Modern Screen (Dec 1949 - Nov 1950)

Dumb is the Word for Dora Away now to some Secluded Spot for a big, Romantic Evening with her new-found Romeo. That's what she Thinks! Instead, She's going to be Dumped back on her own Doorstep in no time Flat. Two hours with her in the movies have Cooled this Casanova off for Keeps! She's off his List forever . . . and she won't know Why. Dumb certainly is the word for Dora . . . and for thousands of other Women who take their Breath for Granted. Don't Be One of Them. Nothing puts you in a worse light with a man than halitosis (bad breath). Unfortunately, you yourself, may not know when you have it, so why take chances of offending . . . ever? It's so easy to put your breath on the agreeable side with Listerine Antiseptic . . . not for seconds . . . not for minutes . . . but for hours, usually. Before any date where you want to be at your best, never omit this extra-careful, wholly delightful precaution against offending. It's almost your passport to popularity. While some cases of halitosis are of systemic origin, most cases, say some authorities, are due to the bacterial fermentation of tiny food particles clinging to mouth surfaces. Listerine Antiseptic quickly halts such fermentation, then overcomes the odors fermentation causes. Lambert Pharmacal Company, St. Louis, Missouri LOUELLA PARSONS' good news never neglects his lovely wife, Doris, who has become just as popular as Mr. South Pacific. Valentino Corfesa and Alida Vali greeted him in their native Italian. I have never seen Lauren Bacall look so well. She said Bogey (Humphrey Bogart) was out boating. Since the arrival of their baby, she doesn't go yachting with him every weekend. She looked stunning in a white evening gown. The two Joans were very attractive in their filmy frocks— Joan Bennett in black and white and Joan Fontaine in pale yellow. Clifton Webb and his mother are such wonderful hosts, I hated to tear myself away so early— but with the radio show next day— my Cinderella slippers always fall off at 11:30 Saturday night. Qver the back FENCE: Hear Ginger Rogers and Joan Davis have been politely feuding— or should I say, impolitely— ever since they started work in Illegal Bride. ... I wish Jane Wyman would let her very short hair cut grow just 'a little. She is such a pretty girlbut I just don't think these near "crew" cuts for ladies, making the most glamorous of them look like young sailors, is becoming. . The rumbles are that the next big Hollywood divorce will break from Europe— a famous star and his wife, currently on the continent, are straining at the matrimonial seams. . . . The Johnston Office won't let them use the title. Undercover Girl—too suggestive. But haven't we had Undercover Agent and Undercover Man and Undercover about Everything Else? • ■ • Wish Audrey Totter would go back to her blonde hair. Hardly recognize her as a brunette. . . . Scott Brady and Dorothy Malone are very much in love. But Dorothy says she will never formally announce another "engagement" after calling off her marriage to Dr. Philip Montgomery, in Dallas, practically within sound of the Wedding March. Dorothy had had three "showers" and her bridesmaids' dinner when she suddenly decided to call everything off. Now she's superstitious about "announcing." ... By the way I've just finished writing a magazine about the romances of these glamorous gals and guys of Hollywood. It's called "Louella Parsons' Hollywood Romances" and it'll be on your newsstands any day now. It has stories about sweethearts (like Frank and Ava), brides and grooms of this year, bachelors, torch Doris Day and her fiance Marty Melcher orrive at the premiere of Three Secrets. Her latest