Show Vivian Stays Fit at Pounds Wringing Wet By John Todd HOLLYWOOD HOLLY INS Vivian Elaine Blaine J the pert warm redhead whom Fox Century-Fox elevated to stardom overnight in Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Green Village while their t leading girls were having babies owns up to an appetite for rich delicatessen items hot fudge sundaes sun sun- daes and daes-and and a waistline which never neverli li seemed emed to take such delicacies lightly But now she told your correspondent correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent on the set bf of Something Something Something Some thing for the Boys her new musical musical musical musi musi- cal Ive got the Indian sign on my weight and Im I'm staying at pounds wringing wet f f Director Lew Seiler Seller who's transforming transforming transforming trans trans- forming the New York stage success success suc sue cess into a slap-happy slap screen version version ver ver- sion sian chuckled at that Wait Valt he told your reporter until the next scene scene scene- scene you'll you'll see sec ee what she means means Vivian and her two partners Inthe in inthe inthe the scene Carmen Miranda and Comedian Phil Silvers weren't too sure themselves what Seller Seiler meant It was one of those rare moments in Hollywood the Hollywood the scene was tobe to tobe be shot once and once only and without rehearsal The r reason ason for the unusual situation situation situation sit sit- was that Silvers in the script had just created the completely completely completely com com- mechanical kitchen Inthis In Inthis Inthis this crucial scene he would push in the electric plug and things would happen happen so so many in fact that It was going to take hours 7 to restore any semblance of normalcy normalcy normalcy nor nor- malcy to the set Vivian explained that her doctor doctor doctor doc doc- tor discovered she wouldn't have trouble keeping her weight down downif if she drank no more than six glasses of liquid a day day and and then Seiler Seller called her before beCore the camera In the scene Vivian and Carmen protested mightily to to Silvers' Silvers re reconstruction reconstruction reconstruction re- re i construction of oC the kitchen utilities utilities ties Hes but he protested in return as he pushed in an electric plug Things happ happened ned The mixing bowl hurled eggs eggs The dishwasher hurled dishes The lights flashed shed The sink spray came to attention and soused everything and every every- body And over the clatter and bang came Carmen's best BrazilIan Brazilian Brazilian Brazil Brazil- ian squeal and a line not in iri the script I Everything is screwballs A moment later Silvers pulled the plug and quiet reigned The scene was vas over And there stood Vivian in her smartly tailored slacks wringing slacks wringing wet Her hands shaking from the prec preceding preceding pre- pre c ceding e din g ex excitement c i tern en t Vivian smoothed her waistline nervously and s said id I guess g-g-guess the water wont won't hurt on the outside J s S i r r S Sy y p f y E 4 4 A i V AM m Vivian Blai Blaine n Pert e-Pert Pert redhead elevated to fo str stardom a dom in In Greenwich Village |