TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1959)

flthat he, too, had learned from all his masters, even from that most pitiless of all tyrants, grief. What he had learned, he felt, could be put to use — not only for himself, but for others — by his return to the profession for which he was best equipped. He joined a stock company for a summer in New Jersey, then was given the lead in a daytime TV series. Concerning Miss Marlowe, starring Louise Allbritton. A short time later. Josh Logan learned that Warner Bros, was looking for a leading man to play opposite Natalie Wood in "Bombers B-52." Mr. Logan recommended his wartime Paris friend for the job. Zim came to Hollywood. He starred in "Bombers B-52," and followed that with a part in "Band of Angels," which starred another war veteran, Clark Gable. The road was open again. In 1956, Zim married Stephanie Spalding and, late in 1957, Stephanie Jr. was born. Currently Zim, Stephanie, Stephanie Jr., Nancy (now fourteen) and Efrem III (now eleven) are living in a new home in Encino. Ironically, Zim has little time to enjoy the family or the house because he is so busy with the TV 77 Sunset Strip and such motion pictures as "Home Before Dark." But there are always Sundays, during which the Zimbalist house is filled with the wit, talent and beauty of an era, so the young Zimbalists are growing up amid all the advantages — and the anecdotal material — which have made their father one of the most-worth-knowing gentlemen in a fascinating industry. Man of Many Faces {Continued from page 25) what he will do on the show. I'm concentrating on my songs, or planning the clothes I will need for the show, or just thinking about the children. While we're in town, it's all work. Coming home, we're still concentrating on our problems. But, when we get back into the house, I say, ' 'Hello, dear, how are you today?' Then we're domestic." Peter grins broadly. "This power of con j centra tion sometimes gets a little out of 'hand. Last Sunday, Mary was dressed for church first and went to the garage to get the car. Mike, Cathy and I came out on the porch — and Mary drove right by us. She went three blocks before she realized she had left us behind. Mary ^explains, "Well, I'm so used to having Peter with me in concentrated silence that I didn't really miss him!" lell^ 11 he Hayeses live in New Rochelle, about thirty minutes out of Manhattan, with jjjjjtheir children Peter Michael, who is nine, jj^and Cathy, seven. Peter says, "It's not a .jjjPretentious house. It can laughingly be referred to as a ten-room English Tudor, ■but two of the rooms are so small you can't lie down in them. Then we have two small maid's rooms, with one maid. But the house is the right size for us. If "^jwe ever lost our help, we could take care "^of it by ourselves. Actually, we're not trying to prove anything, so we don't need a larger house. And it's more than coincidence that we wound up living in New Rochelle." "Mike is going to the same school Peter did," Mary points out. "Of course, Mike is going there for a different reason." "My father died when I was two," says /Peter. "I was born and raised in Illinois by my mother and grandmother. Then ^Mother made a killing when she was in ''■''the movie, 'King of Jazz,' and bought a oeautiful house in southern California for Jis. But, one day, she said she was fed ap with my Midwestern accent. She Drought me East and put me in lona, an irish-Catholic school in New Rochelle. d \nd if it weren't such a good school, I tff^ouldn't have quit high school to go into '•.how business! I was a terrible student. -■''d go home at four in the afternoon, turn )a m the radio and listen until' one-forty antf'ive in the morning so I could hear Cab >alloway from the Cotton Club. '' "Well, back in Illinois, I had smiled my vay through classes with a sixty-five iverage. My first day in lona, I gave a tupid answer, turned on my Davy Crock lil'f'itt grin and a Brother threw an eraser at ae. But, at home, I was developing im •ressionistic powers, listening to radio, hinj'nd could do imitations of all the singers m theji and comedians. I wrote an act for my mother and myself and the Brothers came to see the show at Fordham RKO Theater. Afterward, they told Mother that I 'belonged' in the theater. Well, Mother couldn't afford the school any longer — so it was all to the good, and I quit." The way vaudeville worked then, bookers caught the act the first day at the Fordham and, if it clicked, it got the w^hole tour. Peter's act clicked. He and his mother, Grace Hayes, moved into the famous Palace Theater on Broadway, three days later. "My mother was so furious with me," Peter recalls, "for I was just a fresh sixteen-year-old and not the least impressed with our success. She said, 'Peter, it took me twenty years to make the Palace. You did it in three days and you aren't even nervous.' Well, a good professional is supposed to suffer from insecurity, but I was just too brash and young to understand." They completed a fourteen-week tour — but that was in 1932, the year vaudeville began to die. A few years later, in 1936, Peter's mother hocked their cars, house and insurance, and leased a club in the valley which she named the "Grace Hayes Lodge." This was home for Peter until 1940, when he married Mary. At this point, Mary speaks up: "Peter, I think you should tell the story of how you handled our 'triangle.' " "The triangle," Peter says, "was myself, Mary and my mother. Mother didn't take to Mary. I was working at the Lodge, which had become very popular, and it was natural for me to take my wife there. But Mother kept aloof. When the three of us sat down to talk, Mother always went to a corner as far away from Mary as she could get. I felt awful, of course. I wanted her to like Mary, so I figured out a plan. I told Mary to act as if she hated me and just to sit there in sour silence. "She did, and Mother got me aside and asked what was wrong. I said, 'Marriage isn't for me. You know, she washed out my pipes with soap and water, and now I find out she thinks I play too much goK. I think I was meant to be a bachelor.' Well, Mother said nothing, but Mary kept up the 'silent hatred' bit and, on the third night, my mother suddenly pointed a finger at me and exploded, 'Peter, you're not so much of a bargain yourself!' That did it. And, a couple of months later, I overheard her telling a friend, 'You know, I saved their marriage.' " "We've had a very normal marriage," GIVE— Strike back at CANCER CATALOG of Hard-to-FInd YOUTHFULLY STYLED FASHIONS Mail coupon below Free fashion book of youthfully styled dresses, coats, suits, sportswear end lingerie. All guaranteed to fit ... to make you look sizes slimmer, smarter, and yeors younger. 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