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...Rita Hayworth, arriving in France on the United States, was driven from Le Havre to Paris in husband Aly Khan's little Austin sedan ("Aly's $1,000 Car Hauls Rita's Million $ Chassis," cracked the New York Daily News). To reporters, anxious to know about a reconciliation with Aly, she said: "I am delighted to be back in Paris ... I want to see lots of dressmakers while I am here." A few days later, Aly drove up from his Cannes villa, joined Rita at his Paris house. He took her on an extensive shopping tour...
...generally effective little picture, The Ring has some brisk fight scenes. It also makes a few telling points about intolerance with some blunt sequences, shot in & around actual Los Angeles locations, of discrimination against Mexican-Americans in drive-in restaurants, bars and skating rinks. Lalo Rios as the boy, Rita Moreno as his girl and Gerald Mohr as a prizefight manager play their parts naturally. The Ring is no main bout, but it is a thoroughly satisfactory preliminary...
Reporters waiting for his arrival were disappointed. Rita was not there. Director Charles Vidor, his host for the five-day visit, was waiting with car and chauffeur. Would Aly and Rita . . .? "I hope so," said Aly. "That's what I am here for." Then he drove off to the momentous meeting-dinner at the Hayworth house in Beverly Hills. At word that the dinner was stretching out until 3 a.m., the encircling corps of correspondents and photographers doubled...
...next day the press watch in Beverly Hills began early and lasted long. Aly arrived for lunch and stayed & stayed. The press grew restive. and clamored for an audience. In desperation, newsmen formed a crescent on Rita's lawn, fell to their knees, salaaming and pleading. At last Aly appeared. Would he and Rita . . .? "Everything is going fine," answered Aly. Then he proposed a mutually agreeable truce to the press: go now and come back tomorrow for pictures and interviews. That evening it was three-year-old Yasmin who did more than anyone else to promote a reconciliation. Somehow...
Next day, with truce-time over, reporters converged on Rita's lawn again. Good as his word, Aly appeared with Rita for a smiling picture. Said Rita, "We are very happy to see each other." But, reporters asked, would they . . .? The answer was "No comment." Any plans, then? Yes, Aly was off to the Del Mar race track, and at the end of his visit he planned to "go to Kentucky to see some friends in the horse business...