Screenland Plus TV-Land (Jul 1959 - May 1960)

HOLLYWOOD LOWDOWN continued Alaskans." "How about . 'Park In My Parka.' " said I. Okay, so the sun got me. . . . 16-year-old Alana Ladd with her father's coloring and her mother's mouthline, will go full steam ahead with an acting career. Ditto younger brother David, but the boy can emote only during vacation time. Quote from a London newspaper — Gregory Peck: "California is only wonderful if you're an orange." I doubt whether he really said this — or he might have been joking. . . . Greg, incidentally, is feuding with director Willie Wyler because of the extra million dollars Willie poured into their partnership picture, "The Big Country." When a picture costs too much it's hard to realize a profit. . . . Same happened with Gary Cooper's "Ten North Frederick." His salary and percentage were so high, the film broke even but nothing more. ... I always love to hear Gary say how hard up he is. Ditto Joel McCrea and Fred MacMurray. The trio are all millionaires many times over. . . . And we should all be as "broke" as Joan Crawford who has zillions and a new career as a top business woman. Brigitte Bardot makes many pictures in Spain, but her pictures are taboo there. They don't go for anything that shows the female form divine. Whereas in England they don't go for violence — but this is fine in bullfighting Spain. . . . Watch the smoke of 19-year-old actor George Hamilton who came to Hollywood with $90 in his pocket and crashed to stardom with Robert Mitchum in "Home From The Hill." I should add that Hamilton's mother has a super home in Palm Beach and that the boy drives around in a seven passenger Rolls Royce. He should go far in this town where too many people have become too frightened of being different. Robert Young, who plays an insurance executive in "Father Knows Best," has always believed in insurance, and owns 25 policies of one sort or another. Insurance companies adore him. You had to see it to believe it, Her Grace Kelly dancing the Charleston while hubby Prince Rainier banged the drums, at the Monaco party in honor of his 36th birthday. I still have a feeling that one day Grace will return to moviemaking. . . . Liberace told them in London that he would love to marry, "only I'm so terribly fickle." Why not try it and see, Lee. . . . Jayne Mansfield is the only star, female gender, at 20th who has a permanent dressing room on the lot. But Jaynie would rather have good dramatic pictures. "I've had it as a vital statistic," giggles Jayne. Since "Gigi," Louis Jourdan's asking price is $50,000 a week. . . . Rosalind Russell talking about career girls in real life, "They never end up with Cary Grant or Fred MacMurray, they end up with nothing." How disillusioning. . . . James Garner's philosophy, "I never worry about money, I worry about my career, because with career comes money." James has a brand new seven-year contract at Warners — with more money. . . . Talking of Warners, they have a rule, no two stars in the same TV show can fly in the same plane. So that when Efrem Zimbalist and sidekick Edd "Kookie" Byrnes went East for personal appearances, Efrem was taken off the jet and put on a prop plane. "But I arrived in New York 19 hours before Edd," gloated Efrem. I hope Audrey Hepburn is spending the summer resting, as the doctor ordered. There is nothing immediate on Audrey's working schedule. (She stars in "Fanny" with Maurice Chevalier early next year.) And she hopes the stork will come calling again. . . . Joan Crawford's eldest adopted daughter, Christine, now 19, has been living in her own apartment for the past two and a half years. In between studying to be an actress, Christine has FILM chores over, Mitzi Gaynor relaxes at the Harwyn Club with husband Jack Bean. PRINCE Rainier and Princess Grace plan a trip to America but won't visit Hollywood. FANS focus attention on Shirley MacLaii looking her most glamourous at a premief toiled at a number of things, includifl waiting at table. Nothing to be ashamp of in this — Joan herself earned money r a waitress while waiting to be a star. ] Rod Steiger joins the exclusive bajof millionaires in Hollywood. His p*> centage of "Al Capone" will earn hji more than a million. Rod almost did! make the picture — insisted on a rewrii He was obviously right. . . . Most womtji when they dance, place the palm of dl left hand on the right shoulder of 1 man. But Kim Novak puts her whcj; arm across the partner's back with Ml hand resting on his left shoulder. Tryi sometime, very cosy and guaranteed !■ get you together. ... In Yul BrynneJi stamp collection he has one signed h ex-dictator Batista. He is still hoping fj a signed stamp from Queen Elizabeth I England. I wish him luck. Rosalind Russell insisted on son Lanf! earning his car. The 16-year-old boy h" been spending the summer as a copy h on a Los Angeles newspaper. . . . Eliz beth Taylor is showing some grey amor the black of her hair. And Eddie Fish: has admitted that his romance and ma riage with Elizabeth has hurt his caTee But adds, "I don't care." Whom is 11 kidding? . . . Looks like love for Robe Horton and Cindy Robbins — as of goir to press that is. . . . Alan Young, wl starts a daily television show in the f al has the whole thing planned so he won get as exhausted as when he was on T in 1950 to '53. "I'll tape two shows c Monday, two on Tuesday, one on Wei nesday, and loaf the rest of the week. Alan called to tell me. Sounds good, he doesn't collapse before Thursday. Katharine Hepburn and Alec Guinne; continued on page c