Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1963)

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During the romance, rumors of Tony’s disagreements with his future mother-inlaw were roundly discussed among his friends. The assumption, however, that the disagreements concerned Mrs. Kaufmann’s objections to the match were quite erroneous. It was very much the other way around. Mrs. Kaufmann was all for the marriage. The problem was Tony’s hesitancy in naming the date. He wanted to wait until Christine was as much in love as he was. He refused to rush her. Mrs. Kaufmann’s concern was based on her European point of view, which was in several respects stricter than the American attitude. Christine was seventeen when Tony fell in love with her. In the eyes of European parents and European law, she was still a child. German law is so strict on this score that it permits parents to confiscate fifty percent of a daughter’s income until she is eighteen. And German parents who allow an underage daughter to be alone in the company of a man, let alone an older divorced man, are very likely to suffer social censure. To add to the delicacy of the predicament, it was fairly well known that Tony and Christine, although sharing completely separated apartments, did live in the same building. This arrangement, regardless of its innocence, was just not in accordance with German old-country standards. Of course, it is only the most liberal of American families who don’t also share this standard. But Christine was in the U.S. and she cherished the most tolerant American view. In addition, it guaranteed the maturity Christine yearned for, both for her own sake and for Tony’s. And Tony wanted no part of a marriagein-haste with repentance-at-leisure. He had been “emotionally shaken” by Janet’s request for a divorce and had hoped until the last moment in court that she would change her mind. Some of his friends say “the shock is still in him.” When Tony was again a free man and fell in love for the second time, he wanted time to think, to examine his motives, to know Christine, to consider every aspect of a second marriage and most of all to be positively certain that his intense love for Christine was not based on the violent rebound of his divorce. Tony denies it, hut those close to him say that during the romance he was aggravated when Christine, in discussing her romance with Curtis, would not let interviewers talk her into admitting love for him — though she would speak of marriage. Love and marriage “You see,” explains a Curtis buddy, “it is quite common in Europe for a young girl to marry without being in love with the bridegroom. Parents understand this and assume that the daughter will learn of love and the meaning of love from the man. Tony, being one-hundred-percent American male, did not want Christine in a situation that might have turned into a terrible trap for her. There was no doubt about Tony’s feeling. He is madly in love with his new wife. But he’d have given up every soul-happy moment if he thought that Christine didn’t love him completely, with no reservations. “You cannot imagine the tremendous pressure Tony and Christine withstood from the outside and from within themselves. Tell you one thing. No two people ever tried to be more certain of their love for each other than these two.” The friend’s insight proved remarkably accurate almost the instant the wedding was over. Tony, customarily a nervously L tensed man, seemed to melt after kissing Christine. It seemed that not only his mind but his body was swimming in the luxury of the relief that the pressure was gone. His smile, as he turned to look at the guests, seemed heady with the ecstacy of his triumph. He was so happy he almost cried. Kirk Douglas kissed the bride, grabbed Tony’s hand and said, “You’ve had all the luck. Now have all the happiness.” The phone rang. “Tony,” someone said. “Associated Press is on the phone. They want a quote.” Tony nodded. He picked up the phone and listened for a moment. “Yes, yes, I know it was almost a secret,” he laughed, “but you knew it was going to happen, didn’t you? I just couldn’t wait any longer, I was too much in love, and you can tell everybody I’m the happiest man in the world. I’m deliriously happy. We thought about it for a long time. I owed it to myself to be sure, but more than that I owed it to Christine. “Yeah, how about that? Only two days for a honeymoon, I have to be back at the studio Monday . . . Sid Korshak’s yacht on Lake Meade. He’s a good friend, isn’t he, to do that, even though he is a lawyer . . . Yes, we’ll be happy . . . Thanks. We both appreciate your good wishes . . . G’by.” The wedding party toasted the newlyweds. The women encircled Christine cooing and dabbing at their eyes, while the men shook Tony’s arm like pump handles offering congratulations. “Thank you’s” were warm and sincere, but it was not hard to see that Christine was waiting for something very special she had to do. Finally, after she had acknowledged the good wishes of each member of the wedding, she excused herself, went into the bedroom and called her mother in Munich, Germany. She came out in a few moments and said to Tony, “Please, dear, come and talk to Mother.” Tony rushed into the bedroom. When he came out he said to Christine, “It’s wonderful. She wants to talk to you again. I want you to tell her how happy we are.” When Christine returned she was smiling radiantly, as happy tears rolled down her cheeks. “Oh, Tony,” she said, almost sobbing. “Mama sends her love and she is crying with joy, as I am.” She stared at him for a moment and then, as though the familiar words were new and wonderful, she whispered softly, “I love you. I love you.” She put her arms around him and laid her head adoringly on his chest. Mrs. Tony Curtis was with the man she loved. — Dirva Douglas See Tony in “40 Pounds of Trouble,” U-I, and Christine in “The Victors,” Col. They co-star next in “Monsieur Cognac,” U-I.