Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 44

D-2 THE STATE JOLK.YVL Sat. Aug. 3. 1974 HY GARDNER'S GLAD YOU ASKED THAT Former Tarzan Taking on xDoc Savage' 5 f. (sr rS a i -f Robert Conrad: Finishing up Esther Roller Relatively speaking Ron By: Lifetime job? Q.

Isn't Esther Rolle, (Florida in that new TV series "Good related to Pearl Bailey? They're such lookalikes. Thelma Dynes, Des Moines, Iowa. A. Sorry. They're not at All in the Family relatively speaking.

Q. I've heard that johnny Weiss-muller will come out of retirement to play the role of "Doc" Savage. Anything to this? S.T.Y., Portland Ore. A. No.

It won't be Johnny on the spot. Doc Savage will be played by another Tarzan Ron Ely. If he's successful in the first cycle of the series, he'll probably do the whole kaboodle of 181 novels. (Practically a lifetime job.) Q. We read that Robert Conrad is finished filming the story of Murph the Surfs great Star of India jewel theft.

What's Murphy's former partner in crime, Allen Kuhn, doing? G.D. LeM.St. Louis. A. Doing what comes naturally but honestly.

Working in a jewelry store in California. Q. Any idea of how many people Frank Sinatra attracted in his eight-city concert tour? Cornelius St. Louis. A.

To be frank, Sinatra's 13 concerts drew capacity crowds totaling He started at Carnegie Hall April 8 and concluded April 2627 at the Chicago Stadium. Q. Settle an argument. I claim that the Five-O in "Hawaii Five-O" is a secret police code. Am I right? Diana Trask-Ernie Lewis, Seattle.

A. No. "Our title," explains supervising producer Bob Sweeney, "was derived from Hawaii being the 50th state. Hawaii Five-O means nothing more than that. Since the state police agency that we portray is purely fictional, there's nothing to rumors that the title is a police code cr phone number of local Q.

What was the first fflm in which Sammy Davis Jr. appeared? How old was he? And who was the star of the movie? Mrs. Lillian Goldstein, Baltimmore. Q. Whatever happened to that beautiful movie star, Ella Raines? Also, was she ever married to Claude Raines? Mrs.

Esther Richmond, Va. A. No. Claude Raines, London-born, had a shower of wives a total of six. But Ella Raines was not one of them.

She dropped out of films to marry Air Force Brig. Gen. Robin Olds, and it's proven to be one of the longest-running such matings in moviedom 26 years. Sammy Davis Screen debut Frank Sinatra: Capacity crowds PERSONAL POSTSCRIPTS To Blanche Durrall, Las Vegas: No. Frankie Laine and Abbe Lane, co-starring at the Desert Inn, are not related To V.

Luster, Capitol Heights, Johnny Mathis has been a bachelor all his life Mrs. Teresa Worcester, Yes, that is musical comedy singer-dancer Carol Lawrence (Mrs. Robert Goulet) who is taking flying lessons. Hopes to get her pilot's license eventually To Ms. Marge Powers, Youngstown, Ohio: Sean Connery finally got his divorce from lovely Diane Cilento home in England To Michelle Lichter, Seattle, Gary Burghoff of "M-A-S-H" was born on a May 24, but isn't saying what year.

Many showpeople prefer to ignore the date since it makes them "old" before their time. Send your questions to Hy Gardner, "Glad. You Asked That," care of The State Journal, P.O. Box 11748, Chicago, III. 60611.

Hy Gardner will answer as many questions as he can in his column, but the volume of mail makes personal replies impossible. A. Miss Ethel Waters was the star. Sammy, only seven at the time, made his big screen debut in "Rufus Jones for President" in 1933. A film clip was included in a G.E.

special last season in which the jaunty Junior jived "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You." I'm curious about the type of role picked by Bette Midler for her first movie. Any idea what it will be? Ms. Tina Wattes, Washington, D.C. She's to play the Virgin Mary in what has been billed as a religious satire, "The Divine Mr. It's been in preparation for two years.

Q. Is it possible that David Frost and Diahann Carroll might surprise everyone and suddenly elope? Ms. Maidy Scott, Tulsa. A. Now that the Frost between David and Diahann has thawed to the point where they're dating regularly again, such a headline wouldn't surprise anyone.

The last time I saw Gene Leone, of Mama Leone's, he was on the Phil Donahue show. What's he doing now? Marie Castalucci, Long Island Chy, N. Y. Gene and his wife May (celebrating their 48th wedding anniversary) are enjoying their retirement from running one of the most famous restaurants in the world. She more than he! But he had a narrow brush with death several years ago when a hiatal hernia burst.

The hospital in upstate New York, to which he was rushed for emergency treatment, was so certain he'd die they mailed his bill to "The Estate of Gene Leone." Happily, two old friends, Dr. Arturo Antennucci and Dr. Fred Amendola of Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, operated on him and saved his life. Leone gladly paid the first hospital's bill with his own check, hoping to keep "The Estate of Gene Leone" intact..