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FULLY CROWDED WITH HOME, CAREER AND FRIENDSAND MOST OF ALL, WITH HER LOVE FOR CHILDREN.
Time at home is precious to Esther; it takes six months to make one of her films. Besides taking care of the kids, she markets and cooks when she can, helps Ben with the management of the restaurant and factory.
At Romanoff's after a premiere, Donna Reed chats with the Gages. Donna and her husband, Tony Owen, are members of the inseparable Gage gang, as are David and Jane Wayne, Janet Blair and Virginia Bruce.
The father, Lou Williams, now spends most of his spare time fishing. The mother, Bula Williams, is a social worker with two degrees, Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Divinity. (She is a licensed minister.)
Both of her parents think Esther got a raw deal when the press girls branded her "the most uncooperative."
There are more oracles: Esther's sister Maurine, also a Ph.D.; her sister June of the Pico Women's Club, her brother Dave, a contractor-plumber. And of course, her tall, husky (six feet, four inches, 255 pounds) husband, smiling Ben Gage.
Naturally, Ben Gage knows more about Esther than anyone. He has been married to her for eight years. He is the father of her children.
How did Esther come to be voted the "most uncooperative actress of 1953?" This title was originally scheduled for Doris Day, who should have won it hands down. Last year Doris was about as cooperative with the Hollywood Press as a frightened porcupine.
The Women's Press Club was told that Doris had been under a great nervous strain. For months she had suffered from
cancerphobia, a fear of cancer which fortunately turned out to be groundless. Appeals were made to their kindness. Why make someone who was ill more ill by voting her uncooperative?
A press agent phoned and said that if Doris were branded "the most uncooperative" he would lose his job. Press agents often hold this sword over the heads of warm-hearted reporters.
So you can see what a tight spot these writers were in. Someone had to get the sour apple. It just wouldn't do to say there were no (Continued on page 92)
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