Modern Screen (Jan-Dec 1960)

May Britt and Sammy Davis, Jr. (Continued from page 26) forthcoming marriage, his London show was being picketed and May herself denounced. What hasn't been printed is the circumstances that led up to a relationship which has become the talk of the town. That is what we want to do now: The story begins when May Britt's young husband, Eddie Greggson, left her. She was in a country foreign to her, in Hollywood, with no one to help her get over the shock of her broken marriage. Her once promising career was now in a state of limbo. Her studio did not know what to do with her, how to spot her in the right part. Her life was crumbling before her. Yet May's career had begun in a most promising fashion. Following a bit in War and Peace, she won her first good reviews playing the sensuous German temptress in The Young Lions. Twentieth put her under contract and tried to ignite the same sort of fire under her that had caused American audiences to take Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo to their hearts. She made The Hunters for Twentieth, but it came off less than effectively for her. Then they gambled on May in the remake of Blue Angel. The critics' comparison of May to Dietrich (who played the part originally) made her come off second best. With the poor results of Blue Angel beginning to haunt her, and with no other picture lined up for her, she turned to her husband for the assurance that she so desperately needed. . . . Her marriage, too, had begun in a most promising way. She remembered the first night she had met Eddie. His father, a friend of hers, had asked her to drop by the house, and when Eddie held her hand to welcome her, her heart did a fast pitterpatter. Eddie was still in his teens, younger than she was. but May felt that with him she would always know the meaning of giving love and accepting it warmly in return. A whirlwind courtship swept May off her feet, and she gave of herself in accepting Eddie as she had never dreamed of giving herself to any man. But. Eddie, the college boy, was not yet ready for the responsibilities and problems of marriage. He left, and as the front door to their honeymoon T retreat slammed shut on her, she began to doubt herself as a woman. ■ Soon she was to flinch reading items like : this from Winchell: Cara Williams is now the adored of Eddie Greggson. and he has asked May for a quickie melting so that he can make Cara his next wife. J May thought it all out carefully. There jtaras nothing she could do to win her ' landsome, dark-haired Eddie back, try ifis she might. May, her heart smashed to bits, took to ! staying alone and seeing no one. She .vould walk alone along the beach and ft the wind blow the misery from her ;or a few peaceful moments. Actor-director Theodore Marcuse said )f May, during the beginning of this trial i period for her: "May is a most sensitive ■reature. She never had that much conidence in herself to begin with, and now. he man she believed in, and trusted, las left her. No woman I know feels more lone than she does right now." The Opposite Sex and Ybur Perspiration Q. Do you know there are two kinds of perspiration? A. It's true! One is "physical," caused by work or exertion; the other is "nervous," stimulated by emotional excitement. It's the kind that comes in tender moments with the "opposite sex." Q. How can you overcome this "emotional" perspiration? A. Science says a deodorant needs a special ingredient specifically formulated to overcome this emotional perspiration without irritation. And now it's here . . . exclusive Perstop*. So effective, yet so gentle. Q. Which perspiration is the worst offender? A. The "emotional" kind. Doctors say it's the big offender in underarm stains and odor. This perspiration comes from bigger, more powerful glands — and it causes the most offensive odor. Q. Why is arrid cream America's most effective deodorant? A. Because of Perstop*, the most remarkable anti-perspirant ever developed, ARRID CREAM Deodorant safely stops perspiration stains and odor without irritation to normal skin. Saves your pretty dresses from "Dress Rot." Why be only Half Safe ? use Arrid to be sure .' It's more effective than any cream, twice as effective as any roll-on or spray tested! Used daily, new antiseptic ARRID with Perstop* actually stops underarm dress stains, stops "Dress Rot;' stops perspiration odor completely for 24 hours. Get ARRID CREAM Deodorant today. Trademark for sulfonated surfactants 494 plus tax.