An Innocent Affair (United Artists) (1948)

Feature Stories • Fashions • Shorts Madeleine’s Beauty Tips The best beauty panacea? It’s work, says Madeleine Carroll, star of United Artists’ “An Innocent Affair,” interesting work that “takes it out of you” so you sleep the sleep of an exhausted body and a tired but stimulated mind—not endless hours with the beautician and mas¬ seuse. “The major sins against looking your best are boredom, indulgence and laziness,” she says. “And the greatest of these is boredom.” Miss Carroll returned to Holly¬ wood recently to pick up her ca¬ reer where she left it in 1941 to become a Red Cross worker on the European war fronts. She had shed six pounds from her former setside weight of 116; youth sparkled in her face. “I forgot there was such a thing as a beauty parlor,” she laughed. “Even cold cream was a luxury and as for hairdos—don’t make me laugh! The only complexion aid a girl could be sure of was a mud- pack. Those we acquired regularly. I thrived on the life and out of it I evolved a philosophy: real beauty comes from within. Hard, honest, useful work—that’s the secret! When you know you’re giving your best for others, it’s bound to show.” Still No. JN-S -146 Madeleine Carroll and Fred Mac- Murray in “An Innocent Affair” at the Theatre. Mat (IB) A War Story For Posterity Madeleine Carroll, back on the screen after six years spent in war work in United Artists’ “An Inno¬ cent Affair,” will never forget one war experience. “It was on a hospital train on Christmas Eve, 1944,” she relates. “All of us, nurses and doctors, wrapped our own presents from home for the wounded boys. We even had a Santa Claus and every boy got something. “Then I learned that a pair of manicure scissors had gone to a lad who had both his hands blown off! I hurried back along the hos¬ pital train, praying to God to tell me the right thing to say to him. “There he was, conducting an auction. He held out for six car¬ tons of cigarettes and a dozen boxes of candy. He got them—and passed his loot around the car. Manicure scissors, you see, were highly prized!” Fred’s Sax His Rabbit’s Foot Fred MacMurray still owns the original saxophone which started him on his road to fame. It is his good luck charm and it’s a matter of luck that he still has it. The actor, currently co-starring with Madeleine Carroll in United Artists’ “An Innocent Affair” at the . Theatre, took up the saxophone in college against the wishes of his virtuoso-violinist father. Fred says the instrument was hocked seven , times in his leaner days in towns from New York to California, forgotten in a nightclub in Cleveland, left on a train bound for Pittsburgh and lost in the pro¬ cess of moving to a new home. But each time, so far, he has managed to retrieve it. Named “Woman Of The Year” Madeleine Carroll, co-star with Fred MacMurray of United Artists’ “An Innocent Affair,” was named “Woman of the Year” by the American Brotherhood at an elab¬ orate ceremonial in Chicago last May. This honor was awarded for her work with the American Red Cross on the North Africa, Italy and Nor¬ mandy battlefronts. The French Government had already decorated Miss Carroll with the Legion of Honor for her postwar labors in the interests of Franco-American relations and the American Army pinned the Legion of Valor on her for her contribution to the Allied Cause. Now Miss Carroll is back in Hol¬ lywood, picking up her career right where she left it, starting with “An Innocent Affair,” now at the . Theatre. Disproves Pet Notion Madeleine Carroll, who has re¬ turned to films after a long absence as co-star with Fred MacMurray in United Artists’ “An Innocent Af¬ fair,” has just provided a sharp disproof of one of Hollywood’s pet notions—'that fans are quick to forget a star who is away from the screen for any length of time. When Madeleine decided, back in 1941, that she wanted to get into war work, her agent warned her: “If you’re away for one year it’ll be hard to find your spot again. If you’re away for two, the studios will forget you and if you aren’t around for as long as five years, you may as well kiss your career good-bye.” Madeleine decided to take that chance. When she returned to New York after being overseas throughout our participation in the war, Hol¬ lywood, much to her surprise, made a prompt bid. And Madeleine dis¬ covered that she was far from for¬ gotten. Top syndicate writers and columnists, too, flocked around to give her comeback all the assistance they could. “I’m amazed,” was Miss Carroll’s comment. “You’d think I’d been away only a little while instead of all these years. Hollywood does not forget and I’m grateful.” StiU No. JN-S- 166 Madeleine Carroll and Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers in United Artists’ “An Innocent Affair” at the . Theatre. This marks a film come-back for both of them. Mat (1C) "AN INNOCENT AFFAIR" CAUSES FRED MacMURRAY MORE HEADACHES! Still No. /JV-27 “An Innocent Affair” starts out like any routine day. Our hero (Fred MacMurray) gets up, shaves, dresses, all set to swing a big deal. Still No. JN -SO Still No. JN-9 Ready to leave for the office, Fred kisses his wife ( Madeleine Carroll ) good-bye, tells her he will be home for dinner unless his client is diffi¬ cult and demanding. She goes back to sleep for 40 more winks. The client ( Louise Allbritton ) is both difficult and demanding so Fred takes her to dinner at one of New York’s top restaurants to talk things over some more. A thoroughly innocent and busi¬ ness-like affair. He can’t help it that she’s a beautiful woman! Still No. JN-32 He can’t help it, either, that his sister (Rita Johnson) sees them there and misunderstands. And he can’t help it that she runs home to Madeleine to report her suspicions. But you know how women are—and you know how they talk when they get together! Still No. JN-S-6i It’s pretty late so Fred thinks he’ll just sneak in quietly without disturb¬ ing Madeleine. But she’s been waiting for him for hours. This will take some explaining! Mat (SA) Page Twenty-four