Silver Screen (Jun-Oct 1940)

Silver Sc r e e n for O c; t o B e r 1940 87 Lamour and the Stagedoor Johnnies of Hollywood! [Continued from page 74] and told me he had to have $500 right then and there to save him from a financial embarrassment. He demanded I give it to him, because we'd once been in the newspapers and we'd played tennis together. "Then there was a boy who wrote charming and interesting fan letters. I replied to one and he sent me his picture and asked for a date. Next thing, he'd discovered my home address and was calling on me. I had to explain to him that I couldn't accept his invitations and for weeks he'd hang around the front of the house. He made me feel very uncomfortable just seeing him there. "Then there was a boy who always stood out in front of the studio gate waiting for me. I began smiling at him and after six weeks he caught me at a stop sign and asked if he might ride a ways with me. I always drive my car by myself, so this once, I thought, there wouldn't be any harm in taking him along. We'd only gone two blocks when he pulled the car over to the curb and jerked out the keys and said he wouldn't give them back until I promised to go "steady" with him. He kept me there for two hours until some people came along' and I called to them for help! "Then there was the one who picketed in front of the studio, Dorothy Lamour Is Unfair To Me. He was a mental case. Another drew a big picture of me on the studio gate. When the police asked him what in the dickens he thought he was doing, he begged off with the excuse that he was a Tyrone Power type and wanted to get into pictures. He thought by this way he'd get his picture in the papers and get some publicity. "One sent me roses every day for weeks. Sometimes there were a dozen. Sometimes only one. But always roses. I didn't know who was sending them. And I began smiling inquisitively at every one who'd ever paid me the slightest bit of attention, wondering if they'd break down and admit them. "Then suddenly there appeared at the studio gate a most disreputable man of about forty and baldheaded. He asked if he could be my body guard. Said he'd been sending the flowers and was in love with me. He'd come from Connecticut as a hobo and wanted to spend the rest of his life being my shadow. "Of course, there's the perfectly harmless type — those who send you mash notes. And those who love to flatter a girl. And then there is the autograph seeker. It makes you happy when they Clayton Moore, ex-boy friend of Lupe Velez, salutes the American Flag on Olympe Bradna's thumbnail. Fingernail flags are a new fad among the actresses in Hollywood where patriotism runs high. think that your name on a piece of paper is important enough to ask for." Everytime Dorothy Lamour makes a personal appearance on Broadway, with her name twinkling out in front in a colorful neons, there's a long line of Stagedoor Johnnies forming to the right. And can you blame them — for Dorothy's just as delectable — just as soft-voiced — and wide-eyed, as you see her in a sarong on a south sea island on the screen. More so I thought, as I looked at her relaxing on the peach satin chaise longue. "The Broadway legend of the stagedoor still holds true." Dorothy says. "But the Stagedoor Johnnies are different in Hollywood." "We've been a family ever since our Wedding Day" For over 35 years delicious, wholesome Pepsi-Cola has been a family favorite. Now a favorite with millions— the big, 1 2-ounce bottle is packed with flavor . . . and one handy Home Carton takes care of a big family. Pleasing to the taste . . . easy on the purse . . . that's Pepsi-Cola. nd this is the big, new, streamlined bottle of PepsiCola, favorite With millions because it s bigger and better/ BIG BIG BOTTLE