Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1949)

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1. Cornel Wilde 2. Lassie 3. Frank Sinatra 4. Lucille Ball W|HIS is the season of the year in Hollywood I when stars lie awake at night tossing and turning with the question, “Will I win an award?” — a Gold Medal from Photoplay, an Oscar from the Academy, an award from the New York critics, from the home town paper. Everyone wants to get into the Award Act. Well, they can all relax. I have a whole bagful of awards for them. There’s one for almost everyone and for almost everything. To Bing Crosby, I am awarding an armchair with straps to hold his legs. So when I want to talk to him on the set, I’ll be spared a crazy man hunt all over the studio. Maybe I’ll add a loud bell to tie around his neck. It would help to hear where he is. On second thought, why bother? Even when you do pin Bing down physically, he’s so evasive and hard to get a story from, it’s hardly worth the struggle. To Joan Crawford* who was supposed to be 58