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In 1951, Jane and Ma Russell found and loved Tommy, but worried about adopting a baby whose parents knew where he was.
BACK HOME IN HOLLYWOOD JANE SHRUGGED OFF HER FRACAS WITH THE FURIOUS FRENCH AND SETTLED DOWN TO A NICE, RELAXED FREE-FOR-ALL.
BY NATE EDWARDS
■ When she got home from Europe, eleven pounds underweight, Jane Russell announced a new Design For Living. There'd be no more of the too-frantic, too-exhausting rushing about and overwork that has characterized her life. There'd be no more collapses on the set of every picture she made. From now on, her time was going to be budgeted properly with everything in its season, and plenty of season for Jane to spend with her family.
So Jane made out a schedule. 'Til do publicity Tuesday and Thursday. I'll work out at Terry Hunt's Monday and Thursday. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings belong to my kids. Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings I'll spend going over things with Penny Sweeney (her secretary)."
So she made out her timetable, according to the schedule, for the next several weeks and someone noticed that the only time she had left to herself was one Wednesday lunch hour. "What's going to happen when you're asked to do a benefit?"
"I'll manage," said Miss Russell airily, having just returned from a four-hour jaunt, not on the schedule, to supervise the building of new houses by two of her four brothers. Kenny and Wally have decided to locate permanently on the Russell family acres and Jane is determined to be in on every step of the {Continued on page 92)
IN ENGLAND, JANE STARTED BRITISH TONGUES WAGGING WHEN SHE VISITED THE MOTHER OF HER ADOPTED SON— BUT THAT WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
BY KEVIN BURKE
■ When Jane Russell was here several months ago filming Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, she captured in one move of compassion the heart of virtually every mother in the British Isles.
Against the counsel of supposedly wise heads, Jane met with Mrs. Florrie Kavanagh, attractive, Irish-born wife of a local carpenter.
In 1951 Mrs. Kavanagh had given her baby son to Jane for adoption. Now she wanted to know how little Tommy liked Hollywood and how he was getting along.
Jane was advised against establishing or continuing any liaison with the parents of her adopted son. But by nature the brunette beauty is about as tough as butter.
When Florrie Kavanagh rang the Dorchester Hotel and asked about Tommy, Jane told Florrie to meet her at her lawyer's office. The meeting was supposed to be a strict secret. Within twenty-four hours all of London knew about it.
Arriving at the lawyer's office, Mrs. Kavanagh, dressed in her new grey skirt and red corduroy topcoat, was nervous. Jane greeted her warmly, put her at ease. Then she handed Florrie a batch of color slides showing four-and-a-half -year-old Tommy playing in California's sun-drenched San Fernando Valley.
As she peered at the slides through a viewer, Mrs. Kavanagh smiled, but her eyes grew moist. (Continued on page 6 J )
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