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30 PreiUwMay, May 3, itou Princess Grace Turns Down Offer To Star in Movie She's Rejecting A Royal Offer For Role In Movie 'King Of Kings' By ERSKIXK JOHNSON HOLLYWOOD, May 3 Hollywoodites are talking about: Grace Kelly nixing an offer to play the Virgin Mother in "King of Kings" for movie producer Samuel Bronston A 4 WW. i If Nigh) Club Beof 'Goofers' Wow Patrons With Zany Antics Pogo Sticks And Flying Brass Keep Holiday House In Uproar By Hr.NRY WARD Being "goofy" when it comes to entertaining isn't easy. So say a group of entertainers who make their living by being zany. They are "The Goofers," a breezy group of musicians who moved into the Holiday House last right with a car load of musical lnstrumpnts and a likewise loati of talent. The instruments take a terrific beating as they are tossed about from on to another but the talent never wears thin.

In fart it glistens more as the program progresses. Although the antirs of this 'jfr. madcap aggregation may at times i. ,1 j-s 4 f- it -i-r, ti 1 A A ni.J fc A- yl 1 the last chapter of "Father Knows Best" and heading for Europe with his own family He will not attempt another series until he's had a chance for a movie return. Singer Tony Bennett's Hollywood night club debut at the Cloister, May 19.

It could be a prelude to a straight acting movie role. He's eager for the chance to rest the pipes. Edd "Kookie" Byrnes back on the Warner studio payroll and parking cars again at "77 Sunset Strip." Edd got part of the salary boost he was seeking to relieve the studio on one headache. Now it has two more: those Maverick lads, James Garner and Jack Kelly, who are letting their lawyers play the cards this time. Dick lark set for another film, "The Final Diagnosis," for U.

A. No, Myrtle, the story is not based on the congressional payola probing. Gene Barry's wife, Betty, making her telefilm debut with him as "the other The movie magazines betting on a divorce action for the "temporarily separated" Don Murray and Hope Lange Photographers swarmed all over the set the day Don and Dolores Michaels, the doll he has been dating, loved it up in scenes for the film, "One Foot in Hell." Sheldon White's two-liner: "Kids of today have get-up and go; especially mine in the picture show." Ed Wynn giving credit where credit is due. and giving the late W. C.

Fields the nod for a line now claimed by several comedians you all know. Fields had a troubled look on his face one day and a friend asked what was bothering him. "Well," Fields welled, "my doctor has warned me that I'll lose my hearing if I don't stop drinking." "In that case," said the friend, "are you going to quit drinking?" "No. I don't think so," replied Fields. "The stuff I've been drinking Is sn much better than the beggar description, they always wind up on the same beat more or less and make it look easy.

And therein apparently lies the success of the six years of nightclubbing that have taken 'The Goofers" hither and yon in the world of entertainment. What "The Goofer" do may lxk eaay but It Isn't real- NO WISE-CRACKING sophisticate is Lauren Bacall in "Flame Over India," the action film opening tomorrow at the Fulton. She plays a governess to a young Hindo prince. In CincmaScope and color, the film stars England's Kenneth More and Wilfrid Hyde White. FEATURED DANCE SPOT in "Can-Can," the musical which begins on engagement at the Nixon Theater tomorrow night, is held by Juliet Prowse, a young dancer who made her professional debut at 17 in London.

She'll be appearing with Frank Sinatra, Shirley MaeLaine and Maurice Chevalier in the film. Tickets are on a reserved seat basis. Tomorrow night's show, sponsored by the Variety Club, is sold out. woman" in a "Rat Master-son" stana. She will also appear with Gene when he stars in "Kismet'' for the St.

