Modern Screen (Dec 1953 - Nov 1954)

THE INSIDE STORY Want the real truth? Write to INSIDE STORY, Modern Screen, 8701 W. Third St., Los Angeles 48, Cal. The most interesting letters will appear in this column. Sorry, no personal replies. 9 What happened to the hot television show Ginger Rogers was supposed to have? — V.L., Dallas, Tex. A. Miss Rogers does not want to play the same character on tv each week, so a new type of stock company program is being prepared for her. Q. How come Bob Hope's wife never travels with him on any of his personal appearance tours? — R.U., Cleveland, Ohio A. Dolores Hope has four children to look after. <?. Wasn't there a bang-up fight between Dick Powell and Henry Fonda at The Caine Mutiny rehearsals? — T.O., Rochester, N.Y. A. Powell was signed to direct the stage version. Fonda did not see eye to eye with Powell on his interpretation of the scene, whereupon Powell returned to RKO. There was no fight. Q. I read in your magazine that Rita Hayworth does not let Orson Welles see their daughter, Rebecca. After the story was published, didn't Welles spend time with Rebecca in Connecticut? — L.T., Darien, Conn. A. Yes. 9 What is Bob Wagner's draft classification? — R.E., Tulsa, Okla. A. 4-F. 9 What connection does Boris Melonovitch have with Peggy Lee? — W.N., Macon, Ga. A. He was her second husband under the name Brad Dexter. 9 I heard over the radio that more motion pictures are currently being produced in Italy than in Hollywood. Is this true? — E.E., Hartford, Conn. A. True for the month of October, 1953. 9 Wasn't Van Johnson's marriage to Evie Wynn responsible for his loss of popularity with the fans? — V.E., Des Moines, Iowa. A. It may have cost some popularity among his bobby-sox following. 9. I've heard tell that Marilyn Monroe uses a special bust exerciser. Where can I buy such a machine? — T.R., Great Neck, N.Y. A. Rumor is false. 9 I've been told that Gene Kelly once got engaged to a Honduran girl in the Bradford Hotel in Boston. Is that story true? — E.R., Swampscott, Mass. A. No. 9 In Mogambo, there is a gorilla-killing sequence. Isn't there a law in Kenya and other African territory forbidding the killing of gorillas? — E.R., Darby, Pa. A. There is such a law. 9 What ever happened to Howard Duff? — V.L., Portland, Ore. A. Happily reconciled with wife Ida Lupino, he has signed a new contract with Universal Studios. 9> Does Jean Simmons really receive $10,000 a week from RKO for doing nothing? — W.G., London, Eng. A. For paying her that sum, RKO has the use of Miss Simmons as an actress. 9 Isn't it true that the Nevada State Gambling Commission has refused to okay Frank Sinatra as a 2% .owner of the gambling casino at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas? — G.Y., Reno Nev. A. Sinatra's application is being studied. No decision has been made at this writing. Q. I've read that Dick Haymes owes the Government anywhere from $100,000 to $250,000 in back taxes. Exactly how much does he owe? — H.T., New York, N.Y. A. Haymes owes $49,600 in back taxes for the years 1951 and 1952. 9 Under what name does Terry Moore attend classes at the University of California. Is she really a Mormon? — G.D., Richfield, Utah. A. Mormon Terry Moore is registered at the university under her maiden name, Helen Koford. by leonard feather RECORD OF THE MONTH JO STAFFORD & FRANKIE LAINE — A Musical Portrait Of New Orleans** (Columbia). Here's a recently-released LP that may have escaped your attention, although it contains some of the best work of two top singers. Jo does Jambalaya, Raminay and Shrimp Boats, Frankie handles that fine tune Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans on his own, and they team up for Floating Down To Cotton Town, Way Down Yonder In Nezv Orleans and a rousing Basin Street Blues. For a pair of outlanders, they do a heck of a job! FROM THE MOVIES CALAMITY JANE — The Deadwood Stage and Secret Love by Doris Day* (Columbia). BAND WAGON — songs of Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz, by Leroy Holmes* (MGM). This LP contains four songs from The Band Wagon and four other hits from Broadway musicals by the famous team. BLOWING WILD— title song by Frankie Laine* (Columbia ) . This minor-key moan, subtitled The Ballad Of Black Gold, was expected to make as big a hit for Frankie as that other Dimitri Tiomkin composition, High Noon, but it didn't turn out quite that great. THE CADDY — You're The Right One by Bob Santa Maria (MGM); Dean Martin* (Capitol); Paul Weston (Columbia). That's Amove by Dean Martin* (Capitol) ; Blue Barron (MGM). FROM HERE TO ETERNITY — Re-en listm cut Blues by Merle Travis** (Capitol). GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES — W hen Love Goes Wrong by Hoagy Carmichael* ( Capitol ) . LITTLE FUGITIVE — Joey's Theme by Richard Hayman (Mercury). MELBA — The Melba Walts by Mantovani* ( London) . THE ROBE — Love Theme by Les Baxter* (Capitol). STORY OF THREE LOVES— Eighteenth Variation from Rhapsody (Rachmaninoff) by Jack Pleis* (Decca). TAKE THE HIGH GROUND — Julie by Les Baxter ( Capitol ) . TORCH SONG— LP by Walter Gross* (MGM). This isn't a sound-track album, but it's an effective reconstruction of some musical high points from the film, featuring Walter Gross, who dubbed the piano passages for Michael Wilding. On Follozv Me, When A Fool Falls In Love and You Won't Forget Me there are vocals by India Adams, who was Joan Crowford's singing voice in the picture. Also included is Gross' famous Tenderly. UNDER PARIS SKIES— title theme by Mitch Miller* (Columbia).