Word: jezebels
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...affair with a married man-following Ingrid Bergman's escapade with Roberto Rossellini and Rita Hayworth's fling with Aly Khan-has inevitably reawakened in some quarters the ancient question about Hollywood morals. It has brought her some censure (one letter writer habitually addresses her as "Bitch-Jezebel-Gardner"). Yet it actually seems to be helping, rather than hurting, her earning power. Reports Columnist Sidney Skolsky solemnly: "Ava worried. She lost weight. But now she has found that scandal can't hurt her." Her current picture, Show Boat, is breaking box-office records across the country...