Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1963)

children and husband Harry Karl. I could sense the inner turmoil through Debbie’s brave mask of courage in the face of the turbulence I knew was brewing. I wasn’t the only one aware of it. Many others were, too. Call this trouble : “The Woman Who Is Trying To Break Up Debbie Reynold’s Marriage.” Call it just that. Who is this woman, you ask? Well, let me describe her to you. She is an ogre, evil and hideous in every respect. She is wicked, wretched, scornful. She would not hesitate an instant to stick a sharp stiletto in poor Debbie’s back. She’s done it before. And she is trying to do it again. It’s obvious she’ll stop at nothing. There is nothing in Debbie’s life with Harry Karl except tenderness and love — and Carrie and little Todd Fisher also get a lions share of warm affection. At a runthrough of Debbie’s Las V egas act, the children, snug on Harry’s lap, watch their mommy clown her way to her audience’s hearts. Yet, even a loving family like this falls victim to the biting tongues of gossip-mongers. Debbie should be terrified. She knows better than anyone what could happen to her. She’s felt the sharp, excruciating pain of a broken marriage once. She knows the heartache, the sorrow, the agonizing ordeal it can bring. It can really hurt. Debbie should be terrified. But she isn’t. Thank goodness she had her guard up this time. So when The Woman began to slash stealthily at her two-year marriage to Harry Karl, Debbie was prepared to cope with the problem. Yet Debbie could not stop her from coming into the open with a whispering campaign. For a long while, Debbie and Harry both ignored (Continued on page 99) _ 31