Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1945)

reaching the last row in the balcony with ease. She has a childlike impatience and hates to wait for men, women or small children. She can ride a horse as only a Texan can and swim as if there had been a lake in her own back yard. Due to her upbringing, she has very little idea of the value of money. She will see a hat she likes, buy it and discover that she has nothing to wear it with. This results in her investing in a new outfit. It also results in such pangs of conscience that she buys War Bonds like crazy to soothe it. When she is being patrician, there isn’t a more striking woman in town. Then Allbritton’s fly-away hair goes into smooth rolls and pomps. Her clothes become perfectly fitting suits and fantastic, wonderful hats. She wears superb jewelry. She glides into restaurants and the wolf pack howls. Whatever she does — she does with “flair.” With this more mature attitude, she realizes that all she needs to be a great star is one role which will bring to the public attention that she has both ability and training. Then, too, she exhibits the qualities which make her one of the most likable people on the screen. She refuses to let a friend who works late in a broadcasting studio come home alone in the rain. She drives up and waits outside until the gal is through. She takes time out to coach a girl who is auditioning for a part. Any present she receives must be shared with her group of intimate friends. F greatest importance to her right now is the plight of our soldiers overseas. For Louise, last spring, took a tour of the Mediterranean theater of war. She saw things there which both thrilled and revolted her. Among the latter was the evidence that many American women are not holding up their end of the fight, keeping their promises to men in uniform and waiting loyally for their return. Louise heard innumerable stories of broken engagements and marriages and so on while at the fighting fronts; she encountered even more of them when she sat at a phone in New York, calling personal messages from the boys to their women at home. Having seen with her own eyes what the men themselves were doing at Cassino, for instance (she was closer to the actual hand-to-hand fighting there than any of the other entertainers), Louise was definitely worried. The tour as a whole had the unforeseen effect of sobering her immensely. She saw soldiers die while she was holding their hands. She watched their faces light up when she appeared — as if she were a vision of what they had left behind. She saw the tremendous respect the men in uniform had for a little guy named Ernie Pyle, met him herself and was honored by being mentioned in one of his newspaper dispatches. She lived with the courage and humor and valiant spirit of America overseas for months and she returned with some of her own laughter quieted. She knows the soldiers want to laugh; that’s one of the reasons why she’s playing comedies at this point. But, she knows, too, that what they are doing is no laughing matter and she wants desperately to go abroad again, to do what little she can to make their lot more livable. Most Texas tornadoes have a way of getting where they want to go. Don’t place any bets that this one with the initials L. A. written in the clouds won’t do likewise, be it in the Hollywood heavens or over a lonely jungle swamp. The End Marilyn Corwin, of Minneapolis, takes off 44 pounds, startles her friends by the change. Fellow students called her “Fatso,” teased her about her weight. She didn’t mind — much. Fat since childhood, she had just supposed nothing could be done about it. But in art school at 18, she started sketching ideal figures— and they made her conscious of her own heavy hips, her swayback, slouched shoulders. She considered taking the DuBarry Success Course — put it off until her weight got up to 178. Then she made the decision. “It was the most wonderful thing that ever happened to me,” says Marilyn now. She found the change in food habits surprisingly enjoyable, the exercises really fun. Unsightly pads of fat disappeared from her hips, her posture improved amazingly. That wasn’t all. “My skin is now smooth and clear and fine-textured,” continues Miss Corwin, “and I have learned many of those make-up tricks the experts use so cleverly. >“As a result of it all. I’m a healthier, happier girl, with increased will-power and self-confidence and a new zest for life. That’s what this wonderful course has meant to me.” HOW ABOUT YOU? Haven’t you wished that you could be slender again, wear youthful styles, hear the compliments of friends, feel like a new person? More than 160,000 women and girls have now followed this practical way to personal improvement, to extra energy for the extra demands of wartime living. You’ll find it an adventure to “eat as a beauty eats,” practice those fun-to-do exercises. The Course brings you an analysis of your needs— then shows you how to bring your weight to normal, remodel your figure, care for your skin, style your hair becomingly, use make-up for glamour. You follow at home the same methods taught by Ann Delafieldat the Richard Hudnut Salon, New York. LOST 44 POUNDS BUST W LESS WAIST 6" LESS 9%" LESS 8" LESS Before After Marilyn is just 21, with a brilliant career and a happy life ahead of her. What a wonderful thing to discover that you can get rid of excess weight, have a figure you’re proud of, be a beauty while you’re young! Why not use the coupon to find out what this Course can do for you? r ANN delafield, Directing With your Course, you receive a Chest containing a generous supply of DuBarry Beauty and Make-up Preparations. Richard Hudnut Salon Dept. SP-8, 693 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Please send the booklet telling all about the DuBarry Home Success Course. Miss Mrs 'VCtP^N ^For Advertising's In Publications Of Tut , \Amcrjcan Medical/ Street City. Znne No.. if any — State P M (VI 101