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A. — Enterprise The picture based on the best-seller by Erich Maria Remarque ought to be bet- ter, but it doesn't matter because of the stars' extraordinary performances. There seems to be no limit to Ingrid Bergman's versatility. In this film she's the moody, frightened but often gay young woman who's loved by a pre-World War TT Austrian refugee surgeon (Charles Boyer) in Paris, whom she never ceases to love but to whom she cannot be true because he has no security to offer her. Her characterization is perfect, and only she could overcome some of the unfortunate dialogue. Boyer combines passion and tenderness, compassion and ruthlessness as no other contemporary actor can. He has, there's no doubt after this picture. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in MCM's political satire, "The State of the Union." Talent of U I s "Another Part of the For- est": Fredric March, Dan Duryea, Ann Blyth. SdtEENLAND the most mobile face on the screen. Louis Calhern, too, gives a notable portrayal of a colorful ex-Czarist colonel, now a nightclub doorman, Boyer's close friend. The State of the Union MGM The hit play by Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay has lost none of its wit and biting political satire by its transfer to the screen. Spencer Tracy portrays the plane manufacturer who's drafted for presidential nomination by an ambitious and influential woman publisher who loves him. AH kinds of people try to swell his head and corrupt him to achieve their individual purpose, except his estranged wife (Katharine Hepburn) , who knows he's essentially humane and honest. The screenplay pulls no punches in exposing behind-the-scene political maneuvering, and the dialogue is well- nigh courageous. Tracy is allowed to make some strong speeches in favor of world unity and other timely problems. All the players are just about perfect. Angela Lansbury gives a striking per- formance as the sophisticated, beauti- fully dressed publisher; and it's doubtful if Van Johnson, as her ace reporter, could be improved. This picture adds immense- ly to the screen's maturity. Another Part of the Forest Universal-International Not since "The Little Foxes" have more hateful and hating people been de- picted on the screen, nor as effectively. Also based on a Lillian Hellman play, it's the story of a Southern family, whose head (Fredric March) is the most hated man in town because of his black market activities during the Civil War. Hatred permeates the entire family: his daughter (Ann Blyth) dislikes both her brothers (Edmond O'Brien and Dan Duryea) , and the latter dislike each other. Each plays one against another and finally the oldest boy blackmails his father into signing everything over to him, then dis- owns the rest of the family, including his own mother, splendidly played by Florence Eldridge (Mrs. Fredric March) . It's not a pretty picture but the charac- terizations and production are excellent. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House RKOSelznick Here's a picture that will tickle every- body's fancy, especially the city slickers Melvyn Douglas, Cary Grant and Myrna Loy in "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House." ScREENLAND Presented by David W. Siegel 13 Ava Gardner WALLET SIZE PORTRAITS OF MOVIE STARS Size 2" x 2l/2 " Actual High-gHoss Photos 16 Photos, 25c 32 Photos, 50c 80 Photos, $1.00 Your chance to get photos of Hollywood stars direct from the heart of the movie capitol. Beautiful actual glossy photos in the convenient wallet size sold only in complete sets of 16. Every photo dif- ferent; head, bust, full length, westerns, pinups, men, women, etc. Your friends will compliment and admire these fine photos — All late poses. Your best photos come from Hollywood. Order today. Specify set desired. (Set A.) Esther Williams, Eita Hayworth, Gene Tierney, June Allyson. 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Before it's finished the Blandings are quarreling, Mrs. B. gets somewhat com- promised with their family friend and lawyer (delightfully played by Melvyn Douglas) , Mr. B. is practically bankrupt and almost loses his job as well as his mind. But it's all very, very funny. Romance on the High Seas Warner Bros. This is a perfect example of how a flimsy story can become a really good film due to excellent performances and skilled direction by Michael Curtiz. It's about a young married couple (Janis Paige and Don DeFore) who suspects each other of infidelity and set about to spy on the other only to find out they're all wrong. The detective (Jack Carson) , whom the husband hires, meets the girl (Doris Day) , whom the wife hires to impersonate her, and there ensues a really amusing case of mistaken identi- ties and true romance, involving Oscar Levant, too. Everybody concerned is far better than average, but none more than newcomer Doris Day, a nightclub singer who made the Hit Parade. Not only has she a female Frank Sinatra voice, but she's beautiful and a totally different type of comedienne. She can also wear ultra clothes, as does Janis Paige — all designed by Milo Anderson. So This Is New York V. A. — Enterprise Henry Morgan of the radio is the star of this picture, which it's hard to believe is his first. He's not funny in the popular sense of the word, but his masterful timing and tongue-in-cheek narration turn what could have been a mediocre story into a hilarious satire. It's all about what happens to a couple of small towners in New York City after World War I. When Henry's wife (Virginia Grey) and her sister Kate (Dona Drake) inherit some money, they bully him into leaving South Bend for New York in quest of a suitable husband for Kate. The situations are funny, but not half as funny as Morgan's glib comments make them. The Strawberry Roan Columbia Gene Autry fans and horse lovers will delight in Gene's first Technicolor pic- ture. The lad looks well in color, and the film has some must-be-seen-to-believe shots of a magnificent wild roan stallion (Champion) galloping on the colorful plains of Texas. The story revolves around Champ, who unwittingly injures Eddie Albert and Cale Storm play Indians for a scene in Allied Artists' "The Dude Goes West." Gene Autry 's first Technicolor film for Colum- bia: "The Strawberry Roan," with Gloria Henry. Henry Morgan's glib chatter puts Enterprise's "So This Is New York" in hilarious satire class. the son of Gene's boss but makes up for it after Gene has nursed and trained him. There's a cute love story between Champ and Sweetheart, the mare belonging to Gene's leading lady, Gloria Henry. Their colt will undoubtedly elicit feminine oh's and ah's. The Dude Goes West Allied Artists A competent cast is wasted on the old story about the Easterner, this time a gunsmith (Eddie Albert) , who goes West to make good, and does. En route he meets a girl (Gale Storm) who's carrying the coveted map of her late father's gold mine. They meet up with some pretty tough hombres. including the town's strong woman ( Binnie Barnes) , but our hero outsmarts and outshoots 'em all, with some help from his pal, James Glea- 14 SCREENLAND There's nothing much any of the; players could do with this. son. :se Berlin Express RKO Certain aspects of Germany as it is now are made fairly clear in a film about postwar Berlin and Frankfurt, and the struggle there of right over wrong. It concerns a German statesman (Paul Lukas) , who's working with the Allies on a plan to unify his country, and his devoted secretary (Merle Oberon) , who enlists the aid of four young men, (Robert Ryan) , from America (Charles Korvin) , France, England and Russia, to help her find her boss after he's been Robert Ryan and Merle Oberon in exciting search of Nazi underground in RKO's "Berlin Express." abducted by the Nazi underground. During the search, they find they are all human beings and very much alike, despite differences of nationalities and creeds. The key photographic shots were made right on the spot, giving an authen- tic note and local color to this very in- teresting picture. Anna Karenina 20th Century-Fox Although this film isn't quite as good as most of us expect when Vivien Leigh is the star, it's a true portrait of the times and customs author Leo Tolstoy wrote about. The story is in the sombre mood of the Russian literature of the past century. Anna Karenina is a society lady, circa 1875, who falls in love with a very young man (Kieron Moore) and gives up all for him. Miss Leigh is as (Please turn to page 65) All Prices Plus Tax More swiftly than the eye, more clearly than the spoken word, this sweet and gentle fragrance tells the story of your charm. None can forget its haunting perfume . . . nor resist the appeal of the one who wears it. BOURJOIS S C !! K E N L A N D 15 Travel Orders An experienced traveler, Marsha Hunt talks on appearance, packing, poise Courtenay Marvin THIS is the time for going places — for week-ends or for weeks. It's the time for a trip, a tour, a cruise, for seeing old friends and new places. In fact, midsummer is the most casually social of all seasons. And to look your best, to feel your best, to play the role of the experienced traveler means double joy from these bright days. But the preparation for a trip is a chore to most, so to ease the pain of packing and help you present your pret- tiest self at journey's end, I sought out Marsha Hunt for timely suggestions. Miss Hunt, now co-starring in the Broad- way play, "Joy to the World," a gay jibe at Hollywood, recently finished the forthcoming picture, "Raw Deal," for Eagle Lion, and so she is particularly conscious of what it means to jump across Is everything there? wonders Marsha. If not, her businesslike plan will quickly check her. A real idea, this. The experienced traveler makes sure — checks reservation, departure time and other information before her take-off. the United States, bag and baggage, on short notice. I met Miss Hunt backstage of the Plymouth Theater. A rehearsal was in progress, and the command for silence was passed along, but we found seclusion in her dressing-room. Petite, pretty, with blue-gray eyes, a piquant face, auburn- lighted hair, she laughed at the purpose of my call. "I'm probably the world's worst packer," she said reflectively, launching into ideas that immediately proved the opposite. "I work from a list," she said. "I list everything I need to take. Then I list each costume with its accessories. It takes a little time and thought, but it's worth it. I keep my lists before me as I pack. And I go into seclusion for the packing, itself. This usually takes place the night before a trip, and at times I've stayed up all night at the job. But I try to do this only when I know that next day I can rest completely in train or plane. "Clothing and toilet articles for im- mediate use go into an over-night bag. For the traveler with one bag only, these should go on top. I avoid large jars and bottles by raiding the bathroom medicine cabinet. There, I usually find small edi- tions of containers, and with medicine dropper and knife the transfer of lotions and creams is quickly made. For home use, I buy large sizes of creams and so on. "In travel, I use a slight makeup. I find one looks nicer and fresher this way. Motion often makes a thorough job difficult, and it's better to look sweet and natural than badly done. A lip brush is particularly helpful, because the hand can steady it against motion and get a better lipline than with lipstick alone. "Hair is a problem to many, especially in berths. My (Please turn to page 57) 10 SCREENLAND (mo T00 EASlW! 0„ clothes, j , TV,ev may mea i ,> so Hard to g ieligh.M P'et'awith countless , age. ^..enoftenet. a hut call a causauve ag ^ ^ qUlCkly •11 V,e delightea flakes and sea ^ ' ^ looks- y0UI It * d-cal Remember, Q{ tests, ^cra"nsepnc brought ^C Movement wnKm r • .me AntisePnc 15 St L0Ui5.M.550»" . us«*«* ftMT,SE,,T,e lof ,H«CT.OUS OAHO • Have you tasted the zippy MINT flavor t pf/c- **6 i Have you tasted the -zippy MINT flavor of the NEW Listerine TOOTH PASTE? Scree nla no 1 7 CORNEL A WILDE pfe DAVE *What makes this sinful — our love or their malicious tongues?" LINDA DARNELL AS ALGERIA "A town can be too small for my kind of love!" "No law ... no covenant . . . can keep me f rom him ! " KIRK t^MM DOUGLAS l&m as TUCKER 'You're all the woman a man like me ever needs! 18 Screen land The editor's Page AN OPEN LETTER TO JUNE LOCK HART ' ' IT OLLYWOOD was never like L this!" you said, all eager and glowing, as you fought your way through stage-door autograph hounds after the final curtain of "For Love or Money," in which you made the biggest hit of any young actress since Helen Hayes was dis- covered. Of course you're thrilled to be Best Young Actress of the Year, with George Jean Nathan and other august critics tossing June Lockhart became the toast of Broad- way while appearing in the stage play, "For Love or Money." Right, surrounded by congratulatory telegrams; above, with young leading man Mark Daniels. Holly- wood wants her back, but quick, to star in Eagle Lion's "Kenny," by Louis Bromfield. You've seen her recently in "T-Men." such adjectives as radiant, refresh- ing, and merely wonderful at you, and with all New York flocking to see the sensational new star. But oddly enough, you've kept your head— oddly, until I remember you're Gene Lockhart's daughter and a born trouper. No hard feel- ings about Hollywood, either — even though they took you pretty much for granted, first as a child actress in "All This and Heaven Too" and "Sergeant York"; then as a budding ingenue in support of Lassie and other big stars. Now you're going back to Hollywood a big star yourself, to play "Ken- ny," with a production budget of $2,000,000, and you're really hap- py. After all, you say modestly, all you did was to carry your screen technique onto the stage, not act- ing any different than you'd been acting in pictures right along. And Broadway liked it. Only now Hol- lywood likes it too. Exclusive photos by Bud Fraker, Paramount Mac Carey and his charming Betty with their 15-monrhs-old daughter, Lynn, in their new Brentwood home. Upper right, Lynn takes her first steps. Right, the Careys in the kitchen with their treasured family cook. MY HAH HAC "With all the glamor girls Mac works with." says his pretty wife, "his technique certainly should be improved when he comes home!" 1DONT think I'll ever forget the day I first met him. Talk about Fate ar- ranging things! At the time I was an aspiring actress. The "theater" was all I thought about. One day Joan Tetzel, a friend of mine, asked me to go along with her to Benno Schneider's rehearsal hall in New York. For the benefit of those who are unin- formed about Mr. Schneider, he had a place where Equity actors could come and rehearse their parts and get his crit- icism if they so de- sired. It was crowded that day, but I saw only one person — a tall , sort - of - blond - sort-of-brunette fel- low who was really impressive. I was def- initely not unhappy when Mr. Schneider unexpectedly picked this gentleman out of the crowd and told Current Carey film: Paramount'; "Hazard," with Paulette Coddard. Next: "Dream Girl." In work: "Abigail, Dear Heart." him to work with me. For our study, he gave us scenes from "Love from a Stran- ger" to do. And that's how I met Mr. MacDonald Carey. After we read for a while together, I was even more impressed with him. I thought he had one of the most terrific voices I'd ever heard. And when I got a glimpse of his eyelashes, I really went overboard. They were so long they'd put a smudge on his glasses when he wore them, After the session at the hall, Mac seemed rather interested in me. At least, he sug- gested that he come to my place the next afternoon and re- hearse the scenes with me. I certainly wasn't going to play coy at that point and say, "This is so sudden!" I'd fallen for him fast, and I wasn't (Please turn to page 65) 21 Candid cfoseup of Peter Lawford by his best friend By JACKIE COOPER ABOUT fourteen years ago a boy in London wrote a fan letter asking for an autographed picture to a boy in Hollywood who happened to be in pic- tures. The English boy, too, had had rather a brilliant career in British movies, unfortunately cut short by a law which was passed prohibiting children under fourteen from working for stage or screen. The English boy received his pic- ture from some dutiful secretary, for the American lad was all of eleven, then. And that was that. Frankly, I don't remember the inci- dent. Although the letter was sent to me, I never saw it. But I certainly be- lieve it happened because it was told to me by its writer, who now is my best friend and whose word I would take on anything. His name? Peter Lawford. Quite a guy, Pete. I've never shared so much with a friend as I have with Pete during the past year and a half. He's the first guy my own age — he's a year younger than I — that I've ever had as a pal. Most of my friends were al- ways quite a lot older. And he's my first close friend who is also in pictures; I've always seemed before to pal with non- professionals. Additionally, each of us is an only child and always missed having a brother; our friendship seems a com- pensation on that score. Shortly after we met at Lynn Bari's and Sid Luffs home we discovered that temperamentally we were alike, which of course is another fortunate coincidence. We're both restless, can't sit still very long — except at the beach — and like to be doing something constantly. We are both nuts about outdoor sports and the beach; like music, the theater, movies, dancing and night clubs, the same kind of clothes and. most important, the same type of people. Down-to-earth people. Very conveniently, my wife June and Pete are also mutually fond of each other. She has a wonderful sense of humor and a maternal quality unusual in so young a girl; Pete loves the former and leans on the latter. He treats her and talks to her like the sister he doesn't have. To make the picture complete, our baby Jack Junior is crazy about Pete. One of the first words he was able to say after the usual mama and dada was Peter, which came out something like "Beeter" but was close enough to satisfy Pete's pride as an adopted uncle. Pete has had so much publicity as a Young Man About Town, because of his dates with many of Hollywood's younger glamor girls, that the public might be in- clined to imagine his primary interest is night clubs and parties. Believe me, Pete is a man's man. He is athletic, direct and honest. Except for his English accent he is what we like to call "as American as apple pie." Pete has (Please turn to page 73) Jackie Cooper, fa- mous as a child actor and now an important stage and screen star, with his pal Pete, whom he "expos- es" in our exclu- sive story. Left, Lawford as he looks in a scene from his new film, "Easter Parade." Hollywood is buzzing about MCM's "Easter Parade," one of the better musi- cals. Here, com- poser Irving Ber- lin runs through his hit songs (sev- en new ones are in the picture) with co-stars Asraire and Pete. Pete sings, danc- es, romances Judy Garland in the new Technicolor triumph. Facing page, Lawford with gorgeous Es- ther Williams in their current re- lease, "On An Island with You," filmed for the most part in Florida. 23 Time was when Doff had eyes only for Yvonne DeCarlo. Now, he is the favorite escort of Ava Gardner, above. Tomorrow — ? Scene below shows Duff with Edward G. Robinson in a scene from U-I's drama, "All My Sons." of DUff and STUff TAKE it straight from headquarters, the only man who could crack this case wide open is Sam Spade, Private Eye of the Airlanes. But good Sam vacillates between duty and despair when it comes to a public grilling of Howard Duff. It so happens these two gentlemen are one and the same. Rugged, ruthless Sam, backed by 248 fan clubs who have taken Spade to their hearts, has been forcing fast talk since July, 1946. Quiet-mannered, introspective Howard is still so new to the film firmament that he has patient paroxysms when he is put on the spot to talk about himself in an interview. "I'm a voice who suddenly found a body on his hands," mUses the man everyone loved and "loathed" in Universal- International's "Naked City." "Added to which, I have an aversion to people who talk too much about themselves. May- be it's because I've always been too sensitive about most people. There's some sort of chemical reaction and I just freeze up inside. As a result, I ofttimes give the impression of being detached. It still can't be helped. Even to those closest to me, I have never been able to 'open up.' " For the benefit of the Spade senders and the Duff devotees, a bit of personal probing proves that hero Howard is six feet tall, weighs 185 lbs. on the badminton court, has brown hair, and blue eyes that can best be described as questioning eyes. For the past two years he's lived in a small apartment which he still refers to as "temporary quarters." He eats most of his meals out, hates to cook but admits to being a "helluva egg man at breakfast" — which is usually noon when he's read most of the night. To combat loneliness, he likes going (Please turn to page 63) Rugged, ruthless Sam Spade and quiet Howard Duff of Hie films are 5 ©»e and the same gay— bat so different flit Jane Russell plays Hie role of Calamity Jane in the new Bob Hope comedy for Paramount, "The Pale- face." Like Dottie Lamour and all other Hope hero- ines before her, Jane had to learn to "take ft" from wisecracking Bob, but she loved it. On this page, informal closeups and typical scenes from the forth- coming Hope picture. Right, Jane in her own natural and wholesome character seems to be laughing at the Jane Russell built up as the sexy personality she played in her first motion picture, "The Outlaw." WHEN it was announced that Jane Russell — the girl whose anatomy has been made famous by "The Outlaw" — was going to star opposite Bob Hope in "The Paleface," everyone said, "Gosh, that will be murder. Imagine the gags Bob will pull on her!" But the people who said that didn't know Jane Russell. She is a girl who al- ways gives back as good as she gets — and better. Where Dorothy Lamour had been driven frantic at times by the Hope gags, Jane Russell was simply waiting for him to start in on her so she could let loose a Sunday punch on him — and brother, when Jane lets loose a Sunday punch, you feel it! For Jane, believe it or not, was born a tomboy. Raised with four younger broth- ers, she learned early how to hold her own in any form of combat, verbal or otherwise. She is an earthy sort of per- son— straightforward, hard-hitting, with a gleam in her eye that betokens just plain fighting spirit. When Jane first heard rumors that she was going to be cast as Calamity Jane in "The Paleface," she thought the ru- mors were goofy. After all, by this time she was accustomed to Hollywood's crazy I rumors, and while she wondered how this one had sprung up, she paid it little at- tention, till the day her agent phoned her and told her the deal was all set. Mean- while, Bob Hope, vacationing in South America, received a phone call one day from William Meiklejohn, head of talent casting at Paramount. Meiklejohn, call- ing from Lucey's, said triumphantly, "It's all set, Bob. Jane Russell will play Ca- lamity Jane in 'The Paleface.' " Bob had previously heard that Paramount wanted Jane for the role, and he was enthusiastic about the idea, but until that moment no one had known whether the unpre- dictable Howard Hughes would consent to the loan or not. Bob and Jane Russell had met a num- ber of times at benefits, but their con- versation had been limited to "How do you do?" So when they met at rehearsals of "The Paleface," they measured each other, like two opponents getting ready for a big bout. Undoubtedly Bob won- dered what sort of a co-star he had drawn now. Jane, for her part, wondered how soon the gags would begin, and how rough they would be. "To my surprise," she told me recently, as we had lunch together in her dressing room on the Paramount lot, "Bob was extremely formal with me all during the first few weeks. He didn't pull a single gag while I was on the set." Jane, at the moment she told me this, looked so different from the exotic girl she played in "The Outlaw" or even the attractive girl she played in "Young Widow" that at first I hadn't recognized her. For Jane was wearing the makeup and clothes she wears for the tag in "The Paleface." In this last scene Bob's a gold statue and Jane's an old woman. When she had entered the dressing room with her companion, Portia Nelson, I won- dered to myself, "Who the heck are these two characters?" Gray hair was piled in a high bun on Jane's natural hair. The makeup man had drawn all sorts of wrinkles and crow's feet on Jane's nat- urally unlined skin, and the frontier pants Jane was wearing hid her curves. Even though Jane was wearing a sweater, you just don't expect to see a sweater girl with wrinkles on her face and gray hair piled high on her head! "Bob's been kidding me plenty about this makeup," laughed Jane. "But that's been in the last couple of weeks. During our first few weeks of work on the pic- ture, he laid completely low on gags I wondered why he was so formal at first, but finally I (Please turn to page 58) EVERY so often I hear the younger players here in Hollywood comment on the habits of some of their teen-age acquaintances, and in no uncertain terms they let it be known that they've had enough of those particular characters. These are hard words, especially if you happen to be the teen-ager who's the unhappy target for these most uncomplimentary ob- servations. But if you are, take stock of. yourself. What's the real reason for your troubles? Why do your chums polish you off that way? Obviously, there must be some basis for their de- cision about you. Ask yourself why, and if you're honest, youH probably find a number of unpleasant facts which practically stare you right in the face! I've discovered one highly important thing in my years of living, and I think it's worth passing on. It's a lot easier to have people dislike you than it is to develop true friends, and keep them as your friends. All you have to do is behave without consideration for others, and you're sunk. I believe the best way for young people to get along with one another is to be sincere, unaffected, helpful to others, and live and let live. Keep these standards always in mind. I'm not trying to tell you how to change yourself overnight, or give you any easy lessons on how to be the life of the party. I'm talking straight from the shoulder to the cliff-dweller as well as country lass and lad, and I offer them with the hope that you may find some clues to a successful way of facing each day's problems as they come. And believe me, the reward is very satisfactory! (Please turn to page 53) A very live Pidgeon indeed, Walter is an idol of young- sters in and out of the MGM Studios. They know he'll never "preach" to them, but they also respect his judgment and accept his advice. Right, the tables are turned as Elizabeth Taylor, his screen "daughter" of "Julia Misbehaves," kibitzes his checker game. He calls her affectionately, off-stage, "Junior." Below, mem- orable scene with Janet Leigh in "If Winter Comes." The younger set sit up and listen when their favorite "father" talks to them straight from the shoulder (Bif lOcdt&h (pidq&on Without the Leer JHEY hate interviews," everyone told me. "What's more," they add- ed. "Elsa and Charles Laughton hate interviewers. That mountainous Charles Laughton will put you over the cliff that drops in a sheer line from the edge of his Pacific Palisades garden. And Elsa Lanchester will laugh that "Big Clock" laugh of hers, and they'll think themselves well rid of you." Well, it wasn't like that at all. We met in the round bricked front patio of the house, built around a beautiful tree — I think it's one of those wonderful Cali- fornia oaks. I was afraid to ask later on because I had already made a faux -pas by identifying a camellia bush as a gardenia, and Charles had quickly cor- rected me. "Have a sapote," offered Elsa. I took a piece of the strange sweet fruit she had picked only a few hours before at their Palos Verdes "shack." That's Charles' name for it. though I'm told it's a pretty place down in extrordinarily scenic coun- try. It's a shack to him because they do all their own housework there — bedmak- ing, cooking, dishwashing, cleaning, dig- ging. When we got in the house and I went straight toward a particularly fine, brightly blue Dufy, and the pulpy sapote collapsed in my fingers just before the last couple of bites and messed up a cor- ner of the table I was leaning across, I thought Charles might "do a Laughton" — the thing "they" had warned me about. But he just let me clean up the mess all by myself, while he smiled. They're a study in contrast, these two. He has the dignity and quiet that seem to go with king-size males, and she's so alive that you're conscious of her being in the room every moment. She's smaller than you expect, was dressed in a coun- try knit in earthy colors, has hair that's called auburn (Please turn to "page 69) The Laughtons, Charles and his actress wife, Elsa, on the set of Paramount's "The Big Clock." Right, together in a scene. Right above, cozy moment with Maureen O'Sullivan, who makes her movie come-back in this film directed by her husband, John Farrow. Seven Academy Award winners bring you the picture so wonderful it may never again be equalled W on the screenl Dazzling as a crown — democratic as a kiss, it's the funniest frolic in many a movie year when American Traveling Salesman Bing sells blue-blooded Countess Joan a scandalous bill of goods, as they whirl headlong through riotous escapades and gay indiscretions! Paramount presents BING CROSBY i e II Qfi Color by TECHNICOLOR with Roland Culver • Lucile Watson • Richard Haydn • Harold Vermilyea Produced by Charles Brackett • Directed by BILLY WILDER Written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder Even their dogs are in love . . . and in the royal doghouse! * * * When Bing sings those lilting love melodies, "The Kiss In Your Eyes," "Friendly Mountains," "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame" and "Emperor Waltz". . . your heart will beat in three-quarter time! Location scenes amid scenic splendor of Jasper National Park provide fun but it's no lap of luxury for stars Joan Fontaine, left with makeup man Bill Wood, and Bing Crosby, center with chef. Right, Bing and Joan with Billy Wilder, director of Paramount's Technicolor musical farce. Picture-making isn't always a picnic — but Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine, on loca- tion for "The Emperor Waltz," enjoyed their jobs, as you'll enjoy their picture 32 The poised dignity of the lovely Viennese countess, played by Joan Fontaine, is given a rest between scenes at Emperor's palace. FOR GOOP rtM£/ oocked Jamr no*/*/- FOR THE MELODY TIME OF YOUR LIFE! /W£LOOV T7M£ • fSCOS B/LL COLOR BV TCGHMCOlO*' As the symbol of gracious living, Anne Baxter, in the role of Clark Cable's screen wife, has a strong magnetic power — until he succumbs to the undeniable allure of his head nurse, Lana Turner. Then on the battlefield, Danger "pulls the strings." THE statue, "Miss Liberty" all those boys in uniform crowded around the rail called it, was out there some- where in the mist, so close that Ulysses felt he could touch it. Above the blasts of the transport's foghorn, above the shrill whistles of the tugs, he could hear other sounds, the sounds of home, the whisper that was really the shouting of the welcoming crowd on the pier, -rising and falling above muted strains of a brass band. Punctuating all of them was the piping staccato of automobile horns, the trucks, taxis, and the endless stream of cars so characteristically New York. Yes, they were all there, right behind the fog, but the Europe he had just left seemed much nearer to Dr. Ulysses Johnson, Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. In less than an hour he would be in New York and in scarcely more than a day later he would be home — home with Penny. But there was none of the elation that should have come, thinking of Pen- ny. When he had left, the only thing he had to hold on to had been this homecoming, but now that it had come the taste of it was like ashes in his mouth. Even Penny, most of all Penny, seemed like part of a dream he had dreamed and forgotten long ago. They had once been so happy with each other, and in their gracious life that had seemed to leave nothing to be de- sired. Success had come easily to him and he had escaped the gruelling grind so many of his colleagues were still going through. It amazed him sometimes how he had become the most fashionable sur- geon in town, while men he had thought far more promising than himself had been — well, grubbing along was really the only way he could describe it. Men like Bob Sunday, for instance, who was still practicing down in that dreary slum where he bad first hung out his shingle. Ches- ter Village it was called, though there was nothing about that crowded malaria infested tene- ment section to suggest the wide spaces and charming houses and gardens its name would imply. Ulysses had always felt Bob must have been lacking either in nerve or ambition to stay there year after year. But some- times he made him feel guilty, too, like the time Ulysses had promised to go down and talk about the slum clearance pro- ject the other was so excited about putting into effect. Ulysses had completely for- gotten it was Penny's birthday, so he had put Bob off- and spent the afternoon with her at the club. That was only a few months before Pearl Harbor and the next time he had seen Bob was at the farewell cocktail party Penny had given the eve- ning before he left for camp. He had worn his uniform and Homecomin HOMECOMING Clark Gable with two women in his heart — one, luscious Lana Turner, spells high adventure; 'the other, Anne Baxter, stands for all he wants to come home to. Which one wins? i for once he didn't feel that twinge he'd felt before after disappointing Bob. Instead, he felt superior to the other in every way now, not only in the material way he had always had, but in the more subtle one of con- science. After all, wasn't he serving his country while Bob was still in civilians? Maybe he had been a bit pompous, a bit smug, as he talked of what he was do- ing. For suddenly Bob had lashed out at him. "Look, Lee, don't talk to me about issues," he had said. Ulysses hadn't been put off. "Your country's been attacked!" he reminded him a little too sharply. Bob had taken a deep breath then and let him have it. "When you have the guts to tell me my coun- try's been attacked, imply- ing that I'm not doing any- thing about it, that's pretty hard to take. Over there in Chester Village men have been dying for years. Children are dying just for the lack of decent care. Malaria, malnu- trition, hookworm! My country at- tacked? You're darn right it has been. For a long time! But did you care? And don't kid yourself about that uniform you've got on. You're in it because it's the thing to do right now, because everybody else is doing it. Get wise to yourself, Lee!" i Jir t That had washed them up completely. A friendship of years, gone, just like that! He had wanted to forget it, the way he always did unpleasant things. And yet he couldn't. It was as clear to him now as the day it had happened. Much clearer to him than Penny was. He tried to think of her then, of the fun they'd always had, of the excitement of being with her. He tried to recapture that feeling he'd had the morning he kissed her goodbye, and the loneliness that had come afterwards when he thought of her. But even the loneliness couldn't come through to him now, not with that other loneliness which seemed to be a part of his very bones, that's how deep it lay inside of him. "Snapshot," he whispered and even her name seemed a part of him. "Snapshot." It was on the transport taking him overseas he met her. She was a striking- looking girl with that yellow hair of hers and those deep violet-blue eyes, but he hadn't noticed her any more than he had the other nurses in his outfit, not with every thought he had back home with Penny, continually in his mind. "I wonder where we're headed for," he had said to Dr. Silver, one of the older officers, as they lounged comfort- ably on deck that evening. "Can't be unaccountable ways of rating fives. Thus, in their co-starring roles of this dy- namic romance, Clark' and La na find themselves on leave together in Paris, crowding as many happy memories as they can in their few short hours to blot oat the horrors of frontline warfare. miiuimtmiimmiiiHiimtmiiimmiiHuiiiiimiHtuitt "HOMECOMING" Produced by Sidney Franklin in f association with Gottfried Rein- f hardt. Directed by Mervyn Le | Roy. Screenplay by Paul Osborn | from the original story by Sidney | Kingsley, adapted by Jan Lustig. f With the following cast: | Dr. Ulysses Johnson* . CLARK GABLE Lt. Jane "Snapshot" McCaU I LANA TURNER 1 Penny Johnson ANNE BAXTER I Dr. Robert Sunday. JOHN HODIAK I Dr. Avery Silver RAY COLLINS j Sgt. Monkevicz ...CAMERON MITCHELL f Sgt. McKeen I MARSHALL THOMPSON f A Metro-Co Idwyn-Mayer Picture Africa, because that campaign's in the bag now that Montgomery's got Rom- mel on the run. Probably won't be long before the whole war's over, now that we've come in." Silver didn't have a chance to answer, not with that clear, scornful voice break- ing in. "Wishful thinking," she said and as Ulysses turned sharply he saw the girl half-sitting, half-lying beside him, her hands clasped behind her head, her eyes staring up at the stars. "Wishful think- ing, just the way we got here." Ulysses shrugged and turned away. "I wonder what my wife's doing now, this minute." Silver tamped down his pipe thought- fully. "Mine's just putting the kids to bed. You got any?" "No," Ulysses said. "Never felt the need for any." There was a rustling beside him as the girl straightened into a sitting position. "You don't know what you've missed," she said. "My boy is six now." "Really?" Ulysses glanced at her indif- ferently. "Then why are you here?" "Because I want him to become twelve," she said. Ulysses lifted an eyebrow. "Where's your husband?" "Somewhere in China." Her voice didn't change at all. "He's buried there." He shifted uncomfortably. "Oh," he said. And then: "Sorry." "It was six years ago," she said sim- ply, "and anyway, he was fighting for what he believed in." "Fighting? In China?" Ulysses looked his bewilderment. "Was he Chinese?" "No. He was an American pilot." Ulysses felt more bewildered than ever. "Why can't people just stay home and live their own lives?" he sighed. "Enjoy the good things, their work, their homes . . ." The girl's short laugh came. "Com- fortable philosophy, Major. You can't understand it at all, can you? Why an American should be fighting in China?" He flushed. "No, I can't," he said abruptly. "A man leaves his wife and child to fight in a war that was none of our business!" "Wasn't it?" she asked cryptically. "Not six years ago," he retorted. She looked at him, then swung lightly to her feet. "My husband hated aggres- sion even six years ago." she said and The homecoming kiss — so much had happened in the three long years Anne Baxter had waited, faithfully and patiently. It just couldn't be the same, they thought. his sense of discomfort heightened as she left her place on the deck. "Of all the fresh . . ." he grumbled. "Who is she?" "Snapshot, they call her." Silver knocked the ash out of his pipe. "I think her name's . . . let's see . . . McCall. That's it. Lieutenant McCall." "Whose nurse is she?" Ulysses asked. "Not yours, I hope." "No." A faint glimmer of amusement tugged at Silver's lips. "She's yours." That was the first time he mentioned Snapshot in his letters to Penny, feeling some of his annoyance leave him as he wrote, the way exasperation always had a way of going when he talked things over with her. He gave the girl a wide berth for the rest of the trip and then forgot her. For it was Africa they'd been heading towards after all. coming in on D-Day directly after the first wave at- tacked Casablanca. There was plenty to keep the Medical busy then — so busy that Ulysses didn't even recognize her at first as one of the nurses assisting him. It was her amazing competence that made him notice her again. The attack on Kasserine Pass had begun then and he wouldn't have known what to do without Snapshot during those nights and days. It was uncanny how she was always there, right when she was needed. One night — it was really morning, for reveille sounded just after he reached his tent — he was so exhausted that he didn't have the energy to begin undressing. As he sat on his cot, Snapshot suddenly ap- peared in the opening of his tent carry- ing two. mugs of coffee. "Mind if I sit down a minute?" she said, and as he nodded, sank down on a chair facing him. "I was very rude to you that evening on the boat. I'm sorry." It was amazing how much it pleased him. "Well," he grinned ruefully. "I can't say as I blame you . . ." "I'm a very irritating person," she said. "So am I," he confessed. He looked at her and was amazed to see the color flooding her (Please turn to page 51) 37 Bonita Granville fills in chin-time spot on Fred Robbins' popular airsbow. Latest list of waxen attractions lend a musical ounce of bounce to your gayest summer playtime HYA, Sy! Well, if it isn't July! Get those boots laced up high, and let's ride to the sky! That's just about how far the fresh stacks of wax reach, and to dig 'em all we gotta glue our tympanic membrane to that sound box practically tin? whole twenty-four of the day — just so your little hearing flap won't be mistreated. Had a big ball with Lucille Ball's boy, Desi Arnaz. He took over the program from the records to the commercials, which he did in Spanish, and almost made a date with one of the chicks he called whose meter started ticking that clay — her birthday, that is. Si. chiquito, Des does everything! That "Teentimer" program we did together — wow! Never saw so many of the lipstick legion melt Mindy Carson and Fred cross listen- in wires when she drops in for chat. en viasse! What's he got that I haven't and where can I buy it cheap! Don't answer that! But what's in the way of ecstatic static? HEAVENLY! FRANK SINATRA: Nancy's Daddy's been getting lotsa of tonsil exercise of late, or else Columbia's spouting out Movies' Richard Conte counts with femme fans who listen to Freddie's program. cookies like a machine gun, hon. And so what? We could stand fresh Frankie cookies for breakfast, lunch and demi- lasse every day, hey! There's "I've Got a Crush on You," a lovely Gershwin song over Hi years old which we begged him to wax long ago and he finally did. And you'll be glad, too, 'spesh with such nice racket by Bobby Hackett on trumpet woven all 'round. Flip is "Ever Home- ward," adapted from a Polish melody, with Frank getting off a chorus in both English and Polish for no extra charge. For another helping of yelping, "All of Me" and "I Went Down to Virginia," loaded with many an ounce of the bounce that counts and bubbling like fizz water and fish eggs. (Columbia) NAT COLE: Void the set of grooves we've l>een poppin' our cork about on the "1280 Club," Bub, "Nature Boy," with the new groom on his ownsy against a bank of beautiful Frank DeVol strings. 'S one of the greatest slicings ever cut, just a simple, tender, poignant piece of philosophy the UN could dig, "the great- est thing in life is to love and be loved in return." 'Twas written by a yogi farmer, Eden Abez, and* not only getcha like the witches got Macbeth but puts the proper feeling of reverence in your ear. Flip is the double bubble beauty from "Bishop's Wife" that Cary did on the harp. "Lost April," which'll keep you in that state of escapist bliss. Sis, from now until next April. (Capitol) BILLY BUTTERFIELD: Wm. covers that horn like black covers prunes on "T Can't Get {Please turn to page 71) Vaughn Monroe brings two of the boys from his band to discuss the pro and con of "corn." Celeste Holm admires Mary Pickford's chapeau as they Diana Lynn and Bob Neal, still denying rumors of a future greet each other at one of the month's important parties. wedding, with Sonja Henie, a favorite Hollywood hostess. JULY is bringing Hollywood out of doors, where the patios, lanais and gardens, now in full bloom, make colorful and effective settings for most of the important parties of the month. I've even had an outdoor bamboo bar in- stalled in the open patio adjoining my own garden, and I christened it the other evening with a cocktail party for my friend, the Baroness de Selys Long- champs, a distinguished visitor. That lovely Italian star, Valli, Sonja Henie, Robert Mitchum and his wife, Dorothy, Mary Pickford and Buddy Ttogers, Diana Lynn, Ann Miller and Turhan Bey were among the many who came to welcome the Baroness to her first Hollywood party. Below my garden the lights of the city spread out a carpet of glistening dia- monds, and I saw Beatrice Lillie watch- ing the scene with apparent fascination. "Isn't it beautiful, Bea?" 1 asked her. "Don't tell me, Cobina. I know. -Tn just a minute they all come together and spell MGM'!" It was at this party that I introduced Turhan Bey to exquisite Arlene Dahl, and he was quite smitten with her titian- tressed beauty. Now they're seeing each other quite regularly. Diana Lynn came with the young Texas oil millionaire, Bob Neal, but they both deny that there are any wedding bells ringing in the imme- diate future and claim that that heavily chaperoned trip to Mexico was just a By COBINA WRIGHT Pome Along With The beginning of a romance? Turhan Bey and Arlene Dahl are seeing each other regularly since meeting at one of Cobina's parties. At right, the popular hostess herself with Robert Mitchum, bearded for a movie, and Sonja Henie. Turhan Bey, Diana Lynn and Bob Mitchum record a roundelay. Right, Edward Everett Horton and Valli with hostess Cobina. vacation, a colorful change of scenery. I had invited Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. but they called to say that they were both working so hard in "Key Largo" that they wondered if they could have a rain check. "You know, Cobina," Bogey said, "it's the worst-dressed picture of the year. I wear the same old suit throughout the entire film. Lauren's one-change ward- robe only cost seventy-five dollars and Claire Trevor's single dress is a forty- five-dollar one. Edward G. Robinson wears just one suit and a sleazy robe and Lionel Barrymore's outfit consists of a shirt, dungarees and a straw hat. We're such a disreputably dressed crew that even the producer. Jerry Wald, feels obliged to wear a five-year-old suit when he visits the set! So you can see we're hardly groomed to meet a Baroness." A rugged appearance, however, didn't halt Robert Mitchum. He arrived, apol- ogizing for wearing a six-day growth of beard, explaining that the studio wouldn't let him shave because of his current role in "Blood on the Moon." The Baroness was fascinated, and called "Beaver" when Bob was introduced to her. Bette Davis didn't give her party out of doors for her friends. Mr. and Mr>. Williams of Columbus. Georgia, but she did the next best thing. She literally brought a garden into the Rodeo Boom of the Beverly Hills Hotel with some of the most stunning floral arrangements I IHHBHaHnBHH mm To The Best Hollywood •n»rinc ie screen colony's social scene moves outdoors for Summer fun, and our celebrated society columnist, Cobina Wright, reports all the gay gossip of the glamorous guests have seen. Bette used great pink and green elephant ear leaves at the base of several bowls piled high with giant pink tulips, roses and pink carnations, all on candle-lit tables with pink satin cloths. Bette's invitations were so cute. She sent out wires saying that she and her husband. Bill Sherry, hadn't given a party in a long time and that she wished us to come for cocktails and a dance or two — or twenty-two! And we did dance until we were out of breath, because Bette and Bill insisted on. teaching the Robert Montgomerys. Rosalind Russell and Fred Brisson, Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer and both Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper how to do the "zana- teado." or Mex- (Please turn to par/< 61) 41 DATE BAIT DATE BAIT HATE BAIT DATE BAIT DATE EVEN though it's Leap Year, girls, I advise you to look first! When I was in New York recent- ly on a personal appearance tour, Editor Delight Evans asked me to tell about my Hollywood "dates." "Marilyn, you're one of the most-dated girls in the film col- ony," she said. "Why don't you give our readers the lowdown on dates and- how you feel about the many men you go out with — to the theater, night clubs, con- certs and parties?" "I'm afraid I'm out-dated, Delight," I said. "It's like Mark Twain's remark about the report of his death — the num- ber of my dates is greatly exaggerated. If I lived to be a hundred, I couldn't possibly go out with the thousands I'm supposed to have been with." There are several reasons for this. One is, I think, because the average Holly- wood bystander is innocently nearsight- ed. A person sights a blonde in a thea- ter or a restaurant and asks. "Who is she?" and the companion is very likely to say. "Oh, that's Marilyn Maxwell with so-and-so." It makes no difference that it might be Doris Day, Martha Vickers or Lady Mendl. They've said it and that makes it so. Another reason is due to press-agent dream-ups. A publicity man will have a handsome male client he wants to have seen with the current crop of glamor girls — so presto, date-o! — you read that you're being romanced by a dream boy you've only seen at fifty paces. Once, I stayed home playing cards with my mother all evening, only to pick up the paper the next morning and dis- cover that I had been out on the town in seven different night spots with three men I had never even met! I'm still looking for that blurb-planter. I think one of the most amusing ex- amples occurred right while I was in New York, making an appearance at the Cap- itol Theater. My ex-husband, John Conte, and I are still very great friends. (Just because our marriage didn't pan out, doesn't mean that we glare at one another in public.) John was appearing in that wonderful Rodgers and Hammer- stein musical, "Allegro," and doing such a terrific job I wanted to see the show. I called him to ask about tickets because I knew they were almost impossible to get. John obligingly arranged for me and my girl friend to get good seats for the 42 Exclusive photos by Len Weissman The truth about those 'dangerous Hollywood dates'' you've heard about By Marilyn Maxwell E BAIT DATE BAIT DATE BAIT following night. After the show was over he" took us out for a sandwich and a cup of coffee. The next day three nationally syndicated columns broke out in a rash of statements to the effect that John and I had reconciled! Many girls who first come to Holly- wood feel that they have to make the so-called night club circuit. I made the same mistake. I was advised that I would come to the attention of producers and directors more quickly if I stepped out more often. Believe me, kids, there isn't a quicker way of stepping out of pic- tures, entirely. I, luckily, caught on, and became fed up with that "being seen nightly" routine. It's not that I don't love to dine and dance, but I prefer to go to a night club only when there is some special entertainment I want to see. Or. if I happen to be singing there pro- fessionally, myself. The managers are rather insistent on that point! Of course, where a girl goes on a date and how she spends the evening depends a lot on the man she's with, and I think there are five important factors a girl can use as a guide to insure having a satisfactory date — whether it's in Holly- wood or Hohokus. First, a girl should not accept a date with a man unless she has had a proper introduction, that is, through a mutual friend or relative. Secondly, she should let the man plan the evening. On a first date, particularly, I like to know where we are going, so that I will know how to dress correctly. If it's for din- (Please turn to page 68) Definitely not a date with Bill Bendix, Marilyn might be — but isn't — saying in this scene from her new picture for RKO, "Race Street," with George Raft. Marilyn becomes a brunette for this one film only. One minute late! How dare Michael North keep the lovely Miss Maxwell waiting? It's their very first date, too. All is forgiven as Mike orders gour- met's dinner at Ciro's. Handsome Mike, the Curtiz star, minds his manners. You guessed it! They take in a movie 'Mike wants to see: MGM's "Summer Holiday," which features Miss Marilyn Maxwell. Back to Ciro's for a spot of dancing, cheek- to-cheek. Then one last stop at a drive- in for snack. Thanks for a lovely evening! What Are The -Wild— Wolves Whistling? Eeee-wooo! Speaking of bathing beauties, Hollywood has 'em Exclusive photos by Len Weissman Yvonne De Carlo (far left) starring in "Casbah" and "River Lady," for Universal- International, graces a Jantzen two-piece white satin lastex suit with strips of coral, black., and aqua. Ava Gardner, soon to be in U-I's "One Touch of Venus," is wearing a white satin lastex suit with a green fern print, by Mabs. Cute Olga San Juan of "Are You With It?" (right) in a one-piece, all blue wool suit trimmed with flow- ered white ric-rac By Jantzen. Above, Olga models a one-piece lastex-faille pink with huge flowers on white background. A Catalina suit. Right above, Janet Blair of Columbia's "I Love Trouble" and "Ful- ler Brush Man" chooses a two-piece yellow wool with half skirt to add to pool-side glamor. By Jantzen. Here's Hollywood &0$S/p Gossip by Weston East SIX-FOOT- three-inch Barry Sullivan was up for an excellent part in "The Great Gatsby." Practically every- one discouraged him. "You'll never get it," they said. "Alan Ladd won't play opposite an actor so much taller than himself." Eventually Alan looked at the tests of all the actors being considered. Barry was his choice, and Barry got the part. That's the kind of right guy Alan is. DINNER guests at Jane Wyman's were surprised and delighted when Ronnie Reagan walked in unexpectedly. So at least their situation looks promising. Speaking of Ronnie, every day when he eats lunch in the Warner Bros. Green Room there's a huge portrait of Jane smiling down at his table. His eyes are automatically drawn to it, especially when he's raving about her brilliant per- formance in "Johnny Belinda." And he's usually raving about it. "T'M terribly sorry I won't be able to be JL there for your birthday." It was Clark Gable calling Mrs. Walter "Field- sie" Lang from New York where he had gone to see "Command Decision." (His next MGM movie). Eighteen hours later Clark walked itf on the Langs — wearing a huge grin and carrying a magnum of champagne. "Fieldsie" Lang was Carole Lombard's closest friend and secretary. Wild horses couldn't have kept Clark away on that day. MAYBE you think her studio wasn't pretty pleased when Gene Tierney reconciled with Oleg Cassini. Her dress- ing room on "That Wonderful Urge" (how appropriate can a title be ?) set looked like a florist's shop. To commem- orate the happy occasion, Oleg gave Gene an antique ring set with seed pearls and opals. AT A drive-in not far from Warner MM. Bros. Studio a blue-eyed, pig-tailed little girl in a middy blouse and skirt munched on a sandwich. Next to her sat a nice young man, but they didn't look like sister and brother! It was June Haver, dressed for her role of the youthful Marilynn Miller in "Silver Lining," and r: 46 Is Spencer Tracy, left, wondering how "Baby Snooks" Fanny Brice thinks up all that mischief? Center, cocktail guests at the Town House are David Street, Gloria Jean and Rod Cameron. Right, dancing romanceers at Ciro's are Rory Calhoun and Vera Ellen. Boys will be boys! Red Skelton the clowns when Clyde Beatt comes to Hollywoodtown. At far Joe Cotten having fun feeding Dr. John Duzik, who had dashed out to see Junie on her lunch hour. She's finally divorced from band leader Jimmy Zito. The good doctor was always one of her favorite escorts. IT'S BEEN Jack Carson's rule never to come to the studio on a day off. But that was before he met lovely Pa- tricia Neal, whom you'll see for the first time in "John Loves Mary." He was at the studio the day she tested for a new part. He took her to lunch, waited to drive her home, and we even saw him walking her dog ! EVER since they announced their en- gagement, Michael North and Mari- lyn Maxwell are greeted with the wedding march whenever they go to a night club. Because the ring he ordered wasn't ready before the news leaked out, Mike slipped a five-and-dime sparkler on th his fair one. As Marilyn told us not be good — but it's certainly » NOW that her first Americai movie (she has three other, finally been released, perhaps that . ish siren will be more considerat studio associates. Some think she is s. frightened, though she's been here f( two and a half years. Others feel it's hei romance with a new young director that keeps her short-tempered. We're sure she has her problems. But why take them out on the people who are hired to help her? GREER Garson may indulge in tem- perament now and then, but the "Julia Misbehaves" company certainly sing her praises. The double hired for the acrobatic sequences literally got ill and couldn't take it. So Greer did her own night she dis^ Brisson, w. something he asked. "No, dt derly. "And Moi thing home for hei Left, Bill Bendix, now playing Babe Ruth in Allied Artists' 'The Babe Ruth Story," and Alexis Smith do the honors at first ball game. Center, Jane Powell congratulates Jeanette MacDonald after her concert. Right, Barbara Lawrence and John Fontaine, newlyweds, are "two happy people." fat O'Briens, seldom seen at night spots, attend dinner party dressed in their best bib >ucker. Pat's been busy picture-making. He's just finished RKO's "Fighting Father Dunne." He ■ng" >iat it ve the . girls be- Fontaine is go- jy. Practically the is announced, Olivia >* Penny looked as it something froze inside her and as she went on he knew the effort it cost her "Would you like to tell me about it?" "Yes. Penny, I would," he said "I'd like to very much Maybe it would be easier for you if I didn't, but I couldn't go on living with this inside of me. with- out your sharing it And if you can only bear with ine for a while She looked at him and her eyes weren't frozen any more They filled with tears as she came over and sat on the sofa beside him "I wonder if you know." she said, "what it meant to me when you left, being the one who was left out, the one who did nothing. In all these three years, that was the worst of it, that I couldn't be near you, do things for you, share your life My only hope was that when you came back you might need me. And now, you do need me, Lee! I'm in it again. You ask me if I can bear with you for awhile! Oh, darling, I can bear with you for as long as our lives last I love you, Lee." She didn't kiss him Instead she took his hand and held it as he talked. Some- how it wasn't hard telling her the way he had thought it would be. Not with his heart slowly beginning to live again in the quiet joy of knowing he was home again, really home, at long last In private lite, Mrs Peverell Marley attends a again after going blonde in her next picture, formal party at the Mocambo. Linda is brunette The Walls of Jericho," co-starring Cornel Wilde. 52 SCHEE.N1- AND Wake Up, Kids! Continued from page 29 Nearly everyone has gone through the personal phenomenon of trying to do something, such as deliver a speech, sing, act, or make a good impression You did your very best because you were in earnest, and then slowly you realized you were failing. Almost immediately you lost hope, and crept back into your shell All right, you thought. I don't care any more. I'll just relax and not try so hard Maybe I can have some fun out of this, after all. since I can't be a bigger flop than I already am. With your new I-Don't-Care attitude, you came out of that shell and gave it an- other try. The moment you began to feel this way, your nerves lost that taut rubberband tension, a real smile lit your face because it was something that re- presented the reckless feeling you had inside, and from that point on success was yours. This very thing happened to me when I first started out in show business I had been signed to sing w7ith Elsie Janis i famous vocalist of a few years ago. and Linda reacts in the usual way at baby show- er given her after adoption of baby girl when I first opened my mouth on the stage, the sounds that came out were horrible. 1 tried too hard to knock that audience dead, and instead I flopped miserably I had to go out again during ! the second half of the show because I couldn't get out of it, but by then I didn't care if I was good or not, and consequently things went along much better In fact. I was called back foi three encores! That experience has taught me two things. 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It may be done, but it rarely works What you're doing is trying to stimulate an emotion that isn't there, and it's bound to show I don't like the word "phony," but 1 think it explains fairly well the impres- sion that such a person gives out. Unfor- tunately, honesty is not one of the human qualities that can be faked for any length of time. It's not difficult to be basically sincere I think simplicity in thought and motion is a primary solution. Too many people behave according to standards which are actually alien to them; they do and say things which they don't feel but which they think they ought to do and say under given circumstances. Take the example of the feminine costume. I can think of a good instance of over-trying in achieving a desired effect. Once, on a set where I was work- ing, I noticed a very pretty extra. It was apparent from her dress that she was attempting to be glamorous, according to her concept of what a movie star should look like. It would be too much to try to describe what she was wearing, be- cause it seemed at first glance that she had everything on. She was a riot of color, frills, and glittering ornamental jewelry pieces. You looked at her be- Anne Baxter and Tyrone Power find time be- tween scenes of "The Shamrock Touch," 20th Century- Fox picture, for a relaxing laugh. cause she was pretty, but you soon lost interest because of her bad taste. Then a truly lovely top-ranking star walked on the set. Was she wearing the extra's conception of what constitutes good grooming? Not on your tintype! She was a beautiful picture in a black dress of soft material, with touches of white here and there. You looked twice because you scarcely realized at first glance that it was the simplicity of her costume that made her appear so un- affectedly charming. I think this lesson scored with the extra girl, because about two months later she was a different-looking girl. In fact, she had developed for herself a certain honest, quiet glamor. Someone must have pointed out to her that she was trying too hard, but anyway, I'm glad to report that now she's doing all right in the motion picture business. Overdressing doesn't apply only to girls in the acting business, because I've seen bedecked and bejeweled career girls who should know better! I should think it would drive a businessman to distrac- tion to have around him a secretary or stenographers who look as though they're gowned for a cocktail party rather than an energetic day at the office. Don't get the idea that I advocate severity. What's more attractive than a carefully tailored suit, a little touch of appropriate jewelry, and a clever hair-do? The whole effect is simple, and it's based on an understanding that there's a time and place for each ensemble that a wom- an wears. Consciously contrived cos- tumes, makeup, and hair-dos, it seems to me, can't hold a candle to those which appear casual and natural. The wearer of the former may think them artistic, but that leaves room for argument Suppose the nose does shine a bit? More often than not, men find it intriguing. As a rule, they don't care for that per- fect, untouchable look. You've often heard it said that some- one dresses "like a Christmas tree." What could be a worse indictment of a lady's taste? Rather than attract the opposite sex, she is more apt to repel. If this same lady would leave off half the flashes of color and gadgets she's sport- ing, she'd be better off I've noticed, too, that young girls in the courting stage often make mistakes along this line. They want to impress their prospective husbands, and they figure that the best way is to doll up in such a manner that they'll hit the guys right between the eyes with their daz- zling over-all pictures. They couldn't be more in error. Men inherently like a fresh, naturally achieved simplicity in their women. These men ill Jean Peters dressing room on the set of 20th Century-Fox s "Deep Water' is a cozy hideaway for the young starlet to study script. 54 SCREENLAND Are you in the know ? remind themselves that if they do marry, they'll have to live a long time with the girl of their choice, and they aren't apt to be particularly interested in a girl who might look good at a party because of her artificial finery, but who's certain to be a horror over the breakfast table It's my observation that too many people take themselves too seriously, try- ing to be someone other than themselves. I, for instance, am really the laziest guy in the world, and I don't hesitate to ad- mit it. I'm not beset with a burning, driving ambition. I have no soul-searing desire to play Hamlet, or Cyrano, jind I'm not on a constant search for a "dif- ferent" role. I don't know what "type" I am, and what my "style" of acting is, and I don't care. I'm happy just as long as I feel at home in whatever I'm doing. In this scheme of having fun out of life, I think it's an excellent idea to give your inhibitions a fling once in a while. It's good for you, and as long as your giving-in doesn't hurt you or anyone else, you'll have some real fun. If you find yourself frustrated in some- thing, look for a way of getting around that bloc. I like crepes suzette, and as long as I can remember, I've longed to eat all I want. In restaurants they wheel up those elegant little carts, and make a big thing out of serving them. They rarely serve me enough, and I've never had the nerve to ask for more. Did I fret about this apparent in- justice to my gastronomical desires? I decided that there was an easy way around it — I'd just go home and make all I wanted! 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After the first few weeks during which Bob was friendly but never pulled any gags on Jane, he suddenly began address- ing her as "Lumpy." If Jane had been offended, he probably would have ended his gags right then and there. But Jane knew that Bob took great pride in the fact that he'd lost seven pounds just be- fore starting the picture. So she hurled the nickname "Fat" at him. "I'm losing so much weight making this picture," said Bob, "the first thing you know I'll be another Sinatra." "You think you're losing weight!" said Jane scornfully. "I can't see it." From that day on, each kept kidding the other about being too fat. One day the script called for Bob to carry Jane over the threshold of an ancient cobweb- covered cabin. Bob groaned as he picked Jane up in his arms. "Let's knock this off in one take," he told director Norman McLeod. "I'm a big strong man, but not strong enough to go through this routine too often." On the other hand, when a scene called for Bob to be thrown into Jane's arms, she groaned, then said, "You know, Bob, you weigh about as much as my husband — and he's a football hero, so there's some excuse for him, but none for you." One day Bob Waterfield, Jane's hus- band, visited the set. That afternoon Bob Hope acted very nervous as he went through his love scenes with Jane. "What's the matter. Bob?" said Norman McLeod. "You act as nervous as if this were your own wedding night." "I am just about that nervous," ad- mitted Bob. "Take a gander over there." He pointed to where Bob Waterfield and his buddy. Tommy Harmon, his team- mate on the Los Angeles Rams, were watching from the sidelines. "Bob Hope," Jane told me, "is tre- mendously interested in football. He is part owner of a professional football team, the Los Angeles Rams. The after- noon my husband visited the set, Hope announced the fact to me by saying, 'It seems we have a football player on the set today.' When my husband came up to Bob to be introduced, he said he hoped my husband would be able to visit the set often, but Bob explained he wouldn't be able to visit it again because of the strict training rules." During the making of the picture, Bob put on a continual free show for visitors, as he always does between scenes. There was one scene in which Bob was bound to a bent-down tree. The scene was cut just as two tomahawks flew down and the bent tree was released. Of course, a dummy had been substituted at this point for Bob Hope's body. As he watched the body which was supposed to be his flying through the air, Bob said, "Just imagine if that really was me. I'd be traveling east and west at the same time. If I were a chicken bone, I could, even make a wish." One of the funniest scenes in the pic- ture involves Bob's hiding in an under- taker's parlor. Temporarily he finds refuge from a group of gun-smuggling renegades by hiding under a sheet. But during this scene, the sheet under which Bob is hiding is set on fire, the fire is extinguished with water, and a cat shares Bob's refuge with him. Bob took all this punishment like the good sport he is, but when it was over, he said, "Boy, those guys must have been a rugged bunch to have been able to stand all this punish- ment after kicking the bucket." Then he began peering under the sheets, which supposedly held men who had been killed in gun-battles. Peering under the first sheet, he said, "Oh, no, it can't be! They shouldn't be burying Barney Dean. It's only his gags that are dead." (Barney Dean is Bob Hope's favorite gag writer, and works with him on every picture.) When Bob first saw Jane in her old lady makeup, he said, "Oh, good heav- ens! I never saw a grandma with that kind of build before." By this time Bob and Jane were really buddies. They had been from the first in a way, but they hadn't completely understood each other until they had tested each other with gags and sarcastic remarks. Now Jane sat down on Bob's lap with her makeup on. "People will be saying that you can't get anyone but an old lady to sit on your lap," laughed Jane. When she got off, Bob, who had been talking on the phone, said over the phone, "Jane Russell has been sitting on my lap. Wait till my heart starts beat- ing again." Later Jane was asked to pose for some portraits in makeup, to be used to ad- vertise a benefit in which she was in- terested. Jane looked completely serious as she and George Jessel posed for these photos. "Don't you think," said Bob, "you ought to crack a smile, Lumpy, for a change? Otherwise people will think that this benefit is for the Pierce Broth- ers." (Hollywood undertakers) . While they were making "The Pale- face" Bob learned that Jane has an ex- cellent singing voice — so appealing, in fact, that Columbia Records has put out a group of records with Jane called "Turn Out the Lights." Occasionally between scenes Jane would burst into song, while her friend Portia would play the piano. Bob enjoyed these singing sessions so much that one day he said to Jane, .38 SCREENLAND ''Won't you try to sing today between scenes?" "Sure," laughed Jane, "if you'll try to be funny." The fact that Jane had proved that she could take everything that Bob dished out and then go him one or two- better only made them better pals "What a gal," breathed Bob to his friend. "You know I never realized before I made 'The Paleface' what girls working with me in pictures have to go through. I always enjoyed the three-ring circus that exists on all my pictures, with a constant stream of visitors coming on the set. I'm such a ham I love to be on all the time. But during the first couple of weeks on this picture, I didn't feel well and for the first time in my life it was an effort to keep on smiling. Believe me, I was grateful for the fact that I had as a co-star a girl as amiable as Jane. No matter how nutty the scenes were that we were called upon to do or what screwy photographs we had to pose for, Jane never complained. She took the constant tide of visitors as nonchalantly as though she'd been working on Hope sets all her life." Jane met Bob Waterfield when she was in the ninth grade and developed quite a crush on him, but he didn't start taking her out until she was a senior in the Van Nuys High School. From that time on, they went together steadily, except • for three months when they weren't talk- ing to each other. Jane and Bob were married around Easter, 1942. (If this date turns out to be wrong, don't blame me. Blame Jane. She gets dates mixed up.) Shortly afterwards "Doll Face." as she calls her husband, was inducted into the Army and stationed in Columbus, Georgia. "Banjo Eyes," as he calls her, decided that she would rather stay with Bob in Columbus, even though she could see him only week-ends, than go on tour with "The Outlaw." Displeased at first by her refusal to tour with the picture, Howard Hughes took her off salary. "Banjo Eyes" went down to Columbus, anyway, and got a job in a beauty parlor where she earned $36 a week. She aver- aged six customers a day, and nearly all of them were women who were curious to see what she looked like. They were also curious about Hollywood. "Do tell us about Hollywood, my dear," they would say. Jane set them straight, and revealed Hollywood as a town of hard- working people not very different in essentials from Columbus, Georgia. Meanwhile in the evenings, Jane and her cousin, Patricia Henry, would go to the apartment they shared and talk over their experiences. Because her husband could be with her only week-ends Jane decided that she would be happier work- ing with Pat and spending daytimes with her as well as evenings. Pat had a job selling bonds from an army tank. She earned $27.50 a week. For this princely stipend and the company of her cousin, Jane gave up her own beauty parlor job. After a few months of this and of try- ing to pay half the rent on a $75 apart- ment on a salary of $27.50 a week. Jane decided to have another talk with How- ard Hughes in Hollywood. "Why should I put you on salary if Wok mill Tlmi&-(jl&... THE"NEW LOOK" SHADES: Fashion Pink . . . glorious light Pink New flame . . . alluring orcmgy Pink Dynamic Red . . . ravishing deep Pink Also many other exciting colors including : Medium Glamour Red Raspberry Ruby Pink Fire Royal Wine Orchid Pinwheel Red Bull's-*? tight Stars of stage and screen, as well as famous Pin-Up models, choose FLAME-GLO lipstick! Why? 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Of "The Outlaw," she says, "I liked the role, but I acted like a wooden stick in the picture. I just didn't know how to act." Of "Young Widow," she said, "I played a dull girl in a dull picture." • She's much more hopeful about her role in "The Paleface." "I play Calamity Jane straight and sarcastic," she says. Though the real Jane can be sarcastic on occasion, she's also kind-hearted. Wit- ness her plan to run a series of benefits for the paraplegic veterans of World War II. Several of the youngsters Jane knows had given parties for the disabled veter- ans at Birmingham Hospital. Jane no- ticed how difficult it was for them to get into an ordinary home. Since they were paralyzed, they had to be carried inside, and up the stairs. She decided that the entertainment world ought to do some- thing more to help these paraplegics than anyone had yet done. Why not a series of benefits to raise $100,000 with which to buy land in the San Fernando Valley? Then this land could be divided into lots, on which the disabled veterans could build their own homes. When Jane told Bob Hope her idea, he said, "That's a swell idea. Let's do it." "Bob," laughed Jane, "never gets ex- cited about anything, but is always ready to cooperate on any venture that will help disabled servicemen. He has prob- ably taken part in more benefits than anyone else in the country." Just as Jane found life with Bob Hope very satisfactory on the set, so she's finding her life with Bob Waterfield off the set completely satisfactory. Jane never gushes, but if you goad her on, she will tell you of either Bob, "He's won- derful." She and Bob Waterfield live with his mother in a home in Van Nuys, but are building a new home for the future. Jane, one of whose greatest hobbies is decorat- ing, is planning the decorations for the new home herself. She has several un- usual ideas: for instance, a drapery closet with pull drapes in four different colors. She once read an article saying that colors influence your moods, so why not, she says, have different colors for dif- ferent moods? On the days when she can stand red, she'll have that color. On days when she'd rather have chartreuse or peacock blue drapes, she'll have those. And there will be drapes in one more color, not decided yet. The bedroom will be on one side of the house, the living room on the other, with the closet with the pull drapes in between. She'll be able to pull drapes she wants into either room. Another idea of Jane's is changeable lamp shades. Although Jane is fascinated by de- corating, other phases of homemaking don't interest her. She admits candidly that she can't cook. "I won't ever be a housewife, I'm afraid. Bob's a good cook. He says, 'Hand me the pepper, hand me the butter, hand me the flour,' and I hand them to him. I make the salads, set the table and wash the dishes. When I'm working and Bob's on tour, I usual- ly eat out." Asked if she'd like to have children, Jane said, "Yes, I'd like to have a boy and a girl." But she doesn't know whether or not she'll retire after she has children. Meanwhile, she's grateful to Bob Hope Dotty Lamour, dazzling in a black sequined gown, does a Grecian dance in Columbia's "Let's Fall in Love," co-starring Don Ameche. for giving her what she considers the best opportunity she's had in pictures since "The Outlaw." "Bob was very helpful to me all through the making of the picture," Jane told me. "I was very grateful whenever he had a suggestion to make. I can use help. After all, I haven't had much experience in pictures. But Bob never made his suggestions brusquely. He was very tactful." For the first time on the screen, you'll see a girl in "The Paleface" who's some- thing like the real Jane Russell. Not that Jane can shoot the way Calamity Jane could, but she can hold her own in other ways. The role should establish Jane Russell on the screen for the first time as an actress who can act. At least she hopes so. And why not? Where there's Bob, there's Hope. 60 SCREENLAND Come Along with Cobina to the Best Hollywood Parties' Continued from page 41 ican hat dance as it's commonly called. Bette's guests of honor proved to be most charming and most Southern. Be- cause Bette lives at Laguna most of the time she arranged with the studio to let Mr. and Mrs. Williams stay in her beau- tiful house right on the Warner lot. Mrs. Williams was particularly thrilled since this was her first trip to Hollywood, al- though she has entertained Bette on numerous occasions when the star was in the South. As Mrs. Williams said in her delightful Southern accent, "Imagine, Mrs. Wright, openin' your front dohr every mahnin' and seein' Joan Crawford and Humphrey Bogart!" The opening of my friends. Lynn Fon- tanne and Alfred Lunt, in their comedy success, "0 Mistress Mine." drew a host of celebrities to greet this gifted couple, who haven't been seen on the West Coast since before the war. Among the first nighters for the brilliant affair were Bar- bara Bel Geddes. Ann Miller, Jacqueline White, Cesar Romero, Clifton Webb, Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, the Louis Jour- dans and the Tim Whelans. After the final curtain several of us dropped by at the Rouben Mamoulians' who were leaving for New York the next day. It was a balmy summer evening and the Mamoulians had their garden festooned in tropical fashion To make it even more exotic. Rouben 's colorful net macaw, Pancho, kept flying about, scola- ing the waiters or landing on Rouben 's shoulder to say something confidential in the host's ear. "Pancho does everything but mix the drinks." Azadia (Mrs Rou- ben Mamoulian, the noted sculptress,) slid to me. "He's the pet of all our pets. 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I haven't had a decent manicure in months!" 62 SCREENLAND Of Duff and Stuff Continued from page 25 to parties where he's privileged to be a spectator and not a participant. He loves music, old Louis Armstrong records run- ning a fast favorite. With no desire to "compete with James Mason," he's crazy about cats. Rumor reports a heart- breaking romance in his enigmatic per- sonal past, supposed religious complica- tions being the cause, but just try and get Howard to talk. "Of course I'd like to be married," he'll tell you in no un- certain tones. Gibraltar should live so long, before he'll be induced to enlarge on that one! Not too long ago there was Yvonne DeCarlo and the mystery engagement ring that didn't lead to wedding bells. Hollywood strongly suspects it might have been a publicity stunt. Put the question to him— and Howard lights a cigarette! 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I American School, Dept. HB-5, Drexel at 58th, Chicago 37 Pain soothed Promptly BOILS BROUGHT TO A HEAD Nature often causes a boil to come to a head and thus ease painful misery . . BUT . . doctors agree that moist heat coupled with a poul- tice action helps bring boils to a head quicker. An easy, practical way for you to apply moist heat is by using proven, world-famous AntiplJo tiphlogistine Helps in 3 ways...l — eases pain and tension ... 2 — softens the boil, relieving soreness . . . 3 — increases blood circula- tion, localizes and brings the boil to a head quicker. When he was four, his family moved to Seattle. At odd moments Howard showed himself to be a child of hyper- sensitivity and in strange contrast suc- ceeded in becoming the toughest kid on the block. With brother Douglas as his henchman, he organized "Duffy's Gang." They slugged it out with "The Sheiks" (who wore bath towel turbans) in Ravenna Park. In vain did the mothers of his youthful victims despair. It never occurred to anyone that he might be a kid who was fighting against being hurt himself. Much deeper perhaps than even How- ard is aware, are the roots of sensitivity. As he grew up it became all too evident that he had to learn his lessons from life himself. And each was to leave a lasting impression. There was Fran, for example Beautiful redheaded 16-year-old Fran. Howard was 15, and looked much older for his age. "Every fellow at Roosevelt High wanted to be Fran's partner at the Tolo Dance, where the girls invite the boys," Howard reminisces. "I couldn't even dance, but when Fran selected me, the whole world glowed with excitement and pleasure. " Alas, the ways of a maid with a man! Her hand in his, Fran lead Howard out- side where she produced a bottle of straight alcohol. Nonchalantly taking a deep swig, she held out the bottle to him. Having never tasted anything stronger than near-beer, he manfully, trustingly drank. All hell broke loose in his throat, and years passed before he ever touched liquor again. During his senior year, playing touch football, Howard fell and broke his foot. So he transferred his interests in ath- letics to Emma Jergensen's dramatic class. An oral recitation, which he in- sists "I did in an Italian dialect with no shame," won for him the good teacher's enthusiasm and two roles in the high school production of "Seventh Heaven." That magnificent escape from reality did the trick. An actor was born. Howard graduated in 1932 at the peak of the depression. With him into this chaos went the memory of a disillusion- ment that puts him on the defensive in friendship, even today. His best pal, the friend he admired and trusted, suddenly turned. No amount of urging can per- suade Howard to enlarge on the details. "He was my friend. I believed in him and he told lies about me," he sums it up crisply. The corners of his mouth tighten. He looks away when he says it. On rare occasions you get the feeling that Howard does want to talk about a lot of things. You get the feeling, too, that he does want and needs friends. But instinctively he seems to look for a mo- tive when friendship is offered, un- doubtedly because he has been smacked down too often. You feel he's a romantic sentimentalist, who can never quite for- get that reality is forever just around the corner. Just when you feel he is about to open up and talk, up comes that wall. From 1932 to 1937 Howard worked at anything and everything because he had to work. But he was still serious about acting, and completely incompetent when it came to anything else. Through Emma Jergensen's recommendation, the Seattle Repertory Theater eventually took him in. A disc jockey job opened up a whole new world in radio. From staff an- nouncer on KOMO, he went on tour with the Washington State Theater. Eventu- ally he landed in San Francisco — broke. "I never seemed to hit a happy me- dium," he recalls. "Either my stomach was full and I had a place to live — or I felt like I didn't have a stomach at all and I was trying to borrow a buck." As staff announcer on San Francisco's KFRC, his distinctive, resonant voice won for him "The Phantom Pilot." In Hollywood, where the program had moved, he was on for two and a half years. Eight months before the United States entered the war, Howard was in uniform. He acted, directed, announced, and produced one of the first army radio programs in 1941. After serving at Sai- pan, Guam, and Iwo Jima, with enough points to his credit he was honorably discharged on November 16, 1945. Howard returned to Hollywood and radio. In July of 1946, he got Sam Spade (the top mystery program according to a recent report) and has been playing him ever since. An excellently acted role at the Actors' Lab in "Birthday" paved the way to pictures. Jules Dassin, who directed the play, remembered Duff when he was signed by the late Mark Hellinger to direct "Brute Force." They drew up a contract; Howard signed. "During the years I've been in radio," Howard sums it up, "what I'm like in person was more or less taken for granted. As a point in proof, some of the listeners who saw me for the first time in "Brute Force" were quite taken aback. Up to that period, so their letters con- ceded, there existed a sort of general impression of Sam Spade. As nearly as I can make out, they visualized the generous proportions of a Sydney Green- street wearing a Humphrey Bogart face! "So now here I am in the picture busi- ness where it's part of your job to project your own personality, as well as the character you've been hired to portray. In a sense I feel I'm performing two jobs at one time. It's sort of a challenge, which I am happy to accept. And to be quite honest, I think most actors should learn to be more objective about them- selves. Certainly I should." Upon completing his recent role in "All My Sons," with his father now gone, Howard sent for his mother to visit him in Hollywood. The charming, dignified, gray-haired lady thus describes and best explains, perhaps, her devoted son: "Howard never did have a great deal to say. He preferred to read and remain in the world of his own imagination. I think his worst fault is either violently liking something — or violently disliking it. There is no happy medium. However, when he accepts a responsibility, any- thing he does he always does with all his might. It's his way of saying, this is everything I have to offer — the best I have to give." For Howard Duff especially this story is written — in the hope that some of the things that should be said, have been said. Things he could never say for himself. 