TV Radio Mirror (1960)

by Peter Abbott Cool Capers: Chalk up a coup for CBS. They have added Vivien Leigh to their star roster and plan as her first dramatic vehicle "Camille." . . . Next fall The Millionaire is bankrupt. My Sister Eileen may go into Millionaire's old slot. . . . Hugh O 'Brian wants to go to Russia with a Wild West show. For sure Russian gals wouldn't permit the dropping of a bomb on U.S. after they had met Hugh. . . . Fabian, who has taken a beating from the critics on his singing, confides to friends he will concentrate on his acting in the future. . . . Talent Scouts comes back to CBS for a nine-week run, beginning August first. . . . Kate Smith goes off July 18. No chance of her present sponsor returning her. . . . New dance craze beginning here in the East called "Mashed Potatoes." when the director hijacked him in an emergency and sent him out on the stage with a spear. That did it. "I never before thought of making acting my profession." Speaking of the Disney series, Tom said they will make twelve new episodes for next season. "Betty Lynn will be back playing my wife and, of course, there will be the kids. I like having the kids on the show. I've always loved children and try to spend as much time as possible on volunteer work visiting children's hospitals." Tom has one complaint about his role as Texas John. "That cross draw of his drives me nuts. It's awkward and slow, but according to research it's authentic. And, according to research, Slaughter managed to reach the ripe old age of eighty-seven so I guess he liked it even if I don't." Bob Wagner and Natalie Wood step out in Hollywood before N. Y. trip. Yankee in Texas: "You can get awfully tired of that Western bit," said Connecticut born Tom Tryon, Yale graduate who plays in Disney's Texas John Slaughter. Tom was referring to the fact that he is interested in doing lots of movie parts and plays "Mahlon" in "The Story of Ruth," a 20th Century-Fox release for this month. Mahlon was Ruth's first husband in the Biblical movie. As Texas John Slaughter, Tom also plays the role of a husband. But, in real fife, Tom is a bachelor, and is neither engaged nor going steady. He keeps house for himself in the Hollywood Hills. "It's all work, no play. I get up at four a.m. to go to the studio and I'm back home and tired out at 7:30." Tom says he started out originally to be an artist. He was working as a scenery designer in summer stock Ever-loving Joan Collins and Warren Beatty on date in New York's Harwyn. On the Scene: Next month Steve Lawrence turns in his G.I. uniform and returns to show business. . . . Ed Sullivan and wife observing their 30th wedding anniversary. . . . Genevieve presents NBC director Ted Mills as her fiance but no date is set for wedding bells. . . . Ernest Borgnine was approached to make a Marty TV series but turned it down. . . . Mort Sahl now dividing his time between Pat Manley and Elaine Dunn. . . . TV's dapper Gene Barry goes vocal in musicals. Late June and early July he stars in "Kismet" with the St. Louis Municipal Opera Company and, on July 25, opens an eightweek engagement in Las Vegas in the standing role in the road company of the musical "Destry Rides Again" with the N.Y. cast. In October, he goes back to his cane and Bat Masterson. (Continued on page 66) For What's New on the West Coast, See Page 12 Jour all day veilof fragrance scents, smooths, clings more lovingly, more lastingly than costly cologne No cologne prolongs and protects your daintiness like Cashmere Bouquet Talc. Never evaporates. Never dries your skin. Leaves you silken-smooth, flower-fresh all over. Make Cashmere Bouquet . . . pure, imported Italian Talc . . . your all day Veil of Fragrance. Cashmere Bouquet Talc the fragrance men love