Modern Screen (Dec 1953 - Nov 1954)

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CYD CHARISSE AND TONY MARTIN BROUGHT A BRIGHT NEW LOVE TO AN OLD COLONIAL HOME. ■ The shrill, sustained jangle peculiar to long-distance calls sounded in the kitchen. "Pittsburgh calling Mrs. Tony Martin," the operator monotoned. "This is she," Cyd Charisse acknowledged. It was Tony, of course. In their five years of marriage, he never has missed phoning at least once a day while he's out of town. "How're the boys?" he asked. "Great," Cyd said. "Little Tony had his first trip to the dentist today . . . Well, we got him into the chair, anyway . . . You're sending what?" The beautiful, leggy dancer walked the phone into the library. With one toe, she deftly shut the kitchen door behind her. The conversation with Tony, mostly love-talk, lasted half an hour. When it was over, Cyd was still smiling, inside and out. In the front hall, she met Casey, their amicable butler. "If a crate arrives with some lamps," she offered lightly, "they're from Mr. Martin." "Lamps?" Casey repeated. "Did you say lamps, m'am?" "That's right." "Did the mister say how many we can expect?" Casey asked, with a pained expression. "Three." (Continued on next Page) l-oyer and stairs were originally red tile; Cyd covered them with carpet to match the rose-beige livingroom rug inherited from previous owners, lined one wall with antique mirror and indoor plants. Cyd did Tony's study-music room in cocoa and light brown, had his theme song, "I'll See You In My Dreams," painted along top border. She papered the walls with sheet music from an antique shop. Cyd had Spanish arches of pink and grey master bedroom squared, planned room to blend her feminine pink chaise, wall-lenalli mirrored dressing table with Tony's tailored TV set, dark **** ur chair. MOKE*