Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1941)

Dance if You're Blue (Contimied from page 44) Murphy frequently demonstrates his theory that dancing is swell for what ails you. With Cesar Romero as his assistant he does excruciating burlesques of the De Marcos and of Veloz and Yolanda. The idea is to snatch all the silver foxes in the powder room, turn the lights low and stage an entrance that is better than anything the famous dance teams ever dreamed up. George and Cesar twist and twirl, twirl and twist, until George does a couple too many twirls and starts to shout, "Butch! Butch! S^ve me!" But as a rule he shouts in vain; and ends up by taking a nose a-^e over the neai'est piece of furniture, collapsing in a welter of silver foxes and laughter. The story of the way George met his pretty, popular wife — whose stage name was Juliette Johnson, and who is known as Julie to all and sundry — is another example of George's faith in dancing. George was being very active as a runner on Wall Street, having tried life as a coal-mining engineer and left it because a cage descended when it had no right to descend and cracked him up in a revoltingly hardhearted way. While putting his heart and shoe leather into being a Wall Street runner George met Miss Juliette Johnson and liked her. ONE day she told him she was going into a musical show, at fifty dollars a week. It was to open at Palm Beach. "Huh!" mused George. "Just going to put yourself in with a bunch of ordinary chorus dames. I don't like it! Besides, the money is far too little. You are worth a lot more than that." What, Miss Johnson wanted to know, would Mr. Murphy suggest as an alternative? George replied, "We'd better do a dance act!" Coming out of the blue this was startling, but interesting. So Miss Johnson made a bargain with Mr. Murphy. She would give up the show if he could land a job for both of them by the time rehearsals ended. Fair enough? Swell deal, was George's opinion. So he planned a campaign to sell himself and partner to night spots and other places where they dance. Each morning before leaving on his travels he put in some vigorous dancing in his room and walked out treading on air, convinced he would win. After scouring every available emporium and failing to hit the jackpot, he marched into Number 10 East 60th Street, a very high-class tea dansant spot, and emerged with a job dancing with Emil Coleman's famous orchestra. "It came because I managed to sell myself to the manager," is George's explanation. "When I told Julie she gave in her notice and then our headache was to find a place to practice and some music to swing us along. Having neither a practice room nor music I tackled the manager of a Chinese restaurant and offered him our services, free, as exhibition dancers, for two weeks. He swallowed the bait; so Julie and I put in our hours of practice under the noses of hundreds of cash customers. Little did they guess that the couple they watched dancing so earnestly to the music of a good band were really rehearsing for an act with which they intended to crash the big money." In 1927 George and Julie were married. Later they went to England with the gay musical show called "Good News." Julie had a part; George just did a dance with her and understudied Use pl\ESH*2 and stay fresher! PUT FRESH #2 under one arm — jmi your present nori-perspirant under the other. And then . . . 1. See which one checks perspiration better. We think FRESH #2 will. 2. See which one prevents perspiration odor better. We are confident you'll find FRESH #2 will give you a feeling of complete under-arni security. 3. See how gentle FRESH #2 is — how pleasant to use. This easy-.spreading vanishing cream is abisoluteiy greaseless. It is neither gritty nor sticky. 4. See how convenient FRESH #2 is to apply. You can use it immediately before dressing — no waiting for it to dry. 5. And revel in the knowledge, as you use FRESH #2, that it will not rot even the most delicate fabric. Laboratory tests prove this. FRESH #2 comes in three sizes — 50i for extra-large jar; 25<t for generous medium jar; and lOf for handy travel size. Free offer— to make your own test! Once you make this imder-arm test, we're sure you'll never be satisfied with any other perspiration-check. That's why we hope you'll accept this free offer. Print your name and address on postcard and mail it to FRESH, Dept. 6-D, Louisville. Ky. We'll send you a trial /<=^f5>N size jar of FRESH #2, postpaid, ^^^^y Coinpaiiion of Kl{KSH#i is FRESH#1. FRESH #1 (ieo(l()rize.s, but does not stop perspiration. In a tube instead of a jar. Popular with men too. OCTOBER, 1941 79