Editing Modern Screen (section)

== Legal issues ==

=== Troy Donahue lawsuit ===
On January 16, 1963, actor [[Troy Donahue]] filed a $200,000 lawsuit in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] against ''Modern Screen'', [[Dell Publishing|Dell Publishing Co.]], and 17 year old Joyce Becker, a self-described actress and writer, who wrote an inflammatory article the magazine published titled, “The First Time Troy Made Love to Me.”<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Michaud |first=Michael Gregg |url=https://www.everand.com/book/628192247/Inventing-Troy-Donahue-The-Making-of-a-Movie-Star |title=Inventing Troy Donnahue - The Making of a Movie Star |publisher=BearManor Media |year=2023 |isbn=979-8-88771-104-1 |location=United States |language=English}}</ref><ref>“Troy Donahue Sues Magazine,” ''News Journal/Wilmington'', Jan 16, 1963</ref>

Donahue protested that the article described them as better friends than they really were.  His lawyer said they were only casually acquainted and had met only once, when Becker interviewed Donahue for a teen magazine. Donahue's action claimed that the story violated privacy and said the statements in the article were “unjustified and untrue.”<ref>{{cite news |date=Jan 16, 1963 |title=Film Star Actor Sues Fan Magazine |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/481484570/ |access-date=Feb 8, 2024 |work=The Calgary Herald}}</ref>

Eventually, Dell Publishing Co. printed a retraction, and paid Donahue an undisclosed settlement.<ref name=":0" />