Pony Express will proceed on schedule. He gets help from some friendly Indians, and puts on a battle in the desert with Marquette’s men that is something to see.—Rep. RP. Ss Associate Producer-Director Joseph Kane took a cast and crew of 120 to Lone Pine to shoot against the scenic High Sierra back- ground. .. Included in the cast were 50 Indians. ... Vera Ralston, starring opposite William Elliott, had her first screen kiss in the film... . The Lone Pine location pre- sented technical problems; the ground had to be painted brown on account of the un- usual mica content of the soil which became a glare when picked up by the camera... . The intense heat of the sun induced the entire crew to wear dark brown makeup to protect themselves from sunburn. . Associate Producer-Director Joseph Kane utilized a walkie-talkie set for directing action sequences shot from a great distance. . The picture was a red-letter film for Vera Ralston because she was granted her U. S. citizenship during production. HER SISTER’S SECRET Sisters have a closeness that is like no other relationship. They may quarrel, but underneath is a deep and understanding

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jaffection. Tis like that with Tony (Nancy )\Coleman) and Renee (Margaret Lindsay) jalthough Tony lives in New Orleans while her married sister lives in New York. During the Mardi Gras, Toni meets Dick (Philip Reed), a young soldier. They spend the evenings ai a cafe run by Pepe (Felix Bressari) who keeps a fatherly eye on the new romance. The Mardi Gras is a iime for gaieity and laughier and reckless loving, and Dick and Toni make the mosi of ii. When he brings her back io the cafe for breakfast at dawn, he asks her to marry him. She hesiiaites, then iells him to meet her there in six weeks. By then they will both have had iime io think things over. Bui ithe Army doesn’t consult its personel as to whether they have daies stheduled. before sending them overseas. Dick has to go and the letier he wriies to Toni, eare oi the cafe, never reaches her. And Toni is going io have a baby. She's in a wild panic at first, then she remembers Renee in New York. She takes the next irain, and finds Renee just saying goodbye io her husband who is off to the Wars aS a naval lieutenant. When Toni tells Renee her difficuliy, her sister sees a way out. Renee and her husband want a child very much. If she and Toni go away for a long stay, and Renee comes back with a baby, no one will know it is really Toni’s. [The plan works, up to a point. Toni has the baby, and iken forces herself to give up this round, gurgling boy child to her sister. Three years go by and she is un- happy through all of them. Ait last she can’t stand it any longer and goes to New York to see little Billy. She has no idea that Diek is back, out of the Army and in New York—PRC P. 8. “Her Sisters Secret” is the first million ANNE BAXTER . .. at her fascinating best as the angel who knew that Heaven couldn’t wa dollar picture from PRC studios. . Nancy Coleman, who plays the sister with the secret. felt that the fact that she is the mother of twins, born a 1944, gave her a deeper knowledge and understanding of her role, that of a young mother... . Philip Reed likewise felt that he had greater understanding of his role, by reason of his war service in the Navy, during which he acquired the viewpoint oj the GI called from home surroundings to serve overseas. Margaret Lindsay in pri- vate life has long been interested in the problem of the unmarried mother, and it was this interest which ultimately per- suaded her to play the role. 2 HOME SWEET HOMICIDE Ait an age when mosi kids are reading the Oz books, the three Carsiairs children are up to their ears in murder. Theyre used to synthetic murder, of course—their mother, Marian (Lynn Bari), is a mysiery writer. Dinah (Peggy Ann Garner), April (Connie Marshall), and Archie (Dean Stockwell) talk about rigor mortis and alibis the way their friends discuss Dick Tracy and double chocolate malis Then, quite suddenly, they are involved in a real murder. Mrs. Sanford, their next door neighbor, is found dead, and the Car- stairs kids are the only ones who héard the shots. They know the murder was committed at 4:41, but in their mother’s books no one ever tells the police the truth about anything. So when Li. Bill Smith (Randolph Scott) of the Homicide Squad and Sergeant O'Hare (James Gleason) question them, they say they heard shots at 4:15. This tears a large round hole in the police theory that Mr. Sanford (John Shepperd) did the killing and O’Hare, who has children of his own, inclines to the belief that the litile devils are lying. But CHARLES R. ROGERS presents PAUL MUNI ANNE BAXTER CLAUDE RAINS with ONSLOW STEVENS * GEORGE CLEVELAND ERSKINE SANFORD ¢ Associate Producer DAVID W. SIEGEL e Original Story by Harry Segall when he gets tough with them, April 1 a nice dramaiic fit of hysterics, and he get hell from Lit. Smith. Archie discovers Sanford hiding out, later, and offers io keep him supplied with food. The kids like Sanford, and the preity girl, Polly Walker (Anabel Shaw), whom he would have married long ago if he could have gotten his wife to divorce him. Mean- while, Lt. Smith takes to making long calls at the Carsiairs’ home, theoretically to question the children, but actually because he’s falling in love with Marian. He’s there the night the cops who are guarding the Sanford house all run to the fre down the street. The kids take this chance to enter the house, and discover evidence that Mrs. Sanford was a blackmailer. They gei it just one jump ahead of the murderer, who is justifiably irked at being beaten to the punch by kids. He decides he might as well dispose of the whole Carstairs family, which makes for even more ex- citement than you might imagine.—20th- Foz. S. Peggy Ann Garner wore lipstick for the first time on the screen in this movie.... In real life she will not be allowed-to wear makeup until she is fifteen. Peggy Ann has a crush on Lon McCallister, col- lects Dick Haymes and Frank Sinatra rec- ords can hardly wait to be sixteen and have her first unchaperoned date, and wants to be an actress when she grows up... . Barbara Whiting and Peggy Ann Gar- ner are reel life and real life friends. ... Peggy Ann’s fan mail jumped from 76 let- ers a month a year ago to 7500 letters a month ... Randolph Scott is a movie pro- ducer on the side and he casts himself in Westerns because he says it’s a safe in- vestment. CLAUDE RAINS ..as the sinister ‘Minister of Evil—his Screen Play by Harry Segall and Roland Kibbee Music Composed and Directed by Dimitri Tiomkin Produced by CHARLES R. ROGERS ‘most masterly por- trayal of all! Directed by ARCHIE MAYO Released thru United Artists

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22 —_—_———— What are the pro’s and con’s of going steady? I need some help in making up my mind about Joe. N. M., St. Louis, Mo. Security is the only real pro that we can think of. It’s a nice snug feeling to know that your Saturday nights are all taken care of. The con’s are many. Once youve gotten yourself sewn up, you're get- ting yourself into Joe’s groove. Yow ll wear the clothes he likes, talk about his interests, dance his way, even think his way. You're narrowing your horizons like mad, and while yow’re in your teens that’s sort of silly. Now’s the time when you should be like a sponge absorbing all the ideas that you possibly can. That's the only way you'll discover what kind of a person you really are and what sort of man you really want. We'd say, keep Joe for Sunday best, but go out with a whole lot of boys. I am in love with a boy of a different religion, and my family is opposing our marriage terribly and making us both very unhappy. Should I do as they say and give him up, or follow my own heart and marry him? T. C., Green Hill, N. C. There are dozens of factors to be con- sidered, T. C. Your age, the length of time youve known each other, your past history as a person of sound judgment. Have you and this boy gone into the vari- ous problems that will come up when you're married? Are you really and truly tolerant of each other’s belief, or are you secretly hoping to convert each other when you are married? Are you strong enough to endure an estrangement from CO-ED LETTERBOX (Continued from page 12) your family if you do marry him? We'd suggest that you consult your religious ' adviser or some wise person who knows you both well before you take any steps, then—having pondered the whole thing well—abide by your decision with no re- grets. What do you do about double dates in- volving one pair of heavy smoochers and one pair that’s not even at the good-night kiss stage? I always seem to wind up at the ringside of a colossal necking bout when I’m out with my most platonic fellas. H. H., Syosset, L.-I. A bit of foresight is what you need. When you've more or less wound up the evening’s program, movies and pepsi or whatever, ask if they'd mind very much dropping you. off at your house, then you and your platonic guy can scramble eggs or talk jazz in peace. You could even devise a bit of a code with the other girl on the date; if they’re planning on lover's lane-ing it, she can turn around and cas- ually say, “Nice moon tonight.” Then yow ll know, and you and the platonic one can blow while the blowing’s good. My younger sister is going around with a heel of a boy. He’s attractive as anything, but his character is really bad. She’s mad about him; talks about eloping with him. How can I get her to break off with him? W. T., Wichita, Kansas. Strenuous opposition is the worst pos- sible approach, so try something a little more subtle. 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And, e are making the finest sible under present ding and * Tissue manufactu with material short tion difficulties - + ° el best to suP like all others, W quality tissues POs conditions. For you patience—Ovr ap SITROUX WE RADIO AWARD BY ED SULLIVAN (Continued from page 8) World War I as an infantry captain. Back from the war, he went to work in a south- ern advertising agency which led to his momentous decision to work for Station KTRH, at Houston, Texas. I call it mo- mentous because it was on Nov. 2, 1932, over that station, that Parks Johnson first aired his Vox Pop formula. I got to know Parks well in the past three years. He’s the sort of guy whose son, Bill, went into the U. S. Marines and won a Purple Heart. (It is more than pos- sible that the son of a radio celeb could have gotten himself a soft spot in some Washington war agency office). He’s the sort of guy who, during his Vox Pop travels in World War I, only exercised travel priorities in the event of rare emergencies. “The trains and airlines are carrying troops and war materials,” said Parks. “The show will take pot-luck with the rest of the country.” He’s the sort of guy, who as a southerner, takes a more farsighted atti- tude toward the Negro problem than most northerners. Most people you meet are afflicted with a mental “blind spot,” a stubborn blindness that is the product of ingrained prejudices. They are all right on all sorts of con- troversial topics. Suddenly you become aware of that “blind spot” on another sub- ject. It may be religion, it may be the problem of minorities or refugees, it may be the Negro problem, it may be on the subject of labor unions, but there it is, and no amount of reasoning can get them to substitute thinking for “feeling.” There are no “blind spots” in the makeup of Parks Johnson. I have discussed every possible issue with him, and _ unfailingly his attitude is that of a wise and thoughtful man, anxious to learn all the facts before arriving at any determination. It is un- fortunate that America, and the world, hasn’t 100,000 more, like him. So in awarding the Mopern Screen-Ed Sullivan gold plaque to Parks Johnson this month, the award embraces more than the show, Vox Pop; it is a tribute to the qualities of the Alabaman who conceived the idea of it, and who has never com- promised with his ideals in carrying on that show for 14 years. He has kept it on a high level, because that is the only level he ever has occupied. Travelling through the country with Parks is quite an experience. In small towns, taxicab drivers suddenly are stirred into a fervor of friendliness when they hear his drawling voice. Suddenly, they clamp on the brakes and swing around: “You ain’t—you can’t be—why, it’s not possible—you’re PARKS JOHNSON.” This last is uttered in complete disbelief. “That’s right, son,” mildly says Parks. From then on, it becomes Old Home Week, with the eab driver recalling this program or that, this award or that. By the time the cab gets to the hotel, you are ready for the next development.“The cab driver jumps out, hustles over to the bellboy and whis- pers excitedly. “No,” says the bellboy. “It can’t be. You’re kidding.” The cabbie wags his head vigorously. “Kidding, noth- ing. That’s him.” The same thing happens with elevator operators, room clerks, room maids, waiters. It never affects Parks. Un- doubtedly it pleases him, but his greatest pleasure lies in the fact that these Ameri- cans like him and accept him as one of their own. Question most frequently asked of any- one on the Vox Pop show is, invariably: “Do you do that whole program without a script?” The answer is Yes. Here is how the 30-minute program is organized and worked out. Four or five days before the program, Parks’ aide, Dave Grant, arrives at the locale of the following Tuesday’s program. If it is an Army hos- pital, he sends out a list of questionnaires and on the basis of these questionnaires, he arranges to screen perhaps 60 of the men. Then he reduces this group to perhaps 12 men, selected on the basis of their qualities of enthusiasm, voice, shyness or brashness, their volubleness, their experiences. By the time Parks and Warren Hull arrive, these finalists are ready for a final “screening.” The veteran interviewers, from long ex- perience, know the type who will give the best air performance and select six of them, or eight of them. Parks and Warren use no script. They do write down, on cards so small they can be concealed in the palm of the hand, the key questions which they want the inter- viewee to cover, key questions which will build a complete program. The whole trick to this type of program is to relax the amateurs. With Parks, that is no trick at all. His interest in people is so real, so huge, that they automatically spill out everything. He makes them feel as though they’re talking to an old, kindly friend, and he steers them through their inter- views as skillfully as a New York harbor pilot steers the Queen Mary up the tricky channel. The gifts on the Vox Pop program, rang- ing from dogs to telephone calls, from pony-and-carriages to bicycles, presents a problem all its own. Louise Johnson and .Dave Grant undoubtedly are the most re- sourceful shoppers in the world. In small towns, where stores offer a limited supply of rare gifts, lve seen these two come up with the most sensational sort of prizes. Once they needed a set of golf clubs, and you know that during the war, they were simply unpurchasable. But Grant had an idea: He bought up all the papers of that area, for miles around, and went through the “For Sale” ads. One of them offered a set of golf clubs. Grant took them, but be- cause it didn’t happen in Richmond, I can’t repeat the old vaudeville simile, “like Grant took Richmond.” Rogers Brackett is the director of the program and Aubrey Williams is the pro- ducer. This Rogers Brackett is one of the drollest and most charming characters ever turned loose in radio. An expert workman, his additional value to Parks lies in the fact that he keeps the Vox Pop troupe in high spirits week after week. Every morn- ing is the dawn of a new and comical day for Brackett, and his bland insanities are responsible for such hilarity that a Vox Pop tour is geared to comedy timetables. The author of most of it is Rogers, with a deceptively grave face and low-keyed voice. I don’t know Aubrey Williams, out I’m certain that Brackett has him in the groove by now. For two summers, I worked on the Vox Pop show, when Parks went on his summer vacations. One summer, when Warren also vacationed, my red-headed friend, com- edian Peter Donald, joined me. Throughout those eight wonderful weeks, I dare say that Brackett, Donald and Sullivan had more fun than any three sober guys ever have had, an excursion trip of laughs that did more for my ulcer than all of the doctors 6f the country. So when I tell you about Parks Johnson, I’m telling of him from personal experi- ence and personal contact, and while it’s al- ways a thrill to award this MopERN SCREEN gold plaque, in this case, it’s something special to a guy who is something special. i |

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TO OUR READERS... If you happen to see us boys stalking intrepidly down Fifth Avenue, armed with anything from an elephant gun to a butterfly net. don’t make a sound. Were celebrity hunting. And celebrities are very dangerous game. They hide behind a dense undergrowth of agents and snippy secretaries. Take agents. for instance. You may think you’re having a man-to-man chat with one of those toughies—and meanwhile he’s palmed your wallet and torn several pages out of your bank book .. . After getting Louella and Hedda and Ed Sullivan into MODERN SCREEN, we figured we knew all the angles—from Shmoo to Shmur. But cute little Dottie Kilgallen gave us the battle of our lives . . . Here’s a sample of what we had to put up with. I call her secretary on the phone. “Hello.” I say. “Is Miss Kilgallen in?” “Sowwy,” says Miss Snippy. whose diction is very poor. “She’s to a launchin’.” “Luncheon?” I ask. “You mean chicken and rice?” “No.” Miss Snippy shoots back irritably. “A battleship.” “Good grief. what an appetite.” I say—and hang up with tears in my eyes . . . Dottie’s one of those pampered glamor girls who—aside from a daily Broadway column, 2 daily broadcast. two kids, and a couple of dozen fiction stories a year—doesn t i do a thing with her life. We finally all got together for lunch (around five p.m.!). Much to my surprise, Dorothy, for all her brains. has the most ravishing eyes and smile this side of my wife. We got down to business. Money, that is. Henry made an offer. I drew a bead on him with my butterfly net. “Double that, amigo.” | said. “Or Tl blow you to kingdom come.” Henry doubled. Dorothy smiled. And it was a deal . . . Dorothy will occupy the place of honor recently vacated by Fannie Hurst. Each issue, she'll choose our Picture of the Month. Her : distinguished series of reviews begins this issue ‘page 6) with RKO’s splendid picture, “Notorious.” I know you'll love her writing. My only regret is that you’re going to be missing that pert smile of hers! < = 29

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= 30 WHETHER HE WAS FLUNKING MATH OR SABER { e SLASHING OR JUST COMMEL Wilde LTE SCOMY come x anne | oe AN EXTRA "SOMETHING" TO PULL HIM THROUGH (PART 1) By Kirtley Baskette Away from the studio, Pat and Cornel are practically ‘gentlemen farmers," and hope to eventually buy a home with so much acreage that they'll feel lost in the wilderness instead of stifled in the city. "Cory'' is his wife's most enthusiastic booster and made a number of three-day tests with her for "Home Stretch." With his script on Lord Byron finished. he's offering it for sale for $100,000—providing he plays the lead!

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‘ — ™ Cornel Wilde faced his angry father across the dinner table. “This report says you are failing mathematics— is that true?” Cornel braced himself instinctively. “Yes, Father.” His father spoke in short sentences, as if stating military orders like the Hungarian cavalry officer he had been. “That’s impossible. No son of mine is to fail anything, in school or out. From now on you will | ~ a =n as, + us a z ie When Gene Tierney and C. were swimming on location, he “rescu ¢ ed" her from a snake—later found it was poisono pass your studies. Is that definitely understood?” “Cory” Wilde bit his straight lips and his serious eyes clouded under his thick, black curls. He was sixteen and he was in trouble. His father didn’t know the worst: That the class he was flunking was solid geometry under Dr. Senftner, the most terrifying professor in New York’s Townsend-Harris High School. He’d been called on the carpet that afternoon to face the evidence, shaking in his shoes. Dr. Senftner was merciless when it came to grades, and he was a stickler for perfection. He us! (Here with Pat.} 31

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Briqht-eyed Wendy isn't quite sure what being a ‘movie star’ means, but she does know that Mom and Pop are read the verdict from his grade book: “You have an average of 47 for the first three quarters. As you know, passing is 65. I might as well tell you now, Wilde, you haven’t a ghost of a chance to pass.” That was a sentence; it meant he wouldn’t graduate, even if, in the things he liked—English, history, politi- eal science, literature—he was tops. Solid geometry was required and somehow, because he hated Math, he just couldn’t puzzle it out. The professor smiled srimly. “Of course, if you turn in a perfect examination, you will pass. But it will have to be more than good. It must be perfect.” Cornel couldn’t help laughing hollowly inside at that. He hadn’t the chance of a turkey before Thanks- ziving. And just one week to set a record in a sub- ject that didn’t make sense. Fa i "awful pretty.” But he told his father, “Yes, Father, I'll pass.” That week “Cory” Wilde glued himself to his theorems, coming up only for classes and meals. He didn’t go out of his house after school for seven days. He studied until his black eyes blurred. He learned every sentence by heart in the geometry textbook. Dr. Senftner handed him back his graded paper with a silent, puzzled glance. It was marked “100.” It was the first perfect mathematics final in the history of the school. All his life, Cornel Wilde has had an extra some- thing to pull him through in the pinches. Whenever fate has dared him to do it, he has drawn on a hidden well of ability within his taut being, and time and again the extra ounce of effort has turned the trick. That gritty capacity has transformed one hopeless prob- lem after another into a golden (Continued on page 86)

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At 12, Cornel was completely Americanized, but he still dreamed of his father's native Budapest, where he'd lived until he was 3, with _ its cobbled streets and dashing riders. “ As a kid, Cory was ailing and undersized. Then, because a Sos bully kept teasing him, he took a mail order course in body aN development and at 16 became the neighborhood Superman. ee ZS e, 2 2e expected to be cooks! As a result, they eat out on cook's night off and only wander into the kitchen for midnight snacks or to test a foreign recipe. =)

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Dana caught the sailing bug when his stand-in invited him to his 20-foot sldop. Now D. and Mary have 3 boats at Terminal Island. SAILING, SAILING,,OVER THE BOUNDING MAIN—WITH ALL OF THE ANDREWS FAMILY, WHO'D WANT TO COME HOME AGAIN? 34

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Bill (left) is the kid brother just out of uniform. Charles is 14 mos. older than Dana anda principal at Polytechnic School. j \. 4 fics - Y y S in a lifeboat. Then the boat rolled, a wave splashed and Cathy jumped out shrieking. F = Pe = a = a asinre ds a 35

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Dana helped Cathy pack her duffel bag, comforted her when she wept at leaving Michael, her cocker spaniel. To apologize for desertion, Cathy left him a whole box of puppy biscuits! Z x ze ti & 4 E x i "Soup's onl’ sang out. Mary, and hid behind piles of sand- Salt air had everyone famished. Even after a huge lunch, the gana went our wiches to duck the rush. Part of the time she had to feed Dana for steak dinners afterwards! Dana got a fine suntan on the trip, which photc who was busy balancing himself in rough surf and steering. graphed well for his scenes next day in Technicolortu!l “Canyon Passaae.

