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cusses the Ekberg brand of sex appeal. So Tony, who had said earlier that he would do anything for her, is helping his glamorous wife achieve her new goal. He advises her on her contracts and often on her roles. He coaches her in her lines and helps her with her English. The Steels, Mr. and Mrs., have a hefty quota of the ingredients which show up regularly in divorce courts unless the stop signals are watched. They have a tremendous career problem. They have jealousy, on her side as well as his. They have Tony’s vehement dislike of the flamboyance which gave Anita her start. But smart Anita has already learned to cope with many a minor stop sign that could lead to trouble. “A wife should give in to her husband,” she says, as she hangs up her clothes. “When I was on my own, if I wanted to leave my clothes lying around in a mess, I didn’t inconvenience anyone except myself. But now that I’m married, and to such a tidy person (Tony was in the Grenadier Guards), I’m careful to put my clothes away the minute I take them off!” Tony has also won out in the battle-ofthe-sauces. Anita, who likes nothing about housekeeping except cooking, is a sauce specialist. “But Tony is a steak-and-potatoes man,” she sighs. “He doesn’t like complicated dishes with sauces. The last time I made one, he kidded, ‘Do you have to use Madeira wine in everything?’ ” Kidding or not, Ekberg hasn’t made a sauce since. Of course, the two do have things in common. Both are European born and bred, with European ideas about love and marriage. “Don’t forget,” Tony says, “that Anita is Swedish and that she was raised in a middle-class Swedish home, where the family is considered sacred, and marriage is nothing to be trifled with.” Don’t Miss the Exciting Stories on — DEBBIE REYNOLDS TAB HUNTER NATALIE WOOD GEORGE NADER In July Photoplay On Sale at your Newsstand June 5th “She’s like those other Swedish actresses,” chortle the Hollywood wolves, who have never given up the idea that La Ekberg will soon be back in circulation, complete with low-cut gowns. Both love to travel. Both are excellent swimmers and dream of the day when they can buy a home in Hollywood with a huge swimming pool. “A home,” Anita says, “to last all our lives, for us and our family.” (She denies vigorously that she ever said she didn’t want children. “We want a family, and we are going to have one, but before I concentrate on a family, I want to prove to myself that I can improve my career, that I can make a name as an actress. I believe in doing one thing at a time.”) Both, fortunately, come to life at night. In Paris, after Anita had finished her day’s work Tony and she would dine together by candlelight on the deserted roof garden of their hotel, with fabulous Paris at their feet. At such times, their love would flame its brightest. But later the sudden sharp breeze of a temper would sometimes extinguish it. For violent tempers are another of the things that the Steels, Tony and Anita, have in common. The smoldering blonde can be warm, friendly and generous, as those who have worked with her will testify. She can also be — and often is — temperamental and inclined to fly into sudden rages, like a spoiled child. When she saw Martha Hyer, co-star in “Paris Holiday,” wearing a purple dress, she screamed, “That’s my color,” almost crying in her rage. “I’m stubborn as a mule,” she says, “and I can even be mean in my determination to have my own way. But prove it to me in black and white that I’m wrong, and I’ll admit it and apologize immediately.” (She didn’t mention purple.) Tony’s boiling point is not so low. “We both have hot tempers,” Anita adds, “but I get mad first and more easily than Tony. After all, he’s British. But it doesn’t take him long to coax me out of a bad mood.” “He’s so sweet and patient with her,” says a mutual friend. “Considerate and helpful and understanding. I’ve never heard him say a nasty word to her, even in their most violent quarrels. 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