Photoplay 1952-02 Vol. 41, No. 2

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Doris Day, Tony Dexter, Janet Leigh, John Derek and others FEBRUARY The life and loves of /AVA GARDNER Com lete in this issne yw 9

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: had Why, Ae first party was so wonderiul Tarnk or rr: Dancing every dance at the school party ... twice with the nicest boy there. Meanwhile a schoolmate, far prettier and more expensively dressed, sat neglected most of the evening. How come? It was as simple as this: Betty Lou was extra-careful of her charm. The other girl wasn’t. Betty Lou took no chauces with halitosis (unpleasant breath). The other girl did. Betty Lou used Listerine Antiseptic before leaving home. The other girl didn’t. That little extra-careful precaution spelled the difference in their popularity. How Is Your Breath Today? To be Extra-Attractive be Extra-Carefsul Never take it for granted. Never risk offending. Yes, actual clinical tests showed: that in 7 out of 10 cases. Remember, halitosis (unpleasant breath) can affect Suedin remained sweet for more than four hours after the ee chat lini h Listerine Antiseptic rinse. ou any tim withou our realizing when. F i 5 c RS y y cS al 5 While sometimes systemic, most cases of halitosis, say So, always, before any date where you want to be some authorities, are due to bacterial fermentation of tiny food particles in the mouth. Listerine Antiseptic halts such PEAS : ig fermentation and overcomes the odor it causes. septic, the extra-careful precaution against bad breath. Lampert Puarmacat Company, St. Louis, Missouri at your best, rinse the mouth with Listerine Anti- Instantly your breath becomes sweeter, less likely LISTERINE ANTISEPTIC... to offend . . . stays that way not for seconds or minutes .. . but for hours. Sigps Bad Erailte for Sfoure See and hear The SAMMY KAYE SHOW + “So you want to lead a Band” + CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

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Only COLGATE DENTAL CREAM HAS PROVED SO COMPLETELY IT STOPS BAD BREATH! “SCIENTIFIC TESTS PROVE THAT IN 7 OUT OF 10 CASES, COLGATE’S INSTANTLY STOPS BAD BREATH THAT ORIGINATES IN THE MOUTH! Colgate’s Has the Proof! IT CLEANS YOUR BREATH WHILE IT CLEANS YOUR TEETH! a For “‘all day” protection, brush your teeth right after eating with Colgate Dental Cream. Some toothpastes and powders claim to sweeten breath. But only Colgate’s has such complete proof it stops bad breath.* Colgate’s Has the Proof! COLGATE'S IS BEST FOR FLAVOR! Colgate’s wonderful wake-up flavor is the favorite of men, women and children from coast to coast. Nationwide tests of leading toothpastes prove that Colgate’s is preferred for flavor over all other brands tested! Colgate’s Has the Proof! THE COLGATE WAY "STOPS TOOTH DECAY BEST! Yes, science has proved that brushing teeth right after eating with Colgate Dental Cream stops tooth decay best! The Colgate way is the most thoroughly proved and accepted home method of oral hygiene known today! COLG RIBBON DENTAL SnEAM ( Rast Dea No Other Toothpaste or Powder OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER piers Such Concusive Proof! Ger PURE, WHITE, SAFE COLGATES Today! Pe SRS FAVORITE OF AMERICA’S “FIRST MILLION” MOVIE- GOERS FOR 40 YEARS ~ PHOTOPLAY CONTENTS FEBRUARY, 1952 Hele Study Period........... . AA a ve 84 The Life and Loves of Ave Cordecr Peco, Ruth Waterbury at No Blue Notes (Doris Day) .................. Pe Ida Zeitlin 42 ae Out, Tony Dexter...... Ree ..Kay Campbell 44 I Married a Serviceman (Gene Neleon). re: .......Miriam Nelson 46 Believe It . . . or Not............. veeeeeesecese. + Sheilah Graham 48 Photoplay Sneak Previews “The African Queen”......... Divided Heart (Peggy Dow).. Are You a Good Hostess?..... Strictly frem Hunger! (Gene Kelly). ee ee ee es Cee ee ee Elsa Maxwell 54 .....--David Chandler 56 Take My Wife (Photoplay Pin Up #11—Jan Sterling)...Paul Douglas 58 Where Living Is Fun (Macdonald Carey). Photoplay Fashions ................. If You Want to Be Charming....... New Name for Happiness (Ava Gardner, Frank Sinatra) . Po Lyle Wheeler 60 i. bo 64 ee foun Crawford 73 .. Jill Warren 95 FEATURES IN COLOR Ava Gardner... 2, 38 Doris Day... a , A2 Tony Dexter... .. 2... 45 Gene Nelson ..............., 47 yo EVENTS © Brief Reviews.............. Casts of Current Pictures...... : He Aims at the Stars........... 2} Hollywood Party Line— iidith Gwynn... 2.6... il Impertinent Interview Aline Mosby..:.......02625; 16 Inside Stuff—Cal York......... 8 Laughing Stock— Erskine Johnson............. 20 Jan Sterling........... 7) 58 Macdonald and Betty Cae 60 Janet Leigh... 2... 2. 62 John Derek............. : - 63 . 65 Mud, Sweat and Fears......... Pepe Readers Inc..... 2.0. 18 Shadow Stage—Sara Hamilton... 24 That’s Hollywood for You— Sidney Skolsky...... Wedding Dress Contest Winners 7 What Hollywood’s Whispering About—P. S. Lowe........... 12 What Should I Do? Claudette Colbert ......... ; 4 Your Photoplay Photoplays.... 70 Cover: Ava Gardner, star of “Lone Star” Natural Color Portrait by Engstead Adele Whitely Fletcher, Editor Ruby Boyd, Managing Editor Rena Firth, Assistant Editor Edmund Davenport, Art Editor Beverly Linet, Editorial Assistant Esther Foley, Home Service Director Fred R. Sammis, Editor-in-Chief Fashions Shirley Pettigrue, £ditor Jacqueline Dempsey, Fashion foe eer Jacqueline Neben, Promotion Director Lyle Rooks, Hollywood Editor Hymie Fink, Staf Photographer Frances Morrin, Hollywood Managing Editor Betty Jo Rice, Asst. 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M-G-M presents The battle for Texas and the battle of the sexes! 2 4 gi AEILAH BONDI - gona Chace - vicevt SHERMAN - 2 WAYNE GAUEEI An M-G-M Picture

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Claudette Colbert of “Let’s Make It Legal” EAR Miss Colbert: I have a big problem. I am a widow of fifty-three and I have four married sons. I am not a beauty, but I have been lucky enough to retain my figure and strangers who meet me for the first time are aston- ished when I introduce any of my grown children. Friends say I look ten years younger than my age. Incidentally, I make no secret of my fifty-three years. A young man of thirty, whom I have known since he was in kindergarten, ap- pears to be deeply in love with me. Our tastes are identical, and we are happy when together. He is highly intelligent, conscientious, and old for his years. He is also very ambitious and a hard worker. We have gone together regularly for the past three years and he has asked me, re- peatedly, to marry him. My sons say that it is up to me to do what I think will make me happy as they like this man very much. Would it be too much of a gamble, in your opinion, for me to marry him? Kathleen L. The Social Sciences Department of a state university, while making a survey of successful marriages, came upon the fact that some of the happiest of all marriages were those in which either the man or the woman was much older than the marriage partner. The fact that your sons like this man is encouraging. Usually families are critical, under such circumstances. There is only one word in your letter which brought me up short. You say that this man is “‘very ambitious.” That being the case, it might be wise for you to consult your attorney and have a pre-marital settlement drawn up in which this man waives all right to your property. Also, your children should re- main the beneficiaries under your will, at least during the first years of your new marriage. I do not mean to impugn the integrity or the sincerity of this man, but the pass- age of time reveals many things. If this man is willing to sign away any hoped-for financial advantage before making you his wife, you will enter the marriage with far less misgivings than otherwise. Claudette Colbert Dear Miss Colbert: I am twenty-one years old, the eldest of four girls in the family. I want to learn to drive the family car. My dad doesn’t mind my learning, but every time he takes me out for a lesson, my mother won’t speak to either of us for several days. She says that she’ll never ride with me. I buy the gasoline when Dad and I spend an afternoon driv- ing. I don’t run around with a so-called “sang,” so there is no worry of that sort to trouble my mother. I’m _ very careful, and Dad says I am alert and have good judgment. My mother herself drives, so why should she make it so difficult for me? I was getting along fine, but now I seem to have lost confidence in myself. How can I “sell” my mother on the idea of my driving? Ena D. What should — ‘I do? 4.7. answered by Claudette Colbert Possibly your mother is overprotective. She may be afraid, having read traffic accident statistics, that learning to drive is placing you in constant danger. She may not want to admit this (many women are superstitious about voicing a fear), yet it may be at the base of her resistance. On the other hand, she may feel that if you learn to drive you are going to want to use the family car in conflict with the convenience of other members of the family. Your letter, however, gave me no impression of selfishness. Why don’t you take driving lessons from a professional instructor? The cost is not great, and the advantages to you as a neophyte driver and a member of a fam- ily in controversy would be well worth it. Claudette Colbert Dear Miss Colbert: Bob and I were married five years ago, when we were seventeen and sixteen, and we have been extremely happy. We’ve never had a serious disagreement, never been apart overnight, have never gone to sleep without a good-night kiss. Our first two years we had a struggle; had to finish high school, and I am now a college senior. When my mother died two years ago, I inherited her house, furniture and car and because of careful savings we have over two thousand dollars in the bank. Our problem is that I was in a wreck when I was a youngster, so I am sterile. We have tried to submit a petition to adopt a child, but we are said to be too young. I feel that I am denying Bob one of his predominant rights—that of being a father, although he never speaks of it. A girl who was a schoolmate of mine is going to have a child, and the man respon- sible refuses to marry her. This girl has agreed to have the baby born under our name if we will pay the doctor and hos- pital bills. We would be good to this child, and would give it a good home. Do you think this would be a wise thing to do? Would it hinder our chance of adopting additional children later? Elizabeth J. Under no circumstance should you take this child in the way you contemplate. Throughout the state in which you live there are excellent adoptive agencies which seek to match the blood lines, col- oring and background characteristics of adoptive parents and children. Such agencies have had long-time experience in a delicate business. Taking this baby in the manner you plan might lead to heartbreak. Suppose. after you had spent years caring for this child, had grown to love it deeply and had planned its future and integrated it into a family of younger children, the natural mother decided that she wanted her child? Courts are obliged to return to its nat- ural mother, a child which has not been legally adopted. Here is another hazard: Sometimes a baby born of healthy parents turns out to be seriously ailing. The picture of par- enthood which you cherish is rosy; but (Continued on page 91)

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wie! See ean sing! — = Doris With all its joys and all its melody and all its heart, comes Warner Bros. i story of songdom’s “) — glorious Gus Kahn — and the girl who put the love in his love songs! From Chicago’s North Side where he started, to the Southland’s lovers lanes — and from the boulevards of Hollywood to the brightlights of Broadway — E = his songs and his name are loved ~:~ as few others are. He’s the wonderful fellow who didn’t know how to say ‘I love you’ to his own girl — but wrote it in song for all of America’s sweethearts! / =o aca gr? 50 or of fo 8" *o ix aaa ALSO STARRING FRANK LOVEJOY*PATRICE WYMORE by Ray .D PRODUCED BY LOU IS F, EDELMAN Musical Numbers Staged and Directed by LeRoy Prinz JAMES GLEASON MELVILLE SHAVELSON aw JACK ROSE MICH AEL CU RT | Z 5 a 5

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P It’s the call to adventure! From Warner Bros. comes Actually filmed in Florida’s Everglades wher cameras never penetrated before—in color by TECHNICOLOR ge man-devouring wilderness to his Swamp-Fighters! The heroic free a captive beauty from its rescue-band who fought through perils, turning the tide of the bottomless quicksands—and — savage Seminole Indian War! MARI ALDON - NIVEN BUSCHi».MARTIN RACKIN - RAOUL WALSH - MILTON SPERLING «Py A UNITED STATES PICTURES PRODUCTION «© eecsenreo ey WARNER BROS. * wit2t!S.t%e

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CONGRATULATIONS 10 WEDDING DRESS CONTEST WINNERS We are happy to announce the win- ners of the October 1951 contest, “What does a wedding dress mean to me?” There were so many interesting letters that it was not easy to make the final selections, but the judges finally de- cided as follows: 1. Beverly Cooper, 9216 Dickens Av- enue, Miami Beach, Florida, will re- ceive her choice of a wedding, evening cocktail or afternoon dress designed especially for her by the famous de- signer for Paramount Studios, Edith Head, and made in the Paramount | Studios Wardrobe Department. | 2. Helen Zill, 2034 N. Kedvale Av- enue, Chicago, Illinois, won an after- noon dress which will be designed especially for her by Edith Head and | made in New York of William Heller | worsted jersey. 3. Pfe. Dolores V. Pilny, Women Marines Detachment No. 1, Marine | Corps Air Station, El Toro, California, won the Ben Kalish rabbit jacket. 4. Mrs. W. F. Stohlman, 11 Edgehill Street, Princeton, New Jersey, won the | Sherbrooke cravenetted suede cloth coat. 5. Mrs. R. E. McIntyre, 11412 Rupley Lane, Dallas, Texas, won the Season- aire two-toned gray rayon flannel suit. 6. Mrs. Barbara Kleitsch, 2504 Cum- berland Avenue, Ashland, Kentucky, | won the Nan Buntly rayon sharkskin ) suit. 7. Midge Begley, 1341 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, New York, won the Bobbie Brooks suit. Does your personality respond to the colors you wear? Don't put yourself in the shade—by wearing the wrong shade! HOLLYWOOD stars tell you why in one of Photoplay's most exciting features— heal ly ‘young wife must know oy married hd Send now for new FREE book which fully explains the intimate facts of life A modern woman doesn’t have to be told how important the practice of complete hygiene (including internal feminine cleanliness) is to health, married happi- ness and after her periods. She also knows that even the most refined woman must constantly guard against an odor —far graver than bad breath or body odor. And a modern woman knows she should always use ZONITE in her douche because no other type liquid antiseptic- germicide of all those tested 1s SO POWER- FUL yet SAFE fo tissues. Wise Women No Longer Use Old-Fashioned Methods A well-informed woman would no longer even think of relying on old-fashioned ineffective mixtures which are nothing more than ‘kitchen makeshifts.’ On the other hand she understands the serious dangers of using harmful poisons. That’s why ZONITE is such a blessing for womankind! Yet, despite its great germ-killing © 1952 z.P.c. eo Gown by Kiviette power, ZONITE is ABSOLUTELY SAFE to the most delicate tissues. It is posttively non-poisonous, non-irritating—the first antiseptic-germicide in the world so powerfully effective yet harmless for a woman to use. ZONITE’s Miracle-action ZONITE dissolves and removes odor- causing waste substances. It helps guard against infection and kills every germ it touches. It’s not always possible to con- tact all the germs in the tract, but you can BE SURE ZONITE im- mediately kills every reachable germ and keeps them from multiply- ing. You can depend on ZONITE! NEW/ FREE/ Mail coupon for FREE book (never before published). Reveals intimate facts and gives complete information on feminine hygiene. Write Zonite Products Corp., Dept. PP-22, 100 Park Ave., N. Y. C. 17, N. ¥.* "Show Your Colors" In the March issue, FOR NEWER Feminine jy gi * Offer good only in U. S. and Canada IN cr rr es ise ae ese eed Renee ed Thao Address. City on sole February 13

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iccnintsC IT’S A DARK DAY: Doris hides her freckles and blonde hair for blackface number, “Toot-Toot- Tootsie,” in new film, “I'll See You in My Dreams” PIPER LAURIE and Rock Hudson dance a mean Charleston at U-I’s press party on set of the gay *twenties picture, “Has Anybody Seen My Gal?” or

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KIRK DOUGLAS, who has serious role in “Detective Story,” was all smiles at premiere with new leading lady, Elizabeth Threatt LOST— in the music are Lana Turner and Fernando Lamas, caught dancing at Mo- cambo. They co-star in “The Merry Widow” Trend of the Times: The second “T”’ (for Topping) has been removed and the monogram on Lana Turner’s Cadillac door reads “L. T.” again ... Whether they select Glenn Ford or Chill Wills, the public still wants to see William Holden play opposite Rita Hayworth in her comeback picture. Monthly request letters pour in by the thousands... Be- fore the news had a chance to circulate, "tis rumored, the stork cancelled his date with the Van Johnsons... One of beau- tiful Mrs. Frank Sinatra’s wedding pres- ents from her husband is a beautiful oil painting. Ava Gardner has it hanging over her bed. The subject is—a picnic scene! : Two on the Town: They’re being seen everywhere together, beautiful blonde Lana Turner and dark handsome Fer- nando Lamas. At Ciro’s, Mocambo, the premiere of “An American in Paris,” driving along the Sunset Strip, they cling together and laugh in each other’s eyes. Last month Lana denied their ru- mored romance. Last month she was tell- ing the truth, but thirty days can bring about monumental changes in Holly- wood. Mrs. Lamas went back to South America but has not yet started divorce proceedings. And although Lamas denies any further plans of a future marriage, these two good-looking people certainly appear to be in love. The Hollywood Story: As you know. every time they needed an actress to play something out of a deep freeze “WHERE DO we go from here?” ask Pat Nerney, Mona Free- man, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, after recent premiere CAL YORK’S GOSSIP OF HOLLYWOOD

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10 THAT’S HOLLYWOOD FOR YOU By SIDNEY SKOLSKY Sidney and Mitzi Gaynor I find Lana Turner more interesting off the screen than on and I can’t say that about many sex bundles .. . No matter how bad the dialogue is in a movie, I prefer it to the conversation of the couple sitting behind me .. . I think the Gabors, all of them, are greatly overrated in every department Mitzi Gaynor is the best of the new- comers ... Anne Francis wanders around at cocktail parties holding her shoes in her hands .. . I have great admiration for the work-effort put into “Quo Vadis” . .. Wish you could see Jerry Lewis’s home-made movie, “The Re-Inforcer,” a gag gangster film about a crime “hatched like the larva of a black widow spider in the most sinister section of Los Angeles—Beverly Hills” ... I also wish Dean Martin would f stop carefully combing his hair so that it appears disheveled . . . Denise Darcel played a six-minute role in “Battleground” and became a star in nothing flat, which I think best describes her—nothing flat . . . People who don’t go to the movies regularly are the medium’s severest critics . . . Gene Fowler sent Errol Flynn a copy of his fine book “Schnozzola” with this dedication: “Try taking this to bed sometime.” Denise Darcel Since the Kefauver hearings I haven’t seen a gangster film that seemed real... . Gene Kelly has great admiration for Fred Astaire and told me, “Fred can give an audience pleasure by just walking across a floor and I envy him that ability”... I’m weary, so weary, of Liz Taylor’s romances .. . I’d hate to have to eat some of those meals I see prepared by heroines in pictures . . . Groucho Marx, when told, “I met a lady inventor,” replied, ‘“‘Am I glad he invented ladies!” I wonder where else it could happen: Gene Markey walked into Romanoff’s and on the way to his booth stopped to say hello to ex-wife Joan Bennett, ex-wife Myrna Loy, ex-wife Hedy Lamarr—all with their current husbands .. . John Derek would be great to play F. Scott Fitzgerald in a screen biography, if he could only act... I saw Marilyn Monroe in several revealing evening gowns and have come to the conclusion that she’s allergic to clothes .. . John Wayne told me: “You can act on the stage, but not in the movies. On the stage you’re allowed to act. You can say something phony but if I tried that in a picture you’d get up and leave” .. . Inter- mission at a movie theatre to sell candy is as annoying as the commercials on TV... I much prefer to watch Paul Douglas on the screen than Kirk Douglas... As a columnist I have discovered that you can write a million nice things about a movie star and never hear from him, but just write one harsh thing and you hear plenty .. . There isn’t a movie producer in town who wouldn’t have been proud to have made “A Place in the Sun” ... While shopping along Schlepp Row, Betty Grable said to a saleslady, “I never buy nightgowns any more. I’ve been married too long”... This sign used to be in Joseph Mankiewicz’s office: “You can never really teach a person anything. You can only show him how to learn it.” Corinne Calvet boasts that she has the sexiest bathroom in Hollywood, all re- flecting black tile. “It’s so fascinating,” says Corinne, “‘that people never seem to want to leave it” ... Wonder if Howard Duff ever mistakes Sally Forrest for Ida Lupino... Ann Blyth is one of the few aciresses I know who can be both wholesome and sexy ... Whenever I see the movies crowded on Saturday night, I feel sorry for the performers on television who are acting to no audience ... Shelley Winters, discussing her romance with Farfel, said, ““Maybe we won’t get married. So many people get married and divorced maybe we’ll just get divorced.” I’m curious to know if Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh ever sit down to a quiet game of gin rummy .. . Lex Barker, the Tarzan, sleeps between pink sheets because his mate, Arlene Dahl, prefers them . . . Red Skelton, the movie and TV star, is proof that people will pay to see something they can get for nothing . . . I would like to listen to a tape recording of the private conversations between Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra . . . Most models, who look so appealing in the advertisements, are not good movie material . . . Mickey Rooney looks better sitting down than standing up .. . My favorite character Mike Curtiz, when asked what he thought of a rival’s picture, said, “I don’t like to pan, so all I'll say is it ain’t as good as his bad pictures.” That’s Hollywood for you. Lex Barker _.. INSIDE. they sent for Alexis Smith. As you also know, it took everything short of witch- craft for her to win that wonderful com- edy role in “Here Comes the Groom.” So now what happens? When Bill Holden asked for her to play a serious role oppo- site him in “This Is Dynamite” the front office groaned: “But we can’t use her. Alexis is an excellent actress but she’s a—comedienne!” Bill Holden held his ground. “So we’ll play it for laughs,” he said grimly. P.S. Alexis got the part. Cal Wonders: If it’s true that Paulette Goddard is terribly worried because she’s lost so much hair and has to wear false pieces ...If Countess Betsy von Fursten- berg, who is engaged to marry Elizabeth Taylor’s ex, Nicky Hilton, is actually en- titled to her title. Her mother is an Amer- ican who married a Count, which auto- matically made her a countess. Some say, however, Betsy can’t claim it... If Farley Granger realizes that Shelley Winters’ constant references to other romantic in- terests in her life aren’t flattering to him or pleasing to his fans, when he’s supposed to be Shelley’s acknowledged number one heart interest. Assembly Line: Quite a productive girl is Missy Jeanne Crain! During the last four years she’s given husband Paul Brinkman three sons and Twentieth Cen- tury-Fox nine pictures. Now she’s going to give her studio one more picture before she gives Paul a daughter (they hope!) next June. Obviously the gal who looks like a teenager herself wasn’t kidding when she said she hopes to have six chil- dren before she starts throwing rocks at the stork! League of Notions: They’re all nineteen and quite an amazing trio of friends— French Leslie Caron, Italian Pier Angeli, American Debbie Reynolds. When Leslie married into the Hormel Ham family, Pier and Debbie were hysterical with ex- citement. They threw a big shower and WHILE Judy Holliday chats with director George Cukor on “Marrying Kind” set, her first since “Born Yesterday”

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StTure... invited the entire studio. The day Leslie returned from her honeymoon, they all luneched together. Pier and Debbie sat staring transfixed. “But Leslie,’ they squealed, “‘since when have you been smoking?” Very nonchalantly the little French bride replied: ‘“Oh-o-0, a verr-ee long time. Two weeks!” Behind the Scenes: They’re fresh out of trained leopards in Hollywood. So Mitzi Gaynor will walk with an ostrich on leash in “The I Don’t Care Girl” .. . Published stories to the contrary, Fernando Lamas made his first Hollywood picture for Re- public. “The Avengers” shot in Mexico in 1949, starred Adele Mara . . . Because Richard Egan performed brilliantly in “The Korean Story,” producer Edmund Grainger signed him to a term deal while director Tay Garnett was trying to place Dick under personal contract ... For the first time in Hollywood history, the stork handled a Hollywood Premiere. M-G-M wanted Deborah Kerr there when they rang up the curtain on the mighty “Quo Vadis.” They arranged the date accord- ingly! Could Be: Actual prison scenes for “My Six Convicts” were shot in San Quentin. In many ways it was quite a thrilling experience for such Hollywood “inmates” as Millard Mitchell, Gilbert Roland, Mar- shall Thompson, Alf Kjellein, Jay Adler and Henry Morgan. Because they mingled with the real prisoners the boys had to carry regulation identification cards at all times. Theirs only differed in one respect. After the word “Offense” it said— ACTORS! Modern Age: Imagine sitting in your own living room with your own friends and watching your own self on your own television set! Cal was one of the lucky ones to be invited to the Desi-Lu ranch on a Monday night. After sensational chicken and dumplings, Lucille Ball and Desi Ar- (Continued on page 12) . . . her co-star Aldo Ray whiles away time between scenes learning about movie sound mixing from exvert Jack Goodrich Leslie Caron and George Hormei II Hollywood Party Line BY EDITH GWYNN Hollywood should take time out to pat it- self on the back for the terrific impression its designers made on hundreds of editors from all over the U.S. during National Press Week. I think the most “news” is in the bathing suits. They’re divine! Almost gone are the bra, bare-midriff type suits. The new ones are more like abbreviated evening gowns with draped or crushed heart-shaped strapless necklines, with detachable halters —and made of fabrics running from lastex to satins and all fitting like the “paper on the wall.” Enough to give you spring fever ’way ahead of time. Ciro’s was but mobbed the night Lita Baron, Rory Calhoun’s wife, opened there in a singing-dancing act with Billy Daniels. Her costumes (including everything from black chiffon scanties to gorgeous gowns) were designed by Mitch Leisen and were out of this world! One table included John Hodiak, Shelley Winters, Dan Dailey and six others; another just Lana Turner (stunning in a low-cut black velvet, hair piled high in a chignon) with Fernando Lamas. These and so many other celebs had just come from the sparkling premiere of “An American in Paris’—and what a turnout that was! Joan Evans, in soft pink chiffon, with Chris Randall; Leslie Caron, with her bridegroom George Hormel II, wore a strapless white satin with silver lace draped into the shell-like front of its tight bodice and a white ermine stole. Kathryn Grayson in brocaded satin, Pier Angeli in pink jewel-studded net, Marge and Gower Champion (she in a charming ballet-length, dark red, full-skirted net dress), Jane Wyman in a dress combining pink and white tulle, Marie Wilson swathed in ermine—just a few we might mention. Paul Mills from London tossed a huge going-away party at the Champagne Room. This cocktail soiree lasted till midnight and between listening to Bob Hope’s jokes, I noted the cute little hat of pink satin ribbon and almost no brim on Jane Wyman; the smart off-shoulder black crepe and lace cocktail dress on Claudette Thornton, who was of course with Bob Stack; Tony Martin and Cyd Charisse (she was in a good- looking emerald green velveteen, straight-skirted dress), Dan Dailey (stag), Errol Flynn (stag), Scott Brady with Eileen Howe. You should have seen the stars galore who literally became “puddle jumpers” when a sudden downpour almost washed them from their cars into the theatre the night of the “Detective Story” opening. Eleanor Parker looked regal in draped white satin, her hair slicked back from her face and wound into a big braided bun in the back. The braids were intertwined with a jewel-studded chain. Paul Douglas got his picture snapped as he carried Jan Sterling over the dripping curb. Janet Leigh wore a white faille evening wrap with a big soft black velvet collar (see page 9). Kirk Douglas with his leading lady in ‘“*The Big Sky,” Elizabeth Threatt, who was in dark, high-necked ruby satin topped by an ermine wrap; Mona Freeman, in cream- eolored satin and tiny white mink cape; Debbie Reynolds with Craig Hill, Arlene Dahl in a drifting gown of multi-colored shades of blue net—were on hand. Some went on to Ciro’s where Lily St. Cyr was doing a “respectable strip-tease act.”? Liz Dailey, Dan’s ex, was there with Bob Neal and Steve Cochran was with socialite Dolly O’Brien, who used to go with Clark Gable.

