Evening star., 1963-01-14
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Lyons
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By LEONARD LYONS

NEW 1OFbh - LIOneI barJ,
author of the book and songs
for "Oliver!," says he'll write
his next musical for his con-
slant companion. Judy Gar
land. The movie version of
Fail Safe" will be filmed in
New York by producer Max
YOungstein, with Sidney Lumet
directing. They'll have it fin
ished May Is. Richard
Burton and Rex Harrison will
do four more weeks of "bridg-
ing" sequences for Cleopatra"
in Spain. Joe Mankiewicz and
Daryl Zanuck will direct them.
Jan Kiepura and Marta Egg
gerth will star in THE Merry
Widow" next month, at the
Franz Lehar Festival in West
Berlin. Dan SchOrr, of |
CHS in Berlin, has been in New
York these past few weeks. He
said, at Sardi's recently: "A
phenomenon of the newspaper
strike is that no news seems
to be generating during the
strike. People even are post
poning dying, because they
want their obits printed" i
Broadway play-openings are be-
Ing postposed, art-exhibits and
even book publications. Dial
Press has delayed publication
date of James BaIdwin's new
big book, to wait for the re-
viewers return.
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Salvador Dali's exhibition at
the Knoelder Galleries also has
been postponed, because his
paintings still are on the U. S.
Lines pier = held up by the
dock strike. . Stanley Kram-
er's film, Its A Mad, Mad, !
Mad, Mad, World" will have
two intermissions. Bernie
Allen, the comic, took some
friends to dinner at an Indian
restaurant. BY the time the
dessert came, the waiter was
Chinese.
The Royal Shakespeare Com
pany's "The Hollow Crown"
had its Washington, D. c. pre-
miere in the State Departments
auditorium. There were more
acceptances than the place
could hold. The Security
Guards usually rope off one
pair Of seats, for the Kennedys
in this case, Mrs. Joseph p.
Kennedy. The shows gen.
eral manager persuaded the
guards to rope off 8 seats
4 for the drama critics, two
for Helen BOnfils and two for
producer Gilbert Miller.
Jim Farley, jr., Of the State
Boxing Board. opposes the re-
turn bout clause In contracts
for championship fights. He
and his colleagues are urging
its elimination. Zsa Zsa
GabOr and her groom had their
first quarrel, in FL Morocco: He
said she can cook well, and
she said she wouldn't cook for
anybody, including herself. i
Ralph Bunche lost a cuff link
at Honolulu's East-West Gen.
ter. He received it, by mail, at
his home in Long Island.
David and Lisa" the prize
winning film, cost less than
$3.50, 900 to produce. One long,
continuous scene showed Neva
Patterson getting out of a car,
slamming the door shut and
walking into the house. Miss
Patterson caught her finger in
the door. Despite the ripped
nail she finished the scene.
Then, off-camera, she tainted.
II knew we couldn't afford
enough retakes." the actress
explained, so I Just kept GO
ing"
John VandercOOk, the COM
mentator who died in New
Delhi last week. often de-
nounced self-appointed censors.
Freedom TO write" he said he
believed, "is the essence Of the
life Of the mind" Once,
when a group tried TO put
William Faulkner's books on a
censored list. Vandercook said:
The best way TO keep a de-
linquent off the street is TO
let him lose his way In one OF
Mr.. Faulkner's long. involved
sentences"
Vandercook grew a beard as
soon as he was old enough 10
shave. He kept the beard even
when his broadcasts werC
sponsored by an electric-razo
company. He finally shaved 1
when the clio sponsored hi
program. While he had his
beard he never wore a straw
hat. II once wore a wide
brimmed straw-hat," said the
lshort bearded Vanderrook