Screenland (Nov 1950-Oct 1951)

girl quality in her that keeps her thinking that this play-acting is really all a wonderful game. In fact, she can't even understand to this day why they called it a beauty contest, since she won over all the girls. "Why, I'm not even pretty," she insists seriously. "Look at my high protruding forehead and my funny nose. I guess I've got lots of Vitamin Bl in me and nothing ever gets me down. It's just my good disposition that's pulled me through." The truth is she is terribly pretty and so petite and so graceful, with a beautiful figure and that glowing apple blossom kind of skin that doesn't need any kind of makeup. Her complete indifference to her charm leaves everyone a little breathless. But she means what she says. Debbie's not putting on an act. She's as honest and forthright as she can be. Things have just happened to Debbie all at once like a sudden Summer shower and left her caught in a wonderful and glamourous career. She takes everything in her stride. For instance, she has never taken a singing or a dancing lesson in her life. Yet she both danced and sang in "Three Little Words" and "Two Weeks With Love." She's just busting out all over with talent, has a rare genius for mimicry. She also has a quick mind, an unusual sense of rhythm. She is absolutely without guile. Completely without fear. Think of it — without any stage experience at all, she and Carleton Carpenter held every audience spellbound all over the country with their songs in their recent personal appearance tour. She tells a very amusing story as to why she signed with Warners in the first place when both MGM and Warners were terribly anxious to get her after she won the beauty contest. "I live just a few blocks from Warners. That meant I could sleep later in the morning and go home to lunch, and since I never knew when my car would start {you know, it was the same age as I was — 1932 Chevy — but much more tired), I could always use my bicycle." During the months at Warners, she made only one picture, "The Daughter Of Rosie O'Grady." But no one on that lot has ever forgotten Debbie. She was the busiest kid around the place. She came in every day from nine to six whether she was working in a picture or not. "I just couldn't take my salary check and not work every day," she said. "My father's worked all his life, hard too, with the railroad. I never saw him slough even one day. My mother's worked hard, too, doing ail the washing and the housework and the cooking herself. We couldn't afford a maid, so my brother and I had to pitch in and help. I like to work. So when I wasn't acting and still getting paid for it, I just had to earn my money somehow." Completely on her own, she worked in the script department and helped file the scripts. She even worked as a messenger girl, delivering the scripts to the offices of the directors, producers and writers on the lot. She ran errands eagerly for free Timely Tips by Little Lulu HOW/ DO YOU SCORE ON THESE HELPFUL WAYS TO SAVE ? Best to limber up meat grinders? □ Chick en bones Q Salad oil Q Bacon fat When meat grinders balk — dose 'em with salad oil; keeps the food tasteworthy. Speaking of grinders, there' no ground wood in Kleenex tissues ! So pure. No weak spots, hard particles ! Kleenex ends waste saves money... For chair marks on carpets, try — I I Cleaning fluid Steaming Cover flattened spots with damp cloth; steam with hot iron. Lifts nap. Let Kleenex give you a lift in your household tasks. Soft! Sturdy! No other tissue has that handy box! Get several boxes when you buy — You'll always have a good supply *T. U. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. © INTERNATION A L CELLUCOTTON PRODUCTS CO JEWELS Perfection in Plastic Housewares ... So Elegant ... So Colorful ... Yet so low in cost. A. #311 BEVERAGE PITCHER B. #304 TUMBLER 16 OZ. C. #305 TUMBLER 10 OZ. D. #309 CENTER PIECE BOWL E. #302 DIVIDED PLATE 10" F. #301 . . . MASTER SALAD BOWL 10" G. #307 . . . FRUIT & SALAD BOWL 7" H. #300 . . . INDIV. SALAD BOWL 5" I. #303 ... SALT & PEPPER SHAKERS BURROUGHS MFG. CORP. • Los Angeles 65, Calif. Other Burritt ' Matched Jewels for Kitchen * Pantry * Refrigerator at Hardware, Variety, Department, and 5 & 10 stores everywhere.