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ESTABLISHED 1888 BArclay 7-5371 PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street > New York CHEYENNE*}WYO. EAGLE ^;;Cj^rJl>i.i^4l ?%!f3tt13$3 TOURISTS FLOCK TO LAS VEGAS DESPITE MENACE OF WILD CALIFORNIA DRIVERS IS ; Californians as a lot probably are not the worst drivers ih the world ?╟÷ they only appear I tfli be because there are so many of them. | A recent trip across Wyoming iind. through Utah to Las Vegas pefinitely proved to us that Cali- liornians are the fastest drivers on feieroad and the most reckless. I Plodding along the highways at ^0 miles an hour, literally hundreds of faster-moving cars whipped by us at speeds that must ; have ranged up to 90 miles an ;.hoUr. During one afternoon-long chjeck, more than half of the fast- Ser'ears had California plates. Maybe it's the vast quantities 1 of S California orange juice they are alleged to consume that gives I the coasters their boundless energy when they get behind a I-wheel, and they probably get their daring from . theif lidaily travels on the express-speed freeways which are sprouting every- ' where in the California metropolitan areas. *rhe heavy-footed eCalifornians show an amazing disregard of even the most, e$&!megitary high way safety rules, passing on hill crests and curves'- 'and?√ß?╟≤ tearing along at night as^mough they had unlimited visibility. On our recent journey, we failed to see a single Wyoming highway patrolman during our going and coming on Highway 30, and we marveled at the amount of money that could have poured into the state's coffers from speeding and reckless driving fines had we been empowered to arrest even half w the violators we saw. Since shelling out $25 to the marshal of a small Colorado town several years ago for allegedly moving 10 miles per hour over the legal speed limit, we are firmly convinced that nothing slows a driver down as much as taking a bite from his pocketbook. Well- meaning campaigns featuring campaigns and tricky slogans pear to do little good. All of which is probably not news to anyone who has had occasion to do any extensive motoring lately. Speaking: of Las Vegas, the Nevada playground is apparently trying to keep pace with the nearby atomic scientists in proving to the public that they ain't 'seen nothin', yet. Despite temperatures that crowd over the 100 degree mark, Las Vegas' plush resort hotels are doing a landslide business and the outlook is. nothing but good for the innkeepers. In addition to the magnetic lure of gambling on a 24-hour basis, the resorts are featuring the finest entertainment to be found anywhere in the world and drawing a terrific swarm of bpth gambling and* non-gambling tourists. During the first. two weeks in July, for example, Betty Hutton will be appearing at Wilbur Clark's] beautiful Desext Inn; Milton Berle will appear at The^ajjds, and Red Skeleton will holer lortn at the Sahara. Spike Jones will be cutting up at iTie Flamingo, I and Harry James is scheduled to! rock the patrons, at the El Rancho. Paul Whiternan and a talented troupe is currently entertaining at The Last Frontier, with Comedian Herb Shriner due in next week, and The Thunderbird is featuring a Carribean,revue. Until Moss Hutton arrives on July 7, Johnny Weismuller heads an aqua show, featuring some "" Olympic diving and swimming stars, at the pool of the Desert 1 Inn. Lena Horne is ?√ß currently jl crooning at the Sands, having || just replaced a symphonic-swing j double bill which featured Robert Merrill, the Metropolitan Opera star, and Louis Armstrong and his I torrid trumpet. Gordon MacRae, par of The Railroad Hour on the I air, was appearing last week at El Rancho. One hotel official told us that the chambermaids can't remember the last time they had a vacant room, so ten-day to two week reservations for rooms are advised. There is little difficulty in getting reservations for the floor shows only a few hours ahead of time, however, except on weekends. And to anyone with a little money to'invest, we can advise that a deluxe 30-unit motel, complete with swimming pool, which adjoins the grounds of one of the resort hotels, is up for sale. The asking price is a mere $650,000. !,,?