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To DONN ARDEN and his wonderful staff <Jnanks ! BETTY GRABLE and ot course ?╟÷ Thanks to my favorite spot in Las Vegas ?╟÷ DESERT INN This Clipping From HOLLYWOOD REPORTER HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. SEP 29 1958 DESERT INN Las Vegas. It's a gay, sparkling show Betty Grable is headlining. She makes it as fascinating a show as seen en the Strip in some time. Two new Donn Arden production numbers set the' stage for the star. "Malumbo," a Spanish routine featuring Ted and Marcia Morca with vocal by Art Johnson opened the show. Then Bob Williams brought salvos of applause with his unusual two-dog act. After the second Arden spec, "Au- rumn Nocturne," a lively, modern lumber featuring the Donn Arden lancers and the singing of Johnson, La Arable held the crowd in the palm of ter hand as she went through six lumbers with different changes. Her ongs and dancing were tops and she vas ably assisted by the Grable Crab- icrs, four talented young men, and by he vocaling Johnson. The entire show ?√?-as kept at a fast pace by the music of Carlton Hayes orchestra. ?╟÷ Gene Tuttle. Cir. (D 47,160) This Clipping From WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY NEW YORK, N. Y. , m 1 1 T< New Show at Desert Inn ! LAS VEGAS. ?╟÷ Jack Barnett's "Newcomers of 1928" starring Paul Whiteman, Harry Richman, Rudy Vallee, Buster Keaton, Fifi D'Or- say and Billy Gilbert, which opened this week at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn, has been booked for an ex- This Clipping From INDIANAPOLIS, IND. TIMES DEC 141958 Newcomers Held Over At Vegas Special to The Times LAS VEGAS, Dec. 13?╟÷The success of Jackie Barnett's "Newcomers of 1928" starring Paul Whiteman, Harry Rich- man, Rudy Vallee, Buster Keaton, Fifi D'Orsay and Billy Gilbert at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn is regarded as unparalleled in Las Vagas, with the exception of the astonishing business being done for the past 21 weeks at the Stardust Hotel by the Lido de Paris revue. The "Newcomers" production was presented in February at the Inn and accomplished a record of five weeks of "standing room only" business. - ''Newcomers of 1928" employs the vocal talents of Rudy Vallee singing the songs which he crooned to the world at large, the melodies of Harry Richman, Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. Whiteman's presentation includes "Rhapsody in Blue," as it was originally presented by George Gershwin at Carnegie Hall in New York. THE SHOW has been booked for an extended engagement and will remain at the Desert Inn until Dec. 29 when a new show will he brought in to greet the New Year. Peggy Lee will headline the holiday entertainment at the Inn's Painted Desert Room assisted by the Ber- j nard Brothers and two productions created by Donn Ardenj Other stars scheduled for the Desert Inn stage are Tony Martin, Gordon MacRae, The i McGuire Sisters, Patrice Mun- I sel, Jimmy Durante, Pattij Page, Ed Sullivan, Anna Maria Alberghetti and Betty Grable. mMTJAFEJCENE ' Comedy Titans Will Compete BY JOHN L. SCOTT There'll be a hot time in the old town next Saturday night, April 16, when two masters of Irene- j tic comedy, Milton Berle and Jerry Lewis, open engagements some five miles apart. Berle. will be at the Cocoanut Grove, Lewis at ?√ß the Moulin Rouge. Audiences will be the winners in this battle of buffoonery experts who will clown it up as only they can. Berle's support- , ing.cast includes the Metropolitan Sextet, Betty George, the George Tapps Dancers, harmonica artist Stan Fisher and juggler . Francis Brunn. The engagement will be ; r for two and one-half weeks. " Lewis' stay is limited to eight days. He'll be backed by the Donn Arden revue. Both supper clubs, Co- ' coanut Grove and Moulin Rouge, will be closed from tomorrow evening tended engagement until Dec. 29. Peggy Lee will headline the holiday show assisted by the Bernard Bros, and 2 productions especially created by Donn Arden. until Saturday night when the tun begins. POLICY CHANGE winn??;ther ?iter^ Ciro's, will dose after tomorrow fnr J ???W t0 PrePare ^f,Sennesandh^ew K manager, Gus J-ampe, have decided to bring in a Donn Arden revue called "Dames a la Sfn e/ ?welve beautiful ' show girls have been selected to form a permanent group to back big ??JW/?usiness names slated to appear at Ciro's jn the future. Roberta Sherwood has been signed for a May 12 opening.