Modern Screen (Jan-Nov 1944)

Stop a minute and check up on the list below. Do you belong to any of the groups shown there? If so, then you really must discover Tampax, which was originated and perfected by a physician to help women keep active during those "trying days" of the month. ^ Housewives Gardeners -4 ^ War workers Taxi drivers -4 ► Secretaries Club Women -4 ^ Students Teachers -4 ► ► Service Women Sales clerics Nurses A Bank tellers -4 NO BELTS NO PINS NO PADS NO ODOR (Continued from page 15) P. S. Zorina does her first professional ballroom dancing in this picture. Also does two solos — a beguine and a ballet jitterbug number, done in front of a line of chorus boys. Used her last two pair of openmeshed lastex hose for these dances . . . will have to have her legs painted in all numbers for the duration. . . . "Black and white" dance sequence, which is done by white -costumed dance teams on a black masonite floor, was shot on the former "Phantom of the Opera" set. . . . Unable to get suitable dancing shoes for her solo ballet, Zorina dyed the pair she wore in "Louisiana Purchase". . . . The mute horn played by Charlie Spivak is his own invention. He calls it a "Whispo" because it can be played so softly, it can't be" heard by anyone standing more than three feet away. Charlie spent six months perfecting the instrument — stuffed silk, satin, rags, paper and cardboard into the bell of his trumpet until he had the desired effect. Felt the horn should be muted to a bare whisper to bring out the pulsating rhythm of the beautiful "Besame Mucho." PASSAGE TO MARSEILLES Remember "Casablanca"? • Who could forget it! Now Warner Brothers again gives us the famous Humphrey BogartT-Sydney Greenstreet — Claude Rains — Peter Lorre combination. They also toss in Michele Morgan, Helmut Dantine, Philip Dorn and John Loder as nonchalantly as if stars were raisins in a rice pudding. With a cast to knock your eye out, it's no wonder the picture's a super-thriller. 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It's told him by a Free French captain, Freycenet (Claud Rains), and he knows it must be true. But it still sounds pretty fantastic. "At the beginning of this war," Freycenet says, "I was on my way to France on a freighter, from New Caledonia. In the middle of the sea we came to what we at first thought was a bit of floating wreckage. Mais non, it was a canoe, of the most primitive. In it were five men, half dead of exposure and thirst." The men are, of course, taken aboard the freighter. One of the passengers on board, Major Duval (Sydney Greenstreet), immediately suspects them of being exactly what they are — convicts who have escaped from that most sinister of all prisons, Devil's Island. He does his best to trap them into admitting it, but the men led by Matrac (Humphrey Bogart) are too clever for him. When the news of France's surrender reaches the freighter by wireless, Duval, who is a Fascist sympathizer, and his friends, try to take over the boat for Petain. But the convicts join forces with the true Frenchmen on board and defeat them. The convicts are admittedly an unsavory lot . . . murderers, Army deserters and pickpockets. Matrac is a journalist who was railroaded to prison for his political convictions. All of them love France and hate the Nazis. Even after they dispose of Duval, the battle isn't over. The Fascist wireless operator has radioed their position to a German bomber. So the fight goes on — but you must see its exciting finish for yourself. (Continued on page 20) Want a free copy of Dell's fascinating SCREEN ROMANCES? It's packed with stories of the latest movies and full of color portraits of your favorite stars. Here's how to get a copy absolutely free. Just fill in our Questionnaire below and mail it in to us not later than March 20th. The first 500 readers replying get a FREE SCREEN ROMANCES. QUESTIONNAIRE What stories and features did you enjoy most in our April issue? 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