The Royal Arrival The Royal Arrival bold over even the people of this blase a town, and the princess's dress, shoulders there against a rather nasty wind, was greeted with pleasure. No one was more pleased than the masked batteries of cameraman. The film they saw was Lindsay Anderson's The Whales of August. Its star is Lilian Gish, who's 87. She apologized for her co-star Betty Davis, who stayed away at the last moment because she couldn't cope with the excitement. Then to the gala dinner, tickets for which were more prize than gold, Sir Alec Guinness, the guest of honor, following the couple in. It was a benefit for the electronic flashes too. Sir Alec started to do a great deal of talking.