Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1953)

INSIDE STUFF ( Continued, from page 35) Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis : A wet tea bag in England — an Oscar in Hollywood Home from abroad and ‘‘Carnival ” Anne Baxter again proves she'll try anything “ Ask Your Mirror” is the name of Liz Taylor's gown and worth a trip to Rome Howard Hughes is offering her everything but the moon! . . . Arlene Dahl and Fernando Lamas got a stage offer that has them beaming and their agents screaming. There’s more money in Hollywood ... Farley Granger tells European correspondents that he hopes to be a father before he’s thirty. The young man means, of course, he wants to get married! beams Rock. “Except there’s no road to reach it!” Eagles please apply. Kiddie Corner: Liz Taylor and Michael Wilding took the baby to England to meet his paternal grandparents, cabled an SOS to M-G-M. Of all things, they forgot to take along rubber jiffy pants and couldn't get them over there. While abroad. Liz made a flying visit to Rome and the famed Fontana Sisters’ fashion salon. Her new gown is called “Ask Your Mirror” . . . Celebrating his daughter’s first birthday. Dale Robertson took her out for lunch. He treated the birthday girl to, of all things, a hamburger ! According to Cal: When Gary Cooper’s wife and daughter returned from Europe, Rocky reported to friends that she and Coop talked for endless hours about their marriage. Net result : no reconciliation but a continuation of their separation ... A sad John Wayne sent word to his four children letting them know that he hates to humiliate them but it may be necessary, because he'll “tell all” to protect himself from Chata Wayne’s demands in their divorce trial. Says John: “I hope not, but it may be messy!” Nice People: Remember wonderful John Ericson in “Teresa”? Well, when he finished playing opposite Elizabeth Taylor in “Rhapsody,” John married Milly Coury. a sweet radio songstress. Their good friends, Lori Nelson, Bob Arthur. Pat Crowley and Tab Hunter, all pooled their money and rented them a honeymoon cabin at Palm Springs. Nice wedding present! . . . And speaking of wedding presents, Ann Blyth asked Cal to tell her fans that she's personally writing the thank-you notes. Which is why it’s taking her so long to tell you how much she loved your gifts to her. People and Places: Jane Russell would have to be out of her beautiful mind not to sign that new RKO contract. Executive Once Upon a Time: Ray Milland was a Hollywood agent with one lone client named Eunice Quedons. Later on she became— Eve Arden . . . Marcia Henderson who played opposite Jimmy Stewart in “Thunder Bay” was the head of his fan club in her native Massachusetts . . . Steve Cochran worked as a doorman in a Holly wood theatre that now runs his pictures . . Marilyn Monroe applied for a saleslady’: job in a Beverly Hills smart shop, wa: told to come back when she had more ex perience. So she went back recently — ane bought an expensive evening gown! Night Life: Doris Day with husband Mart; Melcher at Vie Damone’s Mocambo open ing: “This is our first night-club date ii three vears. My feet couldn’t wait for nn to take them home and get the shoes off! . . . And diners at Ciro’s will never agaii be bothered by seeing pink elephants They saw James Mason walk in with hi little daughter Portland, who was mor wide-awake than anyone at midnight. Homecoming: Advance reports reachin; Hollywood insist that Pier Angeli’s wa home will be well-lit by the torch she i toting for Kirk Douglas . . . Annie Baxte returned from Europe where she filme “Carnival,” wearing a Dior outfit with it just-below-the-knee skirt length. Aske whether she liked the new style, Anne rt plied, “It’s the fashion. What can I do? Just for Laughs: Martin and Lewis wh knocked them cold at New York’s Par; mount Theatre: “In Hollywood if they lik you they give you an Oscar. In England, you're lucky — a wet tea bag! ... Bo Hope at the London Palladium: “Travi is good for everyone. Anyway, it was tini that I came back here for a change — i fog!” . . . Scott Brady devised his ow method of discouraging gabby females wh nail him at parties. “I merely cup my eai and make like I’m very hard of hearing Medical Report: June Haver returned 1 Hollywood from the convent of the Sistei of Charity on orders from her doctor an religious leaders. She had been ailing f< several months but hopes to regain hi health soon. Her plans to return to life i the convent are not definite. 80