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■ ii i | INSIDE HOLLYWOOD By Herb Stein HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 20.— Honolulu is on an all-out binge to lure Hollywood pic companies to the Islands for ■ ii i location location shooting. shooting. i location location shooting. shooting. | Thanks to Dick Fair-service of Honolulus Polynesian Produc- tions, Rodgers and Hammerstein switched their shooting plans for "South Pacific" from Jamaica to Hawaii, after a long search of the South Pacific pro-I duced nothing they wanted. Fair service pitched pitched and and snatched snatched pitched pitched and and snatched snatched the big company for the island resort. . . . Polynesian Productions, heretofore producers of underwater film footage sold as stock to movie and TV outfits, is bristling with plans to build Honolulus first big, modern sound stage to accommodate visit-_ing companies as well as for its own use "in a new venture into feature production. . . . There are 10 major features lined up for Hawaii, including "Pacific," "Old Man and The Sea," "Twilight for the Gods," and "Enemy Below.". . . With so many pictures locationing away from here, its getting so movie gawkers who wanna visit Hollywood sets, stand a better chance in various parts of the world than in the cinema capital itself, Fox, for example in addition to "Pacific" in Hawaii , had "The Sun Also Rises" shooting in Paris, Spain and. Mexico; "Stopover Tokyo" in Japan; "A Farewell to Arms" going in Rome; "Young Lions" in Paris and New York; "April Love" in Kentucky, "Peyton Place" in Maine; "Fraulein" tabbed for Germany in July and "A Certain Smile" earmarked for Paris same month. AAA The Charlie Lederers go first cabin. We called him at home the other night and a familiar voice answered the phone. "The Lederers are out for tle evening," she said. "This is the baby-sitter. May I ask whos calling?" We told her and she chuckled: "This is Betty Furness, Herb~ And Im really baby-sitting." Now that must be the towns most expensive tot-squatter. But Betty not only failed to get what Westing-house pays her, she didnt even command local sittin scale. . . ..Bettys here for the summer, may do some movie work and TV dramatic spots if the Lederers will spring her. . . . Isnt TVs "To Tell the Truth" the same game Art Linkletter has been playing on his "People Are Funny" program the past 10 years? You may hear more about it. . . . Vic Mature in town from his Santa Fe home to attend" the graduation -of his ex-wifes son. Hes very fond of the kid. Jayne Mansfield crowns the winner of the Cinema Handicap at Hollywood Park July 6; Debra Paget dittos the 18th for the Scarlet Stakes.-. . •. Volkswagens are eight months behind on delivery in Southern Cal. The Wall Street Journal looking for a site here, may move its coast printing and production from San Francisco to L. A. . . . Ben Hecht due June 26 to summer at his Oceanside home. . . . Stanley Kramers invites read black tie for "The Pride and the Passion" running at the Screen Directors Guild building the 26th. If you were invited, dont scram after the screening. Therell be a caviar-chicken-champagne supper at the Bev Hiltons Bali Room following the pic. . . . Producer Charlie Wick will rate a deal to guide the new Frances Langford teleseries if he can maintain the caliber of the two pilots. Bob Hope guested on one, Edgar Bergen on the other. . . . Lauren Bacall has a 00,000 price tag on the Bogie home. They paid 75,000 for it, poured a mint into redecorating the manse. AAA Twenty-five press to wing to Vegas tomorrow night for Jack Bennys debut at the Flamingo. Should be a walloper. . . . Harold Arlens brother Jerry, wholl be musical director for Harolds "Jamaica" on | Broadway, holds nightly sessions at the Ambassador discussing the new venture with Lena Home, wholl star in it. . . . Burt Lancaster to New York Friday to plug "Sweet Smell of Success, "the story of a vicious gossip columnist who trafficked in sensation and scandal." Visit is the ultimate in bravado — Burtll face any columnist who wants to pepper him with queries on the identity of the pics poisonous pillarist. . . . Population shift to California is so tremendous, Howie Harris says by 1970 youll read ads blurbing: "Prices slightly higher EAST of the Rockies."
