Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1943)

YOUR PROBLEMS ANSWERED BV BETTE DAVIS DEAR MISS DAVIS: Can you please give me some good advice? I'll soon be twenty. One boy I go with is in the Marine Corps (he's twenty-one) ; the other boy is in the Army Air Corps and will soon be twenty. Both have asked me to marry them several times and, although it seems impossible, I really and truly love both of them. I've known both for about five years and when I wasn't out with one, I'd be out with the other. Both are tall and blond. Neither has much of a trade, but both are very handy at doing everything. Don't say I don't love either, because that won't be true. I know there could never be anyone beside these two. I've told both of them they would have to wait until after the war for an answer, but both are very anxious to know now. The one because he wants to decide what kind of a war job to take, a very dangerous one or a "ground crew" job. The other one because he's in a very dangerous Pacific zone and doubts if he'll come back, although he writes that he'll try his darndest. It all sounds very silly, but when you come right down to it it's all very serious. I'm selfish, I know, because I Stop worrying! This star is ready to help you. See p. 9 1 ; then write her really want both, but seeing I can't have both, I want one of them — no one else. This is the queerest mixup I've ever been in and it's been going on for years. Everyone says I'm a very levelheaded, capable person and I hold a responsible job in a large office, but my private life doesn't seem to be conducted very capably. What would you do in my place? Marilyn J. Dear Miss J: Your problem doesn't sound at all silly to me. You aren't the first girl in the world to admire two men at the same time with equal affection. As you say you have already told both boys that they will have to wait until after the ivar for an answer, I think you have handled this as it should be. You are only twenty and who knotcs how long a time is going to elapse until tve are finally victorious? A great many things can happen to change your opinions of even your two beaux. Although it doesn't seem possible to you now, you might even meet a third man who would solve your problem Why don't you continue to see bolh\ boys whenever they are on leave, and to> write to them. But never marry until] there is only one man you love more than any other you know. Bette Davis. r\EAR MISS DAVIS: ^ You'll think a service man "nuts for writing to you, but I can't help it I want to tell you something. La? June 7, I met a young woman at ; dance. She and I had an enjoyabli evening and a late supper. For nigh or to two months we dated every Satur day and once in a while I would ge< her during the week. Then it happened. We, quarreled She is going with a crowd who thim the only way to enjoy life is by cor. stant spending. I am, shall I say, ; very idealistic person and I know wha life is, although I am only twenty. I love her very much and I want t: inspiration that comes from a woman : love. When we have mail call I watch oh so closely, the light in the eye? of 013 fellow service men as they read tht letters from their wives or sweethearts. I haven't any letter from tfa ! girl and I feel lost in a world of chaos She still has (Continued or page 89) Bette Davis page 25 Olivia de Havilland page 28 Bonita Granville page 29 L^alat lycztxail crVrat Henry Fonda page 32 Robert Sterling page 32 Jack Briggs page 32 Ronald Colman page 36 Ronald Reagan pat : 33 Robert Stack Page 33 Van Heflin page 33 24