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TZ~ 1 H ON THE BROADWAY SCENE ByBurtsoy* NEW YORK, N. Y„ June 2.0— OFF THE RECORD: Sid Caesar and Pat Weaver are about set on their movie deal. Theyll be made in N. Y. Min-| TZ~ 1 H imum imum of of three, three, maybe maybe H imum imum of of three, three, maybe maybe six. Feature lengths and almost like TV or legit theatre revues . . . Edna Ferber and Warner Bros, are arguing about her "Giant" royalties which she feels are kinda midget . . . opens at the IBelafonte Waldorf September 19 to pay off four of the eight eight weeks weeks he he still still eight eight weeks weeks he he still still »■■■ ■■■ owes em . . . Alan Jay Lerners mother-in-law is seriously ill . . . Pat Weaver and Sid Caesar were discussing their movie-making plans. Weaver was saying, "But, Sid — youve gotta be happy." Caesar shook his head, "Happiness is something Ive tried. It doesnt work!" AAA SHOW FOLK: Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Millers summer home in a. four-room gardeners cottage on an Amagansett. L. I. estate. They moved in over the week end Billy Graham has a 45 -man press staff . . . If Leueen MacGrath weds producer Carmen Capalbo itll be her fourth . . . The ex-Mrs. Harry Belafonte is still torchered . . . MAarian Anderson gets five doctorates this year . . . George De Witt figures its time a TV announcer said: "And now, a few words from the play. Then, back to our sponsor." AAA CEST LA TVIE: CBS will re-unite Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald on The Big Record ... It takes a crew of six in the control room and four in the studio to telecast John Cameron Swayzes one-man news show . . . The Guy Lombardough for his November Big Record appearance is. ,500 . . . CBStaffers received "Heat Memos" during the Tuesday steam wave. If your office isnt air conditioned, they said, "go home" ... A disliked TV star pulled up to "21" in a brand new midget sportscar. As he entered .the restaurant a knocker mumbled, "He bought that so he can take all his friends for a ride." AAA GHOST STORY: The big and ancfent apartment building at 205 West 57 overruns with celebs. The list of tenants includes Shirley Booth, Leonard Bernstein, Blanche Thebom, Ethel Colt Barrymore, Dane Clark, Ralph Bellamy, etc. We were chatting with Jacqueline Hughes, the lady who manages this beautifully kept building which was created by Stanford White. "We also have a ghost living here," she mentioned casually, "who stalks around every now and then." Mrs. Hughes ex-, plained, "I havent seen him, myself, but one of the tenants tells me that he gives her a nice comfortable feeling. She says hes very tall and hes got a big pocket watch and he sort of keeps an eye on things." "Do you know where he came from?" I asked. Mis. Hughes explained that the legend goes that a Mr. Reginald Taylor was inadvertently sealed up in one of the walls many years ago when the building was being remodeled. I decided not to let Mrs. Hughes get the drop on me. "I imagine that would make him. a very angry ghost A troublemaker." "Oh, not at all," she said, "he certainly wouldnt scare any of the tenants. Why, the Talyor family has owned this building for years." PENNY ARCADE: Producers of "Clarence Darrow, Defender of the Lost" the first Darrow film to be shot this fall are trying to sign Paul Muni to inherit the lead . . Mitch Miller is #very sure of Kenny Bowers" first disc, out next week. So sure that he wont even tell the name of it for fear others will quick record and "cover" it . .... Miami Beach jtch tchat stars a major hotel owner whos competing with one of his own bellboys for his wife. If he loses he can swap jobs with the boy because he put his hotel stock in his wifes name . . . Theyre saying that people who say they understand Wm. Faulkners nev book are lying. I
