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ON THE BROADWAY SCENE By Burt Boyar] NEW YORK,,N. Y., June 26.— SHUBERT ALLEY: "Bells" held the curtain till nine the other evening cause Judy Holliday missed misspri a. a train train from fvnm missed misspri a. a train train from fvnm Connecticut.- Roz Russell leaves Satdy for five weeks on the coast. Becomes "Auntie Mame" again Aug. 5 until January 13 when Greer Garson takes over. . . . Gwen Verdon and Thelma Ritter, the "New Girl in Town" stars, are still kinda huffy and puffy. It began with an edginess Dver Thelma Ritters applause and notices., . . . "Visit to a Small Planet" gave Cyril Ritchard an air conditioner for his dressing room. Eddie Mayehoff no-thank-youd an offer for one. Afraid it would dry out his throat. . . . The stage manager at "Lil Abner" is terribly busy this week. Hes rehearsing a new pig! • A A SHOW FOLK: Mike Wallace and Phil Silvers are among the performers whove been offered syndicated columns. Oh, well, columnists like WW, ES, DK, LS/and FF . swiped the mikes and cameras ages ago When the Fredric Marches go out for lunch its at the Chateau Richelieu. . . . Frank Sinatras sweet talking Elizabeth Gonzalez, the Mexican Chocolate Princess. . . . Okay, wise guys, Whats Liberaces first name? . . . The Milton Greenes are expecting. Number Two. . . . Cary Grant is next on the Look mag profile list. A la the Sinatra piece. . . . Yul Brynner had a nightmare. His hair grew back. " CINEMASCOPE: Whats with Hollywood? In "The Prince and the Showgirl" Marjlyn wears only one dress for the whole picture and now Rita Hayworths dittoing in "Fire Down Below." . . . Bway Composer-Producer Jule Styne has Hwood buzzing about his independent producing company. He and the team of Comden and Green have tied up with a very famed and able film mogul. Theyll do original movies like their first one; "The Gray Sergeant" for which they want Sidney Poitier and S. D. Jr. and make the film versions of their own click Bway plays "Sweet Smell of Success" shows Burt Lancaster the columnist taking Susan Harrison to their lavish apartment at 1619 Broadway, which happens to be Tune Pan Alleys all-ofice Brill Building. AAA THE QUOTEBOOK: Harry Belafonte has another reason for refusing the role of Porgy in "P and B." Aside from not wanting to play the part on his knees, as its written he feels it depicts the Negro in a manner which would set racial progress back 50 years. Hed take it if it were modernized and minus the razors, dope and illiterary . . . Laura Hobson, who wrote "Gentlemans Agreement," didnt get any of the loot when it was run on TV recently. She wasnt exactly crazy about the arrangement but she wont say anything for several months till its stopped being shown, "so that no one can say Im a sorehead about not making the extra buck. But I do intend to discuss this practice with the Authors League and see what can be done about it in the future. In my case it doesnt matter much, Im a lucky dame and a fairly successful character but there are authors who did well a few years ago and theyre now having a tough time putting the kids through school at the same time their pictures are being shown on TV." * * * -A. T. W. IN 80 WORDS: Yknow what happens when you get to be Ambassador to the Court of St. James, like Jock Whitney? You wind up as the London representative of all your friends who cant get hotel space, transportation, etc. . . . While the French sailors were in Times Square putting some port in every sweetheart, the officers who are no shmoes were at Le Cupidon being hostessd by the Fair Lady chorus. . . . The carrier Enterprise is almost a sure thing to "anchor" permanently in Washington. AAA PENNY ARCADE: We saw a legend walk into our building, Admiral Bull Halsey, in full uniform. . . . NOW Mickey Cohen hires a public relations man. ; . . Bernard Ba-ruchs autobio, "Barush: My Own Story" is whizzing through the Holt presses right now. The first of two volumes is being rushed out for August 19. his 87th birthday. . . . The Hamptons are getting very Beverly Hills-ish. Summer residents include Monroe, Gene Tierney and the Robert Montgomerys. . . . Egad and Wot Ho! The N. Y. Times ran a gossipy picture of Mike Todd, and Liz Taylor bickering. . . . Nikon will thrill photogs with a new -battery operated camera which shoots as fast as you can press the button. . . . Now that Lawrence Harveys in town Margaret Leightons pals figure its confetti and rice-time any minute. . . . The theatre is going to pot! Claude Dauphin plays the Slezak part in "Fanny" in San Francisco starting mid-July. Its the first time the. role of a Frenchman has been played by a- French -jaa.nl
