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This Clipping From NEW YORK, N. Y. JOURNAL AMERICAN yfiE KNigffr WAIIH i Shawn a Click By GENE KNIGHT AKING HIS FIRST APPEARANCE in a Broadway night club, Dick Shawn, up-and-coming bright I Iroung comedian, opened at the Latin Quarter on Thurs-May evening as the star of ?╟úInternational Holiday for fLove,?╟Ñ a revue In it scenes. By the time he played his } second show early yesterday morning, the word had gotten around as far as Lindy's (where coffee-drinking comics congregate between dates) that this Shawn was something special in the funny business that, liven before that, however, crowds began to gather at the Ij. Q. When I arr^ed they already were lined up four and, five abreast at the silkeii rope manned by Maitre d?╟╓ Gigi and his aides. Dick Shawn is & large young fellow with a mop of wild hair and an informal approach to comedy. . He starts his monologue innocently enough, speaking slowly, * distinctly, quietly?╟÷sort of "soft sell/* Suddenly he erupts iiito action?╟÷-roaring his punch-lines at the top of his voice, singly loudly, dancing, juggling, high-kicking and putting on a scene of perpetual motion. With acrobatics yeti Had the customers agog. Strenuous Stuff This Shawn is strenuous stuff. He kept cutting up for almost an hour; proof of his | ANGELES, CALIF. HERALD-EXPRESS endurance and the endurance of the audience which loved every minute of it. Intelligent, a dramatic actor as well as comedian, Shawn is sharp in his timing. Also, he?╟╓s an alert mimic with a flair for the bizarre. Outstanding (as if Shawn ever does anything just standing)* was his Civil War bit about his returning "OT Massa Richard.?╟╓* This is, of course, a comedy classic with a switch ending.;/ y Even the waiters, I noted, stood still; 1 is te n e d ?╟÷ and laughed at Shawn?╟╓s sallies. When you can make the average night club waiter laugh?╟÷ boy, you gotta be good! New to this L. Q. revue is the Molidor Trio. Act centers around a boy contortionist who literally is twisted into knots by his two strong, pretty girl assistants. Held Over, Too (; New, too, are Harber and| Dale, ballroom dancers. He and | she offer the usual lifts and?½ spins, except the way they do | them the lifts seem liftier andj. the spins spinnier. Rest of the headliners have I been held over. For Donn Arden/ has his spectacular p?6ffiTctionb keyed up so it?╟╓s moving fast-/; faster-fastest. Those justly famed Latin 1 Quarter show girls presented k their usual show of beauty un-| v adorned. Marthe Errolle looked r nice and sang nicely; . Miss (\ Queti Clavijo still is the fastest 1 heel-clicker I ever heard; li?╟╓l| Gina Genardi was as cute as a! button (although I never saw u cute button). That girl in the shower, how-i ever?╟÷one Tanya Corlette?╟÷11 ra^e overrated. In baseball,! they really should send her to I the showers. On the other hand, the pro-J duction singer, John Juliano, j is a greatly improved performer, Now he?╟╓s the boy with the pentratiiig look. I cite him a comer. ?√ß 27 m j Marilyn Maxwell, Dave Barry Bow at Nightery Frank By DAVID BONGARD Se nnes?╟╓ Moulin trays a jazzy columnist callec Rotige has a new thrush ?╟÷Marilyn Maxweii^-who opened last night before a star-studded audience. With Miss Maxwell was Comic Dave Barry a home run hitter twice up at bat. Humor In the words of Barry, Miss Maxwell ?╟úhas something that will knock your eyes out?╟÷ her husband.?╟Ñ She?╟╓s a real looker on stage, and her natr urally pleasant personality shines over the footlights. Her opening gag was that ?╟úit?╟╓s wonderful to be back at the Moulin Rouge which I?╟╓ve never played before.?╟Ñ After that, she launched into a tune which goes like this: ?╟úI Like Everybody, t.ikp You.?╟Ñ This was followed by the standard and loud ?╟úThe Lady Is a Tramp.?╟Ñ Miss Maxwell then discussed the problem, ?╟úLove, What Is It??╟Ñ A Trifle Static Her two best contributions were an old-time movie number in which she plays a flaming siren of the silentj screen, Greta Green; and a, number in which she por-i something like ?╟úZip.?╟Ñ A sleepy lullaby rounder! out her material, which was a trifle too static to be' classed as good. The best crack of the evening was turned in by Barry: ?╟úTV is a wonderful medium for exposing talent.?╟Ñ The Donn Arden revue clicked alonSTBTall its customary pulchritude and opulence. The San Francisco ?╟úFrankie and Johnnie?╟Ñ number never loses its chatm. Maitre ?