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Associated Press Waresptowto letty Grable (r) beams backstage at Latin Quarter as Maureen I?╟╓Hara congratulates her at opening of Betty's revue. It was for a show which Betty came out of retirement to lead. This Clipping From NEW YORK, N. Y. JOURNAL AMERICAN ItHB VOICE OF BROADWAY ti?╟÷.. - " ?╟≤...- I II ' I ; .; " ' - Oscar...a Wail for By DOROTHY K1LGAILEN Jottings in Pencil Everyone in new york show business rejoiced in the results of the Academy Awards in Hollywood?╟÷with one exception, a production goof. The tone of the show was so dignified and attractive, xjthe participants so truly important in tlie profession, It was hard to understand how the directors of the program could have given so much time to Jerry X??ewis, who was all Wrong?╟÷from his ghastly' eve- ning shirt to his grisly accent r jiSte: to his cheap give-the-little-girl- another-hand treatment of Busan Hayward, who scarcely needed an assist from an egg- laying comedian in her hour of h All the feminine stars who came up to the microphones were beautifully eoiffed and ?╟≤pressed, but Ingrid Bergman stole the show with her magnif- icently simple?╟÷and simply magnificent?╟÷display of womanly cnarm. 1 At the same moment, Cary Grant's quiet exit from camera mige was dramatic testimony to Ids lack of hamminess. Bob Hope was charmingly in key, Mort Sahl proved the block- buste^of the evening-indicating that intellectual comedy iU0rng .ahead?╟÷and Laurence Olivier displayed , taste and - ?╟≤jpr as might have been predicted. Jerry Lewis?╟╓s presence in dBE important moments of the presentations must toe greatest mystery since the disappearance of Judge about a dispute between. Betty Grable and Qonn Arden . Diane Varsi probably couldn?╟╓t care less, as,toe*?╟ ^SpHfe goes, but there?╟╓s a bench warrant out for her arrest on a traffic charge if she ever returns to Hollywood . . . Composer Bill Russo, whose latest work will be performed by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic ne3jt week, is hoping he?╟╓ll be well enough to attend the, big event. Bill fell asleep under rv sunlamp and the results were disastrous. . . The Jackie Coopers are knitting tiny garments. PEARL BAILEY HAS ALIGNED HERSELF with Sammy Davis Jr., in the feud with Frank Sinatra ... Renata Tebaldi will return to La Scala in Milan for several performances before rejoining the Metropolitan Opera in February, I960 ... The bus drivers?╟╓ union is ready to spend a pi$%a^nbney on petitions and protests against the move to male?13rd ave., Lexington, Madison and 5th ave. one way streets. They claim that each time an .avenue goes cmc-wayIt khoeks qff hun- dreds of jobs for bus workers ... Alain Delon, the glamor boy of the French c^ema who?╟╓s credited with, stealing Juliette Greco away from Darryl Zanuck, is so gassed with his lady love^ he?╟╓s enrolled in a school teaching English lessons. Juli- ette s promised she?╟╓ll take him to Hollywood to co-star in her next American movie. TAB HUNTER APPEARED TO BE; mesmerized by a local girl while he was in the East?╟÷he kept returning to Johnny?╟╓s Keyboard to pick up singer Joyce Adams for early morning strolls and scrambled egg sessions,,. Ludlow; Stevens, formerly ^na&ded^to Rex Rarrison?╟╓s sister-ih-law. is dating Paula Hill . . r ^uf Brynner?╟╓s attitude toward the flicker ^Solomon and Sheba?╟Ñ is offbeat, to say, the least. European newspaper- men say he doesn?╟╓t seem proud of the job he did replacing the late Tyrone Power ill the leading role . . . Carol Haney will emerge as the bldsmobile show, which she?╟╓ll produce and direct?╟╓as well as doing the choreography. FASHION NOTE: MARLENE DIETRICH was ih Knize tne other afternoon, getting measured for a full dress Suit in pure white ., . The technical advisor on ?╟úSay One for Me?╟╓?╟÷ ~jj?·' Crosby-Debbie Reynolds-Robert Wagner picture (in wmch Bmg plays a priest) is Monsignor John J; Devlin, who acted as advisor on Bing?╟╓s other memorable religious movie, Going My Way?╟Ñ . . . Theresa Helburn may exit from the Theatre Guild soon because of illness .. .The brass at Uni?╜* versal-International is quite miserable over Rock Hudson?╟╓s choice of chums around Hollywood these nights, and they?╟╓ve let him know it. His agent, Henry Willson, wasn?╟╓t spared* either .. . Charles Chaplin is facing an important intestinal operation in Switzerland. He?╟╓d like to delay it, but the doctors agree that would be dangerous. TOE SPOLETO Festival Ball honoring Gian-Carlo Menotti at the Waldorf April 14 are furious be- cause Sophia Loren agreed to be guest of honor, then decided not to show up?╟÷after the $50 per person tickets had been printed . . . if Mae West decides to accept the latest ofifer for part of her California real estate, it will net her $2,500,000 ... The tall lad dancing with Ina (?╟úMajority of One?╟Ñ) Balm at Casa Cugat is Sid Andleman, who makes handbags. ^BACKgTAGE AT THE LATIN QUARTER they?╟╓re gabbing Fabled Grable