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Bob DeYoye f Trio ?√ßf Francis ?√ß ?╜Brunn I iQueti' I |l Clavijo I Martha Errollel Gina Ginardi | iSBBk Gene Yarrone . r Tony Mack 9 gir & JohnJuliano Include* Los Angeles, Calif. Herald Express (Cir. 344.028) 1959 'Ef Lido de Peris* OpenNi Revu^cit | Stardust l (Photo on B*2) By JIMMY STARR p LAS VEGASj JuAe 24^ thermometer* blowing their tops at 118^4^, this was 'the time fompeelmg in the Wee desert, out that didn't stop 170 newspaper gals and guys from New York, Chicago and Los Angeles from brav- ing the excessive heat for the sensational opening of ?╟úLe Lido de Paris,?╟Ñ a French re I vue at the Stardust Hotel which took place last night to a capacity audience of 700 persons and a flock of stand- ees. j While this second edition of i of the Parisien revue, bril- | liantly staged by Donn Arden , j and , presented by Frank Sennes, is entitled ?╟úCa C?╟╓Est L?╟╓Amour,?╟Ñ it also could be called ?╟úNo Nudes Is Good Nudes.?╟Ñ BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES The French dolls are only bare from the waist up, and they are beautifully cos- tumed?╟÷to the tune of about $350,000 and they win ap- plause time after time ~ Donn Arden has out-done himself with production numbers, lavish in the man ner of the late Florenz Zieg feld, the late Earl Carroll those Broadway greats. Alfredo Alaria, dancer extraordinary, is the star of the show. There is just about everything a person could want in a revue. It runs the gamut of lastly* paced ensembles that range from cha cha cha, to d a in t y ballets, jungle scenes with roaring water falls, ice-skating in a ?╟úMadame Butterfly* jnotif, the bluebell chorines, fife- works in the background, songs and comedy acts, ac- robats, puppets and the burning of France during the Madame Du Barry era. If there is anything they left out, I?╟╓d like to know the bit. - COSTLY SHOW Such a costly show is unique even for fabulous Las Vegas, but the Stardust bosses figure this revue will run for at least a year ac- cording to the advance res ervations. . ;. . _ ?╟≤ . Las Vegas has that French look?╟÷and that?╟╓s good look- ing. Blair Bernard Bros. (ENGLAND) plus dozens of exquisite girls FINE FOOD ?╟≤ NO COVER B?╟╓WAY AT 48tH ST. CIRCLE 6*1735 WONDERFUL SHOWS AT 8 AND 12 ?╟≤ DINERS' CLUB Los Angeles, Calif. Examiner (Cir. 384,865) JUN 2 8 1959 LAS VEGAS VIEWS '60 Le Lido Show Tops Last Year's ( ABE GREENBERG Like an array of price- less, dazzling gems, a spec- tacular series of night club acts?╟÷possibly the most ex- pensive and expansive in American show history?╟÷ [ vwas showcased when the Stardust Hotel presented Le Lido de Paris of 1960 in its plush Cafe Continen- tal. Breath-taking costumes, or lack of them, magnifi- cent sets and astonishing stage devices set the pat- I tern. Production highlights in- clude Alfredo Alaria?╟╓s bal- let, framed by a giant wa- terfall across the entire I stage ... and a magnifi- cent Japanese ice revue, starring Marji Lee, cli- I maxed by an amazingly ef- fective interpretation on skates of the famed aria I from Madame Butterfly, with voices by Beverly Rich- | ards and Jack Rains. The lavish, million-dollar- . plus revue is booked for I one year. It was conceived by Pierre Louis-Guerin and | Rene Fraday of Paris, staged and directed by | Donn Arden, and features a cast 6i 75! including the famed Bluebell Girls, who | set a new high for eedy- siast display in last year?╟╓s Le Lido de Paris. Costum- ing, by Folco, is valued at $200,000. In the realm of The Strip?╟╓s lounges, which are playing a greater role each passing week in Las Vegas, the big noise is the return , of Louis Frima and Keely Smith to the Casbar Thea- ter at The Sahara ... and the news that Don Rickies, who bowed- in at the same spot, has signed a three- year contract to appear 20 weeks each year at The Sa- hara showplace ... Lenny Kent and a new show pack- age opens at The Dunes?╟╓ lounge next week . . . Perez Prado at The Tropicana is packing ?╟╓em in at that lush spot . . . Ruth Olay?╟╓s song stylings a smash with the audiences in the luxurious Cloud 9 lounge of the New] Frontier. ?╟≤ UPCOMING .. . Red Skel- ton opens at Th e Riviera I tomorrow, and on the basis of a flood of advance reser- vations the management! has prevailed on Red to ex- tend his show?╟╓s run from] its original four weeks to I six weeks . . . Peggy Taylor Sonia Shaw on production vocalist on Red?╟╓s show . . .1 Frankie Laine and Harold j Miiisky working ' out final f details of the new show opening at The Dunes on j Thursday. CUNSET necsr VINE mus5<o' ?╟÷1 iBelenTr?╜>5!5 Lte her first Lo,An9e^ onsi ?╟≤Exciting, Gtcrmorousr ^5.1 ?╟≤ Worid?╟╓sMostBwohM^1 ?╟≤ Greatest ComD s .ncludi|tg , * shows ??ST SHOW* ** dmner""i^oO p,u, tor PREMIERE only* / $10 per person