Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1948)

with this truly luxurious talcum powder Lana and Ty ( Continued from page 33) Last, but not least, there was an undercurrent of disapproval from two studios in the early stages of this romance. Those are important hurdles for any Hollywood love story to clear. But on the other side of the ledger, the facts are equally clear: Ty and Lana are in love. Second, the two women in Ty’s life want, above all else, his happiness. I know. I have shared Annabella’s confidence. And I have just talked with Lana. I didn’t make any bones over what I wanted to talk to Lana about when I asked her to the house for cocktails. It’s never been hard for me to contact her. She knows I’m on her team right or wrong — and wrong she’s been many times. In her love life, Lana has often been her own worst enemy. She’s too impetuous. She’s been in love too often — a little fault that has earned her headlines and heartaches. I can see through her like a cellophane florist’s box holding an orchid. Everytime she has talked with me about one of the loves of her life, she has been a “different” Lana. So I mentally reserved judgment when this blonde beauty, whom I sincerely like so much, came into the very room where we have talked so often in the past, looking like a new Lana. Under her again-blonde thatch of hair, her face was as sun tanned as a native girl’s. Her black and white suit was strictly for sports. She was glowing with health and mischief as she rolled up her sleeve and flexed the muscle of her upper arm. “Feel the muscle, Louella,” she kidded. “Just an outdoor girl at heart!” This from the luxurious Lana who has never done a two-minute setting-up exercise in her life, much less lived in the great outdoors! “Is this what falling in love with Ty has done to you?” I asked, on account of I can go along with a joke. “It’s what a five weeks’ vacation in Mexico did for me,” she cagily corrected. “Believe it or not, I swam, aquaplaned, played tennis and followed the sun right around the clock. I had the best time of my life — and the happiest.” “I suppose Ty’s being there had nothing to do with it,” I suggested. She didn’t answer for a minute as she tossed her bag on a table and sat down in a red chair. I wonder if she realized what a picture she made in her black and white suit against that red chair. “HE’S wonderful,” she said simply. Then II added slowly, as though she were measuring out the very essence of truth about them, “But neither Ty nor I are ready for marriage right away— if that is what you want to hear from me.” I didn’t interrupt and she went on: “Neither one of us is in a position to say anything. Ty isn’t free. We know that we can’t think about marriage. So we have never discussed it. From Ty’s angle — you must remember that he lost a lot of time when he was overseas. Right now he is so eager to have his career amount to something fine. “As for me — I know what you must be thinking. You must be saying to yourself, ‘She’s been married twice before — and in love several times!’ We’ve sat right in this room and talked about romance and love several times in the past, haven’t we, Louella? But I have always been honest Turn to Page 91 for Photoplay Fashions In Color KEEP FRESH! After your bath, shower your body with Cashmere Bouquet Talc. Smooth it into every curve and ripple. Now you’re gloriously, fragrantly fresh. FEEL SMOOTH! Be sure to give chafable places, and trouble spots extra Cashmere Bouquet Talc. Your skin will be grateful for that silkensmooth sheath of protection. And girdles slip on like magic. STAY DAINTY! Pamper your body often with Cashmere Bouquet Talc. An inexpensive luxury! It points up your feminine allure with the fragrance men love. Cashmere Bouquet Tale with the fragrance men love Pamper your person with Cashmere Bouquet Dusting Powder. Smartly packaged with a big velour puff. . V 81