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I agree.*?? "" 1 * Shubert's last deal and business transaction just before he went home and died that day was with Entratter to produce "Ziegfeld Follies" at the Sands t In Las Vegas, where Jack became an owner and producer* Shubert felt that he was right in holding up the rights to the famous shows all this time, and finally felt that in Entratter he saw enough of the foresight and ability that Ziegfeld himself had, to warrant giving him the rights to produce the shows* Entratter's first try with the "Follies" would have made both Flo and Lee proud. Rather than revive the famousold songs and dances of the Foll&fes, Entratter had new ones made. To bring the production up to date, he brought in Sid Kuller, brilliant young material writer for Hope, Donald O'Connor and the *Ritz Beothers, and Lynn Murray, who wtote the score for "Bridge of Toko-Rif" to produce the music. % Entratter's costumes for the brilliant productions numbers were more lavish than even 2iegfeld could produce -- his furs more extravangant, and his choreography more complicated and intricate than Flo's own people could produce. The result was well worth it ?╟÷- when the Follies opened in the summer at the Sands with Frank Sinatra in the starring role, people who witnessed it were more pleasnantly surprized than they had expected. Instead of an easy-to-produ ce revival of old hit songs and dances, Entratter gave the "Follies" a 1954 touch and for 60 brilliant minutes, dt iqade the spectators who remembered Ziegfeld believe that the great Flo was still in the lavish Copa Room Freeman company public relations BEVERLY HILLS, CAL, ?╟≤ 2/4 N CANON DRIVE ?╟≤ CRESTVIEW 6-4326