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ESTABLISHED I US BAreUy 7-5371 PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Church Sheet -Jslew York LOS ANGELES, CALIF. MIRROR " Cire^fr 215,006 JWV W1953 EDITH GWYNN'S PIPER'S PLAYMATES | Spencer Tracy, currently vacationing, does not care whether Metro is readying a job for him. He knows he'll be starring in Ernest Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea" in a few months anyway. And most of it will be filmed in Cuba. Cuban water?. Like another vacation with pay, one might say. Someone mailed us this blooper?╟÷a dispatch printed in San Jose: "Ernest Hemingway, a master craftsman for more than a quarter century, landed his first Pulitzer Prize for the., "Old Man Arms" or "For Whom the Bell and the Sea." (!) Gee, they forgot "Farewell to To^'l^jgHK Piper <"I never go out with picture people") 'Laurie is playing her best scenes when the camera stops rolling?╟÷with Actor Brad Jackson. Still dates Len Golds^in^ooT GWY]VN Titles that ihtrigue: "My Wife," Poor Wretch" a Telefilm costarring beauteous Frances Gifford and Allyn Joslyn . . ?╟? Tom Ewell, who's been "?╟≤having" the hit, "Seven Year Itch,", next gets "That Rugged Feeling," an upcoming B'way shqw~\|j|-. And Deborah Kerr hies east to do the play, "Tea and Sympathy." She's on leave from Metro,, where things are so quiet you can hear a producer drop! Deborah's ditty recalls the line, "Sympathy is..." wh at one woman gives an- other in ex- DETAILS!" ; It's any day for the firstborn at the Herman Ho vers. The entire Sunset Strip has been "alerted"! The long-planned Audio Murphy biog, "To Hell and Back," gets leased this fall. You'd think Audie would be kinda embarrassed portraying himself getting all those medals pinned on himself! Anyway, first he does "The Breckenridge Story," after a short hitch ^^K,the Army. Mebbe you've heard that Lance Reventlow (Barbara Hutton's boy) is smitten, with Sheila Connolly, the young actress-model now in Europe. Sheila is a facial double for Liz Taylor. Evidently Barbara "approves" the courtship. A note from abroad (that's plre word, Mr. Typeset- wsa wyt Pun in&isvisip uimpdw ssauisnq Jiovs nun ui iduuosjbdd jlo suonnniis jLoumii idpUdani /o 6mddoj,opio dm pui / j.nq '^ruj- ?╟≤S9[???║u\r sol '(jsonbaj Aq PiaqqjiM. ;eu) ^ -jj vj ?╟÷ {(-i|0B0Jdaj aAoqe jauuera* s saApsuiaq; :pnpuoD oqAH sienxasouioq Ku^ux aifl o} aoijsnfui %vdxS h op iCqajsqi pue spmxasoraoq aq osie iqgiui Ab\11 %&# pej aq; uo pnpxioa Jiaq; aurejq o% uoseaj ou si aau -uBtu aadoad ato luaoap e ut s'aAps ^-uiaq; papnpuoa ;ou aAeq a^doad ^jo injpueq e asneoaq ^iajaj\[?╟? vCo^snp -ux (aiAoui) aq; qoijua o% Ainqe aiaq; pue auii; aiaq; a;nqia;uoa o; anm^uoo \\xja pue Sui;nqia;uoD PIPER LAURIE ESTABLISHED 1888 I BArcUy 7-5371 PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU M Church Street - New York* DAILY REPORTER HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. JUN 2 3 tS53 ?╟≤ VEGAS VIGNETTES By BOB CLEMENS LAS VEGAS.?╟÷The booking of bi names into Vegas niteries reaches the g| most critical period in local entertain- I ment history in mid-July. Appearing here simultaneously will I be this array of talent: Sahara?╟÷Red I Skelton; Desert Inn?╟÷Betty Hutton; El I Rancho Vegas?╟÷Vic Damone; Sands?╟÷ I Milton Berle; Last Frontier?╟÷Herb j| Shriner; Thunderbird ?╟÷ Gale Storm; Flamingo ?