Los Angeles Evening Citizen News from Hollywood, California • 25

'i HOLLYWOOD ED SULLIVAN Notes and Comments on Wearers o' the Green By LOWELL EREDEUNGS MNn Picture MiMv CITIZEN-NEWS Hollywood Thurs March 15 19511 19 Charlotte Raben-Levetzau to wed Chris Petherick It'a a boy for the Maestro Gene Williams (Junior Standish) Judge Owen McGiven) to be dais headliner at Friendly Sons of SL Patrick in Albany Saturday GI Bill Lawrence at Fort Dix NJ hospital flu and strep throat Martha Tilton and Alex Milne' heading for the altar Press Agent Ed Weiner's dad died NY Theater Guild studying two scripts by Cornel Wilde Richard Greene and Grace Kelly an item Mrs Tommy Dorsey (Jane New) bedded by flu Tony Lavelli and Pat Gaston have iced Jack Waldron into old Knick on the 27th Jimmy Ritz with Gale Robbins FREEMAN STARTS 10THYEAR AS AMPP HEAD Film Editors Hold First Annual Dinner Picture Producers Watching are (from left) Willard Keith Lt Gov Goodwin Knight Adolph Zukor and George Jessel Frank Freeman (third from right) receives a gavel-frpm Louis Mayer at banquet marking start of his 10th year as head of the Association of Motion NEW Approach of St Patrick's Day brings to mind a fund of stories that are typically Irish Such as the late John McCormack's answer to Londoner Hartley Manners' query as to the Irish most distasteful experience: an English den' tish put a crown on my tooth' smiled McCormick having to live under it 'ever Or De Valera's suggestion that the atom bomb was typical of man's inventions and best summed up by an Irish farmer's reflection superiority of man's mind is always incongruous" said the fanner invention Of a machine that will milk cows without the presence of the farmer but never without the New York's St Patrick's Day paraders according to the charts will he moving up Fifth Ave In their hearts the shamrock-decked marchers will be heading toward Dublin Cork Kildare Roscommon Gonnermara Mayo Limerick Kerry or Meath Because all of the mysticism of the Irish comes to the surface at noljday time their practical sense submerged by a wave of heritage believe so much in the said Yeats believe so little in anything else that they are never entirely certain that the earth is solid under the On Mar 17 this happens anew wherever in the world there are Irish to remember leprechauns Andrew Sordoni Pennsylvania' Secretary of Commerce turns over his $15000 state salary to charity Son of an Italian immigrant Sordoni lives in Wilkes Bar re and in his own right is a multi-millionaire Yet he started out as a mule driver in the coal mines was paid 10 cents a day Today his holdings include 14 companies (hotels telephone companies high tension transmission lines) employing 5000 persons with a daily payroll of $50000 Wherever Kyle McDonnell plays on out-of-town dates she's always certain of Princeton alumni support-' Her hubby is ex-Princeton-ian Richard Gordon IN THE NEWS HELPFUL TYKE Bonzo the-chimpanzee who lost hia life recently in a fire shows how well he can a broom in a scene from for open- in? tomorrow at the United Artists Bitz Vogue Studio City and Culver theaters lotting! of a Journalist All the Mickey awards to be given Wednesday night -at Barney's Beanery been announced ad generally imagined Some' of the surprises are real Just about everyone Is getting in on the act: NBC Is providing the loudspeakers Kram er Productions the red carpet and bleachers Film Ad Corp the searchlights Libby Glass Co the Mickey glasses and Miriam Stein-hart is doing the skull-and-bones decoration on the wood pedestals for the Mickey Hugh Charles will be welcoming a lot of old friends at the Earl Carroll The ter-Restaurant reopening when he takes charge of the- dining room a job he did to perfection for the old Florentine Gardens Scott FerbM now in Highway' man" and Susan Morrow an item at the Saddle A Sirloin Viola Spolin director of the Young Actors Co on La Brea has ordered a face lift for her theater Nat (King) Cole will have to mortgage' (or sell) his home to pay hit back income taxes Those attractive costumes for The Broadways opening at Bublichki were created by Designer Irene Parquet te Marsha Willi the Broadway actress visiting here has the inside track for the lead in Director Dudley Yachtsman ltcn Hughey squired Comedienne Alice 141il to to the Seven Seas Hol-lywoodites visiting Springs talking about