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PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street TNew York BOSTON, MASS. m^VELER Circ. W205.658 -JUILia mi. HOLLY WOOD* ?╜^?,??<??^ - HOLLYWOOD?╟÷Gene Nelson wilij be the firJt actor *esfed for the Will Parker role in "Oklahoma": and Danny Scholl, singing star of "Top Banana," is being 'interviewed for the part of Curly. This makes .news because the ; picture is being shot in a new : screen process called-Magna. The film used will be 65 millimeters wide rather than the usual 35. This method is expected to eliminate the blur and fuzziness sometimes evident in other widescreen pro- esses. The company producing the picture is headed by notable show business names :?╟≤ Joe Schenek, Mike Todd, Osca^ Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers and Arthur Hornblow Jr. Teresa Wright goes to England next month for a picture titled ' "MonsieumRipois^" which has as its malefitar the French actor Gerard Philipe. l3oth Glynis Johns and Ann Todd will' also likely be in the film. Teresa tells us it's- an episodic picture dealfhg with the women in;, the life of one man. She's thrilled pink at the script. MaggifeyVTcNamara has ..been tested bMllenryv King for the feminine lead in "King of the Khyber, Rifles J^with -Tyrone Power. Maggie played herself a star in her first picture, "The Moon Is Blue/ but sMjfgsuch an individual that careinlit be exercised in casting her. ;^ The cast and crew of "River of No Return** will have.to live on a train during its -entire shooting schedule in Alberta, Canada. The ; roads inline location are so bad that motor vehicles can scarcely get over them; but the railway . runs within a few miles of the spots where the picture will be made. - TERESA WRIGHT Orson Welles has written his foster father, Dr. Maurice Bernstein, that he may soon be returning to America. Billy Rose wants him for a show. Orson could make plenty of the old long, green on reading tours, such as Charles Laughton makes in' our country. While Hollywood frets and stews over new processes of film making, touring live shows are bringing back vaudeville in every shape and form. Paul Small has acquired the night and supper club rights for "The Student Prince," which he'll send on the road with a streamlined version and cast of around 50. The show: opens at the Sands Hotel in, Las Vegas,; and Pjll!!^l"Wffl^'W^.Closed ffflF^MHWP'^^.cRae loose from Warners to headline it. ^i<r?**| Lloyd Bacon'has even a more original idea. He's sending Bill Ching on tour to read the movie script of "Entreat Me Not" for col- on the studio lot. lege audiences before starting the picture. Our item ahent a movie exhibitor saying to Ginger Rogers that producers used to make bad pictures and now they tmly make bad pic- j tures: faster certainly stirred up a tempest in js teacup. The Green office called first to register a pro, test. I Then exhibitor Harry Brandt wired: "Never in the history of the motion picture industy have so many fine, wonderful productions been released." He pointed out "Moulin Rouge," - "Salom e," "Young Bess," "Man On a Tight Rbpe," "Call Me Madam," "Hans Christian Andersen" and "Pete^r Pandas examples. 'Letit.be said, Mr. Brandt, that the origifial statement came from neither us nor Ginger, bu/ 9rom an exhibitor who makes his biosd and butter from showing pictures. - It seenis. an unhealthy sign when any industry can*t take criticism, analyze its-errors, and take measures to correct them. We^jj&fefnot knock-1 ing Hollywood; bu&ffPsae're giving! the public what J^pants in thel way of pictures as a steady diet, I why all the hue anii the crying iri I our studios? HpT^:7-i.---T| Danny Thomas ,.pja-.his way home I from England, is stopping for a I visit to his hometown, Toledo, I Ohio. Whether he likes it or not, Dick Powell seems destined to be a director instead of ^.n actor. He's had directorial offers from three shidios since the release of "Split Second.", ?√ß \j^^%' * sets always irritated Richard Carlsdh; so now that he's turned director for "Riders to the Stars," he has on his sound stage door a sign: "Open set. Admission by permissionmG& anyone." But there's still a hitch there for the general public. One first has to get cJiuen s PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 SAN FRANCISCO ' Los Angeles Portland - Seattle Las Vegas, Nev. Morning Sun (Cir. 8,531) JUN ???√ß- ??53 'Las Vegas TALK .?· TOWN ?? By DICK ODESSKY TOWN TALK?╟÷Marlene Dietrich left our town last hight, after being here a week'longer than she expected, and & looks like she'll play ^SttB^!DM.i^ ^ is a movie she's supposed to make m England. Before leav- ng Marlene was aSked by her old buddy Tallulah to share thf sp?