Louis Munic ipal Light Opera in June. JL 'v- hnrii work for lhH, glVB tnd you hnk MIT 1 SO.V them when the Holiday limine pa-Irons finally let them leave the stage. They are whipped. 'Hannibal' Leads HOLLYWOOD Victor Mature, Gabriele Ferzetti and Rita Gam. Shows To See And When in j.

iM mi Kvery little movement has a meaning all its own for these lads and they rehearse all of them for hours. There's actually no ad libbing. That could fold an act quicker than a wayward straw on a potters' wheel. And If you think that isn't quirk ask the next potter you meet. For the record, If it matters, the quintet would answer a roll call in this manner: Jimmy Vincent, drummer; Dell, trombone; Frank Nichols, trumpet; Tom Terry, bass and Jack Ilolliday, piano.

But don't try Identify the boys by fhelr instrument for when they get going nobody knows who is playing what and when they ring in tie pogo slicks anything Is liable lo happen and usually does. Augmenting the Holiday House bill this week is songstress Mitzi Mason making her first appearance at the Monroeville night club and the ballroom team of Heller and Helene. Around The Circuit Vocalists predominate the night club circuit this week. Italy horn Knzo Stuarti, whose voice has won accolades In scores of night clubs around the country, gets top billing the Ankara this week. He has built up quite a following I've been hearing." Milton Berle flipped it to the crowd at his Coconut Grove opening: "No, Beverly Aadland will not be starred in a remake of 'I Remember Producer Ross Hunter plotting to put Liz Taylor and Rock Hudson in tights and on a trapeze together in "Lillian Loitzel." A real swinging pair.

Movie theater attendance for a recent week hitting according to one 11:20, 1:58, 4:36, 7:14, 9:53. ART CINEMA "Nights of Shame" Nicole Courcel. Feature at 12:46, 3:5.3, 7:00, 10:07. "Blonde Blackmailer" at 11:00, 2:07, 5:14, 8:21. SHADYSIDE "Room At the Top.

Simone Signoret. Feature at 6:15, 10:15. "The Best of Everything" at 8:10. CASINO-Burlesque Domay. Continuous 1 to 5 p.m.; 7:30 to 11 p.m.

CARNEGIE TECH GYM "On The Rocks" Presented by the Scotch and Soda Club Performance at 8:30. I1 1 1 II 1(W 1 TT1 gla ACiDEMlf tWARD CHAMPION! Sjl'KSirili. 'TOWAri S-Slljb Inclusive tnuT LIBERTY oKcViMoitVwiTM t. -ll I her( FEE LING' I i xiv-'r' 9 SO. HILLS R.rt mM.m l- TECHNICOLOR Own 6 m.

'HOME F0t THE HILL i 4 rfr DENIS Srwrv (0 If 1-131)0 "(IN THE BEACH" ct A DTC i.i-V"-" --Vl 1, TgAjTsw u'u'Tr ct 8:30 '1ffT ITV JlBSk MIVrM LL SUJS SERVED n-MTr fFrljTZTlfl NIXON Evenincs 8:30 ff if4y' AT- Matinee. Wed. 2 P.M. Sat. i Sun.

2:33 I The Queen of the World's Folk Singers I A French moviemaker planning a new version of "The Three Musketeers," with Fernandel starring as the comic valet of D'Artag-nan. Robert Young winding up PLAYHOUSE "Open Season" Craft Avenue. 'Tevya and His Daughters," the Theater Upstairs. Performance at 8:40. PENN "Please Don't Eat the Dairies" Doris Dav, David Niven.

Feature 'at 11:30, 1:35, .3:15, 5:50, 8:00, 10:05. STANLEY "The Angry Red Planet" Gerald Mohr, Nora Hay-den. Feature at 11:12. 1:11, .3: III, 5:57, 8:05, 10:01. WARN Ell "Ben llur" Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd.

Evening performance at 8:00. SQUIRREL HILL "Our Man In Havana" Alec Guinness. Feature at 6:15. 8:15. 10:15.

GUILD "The Cranes Are Flying" Russian made film. Feature at 6:20, 8:15, 10:10. PLANETARIUM "Portrait of the Earth" Shows at 2:15, 8:30. HARRIS Goes to War" Brigitte Bardot. Feature at 11:15.

