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go fcel Korea unless he and his group are ?√ß'?√ßh-jal plane. He won't go for any of the ^Belly tells me he's talking to his attorneys W?║h "I'd like to make some money," Tom i|lJting is a reputation for being a nude ||fipietrich hits 50 on the 27th . . . And mMDay . . . Nancy Valentine opened with ?╤^3&i$m ffpable from her Maharaja of Cooch Behar. J But all he crawu^^^^^^lcording of "Manhattan" and "Wish You 3 Were Here" . . . And if you want to know why Nancy doesn't cut the cord and divorce the guy, cherchez her bank account. Cooch sent her $30,000 last year, via a Scandinavian bank . . . Hope you didn't miss I Robert Mitchum's local interview naming the three best rear views j in Hollywood . . . Jeff Donnell and Aldo Ray merge early 1953 . 'Tis rumored that Hildegarde Neff ain't coming home to Hollywood 1 no more . . . Neither is Valentina Cortese . . . Connie Moore was at Warners yesterday to discuss the role Ruth Roman refused in "Blowing Wild" . . . Her husband, Johnny Maschio, says "I'm not her agent, but Connie's not the type." He'd rather see her in "Calamity Jane" . Barbara Payton plays a housewife? ?╟÷ with Sonny Tufts ?╟÷ and they ! have two and a half children in "Run For The Hills." I'm running. John Huston arrives at the crack of dawn Thursday with the print] of "Moulin Rouge," and rushes with it to the Johnston Office to learn if the can-can can pass the censors. He's keeping his petticoats I crossed . . . Zsa Zsa hopes to popularize the black silk hose she wears in the flick, and the producers just spent $3,000 with photog Wally Seawell on Gabor's gams . . . And that wasn't cereal this morning it was words ?╟÷ that certain people who said Bette would never open in New York were eating . . . Peggy Ann Garner, tired of long-distancing Pat Nerney in the middle of the night from New York, flies in today or tomorrow. I believe she loves him ... gv^jJack Dempsey and Joan Olander^pesuming at Ciro's . . . John Ireland's sister-in-law, , Randy Robeson, is a showgirl in the new Sands at Vegas which gets its piFess opening tonight. Wish we were there/; but tc# much to do here .?√ß . . And Guv* Warren can hardly corral a quorapPior his press conference today anent education on TV. Everyone's JnfT there clutching a hot hundred silver dollars . . . The EdwaraXx. Robhisons will make with the Yule grog . . . Warmest hand-holders at the formal James Stewart affair ?╟÷ Rocky Cooper and Pete Lawford . . . The hottest thing on the menu ?╟÷ the chili Dave CHasen smuggled into the Bel Air Country Club. > w H I?╟÷I BArclay 7-5371 PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street^-. New York j NEW YORK, N. Y. JOURNAL AMERICAN Circ. D. 692,509 - S. 1,039,550 h 0CC19 T9S9 Ml I New York Cavalcade: Along Prattle-Tattle Lane Fel WOrth 2-3797 to AMERICAN Press Clipping Service Inc. 119 Nassau Street s\ New York City *J, I From JOURNAL-AMERICAN hj^ New York, N. Y. m_^_ w YorU Cavalcades A Disillusioned ?Θ╝ommy BLANCHE FRIML,w famed beauty in her day, and once the wife of Composer Rudolph Friml, passed away recently, destitute, in a charity ward in Paris.. .Also j in the American hosp. in Earee, is Louisa, p-widow of Jack Kriendler^-as the result of a fan from a horse, riding to hunt.. .Close friends of popular .Dolly Stark, the former ump, are convinced he is already wed to the wealthy Betsy Levy. At least, he's around introducing her as Mrs. Stark.. .Carl Bris- son, who was in to$ft tor a, few days, told me he will sing <rajj^& ?Θ╝ffl& De Paris in ! London during (^iro||I^|)n|^eek. A sentimental engagem^ifet^t^S'is the club of which he was onc^o^own# and which was lbombed during /we'^erra|sk air raids.. .It ^^^?√ßRoosevelt ,^pht,i^W? Monday. Con- .flpe^gman F.p.J^br/^^^^i^a huddle with a group in the jBstairi^oom, Jimmy dined downstairs, -*Jfii&., **)lj$jjjit"jk ?