64 S C R E E N L A N f> 1 Your Guide to Current Films Continued from p;i<>e 1,5 beautiful and convincing as ever. Ralph Richardson gives a powerful performance as her husband, whose personal feelings never interfere with his social and reli- gious convictions. The costumes and set decorations are superb. The Pirate MGM A musical extravaganza has Judy Gar- land as a romantic Spanish girl who reads and dreams of the dashing pirate. Ma- caco. She meets an itinerant actor (Gene Kelly) , who poses as the pirate to in- trigue her. It turns out that Judy's fat finance (Walter Slezak) is the real Macoco in hiding, and Gene has to do some fast thinking to straighten things out. The story isn't much and Judy has done better, but the film has the photo- graphic effects and amazing dance rou- tines now associated with anything dis- playing Gene Kelly's artistry. Fury at Furnace Creek 20th Century-Fox Victor Mature is the dashing hero of this rip-roarin' Western about a son's vindication of his father's trial and con- viction in connection with alleged trea- son to his country. There's a lot of shooting, several lusty fights and wild chases, some broad comedy and a little romance with Coleen Gray, who has a piquant face, is far more spirited than the average western heroine, and bears watching. Vic and Glenn I.angan, who plays his brother, look mighty slick in their flashy Western regalia. The Noose Hangs High Eagle Lion Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are their usual comic selves as a couple of window washers who unwittingly come by some "hot" money, shove it into an outgoing circular and track it down to its recipient, a lovely secretary (Cathy Downs) who's already spent it. She tries to recoup the money via the horse races but loses, and the three are almost annihilated by the interested gangsters, but everything turns out all right in the end — in the usual irrelevant manner Winter Meeting Warner Bros. A confused plot, if any. is not helped by a full collection of Bette Davis' man- nerisms and a new set of gimmicks, con- sisting this time of chain-smoking and coffee-drinking, not only by the star but by her new leading man. James Davis. These nervous habits are likely to affect some sensitive moviegoers, a condition that won't be helped by Mr. Davis' (no relation) camera fright. Bette is an in- hibited spinster-poetess who has a first, quick and short romance with a younger naval hero. Only Janis Paige, as an uninhibited gal who also wants Davis and John Hoyt, as a crochety but vastly amusing friend, give the film a few bright moments. My Man Mac Continued from page 21 in the least unhappy about seeing him again. He arrived the next day with a snow- ball of white carnations for me in one hand and a "growler" of beer in the other. Now that "growler" of beer busi- ness threw me at first until Mac ex- plained that it was a term handed down from workers in the mines. 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THE BROKEN-WEDDING RING 10455 Riverside Dr. North Hollywood, Calif. ing at nine, Mac had to do a radio show and that evening there was a performance of "Lady in the Dark" to do, so we had no honeymoon. Three weeks later, how- ever, we were remarried in the Catholic Church. I didn't happen to be a Catholic, so when I was converted I had to be baptized. And here is the funny part of the story. I had no friends who were of that religion and none of Mac's close friends was around, so we called Victor Mature, who was in the show with Mac, at six one morning and asked him to come down and be my godfather at the christening. I might add that with my marriage, any career ideas I may have had abrupt- ly disappeared. Mac put his foot down from the first. Mac's success in "Lady in the Dark" got him a contract with Paramount, so in the latter part of June we left New York and drove out to Hollywood in my Buick. I still think Mac married me to get my car and a trip to Hollywood. 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It would have been silly to sym- pathize with him because that would not have helped him in the least. For- tunately, Mac is the kind of person who makes up things to keep him busy. After he had three pictures wrapped up for himself, he decided he had to enlist in the Marines. I wanted him to do two more films to help Mm build up his name more, but all he could think of was enlisting. I did respect him for that determination, so I said no more about it. He went down to the Marine re- cruiting offices to enlist but failed to pass the physical because he was color blind. That didn't stop him, however. He heard of the Bates system, a new approach to the correction of eye weaknesses, and immediately^ started on an intensive course to correct this fault. He took all of the required exercises very seriously, but I could hardly keep from laughing as I watched him go through the strang- est routines — such as holding a pencil in front of him and staring at it as he slow- ly drew it closer and closer to his eves. At the end of two months, he had worked so hard that he had completely cured himself of his color blindness — and the Marines took him. Before he left to go into service, I mentioned that I thought I would go back into radio. He reared up on his size elevens and said, "No wife of mine is going to associate with those unat- tached radio guys, while I'm away!" So Mrs. Carey forgot about radio and took herself back to Philadelphia and mama instead. All of the time Mac was away in service, I wasn't idle either. I took up courses in typing and shorthand and in a short time was making the magnificent sum of $35 a week as a secretary at my alma mater, Bryn Mawr. Later I was raised to S40 a week. Mother didn't mind my mooching off her. so I saved all of my salary plus the $100 a month allotment I got from Mac. I planned to bestow upon him all of this lucre when he came back home. But it was to be a surprise. I wrote him that I was working and that I wanted to save money but that it was impossible since expenses were so high and because I had to buy clothes. He swallowed the story completely. He came home to what he thought was a flat bank account, but I had managed to stow away $2300. I became very ingenious and thought of a great way of surprising him with the money. His favorite food is brussel sprouts so I cooked a big batch of them and put them in a jar. I then served them for our first dinner together. I slipped the check under a rubber band which I had put around the outside of the jar. I also added a note which read, "Darling, here's your welcome home present. I l^ve y>u." He didn't see the check — although I didn't know that at the time — and he thought I was playing a gag on him. Brussel sprouts for a welcome home present! A fine thing! Very weakly, he thanked me, not wishing to appear rude. I was annoyed then because I thought his gratitude for a check of $2300 was pretty puny. Finally I said, "That's a fine way to thank a ladv for giving you such a check!" He looked at me oddly and asked, "What check?" Then I showed it to him. We had a lot of laughs about that. But to get to more up-to-date facts. I m very frankly a great fan of my hus- band's. I think he's a fine actor"! Not that I go around tossing bouquets at him all of the time. In fact, he likes me to criticize his work. When he asks for my opinion about a picture he's made, I tell him. but I never volunteer any remarks otherwise. Fortunatelv, Mac and I are relaxed enough with each other so that we can give frank opinions without getting into arguments. When Mac goes into a picture, he brings home the script and we study it to- gether. I'm as excited about scripts as he is. I play all of the parts except his and have a great time for myself. I'm especial- ly pleased about "Now and Forever," formerly "Abigail, Dear Heart." We've both enjoyed working on the scenes. I guess there's still a bit of ham left in me after all — but, thank heavens, I never pursued my career after my marriage. Mac hasn't changed too much. The only noticeable difference about him is that he is more gregarious than he used to be. He was the kind of a fellow before who stayed within himself. But I think that I've managed to bring him out of his self-imposed shell somewhat. He's done some revamping on me, too. I was once what I like to call a chattering ex- trovert. I'm considerably more subdued these days. So I guess I brought Mac up and he brought me down. Mac and I get the most fun out of just being together. Not that we put a sign on our door, "No people allowed." We have been known to go night club- bing occasionally but not in the chi-chi way, and we have gone to parties. But here's where we're unique. We always leave such parties around midnight and then go out to have a bite to eat alone. We invariably wind up talking for hours and getting home around six in the morn- ing. But that's the way we are — we just enjoy each other. Mac is as wonderful a father as he is a husband. He's absolutely batty about our thirteen-months-old baby girl, Lynn. Since she was a week old, he's had none of the typical fatherly fears of handling the child or taking care of her. He has an alert, colorful imagination which kids like, but you'll never hear him talking "down" to them. There's none of this "Where did you get those big brown eyes?" stuff with Mac. He's like all fathers in that he's for- ever buying Lynn something. Recently he got her a large double swing, even though she won't be able to use it for months. Last Christmas, I told him I'd bought Lynn a present from me and I asked him if he wanted me to buy some- thing for her from him. "No," he said, "think I'll buy it myself." A few days later, he came home, beaming. "Well, I got Lynn a Christmas present," he said proudly. I asked him what he had bought and he said, "Oh, some records." After telling him I thought that was wonderful idea, I asked, "What kind of records?" For a minute he didn't answer and then very matter-of-factly he said, "Oh, an opera." I was speechless. I finally man- aged to blurt out, "An opera! But she's only thirteen months old!" To which Mac replied, "Well, she'll get older, and she ought to have good music around her. Besides, it's the new recording of 'Hansel and Gretel.' " I guess he had an argu- ment there after all. That's pretty much Mac's and my story. I think I've been a good wife to him. 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Also try to be prompt. Don't keep a man waiting, particularly if it's a first date. You're likely not to be asked for a second one, if you do. Lastly, don't talk about yourself all evening — or, what is even more impor- tant, your other boy friends. That's the Kiss of Death for any date! As to my favorite "dates" they are quite varied and all fun. If I go out with Turhan Bey I can look forward to a wonderful musical evening at either a concert or an opera. With Michael North I don my dancing shoes because he al- ways picks the best bands and the best dance spots. Cary Grant is another charmer. He has the flattering habit of speaking to you as though you were the only girl in the world — a great asset for any man to have — and he never forgets all those little courtesies which make you feel important. Another thing about Cary. He never forgets to send flowers the next day with a little note thanking you for a wonderful evening. I'll never forget my first date with Cary. I had admired him on the screen for so long when I was in college. Then, after I ar- rived in Hollywood, a mutual friend in- troduced us and he asked me to go to a party with him, the following week. I was terrified. I was sure I wouldn't know how to act — what to wear — what to say. Instead he made me feel that I was one of the most perfectly poised and well groomed women he had ever been out with. I'll never forget that. With Peter Lawford, I can always count on an evening of informal laughs. They say that the English are not sup- posed to have a sense of humor. Well, that certainly doesn't apply to Lawford. He is filled with more pranks than a Marx Brother. One evening, after we had been to the Turnabout Theater, he insisted that we go to an all-night mar- ket for onion soup. He stuck on a mus- tache, posed as a Frenchman who couldn't speak English, and made me translate everything he said, which was all in double-talk. He wound up buying me a corsage of water cress and made me wear it home! Of course, these informal evenings are very rare and only occur when you know and like your escort as well as I do Peter. There are a lot of men here in Holly- wood a girl "dates" only once. These are the men who, like a well-known screen villain, drink too heavily, or who have the ability to make a large room seem awfully crowded — even with only two people in it! A smart girl only has to waste one evening this way and she knows how to say she's busy. It's not altogether the fault of the Hollywood boys. The girls have helped to make them that way, let's face it. One of the reasons that the Hollywood "date" grove is so overpollenated is because the percentage of presentable, eligible and available men is so small. No bachelor is safe from either bobby-soxers or bel- dames. Consequently, the male citizens in these parts get overstuffed opinions of themselves. Since they have such a bevy of beauties to pick from, because the most attractive girls in the country seem to migrate here, the men can practically go out with whom they please every night. The average girl in the average American city or town stands a better chance of having a good time on a date than the typical girl in the film colony who has to cater to and swoon over the man who is hers for the evening I gave up trying to act the part, dress the part and shine the man's shoes at the same time! If I have to do it, I'm going to do it in front of a camera, believe me. That's probably why so many people think it's the old bromide when I say I'm intent on a career and that I'm not interested in romance. If I could find my ideal date, how- ever, he would probably be right here in Hollywood. He would have to have Jim- my Stewart's boyishness, Robert Mitch- urn's physique, Mike North's dancing feet, Cary Grant's charm, Turhan Bey's polish, Van Johnson's grin and Gable's ears. But since no such paragon ever walked the face of this earth, you can possibly understand, kids, why I don't go out more often! Editor's Note: Marilyn Maxwell's "date" with Mike North developed into real romance after this story was written. They recently announced their engage- ment. Sydney Greenstreet has a smooth line on set with Rosalind Russell, even in front of her husband. 68 Screen land Laughron Without the Leer Continued from page 30 but would be more accurately described as red, and that stands out alively around a small face dominated by reddish-brown eyes. Husband and wife are alike in that their voices are soft and controlled and pleasant to listen to — an uncommon quality even among actors. And they have a way of giving you an unexpected, sweet smile. Yes, Charles too. I tried to set the conversational ball rolling by telling them I had seen their latest Paramount picture, "The Big Clock," just before I left New York, and that I liked them in it. They seemed pleased enough, but had not seen the picture themselves. They had liked their roles, they said. But the finished movie was for audiences, not for them. In fact, they see few movies. When they're not making pictures they're (a) puttering around their houses; (b) puttering around their gardens ("Gardening is satisfying, and restful, and I am much in favor of anything restful," Charles comments) ; or (c) working at their re- spective extra-curricular jobs. Charles' is his Shakespeare class and his readings and recordings. Elsa's is the Turnabout Theater in Beverly Hills. Charles started to read to wounded servicemen during the war, found they liked the Bible and Shakespeare read aloud. Now he has a three-nights-a-week Shakespeare repertory theater. Anyhow, they're all "reading" like mad. to the beat of a metronome (the kind you used to practice piano to) . The class has about fifteen members, culled from many hun- dred applicants. There's a waiting list that long. Ages range from the "baby" Fred Brisson, executive producer of "The Velvet Touch," seems to enjoy the gag, too. of eighteen to folks in their forties. No- body has missed a session for anything less than Virus X or a studio call. They don't advertise it, naturally, but the Laughtons' own favorite reading is Dick Tracy, and two early editions of the Sunday paper are bought late every Saturday night so there will be no argu- ment over who gets the funnies first. Elsa has only one free night — Monday. Other nights she is at the Turnabout, where she has been billed as "guest artist" since 1941. "Rather long to be a guest," she told me. But she won't permit the phrase to be omitted, be- cause the three men who began the theater took all the risks, made all the plans and run the show now — and she refuses to horn in on the credit. The men are Yale Puppeteers Foreman Brown who emcees and writes all the material, Harry Burnett who is producer, puppet-maker and able actor, and Dick Brandon, who manages and helps pup- peteer. Elsa is easily the star of the "live" show — for which the seats "turn- about" at the end of the puppet show so the audience faces a second stage at the opposite end of the theater. "I was entranced when I saw the Turnabout Theater," I raved. "I guess I'm ignorant, because I have never seen anything like it before." "Of course you haven't," she talked back to me. "There isn't anything like it anywhere." I guess there isn't — not in the turn- about seating arrangement, in the revue numbers which are a melange of racy, satirical songs, with a plaintively roman- tic number thrown in for good measure (and done at that performance by Miss Lanchester) . The seats are named in- stead of numbered. My tickets read Slow 'n' Easy, and I felt pretty smug because they hadn't given me Straight 'n' Narrow. Free evenings are apt to be spent at some friend's house with Charles likely as not reading aloud to music. "Who plays?" I questioned. "Oh, anyone who happens to be there," he told me. "One night it was Yehudi Menuhin. He hap- pened to be there." They collect paintings, but aren't "arty" about it. They just naturally gravitate toward pictures they like. They own a fine Renoir, Judgment of Paris, temporarily lent to the Modern Institute of Art in Beverly Hills. Their Rousseau. Hand and Roses, hangs in the same gal- lery. They like Morris Graves and have some of his sensitive drawings There's a painting too by Utrillo — a house — hanging prominently in their living room. They have some fine Oriental prints and old paintings on fabric, some pre-Colum- bian carved figures to scare the unini- tiated. An Aztec stone man guards the entrance from the garden, and Charles patted it lovingly on its flat hard head. 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You're warned not to go too near the edge of the treacherous palisade that overlooks the wide Pacific — in spite of my worried friends, no one suggested I jump off. But I couldn't help wonder why there was no restraining fence. There may be times, after all . . . "We're country people," they tell you, and that's not a pose either. They don't like to live in cities and are happiest away from crowds. They grow camellias this big — handsome red and white ones. They eat outdoors in the back patio whenever it's warm enough. for us in thi twenty-four hours here. We each have our picture work and We each have an absorbing extra interest." Charles is a top money-maker, so they can be choosey about their roles. Elsa wanted to do the frizzle-haired artist in "The Big Clock" and the worshipful maid in "The Bishop's Wife," or she would have turned them down. Charles thoroughly enjoyed the bullying publish- er Janoth in the "Clock" (the role is really a large economy size of one of those famous impersonations he does for intimates, so of course he liked it) . He liked doing the sadistic judge in "The Paradine Case" and the Nazi Haake in Academy Award winner Edmund Gwenn plays a professor who befriends Jeanne Crain and Bill Holden in 20th Century-Fox's "Apartment for Peggy,'" story of C.I. college student and wife. We talked of London and New York, and I wondered if they had found it dif- ficult to live in Hollywood. Charles had been east to do "Galileo" for the Ex- perimental Theater in New York (his enthusiasm about that would make a separate story) , but most of their living and working centers now on the West Coast. Were they finding that good for them? For their work? "You're happiest when there isn't enough time in the twenty-four hours to get everything done you want to do," Charles explained it. (No wonder it's the "restful" aspect of gardening that ap- peals to him.) "There isn't enough time "Arch of Triumph." Though whether either one of them will bother to see the finished movies is anybody's guess. (Charles was working on his German accent for Ilaake at the same time Elsa was practicing her accent for the role of a Russian baroness in a Republic mu- sical, and they say the goings-on almost turned into an international incident.) It's anybody's guess, too, how such im- Hollywooclish people are so completely content in Glamortown. It gave me something to wonder about as, driving home, I watched the sun set in appro- priate Hollywood Technicolor across the darkening ocean. 70 SCREENLAND Fred Robbins Right Off the Record Continued from page 38 Started." All proceeds from the sale go to the Bunny Berrigan fund. "Flip Flop" is on the flip, with some pip lip 'tween Billy and the 48's. A jumpin' little sump- in". (Capitol) COUNT BASIE: "Guest in the Nest," "Money Is Honey." 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Flip is a weird face that you've gotta dig about five times to get with "Thermo- polae," loaded with all the special Ken- ton effects and chordal dissonances. Very interesting stuff. Paging Bartok and Hindemith! (Capitol) GENE KRUPA: "After You've Gone," "Dark Eyes." You've been hurt- ing for this reissue so hard Columbia went and rebaked it — I mean, that won- derful Roy Eldridge trumpet ride on "After You've Gone" that'll turn July into August and put beads of perspira- tion down your back, Jack. A masterful display of technique! Back is the Krupa jazz trio, with Teddy Napoleon on box and Charley Ventura on tenor. Aw-chee- chorny-ya was never like this. Wow and double wow! (Columbia) KINGS AND QUEENS OF BOOGIE WOOGIE: What a field day for you collectors this month! 'Cause this sheaf is another reissue that's been like 8 mil- limeter Kodachrome. 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Maxine Graefe, Portland, Ore.: Dave Street did' some cookies for an independent company on the West Coast with the Mel Tones, Mel Tonne's old group, or a group that used the name. . . Rita Casino, Ridley Park, Pa.: Lily Ann Carol is on her own, doing theaters, etc., and her freshest cookie is "Please Be Kind," with Charley Ven- tura, on a National label. . . Sue Rowan, Ft. Worth, Tex.; Jean Groner, New John Howard and Ruth Hussey, in "I, Jane Doe," take a stroll on the Republic lot. Brunswick, N. J., Mary Speece, Phila., Pa., Arlene Ammon, Union, N. J.: You four rascals who are knocked out by the "Velvet Fog," Mel's latest cookie is "Do It Again" and "Whoopee." He's doing night club work all over the country and by now is on the coast making another flicker for MGM. He's not hitched, but has big eyes for Cathy Downs and you can cop a pix by writing to Musicraft Records, N.Y.C. . . Frances Coplin, State- ville, N. C: Tex Beneke's drummer is Jack Sperling. If you have a yen for singing, try starting with a local band, or on some local radio program. But make sure you've got talent. . .Laurence Beyer, Mineral Wells, Tex.: You're right, old man, Georgia Gibbs' thorax is "gone " She did a few sides for Artie Shaw under the name of Freda Gibson, which is the handle she used while on the Hit Parade. Her biscuit of "Ballin' the Jack" on Majestic is a "killer" . . . Evora Hicks, N.Y.C: The record of "Love Locked Out" this kid sings with on the "1280 Club" is from a Paul Weston album, "Music for Memories" on Capitol. James Hargreaves, Lancashire, England, and Cris Clyde, Jr., A^. Andover, Mass.: Helen O'Connell married an ex-Navy flier but is waxing again on the "Coast" label Whether she'll resume her career entirely only Helen knows. Depends on how her records go No more space to chin, Min, but we'll be diggin' you on the Columbia Record Shop every week and right here in Au- gust. Address your letters to Fred Rob bins, c/o Screenland Magazine, 37 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. 72 Screenland Jackie Cooper and Peter Lawford team up for a date at the Stork Club, with Mrs. Lou Wasserman, wife of their agent, on their recent quick trip to New York. Pal Pete Continued from page 23 plenty of guts and the gumption to meet a rugged situation. In the last several years things have been going well for him, but at seventeen he proved he could lick adversity. Until that time Pete had been brought up in a reasonable fac- simile to the lap of luxury. Except for his one year of movie-making in Lon- don, he and his parents had traveled all over the world. He always had private tutors. The works! Then in 1939 the Lawfords were visit- ing on Long Island when war was de- clared. British currency was frozen and they were unable to get funds from Eng- land. They bought a low-priced car and drove to Florida, because of his mother's health. And that's when Pete proved his mettle. First he hitch-hiked back to New York for a fling at radio. Nothing happened. So he thumbed his way to Florida again where he convinced a skeptical real estate man he could manage a parking lot for $25 a week and tips. By the summer of 19-H he had saved $700! So the family turned the old car westward and came to Los Angeles, where Pete had made "Lord Jeff" four years before. (That second brief career also terminated abruptly when his voice started changing.) Assured for his eiahteen years, Pete managed to find an agent, but no movie jobs were forthcoming, so he took a job as a theater usher at $1.3 a week in West- wood and stuck with it until he finally had a nod from flickerville. I don't be- lieve Pete ever will find it necessary to go back to ushering or parking cars, but if he did, I know he'd do all right. Pete is smart about money. He's gen- erous, but he saves, too, probably be- cause he learned the value of dollars when most kids were having their first fling at spending them. Many times Pete has said he doesn't plan to be married before he is thirty. I'm sure he means it, although marriage is an event I think no one, including Lawford, can predict. He has great re- spect for marriage, wouldn't enter into it lightly, and right now he's concentrating on his career. He feels he has a long way to go and must justify the faith his studio and his parents have placed in him. I think that's why he dates so many different girls rather than center- ing attention on one, which might cut into his concentration on work. And he works darned hard, going from one pic- ture to another. Pete likes to tell June that when he does marry he wants a girl just like her, which makes me feel pretty proud. He likes the way she takes care of me with- out being possessive — and also lets me take care of myself. 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Additional prints, 4c ea. Money Order Ideal Remittance. Serves as Payment and Receipt. Try Our 4-Day Service • Leaders Since 1920 RAY'S PHOTO SERVICE, Dept. 109, LaCrosse, Wis. 73 Mr. Homer Rockwell, SCREENLAND'S Publisher, is pictured here with Doris Day and Producer Michael Curtiz. Doris' first film, Warners' "Romance on the High Seas," is winning high praise. wide interests, poise and intelligence. He would like her to be attractive, but not a sensational beauty. Well dressed, but on the conservative side in choice of clothes. Wear very little makeup. Like sp irts as well as social frills. He doesn't mention shortcomings he would condone in his Dream Dame but I know he allows for them, for Pete's pretty honest about his own. He is al- ways late, except for work. For every- thing else, one can always expect Law- ford to be tardy. When he, June and I were going to San Francisco a few months ago, he offered to pick us up and drive to the airport. I telephoned him an hour ahead, but he was late anyway. We missed our plane, and only through good luck managed to get on the next one. He's always chewing gum and pops it with the finesse of a bobby-soxer. (He tried to teach me, but I have yet to learn.) It's almost impossible to get him awake in the morning. Whenever we have an early appointment I telephone him to wake him. He'll carry on a long phone conversation, then fall sound asleep again. And believe me, his dis- position is far from sunny for an hour after he gets up. He wants a couple of cups of coffee — and to be left alone. Then about an hour later he likes break- fast, after which he snaps into the ex- uberant good humor, kidding and laugh- ter that is the normal Lawford. (I can say this because my own disposition is horrible when I'm first awake!) Last summer June and I, Keenan Wynn and Peter spent many week-ends at Laguna. On Sunday mornings we'd never speak to Pete until after he had breakfast. It would have been useless, for he always had his attention on the funnies. Pete is a procrastinator in letter writ- ing. He isn't thoughtless, but he does run the limit of time until he picks up a pen. He also suffers from telephonitis. As soon as he walks in a house he al- ways has someone he must call. Actually, he just likes to yak on a phone. But these slight shortcomings are the 74, human side of Peter. If I told you he had no faults, you wouldn't believe it — and I'd be stupid, because everyone has some. Pete's are microscopic as com- pared with the good qualities that make him a great guy and fine friend. He has the suavity and polish of a junior Ronald Colman and manners that could be an example for anyone, but this is no veneer. It's ingrained and real, backed up by thoughtfulness. Pete is at our house several times a week. Our home is closer to the studio than his own, where he lives with his parents, so he often stops at Casa Cooper to clean up, after which the Coopers and Lawford have dinner, there or out some- where. If either Pete or I has an early call the next day, the evening is over by 9 o'clock. On an average of two out of three times, Pete doesn't have a date. When he does it might be anyone from Hollywood's top glamor girl to some cute little studio messenger girl. If we aren't working we go to movies, ball games, a stage play, to hear music — anything ranging from a symphony concert at the Bowl to swing as dished out by Slim Gaillard on the Strip. Pete is a marvelous dancer, but subtle and rhythmic, not an exhibitionist. He loves to rumba and will go all over town to find a good rumba band. Because we're both restless we don't like to go the same places too often nor stay anywhere too long. It's odd, but we both usually seem ready to leave at the same moment. The only place we can stay indefinitely is the beach, from 9 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon. Every day in the week, if we didn't have to work! Beach rats. I guess. Pete plays wonderful tennis. I had al- ways wanted to but didn't learn when I was young and was too impatient to take lessons until Pete offered to give them to me. He's a great teacher, too. In turn I was able to teach him something about horsemanship. He hasn't had time for me to get him interested in fishing and hunting, but I know he'd be good at them. Screen land At football games we yell and scream like a couple of mad characters and eat hot dogs by the near-bushel. We go to the Friday night prize fights fairly fre- quently, often with Keenan and Sid Luft. (June urges me to get "out with the boys" now and then.) Despite the great number of young men who are trying their hands at cook- ing as a hobby, Pete stays away from it; he can't even boil water, but his lack of interest undoubtedly stems from his bachelorhood. Fortunately he seems to need only about six hours of sleep a night, because in addition to all his more active inter- ests, and despite his restlessness, he is addicted to voluminous reading. Pete doesn't like big parties, prefer- ring the informality of a small group of people in casual clothes, sitting on the floor, playing games or listening to rec- ords. He's mad about music and has a remarkable record collection, although he doesn't play any instrument, because of the childhood injury to his arm. His great feeling for music was shown in its full scope for the first time on the screen in MGM's "Good News." His tap dancing, of which he did a bit in "It Happened in Brooklyn," is even better. I feel he could be one of the screen's best musical comedy stars if he stuck to that field. On the other hand, I say he's a fine dramatic actor. Pete is young and has played light young roles with scarce- ly any scenes that were deeply dramatic, but long ago he proved he was an artist in "White Cliffs of Dover." What a future that guy has! We like to go shopping, and could eas- ily shop for each other because we wear most of the same kind of clothes. Unless the occasion demands a business or for- mal suit we both always wear flannel slacks in gray ranging from light to dark, a T-shirt, rather loud sports jackets, white wool socks and moccasin-type loaf- ers. We even have the same man who comes to our homes, as well as to other friends, once a week for valet service, to press suits and shine shoes. Pete is a very thoughtful guy, never forgets birthdays and spends effort and time on appropriate gifts, even for our baby. He always brings June flowers at least once a week, says he does it be- cause he's there so much, but how manv men remember, even if they are around every day? He is consistently considerate of his parents. We had originally planned to go to San Francisco for a week-end which included his birthday. When he me i- tioned the fact at home, he gathered his mother and father were disappointed that he would be away for his natal day, so Pete asked June and me if we'd post- pone our trip a week. He stayed home and celebrated his birthday with the elder Lawfords. Our friendship, which started with just doing things together, has gone far be- yond that state of mere activity largely because I guess we're both kind of sen- sitive. I've never had so close a friend. We've gone through worries together, fortunately minor ones, and I know if in a real crisis I needed a man to turn to I could depend on Pete. Lawford's okay for my dough, any time! PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY THE CUNEO PRESS, INC. 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This is a fairly realistic and adult story, touching Accepted for Advertising by the Journal of the American Medical Association Jejn Arthjr, John Lund end Marlene Deitrich combine talents to give added sparkle to the bright dialogue of Paramount's wonderful comedy, "A Foreign Affair." pictures, and in top form, as a stuffy Congresswoman who turns charmingly feminine when she meets a young oc- cupation officer (handsomely played by John Lund) . Marlene Dietrich, as a for- mer Nazi collaborator, now a nightclub entertainer, seems younger than ever and sings in her inimitable fashion. The dialogue may be the brightest to hit a sound track and Millard Mitchell, a veteran stage actor, is the most human commanding officer we've seen on film. Homecoming MGM Clark Gable fans will sigh with relief, for he's more his old self in this picture SCREENLAND on one important postwar problem — mental and emotional adjustment. 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Gene Tierney and D-na Andrews score in dramatic expose of Russian espionage in 2jth Century-Fox s "The Iron Curt in." is not as revealing as, say, "The House on 92nd Street," but it's even more drama- tic. It is reminiscent of "Confessions of a Nazi Spy" except this time the villains are Russians. Dana Andrews plays a Russian Embassy clerk, stationed in Ottawa, who finds the Canadian way of life more desirable than the Russian. So when he's recalled to Moscow, he pilfers the office files and turns over to the police evidence that the Russians are operating a spy ring and have access to secret information about the A-bomb. There are terribly tense moments after he's caught by his bosses and before the Mounties come to his rescue. Though some of the heavies are played with exaggerated leers and hisses, there's an intelligent admission that some Russians are human and even have a sense of humor. Dana is excellent and Gene Tierney, as his wife, is particularly con- vincing and particularly lovely. This is a picture everyone should see. The Emperor Waltz Paramount This is the love story of a lowly American mutt and an uppity French poodle! It also involves Bing Crosby, the former's master, and Joan Fontaine, the latter's mistress. Bing is a traveling salesman who thinks Emperor Franz Joseph of Vienna (Richard Haydn) should have one of his talking machines (phonograph to the modern reader) . He meets the Countess (Joan), they fall for each other, and the romantic difficulties become fourfold. After a rough time, Buttons, Bing's dog, becomes the proud father of Scheherezade's litter of half- mutts, and this leads to a reconciliation between the owners. 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Red River United Artists This is probably the best story about the American pioneers' settlement in the West since "Stage Coach:" No film has had such amazing shots of cattle in great number, stampedes, difficult migra- tion, etc. Roughly, John Wayne, in his element here, takes over a portion of Texas and therein breeds a very large herd of cattle, which it becomes difficult to dispose of. The boy he befathered becomes a crack shot and a crack leader. Conflict — almost to the death — and separation arise due to their differences of opinion regarding ownership and meth- ods of operation. Suspense is worthy of the best whodunit. The two are reunited partially with the aid of an old partner (Walter Brennan) and a girl (Joanne Dru) who loves the boy. Very special mention must be made of the latter, played by stage actor Montgomery Clift (seen in "The Search") , whose compel- ling personality dominates the screen even when Wayne's performance is most notable. So Evil My Love Paramount The sustained mood of this film about a small group of English people, caught in a web of intrigue and passion, is un- doubtedly due to its authentic back- grounds, for it was made by producer Hal Wallis on location in London. It's the story of a very good woman (Ann Todd) who gradually becomes a very bad woman after she falls in love with an utterly charming, utterly evil painter (Ray Milland at his best) . The transi- tion is done remarkably by Miss Todd (of "The Paradine Case" and "The Seventh Veil") and director Lewis Allen. Outstanding photography gives Ann un- usual beauty, too. Geraldine Fitzgerald delivers a haunting performance as a befuddled victim. Every part, no mat- ter how small, is outstanding. Due credit must be given to the flawless writ- ing which never lets the plot down. It has a surprise ending which will leave audiences gasping. Up in Central Park V niversal-International Too bad the film version of the hit Broadway musical wasn't made in Tech- nicolor, as there are some very original dance numbers that cry out for it. But otherwise it has retained its charm and most of the lovely tunes by Sigmund Romberg. Deanna Durbin does very well as the spirited Irish lass, fresh from the auld country, who, together with her Dad (touchingly played by Albert Sharpe) , gets involved with New York's political Boss Tweed and his corrupt machine. They're saved in time by a newspaper reporter who exposes the ring. Vincent Price, as Tweed, is an attractive, charming villain. Dick Haymes, as the Screen ii and well-groomed reporter, is an attractive, charming hero. His rendition of the ballad, "When She Walks in the Room," is especially good. Your Red Wagon RKO This picture will probably be the springboard to stardom for the freshest, most appealing romantic team since Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Far- ley Granger, as a young man who tries very hard but cannot escape his past — partially spent in jail after an accidental killing in his early teens — gives a super- sensitive yet powerful performance in his first part since his return from the service. Although the boy becomes an accomplice in some bank robberies which result in a couple of deaths, Farley's characterization of a youth who is fun- damentally good and normal is so clear and so touching, moviegoers will be root- ing for him till the end. Cathy O'Don- nell, as the simple, poor little girl he marries and who loves him madly and blindly, is just as wonderful. Some of the couple's shy, adolescent love scenes RKO's "Your Red Wagon" is springboard to stardom for Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell. are memorable. Howard Da Silva gives a realistic portrayal of a psychopathic, one- eyed gangster. The photography is out- standing, as is Nicholas Ray's direction. On an Island with You MGM As Jimmy Durante, who's a big part of this picture, would say, "Everybody's in de act." Esther Williams plays a movie star and swims in out-of-this-world bathing suits. Peter Lawford is a dreamy-eyed naval officer who met her during the war and can't forget her. Romantic and versatile Ricardo Montal- ban is her leading man and her fiance, sings and strums a guitar, dances divinely with beauteous ballerina Cyd Charisse, playing another movie actress who loves him on the q. t. They're all very good to see and add up to a generous dose of entertainment, in Technicolor, too, even if the story is on the flimsy side. Noth- ing has been spared to make this a big- time musical with something in it for everybody. (Please turn to -page 56) Even a bathing beauty may be sunk... 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At right below, Pati Behrs from Paris and Randy Stuart from Kansas on 20th- Fox lot. Cornel Wilde and wife Pat Knight will co- star, at last, in "The Lovers.'' At right, Ed Gardner autographs Greg Peck's cast on "Duffy's Tavern," NBC radio broadcast. inquired the surprised producer. Joel began to grin. "I'll leave that up to you," he answered, "Just tell me — who's the horse?" WATCH for the lady who shares the final fade-out with Errol Flynn in "The Loves of Don Juan." It will be your one and only chance to see Nora Eddington in the movies. Mrs. Flynn prefers to stay home and raise Errol's kiddies. However, it was so appropriate she play this part, Errol talked her into it. Nora's the gal (on and off screen) who finally wins "Don Juan," after he's definitely decided to forsake romance forever. FOLLOWING a brilliant first night performance, the dressing room of a famous stage star was crowded with Hol- lywood visitors. In detail the "legitimate lady" described a lovely young movie actress, who had been sitting in the front row. "Oh, that was Jeanne Crain," some- one volunteered. "Would you like to meet her?" The stage star's eyes began to twinkle. "No, thank you," she beamed. "I just wanted to know who she is. She talked all through my performance. Next time I see one of her pictures — I'll talk back to her!" Gossip Hot from Hollywood Continued from page 6 AS IF little Wanda Hendrix wasn't already big as a minute and twice as cute! Now she's down to 86 pounds and it's studio orders that she start drinking lots of milk and cream. For the first time in many months, Wanda's gotten around to seeing former boy friends again. Bob Arthur and. Farley Granger had lunch with her at Para- mount. But Audie Murphy still seems to be her favorite, even though plans for an early marriage seem to be side- tracked. IF PETER Lawford's hats are begin- ning to get too small for him (as some of his contemporaries hint) the following story is hardly indicative. Certainly Pete is privileged to visit any set on the MGM lot. But when he heard that Bob Taylor was doing a dramatic scene for "The Bribe," he sent a note asking if he could come in. From where we sit, this doesn't sound like an actor who's beginning to believe his own pub- licity. IDA LUPINO'S played so many drab roles, she's getting quite a boot out of being her sexy self in "Roadhouse." She and Cornel Wilde, who co-stars, have new titles that were bestowed by director Jean Negulesco. He refers to them as "Body and the Beast." Speaking of Cor- nel, he's walking on Cloud Seven since Columbia has promised to co-star his Patricia Knight in "The Lovers." WE WISH you could have been on the RKO set the day Bob Mitchum and Bob Preston staged their big fight for "Blood on the Moon." The two Bobs are certainly two-fisted he-men. But the studio couldn't take a chance of any- thing happening that might hold up the picture. Prop men padded knees, elbows, shoulders — and even if the boys sat down hard, there was nothing to worry about! THINK twice before you satisfy that sweet tooth! Come September, Mar- garet O'Brien will have the honor of launching the first "Candy Bar Train" for the poor children of Europe. Many of them have never even tasted candy. The train will cross the country and gather contributions from all you lucky boys and girls who were born in a free American. Maggie hopes you'll all be sweet and give sweets. MOVIE stars can be practical, too. When Judy Garland and Vincent Minnelli built a nursery for little Liza, they designed it with a fireplace and kitchenette. It consists of four rooms and can be redecorated and used throughout the years to come. Right now, painted on the door, it reads: "Liza Lives Here." Kinda cute, huh? WHEN it comes to nerves, Van John- son really has a corner on the mar- ket. Badly as he felt (after a recent hospital checkup) on Evie's birthday he still managed to comb the town for the last bottle of her favorite perfume. The Johnsons are selling their beautiful home, by the way. Evie's (and Keenan Wynn's) oldest son is old enough to have his own room, there's the Johnsons' own new baby, and they just plain need more space. Otherwise, the Johnsons are just fine, thank you. CLAUDETTE COLBERT, while en- tertaining the Jack Bennys, was dis- cussing the Academy Award situation. "You'll notice," she observed, "the win- ning pictures are nearly always serious pictures without laughs." Benny nodded knowingly. "You're so right, Claudette," he agreed. "And my last one almost made it!" IN his quiet but forceful way, Joel Mc- Crea has stuck to Westerns, amassed a fortune, and avoided all the usual Hol- lywood headaches. Recently, he was ap- proached with the script of "South of St. Louis." Joel read it, liked it, and agreed to do it. "Don't you even want to know the name of the leading lady?" 14 SCREENLAND Photos by Len Weissman Most of Marie McDonald's popcorn is eaten by her husband, Harry Karl, while they take in the ball game at Hollywood Ball Park, a sunny spot popular with movie celebrities. T^HE current separation of John Payne and Gloria De Haven came as no surprise to Hollywood. While John has remained conspicuously absent from Hol- lywood parties, taking up his bachelor abode at the Beverly Hills Hotel while starring in "Larceny" for Universal-In- ternational, cute little Gloria has been making the social rounds with married friends. One report has John romantical- ly interested in his "Larceny" co-star, Joan Caulfield. All we know for certain is that Joan and John will be co-stars on the eastern strawhat circuit this summer and that both are enthusiastic .at the prospect. They will do "Voice of the Turtle" and other hit plays. IF there's a feud between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, no one (except the local columnists who keep referring to it) has seen any evidence. Bette, who is the first to admit her last picture missed its mark, had a good laugh when she read the following in a gossip col- umn: "No, it isn't true. Joan Crawford did not write the script for 'Winter Meeting.' " JOHN Derek's good fortune is due to Humphrey Bogart's good memory. Bogey was searching for an unknown boy to play in his own personally-produced production of "Knock on Any Door." He just happened to see Derek walking across the Columbia lot. "Say, I remem- ber you," exclaimed Mr. B. "When I was on a USO tour, I met you in camp. What are you doing here?" Derek ex- plained he was looking for the producer of the picture, because he felt he was right for the part. So did Bogart — and that's how careers are born. TWO beautiful bands of diamonds and one of rubies have been placed on Angela Lansbury's third finger, left hand. Naturally, she and Peter Shaw can make no formal announcement until his di- vorce is final. Angie may make a picture in England. Peter has business interests there, all of which gives them three rea- ; sons for wanting to take the trip. The third? A honeymoon, of course. At top, John Carroll, Eleanor Powell and her husband, Glenn Ford, form a unique assembly line for Hollywood's ever-present autograph seekers. Ajove, Bonita Gran.ille and her producer husband Jack Wrather join dancers at Ciro's. SCREENLAND 15 Cerry likes blue denim shorts and a Horsemanship was necessary for Gerry's Here, Cerry is set for a run on bike, red striped shirt for morning chores. movie work. Her next is "Embraceable You." Below, she is ready for a square dance. C/UA$>, Ctrol, C LATE summer is a stage and you are the star, if you have a dramatic sense. No other season offers the vast oppor- tunities for your extrovert talents. There's heat to com- bat, of course, and humidity, but these are minor problems if you will give some care to the ideal summer-girl look. She looks crisp, cool, and colorful. That's the opinion of one of the most promising young Hollywood dramatic actresses, Ger- aldine Brooks, known to her friends as Gerry. Fresh from success in Warners' "Cry Wolf" and as star in the forthcoming "Embraceable You," Gerry, named Geraldine after the famous lyric soprano, Geraldine Farrar, was literally born to show business and started in training at two years old with dancing lessons. Her par- Geraldine Brooks illustrates a course of action for that ideal summer-girl look By Courtenay Marvin ents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Stroock, her father being president of the Brooks Cos- tume Company, a familiar name to Broadway and the show world. Scattered through her family tree you find brilliant names in the arts circle. When you see Gerry, there's nothing about her to suggest her chosen field. 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Isn t it foolish to risk putting your- self in the worst possible light when Listerine Antiseptic is such an easy, duick and wholly delightful precaution against simple, non-systemic bad breath? You merely rinse your mouth with it and instantlv vour brea th b ecomes sweeter, fresher, less likely to offend. So . . . when you want to be at your best, never, never omit Listerine Antiseptic before any date . . . it's an extra* careful precaution against offending. Lambert Pharmacal Company, St. Louis, Missouri ScRtEXLAKD 17 18 SCREENLAND I MM The Queen can do no wrong is an old saying. That's whafs the matter with it. Queens get so they believe it Even you, Movie Queen of the great American box-office. Now no- body would miss a new Bergman picture, least of all "Arch of Tri- umph," with you as a shady lady. But if you think we rush to see you because you're a Great Actress, you're wrong. It's because you're Bergman, a great personality. It's Charles Boyer who's the great actor in "Arch of Triumph," for my money: but it's Bergman I want to watch. As a f emme fatale you're far from convincing. Your whole- some beauty, try as you may, can't be disguised or dimmed. So don't cringe from our admiration of your charm, your warmth, your womanli- ness. That's what we like about you. Don't crawl into a cold shell, refuse to grant interviews to the well- meaning screen press that's been bowing down to you ever since "In- termezzo." Don't, above all, do what Chaplin and Garbo did. Don't ever lose the common touch. Oh, To Be On An Island With You! Color photo of the stars\tf MCM's " An Island with You" by C/arenc» 0 Esther's natural wholesomeness, honesty, and sense of humor have made her personally beloved and professionally admired and respected. Left below, Jimmy Durante can't resist her — who can? Does it pay a girl to be honest with men? THEY tell you that in the picture mean, the "first month"? If honesty business you can't be honest and get doesn't pay, I'd have been thrown out the first day I ever stepped foot in a motion picture studio, which was Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer, and by Mr. Louis B. Mayer himself, in person! Of all the things my Mom- mie and Daddy gave me, the greatest was a sense of val- Hollywood by being herself has some ues Honest values ^ 1HEY tell you that in the picture business you can't be honest and get along. / am the living example that this is not the truth! If it were, I'd have been thrown out on my face the first month I was in pictures. What do I Gorgeous star who conquered ability to discriminate between the phony and the real. I was out of high school, and in college, before I realized that I did not have as much money as anyone else. This was because, in our home, none of us, with our values, gave a thought to the things we didn't have but appreciated, right up to the hilt, the things we did have. From the day (Please turn to page 62) valuable advice for every girl By As to M to Gladys Hall Turhjn Bey, starring in Ea- gle Lion's "The Spiritualist," and lovely Mary Meade, of "Born to Fight," step out to illustrate our story, and dis- cover it's a date they iik«. How to get your guy and keep him interested after the vacation is over! Here are various methods, all quite ladylike and according to Hoyle By Alyce Canfield ALL YEAR you've been waiting for The Day. Perhaps you've strug- gled through finals and have a long summer to spend. Maybe you've worked at that job much more industriously than your boss realizes, and it's time to forget it — at least, for two blissful weeks. You've saved your dimes and your dol- lars, budgeting train fare and hotel ex- penses. You've gathered together a sharp summer-time wardrobe with the New Look. You've done all these things so you'll be ready for the Big Event: your summer vacation. For a year now, you've been looking at beautiful posters of glamorous resorts, all of. which are cleverly focused on the boy-meets-girl theme. There isn't just a pine or a palm tree on those advertise- ments— there's a tree with a beautiful girl and an attractive boy. Even winter vacation resorts use the same technique — handsome ski teachers, husky cowboys. It's no wonder that by the time you arrive at your vacation spot, you're all set to meet the boy of your dreams. In- deed, if he doesn't immediately show on the clear horizon, you're in a mood to go out and lasso him. That, according to romantic, hand- some, suave Turhan Bey is Colossal Er- ror No. 1. "If you go on your vacation with a predatory out-to-get-him glint in your eye, you'll defeat your purpose," says Turhan. "A girl should never start out on her vacation with the idea of hav- ing a big romance, because it shows! And the moment it shows, she scares men away." In other words, says Turhan, if you want dates and fun and romance this summer — plot and plan craftily, but don't be caught at it. Start out with the idea that you like people, that things are going to be fun, that you are going to make some interesting friends. In the back of your mind, you may want to Exclusive photos by Ted Weisbarth T Miner D«nce mat ' T«*n IQjpL Be/ meet a special someone, but you'll have a better chance of meeting him if you don't do the pursuing. For if there's any- thing that can nip such friendships in the bud, it's the girl who is too eager. The trick is to be a little aloof. "It's hard, perhaps, when the days slip by so fast," says Turhan, "for it seems more logical to get right into the swing of things. But I've noticed, so often on shipboard that it's the little cheapies who are always chummy by noon the first day out. The most Attractive girls are the ones who remain a little to them- selves. You may lose more time getting your vacation friendships started, but the girls who sit back and look the situation over unhurried- {Please turn to page 54) If you find your Dream Man on your vacation and want to make the dream come true, keep him interested. For example, let him teach you to play tennis, but don't beat the guy at his own game, warns Turhan. All alone on the beach with a book? Not for long if you're looking your best as Mary Meade is here, and in all the other pictures, too. "We hod the good fortune, Jack and I, of working in 'Fort Apache' — Jack's first film." Above, Shirley and her handsome young husband share a scene with Victor McLaglen in the new John Ford Western released by RKO. For the first time, Shirley Temple Agar tells you, in her own words, just what it means to her to be the happy wife of Jack Agar and the proud mother of baby Linda Susan Shirley Temple's co-stars in "Fort Apache" are Henry Fonda, left, and John Wayne. Since it is his movie debut, John Agar is not a star, but a featured player. However, Shirley never doubts that Jack will be a star himself soon. Scene sure to cause audience chuckles is that above, in which the real- life Agars take their marital problems seriously — yes, they play a young married couple in this spectacular saga of early Americana. Shirley says, "Linda Susan's arrival will not result in my stopping work. Life for us, as Jack and I see it, will include our working to- gether when possible. Right now we're begin- ning a new picture, 'Baltimore Escape.'" JACK and I waited for the birth of Linda Susan Agar in as happy a state of mind as two young married people could be. We had had the good fortune of working to- gether in the picture, "Fort Apache"; we had found that our affection, which we had sensed almost as soon as we met, was growing into daily discovery of tastes and interests we shared — we were happy! The baby herself arrived without any exceptional circum- stances. Two hours later the phone by my hospital bed rang; a close friend had called to ask the news. Mother and the nurse had stepped to the door. I picked up the re- ceiver, answered and chatted! The most important event in any woman's life, her first baby, was a reality. Before Linda Susan arrived Jack and I had agreed on names. If our baby had been a boy he would have been John George Agar II. I was opposed, in case of a girl, to another Shirley in the family — maybe I had heard my own name too much. Jack liked Susan and I liked Linda. I didn't choose the name for anyone. We simply liked it. We had also agreed that we had no preference as to a boy or a girl- Before I forget it, Miss Evans has suggested I describe Linda Su- san's clothes, and the ones I have had since she arrived. Actually, I'd like to tell you first about the out- fit we like best. It's Susan's chris- tening outfit and Jack and I bought it together before she was born. But people have been won- derful in their gifts, both our per- sonal friends and fans. One lady from England sent Susan and me matching red and white aprons and Susan got loads of knitted and cro- cheted booties, bonnets, robes and things like that. A fan in New York found out the bank my father used to work in and started a bank account for Susan in her own name and deposited five dollars. Another fan in Finland sent us a coffee set with an extra little matching cup for Susan. And talking about her clothes makes me think how excited I was when I went out to buy my first evening dress after the baby was born. I hadn't had anything new in so long and it was wonderful fun to be shop- ping again. I bought a white mousse- line de soie with a huge bouffant skirt. And I guess the "new" — or maybe now the "old" — look has gotten me a little, as I bought two new skirts and they're longer than I usually wear. Linda Susan will not result in my stopping work. I be- lieve it is good for me to keep on, and life for us three, as Jack and I see it, will include our working together when possible. Right now we're beginning a new picture called "Baltimore Escapade." One of the great decisions we had to reach — this was, of course, before Linda Susan — was when Jack received his offer from David O. Selznick. I stopped in Salt Lake City, after a tour of servicemen's hos- (Please turn to page 52) ! This Is - How I Feel Now ! By * GENE TIERNEY THE nicest moments of marriage come when either the husband or the wife . says, "You know, I was completely wrong about such and such." If a man is unwilling ever to admit that he was in the wrong, then he is a small man. He can be an Adonis but if he can't bear to say at any time, "I was wrong," then I think he is im- possible for a thinking, intelligent wife to live with. If a man has any brains, he can't be that way. That is so narrow, and to be narrow-minded is unintelligent. In my marriage, there have been times when I have admitted I was wrong and also times when Oleg has admitted he was wrong. People who can't bear to make such an admission are, in my opinion, too petty to achieve any sort of married happiness. I think that one of the worst possible mar- riage partners is a pig-headed person. Many people have ideas on love and ro- mance and marriage that are built around a lot of illusions. For instance, I don't be- lieve that you can see a person across the room and fall in love with him. However, there may be a chemical attraction between two people at first sight. The chemical at- traction is not by itself love. There may be two dozen people to whom you could be chemically attracted, but of that number only three with whom you could achieve a happy marriage. I don't believe that there is one man for every woman, and one wom- an for every man, and that if they don't meet that one person, they can't be happy. There may be a dozen people in the world with whom you could be happy, if you hap- pened to marry them. But besides these dozen people, there are others to whom you might be chemically attracted, but to whom you couldn't be happily married. You and the person you marry should have fun together; you should be good com- panions; you should think alike on some things, and you should both be reasonable people. All these things, I feel, were true of Oleg and myself — and so a reconciliation was possible. Screenland has asked me to bare my secret thoughts not only on marriage, but on the other problems that confront all of us today. I know it's difficult to talk on such serious subjects without exposing my- self to a great deal of criticism. But that's a chance I'm willing to take. Some verv wise person once (Please turn to page 66) Gene's happy again! Star of 20th's "The Iron Curtain" with Dana Andrews and "That Wonderful Urge" with Tyrone Power, Cene resumes her life as Mrs. Oleg Cassini, enjoys her charming little home, the five- room cottage at left which she remodeled from a hillside stucco bun- galow and completely decorated herself. 27 and his Lady WHEN I told Laurence Olivier I was going to write about him, he opened his expressive dark eyes wide and remarked: "I don't see how you can possibly say anything interesting. All I do is work through the week and relax at home on Sunday. And Vivien does exactly the same." "Just that," agreed Mrs. Olivier with her light lovely laugh. "But we don't ever want to do anything else. We're completely happy and contented." So there you have the philosophy of this pair of screen and stage stars, two people who live entirely for the same things and for each other. They felt that same sense of belonging together the first time they ever met, which was on the set at Denham Studios twelve years ago. Both have won international fame since then and each acknowledges gladly it was their marriage which wrought it. .After Lau- rence Olivier had been able to make Vivien Leigh his sec- ond wife in California, he gained a noticeable maturity, a dramatic power and confidence springing from security of happiness that made itself manifest in his acting. Vivien too shed her early rather coy mannerisms and whimsical- ities, developing into a poised young woman with true sense of emotions at last. Now the Oliviers are London's reigning incomparable cou- ple of the studio and the theater, spoken of in the same breath because it is so difficult to separate them even in thought. True, they do not always act together, but they are closely associated with each other's films. Vivien helped her. husband with innumerable details during the making of "Henry V," from choosing costumes to doing research work. Now she is supporting him in the same way for his current film of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," for which he is producer and director as well as star. It has long been the Oliviers' ambition to share a film, as they did in "That Hamilton Woman" some years ago, so Vivien had thought she might play Ophelia. But Larry has never considered that one of Shakespeare's strongest femi- nine parts, and when he came to make the inevitable cuts in the story — a full-length production of "Hamlet" would take six hours to screen! — the mad (Please turn to page 70) Sir Laurence Olivier prefers to be called Mr. Olivier by his co-workers, still Larry by his friends. Left below, with visitor from Hollywood Ray Milland. Center, Vivien Leigh in "Anna Karenina," with Keiron Moore. Right, Olivier in his mag- nificent new production of "Hamlet," with Jean Simmons as Ophelia and Eileen Herlie, right below, as the Queen. I Ann went to Sun Valley to forget, after her divorce from Bob Sterling. But she remembered to write this chatty, intimate letter to her good friend Jerry Asher, and we're hap- py to publish it for Ann's fans, too Sun Valley Lodge, Sun Valley, Idaho JERRY dear: First, please forgive me for not having answered that marvelously funny birthday letter of yours! The first time I read it, I fell right off the chair. Then suddenly I had a horrible feeling of guilt. Thank heaven you are an old friend and understood it was too soon after my divorce to put my mind on that story for Screenland. Too soon to put my mind on anything, I guess, except plans to get out of town. And that I did. Here I am at beautiful Sun Valley. But don't get me started. After all, I'm not on the payroll of the local Chamber of Com- merce! As I was saying, when your birthday letter arrived I realized I hadn't sent you those notes for your story, as I promised. To be quite honest, I think it's really worked out better this way. After several weeks of just sort of doing nothing, and by that I mean nothing planned or com- pulsory, I'm beginning to feel fit again. The complete serenity of the surrounding snow certainly has a soothing effect on one's whole outlook. And getting away, I believe, serves to reset values and has- tens adjustment. Now, regarding notes and news for your story. As you know, selling "sliced ham" is a little more in my line! How- ever— supposing I just sort of jot things down as they come to my mind — start- ing with January 2nd, the day I got my divorce from Bob. (Sterling) . This all comes under the heading of "Sun Valley Reflections" — if you'll pardon the pun. My pen is poised. Are you listenin'? Looking back, (which ordinarily isn't an old Sothem custom) being an actress doesn't help much when the scene is set for real life instead of reel life. How frightfully scared and nervous you are, when you actually have to face the court. And how final it is when you realize this is it — it's all over — I'm divorced. Maybe some women have reason for rejoicing, but to me no matter how you look at it, it's still admitting that things couldn't work out. It's accepting a failure. Following the usual procedure, the photographers wanted "news" pictures. Some news! ! ! Naturally the presiding judge couldn't be expected to sit there while the cameras clicked at a silly movie star. I was terribly embarrassed, and afterwards went in and apologized. The following morning, Tisha, her governess Mademoiselle Oberlis and I, boarded the City of Los Angeles. With 15 pieces luggage, a case of canned baby food, t fur coats, a radio, heating pad and copy of Emmett Fox's "Sermon on t Mount," this little Portia faced life! Thirty-six hours later, at 7:30 A. my three-year-old threw her first sno ball. You know, Jerry, I've often won- dered what I did before and how I've managed to survive without her. She is | such a great joy! I realize, though, it going to be a great responsibility to raise her properly. I don't believe a chi should grow up alone and just wish I h three more like Tisha right now. Som day if God is willing there will be not, I shall try to adopt them. As time goes by, I hope it won't be too tough a job— raising a child in a home without a father, I mean — and I'm not feeling sorry for myself. To the contrary, it's the child I'm thinking about. My mother and father were di- 30 Sun Valley it a perfect place to forget your troubles, as Ann Sothern found out The Idaho all-year-round resort offers sun, snow, healthful rec- reation, and Hollywood celebrities. While Ann was there, her Rood friends the Ray Millands, left, and producer Joe Pasternak joined in the fun. vorced, and I just hope I can manage half as beautifully as she did. No matter how often a father sees his child, he still misses a great deal by not "growing" along with her. Tisha is such a sensitive, adorable little girl. Sometimes she's very naughty, but most times she's an angel! Do I sound like a fond parent? I am one! The days here have been wonderfully pleasant — and it isn't as if I were in a strange place. The Millands, Claudette Colbert, the Zanucks, the Gary Coopers, Merle Oberon and Lucien Ballard — many other friendly, familiar faces are quite in evidence. Still, there is always time, and it's no problem when one wants to be alone. There are sleigh rides for Tisha, and skiing, gay parties, and ice skating — if I could only skate! And as I said before, being away from the general routine of things does give one a good chance to "think." Out of it all, I believe I'm going to be able to apply a new philosophy (for me at least) when I get back to Hollywood again. Why do marriages fail? As you begin to replace the pieces, you ask yourself this question. You know your own reasons, and yet you still ask. Per- haps it's because most women never be- lieve a marriage could actually be a failure — until it is. I think that's what happened to me. So now I feel none of us has much {Please turn to page 51) Ann Sother n, below, forgets marital troubles in the bracing air of Sun Valley. She says of her divorce from Robert Sterling, left: "Maybe some women have reason for rejoicing, but to me no matter how you look at it, it's still admitting that things couldn't work out. It's accepting a failure," Gary Cooper, at Sun Valley with his wife, is as expert at skiing as he is at screen acting, and gives Annie a lesson in schuss artistry. Right above, Ann leaves the ski slopes for a little skeet shooting, coached by Joe Burgy, director of outdoor, activities. 31 Beguines and be-bops, lyrics lilting and groovey are all covered in the latest list of lacquers reviewed by gone guy Robbins H'YA, Jack! Are you sharp as a tack? Well, fall in with the pack, and we'll dig some shellac! And there sure is a mess of it bubblin' in the ever-lovin' oven. You'd blink your glimmers if you dug what an avalanche of wax pours into Robbins' Nest in a never-ending stream. If you think it's pie to put a show together and wade through the mound of ear-offending sound that is hurting to spin under your needle, you got too much lettuce in your salad. If everything that was issued was played — murder! The kid in gray would drown us in linen the next day with beefs. 'Cause it really is fierce — the amount of junk that comes out. Every guy the country over who lends needle to wax owes his rascals who fall by the sound box the obligation of weeding out the nowhere material and playing only the good stuff. S'what we try to do in these pretty pages, take good care of your audio cavity and spare you the "Near You," "Four Leaf Cover," "Baliy Face" type of drivel. Or don't you agree? Well, make me know it, hey! HEAVENLY! LEN A HORNE: How that Cole Por- ter can scribble those sharps and flats with the rests in just the right place. And he never (Please turn to page 68J Guests in Robbins' Nest, above, Dick Haymes and Vivian Blaine get gleeful greet from Fred, who enjoys helping Viv, far left, with wrap. Jackie Cooper, left, talks with an eager listener during radio .broadcast. Tangee's new "Pink Queen" is Leap Year's "come hither" color— but definitely ! It's bright. It's light. It's fashion right. And, of course, like all Tangee super- shades, it goes on easier... stays on longer. Yes, that summer romance is in the cards with "Pink Queen"— Tangee's pink of perfection ! Seven Super-Shades by RED MAJESTY GAY-RED RED-RED MEDIUM RED THEATRICAL RED NATURAL PINK QUEEN THE WORLD'S NO. 1 LIPSTICK THE name River Lady was sprawled over the sides of the huge river sidew heeler in letters four feet high, but the boat nosing its way to the dock of the small lumber town had as little right to the title as the girl standing there on the deck. For one was as shady as the other, the ship known from one end of the Mississippi to the other as a floating gambling palace and the girl Sequin who owned her. She was startlingly pretty with her strange green eyes and her sullen mouth as vivid as a scarlet poppy against the soft olive of her skin. Even now, dressed in the inconspicuous fashion of more shel- tered women, there was something about her that still set her apart from them, a restlessness, a ruthlessness, as provoca- tive as it was disturbing. And when she smiled, hearing that sudden, warning cry, there was an excitement about it that held none of the demureness of those other women's smiles. "The loggers are coming!" The cry deepened as more and more voices took it up, and Sequin laughed as respectable citizens scurried to the safety of their homes and shopkeepers hurried into their shops. Even Sawdust Row, the tawdry street running next to the docks, yawned suddenly empty as its saloon keepers and dance hall proprietors ran indoors to pre- pare for the coming avalanche. For now that the ice was breaking in the Missis- sippi, the loggers were swarming down from their camps in the timberlands with a winter's pay burning holes in their pockets and a nine months' thirst for ex- citement clamoring for release. Already some of the lumberjacks were beginning to jump off the logs rushing down the current and though the sight was always a thrilling one, it meant more this spring than it ever had before, now that some of that floating wealth belonged to her. And with the way Beauvais, her partner, had been buying up mills during the Yvonne DeCarlo as Sequin, ambitious owner of the Mississippi gambling boat - "River Lady," conspires with Beauvais, smooth confidence man, to set up a syndicate to squeeze out the territory's independent lumber operators. But Sequin loves Dan Corrigan (Rod Cameron) and plots to marry him though faced with competition from Stephanie (Helena Carter), whose beauty rouses the loggers to fight over her. In those turbulent times men fought it out with their fists whether for the price of women or of gold. Beauvais (Dan Duryea) and Dan Corrigan (Rod Cameron) clash at every point, the climax coming when Beauvais and his men jam the logs and a terrific fight ensues in the river, with Dan and his men trying to dynamite the logs free. Always, behind the scenes, is Sequin, hoping to win and hold Dan's love. Yvonne DeCarlo as Sequin, sirenish owner of a floating gambling palace in this colorful story of the old ruthless, reckless days of the great Mississippi River winter, maybe by next year all of them would be hers, even old Morrison's j and. The thought went as Sequin heard the I sudden commotion on the dock below '< her, and she laughed contemptuously as she saw the girl who should have known I better to be on the streets at a time like [ this struggling desperately to free her- I self Irom The clutch of one of "the log- gers. Then her eyes narrowed as another j lumberjack suddenly appeared as if from j nowhere, and tearing the girl from the I other's arms knocked him down with one hard blow. "Dan!" Sequin called, but for once Dan Corrigan didn't hear her. Instead he turned to the girl who was looking at \ him as if she felt all the things Sequin had always felt about him, as she thanked him prettily and hurried away. Then without even glancing toward the boat he swaggered off towards Ma Dun- nigan's saloon. "What a fool you are," a voice said suddenly and there was Beauvais coming toward her. "Corrigan — a river rat!" Sequin kept staring at the door Dan had gone through that minute before. "He's enough for me," she said defiantly. could own tlits "Ttvcr, ' Beauvais went on just as though he were telling her something she didn't know, some- thing she hadn't been planning on since she'd first started working on this very boat as a dice girl. "Arid yet you pick on a logger to fall in love with. Why?" "I don't have to explain that to you, Beauvais," she turned on him viciously. "I don't have to explain anytJring to you. Let's keep things on a business basis, shall we? And speaking about that," her voice rose eagerly, "what about Morrison?" "I made him an offer," Beauvais shrugged. "He's thinking about it. And besides him there are three others who'll be brcke inside a year. Listen, Sequin, between us we can do anything our little hearts desire. We can . . ." But Sequin wasn't listening. Her thoughts were -running -ahead of -his words, running toward the day when Beauvais and the River Lady would be dropped out of her life, forgotten as everything else was forgotten, the dreary slum in New Orleans where she had been born, the hunger she had felt once and vowed she'd never feel again. Instead there was that picture of herself, rich and respectable, the lady she had always dreamed of being. And of course Dan was in that picture too, Dan Corrigan, Dan Duryea and Rod Cameron co-star with Yvonne DeCarlo in Universal-International's lusty drama, novelized here Fictionized by Elizabeth B. Petersen Sequin thought she had lost him, as she was walking along the river bank with Beauvais and there, just a few feet away from them, they saw Dan and Stephanie. Then came relief, as she watched, for she knew that no man would look that way at a girl he really loved, as if he were sorry for her. It was coming true at last, the dream she had dreamed sojlong. Dan asked Sequin to marry him. Then the girl who had no right to be there, Stephanie, proposed a toast: "Here's to the bride," she said, "and to money and the things you can do with it." She looked straight at Dan : "She bought your job for you, or didn't you know?" Sequin knew then her dream was done, that she could never win Dan back. no longer just the happy-go-lucky lum- berjack who drove her crazy with his lack of ambition, but powerful and successful, a man worthy of being the husband of the grand lady she was going to be. And so intent was she that she didn't notice that closed, speculative look that came in Beauvais' eyes, for knowing her as he did he sensed even those secret dreams of hers. But later, when the River Lady's main gambling room began filling up and her heart suddenly quick- ened as she saw Dan coming toward her, she felt that warning of danger as Beau- vais hailed him from the bar. Still that warm, husky voice of hers didn't miss a beat of the song she was singing as she slowly circled the room, her eyes singling out one after the other of the men ogling her soft, sinuous body. She didn't even glance at Dan, but she knew instinctive- ly that he was following her as she went to her own quarters. His eyes were warm as he stood there on the threshold tak- ing in the loveliness of her face, of her creamy shoulders rising above the dar- ingly low neckline of her evening gown. But when he spoke his voice sounded casual, almost amused. "Well," he was grinning in that special way of his, "are you the richest woman on the river yet?" "Almost," she said lightly. Then as he sat down on the tufted velvet sofa en- circling one corner of the room, she went over to him. "I want to talk to you, Dan," she said, as she sat down beside him and her voice was serious now as she went on. "Don't you think it's time you came out of the woods and tried to make something of yourself? You could be a big man in this country, Dan. You have brains. You're not like the others and — " she took a deep breath, "I've got money, lots of it. With your help we could own both sides of this river as far as we want!" His laugh stopped her, the way it al- ways had before. "That's a lot of prop- erty," he teased. "What would we do with it?" "Wouldn't you like to run things, Dan?" she went on, the desperation be- ginning to edge into her voice now. "Wouldn't you like to take things over and be somebody?" His mouth tightened almost impercep- tibly. "I am somebody," he said. "My name's Corrigan. Isn't that enough?" "Sure it is," she said quickly. "Only," she looked at him speculatively, wonder- ing just how far she could push him. "Well, for one thing you're out in the woods eight or nine months out of every year and . . . and I'd like to get married and have a home someday. Dan." "But you don't want to marry a back country logger, is that it?" he asked sharply, and as she nodded his mouth set stubbornly. "Then you'd better get yourself another Corrigan. I've seen too many men work (Please turn to page 57) 1 Co/or photo by Alex Kahle BE A GOOD WINNER LIKE LonjftXb i If- isn't easy to be a good loser. In Hollywood, it's even harder to be a gracious winner. Looks like Loretta Young knows the secret: frankly admitting her joy at win- ning her Oscar after 20 years in pictures, vowing she won't let the tribute go to her head but instead, will strive for even finer screen performances and another Oscar! Here's a closeup of the characterization that won Loretta her cherished Academy Award: the forthright and fearless heroine of 'The Farm- er's Daughter." Next for Loretta: Hal Wallis' "The Accused," opposite Robert Cummings. Bob Hope models what the well-dressed guest of honor should wear ot the Flamingo Hotel during the celebration of Helldorado week in Las Vegos. Below, Arlene Dohl and Turhan Bey, who met at one of Cobina Wright's parties, share popcorn at Ice Capades. EVEN though Bing Crosby was in New York on his 44th birthday, Bob Hope didn't forget him. He wired the vari- ous restaurants and night spots, hoping Bing would be celebrating in one of them. Bob thoughtfully ( ?) requested they greet the birthday boy with the haunting strains of "Silver Threads Amongst the Gold." SO HELP us, so help us — it really happened ! We always knew Hollywood glamor girls tried to outdo one another. But get a load of this. A juvenile, cast in a big air.epic, was told to let his beard grow. The star of the picture was given the same order. But when the star discovered the boy's beard was so much heavier and silkier, the front office "decided" the juvenile should play his part smooth-faced! 1\RAINE DAY'S favorite gift from a fan is a parasol with j a handle shaped like a baseball bat. The cast and crew on the "My Dear Secretary" set refer to her dressing room as "Day's Dugout." There's more than one reason why everyone loves to gather there. Laraine's installed a short wave set, so she can listen in to the Dodgers. ANNE BAXTER, John Hodiak, the John Lunds, the John l Emerys, the Mark Stevens — were a few who sat around an the Zachary Scotts' party and tried to make poems that rhymed with movie star's names. With shame we print the results : "Oh Heck, it's Gregory Peck." "Don't groan, it's Celeste Holm." "So help us and save us, it's Bette Davis." There were others, too. But you get the idea. Why not try it yourself? You'll probably think of better ones. ARLENE DAHL, who is the newest and prettiest "Dahl" xjL (we just had to say it !) on the MGM lot, has the local lads looney. Practically every eligible bachelor keeps trying to date her. Arlene, who plays opposite Red Skelton in "A Southern Yankee," invariably declines. Then they see her out with Sir Charles Mendl, Otto Preminger, and other escorts who are old enough (and then some!) to be her father. Maybe she's got a secret heart tucked away for safe-keeping. w E COULDN'T tell whether it was the fish carrying the a — or the man carrying the fish! However, it turned out to be Dana Andrews lugging home a giant swordfish, which he caught from the deck of "The Vileehi." Thoughtful guy that he is, Dana left most of it at an orphanage, where the kids have grown to love him. KNOWING Susan Peters as we do, we aren't a bit surprised . that she's interested in taking flying lessons ! Now that she's separated from Richard Quine, Susan will devote her life to new achievements. Richard, who is producing a picture at Columbia, will always adore his wife. But as long as she's con- fined to her wheel chair, it's Susan's belief that she should not remain married. "^T^HE LADY from Lariat Loop," and we do mean Betty A Hutton, has a second baby girl. Little Candace Briskin weighed in at seven pounds. One of her most original "premiere" presents came from Joan Crawford. It was an order from a leading Hollywood photographer for her first glamor sitting ! Gossip by Weston East Photos by Len Weissman Perry Como, now working in MGM's "Words ond Music," helps Esther Williams enjoy canapes at his party. Diana Lynn, who, they say, is undecided about marry- ing Bob Neal, attends Perry's party at the Mocambo. A7"ES, this is America ! When Babe Ruth visited 20th M. Century-Fox recently, the news spread like a swarm of locusts. The entire lot turned out to see the "Sultan of Swat," who is in Hollywood to supervise "The Babe Ruth Story," Believe it or not, everyone from the messenger boys to top executives lined up for the beloved baseball star's autograph. And right in the middle stood an excited Betty Grable, who exclaimed to Dan Dailey: "I hope I have enough nerve to ask for two autographs, for both my children !" DENNIS Morgan, who is taking his career (and some say himself) quite seriously these days, wants to stop making those "Two Guys" pictures with Jack Carson. Dennis has a new and very lucrative contract. So he now prefers dramatic parts that require more dignity. The studio naturally wants to keep the series going. Those "Two Guys" top the greatest stars at the box-office and that's very important these days. ROMANCE was rampant the night Peter Lind Hayes opened at Ciro's. Cyd Charisse looking starry-eyed with Tony Martin (they'll be married by the time you read this); Marilyn Maxwell with Michael North (some say their engagement is a publicity stunt); Diana Lynn and Bob Neal, Clark Gable with Anita Colby (again) were among the spec- Maureen O'Hara and husband arrive at premiere of "Letter From an Unknown Woman" where roses were presented to the fair femmes. tators. Peter, by the way, told his enthu- siastic audience that someone sent a photo of Sinatra to Europe — and now they're sending food to America! DAN Cupid's arrows certainly fly in the oddest directions! No one thought much about Greer . Garson's dates with George Jessel until friends of the witty actor-producer began to notice a great change in him. As one close friend put it, "When George rushes home to put on white tie, top hat and tails for the opera, you know he's serious!" Greer, who's bent on getting some fun out of life these days, couldn't pick a wittier escort. I ANA Turner may have her faults, but J what a good sport she is! Despite those untrue stories of her collapse follow- ing her marriage to Bob Topping, she bears no malice. Not many know that at heart lovely Lana is an extreme senti- Husbonds ond wives teamed for dancing at right are Shirley Temple and John Agar at Ciro's, the Gary Coopers. Above, Bob Lowry takes Barbara Lawrence for a spin around the Flamingo Hotel dance floor. mentalist. For example, when she married Topping, she insisted on wearing little daughter Cheryl's tiny diamond cross, on a chain around her neck. PERRY COMO's back, in pictures that is, and this time his wonderful singing talent won't be wasted. His first day on the "Words and Music" set, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Ann Sothern, Tom Drake and the rest of the stellar cast ganged up on him. Attaching gift cards bearing the names of Crosby, Sinatra and Tony Martin, they covered his dressing room table with bottles labeled "Poison," "Ant Paste," and "Arsenic." THEIR last and final attempt at recon- ciliation has failed for Jane Wyman and Ronald Reagan. He's back in his bachelor quarters and Jane has filed her divorce suit. Both even sought outside help in the hopes of untangling their Foursome at Ice Capades are Donna Reed and her husband, Dick Powell and June Allyson. marital snarl. Friends frankly feel their marriage had reached the state of com- plete boredom, with divorce seemingly the only solution. During the adjustment period, Ronnie's been having a few dinner dates with Ann Sothern. Jane's taking painting lessons from Paul Clemens and avoiding all social activity. ABSOLUTELY no one has been al- . lowed to see "The Snake Pit" except those very close to the production. Darryl F. Zanuck keeps the master print locked in his personal vault and only he has the combination. When the cutter needed to work on it one day, a special guard was placed in front of the projection room door. It's so great (and gruelling,) that 20th Century is positive it will be next year's Academy Award picture, with an- other award for star Olivia de Havilland. (Remember, we Actionized this film for you.) HOLLYWOOD at its gayest! That's the only way to describe the Reggie Gardiner party to celebrate Russian Easter. Gowns, girls, giggles galore. Beau- tiful Nadia Gardiner baked the cheese cake. Inimitable Reggie cooked the beef Stroganoff . Leave it to Mitch Leisen to present his host and hostess with a huge Easter egg covered in sequins! Hoagy Carmichael played and sang his new "Monkey Song" and right off the plane from Honolulu came Constance Moore and Johnny Maschio with leis for every- one. ANN Sothern couldn't have looked xV more surprised when Clark Gable, stopping by to see her on the "Words and Music" set, casually remarked: "Oh, by the way, I just left your ex-husband!" Sure enough, Bob Sterling, who once asked to be released from MGM, is back in that all-male stellar cast of Clark's "Command Decision." A living's a living — but Ann and Bob would still be just as pleased if they could avoid running into each other. 