Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1955)

Inside Stuff ( Continued from page 39) outgrown their “aerie.” Dan, who loves making movies in Hollywood, hopes to make “just one more” in England. He has good reason, too. The O’Herlihy kiddies have two sets of grandparents in Ireland who have never seen them! . . . Newcomer Shirley MacLaine (watch for her in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Trouble with Harry”) and actor-director Steve Parker fell in love with their house in Malibu, so now they’re trying to buy it. While Steve’s converting a store building into the beach colony’s first legitimate theatre, Shirley’s praying boss-man Hal Wallis will permit her to guest-star. New York’s loss is Hollywood’s gain in this setup! Life Begins: On location in Salina, Kansas, for “Picnic,” disappointed William Holden couldn’t be there when daughter Virginia graduated from high school. But he sent her gifts, called her long distance and gave her a supper party in the private dining room at Chasen’s. Virginia was just a tiny tot when Bill married her mother, Brenda Marshall. Today, many of their friends think the poised, lovely Virginia resembles a young Ingrid Bergman in appearance. She took Bill’s name and their tender relationship has always been very precious to him. Enrolled in an Eastern finishing school, Virginia’s attracting top fashion editors who want her to model for them. The proud parents are practically bustin’ their buttons! Old Love and New: Rock Hudson married? Could be! His neighbors report Phyllis Gates spends endless hours at the tall boy’s hilltop hideaway and something or someone is keeping Rock out of circulation these days. U-I wants him to remain single, which could account for a secret marriage — if any! . . . “I’ll never marry again,” declared disheartened Joan Crawford five years ago. “Five thousand dollars says that you will!” exclaimed Sonja Henie, sitting nearby. So forty-sevenyear-old Joan eloped recently with fiftyfour-year-old A1 Steele, president of a soft drink company. Wonder if Sonja’s going to try to collect! Facts and Figures: Between shots, making “Artists and Models,” Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis amused VIP’s. “The paper says that Marilyn Monroe’s name is going to back a new bra,” quipped Dean-o. “That should give the nation a lift,” Jerry quickly cracked. And it was Jerry who walked in while C. B. DeMille was directing a scene for “The Ten Commandments.” Playing Rameses the Second, Yul Brynner’s shaved head glistened under the bright lights. “I had the best crew cut on the lot until you came here,” scolded Jerry. And then he stalked off the set again! Wide Open Spaces: For his singing stint in Las Vegas, Jeff Chandler (he outdrew Liberace!) collected a cool $100,000. The crowds went wild, but Jeff’s biggest thrill was discovering Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Marge Chandler and their kiddies sitting out front at a ringside table . . . And Debbie Reynolds postponed her Las Vegas debut to accompany an entertainment troupe to army and navy hospital bases in Korea, Japan and Formosa. Gifts for Girls: The day Elizabeth Taylor started “Giant,” Michael Wilding filled her dressing room with bowls of giant (natch!) gardenias . . . And Stewart Granger was loaded down with magnificent saris for Jean Simmons when he flew back from India for an eight-day visit. Ironically, Jean only had one day off from “Guys and Dolls,” and then she had to have laryngitis! . . . Doris Day making “The Man Who Knew too Much,” in Marrakeech, Morocco, practically went broke buying the country’s fabulous filigree jewelry. She even bought Smudgie, her pet pooch, a Moroccan dog collar! Little People: Suddenly stricken with severe pains, poor Pier Angeli was rushed back to the hospital. That fall in a plane endangered her expected baby, and when at last it’s born, Pier and Vic Damone will have peace of mind again . . . On the happier side, when Guy Madison’s little Bridget was christened, Rory Calhoun rushed home from his Mexican vacation to play godfather. No Detours: Jane Russell doesn’t pusharound easily, but there’s one gentleman (besides Bob Waterfield) who