Modern Screen (Jan-Jun 1945)

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IIAMTR VMCI. ■ An anxious Hollywood hostess caught John Hodiak on the phone one afternoon last month. "John," she began in a worried voice, "1 know it's awfully late— but can you please come to dinner tonight?" "Gee," boomed John in that husky he-man's voice of his, "I'd love to, but there's something else I ought to do. I — ' "It's awfully important to me," broke in. the lady, desperately, "you don't know how important!" Big John swallowed hard. He thought of the Hollywood girl who had planted her foot in the door of his apartment and refused to budge until he told her, yes, he thought she was pretty. His, mind flashed to the feminine phone fan who got hold of his number and called him every midnight until he had to say regretfully, "I know it's not nice to hang up on a lady, but I can't talk any longer!" He thought of all the funny, strange, puzzling things that had happened in Hollywood since he made "Lifeboat" and "Marriage is a Private Affair." It made him dizzy. He was stammering into the receiver when the lady cleared it up. "My maid," she (Cont'd on following page) ohn indulges in ties, but wears and rewears some two or th ee vardrobe's scant, but he has no yen to enlarge That beard must grow thick and flowy for "Bell for Adano. J W in early stages; Dad hasn't vacationed since 1912, despises loafing around the house When he found Douglas plant within walking distance of house, he wanted job. But John insists parents take it easy.