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NIGHTCLUB SCENE Ella Fitzgerald Top Entertainer . BY JOHN L SCOTT Ella Fitzgerald, who is displaying her wonderful singing wares at the Moulin Rouge in Hollywood, rightfully leads off this night-club roundup?╟÷ which will be coming yohr way with, we hope, some regularity, because she deserves a top spot on' anybody?╟╓s | entertainment listing. A professional songstress with 25 years-of experience, whb has headed female jazz singer polls for a long time, she runs through her various and distinctive styles' for 30 minutes of pure pleasure.f The songstress begins her repertoire with ?╟úWhen You're Smiling," adds a variety of new and old tunes and closes with the ancient ?╟úA Tisket-a-Tas-ket,?╟Ñ done in jazz^ style. Only one thing mitigates against Miss Fitzgerald's, fine stint and that?╟╓s the Moulin Rouge's huge stage. But when she goes all out with such things as ?╟úSt; Louis Blues" and ?╟úThat Old Black Magic," vastness of platform disappears and she dominates the ^ scene completely. Frank Sennes?╟╓ Italian discovery, Tenor Tony Dal-li, precedes Miss Fitzgerald and pleases with such numbers as ?╟ú0 Sole Mio" and ?╟úNeapolitan Love Song.?╟Ñ He is a talented lad. Bonn Arden's production numbers continue to win applause. BACK ON STAGE Nightclub entertaining, conceded by professionals to be the toughest phase of show business, seems to hold its fascination for some former participants jwho have forsaken it for the comparatively quiet, cloistered area of film stu-1 dio work. Dan Dailey, who last worked at the Versailles in New York 21 years ago, * is the newest ex-clubber to answer the call. He's starring in his own show, ?╟úAround Show Biz in 60 Minutes," at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas. The ?╟úsoft*' life of pictures hasn't dimmed Dailey's dancing talent; the way he works?╟÷tapping, sdftshoeing, emceeing and , oh stage almost continue ously for an hour?╟÷he might have been perform- pasA, jy\ ?╟ Uoi^doi \ aqs 9jiq.M. paAiaoaa P dp a jo spaga aqv f haaAooaj sm ?╟ ssojlj uaajos ?╟ qoiH 3H9JX U93[oC laoipaad a papadsns *dx\o& *sJ9>[Daj[09Jg pams jo apeui 9q o% }no pau.m; ?╟úRecords;" moves along with the shpw-stopping | Collins Kids scoring with rock 'n' roll inx ?╟úTV" and reaches a climax ^ when Dailey presents 6its of well-remembered numbers from his musical films. Dailey is the first to admit I he'll never prove a threat to Sinatra, et al., as ; a singer, but he manages .with a rather hoarse tenor- j baritone-bass voice. When ! it comes to dancing, though,, it's a different story. Camille Williams, a new Dailey discovery, reveals considerable ?╟  promise. ERA RECALLED Down the Neon Strip at the Desert Inn, Paul ?╟úPops" Whiteman, Rudy Vallee, Harry Richman, Buster (Keaton and FifT D'Orsay evoke even more of a nostalgic spell as they recreate ?╟úthe great days" of show business in a production called ?╟úNewcomers of 1928." While everyone, w i 11 agree that these veterans aren?╟╓t as agile or in as good VQice as they were 30 years ago, they gain well-deserved tributes as they recall former glories. ?╟úPops" directs ?╟úRhapsody in Blue" with the house band performing valiantly. Vallee and Rich-man engage in a funny dressing-room sketch during which they mix up each other's trade-mark tunes. Neither sings more than four bars of any one tune?╟÷which is plenty. Audience reaction 1 e a ve s them happy. Keaton?╟╓s pan-tomine brings down the house, and how this man can still survive those violent pratt falls is really amazing. Fifi sings typical French numbers, including a pip called ?╟úThe Der-riere." This show is aimed squarely?╟÷no pun intended ?╟÷at mature patrons who ?╟úremember when." . MORGANS SCORE : Jaye P. Morgan and the four of the, seven attractive and talented Morgan brood, are putting on a terrific act at the Cocoanut Grove. An entertainer with a bouncy, refreshing, gin-next-door look, Miss Mor- I gan sings ?