Word: dianas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...also began showing a remarkable talent for grabbing publicity. When she was hauled into court for nonpayment of rent, the judge noted that she was a minor and ruled: "It is the duty of the court to protect infants." A big-circulation Sunday paper printed a huge picture of Diana in scanties, headlined: JUDGE SAYS THIS BABY NEEDS PROTECTION...
...take care of her professional commitments and a profitable real-estate sideline, Diana and her husband formed Diana Dors Ltd. Soon, because she drew ?60 weekly for tax-free "business expenses," Diana became an issue in Commons. Conservative M.P. Henry Price gravely asked, "Do you not feel that figures of that kind should be closely scrutinized...
Blue for Blondes. Diana is tireless at publicizing Diana. She posed almost nude for a bestselling booklet called Diana Dors in Three D. Clad in a mink bikini, she skimmed down Venice's Grand Canal on the prow of a gondola. Meanwhile, she worked hard to prove herself an expert mimic. She can skillfully play Cockneys, Scotsmen, Irishmen and Americans. Critics like her ("Her main gift is impertinence. Not only does she stimulate the libido, she also transmits charm . . . and is about as neurotic as an ice-cream cornet*"). The public takes...
...Diana's success has brought her a lavish villa on the Thames (private cinema room with leopardskin chairs, floodlit tennis court, aviary), a powder blue Cadillac ("Blue is a wonderful color for blondes; even our lawn mower is blue"), a 50-ft. launch (for moonlight glides up the river), and a monoplane for longer trips...
Last week Diana was learning lines for her next movie role - the condemned murderess in the film version of Yield to the Night (TIME, Sept. 20, 1954). She feels that English directors are wary of sex ("I don't think they know quite what to do with it"), says that after playing in a death cell, she will be happy to get back into a boudoir: "I might as well cash in on my sex now while I've got it. It can't last forever...