Modern Screen (Jan-Dec 1960)

girl who'd just arrived. Next morning 'ouise found a note at her hotel, "Please rail Bobby Shane." She didn't; she's not hat bold." But Bobby called back, invitng her to a party his dad was throwing lext night at the Royal Hawaiian when he Trio opened there. Shane, Sr., playing :upid, picked Louise up. "There were three other single girls at he table," says Louise. "Bob spent the ■veriing trying to figure out which girl le'd talked to on the phone." "I knew it was the prettiest one," says Bob. gallantly. "He doesn't see very well without his jlasses," explains Louise. Anyway, they didn't miss an evening ogether the rest of that month. And when he Kingstons hopped back to San Francisco, Bob called the minute he landed ^egging Louise to come back, too. When he Leilani sailed next day Louise was m it. She traveled down to Hollywood vith Bob, Nick and Joan for a TV date, net Dave and Gretchen there and it eemed like they'd always been together. 3ack in Atlanta the Brandons got the vord: "We're having a visitor for Christnas." Bob met the folks and slipped on ^ouise's engagement ring Christmas Eve. "hey were married after that wild plane ide in Indiana last March. Washington ;ot the nod because it's Louise's second iome. Her grandfather owns a hotel there. Vlso, it was closer for the Trio. When hey left at dawn, Joan Reynolds helped fry Louise's tears and took her out to ?an Francisco for the next lonely month, just like a sister." Actually, that's about how the Kingston vives think of each other by now. Nor vas Louise too wild when she called Bob, sick and Dave "the Kingston Brothers." "It's amazing," ponders Gretchen Guard, peaking for the girls. "We're all from lifferent backgrounds, we live differently Jid in different places. We never knew ach other before. But we've never had ven an argument." "There's never been a reason," explains oan Reynolds. "We're all in the same >oat. Same crazy time demands, same Toblems, same waiting at the garden ate. . . ." ". . . And the same wonderful thrill >hen they all come in!" adds Louise inane. That same one-for-all — all-for-one spirit lues Nick, Dave and Bob together. "We're olid," says Shane. "Why not? We aren't ivals. We all make the same money, .ork the same hours, have about the same ilent and stand or fall together. Besides, .e're all pals from away back." "Things wig us now and then — sure," dmits Dave. "Sometimes, the way we . ork, we could wind up a bunch of neuotics yelling at each other. But we don't. Ye play it silly. And a hassle turns into ] laugh. We know each other so well hat nobody has to pretend. On one-night; rs sometimes we don't speak to each other ;nce we're off. Just hit for the sack. All p all we keep the whole thing a gas." he only time they missed That one time the Trio missed a playate found them in Minneapolis boarding plane for the Universit y of Montana at lissoula. But a blizzard swooshed down nd they spent three hours right there on ie ground. Things were getting gloomy hen Bob Shane had an idea. "This is champagne flight, isn't it?" he asked ne stewardess. "Well — ?" So they talked her into unlocking the ar. As the snow howled outside they had bash, finally unlimbering the guitars nd bongos. "This is for you, Missoula, /herever you may be!" cried Dave — and ney warmed it up all by themselves with Greta Chi is a beautiful young girl who lived, not long ago, in Switzerland, very near to Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer. She had a wonderfully exotic face. Her father was Chinese (he was China's ambassador to Switzerland) and her mother German. When she was little she studied ballet and by the time she was nineteen, she had appeared in many operas, French and German plays. When Audrey and Mel saw Greta, they suggested that she go to Hollywood. Greta decided their suggestion was an excellent one and came to the United States and enrolled in La Jolla Playhouse. She appeared in Skin of Our Teeth and she was very good— so good in fact that several studios were ready to give her her start in the movies right then and there. But her agent wanted her start to be the best possible beginning and he advised her to hold off, keep studying and wait for the right role, the role that would launch her career successfully. Greta did just that— but nothinghappened. All those offers just seemed to disappear. Greta's work visa would expire on June 18, and that day was getting terribly close— with no work in sight. Sadly, she began to pack to go home. There was nothing else to do. On the morning of June 18, Greta was ready. Not ready in her heart, but ready with her luggage and her passport. She was making a few last good-bye phone calls, when her phone rang. It was her agent, not saying good-bye, but with the incredible news that 20th Century-Fox wanted her for a leading role in Five Gates to Hell. What timing! There was not a moment to lose. Negotiations had to be made quickly because if that contract weren't signed within the very next few hours, her work visa would still expire and she'd have to go back to Switzerland without even taking the job! But the contract was signed in time, and the film was made. And the outcome? Greta proved to be a girl of unusual talent as well as beauty, and you can see for yourself soon in 20th's absorbing new drama, Five Gates to Hell.