Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1953)

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PHOTOPLAY PTEMBER, 1953 • favorite of America’s moviegoers for over forty years HIGHLIGHTS The Duke Takes the Stand! (John Wayne) Inside Stuff . . . Everywhere That Esther Goes (Esther Williams) Saludos Amiga! (Debbie Reynolds) . . . . Not Bad for a Country Kid ( Roek Hudson) 3-D Pinup Girls Oh, Baby! (Virginia Mayo, Mike O'Shea) . . Mario Lanza Answers Back ! Is Her Love Life Jinxed? (Vera-Ellen) . . . Short Cut to Beauty Keeping a Date with Love (Rory Calhoun) Come Out of That Star Spin ! Life Begins with Marriage ( Dale Robertson ) Photoplay Star Fashions A Pair Make Two (James Stewart) . . . . Look Who’s Here (Mala Powers, Keith Andes) Maid in Waiting (Anna Maria Alberghetti > To Love and To Cherish (Ann Blyth) . . . . . George Armstrong . . . . Cal York . . . Beverly Ott . . . Pier Angeli . . . Raoul W alsh Hildegarde Johnson . . Richard Leon . . Hedda Hopper . . . Joyce Carter • Ruth Waterbury . . Maxine Arnold Sheilah Graham . . . Jane Corwin Corinne Bailey . . Eve Ford Beverly Linet 33 34 36 38 40 42 46 48 52 54 56 58 60 63 68 70 72 78 FEATURES Jane Russell 34 Rhonda Fleming 34 Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh .... 35 Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe . . 35 Corinne Calvet, John Bromfield . . 35 Esther Williams 37 Rock Hudson 40 Marilyn Monroe 42 Terry Moore 42 Elaine Stewart 42 Doris Day 43 IN COLOR Virginia Mayo Rita Hayworth Ursula Thiess . Elizabeth Taylor Deborah Kerr . Mona Freeman Jeanne Crain . . Jean Simmons Rory Calhoun . Dale Robertson Marge Champion 43 43 54 54 54 55 55 55 57 60 63 SPECIAL Laughing Stock . . Erskine Johnson 4 Readers, Inc 8 Let’s Go to the Movies . Janet Graves 16 Hollywood Parties . Edith Gwynn 18 That's Hollywood . Sidney Skolsky 21 Brief Reviews . . EVENTS Hollywood Whispers . Florabel Muir Impertinent Item . Mike Connolly Photoplay Applauds: “Julius Caesar” Kid Stuff Casts of Current Pictures . . . . 110 28 30 75 76 96 Cover: Debbie Reynolds, Star of M-G-M’s “Affairs of Dobie Gillis” — Color Portrait by Apger Tony Gray — Editor Charlotte Plimmer — Managing Editor Ron Taylor — Art Director Rena Firth — Associate Editor Norman Schoenfeld — Asst. Art Director Suzanne Nicoll — Assistant Editor Jessica Bradt — Fashion Editor Janet Graves — Contributing Editor HOLLYWOOD EDITORIAL STAFF: Sylvia Wallace — Editor Toni Noel — Managing Editor CONTRIBUTING STAFF: Maxine Arnold, Jerry Asher, Ruth Waterbury HOLLYWOOD ART STAFF: Phil Stern, Sterling Smith Fred Sammis — Editor-in-Chief SEPTEMBER, 1953 VOL. 44, NO. 3 PHOTOPLAY IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY by Macfadden Publications, Inc., New York, N. Y. EXECUTIVE, ADVERTISING AND EDITORIAL OFFICES at 205 East 42nd Street. New York 17, N. Y. Editorial branch office, 321 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. Harold A. Wise. Chairman of the Board; Irving S. Manheimer, President; Fred R. Sammis, Vice President; Meyer Dworkin, Secretary and Treasurer. Advertising offices also in Chicago and San Francisco. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 one year, U. S. and Possessions. Canada $2.50 one year, $4.00 per year all other countries. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: 6 weeks’ notice essential. When possible, please furnish stencil-impression address from a recent issue. Address change can be made only if we have your old, as well as your new address. Write to Photoplay, Macfadden Publications, Inc., 205 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. MANUSCRIPTS, DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS will be carefully considered, but publisher cannot be responsible for loss or damage. It is advisable to keep a duplicate copy for your records. Only material accompanied by stamped self-addressed return envelope or with sufficient return postage will be returned. FOREIGN editions handled through Macfadden Publications International Corp. , 205 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Irving S. Manheimer, President: Douglas Lockhart, Vice President. Re-entered as Second Class Matter, May 10. 1946, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Authorized as Second Class mail. P. O. Dept., Ottawa, Ont., Canada. Copyright 1953 by Macfadden Publications, Inc. All rights reserved under International Copyright Convention. All rights reserved under Pan-American Copyright Convention. Todos derechos reservados segun La Convencion Panamericana de Propiedad Literaria y Artistica. Title trademark registered in U. S. Patent Office. Printed in U. S. A. by Art Color Printing Company. Member of The True Story Women’s Group