Modern Screen (Jul-Dec 1945)

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Pond's "lips" stay on. and on . . and on ! fbuto "UPS" 6 devastating shades 49*, lOi, plus tax .... Try the newest Pond's "Lips" shade"Beau Bait" — rich, clear, true red. By Virginia Wilson WEEKEND AT THE WALDORF ■ Put Van Johnson, Lana Turner, Ginger Rogers, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold and Keenan Wynn all in one picture, and you automatically have something pretty impressive. Add New York's famous Waldorf-Astoria for a setting, and you have glamor plus. "Weekend At The Waldorf," like "Grand Hotel" and "Hotel Berlin," is a potpourri of the various love affairs, big deals, and heartbreaks taking place under one roof. In a luxurious Tower suite, Irene Malvern (Ginger Rogers) is giving a party for the press. Irene has been a top movie star for several years, and very important people have come to the party. Everyone is having a fine time except Irene. She is, as she always is of late, lonely and dissatisfied. No one in the world really cares about her — only her money. In another suite on the same floor, Chip Collyer (Walter Pidgeon) has just checked in. He is as lonely and dissatisfied — and almost as famous — as Irene. Chip is a war correspondent, and a good one, but now he's tired. He needs a rest. He needs to fall in love. And when he meets Irene, that's just what happens. Downstairs, a luscious blonde stenographer known as "Bunny" (Lana Turner), is pinning on a gardenia. It's from a guest at the hotel, Martin Edley (Edward Arnold). Mr. Edley would like to give Bunny more than a gardenia. Much more. In fact, an apartment on Park Avenue. Bunny is considering the matter. She views the world with tough Tenth Avenue practicality, {Continued on page 8) Bunny (L. Turner) gives up gold digging for love in a cottage when pilot Van J. takes over.