Modern Screen (Feb-Dec 1959)

9???????????????????????????????????? 9 9 9 9 9 ? ? ? 9 ? ? ? ? 9 • 9 9 • ? ? ? ? 9 ? 9 ? ? 9 if mm are UNDER 21 /rust °Shout for Help... 99 9 9 99 ?? 9? 9 9 99 ??????? ADVISORY BOARD When you write to us about a problem, we'll get the answers from these real authorities. These outstanding Hollywood experts, who make up the Under 21 Advisory Board, have the answers for the stars . . . And they have the answers to solve your problems too! EDITH HEAD Fashion Designer for Paramount Pictures HELEN HUNT Hair Stylist of Columbia Pictures BEN BARD Director of New Talent at Twentieth Century-Fox GORDON BAU Head of Makeup Department of Warner Brothers FRANKIE VAN Figure Consultant for Universal-International PAULINE KESSINGER Commissary Director at Paramount Pictures PAT McNALLEY Head of Makeup Department at Walt Disney 99999????????? 9 9 9 • ? ? ? 9 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 9 DEAR EDITOR: When I walk down the street, I look like I am balancing on a pair of balloons. My problem is my ankles. The rest of me is okay but my ankles are bulging, thick, and just plain fat! My father told me to exercise them and I tried but nothing happened. Could you please tell me what to do because they look awful. Especially in flats and I can't wear heels to high school so I'm terribly self conscious about them. Please help me. SYLVIA— CONNECTICUT DEAR SYLVIA: Blowing up a pair of balloons takes just a minute, but if they are made of muscle and flesh it takes quite a while to deflate them. So don't expect any overnight miracles from any exercises. Fat ankles are usually caused by poor circulation. As a result, your ankles must be exercised constantly to stimulate the blood to carry off the fat. Frankie Van says: "There are many ways to reduce ankles but here is one that has benefited many of our beautiful stars at Universal. Using a chair for balance, put your feet together and rise up on toes and squat in a sitting position with your back straight. Then rise and return to starting position. In a fast beat, this should be done 15 times a day for the first week and gradually increased to 50 excercises each day." Grab a chair and get started, Sylvia, and you can let the air out of your ankles and burst those balloons with exercise . . . DEAR EDITOR: I have a spark burning inside me that tells me to look to you for information about acting. I am in a play at school called Pajama Party and have also been in others and had some leads. My friends and teachers say I have acting ability and that I look like Liz Taylor. I am proportioned pretty well for my weight: 36-24-38. I could lose weight for a real purpose. I am fifteen and have dark hair and I would like to know how to prepare myself for acting. Please help me fulfill my ambition on earth. I do feel I have ability. I get average grades in school, but I'm too young to go to college. I want to know if a good actor can become a star without taking classes or going to college. RENEE — UTAH DEAR RENEE: "I do not believe that actors are born anymore than doctors are born. There are fundamentals to learn and only a competent coach can teach them. This cannot be done by telephone. It cannot be done by reading a text book. It cannot be done without work." So declares Ben Bard in response to your letter, Renee, answering your question with an echoing "no!" Mr. Bard hastens to point out that more than half of the recognized good actors are still going to classes and will continue to study as long as they are in show business. As for your other problems, Renee, you'd