Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-03
HOLLYWOOD

LONDON (NANA). - 1.-THE
Beauty Circus" an expose Of
the beauty contest racket, will
be made in London by Val
Guest and Arthur Christensen.
"At the moment" ARTHUR told
me, I'VE are looking for a beau
tiful girl who can act, to
play Miss England, and she's
the hardest thing in the world
to find" They are also looking
for a Miss America who can
act. The true-life finale of the
picture, which goes into pro-
duction September Is, has Miss
England ending up as a movie
extra.
Sight of the Week in London:
Ex-War Minister John Pro-
fumO trotting out of a flower
shop after wife Valerie Hob
son, the latter frowning, the
former smiling as though moth
ing in the whole, wide world
had happened. The truth is
that, if Profumo had not lied
in the House of Commons
about his association with
Christine Keller, his career
would still have been ruined,
but not his life. And that, ]
think, is positively my last word
on the subject. While we
are with the government,
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Reginald Maudling's pretty
daughter Caroline has enrolled
at the Central School of Speech
and Drama where one of her
CO : students will be Ingrid
Bergman's daughter Pia.
+ + 4 +
Next Ian FIemming thriller
to be filmed is "Goldfinger."
hope they will get around to
shooting asino Royale, +"
which first introduced me to
the suave, savage, Mr.. James
Bond. Richard Widmark
has gained back five of the Is
pounds he lost in Yugoslavia
making THE Long Ships" He
is more pleased than ever
that he is no longer in that
country after the dreadful toll
of the recent earthquake
That's all we would have
needed to make it the perfect
nightmare" says Richard.
Spain is the only country
with some Messerschmidts
shipped there after the war
That is why Cliff Robertson
will be going there for part OF
his 1888 Squadron" movie
And wasn't it nice to see Doug
las Fairbanks with all his med
ais at the premiere of "PT 100"
chatting so unconcernedly with
Earl MOuntbatten?
& y So
Rita TuShingham, on doc
tors orders, will take a good
rest following the wind-up OF
her Take Love Easy" picture
From now on, Rita will try to
take life easy Maggie
Smith, who was a delight in
1.-THE Public Ear and the Pri-
vate Eye" joins the cast OF
''The Pumpkin Eater" This
Jimmy WOOlf production will
be on the sound stages next
week when I will be in Paris,
I hope. I will catch up with il
on the way back to America :.
The cost of "The Greatest
Story Ever Told" has Spiraled
to $40 million.
During the filming of 1.-THE
Leopard" Burt Lancaster con-
fused Director ViScOnti, who is
proud of his ability to speak to
his international casts in
French and English in addi-
ton to italian of course. Dur
ing an important scene, Lam
caster, as the prince, had to
read a message about Carl
baldi's invasion. He scanned
the note, then read it aloud
in Yiddish. They say the face
Of Viscounti was something.
But nothing can equal the
look on Richard BurtOn's. face
when the girl in the basket
opened for the king in Beckett
turned out OF be Elizabeth Tay.
lOr. They really should keer
this scene in the picture. Liz
and Burton are again united
in London, and with the Doc
tor Ward case disposed of, ]
suppose that Liz and Dick viii,
be getting in the news again
one way or another. They