Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1953)

PERIODIC PAIN It's downright foolish to suffer in silence every month. Let Midol’s 3-way action bring you complete relief from functional menstrual distress. Just take a Midol tablet with a glassof water. ..that'sall. ^ Midol relieves cramps, eases ^ headacheandchasesthe“blues”. FREE 24-page book, "What, Women Want to Know",explainsmenstruation. (Plain Wrapper). Write Dept. B-113,Box 280, New York 18,N.Y. 00 WITH MIDOL All Drugstores have Midol PHOTOPLAY NOVEMBER, 1953 • favorite of America’s moviegoers for over forty years HIGHLIGHTS When Love Is Just a Memory (Jeff Chandler) Diane Scott 11 The Winners 33 Inside Stuff Cal York 34 Smash-Up! (Susan Hayward, Jess Barker) Jane Corwin 36 Rock’s Mystery Girl (Rock Hudson) Maxine Arnold 38 Home Is Where Her Heart Is (Elizabeth Taylor) Grace Fischler 40 She’s a Natural (Piper Laurie) Corinne Bailey 44 Verdict on Jane (Jane Powell) 46 The Family Ann Married (Ann Blyth) Ruth Waterbury 48 This Is Stewart Granger George Armstrong 50 Hollywood’s Lost Ladies? Sheilah Graham 52 Sunny Side Up! (Debbie Reynolds) 54 Watch Out, R.J. (Bob Wagner) Bob Thomas 56 How to Handle Men Arlene Dahl 58 Hunters’ Paradise (Jeff Hunter, Barbara Rush) Richard Leon 60 Photoplay Star Fashions 62 Elopement (Barbara Ruick, Bob Horton) Eve Ford 80 Is This One “Forever”? (Lana Turner, Lex Barker) 84 FEATURES IN COLOR Jane Powell, Gene Nelson . . . . 34 Elizabeth Taylor .... Jeff Chandler Tony Curtis Jane Russell Doris Day .... 43 Scott Brady . . 35 Debbie Reynolds .... Kathleen Hughes . . 35 Bob Wagner . ... 57 Susan Hayward . . 37 Jeff Hunter ..... Lori Nelson 62 PHOTOPLAY PICTURE GALLERY Rita Hayworth 68 Fernando Lamas 72 Cyd Charisse 69 Barbara Stanwyck 73 Burt Lancaster 70 Elaine Stewart . 74 Kathryn Grayson 71 Dale Robertson . 75 Frank Sinatra . 76 SPECIAL EVENTS Hollywood Whispers . Florabel Muir 4 Laughing Stock . . Erskine Johnson 26 Hollywood Parties . . Edith Gwynn 8 Readers Inc. . . 28 Let’s Go to the Movies Janet Graves 14 That’s Hollywood . Sidney Skolsky 79 Photoplay Applauds 22 Brief Reviews 96 Impertinent Item . . Mike Connolly 24 Casts of Current Pictures .... 105 Cover: Piper Laurie is in U-Fs “The Golden Blade” and RKO's “Rangers of the North.” Color Portrait by Christa. Clothes by Saks Fifth Avenue 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 Sammig — Editor-in-Chief NOVEMBER. 1953 VOL. 44. NO. 5 PHOTOPLAY IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY by Maefadden 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 stencilimpression 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, Maefadden 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 ad\ .sable to keep a duplicate copy for your records. Only material accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope or with sufficient return postage will be returned. ^ „ FOREIGN editions handled through Maefadden 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 mall, P. O. Dept., Ottawa, Ont., Canada. Copyright .1953 by Maefadden Publications, Inc. All rights reserved under International Copyright Convention. All rights reserved under Pan-American Copyright Convention. Todos derechos reservados segun La Convention Panamencana de Propiedad Literarla y Artistlca. 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