Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
HOLLYWOOD
HOLLYWOOD
They Said 1t Couldn't Last,
But Natalie Knew Better
BY SHEMAH GRAHAM

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LONDON.-"We were mar
ried December 20, 1887" said
Natalie Wood, adding, land
they said 1t wouldn't lastl"
She laughed as husband
Robert Wagner Joined us for
lunch at Warner Brothers
the day before I took of for
London and a vacation. Nat
allie is starring there in "Cash
Mccall" with James Garner,
after 10 months of the pay
roll while her agent nego-
tiated a new contract. Dur
ing the year and a half,
Natalie Travelled with Bob on
his personal appearances.
lunched with him every day
at Goth Century-Fox while he
made movies, and waited
around the set until he was
through for the day.
I must confess to being one
Of those who didn't expect
this marriage to wear as well
as it has. There are so
many hazards in a Hollywood
marriage" I said to Mr.. and
Mrs. Wagner thet Christmas
week a year and a half ago.
Especially when both are
actors. The wife has to go
of to make a picture and the
husband can't go along be-
cause he's in the middle Of
one in Hollywood. or the
other way around"
It Won't Happen
THAT hasn't happened to
U.S." said Natalie, land it
won't. For instance, I
wouldn't agree to make The
Entertainer with Laurence
Olivier in London unless Bob
could come with me. He
couldn't, because he has to
start a picture here right
away-so I stay here. This is
number one in our plan to
stay happily married.
1.-TWO, concerns our careers.
We don't mind having pic
lures taken together for
publicity. But we won't al
low any home layouts, or
give any fan magazine stories
where they show me at the
stove with a smudge on my
face. We've sued three fan
magazines for invented
stories, withdrew two suits
after retractions and a writ
ten guarantee that anything
written about us will be
shown to us first"
Boats Get Bigger
Number three rule for hap
by marriage takes place on
the water.
We've just sold our third
boat-they get bigger each
time" the tiny star con-
tinued. I'VE started with a
26-foot boat, then went to
81. then AZ and now 40. This
one has a shower, electrical
refrigeration and a double
bed. Also a flying bridge for
fishing. The boat sleeps
eight. We run it ourselves,
no crew at ALL" Nat weighs
95 pounds, is 5-foot-2.
when you get a crew,
there's no fun" Bob inter-
rupted. Natalie has a radio
license. " II painted the whole
engine ROOM" Nat told me
proudly. And I cook when
I'm on the boat. I can cook
steak, potatoes, chicken, eggs.
I'm great at breakfast. It's
fun cooking occasionally, but
I wouldn't want to do it all
the time"
In New Home
The Wagners moved into a
new Colonial home in Bev-
erly Hills a week ago. It
has two stories, with a salt
water pool that eliminates
the need of using chlorine.
Very expensive to install, re-
quiring special copper plumb
ing.
Natalie was wearing a
Chinese outfit for lunch,
bought for her by Bob when
he was in Hong Kong after
filming "Stopover Tokyo"
Bob wore cotton check pants
with a brown rough coat.
They looked like two kids on
vacation. Hes seeing all my
old pictures at Warmers
while I'm working" said
Nat. II saw all his old pic
lures at Goth Century while
he was working"
will you ever work to-
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