Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1948)

p New Home Shampoo Washes Hair Shades Lighter SAFELY Made specially for blondes, this new shampoo helps keep light hair from darkening— brightens faded hair. Called Blondex, it quickly makes a rich cleansing lather. Instantly removes the dingy, dust -laden film that makes blonde hair dark, old -looking. Takes only 1 1 minutes to do at home. Gives hair attractive luster and highlights — keeps that just-shampooed look for a whole week. Safe for children’s hair. Blondex is sold at 1 Oc, drug and department stores. By Lester Gottlieb Here’s your monthly musical memorandum of the latest movie melodies re-created on records CARNIVAL IN COSTA RICA: Another lavish Twentieth Century-Fox musical. This one has a colorful, tropical score by the distinguished Latin-American composer, Ernesto Lecuona. Two of the tunes look like hits, "Another Night Like This,” just recorded by Hal Derwin, a promising new swooner (Capitol), and "Mi Vida,” disked by Desi Arnaz (Victor) and featuring vivacious vocalist Jane Harvey. DUEL IN THE SUN: The full score from David O. Selznick’s ambitious Technicolor Western written by Dimitri Tiomkin and played on one twelve-inch Victor record by A1 Goodman and his orchestra. Full-blown and as lusty as the film’s locale. SONG OF SCHEHERAZADE: Rimsky-Korsakoff’s magical oriental suite inspired this new Universal-International Technicolor pageant. Columbia has captured it all in a handsome new album featuring the voice of Met Opera tenor, Charles Kullman, who is also featured in the film. MY HEART GOES CRAZY: This Arthur Rank import is getting quite a phonograph play now that Skinnay Ennis (Signature), Georgia Gibbs (Majestic) and Claude Thornhill (Columbia) have waxed the Burke-Van Heusen hit, "So Would I.” HUMORESQUE: Theme song of Warner’s music drama is, of course, Dvorak’s immortal melody. Ray Block (Signature) plays it as it was written, but the versatile Mary Lou Williams Trio (Victor) takes libelous liberties. JUDY GARLAND: M-G-M’s minute-sized star sings two popular ballads, "There Is No Breeze” and "Don’t Tell Me That Story” for moderate results (Decca). BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES: The Samuel Goldwyn film that may well be the Academy champ of the year brings back a well-loved song, "Among My Souvenirs.” You’ll want to treasure this movie musical memory and fortunately both Frank Sinatra (Columbia) and Bing Crosby (Decca) have just made recordings of the song. For a dance treatment, try Alvino Rey’s grooving (Capitol). THE TIME, PLACE AND THE GIRL: As predicted, this new Warner musical wallop has a bountiful score. A new carload of recordings is out with Dinah Shore (Columbia) giving the rumba beat to "Rainy Night in Rio,” Bing Crosby taking up with "A Gal in Calico” (Decca), Carmen Cavallaro (Decca) and Jo Stafford (Capitol) spinning "Through a Thousand Dreams” and Gordon MacRae holding his own with "Oh, But I Do” (Musicraft). I’LL BE YOURS: George Paxton (Majestic) and Andy Russell (Capitol) have taken hold of the lovely new ballad, "It’s Dreamtime.” THE CLASSICAL CORNER: For a beautiful interpretation of Brahms’ tender "Cradle Song,” try Helen Traubel’s new Columbia twelve-inch Masterwork platter Pianist Robert Casadesus has a new Columbia album of DeBussy’s Prelude . . . A joyful collection of Sigmund Romberg operetta successes is played by Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra in a new Columbia album . . . For drama lovers, Columbia has just released highlights from Maurice Evans’s flawless portrayal of "Hamlet” . . . Ezio Pinza, the Metropolitan Opera’s great basso, sings thrilling Mozart operatic arias, including "Magic Flute,” "Figaro,” "Don Giovanni” in a fine Columbia album . . . Oscar Levant shows piano magic with Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and Allegretto. This too has the Columbia label . . . Victor has turned out a Viennese Nights waltz album with Henri Rene’s orchestra, merging Strauss and Lehar . . . Alfred Newman’s Hollywood Symphony, organized by Majestic, plays a stirring collection of operatic melodies, including "Carmen,” "La Tosca” and "La Boheme.”