Evening star., 1953-11-13
HOLLYWOOD.

Sir Douglas Fairbanks, the
Queen of England and her con-
sort Duke of Edinburgh are al
palsy -walsy again. and Elizabeth
and Philip have accepted a Sec
ond invitation to dine with the
Fairbankses in London. You
have to have lived in England
to realize what a social feather
this is in Doug's socially con-
sciouS cap.
Gary Cooper, after % hours
of stormy weather all the way
from Paris, landed in Hollywood
and naturally he was asked the
million-dollar question-"What's
with you and wife Rocky?" mo
divorce" said Coop, "but we are
legally separated"
The first thing Stewart Gran
ger did on arriving in England
was to dash down to Guildford
to visit his nine-year-old son
Jamie-one of his two children
with Elspeth March. When the
press asked, Where is Jean
Simmons?" Stewart told them
she was making a picture in
Hollywood. It was simpler than
explaining she was having a
hasSle with Howard Hughes.
y
Maureen O'Hara is causing q
big commotion in Malaga with
her beautiful clothes and beau
tifuller f1gger. Her 'Fire Over
Africa" picture leaves for Lon
don exteriors on the 21st-un-
til Christmas, which she'll spend
in Ireland with her family.
Elsa Lancaster will do a one
shot as an added schoolteacher
on Wally Cox's "Mr. Peppers"
Dan Daley competes in the
jumping events for the l.. A. In
ternational Horse Show and will
take his jumper, Orange Coun-
ty," to Chicago for the bangtail
show there. Dams ridin' high.
Now that Ann Blyth has en-
tered the motherhood stakes,
Maureen O'Sullivan rates a bow
At AIMS wedding to DR.. Jim
McNulty last June. Maureen
brushed" a dozen babies over
the smiling bride. Ann is sitting
pretty picturewise, with "Rose
Marie" finished and she'll do
"The Student Prince" before the
stork arrives next summer.
When Greer Carson lectured
about Julius Caesar" at her old
college in London, the students
turned the table on her and
asked her to describe life in the
old school when she was getting
her B.A. and, especially, did she
enjoy learning Latin? Greer, who
is very witty, replied that it was
good discipline, and very impress
sive later in life to be able to
translate the Latin on monu-
ments and Sundials-"in front
of your friends"
And while we're translating
Fernando LamaS will have two
of his one-act plays adapted for
publication in this country. In
the old country-the Argentine
Fernando was director, author,
and playwright as well as a top
actor. And if it's any comfort
for Dick Haynes, Fernando says,
life in the Pampas can be beau
tiful.
Art Linkletter, who finds time
for everything - but how,
wouldn't be knowing-will mas
termind the fun at the star
loaded Hollywood press photog-
rapher's fancy dress ball Satur-
day night. Yours truly is going
as a ballerina-if / can squeeze
into the ballet costume worn by
Claire Bloom in 'Limeligl1t.
It'll be a tight squeeze, but I'll
make it or bust.
hear from London that Den
mis- O'Keefe has been working
too hard as director, actor and
writer of Million Dollar Dia-
mond," and he's a very sick boy
With Geraldine Paige insisting
on being so realistic in "Hondo, -
John Wayne has to rely for
glamor on his dog Sam, who
wears false eyelashes, incidental
ly. did you know that Marie Will
sons extra lashes are put on lash
by lash, and she keeps em on for
weeks at a time? I've never seen