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Show I HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOODHALO HOLLYWOODHALOBy HALO HALOBy By Dorothy III bi IIIPeper biPeper MPeper MPeperWNU Peper PeperwNU WNU FeaturesHe FeaturesHe Features FeaturesHe He was back in his room The ThemovIe Themovie Themovie movIe had been good In fact themovie the themOVie themovie mOVie had been very good But now nowalone nowalone nowalone alone again he felt a little sadOn sad sadOn On the table before him stood a asilver asilver asilver silver framed photograph-her photograph her photograph - her piC pie piCture pietune picture ture tune with her autograph He was wasgo wasgo wasgo go ng to write wnte her a letter He start start- started started started - - ed out the way they do m In mov moves movesand esand es esand | and books-chew books chew books - chew ng the top of the thefountain thefountain thefountain fountain pen writing wntlng a few lines linesv v adding up sheet after sheetFinally sheet sheetFinally Finally Fmally after a struggle strugile : he heplunged heplunged heplunged plunged ahead aheadDear aheadDear Dear GlorIa GloriaI I saw sa W your new picture "Hollywood Hollywood 'Holly Holly 'Hollywood 'Hollywood " ' ' wood Halo at the Carthay Circle Circletomght Circletonight Circletonight tomght tonight You were as sweet and andbeautiful andbeautiful andbeautiful beautiful as ever But then I guess guessit guessit guessits it s just natural for me to think thinkyou thinkyou thinkyou you re topsiYou topsi tops topsiYou I You 11 ll be surprised I reckon reckonwhen reckonwhen reckonwhen when you open your tan fan mail to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow morrow and in it find this Maybe Maybeyou Maybeyou Maybeyou you w II 11 think that I m a little silly sillyBut sillyBut sillyBut But I m not The trouble Is adults adultsthmk adultsthink adultsthink thmk think kids don dont t have any sense senseBut senseBut senseBut But a guy who s 14 knows plenty plentyEspecially plentyEspecially plentyEspeciaUy Especially what he likes and wantsWell wants wantsWen Wen Well what I like more than all allthe allthe allthe the world is you-and you and you - and what I want wantmost wantmost wantmost most is to have you all to myself myselfI I love you more than life and I m mproud mproud mproud proud of your success ( ! ( I read that thatlast thatlast thatlast last sentence m In a book But I meanq meanC mean77i mean - - " ' ' " " " " " " ' " ' ' W-1\ W 1 ! - . * \ C / W1I } " 77i I q . < - ' N NI 3 3a 3tit a tit . . R as asI I saw your new picture Yon You Yonwere Youwere Youwere were as sweet as beautiful beauhful as asever asever asever aseverit ever everit It it , , and it is the truth ttuth t ) nth ) I d like l1ke to tobe tobe tobe be the one to give you everything everythingyou you want in life But I wouldn t twant twant twant want you to belong to anyone else elseMaybe elseMaybe elseMaybe Maybe that is selfish . . But you 11'Understand Uunderstand U 11 understand 'Understand ' I hopeYou hopeYou hope hopeYou You were wonderful in the pic pie picture pielure picture ture lure ton ght . . Espec ally the scene scenem scenein scenem m in which you d d that dance when whenyou whenyou whenyou you came out in an that long blue bluedress bluedress bluedresa dress "You You " know what I dId dad dIdGloria dadGloria didGloria7 Gloria ' I closed my eyes and pre pretended pretended pretended tended I was v . as the one there WIth WIthyou withyou withyou you whirling whlrlmg you about And the thepart thepart thepart part where you were in the road roadster roadster roadster ster going real fast-I fast I fast - I pretended I Iwas Iwas Iwas was the driver dnver and you were at my myside myside myside side Your hair blew back away awayfrom awayfrom awayfrom from your face and you were laugh laughIng laughtrig laughing Ing trig I love to hear you laugh ! I wish you were here right now nowInstead nowinstead nowInstead Instead of your photograph I wish wishyou wishyou wishyou you would come in right now nowthrough nowthrough nowthrough through the doorway and sit on the theside theside theside side of the bed and talk I can just justimagine justimagine justimagine imagine how you d look Maybe Maybeyou Maybeyou Maybeyou you d wear the robe you wore m in mthe inthe inthe the plcture-I plcture I picture-I picture picture - - I think you called thecolor the thecolor thecolor color chartroose And slippers sl1ppers to tomatch tomatch tomatch match with white fur trim trlID at the thetop thetop thetop top And your hair \ would ould be loose loosearound loosearound loosearound around your shoulders and all soft softand softand softand and golden around your face Oh OhGloria OhGloria OhGloria Gloria you re so beautiful I ' You Youmake Youmake Youmake make me feel so proud ' ' In the picture you cried-and cried and criedandeven criedandeven cried - andeven even if it I did know it wasn wasp t real real realI , , I couldn t help feeling feehng sadThe sadThe sad sadThe The part of the picture I 1 I ked kedbest kedbest kedbest best " , was as when you put on a whIte whIteapron whiteapron whiteapron apron to cook a dinner dmner tor for guestsyou guestsyou guests -you you - you didn dldn t know much about itbut It Itbut itbut but you v . were ere bound you would do It Itor itor itor or bust . . That part was natural and andreal andreal andreal real That s why I liked hked it so much muchYou muchYou muchYou You seemed just like ) yourself ourself and andso andso andBO so little and helpless and anq cute cuteI I pretended you were go ng to tocook tocook tocook cook hamburg hamburgers rs and it was Satur Saturday Saturday Saturday day night , , and we didn dldn t have a asmgle asingle asingle smgle single guest-just guest just guest - just you and me- me meand meand me meand - and you didn t have to go back to tothe tothe tothe the studio for a whole month monthl monthlOh ! Oh Gloria ! Wouldn t it be won wonderful wondeniul wonderfuP derful deniul ' I love you so much ! Maybe Maybeit It s best you aren t here and I can canwrite canwrite canwrite write all aU thls-I thls I this-I this this - I m afraid I could couldnever couldnever couldnever never get it said if i1 It had to come comeout comeout comeout out in talk talkl talklEven ! Even if you can t be just mine mineI I [ want you to be happy and to have haveyour haveyour haveyour your success But don t forget I Ilove Ilove Ilove love you youYour Your own JohnnyPSI Johnny JohnnyP PSI P S I heard you tell someone someonethe someonethe someonethe the other night mght that it took a lot lotmore lotmore lotmore more than make up to hide a 14 year yearold yearold yearold old son I know you love me thoughI though -I I - I m sure I could tell if it was pre pretend pretend pretend pretendBut tend tendBut But I w sh it didn dldn t matter so somuch somuch somuch much tor for people to know I m your yourson yourson jourson son I wish you could just stay home homeand homeand homeand and cook hamburgers I wish I could couldstop couldstop couldstop stop call caling ng you Gloria and just justcall justcall call aU you Mom |