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A Product of Bristol-Myers
MARCH, 1954
AMERICA'S GREATEST MOVIE MAGAZINE
modern screen
stories
OUT OF THE SHADOWS (Suzan Ball) by Alice Hoffman 19
THE LOWDOWN ON HOLLYWOOD WOMEN by Sidney Skolsky 31
THEY FIGHT FOR EACH OTHER (Granger-Simmons) by Steve Cronin 34
I'M GONNA QUIT (Dale Robertson) by Thelma McGill 36
STILL SLUGGING (Susan Hay wardJess Barker) by Imogene Collins 38
THE TROUBLE WITH SINATRA by William Barbour 40
THE QUEEN AND I (Debra Paget) by Lisa Gaye 42
RETURN FROM NOWHERE (Guy Madison) by Robert Moore 44
LIVING ON WHEELS (Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz) by Marva Peterson 46
NEW BABY— NEW HAPPINESS (John Derek) by Susan Trent 50
MISS GRABLE STEPS OUT (Betty Grable-Harry James) by Carl Schroeder 52
WHAT I LEARNED FROM WOMEN by Tab Hunter 54
CRAWFORD MEETS THE CRITICS (Joan Crawford) by Jack Wade 56
BIG NOISE FROM FRISCO (Guy Mitchell) by Louis Pollock 58
WHATEVER HIS PURPOSE by June Allyson 60
featurettes
SHELLFIRE (Shelley Winters) 28
I SAW IT HAPPEN (Bing Crosby) by Joy Arch 67
MR. TRACY: KEENER THAN MOST PERSONS (Spencer Tracy) ... 71
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY (Jean Simmons-Robert Mitchurn) ... 80
NO OLE' FOR AVA (Ava Gardner) by Wanda Hale 87
departments
THE INSIDE STORY 4
LOUELLA PARSONS' GOOD NEWS 6
MOVIE REVIEWS by Florence Epstein 12
JUST FOR THE RECORDS by George Frazier 16
TV TALK 26
On the Cover: Color Portrait of 20th Century-Fox star Marilyn Monroe now appearing in River Of No Return. Photograph by Beerman and Parry. Lingerie by Arlene Dahl. See page 74 for other photo credits.
CHARLES D. SAXON
editor
DURBIN HORNER
executive editor
CARL SCHROEDER
PAIGE LOHR, story editor BARBARA J. MAYER, assistant 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
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MODERN SCREEN, Vol. 48, No. 4, March, 1954. Published monthly by Dell Publishing 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 Su Chicago, III. Los Angeles advertising and editorial offices, 8701 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles, California. George T. Delacorte, Jr., President; Helen Meyer, Vice-Pres.; Albert P. Delacorte, 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 in U. S. A. and Possessions, and Canada Subscriptions injU. S. A. and Canada $2.00 one year; $3.50 two years; $5.00 three years, Foreign. $3.00 a year. Entered at second class matter September 18, 1930, at the post office at Dunellen, N. J., under Act ol March 3, 1 8S19. Copyright 1954 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 matterare fictitious — if the name of any living person is used it is purely a coincidence. Trademark No. 301778.