Modern Screen (Jan-Nov 1952)

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THE WINNERSI John Wayne is Icing of the popularity poll. June Allyson is queen for the second time. Here are the stars you chose as favorites in 1951. 1JUNE ALLYSON JOHN WAYNE 2 JANE POWELL ALAN LADD 3 BETTY GRABLE CLARK GABLE 4LANA TURNER FARLEY GRANGER 5 ELIZABETH TAYLOR RONALD REAGAN 6 BARBARA STANWYCK TONY CURTIS 7 JANET LEIGH JEFF CHANDLER 8 DORIS DAY WILLIAM HOLDEN 9 ESTHER WILLIAMS BING CROSBY 1ft JUDY GARLAND I U GLENN FORD modern screen's top ten for 1951 ■ At the end of every year, all Hollywood sits back and takes stock of its successes and failures; — the great films and the duds; the stars who've won new glory and the stars who've begun to fall. And one night in March of every year, Hollywood's Supreme Court — the Academy Awards — selects the outstanding films and performances. But for the all-important popularity ratings, Hollywood is not the judge. That role belongs to you — the four-and-a-half million readers of Modern Screen. Your choice of the top 10, as recorded on Modern Screen's Popularity Poll, has become increasingly important to Hollywood ever since the first results were announced 10 years ago. It is with the warmest congratulations, therefore, that we present here the list of winners for 1951. Congratulations to them — and to you who've made them great. It was just 10 years ago that a new actor appeared in a movie called This Gun For Eire. Modern Screen readers clamored to hear more about him. That was Hollywood's first indication of Alan Ladd's fabulous magnetism. You know what happened. Ladd jumped to the heights, and he stayed there ... A few years later, another young player captured the hearts of Modern Screen's readers. His name was Van Johnson, and prettysoon it was in the spotlight ... In 1950, an unknown actor, who'd had only a few brief roles, somehow attracted your attention, {Continued on page 75)