Evening star., 1954-01-01

Marilyn Monroe'sA new con-
tract. now being drawn up. -
Goth Century Fox win take care
of her for the rest of her life.
Shelley Winters was crying
at Minna Wallis's party for the
Woolf brothers from England.
She was on her way to the air
port to Rome and Vittorio Glass;
man, and how she hated to leave
her baby behind! It was a
nice party. I talked with Mara
Lane and how she phates to be
called the British Marilyn Mon
'roe"- That's unfair to us both" "
said this lovely brunette. vehe-
mently. 80
Fred MacMurray, in a long
confab with the blond actress
daughter OF the late Marian Har-
riS, learned that his long-lost
camel-hair coat with his name
inside Is now in the possession
of Cesar Romero. Don't ask me
how. Fred was going to find out
why. -. Mervyn lie Roy told
John Ireland how good he was in
knights Of the Round Table
mistaking him for Mel Ferrer.
The resemblance is quite STAR
ting. -
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Virginia Mayo. slender again,
was with Mike O'Shea. "but / still
have to lose 5 more pounds" she
told me. The Van Johnsons,
both looking very well, we're
there-and Eddie Dmytryk. who
directed Van in "The Caine
Mutiny." assured me he gives
the performance Of his life.
Eddie's wife, the former Jean
Porter. was so impressed with
the picture that. on her way
home from the projection room,
she crashed into another auto
but fortunately no one was in
jured. DR.. Rex Ross staged
and Merle Oberon's friends will
be glad to hear that she'll be
back here within month. She's
now making a picture In Spain.
George Sanders has been max
ing it tough for Laurence Harvey
in the THE Talisman." In one
scene, Larry has to carry Sand
ers, who weighs much more than
Larry. After rehearsing. Sanders
asked: "How's your back. old
chap, is 1t ruptured YETI" Not
yet" replied Larry. grimly. 1T
will be. old boy, before the end
Of the day." said Sanders cheer
fully. 1--WE news for you"
countered Larry. IF you make it
too tough for me. I can always
drop YOU" P.S. Sanders CO.
operated.
The problems the Robert New
tons have been having. getting a
nurse for their new baby! Robert
is finding it SIMPLER. until he
starts his Trilby role in Britain.
to get up at night and give the
baby the bottle himself. It would
make a good photograph.
I hereby unfreeze Kirk Doug
las and Pier Angeli. The romance
is not over and they are still
corresponding. But no one be-
lieves they will marry. In fact.
ex-wife Diana will be altar-bound
again before Kirk.
+ Mad quote of the week! Zsa
Zsa Gabor Re Porfirio Rubirosa
HE doesn't understand a work.
ing girl like me-" Zsa Zsa talked
with me from Las Vegas and ex-
planned that Porfirio turned in
desperation to Barbara Hutton
when she gave him the air., !
reckon I had it pegged right a
week ago, when I itemed the
romance was dead.
Aldo Ray moves over to
Warmers for Battle Cry" Raoul
Walsh directs the best seller with
a top cast. Hope they do this
one in CinemaScope.
+ X + +
The joke of the holiday sea-
son: Did you hear that Jack
Benny gave Mary Iivingston)
CHS for Christmas? It was the
only thing she didn't have"
And at a New Years party,
Ozzie Nelson was telling the
guests that son Ricky, at the end
Of his prayers every night. adds,
land God bless Elroy Hirrsch."
For those three pictures Au-
drey Hepburn still has to make
in England. she receives $4,000
apiece, roughly $8,400. She gets
more than 10 times that for each
picture at Paramount. But Of
course she signed the first deal
when she was unknown.
Jane Russell is going thataway
to Las Vegas. She's been offered
as much as Dietrich to sing for
her supper in a night club there
when she winds up her con-
tract at RKO with 'The Big
Rainbow" In view Of the fuss
over "The French Line" in