Screenland (May 1943-Oct 1944)

Your vision of loveliness comes true . . . because Maiden Form created a brassiere especially for the needs of your bosom! AT ALL LEADING STORES "THERE IS A MA 1 0 EN FORM FOR EVERY TYPE OF FIGURE!" it seemed that way to us, too. It is simply this — Lead a Full and Productive Life that Will Bring You Eventually to Marriage with the Right Man. "I really don't have to worry about this one," she went on, "if I'm perking well on the first six. But I throw it in just as a reminder and to be frank with myself that the final aim of every unmarried girl is to settle down in marriage with the one man. But even if a girl isn't thinking of marriage, a full and productive life is essential to happiness. No one wants to be a 'droop,' as the kids say, and the best way to prevent this is to stay occupied with life in general. "Here again I have my own peculiar problem. I always have to live down the fact that I'm a movie actress when I meet men, and believe me, it's no easy job. People have a stand-offish attitude toward a girl in my position. A lot of them have chips on their shoulders, and when most of them meet you they seem to be saying: 'Now just try to be a plain human being. I dare you.' " The eighth and final point is mother all-embracing one. "I'll really have to be careful not to be a Pollyanna on this one,'' Lynn said, "but I don't think you will feel that way about me if you recall that this is just another one of my own personal commandments. And besides, this is the first time I ever told anyone about my eight points and I'm sorta telling you under coercion. "But here comes No. 8 — Be Above All Reproach in Your Private Living. Standards haven't changed from the Victorian, Civil War or any other era. Moral values are fixed things, and justification to yourself, to your associates and to society in general will forever bear the same stamp. The girl who ignores conventions and other demands made by society always hurts herself and often others. Girls with so-called 'double standards' miss real life, charming and full as it can be, and when they are finally left alone it is a long, hard row back." Having extracted this design for living from her, point by point, I would like to add my own opinion of Lynn to allay her fears that anyone might think she is too serious about life. Actually, my evening with her was completely refreshing. As I started out to say, you never can tell about a peetty face, and it is really an experience to find a girl in her position who has thought out such a workable and effective plan of meeting life. And does it work? Well, Lynn is now the most promising feminine star on the 20th Century-Fox lot. She came up the hard way, experiencing many heartaches and disappointments. She is also a favorite with everyone at the studio, which means she didn't step on people as she climbed the slippery ladder of success. But the most important proof that her Eight Points carry weight is that she has achieved the ultimate of a successful bachelor girl. Later this year Lynn will become the bride of Sid Luft, the Douglas test pilot, and that's why she is passing along her ideas about living alone to other girls. And already she is giving serious thought to a sequel for her Eight Points. It will be called — Bridal Code. GUARD YOUR NAILS WITH SEAL-COTE Busy hands deserve protection for beauty's sake. More and more smart women are rinding SEALCOTE an amazing beauty aid. SEAL-COTE protects the nails and the polish — adds lustre! Make your manicures last longer — "SEAL-COTE your nails today and every day." SEAL -COTE 2 5c at CosmeticCounters For generous sample, clip ibis ad and send with 15c to cover mailing. Seal -Cote Co., 759 Seward, Hollywood, Calif. They're No Softies! Continued from page 35 sleeper any more than we could." He yawned, stretching his arms. Then — "Martha, where are you going?" But Martha was already speeding down the aisle. "It is Brenda Joyce, see?" she returned triumphantly, waving an envelope. She handed it to her husband to examine the autograph she'd just procured. Could it really be Brenda Joyce — or a "poser" ? My eyes popped open. Film stars travel in compartments — drawing rooms, luxuriously insuring privacy from the public! Really, are movie stars, with the rest of us, reduced to sitting up all night on day coaches? True, I was being initiated in this "all-night-ordeal," myself, because weekend travel was too heavy to secure a last minute reservation. True, there are stories about the movie stars encountering and putting up with all sorts of inconveniences— now that we're at war. But I had supposed those stories to be mainly the mythical musings of press agents. Suddenly I was on my feet and down the aisle. The next minute Brenda and I were exclaiming in unison : "What on earth are you doing here?" A lady riveter, Brenda's seat partner, sociably offered to take my seat for awhile. "I'm going up to spend the weekend with Owen at Camp Roberts," Brenda said. (Owen is Brenda's husband, Lt. Owen Ward of the U. S. Army.) "I had a reservation, but I didn't get down to the depot to pick it up an hour before train time — and when I did arrive it was sold. "When I first stepped into this stuffy car tonight, I thought I'd like to pass into a coma — until the trip ends," Brenda laughed. "But my seat partner made me ashamed of the thought. She has saved up for months to take this trip to see her husband at camp. She won't go to sleep. Says she wants to take advantage of every minute of the trip." "Ma'am! Can't you do something with that baby," a disgruntled man grumbled to the young mother with a two-year-old asleep on her lap and a crying baby in a basket. "Here — " Brenda was on her feet and across the aisle. Taking a ribbon bow from her hair, she dived into her purse and brought out a badly bent rattle. "I learned this at the baby clinic," she told the surprised mother. "You stretch the ribbon across the top of the basket and let the rattle dangle over the baby. It keeps baby amused." The baby stopped crying to focus its attention on the rattle. Soon it was lulled to sleep. "There!" Brenda returned triumphantly. "I was taking Pamela Ann's rattle to show Owen. She's four and one-half months now — and getting strong. She had actually bent it out of shape." "I can just imagine some of our Hollywood glamor girls playing this role of sitting up all night with fretting babies and snoring passengers," I laughed. "Heavens, everyone's doing it !" Brenda returned. "Maybe not exactly what you and I are doing at this moment — but we're all in this war alike. And there isn't a girl in Hollywood who isn't having her share of inconveniences. Even the worst seem petty, when you think of our boys at Guadalcanal. "Gene Tierney had some amusing experiences in Kansas when she visited Oleg in camp," Brenda continued. "Gene lived in the guest house in camp with the mothers and wives also visiting. There was no privacy. They slept on rows of cots and they took baths in a community shower house. 80 SCREENLAND