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Dick and Valentina met when they co-starred Valentina's first American movie role was opin 20th's drama, "House On Telegraph Hill." posite Richard Conte in "Thieves' Highway." %
TO THOSE who believe that marriages are made in heaven, the story of this particular one has heartwarming significance. Richard Basehart and Valentina Cortesa have every reason to believe, as all altruistic souls believe, that some kindly force guided the unerring hand of Providence. Their paths crossed. Their paths crossed when both happened to be at crossroads — those crossroads where the journey ahead in any direction is ofttimes problematical.
It's a far and fabulous cry from Stresa, Italy, where the enchanting Italian actress spent her childhood, to Zanesville, Ohio, where the boy with the scholarly-sensitive face first saw the light of day. That Fate in the form of a movie should cast their lives together further enhances the magic melting pot of Hollywood. It all began one day when —
"Will you come into the studio to see me?" It was Director Robert Wise talking to Richard Basehart over the telephone. "I'd like to discuss the script of "House On Telegraph Hill."
Richard, who had but recently completed "Fourteen Hours," his first picture under his new 20th Century-Fox contract, came in. They discussed the script.
"By the way, who's the girl in the picture?" Richard inquired casually. He hadn't voiced his complete thought, but most Hollywood actors, and the newer ones especially, are understandably anxious to play opposite stars with box-office rating.
"Her name is Valentina Cortesa," was the {Please turn to page <»7 )
Valentina gets made up for scene in "House On Telegraph Hill." In this party dress she told Dick felt "like an ice cream."
Dick, Paul Douglas. He rose to stardom as the neurotic suicide in "Fourteen Hours."
Right: Dick on location in Germany. This was their first separation since meeting.