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WHAT HOLLYWOOD'S WHISPERING ABOUT BY P. S. LOWE Pamela and Audie Murphy Scott Brady’s loyalty and friendship for brother Larry Tierney during his recent trouble. Scott paid Larry’s hos- pital bills and all other expenses. He remembered the way Larry staked him while he was struggling for a Holly- wood foothold ... The excellent way Pamela Murphy is handling Audie and the Murphy finances. Audie has plenty in the bank—for the first time in his career ... Mrs. Dale Robertson re- directing a love scene between Dale and Anne Francis for “Lydia Bailey” — changing a long clinch into one not so long and not so ardent. Betty Grable’s request that Twenti- eth buy “Guys and Dolls” and/or “Call Me Madam” for her—or else .. . Esther Williams’s latest bathing suit, an all plastic job . .. How come Denise Dar- cel didn’t know what a certain actor was talking about when he recited The Lord’s Prayer in French at a party. The longest fencing sequence in motion picture history—between Stew- art Granger and Mel Ferrer in “Scar- amouche,” with the boys doing their own sword work while a stretcher, doc- tor and ambulance stood by . .. The fact that they’ve started referring to Gable as The King at M-G-M again since “Across the Wide Missouri,” which was nearly shelved, began doing tremendous business ... Greer Gar- son’s making with the startling fact that she yearns to play a lady pirate— a la “Anne of the Indies.” Universal’s idea of having Tony Curtis’s profile insured for a hundred thousand dollars. Tony’s friends feel this might make him a target for roughnecks who might want to take a poke at said profile for publicity ... Barbara Stanwyck trying like crazy to get the one autographed picture she always wanted—Winston Churchill’s. INSIDE STUFF (Continued from page 11) naz made a half-cirele of chairs and the show went on. Their program is just ter- rific but Miss Luci Desiree Arnaz is the real scene-stealer in that household. ““We flip a coin every night,” grinned Lucille, “to see which one gets to pick her up for her ten o’clock feeding!” It’s News That: Mother Nature out- witted the X-ray technician who predicted the Mark Stevenses would have a boy. They’re thrilled to the teeth over their new baby daughter ... Marilyn Erskine (the whole M-G-M lot is raving about her) and Cesar Romero are making beautiful dating together ... Jane Powell is so thin since the birth of her baby (she col- lapsed on a Movietime tour recently) the studio has ordered her to stop counting calories ... Even though glamour girls aren’t supposed to be good friends in Hol- lywood, Joan Fontaine still invited Eliza- beth Taylor to drive in her new Jaguar from New York to Hollywood. Hollywood Is: Curious about Jane Wy- man’s reasons for becoming so interested in the personal predictions of Astrologer Carroll Righter . .. Amused by Ethel Barrymore’s amusement during those scenes with Bing Crosby ... Hopeful that Janice Rule will begin looking like a movie star now that M-G-M believes she’s going to be a very important one... Dis- appointed with the news that Robert Tay- lor, who moved into the Valley home of his stand-in, is now searching for an apartment. To all appearances there will be no reconciliation with Barbara Stan- wyck. Soft Soap: “Come over to Stage 16 if you want to see a glamorous movie star,” June Allyson called out to Cal. Naturally we wanted to see “The Girl in White” who was making her first picture since the birth of Rickie Powell. As the first woman to do interne duty at Bellevue Hospital, June mopped the floor magnificently. “How was that scene?” she asked John Sturges, as she collapsed in a chair. “The mop looked great,” kidded the director. “Thanks a lot,’ said June drily. As we left the set we encountered the wardrobe woman with little Pamela Powell, who wore a duplicate of the Red Cross nurse’s outfit that her mother wears in the pic- ture. “Sh-s-sh,” whispered Pam, as she planted a chubby finger in front of her lips. “It’s a surprise for Mommy.” We promised to keep her secret. Around the Town: Jane Wyman with- out an escort, with the Michael Rennies in a party at Chasen’s and wearing a fetching pink satin hat that was shaped like a seashell... . The Gary Merrills at the Bar of Music, breaking up over Arthur Blake’s brilliant impersonation of Bette— which he says, “keeps me in food and clothes!” .. . Sometimes in the near fu- ture, the William Holdens hope to estab- lish themselves as a permanent Mr. and Mrs. team in a radio series .. . The mu- rals painted by Tony Curtis on their apartment walls have turned his land- lord into quite an art “critic” ... No, not all of Betty Grable’s suspension period is being spent at the Del Mar Race Track. The blonde that gentlemen prefer has been attending those parents’ teas at the Westlake School for Girls, where Vicki and Jessica James are enrolled. That’s Friendship: Dan Dailey thought he was a nice kid and good company, which is why he invited Robert Wagner to go water-skiing at Lake Arrowhead. Then, while Bob was making personal appearances, Dan saw him in “Let’s Make It Legal.” Quicker than you can say Darryl Zanuck, a long-distance call went through to Bob in Boston, “Why, you were great,” exclaimed the excited Dan. “But you have too much to offer to waste your time with me. If you work hard you'll become one of the most important stars in the business.” The big-hearted Irishman wasn’t kid- ding, either. (Continued on page 14) # ia Sk ROYAL GREETINGS: Producer Ben Lyon introduces Merle Oberon, Fred MacMurray, to Queen Elizabeth at Command Performance in London. Pete Lawford is the lad look- ing Princess Margaret’s way! In rear are Evie and Van Johnson and Dan Duryea

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HE AIMS AT THE STARS Meet the man whose ‘Screen Snapshots,”’ for twenty years, have revealed the real heart of Hollywood BY FRANCES MORRIN For twenty YrEarS Ralph Staub—through his Screen Snapshots—has recorded an intimate history of Hollywood and its people.... He has photographed the stars at home, with their chil- dren, working for the war ef- fort, at parties—going about the daily business of living. . . He was the only man in Hollywood to film all of the major stars in uniform—a difficult project on which he spent five months traveling to six different locales to catch his subjects in action, to photograph Alan Ladd on K.P. peeling onions, Bob Stack teaching gunnery technique, Clark Gable as gunnery student, and Gene Autry at a Phoenix, Arizona, camp where Ralph had to wait two days before Gene’s superior officer would al- low him off duty. For this Screen Snapshots Staub received an Academy Award nomination. He filmed the late Valentino, fencing, boxing and living at Falcon’s Lair, just as he will soon make a similar record: of the second “Valentino,” Columbia’s Anthony Dexter. His first film on Joel McCrea won Joel a film test. He was the first to film Jean Peters, whom the public came to know as Carole Lombard. And later he was on hand to photograph Carole when she took off on the bond-selling mission from which she never returned. He took his first Screen Snapshots of John Wayne when he was an extra in silent pic- tures, and he has enough film on Mary Pickford to make a full-length feature. Years ago he turned his camera on Bill Boyd when he was a dramatic star in “The Volga Boatman.’ And recently he completed a short on Bill as Hopalong Cassidy at his Los Angeles playground called Hoppyland. When Staub first started making Screen Snap- shots, he was a one-man company; producer, camera man, director, film editor, electrician and aa} Ralph Staub LORETTA YOUNG greets Ralph at Bev- erly Hills Hotel, where he filmed Photo- play’s Sixth Annual Gold Medal Awards property man all rolled into one. With the years and the change from silent film to sound, his staff grew gradually to fourteen. However, in all the twenty years he has been featuring Screen Snap- shots he never has paid any star to appear in one of his short subjects and he’s still on the friendli- est terms with all those he has photographed. The only change he has made in the Snapshots came about last year when he was photographing Photoplay’s Gold Medal Awards dinner. The radio Master of Ceremonies, who was to have inter- viewed the stars as they came into the Beverly Hills Hotel while Ralph was photographing their arrival, was held up in a traffic accident. So Ralph stepped up to the mike and ad libbed with winner John Wayne and other stars. Columbia officials so liked the genial graying Ralph in his new role of emcee that he’s now added “actor” to his list of jobs. Recently, wearing his cowboy shirt which all the Western stars have signed, he went rarin’ out to the Sheriffs’ Rodeo at the Coliseum to get it on film. Gene Autry allowed that Ralph looked real sharp in a ten-gallon hat. 13

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Impertinent INTERVIEW BY ALINE MOSBY U.P. Hollywood Correspondent Tyrone Power a settled-down stay-at- home family man? That’s what Hollywood figured would happen with the arrival of the baby Ty and Linda had wanted for so long. Ty and Linda met back in 1948 when he was working in his first. European movie in Italy. Except for a brief trip home two years ago to star in “Rawhide,” he had been abroad ever since. He and Linda were the “gay continen- tals.” They preferred Maxime’s in Paris to Romanoff’s ... a stroll down Bond Street to a stroll along Sunset Boulevard . .. Wine in sidewalk cafes to Cokes at POWER TRIO: Tyrone, Linda, Romina Francesca Schwab’s drugstore. But late last sum- mer, several months before the stork paid them an October visit, they hurried back home, bought a house and settled down. Or did they ? Even the Powers’ new abode in swanky Bel-Air doesn’t have a California appearance. It is an old Italian-style hill- side mansion remodeled to look like a house in Bermuda. “And it’s built,’ Ty explained, “so we could live in it alone or have room for children.” I hoofed out to Twentieth Century-Fox — for a peek at “Rover Boy”? Power to see if he has acquired that family look yet. He hasn’t. In his red plaid dressing room, Ty an- nounced that Romina Francesca will not keep him or Linda at home. Instead, they plan to make a gay continental Jr. out of her. “Next spring I hope to do another pic- ture in Europe,” he said, “and we’ll take the baby with us. Why not?” Ty’s in favor of making all of his movies away from Hollywood. He was, in fact, due to travel to Trieste for his latest picture, “Diplomatic Courier,” but director Henry Hathaway’s health pre- vented the trip. “When you get away from Hollywood,” Ty said, “you get a broader outlook. Most of the people in Hollywood are contin- ually discussing motion pictures. There are a great many other things that inter- est people throughout the world. It’s stimulating to discuss them and to be- come familiar with other ways of life. I like to make new friends,” Ty went on. “T never stay around Hollywood unless I’m working and have to. The minute this picture is over we’re going to Mexico to see Linda’s family. “However, the baby won’t go with us on this trip, she’s a little too young. But next spring she’ll be old enough to travel right along with us.” INSIDE STUFF (Continued from page 14) go to an incapacitated piano player who had been in an accident. Well, we tried out the song and it does have possibilities. Don’t you think it would be wonderful if it did become a hit?” Cal says: Just as wonderful as the little lady who may make it possible. In Case You Care: Ida Lupino is now married to Howard Duff; her first hus- band, Louis Hayward, is about to marry June Blanchard; Ida’s second husband, Collier Young, is not going to marry Joan Fontaine, and Louis Hayward’s second wife, Peggy Morrow Fields, is not going to marry Zachary Scott, whose former wife is now married to author John Stein- beck! Care to go ’round again? .’. . Like Hedy Lamarr, those personal reminders of the past are being auctioned off for Betty Hutton ... George Sanders and his quixotic Zsa Zsa say that they may or may not reconcile and you may take it from here! . It’s another agreement to disagree for the John Carrolls who now may get a divorce .. . According to printed reports, Dinah Shore announces that she won’t wear low-cut gowns on her new television series because, her program “will go into the nation’s living rooms during the dinner hour.” Yes, we don’t get it too. Feline Fugitive: The things that can happen to an actor! During a radio interview Ray Milland was asked how he liked working with “Rhubarb.” Now everyone loathed the Jimmy Cagney of catdom, which clawed and scratched its way through the entire picture. Ray said as much but he didn’t say he loathed all cats. Well, cat societies, cat lovers, in fact everyone but the James Masons protested violently. Poor Ray! For the record, he loves cats, he owns three and as far as “Rhubarb” is concerned, he’d still like to slip him a hot mouse! LIKE MARY’S little lamb, Young Bess, Jean Simmons’s toy poodle, insists on fol- lowing her to “Androcles and the Lion” set BEN GAGE had his cake—and ate it at surprise Hawaiian birthday party given by Esther Williams and some old friends JANE RUSSELL, who’s slimmed down since trip to England, celebrates return with football-hero husband, Bob Waterfield ©

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ING. This would be enough to establish Ingrid once again on the screen. DEAN SMITH Wichita, Kans. (This picture is being remade with Debra Paget.) Readers’ Pets: In a recent article on screen newcomers your magazine said Eugene Iglesias wasn’t handsome. Well, he may not be handsome but he’s terribly cute and he is a won- derful actor which is more than you can say for a lot of the pretty boys. Lestize Ewarps Mattoon, Il. For some time I haven’t seen anything in your magazine about Ruth Roman. She has just as good looks as Elizabeth Tay- lor, as nice a figure as Virginia Mayo and acting ability as superb as Bette Davis. She will undoubtedly live to be another Ethel Barrymore. SYLVIA JOHNSTON Quebec, Canada Question Box: Would you please tell whether Ava Gardner actually was the person who did the singing in “Show Boat?” Nancy DrereNTHALER Kiel, Wisc. (Annette Warren’s voice was used in the film, but Ava’s voice was used in the records made later.) Could you please give me some infor- mation on James Anderson? I’ve just seen “Five” and I think he is a great actor. In “Choose Your Star,’ you said he was in “The Blue Veil.” However, the news- papers gave his name as Warner Ander- son. Was it a misprint? Jupita TAytor St. Albans, New York (Warner Anderson played Joan Blon- dell’s beau. James Anderson was the professor who flirted with Jane Wyman at the party for Richard Carl- son. James was born in Wetump- ka, Ala., 7/13/21. He has brown hair, blue eyes, 1s 5'11”, 165 Ibs.) I have just seen “A Streetcar Named Desire.” I think the whole cast is superb, especially Vivien Leigh and Marlon Bran- do. Can you tell me something about Kim Hunter? Hasn’t she been in other pic- tures? If so, what? TomMy Dyer Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Kim Hunter was born in Detroit, Mich.,11/12/22.She has hazel eyes, light brown hair,is 5'31A4" tall, weighs 115 Ibs. Other pictures in- clude “Seventh Vic- tim,” “Tender Com- rade,’ “Stairway to Heaven,” and she’s in forthcoming “Anything Can Happen.) Address letters to this department to Readers Inc., Photoplay, 205 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. VY. However, our space is limited. We cannot therefore promse to publish, return or reply to all letters received. MAUREEN O'HARA, co-starring in Universal-International’s “FLAME OF ARABY’’—Color by Technicolor sh \ MAUREEN O’HARA... beautiful Lustre-Creme Girl, one of 12 women voted by “Modern Screen’? and a jury of famed hair stylists as having the world’s loveliest hair. Maureen O'Hara uses Lustre-Creme Shampoo to care for her glamorous hair. ~ The Most Beautiful Hair in the World is kept at its loveliest ... with Lustre-Creme Shampoo When Maureen O'Hara says, “I use Lustre-Creme Shampoo”. . . you’re listening to a girl whose beautiful hair plays a vital part in a fabulous glamour-career. Lathers lavishly in hardest water... needs no special after-rinse. No other cream shampoo in all the world is as popular as Lustre-Creme. For hair that behaves like the angels You, too, like Maureen O’Hara, will and shines like the stars .. . ask for notice a glorious difference in your hair — Lustre-Creme Shampoo. after a Lustre-Creme shampoo. Under the spell of its lanolin-blessed lather, your hair shines, behaves, is eager to curl. Hair dulled by soap abuse... dusty with dandruff, now is fragrantly clean. Hair robbed of its natural sheen now glows with renewed highlights. The beauty-blend cream shampoo with LANOLIN. Jars or tubes, 27¢ to $2. Famous Hollywood Stars use Lustre-Creme Shampoo for Glamorous Hair. 190

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-M-G-M: A fairly interesting Technicolor Western \with Clark Gable as a trapper who marries Indian maid Maria Elena Marques for selfish reasons and ‘learns to love her and her people. (Dec.) vv (EF) AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN—M-G-M: ‘£x-G.I. Gene Kelly remains in Paris after the war and falls in love with pal Georges Guetary’s girl, Leslie Caron, in this gorgeous Technicolor musical. With Oscar Levant, Nina Foch. (Nov.) WV (F) ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD—M-G-M: A charming fantasy in which tough baseball manager ‘\Paul Douglas inherits a guardian angel. With Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn, Spring Byington. (Nov.) (A) BANNERLINE—M-G-M: The usual story vbout a cub-reporter whose daring and courage in- ;pire the townsfolk to wipe out a dangerous racketeer. ith Keefe Brasselle, Sally Forrest. (Dec.) VV% (F) BEHAVE YOURSELF—RKO: Shelley inters and Farley Granger co-star in this ridicu- ously funny mix-up about a missing dog, gangs of 1oodJums, murders galore and a nagging mother-in- law. (Dec.) 3 Y(A) BIG NIGHT, THE—U.A.: A depressing rama in which John Barrymore Jr. sets out to seek jyengeance on the man responsible for the beating of his father, Robert Preston. With Joan Lorring. (Jan.) Vv (F) BLUE VEIL, THE—RKO: A tender 'pisodic story with Jane Wyman as a young widow vho devotes her life to caring for other women’s thildren. With Charles Laughton, Don Taylor, Joan Slondell. Richard Carlson, Audrey Totter. ~ (Dec.) |F) CAVE OF OUTLAW S—U-1: A dull Western in which ex-convict Macdonald Carey heads for the ‘arlsbad Caverns to find gold hidden there years ‘efore, and finds more glitter in Alexis Smith. (Dec.) VY (F) CLOSE TO MY HEART—Warners: deart-tugging drama in which Gene Tierney and tay Milland face the complications of adopting a oundling of unknown parentage. (Dec.) 7%, (A) COME FILL THE CUP—Warners: After jsing both Phyllis Thaxter and his newspaper job y imbibing too much, James Cagney reforms and ‘ets out to put other alcoholics back on their feet. Vith Gig Young, Raymond Massey. (Dec.) JF) CROSSWINDS—Paramount: An_ adventure dm with plenty of killings, double dealings, triple chemings that has John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, a Tucker running around in circles. (Dec.) Vw (F) ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI— | : | “VY (F) DARLING, HOW COULD YOU!—Para- jount’ A cozy family type comedy in which Joan ‘ontaine and John Lund return after five years and re faced with some merry problems as they try to lecome reacquainted with children Mona Freeman nd David Stollery. With Peter Hanson. (Nov.) “ye (h)) DAY THE EARTH - STOOD: STILL, HE—20th Century Fox: In this out-of-this-world rama a messenger from Mars lands in Washington nd starts a series of exciting events. Michael Ren- ie is the Martian. With Pat Neal. (Nov.) 4Y¥ (A) DECISION BEFORE DAWN — 20th ‘entury-Fox: An unusual story about German pris- ners of war who turned against Hitler to spy for ‘ie Allies. With Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, [ans Christian Blech. (Dec.) WY (A) DESERT FOX, THE—20th Century- ‘ox: James Mason portrays Rommel in this inter- sting biography with events covering the Field Mar- gal’s defeat in Africa, up to his liquidation by the fazis. With Jessica Tandy, Bill Regnolds. (Nov.) WV (A) DETECTIVE STORY—Paramount: A orrific melodrama set in a midtown police station ith Kirk Douglas as a relentless detective whose jick of leniency and understanding have a disastrous \fect on his marriage to Eleanor Parker. With Lee jrant, William Bendix, Craig Hill, Cathy O’Donnell. Dec.) Vv (fF) DOUBLE DYNAMITE—RKO: There's nads of laughs when bank teller Frank Sinatra is jiven a fortune and is unable to explain. Jane Rus- 11 and Groucho Marx are in on the fun. (Nov.) YV (fF) FAMILY SECRET, EE eco anion jobn Yerek accidentally kills his best friend and refuses » confess his crime—even when another man_ is jee J. Cobb, Jody Lawrance. (Jan.) 1@ (F) FLYING LEATHERNECKS, THE— “KO: An overlong and somewhat repetitious story ii the Marine Air Corps during the siege of Guadal- fnal. With John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Tay- be Janis Carter. (Nov. Vv (A) FORCE OF ARMS—Warners: Realistic ad tender love story in which Wil'iam Holden and | | | i Brief Reviews Nancy Olson meet and marry in war-torn Italy. With Frank Lovejoy. (Nov.) V% (F) GOLDEN HORDE, THE—OUniversal: An-, other Arabian Nights type of fantasy with Ann Blyth as a princess who tries to rid her city of Genghis Khan's blood-thirsty conquerors. David Farrar is around to help her. (Nov.) Vv (A) HIS KIND OF WOMAN—RKO: Fast- moving drama with some comedy relief in which Bob Mitchum takes a mysterious assignment in Mexico and becomes involved with’Jane Russell and mur- der. With Tim Holt, Vincent Price. (Nov.) VV % (F) I WANT YOU—Goldwyn: A stirring and adult drama about the effects of present-day world on the lives and love of every-day people as enacted by Farley Granger, Peggy Dow, Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire. (Jan.) VY (F) LADY FROM TEXAS, THE—U-1: Howard Duff prevents Josephine Hull from being declared insane by unscrupulous characters in this corny dull comedy. With Mona Freeman. (Nov.) ¥ (A) LADY PAYS OFF, THE—U-1: Linda Darnell, who resents being loved for ‘‘the mother in her’”’ meets gambler Stephen McNally whose feelings aren’t maternal, in this corny comedy. With Gigi Perreau. (Dec.) (F') LADY SAYS NO, THE—U.A. An antiquated comedy about what happens when prudish young authoress Joan Cauifield meets breezy photographer David Niven. Who cares? (Jan.) VV % (A) LAVENDER HILL MOB, THE—Rank- U-L: There’s sheer delight in this unusual and hilari- ous ‘British comedy about a meek bank employee, Alec Guinness, who steals the bank’s gold and tries (Dee) it out of the country in a most unusual way. (Dec. VV (Ff) LET’S MAKE IT LEGAL—20th Century- Fox: On the day of her divorce from Macdonald Carey, grandmother Claudette Colbert starts being pursued by ex-beau Zach Scott, much to the annoy- ance of daughter, Barbara Bates, and Robert Wagner. A happy comedy. (Jan.) VY (F) LIGHT TOUCH, THE—M-G-M: Pier Angeli, a young artist, is lured into copying a stolen masterpiece by Stewart Granger, in this exciting but overlong drama. With George Sanders. (Jan.) VV % (F) MEET DANNY WILSON—U-I: Frank Sinatra, Shelley Winters and Alex Nicol star in a gripping story of a brash singer who hits the big- time .. Y (F) MEET ME AFTER THE SHOW—20th Century-Fox: A typical Grable musical with Betty suffering from amnesia and being wooed again by estranged husband Macdonald Carey. (Nov.) VV (A) MILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTY, A— 20th Century-Fox: A gay comedy in which Eleanor Parker decided to marry Fred MacMurray sight un- seen and proceeds in a mad and merry way to do it. With Richard Carlson. (Nov.) VV (FF) MY FAVORITE SPY—Paramount: Bur- lesque clown Bob Hope is called upon to impersonate foreign agent, Bob Hope, and becomes involved with siren Hedy Lamarr and dangerous international spies in this breezy bit of slapstick. (Jan.) V% (F) ON THE LOOSE—RKO-Filmakers: Neg- lected by her parents, Joan Evans makes some mis- takes that almost lead her to suicide. With Melvyn Douglas, Lynn Bari, Bob Arthur. (Nov.) V% (F) PAINTING THE CLOUDS WITH SUN- SHINE—Warners: An outdated musical with Vir- ginia Mayo, Lucille Norman, Virginia Gibson as three ambitious young entertainers who go to Las Vegas to snag a millionaire. Dennis Morgan, Gene Nelson and Tom Conway are the men. (Nov.) VY (A) PEOPLE WILL TALK—20th Century- Fox: A strange comedy in which Cary Grant and Jeanne Crain fall in love and marry under some unusual circumstances. With Hume Cronyn. (Nov.) VW (EF) RACKET, THE—RKO: Rough, tough, action film attempting to show links between _poli- ticians and criminals with Bob Mitchum as a fearless olice officer out to get hoodlum Robert Ryan. With Tie Scott, Brett King, Robert Hutton. (Jan.) VY¥™% (A) RAGING TIDE, THE—U-I: Murderer Richard Conte takes refuge on fishing boat owned by Charles Bickford and Alex Nicol and proceeds to complicate everyone’s life in this rather trite story. Shelley Winters plays Dick’s girl; Stephen McNally, the detective on his trail. (Dec.) VV % (F) RED BADGE OF COURAGE, THE— M-G-M: Audie Murphy is a frightened young farm boy who, thrown into battle, overcomes cowardice in this moving Civil War story. (Nov.) nhews Your Favorite Actress N.Y. 17,.N. Y. . and the effect it has on his ego. (Jan.) ° Mail to: Readers’ Poll Editor, c/o Photoplay, 205 East 42nd St., V% (F) REUNION IN RENO—U-I: A sentimen tal comedy-drama in which Gigi Perreau asks attor ney Mark Stevens to secure her a divorce from parents Frances Dee, Leif Erickson. With Peggy Dow. (Dec.) ‘ V% (F) SILVER CITY—Paramount: Fast-movin Western built around the search for silver and romance between Edmond O’Brien and Yvonne De Carlo. With Barry Fitzgerald. (Jan.) V (F) SLAUGHTER TRAIL—RKO: A dull West ern in which soldiers chase robbers and Inc chase soldiers to the constant accompaniment distracting off-screen singing. With Brian Donlevy, Robert Hutton. (Jan.) (F) SON OF DR. JEKYLL, THE—Columbia: A lot of nonsense about events that occur when Louis Hayward tries to prove Papa was a great humani- tarian instead of a murderous fiend. With Jody Lawrance. (Dec.) VY (F) STAREIFT—Warners: An_ all-star cast including Doris Day, Gene Nelson, Ruth Roman, Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Gary Cooper, Jane Wyman in a gay musical about the way the stars build morale of, servicemen. Janice Rule and Ron Hagerthy carry the plot. (Jan.) V% (F) STRANGE DOOR, THE—U-1: A real chiller-diller in which Charles Laughton plans to marry niece Sally Forrest to scalawag Richard Stap- ley in order to avenge the marriage of his brother to the girl he loved years before. (Jan.) V% (A) STRIP, THE—M-G-M: Mickey Rooney becomes involved with racketeer James Craig, night- club dancer: Sally Forrest and a killing in this mild melodrama with a Sunset Boulevard setting. (Nov.) VW (F) SUBMARINE COMMAND—Paramount: Lhrilling story of submarine wartare and of the men who live and die encased in steel beneath the sea. With Bill Holden, Don Taylor, Nancy Olson. (Dec.) % (F) SUNNY _SIDE OF THE STREE Columbia: Frankie Laine and Billy Daniels a n co-star in a pleasant little musical. Courtland, Terry Moore, Audrey Long. (Nov.) VY (F) TALL TARGET, THE—M-G-M: Detec- tive Dick Powell prevents an assassination attempt on President Lincoln in fairly interesting stery sup- posedly based on a chapter in American history. With Marshall Thompson, Paula Raymond. (Nov.) V% (F) TANKS ARE COMING, THE—Warners: Steve Cochran ignores orders of superior officers Phil Carey, Robert Horton—through the push from France to Germany—as he rules his crew, Paul Picerni, Rob- ert Boon, Eugene Baxter with an iron fist; tries to win the war single-handedly. With Mari Aldon. (Jan.) V% (F) TEN TALL MEN—Columbia: Tongue in cheek French Foreign Legion adventure with Burt Lancaster as a tough sergeant who kidnaps princess Jody Lawrance and proceeds to lead the Arabs a merry chase over the burning sands of the Sahara. With Gilbert Roland. (Jan.) VV (F) TEXAS CARNIVAL—M-G-M: A rip- roaring musical with Red Skelton and Esther Wil- liams as carnival performers who are taken for Texas tycoons by Howard Keel and Ann Miller. With Keenan Wynn. (Dec.) Vv% (A) TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY— Warners: Ex-convict Steve Cochran meets dime-a- dance girl Ruth Roman, becomes involved in a death which forces the couple to turn fugitive. (Nov.) VV (F) TOO YOUNG TO KISS—M-G-M: June Allyson poses as child prodigy in order to obtain an audition with concert manager Van Johnson— and the inevitable happens in this frothy comedy. With Gig Young. (Jan.) WV (EF) TWO TICKETS TO BROADWAY— RKO: A happy talent-laden musical in which Tony Martin, Janet Leigh, Gloria DeHaven, Ann Miller. Barbara Lawrence, try—with the misguidance of Eddie Bracken—to crash T.V. (Jan.) VV % (F) WESTWARD THE WOMEN—M-G-M: Robert Taylor escorts Denise Darcel and 137 other women across the plains to a new life in California in this absorbing drama of pioneer days. With John McIntire, Julie Bishop. (Jan.) VV% (F) WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE—Para- mount: A fascinating science fiction epic in which forty-three people are chosen to escape in a rocket before the earth is destroyed by another planet. With Peter Hanson, Barbara Rush. (Dec.) V% (F) YOU CAN NEVER TELL—U-1: Con- fusing but fanciful little comedy in which Dick Powell plays a German Shepherd dog who comes back to earth to expose Charles Drake who is after Peggy Dow’s money. With Joyce Holden. (Nov.) With Je rome *

