ent001323-056

ESTABLISHED 188S BArclay 7-5371 PRESS CLIPPING.BUREAU 165 Church Street - New York DETROIT, MICH. FREE PRESS Circ. D. 447,688 - S. 471-502 MAY i 1 1953 HITTtfDTG the Aight- club /4 jail, Actor Van Johnson opened at the "Samis^ji^Las Vegas, 'TfSfl'n'SMrbrMght down tlie house with his song and dance routines. At the right is Johnson's \ Mfe,/Evie, shouting words of encouragement from the sidelines. Johnson is the latest of many Hollywood stars who have momentarily walked out of the glare of Kliegs and into the spotlight of personal appearances at night clubs. RTHE ORIGINAL _k OMEIKF ~fc PRESS CLIPPINGS ?√ß?√ß 220 W. 19* St., NEW YORK 11 NY Tel. CHelsea 3-8860 Cir. (S 99,183) This Clipping From BRIDGEPORT, CONN. HERALD jtR % 6 1953 CANDIDLY, HOLLYWOOD. Personal Appearance ?╟≤ By Jay Scott I ^f/?╜h?╜5Pr?Webrnted for l??rtedly are swooning ^ E_HttBB^___________T____tNP Photo PRESfGLIPPING BUREAU 165 CKfteh Street - New York * B6feTON, MASS. AMERICAN Circ. D.m [84,232 Awll?1953 - ESTABLISHED 1888 BArclay 7-5371 PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street - New York SAN DIEGO, CALIF. TRIBUNE Circ. D. 108,581 MAY 18W53 9400-Gallon Pool WinsJParade Prize LAS VE?·?·gr Ne4. . aNS-Las [Vegas' ^Ms Hotel today holds the sweepstaK^warde f rqm?the He)idorado^lebrat|^, parade Hot'otii^of the most ^borate floats ever JmQt. The hotejwon J)je award with a spectacufer J^n entry featuring a ^Pa-gallon 4?imming pool, comple%iMth divhtr board, and pmk-hued water, h#which a fancy diver an<lli^*i5wns performed as the float moved down the two-mile parade route. In addition, 26 show girls and cocktail waitresses adorned the entry which depicted the Esther Wil hams movie, "Bathing Beauty' th e m e was The parade's 'Movie Titles^ The hot^fe^mirtgp, with an elaborate pg^a^.* the Walt Disney filrit -Peter Pan," won the theme Itward. Van Johnson Night Club Wow HSLiS'.v. van?╟≤?√ßsiN^rrx*- LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP)?╟÷Van Johnson opened as a night-club entertainer at $13,500 a week last night?╟÷and made June Ally- son weep. Miss Allyson was one of. a standing-room only.;.-^crowd on hand for the staj^jof-Johnson's two-weeks stinfe^as a singer\and hoofer at the SaBUft444ftLDtliers included fieVhusband, DicIctIPow- ell, the BQgar Bergenpr* Peter Lawford, Keenan Wynn'and Eddie Cantor. ^>~?S_W?½i Miss Allysoifs weeping apparently was touched off by the ?√ß show-business nostalgia of a specially-written number?╟÷"The Old Actor's Dream.'-' In this Johnson reminisced about JMae Murray and imitated Maurice Chevalier, Fred. Astaire, and Gene Kelly. Johnson, 36, learned hoofing in vaudeville and Broadway shows before coming to Hollywood in HUT' ill1 ?╟÷"?╟÷H mm ld jn^ weppq ANN JEFFREY and Robert Sterling, who are on the night-club circuit themselves, as a husband and wife team, got a big kick out of Johnson's act. They're playing now at the Coconut Grove.