╟╓d Marcel had his hands full holding hack the crowd who arrived for the second show. j It was a glittering evening sh THE HOLLYWOOD SCENE By LOWELL E. REDELINGS Motion Piefrure and Drama Editor Jottings of a Journalist | "World?╟╓s Fair?╟Ñ' is the title of an original; story quietly being prepared by a very- big producer?╟÷starf or his indie, company ?╟≤an ide^, inspired by the huge crowds at ?√ß the Brussels expose tion. . ; j* *;Sy Devore, tailor for Tommy $ands, Pat Boone, Jimmy Rodgers and Ricky Nelson, is "busting the buttons?╟Ñ on his swank vest these days over the above quartet being named by Teen Magazine as shining examples of well-dressed young men in show business, . L y?? . Sight of the Wdek: Luscious Suzanne Ridgway joining the revelers at the gala opening of 1 the redecorated Tallyho^ owned by Eric Erickson W theri dashing madly to see Willa?╟Ñ at the New Fox. . .... Trudy PhiUoji, Well-known - "artist for the starsJf,> just sold Eddie Robinson Jr, a painting for his new collection. . . . Zsa Zsa turned up with a new beau, Larry La-rouge (interior decorator) at the Little Gypsy on the Strip. (Alex Braun, sensational violinist from Cleveland, opens here in a fortnight); . . , Liberty Records has a little dilly in "Be Mine Tonight/?╟╓ featuring Duke Mitchell. . . , Wasn?╟╓t that John Brandt, the dress designer, dining with Irish MeCalla at the Frascati Inn? ?╓¬ * * h Insiders report that Bonn H| >n will have his greatest stage show yet (at a cost of $250,000) in "Wonderful World,?╟Ñ which worfd -premi ere & Oct. 9 at Frank-? .Rennes?╟╓/ Moulin Rouge. (Connie Haines, featured performer in the current "Paris-s cope?╟Ñ revue, js proving quite a i clicks ./f^TLove at the Sea-*f^referWina Shipman (20th-Fox cutie) and writer Peter Gilman holding hands at the Cork Club in the Surf Rider Inn. ... Martha Hyer, an art, ?╟  collector, owns a Roualt which cost her $2,000 originally). She rejected a $6,000 offer only last week. . . J Marie McDonlad on financier George Capri?╟╓s arm at the Round Robin. Reminds me: Marie persuaded Ted Fio Rito to join her new supper-club act, which she breaks in at the l Coca Room (Phoenix) Oct. 16. j. . . Lewis Milestone, in the current Newsweek,, explains his great success at directing war ?√ß[films: "A lot, of directors move j extras over a vast canvas. I | try to give the audience a ring-jside seat/?╟╓//. , Blonde Kiff I Chancy and actor Peter Miller {drooling over the beauty of the /swank Venetian Room in the Beverly Crest Hotel.... A note from . Lucille Elings, capable 1 exec at, the popular Barra-j clough?╟╓s, says to "remind your .female readers of our fall fash-lion show next Tuesday during ) the dinner hdUr/?╟Ñ. , . Richard j Bakalyan, talented young TV i and film actor, is all smiles over landing the lead in Warners?╟╓ "Paratroop Attack/* ! * # * Joe Cappo heads the new show opening tonight aV Chuck Landis?╟╓ Largo. . . .Sandra Giles and her eye-catching T-Bird were the center of attention the other night in the Kowloon?╟╓s parking lot on W. Pico. The Stork'will visit the Joe Lu-biris (he?╟╓s v.p. of Arwin Record Co.) in about two weeks. . . . L. Wolfe Gilbert will be honored guest at the weekly Songwriters Night festivities Monday at Art Williams?╟╓ Eldorado. Jerry Gray and band will be playing their tenth dance date \ (always to huge crowds) when| they open a two-night stand all the Palladium this evening. | (His bevr arrangement of "Vohlj are?╟Ñ is; reported sa big "smash?╟Ñ| everywhere)/ v P a-t r ici a| Owehs and socialite?╟╓ Jack Elfish an item at resort-club owneri-Noel Clarke?╟╓s birthday celebra-g tion in his I Beverly home. , / J That noise i down; .Palos Verdes | way, is from the crowd sit Ma-| rinelarid Restaurant applauding| Red Nichols and his Five Peri-1 hies- who opened there the bth-1 er night. > . , Lovely Genevieve | Aumont and socialite Dick Har-| rison ?╟≤ dining at the Cafe Cali-?║ fano. ... Gordon MacRae?╟╓s; daughter, Meredith, 14, is host-1 ing a party for her Dad Sept.l ,22 at the California Racquet^ Club to celebrate release of hisp new recording /The Secret/*^ ... , . Oddity: Robin Raymond/; well-known actress, Js also a/ novelist. Random House pub?╜l lished "The Morning After?╟╓?╟╓| and '"Lines of Least Resist-/ ance,?╟Ñ and an English firm her/ "Barons, Boxers and Bums.?╟Ñ ,, J It?╟╓s "Meredith Willson Day?╟Ñ| right now in Elkhart, Ind.,1 band - instrument "capital, where 40,000 villagers are hon-f oring him for his exposition of/ band music, such as "76 Trom-/ bones,?╟Ñ hit song of "The Musiel Man,?╟Ñ current attraction at the: Philharmonic. V''-