Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1949)

INSIDE STUFF p 14 New improved NORFORMS make feminine hygiene easier Never before has an antiseptic and deodorant preparation for inner cleanliness been so pleasant and easy to use. The New Norforms are small, dainty suppositories that form an antiseptic and protective film. Powerful, yet non-irritating new agents destroy germ life and eliminate (not mask) objectionable odors for hours. Nothing to mix or measureno worry about too much or too little. The New Norforms are safe to use on delicate tissues. They melt at internal body temperature without greasiness or odor. The new formula and a new method of packing— individually sealed in foil — prevents spoilage — makes the New Norforms usable in any climate. Get new, improved Norforms and discover how simple feminine hygiene can be. At all drug stores. Send for booklet, " Feminine Hygiene Made Easy.” The Norwich Pharmacal Company, Norwich, New York . . . Famous for Dependable Drugs. “Photoplay Time” is Faye Emerson’s time to appear as Wendy Barrie’s guest on Monday night television show Kramer Director Tom De Hull studies the script. Bob Stack studies Wendy, Photoplay’s Mistress of Ceremonies, before show begins ( Continued from page 12) Contract for Johnny: Whoever said the public doesn’t make stars? This telegram just came to us from A. C. Lyles Jr. of Pine-Thomas Studios: “We have just seen the results of your ‘Choose Your Star’ poll and as a direct result have signed Johnny Sands for an important role in our picture ‘Outrage.’ We are certain other winners will be given equally important breaks as a result of this poll.” Elizabeth’s Heart Problems: Hollywood believes that in Elizabeth Taylor they have a real coquette. And you know something? The town loves it. Better to let their little beauty go through all the falling in and out of love, getting engaged and unengaged, than to make a mistake that will cause future unhappiness. Too often, young stars and starlets who follow their hearts instead of their heads end up with neither a marriage nor a career. And the man who demands his love give up career is asking for unhappiness. Too, there isn’t a young man alive who can read of his fiancee being here and there with this one and that one, and not resent it. And they can say what they will about Howard Hughes insisting Elizabeth call him “Uncle Howard.” He didn’t have that uncle-look last time we saw them. Now There Are Two: It was a warm Saturday afternoon, and guests of the Beverly Hills Hotel sat around the swimming pool, and lunched in the sun. A tall, lean blondish man and a tall, lean miss of about eleven caught everyone’s eye as they strolled together. When the child, evidently his daughter, climbed on the diving board, the man called out encouraging instructions. When she made a particularly good dive, he threw back his head and laughed appreciatively. They were having a wonderfully gay time together. “I know someone who would give anything to see that little girl so happy,” one guest remarked. “Who?” asked her friend. “Ingrid Bergman,” was the 1 answer. “Ingrid Bergman? But why?” “Because,” said the guest, “that’s her daughter Pia. And the man with her is Ingrid’s husband, Dr. Lindstrom.” Heart Department: Hollywood is waiting to see the outcome of the Doris Day-Matty Melcher-Patti Andrew triangle. Matty, who is a radio agent and music arranger, married the youngest Andrew sister a few years ago. Then he met Doris Day and boom, it was love. To date, Patti refuses to divorce Matty, preferring an annulment, and Doris isn’t quite as happy as she used to be . . . Friends feel that if Joan Caulfield’s family keep out of it, her romance with Frank Ross, ex-husband of Jean Arthur, will lead to the altar. But Joan is a family-minded girl, and one hears they aren’t too keen about it . . . Bill Dozier, another ex-husband (Joan Fontaine’s), is having himself a romantic whirl dating one pretty girl after another. His latest is Cleatus Hutton. Service While You Wait: “The Ma and Pa Kettle Goes to Town” set was going great guns when Cal stopped by. Marjorie Main, who plays Ma, had just returned from a New York City location. “Well, I suppose you’re all citified now,” we said to our old friend Marjorie. “Let’s have a cup of tea while we talk,” she said, leading the way to her dressingroom. But, outside the door, she halted and so did we, staring goggle-eyed at a three-burner hot plate and all the utensils that go with light housekeeping. “Got to have some place to make my coffee and cook a bite to eat,” Marjorie explained, putting on the tea kettle and beating up a few eggs for French toast. “They don’t like it, but I do it,” she said. Citified, we had said. Marjorie Main will always be herself.