40 NOW that Margaret Sullavan has won her divorce from Leland Hayward (who is devotion itself to the ex-Mrs. Howard Hawks) Hollywood's betting that she will marry Jimmy Stewart. Cer- tainly he has made no secret of his long- lived admiration, and most Hollywood maidens believe the Sullavan brand of personality has spoiled Jim for any other girl. Speaking of the popular Mr. Stewart (who is merely magnificent in Alfred Hitchock's "Rope") after years of evad- ing publicity he's hired himself a personal press agent. TYRONE Power has certain close friends who aren't too impressed with Linda Christian. On the other hand. Linda could name a few she could do without. All of which presented a bit of a problem when Ty made out the guest list for his recent dinner party. According to those who "made it," Linda wasn't quite sure whether she should play the role of guest — - or hostess. True love (if you'll pardon the expression) never runs smooth ! Below, Alan Ladd and his sweet Sue arrive at premiere; George Jessel and Greer Garson are finding mutual interests; Jackie Coogan and Donald O'Connor like each other's popcorn. It's Carefree ... It's California LOOK FOR THE Wf FLYING FISH Write for color folder showing other Catalina styles. Catalina, Inc., Dept. 549, 443 So. San Pedro St., Los Angeles 13, Calif. BY KAROL WALLACE Franchot is shown here with the four femmes: his wife, Jean; his sister-in-law, Karol; his co-star, Janet Blair; his publicity counselor, Helen Ferguson. Two more important members of the Tone family, below, are 3-year-old Jeff and 6-year-old Pat. SOMETIMES people think he is my father instead of my brother-in-law because I am only nine years old. He is my brother-in-law because he is married to my sister Jean. She is a balond and very nice but not so polight to me as Franchot. He is the nicest person in the whole world. He pleases me offen. He is so nice and good and kind and unselfish and jenerous and he is going to give me a part in one of his pictures so I can be an actress. He gave me a fishing rod, too, when we were in Canata and his nefew Billy Tone woodnt let me use his. He had to go into town to get it for me. It rained after that and I didnt 42 Franchots Femmes! Four women in his life tell all, but oil, about the suave and elegant Mr. Tone Four—- count 'em, four — femmes: Jean Wallace, his wife; Karol Wallace, his 9-year-old sister- in-law; Janet Blair, his leading lady; and Helen Ferguson, his public relations counselor get to go fishing but after I am an actress I will still have it. So I am not mad any more. Franchot x- plained about being mad and so I am taking his advice about it becauze you have to save all those things like being mad and sad and crying to use for your work. It is hard work to be an actress Franchot says and he never lies about anything and works very hard even though he is an actor all ready. He says there is no end to working but I am still going to be an actress. Franchot says if I am good in my first scene I will get more. I know I will be good and after I get more of them I will be a star or at leest one of a cuppul of people in the background and it will all be becauze Franchot gave me my start. I will always remember him no matter how big a star I am. And I wont forget when he tells me like I did when we went canooing in Canata and Franchot told me to ware my coat and I didn't and got a bad cold and upset him and Jean and we had to miss our train. Jean told me I shuld have listened to Franchot. She said it in her definitt voice. Franchot didnt say any- thing and that made me feel worse. But Franchot wont answer people back not even me and when he doesnt say anything it is like a big noize becauze in in my head I know what he could say. He is like Abraham Lincoln who was the 16th-president of the United States and studied hard and even wrote on a shuvel. Franchot studies hard but he has a nice desk to do it on. (Please turn to page 64) 43 OF JUDY Garland, you said, "I think that child has more talent in that little body of hers than anybody that's been around in a long lime." You added (Get this, Judy, this is IRVING BERLIN speaking!) 'She's a songwriter's dream. I'll go on record as saying that." Of Fred Astaire you said, "I'd rather have Astaire sing some of my songs than anybody, anybody at all." Recalling, with satisfaction, that Fred introduced your song. Putting on the Ritz in the Para- mount film. "Blue Skies," and your Cheek to Cheek in RKO's "Top Hat," you added, "In 'Easter Parade' Astaire introduces Drum Crazy, one of the new tunes I wrote for the picture, and is wonderful. "It may be said," you w has Astaire got a voieefy* with a shrug, "You Maurice Chevalier, would you? B over: he knows how. So does Astaire. A dancer, he knows what a song takes. A stylist, he knows how to sing a song. Because he's so appealing — you'd all like to dance with him, wouldn't you? — so likable, you like the songs he sings, in the way he sings them. "In 'Easter Parade' Peter Lawford sings another new tune I wrote for the picture. A Fellow with an Umbrella. Young Lawford hasn't a 'voice,' either. But because he, too. is so likable, so engaging — qualities vastly more impor- tant to a song than a 'voice,' I believe you will also like the song he sings in the way he sings it." You added, "Though I may be risking my life in saying it, Bing sometimes gets away from the tune as written, as oc- casionally he gets away from the tune, I wrote it, of White Christmas. you shrugged, '-'what of it? Crosby, you DO want Cr whatever Crosby does, hqyrej ;r ne lues it, it is attractive. It is very attractive. "Al Jolson — for publication, I LOVE him! How can you not love someone who is as much a part of your household as a piece of bread? As much a part of your lives as sun and rain? Jolson has sung literally hundreds of my songs and al- though you would not class him with, say, a Melchior, he sings a song as a song should be sung, with his heart. He puts a song where a song belongs — in your heart. And so you, the people, go along, sing along, with him!" You added, "A song has got to be introduced, launched, by a Crosby, a Sinatra, a Como, a Jolson, a Garland; but, much as y and the gentlemen I'd songs sung by you, the ve got," you laughed, "the ing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's new Techni- color musical. "Easter Parade," based on one of your famous nostalgic tunes titled, in case no one has guessed. "Easter Parade,'" and starring Judy Garland, Fred Astaire and Peter Lawford. ("With Garland. Astaire, Lawford and dancer Ann Miller in one picture you have," you remarked parenthetically, "why Ber- lin wanted to do this picture!") In "Easter Parade" we will hear, in- deed, seventeen Berlin tunes — ten from your most memorable songs of the 1920's era and seven new songs which you wrote especially (Leo the Lion must be lustily roaring, There's No Business Like Show Business) for the picture. "Easter Parade" marks your fortieth anniversary as a songwriter, you told us, and is, happily, a gleam in your eye., "The kids," you said, "I knowxwj*£t they like and I know they're^ like 'Easter Parade.' The pic to be. I think, very jinje'jKff^fy&i^ft's gay, it's youthful, it has Easter in it, a very good selection of songs for teen-agers and a light love story. A theory I have always had is that in their tastes, emotions and reactions to songs people, from sixteen to sixty, are alike. In their reaction to a good love story people from sixteen to sixty are alike, too; which means, if my theory is correct and I know it is, I've tested it, that we've got a picture for the not-so-young and for the young. I think, by the way, it's the best picture the little Garland has had, so far. She thinks so, too." Your first song, Marie from Italy, was published in 1907 when you (born May 11, 1888, and christened Israel Baline) were nineteen. The royalties from this maiden ef- fort brought Stars of "Easter Parade" are Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Ann Miller, above. Judy and Astaire are seen at right below in costume for their hilarious number, "A Couple of Swells." Com- poser Berlin names Judy, Fred, Frankie, Bing and Perry Como among America's leading song-stylists. Hot Just flnothe BLONDES are a dime a dozen in sereenland. Cuties with the viva- cious air and the glittering hair are as much a part of Hollywood as cracks about liquid sunshine. Yet once in a while one of these blondes manages to create something of a stir. Such is RKO's sizzler, Gloria Grahame. Gloria, in case your movie education isn't on the beam, is the personality-plus blonde who came to attention first in "It's A Wonderful Life" and then went on to do a smash-up job in "Crossfire." Now she's playing her best role to date in "The Long Denial." I went on the set of the picture to have a chat with Gloria and was in time to catch her singing a song for a scene. Many extras were seated about, adding their bits to the general gaiety of the whole thing. Gloria looked extremely calm as she went through her paces. But when she came off the set and we went into her dressing room for a talk, she threw me a bombshell. "I've never been so scared as I was just then," Gloria remarked. "Singing before all those ex- tras! They're used to working with some of the top stars in the industry — and that's all I could think of while I was doing the scene. My old self-conscious- ness cropping up again!" That was the first I'd ever heard about Gloria being self-conscious. She'd always struck me as being completely self-as- sured on any and all occasions. "I've had to fight that all my life," she continued. "I used to go to parties and be unable to open my mouth. Oc- casionally I'd meet someone at a party who made me feel sufficiently at ease so I could carry on a conversation, but with most people I just froze up. As a result, I never went out too much. Not that I minded, because I was always more interested in acting than in having fun. "It's always seemed strange to me that a self-conscious person should decide to become an ac- H tress. But in my professional life I haven't had to worry about my shyness so much. Natur- ally, I got butterflies before I went on the stage in a play, and I often get jittery before doing a scene in a picture. But once { \ I'm on stage or once the camera starts to grind, I relax." She laughed lightly and added, "Yet look at the way I was about + this scene I just did!" Gloria then proceeded to tell j me that the biggest fight she has had in her life has been to 1 get rid of a certain amount of inferiority complex. And it's been quite a struggle. "When I was understudying the various actresses in plays," Gloria con- tinued, "I used to watch them carefully. In fact, I watched them so closely that I began to imitate them. Perhaps that imitation was to build up con- fidence in myself. But in some cases, observing the work of others and noticing their mis- takes made me feel more as- surance. I realized at such times that I could do a part just as well — if not better — than they. This phase of my career, then, Blondes may be a dime a dozen, but Gloria has that plus quality that commands atten- tion. Above, with Maureen O'Hara and Director Nicholas Ray on the set of "The Long Denial," RKO's new mystery romance. Top, facing page, Gloria with Robert Ster- ling in her current release, "Roughshod." was invaluable. It taught me two great, lessons: to remember that if I tried there was no limit to what I could do, and not to imitate, simply to be Gloria Grahame. "Getting over self-consciousness isn't an easy thing. I used to give myself pep talks about it. I told myself I couldn't get along anywhere if I continued to be so foolish. That's the first job any one has who is self-conscious. He must con- vince himself that it is a fault that must be overcome, that it can seriously detract from any possible success. My recent good fortune in pictures has helped some in that it has shown me that I must have offered something in my perform- ances that was worthwhile, and that, therefore, there wasn't really anything for me to be self-conscious about. "As for getting over this socially, that's something else. I learned only recently that it is much easier for me to mix in groups if I can get someone else to talk about himself. That usually opens up the door that blocks you and permits freedom in conversation. But actually the only advice I can give to anyone who is self-conscious is to remind that person that no one else will have any confidence or interest in her if she has none in her- self. Progress can only be attained by a realistic appraisal of your own potenti- alities, by an assurance that you can do whatever you set out to do!"' Well, Hollywood has no doubts about Gloria's doing a job well. She's had some terrific plums handed her, on merit alone. The amazing part of her story is that she has never been one who just had to be a movie star. "I didn't even expect to stay here when I came," Gloria told me. "I thought I'd draw a salary, do nothing, and then go back to the stage. I didn't for a moment take it seriously. Maybe it was because of this attitude that I was able to be as patient as I was those first two years in Hollywood. "I was (Please turn to page 72) 3* Celebrated social leader who reports the gay goings-on of the Hollywood stars is shown above with two handsome party guests, Cesar Romero and Robert Sterling (Ann Sothern's ex-husband). of THERE goes the bride! Of course, I mean Lana Turner, most radiant of the glamor girls to tread the bridal path during a whole summer full of Hollywood weddings. No Hollywood scenario could have had a happier or more appropriate climax to Lana's romance with multi-millionaire Bob Topping, for Lana was married in the home of Billy Wilkerson, publisher of the Hollywood Reporter. Wilkerson was the man who discovered Lana, then a Hollywood High School girl, eleven years ago in a Sunset Boulevard drive-in, just across the street from the High School. What a contrast between that naive little high school girl, sipping a "coke" between classes eleven years ago, and the poised, successful and beautiful star, clad in a. champagne-colored prin- cess gown of satin and Chantilly lace, (just one item of her $30,000 trousseau,) carrying a corsage of white orchids and possessively holding the arm of Bob Topping! Lana's wedding was indeed lavish, with everything from bowers of flowers which cost a small fortune, to a champagne buffet for which food for the seventy- five guests was flown in from Boston, New Orleans and New York. All of this was spread amid banks of flowers on the terrace of Billy Wilkerson \s two-story Georgian mansion in Bel-Air and the champagne which colored Lana's wed- ding dress flowed copiously throughout the afternoon, following the ceremony. Guests at the reception included Joan Crawford, the Errol Flynns, Walter Wan- gers, Bing Crosbys, Bob Hopes, Richard Harts, David Nivens, Mervyn LeRoys, Darryl Zanucks and Louis B. Mayer. Two or three of Lana's former admirers, including Howard Hughes and Greg Bautzer, were among those present, al- though I noticed that Tyrone Power was conspicuously absent. I was delighted to hear Lana say, in rebuttal to all the criticism her wedding plans have provoked, "Bob is the man for me! Our marriage is going to last!" because Lana's marital life has been a turbulent one and she experienced such past unhappiness that she deserves a chance to "live happily ever after" with Bob. In answer to those who have criticized Lana, Bob, and Hollywood's rlomestic affairs in general, I would like to point out the number of happily marrieds in the film industry whose domestic lives together have survived beautifully across the years. In the past few weeks alone, I have attended many parties, all ■ for wedding anniversaries, wooden, crystal, pearl and golden — right here in screenland, where marriages aren't supposed to last! As Frank Morgan, who has been mar- ried for 34 years, said to me the other night at a party for the Jean Hersholts, We're going on o mov 48 Hollywood's in a marrying mood! Since Lana Turner's romantic wedding, which Cobina reports here, Marilyn Maxwell has become engaged to Michael North, below; and Diana Lynn has finally announced she'll wed wealthy Texan Bob Neal, shown below on apposite page at Bobs party with guests Marilyn and Mike. Below, party closeups: Bob Stack with heiress Irene McEvoy (watch this twosome) , happy marrieds Sylvia Sidney and Carleton Alsop; ditto the Fred MacMurrays, with Eddie Sutherland; and George Murphy. V who have been married 33 years, "Cobina, no one ever mentions affairs like these. It's the divorces and re-mar- riages which get the publicity. Enduring marriages just aren't news." And he was so right! It's a side of Hollywood which gets all too little pub- licity. Just recently my friends, Hope and Bud Lighton, took over the Crystal Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel for their 28th wedding anniversary party and literally proved the point in lavish style. Dinah Shore sang "The Anniver- sary Waltz," which Hope and Bud danced together, and then George Mur- phy, who has been married for 22 years, took over the "mike" and acted as master of ceremonies. First, he invited all the couples who had been married from one to five years to get up and dance, and immediately the Edgar Ber- gens, the Brian Ahernes, Dinah Shore and George Montgomery, the Reggie Gardiners and the Bob Sinclairs re- sponded. Next George announced that the "married-from-five-and-ten" group were to dance, and Janet Gaynor and Adrian, the Kenneth McKennas, and the Ed Maltbys were whirling around. The ten-to-fifteen group brought Mary Pick- ford and Buddy Rogers, the Adolphe Menjous, the Hoagy Carmichaels. With the call for 15-to-20 years of "happily marrieds" there took to the floor Irene Dunne and Dr. Frank Griffin, Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon, the Leonard Firestones, the John Considines and the Pat O'Briens. The 20-to-25 group, be- lieve it or not, brought out the Jimmy Cagneys, the Harold Lloyds, Charlotte Greenwood and her husband, Martin Broones, the Nigel Bruces. the Elliott Nugents, the- Alfred Wallensteins and the Richard Wallaces. Here, George Murphy had to stop "calling" for a waltz around the floor, because he and his charming wife belong in this group, too! But if you think this was the end, you are happily mistaken, for George went back to the (Please turn to page 56) 49 Cheer up. World! Here's a new Walt Disney treat to amuse and enchant you SCREEN LAN D SALUTES 50 Debra Paget, 20th Century- Fox discovery, makes good in her own home town. She makes her movie debut in the role opposite Victor Mature and Richard Conte in "Martin Rome." Sun Valley Soihern Style Continued from page 31 control over what's to happen. The om alternative is to try and accept every thing in stride, if and when it doe- happen. It's normal and natural for a man t< be head of the family. That I thoroughh approve. But two acting careers in one family is an ageless Hollywood problem And with few exceptions, I believe, prac- tically impossible. In the first place, competition in the same business is dan- gerous under one roof. The demand on time is such that two people involved neither work the same hours, nor play the same hours. So instead of being en- grossed in each other's welfare, they're caught up in a web of their own survival And so we have to learn to accept con-, ditions as they are, not as we would like them to be. Of one thing I am positive Each experience, no matter how sad or bitter, is part of living, part of acquir- ing wisdom and belonging to adulthood But from now on I want to live from day to day, within reason, of course. And make each day important. Aside from my own personal life, I still believe it's impossible to plan ahead. As the whole world turns today, how can we plan or predict for the future? To bring it back to the first person again (remem- ber, you asked for it!) two of my closest friends made a bet. They believe I'll be married or in love within a year! Five years ago I would have said — it's pos- sible! But now — ? Today I'm just staying in bed, as a result of trying to come down College Run to the Round House on Mt. Baldy. yesterday. I am absolutely "No Talent Joe" when it comes to skirting down any kind of a mountain! I also look like a polka-dotted civit cat, my black and blue spots are so numerous. Skiing, quel sport! I imagine I'll remain here for about seven weeks, but when I think what I have to face at home, I'd like to hole-in for the winter! You know last time I moved, I was six months "en- ceinte." So I didn't have to lift a pinkie! But this time — oh, brother! Lying here thinking, it suddenly oc- curs to me that I've only seen my new home once. When I sold my house to the Kay Kysers, the stork was hot on their heels. So I had to find another place in a hurry. Actually, I don't re- member too well what it really looks like! When I called up the Walter Langs and gave them my new address, I wish you could have heard "Fieldsie's" voice. You know how close she was to Carole Lombard. "Why, that's the house Carole lived in with Bill Powell when they were first married," Fieldsie warmly enthused. "That house has seen a great deal of happiness, and I'm so glad you're going to be in it." Well, it won't be long now! A new home, a new street, new sights, new sounds. Thank heaven there are neigh- borhood children for Tisha to play with. Oh yes, I must wire right away about the pool and have a fence put around it. Then this summer Tisha can start her swimming lessons. And I must be care- ful and not allow "Sheba" to prowl around outside until she learns where she lives. No more house guests from now on, I guess. This place is so much smaller, I'll be lucky if I can keep from parking the piano in the pantry! Before my mind gets snowbound, didn't you ask me to "sum up" the future? And don't we all wish it could be that easy! As far as facts and figures are concerned, I'm still under contract to MGM, though I've been working off the lot in two pictures. I loved the chance to dance and sing again in Warner Bros.' "April Showers" and I hope I can do another costume picture. Now if I had a choice (or I can dream, can't I?) this is what I'd really like to do. First, get my house in order. Then go to Europe for six months to see all the famous paintings and places I've read about. I'd like to spend the winter skiing in Switz- erland and at St. Anton too. When I return, then I'd really like to dig in and work. So many people miss "Maisie," I'm always getting letters that ask what happened to her. Nothing hap- pened, except good friend that she was she still stood in my way of learning more about my profession. Now if I could make a movie for Alfred Hitch- cock, who is one of my very favorite directors, I'd do a dozen "Maisies" and be ever so grateful. Speaking of pictures, RKO wired to say everyone liked the preview of "Indi- an Summer." I hope so, because I loved doing that part, even though I don't come in until almost the middle. The important thing is, I felt very close to Peggy. Believe it or not, she taught me something too. Peggy had been hurt When she lost her baby, she had to struggle to keep from becoming bitter. As a result, she kept reminding me not to become bitter, or disillusioned. This may sound like the "corn" is popping, but I really mean it. Well, my fiendish friend, your little pen pal is beginning to wilt around the edges. Besides, I'm bored writing about myself, and now I hope those who are kind enough to be interested, won't be bored too! As I'm signing off, the phone rings. It's one of the skiing instructors, who has been very helpful and patient. I've decided to give a little party and thought he might enjoy coming to it. For your information — he thanked me and turned me down cold! It seems he's already invited to a Glugg (a very potent Norwegian drink) party. It's a date and he wouldn't miss it for all the movie stars in the world! Next time I live, remind me to be a Glugg Girl! In the meantime, love from your little Eskimo Pie, "Sun Valley Sue" SCRE E N L A N I) 51 Shirley's Own Story Linda Susan Agar faces the camera for the first time with her proud and happy parents. Continued from page 25 pitals, on the way back home. Jack, waiting for discharge from the Army, came in from Kearns Field, near Salt Lake, to have dinner with me. He had received a wire from Mr. Selznick offer- ing a "training period" of sixty days, then tests, with a contract to follow if the tests were right. I've never been able to remember what we had for dinner that night in Salt Lake City's fine hotel. The telegram was too exciting. Jack had seen it first naturally. Our reactions were those of a serviceman, waiting to get back to civilian life, and his wife — both eager about what the man would be doing. The principal reason Jack and I had grown to love each other, and on which we were basing our married life, was the belief we share that sincerity is the most important of all traits. "Naturalness" gives much the same meaning — to be yourself. I was able to say in one sentence what I felt in my heart! "The only thing I really care about is that nothing ever change you from the man I fell in love with and married. I want to keep ex- actly that person." Jack was nice enough to smile and give me a husband's proper answer. "Well. Shirl, being on the screen didn't spoil your naturalness." We were honest in showing our pleasure over the telegram. An offer from Mr. Selznick to a new- comer means more than opportunity; it includes fine training and guidance of the young person's work. And I knew from experience Jack's personal reaction in any situation; to decide what is wisest and best. Much as I appreciated Jack's compli- ment about my remaining natural, my work with young people in motion pic- tures had taught several serious things. I do not agree with psychologists that a child must lose spontaneity in screen work. A small child, unless unwisely made otherwise, is less self-conscious than a grown person. When people said nice things to me, as a little girl, I scarcely noticed. If there was another child or something bright or pretty — a dress or hat or shawl — or a pet, especi- ally a dog, in the room, my eyes and thoughts would be drawn to that sub- ject. It's different with young men and women who start in pictures. Everyone is nice to them, says nice things, and some beginners are affected. Jack made up his mind, that night in Salt Lake, to pay little attention to compliments and to listen only to constructive criticism. There's another, serious difference be- tween the very young and the "older" young in motion pictures. A child has fun while working and, between pic- tures, doesn't fret, but returns to other kinds of fun. I remember with pleasure learning to tap dance from magical Bill Robinson and riding my own, favorite pony in a film nobody remembers, "Oh, Susanna!" As soon as shooting ended, I returned to my dolls and pets, and found them even more fun because I'd had the contrast — it was coming home from an adventure. A young man, and especially a young man whose time in one of the services postponed his getting started in a pro- fession, feels differently. He works very hard, learning to act — and when a pic- ture is shooting, as well as between pic- tures, he is under strain — his ambition wants a new picture to work in, quickly, so he can advance. Between-picture training, without the feeling of accom- plishing something that you get while actually shooting, is very trying to a young man's nerves, and some turn to foolish forms of escape. Jack finds his relaxation "escape" principally in golf. I'm glad he does. I believe a wife whose husband chooses a healthful, wholesome type of play should encourage him in following it. That's doubly true in our profession. Jack was very fortunate in his first picture, "Fort Apache," to have John Ford for a director. Mr. Ford's great skill and the type of men he has around him — George O'Brien and Ralph J. (Jack) Pennick are examples of friends we made — put further good instruction .52 ScREENLAND How about a contract for Linda, Mr. Selznick? A glamorous starlet if we ever saw one. to the Selznick training, and, particular- ly, gave Jack comradeship and inspira- tion that he appreciated. Few people know better than I how kind Hollywood people are to the young; and men like Henry Willson of the Selznick organiza- tion, and those I've mentioned, have gone out of their way to help Jack — whose naturalness, charm and complete sincerity win people. He appreciates it the more because his father — who brought him up among athletic trophies, good manners, books, straight thinking and the fine friendliness a father can have toward his son — died when he was fourteen. We naturally have hopes, in the way of ideals, for Linda Susan. We want her, of course, to grow up with religious in- struction— we both did — and to know the reasons for loving her country and appreciating its way of life. Jack's home life, and mine, lead us to believe that understanding plus explanation with a child is the right way. We think that punishment (certainly a great deal of it) indicates weakness on the parent's part. We want our child to do what is right because we have made her understand why it is right. That, we believe, rewards the parents' patience. It keeps the home pleasant — important to help produce the characteristics you want a home to build. And other, later influ- ences are not likely to change the stand- ards you teach your child in the absence of fear and the presence of mutual con- fidence. I think of the baby in terms of want- ing her to get along with people. Friends are life's greatest value. I have a "pet" theory about that. From the time Linda Susan is very small indeed I want her to have always a cat or dog or birds — some pet that will both respond to and need care. The kind that romp are best! You soon learn that pets can be troublesome and annoying, but that they give you back love if you are thoughtful of them — and, in addition, can be very amusing (you learn the same thing, a little later, about older humans of the "problem" type!) . Simple things about owning a pet teach a child to be considerate and SCREENLAND kind: learning not to step on a puppy or a kitten, learning to tie up a hurt paw or comb out cockleburs- — and not to for- get feeding-time. Jack is one of the kindest and most considerate persons I have known, and he cannot remember a day in his life when he was without a dog! Another "small" thing I want for Linda Susan is one that has helped me greatly to enjoy life. It's part of "naturalness," you can call it moderation, or just not over-doing. A wise doctor, when I first began to go to parties, told me about it. He may have been thinking of health, but he put me on the road to more than that. "Don't go to too many parties," he said. "They won't be fun any more." He told me again when it was dances. "You have lots of wonderful times ahead," he said. "Don't try to have all your good times so early there'll be nothing left." He added, "The saddest people are those who wake up bored." Jack and I have found it easy to live the moderate way. We stay out of night clubs, for the most part; when we do go out, it's for dancing and we prefer small places — small all except for the dance floor! We prefer to have friends in, or go to friends' homes. Last winter Jack and I learned to play bridge and up until recently played a lot. How much time we'll have now, for awhile, I don't know! The baby will grow up to home enjoy- ments. We both like music and we have every type of records. We firmly believe that the secret of living and working in Hollywood is to regard your work as your job — and to live like any other couple. Jack and I want to thank the thou- sands of people who wrote wonderful let- ters about Linda Susan's coming. I can answer one often-repeated question here. "What do you think about Linda Susan going into the movies?" many people have asked. Of course, we don't think about it. How can you decide, about a baby — what it may like to do, what it may be fitted for? Life looks very good without Susan — I call her that, Jack calls her "Susie" — deciding, just now, about work! 53 Make Your Summer Romance Last! Continued from page 23 ly are the ones who wind up being the most popular. "You see, men are so blasted contrary! You can be the most beautiful girl in the world, but a man automatically loses interest if you are easy to get. It has to do with the male ego, I guess. Men actually like to work a little to interest a woman. Then, when she finally does go out with him, he feels immensely flat- tered." Okay, so that's the key to the right beginning — don't let that predatory look show! Keep to yourself a little at first. Don't rush in and make friends with some boy you may be bored stiff with a week later. It may seem difficult to be "aloof," as Turhan suggests, and not seem snooty. But. as with everything, there's a trick to it. "Making friends with a strange man is a definite secret which very few women have, and yet it is so simple. It's just that a girl should have the ability to be friendly in a completely impersonal way. The most popular girls are those who can mingle in any e'ass of society, who can talk to a man who is a complete stranger without giving anyone the impression that she is flirting. She is very friendly, very nice. You have a lot of laughs. If something else develops from that — well, wonderful! Her attitude makes a man work harder to know her because there's always that friendly aloofness — until the man succeeds in making her feel less im- personal. When he does, he feels he's accomplished something. I don't mean that a girl should ever be a snob, but she shouldn't be slapping everyone on the back, either." This is all fine, Mr. Bey, but suppos- ing a girl is all by herself at a resort — where does she go to be aloof? Where does she go, when she doesn't know a soul, to show that she is "impersonally friendly"? Where have YOU been, little one? According to Turhan, sports are the an- swer. Why else do you suppose spirts are so popular? By the time you have played a couple of rounds of tenn.s, plunged into the pool, gone horseback riding, joined the archery parade, skimmed through the water to the raft, played eighteen holes of golf — well, you won't still be alone. Or, if you're just not the athletic type. Turhan suggests the literary opening. Get yourself a book, stretch out on the sand, and become absorbed as anything in what you're reading. Sooner or later a certain type of male will be intrigued by the fact you are reading a book while everyone else is racing around like mad. He'll stop by and say casually, "Can that be Freud you're reading?" If it is, and he has also read the book, a natural con- versation will ensue. The point is that he won't say those innocent words in a sinister tone. He would have offered the same comment to another man. You're off to a good start — for there's nothing of the wolf technique in discussing books. First thing you know, he'll be suggest- ing a coke, a walk, dinner — and from then on out, says our smooth Turhan, it's up to you. Then there's always the technique of wanting to play tennis (or go bowling or swimming or diving or golfing) but not being a very good player. As long as you can bat a ball across the net. don't worry. You're probably pretty, says Turhan. and there's nothing a man likes better than to show a pretty girl how to do something. It makes him feel superior. Besides, he's probably no Bobby R^s or Johnny Weissmuller himself. "A man doesn't go on a vacation to become a tennis champion or a swimming cham- pion," elaborates Turhan. "He's at the resort to relax, too." But here YOU are, and none of these vacation tricks seem to apply to you. To begin with, you HATE sports. All foot- Gene Tierney and "Butch" sit out a scene of "That Wonderful Urge," at 20th Century. ball captains can just drop dead, as far as you're concerned. You can't swim. Besides, you look like Dracula's sister all wet and dripping. Could be, too, that you're not exactly Eve on the beach. On the other hand, you're not the bookish, intellectual type, either. You didn't come on this vacation to read all day. What then? Well, Mr. Bey? "When a single man arrives at a re- sort," says Turhan, "he doesn't try to pick out a girl to date that night. The first thing he does is to attach himself to a married couple, preferably with chil- dren. A girl can do the same thing. She can always be unself-consciously friendly with another woman. She can make it immediately clear that she regards the husband as a nice guy, but thoroughly married. Then the wife will start intro- ducing the girl to various friends who drop by. If the couple has a clog, so much the better. The girl can take the dog for a walk, and you'd be surprised how many attractive males will stop to 54 SCKEENLAND pet the little fellow. This will never make the girl feel forward. After all, men on vacations are looking for a good excuse to get acquainted, too." Now, after you have made friends, there may be one who is very, very nice, indeed. How to keep him interested is the same technique you use all year roimd. It's only making a man feel im- portant and happy. "This is something." says Turhan, "that too few American women know how to do. I was out the other day with a fellow and his girl. She was beautiful, but after about five min- utes you forgot this. The boy was atten- tive, courteous — but the girl hardly no- ticed it. She was royally entertained — with dinner, the theater, good conversa- tion— but, at the close of the evening, she didn't even thank him. All night long, she kept talking about how many men wanted to marry her, what compli- ments she had received, and what this follow or that one had given her Beauty Tanis Chandler and Lloyd Bridges enact a sea episode in Monogram's "16 Fathoms Deep." is a great asset, but it can be killed with four words." Girls who know how to make a man feel gifted and clever — girls with warmth and interest in their hearts — will never sit by themselves very long on the beach. For, somehow, this graciousness and warmth and sympathy and interest in the other fellow shows. And, in a deadlier fashion, selfishness and self-centeredness shows, too. "I do not know what women feel they can gain by referring to conquests and men who are crazy about them," says Turhan, "because a woman is always much more interesting if she doesn't say anything at all about her romantic life. A man will always suspect much more allure — visualize many more rivals and hazards and complexities — in a romance than a girl can ever tell him. A man's imagination is always more powerful than a girl's banal recitation of dates." At last, the two weeks — or two months — draw to a close. Perhaps you've found the man of your dreams, and you don't want the dream to end. How do you avoid a September song? How can you make a summer romance last through the fall? This is where you can make really serious mistakes. Because, now, your romance has outgrown the temporary feeling — at least, so you hope. Marriage hasn't been mentioned, but perhaps, if you're clever, it will be. To begin with, says Turhan, you must remember that availability will be a ma- jor factor in whether or not you'll see each other in the fall. If he's going back to his office in New York, and you're off to the University of California — chances are that you'll write a few ardent letters for awhile, and then things will taper off. Of course, if you're both madly in love, he can go to China and you to Africa — but you'll find a way to get back to- gether again. We're not talking about the couples who decide where they are going before September comes. We're talking about the girl who feels that she has met up with something special, but who has only a summer romance on which to hang her hopes. If you are both going to be far away from each other, you can write. Many wartime romances reached the marriage stage just through letters. On the other hand, perhaps you are both going back to the same locale. On the surface, says Turhan, this looks like a break. But be careful, little girl, going back to the same locale may be the worst thing that ever happened to you. For you may have been terrific in a bathing suit- — with your hair wet, your skin tanned, and your figure a poet's dream. Perhaps you looked swell on a horse. But it's one thing to be the back- to-nature gal on the beach; quite another to be the same person in a smart New York restaurant. It's one thing to be the horsey type at a dude ranch; quite some- thing else again to be the horsey type when you "meet mother." Some girls are lucky, Turhan points out. They look wonderful dunked in the brine, and equally fascinating in dinner clothes. They don't have to worry. But, if you are the type who isn't as cos- mopolitan— then do something about it before you meet the man of your sum- mer dreams in different surroundings. Be smartly and simply dressed. Keep some- thing of the natural freshness of your appearance, but don't go in for the stringy hair, shiny nose routine. In other words, adapt yourself to your surround- ings— and you may seem as equally tan- talizing to that special guy as the first time he saw you — carelessly tan in the sky blue water. And good luck — from Turhan Bey, who's probably talked himself, right here, into having a summer romance, himself! Dick Powell and Jane Greer set a new high in movie romance in RKO's historical adven- ture drama, "Station West." It's Dick Powell's first Western since "Brooklyn Cowboy." Screen land 65 Your Guide to Current Films Continued from page 13 Tap Roots Universal-International This film is a pretty good example of what some authorities have been saying lately: the only trouble with motion pic- tures is in the writing. The idea — which is supposedly based on fact — is good and exciting, and the film starts out that way. But before it's half through, it bogs down from its overload. The story of a southern landowner, his snobbery and possessiveness, has been done before. This version could have been different, but isn't. However, Susan Hayward, as the hot-tempered daughter, and espe- cially Van Heflin, as the more-than- rugged-individualist newspaper publisher who thinks nothing's too good for her, are worth seeing. Some of their love scenes, though obviously highly con- trived, are quite exciting. Green Grass of Wyoming 20th Century-Fox Another in the series about Thunder- head, the handsome white stallion, un- fortunately has little originality, despite its pictorial Technicolor beauty. After the boy (Robert Arthur, who looks like a real find) has freed his old pal (Thunderhead) , he finds the rascal has been enticing neighborhood mares into the hills and finally kidnaps his own favorite chestnut. Aided by the girl (sweet little Peggy Cummins) Robert captures and then tames the stallion, and though he loses the county race to the girl's father (Charles Coburn) , he gets the girl and his mare has a beautiful colt by Thunderhead, and apparently they all live happily ever after. Burl Ives, as a farm hand, sings a couple of ditties. Two Guys from Texas Warner Bros. Even a couple of original scenes don't make this musical a must. Jack Carson's usual smooth comedy is just too broad, and Dennis Morgan fans won't find his songs good enough. The story, set on a dude ranch, has some amusing kidding of Texas and Texans, and a cute situa- tion— Jack is scared stiff of animals and a horse doctor cures his phobia through psychiatry — but it doesn't hold up. Dorothy Malone and Penny Edwards look pretty in Western duds, but have little to do. Fighting Father Dunne RKO This could have been another "Boys' Town" if sentiment and sentimentality hadn't been layed on so thick. Pat O'Brien plays Father Dunne, a young priest who actually lived in St. Louis some forty years ago, and who single- handedly took its newspaper boys out of the gutter. He started a home for three of his young friends, and ended up — as far as the picture goes — with more than a hundred. The group has its ups and downs, with Father Dunne as its ever-guiding spirit and devoted foster- father. Raw Deal Eagle Lion Here are some of the elements for a good picture — the acting, direction and photography are above average. Unfor- tunately, the story isn't. And there's just too much shooting, murder and unwarranted brutality. Dennis O'Keefe is an escaped convict for the love of whom two very nice gals — his childhood sweetheart (Claire Trevor) and his law- yer's secretary (Marsha Hunt) — are willing to risk their lives. This premise is a little too far-fetched, and some of the situations don't help it. Old Los Angeles Republic A Western also strives to be a musical, with a Spanish girl (Estelita Rodriguez) microphone and announced a special "class" of those married "28 years from today," which again brought the Ligh- tens to the floor. It was with particular pleasure that I witnessed President of RKO Peter and Mrs. Rathvon, who are such wonderful people and such dear friends of mine, proudly get up to dance when George announced a dance for those married from 30-t^-40 years. Who says that marriages don't last in filmland! I only hope that the newlyweds of 1948 follow suit and that I will have a chance, a few years from now, of dancing at their wedding anniversaries- — not their re-marriage celebrations! A week prior to the Lightons' party, the Bob Montgomerys used the same ultra-swank Crystal Room in the Beverly Hills Hotel to celebrate their twentieth anniversary, and a goodly crowd of film- land's famous folk turned out to congrat- ulate them. Bob and Betty danced the first dance together and then went over to where Dick and Jessica Barthelmess were sitting and made them get up for a twirl around the floor, because Dick and Jessie were on the verge of celebrat- ing their twentieth anniversary just four days hence! When, at parties like these, you see such examples of married couples who have weathered all marital storms suc- cessfully over a long period of years: the Bing Crosbys, 18 years; the Ray Millands, 17 years; the Walter Pidgeons, 15 years; the Henry Fondas, 12 years; and the Bob Hopes, 16 years — you won- der why life in Hollywood gets the rep- utation for being such a "marry-go- round." It's chiefly because so much attention is focussed on the ones, as Walter Pidgeon says, "to whom love is like eating mushrooms. They never know whether it's the real thing until it's too late!" Also the subject of marriage and di- vorce in filmland is such a constant providing the singing and dancing. Wil- liam "Wild Bill" Elliott is the hero who tries to tame the outlaws in Los Angeles and also avenge his brother's death. He gets mixed up with badmen John Carroll and Joseph Schildkraut and a prelty government investigator (Catherine Mc- Leod) , who poses as a nightclub enter- tainer. Andy Devine, his pal, helps him clear things up. There's nothing novel about this one. Return of the Bad Men RKO Some Westerns have just too much shooting and too much brutality, and this is one of them. Randolph Scott does his best to clean things up as a II. S. Marshal, and the girl he loves (Jac- queline White) is much better than usual, but there's just no use with a story and direction like this. Robert Ryan's talents are wasted on a charac- terization of an unbelievably villainous villain, and Anne Jeffreys is out of place as a lady gangster who reforms. source for conversation and story-telling. For example, Van Johnson, who is very happily married to Evie and has no in- tention of permitting gossip to report otherwise, told me a cute quip about an actress who picked up the phone in her studio dressing room and told the opera- tor she would like to speak to her hus- band. "Number, please?" asked the operator. "Oh, I'm sorry," replied the actress, "I mean my fifth one!" However, the number of happy mar- riages in Hollywood should prove a won- derful example to youngsters like Marilyn Maxwell and Michael North, Diana Lynn and Bob Neal, who are contemplating the step to the altar. I am sincerely fond of lovely little Diana and I happen to know that Bob is really very much in love with her. Incidentally, Bob, who is one of the most eligible young bachelors in our movie town, is one of the few young men who is conscious of his social obligations. If he attends a party he always graciously thanks his host or hostess and then makes sure that he or she is invited to his next party. The other afternoon he took over the little private club above Ciro's — the Ciro- ette — and tossed a delightful affair for about a hundred of his friends. When I asked him what the occasion was, he simply smiled and said, "Nothing in particular, Cobina. I simply wanted to do something for all the people who have entertained me so royally." And actually, most of his guests were those who had invited him to cocktails, din- ners, theaters and clubs. In his "host and hostess" group were Sonja Henie, Zachary Scott, Turhan Bey, Mrs. Jackie Cooper, Cesar Romero, At- water Kent, Ann Miller and- — naturally — Diana Lynn. Everyone had a wonderful time, many of them staying over for dinner and the show with Mitzi Green downstairs. But of most importance was that it was such a nice way for thought- ful Mr. Neal to say, "Thank you." Cobina's Gossip of Hollywood Parties Continued from page 49 56 SCREENLAND "River Lady" Continued from page 36 themselves to death for an ambitious woman." Frustration swept through her as first he moved away from her, then rose slow- ly to his feet. And mingling with that sense of helplessness was the fury bat- tering down her better judgment. "Do you want to be a river rat all your life?" she demanded. "Why not?" One eyebrow lifted quiz- zically. "You've got something driving you that makes you miserable. Only, don't try to push me, Sequin." His smile came again as he pulled her up beside him. "Look, I'll do all right, but I'll do it my own way. And when I get mar- ried I want a wife, not someone who's whipping me to go faster all the time." She gave him a long look and then her smile came too. "All right, Corri- gan," she said, and she forgot every- thing except his arms holding her and his mouth closing hard over hers. It was a new trick, this seeming sur- render. It taught Sequin something she had never known before about men like Dan. They couldn't be driven; they had to work out their own destinies. But Sequin couldn't hold back the ruthless forces of her ambition any more than the Mississippi could hold back that endless stream of logs rushing along its current. Only instead of trying to convince him she went to Morrison, the lumber oper- ator, driven to the wall by her own syn- dicate, and offered him the fifty thou- sand dollars he needed to keep going for a half share in his business and the stipu- lation that Dan should run it. She played her cards well, Sequin did. So well that even Beauvais did not seem to suspect her part in the plan when Dan boarded the River Lady that night and told them about the offer. It was only when Dan said he had refused the opportunity and Sequin couldn't hold back her dismay that Beauvais gave her a sudden, know- ing look and left. But Dan didn't suspect at all. "You're sore because I didn't take that job, aren't you?" he asked. Then as Sequin only shrugged, he pulled her over to him. "You want me to be one thing," he said unhappily. "I want to be something else. How do we get together on it?" "I know one way." She gave him a long look. "I'll play you one hand of showdown poker. If you lose you take the job, if I lose I'll shut up about it." She waited breathlessly while he deliber- ated a moment. Then as he nodded in agreement she took a pack of cards and began ruffling them. "Cut," she smiled, pushing them over to him. His eyes were intent on hers and so he did not see that as she picked them up she placed them in the position they had been before. And even when the hands were dealt and he saw that he had lost he did not suspect her of this new trick- ery. Instead there was only the bitter knowledge that she had at last maneu- vered him into playing the game as she wanted it. He left without kissing her goodbye as he always had before, even after the Love-quiz . . . For Married Folks Only Q. A. WHY DOES HE AVOID HER EMBRACE? 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The first fear came when she heard the rumors that Morrison's daughter Stephanie had fallen in love with him. But that was nothing compared to the panic that seized her as she was walk- ing along the river bank with Beauvais and there, but a few feet away from them, were Dan and the girl he had res- cued that day on the deck. Sequin thought she had lost him, and her lips twisted in the bitter knowledge that it was she who had brought them together, who had made it possible for Stephanie to raise her arms in that sudden gesture and cling to him adoringly. Then came a stirring of relief as she saw Dan's eyes, as he gently freed himself from that half- embrace. For no man would look that way at a girl he loved, as if he were sorry for her. She knew he was coming back to her then. But she hadn't thought it would be so soon. For that very evening, as she was singing her first song, there he was standing in the doorway, and so she knew, even before he whispered the question she had waited for so long, that she had won. It had come true at last, the dream she had dreamed so long. In her hap- piness Sequin ordered free drinks for everybody in the place. As she was re- sponding to one of the toasts she saw the girl who had no right to be in a place like this. There was a glazed look in her eyes, but Stephanie managed a quiet smile as she came over to them. "I just wanted to congratulate you on your engagement," she said, and leaning over she took Dan's glass and raised it to her lips. "Here's to the bride," she said steadily. "And to money and the things you can do with it." She looked straight at Dan, and suddenly her frozen smile was gone. "She bought your job for you!" she cried wildly. "Or didn't you know?" It was useless to protest. Sequin knew that as Dan got slowly to his feet. "Dan," she caught at his arm trying to hold him there beside her, "it was just a business investment. I saw a chance to make some money and . . ." "You had to do it your way, didn't you?" His voice was as implacable as his eyes staring at her. There was that rage she had never been able to combat sweeping through her then as he brushed her hand from his arm and turned away. "If you walk out of that door," she stormed, "I'll run you off the river!" "Oh, no, you won't!" his short laugh came. "If I can fight the syndicate I can fight you." "You're a fool, Dan," the words rushed out of her mouth before she had a chance to bite them back. "I'm the syndicate. You don't think you could have made money out of Morrison's mill if I hadn't let you!" His steely eyes stopped her. "So that's how it was," he said. "All you had to do was to pull the strings to make me the big man you wanted and let me think I was doing it on my own. All right, I've got some news for you! I'll make money and I'll do it without any help! And if you think you're going to run me out of business you can start any time!" They were stacked against her now, those cards Sequin had always been able to manipulate so skilfully. But time would change all that for a girl who had learned the trick of dealing herself an ace from the bottom of the pack. He was walking out on her now, but he'd be back again, just give her time! Only time wasn't working for Sequin any longer. She knew that the next day when the whole town was buzzing with the news that Dan and Stephanie were married. Sequin was almost ready to admit defeat until Ma Dunnigan spread the story of how Dan had taken Stephanie to her saloon and that he was so drunk when he married her, he didn't even remember it when he woke up the next morning. It was pity that was making him stick to his bargain now, but pity couldn't hold him forever to a woman he didn't love. But that hope wasn't enough to hold back Sequin's fury when Dan began his fight on the syndicate by organizing all the independent lumber operators into a combine even more powerful than the one she and Beauvais had built. "Well," Beauvais sneered that day they learned Dan had taken their biggest market away from them, "it looks like you've finally done what you set out to do. You wanted Corrigan to be a big man and he is, so big that he'll probably put you out of business when those logs of his start rolling in a few days. Unless," he looked at her shrewdly, "we decide to stop him." And then at her questioning look: "Did you ever hear of a log jam?" "Did you ever hear of dynamite?" she countered scornfully. "He'll blow a jam from here to Texas." "He might try it," Beauvais grinned. "But if he does he's going to run into more trouble than he ever knew existed." Sequin's lips tightened. "Go ahead," she said. "I said I'd break him, and I will." It wasn't until the day the river bar- ricade had been completed and Dan's logs were already beginning to pile up against it that Ma Dunnigan told her Stephanie had come home alone from the Morrison camp in the timber country, her marriage broken. And it was because Dan couldn't forget her, Sequin, that Stephanie had realized the hopelessness of her love. First, there was only a feeling of ex- ultation. Then suddenly there was the fear stabbing through as the unmistak- able sound of a pistol shot rang out from the direction of the river. As the two women stared at each other, the other sound came, the longer, reverberating thunder of exploding dynamite. There were minutes stretching into eternity before they saw the men coming slowly from the river, and the two stretchers they were carrying. But be- fore they reached the dock one of the loggers had run on ahead of the others 58 SCREENLAND telling them what had happened. Dan had run the logs to dynamite the jam just as Sequin had expected he would, and Beauvais had followed him. There had been a fight and Beauvais, getting the worst of it, had shot him only to be killed himself when the dynamite ex- ploded. Dan was alive! Sequin's first impulse was to run over to Ma Dunnigan's where they were taking him. Then came the quieter, more cautious instinct learned in the long months when she had almost lost him. There was still his pride to be considered. It wouldn't be easy to win over that, even now. So instead she forced herself to wait until she had dressed in the softest, most feminine out- fit she owned. She took a long time mak- ing up her eyes, her lips, and when she had finished she looked at herself in the mirror and knew that she had never looked lovelier than she did now, going to Dan. Stephanie was there in the bar at Ma Dunnigan's and Sequin couldn't resist a triumphant glance as she swept by her. Then she was upstairs, she was knocking at the door of his room, she was going in to him. And then there was nothing, nothing at all, for his eyes were like those of a stranger's looking at her. "The next time you send somebody out to get me," he said coldly, "pick one who's a better shot." "It wasn't like that, Dan," she said, and her legs were trembling so she had to sit down in the chair beside his bed. "I didn't know Beauvais had a gun. You've got to believe me, Dan." "Okay," Dan said, "I'll believe you." She tried to think it was his pride that made him so cold. Only it wasn't pride. He didn't need pride now that he had stopped loving her. And he had stopped caring, for when she leaned over and kissed him, she saw the sudden pity in his eyes, and hadn't she always known a man couldn't look like that at a woman he loved? She went slowly downstairs, and at first her eyes hardened as she saw Stephanie. Then something stronger than her hurt, something she never knew she had before, made her answer the ques- tion in the girl's eyes. "You little fool," she said brusquely, "aren't you going up to him? He wants you, he didn't want me." As the girl still hesitated she laughed disdainfully. ' Do I have to write it out for you? Go on up!" She stood a moment on the stairs after the girl had hurried past her. Then she saw one of the loggers staring at her, a new one, one that she had never seen before. He was young, and there was something about his eyes that made her think of Dan when he had first come there to the north country. He smiled and she went over to him. "I'd like to ask you a question," she said. "Would you have any objection to hav- ing a woman running your life?" He gave her a curious look and then he grinned. "That depends on the wom- an," he said, and suddenly some of that strange, lost feeling left her and she found she could laugh again. 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J-8 Philadelphia 46, Pa. 62 I was born until I got my first job, 1 wore hand-me-downs — the coats, dresses, sweaters, shoes, underthings inherited, as I grew into them, from my sisters Mau- reen and June; and loved having them, happily unaware that hand-me-downs were not the common lot of all growing girls. When I was eight, I earned my swimming time in a neighborhood pool by counting towels — one hour's free swim for every hundred towels. I bet I got more out of an hour than other kids out of an unearned whole day in the water I love more than any other part of the earth. Until I was married, I lived in the house in which I was born — born, moreover, in the living-room of the house since, with four other children ahead of me, the bedrooms were all full! But I'd never given a thought to the house un- less it was, loving it as I did, and do, (Mommie and Daddy still live there) a loving thought. I remember the very day when, com- ing home from school, I suddenly saw the house as I had never seen it before; thought, Why, it's quite a small house! Why, we must be, migosh, I guess we are, sort of poor! It occurred to me then because in college people were sorry for me. I could tell, working my way through as I was, short of money, un- able to join in the constant talk of how much money their parents had, where to go for week-ends, so-and-so's new car, new fur coat, etc. — talk that made me so mad I quit college. I'd get a job, I decided, where other people have to work, too, and are not ashamed of it. I did, too. I got a job modeling and selling at Magnin's, in Los Angeles. I was an awfully good salesgirl, what's more, honestly I was! And a pretty good merchandiser. I liked merchandising. I was planning to be a buyer. The same sense of values, the very same, is still with us. One night not long ago the family came to dinner, which I, like usual — I do all my own cooking — had prepared. Sitting around the table, stuffing our faces, my family, who are my severest critics, fell to discussing my acting ability, if any. Suddenly my Dad looked up and said, "If she can cook like this, I don't give a damn whether she can act or not!" A day or two after we finished "On An Island With You," my mother was hav- ing lunch with me at the studio when Mr. Pasternak, who produced the pic- ture, and Mr. Richard Thorpe, who di- rected it, stopped by our table and said some nice things about the picture and about me. Mr. Pasternak added, "Aren't you very proud of Esther, Mrs. Wil- liams?" "I am proud of all my children," my mother said. The night "On An Island With You" was previewed in Hollywood was quite glamorous, quite. Floodlights, fanfare, fans, and Ricardo Montalban, Peter Lawford and I signing autographs, tak- ing the bows. As I was leaving the thea- ter with my family, "Never mind, dar- ling," said my sister June, who has two small daughters, "all this nonsense will soon be over and then you can settle down and have children, too!" No credit to me that I am honest. I was "raised" honest. I was honest when I said I didn't want to be in the movies. The movie offers began when I was star- ring in Billy Rose's Aquacade at the San Francisco World's Fair, a job I'd accept- ed because it sounded fun (I'd be swim- ming!) an adventure, and good money. But I'd been so hurt, living that back- stage life, all the pettiness, slipperiness, gossip, that — well, Billy Rose is almost responsible for my not being in pictures, ever. Even when Jack Cummings, a top agent, approached me about doing water pictures for MGM, I told him, "A theat- rical life is not for me, I'm too normal." When Mr. Cummings, not believing me, kept calling, I said, "I am not playing hard to get. I am really sincere about this. I ask you not to call me again." When girls ask me how to go about getting in pictures, I say: "Get discov- ered— by means of swimming, as I did, or flagpole sitting, or whatever, but get discovered and then be hard to get. Be honestly hard to get, you know, not play- ing it." The girls at Magnin's got so mad at me when I kept saying "No" to patient Mr. Cummings, who still kept calling, that one day they took the telephone away from me and when Mr. Cummings spoke of "an appointment with Mr. May- er for 4:30 this afternoon," the girls told him. "She'll be there at 4:30." So I was. By using "brute force," I tell them, the girls got me all done up in clothes raided from stock and I was on my way, sooth- ing myself with the reflection, Well, at least I can tell my grandchildren that I met Louis B. Mayer! The first thing Mr. Mayer said to me was, "You're awfully tall." The first thing I said to Mr. Mayer was, "I'm sorry I'm too tall, but it was nice meeting you. Goodbye." The second thing Mr. Mayer said was, "I think you're going to be all right." To which I replied with a recital of my one experience in show business, how I hated it, why I hated it, concluding with the flat statement, "I am a swim- mer, not an actress." When I'd finished, "Why, you little in- tellectual upstart, you!" laughed Mr. Mayer. I laughed. We laughed together, and — my first picture under my MGM con- tract was "Bathing Beauty." To be honest is the only way I know to avoid misunderstanding, not only in the movie business but in marriage. While I was in Florida on location some candidate for the loony-bin started the rumor that Esther Williams and Ben Gage were divorcing. The first thing I did, when the rumor reached me, was try to get Ben, who was in Hollywood, on the phone. The line was busy. The first thing Ben did, when the rumor reached him, was try to get me on the phone. The line was busy. Each was calling the other — when we did get through we said, almost simultaneously, "Darling, you aren't upset by this nonsense, are you?" "No, I was just hoping you are not." Such nonsense when, no doubt about it, I've got my guy and he's got his girl and we've stopped looking! Recently I signed a seven-year, won- derful new contract with MGM. What makes it more wonderful, is that they came to me and asked me to sign it. But ever since I've been in pictures I've done nothing but the frothiest musicals, in which I've played vacuous characters with nothing to say but "Oh, yes"; "Oh, no"; "Oh, really." I don't want to stop making musicals. I don't want to stop making swimming pictures.. In "Fiesta" there was only one swimming scene and people screamed from here to Gibraltar. To do the story of Annette Kellermann's life is my dream — the story of a great swimmer, but the story of a life. So, when I thanked Mr. Nicholas Schenck and Mr. Mayer for my magnificent new contract, I said, "You've all been so good to me, I can't ask for anything more, except — in the next seven years, could I have just one sensible line to say?" Recently I made a personal appear- ance tour, my first — instead of using rcady-made-for-me speeches, I tn°d it my way: In every theater I played, I stayed on stage after the show and asked for it by asking people to ask me ques- tions which I answered, right off the top of my head. Such as: "What does Sin- atra look like?" "A pipe cleaner, with ears." "How about a date, honey?" "Well, look, I'm married to a guy six feet five and a half, weighs 225 pounds, a lot of man — you still interested?" "Do you know Jane Russell?" "Well, I'll tell you, Jane and I don't run around in the same sweaters!" "How about communism out in Hollywood?" "I'd be the last to know. 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It's Ben. He hadn't been calling long distance. He'd called from the lobby, having put a handker- chief over his mouth to make it sound like long distance. He'd flown 3000 miles between broadcasts (he announces the Joan Davis show on the air, you know) to spend two days with me! Or I'm on stage in a theater, as in New Haven, Connecticut, for instance — and a man is coming up the aisle carrying a bunch of roses so that they cover his face. As this man hands the flowers to me over the footlights the face is uncovered, and- it's Ben! They tell you that in the picture busi- ness you can't be honest if you want to get along. They're wrong. I've been, and am and always will be honest, and I get along just fine. They tell you you can't be honest in love — it doesn't pay. I am honest in my love for my husband and it pays in the things he does for me, the sweet things, the wonderful surprise things, the in-love things. It pays in happiness, honesty does — isn't that "pay" enough? Franc hot's Femmes! Continued from page 43 64 I understand Franchot. He is very hansome and becauze I am going to be an actress I know how destracking it is to be in the liebrary studying and have Pat and Jeff and the dogs and every- body making a noize so I scold them and quite them. That is the littlest I can do for Franchot. After all even though Pat and Jeff call me there sister I am really there aunt and when Pat gets grouchey I make him get over it so Franchot can have some peace and quite. Franchot is always jentul with all of us. No matter how definitt Jean gets he is jentul and no matter how noizy Pat and Jeff and the dogs get he is quite. No matter how mixed up things get he is jentul. I guess Franchot thinks jentully I have lived with Jean and Franchot since I was 26 months old and I am glad Jean marryed such a fine jentulman. I am going to be a smart, intelijent lady. I am going to be very intelijent and not miss school and study hard and raize all my childrun the way Franchot and Jean are raizing Pat and Jeff becauze Fran- chot says in order to be a good actress I must be intelijent and edukated. Sometimes I think Franchot is too nice. He is always pashent. I do not see how he can be so pashent but he says I will find that out when I grow up and am a big star becauze big stars are very pashent. I do not know about any other stars but Franchot is a big star and very pashent and Abraham Lincoln was very pashent and he had all the soldiers and generals and people making arguments with him. One night I was thinking about how wonderful Franchot is to Jean and all of us and how wonderful Lincoln was and he got shot and it scared me for Franchot. I could not go to sleep and the next morning I was tired and Jean and Franchot were worryed about me. And I told them and so Franchot says only presidents get shot no matter how much some people want to shoot actors so I am not going to worry becauze Franchot is like Lincoln any more. Even SCREENLAND if he has love for everyone not just for himself. So I love Franchot very much and it was very nice of Jean to marry him so we could all live together and I can be an actress. * * * By JEAN WALLACE TONE After six-and-a-half years of marriage Franchot Tone is the most exciting, handsome, lovable, exasperating, beguil- ing and challenging man in my world. His poise is a Gibraltar of strength — now that we've each done a little reform- ing. He's taught me to be more con- trolled— I've helped him discover the release an occasional outburst can be. He actually allowed himself to be angry when a business associate doublecrossed him recently, and I was mighty proud of him! Never making a fuss, never aggres- sive about privileges he's earned— that can cheer him for. But I've been burne to a crisp when he's allowed people to take advantage of his generosity and kindness. And I don't burn silently. Not Mrs. Tone! His knowledge of subjects as unrelated as the ballet and the pruning of fig trees, acting and a recipe for frijoles. politics and the intricate mechanism of television, blown glass and the history of rare gems, religion and psychiatrics — no longer amazes me. Proving you can ge used to anything. Franchot's rather particularly unpri dictable, I'd say. Just when you thin he's a MIND he makes some ridiculou off-beam investment — like the winer; We have heaven knows how many case, of wine in storage, all we have to sho for quite a tidy investment he made om smart day. He won't drink a drop of thi stuff. "It cost about a thousand dollars a case," says he. "And no drink is worth it." His independence is colossal. Even when he has a cold in the head he re- mains aloof from any evidence of need- ing help or attention. He can always tie his dress tie expertly without getting the household into an uproar. He never goes barging around blaming elusive dress shirt studs or collar buttons on my care- lessness, or the kids' explorations into his dresser drawers. Of course, he doesn't have to plant any blame — he always knows just where they are! I love his laugh and his smile. Because I was very young and Fran- chot's what people call a man of the world, the hazards of our marriage were delightedly estimated by those who fill the lack in their own lives with an acute interest in the lives of others. We've confounded the prophets so far. Some- times I think we've even confounded ourselves. There are times when Franchot's every virtue seems a fault. When I wish his independence would crack, when his over-generosity would stop and go into reverse. I don't mind the exciting few times his control has burst wide open and his quiet evaporated in an outraged roar. There are times when I wish his tie would be crooked, his suit wrinkled. And then I think of the way his eyes crinkle at the corners when we're laugh- ing together — or glow when lie likes a new gown. I see the charming casualness of his perfect manners, feel the depend- ability of his tact, diplomacy and for- bearance. So what if he does like a symphony better than having a crowd for dinner? Prefers a sneak preview to a premiere? What if he does prefer going to the races to going dancing? And bets the horses with more enthusiasm than know-how? My thrifty soul capitulates before his guileless smile when he hands me the uncashed tickets, saying merely, "I forgot to tell the horses I was on 'em." You can't resent a man just because he looks like a "Man of Distinction" at the breakfast table when you've seen him, with infinite patience, console his son when his favorite toy was broken, or discipline his first-born with firmness, when a toss-off would have been easier by far. As Franchot's wife I've come to re- spect a lot of things which, when I was a youngster, seemed unimportant. It was inevitable, I suppose, that I first resisted his attraction for me — disliked him. even, because of it. Perhaps in a vague way I realized the enchantment his even-tem- pered, almost casual way would throw about me. It's no longer enchantment- — it's real. I guess through all of this I've been trying to say what is fully said in a simple sentence. Franchot is civilized. That's his burden — and his glory. It's my pride and my cross. By HELEN FERGUSON He has a sense of humor as gay and spritely as a leprechaun 's — but that's his secret. On the surface, even he has ac- cepted the Tone legend. Sophisticated, erudite, aloof — all the admirable but chilling synonyms for Tone which have become his tag in Hollywood. But cas- ual? Indifferent, my eye! The man is shy. Honest to goodness shy. Things matter greatly to Franchot but, like the leprechaun's charming approach to real- ity, his disguise of such caring is com- plete-. A master at the art of underplaying — his life is slanted on that side, too. To find out different you chuck your own inhibitions and rush right against the barrier of his reticence. And then there's fun. Like the night of the premiere at Westwood. Thinking it was a benefit preview, having practically invited my- self to dinner at the Tones', my social conscience was slightly eased when I invited them to go to the "preview" with me afterward, and bought tickets. Jean accepted eagerly and Franchot was told. We started off. and wound up in a -pre- miere crowd — lights, shimmering gowns, radio broadcast — the works. Franchot wanted to turn back. Jean and I kept our enthusiasm at a pitch, ignoring Fran- chot's murmur. "I'll just leave you girls and pick you up later" — and other not so murmured negative sentiments. Next thing, we were in the crowd, eager faces were grinning, calling Franchot's name, applauding as they recognized him. Some- one opened the car door, asked him to the mike, ignored his "Oh, you don't want me" — light bulbs flashed — Franchot was at the mike, his crooked grin show- ing, saying gracious, humorous things, with a twinkle in his eyes. As photogs and fans yelled. "Hello, "Franchot!" he tossed it off. "They're just glad to see anybody," he said. That's the night I got to know the guy. Set my policy. Just surprise him into the spotlight — where folks want him, and which, on him, looks good. Surprise him all you want, but don't take it for granted that you know how to "handle" Tone. He's full of surprises himself. Re- member the leprechaun grin — and re- member that leprechauns aren't like people, bound by the material impor- tances. Remember they are bound only by their own delightful sense of values, and Franchot is bound by his. Shy, sen- sitive, considerate, but elusive — and a hunk of granite when "no" is what he really means. You won't go wrong if you listen to the tone of Tone's voice. * * * By JANET BLAIR Yes, when Franchot and I started to work together in "I Love Trouble," it was really meeting up with a Dream Prince. I discovered his brilliant mind, his sharp wit. Here is a great talent and frankly, I'm plain irritated that he doesn't do more with it. After working with him, I'd class him as one of the greatest technicians in our business. He's so greatly gifted it's a shame he has a lazy streak. I'd like to see him pitching on many more productions a year than he does, and brother, how we can use his talent in building up theater here — radio too, and television. But, as I say, the guy's lazy. He says he wants to enjoy life a little. Working with Franchot is a great chal- lenge. You have to step it up in all de- partments. Consequently, you do a better job than you think you are capable of doing. 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It's that and his irresistible, crooked grin that captures and holds his feminine fans. So I'm corny? Okay! It's the way I feel — having been a fan, and after being a co-worker. And there's his sportsmanship. Once, on a difficult scene, I wrestled with my lines until it was embarrassing. Franchot dispelled the tension which he knew my fluffs were making for me. How? By deliberately lousing up his own lines. Him — when he c ould have read perfectly with a mouthful of grapenuts! Once, I was catching it from the director for failing to come through per- fectly on a piece of business he especially wanted. Chivalrous Tone stepped in be- tween the fine line of my determination and hysteria and said softly to our direc- tor, "Now, you leave her alone, you big bully — she's doing okay." And grinned at both of us. "I Love Trouble" and I-love-working- with-Tone are synonymous in my mind. It was hard work, and swell fun, and plenty educational. He stacks up 100 percent with me, and if he decides to take over in the directing department I want to be the first in line flagging down a role in his picture for Janet Blair. Jeanne Crain and husband Paul Brinkman chat with one of the skaters at Icecapades. This Is How I Feel Now! Continued from page 27 said that the way to avoid criticism is to say nothing, do nothing, be nothing. And since that is a ridiculously high price to pay in order to steer clear of criticism, I'll take my chances. Screenland has asked me to bare my thoughts on such subjects as life, death, religion, immor- tality and how to prevent a third world war. The questions I have been asked are not superficial, and I'll try to give them the honest answers they deserve. Life. When I was a little girl, some man once said to me, "The secret of life is moderation. Be contented and happy, but never leap in over your head." I be- lieve he was right. The average person is usually tempted either to go whole hog for the things he likes or not to go for a thing at all. I believe that all of us should be moderate in everything, even in our enthusiasms. Excess of anything, whether it be work, play, food or what have you? — is injurious. I am pretty much of a fatalist. I think that as human beings we can cope with just so much, and that when things are beyond our strength, God will make the decisions. Death. I came close to death just once, when I was very ill. Until death is imminent most of us think, "What is the gruesome step like down the lonely last road beyond which no one can hold my hand or comfort me? How will I ever be able to face it?" Faced with death, I found that when you are in pain, it is easier to let go and not try to hold on to life. When you really face death, you are not so terrified. I shall never again be afraid of the thought that I, like everyone else, must die some day. Religion. I am not a bigot, but like most religious people, I agree with those who say, "Do not ask, believe." We ac cept many things that we cannot actuall; prove. Each night when the sun goe: down, we believe that it will rise again. Faith has been called "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." I believe that there is a God. Of course, I don't vision Him as an old man with a beard — 1 don't try to figure out who or what He is. I believe that God is a force for good, that He has pity on humanity, and sees the reason for things 66 Screenland we don't understand. We may some- times ask, "Why did such a tragic thing have to happen to So-and-so?" Though our minds cannot grasp the reason, I be- have to happen to So-and-so?" Though there is a reason for everything that occurs in the universe. Some people say that religion is only for the weak. If they are right, then I think maybe we are meant to be weak so that we can recognize the strength of God. Once a girl I knew said to me, "I used to be a Catholic, but I've grown out of it. Now I've developed so far intellectu- ally that I can't be satisfied just to be- lieve without proof." I was sorry for her "Poor girl!" I thought. "She believes she has progressed, but if through the devel- opment of her mind, she has lost her sense of spiritual security, then she has lost more than she has gained." I be- lieve that the one-sided development of the mind, accompanied by neglect of all religious thought, can lead to the crack- ing up of the mind. Some people complain that religion is too dogmatic. I don't think it is. There is comfort in dogma in which you believe. Any religion which tells you what to be- lieve is better, I think, than too much figuring out of something that cannot be reasoned out intellectually by even the greatest minds of any century. I believe that everybody should find his own way of understanding and know- ing God. If that understanding reaches you through churchgoing, through church sermons, music and the symbols of the church, then I believe you should go. If you feel that the way you understand God best is in meditation or in other ways, that way you will find God. I do not believe that anyone will lose his soul just because be doesn't go to church. I do believe that there is such a thing as immortality. Wouldn't this life, during which we learn so much, be a terrible waste, if there were not? I can't believe we suffer for no reason at all. I believe that there may be a heaven but that there is no hell, except the one people w'ro have done the wrong thing suffer on earth. Happiness. I believe that peace is hap- piness. Mental peace, all kinds of peace and freedom from anguish make for hap- piness. 