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Jg^g a bra| very ??bvl0US ?·/ ^ft TV appear- V shoulder on ^^JK^Darcel ancl ance. . ... ^jf Tfe giving bacji Byron Painy1 T%.Ti ;j|j ^s VegflL Spencer fracyiaay^^ High sergeant Jilarfj^Pbig P*??Hl Ground"--?Σ≤5S5h Van Johnson ect for l9^Ytmorg alsa<in the and James m^|e^^witch-1 picture... -i^Tou M0^??s sls" 11 ed to VirgS^Lou ^^edding ter-in-law's ,sl^f'after Christmas. . bells planned ior ^up^ith a ?╟≤ ?╟≤ ?╟≤ Unle^^ Ve^aviland can director Ohviaceu^ plan t? okay, it's^the end ^he Af?·air." RTHE ORIGINAL m omeikF PRESS CLIPPINGS ?√ß?√ß 220 W. 19th St., NEW YORK 11, N.Y. Tel. CHelsea 3-8860 Cir. (D 930,890j (S 1,488,409) This Clipping From CHICAGO, ILL. TRIBUNE ?╟÷38*3" H53 1 .4$?·? Looking at Hollywood Cecil De Mille to Be Honored af Hollywood Dinie^oihday BY HEDDA HOPPER HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 29?╟÷Sam Goldwyn had his day in Beverly Hills; Jesse Lasky was honored last year, and Adolph Zukor was given a dinner a few weeks ago. Now Cecil De Mille comes into his own. He will to the first director to receive the j D. W. Griffith award at the Screen Directors guild dinner Sunday j night. Many believe " The Greatest Show on Earth " will receive the Academy award. . . . De Mille's pictures, not including " Sam- | son and Delilah " and " Greatest Show," have been attended domes- j tically by 1,766,000,000 persons. Foreign attendance was 1,448,000,- I 000, making a total of 3,214,000,000 paid admissions. ... When I j talked with De Mille, he said, f I'jth proud of something else too, Hedda. I received a refund ?╜check from the New York Citizens for Ike committee for 16 per cent of my contribution. Now if that's a preview of what's going to happen to the country, it's good news indeed." . . . Greg Peck is at Lancaster hotel in Paris, with Robert Parrish, discussing " The Purple Plain," for which he's wanted. It is to be hoped his wife, Greta, meant it when she said she'll j join him abroad. If she doesn't, she'll be turning him over to all the hungry females in Europe. T>ETTY HUTTON is doing amazing business at the Curran j theater in San Francisco. She'll remain there four weeks. They love the gal. Altho every mechanical thing with which she I worked on opening night went wrong, the audience didn't blame Betty. ... June Allyson, the gal who still wants to quit pictures, now has four on her schedule. June is as refreshing as a summer j breeze in "Battle Circus," and the 4,000 chickens she has on her hilltop think so, too. . . . When Marilyn, Monroe sings " Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," she'll be against a background ] of red velvet and on a red floor. She does the old burlesque j bumps and grinds in " Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Marilyn visited a burlesque show and when she came out, she said, " Just imagine. Some of those girls didn't have a stitch on J JS^^u;. t, . >. J WHEN BOB TAYLOR appeared on " Toast of the Town," he | broke the TV ban on M-G-M contract players. Now all j M-G-M stars can appear on TV if Ihey help sell the films in which ! they appear. . . . Walter Pidgeon is in New York now signing J for a radio show. . . . Jimmy Stewart bought back the plane j in which Joe De Bona broke the transcontinental engine driven J plane record. They're getting the plane ^back in shape, and Joe again will attempt to break the record which Paul Mantz now holds. Jimmy sold the plane to Jacqueline Cochran. . . . Doris Day got a bruised nose in " Calamity Jane." Howard Keel and she were supposed to ride toward each other on horse back and kiss for a scene. Howard missed her lips and banged Doris in the schnozzle with his forehead. . . . The heat's on our stars who are ducking income taxes by remaining abroad 18 months. In a sense you can't blame them. Their professional career is usually short. After all, the law was made up for oil workers abroad. Why shouldn't actors get in on it too? . . . A LFALFA SWEETZER?