Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1948)

It's Your Say, Gentlemen ( Continued from page 63) dislikes fantastic hats. And says so, together with a couple of dozen other Hollywood men. Speaking of hats, it seems to me high time the milliners began whipping up hats to woo the glamorous Hollywood women who rarely wear one as well as please the chic New York women who are almost never without one. Clark, you also should know, is a great builder-upper of women. He never leaves a girl on a date and I’m sure he would be most attentive even if at a dinner party he found his dinner partner disappointing. Girls really are on a pedestal with him until they kick it out from under them by behaving badly — by pretending to be something they aren’t, by table hopping (he never does himself), by being untidy (he’s meticulous about his grooming), by gossiping (for, kind of heart, he will neither gossip nor listen to gossip) or by being bored or boring. He’s completely within his rights on this last count too. For, traveled, well-read, schooled in all social sets from the simplest to the most elegant, he would find a girl who didn’t know what he was talking about — because she had never had curiosity or interest enough to find out what went on outside of her own little sphere— very dull indeed. As he says, “If a woman doesn’t know something beside herself she should subscribe to something.” I might add that once a girl kicks her pedestal out from under her, Clark's disappointment is pretty complete and — he’s Pennsylvania Dutch, remember— he neither forgives nor forgets easily. You don’t have to be a great beauty or an heiress to please Clark Gable. You don’t even have to share his avid interest in golf and hunting and sports generally. In fact, when an interest in these things" isn’t natural it’s likely to destroy femininity — something Clark rates highly. A good healthy mind — that’s the matrix from which a woman's beauty must spring for Clark. For, in his case, the old quote: “If she be not^ so to me, what care I how fair she be?” applies perfectly. If OW for Jimmy Stewart, who’s been golf ing places— socially as well as professionally. For since coming home from war Jimmy’s been to more parties than he ever went to before. Jimmy, who couldn’t wait to plunk a nickel in a juke box and hear “Waitin’ for the Train to Come In,” likes a girl who is “hep” about music; modern ballads and modern instrumentalists like the King Cole Trio and Vocalist Peggy Lee, especially. He also likes a girl who is a good listener. He talks at length about incidentals, of showing the Fonda children how to fly a kite or putting a motor together. But he makes it all real and rich and always his humor has a dry sparkle. A girl who was too demanding, who felt a date should be wrapped around her preferences exclusively, wouldn’t go far with Jimmy. For he knows what he likes, too. Among other things, he likes the food at Chasen’s and the fact that, known there, he never has to wait for a table. Night clubs are not on his agenda. But small gatherings at a friend’s house where recordings are played and sandwiches are served and the talk is cozy and intimate he rates as fun. No petty gossip though. Like Clark — like most men, actually — gossip he cannot abide. Jimmy also likes old friends as much as old friends like him. In Jimmy’s group you’d find acceptance quickly enough if you took life in the same easy direct stride that they do and didn’t push towards the BESTFO *■' Guaranteed by A: Good Housekeeping a MfICTTVI Of J FOR ALMOST HALF A CENTURY Mildred Melanie Millicent Teresa Wright and Dana Andrews stars of THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES A Samuel Goldwyn Production There’s happiness ahead... and its symbol is the ring that sparkles on your third finger, left hand! Make it a lovelier ring than ever you dreamed of ... a Diamond Ring by BERLAND. For BERLANB Diamonds are cleverly cut to look larger, more costly than they actually are . . . and they keep their brilliant, fiery beauty throughout the years. These and other matched sets priced from $125 to $500, Fed. Tax Incl. At jewelers everywhere or write for name of store nearest you. JOSEPH BERLAND CO., Dept. A, 6 West 48th St., New York 18, N. Y.