Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1957)

ore#* the Editor 9s shoulder ... The life of a movie critic, a request from Monaco, and wliat’s coming up next month Brush Vbur Teeth with Colgate's... Brush Bad Breath Away! And Colgate's with GARDOL Fights Decay All Day, Too! Colgate Dental Cream with Gardol stops mouth odor all day for most people . . . with just one brushing! Gives you that fresh -clean feeling that comes from brushing your teeth with Colgate Dental Cream. And unlike other leading toothpastes,* Colgate Dental Cream contains Gardol to form an invisible, protective shield around your teeth that fights tooth decay all day . . . with just one brushing ! Colgate's with GARDOL CLEANS YOUR BREATH WHILE IT CLEANS YOUR TEETH Ho tv to Be a Movie Reviewer What does it take to be a movie reviewer? We asked our own Janet Graves to tackle that question and her answer was, “You’ve got to like movies.” Janet has been “liking” movies ever since she was able to toddle down the aisles of her neighborhood theater. And she had very definite opinions of what she did and didn’t like even then. Like probably many of you did, as a child she filled scrapbooks with pictures of Janet and Rock trade notes. popular stars. (“I guess my favorites were Ronald Colman and Humphrey Bogart.”) When she grew older she wrote letters to Photoplay and argued with the movie reviewer when she thought her favorites weren’t given respectful treatment. Later, Janet, who grew up in Philadelphia, took to writing letters to the Morning Ledger blasting or praising the reviews of the motion picture critic, Eric Knight. Mr. Knight was so fascinated by Janet’s correspondence that he arranged an appointment to meet her. They became fast friends and his wife helped Janet get a job in David 0. Selznick’s story department. Janet, who has been reviewing movies for Photoplay for five years, sees over two hundred and fifty a year. Even though Janet sometimes looks back on the screen heroes of her childhood she admits “there are more good actors today.” Janet’s enthusiasm for movies is still undiminished and at the end of the day she likes nothing better than to curl up in front of her TV screen and to look at — you guessed it — old movies. Grace ISote Each morning we are greeted with a stack of letters on our desk from readers, and it is one of the pleasures of each day to take a few minutes off and read what you have to say about Photoplay. The other morning was particularly exciting. Nearly buried in the avalanche of mail was a thin pale blue envelope with a foreign stamp. In one corner was engraved — The Palace. Monaco. Yes, it was from Princess Grace. She requested that we send her the two back issues in which she had been featured on the cover. We promptly air-mailed three copies of each, delighted to know that Her Serene Highness hadn’t forgotten the days when she was just plain Grace Kelly, movie star. We speculated what Grace would do with the covers. Hang them over Princess Caroline’s bed to let her know how beautiful and famous her mother had been? Or will they turn up on a new stamp for Monaco? We don’t think that UOffice des Emission de Timbres, which has the say in this, could make a prettier choice. H ollywood’s I ndestructibles You have been pressing us for stories on stars like Cary Grant. Joan Crawford. Barbara Stanwyck; all the favorites that never seem to grow old. Starting next month in two installments we will explore the fabulous lives of twenty-two of Hollywood’s most durable stars— “Hollywood’s Indestructibles.” The author is Dick Sheppard who is both an author and actor and young enough to be the son of any one of them. Asked why he had chosen to write about this group instead of actors his own age, Dick’s reply was, “They are my favorites because they are the best models for any young actor or actress who not only wants to get to the top, but stay there.” 8