Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1947)

f 3 WAYS BETTER than ordinary alcohol . . . J . Leaves the skin feeling smoother, softer! 2. Helps protect against " Alcohol Dry Skin"! 3. Makes massaging easier—feel the difference! try new mifflin as an after-bath rubdown for the youngsters — for yourself. Splash it on freely! Ah-h . . . how invigorating ! Please — don’t confuse New Mifflin Rub with ordinary rubbing alcohol. Dermium . . . Mifflin’s new “miracle ingredient” . . . makes a difference you feel instantly! Dermium aids in preventing absorption of natural skin oils. For the most exhilarating rubdown you’ve ever enjoyed, try New Mifflin with Dermium. Use it, too, to cleanse nicks and cuts, and as a mild sickroom antiseptic. Plain, and scented with Pine, Wintergreen, Lilac or Lavender. Don't just ask for" Alcohol". . . insist on genuine New MIFFLIN ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL ★ The National RubdownS INSIDE STUFF % Maria Montez and Jim Mitchell of True Story, at Ciro’s, where Jean Sablon charmed with his songs in the French-American fashion Beverly Hills Beachhead: This month the New York division of Photoplay hit our Hollywood shores. Spearheaded by Meyer Dworkin, the man who as treasurer makes Macfadden Publications jingle, and staunchly supported by New York editor Helen Gilmore and Western editor Joyce Moss, the party launched into a gay round at Mocambo, hosted by Perry Lieber, head of RKO publicity (they call him “the genial genius”) with Jane Greer, RKO’s brunette hope . . . Jerry Asher, Photoplay writer, threw a starsat-home party just to prove Hollywood enjoys sitting around on the floor as well as you do. There were Anne and John Hodiak, the Zach Scotts, the Mark Stevenses, John Dali and Helena Carter, Cesar Romero in the flowing beard he wears as Cortez in “Captain from Castile” and Glenn Ford in sideburns as “The Man from Colorado.” On him they were even becoming. Meyer’s trip was a success when he spent two hours and a half with his favorite actor, Thomas Mitchell. Speaking of Mitchell, Jim (The Smile) Mitchell, True Story advertising director, and his charming wife Florence, hit town the following week. In their honor Maria Montez and Jean Pierre Aumont gave a delightful dinner in their home, sparked by Peggy Cummins, the Seymour Nebenzals, Jean Sablon (the French Sinatra) and the lovely Lucita, Maria’s young sister with her groom of five days, Jean Vois, young French journalist. Afterwards the party moved to Ciro’s where Sablon wrapped up all hearers in his Paree version of “The Girl I Will Marree.” Wait till you hear it! Then there was the hospitable shindig at Ruth Waterbury’s where Joe and Catherine Dooher added a note of brightness to the True Story contingent. Joan Crawford was there with her electric greeting, the Alan Ladds, Dan Duryea, the John Lunds, the Macdonald Careys, Joan Caulfield looking mighty lovely, and Bill Eythe, about to shove off east for his marriage to Buff Cobb. Helen Gilmore told Sue and Alan the four-leaf clovers she found at their ranch had already gone to work. “Ladd’s luck” she’s going to call everything that happens from here in. Come again, kids! Guy and Gail: We could hear suppressed laughter outside our door. It opened and Cal found himself engulfed by Guy and Gail in holiday mood. There’s downright freshness about the youthful pair that radiates all the healthy qualities of two ( Continued on page 24) Helen Gilmore, Photoplay Editor, and Meyer Dworkin, distinguished members of the New York sweep on Hollywood, visit Ray Milland on set of “The Big Clock” 22