Screenland Plus TV-Land (Nov 1952 - Oct 1953)

□ PREPAID. Enclose price plus 30 cents for postage. You save C.O.D. charges. □ C.O.D. You pay price, plus postage and CO D. charges. MONEY BACK GUARANTEE Style Size 1st Color 2nd Color 607 (Print) NAME ADDRESS CITY & ZONE STATE or a grandmother, and I know your parents live in New York. So who's inviting you to dinner?" One thing I like so much about Lex is his complete honesty and his lack of pretense or guile. "That was Susan Morrow. I asked her yesterday if I might call her tonight — and she has invited me to her house for dinner." ( Susan plays the lead in U-l's "The Body Beautiful." ) "Right now, I am working hard — seeing some of my friends. There's Ty Power and Duke Wayne and there's "A lot of people have tried to put reasons into my mind for not marrying. They've even thrown the old maid routine at me. But none of this has frightened me because I have no intention of ever being an old maid. "It won't be hard for me to fall in love — deeply and honestly. I naturally like people, but love is a thing that has to grow. It's a combination of wonderful things like companionship, having fun, being good friends. Jy don't mean to imply that I'd have to analyze a man before I'd marry him because I know I'm capable of falling in love quickly. When I was in high school, for instance, I had the typical crushes. One in particular I remember. He was tall, very, very nice and popular. The campus hero type. But I've grown up since then and feel that the safest thing is to let time work on a romance, let it settle any doubts. "Ironically enough, time has also given me fine friendships. I met a man once whom I liked. Then we went out on a tour for the motion picture industry and were gone two weeks. I got to know him very well — and we are now the closest of friends. But there's no romance involved. "I guess I'm not the type to want to follow a pattern, to do like others. Just because it was the fad for those in school to be in love every other week meant nothing to me. Now that I have reached the age in Hollywood where it's the accepted thing to get married because other young stars are, I still feel the same way. I'm not the type. What is good for someone else may not be good for me. I don't quite trust the happy habit of making snap judgments of people — of thinking that every emotion I feel has to be love. "Feeling as I do, I also would not be so presumptuous as to say what I'd want in a man I'd marry. He might not like a few things about me, you know. Outside of sincerity, understanding, integrity, and a sense of humor — which are basically desirable characteristics in the matter of living — I'd list no musts. Like most girls I used to have my code of standards about what my favorite young man would be like, but growing up has changed those ideals and replaced them with reason." When it comes to dating, Ann is cer some of the prop boys and fellows who aren't names — just good people. We play cards. But I prefer to spend my evenings' with girls instead of men. "I like to cook steaks at my apartment and I visit often with my two children — Lynne, nine, and Zan, five. In fact, I've taken Lynn to previews and out to dine at a little French restaurant. I want my children to be close to their daddy." Lex Barker's future promises to be anything but dull. tainly no hermit. She doesn't go into her little shell and play the shy thing. She goes out about twice a week — and she is known as a "fun" date. One thing is certain — a man knows where he stands with her because she is frank and outspoken. Yet, she never has been known to hurt anyone by such frankness. "I go out to have fun," Ann said. "I've found that if you look forward to having fun you usually do. Of course, I enjoy doing some strange things. One afternoon on a date I suggested we drive down to the beach to see the sunset. Then I decided we should take off our shoes and go wading in the ocean." Ann laughed and added, "I think I go for simple pleasures." "Another friend, Dick Clayton, and I often go to premieres, but we hardly ever drive up to the theatre in the customary style. We usually park a few blocks away and walk to the theatre. Afterwards, instead of going to a night club we invariably end up at a drive-in where I love to feast on hamburgers with all the trimmings. "Then there's my passion for roller coasters. I admit that some of my friends find this a questionable pastime, but they go along — for the ride. No pun intended. "At any rate, I can honestly say I have never been bored on a date." Ann doesn't expect her dates to conform to any certain type. She does enjoy it, however, when a fellow brings her corsages of either roses or lilies of the valley. She was also especially pleased one night when her friend, a naturally shy person, complimented her on her hair-do. As she said, "I didn't think he'd say such a thing. It was a nice, warm feeling." "I'm glad I've had the dates I have before I marry," Ann went on, "because I don't believe you ever really know what you want from a marriage until you've known various types of men. I know there have been very happy marriages that resulted from a first date, but I don't think this would have been wise for me." Some people have wondered if waiting as long as she has might have made her too particular, too cautious, too analytical. I GUESS I'M NOT THE TYPE (CONTINUED FROM PACE 43) 66