Cinema: Nov. 3, 1961

Greyfriars Bobby. Walt Disney unleashes another muttinee idol in this film about the little Skye terrier who, a century ago, won the freedom of the city of Edinburgh. Children will sit up and beg for it.

West Side Story. Broadway's long-running choreoperetta, despite some sick-sick-sick pseudo sociology, makes a big, fast, exciting cinemusical.

Loss of Innocence. The mood and melodrama of bittersweet 16 are evoked with irony and charm in this British adaptation of Rumer Godden's thriller of sensibility, The Greengage Summer.

Breakfast at Tiffany's. Holly Golightly. a prominent expense accountess of Manhattan's lower mobility, came off Truman Capote's pages as a sextravert; she comes off the screen, in Audrey Hepburn's performance, as a sintrovert; but the film is fairly funny anyway.

Macario. A gifted Mexican director and cameraman make a touching ceremony out of B. Traven's profound little fable about the woodcutter who sups with Death.

The Hustler. Director Robert Rossen racks up an impressive total score in this tale of a young pool paladin (Paul Newman) who learns on the Field of the Cloth of Green that character, meaning Old Champ Jackie Gleason, is more important than talent.

The Man Who Wagged His Tail. Come dian Peter Ustinov plays a slumlord who is magically changed into a dog in this comic allegory about bringing to heel the cur within.

TELEVISION

Wed.. Nov. 1 The Bob Newhart Show (NBC, 10-10:30 p.m.).::: The comic master of American understatement. Color.

David Brinkley's Journal (NBC, 10:30-1 1 p.m.). Brinkley talks about British Guiana and Cambodia. Color.

Thurs., Nov. 2 Sing Along With Mitch (NBC, 10-1 1 p.m.). Songs of the '30s. Color.

Fri.. Nov. 3 International Showtime (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Copenhagen's Circus Moreno.

Sat.. Nov. 4 Update (NBC, noon to 12:30 p.m.).

Robert Abernethy's news program for teenagers.

Saturday Night at the Movies (NBC, 9-11 p.m.). Clark Gable and Susan Hayward, in Soldier of Fortune (20th Century-Fox, 1955). Color.

Sun., Nov. 5 Wisdom (NBC. 5-5:30 p.m.). Conversation with Igor Stravinsky.

Meet the Press (NBC, 6-6:30 p.m.).

Guest: India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Color.

The Twentieth Century (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). A film-clip biography of Al Smith.

DuPont Show of the Week (NBC. 10-11 p.m.). Paul Whiteman, Count Basie, John Bubbles, Blossom Dearie, Dorothy London and Bill Hayes in a program of music from the '30s. Color.

Mon., Nov. 6

Expedition! (ABC, 7-7:30 p.m.). Volcanoes and glaciers in Central Africa.

Danny Kaye Special (CBS, 9-10 p.m.).

"As Others See Us" is the theme, and Kaye's targets in songs and sketches range from cocktail-party hostesses to egocentric singers.

Ben Casey (ABC. 10-11 p.m.). The Tamburlaine of the frontal lobe has a neurosurgical go at the tiny brain of a professional entertainer.

Tues., Nov. 7

Alcoa Premiere (ABC, 10-11 p.m.).

Fred Astaire appears in a story about a magician who tries to break up a marriage.

THEATER

On Broadway