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INSIDE HOLLYWOOD By Herb Stein HOLLYWOOD Calif May 4 Way we get it megger Danny Mann didnt leave Marjorie Morningstar he was dumped Warners had a print here for a few days of the iarilyn Monroe Laurence Olivier The Prince and the Showgirl ran it for a few FourthEs tatws General reac ¬ tion very good Olivier is superb in an offbeat characterization The Monroe is a pleasant surprise and producer director actor Olivier gave ner every ait tn frame in the movie in which she doesnt appear except for coronation footage and shes crosscut in that so you feel shes never offscreen Big thief of the whole show Dame Sybil Thorndike as the Queen Dowager a cinch for Academy nomination as Best Supporting Actress and a tough one to beat for the Oscar itself Credits on The Prince pic show it is a Marilyn Mon ¬ roe Production but there isnt a single mention of Milton Greene either on the film or in the mimeographed credits pre ¬ pared by Warners Bill ODwyer han ¬ kering a visit here for a preview peek at Beau James the Jimmy Walker biopic ODwyer is a likely candidate for a follow up upA A A A Everett Crosby returned to his Connec ¬ ticut farm after severing all ties here ie selling his home booze cellar paintings furnishings and all else peddleable But he uprooted a tree brother Bing had given blm as a birthday gift two years ago and had it shipped back east to his farm Bob ODonnell Texas exhib whose theatre interests are on top of oil wells says that for the first time TV is in the position of having to compete withmotion pictures for audiences If you have a good picture you can empty home parlors Four times as many press agents in Hollywood today as four years ago Vast upsurge of new per ¬ sonalities on TV all hungry for any type food is responsible for the praiser bon ¬ anza Broadway producer Dick Kra keur houseguesting with Carl Laemmle Jr for several weeks Hes in town to cast two new legits Neews a name femme and guy for one a male star for the other A A ABob Bob Young flew to Oklahoma to pick up his new twoengine private plane Kent Taylor cast for one of the leads in SchenckKochs Fort Bowie going on lo ¬ cation at Kanab Utah in a coupla weeks Broadway flacks toss a 50th birthday stag for Earl Wilson the 12th Metros Tip on a Dead Jockey is NOT a horse ¬ race story Sinatra pitched a welcome home party at his diggings for Lauren Ba call About 30 on deck David Starling on KFI The best way to stop a runaway horse is put 2 on it In next weeks TV Guide Rod Sterling says The prob ¬ lems of TV writing amount to a head ¬ ache in three acts censorship lack of recognition and low pay The TV drama ¬ tist Serling will tell you can look forward to a little more than the satisfac ¬ tion of waging the good but endless battle with forces bigger than himself disinter ¬ ested forces which try to destroy him News item Liberace is closing his run at the New York Palace this Friday night two weeks earlier than originally planned Dont worry He saved his money During his warmup for the Queen for a Day 12th birthday party telecast j this week emcee Jack Bailey told the audi ¬ ence that on the actual show they have 1 stuff script writers wouldnt dare put in The show is completely unrehearsed ex ¬ plained Bailey and told of the time a Queea who was getting married was asked what shed like in the gift depart ¬ ment A trousseau she said sweetly Anything else asked Jack Yes she blurted a double duty mattress Act ¬ ress June Clayworth a movie star 20 years ago is hitting the comeback trail Shes the spouse of Sid Rogell exec production manager at 20th j 4 A A A20ths 20ths Anastasia will make Paramount about a million bucks By establishing Ingrid Bergman again Anastasia paved the way for the reissue of For Whom the Bell Tolls Joan Collins says shes never met a man with whom shes com ¬ pletely satisfied For all her wild out oftaste shenanigans at the Fox party for Sophia Loren Jayne Mansfield drew a complete blank in the current Life spread on TVliss Loren The partys there but none of Jaynes sexposure Abe Lastfqgel gave John Steinberg a handsome office at the William Morris Agency in Beverly where John can have a secretary and re ¬ ceive his mail Coupla horses were in trouble at Bay Meadows earlier this week Stripper and Skirts off slowly
