Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12
Quite q Household


dren in the Palm Springs home
rented by Mike Todd from Mrs.
Leo Spitz. 1t will be quite q
household. The aforementioned
tots are the children Of Todd's
son, Mike, jr., who will also be
with them. Plus Elizabeth's two
sons by Mike Wilding. And Of
course her very new and
awfully cute daughter, Liza
Todd, who arrives in the
Springs by plane from New
York next week. Three nurses
will also be in residence.
Jerry Lewis and wife Patti
will buy the home Lauren
Bacall shared with Humphrey
Bogart in Holmby Hills-if she
will shave the price a bit. Baby
is asking $275.000. And if the
Lewises do not have to take
over Miss Bacall's membership
in the Holmby Hills Rat Pack,
members of which include
Frank Sinatra and Judy Gar
land. Producer Pat Ford
Johns SOM liked Pat Wayne's
Johns SOM work in THE
Young Land" and put the C. v.
whitney picture back into pro-
duction to build up the roles Of
Young Wayne and his younger
loading lady, YvOnne Craig.
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FernandePs dialogue in Bob
.Ope's Paris Holiday" will be
dubbed in for the English YER
sion. The great French comic
does not speak English. :.
Did you know that, until Jen-
infer Jones made a hit in Love
Is a Many Splendored Thing"
the word Love" in q movie
title was murder at the box
Office?
Francis Lederer bought $50
acres in North Hollywood in
1894. Il come from peasant
stock on my fathers side,
Francis told me at Paramount,
land 1 enjoyed the idea Of own
ing land. The purchase was not
for investment reasons" Last
week. Lederer refused $1,750,-
600 for his 260 acres, which he
bought for a comparative song.
lie reckons he can get more.
~
Cornell Wilde who stars in
"Maracaibo" with our land
rich friend. Francis. is disap-
pointed that the studio bigwigs
decided the picture will be
made in Hollywood and not in
the jungles of Venezuela. The
Jungle is too expensive-when
background shots can look al
most as authentic.
Y. Frank Freeman, Mr.. Big
at Paramount. kept straight
face during the passionate love
scenes between Anna Magnani
and Tony Quinn in wild Is the
Wind" Then quipped in his
Southern-exposure drawl: II
guess this is what you'd call
adult romance.
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Cary Grant will soon be
known as Mr.. Proxy. His last,
Sophia Loren, and next, Ingrid
Bergman. leading ladies. were
both married by proxy In Mexi-
CO. hope Sophia will be luck
Ter with hers. Kim Novak, in
cidentally. now toiling for Al
fred Hitchcock in From Among
the Dead" has asked him to
coStar her with Grant in his
picture next year with Hitch.
And talking Of the genial Al
fred, listen to this: THE test
of a good actress" said he. sis
to have her do nothing-grace-
fully"
Tina Louise and New York
actor Jerry LaZar found that
absence only makes the heart
grow absentminded. They've
called it off. Romance won't
work over the long-distance
wires" said Tina, making her
movie debut in Gods Little
Acre" She now prefers Aldo
Ray.
Tab Hunter is back in War
ners' good graces. They're al
lowing him to do TV and make
records and they've even loaned
him to Columbia for Cum
mans Walk" He plays Van
Helms son and Van told him
it may we'll be an award"
part. Van, who raised a mus
tache for the role, told Tab.
I'm probably old enough to
be your father. but I still think
a mustache will make me more
convincing Frances Heflin
was standing nearby. I'm not
old enough to be your mother,
Tab" said she. land I'm not
going to do darn thing about
i'll"
The King Brothers are taking
no chances about not showing
up with an Academy-award
winner, If they win for their
new picture, "Rodan!" Every
member Of the cast. the writer
and the director have signed
affidaVitS that they will be