Word: macgraws
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Radcliffe sophomore captain Lissa Muscatine, playing the number two spot, edged Yale's Margaret Mercer, 7-6, 6-4, while in a gruelling three-and-a-half hour match, freshman Sukie Macgraw out-fought Linden Havemayer, 7-6, 3-6, 7-5. In the other singles match, freshman Rita Funaro crushed Yale's Janet Rachelson...
Lost Love. Robert Evans, the studio's production chief, proclaims Gatsby "the most talked-about film since Gone With the Wind. "Evans' former wife Ali MacGraw started a bit of the talk. Scheduled to star as Daisy in the film, she lost the part when she left Evans for Steve McQueen. Still, since the film does not open until late March, it is most often talked about simply as "the most talked about," rather like the celebrity who was always called "famous." Famous for what? "Famous for being famous...
...Gatsbyization of America was hardly what Ah' MacGraw had in mind when the project began. A true Fitzgerald freak, she dreamed of playing Daisy, the elegant, money-voiced heroine of Gatsby. Evans set out to secure Gatsby as a present for his bride...
...film rights had reverted to Fitzgerald's daughter. In 1970, Evans and MacGraw approached Producer David Merrick. "Bob said to me," recounts Merrick, " 1 want to do this picture for Ali, and I think you have the class to do it properly. And, of course,' he added, 'you are a friend of Scottie's.' " Bare Bones. Evans had hoped to buy the rights for $130,000, but by the time Merrick got to Mrs. Smith there was a sudden spate of competitive bidders, including Robert Redford and Producer Ray Stark. It took Merrick a year...
These days, however, he believes that he overcommitted himself to The Godfather and feels his neglect of Third Wife Ali MacGraw (the others: Actresses Sharon Hugueny and Camilla Sparv) led to the collapse of their marriage. He still talks obsessively about Ali to anyone who will listen. Since her departure, he rattles noiselessly around the house among his housekeeper, chef, tennis court, swimming pool, screening room and 32 telephones. He sometimes shuts them off when his and Ali's son Joshua comes to stay. Evans' back is slightly better since he found a Chinese acupuncturist in Paris...