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    Bill Kennedy The Long Hot Weekend this side of 26??0 SdSMOnd0?╟╓ wh0 wei?hs ?Σ≤ just , Peggy comprises one-third of a hilarious sister bfr? Benny*Frankie Avalon at the Thunde?· ingme!^1611 316 WC g??"na sin?·? eet are kill? , r i?f THE SISTER act the three girls teear identi- a httle North Hollywood shoo for Sti7 os rvni +v. irhiK^SffiS:the role'of Ethel'Toffelmier in 1 ?he Mt^xc Man. in all the different, versions that starred Robert Preston, Eddie?╟╓ Albert Bert Parte Forrest Tucker and Van JohnW ?╟╓ ^ (SSES City?╟╓W ^ role ?║ AFTER A WHILE the sun went down, and the tide went out, so I left Miss Mondo and her shade StVSg^or ??V:r to ^ FlaMing0 Hotel * eatch O*8 taIent s,he covld rent out- and never miss. She hasjjone a long wav from the little boy with brace, ami freckle, taTta *??m' ^tgMd bmmce,aeeond the sbe?ZJX + AT THE Sahara. ex-Ssrt Biltn i,?╜o toSSiM ,Ump?½ f|ls<?╟Ñ??** ft b?╜ ' Platoiwtteifthl $t M?? IPS ?╜Rirta'm 9 . Not the container, just the milk shake.?╟Ñ ^ -^e^ reject, he eonfided, will be Broducins- MgHPlVl wBr stretching affi waLcSi^ br^thWAa pe0^ lust were wai?╜?╟?m / ^ ?╟ú?* casino at the Star* Ud. show, the JSt'SeetaSTtSS. ** ?╟ú?╟ú imgSttvbJSrtaS^ l?½*1*4 ?╟≤loves, a s^rSSSsaSS - - column mjbe vvesf appears on Sunday,, too.) *0 v New York Journal-American *** . Fri., Aug. 13,1965-17 -HOLLYWOOD HIGHLIGHTS?╟÷?╟÷?╟÷----------------?╟÷?╟÷ Peppards Price $550,000 Per Film By LOUELLA O. PARSONS and DOROTHY MANNERS HOLLYWOOD, AUG. 13.?╟÷IRONICALLY, PARAMOUNT did a favor for George Peppard when the-studio sued him for walking out on ?╟úThe Sands of the KaliharL?╟Ñ They : ?╟╓ set his value to the picture as $525,000?╟÷and that?╟╓s what he?╟╓s ' been getting ever since. ?╟≤ George is getting this sum ?╟≤ ?√ß ?√ß - - for ?╟úThe Blue Max?╟Ñ from 20th, from Uxdversal for ?╟úThe Cliffs of Mersa?╟Ñ (in which he co-stars with Rock Hudson), and from ! Michael Gordon if George will star for him in ?╟úThe Last Night of Don Juan.?╟Ñ By Way of making the deal even more attractive to Peppard, , producer- director Gordon, is casting a favorable eye on Elizabeth Ashley, George?╟╓s t fiancee,, as the leading lady In the great lover?╟╓s life. ? α \ SORRY TO LEARN of the break-up of the. marriage of Elana Eden, the beautiful Israeli actress who starred In ?╟úThe Story of. Ruth?╟Ñ at 20th three years ago. 5 met her at the time and she told me how much In love she was with playwright Nissim Aloni. She could hardly wait to return to Israel to- marry him. m i>,Now Elana writesfeat the marriage is* an end. ?╟úI have returned from a trip to London, Pare and Norway- trying to forget, my private hell..This, lqvi of min?╟╓e took a BpMMHit from ne. But soon I hope to return lo my career and Hollywood J|d make a fresh start.?╟Ñ ?╟≤ ,, SPENT THE WEEKEND at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas where everything is so delightful, decorative and cool that we weren?╟╓t even aware it was 109 degrees outdoors! The Holies Bergere at the Trop is an eye and ear thriller. There are gorgeous girls even dangling over your head at the feiale. Surely' some film producer is gdmg to get smart'and put star Ltliane Montevecchl back in movies. Only1 had, time' for a few shows?╟÷but one I made a point of NOT?╟╓ seeing: a comedian wiiose routine, as reported to me, features cruel and unfunny remarks about the appearance of a well known woman writer. I am fed to the .teeth with these upardonable jibes at a per- son?╟╓s physical appearance. A pox on such humor. Ijoved the ?╟úHeljo, America?╟Ñ shew at the Desert Inn?╟÷a sheer delight from opening , to closing curtain. Only .other show I had time to catch wis the Top Cthe Strip at | the Dunes. Here Dotty and Art Todd and Russ Morgan : and his band soothe tattered nerves witp sweet sounds of real- mus^^for a welcome change. SPEAKING OP ?╟úHellb; America?╟╓11 at the Desert Inn, Sam Katzman has - movie plans for those two hilarious ?╟  comedians, Davis and Reese. The boys make a guest ap- pearance in his ?╟úWhen the Boys Meet the Girls?╟Ñ and Sam wants them for a longer whirl innne of his new musi- cals coming up at MGM. ' When, the boys close in ?