╟úMy Baby Just -S-r.--if, aqi 91 q e u a o% juaptghs %ou sbav Moqumu aqT PPS *?·) f %Ba9umua ?╟≤snsuao jenuue aqjjo uotpidxuoo gutAVoqoj 0062 ye ps sm qoBag- opuop -an jo uoi^Bindod aqj, 806T *1 OOV SHV32L OS ?√ß i s Louellq O. Parsons SPocahontas7 Next Doris Day Film BY LOUELLA 6. PARSONS Motion Picture Editor* International News Service iCcroyrtelit. 1956, by international News Service. Reproduction in whole for in part atrictly prohibited. f HOLLYWOOD, Oct* 11?╟÷In the midst of all the | jexcitement of Doris Day?╟╓s homecoming in Cincinnati and 1 premiere of ?╟úJulie,?╟Ñ she took time out to phone me and t say Marty Melcher has bought ?╟úPdcohontas O'Toole," by James O?╟╓Hanlon, for her next independent picture. She told me: ?╟úI read It on the train and loved It* We have John Raitt 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 Raitt also appears.?╟Ñ It?╟╓ll be surprised if M-G-M doesn?╟╓t release it, ? α ? α ? α THE TABLES were turned on Dinah Shore when she called MCA and asked* kiddingly, if she could hire George Montgomery for her Nov. 30 TV show* She said she wanted to do things through proper channels. Whereupon MCA retorted it was f & good thing she did, because her ever-lovin?╟╓ husband, j George, probably will be too busy to comply. He starts within the next few weeks on ?╟úSmall Man, Big World,?╟Ñ which shoots on location in New York with George playing a rookie cop. This is a story by Philip Yprdan, which Sid Harmon DORIS DAY is producing, and what makes George especially happy ies it lets him get away from Westerns. P. S.s Anybody wanna* bet that George won't be on Dinah?╟╓s show? ? α ? α k ? α \ LIZ TAYLOR flew out to New York with Mike Todd Tuesday night to attend the premiere of ?╟úGiant?╟Ñ and then the opening of Todd?╟╓s ^Around the World in 80 Days?╟Ñ a week later* * Liz promised M-G-M to return immediately after the premiere ofMAround ithe World?╟Ñ to mate some photographs for ^Raintree County.?╟Ñ She has finished her role in the picture. She expects to be ready to leave Nov. 1 for Lake Tahoe to establish residence for her divorce from Michael Wilding, Then, if is anybody?╟╓s guess whether she and Todd will marry. ? α ? α ? α MY TWO 0LD friends, Jessica t and. Richard Bar-thelmess, are back in town after visiting Dick?╟╓s daughter, Mary, in Fairfax near San Francisco and meeting his new grandchild, Dick fold me: ?╟úI?╟╓ve never been fcd thrilled in my life* Mary / oTTbiiuIis aoli'fel'1W y o% peal pinoo ppxj stq; ut r UOURTSiSai Aub /nqi spunoas iio* TBSodojd oqi U0U wtsoddo p9JB0tpUI U0i;BJ9p9J . sqj J?? diqsJ9pB9i + sauna hvha ?╓¬anoq ub J?? e mnuitutui b saptAOJd qotqM ??╟≤ #mbt ahoq pun 93bav |Bi9paj L v 'Xa D9J9A0D jou 9JB *ss9Ujsnq TIT819JL Ut AfiBTD9dS9 9|d09d | Mmb pub edBqs ouibs ut dXB saujsnput aaqio ut i sioqaoiA anq ^geous costumes by Madame Berthe and is the only show of its kind in Hollywood. Among the enthusiastic applauders were George Gobel, the Jeff Chandlers, | Anna Maria Alberghetti ! with Jack Goleanor, the Eddy McHargs, with Jimmy McHugh, Marie Wilson and Bob Fallbn with the Harry Jamisons, the Hal Kemps, and Cobina Wright with Mayor and Mrs. Poul-son. SNAPSHOTS: Jack Lemmon?╟╓s first date since he , and C y nt hi a announced1 plans to make their separa-1 tion legal was with Mona ; Knox at the Bantam Cock. They had dinner with Mitzi Gaynor and Jack Bean. Jayne Mansfield, whor makes the male's blood pressure go up, is suffering j from low blood pressure and has consulted a doctor. ?╟≤ James Cagney literally is perspiring off IT pounds J for his Lon Chaney role by i rehearsing his dance routines in a sweat shirt and j rubberized jacket. Louis (Satchmo)1 Arm* r Strong is bringing them 1 into the Crescendo. 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