Seen, Heard, Said -- People

CASE HISTORY: Actor Al Pacino, who achieved Hollywood stardom for playing cops and crooks, was arrested in Woonsocket, R.I., 30 years ago on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. The arrest, which occurred in January 1961 and has been discussed by Woonsocket police officers for decades, was recently publicized by the Woonsocket Call and the National Enquirer. Pacino, then 20, and two other men, Vincent J. Calcagni, 24, of North Smithfield, R.I., and Bruce Cohen, 19, of the Bronx, N.Y., were each charged with the felony count. They were unable to post $2,000 bail and were sent to the Adult Correctional Institutions. It is unclear how long Pacino stayed at the prison or how his case ended. Pacino, whose latest film, ``Godfather III,'' opens next Tuesday, could not be reached for comment.

ARNIE'S ARMY: When Arnold Schwarzenegger was filming ``Kindergarten Cop'' with a gaggle of pint-size co-stars, it wasn't his celebrity that intrigued them. They were more interested in his playmate potential.

``By the time I got home at night, I felt like I had been in a shrink's office,'' Schwarzenegger told the Orange County (Calif.) Register. ``It was a continual bombardment of questions, from `Can we feel your muscles?' to `Did you really kill 20 guys in your last movie?' And they wanted to climb me. I was like a jungle gym to them.''

BY GEORGE: Prepare yourself for a George Hamilton renaissance. Best known as filmdom's only perfectly tanned Dracula, the actor soon will be on screen with heavyweights in ``Godfather III,'' and Vanity Fair already smells comeback in the air. In the January issue, Hamilton talks about his marriage to Alana (later Mrs. Rod Stewart), a union that took place in Las Vegas in 1972.

``We were the Bickersons,'' Hamilton told the magazine. ``It was a question of lose your breath, you lose your turn with Alana. She liked that. And I liked it. She was just like a parakeet on Benzedrine. You couldn't stop her.''

BRIDGES AS BRADY: HBO Pictures has begun filming a movie about former White House press secretary James Brady and his fight for survival after being shot during the 1981 attempt on President Reagan's life. Beau Bridges plays Brady in the film, whose working title is ``The James Brady Story.''

SHIELD MONEY: Salman Rushdie has coughed up almost $200,000 to pay for protection against the death sentence placed upon him 22 months ago by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The novelist's lawyer made the disclosure to ``set the record straight'' about ``new suggestions and allegations'' of how security costs have been handled.

WHO'S HOT: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, an unofficial arbiter of celebrityhood, has dropped the following from its personalities list in the 1991 edition: Hayley Mills, Cathy Lee Crosby, Jaye P. Morgan, Lyle Waggoner and, alas, Pia Zadora. Taking their places are Blair Underwood, David Lynch, Meg Ryan, Paul Shaffer and New Kids on the Block.

STAMP IT: Elvis Presley will not make it on a U.S. stamp in 1991. But among the dead who will are songwriter Cole Porter, Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, novelist William Saroyan, Vice President Hubert Humphrey and New Mexico Sen. Dennis Chavez.

- Dave Bowman