27. The conversation must have been dull, or was Darryl Zanuck just pretending to be asleep? I almost didn’t get on the set. The picture was Roots of Heaven, directed by John Huston, who never cared for me after my review of Moby Dick. I felt sorry for the whale, and it was made of cement.
28. I like to think it was a draw between Betty Furness and me where hats are concerned. But in all honesty she had an edge on me. Both of them came from Sally Victor.
29. Henry Luce and I trying to impress each other. Jerome Zerbe, in the background, was the winner. He remembered everything we said, but I’ve forgotten. (Photo by Walter Daran)
30. Mrs. Bob Considine, Gary Cooper, Hedda in Madrid, where the señoritas and señoras followed him as if he were the Pied Piper.
31. Perry Como never did take me seriously, and here’s a picture to prove it. (NBC Photo by Frank Carroll)