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sad if only one character is great. Cy is a great director." Cy Howard is great and Ken Murray is great. And if they have anything else in common — but Marie never says this — it is a reputation for being tough, and tyrannical. It is interesting to note that no love is lost between them. She ignores this fact, and loves and admires them both unreservedly. To Marie, they're both spoiled little boys. "It's glandular." But then Marie was never one to knuckle under to the high brass. Her husband fondly tells the story of the two-star general who came backstage at "Blackouts" during the early months of the war. The general was loaded with medals, and feeling his power. Marie happened to have a guest that night. Private Salvadore Gonzales. Between acts she approached the general, whom she'd met a few moments before, and said, "General, what's your first name?" "Tom," said the General, taken aback. "Tom," Marie commanded, "say hello to Salvadore. I want you two to buddy up. I see you're in the same outfit." Her unconscious humor is probably the largest factor in the Marie Wilson legend. Allen Nixon tells another story of the war days when Van Heflin came backstage during a "Blackouts" performance. Van had spent three months in a marine bootcamp. And he was very articulate about it. "I feel so sorry for all you poor boys," Marie told him. "My husband is having a terrible time too. He calls me up sometimes, and he's just miserable." "Where is he?" Heflin wanted to know. "Ft. MacArthur," Marie replied, naming the local induction center. "How long has he been there?" Van asked, bewildered." "Since yesterday," Marie told him. inother time, Allen telephoned Marie from New Jersey where he was playing in summer stock. He had just landed the lead opposite Helen Hayes in a little theater engagement of "Happy Birthday," and he was very pleased about it. "But," he complained, "Helen Hayes is getting $3,000 a week and I am getting $100." "Oh," said Marie, "that's about right." Gus Schilling vouches for the truth of a current Wilson quote regarding her plans to redecorate the den at her home. The decorator had suggested a pair of love seats, which Marie resisted because she thought they might "be embarrassing to some people who just want to sit and talk." And Allen heard it with his own ears when a peddler came to the door with fur coats for sale. "This genuine ranch mink," he said, holding up a dyed rabbit number, "you can have for $80. Believe me, lady, you'd never get it for this price if it weren't 'hot'." Marie replied that she'd really rather have something cool for summer. But she bought it anyway, and sent it to Allen's mother for a present. A neighbor of the Nixons has a huge mongrel dog named Mike, and Marie thought it would be so nice if they had pups. "Only," she said, "we can't because your dog doesn't have a pedigree." 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