Screenland (Feb-Oct 1949)

90's for her part in "Curtain Call At Cactus Creek." Eve had several books of pictures of her two kids which she showed us without much arm twisting. Also saw Helena Carter with a very short haircut. Seems she'd been experimenting with her hairdo, cut one side long and the other short. It had to be evened up and re-styled at the studio. We thought it was just youngsters who did their own barbering. Jean Peters took several trins to the osteopath's, explained that her back was out of place on account of she'd felt the need for exercise, had bought an axe and started chopping wood! It's purely coincidental that the picture she's working in is called "It Happens Every Spring." When Kathryn Grayson's little daughter, Patti Kate, was in Childrens' Hospital with a dislocated hip, her mother and father visited her every evening and put on a concert. One night the little babe wouldn't listen to anything but "Happy Birthday." Kathryn and Johnny sang it to her for two hours before Patti Kate had enough and finally fell asleep. Slight case of off-casting is Betty Lynn's part in "Father Was A Fullback." Her screen parents, Maureen O'Hara and Fred MacMurray, have to hire a beau for her. In private life, Betty has more boy friends than you could shake a stick at. Jeanette MacDonald is a pretty sharp gal. When her husband, Gene Raymond, gave her a set of golf clubs, a pair of golf shoes, and a course of instruction on the game she decided maybe he was hinting that she should take up golf. First time out after the lessons, she shot a lower score than Gene. Jack Carson's another one who doesn't have to have a brick wall fall on him. Or a horse, for that matter. He was galloping around his San Fernando ranch when his nag started kicking and bucking. Jack calmly slid off and walked home. "I know when I'm not wanted," he said. While Bob Mitchum was away on his enforced "vacation," RKO took the rest of "The Big Steal" company to Mexico for some shots. Jane Greer got acquainted with a family in Tehuacan who asked her to be the godmother of their newly-born daughter. The baby's name is Juana. Gloria Swanson was given the royal welcome when she reported to Paramount for the Charles Brackett-Billy Wilder picture, "Sunset Boulevard." La Swanson, still one of the most glamourous women anywhere, was the reigning queen at Paramount in the silent picture era. Before she signed to do this picture she asked for — and got — extensive tests to be sure she still photographed okay. Dick Widmark was swamped by the bobby-soxers when he appeared at the Boxy in New York on a personal appearance with "Down To The Sea In Ships." This is Dick's first sympathetic part and mighty good he is, too. Elizabeth Taylor got the thrill of her life when she visited the house in Kent, England, where she and her family spent holidays before they came to this country. She knocked at the door, asked the lady who answered if she could look through the house. The present tenant is Alexandria, ex-queen of Yugoslavia. The queen was not in the parlor, but in the kitchen cooking dinner when Liz arrived. Hear Liz and her fella, Glenn Davis, have promised her family not to get married for a year. But you never can tell about young love. — o — Stork stuff: Olivia de Havilland could not be happier about impending motherhood; Dorothy McGuire and John Swope named their daughter, Mary; Esther Williams found an old, old cradle which she'll use as a magazine rack until her infant arrives. Reggie Gardner was the only man among sixty women at the baby shower Virginia Zanuck gave his wife, Nadia. He said he was never so frightened in his life. Louis Jourdan was so amused watching a dance rehearsal for a scene in "Madame Bovary." For rehearsal, the dancers wore hoop skirts but instead of pantaloons underneath, they sported a varied assortment of slacks, levis, and shorts. Louis opined that Madame Bovary was probably whirling in her grave over this unconventional modern behavior. He and his wife, Quique, took off for Paris at the end of the picture. One of the most attractive male newcomers to the screen is William Bishop, who got his first important part in "The Walking Hills." Columbia Studio's bossman, Harry Cohn, was so impressed with him that he handed Bill the fat part of Paulette Goddard's husband in "Anna Lucasta." He's 6-1^, tips the scales at 190, not married, a good horseman, and is the nephew of Helen Hayes. We think it won't be long before he's right up there in popularity with Clift, Widmark, Lund, Granger and all the other glammer boys. When Doris Day got back to Hollywood from that fabulous tour with the Bob Hope show, she slept for five days solid! The gal is really going to town, what with the Hope show, recordings for Capitol, and her picture career. — o — Ann Sothern spent ten perfect weeks skiing and loafing at Sun Valley, during which time her daughter, Tisha, had nary a sniffle. On the train coming home the little girl developed an earache and Ann had to wire ahead for a doctor. Ray Milland and his family also had a long vacation at the ski resort, took pictures of their son Danny's first ski lesson. — o — The Ty Powers bombarded their friends with postcards from Kitzbuhel, in the Austrian Tyrol, and Zermatt in the Swiss Alps where they spent their honeymoon. It'll be quite a spell before Ty returns to the U. S. He'll make "Black Rose" in England and North Africa before he comes home. 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