Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1953)

This Gorgeous Book is Really . . HOLLYWOOD IN REVIEW Again the editors of Photoplay Magazine bring you Photoplay Annual. This year Photoplay Annual 1953 is more exciting than ever! It is a treasure-mine of information about the stars ... a real Who’s Who in Hollywood. Here is just a brief description of this truly lovely book: HOUYWOOD STAR DIRECTORY-Vitai statistics and pertinent information on more than 500 stars — their roles and lives in 1952. The addresses of the leading studios. Now you will know where to write your favorite stars. BEST LIKED MOVIES OF 1952 -Captivating scenes from the greatest movies of 1952 — here are movie memories you will want to keep! COLOR PORTRAITS OF THE STARS-Cor geous 4-color photographs of Debbie Reynolds, Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Esther Williams, Tony Curtis, Susan Hayward, Dale Robertson and Robert Wagner. EVENTS OF THE YEAR — The parents of 1952 pictured with their youngsters — memorable weddings of the year — divorces of the year that made headlines — the final curtain, death robbed us of some of the nation’s entertainment greats. NEW STARS — 30 new stars that made their mark in ’52. Pictures, as well as a thumbnail description, of these newcomers. See and read about them here, and then follow their exciting careers. PORTRAIT GALLERY — Thrilling full-page pictures of Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, Mario Lanza, Jane Wyman, Gene Nelson, Virginia Mayo, Ann Blyth and Cornel Wilde. You get all this and much, much more in Photoplay Annual 1953. This valuable collectors’ item sells out every year. Get your copy — at once. only ^Qc at newsstands or use this coupon 1953 PHOTOPLAY ANNUAL • COLOR PORTRAITS • OUTSTANDING EVENTS OF 1952 • LIFE STORIES • HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD PARTIES • MOST EXCITING LOVE SCENES p SPECIAL NOTE A Limited Supply of the 1952 Edition Still Available If you were unable to obtain a copy of the thrilling 1952 edition of Photoplay Annual —here’s good news for you. A limited supply of this edition is still available at only 50c a copy, postpaid. Why not order both the 1953 edition and the 1952 edition right novw PHOTOPLAY WG353 205 E. 42nd Street. New York 17, N. Y. Send me postage postpaid, the Photoplay Annuals I have checked below, I enclose $. Q Photoplay Annual 1953 Q Photoplay Annual 1952 Name . . . Address . City . . . Please Print . State . the apartment. It was small, just a livi' room, bath and kitchen, and we shai it with Muggsy, our collie dog, but think those were the happiest days of c marriage. It took the place of the hone moon I hadn’t been able to afford. On Saturdays I was free after inspect) and we used to go after abalone and Ic sters. By this time she could cook qu well and took great pride in turning ( good meals. She knew lemon pie was i favorite and would work over one : two hours to make sure it would be goi I remember she used to have mixed p( and carrots a lot — not because she lik them particularly but because “the cob looked so pretty.” We used to sing a together. We both had average voices, i too good and not too painful, and I playj a guitar. Our living room window ove looked the bay, and on moonlit nights ' would sit at the window and watch t soft light on the water and sing to ea other. We loved every minute of it. If Marilyn was meticulous about he, self (she used to take what seemed li; an hour to wash her face at night. And t like to mention that despite her public;: she does wear underwear, and is ve: fussy about it), she was even more i about Muggsy. She kept him clean as; whistle, and combed and brushed like show dog. When she put on a white bloi; and shorts and took him for a walk,: was like watching a dream walking. : I think it was during our year on Cat lina Island that I first realized what tremendously attractive girl Marilyn wi There was a shortage of women on f island, and wherever we went I’d spot otfi guys giving Marilyn the eye. When ' went to the beach and she wore skim bathing suits I’d give her a lecture. A she’d look at me wide-eyed. “But w shouldn’t I wear this suit?” “Honey, you don’t know what these gc are thinking!” She was so naive that she’d get ang with me for saying such things. But the naivete began to wear off wh we were on the island. At first her clotl were conservative, but after a while s began wearing sweaters more often. S knew she had a beautiful body and km men liked it, and didn’t mind showing little bit of it. She was quite aware of 1 pretty face, too, and even in school h worn pretty heavy makeup. The other k: had criticized her for it and she’d simj say, “Why not? It’s my face.” I do think her awareness made her conceit it was just that her face and figure w< the only advantages she had over otl people, and she made the most of them One night there was a street dance Catalina with Stan Kenton’s band. It v! the chance of a lifetime for the guys service, and if I remember rightly, I oi had one dance with my wife all eveni long. I stood on the sidelines and watchl over her like a mother hen. And I he£ the other men talking about her. I decid; I’d better take her home. It was midnig! then, but she was having the time of 1 life and didn’t want to leave. “I think we’d better go.” I said aga “Right now.” “You know what?” she said. “I think go home with you and then when you help YOUR heart 80 1