Modern Screen (Dec 1947 - Nov 1948)

I Mark couldn't use them. Annelle soon had her baby, but Mark was left with his frustrations. That's when he lost his head, decided to have this fling he thought he rated. Unfortunately, Hedy Lamarr swam entrancingly in view at the psychological moment and Hedy was fancy-free, having split with her husband, John Loder. Three children or not, Hedy must have someone to pay court and flatter her. That the great and glamorous Lamarr would make eyes at him was the most fatal flattery to Mark Stevens in his mood. So off the beam he went, leaving home and Annelle for a ■ flirtation that Hedy's husband, John, summed up the best I've heard. "It's quite | all right, my dear," observed John drily, "but aren't you making yourself rather ridiculous?" No more than Mark was. The difference was he came to, fast, and realized in a hospital bed with his bad back acting up again what a fool he'd been. That's when he called me and made the vows he's kept, so far. As I said, Mark has signed over every cent he owns to Annelle and Mark Richard, their baby boy. I hope he never crosses us up again — or rather, crosses up himself and his family. Now let me turn to another case. I said i I'd never been the president of Oleg Cassini's fan club. Oleg's grandfather was the Czar's ambassador to Washington. He's an aristocrat, touchy, proud, and easy to misunderstand. Gene has always been madly in love with her fiery little count. She followed him around from camp to camp during the war, just like any war wife. And Oleg did do the right things, I had to admit. He dropped his title, became a U. S. A. citizen, enlisted when trouble began and won his way up to a lieutenant's bars. Frankly, I've always thought he was inconsiderate of Gene. He I had so many fist fights and hot-tempered ' scuffles in public, and they embarrassed her so much. But that wasn't what split them up. Pride did that. pride and prejudice . . . From the start of their marriage, Gene was a successful star. Oleg was an unsuccessful dress designer. Gene has told me, "Our trouble was just as much my fault as Oleg's. I had my work, I was making a big salary. Oleg had only his pride. But I love him and I want the world to know it." Gene told me that after they'd reconciled, after, I firmly believe, both knew they were more in love than ever. Two months after their makeup, Gene found she'd have a second baby, which she's expecting soon. I wish her and Oleg Cassini all the luck in the world. But no matter how I feel about Oleg, there's another boy I haven't changed my opinion of yet, and he'll have to show me before I will. I mean John Payne, whose shaky child-bride marriage with Gloria De Haven will be wagging Heaven knows which way by the time this sees print. At the present, John is saying, "I love my wife and my children and we all love each other and we should never, never part," or words to that effect. And little Gloria is saying nothing. John has always thought he was God's gift to the screen. I think he's a spoiled, over-conceited boy all wrapped up in himself and happy being unhappy — like a character in a Russian novel. I used to see John sitting and scowling in Hollywood's night clubs back when he was married to Anne Shirley. "For Heaven!s sake," I told him one night to his long/ sad face, "if you're that bored with it all, why don't you go home? Why sit here and torture yourself?" "Anne likes it," sighed Payne. I've seen i him sulking the same lackadaisical way lately, with — and without — his bride. Truth is, John doesn't know what he wants, and hasn't for years. He thought he wanted a Test FRESH yourself at our expense. See if Fresh isn't more effective, creamier, smoother than any deodorant you've ever tried. Only FRESH can use the patented combination of amazing ingredients which gives you this safe, smooth cream that doesn't dry out . . . that really stops perspiration better. Write to FRESH, Chrysler Building, New York, for a free jar.