Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1947)

INSIDE STUFF A cup of tea between friends: Ronald Reagan and Eleanor Parker, lovely appearing with him in film version of “Voice of the Turtle,” New York stage hit ( Continued from page 26) husband Jon Hall stopped for a chat. Later Frances and Ginny gave out with a duet while Cary Grant and Skitch Henderson played. After the party, the Huttons and Cal dined at the Chanteclair where practically every booth was crowded with stars listening to the wonderful music. A combination Romanoff’s and Mocambo, Bob called it. Still later, we all trekked over to Slapsy Maxie’s to hear Joe Lewis sing but Cal was so diverted by dancer Johnny Coy’s convulsive laughter over everything Lewis did, we forgot to listen to the singer. Johnny had his cute wife Babs out for their first evening’s fun since their baby’s birth. He tells us they’ll take the baby back to Montreal to be christened by the same minister who christened John. Here and There: Frank Sinatra ignored magazine writers at a press conference, held a little late after all those bombastic insults Frank has been hurling in the direction of the press. Or maybe Frankie now needs the press on his side since his arrest for socking columnist Lee Mortimer . . . Difficult to believe Mona Freeman, that precocious teen-ager in “Dear Ruth,” is the wife of Pat Nearney and will become a mother in the fall . . . John Lund and his cute wife Marie trekked to La Quinta in Palm Springs for a rest and the first person John ran into was Olivia de Havilland who played his mother in “To Each His Own.” The Lunds, Olivia and husband Marcus Goodrich were a constant tennis foursome . . . Alan Ladd is making his first Technicolor film, “Whispering Smith,” after ten years of acting and doesn’t even need make-up due to the deep tan acquired on his Valley ranch . . . Creating a stir at “The Egg and I” were Turhan Bey and Ava Gardner looking soooo interested in each other. Ohio to Castile: It’s a long jump from a small farm in Ohio to Tyrone Power’s leading lady in “Captain from Castile,” but Jean Peters made it. And with the picture over, months of location in Mexico behind her, and multi-millionaire Howard Hughes for a beau, Jean still looks the farm-maid type. The publicity boys at Twentieth came running into Jim Reid’s office where we were to meet Jean, with glamour poses of Miss Peters to offset, we suppose, her appearance off-screen which borders on the dowdy. Like a deliberate challenge to Hollywood, Miss Peters wears no make-up, not even a vestige of lipstick or powder. Her brown hair, uncombed and uncurled, clung to one side of her head, but her small brown eyes reveal the intelligence within. Plainly, the studio lads were embarrassed and seemed ill at ease, but Cal quite frankly enjoyed the experience and sensed instantly the fact that here was a gal gone overboard in her rebellion against any Hollywood demands. After her freshman years at the University of Michigan, Jean went back to her native Ohio. She won the campus popularity contest at Ohio State, which won her a movie test and a contract at Twentieth. “Captain from Castile” was her first movie assignment. Outside Canton, Ohio, where Jean was born, she led a wonderful life as a child with orchards to play in, church festivals to attend, and a seven-acre farm to roam over. She still knits and tats but can’t dance — at least not the ballroom kind. She’d better be as good on the screen as one hears if she is to maintain that rugged individualism. For heavens sake, Cal keeps wondering, what must Tyrone and Howard Hughes think of it all, or is she merely trying to emulate Howard’s appearance? As for us, we like it and Jean. ’Pears like she really has something. Viva Mexico: A brand new friendship has developed between Evelyn Keyes and Lauren Bacall through the interests of their husbands, both in Mexico making “Treasure of the Sierra Madre.” Evelyn and Lauren planned to fly together to Mexico to visit Humphrey Bogart and John Huston. The girls shopped for all kinds of vacation clothes and when Evelyn had to return sooner than the others for “The Mating of Millie McGonigle,” she brought back dozens of Mexican sandals. The two couples had a wonderful time on location and expect to take up where they left off when they all get back to Hollywood. You keep adorable with Jergens Dryad, a new kind of cream deodorant. Already approved by leading skin specialists, new Dryad actually prevents underarm odor safely, helps check perspiration more daintily. A secret ingredient keeps it facecream-smooth to the bottom of the largest jar. Dryad is harmless to clothing— has a more luxurious fragrance. Preferred by fastidious women everywhere. 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