1:05, 2:55, 4:45, 6:35, 8:25, 10:15. FULTON "Wake Me When It's Over" Ernie Kovaes. Feature at Japan Educating Literate Generation HOLLYWOOD Walt Disney 'i curious and informative look at Japan's schools and their eager young students in this new People and Tlaces camera report, "Japan," acquires added interest from a current news item out of Tokyo. among the record collectors, appeared in the Broadway production of "Fanny" and for two seasons was with "Night In Venice" when the spectacular of the late Mike Todd was presented at Long Island's Jones Reach. With Stuarti on the Ankara hill is the Robin Nelson Revue, magician Ron I'rban and "Ice Time." Another young vocalist, Jerry Vale of recording fame, heads the cast of the Horizon Room, Greater Pittsburgh Airport, where the entertainment card includes Max and Cherie, an acrobatic dance duo, and "The Poodle Symphony." tfTJpHMjpw PtfWWWiWIJ IWWPy BPWWPM THE CHEROKEE HALF BREEO AND CEIL VON DELL Snd UPROARIOUS WEEK OF FUN AND LAUGHTERI DORIS DAYSviDNlVEH ill ms i I ENZO STUARTI i Dtnn mouTim a cum THE rLAYHOlJSE EAT CMFT AVi.

THlATtK LIMITED RUN SEATS NOW! "OPEN SEASON" Innrnttt, Satirical Musical Ravua Mm Trt S'' thrilled you on tte Horry Belofontt TV Spee-toeulor Tenneiset Ernie Ford Show Cintrama Holiday. THIS FRIDAY NIGHT at 8:30 P. M. CARNEGIE MUSIC HALL TICKETS 50-S2 50 (Tax Inrl.l OV BALE AT GIMEELS HORNE A- MUSIC HALL BOX OFFICE FRIDAY NIGHT 1 iinnMi ii tutu rs4 "TEVTA AND BIS DAUGHTEEB Soirtout thru Jum 11 R'orx'tw SpU IT Tirteta at Gtmbei ftnd Bonr'i I IMTOCOlOt WWmmmr CaH M4 I TONIGHT DANCE lONiGHT MAKING her first appearance here on Friday in a concert at Carnegie Music Hall will be Odet-ta, billed as the "Queen of the World's Folk Singers." There will be one show at 8:30 p. m.

iLl LEE DANCING EVERY NITE Song stylist Elaine Roberts gets top billing at the Chez Dee where the Saw Mill Run nitery also features comedian Terri Andre and Cash Cotton. Rounding out the vocalizing department are Gordon and Sheila Ma Rae who have been enthralling N'ew Arena patrons with om of the rlasslest entertaining In night club circles. They will continue at the Downtown club through Thursday night. Long a Pittsburgh favorite, Johnny Puleo and his Harmonica Gang opened a two-week engagement at the Twin Coaches last night. A master on the harmonica, Johnny rates tirade A as a pantomimist and has plenty of savvy sn show business.

The adagio team of Sinclair snd Alda plus juggler Wilfred Du Bois rounds out the Twin Coaches bill. Roy Liberto and his BourVm Street Six. who gave the Penn-Sheraton's Riverboat Rdom a rousing opening a few weeks back, arc back in town for another round of Dixie-land music at the hotel's newest room. A native of New-Orleans, Roy is on a brief swing through the country from his homo base Bourbon Street's Famous Door. The Alfred Pi Lemia Trio continues at the Carlton Hou-e Town A- Country Lounje with Ray Crummie alternating at the piano.

lirray The dispatch says that all Japan's 40.000 schools will be equipped with television as teaching aids within the next five years. The coun- top literacy among all nations. DANCE STUDIO Welcomes All of Pittsburgh To Visit New Studio nt (ulZ field St. Open 10 A. 31.

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