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For Complete Casts of Current Pictures See Page 33 For Best Pictures of the Month and Best Performances See Page 31 For Brief Reviews of Current Pictures See Page 21 BETSY DRAKE, Malcolm Cassell, Cliff Tatum Jr. and Cary Grant face problems of adopting problem children cites ee = ENDEARING STORY of a father and son, Dan Duryea and Gordon Gebert, racing against time to meet a family crisis 24 ¥V (F) Room for One More (Warners) ARY GRANT and Betsy Drake, husband and wife of screen and on, tell us in this film how problem chilk dren from Welfare homes can be made lovable, respon: sible members of a family. As is usual with pictures o this sort, some entertainment value is sacrificed in ge ting over the “message.” But not too much. Certainly there is warmth, tenderness and high good humor in the story of a wife who loves children, dogs, cats and ever her husband. The two problem children taken into thei home are played by Clifford Tatum Jr. and Iris Mann The real family children are Malcolm Cassell, Gay Gor don and George Winslow. Lurene Tuttle is Miss Kenyoi of the Welfare Home. Your Reviewer Says: Families everywhere, this is for you. Program Notes: Clifford and Iris have a long list of Broadway hits behind them despite their respective years of thirteen and twelve . .. Malcolm Cassell, twelve, who plays Tim, went afte the role himself, talking the casting director into the test tha won him the role ... Betsy celebrated her birthday with a part on the set. The kids ate ice cream and cake for hours. Car presented Betsy with a guitar which she strummed between ever scene ... The snow scenes (faked, of course) were made in the midst of a record heat wave. The cast all but passed out in them heavy coats and galoshes. YY (F) Chicago Calling (U.A.) NCE in a while a little gem of a movie creeps up on unballyhooed and surprise and pleasure take us by the hand. “Chicago Calling” is that kind of movie. Simpl human interest, the story takes on a special quality endearment. Dan Duryea plays the weak husband Mary Anderson who, with their young daughter, sta out for her parents’ home by car. A telegram from Mar telling of the serious injuries to the child en route, wit further news to be telephoned the following day, reache Dan just as the telephone company is removing instrument for non-payment. Dan’s frantic efforts maintain his phone, to gather money for the overdue bill child actor—constitutes the plot. Your Reviewer Says: It will hit you where you live. Program Notes: Dan who did this picture on a complete pe ment deferment (meaning he was to get paid after the profi were in) was asked to sell his interest in it but turned the off Anderson has played many sweet ingenues in her time, it notably “meanie” roles that contributed to her greatest succes Won plaudits as Evelyn in Broadway's “Guest in the House” as the boy-crazy Amy in “Cheers for Miss Bishop” . . . Ten-yea old Gordon Gebert says he prefers his part as Dan Duryea’s sé best of all his screen roles because he had no women to conten with. Gordon seems to have an aversion to actresses. We're co vinced he'll outgrow this.

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Y Fair VY Good VVV Outstanding F—For the whole family A—For adults HAMILTON i VV (F) Red Mountain (Paramount) | WELL-thought-out Western in beautiful Technicolor. Alan Ladd plays a Confederate officer in the year 1865 WHEN CONFEDERATE officer Alan Ladd goes West, life who goes West to reestablish his gold claim. The assayer becomes wilder for Lizabeth Scott and Arthur Kennedy has stolen it. Shooting him down, Alan later saves the life of Arthur Kennedy who is about to be hanged for the crime. Kennedy and his fiancee, Lizabeth Scott, ride after Ladd to turn him in. In the ensuing struggle, Ken- nedy is seriously injured. Before aid can be summoned, along comes General Quantrell and his raiders. Believing them still faithful to the South, Ladd joins up. Finding Quantrell’s methods unbearable, Ladd joins Kennedy and Lizabeth. They manage to hold off Quantrell’s men and his Indian allies, until help can be brought. John Ireland plays the historical Quantrell and Jeff Corey plays Skee. If the dialogue grows corny at times, the story keeps moving, at least. Your Reviewer Says: The kids will whoop with delight. Program Notes: Gallup, New Mexico, and the dramatic scenery thereabouts, provided the setting. One hundred Navahos living on a reservation near Gallup were hired as actors. In addition, three Ute Indians were flown from Colorado to teach the Ute dialect to the Navahos. The language sessions were a riot . . . Arthur Kennedy and Alan were reunited for the first time since “Chicago Deadline,” made several years ago ... John Ireland returned from the road company of “Summer and Smoke” in time to play Quantrell, mustache, stoop and all . . . Lizabeth Scott plays her first Western role and loved it, ridin’ and shootin’ like a veteran. vv% (A) Quo Vadis (M-G-M) HE Technicolored pomp and pageantry of mighty Rome, in the burning of Rome and the sacrifice of Christians is a spectacle-happy production, massive in scale, tre- mendous in scope. Robert Taylor, a proud Roman con- queror and Deborah Kerr, the hostage who tames his spirit, carry the main love story. Leo Genn, an aristocrat at Nero’s court, and his slave girl, Marina Berti, portray the secondary lovers. The mad, decadent Nero is played by Peter Ustinov with Patricia Laffan his Empress. Weav- ing in and out of the impressive story move Buddy Baer, Deborah’s faithful bodyguard, Abraham Sofaer as Paul, the Apostle, and Finlay Currie as Peter, the Disciple. For years to come “Quo Vadis” will remain a marvel of moviedom, a production with a message of hope for all Christendom. Your Reviewer Says: A stirring chapter in movie history. Program Notes: Twelve years of planning preceded the shooting in Italy which consumed a year’s actual camera work ... A re- production of the Circus of Nero, large enough to seat 30,000 people, a whole section of ancient Rome, and Nero’s palace, were EPIC STORY of mad Emperor’s role in ancient history, all constructed according to careful historical research ... The with Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov, Bob Taylor, Deborah Kerr huge Cinecitta Studios, eight miles from Rome, with 148 acres of land and nine big sound stages were taken over by the “Quo Vadis” company ... The thousands of extras, divided into groups of twenty, were made up and dressed in relays . . . The Italian government lent M-G-M the treasured Forma Urbis, a model of the : P city as it appeared 2,000 years ago. oo 25)

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Constant Seminole attacks, threat- ening snakes and alligators, and con- suming quicksands beset the travelers, A growing love interest between Cooper and Mari Aldon, one of the prisoners, high- lights the beautifully photographed story. Richard Webb plays the Navy officer. Rob- ert Barrat is General Zachary Taylor. Your Reviewer Says: A humdinger. Program Notes: (See page 22). v¥Y (A) Fixed Bayonets! (20th Century-Fox) Kok and a lone group of men are swallowed up in the vast snow-covered wastes. Ahead are the Reds. Behind, their own regiment is attempting to reach the bridge at the end of the pass. It is the job of this first platoon to stall the enemy until the bridge is reached; to make like a regiment rather than a few. Among the group is Richard Basehart, a sensitive G.I. afraid of nothing but leadership. Ahead of Corporal Basehart in command are Ser- geants Gene Evans, Michael O’Shea and Lieutenant Craig Hill. Throughout the long, bitter cold night the enemy attacks, testing the strength and number of our men. In the action, the three men ahead of Basehart are killed. The moment he has dreaded is upon him. How he meets and faces the test is a fitting climax to this tough, rugged, real- istic story of war as fought in Korea. Skip Homeier is outstanding in his role of a knowing “Belvedere.” Your Reviewer Says: This will bring it home to you. Program Notes: For two long months G.I. actors slogged their way across Twentieth Century-Fox battlefields, a dirty, haggard- looking, bearded lot. They climbed end- lessly up and down snow-covered mountains extending 760 feet with peaks reaching 145 feet ... Special effects men fed almost 700 tons of ice into eighteen snow machines which ground up fifty-pound chunks and spit them out as snow ... The temperature was kept at thirty-five degrees. Before it was over there were nineteen casualties, ranging from minor wounds to broken legs . . . Richard Basehart studied Italian between takes. He and his Italian bride, Valentina Cortesa, plan a honeymoon trip through Italy in the spring. VV 14 (F) Callaway Went Thataway BUCKETFUL of chuckles and a couple of big, healthy guffaws are yours for the price of admission. A comedy-satire on a TV cowboy, this movie kids the “that- away” boys and has a whale of a good time in the process. Howard Keel is tops as Smoky Callaway, the ex-cowboy star whose old films make TV history ten years after the actor has disappeared in an alcoholic fog. Keel also plays the naive ranch lad, Stretch Barnes, who is per- suaded by Fred MacMurray and Dorothy McGuire, heads of an advertising agency, to impersonate Smoky, the idol. When the real Smoky reappears still rum-dumb, the fun begins and almost ends in a hidebound catastrophe, by gum. Glimpses of Esther Williams, Elizabeth Taylor and Clark Gable give an authentic charm to the comical goings-on. Your Reviewer Says: A romp all the way. Program Notes: M-G-M turned over its own” studio lot as locale for part of the story with its own sound stages, projection rooms, studio gates, etc., as part of the picture... A replica of a typical Hollywood nightclub was built on a studio stage but the famed Los Angeles Coliseum was used for the rodeo scene that climaxed the film ... Keel had no trouble riding like a veteran having learned the art of saddle-sitting for his first film, “Annie Get Your Gun” ... The chil- dren who appeared briefly with Esther Wil- liams were not her own but bragged to their schoolmates about playing Esther’s children. ¥% (F) The Barefoot Mailman (Columbia) AN odd little off-beat movie that has Rob- Hf ert Cummings a smooth-tongued con- fidence man. Invading the “last frontier of America,” the southern coast line of Flor- ida in 1890, Cummings plans to fleece the local citizenry. The settlers, cut off by swamps and jungles, receive mail carried by Jerome Courtland from the general store at Palm Beach to the general store at Miami. Due to marauding beach- combers, Jerome reluctantly consents to guide Cummings on his route from Palm Beach to Miami. With them on the three- day trek is Terry Moore passing (for safety’s sake) as a twelve-year-old. In reality Terry is a well-stacked nineteen Well, of course, the beachcombers know a feminine curve when they see one and kidnap Terry. Posses search the alligator- infested swamps to rescue the damsel. Your Reviewer Says: Third class mail. Program Notes: Off to Florida flew the Californians for the location site previously selected. But a hurricane had hit in the meantime and salt spray had turned the foliage brown. Undaunted, a crew sprayed the foliage a beautiful green and replaced the uprooted trees. The Supercinecolor cam- eras were then set up for action ...For a torch scene the jungle was sprayed again. this time with flame-proof liquid. Natives exchanged knowing winks about the crazy Californians . . . Terry Moore took a large black snake home as a pet and placed it in the family laundry tub. Her mother now carts the soiled linen to the nearest laundro- mat ... After the picture Robert Cummings flew to Broadway for the play “Faithfully Yours” with Ann Sothern. V (F) Cloudburst (U.A.) NCE this English-made film emerges from its obscure beginning, it has quite a little story to tell—that of a man crazed by grief and almost mad for revenge. It all happens to Robert Preston, hero of the British Underground during World War II and now head of the Code section of the British Foreign Office. Weary with bitterness and the memory of the torture endured by his beautiful wife, Elizabeth Sellars, also an Underground worker, Pres- ton at last looks forward to a happier future. 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Casts of Current Pictures BAREFOOT MAILMAN, THE—Columbia: Syl- vanus Hurley, Robert Cummings; Adie Titus, Terry Moore; Steven Pierton, Jerome Courtland; Theron, John Russell; Dan Paget, Will Geer; Ben Titus, Arthur Shields; Oat McCarty, Trevor Bardette; Pig- gott,, Arthur Space; Doc Bethune, Frank Ferguson; Dewey Durgan, Percy Helton; Miss Della, Ellen Corby; Miss Emily, Renie Riano; Farrell, Robert Lynn; Mrs. Thomas, Mary Field. CALLAWAY WENT THATAWAY —M-G-M: Mike Frye, Fred MacMurray; Deborah Patterson, Dorothy McGuire; “Smoky” Callaway, Howard Keel; “Stretch Barnes, Howard Keel; Georgie Markham, Jesse White; Tom Lorrison, Fay Roope; Martha Lorrison, Natalie Schafer; The Drunk, Douglas Ken- nedy; Marie, Elisabeth Fraser; Johnny Terrento, Johnny Indrisano; Marvin, Stan Freberg; Director, Don Haggerty. CHICAGO CALLING—U.A.: Bill Cannon, Dan Duryea; Mary Cannon, Mary Anderson; Bobby Kimball, Gordon Gebert; Jim, Ross Elliot; Nancy Cannon, Melinda Plowman; Pete Sherman, Roy Engle; Christine Sherman, Jean Harvey; Babs Kim- ball, Judy Brubaker; Art, Bob Fallon; Clerk, Bud Stork; Vendor, Mark Lowell; Usher, Glaze Loman; Laborer, Mel Pogue; Peggy, Marsha Jones; Mr. Blake, Rudy McKool; Lucky, Roy Glen; Mr. Cook, Lauren Raker; Finance Co. man, Bill Lehner; Woman in street, Grey Loman; Relief Agency Worker, Eleanor Rathcliffe; Lt. Ryan, Steve Pendel- ton; Ist Detective, Carl Vernell; 2nd Detective, Chuck Flynn; Smitty, the Mongrel. CLOUDBURST—U.A.: John, Robert Preston; Carol, Elizabeth Sellars; Insp. 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GOLDEN GIRL—20th Century-Fox: Lotta Crab- tree, Mitzi Gaynor; Tom Richmond, Dale Robertson; Mart, Dennis Day; Mr. Crabtree, James Barton; Mrs. Crabtree, Una Merkel; Cornelius, Raymond Walburn; Sam Jordan, Gene Sheldon; Lola Montez, Carmen D’Antonio; Bouncer, Michael Ross; Union Officer, Harry Carter; Mrs. Probe, Lovyss Bradley; McGuire, Emory Parnell; |Man in Box, Luther Crockett; Stagehand, Harris Brown; Manager, Ker- mit Maynard; Stage Manager, Rohert Nash; Ward- robe Woman, Jessie Arnold. HONG KONG—Paramount: Jeff Williams, Ronald Reagan; Victoria Evans, Rhonda Fleming; Mr. Lighton, Nigel Bruce; Mrs. Lighton, Lady May Law- ford; Tao Liang, Marvin Miller; Hotel Clerk, Claude Allister; Wei Lin, Danny Chang. RED MOUNTAIN—Paramount: Capt. Brett Sher- wood, Alan Ladd; Chris, Lizabeth Scott; Lane Wal- dron, Arthur Kennedy; Quantrell, John Ireland; Skee, Jeff Corey; Dr. Terry, James Bell; Randall, Bert Freed; Benjie, Walter Sande; Diron, Neville Brand; Morgan, Carleton Young; Miles, Whit Bissell; June Allyson grew up when... June Allyson’s lovely blonde head bowed BY VIOLA SWISHER gently, and the famous crinkly blue eyes ca- ressed the tiny form in her arms. Pamela had ar- rived to take her place as the first child in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Powell. The. warmth of life itself suffused June’s en- tire being. Her heart beat high and fast. Then suddenly she was calm. A new serenity held her as surely and protectingly as she herself cradled the baby. “This is a real person,’ June thought in soundless words her very soul could hear. “Responsibility for a life has come to me.” And in that moment she grew up. Respon- sibility, lovingly and voluntarily fulfilled with understanding of another’s needs, was for her the keystone of adulthood. Ritchie, George Woodbridge; Chuck Peters, Lyn Evans; Mrs. Reece, Edith Sharpe; Thompson, James Mills; Kate, Daphne Anderson; Cardew, Edward Lexy; Supervisor, Noel Howlett; Carter, Robert Brown; Constable, Charles Saynor; Doctor, Gerald Case; Porter, Fredric Steger; Milkman, Stanley Baker; Desk Sgt. Martin Boddey. DISTANT DRUMS —Warners: Capt. Quincy Wyatt, Gary Cooper; Judy Beckett, Mari Aldon; Richard Tufts, Richard Webb; Private Mohair, Ray Teal; Monk, Arthur Hunnicutt; Genl. Zachary Tay- lor, Robert Barrat; Sgt. Shane, Clancy Cooper. ELOPEMENT—20th Century-Fox: Howard Os- borne, Clifton Webb; Jake Osborne, Anne Francis; Tom Reagan, Charles Bickford; Matt Reagan, Wil- liam Lundigan; Roger Evans, Reginald Gardiner; Millie Reagan, Evelyn Varden; Claire Osborne, Margalo Gillmore; Daniel Reagan, Tommy Rettig; Mr. Simpson, J. 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School days at Pasadena Play- house, where putting on an act is part of the course for Photoplay’s °Dd1 winner, Virginia McGuire - “HOW NOW, brown cow,” isn’t as silly as it sounds, in speech class. In- structor is Pat Challgren MAKE-UP CLASS is fun—even if it does leave you looking like a hag! Virginia compares “age” lines with classmate Neva Sebert ; 4 i —_— OC fice ee. i : ek he rs: os Gee ee Ss a a sec iip EE STUDY PERIOD Wren Virginia McGuire, Photoplay’s 51 Scholarship Winner, went to school in Pittsburgh, she had to learn to like the town. But Pasadena captivated her at first glance—and she captivated Pasadena! At the Playhouse, Virginia is fascinated by the constant exciting activity. By the end of her first quarter she had been filmed twice, her voice recorded innumerable times and she had made her debut on the main stage. Right now, she’s putting her all into pre- paring a dramatic scene from Shakespeare's “Merchant of Venice”’—her first big project alone. At school, she’s a celebrity, too—the other students follow her activities avidly, because they sense her innate talent and ability.

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PASADENA PLAYHOUSE ON WITH the dance! In this class, Virginia learns new poise, grace and balance WITH THREE BOYS to every girl, Virginia doesn’t lack for dates. But she makes it clear she’s interested—in acting! SEE MARCH PHOTOPLAY FOR RULES 1952 PHOTOPLAY SCHOLARSHIP CONTES rm VIRGINIA’S LETTERS home are full of the daily excitement of the school. Busy, happy in her student life, she hasn’t time to be homesick! 35

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She was young and oh so wise — but when she kissed . ot she closed her eyes... until aVekeled she met the guy who opened gl ¢ them... wide ...and wonderful! THE MARRIAGE BROKER! pap She yay DIings people together and gives love a shove in the right direction! “SCOTT BRADY THELMA RITTER with Zero MOSTEL - Michael O’SHEA - Helen FORD - Frank FONTAINE - Dennie MOORE - John ALEXANDER « Jay C. FLIPPEN Produced by Directed by Written by CHARLES BRACKETT- GEORGE CUKOR- CHARLES BRACKET WALTER RESCH. a RICHARD BREEN 20: ey

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i, Owe pay in 1940 Barney Duhan, a clerk with Loew’s Inc., stopped before a photographer’s window to admire a portrait of the loveliest girl he had ever seen. He wanted to “date that dish.” _ So he told photographer Larry - Tarr he was a Metro talent scout. “That girl’s my sister-in-law,” Larry explained. “Right now she’s down home in North Carolina. I could send her a wire...” Barney got panicky. “No, no... I wouldn’t want her to come on! Tell you what, send her picture to M-G-M, attention Marvin ' Schenck.” | “How can I make sure he’ll ever see it?” Larry asked. - “Put.a red mark on the enve- lope,” ad libbed Barney, talking fast, - /He didn’t think much more ‘about that girl for years until— a subway cop now—he saw her picture on a magazine cover. “Who knows what might have happened if she’d been in New York that first day,” says Barney. “But as things worked out, I’ve never even met her. What would a famous star want with a New York detective like me?” The li and Loves ol PHOTOPLAY FEATURE ATTRACTION Ava Gardner’s life AVA GARDNER

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From Grabtown to Hollywood is a long way— if you measure it in heartache and tears. But it was a road Ava Gardner had to travel—this girl, lost in a dream TRANSFORMATION of Ava: Top, in 1943. Above, in 1945 and 1946. Below, in 1947 and 1948. Right, Ava Gardner, today, in “Lone Star” ENGSTEAD 38

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BY RUTH WATERBURY Tuy were married, Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, on November seventh, 1951, and it terminated a romance that had reached over three years, over two continents, over many lands and over oceans of tears, love letters and avowals. To wed her, Frankie had given up one-third of his yearly income for life, which means, with what the Government takes, that he can never be a rich man again. He had given up his religion, and Nancy, and his three children, and his two luxurious homes. Ava, during the bitter waiting period, had taken a pretty brutal beating in the press and some sections of Hollywood society. She had known terrible loneliness, and insecur- ity, and tears and months upon months of insomnia. But there never was one day during that whole waiting time that Ava didn’t think Frank’s love was worth this suffering. And there never was a moment when Frankie didn’t doubly feel the same about her. For this is a girl worth loving, and a girl to whom the dream of love has ever, and will forever, come first. This is the story of how she got that way. It begins in the wide place in a North Carolina road called Grabtown, on the day before Christmas in the mid-twenties. When Ava was born, her hair was yellow as a buttercup and her eyes were green as emeralds. Maybe you’ve heard her birthplace called Smithtown, because Smithtown was the nearest dot on the map that had any real population. A thousand probably in Smith- town. But Grabtown was actually Ava’s birthplace, and real deep south it was, too, a sleepy region of tobacco and cotton farms. ‘She was the baby of the family. There had been six Gardners before her; Beatrice, Elsie May, Inez, Myra, Raymond and Melvin. From her vantage point of being the youngest, Ava observed from her earliest moment that the happiest thing in the world was to be married and have a family. With that, nothing else mattered. Without that, nothing else mattered, either. The first way of living was all wonder and fun, all warmth and sweetness. The latter way was too unendufable to think about. Once Ava’s daddy had owned his own to- bacco farm, but when she came into being, he was a share crapper. With her brothers and sisters she grew up, picking worms off —)>

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eal , hy PORE MS oa ay en ne er eee The Lite and Loves of + GARDNER, i | AVA, at six, blonde—all drama and AT EIGHTEEN Ava met and married Mick- | dreams—one day the tomboy, the ey Rooney. But the country girl couldn’t next, a wildly feminine creature keep up with Mickey’s life in the spotlight : PN CBs MARRIAGE TO Artie Shaw ended in AVA, CHANGED NOW, concentrated on her Vea aD divorce and heartbreak. But Ava career. With steady date Howard Duff she was learning. She studied at UCLA found a balance for her romantic dreams WHEN SHE was fourteen, Ava went to New York to live with sister Beatrice, where the latter’s husband, Larry Tarr, took photo on page 37 which launched Ava TO JULIE, in “Show Boat,” Ava gave the poignancy of her own love-lost dreams. Her next Is “Lone Star,” with Clark Gable COVER GIRL 40

