Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1943)

FRANK M. FLEER COR P. ESTABLISHED 18 8 5 SS^ nl7l ^^•^ 1 j H. Vh\ bijJ r u* 9^ _^ % *^ ^^ ^S^" 26 (Conti?med from page 4) praise of her than flowery phrases. I am at present confined to a hospital and in the ward in which I am a patient there is an old recording player which is wont to wheeze along most of the day. We have two recordings by the inimitable Dinah and regardless of the proceedings or diversion, when one of the two records happen to be played the ward is predominated by a deathly hush broken only by the lovely voice of Miss Shore. Olivia de Havilland: We have never held a contest on the girl we would like to be cast away on a desert island with — but this fact does not mean that they are out of our minds or absent from our conversations. In the case of Miss de Havilland, the greater majority of us heartily agree that she is quite the personification of loveliness. So to all those upon whom rests the privilege — Give us more of "Livvie." Pvt. Hack Glasby, APO 918, Seattle, Wash. $1.00 PRIZE One-sentence Thoughts AS TIME GOES BY" I hope that: Lana Turner will find her pursuit of happiness. Olivia de Havilland will find a fine man worthy of her. Laraine Day and Linda Darnell will be given better roles. Mickey Rooney finds some sweet young thing who loves him and not his name! George Raft receives his freedom. Loretta Young gets her just rewards as a grand actress and person. Bob Hope and Bing Crosby will do more "Road" pictures for more laughs. Speak for Yourself Ronald Colman and Greer Garson do another picture together as inspiring as "Random Harvest." There will be less divorces and more happy marriages in Hollywood! Adolf, Benito and the little chap with all the teeth get it in the neck! Marilyn Handren, Lynn, Mass. HONORABLE MENTION P\ID you ever feel like kicking yourself *** all over for something you did? Well, that's just the way I feel about something I didn't do. Three positively super-luscious pictures of Alan Ladd, and I had to pick to see him for the first time in his fourth and last important picture for the duration, "China." He's the most dynamic package of T. N. T. to hit the screen yet. He can pull the trigger on me anytime. He's the kind of poison I love. Kitty Stirwalt, Terre Haute, Ind. I 'M writing this in reference to a letter ' concerning Red Skelton in the July issue. For my money Red Skelton is tops; as for his being a lame-brain — all I can say is bring on more like him! In these days what we all need is fun, fun and more fun! Nick Ferguson, Richland, Ind. | DO not know who is to blame — the ■ operator at the theater, or the maker of the film. In any event the cast of characters is run off so quickly that it is impossible to note "Who is Who" except for the well-known leads. For example, the lonesome Nazi officer in "The Moon Is Down" gave an outstanding and poignant performance. I had no time to place him in the cast of characters. E. D. A. Goertz. San Rafael, Cal. |_| E IS a little guy who never has a ■ ' starring part, but he really gets around —playing everything from soup to nuts. Nine out of ten movie-goers couldn't tell you his name, but they know it when he appears on the screen. I think somebody ought to blow a trumpet for George E. Stone; he has something on the ball! Virginia Shelby, Dallas 16, Tex. SOMEDAY each and every one of us in the service will come face to face with tanks, planes and bullets — for some of us— death. For myself whether it be a fox hoie in the Solomons or a sand pit in Africa my memory will stray to the grand people and stars of Hollywood. I recently spent a short furlough in Hollywood. My greatest thrill was the famed "HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN" music by Kay Kyser. entertainment by Mickey Rooney. p. dance with Deanna Durbin, a chat with Loretta Young, a cup of coffee with Irene Dunne, a heart-ti heart talk with that wonderful Martha Raye, and a motherly blessing from F. y Holden. Yes, some day from "No Man's Land" my memory will go drifting back to those people who took away the loneliness of a soldier 3,000 miles from home and sent me forward to what I have to face with a lighter heart. For those happy days "God Bless You, Hollywood." Corporal Louis A. Lvne, Fall River. Mass.