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Everybody did a double take when Mike O’Shea arrived at the “Belinda” premiere squiring TWO gorgeous beauties! Wife Virginia Mayo’s on the left. That’s Ann Miller on the right.
that suggested she change her name from Ruby Stevens to her present screen one. * * *
Lew Ayres finally admits that he’s been dating Jane Wyman, but he de¬ clares it’s nothing serious. Says he dates a lot of girls. We’re inclined to believe him. After a man has been a bachelor for 12 years as Lew has since he was divorced from Ginger Rogers, he doesn’t grow serious very easy. We wouldn’t know about Jane, however. She seems to be dividing her attention between Lew and her ex-husband, Ronald Reagan. * * *
Jean Arthur, after making a terrific comeback in “A Foreign Affair,” turned down all movie offers to go back to school for two months at Bennington College. Few people in Hollywood even knew she was out of town. Jean is al¬ most obsessed with the idea that the world is changing so fast that we must constantly re-educate ourselves to under¬ stand what is happening to us. She once told us that she would enjoy nothing better than attending school the rest of her life. So we predict that as good as she is, and as popular as she is, her pic¬ tures will become fewer and fartherbetween.
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Joan Bennett had the scare of her life the other day when her child’s nurse came to her and declared that Stephanie, Joan’s five-year-old daughter who has
just started to read, was perusing every¬ thing upside down!
Joan summoned the family physician, who quickly solved the problem. Seems that little Stephanie, who has a story read to her every night by the nurse, got into the habit of studying the book from a reverse angle while the nurse sat op¬ posite her on the bed. She had learned to read upside down as well as right side up!
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That most avid knitter of them all, Dorothy Lamour, is adapting grandma’s quilting bee plan to modern use! Dottie wants to finish an afghan on the double for a gift, so she’s invited all her knitting friends over for a long evening session of work on individual squares for a crazy quilt design.
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Doris Day has received from the San Francisco disc jockeys a miniature gold phonograph record for her slave bracelet. She appeared on a dozen platter sessions in the Bay City while she made personal appearances in connection with the opening there of her debut film,
“Romance on the High Seas.”
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When Barbara Bel Geddes asked the
James Masons what they were planning to name the expected baby, Pamela said, “Boy or girl, it will be ‘Portland’ — sifter Portland Hoffa.” A bystander remarked that the name would indicate a really concrete bond of affection, both “Port¬ land” and “Mason” designating brands of cement! Barbara and James Mason will soon be seen co-starring in the Enter¬ prise Studio Production of “Caught.”
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Jane Powell was named “Our Favorite Bat-Girl” by the Hollywood Stars nine. She was presented with a Stars visored cap (for convertible driving), and an autographed baseball containing all the players’ names by second-baseman Lou Stringer during a luncheon ceremony at
the Hollywood Brown Derby.
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Irene Dunne, never one to do things by half-measure, has the shortest haircut in Hollywood. On her it looks good!
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Ann Blyth has her own “coke” but thinks it’s more fun sharing one with Lon McCallister.
Grand opening of Wilshire Pharmacy brought Terry Moore and Jerome Courtland together.
Dancing in “Love Happy” is work for VeraEllen, but dancing with A. C. Lyles is fun!