╟÷ Spike Jones, then Tony 1 Martin. This spectacular multiple booking I may turn out to be the greatest test of :I strength, nightclub-wise, in the young J life of this fabulous entertainment 1 capital. Instead of going around with I happy grins because they've booked a H great act, furrowed brows are emerg- I ing among the various inn-keepers of J the seven main-stem spots. They are II admitting that they're taking a big H gamble with this heavily concentrated |1 booking. And, in this instance, the j U gamble does not find them in their ac- H customed place in the pit getting fat H on the customary house percentage. ; They are standing where the tourists __ usually do, on the other side of the table. The mounting fear that has spread among the seven hotels is that these M big names, instead of producing ter- - rific biz in any one spot, is very likely | to spread the tourist dollars so thinly ?√ß over the seven spas that the fabulous ?√ß salaries cannot be expected to be ac- I counted for from the dining rooms. The casinos may have to come to the J aid of the show producers to carry the i burden. ?╟≤ DEADLINE NEWS: The experiment I pulled off in the cocktail lounge by I ?·'. Ran,cho Vegas, in featuring Steve I Gibson's Redcaps, has paid off. But the I Redcaps close tonight (Tues.) to go ' to Lake Tahoe. Supposed to return to 1 "the Ranch" after Labor Day. Mean- ?╟≤ while, the former order of things will prevail in the lounge . . . The Flamingo sez Nat "King" Cole will not appear I with Shelley Winters, when she opens Aug. 13 . . . Publicity director Harvey \ Dietrich, of Hotel Last Frontier, upped I to director of adv. in addition to for- I mer chore ... Joe E. Lewis has a few I new quips prepared when he opens | with Gloria De Haven, tomorrow eve at El Rancho Vegas . . . Herman Kapps, I a fufjjlive from the Dave Rose orch, now beating the drums in Paul White- man group . . . The Skyprks come into the Desert Inn wiffi Betty Hutton July 7, following Aqua Fair. ROUNJ20P: LocaMaycees protest- ??g to th^ Sands Hotej, sponsor of the Miss Nevada contest, claiming confusion with its own MissMNevada pageant. Jaycees "Miss" vies at Atlantic City for Miss America gonfalon; Sands winner shoots for Miss Universe crown. The date for the Sands contest is next SundayB-. . The state tax commish has flashedRhe green light for a $750,- 000 jai alai operation on the Strip. The world's fastest game will be conducted by William Henry Beck and Haig Assadourian, who will bring 28 players from Spain to compete in a fronton to be built three miles south of the Flamingo . . . Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, who closes with Bob Merrill at the Sands tonight, tells us his hobby is collecting and cataloguing on tape all of his interviews, broadcasts, recordings, p.a.'s, etc. Not unlike a stamp collector. Incidentally, the carpet is out for ?╟≤lss**a-,Horne in the Copa Room of the Sandsj^tarting tomorrow . . . And >if*i?╜csday, it's Spike Jones and his company of 30 zanies at the Flamingo . . . The Paul Whiternan talent quest finals take place this afternoon in the RamonagsRoom of the Last Frontier. Winne# are slated to appear on Pop's video show in October . . . Taking it on thewpm from New York's Copa- cabanaps Lam On, chef whom Jack Entrat||j?╜ryeigled to the Sands to inauguraftrChinese dinners. NEW HOTEL: Five hundred feet south of the Flamingo, the Hotel Patio will soon become a reality. Charles Francis Coe, noted author, and two other Floridans, Daniel H. Shallek and Matthew John Tracy, are the chief partners: A study in contrasts is knowledge that a 14-table casino has been applied for in the luxurious, but only 50-room hotel! Fourteen games is apparent^.; many more than even the swankiest 50-room inn could ever need, but future plans, aside from the known facts, are veiled in secrecy This much may be ventured: the Patio J will be the type of retreat where one does not register by name?