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How else can they know that you still regard them as friends? War and Peace. I do not believe that there is a bad baby born in any country. Nobody is born evil — everybody is born good. Some individuals may have a bad heredity, but what is bad in it does not reach evil fruition unless it is provoked by something evil in the environment. Some people may say that I think too idealistically and am not practical. All right, call it that, but today I think we have to believe in the innate goodness of any man and together figure out a con- structive way of solving all our problems. The creation of the atomic bomb has made the issue of war and peace an in- dividual and civilian responsibility. We must go beyond narrow nationalism. No- body is more American or loyal than I. But nationalism doesn't count any more in comparison with the necessity of there being one world and one people. Just as one may have family pride and yet dis- cover that there are people who are not related to us whom we can be fond of, so one can have national pride and yet. discover that there are nations all over the world that we can love and under- stand. Remember what a terrific effort people made when our country was in a tough spot during the war? But most people are not fighting as hard for peace as they did for the war effort. I said to one movie producer, "During the war, one couldn't go to a movie theater without seeing a picture which inspired one to do everything we could to help win the war. But what happens when you go to the movies today? You see your newsreel, your single or double feature. But there is no travelogue, no picture to help you understand what the Chinese, Japanese or Russians think and why they think as they do. So far, there has been nothing educational on the atomic bomb, to show us what will happen if we don't learn to be one world and one people." 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Alexandri Fred Robbins Right Off the Record Continued from page 32 stops! 'Cause "Love of My Life," from "The Pirate" with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, would by any other name sound as sweet as his greatest songs, 'specially when it comes under the dex- terous tonsils of the glorious Lena. Oodles of that throbbing sultriness cover you through a pulsating beguine, Jean. And the flip — wow! The one L.H. killed 'em with in her brilliant engagement at N.Y.'s Copa a while back, "Deed I Do." Scrape me off a saucer and call me but- tercup if it doesn't make you flip your toupee! What a bounce, and what inter- pretation! And that L.H. doesn't stand for Lennie Hayton or Luther Henderson who conduct respectively and so perfect- ly. What appealing squealing! (MGM) ANDY RUSSELL: "Long After To- night," "What Do I Have to Do." Del- la's boy is sproutin' with some nice spoutin' from "Arch of Triumph" on "Long After Tonight," bulgin' with the flavor of the Champs Elysee, May. Oh, that Bergman! Hubba! Backside has the chief sprout in the Russell menage trad- ing wordage in a cute hunk of holler from "Are You With It?" and you will wanna be with this slab. (Capitol) BUDDY CLARK AND PEARL BAI- LEY: "Inside U.S.A." Smack from the Howard Dietz-Arthur Schwartz musical which set the apple on its core (knocked Broadway out) comes a sheaf of fine noise. Buddy's thorax is on four cookies and my girl Pearl's on two. The lark named Clark throws his head back for "Rhode Island," "First Prize at the Fair," "My Gal Is Mine Once More" and "Haunted Heart." And Pearl is her usu- al wonderful, languorous, sly self on "Blue Grass," a clever bit 'bout a chick losin' her man to the ponies down Ken- tucky way — "there's just no way to com- pete with poundin' feet" — and "Protect Me" on the other cheek. This album'll be inside many a pad in the U.S.A. molte allegro. (Columbia C 162) DUKE ELLINGTON: "Air Condi- tioned Jungle," "It's Monday Every Day." E.K.E. ekes out another in that never-ending stream of classics in "Jun- gle," 'cause the woodwind of Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet) is right in the side pocket, the way he pushes it around. Masterful technique! And that "Jungle" sure is airy, Mary. Underneath sits a fine lot of the epiglottis of Al Hibbler which vibrates so provocatively on "Monday." Make room on that shelf, elf. (Columbia) DANNY KAYE: Look out, you ras- cal, 'cause this Kaye kid doesn't tread softly on your ears, but what goes in sure does tingle. Like this newie "Ballin' the Jack," which is actually an old jazz tune Ga. Gibbs fried so joyfully on Majestic. Plenty of the moisenflay which is solely Daniel's on this and its mate, gate, "St. Louis Blues" — all adding up to melodious mayhem that you'll wanna put in your vest and let it rest. Fine barbecue! (Decca) BERYL DAVIS: My giryl Beryl, the Hit Parade maid, blooms forth with a cauldronful of biscuits that flows as gen- tly as the Aft on. There's a single skim- mer, "Spring in December," backed by a saucy little opus, "I Wanna," which rocks lightly and politely and Beryl right along with it. Then for the entree, there's a whole fresh album, "Beryl By Candlelight," which is just as soft and warm by gaslight or incandescent light. 'Tween its covers the English chick caresses "Mad About the Boy," "Alone Together," "Please Be Kind," "All Alone," "Auld Lang Syne," "They Didn't Believe Me," "The Touch of Your Lips," and "Tea For Two." And Beryl for me and you. Oh, such tasty sips from those pretty lips. (Victor album P 201) DORIS DAY AND BUDDY CLARK: M-m-m, strawberries! Dodo — I mean "Sparkle Plenty," and the "Bari- tone Lark" together for the price of one. They fit like filet of sole and tartar sauce on a brace of clever cuties, "Confess" and "Love Somebody." Buddy's Doris' echo on the first, which is perf for Au- gust romancin' and dancin'; the other cheek, tho, is the one that'll be luring all that green stuffin' from your little waistcoat 'cause it's custom-made for the gym, milk bar, apothecary or club cellar, feller. Really loaded for bear and a sure smash. What a team, hey! (Columbia) NATURE BOY: It always happens when there's a terrific waffle on a song. All the companies rush out with their versions. There's Sarah Vaughn (Musi- craft) , Nancy's daddy (Columbia) , and Skipper's Pop, Dickie Haymes, (Decca) . All are cooked a capella, with voice back- grounds because of the record ban, but none of 'em touch Nat Cole's haunting slicing embroidered with Frank DeVol's great background. S'gonna be another "Xmas Song," in a class by itself. The more the merrier, tho, if some of that beautiful philosophy gets across. MARGARET WHITING: Just as welcome in August or any month is Mag- gie's grooving of "April Showers," which rains so refreshingly on your pink shell- like ear. S'from the pix of the same han- dle and is mated with some pretty notes from "The Lady From Shanghai," "Please Don't Kiss Me," which is im- possible after the way it bubbles from Mrs. Whiting's daughter's throat. So, Maggie, there. (Capitol) JIMMY DURANTE: Aw, g'wan home, yer mudder's callin'. Probably wants to hear the fresh Durante waffle, "Chidabee-Ch-Ch" and "The Day I Read A Book," which is packed with effervescent humor and mirth right from the upper Durante berth. Wonderful tiling about Jimmy, you can enjoy him almost as much when you hear him as when you glim him. Whatta great artist! (MGM) BUDDY RICH: Of all the new band- leaders, Buddy's the guy who should be most likely to succeed. Has more talent in his finger than most all the guys put together, great drummer, singer and dancer, and even wears a Windsor knot. How much talent can you have! His first enchilada for MGM records spots that rhythmic Rich larynx on "A Man SCREENLAND Could Be A Wonderful Thing ' and "Tacos, Encliilados and Beans," Mel Torme's and Bob Wells' cute Mexican concoction, which is "the gonest thing around — man, there is nothing like it to be found."' Which is just about the de- scription for Buddy himself. Watch this rascal's smoke. • He killed 'em at the Paramount in N. Y.'s concrete jungle! (MGM) ALSO EAR WORTHY: Hal Mclnty- re's "Spring in December," Frankie Les- ter throating, and "Bim Bam Boogie," Johnny Turnbull and Betty Norton bim bamming to a Latin boogie beat. (MGM) ; Tony Pastor's "There's A Man at the Door" — and they're coming thru the windows, too— those creditors, which'll teach you to pay those dues! Flip is "I Wanna Sleep," which might be the answer to those bill collectors but really brings him dreams of his mellow chick. Cunning capers, these, at which Pastor's a master. (Columbia) ; Noble sound by Ray Noble with Al Hendrick- son hanging his nice thorax on you on a deuce of samples from "Are You With It?" "A Little Imagination," and "What Do I Have To Do?" Like those Hen- drickson bronchial tubes. (Columbia) ; Bing Crosby's "Laroo, Laroo" and "Story of Sorrento" and his fresh albums com- prising some of the biscuits he's broiled with other rascals. Bing sings with Lionel Hampton on "Sunny Side of the Street," and "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"; Eddie Heywood's "Who's Sorry Now?" and "I Found a New Baby"; Louis Jordan's "My Baby Said Yes," and "Your Socks Don't Match"; Judy Garland's "Yah-Ta- Ta," and "You've Got Me Where You Want Me"; "Connecticut," "Mine"; "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie," and "Lily of Laguna" with Mary Martin; and with Johnny Mercer, "On Behalf of the Visiting Fireman," "Mister Meadow- lark," "Small Fry," and "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Sheen." (Decca A 634 and 631) HOT!!! THELONIOUS MONK: Another of- fering by the High Priest of Be Bop, the guy who inspired so many bop musicians and is finally coming into his own. There's the slow, moody, and hauntingly beautiful "Round About Midnight," with Monk and a rhythm section, and "Well, You Needn't" on the flip, gay and groovey, with Art Blakey on tubs and Gene Ramey on bass. A refreshing press- ing! (Blue Note) ELLA FITZGERALD: Help! Go grab the sequel to "Lady Be Good." We mean "How High the Moon," with Ella sans butter but avec plenty of jam — the scat- tin' kind — and it's "gone." How great, Miss Fitz! Back, "You Turned the Tables on Me" is slow and solid, real ear balm. And there's a plush hunk of pop stuff from that great bronchus, too — "My Baby Likes to Be Bop" and "I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling." Oh, the juice is on the loose! (Decca) ; COUNT BASIE: "Guest in the Nest," "Money Is Honey." Ouch! How thrilled can you be! That wonderful rascal from Red Bank bakes another cookie for F.R., "Guest in the Nest," meaning Friday nights on the 1280 Club when guests fall into Robbins' Nest. It jumps just like the nest does when all those live corpses pay a visit. A real erupter! There'll be cookies with a lyric, too. Flip is flowing with gushing by Jimmy Rush- ing on a blues with lotsa meat on its bars — all about that lovely green mate- rial. (Victor) BENNY GOODMAN: Yeah, "Shoe- less John Jackson" runs the scale on your spine on a coupla blithe and lithe turns by the sextet. There's "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise," which he cut twice before on Commodore and Colum- bia with Red Norvo, vibes; Mel Powell, piano; Red Callender, bass; and Lee Young, tubs. I know that's five but they still call it a sextet. Side's a technical masterpiece. Starboard cheek's an orig- inal by Mel Powell, "Shirley Steps Out," with the same gang, except Artie Shap- iro's on bass, Tom Romersa, drums, and Al Hendrickson, guitar. Loaded with all the zest and holler you can stand! (Capi- tol) CAB CALLOWAY: Should be listed under Chu Berry, of course, 'cause it's the classic tenor solo of the late, great Chu, which has become a collector's item worth about $60. Grab it on Columbia for 7oc. Oh, happy day! And the thing's as great and moving as when it was first cut about 10 years ago. What a titan of jazz was Chu! (Columbia) FROM THE MAN IN GRAY: Dear F.R.: I'm one fan that would like to see Roy Rogers make some love scenes with his wife Dale Evans. Now that they are making pictures together again, I think it would be perfect, though so many seem to think it would be wrong. Cowboys are supposed to be human, aren't they? If other married screen teams can make good and win screen fans why can't Dale and Roy? Sincerely, Bonnie Dabney, New Castle, Indiana. And practically the same linen comes from Rachel Amerson in Amarillo, Texas. 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Andy Russell's freshest is "Blue Shadows on the Trail," "Love of My Life," "Don't Blame Me," and a bulging new album— "Love Notes from Andy Russell." You can cop a pix of Andy by writing to Capitol Records, Hollywood. Scribble to Victor Records. Columbia Records and MGM Records — all in N.Y.C. — for shots of Tex Beneke, Buddy Clark and Art Lund, respectively. . . . No more space, Grace, so we gotta cut out hereabout. Lay some linen on me, hey! And watch for those Columbia shorts— "Thrills of Music," and keep the audio cavity open for the "Columbia Record Shop." Address your letters to Fred Rob- bins, Screenland Magazine, 37 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. Sir Laurence and His Lady Continued from page 28 girl shrank in stature. So instead Vivien stars with Sir Ralph Richardson in "An- na Karenina." "Just forget you ever saw Garbo in it," was Larry's advice to his wife when she started work. When Vivien wasn't in front of the cameras herself, she was on the "Ham- let" set with Larry. She was the only visitor he permitted to enter that closely sealed and constantly guarded corner of the Denham studio. Given complete carte blanche by the Big Boss, J. Arthur Rank, Larry forbade everybody except the players and technicians actually en- gaged in the scene. Even the artists waiting to be called were not allowed to go on the set while other scenes were being shot. They sat out in the corridor, as ignorant of what was happening as all the studio staff. Press reporters and pho- tographers never reached the threshold. Once an enterprising cameraman who climbed up to the roof seeking a private peephole found his ladder had been quietly removed and spent several hours aloft in the rain before he was rescued. Larry was completely adamant that nobody should see sufficient of the film to make any criticisms until "Hamlet" was officially shown on the screen. "I'm trying out something completely differ- ent in technique," he explained to his intimate friends. "I haven't even got a complete script. I'm altering and improv- ing and experimenting as I go along. So I absolutely refuse to be distracted in any way whatever. I need every ounce of energy and concentration I possess for the job itself. Making this fi'm is the most exciting and the most difficult thing I've ever attempted." Then he gave his characteristic smile. "They may have nothing to talk about now, but they'll have plenty to say when they see it. Lots of people will quarrel violently with my conception of Hamlet, I know." Certainly the Olivier idea of the tragic Dane departs completely from all the conventional pictures. Larry himself de- scribes it as "imaginative and utterly abstract," not even the actual period of the film being clearly defined but with breathtakingly strange settings and cos- tumes almost surrealistic in design. Un- like the colorful "Henry V," this is a black and white production. "I don't see it as a painting but rather as an old en- graving," Larry declares. His accent throughout is on the light and shade of Hamlet's character and that of the men and women around him, with much psychological symbolism in the eery pho- tographic effects. Because he visualizes the Dane as a virile Scandinavian type, torn by his conflicting emotions, Larry has altered his personal appearance for the first time in his life. He had his black hair bleached a strange copper-blonde which gleams under the lights and en- hances the expressions of his dark eyes all the more by contrast. Every evening during the shooting Larry and Vivien took home some mem- ber of the cast to discuss his or her par- ticular part while they ate dinner. Most of the players appeared in "Henry V" too. Tall Felix Aylmer is Polonius and Esmond Knight Bernardo. Terence Mor- gan plays Laertes while stern Basil Sid- ney is the King. Ophelia has become a shadowy figure in the traditional tapes- try but Queen Gertrude emerges with striking passion in the richly beautiful personality of Eileen Herlie. She is a young London stage star with an unusual vibrant voice, and her only other film appearance, in a tiny role in "Hungry Hill," created such a sensation it brought her five offers from Hollywood. Vivien Leigh's name doesn't appear on the credit lists but it should, for she has discussed all Larry's ideas of Hamlet 70 Screenland with him and helped him to rehearse for hours on end, even when they spent two weeks' vacation at their lonely old farm- house near Oxford before they started work on their respective films. Watching the Oliviers together, it's instantly dis- cernible how necessary they are to each other. Handsome mobile-faced Larry tends to be conservative and cautious, always thorough and careful and some- times slow, with a fierce streak of ob- stinacy when it's aroused. Vivien bal- ances him because she is essentially light and quick and incisive. She encourages him out of those moods of introspective depression which sometimes overwhelm him, because he is never satisfied in his constant search for perfection in his work. Then she leans on Larry for sup- port in turn when it is necessary for her to carry out some long-drawn project right through to the end. Enchanting to look at with her mid- night hair and long-lashed green eyes and alabaster- white skin, Vivien Leigh is a highly unusual type of womanhood. She has a "frost and fire" personality, cool, tingling, sparkling, a little aloof, then suddenly warming into flame. She is not at all domestic, though when Larry served in uniform in the- Royal Navy during the war, she lived in a little coast cottage and did the household chores her- self in order to be there when he could come ashore for a few hours leave. But normally Vivien dislikes cooking and sewing or anything like that, yet wher- ever she goes, she makes a delightful home. Even in a hotel room, she has the furniture re-arranged in her own way, finds books and magazines and the field- flowers she prefers to cultured blooms, and puts some cushions on the floor be- cause she and Larry always read stretched out like that. The Oliviers never go to smart clubs and parties and they don't care about any games or sports. Larry can ride and swim and fence expertly but he keeps these attainments for use before the cameras. His own pet accomplishment is known to very few. He sings, in a truly magnificent baritone which has been trained by a famous London tutor of operatic stars. But with characteristic determination, Larry will only sing or- atorio. If you call at the Oliviers' Chel- sea home on a Sunday morning, you are likely to hear the strains of an aria from "Elijah" or Handel's "Messiah" coming from the garage. Larry is washing down his car to music, taking his only physical exercise. Tehee, the dainty little cream and lirown Siamese cat, is usually running round Larry's legs or sitting in the tiny paved garden where Vivien grows scarlet geraniums and scented wallflowers. In- side the cottage itself there's a mixture of period furniture, mainly walnut pieces, which the Oliviers have picked up all over the world during their professional travels. Vivien's antique china has been collected in half a dozen different coun- tries and Larry bought the two Mexican rugs when he first visited Hollywood in 1933. The Oliviers always like to attend to their correspondence on Sundays, work- ing through it together. Larry squats at his green portable typewriter, puts on the heavy spectacles which always make Vivien laugh, and assumes the noisy quick-fire manner of the super-efficient Big Business Man dictating to his dumb secretary. That makes him start to laugh at "himself, so the letters don't get an- swered over-rapidly. It's typical of Larry that he acts as he goes along, even when officially resting at home, and equally typical that he gives a good performance. For to Laurence Olivier, it is quite literally the breath of life to act. He finds drama in the tiniest facets of the human experience everywhere he goes. Walk along the street with him and his eyes go roaming over everybody who passes, studying them and storing up material in his mind. Absorbing human- ity, he likes to eat at little restaurants rather than in big fashionable places. He has a favorite cafe in Los Angeles where certainly no other movie star ever goes. In New York he knows a special spot for steaks near Herald Square and he's fond of dropping into a drugstore on Lexing- ton Avenue for a cup of coffee in the early evening. In London he usually lunches with a man friend at the Garrick, that old-fashioned pub with an atmo- sphere all its own. On a bench there, Larry eats fried fish and drinks a pint of beer from a tankard and quietly watches the people sitting around. Working at the studio, he doesn't stop midday to lunch but takes a sandwich out on to the lawn and walks up and down eating it while he mutters over the script he's studying. It's Vivien who looks after Larry's wardrobe, for he can never be bothered about clothes himself. In New York last year she bought him six new ties. He had worn them for months before it suddenly occurred to him one morning that he hadn't seen them before and asked where they had come from! Neither of the Oliviers care for formal dress very much — though Vivien looks utterly ravish- ingly glamorous in one of her pale gleam- ing evening gowns, her black hair piled high and caught under her favorite jewelled Mainbocher cap, her platina fox jacket round her shoulders. 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The only day in weeks which the Oliviers took off from filming was when they attended Buckingham Palace for the investiture, at which Larry knelt on the purple carpet in the Throne-Room before his King and was ceremonially tapped on the shoulder with the ancient sword and bidden to "Rise, Sir Laurence, and pay your homage." Vivien, sitting nearby on a golden chair, was deeply moved on this occasion. Her lovely eyes filled with tears of emotion, though she quickly brushed them aside and gave her radiant smile as she walked out on her husband's arm to face the fans and photographers who had gathered in force at the Palace gates. By strange coincidence, the* same morning that Larry received the official news of his honor, a large parcel with a New York postmark arrived at the studio for him. It contained his Academy Award Oscar, which has since been found a permanent place in the studio restau- rant foyer. "It belongs to all the crafts- men and technicians who worked on 'Henry V just as much as to me," Larry explains. Photo by Len Weissman Barabara Hale, busy working on the RKO lot in "The Boy with Green Hair," and her husband, Bill Williams, in "The Long Denial," have added popcorn to their snack menu. Not Just Another Blonde Continued from page 46 brought here from Broadway and I did nothing for a while but sit and wait. Then I got a part in 'Blonde Fever.' Everyone kept telling me, 'You were good, Gloria. We have great plans for you.' But no one did anything. It was just as I had thought it would be. I was riding the good old Hollywood merry-go- round. Two years of complete inactivity followed. But the road turned when Jimmy Stewart chose me for 'It's A Wonderful Life' — and then came 'Cross- fire.' So maybe it was a good thing I wasn't burning with movie aspirations. I might have become disgusted and left." As for Gloria's background, there's none of the starving-in-a-garret routine. "It was only natural that I wanted to be an actress," she explained. "Mother was an actress and used to direct plays. But she was rather shocked by my first performance. I'd been cast in a play at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, so I called a friend and told her she must come opening night to see me. Came opening night — and my entrance. I marched on the stage, went down center and right to the footlights. Putting my hand over my eyes, I peered anxiously into the audience to see if I could locate my friend. My mother almost fainted at this completely unorthodox debut." Her next notable experience was at Hollywood High School when she ap- peared in a lead role in the senior play — but the ending was different. The night of the show a producer of a stage play, "Good Night, Ladies," was in the audi- ence. He took one look at the clever little blonde girl, who was all of fifteen at the time, and went back to see her. "I'd like you to come to San Francisco at once and understudy a part in my show," he said to her. He wasn't the first person who had approached Gloria that night. A scout from Selznick's had talked to her, and several big agencies had ex- pressed interest. But Gloria preferred to take the understudy job — the first ex- ample of her indifference to Hollywood. "I figured that the most I could get from any of the studios was a stock contract at $50 a week," she said, "and I knew I'd get lost in the shuffle. So I decided Scree nla NT) Photo by Len Weissman Wil.iam Lundigan and his wife spur their favorite nine to victory at Hollywood Ball Park. to do the play. Of course, there was the question of finishing my term at school and of graduation." So Gloria went home to tell her mother the news. Running into the house, she exclaimed, "Mother, we're leaving for San Francisco tonight! Here are the train tickets!" Her mother listened to Gloria's story and simply said, "Ridicu- lous!" But Gloria went right on talking. "In San Francisco. I understudied and learned not one part but twelve," Gloria went on, talking at lightning-like speed. "Yet I wanted to play only one part — the ingenue lead. The girl who was play- ing it was in love with the stage man- ager and missed cues since her mind wasn't on her art. I finally asked the producer to give me a chance to play it. He refused point blank, telling me he had no one else who could step into any one of twelve parts. Finally I asked the director if he'd rehearse me in the part. He agreed, and I stayed up until five in the morning studying. After I had re- hearsed the next afternoon, the director said, 'You're just the girl for this role!' But the producer — again — played the Rock of Gibraltar. "When we got to Chicago, the girl was still making the same mistakes. And a few more. So I was finally called in one morning and asked to play the part that matinee. I did it — and got a run of the show contract as a result." From that play, Gloria went in as Miriam Hopkins' understudy in "Skin of Our Teeth" and then into the lead in "Stardust" and "The Highland Fling." Gloria had banked a lot on the latter show, so she was pretty discouraged when it flopped opening night. But a girl friend of hers was completely elated. "Guess who's interested in you?" she asked Gloria. Flatly: "Who?" "Louis B. Mayer. He saw the show and liked you." Then Yic Orsatti. the agent, came to Gloria. Acting for Mayer, he asked her ■ to make a test. But Gloria didn't jump through any hoop. Her old indifference asserted itself. She'd have no part of a test made in the east since she knew it wouldn't show her at her best. So Or- satti brought her to MGM under con- tract— and without a test. 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But you were to travel, and rapidly, the classic "from rags to riches" road that is the American Way. Four years later, you wrote Alexander's Ragtime Band which shot you, over- night, into the front ranks of Tin Pan Alley's troubadours. Since then you have written more than 800 songs. You've written the songs for seventeen Broad- way musicals and for eleven Hollywood movies. If you, the acknowledged dean of American songwriters, would give advice to songwriters and to the singers of songs it would be, every word of it, and so I said to you, pure gold. No one, in all the length and breadth of your God Bless America could, very certainly, give it better. But — "I try to avoid giving advice," you told us. You added, with a grin, "I could lay out half a dozen rules for aspiring songwriters and every one of them could be broken by an amateur who would come out with a hit song by not taking my advice! "It is the easiest thing in the world to write a song. It is the hardest thing in the world to write a hit song. Which is tantamount to repeating the old for- mula that you can teach a man to play the violin, you cannot make a Menuhin of him; that you can teach a man the mechanics of piano, you cannot make a Paderewski of him, and so on." You added "Which, in my opinion, is true. I believe you're born with a talent; must be born with it; if not born with it, it cannot be put there. Being born with it, then you apply it, work at it, never stop 74 "I can only say to songwriters— and this isn't advice, it's a statement of fact — that if you have it, then eventually you make the grade. A natural song- writer, a born songwriter will find a way to a song hit without benefit of training, without agents or radio or Irving Berlin or anyone else. "I am very realistic about my work. I think songwriting is a great art. When I write a song, I have nothing in mind but the song. Some of my songs don't sell a million copies. Many of the songs I was enthusiastic about died a natural death. I still, when I write a song, have nothing in mind but the song. "Among the songs I've written in my forty years of songwriting While Christ- mas, because it comes around every year but mainly because it was sung, after it was introduced by Bing, by the people, is the most important, commercially. Among my most outstanding if not, who knows, my best songs are. going by re- sults, Alexander's Ragtime Band. God, Bless America, Oh. How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning. Always, and No Business Like Show Business — which, of the songs I wrote for Annie Get Your Gun' is, in my opinion, the most impor- tant. "Often, of course, people turn up their noses at a song just because it is pop- ular. Or they turn their noses up be- cause," you laughed, having your bit of fun, "they have noses that turn up! Speaking seriously, who is to say that the most obvious popular song of today may not be the classic of tomorrow? The songs of Stephen Foster were popular songs in Foster's day. The songs of Shu- SCREENLAND bert were, while he lived, the 'people's' songs — they are as alive today as they were yesterday because today, as yester- day you, the people, love them and sing them. You, the people, keep our songs alive, by singing them, and continuing to sing them you can, indeed, bring to life again a song long dead. "The interpretation of a song is. of course, important; is very important. But as the song must appeal, so must the singer. Among the interpretations of my songs I love Judy Garland's interpreta- tion of Better Luck Next Time, in "Fast- er Parade.' Judy Garland's and Fred Astaire's interpretation, singing it to- gether, (also in "Easter Parade') of It Only Happens When I Dance With You. I love Kate Smith's interpretation of God Bless America. Perry Como made a record of What'll I Do? that I think is just wonderful. No one sings a song the Mary Martin way. She has a concep- tion. You Can't Get A Man With A Gun from 'Annie Get Your Gun' — it can't be sung any better than Mary Martin sings it. In 'As Thousands Cheer' Ethel Waters introduced Heat Wave and Harlem on My Mind — interpretations that were savage and superb. The rec- ording Bing Crosby and Al Jolson made together of Alexander's Ragtime Band is a terrific thing. Sinatra sings Always as Always should always be sung. "I repeat," you repeated, "that the interpretation of a song is very impor- tant, is more than half the success of the song. Which is why it is important to have a Bing, a Como, a Garland in- troduce a song. On the other hand, a John Schnook can come along and inter- pret a song so much better than a Cros- by, yes, even than a Crosby, that it's frightening. "What it means is simply that a singer is only as good as the song he sings. And that goes," you said emphatically, "for Garland, for Como, for Crosby. The finest singer that ever raised his voice in song can sing a bad song and although he may give it life, it will be a short life, and eventually it will die. The worst singer that ever offended by lifting his voice in song can sing a dark horse into the race and it will make the Hit Par- ade. The song," you said then, and meant, "is the thing! "By way of graphic illustration, we get around now," you smiled, looking up-to- no-good, "to my singing. / think I'm a wonderful singer. I wish others agreed with me. Unfortunately, they do not. Among those who do not is an electrician who was working on the set of 'This Is The Army,' the movie Warner Brothers made several years ago. For this picture I made a recording of Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning. When it was used as a playback for the part I played in the picture, as it was, our electrician said, // the guy that wrote that song could hear this fellow sing it, he'd turn over in his grave.1' " You added, laughing. 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Rumor has it that great Dane's in the doghouse with his studio. — o — According to Red Skelton: "It's so difficult to find a place to live in Holly- wood, even Boris Karloff is haunting for a house!" — o — All kidding aside, Bob Hope's back trou- ble is so agonizing he has to wear a thick leather belt. But even under these condi- tions, he couldn't resist a wisecrack on the set of "Sorrowful Jones." Lucille Ball noticed his face was drawn with pain. "How did it happen, Bob?" she inquired sympathetically. "I strained my back help- ing Crosby lift his wallet," came the ready answer. — o A Tracy never forgets! Not when he hears that Clark Gable has to smoke a Top Left: George Murphy chats with ta- ble neighbor, John Payne, at Stork Club. Above: Wayne Morris and Jack Carson at Borzage golf tourney for Cancer Fund. Left: Pat and Cornel Wilde are happy about Columbia's plan to co-star them. big fat cigar in "Command Decision." Spencer remembered how Clark hated the last one he smoked four years ago in a picture. So, the day they shot the scene, Mr. T. sent cigars to everyone on the set, with instructions to light up and "help" Gable give a good performance! Clark's already planning his revenge. Irony of Fate Dept.: Last year Merle Oberon gave Cole Porter a dog for his birthday. The famous composer prompt- ly fell in love with his pet. Then he had to go to New York for a checkup on June Haver with the Johnny Weismullers at Runyon Cancer Fund golf tournament. S SCREENLAND It III $ .THEY MEET IN 4C£ V i-A^Gt) The far-famed Maxwell Anderson play is given new scope and tremendous excitement on the screen! HUMPHREY WARNER BROS. IT PRESEN1 EDWARD G. LAUREN rm A STORY AS EXPLOSIVE AS ITS CAST! Lionel BARRYMORE claire TREVOR ■ndTHOMAS GOMEZ-JOHN RODNEY- john huston • jerct wa\d Scf«en Ploy by Richord Brooks and John HoHon • Based on the Pfoy by MM WEll ANDERSON As Produced on the Sooken Sioge, 6/ ihe flbywrighti Company • Music by Mox Slein* Screen land STAMPEDING ACROSS THE SCREEN... GREATEST OF OUTDOOR SPECTACLES! JOAN LESLIE 'JAMES CRAIG-JACK OAKIE in "NORTHWEST Produced and Directed by Albert S. Rogell • Story and Screenplay by Art STAMPEDE" in Cinecolor with CHILL WILLS, VICTOR KILIAN Arthur and Lillie Hayward • Suggested by Saturday Evening Post Article, and The Dog, "FLAME" • Executive Producer DAVID HERSH "Wild Horse Roundup" by Jean Muir • An EAGLE LION FILMS Production Hot From Hollywood those legs that were so badly crushed by a jailing horse. Back to Hollywood he came with the news that he might never have to be operated on again. Cole walked into his house. His devoted dog gave a yelp for joy — and leaped. Poor Cole is back under the doctor s care. — o — Why we like John Garfield: Because he takes his work seriously — and never him- self. Because he always has time to be warm and friendly. Last and not least, be- cause he has genuine enthusiasm, especial- ly for the talent of others. That's why he canvassed the booths in the Vine Street Joan Fontaine, with her producer-husband, William Dozier, at "Emperor Waltz" preem. JO Aqua star, Esther Williams, seen dancing at dinner party at Ciro's with Glenn Ford. Brown Derby, telling everyone about new- comer Beatrice Pearson's great perform- ance in "Tucker's People" — which is also John's new movie. — O — Here's hoping we're not letting that well-known cat out of the bag. Their studio bosses are planning a surprise nurs- ery for Kathryn Grayson and Johnnie Johnston, who are eagerly awaiting their first baby. A novel feature will appro- priately be the specially designed wall- paper. It's a pink musical note pattern, set against a blue background. — o — Robert Walker's got it bad— and that's very good. Up until the night he met SCREENLAND Barbara Ford, at a dinner given by the Mark Stevenses, Bob looked as bored and unhappy as he felt. But all that's changed. Barbara, who is the daughter of the famous director, John Ford, doesn't want to become an actress. She doesn't particularly like night clubs or large Hollywood parties. But she does like being Mrs. Robert Walker. — o — Ann Blyth can't make up her mind about that moustache (his first) that boy- friend Farley Granger grew for "Take Three Tenses." Speaking of Sam Gold- wyn's juvenile star, this is his first picture since the War. ("Your Red Wagon" and "Rope" were made off the lot). Farley was so nervous, after blowing several lines, The Rex Harrisons, successfully surviving recent rift rumors, at "The Emperor Waltz." Aian Ladd and Bob Hope trade gags before showing of Paramount's "The Emperor Waltz." be cracked: "They ought to change the dtle to — "Three Tense Takes." Hollywood couldn't be more amused. For a long time Gene Tierney has hoped her little Daria might have a baby broth- er. So the stork cooperated while Gene was in the midst of making — "That Won- derful Urge!" Her maternity wardrobe will set motherhood ahead a hundred years. It's very glamourous and designed by Gene's husband, Oleg Cassini. Seeing Gary Cooper's Brentwood home ablaze with lights, a frantic neighbor rang his bell. Hearing excited voices at the door, Gary icent to investigate. "Oh. Mr. Cooper." the good neighbor sighed in relief. "When I saw all the lights, I thought something strange was going on." "It is," Gary answered drily. "We're giving our first party in seven years!" There was a time when movie stars turned up their high-priced noses at stage offers. But not since Henry Fonda made his sensational New York hit in "Mister Roberts." Hollywood agents (for a change) are working overtime, trying to find good theatre properties for their eager clients. In the meantime, Hank Fonda can sign with any Hollywood studio at any price. Jess Barker with wife, Susan Hayward, and Pat O'Brien enjoy canapes at Rocamora party. How original can you get? Frank Sin- atra's home in Palm Springs has many novel features, but topping them all is the swimming pool. It's designed and con- structed in the shape of a huge grand piano. The first time a well-known com- edian saw it. he turned to Frankie boy and cracked: "It's a good thing this wasn't designed for Jane Russell!" Unlike most of the stars who have "discovered" oil painting, Vic Mature knows he isn't a second Rembrandt. In fact, he doesn't even have the nerve to take his "masterpieces" in and have them framed. "So I take the canvases in and have them framed first!" he grins. "Then I can paint with an easy conscience!" Normally, Ricardo Montalban is as warm and friendly as a puppy. But now the sparks are flying. Because "The Kiss- ing Bandit" was slow in action, he had to step in and do a specialty dance to pep up the production. He hasn't worked since, his studio won't okay a loanout and they won't release him from his contract. He wants to act (not dance), but with noth- ing to do, he's more restless than Leo the Lion. Red Skelton is so-o-o unhappy at MGM and would love to work at Colum- bia, where he was on loanout for "The Fuller Brush Man." On the other hand, Larry Parks is so-o-o unhappy at Colum- bia and would love to work at MGM, where his wife, Betty Garrett, is under contract. If only they swapped movie stars — instead of horses! Produced by PAUL HENREID • Directed by STEVE SEKELY • Screenplay by DANIEL FUCHS ■ Based Upon a Novel by MURRAY FORBES Screen land 11 Leo Cenn and Rosalind Russell romance in "The Velvet Touch." Right: Farley Granger, James Stewart in artistic thriller, "Rope." Johnny Belinda Warners NOT since "The Yearling" has the life of very poor farmers been re- corded with such simplicity and grim reality. This film has to do with a family living on barren Cape Breton, in Northeastern Canada, whose deaf and dumb daughter is befriended and helped by a disillusioned young doctor who comes to the village to forget. Further tragedy stalks the McDonalds when the girl is betrayed and her father is killed, but the story ends on a note of hope and justice. Lew Ayres, as the doctor, is sym- pathetic and charming; Charles Bickford Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Claire Trevor in "Key Largo," melo masterpiece. and Agnes Moorehead, as the elder Mc- Donalds, are even better than usual. But the performance which will be talked about and applauded is that of Jane Wy- man as the deaf-mute. It will wring tears from the hard-hearted, admiration from her closest competitors. Jane can now be rated among the great actresses of our time. The Velvet Touch RKO ROSALIND RUSSELL is given full scope for her varied talents as a top- flight stage comedienne who wants to be- come a dramatic actress, and does. It in- 12 ScREENLAND All the excitement, suspense and gripping drama of the world's most treasured story comes brilliantly to the screen ! presents OLIVER TWIST &y (^Iiarfes ^~/)ic£ens STARR I N G ROBERT NEWTON ALEC GUINESS • KAY WALSH FRANCIS L. SULLIVAN with HENRY STEPHENSON and introducing lOWN HOWARD DAVIE S as Oliver Twist directed by DAVID LEAN • produced by Ronald Neame The Team That Gave You "Great Expectations" Screenplay by DAVI D LEAN and STANLEY HAYNES A Cineguild Production Released by EAGLE LION FILMS ^^rin^in^ to fife these unforgettable characters. 99 jit' i , SCREENLAND 13 Stronger Grip Won't Slip Out ASK FOR Every lime The Cagneys, Jeanne and James, in the thought-provoking "The Time of Your Life," vignettes of life-in-the-raw on the San Francisco waterfront. volves her in an unwitted murder, ro- mance, remorse, fright and surrender, with an unexpected ending. She's beau- tifully gowned throughout, and does ex- pertly with each phrase of the script. Her producer is convincingly played by Leon Ames. Her lover is handsome, exciting English actor Leo Genn. Claire Trevor is excellent as her rival for the produ- cer's affections. Sydney Greenstreet, as a police captain, adds color and interest. Despite discrepancies in the story, the picture has intense moments, is effective and Rosalind's fans will love it. The Time of Your Life V.A. — Cagney WILLIAM SAROYAN'S prize-win- ning play is brought intact to the screen. As a result, you may quibble about the cast and lack of plot in this series of San Francisco waterfront saloon vignettes. James Cagney plays an ob- server of life-in-the-raw named Joe. His sister, Jeanne Cagney, is not quite con- vincing as the B-girl who wants to go straight. Wayne Morris, as Joe's stooge, is more weak than necessary. James Bar- ton, as a Western adventurer, hams it up too much. But Paul Draper, one of America's foremost dancers, enlivens the part of the boy who's "a natural born dancer." Bill Bendix, as Nick the pub owner, is quietly terrific. Broderick Craw- ford, Ward Bond, James Lydon and oth- ers are also good. The whole is not al- ways easy to understand. (Please turn to page 70) Lett: Dulcie Cray, Christine Norden, Bur- gess Meredith in "Mine Own Executioner." Alan Ladd and Donna Reed in "Beyond Glory," war veteran's dramatic life at West Point. Left: Dan Dailey, Barbara Lawrence in back- stage story, "Give My Regards To Broadway." II SCREENLAND lib**"* Rosalind Russell Trt£ WlVtr TOUCH A FREDERICK BRISSON PRODUCTION alio ilarring Leo Genn • Claire Trevor Sydney Greenstreet LEON AMES • FRANK McHUGH • WALTER KINGSFORD • DAN TOBIN Directtd by JOHN GAGE • s,r«npt*y by LEO ROSTEN An RKO-Raiio Rete, SCREENLAND Three studies of Jeanne Cagney, leading lady in "The Time of Your Life." Above: Romantic com- panion to the moon. Center: Sophisticated maid with a braid. Below: Completely glamourous. Hairdo and clothes help build these impressions. These are your allies, too. Look the part you want to play in life. First impressions are often lasting. TWO vacations in Hollywood have proved dramatic periods in the life of Jeanne Cag- ney. The first, just after her graduation from Hunter College, New York, resulted in her role in "Yankee Doodle Dandy." A more recent trip brought her the role of Kitty in William Saroyan's Pulitzer and Drama Critics' Circle prize-winning play, "The Time Of Your Life," now being released through United Artists. Again, as in her first picture, she and brother, James, play together, after a lapse of seven years. It was just about seven years ago that I first interviewed Jeanne. We talked about this when I met her recently in the Stork Club in New York. Then Jeanne had had much to say about letters to the boys in uniform. Later, Jeanne gave generously of her time to entertain the boys in military hospitals, and to national causes. And that is like her, to give and give generously, whether on stage or screen or in everyday life. For there is a sincere, warm, ebul- lient quality about her. She is a girl of decision and action, very alert and wide-awake. Inter- viewing her is a pleasure because you feel like you are talking with an old friend. And so we chatted about clothes, her husband, Kim Spaul- ding, with whom she collaborates in radio work, the Early American furniture she is now collect- ing, her school days here in New York and her youthful aspiration to be a doctor. As we drank our coffee, I noticed that Jeanne had changed little, except that her hair was lighter, she was prettier, more of a young wom- an who had been about. She was very young when I first met her. (Please turn to page 18 ) Report af A///?e Jeanne Cagney gives voice to her ideas on the importance of appear- ance for college and career girls By Courtenay Marvin 16 SCREENLAND * 1- 4 ROY DEL RUTH The incredible life.^the ■spectacular I ff thrills...the I fabulous times of | America s best-loved Hear these all-time hits! £^ fr- ^| "Singin In The Rain" ^ j| "I'm Nobody's Baby" "I'll Get By" "After The Ball" \ "Wait "Till The Sun Shines, Nellie' ^ "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" . . . and many more! ^ An Allied Artists Production CLAIRE s Production CHARLES ^ WORD nwnnnimi. -. i/iiirillll Screenplay by and LEVENE william FfLAWLEY- Gertrude NIEGEN-matt BRIEGSSfRdy DELRIISjoe WMto cqngioike - george callahah SCREENLAND 17 Clever draping makes this high shade lush quality Rayon Gabardine a stand-out. It's exquisitely tailored and fashioned and is finely saddle-stitched, in contrast- ing color, to give it that made-to-order look. 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Every day is a new adventure in living and learning. One of her recent studies that brings us to the point of this story is costume designing. Edith Head, famous designer for Paramount Studios, was giving a course at UCLA, so Jeanne enrolled. "I can't sketch," she said, "but I im- proved a little. However, the course gave me a keen sense of clothes design as it helps portray a character, something of vital importance on stage and screen. Watch for this in movies especially and take a tip from this in daily life. Dress to look the part you want. This is espe- cially important to the many graduates who will be looking for their first jobs this Fall. There is always competition for worthwhile jobs, and with equal abilities, the girl who looks the part wins. "If you are looking for a fashion job, your appearance should indicate that you are fashion-conscious. A would-be secre- tary should keep in mind an appearance that the most discriminating boss would be proud to have in his office. An aspir- ing hostess might keep in mind her black frock, pearls, dignity and poise. A good skin and well-groomed hair are assets for the girl who seeks the cosmetics field. Well-cared-for hands and nails aid the girl who wants to sell, especially lovely things like jewelry that must be handled and displayed. If you're off to college for the first time, let your college shops and older students advise you. By contrast, the girl who aspires to musicals or dram- atic roles had better leave her sweater and college plaids at home." Jeanne Cagney is so right. While ap- pearance does not literally make a per- son, it is naive not to admit that it is an excellent introduction. Whether your goal is college, career or a little more out of life on the old home front, this is the time for a little "re- habilitation" program. This is the time, before the pressure starts, to check with your dentist. If you're smart, it's the time for a medical check-up just to learn how good you are. It's the time to get all leftover wearable woollens pressed and ready for the first cool days. Your first Fall frocks will give added pleasure over a figure that's in good pro- portion, firm and agile. It's too bad in this respect that the desk chair must im- prison us again. However, a helpful idea in keeping that spare waistline is to rise immediately a meal is finished and do something active like washing the dishes or walking about. This also wards off that after-dinner sleepiness. Good, long stretches, whenever you have privacy, will pull a figure back to where it ought to be and also remind you of better pos- ture. Walking the right way is wonder- ful, especially for firming and preventing soft fat below the waist. Fashion models walk from the hips, the thigh leading. You can get this movement by practice. Gail Russell of "Night Has A Thousand Eyes" meets Jane Russell of Paramount's "Paleface." Imagine you are walking through waist- high water. The idea soon comes. Mus- cles work together, the gait is evened and a better figure and grace result. Your new hat will be a better choice with a hair trim or thinning and a new permanent. The home cutting is a little tricky and might better be left to pro- fessional hands. The successful home wave, however, is but a matter of a short time, care and following directions. If you have a new look cut, you will find that the use of hair lacquer on small waves or curls that hug the temples, or on bangs, keeps these trimmings orderly and just where they belong. After our sleek pompadours and up-dos, the feath- ery softness of the shorter cuts is often a problem in orderliness. For better lip grooming, a lip pencil or brush is definitely in order. These give a beautifully clean, clear outline. Less color is needed when lips are precisely outlined, and perfect application can make the most irregular lips attractive. This neat, clean application is something that appeals strongly to men. Smile to get the best outline of your natural mouth shape. A perfume, the real stuff, is in order. A number of small vials of perfume for costumes, occasions and moods, I believe, is much more desirable than one big bot- tle. Your perfume should be changed, like your dresses. The smaller vials are economy, too; there's less outlay, natur- ally, less time for evaporation, less loss if broken. There's no chance of perfume monotony, either. A purse perfume dis- penser is now as important as a lipstick. Feet need a real survey this Fall. The "Flat Foot Floogies" are a thing of the past. Not that you won't wear flat heels. There'll be plenty, but shoes now have character and offer some support and protection. It's the shapeless foot wrap- per, toeless, heelle.ss, that's in the discard. To walk barefoot about your room, on soft grass or on sand is a beauty treat- ment. To subject your feet practically unshod to hard pavements is something else. Time passed while Jeanne discussed careers and how to get ahead. The Stork Club filled up. We said good-bye at 53rd Street and Fifth Avenue, but not for an- - tin- «even years, I hope. SCRKENLAND Bing Crosby and his wife, Dixie, relax at reception in Crys- "The Emperor Waltz" at the Paramount Theatre. It took such tal Room of Beverly Hills Hotel following the premiere of his an occasion to get the elusive Bing to come out of hiding. Bing and Clark step aut! Above: Bing and Dixie at recep- tion with Edw. G. Robinson in background. Right: The other elusive gentleman who took in both the opening and party that followed was Clark Cable who escorted Anita Colby. Above Center: Clark and Anita in deep conversation in Crys- tal Room. Above Right: Bing covers his face with program in theatre as photographers start to gather, but Dixie doesn't seem to mind. Joan Fontaine, Bing's co-star in "The Emperor Waltz," was also present at both premiere and reception, being escorted by her husband William Dozier. The Leprechauns v<>ry minute count intensely blue eyes under dark brows, and a wide, sweet, generous mouth. She has moments of striking beauty, mo- ments when she seems almost plain; she can be convincingly sullen or radiantly gay- Not for Geraldine the struggle against j unsympathetic parents who are shocked I at daughter's stage ambitions. From the time New York City papers ran the item: "Born to Bianca H., wife of James E. Stroock, a daughter," an actress was welcome in the family. Bianca was a leading stylist for dramatic plays. James was president of the Brooks Costume Company, costumiers to the bigger Broad- way productions. Aunt Helen Rook was a featured singer in Ziegfeld Follies of 1926, and great-aunt Rosa Olitzka was leading contralto for the Metropolitan Opera from 1900 to 1910. Stage pro- ducer Morris Gest is a cousin, and cousin- Herman Struck is internationally known for his etchings and wood engravings. Geraldine was barely two when she took her first dancing lesson; her child- hood was a series of movements to mu- sic: tap, ballet, aesthetic, acrobatic, and she loved them all. Now for the first time on stage or screen, she uses her talent. "But how!" She flung out her hands, expressively. "I'm supposed to have been a dancer in the chorus line of cheap shows or shoddy night clubs and I'm giv- en an audition. I do a corny old tap dance routine, as done by a girl who isn't very good and I love it!" She hugged herself, ecstatically. "It's a grand part in a four handkerchief pic- ture. I'm hard and bitter, but I fall in love and grow soft and sweet. Dane Clark's a hard character, too, but he mel- lows. It's the first time I've played with a man near my own size, and it's won- derful! I'm tired of always looking 'way, 'way up." Geraldine hated to finish the picture with the Marches: it was like being part of a truly happy family — but then she hates finishing every picture she makes. The thought, "This is the last day," is almost more than she can bear. "The Marches are an ideal couple, liv- ing an ideal life," she said, earnestly. "They divide their time between stage and screen, which I'd like. They're never afraid to try something new, and they're always interesting. Our director, Michael Golden, was (Please turn to page 64) Geraldine, born of a theatrical family, chose her stage name when she was sixteen. Her career was set. In "Embraceable You," a "four- handkerchief picture," as she terms it, Geraldine runs the emotional gamut. Know Thyself HENRY FONDA, currently starring in the Broadway stage hit, "Mister Roberts," recently took Guy Kibbee and some of the cast of the play to watch him as he is on the screen in his latest film, "Fort Apache," an RKO release. Hank really took a page out of the Bible, as it were, for he wanted to see himself as others see him. The flashlight reac- tions of Hank, Guy ( who's a/so in "Fori Apache") and the "Mister Roberts" cast members taken during the actual screening of the film are most amusing. Below: Jack Pierce, Eva Marie Saint, Len Smith, Jr. and Tiger Andrews watching the man they know as "Mister Roberts" enact Co/. Thursday in RKO's "Fort Apache." Below Center: Eva Marie Saint, understudy for the only girl in "Mister Roberts," and Tiger An- drews. Bottom Left: Fred Barton and Karl Lucus. Bottom Right: Guy and Hank watch themselves as Or. Wilkins and Col. Thursday on the screen. LITTLE Margaret Julia Lockwood proved she had movie talent worth de- veloping in her first picture, film version of Daphne du Maurier's novel, "Hungry Hill." Again, in "Bad Sister," she is living up to her moth- er's dramatic standard. Dia- log seems to come easy for "Toots," as her friends on the set nicknamed her, and sometimes worries about her mother's lines. Right: The two Margarets, playing mother and daughter, enact a goodnight scene in the Universal- International re- lease, "Bad Sister." The story unfolds a series of dra- matic and tragic events in Margaret Lockwood's search for happiness, which she fi- nally finds in a second mar- riage with Dennis Price. Margaret Lockwood, voted one of Britain's top ten movie stars, and daughter "Toots" enjoy their London flat after day's work. Little "Toots" rides her bicycle like any good Englishwoman, but accidents will happen and Mommy is there with the remedy. Dennis Price plays romantic love scene with Margaret Lockwood. Right: Margaret's Finnish bath is a highlight of "Bad Sister." 48 Kathryn Grayson, hubby Johnny Johnston and Joe Kirkwood, Jr. at Frank Borzage's Annual Motion Picture Coif tournament. June Haver and her former beau, Dr. John Duzik, at tournament which was for the Cancer Fund. June was an honorary judge. latest Hollywood gossip WHEN all hope of reconciling with Jane Wyroan seemed in vain, Ronald Reagan looked for a permanent address. The housing situation be- ing what it is (even for a movie star), he thought he might fare better with a former landlord. Yes, there was one apartment available. It was the very same that Ronnie and Jane shared when they were first married! Irony — thy name is Hollywood. Bob Hope may be the comedian in the family, but his beautiful wife, Dolores, is never lacking in humor. Because her famous husband is so popular at Holly- wood parties, they can't take a step without someone stopping them. While Bob makes funny talk, Dolores stands by and waits patiently. "Someday," she kids the situation, "I'll dress for the part. I'm going to show up wearing a — squaw's costume!" When we tell you there's a "new" Alexis Smith, we mean the Warner Bros, are turning cart wheels. They wanted Marlene Dietrich to play the shady dance hall lady in "South Of St. Louis." La Dietrich had other plans, so Alexis quietly put on a red wig, a short sexy gown and begged for a test. She got it and she got the part, too. But she looks so sensational in Technicolor, they want her to become a permanent redhead. Poor Alexis can't decide whether she loves her art enough to dye for it. Janis Paige and her handsome husband, Frank Mar- tinelli, Jr. (did you know he (Please turn to page 54) Director Mitchell Leisen with Paillette Goddard at Crystal Room reception following premiere of "The Emperor Waltz." Shirley Temple and her husband, John Agar, arriving at the Paramount Theatre for premiere of "The Emperor Waltz." Oscar winner Ronald Colman, at London premiere of his "A Double Life," is welcomed by the bewhiskered John Mills. 49 Lew Ayres, as Dr. Richardson, places Jane Wyman's hand on violin so that she, as Belinda, may enjoy the instrument. IF YOU thought Jane Wyman could never top her memora- ble performance as Gregory Feck's wife in "The Year- ling," you have another guess coming, for in "Johnny Belin- da," as the pathetic little deaf and dumb girl, she gives, without question, one of the truly great characterizations to be shown on the screen. Jane's beauty and charm, for so long her claim to fame, must now definitely give way to her amazing talent as an actress. The entire production, direc- tion arid casting of "Johnny Belinda" are in keeping with Jane's perfect portrayal. Jane, as Belinda, deaf and dumb since birth when her mother died, has been raised by her embittered father, Charles Bickford, and his heartless sister, Agnes Moorehead. Befriended by Lew Ayres, as Dr. Rich- ardson, Belinda learns the sign language; also how to enjoy life. But tragedy strikes again at Belinda when Horace McNalfy, as Locky McCormiek, town Adonis, takes bestial advantage of her inability to speak, a scene of stark terror. Above: Jane with Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford in "Johnny Be- linda." Upper Right: Horace McNally with Jane in the key scene. land lutes cine it i j m tin 50 Right: Janet Bfair and husband, Louis Busch, give a glim to SCREENLAND, and an ear to Robbins' airshow. Macdonald Carey, who's admittedly a "square," takes over the turntable and tunes in a fine mound of sound. FRED ROBBINS HYA Snooks! The stuff is deluxe. So let's sample what cooks, efore you ouvrez those books! YEAH, it's a long, long time from May to De- cember, but the days grow short when you reach September. And when the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame, the eyes and ears must turn from these ever-lovin' vacation kicks to la livre and la plume and the drone of the profes- sors' voices. But you've got to leave room for those fresh waxen attractions, 'cause all work and no playing of cookies makes you a square, kid. As always, there's a mess of fresh shellac, Jack, and while the ban isn't settled at this typing, by the time your little glimmers dig it, it probably will be, (fijigers crossed) . Anyhoo, the companies are releasing waffles like they expect the thing to be history at any minute, trying to get rid of all the nowhere junk they recorded under pressure of the deadline. One happy thought is that there'll be no more harmonicookies — hooray! HEAVENLY! KAY KYSER: Up spurts a fresh geyser by Kyser, whose gang really knows how to noodle a novelty the way it should be noodled; viz., "Woody Woodpecker" and "When Veronica Plays Janet Blair and Disk Jockey Fred Robbins get "mashoogie with ths boogie" during her guest appearance on his show. SCREENLAND 51 The Harmonica." Everybody knows the mischievous cartoon rascal with the 5- note laugh who works for the toothpick companies; well, the whole deal's been set to music with Gloria Wood peckin' away and it's tres cacciatore, morning glory! Flip's about the chick on the deck at Santa Monica who's probably a prod- uct of the record ban and is working on a lyric to "Fiddle Faddle." (Columbia) JO STAFFORD: "Better Luck Next Time," "Roses Of Picardy," "Suspicion," "Clabberin' Up For Rain." Cinderella G. Stump, unfolding all her versatility on a baking of 4 newies, the first from "East- er Parade" and the familiar standard, with all of her new found warmth and tulip-like tonsils. Then the Chesterfield kid takes her 6B's off and clabbers up for a brace of mountain-william tunes in that raucous country style she first put down on "Temptayshun." (Capitol) KING COLE TRIO: Every artist reaches peaks and valleys in his record output — some great, some mediocre, jok- er. Well, you can't have "Nature Boys" all year, can you? But it's still my man Nat Cole and that gleesome threesome and 4 fresh hunks of ear balm, "It's The Sentimental Thing To Do," "Put 'Em In A Box," "My Fair Lady" and "A Boy From Texas." Nat's mediocrities are so far above the average performer's best efforts, you just grab his slabs automat- ically. ( Capitol) VAUGHN MONROE: The wonder- ful guy with the clothespins on his nose stands pontifical and delivers three more samples of those poor man's Nelson Eddy tonsils, "Give A Broken Heart A Break," "Melody Time," the title recital from the Disney celluloid, and "Blue Shadows On The Trail," also from the film. The Moon Maids help Vaughn unwind those stiff vocal chords, which means it's sure to sell millions! Fourth side spots the kid who's loaded with it, Ziggy Talent, in the saga of "The Maharajah Of Maga- dor." (Victor) THE ANDREWS SISTERS: Don't know what's your pleasure, treasure, but these ears are surfeited with the product from these gals' thoraxes which sound the same on every bit of shellac they mistreat. The public apparently is at- tuned to their drivel, 'cause they sell like mad, so the gals are not at fault. They're just givin' 'em what they want, and they're fine chicks every one. "Heart- breaker" is another in the long line of their nowhere products, but "Sabre Dance" touches the depths as the worst thing ever made — barring nothing. "Near You" was the "gonest" in comparison and "You Can't Be True, Dear" was heaven. (Decca) DICK HAYMES: "It's Magic," "It's You Or No One." This'll make up for it though — 'cause Richard opens the door to those wonderful tonsils and you can really dote on this compote from "Ro- mance On The High Seas." ( Decca) DINAH SHORE: Melissa's Mommy crunches her pretty crockery with the 64 bars from "Easter Parade," "Better Luck Next Time" and "Steppin' Out With My Baby," carving a thing of melodic deli- cacy as always. Then there are two great standards that get fed some vocal pab- lum by Mrs. Montgomery, "I Get Along Without You Very Well," Hoagy Car- michael's great tune, with an intriguing echo effect throughout, and "I'll Be See- ing You," which has been cut by lotsa of tonsil artists but this 'un's the end! Yummy! (Columbia) STAN KENTON: Here's the biggest selling album in the Eagle's Nest and the most controversial — "Concert In Pro- gressive Jazz" by the Long Leanster. Though there are many disappointing things in the album and it seems Stan is really blowing his top, it's still fresh, vi- tal music. Our favorite is "Monotony," a perfect musical description of just that. There's "Cuban Carnival," blending the Cuban rhythm with our own, "Lament," spotting Laurindo Almeida on guitar, "Elegy For Alto," with the proficient horn of George Weidler, "Impression- ism," a descriptive impression by arrang- er Pete Rugulo, "Fugue For Rhythm Section" and "Lonely Woman" and "This Is My Theme," with June Christy. This sheaf's a must for any tone arm. ( Capitol) ALSO EAR WORTHY: TONY PAS- TOR'S "Boy From Texas," 'bout the kid from that state who digs love in the big city, and "Rambling Rose," showing how you, too, can train your chick to grow on a trellis 'round your portal, mortal. (Col- umbia) . . . ANDY RUSSELL'S languid bracing of "It Only Happens When I Dance With You," from "Easter Par- ade," and "If I Were You," from "On An Island With You." (Capitol) ... The zestful little chestful Kay Starr, with the lusty larynx on "Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong" and "Snuggled On Your Shoulder," yesteryear stuff that would dissolve a cliff the way she chirps 'em. (Capitol) . . . FRANK SINATRA'S "Nature Boy," "S'posin' " with the John- ny Guarnieri trio, and "It Only Happens When I Dance With You" and "A Fella With An Umbrella." from "Easter Par- ade." Axel Stordahl surrounds those great bronchial tubes with those delicious bits of catgut as usual. (Columbia) . . JERRY WAYNE'S "Betty Blue," fine follow-up to his other hit slicings with The John Lunds attend party for Bing Crosby after "Emperor Waltz" premiere. the Dell Trio. (Columbia) . . . DESI ARNAZ' "Rhumba Rhumbero," with gallons of gusto from Lucille's boy, and "In Santiago, Chile." on the flip of this enchilada. Ees someseeng like "Manana" I theenk! (Victor) . . . PERRY COMO'S crack at those "Easter Parade" ditties, "Better Luck" and "It Only Happens When I Dance With You," is nice grist for your mill. (Victor) . . . The Boston Pops really gets that Metronome up to ]68 for the delightful, jazzlike "Fiddle Faddle," one of the most infectious things since poison ivy. (Victor) . . . ART LUND'S "It Was Written In The Stars," "What's Good About Goodbye," "For Every Man There's A Woman," "Some- one Cares," "It Only Happens When I Dance With You" and "May I Still Hold You." (MGM) . . . FR ANKLE LAINE'S "That Ain't Right, Baby," groovey blues with all the zest and holler those Laine cords possess. (Mercury) . . . PEGGY LEE'S "Caramba, It's The Samba!" fol- low-up to "Manana," with "Baby, Don't Be Mad At Me" on the flip, lush mush, but real plain. (Capitol) . . . MEL TORME'S "Cottage For Sale," gorgeous performance by "The Velvet Fog" on the great Willard Robison standard with some light, cute bounce behind "I Want A Girl Like You." Mel's in MGM's pic- ture, "Words And Music." (Musicraft) HOT!!! HARRY JAMES: Jesse James' daddy on the flames on a brace of reissues that you've been screamin' for. And just like a fish loves the ocean, and a union col- lector his dues, like a dog loves his mas- ter and an indigent housewife her stews ■ — so will you love the "Trumpet Blues" and cantabile, which happens when the fiddles begin to faddle. Flip's "The Car- nival Of Venice." (Columbia) LIONEL HAMPTON: "Rockin' In Rhythm." The Hamp wraps his band around two sides of Duke Ellington's famous composition but it sure doesn't sound like E.K.E. (Decca) DIZZY GILLESPIE: Yeah, as I live and bop! Diz does everything! Specifi- cally "Ool-ya-koo," Diz' first cookie us- ing his new bongo player, Lou Gonzales. And when the modern stuff is flavored with a dash of Cubano, Joe, well, it's hard as lard, and twice as greasy! Title refers to a be-bop vocal, like "Oo-papa- da" or "Dob-bla-bli." Diz does wonders on that horn, and if the scads of imita- tors have you bewitched, bothered and bewildered about bop, just dig Diz, the master. Flip is "Good Bait," one of John Burks Gillespie's standards. (Victor) GENE KRUPA JAZZ TRIO: Genie with the light brown drumsticks and this kid just finished a picture for Columbia, another in the "Thrills Of Music," short subject series, and if you don't ask your theatre man to play it, we'll hit you on the head with our beanbag. This waffle is the sequel to "Dark Eyes" and spots the marinated tenor of Charley Ventura with Teddy Napoleon stroking the Stein- way on "Stompin' At The Savoy" and "Body And Soul." (Columbia) FREDDIE SLACK'S BOOGIE WOO- GIE: Oh, get thee behind that 8-beat! 52 SCREENLAND What's a jilted jane to do? □ Let his memory linger on D Pursue him by mail D Gel herself a hobby If last summer's knight beams at someone else this season— no use toting the torch. Now is the hour to get yourself a hobby. 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Quest Deodorant Powder Ask for it by name f. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. SCREENLAND 5S And get mashoogie with the boogie! 'Cause "beat-me-daddy" Freddie Slack really stiffens your back with this fresh albumful of 8-to-the-bar material. There's B.W. by a small group and B.W. by the whole band. There's "Beverly Boogie," "The Brown Danube," "Boogie In G" and "Is I Gotta Practice, Ma?" with Don Raye vibrating his cords, all with Fred- erick and rhythm section comin' in your direction. And with the full band there's "Chopstick Boogie" and "Boogie Minor," a whole torrent of B.W., enough to make your wig fly! (Capitol Album CC 83) FROM THE MAN IN GRAY Dear FR: I hear that Bob Mitchum (pause for sigh-lence) has made some records. Is that true? If so when will they be released? I dig your column every month and it really knocks me out. Sincerely, Marylyn Morse, San Francisco, Calif. Dear Marylyn: Not that I know of, un- less he did 'em before the ban. If so 'twas probably for Decca, 'cause they do most of the waxing with movie stars. Thanx for the nice words. Recordially, FR — o — Dear Fred: Do you happen to know how tall Mel Torme is? I've heard everything from 5 feet up. You really started some- thing when you labeled him "The Velvet Fog." I've heard him called everything from the "Flannel Smog" to the "Cordu- was once under contract to RKO?) are taking no chances. He's sold out his suc- cessful San Francisco restaurant and moved down to Hollywood. Frank's go- ing into business that will allow him to be with his adored wife during regular hours. In the meantime, they aren't go- ing to give the gossips a chance to say something's wrong because they were liv- ing in different cities. Being an active member of the Screen Actors' Guild, Dana Andrews never miss- es a meeting. Sometimes they last beyond midnight. Invariably Mr. A. invites a group back to the house for late supper. His wonderful wife thinks nothing of get- ting up, getting dressed and whipping together a mess of eggs for the hungry thespians. No wonder she's so popular. — o — If we hadn't seen it with our own eyes, we'd still think some press agent had blown his top. There they were at Mo- cambo — Ingrid Bergman and her husband, Dr. Peter Lindstrom. So help us, the great Swedish star and the good doctor were jitterbugging all over the place! And dog- gone good, too. — O — Life can be beautiful — but not for Bill Holden until he finishes "The Dark Pass." His wonderful head of hair has been ( lipped to the skull and every night when he gets home, his adoring wife. roy Haze." How many records has he made by himself? Sincerely, Eleanor Smith, Arlington, Mass. Dear Ellie: With or without heels? 'Bout 5 feet 5, eyes of blue and a blond thatch on top. Tall enough for you? Should be 'cause Ava Gardner, Cathy Downs, Mari- lyn Maxwell didn't complain. Mel's cut about 25 sides on his ownsome and about 10 with his group, the Mel-Tones. You'll be diggin' him in "Words And Music." Recordially, FR To JULIA GAY°, BAYONNE, N. J.: Buddy Rich is on tour with his fine band, has no lace trimmed ball-and-chain as yet, and records for MGM records . . . IRENE GREER, NEDERLAND. TEX.: Ray Eberle has his own band and they're at the Hotel New Yorker in N.Y. all summer. Look for a Columbia short subject with Ray and this kid. We're gonna do it right at the hotel and build it all around the ice show there. Probably fall on our jismogressum, too. Wanna help us lace our skates? . Lemme hear from you via one of Mr. Donaldson's men in gray (he's the Post- master General) if you have any little thing bothering you about sharps and flats and the people who dispense 'em. Address letters to Fred Robbins, Screenland Magazine, 37 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. Brenda Marshall, just looks at him and groans. Bill doesn't wear any makeup in the picture and being a prolific beard grower, he has to shave twice a day. Well, at least his producer loves him!! — o — Jane Withers has retired to await the stork, but hasn't lost interest in making movies. When hubby Bill Moss was about to produce "The Cat," Janie quick read the script to see if there were any suit- Ingrid Bergman, now in "Joan Of Arc," dances at Mocambo with husband, Dr. Peter Lindstrom. able parts for her huddy-buddys. As a result, Lon McCallister gets the big lead. Hollywood is wondering: What did Di- rector Otto Preminger whisper to Joan Crawford, that caused those beautiful blue eyes to swim with tears? It was at a dinner party Joan Fontaine gave in honor of Mary Martin, who was appearing locally in "Annie Get Your Gun." When the la- dies retired to the powder room, Joan kept right on going — home. According to co-workers, Burt Lan- caster and Norman Foster, who directed "The Unafraid," didn't agree on certain points. Mostly story points. The rumor does exist that Burt is amongst those (and there are many) who believe b° is one of our most impressive stars. Per- sonally, we still find him the same un- spoiled, earthy guy who first arrived in Hollywood. Cast and crew of "Yellow Sky" are heartily in accord with the committee that named Gregory Peck the Screen's "Father Of The Year." Every weekend while they were on location, Greg char- tered a plane and flew back to Holly- wood to visit his loved ones. Every fam- ily man in the troupe was invited. — o — Ever since Clifton Webb convulsed the nation in "Sitting Pretty," he hasn't had a moment of peace. In stores, restaurants, and on the street, strangers coyly ask if they can hire him to sit with their babies. Finally, in desperation Cliffy-Pie threat- ened to strangle the very next person who presented the question. The next one was — the visiting King of Yugoslavia! — O — It will always remain Bette Davis' most important party. The occasion was little Barbara Sherry's first birth- day. Being born on May Day, the young lady was fittingly presented with a head wreath of real posies. She wore it like a queen while her proud parents snapped a few dozen pictures. Speaking of daunt- less Davis, while her more acidic re- viewers may not have liked "Winter Meeting," it still rated Bette her greatest number of enthusiastic fan letters. Studio Sights: Roy Rogers eating lunch and at the same time, reading those hundreds of letters from kids in Madisonville, Texas. Each one wrote a page asking their idol to attend the an- nual rodeo. Roy coxddn't make it, but the kids' invitation sure thrilled him. — o — Premiere Night in Hollywood! The place, the Paramount Theatre. The pic- ture, "The Emperor Waltz." Searchlights sweeping the skies — stars — jewels — motor cars — loud speakers and thousands of fans going mad when Clark Gable arrived with Anita Colby. Speaking of that fabulous- faced creature, about her new short-hairdo, she humorously remarked: "I had it cut this way so Clark would think I looked more like Dolly O'Brien!" — O — Oh brother, is the town burning at the James Masons, for those alleged cracks taken at Hollywood! No one has seen them out in public and everyone's won- dering if they'll dare show up at Roman- Latesf Hollywood Gossip! Continued from page 49 54 Screenland off's Restaurant. "Prince" Mike, who also writes a syndicated column, repro- duced one on his dinner menus. It's "ded- icated" to the Masons and the remarks they supposedly made against the pop- ular Beverly Hills eating place. His high- ness did not pull his punches. We ran into Van Johnson on the "Command Decision" set and a glummer guy you've never seen. No, it wasn't the ■part he's -playing. Van loves his role. Things couldn't be happier at home. How come then we asked? "The circus is in town" moaned Van. "I loas going to realize a lifetime ambition and ride an elephant in the big Spec. At the last minute I had to work." We couldn't have been more sympathetic. Well, we've finally found one glamour girl who isn't afraid to admit her right age. "Josephine," the famous monkey star celebrated her 41st birthday on the "Words And Music" set. Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Peter Lawford, and Ann Sothern all chipped in and bought Josephine a lovely basket of bananas! It's in Ann Sheridan's contract that she can okay her scripts. And unless a good one is forthcoming, she's going to sit out her Warner Bros, contract, which expires early in 1949. Annie did okay "Silver River," (against her better judg- ment, some say) but after seeing the picture she felt that any stock actress could have played the role. It's either good parts and not necessarily big parts, or nothing, from now on. 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"We rid ourselves of your kind once and for all," he said and sud- denly he was standing. "You're not com- ing back." He took a step forward but that was all his withered legs could stand. Half sobbing, he caught hold of a chair and eased himself into it. "Strike them dead, Lord!" he cried. "Let loose a bolt of lightning. It doesn't matter about us, just so's you kill them." Almost as if in answer to his words the first burst of thunder came and the house rocked in the new fury of the wind. There was a scream and the door of a room further down the corridor flew open and the girl Gaye stood there, her sodden face distorted in fear. She stood there swaying drunkenly a moment. Then she ran to Rocco. "I'm afraid," she wailed. He pushed her out of the way and faced M'Cloud. "I can see right through you," he said. "What you really think is, 'I'm better than Rocco. He's filth, like the old man says. He's got a gun,' you think, 'and I haven't.' Listen, soldier, you can make your hopes come true. But you got to die for it." He reached in his pocket for an automatic and threw it to M'Cloud, reaching for Curly 's gun at the same moment. "See where I'm aiming it? Right at your belly. Go ahead, shoot!" The gun was there solid in his hand, but he didn't use it. He saw the eyes looking at him, the cynical, mocking ones, the desperate, proud ones. And yet he didn't use it. "What's the matter, sister?" he heard Rocco laugh. "You look like somebody died was near and dear. Hey, Curly, Gaye, anybody, want a hero? Here's one for sale cheap." M'Cloud couldn't look at Nora. And as he turned he saw the deputy make that lunge towards him and felt the gun ripped out of his hand. It clicked, but it didn't go off. And before the bewil- dered deputy could try it again the bullet from Rocco's gun reached him and he staggered against the railing. There was that crashing sound then and he toppled out of sight to the floor below. For a moment the only sound was the wind screaming outside. Then Nora spoke. "The gun wasn't loaded! He never had a chance." "That's right, sister," Rocco laughed as he swaggered towards the stairs. "The gun wasn't loaded. But our hero didn't know it." Temple turned hopefully. "You knew that gun was empty, didn't you, son?" he asked pleadingly. "You weren't afraid." "No, sir, I didn't." M'Cloud said dully. "And I was afraid. But that's not why I didn't pull the trigger. It simply wasn'i worth dying for." "What's the difference, son," Temple said gently, "in fighting against a Hitler or a Rocco?" "Not much," M'Cloud agreed. "Only I believed when we went to war. I don't any more." Nora's eyes flashed. "If I believed your way, I'd want to be dead, too, like George," she said. She stopped as a gust of wind blew through the corridor top- pling over a table. A lamp went down with a crash and overhead the electric lights began flickering. "We must close the storm shutters in the other rooms," she said quietly, "or the roof'll be blown off." "Downstairs, sister," Toots said waving them all on with his gun. He turned to the one called Angel. "Go shut them," he ordered. The deputy's body was gone when they got downstairs. The blonde girl was already in the bar and Rocco smothered an oath as he stalked over to her, taking the bottle she was about to pour away from her. "Didn't I say, no drinking?" he snarled. "You gave me my first drink, Johnny," she said. She went over to him clutching at his arm. "Don't be mean to me," she quavered. She tried to smile. "Gee, honey, that's the song I used to sing to you, remember?" "I gave her her first chance," Rocco grinned. "Took her out of the chorus. Made her a singer. Mention that while you're at it. Why ain't you a singing star instead of a lush?" "I was the rage," Gaye said wistfully. Rocco laughed. "Whyn't you sing us your old song, Gaye," he said. She shuddered. "Don't make me," she whispered. "I wouldn't make you do anything," he sneered. "Tell you what though, sing us your song and you can have a drink." "Can I have the drink first," she "No," his voice was adamant. "The song first. Then the drink." It was awful, even worse than M'Cloud had thought it would be, her cracked voice and stiff, self-conscious gestures and not a trace of the thing she must have had once. She sang to Rocco and he laughed at her as she sang. But when she finished she clung to his arm. "Give me my drink, Johnny," she begged. "No," he brushed her hand away as he laughed. "You were rotten." "But you promised," she begged and it was even more awful than her singing had been, seeing her go to pieces like that. And Rocco looking at her with no pity at all in his eyes. "Here," M'Cloud said suddenly and he felt as if he were straightening himself from his stomach up as he walked over to the bar and poured her a drink. Then as she gulped it down he stood there waiting for whatever would come. And what came was worse in a way than a bullet would have been. But he stood there taking it as Rocco slapped him 62 SCREENLAND LITTLE LULU "I'd rather watch KLEENEX* jump up!" Little Lulu says . . . Only Kleenex has the Serv-a-Tissue Box— pull just one double tissue— up pops another! Compare tissues, com- pare boxes— you'll see why Kleenex is America's favorite tissue. across the face three times. Then when it was over he went to a corner table and sat down. He couldn't believe it at first when Nora followed him. He believed it even less when her hand went out and found his. "I'm sorry about what I said up- stairs," she said. "He might have killed you and you knew it. Maybe it is a rot- ten world, Frank, but a cause isn't lost as long as someone is willing to go on fighting." "I'm not that someone," he said. "But you are," she said quietly. "You may not want to be, but you can't help yourself. I know from the way you look and talk. And from things George wrote me. He knew the kind you are." They sat there a long time and nothing seemed to matter any more. It was almost as if they could hear the storm going. He leaned over and kissed her hair and she smiled. "Will we ever see you again?" she asked. They didn't know Temple had wheeled himself over to them until he spoke. "Stay right here, why don't you," he said. "You tell him, Nora. We'd be proud if you'd look on us as your family." He couldn't speak above the lump in his throat. Then there was no chance to answer for the door opened and Toots came in. He held the door half shut so they didn't see the little group of people huddled on the porch. "The boat, it's gone!" he cried. "That dirty skipper took it away. What are we gonna do? We can't stay here . . now." Rocco walked to the door and looked down at the Bay. "There's a boat down there. It'll get us to Cuba. And the soldier can run it. He said he was han- kering for a boat." "No," Temple called. Then suddenly he saw the Indians on the porch and started towards them. But before he reached the door one of them got up motioning to his companions to go. And as they started away, M'Cloud saw that two of them were women and the others, except for the one other man were chil- dren. "You, Mr. Temple," the Indian said stoically. "You're not a good man. You don't let nobody in. That's no good. My brother, me, us not do like you say any more. No go Ben Wade. That man," he pointed to Curly, "he say you no let women and baby in house." It did no good to call after them. It did no good for Temple to give way to his fury either, with the gunmen laughing uproariously. Then suddenly the door opened again and Ben Wade stood there. His face was white as if he had had a shock. "I came looking for Sawyer," he said grimly. "And I just found him outside. He was murdered." "Those Indians you were talking about," Rocco said. "They were here." "No," Temple shouted. But Wade just gave him that contemptuous look and left. M'Cloud started after him but Rocco's gun held him back. "You're going with us, soldier," he said. The shot came, followed by another. © International Cellucotton Products Co. It seemed an eternity, but it was only a minute before Wade came back. "They tried to get away," he said. "I killed 'em both." Temple's gnarled hands went up to his face as though he were trying to shut out not only the Osceola brothers, but the whole world and everything in it. He didn't even move as Wade left and Rocco motioned to M'Cloud. "Well, soldier?" he asked. "I'll go," M'Cloud said unexpectedly and again he saw the disappointment flare into Nora's eyes. But this time it was different. This time he was right with himself. "There never has been," he told himself and this time he knew it was true, "and never can be a successful compromise between good and evil. Only total victory can reward the champions of tolerance and decency and freedom and faith." And it was funny how it had taken the Osceolas to make him see it so shining and clear. Gaye's voice cut in on his thoughts then as Toots and one of the others came down with the bags. "Where are my things?" she asked. "Oh, I forgot to tell you," Rocco grinned as he swaggered towards the door. "You're not coming. Here," he shoved some money into her hand. "On this you can stay drunk a month." "Johnny, please!" She threw herself against him. "I'll stop drinking! I'll be good luck for you like I was before." Rocco flung her away from him and at the time it seemed an accident that she fell against M'Cloud. But afterwards he knew it was no accident. For when he •T. M. Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. put his hand in his pocket he felt Roc- co's gun in it where she had placed it. They were on the boat when he found it, the war surplus Navy launch Temple had bought. But he didn't do anything about it then. 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"In the picture, I am the Judge's daughter, an independent, grown-up girl studying law and in love with Edmond O'Brien, as different a role as I've ever done. Speaking of Mr. O'Brien — " her blue eyes lighted up, "we're both Shake- speare addicts. When we had time be- tween scenes, we'd get together and read scenes from 'Romeo and Juliet,' 'Mac- beth,' 'Hamlet,' — oh, all his plays. It's such fun to find someone who enjoys reading plays as I do." Famous faces were no novelty to Ger- aldine as she grew up. She and her sister used to watch lovely things being created for Katharine Cornell and -Tallulah Bankhead, listen to discussions of new plays at star-studded dinner tables, and see productions on which their parents had worked. One day Geraldine found Gertrude Lawrence trying on a suit made for her TJ.S.O. tour overseas. "I had on a flower-band hat," she re- called. "I used to take bicycle clips, cover them and sew on flowers, fasten a small comb in front to hold them firmly, and there was my hat! Daddy gave me the flowers and they were lovely. Miss Lawrence said to Daddy, 'I wonder if that girl would mind telling me where she got her hat? It would be wonderful with my suit.' " 'That girl,' said Daddy, 'is mine. I'm sure she'll tell you.' " Geraldine said she'd make her a hat and sat up most of the night creating an apple-green and orange flower-band, which Gertrude loved. The encounter resulted in a Gertrude Lawrence imitation to add to Geraldine's repertoire gathered since kindergarten days. The summer she was sixteen, the girl did summer stock in Bridgeport, Con- necticut, and Montclair, New Jersey, playing with Fred Stone in "You Can't Take It With You," and doing ingenue chores in "Junior Miss" and "Kiss And Tell." It was grand, grand, grand! She selected a stage name, "Brooks" instead of "Stroock," and decided to become an actress immediately after graduation from high school. "Heavens, no!" was the family reac- tion. "Every girl needs a college edu- cation." Geraldine pointed out that she was president of the Drama Club at the Julia Richmond High School, that she'd done several plays, even directed one, knew exactly what she wanted, and college for her was just a waste of time. In a weak moment, however, she allowed herself to apply for and be accepted at Syracuse University, but before entrance time ar- rived, she revolted. "At least," compromised her bemused family, "go to the American Academy of Dramatic Art for a year. Promise not to look for a job for twelve months?" Ger- aldine reluctantly promised. The year wasn't quite up when family friend, Emil Friedlander of Dazian Fa- bric House, who supplied fabrics to Brooks Costume Company, happened to be in a theatre where the cast of "Fol- low The Girls" was rehearsing. He heard them moaning before he discovered what was wrong. They were to open Thurs- day, and here it was Monday: the ac- tress who was to impersonate Katharine Hepburn in the show was down with appendicitis! Director and cast were ready to slit their throats. "Jimmy Stroock's little girl does a pretty good Hepburn," spoke up Emil. "She could go on for a couple of nights." They objected that she was too young, but in the end they sent for her, and were they glad they did when critics sin- gled her out as the hit of the show! When the company played Boston, Kath- arine Hepburn herself climbed three flights of stairs to Geraldine's dressing room to compliment her. After the first night, the role was built up with more lines. The young actress, who had never had any doubt herself, was now able to prove she was in the right business. About the time she left "Follow The Girls," the Theatre Guild announced a plan to produce a trilogy of Shakespeare- an plays. They would do "Romeo And Juliet," with a Juliet who could look the correct age, fourteen. Geraldine couldn't believe it when they asked her to read the part. It seemed impossible they would cast an unknown in the great tragedy. After her reading, the Guild signed her to do Perdita in "A Winter's Tale" and Celia in "As You Like It." "They never got around to doing more than 'A Winter's Tale,' " she recalled, regretfully. "The idea didn't go over as well as they had expected, but it was in- teresting while it lasted." Now that she and Edmond O'Brien have been reading the bard again, Ger- aldine has begun to hope wistfully that the day will come when she'll do Juliet for the screen. While Geraldine was making her stage debut, the Stroocks refused five motion picture offers for her. This or that was not quite right for their daughter. Then Radie Harris of Variety, her mother's friend, suggested the girl for the dramat- ic role of Julie in "Cry Wolf." 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" That was the day Geraldine met Errol Flynn for the first time. They had barely been introduced before she had to beat him with her riding crop. "I didn't know whether to hit him hard or not," she con- fessed. "We kept doing the scene, and I kept worrying, and at last I hit very hard. That seemed to be it, and he didn't mind!" After "Cry Wolf" came Joan Craw- ford's stepdaughter in "Possessed," a girl somewhat older than Julie and with more charm. Also came Geraldine's first screen love scenes. "I had dreaded them because I thought I'd be embarrassed," she laughed, color creeping into her cheeks, "but I found that the crew never laughs at you. They are all people with their own important job to do." Geraldine's family came to Hollywood with her when she first arrived, but after a long visit they returned to New York, leaving her in a small court apartment. "I like the idea of being independent, of making my own decisions and being responsible for them," she said, seriously. 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She confirmed my suspicion by saying that she wanted Dana's auto- graph. " 'He's out,' I told her, as firmly as I could, 'and I don't expect him home till seven, but if you'll give me your address, I'll send Dana's autograph to you.' " 'Oh, no, that wouldn't do. I want to get it from him personally. I'll wait for him.' "It was then about two in the after- noon, but she seated herself in the living room, and sat it out until Dana came home. Meanwhile, she told me that she had come in the rain on a street car from Long Beach just to catch a glimpse of Dana. "When Dana came home, she not only got his autograph, but pleaded with him to intercede for her, so that she might get the job working for us. Dana, of course, told her that was up to me. "She finally left, but small gifts from her for Dana continued to come to re- mind us of her existence. "When we moved to Toluca Lake, I frankly hoped we'd hear no more from Dana's fervent fan, as her continual pleas for a job inside our home were embar- rassing. Besides, she was pursuing Dana wherever he went. When he broadcast over the air, she managed to get seats to the broadcast. When he arrived at the studio gate in the morning, he'd find her waiting for him. I hoped she wouldn't discover our new address. "But she did. One day when my mother-in-law was in the garden plant- ing pansies, she saw a lithe young figure scaling the wall. Startled at first, she wondered if a burglar was trying to get on the premises. But it was Irene. 'May I help you?' she asked my mother-in-law. 'I'm very good at planting flowers.' Then in the next breath she said, 'Won't you please talk to Mrs. Andrews and get her to let me help with the children? I don't care about a salary or anything. I just want to work for Dana.' "Then there was the fan who sent kisses in the form of pen and ink cross- marks to all the members of the family. Next to Dana's name were the most kisses. There was a reduced number of crossmarks next to the names of each of the children. She ended up with two kisses for me! I guess I should have been grateful, for some of the fans resent the fact that Dana is married, and send no love and kisses for anyone but Dana. "Some fans, however, show a great deal of touching thoughtfulness. One lit- tle girl made covers for bars of soap and sent them to us, 'because I like Dana's pictures so much.' I could picture her little fingers working for hours on the careful crocheting, and I was touched. Then there was the woman who sent a beautiful carriage robe for Stephen, which she had carefully tatted by hand. An in- telligent letter came with the robe, too. 'Don't think I'm a silly fan,' she wrote, 'but I have always admired Mr. An- drews' pictures and they have given me great pleasure. I also admire the normal way in which he lives, and so as a token of my esteem I am sending this robe. I hope you will get some use out of it.' "Think of all the work that has gone into such gifts. One can't help realizing that there is a very sincere feeling when a fan is willing to go to so much trouble, to express her admiration for an actor. "Nevertheless, there are times when being a movie star's wife can be very exasperating. In my case, this certainly is no fault of Dana's, since he confines his acting strictly to the screen and un- like some actors, is never an exhibition- ist. But people are quick to jump on what they consider the flaws of an actor's wife, and they'll criticize her much more readily than they will almost anyone else. I remember when Dana was making 'Boomerang' in the East, a studio car came to take us from New York to Greenwich, Connecticut. It was almost 9 P. M. by the time we arrived there, and we had had no chance to dine. The house wasn't ready for us, and there was no food in the pantry, so we took Kathy and Stephen to a very nice hotel for din- ner. As we sat down to eat, I heard a woman say in a loud voice, 'Aren't those movie stars' wives awful? You'd think she'd have sense enough not to keep two small children out so late.' "I felt I didn't deserve the criticism and resented it. People must imagine that movie stars' wives lead glamourous, undisciplined lives and that their chil- dren are brought up in a Bohemian style. Actually our children lead just as routine lives as those of any other normal Amer- ican family. Ordinarily they are kept on a very strict schedule, and their meal times are carefully planned. However, when circumstances compel a movie star's wife to violate her schedule, people pounce on her as though she were the worst sort of wife and mother." Mrs. Andrews leaned down to pat Michael, the Andrews' cocker spaniel. I thought how very typical and normal she seemed, very much like the wife of a young business man in any suburban town, preoccupied mostly with her hus- band, her children and her home. She puts on no airs, does not fuss, does not pretend to be anything other than what she is: an average housewife, and a mother who tries very hard to be strict with her children, but whose heart often betrays her into being a little too lenient. This is one of the few bones of con- tention between Dana and Mrs. Andrews. He wishes she'd be just a little bit strict- er. When Mrs. Andrews has to leave the house, five-year-old Kathy sometimes bursts into loud wails, which Mrs. An- drews sometimes can't silence. If Dana is home, he says authoritatively, "Stop that, Kathy," and Kathy stops instantly, quelled by his resonant voice. "Now why can't you control Kathy?" lie may ask Mrs. Andrews. She honestly doesn't know. But when she tries to scold Kathy, the ludicrousness of the situation is apt to strike her funnybone, and nullify her efforts. Kathy and Stephen are hardly aware of the fact that their dad is an actor, but David, 13, is very much aware of it and it sometimes pains him. Not that he isn't proud of his father. But when school youngsters surround him begging for details about his father or yell, "Woo hoo, you're Dana Andrews' boy," at him. he finds it a little hard to take. He finds the feminine sex hard to understand anyway, and the feminine sex going soft 66 Screen] and about a movie actor — even when that actor is his dad — is completely beyond the orbit of his masculine understanding. One day Mrs. Andrews came to school to drive him home, and one young girl, catching sight of her, began to giggle vociferously. Mrs. Andrews, convinced that her seams were straight and that her slip wasn't showing, wondered nervously what the girl was giggling about, and asked David. "Oh, you just tell me what girls giggle about anyway," he said with a superior air. Dana doesn't like to feel people star- ing at him either and consequently rare- ly eats out, yet though he isn't nattered by flustered fans, he can take them in his stride. "Much better than I can," laughs Mrs. Andrews. She remembers the time when she and Dana went to a theatre in Greenwich, Connecticut, to catch a show- ing of "The Big Sleep." A bunch of youngsters in the theatre discovered Dana's presence there and began running up and down the aisles to take a better look at him. The girl sitting next to Dana kept leaning against him. Mrs. Andrews couldn't help being distracted. When the picture was over, she hadn't the faintest idea what the story was about, for she'd been so busy paying at- tention to the frantic fans that she hadn't been able to follow the ramifications of the plot. -Dana, however, had been so absorbed in the picture that he obvious- ly hadn't paid any attention to the lean- ing girl or the other fans, for he imme- diately began discussing the plot. It was clear that he was familiar with every detail of it. "I'm getting used to all these things," Mrs. Andrews said, "and I've learned not to mind them any more. If Dana's head were turned by the flattery of the fans, I'd probably be very much upset, but I know how little it means to Dana." Dana and Mary Todd (her maiden name) first met at the Pasadena Play- house. They were cast together for the first time in a play called "Money." No such thing as love at first sight resulted. Dana, a widower, was not thinking of remarriage at the time, and hardly, gave Mary a second thought. Mary thought Dana nice-looking and very neat and meticulous about the way he dressed. However, she had many friends, and it didn't occur to her then that he could ever become important in her life. He didn't until a year or so later, when they were cast opposite each other in "First Lady." Over cokes they discov- ered each other for the first time. Mary was impressed because Dana had such a varied background. Most actors she knew had very limited backgrounds and their conversation was largely limited to the first person singular. Dana, on the other hand, liked books and music and knew a great deal about the world that existed outside the theatre. He had studied psychology in college, studied opera and held all sorts of odd jobs. Their first dinner date occurred at the Rite Spot in Pasadena, a place which really hit the spot because of the excel- lent steaks it served. Dana and Mary both liked their steaks medium-rare and served with onion rings. During this first date, Dana made some remark about not liking to see peo- ple get too plump. Mary, conscious of the fact that she was somewhat over- weight, wondered if the remark was di- rected at her. In any event, she decided that she'd trim down. This wasn't diffi- cult to do, because she was passing through the early stages of love and was much less interested in food than she'd ever been before. Dana, too, found his appetite diminishing. After the first date, when they were together, food seemed less and less interesting. Dana, Mary says, never proposed in so many words, but began saying, "After we're married, let's do such and such." When Mary told her parents that she and Dana planned to be married, they were a bit dumbfounded, for they felt Mary was rather young to take on such a responsibility. "Do you think it's wise," they asked her, "to start married life with a step- child?" Mary wTas so much in love that all things, including successfully managing such a marriage, seemed possible to her. And her faith was justified. They were married at Mary's home on November 17, 1939. When the ceremony was over, David went up to the minister and said very seriously, "Reverend Cornett, I want to thank you for what you did for Daddy and Mary." Several times after that David shocked people by talking knowingly of the time he had been present at the wedding of his mother and daddy! Mrs. Andrews is amused when women ask her, "Aren't you upset when your husband plays in torrid love scenes with beautiful actresses?" "No, I'm not upset by such love scenes," says Mrs. Andrews. "I was in the theatre long enough to know the con- ditions under which movie people work. With technicians and hairdressers stand- ing around constantly and directors tell- ing the stars how far they have to stand from the cameras as they kiss, love scenes for the movies are not romantic. Under such circumstances, no actor could give way to real emotion. No love scene on the screen would ever bother me unless I knew that Dana was taking an interest in his leading lady outside of working hours." When the fans get too rabid about Dana or too critical of her, Mary has one precious gift with which to console her- self. It is a watch bracelet with Dana's handwriting engraved on the back of it. In that handwriting are written the in- delible words, "To Mary with all my love. Dana." Mary knows that the watch bracelet means everything it says. Consequently she feels pity and sympathy for those girls who pour out their ardent protest- ations of love to Dana. For she knows that while those girls may love Dana. Dana's love is anchored firmly to his family and his home. A woman who has all her husband's love can stand every- thing, even fans who shove her rudely out of the way while they flock around her husband. 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I sometimes think her marriage to Richard Cromwell, which turned out to be a mistake, was a young mistake, made out of inexperience. One of Angela's little girl friends — her best friend — was Audrey Hill. When An- gela and Audrey were not laughing im- moderately over goodness-knows-what, or reading the books of Havelock Ellis ( under the dining-room table!) they were usually at the cinema. Angela adored movies. Had a terrible pash, I remem- ber, for Errol Flynn. And for Maurice Chevalier. Among the girls, Olivia de Havilland was, and is, a great favorite. The rave picture was "Gone With The Wind." Still a moviegoer, and still a fan, An- gela has a tremendous admiration for Ingrid Bergman and for Deborah Kerr. She gets along splendidly with Deborah — good friends, the two of them today. Audrey Totter is a quite special friend of Angela's. Zachary Scott and his wife come often to our house and Angela is very fond, I know, of John Emery and Cesar Romero. As I write, as of this moment, the current boy friend, the steady date, is Peter Shaw. Excepting only her fear of doctors, her fear of water and her conviction, which amounted to an obsession, that she would be in the theatre when she grew up, An- gela was, I would say, an uncommon, normal little girl. What gave her her fear of the water, I don't quite know. Unless it was sand, in which she was put to play as a tod- dler and which, it was found, irritated her skin, made her cry. At any rate, un- til she was two years old, we could not bathe her properly . . . only basin baths, with a sponge. Her fear of doctors is, I am afraid, the result of my doing — or misdoing. When it became necessary for her to have her tonsils removed I, thinking I was doing her a kindness in not telling her what was in store for her until the very day of the tonsilectomy, did not tell her. Which — as the shock it was to her so unhappily proved — was mistaken kind- ness on my part. Since I am an actress, and was very active in the London theatre during the time they were growing up, it is natural enough that both my daughters — Isolde, the child of my first husband, Reginald Denhman, and Angela, the child of my dear second husband, Edgar Lansbury, who died in London eleven years ago — should have wanted to be actresses from the time they were old enough to think what they wanted to be and to name it. A book lover as ever was, from the time she could read words of one syl- lable, Angela would forego the most fa- bulous fiction if I would sit with her, before the fire, and talk about my ex- periences as leading lady to Charles Cherry, to Sir Gerald du Maurier, Her- bert Marshall, the late Philip Merivale and others. She loved for me to talk about my work with the Abbey Theatre, in Ireland, and about, especially about the many silent films I made in London. Fascinated, she would be. Spellbound. In fact, "Tell us 'actress' stories, Moe!" ("Moe" is my children's nickname for me) were the words I heard most often, I suspect, from the small Angela. She took more pride, I daresay, in the fact that her great-uncle was the late great actor, Robert Mantell, than that her grandfather, the Right Honorable George Lansbury, very prominent in political cir- cles, was First Commissioner of Works. She is still enormously interested in my career. Loves it when I make a pic- ture. Was happy for me when I played a part, a small part, as it was, in "Green Dolphin Street;" thrilled when I got a part, quite a good comedy part it is, too, in "Three Daring Daughters." And she is terribly keen for me to do a stage play again. Equally, she is interested in Isolde who, still in England, and married to that extraordinary brilliant young man, Peter Ustinoff, is also in the theatre. At any rate, "I am going to be an actress, too!" was, invariably, Angela's signature to the "actress" stories I told her when she was a little girl. I believed her. A bit shy, as a youngster, and really quite bad about performing for people, if she had to perform, at school, say, or because I asked it of her, she had then, as now, a wonderful way of coming up to a situation. At the age of twelve, for example, she won a scholarship to the Webber-Douglas Dramatic School in London, by virtue of doing the balcony scene from "Romeo And Juliet." I believed her. I believed in her. I knew she would be an actress. I have, indeed, the utmost faith in her that she will have a great career as an actress. So much untouched emotion in Angela. So many untapped resources. So many facets. (J8 SCREENLAN'H I would like to say here that I am ter- ribly disappointed her studio hasn't used her talent for comedy. She has such talent for comedy. That delicate sort of whimsical thing that, in my opinion, is the beautiful comedy. And she has courage. She has really tremendous courage. And determination. Tremendous, unswerving, unbreakable determination. When Angela was fourteen we came to America, as — perhaps you know — refu- gees from war-time England. We hadn't much money. We hadn't any money at all. The twins managed a scholarship at Choate School, which set us at ease about them. Eventually I got a job touring the Canadian provinces with Producer Herbert Wilcox's War Charities Show. Meantime, however, Angela set about the business of starting her career by auditioning as a chanteuse for the Hotel One Fifth Avenue in New York. For her audition, she did a turn, an imitation of Bea Lillie singing "I Went To A Mar- velous Party." But in spite of the fact that we got all our friends over there to applaud, "Too young," she was told, and did not get the job. After she had stud- ied, for a time, at the Fagin Dramatic School (where she was coached by that inimitable and unforgettable singer of songs, Fritzi Sheff) she did get a job, singing at the very de luxe nightclub, Samovar, in Montreal, Canada. (/ had brought over a lot of my old evening dresses and, all over spangles as they were, we made them down for her.) It took courage for Angela to take the singing job. She didn't want to sing. She can sing. She could have been a singer, if she had bothered to get her voice trained. She didn't bother. Won't bother now. Doesn't like to sing. (Ex- cept in the garden, kitchen, shower!) But, at the time, it was the way to make some money. And, at the time, any way to make some money . . . Immediately I finished my Canadian tour with Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle & Co., I left for Hollywood where, I hoped, there might be the chance of a part in the films. If there were a chance, I didn't get it. But Angela — Angela, I thought, would be certain to get a movie job. I wired her to come West. She came to Hollywood. Three months passed. She didn't get a movie job. Or even a foot in. We now hadn't any money at all. We lived in one room, the two of us. When the boys came home for weekends, from the Ojai Valley School, to which Choate had recom- mended them, they used to sleep on the floor! Yet we were, in this period that might have been so grim, SO gay. An- gela has always been a terrifically good companion. A good sport. With a sense of humor that is as inexhaustible as it is sensitive and kindly. She was a good companion then. She said, we said to- gether, "If only we can keep our end up, we have faith that we will get there!" Desperate financially, however, we fi- nally decided we had to get jobs in a department store. So we both went into Bullock's- Wilshire. We both got jobs. But Angela wanted to be an actress. WAS, she knew— but how to make oth- ers know? — an actress. And so, at last, at many-months-long-last, the contract! The MGM contract! Will I ever forget it? Will Angela ever forget it? Will the the twins ever forget it? Times were so bad for us, so lean, so thin, Angela had made her test — her first "in" in any studio — for the part she later played in "Dorian Gray." The studio had said, "Too young." Then I heard, through our good friend, the late Dame May Whitty, that Director George Cukor and Producer Arthur Hornblow were looking for a girl to play the Cockney maid in "Gaslight." Now, if only her studio will use her talent for comedy ... if only she need play no more of the sordid character parts she has done so often. Too often. As a peace-loving and amenable-to-rea- son girl as you could hope to find in the Hollywoods, when she first signed her contract with MGM, Angela resolved never to worry about, never to fight against any role the studio might assign her but to hold fast to the belief that Studio Knows Best. And so she did, un- til— until she was cast as the horrible small-souled woman in "If Winter Comes." She was thrilled, of course, to be playing opposite Walter Pidgeon, but was appalled by the part of the wife, who is not only inwardly warped and wicked, but also physically unattrac- tive— dreadfully unattractive. After the picture was previewed, she was completely heartsick. She was posi- tive that, after producers saw her as this repulsive woman, they would never want her for a young attractive part. As a matter of fact, she became so ill over it that she asked for a month's vacation, got it and drove across country, from Hollywood to New York, seeking to es- cape, to forget . . . ( the fact that her favorite date, Peter Shaw, was also in New York at the time made the "escape" gayer, I am sure, than it might other- wise have been!) 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This pic- ture is a "must" for every moviegoer, for seeing it is a major emotional experience. Give My Regards to Broadway 20th Century-Fox THIS was probably meant to be an- other "Mother Wore Tights," but it doesn't quite measure up. Charles Win- ninger is an old-time vaudevillian who won't admit the demise of his theatrical medium and wants his family to follow in his footsteps. His talented son (Dan Dailey, who doesn't get to dance enough) and his daughters (Barbara Lawrence and Jane Nigh) are put through their paces while Dad works in a factory. One by one, the kids abandon his plans for eventual recognition on Broadway. Fi- nally, Dad accepts the situation, mostly because of his son's superior baseball playing. Nancy Guild, as the boy's sweet- heart, Charlie Ruggles as Dad's agent, and especially Fay Bainter, as the moth- er, are excellent. 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Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' Universal-International THIS is so completely mad it's great fun even though it makes very little sense. It takes place in a really small town which depends on an annual foot race for its sustenance. Circumstances force its mayor (Marjorie Main) and her sidekick (Percy Kilbride) to abduct a vendor of hair tonics (Donald O'Connor) because he can run real fast. Life be- comes unbearable for the young man. ex- cept for his rare moments with the may- or's niece (Penny Edwards) . It all turns out for the best, of course, and there is much kidding of worn-out movie cliches that's quite hilarious. Lulu Belle Columbia THE old Broadway hit by Charles MacArthur and Edward Sheldon comes to the screen with Dorothy Lam- our in the title role. It's the story of a beautiful nightclub singer who works her- self up from a small town dive to the better New York spots. 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Name Address City State edly washed up he triumphantly smacked out his unequalled sixty home runs in his top season. He went on to pile up an ul- timate seven hundred twenty-nine home runs as his total record, a mark still towering in baseball. He only needed to get his second wind. And there's a moral to that for all of us, I think. I'm sure you will be as pleased as the Babe is with Bill Bendix's superb port- rayal of him. When Bill steps into a pitch to swing out home runs he does it just as the Babe did. Bill worked for months in advance of shooting on copy- ing all the Babe's mannerisms, and he did all his own batting — no double! — in the picture. Bill's own ruggedness and his evident love for children, added to his acting ability, made him the only logical choice to play the Babe. What it meant to him personally is another inside tale. There is his own memory of growing up only three blocks from the Polo Grounds, where the Babe and the Yankees were holding forth then. Bill, as a kid him- self, was an ardent bat boy for the Yan- kees and the Babe was his hero. He re- calls running after hot dogs "with plenty of mustard" for the Babe when he man- aged a promotion to a sweeping-up and errand boy status in the Yankees' club- house. The only makeup Bill uses involves his nose. He needed a broader tip to more nearly resemble the Babe, and so each day of shooting a sponge rubber nose- piece was added to him. This film has given me many thrills, not the least being my chance to portray a "good woman" for a change. I have been stuck in such a series of grim, hard- boiled parts, as you may have noticed, that I was tickled silly when the Babe's life let me be a successful, normal human being at last! It's the first time I've ever enacted a live person, also. What's more, by a strange coincidence my name in the picture is Claire, for that happens to be Mrs. Ruth's name. When I could get Mrs. Ruth away for a little from the Babe I plied her with questions, naturally, to satisfy my own curiosity. Calling each other Claire seemed to put us both at ease. I made no attempt to imitate her, as Bill did the Babe. The director felt that recreating the sort of woman she was and is was my aim. The first thing I had to do when we met was apologize for the gray hair that streaks mine in the closing scene of the film. Mrs. Ruth, who was the daughter of a Georgia judge and was reared on a plantation, went to New York to become a Ziegfeld Follies beauty. She still has stunning black hair. I dark- ened mine until that last shot — then they insisted no one would believe she still looks so young. I wanted to know about their home life now. The Ruths have lived on Riv- erside Drive ever since they married nineteen years ago. The nine-room apart- ment they have now is, above all else, designed for comfort. Instead of calling in a decorator, Mrs. Ruth has primarily suited her husband. What impressed me most about her was this whole devo- tion to him. I discovered two traits we had in com- mon. We both admire women who are athletic and can cook, but we've no flair along those lines and we agreed a woman doesn't have to pretend to hold a man's interest. In spite of all the counsel about sharing a man's sports with him, Mrs. Ruth has never attempted to play base- ball. Nor to golf with the Babe. (He was the Yankees' champion golfer, could drive 375 yards and putt 4-5 feet.) Nor to accompany him on his hunting and fishing jaunts. He's frankly sentimental, and that she loves in him. Some of his many trophies decorate the foyer of their home He keeps the Japanese trophies he won in '34 on their living-room mantel. (He took the Ail-American baseball team he picked that year to Japan and so captured af- fection there that they officially celebrate Babu Rusu Day as an annual holiday.) You can guess how agog Hollywood itsejf was with the Babe's presence. His cottage at the Beverly Hills Hotel was besieged with phone calls. Our amateur baseball players, such as Bing Crosby, who worked out with the Pittsburgh Pirates this past Spring since he's now one of their owners, Gene Kelly, Tyrone Power, Dane Clark and Joe E. Brown, were as goggle-eyed as the Babe's young- est fan. Louella Parsons captured him as guest star for her radio show, and when the Babe went out to 20th Century- Fox to discuss that appearance with Dan Dailey, who teamed with him for it, that entire studio quit work for the rest of that day! Betty Grable began begging for autographs for Harry James, her daughter Vicky, and herself, and then the other stars, directors, grips and elec- tricians swarmed over him. Ever since his serious sickness of a year and a half ago, when he bravely gambled on a new serum that had never been used before, the Babe has constant- ly worn the religious medals that kids who love him had blessed and sent him. Although he still isn't in good health, he's as far from quitting as he ever was. He's got a job, one that's big enough for a man of the Babe's capacity. As athletic consultant for the Ford Motor Company, he flew 46,000 miles last Summer in the DC-6 placed at his disposal to coach as many kids in playing ball as he possibly could. The Ford people, as a public service in conjunction with the American Legion, have organized 10.000 junior baseball teams throughout the country. It's an all-out attempt to help under- privileged kids who might otherwise stray onto the wrong path, with the Babe himself at the helm. More than one million boys are swinging their bats now in these amateur games he's sponsor- ing. All of them wonder when he'll drop in on them. He's been honored with a national Babe Ruth Day in all the professional ball parks in the United States. But, much as that warmed his heart, doinq will always be paramount with him. He's got to encourage the kids who need a helping hand now to go and win a zillion games. He wants to give them his personal advice. And so he's touring the land again. With Mrs. Ruth, of course, right at his side. Take it from me — there's only one beloved Babe. And I'm proud to have touched his life, as his screen wife! SCBEENLAND Cobina Wright's Gossip Of Hollywood Parties Continued from page 37 Waltz/ the coiffure of an Austrian Duchess was even more elaborate. I really began to develop a phobia about seeing the hairdresser and I made up my mind that as soon as the picture was finished. I was going to get the shortest, simplest bob I could wear. Besides, I \\on"t have to worry about a new hair-do for a picture until after the baby is born, so I feel positively light-headed!" I encountered Dixie Crosby sampling the wonderful lobster supreme and I must say that she looked like a debu- tante in a bouffant white dress. In fash- ion fact, many of the gowns were white, Anita Colby giving hers an added fillip with a tomato-red taffeta cape, while Maureen O'Hara employed yards and yards of white tulle as a setting for her emeralds and the new tinge to her tresses. She has lightened her hair from dark auburn to flaming orange. Another "first" for the month was the initial "Lambs' Gambol." As you prob- ably know, the "Lambs" is the oldest legitimate theatre organization in the country. But, since so many of their members have migrated camera-wards from the 49th St. Headquarters in New York, the active members were deter- mined to have their own \Yest Coast branch. Their first Hollywood "Gambol" the other evening proved a huge success. They took over the ornate mezzanine ballroom of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. After a regal feast of caviar and squab (mouton was not on the menu) the members, including such "newtimers" as Dan Dailey, Joe Cook, Jr., and John Mitchum, Bob's younger brother, joined hands with veteran actors Otto Kruger, Victor Moore, Alan Hale and Joseph Santley to stage a really hilarious revue. There was a wonderful parody on Irving Berlin's "Show Business," a clever tap routine by Dan Dailey, who dances well enough to make Gene Kelly watch his step, and a panic of a parody on a sagebrush saga with all the rough and tough, hard ridiu' and straight-shootin' characters sporting broad English accents. Dennis Day sang, George Jessel and Rupert Hughes acted as masters of cere- monies and the whole evening was one of spontaneous laughter. Joining in the fun I noticed Virginia Mayo and Michael O'Shea. Herbert Marshall and his lovely "Boots," Betty Hutton and Ted Briskin. I watched the lovely Esther Williams perform extemporaneously the other evening at Larry Potter's smart Supper Chih over in San Fernando Valley. Esther, her husband, Ben Gage, Eleanor Poweil and hubby Glenn Ford, Joan Davis, Estelle Taylor and a number of filmland favorites turned out for the opening of Arthur Blake, the clever im- personator and comedian. They all came for Arthur's opening and then proceeded to take over the whole show. Esther sang. Glenn gave impersonations, Eleanor danced and it was truly an all-star event. Afterward I remarked on what a wonderful voice Esther Williams had and she told me that the studio had been making her keep it under water! But now, it seems, she is to shelve her bathing suits and work with a voice coach, for in her next picture, "Take Me Out To The Ball Game," Esther is going to sing with Frank Sinatra and dance with Gene Kelly! Among the most memorable farewell parties was the one which Maria Montez and her husband, Jean Pierre Aumont, gave for the Parisian designer, Jacques Fath, and his lovely wife. For Maria's party to bid her guests goodbye, the glamourous and exotic star wore one of the new black net ballerina dresses which Jacques Fath had designed especially for her. The party brought out all the French members of the film colony. Charles Boyer. the Louis Jour- dans, the Baroness d'Erlanger and they all wound up the evening by talking on the trans-Atlantic phone to Annabella in Paris. For refreshment, Maria arranged for a French chef to prepare, as ambrosia for the champagne nectar, the most divine "coquignol." This is made with creamed chicken and crabmeat baked in halves of avacadoes with a melted cheese sauce. Not to be outdone, our British colony turned out in full force to bid farewell to Gloria Medina, Pat {Mrs. Richard Green) Medina's sister, who is on her way back to England. 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Ah — the velvet touch! 0 Some of Marie McDonald's "observa- tions" in public places, have really star- tled those within earshot. In a Beverly Hills beauty parlor, she audibly expressed her opinion of a well-known actor, while Valli and Rossano Brazzi at party she gave at Ciro's for Selznick's new Italian star. Linda Darnell and Paul Douglas, of N.Y. stage, on location for 20th Century- Fox s "Three Wives." Bob Hutton, Marie Wilson, Dave Siegel, Mrs. Van Heflin at "Blackouts" 7th Anniversary. his wife occupied the adjoining booth. And at a recent gala shindig, Marie's version of some of her experiences at MGM was the payoff in the powder room! Maybe "The Body" occasionally forgets to use the brain. — o — Bob Montgomery walked off the "June Bride" set, headed straight for his dress- ing room and fell flat on his face. Bette Davis and the rest of the hysterical com- 8 SdlEENLAND *fu Screen la x d 9 lovelier eyes in sixty seconds! 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Master Stockwell, who plays the role of a misunderstood orphan, alternately glowers and beams beatifically as he affects the love-life of Dana Andrews and Jean Peters, the county welfare supervisor. He also does wonders in breaking down the stern re- serve of Anne Revere, who grudgingly takes him in. The plot revolves around the hazards of lobster fishing and young Stockwell's love for the sea which almost causes his death, along with rescuers Andrews and Ce sar Romero, in a hair- raising scene. It's nice, but damp, enter- tainment. Mr. Peabody And The Mermaid V niversal-Inlernational THIS is a gay fantasy in which Mr. Peabody, William Powell, snags a lovely mermaid on his 50th birthday, and promptly falls in love with the creature Linda Darnell and Kirk Douglas in 1908 melo- drama, 20th Century- Fox's "Walls Of Jericho." Gail Russell and Mary Adams in Paramount's suspenseful "Night Has A Thousand Eyes." despite the fact that he's a respectably married Bostonian. Of course, such go- ings-on make for hectic moments with wife, Irene Hervey, back on the screen after a long absence, who accuses him of (1) being in his cups, and (2) being psychopathic. These predicaments plus Mr. Powell's genius for comedy and the spicy seasoning of blonde mermaid, Ann Blyth, makes this one of the funniest pic- tures of the year. (Please turn to page 64) 14 SCREENLAND UNIVERSAL- INTERNATIONAL presents Starring ROBERT WALKER AVA # ' GARDNER DICK HAYMES 0 1 . MOR°^S STAGE RAGE. .. NOW AGLOW OM with 'J EVE ARDEN * OLGA SAN JUAN * tom conway Screenplay by Harry Kurnitz & Frank. Tashlin • Based on the Musical Play • Music by Kurt Weill • Book by S.J. Perelman & Ogden Nash • Lyrics by Ogden Nasb Directed by WILLIAM A. SEITER Produced by LESTER COWAN SCREENLAND 15 With brush, fresh powder puff or cotton remove all surplus. Virginia, star of "The Cirl From Jones Beach," with makeup completed. WITH the first whisper of Fall, a revolution in color takes place. Our whole outside world changes from lush greens to tawny shades. Inside our homes, colorful draperies and rugs again take their place after a Summer rest in moth balls. Our pastel cottons and play clothes are replaced by deep, vibrant tones in woolens or chic black. Hats follow the costume trends. Every- where there is a leaning toward a vital change in color — everywhere, that is, except where it counts the most — on the face. Most of us are too prone to let a tan fade naturally without further ado. And this, of course, a tan will do. Meanwhile, however, you miss an important beauty cue for Fall — a skin radiant and flawless with as much of your natural tone as The proper makeup technique to keep your skin tone lovely always By Courtenay Marvin possible. This is important, especially if you try a new color, for the general effect upon you is the gauge by which you find it becoming or not. 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Now that the two magazines [lave been combined we're very happy to be aboard and hope vou'll enjoy reading jut "What Hollywood Itself Is Talking About." Those Sunday afternoons • at Betty Sutton's are more dern fun — swimming, 7 big barbecue tfiat Betty's Ted cooks personally, and lots of yak-yak. Betty looks simply super since the birth of her second little gal, Candy. And that earth- quake tliat hit San Francisco loas my gal-friend. Miss Huttv-n, breaking in the new act which she's taken around the country for vaudeville dates. Betty told me the reason she got this act together (she, the Modernaires, Ziggy Elman's band, and a tumbling quartette) was that she was out of touch with the public, wanted to get back in tlie groove. Paramount didn't have a picture ready for her. and she was getting restless. Could be she's the one who'll bring vaud-eville back to life. If anyone can, Betty's the gal. Ida Lupino, who believes in simplifying her life as much as possible, had one of the simplest going-away outfits for her wedding trip with Collier Young that's ever been known to this chi-chi town. A pair of blue jeans and a T-shirt. She and Collie spent their honeymoon on Ed Gard- ner's boat off the Baja California coast. Ida also just became a citizen of these here United States. Angela Lansbury met President Tru- man at the big reception for him at the Ambassador Hotel. President T. told her he admired her performance in '"State Of The Union," but wished the next time she played a (Please turn to page oJf) Joan Crawford and her favorite escort, Greg Bautzer, at Ocean- house. Right: Rex Harrison and Wanda Hendrix at radio rehearsal. Below: Lon McCallisrer and Dorothy Babbs (Mrs. Johnny Coy) with Pro- ducer Bill Eythe of "Lend An Ear." Dotty's a hit in this stage musical. Van Johnson and his wife, Evie, with their young daughter, Schuyler Van, now nine months. Van's in "Command Decision." I 1 Bob ami his wife, Dolores, with a painting of himself on the Bob is a solid believer in relaxation and sufficient sleep. At golf course. It's his only form of exercise and he loves it. home he won't even play cards with the joker in the pack. Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray, as Paula and Vincent Doane, end jealousies happily, though his advertising agency loses a valuable account in the process. PAULA really couldn't have changed so much in five years, she told her- self. Yet the way Vincent had neg- lected her in the last two months could only add up to the dismal fact that she no longer interested him. She couldn't understand it. She watched her diet, went to the gym regularly and wore the same size clothes she had on her wedding day. She had a standing appointment at the beauty salon every week and her legs had the right curves in the right places. Why, only yesterday a man winked at her in the elevator and any day, just any day at all, at least one truck driver whis- tled at her. But for two months now she could count the times Vincent had been home for dinner on four fingers. It was business, he told her. All the fault of a mysterious Mr. Fraser whose account he was trying to land his adver- tising agency. Paula was no fool. She knew being a bright young man in the advertising business meant entertaining clients. But two months of wining and dining Mr. Fraser had worn her faith thin. She was willing to bet there was no Mr. Fraser, that he was just a figment of Vincent's nimble imagination. She hadn't been so jealous of any one since Margot Crippen, the girl Vincent had been engaged to before he married Paula. The last straw was Vincent's forget- ting their wedding anniversary. Of course, when she reminded him he came out of the fog long enough to suggest dinner at her favorite restaurant, the Spartan Room. But it was the first time he had forgotten and even Eve, his sister, thought it looked mighty, mighty suspi- cious. As a matter of fact it was Eve who thought of the scheme to make him jealous. It seemed so simple, hiring an actor from the Burke Agency, telling them she wanted to play (Please turn to page 61) AN INNOCENT AFFAIR A United Artists Release Producer, James Nasser. Director, Lloyd Bacon. Original screen play by Lou Breslow and Joseph Hoffman. Paula Doane MADELEINE CARROLL Vincent Doane FRED MaeMURRAY Claude Kimball BUDDY ROGERS Margot Frazer. . LOUISE ALLBRITTON Eve Lawrence RITA JOHNSON Mr, Gaylord WILLIAM TANNEN Mr. Burke MATT McHUCH Ken St. Clair ALAN MOWBRAY A romantic comedy of marital jealousies, starring Fred MacMurray, Made- leine Carroll, Buddy Rogers Top Left: "Margot!" Paula raged. "So that's who your Mr. Frazer really is!" Vincent couldn't get a word in edgewise to explain his only interest was in get- ting the Frazer advertising account. Left: Vincent was so deflated and so sincere as he buttoned her dress for her date with Claude, she was almost tempted to believe in his innocence. Above: Paula couldn't help contrasting the at- tentiveness of Claude Kimball with her husband's indifference. Below: Vincent sees his wife Paula, too, and tries to hide behind the beautiful blonde Margot. Left: Anytime is coffee time for Gary. Center: With his first wife, Virginia Cherrill. Right: Studying radio script for airshow. The Cary Grant I Know Never too busy to make friends or lend a helping hand, Cary Grant is tops wherever he goes Right: Movie executives at first considered the cleft in Cary's chin a colossal stumbling block to his career, but took a chance! Below: Cary found a good friend in Betty Hensel after di- vorce from Barbara Hut- ton. Right: Cary, a mu- sical comedy hero in his early days on Broadway, has an excellent reper- toire of popular songs. By Dennis O'Keefe MAYBE you've heard how sore Cary gets when autograph hunters step out of line? I saw the start of his resentment against such lack of con- sideration. A number of us were appearing at a char- ity benefit at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium in Los An- geles a few years ago. Finally, Cary had ten minutes out of the whole evening to devote to his own party. .eft: Cary relaxes on location. Center: Everyone Cary knows on the lot is sure of a cordial greeting. Right: Lunch in the studio commissary. He was carrying four milkshakes across to his table when a dopey guy upped to him and, with great rude- ness, demanded belligerently, "Hey, sign your name, willya?" Cary, juggling the four glasses, gasped, "What with — my feet?" The man instantly became very incensed and began shouting insults. Cary, being a man with a normal temper, shouted back. Cary believes, as I do, that actors are public serv- ants to the extent that they're paid to be. In our free time, however, off salary, we think we belong to our- selves, our families, and friends. Cary has packed a potent punch all the time I've known him. I first saw him sixteen years ago when I was a bit player and he had just arrived in Holly- wood. He walked onto a set to watch us from the sidelines. My dancehall scene with Miriam Hopkins went over all right, I guess, but I was suddenly burned by the competition I sensed out of camera range. There stood this handsome fellow with the keenest tan I ever gaped at in high envy! He achieves almost chocolate color. The next thing I noticed was the way the extra girls were all flocking around him. _At first, there were only a couple of girls gaping at him, and then there were eight. Being a vain male, naturally I was disgusted with this intrusion on my private harem. At that point he hadn't done a thing in pictures — except to my ego. I muttered to myself after inquir- ing about him, "Grant has got to go!" In spite of me, as you know, he stayed. Not easily, though. At the studio where he'd been signed, I heard via my secret pipeline that the big boys in the Front Office didn't know what they could do with him. They were wor- ried something colossal because he had that cleft in his chin. "How can we ever photograph him?" they moaned together. One executive swore Cary was no bet "be- cause his head is egg-shaped." (Please turn to page 67) Left: Cary is serious on set; is sometimes brand- ed "difficult" because he wants many rehears- als to improvise new bits of business for each scene. Below: Studying script for a benefit per- formance. Left: Cary dramatizing an incident for Virginia Field and Constance Moore at a formal Hollywood party. 31 All's well with the world os newlyweds Cyd Chorisse ond Tony Martin plan to blend careers in a little house with big, spacious rooms By James L. Carling ""^7"ES, this is a lovely place, isn't it? Just W living here makes us all the more anxious to have one that's really our own." So said Cyd Charisse — a nice alliteration which we'll break up by adding "Mrs. Tony Martin," if you prefer. There certainly was no doubt that the brown-eyed, fresh-faced and dis- tractingly pretty young lady herself preferred it. Wedded bliss was written in that starry gaze and ready smile. She was as radiant — you should pardon the simile — as a new bride. The fact- that she was one probably had a lot to do with it. The house that Cyd referred to was in West- wood, and the scene of our interview. She and her singer-husband, Tony. Martin, had just leased it for six months. It wasn't a pretentious affair, as houses in that neck of the woods go, but it seemed a tidy spot to hang one's beret. I made such mention. Cyd, curled up on the davenport with her pink toes peeking out of some kind of frivolous but fetching sandals, hastened into more explicit explanation. "Oh, we're wonderfully happy here, and so grateful and delighted to have it. But you know how it is when you're yearning for a place of your own, with everything just as you've always dreamed it should be. Tony and I have that Left: Cyd Charisse, formerly a ballerina with the Ballet Russe, plays her best- liked role to date in "On An Island With You," even though she sprained a ligament in her leg during a dance routine. Below: Toes of Cyd's slippers are patched on set between dances. 3ny Martin look A/ie&d kind of dream house in mind. Some day — not so far away. I hope — we'll build it." The all-important subject broached, Cyd launched into a glowing description of the hacienda which she and Tony had used up quantities of midnight oil and restaurant table- cloths in planning. Hearing her enthusiastic words, and watching her bright, animated face as she spoke, I couldn't help but form a charm- ing picture of the place in my mind, even if there were points at which I became sort of un- coupled from Cyd's eager train of thought. "It's to be all one story," she pursued, ges- turing with graceful, dancer's hands. "I love long, low places. Only this one can't be too big. We really want a little house, very small, but with big rooms. And a pool, maybe, but not too large, either. A middle-sized one." "A little house on the outside, with big rooms on the inside," I repeated. "I've got just the man to design it for you — Rube Goldberg." She laughed. Though it hardly seems possible, she's even lovelier when she laughs. "Now you're making fun of me! Well, I guess I do sound a little mixed up. I'm so excited I'm in a perfect tizzy." She had a right to (Please turn to 'page 59) Above: Cyd and Tony Martin, at home, after a two weeks' personal appearance at London's Palladium, and an interrupted honeymoon in Paris and Switzerland. Right: Even Cyd's off-guard poses are grace- ful. She's currently appearing in MGM's "Words And Music." Above Right: Tony Martin first met Cyd Charisse at MCM while he was mik- ing "Till The Clouds Roll By." Coifing is one of his favorite sports. ^£44 * am ^'le b°nn'e' b\onde wife of Dick Powell and star at Metro-Goldwyn-Moyer has two Techni- trCCftG /TCvwvW^ color productions coming up, 'The Three Musketeers" and the musical "Words And Music." COBIMA WRIGHT S GOSSIP OF HOLLYWOO SONJA HENIE certainly lived up to her current role as "The Countess Of Monte Cristo" by royally entertain- ing 300 of her friends at a lavish garden party which made Hollywood social history! Sonja always gives an annual party here in Hollywood and, believe me, it's a party worth waiting for! This time Sonja outdid herself, transforming the gardens of her beautiful Bel-Air estate into a veritable fairyland, with figurines and statues carved out of ice placed around the lawn where cocktails and champagne were served. Snow white swans glided gracefully across the surface of the swim- ming pool and white flowers garlanded every corner of the vast estate. When page boys with trumpets summoned us for dinner, my escort, the Earl of Warwick, and I went up to the tennis courts, over which Sonja had constructed a huge and colorful pavilion. As we entered we thought for a moment that we had stepped into a flowering orchard. Everywhere, over the in- dividual tables and all around the sides were great branches of cherry blossoms and the fragrance was almost over- powering. The tent was open at one end to provide a back-drop of wind-driven clouds, while candlelight, flickering on the gleaming silver of the tables in the foreground, completed the enchanting scene. (Please turn to page 65) Jimmy McHugh, Elizabeth Taylor, Ann Miller and Cobina Wright at McHugh anniversary party. Ann does beautifully in "Easter Parade." 36 D 3 Helpful, easy-to-follow advice on ho> By Yvonne De Carlo SO YOU'RE lonely. Because of your loneliness you are also mis- erable and unhappy. You think you're the loneliest girl in town and believe, quite honestly, that this never happened to another femme. Cheer up, gal. It happens to all of us — but it's not incurable! Glamour girls in Gary and Galves- ton can be just as lonely as a mousey little chick in Hohokus. And a movie star in Hollywood, com- plete with mink coat, swimming pool and what may seem like lots of dates, can be in that exact state of loneliness! Unique circumstances that surround a single girl who has had any success in movies complicate and magnify her problem. I know! But let's consider you other femmes first. Usually the best cure for loneliness is to get more interested in other people than you are in yourself. Stop fretting and worrying about little ol' you, or you'll build personality barriers around yourself that will make you a bore — and lonelier than ever. Conversely, if you are sincerely interested in other people, in their personalities, achievements, ideas — and show that you are — they will like you, and you won't be lonely. Today, with every newspaper and magazine of- fering advice on how to be attractive, I don't think many further words from me are needed on that subject. I do suggest, though, that every girl should look her best — and then concentrate on other things which are more important. I believe that lots of lonely girls are ones who worry too much about being "glamourous." The best dressed girl in the world is just about as inter- esting as a show window (Please turn to page 70) Yvonne with Dan Dur- yea in "Black Bart." They also appeared to- gether in "River Lady." f A2£ Uut M? Musicians, P/ease/ Doris Day, standout recording artist for Columbia, with the Page Cavanaugh Trio who appear with her in "Romance On The High Seas," sprightly musical. IF DORIS DAY never weeps again she has wept enough for a lifetime. Last year she wept on Director Mike Curtiz's shoulder, and wept herself right into the starring role of his second independent produc- tion, "Romance On The High Seas." Most thoroughgoing job of sobbing this town has seen since Sylvia Sidney drenched the Paramount lot. "Me? Dramatics? I don't know anything about acting." Doris gulped between sobs in Mr. Curtiz's office. "The only part I ever played was a duck in a Mother Goose play. The only thing I want is to go back to Cincinnati." In the midst of a fresh deluge she tore out to the powder room to repair her face, and stop a run that was making headway in her left nylon. She couldn't have been more unglamourous if she had worked on it. "What's the matter with that girl?" asked Curtiz in bewilderment. Doris' agent, Al Levy, shrugged. "A sax player. Her husband. The kid's upset about his unhappiness." Mike Curtiz is a sympathetic, understanding soul. When Doris re- turned he said, "I think you have personality. Could you manage a little laugh for me? That's it. I am going to give you a screen test." Doris would have much preferred that he gave her a ticket back to Cincinnati. But she said thank you, and took the test. ("Who is this Curtiz?" she asked her agent.) Then back to her lonely room at the Hotel Roosevelt, to sit by the phone and cry. It finally rang. But it wasn't her husband. It was Jack Carson tell- {Please turn to page 69) Top to Bottom: Doris Day and Jack Carson during "Romance On The High Seas," a Michael Curtiz production. A top recording artist herself, Doris is a relentless fan. Her next picture for Curtiz featuring that honey voice of hers is "My Dream Is Yours." Marital unhappiness has not made Doris Day cynical about men and marriage By Elizabeth Wilson nother Detfah tribute to the charm of American ^^^^ ffi -faff srnan HELLER AND SON, INC., FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK In "Julia Misbehaves," Greer Carson beguiles four men at once; she wheedles Reginald Owen into paying her creditors so she can sail for Europe; coquettes with Cesar aboard ship, and does a stint in his vaudeville act in Paris; flirts with wealthy Nigel Bruce in order to borrow money to buy her daughter's wedding gifts; but reweds Walter when she falls in love with him all over again. Rugged Cesar Romero can't resist Greer Carson's devas- tating charms in "Julia Mis- behaves," boisterous comedy Above: Greer stands saucily by as Walter Pidgeon, Cesar Romero nearly come to blows over her. Walter is shocked by Greer's flirtatiousness and lack of inhibition, but secretly thinks she's very exciting, while Cesar decides nothing as terrific as Greer ever happened to him before. Right: Between scenes, Cesar obligingly (and sadistically) treats Greer's broken finger nail with an outsized file. Far Left: Barbara Stanwyck's navy linen bolero suit with gay dotted blouse and lining, is accented by a chatelaine of gold coins at the belt. Left: To refurbish an evening gown, Paramount player Margaret Field wears an old lace collar as a ber- tha with a perky black velvet bow. Right: Margaret sweeps back her hair, pairs a gold leather girdle from another frock with the same gown for a sophisticated occasion. Above: Smart divided skirts will replace the less becoming slacks in the leisure hour wardrobes of style- conscious college and career girls. Far Left: Smoke grey and winter white are combined in Gail Russell's wool suit. Separate light-colored jackets will be a Fall fashion note. Left: Ilka Chase leads the revival of the hostess gown in a brown and white print challis with cummerbund and lining of crisp brown taffeta. Right: For more romantic evenings, Margaret catches her full-skirted dance frock into a bustle and adds a nosegay of old-fashioned flowers. EDITH HEAD'S tips on the new fashion trends (Edith Head, who has been the top designer at Paramount for ten years, will advise you each month about clothes, just as she does the many Hollywood stars who go to her for practical advice.) The Fashion News Of The Month is the divided skirt . . that wonder- ful little skirt that combines freedom and femininity. It will be worn on the college campus, for sports, and for leisure hours at home. I don't like women in slacks or clam-diggers. They reveal too much that should be con- cealed. The divided skirt makes you look like a girl and gives you trouser freedom. And don't forget, they're smart from a style view. The divided skirt is ideal for career girls' comfort at home. You might like one in black velveteen with a top of shell pink jersey. I particularly like mine in grey flannel with yellow or plaid flannel shirts. * * * Another New Idea is the little shawl-coat. Anyone can make it. Everyone will love it. Take a piece of material about 40-inches long and about 20-onches wide. Then, to keep this rectangle in snug position, belt it with a 3-inch wide strip of the same material. Sew just enough of it along the wide side of the material so that it goes across the back of your waistline. The ends are loose to tie in front. Make one of shell pink jersey to match the top of your divided skirt outfit. Line it with black to match the skirt. Wear them in prints over dark dresses. Wear them as an apron and let the lining show. Wear them for warmth, to help make over a dress, to look smart, day or night. They go glamourous, too. Loretta Young, during the shooting of "The Accused," ordered one of these little shawl-coats in ermine to wear with white and black crepe dinner dresses. Olivia de Havilland, between fittings for "The Heiress," asked me to design one in pale pink slipper satin frosted with glittering black jet beads. For casual wear, Gail Russell has one in scarlet and black plaid wool to wear over a black wool dress. * * * Use Ideas Instead Of Money and you can make five evening dresses out of one. We did it for Margaret Field, one of our young players featured in Paramount's "Be- flasks Designer Edith Head demonstrates to Margaret Field how two bunches of white violets tucked into side poufs add new life to an old dress. yond Glory." You might start with one good black velvet dress. Now dig around in the scrap basket, or reaeh into the rear of your closet. Maybe you have a hat from which you could remove the trimming. We took a pink rose and a black rose, plus some un- used veiling from a hat and draped it over the dress for one styling. We found a lovely gold leather belt that once belonged to another dress. It transformed the dress again. We changed it further by making little tucks at the sides and slipping in bunches of white violets. Incidentally, when you pin flowers on a dress, you must always make a tuck or fold as a reason for tacking on the posies. You can't just pin them on any place and have them look right. If the dress has sufficient length in the rear you can easily make a bustle and accent it with a bunch of flowers. An old. but still good collar will give it another look for another occasion. Making dresses, you know, is a lot like cooking. Most women can use in- genuity in the kitchen, but not in the sewing room. But it's fun to try. * * * Most Stars are not rolling in wealth as you might think. (Please turn to page 66) 45 The most popular girl at the Hop was Lois. Poor Alan never had her to himself for an entire number. Woebegone, Lois gets stood up for an afternoon date. Later, Alan frantically explained his absence. the POINT Sixteen-year-old Lois' stay at West Point made her first trip East even more fun. At the Point, Cadets Alan Packer, Ed Freedman, of Connecticut, vied for Lois' smiles and company, but Alan proved the more adept strategist. He became the little honey-haired sweetheart's steady swain, even showed her Flirtation Walk, the Point's busiest byway. \N\mVv We/ Go' Tmw ttmf There's no room for worry in the plans Dole and Roy have made for the Rogers family By Dora Albert Dale enjoys the early a.m. job of dressing Roy's youngest, Dusty, nearly two years old. Roy, proud of hir 15-year-oM palomino, Trig- ger, plans many more picture roles for him. Grandma Sh/e, Roy'r mother, likes reading the comic books to Cheryl and Linda Lou. Above: Colorful family portrait shows Cheryl, Roy, Dusty, Dale and Linda Lou, wearing Western movie costumes. For the girls' future, Roy prefers happy marriages rather than careers. Dusty loves to ride and in a year or two will appear with Roy Rogers in a Republic Western. Right: Dale gives Dusty his evening bath. Roy Rogers, Republic's top Western star, currently in "Nighttime Below: After making 24 Westerns together, Dale Evans and Roy In Nevada," kisses Linda Lou goodnight as Dale smiles approval. Rogers co-star for last time in Republic's "Bells Of San Angelo." IN THE course of more than fifteen years of inter- viewing, I have found that the most successful people usually plan as far ahead as possible. Today Roy Rogers is Cowboy No. 1 on all screen polls. His fan mail averages 80,000 letters a month. He has traveled over 200,000 miles on personal appearances, and has won friends on every one of those miles. Every pic- ture he has made, from his first to his latest, "Eyes Of Texas," has been sure-fire at the box-office. "It took me ten years," Roy says frankly, "to establish myself as a name in pictures. No actor in this business can make a hard-and-fast plan very far ahead, but I ' hope that in the next ten years I shall become independ- I ent enough so I won't have to worry about the future. Also I want to make enough to take care of my three children and to provide college educations for them if they want them. If they don't, I won't force college down their throats." We were talking in Roy Rogers' new home, a Spanish type house with modern ranch furniture selected by Roy and Dale Evans (Mrs. Rogers) . It's a charming house which you approach through land literally covered with . eucalyptus trees, acacias, mock orange trees and dozens | of other kinds of trees. The house is the type you usual- ly find only in secluded spots hundreds of miles from j Hollywood, yet it has the great virtue of being only a ten-minute drive from Hollywood. There is ample space , here for all of Roy's and Dale's most treasured dreams. Roy plans to stock the trout pool on the grounds with '< fish, and to build a badminton court, parking lot and basketball court on the front grounds. , All the furniture in the house — carefully selected by | Roy and Dale — is extremely comfortable. In the living i room, the chairs were uphol- (Please turn to page 72) 91 Left: Richard Widmark and his wife, the former Ann Heath, and their young daughter, Jean. Be- low: Dick, with William Mauch and Donald Buka in "The Street With No Name," 20th Century- Fox film. Bottom: Barbara Lawrence, who plays his wife, with Dick in the same authentic melodrama. Screen! and Solute* Richard, Widmark THERE are many "one-picture tors in Hollywood. That's how they classified Broadway's Richard Widmark after his sensational screen debut as the gangster with the horrible laugh 'Kiss Of Death." Lightning like that only strikes once. But when you see Dick in "The Street With No Name," again playing a gangster, but minus the h.l., you'll see how wrong they were about his giving his all in "Kiss Of Death" and having nothing left. He's even better, although his portrayal this time is not as spectac- ular. Dick is equally menacing under- playing a role. He's first the actor, sec- ondarily the villain. A gifted performer, Dick's certainly not one to be typed. FRED ROBBINS EMiO&J Top your listening list with the best in bouncing blues, be-bops and boogie HYA, Max! Is it balm your ear lacks? Well, let's fill it with wax, 'Cause ice've got it in packs! WAH. wah, wah! And a mess of long, low, unbelieving whistles! Look what Mama Nature hath wrought! Those colors are enough to make a rainbow look down and take note! Trying to count 'em is like trying to keep up with all the fresh sound bub- blin' in the cauldron this month. But there's oodles of nice stuff to satisfy the inner man — or even woman — in the hear- ing department, so if you'll just step this way we'll show you some pretty fall fashions that'll arouse your passions. Alors! HEAVENLY! STAN KENTON: The long Leanster follows up his album of "Progressive Jazz" which is causing more controversy than that November deal, and comes forth with a fetching etching that's good gravy for sure — no 'bout adoubt it! I mean "Interlude," a beautiful, slow, moody tone opus with lotsa Stan at the ivories. Lovely fluff! Flip makes up for Junie Christy's mistake on "This Is My Theme" (don't ever remind her of it!) wherein she rings the bell with nice vocal ri TV on the great jazz standard, "How High The Moon." S'loaded with all the zest, riff and holler you can stand. Pro- gressive, schmessive! (Capitol) JOHNNY DESMOND: Ah-h-h, here's BEST IN THE NEST "For Heaven's Sake" — Claude Thorn- hill (Columbia) "Don't Blame Me" — Nat Cole (Capitol) "Have You Ever Been Told" — Benny Goodman (Capitol ) "East Of Suez" — Charley Ventura (National) "It's Magic" and "It's You Or No One" — Sarah Vaughn (Musicratt ) "Candy Store Blues" — Tony Harper (Columbia ) "P.S. I Love You" — Johnny Desmond (MGM) "Kesn And Peachy" — Woody Herman (Columbia ) "Just For Now" — Frank Sinatra — (Columbia ) "Put 'Em In A Box" — Ray McKinley (Victor) i Perry Coma drops in on Fred Robbins airshow for a dulcet duet during his New York visit. Perry has one of the big roles in MGM's "Words And Music." Turhan Bey, the Eagle Lion star, born in Tur- key, takes over the turntable on Fred Rob- bins WOV broadcast and learns some new jive expressions to color his English vocabulary. Jane Russell puts her pretty hearing flap to earphones on Fred's program. Singer Monica Lewis and Fred exchange news and views on disk jockey's airshow. SCREENLAND 51 where you soar to the clouds as my man "Desmo" unwinds those potent adenoids on his first MGM cookie, "P.S. I Love Voii," and "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight." Soul satisfying salve! (MGM) DINAH SHORE: Oh, what a lucky baby little Melissa Montgomery is to have purring like this in her pink little ear all the time. "Baby Don't Be Mad At Me" will certainly shush any crying spell, even if you're a baby 'tween 18 and 25. Side behind is the nice tutti- fruiti, "May I Still Hold You?" (Colum- bia) FRANK SINATRA: "Just For Now," "Everybody Loves Somebody." This new slab finds Nancy's Daddy in choice voice in a brace of the creamiest, dreamiest hunks of shellac in ages. (Columbia) WOODY HERMAN: Don't throw any water on me, just Iemme burn! Here comes that Herman Herd and how! And what a great new gang it is — tight, clean and hitting you right where you bellow, fellow! There's "Keen And Peachy," and "I've Got News For You." (Colum- bia) VAUGHN MONROE: "There's Mus- ic In The Land," "Every Day I Love You." Right out of Vaughnie's larynx comes a brace of hits from "Two Guys From Texas." (Victor) RAY NOBLE: Gosh, how that Noble guy dresses up a song! Takes these two from "A Date With Judy," "It's A Most Unusual Day" and "Judaline" and makes little gems of 'em. (Columbia) DICK HAYMES: Aside from those two bits of cactus from "Two Guys From Texas" — "Hankerin' " and "Everyday I Love You" — the kid who sings from his toes has a fresh album that'll soften you to death — just like oceans of lotion. It's the "Irving Berlin Songs Album" and Richard has Carmen Cavallaro behind him on "All Alone," "Cheek To Cheek," "Lady Of The Evening," "Say It Isn't So," '"Say It With Music," "The Girl On The Magazine Cover," "The Song Is Ended." Never did Mr. Berlin's ma- terial sound so resonant and sonorous. Richard kills me! (Decca album A-65£) MARTHA TILTON: Fine Hltin' by Marty on "Ready, Set, Go" and "Blow, Gabriel, Blow." Chick has a beat that's so very-very, a great rhythmic sense. (Capitol) ALSO EAR WORTHY: BILLY ECK- STINE'S "I'm Falling For You," "Mr. B's Blues." . . LOUIS JORDAN'S "Run, Joe, There's A Man At De Doh," calypso sequel to "Stone Cold Dead In De Mar- ket" and a big hit! (Decca) . . . JERRY WAYNE'S "I'd Love To Live In Love- land" and "Your Heart And Mine" in same vein as "You Can't Be True, Dear," earworthy because of Jerry's nice gur- gling. (Columbia). . . HARRY JAMES shows how ballads should be played as the band gets under "Hankerin' " and "I Don't Care If It Rains All Night." (Columbia) . . . MARGARET WHIT- ING'S "It's You Or No One." "Nobody But You," "A Tree In The Meadow" and "I'm Sorry, But I'm Glad." (Capitol) . . . CLAUDE THORNH ILL'S "For Heav- en's Sake," a lush, exquisite waffle which every bandman would do well to dig. (Columbia) . . . BING'S "Haunted Heart" and "Moonlight On A White Picket Fence." The owner of the Pitts- burgh Pirates at his most Crosbyish. (Decca). . BILLY BUTTERFIELD'S "Malaguena" and "Afternoon In Au- gust," two instrumentals. (Capitol) . . . GORDON MACRAE'S "It's Magic," "Spring In December," "Hankerin'," and "I Went Down To Virginia." Every- body's Macraezy and no wonder! Dig Gordie in Warners' "The Big Punch." . . TEX BENEKE'S got an enticing slic- ing on "Hankerin' " and "I Don't Care, Etc." (Victor) . . RAY McKIN LEY'S "Put 'Em, Tie 'Em And Throw 'Em" and "You Came A Long Way From St. Louis." (Victor) . . . And don't dare skip NAT COLE'S "Don't Blame Me" and BENNY GOODMAN'S "Have You Ever Been Told," (Capitol) . . . And SARAH VAUGHN'S "It's Magic" and "It's You Or No One" is like lush landscaping. Magnifique! (Musicraft) HOT!!! TONI HARPER: Here's a little ras- cal whose meter's been ticking only nine years but you should hear her sing the "Candy Store Blues." S'right from the middle of the griddle with amazing phrasing and unusual feeling. (Columbia) DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS OR- CHESTRA: Come and dip into a mess of distinctive impressions — ethereal, suave, witty, relaxed, but all "mood" El- lington. The Duke at his royal best on "On A Turquoise Cloud," "Hya, Sue," "New York City Blues," "Lady Of The Lavender Mist," "Golden Cress," "The Clothed Woman," "Three Cent Stomp" and "Progressive Gavotte," bringing that 18th Century hop right up to snuff. (Co- lumbia C-16^) THELONIOUS MONK: The High Priest of Bop, Thelonious, the originator of be-bop, comes on with another ample sample of his originality on "Evonce" and "Off Minor." (Blue Note) RAY BAUDUC AND HIS BOB- CATS: A litter of the cats from the Bob Crosby band under his old drummer's leadership waxing potently with some 1. Always look for the silver lining. Don't bother about the gold one be- cause Crosby already has found it. 2. Don't let sleep interfere with your happiness. 3. If at first you don't succeed, play 18 holes more. 4. Early to bed and early to rise gives you better closeups. 5. A little moss won't hurt you. Stop rolling now and then and relax. 6. Give till it hurts — the tax man will get it anyway. In reference to that silver lining, Bob's big point is that you'll never see the darn thing unless you are engaged in some occupation you really enjoy. "I can see that silver — and I don't mean box-office lucre — -when I'm up be- fore an audience performing," he told us. bubblin' Dixieland on "L'il Liza Jane" and "W'hen My Sugar Walks Down The Street." Don't let anyone tell you all bop or dixie is nowhere! (Capitol) ALSO FINE: CHAS. VENTURA'S "I'll Never Be The Same," tenor sax au gratin, and "East Of Suez." (Na- tional) . . . CHUBBY JACKSON'S first etching for MGM, "The Happy Mon- ster" and "L'Ana," wild, weird, unor- thodox, wonderful noise. As Chub calls it, "the music of tomorrow the day after." FROM THE MAN IN GRAY To JIM JASPER, Lawrence, Kans.: Marlene Dietrich has made a batch of cookies. There'll soon be a reissued al- bum on Decca. . . FRANK GALLE, Elmira, N.Y.: Dick Farney is a Brazilian lad who recorded for Majestic until they folded. But you'll be hearing from him, don't worry. . . FRANK CHILMONIK, Flemington, N.J.: Don't think Joan Les- lie ever made any cookies. . . ALBERT OU, way down in Kimberley, South Africa ( wow! ): Jane Powell made some biscuits for Columbia, none with Frankie, and she's 17. . . JULIE SOULAKIS, Pasadena, Calif.: You can cop the "Good News" album at any jive dive. Son MGM. Yeah, that Lawford really comes on strong. What's he got that this kid hasn't? Don't answer that!. . . ANN ELSTON, Bluffton, Ind.: Gene Krupa's waffle of "Gene's Boogie" is available on Columbia anywhere. Write to him c/o Music Corporation of America, N.Y. And watch for the short subject G.K. and F.R. did together, "Thrills Of Music" for Columbia pix. Tell your theatre mgr. you'll hit him on the head with your skate key if he doesn't play it. . . MAR- JORIE FOWLER, San Francisco, Calif.: Guy Madison did summer stock this season. Address letters to Fred Robbins, Screenland Magazine, 37 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. "Anyone gets a kick out of acclaim, and I'm honest in saying that it makes me feel good to have people laugh at my jokes. "Another thing, my work is so diversi- fied that 1 never lose interest. Having a lot of things to do keeps you on the move. You really never know what is going to happen next. People would never get bored if they learned to do several things and switched around now and then." When you examine the record closely on Hope, you find that his activities couldn't be more diversified if he were quintuplets. He is the only comedian on radio who also adheres strictly to a pic- ture-making schedule. He grinds out three films every year, and admits him- self that it gets a bit rough at times. "I usually try to make one of my pic- The Serious Side Of A Jokes tec Continued from page 26 52 Screenland tures while I'm off the air in the Sum- mer," he explained. "That makes it just like a vacation." Even when he's going through that Summer lull, however, he still has ump- teen things to keep his eye on. He has a little outfit called Hope Enterprises, which embraces just about all his activi- ties, although the main function is the production of his pictures. He has a board of directors meeting of this com- pany once every week to see what is go- ing on in his life. Bob brushed through his other com- panies quickly, alluding here and there to such set-ups as The Hope Metal com- pany in Cleveland, the fact that one out- fit is working on a deal to bring out a Bob Hope doll, The Hope Driving range in North Hollywood which is operated by his brother-in-law, John Mallon, and other items too involved to be of interest here. Anyway, we got the general idea of diversity in his life. We also got slightly dizzy. "I have so many things to think about," he said, in summing up this first point, "that I try not to think of any- thing for very long at a time. I know if I attempted to think of them all I'd go wacky. And anything is better than going wacky." In light of what has already been said, Bob's No. 2 rule, "Don't let sleep inter- fere with your happiness," hardly needs explaining at all. He was specific on this rule, however, and apparently it is important to his scheme. For one thing, he inferred that he has developed a system of squeezing eight hours of sleep into seven. That is, he fudges when he goes to bed by doing some high-powered thinking about plans for the following day before he blanks out his mind and goes to sleep. "I also find it helpful to grab a fast cat-nap during the day, say about a half- hour job," he confessed. "Most of the time I'm being prodded from too many different directions to think about sleep." Bob's rule No. 3, "If at first you don't succeed, play 18 holes more," is prob- ably the most important one of the whole lot — as far as he's concerned. It also ties in very closely with Rule No. 5, "A little moss won't hurt you. Stop rolling now and then and relax." "I don't believe in exercise," he de- clared, "that is, unless you call golf ex- ercise. I call it play." Although Bob could get along with only golf as his chief relaxation, there is another diversion that soothes his mind. This is driving In his car. "I want to make it clear, though, that I don't have a radio in my car," he added. "It is ah ideal way to get away from other come- dians, especially when they're funny." Rule No. 4, "Early to bed and early to rise gives you better closeups," is ex- tremely important in Bob's business. Any actor will tell you that he can't afford to miss out on his full quota of sleep every night while facing a camera during the day. "A camera has a way of being par- tial to bags under the eyes," Bob laughed. Judging by the constant gyration of Bob's life, you wouldn't think he paid much attention to the second sentence in his rule No. 5, "Stop rolling now and then and relax." But you can see by his Love-quiz . . For Married Folks Only WHY DOES HER HUSBAND PREFER TO STAY OUT NIGHT AFTER NIGHT? A. Because this wife has not bothered about their intimate marital happiness. Q. How has she failed? A. By not practicing sound feminine hygiene with a scientifically correct preparation for vaginal douching . . ."Lysol" in proper solution. Wouldn't soap, soda, or salt do just as well? Q. A. Q. A. Never! They're makeshifts. They can't compare with "Lysol" in germ killing power. "Lysol" is gentle to sensitive mem- branes, yet powerful against germs and odors . . . effective in the presence of mucus and other organic matter. Kills germs on contact. Do doctors recommend "Lysol" for vaginal douching? Yes, indeed! Many leading doctors advise their patients to douche regularly with "Lysol" brand disinfectant just to insure daintiness alone. Safe to use as often as you want. No greasy aftereffect. Three times as many women use "Lysol" for feminine hygiene as all other liquid products combined! KEEP DESIRABLE, by douching regularly with "Lysol." Remember — no other product for feminine hygiene is more reliable than "Lysol". . . no other product is more effective! For Feminine Hygiene rely on safe, effective FREE BOOKLET! Learn the truth about intimate hygiene and its important role in married happiness- Mail this coupon to Lehn & Fink, 192 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield, N. J., for frankly informing FREE booklet. Easy to use . . . economical A Concentrated Germicide CITY_ -STATE_ Product of Lehn A Fink SCREENLAND .33 constant endeavor to get in relaxation that he by no means ignores this point. We cite from the record that during the war years he traveled a total of .500.000 miles, giving free shows mostly, at home and abroad. It didn't strike us that he had given himself much of a chance to gather any moss. This brings us to rule No. 6, "Give till it hurts — the tax man will get it any- way." Being more than modest, as comedians go, Bob would have to append that crack about the tax man to this rule rather than give his real conclusions about giving. He won't even do much talking off the record about the happiness he has found in helping others, but again the known record on Bob will speak for itself. His constant round of benefits brings in small fortunes to various charity causes every week. To him it is an evening's work, a matter of making people laugh, but when they count the gate receipts later it is a different matter. As long as the great percentage of his earnings goes to taxes, Bob has dis- covered he can give generously of his talents, and this is the chief answer to the question of how he does it. For example, he recently has been giv- ing his radio show from various cities around Southern California. Instead of doing the usual half-hour job, he builds up a two-hour show, including the half- hour radio stint, and turns it into a giant benefit performance. He has done this time and again during recent months to prove that if he gives a little harder somebody besides the tax man will benefit. He takes home his radio salary, and the entire receipts at the auditorium where he is working goes to some charity or public fund. Acting on the theory that a man could get in plenty of extra licks if he was doing something he believed in, Bob set a record in 19-16 for the number of shows any person ever gave in one month. He did 33 shows in 29 cities around the country in 30 days. Then, while he was still coasting so to speak, he sat down and wrote a book about it. He called it "So This Is Peace," and it put a lot of black' ink on the ledgers of still another of his companies. Hope Publications. While on the subject of publications, it might be added that Bob takes time out every day to work on his syndicated newspaper piece. Although there is so much activity in the life of Hope the comedian and busi- ness man that one almost forgets he has a family, he still finds time to see quite a of his wife and children. This is accomplished by holding many of his radio conferences right at home. '"\Nitli all the writers around, my living room begins to look like a Greyhound bus -tat ion," laughed Bob, "but still it's home." The first thing Bob does when he gets out of bed in the morning is to spend as much time as his schedule will allow with his four children, Nora and Kelly and Linda and Tony. Nora and Kelly are still less than a year old and do much to start Bob off in a warm, paternal frame of mind. But with eight-year-old Linda and seven-year-old Tony it's different. "I have a great time playing with the two little ones upstairs and then I go downstairs and battle with the two older ones," he said. Bob didn't feel it necessary to go on at length over the part played in his life by his family. "It would be obvious," he told us, "to say that my family provides me with a lot of drive, because this is a factor that helps any man work harder. But you know, my children are getting to be very helpful in the little things, too. When I take them to the movies they wake me up when I doze off." Of all the reasons Bob gave us for his lady newspaper editor and politician that she'd turn Democrat. Ava Gardner has been made a full- fledged, star by her studio, Metro-Gold- xvyn-Mayer. In line with her new status, the beauteous Ava now has two dress- ing rooms, one a portable for the set, the other a fancy job in the bxiilding which houses all the other important MGM stars. The central piece of decoration in her new) studio home is a still from her first picture, ''We Were Dancing," which shows Ava peering over Norma Shearer's shoulder. Robert Z. Leonard directed that one and is also piloting Ava through her role in "The Bribe." She's the only gal in this picture — quite a change from her first movie stint. — o — Hold onto your squeals, gals! Because you ain't seen nothin' until you get an eyeful of Montgomery Clift, who gets an- other big break in "The Heiress." He's the boy there's been so much fuss about since he appeared in "The Search" and "Red River." You're gonna lose your heads — and your hearts — over this boy, believe me. — o — ■ Mike Steele, the good-looking young actor-model, invited us to a party at his house. So we went. And had a fine time. Agnes Moorehead and her husband, Jack Lee, Richard Basehart and his wife, John Ireland and his ex, with whom he's still very friendly, were all there. Mike served some amazing hors d'oeuvres — they're little tiny round specks until dropped into hct fat, then they turn into great big gadgets that look like potato chips, but taste like shrimp. What won't they think of next? — o — 7 think I have this all straight now. In "Take Me Out To The Ball Game," Esther Williams does a dance with Gene Kelly, sings a song with Frankie Sina- tra, is tossed around by nine members of an adagio team for a dream sequence, and swims not a single stroke. This is supposed to be official, even though it's been printed that Frankie dances, Gene sings, and Esther swims. — o — Richard Conte's passion is collecting old shaving mugs and he has about sixty-five, three of which are very rare ones from tremendous capacity for work, the thing he left unsaid is probably his. greatest asset- — his well-known sense of hum :r. This was particularly true when we tried to get serious with him about the heavy taxes he has to pay on his income. "I love paying the taxes, really I do," he chuckled. "It's nice of them to give me a fleeting glimpse of the money as it goes through my hands. At least it convinces me I'm doing something. As a matter of fact this isn't generally known but I don't really pay income tax any more. They collect the money now and send me living expenses which saves me the cost of an auditor — tricky, eh?" England. Dick's dad used to be a barber and started him off with all he owned. The Contes use them for cigarettes and matches, plants, egg-nog. Even had sev- eral of them decorating the old-fashioned hatrack in their hall, but their guests started trying to knock 'em off, a la duck- shooting, so Dick parked his treasures elsewhere. This hard-to-impress town of Holly- wood is but really on its ear over "Lend An Ear." the bright as burnished brass stage review which has been playing to packed houses at the Las Palmas The- atre. Bill Eythe, who had none too happy a time on the screen as a heavy, emerges as a talented tongue-in-cheek comedian in the cleverly knit skits that are loaded with deft young entertainers. As if Bill didn't have enough to do on stage, he also produced and directed the company through some twenty hilarious numbers. Looks as though the boy has found his niche at last. My. spies tell me "Lend An Ear" has had some very attractive offers to take the show to New York, London and on the road. Joan Crauford has at last won part of her battle to put the story "Miss O'Brien" on the screen. This is the tale of the plight of American school teachers and Joan felt so strongly about the need for a picture like this that she bought the property from Warners, who had agreed to make it and then changed, their minds. As soon as Joan finishes "Flamingo Road" and "The Ballad And The Source," she'll do this one, having a hand in its production as well as playing the school teacher. Good gal, Joan. — o — Shirley Temple and Jack Agar on the set of "Baltimore Escapade," their second picture together, have a firm rule not to let their young'un, Susan, visit them at the studio when they're working. — o — Imagine Jeanette MacDonald's panic when she discovered she'd lost her wed- ding ring on the set of "Sun In The Morning," practically on the eve of her eleventh wedding anniversary. But there's a happy ending — one of the actors found it. The actor's trainer was trying to get her into a scene, but she just kept paw- ing the rug. Finally Rudd Weatherwax What Hollywood Itself Is Talking About Continued from page 20 54 S GREENLAND Are you in the know ? □ She's shy □ She's a glow worm □ She's a vacuum cleaner went over to see why Lassie was pawing the edge of the rug. Yep, there was the missing wedding ring. Jeanette, who is crazy about dogs anyway, is trying to figure out a suitable reward for Lassie. People collect the darndest things — Van Johnson presented Marina Koshetz, the gal who does such a swell comedy part in "Luxury Liner," ivith a china pig that looks just like him, even to the freckles. Marina has a collection of over ■300 of these little figurines and the gag is that the pig has to resemble the per- son who gives it to her. She has some amazing likenesses. Maria Montez is off to Europe in a bright red huff — she's had so many battles with producers over billing and roles and was so disappointed that Hedy Lamarr got the femme lead in "Samson And Delilah" that she decided she'd go eat worms — uh, I mean Paris food and make her pictures there for a spell. — O — Janet Leigh seems to be the darling of the MGM lot. When she had finished "Words And Music," Director Norman Taurog asked her to wait for one more closeup. He then put on the record "You're The Sweetest Girl In The World" and the crew all joined in sing- ing the song to her. Then the crew pre- sented her with a letter repeating the words of the song and signed by all of them. In a town where the star usually presents the crew with presents at the windup of a picture, this is news. — o — Too Bad Department: The marriage of Barbara Lawrence and Johnny Fon- taine on the rocks. Hear these kids were secretly married in Mexico long before their legal marriage here. — o — Jane Greer and Ed Lasker welcomed a young man into their family — he's named Albert, after his grandfather. Watch Jane's career zoom now that RKO has discovered what a great bet they have in her. By the way, both Jane and Ed were disappointed that Albert wasn't twins. They felt that since there are twins on both sides of the family they were entitled to 'em. — O — Bill Williams, who hasn't made a pic- ture for quite a spell on account of a back injury which laid him up for a year, is back on the RKO lot making the pic- ture, "The Clay Pigeon." We hope this is a whizzer of a picture — Bill was off to such a good start when ole man bad luck hit him. — o — Cary Grant and Betsy Drake, on the set of "Every Girl Should Be Married" and other places, seem to have a pact not to talk about each other — especially for publication. 