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The roaring, thrilling, glad,mad history of America! Monday, March 7, 1966 B6aur-J IrMBfadrihidBl * MIGHT CLUB REVIEWS ?╟╓T THE ALL-NEW SECOND SPECTACULAR HELLO AMERICA An all-new Version^ America?╟╓s best-loved Stage spectacular. The songs, the stories, the laughter of times gone by?╟÷Americana recreated by Donn Arden?╟╓s gay musical extravaganza. Produced by Frank Sennas. For.reservations, call 735-1122* THE DESERT INN LU SMASH ?╟ Hello America?╟╓ Nears 150th Show The all - new second spec- tacular ?╟úHello America?╟Ñ at Las Vegas?╟╓ Desert Inn is once again demonstrating that good, clean 'entertainment can be a box-of- fice smash. Just as its illustrious predecessor proved for 17 con- secutive montiis, the new ?╟úHel- lo America?╟Ñ has produced elo- quent testimony on an impor- tant point: That you don?╟╓t need crude vulgarity or suggestive nudity to generate drawing pow- er from the showgoing public. Reservation requests for the current ?╟úHello America?╟Ñ smash show couldn?╟╓t be brisker as the lavish musical extravaganza zing?╟╓s ?╟╓ toward * its 150th p formance. Keyed to the good taste and wholesome look that intelligent adults demand in entertainment, ?╟úHello: America?╟Ñ relies on elec- trifying action on a /tremendous stage. ' The '?╟úHello America?╟Ñ gir ll are true American beauties. Their costumes are striking and utilize all the colors of the Hi bow. They offer a compelling spectacle as they romp through one outstanding scene after an-| other. Everything they do is presented with machine gun speed. Yet it all blends perfect- ly into an eye - catching and ?√ßpleasing symphony of plea- sure.. The titans of the cinematic world employed the same tech- nique when they produced such clean movies as ?╟úSound of Mu-! My Fair Lady,?╟Ñ ?╟úMary Poppins,?╟Ñ ?╟úFather Goose?╟Ñ and Shenandoah.?╟Ñ All the enter- tainment - seeking public did for these screen masterpieces was make them the big- gest grossers of the past ten years! Are you listening, you producers with an undue pre- occupation with dirty films? Producers like ?╟úHello Ameri- pa?╟╓s?╟Ñ Frank Sennes have shown the way. Maybe other producers will get smart and start divest- ing themselves of the shackles of smut. If they do,' they?╟╓ll be surprised how sure - fire the ?╟úHello America?╟Ñ technique is^ namely, reaching the heart with good old sentiment. One day we may even hear showgoers A h e length and breadth of the land saying: ?╟úLet?╟╓s see a clean show ?√ß tonight!?╟Ñ DESERT INN } Iieve that the second edition of ?╟úHello America?╟Ñ could out-do the first, but ^EfPfc-?exactl^/fic4^7a.^Vwork^d out 1j j gpectaculars.'S^^^bo^isS?╟╓.'jyaftel-'m'e^Y ism. Thesta ging gimmicks a re similar -Sfa"?K dust in the successful ?╟úLido?╟Ñ Show. M^n^.w^iyerica ?╟╓r c ?√ß Desert Inn had its successes in the ia- ga ra wa te rfa Ijaapd 1 led a:s the is far outshined in the laugh departs ?√ßWfeijtt by Rip.Savio^b&.'&mmffpb??Σ≤ edian.?╟Ñ Miss Carson?╟╓s closing song fc^bouwB^Eeg^^^^m^yhp is clever If Apd:A^BMfeceLV.ed KfTh e -/jexf^^gan vy tl^^i l 1 1880 New Orleans scene, complete with P'^llS^^plantffip^l pret- Vi' % g'then ^shifting to aEjSlatp?╟≤ Sfree t o^^estcryea^?╟ iiThe?╟╓:next production is a wi Id west b it in Cen- j;4?╜-al with a ;j:>%ell a^g^Bhghfyrb?╟╓ej^ycenVTtl^?╟╓Scow- boys. aces wie casf?.Beneafh N iaeara. where thou#aodsi^^|Mis8l minute must be tlow.ffi^@^??fReaK^e props. ik*p|he ?╟úHooray For Hollywood?╟Ñ routine f depicts on a screen some of the sfex ]/Srens of Lollipop, Shirley lost 1 -?