╟÷Remember him in " Our Gang " com- **?√ß edies?╟÷is a professional guide and bear hunter. He took Bill Wellman on a hunt. Results: He returns to pictures as a Canadian bush pilot in " Island in the Sky," which Wellman directs. . . . Keefe Brasselle is motoring with his family to New York after finishing "The Eddie Cantor Storv." ll^larfirfffl?║Si&. Coogan is cooking up a TV show titled "Thgiplffrfmd His ] talent showcase for young fry. .j&^xhe Sands hotel in XasV^ is putting on the dog for its Joor show. Edith Piaf will be j lowed by Nanette Fabray; thar comes Tallulah Bankhead^ It looks like a big night at the Tfrjgljeditpr and raifejjrtte#f dinner at the Statler hotel next Friday ni^tT^r^dieMartin's band, Debbie Reynolds, Virginia Mayo, Kay Thompson, and the Williams brothers will entertain?╟÷plus many more. ?√ß?√ß:'&jdw_W- w?·?Σ≤ W^V WO"* cafe date tel^.*6 vPenS aithe Sands So! He'wJ^Sas, Nev M h Iwhl,?OT,PB>rking m ?? routine | Whether .or. not he'll do other howS he TSP^O;^Pending on favalwbmtlp " ',he Sartds and Irert'of^'^j. Za Paction the the 1?L?╟? =wOW wiI1 consist of ItA?Σ≤ ,,S?·ters> "!&Blackburn dan and:Dominixiue;the Mag"j Pi?Σ≤ e".e JtWt%ft*?Σ≤ Precede fefi^STOFr at the ^^r^ac^KS r~Bffl Willard'sAZ^ :Talk of our Town-?╟÷ rcrl BUSY LADS: Plenty going on peaift^^rgfifes^-iq^key shows. [under the Capitol dome in Carson Acts may^n^'/guest on radio City, with James "Sailor" Ryan, shows emanating from cafes and George Rudiak', and William Coul- thard figuring prominently in legislative matters ?╟÷ especially Ryan ... Betcha he wouldn't earn a trophy for "palship and helpful- ship" from the Strip panjandrums, if they awarded such laurels . . . Coulthard had his weather-eye open for lobby moves by Union Pacific's Las Vegas (Land & Water Co., and squasheci backroom push to introduce a water meter resolution . . . But, jthe hottest hunk of biz on the agenda centers around wherewithal lor school taxes. S'dyna- mite . .'. Paul Williams, one of ! the West Coast's favorite architects, is currently designing the five-story Casablanca hotel, pro- jl-^ected plush gambling enterprise | No. 8, despite deferral of license I application until March 2 . . . ?╟≤ | MOTHER PLANS: Another archi-1 tect, Aloysius McDonald, heads j fellow members of AIA CArneri can Institute of Architects,) to j oontributteg plans for new Boy Scout building. Boulder Dam j Area Council biggies* city off! cials, and interested bystanders watch groundbreaking tomorrow, come 10:30 a.m.... Mrs. Florence llurphy and the flying 99's will compare notes, logs, and charts tonight in her home . .. Are you a bookeeper? Specialists of the nectar-gatherers have developed a big worker who works much [ harder, siphons more honey. Only catch is that the new models have longer and more devastating stingers. Next problem for apiarists (such a word?), or bee^boys, is to make big bees with harmless needles on their behind^ Ji^ | Service Leaguers take their equipages for a run to this mornings meeting at El Rancho Vegas POP OPERA: Opera Associa tion's decision to present "Carmen" on Nov. B is a %fse one. The-production is always a thriller musically and dramatically ... Soroptomists hold final huddles today before completing plans o:i Mardi Gras ball, the big social event this coming Friday . . . Mardi Gras debs Gretchen Har- % ris, Marilyn Sims, and Alice XtThiriot will do a PattI, Laverne, \ \nd Maxine on theme, "Come To \>e Mardi Gras," neatly putting niteries, but are not allowed to pull funny gags, sing, recount stories, or answer telephones. * GLAMOR SOPRANO: Vivian Delia Chiesa, who coloraturas tonight for Community Concerts in LDS recreation hall, 8th & Linden, won herself a fine CBS network show at the age of 16. She was picked out of 3000 contestants ?