Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1951)

READER’S DIGEST* Reported The Same Research Which Proves That Brushing Teeth Right After Eating with COLGATE DENTAL CREAM STOPS TOOTH DECAY BEST Reader’s Digest recently reported the same research which proves the Colgate way of brushing teeth right after eating stops tooth decay best! The most thoroughly proved and accepted home method of oral hygiene known today! Yes, and 2 years’ research showed the Colgate way stopped more decay for more people than ever before reported in dentifrice history ! No other dentifrice, ammoniated or not, offers such conclusive proof! ♦YOU SHOULD KNOW! While not mentioned by name, Colgate's was the only toothpaste used in the research on tooth decay recently reported in Reader's Digest. READERS INC. Cheers and Jeers: With such actors as Stewart Granger about, why do you movie magazines persist in filling your pages with Tony Curtis and the like? We older gals purchase a magazine now and then, you know, and I for one am fed up with this accent on youth. After all, it’s the more mature players who give the topnotch performances so let’s see more of them in the magazine. L. Lewis Topeka, Kans. I just saw the sneak preview of the film on Rudy Valentino’s life in Photoplay. I wonder whose life that film is really intended to depict. It most certainly isn’t Valentino’s. And to say that weak-chinned Tony Dexter resembles dear departed Rudolph Valentino is the insult of the age. Patsy Goldman Portland, Ore. I recently saw “Storm Warning.” Why put Doris Day in a show like that ? I enjoyed her very much with Gordon MacRae and Gene Nelson in “Tea for Two,” and “The West Point Story.” Let’s have more pictures like “Storm Warning” but keep Doris Day in musicals. Kathryn Hogan Salt Lake City, Utah I saw Bing Crosby standing on Vine Street in Hollywood doing absolutely nothing. I asked him for his autograph. He said, “Sorry, I’m too busy.” I was up in Spokane where he played a benefit softball game for Gonzaga (the high school where Bing went in his younger days). I asked him about the game. He said very rudely, “We had a good team but it was an awful game.” On Bing’s team were himself and his four boys. Now I can understand why he was voted the most uncooperative star in Hollywood. Dolores Tellefson Los Angeles, Cal. Casting: Why don’t they cast Carleton Carpenter with Debbie Reynolds or Piper Laurie in a picture like “A Date with Judy” pr “Good News”? He’s a wonderful young actor. Pauli Sawyer New York City How about making “South Pacific” into a movie, with Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza in their original roles. Gloria Swanson would be grand as Bloody Mary, with Richard Todd as Lieut. Cable and Debra Paget as Liat. Barbara Jeanne Morris Salt Lake City, Utah Readers' Pets: I’m sore. Granted that Stewart Granger was fine in "King Solomon’s Mines” and that Tony Dexter was okay in “Valentino”— does that mean that Richard Carlson, who enriched both pictures with quiet dignity and fine acting, must be lost in the shuffle with everyone sighing over the other guys. I say no. Give Dick his due. He’s wonderful ! Zelda Bishop San Francisco, Cal. What’s wrong with Betty Garrett? Can’t we have a little more of her? Why isn’t she put in a picture and given the leading role. Give her a chance to make a star of herself. Please. Nancy L. Bland Seattle, Wash. Question Box: Since I’ve seen “The Pagan Love Song” I was wondering if Esther Williams was really singing when she was with Howard Keel. Mary Lou Zimmerman Mishawaka, Ind. ( M-G-M says Esther did her ozvn singing.) “Movies Are Better Than Ever” when they keep finding new talent like Philip Carey, appearing in “Operation Pacific,” but why not let people know a little about him. I haven’t seen one picture or story about him in any movie magazine. He zvas born in Hackensack, N. J. 7/15/25 , is 6', 3y2" tall, zveighs 200 lbs., has blue eyes and blondish brow n hair. He is married and has a baby daughter, Maureen Ann. Would you please tell me if Rock Hudson played in “Shakedown” as a doorman? Roselyn Mamone San Leandro, Cal. ( Good observation — yes, he did.) Can you do a guy a favor? Print a picture and some information about that lovely girl who appeared as the maid in “The Mudlark” and as Charles Boyer’s young wife in “The 13th Letter.” Is she married? T , , „ Lee M. Sullivan Buffalo, N. Y. (Her name is Constance Smith. She zvas born in Limerick, Ireland, has green-gray eyes, light brown hair, 5’ 5y2", weighs 116 lbs. She zvas married on February 9, 1951, to British actor Bryan Forbes. Her next, “House on the Square.”) Would you let me know if there were two movies made of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and who played the leading parts. Diane Williams Pleasantville, N. Y. ( There zvcrc three versions: 1920 zvith John Barrymore; 1932 with Fredric March; 1941 with Spencer Tracy.) Peggy Smith San Jose, Cal. Address letters to this department to Readers Inc., Photoplay, 205 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. However, our space is limited. We cannot therefore promise to publish, return or reply to all letters recc'wed.