Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1948)

r DOES A BEAUTIFUL GIRL THAN A HOMELY ONE ? Nature has endowed some women with remarkable beauty of face and form— with sweet, loving dispositions. Others — she may have slighted when it came to passing out gifts of charm and beauty. But in any event — whether beautiful or unattractive — many women by their very physical nature are apt to suffer distressing symptoms on 'certain days’ of the month. This Is Something You Shouldn’t Joke About In case female functional monthly disturbances cause you — like so many unfortunates — to suffer from pain, nervous distress and feel so tired and cranky you lose your sense of humor — this is nothing to joke about. Start right away — try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to relieve such symptoms! It’s famous for this purpose! Taken regularly thruout the month — this great medicine helps build up resistance against such female distress. For over 70 years Pinkham’s Compound has been helping thousands upon thousands of girls and women in this way. Time has proved it one of the most effective medicines for this purpose. Just see if you, too, don’t remarkably benefit. Pinkham’s Compound is also a splendid stomachic tonic. It is certainly worth trying! Any drugstore. Hollywood's Marriage Manners (Continued from page 67) she accedes to his wishes. Surprisingly enough, in some ways even Greer Garson, older than Richard Ney, and one who always has known what was good for her, enjoys being dominated too. There’s the little matter of walking the dog. In Bel-Air where the Neys live this is a matter of mountain climbing. For their house is in the hills. Nevertheless between nine and ten o’clock in the evening Richard Ney indicates in one subtle way or another— you know how husbands can be — that it is time for the dog’s romp. Whereupon Greer, without a murmur, goes upstairs and changes her slippers and dinner dress for stout shoes and walking clothes. Whereupon she and Richard and any house guest who hasn’t talked fast enough to forestall the consequences, prowl through the moonlit — but still rugged — hills of Bel-Air. MANY times, of course, the Hollywood husband is the breadwinner while the wife, like wives in other communities, concerns herself exclusively with home and family. In such instances I’ve known the stellar husband to appear briefly or not at all at dinner parties given in his home. As an illustration I give you George Murphy. Casual acquaintances see more of each other than do the George Murphys. To have George alone in the same room with her, even if he napped or hid behind the evening sport page, would be a treat to Juliette Murphy. George is one of the husbands who often isn’t home even for a dinner party. For, active with the Screen Actors Guild and other committees connected with the picture industry, George has to see other stars when they’re free between the time they get home from the studios, and start studying their script for the next day. There also are Hollywood wives married to men stars who are, in their subtle feminine way, powers behind the thrones. Wives like Sue Ladd. Sue, as you know, met and fell in love with Alan when she was his agent. She’s an agent no longer. First and foremost she’s Mrs. Alan Ladd, wife and mother. She runs their home beautifully. In fact she runs Alan’s life up to the point where a certain timbre in his voice tells her he’s about to take over. Whereupon she becomes a charming background while Alan takes up the reins. The minute he drops them, however, she has them efficiently within her grasp again. I’ve known scores of wives, of course, who have been of the greatest help to their husbands. But I’ve yet to meet a woman whose marriage manners made her a more ideal “helpmate” than Sue Ladd. In all communities there are, of course, husbands and wives who continue to live together only because of the next month’s rent. There also are couples who would separate, temporarily, after certain quarrels were this financially possible. The stars know no such restraining influences. Consequently, separations and reconciliations are Hollywood’s rule. Take the divorce rumors which circulated about Hedy Lamarr and John Loder last year. It was intimated that John, who is a leading man, was fed up with the greater money and prestige enjoyed by Hedy, who is a star. But neither Hedy nor John had the slightest intention of divorcing. (Continued on page 72) Photoplay Fashions to Make You Lovelier on Page 89 70