╜ ; Barney Ross flew.'^^pfK^r the Coast1-1-" ' jubilantly displaying ?½o| photos of his brand new grandchild.. '.For>jjfeee it's the columnists versus the' critics.practically i every, paragrapher was enthusiastic about "Two's Company" -4ri" contrastjivith the lukewarm receptio&JSccorded#?║'-'the aisle- : sitters. This depaEEmeht ?╟≤ n^fone of his . best evenings in the theatre-**-a*sd left with that pleasant glow which rcomfs from sitting in on -a hit.. .Incidentally, Vinton ] Freedley roamed around the lounge before ?√ß the first act, examining pictures, the ceiling, etc. And then I recalled?╟÷once this J theatre, theAlvin, had "been his property j ?╟÷in co-ownership with Alex Aarons. The house derfie|tits name from the combined first syllaj|j^|)f their front monikers... Toots Shor, the chronic baclsjslapper is now I wincing astefthers. slap hiijIlfExcruciatihgry I painful sacroiliacs Youngest act# m 20th Century-Fox's I "Taxi" is a M^p.mtw,ri baby, John Joseph i Joyce, Jr. Even affney were shooting the j kid's scenes, the^mother was hauling the -By LOUIS SOBOL- father into court, claiming that as soon as! he had signed the social security papers for j the baby, he stopped working and became abusive.. .Suggested billing for the Georgia; Gibbs-Johnnie Ray Christmas package at; the Capitol: "Her Nibs and His Bib)p.C. j Eisenhower is one of the few wealthy men to become President in recent years?╟÷but unlike F.D.R. and Teddy who inherited most of their money, he earned most of it himself, through his book and careful savings... * * * The Talmud is being translated into English under the auspices of^the Amerif can Biblical Society of which Dr. John | Myers is the head?╟÷the first gesture in this i direction in more than 5,000 years. The first completed volume of the eighteen planned has already been presented to President Truman. The second volume will -be-presented td*Queen Elizabeth* dfirlffg'tliel Coronation. It is estimated it will be sixteen years before the remaining books are completed.. .-Scheduled to follow Danny i Thomas as attractions at Jack Entratter's ; new Las yggasSands Hotel are Lena Home, Edith PW an'o^ffiRP^fJckstine.. ."Eugene O'Neill and His Times" by John Gassner %ill be a Prentice-Hall entry in 1953... Which reminds me, Norman Taurog swears he's gonna write a book entitled "Inside Darkest Martin and Lewis" based on his experiences directing three of their films... . Jji-J * * * Ironically enuf, even as Look mag featuring a picture of MiamJ&teach's Copa City with such celebs presS^as Jimmy Durante and Walter Winclie%^mes word that the big club has foldedj|ifel Brooks, TV writer and FlorenceV*Ba/mi'~ Irtwo's ?√ß?√ß Company" beauty, will prove it by merging early next year...Johnny Meyer is;hinting to pals British starlet Pamela Shaw, who just flew in from England will be his next bride... !*HH fc3 si mm HI X K$8 3 <=> d a ft rS M J: x 4) a ot ?║o^?· m. m j d S12 E ?╟≤"?· .5 oT *?√ß "^ -^ ce ?╟? ^ &CT3 ia 'P* 'Hi Wmmm 3 .-aw g g g ?╜*?╟≤ g-rt g^o.ffl u a o ?╜fl?╜fc ??.s ^ S a) cs "S m^j i bt) ?╟≤> ?╜h ^ J O &X) c " be ft^o5^ a> > -<*" o? .?╜ i-5 B-a'3Ss ?╜ fe+j *M "Mi si a w .Soft ?√ßPC IDs -^flC8?╜5,. % &> o a> c* - - " ^osliSM^M^h '~ ~& J i&BMi " " ~ " u -3d PALMIRO TOGLIATTI, headman of the j Italian Communist party, has a chauf- ' feur who is probably wondering now whether he picked, the right party. The fellow won the big Italian Football pool?╟÷54 million lira?╟÷about $90,000. For a few days he was a deliriously happy chap?╟÷and then I friends noticed he was no longer gay. He finally yielded to interview pressure to', divulge what he planned to do with the money. He announced he was going to donate several million lira to the Communist cause. Another few million to the poor in North Korea, ditto to a Communis- : tic Italian colony in Australia.' Then lie added: "I'm going out and.buy a wonderful. present with what's left over?