Evening star., 1952-02-09
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Elizabeth Taylor viii be 90 year
iold February ~. That is the dal
she intends to marry Michae
! Wilding. although Michael eiI
ILOndon) and some people here
abouts are still skeptical abou
their ever marrying. Liz leave'
| for London next week. and doesn'
| have to return here until tn,
end Of March to star in Tit
Girl Who Had Everything"
Janet Leigh. who usually star
with middle e-aged Romeos, gets {
guy younger than she is. Carleton
Carpenter. for Fearless Pagan.
Pagan is q lion. "and," says Car
penter, II have a great deal o
respect for him." Janet hasn'
met the beast yet.
Robert Taylor is the latest o
our handsome he-men to suffel
| q nervous upset through an emo
tional disturbance. He was il
the Cedars Of Lebanon Hospita
| for fiye days with nerve trouble
in his back.
Robert Mitchum bruised his LEI
badly, calf f-roping last week end
Just O little practice on his owr
time for his cowboy picture, "This
Man Is Mine" Extracurriculal
|roping is not covered by insurance
Take it easy. Robert.
Barbara Stanwyck rarely makes
"a personal appearance with he
pictures. But she's going to will
"Clash by Night" in the big East
ern cities, around mid-March.
Marion Brando is the DO!
Charlie Feldman is wooing T.
star in 1.-THE Wayward Bus" Bill
|Saroyan must have changed tn
story considerably. The last tim
around it was about an aginl
lover, facing his final love.
Margaret O'Brien. now Is. ant
with a snug 18-inch waist. tell
me she opens on Broadway il
September in the Clare Booths
Luce play, Child Of the Morn
ing" But first I may go to Japal
Ito make q movie" says the pretty
|as-a-picture Maggie who receives
raves for her thesping in the on
of town tryout of the Luce play
Carlo has weakened on tn
John Gunther script and has beel
reading several others. GretaS BIZ
problem is that she won't take ,
chance on q comeback unless sh
lis 100 per cent sure the movi'
will be q success. Who can b
sure of anything like that?
Mrs. Gary Cooper's greatest ad
mirer. wealthy Bob Six, plans II
fly her and the Van Johnsons il
his plane, to Aspen, Colo, TO
some Easter snowballing. 1'v
never seen Rocky look SO well.
Mike Romanof won't have on
restaurant in New York, but two
Iif q deal with the Duveen build
ing comes through. "I'n have ,
restaurant downstairs. and one II
the penthouse" says Mike. "whc
with Harry Crocker. is making
crowded success Of his new chol
house In Beverly Hills.
Kathryn Grayson and Howar,
Keel and the rest of the "Shoy
Boat troupe are flying a straigh
So hours back to Hollywood from
Rio de Janeiro this week.
John Wayne racked up a nea
total Of $685., 900 for three picture
last year-exc1usive Of tie-ups
which he doesn't go in for to-
much. He can't be bothered II
pose for the ads.
Betty CRADLES winning rae
horse, Big Noise. was a little lam
last time out on the track, whicl
is why he sauntered in last. Blu
with 500, 900 in winning money
Big Noise has paid for his way.
Zsa Zsa Gabor bought Lawye
Greg Bautzer a pair of pearl ant
diamond cufflinks-"because." ex
plains the most gorgeous of tn
Gabors, "he did SO much work TO
me on the divorce with George
and nothing came of it,"
Pier Angels twin, Marisa Pa
van, is in the throes of 30-da
option wait, at 20th-Fox. Theyl
be smart to lift it.
Looks like Producer Arthu
Freed to get the Irving Thai
berg's Award this year. His mu
steals have been top grade TO
years and years-Starting wit
Van johnson will return to Lon
don for Metro in the spring, t
star in "Crest of the Wave" It
another war story-anglo-A -Ameri
can armed services stuff Van
daughter and Ewes two sons b
keenan, Wynn go along for tn
summer.
Michael Wilding was asked b