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That IMPORTED Feeling
by Deborah Kerr
Tom Shaw, who had been John Huston's assistant director and production
manager for nine films, beginning with "The Unforgiven" in 1959, was nearly killed in a freak accident while on location shooting
for "Night of the Iguana" in Mismaloya, Mexico.
It happened after the first night work, when Shaw realized that Ava
Gardnwer's big dramatic moment wasn't going to be captured that evening. She had been drinking before the shooting began.
They weren't getting what John Huston wanted.
The salty sand from the beach that was used to make the concrete balcony
had caused a terrifying accident. The balcony gave way as if there had been an earthquake.
Tom Shaw and Terry Morris fell amidst the rubble to the ground below.
Morris landed on top of Shaw and was able to walk away with only minor injuries. But Shaw's back had been broken in two places.
At the moment it had happened, I was walking down the hill and the
horror of the accident brought me close to fainting.
Elizabeth Taylor was also nearby and she acted immediately, rushing
to nurse Shaw until others came to his rescue.
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Trained as a singer for the concert stage in England, Leslie
Townes Hope changed his name to Bob after ridicule from classmates when his family moved to the U.S. in 1907.
His first stage was Packy East, and his stage was the boxing
ring, where he became a Golden Gloves finalist. After a stint in vaudeville as a blackface minstrel tap dancer, Hope began
doing standup comedy and rose to the top of the vaudeville circuit. His radio debut came January 4th, 1935, in The Intimate
Revue on NBC's Blue Network.
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Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert appeared before the microphone
in a Lux Radio Theatre show, It Happened One Night, in March 1939
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War of the Worlds director Orson Welles is bombarded by reporters'
questions about his broadcast, which caused panic throughout America in October 31st, 1938.
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Discovered as a member of The Hoboken Four, Frank Sinatra's
radio debut came on Major Edward Bowes' Original Amateur Hour as a winning contestant in 1937. Sinatra mania began as the
new superstar sang with the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey orchestras. Eventually, The Frank Sinatra Show made its debut on
CBS on January 5th, 1944. He was radio's hottest entertainer.
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Hollywood's top gossip, Hedda Hopper, was well-known for her
hats, which could be described on her program but never seen. The Hedda Hopper Show was sponsored by Sunkist on CBS, starting
in 1938.
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I Don't Mind Getting Old
"I know women, actresses, who get nervouse breakdowns because
suddenly they're not pretty young girls anymore. Or they dress up embarrassingly to follow the latest fashions of the 18-year-olds,
using all that hippie language and eembarrassing their own kids beyond belief.
"I think that's stupid - as if growing old were something
awful. "I'm Scottish, you know, and Scottish women don't give that much importance to material existence. I'm thankful for
that I am able to sit back and say, with genuine admiration, look at Ruby Keeler and her fantastic success at 60 on the American
stage - after all those many years of retirement.
"I know now that actresses can disappear for 10 or more years
and come back and do something fantastic. And you need not apologize for having grown old. Or account for all those wrinkles
on your face. "You know, " she continued, "I'll settle for just a good part. It dosn't have to be Miss Star, Madame Queen,
me in every scene. "If it's a really good part it's all that matters. "I would like to try my hand in television, to find
a series to do. I would enjoy it because it would give me a feeling of continuity. But I would like to do the series
in England, if possible.
"My life's to short to divorce myself from my family and home.
"And Hollywood ceased to be home many years ago," said Deborah, who has two daughters from her previous marriage. Melanie,
23, works in London, and Francesca, 19, is studying at the University of Madrid. "But they keep popping in. Which is nice."
DREAM WIFE (M-G-M) 1953
After making this dreary comody, Grant retired
from film-making. Here he played an American businessman who became interested in an Wastern princess, Betta St. John, who
believed in satisfying the every whim of her man, but found there was more to be said for the American career girl, Deborah
Kerr, who is chaperoning the princess on her American goodwill tour.
