Modern Screen (Dec 1952 - Nov 1953)

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L QUELL A PARSONS' good news Hostess Joan Crawford makes sure mother-to-be Nancy Davis Reagan has everything she wants, while father-to-be Ronald Reagan looks on beamingly. Joan and William Haines, the silent screen star, gave the party for Ann Windfohr from Texas. Guests Diana Lynn and Angela Green chat with a newspaper columnist during the party, which was held in Joan's garden. The decorations were very striking: a bright red tent covered half the garden, and red and white candles outlined the pool. Joan gave Judy Garland, another expectant mother, a big hug when she arrived. Much later on, after most of the guests had gone home, Judy sang and sang. one who could not sleep at night. He's the nervous type and was always pacing around thinking of his role the next day. "Now he sleeps like he was hit over the head — and I'm the one getting up all the time. The other night I was so restless I got the car out and went lor a two-hour drive — and when I came back he didn't even know I'd been gone! "He's sweet though, bless him. He doesn't get angry with me no matter what I do. Of course, I can still start a battle, but it's one sided. He juet says, 'Mama, you're upset because the bambino is coming.' "I'll be glad when the baby is born and he'll yell back at me like he used to. "How long does this nauseous business last, I want to know? How long will it be before I start looking like all those pretty pictures of expectant mothers in women's magazines?" T T QLLYWOOD Chit-Chat: The first thing fx Aflene Dahl did after separating from Lex Barker was to change the color scheme of the bedroom they WERE to have occupied together from beige and green to three shades of pink. . . . Before Marilyn Morrison Ray (Mrs. Johnnie Ray) left the Chicago hospital after losing their expected baby, Johnnie showed up with a big sguare cut diamond to take the place of that little-bitty engagement ring so many columnists ridiculed at the time of their marriage. . . . Ursula Thiess doesn't like Robert Taylor's mustache. You can expect it to go any time now. . . . Dale Robertson has turned thumbs down on 20th's idea to "glamorize" his publicity, softpedaling his home life, for instance. "I'm a home boy and a cowhand," said Dale, "and you can'1 chamge me. There's no sense trying to get me to list the ten sexiest actresses in