– Although he didn`t make that many movies, Jackie Gleason played opposite some big stars. He gives his thoughts about them in ”Jackie Gleason” (Pharos), by W. J. Weatherby. About Paul Newman (his co-star in
”The Hustler”): ”Newman got cocky about his (pool) playing, so he challenged me for 50 bucks. I ran 50 balls straight. The next day he came to me with 50 bucks in pennies.” Burt Reynolds (his co-star in the ”Smokey”
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movies): ”Burt`s being wasted. He could be one of the great ones. And did you know it was Orson Welles, another ”enormous” talent, who dubbed Gleason
”The Great One.” Said Welles, ”I don`t think I ever saw anyone in show business with a keener intelligence or a more sensitive read of people.”
– In the best of all worlds, true friends give to one another in ways that are more generous than a you-scratch-my-back-I`ll-scratch-yours kind of way. At least that`s the way it`s supposed to be. How then to look upon Truman Capote`s friendship with Babe Paley, wife of CBS chief Bill Paley? This is how Capote himself describes it in a passage quoted in ”The Sisters” (Villard), by David Grafton: ”Babe taught me a lot of things. How to look at a room, for instance. She showed me how to decorate by throwing things together, expensive things with cheap things from the dime store. She showed me that a room could be fun and personal, and that`s the way I`ve decorated ever since.” And what did he teach her? ”I taught her a lot of things too,” said Capote. ”Such as how to read and how to think.”