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Picture for Doris \ - msi#**!' ' ** By LOUELLA O. PARSONS ; ' Motion Picture Editor International Service ! - in the midst of all the excitement of Doris Day s homecoming in Cincinnati and premiere of s^e took time out to telephone me and say M??ty Melcher has bought ?╟úPocahontas O?╟╓Toole,?╟Ñ of ' James O?╟╓Hanlon, for her next independent picture. ??W?╟úI read it on the train and loved it,?╟Ñ she said. ?╟úWe have John Riatt as my co-star and Marty has the promise of Paul Francis Webster and Sammy Fain to write the music. They wrote my greatest song hit, ?╟ Secret Love.?╟╓ I?╟╓ll make it after I finish ?╟ Pajama Game,?╟╓ in which John Riatt also appears.?╟Ñ I?╟╓ll be surprised if M-G-M doesn?╟╓t release it. LOUELLA O. PARSONS The tables were turned on Dinah Shore when she called MCA and asked, kiddingly, if she could hire George Montgomery for her next TV show, November 30. She said she wanted to do things through proper channels. |H Whereupon MCA retorted it was a good thing she did, because her ever lovin?╟╓ husband George probably will be too busy to comply. He starts within the next few weeks on ?╟úSmall Man, Big Hfarld,?╟Ñ which shoots on location in New York with George playing a rookie cop. This is a story by Philip Yordan, which Sid Harmon is producing, and what makes George especially happy is it lets him get away from Westerns. 1 "*P.S. Anybody wanna?╟╓ bet that George won?╟╓t be Ph; Dinah?╟╓s show? l.Z.SoundsI for all the world like a typical press (ftfi&tt?╟╓s dream that Myrna Han of 1$54and recently in ?╟ ?╟ Raintree C ptatnably disappeared. An M-G-M executive swears ifT?╟╓frue, but then ?╟úRaintree?╟Ñ is M-G-M-s own. ,At any rate, the studio hasn?╟╓t been Myrna for several weeks. She requested a six-months leave of absence and confided that she expected to take a new name, change l&fclwir and get a job as a clerk or a secretary in sorne other town to gain experience to better porir ay her motion picture roles. Does Myrna mean that, a secretary has more experience than a star? fl ' '?√ß . _______ Liz Taylor flew out to New York with Mike Todd Tuesday night to attend the premiere of ?╟úGiant?╟Ñ and a week later the opening of Todd?╟╓s ?╟úAround the W?╜r4d In 80 Days.?╟Ñ > -KLiz gave her Girl Scout?╟╓s oath to M-G-M to return immediately after the premiere of ?╟úAround the World?╟Ñ to make some photographs for ?╟úRaintree County.?╟Ñ She has finished her role in the picture. ?√ß She expects to be ready to gjggfi for Lake Tahoe to establish residence for her divorce from Michael Wilding dn November 1. Then, it is anybody?╟╓s guess VSEether she and the cigar-smok-ilfg Mike Todd will marry. ; DINAH SHORE My two old friends, Jessica and Richard Barthelmess are hank in town after visiting Dick?╟╓s datfghter Mary in Fairfax near Sail* Francisco, and meeting his new grandchild. ?╟úI?╟╓ve never been so thrilled in my life to be a grandfather,?╟Ñ Dick told me. ?╟úMary named the baby after me?╟÷Richard Stair Bradley, and he?╟╓s a fine looking chap.?╟Ñ Mary is happily married to Daniel Bradley, ancL she* has given up her /professional career for motherhood. ?√ß y ?√ß' Moulin Rouge Show a Hit By LOWELL E. REDELINGS It was quite appropriate, I think, that Frank Sennes, who has made a tremendous success of the Moulin Rouge, should come up with his greatest show last night?╟÷on his birthday! ?╟úC?╟╓Est La Vie?╟Ñ is superb; it has everything in the grand manner of all Donn Arden revues * . . imaginative sets, stunning costumes, gorgeous girls, expert dancers, good singers, attractive props, pleasing music, a skillfully trained chorus line ?