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The symbols on all his one-arm bandits are1 cherries, oranges, pineapples and ?╟÷for suckers like us?╟÷lemons. . . J Big talk amongst the Hollywood crowd is that Bette Davis may surprise everybody by winning an] Oscar again for her performance! in a sleeper titled "The Star. Opens in Hollywood Christmas Day to make the star eligible for an ?√ß\veva Xqi IpuB uiutiToa suu ?╜J paSpaiAYouj^T? hne siumnqu?uoo uv suan^j xxn 1-3UI03U1 inaapaj pub s^s ut aiqt^onpj j-ap a.re punj am o^ suownqwuoo ?╟≤uouBJodioa laWB^UBqa was. ma ?╜ si TiopBZiuBS 1-ao s'iqx ,,-punj atv qsaij aunqpi IpiBWH,. <>l aPBUI a(l Pinoqs s^sanbaa ?╟≤A $ '98 51JOAJ lam ??* ^U3S atl Pln0tis 'Jap^o ^auoui ao jsiaaqa lq AdB^aja^d suonnqwuoD 000'09?·S :rlVOO ZS6I BOOS WU3SM sai^r ja loo-ox -z^wm. uwr?╟? I -SIN PUB UW lOO'S "SMUiias 'a I^16!! lOO'OX qainquaiJ13^ PX* -uoa'SiH P?╜i3-JK inn-ox puaua: ?║ u^OlsliiOW V ?√ß OO'OT aioow -H ?╜IP?╜a ?√ß OOX Xia^?╜K S miasof l,>.n-c uiniquioji lice? ?╟≤a -am p?╜* ^a|iin or the U. S. 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I'd likmto be that kind of washed up. * * ?╟≤ Incidentally, We -^^^ht the] opening of "Two's i^topany" al few minutes before we"'ttew West.] Don't know what Murder, Inc., did to the opus but we found it to] be one of the most en^rtainingi and refreshing musiealujfes of the iseason. The producers were smart! enough to buy themselves insur-| ance. "Two's Company" ns just! fine without Bette Davis; with herl it's twice as enjoyable, g. . Here's! the latest on Red Skelton. He'lll remain at St. John's Hospital fori another week, then recuperate atl home. Following his Christmas 1 television sh?╜w,.41^ji^mainii3g..eneJ shot on film, Skelton will be off! tevee for six weeks while pals! pinch hit for him. . .. Item in the! London "Daily Mirror": Chaplinl plans to divide-hfe time equallyl between England and America in J future unless permanently barred from the V. S'., whichsiFiibw considered unlikely." 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The climate is supposed to be ideal "for allergies and] bronchial troubles, sun all the time, etc.- 'Z?·*iA But since we arrived Tuesday there's been nothing but chill, mist and rain, a freak turned weather,', the natives swear. The main highway sign marking entrance to our host's resort stands about1 fpur decks high. It reads simply: "The Sands ?╟÷a place in the sun." ... Well, last night our| whimsical lehsmen waited outdoors for an hour; until he got a few moment^pf drenching rain,; aimed his camera and tooggarshot of "a place] In the sun" with the cascade splashing in between. ... We.saw a, strange sight, this morning, Nick the Greek with a clean shave. The only time this legendary gambler has no chin-fuzz is when he'snpt throwing dice. Dealers roughly estimate that Nick has gambled! away more thanJ30.000.000 in his lifetime of professional squandering. He hasn't beetr throwing dice for months?╟÷because he's broke, and the markers aren't accessible for such a guy with no scratch! on his chin.or in his ppeket. Maestro Ray Anthony cleared here this morning for Broadway] and holiday in the Capitol Theater with Johnnie Ray and Georgia! Gibbs. His Christmas toy that's waiting to pick him up at the] airport is a land cruiser, meaning a bus furnished like a yacht. Ray?║s figures it Will cost him until nextl Yuletide to pay fpr the gadget, butl he's a lad who hates to pack and| unpack luggage. Since he has toj Jump from city to- city to beat thel band, this land lubber's sailor mayf provide a solution that psychiatrists may copy. . K . There's! someone else heading for Broad-" way's bright lights. Her name is8 Joanne Gilbert. She's still in her Powell Anthony. teens, packs a Liz Taylor kind of beauty and sings. Joanne has only sung in a couple of places so "far, m Hollywood's Mocambo and now in EL Rancho Vegas, but all up and down this side of the' cpuntry 1 people are talking?╟÷and it's mainly about her. .mstm not going! to spoil your fun by noting what she does. That's differehtg but if 1 she ever comes tp New York in a setting like the StgRfegis Maisonette, Versailles pr the Plaza's Persian Room, California will never see'her again except during lucrative screen commitments.'- * Bert Lahr, the comic's clown, stepped into the saloon circuit] ] for the first time here last night as headman of a revue in the! I Thunderbird. His cafe entertainment debut consisted of ^hree hot sketches garnished by a production that was so much droopy lettuce I that a gent o|shis ability can do without..,. . LaMfsgexecution ; of favorite skits from his recent and vintaged musical icame across; slike so much lightning in the dark. The sports ar^K^cer satirei I from "Two on the Aisle," the old faithful woodchop^rSt creed and hilarious cop routine from-, "Burlesque"' we^B |fals sell|ffi|ns for the ; midnight show we attended. ., . And applause rival?