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Premiere party: Rory Calhoun, here with wife Rita, co-stars with Jean Simmons in “A Bullet Is Waiting”
There’ll be no going back together for the Nelsons, who announced that attempts to reconcile have failed
Jean Peters had flu relapse, lost role in “IFoman’s World.” Above, with Bob Wagner
Guests shed tears. Julia Adams, Lori Nelson at Suzan Ball’s wedding
devotion to Gail Russell and rightly so. Gail’s brave attempt to regain her health and find peace of mind is something to comment about too. She’s attending lectures in Beverly Hills conducted each week by an admirable religious man who teaches “right” thinking. Gail’s trying hard to help herself, so let’s all add our prayers to hers. If ever anyone deserved them, she does!
Many Happy Returns: Jane Powell wore Pat Nerney’s gift of gold-encrusted watch and earrings on her twenty-fifth birthday. They took her children to lunch in the patio at Frascotti’s on Wilshire Boulevard, and Debbie Reynolds who was twenty-two on the same day joined them. Robert Dix (now at M-G-M) son of the late matinee idol, Richard Dix, was Debbie’s date that evening. “Why is it,” she sighed wishfully to her mother, “I always fall for the name P of Bob?” Senor Wagner please note!
Today's Target: For Cal’s cold cash. Donald O’Connor did a brilliant job at MCing this year’s Academy Awards. Following instructions, he kept things light and gay. However, for the first time in his life, the press let him have it. He was accused of lacking in dignity, maturity and showing little respect. After the first blast, poor bewildered Donald called his close friend. Marilyn Erskine. “I tried my best.” he said sadly, “what did I do that was so wrong?” Wise in her way. Marilyn comforted him: “You were wonderful. Donald. Everyone goes through the same thing. It just happened to be your turn!”
Son Up: World War II hero. Audie Murphy. now thinks the Army is pretty good. He was out making personal appearances when the stork suddenly decided to make a forced landing. Audie and the ambulance arrived simultaneously at his front door. On the way to the hospital they were
forced to detour because of a fire. Then, irl all the excitement of getting his wife to her room, the expectant father discovered he’d left her packed bag in the ambulance. Despite it all, James Shannon Murphy weighed in at eight healthy pounds. “And looking,” says Audie humorously, “just like an Indian chief!”
Academy Award Sidelights: So typical, modest Bill Holden wouldn’t walk into Chasen’s carrying his highly deserved Oscar. So his wife sneaked it in under her furs and then set it up on the table where they celebrated with close friends. . . . Since winning the acting award, the change in Frank Sinatra is heartwarming. Not too co-operative in the past, grateful Frankie drives all the way in from Palm Springs to keep appointments with the press. . . . When Grace Kelly confided she’d turned down Clark Gable’s proposal in Africa, she provoked skepticism. But if
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