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tobacco leaves and then, when she was tall enough, handing up the leaves to the trucks so that the grownups could grade them, All through her childhood, there was practically no way by which the Gard- ners could have been poorer. In money, that is. And there was certainly no way they could have been richer in love. Jonas B. and Mary Elizabeth Gardner (nicknamed Molly) had been married twenty years when Ava was born. Molly was forty then, and still beautiful, despite her years of toil and childbearing. Jonas, four years her senior, was still right handsome and idealistic, despite the crop failure and the other dis- appointments he had endured. Such bad luck would have depressed most men to the vanishing point, but Jonas was sustained by his passionate adoration of Molly and his children. From the very beginning, Ava sensed the depth of her parents’ love for each other. And she saw that her oldest sister, Beatrice, (Continwed on page 92) TODAY, AS Mrs. Frank Sinatra and Hollywood’s ac- knowledged No. 1 glamour girl, Ava holds to the same dream she dreamed as she trudged barefoot to school, three miles each way, through the dust of Grabtown. Frank’s in “Meet Danny Wilson” 41

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No blue notes BY IDA ZEITLIN : 7 ae THE MELCHERS used to be trigger-tempered about many things—but they’re learning. Doris is in “Tl See You in My Dreams” BLACKWELL MARTY LIKES sweaters and skirts on Doris. “She’s more sensible about clothes than lots of girls” ENGSTEAD “TO BE perfeetly honest, I don’t understand boys,” admits Doris. “But Marty handles Terry fine” ORNITZ AND FINK ‘2 ‘< Na Ors Hie es a

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44 LOOK OUT, TONY i BY KAY CAMPBELL The Hollywood warning signs are up for Tony Dexter. He reached the heights as Valentino. Will he be able to stay there—as himself? PHYSICALLY there’s a resemblance between Tony and Valentino, but psy- chologically, Tony feels, they’re quite different. Above, with wife Marjorie We IN “The Brigand,” Tony dances typical Valentino _tango with Gale Robbins Tony Dexter is known for the cloak he wears, a secondhand cloak that once belonged to Valentino. Tony feels this cloak does not fit him too well. And he does.not think | it is too becoming. “Never,” he says, “will I wear it again.” That Tony will not again play Valentino is believable. But he is intrigued by the letters which ask him to portray “The Sheik,” Valentino’s most typical role. Also, the scenes of his new picture “The Brigand” (Continued on page 97) “WHEN I. played. Valentino,” Tony says, “I tried ” to interpret him, not to mimic him , ORNITZ AND FINK

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ADRES Fe) ES: 46 Nor LONG aco I had luncheon with a girl friend who was bewildered and blue. Her best beau was going into service, wanted to marry her. “You married Gene under the same circumstances,” she said, “Would you do it over again?” What I did ten years ago, in the winter of 1941, can’t be used as the perfect example, because marriage (like the human nose) is of highly individual nature, no two being identical. However, since our marriage was a wartime romance, helped and hindered by all the usual difficulties, our story may serve other young : couples. First of all (and I think this is terribly important), I was self-support- ing. When Gene first asked me to marry him, I was dancing in “Let’s Face It.” Before that I had danced in “Panama Hattie.” It was reasonable to suppose that I could continue to secure well-paying jobs. If a girl is going to marry a serviceman who, like Gene, will be drawing a slim seventy dollars per month, she should have her own source of (Continued on page 83) “IN OUR letters we planned the house we’d build someday.” Above, in dream home, with son Christopher. Gene’s next is “She’s Working Her Way Through College” I married a SERVICEMA BY MIRIAM NELSON “SOMETIMES separations are good for a young marriage—they prolong the courting days—turn every meeting into an adventure and a challenge” COLOR PORTRAIT BY FINK AND SMITH

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haunted the mailbox She lived for phone calls, snatched at rare weekends, for V-letters. It was as miserable as they’d warned her a war marriage would be—and as wonderful as she’d dreamed

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eer ee Ra ee ET 48 GOSSIPS MISS the target when they say Ingrid Bergman will return to Dr. Lindstrom. The latter lost his case when he took daughter Pia to London to see Ingrid GOSSIPS overlook the obvious when they claim an admirer of Jean Peters, with director Hath- away, pays her to stay single BING CROSBY’s health keeps studio heads hopping— out of bed. But not because of anything Bing says! GLAMOUR and gossip. They seem to go together. And nowhere in the world is there so much of both as in Hollywood. Lana Turner slipped in the shower and flooded the town with rumors of suicide! We'll never know the true Sigty: behind the jagged gash on Lana’s wrist. Only Lana and her mother share the secret. But the rumors will live as long as Lana is news. Since Judy Garland tried to end it all, attempted suicide has been Filmland’s most fashionable rumor. Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas had a tummy-ache. Trying to hide his simple ailment, he called a doctor, under a different name, which is what most stars do when out of town. The doctor . gave him a salt water solution to make him ill. You and I can take an emetic and it isn’t suicide. But in Frankie’s case there'll always be an echo—did he really try ,to kill himself? Rumors of romance, divorce, deceit. Hollywood has ’em all, over the coffee, over the counters, upstairs, downstairs, in milady’s chamber, and in milord’s chamber, too. Came the rumor all the way from (Continued on page 72)

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pevieve it... 1, "OL BY SHEILAH GRAHAM When you hear the latest stories about the stars, you don’t know what you’re missing—and that’s the truth! PRINCE ALY KHAN’S black eye was less surprising to Joan Fontaine than the report she heard of how he got it Ee a ‘ es me es ~t ~ Pea $ ae THE NEXT TIME Tony Curtis makes a statement, he’ll make sure whoever is listen- ing in gets more than half of his story! | ORNITZ 49

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50 peg Petraes ear There & Photoplay Sneak Previews “The AFRICAN QUE ABOVE, continuity. girl Angela Allen, hairdresser Eileen Bates, Katie Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall (who went along for the ride), director John Huston. Right, Bogey, Lauren. Latter played ten- nis in shorts, was nicknamed “Lady with a two-piece” by the natives Aieica calls—and Katie and Bogey de- cide that filming stories on the spot is an exciting expe- rience they’ll take— once in a lifetime! KATIE wore floor-length skirts when working in this Horizon-United Artists release, but at night she put on her favorite costume—slacks \

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, ae Rata) : Fs Ae = Ww > ee "WHEN MISSIONARY Bob Morley sees Germans burn native village, he protests, is struck down and dies -—leaving sister Katie Hepburn alone in the jungle | KATIE IS rescued by Humphrey Bogart, captain of supply boat, “The African Queen.” Before they anchor for night, Bogey tells her a German gunboat is near by. He says they can’t escape—but Katie has a plan ea Acrors feel like adventurous explorers these days with movie companies, more and more, insisting upon filming stories against their native backgrounds. For “The African Queen,” the cast lived nine’ weeks in the jungle—dodged snakes, were pestered by huge ants and green flies and slept with sentries on guard to ward off the wild animals that prowl at night. But the film they brought back is a vivid record of jungle life. a ASUDDEN STORM swamps the boat— Bogey and Katie are picked up by the en- emy—sentenced to die as spies. But “The African Queen” completes her mission! = SE = eee a ON HAZARDOUS TRIP they bog in mudbed. Katie goes in to help Bogey when he tries to pull boat out. Later, he staggers back on deck, shivering, covered with leeches. Katie washes... ~a > <n £ a . .. THE LEECHES off with salt, covers Bogey up and prays for help. She has learned to love the rough mechanic! That night it rains—the boat is released. Next day they reach the open... in ih oe = y a . -- LAKE, sight the gunboat. They head for the river bank, prepare to put Katie’s plan into action. Bogey makes torpedoes from explosives on board, fastens them to side of boat ol

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HEADED for hap- piness: Peggy Dow’s in “Reunion in Reno” 52 Tue Preswent may never know it, but you might say — he played an important part in giving the bride — away.... For it was in Washington, D. C., three months — before November 24, when Peggy Dow, the charming new U-I star of movies like “Bright Victory,” “Harvey,” “Reunion in Reno” and “I Want You,” ~ realized for the first time that she was in love. She'd — gone to the nation’s capital for the premiere of © “Bright Victory.” She’d met the President. She’d made a speech before important officials. She’d been th guest of honor of the Senate. And (Continued on page 78)

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SOMEDAY, Walter Helmerich wants to go to Washington and put a monument on the spot where Peggy discovered love came first She was the guest of honor at a Washington Tuncheon. And suddenly Peggy Dow knew her heart wasn’t in ABOVE, Peggy, fifthfromright (with upswept hairdo), at school in Gulfport where she met Walt- er. Right, Peggy heads line for break- fast at Studio Club. it. It was somewhere in Tulsa

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bee et ea y A Wherever you go—from Holly- wood to Cairo and back again—every- one talks about Hollywood parties. Well, when Hollywood parties are good they ‘are very, very good. And when they are bad—blame it on the hostess! For no party, whether it be a neighborhood gathering of six or eight or a hig wingdo on which a small fortune is spent, can be one whit better than the consideration and friendship and under- standing that the hostess gives to it. Do you have know-how as a hostess? Here is another Hollywood quiz that will answer this question for you. When you approve of what a star is reported as doing in the following items indicate your approval with a “yes”; when you disapprove, with a “no.” 1. When Claudette Colbert tells her cook to plan dinner for eight o’clock, Take this star quiz and there’ll ‘she doesn’t know a guest’s name—to— re yOu 4 i =| her guests sit down at eight o’clock. She — does not permit dinner delayed by extra rounds of cocktails. : 2. Virginia Mayo asks her maid to greet her guests by name and—when - say “Good evening” with a smile; to be friendly rather than aloof. : 3. In Hollywood not so many years ago there was a lavish hostess who had the habit of taking six or seven cocktails e too many—whereupon she did things which she later regretted. To avoid such | complications she instructed her secre- | tary to put knockout drops in her cham-— pagne glass whenever he considered she had imbibed too freely. ———— 4 4. Recently at a June Allyson-Dick Powell party everyone commented on the beauty of the buffet table. June, these days, goes to great lengths to see that 5)

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be no “regrets” when you say “Come On-a My House’”’ BY ELSA MAXWELL ‘the food served at her house is attrac- tive to the eye. 5. Jeanne Crain and her husband, Paul Brinkman, put Decalcomania in- itials on each guest’s cocktail or highball glass. _ 6. Gene Tierney and Oleg Cassini have, according to Gene, “the world’s biggest Lazy Susan.” Everything is placed on this revolving tray except the dessert, which is served later. 7. When Rita Hayworth gives a party ‘she looks too lovely for words. But she has very little to say, prefers to let her ‘guests do the talking. _ 8. Ann Miller, who usually entertains fat small parties, encourages arriving ‘guests to move through her more formal drawing room to the lanai and to be seated comfortably at one of the bamboo tables or on (Continued on page 85)

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STRICTLY FROM “Lawyers eat,” decided Gene. And he made up his mind to star at the bar. Then along came the depression . . .BY DAVID CHANDLER HEN Gene Kelly had the idea for the Gershwin ballet .»”” in “An American in Paris,” there were a lot of doubting Thomases on the Metro lot. “That’s an awful lot of ballet for one picture,” ‘studio executives protested. “Maybe the big cities will go for it. But small town audiences will be bored to tears.” However—the small ‘towns loved it. It all worked out just as Gene had planned. And Gene’s planning has been working out all right for a long time now. About fifteen years ago, two young men were sitting in a musty dressing room out in Canonsburg, Penn- (Continued on page 88) 56

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GENE KELLY in dance sequence from his next picture, “Singin’ in the Rain” Fy. WHEN daughter Kerry, who says she hates ballet, goes into her dance, Gene and Betsy know why—it’s bedtime!

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“ge take my BY PAUL DOUGLAS Sux was blonde and she was beautiful, make no mistake about that. Her name was Jan Sterling. She said, “I’ve heard of you.” I said, “Nothing good, I presume.” She said, “They told me you were a bore and a loud mouth. Just a lucky no-talent guy. Is that good?” I said, “For Hollywood, yes.” Then she grinned at me. So I sat down. And that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Soon after that we fell in love and were married. And we're still good friends. And that’s good. In 43 Hollywood, or anywhere else. One of the questions I am often asked is: “How did you first meet your wife?” To this I reply, “I picked her up in a saloon.” Usually I twinkle roguishly ‘when I make this remark. Because actually it is not precisely true. It is a fact that one part of Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills is devoted exclusively to the sale of light refreshments. But Prince Michael, the proprietor, prefers that his establishment be referred to as a restaurant. And since they do serve excellent food, (and I am a stockholder) (Continued on page 80) PAUL is in “Clash by Night”; Jan is making “Hear No Evil” A BRASSY wench in pictures, “she’s a doll around the house / — WIFE... gilli es as “FROM THE beginning, Jan and I talked of the worst we'd heard about each other” PAUL KNEW, the first time he met Jan, that he’d probably marry the girl! She can’t cook. She drops hairpins in his shaving cream. And look out for | her when she’s mad! But as | a wife—she’s not so dumb! 59

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MAC of “Let’s Make It Legal” and Betty in their liv- ing room. “Put simple curtains at the windows, cheer- ful colors on the walls and choose sturdy furniture when there are children,” advise the Careys, who have three | PHOTOGRAPHS BY DE GENNARO If you want to catch the glow of the Macdonald Carey home—cast your eyes on some of their decorating ideas BY LYLE WHEELER Art Director, Twentieth Century-Fox Studios

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WHERE E yine IS FUN CENTER of family life is the den, with its sturdy i \ ry Ee cotton tweed rug, green grass cloth walls, whim- sical iron roosters topped with red lampshades SUNNY sitting room, in rear, where Careys relax over papers and coffee Dn you ever see a house that was both dignified and friendly, had poise and warmth, all at the same time? That’s the Macdonald Careys’ house! It has many rooms and most are large—all of which makes it suitable for a family with three young children. Macdonald, or “Mac,” as his friends call him, and his wife, Betty, used everything they could from their previous home, and you’d never know that it wasn’t all specially ordered. “Well,” you might say, “that’s all very good, but theirs is a large house. Mine isn’t. And besides—look at their income.” Now there’s no point-in pretending you can have imported lamps and luxurious carpeting on a limited budget. You can nevertheless give your house the same quality the Carey house has. If you follow the basic rules they followed. Mac and Betty chose .a wonderful teal blue for the dominant living-room color. They framed it with white woodwork and a white ceiling, and blended in beige wool carpeting. Cream-colored heavy otto- man draperies hang from the ceiling, topped by deep cornice boxes of teal blue linen trimmed with two rows of pleated blue cotton taffeta. This same pleat- ing travels down the inside edge of the draperies and decorates the blue linen tie-backs. For furniture, they blended modern and tradi- tional. All occasional tables are of dark mahogany. The drum table by the lounge chair js strictly tra- ditional. So are the two pie-crust tables folded back against either side of the fireplace. But the glass-topped coffee (Continued on page 81) FIREPLACE of living room shows perfect blend of modern and traditional pieces. Velvet trim on white lampshades matches design on china urn bases

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it by Blackwell. Janet's in “Just This Once” Color portra IANET .. . rendez- ing sweater fitt wood violets and candy hearts . . . Psyche in a form EIGH excitement . . h ing tunes on a music- VOUS Wit. list ° . . Star-gazing rea box . kli tin 62

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OH N DE RE K A Greek statue warmed by the sun .. . firm hands on the reins of life . . . sleigh ride in the moonlight . . . Dreamboat at the corner drugstore . . . youth fired by ambition’s torch Color portrait by Smith-Ornitz. John’s in “The Dark Page” RN a

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PHOTOPLAY BA SLHTONS IT’S COTTON PICKIN TIME This year cotton stars in any season—with the tweedy effect of wool, the texture of linen, the sheen of satin. Smart, practical and pretty, it adds a fresh excitement to the fashion scene. It is the perfect answer-to the modern girls’ wardrobe prob- lems. And the price is as intriguing as the fabric PHOTOGRAPH BY ENGSTEAD Eyez Anne Francis of Twentieth Cen- _ tury-Fox’s “Lydia Bailey” models a _ challis print dress of quilted cot- ton. Young and gay is the fitted bodice, trim waistline. Full skirt is just right for pretty petticoats. By Jerry Gilden in gray, yellow, red, green, black, 10-18. $17.95 at Abraham & Straus, Brooklyn, N. Y._ Jewelry by Coro. Debutante belt : Accent on feminine charm is the Jonathan Logan adaptation, op- posite, of dress Michael Woulfe de signed for Marie Wilson to wear in “A Girl in Every Port.” Charm- ing bodice, cuffs, are in polka- dot pique. In turquoise, navy, green, gray, brown, 7-15. $12.95 at Foley Bros., Houston, Tex., = | Wm. Taylor Son & Co., Cleveland, O. and Broadway Dept. Store, Los — Angeles, Cal. Capezio shoes COLOR PORTRAIT BY SAMERJAN Marie Wilson, right with Groucho Marx, wears the original dress in scene from RKO’s “A Girl in Every Port” FOR-STORE NEAREST YOU WRITE DIRECT — TO MANUFACTURER LISTED ON PAGE 67 pene

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WHEREVER YOU LIVE YOU CAN BUY - PHOTOPLAY FASHIONS If the preceding pages do not list the stores in your vicinity where the Photoplay Fashions are sold, please write to the manufacturers listed below: Jonathan Logan dress 1407 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Jerry Gilden dress 498 Seventh Ave., New York, N. Y. Linsk Jr. Sportswear skirt and jacket 3111 West Allegheny, Philadelphia, Pa. Koret of California suit 611 Mission St., San Francisco, Cal. Pat Hartley dress with spencer 1400 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Eye-ful petticoats 45 East 30th St., New York, N. Y. f OF THE JOYCE HOLDEN DRESS, LEFT e DETAILED PATTERN DRAWINGS .. THE ACCEPTED SYMBOL Ji fi fer confot BS fit that’s magically flattering, comfort that’s posi- tively pampering —look for the label that says Life by Formfit! Only Lire Bras by Formfit are “Triple Fitted” to you. Proportioned to (1) your bust size, (2) your cup size, (3) your separation—wide, medium or narrow. And LIFE GIRDLE alone gives you Formfit’s tailored-in control that slims the waist. Trims and smooths hips and thighs. With free-action comfort all the way! LIFE BRA working with LIFE GIRDLE. The secret of A Sweetheart of a Figure! Be fitted and see, at any of the better stores. You’ll know then why more women demand Formfit than any other make. ; Life Bras from $1.25 Life Girdles from $8.95 Fra Sect ae THE FORMFIT COMPANY e CofE e NEW YORK

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IT’S COTTON PICKIN’ TIME Barbara Rush, above, of Paramount’s “Flaming Feather” makes a smart appearance in denim—an Irwin Mills fabric. Fitted jacket has stand-out pockets, push-up sleeves. A perfect suit for the girl who commutes, it comes in the new brown, pink or blue. By Koret of California, 10-18. $12.95 at Abraham & Straus, Brooklyn, N. Y., McCreery’s, New York, N. Y. Marvella jewelry, Dani hat M-G-M star Janice Rule models an intriguing two-piece dress that looks for all the world like tweed—is really ~ a yarn-dyed waffle pique cotton by J. P. Stephens. The fitted waist-length jacket, full flared skirt, can be mixed or matched with other pieces in your wardrobe. By Linsk Jr. Sportswear, in black, brown or navy. Skirt $7.95; 9-15. Jacket $4.95, 9-15. At Lit Bros., Phila- delphia, Pa. and McCreery’s, New York, N. Y.

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Universal star Joyce Holden shows how versatile a dress can be. For casual appearances, wear the en- chanting fitted spencer jacket. And be ready for a party in the dress, alone, with its buttons to the waist, wide open neck and shor! sleeves. The fabric, by Dan River, looks and feels like linen—is really seventy-five per cent cotton, twenty-five per cent rayon. By Pat Hartley, in a wonderful variety of color combinations. Around $20.00. 9-15, 10-16, at Oppenheim Collins, New York, N. Y., Crowley, Detroit. Mich. Perky hat by Debway “CHOOSE YOUR STAR” WINNERS add variety to the spice of this sparkling collection of cottons WORKS PHOTOPLAY FASHIONS Eye-ful petticoats To give the new full skirts that fashion swing For store nearest you write direct to manufacturer listed on page 67 PHOTOGRAPHS BY ENGSTEAD

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YOUR PHOTOPLAY Bhoto— Play p- Lana Turner used to say her daughter Cheryl never would grow up to be an actress—she just didn’t seem to care about any kind of entertainment— except Hopalong Cassidy. But one day, on the set of “The Merry Widow,’ Lana was sur- prised to overhear Cheryl tell- ing co-star Fernando Lamas.. . that she was going to be in a school play! Later, at dinner, Cheryl informed her mother she was taking the place of a schoolmate who had. . . | ... the measles. Delighted, Lana offered to help her rehearse. ... saw her daughter posing before a mirror and gesturing. Lana But Cheryl refused. She wanted to surprise her mother when the said nothing, quietly closed the door. On the night of the play, play opened. Once, when Lana entered Cheryl’s room, she... Lana was as nervous as a wet hen! The play went on and.. . . on but no Cheryl. Where was she! Would she fluff her lines? Lana fretted and fidgeted, waiting for Cheryl to appear. Then, just before the final curtain, a figure . . . . floated across the stage. It was Cheryl! “Bless you,’ she said in loud clear tones as the curtain dropped! Lana choked —then giggled. Mama’s little angel was off to a flying start!

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’ Shes Engaged | Charming Marcaret E. Brown announced her engagement to Sylvester P. Larkin, Jr. Jin September. Both of Greenwich, Connecti- cut, their exciting plans include a winter wedding and reception in New York. There will be a matron and a maid of honor, but all eyes will be on Margaret—a perfectly exquisite bride! Dhies Lovely ! Soft brown hair, sparkling sky-blue eyes, a beguiling smile, and wonderful skin—as smooth-textured as the petals of the first snowdrop! These are the things you notice first about Margaret. And her face lets you see at once the quick understanding warmth of her bewitching Inner Self. Thee Peds! Doesn’t it give you a lift—when you know you look your most attractive self? Margaret feels a “must” in any girl’s beauty rules is fastidiously clean skin. She thanks her nightly cold cream cleansings with Pond’s for her own lovely complex- ion.“ couldn’t go to bed without a thorough cleanse with Pond’s Cold Cream,” she says. “It makes my skin feel marvelous.” You can have a “happy-to-look-at”” com- plexion, too, if you will only cream your face with Pond’s Cold Cream every night as Margaret does, this is the way: Margaret’s Ring— a solitaire with rose diamonds and baguettes Margaret Brown—“Pond’s Cold Cream is my most indispensable beauty accessory,” she says Lalag yo put we Hot Stimulation—a good hot water splashing. Cream Cleanse—swirl light, fluffy Pond’s Cold Cream over face and throat to soften dirt and make-up, sweep them from pore openings. Tissue off well. Cream Rinse—more Pond’s now, to rinse off last - traces of dirt, leave skin immaculate. Tissue off. Cold Stimulation—a tonic cold water splash. Now, doesn’t your face feel tingly clean, rosy, waked-up? And look velvet smooth? Don’t think it’s vanity to want to look pretty. When you know you are showing your nicest face, a confidence sparkles you, attracts others to you on sight! Boe Conflente, Margaret says PO cogp cream NDS Fase Start your Pond’s beauty care now. Help your face show a lovelier You! woe

