Modern Screen (Dec 1952 - Nov 1953)

s Sure Putting HOnTheUne! HI, JUST ONE BRUSHING WITH COLGATE DENTAL ^ CREAM REMOVES UP TO 85% OF THE BACTERIA THAT CAUSE BAD BREATH! SCIENTIFIC TESTS PROVE THAT COLGATE'S INSTANTLY STOPS BAD BREATH IN 7 OUT OF 10 CASES THAT ORIGINATE IN THE MOUTH! August 1953 Just one brushing with Colgate's removes up to 85% of decay-causing bacteria! And if you really want to prevent decay, be sure to follow the best home method known— the Colgate way of brushing teeth right after eating! LATER— Thanks to Colgate Dental Cream JEANS ADVICE WAS RIGHT IN LINE AND COLGATE CARE FIXED THINGS UP FINE! Now! ONE Brushing With COLGATE DENTAL CREAM Removes Up To 85% Of Decay and Odor-Causing Bacteria! Only The Colgate Way Does All Three ! CLEANS YOUR BREATH while it CLEANS YOUR TEETH and STOPS MOST TOOTH DECAY! GIVES YOU A CLEANER, FRESHER MOUTH ALL DAY LONG! AMERICA'S GREATEST MOVIE MAGAZINE modern screen stories WHAT DIVORCE DID TO ME by Mono Freeman 16 THE BATTLING WAYNES IN COURT (John Wayne) by Sandy Cummings 24 THE SHY MR. COOPER (Gary Cooper) by Alice Hoffman 29 CAN JANE FORGET THE PAST? (Jane Powell) by Jack Wade 31 THEY CALLED THEM "SHOCKING!" (Lana Turner-Lex Barker) ...by Tom Dancy 32 LEAVE HIM TO THE GIRLS (Rock Hudson) by Piper Laurie, Vera-Ellen and others 35 /-THE PRICE OF FAME (Tony Curtis) by Marsha Saunders 36 PECK'S A GOOD BOY NOW (Gregory Peck) by Pamela Morgan 39 CAN SHELLEY HOLD VITTORIO? (Shelley Winters) by Sheilah Graham 41 "I'M NOT AFRAID ANY MORE" (Van Johnson) by Steve Cronin 42 RETREAT TO PARADISE (Jan Sterling-Paul Douglas) by Marva Peterson 45 47 51 52 55 56 58 "WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?" (Betty Grable) by Jim Burton SOME CHANGES MADE (Jeanne Crain) by Susan Trent IT WAS A BALL (Frank Sinatra) by John Maynard SUSIE'S GOT EVERYTHING (Susan Hayward) by Imogene Collins A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS (Tab Hunter) by Kirtley Baskette GOD LIVES IN EVERY CHURCH by Richard Widmark departments THE INSIDE STORY 4 LOUELLA PARSONS' GOOD NEWS 6 MOVIE REVIEWS by Florence Epstein 18 SWEET AND HOT by Leonard Feather 25 HOLLYWOOD ABROAD 78 TAKE MY WORD FOR IT by Mitzi Gaynor, star columnist for August TV TALK. by Paul Denis On the Cover: Color Picture of Betty Grable by John Engstead Miss Grable's dress is by Den Loper, her jewels by Hobe. Other picture credits on page 80 84 90 CHARLES D. SAXON editor DURBIN HORNER executive editor CARL SCHROEDER western manager SUZANNE EPPES, story editor CAROL PLAINE, associate editor KATIE ROBINSON, western editor FERNANDO TEXIDOR, art director BILL WEINBERGER, art editor BOB BEERMAN, staff photographer BERT PARRY, staff photographer MARCIA L. SILVER, research editor NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS Changes of address should reach us five weeks in advance of the next issue date. Give both your old and new address, enclosing if possible your old address label. POSTMASTER: Please send notice on Form 3578 and copies returned under Label Form 3579 to 10 West 33rd St., New York 1, New York MODERN SCREEN, Vol. 47, No. 3, August, 1953. Published monthly by Dell Publishes Company, Inc. Office of publication at Washington and South Aves., Dunellen, N. J. Executive and editorial offices, 261 Fifth Avenue, New York 16, N. Y. Dell Subscription Service: 10 West 33rd St., New York 1, N. Y. Chicago advertising office, 221 No. LaSalle St., Chicago, III. George T. Delacorte, Jr., President; Helen Meyer, VicePres.; Albert P. Delocorte, Vice-Pres. Published simultaneously in the Dominion of Canada. International copyright secured under the provisions of the Revised Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. All rights reserved under the Buenos Aires Convention. Single copy price 20c. Subscriptions in U.S.A. $2.00 one year, $3.50 two years, $5.00 three years; Canadian Subscriptions one year, $2.00; two years $4.00; three years $6.00; Foreign, $3.00 a year. Entered as second class matter September 18, 1930, at the post office at Dunellen, N. J., under Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright 1953 by Dell Publishing Company, Inc. Printed in U. S. A. The publishers accept no responsibility for the return of unsolicited material. Names of characters used in semi-fictional matter are fictitious — if the name of any living person is used it is purely a coincidence. Trademark No. 301778.