thq Guadalajara Trio at the Doll House' Amanda Blake the MGM lovely and Ron Randall a duo at Victor's And Robert Boyle dinner dated Wanda Hendrix at Little Hungary on the Strip Connie Moore to NY next week for the Berle show March 27 LI Taylor (back from Springs) is shopping for an apt in Beverly The passing of Isu Litton Monogram-Allied Artists publicity chief saddened a lot of people in this town Lou was a sincere earnest a square shoot-er whom I (among others) regarded very highly He'll he greatly missed Producer Ed Grainger tells me he acquired official combat footage for hia Technicolor film Flying Leathernecks' which never before has been exhibited in theaters some of it re exciting stuff Ann Stiller and Rill look serious Sales of Jame Hilton's Turn tn Page tl Column II 'Sinners Directed Byjulien Duvivier longvTCen established the film industry that great di rectors make great pictures A rase in point is the new Julien Duvivier film "The Sinners" now currently running on the screen of the Uclan and Hollywood Music Hall Theater is the story of a yourig girl in 'prison whose love for her sweetheart is luminous romance that bums brightly in a dark tapestry of depravity and The film editor can play a vital part in the advancement of motion pictures Dore Schary stated last night in hit address to the first (annual dinner of the American Cinema Editors held at the Beverly Hills Hotel Because the film editor has such a strong influence on the' producer and director Schary pointed out he can help erase cliches break down taboos and gn: eral he strongly responsible for the making of better motion pictures Capra presented awards of recognition to the seven nominee for the Academy Award in Film Editing Those receiving certificates of recognition were Arthur Schmidt and Doane Harrison for Barbara McLean for "All About James Nfw-com for Get Your Gun" and Ralph Winters and Conrad A Nervlg for "King Solomon's Mines" Unable to attend because he was in Europe was Oswald Hafenrichter who waa nominated for Third George Murphy was master of-ceremonies and Francis Lyon president pf ACE gave the weli coming address 1 the-donation will be from his two-week 'stand at the Prince of Wales Theater opening April 123 Sources dose to the comedian however indicated the amount may exceed $40000 1 1 1 1 When Douglas Fairbanks Jr goes abraod 1 in two months he hopes to talk to Laurence Olivier about portraying King Arthur 'in Knights of the Round Table" in which Fairbanks himself would play'Lauceint Hope Donates Salary To Blitzed Boys Club Bob Hope -laid today he' has made arrangements to tum over his salary for a two-week London engagement to a youth dub blitzed during the war The comedian said he' had so informed the Rev -Butterworth founder-director of Clubland a London some 1000 boys and girls Hope declined to say much Gene Evans who scored ip Steel has been signed for a featured role in of Arms' at Warners Radio announcer Richard Cutting 34 today was wed to Edwins Booth Waterbury 32 CBS script secretary and great-granddaughter of the noted stage actor Edwin Booth 1 Joseph Mankiwicz president of the Directors Guild hap won the Decembet-January-Feb a directorial achievement award of' the organization for his work on About Twentieth Century -Tox has signed Delmer Daves who directed Artfow" and wrote and directed of to an exclusive three-year contract Howard Hughes has loaned Jean Simmons to Metro foru the title role in a role orig-lnally Intended for Elizabeth Tay-lor Regis Toomey and Eduardo Ci-anejli will have roles in Metro's People Against in which Spencer Tracy Pat John Hodiak and Diana Lynn will Rtar Uoyd Bacon -has purchased all right -to Kid' an original by Robert Fancis retired merqber of the Chicago police force now- making his home at Palm Springs Ann Blyth left today for London to replace 'ailing Constance Smith in 20th'-Century-Fox'a on the A Tectinifolor ice rink made of frozeh colored water and wired for lighting underneath is being built at Metro for dance routines by Vera-EIien and Fred Astaire in of New Arthur Luhin ha titled hi e- Craig Wood recovered from pneumonia Great Garbo dating Cecil Beaton Countess quel to which he! is currently directing at Paramount Zero Mostel has been signed to a long term contract at 20th Century-Fox Angela Greene has been given a featured role in starring Johnny