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MODERN SCREEN GOES TO SEA | Dave changed his mind about sailing when Dana let him take the helm until the boat was out of the harbor. Dave's big job is pumping | out the bilge water; he was disappointed when there wasn't enough. anole! ‘ z idn't cry didn ley the cutte ened and co ea cypee wine een : ig: she's wear- Cathy's feet so bigi s Fcutltes haunts David when he's t's not the picture that make ~and quiet be worth a quarter? ‘ 2 hy's a img Dana's boots! Cat! t with a girl, asks, Would peace : Qa t = Y: are yoy a movie Gus G | i 'n the middie of the patted 37

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: | “ He, and my bi Mouth” When our Hedda, who talks and writes as she pleases, swept into England, she curtsied to royalty, swooned before Mason—and shocked a waiter! by hedda hopper Slick, sophisticated Hedda Hopper curtsied out of respect to Princesses Margaret Rose (left) and Elizabeth on their visit to the Elstree Studios. 38

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— Charming Patricia Ro pulled the English equivalent of lipstick—unheard of luxuries in Britain since the war- Sees Hollywood and Universal Pictures snagged tall, blonde % C W. G. Fay, one of England's grand old men of the a swoon when Hedda whipped out gifts of nylons and da, regaled her with stories of his 56 years on the stage and of the famed Dublin Abbey Theater, of which he was one of the original co-founders. [SNE ER DOSER AN GME PTE POR RA OIRO a Die GS — ae ee od* Sa Glamor girl Deborah Kerr couldn't wangle a party dress for her last Phyllis Calvert for some fall productions. Phyl looks picture because of war rationing, so she “made do'—and came out rather dubious at Hedda's mad millinery mélange. looking stunning anyhow! Here, she hostesses Hedda at her home in Kent. @ Well, you might know I’d pull a boner my very first morning in London. Me and my big mouth! I was dog tired after my flight from New York, and I woke up hungry asa wolf. I rang for room service at the Savoy and a sedate, dignified waiter came for my order. — “Let’s see,” I began. “I’ll have some fruit, toast, coffee and two eggs,” as I handed him two I’d picked up at the Shannon airport in Ireland. “Oh,” he inquired, “then it will be breakfast for two, Madam?” I didn’t get it. “No,” I said, “just one. Just me.” He coughed. “But two eggs, Madam?” I still didn’t get it. “That’s right,” I repeated, “two eggs.” “Very well,” he said, but as he left I got a scolding . look like I haven’t got since I left third grade. Then I realized, too late, that a lone woman just doesn’t have two precious eggs—not in England you don’t, not today. Luckily, my secretary arrived for breakfast so I shared the eggs, and saved my face, but I'll never forget the look that waiter (Continued on page 72) heater, tea-ed Hed-:

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40 : F ich Fe Ve: 1. Isabel (Gene Tierney) discusses her fiance, Larry, with her uncle Elliott (C. Webb), decides she won't marry because Larry's quest for life's meaning is too impractical. She loves him, but Isabel wants security. » ie Nu a ae : 4. Larry and Isabel do not meet again until the stock market crash ruins Gray's health and business. His is also the tragic task of telling Sophie that her husband and child have been killed in an auto accident. storY Isabel surveyed herself in the long mirror. Her smoky black hair was piled high on her head, and her emerald earrings matched the deep, glowing green of her eyes. She knew she was beautiful—after all, people had been telling her so since she was sixteen. Now she was twenty, and engaged to the handsomest man in Chicago, and life was wonderful. At least it would be, if Larry would only make up his mind what he wanted to do. It wasn’t as if he couldn’t get a job. Why, the very day he got back from the war he’d had several offers. That was in December, 1918, and here it was March of the next year and he was still (Continued on page 130) ids . ea 2. Larry (Ty Power), still searching for Truth, learns trom Kosti (Fritz Kortner), as they-work in a coal mine, of an Indian mystic who preaches, "The path to salvation is as hard to travel as the edge of a razor. 5. Years later, the Maturins and Larry meet, and to celebrate their reunion make the rounds of the Paris bistros. They end up in a low dive where they are shocked to find Sophie has become an incurable drunkard, PRODUCTION Twentieth Century-Fox bought film rights to the book for $250,000, whereupon author Somerset Maugham came to Hollywood for two months to make suggestions on | the script. Lamarr Trotti wrote the screen play,, and in it, tried to keep the dialogue exactly as Mr. Maugham had } written it. Maugham kept suggesting changes. “But, Mr. | Maugham,” said Trotti, “this is the way you wrote it.” “Who ff» is this Maugham fellow,” came the reply, “who goes around | terrorizing people so that they’re afraid to change his words?” | . . . The picture cost four million dollars to produce and took more than one hundred days (Continued on page 107) |

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THIS IS THE STORY OF LARRY, WHO SEARCHED THE WORLD FOR LOVE AND FOUND IT IN NO MAN'S HEART BUT HIS OWN—AND SOPHIE'S. by Maris MacCullers Razor’ 5. Trying to save Sophie, Larry proposes to /ner. But jealous Isabel tricks her into drinking again and days later, Sophie is found—dead. | 7. Isabel cannot face Larry when he accuses her of Sophie's death. He ‘| eaves France to find -happiness in ,|/America. Isabel goes on, bitter, but ij romforted by Gray's enduring love. }

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42 “COME AND SEE US IF YOU'RE EVER IN N. Y.," JEAN KINKEAD HAD SAID TO PETE LAWFORD—AND IMAGINE HER JOY WHEN THAT LONG, LEAN DREAM TOOK HER UP ON IT! E THE BRITISH! By JEAN KINKEAD Ns es ~ Vaul M' ered the last two miles. Under that terrific smile, he's just a shy guy.

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H I'll never forget the day I met Peter Lawford. It was over a chocolate malted in Hollywood two years ago last July, and it was love at first sight with me. Let me tell you... Layng (that’s my fella) had just gone overseas, leaving me and our little boy (he’s Layng, too) homeless and friendless on the West Coast, with a thirty-day wait for tickets back to New York. We'd just been ousted, bag and baggage, from our hotel, having reached the five-day limit, and had slunk into the nearest drug store to marshal our forces. Layng yowled for a chocolate malted, I upped it to two, and we proceeded to talk things over. “Look,” I said to him. “Every- thing’s going to be dandy. These things always have a happy end- ing.” He gave me the old fish eye that said as plain as day, “Yeah?” = e a aie | ae ee : oe And then apparently — every- 2. When he’s on the giving end, Pete says it with chrysanthemums or roses. thing went black, for he dumped (Orchids are too steep on his $25-a-week allowance, and he thinks corsages his chocolate malted, which are corny.) On the receiving end, it's daisies, presented’ by Jean's boy, Layng. 4. A very fancy photographer himself, Pete kibitzed something awful when the kids took his picture. Gals had the prints of this shot blown up to practically life- size, could have sold ‘em for two bucks apiece, but instead they gave ‘em away. . He breaks all the rules for staying slim, but never gains Win ounce. Got roped into small fry's party for the dog, long “Happy birthday, dear Diamond Jim'' 27 times. 43

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j---— —wouldn’t you know it—was a jumbo malt, all down his front. No doubt it was an accident, but wouldn’t you think he’d have kept his wits about him just that once when he knew I was frantic? I said, “Oh, for the love of Pete,” whereupon Layng began to bawl, and then he appeared. Pete Lawford, that is. He had a big white smile and a big white handker- chief, and when he said, “Here, mop up with this,” believe me, it was Christmas in July. He jerked a thumb at Layng and said, “Who’s your friend?” So I told him. And then somehow I was telling him about The Old Man (that, too, is my fella) and the hotel and the thirty-day wait; and before we knew what was happen- 5. Remembering halfway to Stamford that he'd left his bathing trunks at the Waldorf, he bought a new pair from a blase lady who called He swims like a trout, never loses that mahogany tan. him Sonny. ing, he had herded us into a taxi, with our three suit- cases, one typewriter and one teddy bear, and was taking us to his house. It was a crazy thing, when you think of it. I had no idea who he was (he wasn’t a household word, then), but he was so kind of cute and friendly that he made me feel as if I'd known him forever. His mother opened the door when we got to his house, and she was as charming as he was and completely unamazed by the whole business. “TI would suggest,” she said in her sweet, Mrs. Miniver-ish voice, “a nice glass of milk for Layng. and then how about a long nap?” She hypnotized that child. From a Katzenjammer (Continued on page 123) 6. Female mob scenes aren't new, but still fun. In H'wood, gals camp on his doorstep; pay 75c for his phone no. in the black market. Call up just to hear that divine voice.

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‘be cre te 8. Smallest turned out kids idle pected P. not to be. 9. Music-wacky, he played “Beat Me Daddy" ‘way up. Likes jump music better than sweet; dances, san g “I’ve Got the Sun in the Mornin endlessly on the vic, volume turned knows all the dance steps. Between g" in a nice boy-next-doorish voice. Seoul x HERE_COME THE BRITISH! 10. Had a big date in N.Y. that night; asked Jean to turn him into a smoothie again by pressing those rolled-up trouser cuffs. Didja know all his suits are custom-made? 45 |

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a 46 June Allyson, age five, ventured forth one dark and windy night to join the group of older kids who were hatching mischief. She was hampered by a black hood and a robe so long that she tripped over it with every second step. "What can | do?” she piped hopefully. They waved her away as too young for the rough stuff. Go ring Mr. Simon's doorbell,” they told her. She dutifully hobbled off to do their bidding, and finally, by the light of a thin moon, made out the outlines of the old house. Hitching the robe up around her knees, she proceeded to tiptoe across the side lawn, and was suddenly pitched headlong into a deep black hole. Well over an hour later, her piercing screams finally penetrated to the ears of a furious Mr. Simon, who had spent the entire day with a shovel preparing a shallow well in his back yard. Lamenting his aching back, Mr. Simon went outdoors and rescued a miserable and muddy Miss Allyson from the abyss. Roy Rogers grew up on an Ohio farm which was situated well into the sparsely settled country. Roy lived there with his mother and aunt while the men of the family worked in the city. When he was twelve years old and Hallowe'en rolled around, he did what was the accepted custom in those parts. He collected the corn shocks in the fields, placed them at intervals all over the highway, and started for home in high glee at the thought of the inevitable trouble for motorists. ; Down the road, he heard his mother calling him frantically. "Saddle the horse!" she called. "Your cousin is being born! You've got to get the doctor—quick!" Roy flung himself on the horse and galloped desperately down the road, easily skirting the corn shocks. He found it a woefully different story on the way back. He had to dismount and remove every one of the cumbersome shocks, while the enraged doctor wheezed along in a quivering flivver behind him, cussing out all boys in general, but particularly practical jokers. Lizabeth Scott figured she'd be a little different with her Hal- lowe’en invention, and she was. She bought a large, strong gas balloon and smuggled one of her mother's sheets out of the linen closet. The sheet was then crayoned with the weird features that Lizabeth imagined a ghost would possess, and then draped over the balloon. With the balloon's string wrapped tightly in one fist, Lizabeth went down the street with her ghostly companion bobbing in the air beside her. Reaching a vacant lot, she hid behind a clump of bushes and from that spot thrust her apparition into the face of every passerby. Results were hilarious, with the exception of the last one. A small girl approached, carrying a large basket balanced on her head. As Lizabeth's ghost rose silently out of the bushes, the girl shrieked in terror and tossed the basket high. I* came down, and after it, its contents, which Lizabeth discovered to be her own family laundry, being delivered by the washerwoman’s daughter.

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WITH THE FROST ON THE PUNKIN AND THE LANTERN JUST AROUND THE=CORNER, HERE ARE SOME HALLOWE'EN YARNS ABOUT YOUR FAVORITES—MORE FUN EVEN THAN ’RINGING NEIGHBORS' DOORBELLS! 47

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_——— Ina Autry is an excellent and ardent rider, but at home she ™ Gene Autry tilted back his ten- allon’ hat andecwent prefers casual dresses to levis, says their valley home looks y 8 Pp, less like a movie set .when one of them is “out of costume.” his eyes over acres of U. S. war planes. The sun-baked Arizona surplus field was crammed with them—all sizes, all types, parked in gleaming rows like ducks on a dusty - pond. They were for sale to ex-GIs like Gene at bargain prices. Gene needed a war plane like he needed a burr under his saddle, but just the same his blue eyes kept coming” back to a sleek P-38 fighter, sitting there cockily. Just thirty hours on it—cost $250,000, price, $1,200. Gene sighed and surrendered. “I'll take that one,” he pointed. “Wrap it up.” Ina, Gene’s wife, frowned helplessly when Gene came back home to Melody Ranch in Hollywood and busted the news of his new toy. : “Now, Gene,” she said, “you’ve already got one air- plane and you can’t fly a P-38 anyway!” Gene grinned sheepishly. “I know it, honey,” he admitted. “But doggone it—that ship is so darned pretty!” Gene Autry feels the same way about horses. In fact, when Gene enlisted in the Air (Continued on page 139) Here, Gene and stableman examine one of the priceless sad- dles that cram the Autry tack room. Gene has 30 pairs’ of boots, piles them in the stable to be cleaned till they overflow. = Champ, Jr. and Champ, two of Gene's six blooded horses, loathe each other, start a vicious free-for-all when Gene tries to get them to “kiss and make up. Junior is intensely jealous, noses his stall door open when Gene shuts it.

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THE FLYING COWBOY + Ke ji “Rene | ee a Be Se 2 a mS sel : : | onstantly on the go for personal appearances, rodeos and movie making, Gene (in “Sioux City Sue”), operates a private plane. Nie tee ore UNTIL GENE AUTRY CAN FIND A FLYING HORSE, HELL STICK TO HIS TWIN-ENGINE JOB. IT'S FASTER—AND WHO EVER FEEDS A PLANE SUGAR? e By JOHN CARSON 49

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™ On their way to the hospital, two things worried Susan... Every time they took a curve, the foot- ball they’d taken along on their hunting trip came down and bopped her . . _ “Qh honey, I’m so sorry—” Looking crushed, Dick would pick it up and put it back again. : That was funny, she thought. Why didn’t he just leave it there on the floor, where it couldn’t hit her? Wait'll she told him, she could see him smacking his head—boy, what a dope! But now she couldn’t talk. So every time they went round a curve, she watched for the football. Under that, gnawed the deeper fear. What about children? She and Dick had always taken a family for granted, they couldn’t imagine life without kids of their own. What about it now? Was she hurt so badly that there wouldn’t be any children? Months afterwards, when they were home again, Dick said: “We'll adopt them—” “How many?” asked Susan. “How many would you like?” “Well, one thing’s sure. I’d never raise a child by itself.” “Ditto—” (Continued on page 112) AND SUSAN PETER'S PRIMED FOR FIGHT. AND WHY NOT? SHE'S GOT DICK AND FRIENDS AND FUN—WITH ALL THAT, HEAVEN CAN WAIT e@ BY IDA ZEITLIN ut Bad Wty i : Dick's inconsolable at ye olde family album pix of him as a baby, but Susie in- sists that all the Quines improve with age—‘cause lookit him now! Their newest. cooperative venture is a crocheted rug which threatens to overflow the house. JUST WHISPER, "OH, YOU POOR DEAR!" ane

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ase During a CBS rehearsal, producer Bill Lawrence (left) and co-star Franchot Tone voted Susan “the thirstiest actress in the business.’ She needed 8 glasses of water to keep going! Hubby Dick, a singing dancer who refuses to sing or dance for pix, is in ''Cockeyed Miracle." Ege é reg : : ena : LUT : 2 EN Thunder, the Great Dane who thinks he's a lap dog, once convoyed At six months, Master Timothy is grand rajah of the household, has blue | Dick upstars as he was delivering Sue's breakfast tray, splashed gooey eyes, an even tan and a special smile to show off his brand new cereal all over the newly painted living room with one wag of his tail! front teeth. (That's Aunt Gwladys Barteau, an old family friend.) 51

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E GOOD NEWS @ it's nothing short of ironic that the best break of Linda Darnell’s career, “Forever Amber,” and the break-up of her marriage to Peverel Marley, came within four days of each other. Is Linda sad and in the dumps about her coming divorce from Pev? I can’t say I get that feeling from her. She speaks beau- tifully of her cameraman ex-husband—too beautifully, if you ask me. Where there's so much politeness there’s usually plenty of indifference. Linda and Pev still have cock- tail and dinner dates under the old Hollywood slogan, ‘We're still the best of friends.” She denies heatedly that he made her leave the fur coats and jewels he had given her during their. marriage. “It's true I left them behind,” admitted Linda, “but it’s only be- cause I wouldn’t feel right wearing them now that everything‘s over. Pev didn’t ask me to.” Now THERE'S a big-hearted girl for you. Maybe one reason—and the best one—that she doesn’t seem depressed about the separa- tion is that she’s walking in the clouds over getting “Forever Amber.” : And if you have heard that there is a big feud between Linda and Gene Tierney ove1 this sensational role—forget it! Certainly this sudden switch in glamor girls is Hollywood‘s main topic of conversation for the month—but it has not brought on any hard feelings between the 20th Century-Fox belles. I happen to know a little “inside” on why Gene isn’t doing it—and Linda is—that has nothing to do with the official excuse that Gene’s doctor thought she needed a rest after the long shooting schedule on “Razor's Edge.” That may have been one reason. But another is that Tierney’s contract hasn’t a great deal longer to run at 20th—and Linda’s has. You can’t blame the smart bosses for want- ing to make sure the star of a picture that has attracted as much attention as “Amber” is tied up for.a long time, now can you? * * * While Harry James was away on a band PARTY POSTSCRIPTS H@ In all the years I've lived in Hollywood I've never seen such a social whirl, yes, even in the years before the war. It's pretty tough on a girl who has been an invalid for four months, but don’t get me wrong—I really love these parties. The first big one I attended after I was well enough to be up and around was the soiree Sonja Henie gave at the Crillon. The Crillon is the -private cafe adjoining the Mocambo and its décor is trés lush—all terribly dramatic by LOUELLA PARSONS deep red, silver, crystal and mirrors. There were 200 guests and Sonja attempted the almost impossible by seating everyone instead of going in for the popular buffet idea. I was supposed to sit next to Clark Gable, but I knew in advance that Gable wouldn't be there with his current heart, Millicent Rogers, the Standard Oil heiress. I had talked with him on the telephone just before I left for the party and he told me he was leaving then and there on a fishing trip. every lisp of it. — tour a couple of weeks ago, Vickie James brought down the house every time someone asked her where her Daddy was. _ “Daddy’‘s on twip bwowing bwains out,” re- ported the debutante of the James menage, and Harry swears Betty (Grable) taught her © « * The nursery Betty Hutton’s planning for her baby has the cutest idea. It has pictures of Walt Disney's best loved little animals painted walking down the wallpaper. across the floor | and up the side of the opposite wall. It's just as though Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck et al ) had come to pay a visit. . * * Rex Harrison’s beautiful actress wife, Lili Palmer, knocked me cold when she said, “Hollywood is too conventional!” “CONVENTIONAL!” I fairly yelled. I've spent years sticking up for my home town, but this is the first time I've ever heard it called too strait-laced. (Continued on page 70) I asked him about “The Hucksters” which so many columnists said he tumed down. *} "T didn’t actually turn it down,” he said. “T} said I wouldn't play a role in which an ex soldier makes love to a woman whose hus band is still overseas. That just didn’t se right. But,” he amended, “if M-G-M changes the ending and the script tums out well, may make it. After all, we have had a lo of newspaper stories, but very few with ¢ radio background.” Ingrid Bergman and her husband, Dr. Pete) Lindstrom, were others who accepted Sonja’ invitation and then didn’t show up. Probably Ingrid thought, as did several others, that = was a buffet and it didn’t matter. But it taugh/ me a lesson. I’m always going to let my hostess know if I can’t come to a party, bi or little, at the last minute. An empty plac) card is a poor dinner partner. But—Clark and Ingrid were about the onl stars in Hollywood who did not come: Sonja’s dinner dance. Cary Grant and Bett Hensel—yes, she is still very much his favo! ite girl, danced every number. Sitting ne’ to Cary and Betty were the Gary Cooper} Mrs. Cooper is one of (Continued on page 68 §.

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Linda Darnell loses a groom and gets a lead: Frankie's the cab men’s delight: At the “Night and Day” premiere, fans closed in on Mrs. D. Kaye beams as her fella, here in the RAF togs Tyrone Power's sing- Lana and her latest “steady,” Bob Hutton, gurgled he wears in one of the dream scenes in "The Secret over her new hair shade—dark platinum blonde. Life of Walter Mitty," exults over their coming Kaye. ing “South America take it away!” sAVhen Richard Greene -received his medical dis- Being a new mom herself, Judy Garland got all misty harge from the British Army, he and wife, Pat at a Command Performance when Frank Sinatra told piedina, promptly went on a camp tour of France. her about the house he gifted his folks with in Hoboken. Nobody who was : anybody dared miss Sonja Henie’s soiree—not even Van and Peter, the meanies, who came late—and alone! @anie and Ron Reagan (here at a Screen Guild The still honeymooning Johnny Coys recently received g deast). are planning a new "Mr. and Mrs." screen a baby carriage from Bob Hope with a note saying, 2ries, will start after R. finishes “Voice of the Turtle." Please don't name the first one Bing."' So they won't!

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se et ! 4 The Glenn Fords are never happier than when they're surrounded by horses. Next best is riding equipment. They spend most of their time in western duds, only get dressed up for "formal." When Glenn took Eleanor to see "Gilda," E. phoned the theater for reserved seats to avoid the crowds. But kids mobbed ‘em anyway! ae Lay 7S Sees: 5 te ew Ow ' i a

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e unn and Eleanor ride the range together to keep Glenn thin for his "Gallant Jour- : role. He'd gained 24 pounds in service, but lost most of it soon after, while Fse-hunting. Earrings Ellie wears were a gift from Glenn when their son was born. VENTURE IN CONTENTMENT THE BABY CALLS ELEANOR “DADDY” AND GLENN'S TOO SCARED TO DANCE, BUT WHO CARES? IT’S NICE BEING MR. AND MRS. GLENN FORD by Milt Phinney @ Early 1945 was a big time in the lives of both Fords. Glenn was getting out of the service, and Peter Newton Ford arrived. The two big events occurred at almost the same time. Peter Newton is now a blond, blue eyed bundle of year-and-a-half-old dynamite, the - center of the Ford world, who someday, they hope, will be joined by a little sister. Now for the first time, the Fords. have settled down to married life a la civilians, but with a few more problems than most young couples have. 5 Ellie had made up her mind about one thing before the baby arrived. She was retiring for a while. She had liked those visits to San Diego while Glenn was in the Marines. She had adored the simplicity of being just Mrs. Glenn Ford. — “But Glenn,” she explained, “T’ve been (Continued on page 79) 55

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= — sapliarintliptaaeriiiiii ical ia ™@ Mother thought the last thing in the world they needed was a collie. So it may or may not surprise you to learn that Margaret is now the owner of a collie. © It all started with Lassie. Margaret loves every dog she meets, but when she looked at Lassie, her face would fill and overflow like a cup with tenderness. On Sundays, her favorite occupation was going out to the Weatherwax ranch to see Lassie. Night after night she’d pray for a collie of her own... “But Margaret, collies are so big! And

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es eet a ae what about Maggie—?” (their six-year-old cocker spaniel). “You wouldn’t go back on _ Maggie, would you?” | “Maggie wouldn’t care, Mummy. She’s } your dog. She likes you better—” | And there the matter would rest for a ‘while. Margaret didn’t tease. Teasing’s not ‘ner way, and besides it wouldn’t do any , sood. But every night from the small white- ; lad figure by the bed came the same patient _olea. “And please, dear God, some day { please let me have (Continued on page 126) Her ballet costume’s the real thing, because Margaret can twirl a mean pirouette. Mrs. O'Brien, fixing Marge’s hair, likes fo watch as M. rehearses for her new pic, ‘‘Ballerina.’' MARGARET MAKES YOU THINK OF LOCKETS AND LACE WITH HER DIG- NITY AND OLD-FASHIONED CHARM. BUT DON'T LET IT FOOL YOU— HER LAST NAME’'S NOT O'BRIEN FOR NOTHING! By Abigail Putnam . ae Runner up for the championship in playing jacks is Mary Morales, stand-in to the champ, Maggie O'Brien. Whenever anyone on the set can't find the girls, they're usually off in a vacant corner, sprawled on the floor, deep in a game of jacks. OY;

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have Lite ardine ™ The living room was large and cheer- ful, and the man sitting in the middle of it was large but not cheerful. In the circle of light given out by the table lamp, he sat listening to the sound of the waves breaking on the beach in front of the house. Suddenly he rose to his feet, ran up the steps two at a time, and burst into the bedroom. His wife was sitting in front of her dressing table, glaring at herself in the mirror, a comb in one hand and a score of hairpins in the other. “Gloria,” he said, “for the love of Pete! We're due at the party in ten minutes!” Over her shoulder, she threw him a ‘pleading look. “Tt’s my hair, John. I cant do a thing with it.” She had a sudden in- spiration. “Wait a minute—I’11 fix it in an up-do.” John Payne grunted to himself, went downstairs and resumed listening to the waves. He waited until the clock over the fireplace showed exactly seven o'clock, and then he went upstairs again, one at a time. John left the (Continued on page 108) “Tt’s no good up,” reported Gloria. - “Pll try it in buns.” ings = 3 ee — \\e se ANY ill ( N : 3 Hubby John Payne (now in “Razor's Edge'') is always amazed at his tragile Gloria's "truck driver" appetite.He hates desserts, she adores ‘em—result: Johnny ects desserts! Glo's in “Summer Holiday.” Funny how. when you’re Johnny Payne and Glo’s your gal, burnt toast and comfy slippers mean more than pink chaimpagne and orchids . . . ny (| ine Wilhie VA 39

