Under Hedda's Hat - April 1963

Joan Collins is engaged to Tony Newley, but so far there’s no wedding date. Poor girl, she went through the same routine with Warren Beatty before Natalie got him!

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Believe it or not, I got a letter from a thirty-five-year-old Chicago woman who thinks Elvis Presley is the sexiest man on screen. Her beef: “Why don’t they put him in pictures that appeal to adults as well as teenagers? It’s a waste. There are plenty of good looking all-American type boys for their age. I speak for many older women who’d rather die than say they’re crazy about Elvis. Can you do something to help?”

Rita Hayworth’s new boy friend is Jack Wilson. She and Gary Merrill are no longer even friends. Gary’s ex, Bette Davis, after a few trips to court over custody of their children, says she’s going to start a campaign to do away with all men. Well, some girls won’t go for that!

After all this time Debbie Reynolds finally revealed why she married Harry Karl. In her book If I Knew Then, she said after her experience with Eddie Fisher, she decided she could no longer trust young men and that’s why she wed an older one.

Dick Powell’s will was a surprise to many people. When his widow June Allyson started divorce proceedings a year ago, her settlement was to be $2,500,000, which meant his estate amounted to $5,000,000. The divorce was subsequently dropped. But in his will he left June one million dollars and provided handsomely for their two children. In a codicil to his will, he left his two children by Joan Blondell shares of stock in Four Star, which might bring $20,000 to each child. Before the codicil was added the will said he’d amply provided for them. They received nothing from him until they were in their teens. Then they got $25 a week each.

I thought Ann-Margret might get ideas when she went east to be maid of honor at the marriage of her best friend Sharon Lauver. She was impressed with the candlelight ceremony but still says she’s not getting married to anybody and that includes Eddie Fisher.

A schoolmate of Janet Leigh’s told me an ironic story about the star’s first marriage. During her senior year in high school she eloped with a man whose family was quite well-to-do by the small town’s standards. They thought Janet was after his money and had the marriage annulled. Now Janet can buy the whole town.

Warren Beatty who’s made only three pictures because he hasn’t liked the scripts offered, now says he’s mentally ready to go back to work. Yes, but are we ready for him?

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From the April 1963 issue of Photoplay