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Deborah, co-star Bob Taylor and Director Mervyn LeRoy seeing the sights in Rome.
ROME: Deborah Kerr was in Bob Taylor's arms, her lips apart in a slightly breathless expression. Yes, her suspicions were correct. He had had her seized to be his slave. The momentary thrill of his handsome, aggressive male virility, changed to anger, coupled with indignation, as he drew her to him. Deborah Kerr was playing the role coveted by every dramatic actress in Hollywood. Twenty stars including Ann Blyth, Janet Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor, Arlene Dahl and countless more had tested for the role of the virgin Lygia in "Quo Vadis," the biggest picture ever attempted, being filmed at a cost of eight million in Rome, Italy, by MGM.
Hollywood buzzed, "How did Deborah Kerr get the most delectable role of the year? What made her so special?" Did she have the saintliness of a virgin covering the fire of a woman recklessly in love? Certainly, she had been nominated for an Academy Award for "Edward, My Son." To some, she is England's most
The co-stars go over the script together. Both had their spouses join them in Italy.
Deborah and Bob in scene in "Quo Vadis," MGM's most spectacular and costly picture.
able contribution to Hollywood. But to star in the picture, which may be the greatest of all time — how come?
I found myself fascinated as I sat with Director Mervyn LeRoy on the set at Cinecitta while Bob Taylor, Buddy Baer and Deborah worked before the Technicolor cameras.
"I really shouldn't like Deborah at all. I should resent her," I whispered to Mervyn. "Here my favorite boy friend, Buddy Baer, is spending all day here at Cinecitta with her — and only a couple of hours with me — just long enough to take me to dinner evenings. Why, she sees him all of the time."
"Buddy thinks she's great — " smiled Mervyn LeRoy approvingly, "and that is as it should be. After all, he's her protector. He fights the bull and saves her from being burned at the stake in Nero's arena. Few people really know Deborah, but of all the tests I made in Hollywood, she stood out as Lygia. She has the fire, and that (Please turn to page 53)
Gant Buddy Baer, who plays Deborah's trusty slave in "Quo Vadis." He fights a bull for her.
Deborah models the beautiful gown she wears in the Emperor Nero's banquet scene in Technicolor production of "Quo Vadis," the film which will cost $8,000,000 before completion.