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As a tule, Joe totes a,deck of cards to the broadcasting studio, plays a passionate game of solitaire right up to air time to keep calm. But here, at a CBS show, he dials Mrs. C. for a fast "hello." @ Mr. Orson Welles had finished his coffee and brandy at the table of his host, Joseph Cotten, and was relaxing (in his fashion) in the living room with Joe and Mrs. Cotten. Orson, it appeared, was not relaxing any too well tonight. He was restless, he was absent minded when spoken to, he allowed at least three obvious openings for quips to pass him by. Eventually, Lenore Cotten said, ““What is it? Bored?” Good lord no, he was not bored. He was distraught— that was all. So much work to do, and no typewriter to do it on. But in any case he could go to his room and make notes, Lenore and Joe being willing . . . | “But J have a typewriter!” (Continued on page 83) e4aNbad O| EVERYTHING OPEN HOUSE AT THE COTTENS' MEANS GAY TALK, PALS SWARMING AT THE POOL, TEN EXTRA FOR DINNER— AND JOE BUILDING WALLS BETWEEN BITES! By Howard Sharpe First suspended for refusing to do a movie with Shirley Temple. Joe then signed a contract with David Selz- nick. (Here, with Ingrid B. at a Selznick party.) 61

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62 a Margo and Dane Clark are both comics connoisseurs and batty about baseball. ®@ I’d known Dane for weeks before I ever saw him smile. Falling in love was a terrible blow to him, and he got so mad at himself for proposing that all through dinner he sat and glowered at me. To the folks at large, he’s known as a tough egg. But when our cat had to be put away, he wept for three hours. A he-male by any standards, he likes to buy my clothes, and he’s so darn generous that if I didn’t keep my mouth shut and pretend not to want things, I could fracture his bank account in nothing flat. But when I asked could I please have a mink coat, he hit the roof. His vitality is fantastic. Yet he never runs when he can walk, nor walks when he can sit, nor sits when he can lie down. Calls it conserving his energy, but if he conserved any more of it, they'd have him standing in for the A-bomb. He makes like a cynic, but sets women up on a pedestal, and bleeds every time he discovers a clay foot. He’s a very smart guy, A B'klyn boy, he's a rabid Dodgers ball team fan. but not smart enough to remove the little paper baskets when he steals my chocolates, so I always know exactly how many he stole. He can’t stand liquor, and wallows in ice cream sodas. He’s crazy, but I love him. . I love him, but I’m telling on him. “All or nothing at all,” I bargained, when they asked me to do this. Publicity looked at me cross eyed. “Whaddaya mean, all?” _ “You know Red,” said Dane. “She can’t be bothered evading. Let her tell, who cares? My life’s an open book—” “And I’m the gal who can read it. Besides, it’s my chance to get even—” “With who or whom?” “J dunno. Whomever looks at the pictures of wives in fan mags and says it shouldn’t happen to a Dane—” So here goes. His real name’s Bernard Zaneville, Bernie to his friends and to (Continued on page 117)

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“HE’S CRAZY, BUT I LOVE HIM!” HE STEALS HER CHOCOLATES AND LEERS AT LADIES AND INSISTS SHE'S } NOT PRETTY. BUT MRS. - CLARK CAN TAKE RIBBING—’CAUSE SHE'S GOT DANE! By Margo Clark as fold to Nancy Winslow Squire a rs Any rabbit.who dares nibble at Margo's victory garden promptly gets peppered by her trusty .22—and she's a swell shot! The Clarks are antique hounds, often pick up beat-up pieces of furniture and repaint them into elegant furnishings.

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a ee re | ee a Gail's parents are no end pleased by the way she's remained so unsophisticated, what with her no drinking-no jitterbugging-no staying up late routines, but they canmot under- stand how come she can act all day—then traipse off to the movies every night!

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eee} ain ihpte ein pana Sets tapes inee oStat Painfully shy, she has to know people well before she “opens up," but then watch her scintillate! Right before bedtime, Gail (in Calcutta") perfects pencilled caricatures she's made during the day of her fellow actors, then reads herself to sleep with poetry Dink @ In the living room of the little house in West Los Angeles, young Miss Gail Russell turned uncomfortably on her side, waited a moment, and flopped on her back again. Beneath her, news- papers rustled. She ached in every muscle.. It was four o’clock in the morning. ae mc -From where she lay she could look up at the windows and see the rain outside. It had been falling for hours in a steady grey downpour; she could hear it in the palm trees. A little wind might have given it inventiveness and imagination, swirled it around to match the minor cyclone of emotions which —aside from the fact that she was lying on a copy of the Times and a hardwood floor—were keeping her awake. Enough light from a street lamp filtered through the rain so that she could see, like long bundles, the sleeping figures of her father and mother. And she thought, if I live forever I'll never be as depressed as this again. She was only eighteen, of course, and her perspective on the meaning of tragedy was pretty meager. She had never been close to death or genuine | heartbreak. But a week ago They had come for the family car; yesterday They had moved a big van up to the front door and cleared all the furniture out of the house; and (Continued on page 135)

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ee Stuart, who came to big time prominence as a singer on the Danny O’Neil show, might never have become a radio person- ality if Sammy Kaye, the orchestra leader, had sat in a certain chair. Some years ago, Sammy was auditioning voice recordings to find a vocalist for his broadcasts. There were more than 400 disks to be judged and it required many days of listening. One evening, exhausted and jaded, Sammy decided to quit for the night. He was dis- couraged, for none of the voices he had heard so far came up to the mark. So he was about to drop into an easy chair, when someone shouted “Look out!” Kaye caught himself and saw that another re- cording lay on the seat. He picked it up and decided to play it—just one more. The platter happened to be Sally’s and—you’ve guessed it—the very next day, she be- came a featured member of Sammy Kaye’s orchestra. Personality Paragraph. . . “You'll ruin yourself, kid. You’re a showman, an enter- tainer. Your job is to please everyone. So you'd better keep your thoughts to your- self.” That was the advice some folks gave the battling crooner, Frank Sinatra, when he embarked on his campaign for racial and religious tolerance. But these people forgot one thing: Frankie Boy used to be a prizefighter and he carried his never-say-die spirit from the ring into the broadcasting studio. That is why, long after other singers will have come along and displaced him among the bobby-soxers of the future, these words of Frank Sinatra, spoken in Carnegie Hall, New York, will be remembered: “We can’t wipe out intol- erance ourselves, but we can make a dent. We can be a real friend to every kid we meet, not caring whether he is black or white or whether his name is O’Brien, Martinelli or Goldstein.” Gags of the Month... Lulu McConnell: Listen, Tom Howard, if you keep on tor- menting me, I'll forget I’m a lady. Tom Howard: Why not? Everyone else has! * * “oe Georgia Gibbs: Jimmy Wallington last week put his arms around me and tried all afternoon to teach me to swim. Tony Martin: Is he -going to give you another lesson next Sunday? Georgia: Definitely not. As far as Jim- my’s concerned, I’ve jearned my lesson. Brother ‘Julius; This morning I had a piece of phenomenal luck. Billie Burke: Oh, I’m awfully sorry! ... 5 What happened ? ; 5 Harry McNaughton: If it weren’t for one of my father’s discoveries, I wouldn’t be here today. Tom Howard: What was it? Harry: My mother! The Program Book... With the crisp air of November tinting the leaves scarlet and gold again, it is time to remind ourselves that this is an historic month in the annals of radio. For it was on November 15, 1926, that the first network broadcast went on the air from the grand ballroom of the old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, over NBC. And what a program it was! Walter Damrosch, Mary Garden and Will Rogers were among its featured personalities, ap- pearing in a_divertissement that could hardly be duplicated even today. As November is generally regarded as the natal month of broadcasting, it might RADIO GOSSIP by BEN GROSS (Continued from page 9) be worth while for some of the youngsters among my readers to ask their mothers and dads about the radio stars of fifteen or twenty years ago. They'll probably rave over the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks, the A. & P. Gypsies, the Ipana Troubadours, Harry Reser’s Eskimos, just as the genera- tion of 1946 goes into ecstasies at the men- tion of the Benny Goodmans, the Tommy Dorseys and the Harry Jameses of today. Now, while we are in this reminiscent mood, is a good time to recall some of the famous “firsts” of radio: June 21, 1923—The first radio address to , the nation by a President of the United States (Warren G. Harding). March 4, 1925—The first presidential inaugural ever broadcast (Calvin Coo- lidge’s). Feb. 1, 1929—The first scheduled short- wave broadcast heard in this country. (A concert from London.) April, 1931—The first time an announcer was ever used as a speaking member of a radio cast. (James. Wallington became a straight man to comedian Eddie Cantor.) But enough of the past. Let’s come back to today .. . and consider a new band that within less than a year has landed among the topnotchers of radio. It is the crew of Elliot Lawrence, a 21-year-old youngster of Philadelphia. Through its novel ar- rangements and the use of unusual instru- ments, it has captivated the popular music world. Of course, the fact that it was launched with a considerable amount of money behind it hasn’t hurt its chances... And speaking of financial backing for or- chestras, did you know that, regardless of the quality of its music, it requires an in- vestment of from $20,000 to $50,000 to put over a new band? That’s because the music business is Big Business today, and one must spend plenty of lucre to hire MODERN SCREEN CLEOPATRA KELLY ce oss Luda od Ttrae, Usolly” "But | can't inhale all the time!" We point with pride to . . . Miss Cleo- patra Kelly, the Little Miss Missfit who might be your own kid sister—or might even be you!l—except that she’s not quite real. Cleo lives only on the pages of MODERN SCREEN, but we're. sure she'll live in your hearts now that you've met her. Watch for Cleo in future issues! ee EEEEIT EERE EEE first-grade players and to buy outstanding arrangements. More and more of the network shows are featuring famous motion picture names this season. The latest is the CBS series, “Hollywood Playhouse,” which has signed such dignified stars as Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis, Paulette Goddard, John Gar- field and Gregory Peck. Yet, just a few years back, picture companies were frown- ing on the appearances of their precious luminaries on the air. How times have changed! Letter of the Month: “The other day I received a circular from some well adver- tised school offering a radio course. They promised to make a radio actress out of me and guaranteed me a job after I completed my lessons. Should. I risk my money on such a course?”—Elaine H., Atlanta, Ga. Answer: Take my tip, Elaine, and inves- tigate further. There are a number of legitimate colleges, universities and pri- vately owned schools which give recog- nized courses in various phases of radio. But not one of these institutions, so far as I know, guarantees employment to its graduates. It simply can’t be done. Even their most talented students must obtain their engagements on their own, and as any professional actress will tell you, that is about the most difficult part of the job. Some schools buy time on the air for advertising purposes and pay their gradu- ates nominal sums for appearing on their programs. ‘Technically, this covers them, for it is a fulfillment of the guarantee of employment. But this is not the same as being signed for a regular commercial or sustaining show. So my advice to you and all others faced with a like problem is this: Consult your Better Business Bureau or your Chamber of Commerce, right in. your home town. They’ll tell you readily enough whether a school is a legitimate enterprise or merely a small time sucker trap for your hard- earned money. Loudspeaking . . . If you have been one of the faithful readers of this column, you know that this section is usually reserved for that pastime known as giving the “Bronx cheer.” But this time, boys and girls, I’m going to fool you. Instead of moanin’ low over the faults of American radio, I'll just remember that Thanksgiving’s coming and go into a joyful paean of praise. And that isn’t so difficult, considering that there are many things to like and appreciate in our native scheme of broadcasting. This kindly mood was probably induced by my many recent conversations with former Gls, who had a daily diet of for- eign radio programs, mostly BBC’s, while overseas. Ninety-nine out of a hundred of them agree that the American air diet is superior to that of the British. In some ways, of course, the foreign offerings may be culturally ahead of ours. But when it comes to a plentiful supply of good music, comedy and news... and uncensored dis- cussions of public issues . . . we still lead the parade. ~ By all means let us continue to be criti- cal. But, at the same time, we should re- member that the broadcasting menu is not comprised exclusively of long sales talks, | singing commercials and bad comedy. We also have our Jack Bennys, Fred Allens, Kate Smiths, NBC Symphonies and Town Meetings of the Air. :

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HER RING—Five star-bright diamonds set with distinctive beauty in white gold. Clbes Ongaged Z She's Lovely ! She uses Pond's! Tue New “Biusn-Cieansine” Marjorie Carolin uses for her smooth complexion will give your skin ——an instant clean-sweet look ——an instant softer, silkier feel and bring up a charming blush of color THIS IS HOW TO “BLUSH-CLEANSE” your face just as Marjorie does. You rouse your skin by pressing a face cloth drenched in warm water against your face. You “cream-cleanse” while your skin is recep- tively moist and warm. Spin your fingers full of snowy Pond’s Cold Cream upward in circles, as if drawing engagement rings over your face and throat. Pond’s demulcent action gently loosens dirt and make-up as your fingers swirl. Tissue off. You “‘cream-rinse”’ with a second thick Pond’s creaming. Spin 25 little Pond’s Cold Cream en- gagement rings up over your face. Tissue off. You tingle your clean, clean face with a good splash of cold water. Blot dry. THAT’S ALL! ... “‘And my face feels so soft, looks smoother, glowier, right away,’’ Marjorie says. Every night—give your face the complete ‘Pond’s Blush-Cleansing.” Every morning—a once-over “Blush- Cleansing”: a warm splash, quick rings with Pond’s, tissue off, then a cold splash. Dip your fingers deep in a big jar of Pond’s night and morning—every day. Diamonds and “Pond’s! These 9 diamonds, valued at $20,000, Charming Long Islander, Marjorie Carolin is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William V. Carolin, and a great-granddaughter of the famous surgeon Valentine Mott. She is engaged to Lieutenant Richard Russell Galt of the Army Air Corps. Another Pond’s bride-to-be, Marjorie’s exquisite complexion has a warm translucency—perfect with the pearls she loves to wear. oe Chnds WCW) Ces Te Boe AMONG THE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF SOCIETY WHO USE POND’S The Marchioness of Carisbrooke Mrs. Lawrence W. Earle Mrs. Robert Bacon Whitney The Duchess de Richelieu — Mrs. Charles Morgan, Jr. The Lady Victoria Montagu-Douglas-Scott Gladys, Countess of Winchilsea Mrs. Ernest L. Biddle 9 are destined for some of America’s loveliest engaged girls. : 67

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PARTY POSTSCRIPTS (Continued from page 52) Mi ia er the most stunning women in our town. I was greatly amused to spot Van Johnson sitting at the head of this same table. I sat at Sonja’s table next to her good looking current “heart,” Stuart Barthelmess. He is a fine looking boy and when I com- mented on the excellent dinner, he proudly said, “I ordered it.” Also at Sonja’s table was Tyrone Power, who was the first real romance in her life. But that was years and years ago. Annabella was not with Ty because she was on location with ‘13 Rue Madeleine” and so he sat next to Mrs. Darryl Zanuck, his boss’ wife. Joan Crawford and Greg Bautzer were two others at the Hostess’ table and at this writ- ing these two are closer than Amos and Andy. But I won’t go on record as saying they will be as much in love when this appears in print. Joan looks amazingly younger every day and has many admirers. As for Greg— well, he doesn’t do badly himself. He was Lana Turner's first romance, and he still keeps an eye on the unpredictable Turner girl. I heard him say to Lana, who had just darkened her hair, “You positively must diet —and I like your hair blonde much better.” Richard Ney came with Greer Garson, who looked stunning in pale green. The William Powells, Mary and Jack Benny, Norma Shearer and just about everybody was there. Remember when Kay Williams, beautiful, blue-eyed blonde, was an M-G-M actress and getting reams of publicity as Clark Gable’s favorite dancing partner? Well, Kay is married now to wealthy socialite Adolph Spreckels and they. gave their first big Hollywood party a few nights ago. What a beautiful affair it was. A canvas top covered the dance floor, built down by the pool, and ropes of flowers were sirung up the four poles supporting it-—roses, gardenias and sweet peas. Hidden spotlights played on the dance floor and illuminated the enormous swimming pool on which floated green and white and multi-colored balloons. Before I start telling you about who was there (who WASN'T?) I want to say some- thing about the hors d’oeuvres—the most un- usual I’ve ever seen or tasted. There were enormous silver platters of delicacies that looked exactly like fruits—but the “straw- berries” were really assorted cheeses and the “nectarines” and “apricots” were other appe- tizers equally cleverly disguised. Certainly looked nice and cool for a summer evening. Most beautiful girl present was not the biggest star. I heard almost every man present raving about the way Patricia Morison looked. She was really a dream dancing in a pale blue dress, almost the color of her eyes, and her dark hair was swept high on her head. A fur coat that had everyone gasping was worn by Rosalind Russell—it was white fox, skin after skin of it, wrapping her rose colored gown clear below the knee§&. Joan Fontaine's. white gown was very for- mal, making her look much more regal than her five-feet-no-inches usually warrants. Lana Tumer, still losing weight, wore black. I never saw so many handsome “stags.” Van Johnson arrived with Peter Lawford and no gals—which is certainly tough on the gals who would love to be with either of those guys. Gary Cooper was alone because his stunning wife had a bad cold. Cary Grant was also solo because Betty Hensel had a family dinner to attend. * * * When Dick Powell came home the other night, June Allyson looked like a great big doll in a new pink shantung frock from Howard Greer. “What are you all dressed up for, Toots?” asked Dick. ‘T'm, er—going to look at a dog to buy,” piped up Junie. “Darling, won't you change your clothes and come with. me?” Dick took a look at the sports shirt and blue jeans he was wearing. “Change my clothes to look at a dog?” he scoffed: “Tl go the way I am—" and he did, protest ‘though June would. Of course, what she was trying to do was to get him out of the house so the guests could sneak in for the big surprise she had planned for their first wedding anniversary. Was Dick's face red when he ‘retumed, blue jeans and all, and found Constance Moore and her husband, the Henry Fondas, Robert Montgomery, the Richard Greenes, Jimmy Cag- neys, George Murphys, Susan Peters and Dick Quine, Gloria De Haven and John Payne, Claudette Colbert, Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman all on hand, and all dressed up, to wish them “Happy days ahead.” _ Loretta Young and I sat in a corner at | Louis B. Mayer's dinner for H. T. Keller, head of the Chrysler Motor Company, and — chattered like magpies. Her gown was some- 4 thing out of this world. Loretta told me that | the blouse, of handmade lace, had been brought over from France and sold to her in | New York. I noticed her hair is much blonder. | "You'll get raves from the South Americans,’ I told her, as she and Tom Lewis were head- ing for a month's vacation in a few days. Lauritz Melchior sang, and as many times | as I’ve heard him, he was never so wonder- | ful. He sang, “Because I Love You” as it's never been done. I caught a glimpse of Van | Johnson out of my eye—looking very soulful | and Keenan Wynn reached for his wife's | hand. Jane Powell, the little girl with the big voice, sang “One Fine Day” dedicated to me—| a very sweet “glad you're well” gesture. | I sat next-to Walter Pidgeon and my hosi} at dinner and it was a very gay, happy affair | Frank Sinatra was there with his pretty little! wife. I told her she should be in pictures i "Heavens forbid!’ Frankie yelled, One of us| is enough.” He sang, and as always, helc} What an eve the audience breathless. My! ning’s entertainment.

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C-116, Room 1418, ht East 42nd St., New York 17, INE CRAMPS - MENSTRUAL HEADACHE - “BLUES” Es Ge Ee eo Ge Ge ee aS = h ee ee 2 ae PERSONAL SAMPLE -!I7 plainencelope. § “What I mean is this,” went on Lili, who had dropped by my house for a chat and a cup of tea, “Hollywood married couples are too jealous, too nagging and too watchful of one another at parties. In Europe, a husband or wife may flirt with a dinner or dancing partner without wrecking a marriage. Here, if the husband of a glamor girl looks at another glamor girl across the table—boom, they're separated the next day. Marriage is far too serious and too real to be wrecked by the inconsequential things that have brought on many Hollywood divorces.” I admit Lili makes out a good case. I have actually known cases where couples have parted on just the slender pretexts she men- tions. But somehow, I suppose it’s only human to be jealous, particularly if you're married and in love. Stork Notes: The Errol Flynns are expecting their second ‘child in January. Ditto—the Mickey Rooneys. The Gregory Pecks have named their sec- ond boy Stephen. Heard the funniest story of the month on Sonny Tufts. The Tufts had a tree in their front yard that was very messy and troublesome, so Sonny planked out $30 to have it hauled away. The next moring a truck pulled up with the same identical type of tree—a gift from a pal in Boston who had been the Tufts’ house- guest and wanted to send them a matching tree for the one in their yard which “they loved so much.” Frank Sinatra rides around in taxicabs al- most as much as he does in his own car and he’s becoming very well known to all the Hollywood and Beverly Hills drivers. "S'funny thing,” one of the boys told me not long go, “I haul a lot of movie actors from time to time—and most of them get in my cab, want to relax, and have hardly anything to say. “But Frankie,—he’s as talkative as my wife. He asks lot of questions about what we do wken we aren't driving the cabs and if we're married and how many kids we have and if we were in the service where we did our fighting and what we think about politics and everything. And he always remembers what you told him, because the next time we pick him up he'll say ‘How's the chicken ranch’ or ‘Did your kids get over the mumps?’ “One trip I said to him, ‘Frankie, you're a regular Quiz Kid. How about us talking about you for a change?’ And do you know what he said?) He said, I get sick and tired of talking about me. I have to do that for a living. Say, is your wife still dancing at the Florentine Gardens?’—and he’s off again. I like that guy.” * * " of hands fluttered to the ground crew scurry- with Tyrone and Cesar? The two most conservatively dressed girls in Hollywood these evenings are Lana Turner and Marie MacDonald! For some reason or other they have gone in for very tailored, almost severe evening gowns. Saw Lana, just recently, almost buttoned up to the throat in black satin and Marie, also, has decided to park her “The Body’ label when she leaves the set each night. * . ® Two sleepy-eyed gents showed up at Lock- heed Terminal Airport the morning of Monday, the 19th of August, to step into a twin-engine Beechcraft plane with “Saludos Amigos” painted on the sides. It was six o'clock in the morning and the two heroes were sleepy because they had been honored at a party the night before wishing them bon voyage until the wee hours in the morning. Suddenly, the propellors started up, a pair ing away from the privately owned plane— then zoom, Tyrone Power and Cesar Romero were up in the air on their way to South. America. This is a dream Ty has been nursing ever since he was with the Marine Corps in the South Pacific campaign. For two months he and Cesar and Bill Gallahan, John Jeffries and Jim Denton will wing around Mexico, South America and Central America. One of the main Stops will be Costa Rica, since Cesar, who served in. the Coast Guard, just finished starring in “Carnival in Costa Rica.” ‘They'll plane down the west coast of South America, cross the Andes into Argentina, then hit Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Islands. Ty is doing the piloting for the entire jaunt—and girls—how would you like a trip like that—up in the clouds for two months * * * Want to hear about the new house Jeanne Crain and Paul Brinkman are planning to build on a hilltop in the beautiful Outpost States? (That’s in Hollywood, son. ) The walls on the “view” side will be en- tirely of glass, with the living room fireplace set right into the glass. “The effect takes your | breath away,” Jeanne told me. "It's like | watching a cozy fire and all the comforts of home set against a background of the great | outdoors.” *: The swimming pool will be a large, irregular oval, “sort of lake shaped” and the newly- weds will be able to step right out of their bedroom into the pool. A divan in the living room is Jeanne’s own special design. There are eight sections that can be put together and make the world’s largest divan, or separated into chairs and placed anywhere in the room. As for colors— Jeanne loves greens and she’s smart to con: centrate on its varied tones—I mean, with her lovely red hair. A woman's home should be a perfect setting for her—and here’s hop. yy as et ae a 70 am I don't get the idea! ing it looks good on Paul, too.

