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“Diana Dors fell into the water, and the splash was enormous”

From Morgunblaðið · () Icelandic

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  • A 1956 Morgunbladid report described actress Diana Dors falling into a Hollywood swimming pool with her husband and a United Press photographer.
  • The photographers captured the incident, while Dors’s husband accused the photographer of pushing them into the pool to create unusual images.
  • The article revisits the episode as part of a feature on Dors’s life.

“Diana Dors fell into the water, and the splash was enormous.” That striking headline appeared in Morgunbladid in September 1956, above a report about an unexpected Hollywood photo opportunity.

Dors had invited journalists from major U.S. newspapers and news agencies to her Hollywood home, where she and her husband received them beside the swimming pool. After drinks and lively conversation, the couple stood at the pool’s edge, raising their glasses and laughing.

Then they suddenly fell into the pool, along with a United Press photographer. The cameras were already raised, and Morgunbladid said the resulting pictures were excellent.

Diana Dors fell into the water, and the splash was enormous.

· Morgunbladid headlineThe headline introduced the 1956 report about Dors’s fall into a Hollywood swimming pool.

Dors’s husband quickly climbed out and accused the photographer of pushing them in so his colleagues could capture unusual images. The photographer suffered a scratch on his nose during the ensuing confrontation, and the couple left angrily. The report noted one suspicious detail: United Press had sent two photographers, but the one who fell into the pool could not have photographed the incident.

Morgunbladid’s feature says Dors’s life was far from easy and revisits her story in its Sunday supplement.

It cannot be considered fit for publication.

· Morgunbladid reportThe report described the words Dors shouted during the confrontation after the incident.
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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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