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cJiMi *m$ PRESS g^IPpNG BUREAU ?√ß&?╟≤ fydftablished 1888 ^"SAN FRANCISCO -r?╜[ Los Angeles * K^Pteland - Seattle alas Vegas, Nev. JPReview Journal ?╟≤MpCir. .Jf,043) Jb eftS PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU "Established 1888 < sLOS ANGELES San Francisco Portland - Seattle Van Nuys, Calif News (Cir. 43,270) I J )953 iue lajjfte lilfri ".Niagara." I yTO! LOVED Tallulah Bankhead while we were guests of ^Al Free- ' man at The Sands bum heaven: knows whjio-flfle attempted any I songs. She was sjl&far iff key The "DahMpg-pahlnjg" gal admitted - ber; short coinings, however, and realtySgot down to business with soj^ie heavy dramatics and tear-jerkers. Fans at The Sands were begging for more and that's the way Tallulah left them . . . From there, this roaming show reporter caught the big .production at the Sahara which co-starred/Jan Murray and Toni f ?╟÷ Three of America's top singers hit a high note as they cruise doW ?╟÷~ -,?√ß***>.??& Bouton between their show appearances. The car. belongs to Janu, i driver's scat, appearing at the Hotel Thunderbird. With him are Robert Merrill, (Mm Sands _and pordon MacRae, appearing at the El Rancho Vegas. PRESSr<f|pSN^BUREAU itJ^B^ked 1888 'W?½k'" L0^ ANGELES San Francisco " Portland - Seattle Arden. This lad Murray is Mr. Personality himself and he has few peers'among the comedians, of show business. As for Miss Ardeh, her Sahara appearance, iproved she's the greatest dramaj [singer of our times. Hollywood, Calif. Variety aJUN l S 1053 RTHE ORIGINAL ?╟÷ qmmkE PRfSS CLIPPINGS ?╟÷ 220 W. 19th St., NEW YORK 11, N.Y. Tel. CHelsea 3-8860 Cir. (D 7.147) T This Clipping From ; DAILY VARIETY WOLLYWOOD, CAL. The La& YOUNG & TRES smashing sueces" at local debut when Cloomey about Vega! before the war!" . /. Rosem Ghappell at the Thmnderbir< Tst rip Melton wasn't singi: skjold subbed for h^in publicity breaks) al: at the Sands for a Talu view, while over at another ringside vantage point, Montgomery Clift applauded mightily ... In the meantime, Talu found herself with Nick the Greek in range of John Florea's camera for illustration of Richard Donovan's four-article Collier's series on life and fortunes of the famed gambler. For kicks, she was showing Nick how to win atjou- lette, came away with a bundle after twice winning on No. 13. THEY WENT TH ATA WAY: Memorial Day traffic was hardly heavier than any other big weekend span. Hotel ops blame it on lack of extra day for getting away . . . Millie & Beldon Katleman arrive in Manhattan today, launching Beldon on the prowl for El Rancho Vegas talent . . . Gen. Ira Hamilburg^biggie in the local racing clan, now in Boston visiting his teenage daughters. He joins the Katlemans later this month for a junket to Hawaii . . . Sam Tucker of the Desert Inn chair- mans UJA dinner come Sunday at Jewish Community Center, with Jane Powell trilling cayatinas and Stan Irwin emceeing ... Wilbur Clark back in town from Beverly Hills, where he's been in throes of exhausting physical checkup . . . Former showbizzers seem to like Vegas for settling ?╟÷ viz.: Al Quodbach, now owner of a downtown cocktailery; Marv Kay, who just openeds?╜ war surplus mart; Jack Garn, headmaster of Desert Inn Men's Shop; Harry White, mixing his novelty trinket saleswaring at Desert Inn shopping center with producing many Variety Club shindigs; Aurelio (Joe) Gallo, nephew of Fortune Gallo, currently busy as a different sort of impresario at the Pioneer Club, and Eddie Fox, of vaude hoofing team _- .iame to view Tallulah's . jame nitery to be scene of her Marlejfljpenthused to Rosemary wonderful town ?╟÷ like Paris ringsided with Bee Allen and Dick James Melton's second night. But | ippering ttiej8?