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enough to travel, they went back to Hollywood together — on a train. It was like a second honeymoon. Now they’re living together— Sandy, Bobby and the baby — and are completely reconciled. “Of course, she’s still taking care of him. He was very sick. We were afraid it would affect his heart — you know how sick he had been with his heart when he was a kid — but it didn’t. He went to the hospital for a couple of days and the doctors there said it was nervous exhaustion and fatigue. And maybe lie’s got an ulcer. It all happened because he worked so hard and was so nervous. But now he’ll be all right. He just needs lots of rest. They’re at their house in Palm Springs now. Maybe he’ll be able to go back to work in October — he’s supposed to. start a new movie, “The Dubious Patriots” — and maybe not. The doctor says he should really get at least six months of rest. “But maybe getting sick like that was good for him — it brought his wife back, didn’t it?” An emergency brought them together again, but is that enough to keep them together? “Sandy had to grow up,” another friend said. “And all I can say is that if she did grow up, she did it awfully fast — in five months. I don’t mean to knock her, hut she herself says most of the fights are her fault. She knows what she does wrong and she tries hard not to he that way. Maybe she can’t help it. “I thought when she had the baby, she’d mature. But she didn’t. They have so many problems . . . and whenever they have even a little argument she runs home to her mama. And then, the next day, she cries and calls him and apologizes. But that doesn’t change the problem. “And about money: If she sees a pair of slacks she likes — and she likes slacks that are made to order and that cost $100 — she thinks nothing of ordering a dozen pair. Whether she needs them or not. This is what’s killing him. “When they bought a house, he wanted to buy five or ten acres of land outside of Hollywood. He could have gotten a house at half the price he paid. But she didn’t want that. She wanted to be right in the heart of Hollywood. “When they travel she has to have her hairdresser with her wherever they go. And a nurse for Dodd. If she travels for the studio, the studio pays her expenses. If she travels with Bobby, Bobby pays. “Now, Sandy is used to having money. And she doesn’t worry about spending it. But Bobby does worry. He remembers when his family had to live on relief. You don’t forget something like that so quickly, you know. And Bobby pays for everything. First of all, he makes more money in a month than she probably makes in a year. And, besides, he’s head of the house, he should pay. His money goes for the household, food, help, clothes, taxes, everything. The only thing she pays for is when she wants to buy a dress that’s very, very expensive. Then he says, ‘If you want it, you pay for it.’ But then maybe the dress cost something like a couple of thousand dollars. And he thinks that if she has to pay for it maybe she won’t be so impractical. “Of course, they have money. And they both work hard for it. “But they have to learn to get used to each other’s way with the dollar, that’s all. “And there are so many other things — she’s always on a diet. She wants to stay slim, but Bobby thinks she doesn’t eat enough. He worries constantly about her health.” (To this Sandy said, “I don’t really eat so little, it’s just that Bobby eats so much.’') “And she wants him to be with her twenty-four hours a day,” the friend continued. “She’d be happy if he could even stay on the set with her while she’s working. Sandy never wanted him to travel. She didn’t want him to be away from her. and she didn’t like to travel with him. Of course, he had to make night-club appearances all over the country. So she’d go along, but she hated it. “Those trips can he very tiring and monotonous, too. One time he had to be in Chicago for two weeks. For the first week and a half between shows he’d stay only in his room with her. That was the way she wanted it. They never went to the hotel’s night club or pool, they never saw anybody. He kept trying to coax her to do something besides staying in the room, but she wanted to be with him and only him. Finally, he blew up and went out alone. Then he had a good time. You can’t — no matter how much in love you might be — be with one person all the time. “But she never liked his friends. And that was only because she didn’t want to share him with anybody. They’re both trying . . . “Today they seem happy. She’s not relying on her mother so much and she’s even doing some entertaining — just like Bobby wants. And Bobby is trying, too. He’s given up night-club appearances so that they won’t have to travel. From now on, after he fulfills his present commitments, he’ll concentrate only on recordings and movies. I, personally, don’t think this will work out for him. We’ll see. I know that there’s nothing he loves more than working before a live audience — on a night-club floor. . . . “But they are in love and they both have to make sacrifices. Do I think it will work? I don’t know. I see how different they really are from each other. I’ll tell you this: In spite of all that love I think they would have broken up if it weren’t for the baby. That baby is a bigger influence on that marriage than most people realize.” It’s very obvious that Dodd is terribly important to Sandy and Bobby. When you talk to Sandy she tells you proudly that the baby says “Mama,” “Papa,” “cup,” “here.” “With the baby,” she says, “Bobby and I are the dirty culprits. The nurse, everybody else, spoils him rotten. 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