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(Continued from page 48) New York, when Joan Crawford was visiting there, that she was breaking up the home of Yul Brynner and Virginia Gilmore. The King of Broadway and the Queen of Holly- wood—a juicy tidbit. But Joan swears it wasn’t true. “I met this guy,” she told a friend shortly after her return, “to dis- cuss a television show. I’m not interested in him romantically.” And she must have been right because, soon after, Mr. Bryn- ner went back to his wife. NEW rumor has Ingrid Bergman return- ing to Dr. Lindstrom, when and if she divorces Rossellini. And her close friends in Italy and Hollywood now are saying that boredom is raising its marriage- shattering head in Bergman’s heart. But this I know, in spite of the gossip. No matter what happens to Ingrid and Ro- berto, she never will return to her first husband. He zeroed his chances when he froze Ingrid out of a warm meeting with their daughter in London, for never in the stingy periods of time allotted her was she alone with Pia. Just one half-hour the first day! And to get to her daughter as quickly as possible, Ingrid had ferried across the stormy English Channel in a small private boat. It will be interesting to see what happens when Pia is of an age to choose the parent she wants. Greta Garbo rumors always are rampant. Every month for the past ten years, she’s been going to make a different picture. I’ll believe she’s going to make another movie when the last foot of film is in the can. You’ve heard, of course, about the dia- mond ring Scott Brady gave to Dorothy Malone. “Just talk,” says Scott. “Dorothy and I never have been engaged.” Maybe not. But Scott’s in love with Dorothy. Or he wouldn’t check her landlady on all her movements! When Dorothy arrived in- cognito, as she thought, in Palm Springs not long ago, she was surprised to hear herself being paged as she entered the hotel lobby. On the phone was Scott— describing the clothes she was wearing. Brother, that’s no rumor—that’s romance. Elizabeth Taylor is supposed to have said, “I have the body of a woman and the mind of a fourteen-year-old girl.” She insists this is a figment of an imaginative reporter’s notebook. So many lines of print, true and false, have spilled over Elizabeth’s beautiful head. She also denies now that she was ever in love with or engaged to Glenn Davis. I remember how- ever, when she showed me the little gold football she wore on a chain near her heart. And Stanley Donen! She and Stanley Believe It . . . or Not never had plans to marry, she says now. But they did. This month, Liz will be free of her Nicky Hilton marriage. Wanna bet she stars in a new, immediate rumor of marriage? Not long ago I had lunch with Tony Curtis at Universal. He had jumped up fast and I wondered aloud whether the studio had given him a new contract to match his new status. “No,” said Tony. “They offered me another deal. But I'd rather wait and see how the public likes me as a star. Then maybe I can get a bigger contract.” Makes sense! But this simple, sensible statement of planning developed into a supposedly big fight Tony was having with the studio. Not by me—by someone who heard only half the story. To show you how facts can be twisted in Hollywood, when Lauren Bacall was expecting Bogart’s baby, I was told by a Columbia publicity man, “This isn’t Bogey’s first child, you know. He had a child when he was married to one of his former wives.” I was surprised. “Are you sure?” I asked the press agent. “It’s easy enough to find out,” he reminded me. “Just ask Bogey or Betty.” So, the next time I was talking to Betty (Lauren’s real name), I said, “I was told the other day this isn’t Bogey’s first baby, that he had a child by another wife. Is that true?” Lauren laughed and said, “No, this is his first.” I laughed too, and called my press-agent friend. “You were wrong,” I told him. And thought no more about it. But some months later the story came back to me like this—that I had called Lauren Bacall just before she got into the car to go to the hospital to have the baby, to tell her that her husband had fathered a baby by a nameless woman—born that very same morning! For years the rumormongers have been insisting that Nelson Eddy was going blind, that Margaret Sullavan was stone deaf, and that Gregory Peck had a weak heart. For the record, Nelson is merely myopic, Mar- garet did have some hearing trouble that was cured in an operation, and Gregory, who has overworked consistently, jokes about his heart with reporters. When I first came to-Hollywood, I was told that Clark Gable had removed his upper and lower teeth at a party and waved them about while he cried, “Amer- ica’s Sweetheart!” I have never asked Clark, “Are your teeth your own?” That’s a matter between Gable and his dentist. But I’m sure he has too much good taste to remove his molars at a party, even if he could. “Wo Make-Selieve Here: i say thousands of regular listeners to radio’s “My True Story”. Thats because “My True Story” is not just another radio pro- gram with made-up characters and _ situa- tions. It’s a refreshingly different slice of real, everyday life, lived by the kind of people you know and see all the time. And for a true life drama acted behind the scenes at a broadcast of “My True Story,” read “Ring For Mary” in February RADIO- TV MIRROR magazine now at newsstands. TUNE IN American Broapcastinc STATIONS The most prevalent and perennial Holly- wood rumor is that this or that star has been killed. Bing Crosby, especially. Studio press chiefs are continually being routed out of their beds in the wee small hours with gruesome details of the sudden death of the studio’s top star. Once in a while, of course, as in the tragic case of Robert Walker, the story is unfortunately true. But mostly, these reports are grossly ex- aggerated. Have you ever been hit by a revolving door or walked into a lamp-post? You might get away with either of these ex- planations for a black eye. But were you a star everyone would smile unbelievingly. Betty Grable reported for work one morn- ing with a beautiful shiner. She said some- thing about backing her car into the garage and hitting her face. The story went round and round and came out here quite differ- ently. Something about a fight with spouse Harry James. Talking of black eyes, when Joan Fon- taine was dining at Deauville with Prince Aly Khan, he ogled another beautiful woman at a near-by table. Whereupon the woman’s husband upped and _ punched him. That is the story as it appeared in print. But Harry Crocker, who was there, knows how Aly really got his shiner—when, exercising, he banged his head on a parallel bar! June Haver, a devout Catholic, spent hours in the hospital chapel, praying for her fiance Dr. John Dusik both when he was ill and after he had passed on. But when a rumor circulated that, as a result of John’s death, June would give up her career and enter a convent as a lay sister, she was most annoyed. OR a long time there’s been a fantastic | rumor that a wealthy admirer pays Jean Peters a big annuity to stay single! This I don’t believe, never have. The man is un- married. If he wanted Jean all to himself, why wouldn’t he marry her? One of the classic fabrications of all time reports that Pat O’Brien’s chest was tattooed and that he had the skin peeled off to make a lampshade for his wife. (Sounds more like a yarn from Buchen- wald.) Pat says that if he ever catches the person or persons spreading this ri- diculous tale, he’ll murder them. When Ann Sheridan’s name is tied romantically with a guy—I usually smile. Unless they spell it “Steve Hannagan.” I never believed she was in love with Jeff Chandler, even though I read about a torrid romance daily in the columns. Because, when the Chandler thing was supposed to be at its height, Steve slipped quietly into town, and Annie slipped firmly into his arms. She always does, ever since they met about ten years ago. And it wouldn’t surprise me if they announced one day they had been married for lo, these many years. Ava Gardner was dining with Frankie in Mexico’s plush Acapulco playground. Across the room sat Hedy Lamarr with her new husband, Ted Stauffer. Hedy, newly wed, was reported to have snubbed the not-yet-married couple. Hedy was the first to rush into print and say it wasn’t so. The simple truth—she didn’t see them! Anne Baxter admits she dieted strenu- ously to lose weight. “But the figures are always wrong,” wails Anne. “I lost twenty- two pounds, not sixty!” Even mules are not immune. Do you ’ know what they say about Francis? Well, gather round, kiddies, and Ill let you have it. They say that he’s two men in a mule- skin! THE END rh

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If you want to be charming BY JOAN CRAWFORD Star of "That Woman Is Dangerous” Many of your letters to this column asking for help with beauty and charm problems start off on this half apologetic note: “You'll think I’m silly for worrying so much about this, but...” I don’t think you're one little bit silly. But show me a girl who isn’t trying every day to make the most of her feminine self and I’ll bet you she’s been defeated once too often, and so has given up, died a little, really. Dorothy McGuire said one of the wisest things anybody ever has said about this beauty business: “Being conscious of beauty is not vanity,” Dorothy said. “It has a deeper side. It is a note of friendliness, a way of saying you want to be pleasing.” Beauty, then, is a friendly gesture. Striving for beauty, struggling to overcome whatever particular problems you have is then a con- structive act—nothing certainly to feel guilty or furtive about. What am I to say to a young girl who writes FRECKLES can be beauty marks on the girl who knows how to wear them LARTER i OVERWEIGHT in one spot? Watch that diet act ocr you'll lose some lines you like that she has been working at the same job for eight years and has “hated every minute of it”? The rut of misery she has been digging for eight hours a day, six days a week, for eight long years is dangerously deep by now and a flip “Get out of it” would be about as help- ful as the farmer’s “Get a horse” to the city fellow whose car broke down twenty miles from the nearest garage. But “Get out of it” is still the essence of my advice, and with these specific reasons: From the charm standpoint alone, I am horrified to think what all those hours of re- pressed anger must have done to the girl’s relationships with her family and friends, what havoc it must have played with her natural outgoing friendliness and consequently with her attractiveness. But, more important, there’s no good reason for anyone to get stuck in a job he hates. I believe this firmly and (Continued on page 90) 73 Sa en Snounou uninmnmanomanesasnuaamun slips ovine oii

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(Continued from page 43) the most of them? One evening they visited friends who'd built in the hills. The three-tiered English house left them gasping. The countryside, rolling from windows to far- away skyline, lifted their hearts. In the car Doris turned to her husband, but he said it first. “Tomorrow you go out with a real estate man. If you find something you like, I’ll come and look.” Next morning they took it up with Terry, whose every freckle seemed to leap in pure panic. “You always said a dead-end street was important. Where would I ride a bike or roller-skate? You can’t do that to me. You can’t take me away from all my friends. We have the fort and every- thing. I sort of help to run things around here—” The voice that had started in out- rage threatened to falter. Over his head the others exchanged a swift glance. “There’s the answer,” said Marty quietly, and Doris nodded. He spoke to. the boy. “We’re not leaving, Terry.” “But you said—” “That's before we knew how you felt. Now we’re staying put.” “Is—is it all right with you—?” “It’s swell with us,” smiled Doris. “We’d rather stay.” Two young arms half strangled them. “Gee, thanks, Mart. Thanks, Mommy. Wait’ll I tell the fellas,’ and Terry was gone. Marty’s thoughtful gaze followed him. “You figure and figure and suddenly find you’ve been thinking only of yourself.” “Gee, thanks, Mart,” echoed Doris softly. “For what? He’s my boy too. Well, bride, now that we’re going to live in the place, let’s fix it up the way we want it.” ‘N. saltbox, shack or three-tiered ele- gance, it’s the atmosphere that counts. Wherever they lived, the Melchers would carry theirs with them. Their home is plainly a place of warmth and peace. Like a radiant blonde butterfly Doris flits about, looking tinier, blonder and still more radiant as she comes to ‘light beside her big dark husband. They make no parade of their feelings, but neither do they mind expressing it in their own fashion. Melch- er’s a man both articulate and intelligent, his speech shot with lazy humor. “T be- lieve the principle behind any marriage is closeness. Doris and I have a talent for staying close, and for two excellent reasons. One, I like it. Two, she insists on ibe “Then why do you go to sleep in the backyard?” “Because the sun makes me sleepy.” The sun makes her talkative. She loves to stick her face right in it and gab. When she’s working, she can’t. The freckles show up too much. “When I’m not working, my husband falls asleep on me, and I end up talking to the wall. So I get real mad, and march back to the house. Dragging him after me.” “The picture,’ says Marty, “of Doris dragging me may seem unrealistic. In es- sence, it’s true. Through my slumbers I hear her heckle, ‘Why don’t you come in?’ For the above mentioned excellent reasons, I go—” From the age of eighteen till he mar- ried Doris Day, Melcher had lived in hotels and longed for home. Now he has what he wants, knows it and revels in it. Let others fly off to Honolulu or Palm Springs. Bur- bank is Shangri-la enough for him. Not long ago he and Doris spent the day shop- ping. Back within their four walls, he drank the room in as though they’d- been away for weeks. “I love coming home,” said the simple Mr. Melcher, and his simple wife choked down a lump in her throat. No Blue Notes Home means not only Doris, but her mother and her son. Mrs. Day used to worry at first. “Look, I think maybe you kids should be by yourselves—” “Nanna, you're never getting away from us. What's more,” he continued placidly, “if the bride ever acts up, I hereby give notice that I’m taking you and Terry.” It looks as if he’s taking Aunt Reeree too, who came on from Cincinnati for a visit and promptly established herself in Marty’s affections. “She’s a great gal,’ he informed his wife, “and a comfort to your mother. Think we could keep her here?” “Nothing like asking,” said Doris, both tickled and touched. Instead of asking, he told her. “We’ve decided you’re a member of the family. We love you, Reeree, we’d like you to stay with us.” A childless widow, accustomed to fend- ing for herself, Reeree needed a moment to recover. “Want your answer now, or can I think about it?” If the voice came out dry, the eyes didn’t. So Marty seems to have copped himself an aunt. And if all this makes him sound like an unthinking pushover for his wife’s family, the impression’s wrong. His atti- tude’s based on a solid foundation. “We’re friends,” says he. “I have no use for the in-law relationship. I dislike the term. We're friends because they’re nice people —gentle, gracious, helpful, good to have around. It’s just a coincidence that they happen to be relatives too.” Then, of course, there’s Terry. With won- der and thanksgiving, Doris watched the love between man and boy take deep root new hope 27 for hearts AMERICAN HEART WEEK FEB. 10-16 and grow. Terry introduces Mart proudly as his daddy, and signs his school papers “Terry Melcher” with a flourish. He’s not too old to jump into Marty’s arms the mo- ment he sights him, nor to crawl into bed with him mornings, where they talk air- planes or Terry asks serious questions— and gets serious answers—about what it means when a man’s prime minister and why we're fighting in Korea— “I stay out of it,’ says Doris. “To be perfectly honest, I don’t understand boys. My son, for instance, collects very odd things. He’ll walk in with a huge spider, and I'll die. Marty gives him a cosy chat on-spiders, then explains that you shouldn’t catch things and put them in jars. Happy endings for all, including the spider. “Or take fights. Kids are always having big scraps. Maybe six turn against one, so that one sits alone in the house and he’s trapped. When Terry got involved, I'd say, ‘Go to your room. You’re not being a gentleman—’ Sounded silly even to me, but I couldn’t think how else to handle it. Marty handles it fine. Gets them all to- gether, holds court, hears evidence, has them roaring inside five minutes, so they can’t remember what the fight was about. Another thing’s dirt. Dirt used to bother me out of all proportion. Marty says, ‘Look at our blackface comic, and sends him up to wash. ‘A boy has to get dirty, he told me. ‘I used to get dirty. It comes off in the water.’ And all of a sudden dirt stopped being a problem. “T used to scold. Not Marty. His voice just gets firm.” At eight-thirty Terry’s playing iets piano. “Time for bed,” says Marty. Terry gives out with a hopeful line of doubletalk. “It’s time now,” says Marty, who’s opposed to dilly - dally, and now it is. Or maybe junior’s trying to steer clear of a shower. “I took one yesterday and I didn’t play very hard and I’m not very dirty.” “We won’t discuss it. Upstairs.” End of discussion. And though Terry may grumble on prin- ciple, his heart isn’t in it. Doris feels that deep down he enjoys taking orders from Marty, that it gives him a sense of security? of belonging. In Marty’s mind there’s never been any question as to where Terry belonged. From the beginning he said: “As soon as were married, I want to adopt him.’ Adoption is a long-drawn-out procedure and the wheels move slowly. Not till last October were the Melchers called downtown for a conference. At its close, they were told that an investigator would be sent to look their home over, to inspect Terry’s room, and to talk with him. Doris conveyed this information to her son. “There'll be a lady out here to see you soon.” “What lady? What about?” “About Marty’s adopting you and how you feel about it.” “How I feel about it! How does she think I feel about it? Anyway, why does she have to ask me? Because you certainly wouldn’t let him if you didn’t love him and know he’s a nice guy and a good father.” “You'll never find a better,” contributed Nanna, always ready with her two-cents- worth on the subject of Melcher— “That’s just what I’m going to tell her.” Marty surveyed his domestic circle. “Do I bow now,” he inquired, “or wait for an encore?” OVE’S an essential cornerstone of mar- riage, but not the only one. Common interests, common values and a common faith are equally important, and these the Melchers share. Their faith teaches hu- mility, patience, tolerance. “It’s a goal,” says Doris, “even though you're forever falling short. I fall shorter than Marty. He’s got a wonderful disposition and better control.” Flamboyance holds no attraction for them. Normality is the keynote of their daily living. They eat on the screened-in porch where there’s a breeze and no flies, and toil happily in the backyard. Doris weeds and cut flowers. Marty waters, puts up trellises and keeps an eye out for Terry and his gang. Big Moo, the kids call him. “Don’t you call me Big Moo,” he growls, and dunks them in the pool. Terry’s nick- name is Little Too, acquired when a lady of three fell in love with him and the near- est she could come to Terry was Tooey. Helped by a cook, Nanna runs the household. Marty’s gained twenty pounds, swears he hates every ounce and continues to eat his way ’round the clock—with Doris a close second when she isn’t working. Since the day her uncle brought them a German salami, Marty hangs German salamis all over the place. Nanna garnishes salad plates with wafer-thin slices that never reach the table because Marty prances behind her, gobbling them up. Anything she lays hands on tastes better to him. Charlotte Greenwood, a close friend, asked them to stay for dinner one evening. “We’ve got hickory smoked ham.” “Tm not hungry,’ Marty announced. ‘Tm not eating tonight.” Till he erossed his own threshold, sniffed, i

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Because they’re non-drinkers, they enter- tain informally. At night your guests ex- pect liquor. Unwilling either to disappoint them or to violate their own rules, Doris and Marty throw daytime parties in the backyard. Volleyball, swimming and a disc jockey for records because, according to Doris, a party should be planned. It’s not fair to ask people just to come and sit. They barbecue steaks and hamburgers, serve coffee and soft drinks, and compro- mise on beer. To the Melchers, cocktail parties are a headache and not merely because of their disinterest in cocktails. Crowds and noise oppress them. They prefer the intimacy of small groups where they can talk. They enjoy charades and number games, but their greatest enthusiasm is reserved for what Doris calls “discussion parties.” These were initiated by their attorney, Jerry Rosenthal, another non-lover of conventional whoopee. “Let’s get six or eight people together for dinner,” he sug- gested. “Let’s decide beforehand what we're going to talk about, and come pre- pared. Then after dinner let’s talk— freely, openly and without heat—” Doris glows over these evenings. “One night we talk politics, one night we have a real frank discussion of religion. We all — say what we believe and don’t believe. We disagree but respect each other’s opinions. There’s no deviation to gossip. It’s pro- ductive, it’s stimulating, it means some- thing and you learn a lot. Marty—” she adds her favorite clincher— ‘“Marty’s crazy about it—” If you want sanity and a well-ordered existence, you can get it in Hollywood as elsewhere. Marty, who’d rather walk bare- ae THE Happiness Three Nations Tour arrives at RKO studios. Mrs. Mary Priestly, second left, won Photoplay trip to California, Mexico, Canada. foot than owe for a pair of shoes, refus to go overboard in refurbishing the saltbox. “A beautiful house that’s out line with your income is a snare and d lusion. You don’t walk into it on a sol foot.” Doris feels the same way, but sometimes tempted to sacrifice economy beauty. Marty acts as stabilizer. In t end, they compromise. One compromise involved not cash, b floral designs. Say “floral design” Marty and he shudders. “You can’t | this to a man.’ “I suppose you'd like checks and plaid: “What else?” “All right. In the bedroom I'll go ale! with that deal because we share it. But the living room we'll have floral pattern; A howl of anguish from the male. “Flo al patterns are chi-chi—” “You'll like them. Honestly. If not, 1 eat them—” ! “Then why not settle right now f quilted salami?” They settled for floral patterns. Apz from this single lapse, Marty considers }. wife’s taste impeccable, going so far as | let her pick his ties. He also goes shoppi: with her tor the fun of it. Doris has fi too, and not only with clothes. At a pla like Saks’ or Magnin’ s, Marty’s a picn) “Now this one’s only three hundred ai fifty,” says the salesgirl sweetly. Melcher faints dead away but makes strategic recovery to demand: “Thr fifty for what? My wife looks elegant in skirt and sweater. She doesn’t need tha “Marty, I can’t wear a skirt and sweat to the Academy Awards.” “Don’t worry, dear. Ill whip you up| number under the name of Jacques Me chior.” Actually, Doris falls no harder thant | for the high-pressure routine. On this h husband hands her the accolade. “Sh more sensible about clothes than lots girls who never earned a quarter.” ] true that she loves the simplicity a originality of the top designers, nor dc she believe in bargains. But neither dc she believe in fancy prices, and thin the best thing is to find yourself a wonde ful dressmaker. Her taste runs to si colors. She’d wear a splash of red, k never a red coat. Marty’s favorite shac on her are gray and blue, and he notic everything. “Mmmmm, nice! Nanna, cor look at my bride.” They have special names ioe each oth which Doris isn’t telling, because they too silly. “People read them and say, ‘ no!’, not realizing that their names ¢ just as silly—” But she makes no secret the fact that she basks like a kitten in 1 sun of her husband’s love. He’s ve

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Wi cative and that suits her fine. He ses to baby her and she laps it up. Any arty’s. already worried. “What do hus- nnds do? How do they get you to the dspital in time?” ‘Which reduces her to tender mirth. “Oh, arty, you're going to be really funny—” ... That’s in the future. Meantime she’s ally funny to him—an endless sou_ce | diversion, mostly unconscious. By his andards and Nanna’s, she’s inclined to : slightly prissy, blushing at the barrel- yuse humor they enjoy. She enjoys it 0. Blushes, embarrassment and all, she thdraws to another room and laughs vr silly head off all by herself. She’s forever cutting in on his phone Ils, business or otherwise. “Who’s this?” quires a bright voice on the extension. it's someone she knows, Marty’s dead. Yh, how are you? Where’ve you been “Why don’t you?” seconds Marty. “Then aybe you and I can talk.” He views himself as a whiz with hammer id paint. Doris rates him lower. “Tt’s / right for you to do’ the garden stuff. side, we'll have experts.” “What am J—?” “A doll. But the fence doked.” Since she can spot a crooked picture at ar miles, he’s licked. This frustrates him t in a pleasant way, since it also saves n from getting involved. With the benevolence of a Newfound- id watching a puppy at play, he sees aight through her whims and finds them guiling. Whenever they go out, he has stand inspection. Sometimes she makes you put up is him change. “Darling, it’s formal. You’ve got to wear dark blue—” So it’s informal, and he stands out like a missing tooth. “What are you all dressed up for?” people ask. “My wife insisted. I like it,’ he adds equably. Then there’s the motor trip routine. Since records are part of his business, Marty likes to play radios in cars. Except for thrillers, Doris can leave radio alone. To complicate matters, she reads a book and with such absorption that, when the music starts, she never looks up. Instead she lifts her hand in a queenly gesture, meaning, “Turn it off.” Whether or not he turns it off depends on how important the record is. But the royal, command is something he wouldn’t miss. He counts himself lucky to get any food on the road. Doris enters a restaurant and Flying won’t ever be safe until we do away with the ride to the airport. . JOHN WAYNE heads for the kitchen. Unless it’s speck- less, she’s out front in one minute flat. Or she doesn’t even get as far as the kitchen. One sniff is enough to send her on her way. Seeing her flit for the second or third time, Marty orders a sandwich, munches it in the car and fares cheerfully farther—a knight in search of grub for his lady fastidious. ; Marital kinks have developed from lesser trifles. It depends on the viewpoint. “If you're adult,” says Marty, “such things don’t annoy you. To me they’re humorous. Changing suits or restaurants isn’t that much of a problem. If I’m going to argue, itll be on the basis of a real difference. These are unreal. Most people who bicker, bicker out of false pride or unaccountable phobias. They blow up huge issues from infinitesimal causes. It’s the old story of 'the toothpaste cap. If it’s off, let it stay off, who cares? Arguing over a crooked fence is a non-intelligent form of exchange. “That’s the theory, anyway. Needless to say, we don’t always live up to it. I used to be trigger-tempered about many things. So was Doris. But the first two months were the hardest, and we’re learn- ing. My wife and I get along very well indeed.” He dropped his sober tone to survey her blandly. “Twenty minutes go by with never a cross word.” “Marty, they might believe it,” wailed. “Don’t you want them to?” “It’s one of those two-way cracks, like when did you stop beating your wife?” “Weeks ago,” said he, and his wife gave up. Terry once came in at the tail end of cross words. 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Suddenly, Peggy found herself thinking: Of all the people 1 know, who is the one person I’d like to have sitting beside me right now? Some- body V’d be proud of—somebody whose opinions and comments would command the respect of all these people around me. Also somebody, she thought, feeling sud- denly weary and a little lonely, I would be sure I’d want to see. peese who’s undoubtedly one of the most normal, typically American girls in all Hollywood, realized how very weary she was. This had been her most success- ful year in Hollywood. She should be the happiest girl in the world. But something was lacking. Under the mounting pressure, her career was becoming a grind, with acting less a pleasure This wasn’t what she’d dreamed about. “Tt was such a strange thing—the feeling of loneliness that came over me,” Peggy says slowly. “Something that might happen once in a lifetime Ay So she asked herself again, “Of all the people I know—who do I want beside me now, and here? To share this particular moment with me?” “Walt!” she realized. Walter Helmerich, a Tulsa oil man and drilling contractor; age, twenty-eight; height, six-feet-one; hair, dark and crew- cut; brown eyes that could laugh or storm —and recently they'd been storming, with his increasing conviction that any man could only come second to Peggy’s career. I want Walt here, Peggy realized. He would fit here. He fits anywhere. He’s the greatest . She stopped, dazed by her sudden discovery that this must be love. “Our courting days were really some- thing!” Peggy says now, remembering the two stormy years that eventually led to the altar. She and Walt had been breaking up—and making up—almost from their very first date They met first—very casually—seven years ago, when Peggy was attending a girls’ finishing school in Gulfport, Missis- sippi, and Walt, a lieutenant in the Air Corps, stationed in Biloxi, was dating a cute classmate of Peggy’s named “Susie.” “He was so handsome in his officer’s uniform and his blue convertible—and all,” Peggy says. “When he came after Susie, the rest of us would watch from the win- dow—and sigh.” When he was discharged from the ser- vice, Walt enrolled in Harvard business school. Peggy studied drama at North- western University and one day headed for the West with a letter of introduction from a friend of her father’s to an agent in Hollywood. Then in New York on location with “The Sleeping City,” Peggy had gone to a party at the St. Regis Roof with John Conte and Nina Foch. There was something familiar about the man sitting at the next table. “Please,” she smiled, “I know you from somewhere.” It was the same approach so often handed her, and this time she was handing it back—in all sincerity. “T wish I could say the same for you,” he’d grinned. But, being gallant too, he immediately offered to be of any assistance possible. “T went to Northwestern University,” Peggy began probingly. “T went to Riverside.” “IT work for Universal-Internationa! Studios,” Peggy proceeded. That stopped him for a minute He’d been to Hollywood and he’d dated some % who worked for U-I—but this attri blonde, how could he have forgotten {ei They continued reviewing their [e grounds, until Peggy finally came t/t part. “And I went to Gulfpark Colle’ “Hey, I used to date a girl there!” | “Susie! You’re Walt Helmerich,’ Me membered Peggy. 7 “And you are Peggy Varnadow!” Vjic is just about the way a scenarist have had boy meet girl. Later, when Peggy returned to her pte she received a wire from Walt sédlin “You're the nicest thing that’s happer me in years.” But, like Cinderella, sh'y leaving for California the next a.m: [HEN Peggy went home to Athens, |@ nessee, for the holidays, Walt calleth from Tulsa and made a date for thet’ go to the Sugar Bow! game in New Orjar on New Year’s Day. “I’d love to,’’fai Peggy. Then the next day she had tie back and explain she’d had a call \fg the West Coast saying she was neede} a radio show. Walt’s answer was a 1g long telegram listing all the airlinesth routed through Tulsa to the Coast. had a two-hour stop-over, he noted. didn’t she take that? Aboard the plane, Peggy began tof misgivings. And by ‘the time the } taxied up the Tulsa runway, she'd losihi nerve completely. When the other pajé gers disembarked, she pretended misplaced something. She took a steltl look out of the plane window and he v even there. He just wanted to see i would come. He’s probably watching somewhere to see if you get off—the vanish—like that! she thought. By now the stewardess seemed cerned too, and Peggy, making with double-talk, disembarked and w swiftly towards the airport building side, she saw a familiar figure pacing window~to window saying, “She sai would be on Flight Six. When’s the plane? . What happened to you’ broke off, spying her. “T_I couldn’t find my coat,” Peggy lamely, throwing the line away. i “Well, it’s nice of you to stop,” he} a little formally, reaction having set’ “Oh, it’s nothing really,” Peggy asi} him airily. She had to go to Holly ii} anyway, and it was only the natural i to do to go by way of Tulsa. Finally, when they stopped sparrin: relaxed, Walt took her out and introc her to his family. Walt proposed that spring, the si time he came to California to see her. were en route to Romanoff’s for d: “You're out of your mind!” she lau “You don’t even know me.” “IT know as much about you as Id} to know for a lifetime,” he insisted. “My career interfered with our cil ship,” says Peggy now, admitting tli: the understatement of this—or any Peggy couldn’t make Walt underi why, after the work, the hopes, the I; breaks—and now finally success, she reluctant to waste all that had trang before this handsome, gay guy hacilf scended into her life with the unch effect of an Oklahoma cyclone. should I come out here and work lik: —then just walk away?” she reasoned through everything, get my foot insic door finally, then just give it all up? Finally, Peggy asked him not toj@, for her any longer. “It isn’t fair to e you to wait. It might be a month, a y or ten years—” Then they almost got married New |

