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I agree.STORY OUTLINE "WEEKEND AT LAS VEGAS" 5-19-55 P.i In the early days of our country?╟╓s history, the West 'was a place from -which men took vast quantities of gold. Now - at last - they're hringing it all hackfj Especially our hero - CHUCKRICHARDS - driving to Las Vegas in an open convertible, his horse - Emma - in a trailer behind him. The fact that all his other weekends in Las Vegas have ended with his selling the car and riding home on Emma, broke, doesn't disturb him at all. He loves the place - he always has fun mwhen you gamble, you have t o expect to lose - and anyway, this time he's going to win At the Sands Hotel, where Chuck always stays, everyone knows him, likes him, and takes it completely for granted that he will lose his shirt. His great friend, BONPY, a Hungarian blackjack dealer who can't bear to have anyone lose, tries to keep him from playing. Even TOM CARR, the manager of the Sands, hardly a kindly man towards suckers, hates to see Chuck get taken. But in spite of all the well-wishers, Chuck settles down to gamble - and to lose. Rehearsing in the Copa Room at this moment is probably the only person in Las Vegas who doesn't love the place MARIA CLAIR, a young ballerina - American by birth, but brought up and trained for the ballet in Prance. She feels that performing in a night- club is undignified for a classic ballerina?╟╓- out of character* It's because the money is so overwhelming that this engagement has been arranged for her by her manager, PIERRE DUVAL - and his word is law to her, both professionally and in her private life* Un- fortunately Maria, like most dedicated ballerinas, has no private