Modern Screen (Dec 1954 - Dec 1955)

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SPEAKS FOR ITSELF department: Next to the names of Marilyn Monroe and Jean Peters on the new "contract players" issued to producers at 20th Century-Fox is the telling comment: "ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS UNKNOWN." IT'S BEEN A MONTH of plenty of bad luck and casualties for some of our nicest people. Black cats have been crossing paths all over Hollywood, seems everybody walked under a ladder or broke a mirror. The hex was on: Lana Turner, who slipped in her bathtub in Acapulco and brought on a brain concussion which delayed the start of her new picture. Rains Of JJanchipur, by weeks. Arlene Dahl, who was packed and ready to leave for Rome and her role in War And Peace when she suffered a facial neuralgia due to secondary anemia and her doctor sent her to the hospital instead. Anita Ekberg was rushed into her. part. Anne Bancroft, who was half finished with The Last Hunt as Bob Taylor's leading lady When she was thrown from her horse and had such a serious sacroiliac injury that she had to be replaced by Debra Paget. Liz Taylor, whose bad leg kicked up on Giant to the extent that she was hospitalized for three days and after that spent every moment she was not actually in front of the cameras in a wheel chair. Bing's son, Phillip Crosby, who fell asleep at the wheel of his car returning to his Army camp, and had an accident, fracturing his back in three places. The boy may be in a cast for over a year, but Bmg is too happy that he is alive to be anything but grateful. Gordon Scott, the new Tarzan, who slipped and broke his foot during scenes being made in Africa, and had serious infection set in as he was being flown home for treatment. In a word, just about everybody's "had it"! ■ I HOPE frankie's not starting to cut up again. Lately he's been so charming, escortting his daughter Nancy (the cute brunette above) to premieres, being so friendly and amenable. But now that he's walked out of Carousel — on a very flimsy excuse — people are saying he's gone back to his "bad-boy" days and he's making enemies again. Terry Moore and Nicky Hilton didn't come to Jack Lemmon and Cynthia beamed, excited Anita Ekberg, probably our most popular girl, gether (trouble there) but they met — briefly. over Jack's role in It Happened One Night. came with Hal Hayes, one of her many beaus. 15