Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1963)

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DEBBIE REYNOLDS Continued from page 50 interview for me. But, somehow, the press had gotten wind of Debbie’s intention to visit New York, and it was no longer my interview. Still and all, Debbie — always courteous and thoughtful — did her darndest to answer my questions. Here is how that session went: Q. Do you have any fears about losing the baby this time? A. None at all. The doctor assured me that I can have a perfectly normal childbirth, as I have had twice before. There is no reason now to lose the child. I’m in my sixth month. Q. You just finished “Mary, Mary” at Warner Brothers. I hear you were required to do some very strenuous routines. Did they bother you in your condition? A. Not in the least. They were just as you said — routines. Q. Wasn’t your doctor concerned? A. Of course he was concerned. He’s always concerned with what I do. But not afraid. He felt that so long as I’m healthy, there’s no reason to be afraid of activity. Q. You and Harry always tell me that you want eight children — the four that Harry has from his first marriage, the two that you have from your marriage to Eddie Fisher, and two more you want out of your marriage to Harry. . . . A. Yes. We'd like a boy and a girl. And we don’t really care which comes first, as long as the other one follows. Q. Suppose they turn out to be two of a kind, like a girl and another girl. Will you go for three then? A. That’s a bridge we’ll have to cross only when we get to it. Debbie then threw her head back and broke into a glorious smile. Her eyes glistened beautifully in the reflection of the many lights and exploding flashbulbs. “Is that all you want to talk about — babies?” Debbie asked. I told her that I had brought along a long list of questions — numbering exactly thirty — that the editors of Photoplay had drawn up. The questions ranged over a wide area. They touched on Debbie’s and Harry’s plans on having children, about how Debbie is raising her own two children from her marriage to Eddie, how often Eddie visits the kids, about Harry’s children, about religion, etc., etc., etc. “Let me see the list,” Debbie said, almost demandingly. “You won’t tear it up?” I asked, betraying a slight apprehension. “Of course I won’t, silly. I’m just curious to see what the editors want to find out about me.” I handed over the sheet of questions. “Mmmmm,” she murmured. “It’ll take a year to answer all these questions. And I certainly couldn’t even begin to answer some of them here.” Indeed not. The other reporters, incredibly enough, had given us this period of privacy to discuss Debbie’s baby. But they couldn’t be held at bay any longer. Even columnist Earl Wilson was champing at the bit to get at Debbie. “Please let me do this,” Debbie pleaded. “Let me take the questions along. . . . I’ll have time to read them on the ship, and I’ll write out the answers. Then I’ll mail them back to you. That’s what I’ll do.” By now the other wolves of the Fourth Estate were beginning to pound Debbie with queries. Things got so hectic that 1 had no alternative in this impossible situation. Time, too, was against us. Debbie had to sail the next morning. “Okay. Debbie,” I said yielding. "Here’s the list. Mail it to me.” Debbie took the paper, folded it neatly, and slipped it into her pocketbook. Something like six weeks had passed when I talked with Debbie again. Sadly, I must report, Debbie never sent the list back answered. So, as I talked with her now, I asked what happened. “You’ll never believe it,” Debbie said, her voice almost normal at last, now that we had gotten off the subject of her lost p “ All except the one known as Skippy, might as well go home!” 79