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Show by LYN CONNELLY MUCH U made of the alleged fact that Oscar wlnneri are unknown until the slip bearing their names is read from the podium podi-um . . This may be true, but It seems peculiar that year after year the so-called "guesses" by everyone In Hollywood from a Janitor Jan-itor to the top producers are Invariably In-variably right . . . How can they guess", for Instance, that "Around the World In 80 Days" will win the best pix jward while George Stevens will be named the best director for "Giant?" Neither of these Oscars was a surprise to anyone In the movie audience or the televiewers who had read all predictions. Katharine Hepburn deserved the Oscar, but Katie is not well liked by her co-workers so she lost out In an emotional binge over Ingrid Bergman who made her first American movie In her first years of self-imposed exile Kirk Douglas, too, deserved it If voting was fair, but Yul Brynner won on the basis of a role he created on Broadway and could play It In his sleep. The same thing happened some years ago with Shirley Booth . . . She created a role on Broadway, played It a thousand or more times, made her first movie based on the same play and promptly won the Oscar for "best actress." Last year an unknown actor won on his portrayal por-trayal In a movie seen llrst as an original TV play . . Has Hollywood Holly-wood no originality left? PLATTER CHATTER CAPITOL: One of the funniest of Stan Freherg's disks is his latest, a superlative satire on Harry Belafonte's terrific rendition of "Banana Boat Song" This one is good for many laughs Flip ide has a Freberg original. 'Tele-Vee-Shun" Gene Vin cent works up a storm on B-1 Bickey-Bi Bo-Bo-Go" indication indica-tion that even infants should dig rock 'n rol' terminology t covered cov-ered by 'Five Days Five Days " |