Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1948)

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INSIDE STUFF Around Town: At Lucey’s restaurant that handsome couple, Bill Williams and Barbara Hale, were ten minutes trying to get to their table. Everyone stopped the beaming pair to congratulate them on the coming heir . . . Mary Brian, after collapsing on tour with her play, getting a warm welcome from the Romanoff lunchers on her first day out. Mary is one gal who has many friends and no enemies in Hollywood . . . Mary Livingstone, who has the biggest, brownest eyes of anyone in town, is spending the winter relaxing in Palm Springs and only coming into town for the Jack Benny radio show . . . Ann Miller’s separation from her wealthy groom, Reese Milner, was no surprise to her close friends. Ann returns to Columbia for more movies ... At a red stoplight George Sanders was no~ ticed sitting slumped and dejected in his car almost too blue to go on when tbe light changed. Reason is George, the blase woman hater, can’t persuade his wife to return to him. And what’s more Georgie, who is hard hit by the separation, has to live in the apartment building owned by his wife. Can’t find another place to live . . . Happy and relaxed are Merle Oberon and her husband, Lucien Ballard. When Three on a Ciro’s celebration — Jimmy Stewart and Ellen Ross listen to Ronald Reagan’s witticisms Merle relinquished her title of Lady Korda to marry her cameraman, snobbish eyebrows climbed upward. Now the Ballards are eagerly sought after as guests everywhere. One for the Book: The funniest story of the month concerns Mala, the Alaskaborn Eskimo, who is working as assistant cameraman on the picture “Captain from Castille.” Flying back to Hollywood from the Mexico location, he was stopped at the Burbank airport by our customs officer who demanded to know where he was born. “In Alaska,” Mala replied. “Well, then,” stormed the officer, “where is your passport?” And Mala relates it took a bit of arguing to persuade customs he too was an American. Wonderland Is Right: A visitor from South America who had never before been on a movie lot is positive he’s either been in Wonderland or Goofyland and can’t decide which. During a jaunt around with Cal, we stopped by the enormous set where “Mother Wore Tights” is shooting. A perfect replica of a Boston street facing a small park