Modern Screen (Dec 1949 - Nov 1950)

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WITH NEW ["Creamy" Shampoo Makes rich, cleansing lather. Wo s h es hair shades lighter. Contains Andium — helps keep light hair tram darkening, brightens laded hair... gives it lovely, lustrous shine. Safe lor children. At Richard credits Jane Wyman with getliing them to a minister. She was in London b do Stage Fright, and one evening she listened to their plight, and said, "We'll lave to see that you are married during tie picture. I won't leave London until rou are." I It was a small wedding in London, and here was one day for a honeymoon, but Uhen Jane Wyman left for America, she aid goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Todd. So Richard became a star and a husband nd the Todds even had their honeymoon, in American one, enroute to California pr his role in Lightning Strikes Twice. le also had his first taste of the U. S. kind i fame when they reached New York. Richard and Kitty had been in their hotel 'com for only a few minutes when the slephone rang. "Hello. Is this Richard Todd?" came a mall voice over the wire. I "Yes," assured Richard. "May I ask vho's calling?" | "My name is Patty. . . ." Richard riffled through his memory. 'I'm afraid. . ." he began, j "Oh, you don't know me," said Patty. "I want to come up and get your autograph." Recovering the composure he'd lost for a second, Richard explained that he and his wife were very tired and weren't up to receiving guests that day. He explained this five times before he asked the operator to notify him before another call was put through. The phone jangled for a seventh time. "A Mr. Smith of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer would like to talk with Mr. Todd," said the operator. Perhaps he should talk with Mr. Smith. "Dick?" Mr. Smith said. "I was wondering when you'll be coming down. I'd surely like to get your autograph." Mr. Jones of Paramount had the same request. So did a Mr. Buckwalter of 20th Century-Fox. Then came a Mr. Kramer of Warners and Richard started to let him have it. He began his lecture . . . "Young man," he let him have it, "you shouldn't — " He caught himself, and he smiled. Who was Richard Todd to be saying shouldn't? "I'll be right down," he said, and started for the elevator. The End If! ve got a case on conte i Continued from page 43) spent the next ■ our trying to untangle myself from the J.ne. Finally I made one halfway decent '|ast. Something grabbed the . end of my ne. Frantically, I hung on and tried to fend it. Every fisherman on the dock iiasped in amazement when I pulled in fiy catch. It was a shark! At that point | wouldn't have been at all surprised to N ear Nicky's voice coming out of it, say■ig, "Don't you recognize me?" When we at last settled down in Hollywood, we managed a usual enough exist-nce. Some of our old friends had mirated from New York; we made new Hends. All the time we planned for the 'ay when his success would be assured. When that day came, we rented a house !nd set out to furnish it. Our first real nd was an antique phonograph. It had big blue horn attached to it, decorated ,>ith pink roses. It was very sensational ,-even though it didn't work very well. ] Then we bought a shaving mug. Nicky ]ad to have that mug. It seemed to recall he memories of his childhood when he'd jeen around his father's barber shop in ^ew Jersey. By the time Nicky'd persuaded his faler to come visit us, we had a shelf full, 'atsy beamed when he saw them. But ^hen we told him how much we paid for jach one, he couldn't believe it. j "I'll get you all you want for nothing," e said. "But, Patsy," I said, "these are valuable, 'eople don't give these away nowadays." j Patsy looked skeptical. After he'd gone ]ome to Jersey, a whole army of shaving lugs began to cross the country to our lollywood home. They were real beauties. Later we learned where Patsy got them, ild friends of Nicky's family in New Jer?sy wanted to wish him well, and their ,ifts of mugs was their way of wishing. Nicky and I began to go to art exhibits, .nd one afternoon, Nicky said, "I've got to pint." Pretty soon he started. I thought te'd be amateurish, but he certainly wasn't. , Now I'm Nicky's most frequent model. I'lUt he never makes me look like a movie tar. First portrait he ever did of me, I 'as working at the ironing board. After we'd been in Hollywood a while, nd Nicky started getting parts opposite lamorous stars, I began to wonder how e liked another woman's claiming his iss_s. Sometimes I got very curious. My little worries were over, though, the day he came home and said, "I've been kissing Barbara Stanwyck all day. And boy, am I tired!" Nicky was getting pretty well known then; his contract at Twentieth looked like a steady living. And after he was lent to U. I. for Sleeping City, which was filmed in New York, he got a taste of what it's like to be a celebrity. The Mayor of Jersey City sent a special police escort clear into New York to bring Nicky home for a big, city-wide day in his honor. First we were taken on a tour of all the places which had once meant something important to Nicky. We saw the house where he was born; at least, we saw the ground under it because only the foundations remained. The railroad yards next to it, though, were still there. We went to Patsy's barber shop, where the windows were plastered with reels from Nicky's pictures. Then we went to Mr. Belasco's fish market. Mr. Belasco pours Shakespeare across the counter as he sells fish. Now he was so proud he could hardly talk. All up and down the street it was like that — people wanting to shake hands, to offer us food. I couldn't help remembering the comment Nicky made to me once at a Hollywood party. "You know," he'd said, "it's strange how the poor always somehow manage to have something to eat for their friends, while the rich let you sit nursing a drink and starving." These wonderful friends didn't ask about Hollywood. They asked only about Nicky, and how it was with him. We ended our grand tour at the City Hall where Nicky was given the key to Jersey City. Then came a testimonial dinner, and there were speeches and toasts and Nicky spoke about acting. He said it was a responsibility to be an actor. He said, "The people make you and your talent belongs to them. You must never lie to people." I thought way back to the time he'd written a biography of a man who walked across a park, feeling lonely, and I felt choked up. I don't know, maybe it was the wine. But I don't think so. The End Don't miss reading Sleeping City in the current issue of Screen Stories. 10c, drug and dept. stores. BLONDEX SAampoo MADE SPECIALIY FOR BLONDES FRECKLES Do Freckles Em barrass Yo u ? 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