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_ ON THE BROADWAY SCENE by bu« b NEW YORK, N. Y., June 21.— THE MILLIONAIRES: Billy Rose groaning as police horses pass his E. 93d Street mansion. . . . _ Movie Movie queen queen Audrey Audrey Movie Movie queen queen Audrey Audrey Hepburn tch-tching at the photogs "raise your hem a little, honey" as she au r e v o i r s the States on the Mary. . . . Dean Martin arriving today to tenant - the Hampshire House just a stones throw we use the term loosely away from Jerry Lewis at the Essex House . . . Hal Hal March, Marcn, the tne new new Hal Hal March, Marcn, the tne new new pappa, constantly""taking the child away from "Candy." He weighed his heir four times on Wednesday. . . . The two matinee-goers groaning their disappointment at the lack of celebs at the Sardi lunch-time. A trained eye could have pointed out Ben Hecht, Stanley Kramer and Arthur Schwartz strewn around the room. * * * OFF THE RECORD: Steve Allens the July 7 Mike Wallace guest. . . . Life mag and Cosmopolitan are racing to be first on the stands with big info on "Crime in the U. S." The Luce staff is preparing a whole series for the fall and Cosmo drops everything into -an entire issue on mugs and thugs due around September. . . . Stassen okayed a special film on disarmament. Joe Dimona is producing whats hoped to be the propagrandest. . . . Dorothy Collins just signed for her first movie. ... A coupla thieves burglarized Joe E. Lewis Vegas apt and went away loaded! TEEN-AGE SQUELCHERS: If youd like to really understand your children and it gets harder all the time they are displeased with you if they say: "Take a pill and dissolve!" — "Drop an egg on your shoe and beat it!" — "If I need you Ill rattle your cage!" AAA SHOW FOLK: Barry Grays trying hard for his firsts how at Bob Olins this Tuesday. The guest list reads Jos. Schildkraut, Marg. Leigliton, Jack Carter, Sarah Vaughan, Billy de Wolfe, Edward Mulhare, Myrna Loy, Gretchen Wyler, Morty Gunty. . . . The Sal Mineo eye problem is more serious that the rumors which brush it off. . . . Stubby Kaye cant seem to get a normal name on stage or screen, In„ "Lil Abner" hes Marryin Sam, is called Too ten in Columbias "You Cant Run Away From It" and need we remind you of "Guys and Dolls" in which he played Nicely-Nicely? AAA UNEMPLOYMENT DEPT: Pat Gilbert, an actress with no "straight lines," told Henny Youngman shed like to join his nightclub act. "What cn you do?" he asked. "I dunno," she ad libbed, "maybe I could do sort of a strip while youre playing the fiddle." Youngman gave her the glassy ! eye and queried, "Dontcha think maybe the audience might become a little distracted?" Pat shook her head emphatically, "I wouldnt make a sound." AAA HUMAN NATURE: Last year Jane and I I spent a week end at what turned out to be a terrible resort. Our sequence of attitudes [toward the place went like this: July: "I I have never been to such a rats nest in my life. Id never go there again if my life depended on it." — September: "I still cant get over what a mistake we made going to that -joint." November: "Honey, remember that horrible hotel we stayed at?" — January: "I could die laughing everytime I think of that hotel we tried that didnt even have lenough hot water for a shower." March: "Yknow, the more I think about that place the funnier it gets." — May: "It wouldnt Shave been so bad up there if wed planned on roughing it a little."— June: "Honey, why dontcha call that hotel and see if they have any rooms for next week end. Well get away and have some laughs." AAA PENNY ARCADE: The scandal mags may disappear very soon. The lawsuits against them have practically dried up the Lloyds of London libel department which apparently didnt guess right in fixing the price on their premiums. The company took such a beating on the legal fees and settlements that its almost impossible for a scandal magazine to buy that vital insurance coverage today .,Few would dare publish without it. . . . A trade publication tried to make a nice gesture toward a press agent and almost lost him one of his biggest clients. Mike Merrick called "Jhem to place a large ad .for Harry Belaf onte, in which the star thanked the other cast members of "An Island in the Sun" a nice custom in the movie biz.. The mag was so pleased with getting the ad they decided to surprise Mike by giving him a credit line at the bottom of the ad which read: "Management: Mike Merrick," which made it read as though he were taking bows for Harrys success. Happily, Harry has a sense of humor.
