Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1949)

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Women, except for her mother, scared her to death until she met Lee Levine. Lee was a salesgirl at Magnin’s, whom Doris met, when, with her first pay check, she went to amplify the wardrobe of evening gowns (for work) and blue jeans, which was all she had in her closet. They liked one another, and Doris kept going back just to talk to her pal. But the time came when she didn’t need any more clothes. “Why don’t you come and live at my house,” Doris said, on one of those impulses. So Lee did, and has remained as a member of the family. Lee is wonderful, Doris says. No longer does Doris come upon six-months-old unopened letters from her attorney, no more do the light bills go unpaid, simply because Doris hates opening mail. Lee doesn’t mind opening letters at all. Even answering them. She even likes to pack. Lee likes doing all the things Doris hates, and vice versa. No point now to Doris’s falling in love. She’s not lonely any more. She’s busy, and happy, almost. Pinned down, Doris will look at you, think for a minute, and come out with it. “Sure I need a man. ... I ... I don’t know . . I think it’s that I get so tired of making decisions. I don’t want to turn into a dominating woman. I hate dominating women. “Don’t get me wrong. I don’t want a husband who will also be a boss. That went out with high, button shoes. “But just somebody to whom I could say, now and then, ‘whataya think, honey?’ . . . you know. . . .” Sure, Doris wants to fall in love again. Get married. Have more children. When? “Well,” she says, “in about six months.” Anything, a lot of things can happen, in such an eternity as six months. In the meantime, she’ll go along, accepting things, ioving life and the people around her, working and singing. Not a morning, these days, that Doris can’t jump out of her bed with a light heart and a happy song just busting out of ^er‘ The End Since Doris Day got her new Revere camera, everybody gets “shot”! Her son Terry and his dog are the victims here Speaking of husbands, let’s consider the matrimonial venture of the telephone pole climber who first glimpsed his wife-to-be as she leaned, lorelei-like, out of a skyscraper. If this doesn’t prove that boy can meet girl under the most incredible circumstances I’ll eat Emily Post . . . and that’s just one story from the fabulous archives of radio’s wedding whiz — “Bride and Groom.” This is one of the most delightful boysterous and girlsterous shows I have heard. For sheer talent and ingenuity emcee Johnny Nelson gets my vote for his aptitude at deflustering brides-to-be. And the impromptu tales he evokes from the engaged couples on how they met, provide an endless variation on the boy meets girl theme. You’re likely to hear anything from love among the Lily Cups to tales of unbelievable enterprise. But spontaneity (which I have almost come to regard as a lost art in radio) is really the keynote of this matrimonial matinee. From the moment the engaged couple wafts before the mike, there’s a happy, unrehearsed quality about “Bride and Groom” that makes you feel as though you were part of the wedding party (staged by Sterling Drug Inc.). Johnny Nelson has a merry theory that a wedding a day keeps the blues away. “Bride and Groom” not only banishes blues but rings in a half hour of utterly unique entertainment. ★ ★ ★ If the quickest way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, the shortest way to “the quickest way” is to hear “The Betty Crocker Magazine of the Air.” For this quarter hour is literally the answer to any dining dilemma. Betty Crocker (I’m constantly amazed at the way in which “Betty Crocker” portrays the company personality of General Mills) has a way of inspiring you to turn a cooking chore into a charm . . . gives recipes and hints that I haven’t been able to find elsewhere. To counteract the old adage that all work and no play makes Jill a dull girl, Betty Crocker also features outstanding guest stars who add spice and sparkle to the proceedings. Wedding bells ring on Bride and Groom at 2:30 PM EDT Monday through Friday. The Betty Crocker Magazine of the Air goes to press at 10:30 AM EDT Monday through Friday. Other Tips on Daytime Dialing “Breakfast Club” 9 :00 AM edt “House Party” 3:30 PM edt “Kay Kyser’s College” 4:00 PM edt 93