╟÷ and colored pigeons, no less! TJiis is not all; the revue has Helen Traubel as its star?╟÷and to* hear Helen Traubel is a rare and rewarding experience. For here is a woman with an engaging personality and an operatic-trained voice - that gives each song a richness of quality that defies description. Her magnificent voice fills the spacious room with ?╟╓ melody that lingers long afterwards, and her repertoire is inspired. It includes such varied numbers as the current hit from ?╟úMy Fair Lady,?╟Ñ?╟÷ ?╟úI Could Have Danced All Night?╟Ñ; the inspiring spiritual song, ?╟úHe?╟Ñ; the lively ?╟úLeg of ?╟≤Mutton'?╟╓ from the film, ?╟úDeep in My Heart?╟Ñ; ?╟úWhen .1 Grow Too Old to Dream,?╟Ñ ?╟úAutumn Leaves,?╟Ñ ?╟úAll at Once You Love \fhp mJ.uJb V?╟╓ the new F?Σ≤nk Sennes show at ISfrflX fhl9?╟╓ colorful< spectacular and wUles tolhearraUhel> whose is worth traveling I . Frank celebrating his birthday ^mVrU, Durante was never funnier than when traubel on stage to introduce Frank. He |o?· his.&rms around Helen,told how he discovered ^7rtljhelwoUrm " W and she?╟╓s my Ro- ?╟úC?╟╓estla Vie?╟Ñ is staged by Donn Arden with \9orgeous costumes by Madame \only show of its kind in Hollywood. the I enthusiastic applauders were George Gobel, the Jeff 'fjlh,hrle+l?╟╓ Maria Albwith Jack Go- t^anor, the Eddy McHargs with Jimmy McHugh Mane Wilson and Bob Fallon with Sirl. CoUm *?╟≤?? Her,?╟Ñ a Rodgers and Hammer-stein composition, and arias front such operas as ?╟úCarmen?╟Ñ and, ?╟úMadame Butterfly?╟Ñ among others. Her comedy byplay, in which she does a Jimmy Durante impersonation, with her accompanist, the talented pianist?╟÷Richard Gale?╟÷was a particular highlight fast night, especially since Durante himself came on stage* to greet Miss Trauhel, and to honor Sennes by calling him to the stage to receive a huge birthday cake. Afterwards, .Miss Traubel, cool and poised in a stunning black evening gown, graciously accepted huge bouquets of roses and mums, and left the stage. BUt the applause was so thunderous, the demand for an encore so insistent, she returned to oblige. Here is a truly great artist! The new revue has 12 topnotch production numbers, featuring the Wiere Bros, in a good but overlong comedy routine; Singer Pony Sherrell, who does three songs very well?╟÷and with Phil Moody wrote the original music arid |yrics?╟÷a fine achievement in itself; and AI de Jonghe and Co., acrobats de luxe. The opening Bon Voyage number is delightful. So is the grand finale, a symphony of ?╟ beauty in red, white, and blue?╟÷and in between a Spanish production number, complete with songs from ?╟úCarmen,?╟Ñ castanets* guitars, and dancers and singers in stunning red and black costumes, is ?╟÷perhaps?╟÷the most eye*filling and pleasing of all. Phil Moody?╟╓s musical arrangements are an outstanding contribution. So are the handsome costumes by Madame Berthe of New York City, Lee Gotch?╟╓s choraldirection, and Harvey Warren?╟╓s lush sets. Backing it- all musically is Eddie O?╟╓Neal?╟╓s Orchestra, also a fine' band to dance to. Such celebrities as Jan Peerce, Lauritz Melchior, Marie Wilson, Jeff Chandler, George Gobelr Maria Palmer, Art Baker, and Mae Murray, the silent-film star, were on hand to applaud this elegant new show of which Frank Sennes and his production staff can be bright^ proud. CRITICS & PUBLIC AGREE... "Frank Sennes?╟╓ all new Donn Arden Production, ?╟ PARISCOPE,?╟╓ is the greatest!?╟Ñ NOW! Twice NHet MARIE MCDONALD ?╟≤ the TRENIERS Billy Well* & The Four Fay* Marthe Errolle, and others 1st shew with dkmet *pivs tax pEmept Sei & Sva-t $^[00 2ml show with dfoeereft# tax Fflltts tarn NO COVER CHARGE ii maalin Rouge cToming Now 5 - JIMMIE DURANTE