Screenland (Nov 1950-Oct 1951)

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Left: Piper "Laurie goes into training for -Jttr rote in .tM-'s "The Milkman" with the -aid -of -a healthy glassful of -milk. Above: Already busy with screen commitments, Piper does get a chance to relax soingtinigs with this agnatic riMnpawHT'T "Bowm LoMj from/ A LASS named Laurie was once described, in a song, as being most captivating, but she was only imaginary. A big improvement over that dream lady is flesh -and -blood Piper Laurie, a new starlet at UniversalInternational. Piper brings us a bracing breath of Highland air via Detroit, where she was born and, despite a Gaelic appearance, is of Polish -Russian extraction. It was when she emoted in a Los Angeles high school play that a talent scout was startled almost out of his chair by her looks and her ability. She was signed by U-l, went to work there just after turning 18. Left: When Piper was staying in Chicago she did some pleasant research for her "Milkman" assignment by paying a visit to the Hawthorn Mellody Farms, where she viewed the dairy business close up. As Piper's first part she was awarded a role in "Louisa," and all of her friends — James Best, Meg Randall, Joyce Holden, Rock Hudson and Anthony Curtis — gathered in U-l commissary to wish her lots of luck.