╟÷for the most wonderful boss in the world ?╟÷ Signor Togliatti. "And then ? j' pressed one of the repbrta?r?║if "And then," sighed the chauffeur unhappily, -"I'm. going to continue to/work," '4 ,*h f%\ ,* Young George Axelrod was among those who viewed the opening of Georgie Hale's sparkling little musical, "More About Love" at the Versailles, Wednesday night. Axel-. rod had something of a personal interest in the proceedings. It was a sequel to "All About Love" which he had co-authored for; last year's Versailles show?╟÷and he probably felt he owed some debt to. the little' frivolity for in that first offering as -in* Wednesday night's, the device of having principals think out loud about what is ! going to happen, dominated. Axelrod went' on to employ this same device in a full : length play?╟÷the smash hit on Broadway\4 entitled "Seven Year Itch"* ^v;' '^ Harry Sperber reports the experience of a | friend who celebrating his 33rd, birthday j while in Las Vegas decided to play the, I hunch. Walking over to the roulette table ; I he placed his chips on 33^ The number didn't come up. The ball landed on 3. Arid as .the Pteer dffided hunches don't I always' p^3r>dtf>W^%heel Whirred again j iand. the little ball*for' the second time ?╟≤landed on 3?╜r f ?╟≤I^^S'- 5yi?║K| Dorothy Lamour, celebrating her birth- I day i^ 21 Wednesday afternoon, told us she } J was^appearing son Sherman Billingsley's ! St^C^Club-si^r tonight without being; solicited. Learning that it.was the . club's anniversaryx she phoned Billingsley and j [insisted upon apijearing ^ on the show,) recalling. that ?╟≤?╟≤?╟≤when no one thought dm] ^ad mueffl^o offer in her early stru&linf j -By LOUIS SOBOL- singing days, it was tS^flBrk Club boss I who put her to work."-.JK'"$?·", \ Jean Rostand, son w^ldmund Rostand who gave us "Cyrano" il||ple$ding biologist j in Franca. He is also notoliously shy. This shrinking, violet together^llth a dozen other French notables distinguished for their retiring natures have formed a group known as the Club of the Timid. When it j was suggested that in keeping with the Parisian tradition, the new club should j throw a ball, Rostand said meekly: "I think.; we'd all- love that?╟÷except that it's out of j the question. We're all so shy?╟÷there isn't one of us bold enough to become chairman." * # * , Writes John Paul Schofield in righteous ; indignation: "I must take exception to I your award of 'top rumba dancers' to one W. Winchell and one, D. Walker, whoever j they may be. Not" in anger but in grief at finding one so usually sapient in matters of this kind, so far astray. .^.My champion, j Raymond C. Schindler, a well known j sleuth, will spot these terpsichorean tyros 1 twenty pounds in weight and outstep them as he would a pair of Hopi snake-dancers; j he will .outshake them?╟÷and he has much ( more to shake; he will outlast them either i. concurrently or consecutively?╟÷and finish sprinting. Let us have no more of this buttering of your columnist colleagues; spare us this invasion of a field in which | you are obviously so uninformed." * * * John Popkin, owner of the Hickory House, is recuperating?╟÷but sad. An in- , veterate smoker, he's been told to lay off for life. ..What makes studio publicity departments reach for ulcer cures. Dan Dailey has just completed a starring role in "Taxi" for 20th Cen.-Fox. Whereupon Mr> Dailey was interviewed for a fan mag and asked to name his favorite dancing star. Did he name Betty Grable or Mitzi Gaynor, Twentieth's darings? Nopej^He picked Cyd Charisse J^^frival M&tvo.TS Most fascinating prolfe'J^ Maujlce Zo-1 lowtow's new book "It Takes A|f Kinds" ' are certainly those devoted- io Je^ler Jules Glaenzer and Drum Beatlr JimfMoran... ExOdus of most of the lownjp by-Hners ; starts Monday. Headed fon Eatratter's luxurious La! 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