Screenland (Feb-Oct 1949)

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Rhonda Fleming and Barry Fitzgerald at the cocktail parry given by Paramount Studios. Eric Johnston, head of the Motion Picture Industry, with Hedy Lamarr at Paramount party. Arthur (Dagwood) Lake smells roses presented to Ann Rutherford on her debut as "Blondie." The theatre was all dolled up. A silver curtain covered the ftdl stage and when it parted, right on time, the audience gasped at the beautiful array of Oscars on stage. Two long white tasseled ropes held the microphones and a Incite lectern concealed others. The sound, needless to say, was super. Robert Montgomery, in full dress and bedecked with a six-inch bank of war medals, did a fast and witty job as master of ceremonies, and tlie idea of having pretty actresses and handsome actors present all the Awards was a honey. Mitchell Leisen, glamourous Gloria Swanson, Cecil DeMille at Paramount Studio Party. Instead of having all the nominated songs sung at once they were spaced through the program. Doris Day started the melody department with "It's Magic." She was spectacular in a white gown trimmed in emerald green, set off by her blonde hair and a whizzer of a suntan. Jane Russell, in a strapless sorta burnt sugar colored satin number, surprised a lot of people by singing the winner, "Buttons And Bows." They didn't know she could sing, too. Jo Stafford, lovely in a clinging black job, sang "This Is The Moment." Gordon MacRae obliged with "For Every Man There's A Worn {Please turn to page 56) When Dennis O'Keefe visited Ralph Edwards' "Truth Or Consequences" show he got hot seat. Betty Hutton dining with hubby Ted Briskin at the Stork Club during trip to Manhattan.