never has to argue with the bosomy brunette. “Bob Hope’s the master,” grins Jane, which is why she makes endless benefit appearances with him. Says Bob about Jane: “She’s a great girl. She not only is beautiful and talented, but Jane has an hourglass figure and with her — every moment counts!” Purely Play-tonic: Now that Tyrone Power settled a million buckeroos on Linda Christian, everyone wonders what will happen between her and Edmund Purdom. The truth is, he seems less fascinated with WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITES? Send your votes for the stars you want to see in Photoplay In color I want to see: actor: ACTRESS : (1) (2) I want to read stories about: (1) (2) fl). (2). (3) . (4) . The features 1 like best in this issue of Photoplay are: (1) . (2) (3) (4) . (5) . (6) . NAME ADDRESS _ACE Paste this ballot on a postal card and send it to Readers’ Poll Editor, Box 1374, Grand Central Station, N. Y. 17, N. Y. I i the exotic lady. Before she left to mak that foreign movie7they went to a Holly I wood party and the entire room was awar I of his indifference. It seems they had jufi I returned from a short trip, and when re | porters at the airport questioned Lind | about her romance, she intoned, “We ar I just good friends and that’s all there i 1 to it.” Edmund himself told the sardoni 'v story at the dinner table, while Linda se there and glowered! Today in Hollywood: Now here’s a switch Tab Hunter’s praying that Warners wi “fire” him like they did Dick Davalos! Be j cause he felt time and talent was a-wast | ing, Dick asked for and got his releas< Tab wants better roles, too, better tha that bit he playeai in “The Sea Chase, t His salary is small and independent pro ; ducers keep offering him triple the amoun Naturally Tab would love to take ad vantage of the sizable sums . . . But ove at M-G-M they’re working out a new det for hotter-than-hot Russ Tamblyn. How ever, now that his future is brighter tha polished brass, the studio expects Russ t slick himself up when he appears in pub lie. Dirty dungarees have to go — whe stardom sets in! What Price Glory: When Clark Gable returned from making “The Tall Men” i Durango, Mexico, he brought Kay Spreck els a gold monogrammed ring. Every Iocs columnist insisted it was a wedding ringbut here’s the inside story. The crew o the picture is crazy about Kay, so the pooled their cash and sent the ring to Ka via “The King.” He did call the beautift blond every day while he was away. An Kay’s maid summed up the situation, say ing: “That man better come home sooi or he’ll be too broke to marry you!” Personal Press Agent: We’ve got new for handsome Jeff Richards! Any time supercynic like Humphrey Bogart goe out of his way to praise another actor, h really has to rate it. When Jeff used to sa: his sloop in Balboa Bay, he hung aroun the dock where Bogey keeps his big boa They’d talk, and finally one day Jeff wa asked if he’d like to “crew” on the Santan; “I liked this well-adjusted young felloe who minded his own business,” says th inimitable Bogart. “I didn’t know Jeff we an actor and he didn’t tell me. As a rul I can spot ’em a mile away!” Reverie: No role has touched Jane Wy man quite as much as her current one i “Miracle in the Rain.” For eight consecu tive nights they shot scenes from 10 p.a to 5 a.m. in New York’s beautiful St. Pat rick’s Cathedral. Jane, now a convert, wi never forget the experience . . . An Ernest Borgnine always says prayers c thanks for Burt Lancaster’s fabulous fore sight. He was doomed to Hollywood typ casting, like his sadistic Sergeant Fatso i: “From Here to Eternity.” Then Burt recog nized the sensitive side of Ernest’s natun put him into the now famous “Marty,” an a great new star was born. Land-Lovers: All that additional gree stuff from Audie Murphy’s new U-I con tract goes right back into cattle grazin acreage in Texas. A fresh-off-the-rang Audie is so thrilled with his first moder wardrobe in “World in His Arms,” h bought every made-to-measure suit . . With her own company on a cross-countr singing tour, Judy Garland planned t make New York her permanent addres: But the day before she left, the senti mental songstress took a final look at he