╟úHello, America?╟Ñ on Nov 8, they will have broken their own long-run record ' 58 , weeks in one show. Previously i Davis and Reese headlined I the revue at Place Pigalle in London for 52 weeks. SMITH COLLEGE will never be the same again! Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis and the ?╟úWho?╟╓s Afraid of Virginia Woolf??╟Ñ company are headed there for three weeks of Location shooting starting-Aug. 21. .r Liz, Dick and Sandy will be strangers on the campus. But -not George Segal. As Bruno Lynch, he used to conduct ?√ß the college jazz band. Siince he left there to carry tin?╟╓ as George Segal, he?╟╓s .never paid a return visit. What a home- coming! ? α ' EDDIE CANTOR?╟╓S daugh- ter, Natalie, and Robert Clary had to wait a time for their honeymoon. But it will be a good one when they fly. to Paris Sept. 18 for a month on the* Continent. They were .quietly married May. 15 .'in Las VegaS. What held up the trip is that Clary went- to work im- mediately in the ?╟úHogan?╟╓s Heroes?╟Ñ TV (for Bing Crosby productions) which stars Bob Crane. Clary, a Paris and Broadway singer, makes his debut as a feature character actor in the ?╟úHogan?╟Ñ shows Ed Feldman is the producer and he predicts a jolly careeril for Clary as an ac(ior. HOLLYWOOD SNAP- SHOTS: Shirley Eaten, the beauty sprayed to fame with :'gdld'paint in ?╟úGoldfinger,?╟Ñ Earl Wilson ON NEW YORK AND HOLLYWOOD? ; Is Smut on Way Out? Las Vegas ?╟÷ There?╟╓s a lot of good, cleap entertainment around . . . the rea- son we don?╟╓t hear much about it is, no- - body?╟╓s looking for ite"< ?╟╓ I don?╟╓t know how long it?╟╓s been since IL N heard a guy say, ?╟úPssst, hey, fellas, how about tonight we dig up some good clean wholesome entertainment??╟Ñ "> Why, right here where men are men and-women are nude, the Desert Inn has a smash show;1 ?╟úHello, America!?╟╓?╟╓, that i bares no bosom and has no smutty jokes. .Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon Saw it three .times-?╟÷ then'got married. 4 l brought my Beautiful Wife here to cel- ebrate a birthday that shall be nameless and also numberless.?╟╓ 1 ?╟úYou?╟╓ll enjoy the nostalgia,?╟Ñ I told the B. W. ?╟úIt?╟╓ll'remind you of your teens . . . ?╟úThey show Teddy Roosevelt?╟╓s raid on San Juan Hill/?╟╓ I informed her. . . . ?╟úThe , Chicago World's Pair of 1893. - ?╟úYour favorite high school dances and ' songs'. . . The Bunny Hug and Turkey 1/ Trot.'. . ?╟ Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl?╟╓ .. T Don?╟╓t.,1 Care?╟╓ . . . ?╟ I?╟╓ll Take You . -Home; Kathleen.?╟╓ ?╟Ñ .After the B.-W. belted me for that joke,/ we ehjbyed'the show, especially a tremen- \ ?√ß .dous . dog act; with; the dogs,/wearing. ( American .flags Just before they-cli- maxed it with the Statue of Liberty. Sophisticates might call It a bit flag- wavey. But the current surge of patriotism ?╜ makes it seem, timely. Ed Sullivan thinks it should 'be on tTV. The management talkis 6f' takiriif'/tt to London to'show Eu- rope -that America?╟╓s clearer than a bea- gle?╟╓s tooth. . . Pat, Boone|s gone on the stump forj .clean?╟ TV,(rntj-ihovies,'Las Vegas has seysr teal hit shows,that are as antiseptic as a prayer matin?╟╓.- Cauld\it be, fbr HeaVen?╟╓s sake, that we?╟╓ve started to turn the corner away from dirt?' - and her husband Colin Rowe expect their second baby in February. They have a six- year-old son. ?╟≤ The John Gavins, making their friends happy* showing up together at Bernice and Sidney Korshak?╟╓s dinner dance in their Bel Air home. t It. was to welcome the Jean Negulescos back from Spain?╟÷ and a right royal welcome it was. Debbie Remolds and Harry Karl were there; Donna Reed and Tony Owen and, the Jerry Orbachs. Also Denise and Vincente Minnelli. Den- ise with her hair in a pigtail. and looking young enough and glamorous enough to wear it, - Jill St. John, a?√ß returned traveler herself, greeted old friends. Binnie B am e s (Frankovich) turned out to be the most sensational dancer. Among others were George Montgomery . (an- other returnee). Sam Spiegel, financier Ralph'Stolkin and Paul Raffles. The whole bloomin ?