Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1946)

p There’s an hour in Manhattan which is tingly with anticipation like the moment at Belmont before . the horse-players shout, “They’re OFF!”|It’s that magic sixty minu t e s when the ladies and gents are putting on their trappings, scraping off their whiskers, girdling up their loins for that “Big Evening on the town.” "Mr. Peabody? It says To make HIM say "Ah-h-h, it feels so nice!" Man of Manhattan's A-ftershave Lotion That’s when this in the paper to stay frowsy old Bagdad out of crowds to avoid of a city starts to co/of, so I'm not coming t h r u m 1 i k e F r i t z to work this month. T7 . , . , Jvreisler on the tremolo passages of “Hora Staccato”. White-coated bartenders slice lemon peel with surgeon’s hands. Messenger boys ring Milady’s hell and slip her a twelve dollar orchid in a transparent box. Taxi drivers drain the last mug of jamoke and settle down in their hacks for an evening of fender scraping. The Miss of Manhattan, of course, spends the hour face to face with her face, sticking together a thing of beauty out of “skatey-eight” jars, pots and tubes. And the Man of Manhattan, if he’s a real toff, is doing right by himself too. A dash of Man of Manhattan’s Aftershave Lotion to make the face sing — a soupcon of Man of Manhattan’s Cologne to make him extra fascinatin’ in those“cIosein moments”. It’s just such little touches which rate a fellow a promising twinkle in that all-important second when he says, “Good evening. Duchess. Shall we be up and away?” If he’s a really civilized chap, you’ll spot those Man of Manhattan toiletries on his bathroom shelves— and the fellow with know-how always slips the Man of Manhattan Stratoliner Travel Kit into his luggage when he flits around the nation. Yours To make HER say "Oo-o -hi How nice!" Man of Manhattan's Men's Cologne A DAILY HABIT OF SUCCESSFUL MEN Three little girls on the blue: Dinah Shore, June Haver and Gloria De Haven on Armed Forces Radio Xmas Show INSIDE STUFF escaping the New Zealand savage natives. Later we sat in a projection room, the two of us, and watched a scene with Lana wearing the same frock plus a soiled and sooted face. Every mark on that beautiful pan was analyzed as to authenticity and realism. Then eyelash tests were run. Yes, even the length, sweep and curl of a lash is photographed and tested on the screen. After lunch in the dressing room (Lana ate while the hairdresser worked) we adjourned to stage nine where more tests — this time an oldfashioned nightgown test — were photographed in order to be run the following day. And after considering the hours spent just in make-up and wardrobe testing before a camera is even turned on the actual shooting, one begins to feel the ache of fatigue of our stars who diet, work, stand for fittings for endless hours on end. It’s a life, we decided on the way home, they can have. We’re happier just writing about it. Miraculous News: You’ll be happy to know that Dickie Moore, former child star, has learned to walk again. Dickie contracted an uncommon virus disease of the nervous system which paralyzed both legs. Things really looked dark for the twenty-year-old ex-sergeant who spent twentyone months as a forward area Stars and Stripes correspondent in Saipan. Then he entered the Veteran Administration West Los Angeles Medical and Surgical Hospital in July and the treatments were started. In two months he was walking without help of any kind. V. A. doctors credit the miraculous recovery to a combination of modern therapy treatments and Dickie’s fine constitution. You’ll remember him for his starring roles in “Oliver ( Continued on page 22) It’s a gag! cried Bob Hope, pairing off to a good start with Marlene Dietrich on the same air show 20