Modern Screen (Feb-Dec 1958)

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When we arrived at the Pan Pacific, we ran into a number of people he or I or both of lis knew. To my surprise, Nick kept telling every one about my show and how well I was doing. He never mentioned No Time For Sergeants, the film he had just completed, and in which — I later found out — he gave one of the most delightful performances I have ever seen on the screen. This was another tendency I hadn't expected — but which I liked. It's most unusual for an actor. . . . After the Ice Capades we went to the La Scala restaurant for a bite to eat and with it set a precedent we've stuck to ever since whenever we're both in town. Every Wednesday night we have dinner there to celebrate another 'weeklyversary.' Sometimes it takes weeks and months to get to know a person. Occasionally you can see someone for years, and still don't know him. I felt I knew Nick after our first date. And what I saw I liked. The first thing that intrigued me was a certain helplessness on his part which is in stark contrast to the self-assurance he pretends to have when he is with a group of people. Nick needs to be reassured, be taken care of, looked after. He's the first person who brought out the mother instinct in me! He asks for my opinion on clothes, and I give it to him. I remind him to eat properly and discard some of the foolish health-diet fads he's been trying. I remind him to send out his laundry and dry cleaning. He is a very sensitive person, who constantly worries whether or not people like him — which is one of the reasons he is 'on' so much of the time. I try to assure him that he's got enough to offer to be able to be himself. At the same time, Nick can be very manly, very strong, very determined. I found that out when I went through some difficulties with my agent. Nick insisted on driving me to his office and then stayed in the car while I discussed my problems upstairs. Knowing he was there helped. But later, when something had to be ironed out, Nick took it upon himself to come with me and speak in my behalf. And he made his point — to my advantage. Nick has another tendency I like. He is a sentimentalist. Unlike a lot of men, he's not ashamed to show it. A few days after we first met, we were invited on a publicity junket to Palmdale. We were eating supper that night at a huge banquet table, with about thirty other people, all chattering away. I don't know why I hadn't noticed the I-D bracelet he was wearing before, but when I did, I became curious about it. "It's from Natalie and R.J.," he told me. "It means more to me than anything I have. . . ." Some special gifts He hesitated a moment, then slipped it off and put it on my wrist. I had a hard time holding back my tears. A few days later, while celebrating another weeklyversary, he studied the tiny antique cross I was wearing on a simple gold chain around my neck. It was given to me by a close friend a long, long time ago, and I was attached to it as much as Nick had been to his bracelet. "I would like to have it," he said simply. I knew what he meant. It wasn't the value of it. He wanted it because of what it meant to me, and what it would mean to him if I gave it to him. He now has it. What he didn't know was that I had something else in mind for him — a serpent ring with two rubies in it, a gift given to me when I was fifteen years old — and probably my most valuable possession. Trouble is, the night I wanted him to have it, I got so angry at Nick that I almost changed my mind. . . . I had looked forward to an evening with him alone, eating dinner by candlelight in a small restaurant on Sunset Boulevard, and then just before we left, I'd give it to him. It didn't quite work out that way. When he picked me up he announced, "We're meeting Natalie and Bob at Romanoff's." Seeing my cross expression, he wanted to know, "What's the matter with Romanoff's?" "Nothing!" "Then why are you mad at me?" "Because you could have checked with me before making any plans!" We went, we had a good time, and I did give him the ring when we were alone again. He was so sweet when he thanked me. I couldn't have remained angry. . . . And the following week I got my wedding ring. . . . I was doubly touched by Nicky's gift because as far as I know, he has never bought anything on his own before. Even for the tiniest gift he would take someone else along to get an opinion. On the slightest doubt he'd exchange it. This time he knew just what he wanted — without any one's help. . . . All day long I knew he was up to something because of the big production he made about it. He had taken me to his publicist's office — and left me there while he had 'something to do.' Since my car was at home, I had to wait. The day had started badly for me, with a number of career problems that I couldn't get off my mind. I tried to hide them when Nick came back, all smiles. "You know what day this is, don't you?" he grinned as we took off. "Sure," I acknowledged. "Our weeklyversary. Are we going to La Scala?" "You bet. . . ." There was a mysterious silence before he blurted out, "Wouldn't you like a little more security than you have now. . . ?" "What girl wouldn't!" But somehow I switched back into my distressed mood till Nick snapped me out of it a second time. "I'll have something for you tonight that'll make you feel better. . . ." he promised. The gift I couldn't accept We stopped at the Spellings' — Aaron Spelling and Carolyn Jones — before we headed to La Scala. I could tell by the way Nick pulled Aaron aside and whispered to him that he got something off his mind that obviously concerned me. But he didn't speak loud enough for me to hear, and I tried to listen! The usually long dinner stretched into an eternity with Nick ordering everything from antipasto to spumoni and wine for every dish. At last he asked me to close my eyes and give him my left hand. Then he pushed what felt like a much-too-large ring on my finger. When I opened my eyes I saw it was a wedding band, with five sparkling diamonds mounted on it. "It's beautiful," I cried out, and hugged him. "You like it?" "Like it? J love it! . . . But I can't accept that!" "Why not?" "It's a wedding ring!" "A wedding ring?" Nick gasped. I nodded. Later I found out that he really didn't know what it was when he had purchased it. I think I knew what he meant it to be, though, and I knew what was going on in his mind — as any girl knows what's going on in her fellow's mind, under those circumstances. Nick wanted to get married — and he also didn't want to. He wanted me to have a ring, but he was scared to be tied down. "For the time being, let's call it a friendship ring," I suggested. 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