Modern Screen (Jan-Dec 1960)

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Dozens of readers say Elvis' imitators will fade now that he is back. The fans are suggesting names for Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer's expected baby. In one month, there rave letters about Jamt Brandon DeWilde: one girl calls him "the cutest boy." LETTER BOX You fans are pretty nice people and much more concerned with the inner workings of Hollywood than I supposed. The very week of the strike many of you airmailed letters to my desk expressing sympathy for actors as a group and your favorites in particular. As expressed by some of you: Poor Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, my favorite. First the suspension by his studio and now this strike, sympathizes Virginia DeWitt. Atlanta. Some of the stars are rich and can weather bad times. But we people who work tor smaller salaries can certainly teel tor the others like "Kookie." What a thoughtful comment, Virginia. May Hollywood's troubles be settled by the time you read this. . . . Donald Weir, Brooklyn, has an active plan: I'm not going to patronize any foreign made movies while Hollywood is having such a bad rime, he writes. Hollywood has given me my greatest pleasure and has brightened my life in many sad times — and I'm going to prove my appreciation by spending my money only on Hollywood made films. Hurray for you, Don. . . . Elvis, Elvis, Elvis — all over the mail! Elvis, the original, is back — now watch all his imitators fade, opines Phyllis Terry Smith. Tacoma, who admits she is only 15. But the girl speaks for dozens of fans, many of them older, who echo her sentiments. Audrey Hepburn is the only real beauty in Hollywood and makes those wholesale blondes look like floozies. I hope she wins the Award for The Nun's Story, postcards Clementine O'Donnell, Baton Rouge. Well, you are certainly extravagant in your praise for your favorite, my friend. . . . Well, another letter from Baton Rouge (you Louisianians are going strong this montlO Why don't you and Modern Screen conduct "A Date With Brandon de Wilde" contest? enthuses B. Williams. What a prize to win — being escorted around HoJJywood by the cutest 17-year-old boy on this earth! And, Virginia Heinze, Tipp City, Ohio, wants us to conduct a contest awarding a date with Elvis Presley!!! Are you listenin'. David Myers?. . . . Germaine Roy, Springfield, read where Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer are welcoming suggestions for a name for their expected baby and Germaine offers: For a boy — Mark, Paul, Tony, Kenny, Scott, all go well with Ferrer. For a girl — Suseffe. Paula, Donna Marie and Penny are my suggestions — and good ones, too, Germaine. . . . Thank you for nominating James Shigeta for stardom, writes Pat Gerber, Placerville, Calif. J saw The Crimson Kimono twice and believe me my eyes were glued to this wonderful and handsome actor! ... (By actual count, twenty letters of raves over Shigeta this month). . . . Georgette Dawson writes snappily from Dallas, What's the matter? You haven't panned Marlon Brando as an actor lately? Can't remember ever panning Marlon as an actor. I think he's great. It's just some of his off-screen antics I find annoying. . . . That's all this month. See you next month <?&mj^ 6 d x