Cal York's Inside Stuff: September 1956
NEWS AND VIEWS
Blond and bosomy Jayne Mansfield, who has her own way of busting
into print, had her close-to-exposed heart set on playing the life story of
Jean Harlow. But Jayne is due for a big disappointment. Another famous blond
name Marilyn Monroe will play the part, after she finishes The Sleeping Prince
in England, with Sir Laurence Olivier—and some time off for a honeymoon
with playwright Arthur Miller.
ROMANCE, HOLLYWOOD STYLE
“My whole life is going to change in the near future,”
Marilyn Monroe told Bob Wagner when she sold him her big black Cadillac. What
she meant was that she was planning to marry Arthur Miller—which she did, no
less than twice, on June 29 and July 1. For days, they had been haunted by the
press but, true to their word, they tied the knot in private—much to all the
newshounds’ extreme chagrin.
SILENT PRAYER
Clark Gable, ideally happy for the first time since Carole
Lombard died, took an adjoining room when his beautiful wife Kay was hospitalized
with a heart condition. Clark is so devoted to Kay’s two children by her previous
marriage, he’d love to adopt them. “Kay is my life,” Clark says simply.
WISHFUL THINKING
Barbara Stanwyck’s friends—and she’s got a million of ‘em—hope she and Sterling Hayden become more than a screen team while making Love Story. Sterling’s done a miraculous job raising his four children; Barbara’s lonely, her warm heart overflows with love—and they all need each other.
From the Photoplay archive.
Interesting stuff. Reading the part about Marilyn playing Jean Harlow was bittersweet; I recently read that she was in talks with Harlow's mom for this project when she died. Nice reading how Clark Gable felt about Kay!
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