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PRESS GllPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street - New York NE\?╜ORK, N. Y. World-I&legram & Sun Circ. D. 596,936 - Sat. 326,543 URSULA THIESS. fpUTA ANDREWS. [In Hollywood 1 H^^ jMiss Bro\Sti, Eljyell Ranted %t Pi By EBSKINE JoS HOLLYWOOD^ Dec. ?·?║?·yan-, Betftj VANESSA BROWN. ,essa Brown and Tom Ew?╜||tfnTdo [the film version of theJP?½road- way comedy hit, "Tf^f^even Year Itch," if producer &l|?·?tjjJott- lieb succeeds in buying Ipil niovie rights. But first Gottll&?·?·As io\ 'come up with a treatraf|$*!that! will pass the film eenSB?·-and that could take seven yeSp*--'- Dick Contino's Christmas cards feature a photograph of himself?╟÷ ih his army uniform! .'. g'Comin J'round the mountain notes: Para- I mount will ballyhoo "Road to .Bali" with seven specially: filmed JTV trailers, more indication that ?√ßHollywood is hitting the,^adto television. '"?√ßlaiF* is bi?· news on both coasts, gffer Broadway revue, "Two's Cllnpany," and her new' Imovie, "The Star," just previewed in Hollywood, are in the cheer league. Knr&i8 Ursula Theiss, in the fnpb at !the opening of the Sands Hote1 in Las Vegas, spiked the marriage- iWBUU ?√ßI'ui.ftor rumors. ^flta told pne: "We're not going to be: married because we lilyfiJi^JKjPmher too much." "Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd" opened in Chicago to sock business?╟÷the film should be their biggest money maker. | . . Gilbert Roland and Dolores del Rio are huddling about a co-starring film to be shot in Mexico City. Dana Andrews has lined up his second film to follow "The Sea [Devil" in Europe and will ^sink some of his own money into''the' untitled project, which concerns the first air raids on Berlin during World War II, The three Andrews kiddies have been enrolled in a school in Switzerland [for the duration of the 18 months that Dana's Staked out for himself as a member of Hollywood's (income Tax Exemption Club. Now that Arch Oboler's three dimensions "Bwana Devil" is a financial hit despite critical Wails, it can be told that his last film, the sciencf^Hction f The Twonkey,, '- still on the shelf. ^<^f* "Distributors say It's not commercial," Ar^chlsgroaned. "I show it and they-say, 'But where's the monster?'. .t'Jl just let it sit in the can unlil the time is' ripe for it. They said that my early science fiction yarns for radio weren't commercial but one of them has |just, had its 200th performance." ESTAB|||HED 1888 BArcl^.\537l Pl^t CLIPPINGBUREAU 165-ig^cch Street'-h Now York ^TATESim^ ^P" D. 30,746 - 1 34,087 dee 8 1952 lb"siness-1^a0vtel ]l$* for M tables had lost $285 000 thl*^ jannounced. More ?╜?' he hotel fpersons attended th* han 10'00?? *?? being opSKd 2? J?1!*** Jt man, Texas S b^ Jake Freed- ESTABLISHED 1888 BArcjfk 7-5371 PRESS CLIPPING ffipEAU 165 Church Street -fwew York NEW YORK, NST. TELEGRAPH Circ. D. 47,745 DEC 2 9 1952 JlWU^j^.^ cJiUi ens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 SAN FRANCISCO Los Angeles Portland - Seattle San Francisco, Calif. Examiner (Cir. D. 225,060 - S. 564,448) DEC Z 9 1952 * On the Hollywood Scene "*H Herb Stein l 'Cream of the Crop'?╟÷ Scribe's Bon Mots Culled I From Here and There I HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Dec. 27.?╟÷CREAM OF THE ?╟≤ CROP: The Academy Awards is getting to be a I popularity contest, with much promotion and maneuvering for aU candidates. I wouldn't be surprised if some producer took to buying spot announcements' on television in his campaign to win the best movie award (Sidney Skolsky),. .Bill Pritchard joins us in vetoing the curbstone injunction, "Obey the light, alive tonight," and offers an alternative: "If you the traffic light obey, you'll live to die another day" (Matt Weinstock) . . . Donald O'Connor took daughter Donna to the Broadway Hollywood to see Santa. As they walked away, Santa dashed after him for his autograph (Sheilah Graham).. .The boys at Metro are going to use the material left over from "Quo Vadis" to make a jockey's uniform for Ben Hur (George E. Phair)... Ursula Theiss, in the mob at the opening of the Sajjtjds Hotel in Las Vegas, spiked the marriage to Bob Taylor rumors. sEetoTEflhe: "We're not going to be married because we like each other too much" (Erskine Johnson)... Bobby soxers' taste is improving. In Manhattan their new crush is An- ^heny-Eden. They wait for him outside-the U. N. building as if he were Johnny Ray (Cobina Wright) ... Danny Thomas' definition of an argument?╟÷ where two people try to get the last word in first (Hy Gardner)... Sex is the only thing Irene Ryan can think of that isn't for beginners (Mike Connolly) ...Heiress: The woman every man says is beautiful (Evan Esar); ?√? A VISITING FIRELADY'and her husband wandered into the Paramount last week to see "Bwana Devil" without realizing that it was a third-dimensional picture. Just as they were shown to their seats, the house lights went up and she saw the whole audience wearing dark polaroid glasses. "Hey, Herman," she nudged her husband, "Look?