Modern Screen (Dec 1948 - Oct 1949)

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Sold at drug and notion counters in 3 absorbencies: Regular, Super, Junior. Average full month's supply will slip right into purse. Tampax Incorporated, Palmer, Mass. 92 Accepted for Advertising by the Journal of the American Medical Association the fans MODERN SCREEN FAN CLUB ASSOCIATION Active members in the Glenn Vernon (Komenda) club are rewarded by a personal interview in their journal. Points are awarded to members on a basis of club activity and the clubber having the most points at the end of the year gets the write-up . . . Vera-Ellen club members have already received their membership cards, designed and donated by their star . . . The Mel Torme club and the Monty Clift club of Mt. Vernon have each found new ways to enlist new members. When Mel was making a personal appearance at the Paramount in New York, his club members gave out balloons with his name. Stunt was very eye-catching. Monty's club received permission from a local theater manager to place a poster advertising the club when Red fliver was shown. They received four new members each day . . . Would you like to win a real Esther Williams swim-suit? Her club is running a raffle, proceeds to go to their adopted war orphan, and the prize is a swim-suit very much like the kind she wears in her movies . . . Lanny Rees, whom you'll soon see as Junior in The Life Of Riley, has an up-and-coming club headed by Bernard Jenkins of Washington, D. C. . . . The Ray Eberle Fan Club is starting a membership drive and the first 50 people who write to Rose Marie Stroeher will win a year's membership at 50c . . . Congratulations to the Ronald Reagan club members, soon celebrating their tenth anniversary . . . Ronald Farrington, who is president of the Washington Jack Smith fan club, received a cash award from Jack because his journal was named best in its league by the MFSCA . . . Louise Warnes is president of both the Richard Jaekel and Jim Brown fan clubs and is offering a reduced membership fee to the first 25 to write to her. The Alan Ladd fan club of Brooklyn is offering free memberships tc5 the first 75 shut-ins who write to prexy Janet Miller. Members in the Harlem area of New York would do well to join Chaplain Nat Harrington's group. They have literary and social get-togethers, outings to various radio prorams. They have lots of fun and do good work, besides . . . Ideas, Inc. The Art RobertsKen Keese Club (soon to become an all-discjockey club) has a novel idea for its membership campaign — and credit for the plan goes to Betty Ricker. Betty has divided the members into groups of five, and each group works as a team. Naturally, team members live near each other, and work together. There's lots of competition among the groups, which makes the business of winning new fans for Art and Ken lots of fun. Nelda Clough, president of the Charles Korvin club, writes, "Another idea which many of our new members have remarked very favorably on, is my practice of sending each new member a copy of our two-page club dictionary. This is a mimeographed enclosure explaining all about the ' club and it's various activities; telling how our journal got its title, etc. This helps immeasurably in making the new member familiar with the club, and he feels that he can step right in and be active from the very beginning of his membership — instead of floundering around and wondering — what GLORIA LAMPERT director BEV OTT associate happens next, if anything. This dictionary stresses that our main purpose always, is to boost our star." We know it's very difficult to run a club with over 500 members, get out journals on time, and correspond with the various members. But we do think our League 1 clubs could be a bit more active. Month after month, we have no entries from League 1 clubs in various of our prize and point categories. Of course, we don't expect prexies to handle all the club work (and this applies to other clubs as well) so why not delegate jobs to active members of your clubs. Teamwork makes better clubs . . . Our Candid Camera Contest is beginning to feel neglected, so how about you camera fiends going to work and sending in some new entries? They can be snaps you took on your vacation this year, or a good picture of your neighbor's dog — just as long as it's interesting. Remember, in addition to winning valuable points for your club, you also win a personal prize for yourself. Prizes: Ah, you lucky editors! Each of you is the winner of a lovely REVLON KING'S RANSOM SET. Each set, attractively boxed in black velvet, contains a gold lipstick holder and seven re-fills in luscious shades. THIS IS MY BEST winners receive a handsome, gaily colored ENGER-KRESS BILLFOLD. They have many compartments to take care of money, papers and snaps and are very durable. You i club correspondents had better start writing us some newsy letters if you want to win a genuine ELGIN AMERICAN compact. We can tell you they're finished in jeweler's bronze and are perfectly lovely, but remember, seeing is believing. TANGEE TRIP KITS are the very special prize we're offering to club artists. They're filled with Tangee's special cosmetics and in order for art work to be eligible for a prize, it must appear in a club journal. 9th Semi-annual TROPHY CUP CONTEST 4th lap This Is My Best: (100 points) "Is It Supercolossal?", Anne Klucher, Bobby Breen Journal. "To An Actor," Margaret Woodworth, Anthony Quinn Journal. "Not Fans, but Friends," Gerrie Gruener, Joan Crawford Journal. "Hazy Holiday," Sally Hall, Al Jolson Journal. "Questioning Kerry," Elaine Homan. Gene Kelly Journal. "Friendship," Grace Fox, Nelson Eddy International Club. Best Journals: (500 points) League 1. Jane Wyman Journal. League 2. tied. June Allyson Journal. New Stars Journal. League 3. Esther Williams Journal. Best Editors: (250 points) League 1. Rita and Jo Mottola, Nelson Eddy Music Club. League 2. Elaine Homan, Gene Kelly Journal. League 3. Terry Di Francesco, Bing Crosby (Bingites) Journal. Best Covers: (250 points) League 1. Jane Wyman Journal. League 2. Burt Lancaster Journal. League 3. Gene Reynolds Journal. Membership Increases: (lOOpoints) League 1. None qualified. League 2. Mel Torme Club. League 3. Michael Kirby Club. Worthwhile Activities: (250 points) League 1. John Garfield Club (Donation to orphanage, books and cards to hospitals). League 2. Ronald Reagan Club ($100.00 to March of Dimes). League 3. Richard Walsh Club ( 3 packages to Germany ). Best Artist: ( 150 points ) Jeannette North, Vaughn Monroe Club (Yaggie). Candid Camera Contest: ( 100 points to first prize winner, 50 to others") Robert Breslin, Ella Raines Club. Helen Pollex, Rise Stevens Music Club. Ginger Bagnall, Jack Berch Club. Irene Ashcroft, Betty Grable Club. Frank Bellinger, Penny Edwards Club. Martha Kay, Alan Ladd Club (Kee). Best Correspondent: (50 points) League 1. Rita and Jo Mottola, Nelson Eddy Music Club. League 2. Ruth Schweitzer, Allan Jones Club. League 3. Nell Ambrose, Club Friendship. Leading Clubs So Far: League 1. Jane Wyman Club, 1550, Gene Autry Club 850. League 2. June Allyson Club, 1050. Joan Crawford Club, 1050. League 3. Charles Korvin Club 750. James Melton Club 700. Peggy Lee Club 650.