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They prevent corns if promptly applied at first sign of sore toes caused by new or tight shoes; remove corns one of the quickest ways known to medical science. D Scholls Zino-pads whose face and voice would stay in the front of my mind and make me forget my lines. “One woman damn near filled the bill.” The woman “who damn near filled the bill” was Anita Ekberg. For months last year it was rumored that Rod and Anita were ready for marriage. No official reason was ever given, either by Rod or Anita for the break-up, but insiders say that Rod wanted to live in the U.S.A. and Anita wanted to live in Europe. Rod returned to the U.S. early this year. Anita later married a Rik Von Nutter — and they now live in Rome. It was this Rod Taylor, returned also to bachelorhood, who walked in stag on a Kirk Douglas party and saw Mary Hilem. Mary, tall with beautiful long blond hair, is more statuesque than voluptuous. Born in North Carolina, her recently deceased father was Dr. H. H. Hilem, a wellknown Ph.D. in chemical engineering. Late in her teens, after a quiet and well-reared girlhood, Mary decided that she’d like to be a fashion model. She went to New York and in a short time, after living on a strict allowance from her parents, Mary was one of the most sought-after models in the Continued from page 39 Catherine of Russia as she inspected her guardsmen, reserving the right not only to pick but to squeeze dry and throw away . . . one of those beautiful, historic, fateful ladies who draw men irresistibly toward them.” As Richard Burton well knows today, he is the latest of these men who has been drawn to our modern-day Catherine, or Cleopatra, or what-have-you. The difference, however, between Burton and the others is that he has vowed that nobody— but nobody — is going to squeeze him dry, or make him lose control. Not even la belle dame Liz. She can enthrall him with her beauty — why not? But with her wiles — never! Because Burton knows that if he loses his maleness, he loses everything; that if Liz succeeds in emasculating him, making him her slave, if once — just once — he bends to lick her slippers, he will be just another name to be added to an already over-long list. And to this he says: The hell I’ll be! Yet for all his determination, he almost slipped, succumbed to Liz’ master plan to get him as a husband when the “London Sketch” printed his alleged quote on his wedding plans: “I want to marry Elizabeth Taylor and I will marry her. There have been all kinds of rumors but this is what is going to happen. No ifs. No huts. She wants to marry me. I want to marry her.” The newspaper then quoted Liz as commenting. “I’m so happy that Richard has fashion world. Everyone called her lovely. None of this flattery affected Mary. She fell in love, married Rod and decided the only career she really wanted was j to be his wife. The day she returned from the East, where she saw her beloved Dad laid to rest, she, with customary calm, went about repairing the shredded moments of the “the first day.” Then they planned a “real” honeymoon — a trip to the Orient, via Hawaii, as soon as Rod finished his picture. There is one remarkable aspect of this marriage, however, that smacks of the surprise ending. The kind that is provided by life with an impact that is far and beyond any a Hollywood writer could imagine. It is this: A man named Rod Taylor married a woman named Mary Hilem. because he loved her and because he knew she was the woman he needed in his life, only to discover in a strange twist of fate that it was she who suddenly needed him. And he was there. — Whit Preston Rod’s in “The V.I.P’s” and “Sunday in New York.” both M-G-M, and he can also be seen in UI’s “A Gathering of Eagles.” told you.” And. as if to guarantee the whole thing, Dick Hanley, Liz’ secretary, said the report was “fully correct.” The press of the world got into action. They were hungry for confirmation, for more detail, for more quotes. A Photoplay reporter phoned Burton at the Dorchester in London and got the following exclusive conversation: “I did make that statement. I want to marry Elizabeth. I’m going to . . . She has everything I want in a woman. She is quite unlike anyone I’ve ever known. She makes me not want to know any other woman, believe me sincerely . . . Love? Like nothing I’ve ever known ... I think of her morning, noon and night. I dream about her and I think she dreams about me, too. It will be my greatest happiness — forever, of course. . . . “Divorces will come, they have to. I know Sybil will go through with it. Sybil and I are working it out. She has been given a handsome settlement.” We mentioned the reported figure of $1,500,000. Burton laughed and said, “Can’t say, you know more than I do. That sound* like a generous offer to me. Maybe you reporters have the inside, ha ha. “Liz can be more generous than I; she can afford to be ... I don’t know if she is giving Fisher half. I know they have a business partnership — I think so on ‘Cleopatra.’ “I fell in love with her. On the set. At once. Seeing her was like seeing the true Cleopatra, a mirage, the beauty of the ages coming through up the Nile — and not even a barge built yet . . . We sort of drew to each other like a magnet. Irresistible. Like the pull of gravity. Zing.” We asked about Liz’ four children. “I will love the children like my own.” We mentioned that we had seen Sybil. “How is she? I will see my children as often as possible. I think Sybil likes it over on that side of the Atlantic. You know she has friends: it’s like a second 96