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

Hollywood Love Life continued from page 10 i was delayed two weeks and she ddrit get home for Christmas. They i up enormous phone bills. Roger had ir house redecorated while Vickie was ie but she had planned the changes. "I uldn't risk them on my own/' says g. He bought their son and daughter a w puppy and a coal black kitten for xtra company" while Mom was away. JCCESS !— Gardner IMcKay really has made with the fans. In the mail the her day came a letter from one of Rock adson's fan cluhs which read "Drop ad! You're cutting in on our Rock!" [though critics panned his acting, fans ally love him. Proof is not only in his .mendous fan mail but that all visitors 20th Century studio for the last several DaXfonths asked to visit his "Adventures In ! aradise" set. Finally, in desperation, the rector ordered a "No Visitors" sign, ard has been working with a dialogue jToach and he's also "loosened up" in his 'Tcting, as you may have noticed. His romance" with Joan Collins is all over; | je's resumed dates with Maria Cooper and "Tias "discovered" Margo Moore. That's ice discovering. Margo is a real beauty, j .as an inspiring story. At 13, she was rricken with polio, spent two years in neck-to-hip cast but went on to become , J model and actress. She was in "Hound )og Man", now has the top femme role " pposite Ernie Kovacs in "Wake Me ^hen It's Over". dor. NEW MAN — Joan Collins new heart nterest is Warren Beaty, Shirley MacMaine's brother. Joan had a free month >elween "Seven Thieves" and ''Sons And Lovers", went East to see Warren in a jlay he's doing. She ivas in Washington 'or the try-out, also in New York for the opening there. m REAL THING— Studio publicity de; Apartments often arrange dates for young a: players, strictly for publicity. But somel times they click. Warners "suggested" that Troy Donahue escort starlet Diane • McBain to the Deb Star Ball. They had f a ball at the ball and have had lotsa i dates since, with no urging from the Front Bl< Office. Diane is an ash blonde, 17-yeari old local girl. She's been signed by tJ Warners, has been in many of their TV i series and now has a good role in the i movie "Ice Palace". WRONG RmG— Juliet Prowse, the ti French dancer who is sensational in "CanCan" with Frank Sinatra and Shirley ) MacLaine — yoiive probably seen her on Frankie's TV spec — has been steady dat( ing young actor Nico Minardos. To her ■• surprise, she received a three-carat diamond ring in the mail, but from the wrong man. It was from her former dance partner in Europe and she's returning it. "I'm not marrying anyone now," says Juliet. Nico was the first husband of Ty Power's widow, Debbie, who recently married producer Arthur Loew, Jr. And that marriage ended rumors that Rock Hudson was "romancing ' Debbie. CHANGES— Tuesday Weld, who has been widely criticized, even in broadminded Hollywood, for dating 44-yearold John Ireland, is getting interested in "younger men," although they're still not in her 16-year-bracket. Recently she's been dating Fred Winston, a UCLA student, and Dave Gershenson, a young press agent. Friends say she's "flipped" for Dave, a "sane, steady-going guy," quite unlike some of her former beatnik pals. But Tuesday is as changeable as a chameleon. Two other changes in her life: she had her name legally changed from Susan to Tuesday and she's been learning to drive a car, an added hazard on our Freeways! BIG PRESENT — When John Smith was on a personal appearance tour in Idaho he bought a cute little two pound Chesapeake Bay retriever pup for his best girl, Luana Patten. But Luana's landlady refused to let her keep the pup, which she named Juan. John took it back. After 17 weeks the "pup" weighed 50 pounds and John learned it will gain another 30 before it has full growth! The "Laramie" star says his bachelor dijs won't be big enough for both Juan and John then, so he's looking around for a bigger apartment. DATE BAIT — Since the romance of Keith Larsen and Taina Elg has simmered down to the "just good friends" stage. Keith has been dating other gals, including Rhonda Fleming, and is regarded as one of the most eligible bache TWO NEW members of the Hollywood young set are Maggie Pierce and George Hamilton. lors in town. "Eligible" is an understatement. He's handsome and owns a housing development at iMalibu reputedly worth a quarter of a million! Keith asked for and received his release from MGM where he made "Northwest Passage" and ha> signed for a new TV series. SSS MAN — Another young man very much in the dough department these days is Tab Hunter. He's been neglecting the gals to concentrate on biznez. Besides acting, he's recorded his first country-music album, "RFD — Tab Hunter" and now goes on a trip to the Orient, visiting Japan, Hong Kong. Singapore and Cambodia for a new export-import firm that he's started! IRONIC — Shortly before their wedding, Brett Halsey played opposite his lollapaluzzi, Luciana Paluzzi, in a "Five Fingers" TV segment. But he didn't get his real-life gal: co-star David Hedison always wins in the end. Luciana's mother came over from Italy for the wedding and gave the bride an intensive course of cooking lessons. Luciana claims she turns out a great pizza. And Hedison is giving her a file of Armenian recipes which have come down through his family for generations. Dave has rented a house once owned by Jean Harlow, and his idea of a party is to be not only the host but the chef as well. His specialty is shish kebab with pilaff. SECRETIVE— Sandra Dee has had some dates recently with Dwayne Hickman and says she "likes him a lot," but her best beau, tall, dark and handsome, is not an actor and she won't tell his name. They avoid the "pop" places of the younger crowd on their dates . . . Carol Lynley is playing it cool on her new romance, too. She says it's all over for her and Brandon de Wilde and she's "interested" in a boy attending tlie Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. "Since he's not in the movies I don't think continued on page 56 GAZING into each other's eyes is favorite pastime of Lori Nelson and Burt Reynolds. 55