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lesz, bei 51 in New Orleans when they finally pt their date for a Sugar Bowl game. alt wanted to marry there and then. And »ggy almost weakened. “But there’s no ine,’ she said. She was due back to the yast to go into a picture with Dick Pow- | ammediately. She couldn’t make Walt ‘tderstand. They quarreled bitterly. This \ne, they agreed, was the last... . ‘|\ITwo weeks later, Peggy was wandering stlessly around her room at the Holly- yod Studio Club, when the phone rang. was Walt calling from some little town | Wyoming. It was freezing cold, and »| Was so miserable. “I’ve never been so d—or so lonely in my life, and I’ve en thinking everything over—” Then, that day in Washington, D. C., ting at lunch, when Peggy had found rself feeling the same way, she called alt and asked him to meet her in New rk. “I’d like you to,” she repeated. Ie} ‘Well, 1? And Peggy had said again, “I want you ” EY saw the shows, they danced, they jid all the things there hadn’t been time || the first time they’d met there. Final- | one night, Walt had asked, “Why did ‘|a@ want me to meet you here?” Peggy sitated, then said, “I just wanted to see )|a.” How could one explain to any human jing, after all this time, how she’d sud- ;jaly found she loved him? .. . yone didn’t have to explain. For Walt 's saying, “Why don’t you marry me?” i That,” said Peggy, “is a very good wea. i it was typical of this sentimental South- ( girl, that she wanted a home town jading in Athens, Tennessee (population 000), in the presence of her parents and {rounded by the love and affection of her ,jaily and their friends. wneirs was an all-white wedding in the ith Memorial Church in Athens on Sat- silay, November 24, 1951. Pical of Peggy, too, that her wed- ke} gown was made by an old friend i) the family, who had made Peggy’s thes back in Tennessee. “I designed it. 4) had it planned all my life,” she says, pit dreamily now. It was a breathless dation of tulle and taffeta and some {(Uable old French lace which her mother il saved for years—encrusted with seed iris and iridescent sequins. ler sister, Ann, seventeen, was maid of lor. Walt’s sister, Cadijah Jr., and mzgy's cousin, Clyde Green, were brides- yids, with her“two little adopted cousins flower girls. Walt’s father, Walter Hel- wrich, the Second, was best man. i)espite her husband’s lucrative interest ithe Helmerich-Payne Drilling Com- iiy—they’re “at home” today in Tulsa jone of a solid block of brand new jrtments, brick and Bostonian in ap- |vance, which rent for $100-up-a-month. veggy isn’t giving up her motion picture weer. She plans to commute back and ‘h from Tulsa to Hollywood for pic- 2s “when a good script comes along— perhaps I’ll do two pictures in a row, ); works out that way—and Walt will fly | on weekends.” the doesn’t anticipate any problems of lirriage versus career at the present. lalt wants me to go on with my career. | spent a great deal of time on the set h me the past year, and he understands ® work much better now. I’ve been going (fund oil wells and leases with him, and inderstand his work too.” nd someday her husband would like fit on the spot—where the Peg of his t made that startling discovery—and sre this story first began. 53 THE END “BRASSUVERES : Floating Action is a revo- lutionary new design principle introducing _. tangent straps, which Suspend the frame at six points rather than ‘the cup séctions .. . allowing greater free- dom of arm and shoul- der motion in greater comfort, without slipping! CIRCL-O-FORM Style 495 SATIN y 7, L if Trainy Style 492 BROADCLOTH White only » A cups 32 to 36 «Bcups 32 to 40 *C cups 32 to 42 ... with FLOATING ACTION Style 392 BROADCLOTH 200 Style 395 SATIN 250 a Po . EXQUISITE FORM BRASSIERE, INC. New York 16 ¢ Los Angeles 14 * Toronto TALL GIRLS —you need this FREE style book! It tells the story of Lone Bryant's “Over 5'7” Shop” specialization Spring's glamour clothes in TALL-sizes 10 to 20 Dresses * Coats * Suits Jackets + Blouses * Sweaters Skirts + Slacks * Sportswear Negligees - Lingerie * Girdles Hosiery * Shoes —all designed to fit your Tall figure so perfectly you can say goodbye to expensive alterations ...and all are priced like fashions in ‘regular sizes."* Mail coupon for your Free Style Book Today (If you are not already on our mailing list) lane Bryant, Dept. EV110 465 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. Please send me “Over 5'7” Shop" Spring Style Book. -the Tampon with rounded ends —the only Tampon ‘Quilted’ for comfort... ‘Quilted for safety... Next time try FIBS (internal sanitary protection ) “3. M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.

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2Q0 (Continued from page 59) I am willing to admit the issue. Also Jan and I were properly and for- mally introduced. And by a gentleman whose manner and savoir faire made it obvious that he was a student of the works of Emily Post. So that part was according to the book. But this man who brought Jan to Ro- manoff’s and paid for her dinner did not escort her home. I did. And I feel that I have a point there. Here are the details. I had just finished my after-dinner coffee when I looked across the crowded room and there she was. She was wearing something black and smoothly fitted and she had a couple of yards of mink thrown casually over her chair. I already knew her name. U hao had told me, “She’s gorgeous. But temperamental and unpredictable. When she gets mad she’s heli on wheels.” The first part of it I could see. The rest of it 1 was willing to discover for myself. Her companion was a friend of mine, Louis Shurr. I waited until he had paid the check; then I strolled over and joined them. Right from the beginning Jan and I talked of the worst we had heard about each other. That was the way it was. No holds barred. Later that night, as I drove her home, we tried to learn some of the best things. And when I finally left her at her front door, I said, “If I ever get mar- ried again, you will be the girl.” Five times after that I called her, and five times she said she had another engage- ment. The sixth time she agreed to have dinner with me. We went to Dave Chasen’s which is also in Beverly Hills. I said, “Were you really busy the other five times I telephoned?” She said, “There’s only one answer to that.” I said, “Or could it be that you wanted to find out if I was just another wolf?” Then she smiled. “Well, it’s nice to know that you’re not.” That was in February of 1950. After that we went, as the saying goes, steady. I don’t think I ever actually proposed to Jan. But I’m sure she was soon aware that I had marriage on my mind. One evening when I called for her she was still dressing. I hollered through the door and suggested that she get a move on. She opened the door a crack and eye- browed me with a cool look of inquiry. “How’s that again?” she asked. I grinned at her. “One-of these days we're going to be married,” I said. “I thought I'd better begin to get some practice talking like a husband.” This didn’t seem to surprise her much. So I began to take it for granted that we were engaged. But she says she didn’t make up her mind about me until she saw my pic- ture, “Everybody Does It.” She liked the way I made love to my screen wife, Celeste Holm. She told a mutual friend, “There’s really no reason to leave this man around loose any longer.” And on May 12th, 1950, we were married. There are a number of reasons why I married Jan Sterling. Some of them are quite obvious to anyone of ordinary vision, and can be witnessed on page 58 of this magazine. But there are many others. For one thing, it is a pleasure to talk to her. Being a man, I like to talk. Being an actor I like to talk about myself and about my work. And Jan is that gem of priceless quality, an intelligent listener. On the other hand, she likes to talk, too. And I have found it equally enjoyable to listen to her. So we provide our own mu- tual admiration society. And in between, , there are happy intervals when talking is Take My Wife... not at all necessary. We can relax and just be contented and quiet. As you may have read, Jan was born of rich but honest parents who were duly accredited in the New York Social Register. When she was just a little girl, her father and mother were divorced. Later, her mother married an oil-company executive whose work took him to the capitals of Eu- rope and South America. So for several years after that Jan was constantly on the go from Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro to London, Paris, Vienna and the Riviera. However, by the time she was twelve, Jan decided that she was no longer inter- ested in international high society. They were living in London when she announced that she wanted to become an actress. She persuaded her mother to enroll her in Fay Compton’s School of Dramatic Art. And the theatre has been her absorbing inter- est ever since. (Professionally, that is. Privately, she still admits to considerable interest in an actor named Paul Douglas, who is presently working in the RKO pic- ture, “Clash By Night.”) Despite the disapproval of her mother, Jan was not quite fifteen when she made her debut on Broadway in “Bachelor Born.” Since then (in odd contrast to Jan’s true personality and her Blue Book back- ground) she has portrayed a succession of gun molls, strumpets, harridans and other unsavory characters. That she has done her work well was evidenced when Para- 0000000 OCOOHHOHOHHODOCOHOOOOSO “Of all the labor saving devices ever thought up for a woman, nothing is so effective as a wealthy man!” RONALD REAGAN 09 OOOOOOHHHHHOHHSHHHHHHOHOOLE mount recently signed her to a long-term contract. After that, she made one brief excursion toward respectability as a “good” girl in the picture, “Rhubarb.” But at the moment she is up to her old tricks again, playing a brassy wench who lures and leaves Tony Curtis in “Hear No Evil.” To say that Jan and I now live in the lap of luxury would be an understatement. We are perched right on top of its head. Our home, a rambling pink stucco affair of doubtful architectural ancestry, is pretty incredible even judged by local standards. According to a recent count we have about fifteen rooms (or is it twenty?). There are several enormous bedroom suites, a balconied drawing room, a dining room large enough to have an echo, and a ballroom with a fully equipped orchestra stage. A tremendous terraced patio strewn with wrought-iron furniture (one visitor said it looked overwrought) provides a breathtaking view of the grounds. One day when I asked Jan if she’d like to go for an exploratory stroll, she remarked, “I wouldn’t consider it without a safari.” On a clear day we can stand at one end of our swimming pool and just barely see the other. Actually. It is 360 feet long as the goldfish swims. It winds through trees and rocks, and at one place it detours past a real sandy beach. At the upper end there is a 100-foot waterfall which can be turned on and off with the aid of a motor-driven pump specially provided for that purpose. How did all this happen to us? It’s a long and complicated story. Through an in- volved series of leases and subleases we acquired it at a very nominal rent which includes upkeep of the grounds. Of course it was strictly for laughs and it seemed like a fine idea at the time. But now the fun and novelty have worn off. We have the distinct feeling that we ‘ are living in a resort hotel out of seasor So the moment our lease expires next Ma we shall move to a house just adequate an big enough for the two of us. With an extr room for my daughter, Maggie (by m former marriage to Virginia Field), wh spends every fourth month with us, an the other three with her mother. Maggie Douglas is seven. Before she ar rived for her first visit I had a few anxiou moments wondering how she and Ja would get along. But it was needless worr With female directness they sized eac other up, liked what they saw, and pro ceeded to become pals. Now when Maggie comes into the hous she is apt to greet me with, “Hi, Dadd; Where’s Jan?” Then they put their heac together and sit around chattering girl tal like sorority sisters. Once when I rashl attempted to break up one of these session Maggie said, “Please! Not now. Your wil and I are discussing life.” Bot what of my home life with the pin up girl who became my wife? Have you may ask, discovered her to be the pe: son I was warned against? The answer, i some instances, is yes. Jan has a forthright honesty that cause her to resent frauds and phonies an bores. She has great personal integrity an she cannot abide those who are satisfie with compromise or mediocrity. She has passion for loyalty and a habit of franknes that speaks out against those who do m share these ideals. In these cases, whe she is aroused, she is indeed a veritab! hell-on-wheels of fury. She cannot cook. Nor can she success fully operate a can opener. Her appetii is excellent but her digestion has bee conditioned by years of eating in fly tray while on theatrical tour. When she builc a sandwich she is apt to let it rise to height undreamed of by Dagwood. Is this a thorn in our marital bed + roses? It is not. We have an excelle cook who rules supreme in our kitchen. also have a self-educated culinary knac that enables me to take over on speci occasions. And in moments of crisis we cé always repair to the nearest drive-in. § eating becomes a pleasure rather than | well-chewed bone of contention. Of course, like all married couples, v do have our moments of controversy. The; are usually brought on by minor inciden such as hairpins in the shaving cream | nylons on the shower rail. And Jan has never been able to unde: stand my passionate interest in sports. Fr example, being a Giant rooter, I took pretty big when they came from far bi hind, and, with a ninth-inning home ru won the National League pennant and tl right to play in the World Series. But Jar only comment was, “So, what’s the diffe: ence? It’s only a game.” But these are small differences of opi ion. Our major framework for happiness based on a mutual respect for the abiliti and individualities of the other. So we t to live quietly and privately in an atmo phere of tolerance and understanding. F we feel that these are important facto for success in marriage and in love. One thing more. They say that the gua’ who stands by the statue of the Venus | Milo rarely looks at this world-famo work of art. And in the same manner husband often takes for granted the beat tiful woman who is his wife. So I’m delighted that Photoplay h chosen to print this pinup of Jan Sterlir Will you excuse me while I turn back t pages for another look? I wouldn’t wa to miss anything as luscious as that. 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Where Living Is Fun (Continued from page 61) table and the two _ glass-topped lamp tables have modern bases which feature a stylized leaf design. Needless to say, the glass is heavy enough to be practical, to hold an occasional bow! of flowers and the smoking accessories, crystal ash trays, cigarette chest and Ron- son lighter. The upholstered pieces, too, repeat the two furniture periods. Actu- ally, the only true modern fabric in the | living room is on the curved sofa, a brown cotton boucle shot with gold. The modern chairs wear a traditional floral pattern in rose, green, blue and yellow on a gray ground in a heavy Belgian linen. Besides the Lawson chair, which is cov- ered with rose rayon and cotton, there’sa blue velvet side chair and one in yellow brocade. HAT ean you borrow from this room to adapt to your own home? First, the color scheme can be used exactly. Select the blue paint from a paint catalog and apply it to your’ wall with a roller instead of a brush. Put flat white on the ceiling first, then do the walls, and finish off the white trim last. Forego wool carpeting and substitute a beige cotton shag. If carpeting is beyond your budget, a large rug that extends to within six or eight inches of the baseboard will create almost the same effect. Don’t try to duplicate the curved cor- nices. Make yours straight boxes. To upholster the cornices, put several layers of outing flannel over the wood, stapled on the back of the cornice. Then cover with blue fabric (to match the walls), also stapled or tacked to the back, pulling the material taut to eliminate wrinkles. “Almost everything we’ve used came from our other house,” said Mac happily, “and Betty and I are really pleased with the result.” The dining room’s a case in point. They followed generally the living-room color scheme, with pale blue walls, and cornice boxes upholstered in a matching blue twill. White panels hang to the floor. ‘his subdued scheme brings out the rich- ness of the mahogany dining-room furni- ture, which, incidentally, is a beautiful, simple, Chinese design. Instead of being full-length, the table’s in three sections, a large one in the middle, small tables at each end. These have a wonderful versatility. Square side chairs belong with the group, and the seats are upholstered in a rose-colored textured cotton. They’ve two more good ideas. A buffet stands against one wall, between two win- dows. Above it, a large mirror extends to the ceiling, reaching the windows on either side. It’s the best way I know to add depth and space to a room. For the second idea, Mac and Betty have used hanging shelves in the dining room to accommodate their silver, both hollow- ware and flatware. They’re all the same style, large rectangles with a drawer across the bottom of each. The two smaller ones occupy wall space on either side of the kitchen door. The two large shelves are on a third wall, side by side, which makes them seem to be one large piece, propor- tioned to fit the space. “With children,’ Mac says, “it surely helps if you have one room where the whole family can relax together. We've got our living room the way we want it. We hope to keep it that way.” Consequently, the den is the family room. It’s warm and colorful, with books everywhere. They’re part of the unit surrounding the fireplace, which consists of shelves on either side and a row across the top of the wall. Bookshelves cover including the large | aa Bead | Only one soap gives your skin this \ And Cashmere Bouquet is proved extra mild... leaves your skin softer, fresher, younger looking! Now Cashmere Bouquet Soap—with the lingering, irresistible “fragrance men love” —is proved by test to he extra mild tool Yes, so amazingly mild that its gentle lather is ideal for all types of skin—dry, oily, or normal! And daily cleansing with C ashmere Bouquet helps bring out the flower- fresh softness, the delicate smoothness, the exciting loveliness you long for! Use , Cashmere Bouquet Soap ‘regularly . . for the finest complexion care... fora fragrant hs invitation to romance! ff f J = / a y : Gachimere Bo uguet Soap —Adorns your skin with the fragrance men love! P nr

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| Married a Serviceman (Continued from page 46) income. People who are forming their own family unit should not expect to be subsidized by either the boy’s parents or the girl’s. Not only is the girl’s ability to earn her own way important from the standpoint of self-respect, but her work will occupy her mind, helping the months—and sometimes years—of waiting seem to pass more quickly. Another vital reason for our marrying ‘in the face of Gene’s leaving for the Army was this: For over a year we had seen each other almost every night, and even before we fell in love we had been good friends. We had discovered, for instance, that we were both wild about lamb chops, and could eat them at almost any hour, day or night. Both of us were movie hounds. We could talk dance routines for hours with- out getting restless or bored. WE HAD experienced the good fun of in- troducing one another to enthusiasms which were new: Gene, the Californian, had taught me to like avocados and arti- chokes. I had initiated him into the rites of eating oysters in a dozen different guises. We had worked our way through a series of arguments and had learned how to adjust. For instance, I had always been late for everything while Gene was as punctual as sunrise. Finally he blew up and we had a good healthy quarrel over it. I became time-conscious—and improved my character in the bargain. We had even decided that we wanted two children, a boy and a girl; we agreed that even if Gene never hit the Big Time, we could bring up two children as we would like, giving them good educations. We added, “Of course, if something won- derful happens so that we can afford a big family, that will be perfect.” All of these developments took up the winter of 1940, the spring, summer and fall of 1941. Gene had volunteered and was waiting his call at the time of Pearl Harbor. After that, we knew he would soon be. on his way. We were-deeply in love. I would look at him (when I thought he was unaware of it) and would be overwhelmed at the idea of our being separated for months, perhaps years. Sometimes I caught him staring at me, the same question deep in his eyes. My girl friends said it would be foolish to marry; that while Gene was away I would have to spend lonely nights, refus- ing dates, sitting at home, wondering and worrying and being miserable. They sug- gested that Gene might come back from war a totally changed man. My parents pointed out that if we had a child, and if Gene didn’t come back, I - would be weighted down by the responsi- bility of bringing up a youngster alone. Gene’s friends were saying that it was better to wonder whether a girl friend was stepping out, instead of breaking one’s heart over a wife. They pointed out that _there are alluring girls everywhere in the world and that a man shouldn’t fence himself in. That’s how matters stood one December day when I was helping Gene address his Christmas cards. Abruptly he said, “I think we should have an understanding: if we aren’t going to get married, there is no reason why I shouldn’t date other girls wherever I’m stationed. You’d be free to choose your own company, too.” “Well, then, why don’t we get married?” I inquired, not exactly playing hard to get. That, it developed, was Gene’s prerog- ative. For about thirty minutes he listed 5 all the hardships I would have to endure. Then we settled to a discussion of big wedding or small; home, church, or city hall. We settled on city hall on Decem- ber 22, 1941. There is something intensely sweet about a marriage and a honeymoon which face the hazard of parting. I’m not sure how best to say this, but realizing that every moment is precious, newlyweds, it seems to me, are able to put aside the small bickerings which often occur, to make adjustments and think only of the happiness they are sharing now. T’ll remember forever the honeymoon suite in the hotel Gene prepared for me. He lined dresser drawers with tissue, and he and Mother installed my. trousseau lingerie. Final touch: Gene had bought a mirrored box for cleaning tissues and a smaller, matching mirrored box for bobby pins. I can’t tell you what those frivolous gifts meant to me; eloquent as they were of Gene’s thoughtful and loving personality. Gene had decorated a small Christmas tree and set it on the coffee table. He put roses in tall vases around the room. Mother had baked a chicken and put it in the ice- box along with the essentials for the first breakfast I would prepare as a bride. Gene had ordered a bottle of champagne to be iced, and Eve Arden had sent us a second bottle. We had three wonderful months of building a marriage together before Gene was ordered to Fort Monmouth, New Jer- sey, and I packed up and moved back to my old room in the family home. Every girl who has to leave her honey- moon cottage, even ii that home is.a small hotel suite in which she has lived only three months, experiences such an. ad- justment as I had to make. I had grown used to hearing Gene’s morning baritone in the shower; used to telling him where his burgundy sweater was; used to dis- cussing every incident of the day with him, and laughing far into the night. In moving back into the family home, I could not regain my single status. Before I had been a single girl. Now I was a lone woman. I was allowed to spend a week at Fort Monmouth when Gene had finished his basic training. For several seconds after I caught sight of him, I didn’t recognize him. His hair had been G.I.-ed, he was thin as a needle, his cheeks were gaunt. “Darling, are you all right?” I cried and collapsed in a soggy heap in his arms. OMETIMES separations caused by mili- tary duty are good for a young mar- riage. They protract the courting days, turning every meeting into an adventure and a challenge. The experiences of wed- ded weekends are the stuff of which wonderful memories are made. After three months at Monmouth, Gene was requisitioned for “This Is the Army,” the Irving Berlin service show, and was transferred to Camp Upton, New York. He had a three-hour layover in New York. I met him at the station and we rushed to Pat’s Steak House, where we ate lamb chops and talked, planned, dreamed until train time. On such moments the service wife must live. She must be careful not to spoil the moments by crying or complaining or bickering. She must put aside everything except the delight of being with her hus- band. She must think only of him and of the wonder and permanence of their love. Gene and I were luckier than most service couples. While “This Is the Army” was playing in the East, I was able to spend an occasional weekend with him. 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Enclose check, cash or money order or we will send C.0.D. plus postal charges. CHARM CO,, Dept. 273 Box 102, Knickerbocker Station, New York 2, N. Y. picture version of “This Is the Army,” I resigned my job and joined nine other Army wives in a battered Pullman which was attached to the westbound troop train. Aha!—what a train trip. We were en route in the winter; at night the mercury would slip down to five and ten below zero. And one memorable midnight when the heat failed entirely, nine Army wives found out that it is possible to wear every stitch you own and still flirt with per- manent refrigeration. Our husbands were allowed to join us briefly each morning, for luncheon and for an hour in the afternoon. Whenever the train stopped, if we had the good luck to stop outside a town, we made a wild dash to the grocery store to secure some palatable food which we could prepare and share with our men. Chow on that train was strictly training for C rations. I suppose some girls would have classi- fied this experience as hardship, but most of us loved it. The essence of marriage is sharing, and certainly we appreciated what a troop train meant to our men when we finally reached Los Angeles. \ HILE “This Is the Army” was being made, Gene and I lived with his parents. Through a series of lucky breaks I was given a stock contract by Paramount. There was a breathless quality about those weeks—and then he was gone. Any girl who plans to marry her service sweetheart must face the fact that one of the biggest jobs on earth is waiting. Mere- ly waiting. Not knowing, but clinging to faith. Not receiving mail, but believing that the letters will arrive—any day. Sometimes there seems to be an invisible telephone wire that reaches out from hus- band to wife when they are apart. I was awakened abruptly one night by a light- ning-like pain in my right ankle. I couldn’t imagine what could have happened. Turn- ing on the night light, I studied the throb- bing flesh and bone. As suddenly as the pain had struck, it departed. One minute I was wondering whether I could crawl to the telephone to call a doctor, and the next there was nothing wrong with my ankle at all. Months later, when Gene felt he could write without worrying me, he confided that, in leaping over a table in his dance number in the show, he had wrenched his knee and his ankle, and for several days there was some fear that he might not walk again. He wore a cast for weeks. This accident occurred in England at eleven o'clock in the evening. That same night, also at eleven o’clock, I had suf- fered my strange seizure. There are about eight hours difference in time between London and Los Angeles, a fact which makes the transference of the information even more inexplicable. It’s easy to write a trite, uninspiring letter; but it requires time, patience, and planning to write a good one. Gene and - I wrote each other via V-mail every other day and once a week a regular air-mail letter, giving a detailed report. We tried to make our letters an actual exchange. We planned the house we would build one day, exchanged drawings until we had perfected a floor plan. Then we exchanged ideas about furniture until we had plans for each room. I reported regularly on our bank ac- count, and I told him how I was spending my salary. At the time Gene was buying one war bond each month and sending me, also, an allotment. Each month I deposited the bond in our safe deposit box, and the allotment in our savings account. A worthwhile man in uniform nearly always feels a certain amount of frustra- tion over the fact that he isn’t getting ahead in his chosen field; it is up to his i wife to show him inat, in some measure, they are building a future. In his own way Gene was contributing to our dreams. He was investigating the world and finding it full of wonder. His letters, which I have saved, would infect a statue with wanderlust. For instance: Sweetheart: Can you believe it! Can you imagine me, the California Norski, sweltering in Cairo, Egypt. Someday I’m going to bring you here. Yesterday a group of us went through the Muskee Bazaar. It is filled with booths where vendors are selling every type of native craft. I picked up a couple of presents for you: a bottle of Chanel No. 5 and a bottle of Shalimar. Not the diluted per- fume we buy at home, but the concen- trated essence that has to be cut with alcohol. Brrrrother, is it potent! I could write ten more pages about how lonesome I am for you, but I feel that wherever I go, I’m serving as a location-scout for us. Gosh, I could sure earn a merit badge for dili- gence in chasing a blonde if you were here tonight. With all my love, Gene. At another time he wrote: Honey girl: This idea of your roll- ing out at 3:30 in the morning in order to go by streetcar from Santa Monica to Paramount in Hollywood in time for an eight o’clock call is crazy. I love to have you living with my folks, of course, but no man could expect you to keep up that kind of a routine. Better get a little apartment near the studio. You suggested that maybe you and June Allyson could bunk to- gether. That sounds great. You’ve been wonderful about telling me everything that happens. I notice that when you go out the party always adds up to an odd number. Three couples, and Miriam. Or one couple, and Miriam. I sure don’t want you to sit at home all the time, but I don’t want you to have real dates, so this squad move- ment is a good answer. I’ll make it up to you when I get home, wait and see. Thanks for mailing the swimming flippers and the goggles for spear fish- ing. They haven’t caught up with me yet, but as long as I’m in the Mediter- ranean area, I'll be able to use them whenever they arrive. Be sure to send me exact details about the apartment arid how it looks when you get settled. Your homesick husband, Gene. I did move, first into an apartment with June and then into an apartment with my mother. In my letters to Gene I described every item of furniture and drew dia- grams. On that wonderful day when he came home in 1945, he walked in, looked around and said, “I’ve been here a hun- dred times in my dreams. It’s really home.” Mother had moved out to stay with | some friends, so we had the apartment to ourselves for our second honeymoon. I consider a second honeymoon, alone, one of the most. important plans for a couple who have been separated. They must have an opportunity to get re- acquainted without having to think of any- | one on earth except themselves. I suppose my beliefs can be explained like this: a girl should marry her service sweetheart if she has known him long enough to have an accurate idea about what sort of person he really is, and what his life aims are; if she will have at least a month of marriage before he is sent away; if she has the character to cling to him, forsaking all others; if she really intends to mean her vows forever when | she says, “until death do us part.” ' Tye ENnpD

