Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1954)

for after-bath freshness . . all day long mm (bear kiss! talcum 0 The fragrance that whispers “Kiss vie dear " P Wonderful Tale gives your skin a delightful fresh fragrance ... a wonderful pampered softness. Made of finest imported talc, soothing, cooling DJER-KISS helps prevent chafing, absorbs perspiration, makes you delightful to be near! 29c, 43c, 59c plus tax when you wear BLUE WALTZ . . . the perfume that makes dreams come true. T? Try it . . . if you dare A . . . and see! BLUE WALTZ PHOTOPLAY SEPTEMBER, 1954 • favorite of America’s moviegoers for over forty years HIGHLIGHTS Full-Speed Ahead (Bob Francis) The Hollywood Story (Lauren Bacall, Kirk Douglas) Cupid Has the Last Laugh (Dahl-Lamas) .... Inside Stuff . . . . . . Rock’s Magnificent Obsession (Rock Hudson) . . Paint Works (Debbie Reynolds) Wake Up and Live! (Doris Day) . . .... The Guy with the Grin (Bill Holden) She’s Nobody’s Baby Now! (June Allyson) . . . Love Scene (Tab Hunter) Barbara’s Shining Hour (Barbara Rush-Jeff Hunter) Portrait of Ann (Ann Blyth) Win a Present from a Star (Reader Contest) . . . My Friend Brando (Marlon Brando) Hollywood’s New Look in Sex Look, Ma, She’s Dancing! (Jean Simmons) . . . Undivided Heart (Audrey Dalton) Photoplay Fashions . . Cal York Ralph Edwards John Maynard Dan Senseney . Gladys Hall . . Hildegarde Johnson Jeanne Crain . Karl Malden Sheilah Graham Ruth W aterbury STARS IIS FULL COLOR Janet Leigh 36 Doris Day Rhonda Fleming 36, 57 June Allyson Kathleen Hughes 37 Tab Hunter Vera-Ellen 37 Mona Freeman Cyd Charisse 37 Ann Blyth Jean Peters 37 Jeanne Crain Rock Hudson 39, 57 Suzan Ball Debbie Reynolds 42 Tony Curtis Lori Nelson 42 Lex Barker Race Gentry 42, 57 Susan Cabot John Ericson 42 Piper Laurie Bob Dix 43 Jeff Chandler SPECIAL EVENTS That’s Hollywood . Sidney Skolsky 4 Let’s Go to the Movies . Janet Graves Readers Inc 6 Cast of Current Pictures Hollywood Whispers Florabel Muir 8 Laughing Stock . . Erskine Johnson Hollywood Parties . . Edith Gwynn 20 Brief Reviews 13 30 35 36 38 42 44 47 48 50 51 54 56 61 62 66 68 69 45 48 51 51 54 56 56 56 56 57 57 57 26 29 31 104 Cover: Rock Hudson, U-I star, is in “Magnificent Obsession ” Rock is sailing a Catamaran. Color Portrait by Ornitz Ann Higginbotham — Editor Ann Mosher — Supervising Editor Ron Taylor — Art Director Sumner Plunkett — Managing Editor Norman Schoenfeld — ,4sst. Art Director Rena Firth — Associate Editor Lillian Lang — Fashion Director Janet Graves — Contributing Editor Jane Marcher — Fashion Editor HOLLYWOOD EDITORIAL STAFF: Sylvia Wallace— Editor CONTRIBUTING STAFF: Maxine Arnold, Jerry Asher, Ruth Waterbury, Beverly Ott HOLLYWOOD ART STAFF: Phil Stern, Sterling Smith SEPTEMBER, 1954 VOL. 46, 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; Lee Andrews, 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 i , i it .^uIcakio l-ooty ftunlipato F>nn\/ fnp vnnr rprnrds. Onlv material aeromnanied bv for loss or damage. It is advisable to keep a duplicate copy for your records. Only material accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope or with sufficient return postage will be returned. , VT 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 1954 by Mac: * . J. ... ...... T- . 1, I a TmF.hm rnnvri rrV» 4 PnnvDnfion. All fadden Publications, Inc. All rights reserved under International Copyright Convention. All rights reserved under Pan-American Copyright Convention. Todos derechos reservados segun J,a Convencion Panamericana ^de under pan-American oopyrigm, ounveiamii. ivuus ueievuuu H Y,‘ tr o * T . 7. Propiedad Literaria y Artistica. Title trademark registered in U. S. Patent Office. Printed in U. S. A. by Art Color Printing Company. , _ Member of True Story Women’s Group 2