Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1947)

( Continued from, page 83) little shack, came to look for the sign another time and told others who would be passing that way to look for it too. Mr. Kaufman grew strong enough to help the boys and his wife build another shack in which motorists could be put up for the night. A new sign went up— “Desert Inn.” Today only a handful of people can tell you the Indian name by which this valley used to be known. The Indians, however, are still there, living in ramshackle clusters of houses beyond the livery stable and within a stone’s throw of the elegant clubs and the pink, yellow and white haciendas which the Hollywood stars and producers, among others, have built there. Often as not the land upon which these clubs and houses stand is Indian owned. For every other mile of Palm Springs is Indian reservation and although they can rent their property by the year they cannot sell it. Thus a large portion of fashionable Tamarisk Road is Indian-owned. It is here that Harold Lloyd has his place. Next comes A1 Jolson’s. On another road the Jack Warners recently acquired a house. William Powell and Diana Lewis might be called Palm Springs fixtures. They arrange their working schedule so they can stay there almost constantly during the winter season. Rudy Vallee has a house there too — and this year he has leased a theater where he will present legitimate plays. Ann Sothern and the Frank Sinatras have houses. Rosalind Russell and the Bob Hopes rent. So does Jinx Falkenburg when she comes out from the East. Joan Crawford prefers La Quinta, a few miles and date groves farther on. And now Edgar Bergen, together with Harvey Firestone, has started a development between Palm Springs and La Quinta which will be known as Desert Palms. Already streets are being laid out and Edgar tells me he expects this venture to keep him healthy all his life and to make him a fortune. A fantastically healthy place, Palm Springs! Fantastically beautiful too . . . Oasis! The End The Truth About Judy Garland's Health ( Continued from page 46) other rumor that she was wrestling with a nervous breakdown. Judy was in the East, all right. She was in New England and, among other things, she attended the Tanglewood Music Festival conducted by Koussevitzky, and strawhat theater performances in the surrounding area. Then there was the matter of “Annie Get Your Gun.” “Annie” unwittingly loosened a load of bird shot in the air for the rumor mongers because the reports that Judy was to do the picture were followed by other reports saying tests were being given other hopefuls around the M-G-M lot. All of which was true. But figure the time schedule for yourself. With “Easter Parade” getting under way October 1st, Garland wouldn’t be free until the first of the year, if then. So, if the studio wanted to get rolling on “Annie” before the winter was half over they’d have to use another star. EVERTHELESS, we cannot evade the evidence that Judy Garland has been overtired. She has put behind her what might be mildly referred to as a strenuous year. She and her husband redid their hilltop home in preparation for a blessed event. She gave birth to a daughter, Liza Minnelli, by Caesarean section. Her doctor advised a four to five month rest before she started work on “The Pirate” with Gene Kelly. She used that rest period to have a good deal of nervewracking dental work done. Nor was there anything unusual in the fact that she worked part of the time on a “closed set” — a set from which visitors are barred. Many stars do so at all times. In this instance Judy had a tough row to hoe. Everything was done to make it as easy as possible — one surmises — and visitors have a pretty disrupting influence. Talk to those grips or prop men who worked those closed sets. They’ll tell you when Garland works for rehearsal or for a turning camera, 180-pound men go home tired from just watching her. When she sings, she sings! When she dances, she dances! At the end of a picture the girl is weary. Rx: REST. Short trips around the country. Where? The only chance a star has to get a real rest is to keep that a secret. Judy has not always been on the gravy train by a long shot. It was not until she hit the ripe old age of fifteen that she made the big time — in Hollywood. She has never taken an honest vacation since then. She took time off to have a baby. She went to New York on her honeymoon. But New York, for a big star, is not a restful vacation. Yet Judy Garland has turned out consistently fine pictures as regularly as anyone in Hollywood. It is hard to believe, when you see Judy Garland, that she has been a top-ranking star for nine years. She looks incredibly young to have carried the burdens of stardom for so long a time. There must be stamina behind that piquant little face, those fine bones and deep eyes that light to such beauty on the screen but which shadow so quickly when she isn’t well. Her first marriage was heartbreak and failure. It was not until she married Vincente Minnelli that Judy found someone with whom to share her work; if anything, shared too much of her work— and she has been kept constantly busy denying rumors that all is not well with them. Vincente is Italian, sensitive, temperamental, with a deep love for and understanding of music. The advantages of understanding also have the disadvantages of two temperaments. The trick is that they don’t both develop temperament at the same time according to Judy. When they do there is an uproar. There has been one such and very likely there may be another. They are two high-strung artistic people — and when nerves complicate the picture, as they must when Judy forces herself beyond her endurance, differences that a more phlegmatic couple might take in their stride are, of course, further exaggerated. (Editor’s Note: The persistent gossip that Judy and Minnelli will find it difficult to reestablish their old basis of relationship and go on together continues. However, there are no rumors that they do not work together harmoniously.) So under the spotlight of available facts the pieces seem to fit together. Judy Garland has put a big year behind her. She has borne a daughter. She has worked hard. She went East for a rest, and upon her return retired with her baby and nurse to the beach — to rest some more. However, she promises she will be back before the cameras within the year to sing and dance her way more deeply than ever into America’s hearts. 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