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Are You a Good Hostess? (Continued from page 55) a bamboo stool at her bar—whereupon Ann personally mixes each person’s drink, whether it be a Martini or the equally popular—these days—frosted glass of gin- ger ale with lemon peel. ——— 9. Joan Bennett is inclined to allow her very charming husband, Walter Wanger, to greet their guests and manage things generally. 10. Whenever Sonja Henie gives a party there are prizes—for games or dancing or bridge or for the two or three guests who receive a lucky number at the door. 11. Not long ago Joan Fontaine gave a beautiful party. And a beautiful hostess she was in her heavy satin gown, pink striped and quite decollete. Most of the evening she talked intently and listened intently to an attractive new man. 12. When Susie and Alan Ladd give a party, however formal, their children are dressed in their prettiest so they may meet the guests and enjoy the party at least for a little while. ——— 13. Irrespective of how large a party may be and irrespective of whether he is host or guest Tyrone Power is able to call anyone he has ever met before by name, to talk to each person of his or her work and family; to inquire, for instance, “How is your little Johnny getting on? He Miuete be ini kifidergarten now.” Hollywood’s young stars adore the lively new beauty Rayve 14. Lana Turner likes to entertain eight gives their hair! “My hair just sparkles with life and to twelve at a barbecue beside her pool. light after a Rayve shampoo!” says enchanting Marilyn It is at once very informal and very elegant, ~ Monroe. Now—see how lovely Rayve makes your hair! Its with the guests seated at small tables Peeines have beaq served Anyone whos luxurious deep-cleansing lather, its rich curl-conditioning a stranger is seated at Lana’s table. When oils discover gleaming curls you never dreamed Lana is working she excuses herself at you had! 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While one guest spreads crackers -with different cheeses, another guest is assigned to a chafing dish in which chicken livers are cooked, another spreads the wafer-thin slices of rye bread on which the livers are served. 22. Mona Freeman keeps a book in which she lists her friends’ favorite dishes. 23. Dismissing the inadequacies of his housekeeper’s table, a certain movie star always concludes his good-byes with, “Oh well, we had a lot of laughs.” 24. Jennifer Jones, usually shy, is a chatterbox at her parties. However, she spends much of her time with the wall- flowers. 25. The day before one of the younger stars entertains she delights in poring over cook books for something exciting and new for her cook to prepare. Cif you are right on from twenty to twenty-five questions it is indicated that you are a wonderful hostess. If you check with fifteen to nineteen answers you have only to give a little more of yourself to be one. If you come in under the fifteen mark don’t despair; the very fact that you completed this quiz shows you want to entertain charmingly. And really that’s all that is necessary! The answers follow.) 1. Yes. Too often ‘in Hollywood—and elsewhere—a dinner is ruined because hostesses rely almost exclusively on cock- tails to make their parties successful. If you gather the right people together and plan your dinner” and _ entertainment, you can seat your guests before dinner is ruined with no fear that your party will die unless kept alive with alcohol. 2. Yes. The greeting a guest receives at the door is a small thing—but more often than not it engenders the mood with which a guest moves into your living room and your party. 3. No. A party cannot go on gaily after a hostess is carried out—if the guests are truly friends. Besides, a champagne glass with such potent drops invites dis- aster; as it did one evening at this star’s home. “Be sure to see that Miss So and So gets this,” her secretary instructed a waiter, placing a carefully doctored goblet of wine on the waiter’s silver tray. However, the waiter found it necessary to cross the dance floor where the late Leslie Howard was dancing with Merle Oberon, with whom he was then very much in love. As the waiter passed, Leslie reached for the goblet, raised it in a toast to Merle and, looking into her eyes, drank deeply of the wine—whereupon it was Leslie, not the hostess, who was carried out. 4. Yes. June, who knew little or noth- ing about running a house or giving parties when she married Richard Powell, has learned—what every good chef knows: that our taste buds are stimulated by the color and appearance of food; that mashed potatoes, for instance, become far more appetizing with the barest sprinkling of paprika or a few sprigs of parsley. 5. Yes. This is flattering to guests. It indicates their arrival was anticipated and planned. Besides, few of us are so lacking in fastidiousness that we do not occasion- ally wonder if a hurried host has given us our own glass and, if not, if the glass was washed properly. 6. Yes. Gene and Oleg’s guests twirl the Susan and help themselves. This brings a pleasant informality to the Cassini parties. It also. permits everyone to be served vegetables and a sauce or gravy while the meat is still hot. Deliver me from the hostess who insists upon formal ser- vice without a domestic staff adequate to handle it. Gene and Oleg entertain delight- - <a fully because they have the wit-net-to-b pretentious,. because they dramatize in-— formality rather than formality. They know a good casserole of rice and chicken — with curry and chutney on the side is one — hundred times better than pheasant and ~ wild rice with the vegetables failing to — appear until most of the guests have no pheasant or wild rice left on their plates. 7. No. Rita is lovely, ’m devoted to her. But, as she would admit, she does not shine as a hostess. A good hostess is quick on the up-take, keeps conversation going as skillfully as a badminton player keeps a bird flying back and forth. 8. Yes. Doing this, Ann starts her party on a warm, friendly note. Also in giving of herself she observes the first rulé of any good hostess. Far too many hostesses— and the stars are especially guilty on this score—leave the details of their parties to others. Their secretaries make out the guest list, send the invitations and both order and arrange the flowers. Their cooks or caterers plan the menus. Too often as a result a star is far more like a dress- extra on a movie set than a hostess. It is the death of entertaining when you pay people to do things for you. A good party reflects the personality of the hostess. 9. No. Although Walter Wanger is more than equal to taking charge of all depart- ments at a party the Wanger guests would feel more welcome if Joan, a delightful creature, would exert herself more in their direction. 10. Yes. Sonja gives the most beautiful parties in Hollywood—because she and her mother spend days planning every detail. Mrs. Henie even goes into the kitchen to prepare a famous chocolate dessert, the receipe of which she brought from Norway. And Sonia, giving prizes, is smart enough to realize that since none of us ever completely grows up—everyone loves a surprise present. 11. No. Joan is a darling. But she is not a good hostess because if she wishes to sit with a certain man, she sits with him and lets the party go on without her. It never would occur to Joan to leave a man in whom she was interested to see whether her guests had drinks or if said drinks might not need a little added ice. 12. Yes. If children are accustomed to having a small part in an adult party—and the Ladd children are—they cause no con- fusion, the guests enjoy the children as much as the children enjoy seeing their parents’ friends in party clothes. 13. Yes. There is nothing more flattering than to be remembered after a casual meeting. Whereupon, of course, a guest feels warm and friendly—and a party be- comes more successful. Tyrone has trained | himself to remember names and facts about people. It is comparatively easy for him to do this, no doubt, since he naturally likes people and is interested in them, 14. Yes.: Lana, like June Allyson, has learned a great deal about entertaining in the last few years. There was a time when she would have been so absorbed in doing whatever pleased her that any stranger among her guests would have been neglected. Ordinarily a hostess cannot leave her party. But circumstances, in — time, create new customs. And the stars, | who have to be up and about at six o’clock — in the morning when they have a nine o’clock call, can let nothing interfere with” their required hours of rest. Their energy and appearance depend upon it. So Holly- wood has come to understand and accept a hostess who retires early, leaving some" one to take her place. 15. No. The star himself, a gentle and — charming man, never would have done such a thing. Had he felt compelled to return the gifts, he would have sent them — to the society woman with a gracious

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‘her cook are familiar. note. He would not have set up the pre- tense of a friendly luncheon. The society woman, I think, behaved magnificently. ‘Quietly she placed the gifts in her hand- bag. “Thank you very much,” she told the star’s fiancee. “I am very glad to have them.” And adding, “And now, if you will excuse me!!”’ she departed—in full posses- sion of her dignity. Which is more than could be said for the fiancee. 16. No, not really. Although Bette ar- ranges her restaurant parties with thought and charm and sees to it that there are flowers and candles on the table and her guests are seated in a congenial manner. However, choosing to entertain outside of her home, Bette instinctively saves her- self all the thought and preparation that a home dinner requires. 17. Yes. Furniture properly grouped allows congenial guests to huddle and talk with more interest than ever would be possible if they had to talk across a room. 18. Yes. Those just meeting might begin a dozen conversations before they came to a common interest. Maureen’ saves her guests this trial and error routine. After all, she knows at once if they are interested in the theatre or music, if they like to talk about international politics or if they’re golf enthusiasts. 19. Yes. One of the best. Barbara, you see, is secure enough to let it be known that she will go to any trouble to please her guests. 20. Yes. Teresa allows for the fact that not all of her guests use the same cos- metic shades, that a guest may well arrive in a powder room to find she has forgotten powder, lipstick or rouge or that her eyes need a little retouching. Maureen also allows for the fact that the guest who has forgotten her powder is likely also to have forgotten her powder puff. 21. Yes. With June’s hors d’oeuvres routine everyone becomes acquainted fast. Guest participation is to any party what audience participation is to a radio or TV program. 22. Yes. Here again we find a hostess really using thought and effort to please her guests. 23. No, he is a wretched host. If a man or woman knows the food provided is not good or is inadequate there is no excuse for allowing it to continue that way. 24. Yes. Jennifer disciplines her shyness to be a true friend to her guests and to encourage all—especially those who haven’t relaxed—to have a good time. 25. No. Nothing makes a cook more nery- ous than a recipe she has never tried be- fore and nothing, by the same token, is more likely to make a new recipe go wrong than a nervous cook The wise hostess serves dishes with which she and THE END H ELP ... police find the fugitive criminal named and described on the “True Detective Mysteries” radio program Sunday afternoons $1,000-°° REWARD ...is offered for information lead- ing to the arrest of any one of these criminals. There’s nothing to buy; no box-tops to send in. 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Gene Kelly. “Perry Como.” “Thanks,” the hoofer named Kelly told the singer named Como. “Ill keep you in mind if my booking agent can’t place this fellow Crosby.” What’s yours?” HEY both laughed and then stopped suddenly, looking around the shabby, grease-stained dressing room. “How do you get there?” the singer named Como asked. “I mean, how do you get up there, on top?” “A plan,” Kelly replied. “You’ve got to figure it out. Make a plan and keep to it.” If there ever was proof in a pudding, the life and career of the five-buck-a-date dancer in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, is that. From the time he first made up his mind to dance professionally, he knew he wasn’t going to be content merely with executing a niftier buck-and-wing than the next one. A strong, positive fellow, he had equally strong and positive ideas about the kind of dancing he was going to do. The night Gene started to dance in a Cap and Gown show, the annual musical at the University of Pittsburgh, match- light and pocket flashlights flickered all over the house. You could hear whispers from the audience: “Who’s that fellow?” “He’s_ sensational.” The next morning, critics in all the Pitts- burgh papers who usually covered Cap and Gown in an indulgent and condescending way, had things to say about Gene Kelly. One, Florence Fisher Parry, who still writes one of Pittsburgh’s most popular columns, got to her typewriter and told the Pitt student body to throw their aca- demic caps in the air. “You have a great dancing star on your campus,” she said in effect. Everybody on the campus was pretty impressed. Almost everybody, one should say. Except Kelly. He was too busy plan- ning to be a lawyer to be much impressed. The morning after the Cap and Gown show, he was sitting with a friend in the outer office of the student employment agency. Today, students can do baby-sit- ting evenings for fifty and seventy-five cents an hour. That year’s class was happy to grab twenty-five cents an hour bus- | boying in a cafeteria during rush hours. And Gene worked his way through college, | wrestling freight, stacks of dirty dishes or two-hundred-pound packing cases—and | dancing on Saturday nights for a five-spot. “It says here,” the friend read aloud to Kelly from a newspaper, “that if Holly- wood is smart, they will drop everything they are doing out there to persuade you to be a movie star.” “T will not hold my breath until that ee ppeAe Kelly said. “Tt also says,” the friend continued, “that whatever you're planning to do, you should give it up and be a dancer.” “TI don’t want to be a dancer. to college so I can be a lawyer.” “After these reviews?” the friend asked. “Lawyers eat,” Gene said simply. “Danc- ers have to live on reviews—if they’re lucky.” By the time Gene got his B.A. degree he’d discovered a simple truth: Sometimes, I’m going minutes of jokes,” q when times are tough enough, even law- yers don’t eat. He also found that by being a dancer he could always make a dollar. On rickety © stages and narrow makeshift platforms in Legion halls, trade union halls and lodge rooms, he developed the style of dancing he uses today. Then he got a job teaching dancing to children in the Squirrel Hill Beth Sholom Synagogue. (Gene, who speaks almost as fine a Yiddish as Jimmy Cagney, calls it a “shul.” “Don’t forget the umlaut,” he says, spelling it out.) He did so well as a dancing teacher that he had a bright idea. He’d be a dancer, not a lawyer, but a spe- cial kind of dancer. He’d build himself a nice little financial backlog, teaching dancing. He’d study © ballet, take off summers to work with teachers whose work he admired, and when he was really ready, hit New York. As always, he was a Young Man with a Plan. Just as he’d gone after being a law- yer, now he was going to be a dancer. Every so often he would pack a bag and go to Chicago. Maybe he’d study with some great ballet teacher or maybe he’d just try playing to a Windy City audience for a change. He’d get a whiff of what condi- tions were like for dancers and be grateful for those dancing schools of his back in Pittsburgh. (The teaching business was going so well he had a number of schools by then.) One date that he played for a fast five bucks he hasn’t forgotten yet. “All they wanted out of me was a little dancing, a little patter and then about twenty-five he says. “That’s all! It took me well over an hour to get out there by streetcar. When I finished the act, and T did everything but introduce a troop of trained dogs, they reminded me I had to give another show before I could get the five dollars. So I did another show. I was getting dressed. It was two-thirty in the morning and I was dead-tired. ““Hey, what about the late show?’ the manager asked me. So I went on once more. The next day when I-found the booker who'd got me that lovely job, I was ready for mayhem, but he beat me to the draw. “‘Tyon’t hold out on me, Gene,’ he said. ‘Don’t forget I get fifty cents commission out of that five.” T WAS 1938 when Gene hit Broadway in a Cole Porter show, “Leave It to Me.” But it so happened there was someone named Mary Martin in the show, too. She sang a song about her heart belonging to Daddy, aided and abetted by a modified strip tease that stopped the show nightly. She got the. lion’s share of the notices, but a few dis- cerning people around Broadway remem- bered the name Kelly. A couple of seasons later, he persuaded William Saroyan to give him a chance to play Harry, the Hoofer, in “The Time of Your Life.” The. younger theatrical set around Ralph’s res- taurant and the Penn-Astor drugstore on Broadway were frankly skeptical. They admitted the guy was a great dancer, “But now they say he’s got this bug about be- ing an actor. Dancers can be personalities but they can’t be actors,” they insisted. - They didn’t know Kelly. He was a hit. And it was inevitable that he’d reach star- dom in the musical play, “Pal Joey,” which called for real acting as well as dancing. Just as it was inevitable for him to be brought to Hollywood. Signed by David O. Selznick, he arrived on the West Coast and then found the people who owned his con- tract had no idea what to do with him. A ~ similar experience has unnerved a lot of © people, but it didn’t bother Gene. “I’m learning a lot,” he said, during this waithae’

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; period. a “And ~ not complaining.” Later, when M- a M had bought his con- tract from Selznick, he made his first pic- ture, “For Me and My Gal.” Although he had established his personal style by then —a combination of authentic jazz hoofing and pure ballet—a style that was unique, it was dismaying to find that all Gene had to do in the picture were a few consciously corny song-and-dance man routines that some eight hundred and fourteen other dancing members of Actors Equity could do equally well. But was Gene concerned? He shook his head. “Very interesting, seeing how they make pictures,” he said. “I have a lot to learn. Someday I may want to direct my own dances.” He had something in mind, even then— that something that was seen in “An American in Paris” and that will be seen in “Singin’ in the Rain.” But like most people with a plan, Kelly does what he wants to do, quietly, with a minimum of hoopla. He joined the Navy during the war, without benefit of the press, and he leads a busy and compara- tively quiet home life in sedate Beverly Hills. At his home the company is highly intellectual, the talk good, his friends mature and interested in pretty much any- thing and everything. Gene is so crazy about his family—his wife Betsy, his daughter Kerry—he talks about “us” all the time, the way most actors talk about themselves. He’s always thinking in terms of Betsy-Kerry-Gene. The only disappointment, apparently, in his family life is that nine-year-old Kerry doesn’t like to dance. “She says she hates ballet,’ Gene de- clared, almost wistfully. “Then you can’t get her to dance.” “A funny thing,” Gene said. “That girl has brains. She’s smart. She knows how to get what she wants. When it’s bedtime and I call out to her to get to bed, that’s when she comes up to me and asks if I would like her to dance for me.” Kelly winked. “She thinks she’s out- smarting the old man, of course. What she doesn’t know is that I like a gal who uses her head. I'll trade a few minutes of her ' bedtime for that. And, what’s more, that way I get her to dance for me.” You might call Kerry a young lady with a plan. What she doesn’t know yet is that plans are an old story to friend father. THE ENpD MOVING? For prompt change of address, please notify us six weeks before- hand; otherwise, some issues may miss you. Also, some back copies may not be available. Write to MACFADDEN PUBLICATIONS, INC., 205 E. 42ND ST.. NEW YORK 17, N. Y. Send both old and new address, postal zone number and, if pos- sible, enclose mailing label from a recent copy of your PHOTOPLAY magazine. it’s possible to have your mailing address corrected by filing your mew address with the Post Office; they will notify us. 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A lot of girls, I think, secretly feel that “Any old job will do until I get married,” and then get so acidulous and tense doing work they hate that they lose all the natural magnetism which attracts the op- posite sex. Young men accept “temporary” dull jobs, then take on such heavy re- sponsibilities they dare not risk a change. Others plead grim necessity, or lack of training in the thing they would like to do. But there are night courses, free ones, and free vocational advice clinics, if you really want to get out of your rut. Weight Deductions: A young wife writes that, concerned over a rapidly expanding derriere, she asked her doctor for advice. He put her on a stringent diet, which she followed faithfully. Now, three months later, the | unsightly hips are gone, but so, alas, are two inches ‘from her once perfect bust. She also has some problems: unattractively bony shoulders and hollows in her cheeks which she says make her look old and ill. “What now?” she asked the doctor. . “You American women have a phobia about figure,’ he exploded. “First you want to get so skinny that you could just melt away, and then you say, ‘But I don’t want to be bony.’ Ach!” I have no medical degrees, but I would argue with his original advice. Diet certainly is the answer for girls who are just plain fat. But when a girl with an otherwise good figure wants to reduce one unsightly spot, then I’d think that localized exercise would do the trick without any unpleasant side results. Hips too big? My girl, get down on the floor and roll. Tummy out of hand? Lie on the floor and elevate your legs, first alternately and, when your abdominal muscles can take it, both at once, higher and higher each day, and bring them down slowly, counting, slowly, to ten, to twenty, to thirty. You can take it. Upper arms? 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Also important internally is the amount of fresh air you breathe— get out in the open and move around until your whole body breathes! Viveca Lindfors, who has the most beautiful skin I’ve ever seen in my life— is up at seven every day. She swims the cold Pacific before breakfast (every day of the year!). She walks, at least two miles, on the beach every day. She’s so full of good, pure oxygen you'd think shed inflate. Now for number two in the list of cor- rectives, the external: While the right food and sufficient ex- ercise in the open air are getting their licks in at your innards, there are some surface tricks that will speed the job along. The first external essential is, of course, cleanliness. Soap and water and friction are the chief ingredients. One of our readers who, bless her, is recovering from polio in a hospital in the East, wrote me that she had suffered agon- ies with acne before she got sick, but that, with the help and counsel of a friendly nurse, she will go home with an absolutely flawless complexion. The nurse’s secret was a complexion brush, which she used with a mild soap and plenty of warm water, both morning and night. I would suspect that the hospital’s scientifically trained dieticians were equally helpful to our convalescent friend. And how about number three—the psy- chological factor? Well, kids, the truth is that adolescent skin erupticns are somehow related to the teen-agers’ struggle to grow up, to pass from the dependence of child- hood into a stand-on-your-feet maturity. That’s a problem that every one of us has ta live through and resolve for herself. I’m certainly not saying it’s easy, but look around you—somehow or other a lot of people have managed. Good luck! Now then, a lot of you who write me moan, “How do I get rid of freckles?” This is a tough one for me. I happen to like freckles—which is fortunate, since I have my share. There’s something young, healthy and outdoorsy about freckles, I think, which is peculiarly American. Doris Day has so many and such de- termined freckles that even heavy screen make-up couldn’t hide them. So did Warner Brothers fire her? On the contrary. “The freckles are charming,” they said. “Skip the make-up. Let them show.” Welcome Strangers: A letter before me is from a young matron who recently moved with her husband to a new city. “We knew making friends would be difficult and that largely it would be up to us,” she writes. They didn’t wait for invitations, but broke the ice themselves by inviting their new acquaintances—business associates and neighbors—to their home. “Nobody declined our invitations,’ the perplexed young woman says. “They not only came, but they stayed late and seemed to have fun. But not once did we hear another word socially from any of them.” This kind of rudeness is common practice, I’m afraid. People are busy. They'll get around to returning the hospitality one day, but in the meantime how are the newcomers to know that they are accepted? It isn’t necessary to plan a dinner party right away to prove to a stranger in your midst that he’s welcome. A little note or just a friendly “thank you” phone call would be almost as effective. We want to be charming, it says here— but do we? Sometimes, I think, we hus- tling, bustling Americans find charm elu- sive because we don’t take time for common courtesy. THE END

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What Should | Do? (Continued from page 4) what would you do if the child were han- dicapped? Could you face a lifetime of selfless care and enormous expense? Be wise enough to go through a legiti- mate agency to get your baby, and be woman enough to wait your turn. Let your friend solve her immediate personal problem by going to one of those agencies for aid and care. Both will be supplied in kindness and with understanding. Claudette Colbert Dear Miss Colbert: My mother and father died when I was four. Since then I have lived with my aunt and uncle, who are very strict. Two nights ago I attended the Junior Prom. My aunt made me wear an old dress of hers. She said she had worn it only once about twelve years ago and that it was right back in style. It was made of navy blue lace over a watered bur- gundy taffeta slip. It had a wide boat neck and long sleeves which came to a point over the hand. The skirt was pulled up at one side, and fastened with three old red velvet roses. Miss Colbert, I just looked awful. All the other girls wore nylon net or tulle, or | just yards and yards of taffeta. Even so, the boy I went with was nice and said my hair looked pretty. He asked | me for another date for next week and when we got home, he kissed me good- night just as if I had looked like Cinder- ella. But my aunt peeked out the win- dow, and saw it, and she popped her cork when I came in the house. She says I can’t go out after dark for a month and that I can’t have any telephone calls either. Sybil H. I gather that your uncle and aunt have had no children, and that you were im- posed upon them as a duty. I imagine that they love you dearly, even though they are incapable of being as under- standing as you would wish. It may be your aunt knows as well as you do that the garment was not suitable, but she was un- able to provide anything better. Your letter indicates that you are bright and intelligent and have a feeling for fashion. Why don’t you learn to sew? 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Quite by accident, Larry Tarr would later be responsible for her becoming a Hollywood star, but nobody dreamed such a fantastic thing then, when Ava was born, and Bappie was already Mrs. Tarr. By the time Ava started toddling, Elsie May was wed, and when she was three, Inez, too, became a bride. But this was different. Ava was old enough to be jealous of Inez. What might have happened if her new- est brother-in-law hadn’t been so under- standing of a little girl’s emotions? Would it have been better for her if there, in her babyhood, one man had disillusioned her? Would it have kept her heart from being so buffeted later, her idealism from being so flagrant, her romantic hopes so high? Inez’s husband did understand her, though. He took her, all by her small blonde self, for a ride in his Ford. Today. Ava Gardner drives the biggest, most powerful cars on the road, but nothing wil] ever thrill her like that first ride of hers in an old model “T” flivver. It hadn’t been new for ten years. It couldn’t possibly have worked itself up over a boiling fifty per. But to be alone in such a wonderful vehicle, with her brand new brother-in- law! This was bliss, and such male thoughtfulness set up a new idol in her worshipping heart. However, she went really wild when Myra, who was a mere seven years her senior, married before Ava was so much as in her teens. She and Myra had always quarreled like crazy, mostly over which one of them was due to wash the nightly dinner dishes, which one due to wipe. But to have Myra being a Mrs.! The horror that just possibly she, Ava, the spoiled baby, might be an old maid swept over her. Molly had often told her that boys didn’t really like girls who were tomboyish—and heaven knows, she was all of that. Ava swore to herself that she would marry the very first second she met the right man. Of course, the man would be rich, handsome, and she would have a perfectly huge family—nine children at least—and she and her dreamy husband would live happily forever and .ever. Trudging back and forth to school, three miles each way, barefooted through the dust of Grabtown, small Ava Gardner dreamed this dream. And today in Holly- wood Mrs. Frank Sinatra, the sensational star of “Showboat” and “Pandora and the Flying Dutchman” and the town’s acknowl- edged number one glamour girl, hasn’t changed the dream one bit. It is fairly symbolic that the color of her hair changed to its present darkness’ just before she was twelve. Because that is when the first dark shadow of “different- ness” fell over her heretofore sunny life. That was when she moved from Smith- town to Newport News, Va., which then seemed to her a greater metropolis than New York or London or Paris now séem. That was when she first said her name was Avah Gahdnuh, that she was from No’'th Cah’lina, and her daddy was a fah- mah, and heard a schoolroom rock with laughter at her accent. That was when she first discovered how very poor she was, with one pair of shoes a year, with her dresses that Molly made for her, and her carefully hoarded pennies for Sunday School. HE had been all drama and dream until that. She swung through a cycle of moods—one day the tomboy, playing sandlot baseball on an otherwise all-boy team, the next day a wildly feminine creature, making elaborate dresses for her large family of dolls. She would spend weeks being the eager-eyed student, studying like mad for the adoration of hookey, steal watermelons from the fields, ~ her teacher, and then she’d change, play — and run away from home to stay with — Negro families, who adored her. She knew that playing hookey was for- — bidden. So,. too, were climbing trees and — tearing her clothes. Yet, when she wanted | to do any of these things, she calmly did them, then marched bravely home for the licking she knew Mamma would ad- minister. Mamma always did, later to hold out her arms so that Ava could crawl into her lap for comfort. And you don’t have to be a master psychologist, certainly, to have this attitude remind you of Ava striding into the Sham- rock Hotel in Dallas, Texas, two years ago when Frankie was singing there— and thus blowing open the Sinatra-Gard- ner triangle. Child or adult, when she’s danced, she has also been ready to pay the piper. Maybe this type of realistic courage came from the admiring friendship that she and her mother established for each other right from the start. They were forever putting up proud pretenses for one another. Mamma, for instance, never pointed out how painfully extravagant it was to make Ava two birthday cakes, one chocolate, one cocoanut, ‘every birthday because, for one thing, it came so close to Christmas, and also because her spoiled baby never could make up her mind which of the two flavors was her favorite. She was only two when she and Mamma Listen to HOLLYWOOD LOVE STORY A complete romantic drama presented on each program. Cal York, PHOTOPLAY Magazine digs famed reporter, into Hollywood’s love life for these Also heart-palpitating stories. latest Hollywood news. ROK Kee Every Saturday EST, NBC ia morning, 11:30 A.M. — too, only |