╟÷ the place is lousy with movie stars! " (Bill Kennedy) ... I'm often asked what makes a good marriage. I believe a good marriage is one in which both people love each other more than they love themselves (Leo Guild).. .With "Thae San Quentin" story now shooting, Irwin Corey is reminded of the friendly warden who calls prisoners by their Jjrst numbers! And Keenan Wynn asks, "Have you heard about tM street cleaner who was fired because he couldv keep his mind IN the gutter?" (Edith Gwynn). I We don't consider a Hollywood divorce newswortll unless it is secured during the honeymoon (Oil " Miller).. .Sam Spiegel^gave a maharajah a letter I introduction to Sy Bartlett. "How dees Sam live 1 Europe?" Sy asked. "Like maharajahs "are supposed to," replied the potentate (Graham);. .Shelley Wirl ters, on the eve of motherhood, is threatening t<| walk up to Jerry Lewis when there's a crowd arounJ and scream: "When are you going to marry mei you cad! You promised, you know!" (Johnson).. .1 Wall Street Journal men are propping a profile ofl Howard Hughes (Graham)., ?╟≤ ?√? %/$$ 'J$& ; ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME that all TV stations! informed the sponsors that when they buy time on TV they are buying professionaltalent and entertainment?╟÷not a soap box? (Hal Humphrey).. .The girl who thinks no man is good enough for her may often be right, but she is more often left (Jimmy Starr).. .Never too old: Elderly women in a ward at the L. A. County Home were asked what they wanted for Christmas. A shawl? Bed sleepers? Warm bed socks? No. The nearly unanimous choice of 163 aged women was?╟÷nylons (Dorothy Watson) ... Bill Vaughan observes: "It was tough enough explaining about Santa Claus and how he lives 'wayj up there, but it's worse with this space-conscious! generation which wants to know North Pole ofj which planet?" (Irving Hoffman).. .When Brandon De Wilde (the 10-year-old Marlon Brando) was making "The Member of the Redding ".- he was asked? how he liked Hollywood. *We%il/,i said Brandon dubiously, "it's very funny and I don't know whether! I like it or not. The people are strange. They allf seem to have fronts and no back, just like the sets"! (Skolsky). sT WHAT THIS COUNTRY needs is someone whp knows what this country needs. (L. A. Mirror). |H eouple got in a cob on Beverly Blvd. and immjj^t ately the lady went into a bitter, harangue aboig(t| her companion's shortcomings. She was still jjpii ing as the cab, traveling north on Vine street, passed Santa Monica Blvd. The man took it in silence, naff she ran out of breath for a moment aroifii& Sehsjfc Then the cabby heard him say wistfully,. "Hoisb$& it's 12 o'clock?╟÷Cinderella time. Why don't you change back to the nice, sweet girl I married?^. (Weinstock)...Sid Skolsky tells of U-I publiei?║| head Al Horowitz getting1 a call from a fan mag writer, who said, ^ftdidn't get a Christmas present from you.". "I can^t understand it," Al replied, "M didn't send you anyr* mm WILSON f Jimmy Boyd, Millionaire, Gets Raise From Mommy PERSONAL COLUMN... Jimmy Boyd, the freckled, 12 year old Mississippi singer, will make around $1,000,000 this year?╟÷a nice, round sum for a hoy to have. ifis^^^ Mostly it'll come from that "Mommy Kissin1 Claus" record, movies and TV. But Christmas, instead of playj Santa ing with trains, he appeared be^ tween halves at a Syracuse basfj ketball game?╟÷for $1,000. _gHis Mommy?╟÷not the one that kisses Santa Claus?╟÷but that kisses his poppy?╟÷is that clear j now??╟÷travels with him. His manager, Abbe Greschler, says in view of him making $1,000,000, Mommy just increased his allowance 50 per cent?╟÷from $1 a week to $1.50 a week. Out at the opening of the Sands Hotel gambling spot in Las _j?·egay, Jnum"y Duialrte shouted "It rcost $5,000,000 to build this place and are the b o s s e s burned up! It took 'em four hours to get ' "erelu**^* Barbara Nichols, the Pal Joey doll- f a c e, was around town demonstrating chorus gals there? They're purtier'n rabbits. "Bring me a screwdriver, please," a customer told a waiter in a cafe here the other day. "A screwdriver? Is there something wrong with the table, sir?" said the waiter... who found out, that way, that a "screwdriver" is a mixture of vodka and orange juice. Bosoomphy Denise Darcel, the French-born Hollywood star, tells] .?╟?_ she just bought a long, red, expensive Ferrari car (like Ros- sellini's). One strange thing about the purchase is: she can't drive. Frank Sinatra won't do that) movie, "From Here to Eternity." It was offered to him?╟÷but he's drawing so well in cafes he can make more money outside of films. In Las Vegas, there's a ranch called the D4C (Divorcee). THE MIDNIGHT EAJJL Faye '^sSkldSjpSd' another imbroglio (tiff)^in#.Skiteh left the ginmill and went home alone. ... Comedian Jerry Lewis, tired out and work-weary thoughyso vffl'n"- hrtc" f>nrig1rlpfed canceling