Diana Bors... off to Haly to make a
nim...."I'm going to concentrate
OR
being
actress
now..
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1957.
SHOW BUSINESS ★★★★★★★ ★ ★ ★
No more stunts for Miss Dors
IANA DORS lay curled-up on the sun terrace of her Maiden-
D'ANA DO Mine lately
swimming pool.
textiled
Beside her, soaking up the sun, lay 6 ft. 4 in. actor Tommy Yenrdye, clad in a pair of blue-and-white shorte.
A hundred yards away next door, exiled behind a giant fence, Denis Hamilton from whom Dors is seeking divorce paced the lawn restlessly.
It was a strictly Hollywood by
ination-imported to Maiden- awaGEN
head. England, for one week
only.
ald Dors, blinking in the taring sunshine-
binck
When ፕሮ separated Denis got the club wo own, the coffee- bar in Muidenhend, and our of Blaks ext door. They'll bring him in £130 a week. kit with his house, the Cadillac, £25,000 owing in back taxes,”
She got up to fetch me a drink
the pool-sige bar-
RODERICK MANN
FRIERISANAYI MIRZAAM VESZTERKETA AZ ERES ALRI 2 ESETZTE 19 L LEAD ME T
I'm
and
"I'm not one of those physieni liness maniues like Joo Robin- and Jayne Mansfield's Mickey Hargitay. I just like to from keep in shape."
After
pausé tor mare
anyone coMMES
"When Denis left," she said, "Mrs muscle-rippling he added Sholl, the housekeeper, wont with him, darkly: **If And the pets-Joe, the cockatoo, and sound here bothering Diana P') Crackers. The boxer. Now I've nobody." statien them."
"You've got me, deling." Fak
Yeadye, strelching out a hand the size prowling unished, Dors came
of a dinner-plate.
He even cooks for me
"Yes," said Dors, casting an admiring glance at 20-year-old Yeardye's 10st. of bulging muscle. "I've got Tommy. You know he even cooks for me. Nothing elaborate, of course."
tetract.
back Across the
"You know," she continued. "Denis always insisted that I'd never have got anywhere with- out him. I used to believe him. But ne more."
across the lawn
We walked together, past the squash court she and Deals converted into a private cinema, past the sun- dappled goldfishi "pool and the
The phone rang in the house, Dors grehouse. went off to take the call,
nyés,
Ycardye watched her with glowing
* "I know I'm getting out of all this," he said.
I'm not after her money."
some publicity
"But that's all.
He went over to a giant weighted-bar lying by the wall and thrust it casually
Into the air,
"I suppose you know Hamilton and had a fight?" he said. He's pretty strong Muscles -but not really in my class." rippled all over him. Everything stemed to be on the move.
"On Tuesday Diana leaves for Itals to male a film with Vittorio Gasman," he continued. "I'm going with her. I hope to get a part in it."
I nodded to the weighted-bar miles above my head "Does that go loo?"
No more falling
in pools
THE PURSUIT of showgirl Elsie Marina' by Grand Duke Charles of Carpathia has reached a delicate point. The story, set during the Coronation of King George V, is being told by the Earl of Binfield, who, in those golden days 46 years ago, was the Hon. Peter Northbrook of the Foreign Office. He now tolls what happened as he waited, as a ★- supposed chaperon, behind the door as the prince ontertained Elsio to midnight supper.......
Lessons
in
t
chasing
a girl
SOME COUNTRIES HAVE A MEDAL FOR EVERYTHING!
T
FAIR EVENING རྫས the Grand Duke told me later, was
an unqualified nightmare. When it was over Elsie sald that she had really found the regent's first at- empt at love-making to be funny and disappointing by turn.