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Added to their personal sorrow, is the unhappiness caused by a local colum- nist, who printed they were expecting soon after they learned the good news them- selves. In vain the Millands pleaded it be withheld for a reasonable length of time. Even their best friends didn't know. But to the columnist, it was much more im- portant to be first with the news — and last as a kind human being. What price fame! — o — When Clark Gable departed for his European vacation, the studio gang, who lunch with him daily, really gave him a send-off. They all wore sailor caps to the table. Clark's place was banked with seasick remedies, water wings and one of those new envelope-sized French bathing- suits. The one thing we know he didn't take along with him, was a book titled, "What Every Young Man Should Know!" — o — Meet Marlene Dietrich, the most glam- ourous grandmother of the year! When daughter Maria gave birth to an eight- pound son, La Dietrich's old friend, Di- rector Mitch Leisen, bought her an old- fashioned rocker. He painted it white and gold. Across the top he lettered the one word — "Granny." Mitch will present it to Marlene to use as a set chair, when he directs her next picture. You know she'll love it! — o — Even Hollywood was shocked at the in- formality of the Robert Walker-Barbara Ford wedding. Originally they planned to be married on her father's (John Ford) boat. Then at the last minute they de- cided against having guests, etc. They were actually eating in a drive-in when Bob said, "Let's do it now!" They rounded up witnesses, gave a jeweler thirty min- utes to show up with a wedding ring, had a judge meet them at the Beverly Hills Club — and that was it. Barbara didn't even have time to change her costume. Bob wore a plaid shirt — without a tie! — O — The most sexy star to hit the MGM lot since those early Joan Crawford days is Ava Gardner. We happened to visit her the day she tossed off a torrid little tune for "The Bribe," in which she co- stars with Robert Taylor. Ava was wearing a gown (for want of a better name!) of black chiffon over nude net. By some strange coincidence (?) every- one from Gable to the gateman, just "happened" to be on the set. At least Gary Grant is serious about Betsy Drake's — career. His discovery, who plays opposite him in "Every Girl Should Be Married," went with Cary to a dinner party. Early in the evening, he got her wrap. Everyone screamed — "How come?" Cary quietly explained that Bet- sy was having a portrait sitting in the morning and must look her best. Nice guy and considerate, too! — o — While Lana Turner was honeymooning in Europe, her Bel Air house was put up for sale. The Bob Toppings have wonder- ful plans for a place they intend to build. When people discovered Lana's house was open for inspection, the curious came in droves. Now the house is shown by ap- pointment only — and to those who can prove they are prospective buyers! How would you like to live in a goldfish bowl? — O — Now you know this could only happen in Hollywood! Weeks in advance, Van and Evie Johnson accepted an important dinner invitation. The day of the party, the Johnson's baby nurse was sick. One servant was off, the other on vacation. So guess who volunteered to be a baby- sitter? None other than Van's best friend and Evie's former husband — Keenan Wynn! We always knew they were real sensible people. Remember a couple of months ago — we told you that the Bogarts were ex- pecting? Our source of information was so reliable, we felt safe in passing on the news. Well, Bogey and his number one "Baby" have now made the official an- nouncement. And you should see how tender a "tough guy's" face can be, when Bogey talks about it! Now you know why Ea Bacall preferred a suspension, to wearing a bathing suit for that role in "The Girl From Jones Beach." — o — WARNING : Lucille Ball is at large and unless you want your hair cut, don't come near her. It's such a passion with Lucy, she even takes sharp shears to Hollywood parties. Recently, we were invited to Eve Arden's. There, in the center of the room sat our hostess. Behind her stood Madame Ball, the hair stylist, nonchalantly snipping away while the other guests played gin rummy. Ah Hollywood! — o — Olivia de Havilland doesn't need a press agent — not as long as mother na- ture is cooperative. She and Marcus Goodrich live in a canyon. When they go for their mail, they have to beat their way through the brush. One day they found a rattlesnake curled up cozily in the mail box! Need we add, Olivia's next release is "The Snake Pit!" SCREENLAND Mr. And Mrs. Tony Martin Look Ahead Continued from page 33 be excited. In five days she and Tony, her bridegroom of a week, were to fly to Europe. Cyd's first trip since 1939, when her days there as a ballerina with the famed Ballet Russe were abruptly ter- minated bv the German invasion of Poland. Tony. I knew, was slated to play two weeks at London's great Palladium. Fol- lowing this, he and Cyd were planning to fly to Berlin and Vienna, where Tony would entertain American troops. Then they'd return to Paris and continue on to Switzerland. It was to be a six-weeks' honeymoon for one of Hollywood's hand- somest and most romantic couples. Difficult though it was to lure Cyd's thoughts from the trip and future plans. I finally harried the poor girl onto other subjects, feeling like a brute all the while. I came up with a very respectable life history of the young lady. Her name sounds French, but actually she was born deep in the heart of Texas — Amarillo, to be exact. She came into the world on March 8, to the gratifica- tion of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Finklea, who liked girls. Mr. Finklea. though a jeweler, loved the ballet, and undoubtedly the vision of his infant daughter, Tula Ellice ( Cyd's real name), waving her arms and legs sturdily in her bassinet convinced him that she was born to dance. She began lessons at the age of 8, and showed such talent that her father built a practice bar and mirror in their home. When Cyd was 12, her Amarillo teacher advised more advanced instruction than he could give, so arrangement wTas made for the child to come to Hollywood to study under Nico Charisse. Two years later Nico introduced the lovely 14-year- old to Colonel de Basil, of the Ballet Russe, when the company was playing in Los Angeles. Cyd was promptly signed as a member of the troupe. After tour- ing the United States for a year, she was ready to leave for Europe with the Ballet when word came that her father was dying. Cyd left for his bedside immedi- ately, and the company sailed without her. A year later, however, the Ballet re- turned to Los Angeles, and Cyd was re- signed. This time she went with the troupe to Europe. Shortly thereafter, when Cyd was just 16. she and Charisse were married. The Ballet was in Monte Carlo when Hitler's onslaught against Poland took place. The company quickly booked passage back to the United States, providing Cyd with what she re- calls as her most thrilling, if terrifying, experience — the crossing of the over- loaded, blacked-out Aquitania over a «nbmarine-infested Atlantic. Back in Hollywood, on May 7, 1942, a son, Nicky, was born. Three years later Cyd obtained a divorce from Charisse. She ended this recital a trifle out of breath. I gave her a generous moment, and then inquired interestedly: "How did you make the break into pictures?" 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I think I'd like to reach the point of being able to play any part, ranging from comedy to high drama, with the added ability to handle occasional roles which require dancing if Mich pictures should just happen along." "At the moment, then, you're letting terpsichore boost you up the ladder of screen success, but somewhere around the top you'll take off on your own?" Cyd laughed again. "That's one way of putting it, I guess. I definitely want to become known as an actress, not a dancer. But dancing is helping me to get parts, and they seem to be increas- ingly important from the acting stand- point. My role in 'On An Island With You' is a very nice one." "I'm surprised you consider it so," I said. "If I'm not mistaken, that was the opus in which you did a dance sequence with Ricardo Montalban and tore the ligaments in one of those educated and elegant gams. How long did it lay you up — two months, wasn't it?" "Yes, in a plaster cast," Cyd confessed, but added lightly: "A ballerina takes those risks, though. It's nothing. The doctors still tell me I mustn't dance for a while, but they're wrong. I know they are; I know by the feeling of the muscles that it helps rather than hurts them to be used." "Get ready," I said, briskly changing the subject. "A switcheroo. When did you first meet Tony Martin?" Smiling, Cyd answered, "About two years ago." "Was it love at first sight?" The smile broadened. "Not quite. As a matter of honest fact, I was completely unimpressed with Tony. He was making a picture on the MGM lot, and some- body said, 'There's the handsomest, most wonderful man working here. You'll have to meet him — Tony Martin.' And I said, 'Oh, him'!" "The buds of love-in-bloom getting a frosty start," I murmured. "What caused the change of mind and heart?" "Well, Tony had the same agent I did. A party came up about a year later. You know how these Hollywood parties are apt to be; I was paired off with Tony as my escort. After spending what was actually an enforced evening with him, I realized I'd been figuring the young man somewhat wrong. In fact, I liked him a lot. He seemed to like me, too. He be- gan calling regularly, so. . . ." "So one thing led to another and final- ly up to the altar," I said. "Nice travel- ing. How are you doing in the domestic picture, Mrs. Martin? Are you a good cook?" Cyd laughed apologetically. "Not very, I'm afraid. But," defensively, "I make wonderful cheesecake, if I do say so myself." "I know," I grinned. "I've been through the MGM picture file." She blushed. "Stop it! I mean the kind you eat, of course. Tony adores it, and it looks as if he'll have to live on it until I catch on to other things." "What are your likes and dislikes?" I asked. "Well," Cyd considered, wrinkling her nose in a way that will be worth millions to MGM. "I don't like hats, never wear 'em. On the other hand, Tony loves hats on women — big ones. The hats, I mean, not the women." "So, on you he'll save money. How about the likes?" "Shoes, and good food, and French poodles. And shrimp curry. Oh, I'm insane about shrimp curry!" "For a gal with a shape as streamlined as yours," I said quizzically, "you refer pretty frequently and tenderly to grocer- ies. Am I to understand, then, Mrs. M., that you don't have to bother with diet- ing?" "Heavens, no! I eat whatever I want. It's such fun! I couldn't get fat, you know, with my dancing." "Um," I said, taking a peek at my waistline. Oh, well. "What do you do for hobbies, aside from that?" "Aside from eating?" "No, no," I said hastily. "Dancing." "Oh. Well, I swim quite a bit, and ride horseback. That's supposed to be bad for dancers, but I don't care — I like it. And then I collect dolls. I have them from lots of foreign countries." "Who's your favorite actor, and ac- tress?" 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And in the morning when Claude sent her an orchid corsage Paula sighed as she added that to the grand total. She was still groaning over it when the maid announced that a Mr. Gaylord wanted to see her, which really wasn't necessary as the caller was already stand- ing in the doorway. One eye was a livid bruise, the other was fixed balefully on Paula as he asked her where she had been the night before. Then before she could answer he went on belligerently. "I happen to be the man who was engaged to flirt with you for one hundred dollars and expenses. Well, it's going to cost you more than that now. After all your husband assured Mr. Burke there would be no violence." Paula looked at him incredulously. "You mean Mr. Burke told my husband about this." "Naturally!" the man said disdainfully. "I would never have accepted the part otherwise." So that was it. No wonder Vincent had such a wonderful time, just sitting there watching her make a complete fool of herself. 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I finally saw Mr. Fraser last night and I might add that she's very beautiful, especially in contrast to her companion who acted like a hurdy-gurdy monkey and looked the part.'- she finished triumphantly knowing she had scored the whole way. For Vincent was completely deflated. He was like an abject small boy when he came into the bedroom as she was dressing for that evening's date with Claude. He sounded so sincere as he buttoned up her dress for her that she was tempted to believe him when he ex- plained that Mrs. Fraser was the head of the Mesdames Cosmetic Company and he had only been trying to get the ac- count. "She was making it hard for me," he explained. "She likes to keep men dangl- ing. Margot was always . . ." "Margot!" Paula almost screamed the name. "So that's who Mr. Fraser really is!" And after that Vincent couldn't even get a word in edgewise. Paula was going to Reno and that was that. It was easy enough to be firm about it when Vincent kept begging her to reconsider. 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However, if you're not too dis- tracted by the luscious Grable and a singing and dancing Doug Fairbanks, you might pick up the thread of the story which has to do with history re- peating itself and bringing together two people who had been fated for each other over a period of 300 years. Doug plays a dashing Hungarian hussar who cap- tures Countess Betty's heart and castle, and ousts Cesar Romero, her unkissed bridegroom, from both. It's all rather confusing, but gay. Coroner Creek Columbia EXCELLENTLY acted and directed, this picture becomes more than just another Western. With Randolph Scott relentlessly tracking down the man who caused his fiancee's suicide, the picture moves quickly to a smash-bang finish. Before it does, however, George Macrea- dy as a fanatic who is ruthless in his aim for power, plays one of the meanest roles ever portrayed on the screen. Marguerite Chapman, Sally Eilers and Barbara Reed add interesting touches of femininity. This is one of those too few Westerns with all the action, drama and excite- ment you could ever want, but you never feel the shooting and fist fights are there only to cover up an inferior story. Embraceable You Warner Brothers DON'T be misled by the title— this is not a musical. In fact, it's anything else but, because if you cry easily it's a two hanky picture (Dane Clark must have used at least one, himself). To start off, Dane Clark is a young ne'er-do-good with a police record and Geraldine Brooks is a homeless dancer whom Dane runs over as he's driving the get-away car from the scene of a murder. Though Miss Brooks shows no visible ill-effects, her life from that moment is doomed. When Clark learns this, he is forced to make her remaining days as happy as possible though he has no money and is being pursued by both a gang of killers and a soft-hearted cop, played by Wal- lace Ford. This is your dish if you like loads of emotion and smiling-through- the-tears. Black Arrow Columbia BASED on the Robert Louis Steven- son book of the same name, you get a heavy larding of knights in shiny white armor, damsels in distress and a black- hearted uncle — yup, George Macready, again — who is not above killing his own brother. Back from the wars, young Louis Hayward learns of his father's treacherous death and swears vengeance, plus his love for the fair, haughty lass, Janet Blair. After much sword-play and time in a dank dungeon, Hayward suc- ceeds in besting Macready in a furious battle on the tournament lists while his true love looks on. Yuungsters will like this, but how young can you get? 64 ScREENLAND Cobina Wright's Gossip Of Hollywood Parties Continued from pape 36 BLONDES! Picture such a setting peopled with stunningly gowned beauties like Loretta Young, Jennifer Jones, Dorothy Lamour, Betty Button, Ann Miller, Constance Bennett. Arlene Dahl, Judy Garland, Dinah Shore, Gene Tierney, Ann Ruther- ford, Ingrid Bergman. Anita Colby, Joan Fontaine and Constance MoOre and you would stop to catch your breath, too. No wonder Stuart Barthelmess flew all the icay out from New York just for this party. The most fun of the evening occurred later on when space was cleared for dancing and Sonja announced a contest, with prizes awarded after each set. Dr. Peter Lindstrom, Ingrid Bergman's husband, "jitterbugged" off with a hand- some prize for his "hep-cat" routine with Celeste Holm, which was really a classic. Constance Bennett won a magnum of champagne, Loretta Young's grace was awarded a lovely set of cocktail crystals. Clark Gable waltzed off with honors in the male division and Clifton Webb was presented a Baby-Sitter's nursing bottle! I had a long chat with Sonja who told me that Universal-International, for whom she made "The Countess Of Monte Crista',' is planning to do her life story. When I presented the Earl of Warwick to lovely Arlene Dahl, she exclaimed, "He's so handsome, Cobina, he ought to be in pictures!" We all laughed because, before the War, the Earl did come to Hollywood and made several films under the pseudonym of Michael Brooke. But now his business and his position in Parliament keep him in England. SO many of the same group from Sonja's gala event turned up the next day for the party which Harry Crocker gave for our great friend, Jimmy McHugh, the song writer who is cele- brating his twenty-fifth anniversary in the music business. Joan Fontaine, Clark Gable, Ann Mil- ler, Diana Lynn, Loretta Young, Eliza- beth Taylor, Rhonda Fleming, Bonita Granville and Hoagy Carmichael were just a few of Jimmy's friends who joined in the congratulations. Harry Crocker mastered the ceremonies which included a two-piano team's medley of all of McHugh' s song hits. Hoagy did a hilari- ous version of his new "Monkey Song" and operatic star Dorothy Kirsten gave a beautiful rendition of "Sweethearts," with Sigmund Romberg, the composer, for her accompanist. It was a very informal, gay afternoon, the surprise part of which was a swim- ming exhibition in Jimmy's big pool by Olympic champs, boy and girl "aqua- bats," whom Harry Crocker had induced to come and stage a water show. There teas even an aquatic "dance routine" by two of the mermaids in the group. Some of the spectators got splashed, but nothing could really dampen the enthusi- asm of the guests. ALMOST anyone who has ever driven along the beach at Santa Monica and has passed the great Colonial estate- on-the-sands where Marion Davies lived for so many years, has said, "I wonder what it is like inside." Well, a great many of filmland's fam- ous got their first glimpse of the luxuri- ous interiors, vast rooms and sweeping staircases, when "Oceanhouse" held its formal opening as an exclusive club. My dear friend, Marion Davies. who has such charm and wit, has bought a new home in Beverly Hills and sold the famous "beach house" to a group of icealthy clubmen who have converted it into one of the swankiest clubs you have ever seen, with accommodations for overni' ht and weekend guests. The premiere party at Oceanhouse teas certainly a star-studded event. In the great Gold Leaf bar. which was formerly the ballroom, I was greeted by Connie Bennett and her husband, Col. Coidter, Sylvia Sidney and Carleton Alsop, Norma Shearer. Lady Furness, Atuater Kent and Garbo. Dancing on the wide starlit verandah, which overlooks all of Santa Monica Bay. I noticed Ava Gardner and Howard Duff, with that look in their eyes. Anne Baxter and John Hodiak cheek-to-cheek and pretty Peggy Knudsen with young Bill Hearst. One of the most stunning gowns of the evening was that which Joan Crawford wore. It was of heavenly white lace, set- ting off her wonderful deep tan and, in- cidentally, that fabulous 5100,000 brooch Joan lost at Slapsie Maxie's, but fortun- ately recovered. There were many beautiful gowns, in- cluding Garbo 's Valentina creation and the off-the-shoulder dream dress Ava Gardner wore. * * * BUT I think I should add a note here : about men's fashions. The other j afternoon at a tennis party and tea at 1 the Joseph Gotten7?. I had to blink at the brilliant hue of Douglas Fairbanks' shorts. Then I learned from Jennifer Jones and Pat Medina (Mrs. Richard Greene) that Joe and Doug, who are neighbors, have been engaging in a sar- torial duel. Gotten started it by showing up for a home-made movie at Doug's house, wearing navy blue and white checked plus-fours with red golf stockings. 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This is particularly true of young starlets who have to go to a certain number of previews, openings, and press parties. They can't let people say, "There's Mary Smith in the same black velvet dress." They don't usually have unlimited funds for an extensive ward- robe, so they have to use ideas instead of money. Fall Colors will include lighter shades this year. Winter no longer demands black, except perhaps in New York or London. There is a great mass of humanity who look good, and feel good in light colors and they'll be wearing them this year. Winter white will be good. Smoke grey, a soft, pale shade, will also be very popular. Winter Revivals will bring back the hostess gown. Any career girl, even if her day's work con- sists of dreary filing of papers, will get the same feel of pampered luxury as a star, when she has dinner at home in a pretty hostess gown. It's good for the morale to know you look nice at home . . it's refreshing and relaxing to go from the files to the femme fatale look. The hostess gown worn by Ilka Chase in Paramount's "Tatlock's Millions" is a simple and effective design in brown and white print challis with a brown taffeta lining and cummerbund. Say It With Sashes and also with cummerbunds, the wrapped -around sash. The "between world" is where the skirt and blouse meet. It's often a designer's dilemma. So now that it's smart to wear sashes . . gay leather belts and cummerbunds . . wear them! Mona Freeman, with a black velveteen skirt and black jersey top, wears a cummerbund wrapping of tour- quoise blue and flashing geranium pink jersey. Gail Russell likes to wear plaid wool skirts and sweaters. For that smart touch she wraps her waistline with three strips of suede in brilliant colors. Slars In The Sky have more clothes problems than most women who fly across the country. Stars must have an ample wardrobe for per- sonal appearances and all that. Maureen O'Sullivan worked it out cleverly when she flew to Ireland. She took two black taffeta dresses . . one short for day and one long for evening. She also took plenty of changeable ideas. She did it with color, with blouses and with sashes. Pale pink blouses took the place of the taffeta top for evening . . and crisp white ones made lovely day changes. She took sashes of bright green and sashes with jewel trimming. Her one jacket was Victorian, with enormous puffed sleeves. Incidentally, when Maureen packed, she put all her sashes inside of those sleeves. Gloves Can Glorify a costume, and they are in my opinion, more important than a hat. I'm a great believer in cotton gloves. You can buy the short colored cottons in the stores for very little money now, so you don't have to fuss with dyes to get the right color note. And little white cotton gloves . . I'd advise every career girl to invest in a stack of them so that she always has a fresh pair to put sparkle into her costume. The Hood Is Good I think that with this new feeling of femininity, even the career and the cam- pus girls will wear hoods. The stores are showing new sweaters with hoods at- tached, and it's a neat trick to put dif- ferent colored scarves inside the hoods, to accent a color scheme. For Thut Smart Look the young Hollywood players are buy- ing twin scarves . . perhaps one in pink polka dot and one in green. They tie one around their hair and the other around the wrist or waist. They're using black or dark green velveteen scarf- squares and draping them like a bustle. They,re Wearing * smocks again. Not the utility over- garment but little numbers that are new. They are styled along similar lines of the old type smock, but they have precise slits on eacli side, and belts either across the front, back, or all around. Veronica Lake has one in black lace and she wears it over slim-skirted light-toned dresses. Fall And Winter Fashions will carry plenty of "back interest." This includes buttons down the back, sashes, bows, bustles, etc. So turn your sweaters around, keep an eye out for bright sashes and remember you can add a bustle to any simple dress by draping a big square scarf. Young Girls who work either in an office or in the campus library, are expressing their clothes ideas with more ingenuity now. If they want to pin their necklace at their waistline, they do it. And why not? Barbara Stanwyck fastens to a plain gold chain, all kinds of jewelry odds-and-ends, and wears it at her belt. Save the stray earrings, the extra stud or button, the odd coin, the charms, and let them all dangle from the chain in mad confusion. If the stars seek fashion ideas for dis- tinction, every young girl needs them for that and economy, too. 66 SCREKNLAND A proper sense of values also helps fend off loneliness. All girls go through a stage of wanting to have dates with the Big Beautiful Guys, the ones with muscles, money, a convertible and danc- ing ability like Gene Kelly's. Later on they learn to appreciate boys or men for what they are; they weigh their good qualities, look at them with a proper sense of appreciation for character. Another sure way for a girl to become lonely eventually is to "play the field" of dates too hard and too long. The con- firmed coquette after a while palls on any boy or man. He gets a very definite idea that she is fickle and finally turns his attention to a possibly less attractive girl, but one on whom he thinks he can depend for companionship and under- standing. Still another mistake many girls make is being obvious about wanting to get married. Men just don't like to be rushed or pushed into matrimony. They are scared away by a girl who is foolish enough to be unsubtle about her eager- ness for orange blossoms. I need hardly mention that a girl who possesses a good sense of humor, who is companionable and gay, interesting and stimulating, is never a lonely girl. She has lots of dates and beaux. But as she gets older, if she has not married and would like to, she'll find outside influ- ences may complicate her life. Suppose, for example, she is a successful career girl. Lots of men are afraid that these girls will want to continue their careers and will think more about their work than about marriage. These men are either afraid of competition — afraid their wives would be more successful than they — or they are selfish, wanting to be undis- puted bosses of the household. What- ever the cause, if a man with that fixed idea seems the ideal mate for some career girl, my suggestion is that she give up her work for a year at least and concen- trate on her homemaking, for that first year of marriage calls for the greatest amount of adjustments. Perhaps later her husband will change his mind. The career girl may also discover that her own success and financial status con- tribute to her loneliness because unmar- ried men her own age are afraid they can't spend money in the manner to which they think she is accustomed. To confine dates to men who are Some- bodies is to be a snob. Nobodies are fre- quently just as interesting and probably have more in common with our theo- retical career girl. Besides, Nobodies are tomorrow's Somebodies, a thought not original but certainly true. Naturally it is fun and exciting being with successful men because they, almost without exception, have the energy, am- bition and talent needed for success; those very qualities make them interest- ing companions. But waiting for them ex- clusively leads to loneliness. Waiting around for things — whether dates or anything else — just doesn't pay off. Do something about it! If you think you're in a rut of loneliness, if you're young it's probably because you are too self-centered. Extreme shyness is es- sentially egocentric. You should make a concerted effort to adjust yourself to your surroundings, friends and compan- ions. If you are older and working, do that too, but in addition try to get a complete change on your vacation. Save money all year, if need be, for that change. Take a trip that will give you a different perspective. Feel assured that you can bump into romance anywhere, but don't tackle the vacation with the desperate determination to Get That Man. That scares 'em off, as I said be- fore. Be interested in the things you see, the food you eat, the people you meet. Get your mind off yourself! Being personal, I've always wanted a trip to Europe. The War made it im- possible for years, after I could afford one. Then I thought it might be more fun if I waited until I married and could go with a husband. But since I've not married, I finally decided after finishing "Casbah" that I'd better do something about my trip, and went alone. I flew the Atlantic, motored through Switzer- land, France and Italy. I enjoyed every minute of it because it was the change I needed. The same can be true of other, not-so-far-off places. In Hollywood, you see, there exist all the previously discussed causes for lone- liness, plus other factors — which you might remember the next time you are in the doldrums. Take the matter of men shying away from the too-evident idea of marriage. Here, even if the girl doesn't give that impression, the columnists do. After just a few dates the man and girl are said to be altar-bound. All too often the man bolts, because he has no such intention. At least in your home town you don't have to cope with publicity that blights many a romance here! As for men being afraid of successful career girls, they seem to regard actresses as the Nth degree of such. Then, too, actresses do quite well financially and often have larger incomes than some of the nice young men they might like to marry. We also have a high rate of transient male population; nice guys who come in from New York on picture or radio assignments, and then go back again. There are, too. although the Chamber of Commerce doesn't like to admit it, more women than men in Hol- lywood— which means that some of the girls, however glamourous and success- ful they might be, won't find enough dates to go around. But when an actress is working in a picture, she usually gets up at 6 a.m., which doesn't allow for many dates, for in the evening she must study for the next day's scenes. Additionally, the camera picks up the least signs of fatigue in one's face, so that limits dates to one or two at the most each week, if a girl really cares about her career. Mind, I'm not saying, "Pity the poor Hollywood Glamour Girl." But I do say a lot of H.G.G's. are lonely, and partly because of the aggravated pattern im- posed by our town and industry. 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That would make a leprechaun turn even greener with envy. Save the easy, automatic way- wiih U.S. Savings Bonds Contributed by this magazine in co-operation with the Magazine Publishers of America as a public service. Where Do We Go From Here? Continued from page 49 stered under Dale's supervision in a linen fabric with a Mexican print motif. On both sides of the room, there are flower pots, one with Dale's name, the other with Roy Rogers'. These are moored to the shelves where they stand, so they can never be knocked off. On one of the chairs Dale sat, a picture of domesticity, with Dusty, Roy's six- teen-month-old buckaroo, on her lap. Roy comfortably lounged on another chair. It's obvious that all of Roy's plans include Dale. They're one of Hollywood's most refreshing couples — and how Roy could plan anything ahead without Dale by his side is more than I would know. Roy and Dale first met four years ago when they were both cast in "The Cow- boy And The Senorita." It was the first Western picture in which Dale had ever appeared- — in fact, the first she'd ever seen — and if it hadn't been for Roy's patience and kindness, she might not have had the courage to remain in West- erns. "I thought Roy was fair, level-headed, down-to-earth, like the people from my home state, Texas," she says. "He was never temperamental." In the past year they've grown to mean more and more to each other. They were married in December, 1947. Roy said, "My plan includes acting in pictures for the next ten years, if I re- main popular enough as a Western star. Dale, Gabby and I are planning a radio show together, and Dale and I want to go on rodeos and personal appearances together. "The overhead on the rodeos is so high that they are booked only in cities having very large arenas. But I want to meet all my fans — not only those who live in big cities. There are probably hundreds of thousands of people living in small towns which don't have enough people to support a rodeo. But Dale and I want to go to those towns and meet those people. To do that, we'll have to change our routine somewhat." "Do you think that, on the whole," I asked. Roy, "your life as a movie cowboy has been a good one? Would you be willing to have your children follow the same career?" "There have been a lot of heartaches," Roy admitted, "yet I'm certainly glad that I became a movie cowboy. And I'd like Dusty to become one, too — if he takes to it. Somehow I think he will When he's about three or four, I'm going to have him appear in one of my pic- tures. Already, when he gets on a pony, you can't pull him off, so I think he'll enjoy the experience. "As for the girls — five-year-old Linda Lou and eight-year-old Cheryl — I'd rather see them marry happily and raise families than have careers. But some- times I have my doubts as to whether I'll be able to get Cheryl to see things my way. Right now Cheryl says she will never marry. She seems to be the executive type. 72 S GREENLAND "One day she said, 'I'll never get married, because I don't want any bosses.' "Dale said gently, 'Well, honey, you'll have a boss anvvvhere you go through life.' "Regardless of what kind of school the children go to eventually, we'll send them to public school for a few years. That's so they will meet not only the children of wealthy parents but all kinds of youngsters. We want them to learn to live with all kinds of people and never to acquire any taint of snobbishness." Roy has loved children all his life, and so the children are an important part of all his plans. In fact, his feeling about children is so intense that he has never missed a chance to help any child who npeded help. Once when an eight-year- old boy, Dennis Rogers, was in the Los Angeles Hospital as the result of an automobile accident, and was going blind, he told a nurse that more than anything else in the world, he wanted a Roy Rogers cowboy shirt and boots. Roy heard about it. He didn't simply send the shirt and boots and let it go at that. Instead he went down to the hospital himself, bringing them with him. The boy recognized Roy's voice, was thrilled, and with groping hands, fondled his idol's face. Then he touched the cherished gifts which he had wanted and dreamed about. With the help of Roy, he got dressed in the outfit. Part of Roy's ten-year plan takes in not only the future of his own children but the future of children all over America. In honor of Roy, groups known as the Roy Rogers Riders have been built up all over the country. These are boys who admire the cowboy star, and write in for his photograph. Aware of the fact that a Western hero has a great deal of influence on youngsters, Roy worked out a set of rules that any boy would be the better for following. These may later be published in book form especially for young people, but Screenland has the privilege of bringing these rules to your youngsters for the first time in any magazine. "Roy Rogers Riders are right with these rules. Study them and obey them to be a member in good standing of the Roy Rogers Riders," says Roy. 1. Right to be courteous and polite. 2. Right to be prompt — make it a must to be on time. 3. Right to obey your parents and persons older than you. 4. Right to eat all your food — wrong to waste it. 5. Right to always tell the truth. 6. Right to be brave — wrong to take chances. 7. Right to love our flag and our country. 8. Right to study hard and learn all you can. 9. Right to be kind to animals and care for them. 10. Right to protect the weak and help the poor. In any ten-year plan of Roy's, his horse Trigger necessarily has to figure. Trigger has been an important part of Roy's career, and Roy himself told me that his favorite picture was one which glorified Trigger, "My Pal Trigger." "If Trigger is still in good health for the next ten years, I shall keep him and use him in my pictures," Roy promised. "He's now fifteen. Many palominos are fine till they're thirty. I hope that will be true of Trigger. "If anything should happen to Trig- ger, I have two-year-old Trigger Jr., one of Trigger's colts — and he's out of this world. He already knows a good share of Trigger's tricks." In addition to his movie plans, Roy has merchandising tie-ups which will also help take care of his wife and the three children around whom he has built his life and his hopes for happiness. For the past five years his business agents and Roy himself have been selecting things with which they could be proud to have the name "Roy Rogers" asso- ciated. Merchandise has included shirts, blue-jeans, gun holsters, dolls, sports- wear, rings, leather jackets, slacks, belts, wallets, lassos and spurs and many other objects associated with the West and with Roy. He himself takes an active part in supervising the selection of the designs for these, and is associated with the actual manufacture of the lassos and spurs. Once, Roy decided to have a cowboy suit made in miniature for his son Dusty — a tiny duplicate of his own suits. A photograph of this suit attracted the at- tention of a manufacturer who sought and obtained permission to have the suit duplicated for merchandising. Roy, of course, gets a percentage of all such sales. The three Rogers children are proud of their own Roy Rogers suits and dolls. Dusty has the Roy Rogers doll, Cheryl the Trigger doll, Linda the Dale Evans doll. Who was to get which doll was decided by placing the names of the dolls on slips of paper and drawing lots. 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PRESENT J* « ENTERPRISE STUDIOS DANA ANDREWS * LILLl PALMER Best role of his life ! and The "Body And Soul" girl ! LOUIS JOURDAN Screen's newest big star! DISTRIBUTED BY METRO GOLDWYN MAYER with JANE WYATT and NORMAN LLOYD • Screenplay by ARNOLD MANOFF V PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY LEWIS MILESTONE SCREENLAND Stronger Grip Won't Slip Out G LIFE is just a bowl of bubbles — is the way Doris Day sings it! She bought a new house, so now her young son and mother can come West to live with her. Then her estranged hus- band (George Weidler) arrived in town with Stan Kenton's band. He called Doris up, they drove to the beach and talked until dawn. They saw each other daily until the band left. They know now how much they love each other. There are no future plans, except that eventually they'll be together — always. — o — Pity poor "Tarzan" — or Lex Barker to you. After wrestling with lions all day at the studio, he came home and found his family in a turmoil. His pet New- Hedy Lamarr, next in "Samson And Delilah," at Stork Club with Comedienne Bea Lillie. Abbott and Costello greet their $30,000 contest winner, Mrs. Bessie M. Lawrence. ScREENLAND foundland had been arrested for wander- ing through Beverly Hills unleashed. It cost "Tarzan" $15 to bring the "savage beast" home again! There have been good days and bad days, since Van Johnson first came to Hol- lywood. Never once has he lost his en- thusiasm. That's why he got a terrific kick out of 20th Century-Fox borrowing him for "Mother Was A Freshman." When he tried to get a test with that company, they couldn't see him. Now he's going to co- star with Loretta Young. Once upon a time Van used to send her fan letters! — O — ■ It happened at the preview of "John- ny Belinda." When the picture was over, Betty Bligh and Ronald Reagan get in groove listening to the King Cole Trio at Ciro's. Pat O'Brien, of RKO's "The Boy With Green Hair," takes the missus to Del Mar races. There was temptation in her helpless silence eiat Whei IREVER motion pictures are shown "Johnny Belinda" will be the most discussed drama this year . . . Never has the screen been more fearlessly outspoken. Rarely, if ever, has there been a story of a young girl's betrayal to touch you as will this one. You certainly will want to see it — we urge you to watch for the opening date. WARNER BROS. present a daring and courageous new dramatic achievement JANE WYMAN • TEW AYRES With this nprforninnrp .Innp Wvman TKo rlr»^tr»- firot t-r* find V»ov ocrrof With this performance Jane Wyman unquestionably establishes her talent as among the very foremost on the screen. The doctor first to find her secret, first to share her shame. "Johnny Belinda" CHARLES BICKFORD DIRECTED BY PRODUCED BY AGNES MOOREHEAD- STEPHEN McNALLY • JEAN NEGU LESCO ' JERRY WALD Screen Play by IRMGARD VON CUBE and ALLEN VINCENT ■ From the Stage Play by Elmer Harris ■ Produced by Harry Wegslatl dibble ■ Music by MAX STEINER SCKEENLAND 7 counted Have you joined the Tampax millions? Surely you know that a great many other women heartily approve of Tampax and if you have not adopted it yet — why not? This modern monthly sanitary protection clears away all the worries caused by the older "outside" method. For Tampax (the invention of a doctor) is worn in- ternally and the user actually is unaware of its presence. No belts, no pins and no external pads are worn with Tampax. Therefore no bulk to slow you down. No edge-lines to fret about. No chafing and no odor. Nothing in fact to distract your attention or lower your self-confidence. . . . 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The name is Bickford — not Pickford!" — o — Personal to Montgomery Clift: Ever since they saw you in "The Search," Hollywood's glamour girls have been dy- ing to meet you. They know you are single and unattached. Recently you came out to play opposite Olivia de Havilland in "The Heiress." Two lovely ladies (we promised not to reveal names) have made a bet. For the one who dates you first, the other buys a John Fred- erics' hat! We just thought you'd like to know! — o — Dan Dailey temperamental? The studio was stunned when their favorite joy boy asked for a week off from "Chicken Every Randolph Scott and Mrs. Robert Cummings, their cross- table partners, at same party. Sunday." When they got him on the phone, he finally confessed that his horse had stepped on his foot and he couldn't walk! With a sigh of relief, they quickly arranged to shoot those scenes where he just lies on an Army cot and talks. But what a ribbing Dan took from Celeste Holm and the rest of the cast! — o — Sonny Tufts and Victor Mature blush with shame when they walk on the "In- terference" set. Real gridiron stars are being used in this story of American football. Next to these young giants, Sonny and Vic (ivho both weigh over 200) look like sissies. Incidentally, when they were searching for the right direc- tor, they ended up choosing Jacques Tourneur, a talented Frenchman! It could only happen in Hollywood! — o — For technical reasons they had to sus- pend Ray Milland, when he refused to make "The Mask Of Lucretia." But they still love him at Paramount. Durina the Ceorge Raft dances with Lita Baron, Rory Calhoun's favorite date, at Del Mar Hotel. Accepted for Advertising by the Journal of the American Medical Association The Jack Wrathers, of "Strike It Rich," lunch with Bonita's mother at Brown Derby. Mickey Rooney has something to say in favor of salads to Hollywood Brown Derby waiter. 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Burt declined to co-star with Hollywood's number one glam- our girl, because he had already made plans to tour the vaudeville circuit, doing his old circus stunts. Humphrey Bogart does not forget — which only adds to the irony of this story. About six years ago a talented young actress played a small part oppo- site the star. An enthusiastic Bogey made a mental note to remember the girl when a good role came along. Re- rently, he needed a certain type leading lady for "Knock On Any Door." The part was perfect for Susan Peters — who is the girl in our story. A luckier Susan Perry (formerly Candy Toxton) won out. — o — Any other husband would have been furious, but Cornel Wilde was delighted, lie and Patricia Knight were stopped by a fan, as they left the studio where they are making "The Lovers." First, Pat was asked for her autograph. Turning to Cornel, the fan seriously said: "Now will you please sign my book, too — Mr. Knight!" Our boy signed it — Cornel Knight! Aside from his acting talent, too much cannot be said about Eddie Albert's kind heart. Every penny he made in "You Got- ta Stay Happy" {opposite Joan Fontaine and Jimmy Stewart) went back into his series of educational shorts. Eddie, aided by his lovely wife, Margo, is deeply con- cerned with the welfare of young America. By properly presenting sex education and body preservation, he's already reduced juvenile delinquency. Hollywood should be very proud of him. Jimmy Durante and Lauritz Melchior, MCM favorites, light up at the Macambc. 10 ScREENLAND Watch for that scene in "June Bride" where Bette Davis and Robert Mont- gomery cuddle-up in a sleigh filled with hay. They may have looked lovey- dovy, but oh, brother! Adding insult to realism, thev discovered the hay was filled with— 'fleas! Both Bette and Bob were "itching" to get away to their farms in the East. So they stuck it out — but it sure kept them "hopping!" — o — Good news for you Helmut Dantine fans, who have remained loyal while he's been of the screen. Warner Bros, want him to come back and star in "Autumn Crocus," which was bought for him orig- inally. Word reached Helmut the day his seven and a half pound son came into the world. He's been nicknamed "Lucky" — for obvious reasons. — o — Despite verbal and printed denials, sep- aration rumors for the Rex Harrisons con- tinue to intrigue Hollywood. Some believe they're only waiting for time to lapse, fol- lowing the tragic death of Carole Landis. No sooner was that publicity on the wane, than Rex's ex-wife in London appealed for legal aid. According to her claim, the charming Britisher owes her thousands of dollars in back alimony. Red-headed Rhonda Fleming is really in there — whirling. Her contract is now7 shared by David Selznick, Paramount and Bing Crosby, who selected her for "A Connecticut Yankee." No sooner was she catching her first good breath, than Bob Hope requested her for "Easy Does It." When Rhonda told Bing the good news, he just shook his head sadly. "Read your contract carefully, girl," he "wTarned" her, "or Hope will insert a clause that forces you to laugh at those jokes!" That "feud" continues between those good friends, Spencer Tracy and Clark Gable. If plans work out, both are sup- posed to be in Europe at the same time. Spence hopes to "frame" Clark with a gag cable from Esther Williams. It will request him to personally select for her, a dozen of those daring diaper French bathing suits! If Clark fails for it, wouldn't you love to be in on that shop- ping tour? — o — It would have been so easy for Gloria De Haven to be bitter over Ginger Rogers replacing Judy Garland in "The Barkleys Of Broadway." Gloria, like Judy (and un- like Ann Miller) is the right size and type for Fred Astaire. She can dance and sing, too. The day Ginger started rehearsals (and mighty glad she was to be back with "The Master"), Gloria stopped by to wish everyone good luck. — O — "Wild Bill Wellman," he's affectionate- ly called. And with good reason. The di- rector was rehearsing six-feet-four Greg- ory Peck and five-feet-four Anne Bax- ter, in a love scene for "Yellow Sky." The stars looked anything but convin- cing. "Wild Bill" screamed for a shovel and tossed it at Greg's feet. "Here, dig yourself a hole to stand in!" Greg dug, until his lips met Anne's from a kissable angle. I'm a safety-first gi'H with Mum As a skating partner, Beautiful— you keep the boys going around in circles . . . around you. And with Mum for protection against underarm odor, you'll stay nice to be near. So never trust your charm to anything but dependable Mum. Remember, your bath only washes away past perspiration— but Mum prevents risk of future under- arm odor. Get Mum today! 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Cry Of The City 20th Century-Fox ADAPTED from the suspense novel "The Law And Martin Rome," this picture becomes a grim, yet human, drama of one criminal's fight against the law. With Richard Conte playing the role of Martin Rome, mur- derer and fugitive, and Victor Mature as the detective who doesn't forget he's a human being, both actors are superbly cast. As a matter of fact, each individual appearing in the picture gives a top per- formance. A number of scenes shot in New York give the film a feeling of authenticity. This is not a preachy pic- ture— at least, not the way Mature un- derplays his lines — but the result will Left: Vic Mature, Dick Conte, in 20th Century's "Cry Of The City." Above: Rita Hayworth in Colum- bia's "The Loves Of Carmen." Left: John Payne and Joan Caul- field in U-I's drama, "Larceny." 12 S C R E E N L A N D haunt your mind for aays, especially the final shot showing Mature and Rome's kid brother. A picture like this, and an actor like Conte~ are credits to Holly- wood. Good Sam RKO THIS is a picture about a man called Sam who is very good, and who loves the human race so much that he almost wrecks his own marriage by his benev- olent actions. Gary Cooper is Sam, and Ann Sheridan is his wife, who loses her patience when Sam's kindliness almost costs them their "dream" home. But when Christmas Eve rolls around, after an hour and thirty minutes, Sam shows them all that kindness pays off, and that bread cast on waters comes back French toast. The Babe Ruth Story Allied Artists FOR baseball fans and all admirers of the late Babe Ruth, this film will be an adequate view of the Bambino's eventful life. Actually, if the picture didn't take the doomed attitude from the very beginning, and had told Ruth's life story minus the constant barrage of sen- timent, this might have been an excellent record of baseball's most colorful and be- loved figure. William Bendix does well with his difficult assignment. But, some- how, the real Babe Ruth and the feeling for baseball seems to be lacking. Isn't It Romantic? Paramount AND it sure is with Veronica Lake, Mona Freeman and Mary Hatcher cavorting across the screen in a sister- act. The girls are all dolled up a la 1910 —the new look before it got all this pub- licity. However, it might be the new look in clothes, but it's an old-look story: a father who is still fighting the Civil War and thinks work is beneath his dignity. Naturally, papa louses up one daughter's romance with the town's most eligible bachelor, gets himself involved with a swindler, Patric Knowles, and almost loses another daughter to said villain. There are songs by anyone who can sing, comedy by Billy De Wolfe, and a can- non that goes BANG just as everyone is smiling happily into the camera. Rachel And The Stranger RKO TF YOU'RE looking for a picture that's X just a little bit different, then this is one you shouldn't miss. In addition to having Academy Award Winner Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum and Bill Holden as a frontier-days' triangle, there's an ex- citing Indian raid, some mighty fancy singin' by Mitchum and a love story that's pretty darn cute. It all starts when Widower Holden decides that his young son needs a woman's influence around the cabin. He meets Bondwoman Loretta Young, buys her for a fast $22, marries her and promptly relegates her to being his son's tutor, and just plain chore-girl. That is, until Mitchum ap- pears to show this here kinda treatment ain't fittin' fer a gal as purty as Rachel. K GENUINE REGISTERED 1 eepsake DIAMOND RINGS Xhc "Proud jCook"* . . it's a Keepsake! 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For The Love Of Mary Universal-International PURSUED by three young men, Ed- mond O'Brien, Jeffrey Lynn, and Don Taylor, Deanna Durbin hardly has time to answer any of the business calls, she's supposed to handle as a switchboard op- erator at the White House, U.S.A. — hon- est! Not only do these amorous blades tie up the presidential telephone wires with calls to the fair lady, but almost everyone who's anyone in Washington is in on the three-way romance — including, yup, yup, yup, the President, himself! Deanna sings, and Mr. President gives advice on how to cure hiccups. It seems you take a paper bag, and. . . . An Innocent Affair United Artistt BESIDES bringing back Buddy Rogers to the screen, this picture is quite a gay, sophisticated farce about an adver- tising executive, Fred MacMurray, who has a suspicious wife, Madeleine Carroll. Buddy does a nice job of playing a soft- spoken Southern tobacco magnate who meets and falls for Miss Carroll under very amusing circumstances. Things get funnier after MacMurray learns who his competitor in romance is. Fred then gets into a mess of trouble by telling whop- pers to get his mixed marital life back to normal. Station West RKO AND here we have an interesting Western, especially if you can figure out what it's all about. Of course, you'll immediately know that Dick Powell is working as an Army undercover man who's tracking down the murderers of two soldiers who were slain while guard- George Brent and Frances Gifford ro- mance for MCM's gay "Luxury Liner." Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll in United Artists' "An Innocent Affair." 14 SCREENLAND Learn Here Scientific Truth You Can Trust about these Intimate Physical Facts! ing a gold shipment. And you'll also know that Jane Greer is not only a love- ly cookie, but a mighty sharp operator who's cleverer than she's letting on. Ag- nes Moorehead and Burl Ives also figure in this somewhere, but just exactly where, is hard to say. Maybe you'll have better luck. The Saxon Charm V niver sal-International IF ANYONE should ask you, "How nasty can you get!?" you could easily point to Matt Saxon, the central figure in this drama about the literary set of New York. Saxon, a play producer, played by Robert Montgomery, is really quite a character. Completely without conscience, he likes to imagine himself as Ruler Of All He Surveys. It works for a time on John Payne, Susan Hay- ward and Audrey Totter, but chum Sax- on gets his come-uppance and even though he takes no notice of it, at least the nice people involved and the audi- ence get some satisfaction. The Loves Of Carmen Columbia STARRING Rita Hayworth as Car- men, and Glenn Ford as Don Jose, the picture is a colorful display of sex, fighting and reading the future from a deck of cards. The fickle Carmen, who can't seem to go steady with any one man, is finally taken out of circulation — but good — by ex-soldier, turned rene- gade, Ford who finds out she is two-tim- ing him for some dashing bullfighter. It's a good evening's entertainment, and by the time you hear all the Spanish names pronounced, you've just about got first- year Spanish covered. Hollow Triumph Eagle Lion WHEN a criminal mind is brilliant and in possession of someone like Paul Henreid, there's bound to be reper- cussions, and they come fast and furious in this picture. Playing a double role, Henreid does acting wonders when he murders an uppercrust psychiatrist and, in order to escape the gunmen out to kill him, changes his identity. Unfortunately, for Joan Bennett, who falls in love with him, she's subjected to some pretty rough treatment, gets whacked across her love- ly face, is an unwitting accessory to the murder, and finally gets her heart broken when a strange twist of fate keeps Hen- reid from escaping the country with her. The action is fast and the suspense kept up until the final scene. Race Street RKO WELL, if you're interested in what happens to big-moneyed book- makers when a competitive gang of racketeers tries to muscle in, then this is your meat. George Raft, one of the nicer bookies in business, is faced with just such a situation, and when a pal of George's gets killed by the mob, he really gets mad. Then, when he finds out his gal is giving him a fast shuffle and is working for the mob, he gets even mad- der. 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A pre-Christmas Guide to gifts for men as suggested by clear-thinking Hollywood males By Courtenay Marvin Robert Young, family man, sums up his needs in easy, mannish fashion. He knows what he wants. a man gift list Marshall Thompson's Christmas wish is for the whole wide world. He wants peace and good will. CHRISTMAS is closer than you think. It's always that way. It sneaks up because this is a season of heightened tempo. Football, school and college activities, more social life in the home, that new television set and all the happy doings steal time. So we hit upon the bright idea of planning and shopping for men well in advance. Our platform is get the men out of your shop- ping life first. Then your girl list will go like a charm. Now Christmas shopping for men, from little brother to the big boss, is a sub- ject to approach with temerity. For men seem far more serrsitive and shy about voicing their wants and their tastes, the little darlings, than the girls. So for a refreshing memory refresher we went straight to Hollywood and asked three male stars, representing different age and interest groups, just what they hoped somebody would give them for Christ- mas. Here are their reactions in a nut- shell: WE START with Robert Young, maestro of our gift panel and star of RKO's forthcoming "Baltimore Es- capade." Bob should be very experienced in this gift matter, possessing as he does a charming wife and four daughters. A complete Christmas victim of the fem- inine influence, he has had years of the family trying to avoid the usual and thinking up something different and orig- inal. Result, this year Bob is going very practical and asking for socks, ties and handkerchiefs. For the men in your family, these are certainly the old faithfuls for your gift list. Handkerchiefs are a cinch. Our only warning is on ties and socks. Otherwise conservative ladies often let Christmas spirit go to their heads and go berserk on color. So choose your color chart from the type of socks and ties a man usually wears, and keep somewhat to the gen- eral pattern, oh, well, with maybe a little splurge on the young and gay side. And do buy ties and socks with the under- standing that they may be exchanged. .And don't feel hurt if the recipient does exchange. He'll thank you for being a good sport as well as for the gift. * * * ROBERT STACK, appearing in "Fighter Squadron," approaches the gift situation on the assumption that the giver is a pretty girl. From. Iter he wants nothing, absolutely nothing, but a date! In this case, he'd much prefer to give. Then feeling that maybe somebody else is going to give him a gift anyway, he lists his yeas and his nays, to quote: "Don't buy me neckties. Certain ma- terials tie much better than others. Pop- lins and Botany flannels, for example, tie much better than crepes and soft silks. I won't say a word about women picking patterns. I just prefer to select my own. "Don't go shopping for me in a gim- mick store. Those fancy duck calls, fish- deliars and gun buffers look mighty at- tractive all wrapped up in a gift box. For the prac- (Please turn to page 64,) J 6 S GREENLAND By Sonia Lee As the towers of Manhattan L gleamed in the morning sun, Clara's hopeful young heart pounded with eagerness and expectation. "What a beautiful city!" she thought. "My city to be!" There would be so many fascinat- ing places to see ... so many famous people to meet . . . such an interest- ing job in one of the big studios. And, of course, a wonderful man whom she would some day meet and marry. The vast catacombs of brick and mortar held no terror for her what- soever. With her courage, her ability, her looks, how could she fail? As the train shot into the tunnel she took a last look at the tall buildings, now warming under the rising sun. "It's my oyster, my great, big, beautiful oyster! And I'm the one to open it." At first, things seemed to go beau- tifully. She did meet a few famous people . . . but they didn't see her a second time. She did land a good job . . . but somehow it didn't last. And she did meet the dream man . . . but he didn't last, either. Poor little, cute little Clara! She had every charm but one*. But with- out that one charm it is pretty hard for anyone to get by for very long. The cuter they are the harder they fall. In romance as in business, hali- tosis* (unpleasant breath), whether chronic or occasional, can be three strikes against you. The insidious ILLUSTRATED BY JACK KEAY thing is that you, yourself, may not realize when you're guilty. But why risk offending even occasionally? Why put yourself in a bad light even once when Listerine Antiseptic is such a simple, delightful extra care- ful precaution against bad breath? You merely rinse the mouth with Listerine Antiseptic, and instantly your breath becomes sweeter, fresh- er, less likely to offend. Never, never omit this extra careful precaution be- fore any appointment where you want to be at your best. While some cases of halitosis are of systemic origin, most cases, say some authorities, are due to the bacterial fer- mentation of tiny food particles clinging to mouth surfaces. Listerine Antiseptic halts such fermentation, then over- comes the odors fermentation causes. SCREENLAND 17 Where do stars get the depth of emotion to put over a love scene? Yo OU may have wondered where your favorite stars get the deep feeling and warmth to put over a song or dance or a love scene so that it remains your fondest memory for years. Now there's a Technicolor motion picture that tells you— "WHEN MY BABY SMILES AT ME." They get it from their own lives. It is distilled out of their own experiences. They get it from the heart because they are real people. No other picture in my opinion has ever presented show people to the public with such realism, human-ness, tenderness and warmth. Naturally, I am prejudiced. But I know show business. I also know audiences.> You, too, have a heart. It will be touched by this picture. ty George Jesse Where do stars gel that some- thing special to put over a song or dance? BETTY GRABLE - DAN DAILEY When My Baby Smiles At Me Co/or by - TECHNICOLOR CENTURY-FOX JACK OAKIE -JUNE HAVOC RICHARD ARLEN • JAMES GLEASON WALTER LANG "f;"' GEORGE JESSEL Screen Play by LAMAR TROTTI - Adaptation by Elizabeth Reinhardt From a Play by George Manker Walters and Arthur Hopkins 18 Screen land The Paramount Post of the American Legion recently held team win, 19 to 9. Proceeds from the game were used to their own World Series with a softball game between studio help buy a grandstand for veterans at their field at Sawtelle, writers, and actors recruited by Bob Hope. Above: Bob California. Gene Kelly (above), dancing in for a run in the played so hard he threw out his sacroiliac, but helped his eighth inning, also starred for the actors in the benefit game. NEWSREEL Above: Burt Lancaster and Bob get correct time from petite starlet, Mary Jane Saunders. Below: Mono Freeman, hubby Pat Nearney and Mary Hatcher were eager rooters for the hard-hitting actors. Pres. Charles Clarke and Pev Marley of American Society of Cinematographers congratulate Ty Power and Linda Darnell for outstanding cooperation with cam- eramen. Upper Right: Joseph ("Portrait Of Jennie") Cotten exchanging tidbits with Margaret Sullavan during rehearsal for a Screen Guild Players' broadcast. By Lynn Bowers SO HOLLYWOOD has at last cap- tured the elusive Mr. James Mason! He has "consented" to grace the American cinema with his talents in the Enterprise production, "The Best Things In Life Are Free," which also has Bar- bara Bel Geddes and Bob Ryan. This is the picture version of Libby Block's best- seller, "Wild Calendar," which has been in the mill for, lo, these many months, or moons — if you're an Indian. Quite strange and coincidental iliat Ginger Rogers turned down the above picture and Barbara replaced her, while -~ "Iffvt the same day J"d» Garland's President Miguel Aleman of Mexico welcomes Robert Mitchu to Tuberculosis Fund benefit premiere of "The Paradine Ca 20 nervous breakdown brought about ' her replacement in "The Barkleys Of Broad- way" by Ginger. This story of a Broad- way couple will re-unite Rogers and As- taire, who are filmdom's greatest danc- ing team of all time. Don't think the announcement of the pairing of these two nimble-footed stars didn't cause plenty of excitement around this town, which has loudly bemoaned tJie fact that they haven't done a picture togetlier for nine i years. Cary Grant, that fabulously attractive man, has received two hundred and nine- teen proposals of marriage from fans since he started filming "Every Girl Should Be Married." All the femmes who have writ- ten in seem to think the title of that pic- ture is awfully good advice and they'd all like to take that advice, provided Cary is willing to cooperate. A guy I know who is very close to the picture reports that Betsy Drake, Cary's heart interest both in and out of films, is only terrific. There are also people around these parts who swear that Cary and Betsy are secretly married. Just before Roy Rogers and Dale Evans took off for their big rodeo tour around the country we lured them out to our house to a party for Evelyn Kole- man, godmother of Roy's son Dusty. She is also Republic's New York pub- licity gal. Roy and Dale had taken Eve- lyn on a bear hunt up in the High Sier- ras and she was just "barely" recover- ing from a-settin' in the saddle. We had some fine entertainment during the eve- ning and the stars were, of course, Roy and Dale, who sat down at the piano and played and sang for a couple of hours. Dale looks simply wonderful — and about seventeen years old. Hard to realize that her son, Tommy Fox, is now a married man. Next day we got a beautiful bou- quet of a zillion dozen red roses from those two swell guys, along with a note .saying they'd had fun. They had fun! How about us? Howard Duff is a happy man. He's moved into a rented house from a bach- elor apartment and can now cook his own breakfast. Seems nothing is so im- portant to him as the morning repast, which he claims (Please turn to page 65) Below Left: Ronald Reagan dancing with Betty Bligh at Ciro's. Lower Right: Madeleine Carroll and George Sanders dining at Center: Tony Martin and wife Cyd Charisse at Slapsy Maxie's. Mocambo. They're co-starring together at 20th in "The Fan." Above: All smiles. Ginger, Fred, MGM Producer Arthur Freed ar- rive on the set for the first day of shooting on "The Barkleys Of Broadway." No other dance team has ever rivoled the popular- ity that is Ginger's and Fred's. ONCE again the magic of the names, Rogers and Astaire, awakens memories of the most provocative, most popular team ever to donee into movie fans' hearts. Though almost ten years have passed since Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire have been in a musical together, fons not only recall "Flying Down To Rio," "The Gay Divorcee," 'Top Hat" as if- they were made only yesterday, but hove never ceased clamoring to see Rogers and Astaire together again. Now MGM's 'The Barkleys Of Broadway" reunites Ginger and Fred in the kind of gay, romantic story their fans have always loved the best. You'll hear all kinds of "inside" re- port's about the evasive Bing Crosby, but here's one that's actual and authentic By Florence Pritchett Bing Crosby appearing as Florence Pritchert's guest on her popular radio pro- gram. He's currently in "The Emperor Waltz." Bing with his wife. Dixie, during recent vacation in Manhattan. He's evasive because everyone has a favor to ask or an angle. ON a recent morning, simultaneously with the dawn, my phone rang furiously. Expecting it to be some- one conducting a poll on what radio program was keeping me awake, I was surprised to hear the voice of the editor of this magazine. He sounded, to my sleepy ears, much more than excited. "Flo," he screamed, "Bing Crosby is in town!" 'How perfectly divine," I replied. "What am I supposed to do about it? Fall out of bed?" "Immediately," he answered, "and get us a story." Then he hung up the phone. I lay there in bed pondering over how I was going to catch up with the elusive (believe me, he is elusive) Bing Crosby. About eight A. M. the mail arrived and my problem was solved by the publicity- minded studio which Bing honors with his presence. Fate and Paramount, plus the fact that Mr. Crosby gets a year older every year, practically dropped Bing right in my lap. I had been invited to Bing Crosby's birthday party — and what a birthday party it was! Most appropriately, it was held high above the lighted city, way up in the clouds that slide by the glass roof of the RCA building. I tore into the elevator, late as usual, and bumped into Kay Thompson and the four Williams Broth- ers. Kay was swinging a long mink coat as she ran around the corner. Under- neath the coat, her long, colt-like legs were encased in tight black slacks. The four brothers, who glared at me in unison, were, as usual, very "pipe-y." What's more, I am told they never take the pipes out of their mouths. Oh! — but I was going to get a story on Bing, so I went upstairs, all eighty-six floors up. A group of girls with pencils and long lists of names were sitting at a table outside the room, checking in the "who's here" who had been asked. I don't know who had been asked but everybody and his family was there. The Rainbow Room bulged at the seams with celebrities and non-celebrities. Marlene Dietrich sat at a table with fourteen men, and Veronica Lake looked lost with- out her hair to peer through. (She still has her hair, (Please turn to page 53) 24 Hollywood's most versatile actress intends doing her best to make them all come true I WISH first that I might never again hear Hollywood panned by anyone. But especially by the people who live here and work here. If you hate the place, I am tempted to say and AM saying to the panners, don't come here. If you do come here, because you need the money, get it and then want to go back to where you come from, say so. But let's ha ve no more of this, "Isn't it won- der-ful to be out of Hollywood and back in New York, with real people, really sophis- ticated people ?" — -the smug assumption be- ing that Hollywood is peopled by phonies, with the manners and mentalities of yokels ... at which I bum . . . A few months ago, Bill Powell and his Mousie; Jack Gage, who directed "The Top: With her young son Lance. "Hollywood is a wonderful place to bring up children," contends Roz. Left: With her hus- band Fred Brisson, now a producer. Below: Roz in three of her best roles, Sister Kenny, Electra, and Valerie Stanton in "The Velvet Touch." Rosalind Makes Nine Wishes Velvet Touch," my husband Freddy and I rented a boat and took a trip down Mexico way. Bill did all of the market- ing and provisioned the boat (never had such food in my life.'). But what this leads to is that you could go all over the world, ALL over, and never meet a finer human being than Bill Powell. Real sweetness, there, great generous spirit, a brain that is any man's match and a sense of humor that hasn't its equal on earth. Among our other good friends are Irene Dunne and her husband, Dr. Grif- fith; Ronald and Benita Colman; Clau- dette Colbert and husband, Dr. Joel Pressman; Loretta Young and husband, Tom Lewis; Bob and Betty Montgom- ery; Lee Bowman and his wife — more truly sophisticated and, at the same time, more real people you could not meet from pole to pole, from sea to sea. By Rosalind Russell For these, and a few thousand other reasons, all equally valid, no more pan- ning of Hollywood is my No. 1 Wish. Especially no more panning, if I may re- peat myself, by those who can give thanks to Hollywood for what they have on their backs, on their heads, in their homes, in their bank accounts, in their ice-boxes, garages, on their fingers and toes. To me, such lack of courtesy, amounting to monstrous ingratitude, is comparable to accepting bountiful hos- pitality, then knifing your hostess in her pretty back. Me, when I am in New York, or any- where away from home, I'm thinking: What's paying this hotel bill? Would I, except for Hollywood, be wearing this $85.00 hat? This mink coat? Pre-war vintage, it's true, but mink. Not likely, Roz. old thing, I tell myself, not likely. Speaking of the largesse of Hollywood prompts me to make another wish, the wish that I may NEVER have too much. I'm a nut on that, boys and girls. I have never seen happiness, hand in hand with too much money. There may be, there probably are, exceptions. But I might not be ene of them! With this in mind, I always keep in reserve several things I would like to have, or like to do, but don't have and don't do. I have not, as mentioned, had a fur coat since before the War. And I do not intend to have one while prices for the pelts of four-footed animals are what they are. I want very much to add a room to our house in Beverly Hills for our son, Lance, who still shares a room with his nurse — an arrangement he, aged five, feels he has (Please turn to page 58) Dudley Nichols, Fred Brisson and Roz, partners in Independent Artists. "I wish I may always live in Hollywood," says Rosalind. Doing a deadpan comedy broadcast with Jack Carson. "My heart- is a comedienne's heart," admits Rosalind. "I love to laugh." The Gene Raymonds are hosts at Hawaiian party on completion of "Mil- lion Dollar Weekend" Lett: Jeanette MocDon- ald helps hubby Gene Raymond greet Stephanie Paull and husband Dr. Harvey Cummins with leis of carnations im- ported from Hawaii for the occasion. Party theme conformed with locale of "Million Dollar Weekend," an action thriller aboard United Air- liner to and from Hono- lulu. It's Gene's first as- signment as star-director. Above: Stephonie Paull with co-star Gene Raymond. Below: Gene and Jeanette start the mad "Whisper" game for guests Helen Ferguson, Francis Lederer, Mrs. Paul Ivono, Matty Kemp, Dr. Harvey Cummins, Stephanie Paull and Paul Ivano. Above: Osa Massen's new name, Stephanie Paull, suggested by Gene, is toasted at the "MacRaymond" Manse party in Bel Air. Below: Hostess Jeanette, with Francis Lederer and Matty Kemp, wore lei made of Princess Aloha orchids. Attending Paper Costume Ball are Patricia and Richard Creene, and Angela Lansbury with her best beau, Peter Shaw. mm mi Columbia star, Adele Jergens, in costume contrived of lace 30 paper doilies, dances with Ceorge Hyams in "blueprint" suit. Claire Trevor, in a ballet dress made of newspaper and mag- azine titles, with Producer Milton Bren at Pendleton party. Virginia Bruce wore paper flowers on her lace dTess. Janet Gay- nor's gown, designed by husband Adrian, had gay paper roses. Joan Crawford's gown was spangled with confetti. A ruffled paper stole tops Cobina Wright's satin gown. Agnes Moorehead, in costume featuring paper picture hat, with husband Jack Lee, in doily-trimmed suit. Cobina Wright greets Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton, hosts to the select group at this unusual party. Delmer Daves, director of Warners' "Kiss In The Dark," and Constance Moore enjoy lively table talk with party guests. 31 J What's new on the Hollywood social front? Cobina Wright, filmland's favorite hostess, gives an exclusive report on the gayest parties Mrs. Reginald Gardiner, Earl of Warwick (who appeared in a series of Paramount pictures under the name of Michael Brooke before the War), Cobina Wright and Reggie Gardiner, seen at recent formal party. Below Left: Vera-Eilen, who has an important dancing role in MGM's musical extravaganza, "Words And Music," and Rory Calhoun, one of the most popu- lar escorts in Hollywood's younger set, join a gay party of friends at Giro's. 3elow Right: Prince and Princess Mohamed Ali Ibrahim, seen leaving the Bev- erly Hills Hotel, were guests of honor at one of Cobina Wright's gala garden parties. With them is Yvonne De Carlo, currently co-starring with Burt Lan- caster in Universal- International's "Criss Cross." On Opposite Page, Left: Ann Blyth presents the cup to winning team at Hollywood Indoor Polo Club's first indoor match, played at the Horse Palace for the benefit of the Tom Breneman Memorial Fund. Right: Noreen Nash, now appearing in Eagle Lion's "Assigned To Danger," and Gloria De Haven exchange gossip at Mocambo party. Jane Powell, retaining a becoming Summer tan, with Joe Pasternak at Mt. Sinai Hospital benefit at Ciro's. COBINA IN HOLLYWOOD all that glitters is not gold — sometimes it's, paper? At least that's what was more ap- parent than transparent the other eve- ning at the lavish "Paper Ball" which the Jimmy Pendletons gave in Director Mitchell Leisen's private studio. Jimmy and Dod, who are two of the film col- ony's favorite hosts, always can be trust- ed to give a novel party and this early Fall affair was no exception. Everyone was invited to appear in a paper costume of some sort and over one hundred guests proved what a lot of ingenuity and a few scraps of paper can provide. Randolph Scott and at a Mocambo party. his wife enjoy a dance together Randy's next in "Walking Hills." The Robert Youngs at dinner party at Slapsy Maxie's. Bob is Shirley Temple's co-star in "Baltimore Escapade." WRIGHT S Go«i f ( Hollywood raffles I got Tony Duquette to help me ap- pear as a papier-mache senorita and then spent the evening praying that no one would be careless with matches. Two fire wardens stood guard at the door just to make sure that the party didn't go up in smoke. However, one prankster did get too close to lovely Arlene Dahl with a ciga- rette lighter and Clifton Webb had to rep- rimand him sharply by asking if he was trying to make a "fuel" out of the girl. Most of the outfits were most original. Jeuniw Grain's husband. Paul Brink- man, who is an architect, appeared in a most appropriate colonial suit of paper blueprints, Ella Raines was literally daz- zling in a gown of cellophane-covered tinsel and Barbara Barondess MacLean, the designer, provided the exotic note of the evening in a pleated wallpaper dress over which she wore a wallpaper stole — fully lined with white mink! Just in case any reader should groan about Hollywood extravagance, I'd bet- ter explain tliat Barbara had just re- turned front New York in time for the party and immediately called in a paper hanger and a furrier to get her together. Tlte paper hanger provided the material for the dress and then the furrier shov:ed up with an unfinished strip of priceless white mink which he said he was veiling to loan her for the evening. Barbara conceived the idea of lining a matching piece of the icallpaper with it. but then she began to worry a little bit. "Really." she asked the Beverly Hills trapper, "do you think I ought to wear it?" "Be none lud an t ," advised the mink man. "Don't wear it, madam — drag it!" But there were (Please turn to page 61) Lizabeth Scott's screen sultriness quickly disappears in her own cozy hillside home By Fredda Dudley WHY don't you come along with me? I'm going to spend the eve- ning with Lizabeth Scott, who is {and I speak the announcement with enormous pride) a friend of mine. Spending an evening with Lizabeth is at any time a rewarding experience, but just now it's particularly exhilarating. Liz bubbles, Liz chortles, Liz — curled up on a hassock— puts back her head with its incredible curtain of magnificent hair, and laughs from the depths of her con- tentment. Because Liz has a house. To be sure, she doesn't own this house. Owning her own home is a dream still far in the future for Liz. She rents it from an indulgent landlord who under- stands why a girl might want to repaint woodwork, repaper walls, and reupholster furniture more to her own taste than that of the previous tenant. It isn't the biggest house in Hollywood, nor the smallest. It isn't the quaintest on the one hand, or the most conven- tional on the other. But it has charac- ter, it has happy space enough for one girl, and it takes a visitor in with a pos- sessive air of saying, "Welcome. Come often and stay (Please turn to page 62) Above: Lizabeth Scott and Dick Powell in a scene from Regal Films' murder drama, "The Pitfall." Top: Liz argues heatedly on football. Right: Classic music is favored on the walnut spinet, her first Christmas gift to her house. 