╟╓9 th^.K^^eaE^aiil^r^Vw'hcre. ,he | M e c I SK'D The Hunchback, Frankenstein, The Gorilla Vampires. ; a gimrnic?½ Thev f &4P1 ne p^igt^n^reVv^fftlfeuelfs ap- | proaching Lake hurst, NJ., with th&'J i,' New York skyline flashed on a screen j in for its landing, then all hell breaks I i favorite sport, historic personalities for the finale. The acts are what you E while juggling bot ties, hoops and balls; Victor Julian and Company, a I -t'rainm^ga^stMB^gSCTragBreBlaHlgBI eks, six men and one female, acrobats | Yokoi, a precision cyclist. The en- j Sjjj|MffihW?Jis a credit to producer; jgjkrank'. Sonnes^r^tjjfaKtamngfi^ @mrl?Bj .aCT~SB -"nfifrtT ittirtf. fJTnri|iniinluiTtiiTri nf thijl f kind. It jwgfflgtfbfe.-?╟÷Cotin McKinlay. ?╟ I 'Hello' Show Offers Temple Act Movie immortal Shirley Temple has never appeared on a La&,Vegas stage* Yet she has unwittingly set the stage for the Las Vegas debut of, a talented English musical com- edy singer. She?╟╓s Barbara Foy, who oes a -delightful impression of Miss Temple in the second edition of ?╟úHello America?╟Ñ at the Desert Inn. Miss Fqy?╟╓s appearance in fee spectacular is somewhat of a casting oddity. Just before she auditioned for the part, she had decided to discard her .Shirley Temple impression of many years?╟╓ standing. She sang and mimed for director Donn Jp- ALMOST A LAWYER?╟÷The legal profession?╟╓s loss is, thie girl -watcher?╟╓s gain. Houston, Texas, lovely Kathy Landry, who forsook a law career to be- come a Texas beauty queen, wears the royal robes and crown which go with her selection as Miss Nevada of 1966-67 by a committee representing the International Beauty Pageant of; Long Beach, Calif. She was crowned in the Executive Suite of the Desert Inn by last year?╟╓s Miss Nevada, Brenda Dillon. Both Miss Landry, a 22-yeaT;old former law student, and Miss, Dillon are dancers in the Desert Inn?╟╓s new ?╟úH<*llo America?╟Ñ show. Statu- esque and'auburn-haired Kathy?╟÷her royal, bearing .measures '38-23-37?╟÷will take a brief leave of ab-, sence from ?╟úHello America?╟Ñ in August to vie with beauty queens from 49 other states in Long Beach for the title of American Beauty of 1966-6SLj| den, but kept her Temple-por- trayal under wraps. Some hours after fee audi- tion, her husband, Peter Foy, creator of the show?╟╓s flying ballet and other wire special effects, asked Arden how he liked his wife?╟╓s Shirley Temple jinpression. rat Shirley Temple Impres- sion??╟Ñ shot back fee puzzled Arden. .?╟úShe didn?╟╓t do any SWriev Temple impression for me?╟?; If slje can dO?a good Shir- ley fepipje fee Job?╟╓s hers.?╟Ñ Anff feat?╟╓s how Barbara Foy landed Lie of- the greatest op- portunitws of,her life. Strangely enpugh, Barbara has-. been ?√ß haunted > bv Mi fnaritfe. practically all her life. When she was but'three years old and a member of London?╟╓s dancing group known as the Tiny Tappers, she was known throughout the* British Isles the English Shirley Temple. She earned the title after cap- ?√ß hiring a Shirley Temple con- gest in competition with hun- dreds of British moppets. ] : After scoring success as mflsical comedy singing star In ; England, she decided to retire from show business and settle down in the U.S. as Mrs. Peter Foy. Y*. In New York her husband got the assignment to create the flying wire equipment feat enabled Mary Martin to fly through the air wife the great- est of ease in ?╟úPeter Pan.?╟Ñ It was Miss Martin who en- couraged Barbara to resume her singing career. ?√ßI Desert Inn, Las Vegas _ Las Vegas, March iF' , Second Edition, ?╟úHelld Amigft-'-: ~a>?