Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1963)

form of shattered hearts for the stars. Mickey Rooney’s heart is hardly in tatters over his many problems. He has made and squandered millions. A lot of it in alimony to many ex-mates. But he is an industrious man who knows his responsibilities to his wife and children. Mickey has never labored harder than he does now and he still ranks among the ticketI sellers. The other opening night at the Hotel Ambassador’s Cocoanut Grove, one of Mickey’s chums, discussing his bankruptcy (after earning twelve million dollars) observed admiringly: “He was always a fast guy with a buck.” “In Hollywood,” he was reminded, “that’s not a testimonial — it’s an Epitaph.” * | The newspapers recently reminded that Rita Hayworth’s daughter Princess Yasmine will inherit a million-and-a-half of Aly Khan’s money. Some of us remember ten years ago when Rita was preggy and she told friends that she hoped to have a boy “because girls don’t inherit nearly as much.” * A mag front covered : “Richard Burton Reveals His Love-Making Secrets.” Ho, hum. Don’t they know there are no secrets to unlock a woman’s heart — unless she , wants to hand over the key? The greatest “lovers” in history — Casanova, Don Juan, et al — died miserable, lonely, unloved deaths. For all their “se crets” they wound up being used by young women just as they had used old women when they were young and handsome. ❖ Melina (“Never On Sunday” and “Phaedra”) Mercouri’s communique from Athens following her visit to Uncle Samville : “America must be inhabited entirely by newspaper reporters. I couldn’t get clear of them long enough to meet anyone else." La Mercouri sounds like one of those “Stoppittt, I Luvittt!” gals. ❖ We watched Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance do their “Lucy Show” the other evening at Desilu. One of their funniest. It will probably have been shown on CBS before (or about) the time this prose appears. The stanza deals with Lucy and Viv trying to fix a new shower without the expense of a plumber. They almost drown behind the locked glass shower door. The actors suffer from the heat making this show. One stagehand told us “This set is lit by over 250 lamps. Some are 10,000 Watters.” Lucille’s new mate, comic Gary Morton, prefaced the proceedings (they call it “the warmup”) with bits from his night-club act. He is rewarded with a special Director’s Chair inscribed: “Gary Morton.” ❖ From the Papers: “Limeliters In Utah Air Crash” . . . “Provo, Dec. 13 (AP) : The Limeliters singing group are recuperating in a hospital here. Their chartered plane crashed near Provo.” That wasn’t the complete story. The Limeliters disregarded the danger signals. Regular airlines cancelled all flights because of pea-soup fog. So they rented a plane and stretched their luck. Clever? * The Marquis de la Passardiere is the name of French star Lilo’s husband. He is her agent. He also handles Brigitte Bardot’s “next big rival.” He so informed a group of scribes including Photoplay’s cub-reporter at New York’s Hotel Stanhope’s Rembrandt Room. “So?” you shrug, “What’s the name of Brigitte’s next big competitor?” Marie-France Pisier. She is seventeen. But waitaminit! She’s also Veddy Social. You may see and judge Marie for yourself in “Young Ladies Of Good Families.” * That dilapidated apartment used by Shirley MacLaine in “Two For The SeeSaw” is the exact lookalike of the one Shirley dwelled in with former roomie “Georgie” Reed, once “Miss Baltimore.” * Natalie Wood’s secret-weapon: Dabs perfume on her eyelids. — The End Walter Winchell narrates “The Untouchables,” ABC-TV, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. EST. k Just insert one tiny tablet in vagina. ..works instantly without water! STOP VAGINAL ODORS ALL DAY LONG! NEW WAY WITHOUT DOUCHING! 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