Movieland. (1946)

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is a month when a lion goes to the dogs. The dogs being Lassie and Laddie, her canine offspring. ★ ★ ★ ★ Offspring and into a Summer to be made memorable by this attractive M-G-M film. “Son of Lassie”. Those who loved “Lassie Come Home” will respond to this one. The late Eric Knight is not the author, but the new story is based on some of his characters. ★ ★ ★ ★ The story and screen play of “Son of Lassie” were written by Jeanne Bartlett and directed by S. Sylvan Simon. It was produced by Samuel Marx. ★ ★ ★ ★ It has a distinguished cast— Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, starring. Also June Lockhart, Nigel Bruce, William “Billy” Severn, Leon Ames, Donald Curtis, Nils Asther, Robert Lewis. ★ ★ ★ ★ It is in Technicolor. ★ ★ ★ ★ But the great star of the picture is that most exciting of all collies — the beauti¬ ful, the adorable, the perfect Lassie. ★ ★ ★ ★ We are offering an attractive 8” by 10” color portrait of Lassie to those who write to Lassie, Box ML, M-G-M, 1540 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. The painting was done by America’s fore¬ most painter of dogs — Paul Bransom. Name . . Address To cover mailing costs, please send fifteen cents with your request. We suggest that you write fast; the short¬ age of paper limits the number of prints. ★ ★ ★ ★ As for the film — to paraphrase an old Scottish Song — “you’ll love a Lassie”! ★ ★ ★ ★ Those who have seen “National Velvet” and “Meet Me in St. Louis”, “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” and “Without Love”, may like to know that there are many more M-G-M hits on the way. ★ ★ ★ ★ Watch for “The Valley of Decision”, and three mighty Technicolor musicals: “Thrill of a Romance”, “Ziegfeld Follies”, and “Anchors Aweigh”. ★ ★ ★ As for current events, it looks like a MetroGoldwyn May. — Jleo JULY’, 1945 DOllIS CLINE, Editor I ★ STORIES Miss-Adventure (Lynn) Bari By Fredda Dudley 21 Latin From Manhattan (Arturo de Cordova) By Ralph Huston 23 The Big Bad (Billy) DeWolf e By Kay Proctor 25 June (Allyson) Moods By Hyatt Downing 27 The Prince (William) Was a Pauper By Mickell Novak 28 New Leading Man for Deanna (David Bruce) By Dora Albert 33 The Hepburn I Know By Emily Perkins 34 My Faith Is My Fortune (Robert Alda) By Lou Ann Garrett 38 You, Too, Can Be Famous (Cass Daley) By Katherine Lake 40 Lucky Jim (Brown) By Alice L. Tildesley 43 Gone With the Glamour (Joan Crawford) By Leslie Traine 45 ★ PORTRAITS John Dali . 19 Katharine Hepburn ... 35 June Allyson . 26 Robert Alda . 38 Jim Brown . 42 ★ FEATURES Pal’s Puppetoons 30 Playground of the Stars By James Scott 37 This Was Hollywood 49 Those Glamorous Newcomers 50 ★ DEPARTMENTS Inside Hollywood By Fredda Dudley 6 Pictures in Production 10 MOVIELAND’S Crossword Puzzle 12 MOVIELAND’S New Picture Guide 14 Summer Check-Up By Shirley Cook 16 Words of Music By Jill Warren 47 Your Problem and Mine By Jane Wyman 48 HELEN LIMKE, Western Editor BOB BECKER, Art Editor BILL DUDAS, Staff Photographer MOVIELAND, published monthly by Movieland, Inc., at Dunellen, N, J. Advertising editorial offices, 1476 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. Hollywiod editorial office: 9126 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles 46, California. Chicago advertising office: 333 No. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Vol. 3 No. 6, July, 1945. Entered as second class matter December 15, 1?42, at the post office at Dunellen, N. J.. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Priceu5c a copy. Subscription price $1.80 iin the United States, and $1.80 in Canada. VCopyright 1945 liy Movieland, Inc. 1 The publishers accept no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, and all manuscripts should be accompanied by a stamped, selfaddressed envelope. Printed in the United States of America. Price 15c a copy in Canada. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS 4