Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1951)

Hollywood's Young Unmarrieds ( Continued from page 47) me.” She admits that most of their family quarrels come about because she doesn’t take enough interest in domestic matters. Her family — except her grandfather who, she says, is an angel — “scream” at her, too, for the absent-minded way she drives her car. At the Lynns, there’s no set time for meals. Betty’s usually dashing out somewhere when her mother calls, “You get in here and get something to eat.” She’s apt to grab a bite on the go — which is all right with her mother. Bob Stack lives in a big U-shaped house, in Bel-Air, complete with swimmingpool, tennis court and solarium. One wing of the house is Bob’s. The other wing belongs to his brother, Jim. Their mother, Betzi Langford Stack, lives in the center section. Betzi is active in charities. Jim is a businessman. Bob is an actor. All go their separate ways and decide in advance who will use the swimming pool and when. Since all three Stacks are violent individualists the layout of their house suits them perfectly. “When an argument starts, we just go to our own quarters,” says Bob. Phyllis Kirk rents a charming little guest house on a big estate. Nancy Davis has a small apartment. CARLETON CARPENTER has lived alone so long he wouldn’t have it any other way. He writes his family, who live in Vermont, about every two weeks. “When something sensational happens,” he telephones. Wherever Carleton lives he rents a piano. Composing music is his hobby. It’s .a hobby that pays off. His song “Ev’ry Other Day” is a number in his new movie “Whistle at Eaton Falls” and has been incorporated into the score. Debra Paget, who lives with her family in a two-bedroom house, shares her bedroom with her fifteen-year-old sister. Debra does the dishes and helps clean house. And seven nights a week — unlike the other Hollywood girls and boys — Debra eats dinner at home. Debra, at seventeen, has never had a date with a boy. “I have no desire to date,” she says. “I’m afraid if I started dating one boy after another I might get confused. I wouldn’t know the right one when he came along. Besides, I’m just interested in my career.” Debra, her mother, father, fifteen-yearold sister and year-and-a-half-old sister live together. But her married sister and her husband and her married brother and his wife spend most of their time at the house. “We all go to the movies together. We all have fun,” Debra says. Required to make an appearance at a premiere or some other public function, Debra takes her mother along. Was this restricted pattern the family’s idea? Debra says no. Her mother, Margaret Gibson, was in show business — a singer and comedienne. She doesn’t work now because Debra wants her with her at the studio. Scott Brady lives in an apartment with his mother and father and two brothers — one of whom is Lawrence Tierney. “The boys are a handful,” says Mrs. Tierney, “always dashing around, eating at off hours.” Debbie Reynolds lives in a bungalow over at Burbank, not far from the Warner Studios. It’s her father’s house and in the family are her father, mother, brother and grandfather. Debbie’s father is a railroad man and it’s Debbie’s job to fix his lunchbox. She also has to keep her room ^^oh! La! La! Such a gay way FINE LINGERIE PIERRETTE — Perky puff-sleeved midriff blue top with white ruffled shorts, green with yellow or all red. Sizes 12-16. About $2.95. to sleep or lounge in summer! Luxite's petite p. j . 's in tissueweight rayon tricot are just as cool as an ice cream cone. Again Awarded the Fashion Academy Go Id Medol. SHORT STOP — Sheer nylon mesh with frosty touches of cool Val lace. Blue, coral, yellow. Sizes 12-18. About $3.95. Prices slightly higher in Canada. At stores everywhere. ® HOLEPROOF HOSIERY CO., MILWAUKEE 1, WISCONSIN • IN CANADA: LONDON, ONTARIO World-Famous Men's Socks • Luxite Lingerie * Women's Proportioned Hosiery