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INSIDE HOLLYWOOD By Herb Stein HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May~8.— Heres a kick: Marilyn Monroes barristers back East are flexing their muscles, sending letters to the Satuiday Evening Post on the current Pete Martin series on the girl — claim its an "invasion of privacy." Beef seems to have been triggered by the full page Post ads in the New York Herald-Trib and other papers showing the Monroe in an outfit any respectable woman would wear. Cant fig ure the fuss, especially since this is the same subject well-known for her calendar art and that .full-blown skirt photo that musta travelled around the world 100 times for "The Seven Year Itch" . . . The May 29 issue of Look, out the 15th, spreads Monroe on the cover with a shot by her vice-pres, Milton Green, showing the gal pulling a sheet up to her chin in bed, plus some classic art in a color layout of four or five pages inside the book. But its hardly likely therell be any squawk about the stuff dear Milton shot . . . While were at it, the Look cover yarn on Marilyn is called "The New Marilyn Monroe," mag being caught with the same catchline "the SEPost used for its Pete Martin initialer on the Wiggle last, week . . . The original publicity on Phil Silvers visit here for tonights Friars Roastmaster Dinner in his honor said that hed houseguest with Milton Berle, whose rating Phil hurt so severely on TV. Now were told that not only isnt Phil gonna stay with Berle, but ; Miltie isnt even expected to show at tonights hoopla for Sgt. Bilko. A A A HARRY BRAND returns to his desk today following his Palm Springs vacation . . . There were 2,328,828 cars registered in Los Angeles County last year . . . Cat-nip overheard in the Mocambo powder room: "Shes looking for a role she can dig her fangs into" . . . Broadway producer Dick Krakeuer working for Louis Shurrs Hollywood agency in New York . . . Joe Von Sternberg advertising his New York home for sale in the film trades. You can have it for 80Gs ... To dinner and the Aragon-Carter fight with John Huston and Carl Laemmle Jr. the night before IJuston took off for Tahiti to scout locations for "Typee," his next with Greg Peck and his first for Allied Artists. Hes taking a crew of six with him to find the right spots for the shooting sked that he hopes to start in July. He expects to knock the picture off, as far as the location is concerned, "in three months . . . Huston told us that after the film winds, Billy Pearson whos in it will come to live with him in Ire-: land . . . When we asked John whether he ever intended returning here to live, he said: "I dont know, I have such a beautiful place in Ireland. And if you love horses as I do, theres no other spot that compares with it." AAA THE MORNING before our date, Huston was at Hollywood Park at the crack of dawn with Peck to watch their horse Tet-read work out. The combo now owns four thoroughbreds, but John doesnt think l theyll ship the others from Ireland until they see how Tetread fares at the Holly-park meet. "Greg," said Huston, "was first timid about owning racehorses, but hes all out for it now." The pair looked like a coupla true horsemen at Hollypark that morning, appearing in cowboy garb and riding ponies . . . Ran into Harpo Marx Friday at the Hawthorne school in Bev Hills while watching our respective youngsters go through their May Dance terpsing. Groucho was there, too; ditto Eleanor Parker . . . Harpo* says hes moving his family t o Palm Springs September 1 whether their new home is ready or not. They can shack at the place theyve rented until the new manse is completed. Hell live at the Springs most of the year, will probably travel .during the hot summer months. AAA • RALPH BELLAMY, wholl be on Mur-rows "Person to Person" Friday night, decided on dusting Hollywood for New York when he heard a description of a film role offered him by the late Mark Hellinger, which read: "A charming but naive goof, a typical Ralph Bellamy part". . . Bennett Cerf culled this tale from The Columbus Jester: a dignified and respected philosophy professor who departed this life at the age of 80, awoke before the Pearly Gates, where he was welcomed with appropriate ceremonies. Some years later a trusted disciple followed in his footsteps and combed Heaven in search, of ..him. He found him at last, stretched out under a friendly elm with a beautiful damsel in his arms stroking his silvery beard. "I am happy, revered teacher," said the disciple, "to see that you have won your just reward." "Reward, nothing," grumbled the philosopher. "This is her punishment 1"