Instead of the expected charm she got a clumsy pass. in the room she was surveying the regent with almost Amused detachment. "Do they always fall as easily-the "From now on," said
Dors, Maisies and the others?" she asked. "Don't you ever have There'll be no more stunts to set the scene-soft lights and perfume, royal musicians, No more falling in pools. No and the rest?" more practical jokes. I shall concentrate on being an actress." The Grand Duke Charles
a door in the
Cried to wrap his dignity fence,
spy-hole," said Around him as though it Dots. "We can see everythingwere a bath-towel that was he's up in from here." By way together too short. of explanation she added: "He watches everything we do from
We
came to
This is our
Elsie want for her wrap and another drink. The re- the top window next door.gent summoned his major
I steered them quickly back towards the house.
domo and in fury demanded
I had a ghastly supleton that know why the lights had 10t been lowered "roman- tically" and why the room had not been sprayed with Ma mysterious perfume.
"Oh, sure," sald Yeardye, "We'll the only thing I'd see through take it in the boot of the car. Helps keep that spy-hole would be another me fit. Mind you," he added confidentially, eye....
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Then suddenly he paused as though yet again he had changed his mind. "Per- haps," he said, "perhaps it is still not too late."
Even down the passage- way where I was waiting I could see the preparations being made for the replay.
A man turned up with a scent spray. A shaggy, lugubrious character Was routed out of bed to play the fiddle outside the door. Lights were rapidly extin- guished in the regent's sitting-room.
NORTHBROOK
A NIGHTMARE EVENING
and I thought my cue to provide that exit for her was coming.
.
Twittering
This is Chapter: Three
of
The
Prince
and the Showgirl
by *
TERENCE * RATTIGAN *
overheard would have made me clicek and, almost wilt a sigh of the laughingstock of all Europe, relief, turned to go. "Mr "And then to crown it all, at Northbrook," he said, "ace that was Miss Marina has a car to take the crucial moment the ty of vodka which in Carpathia rendered irsensible by a quarti- her where she wants to go,” you add to the bread-and-mult of a four-year-old
tonic."
as a mild
"Cutest
IN an addin
Delay
WENT with Elsle to the door and she asked if I could find an old raincoat or something to 1 put over her dinner dress,
scullery maid adjoining room Elsie got one from
and we were off. ឆ somewhat different attitude to the events
At least I thought we were. of the night. In the street be- But there was one final catas- low some of her friends from trophie delay. "The Coconut Girl" were waving to her and wanting to know why she had not been home.
As we passed the open door
of the Queen Dowagers apart-
Fanny called up: "You're a ment-the Queen Dowager was wicked girl," and Eiale waved the mother of the Grand Duke's down: "Oh no, I'm not Not late wife heard a steriled cry. FCL."
"Who is that creature i В raincoat?" called the "What's he like?"
Queen the girls. Dowager, "Is it an anarchist, cried. Even in the sitting-room Mr Northbrook? Bring it here." the regent and I could hear her
I was caught. I think I had answer *He's the cutest little that well-known sinking feeling Grand Dook in the world. He as I ushered Elsie Marina Into hasn't got
of bamour the room.
gepre
and not a bit of charm, but he's cute. In fact I love him so much The Dowager, liked a full- I could eat him.'
rigged galleon, was having The Grand Duke turned to me last cigarette before setting sall and I know what he was going for the abbey. She looked at to say. The girl would have to Elslo: "Ah, yes! You were with They em- be got rid of quickly,
Charles last night. But why are braced while the "And I think, Northbrook," you dressed up as a revolution- regent was get- he added, "that tonight after ary in a raincoat? Take it off, ting very school- the Coronation Ball, I will have my dear. Now what is that you boyish de- Lady Sunningdale Lucy Sun- are wearing on evening dress?” scribing her eyes ningdale here for supper with Elsle tried to explain but the and she, through me. Arrange it,”
Queen, Downger cut her short $ champagne- Elsle Marina come
in again. "Quite suitable. Quite suitable. and-vodka haze, was twitter Her hair was freshis brushed and Now let me see. What you need ing happily about his hair. Then she was wearing the white dress are some jewels. I have them they kissed deeply, and I thought of the night before. The Grand here. Put them, an the time had come to burst in Duke advanced to meet her, with the news of Elsie's aunt. Elsie got to it: "My darling," ahe said, "I've woken up this The Grand Duke jumped away morning to find myself madly in from her rather like. ally love with you. So there we are." ELSIE came out with her schoolboy. I thought I made my wrap to find the regent speech about the aunt and the developing a line in which totally unprepared for what was accident very well. But I was
His gift obviously he
under to follow. rehearsed.