BALLERINA SUES 20th
FOR 'KING & I' SLIGHT
Ballerina Gemze De Lappe filed suit in New York Supreme
Court last week against 20th-Fox, Darryl F. Zanuck, Charles Brackett, and the Roxy Theatre charging that she did not receive
proper credit in "The King and I."
Through her attorney, Barry S. Cohen, the dancer alleges
that the producers "negligently, willfully and maliciously" refrained from giving her "the proper and appropriate credit due
her by virtue of her having created and performed the role of King Simon of Legree" in "The King and I." Instead Miss De Lappe
claims, they credited the role to a dancer who did not perform it. In the picture, the ballerina recreated the role she originated
in the Broadway production.
from VARIETY page 2
Wednesday, December 5th, 1956
UPDATED
Wednesday, June
10th, 2009
Deborah Kerr
BY
Robert Mitchum
In September of 1956, I arrived in Tobago, an island in the Southern Caribbean,
to begin filming Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, directed by John Huston. Upon meeting Miss Kerr, I was impressed by her chaste
and genteel demeanor, an attitude eminently suited to the saintly character she portrayed. made touchingly mortal by a few
freckles.
The ensuing period of our association revealed many more delightful aspects
of this splendid lady, and began the rapid development of an admiration and friendship for her that I shall treasure always.
She is warmly human and sympathetic, and possessed of a humor that ranged
from the subtle to the downright wicked.
When some Hollywood organization, charged with monitoring morality, became
belatedly alarmed at the perils of pairing a nun and a marine on a desert island and sent a representative to check on our
image of propriety, Mr. Huston planned a little surprise.
We contrived a scene wherein Sister Angela overcomes the suppression of
her base animal urges and, panting and clutching, throws herself on Mr. Allison in a lustful frenzy. With no film in the camera,
we "shot" the scene for our guest, who stood agape and immobilized in shock as John quietly said, "Cut."
Huston then turned to the stunned Mr. Grizzard and said, "You should have
seen it before we cleaned it up."
There was a small Catholic church on the island and the Sisters attached
to it were invited to see the rushes when they were shown. Deborah, always mindful of their presence, strived to maintain
an on-camera deportment that would earn their approval. However, in one scene, in which she was paddling the rubber raft,
her composure cracked.
Using a palm frond as a paddle, she was stroking away furiously, with
Mr. Huston's voice from the camera boat urging her on to even greater effort. "Even harder, honey," he was saying, "Paddle
even harder." With one desperate surge of energy, the paddle snapped in two. Holding up her bloodied hands, she looked straight
into the camera and said, "That'll show you how effing hard I'm paddling, John!"
The Deborah Kerr Curtain Call Playhouse
A Fellowship League Foundation
For the Performing Arts
Her Legend Her Life and Motion Picture Career
of the Woman all Women want to be - the charming
Deborah Kerr
To
Your Health!
Never Underestimate
Your Need for
Water
The Forgotten Nutrient
Water is so abundant, available and inexpensive
yet it's often taken for granted. It is the forgotten nutrient although it ranks in importance right up there along with vitamins,
minerals, protein, carbohydrate and fat. Just by living, breathing, perspiring and going to the bathroom you can lose between
two and three quarts of water daily, which need to be repaced. Each day drink six to eight glasses of fluids like tap or bottled
water, milk and juice.
Also eat foods with a high water content, such as fruits and vegetables.
Fluid intake is especially important for older adults - you better listen to me. If you lose too much water without replacing
it, you can become dehydrated.
You might faint or feel dizzy.
Here are some ways
water works in
your body:
* Carries
nutrients to cells and carries waste products away. Water is the body's transportation system.
* Surrounds and protects joint and organs
such as kidneys from shock or injury.
* Keeps the digestive tract working and the urine clear.
* Helps maintain body temperature.
Drink
Before
You're Thirsty!
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