Modern Screen (Dec 1949 - Nov 1950)

^iiiiiiinmmniiiimxxTTTTTTTTTT^TTTTT^ XXXXJ Two Terrific New Dell Books ^25c each Wed to One Man . . . but Wife to Another GONE TO EARTH by Mary Webb Young, wild Hazel Woodus is as ill suited to fulfill the duties of a pastor's wife as she is to live in the tarnished grandeur of Undern Hall. Yet she leaves her husband, Edward, for Jack Reddin, the master of Undern Hall who is both a terror and fascination to her. Hazel finds only uncertain shelter at Undern. She flees the frightening place and its lustful dominating master for the refuge of Edward's heart and home. Pitifully helpless Hazel asks herself whether Edward caii forgive her, whether the real happiness of her old life can ever be recaptured. jCXXXYTTTTTT™™™mxxzmxxxxxxxxm Outlawed and Hunted . . . Yet Every Woman Loved Him THE BORDER LORD by Jan Westcott Francis, fifth Earl of Bothwell, is separated from his rugged hill country by the thick stone walls of a prison cell in grim Edinburgh castle. A miraculous escape from his cell down sheer rock cliffs marks the beginning of a tempestuous life for the Earl. As an outlaw Bothwell lives an exciting life, dueling, loving, drinking, and fighting until his evil foe, Maitland, persuades the king to declare war on Bothwell's border country. Outnumbered and overpowered by the strength of the King's forces, Bothwell plans a desperate assault on the royal palace to capture the king and end the war. N X X K M H X X s Get these best-selling dell books • 25c of favorite newsstand a 1 they were brides too soon (Continued from page 53) "went to live with his family because we couldn't afford a home of our own." Errol Flynn did a turnabout on this situation. He invited ex-wife Nora's stepmother to live with them. He lost Nora kept the stepmother. Sometimes I think Lrrol is 16— romantically. "My in-laws were sweet, but if a young couple wants to be happy and married living with your husband's family is not the best way," Rhonda went on John Agar didn't exactly live with Shirley s family, but it was the next worst thing, right next door within eye-view of Mama and Papa Temple. You can bet now that Charles Black will move the little lady of his delightful dreams to a location where m-laws will have to knock before they look. "Vou're inclined to be confused when I C1, y5U mar?ied too young," said Rhonda. But look at Elizabeth Taylor," 1 told her. "I ve never seen a girl so poised IS,™ marriage as 18-year-old Lizzie." Maybe shes different," Rhonda replied. She s been sheltered all her life. The decisions have all been made for her But I still think even Elizabeth would have insured her chance of being happily married it she had waited a little longer." Some girls of course can't wait. They want to set records— like Arline Judge and her six husbands. Some girls like to hve happily ever after, every few years. 1 hey shed husbands like snakes shed skins But these are exceptions of course. Most intelligent girls enter the stage of matrimony with the fervent prayer that "This is it. « "iA j irl friend of mine," Rhonda told me asked my advice a few months ago. She's 19 but she wanted to know if that was too young to get married. I didn't say 'No' because I remembered my mother saying that. Parents have to be very careful with their children when they have an urge to get married. So I said to the girl— 'I'll tell you my story. If Tom and I had waited we wouldn t have married. When you marry so young, you miss so much fun. You see your girl friends running around having a good time while you are so settled Of course, if he has a good sound job with money in the bank that helps. If not, don't let anyone fool you— love can fly out of the window'." "So what did the girl do?" I wanted to Know. She married the guy," giggled Rhonda. "And they seem to be happy. But 1 11 tell you what happened with Tom and me I was only 15 when I met him. But I thought I was quite experienced. I'd worked as a show girl in Ken Murray's Blackouts. I nearly won a 'Gateway to Hollywood radio contest from Jesse Lasky. I came in second. I'll never forget how I cried and cried backstage, and Jean Hersholt said, 'Some day you'll see that losing was the greatest blessing that could have happened to you.' "T was pretty developed for a girl of 15, one year I was a child, and the next I looked like a woman. I met Tom on a New Year's Eve. I'd been going on and off with a boy in the Beverly Hills High School. We quarreled a lot. Girls would ask me— 'is it on or off this week?' do you want a star to visit your home? see page 8!