Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1952)

p Doctor does good Deed Good news for women in the field of monthly sanitary protection Physician invents Tampax for internal use Speaking practically, not many recent inventions have benefited women more than Tampax. Perfected by a doctor for monthly use, Tampax is based on the recognized medical principle of internal absorption. Made of pure absorbent cotton compressed in disposable applicators, Tampax is readily and comfortably inserted. In fact, the wearer cannot feel its presence! Tampax needs no belts, pins or bulky external pads. With Tampax there is no odor or chafing. Nor bulges or ridges under close-fitting dresses. You can wear Tampax while swimming and during tub or shower bath! It is really a wonderful invention! The small size of Tampax allows you to carry a month’s supply in your purse; also disposal is made particularly easy. So you see Tampax is designed in many ways to take the load off your mind on "those days”. ... At drug and notion counters in 3 absorbencies: Regular, Super, Junior. Tampax Incorporated, Palmer, Mass. Accepted for Advertising by the Journal of the American Medical Association Producer Alfred Hitchcock and wife lunch in Pump Room of Chicago’s Ambassador East Hotel with Jimmie Hart, president of Hotel Sherman. Jimmie recently turned actor when he appeared in ""Aaron Slick of Punkin Crick,” turn-of-the-century story about his hotel INSIDE STUFF ( Continued from page 23) actually hindered. Cal was present at several parties where he learned two guilty stars (male and female) lost the votes of everyone in the room just because they were “pushing” too hard. Bill Holden best sums up the situation: “Five personal press agents approached me when I was nominated for ‘Sunset Boulevard.’ I told them if I couldn’t win an Oscar because people thought I deserved it— then I hoped I’d never win it.” Cal could be wrong but we believe Vivien Leigh and Arthur Kennedy will walk off with the 1951 statues. Neither star paid out a penny for personal tub-thumping. All About Bette: There’s a “new” Bette Davis and all it took was a short haircut. It not only transformed her into a woman who looks ten years younger, but ten times more attractive. She treated the town to its first look at the premiere of “Decision Before Dawn.” Typical of that wonderful Davis humor, here’s how she made up her mind. “I’m not a vain person,” says Bette, “but I have always had good hair. So even though it isn’t worn long these days, I still kept mine. Then Gary and I happened to see Lili St. Cyr at Ciro’s. While everyone else admired her strip-teasing, I kept looking at her smart short bob. The next day I told Perc Westmore to cut quick— before I changed my mind!” Here and There: Since the crowd roared its applause at the sneak preview of “With a Song in My Heart,” director Walter Lang is the white-haired boy on the Twentieth Century-Fox lot . . . Checking off the last item on her “things I want” list, Janie Powell is now the proud possessor of her first diamond wrist watch . . . Handsome Jeff Chandler has such amazing versatility that once when Burt Lancaster was fifteen minutes late for a broadcast, Jeff impersonated his voice and no one knew the difference . . . Red Skelton, who now makes a million dollars a year, can’t even keep one tenth of it because of his tax bracket . . . Rival actresses on her home lot, who believe her best performances aren’t given on the screen, refer to her as— Betsy von Fooeystenberg! Sharp Citizen: Fred Allen said it: “When I went out to Hollywood to appear in ‘We’re Not Married,’ my salt-free diet was so tough, I didn’t dare go back to New York via Salt Lake City.” Can’t help having fun when comedian Danny Thomas is around! He, Monica Lewis and Kirk Douglas are at Kirk’s party for retiring UP correspondent, Virginia MacPherson 24