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EXHIBITIONISTS OR NOT, JANET
AND TONY ARE HAVING A WHALE OF A TIME
Question of the hour in Hollywood is: have Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis oversold themselves? Many a young actor and actress have crawled up a notch or two on the ladder to movie fame and fortune by a rash of homey publicity, but . . .
"You can't open a magazine or a newspaper today," wails a veteran movie star, "and not be confronted by a new, intimate phase of the happy, home-loving, uninhibited, in-the-raw existence of the Curtises. They've been photographed everywhere but in the bathtub — and the end is not in sight!"
On the other hand, here is the opinion of Betty L. . . who happens to be the charming, well-educated 15-year-old daughter of a friend of ours. "I'm a movie fan, and I enjoy knowing everything I can about the private lives of the people I admire on the screen or stage.
"Probably I know more about Janet and Tony than any other stars on the screen today," she goes on. "and I love it. I have seen them photographed around the clock, living in every room of their home, working in the kitchen, playing outdoors. I think that sort of thing is very exciting."
Still another opinion is that of a top Hollywood agent who has handled some of the biggest stars in the business, and also some of the newcomers. "The Curtises suffer from an exhibitionist complex.
The true stars of the screen, television — and in fact any field of entertainment — avoid, as much as possible, the limelight, the constant public acclaim, the tried and trite formulas of cheap publicity," he goes on. "But Janet and Tony don't seem happy unless a camera lens is prying — night and day — into the most private moments of their lives."
To all these accusations — from foe or friend — the Curtises answer, "The Critics Be Damned!" They're having a whale of a time being themselves — and having fun, too! And, they have made it plain, that as long as the press and the photographers are there to portray the progress of the saga of America's most publicized movie team, they are ready, anxious and willing to please!
The simple fact is that quite a bit of their publicity has come perilously close to the limits of taste — let alone good taste — and even that does not deter them. They have been photographed lying across a double bed making eyes at one another, they have been photographed in showers, bathrooms and doctors' offices. But they have yet to be photographed in Bikini bathing suits in each other's arms — underwater! (continued on pace6i>
Up to now, neither Janet nor Tony have hit top box-office, but their co-starring film, "Houdini," may change that.
In the Paramount picture, Tony has a role that's entirely different from anything he has yet attempted on the screen.