Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07
Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD (NANA).
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM

Roberts, are happieSt when
battling and they must have
been ecstatic at the Sal MineO
party t'other eve when Rex
bopped Rachel on the noggin
because a young actor kept tell
ing her she was the greatest
actress in the world. When
Jane Fonda tried to interfere
she almost got bopped herself.
They can break up all the
furniture they like at Eastern
parties. Hollywood will always
be Hollywood in the bop on
the noggin department.
Suzanne Pleshette and Diane
McBain are at the biting stage
over Troy DOnahue. He's a nice
lad but hardly worth so much
chomping and glazing And
while we are in the fight
arena, Rock Hudson and Mar
ilyn Maxwell had a big blow-up
and Rock won't even return
Marilyn's calls, which come in
at all hours of the night and
day.
Sad news for Nancy, Lady
AstOr. Her grandson, Lord Tim
Othy WiIIOughby D'Eresbe, will
be missing from the fun scene
at Cliveden. He apparently
drowned in a motorboat acct
dent between the French Riv-
iera and Corsica last week
Which reminds me, THE Chris
tine Keeler" film thumbed its
nose at British Equity and
started its sex and scandal
filming in Copenhagen a few
days ago. Without Christine
of course; with YvOnne Buck
ingham, BUSTER starlet.
"Keeler" co-producer David
Pelham, who has a big hit on
the London stage in his After
noon Men," has just finished 9
comedy treatment based or
Britain's great train robbery
He calls it Operation Ten
pin" Terence Young will direct
and they are after comics Of
the calibre of Margaret Ruth
erfOrd, AIastair Sim and Terry
Thomas to play "the most en-
dearing and understanding
thieves yet seen on the screen
1 don't believe that Scotland
Yard sees them that way
This will be good news fol
Carol Lynley. Mike Selsman
who she hopes will soon be he
ex-husband, is steady datint
Spike Jones' daughter, Linda
There is nothing like another
dame to end husband and wife
hostilities Ed Sullivan
filmed a TV segment in Eng.
land with two top stars who
we're so loaded he had to do il
all over again, but you viii
still be able to smell the whis.
Ike when you see it Re.
member Martha Rave and AL.
Ian Jones in the first movie
version of THE Boys From
Syracuse? Christopher Hew.
EFT, who directs the Londor
stage production, aims to re.
film it with that glorious Rodg,
ers and Hart score.
THE only way for anyone tt
beat me, is to kill me-" writes
new. young. tempestuous pro
Queer, Ron GOrtOn. He adds
1T takes plenty of CUTS to xii
me, so I am not worried" Tn
former football baseball pro
planning to sue Seven Art
about the non-release Of hi
Panic Button" his maidel
voyage into film production
starring Jayne Mansfield, Flea
nor Parker and Maurice Chev
alier. There's going to be
lot of name calling and QUIT
a lot of dirt" Next picture TO
Ron, The Oddballs."
= Ava Gardner reserves he
sentimentality for Frank Sin
atra, but not for the Hollywood
still photographers. Burt Ian
caster made his first hit will
Ava in THE Killers" and be.
cause they have recently CO
starred in Seven Days in May
the camera boys thought
photograph of them togethe
! would be sentimental and al
that jazz. Ava was adamant
] No!
Patrick Dennis attended tn
press showing of THE Card
i inal," as did Director Otto Pre-
minger. With Carol LYME
giving such a good perform
| ance, the director is thinkin
! of giving her a starring rol
i in Genius" authored by MI
Dennis. Mrs. Pat Dennis ha
] written a book, Miss Bannis
! ter's Girls" that for sheer hill
/. arity is said to equal the wack
high spirits of her estrange
! husbands books. But this
i not why they separated.
You can rely on Federic
/ Fellini to be different. The dj