Modern Screen (Dec 1954 - Dec 1955)

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Please send free booklet and 16 sample lesson pages. Name City State Age (Continued from page 29) measurements: 38V2 -21-35. When Lili met Jimmy Dean she was under contract to UniversalInternational. They were introduced by Dick Clayton, a handsome young agent from the Famous Artists office who handles both of them. "It was outside the Warner studio," Lili recalls. "I was with Dick at the time, and he said to me, 'Lili, I have to pick up Jimmy Dean. Have you ever heard of Jimmy Dean?' "I said, 'No, I haven't. Is he nice?' " 'He is the most wonderful guy,' Dick Clayton said. 'Just wait and see.' "Well, Jimmy came along in a few minutes, and we were introduced, and Jim said, Let's go across the street and get a cup of coffee.' There is this drugstore right opposite Warners'. And that's where we went. And right away I was struck very much by Jimmy. "I do not know how it is with American girls, how they judge a man. But in Sweden it is not the looks that mean the most. It is the intelligence. And a girl gets the feeling with Jimmy, right away, that he is very sensitive, a very intelligent young man. He does not lead with wisecracks. He is natural, quiet. After a while he looks up at you and grins. It makes you feel very warm. "I was very impressed," Lili continues, her speech remarkably American for a girl who has been in this country only a year. "And I remember saying to myself, 'I hope he gets my telephone number from Dick Clayton and rings me and asks for a date.' " A few days later, when he got some time off from East Of Eden, James Byron Dean did exactly that. Back then he was earning very little money and had neither the car nor the motorcycle he now has. So on their first date they used Lili's car, a '52 Ford. Jim took Lili to dinner at the Villa Capri, one of Frank Sinatra and Vic Damone's hangouts. "Just being with Jim," Lili remembers, "gave me a feeling of warmth and relaxation. I cannot explain it too well. But Jim is a man who does not like phonies. You must be yourself. And being yourself is much easier than trying to be someone else. Do I make it clear? When you are with Jim, it is all so easy. You do and say what you feel. You are not trying to impress." That first night they went up to Earl Felton's — he's a writer, a friend of Dean's. Jim played the bongo drums. He plays them with a mounting intensity. His eyes become two narrow slits, his hands flail away, and he's really with it, cool, mad, crazy-gone. When someone else takes over on the beat, Jim likes to dance. He sways and beats his palms. Bongo drums are rapidly becoming a standard prop for the Hollywood young set. If they're mentioned in any future history of this era it must be admitted that Jimmy Dean and Marlon Brando did more to popularize them than any advertising agency around. Jimmy and Lili had a ball up at Earl Felton's that night. The newness of their friendship, the magic that springs up between two young people ("It is all so good and exciting and filled with promise.") brought about a growing fondness for each other. On the way home they said very little. Dean often sinks into long silence, absorbed in the emotional depths he usually hides. When they got to the Valley Sands where Lili was living at the time, Jim took his date to the door and kissed her good night on the cheek. "Good night and thank you," he said. "Good night, Jimmy. Call me." He called her again, of course. And he saw her night after night. On the way home from Warner Brothers he would stop by the Valley Sands and pick Lili up. They would go riding and eating and dancing. And then when Jim got his Triumph motorcycle, they would go speeding down Sunset Boulevard, Lili astride the cycle, her arms around Jimmy's midriff, holding on for dear life. When East Of Eden was shown at the studio, and everyone said the picture would make Jim a star overnight, Jim shared his joy with Lili. He took her to Chasen's, to the Crescendo, up to Arthur Loew's house. For a while they were inseparable. But there were no items in the columns. Neither kid was known in Hollywood. Then East Of Eden was released. Jimmy went east. He proved the prophets correct. Critics touted him as "the most talented young actor since Brando." Lili was ecstatically happy for Jimmy. She knew he wouldn't write. He never does. But she knew that the moment he returned to Hollywood, he would be out Billy Wilder, director of the film version of The Seven Year Itch, working in CinemaScope for the first time, described it "as that dachshund of a screen." Leonard Lyons in The New York Post to see her. She thought of him all the time, too much of the time, in fact. Out at Universal-International where j she was enrolled in the dramatics school, they said Lili showed great talent, that she photographed beautifully, that what she most needed was lots of experience and hard work. Lili worked hard because , the training ground for stars-to-be is no ; cinch, with elocution, diction, dancing, riding, singing and dramatics classes six days a week. But she could not stop her ,, self from thinking about Jimmy. One^ night he called from the east. She was out and when she found out about the long ? distance call, she was furious with herself. But came January and Jimmy was back;' in town, living as usual in his one-? room apartment over a garage in thej; Hollywood Hills. Jim had something new: 1 a gleaming white Porsche automobile. "I'm going to race it down the desert this Sun . day," he said to Lili one afternoon. "Wanna t come down and watch me?" Studio executives tried to prevent Dean from racing. "After all," they said, practically, "You're starting Rebel Without A" Cause. Suppose something happens to you? We'll have to strike all the sets, lose all that money." . Dean paid no attention. Fiercely independent, he always goes his own way. He and Lili drove down to Palm Springs. Hep won the event for novice riders andplaced third in the race against the top veterans, all impressed by his racing ability. ■ . Waiting for Jim at the finish line was Lili, proud and beaming. That week end; in the desert with Jim and Dick Claytonj and Lili's friend, Karen von Unge, was1 a wonderful one. After that, the two kids: had dating time only for each other. f Then U-I failed to pick up Lili's option."We simply don't have any pictures for;: the girl," her agent was told. He, in turn, advised Lili to head for New York.c "where at least you can get some tele-c vision experience." ' • , J Lili talked it all over with Jimmy. Atf