Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1949)

Page scan 000282 from Photoplay

Record Details:

Title:
Photoplay
Date:
Jan-Jun 1949
Publisher:
New York, MacFadden Publications, Inc.
Volume:
Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1949)
Leaf #:
000282
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema, Fan Magazines, and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The leading Hollywood fan magazine of the 1920s and 1930s. Photoplay offered readers portraits of their favorite movie stars and stories about their personal lives. The magazine played an important promotional function for the Hollywood industry, but its editors and reviewers could also be highly critical of Hollywood. Beginning in 1921, Photoplay bestowed its annual 'Medal of Honor' for the film readers voted as the best of the year. -- Eric Hoyt, 2011.
Date Added:
May 15, 2025
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ON numerous occasions, it has been my pleasure to be bound by the bonds of movie matrimony to a tall, tweedy Canadian gentleman, attached to a pipe. With “Julia Misbehaves,” Walter Pidgeon and I commemorated our fifth production at MetroGoldwyn -Mayer as man and wife. A thoroughly amicable arrangement which has proven as pleasant as it has been profitable. Speaking with the “wifely” prerogative of one so often blessed with Walter’s blithe spirit and presence, make no mistake about it . . . here is a rare and a very prize Pidgeon. Naturally, I speak as Walter’s wife in fame only. Although, to our mutual embarrassment, many fans have insisted on making ours a more lasting arrangement. Walter tells me that in his traveling, people are always asking about me, while I’m constantly confronted with the question, “Is Walter Pidgeon as nice as he seems to be?” Invariably followed by, “Well then, why don’t you marry him?” My answer is, “For a thoroughly delightful and charming reason—Walter’s wife Ruth to whom he has been happily married for some seventeen years.” However, I must say that working with Walter gets better with every picture. As the husband of Mesdames Miniver, Gladney, Parkington, Curie and the Julia who misbehaves, he has been a perfect picture companion. He is an experienced trouper, an excellent actor, (Continued on page 106) 62