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    FROMi PRESS DEPT. WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY, INC. Page 3 THE WILL MASTIN TRIO Starring SAMMY DAVIS. JR. slining up bits of business, smoothing out a spot here and there, 11 * i getting even the minutest tap down to the most perfectly formed rhythmic pattern. In 194-3, at the height of World War II, Sammy went into the Army, where in addition to his regular chores, his talents were pressed into service producing camp shows, many of which he wrote and directed himself. He was discharged at San Francisco in late 1945 and imm- ediately rejoined his dad and uncle who were then working in Seattle# The switch from Army life back to show business was so fast that for a week Sammy worked in a costume that was half khaki, half "civvies.?╟Ñ In April of 1946, the Trio, unheralded and unsung, opened at the now defunct "Slapsie Ivlaxie's" in Hollywood on the same bill with Ben Blue, The Trio was the opening act ?╟÷?╟÷ they scored such an overwhelming success that they were signed to come back as the head- liners. On their return engagement they broke every previous record at the club. Still working on their act, constantly revising, adding, polishing it to a perfect entertainment gem, they signed for a two week theatre tour with Mickey Rooney ----- six months later after a tour that had included all the major theatres in the United States, the Trio hit the major nitery circuit with an act already letter perfect, but now honed to a fine edge that glittered, (more)