Modern Screen (Dec 1948 - Oct 1949)

THERE'S A GREAT DAY COMIN' (Continued from page 35) Frankly, Hollywood fame and fortune has socked Doris so hard and so fast that she's dizzy — and Doris Day is a little on the dizzy side anyway, just naturally. One day when Doris was shooting her first movie, Romance on the High Seas, she trotted on to the set bright and early lugging a suitcase, all set for a trip. "Sit down, take off your hat and make yourself at home, Doris," suggested Jack Carson. "Where do you think you're going?" "Rio!" said Doris, enthusiastically. "They said we'd shoot the Rio scenes today, remember? When do we start?" Jack couldn't believe it. But in a minute he got enough breath back to say, "Look, Honey, I've got news for you: This is Rio — right here on this set." "Oh," said Doris, definitely deflated. No starlet was ever more innocent about the scientific do's and don't's of camera drama than Doris. For a few days they even had to walk her up to the chalk marks and say, "Stand here, npw, and look this way." But once she got there, nobody worried much about Doris. The director just said, "It's like this," and she caught on the first bounce. "I know what I'd do in about any situation," Doris admits, "and so I do it naturally. If that's acting, that's good." Mike Curtiz, a veteran director if there's one left around Hollywood, sized her up shrewdly the day Al Levy, Doris' agent, trotted her out to Warners. Mike needed a new girl for Romance on the High Seas, and fast — but the right girl. He'd never heard of D. Day, which made things square, because Doris had never heard of him, either. She'd been 'way out of this Hollywood world in a music mist, singing with dance bands. Mike took a look and liked what he saw. "Can you act?" he asked. "Heavens, no!" confessed Doris. "Unless you call being a duck in a Mother Goose play at school, acting." Later on, when Doris had established herself as Mike's pet protegee, she asked him time and again, "Don't you want me to take drama lessons or something and learn to act?" And each time he blew right up. "Do — and you're fired," thundered Mike. "I want you to stay just as you are!" In Doris Day's life there's been plenty of sunshine, but lots of rain, too. She keeps the sunny side up, her grin working overtime and her queen-sized heart wide open. She meets what comes along head-first and chin-up. It's a pretty happy ending — or, rather, beginning — that's happened to her in Hollywood. Friendliness sticks out all over Doris' freckled face. Last year, when she was East singing with Frankie Sinatra on the Hit Parade, she took a train between shows to Cincinnati to see her mother and Terry. SEEING STARS? Everyone sees stars at one time or another. We see them practically all the time, but we're not qualified — for the $5 bills, that is. They're for the lucky people whose "I Saw It Happen" anecdotes we print. So, if you've ever had an amusing incident happen to you and a movie star, write it down and send it to the "I Saw It Happen" Editor, MODERN SCREEN, 261 Fifth Avenue, New York 16, N. Y. The anecdote must be true and it must be short. Try for one of our $5 bills — we've plenty! Is the tip of your middle finger rounded? You're optimistic, daring, not afraid to take chances wit THE ADVENTUROUS HAND One of a series. . . watch for your hand Is the space between your ring and little fingers wide when your hand is relaxed? You love freedom, you 're active, pay little heed to criticism Are the knuckles of your index finger straight? You're quick, impulsive. Your first impressions are usually right Can your hand be read like a book? Whether you believe it can be or not, your well-groomed fingertips reveal your smart fashion sense. When you use Dura-Gloss, they show you're practical, too. For Dura-Gloss means exciting shades, quick application, long lasting beauty ... all yours for 1 . 02fiE3£&* DURAGLOSS NAIL POLISH non-smear remover iof* and 25^ .. .lipstick 25^ © 1949 lore loborotories, Peterson, N. 1. Founded by. C. T. Reynolds Prices plus tox