Hollywood Studio Magazine (August 1972)

announced earlier at a sangria reception of Senor Pico, amid an exhibit of paintings by 40 students of the non-profit Music and Art school. *** Ernest Borgnine brought his new love, Tove Newman to Senor Pico’s and confided that when his divorce is final he and the Caesars Palace cosmetician will marry. “She invented a new mud pack which took so many wrinkles off my face I’m ready for Andy Hardy roles.” What better reason for marriage, Ernie? *** The wedding of Daria Helprin and Dennis Hopper has to be the most far out since actor-turned-minister John Phillip Law united Sharon Farrell and John Boyer in Holy matrimony. The Hopper’s Jewish wedding was performed by a Rabbi in the woods of Northern California. Only a few close friends were in attendance. When Candice Bergen observed, “We WASPS don’t have anything like this,” another guest whispered, “well, it really isn’t orthodox.” Following the ceremony, I’m told there was a lovely reception on the grass — oops, I mean in a meadow. Daria, remembered as the feminine lead in “Zabriskie Point” and “Jerusalem File,” comes from a prominent San Francisco family. To say tongues are wagging in the Bay City over her marriage to Hopper, a non-conformist if there ever was one, is putting it mildly. *** It was hot and cold at Caesars Palace! Sultry Diana Ross making her first appearance there, generated the heat while Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies played it cool with the ’73 ice show. Diana closed with “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” She could have been singing about herseif. The skinny Detroit youngster, raised against a background of poverty, has climbed to the heights. When she was 14, she formed a vocal group with schoolmates Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard. Upon their graduation Berry Gordy gave them a contract with Motown Records — prophetically naming them The Supremes. Düring the next 10 years, the girls became the Number One recording group in the world. Two years ago Diana went on her own and soon became an internationally known super star. She has also invaded the motion picture field. Her first film, “Lady Sings the Blues,” in which she plays the legendary Billie Holiday, will be released in October. Caesars Palace was her last engagement for some time. She is expecting a baby this winter and will rest until then. *** The most celebrated acting couple in the history of the theatre, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, were guests in the Princess Grace suite of the Bel Air Hotel during their brief visit here from their 120-acre farm at Genesee Depot, Wisconsin. She was born Lily Louise in Essex, England in 1887. Lunt was born six years later in Milwaukee. Their first Broadway show together was in support of Laurette Taylor in “Sweet Nell of Old Drury.” In 1924 they became an overnight Sensation with their first starring vehicle, “The Guardsman.” A cavalcade of successes followed. I only saw their theatrical magic once in “The Visit” at the old Biltmore in 1960. No one realized, including the Lunts, that it would be their farewell tour. *** I guess it’s what you’d call a progressive evening. We started with Turn three pages **********************¥****¥**¥************************* i ? I VALLEY TRAVEL SERVICE, INC 17723 CHATSWORTH STREET GRANADA HILLS, CALIF. 91344 ENjoy 3-8133 TRavel 7-5557 ALL AGENCY SERVICES FREE OF CHARGE ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★■fr****************************