and "make a splash" in her first film. The International Press of Hollywood announced she was one of their "stars of tomorrow" along with Hugh O'Brian, Pat Crowley, Steve Forrest, Barbara Rush and Richard Egan. Hell and High Water came out in February. The New York Times said Darvi "does not succeed convincingly." From February to June 1954 she made The Egyptian. Fox then announced her for The Racers. She was publicly linked with Brad Dexter around this time. The Racers started filming in September 1954. In November 1954 she left Hollywood to return to Paris. "I was guilty of egomania," Zanuck later said about trying to build Darvi into a star. European career According to Ephraim Katz, her "three disappointing Hollywood films" were followed by a "number of undistinguished French and Italian productions". She made a film in France with Eddie Constantine, Je suis un sentimental (1955). Zanuck left his wife for Darvi, but left her when he discovered that she was bisexual. In 1956, she reportedly lost $1,000 in two minutes at the casino then $65,000 in two days. She made I'll Get Back to Kandara (1956) in France. Darvi returned to Hollywood briefly to make her TV debut in "Blind Drop: Warsaw" an episode of the show Conflict with Keith Andes. In 1957, she was supposed to make a film with George Raft called Morning Call, (which in America was called 'The Strange Case of Dr. Manning'), but filming was put on hold when Raft pulled out, unhappy with the script. They were replaced by Ron Randell and Greta Gynt. Instead she was in Sinners of Paris (1958) (Rafles sur la ville), The Mask of the Gorilla (1958) with Lino Ventura, and Pia of Ptolomey (1958). In January 1958, she was announced for The Lovers of Tomorrow with Edith Piaf. Instead she made The Enigma of the Folies-Bergere (1959), and Lipstick (1960). Darvi later very publicly dated women as well as men. Despite liaisons with extremely wealthy men, she was unable to establish a permanent relationship or to curb her gambling habit. Zanuck was still paying off her debts as late as 1970. She would win and lose up to £30,000 a night. In February 1959, she was injured in a car crash in Paris when a taxi she was riding in was hit by another car. She was in Jules' Breadwinner (1960) and The Woman of