There was the story that she had eloped with Raymond Burr. Then another story that Tab Hunter had talked her into running off with him, closely followed (the story, that is) by a report that she had taken the fatal plunge with Nick Adams.
None of...
Today Natalie Wood is riding the wave of success. It is a tremendous wave. She has been acclaimed for “Splendor in the Grass”—a drama; praised for “West Side Story”—a musical. She rode a success wave once before—and almost drowned....
You have to be a teenager before you can become an adult, and these girls who’ve been robbed of their teenage eventually wind up in headlines as they reach out for life—for love—for security—for the woman’s life they’ve essayed too soon....