The set has been decorated in flowers
for a feminine touch. Norman Paris on
the accordion provides the music, backed by a female trio on piano, harp and
bass. Kirby and Burnett are regulars on
Garry’s variety show. Burnett is also
currently on Broadway in the musical Once
Upon a Mattress (1959-60).
The future television legend would make several appearances on Secret as either a panelist or special guest
Hallbjorg Nielsen from Reykjavik, Iceland: “I have a soprano
singing voice…I also sing tenor and baritone…I also sing bass”
Mrs. Nielsen is new to the states, and
uses her husband’s Danish surname rather than her own Icelandic name Bjarnadottir. After warming up as a soprano, she performs
“Old Man River” and Ain’t Misbehavin’” in a very low register.
Four women with what are typically
considered male occupations all model dresses.
They are Miss [May Grayson] (a bartender), Miss [Loretta Rudney] (a
private investigator for Pinkerton Detective Agency), Mrs. [Margaret Allen] (a
barber) and Miss [Rona Levine] (a doorman)
Mrs. Edna McEwen from Phoenix, Arizona: “My home town voted me Man
of the Year”
Mrs. McEwen’s
home town is the recently-annexed Phoenix suburb of Sunnyslope, and McEwen
herself is recently elected to the Phoenix City Council, the only woman in that
body. She would remain active in local
politics and civic work all her life.
Special Guest Jean-Pierre Aumont wants
to prove than men are better designers of women’s fashions than women
themselves, so he has Henry and Kirby design dresses for Bess and Carol.
Aumont is in New York to begin rehearsals for the Broadway play Betsy calls The Other One. It would debut on April 13 with the title A Second String (1960) and would play
for 29 performances before closing on May 7.
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