Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1948)

p ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There have been some memorable moments in movies that have rolled us into the aisles with laughter, but nothing compares with the big one in “Love Laughs at Andy Hardy”. To say this picture is the best of the Hardy series would be an understatement. It is, indeed, one of the most entertaining comedies that has ever been produced. ★ ★ ★ ★ When Mickey, five-foot-five, tangles with Dorothy Ford, six-foot-six, the stage is set for a merry field-day. And director Willis Goldbeck makes the most of it. ★ ★ ★ That’s the short and the long of it. But the story itself is sure-footed and solid. It is a real reflection of certain aspects of American life. ★ ★ ★ ★ A true descendant of a tradition once started by the late Booth T arkington, Andy Hardy and his trials and tribubonita lations, his affaires d'amour or even du coeur, as the French would say, are superbly contrived in this picture from producer Robert Sisk. ★ ★ ★ ★ Mickey Rooney’s back in his famous role and no doubt about it, this artist is a master of all the keys. He can be funny as they come and as serious as the soul. ★ ★ ★ ★ His blind dates, his romance with Bonita Granville, his rhumba interlude with the talented and alluring Lina Romay, his tragicomedy episode when he is locked out of the house in a lady’s wrapper, all are so deftly interwoven into story that the total is a film fan’s delight. ★ ★ ★ ★ The writers deserve to be in the billing. AhandtoHarryRuskin, WilliamLudwig and Howard Dimsdale’s original story. ★ ★ ★ ★ And an extra hand to you. You’ll want it to applaud with. ★ ★ ★ ★ Love Laughs at Andy Hardy. Love is you. — JleA LINA FAVORITE OF AMERICA'S "FIRST MILLION" MOVIE-GOERS FOR 36 YEARS PHOTOPLAY Contents for March 1947 STORY HIGHLIGHTS The Best Years of Our Lives Fred ft, Sammis Man at the Top (Bing Crosby) Maxine Arnold The Van Johnson — Evie Wynn — Keenan Wynn Triangle Sally Jefferson and Florence Pritchett Enter Marcus (Olivia de Havilland) Louella O. Parsons Bachelors, Ltd. Guy Madison Sunshine in Her Hands (June Allyson) Margaret Mamlok Sand, Sun and Stars . . More Than Ever . . . (Esther Williams) Dorothy Deere “The Swede” (Burt Lancaster) Mark Hellinger Visit to Sugar Hill (Bette Davis) Helen Gilmore Ty Power Talks It Over Sara Hamilton I’m a Lucky Guy Harold Russell The Lady That’s Known as Luci (Lucille Ball) Herb Howe Betty Hutton and Buttercup Diane Scott It’s Your Say, Gentlemen Anita Colby Hollywood’s Marriage Manners Elsa Maxwell What Should I Do? Your problems answered by Claudette Colbert FEATURES fiV COLOR 31 32 34 36 38 43 44 46 48 51 53 54 56 60 62 64 68 Guy 1 June 37 Esther Williams . . 47 39 Bette Davis 50 42 Tyrone Power . . 52 Marie and John Lund 44 SPECIAE EVENTS The Shadow Stage 4 Jeep Hunt . 102 Inside Stuff — Cal York 14 Platter Patter 120 Beauty Spots 28 Brief Reviews . . . 132 Photoplay Fashions 89 Casts of Current Pictures . . 135 Cover: Bing Crosby, starring in “Welcome Stranger” Natural Color portrait by Paul Hesse Fred R. Sammis, Editorial Director Helen Gilmore, Editor Adele Whitely Fletcher, Associate Editor E. Davenport, Executive Art Director Ruby Boyd, Associate Editor Deli Leider, Associate Art Director Ruth Dejean, Assistant Editor Mary Jane Fulton, New York Beauty Editor Joyce Moss, Hollywood Editor McCullah St. Johns, Associate Editor Sara Hamilton, Associate Editor Ruth Waterbury, Contributing Editor Anita Colby, Hollywood Beauty Editor Hymie Fink, Photographer Sterling Smith, Photographer Beverly Galindo, Asst. Photographer MARCH, 1947 VOL. 30. NO. 4 PHOTOPLAY, published monthly by MACFADDEN PUBLICATIONS, Inc., New York, N. Y. General Business, Editorial and Advertising: Offices: 205 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Hollywood-Beverly Hills Office: 321 S. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California. O. J. Elder, President: Harold Wise, Senior Vice President; S. O. Shapiro, Vice President; Herbert Drake, Vice President; Meyer Dworkin. Secretary and Treasurer; Edward F. Lethen, Advertising Manager. Chicago Office: 221 North La Salle St., Leslie R. Gage. Mgr. 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