Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1959)

After that last scene, I walked Debbie back ! to her dressing room. There were at least a dozen people waiting to see her, al1 asking questions about one thing or another, all demanding immediate answers. Patiently she took care of as much as she could. The phone kept ringing. Debbie seemed calmer than any one of us around her. Then she went inside and made a quick change. A few minutes later out came Debbie in capris and a cotton shirt. Seeing her dressed this way, I noticed how really tiny she is. I’m inches taller! Debbie walked me across the set to the exit. On the way I had her sign my autograph book. She wrote, “To Pam, a very sweet girl. Love, Debbie Reynolds.” There was only one more thing to take care of before I left. I extended an invitation to Debbie to come to our high school on June 6th, to be the guest celebrity at our annual drama assembly. “June sixth? Why, who knows if I’ll even be alive on June sixth?” she answered. The disappointment must have stuck out all over me. “Oh, I was only kidding. That’s just an expression. Look, Pam, it would be easy to say I’d love to come. But I never like to make a promise where people will be counting on me unless I’m sure I can keep it. That’s awfully far ahead. I really have no idea what my schedule will look like in June. But I can tell you that if it’s at all possible. I’d like very much to come. Tell you what,” she went on, “I know it’s pretty hard to get through to me sometimes. Here, lend me a sheet of paper and a pencil.” I gave her the paper and pencil and watched her scribble something. “This is my folks’ home address. If you write to me there then I’m sure to get it the same day. Why don’t you drop me a note around the third week in May? By then I’ll surely know what I’m doing on June 6th. Besides,” her eyes twinkled, “that will still give you two weeks to invite someone else if I can’t come.” It was six-thirty as I walked across the almost deserted studio lot and down a side street to Washington Boulevard and our car where Mother was waiting. I thought of all the things I had wanted to say to Debbie but was unable to because I felt shy about them. I think I’m just like any one of thousands of other Debbie Reynolds fans who admire her so much and want to let her know their feelings. I could never have said to Debbie’s face all I’ve said just now. I wouldn’t have had the nerve to tell her how important it is to girls like me, just entering our teens, to have someone like her to look up to. I wish I could have told her how happy I felt inside because when I met her after seven years of reading about her there wasn’t any disappointment. 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