34 Errol Flynn enacts a torrid love scene with Viveca Lindfors in "Ad- venture* Of Don Juan," Warners' spectacular Technicolor picture. Work Rlujmes WukKuk BUILDING a patio and barbecue seemed child's play to Kirk Douglas, 20th Century- Fox star, and his wife, Diana, until they felled trees and leveled off the site under the broiling California sun. After that, they sent an S.O.S. to all their most muscular friends for help in laying the slate patio and aligning the barbecue pit symmetrically. But even then, with help from from their four-year-old Michael, who specialized in riding empty wheelbarrows, they were delighted to stop for refreshments and realize that their gruelling work was almost finished. Kirk Douglas with Laraine Day and Keenan Wynn be- tween scenes of the United Artists ro- mantic comedy, "My Dear Secretary." PUBUS 1 Glenn and Eleanor Ford spend a quiet playtime hour with their star of the movies, holds his prized pet, a woolly elephant, three-year-old son, Peter, while his mother, former dancing Peter is happiest when his father sings his bedtime stories. Glenn Ford's practical philosophy in attaining movie success can be applied to any field of professional activity NO MATTER what any young person wants to do or to become, Glenn Ford is the actor and person who gives you the answer. It may be to learn the violin, or become a Senator, or learn scientific farming, or write, or raise chickens or learn to paint — whatever you want to do, Ford's life (what he has done — he's too busy to sit and analyze himself) affords clues. You've seen Glenn recently in "The Mating Of Millie," where he played a gayly humorous role with Evelyn Keyes. You'll soon see marquees starring him in three Technicolor "biggies" completed during a period when most of economy- minded Hollywood was putting out re-issues to save money. Columbia Pictures, instead, threw in the expensive color works. They had Ford! The three Glenn Ford starring pictures completed and com- ing soon to the screen would have put him at the top — if he wasn't already one of the actors most in demand. He is a favorite with fans seldom exceeded in film history. How does he stand with people who know, in movies? Bette Davis, after working with him in "A Stolen Life," postponed "Winter Meeting" eight weeks, hoping her studio could again secure him. Columbia's president, Harry (Please turn to page 67) Glenn's popularity has won him star roles in "The Man From Colorado" and "The Loves Of Carmen" at Columbia. 38 Columbia's Technicolor "The Loves Of Carmen'' borrows just opera, the story, music and dances being original. Glenn Ford the characters' names, the beginning and ending of Bizet's and Rita Hayworth wear many colorful Moorish gypsy costumes. Above: At luncheon given in connection with Mutual Broadcasting Sys- tem's combined television and radio program, "Leave It To The Girls," are Vanessa Brown, Charles Korvin, Ann Rutherford, Ruth Warrick, Mike Frankovich, Constance Bennett, Louis Allen Weiss (head of MBC tele- vision chain), Constance Moore, Binnie Barnes and Gene Raymond. Below: Answers to questions about affairs of the heart and problems of the home are given by Constance Bennett, Binnie Barnes, who hold permanent positions on "Leave It To The Girls" panel of feminine experts, with Robin Chandler (Mrs. Jeffrey Lynn) and Ann Rutherford. Top: Charles Korvin and Ruth Warrick inspecting the television camera before showtime. Above: Mike, Jean Wright, Ann Rutherford, John Maschio. Below: Ruth Warrick, Vanessa Brown. tAia/Ua &&lett, co-starring in "ROGUES REGIMENT," a Univerial-lnternatiofial Picture. i ii See how Deltah's laffsmaia necklace flatters your neckline . . . Hollywood's leading stars, wise in the ways of good grooming and perfect finishing touches, invariably depend on the lustrous, flattering beauty imparted by their Deltah Talisman simulated pearl necklaces. Finished with 10 kt. gold safety clasp, and encased in an authentically- styled, jade-color Chinese treasure cabinet, it is truly the gift ■ magnificent. Only $24.50. Other Deltah necklaces from $3.00. Earrings to match. at una fll^af, jtwtifts ©eltak SIMULATED PEAIIS L. HELLER & SON, INC., FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 77/£ GREATEST* 5: That's no exaggeration when you really know Esther Williams By Janet Blair Below: Esther Williams and her husband, Ben Cage, at swanky Hollywood premiere. Below Left: Esther with Ricardo Montalban in "On An Island With You," her latest film for MGM. Janet Blair has never known a girl as trustworthy, with as much tact, poise and personality as Esther. Declares Janet, "Her religious faith is as much a daily source of strength and comfort as the sunlight, and her generosity is " like that of the earth itself." 1WANT everyone to know that I ASKED ScreenIjAnd to write this story about Esther Williams. I had my reasons. For one thing, I don't believe that even Esther Williams' most ardent fans realize quite how won- derful she is. Good as she is on the screen, the camera has not yet captured all the facets of The Greatest's abilities. I should explain, I suppose, my habit of calling Esther The Greatest. I met Esther at the instiga- tion of my husband, Louis Busch, who had been a long-time buddy of Esther's husband, Ben Gage. The two boys thought Esther and I would enjoy each other, and as a result, they thought we would form a happy foursome social corporation. They were SO right. A month after our first double date, Lou and I were call- (Please turn to page 71) if '.I 77/£ POO/ You know her as Janet Blair, but let's stop being formal By Esther Williams Below: Janet Blair and her husband, Lou Busch. He and Ben Cage were buddies and that's how Janet and Esther Williams first met. Below Right: Janet and Red Skelton in "The Fuller Brush Man," a Columbia picture. Says Esther, "In addition to owning a fantastically beautiful face, The Poo has one of the most beautiful figures in the world. She is one of the few girls I know who looks stunning in slacks." JANET BLAIR, known in our household as The Poo, is one of my best friends, a statement of which I am inordinately proud. In Hollywood it is almost impossible for two actresses to be friends .... and NOT for reasons having anything to do with professional jealousy. Outsiders are all too ready to conclude that close friendships between actresses are rare because of temperamental troubles. The real reason camaraderie is difficult to main- tain is hoth more complex and more simple. Let's say that Bedelia and Ambrosia are placed under contract by the same studio: they might have come from the same little town in Ohio, taken their training at the same dramatic school, and been through all of their early struggles together. Then, ••ach girl begins to be {Please turn to page 69) Skippy Homcier, Lon McCallister and Scott Brady greet guests Margaret Kerry, Cathy Downs and Lois Butler at Lon's place. In kitchen, actors in Eagle Lion pictures — Lon, of "The Big Cat," Skip, of "Mickey," Scott, of "29 Clues" — each have jpb. The Bachelors Entertain Peeling onions for sauce is Lon's job. There are many ways to prevent onion tears, but Cathy merely supplies towel. Lois Butler watches Lon prepare salad, while Cathy Downs anxiously watches Scott cut bread in dangerous manner. Margaret Kerry, of "Canon City," Cathy Downs, of "The Noose Hangs High," and Lois Butler, of "Mickey," set table Lon dishes up the spaghetti in the kitchen. In line with plates to be filled are Margaret, Skippy, Cathy and Lois. 44 Lon helps Scott and Lois to the salad course. Below cooperates with Lon in the final testing of the spagh Lois etti. After the hearty, satisfying meal, Cathy Downs, pouring for Lon, assists with the coffee service in the living room. Three of Hollywood's young bachelors pool their culinary efforts on a spaghetti party with all the trimmings Coupled for dancing are Cathy and Scott, a brother of Law- rence Tierney, Margaret and Skippy. Lon and Lois sit one out. 4 The girls, Lois, Cathy and Margaret, take their leave of their hosts, Lon, Skippy and Scott at door of Lon's apartment. The boys. Skippy, Lon and Scott draw lots for the dirty job of cleaning up, and Scott gets the little end of matchstick. 45 For the girl who wants to look toller, Edith Head shows styles de- signed for Paramount star Wanda Hendrix Wanda's Winter white chiffon, worn in "The Tatlock Millions," has pleats to add height. (Let Edith Head tell you what's new in the fashion world of Hollywood. For ten years she has supervised the ward- robes of all Paramount's stars. This month she has items of special interest to the short girl . . . and new fashion ideas for everyone.) The Fashion News Of The Month is the sleeveless coat. Long coats, suit coats and separate jackets without sleeves will add inches to the short girl and streamline anyone. Wanda Hendrix, star of "The Tatlock Millions," is wearing them because she's onlv five feet tall and they eliminate the box-like effect of big sleeves. Suits without sleeves are also news. They're good to wear beneath fur coats for their dropped shoulders give smooth lines instead of bulk. You can wear long sleeved woolen blouses with them and have plenty of warmth with- out a weighty look. # * * Do You Want A Fur Coat That's Different? Then try the sleeveless style to wear over heavy Winter suits. Several years ago, Veronica Lake went to New York in the Winter to make personal appear- ances. She wanted warm suits and she wanted a fur coat to wear over them. The bulk of all that was too much for her height, so I designed a tweed suit with a matching tweed and mink revers- Ensemble designed for Wanda's petite fig- ure is grey, most popular Winter color. Pink-cloud chiffon negligee for Wanda has lenghtening shoulder- to- hem line. Fashion Flashes ihle coat. She also had a black wool jer- sey dress and a sleeveless leopard coat lined with black jersey. The idea was so successful with the stars who tried it that the sleeveless coat is now an estab- lished new fashion *■ *■ * Separate Jackets Without Sleeves are wonderful adjuncts to any wardrobe. They give more height than a scarf or poncho. They stay on your shoulders better than a stole and they give more warmth. I wear them myself because they're good for my five-foot height. I'm having one knitted in navy blue wool and I'll line it with red flannel to wear with a navy flannel skirt and red shirt. * * * More Good News For The Five-Footer is the current chic of the shirtmaker. Salt-and-pepper tweed sleeveless suit with white wool jersey blouse is new fashion flash. Nearly all the dresses that Wanda Hen- drix wears in "The Tatlock Millions" are versions of the shirtmaker. I think that open throated line is tops in flattery for the short girl. The "little girl" round neckline is also good but she should avoid the one-sided, square, or draped line. Small girls shouldn't try every neckline that comes in. They have to use more discrimination. * * # Pleats, Pleats And More Pleats They're good styling now and they give slenderness while (Please turn to page 51) Pink net skirt with taffeta bodice com bines frills and tailored button trim. Divided skirts will replace slacks tor sports Length of Wanda's is correct for short girls Betty Grable and her husband, Harry James, as avid race track fans as they are horsemen, take time out tor refreshments between races at the Del Mar track, California. Looks as if they picked a winner. COURTING LADY LUCK AT DEL M 48 ONE of Hollywood's favorite leisure hour playgrounds is the race track at Del Mar. On vacation or between pictures, the stars flock to the course to try their luck, win, place or show, in picking a horse. Top Left: Al Jolson and George Jessel at Del Mar. Al will soon do "The Rest Of The Story" for Columbia. Above: J. Carroll Naish does his best to bring in a winner. Left: The Ritz brothers, Jimmy, Al and Harry, select a favorite. Below: George Raft, racing enthu- siast, with Joseph Schenck, an owner of the Del Mar course. 1 L It's Ida Lupino's sex appeal as much as h try singing that keeps the night club ' buzzing in "Road House," 20th Century- Fo> Her between-scenes camaraderie with Corne. (above) contrasts with their on-set perforrr. (below). Cornel, manager of a bowling alio the picture, is at first hostile to Ida, until charm and appealing seductiveness (bottom) | his love. Together, they fight for happine Gloria De Haven drops the needle on some particularly purple purring while visiting Fred Robbins' WOV airshow. Xavier Cugat's pencil, as lively as one of his sambas, makes a 30-second caricature of popular disk jockey. ?W TZoUuu RIGHT OFF THE RECORD HYA, Pete! Got your boots on your feet? Well, the stuff here is 'reet! So let's have at that meat! AND I do mean that large domestic fowl of American origin which . everyone's lending his chops to these days. But there's not only drum- sticks, stuffing, and cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving but fresh cookies as well. Ten-inch ones with butter and lotsa jam! Pass me that white meat and we'll elab- orate on 'em and cover you with gravy, Davey! HEAVENLY! KING COLE TRIO: "King Cole For Kids." You got my skate key? You sure you didn't put it with my jacks? Or my new King Cole album? But it won't be just kids who'll be looking for this won- derful sheaf by the gleesome threesome 'cause there's enough fun and appeal for the whole family, with the voice that has charmed the whole Eagle's Nest infus- ing fresh appeal to those childhood clas- sics. Whoever had this idea deserves thanks from kids and parents every- where— 'cause there's nothing nicer than that relaxed, soft, pleasant Nat Cole style for transportation to the fabulous land of make-believe. Nat chirps of pretty little rabbits and lambs, of chicks and ducks, candy mountains, ice cream stations. There's "Mary Had A You- Know-What" and other nursery rhymes, "Old MacDonald Had A Farm," "Kee- Mo Ky-Mo," "The Three Trees," "My Sleepy Head," "There's A Train Out For Dreamland." Better snap it up, Mommy. (Capitol dbvm DC 89) DINAH SHORE: Mrs. Montgomery weaves those silky adenoids around "This Is The Moment," from the flicker of the same handle, a beautiful waxen attrac- tion with all the color, warmth and shad- ing lesser canaries should strive for. Flip spots Melissa's mommy in an ounce of bounce on the well-known tagline, "Love That Boy." ( Columbia) KAY STARR: Bang! Right smack in the middle of your eardrum from the lusty larynx of the zestful little chest- ful comes "Mama Goes Where Papa Goes" and "Many Happy Returns Of The Day." There'll be many more re- turns of this green-eyed doll face, so quickly is her stature leaping upwards. Combo of Ella Fitzgerald, Sophie Tucker and Beatrice Kav. ( Capitol) TOMMY DORSEY: "Baby, Baby, All The Time," "Judaline;" Lucy Ann Polk on one of the best things T.D.'s done in a mess of cookies, bluesy and mellow. Flip spots Stu Foster on the one from "Date With Judy." (Victor) JERRY WAYNE: "Your Heart And Mine," "I'd Love To Live In Loveland." One of this kid's favorite tennis part- ners, Jerry serves another brace of grooves right down the center. First, the theme on his CBS show; and the back, sort of a sequel to "You Can't Be True, Dear," a romantic old waltz, perfect for digesting that big dinner. Took one rec- ord to re-establish a great guy back in the limelight. (Columbia) ANDREWS SISTERS, BURL IVES: First blending of Burl and the Andrews chicks on two catchy American folk songs, "Blue Tail Fly" and "I'm Goin' Down The Road." The waffle of Burl on his ownsy is less commercial in char- acter but the added orchestra and An- drews tonsils don't affect the folksy quality too much. (Decca) VIC DAMONE: "A Youn? Man Sings." Vickie's first album for all of his victims and anyone who wants to be- come one will on first hearing. Have a go, orchidaceous one. with "Girl Of My Dreams," "If I Had You," "In The Mid- dle Of The Night," "Love Is Just Around The Corner," "Sweet Sue" and "They Didn't Believe Me." And if they aren't enough to placate that hungry audio cavity, "The Night Has A Thou- sand Eyes," a single cookie, will abso- lutely cremate you. We think it's Vic's best biscuit to date, in beguine tempo and so-o-o provocative. A beauty, cutie! ( Mercury ) SARAH VAUGHN: Ah-h-h, come and get the proper feeling of reverence in your ear 'cause the ga! who's "gone." Sarah Vaughn, really sings the lace around the gingerbread on her fresh waffle. "I Get A Kick Out Of You" and "I'll Wait And Pray." First is the Cole Porter classic and flip is a new pop. (Mu- ■licraft) BENNY GOODMAN-PEGGY LEE ALBl'M: These were etched 'way be- fore "Mariana" and "Golden Earrings" when Nicki's Mama was providing the scenery for the Benny Goodman gang. There's "Let's Do It,"' "My Little Cous- in," "Not Mine," "On the Sunny Side Of The Street," "Somebody Nobody Loves," "The Way You Look Tonight," "Where Or When" and "Winter Weather," with Art Lund sharing the latter. (Columbia C 170) DORIS DAY-BUDDY CLARK: Come dig the sequel to "Love Some- body," "I'm In Love" from "Romance On The High Seas," with "Sparkle Plen- ty" and the baritone lark trading the 3- word title all the way. Tres cute and it leaps to boot. Dodo goes it alone on the flip, "It's You Or No One." (Columbia) ALSO EAR WORTHY: Nat Cole's "Little Girl" and "Baby, Baby. All The Time" — if you can tear yourself away from that album you bought for the kids. ( Capitol) . . . "Sam You Made The Pants Too Long," and "Why Did I Teach My Girl To Drive," deuce of triple peachy novelties by Ziggy Talent, who dispenses plenty of it with Vaughn Monroe's gang (Victor) . . . LENA HORNE'S great — but great — disking of "It's Mad, Mad, Mad!" by Irene Hig- eenbotham, who cleffed "Good Mornin' Heartache," moody and dimly fluores- cent. Back is the best vocal ever on "Sometimes I'm Happy" with the glori- ous Lena lobbing that sultry throbbing earwards and making you flip. With Luther Henderson on the piano — ow! (MGM.) . . . SOPHIE TUCKER'S pressing of her classic "Some Of These Days" really husking it out with Bob Haggart and Co. laying down two-beat behind her (Decca) . . . "Dolores," with chorus after chorus by Bing Crosby on Decca and Frank Sinatra on Victor with Tommy Dorsey, reissues of a beauty that never achieved its deserved popu- larity. Maybe it will now . . . XAVIER CUGAT'S nougats on a samba kick, "Samba With Cugat," half a dozen slices of samba — caramba! "Copacabana," "Papa Knows," "Mary Ann," "In Chi- Chi," "Cantenango," "Tico, Tico" and "Brazil" make up the package. (Colum- bia album C 165) Some wonderful yel- lin' by Helen Forrest on Joe Venuti's new one, "Ain't Doin' Bad Doin' Nothin'," lazy bones type of delicacy and "Help Yourself To My Heart," but literally 'cause there's so much heart in these grooves it should be a model for all gal singers. (MGM) . . . The eckstatic Billy Eckstine's "Sophisticated Lady," prob- BEST IN THE NEST "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes-"— « Buddy Clark (Columbia) King Cole For Kids — (Capitol album) "This Is The Moment" — Jo Stafford (Capitol ) "Baby, Baby, All The Time" — Tommy Dorsey (Victor) "Ain't Doin' Bad Doin' Nothin' "' — Bing Crosby (Decca) "Euphoria" — Charley Ventura (Sittin- In) "P. S., I Love You" — Johnny Des- mond (MGM) "Arab Dance" and "La Paloma" — Claude Thornhill (Columbia) "Better Luck Next Time" — Perry Como ( Victor ) "Sometimes I'm Happy" — Lena Home (MGM) ably the only vocal ever cut of this glorious piece of Ellingtonia. (National) . . . JOHNNY DESMOND'S initial slic- ing for Columbia, "Lillette" and "Bella Bella Marie," with the Dell Trio behind . . . "Fiddle Faddle" and "Jazz Pizzi- cato-Legato" get a good going over by the Columbia Orchestra, both cleffed by Lerov Anderson, an ex-Harvard guy. ARTIE SHAW'S "Take Your Shoes Off, Baby" with "Hot Lips" Page on fine trumpet and vocal, and "Love Me A Little Little," when Lena Horne was dressing up Forever Artie's gang. Both baked in 1941 . . . MAGGIE WHIT- ING'S "There's Something About Mid- night" and "Look For The Silver Lin- ing," first one from "Lady In Ermine," more glory from the kid you dig on "Club 15" with Bob Crosbv. ( Capitol) ... And NELLIE LUTCHER'S out with fresh melodious mayhem, in the ridges of "Cool Water" and "Lake Charles Boogie," latter all in re her home pad of Lake Charles, La. . . . "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes," a gorgeous song which gets loving purr- ing from both Buddy Clark and Vic Damone . . . LOUIS JORDAN'S "Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends," a cute sequel to "Beware" and "Look Out." (Decca) HOT!! CLAUDE THORNHILL: "Arab Dance," "La Paloma." Just a 12-inch sample of what makes that Thornhill band so admired by musicians and good ears everywhere, so far above the aver- age orchestra it's amazing! Takes these two classics, first from Peter Hitch Tschaikowsky's "Nutcracker Suite" and de Yradier's standard, and fashions a thing of up-to-date harmonic wonder that's right from the middle of the grid- dle. The familiar old dove cops a mess of new-look plumage and the "Arab Dance" is loaded with beautiful harmonies. ( Columbia) BENNY GOODMAN: Shoeless John Jackson knocks out a plethora of zest on a brace of standard pace-setters, "Chero- kee" and "Love Is Just Around The Corner." Lotsa of solos with three-point landings by all concerned, the sextet with Benny, especially, shining like that black beanstalk he plays. Gets greater all the time. ( Capitol) CHARLEY VENTURA: Come and pop your little top on some vocal bop! Two listens and you'll be singing "Eu- phoria" community sing, boppin' along like mad! S'vocal be-bop with Jackie Cain, a darling hunk of bric-a-brac, shar- ing the ooh-ooh-ah-ees with Roy Krals. Bennie Green blows fine trombone and "Chazz" is "gone" on tenor. Play this for your friends who don't dig bop. (Sittin' In) HANK D'AMICO: "Hank's Pranks," "Juke Box Judy." An enticing sl'cing for you rascals who have ears for the more sophisticated jazz. ( National) LES BROWN: The kid of renown cooks a plate of great big band jump. "Blue Danube" and "Sophisticated Swing." No bout adoubt it, one of the best bands extant. (Columbia) JULIA LEE gets her licks in on "Wise Guys," with Vic Dickenson on trombone and Ernie Royal on trumpet and "All SCREENLAND I Ever Do Is Worry," spotting tasty Benny Carter alto. 'Course Julia school- sya with that fine Baldwin and her throat is ear-appetizing. (Capitol) FROM THE MAN IN GRAY To Harold Foster, Paterson, N.J.: If you have a song and you think it's good, send a record of it to the artist you think it best suits. If he or she likes it, they'll use it. That's the most sensible way to give a song a boost . . . Rose- mary Jowitt, Ossining, N.Y.: Ray Mc- Kinley's latest waffle is "You Came A Long Way From St. Louis," as catchy as a cold. Knock some linen to Victor records for a pix . . . Virginia Woppman, Baltimore, Md.: Peter Lawford, Guy Madison and Burt Lancaster are all in their middle twenties . . . Dawn Wom- pule, Bath, N.Y., Gerry Erricson and Jo Ann Newmier of Oakland, Calif.: Desi Arnaz is an angel of a guy, can't blame your heart trouble one iota. He'll be doing another picture soon and you can keep in touch with his tonsils on Victor . . . Pat Kennedy, Cleveland, Ohio: Bud- dy Clark now cops his nod (sleeps) on the coast. Bought a new home, has a doll of a daughter and you can dig him on Carnation show . . . No more time to chin, Min, so lay some watermarked stuff on me and don't spare the ????s. The Kind Of Guy Crosby Is Continued from page 24 Address letters to Fred Robbins, Screenland Magazine, 37 West 57th Street, New York 19, N Y. but it was cut too short to peer through.) I pushed my way through the mobs of people and the gigantic plates of hot sausages, frantically trying to find the guest of honor, Harry Lillis Crosby. At one point I thought he had ducked back of a stage, but by the time I got there he was gone. On the stage were great signboards loaded with telegrams from almost any- one who is anyone and a lot of people who aren't anyone. Bob Hope (who is someone) had wired that at last Bing's age matched his golf score. Barry Fitz- gerald (another someone) wired, "I thought only younger people celebrated birthdays. Why don't you go home and take a drink of something that's spelt backwards." Incidentally, as my search- ing eyes cased the presents, none of which could cost over fifty cents, I discovered more boxes of Serutan than the Serutan company has. Bing can drink that back- ward-spelt drink from now until dooms- day. Tired by now of the paper hats being pushed in my eyes and snappers going off in my ears and trying to find a drink other than Serutan, I really started look- ing for Bing. A mob over in the corner seemed to be having a wonderful time, so I figured he was there. Guess what? He wasn't. A blonde was! By now, having become desperate, and almost ready to give up, I began my northwest passage to the door. With only about five more feet to go, someone grabbed my arm. Before even turning around I said, "Yes, I've had a lovely time. I'll mention your movie on the air and thanks for asking me." A voice said, "What are you talking about? Aren't you going to wish me a Happy Birthday?" Well, now you know. It was the birth- day boy himself! I whipped around and planted a big fat kiss on his cheek. Bing smiled, and said, "Well, kid, how have you been and how's the radio?" I told him the radio was doing just fine last time I listened, and he said, "When am I going on your program?" I looked at him in amazement and said, "For heaven's sake, you don't want to go on my program, do you?" "Sure I do," Bing replied. "After all, I started you on the air and I have to come back and see how my girl's doing. When do we do it?" 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Finally, on a certain Wednesday, I gave up in disgust and drove out to the most "chi-chi" of golf clubs on Long Island, namely Meadow- brook. I walked in the dining room to get a bit of lunch and fell over Bing. He was sitting with Johnny and Fifi Fell, a beautiful young couple, whose children have the rare honor of having Bing Cros- by as godfather. Bing was laughing over what Meadow- brook had termed the "love team." The team consists of Bing, Shipwreck Kelly (who married the glamour girl of all time, Brenda Frazier) and another man. Every day those three played golf togeth- er and once in awhile they let a stranger make it a foursome. The betting was high, the golf great, but the singing was un- believable! Meadowbrook, ordinarily a quiet club where you hear nothing but the rustle of thousand dollar bills, had been full of melody. Bing sang all around the course and even Shipwreck sang, too. As a matter of fact, no matter who played with them, by the time they reached the ninth hole, they were all singing and swatting. That is the won- derful thing about Bing. Determined not to be caught with my typewriter keys down any longer, I asked Bing where he was staying. "Well," he said, "I am very fancy. I have two hotels, a country one and one in town. Very impressive, I think! I'm living at the Garden City Hotel to be near my "love team," and when I have to stay in town late, you can find me at the Westbury Hotel." Bing waved, disappeared around a sand trap, and once again, I still didn't have a story. Great Guns, I realized I didn't even have an appointment! I let two days go by so as not to ap- pear too pushy, and then called the Gar- den City Hotel. Bing was playing golf. Two days later I called again and this time it was raining cats and dogs. Bing was still playing golf! It takes more than rain to either injure his hat or dampen his ardor. A week later I called the Westbury on the day of his program. Bing transcribes while he's in New York and his programs are a riot to watch. I knew that several of my friends and all their children were going over to see the shenanigans. Bing is always so gracious about visitors. He arranges for you to go right through all the crowds, and if there are any kids present, he really puts himself out to be 54 S C li E E N L A N D Tar from it. Why got change of a sweet. He takes the kids backstage and introduces them to everyone. The only drawback, the mothers tell me, is the children can't eat their supper afterwards from excitement. Anyway, this time I was told Bing would call me back and he did, two days later at nine a. m. Mother threw cold water on me for fully ten minutes and kept screaming that Bing was on the phone. I woke up fast after that, shook my head three times, cleared my throat, and grabbed the phone. "Hello," I said, which was the greatest height of clever- ness I could reach at that hour. "You sound like you just came out of an oxygen tent," said Crosby. "What's the matter?" I mumbled something and asked after his golf to which he replied, "Oh, that's going great. By the way, Flo, why don't you get married? I want all you girls who are friends of mine to marry rich men so that you can help me out finan- cially in later years when I need it." I roared and said, "Oh, Bing, you know you're loaded." "Loaded!" he said. Flo, I haven't even match." We chatted on and finally I mentioned that I had called him about a story. There was a long pause and then, in a very hurt voice, he said, "Do you mean to tell me that your only reason for calling me was a com- mercial one?" I started to splutter, but he continued, "Here I thought you'd just called me out of friendship to find how everything was going. Flo, I'm wounded and hurt." By then I was in tears. "How can I make it up to you?" I asked. "By letting me go on your radio pro- gram and talk about my movie, 'The Emperor Waltz.' " he replied. "Fine," I snapped back. "When?" "Well, I'm leaving for home on Sun- day," Bing said. "Today's Tuesday and I have to do my own program. Tomor- row I play golf, Thursday my ball team gets in town and Friday I'm playing golf. And you're not on the air on Sat-, urday, are you?" My reply of "No" came through my tightly clenched teeth. So then, dear readers, I not only didn't have a story, I didn't even have a radio program. Time marched on and I could hear the whistles of that Sunday train. Besides that, the groans from the editor of this magazine were getting louder and more violent. Saturday night, the loneliest night in the week, turned out to be just the op- posite. I went to a party. Guess who was there? Bing Crosby! Guess whom I sat next to at dinner? Bing Crosby! Guess who sat on his other side? Elsa Maxwell! Guess who never got a word in edgewise? Me! 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Y— a perfect outlet for his divine sense of humor. He kept teasing Tier about her papa, the Duke, about their castles and why they didn't get lost in them. Bing went into great, lengths about the lack of plumbing in English country castles. Sarah loved it all. Bing and Elsa got into a big argument about television, both of the same belief, that it is one of the greatest mediums ever to be dis- covered. Bing wanders through this sometimes titled, but always social group with the greatest of ease. Unlike most movie ac- tors, he seems to prefer the quiet golf- ing and dining life these people lead, for he spends more of his time with them than with others. Most movie stars come to New York and rush from show to show, from nightclub to nightclub and go home exhausted. Also, while in New York, they stick with the other Holly- woodites in town. Bing does just the opposite. After dinner, the girls moved into the drawing room and the men stayed in the library. Finally, when the women could bear it no longer, Bing sauntered in, fol- lowed by the rest of the males (all of whom were very incidental that night) . He sat down in a chair, threw his leg over the arm, and smiled around the room. Soon everyone began to beg him to sing, for someone had started playing a piano in the corner. Bing called over, "Sure I'll sing. What do you know how to play?" Great discussions went back and forth. The key was finally set and Bing sere- naded the group of fifty people for an hour. The funny thing about Bing is that he knows ail the tunes, but few of the words. One time at a party at "21," given for Anita Colby, Morton Downey stood by Bing feeding him the lyrics while Bing sang. Tonight the lyric feed- ing was my role. I sat by his chair and told him the words in a whisper so he could get them out in time. He stopped singing for a while and I asked, "Bing, doesn't it ever annoy you to be constantly asked to sing?" "No," he replied, "I love to sing. Noth- ing bothers me, Flo." "You mean all the fans and questions and people watching you never upsets you?" I asked. "Flo," he answered, "I haven't a nerve in my body! None of it affects me. I hardly even notice it." I thought of how often Bing Crosby is taken advantage of by many groups of people. He has a set-up arranged so that Everett takes most of the original trouble. All the deals people want to make with Bing go through his brother, and often when he wants to cut someone short he tells them to talk to Everett. Recently, a rally was planned in Bos- ton for a charity. They sent Bing an in- vitation, and then before they had his answer, released tons of publicity that Bing Crosby would be there to make a personal appearance. Never once did the people running the affair check with Bing as to whether he could be there. They used it as a come-on and then when Bing difln't arrive (as he couldn't make it) , all the people who had bought tickets on the chance of seeing Bing Crosby turned on him. Through no fault of his own, Bing was severely criticized and not once did the perpetrators of all this admit that it was they who were in the wrong, not Crosby. Fred Allen did a broadcast for Bing and Bing was to do a return. Suddenly, weeks in advance, stories started appear- ing in Variety and other papers that Allen wasn't talking to Bing because Bing had refused to do the Allen show. I asked Bing about this and he said, "What do you mean? I'm doing the Allen broadcast this Sunday and it's been set right along." There is the nut of the trouble. A man reaches the stardom and fame of a Crosby and "Everybody wants to get into the act." They ask impossible things of a star. They expect him to be one thousand people in one thousand differ- ent places at the same time. Then, when it's impossible, (there is only one Bing Crosby) they say, "Ah, 'he's a bum!" It's unfair that anyone as agreeable and affable as Bing should have to put up with this terrific inconsideration. Sure, he's become evasive because everyone has a favor to ask or an angle. Bing is the first person to help someone out, but let's face it, he can't help them all. That was on Saturday and on Sunday Bing left for California. Monday morn- ing my assistant arrived to find me the picture of dejection. When she asked what in the world was the matter, I told her that I still hadn't gotten the story on Bing. She stopped for a minute and then said, "Why don't you tell the story of how marvelous he was to my sister and her husband?" "If I knew the story I would," I re- plied. This is it. At a huge party at the Stork last year in my honor, Bing and a group of his friends dropped by for a while. Everyone wanted to meet him, most particularly, my assistant. She sat with his party, and danced with Bing and had a wonderful time. She told Bing that her sister and brother-in-law were going to see Hollywood. It was to be their first trip to the coast and their first real honeymoon. Bing, extraordinary guy that he is, wrote them a letter of intro- duction to his secretary at Paramount. The note said that this young couple were good friends of his and that while in California he wanted them to see everyone they wanted to see, go every- place they wanted to go, and do every- thing they wanted to do. Believe me, they did! They were squired from studio to studio, from Mocambo to Santa An- ita, met the biggest big shots of the town, and never once were expected to pay the check! That's the kind of a guy Crosby is. Can you top it? I doubt it. So there it was. Just another of the millions of anecdotes showing so clearly what a tip-top person Bing Crosby is to many, many people. Of course, it wasn't enough to write a whole story about, so all I can do, dear readers, is tell you the story of "how I didn't get a story." Give me time, though, I'll catch up with him even if it means taking up golf! 56 SCREENLA N.D Edith Head's Fashion Flashes Continued from page 47 a circular skirt makes a short girl look like a mushroom. For variety you can press out the pleats at the bottom and get a floating effect with sheer material, as we did with Wanda Hendrix's net dress. Her white wool gabardine and her coat dress also have unpressed pleats. They give fullness that falls straight in- stead of spreading. * * * Don't Try To Look Cute or try to dress like a Dresden doll with ruffled dirndls and lace ruchings. There's nothing more ghastly and it's exactly what a short girl shouldn't do. Veronica Lake never wears circular skirts. She stays with slim, tailored things that give her height. The trouble is that most small girls, unless they wear very good clothes, verge on cuteness. Ruffled doo-dads and a lot of trimming only make it worse. * * * There Should Be A Law against short girls wearing high crown hats and platform shoes. They only make them look unhappy with what they are . . . short. The tall girl is tall and the short girl is short and there isn't much you can do about it. The five-footer can wear anything that is smart . . . but with modifications. Her hats must be simple and her clothes must be plain of line. She has more clothes problems, but she has one advantage. She can look much more feminine. And she doesn't need ruffles to do it. Everybody is somebody. So don't try to make yourself look like a copy of what you aren't. * * * What We Laughingly Call The New Look hit us and the average tall girl looked pretty good, but the short girl looked scarey with her big balloon skirts. 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Don't line the sleeves. Just add fake cuffs. ... a bit of lining beneath the sweater cuff. I'm using a flannel lining with most of my own sweaters. One black cashmere is lined with yellow flannel to match the yellow flannel shirt that goes with it. * * # Fur, Brocade, Velvet Cardigans are news for evening wear. Marlene Diet- rich wore an ermine cardigan to the pre- view of "A Foreign Affair" in New York . . . and stopped traffic. Betty Hutton wears brocade and velvet cardigans to parties. Some of them are monogrammed in brilliants and others sport flashing jeweled buttons. * * * Hold That Line when it comes to the length of your skirts. If the tall girls are wearing them ten inches from the floor, keep yours up to twelve. Whatever you do, stay away from the very long skirt. It might be the height of fashion on a model, but it makes a short girl look as if she were wearing her mother's clothes. * * * It's Good to combine several fabrics in one costume and to use two or three colors together. But if you're short, stay away from bulky materials or any bold designs. This Fall and Winter you'll see jersey combined with satin . . . black jersey skirts and satin tops. Wool will pair with velvet. And for evening, satin and taffeta. * * * Suggested Fabric Combinations An unusual evening dress could be made of black crepe with panels of pink slipper satin. A dark green jersey dress with top and underskirt of a thin plaid wool would be smart. Another new evening idea is to wear a chiffon skirt with a band of taf- feta at the bottom, and repeat the taffeta in the bodice. A black jersey suit gets a new note if you add a black velvet vest and pockets of black velvet. For casual wear you can pair velveteen with flannel or any other wool. * * * New Color Combines will be accented in skirts and coats. A violet coat would be stunning over a dark green suit. A navy skirt worn with a yel- low jacket is new and good. And if you want the very last word in color wear a pink flannel blouse and a pink flannel petticoat with a navy blue suit. * * # You're Going To See many of the new dresses with panels, sashes or fringe, for that swishing, mov- ing effect. You're going to see waistlines rise. You're going to see evening dresses with covered fronts and bare backs. * * * And You'll Find It Smart to wear detachable sleeves. They refresh your wardrobe and anyone can make them. Simply take two pieces of mate- rial. Sew elastic at the top and bottom and slip them under the short sleeves of your dress. Try sleeves of red and white candy-striped jersey with a grey flannel sport suit, and add an undervest of the same color flash. See how it changes the costume. Undersleeves and a bib of blue and white checked taffeta go smartly with a blue flannel dress. Gail Russell is planning some tailored sport dresses with gay tartan plaid undersleeves and match- ing collars or bibs. * * * For Sheer Luxury- try jewel trimmed satin undersleeves . . . or sparkling white lingerie undersleeves with black crepe dresses. Or, if you want to top all glamour accessories, take a tip from Loretta Young and copy her de- tachable ermine sleeves to wear with din- ner suits and dresses. Rosalind Makes Nine Wishes Continued from page 27 outgrown. But building conditions and prices being what they are, the arrange- ment as of now continues. I want new linoleum on my kitchen floor, but darned if I am going to put it down until the cost of putting it down goes down. I'd like a new washing machine, too, but I'll continue to "like one" awhile longer. I LIKE to want things. It keeps me eager, keeps me on my toes. I can't imag- ine anything more horrible than to walk down Fifth Avenue knowing that any- thing and everything you see in the smart shop windows you can have if you want to have them. Satiety, that would be. A kind of suffocation. I never made any real money until I started free lancing. I wish that I may never make so much money but what I must needs wish to make more. Easterner, as I am, born (June 4-, 1012) in Waterbury, Connecticut, Wish No. 3 is that I may always live in Hol- lywood. I think it's a wonderful place to live. A place with terrific advantages. A certain newness, a certain frontierism, pioneerism, refreshing in a rather tired world. A place that has improved cul- turally, improved no end culturally, since I came here to make my first picture ("Evelyn Prentice" with Bill Powell at MGM) ten years ago. The New York plays, usually complete with the New York casts, come to us now. We also have the Metropolitan Opera, have had for two years. Every man and woman of distinction in the world visits us. Many of them are among the citizenry ... a big city you might call us, with, on the outskirts, a country petticoat . . . I think Hollywood is a wonderful place to bring up children and hope, as does Freddy, that we may continue to bring Lance up here. Wonderful, first of all, physically. Meaning — I have news for you — the CLIMATE. Kidding aside, you can't do much mentally unless you are on the beam physically. Wonderful health you must have, not only for your own per- sonal well-being but for the good of your work. Speaking as an actress, I know that the MOST important asset to an actress is vitality. True, you must have talent, a great willingness to work, and to grow in your work, but without vital- ity an actress, like a biscuit without bak- ing powder, will not, so to speak, "rise." 58 SCREENLA.VD Nor is Hollywood "dangerous to mar- riage." I earnestly wish (No. k) that I may never hear or read that old saw again! Or ever be told again, as I have been told a number of times, "Well, you see, I come from a small town, got out here, got $100,000 for a picture, and it just went to my head!" When this con- fidence is made me by one cr the other of a broken marriage, I am tempted to crack back, "My dear sir, or madam, why don't you just tell the truth — that you were born weak in the head to begin with!" Hollywood is NOT dangerous to mar- riage. I say it firm, I say it flat. Those who say it is are merely making an ex- cuse for their own bad behavior. Why, right off the top of my head, just giving it the once over lightly, I can pick names among the men I have worked with in pictures — Ronald Col- man, Bob Montgomery, Bob Young, Paul Lukas, Don Ameche, Walter Pid- geon, Fred MacMurray, Michael Red- grave— certainly Hollywood has not been dangerous to their marriages, years long as they have been. As for our marriage, Freddy's and mine, now in its eighth year, if a marriage can be safer than ours, as well as happier, how safe, I want to know, and how happy can you get? I wish, Wish No. 5. to go gay in pic- tures. In fact, I am GOING to go gay for about four films in a row. I've put my foot down, I've put both feet down, I'm SITTING down on doing anything but comedies, for any company, for any reason, though the scripts be from Shakespeare! I am working next in a comedy for RKO. And Columbia Pictures, to which I owe a picture, is looking for a comedy for me. And then WE own a comedy — "we" being Freddy, Dudley Nichols and your Miss Russell, otherwise known as Independent Pictures, Inc. I am, however, let me make it very clear, a producer in name only. I don't produce. I won't produce. I worked a bit on the script of "The Velvet Touch." That I like to do. But when, while we were casting, they called me in two or three times, I said, "Don't call me in on actors. I wouldn't want an actor to tell me 1 couldn't play a part. Or even," I added, "that I could." The day we went into production, I told Jack Gage (who had never directed a -picture before) , "Now you're going out there and you.se is the boss! Don't ask me nuttin'. This is your picture." To me, a director is always the boss. I may agree with him, I may disagree with him — either way, he should have the last word. Judging from reports on "The Velvet Touch," it looks as if my faith in young director Gage is amply justified. I en- joyed making the picture, which is a psychological suspense drama, something in the mood of 20th Century-Fox's box- office hit, "Laura," which starred Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews and featured one of my favorite people in the world. Clifton Webb. I enjoyed working again with Leo Genn. But in my present mood of levity and laughter, even a "velvet touch" is too heavy for me. I am now of a mind to take down that pompadour and throw custard pies! 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I love to hear laughter in a theatre. Go to a theatre and hear the audience laughing at your lines — boy, you feel good! A drama, though it's a hit, doesn't make you feel the same. If I had my way, I'd have 'em laugh be- fore the picture starts. Have 'em laugh as the first title, Independent Pictures presents — {plug!) goes on the screen. We laugh a lot at home, Freddy and I. We go out together, just the two of us, which I love, and have a million laughs. One of my big wishes (No. 6) is that someday soon we can go on a trip together, a trip which would involve no business at all. Where we go is relative- ly unimportant, so long as we're alone, and together. "Why," a friend of mine asked me, just before Freddy sailed for Europe in the early Summer, "why don't you go with him?" "Take a look at that list of business deals and you'd take a flying leap," I told her, "out that 9th story window!" Lance is a laughing boy, a happy child. How else? He comes from Laughing Pa and Laughing Ma, doesn't he? • My wish (No. 7) for Lance is that he retain his sense of humor. I can't wish happiness for him. Not, that is, total, complete and life-long happiness. One must have some unhappiness, some frus- tration, even some tragedy, to develop into any kind of a human Being. So, un- happiness, too, I must, reluctantly, wish for him, comforted by the reflection that if he retains his sense of humor, he will survive. As comedy is easy on an audience, it's easy on an actor, too. Example: When, a few years ago, we — Brian Aherne and I — were making "My Sister Eileen," we played a scene in which Brian asked me to get him a drink of water. As I went to the faucet, turned it on, Director Al Hall suggested that as I stood there, waiting for the water to run cold, I look Brian up and down, down and up and make a face at him. Simple as it sounds, silly as it sounds, it never failed, that scene, to get a belly laugh. Easy way, I mean, to earn your living! When you're doing drama, on the other hand, especially heavy dray-ma, you have to feel dreadful in the scenes that call for you to feel dreadful. Since there is no way I have ever found to simulate real deep emotion, you have actually to feel dreadful. Crying scenes, for instance — we don't use glycerine to make tears these days; we REALLY cry in crying scenes — cry all day long if necessary. In "The Velvet Touch," I play a scene in which I become hysterical. Something Leo Genn says to me and, in seven sec- onds flat, I have to go into complete hysterics. How did I do it? By listening so hard to what Leo was saying to me that the impact of what he said had real meaning for me, so I had hysterics. An uneasy way, I mean, to earn your living! Furthermore, comedy is commonly more flattering to an actress than drama. In comedy, you are usually a gay gal, a cute trick, aided and abetted by the glamour treatment. Whereas, in drama . . . "Oh, you're so much YOUNGER than I thought," a young woman, mak- ing my acquaintance for the first time, recently exclaimed at sight of me. "You mean," I asked, amused, "younger than Sister Kenny?" That, she told me, was what she did mean. "You don't look mean, like you did in Electra," another new acquaintance flattered me by say- ing, having obviously expected that I would, and was clearly taken aback when she found out different . . . One picture, not a comedy, was a Cause with me — "Sister Kenny." That picture I, comedienne at heart though I am, should have made. That one I HAD to make. I don't like destructive things. I didn't enjoy hating my "mother" in "Mourning Becomes Electra," but I am glad I played Electra. It took courage to make that picture — courage on the part of the studio, the director and the cast. Cour- age rewarded, in my opinion, and not because I was in it, by a picture that is a fabulous job. Compelling. Fascinat- ing, in its grim way. An important pic- ture and adult. Which prompts me to wish (No. 8) that those who can help an adult picture would do so. I frankly mean that I wish critics and reviewers and all those who cry out for better films, for adult films, saying "Pictures must advance, must grow up!" would say so. I defy anyone to say we haven't tried to give them advanced and adult pic- tures here in Hollywood. Among them, "Gentleman's Agreement," "Sister Ken- ny," "Electra," "Crossfire," "I Remem- ber Mama," "The Search." "Sister Ken- ny" (not because I was in it) was a ter- rific success. The Oscars awarded "Gen- tleman's Agreement" speak for it more eloquently than I can speak. So far as I know, the other films I've named are also successful. Let us pray they are. For if pictures such as these are not success- ful, with the critics, with the fans, if no help is given them, no drums beaten and a scarcity of kudos at the box-office, the studios will not make others like them. How can they? You can't, you know, run a business without meeting that pay- roll every week. When I first came to Hollywood I was lunching one day, at the Beverly Hills Brown Derby, with a school-days friend of mine, Charlotte Wynter. Lunching in a booth near ours were two old-timers in the picture business. Pretty pathetic, they were, in their manifest efforts to hold on to glamour that was gone, to remain in the spotlight longer. "When I get like that," I said to Charlotte, "don't be delicate with me — move me on. Say, 'Roz, back to Waterbury for IS JS you! In "Reckless," my fourth picture for MGM and also, get me, with Bill Pow- ell, there was- a sequence in which, dressed as a bride, I walked up a wide staircase with four attendants carrying my train. Looking back, during rehear- sal for the scene, I saw that the four attendants carrying my train were four one-time big stars. "Bear this in mind, honey," I remember saying to myself, "bear this well in mind and when the day comes, drop dead! Or drop out! But just don't be IN pictures!" "The Day," I now know, never comes. There IS no such day. Not for me there isn't, at any rate, or ever will be. For 60 SCREENLAND things have changed in this business You can now go on from young roles, from starring roles, from glamourous roles into mature roles, even elderly roles which can be as important, as satisfying as those that belong to youth. Take the late Dame May Whitty as a magnificent example. A wonderful spirit, had Dame May, in that eighty-three-year-old body of hers. Well do I remember, when we were making "Night Must Fall," putting pillows under Dame May. By the end of the picture, she was putting pillows under me! Take a great example like Ethel Barrymore. Take a great example, in the theatre, like the late Laurette Taylor. And take hope. I do. But if, by some fault of circumstance, or in me, "The Day" does come, I'll play any old hag or bag rather than not be in pictures at all. As demanding as mak- ing pictures is, you build your life around making pictures — in order to be success- ful, you HAVE to. If, then, you quit pictures, what do you do? Besides — I love this business. With a real love. I wish, (No. 9) I wish upon a star, that I may stay in it until the day I die. Reducing Specialist Says: Cobina Wright's Gossip Of Hollywood Parties Continued from page 33 fun costumes as well as beautiful ones. While Janet Gaynor looked ravishing in a gown of hundreds of crepe paper rose pet- als, Bill Daniels matched her in a romper suit of an equal number of price tags. I overheard dashing Cesar Romero, who was the most handsome "classified ad" there that evening, asking lovely 'Adele Jergens for a dance. Adele had on en- trancing demure colonial gown of sheets of pale blue note paper. "Pardon me, dear," asked suave Cesar, "but are you stationary?" "Yes," replied Adele demurely, "but not after the music starts." What with gorgeous Virginia Bruce, Betty Hutton, Paulette Goddard and all the glamour girls done up in everything from playing cards to paper cartons, it was an exciting party. Certainly there wasn't another event last month that could hold a candle to it. IF I were writing you this party news with an eye to headlines, I'd say, "Movie fans, move over and make way for royalty," because I've just discovered two regal members who would like to join your ranks. It's Prince Ibrahim of Egypt and his lovely Princess, both of whom are ardent American film fans and who were just as excited about meeting film stars on their recent Hollywood visit as you or I. When I noticed how thrilled the prin- cess was when stars were presented to her at an Atwater Kent fiesta, I asked the Prince and the Princess if they wouldn't like to stop at my house for cocktails the next afternoon to have a chat with a few of their favorites. And who do you think they wanted to meet? The Louis Jour- dans, Esther Williams, Turhan Bey, Gregory Peck, Maria Montez and Jean Pierre Aumont, Walter Pidgeon and Lana Turner! Of course, Lana was still in Europe, but I invited all the others and it proved to be one of the gayest impromptu par- ties I've f/iven in some time. It was particularly relaxing for the Princess, who is half Parisian, to be able to converse easily in French, because she still feels a little self-conscious about her English. She is a strikingly beautiful young woman, slender, dark and exquisitely groomed. That afternoon she looked as though she had literally stepped from a page i?i Vogue or Harper's, with a dark blue taffeta cocktail dress of ankle-length, a matching blue cartwheel hat, and a small fortune of blue-black sapphires at her throat and wrists. In fact, she was so stunning that both Walter Pidgeon and Turhan Bey couldn't understand why she wa7ited to meet film stars because she was more exotic than any of our glamour girls. 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We were all afraid we'd break up, but actually the show, according to the stu- dio went better than it ever has before. The "Boys," however, can throw a party when they want to. Ten of them decided to give a "christening" party the other afternoon for M'Liss McClure, the lovely little dancer, who decided to change her name from Helen Smith be- fore going further with her film career. Her self-appointed "Godfathers" were Cesar Romero, Atwater Kent, Richard Webb, Michael North, Harry Crockett with such handsome newcomers to the screen as John Derek, and Clark Whetely. M'Liss, who is a terrific cutie with the tiniest foot in Hollywood, was dressed in baby clothes and put in a fourteen-foot high chair, (which one of the godfathers had appropriated for the occasion). The handsome benedicts all stood around at M'Liss' tiny feet and toasted her abun- dantly, although all M'Liss could have on her high perch was a bottle of milk. ON A more serious plane was the pic- ture exhibition party which I gave for the noted Peruvian artist, Mariano Soyer. Several years ago, Mariano did a portrait of my daughter, Cobina, Jr., a likeness of which I am very fond. Since then Mariano has "done" the portraits of such famous women as Ilsa Schiap- arelli, Lady Mendl, Norma Shearer and many other noted movie beauties. But he had never had a Hollywood show- ing, so I turned my house into an art gallery for one afternoon and invited a host of film folk to come, sip tea or cock- tails and, for once, relax, while looking over the gallery of portraits. Eleanor Powell and her husband, Glenn Ford, the Robert Cummings, Esther and Ben Gage, Billie Burke, Atwater Kent, the Earl of Warwick were just a few who agreed that this was one way to take art for comfort's sake. I was recently invited to Alice Black- burn's home with Paramount' s Andy Hervey, as co-host. It seems that Alice's lovely house stood in the way of the new Los Angeles Freeway and so it had to go — or rather be moved. Reconciled to the fact, Alice and Andy stated, "We'll give a house-moving party, then!" And this they did. While the house was on blocks and moving down the street they greeted their guests and entertained them en route. Guests came in a variety of attire in order to help raise the roof. Doris Day wore blue jeans, Dorothy Lamour a peasant dress, Dottie's husband a yacht- ing outfit, James Mitchell in a moving man's overalls and so on. Betty Hutton's husband, Ted Briskin, took movies of the proceedings with one of the 8-mm. cameras he invented and so we all were invited the following week to see a "movie of a movee!" Next month I'll be back with more party news, including a terrific benefit circus party in which you'll find Van Johnson On a trapeze, Walter Pidgeon as a ring mas- ter, and Betty Grable as a bareback rider. It's all for charity, so come on with Screenland and join the fun! Turning Off The Heat Continued from page 34 late in the warmly friendly atmosphere!" Having any sort of a house to herself would represent a thrilling milestone to a little girl who grew up in a household with five brothers and sisters. They lived in the flat above their red brick grocery store, and if you've ever occupied a one- bathroom home with six other persons, two adults and four other children, you can imagine what a private tub and shower can mean to their sole owner and operator. When Liz was living in New York on ten dollars a week while studying at the Alviene School of Drama, she lived in the smallest apartment since match covers replaced match boxes. In order to take down her hair at night, she had to stand in the hall, because there wasn't enough space for arms akimbo between her four walls. That's what the lady says. Then, when she came to Hollywood, Liz expanded; she took a larger apart- ment, one in which you could have parked a jeep. It was built on two lay- ers joined by a Lilliputian stairway, along which Liz had arranged miniature copper pots growing dwarfed plants. With a shoe horn she could entertain four guests simultaneously. All of this should give you some idea of what her house means to Lizabeth Scott. The background is enough to in- dicate what happiness would be possible if she were parked in a trailer camp with a mere forty square feet all her own. You will understand more fully when you see the house itself. First of all, it stands high on a Holly- wood hill, its handkerchief-sized patio {with one proud tree in the middle) af- fording a view of all the vast panorama of Los Angeles. Far to the west lies the ruffled golden shawl of the Pacific, care- lessly cast down in a restless heap upon the grey-green shore. To the northwest arise the sand-colored, dreaming heads of the Coastal Range. "I could build a platform four feet square in this tree, and be happy," is what Lizabeth has to say about her view. The patio terminates at the middle level of a three-level house. On the mid- dle level are the living quarters: a pan- eled, almost-square living room distin- guished by a red brick fireplace in the west wall, and a maple-spindled stair- way against the north wall. The upper level contains Lizabeth's bedroom with its shag rugs and canopied bed, and the lower level, reached through a trap door Screenland and a lethally steep stairway leading down from the living room, consists of rumpus room (with stone walls) , and a bunk bed which represents casual guest quarters. When you visit Lizabeth's home for the first time, you will notice a number of fascinating things. Don't miss her col- lection of ceramic pixies. She now has seven. These tiny (not more than four inches overall) figures have round, laugh- ing faces, heads covered by ruffled hel- mets, agile bodies clad in peplum-flared tunics, and skin-tight trousers terminat- ing in turned up slippers — for all the world like a fairyland Dr. Denton sleep- ing suit. To keep just one pixie, to con- fide in him morning and night, guaran- tees that one's dream will come true. "I'm taking no chances: I'm telling my dreams to an entire pixie band!" is Lizabeth's pixie-ish confession. Notice the collection of books stuffed in the bookshelves. The well-worn vol- umes have traveled long physical dis- tances with their owner, but even longer mental and spiritual miles. From Scran- ton, Pennsylvania's Capouse Avenue to Hollywood, California's upper Hollywood Boulevard is a trip of uncountable emo- tional miles; Lizabeth Scott has covered them in company of the world's great minds. Be sure to stroll along the length of Lizabeth's head-high trinket shelves where she keeps her glass animal collec- tion. She'll be delighted at your interest and will tell you the history of some of the items. There's a fragile glass ship with pale blue sails, full-rigged and irides- cent with moonlight, that an airline pilot, who had served in the ETO, sent Liza- beth after seeing "You Came Along." There's an upstanding kangaroo that Lizabeth herself picked up in a curio shop in — of all places — Missoula, Mon- tana, when she was on tour with the Bankhead company of "Skin Of Our Teeth." There are Swedish glass ele- phants, Chinese glass lions, and American glass flamingos. There are mementos of every city in which Lizabeth has ap- peared, and souvenirs of every picture in which she has worked. Of course, the rarest thing in Liza- beth's house is Lizabeth herself. If you have never seen her in person, but only on the screen, you're due for a big sur- prise. First of all, the sullen Miss Scott of films is strictly a mirage. The personal life Miss Scott is a tall, slim, vital, laughing girl whose nearest fictional image is Jo in Alcott's "Little Women." Her most spectacular feature is her hair, as thick as jungle grass. Its color is like no other head of hair in Hollywood. Underneath the top layers which are too thick ever to be penetrated by sunlight, it is a caramel-taffy brown; on top where the fine, straight strands are constantly exposed to the sun (Liz usually drives her convertible with top down) it has been bleached to a glowing silver. Even her color pictures in magazines show Lizabeth as a golden blonde, but she is no such thing. She is topaz-platinum, and completely devastating. While we are sitting yakking like mad, Lizabeth's telephone rings repeatedly. You'll love the way she answers. Be- cause she has taken her dramatic training very seriously, her present speaking voice is a medium contralto; but when she approaches the telephone, all her train- ing drops away and she says "Hello" in the very deep, highly expectant tone of a small boy who really isn't supposed to be answering the telephone, but who can't resist it. If Lizabeth recognizes the voice on the wire, and if the caller is one of her in- timate circle of friends, Lizabeth's tone will drop two or three more notes until she is talking in a cosy purr. If the caller is a business acquaintance, her accents rise several degrees and she becomes crisp, efficient, and almost formal. Per- haps her prettiest tone of voice is a bubbling, laughing tone which accom- panies the order, "Come over at once! I have cokes on ice, I've just cut some wonderful cheese and crisped some crackers, and everything is wonderful. Come over and help me to enjoy my house!" Although Lizabeth is constant hostess to small gatherings, her biggest party to date was almost as impromptu as her ordinary get-togethers. She entertained seven members of the Notre Dame foot- ball team after their victorious game against USC. That night there were guards sunk deep and happily into the vast expanses of Scott lounge chairs; there were tackles sitting on the floor in front of the fire; there were backfield men playing the phonograph, re-enacting por- tions of the game, and filling Scott ash- trays with the first cigarette stubs after a long period of rigid football training. Lizabeth, who comes from a deeply religious family (one aunt is a nun, one uncle a priest) is probably Notre Dame's most excitable, vociferous, and deter- mined rooter. The players who were Lizabeth's guests were mildly stunned to discover that she could detail to them every freakish foot- ball accident of the season; could reel off scores as if they were her best friends' telephone numbers, and even knew the specialties and graduation years of every player. At midnight all the hors d'oeuvres (fish, little pig sausages, stuffed celery, and cheese crackers) had been devoured, so Lizabeth sent her maid down to an open-all-night market to buy three dozen eggs, a quart of cream, a gallon of milk, and half of a ready-cooked ham. With these provisions, Lizabeth and Edwina cooked breakfast at 2 a.m. When you are a guest at Lizabeth Scott's, be sure to ask her about the time a strange sedan made a call at chez Scott. It's a wonderful story and Liz tells it very well. 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He had gone to Cur- ran, asking an introduction to Shumlin to "read" the three lines. Curran said, "That part? You really want to learn acting, don't you?" Glenn said, "Yes, sir. I'm going to." Curran grinned, sent him to Shumlin. The New York stage director listened and said abruptly, "Are you by any chance a stage manager?" Glenn lit up in pleased, faked surprise. "Yes, sir. I'm a good stage manager." Glenn went black to Curran: "Thanks. I'm not only going to play that part, I'm assistant stage manager." "I know," Curran smiled gently. "That bit is part of the assistant stage man- ager's duties." Glenn's youthful decision as to what he must do — and working rather than dreaming — paid off when he took time out for the war. He chose the Marines. With audience friends already won, he returned to be starred — one, two, like that — opposite Hollywood's most dif- ferent leading ladies, Bette Davis (".A Stolen Life,") and Rita Hayworth ("Gil- da"). 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In many such cases, she hasn't bothered to let the beneficiary know! Eleanor became interested in Glenn when she saw him on the screen in "Mar- tin Eden," and told herself, "A fine actor. There's nothing he couldn't play." After seeing him in "Desperadoes" and "De- stroyer," his last picture before reporting to the Marines, she mentioned him to Pat O'Brien, who caught a tone in her voice he thought more than professional admiration — at least a promise of more. Pat contrived a meeting, and by the time Glenn went to San Diego for train- ing, the two were married. Eleanor's love is something very spe- cial and highly dramatic, but she doesn't seem to realize fully its drama. She spoke quite simply of what happened the week Glenn reported to San Diego. She turned down a fabulous seven-year renewal of her MGM contract. Next day she re- ceived a telegram from New York's Mu- sic Hall, which wanted to build around 68 SCREENLAND her a "Marilyn Miller" ballet prologue — four weeks at $10,000 a week. She wired "No" without hesitation. At home, recently, she was surprised at my expression, when I heard that, and explained: "I had no decision to make. If I accepted and went to New York, and he was sent overseas quickly and was killed, what would I have— §10,000 that would stare me in the face tlie rest of my life." Eleanor said something else, spoken so naturally it took the breath away: "He has lived up to every faith I had in him." She surrounds Glenn with cushion- ing, because she believes he still has heights to climb. "He is good," she says, meaning his character. "When he plays a wicked role, like the terrible judge in 'The Man From Colorado,' he comes home shaken." She lets him go upstairs silently, stay by himself an hour. "When he comes down, he is all smiles, and doesn't mention the day's work at din- ner." He never sees a bill or okays a household detail. Home to him is a place where he loves Eleanor and Peter, and friends come to see them. Eleanor's devotion to Glenn is based in part on her deep respect for him. He was winning it, from some woman in the future, when he put in practice, about the work he wanted to do, the maxim, "Don't just dream — do it." Shake Hands With THE POO! Continued from page 43 successful in her motion picture career. Bedelia is cast in a picture that is made in New York, so she is out of Hollywood for three months. A week before she returns, Ambrosia is cast in an epic being filmed in Arizona and she is away for three months. A week before she returns, Bedelia is cast in an epic requiring her to work until midnight for several weeks. Ambrosia is promptly cast in a picture demanding her presence at the studio at 5:30 a.m. each day. Puzzle: When are the girls going to get together? I know that I have lost dozens of in- cipient friendships simply because I was living according to one schedule and my tentative friend was living according to another. T think that most girls will agree that many friendships depend upon constant renewal to have meaning. One's best friend is frequently the girl with whom one saw a movie last night. All of which, in a rather roundabout way, brings me to The Poo. If I didn't . see Jannie for five years, the instant we did get together she and I would dive into fifty feet of conversation and not come to the surface for three hours. Our friendship is not based upon propinquity, but upon some secret alchemy of per- sonality. She is very important to me, and I believe that I am important to her. I think that each of us supplies some intangible property that the other lacks, each of us is renewed and re- freshed by the presence of the other. I believe that every life relationship to be lasting and to be satisfactory must con- tain this nebulous Something. I had heard about The Poo and Lou (Louis Busch, the gifted arranger and composer) long before I met either of them. My husband, Ben Gage, had known Lou for, conservatively speaking, five thousand years. After this prehis- toric friendship in the early days of radio, both men found themselves in uniform making with the feet at Santa Ana. Every time I saw Ben {which was every time he could wangle a weekend pass) I would hear all about Lou Busch and this mouse to whom he was married. "We'll all have to get together some- time soon," Ben would say. "I'll try to make a deal the next time both of us get off the base at the same time." Came the day, after several hundred threats, when we actually met as a four- some for dinner. I took one look at Janet Blair and gulped, "You're MUCH prettier in person — what's wrong with the photographer?" and she almost dupli- cated my statement. Naturally we be- came friends on the instant. In addition to owning a fantastically beautiful face, The Poo has one of the most beautiful figures in the world. She is one of the few girls I know who looks stunning in slacks. As if this weren't enough indulgence from Nature, who is notoriously niggardly, The Poo has an amazing voice. I will never forget my reaction the first time I ever heard her hit the rafters with a clear, high, bounc- ing note: "All that volume and timbre from so tiny a source!" However, my ultimate admiration is reserved, not for the attributes with which The Poo was born, but for what she has done, is doing, and plans to do in the future with her endowments. She is one of the most ambitious girls I have ever known. Not pushing, I don't mean that. Not looking to someone else to advance her opportunities. 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If The Poo ever spent an evening with an arctic explorer, a brain surgeon, a Fuller Brush man, and a costume designer, Jannie would leave in possession of information as to what should be taken for scientific investiga- tion to the South Pole, how to do a trepan, how to overcome an irate house- wife's sales resistance on Monday morn- ing, and why Elizabethan court ladies wore starched lace collars. S'fact. The Poo is good for me because, hav- ing learned that one of the first principles in swimming is relaxation, I'm inclined to relax all over in every direction. The Poo fires my ambition, makes me arise with out-thrust jaw and announce, "I'm going to work even harder than usual today on my diction, vocal, and drama lessons." I hope the day comes when I shall sit in a spellbound audience and watch Janet Blair claim an Oscar. Oddly enough, I don't aspire to winning an Oscar. Of course, it would be nice, but I'll probably never get the roles which earn Oscars, and I don't care. What I DO care about with all my soul is seeing The Poo carry home a Golden Guy. She has the talent, has the dramatic drive and all she needs is the right part. Another of The Poo's characteristics which I greatly admire is her courage. She has enough to build a picket fence from here to Mars. As this is written The Poo has just concluded her contract with her studio. For seven long years she cheerfully accepted inferior parts {she had only two that gave her any chance at all to shoivcase her talent; "My Sister Eileen" and "Stars And Spars") hoping month after month that she would be handed a prize role. She was promised high-powered scripts repeatedly, but nothing came of the promises. Finally, when the time was running out, Jannie was offered a new contract at double her present salary. Verbally, she was prom- ised all sorts of good roles. Money is important to each of us, let's face it. The Poo could have accepted her new contract for seven more years, banked her check each week, and despite the outstretched hand of the income tax collector, could have saved a little, could have lived comfortably. (Lou is the family breadwinner, of course, but The Poo is proud of her ability to bring home a paycheck, too.) The Poo quietly turned down her studio's offer with the explanation that she might be making a financial mistake, but felt she owed it to her training and eagerness for progress to strike out on her own. As soon as news of her decision grapevined around town, she was quietly offered a series of fine pictures. I don't think that I, personally, would have had the courage required to say "No" to a juicy contract and to set out on a fresh attempt to conquer. Because I think of Jannie as my younger sister, I like to tease her. No matter what sort of stale joke I play on her, she comes back shining-eyed for more. Naturally, I don't make life too tough for her, but once in awhile Ben and I cook up a gag. Since The Poo is basically sweet and naive, we dream up a shaggy dog story that has no point at all, then tell it to her and laugh like crazy at the tag line. Because The Poo is winsomely eager to be agreeable, she too laughs like mad with us at these point- less stories, suspecting some hidden mean- ing which she doesn't understand. When we say, fiends that we are, "Honey, there was no point to that yarn, we were just ribbing you," she is irked, then embar- rassed, then restored to good nature. Undoubtedly, she has the best dis- position in the world. This is a lucky thing because she lives in a mad house- hold. When I was there one afternoon, the maid telephoned and asked to speak to Lou. Jannie, only mildly surprised to hear from her maid on the maid's after- noon off, explained that Lou was at the broadcasting station and wouldn't be home until later. "Have him call me when he returns," the maid said. "I bet on a horse and I want to know whether I have to report it on my income tax or not. The horse came in and paid $35.00." On another occasion The Poo was giv- ing a cocktail party when her apartment was invaded by two workmen sent by the owner to make repairs. Undaunted, Jan- nie showed them what work had to be done and when they had finished, they were invited to join the party. They did and obviously had a wonderful time. When the Busches give one of their informal evening parties, they usually invite as many guests as there are chairs, . less one. That one spot is reserved for their cat who is about the size of a well- fed fox, has the grandeur of Sydney Greenstreet, and the ability to sleep through an atomic bombing. It's true that my cocker spaniel is now answering me back; Tony, official Busch cat, doesn't even wait for one to address him, he reads one's mind in advance. What Tony finds in The Poo's mind must be ultra- special, because he adores her. As long as Tony is in the room, The Poo will never need a Winchester for protection. Just as cooking is insipid without spice, so a friendship must be flavored by some differences of opinion. Womanlike, The Poo and I disagree about that basic topic of feminine conversation, clothing. When we get together, after not hav- ing seen one another for several weeks, I am always bowled over by The Poo's good looks and spectacular grooming. What clothes that gal wears and how she wears them! Severely I demand, "How much did you pay for that suit and where did you get it?" When she tells me, I always close my eyes, clap my forehead, and gasp in horror. I lecture her on the merits of thrift. She merely beams at me, saying, when I have run out of rhetoric, "I'm 70 SCREBNLAND glad you like it, honey. I didn't pay too much for it, really. I'll still have it in perfect condition six years from now." And she will. Some of her most glance- getting outfits were purchased and as- sembled before the War. The point is that our clothes theories are exactly opposite. I dote on bargains. I would rather have twelve outfits for the price The Poo would pay for three, and I would like to keep them only one- fourth as long as she keeps her things. Of course, I'm hard on clothes. Once I'm dressed, I forget what I'm wearing and enjoy myself as much as if I were done up in blue jeans. Not long ago I modeled for a gown manufacturer and afterward he asked me to select a gown from his stock for free. Ah, that's for me. I chose a bouffant white net number, then I added a clump of French silk cabbage roses at the bodice and on the skirt and wore it to one of the swankiest Hollywood parties of the season. During the evening (/ had stopped at a table to talk with some friends whom I hadn't seen all evening and had forgotten to protect my huge skirt) , someone stepped on the lower flounce and tore it. If I had paid a Miss Poo price for that gown I would have been heartsick; as it was I could sing out with true gracious- ness and real honesty, "Don't give it another thought. I don't mind in the least." When I point with pride to these in- cidents and attempt to steer The Poo into similar behavior, she merely smiles and says, "You "get a kick out of bar- gains. I get a kick out of being able to buy the best label in town." In the matter of gifts, The Poo is also lavish. Some of the most beautiful Christmas gifts I have ever received have come from the Busches, one being a sterling silver seashell bonbon dish which is so exquisite that guests cannot refrain from awestruck comment. Because our own marriage is so happy, it makes Ben's and my life doubly rich to have found another couple equally blessed, equally devoted and under- standing. Finally, I admire Janet Blair and I'm proud to possess her friendship because she is a great gentlewoman. Her instincts are kindly, her impulses are generous, and her entire approach to life is con- structive. To be a friend, one must have a loving heart, and that quality The Poo ex- presses in everything she does. Just Call Her THE GREATEST! Continued from page 42 the Gage's, The Tallest and The Greatest and they were calling us, Lou and The Poo. It's true that The Greatest is a blue- ribbon athlete and that her sportsman- ship is also of championship calibre. It's true that she has one of the best figures and loveliest faces in Hollywood, a town noted for its physiques and its physiog- nomies. But, how many people realize that her ears are the prettiest in the world, that her wit is widely quoted, that she is one of the best mimics I have ever watched, that her religious faith is as much a daily source of strength and comfort as the sunlight, and that her generosity is like that of the earth itself? I shall never forget a crazy incident that occurred during the War when Esther and I accompanied Ben and Louis on an Army camp appearance. The audi- ence learned that Esther was in the wings and began to yell for her. "What shall I do?" demanded Esther. After all, she is not a dancer, she is not a lady emcee, she is only now taking vocal les- sons. She was uncertain as to how suc- cessful she would be in front of a micro- phone. But she strolled out on the stage any- how, wearing that pleased, faintly amazed little-girl expression which is typical of her. "Well, boys, what do you want me to do?" she inquired, shrugging. Someone yelled, "Sing;" someone yelled, "Dance;" someone shouted, "Just stand there and smile, baby!" someone in the front row, an obnoxious smarty, called out, "Are those falsies?" Answered Esther, "My eyelashes are my own. I wear artificial eyelashes only before the camera." Then she added, "Why don't we flood the joint so I can go into my act?" 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I didn't tighten up. I just settled down." She just settled down! How do you like that? I suppose the reason this simple logic flabbergasts me is that I'm the fiddle-string type. I'm tense and nervous, all of a twitch before a picture scene, or a band appearance, or a radio show. Afterward I relive the entire per- formance, questioning everything I have done, imagining ways in which I could have improved my act. This is rough on sound sleep. When I first asked Esther for her secret of relaxation, she was stretched full-length on the floor of my apartment living room, stroking Tony, our cat. "It's perfectly simple," she insisted. "You just let go. You float on the as- surance that everything is all right, just as you float on water. Like this." She leaned back and Tony climbed on her stomach and formed himself into an over-sized caterpillar. I went on talking, trying to analyze my own inability to relax. After thirty or forty seconds of conversation, I ended a sentence with the query, "Don't you think so?" Esther was asleep. In mid-afternoon, on my living room floor, despite my yak- yak and the weight of Tony on her mid- section, The Greatest had dozed off. Something died in me that moment — my hope that I could ever attain even a fraction of the poise possessed by this remarkable creature. Although I am no psychologist, I have sometimes wondered if part of The Greatest's tact and trustworthiness doesn't spring from her poise. Most of it is based on her strong ethical sense, of course, but a bit rests on the fact that Esther doesn't have to gossip to be en- tertaining. I have confided my deepest secrets to her and not once, about any- thing either great or small, has she ever violated my confidence. In Hollywood, I'm sorry to say, it isn't always wise to discuss one's career with one's friends. Esther is an exception. I have wept and raged, I have planned and dreamed often in the presence of Esther's friendly ears; the wave length has never been picked up and re-broadcast by Esther's gifted tongue. In this world it is frequently true that the people with the best dispositions are those who have never known hardship or suffering. It is true that sometimes misery makes people mean. Esther endured a tragedy of her own, but in no way did it warp her outlook on life. When she told me that she and Ben were to have a child, I was thrilled to pieces because I knew how much Esther wanted to start her family. No baby ever born was anticipated with more love and eagerness than The Great- est's. At the end of the picture she was making then, her doctor ordered Esther to bed. She remained a fragile lady for about five days, then began to feel so well that she decided to resume her normal active life. When Ben had to go to San Francisco for a show, Esther decided to go along, by air, of course. 