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In fact, the sound man was beefing as I arrived. “I need a plat- All he got was a good-natured razz. “Where do you think you are—in Hollywood?” I talked about clothes to Deborah, as sweet, pretty and natural a girl as I'd want to meet. “J spent three weeks,” she laughed, “looking for three yards of silk to make a party dress for my last picture. In Eng- land there just isn’t any silk, and if there is you don’t have the coupons to buy it. Paris? Oh, yes—but your can’t take money out of England to do any shopping!” the play's the thing... For glamor, the British substitute driv- ing professional pride which we never seem to attain in Hollywood. To British actors—the good ones—playing’s the thing. They never stop acting; never stop learn- ing; never stop improving. Laurence Olivier’s Old Vic company was a sensation —sure—because it was the best Shakes- peare Broadway had ever seen—but it made barely a dime—all the money went into the show. I learned all about Larry’s fame and success abroad. I’m looking forward to this next January when he’ll bring Vivien to Hollywood and make a picture at long last with his pal, Garson Kanin, in the di- rector’s chair. That foursome are insep- arable—Larry, Vivien, Gar and his spar- kling wife, the actress, Ruth Gordon. It dates from away back to the time Vivien made “Waterloo Bridge” with Bob Taylor in Hollywood. She met Garson then, fell for his genius and that’s the link that holds them all together—mutual admiration. Well, I worked up a two-way mutual admiration society of my own over in England and maybe I sound conceited as a pussy cat—but I’m quoting my favorite swoon guy of the moment, James Mason. If you saw “The Seventh Veil’ you ll know what I mean. The boy really sent me and maybe if you came right down to cases, that’s a major reason I flew to the tight little isle. I’m a Mason fan. And I can act just as nutty as a bobby-soxer, thank goodness! But I didn’t dare dream it could be even faintly vice versa. Now, wait a minute—I’m too old a chick to get romantic, especially when a dream man’s safely married, as Jimmy is, to a lovely writer-actress wife, who’s emoting with him in “They Were Sisters,” his new film, as I write this. In fact, it wasn’t until after we’d had lunch and I’d sopped up the hypnotizing Mason personality in person that he con- fessed he’s always been terrified of colum- nists. “Miss Hopper,” Jimmy said, “you know, you've taken the fear of columnists out of my life. I didn’t think you'd be so charming—I thought you'd be terrible! I’m relieved and delighted. I want to see you in Hollywood.” Because he’s coming over, too, in the fall. Well, I walked out of there on fleecy clouds! Next, I looked up Sidney Box, the wizard producer of “The Seventh Veil.” He is typical of what I found all over movie making England. A dauntless guy who is form,” he said, “I can’t hear the voices.” . “ME AND MY BIG MOUTH” (Continued from page 38) fie ae proving that pictures and dollar signs don’t necessarily mix. Sidney made “The Sev- entn Veil” in an old garage by the sea- shore when the buzz bombs were still falling. He spent $375,000 (what Holly- wood sinks into a “B”) for a masterpiece. There’s a mutual cooperation and trust throughout their “Hollywood” that the original in America could well copy. Binding contracts are rare. Most stars, writers, directors skip them. Everyone is independent, but all are banded together to make Britain a big league movie pro- ducer. They make a movie like an open forum. Meet at lunch, discuss stories openly, help each other, lend ideas, and stars, too. Perfection’s the goal. I met the queen of English movies, Mar- garet Lockwood, twice, and it was typi- cal of British acting to find her playing a glamorless old woman in “Hungry Hill,” the film she was making at Denham when I dropped in. Denham’s the biggest lot, the M-G-M of England with six—count ’em —sound stages, while Heaven knows how many M-G-M has now—around thirty the last time I counted. English fans are as loyal as American star rooters and Margaret is a tried and true favorite. I went to the banquet when Margaret got her award. So different from a Hollywood Academy banquet, and I'm a veteran of dozens of those. First place, the industry doesn’t pick its own winners in England. The judge is a newspaper, the London Daily Mail, and Lord and Lady Rotheremere, the owners, take their respsonsibility seriously. They stood at the door of the ballroom in the Dorchester Hotel and greeted each one of the 300 in- vited guests in person, including me. wardrobe woes... But the big difference that struck me was the absence of expensive glamor. In Hollywood, you can bet, every female star would have spent days and heavens knows how much money getting a divine new creation whipped up by our most ex- clusive designers before she dared show her beautiful body at such an event. But in England a star can’t swish into a studio wardrobe and pout, “Give me this and give me that,” and they can’t order them, or buy them or beg them. But England can still find a way to do an occasion up right, even though times are hard and housewives are scrub- bing their floors with sand instead of soap and there aren’t any matches, so you carry a lighter or you don’t smoke. I saw the best example of cooperative courtesy the day the royal Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose visited the set of “Nicholas Nickelby” at Elstree. When I looked at the tea spread for their next Queen and her sister I thought for a minute I must be in America. It was laden with delicacies and goodies that I know the stars and crew on that set hadn’t seen for years. Meat sandwiches, cookies, ice cream, cake, tea, strawberries. Nothing but the best for their darlings, although the whole com- pany would go hungry for a week. You see, they had chipped in all their food coupons to do the honors properly. court etiquette... I was just lucky to get invited to Elstree | the same day the Princesses made their studio tour. They’d been only once before; Lord Louis Mountbatten took them on the | set of Noel Coward’s “In Which We Serve” during the war. So they were just as ex- | cited and thrilled as any girl from Osh- | (Continued. on page 76) i |

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GLAMOR. HERE'S NEWS FROM HOLLYWOOD ON WAYS AND MEANS OF ACQUIRING HAIR YOU SURELY WANT TO OWN LOVELY LOCKS! by Carol Carter, Beauty Editor TOPKNOT TACTICS span a Pale ie ™ Mayhap you've been thinking that Noah Webster was a pretty stuffy old fellow when he whipped together his dictionary? Let’s correct that false im- pression right now. Listen to how he defines one of our title words: “Tactics,” says he, are “adroit devices for accom- plishing an end.” I ask you; have you ever heard a better description of really glamorous hair-do’s? And here we have Paramount’s luscious Joan Caulfield modeling three very adroit devices, all in the interests of accomplishing some topknot glamor. . Joan, as you can see, believes that no girl should limit herself to one hair style. Joan’s way to beauty is that of variety and interest. Away with monotony! Of course, there’s another viewpoint. One psychiatrist claims that a woman who changes from long bob to pomp to chignon is most certainly neurotic. Says that her nature is vacillating, uncertain and fickle. The Beauty Department dis- agrees, emphatically. In fact, I say that a girl who never tries to change and im- | | Pretty Paramount-ite, Joan Caulfield, shows how wonderful : the soft, long bob can be! Joan models two versions of the “up" coif: one with plain waves, one with front-swept curls.

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Remove prove her appearance is one who is lazy, careless and unimaginative. So there! However there are certain rules you - should know before you re-do your coif. If you are tall and slim, don’t add to your height with a towering pompadour. If you are plumpish, don’t broaden your silhouette with a fluffy bob. Now let’s squelch, once and forever, the persistent myth that it’s harmful to wash your hair often. /t isn’t so. Study Joan’s photographs. Doesn’t her hair look soft and shimmering? It’s even more so when you see it in real life. And you should know by this time that those. movie girls have their hair washed any- thing from twice a week to once every day. Your hair doesn’t require a daily dunkiag because it escapes the close inspection of the camera’s eye. The fre- quency of your own shampoos depends on whether you live in dusty city or clean country, whether you’re addicted to hats or love to go bare headed. There are grand all ’round shampoos and special ones for problem hair. A dry pate will appreciate an oily base shampoo. Everyone can use with benefit an especially fine liquid shampoo that has a hair conditioner added. New on the market is a special glamor, date- night shampoo that is smoothly homog- enized. And I am particularly keen about a shampoo in powder form, packaged in “powder-packets,” encased in a glistening transparent cover. Highly economical, too, because you add the water and get a full bottle or glass with each powder-packet. 5 Comes your particular hair-washing day, you can thoroughly enjoy the de- lightful shampoo ritual. First, with an immaculately clean brush, sweep out tangles and surface dirt. This brushing is important because it loosens old skin, dandruff and dust, so that they can be readily sudsed off. Then dip your locks in warm water. Apply your cleanser and massage your scalp briskly so that you stir the shampoo into a creamy, heaped-up lather. Rinse your hair thoroughly and re- peat the sudsing process a second time. Then rinse, rinse, rinse with clean water until your hair literally squeaks as you run your fingers through it. Even the mousiest colored locks have hidden lights that can be brought out by a delicately tinted after-shampoo rinse. It’s as easy to use as looking at Sinatra’s smile. All you have to do,. after the shampoo, is to dissolve an envelope of rinse powder in clean water and brush or pour the solution through your hair. A rinse is really a must in some districts where the water is hard, for it cuts the film caused by a combination of soap and minerals. These inexpensive rinses sparkle the hair without coloring it permanently. A good wave-setting lotion is almost as helpful as a third hand, for it enables the novice’ to manage difficult waves and pin curls in a really professional manner. Too, it combs out with not a trace of powder or stickiness. When the setting is finished, tie up your handiwork in a bright net. Much more fun than a black one, and makes a better impression if you get caught by an unexpected door- bell ring! Fou to Dandruff Completely . Fitch's DANDRUFF REMOVER SHAMPOO is the only shampoo made _ ef ____ whose guarantee to remove dandruff with the first application has the backing. It ieee of one of the world’s largest insurance firms. Enjoy lustrous, dandruff-free hair! | Seca si d __ Ask for an economical bottle of Fitch’s at your drug counter, or have ee __ professional applications at your barber or beauty shop. clear water. Since Fitch's is completely soluble, no after-rinse is required. Set the hair and dry. ADD WATER gradually, con- tinuing fo massage. Remove the cleansing lather as it forms. Then continue to add water until no more lather forms. 5 Bes “f APPLY FITCH'S directly from Bey bottle anto the hair and scalp before any water is added. Mas- sage well with hands, making sure shampoo reaches each part of scalp. aut _ After and-hetween Fitch Shampoos you can keep your hair shining and manage- _ able by using a few drops of Fitch's Ideal Hair Tonic every day. Fitch's Ideal Hair Tonic is not sticky or greasy, yet it gives your hair that well-groomed look, Good Houseke: Aor, OCCTVE OF 45 aoveansto DANDRUFF REMOVER TRADE MARK THE F.W. FITCH COMPANY, Des Moines 6, lowa - Bayonne,W.J. © Los Angeles 21, Calif. ° Jackson, Miss. - Toronto 2, Canada if HW Bee if it ee. RINSE THOROUGHLY with oR ; RUN op ‘Guaranteed b SHAMPOO = Eiixer 4 No frace of dandruff or dull soap film i left to cloud its natural, sparkling highlights. Sp STARRING PHIL HARRIS cad ALICE FAYE Don't miss it! Every Suadey — = Heer it ever NBC network, at 7:30 p.m., E.§. T. FINISHED HAIRSTYLE is soft and lovely.

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I needed advice. “In case I meet the Princesses,” I asked him anxiously, “how do I address them—as ‘Your Highness?’ ” Noel grinned. “Rot. Just say, ‘M’am.’ i “At my age?” “and curtsey—don’t shake hands.” “At my age?” He just laughed. Then got up and showed me how. I wish I had a picture of that for you. iSite Everyone was pretty excited on that set, even the star, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, when the royal pair walked in, with an entourage of five—governesses and equerries and chaperones. The princesses are lovely and sweet. Both wore white coats. The Royal Family always dresses in light clothes, so the dark-clad London subjects can spot them when they make a public appear- ance. But Princess Elizabeth had a hat on too old for me to wear—and that’s something! “Chips” Rafferty, the Austra- lian comedian whom the British regard as their own Will Rogers, was on the pic- ture set and being a plain, outspoken man from Down Under, he busted out when he met Princess Elizabeth with, “Why, you’ve got on a hat just like Hedda Hop- per’s!” Now, was that nice? I couldn’t help speaking my mind, too, when it came my tum to be presented (Yep, I curtsied, even if my knees did ‘pop!) I said to Princess Elizabeth, SYou: of course, don’t know it, but we made our debuts in London on the same day. Twenty years ago I made my first visit to London. It was the day you were born and the city made a terrific fuss. Whistles blew, cabbies tooted their horns, bells rang. It couldn’t have been all for me!” Princess Elizabeth laughed—and just as she did they snapped us. That’s the picture you see on these pages of MopERN SCREEN, and I hope you like it as much as I do. It’s one I'll always keep. It’s not often I get a laugh from a princess. Princess Elizabeth is pretty and ani- mated—but she’s more conservative and quiet than her sister, Margaret Rose. There’s a cutie pie with a terrific twin- kle in her eye. I told her, “I suppose you saw the crowds of people waiting at the gate to see you.” “Oh, yes,” she said. “Sometimes it’s just | a little boring.” I couldn’t help it. I said what my mind. “Oh, just like a movie ‘ star!” And she laughed. We had a fine time. On another set, I saw Bill Eythe, busy making a picture, and while he hated London at first, he’s nutty about it now and hates coming back to Hollywood! There was Jeanette MacDonald, too, sing- ing concerts, and did the British love her! Madeleine Carroll I missed; she was mak- ing a picture on location in Spain, but you can’t knock her to the British after her wonderful war record. The girl Noel Coward thinks has the most talent in America is—guess—Mary Martin. Seems he’d seen her in New York at the opening night of “One Touch of Venus.” Mary was a sensation; she took twenty curtain calls and then Noel chased around to her dressing room to congratu- late her. Mary was awed. “Oh, Mr. Cow- ard,” she breathed. “Do you suppose Td ever be good enough to do a revival of your ‘Bittersweet?’ ” “Revival, my eye,” said Noel, impressed no end that a girl with all New York at her feet should be so impressed with him. “T]] write a new operetta, just for you.” And that’s what he’s up, to now. “There's no one in this country, or America, either,” ”? he told me, “who ean to Mary Martin. So Mary—my best hat is off to you! let's be serious... Somehow I feel like ending this report on a serious note. I felt it coming over me the first week I returned to Hollywood and took in a party. I like parties, but after what I’d seen, the tables groaning with food, the drinks flowing like water, the jeweled stars in their new gowns— well, my head buzzed and I thought, “Gosh, where am I—on Mars?” I thought, too, that this Hollywood world doesn’t know enough about the rest of the world, a world where they're fighting for bread instead of fighting for swimming pools. How can we in Hollywood make pictures for that world unless we know and understand it? When will we learn? I love Hollywood and I hope Hollywood wakes up—soon. If it doesn’t, there’s one thing sure as shooting (and that’s no pun). The British films are going to give Holly- wood a merry, merry chase for world leadership in motion pictures. The com- petition is already terrific, and I believe it’s a good thing. In fact, maybe it’s just what Hollywood needs! MODERN SCREEN "This program is for you, the average listener." came to { ; i

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ADVENTURE IN CONTENTMENT (Continued from page 55) —_—_—_————————e—eeeeeeeeeee in the theater all my life, for more years even than you have. And I can’t just re- tire and do nothing. I’ve got to feel im- portant. I've got to feel that I’m in on things. You'll just have to keep me in touch with what happens.” Glenn promised, and he honestly tried. But Glenn is not the talkative sort, par- ticularly when it comes to talking about Glenn Ford. “tweren’t nuthin’ . . “What happened at the studio today, honey?” Ellie would ask at the dinner table. “Oh, nothing much,” Glenn would reply. “Weren’t there any visitors? There are always visitors. Important visitors. Didn’t you have any today?” “None worth mentioning.” “Well, didn’t you have any conferences?” “Oh, just the usual.” | _ Weeks later they’d be out riding and Glenn would spot a billboard advertising a new picture. “Let's go see it,’ he’d suggest. “The reviews on it are terrible. Why do you want to see that?” Ellie would ask. “Because they wanted to give me the lead in it.” “Why, Glenn Ford, when was that?” “Oh, a while ago.” And then Ellie would have to point out to him his promise. “But it really wasn’t anything, honey,” __he’d protest. : “It's something to me,” Eleanor would reply. “Hereafter, you tell me these things. I read in the paper where Jane Wyman and Ronald Reagan talk things over, and if they can, we can.” | _ These incidents were problems which the Fords met, and licked. But it was their general behavior which Hollywood couldn’t -understand, that led to whispers. Glenn shook his head and wondered where peo- ple got such ideas, but merely commented, “I guess that’s an indication I’m getting | somewhere in the movies.” _ Eleanor liked occasionally to mingle with people, which is not one of Glenn’s favorite pastimes. So she took to going | alone to a “salon’—which is Hollywood _ language for “hen party”—in Beverly Hills | each week. Glenn’s fun ran to a night at || the Hollywood Legion stadium each week with Bob Walker for: the fights. Yet, what Hollywood didn’t know was that the Fords never have more fun than | when they are in each other’s company, and preferably by themselves, or with | some old cronies. Their old cronies don’t | come from the movie set, though they see | quite a bit of John Payne and Gloria DeHaven and a couple of others. || Sometimes, Eleanor frankly admits, she | likes to go places. _ “Glenn,” she said one day, “I met the | most interesting woman today. She’s really interesting. And she invited us to dinner.” “Oh, honey, you know how I am about | that formal crowd,” said Glenn. _ | _ “Well, we'll go, just this once,” Eleanor decided. “I just wish you’d get a little of that | drawing room polish,” she tells him. She doesn’t make him take her dancing any more. They learned right from the start that it was simply no go. Glenn is a good dancer, but not an expert. When be and the famous queer of the dance, Eleanor Powell, stepped onto the floor, the crowds sort of faded back to give them room and expected something special. | “I just get nervous and shake all over | iG and then break out in perspiration,” Glenn told Eleanor. “I have the best instruction in the world available, but I’m afraid I haven’t made much use of it.” “But honey,” Eleanor told him, “you’re really a very good dancer. Honestly.” “I'm sorry, but I just can’t go to those places.” } Recently Eleanor had the time of her life. Edgar Buchanan had a real old west- ern party at his ranch, with square dances, a big barbecue, and even a hay ride. ‘Te always wanted to go on a hay ride, all my. life!” said Eleanor. “This party is super!” When the dancing started, Glenn and she both entered it wholeheartedly. Under his breath, Glenn even called the dances. “Why, Glenn, where did you learn to call square dances?” she demanded. “Oh, I picked it up in pictures I was in,” he smiled. “This kind of party can’t be very ‘excit- ing to you,” Edgar said, as they left. “We sort of fold up around here by 10:30.” “You'd be surprised!” Glenn laughed. “We're the 10:30 folding kind, ourselves.” When Glenn’s making a picture, he takes the characterization home with him, too. During the making of “Gilda,” in which he was a hard young gambler, he came home and sat glowering into his newspaper. “Glenn, for heaven’s sake, take that scowl off your face,” said Eleanor. “T can’t. I’ve got to keep in character,” said Glenn. “I hope your next character is less tough,” said Eleanor. And it was—a nice, likeable character in “Gallant Journey.” “Why can’t you just go on playing parts like this all the time?” asked Eleanor. “You're so nice. I hope they never give you a gangster part. You’d probably come home and murder somebody.” even-stephen . . One night Glenn came home and an- nounced he would have to be away for the weekend. They were sending him to San Diego for the premiere of “Gallant Journey,” one of the few times the Fords had been separated since the war. When he returned from the trip, he was all smiles, like the cat that swallowed the canary. “Glenn Ford,” said Eleanor, “what have you been up to?” “Well, hon, I got even with somebody,” he laughed. “How?” she demanded. “During the war,” he said, “when I was stationed down ‘there, Bill Lundigan and I went to a certain big suburban hotel, which is very famous, for dinner. Bill was a pri- vate, and I was a sergeant. When the waiter took us to the table, he said we’d find the service pretty poor, but we de- cided that was just because of the war. You see, before the war, I’d been there, and that hotel had been anxious to have me around. “But this time, we just sat there, while everybody all around got waited on. Pretty soon a waiter came over and whispered, ‘You won't get waited on here, bud. This is an officers’ hotel.’ Bill and I tried it a couple of times after that, just to be sure, and every time they shunted us off to a corner table and gave us bad service or none at all. “So this weekend when I went down, that hotel insisted that I stay there. So I did. But when it came time for dinner, I went over to the Marine base, and I (Continued on page 82) 7 eS ee \ know about! 4 The two blocks of sterling inlaid at backs of bowls and handles of most used spoons and forks. They make this silverplate stay lovelier longer. Fifty-two piece set $68.50 including chest. ° OOOO SAAR . ° : HOLMES & EDWARDS : STERLING INLAID’ SILVERPLATE ° <r Copyright 1946, The International Silver Co., Holmes & Edwards Division, Meriden, Conn. 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PLENTY OF EVERYTHING (Continued from page 61) cried Lenore, happily. “In my bedroom. I do the laundry lists and menus on it. [ll get it for you when you go up. Right?” “Oh, fine,” said Mr. Welles, glumly. Upstairs, Lenore gave him the type- writer, followed him as he shuffled down the hall with it, and helped him set up a table, get paper and pencils arranged, and a proper light. “Now you're all set,’ she told him. “Genius can burn undisturbed.” “You're a dear to understand. These deadlines—” “Of course, darling. Good: night.” She found Joe in his room, standing beside a bureau with a look of intense concentration on his face. “Did you see what he did?” asked Joe, scowling. “Poor Orson. Sometimes I think he works too hard even for him.” “My eye! As we left the living room | he picked up those two murder mysteries | I brought home today. He’d had his mind | on them ever since dinner. He just wanted | to get away so he could go to bed and | read them.” “Why, the skunk,” Lenore said affec- tionately. “And me making all that fuss about the typewriter—what are you go- ing to do?” : “Wait here.” He fumbled for a moment | in a bureau drawer, and then went softly out. Presently he returned grinning. “All fixed. He was in the bathroom and I found the books on his bed-table. I put a booby trap between them. When he picks one up...” At that moment there came a sharp | report from Orson’s room, followed by a bellow of fright; then silence. Then, ringing through the house, peals of | laughter. Life at the Pacific Palisades house had been relatively quiet for the past month, because Joe had been working on “Duel in the Sun.” But it was finished now, and Lenore was awakened at eight the nexi | morning. New York was calling. “Darling,” said the voice of a very old | and dear friend, “I hear Joe’s out of work, and I've been wanting to come out there anyway, and will you put me up for a few days?” “My dear,” Lenore said, “I’ve promised taree people already. They’re all arriving today by plane and ox-cart, and my daughter's got a school chum who’s al- ready here, and so is Orson Welles, and I simply can’t do it—unless you want to move in with Orson.” “Orson would hate that, darling. Please let me come. I wouldn’t think of staying anywhere in California except at your house. Everybody stays at the Cottens’.” “Yes, I'm aware of that,” Lenore said. “All right, you can have my room and Pll go into Joe’s. But there’s a new cook, and she’s in a foul temper because day defore yesterday I ordered dinner for 10 ‘|| and we all went to La Rue instead.” well-dressed man... Lenore hung up and raised her face | for Joe’s morning s; he was already dressed, and she observed his garments— | stained levis, cement-covered shoes, a Sweat shirt and a peaked flier’s cap—with dismay. “But you finished: the wall,” she said. “You said it was all done, to the ‘ast pebble.” _ “This,” Joe told her, the light of a ‘anatic in his eye, “is going to be a patio. Jp under the trees above the pool, where “he clothes line is now. The clothes line,” | te added, “will have to go.” “How nice for the laundress.” “Naturally before the patio goes in there ‘ ig as Mb. Anthony Dace Duke \ member of the old Colonial family from whom Rutgers University takes its name. Alice Rutgers Duke is active in the education program for wounded veterans, Busy young Mrs, Duke is devoted to the 1-Minute Mask of Pond’s Vanishing Cream. ‘Results show right away, she says. ‘My skin feels softer... looks clearer and morealive!”’ 1-Minute Mask | LN fens Sp TI en > at yy Mrs. Duke has a Mask of Pond’s Vanishing Cream 3 or 4 times weekly Exciting results right away— a smoother, more radiant complexion! Cover your whole face and throat with a satiny white cloak of Pond’s Vanishing Cream. Leave only your eyes unmasked, Your complexion is being “‘re-styled”! The Cream’s “keratolytic”’ action loosens flecks of dead skin and clinging dirt particles. Dissolves them! After one minute. tissue off. Brighter, clearer, fresher—that’s the way your skin looks after the 1-Minute Mask! And it feels so much softer. Your complexion is ready for * POND 5 aS ae ; beautifully smooth make-up! ee a el : Fearuililion Smodths = Protec A heavenly powder base! So eee = E . : E Botetpaioee ei, Be TOSS ETEACTCO_ New Yor NEWS Smooth on a light film of Pond’s Vanishing a Cream. and leave the Cream on. It helps hanish “shine” for hours! Get a BIG jar of glamour-making Masks! 83

