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Want the real truth? Write to INSIDE STORY, Modern Screen, 8701 W. Third St., Los Angeles 48, Cal. The most interesting letters will appear in this column. Sorry, no personal replies.
Q. I read in a movie column that Marlon Brando had invested $100,000 of his own money in On The Waterfront. Is this true or false?
— E.F., Canon City, Col.
A. False.
<?. Did Jeff Chandler ever have a big thing with Joan Crawford?
— J.P., San Juan, P. R.
A. Just a working acquaintance.
<?. When Jane Russell was little, her brothers had a pet name for her. Do you know what it was?
— B.T., Minneapolis, Minn.
A. "Bones."
9« How many times has Vic Mature been married? — G.T., Louisville, Ky.
A. Three times.
9. How long has Ann Blyth been in show business and was she ever in love with Charles Fitz-Sirrions?
— E.L., Elmhurst, L.I.
A. Ann has been in show business 19 years; Fitz-Simons was just a friend.
Q. Was Vera-Ellen heart-broken when Rock Hudson didn't marry her?
— N.E., Newport News, Va.
A. Just disappointed.
9. Is it true that Virginia Mayo and Jan Sterling are both out of the same chorus line? — G.R., Crestview, Fla.
A. They were both featured in Eddie Cantor's Banjo Eyes.
9. I understand that 20th Century-Fox is going to make The King And I from the book Anna And The King Of Siam. Hasn't that studio already made Anna And The King Of Siam?— H.E., N.Y.C.
A. Yes, but The King And I is the musical adaptation by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein that was such a success on Broadway .
9. How old is Lucille Ball and was she ever a model in New York's garment center? — D.R., Denver, Col.
A. Lucille Ball is 43, once worked as a fashion model.
9. When Doris Day sang with Bob Crosby and his Bobcats in Chicago's Blackhawk, what was the color of her hair? Also did Crosby give Doris her name? — R.K., Memphis, Tenn.
A. Doris was a brunette. It was bandleader Barney Rapp who changed her name from Kappelhoff to Day after she sang "Day After Day."
9. How does Sheree North feel about her first husband?
— F.R., Los Angeles, Cal.
A. She hates to identify or discuss him.
9. What is the tieup between Jean Simmons, James Hanson and Audrey Hepburn? — V.K., Cleveland, Ohio
A. Hanson is the Englishman who used to date Simmons, later became engaged to Audrey Hepburn.
9. Was Jeff Chandler ever a star swimmer? — T.T., Mountain View, Calif.
A. Never.
9. I've been told that ever since they made Young In Heart, there's no love lost between Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. Is this on the level?
— B.T., B urban k, Cal.
A. Yes.
9. Are the Audie Murphys quarreling?
— V.E., Enid, Okla.
A. Audie is not the easiest man in the world to live with.
9. I understand that many movie stars are afraid to play opposite Joan Crawford in a picture. Is that why most of her leading men are newcomers?
— S.U., Clarinda, Iowa
A. Miss Crawford is a screen veteran who knows all the angles; she loves to give newcomers an opportunity.
9. Is it true that Stewart Granger is really of Italian descent and is 51 years old? — D.R., London, Eng.
A. James Lablache Stewart {Granger's real name) was born on May 6, 1913 at Coleherne Court in Kensington, London. There is some Italian blood in his family on the maternal side.