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Show r , A- - tit 3 - s1 V'? X' Vi, I t vO S J r:hdsJl.iU J t V D-',- 8 She knew him on way up; Rhoda Kemms, his first wile, shed Borgnine after nine years ' V i f ' I i 'a--a r Actor Ernest Borgnine he's the marrying kind-ta- kes a fifth, Tove Newman. He's sure 5 will be 1J ru FI his lucky number, says, "We're dedicated to each other and promised to be honest and aboveboard ." r LtiwUu rn JUl; btiW t jjk by Lloyd Shearer LONDON. ast month Hollywood actor Ernest rhinoceros d Borgnine, a of a man, flew here to celebrate his fifth honeymoon and to promote his latest film. The Poseidon Adventure. With his newest wife, Tove Newman, clinging possessively to his strong right arm, Borgnine, 58, checked into The Inn on the Park, a plush Park Lane hotel for whose ninth floor Howard Hughes and his entourage were paying $2500 a week. There, happily ensconced, the screen tough guy was eager to discuss The tooth-gappe- And No. 2, Mexican spitfire Katy jurado. " Ernie was insanely jealous," she contends. Poseidon Adventure, an moneymaking melodrama, poorly directed and childishly dialogued. But the British press was far more eager to interview the fifth Mrs. Borgnine, an atredhead who tractive, Norwegian-bor- n owns and runs a beauty parlor in Las Vegas, Nev. The Poseidon Adventure, the newsmen insisted, could wait. They wanted to know how Tove had ensnared her man. Tove Newman married Ermes Effron Borgnino (his real name) in a secret ceremony on Nov. 24, 1972, in Niagara Falls, N Y. "But we plan to do it again," i3 Mrl she explained, "on March 24th, because that's the day Ernie and I met, and he's such a sentimental man, sweet and sentimental. Hardly an hour passes by without his whispering to me, 'I love you.' And he means it too. He's not at all the gruff, rough character he frequently plays on the screen. How they met "How did we meet? Well, we both know this comedian, Marty Allen. In Vegas one time he said to Ernie that he knew a girl who was absolutely perfect for him. After four wives and divorces and children and legal fees and all that hassle, Ernie said to Marty, 'Forget it. never want to hear the word girl I must again.' But Marty persisted. And admit that I was anxious to meet Ernie. I was My marriage was finished, and what firsthand naturally curious to see like. a famous screen star was "Fifteen minutes after we met," Tove is recalls, "I was in love with Ernie. He He so understanding and sympathetic. a may be a film star but basically he's tender, man of humility in my eyes, lovable, and, yes, handsome. "It wasn't very long," she admits, I PARADE MARCH 11, W3 |