My cue
для
me
Elale Marina looked at dreamily and said: “My aunt- "My dear," he began, serves her right. "everything you said about "She's no business to be out me tonight has been true. in a car so late and at 93 too." Then she said: "Go away, you I am without love in my silly man, and the regent was
No game
ELSIE turned to me stammer-
Ing. "What
to this, Mr Northbrook?" she walked. "Is it a game of some sort?"
"No gore," said the Qucon T'he Grand Dowager. "No game at all. The Duke look her baroness, my lady-In-waiting, hand. "Alas, my will really squash me so much dear, there is so in the carriage and besides with little time now. her trouble she is always nervous It has been won- of long ceremonies. derful knowing "So, my dear, I have decided.
life and I am 40 er-well, 40, roaring about breach of etiquette "you. It only it could have last I am appointing you my indy- and I have never known and I backed out somewhat dis- ed longer. But here is a fare what it is to be really arrayed.
loved.
"This is like the legend of the
sleeping grincess, but here it is
Watch
Was
the prince who sleeps and waits WHAT Imppened then the kiss of a beautiful young tive. Elle looked at her Grand
short, almple and Instruc muiden to bring him to life,"
Duke and sald: "Darling, I'm
well present." He handed her jewel-box and she took out brooch with the royal crest.
"It is beautiful," she said. "You might pin it on, although
Europe, eh?" 1 suppose there are quite a few of there things being worn about
The regent pinned the brooch she to her dress, kissed her on the
In the corridor the fikiler going to fall in love with you. startled to play madly. In the So watch out." And then siting-room the Grand Duke keeled over and went straight to and Elsie were very close now, sleep on the floor.
ARTIE...
“A should think you cauiál remember lạ the
firie
I did not see the regent, until breakfast-time the next day—
I
the morning of the Coronation, At the Carpathian Embassy found that nearly everyone had
in-walting for the day,
and
a
taking you to the abbey for the coronation. Mr Northbrook,, go
and tell the Grand Duke,”
MONDAY
And so to thé
Coronation
IN SHORT ☀
a slight touch of the morning- DEBORAH KERR after.
she and husband
how Power, the unit moved into Tony Montmartre one morning at 7. prob-
Fifty of the local layabouta
at Immadiately protected
the "If things got too bad my racject. To pacify them the
The Grond Duke was being Bartley Bettle marital shaved and cut-by the #ddler (lems
of the right before. Elale woe wandering about with a bed-
embroidered with the husband says: "What the blares?' unit manage handed out 250 spread Royal Carpathian Arms covering and walls around the garden a franes oplece.
I go into the that she called her "you-know bathroom and take a hot tub."
kouple of times,
What?
and the footmen. anx
| funkaye were pretending not lo
sed her.
Next day when the unit sarived 200 people were waitibal A WILLIAM HOLDEN it to protest.
stor opposite Sophia Loren
As Elle went to the room in a Carl Foreman's Arst in- HOW to be happy--though which she had slopt thỏ night dependent, prochiction in Britain married. Doris Day the regent called me over and stella, Carol Reed will direct, juot installed a TV not at thef pollack lin her direction.
Foreman -- brilliant jesen, fout of her bed, **Tails, girl' be asid, "han die play writer of High Noon acid-
mind of a backward citiid,, the the simipt
zatáncies - of a boxer and, an spetorch to life of
NO MATTER how bad the
dialogue in a magie" mye
Buch WHEN Hemingway's "The Groucija Marx, “i sili preter: 11 the
abomach-turning... pontinentality
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pbruque wislab, had they been