Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1943)

gendarme who stood at the crossing a block away. He saw me, reacted and started to wave his arms frantically in my direction. I saw that the intersection had been roped off and that no less than half the remaining population of the town kept staring at me with popped eyes and bated breath, as if I were Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, or Orson Welles fresh from Mars. By now, of course, it was quite obvious to me that on unexploded bomb or something of the sort had fallen somewhere in the vicinity. The complete story I learned a few moments later. It seems I had had company for the night. To be more explicit, I had slept with a couple of unexploded 500-pound bombs. They had lodged on the opposite side of the hotel the day before. The entire neighborhood had been evacuated since yesterday. After trying to commurricate with AFHQ at Algiers and failing, I decided to fly there. I located the air photographs and made arrangements with Lieutenant Colonel Elliott Roosevelt to have his squadron take more of the same. I contacted him in the foyer of the St. George and arranged a conference for the following day. He has made quite a name for himself as a real fighting soldier. President's son or not, out here he stands on his own feet. He has just come back from a flight over Sardinia, one of many aerial-mapping trips he has made over enemy territory. December 5th. During my absence, Algiers has become, in a sense, an American city. American vehicles crowd the streets, and our soldiers are everywhere. I had dinner with H. R. Knickerbocker and slept in a real bed. December 6th. My travel orders have been issued. I am to fly in the morning with General Clark and General Doolittle to Oran, where I will collect the film, proceed to Gibraltar by air and thence home to edit the first War Department feature-length film photographed in and under actual battle conditions. December 10th. As the huge plane headed out to sea bound for Trinidad and home, I looked long at the receding African coastline. The sun had gently disappeared into a bank of gray-blue clouds. Now shafts of golden light gave to the Dark Continent a sort of halo effect like a monster crown spread out over the whole world. I watched until the last thin line of land blurred and vanished. It made me think of things — things I will never forget, moments that will stay with me all my life. A fellow-passenger dropped into the seat at my side and offered me a cigarette. "I understand you've just come back from the Tunis Front. How was it?" For a moment I couldn't think of the right reply — or of any reply. The man looked at me with what I presume was rapidly growing curiosity and not a little annoyance. After all, it was only an ordinary civil question, and he was by all the laws of civilization entitled to a civil reply. "Good show," I answered, and this time I meant it. The End. Colonel Zanuck's exciting pictures that were described in this diary will appear in your theater soon as a Warner Brothers film entitled "At The Front." A portrait by Maria de Kammerer THE 25 HOUR DAY! ( I hanks to your Satin-Finish Lipstick! J by Constance Luft Huhn, Head of the House of Tangee CARRYING on your regular activities, in addition to your many wartime duties, you've probably complained . . . with the rest of us . . . that 24 hours just aren't enough! That's the reason I urge you to enjoy the longlasting smoothness of Tangee's SATIN-FINISH Lipsticks. They're a boon to the busy woman of today — possibly saving you as much as an hour's make-up time every day by lasting ... and lasting. . .and lasting! Let your Tangee SATINFINISH Lipstick help you WORK your best . . . by giving you the assurance that you LOOK your best. For Tangee SATINFINISH brings your lips to life with a soft and satiny sheen . . . brings your lips the smooth perfection of an exquisite grooming! And another tip : Wear the Tangee Rouge that matches your Tangee Lipstick . . . the shade of Tangee Face Powder that matches your complexion! 1/INGE SATIN-FINISH NEW TANGEE MEDIUM-RED. ..a warm, clear shade. Not too dark, not too light... just right. TANGEE REDRED . . ."Rarest, Loveliest Red of Them All," harmonizes perfectly with all fashion colors. TANGEE THEATRICAL RED .. ."The Brilliant Scarlet Lipstick Shade". . . Is always most flattering. sfibis TANGEE NATURAL... "Beauty for Duty"conservative make-up for women in uniform. Orange in the stick, it changes to produce your own most becoming shade of blush rose. BEAUTY — Glory of woman . . . LIBERTY — Glory of nations .. . Protect them both . . . BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS 87