√ß???√ß !?√ß " ESTABLISHED 1888 BArclay 7-5371 PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street - New York ESTABLISHED 1888 BArclay 7-5371 PRESS^LIPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street- New York SAN DIEGO, CALIF. UNION Circ. D. 62,719 - S 129710 JUL 5 1S53 PINZA GETS OVER LAS VEGAS, Nev. OP)?╟÷The ancients once said that behind every man's success is a woman. The one in Ezio Pinza's life is his tall, quiet, gray-eyed wife, Doris. The noted singer, who wen& from opera fame to Broadway stardom in "South Pacific," and then to films, took on a new job in this "suburb" of Hollywood when he did his first night club stint. And sitting at a table far back in the plush dining room of the Sandshotel^ was Mrs. Pinza. "They say the pain of child*' birth is the most excruciating suffered by a woman," Mrs. Pinza said, "but the arrival of our three children was nothing i compared to what I go through on these openings." 1 The opening at the Sands was particularly trying for the Pinzas as it was the first 1feie Ezio ever had sung in a night club. "The trouble with these performances," Pinza said, "is that more and more is expected of you as your fame spreads, and the doubts in your mind become proportionately greater. Those people in the audience expect gireaF things, and you find yourself worrying over your ability to satisfy them." j Despite an obvious case of jitters, Pinza delivered the I goods with renditions of an operatic aria, several Italian folk songs, and, of course, se. lections from "South Pacific." The thunderous applause and incessant demands for encores proved emphatically that the great Italian basso was just as big a hit in a night club as he was on the New York stage and in the world's opera houses. Throughout the performance Mrs. Pinza sat with arms folded and thumbs curled inside ?√ßher dou1$fej fists. "We fiijs^a wonderful opening one night," she, self-con- sdously explained, "and I found I was sitting just like this. Ever since then I find myself i sitting like this. It isn't that I'm superstitious, but then | there is no sense in flying in i the face of the fates when they | have been nice to JglU^ MOVIE LIFE (New York City) JBt 1953 ^m_________m__mmm____i MAYBE YOUlxSrr think it's possible, but Marilyn Monroe looked very bad after her respiratory illness. She appeared very tired and not at all like the Marilyn of pin-up fame. Recognizing this, the studio promised enough time off I for a complete rest. They said they wouldn't even announce her for a future picture, but it was too much to' expect] and before a few weeks had passed, the studio had listed three possible Jutv^MoW^e starrer*! Miurilyn's main relaxation these days comes from decors^^Snd furnishing her new West Hollywood apartment. Although Jane Russeti% Ien4u>g a helping hand, Marilyn's doing most of the choosing herself,.'?L uf^.w^l ^Kft^^Lw^^^^fur^^^M VAN JOHwSpi!*;*^ tne happiest ^p^in Hollywood after the great reviews he got at the Sands in LaafVegasj -Hfeft&g* dilemma now is whether to stick to night clubs or try his hand^t?a*B1roadwayjtousical (he's had several offers since the Vegas stint) or just return^t6,'1ff6llyW|$d where by the time you read this, hell probably have JWknewr'M<SI| pact "ffs certain, regardless of what medium (and TV must also be included^smce there've been msihy lucrative Offers), Van's new nitery act has placed fclm in an entirely new light as far as producers are concerned. It's the end of a long cycle for Van, who started out in New York as a chorus boy, and now returns to his old song-and-dance routines. There's a chance Van's next MGM movie will be a western; a real satire, with musical sequences.;.' <~slUen s lLstabhshedl888 LOS ANGELES IvS? *?