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