Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1954)

T . be as fly-away as my temper. Now I’m managing to keep it under control — at least , most of the time. And I love the smooth clothes that seem to fit into the new picture. Now don’t get me wrong. I’m still no timid flower. And I don’t intend to be. I’m certainly not one for standing in a u comer and coming out just long enough I to be walked all over. There are a lot of things a girl has to be prepared to stand up for. Her ideals, for instance. And it isn’t always easy. Not so long ago, I told someone off at a , cocktail party. I don’t drink or smoke I and there was one guest who kept insisting that I start immediately. “No thank I you,” said I. . “Aw, try it,” he insisted. 1 “I really don’t care for it,” I told him. “Come on. Deb. You’ll love it.” Finally, I ended our verbal go-round. ; “Now look,” I said. “I hope you won’t get > angry, but I’d honestly rather not have V any. If you want me to argue about it. I’ll '■ argue. Then I’ll go home.” fi Well, that was that. Because I stood my '( groimd at first, the matter is rarely a probn lem anymore. When I go to a party, the ■a host or hostess hands me a Coke or ginger ale and life is a lot more beautiful. ’ I still get ribbed about my Girl Scout i activities. Kidding I can take, but ridicule ) is out . . . especially when it concerns ( something as fine as Scouting. A boy I I barely know called one evening to ask ;what I was doing and I told him I was li going to a Scout meeting. He got hysterical i laughing. “I don’t mean to be rude, so I’ll I tell you I’m going to hang up,” I told him. And I did. He called back and apologized and my (i opinion of him rose considerably. I believe \ he has more respect for me, too. J There’s nerve and then there’s nerve. } Every so often there comes a time when I have to stop and gather mine in a grown : up manner. That’s when a fellow I’ve been W dating begins to feel that he’s in love with me. I feel that he isn’t . . . not really. And J I know that I don’t care for him in that [I way. Perhaps I like him very much, but 1 that still doesn’t mean I care enough to |i want to marry him. Yet, I don’t want to i lose his friendship. I Don’t get me wrong. This doesn’t happen 5 every day in the week. But it’s a problem ; that comes to all girls at one time or an( 1 other. Many boys want friendship on a j more romantic basis. Especially if they’re I old enough to want to settle down. I’m far from ready. I’ll be ready only when I I find the man I love and want to be with for the rest of my life. I think my newI found maturity is helping me in handling the situation. When you’ve gone with a boy for five or six months, you know pretty well whether you feel something for him or whether it’s a friendship thing. And I just can’t believe in letting a boy think I care a great deal more than I do. It’s not fair to either of us. What then? I have been cowardly and tried to create an argument as an excuse for breaking up. When you launch into explanations fellows get very upset. “Debbi'e, you have a closed mind,” one boy told me. “If I didn’t know what I was feeling. I’d certainly never try to explain it to you,” I told him. It’s a chance I have to take on losing a friendship I value. So far, it’s paid off. “Maybe you’re right. Deb,” this boy said a few days later. “Let’s wait and see.” I guess nerve is a pretty good thing to ' have, after all. I’ve got mine. And I’m going to keep it. But I’m going to keep I it under control. That’s part of my new } look — my growing up — so I can be proud , to say “look at me, now!” The End SUSAN HAYWARD DORIS DAY exciting new Off-Guard Candids of Your Favorite Movie Stars ^All the selective skill of our ace cameramen went into the making of these startling, 4x5, quality glossy prints. pictures! lEFF HUNTER New poses and names are constantly added. Keep your collection up to dote by ordering from the convenient list below. ROBERT WAGNER Circle the numbers of your choices and mail with coupon today. Send cash or money order. 12 pictures for $1; 6 for 50c. 1. Lana Turner 2. Betty Grable 5. Alan Ladd 7. Gregory Peck 8. Rita Hayworth 9. Esther Williams 11. Elizabeth Taylor 14. Cornel Wilde 15. Frank Sinatra 18. Rory Calhoun 19. Peter Lawford 21. Bob Mitchum 22. Burt Lancaster 23. Bing Crosby 24. Shirley Temple 25. Dale Evans 26. June Haver 27. June Allyson 29. Ronald Reagan 30. Dana Andrews 31. Glenn Ford 33. Gene Autry 34. Roy Rogers 35. Sunset Carson 36. Monte Hale 46. Kathryn Grayson 48. Gene Kelly 50. Diana Lynn 51. Doris Day 52. Montgomery Clift 53. Richard Widmark 54. Mona Freeman 55. Wanda Hendrix 56. Perry Como 57. Bill Holden 60. Bill Williams 63. Barbara Lawrence 65. Jane Powell 66. Gordon MacRae 67. Ann Blyth 68. Jeanne Crain 69. Jane Russell 74. John Wayne 75. Yvonne de Carlo 78. Audie Murphy 79. Dan Dailey 84. Janet Leigh 86. Farley Granger 88. Tony Martin 91. John Derek 92. Guy Madison 93. Ricardo Montalban 94. Mario Lanza 95. Joan Evans 103. Scott Brady 104. Bill Lawrence 105. Vic Damone 106. Shelley Winters 107. Richard Todd 108. Vera-Ellen 109. Dean Martin 110. Jerry Lewis 111. Howard Keel 112. Susan Hayward 115. Betty Hutton 116. Coleen Gray 120. Arlene Dahl 121. Tony Curtis 123. Tim Holt 127. Piper Laurie 128. Debbie Reynolds 129. Penny Edwards 131. Jerome Courtland 134. Gene Nelson 135. Jeff Chandler 136. Rock Hudson 137. Stewart Granger 138. John Barrymore, Jr. 139. Debra Paget 140. Dale Robertson 141. Marilyn Monroe 142. Leslie Caron 143. Pier Angeli 144. Mitzi Gaynor 145. Marlon Brando 146. Aldo Ray 147. Tab Hunter 148. Robert Wagner 149. Rusty Tamblyn 150. Jeff Hunter 151. Marisa Pavon 152. Marge and Gower Champion 153. Fernando Lamas 154. Arthur Franz 155. Johnny Stewart 156. Oskar Werner 157. Keith Andes 158. Michael Moore 159. Gene Barry 160. John Forsyth 161. Lori Nelson 162. Ursula Thiess 163. Elaine Stewart 164. Hildegarde Neff 165. Dawn Addams 166. Zsa Zsa Gabor 167. Barbara Ruick 168. Joan Taylor 169. Helene Stanley 170. Beverly Michaels 171. Joan Rice 172. Robert Horton 173. Dean Miller 174 Rita Gam 175. Charlton Heston 176. Steve Cochran WORLD WIDE, Dept. WG-354 63 Central Avenue, Ossining, N. Y. I enclose $ for candid pictures of my favorite stars and have circled the numbers of the ones you are to send me by return mail. Name Street City (Pleose Print) Zone State p L 99