╟÷just by his bank account. PRESS CLIPPING J3UREAU 165. Church Street - New York BILLBOARD ClSElNNATI, OHIO Skelton Gets |f$50r000 Pate i cafe date neie ?╜ . t when he opensJuly. Hk ??P^j?.J I weeker. Skelton's-. price .will be i___&EBm Vic Damone ?√ß?√ß at-the^ .JW?·% ?╟≤fv.Ar*>'s -a possibility tnax AFJgn ?larth* will be at the Flamingo at the same time. ?╟≤ , ___a assrsfsp fgnS She Morris office, i?? fre* quently booked by it. RTHE ORIGINAL ?╟÷ omeikF PRESS CLIPPINGS um 220 W. 19* St;, NEW YORK 11, N.Y. Tel. CHelsea 3-8860 Cir. [D 7.306?) This Clipping From RADIO DAILY-TV DAILY NEW YORK, N. Y. JUN California Commentary By ETHEL ROSEN ?╟≤ ?╟≤ ?╟≤ KTTV's Norma Gilchrist received frc^^fe^Hollywood Actors Council their Television Achievement Award for the Vear 1953. Award was based on her contribution to all-round family entertainment, 'vf . The George Burns and the Jack Bennys enjoying HollVWOOd a two-week vacation in Hawaii Nick Bourne of the Ettinger office in New York to handle "The Big Payoff" show. . . . It's a boy for the Arthur Hogans of Universal Recorders, 8 lbs. 11 oz., Christopher was born last week. Mrs. Hogan is the former Helen Wallace of Chicago And. Bob Longenecker and Ruth Hussey named their new daughter Mary Elizabeth. Girl arrived (19th). and is the third Longenecker child. Father is host of "The Late Show" on KNXT. . . . "Liberace." seen on KLAC-TV Wednesdays, has been sold in its 61st market, NBC TV. New York City, starting July 5. to be seen there on Sunday evenings. Sponsored there by Necchi Sewing Machines Guests, who definitely will appear on the KLAC Big Five Annual Charity Show on July 10 at the Hollywood Bowl, are, todate: Danny Thomas, Kay Starr. Tennessee Ernie, Mickey Rooney, Tony Martin, Peggy Lee and Sonny Burke The sensational Mary Keye Trio opened at the Mocambo June 23. . . . Friday. June 26. was Jimmy McHugh Night at the SandsiHgtelin Las Vegas, when KFWB disk jockey Larry Finley honored the songwriter. First three hours of Finley's show nightly emanates from the Sands June 25, through July 1 with pinch- hitters taking over the last three hours for him at the MOP in Hollywood. Finley returns to his regular Hollywood chores July 2. ik ik * i? ?╟≤ ?╟≤ ?╟≤ Thisffieek's Personality: DONN B. TATUM, legal representative for ABC in Hollywood from early 1942 to January, 1949, who has just3been,-appointed director of television for the ,?; network's Western Division, not only is one if >:~?Θ╝?·*?√ß&,''^#^ o^pe best-known attorneys in the broad- |*3oa^ttig industry, but also is recognized as IWiilW 'b^e^f the industry's outstanding executive ?√ßP al administrators. (Besides occupying a position Bp% ** I of Prominence in the legal Pr,??fession' since fcjl Jl February, 1949, Tatum has served as vice- &L Wl iH president as well as general counsel for the ?√ß_**fe- Don Lee Broadcasting System, and in this I capacity has been responsible for many of 4?? 111 I the forward strides in the related fields of t^-^tyr I television-radio. A native Californian, born ?Σ≤^^^^^^^^ in Los Angeles, the ABC executive is a Zeta / IpATUM Psi alumnus of Stanford University magna cum laude class of 1934. Following Stanford, Tatum went to Eng- land&or two years of study at Oxford, where he received a law degree, returning to California for another two years' study at Lq$0la University in Dos Angeles. He was admitted to the Cal- if&iia State Bar in 1938, and also is a member of the Federal Communications Bar. Tatum formerly was a partner in law firm of -lillick, Geary and McHose of Los Angeles, Hollywood and San Francisco, and, in addition to ABC, wasfcl representative in Hollywood for RCA and NBC from 1942 tg?