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It Is True What They Say About June Allyson?

Modern Screen had about decided June Allyson was a myth. She seemed too good, too cute, too gay. So we put a reporter and a photographer on the case. “Go tear this story apart,” we said. The reporter went and was overpowered by charm. The...

Philadelphia idyll—Roy Rogers & Dale Evans

“George Washington sat here,” Roy Rogers said, as they sank into the pew. And Dale Evans smiled, thinking she would never forget Philadelphia, or this very breathless moment—this moment when her feet stopped hurting....

Aloha, Joan Crawford

“CHEER UP,” THEO SAID, “IT’S YOUR VACATION.” AND JOAN SMILED WEAKLY, BECAUSE SHE WAS SEASICK AND LONELY AND ON HER WAY TO HONOLULU, WHILE THE KIDS WERE WAITING AT HOME . . ....

Miss Perfection—Claudette Colbert

“The smartest, canniest, smoothest 18-carat acting lady in the business.” That’s what Hedda calls Colbert—the gal with a king-sized brain, a Midas touch and a knack for calling her own shots!...

The Winner!—Larry Parks

You voted him M. S.’s Man of the Year—but we’re not surprised, because Larry Parks has won everything he’s gone after, since he was a 9-year-old, yearning over a shiny train in a bright store window....