Evening star., 1962-05-23
LYONS
DEN
By LEONARD LYONS

CANNES, - We were in the
garden, dazzling with the
flowers Of spring. A butler ap-
preached Natalie Wood, Angie
Dickinson and Evans Evans to
pour more champagne. Their
glasses still were half full.
Empty it, please, on the
flowers" he said, preferring
full replenishment. No mixing
Of fresh and used champagne
around here. Wine is good
for the flowers"
This was Yakymour, the
great villa Of the Begun Aga
Khan. On the walls were Van
DOngen's portraits of the late
spiritual leader and of the Be-
gum. In one corner was a por-
trait our hostess had painted
and on the fireplace a bust of
the Aga she had sculpted. "He
bought me so many sculpture
TOOLS" said our gracious and
obviously talented hostess. "a
waste. use only these two
thumbs"
She held up her thumbs to
illustrate how she kneads the
clay. On her left hand was
a diamong-125 carats. Get a
load Of that ring" said the Be-
gums 'houSegueSt, Princess HO-
henIOhe, the former HoneychiIe
Wilder Of Bob Hopes programs.
IF I owned that ring, I'd be
down at the hook shop with it
in the morning" She was
pleased about Hope receiving a
medal from President Kennedy.
"I kept remembering that
time in '39 when Hope, Jack
Kennedy and I were in Lon
daon," said Honeychile, who
comes from Macon, Ga. "And
when Kennedy campaigned, II
wrote him, You're the greatest
thing since Robert E. Lee"
The Begun built the villa 81
years ago. Nearby, on the
coastline, is the Chateau dior
izon, which was owned by the
late Ally Khan. Permission had
been granted to inter his body
there for one year. Now two
years have passed, but Prince
Aly's family has not as yet full
filled his wish to be buried in
Syria.
After lunch the Begun
showed us paintings by Pissar-
70, Boudin and Duffy. my hus-
band knew all the impression
lists, and could have bought
such masterpieces from them,"
she sighed. What a pity"
The Aga Khan did know them
all, including Picasso, who lives
near here.
In the hills near Colombo
dor, in Vence, is the home of
Marc Chagall. His eyes twinkled
because Of a surprise he had
managed to pull on his doting
wife, Vava. 1t concerned his
newest award-Citoyen d'Hon-
neur de Vence. The award was
to be symbolized by an embel-
lished parchment from the city.
But who in Vence could
decorate a parchment in honor
of Chagall?" the mayor sighed.
The artist said he'd do it.
Chagall showed me the award
he'd painted on parchment-al
treasure. He's presenting it to
the City of Vence.
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Dino de Laurentis described
his next movie, about MussOlini. !
There will, of course, be many
women in it," he said. Not
because he prefers it, but only
for historical accuracy. John
Frankenheimer, director of "All
Fall Down." mentioned a TV
project on which he and George
AxelrOd are working: A one
hour show for the American
Civil Liberties Union, starring
Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas
and Katherine Hepburn.
The merchants, delegates and
movie makers from all nations
crowded into Cannes Cartons
ballroom after midnight for
Petr0celli's successful mems
fashion show. One merchant in
the lobby approached a mink
coat and admired it, without
heed to its wearer, Natalie Wood.
She didn't notice: She was busy
conversing in Russian with a
Soviet star.
All fairs and film festivals,
no matter what frivolity or
scheming, help bring together
peoples parched for knowledge
Of each other. Kenneth More,
the British star who's been
filming a comedy aboard an
American warship, said: "As far
as I'm concerned there are no
more British. no more Ameri-
cans-just us. AS soon as we
all appreciate it, the world will
be without fear"