That’s Hollywood For You
I’d say Joan Crawford is the modern version of “Poor Little Rich Girl”—with poverty never having it so good. . . . Jean Simmons is as amusing as she is curved. . . . Peter Ustinov told me that nobody knows when he’s angry unless he tells them so—except Mrs. Ustinov. . . . After seeing “Room at the Top,” I’d pick Simone Signoret instead of B.B. So sue me. . . . Robert Mitchum’s Quotable Quote: “The worst thing for an actor is to get rich. It’s ruined far more actors than drink.” . . . Most girls who date Rick Nelson wind up dating Dave Nelson, and vice versa. . . . Of all the child actors, Mickey Rooney remains my favorite—because he’s the only one who didn’t grow up and outgrow me.
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Bing Crosby can turn the collar around now. He’s done that role enough. . . . I don’t blame you if you don’t believe me, but I did hear Lawrence Welk call a musician a square. . . . Tuesday Weld doesn’t know she’s the domestic type. … Elvis Presley always puts on his right shoe before his left one. . . . Eddie Fisher’s Quotable Quote: “I had a dream last night that my marriage license expired.” . . . Girls tell me that George Nader has sex appeal; so I take their word for it. . . . Sal Mineo wears his own clothes and looks as if he’s in costume. . . . Dale Robertson looks like the type who’d enjoy a Dale Robertson TV show.
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For a treat, get the album “Secret Songs for You Young Lovers,” featuring Andre Previn and David Rose. . . . I wish you could hear Judy Holliday’s tape recording of “Lush Life,” with composer Billy Strayhorn at the piano. . . . I believe folk singers sing long after most folks’ve had enough. . . . I’d hate to have to eat some of those meals I see prepared by heroines in pictures. .. . Tom Jenk was told by a TV producer, “We’re looking for an unknown actor with a name.”. . . Remember the days when a blonde could be flat-chested and be a movie star? I don’t.
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My idea of a real heel is a guy who’d try to do Ann Blyth dirt, even in a movie. . . . Sometimes I wonder if Grace Kelly longs for those days before Cinderella turned into a Princess. . . . Tony Martin and Cyd Charisse are beginning to look like each other. It happens with married people. . . . Kim Novak’s Quotable Quote: “I choose my friends as I see them—not as others see them.” And That’s Hollywood For You.
It is a quote. PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1959