Modern Screen (Dec 1952 - Nov 1953)

...JUDY GARLAND PROMISES NOT TO DIET ... JOSE FERRER SINGS "COME ON A MY HOUSE" TO ROSEMARY.. The Gary Merrili-Bette Davis family, all present and accounted for as they disembark in New York, where Bette.will soon appear in a play. The three children, Barbara, Morgo and Mike, loved the airplane trip. Bing Crosby takes time out-from the shooting of his new movie, Little Boy Lost, being made in France, to chat with three of his young co-workers. This scene takes place in the Tuileries Garden in Paris. this season so she's stocked up on them. Rosalind Russell, who ALWAYS wears a hat, came hatless wearing a white dress trimmed in green and looking as pretty and fresh as an apple blossom. Jack Benny, just back from Europe, had much to tell us of his experiences — and when Jack tells it, everything is funny. Jeanne Crain wore a bright green jacket over a green and white print dress and someone remarked that there's no handsomer couple in Hollywood than Jeanne and her devoted Paul Brinkmem. It was a warm afternoon, but Jane Wyman looked like a fashion plate in a violet wool dress with a deeper violet velvet jacket and chiffon scarf at the throat. Looking like the happiest bride and groom in the world Ginny .Simms never let go the arm of Bob Calhoun. And, then, just ten days later, they were SEPARATED! Ginny refused to move into the house Bob had bought for her. Instead, she took a smaller place, moved in with her two sons by her marriage to Hyatt Dehn, and Calhoun didn't know anything about her plans until he read my "scoop" in the papers! Break-ups in Hollywood marriages frequently come suddenly. But this one was so REAL LY out of the blue that even one of the principals didn't know it was over. Most couples in love spend their time trying to escape relatives of all people! That's why it seems so amusing to me that whenever Marilyn Monroe and the love of her life, Joe DiMaggio, get a spare moment together they hie themselves to San Francisco to visit Joe's uncles, aunts and young cousins. As an Italian, DiMaggio is naturally a family man. And Marilyn, an orphan who has never known real family life, just loves it! Instead of haunting the nightclubs and gay spots, Marilyn and Joe spend most of their time at Uncle Louie DiMaggio's cooking spaghetti dinners and watching shows and sports events on TV. The DiMaggio cousins bring their teen-age girl friends home and Marilyn shows them how to make up, set their hair, do their nails, etc. Joe calls Marilyn "baby." The kids call her "doll." One night, Marilyn and Joe hosted a party for 16 teen-agers in Chinatown feasting on chop suey, rice and tea and dancing to juke box music. When Marilyn is with the kids she dresses just as they do — sweaters and skirts and NO publicity-type, low cut gowns, thank you. If you ask me, one of the nicest things Joe has brought into the life of the lonely girl who is the "hottest" property in Hollywood today, is sharing his family life with her. All the fame and fortune in the world couldn't bring this happiness to Marilyn. he figures in the John Waynes' property ~ settlement sound like telephone numbers. According to Mrs. Wayne's attorney, John and Chata spent 313,000 monthly during their marriage; John made 5500,000 last year and he is many times a millionaire. I've talked with John — and I know he has his dander up. This promises to be one of the most bitterly fought divorces in years. helley Winters Gassmann is the funniest expectant mother of all time. "I got morning sickness," quoth Shell, "and afternoon sickness, and evening sickness. I'm nauseous all the time. And the things I wantta eat! Pickles and eggs! I've always hated bananas — and now I gotta have 'em. The other day, after I'd HAD luncheon, I stopped by a drive-in and had a peanut-butter sandwich and a root-beer float. "Before we got pregnant, Vittorio was the