| One dilemma that the super famous face is balancing | | | | were startled when she took a detour. "Oh my God. |
| the needs of privacy and recognition. One time in | | | | She's going into Grand Central Station!" Someone |
| New York an unnoticed Marilyn Monroe was walking | | | | shouted," Look it's Joan Crawford!" and she was |
| down Madison Avenue accompanied by Eli Wallach. " | | | | mobbed, it took thirty minutes to escape the crowd |
| My God, don't these people know who you are?" | | | | and get back to their hotel suite. Her hair disheveled, |
| Wallach asked her. Marilyn, whose application of | | | | her dress torn and her face scratched, Crawford |
| make-up took nearly as long Boris Karloff''s | | | | leaned against the door out of breath. "Oh. . .oh my. |
| Frankenstein Monster, grinned at him. "I'm only | | | | That was wonderful. Lets do it again!"Notoriety can |
| recognized when I want to be. Watch this." She | | | | get you out of a jam. Tired of being identified as |
| began to swing her hips and walk in a way that was | | | | James Bond, Sean Connery took an unusual step for |
| familiar to movie goers and was eventually mobbed | | | | Hollywood leading man by publicly revealing his |
| by adoring fans.For some stars privacy is an | | | | baldness on screen, beginning with The Man Who Will |
| overrated commodity. In 1919, Douglas Fairbanks and | | | | Be King (1976). On location in Casablanca, the |
| Mary Pickford went on their European honeymoon. | | | | Scotsman rejected the use of a chauffer and limo, |
| The two international icons had divorced their | | | | choosing instead to drive himself in Volkswagen Bug. |
| previous spouses and were concerned about how | | | | One day he drove around town dressed in a sweat |
| they would be greeted. They needn't have worried. | | | | shirt and shorts and was stopped for questioning by |
| In London their limousine was surrounded by admiring | | | | the local police. The former Mr. Universe runner-up |
| women who pulled Mary out of the car to shake her | | | | had unfortunately left his passport back at the hotel |
| hand, still grateful after two year for her efforts | | | | and was arrested as a suspicious character. Just as |
| selling war bonds. In Paris they couldn't get any sleep | | | | he was about to be locked up, Connery |
| with crowds gathering below their hotel room to | | | | shouted,"007! I'm 007 damn you!" They recognized |
| serenade them. In Amsterdam they attended a party | | | | him and let him go.If you lose your hair, you can |
| and were mobbed by other guests who wanted to | | | | keep your privacy. Rob Reiner's big break was |
| get close to them. The acrobatic Fairbanks placed his | | | | Harrison Ford turning down the role of Meathead on |
| wife on her shoulder and escaped through the | | | | All In the Family (1971-1980) because Ford couldn't |
| window. Finally, they found privacy in Hamburg, | | | | stand Archie Bunker's bigotry. When the show first |
| because of World War I their movies were not | | | | went into production, Reiner and his fellow castmates |
| shown there. For an hour the famous newlyweds | | | | would leave the CBS lot to eat lunch at the |
| walked the streets unnoticed until the bored Mary | | | | neighboring Farmers Market. Initial low ratings meant |
| turned to her husband and said,"Doug I'm sick of this. | | | | they were mostly ignored by the tourists. A few |
| Let's go back to one of those countries were they | | | | months later All In the Family was a monster hit and |
| mob us."Joan Crawford had similar sentiments. Once | | | | they received Beatle's like attention. From then on |
| in the 1930s she was staying in New York getting | | | | the cast generally preferred to stay in their dressing |
| over her breakup with Clark Gable. Tired of moping | | | | rooms at lunchtime. All except the ever hungry |
| around her hotel she told her entourage they should | | | | Meathead who removed the toupee he wore on the |
| go out and get some fresh air. The sycophants who | | | | show and continued to eat at the Market in peace. |
| had trouble keeping up with the star's brisk pace, | | | | |