TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1963)

VINCENT EDWARDS (Continued from page 24) around at that pile of stones. I'm alive today, I thought, but tomorrow I may be a ruin, a memory like those stones. What kind of life is it that's afraid to test its powers to the utmost? That's when I made my mind up. I'd take the plunge. I'd accept the Las Vegas offer. I'd put all Ben Casey's chips, all 'The Victors' chips, on a night-club act — and winner take all." A silent partner A few days after Vince wrote this, Sherry arrived in Rome with Vince's manager, Abner Greshler. Her future is so tied up with Vince's that, in a way, she is a silent partner in any gamble he may take. She sensed at once that something was up. "Well, what is it now?" she asked, a trifle worried. Vince grinned sheepishly. After a little hesitation, he told her that he was going to sing in Vegas. Sherry pursed her lips in a low whistle. "Look," he said, "in the days when the going was really rough, I learned one thing. An actor's first duty is to survive m his profession. And that's what I did. I stuck it out until my break came with 'Ben Casey.' But before this break came, I made a promise to myself. I swore that, if I ever got the chance to show what I was capable of, I'd give all I had and I wouldn't stop halfway. I've always been both a singer and an actor, and while I've proved myself to some degree on TV and in the movies, I owe it to myself and all the people like you, who had faith in me, to prove what else I can really do." "But you did prove that when you sang on 'The Dinah Shore Show' last winter," Sherry pointed out. "It isn't the same as doing a live show, twice a night, in a top spot," he said with quiet resolution. "Maybe I'll just make a fool of myself . . . maybe the people won't like me. But it's one risk I'll have to take." It was big, brave talk, but later, back in Hollywood, Vince's fears returned. This time, for a new reason. 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