╟╓ MGM - commissary stood up to give Lee liberate a standing ova- tion when he walked in the day of his- 25th anniversary in. Show business. Thisisakind man who deserves the hand. Later this year, Lee will give a concert in Pittsburgh, pro- ceeds going to St. Francis Hospital which he ?√ß credits with saving his life when he was so ill last year. . ?╟≤ Sailing, sailing on his 60- foot harbor patrol bog-t- to Catalina ?╟  was David' Rose, wife Betty, Shirley MacLatoe, John Bromfield and Parke Levy. That?╟╓s all today. See you tomorrow, k/ George Todt's Opinion Life in Vegas TAS VEGAS, Nev. ?╟÷ ?╟úDo you honestly mean to tell me that you, ar-col- umnist, have lived in Los Angeles the past 16 years and never Visited' Las Ve- gas, Nev., even once in all this time??╟Ñ my lunchebn companion asked In .sur- prise. He was my friend Harold Brown and the occasion was , the'successful Free Enter- prise luncheon held at the Ambassador Hotel In Los Angeles not long ago. Hal was so genuinely shocked at my negative an, swer teat it set a train of events in motion. Was it really so incredible that a columnist for a prominent Southland newspaper had never been to Las Vegas? Was ft? > I checked numerous friends \ on this item. The ; answer?╟÷Yes!!! So the Todt family ?╟÷ Ir- ene, Michael and I?╟÷elected to come here for a week?╟╓s vacation. How does Las Ve- gas strike the newcomer? Leii?╟╓s see. The climate much resem- bles Phoenix or Tucson, Ariz., for example.' Although I was born,- in Mesa, near Phoenix, some-' how I never learned to like ?╟  the. summer heat. Same kgoes for here. Fortunately, we arp staying at the air- LDS were responsible for conditioned Riviera Hotel. all the gambling in their So^-I siesta during the fair city? They merely- J sadly said, "J hot hours of fee day. Irene 'and -Mike head for the im: mense swimming pool, ' right outside our door. Some fun./ Mike has made the ac- and changed the subject. ?√ß' Although the one-armed bandits are numerous as* trees in a forest ?╟÷ we pruned a few, got pruned-. ?╟╓we quaintance of several;, fel- in return ?╟÷ gambling is low fifth graders, including not the main attraction in a sCOuple who are sqgite our book. Instead/ the strikingly pretty, aiid we shows are the great ?╟úpiece are having a hard time get?╜v de resistance.?╟Ñ ting him away from the^^ ' _ pool for lunch. He wants to ^1 stay another week. We drove here so we could have the use of our car while in Las Vegas, and utilized it one day to drive to Hoover Dam just 25 miles away. It is a remark- able sight. My kids waded in Lake Mead, enjoyed It. - Went to church on Sun- day at the Eighth Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints arid heard a most interesting discussion concerning the children of Israel when they first went into Egypt in ancient times. , , surprisingly to .uS, we learned there are '24 Mor- mon wards in Las Vegas, and the brethren comprise some 26 per cent of the population. The Catholic population is identical. The remaining 48 per cent is heavily, divided. I asked the elders of the' The one that really i mght our eye, and which ! we took young Mike to see, was the outstanding ?╟úHello ! America?╟╓* ?╟÷ a patriotic glamour revue in the inimi- table George A. Cohan style of a generation ago. Patriotism, glamour and ' real entertainment.?╟÷ this show had it, wow! Let irie commtend the Des- fert inn management, for [ booking thife mild bit of flag-waving extravaganza \ because it is the best flag in'1 I the world for Our people to acknowledge and be con-. cerned about in these trou- j bled times. There are lots of other | good shows on the ?╟úStrip?╟Ñ but ?╟ /Hello America?╟Ñ is bur / nomination for the one you , don?╟╓t want to miss if you?½ come to Las Vegas soon.2?║f ponfidentiai note: We Are ali. homesick for Los Ange- r s DENNIS ANYONE? Popular TV personality, Dennis James, and his lovely wife Micki, look; lai brief holiday from his Holly- wood TV chores to catch*^HejiQS America?╟Ñ?╟╓Vfor the second .time. They?╟╓re being greeted by maitre d?╟╓, yjaiTclioyfo /* MILESTONE ?╟÷ Lovely Suzanne Briggs, showgirl in the Las Vegas Desert Inn?╟╓s new ?╟úHello Amer- 'ica?╟Ñ musical revue, re- vives an ancient ritual practiced by the Egyp- tian Pharaohs of mark- ing important milestones - by counting outU r a r e ?√ß coins.