Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1957)

Mike Todd and Liz Taylor attend show before her back operation Chatting with Dean Martin at Hungarian Relief: Gloria Kreiger THAT’S HOLLYWOOD FOR YOU Smiling Carroll Baker and hubby catch the opening of “Baby DoIT’ BY SIDNEY SKOLSKY I wonder just how far Jayne Mansfield would go for publicity. When they point a camera at Jayne it’s always tilted at the same angle. ... I believe Lee Marvin is one of the best villains on celluloid. . . . Frank Sinatra is unique. He can be the villain and the hero in the same movie. . . . Everyone but me has seen Garbo walking alone in the rain. The closest I came was spotting the retiring Miss G. a half hour after the rain had stopped. ... I keep thinking that Elia Kazan told Carroll Baker to do a restrained Marilyn Monroe in “Baby Doll” — not an obvious imitation. Carroll has the doll-face stare and keeps her mouth open, except that she puts her thumb into it. . . . Isn’t it time that Marlon Brando became Marlon Brando again on the screen, instead of letting the copycats try to be him? . . . Anita Ekberg, of the unique fusilage, said, “I am very much against artificial beauty. It is very easy to wear sun-tan makeup, but so much more fun to get it for yourself.” Eddie Fisher and I now insist that we understand each other. . . . Elizabeth Taylor is so beautiful I can’t believe her even when she’s with Mike Todd, who’s certainly for real. P The only actress I can name quickly who has that indefinable glamour is Ava Gardner. As Joan Crawford once said, 114 “You can’t put glamour on like makeup.” . . . Maybe the reason Elvis Presley closes his eyes when he’s singing is that he doesn’t want to watch himself. . . . I'm of the opinion that John Cassavetes should be a bigger movie name than he is — and probably will be. . . . Deborah Kerr says, “The beauty of sex appeal is that no man understands it, and that’s what makes it more fun.” . . . You could become a bit confused by Debra Paget’s family. She has an actress-sister named Lisa Gaye and an actor-brother named Rouell Shayne. Then there are the Martin boys — not the same family: Tony, who’s married to Cyd Charisse; Dewey, who’s married to Peggy Lee; and Dean, recently divorced from Jerry Lewis. ... I recall Zsa Zsa Gabor saying, “It’s not that I have a lot of boy friends. It’s just that I have a lot of friends who are boys.” Tony Perkins’ best performance is Tony Perkins. . . . Suggestion for Lana Turner and M-G-M: Put Lana in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” The studio owns the property and has a contract with Lana. . . . According to movie biographies, George M. Cohan and Moe (The Gimp) Snyder are look-alikes. Also Sergeant York and Captain Billy Mitchell. Not to mention Rocky Graziano and Paul Newman. . . . Ann Blyth, explaining why she wears a frilly night Sidney makes a funny about Eddie Fisher, who understands him gown to bed : “I don’t think you can take off all vour clothes and feel like a lady!” I’ll bet Natalie Wood will turn out to be a fine movie actress. She’s going through a phase now, so be patient with her. I am. . . . Gloria Krieger, who actually made her first public appearance at Hollywood’s Hungarian Relief rally, has been kept under wraps with a Columbia contract for over four years. She’s a great singer, has yet to appear in a moving picture but you’ll remember her after you see her. ... I get the impression from Mitzi Gaynor that she’s playing Mitzi Gaynor, as designed and manufactured by Mitzi Gaynor. ... I was told by a popular actress: “For years I lied about my age, but then I had to stop. My children said I was making them all illegitimate.” That’s Hollywood for you. _