Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1947)

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ .&0L jt iififN-i mMm Published in this space every month The greatest star of the screen ! ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘•LIVING IN A BIG WAY” is not a bad idea. ★ ★ ★ ★ It involves embracing life. Recommended for those who like embracing. ★ ★ ★ ★ M-G-M’s new musical, “Living in a Big Way “will make you merrier. It may make you live in an even bigger way. ★ ★ ★ Gene Kelly and Marie McDonald are the “Boy-meetsGirl” of this hearty, happy picture. ★ ★ ★ ★ Gene is the shiniest dancer — the best “timer” of scenes— and, to our and the public’s mind, one of the very top stars in pictures. He has never been better, not even in “Anchors Aweigh”. How the boy can dance! ★ ★ ★ ★ What originality characterizes his dance plots! The scene in. which he does a terpsichorean routine on the girders of an unfinished dream-house is worth your week’s movie allowance. ★ ★ ★ He teeters on a block and tackle, totters on ladders. Surefooted, sure-fire Gene! ★ ★ ★ Marie McDonald has been bruited about a bit in the columns. She is known as “The Body ” . Her curves are classic and where she walks one hears a whistle. ★ ★ ★ In addition to Gene and Marie, you will see Charles Winninger, Phyllis Thaxter, Spring Byington, and others. ★ ★ ★ ★ Gregory La Cava, the director, is also the author, collaborating with Irving Ravetch. Pandro S. Berman, one of our better producers, is the producer. ★ ★ ★ ★ When William James, the philosopher, was asked, “Is life worth living?” he said, “It all depends on the liver”. ★ ★ ★ ★ And if the liver is “living in a big way”, then life has its worth. So roareth the Lion among philosophers — — Jlea FAVORITE OF AMERICA'S "FIRST MILLION" MOVIE-GOERS FOR 36 YEARS PHOTOPLAY Contents for JMily, 1947 STORY HIGHLIGHTS Our Baby Is Here (Jeanne Crain) Ruth Waterbury Hollywood Vs the Fan Club Cameron Shipp Too Well Remembered (George Sanders) Harriet Eaton It’s Like This, Louella . . . (Rita Hayworth) . Louella O. Parsons The Affairs of Peek Dee Loivrance The G. E. T. Girl (Gene Tierney) Elsa Maxwell Hollywood Tour (With Larry and Betty Parks) The Lie (Guy Madison) Dorothy Deere I Like It Here Joan Caulfield My Romance with Evelyn Keyes Sidney Skolsky Two Men in Manhattan (Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford) Eleanor Harris Three Wishes Had Esther Sheilah Graham Photoplay’s Photolife of Lizabeth Scott Lynn Perkins Kelly Capers Wonderful Life with Donna (Reed) Herb Howe Summer Performance (Virginia Mayo) Anita Colby Added Attractions Edith Gwynn What Should I Do? Your problems answered by Claudette Colbert 31 32 34 36 40 42 44 46 48 50 54 56 58 62 64 66 68 74 FEATURES IN COLOR Rita Hayworth 38 Larry and Betty Parks . . . 44 Gregory Peck . 40 Guy Madison 47 Gene Tierney . . 42 Joan Caulfield 49 Evelyn Keyes . . 51 SPECIAL EVENTS ■ Beauty Spots 19 Ladies in Luck 16 Brief Reviews 13 Long Shot 18 Casts of Current Pictures . . . 122 Photoplay Fashions 99 Inside Stuff — Cal York . . . . 20 Platter Patter 92 The Shadow Stage 4 Cover: Esther Williams, star of “This Time for Keeps” Miss Williams’s sun suit designed by Marusia of Beverly Hills Natural Color Portrait by Paul Hesse Fred R. Sammis, Editorial Director Helen Gilmore, Editor Adele Whitely Fletcher, Associate Editor E. Davenport, Executive Art Director Ruby Boyd, Associate Editor Deli Leider, Associate Art Director Camille Destillieres, Assistant Editor Mary Jane Fulton, New York Beauty Editor Joyce Moss, Hollywood Editor McCullah St. Johns, Associate Editor Sara Hamilton, Associate Editor Ruth Waterbury, Contributing Editor Anita Colby, Hollywood Beauty Editor Hyrnie Fink, Photographer Sterling Smith, Photographer Beverly Galindo, Asst. Photographer JULY, 1947 VOL. 31. NO. 2 PHOTOPLAY, published monthly by MACFADDEN PUBLICATIONS, Inc., New York. N. Y. General Business. Editorial and Advertising: offices: 205 East 42nd Street, New Yrork 17, N. Y. Hollywood-Beverly Hills Office: 321 S. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California. O. J. Elder, President: Harold Wise, Senior Vice President: S. O. Shapiro. Vice President; Herbert Drake, Vice President; Meyer Dworkin, Secretary and Treasurer; Edward F. Lethen, Advertising Manager. Chicago office: 221 North La Salle St., Leslie R. Gage. Mgr. 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