*a*?╜SCO Portland - Seattle CarJsbadi Calif. Journal fw. U25) \e\ ihiesen, __ ^^^^ ?√ß2&M2 *?? M??. ?╟??╜??j/ 3;; ( ^Parking- fh?╜ / \thi r\he sP??t%ht i*rtck Carter fill ?╟?-JfrtNG BUREAU JffESffrch Street - New York LOS ANGELES, CALIF. TIMES Circ. D. 3??1(3,93 - S. 770,054 . 4 1953 HEDDA HOPPER 'Miss Baker s Dozen to Star Ryan, Greer [While Hedda Hopper is away Hollywood news is being pre- pored by her staff.] Robert Ryan, although under contract to RKO, is a favorite at Metro. Having done "Act of Violence" and "The Naked Spur" at the latter studio, he's being brought back to costar with Greer Garson in "Miss Baker's Dozen." He'll play the strong- willed headmaster of a Texas cast and crew were about to pass out from the heat and that her little son, Skippy, darn near got arrested in Las Vegas. Skippy, waiting in the. Sands Hotel,,Jo be picked up by a couple who were taking him to summer camp, slipped a dime in a. slot machine and hit the 1 jackpot. Seems the management thought Skippy was too young to be gambling?╟÷especially since he was a one'- dime jackpotter. Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy, who always work together, got separate film star role offers simultaneously. Peter was paged for "The Big Brass Band" and Mary for "The Professor and the Co-ed." Incidentally, the latter film got a title change to "Geraldine," and there's not a girl in the cast I called Geraldine. But there is j a song in the film by that \ name. In "Mogambo," Ava Gardner is called "Honey Bear." After the picture was finished the 8-month-old gorilla j that appears with her in the film was given the same name and donated to the'.{?√ß'; London zoo. Wonder if Ava's j I flattered at having her screen I name perpetuated by the ' young beast?. Well, that's . show business. Dean Martin and Jerry : Lewis busted Danny Kaye's j all-time record at the London."! Palladium; and we haye*' Robert Ryan boys' school; and naturally he'll fall for Greer, who teaches there. He'll have a rival in the love affair; and when we asked who gets Garson at the finish, the answer was "Buddy Fogelson." For the picture Helen Rose is whipping up a really glamorous wardrobe, including a gold lame bathing suit for Greer, who's usually on the conservative side in costumes. Having spent mofct of the summer in hot New Mexico she cut those golden tresses almost to a poodle length and will wear her hair- that way in the film. "The Bigamist" cast is certainly loaded with talent. With the addition of Jane Darwell, who'll play a landlady, the picture now has three Academy Award winners, Jane, Joan Fontaine and Edmund Gwenn. And Ida Lupino, who's both directing the film and acting in it, won the New York Critics Award I word from Eur that the from ^???·5?n ?╟?e?Σ≤0f two comedians could have a ProduJl^eptiont $?·car?║ix-month stint there if they ?╜s>e77 A Van> a schni 0nished #shed' the mL%a Sne actnlar!yzuy Fkey Rooney's off for a Tvtt^A the Proi&nf J'Ust F of ,s.ummer stock in Sal- *i?·a???e P>r mth TrZ Dru Pro'ten? JUst ik of summer"stock'iiTsai- ct- fry, Mass., with his wife 'ft Pttfc tE to the . '????miY fne. Upon his return here | immediately starts shoot- i k a pilot-film for a televi- jm series. .The Graham Wahns (he's ! fith Warner Bros, in New , x>rk) are the proud parents .,8lf?? pue }&,?╟? v<JHony ..jr.- Mtrau are the ?╟≤ 1 r lfnBP 'oorro;;7Sa SJ^Niv^ Busch has George [ JdXttioj dm 'J nJ SRe^owell, head of the Smith llO oiiounX. PRq d^0Ue.ge drama department 1^ ^rPP^ 11 ?JB*H P^o^e^ bi,f ?ovel, "The Hate hz^ij mJ Su^??om^Uo?╟? ??^Proadway production. / ??.^ Dlr-rA -sjjHr nr q 9JB Ca1mer??n Mitchell, while iH^nyr, *n^-m W W Canadian vacTttoi . 1&I_W&' "J +" t)3li^^ lgave Publlc readings from B^n O^rr^ rWZdUthe Thomas Wolf/ noveS i _^^//0^pB2 ?╜ and sold the citizens on one ^T^^^!l/ ^W?7fcSi 0^jreatest writers. .^l______???·ns^News;