Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-15
THE
LYONS
DEN
By LEONARD LYONS


week, portraying Louis NiZer,
the lawyer, in "A Case of
Libel" This is Henry Denker's
dramatization of a chapter from
Nizer's beSt-seller, my Life in
Court" Joseph Julian, who
plays the role Of associate coun-
sci, met Mrs. Nicer and ex-
pressed curiosity about her hus-
band. Mrs. Nicer said: "I'H tell
you the kind of man my hus-
band is. He wakes up every
morning as if it's his birthday. I"
Helen Hayes, whose Nyack
home and possessions are being
auctioned, bought a small house
in Nyack Mary Mccarthy
will adapt her best-selling novel,
1.-THE Group" into a play for
Broadway The camerman
who took Eleanor ROOseveIt's
favorite photo, the photo used
on the new stamp issued last
week, finally has been identi.
fled. He's Clarence E. Promo, Of
Potsdam, NY. He took the
photo while Mrs. Roosevelt was
attending an arts festival.
$50
Alec Guinness was introduced
in London, to an African digni.
tary. Their conversation was
pleasant, and when it ended
Guinness politely said: 81 hope
your stay in London will be q
long and enjoyable one"
Long? l hope not" said the
diplomat. "I'm in exile"
Hume Cronyn, who played ar
important role with Richard
Burton in Cleopatra" probably
will play Polonius to Burtont
Hamlet" on Broadway
Eugene IOnescO. Samuel Beckett
and Harold Pinter, the leading
opponents Of the far-out theater
will collaborate on a three-part
film script.
Oscar Levant and his wife
who are staying at a midtown
hotel, are somewhat puzzled
They've had exactly the same
breakfast in their rooms each
morning, but each time some.
how the bill is different
Levant, incidentally, was at the
Algonquin's Rose Room one
night at midnight and told
friends he wanted a doctor i'm.
mediately. There a hitch, -
he added. 81 want a doctor who
knows music and who doesn't
talk much"
Milton Berle will play a
dramatic role, that Of a politi.
cal campaign manager in
Eugene Burdick's TV play,
THE Candidate" for Bob Hope
ChrySler Theater.
Terence Rattigan's MAN and
Boy" starring Charles Boyer,
recovered its production cost in
London. The play will reach
Broadway next month
Jimmy Everett will have 8
major role in June Havoc,
Marathon '33" Jane,
Adley, the 32-year-old nigh
auditor at the Westbury Hote
in London, spent his days paint
ing. Now he's at the University
of Pennsylvania Graduate
School of Fine Arts - one oil
the few Europeans ever to come
here to study painting.
So &&
Albert Finney, star of "Lu.
Their" and the film "Tom
JONES'" may become the first
actor to win Broadway's Tony
Award and HollywOod's AGA.
denny Award in the same season
He'd never met his co.
star in the film. Joan Green.
wood, until their first scene -
a torrid love-scene in a bed
Finney was introduced to Miss
Greenwood, smiled as he col
into bed. cleared his throat and
said: Il hope you don't think
I'm forward, but :"
Finney, incidentally, has rent.
ed Faye EmersOn's town-house
for the season Miss Emer-
son sails for Europe on a Dutch
freighter, then will tour the
continent by car for six months
Eva GabOr is giving a
champagne-and-caviar party to-
day for her new film, "a New
Kind Of Love-" Her invitations
were in Hungarian Eileen
Brennan will play the milliner
in Carol Channing's musical
Hello, Dolly"
- $3.50
Rep. John v. Lindsay, R-N.Y.
was the subject Of a CHS TV'
documentary about his work
He mentioned his wartime serv.
ice aboard a destroyer in three
oceans, where the only mishaI
was a collision with another
us. destroyer, while trying to
ram enemy PT-boats. Demon.
strating, of course" Lindsey
added, that it's very difficult
for a destroyer to hit a PIT.
boat" Except, as history has
noted, in the case of PT-1O9.
Atheneum is releasing "The
Margaret Rudkin Pepperidge
Farm Cookbook" six weeks
ahead of schedule, explaining:
1--WE believe that a good cook.
book, like good food, should be
served when ready" Don.
aid Swami, of Flanders &
Swami, has written an opera
based on C.. S, Lewis "Pere