May and December Couples: When fifty-three-year- old Bing Crosby married twenty-four-year-old Kathy Grant, the difference in their ages raised a lot of eyebrow-lifting in the world’s press. And yet, based on the past record of other couples who have lived happily ever after, in spite of...
Anita Ekberg should be more famous than she is . . . Okay, so Kirk Douglas is a Viking! . . . Venetia Stevenson loves her horse as much as that boy loves “Lassie.” . . . I’ll bet movie execs wish they could buy...
Well, we all have our little idiosyncrasies and Tony Perkins’ is that he can’t concentrate with shoes on. It took him three hours to record his latest album, “Tony Perkins,” released this month, and he was utterly miserable until he unloaded the sneakers that have...
Grant is a firm believer in hypnotism, Zen Buddhism and charm . . . Ann Blyth finds it easier to make demands over the phone than in person . . . I’m always surprised when I meet Audrey Hepburn in a delicatessen . . ....
Colossal spectacles—with the traditional “cast of thousands”—get most publicity in the filmmaking department. But a strong, intimate drama like Paramount’s “Desire Under the Elms,” requiring a full staff of only about fifty people, demands as grueling work from each one of them. Preparation started two...
Applause for MM and frowns for Sir Laurence . . . Memories for Ava Gardner and happiness for Victoria Shaw . . . Sweet talk from a new Tony Perkins . . ....