Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1960)

p 82 When Sandra Dee joined Edd Byrnes and me at our table, everybody stared. T et’s Go to a Party: Heigh ho, what a month for parties! First. Edd Byrnes was my guest at the Brown Derby party, and what a sensation this lad creates. Quiet, unassuming and a gentleman who never combs his hair in public, Edd is one of the most popular young men in town. And when that doll Sandra Dee joined us for a chat — that did it. Ours was the most popular table in the place that was jammed with celebrities like Groueho Marx and his very pretty wife Eden. . . . An invitation from Rock Hudson and Doris Day to attend a “Pillow Talk” party was promptly accepted. Rock’s date for the evening was his charming mother, and no beau could have been more attentive than Rock. Maria Cooper, dancing with handsome Joe Cronin, made an attractive couple, but Jeff Chandler and Esther Williams, with their dance floor “togetherness,” are one couple that puzzles me. Are they serious or aren’t they? Or what goes with these two???? One couple there’s no question about these days are David Niven and his Hjordis. After that brief separation, they’re closer together and happier than ever. Spotted Peter Brown arriving with Connie Stevens. Peter, though his marriage to Diane Jergens didn’t work out, is willing to try again. It probably won’t be with Connie, though. She isn’t ready. . . . Producer Hal Bartlett threw a shindig for the “All the Young Men” cast, with Alan Ladd and Sidney Poitier on hand to greet the guests. Afterward, the Ladds and I took off for the Moulin Rouge to view the Crosby Boys in action. With Alan and Sue, who were close to the boys as young lads. I traipsed backstage when the show was over to congratulate the boys on their exciting performance. And a few evenings later, Bing himself showed up, ending that feud between himself and his oldest son Gary. Sass Talk: It’s so typical of Tuesday Weld. At a recent party, Tuesday’s escort, realizing the young lady had an early-morning call on the set, escorted her home at midnight. Ten minutes later. Tuesday was back by herself and had a ball until the wee small hours. Now what can you do with a doll like that? ? ? ? Its feud time once more between Cara Williams and John Barrymore Jr., whose brief two-day reconciliation blew skyhigh. A short while afterward, John, wearing a beard, announced that he and Italy’s Giorgia Moll were engaged. . . . Dolores Michaels, who sneezed herself out of wedlock with decorator Maurice Martine (“I had a cold the whole time I was married to him”), didn’t take kindly to Joan Collins grabbing off the coveted role in “7 Thieves.” Rumors had the two girls exchanging glares across the studio dining room. . . . But it’s Frank Sinatra who takes the cake for stirring up gales on his various sets. Director Walter Lang, the easiest man in the world to get along with, looked wearied and worn by the time “Can Can” was completed. . . . Liz Taylor asked for and got $1,000,000 for making “Cleopatra.” That’s what Hollywood thinks of her talent. But Liz will first have to make "Butterfield o,” in which Eddie Fisher was offered a small role. 1 + 1 = 2: Barrie Coe — bridegroom ! It’s a new role, but Hollywood’s handsome bachelor Barry says it’s for him. He had the usual pre-marital jitters before he and Jorunn Kristiansen took off for Norway to be married. “Do you think her family will like me, Sara? Do you?” he insisted. And of course, I did. Barrie dated both Miss Sweden and Miss Norway during the Miss Universe contest, before he decided Jorunn of Norway was the only girl for him. ... On this side of the Atlantic, wedding bells will ring for Darryl Hickman and TV actress Pamela Lincoln, and maybe one dav soon for “Riverboat’s” Burt Reynolds and pretty Lori Nelson. Lori is no longer interested in “How To Marry a Millionaire” — on TV or off. . . . Could be Eva Gabor started this orange-blossom routine when she suddenly married handsome (and rich) Richard Brown. But not even the happy Eva can sway Dean Stockwell and Millie Perkins, who admit they’re in love, they’re engaged, but not yet ready for marriage. But then they could change their charming minds, vou know. Sa qaq