Evening star., 1953-12-02
HOLLYWOOD.

With so much fussin' and
feudin' on the Johnny Guitar"
set, Sterling Hayden greets visi-
tors with Good Morning-but
don't quote me-" And when
Scott Brady praised Joan CraW-
ford's beautiful legs to L. B.
Mayer, the veteran producer re-
piled, Young man, you talk like
man who has had a wonderful
dinner in the best restaurant IN
town and then tells the waiter at
the end, the ice cream was deli
ciouS. "
We've seen Susan Zanuck
swoon before. but never like she
does for Johnny Ray. He likes
her too. Ricardo MOntalban
is off to Mexico to make a big
picture.
Kirk Douglas won't return TO
Hollywood even when his l6-
month stay abroad is over. With
Deborah Kerr, Joe Gotten and
Roz Russell big hits on Broad
way, Kinks convinced there is no
longer a hate Hollywood movie
stars" attitude. So he'll take a
chance on a play.
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June Allyson, plugging pic
ture for the first time in her
career, makes personal appear
ances with The Glenn Miller
Story" in Miami, Atlanta and
New Orleans. And on her own.
Dick Powell is not going.
Alan Ladd also is selling" cell
luloid like crazy-hiS own, that
is. He's appearing everywhere
in Europe with "Shane"-Lon-
don, Paris, Madrid, Seville and
Barcelona. i. Pillar Palette had
a Thanksgiving date in Houston
last week with John Wayne. And
brother, did she give thanks !!
Wayne was there to exploit
"Hondo."
The ex-Mrs. Dick Haynes and
Bert Friedlob, ex-hubby OF
Eleanor Parker, are consoling
each other.
There'll be no beefcake for
Edmund PurdOm, The new
Student Prince" was asked to
strip to the waist for a dueling
scene. mo useful purpose will
be served by showing my chest"
said he. And the scene, orig
inally written to bare Mario
Lanza's biceps and muscles, will
be shot with Purdom's shirt on.
Bing Crosby has a date for
some golf at his Pebble Beach
home, now that white Christ
mas" is in the can. He'll spend
part of the holidays there with
his brood.
Why do people who say they
"knoW" keep calling reporters
here with stories that the Tyrone
Powers are straining at the mar
riage leash? They look all right
from where I sit-as of going to
press
If Marion Brando has a sense
of humor, he'll fly to Las Vegas
for the hilarious take-off on
him performed by Sheila
Stephenson, to use her married
name, Mrs. Gordon MacRae.
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Lois Moran, who used to play
those intense ingenues on the
screen, co-Stars with Preston Fos-
ter in Waterfront" on televiSion
Lois, still very attractive, admits
to Al and has a 17-year-old son
Timothy. She is married to a
v. P. of Pan American Airlines.
I've just paid my second visit
to- Lena Horne at the Cocoanut
Grove. She's fabulous, sensational
name your adjective, I'll agree,
I wish some of the younger night
club performers - like jeanne
Gilbert, Eartha Kit, Dorothy
cambridge. Jane Morgan, etc,
would study Lena's fantastically
finished performance. They could
learn much.
Burt Lancaster to his wife
Norma: Hurry and fix me bite
to eat. honey. l have to go and
see the rushes." After a week of
this, Norma said to Burt: Why
don't you invite the rushes over
here some night to dinner?"
Marilyn Monroe hasn't been
too we'll again of late, and Joe
Di Maggie has invited her to San
Francisco for the holidays with
his family. This may surprise
you, but when they marry, Joe
not the career-will be num-
ber one This is what I believe
after a long talk last week with
,Marilyn.
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NBC offered Paul Gregory
$4,000, Just to stick around.
They raised it another $25.000,
while Paul hesitated. He's still
hesitating, and that seems to
be good business.
Cameraman Bob Mellor lost
the Oscar he won for "A Place
in the Sun" when his house was
burglarized. The thief also took
a wrist watch, a ring, and his
wife's mink stole.
Eva Gabor expects the profits
from yher book, Orchids and