Modern Screen (Jul-Dec 1945)

AUTOGRAPHS! Bell bottom trousers, suits of navy blue; you get an autograph and help his family, too! Yep, the quarter you send us for any autograph selected from the list below, goes to the Naval Aid Auxiliary Fund, that wonderful organization which keeps an eye on your sailor's family while he's away on the briny blue. Special rates for thrifty souls: Five autographs for a dollar! Step up the gangplank! June Allyson Don Ameche Dana Andrews Lois Andrews Lauren Bacall Jane Ball Lucille Ball Jess Barker Anne Baxter William Bendix Joan Bennett Ingrid Bergman Julie Bishop Joan Blondell Humphrey Bogart Charles Boyer Eddie Bracken Jim Brown Eddie Cantor Marguerite Chapman Dane Clark Claudette Colbert Nancy Coleman Ronald Colman Gary Cooper Joseph Cotten James Craig Jeanne Crain Dick Crane Stephen Crane Joan Crawford Bing Crosby Xavier Cugat Helmut Dantine Linda Darnell Bette Davis Gloria De Haven Olivia de Havilland Tommy Dix Ted Donaldson Brian Donlevy Tom Drake Jimmy Dunne Irene Dunne Jimmy Durante Nelson Eddy William Eythe Jinx Palkenburg Alice Faye Geraldine Fitzgerald Errol Flynn Clark Gable Ava Gardner John Garfield Judy Garland Peggy Ann Garner Greer Garson Paulette Goddard Betty Grable Farley Granger Cary Grant Bonita Granville Kathryn Grayson Jon Hall June Haver Dick Haymes Susan Hayward Rita Hayworth Sonja Henie Paul Henreid Katharine Hepburn John Hodlak Skippy Homeier Bob Hope Lena Home Betty Hutton Bob Hutton Harry James Gloria Jean Van Johnson Jennifer Jones Arline Judge Danny Kaye Kay Kyser Alan Ladd Hedy Lamarr Dorothy Lamour Carole Landls Peter Lawford Joan Leslie John Loder Myrna Loy Ida Lupino Diana Lynn Fred M«cMurray Lon McCallister Joel McCrea Roddy McDowall Fibber McGee & Molly Dorothy McGuire Alan Marshal Trudy Marshall Marilyn Maxwell Carmen Miranda George Montgomery Constance Moore Dennis Morgan George Murphy Tom Neal Lloyd Nolan Merle Oberon Edmund O'Brien Margaret O'Brien Virginia O'Brien Donald O'Connor Maureen O'Hara Dennis O'Keefe Kevin O'Shea John Payne Gregory Peck Susan Peters Walter Pidgeon William Powell Tyrone Power Vincent Price Frances Raflerty Martha Raye Ronald Reagan Walter Reed George Reeves Ginger Rogers Roy Rogers Rosalind Russell Gail Russell Ann Rutherford Eddie Ryan Peggy Ryan Ann Sheridan Dinah Shore Ginny Simms Frank Sinatra Red Skelton Ann Sothern Barbara Stanwyck Shirley Temple Phillip Terry Gene Tierney Phyllis Thaxter Spencer Tracy Sonny Tufts Lana Turner Robert Walker Cornel Wilde Esther Williams Jane Withers Monty Woolley Jane Wyman Loretta Young Robert Young Enclosed please find 25c in H stamps □ paper-wrapped coin, for an NAA card autographed by I understand I am to enclose 25c for each additional autograph I request but that only $1.00 will now pay for 5 autographs. My name is . I live at City. 64 |_ State NAA EDITOR, MODERN SCREEN 913G Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles 46, Calif. "Okay," said the one and only Bogart, "you've got your date now. Split the difference and make it May 21st." * * * Lana Turner's two year old cherub, Cheryl Crane, is rapidly becoming a Pin-Up Girl on her own. Ran into Lana shopping the other day and she told me proudly that her baby gets more G.I. mail than she does. "She received the cutest pair of white doeskin boots from Alaska," Lana said, "and they fit just perfectly. Seems that 'baby is getting shoes now' — but Mama has run out of stamps!" * * * Whoops! The hair-dos the girls are going in for! They are certainly fantastic. Maria Montez came to Lady Mendl's party with her hair in a sort of up-sweep windblown effect. I know that sounds funny — but on her it looked good. I've never seen anything like it before. I believe it was Norma Shearer who started the coronet fashion — braids wound on top of the head like a small crown. Cole Porter was the guest of honor at Lady Mendl's and it was a very gala affair. The hostess wore a beautiful gown she had saved for just the occasion of V-E day celebrating. There was a spirit of gaiety that I haven't noticed at a Hollywood party since the war started. Cary Grant was one of the first to arrive. I talked with him a long time and he