News in Brief

• Pier Angeli intends to travel to Italy to act in the film “Ben-Hur,” and her husband Vic Damone will accompany her on the journey.

• The obstacles that stood in the way of Columbia's contract with the actress Rita Hayworth have been removed, and the former princess will return to Hollywood to act in the film “Joseph and His Brethren.”

• Did you know that the actress Claudette Colbert is skilled in the art of painting? She recently painted a portrait of the daughter of the actress Deborah Kerr, and the picture so won the actress's admiration that she wished to buy it at the highest price in order to keep it. But Claudette Colbert would not agree, and answered her: “This picture will be a birthday present for your daughter when she reaches her sixteenth year.”