Modern Screen (Dec 1949 - Nov 1950)

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Chicago Deadline: Alan Ladd finds himself up to his self-reliant neck in murders as he tries to find out about a dead woman's life. over town that he's conducting a program of Bach, Beethoven and Breitenbach at Aeolian Hall. This flushes the fugitive out, only it's a dirty trick. The conductor doesn't play Breitenbach's opera score at all; instead he leads an orchestra and chorus in a bunch of Fisher's popular songs. Instead of driving FisherBreitenbach to suicide, this puts him on top of the world. Geniuses are unpredictable, and especially in Technicolor. CHICAGO DEADLINE Cast: Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc, Irene Hervey, Arthur Kennedy. Paramount Reporter Alan Ladd finds a girl dead of tuberculosis in a cheap hotel room, and her once-lovely young face stirs his pity. He filches her address book before the police arrive, and goes off to get himself a humaninterest story. He gets more than he bargains for. There are 54 names in the address book, but no two of the people Ladd contacts seem to agree about the dead girl. As Ladd's investigation progresses, so does his curiosity. There's the girl's brother (Arthur Kennedy) who loved her, and who tells of her early marriage, and its failure. There's a blonde (June Havoc) who was once the dead girl's roommate, and who saw her through an illfated love affair with a handsome gambler. There's the big-shot head of the Iroquois Trust Company, who threatens to sue if his name is connected in any way with that of the dead girl's. "She was a cheap, grasping little thing who tried to blackmail me," he says. There's a man named Spingler who owns a bar and who offers to pay for the girl's funeral— "If you keep it quiet." So many clues to what must have been her story, yet the big chunks are still missing, and suddenly Ladd finds himself in the midst of a rash of murders, all involving people connected with the dead girl, and this story becomes more important to him than eating or sleeping or remembering to be cautious when his life is threatened. Chicago Deadline is quite a fascinating picture, but unbelievably complicated. For the skin that doesn't like hea>y foundation New loveliness for the skin that doesn't like a "made-up" look. Here is a lighter, greaseless foundation cream, that takes powder beautifully — without coating your face!^ A sheerer powder base — more natural! No "smothered" feeling — it's greaseless! Make-up looks more natural, lasts hours longer with this greaseless base ! Before powder, just smooth on a thin, protective film of Pond's Vanishing Cream. Snowywhite in the jar, translucent on your skin, it suits every complexion. Can't streak or discolor. Leaves no oily shine, no "stifled" feeling. Pond's Vanishing Cream gives a smooth finish that holds make-up. Before make-up" facial — 1 -Minute Mask for instant glamour! Whenever it's important to look especially attractive — "re-style" your complexion with Pond's Vanishing Cream smoothed on for a 1 -Minute Mask. So quick! Just slip Pond's Vanishing Cream lavishly over whole face, except eyes. After one minute, tissue off clean. "Keratolytic" action of the cream loosens and dissolves off stubborn dirt and dead skin particles. Your skin looks clearer, silkier right away ! Make-up stays fresh all evening !