Evening star., 1947-01-12
HOLLYWOOD

We Deen trying not 10 uuterVieW
Eleanor Parker for long time.
Every time her press agent would
say, "You must see Eleanor" I'd
make an excuse because she wasn't
very good at talking. And why waste
time with some one who won't talk
when there are so many In Holly
wood who just love to make with
words? Well, to cut long resistance
short, I finally got together with
Miss Parker. And it's not the same
gal.
I'm crazy" Eleanor tells me right
of the bat. And she does look a
little peculiar with long, straight,
yellow hair all over the place and
10 white, rather dirty gown with a
shabby braided cape over it.
tits for my picture, Women in
White" she adds hastily as T edge
somewhat nearer to the door. "And
I play two parts, one crazy. one
sane"
"I1l come round one day when
you're sane" tell her, but the new
Miss Parker is not to be put off like
that. She pushes me into the chair
next to her and starts to talk.
i've just hired the butler who
was the maitre d'hotel on the Nor
mandie,'" says Eleanor calmly. I
think she still is talking about her
movie, but she means for her house
in Beverly Hills. MY husband
(Bert Friedlob) is crazy about crepe
suzettes. And Albert-he's the but
ler-is the champion crepe suzette
maker in the world" He'd better
be, because Eleanor and her hus-
band are paying him $400 month
Married a Year.
"And I'm divinely happy" adds
Eleanor, which is unnecessary be-
cause I can see happiness all over
her now expansive face.
Eleanor married Bert on January
Is, 1946. And that's the reason for
the quite phenomenal change in -hel
personality.
A few months ago Eleanor and
Bert were driving through Beverly
Hills and they both picked out the
same lovely Colonial mansion as
the house they wanted to live in. It
was for sale-at, $4,000. We're
furnishing it now and having more
fun" says Mrs. Friedlob.
First thing Eleanor did when she
moved into the new mansion was
| to give the house she lived in be-
fore her marriage to her parents
She could have sold it for $4,000
but she preferred to give it to hel
family.
Marriage Comes First.
81 used to have three ambitions,
she tells me. ITO give my mother
and father a house, to be in pic.
lures and to buy my mother a full
coat" On Christmas the last ol
the wishes came true. MY mex
ambition is to raise big family.
Then, of course, comes the usua
question, But how about you
career?" Eleanor is doing yer!
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lead in woman in White" the re-
Gently released starring role witt
Enrol Flynn in "Never Say Goodby
and the unreleased Escape Nj
Never" with Flynn and Ida Lupino
Bert likes me to work." she tell
me, but If the work ever inter
feres with my marriage I'll stop.
| Eleanor does not have to work
because her husband is very wealthy
Hes made fortunes and lost them.
But at the moment he has a for
tune, and in May Eleanor and Bert
go to England to look over one OF
his many projects speed roller
skating show in the Harrongway
Arena in London. Bert is also in
the Scotch distillery business.
But" says his wife, "he doesn't
talk about Scotch to me and I don't
discuss pictures with him. He says
that when he learns 10 act then ]
can learn to bottle Scotch!" This
attitude, insists Mrs. Friedlob, is
the chief secret of her happy mar
riage.
"Life Is Wonderful"
eve met on a double date" con-
fides Eleanor. Bert had a girl OF
his own and I was going with Nor