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Jeft the wooden frame house where they had all been born and went to live at a teacher’s dormitory in Smithfield. A bad tobacco crop made that trip necessary. It meant two less mouths for Daddy to -feed. It meant some little cash for Mamma, and Ava, the baby, was too young to be left behind. They still were within walk- ing distance of the farm, however, so they weren’t really cut off from the rest of the family. Sundays, after the Baptist services, Jonas and Molly always spent together, usually joined by Bappie and Larry, by Elsie May and her husband, by Inez and hers. That's when Al began figuring promi- nently in Ava’s life. ” Al was actually Elsie May’s son, and therefore Ava’s nephew, even if he was a whole year older than she. From the mo- ment she was conscious of anything, she was aware of how wonderful it would be if this older male would call her “Auntie.” _ So she began learning about the stubborn- ness of men from him: Al never did call her anything but Ava. _ The schoolteachers in the dormitory, for whom Mamma kept house and cooked, _gave her her first lessons. Then came Grabtown school, then Smithtown, and | High, and then, oh roseate moment, her first great love. He was grades beyond her. He was years older. Well, two anyhow, but you know how vast that is at fourteen. So | she wrote him love letters. Sonnets. Poems. And more love letters. Which she never | mailed. His name was Luther Davis. In fact, it still is, and he still lives in Smithtown, and the last time Ava was home she called on him and his wife. All her Smith- town friends are:still her pals, and nothing in the world—except Frankie—makes her so happy as going down there and seeing | them and all her kinfolk again. Once Luther’s sister found some of Ava’s letters and threatened to expose her. This scared Ava so, coming on top of the New- port News shock: of discovering her own | differentness, that she didn’t dare fall in ) love again for some time. Nearly a year— ' and this time with a football captain. ADDY hadn’t liked Newport News. Neither did Mamma. They returned | to Smithtown and the bad crops. | All through High, Mamma kept telling ' Ava she’d better figure out what kind of ' work she wanted to do. Ava had no idea. There was a boy who played on the | basketball team who interested her much ' more. Her oldest brother said he’d finance ) her for one year in college, if she really wanted to go. She said she guessed so. She kept her mind on the boy who played basketball, though how she could think of the game at all when it had con- tributed to one of her most humiliating moments, she didn’t know. That was when she’d been on the girl’s basketball team in High. She was only a sub, and the Gardner poverty prevented her having the team costume, like the other girls. But somehow, one night, they put her in to ) play, wearing a little skirt and shirtwaist Mamma had made for her. As she ran, she felt the waist leaving the skirt, heard, as she hurled toward a basket, groans and laughter instead of applause. But she made ‘the basket anyhow, and stopped and dis- covered she’d made it for the other side. | Bappie and Larry, meanwhile, moved to )} New York City. Near Broadway, no less, where Larry was being a theatrical pho- tographer. To the Gardners it sounded impossibly luxurious. And when she was only fourteen, Bappie invited Ava up )no’th to see them. It was all too glittering for Ava to believe it, but when Bappie said that she, the baby, might take up modeling, that was really a joke. Besides, Ava knew she didn’t want to be a model or an actress. She wanted to be a wife. But after that trip she came home and did seriously think about becoming a stenographer after she studied a little bit at Atlantic Christian College. And Atlantic Christian, for the single year she went there, dutifully studying pothooks and typing and all dull business things, wasn’t half as bad as she expected. For she went to dances with boys from Duke and Chapel Hill, and there was one special fellow about whom she doesn’t re- member anything except that he was special to her then and that his name was Bunny Fleming. She even wonders now if it was he who took her out the time that they were both so. shy that driving along the road they could only read signs to one another. Be- cause of her shyness she had a lot of one- shot dates. They’d look at her and decide she must be sultry. They’d take her out and find out she couldn’t say a word. So she got dropped and when “The Pine Knot,” the college annual, came out that year, she ran fourth best among “the Freshman Class prettiest girls.” Her father became very ill. Mamma was working too hard, trying to keep a home together. Ava felt she had no right taking her brother’s money to go to college. She quit, went back to Smithtown, meaning to get a job, any sort of job. Till marriage, of course. But then the impossible happened. Bappie wired that Ava was to come to New York at once, that there was a chance to get her into the movies, that Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer had her picture and wanted to see her (see page 37). HEN Ava came to New York she was dizzy with excitement. With her youth, her beauty, her figure, she turned heads everywhere she went. But she was too busy looking about her to notice. She loved to walk anywhere and everywhere in New York. She went window shopping, admiring the lovely clothes she saw, yet not .envious because she couldn’t have them. In the evenings, with Bappie and Larry, she went to the movies and one night, in a restaurant called Hickory House, she had a real thrill. She saw a movie star there, Henry Fonda, and she finally got up courage to go over and ask him to autograph her menu, which he did with such charm that she couldn’t sleep for thinking of it all night long. It was ten days before they heard from Metro. During that time, Ava saw an ad for a band vocalist. She and Bappie prac- ticed on “Amapola” for days, then she tried out. They let her finish one chorus and that was that. Which was just as well for next day a call came from Metro. Mamma made her a special dress for this glorious occasion. It was green velvet and it dropped off the shoulders. She went in to take the test, saying a prayer of thank- fulness for Mamma, and by the way of forgetting her fear, remembering such wonderful things about Mamma as the Christmas day when she’d been thirteen and Mamma had given her her first lip- stick. 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She was eighteen, beauti- ful, shy, innocent, dreaming, and the very first day she was in movietown she met the biggest box-office star of them all: Mickey Rooney. Ava says now of Mickey, “He was a little boy, and I was a little girl. We were immature in entirely different ways. Mickey had always been around show business from the day he was born, vir- tually in his mother’s dressing room in a burlesque theatre. I’d never known an actor, never seen a live show, never faced a footlight.” Mickey began a courtship the like of which hasn’t been seen in Hollywood since. He phoned Ava eight and ten times a day. He sent her flowers—a hundred roses at a time, a dozen orchids. He took her to night clubs where the checks ran into hundreds of dollars. He bought her din- ners that cost twenty-five and _ thirty dollars. He made her laugh at his never- ending jokes. He made her marvel at his acting ability. She still says, “I don’t know anybody on earth who has as much talent as Mickey. If it were channeled, I think he would be a genius.” HF overwhelmed her, of course, as he overwhelmed all Hollywood at that time. As he overwhelmed the whole amuse- ment world, as a matter of fact. They were married on the 10th of the following January and before the next January they were divorced. “I kept on months after it was over,” Ava says, and then clams up. Nobody has ever heard her say a word against Mickey yet. But her friends say plenty. They tell how Mick, knowing nothing of domesticity, would disappear for a night, a week, two weeks, and never phone his bride. They tell how he took Ava gambling and before her lovely eyes which, previous to Hollywood, had never seen $100 all in a single bill, he’d drop $500 or $1,000—or, more rarely, win similar sums. In acting parlance, Mickey was “on” all the time, meaning that he was con- tinually absorbing the spotlight. Ava laughed with delight at this—at first. But night after night, in clubs, at parties, in private households, it grew bewildering. Because, you see, she had no part of it. She was not a partner. She was, too rarely, his wife, his helper. She was just audience, as anyone else was audience, to Mickey. Yet, when she had gained her freedom, she proved how deeply he had hurt her. For she did all the things he had com- plained about. Mickey had taunted her with being a country girl, a hick, a kid who didn’t know about night life. Exclusive! She went in for it with a vengeance. Sh had a tiny contract at M-G-M but she gave it no mind, and equally, M-G-M gave her © no mind either. Her days were full of phone calls from — every wolf in the West—and her evenings — were always spent in night clubs. She laughed and she flirted and she danced, and then one day in 1944 when her guar- dian angel’s head was turned away, she met Artie Shaw. She shakes her head now, with chagrin, as she confesses that she fell for the oldest line in the world. Artie told her, and she believed him, that “she was the only woman he had ever loved.” She knew about Lana Turner, a Mrs. Shaw before her time. She knew vaguely about some other Mrs. Shaw—but it wasn’t until she, too, bore that name that she knew she was the fifth. Not that she cared, those first few months, because she was again so much in love. And he was so highbrow. So wonder- fully, beautifully, intellectually superior to her. She could look up to him, as Molly, her mother, had looked up to Jonas, as she, small Ava of Grabtown, had looked up to her imaginary dream man. Artie might earn his living playing hot music on smooth records, but there was none of that at home. At home there were discussions of politics, literature,* eco- nomics, philosophy, psychiatry. A tremendous best-selling book came out at that time. “Forever Amber” by Kathleen Winsor. Ava brought it home one night. Artie’s scorn was so dynamic that he took the book from under her arm, hurled it out of the door, out of their lives forever. He explained in exact words what he thought of anyone who would read such a story. The words were even more scathing than the words he used usually to her about her lack of know- ledge on the subject of world affairs, mental processes, and how, economically, depending upon international factors, two and two could equal six or three. Ava cried at being such a fool, so piti- fully ignorant, never dreaming that fate would give her a last laugh when Artie married the author of “Forever Amber” (and divorced her, too). VA had weighed 126 when she married Artie. She went down to 106. Yet something good came out of it because she also entered U. C. L. A. and took courses in politics, literature and eco- nomics. And in 1946 she secured her second divorce. The wolves howled around her house once more, but she discovered she had changed. She didn’t want flattery now, nor quick excitement, nor night clubs mixed with alcohol. She still wanted love, first and foremost, but if love was not for her, — she did have a second choice: a career. She still had her M-G-M contract, even though under it she had made only two | a - RADIO-TV MIRROR PLAYS HOST 10 ABC! Stories on top ABC stars, full-color pictures in ay yaecial Alll- AK C Issue February RADIO-TV MIRROR magazine on sale at newsstands now Tune in ALC — Read about ALC don’t miss this all-star treat!

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small pictures. She began to think about the possibility of serious acting. She played with the idea of having a home of her own. With her first marriage, she had moved into Mickey’s completely furnished apartment. With her second, she had moved into Artie’s house, where he had lived in previous matrimonial engagements. She was borrowed at that moment for an independent picture, “Whistle Stop,” and to her shocked surprise she got good notices for her work on it. Then she got her chance at “One Touch of Venus” and she met Howard Duff. Ava always said, during that time, to interviewers and other questioners, that they “weren’t serious” but the truth is that Howard always was. He was like a balance between her romantic dreams. He had charm and looks but he had neither the flamboyance ot Mickey nor the pretensions of Artie. It was a pretty steady dating while it lasted—and perhaps if Ava hadn’t: been sent to New York on a personal appearance tour just as ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” opened and hadn’t just happened to go to that opening with a party that included Frank Sinatra, the ending of this story might be very different. And if she hadn’t made “‘The Killers,” she and Hollywood might never have known what a great performer she could be. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, about the only studio that is sentimental about its stars, tried to protect her in every way from ‘he storm of publicity that broke over her meetings with Frankie. She was, of course, the ideal to play “Pandora” and yet part of her being cast in this magnificently beautiful picture was based on the fact that it was to be made in Spain. Nobody said so, in so many words, but the reason- ing obviously was that if she could be separated from Frankie, if perhaps she met someone else attractive... . She did meet someone else very at- tractive, Mario Cabre. And she fell in love—with Spain. There, on the shores-of the Mediterranean, she saw such beauty as she never knew existed, saw a simplicity of life for which she yearned—and saw that love was love in every part of the world, ever the same, ever growing, everlasting— and the only thing that really mattered. She could have defended herself against some of the attacks that were miade against her because of Nancy Sinatra. Or she could have been a polite social hypocrite and hidden her love for Frank. But she did neither. She did much better. She faced up to the fact that if Frank could never be: free, if he should even return to his family, he had brought the inner meaning of love to her, love that was constructive, love that gave without seeking, gave freely. Or, in other words, she grew up. And now read the exclusive story of Ava’s and Frank’s wedding: NEW NAME FOR HAPPINESS Exelusive! Ava talks about the Gardner-Sinatra honeymoon and their plans for the future BY JILL WARREN \\ ee SINATRA? Oh—oh, yes,-please send it up.” Ava Gardner put the phone down and laughed, “You know, I’m not used to my new name yet and every time I hear it, it takes me a second to click.” Glowing with excitement and happiness, Ava popped down into a chair and said, “IT don’t know whether I’m coming or going —the phone hasn’t stopped ringing, the bell hasn’t stopped buzzing, I’ve been packing all afternoon, and this place is a mad-house. But it’s all so thrilling and wonderful! And Mrs Frank Sinatra is the happiest girl in the world!” The scene was the Sinatras’ up-in-the- - sky honeymoon suite at the Hampshire House on Manhattan’s Central Park South. Frank was twenty blocks away rehears- ing his television show for that night, the last program to be done in New York. Luggage was piled on the floor. Con- gratulatory telegrams and notes and clothes and shoes, ready for last minute. packing, were everywhere. Catching a glimpse of herself in the mirror, Ava groaned, “Look at me—I’m a sight!” Her hair was in pin curls, covered with a net—she had on a quilted, navy blue short house- coat, not a scrap of make-up—she was barefoot .. . and on her this combination spelled pure glamour. She talked about her wedding of a few days before. The ceremony, originally to have been held at the Philadelphia home of Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Levy, long-time ) friends of Frank’s was, because of a last minute change of plans, at Lester Sacks’ house, in the West Germantown section of Philadelphia, Lester’s brother Emanuel AVA AND FRANK, in the excitement, went to Miami without her trousseau! “Manny” Sacks, is one of Sinatra’s oldest and closest friends. Ava, Frank, Manny, and Mr. and Mrs. Axel Stordahl (he’s Frank’s conductor and she’s June Hutton, the singer) drove down from New York together. 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It was really a lovely ceremony and... .” Asked about her dress, she said excit- edly, “It’s so pretty,” and ran over to one of the open suitcases to lift her bride’s dress from it. Beautiful it was, designed for her by Howard Greer. It was cocktail length, one piece, with the fabric a mauve-toned gray marquisette, slightly stiffened. The marquisette started just below the bust line and fell simply into a graceful skirt. The strapless top was taffeta, in a soft shade of pink. The neckline was fashioned into a petal design, ending at the top in angular points. Ava wore the little gray bolero during the ceremony. It was styled into a short cut-away, bordered around the edges and sleeves with the pink, all perfect for Ava’s exquisite rose-petal coloring. Her opera pumps were of faille, dyed the exact gray of the dress and her only jewelry was a double choker of pearls and small pearl earrings with little diamond drops. Ava explained, “My dress was new, I borrowed June’s pink handker- chief. And my slip was both old and blue.” The Sinatras’ wedding bands are per- fectly plain thin platinum circlets, Frank’s a little wider than Ava’s. Her band goes with her engagement ring, which is a beau- tifully cut emerald, about six carats in size, set simply in platinum, with a pear-shaped diamond sloping down either side. “Anyway, Ava continued, “the wedding And do you know—every- body cried, even Axel. Also, thanks to him, we have a permanent record of it because he took home color movies. Lester and his wife had arranged a nice buffet and everyone had champagne, though Frank and I only had one glass, and I was so excited I couldn’t eat a bit of food!” BOUT eight -thirty Ava changed into | [i her going-away outfit—a brown Chris- tian Dior suit, brown alligator shoes and bag, beige gloves—and her wrap. “My wed- ding present from my husband,” beamed Ava, leaping to the closet to bring out the most beautiful cape stole of sapphire blue | mink! It is one of the rarest mink shades, exactly the color of a star sapphire jewel. Ava’s present to Frank was a large, ; heavy gold disk locket, with a St. Chris- | topher medal on one side and a St. Francis | medal on the other, which he wears on a | chain around his neck. The locket holds | her picture with a personal inscription. Frank had chartered a _ twin-engined | Beechcraft plane, with pilot and co-pilot, to fly them from Philadelphia to Miami, | from where they would hop to Cuba. The | plane was just about to take off when they | discovered that Ava’s large suitcase had been left at the Sacks’ house. “All my trousseau clothes were in that bag,” said Ava, “and what bride wants to go on her honeymoon without her trousseau? But we didn’t want to delay our take-off. so we decided to have the bag sent after us. | On a commercial plane we reasoned it might even arrive ahead of us. “On the plane,’ Ava continued, “since we had about a _ seven-hour flight, I changed into the old blouse and sport skirt I had worn driving down from New York. These I had put into my small suitcase.” Ava said she and Frank, happily tired from the exciting day, took off their shoes and settled down for the trip, which was as smooth as silk all the way. A friend of Frank’s met them at the airport in Miami in the wee hours of the morning and drove them to the Green Heron, a small ocean- front hotel at Miami Beach, where they originally had intended to stay only until their plane left for Cuba. “And here's the payoff,” laughed Ava. — “When | got off the plane in Miami, I wore the jacket to my new going-away suit ~ over my old skirt and left the skirt to my suit in the plane. Furthermore, that bag left on a later plane than we thought it would. So there we were. And the next morning we couldn't go down to the dining room the way I was dressed and the hotel didn’t have room service. So we had the maid bring us some groceries and I cooked our wedding breakfast in the little kitchen in our rooms. “But I did Frank’s eggs just right, in olive oil, the way he likes them. You know,’ she added, “before I knew Frank I couldn’t stand olive oil in anything, not even salad dressing, but now I adore it.” That afternoon they did venture out of the hotel, but only as far as the sand. Ava thought her makeshift outfit would do for a short walk aleng the beach. They canceled their first plane reser- vations to Cuba. But Ava’s suitcase finally arrived in time for them to take the next plane. “We spent two days in Havana,” Ava recalled. “We got a car and went sightsee- ing and in the evening we went to the night spots. In one of the clubs they pre- sented us with a little wedding cake with a miniature bride and groom on top. It was all such fun. But Frank had to get back to rehearse for his program. So Sat- urday we flew to Miami and then to New York. And you can be sure that I made sure I didn’t leave my suitcase behind.” They arrived in New York Saturday night, went to the Hampshire House, and then out to dinner. But not to one of the plush spots. Instead, they chose Patsy’s, a little Italian restaurant in the West. Fifties, and one of Frank’s favorite “pizza palaces.” Sunday afternoon Frank worked on his show with his producer and writers and in the evening he and Ava went out with June Hutton and Axel Stordahl. “It was a sentimental night,” Ava said, “because June and Axel took us on a tour of the town, to all the little places we had taken them the night they returned from their honeymoon, a few months ago. “Monday night,” Ava went on, “we drove out to Hoboken, New Jersey, to have dinner with ‘the folks, Mom and Dad Sinatra. What a dinner! Mamma Sinatra, famous as a cook, really outdid herself. I don’t even know the names of some of the things we had—chicken like you’ve never tasted in your life, some wonderful little meat things rolled in dough, and just about every Italian ‘goody’ you can imagine. There was so much food we brought some back to the hotel with us. I’m determined to learn how to make Frank’s favorite dishes. Actually I’m a pretty good cook. Frank’s mother has promised to send me the recipes and Ill have time to fool around in the kitchen because I don’t have to report to Metro for several weeks.” Ava was deliriously happy, perched on her own little pink cloud. “We leave early tomorrow morning for California— and home.” Her green eyes were shiny. “It will be so good to get back and get settled.” Frank’s television show will be done from the Coast for the rest of the season. And they'll spend as much time as possible at Palm Springs. : “Were going to redecorate Frank’s house,’ Ava explained. “I’ve got some ‘terrific ideas on colors and fabrics.” “You know—I figured out something,” she said dreamily. “Our life together has a lucky star on it from the very start! We were married at seven o’clock on November 7—that’s the seventh hour of the seventh day of the eleventh month of the year. So. seven-seven-eleven! A lucky sign, right?” THE END Biase dbs Ue Sid

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(Continued from page 44) find him look- ing exceedingly like Valentino—especially in those scenes in which he does the tango. In spite of this Tony says, “Even though in ‘The Brigand’ the camera sometimes catches a resemblance to Valentino, I think _ the public will forget Valentino in con- nection with me after this movie is shown.” It is to be hoped Tony is right. Since the beginning of show business those who have found success by impersonating some- one else and then have attempted to hold their success by continuing the imper- sonation, have been doomed to oblivion. . . Robert Alda, who played Gershwin in “Rhapsody in Blue,” was a forgotten man for years—until he returned to Broadway to star in “Guys and Dolls”... The pretty girl, whose name is long since forgotten, who finished the late Jean Harlow’s role in “Saratoga,” following Jean’s sudden death, never was heard of again. . . Larry Parks, playing Al Jolson while Al Jolson was still alive, brought Al back into the limelight. But Larry himself never equalled the success he found singing “Mammy.” ONY, coming to the screen as Valentino, got off to a bad start with the press. Pro- ducer Edward Small, in an understand- able effort’ to conceal anything and everything being done in connection with the Valentino movie, forbade Tony to see reporters. Whereupon Tony was considered difficult. Other rumors, too, more vicious, soon sprang into being. It was said that Tony, to increase his resemblance to Valentino, had dyed his hair and had undergone plastic surgery. Tony did not dye his hair. Neither did he have plastic surgery. The facial scars, which lent cre- dence to the surgery rumor, are the result of an automobile accident. Just the same the studio went to great ‘lengths to present Tony in the Valentino image. So much so that Ern Westmore, the make-up man, once suggested, “Let’s dig up Valentino, make a mask of his face and. let Tony play the part wearing it.” Everyone laughed and relaxed. And goodness knows Tony couldn’t have looked more like Valentino, with a mask! Tony thinks Edward Small is wonderful. “The Boss,” he says, “surely knows what’s best for my career.” In Hollywood such deference to any boss is all too rare. Not that Tony lacks a mind of his own. They tell at Columbia Studios how, dur- ‘ing the filming of Valentino, he told off a member of the high echelon in a calm, quiet and final tone, and how for several days afterward he avoided talking to the gentleman in question, to the amusement of the crew who knew how eager the Brass was to make up. Tony points out that in spite of his physical resemblance to Valentino he couldn’t be more different psychologically. To Rudy the most important business in life was Romance. His glance told every girl, “I think youw’re wonderful.” With a glance he could turn a baked apple into forbidden fruit. “This was the character I sought to interpret when I played the role,” says GIVE Veluidauily TO MARCH + | PATIEN ‘CARE RESEARCH EDUCATION JANUARY 2-31 Look Out, Tony Tony. “But I sought only to interpret Valentino, not to mimic him. “Had I played the Valentino role on the stage,” he adds, “by now it would be over and done with—last season’s portrayal, a thing of the past.” To be a convincing actor is the goal upon which Tony has set his heart. To achieve it he is willing to give every- thing he possesses. However, he has not completely closed the door on his old academic life. He’s now on an extended leave from the College Faculty of High Point, North Carolina, where he was head of the Speech Department. In college life, he remembers, he found peace and con- tentment. This in itself marks the great psycho- logical difference between Tony and Rudolph Valentino. So does the life Tony leads in Hollywood. He still prefers to be called by his stage name of Walter Craig rather than by the unquestionably more famous name of Tony Dexter. He and his wife, the former Marjorie Jeanne Todd, share a small unpretentious rented home in the Valley where their friends are largely from other walks of life. One of Tony’s closest pals is a dentist with whom he goes hunting. Also, conservative and meticulous about his appearance, Tony has yet to be seen in a sweater or a T-shirt. The day his daughter Kimberly was born Tony went quietly about his business. “Isn’t it exciting about Walter’s baby?” asked actress Gale Robbins of one of the publicity men on the set. “What!” screamed the man. “Has his baby arrived?” To this day Tony doesn’t understand why the publicity man was so excited. The increasing interest in his private life puzzles him. “On the stage,” he says, “your private life is your own.” Those who go out with the Dexters always are more aware of the commotion Tony creates than either he or Marjorie. They never think of themselves as celeb- rities. Once, when Marjorie and Tony were being photographed with a starlet and her husband, Marjorie told a friend that she was tongue-tied. “What,” she asked, “does one talk about to so famous a person?” Tony: won't pose for “‘cheese-cake” pic- tures. And he won’t pose washing dishes. “lve washed enough dishes in my college career to last a lifetime,” he explains quietly. An athlete in college, he’s now past active sport participation. But he never misses a football or a basketball game. He'll never be a typical Hollywood actor. For he promises always to be concerned first of all about pleasing the members of his father’s Lutheran parish in Colorado where, growing up as Walter Fleischmann, he knew poverty and hardship. He has not one iota of dashing temperamental Latin in him. Columbia Pictures says that ninety per cent of his overwhelming fan mail comes from youngsters or adults who never saw Valentino; and the minor portion of mail from old Valentino fans, while approving his portrayal, accepts him as Anthony Dexter. j Fair enough. But looking at the picture of Tony in “The Brigand” on page 44 and noting his very Valentino-ish appearance and manner—in spite of all that he and his studio have to say to the contrary— we ask will he be given a chance to sur- vive as Tony Dexter, actor—or will he be doomed to Valentino type roles for the rest of his picture career? And if so, how long can the Valentino craze be expected to last? Look out, Tony! 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