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Booth. Jim Hawkins, Andrei! The Neighbors By George Clark and NEW YORK Meadows and Hank Fonda at our table. Never saw Hank looking better. He tells me he and Alfred Hitchcock may have to postpone their picture, since the cameraman, Robert Barks, is still on the Lindbergh story, "Spirit of St. Louis," and heaven only knows when that will be finished.

ii i JBy HEDDA HOPPER. III It'll be a sentimental journey to Metro for John Wayne, who has signed to play the role cf his friend of many years, Comdr. "Spig" Wead, in "Wings of Eagles." Shirley Jones introduced me to her beau. Jack Cassidy, who has the sweetest smile this aide of heaven. r3 This is the life story of the fabulous Navy officer who origin ti ated the plan for the battle of the Marianas.

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K. T. Shirley Jones Elsa Martinelli llWfm While a talkative neighbor visited us, my husband fell asleep in his easy chair. "Well." she said indignantly, "your husband must think I'm a terrible bore." "No, he doesn't, Mrs. said my small daughter.

"He always says you're a good-natured bore." Navy the benefit of his experience. Although he wrote countless screenplays with Navy backgrounds, he never would allow his own story to be told. Studio bought rights to his biography after, his death some five or six years ago. Ex-Navy man John Ford will direct the film, which will go into work in April or May with Charles Schnee producing. When Kirk Douglas gambled on New York model Elsa Mar-tinelli by giving her a star role in "Indian Fighter," although she'd had no acting experience, he hit the jackpot.

Kirk has now signed her for two films a year for the next two years. Elsa, now in Rome, has made two pictures for Italian producers. Shell be back in Hollywood in April, and if Bryna Productions has ho picture ready for her they can place her with Hal Wallis, Columbia Manhattan W.R. At an auction recently, a rather poorly dressed woman bid and bought a silver tea service. I re or Warwick, all of whom are bidding for her services.

Spotted Lily Pons, Gladys Swarthout, Frank Chapman and Sophie and Adam Gimbel in the crowd that jammed Eden Roc back to its red velvet curtains at Earl Black weirs gala for Perle Meets. You'd really need to hire Constitution Hall to get all of Perle's friends into one place. Mrs. Earl Warren got separated from the Chief Justice and could't seem to catch up with him in the throng. Vincent Price and I were lucky, with Shirley marked to my friend that the "Is that a compliment? He said compared to the other girls here tonight, 1 stand oat like a sore thumb woman didn't look as though she could afford it, only to have her come and sit by her husband, who sat next to us in the rear of the shop.

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-SONGS OF STEPHEN FOSTER" Tho Otorot Ensemble, with Micpel Donzi. banjo virtuoso. -PICNIC ON THE RIVER" Corpf do Ballet in delightful dance pantomime. -GERSHWIN1ANA" Music Hall Symphony Orchestra, under Raymond Paige's direction, plays a new overture on Georgo Gershwin themes, with Wilfred Caberts, trumpet soloist. hVYILUAM INGE in, DANIEL TARADASH THEATRE GUILD, Inc.

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