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Tony Curtis’s Days Of Decision

Life was tough for Tony in his teens—and it could easily have been a dead-end street. Except for the courage no...

Non-Stop Terry Moore

“I’m going to be a star” she announced. Seven-year-old Miss Koford wasn’t kidding!...

That’s Hollywood For You

I wonder if Grace Kelly knew she had so much S.A. for movie heroes before she started in pictures . ....

Hollywood Party Line

Hollywood guys and dolls have been livin’ it up with an assortment of parties, preems, openings—as usual. But this month things...

Howard Keel’s Kingdom

It is bounded by a man’s love for his family and nothing not even Howard’s career can invade it....

Pajama Game Fashions

You can wear hearts on more than your sleeve, be pretty or princely in bold “prisoner” pajamas exactly like those featured...

In Memory Of James Dean

To mark that day, two years ago, when James Dean died, Photoplay pays tribute with the stories of two girls who...

Stars Hollywood Couldn’t Beat

Determination, perseverance and ingenuity are marks of the indestructibles. Unwearied persistence and a clever use of the gray matter can often...

How Good A Talent Scout Are You?

Hollywood experts spotted these new faces in a single movie, a single scene. Could you pick them as star material? Can...

Elizabeth Taylor’s Fight For Life

Their fabulous life of the past months, their guarded seclusion on the Riviera—only Liz and Mike knew the dreaded reason for...

Vintage Paparazzi Visits A Movie Set

Colossal spectacles—with the traditional “cast of thousands”—get most publicity in the filmmaking department. But a strong, intimate drama like Paramount’s “Desire...

Exclusively Yours

Ah to be in Europe—now that Hollywood’s here! If the accent in “Exclusively Yours” is slightly Continental this month, it’s because...

The King And Me—Yul Brynner

I'll never forget my first meeting with Yul Brynner. He was a big star. I was a thirteen-year-old kid, and I...

That’s Hollywood For You

I’m partial to Joan Collins. As far as I’m concerned, she’s the best piece of lend-lease we’ve ever had from England....

The Searching Years—John Kerr

The boy asked the questions, the man-to-be tried to answer them. “Why am I lonely? Why can’t I be as happy...

Glamour Gab Of Hollywood

Applause for MM and frowns for Sir Laurence . . . Memories for Ava Gardner and happiness for Victoria Shaw ....

Elvis Presley Takes Hollywood

They’re calling him the greatest threat to established stars since Tyrone Power. They were all set to hate him, but they...

You Face Savers

Want to look like a million dollars, baby? Then let the experts of Hollywood show you how....

Ben Cooper’s 21 And Terrific

Talk to him blindfolded and you’d swear he was twice his age. Ben’s not only talented—he’s a brain!...

Hollywood Party Line

Never seen Liz Tay Lor looking lovelier than at the fancy luncheon thrown at the studio by director George Stevens to...

That’s Hollywood For You

I implore Judy Garland to play Julie Jordan in the movie version of “Carousel.” It could win the Oscar for her...

Impertinent Interview

I HAVE SEEN Glenn Ford’s magnificent portrayal, in “Blackboard Jungle,” of the school teacher plagued by vocational- school hoodlums and felt...

Turn Of A Career

I had just finished a practice session on the bar when one of my studio friends came by. I was hot...

Hollywood Whispers

How Fess Parker and sweetie Marcie Reinhart have been playing hide-and- seek with the professional gossipers and the grapevine that theirs...

Look Who’s Here

ELAINE STEWART ELAINE STEWART, if she lives up to 15 her billing as the “Girl with 3-D,” says the dimension she’ll be...

Hollywood Picture Gallery

Photograph by Ornitz: Jeff is in “The Great Sioux Uprising” . . . Photograph by Smith and Fink: Tony's in “Houdini”...

Date With Dodo—Doris Day

Ask anyone lucky enough to grab a few minutes with Doris Day and you’ll learn it’s like getting a new charge...

Hollywood vs. Marilyn Monroe

Eve discovered the secret-—and a lot of clever girls ever since have made good use of her formula....

Gayer Than Swingtime

Overnight hits are nothing new, but even Hollywood wasn’t prepared for that Rosemary Clooney personality punch...

Red Pepper

Red hair, they say, goes with temper and temperament. What happens to the girl who’s dyeing—to be a carrot-top?...

Hollywood Party Line

A REAL GALA EVENT was the preem of “Lili.” Besides bringing forth a lot of famous faces, it was one that...

Hollywood Picture Gallery

Ava Gardner stars in M-G-M’s 30th Anniversary picture, “Knights of the Round Table” LADY IN THE DARK Her loves are stormy passages in...

Love Those In-Laws!

Tony and Janet hadn’t been dating long before they realized their families were right for each other!...

When The Living Is Easy

The California weather was up to par. So was Robert Wagner at the end of a perfect day....

Knee-Deep In Stardust

Audrey Hepburn’s happiness is contagious. It springs from the heart of a girl who once knew life at its darkest....

Better To Be Certain Than Sorry

His phone calls are important. But until her head and heart both say yes, Elaine Stewart will not be ready with...

Rock’s A Good Man To Be Around

He wolfs their food, ribs them unmercifully, but to his million and one friends, Rock Hudson’s a sure cure for the...

My Defense Of Esther Williams

Does this star deserve the criticism she’s been getting? Before you judge her, read my evidence. It will startle you as...

It Really Happened

DEAN MARTIN AND JERRY LEWIS have the reputation onstage and backstage of being the world’s zaniest characters. Having suffered, dodged. cajoled and...

Hollywood Party Line

TWO OLD-FASHIONED hoe-downs (one, hillbillyish, one just old-fashioned) were among Movietown’s high spots this month. Both honored Western-type fellers—Guy Madison and...

That’s Hollywood For You

I’D LOVE to be overhearing what Shelley Winters is saying about Vittorio Gassman these days. But then again, Shelley does say...

This Is The Truth

RUMOR: “Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio planned their wedding for last summer—but the fear of publicity kept them from tying the...