╟Ñ produced by Frank Sennes; staged, created and directed by Ddwii Anten^ production; designif land art direction, Harney Warren-M costume design, Bill Campbell; or--I igina.1 music and orchestration?╟╓ Vic Schoen; original lyrics, Tim Adair; lighting and sound, Ed White; with 1 ?·we Carson, Rip Taylor, Kiki ; Paige, Art Johnson, Della Lee, Larry Grayson, Elgine Evans, Vic- tor Julian, Lily Yokoi, Chrys Holt, [StaxieKS ?╟╓,(7), Girl Dancers"' (14), Boy Dancers (7), Showgirl* (14), PM Singers 17)/ Boy Ringers (10), Carltgn Hayes Orch (13): $5 minimum,. Producer Frank Sennes and stager-creator Donn Arden ?╟≤ have come up with a second - edition of ?╟úHello America?╟Ñ which is as po- tent as its highly, successful pre- decessor, meaning it will run for at least a year. As in the first edi- L tiP?½. fee flag is waved with taste' and excitement; variods' eras and incidents in American-' history are magnified to colorful" and fine ef- fect. /, V Comedienne Sufe 1 Carsoii jknd comedian Rip Taylor topline |the festiyities, and both hit peaks of fitriesse 1?╜ .their fields.; Miss Caridti^ one of the few prfetty giyis tVho .can be funny, has a eomplel#??.v new act} highlighted by fresh iyr- Pi ids to ?╟úTrouble?╟Ñ (?╟úTrouble?╟÷RijA / Here In Las; Vegas?╟╓^ 'which left ^gtiflighters begging for more.1 Taylor, the ?╟úcrying comic,?╟Ñ gets laughs with his tears; and keeps piling the laughter with his de- Bj8|y of choice material.'He has a well-trained singing voice, and uses it on bilariouft parodies, add- ing amusing impres^on 4 spoc?½t ! (pearl Bailey) to his strong off- beau turn. ?√ß^alented Kiki Paige is a versatife- ! fi^stress who adds zest to mantel psmbers. in tlie show. Also out- standing are statuesque' sing^P?╟╓*1 Elaine Evans, delightful yddeler, i Della Lee, handsome -vocalists Art i Johnson and Larry Grayson. WAliss Chrys Hdlt does a startling j novelty act,in which she hangs by | hfl?? hap: while jugglii^; Lily Yo- ked is an attractive cyclist; Victor Julian and his canine performers draw solid Jyockk and* applause while -The Sfafieks (7) are excel- ispt acrobatic balancers.?╟╓ ' . ' A wonderfully campy ?╟úHooray : For Hollywood?╟Ñ' production num- ber looks back with a smile at such ?√ß film faves as Charlie Chaplin, Ce- cil B. DeMille, Clara ^ow, Eddie Cantor, Tarzan, Nelson Eddy'; Jeafl-5. I ette McDonald, and the various monsters/ headed by a close bar- bon of Frankenstein. A ?╟úSuper' [Colossal Extravaganza?╟Ñ laughs [ along with the Warner Bros, musi- cals of the ?╟╓30s. v Arden is a master 'j$ saluting tragedies, and this time'he j gives a frightehing- look at the Hinden,- burg disaster of 1937. On the light [side, 'fife?╟Ñgives stirring peeks at Nfew Orleans in T880, and Central ?√ßCity, Colo:, in 1900. Popular sports figures?╟╓such as Dempsey, Louis, Rockne, and -ZahariaH are gigantic figures in the Easter. Parade which precedes the inevitable Statue of I Liberty finale. ?√ß In ?╟╓.addition to the principals, I P'HeQo' America?╟Ñ is Handsomely I decorated by 14 girl, dancers, 14 I showgirls, seven boy dancer's, sev- en girl, singers, and 10 boy singers. : The Carlson Hayes orbh (13) gives : .Sflauat^. sp?║pprt to Hm* sh^ Duke. HOTDOG SNACK ?╟÷ In- dulging in a hotdog is one of the traditional Ameri- can pastimes picked up by Barbara Foy, Eng- land?╟╓s musical comedy star, who is one of the featured singers in t h e Las Vegas Desert Inn?╟╓s second edition of ?╟úHello America.?╟Ñ Oddly enough, Barbara started her show business career as the English Shirley Temple at the tender age of three years and does a delight- ful impression of Miss Temple as a child star in ?╟úHello America.?╟Ñ