Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-25
LITTLE OLD
NEW YORK
BY Ed SULLIVAN

Gardner told Columnist Mi
chaeI TOmkies, Woman's Sum
day Mirror. her own self-anal-
ysis: II am not neurotic; ]
hardly qualify as . femme
Ifatale. Basically, / am q very
happy person and a very SIM
lple. uncomplicated one. as are
most of us who are painfully
shy, / trained to be q secretary
and ! would have been 3 better
secretary than an actress.
Without the aid Of my direc-
tors, I'd be lost. The carica-
lures which movie publicity has
created are ridiculous and Of
ten cruel. Some Of the things
I'm supposed to have said
about divorce are frightful. Di-
vorce is not . thing ] make
Jokes about because divorce is
a tragic thing. The most beau
tiful marriage I've ever known
was that Of my mother and
dad. He died when ! was Is,
mother died when ] was 10. ]
was the seventh and youngest
child. How would / describe
myself? Is it immodest to say
that ! feel I'm q rather decent
human being?"
*& y
The Noel season is being
helped along by Noel Coward.
His Nude with Violin" is JAM
ming them in at the Belasco
Theater and his 1884 creation,
Conversation Piece" is a
smash hit at the of Broadway
Barbizon Plaza. Fortunately,
the only ones who ever enjoy
my stuff are people," reflected
Coward, backstage. In Nude
With VIOLIN" a satire of the
art gallery dealers and cli-
entele. Coward's direction is
something which the theater
might study. The comery dia-
logue actually overlaps so that
the pace Of the play never lags.
II did it first with Design for
Living found 1t effective, al
ways continued it," >. w. C.
Handy, "a, hailed by Oscar
Hammerstein I'd and other big
gies at his Waldorf Astoria
birthday party, said 1t all, sim
ply and with grace: 1--we done
the best I could with what God
gave me. No youngster faced
greater encouragement but
refused to quit"
\ i
Roberto ROssellini booed In
Rome newsreel theaters. A
son for the Frank Stranahans
Henry (Warners) Blanks
stork due December II.
Peter UstinOv wires: "'Ro.
manor and Juliet is NOT based
on the Leopold-Loeb case
Charlie Chaplin. jr., escort.
ing Barbara Darnell. Engle.
wood Golf Clubs Frank Chief
Gervassi killed by a truck. ;.
Groucho Marks son Arthur
readying "The Family Affair
for Harper presses. Ramon
Novarro and Leonora COrbett
at Colony. =. The Joe LII
Abner) HAIRLESS tagged him
Joe, jr. Rick Casares, Chi
cago Bears, dating Suzie Smith
Gerald Green, author Of
1.-THE Last Angry Man." adapt.
ing it for flickers. /. Camille
tRangersl Henry engaged tt
Dominique Michel.
+ 4 4 \
I think Fifth avenues Christ.
mas decorations are too far ir
advance of the season.
Howard C. Cullman's grand.
daughter named Jeremy.
Judy Holidays BELLS Are Ring
ing" racked up $3.052,400 OF
FIRST Broadway amy. J
Edgar Hoover's Masters o
Deceit" of Holt presses shortly
=. The Doug Rodgers Lynn
Dollar expect an April stork
Maria Callas and Richart
Bagarozy settled out of court
u. -. Patricia Daniels, grand
daughter Of the late Navy Sec
Rotary, weds Robert Woronof
tomorrow. =. Chuck (Tele.
prompter) Barris honeymoon.
ing with Lynn Levy. Fran
ces Faye lost her dad. Ar
Mooney prefers Paula Hill.
The Fred Look Zinggs callet
him Jonathan. Fernand,
Hat Montel and Serge Obo
lensky Waiting. /. Don Tay.
lor's ex, Phyllis Avery. anC
Pete Saviston to get married
after New Years. Raymond
Perry MasOn) Bufr's sideline
q greenhouse.
X 4 \
Nashua's trainer, Lloyd Gen,
try. honeymooning with Pegg,
Ryan. The Larry Barnett
Qovely Isabel Bigley) expecting
Sir Stork. I. Batista is remov
ing Cuban theater tax. C,
O'Neill and MargOt Murray
daughter Of former AE com
missioner. at the Viennese Ian
tern. Henry Ginsberg exitinI
20th-Fox. Lynn (NBC
Gibbs to marry Tommy Nols
AMELIA.