║49. Is now honorary attorney for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Hollywood Advertising iClub. Is a pflj^i^^ent of th^Cal- ifornia Broadcasters Association (1950).; H$f:-, ^ ^ ^ ?╟≤ yjJJK?': James McNamara, former news editor of KLAC, has returned to KLAC and KLAC-TV from his military leave on which||||&&ndled press relations for General James Van Fleet* in Korea. On his return. ' he became day new* efditor, while Ed Lyon's title will be changed from news editor to night l|ws editor; both editors to be in charge oi- both radio aridlra^vf^^m July 6 to August 17.1jgttjis and Allen will have brand new showrWtheir TV show, these w^ie filmed before they took off on their summer hiatus. The remaining shows will betli^r^ues of the best selected programs. . . . Neil Reagan off to San FrdHcisco this week to attend the annual meeting of Advertising Association of the West. . . . Billy Snyder has returned to the Melody Room after a week's siege with the flu. it # # ft ESTABLISHED 1888 BArclay 7-5371 PRESS ^CLIPPING BUREAU '65 Church Street - New York L^^rGJ?LES' CALIF. HERALD EXPRESS Circ. D. 33.5,375 - S. 281,552 L;; Jiw 2s i?║JJ?║ f Actor Eon Randell andfhS wealthy Australian wife, Mafie Keith, married since last October, have had a fam- uy spat. Ron has moved into a motel and he went to the first anniversary party of the Famous Restaurant with his old girl friend, Amanda Blake. While in Las Vegas, Sid Slate, of the Slate Brothers, will have some heavy conferences with his ex-wife, Sandra who works at the Sands HotPl! He wants the custody of "their1 three - year - old daughter Donna. If things can't be arranged amicably, Sid is turning the matter over to his attorney, Bill Christensen, * * * Krakeur Heads East Broadway Producer Dick Krakeur, who took too many sleeping pills, already is in New York. Actress Lynn Starr, for whom he was torching, put him on the plane Tuesday night. Krakeur will consult a psy^atristg^^U At the Ma% ^KayeTrio's gay Mocambo opening, Pat Nerney and Joan Bennett's daughter, Melinda Markey were seated next to Jennings Lang and Gussie Moran. Gloria DeHaven just made it for her opening at the El Eancho Vegas. Her plane from New York missed con- nections here. A private pilot flew her to Las Vegas in his reconverted bomber. Gloria's bridegroom, Marty Kimmel joins her Saturday. As already itemed, Collier Young^ex-wife, Ida Lupino, and ^% ?╜?╜rrent wife, Joan Fontaine, will co-star in "The Bigamist." But they will have only one scene together. And it's in pantomlne. They will merely look at each other and walk away. f illness Cancels Party 1 The Van Heflin's daughter, Vanna, is running 104 fever with virus X. Her birthday party?╟÷40 kids had been in- vited?╟÷was called off...Esperanza Wayne, who has made few night club appearances since her court troubles, was at Ciro's in a party given by Mexican City Publisher, Raoul Estrada,. .It's a baby boy for the Ernie Tohls (he owns the Captain's Table)...Gloria Grahame says it must have been somebody else with Vince Edwards. She dates only Cy Howard...Alicia Darr is back in town. And plenty burned at a local hotel biggie. She gave a party in his honor m New York and he never showed' up. Alicia says she's f m love with a senatorM'V'I John Hodiak and Evelyn I Linn at the Tallyho... Mar. guerite Chapman and Eddie Norris at Charlev Foys... Marilyn Maxwell, posing in an evening gown for a magazine layout was asked by the cam- | eraman to bend over a kittle I Marilyn ^racked: "What ^tre J you shootirig this j for^ A K calendarfjilF TODAY'S PUZZLE:' What M blonde beauty, ex-wife of' a |j star, must have been plenty J embarrassed if she saw her) Ciro's escort' leave fifteen I cents for the waiter?