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will have to be a retaining wall so it won’t slip into the pool.” (A guest had once said to Lenore, “You’d really think Joe would have that work done. Simply back-breaking, and it takes him forever.” “You don’t understand,” Lenore had said. “That is what Joe does, it’s his life work. He just takes time out occasionally to make a living in pictures. But with the walls he’s really creating something.” “Three cars just stopped. They don’t look like—Oh.” little army... Lenore bounded out of bed and came to peer over his shoulder.. Up the drive- way a little army of girls and older women ranging in complexion from light to dark, was marching toward the service entry. “That wonderful Ruby!” cried Mrs. Cotten, ecstatically. “She’s psychic.” “Ruby?” “You remember Ruby. How do you think I keep the house going, with everyone quitting every two days and the help shortage? Tomorrow morning there'll be 7 breakfast trays to go up, and all day long trays to you at the new wall, and iced coffee to Orson by the pool, and drinks to the tennis court; and snacks to every- one in the house.” “Yes, but Ruby. How—” “Ruby was a cook here about a year ago. The one who got married. I told you about it and you sent flowers and we dressed to the ears and went to the wed- ding, remember? So Ruby has loved us like her own kin ever since. She keeps a finger on the pulse of this household and when she hears I’m in a spot she says to her friends, ‘You just go right on out there and give the Cottens some help” “I see. I wondered why some of them called you ‘madam’ and some of them ‘honey. Do you ever get to know their names?” “Of course. I keep bumping into them in bathrooms and halls and I say, ‘Hello. What’s your name?’ And they say, ‘Evan- geline, madam,’ or ‘Harriet, honey, as the case may be. And we all love each other.” ‘Do you love all those people dearly who are piling out of that cab in the driveway?” Joe asked. — Lenore dropped her hairbrush and cars again to the window. “Why, do you know, I completely forgot. I asked them for breakfast- when I was so certain we wouldn’t have anyone else this weekend.” Joe paused at the door. ‘Send me a tray down at the new wall, will you? If I stay to meet them I'll never get started.” “Tell one of those new people as you go out. It’ll be quicker.” Joe and Lenore smiled across the room at each other, and there was shared humor and contentment in their eyes. The day was beginning as a madhouse, which was right and proper. Lenore was just ordering a_ second cocktail for. the gang of fifteen people who had just dropped by for one drink on their way home from the beach, when Pete, the gardener, appeared at the French doors leading to the west terrace. She excused herself and slipped through the door. It was almost dusk. “Mr. Cotten,” said Pete, “would like you to come down and look before it gets too dark.” She glanced back at her party. It was going beautifully on its own momentum. Joe was waiting by the pool. His face was ‘streaked with dirt’and sweat, his hands were caked with cemerit, and he smelled like a gymnasium, but his face was bea- tific. “You won't believe this,’ he said, “but it’s God’s truth. The cement came out just right. I don’t mean to the shovel- ful, or even to the handful. There was Straight Line Design Convex Design Dentists recommend Straight Line Design over all others in Nationwide Vote! There are only 3 basically different brushing surface designs found among all leading tooth brushes: straight line, convex and concave. When 30,000 dentists were asked which of these designs cleaned teeth best — by more than 2 to 1 — the’answers were: “Straight Line Design!” Why Pepsodent's Straight Line Design Cleans Teeth Best! 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Three hours later she glanced at her wrist watch. It was nine o’clock and the fifteen people who had dropped in, aug- mented by her regular house guests plus the ones who-had arrived that afternoon, were delightfully engaged in the living room. It was a charming party, and Joe had never been wittier, she thought, or hand- somer in the tan he had got that day. Then the butler caught her eye. “The cook,” he murmured. “Could you see her for a moment, madam?” 4 In the kitchen she took one look at cook’s face—almost beige with rage—and turned her head. “The people will be leav- ing very soon, I’m sure,” she said. “Then we can have dinner.” “How soon, madam?” perennial madhouse .. . Lenore made her decision. “I’m sorry, Stella, but it’s always like this in our house. I’m sure it will never make you anything but unhappy. Perhaps you'd better go.” “Gladly, said Stella, honey,” and flounced from the room. Sighing, Lenore stood looking at the stove, covered with steaming pots and kettles. She had just finished turning everything off when she heard the bell ring at the service en-

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wood. He loved action and adventure, and the fact that his strict parents forbade it, only made him seek it more. The con- | tinental Wildes returned to New York | when the Bela Kun rebellion was finally | crushed, and Louis Wilde tried to pick up the strings of his abandoned importing | | i ‘ ! | business. But they still raised their boy | with upperclass Budapest standards in the | apariment on Convent Avenue. He was supervised and sheltered—and discipline was the keynote. _ Cornel was strictly forbidden to play | in the streets, like the rest of the kids. Sometimes, when his father was gone, he would sneak on to the pavements and join the neighborhood stickball game, but those delightful opportunities were rare. a dreamer... All Cornel’s early excursions into the throbbing city that beckoned him to ex- plore its mysteries were carefully guided and aimed at instruction. His mother took him to the Bronx Zoo, where his eyes sparkled at the awesome caged beasts he imagined himself hunting in the jungles. The Museum of Natural History, down by | Central Park, was a gala treat, too—espe- cially the stuffed animals from all over the world. He learned something from early gleanings. But the dreams that whirled in his brain were not statistical. He draped every simple thing that actual- | ly happened to him in dreams. Like the place on Staten Island owned by friends of his family, where Cornel and his sister, Edith, sometimes were trusted to spend the summer. It was just a vacation cottage on a big lake sur- rounded by a green park, all very quiet and safe, with the city’s skyscrapers rear- ing urbanely across the harbor. But Cor- nel’s imagination made the place into a wilderness. Once he came flying back from the little stream that gushed through the meadow. “I’ve been hunting croco- diles,” he announced importantly. “I caught two. I had an awful fight.” And he went into gruesome detail of a struggle to the death. But Edith only scoffed. The story finaliy got around to the grown-ups. They investigated. The “crocodiles” were frogs. _ But these actual adventure treats were rare for Cornel. Most of the time, kept close to the apartment, he fed his yearn- ings for excitement on books. Books were things the elder Wildes approved of and the little public library card they got for Cornell was purple with date stamps in no time at all. He read everything they’d let him have in the children’s department, but his favorites were action tales in far- away lands—Kipling’s “Jungle. Book,” Dumas’ “Three Musketeers,” and, most of all, “King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table.” It wasn’t by chance that the books he treasured most were full of lunging, thrusting, slashing sword battles. Sabre fencing is the national sport of Hungary and Cornel’s father, Louis. Wilde, was an excellent swordsman in his day. Cornell’s black eyes would pop as his father told of the great Imperial army | fencing bouts. “King Arthur,” too, was | tailormade for Cornel’s inherited love of singing steel. Of course, steel wasn’t for boys of six and seven, but even in cramped Manhat- ‘ | tan, you could scare up a stick or two from the grocery man. Cornel Wilde’s | first sword was a blade he whittled from | the slats of an orange crate. His first | duel was with the kid next door. As was to be usual with Cornel Wilde, he won, although it was a costly victory. He was | using his mother’s best pot top for a shield in the armored clash and it got all | Dent to pieces with mighty smites. He got | Xe€pt in the house that time for three days. | But even that was a minor tragedy, be- | cause Cornel was used to devising enter- | | | he “ke | - ARE YOU | REALLY SURE OF YOUR PRESENT DEODORANT ? | TEST IT UNDER = THIS ARM. S| = Make the famous Fresh test. See why more women are switching to Fresh than to any other deodorant. Fresh stops perspiration worries completely. Fresh contains the most effective perspiration-stopping ingredient known to science. Fresh stays smooth...never sticky or gritty...doesn't dry out in the jar. Copryrcht, 1946. The Mharma-Crafi Carporution Inc. PUT FRESH THE NEW CREAM DEODORANT | UNDER THiS ARM. SEE WHICH STOPS PERSPIRATION — PREVENTS ODOR BEMTiER FRESH CREAM DEODORANT STOPS PERSPIRATION

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90 The girl on the left wears a Jitterbug sweater from Spun- craft—$4.00, and a plaid wool skirt, about $9.00, from Juniorite. Her companion wears plaid pedal pushers and jersey shirt by Boreva, $8.00 and $6.00 respectively. Stunning for work or play is this superb wool skirt from Sporteens. About $8.00. It’s shown here with a black jersey blouse by Juniorite—about $3.00 That terrific sport shirt on the boy is by McGregor. or Work or play in high style wearing these sturdy but beautiful sport clothes. iS 2 = fen bc cata Peaded eS Cut full enough for the most strenuous game, ye beautifully tailored is this bright wool jumper ouly fit by Sporteens. It’s about $15.00. Wear it wit! a long sleeved blouse by Jerry Gilden—$6.0 |

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: ony Ds by Tousia Pine Pioiographs iaken ai the Roxy Bowiing Center in New York. Left—red flannel shirt. grey and red pedal pushers by Juniorite—about $8.00 each. Right—serey skirt. red vest by Sporteens—about $15.00. blouse by Gilden—about $6.00.

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{i |, | 92 A beautiful basic sweater to wear with all your suits. Spuncraft—about $3.50. The tiny banjo and mandolin are by Alpha-Craft, called “Hum ’n’ Strum.” They’re $3.00 each. Spuncraft puts the well-known “Surrey with the Fringe on Top” right over your heart in this luscious pullover in pastel shades. Price: About $4.50. Another Spuncraft lovely, in pretty pastels, has appealing bunnies painted on one side. The manufacturer says the process is washable. About $3.50.

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‘SPORTSWEAR MIX TRIX With sweaters, jackets and skirts the mainstay of your wardrobe, you'll never be at a loss for a smart out- fit to wear! Buy all your separates in coordinated colors, and mix-match ‘em all the way down the line. On our fashion cover and spread this month, we feature just such a collection of mixables. Of course you don't need them all—just three or four items will keep you well dressed, from school hours through informal dates. Suppose you start with the grey and red striped pedal pushers from Juniorite, the grey skirt and red vest-jacket from Sporteens, and the black jersey shirt from Boreva. The pedal pushers go with blouses, sweat- ers, and your black shirt alone, or plus the red vest-jacket. The grey skirt is a knockout with the black jersey shirt and your new wide belt—and it goes with the red jacket designed for it. Now how about another set— Take the Boreva pedal pushers, a Spun- craft sweater, the white bow blouse from Jerry Gilden and the stunning royal and black plaid skirt by Juniorite. Pedal pushers plus blouse, same plus sweater, the black and royal skirt plus blouse, ditto plus sweater. But in this case we'd cheat just a little on our rule of four, and add the lush black jersey blouse by Juniorite. It's a knockout with the bright plaid of the p.p. and it makes a smooth outfit with your plaid skirt. ‘Well, getting into the spirit of the thing, let's take the 2-piece jumper outfit from Sporteens, the black blouse by Jerry Gilden, the grey skirt already mentioned above and the red jacket that goes with it. Here we have the jumper outfit as pictured, the green skirt with a white blouse and the red jacket, the green skirt with the black blouse and red jacket, the grey skirt with black or white blouse and green top. And all this, of course, doesn't’ even mention the odds and ends, and mix-matchables that you undoubtedly have in your closet—like that old pair of grey flannel slacks. Let's take—oh, you do it—I've run out of space! 1G eee xxkk ke es ate a Stardust “Re. Hanae - + + * "Fawn er” Girdles Brassieres All-in-ones 93

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Ricut: A perfect, perfect date suit dress by Petti. in a crisp wool and rayon mixture, done to a turn in the best dressmaker tradition. Note the pretty peplum on the jacket, the easy skirt, the way the jacket buttons onto the blouse in front. The sleeves are three-quarter, to do right by your bracelets. Brow: We love this suit so much, we’ve shown it to you in two views—here it is without its perky jacket. The blouse is shantung, in multi-colored stripes, and it makes a charming dress when worn with the skirt alone. The jacket and skirt cost about $15.00, the blouse is separate—about $5.00.

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This dashing young greatcoat is smart as a quip, cosy as a bill-and- coo. Made in Alfapana, a Warren Quality Fleece. Mellow spectator shades. Sizes 10 to 18. About $30. ROTHSTEIN & LEVY, INC. 265 w. 37 ST., NEW YORK 18 CORNEL WILDE (Continued from page 88) first learned about women—and oddly enough it was at his very first movie. He certainly had no idea he’d be making them himself one day. In fact, after his first exposure he was pretty thoroughly awed and shocked. They were racketing down the sidewalk on skates one afternoon after classes had been dismissed unexpectedly early. Cornel knew he should head straight for home but the chance to explore at the side of the worldly wise Turk was too much. They passed a neighborhood movie house, gaud- ily decorated with alluring posters. “Let’s go in,” said the Turk. Cornel was game. But the ticket taker merely snapped, “Beat it, kids. Adults only!” Obediently, Cornel turned away, but his Turkish pal wasn’t dismayed. “We'll sneak in,” he said confidently. So they stashed their skates and the minute the usher’s back was turned, shot through the door. The movie was an experience Cornel Wilde still remembers, and it still shocks him. It was something with Adolphe Men- jou and a flock of beautiful girls and the scene that made Cory’s eyes jump was a lavish harem set, full of a dozen naked girls. Cornel still swears they were ab- solutely undraped—Hays office or no Hays office—but even if they were partly draped, he was horrified. He rolled home that evening nursing his dark secret. He never told his parents, of course. Maybe that terrifying sight was what made Cory Wilde shy of girls. Or maybe it was the fact that his first infatuation was a mad crush on an impossible love. She was his French teacher, oddly enough, named Miss Sullivan, and Cornel thought she was divine. All he could do to prove his devotion was to shine in French, which started him with a sound basis for the host of tongues he was to learn later on. A smile from Miss Sullivan was enough to make Cornel study all night. But the skirted moppets his own age left him shy and tongue tied. He stuck with the boys, although sometimes it was rough going. Cory Wilde wasn’t a husky kid. The steel muscled torso he owns today was developed by determined, persistent body culture and unending fencing in his high school and college days. When he started school he had recurrent bad tonsils, flu and colds. He was skinny, a strip of bones and bacon underneath the black curls that covered his top like a Raphael cherub. And he was no politician or peacemaker. He rarely passed a day at recess without a fight. He usually won, but sometimes he got his ears knocked down, too. big business... A craze for punchboards was sweeping Alexander Hamilton School around that time. Kids were buying boards from vendors and peddling punches around under desks and in the halls between classes—and Cor- nel could see with half an eye that they were cleaning up. He decided to get in on the easy money. Again he saved up enough allowance to put down on the punchboard and then dragged it out at school. Unfortunately, Cornel sold all his chances to one boy, and unfortunately that boy lived in the same apartment build- ing as the Wildes. Cory came home with the $6 profit he’d made—and the kid had lost—congratulating himself on his finan- cial scoop and wondering why he hadn't thought of the racket before. But that night the phone rang and the man down- stairs yelled, “Louis Wilde, you come right down here this minute and bring that kid of' yours with you!” The bilked school- oe be love .-.ina Mendoza Ocelot or Leopard Stencilled Coney ...a luxurious rival of the real... flattering, exciting ...in an array of alluring styles ...a blessing to your budget . . . at better stores everywhere . . . Plastic - coated outside and in! $998 slightly higher in Western states Mom, give your good little girls and boys An E-Z-DO chest for their Christmas toys! Keeps bedroom or playroom neat as a pin Its finish is leather-like outside and in Get one for your room, keep linens in it, Just a damp rag cleans it off in a minute It's so gay to look at, sturdy and strong Yet an E-Z-DO chest costs you only asong AT YOUR FAVORITE STORE’ or write E-Z-DO, 261 Fifth Ave., New York 16 ;

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chum had not only lost his own allowance, but also a few dollars of his mother’s money with which he was supposed to do shopping, and Cory had to give back not only the money he’d made but take a sound licking to boot. He decided right then that fast finance didn’t pay. From then on every cent Cornel made, he made the hard way. a reflection on pop... Louis Wilde could forgive such moral misadventures of his son, but there was one thing he would not tolerate—scholastic failure. ‘That he considered a reflection on his own brains and breeding. There were nq excuses in the Wilde home for a sorry report card. The family pressure, and his natural craze for reading made Cory Wilde a star pupil. Languages were a breeze, and literature was pure fun. History, civics, art, mythology—everything but math, which he could master only by sweat, stuck to his brain’ like . glue. He was such an all-around pupil, in fact, by the time he was out of junior high, that he decided to compete for entrance in Townsend Harris, a public high you could only enter by passing competitive exams, the toughest in New York. Cory tackled that with a purpose. At Townsend Harris the regular four year high school course - was breezed through in three, and Cornel Wilde was impatient to get going. He took them in a big hall with dozens of others of Manhattan’s brightest. They lasted all day, with time out for lunch. The only thing that scared him was math, as usual. But Cornel knew he wouldn’+ fail and he didn’t. His marks registered in the top ten. He was thirteen then; and he was sixteen when he graduated and entered Columbia University. There every fraternity on the campus rushed him. Be- cause, by then, Cornel Wilde was a marked man. Except for a few near trip-ups in math, he was an honor student. He was captain of the Townsend Harris fencing team—with a huge purple and gold “H” on his black gym sweater. He was city high school foils champion. And he was one of the test looking freshmen. All of that had been a fairly soft touch for Cory Wilde. His looks came naturally, from the blend of European blood and handsome ancestors. He had no trouble with fencing opposition. Josef Vince, an Hungarian sword instructor, had taken him under his wing and polished him to near perfection. His arms were like whips now, although he was still light. He was naturally studious and no hey-hey high school cut-ups diverted him from his lessons. Because Cornel still stayed clear of girls and dances and puppy love. here was a good reason. He didn’t have —__ | SAW IT HAPPEN fe j§ While on KP. in Camp Roberts, Cali- fornia, I was on my hands and knees scrubbing the floor when the platoon corporal came in and said, “I have a new rookie for K.P. with you.” I looked up at the guy and we smiled at each other. He was redheaded, so I just said, “Okay, Red, let’s get to work,” and we became very friendly. It waswt until several days later that 1 discovered my “pot-wrastling” com- panion was also my favorite come- dian, Red Skelton. Pvt. John T. Patterson Fort Bragg, North Carolina Miss Mary Morton wears Lovable’s New Wired Bra #803, rayon setin, plush cushioned, only $3.95. Reg. U.5. Pat, OF, 97

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State e | the stroke got up to 00000000 HOGOHHHHHHHD the money; the Wildes were having a stretch of hard times as Cornel grew into young manhood; his father’s health began to fail. Shell shock and cholera in the war had their aftermath and made-it increas- ingly hard for him to work. From what he managed to make there was nothing left for Cornel to fling around on foolishness. That was one reason he turned down all the fraternity bids that swamped him at Columbia. He couldn’t afford to join; and also, to the continental upbringing of Cor- nel Wilde, secret collegiate mumbo-jumbo didn’t make sense. Financing his college education he knew was his show. Fortu- nately he had a little stake. In high school his fencing had brought him in contact with New York public rec- reation directors. Summers, he’d grabbed jobs as counselor at public city play- grounds, assisting athletic direction of under-privileged boys’ groups. It paid only $8 a week but, after his punchboard ex- perience, Cornel was satisfied to earn honestly what he could. The summer be- fore he went up to Columbia he won a counselor’s job at a summer camp in New Jersey, which paid more, and he saved every cent. His fencing fame shot him right over to the Columbia Employment Office the minute he registered. Like all colleges, Columbia saw that their varsity material managed to .eat. And Cornel didn’t have to fill a token job. He could really earn his way, because he was no dumb hunk of beef but a top. student. He bagged a job tutoring a rich invalid boy. It paid him $18 a week, which was plenty for his tuition and book expenses. He wasn’t too sure what he wanted to become, so he signed up for a B.A. The courses he picked were stiff, but the elec- tive system let him off the hook which had pained him since childhood. Care- fully, Cornel avoided any kind of math. That gave him time to plunge into ath- letics, and he went out for every team on the campus, notably fencing. His success with swords had made him believe he could tackle any sport and win. He hadn’t tried teams in Townsend Harris, because he was too busy completing four years of high school in three. But now he went out for football. Being too light for that he picked the prize back-breaker of collegiate sport for his next athletic try. Cornel didn’t count fencing. He made the freshman team the first day and in a week was elected captain. He could fence rings around~»anyone there, and that winter he won the championship cup of the Amateur Fencing League of America in a tourna- ment at the NYAC. It was a one-point dead heat at the finish, but Cornel scored the final touché to win a prize pair of French foils which he treasured until— just the other day—he left them in his dressing room and somebody copped them. Fencing was fine for winter months, but when the spring breezes blew, Cory Wilde had the audacity—with his short-weight body, to try out for freshman crew. featherweight .. - Cory Wilde lasted on the squad until 33. He could take the freezing blasts of the East River. He could hoist his shell with the rest of the squad and pull a steady oar without catch- ing a crab. He beat his thin body to the limit, because a husky giant named Sykes was stroking the eight (Sykes later made varsity stroke)—but there was a limit. One day, quickening the stroke past 33, the coxswain noticed Cornel wobbling in his seat. He stuck, out the heat, but when he’d climbed on the dock Cornel thought his insides would surely spill out. He lost his dinner and his place on the crew at the same time. Cory Wilde was always trying to out- reach himself that way at Columbia. He } didn’t believe anything could lick» him and it was always a surprise when it did. His father’s condition had waxed pro- * gressively worse. New York doctors shook their heads and fell back on the tried and true out, “A complete change.” Louis Wilde had enough experience to know they were as baffled as he, but his shell shocked nerves were getting out of control and he had to do something. He decided to go to Europe. search for health... Cornel had a counselor’s job lined up at a boys’ camp in the Adirondacks. He had planned to save another stake in the vaca- tion months and return to Columbia in the fall, but his father’s illness changed -all that. Louis Wilde wanted his family in- tact, so that spring they_sailed—Louis, his wife; Cornel and sister Edith on an Italian steamer. It was cold when they docked in Trieste and so stormy that they had to be landed in bobbing motor launches. The icy winds set back Louis Wilde’s con- dition. He travelled south to Naples, but he didn’t improve. The search for health wound through the Mediterranean, Swit- zerland, Vienna and finally his home city of Budapest where the Wildes settled down and nerve doctors did their best to restore the ravages war had wrought on Cornel’s dad’s health. Cornel couldn’t have been in a more heavenly spot. Budapest was the fencing capital of the world. He took up the sabre, a new weapon, and one which only Hungarians had really mas- tered. His father found an expert in- structor among his old army friends. In between gym sessions Cornel kept busy. He studied French, German and Italian, took a course in typing and shorthand and entered classes in his first love, painting. He paid for what he was learning by teach- ing English in the Berlitz School. Hungarians had little respect for Amer- ican swordsmanship, and despite the fact that Cornel was the son of a Hungarian officer, they pooh-pooed his ability. He wanted to test his skill against Budapest experts, so when a regional foils tourna- ment came up, Cory walked to a select sword club’s rooms and asked to join. Cornel couldn’t miss the smiles and raised eyebrows that shot around the room when he said, in Hungarian, that he’d like to try for their team. “You are American, yes?” Cornel nodded. He didn’t have to say he was a Hungarian’s son; they knew that. “T think it best you go home so you will not get hurt,” said an older ‘member patronizingly. Cornel seethed. Maybe he was no European master at swords, but he swore if it was the last thing he did, he’d show that arrogant bunch. He entered the tournament unaffiliated. He didn’t win, but, | he reached the finals and one of the fencers he whipped soundly was the cham- pion of the club that had turned him down. When the Wildes finally sailed back to New York, the pressing issue was a job— any kind of a job. The Wilde family funds had melted in Louis Wilde’s vain search for health. He was still too ill to plunge back into business. College for Cornel was out of the question. He was 18 and a man. He had to earn his way from then on, that was plain. He read the want ads and hit the pavements. Cory Wilde answered everything and tried everything. Only the thing he was after—a paycheck—was a will o’ the wisp. There were plenty of sales jobs “on com- mission” He tried these. He peddled electric refrigerators, washers, cookers. That is, he offered them for sale, from door to door. But he didn’t make any sales. Cornel was no peddler, for one thing; for another, the depression was swinging low and people were turning their install- ment plan electric gadgets back, instead of

