Modern Screen (Dec 1948 - Oct 1949)

at 8 o'clock Vn "foe, marninai /. "At work, I feel like a 'best dressed business woman' in my smart black jacket with clear, clean-cut lines above a pumpkincolored skirt. I add a black belt, an orange silk scarf, and, of course, I rely on gentler, even more effective Odorono Cream . . . because I knoiv it protects me from perspiration and odor a full 24 hours!" New Odorono Cream brings you an improved new formula in a bright new package. Stays creamy-smooth too . . . even if you leave the cap off for weeks! 2, "At the party, the jacket comes off and my pretty, boat-necked jersey blouse makes its appearance. Highlighted by the gold of my necklace, bracelet and belt buckle, it's perfect with my pretty pumpkin skirt! I'm confident of my charm all evening, too, thanks to new Odorono Cream . . . because I find it gives me the most effective protection Fi km It never harms fine fabrics, and is so gentle you can use it right after shaving! You'll find it the perfect deodorant! frQl 24 ft J od Of o [Now in new 25$ and 50$ sizes, plus tax) Time crept up on her and she had to return to New York by plane. She was the only female aboard. One look at the pack of hungry travelling men, and Doris' heart went out for the stewardess. She trotted up and begged, "Let me help," and spent the whole flight hustling trays and coffee. Her fast break in Hollywood caught Doris short in the clothes department; all she had to her name were a few pairs of slacks and evening drapes, fine for night club singing, but hardly correct for the Vine Street Derby or Romanoff's. On a day off from Romance, Doris trotted into Magnin's and there met up with an unusually friendly, helpful salesgirl, Lee Levine. They hit it off right away. So Dodo said, "I like you and I'm lonesome. Why don't you come and live with me?" Now Lee's her top chum and firmly settled in the new Day home as a regular member of the family. A girl like that was bound, sooner or later, to make friends and influence people. Especially a girl with the talent drive and ambition with which the good Lord blessed Doris Day. what's in a name? . . . Doris was born in Cincinnati on April 3, 1924. They christened her Doris Kappelhoff. It was only when Doris bagged her first singing job with Barney Rapp's band, considerably later on, that her moniker drew complaints. Barney clapped his brow at the "Kappelhoff." "It means 'churchyard' in German," explained Doris. "Then put it back where it came from," suggested Barney, "six feet deep. You need a new name." She took the "Day" from a song in her early repertoire, "Day After Day," — and it's worked out pretty well. Of course, Dodo gets things like "Day Dream," "Happy Day," "Hey Day" and "D Day" tossed at her right and left, but she thinks they're kind of cute. (Besides, the name's led her to a very healthy Pay Day, so she can't exactly kick.) But about that Kappelhoff kid: Doris had a prophetic hint of things to come when her mother named her after her own screen star idol, Doris Kenyon. Doris herself grew up worshipping Ginger Rogers — and maybe that's why she grew up to look so much like a young Ginger. Anyway, it was pretty plain from the start that the snub-nosed, round-faced towhead was going to do something besides bake applestrudel and scrub the front steps. Her father, a pianist who played with symphonies, gave organ concerts at the cathedral and taught serious music, plunked Doris down on a piano bench, early. But it didn't take. "I didn't like the black keys," sighs Doris, "too gloomy. And I couldn't handle Handel." So she didn't progress much beyond "Chopsticks." After she hookeyed off from practice a few times to bust up some neighborhood ball games, her dad gave up. Pretty soon he and Alma, Doris' mother, were divorced and the cultural influence waned. Tough times took over then; Doris' mother had to work and Doris, when she wasn't bending over her books at St. Mark's Parochial School, started beating the floorboards at Hessler's Dancing School, with lessons on credit. Even as a kid, she was leggy and loaded with rhythm, and Doris was willing to begin dancing her way through life as soon as possible to pick up a few extra bucks to help the family. That's how she started out, all right. But, luckily for us cinema customers, the future had other ideas, which it dumped on Doris in rather drastic fashion. Before she hit high school, Doris had worked up some dance dates around town, at