Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1952)

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We’re awfully fed up looking at pictures of Gordon MacRae’s wife and children, of Alan Ladd and his wife and children, Gregory Peck’s family, etc. After all, movies still mean glamour and romance to young and old — that’s what put them where they are. Or were. Anyway, this is the opinion of an eighteenyear old, a forty-year old and fifty-year old and I’m sure many others. Won’t you give it a thought? Yours for more glamour and less domesticity. Mrs. M. Stein Decker Columbus, Ohio During the war when I lived in Edam, Holland, a friend used to send me all of her Photoplays. It brought me the only enjoyment I knew during that trying time. Now that I’m married and live over here, I have subscribed. My husband also enjoys it. Thanks very much for so much enjoyment. Mrs. Katrine Bromns Lyles Bay Minette, Alabama READERS’ PETS: I have just seen “Love Is Better Than Ever” and Larry Parks was wonderful. Why doesn’t Hollywood give him a break? So he made a mistake. He admitted it. I thought in this country a man was judged by what he is and not by what he was. Does he have to pay the rest of his life for that mistake? Come on, Hollywood and fans, let’s give this very talented guy a chance to prove he’s a good citizen. Betty Meador Roanoke, Virginia Every time I hear someone say isn’t John Derek, Tony Curtis, Dale Robertson, Mario Lanza, Farley Granger and a few others handsome, I agree. But there’s a guy in Hollywood who has everything that those stars have, and more. He has looks (tall, dark and oh, so handsome), talent, a sense of humor and a smile that has all the signs of a “devil” in it. Plus those two twinkling Irish eyes. He is Tj Power. I’m only seventeen, but I know sex appeal when I see it. And that guy’s got it! Bea Fine Chicago, Illinois QUESTION BOX: Who is that cute little blonde who played the high diver in “Encore”? I think she is a great new addition to Hollywood and I hope we see more of her soon. Helen Garnet St. Louis, Missouri ■ That is Glynis Johns, above. Not of Hollywood, she has been acting in England since 1935. She was born in Durban, South Africa 10/5/23. Is wed to New Yorker, David Foster. You can see her now in “ Island Rescue.” — ED. Ifte... Would you please print a picture and tell me the name of the boy who played Franco in “Tomorrow Is Too Late.” Jean Perrella Brooklyn, New York ■ He is Gino Leurini, 18, shown here with Pier Angeli. He is now in Rome working on “ The Queen of Sheba.” Write him c/o Oro Films. Rome, Italy. — ED. I saw “Rancho Notorious” last week and would like to know who plays the part of the Chuck-a-Luck dealer. Where can I write for a picture? He is extremely sexy and interesting and I have never seen such expressive eyes. I hope some one will make a star of this new hadsome guy. We need and want some new faces on the screen. Dorothy Gipson Los Angeles, California ■ John Raven. Write him care of RKO Studios, 780 Gower Street, Hollywood. — ED. Can you tell me who wrote the music for “Viva Zapata!”? Is it available on records? Victor Morales San Antonio, Texas ■ It was written by Alfred Newman and Alex North It’s not available as yet. — ED. In your latest issue of Photoplay Annual, “Born Yesterday” was mentioned as one of the top ten pictures listed for 1951. Would you please tell us why a picture that won an Academy Award for 1950 should be given top honors with the pictures that came out in 1951? Carroll, Marie and Verbene Detroit, Mich. ■ The picture was not released nationally until 1951. It was shown in only a few keycities in 1950. And it was not the picture that won but its star, Judy Holliday, playing the dumb blonde. — ED. CASTING: I think Sir Walter Scott’s story, “The Lady of the Lake,” would make a wonderful movie— with Anne Francis as Ellen, Charles Bickford as Douglas, Steve Cochran as Roderick Dhu and John Barrymore, Jr. as Malcolm. Judy Scullen Detroit, Michigan Here is a suggestion: Why don’t Lucille Ball, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis make a comedy together? They all are so comical. 1 bet the picture would be a scream! Tina Villie Barnett, Missouri Address letters to this department to Readers Inc., Photoplay, 205 East 42nd Street, New York 17, New York. However, our spare is limited. And much as we would like to, we cannot promise to publish, return or reply to all the letters that we receive.