Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1949)

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Arrid is safe for the skin— non-irritating— can be used right after shaving. Don't be half-safe. During this ‘‘age of romance” don’t let perspiration problems spoil your fun. Don’t be half-safe— be Arrid-safe! Use Arrid to be sure. Get Arrid now at your favorite drug counter — only 394 plus tax. t Advertisement ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ PHOTOPLAY Contents for March , 1949 HIGHLIGHTS Honoring Fred R. Sam mis Announcing the Gold Medal Winners He’s a Good Man to Have Around (Bob Hope) . . Dolores Hope Return of the Torso Herb Howe Liz Taylor Goes Home Sunny Side Up (June Allyson) . Diane Scott They’ve Had to Take It (Van Johnson) . Louella O. Parsons Alias Bette Davis Michael Maury Home Sweet Hollywood Elsa Maxwell Belvedere’s Still Sitting Pretty Midnight Supper Date Kay Mulvey Subject to Change (Farley Granger) Maxine Arnold Come and Get It ! Sheilah Graham Palm-Tree Paradise That Prize Pidgeon Greer Garson This Is a Love Story (Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres) Ruth W aterbury Honeymoon in Mexico, told in comics (Esther Williams) Some Things for the Girls Edith Gwynn Photoplay Fashions 31 32 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 83 FEATURES IN COLOR Ingrid Bergman 37 Burt Lancaster 41 Errol Flynn 40 June Allvson 44 Cornel Wilde 40 Farley Granger 57 Lex Barker 40 Palm-Tree Paradise 60 Victor Mature . 41 Jane Wyman 64 Alan Ladd . . 41 Janet Leigh 83 Lizabeth Scott . 86 SPECIAL EVENTS Dream House Developments 4 Laughing Stock . . . 81 Beauty Spots 95 Platter Patter 18 Brief Reviews 113 Readers Inc. . . 10 Casts of Current Pictures 116 Shadow Stage 20 Inside Stuff — Cal York 12 What Should I Do? 6 Cover: Bing Crosby, star of “Connecticut Yankee’’ Natural Color Portrait of Bing Crosby by Paul Hesse Portrait of Phillip, Lindsay, Gary, Dennis Crosby by Bud Fraker Design by Otto Storch Fred R. Sammis, Editorial Director Ruby Boyd, Managing Editor Alice Tiller, Assistant Editor Rena D. Firth, Assistant Editor Adele Whitely Fletcher, Editor E. Davenport, Executive Art Director Deli Hoffman, Associate Art Director Mary Jane Fulton, New York Beauty Editor Beverly Linet, Assistant Editor Ann Daggett, Hollywood Editor Frances Morrin, Hollywood Managing Editor Sara Hamilton, Associate Editor Ruth Waterbury, Contributing Editor Hymie Fink, Photographer Sterling Smith, Photographer Betty Jo Rice, Asst. Photographer Maxine Arnold. Contributing Editor MARCH, 1949 VOL. 34. NO. 4 PHOTOPLAY, published monthly by MACFADDEN PUBLICATIONS, Inc., New York, N. Y. General Business, Editorial, and Advertising offices: 205 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Hollywood-Beverly Hills Office: 321 S. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California. O. J. Elder, President; Harold Wise, Executive Vice President; Herbert G. Drake, Vice President; Joseph Schultz, Vice President; Ernest V. 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