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Cornel switched to tell right away if Cornel had real talent. real estate. The results were just as sad. “But I don’t want to be an actor,” By then, Christmas was approaching and argued Cornel. He thought he meant it. it didn’t stack up as a very merry one for The values he had been brought up with Cornel. But Christmas brought him his always made an actor’s life seem vain and first job—at Macy’s, helping out in the gaudy. But still, Cornel remembered, much holiday rush. They parked Cornel in the of the reading he liked best had been toy department, squeezing .toy accordions plays. He knew hundreds of them, almost for hopeful moppets, buzzing electric trains by heart. He even liked to read them and popping jack-in-the-boxes. Cory aloud in his room. Why, he’d been acting didn’t mind. He liked kids, always had, by himself plenty—and enjoying it! One and more important, the job was a steady evening he found himself catching the bus check—$25 a week. Of course, he didn’t to 67th Street. know then what a real break that Christ- Cornel was frank with Theodora Irvine. mas clerk’s job was. How could Cornel “I haven’t any money,” he told her. “I Wilde ever guess that a motley shopping can’t pay tuition. But I'd like to study mob would steer him into his life’s work? acting.” She pretended she hadn’t heard He sold accordions with another Christ- that. “Here,” she said, “read this for me.” mas sales clerk and in the slack seconds “tT have a feeling you sincerely want Cornel would mimic the customers, frantic, _ this, whether you're sure of it or not,” tousled—a hundred different types, jabber- Miss Irvine said later. “I think you ing away in a hundred local accents. should have a chance. Do you want to His counter pal was a perfect audience. enroll in the evening class?” “You know, you're good!” he marvelled. “But the tuition. ...” “You’re a natural born actor. Ever try “Never mind that. We'll find a way. anything that way?” Cornel shook his You're a fencer, aren’t you? Maybe you head. “Oh, I took a dramatic history can help out teaching that. Fencing’s very course in Alexander Hamilton,” he grinned. important to an actor, you know,” she “School plays and stuff.” smiled. “What do you do nights?” That was the beginning of Cornel Wilde, “Read and rest these,” laughed Cornel, actor. In the hands of Theodora Irvine wiggling his aching feet. he was guided to techniques that were “Theodora Irvine has an evening class _ instinctive, purged of beginners’ faults that in acting. I’ll bet she’d take you on.” were minor. And he loved it. “Who’s Theodora Irvine?” Finally, all Cory Wilde’s thoughts She ran a dramatic school, his colleague focused, day and night, on the activities explained, in an apartment house on 67th at the Irvine school. At first he was mildly Street near Central Park West. 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It was “The Last Mile,” the gusty drama that started Clark Gable off to Hollywood from Broadway. Cornel had a good part of a condemned killer and one of the ever-present Hollywood studio scouts, who made the rounds of the drama schools to catch promising youngsters, spotted the tall, dark guy with the tum- bling curls and the flashing eyes. He said to drop by the Twentieth Century-Fox casting office and interview the boss. deep secret... By now, Cornel had sold himself com- pletely on the idea of being an actor, although it was still his dark secret. He didn’t dare tell his family yet. But he chased over to the TC-F New York office with high hopes. Right then was when his first acting desire began to fade. A man who shall be nameless sat_be- hind his desk in a swivel chair. He had his feet propped on the desk and was reading the racing form. When Cornel was intro- duced, he dropped neither the paper nor the feet. He didn’t offer his hand, say “Sit down” or even “Hello.” He just stared at Cornel rudely and barked, “No. If you looked like James Dunn, maybe. Butcha don’t—so it’s ‘no.’” He waved his cigar indicating the interview was over. That was Cornel Wilde’s first brush with Hollywood and he wasn’t impressed. James Dunn was very hot then and that’s all the short-sighted New York director was in- terested in—another Jimmy Dunn. By now his parents knew what Cor- nel was up to—and they didn’t like it, not one bit. He could draw no sympathy from his family, who thought acting was frivolous. The thing to do now was make some money and show them it wasn't. So, although he was still learning, Cor- nel set out to land himself a paycheck on Broadway. He heard about a play being east with the part of a Russian prince. It turned out the only Russian word he used was “Da,” which means “ves,” but he got the right accent and he got the part, which wasn’t as lucky a break as it seemed. At the time, however, Cornel was all steamed up—so much so that he ran a temperature every night at rehearsal. The grind of trying to make a living and study at the Irvine school at night had been go- ing on over a year and Cory Wilde’s body was beginning to show the strain. Maybe that’s why he took “They All Come to Moscow” too seriously, expected too much. The director wasn’t any help. He told Cornel ominously right before opening night curtain, “You'd better improve to- night—or you get two weeks’ notice!” But the critics beat him to it. Nobody, including Cornel Wilde, made an impres- sion on them and they razzed the play to pieces. It closed in ten days. Cornel’s virgin experience with show business left a bitter taste. His hopes were dashed and that climax to the nervous strain he had lived under for over a year left him weak and wobbly. In this state, he viewed everything connected with act- ing very dimly. A doctor he consulted ad- vised him to get away in the country and get his health back. Again, Cornel looked up his old contacts and begged a job as counselor in a boys’ camp in the Poconos. That summer Cory Wilde had lots of time to think things over and make up his mind. He would go back to college again and study medicine. His parents were right. His choice this time was City College of New York. He couldn't possibly afford Columbia. There was no tuition at CCNY, although, like Townsend Harris you had to pass competitive exams to get in. Cory hadn’t cracked a textbook for two years. But he lodged in the top bracket and then feverishly loaded up on courses—half again as many as he should have taken—because, | even though CCNY was free, he still had | to earn his living. But he was determined | to finish his pre-med in two years and win | admission to Columbia’s Physicians and Surgeons College. He knew only top grades would do it. Again he was voluntarily putting himself on the spot and daring himself to come through. The best night job he could find was in a famous old German apothecary shop, Bendiner and Schlesinger’s, way down on 10th Street and Third Avenue. Cornel was cashier from 5 until 11 o’clock every night and every other Sunday. It wasn’t a hard job, but there wasn’t time to study, so Cornel would tackle his lessons on the long subway rides and after he dragged into his room at night. > His only possible exercise, which his athletic body demanded, was his first love—fencing. It took little time and Cor- nel was so superior that again he was elected captain of the CCNY foils team the first year and trusted with the most im- portant bouts. : Winning tournament after tournament, even against the best that other colleges had to offer was.glory enough to make up for the long grind, but Cornel soon collected another kind of glory. He won, not only admittance to the exclusive Columbia Uni- versity College of Physicians and Sur- geons, but a scholarship. His medical edu- | cation seemed assured. His parents were | happy. So was Cornel, or so he thought. He paid his enrollment fee, matriculated and was all set to begin his medical studies in the fall. Then for some bizarre reason he still can’t explain, he cut class one wind-up day of summer school at CCNY— | and wandered over to Broadway. Just for a lark, Cory told himself, he’d stroll into the agents’ offices and see if there were any acting jobs. Two men sat in the office. The first looked up at the familiar sight—a good- looking, obviously hopeful young actor standing before him with the age-old ques- tion in his eyes. He growled, : “Nothing today, Bud.’ Goodbye now.” Cory Wilde smiled. It was brutal, bu somehow it was familiar and somethings inside him responded—even to a kick ir the pants like this. “Okay,” he turned t leave. Then he heard another voice. “Wait a minute! Hey, Bud—can you di an Italian accent?” - Cornel smiled again—and nodded. “Tt’s a gigolo—see? The play’s castin now for tryout in the sticks. No road t riches, but—well, are you interested?” Cornel should have laughed right ou loud by all rights. He should even tal about a bit part in a shoestring straw he circuit play that would probably never ge | within shouting distance of Broadway! H had other serious, worthy matters on h mind. He was going on to medical scha to be a great doctor. Pe ce a Fe RAI ES ANON mI i j make up yer mind, bub... Or was he? : ; Well, he was a cinch for a Columb MLD. with the prize start he had. Acting: he had flopped at it. “Okay, Bud, okay—snap out of it. Whai the answer? Want the part—yes or no?” Cornel grinned slowly. Something lil a warm wave seemed to pass over him ai he went down and down. Four years mo grinding day and night on medicine, br: liant prospects or not, seemed like a lor barren, uninteresting road. He knew was crazy, but he knew also he would an actor now or else. He stretched lazi “Sure,” he answered. “Sure I do.” (Cornel Wilde’s life story will be co cluded in our December issue.)

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I GUESS I- EXPECTED TOO MUCH— Harry James- (Columbia), Dolores O’Neil (Cosmo)—The Cosmo recording of this tune marks the re-emergence of Dolores O’Neil, a very popular vocalist of a few years back. She used to work with Bob Chester, and she also appeared regularly on the Basin Street show. She married Alec Fila, the trumpet player, and went to live in Philadelphia (yep, Philadelphia again) and had four handsome children, and now she’s gone back to work. As for Alec, he’s playing with Elliot Lawrence (yep, Elliot Lawrence again). RUMORS ARE FLYING—Betty Rhodes (Victor), Saxie Dowell (Sonora)—There’s one big thing the matter with Betty - Rhodes’ version of this number, and that is that you can’t see Betty Rhodes. She’s the most beautiful girl making records at the moment (not counting movie stars who make records, although she can hold her own with them too) and you really ought to listen to her discs with a big picture right in front of you. “Rumors Are Flying” and the number on the other side, “How Could 1?” were both written by the au- thors of “Oh, What It Seemed To Be,” and Yll stick my neck out and say that by the time you read this, they'll be on the Hit Parade. If they’re not, you have my permission to write nasty letters. To Al and Henry. WHICH WAY DID MY HEART GO?— Teddy Walters (Musicraft)—I’ve talked about Teddy Walters before. He’s the boy who’s sung with Tommy Dorsey’s band, and Jimmy Dorsey’s band, although orig- inally, he was a great guitarist. I’m glad that on his new Musicraft releases, he’s doing a little playing as well as singing. Incidentally, record labels are getting sillier. Teddy’s listed now as Teddy Wal- ters, His Voice and His Guitar. 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Although he doesn’t claim to be a great musician himself, he’s made records with the great ones—Fats Waller, Benny Carter, etc-——and he’s been more of an influence on jazz than a jazz artist. He’s been a sort of general hanger-on and personality. Now he’s written a book for Random House (he collaborated on it with Bernard Wolfe) and it’s one of the most fascinating jazz histories ’ve ever read. Interwoven with Mezz’ personal ex- periences are the stories of the musicians he’s known, and he’s known them all. The book’s called “Really The Blues” (the name of a Victor Record Mezz made in 1938) and it ought to make him some money, too. : TENOR SAX ALBUM—Ike Quebec (Blue Note); TENOR SAX ALBUM—Volume III (Savoy) —Suddenly, everybody wants tenor sax records. Suddenly the tenor sax is the | fashionable instrument, and suddenly Ike Quebec, the very able sax player with \ Mr. Calloway, has a whole album out | under his own name. Not only that, but | the Savoy people have put out a tenor sax j album in which Ike appears too. Other | tenor saxes featured on the Savoy records are Vido Musso from Stan Kenton’s band, Charlie Ventura; who was with the Gene Krupa trio, and Allen Eager, who sounds | more like Lester Young than Lester Young. And what I want to know is, whatever | happened to the clarinet? Nobody puts | out an album of clarinet music. Hardly | any of the big bands feature clarinets. / BEST FROM THE MOVIES NIGHT AND DAY—Cole Porter Album: Artie Shaw (Musicraft) ; Title Song: Claude Thornhill (Columbia); Selections from Rosalie: Frankie Carle (Decca); I’ve Got You Under My Skin: Lee Wiley (Decca) —I bumped into Lee Wiley the other day. She was walking down the street with her husband, Jess Stacy, the band leader, and I asked them what they were doing. They said they were playing at this place out in Jersey, and I asked Lee if she’d made any records lately. “No,” she said, “but I’ve heard that a re-issue of an old 12-inch Cole Porter number I did is going fine.” She couldn’t even remember what tune it was, but she did remember how she came to make it. Victor Young had asked her to, and she wasn’t especially keen on the deal, and then the morning of the waxing, she didn’t show, and Decca called up and asked howcome, and she got herself over there finally, and made the record. Then she forgot about it. Louis Armstrong met her a couple of years later, and told her ARE YOU TOO BEAUTIFUL? Of course, if you're too beauti- ful, we don’t presume to be able to help you. But—if you can stand some improvement (and who can’t?), turn to the Super Coupon (page 24). and find the chart that solves your particular problem. Under 18 and graceful like a kangaroo? “Glamor For the Teens” is your meat. Strag- ely, mousy hair? 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“THE RAZOR'S EDGE” (PRODUCTION) (Continued from page 41) to shoot. Eighteen months were spent in research and preparation before the pic- ture started .. . Although it was his first picture since his discharge from the Ma- rine Corps, Tyrone Power stepped in front of the cameras for the first time in over three years without a trace of jitters . . . Anne Baxter delayed her marriage to John Hodiak a month, wait- ing the finish of the film, and during that time looked like anything but a bride. She played a dipsomaniac, and went around the studio with no makeup and stringy hair . . . To replace Tyrone’s dogs, which had dwindled away during the war, Gene Tierney presented him with a white German shepherd dog which was named Olaf. Olaf spent his days on the set, in company with Butch, Gene’s own shepherd. When a dog was required in a scene, director Edmund Goulding suggested using Butch, know- ing how well Gene had trained him. But the plan didn’t work. Butch-was required to bark, and for five years spent on sets with Gene, each time he made the smallest noise, he was tied outside the sound stage. So the scene was set, and Butch walked into camera range, but he wouldn’t let go with even a grunt... John Payne had his personal worries while working in the picture. Gloria De- Haven suffered an attack of penicillin poisoning, and John had to rush her to the hospital. Then again, there were the pop bottles. Living in a house on the beach, John was in constant fear of the neighborhood kids, who tossed pop bot- tles through his windows at every oppor- tunity . . . Just recovered from a severe attack of pneumonia, Clifton Webb left the hospital to play his part in the film, wherein he dies. The death scene took three days to film, and Webb claimed that the studio paid him a bonus to leave his hospital bed, go to Fox and die properly for the cameras . .. Gene Tierney and Ty Power were ribbed unmercifully by the cast and crew when a canvas on the set became ignited during one of their love scenes .. . The prop man had to invent a special trick cigar for the scene where one of a mob plunges a burning cigar into Ty Power’s neck. The problem was solved by inserting a lighted cigarette into the cigar, and while smoke can be seen coming from the cigar, the end is not actually lighted. MODERN SCREEN’ “| see the Browns are back from their honeymoon!" / S SS WN ‘SS Zo, 2, Gor ZY % KN PLUS TAX : ~ AT ALL LIPSTICK nena COUNTERS It stays—and Stays—and STAYS! Non-drying and non-smearing. In four intriguing, sultry shades. MAR-O-MIST INC. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS For Light or Dark Hair— Mar-o-Oil Gives the World's Finest Shampoo Genuine Mar-o-Oil, the Original Oil Shampoo brings out sparkling beauty and highlights in all types and shades of hair. Needs no bothersome lemon or vine- gar rinse. Insist on GENUINE Mar-o-Oil at your beauty shop, drug, department or ten-cent store. Try It Today! Maro-Oil SHAMPOO 107 | Ie |

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THOSE LITTLE © ORDINARY THINGS (Continued from page 59) SSS \" “ KCs b : ig S best tor taste Ha i ; SAYS JUNE PREISSER room, muttering. At seven-fifteen, he | i called up the stairs, informing his wife — ; that he was fast becoming too tired to go | to the party. At seven-thirty, they left the | house. Gloria’s hair was done in a sleek | and shining page boy. “You look beautiful,* John told her. | “But you also looked beautiful at six- | i thirty when you had it just growing out of your head and hanging down the way i | | See JUNE PREISSER in The Teen-Agers Production “HIGH SCHOOL HERO” A Monogram Picture gravity took it.” Gloria shrugged. “Men don’t under- stand,” she said. timeless marriage... This inability of Gloria’s to be on time has been the only fly in the ointment of their marriage. She tries, sincerely, to correct the fault. But other than that, the Payne household runs on all cylinders. Married only three months after they met, they have been agreeably surprised in the number of ways that their tastes blend. There was the question of eggs. Gloria and John both like them done to the exact second, with a quick flip to eliminate any- thing tending to stay undone. The Paynes are in perfect accord when a roast is in the oven. It comes out soon and rare. Furni- ture must be old and mellow, colors must be bright and breezy, friends.fun and in- formal. Bridge is out, and gin rummy is in. The new house posed a problem which. was solved in mutual satisfaction. With the addition of Kathleen Hope to the family, John’s Colonial house suddenly be- came too small and was sold. They moved to the house on the beach, which was to be a temporary thing until they found a home they really wanted. Finding it was not easy. John immediately started work- ing in “The Razor’s Edge,” which left Gloria alone to do the house hunting. When “The Razor’s Edge” was finished, Gloria started work in “Summer Holiday,” and John was haunting realtors in a soli- tary state. Nothing they saw would do, and then one day on Gloria’s set Agnes Moorehead let drop a sentence that will make the Paynes happy forever after. “There is a house,” said Miss Moorehead, “next door to mine that is for sale. It’s an English cottage and—” The Paynes bought it, naturally. They § both wanted an English cottage, three - bedrooms and three baths and servants quarters and a den. The furnishing will be }, no hurdle, as they have enough already . except for the den, and John has in Vir- 1 “IT WAS TOPS IN MY TASTE-TEST!” says June. ‘‘I tried leading colas in paper cups and chose Royal Crown Cola best tasting!” Try it! Say, ““RC for me!” That’s the quick way to get a quick-up with Royal Crown Cola—best by taste-test! ginia plenty of colonial furniture to fill } the den appropriately. They agree that there will be no decorator to come in and tell them what they want. Gloria is al- ready shopping for antiques, praying while doing so that the dealer really is selling her something two hundred years old, and not a piece of soft pine that just last week was punctured with an awl to produce worm holes. John is planning a workshop to be installed in the rear of the property, where he intends to keep drills and plugs | and miles of wiring and all the things | people are always needing and never have. | Gloria’s first purchase turned out tobe a radio, approximately five inches square | in size. John hooted with laughter when | she brought it home. “Does it make any noise?” he wanted | RC is the quick way to say... | NAL CRO © coin 4 3 to know. : Rangel _ “Most certainly,” said an offended Mrs. | Best by taste-test ws Payne. She plugged it in and out poured | a perfect cacophony. “Besides,” she added, “T bought it for my studio dressing room.”