║iow while Dorothy Waren- Desi & Lucy (those jackpotters of great weekended ?√ß?╟÷ 1?╟÷?╟÷ 1 77~Z Chaney & Fox, now talent chief and director of Silver Slipper, Last Frontier shows . . . Sammy Lewis zoomed in for quickie talks with Maxine Lewis on upcoming Flamingo tab revue, "Follow the Girls," abetted by Willie Shore, Rose Marie, Continentals . . . Cy Howard and Gloria Grahame a heads-together duet at El Rancho Vegas . . . Rudy Burns, AFRS producer-writer, made her hegira to huzza Talu at the Sands before joining her husband in Paris . . . And still another writer, Bud Pearson, hopped into and around town for ganders at all Strip epics . . . Gene Murphy is sure no one will i believe this story, but he swears it really occurred. Globe newspic syndicate, while shooting a layout of Marquis & Family chimpanzee act in the Desert Inn casino, had one of the simians drop a dime in a slot machine for a flash, when \ up clanked three bars, and a jack- j pot! The Inn wants the thing I hushed from gimlet-orbed state ?╟≤ gambling officials because the chimp is a minor?╟÷only 14! ET TU CESAR: Cesar Romero's contract with Last Frontier is in I a strange agentry mixup. He wants I more loot than original contract J price which poses a ? for the nonce . . . Joan Blondell's date at the Last Frontier is also causing ?╟≤contract hassles ... El Rancho Vegas will hire a cute femme lifeguard this month ?╟÷ blonde 5 ft. 2, eyes-of-blue Jean Fogarty, formerly of Arrowhead Springs . . . Heiress Melody Thompson exited her NY cafe sassiety haunts to loft here for weekend "secret" whirl of Vegas joynts . . . Sahara's new manager is Robert Glenn, formerly of the Chase, St. Loo ?╟≤ ?╟≤ ?╟≤ i He gets down .., i Desert Inn's manager Carl Wil liams sighs a brief goombye from putting up madding crowds for a f'tnit bash at Newport Beach . . . And on subject of such keepers of keys, a switch comes as Chuck Brown, asst. manager of the Sands, is paged to head a $1,000,- 000 dollar mountain resort to be built near Pittsburgh. They usually get 'em from other spas to head multi-million dollar setups here. ^sP^attr^^ n i i aiiwnfflifsiraii^ 1 p?╜BS RADIUS PROMOTIONAL FILM, "It's Th#e For Everybody," I ^ IshownJhe trade for the first time Tuesday nighf at Ciro's, produced I its ftrstfimmediate result ye^erday when Jack Entratter, general man- ?╟≤ ager of JmeSands, Las Vej|as, booked Larry Finley into the hotel for a week oyms""lllg'htly deejsyfturn. Entrjrtter viewed thcynetwork short and was so enthused at its mes- I sage tifat he declarecLjHe would double the Sands' advertising budget on I radio.* Finley will do his gaB and platter stint all of next week from j 10:30fp.m. to i^j&t. at. the Sands without losing a local sponsor onJ [ his HFWB-HP?╜55^am. KFWB will get and air the show next nigjrtr on tai>e.^| TT'S%NE OF THOSE rarities when a network TV series originates ?√ß*?√ß at a%tudip of a competitor but this arrangement will obtain for the 15-week\ummer run of "The Big Payoff," which takes over the Sunday hiatus tinV^of NBC-TV's ColgatefComedy Hour. "Payoff" Ms been airing daily over CBS-TV from NY and so as not to disturb the production setup or the crew that has worked the shows for years, CBS consented to allow the Sunday night show to be aired from its studio. It's also unique *hat two shows of the same title and format are telecast' on opposition networks. ESTABLISHED 1888 BArclay 7-5371 :5ill> CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street - New York DAILY REPORTER SflXYWQDOjCALIF. SatchmoVMilJ6V Windup | Louis Armstr(M|?║ffinishes his part in . U-I's "The Q|pm Miller Story" today and starts^^fwo-week engagement at the S^gJTHotel, Las Vegas, tomorrow. L**r 0&*