Screenland (Nov 1940-Apr 1941)

married to one of the Girls, told me that he would never, never take another Glamor Girl out, he'd be eternally damned if he did I As for marrying one of them—why, Kf you'd suggested that he espouse a handmaiden of demonology, he couldn t have ilooked sicker ! He much prefers, said this ivoung Eligible, to take out "little NoIbodies" because little Nobodies are grateful for dates, strive to please instead of , i perpetually having to be pleased, make him : feel that a date is his evening. But when iyou make a date with a Glamor Girl, he said, you have to make the date weeks m (advance. Because a G. G. would think i shame to admit she wasn't dated up weeks in advance. You have to send her flowers. You have to make reservations at Ciro s. And if, on the appointed night, you happen to have been working hard all day, feel dog-tired, would like to call her and say, 'Look, d'you mind if we call it off tonight, I'm whipped,' the ice congeals around you and never thaws again. If you do keep the date, he says, you are often more ready for a mausoleum than for a night-spot. 1 he chap told me that of all the Glamor Girls ' he has taken out in his time, and if he missed one, he says, it must have been because she was playing Hare and Hounds with him— of them all, Ann Sheridan was : the most fun, the most regular, the least chi-chi If you called Annie at eight o'clock some Sat'day night, he said, and asked her I for a date at nine, she'd be there. She wouldn't even ask you to pick her up, she d drive half-way. She'd just as soon eat at a Drive-In as at Ciro's. She didn't suppose a man, just because of being male, never needs sleep," said Mr. Blank. Yes, there are reasons given, sound enough reasons on the face of them, for all these lost romances and broken marriages. But just the same, it's still inexplicable to me, because— because you would suppose these women, these Lamarrs, Crawfords, Turners, Lanes, to be so glamorous, so desirable, so maddeningly worth having and holding "in perpetuity" that the men involved with them would not allow ANYTHING, no matter what, neither their own careers nor mothers-in-law nor pride nor anything in life, to come between them. You would imagine they would scale the highest mountains, cross the most endless deserts, shake the very earth to its roots to keep them. And they do nothing. Maybe there are too many of them — maybe when a man, mere man, rotates between, or among, a Lamarr, a Dietrich, a Shearer, a Landis, a Turner, he just sort of loses his way, doesn't care where he is or, much, with whom he is, maybe. None of these answers seem conclusive to me, none of the explanations suffice in all instances. It's obvious that they lack something, these Glamor Girls, that "something" that makes a man "forsake all others." It's nothing visual they lack, God i knows. Yet it's obvious they haven't got what Cleopatra had. Men do NOT give up their kingdoms for them, nor their lives, nor even their jobs. Why, Herb Kaye could have saved his marriage to Dottie Lamour, friends say, if he had been willing to give up his band. He wasn't willing. The same is true of Tony Martin. He wasn't willing. Not only do the men not give up their kingdoms, lives, or jobs for the women who are supposed to be the very richest cream of charm, but they do not even give up night-clubs and other girls for love of the Glamor Girls-who-didn't-hold-them. It's really rather frightening to see a Tony Martin, a Franchot Tone, out dating and dancing, fresh out of the arms of a Faye, a Crawford. Yet you do so see them,_ and often. If they carry a torch at all, it's a very little light, which soon goes out and is lit again by the next pair of limpid eyes. Men do not die for love, in Hollywood! Inside the Stars' Homes Continued from page 10 "Glass fascinates me," observed Ann. "See, the wall lamps all have crystal pendants to match the chandeliers. And this is my new glassware — modern American glassware. Did you know they used to make glass in this country, but about forty years ago the craft died out, and it wasn't until Central Europe got itself into this present mess that the old glass furnaces here began to produce? I'm enchanted with mine. Each piece is hand-blown. "My favorite food is stuffed cabbage. My cook will tell you how to make it." STUFFED CABBAGE 2y2 lbs. ground steak y2 cup uncooked rice 2 well-beaten eggs Burnett's pepper; Salt Pour boiling water over cabbage and let stand 5 minutes. Add 3 large onions, chopped and browned; mix together and fill cabbage leaves, fold and fasten with toothpicks. _ In bottom of greased pan lay 2 lbs. point brisket cut in small pieces; add 8 onions cut not too small. Lay the cabbage rolls on brisket and onions. Add 2 cups water; cook 2 hours ; then add sauce made with 1 cup sugar y2 cup Heinz vinegar Juice of 2 lemons 2 small cans Del Monte tomato sauce Cook 54 hour. Ann's menu for a formal luncheon is; Royal bouillon Shrimp goulash Green salad Tiny hot biscuits Cooked pears in hard sauce Petit fours ROYAL BOUILLON To make 3 pints of rich bouillon, take 2^ pounds of lean beef, finely chopped, and cover with iy2 qts. cold water. Let stand for 1 hour ; then cover and place on moderate fire, just simmering for 3 hrs. ; add 1 small onion, 1 carrot, a sprig of parsley, 1 bay leaf, 2 cloves, 4 peppercorns and 2 stalks of celery, all cut into dice, and simmer until vegetables are tender. Strain into earthenware bowl and let cool without covering. When ready to serve, remove any grease and place in a granite saucepan with the white of 1 egg, stirring until it boils ; then strain again. SHRIMP GOULASH (Cooked in roasting pan in oven 2J^ hrs.) 1 lb. Beech-Nut bacon 3 lbs. shrimps 6 onions, medium size 1 lb. each mushrooms, bean sprouts, wild rice ly qts. hot water 1 #2 can solid pack tomatoes (Heinz) 2 small stalks celery 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 34 cup A-l sauce Cut strips of bacon in 3 pieces and fry. Pour off half of bacon fat. Chop onions and fry in bacon fat remaining. Saute sliced mushrooms in 4 tablespoons butter. Add wild rice which has been half, cooked. Add celery, beansprouts and tomatoes. Mix. Just before removing from oven, add sauce made of 3 tablespoons celery seeds, 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, Y\ cup of A-l sauce. "For an informal winter luncheon. I sometimes serve a cooked vegetable salad ■with a tomato-French dressing," said Ann. 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