Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-01

years is a long time for a mar
to remain in love with a woman
who doesn't want him.
Kirk Douglas was seeing his
doctor after I saw him for tea
In spite of the cold in his
windpipe-that's where it set
tled-Kirk had come back from
a round Of golf. THE last time
I was here for Town Without
Pity I lugged my golf clubs all
over Europe, and I didn't play
This time I was determined to
use them" said Kirk who is
working night only in Two
Weeks in Another Town"
And this made us both laugh:
An Italian producer is shooting
"Son of Spartacus." Il knew il
would finally happen, said
Kirk. whose Biblical movie has
just celebrated its first anniver-
Sary.
The Vatican newspaper that
protested about the depravity
of La Dolce Vita" has been
very concerned with the rape
scene in the church in Sophia
LOren's Two Women. In fact
all the Catholic press in Italy
has protested about it. The
impact of the scene is one OF
horror. Sophia is now back
here from North Italy to duh
the dialogue for her section OF
"Boccaecio TO-"
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Frustrated singer Eddie Fish
er has been seen and heard
singing in the streets of Rome
to whoever will listen. And at a
restaurant dinner party the
other night, Tony Martin and
Eddie sang for the other diners,
then passed the plate (hat)
around! When they stopped at
one table, the diners sang back
at them. They happened to be
opera stars from La Scala in
Milan. This is a crazy city.
Benay Venuta, at the Excel
sior Bar, told me she is in Rome
to sing at three galas in the
new night club, Angelo di
Roma. All the American colony
here are attending the open
ing. Backing Benay in the
bongo section will be Van
JOhnsOn's stepson, Ned.
There is so much gossip in
Rome it reaches to Africa, and
an African lion told me that
william Holden is yanking al
the bit because he would have
preferred a more experienced
leading lady in his current
movie, 1.-THE Lion" But, like
a lot of the gossip here, il
could be erroneous, and Africa
is too far away to check on the
report.
Before Bob AIdrich flew to
America, he told me that his
next movie, Whatever Hap
pened to Baby Jane?" will out
psyche Psyche" AS you know
Joan Crawford is playing one
sister, and the other will be
either Bette Davis or Barbara
Stanwyck. The two sisters have
to be famous movie stars of the
past because some scenes from
their early films will be shown
in the Baby Jane" picture.
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How dedicated can you be-?
The script girl of Charlton Hes
toms Easter Dinner" in Rome
flew back to Hollywood for the
three days left of filming Billy
Wilder's "One, Two, Three"
with Horst BuchhOltz. Then she
comes back to work another
week with Charlton before they
all return to Hollywood to fin
ish the movie there.
Dino de Laurentiis is after
Americas Jean Seberg and Jean
Paul BelmOndO for 1.-THE
Stranger" This would reunite
the lovers of two very success
full 'Breathless" picture that
made stars of the two Jeans.
I've just learned why Rex
and not Trevor Howard is play
ing Caesar to Liz TayIOr's
Cleopatra" = Trevor wanted
$125, 900 for the job; goth Gen.
tury-Fox would pay only $780,
900. Trevor also wanted $1,000
a week expenses. And guess
what Elizabeth gets in the "ex-
penses" line-$3,000 a week
This in addition to her million
dollar salary and the special
four-room bungalow built for
her on the set complete with
hand-painted marble tiles.
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