On The Broadway Scene, Daily Racing Form, 1956-05-02

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THE B By Burt Boyar NEW YORK N Y Mai 2 STARE WAY TO THE STARS ielley Winters admitting shell be glad to leave her Hat ¬ ful of Rain portrayal of a blahnde make a movie and come back to Bway next semester in a new play Wil ¬ liam Saroyan browsing unrecognized through a 57th Street book shop where they didnt know him from Adam Adam Gimbel that is who was selecting a tome at the next coun ¬ ter Joe DiMaggio calling Countess Peggy Dorelis who just cant find time Rex Harrison and his current Fair Lady Kay Kendall supping at 21 Gary Cooper and Paul Douglas flying into town for a few days and then to Europe Ethel Merman evading the fans by answering calls made only to Mrs Robert Six at the RitzTower PARTY BOY Hollywood reporter columnist Mike Connolly was whooplad at the Overseas Press Club by Bob Kane a public relations man for the F H McGraw Company which deals in struc ¬ tures Hostess was Jayne Mansfield also of structural fame The Louis Sobols Frederick Fell publisher of Mikes Ill Cry Tomorrow and Shirley Jones were among those leading with their gin Hal March came and gave away some money Jayne said shed be on Person ToPerson Friday Someone said to Wythe Williams founder of the club Well you must be very happy This is a beautiful building Its your lifes dream come true eh Williams told him I never had a lifes dream in my life Its just that 16 years ago I started looking for a place where you can get lunch for a buck A ATHIS THIS WEEK Pearl Baileys Empire Room opening at the Waldorf Monday night Paul Hartmans entry into the Persian Room at the Plaza on May 3 with a pah of girl helpers in a revuetype show The Most Happy Fella debut on Thursday Wake Up Darling Wednesday evening A very interesting surprise party on Saturday which well be telling you about A ATAXIGABBING TAXIGABBING Paris coutourier Hubert Givencys coming here to do clothes for Audrey Hepburns picture Funny Face A once top swim star now talks mostly with a sodden accent Carmans Louis Petite is preparing personalized hat checks for their steady trade Theres a deli ¬ catessen war in Miami Beach The battlers are using planes with trailer ads against each other Godzilla King of the Mon ¬ sters is a wild boar Oh now whats all this foolishness about them retitling it for the summer circuit to Fanny Farm PARAGRAPHIC His name is Reginald Rose used to be an advertising copy writer at Warner Bros went into TV writing They met at an Allied Artists conference and screening Dont you remember me Im Reggie Rose I worked for you when you were copy chief at Warn ¬ ers The other fellow now slaving at Allied Artists eyed him vaguely and brushed him with Oh yes Whatre you doing now Im freelancing be ¬ fore the answer was out the other had murmured Good luck and turned away They repaired to the screening room The lights dimmed the music blared and the screen flashed Crime in the Streets A REGINALD ROSE PRODUC ¬ TION TIONA A A SHOW FOLKS Sarah Vaughans un ¬ sung hero is her manager George Treda well In two years he svengalid her from a 52ng street singer to a 10000 a week act Bud Powell opening as Birdlands star next Thursday was always just another piano player His break came when he did a Carnegie Hall concert with the Birdland regulars and stole the reviews Jimmie Komack at Bon Soir says he figured out who Bridey Murphy was Shes a sequel to Little Sheba Ted Steeles new show 615 on WOR leaped to the top ten pulse ratings in one month Bob Hope dis ¬ covered Victoria Shore whom youll like in The Eddie Duchin Story He discovered her in Australia Making 50000 a year as a model Allan Drake the Old Ro ¬ manians veryfunny man is attracting the fight set Hes Marcianos favorite clown Katherine Hepburn in the current Look magazine Being an actress is a humiliating business and as you get older it becomes more humiliating because youve got less to sell


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