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can’t get excited about anything even if he tries, while Gloria has inner earth- | quakes at the drop of a hat. John invari- ably commands the situation immediately ' ard Gloria subsides, admiringly. They both prefer staying home in the evenings. By the time they have dinner after getting home from the studio, it is usually eight or nine o’clock (this includes getting Julie into bed), and film stars rise with the roosters when they are working. Gloria hasn’t quite yet adjusted herself to John’s love of sports. She is not an athlete in any sense of the word, but living with John, who builds his life around health, has gradually taught her that people who live part of their lives outdoors are healthier for it. She nurses a great yen to be able to do the things that John does, and intends doing some- thing about it. He had decided to initiate her in golf, and steered her to one of the lovely courses sprawled out by the sea. The day was clear and crisp, and the Paynes presented a handsome couple as they approached the | first tee. “Tll go first, and you watch me,” said | John. “Okay,” said Gloria, leaning on her club. He swung a mighty swing and the club- | head whished through the air, and con- | nected with the ball, which sidled off to starboard and landed in a clump of bushes. | | John coughed slightly. | “Now,” he said. “That’s not exactly the way to do it. You hold the club this way, | see? And then do this, and keep your left arm straight. But the object, which I didn’t quite make, is to hit the ball straight. | Understand?” ' Gloria nodded and stepped up to the ball. She swung gracefully, almost too easily, John thought, and when the club- head had completed its arc, Gloria’s ball was heading straight down the fairway. “You sure,’ he said, “you haven’t done this before?” : | Gloria smiled. “Oh, a few times, maybe.” i But then Button Payne is always coming across with surprises. Like the night re- | cently when they were getting ready to | go to Walter Lang’s birthday party. There | was a half hour to go yet before the dead- line set for Gloria had arrived, and John was nonchalantly struggling with his tie. | The click of heels sounded outside his | dgessing room and the door burst open. He turned to face a glowering Mrs. Payne, | who had obviously gone through her four hair-dos and was completely dressed. ‘se “REALLY, John!” she said. “I’ve been | sitdownstairs waiting for you for fifteen min- shrttes! What in the world are you doing?” ‘she John dropped his tie clasp, then the tie, jago, 2n the collar button rolled under the the fd. He looked up from the floor. | of ~ “You know,” he said, “you’re wonderful.” | of: 2 | MODERN SCREEN NCA \ "y “For goodness sakes—W here were you ~ playing today?” She did surprise John one day at Carmel. j new french Accent # Louis Philippe 111

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“Why not Casey to begin with?” “That would be too simple—” But they never bothered to: put the two | names together till all of a sudden Dick | said “Kim Quine” one day, and his eyes | glazed.. “Sounds horrible—” | “Like a kumquat,” said Susan—” | In the end they settled for Tim, which | wasn’t too far from Kim. Timothy Quine {sounded good. “Timothy Richard sounds | better,” said his ma, so that’s what it is. _ To listen to them, you’d think they were ‘raising their fifth. One day Dick came in ‘to find his mother feeding his son. He \|eyed them critically. Then he frowned. Then he said: “That’s a strange way to hold a bottle—” Then he lifted bottle and | baby to his own lap. “You're used to ‘handling horses, Mom—” (she breeds ’em). | “Look, here’s how it’s done—” go by the book... "T'was not ever thus. Those first nights, ‘before they got a nurse, weren’t too rest- | iul. Timmy slept in his bassinet between | their two beds—- | “Now we're not going to spoil this ‘child,” they’d tell each other sternly. “If he cries, he cries—” The trouble was he didn’t cry. “Dick. ‘Why -doesn’t he cry? He’s smothering!” | Dick would pile out. “Uh-uh. He’s breathing nice. First in, then out—” - “D’you think you should wake him up?” “What for?” “Give him a chance to exercise his | Jungs—” “Ts that what the book says?” She’d pick it up from the bedside table | and start hunting. This theme, with varia- tions, would be played several times a might. 22. 5 | There was also the matter of his head. “Look, it’s pointed!” cried Dick, going pale. “That’s all right, they’re all pointed—” “Ooooh, no, you don’t talk me into hav- ing been a pinhead—” “Dear, every baby’s a pinhead till this thing on top closes up—” “Dear, I’ve seen pictures of myself as a mere blob, and my head was round—” | He got her so scared that she called his (mother. From alarm, her expression re- laxed to one of perfect content. “Tell him that, will you, Mom?” : || He picked up the phone warily. “Sonny, |you should have seen yourself,” said Mom. “You looked like a gourd—” At dinner one night Susan had a partner \\whose approach she recognized. He was |Zoing to be oh so careful not to hurt her \feelings while he prodded to find out everything he could. Finally he said: “Well, \at any rate, Susan, you've kept something o£ your old self— || “Yes?” she asked serenely. “What?” -, “Your beautiful hair—” ;| That’s the kind of thing that infuriates aer friends, but not Susan. She just thinks a ‘| EXCLUSIVE CANDID SNAPS! || You collect snaps of your | friends, of course—so here are 2’ a few more you'll want to paste in your album: Intimate, beauti- ; ful snapshots (4” x 5”) of Van . Johnson, Frank Sinatra, Cornel Wilde, Guy Madison, Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, June Allyson, Mark Stevens—and twelve others—taken at home, at | work, at play, by MODERN *’ SCREEN’s own photogs. See ‘| Super Coupon, page 24. TRY Jergens I-Cream Beauty Treatment Every day cleanse-smooth your skin with Jergens Face Cream. All-purpose . . . no other cream needed. Does the work of 4 creams in one. Use Jergens Face Cream regularly for— 1. CLEANSING: Floats out grime, make-up 2. SOFTENING: Helps smooth dry skin 3. POWDER BASE: For smooth powder-cling 4. NIGHT CREAM: Discourages tiny dry-skin lines Helps smooth away tiny dry-skin lines Famous skin scientists make Jergens Face Cream—the same who make Jergens Lotion. A beauty-giving treat for dry, neglected skin. 10¢ to $1.25 (plus tax). Give Jergens 1-Cream Treatment a quick 10-day trial—see the kiss-thrilling difference in your skin! JERGENS All-Purpose . . . for All Skin Types FACE CREAM 113

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; . ; - * ey td WALTER THORNTON, originator of the Pin-Up Girl it’s silly. As a matter of fact, there’s noth- | says: ‘I recommend Flame-Glo Lipstick to all of my ing of her old self that she’s lost but the” pin-up models for extra beauty, extra glamour . .o use of her legs. Her eyes are as clear, her no blurry edges!” _ | head as proudly held, her face as softly | molded, giving you the same sense of fresh- ness and fragrance. Her humor rings as true, and she talks with the same direct: honesty. She doesn’t dwell on the subject’ of her disability, nor does she avoid it. Nothing distresses her more than people4 who knock themselves out to be tactful, or go all hushed on her as if she were a‘ stained glass window. The fact that she can’t walk doesn’t make her an angel or a freak. It hasn’t made her a Pollyanna} either., Without Dick, things might have been very different— In a way, it was worse for Dick. In a% way, it’s easier to bear your own load than'| that of someone you love. But they feel the same way about facing facts. Refuse! to look at them, and you're sunk. Accept: them, and you get the stuff to go on with. If Dick had been the type to my-poor- little-wife her, she’d have lost her mind: Okay, there are certain things she can’t do for herself, she’s got to be helped. Bui in all other respects, she wants to be! treated like anyone, not like something! special. That’s how Dick treats her. Gets as mad as he ever did when she makes him mad, tells her off just as loud. In thes course of one argument, she threw a glass of water at him, so he calmly picked the pitcher up and doused her. Another time as he was carrying her downstairs, she started tickling him— j “Quit that, or I'll put you down—” “Yes, you will,” she scoffed, and tickle him some more. So he put her down anc left her there till she promised to be good just the same, but more so... LILLIAN BREEN, one of the popular - Thornton Pin-Up Beauties He and her brother Bob are two of < kind. Bob’s on the quiet side, a little gruf where his feelings are concerned. They’v«§, always been close, but never demonstra- tive. Susan went to the hospital recently} for minor surgery, and a friend was upse because Bob didn’t come every day. Susar| smiled. She knew her brother, she knev} he’d come when he could, stand in thi doorway—‘How do you feel today? Any-§ thing you need?” If he’d changed, if he}. shown any hand-holding tendencies, she’ have had a fit. : ii ‘ . ‘ She hates being fussed over. On the} ii A whisper of loveliness... telling a other hand: shesiiceni ed eh py emg tea ¢ ah) story of new beauty and allure! Your lips tell all... and people can be. Not only at first whe, | i : : their emotions are stirred, but day afie 1K) when they’re accented with Flame-Glo, you are assured of ordinary day. The neighbors, for instance Choose your Favorite When she’s going out’at night, they com } Pin-Up Girl loveliness. What’s more, Flame-Glo stays FLAME-GLO Shode in to see if her clothes are all right, to heli i color-lively and water repellent longer, with extra hours of Raspberry .. .an exciting with her hair. When the living room ru } vid shade for most types. was dyed, she and Dick were maroone a glamour... never a blurry edge! Now Flame-Glo comes to you Royal Wine . ... deep upstairs, so one neighbor cooked a beau §- i blood-red with purple. : tiful breakfast—French toast and baco.§ Hy in the new post-war metal case... a feast to the eyes, easy Glamour Red Ae and jelly and coffee—and Dick hauled : ; 1b oi Blom ello and be care-obeusiee! Beiligay oe ed : up to the second floor in a basket. Nog. to use. Ask for Flame-Glo and be sure of quality: eee ceaactae will Susan forget those nights when sh.j couldn’t sleep, and Dick would run movie to try to keep her mind off the pain. 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‘nore fun than sitting round feeling sorry -or yourself. At Malibu she went fishing with the boys off the end of the pier, aught just as many tired old mackerel as ‘hey did and made just as big a splash vhen she threw them back in. If swim- ings out, at least she can sit by the yater’s edge and kibitz—and if she can’t ~ance, she can siill enjoy the music and loorshow and gaiety of a nightclub. ... - She ean work. Her last broadcast was -Dark Victory” on the Encore Theater, and -- leoks as though her radio jobs would be -imited only by doctors’ orders. She can -00k—though with Dick around, she’s al- zays played second fiddle in that depart- | -nent. He’s the master—no mere steak- | emd-chop man, but a chef of parts who | _xperiments and uses leftovers, and trusts | ser with stuff like pies and pancakes. - Driving’s a cinch now. She’s got one of -nose new Fords, made specially for veis sith spinal injuries, where everything’s szorked by a single lever. When Dick came | -me from New York, she surprised him | -y driving to the airport to meet him. He 1d caved in. Now he pays her com- :liments. “You’re a better driver than | -rhen you used your feet. Less like Barney =dfield—” They got so cocky that they =yerstepped a bit. Dreamed up an idea for = saddle fitted with leather to lace up =usan’s legs, so she could ride again— “hief chef... Bob put a stop to that. “Suppose the verse stumbled, and she couldn’t get I> Zz i “Well,” said Susan, “it was nice while 2; lasted—” Dick’s just finished “Cockeyed Miracle,” fis first picture for M-G-M since leaving 2ne service. Till he starts working again, tie day’s routine opens with breakfast by uine. That's their first bone of conten- on. For Susan he produces some master- | qaece like baked eggs or fried hotcakes | snd bacon. For himself, he- eats nothing mnless it’s a dish of ice cream under the Wcairease. Dick’s a solitary ice cream-eaier =partly because he swallows it by the “allon, which embarrasses him—parily to | seep from being heckled. When Susan tieckles him, he calis her Bridget. In re- aliation, she calls him Ichabod. Any dif- #isrence of opinion comes under the head £— heckling— Right now there’s a difference of opinion bout his moustache. “J wish they’d put you back to work, > you’d have to shave that-thing off—” ) “More respect, woman. All the Quine icnen wear moustaches—” “Ti’s so blonde you can’t see it anyway—” 1 “Where’s your mascara?—well touch it | ii p—? _ “Okay, but next time you go out, buy me ‘? moustache cup. I can’t kiss you without Egmething to hold that handlebar up—” 2 From 10 to 11:30 Susan gets the baby ‘99 herself. Not quite to herself, because “fne dog, Thunder’s, there too, but Thunder | “retends a lofty indifference to. Timothy. ‘Ficeasionally he'll hoist himself to his feet, | mble over, cast an Olympian glance at the | i} bject om the rug, and go back where he %ame from. To regard Tim as serious com- | etition is beneath his dignity. It’s all | fast as long as you remember to pet Thun- ier at the same time. é- Spirited horse of curpler HOLD-BOB BOBBY PINS 115

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“HE’S CRAZY, BUT | LOVE HIM’ (Continued from page 63) ooo eee me when I’m sore at him. He’s got to watch his weight. He'll work like a dog to get out of working round the house. He leaves the bathroom a mess, and he'll wade kneedeep through haberdashery before he'll pick up so much as a shoelace. You know the story of the kid who met a bear in the backyard, only it was a stray dog all the time? That was Bernie. With Bernie, everything’s a bear. He’s been known to hang on to a grudge, and when I call him on that, he disarms me by saying, “I won’t take any guff from anybody but you—’ No matter what he spends on clothes, he always looks like a ‘bum, and I just gave away his last pair “of striped socks. For the last five years, he’s been singing me the same little tove “song eight bars long, but to keep it from getting monotonous, he adds verses. He’s ‘got a fast eye for neat figures and a pair “of trim legs. When he stops noticing “those, then I'll really start fretting. Some- “times I look at him, and wonder what the sereaming’s all about. Other times it hits “me. Handsome he ain’t, but he’s alive. ... He’s younger now than when I first ‘knew him. That was a funny combination, “Texas and Brooklyn, and as far as the seye could reach, not a bond between ’em— “He was rehearsing for the roadshow of -“Stage Door.” A friend of mine in the “show had this grand pash on him, but made the mistake of introducing us. I couldn't figure him at all. By my books, “af a guy kept asking for dates, he also made some slight effort to be smooth or “charming or interested or interesting. Not -- Bernie was dark and dour and “Bernie. EACH KIT CONTAINS: 3 full ounces of salon-type cold wave solution; 60 curlers, 60 end tissues, cotton applicators, neutralizer and complete instructions. 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I don’t say all the defenses came down right away, but at least he gave me a peek behind the bars—enough to make me realize that I'd figured him wrong, and that he could be cream masquerading as skim milk. Another year, and I was back in. New York. I knew by then what his young life had been like, why his nerves were tied up in knots, why he didn’t laugh easy. What’s more, I was falling in love. It worked two ways. The surer he grew of me, the more he relaxed. The barriers he’d thrown up against being hurt caved in—for me, anyway. Having made up my mind to marry some unmoody guy who’d coddle my moods, one. day I found myself marrying Bernie. We sneaked up to Mount Vernon on a trolley, and celebrated by seeing a play from the second row. I forget what the play was. For a year we lived across the street from the Modern Museum in a tiny apartment with a radio, some nice prints, four thousand books (his) and a piano (mine). I look back on that apartment with great nos- talgia. 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The dog stretches out, Bernie spreads the blanket over her, she throws the darn thing off. please, no housework!... My husband loves acting and _ sports. Anything else is ten years at hard labor. The paint had to be stripped from our house, we couldn’t get anyone to do it, and I saw no reason why we shouldn’t do it ourselves. Bernie’d just finished “That Way with Women,” his first starring picture—I swore I’d drag that in if it killed me—and didn’t have anything special on his mind. Every day he was going to start next minute. Thinking to shame him, I finally started alone. He thought that was wonderful. Boy, was he proud of me! I couldn’t decide whether to blow my top or laugh my head off. One day I asked him to buy a pickaxe to break out some earth, so we could level it off. Later, I came on his shopping list somewhere. The item heading it, so help me, was “1 very lightweight pickaxe.” Also he’s got a bottomless thirst for thanks. Say it’s his job to water the ivy every other day. Dawns the fateful morning, and my husband appears, looking noble. “Is this the day for the ivy?” I say, “Yes, dear,” thinking how sweet of him to remember. “Where’s the basket?” Still grateful, I go looking for it. “Shall I use the bucket or the hose? Do you soak it good or just kind of sprinkle it? Hey, Red, this hose leaks.” By the time I get through telling him what a great kid he is, I could water the ivy twice myself. He does help me clean house though, and here’s how it came about. First, I'd better explain that I’m one of those cranks who’d rather do my own housework than nag a maid to do it my way. And that Bernie’s a rabid fight fan and likes to have me along. One night I said no, I’d been cleaning house all day and was pooped. “Aw, honey, such a little house! How can that tire you out?” About to do a slow burn, I reversed my tactics. “Let’s make a deal. You help me with the house next time, and I'll go to the fights with you.” It worked. I taught him to use the vac, and together we got the job done in two hours and a half. At first it embarrassed him to be caught in the act, but he’s non- chalant now. “Out of my way, boy, I got work to do—” Then he sprawls in a chair and beams at his handiwork. He'll eat anything he can break with his bare hands. To me, food is something you sustain life with. I can cook after a fashion, but loathe it. He thinks he’s good and, being no fool, I encourage him. His spe- cialty’s leftover omelet—eight eggs gar- nished with whatever’s in the icebox. Bernie’s a lean and muscular guy, so | every extra pound shows up where it shouldn’t. Therefore he should avoid sweets and nibbling between meals and eating late at night—all cherished habits. When he’s overweight, I lacerate him by calling him Chubby. When he’s nice and thin, I call him Mouseface. When pound- age doesn’t enter, I call him Hon, varied by Honya. From a Texas gal, he thinks Honya is fonya. He calls me Red or | Chopper. Chopper’s gangster slang for machine gun. In New York before we were married, he’d been having a tough time getting jobs, but wouldn’t try radio. Radio was a mishmash and a bastard profession — and he’d be a soandso thisandthat before he’d soil the hem of his Art with radio. I finally tore off a few words about people who sat around Walgreen’s, telling the world what great actors they were. Instead of swinging back, as I’d expected, he heard me through. “You can sure mow me down,” he said when I’d finished, and it’s been Chopper ever since. no greater love... More to the point, he took himself over to radio and did very well. Then we came out here and he started again from scratch. I don’t think I’ve ever admired my hus- band more than during that period. In order not to have to borrow money, he went on Mary Astor’s Showcase, where you had to stand with a placard over your head while the audience applauded. Who- ever got the most applause came back the next week. He went back for eight weeks at thirteen bucks a throw. I know he died five slow deaths every time that placard went over his head as if he’d been a prize porker, but he stuck it out. For my money. that took guts. Neither of us really believed it when Warners signed him, it was much too fab- ulous. Dozens of times he’d been told (Continued on page 121) MODERN SCREEN “Not so fast, Harvey!”

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SE (Confinued from page 118)’ “You're off the beat in appearance, you're | not the movie type, your voice is fuzzy—” } | T loved his fuzzy voice, I'd always thought it an asset, but I wasn’t a studio. When started popping, I was in Texas where I'd been called by my father’s death. By the iime I got back, Bernie was Dane Clark with a black-and-white contrac: and a case of arrested hypertension. The first thing we did was sign a three- year lease on a fleabag in the Valley. | Houses were hard to get,’and on an April ‘day this one looked charming. The trouble was, litile creatures shared our fondness for it. We were wakened out of our first night's slumber by what sounded like a | terrific soccer game. “Country noises,” | said Bernie, the kid from Brooklyn. Get- ting up to make the coffee next morning— he always makes the coffee because he thinks mine stinks and he’s righi—he looked around for the doughnuts he'd brought in the night before. No sign of a doughnui, no bag, nothing. Just a gnarled, motheaten cabbage on the kitchen door. The sound that came from his throat I could hear in my bedroom, and by the ime I arrived, he was past speech. I touldn’t help giggling, him and his _couhiry noises... . “Trade rats,” I told him. “Cabbages for foughnuts— : ‘he birds and the bees... Well, neither would I have elected io hare my home with field rats bui. stuck with a lease, what could we do? The next Tisis came when we got home Inie one aght and found the living room occupied y bees. Their hives were in the wall, but tur landlady-had thoughtfully hung a pic- ute over the hole, and everything would ave been fine except that the picture had allen while we were ouit— “Bees,” said Bernie, “I am not familiar rith at all. Let’s go to a hotel—” “Té you don’t fight a bee, he won’t fight ou—” “That’s in Texas. In California maybe ney ve got different rules—” : “We'll have io build a smudge pot—” “What for?” “To get em drunk—” With garden gloves on my hands and a wel over my mouth, I was too busy for while to pay much attention io Bernie, at never have I been closer to hysteria 2n when he next crossed my line of vi- on, holding a tea strainer over his nose ith one hand and stalking bees with a fiy vatter in the other... . It_was six o’clock before we picked up e last bee, and tacked a cardboard over e hole in the wall. Bernie was real eased with himself. I was pleased with m, too. Now that he'd been initiated, I ped wed have no more trouble with g. He’s much more gregarious than I i) pt to get out of, once you're in. Bernie's le for its charm. His tasie is per- © one flaw I ever detected in it wiih striped socks and sweaters, | it was a planned ecceniricity. | Ever been knee-deep in wolves? Use Varva’s inviting fragrance Follow Me— and see what happens! Follow Me Toilet Water is especially wonderful to make every day super-super. It’s luscious—and lasts and lasts! Follow Me Perfume $1 to $15. Same fascinating scent In Face and Bath Powders. Talc, Bubble Foam. Sachet, Soap. VY Ale A EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, NEW YORK 1,N. Y. Treat yourself to Follow Me Toilet Water today. Use it liberally ; you can—ihree ounces are only $1. Also $2.50 and $4.50 sizes. 121

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ies) can steal away a woman’s beauty! OLLIE How thousands who are pale and tired because of this blood deficiency may find renewed energy with Ironized Yeast Tablets. HOUSANDS of women have lost the fresh glow of youth while they’re still young. Thousands look “washed out”—frequently feel. “ready to drop.” And so often, the reason may be a Borderline Anemia, resulting from a ferro-nutritional blood deficiency. Results of medical studies show that up to 68% of the women examined— many men—have this common Border- line Anemia. Their red blood cells are too pale and puny to release all the energy they ought to have. They need to build up their red blood cells—their supply line of healthy pep. lronized Yeast Tablets to Help Build Up Blood, Energy So if you look and feel “old before your time” due to a Borderline Anemia, take Ironized Yeast Tablets. They are formulated to combat this Borderline Anemia, to help bring red blood cells back to normal size and color and in this way to restore the energy and the appearance of health. Continuing tiredness, listlessness and lronized Yeast TABLETS pallor may be caused by other condi- tions, so consult your physician regu- larly. But when you have this Border- line Anemia, when you envy others their energy and good looks, take Iron- ized Yeast Tablets. Let them help you build up your red blood cells—win back your natural vitality! *BORDERLINE ANEMIA resulting from a ferro-nutritional blood deficiency can cause TIREDNESS © LISTLESSNESS » PALLOR Energy-Building Blood. This is a microscopic view of blood rich in energy ele- ments. Here are big, plentiful red cells that release energy to every muscle, limb, tissue. Borderline Anemia. Many have blood like this; never know it. Cells are puny, faded. Blood like this can’t release the energy you need to feel and look your best. Besides, for himself he can’t be bothered. | He'll buy good clothes and go to, a good tailor, but if two garments match when he | gets them on, it’s an accident. “So they | won’t ask me to pose for Calvert’s,” he says lightly. It’s my wardrobe he’s really interested 7 in. A month before my birthday, he'll } come staggering in under boxes, and I’ve | got to put on a style show in advance. He’s | a wizard, because I’m 16 in the arms, 14 in the shoulders, and the rest of me’s 10, | but whatever he buys me fits. The first } time he brought home a dress was in New | York, and my jaw dropped all the way down to there— “You mean you walked into a shop and | asked for it—” “Yeah, like a thief in the night—” he boasted. mink @ la mode... I rarely ask for things. First, with Ber- nie you don’t get a chance to ask, he’s al-. ways ahead of you. Then, possessions) don’t mean a great deal to me. So I thought he’d be enchanted when I asked} for a mink coat. But the man’s full of sur-} prises, he bit my head off at this normal} female request. j “Whatre you trying to do, impress the Joneses?” When I convinced him that it had noth-} ing to do with the Joneses, that I loved little pussy for herself alone, he relented I now have a mink coat. Every time 1} put it on, Bernie revolves around me twice } lost in admiration. He revolutionized my clothes habits. As} a designer, I used to wear things that were} extreme. He hated them. “You're not th«} most beautiful girl in the world, Chop, bu} you've got one distinctive feature—a heac of red hair. Use that for decoration, anc keep your clothes simple—” I have listenec} to him with great success. } No, I don’t mind being told I'm no beautiful. He’d have to be an awful lia} to say anything else. I know he likes th way I look, and that’s enough for me. In > cidentally, he seldom calls a girl beauti® ful. “That’s a very handsome woman, he’ll say in measured tones. High prais> from my fella. | His one serious ambition is to realiz} himself as an actor. Compared with tha all his other wants are pikers. In hi} lighter moments though, he’ll plan a po or a “horst”’—for his own good reason} that’s what he calls a horse. The pool is each other in disgust. 1 “Gonna get me a horst,” mutters Bef nie, lying in the sun beside his imagine} pool. “Gonna show that flatfoot—” "At’s my boy. He’s a character, anc love him.

