Screenland Plus TV-Land (Nov 1952 - Oct 1953)

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SUBTLETY, CYD CHARISSE FOUND, GIVES MARRIAGE AS MUCH ZING AS MORE STARTLING METHODS A husband, whether or not he realizes it, never discovers all there is to know about a clever wife. Upon occasion, she may startle her man, leave him thunderstruck, or merely curious; again she may be like Cyd Charisse, so subtle that he's only dimly aware of a spicy fragrance when there have been changes made. Until she amazed Hollywood with that sultry number in "Singin' In The Rain," most people thought of Cyd Charisse as a lady — noble, gifted and lovely. A graduate of the Ballet Russe, she was, they supposed, at her best as a ballerina; always ornamental, she could do a sad scene, yes even a dramatic scene. Now, suddenly, she had proved she could be dangerous. "There's spice in Cyd Charisse." word flew about. She was given another wild, exotic dance in "Sombrero," and demanded by Fred Astaire for "The Band Wagon." Reports from these films brought her "Brigadoon," her next with Gene Kelly, and "Kismet." The screen expects her to be piquant, daring. People whisper: "Cyd Charisse, what now, I wonder?" "I haven't really changed," confided Cyd, earnestly. "It just happened I had the opportunity to do a striking number. It was good for me; it's good for any girl to snap up her career, and nothing adds spice to a picture like a brilliant dance. WIn private life, a bit of spice is also good, but you I must take into account the kind of man you have married. Some men like to be startled, some like to be left guessing, still others like to think life goes along smoothly by magic — they are better pleased not to find out how it's done. "Tony Martin is the easy-going type. To him, everything is all right the way it is. I have to effect changes so gently he's not aware of them." When Tony and Cyd were first married, they had a house boy who had looked after Tony in his bachelor days. Tony thought he was comfortable, for nothing much needs to be done for a bachelor except pick up after him, make his breakfast, and provide an occasional dinner. Marcellus' dinners were either curry or shrimp. Since Tony ate out almost every night, he thought these meals were delicious, and so they were, as a change. But Cyd's idea of marriage, however, meant more dinners at home. As a daily diet, shrimp and curries palled. Cyd doesn't cook. She was also working. So she waved her magic wand on a spicy breeze. No one, least-wise Tony, is sure at this date just how it happened that a New Orleans friend insisted on taking Marcellus back to Louisiana (CONTINUED ON PACE 58) "Never let a man know what goes on behind the scenes," says how to SPICE up your MARRIAGE By ALICE L. TILDESLEY With Fred Astaire in "The Bandwagon," her latest film. 31