╜: Sunday night. She did, singing two songs, and w^ giver!fa^tremendous ovation. Guess Talu will now havej to make her own scrambled eggs. ?╜ * * : ALONG 91 ?╟÷ Noticed Wilbur Clark driving around in his new Cadillac? Wilbur had the car equipped with many extras j not in the book, such as a bell from a San Francisco streetcar, and a horn that sounds like a cow's mooing. Gold name plate on the dashboard will -Ip***-. I placed with his name?√ßJgftBy I diamonds. Outstanding personality in our town is Benson Hickman, desk '?√ß clerk at El Rancho. He is an old- S timer in the game, and is a man never seen without a smile. . . . Another always happy person is Eddie Mossf one of the Sahara s I ownei^rtjj^:,'.*,'^.; ^P*1 * * Local'disc jockey knowsisnore I about the recent Atomic* tests I than AEC officials. He^ dis- I cussing the effect on the,weather I by the "H-bomb" tests. Igon't I know that the AEC has ever I said anything about these masts I beingqpt|,on by an H-bomb. Funning in the sun are Bed I Skelton, Mr. and Mrs. Howard I SnydjeMthe i?? co-author of Tal- I lulah's gambling sketch with I Hugh Wedlock) Mr. and^ Mrs. I Abe Lastfogel, of William M?╜h> 1 ris Ag&iw, and Coco Brown, I who's getting ready for start of I "Desert Fox," at MGM next | week. ^liliOrlH * ?? * t COVERING THE SPOTS ?╟÷ I Spike Johes will world premiere I his "Musical Insanities of '53," at The Flamingo, following "Follow the Girls." George Raft will appear at the.same spa in August * * * I Darvas and JUlia platii put this morning after Julia's apr&arsaee in police court. She was cited in an automobile accident. They were due to leave right after last show at Desert Inn yesterday, in preparation for Thursday open- ing at the Riverside in. Reno. Note from Irving Fields informs me that he'll appear ait the Thunderbird again December 28!. Before that tinae lie's booked solid with his trio to I play all summer at Gray's Inn, Jackson, New Hampshire, then back to th?? Park Sheraton in New York for their sixth year. s& ?╟≤ * * Wedding party far Lila Spaeth and Jimmy Farmer, 'The p^rne" and "Lb," from Hi, Lo, Jac$|f&nd the Dame, highlighted by an appearance by Tallulah Bankhead, Marlene.Dietrich andjpraig Hill. jTheir little apartirmtV at San fSouci was bulging ;|it: the seams (with most ofthie|STO entertain-- lers dropping by /to"' congratulate Ithe newlyweds. * * * ?√ß I ,. ALL AROUND THE?╟÷Bouquet] I to the Lucky Cab driver who; stopped on South Main the other night, and coaxed a little dog out of the street. The cabbie was I driving along when he saw the pooch standing in the street, and slammed his hack to a stop, blocking both lanes pf traffic so that the animal Wouldnot be hit. I * * *' ' Those two look-alike bellhops at the Sahara, who always de- liver service with a smile are Jerry and Ernie. . . .Another constant smiler is June Keller, who greets you at Sands chuck* wagon. ?╟≤?╟≤ 'pMi * * * . Note frorh *a London source tells me that Djanny Thomas is breaking all records at the Palladium. . . .Danny and Shirley Tushin, owner of Sands Jewel Box are old friends, of the days \n Chicago. ^lW&B_\ TeL WOrth 2-3797 (?·/ AMERICAN Press Clipping Service Inc. 119 Nassau Street New York City From ttm 93 1953 WORLD-TELEGRAM New York, N. Y. ?╤ New York?╟÷-Day by Day- -By Frank FarrelL f^^^^Mi^M^^^J^M^ "?Σ≤* Me J and mother are serioSly iii * ^ t?Σ≤* LouisviIle- Her father ?╟≤k- ?Σ≤ ?√ß ' ' ' Vlc Da"??one tells pals he won't 23^^-"^-make-good treatment gf! til ning a new n*S2?Σ≤ M?· T?╜ |P ?Σ≤ Popular songs here. r^T^P^^w^rtlng like to rid all files of scanty 'shotsW Sf^^ fmdere?╜a would our photog unhappily l?·ZeknellnZ " lu?e! daze' The Slaxri- trimming to save^storage spac^T tVeS we?ede^oyed long ag0 in are ^^^^^^^M^M Encihp, but there Less than two years ago SmS?bos?i^BWNfcft -1** Ve^as- he shared with a lot of othS Jh!Jl* Efr^ppSade a mistake at the time, he didn't think SSi?Σ≤ As c??Pacabana manager Red's weekly payoff at The^a^t ^S. ^ ffj ^f in a^SSS ^iei^t I^M a^s wants him under five-year IS j Word has leaked that MGM surprised if the CIO^come,\ ToT t^ mim??n- I \ ?╟≤ Don't be for Judge Sam Leibowitz for ZT1'- ?√ß m Chateau Madrid's new import from Mexico, the Rwro Quintet, projects mambo- ?╜n fh??TS1C m motion that wakes yellmg "Jubilee!" j*|^ J?½. Now best-seller heights, the theme from the Jennifer Jones film of the bow ^^^^^^^fc^^ nd ^^S^^^^K Ii tte.m0stpoliul since the SS 'Z&^ulTS?Σ≤?·fl ^ singing. Made up of chanftairs ?╜?h?╟? Sc0??Iest beer and the G&F got its name aCt 20 ^ara^h ?,??r??USh 0f,icia directed at anyone who griped SftA^a? expres or go play a fiddle." ????<??rt.jp*>m: ..Take the g ' Merlson Johnson