seemed to be having more fun than usual. He has been attending a lot of parties recently but not once have I seen him with Betty Hensel, the girl he is supposed to marry when Barbara Hutton gives him his freedom. Maybe that's cold. I know Phil Reed, who was Barbara Hutton's devoted escort, was at the races without her. One thing is sure — it's never safe in Hollywood to bet on the outcome of any romance. People change their minds — and hearts — too often. * * * I've never known a girl to take even the slightest vestige of criticism as hard as Betty Hutton. . When it was just hinted that Betty had feuded with her director on "Stork Club" and had walked off the set, she cried her eyes out denying it. "I'm a working girl," she told me. "I've never walked off a set in my life. I might argue a point with someone — but I don't do any front-office politics behind someone's back." * * * Vignette on Betty Grable: She likes onions and will even go for garlic if everybody else does. . . . When she was a little girl she liked to have people call her by her middle name, "Ruth." Now she hates it. . . . She has never had a secretary and she banks her owrrchecks without advice of a manager. . . . You know how she looks in a decollette evening gown-, but how she hates to put one on for private wear! . . . She calls Harry James "Jamsie" and they love to play poker. . . . She seldom wears the same color lipstick twice, but experiments every time she makes up her face. . . . Her favorite nightgown is purple but she doesn't like vivid colors in household furnishings. Her own bedroom is almost as pastel as baby Victoria Elizabeth James' nursery. * * * Certainly was a terrible thing that happened to little Ann Blyth. She had a serious accident skiing, resulting in such a bad injury to her back that she may not be able to work for months. * * * Jean Pierre Aumont was here with the French delegates to the San Francisco conference, making his bride Maria Montez very happy, you can bet. Maria was walking around on the clouds so verreeee happeeee that she didn't even mind being suspended by Universal for not making a Western movie. * * * < Another short visitor (I mean his visit was short) was Richard Jaeckel who blew home from the Merchant Marines to see his attractive mother. Dick stayed pretty close to home. His head was shaved when his boat crossed the eguator — an old Navy custom — and he felt so self-conscious he didn't want to see any of his friends. * * * Made me sad to pass the former home of poor little Lupe Velez and see a big "For Sale" sign on the lawn. Lupe really loved that home where she started — and ended — her career and her life. * • * Yes, it is true — Nora Eddington (Mrs. Errol Flynn) has made a test for a movie and when the strike is over she should be launched on an acting career. Why not? She is an extremely pretty girl and photographs like a million. Her debut will probably be with Jennifer Jones in "Duel In The Sun" — when and if that picture picks up again. * * * That cute little guy, Barry Fitzgerald, has a silhouette of an Oscar painted on his dressing room door at Paramount. Says that everytime he steps through the door he's reminded of what a lucky man he is. Luck? I call it talent — and lots of it. » * * Sometimes Hollywood isn't as "hep" as it thinks. I mean, nobody imagined that Helmut Dantine would pull a Frank Sinatra and have the gals swooning in the aisles when he made personals in New York, but that is exactly what happened. Helmut, a very moody young man out here, certainly didn't seem to be the type to knock 'em cold. But • he dood it. * * * Some time ago Victor Mature and I had a little fracas. But you can't stay mad at a good looking guy in uniform and the last time Vic visited Hollywood we "made up." The Coast Guard experience and service has certainly worked wonders in his appearance. No longer does he look like a "pretty boy." He's hardened and toughened and better looking than ever._ Vic was at the Mocambo with Buff -Cobb, pretty granddaughter of the late Irvin Cobb. When I asked him if he was. going to marry her he said, "I like the girl. How can I ask her to marry me?" Same old Vic.