Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-07
HOLLYWOOD
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM

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for six months. They won't be
going to Hollywood after all. It
seems that the picture Joan was
planning has fallen through. It's
my bunch that Joan made it
fall through. She has an adora-
bic daughter and time spent
away from the infant is wasted
time in Joan's book. The Newl-
eys have that magnificent and
expensive apartment in the east
sixties in New York for two
more years. They would like a
tenant. No more years and
years in a show, says Mr.. Newl-
ey, who had more than two
years with stop the World
Want to Get Off," He is writing
a new musical with Leslie Bri-
cuSse, but it is doubtful whether
he will act in it.
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1t often happens that a good
actor wants to be a good direc-
tor. Vince Edwards, who could
relax on his profits from Ben
Casey" is going in for directing
In a big way. And Laurence
Harvey is another actor who
finds it more fun to work be-
hind the camera. A scene
in the new Alec Guinness
play, ''Dylan," was set in Dali
las. 1t is being changed. &.
And Noel Coward has been
working far into the night
changing the first Is minutes of
st he Girl Who Came to
Supper" because it was too
reminiscent of recent events. .. =.
That world-famouS actor who
is going to New York to star in
a stage play will never make it,
unless he stops pouring alcohol
into himself. The next step
for Sybil Burton, now that
she has signed the papers that
give Richard Burton his free
dom, is for her to become an
American citizen. Sybil has de-
cided that her future lies in this
country. She's a brave, digni-
fled lass in any land or Ian
guage.
Anne Bancroft took a week
end off from "The Pumpkin
Eaters" in London to fly to
rected by F. Cowles Strickland,
will be staged at $3.50 tonight at
Hurst Hall on the uptown cam
pus. The reading will be avail
able for schools and clubs in
the area after Christmas.
Audrey Hepburn will stop in
New York on the way to Swift
zerland, to see her "Charade"
at the Music Hall. Cary
Grant will be around for some
of the openings. In this film he
was an employee. He does not
own the negative; Stanley Don
en- does. But we should all be
employees like Cary. He gets a
huge guarantee and big percent
age. The same for Audrey.
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Ernie BOrgnine and that Du.
pont lady make an unusual and
interesting combination. Katy
JuradO used to call Ernie her
Little Bull' before they were
married. Now that they are di.
vorced, I'm not sure what she
calls him. But he's a gentle
character, for all the fights they
had. Juliette Greco is a vic.
tim of nonstop anonymous
phone calls. One day someone
will invent a gadget that will
enable the police to track down
the callers. Dan Duryea's
son Peter has been taking How.
ard Hughes former contract &C.
tress Gail Ganley to Asti's In
New York, where he is studying
to be an actor. June Ally.
son, wanting to prolong her hon.
eymoon with Glenn Maxwell, is
postponing that TV pilot she i;
to make for her late husband
Dick POwell'S Four Star compa
ny.
It took courage for Anita
Ekberg to bring her former boy
friend, Franco Silva, into the
Italian courts, especially as she
is expecting a baby with heI
husband Ricky Won Nutter,
Whether she wins her case OF
not, there comes a time when g
girl has to take a stand and risk
unfavorable publicity. !. What,
ever David SuSskind has to say
about the acting ability of Tony
Curtis, and what he has to say
is bad, he should admit thai
Tony is one of the biggest
draws at the movie box office
Mr.. Curtis is modest about his
acting. 81 do not have the same
background as Sir Laurence
Olivier. But there are things