Weissmuller at Columbia a Film producer Lamar Trotti St and his wife Louise are asking $82236 damages for the death of their son Lamar Trotti Jr 18 and injury to another son John 14 in an auto-truck collision Aug 10 in San Clemente in a auit filed ip Orange County Superior Court yesterday against George Nakano of Oceanside driver of the truck who has been cleared of manslaughter charges in a Santa Ana Justice Court trial Doris Day said today she was flattered at being selected queen by a group of University of Mississippi students and would be glad to talk to them on the telephone following a misunderstanding in which a student spokesman was unable -to reach Miss Day at the srudio and subsequently withdrew the queen offer The Music Guild concert which was to present Andres Segovia guitarist and the Paganini Quartet on March 21 has been postponed to Thursday evening March 26 in Wilshire Ebell Theater Paul Cavanagh British character iactor and Gavin Muir have been set for rotes In Columbia's of Dr JekylL" Betty Grable's next picture for 20th Century-Fox will be Does a meaning a comic strip with Isnhel Lennart doing the screenplay Norman Reilly Raine will write the screenplay for Iron by Charles Marquis Warren: Fle film stocks took a dip today with RKQ Republic 20th Century-Fox Universal and Warner Bros all down Columbia was up Eastman Kodak up and Paramount up 4 showed no change LTASTMD'A'Yi! ta lit trj Freeman Paid Honor as AMPP Head More than 80 of Southern California's civic political and Industrial leaders honored Frank Freeman last night at a dinner as Freeman embarked on his 10th year as head of the Association of Motion Picture' Producers The affair was held in the Rodeo Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel Heading the list -of those who paid homage to Freeman was Gov Earl Warren with Mayor Fletcher Bowron Lt Gov Goodwin Knight Willard Keith Mayer and George Jessel comprising the formal speaking program Keith heaad of the All-Year Club of Southern California credited Freeman with having effected the motion picture industry's participation in vitally important Southern California community affairs activities in civic matters both personally and on behalf of the film industry has brought honor and respect to Hollywood Keith said Freeman was presented a plaque aigned by 11 the members of the board of directors of the Association of Motion Picture Producers and a gold-banded gavel as a memento of the occasion by Mayer who served as toastmaster Freeman's leadership of the pro-ducers' group began in 1940 when he was elected president of the Association a position he held for five years In 194? he was elected chairman of the hoard and baa remained in that post since Liz Nicky Date In Palm Springs FALM SPRINGS Calif March IS TJh Screen Star Elizabeth Taylor was squired to a swank night spot here recently by her divorced husband Conrad (Nickl Hilton Jr hotel Jieir friends reported today they added does not' look like a A friend of the brunette screer lovely who left Hilton only seven months after a storybook marriage and European honeymoon said they were togethej' only one evi-ning during Mist Taylor's visit here couldn't say whether it was a date or whether they just happened to the friend said It was reported that Mias Taylor also dated Ted Briskin divorced husband of Actress Betty Hutton and attended parties with other escorts while Hilton practiced for the Palm Springs Golf Tourney oOdoddd EAST DAY 1 1- Baton Passr Deferred To Open in April At Players' Ring The Players' Ring will turn to melodrama for their next offering Dudley Nichols will direct the play which Is scheduled for -a mid-April opening "Payment waa first presented in May 1931 at St James Theater It gave Charles Laughton and Elsa Manchester their greatest stage triumph The London run was so successful that the show was brought to Broadway under Gilbert Miller'a aegis The Laughtons accepted Hollywood bids Love ends iti engagement Sunday (iteert) Itaee sf Four Citations for Tenor John Meloch golden-v 1 Viennese tenor featured in the olio of at the Theater Mart received four dta-tions from the Government for selling war bonds during the last World War DODGE NAME YOUR WEAPONS SEN0R LOVE A BAYID IILENE BAKIT MEICEDES PAULI McCAMBRIDGE RAYMOND CLAUDE lAIMAMr'LBB CIANET 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