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He looked at me as if I were out of my mind, then he caught the psychic wave length that passes between us, and pressed his foot hard on the throttle. Esther insisted on our stopping at the hotel. "I'm going to be all right," she whis- pered fiercely to me. "And I'm NOT going to spoil Ben's birthday party." In her room while Ben was supervising removal of the luggage downstairs, Esther telephoned the maitre d'hotel and ordered a birthday cake with candles and two bottles of iced champagne. That done, she realized that the celebration could not be held at the hotel. We rushed her to the hospital where her baby was stillborn. Afterward, when Esther wanted to know if the trip had been the cause of the trouble, the doctors reassured her. The baby's heart was so weak that it could not have lived full- term even if Esther had spent the last three months in the hospital. Here is the remarkable thing: Only a few hours after Esther lost her child, she was sitting propped up in bed. She had telephoned the hotel and asked that her preparations for Ben's birthday party be transferred to her hospital room. The rest of us were completely demoralized, nervous wrecks. It was The Greatest who scolded us for being softies, who in- sisted that Ben's birthday was a time for gaiety, who insisted that she was fine, and who endeared herself to everyone in that hospital within her first thirty minutes as a patient. The next day, she had a long talk with me. She said she didn't want me to be frightened by what had happened; didn't want me to develop a neurosis about motherhood. She explained carefully that her case was the exception, not the rule, and that I must dismiss the whole thing from my mind. The Greatest, the girl who had just been through many hours of anguish and the heartbreak of losing her first child, was reassuring ME, comforting .ME, worrying about MY reactions. 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Esther and Ben bought it, knowing that it was sort of a tumbledown beach house, but that its foundations were sound, its sid- ing was aged redwood, and its outlook was one of the most beautiful in Cali- fornia. Together they repainted it, redecorated it and modernized it. Esther made most of her own slip covers, installed trinket shelves and edged them with plaid, prowled around antique shops for some of her treasures. The entire effect is as genuine as a blue-white diamond, but as unpretentious as wood violets. This comfortable house with its al- ways-burning fireplace, its deep lounges, and its supremely hospitable host and hostess is the headquarters for an en- thusiastic group of friends who insist upon bringing their friends, "just to see what real people Ben and Esther are." Last Christmas was a good example of the sort of thing that goes on all the time at Chez Gage. The Tallest and The Greatest had invited a select group of people from the radio station and from the studio to join them for a joyous Jerry on Christmas Eve. Under the Christmas tree were gifts for everyone invited. As is usually the case, the invited guests brought those of their acquaintances who were far from home, alone or lonely. When gifts were opened, Esther could not endure the sight of anyone who wasn't surrounded by cast-off paper and ribbon. One unexpected guest was given a lavish wicker basket in which there were four bottles of rare French cham- pagne ( a gift, until the tag was torn off, from a studio admirer to Esther.) An- other unexpected guest fell heir to a set of sterling ash trays. Another was speech- less upon receipt of a hamper of im- ported cheeses upon a white birch tray. Someone received two matched volumes of poetry, and someone else carried away a pound of English pipe tobacco which had been intended by Esther for Ben. 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When he arrives at the studio, his clothes look like he put them on before he stepped into the shower! As a rule he's sleepy and seldom talks while they apply his makeup. Then when he steps before the camera, he instantly becomes — brilliant! — O — Joan Crawford's done it again! This Above Left: Irene Dunne in "Old South" pageant. Above: Rhonda Fleming leading the circus parade. time in "Flamingo Road," she'll wear a short page boy bob that clings to her head like a skullcap. Her hair's a new color, too, almost amber under the lights. Speaking of the inimitable Crawford, a local merchant tried to sell her some im- ported tweed for $50 a yard. Joan gulped: "Thank you very much — I'll learn how to weave it myself." So help us, that's just what she's doing. She now has a loom set up in her drawing room. 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His punishments are sugar-coated, but very effective. Tke Nome Is Bcuij* A GOOD many glib people have tried to describe friendship, but anyone who has had a solid friend knows that the definitions are never particularly successful. Friendship is a package deal, so the identification of any one single item of the relationship isn't enough. A person finds it necessary to tell about a number of things, some good, some bad; some funny, some sad. Some hair-raising — which brings me to my pal, Zachary Scott, who nearly scared me to death one night. It happened this way. When my father fell desperately ill and our house was crowded with the usual members of the family plus three nurses, Zach and Elaine Scott invited me to move into their guest suite. I accepted with alacrity and grati- tude. At the time Zach was in the midst of making a picture which was working on location about ninety miles north of Los Angeles. Despite the miserable weather, he was driving back and forth each day. Even when the company was doing night shooting, Zach buckled into his car and came home as soon as pos- sible. One drizzling three a. m. I was dead to the world in slumber when a powerful hand gripped my shoulder. Coming out of coma slowly, I opened one eye Below: Warners cast Zach in love scene with Janis Paige and fans yelled for more. Above: The Scotts enjoy quiet evening at home. Below: Sydney Creenstreet, Diana Lynn, Louis Hayward give Zachary the works in "Ruthless." against the glare of the one night-light that had been turned on. I closed that eye promptly, acting on the theory that if I didn't see what I thought I saw it would go away. It did not go away. It shook my shoulder and said in a plain- tive whisper, "Butch, wake up. I think you'd better drive me to the hospital." There stood poor Zach, waiting pa- tiently. There was a two-inch gash across his forehead which was welling blood. His nose, his cheek, his neck and his shirt were gory. I struggled to (Please turn to page 69) Above: Ella Raines, who plays the romantic lead, the only woman's role, in Columbia's "The Walking Hills," with her husband, Maj. Robin Olds, at the Stork Club. Ella. Goes Cowgirl a* am Sand and sun are important props in the filming of Columbia's "The Walking Hills," super Western thriller which follows the adventurous trail of seven men in their search for a missing wagon-train of gold. Below: Randolph Scott, Ella Raines and Edgar Buchanan seek comfort of shade on Death Valley location. Ella Raines' bluejeans stole scenes in first Western, "Tall In The Saddle." Above: With Bill Bishop. Below: Ed Buchanan spins yarns for Ella Raines, Randolph Scott, William Bishop and part of technical crew between scenes of "The Walking Hills." Love is served in this scene from "The Walking Hills" when Ella Raines, Western femme fatale, joins the seven-man search for the lost wagon-train, and finds William Bishop, her husband, who deserted her after committing a murder in self-defense. 1 Ingrid Bergman, starring in the coveted title role of "Joan Of Arc," greets MCM star V Clark Gable when he visits set of the Sierra Pictures' Technicolor film for RKO release. Dressing Ingrid in armor is a lengthy and painstaking job for Wardrobe Department. Joan's weighty armor doesn't hinder Berg- man's talent for creating deep emotion. Above: Ingrid records scene with her own movie camera. Right: Star's suit of white aluminum armor was hand-tailored by the Armorer of N. Y.'s Metropolitan Museum. Right: One of the highlight scenes shows Joan listening to Saints' voices. 1 Evening vests are the Winter fashion note, according to Edith Head. They can be worn with a variety of skirts, and made with bare or covered backs. (Edith Head, who creates beautiful gowns for the. stars of Paramount, brings you fashion news from the West Coast. This month she talks about the return of elegance for evening.) Edith Head Says The Fashion News Of The Month is the evening vest. It is one of the smartest and easiest ways to bring glamour into your wardrobe. It is simple to make and can be worn with any kind of skirt. Interchange your vests and skirts and you'll have twice as many dresses to wear. Loretta Young, who has just finished "The Accused," has a black velvet vest with a slim white dinner skirt in her personal wardrobe. The vest is backless and buckles at the sides with jeweled clips. That same vest could be worn with a pleated black crepe skirt or a full, pale pink velvet skirt. A vest like the one sketched could also be worn over a long sleeved white chiffon blouse and a short separate skirt, for a stunning cock- tail dress. Wear it beneath a dark suit and you're ready for a "special suit" occasion. * * * Let's Be Gay During the war it was the patriotic thing to wear day clothes in the evening. The same was true of the post-war period because of labor and fabric shortages. At that time, many things were more important than formal clothes and it was intelligent to forgo glamour. But now we have gone back to the formality we had before the war. It is a reflec- (Please turn to page 71 J Anne Baxter plays the only woman's role in 20th Century- Fox's Technicolor outdoor adventure drama, and is seen throughout most of the picture garbed in form-fitting bluejeans, with sidearms to protect her from both rattlesnakes and bandits. Below: Anne Baxter enjoys rest on boulder Right: Greg Peck, in Civil War uniform cleans his gun for scene in "Yellow Sky." Above: Gregory Peck and Anne Baxter, on location for 20th Century- Fox's "Yellow Sky," defy the sweltering heat of Death Valley to enact love scenes that will raise your temperature above the boiling point. Below: Anne Baxter looks cool in 132 degree heat. She uses the rifle in the picture to guard the gold mine she and her grandfa- ther are working in Yellow Sky, ghost town which six fugitive bandits of Civil War era use as their hideout. Wanda Hendrix, Monty Woolley and Barry Fitzgerald with John Lund in "Miss Tarlock's Millions," Paramount film. In quest of a fortune in the picture, John is forced most of time to pose as Wanda Hendrix's nincompoop brother. Ilka Chase as Cassie Van Alen and John as the masquerad- ing half-wit. It's Ilka who finds John to be an imposter. Another of John Lund's current successes is "Night Has A Thousand Eyes" in which he appears with Gail Russell. Screenland salutes John Lund IINALLY coming into his own is John Lund, handsome and talented Paramount player, who, now, after his out- standing performance in "Miss Tatlock's Millions," more than merits full-fledged stardom. It's his fifth screen role since he made a brilliant debut opposite Olivia de Havilland in "To Each His Own." But in "Miss Tat- lock's Millions" John has by far the most complex role of any he's yet played for he enacts a movie stunt man who's hired to double for a missing, half-witted heir to millions. John is continually alternat- ing between light comedy, heavy daffiness and romantic love-making, for it develops that Wanda Hendrix as Nancy Tatlock is supposedly his sister. John first showed how well he can play comedy in "A Foreign Affair," With Jean Arthur and Marlene Dietrich. Off-screen you won't find a more modest, unas- suming and yet personable man than John. He's studied hard, been patient and at last success is his. John Lund with Di- rector Billy Wilder during the filming of "A Foreign Affair." FRED ROBBINS 'The Robbins rcgue himself with 'his favs in live jive platters. Mellow or bluesy, there's a fetching etching in wax to give or take come Christmastide HYA, Rose! Got your mistletoes? You better sew up those toes, Or Saint JMck'll have woes! And you'll have no nifty gifties for chime time! 'Cause the old guy in the red drape with the big saddlebag on his shoul- der is flyin' home on Donder and Blitzen once more. Aside from all the usual goodies you've been hurting for all through '48, there's a mess of nice wax for that ear. dear. It's gonna fit perfectly on the new record player you'll find 'neath that tinseled pine, come the early bright of the 25th. So dig care- fully and you'll know how to break it in right! HEAVENLY! Vic Damone: What nice moanin' from Da Moan! And on one of the most goose-pimply songs you'll hear all year, "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes," from the celluloid of the same handle. First comes the beguine tempo, and then Vickie's fine adenoids to K.O. you. He really knocks the liver and lights Above: Eagle Lion's baby canary, Lois Butler, now starring in "Mickey," trades turntable talk with Fred Robbins during an appearance on his WOV airshow. Above Right: Hazel Scott plays the lace around the gingerbread with her boff keyboard capers on the Robbins' Nest while music maestro Fred Rob- bins watches safely from above the keyboard. Right: Kitty Kallen of the lush larynx, stops by the Robbins show to spin a platter and trade a lyric with disc jockey Fred Robbins. out of it, 'cause it's a singer's song if ever there was one — lotsa range and most lyrical and melodic. Flip is 'bout that hunk of hoe-cake "Lillette" and bounces lightly and brightly. ( Mercury ) Carmen Miranda and the Andrews Sisters: Something new has been added to the Andrews chicks, a fourth — at least for this slab — Carmen, who stirs in a sack of spice and pepper on "Cuanto La Gusta," from "Date From Judy." Means "How Do You Like It," does this happy hunk of nonsense with the Miranda bombshell exploding all ( Pease turn to page 60) SCREENLAND 5] By Courtenay Marvin The sweetest1 way to tell your Christmas story is in the ardent language of perfume tar Fire, by Old South, is jfcjaily packaged, new, lovely. Perfume and toilet water each sell in sizes from $1.25 up. Charbert's golden cologne trumpet heralds fragrance in Breathless, Fabulous »r Amber at $3; The French Touch, $3.25. 52 Sc'REENLAND Savoir Faire, Dorothy Groy's new perfume, is as its name implies, sophisticated and very of this moment. $5.00. Coty's crystal ball, on a plastic stand, holds any one of the four Coty per- fume classics and is $3.50. * AM pricei an I hit page lubjecl to 20% Federal tax. A cologne with the potency of a perfume, Best Seller, by Helena Rubinstein, is new, from a French formula. $2.50. Jacqueline Cochran imprisons in a cube suspended from, a pin her Shining Hour perfume. With a tiny refilling funnel. $5.00. Screen land .33 Linda Darnel! and her husband, Cameraman Pev Marley, arriving for the opening of the "Ice Follies." Linda's latest is "Unfaithfully Yours." What Hollywood Itself Is Talking About Continued from page 21 Roy, Joe Schenck, Hal and Lucille Roach, Gail Patrick and Cornwall Jack- son, Ress and Mike Curtiz, and the Bill Perlbergs. It was a tres gai and very beautiful party and I was just real glad that I'd got up before dawn and driven down from Lake Tahoe that day in time to make it. — o — More people than anybody went to Ta- hoe this season — and especially Hollywood people, in spite of the fact that it's almost five hundred miles from our town. After spending a few days there myself, I'm not surprised. Wow, what a beautiful spot! Hedy Lamarr takes yearly vacations there, also the Sam Goldwyns. Kay Williams Spreckels spent more than the usual six weeks (for her divorce from Adolph Spreckels — betore she changed her mind) on the lake on account of she likes it so well. And Bob Stack loves it for water- skiing, even though his house did burn down up thar. — O — Had much fun at the party Bob and his attractive mother, Betzi Stack, gave for Jeanette MacDonald after her tre- mendously successful concert at the Hol- lywood Bowl. Jeanette looked strikingly beautiful in a white gown which set off the golden tan she acquired in Honolulu. Diana Lynn looked pert and perty even though her broken arm was in a sling, the result of an unrehearsed slip in the bathtub. We had lots of laughs with John Lund, who is now referred to as "Loverboy" by his cute wife, Marie — a gal with a scnsayuma. You should see the way the gals and guys cluster around John since his terrific success in "A For- eign Affair." Also had fun with Irene Dunne, who gets younger and beautiful- er every day. The Stack shack up on a Bel-Air hilltop is quite a beautiful estab- lishment and the party, which began at midnight, was still going on when we left at I won't tell you what hour in the ayem. -7-0 — ' Ran into the Lunds again a few nights later at a farewell party for Danny Rlum, editor of Theatre World, who was going back to New York. And, of all things, guess what that Lund character has! A wristwatch with an alarm which rings loud enough to wake him up in time to get into those tights for his lead role in "A Mask For Lucretia." Also met Rich- ard Hart and his wife at this shindig. Dick is a mighty handsome boy and has his best role to date in "Reign Of Ter- ror," which Walter W anger is making at Eagle Lion. Same night we went on to a party at Ted Wick's — he's radio director for David O. Selznick — and had lots of laffs with Barbara Bel Geddes and her favorite hus- band, Carl Schreuer. Listened to the dreamy piano playing of Edie and Rack, who were about to start their tour of the U. S. with an appearance at Mocambo. Met Christian Kelleen, the new Swedish heart throb, who's under contract to Mr. Selznick. Johnny Sands was there with a gal from San Francisco. Connie Lupino, Ida's mom, was lots of fun. Broadway columnist Radie Harris, who was having a mad whirl in Hollywood; Gertrude Walker, whose ruff tuff novel, "So Deadly Fair," is a big success. It was a real keen — and also late — shindig. Next day Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon had tons of people at their beach house in Santa Monica for the afternoon and evening. Ben came in beaming because he'd won the 20th Century-Fox tennis tournament. Dottie Lamour puzzled us for a moment — looked as if one shoulder was quite a bit lower than the other. We investigated and found out why — the pocket on the low-shoulder side was weighted down with 1 ,864 pictures of her handsome son, Ridge. After dinner we played word games with Sally Cobb, Bill and Bobbie Perlberg, Harriet Parsons, Cookie Gordon, and Richard Lyon, Ben and Bebe's thirteen-year-old son. He won most of the games, too. Hostess Bebe was about to kick off with her first pro- duction for^Eagle Lion, called "Catch Me Before I Kill." — o — // Texas ever secedes from the Union, it looks as if California — or at least Hol- lyioood- — will have to go right along with it. On account of all the Texas fellers who are out here and going into movie production. The boys from the Lone Star state turned out en masse, but without their boots and spurs, for the party in the Rel-Air Hotel Garden Room which Tex and Jayne Feldman gave for the Rob O'Donnells. Bob is the very popular head of lnter-8tate Theatres, which are in Texas of course, of course. Flame-haired Greer Garson was with her new flame. Buddy Fogelson, a Texas oil boy. Jack Wrather, another native from down yon- der, with his wife, Bonita Granville. And Richard Foote, who makes his singing debut in "Streets Of Laredo." Non-Tex- ans at the party: Petey Lawford, the Henry Ginsbergs, author John van Dru- ten, Red and Georgia Skelton, the Lloyd Nolans, Rob and Dolores Hope. Hope you-all will pardon my Southern accent — it's catching! From that nice party we went to Slapsy Maxie's to catch that fabulously funny comedy team, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, who kept the entire town in stitches during their appearance. They're two aw- ful cute guys with one of the best night- club acts ever to come to Hollywood. Dean is swoony looking, swoony singing and Jerry is so engaging that you want to put him in your pocket. We weren't surprised to see Betty Hutton there with her Ted and the Van Heflins. She's mad about the boys and this was the umpteenth time she'd come to see them. Dean and Jerry have a cute gimmick of getting the cus- tomers in on the act and they had no trouble persuading Esther Williams and Ben Gage to sing — also Bob Preston. The team has had many offers in Hollywood, so you'll be seeing them on the screen one of these days and don't say I didn't tell you that they'll have you in the aisles with their comedy. — O — We dropped in for a short beer at Maggie Ettinger's cocktail party for Mimi Chandler, daughter of baseball's "Happy" Chandler. Mimi is a very at- tractive and clever gal, one of the few femme disc jockeys in the country. We had a long talk with Mike Curtiz and nary once did he utter one of those screwball remarks he's so famous for. Eve Arden showed up, looking ever so sharp, as usual. She's one of Hollywood's best-dressed women. Hated to leave be- fore the party really got going but — — o — Had a date to go see my pal Gertrude Niesen in "Anything Goes." Gertie was 54 SdlEENLAND a real hit in this famous show, with audi- ence and cast alike. We went backstage afterward and, while we were waiting, joined up with Van and Frances Hefiin in a few thousand words of admiration for Gertie, who is one heck of a "per- former. Said good-bye to Gertie, who uas leaving for a long engagement in Houston. Texas. Like we said, if Texas is invading Hollywood, Gertie is revers- ing the situation. She's had enough offers from that state alone to keep her busy for the next year. Harriet Parsons' ma, Louella, gave her dotter one of the most beautiful birthday parties on record a coupla weeks after she returned from Europe. Complete with tent, orchestra, dance floor, some of the best vittles this side of a gourmet's dream, and a gang of gay, fun people. There was some right fine square dancing, led by LOP, and a Charleston contest that Sally Cobb won — not in a walk,. either. Betty Hutton told us about the things she'd done to keep her two little girls amused while she went to London for her personal appearance at the Palladium. She'd recorded all of Lindsay's favorite lullabies so the nurse could play them at bedtime, had bought toy boats and hotels and theatres for every step of the trip so the nurse could explain just where Betty was and what she was doing all the time. Great gal, that Hutton — and a won- derful mother. Amid all this confusion, however, we did manage to get down to the La Jolla Playhouse to see "The Glass Menagerie" with Ann Harding, Richard Basehart. Betsy Blair, who in private life is Mrs. Gene Kelly, and John Ireland. After the theatre we went back to the Casa de Manana where we were staying and there was much excitement among the kids in the cast. On account of Gar Moore and Nancy Walker were going to Mexico to be married that night. We were asked to go along but not being fond of late hours — not much! — had to beg off. After the wedding Gene Kelly gave the newlyweds a supper at Tiajuana's Havana Club, where the m.c. got a little confused and announced that Gene Kelly had married Nancy Walker. Gene was a little con- fused, too, since his wife was sitting right there beside him. Just for the record, Gar is the handsome new Selznick star and Nancy is the Broadway comedienne who was such a success in "Look. Ma. I'm Dancin'." Later ice stayed at La Jolla's newest resort. Summer House, which is but dee- vine, and saic a rehearsal of "Ultrama- rine," with Diana Lynn, Reggie Gard- iner, and Gar Moore. As we checked out of Summer House, Ida Lupino and her entire wedding party including her groom, Collier Young, moved in, amid much excitement. After a short honey- moon there Ida and Collie moved into their peachy new house up in Laurel Canyon. Had a small talk with Ava Gardner after the preview of "One Touch Of Venus'* and she was all flushed and happy over the reception given it by the audi- ence. Ava, who shivered through a lot of that picture in a slightly scanty Goddess costume, went through another gruelling experience while she was making "The Bribe" with Bob Taylor. Clad in a still scantier white two-piece bathing suit, she's taking a dip for herself, see, and she lets out a loud scream and scrambles back out of the pool. Because her director, Pop Leonard, had put a huge cake of ice in the pool without her knowing it. The water was just above zero — not Ava's favorite temperature when she's going swimming! Remember that cute guy, Richard Jaeckel. who was such a hit in "Guadal- canal Diary?" If you do, you know that he gave up his motion picture career after he came back from the Merchant Marine. Well, now Dick's decided maybe he was a little hasty in throwing away the good start he'd made as an actor. He says he's grown up a bit and is be- ginning to appreciate the advantages of a motion picture career. He acquitted himself so well in "West Of Tomorrow" that his home studio, 20th Century-Fox. is going to give him another contract. Larry Parks has made up with his studio. Columbia, and has reported for icork in the sequel to the money-making "JoIsoji Story," called "Jolson Sings Again." And that other rebel. Cornel Wilde, is now more or less happy with Hollywood and his bosses. Reason: He was given an eight weeks vacation with all expenses paid by 20th Century-Fox. He and Pat went to Europe as soon as they heard the good news. — o — Before Ann Sheridan took off for Eng- land to do the picture "I Was A Male War Bride" with Cary Grant, she had her beau- tiful red hair cut off. but short, not just to follow the current fashion but because she plays a WAC in the pic. It's getting so there isn't a long-hair in Hollywood among the glammer gals. Joan Crawford's another who has cut hers and, psst, don't say I told you, but Alan Ladd doesn't like Sue's cute new short coiffure one little bit and says so right out loud. Around the sets: Lucille Ball could be a press-agent if she ever got tired of act- ing. In a scene for "Interference," Lucy's typing away like mad but instead of aim- lessly turning out a bunch of meaningless words she's writing. "Desi Arnaz is the best musician in America," over and over. Lizabeth Scott, on the same set, tells everybody who will listen about her new aquarium. So far she has eighteen dif- ferent kinds of tropical fish but no eatin" kind. Shirley Temple had to learn to drive all over again for "Baltimore Es- capade," because the model she wheels around in is a 1905 vintage with a steer- ing handle instead of a wheel. She said it 'most scared her to death before she learned to handle it. Elizabeth Taylor's so thrilled because her father has bought a horse-breeding ranch and the horse which she rode in "National Velvet," named King Charles, will be the poppa of all her little colts. June Allyson's dropped half of her eight-month-old daughter's name. She and Dick Powell named the baby Leslie Allyson. Now she's just plain Allyson Powell. But June was afraid people would call the baby "Allie." Her pals on the set of "Little Women" have dubbed the cheeild "Little Jo." June, as you know, plays Jo in the picture. Petey Lawford, who's Laurie in the same film, looks real romantic with hisjong sideburns and shaggy neckline. Dick Widmark, that lovable villain, has had to start working out at Terry Hunt's for his rugged part in "Down To The Sea In Ships." Terry kidding! y told Dick he teas going to take four inches off his waistline and add it to his chest. Dick says life in California is so easy and pleasant that he's gained twenty-five pounds which he is noic busy distribut- ing in the right places. A coupla national magazines on the track of stories about how Dick became such a villain had a rough time finding any material. Every- body icho knows Dick has nothing but praise and stories about what a strictly nice guy he is, which is a true thing. There isn't a star in town who has a Sonny Tufts and his wife, with two of the performers, at the opening of the "ice Follies." Mrs. Tufts has just recovered from a serious operation. SCREEXLAXD 55 Peter Lawford, in blackface, gets into the act with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis at Slapsy Maxie's. Strictly slapstick, all three got a drenching. dressing room like Esther Williams'. The studio redecorated the walls in aqua blue and did the couches and drapes in water- repellent marine print materials. Seems when Esther comes in from a swimming sequence she gets the place all water- logged before she changes from a wet suit into dry clothes and this new material keeps the furniture from getting soggy. Dan Dailey's gone but maaad over in- door polo which, leave me hasten to in- form you, is played outdoors. He's get- ting up his own team which Mark Ste- vens is dying to join but can't until he has another operation on his back. Mark is one of the most frequent house hunt- ers in these parts. He and Annelle were all settled in the Valley, but Mark found out it was too far from the studio so lie's planning to try Brentwood or West- wood for a spell. — o — Reason the Rex Harrisons auctioned off all their furniture before they left for England teas because Rex and Lilli Pal- mer have scads of beautiful antique fur- nishings over there which they plan to bring back and use to decorate their Mandeville Canyon home. Clifton Webb's been having a heck of a time editing his new book, which he wants to call "Montage." Seems the secretary to whom he dictated most of his autobio- graphy was an excellent speller but knew nothing about the theatre and made mush of most of the famous names Mr. W. in- cluded in the story of his life. •r.T — o — . Fred Astaire, whose main trouble is trying to originate new dance numbers that will top those in previous pictures, has really come up with a dilly for "The Barkleys Of Broadway." In one sequence he'll dance barefooted, in another, with shoes untied. — o — Little Janie Powell is quite excited be- cause now that she's eighteen she has her own apartment. But don't race your mo- tor! The apartment is right in the same house with her family. They built her a whole separate unit with private en- trance, but they can still keep a parental eye on her. — o — The famous team of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire isn't the only one to be re- united at Metro. They're planning to make seme more pictures with Jeanette Mac- Donald and Nelson Eddy on account of the zillions of letters they keep getting from fans demanding to see them together again. — o — Angela Lansbury's bought herself a whole mountain in Nevada but she ain't saying where it is. She went to a cabin up there for a vacation, fell in love with the scenery and the trout stream and bought the whole shebang. She's build- ing herself a new cabin and when it's done, just try and find her! The tourists down in Los Angeles' 01- vera Street quit looking at the historic buildings in this fascinating little quar- ter because Glenn Ford and Nina Foch came there for lunch during the time they were shooting scenes for "The Un- dercover Man" at the Union Station, which is just that-a-way from the oldest section of Los Angeles. — o — I love the crack grande-dame Constance Collier made at a gal who was giving her a pill by pill account of her various kinds of sleeping tablets. Cracked Miss C, "My dear, you are a sleeping pill." Haw! Taboos Are Off! Continued from page 26 2 is indicated by the fact that Hedy said to her son Jimmie (aged almost ten), "I would like to go riding with you except that I don't know how." "Mother, I could teach you in no time," he volunteered instantly, with the result that on almost any pleasant Sat- urday morning when Hedy has no studio call, Hedy and Jimmie may be found cantering happily along a leaf-dappled bridle path. Another bugaboo has been the "front office" advice: "Take a few extra hours, Hedy, and travel by train. Plane travel is swift and efficient, that's true, but an overseas flight can be hazardous." Rebellion No. 3: When Hedy was in- vited to be a guest of the Mayor of Paris, she sought the travel advice of no one. She simply made plane reservations from Los Angeles to Paris ancf planned her wardrobe accordingly. "I am going to fly the Atlantic," she told friends with the twinkle of one who has just tasted complete independence and found it good. In Paris, she avoided the strictly glam- our spots which, in days gone by, she might have frequented for no other rea- son than that it would have been expect- ed of her. Instead, she took a vacation in Brittany, a thing she had always want- ed to do. Having secured lodgings in a small inn, she spent days strolling over the countryside, talking to farmers and glorying in the pastoral simplicity of the life. Even in Paris she spent most of her tjme in art galleries, and browsing through the sidewalk shops along the Seine. She visited one restaurant on a sentimental basis; in Hollywood she had heard many of her friends talk about the pressed duck to be had at Le Tour d Ar- gent, a gourmets' rendezvous. So there she went. Well in advance of her departure date she had addressed a series of posta' c irds (to be mailed, one a day to the children) and these she supplemented with half a dozen gifts for her trio: Jimmie, Denise {aged three and called DeeDee) , and Anthony John {aged one and called Tony). Hedy's children are the core of her being. She is both a wise and a devoted mother. Even in handling her youngsters, .30 SCREENLAND Hedy's new determination to reach to- ward a fuller expression of life can be observed. Those terrors, indignities, and restrictions which she remembers from her own childhood are no part of the experience of her own children. One of the childhood catastrophes which Hedy remembers vividly is a trip to the doctor. She was told that she was being taken to the park to play; instead, she was taken to the hospital where she was subjected to a painful ear examina- tion. From that day on she was dis- trustful of elders who wanted to take her on park excursions, and she was terrified of doctors. Luckily she had no serious junior illness or she would have died from mere fear of the physician. A wonderful contrast to this state of . affairs is the attitude of Hedy's brood toward the family doctor. From the time the children were small, they have been taken along to the hospital or to the doctor's office when Hedy has gone. She has been inoculated along with them, being sure to undergo the treatment first and to show great interest but no fear or pain. "It smarts just a little, like picking a rose and having the thorn scratch, but that is all." she explained. She believes in telling them the truth. Denise. now three, was enrolled in nursery school this Spring and arrange- ments were made for her to be picked up by the school bus every morning. Before school actually started. Hedy explained the function of the school bus to Dee- Dee, and said, "I am going to allow you to take a ride today so you will know exactly how much fun it is. I will put you on the bus at our house, then I will drive up to the corner and meet yoii." DeeDee was enthusiastic. She boarded the bus, got acquainted with her sur- roundings, and hadn't even thought of weeping over the strange newness of the experience before she had reached the corner and was collected by her mother. In this way, DeeDee was spared the ordeal of learning too many things at once. Hedy practices the system of gradual' indoctrination, and the healthy- minded gaiety of her brood attests to her wisdom. Another practice in which Hedy be- lieves is the conscious, constant teaching of children to love one another. Like most individuals she has visited in homes in which everything short of Indian massacre took place between competing brothers and sisters. "That is not to be the case with our family." she decided from the start. Whenever one child is given anything. Hedy always suggests that the other two be invited to share. "I want a chip potato." announced DeeDee one after- noon. "I'm hungry." She was given two with the suggestion that probably Tony would like a "chip potato." too. (James uas away at the time.) A few moments later Tony appeared for a second. He also was given two chips and told to share the loot with his sister. Tony thought it over, standing before DeeDee and teetering back and forth while DeeDee sat quietly, hands hi lap, and awaited the masculine deci- sion. ■"Because DeeDee is kind to Tony, Tony is kind to DeeDee." said Hedy conversationally. That did it. Tony handed over the potato chip and sat down on the step beside his older sister to enjoy the snack. V\ hen DeeDee came home with the report that she hadn't liked school that day. Hedy took her daughter into her arms and explained. "Not every day can be a good day. There will be uninterest- ing days. But if you will be patient, there will come a very good day that you will enjoy." Anpther determination of Hedy's is, as a friend once phrased it. "to be set free of her face." In this world there are probably ten or twenty million girls who would trade faces with Hedy La- marr this instant, no questions asked. To the average girl, beauty is the most de- sirable commodity on earth. Hedy La- marr is no average woman. "All my life, the fact that I am considered unusually attractive has brought me trouble." Hedy says in all modesty. When a friend, protesting, once said. "But Hedy. your beauty has brought you every comfort." Hedy merely shrugged. "If glamour is important to a girl, perhaps she would think me lucky." said Hedy. "However, superficial things mean little to me: I am a natural born house- wife. I love a home. I am happy to wear a peasant dress and paint walls and woodwork, mixing my own paint.- I like to market, to cook, to take care of my children. Other women, not noted for being beautiful, have acquired devoted husbands and sheltered lives. They do not have to do the things I must do in order to provide for my family." It is no secret around Hollywood that Hedy. to most people the most exotic woman imaginable, simply is bored b< the attention and adulation with which a star is usually surrounded. Her ide i of how hair should be handled is that it should be washed once a week, dried in the sun, parted in the middle, and combed. Away from studio assignments, she combs her own hair back on either side of her forehead in a pair of match- ing raven's wings, sticks in a few bobby pins to hold it out of her eyes, and that's her coiffure. Her idea of torture is having to report tc the studio at 6:30 a. m., being sham- pooed, fingerwaved into an elaborate hairdo, thrust under a drier, cooked, extracted from the drier and forced to sit for another hour while a hairdresser creates a masterpiece with Hedy's na- turally gorgeous hair. Most girls love the idea of spending hours in the wardrobe department being draped with priceless materials and fitted for handsome gowns. Hedy's idea of the perfect raiment is a simple little gingham peasant dress and a pair of harmonizing fiat-heeled sandals. It is probable that, because Hedy is convinced that her loveliness is respon- Esther Williams gets a kiss from her husband, Ben Cage, after introducing the new Esther Williams swimsuit at the home of Fred Cole in Beverly Hills. ScHEENL A N :> When "Samson And Delilah" is re- life to its fullest will take several long leased, Hedy's plans for retirement will strides forward. undoubtedly slide further than ever into It couldn't happen to a more fascinat- the background, but her intention to live ing human being. How To Keep A Husband Happy Continued from page 25 sible for many of the disillusioning in- cidents that have plagued her life, she plays down her appearance deliberately. Sometimes her wistfulness is like that of a very rich man who yearns to be loved for himself instead of his money. Hedy dreams of being popular and sought after because she is a lovable human be- ing rather than because she is a world- famed beauty. Finally, the fact that it is possible for a man to inflate his own ego by squiring a beautiful girl around town is one of Hedy's discoveries and the cause of some of her heartaches. It is a problem that most girls, luckily, are spared. The average girl, when asked for a date, can afford to be pleased. Hedy always has to stop long enough to analyze motives; she must determine whether it is the man's intention to exploit her or not. That Hedy does not intend to let this situation cloud her daughter's life is clear from a recent conversation be- tween them. A visitor, beaming at Dee- Dee said, "She's going to be a great beauty like you, Hedy." This is true. DeeDee's eyes are huge and blue; her hair is naturally curly, very thick, and chestnut in color. She has deep dimples in her cheeks, and her mouth is lovely. Incidentally, James and Tony are also handsome youngsters. Hedy, cradling her daughter in her arms, studied the small, smiling face. "Yes, !• think she will be pretty," agreed Hedy. "But what is more important is that she is such a sweet girl. People love a girl who is kind and nice." In addition to the social handicap which Hedy feels is imposed by her fabulous face, her fame occasionally causes other discomforts. If there is anything Hedy loves it is to browse around shops, particularly those of an- tique dealers — and the dime stores. In the Winter it is possible for her to in- dulge this craving by swathing her head in a bandana, hiding her slim body in an outsize shag coat, and wearing dark glasses. Frequently she can shop un- identified. But when the weather is too warm for such disguise, Hedy is recognized at once, surrounded, and ljer shopping trip is ruined.. Hedy is frank enough to say that she hopes, at some time in the future — per- haps three to five years — to meet a man who will fall in love with the personality instead of the legend of Hedy Lamarr, and with her three children. "A woman needs a man to help bring up a family like mine," is her candid opinion. With such a man she might devote herself to her household and give up her career. However, at this particular moment you have never seen an actress more excited about a completed picture than Hedy is about "Let's Live A Little," or more thrilled with a picture she is to make than Hedy is over Cecil B. De- Mille's spectacular "Samson And De- lilah." Hedy is to play Delilah, of course, and in Technicolor. Everyone connected with the production is lyrical about the way she photographs on color film. Further- more, Victor Mature as Samson is the perfect foil for Hedy. man's privilege to read his paper at breakfast and no amount of chatter from a wife will change the situation. The more she fusses at him the more he's going to read it, and certainly he'll end up by slamming the door when he walks out. That's not quite the way to keep a husband happy. "As for a wife's appearance at break- fast, I can only go on what I do myself. I wear a nice-looking robe and try to look presentable. There is no surer way of making a husband start off his day grumpily than for a wife to come tripping into breakfast with her hair done up in a mass of those atrocious curlers. "Everything considered, breakfast is a trying time for a wife when it comes to keeping a husband happy. I don't under- stand, therefore, why any woman would want to start off the day by forcing the husband to discuss a lot of unpleasant subjects that will only bore and annoy him. Such topics are usually household problems that will never, never interest a man. I have many of these to go over with Richard, but I always wait until he gets home to talk about them. I don't mean that a wife should make it a rule to air her troubles the minute her hus- band walks into the house at night. That's not quite fair, but she can be tactful in pursuing the subject." Which brings us to another point about the male animal — his alleged indifference to order and system in a house. The slippers all over the house, the pipe tobacco on the rug, etc., etc. "I haven't that trouble," June as- sured me. "Richard is the most orderly person and has never been sloppy. But I think a wife who has this problem to face should accept it and make it part of her job. Most definitely, I don't think she'll gain anything by nagging at him if he isn't inherently neat. Most men aren't. And I think it's a man's privilege to strew his things about. "I suppose this discussion about order- liness also implies the arrangement of furniture in a house. I know men are supposed to want things kept in one definite place, especially the favorite chair, or the couch. Once a couch is set in front of a fireplace, for instance, he expects it to remain there for time im- memorial. I do feel very sorry for any wife who has such a husband. Either she'll lose her mind trying to keep him happy by leaving things as he likes them when she's dying to move them about a bit or else she'll bring about his wrath by moving them. Fortunately, Richard likes to move furniture about as much as I do. We both love confusion, I guess. It may sound fantastic, but often I have awakened in the middle of night with a sudden new idea for arranging our furni- ture. I wake Richard up and say, 'Wouldn't the sofa look better in front of the window?' Instead of yelling at me to go to sleep, he thinks it over for a moment and then says, 'Well, let's go downstairs and see.' So we spend a couple of hours moving things about." June next brought up the business of clothes and shopping. Men, traditionally, hate to shop and to pay wife's bills for clothes. And equally in the traditional manner, he usually doesn't care for her choice of dresses or hats. "I don't think any wife can buy ex- pensive clothes or hats and get by with it," June remarked, "especially funny hats. Once a husband sees a bill he has to pay for his wife's over-the-budget shopping you can depend on his exclaim- ing, 'Why, I've had these shoes for ten years and you spend all that money on a silly dress and that crazy hat.' Well, at one time I didn't care a thing about clothes, but when I was blasted for be- ing the worst dressed woman in Holly- wood, I went out and lost my head. Richard was all for my spree at first, but it. wasn't long before he said, T like you when you're dressed in slacks.' . "Too many women think they can se- lect their husbands' suits or hats for them — and still keep them happy. What naive girls they are! The only way a wife can choose a suit, for instance, that the husband definitely doesn't want, and still not make him feel like tearing the store apart, is to flatter him into think- ing he looks better in something else. The only trouble with that is she can't use the trick too often or he'll catch on. "As for shopping, I don't know why wives ever ask husbands to go shopping with them. It only breeds trouble. Rich- ard went shopping with me only once, and it was awful. It's far better to go alone, believe me. "Men are just as given to unnecessary expenses as women are, but try to make them admit it. They have a wonderful way of always finding a reason for any extravagances they commit. And they can make the most foolish excuses sound perfectly logical. There's just no way to hold a man back in this matter. No wife can change a man's habits and keep him happy. She simply has to accept them, for the more she tries to change him the more stubborn he will become and will do anything to prove he's the boss. After all, a man very seldom admits he's wrong as a rule." Another trying situation is the matter of going out socially. Hubby may hate to go to Susie Jones' house, the wife may adore Susie, so who wins out? And who should accept the invitations in the first place? "My trouble is accepting two or three invitations for the same night," June laughed. "Richard simply makes me sit 58 SCREENLAND down and break the dales I've made last. He stands smugly by while I go through the embarrassing experience on the phone. Usually, however, we discuss the invitations together before accepting them. That's the safest way. Richard, though, is so sweet that he'll almost in- variably go somewhere with me even if he doesn't particularly care for the idea. Not many women are that lucky. If a wife has made a date and the husband objects, all she can do is to make him think that she has a good reason for go- ing. In cases of young married couples, the wife at times can get her way by pouting a bit or even by crying. But as the marriage progresses, those tricks won't work. Frankly, I think it's silly for a wife to force her husband to go. Under those circumstances, neither will have any fun. "In the same connection, it's long been a moot point in marriages about a hus- band's and a wife's divergent interests. I don't see why this should be such a problem. If a husband enjoys going to a baseball game or likes fishing, the wife is foolish to object to his hobbies. She should find out why he likes fishing and baseball, study the sports, and then she will soon discover that her own interest in them will be stimulated. Take Rich- ard, for example. He's absolutely crazy about flying. If I never stepped into a plane, it would be all right with me. But since it means so much to him, I swallow my fear and up I go. I won't say I like it yet, but I'm trying to learn to. "However, if a wife takes up a hus- band's hobby and thereby keeps him in a blissful and contented state, there is nothing in the books that says he shouldn't be willing to go along with her to a concert or an opera, if that happens to be her interest in life. "All of these subjects, if not handled right, can lead to lecturing, or nagging, and involve the business of winning or losing arguments. To begin with, I hate the word, 'lecture.' No one has the right to lecture anyone, but, in the same way, a wife and a husband have the right to say what they think and their opinions should be respected by each other. Dis- cussion is all right, but it becomes nag- ging when the conversation is dragged out endlessly. And no husband likes to be nagged. "As for winning any arguments, I can only use Richard's and my system as an example. We discuss everything, yes, but when I can show him where I'm right and he's wrong, and show him con- clusively, he'll inevitably say, 'Yes, you're right,' and give in. When he can show me where I'm wrong, I'm willing to admit it. I think it's a far safer pro- cedure to admit you're wrong than to go on forever trying to prove you're right just to win a point. I don't know of any husband who was ever made happy by a wife who was determined to win an argu- ment no matter how long it might take." The last point is one that all wives are faced with and few know how to handle. It's the matter of when to baby a man and keep him happy and when not to. •June had a quick answer for this. "The only time a man likes to be babied, in my opinion, is when he's sick," June remarked. "Then he likes to be fussed over. Men are much worse babies about illness than women are, so wives should do everything to keep them comfortable and happy. Otherwise, they'll feel very neglected. However, con- stant fussing will drive any husband crazy. It's not especially flattering to his ego and it makes him feel like a plain fool. I've never tried to baby Richard. I know what the results would be! "All in all, when you take everything In the meantime, every ambitious lady star in Hollywood has her eye on big, brawny Burt for her co-star in her next picture. Barbara Stanwyck snagged him for the thriller-diller, "Sorry, Wrong Number," which has been called a ten finger-nail picture. Bette Davis wanted him for "Winter Meeting" but Burt didn't like the part. And more recently 'Joan Crawford was wishing awfully hard that he would accept the role opposite hers in "Flamingo Road." According to the most recent polls Burt is about the hottest thing in Hollywood right now. Despite the fact that the Lancasters were poor and Burt was brought up in a really tough section of New York City, he was a rather studious, serious-minded kid. Oh, he battled the cops occasionally w'ith^ the neighborhood's juvenile de- linquents, and he had his share of bloody noses, but he was far more interested in books and music. Today he says, "Most people seem to think I'm the kind of a guy who shaves with a blowtorch. Ac- tually, I'm a very serious person inclined to be bookish and worrisome. Even as a kid I was an avid reader. I'd get under the covers with a flashlight and a book and read long after my light was sup- posed to be out. I read everything I could get my hands on, good, bad, and indifferent." He recalls that as a small child he wore a little Lord Fauntleroy suit. He has a picture of himself to prove it, resentment and all. But he didn't resent having to take piano lessons. He was heartbroken when he had to give them up after three months, is determined to resume them any time now that he has a breathing space. Music has always been a passion of his. Until he was fifteen and his voice changed he was a boy soprano soloist. Today he haunts the Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles and the Hollywood Bowl. But don't get the idea he's a "longhair." Fight night in Holly- wood finds him in a ringside seat. It was in his sophomore year at New York University that Burt first put the whammy on "May your children grow up to be acrobats." He was working out in the gym one day when he met a pro- fessional gymnast who introduced him to the horizontal bars. After a few months of working out on them Burt became so enthused (over -enthusiasm is one of his greatest faults he claims) that he bought a pair of second-hand acrobatic tights and went looking for a circus job. For the next five years he played fairs, carni- into consideration, tne only way a wife can keep a husband happy is to lean over backwards to do what he likes and by subtle innuendoes to get her way as often as possible. Women may have won their independence, but a lot of men aren't aware of it. And that's all the ad- vice I can give. By the way, if you have any suggestions on this point, let me know. I think we women have to stick together on such a vital problem." vals, small circuses and big circuses. He spent a season with the big time Ring- ling Brothers, and another season he spent with a flea-bitten circus in the South where he lived on sour belly and greens. In Pawtucket, Rhode Island, he met a pretty little dancer, and married her. They were divorced a year later, in 1936. Burt and his partner, Nick Cravat, pushed themselves up from the sawdust ring to the night club circuit, and were doing all right when the inevitable hap- pened: Burt got bored. "That's the tragedy of my life," says Burt. "I get all excited over things at first, and then after a while they lose interest for me." In Chicago he applied for a truck driver's job at Marshall Field's big de- partment store. But when the personnel manager got a look at Burt's well-de- veloped body he very cagily put him to work as floor walker in the ladies lingerie department. Business boomed. A sur- prising number of Chicago housewives suddenly felt the need for new undies. But parading around with a carnation in his button-hole was not exactly what Burt had in mind. So he brushed off Marshall Field's (even turned down a raise) and tried a succession of more rugged jobs. But restless again, he re- turned to his home town, New York, and to his surprise promptly landed a job with the Columbia Broadcasting System's Community Concerts Division. But be- fore he could get started on it Uncle Sam sent him greetings. He was inducted in 1942, and the Army bundled him off to Africa and Italy where he served as a director for soldier shows. Two wonder- ful things happened to him in the Army. While he was putting on a play called "Stars And Gripes" for the G.I.s in Italy, he met a pretty girl named Norma An- derson who was appearing with a USO group in Naples. When Norma left for the United States she promised to write. She did. She and Burt were married December 28th, 1946, in Yuma, Arizona. The second wonderful thing was his meeting with another G. I. named .4rn<>ld Benoick, who became one of Burt's closest friends. "He's a fine violinist." says Burt, "and one of these days the world will hear of him." He and Norma, Burt claims, are his severest critics. "I'll never go Hollywood as long as they are around," he says. When the war ended Burt returned to New York with no more prospects than a dying duck. He ran into a producer on an elevator in the Royalton Hotel one Acrobat With Both Feet On The Ground Continued from page 27 ScREENLAND 59 Fred Robbins Right Off The Record Continued from page 51 day who eyed his brawn and muscles, even as the personnel manager at Mar- shall Field's, even as you and I. The result of that encounter was the part of the sergeant in "A Sound Of Hunting." "A Sound Of Hunting" ran only three weeks on Broadway. If nothing else, it proved a perfect showcase for Burt Lan- caster. Among the Hollywood people who saw the show was producer Hal Wallis who was in New York signing up young and promising talent. There were other movie offers but Burt liked the Wallis offer best, and signed a contract with him that was later split with Mark Hellinger and Universal-International. Followed solid performances in "The Killers." "Brute Force," "Desert Town." "I Walk Alone" and "All My Sons." Since success came his way Burt has worked hard to keep from "going Holly- wood." Still prefers his old-time circus pals to Hollywood's so-called Society. Rarely goes to night clubs. Still refuses to "yes" producers and comb his hair. A worrying guy, he keeps worrying over what the late Mark Hellinger told him soon after they finished "The Killers." "You're a nice enough guy, Burt," Hellinger said to him. "Nice enough now. But you'll go Hollywood. They all do sooner or later." Burt wakes up at night, thinks about it, and breaks out in a cold sweat. He has made only one concession to the Hollywood tradition: He has bought a house in Bel-Air. But it's small and has no swimming pool, his press agent belittles it. Here he lives with his wife, his father, his wife's son by a former marriage, and his own year-old son, named William Lancaster, after his brother wTho died recently. He has a phobia against having his wife and child photographed. When he isn't working, which isn't often, he likes to listen to music, read, and take long drives with his wife. He likes Italian food touched with garlic; desserts he can take or leave alone. If he takes, it's usually apple pie. He likes to play practical jokes on his fellow actors, but they're not the kind you write about. Quite naughty, in fact. His pet dislikes are turnips, horse races, overcoats and over-decorated rooms. When he first came to Holly- wood, if you asked him an honest ques- tion, he gave you an honest answer*. Frankly and bluntly. This little habit was continually getting him in hot water with the press. But today Burt is com- pletely press-broken. Couldn't be more pleasant, more entertaining, more co- operative. Occasionally that old honesty does rear its ugly head as it did recently when he told an interviewer, "Many bad actresses are stars." Then the interview- er casually asked, "Have anyone special in mind?" Burt said, yes he did. The press agent from the publicity department hastily changed the subject. Burt, the restless and the bored, did considerable talking about returning to the Big Tops for a spell, and doing a vaudeville tour. He kept those hori- zontal bars handy. When he was working they were right there on the set with him, and he and Nick Cravat worked out between scenes. over the grooves. Backside is "The Mat- ador," about a brooding bull and the frightened matador who disappears after their first fight — booted out of the arena practically as far as Pasadena. Cute hunk of fluff with clever lyrics. (Decca) Dinah Shore: Montgomery's missus sharpens her stiletto for a joust with that same bull — in two languages yet! Fer- dinand is pretty neurotic about the whole deal, amigos, but you'll be hypnotic. Dinah's got almost a dozen fresh waffles under that scented pine this month: "What Did I Do," from "When My Baby Smiles At Me," a one-woman quiz on the whys and wherefores of a spat; "Buttons And Bows," from "The Paleface," a plea from the Wild West for a return to civil- ization where she can wear buttons and bows, gilly ties and cummerbunds, sung with a gob of gusto and Western twang, too, hey; "Daddy-O," from "A Song Is Born," wherein Dinah lays the blues on you; and the piece de you-know-what with Buddy Clark, a big fat sheaf of Gershwin, Coward and Porter ( not a law firm), " 'S Wonderful," "Let's Do It," "Summertime" and "Easy To Love," with Dinah solo on "Just One Of Those Things," and "Mad About The Boy," and the baritone Lark solo on "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" and '"Rosalie." Jo Stafford: Oh, that joltin' Josephine! Dig "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?" with Nat Cole strokin' the Stein- way behind her, Ray Linn on trumpet and Herbie Haymer on tenor. Versatile babe crawls under a blues on the back, "Trouble In Mind," a hillbilly song, which Jo does with fine jazz feeling, showing you how closely the two forms of sound are allied. Paul Weston and Co. are behind her, as they are on her great gang of folk songs in the fresh album. "Jo Stafford Sings American Folk Songs." There's nothing wrong with that hearing appendage that "Every Day I Love You," from "Two Guys From Texas," and "This Is The Moment," won't cure. ( Capitol) Perry Como: "My Melancholy Baby," "When You're Smiling." A caressing ear clip by the ex-barber from Canonburg, Pa. on these mellow standards, loaded with an ounce of bounce, the way it should be — not slow and draggy. Nice Avalanche, Blanche! (Victor) Billy Eckstine: "Everything I Have Is Yours," "I'll Be Faithful." Just like that softly falling white precipitation, that's how the larynx of the ecstatic Mr. Eck- stine inundates you. He doesn't have to take a back seat to Frank, Perry, Bing, or anyone anytime. All during this Xmas season, he's breaking up the joint into toothpicks at New York's Royal Roost, and the reason is embedded 'tween the grooves of these standards which are giv- en a golden rebirth. Lush, sincere, beauti- ful phrasing, Billy's just the nth! (MGM) Peggy Lee: "Just A Shade On The Blue Side," Hoagy Carmichael's latest, and "Don't Be So Mean To Me, Baby," which she and her husband, Dave Bar- bour, wrote. This is just frosting on Peg's album, "Rendezvous With Peggy Lee," which will surfeit you with that lovely throat. There's "Don't Smoke In Bed," " 'Deed I Do," "I Can't Give You Any- thing But Love," "Stormy Weather," "Them There Eyes" and "Why Don't You Do Right?" The first etching has been rebaked with "Everybody Loves Somebody" on the other side. (Capitol) Frank Sinatra: "My Melancholy Ba- by," "Kiss Me Again," Christina's Dad- dy's in real Xmas form on his fresh slic- ing, which would make Vic Herbert proud of him. There's- a chime time sheaf of Sinatra cookies out, too — "Christmas Songs By Sinatra," including "Silent Night," "Adeste Fidelis," "White Christ- mas," "Jingle Bells," "0 Little Town Of Bethlehem," "It Came Upon The Mid- night Clear," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," "Santa Claus Is Com- ing To Town." I know — it's already on your shelf, elf. Nice, huh? (Columbia) Also Earworthy: "Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart," with Jo Stafford and Gordie MacCrae, is ricky ticky tick, old-time vaudeville stuff with chatter-swapping over vukelele back- ground. ( Capitol) . . . Rosemary Clooney, one of the top band canaries these days, is fine as Xmas wine purring on "You Started Something" with Tony Pastor and Co. — watch for the Columbia short subject with Tony and this kid, incident. ( Columbia) . . . Buddy Clark's melodic sorcery continues on "Here I'll Stay" and "Green Up Time," two jewels from "Love Life," current on B'way, by Alan Lerner and Kurt Weill, who wrote "September Song." (Columbia) . . . Harry Crosby's plum pudding of Joe Venuti's lazy thing, "Ain't Doin' Bad Doin' Nothin'." (Dec- ca) .. . Ella Fitzgerald's "It's Too Soon To Know" is like fine finnan haddie, she sings so great! (Decca) . . . Tommy Dor- sey's "Until," is attempted sequel to equal "I'll Never Smile Again," but this kid doesn't think the tune's so good, though Harry Prime and the Sentimen- talists flow smoothly. (Victor) . . . Nellie Lutcher pours some mastodonic tonic on "Alexander's Ragtime Band," starting with "one, two, button my shoe" all the way up to "eleven, twelve, put your wor- ries on the shelf." Off she goes! And how! ( Capitol) . . . Gene Krupa, with one of the best bands today, is in good form on "It's Up To You," which lands boff on your double-breasted ears — a fine in- strumental! Buddy Hughes is vigorously vocal on flip, "It's Whatcha Do With Whatcha Got." (Columbia) . . . Johnny Mercer's "Love That Boy" from "Night Has A Thousand Eyes." ( Capitol) . . . Glenn Miller's welcome reissue of "Adios" with moving trumpet by Bobby Hackett, and "Delilah" with Tex Beneke chirping. (Victor) . . . Freddy Stewart's "Ah, But It Happens" and "For All We Know," as 60 ScREENLAND For the pale hands he loves, try — O Bleaching lotion □ Moon magic. □ Dusky lacquer You're the romantic type, now! With a fragile, "ladylike" look, even to your pastel fingernails. That calls for careful mani- cures—moons and tips showing. Here's how. Outline moon with enamel; paint rest of nail completely. Then, while enam- el's wet, "thumb off" a rounded nail tip. Depth of moon should suit your individual nail. Just as — on "those" days— your needs should guide your choice of napkins. Try Kotex — 3 absorbencies to choose from. What's the Jinx in this jalopy? 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Yes, for that crisp, "bandbox feeling" you need two Kotex Sanitary Belts, for a change. You know, the Kotex Belt is made to lie flat, without twisting or curling. And be- cause it's adjustable, all-elas- tic, your Kotex Belt fits smoothly; doesn't bind. So — for more comfort, buy the new Kotex Sanitary Belt. And buy two — for a change! Kotex Sanitary Belt Buy TWO— by name/ SCREENLAND CI gossamer as Xmas pudding! (Capitol) . . . Marion Hutton on a deuce of cute novel- ties, "Borscht" and "He Sez She Sez" — pixieish stuff. (MGM) . . . Helen Forrest's "What Did I Do?" from "When My Baby Smiles At Me," and "I Love You Too Much." (MGM) HOT!!! Billy Butter field: "Stardust," "What's New," Billy's theme, "Jalousie" and "Wild Oats," wherein Mr. B. really sows 'em and gets the barnacles off your su- perstructure! Can't get enough of that horn. ( Capitol) Sy Oliver: 'Tis a fine gang Sy has and the brilliant arranger-composer works 'em out on one of his own keen and peachy chattels, "Scotty," which '11 make you blow your gasket, so solid is its per- formance and beat. (MGM) Hot Lips Page: "La Danse," a jumpin' sumpin' loaded with stiff riffs and Page horn, and "Walkin' In A Daze," typical of the stuff that smothered him with fame. Hot Lips, who did so many fine things with "Forever" Artie Shaw, breaks out on the Columbia Label, Mabel. Dizzy Gillespie: Poppin' your top on bop yet? Well, come get a large load of "Manteca," Dizzy's freshest great Afro- Cuban rhythmic stuff with a beautiful theme in the middle and the bongo bub- blin' all the way through. Dangerous stuff, kid. It'll drive you mad with the beat. John Burks Gillespie is divine as ever on trumpet. Back has a scorching portion of vocal bop 'tween Diz and Kenny Hagood — il s'appelle, "Cool Breeze" and comes on like a nor'easter! (Victor) Freddy Slack: "Beat-Me-Daddy " Slack is under the tree to flail you with a mess of boogie woogie, a whole album- ful devoted, of course, strictly to the downstairs or southpaw hand. There's "Beverly Boogie," "Chopstick Boogie," "Is I Gotta Practice, Ma?" "The Brown Danube," "Boogie Minor," and "Boogie In G." This is b.w. of every woof and warp and will keep vou all through '49, Adeline! (Capitol CC 83) Also fine: Big Sid Catlett's gang on "Just You, Just Me" and "Henderson Romp," spotting Al Casey, guitar; Illi- nois Jacquet and Bumps Myers, tenors; Horace Henderson, piano. (Capitol) . . . Thelonious Monk's freshest effusion "In Walked Bud" and "E.pistrophy," (look it uj> in your new dictionary) . Fine Bop from "High Priest Of Pop." (Blue Note) . . . Stan Kenton's "Bongo Riff," with with a laugh as a rubberneck visitor from the country, followed by a bewildering succession of acts featuring film actors, cleverly interspersed with exciting per- formances by professional circus stars. the bongo giving you bubbles in your blood! (Capitol) FROM THE MAN IN GREY Ann Ginsberg, Providence, R. I.: Gene . Williams formed his orchestra when the Claude Thornhill band broke up for the Summer. He has no lace trimmed ball and chain so you've still got a chance . . . Gene Gorman, New York City: Thanx for the compliment on the Windsor knot in the pix with John Garfield in Screen- land. If you follow the diagram care- fully you'll dig it and you can make the knot as large or small as you want . . . Bernard Kolash, Newark, N. J.; Gordon MacRae's from East Orange, N. J. right near you, and has been breathing 27 years. He started as a page boy at NBC. was heard singing by Horace Heidt and was offered a job in his vocal group. From then on — wow! He was on the Air Force and is flickering in "The Big Punch," soon with June Haver in "Silver Lining" . . . Benita Marshak, Chicago. 111., and Joyce Hoffman, Gettysburg. Pa.: Pictures of most bandleaders are avail- able at any jump dump . . P. M. Chris- tensen, Oakland, Calif.: Ingrid Bergman has no record of the song she sang in "Arch Of Triumph" . . . Dolores Hen- nesy, Baltimore, Md.: Buddy Clark's program comes from California . . . Rosa- lie Madonia, Springfield, 111.: Bobby Breen's been making theatre appearances all over the country. Don't think he's making any records now . . . Arlene Am- nion, Union, N. J., and Helen Santagata. Accord, N. Y.: Vic Damone's album is called "A Young Man Sings." He's not attached either, he's 20, and his fresh Christmas waffle, "Christmas Morn," is a beaut. He drives a Cadillac . . . Corky Becker, Milwaukee, Wis.: Desi Arnaz has about a dozen middle names, one of which is Alberto — can't remember the rest. There are no little Arnazes . . . Barbara Bacon, Rochester, N. Y.: You'll be seeing your boy Tony Martin if you watch for "Casbah." His newest etch- ings are "If I Had You," "Music From Beyond The Moon," "It's Magic" and "It's You Or No One" . . . Ruth Don- schein, New Rochelle, N. Y.: Fran War- ren's on her own now — sings like a dove and should go far. Her real handle's Frances Wolfe. ^ And what's your pleasure, treasure? Talk to^ me — float me that pasteboard and we'll try and relieve your agony 'bout music, cookies and stuff. Listen for our new syndicated record show, "Robbins' Nest." Happy Chime Time! Address letters to Fred Robbins, Screenland Magazine, 37 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. Until announced on the speaker, few of the fans were able to recognize the elaborately made-up clowns ivho were Gregory Peck. Cornel Wilde, Van John- son, Frank Sinatra and Keenan Wynn. One pageant I recall, particularly, for its beauty and imagination, was a Santa Claus parade with Margaret O'Brien as the little girl writing to dear Santa, who was, of course, Edmund Gtvenn. Then, like a dream come true, all of the story- book characters came to life. Gary Coo- per, as Robinson Crusoe, had Buster Keaton as his Man Friday. Following him, were June Havoc and Audrey Tot- ter as Twin Princesses, Elizabeth Taylor as Snow White, Claudette Colbert as The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe, Ray Milland, Robert Stack, Gene Raymond as the Magic Huntsmen, Bing Crosby as Humpty-Dumpty, Ann Miller as the Dancing Doll, Betty Grable as Giselle, William Powell as Punchinello, Ann Blyth as Mr. Peabody's Mermaid and Harpo Marx as — Harpo Marx! This spectacle alone lasted for twenty minutes and introduced every "name" you could think of. AT ANOTHER point in the gala pres- entation, a fanfare of trumpets an- nounced a safari of elephants, led again by Margaret O'Brien, this time as a Per- sian princess in a miniature howdah on the back of a baby elephant. In the parade of pachyderms were" Celeste Holm, perilously perched on the trunk of one huge animal, Greer Garson riding high, wide and regally, followed by such other "Oriental" beauties as Esther Williams, Ann Miller, Eleanor Powell and Diana Lynn. Of course, Sabu was in the procession, dressed like a Maharajah, along with the new Tarzan, Lex Barker, Maureen O'Sul- livan as Mrs. Tarzan, Robert Cummings as a big game hunter and then, for a tag gag, who else on the last elephant but Nature Boy himself! A parade of crinolined Southern belles revealed Irene Dunne, Loretta Young, Ava Gardner, Lucille Ball, Jeanette Mac- Donald, Rhonda Fleming, Dorothy La- mour and Arlene Dahl with escorts Alan Ladd, Glenn Ford, Peter Lawford, Barry Fitzgerald and so many more that it would take a complete issue of Screen- land to name them all. Glimpses I shan't forget for some time are those of Claudette Colbert and Bar- bara Stanwyck, both excellent horse- women, racing neck and neck around the ring on spirited mounts, Walter Pidgeon hanging by his knees from a swinging trapeze and Burt Lancaster giving an amazing performance on the handbars. Incidentally, Lancaster provided one of the funniest bits of the whole evening by staging a wrestling match with Gor- geous George, the professional wrestler. A circus midget was the referee and Bob Hope, elegant in striped morning trousers and Ascot- tie, was Lancaster's "second," Hope brought the extension phone to Lancaster when he was on the mat trapped by a headlock, and later, when Burt pretended to be enraged at Bob, Hope retaliated by hitting the stalwart Lancaster with a five-foot powder puff. The whole match broke up with the various participants all waltzing off to- gether to the strains of "The Blue Dan- ube,"— Lancaster with George, and Hope dancing with the midget. Cobina Wright's Gossip Of Hollywood Parties Continued from page .'32 62 Screenland Of course, all wonderful things have to come to an end and this fabulous eve- ning was climaxed by a plea on the part of Kay Kyser for hospital aid through- out the country and with lovely Jeanette MacD on aid's singing of "Auld Lang Syne." WHILE so much of Hollywood's so- cial life during the past month has been centered on this circus "party" and preparations for it, there have been sev- eral other fascinating affairs. Only recently I gave a fashion '"party" right in my own home for Designer Mar- usia and it was a most elaborate and amusing occasion. Marusia is the wife of Don Wilson, •Jack Benny's famous and jovial radio an- nouncer. A little over a year ago, the Benny gang were all planning a trip to Hawaii. Marusia, who was then known only as Mrs. Don Wilson, designed a very beautiful wardrobe for herself to wear on the holiday. At the last minute the jaunt was called off and there was Marusia, literally all dressed up with no place to go. She invited a few of her close friends to inspect her new clothes which she modeled herself. We were so enchanted with her designs, colors and materials that we suggested she go into business for herself — which she did. So successful has she been during her first year that she has become one of the leading designers in Hollywood, and it was to celebrate this success that I gave the party. We installed dramatic lights, a public address system and placed a small plat- form at one end of my living room which overlooks all the lights of the city and the ocean beyond. Against that magnifi- cent background the most beautiful and famous women modeled Marusia's new- est creations. Among the models were Ann Miller, Felicia Vanderbilt, Binnie Barnes, Dinah Shore, ••Elizabeth Droun and Marusia, herself. Over half the film colony arrived to ad- mire Marusia's collection which was an- nounced and described in detail by Don Wilson. Judy Garland, Paulette God- dard, Joan Fontaine, Alida Valli and Joan Crawford were just a few who were de- lighted with the gowns. Because of the very low decolletage on some of the evening gowns, Judy Garland exclaimed, "But, Cobina, how do they stay up?" 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At Joan Craw- ford's the other night, there was hardly any conversation — everyone was concen- trating on some game. Charades, Twenty Questions and even Treasure Hunts are coming back into vogue. I wonder what ever happened to Mah Jong? Next month I'll be back with more parties and some of the delicious party recipes which the stars prefer. Most of them are not only novel but are quite simple to prepare. In the meantime your party reporter would like to wish all you wonderful Screenland readers a truly happy time over the holidays. How Busy Con You Get? Continued from page 37 in Barcelona, Spain. His family were conservative, bound up in traditions. His father didn't smoke or drink so none of the Cugat boys did. Neither did anyone think it was proper to dance with an- other man's wife unless the husband gave his permission and was there to keep an eye on the situation. If a man worked at night, his wife stayed home. Cugie still believes in those things. "Before Lorraine and I were married," he says, "I was asked many times by men I knew to take their wives out while they were away. Would Cugat do that? I'd like to have a picture of it. In Technicolor!" No, he doesn't believe in the casual American marital freedom and he never will. "Some of my American friends tell me I'm wrong. I admit that I'm wrong according to their standards, but in my heart I know I'm right according to the way I was brought up. I can't change any more than they could change and admit that my ideas are right." Why, then, did he pick a young Ameri- can career girl for his wife? That's simple. He fell in love with her. And she with him. Cugie and Lorraine went around together for several years before they were married, knew and understood the problems they'd have to face, felt they could work them out, and are doing their best — which at this point looks like a successful try. Here are some of the hazards to their marriage: Cugie is one of the busiest men in the world. There doesn't seem to be any- thing in the artistic line the man can't do. And, being energetic as well as talented, he does them all. First, of course, comes his band, which works on a year-round basis. Cugie has to keep the boys working that way in order to keep his organization together. "Five of my men have been with me twenty-one years and a couple of them for eighteen. To keep a band together that long, you have to have a sense of responsibility toward them. They make good money but they spend it. If they don't work for a week or two they don't eat. So I have to keep us dated up all the time. When I'm thinking about that four thousand dollar payroll, I'd rather be thinking about a long vacation with my beautiful and charming wife." He isn't kidding, either. If you were a big, successful King of the Rhumba, would you like to play sixty-three dif- ferent towns in sixty-three days? It's the traveling that gets Cugie — and some of the places he has to play in to keep his boys in groceries. Cugie's like a chain reaction. Once he got going as the Rhumba King, his career kept piling up on him. Of course he has his radio show, Casa Cugat, and his picture career at Metro-Goldwyh- Mayer which includes three current pic- tures, "On An Island With You," "Lux- ury Liner," and "Date With Judy." But, gad, what a man he is with a sideline! Everybody who has bought the shocking pink and black box containing "Cugat's Nugats" knows he invented 'em. The advertising and promotion on that alone would be enough to keep one average man busy all the time. But Cugie isn't an average man. He's now putting out a candy bar as a companion to the Nugats. His caricatures are famous and it isn't uncommon for him to dash off twenty or thirty between shows. As a result of his caricatures, he's working on a comic- strip for King Features called Uncle Chihuahua, all about the adventures of a little Mexican boy. He'll draw the strip himself, another enterprise which would keep an ordinary man out of mischief seven days a week. His caricatures will also be seen on neckties, and he'll have fun drawing the faces of sports figures, actors, singers, and politicians which will be transferred to the ties. The outfit which will market the ties also turns out the Cugat Jacket, a bolero type of jacket for men. Cugie's recording sessions add another several hours a week to his schedule, and then there's that toy man from Belgium who wants to turn Cugie's Chihuahua caricatures into toys. He helped create some gay, colorful glasses called Rhumba Tumblers which will be on the market shortly. A delightful new perfume, called Red Rhumba, is another project in which Cugie's fine Spanish hand figured. He also introduced a folk dance, called the Mexican Shuffle. Every time he gets into one of these deals, Lorraine gives Cugie one of those 64 Screenland looks wives give their husbands when they're verging on exasperation. "What next?" she asks him. And he usually has an answer. And it's always another deal, like the one the fellow wanted to see him about. You know those berets Senor Cugat wears? Well, this fellow is putting them on the market, too, under the name, Cugat's Barcelona Hat. With all this activity going on you'd hardly think Senor C. would have any time to spend with his wife. But it's quite simple, really, for him to work that out. He carries on most of his business transactions at home. The new Casa Cugat, which he and Lorraine recently bought, is another pro- ject which has all but put them both in strait jackets. It seemed like such a won- derful idea to buy the eight and a half acre estate out beyond Bel-Air. Lorraine thought it would be such fun to plan the remodeling of the house, the landscaping, and the decorating. And Cugie fell right into the spirit of the thing, too. So they started on their elaborate plans for having the place exactly the way they wanted it. Cugie found a man who did beautiful things in hand-wrought iron grille wTork. (The home is modern Mexican ranch style.) Then he got the idea that he'd like to have big murals in all the rooms. So he got Siquerros, Covarrubias, Montenegro, and Pani, all great artists and friends of his to do them for him. Also, his brother, Fran- cisco, who's the Technicolor director at Columbia, did one, too. It was a big deal. So was the house. They nearly went crazy before it was finished. Once they thought they had a fine little stalemate on their hands. The painters came in to do the walls that weren't covered by murals. But they went home, explaining they couldn't paint until the carpets were laid. So Cugie called the carpet people. 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Continued from page 38 gardeners depart, rather than be seen wrestling with rake, broom or hose, hair all anyhow and famous face perspiring. "It is a nuisance," admitted Bette, "but it is a fact. I never used to have great regard for the way I looked off screen, but after a few unfortunate ex- periences, I concluded I wasn't being fair to myself. If, with a few hours to spare from the studio, I went into I. Magnin's in a great rush, invariably I was recognized by a dozen shocked people who made derogatory comments on my appearance. I discovered that even for the slightest errand I must take time to look my best, and once I ac- cepted the fact, it ceased to bother me." Success has, of course, given her ma- terial things. "I'm able to live the sort of life that appeals to me, have the house I like, the clothes I like, the food I like. I can travel where I choose, in the man- ner I choose. I am, indeed, fortunate. "Again, on the other side of the ledger, I missed my college days. I was robbed of four years of fun, good companion- ship, and perhaps the formation of en- during friendships, because instead of going to college, I went to work. "As a result, I haven't as many close friends as I would sincerely like to have. As for friendships formed later on, the very nature of my work makes it ex- tremely difficult. First of all, ' an enormous amount of time goes into my job, and it takes time to make friends. Since friendship is usually founded on mutual tastes and interests, one would think I'd have many friends among the members of my own profession. "But friendships between professionals are often awkward; automatically, we are all rivals. Those with non-profes- sionals are apt to be complicated be- cause, through no fault of theirs or ours, they usually become tag-alongs. They simply don't feel comfortable with us. I know several people, not in my profession, whom I would like to have as friends who call me on the telephone now and then, and invariably begin the conversation by apologizing for 'bother- ing' me. The premise is false, you see, and the result is disastrous." If Bette had never succeeded on the screen, she believes she would always have lived in New England, which she loves. Her work has made it impossible for her to choose where she would live. "Success also has robbed me of the chance to devote all my time to my daughter," she continued. "That is a sacrifice. Barbara is at the enchanting age, and I'm missing so much of it. I see her for half an hour in the morning, and for an hour and a half at night, on the days I work. It is hard to leave her up- bringing to a nurse." According to Bette the forfeiting of her right to be a "human being" is where success has taken its toll the most. 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"It isn't done to be rude; nobody on earth would be intentionally that rude! It's just that they don't realize we are people as they are people. We have eyes and ears also. They have seen us on the screen only, so when we are close at hand, we just can't be alive. In such cases, all we can do is to behave as if we were our shadow selves, like ghosts who have not materialized." Also in Bette's view of things, "The more successful you are the more con- spicuous are your mistakes. More so in Hollywood than almost anywhere else, due to the fact we are known all over the world. If you've been fortunate 66 SCREENLAND enough to create a standard, you mustn't let down. "Also," says Bette, "socially, a famous person can never relax. When you are introduced to someone, that individual will usually sit back and let the famous one make all the overtures. He stands there contributing little, waiting for us to prove ourselves. That's why so many of us seldom appear socially. Constantly proving yourself to strangers is a strain. "In summing up the pros and cons of advantages and disadvantages to a per- son like myself in Hollywood, I have proved, I think, that I have benefited more than I have sacrificed. "The greatest benefit from all my suc- cess has been the feeling of inner se- curity I have acquired as a person. The admiration of people and audiences who have made my success in Hollywood pos- sible, has helped to give me this. This feeling of confidence makes you com- fortable with all people you meet, in all situations in which you find yourself. For this I am most grateful. "One of the greatest examples of this, to all who met him, was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. At the time of his death, it was said of him he never talked up to anyone, and he never talked down to anyone. He had truly great inner se- curity. 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He stayed until the end of the picture, and that's how movie jobs are born! The high cost of building being what it is, had a serious effect on Joan Fontaine and Bill Dozier. They had to add on a nursery for their expected baby and the lowest estimate was almost as much as the original cost of their house. At those prices there was only one thing to do. They had to spend the money, so they built a nursery that would accommodate four children — if necessary. From now on, no one will have to ask their close friends "what's new" with the Doziers!! — o — When we reported that Greer Garson was fast becoming one of the gayest gals in town, we weren't fooling. Now it's jokes, yet! When they were lining up stars to appear with the circus, (to raise money for St. John's Hospital) Greer was asked if she'd ride on an elephant. " Why it's the only way I travel," she dead- panned. 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