Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1949)

In those early days his pals, trying to tin ^assure him, offered any solace available, pit o matter how small. One repeated verily atim the conversation of two twelveear-old girls he’d sat near in the audience. *d];)ne of the girls was on John’s team, the llJtt ther definitely foresaw no future for him. |,s the picture unreeled, the girls worked roiij p quite an argument. “I don’t care what feip ou say, that’s a funny-looking man,” said ’ll the first one. Whereupon his fan said " jyally, “He ith not! Why do you think ittfio?” The other replied, “Well look at lst|im.” Her opponent was finally whipped own. “Well, you may be right,” she agreed, he ith funny-looking but he’th thexy.” WjPHAT he is sexy or romantic, John would itt |l never agree to, although now he refrains ?e rom following script writers around begging them to delete any complimentary eference to the characters he portrays. Ie would still prefer playing character iarts to romantic leads. “Not that the love cenes bother me,” he grins,” it’s just the dea of me playing a romantic part.” His capacity for conversation, his interst in other guests at a party, make him a ostess’s delight, despite the fact that John ® limself insists he still has a few “demoralzing moments” at a large affair. “The ® loise defeats me, just as it does at a night lub. where you can’t hear yourself talk nd realize, too late, neither can anyone lse. You attempt a feeble witticism. Somebody shouts, ‘What did you say?’ So ‘ 'ou repeat it much louder. This time it ’ ounds even more mundane.” He admits, too, experiencing that first .rantic feeling at a large gathering when 1 jne looks for a familiar face to speak to, Bljan’t find it and hears others making intense conversation around him. ?j Parties, history records, have always >een the enigma of the shy. In acute cases, he sufferer plans imaginary conversations e jefore leaving home, rehearsing lines to go * Vith different individuals who will be Vhere. Devastating dialogue which seldom ,?j:omes off anyway, because they never J pitch the right cues. ■ The cue to solving shyness in the last ? malysis “comes with slowing down, lookJ ng around and realizing you’re among ' riends. That in some respect, fimdamenally, everyone is a little shy. Anyway, 'ou finally get so tired, you just accept ^ourself without worrying any more about f >ou,” says John. Through forgetfulness of elf you can eventually become as comI ortable as a book end. Who is to say, too, that the roles one B Jays in life do not contribute to a shyJ less cure? Particularly, if it involves un? .nasking a Lucretia or engaging in “A " •’oreign Affair.” Medical journals may lot mention it. Science may not espouse e t. But it all adds up to experience. The End oCidten when KATE SMITH SPEAKS 15 Minutes with Radio’s charming personality Noon E. S. T. Monday-Friday . _ Mutual Stations Kead KATE SMITH'S COOKING PAGES In This Month's Radio Mirror Magazine 9'rl . . . beautiful Lustre-Cre^ <*' ^ >0, 9le°mS on<t glistens . ..from a Lus.re-Cre^ Tonight !..Sliow him how much lovelier your hair can look... after a NOT A SOAP! NOT A LIQUID! BUT KAY DAUMIT'S RICH LATHERING CREAM SHAMPOO WITH LANOLIN for Soft, Shimmering Glamorous Hair 4-oz. jar $1; smaller jars and tubes, 49tf and 250. No other shampoo gives you the same magical secret-blend lather plus kindly LANOLIN . . . for true hair beauty. Tonight he can SEE new sheen in your hair, FEEL its caressable softness, THRILL to its glorious natural beauty. Yes, tonight , if you use Lustre-Creme Shampoo today! Only Lustre-Creme has Kay Daumit’s magic blend of secret ingredients plus gentle lanolin. This glamorizing shampoo lathers in hardest water. Leaves hair fragrantly clean, shining, free of loose dandruff and so soft, so manageable! Famous hairdressers use and recommend it for shimmering beauty in all “hair-dos” and permanents. Beauty-wise women made it America’s favorite cream shampoo. Try Lustre-Creme! The man in your life — and you — will love the loveliness results in your hair. Kay Daumit, Inc., 919 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois P 81