The Ear of the Heart: An Actress' Journey From Hollywood to Holy Vows (74 page)

With my boss Hal Wallis on the set of
Wild Is the Wind.
I drew this caricature of him—and he didn’t fire me
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With Dick DeNeut at the beginning of our relationship. We had just started dating. Our bond has lasted over fifty years
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A dramatic moment from
Wild Is the Wind
with Anthony Quinn, a consummate actor, an inspired teacher and a loving friend

On the Carson City, Nevada, location for
Wild Is the Wind
with Anna Magnani, an actress I was in awe of, and the two Tonys (Quinn and Franciosa)

Granny and Grandpa came out from Chicago for the premiere of
Wild Is the Wind.
Granny took it in stride, but I had never seen Grandpa so proud
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A publicity photo for
King Creole,
my second movie with Elvis. True, it was a much darker film than
Loving You,
but this situation is not in it. It was strictly for promotion
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Elvis was a surprise guest at the birthday party I threw for my friend Jan Shepard at the Hazeltine house. Yes, he brought his guitar, but that’s actor Ty Hardin playing it
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Valerie Allen and I wish Elvis good luck at the studio farewell party before he left for military service. While he was gone, I hosted some screenings of our movies for his fans
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I was thrilled to work with “the lady”, Myrna Loy, one of my all-time favorite actresses. She let me draw a caricature of her. We were with our producer, Dore Shary, on the set of
Lonelyhearts.

Listening (as usual) to Monty Clift between scenes. I waited and waited for him to share tales of his experiences on Broadway, but he never did
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At Myrna Loy’s suggestion, I started going to rushes with the cast, which included a Broadway actress I came to like very much, Maureen Stapleton. Maureen made her movie debut in
Lonelyhearts
and got an Oscar nomination
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The Pleasure of His Company
cast on Broadway’s Longacre stage

With my stage mother, Cornelia Otis Skinner, a grand, majestic lady with a sense of humor who did, in fact, remind me a little of my own mother