Under Hedda's Hat - December 1963
Roz Russell found so many Hollywoodites in Honolulu when she vacationed there that the main drag looked like Beverly Hills. Roz, who flew to the islands, played a joke on a couple of friends who came by boat. She dressed herself up in a mu-mu, big hat and ukulele and joined a picket line outside their hotel. When the pals walked through to register, Roz screamed “Capitalists!” at the top of her lungs.
Liz’ apartment at the Dorchester in London will be redecorated
while she chaperones Richard and Ava Gardner through Night of the Iguana
in Mexico. Liz wanted to live on a yacht, and wanted the Zaca (Errol Flynn’s boat)
which is now in Majorca, but which Patrice Wymore really prefers to keep in Jamaica.
The triangle is neatly placed for a quick divorce: Liz could get a quickie in
Mexico, or Eddie, who’ll divide his coming months in Nevada between Lake Tahoe and
Las Vegas, could do the divorcing. When will all this happen? I don’t know—because
I am one of the few who still believes that Burton will never marry Liz.
Troy Donahue keeps Suzanne Pleshette’s interest sharpened by
occasionally dating pretty Diane McBain. Both Suzanne and Troy still swear they
have no present marriage plans. Hmmm!
You don’t hear so much of Warren Beatty since his split with Natalie
Wood. She got him more print mileage than half a dozen press agents could have.
He asked $150,000 to star in Ensign Pulver and must have done a double take
when he read the prize went to Robert Walker, Jr. Bob has wanted to play Pulver
as long as he can remember, but never dreamed he’d get the chance. He was happy
to do it for Josh Logan for $15,000.
Rock Hudson, Doris Day, and Jim Garner all turned down offers of $10,000 for one day’s work in TV commercials. They held to the idea such a step would be a blight on their glamour. But Barbara Stanwyck agreed to come on and sing the praises of instant coffee. Such notables as Edward G. Robinson, Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Gary Merrill and Julie London all were in favor of the TV offer. A couple of them said it helped get them movie offers.
Didn’t 20th steal a page from Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay when they created that fantasy scene of how a rich night-club star lives for What a Way To Go? The set had an all-pink house, pink pavements, pink swimming pool, pink costumes, even a pink Rolls. It was Jayne who cashed in on the pink frenzy for years. When that publicity stunt wore out she got lost on an island and was almost bitten to death by mosquitoes—but nobody believed it was for real. Her separation from Mickey and romance with an Italian director was also taken with a grain or two of salt. Her Latin lover refused to get a divorce Italian style. Now a chastened Jayne, back with her Mickey, is expecting a baby. Any new publicity ideas will doubtless be welcome!
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From the December 1963 issue of Photoplay
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