Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1948)

COMEBACK II SAHA HAMILTON IT’S news, wonderful news When a Hollywood favorite, who has slipped away from the limelight for three long years, suddenly finds herself back again, loved, needed and appreciated. Una Merkel, the soft-spoken little Southerner who had been a favorite of movie fans for fifteen years, is back — after years of heartbreak — her mother’s tragic death, the break-up of her marriage. Una and Ronald Burla had been married several years when they brought Bessie and Arno Merkel, Una’s parents, out to the Coast. They were a happy and contented family. No shadow of the future tragedy darkened Una’s path. She went on from one movie to another. War came. Una toured the South Pacific with Gary Cooper and Phyllis Brooks. After her return the mother she adored was found overcome by gas in their apartment. Una, exhausted by her war work, suffered such shock and unhappiness that she lay desperately ill in the hospital for two months. Alone — for Una and Ronald had broken completely — she went to her father’s boat anchored off Key West, Florida. And here Una slowly grew strong again in body and heart. After three years’ absence, when Hollywood again remembered Una, she was ready to return to play opposite Kenny Delmar (the repetitious-mouthed Senator Claghorn of Fred Allen’s radio show) in “It’s a Joke, Son.” And to be cast for the latest Eagle-Lion’s production, “Bury Me Dead.” The cast and even the director had hysterics at Boston-born Delmar attempting to teach Una how to speak with a Southern accent. “I’m from Kentucky,” she. kept protesting, “and I talk like a real Southerner.” “I’m from Boston but I talk like a real Democrat,” Kenny insisted. There is an honest appealing quality in Una that has grown with sorrow. In fact the set of “It’s a Joke, Son” became a sort of reunion stage for all the old-timers who flocked over to see her. Her eyes are still twinkly, her hands that so often served as models are still long and shapely, her voice cozy with a faint Covington, Kentucky, flavor. Too, that never-forgetting-to-bekind quality is still intact. Una has proved her strength — and made her triumphant comeback! The End Largest Selling Depilatory HAIR REMOVING GLOV 8 _ BY HELEN NEUSHAEFER Copyright 1947 A. Sartorius & Co., Inc., 5th Ave., N.Y. 11, N.Y. HELLO ROMANCE! Here’s the arithmetic of charm: boy plus girl minus "letf-ljeatltesiA." equals romance. So, erase all that unsightly, mannish leg-hair — the E-Z way. Feel how velvety soft— see how nylon-lovely— your legs can be. 8 *Z cfa-ed d?/— smoothly — quickly — safely! Buy this dainty hair-eraser today. In 10? and 39? packets at chain store cosmetic counters. E-Z whisks away hair on arms, underarms, face and back of neck, too. Centime 5HVER DOLLAR BRACELET (NEVER BE BROKE) A real U. S. Silver Dollar attractively mounted on a beautiful embossed bracelet. Dollar can be taken oft and spent anytime. It's new and different — worn by man, woman or child. CClin tin unucv Just mail us your name and address nil IHUnci an(j pay postman only $3.95 plus postage — no more. We pay postage if you send $3.95 with order. If not delighted return bracelet within 10 days for money back. Order now. REGAL CO., Dept. McF-4 345 East 47th Street Chicago 15, III. fa/ /0 tnataZSd WITHOUT WATER For EASTER DAY & Every Day! GENUINE FRENCH MARCASITE! Val. up to $12 Manufacturer offers lifetime opportunity to buy these beautiful hand cut. hand set Genuine Marcasite Pendants with Sterling Silver Chains. Makes ideal gift. Individually boxed. Never before offered at these prices. Send $5.95 or $2.95 with your order and save fees, or order same sent C.O.D. plus postage. MARCASITE CO. OF AMERICA 307 Fifth Ave. New York City ★ No soap • No rinsing • No drying •k Removes oil, dirt, hair odors ★ Retains wave; restores sheen ★ Grand between water shampoos ★ Ideal during colds and illness 30 SHAMPOOS WITH MITT 1.00 Plus tax, At all good drug and department store*. MINIP00 DRY SHAMPOO Cosmetic Distributors. Inc., Jersey City 6, N. J.