Of all the monumental things about the production of War and Peace just finished in Rome, not the least is Anita Ekberg . Miss Ekberg, who is 5 foot 7, has a 39 1/2 bust. 23 waist and 36 hips, plays the role of Tolstoy's Princess Helene, and for her it is the first big break so far in a film career that started promisingly four years ago and got almost nowhere. Coming to the U.S. as the "Beautiful Maid of Malmo" , 20.yeavold "Miss Sweden," a professional model and guest at the contest, stole the Miss America show at Atlantic City. But on a subsequent trip to Hollywood she rated only bit parts in three films, studio stills and gossip. An intensive promotion drive by a producer—and a lucky break when the actress originally slated for the part took sick—got her the Princess Helene role. For lending her out her producer got a fee of $20,000 from the Italian makers of War and Peace, will get a reported $40,000 fee for her next film and $75,000 for a third.
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