Modern Screen (Jan-Nov 1944)

puppy dog tales . . . At home things are pretty much the same, except she has a new Peke — Ching Two. When the first Chingie died, she thought she'd never want another, but after a while she did. The kennels sent out a white one and a blonde one, and the blonde came running up and jumped into Shirley's lap, so naturally that's the one she took. The white one was a little bit too sophisticated for her, anyway — he sort of sat and looked down at everybody. The nice thing about Two is, she's so sociable. Ching One never looked at Shirley very much, but Two never stops looking at her — even " sits on a chair in the dressing room and watches her comb her hair. She's glamorous, too — especially round the ears, which have a glamorous flop. And she's a natural blonde, never touches peroxide. Of course all her blondness is1 at the wrong end— when they want to photograph her, they have to powder her face to make it show up, it's so black. On top of everything else, she's smart. When Shirley's writing a letter, Ching grabs her arm and shakes it to make her pay attention. If that doesn't work, she climbs into Shirley's lap, and let anyone try to get her out. The way she growls, you'd think she was a Great Dane. . . . Right now, the parrot's their only other animal, but Shirley more or less ignores him. All he wants to do is fight and talk back, which would be all right if he talked any sense, but it's just idle chatter. Though sometimes she wonders. Sometimes she and her friends'll be talking, and Polly'll sit there, looking kind of wise and sneery, and she wonders if their talk sounds the same way to him. Could be — RICHARD JAECKEL — (See page 53) Mom wouldn't come right out with it and ask where he'd been. So she prepared the apple pie and the fried chicken quiet like, just the way ordinary Ma's do, the ones without their names in the Blue Book and the Jaeckel fur fortune and the swanky Beverly Hills address. So finally, he told her. He'd been to Mexico. As a trucker. At 6 pesos a day. Which was exactly the sort of thing she'd gotten used to. After he'd finished "Guadalcanal Diary," he hired out to an orange juice bottling concern as a packer, and after "Wing and a Prayer", he became a Maritimer! That was some swap! If Mom would sign the consent papers, he'd do just this last film. Of course, it had taken two months of a steady diet of Mom's pie and a heck of a lot of roughhousing from the JUGS (Just Us Guys) to make him even consider doing it. As one of the fellas said, "If he got paid about 5 bucks a day, betcha he wouldn't be so scared of acting. That guy just doesn't like money!" Which is true. He hates being Hanley Jaeckel the 3rd and having a Chinese houseboy to screw on the caps of those umpteen bottles of lotion. And he doesn't like acting! Doesn't see how come they picked him to do the "Baby Marine," doesn't see how he avoids smelling up the place when he emotes. Unless it's on account of The System. The one he developed whereby he studied every little quirk of every big ham — and then did the exact opposite! Chicken Jake's a Maritimer now down Alaska way, 3 inches taller, a whole year older — and mebbe a little bit flicker hungry, too. are being worn this season! Use aSR/Gtf't to show 0i>'"r CAM PAN A LOVELY HANDS It's fun to be tied in velvet when your hands are Campana -lovely. For Campana Cream Balm is the creamy, lanolin-rich lotion that helps keep your hands so silken^surfaced you'll be proud to show them off! Dermatologists say lanolin duplicates the functions of the natural oils of your skin — better than anything else! No wonder Campana Cream Balm benefits as it beautifies. No wonder it protects your skin against raw winds and winter's cold, guards against dryness and roughness. This winter— be bright about your hands. Use Campana Cream Balm to keep them lovely. In the yellow and white package. 254, 50i and $1 Campana Cream. Balm RICH IN LANOLIN Hands badly CHAPPED? Use ORIGINAL CAMPANA BALM for instant relief! Original Campana Balm is the richer, WIND WEATHER heavier Campana lotion that thousands change to in chapped-skin weather. Ask for Original Campana Balm in the green and white package. 25<?. 50Aand $1. mm 95