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HERE COME THE BRITISH! t f | (Continued from page 45) Kid, he became an angel, and she had | him asleep in practically zero minutes. “Now,” she went on, “we'll just rinse out that little suit in a jiffy, and then some , tea for all of us. And Peter, you might F || | be telephoning around for some hotel accommodations.” It was over the tea that I discovered | that Pete was in the movies. “What do you do?” I asked him, and he said, “Oh, I do a bit of acting. What do you do?” “A bit of writing,” I said. Then when It tion), Pete and I made our bargain. “When I’m a big-time actor,” he said, “and you're a full-fledged author, you write a story about me. Okay?” “Sure,” I said. “And will you promise | to come see us when you come East?” it He promised. And just a couple of weeks H ago, he made good!. | the best is yet to come... || These have been a busy two years: \Boston” to “Cluny Brown.” And now | M-G-M is starring him in “A Star from Heaven.” I wish I could say that I’ve ‘just written a best seller, but unfor- s/tunately, *tain’t so. However, I’m pretty | proud of my name on the MopErn Screen gimasthead, and when Pete called not so ulong ago, he said that that was good enough for him; that our deal was still on. o/ So he came up to our house in Stam- ford, and I almost got a story out of him. xcept that he was having so much fun With the kids in the neighborhood that I seouldn’t get a query in edgewise. He played ball with Jerry and Jack, and autographed the big Welcome sign Marge jiaad played hookey from work to make. de sang in Shendy’s ear and had his pic- spare taken with Louise and Audrey and |Was_ overheard making wolfish plans to rash Anne-Marie’s school dance. He snowed our lawn and carried our child iiggyback and was so darn much fun to yctave around that I couldn’t be mad at him or skipping the interview. zy “I tell you what,’ he said as he was joing. “You write me up when I’ve won yyne Academy Award and you’ve done a w quel to “Forever Amber!’ Okay?” | “Sure,” I said, and he thinks it’s a wig joke, but I’m halfway through my sequel already. y/ What do you bet I get that story yet? Last summer, when Bob Hope’s bond shows were appearing in South Bend, he had his old friend, Bing Crosby, as his guest star. While Bing was singing, several girls in the audience started screaming as if they were swooning. Bing stopped singing, held up his hand, and said, with a twinkle in his eye, “Please, g! girls! Pm an old man with four kids!” x3) and, then continued singing. © if Margie Wiltfong Mishawaka, Indiana ONE MOTHER TO ANOTHER Some of you have written asking me about my five children. The "baby" of the family is Dan, Jr. Next in age come Gay, Paula, Sally and finally, Scotti -- my eldest girl who has just finished school, e Just suppose you are the mother... You would want to be real sure of the food this baby is waiting for. It is more than likely you would do as so many mothers do—serve Gerber’s. To make these quality baby foods we use only selected vege- tables and fruits. Next, we wash them in pure, deep well water, then cook them by steam . . . to retain the minerals and vitamins baby should have. Made to ap- peal to the natural taste of babies—with smooth uni- form texture for easy digestion. Be sure to get Gerber’s —with “America’s Best-Known Baby” on the package. ‘Have you tried the new Barley Cereal 2 More variety for baby! Now Barley Cereal (yellow box) joins Gerber’s Cereal Food (blue box) and Strained Oatmeal (red box). All three cereals are rich in added iron and B complex vitamins—needed by most babies. Pre-cooked, ready-to-serve—just add milk or formula. It is ‘wise to check your. baby’s «feeding program with your doctor. 19 kinds of Strained Foods,.9 kinds_ of 9 Chopped Foods, 3 special Baby Cereals. FREMONT, MICH. OAKLANY, CAL. Cereals Strained Foods’ Chopped Foods © 1946, G. P. C. FREE ECan eE Ne send me Address: Gerber Products Co., Dept. DE11-6, Fremont, Mich. samples of Gerber’s Cereal Food, a : GebeeeNStanedNOste aL and In Canada: Dept. DE11-6, 49 Wellington St. East, Toronto 1, Ont. Gerber’s Barley Cereal. My baby is now .......... months old. ¥ Name Address

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OH, KAYE! IT’S A PARTY! DOUBTLESS DANNY KAYE, ON RECORDS, WILL HELP MAKE YOUR FALL PARTIES A RIOT! By Nancy Wood Photograph Courtesy General Foods Danny Kaye and May McCoy, his favorite grocery-mixer, i _ peek at what's for dee-nah and nothing could be fee-nah! ® Danny Kaye eats like a nine-day won- der! Be it understood he eats plenty—the energy he puts into everything he does makes him very hungry. But what leaves us dumb with amazement is that here is a man who is actually indifferent to the most luxurious steak! He likes very exotic foods and loves to hunt restaurants where they'll | give him concoctions the average man ik would escape in head-long flight. He’s interested in dietetics and knows what Fae traffic conditions are in the alimentary This Halloween All-Honey Chocolate Cake is going to do a disappearing i canal. In short, he eats like the frustrated act before your eyes, leaving only-an unobserved crumb behind. It's good! i doctor he’s always wanted to be. Wouldn’t it be fun to have such a charm- | ingly daffy guest at a Halloween or football | party? There’s no reason, of course, why vil you can’t use Danny Kaye’s latest record album as an ice-breaker at your party. Be- tween that and those swell refreshments HI you’re planning, you'll work up a reputa- itt tion for being a really skilled hostess! | SNACK TRAY Open-faced sandwiches will bear the brunt of the attack, so make up several kinds: 1. A mixture of cream cheese, finely chopped Brazil nuts and chopped olives. Moisten with mayonnaise. 2. Chopped hard-cooked egg, chopped watercress, finely minced onion and mayonnaise. 3. Cream cheese and crisp chopped bacon touched up with horseradish.

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Famous breast- shaped nipple has pat- ented airvent to reduce “windsucking.” Sold at your druggist’s com- plete as illustrated or parts separately. @ a ~ SHE GETS AWAY WITH MURDER (Continued from page 957) oe a collie all my very, very own.” Even so, Mother might have held out if Mr. Weatherwax hadn’t lined up on Mar- garet’s side, without knowing there were sides. Lassie—it’s an open secret by now that Lassie’s a boy—became the father of puppies, and on Margaret’s first visit to the nursery with Aunt Marissa, this one little dog jumped right into her arms and started kissing her all over her face. Mr. Weatherwax watched as the face drowned in pure bliss— “You know, Margaret,” taking the dogs on tour. he said, “I’m But when we get back, I’m going to give you this puppy.” She stared at him, the heavens opening. “You mean for keeps? You mean—for my very own?” That’s what he meant. “Oh, Mr. Weatherwax,” faltered Margaret, and couldn’t say another word. Mother knew she was licked when her daughter lifted shining eyes that had seen a miracle. “He liked me, Mummy. Please may I have him, please? Tll buy him a brown leather collar with rubies and eme- ralds, and I’ll feed him myself.” Had she asked for a performing, elephant at the moment, Mother would have been hard put to it to say no. theatrical crown jewels... For though they’re different types, Mar- garet’s got one thing in common with Charlie McCarthy—she mows ’em down. Take Lionel Barrymore, no sentimentalist. He’s played with children galore and prob- ably liked them fine, but who got his grandmother’s pearl-and-sapphire ring? Who but Margaret O’Brien? After a scene in their first picture together, a Dr. Gillespie number, someone caught him blowing his nose like mad, and he made no bones about why he was blowing it. “Dammit, she’s the only woman be- sides my sister who ever made me ery.” Some days later a little box was de- livered at Margaret’s house. Inside was a beautiful pin, converted from the ring that had once belonged to Georgie Drew, matriarch of Broadway’s royal family. The card said: “Dear Margaret, I don’t know anyone better to carry on the tradition—” It’s Margaret who, for the first time in a movie, will recite from a speech of Franklin Roosevelt’s. In granting permis- sion, Mrs. Roosevelt wrote Ralph Wheel- wright, producer of “Tenth Avenue Angel,” that both she and the late President were O’Brien fans. That may have had some- thing to do with it. So perhaps did a per- sonal encounter in °45. The President was at Yalta. But along with many others, the O’Briens had been asked to luncheon at the White House in connection with the Birthday Ball. A little nervous, she stuck tight to Mother and Aunt Marissa, till suddenly she was being introduced to a tall, kindly lady, who was the President’s wife. After that there was nothing to be nervous about. 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} _Yet even her peskiness is in character. 'She’s never been fresh, and she’s no _ prankster, though like a chameleon she | takes on the color of eath part she plays. | She doesn’t need a movie role, however, | to teach her to stall. That’s pure O’Brien. | Margaret’s such an expert at dawdling _ and poking along, it’s a mercy they ever get to the studio in time. On the other _hand, she’s always on time for parties. | Nancy, her best friend on the block, | sent out invitations for a birthday party | at two. At 1:30, Margaret was ready | to go. Nancy lives only three doors away, so Aunt Marissa explained why you don’t barge in on your hostess before you're | expected. Margaret watched the hands _of the clock move around to two. “Let’s go ‘now, Auntie—” | “Oh honey, let’s wait a few minutes. We don’t want to be the first—” “Why don’t we?” . “Oh, I don’t know. Nobody wants to be first—” : That didn’t convince Margaret. “Let’s |) go anyway. Somebody has to be first, and 7 it might as well be me—” Give Margaret two minutes in a room, and its best friend won’t know it. Because itil be a farm littered with toy animals, or a drugstore stocked with every bottle in the house. That would be all right too, ex- jcept she’s allergic to putting things back. ‘She’s tired. Or she'll do it later. Or, “Oh, Mummy, can’t you do it, please—?” “Don’t you like things clean and nice, Margaret?” “Yes, Mummy, I like things clean but I don’t like to clean them.” ‘vintage wardrobe... | The principal point of difference be- tween mother and daughter concerns spots on dresses. Margaret doesn’t mind them. _ 1 do believe,” says Mother, “that you’d put on a dress all spots, and go to church in it—” Margaret smiles absently. “Good- ‘ness, I remember at school how I-used to spread my dress out so carefully, and feel 50 badly if it got wrinkled—” Margaret looks up. “Maybe, if it was an old-fashioned dress, Mummy, I’d be more careful. I don’t like to have spots on my old-fashioned clothes—” ji, Because, spots or no, she’s definitely elothes-conscious. Only, to interest Mar- Gatet the style has to date back thirty years or more. One scene in “Three Wise —ools” called for a pink organdy party Tilress, vintage 1907, to be worn with high jocks. She got into such a state over (jhat costume, that finally Eddie Buzzell - She also seems to have a flair for hats. ‘line day Aunt Marissa invited her to (/janch at the Beverly-Wilshire Pharmacy, be - JACK: I’m givin’ ya the real lowdown . . . every Mommy who wants her baby to have the smoothest, healthiest skin should be sure to give baby these twin blessings of Mennen Antiseptic Baby Oil... JILL: Works double! One: bein’ antiseptic, Mennen Baby Oil helps prevent diaper rash, urine irritation, lotsa other skin troubles . . . JACK: Two: Good-bye roughness an’ dryness; Mennen Baby Oil helps keep skin soft an’ smooth. Follow the advice of most doctors and hospitals, double-bless your baby with Mennen! JILL: Us Mennen babies smell so sweet. Get Mennen Baby Oil and Baby Powder now to have on hand for baby’s first day home! Twin blessings for Baby— 4 TIMES AS MANY DOCTORS PREFER MENNEN) DOCTORS PREFER MENNEN ANTISEPTIC) fe ANTISEPTIC BABY OIL Je one SL 1é & Chun *ACC. to surveys. es ee ee ae ee es & ¢ e ; 3 r B ABY if you're going to have a baby — i pes eiare eal eyelet ete ean eect) is en Oh OW etn se Soe ca oC a | FRE B U NDLE Mf | P. O. Box 1123, The Mennen Co., Newark 1, N J. i | PLEASE PRINT NAME & ADDRESS CLEARLY IN 1 I ' INK (This coupon will be used as your Baby Bundle label.) j | SEND THIS COUPON > i Send fe the Mennen Baby Bundle free. I expect a i You'll get the wonderful free Mennen 1 baby about: I Baby Bundle containing: 1. New book H D ] | of 2000 names, with meanings. 2. Gen- \ ate..... HOG e COC CU Sc Sr Heo oa Std cotcp oon: ic j I erous sample of mild, soothing Mennen (Write approximate date you expect baby) i i Antiseptic Baby Oil. 3. Famous Baby ! Care Guide, latest instructions. 4. Per- Name seein cag seprntr an. genotype he | | fumed sachet card for baby’s layette. 5. VENA darecs ho Se ee ee ey i i Helpful Shopping List of baby needs. If OUSREAT EAR: ac TENCE ERED yy Scatter aEE you’ re expecting ababy, send coupon now. We IGity era caee Sa eure nesta Statetarnn Gnseriene I 127

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mplore in vain— : ‘No, he’s much too big. You'll have to jfontent yourself with Maggie in bed—” -| Well, Maggie’s second-best, and any tors in the world would be better than jrone. So her day begins and ends with Wascic in bed. Some time after she’s “sleep, Mother tiptoes in and transfers lhe little dog to a chair for the rest of jhe night. She doesn’t budge till Mother jomes in next morning, then she opens “me eye. When Margaret says, “Please, may 3, Have Maggie in bed for five minutes?” he cocks one ear. When Mother says, All right, but only five minutes—” be- re the words are out, she’s on top of e bed. | Mother tries not to waken Margaret till ,;fe last minute, but she’s got to allow me for dawdling—dawdling with Mag- te, dawdling with Lad, dawdling in her path. Over breakfast she doesn’t dawdle. aelicate little Margaret has the appetite -— a bear cub. ; But the morning stall is nothing, com- ~ared with what goes on at night. You’d ink Margaret would be resigned by now »| the fact that once evéry twenty-four purs bedtime does roll around, and there’s sthing she can do to stop it. But no, te still tries. Brings the clock in, and 7umts out that it lacks thirty seconds to ¢ hour. Gets Mother talking about some- “ing interesting. Takes twice as long as “ie needs to in the bathroom, or starts necticing jacks— Z All this frantic conniving rarely gains r more than five minutes. And the mny part is, once she’s in bed, she likes She’s allowed to tune the radio in to +& music or read for half an hour. You {ed never ask what kind of a story she’s #ading, it’s always a dog story. She owns out a hundred. Sometimes her eyes stray et from the page to Maggie snoozing at the foot of the bed, and she smiles. After a while, Mummy tiptoes in and carries Mag- gie to the chair— All actors, they say, must have in their makeup at least a trace of the exhibition- ist, or they wouldn’t be actors. If that’s true, Margaret keeps her trace well- buried. She shies away from compliments. Among other children, she hates to be singled out. When “Our Vines” was re- leased, Aunt Marissa gave a luncheon and matinee party for Margaret and seven of. her friends. The minute they sat down to eat, Margaret launched her campaign. She didn’t think they’d care about “Our Vines,” she’d seen it herself and it wasn’t much. Now if they really wanted to have fun, they ought to go round the corner to the Abbott and Costello show, that was a scream... too much of a good thing... “How do you know?” “Because I’ve seen it.” “Do you want to see it again?” ~“Oh, I don’t care how many times I see a good show— Like ‘National Velvet,’ I saw that nine times.” Aunt Marissa didn’t interfere, and in the end Margaret led her chums happily round the corner to the Abbott and Cos- tello show. Only once did she take advantage of being in the movies, and that was to meet a glamor guy named Santa Claus. When she was tiny, Mother once took her to watch the Christmas parade ride down Santa Claus Lane. It was all gay and exciting, but for Margaret the vision of Santa, perched high in his sleigh, blocked out everything else. As Mother undressed her that night, she asked wist- fully, “Does he let children ride with him in his sleigh?” S om short time! ye FIGHT ZN ASTE tses vital materials, ‘Don’t waste it! “My Beauty Facials bring - quick new loveliness!’ 3 “Work Lux Soap’s creamy lather well into your skin,” a says Evelyn Keyes. “Rinse with warm water, splash ap on cold. Skin takes on fresh new beauty as you pat gently with a soft towel to dry.” Don’t let neglect = cheat you of Romance. Be lovelier—tonight! . 4 In recent tests of Lux Toilet Soap facials by skin spe- Galists, actually 3 out of 4 complexions improved in a 0 “I'm afraid not, honey, Anyway, not un- less they’re movie stars—” During the war years, Santa Claus didn’t ride. But one day last winter, Margaret looked up from where she was sprawled on the floor with the funnies— “Mummy, am I movie star?” From her, it sounded strange. “Why do you ask that?” “It says here that Santa’s going to ride down Hollywood Boulevard, and you told me once that he lets movie stars ride with him. Am I a movie star?” “I don’t know, honey. I suppose some people might think so—” “Then why doesn’t he ask me?” “Maybe he doesn’t know you want to—” “Well, of course I want to. Does he think I've worked all these years for nothing?” So it was arranged. All ardent and glowing, Margaret made her curtsey to Santa, who didn’t know she still believed in him. He was an actor who’d once worked with Mummy and Marissa and, despite their frantic wigwaggings, he per- sisted in reminiscing. Whether Margaret still believes in him, nobody knows. From that day to this, she’s never mentioned him. But if she’s lost an illusion, she’s gained a flesh-and-blood friend, and if it came to a choice as between Santa and Lad, it’s not Lad she’d give up. In fact, he’s shown her where her future lies— Ask Margaret what she wants to be when she grows up, and she’ll never say, “An actress,’ any more than she’d say, “A girl—” One’s as naturally taken for granted as the other. Usually her ambition varies with the part she’s playing. Right now she thinks she’ll be a ballet dancer. “And a dog trainer too, of coursé—” “That’s a rare combination,” says Mother. “I doubt if you could be both.” ‘Couldn’t 1?” says Margaret dreamily. “Well then, I'll be a dancer and a vet—” Star of Columbia Pictures’ The Jolson Story”

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You know, people would like to buy bonds from a man with Larry’s great war record.” “Gray, what a wonderful chance for | Larry!” : : “Larry didn’t think so. He turned it | down.” “Oh, no!” Her beautiful mouth went | tight with annoyance. Maturin was the | biggest broker in Chicago. She would have to talk seriously with Larry about this, and get him to reconsider. She told her mother and Elliott about it be- fore she went to bed. Elliott gave her a grim look. “I tell you the fellow’s mad. What does he expect you to live on, if you marry him?”’ “Take him out to our country place _tomorrow,” her mother suggested. “You Isabel’s heart gave a traitorous little can talk things over.” | | | di while? ‘jump at the thought of a whole day in the country with Larry. It made no sense —she was really angry with him about this, but even being angry with Larry was exciting. As it turned out, they didn’t quarrel. (For the first time, Larry tried to explain to her how he really felt about things. It had started, he said, when his best friend was killed, in the war, saving Larry’s life. | “So now what am I going to do with ymy life, to make that sacrifice worth Just sit in Maturin’s office and need? I can’t see it.” Me people into buying bonds they don’t Fi di fer around. Study. Then if I haven’t ee the answers, I'll give up and come “\back and take a job.” io Triumph slipped like a thief into Isa- She looked at him, her green eyes dark [ith tears. “Darling, I love you so much. I do want you to be happy. What do you }want to do?” i Larry paced up and down restlessly. “Td like to go to Europe for a year. Wan- (oel’s heart. A year wasn’t so very long. |Not really. She could wait a year... . | It was a year-and-a-half before she saw Larry again, and then it was in Paris, not Chicago. His letters had been brief and uninformative. He said nothing about coming home. 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Then he kissed her, and the old magic returned. “Pye missed you,’ he whispered. “I can’t get along without you, dearest.” They went out to dinner, and drank champagne, and Isabel was happy for the first time since Larry had left Chicago. “Youre so beautiful,” he told her. “I'd forgotten how beautiful you were.” She laughed. Excitement blazed in her green eyes and curved her crimson lips. - “What have you been doing all this time, Larry, besides avoiding Uncle Elliott’s ‘right people?’” “Qh, studying. Thinking. Trying to learn the answer to all my questions.” “What kind of questions?” “Whether there’s a God. Whether we have immortal souls. Things like that.” “Couldn’t you have done that as well in Chicago, darling?” ‘T don’t think so. I want to travel all over the world. I want to go to India.” “India!” Isabel felt a cold fog of fear creep over her. “You mean—you aren’t coming home with us?” ‘Isabel, I want you to come with me.” “How would I fit into this mad scheme of yours?” Her voice was sick with dis- appointment. They quarreled bitterly. At last, she took the engagement ring from her finger and put it on the table. Her eyes were as bright and hard as the diamond. “Goodbye, Larry. I wish you luck.” She left the room without looking back. Everyone said it was a lovely wedding. Isabel made a beautiful bride, and Gray Maturin was a distinguished looking groom. If the bride’s face was set in a harder mold than it had been a year ago, who was to notice? It was, everyone agreed, an ideal marriage. The Maturins became Chicago’s best-known young couple. Isabel gave enormous dinners which ran very smoothly. People fre- quently commented on her resemblance to her uncle Elliott. 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The corral gang gathered around him. “How was it, Gene?” they asked. “Well,” he drawled forlornly. “I'd say —pretty stiff. Yep, pretty tender. Pretty sore. In fact, pretty lousy.” John Agee broke the silence with a cough. “Now, Gene,’ he cheered. “Don’t you worry. That horse has the stuff. He’s gonna be all right.” “I ain’t talking about the horse,” grinned Gene. “I mean me!” Gene Autry loves to tell a joke like that on himself. Gene can ride and shoot and rope with the rest of them, but he never presumed himself in the league with the real roundup champs who com- pete in his rodeos. When Gene was a rookie sarge in the Air Corps, they trotted him out with the rest of the green peas to the pistol range one morning, handed him a service auto- j; matic and started him blazing away at targets. Well, practically every buddy of his knocked over some kind of a score. But Gene couldn’t hit the side of a barn. The sarge in charge came up finally and saw the unpunctured target. He put his arms on his hips and exploded. “Ain’t you Gene Autry, the cowboy guy2e “You’ve got me,” grinned Gene. “Then,” barked the disgusted trooper, “what the hell’s the matter with you? Forgot how to shoot? I could do better with my eyes closed!” Gene chuckled. It struck him funny. “Well, I'll tell you,” he explained. “You see, in the movies I got used to shooting straight from the hip, and that’s the only way I can hit anything.” The sarge snorted. “You shoot from the hip, Buddy, and you never will hit any- thing for sure.” “In the movies,’ laughed Gene, “you don’t have to hit anything.” But if Gene got rusted up in his cow- boy tricks in the service, he got sharp as a hatchet on his new hobby, skyriding. Gene had fooled: around with wing jobs before the war, but he didn’t have enough hours to solo. The bug was biting him away back then. That’s why he picked the Air Corps instead of something more true to his type, like, say the Cavalry. 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They went back and had a crack at Fort Worth. But the ceiling was low there, too, and the words were, “Climb to 9000 and hold it.” “That’s just dandy!” snorted Major Hal Murray. “Hold it with no more gas. I’m going down somewhere.” So he dropped to 500 feet and looked for a spot to land, because by then there wasn’t enough gas left to light a cigarette, the way aviators figure. That’s when Gene heard the Major tell the soldiers in back, “Fasten your belts.” He thought he meant landing belts until finally they’d nosed through and sat down, with just 18 gallons left—good for maybe ten minutes more in the air. Then Gene did a double take—just like in the movies. “Major,” he asked. “What kind of belts did you mean up there?” The officer grinned. “Parachute belts,” he said. “I fig- ured we’d have to bail out.” Gene made a bunch of new friends in the service to add to his hundreds of Hollywood pals. Like those in “hoss” opera and radio circles, they’re all people Gene worked with. 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