SOMETHING of an Eighth Wonder of the World is  the concrete forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre where filmland's most illustrious members have for many years recorded their existence by means of dunking hands and feet in wet cement. An invitation to imprint your shoe measurements in this hallowed spot, as John Wayne is doing here, is as desirable to most stars as the accolade of an Academy Award nomination. 

VALLI and Glenn Ford are the stars of "The White Tower," an intensely gripping story about a small group of people who set out on a mountain climbing expedition in Switzerland and how they battle one another while struggling together to reach the mountain's peak. This is the first time the foreign-born Valli and Glenn Ford have been co-starred in a film. 

SENSATIONAL is the word for Bob Hope. ln all of show business there is no one who works as hard or is more fully deserving of success than Bob. Recently, he broke all records rolling 'em in the aisles of Gotham's Paramount Theatre where he and Jane Russell made a personal appearance. His latest comedy for Paramount is "Fancy Pants," a Technicolor delight in which he plays an actor hired by a nouveau riche matron as a gentleman's gentleman, to give a social polish to her self-made millionaire husband. Bob gets everybody and everything in a fine fix, but does take time out to woo Lucille Ball. 

IN pre-"Johnny Belinda" days Jane Wyman was noted for her able portraits of wise-cracking dames. A much different Jane is the timid crippled girl of "The Glass Menagerie." In Warners' filming of the Tennessee Williams play, she's a pathetic child who hides in a world of imagination rather than face the real world which only frightens her. At the insistence of her mother, who's determined Jane is really a belle, her brother brings a young man to call. The latter's efforts to help Jane end badly, but, from the meeting, she acquires new confidence and the courage to hope that eventually another "gentleman caller" will come into her life and wish to stay. 

Above: as Master of Ceremonies, Reginald Gardiner announces Loretta Young winner, Judges are behind him.

Below: Geroge Burns congratulates Loretta on her Cambodian dacner deaddress. Lana Turner has her back to camera.

The daughter of a railroad executive, Kit Dodge Jr. (Anne Baxter) is a no-nonsense gunslinger, but she finds that she could use a little help when she has to compete with Dakota (Rory Calhoun), the ruthless representative of a stagecoach company. Handsome and smooth-talking traveling salesman Johnny Behind-the-Deuces (Dan Dailey) turns out to be just the ally that she needs, as she attempts to defeat Dakota in a race that pits train against stagecoach.

Ronald Reagan and Ruth Roman, now a steady twosome, are welcomed by Del Sharbutt as they arrive for opening of new play at the Century Theatre. 

Arriving for opening at Grauman's Chinese Theatre are Ginger Rogers and Greg Bautzer. Their much-talked-about romance still flourishes. 

 January 8th, 1935 -  The King was born. I am a huge fan. I love both his music and his movies. A lot of people complain that most of his flicks lack depth and are not Coppola level masterpieces. Guess what? Not all movies need to be like that. There's nothing wrong in having simple, charming, lighthearted, funny and romantic movies. And all his movies, and I've seen 'em all, are above any rom-com or romance flick made after 1990.

But out of all his movies my number one favorite is "King Creole". A very emotional, powerful and deep drama. A great flick, in which the gorgeous Carolyn Jones is simply amazing. And for me, she'll always be the best Morticia Addams in the only Addams Family that matters - the 1964 TV series.

Celeste Holm arriving with her husband, Schuyler Dunning, for the New York premiere of  "Prince of Foxes", starring Tyrone Power, at the Roxy.

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Dorothy Lamour and her husband, William Ross Howard, watching the dancers at Ciro's. Dorothy, blessed with another child, returns to the screen soon. 

Jeanette MacDonald and husband, Gene Raymond, are met by Constance Bennett at Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany, before entertaining Air Force in Germany and Austria. 

Rosalind Russell swapping stories with Edmund Gwenn, who plays her father in the film.

Four cute Columbia messengers surround Ray Milland on "Woman of Distinction" set.

Above: Pete, in his dressing room, with Bridget Carr. Below: Deborah Kerr and Peter, chat between scenes.

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Jeanne, in a scene from "Cheaper By The Dozen," is disciplined by her father, Clifton Webb, an industrial engineer who applies his theories for saving time and motion to his children's upbringing. Her sister, Barbara Bates, and brother, Norman Ollestad, are fascinated witnesses. 

source: Screenland Magazine | Zetu Harrys collection

Red Skelton and his wife greet friends in the row behind them during intermission at opening of "A La Carte," a musical revue. Red's gay banter intrigues the Johnny Weissmullers.