Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1954)

HOLLYWOOD PARTY LINE Continued trimmed with multitudinous bits of vivid turquoise and rhinestone beading. The Peter Lawfords, the Bill Goetzes, Jack Warner, Ethel Merman (in starched black organza) were there too. Late, late, the Merm, Judy and Van Johnson did some fancy chirping together — natch ! Judy’s use of sable on her filmy gown reminds me to note how “little furs,” not necessarily trimming, have greatly replaced last summer’s overworked dressy cardigans and will undoubtedly continue to do so way into fall. Teitlebaum, the furrier who bedecks most of Tinseltown’s celebs, says he can hardly fill his orders for tiny (real tiny!) white mink or ermine capes and hug-me jackets. And note the many pastel shades in which he’s turning out such duds. Elizabeth Taylor has a “little” pink mink cape. And we caught Mona Freeman (dining with Frank Sinatra) at La Rue one eve, wearing a wee pale blue mink capelet over a stark white cotton lace cocktail dress. Teitlebaum adds, “I used to design these things for Christmas. Now everyone wants them to wear over summer party dresses.” And gals, if you’re lucky enough to have an old hunk of beige or gray fox lying around, do something with it! Just as chic! ! e West was never as wild as Jerry Lewis, here I'h wife Patti, when he and Dean Martin entertried at fund-raising whoopee for Share, Inc. Co’s, where benefit was held, turned into a tich house for the occasion. Doris Day, with hband Marty, helped spark idea for the party A different sort of divertissement, and much talked about, was the Hawaiian luau for 200 that socialite George Cameron gave on his spacious hill-top lawns, with both Eddie Oliver’s band and a Hawaiian outfit strumming Island melodies. A ripple occurred when Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding were inadvertently seated at the same table with Liz’s ex: Nicky Hilton. Fortunately, perhaps, this was not one of Nicky’s drinking nights. Guests who gorged themselves on exotic food and sipped wonderful rum concoctions included Jane Wooster with John Lindsay; John’s ex, Diana Lynn, with Bob Neal; Merle Oberon, back with Dr. Rex Ross; John Carroll, Anita Eckberg; Steve Crane and Kathy Marlowe; the Hoagy Carmichaels; Jeanne Crain and Paul Brinkman. Then there was producer Bert Friedlob’s (he’s Eleanor Parker’s ex) goodbye party for Tay Garnett and Mari Aldon, returning to England. Shelley Winters was with John Carroll; Yvonne DeCarlo with Bob Clark; Richard Egan with Diana Mills; Jon Hall with Linda Danson; Jackie Loughery with Vince Edwards. George Raft, Rhonda Fleming, Walter Pidgeon and Casey Robinson were some of the very few who “stagged it.” For a good cause, Ciro’s was turned into a veritable ranch house when Share, Inc., sparked by Yvonne Hover, Doris Day and a few other gals gave out with a fund-raising whoopee. The place was mobbed with famous people in western attire, and the hatcheck gals were busy checking rifles, guns, slingshots and ten-gallon lids into a big covered wagon parked outside the cafe! Ann Blyth (who became a Momma a few days later) and Dr. McNulty; Pier Angeli with Allan Pearl; the Gordon MacRaes; Debbie Reynolds; Keefe Brasselle; Ida Lupino and Howard Duff; Lance Fuller with a magazine girl; Miriam Nelson with Neils Larsen; Mitzi Gaynor and Jack Bean (who say they’ll wed the moment “No Business Like Show Business” is finis) ; Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, who_ panicked everyone, were among the fun-makers. The Dean Martins tossed a lovely dinner dance to celebrate Dean’s birthday— but we’ll wait till next time to tell about that one. There were no photogs there, anyway, so we’d better get on with events you might learn about meantime. One of these was the unique preview and party M-G-M tossed to show “The Student Prince.” Both screening ( Continued on page 103) 25