Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1946)

( Continued from page 67) I never think of the girl up there as me, but someone different. That’s because I never played myself, Constance Keane. When I wore my hair over my eye, I used to yearn to reach up and push it back out of that poor girl’s face.” . . . Ray Milland, who has an Oscar for a performance, said, “When I see myself on the screen, boy, I shudder!” Maria Montez didn’t hesitate when asked how she liked herself on the screen. She said, “Mrs. Natalie Kalmus calls me her Technicolor girl because I photograph beautifully. I get so angry with myself I cry sometimes when I see myself act. I say, ‘Montez, you have lots to learn. Looking beautiful for the camera is not enough.’ So I work harder the next picture to be better. Someday, I will be a good actress, I think.” . . . Frank Sinatra’s reply was, “I’m not trying to be funny, but this will describe it. When I saw myself on the screen, I swooned.” The first thing Rita Hayworth does on getting up in the morning is to take a shower. But when she wants to relax she That's Hollywood for You takes a tub, for it is in the bathtub that she reads — and even eats ... I like B. Kaper’s description of Lucille Ball on seeing her with ribbons which she usually wears. He said, “She looks like a wrapped Christmas present.” I can’t help wondering if sometimes when Harry James is out for a stroll with Betty Grable, he turns to look at another pair of gams . . . Yvonne De Carlo may be sexy in Technicolor, but if I had my way I’d prefer spending an evening with Gene Tierney, for there is a young lady whose talents haven’t been fully exploited yet. * * * 1 WOULD like to tell you of some of the things in Hollywood that I like: The view at night from any hilltop house, a drive along Malibu Beach where the rocks slope to the ocean front and a walk about the streets of Beverly Hills, which has a charm all its own . . . And now for a few things on the dislike theme: Actresses who enter Romanoff’s or Chasen’s making an entrance, revealing how they would act on the screen if they didn’t have to take direction. I hate Eastern celebrities who can’t stand Hollywood and don’t know how you do either. They stay here for months and months just to make enough so they can return to the East and rap the town and movies while they reside in luxury. I am a little weary of the publicity about George Sanders stating how curt he is to women, for every time I have seen him he has been especially polite to women. I generally don’t like socalled handsome actors but an exception is Ty Power, who’s a nice guy with ability. I must tell you of this conversation between Cornel Wilde, who didn’t play the piano in “A Song to Remember,” and Charles Korvin, who started his movie career by portraying Arsene Lupin. Korvin said to Wilde, “As Chopin I thought you were wonderful. Tell me, do you really play the piano?” Wilde replied, “I saw you as Arsene Lupin. You know, Korvin, I thought you stole magnificently.” And that’s Hollywood for you! The End design CONCAVE DESIGN Dentists recommend Straight Line Design over all others in Nationwide Vote! There are only 3 basically different brushing surface designs found among all leading tooth brushes sold today: straight line, convex and concave. When 30,000 dentists were asked which of these designs cleaned teeth best— by overwhelming odds, by more than 2 to 1— the answers were "Straight Line Design!” Why Pepsodent’s Straight Line Design Cleans Best! Most people’s teeth are not set in curved rows. They lie in a series of relatively straight lines. Authoritative research shows that Pepsodent’s Straight Line Design fits more teeth better than convex or concave designs . . . Actually cleans up to 30% more tooth surface per stroke. Every Fepsodent Brush has the Straight Line Design most dentists recommend