╟÷ and Columbia's choice was pretty good . . . Clark county chapter National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, meeting tonight at Memorial Hospital, can afford some self-pats-on-back. All, March of Dimes workers per- j formed a great job this year ... I Howard Hughes did all right by; his RKO juggling act, coming out after the 20 week razzle-dazzle ?√ß?√ß $1,200,000 wealthier in actual cash, and again has possession of his 1,013,420 shares of picture! stock. Furthermore he is now chairman of the board of RKO pix. Fillum trade, however, is wondering if Hughes will again! play cat and mouse with his| stars, and production. Nothing' has rolled at RKO sj vember . . . Do0lp ol' Learning: Beautiful SanpFCopa co-eds' inclu4LjiiiiP^arr, zoology major, Hunter college, New York; Gloria Watson, a degree in Theatre Arts - English, and Barbara Lockwood, interim UCLA student of Interior Design ... Not among those formerly present in collitch' classrooms, but teaching fine arts a la ballet is Copa " ly Sally McCloskey. MONEY WANTED: Only time of the year devoted to raising funds for chapter' treasury will take place tonight for Pi's of Beta Sigma Phi sorority. Their card party at, VFW hall is open to public i . . Another fisti-champ may do a nitery act. Joe Louis is interred, but he won't dance, sing, o#play' a musical instrument. His act is table tennis! Reba Onness, International Women's table-tennis champ has rehearsed a routine with Louis at Grossinger's up in the Catskill Mountains.,,. . . Tennis anyone? The newest "Confidential" is reputed to be several times hotter than the last four ... Mrs. Wayne Boutell turns her bungalow over Vke show on the road at thel to Mother's Study club tonight?╟÷ i liver Slipper ballroom . . . Mrs. | but they shouldn't study Lait & Muriel Snyder chairmans to /|ight's "potluck" Eagles Auxili ary dinner to raise money for muscular dystrophy fund. This charity is national project of the organization . . . The old west isn't dead dept: Therf^will be a course for prospectors at the high school beginmn^shext.Monday night. J. P; Hart, grad of U. of Nevada, and an associate with many mining firms for many years, teaches students ftpw'aljb strike pay dirt . \%^American Guild of Variet5fOArtli!lg(AGVA) in national board meeting, voted to rescind ban on performers ap- Mortimer's newest horror Make reservations for MMarilyn MMonroe's first Capital record to be called, "What's Your Name, Honey?" . . . Chet Lauck comes down off his Blue Diamond ranch to resume his X^W}- an(i Abner radio series over #BG beginning next Monday. Show, five times a week in quarfej^|||grj will only be released eaipii^3hicago . . . Hedda 'Ho$pifr s^pssted that Zsa Zsa Gabor do a "genteel" strip-tease for hfer act next month at the Flamingo. Zsa ditto said no" ?╟÷ claiming that Gseorge Gsanders wouldn't approve." T OUIS JoxfR^AN will arrive here next week. He/6^p|,a pic4 ture.:l??H^th this year, but will return to Fp|^g|n Octo-| ber for t^^film version of Arthur Schnitzlier's&-play, " Affairs! i of Anatole," with Max Opuls directing...g.^^^^^rider Joan Daviy | took up golf. Her home adjoins the .Bel!;^^pRuntry club. One j day she collected 28 golf balls frotHmer swifHming pool. K [Copyright: 1953: By The Chicago Tribune]