║?║f?║he nuclear I noises frdn^gSenchman's Flat. . . ?? But an^ofiknown^eging emcee, a chorus rjfsnfeiscent of the 94th rpad company.rof ,(BlflsQm Time," a nervous girl singer and strawhatted time^p trio from the century's turn took the froth off Bert's subtle d$#|g| while be was away ?√ßchanging costumes.*. . . One derived the disS&^^ipression that the Thunderbird's management had surrounde^^'t^m.fligllt Broadway' ftalent with the boss' girl, a mail-order hourfp|||pfe and local yokeke who got stranded here after a vaudeville trqift^my^aster absconded.; 1 i._, .The Sert Inn is jumping with an array of st'^lLaui^hman Billy! jVine was never in better shape to rock tS"3|??use?╟÷or play Santa \ Claus with his new tonnage. .. .Pearl BaUeyjn^-^aken of f so much fweight she needs a whole new wardrobe for h^p^|stuhing now. Her! f reception in this gaudy stretch of neon-burstfl^rosert was the kind ! Lena Home gets in Manhattan. . . . Another Gothamite is running! j things frolic-wise in the Desert Inn, Jimmy Vernon, former proprietor I-'or j$te late and lamented La Martinique on W. 57th. . . .So on to i Hollywood today?╟÷and farewell to this land of big fish and poker chips.) Tel. WOrth 2-3797 AMERICAN Press Clipping Service! Inc. 119 Nassau Street New York City From \fcRLfe,ELEGBAM -New York?╟÷Day by Day- Capsule Comment L -By Frank Farrell- Powell "confidential" trivia. LAS VEGAS, Dec. 18?╟÷If the space-world capsule loaded here yesterday with souvenirs of our times is ever actually buried on the grounds of The Sands, Nevada's newest multimillion dollar "TTOter-and casino?╟÷and if it's ever really dug up ; for study 100 'sfears hence?╟÷our heirs will get a Hfeh' powerfully low>|jpding of their ancestors hairlines. Jane Pow^ carefully deposited in it, amid frantic cameramerfs yells of "hold it" and "lean forward a little more," a copy of a movie magazine with'her kisser on the cover. . . . Tallulah Bankhead's' autographed book was inserted by former Copa beauty June Bachler, who happened to be passing by in a sweater. . . | Jimmy Durante'had a wax impressipn taken of his nose by Hollywood's ,Pat Hardy that; Frank Farrell was tenderly addi^d to the priceless collection.; . . . Terry Moore tossed in a handful of silver dollars supplied by the management. . . . Frankie Lafne^ust happened to have a recording of "Jezebel" in tSA tflpcoaf Pocket for the event, which he chose to be newsreeled with, instead of absent Bing Crosby's pipe, natch. . . . Spike Jones was unprepared with one of bis records, so he was stuck with dropping into the cylinder one of missing Bob Hope's wacky neckties. . . . Denise Darcel willed to Americana a queen-sized hangover that followed the p^mierej party.. She wasn't wearing enough to give away any apparel without censorship. Ursula Theiss'won't be able'to tell Robert Taylor what was on the tape-recording someone handed fcp to pass along to civilization 100 years hence, because nobody seemed to know.!^^^. Jack Beutel handed down a copy of the wedding license on which a Las Vegas radid announcer married a Nevada girl amid plenty of hoopla donated by The Sands, which just happened to be the scene of their ceremony Un-hun. This should prove a typical document of the times here. Because listed on the certificate was the cause of each's grounds for previous divorce?╟÷ "extreme mental cruelty.-" . . . Darcel Lee Mortimer and Jack Lait donated a paper-cover volume of their oldest Backed down on allowing their latest book to be inserted because they figured there's no use having their estate.sued a century after current lawsuits are settled. . . . At this point; Jensmen asked the; management to dump out all the mm; and repe# the performance so they might be sure of film record of the hist#ical event. Then it had to be dumped again because Jimmy Durante's new fedora went into the capsule by mistake. v . . Througb&it these proceedings the three Ritz brothers climbed all over everybody, mugging to their hearts' content. Then came the climax.- The Ritzes led the~"parade of celebs through the portals into thgasfeamblmg casmo, from which they soon emerged in gaudy underw|j|r shorts having lost their pants. When Harry Ritz Challenged the crowd to submit an' idea that could top this nonsense! for aosock ending to the filming, Hy Gardner suggested their act could be Mpated with the Andrews UWlurb substituting. tk^&^i * * * ^^Sm The battle is on among the seven gigantic hqtel-casinos re-\ cently erected like so many Army barracks on M-day. Each is trying to outsmart and outmaneuver the other via show talent, presentations, verbal sabotage and an endless variety of gimmicks. But accidentally, or otherwise, The Sands has taken pver this capital's bonanza for the past two days. Opening night extravaganza.' naturally magnetized all the attention for states. around. . . .| But last night the newest joint outdid itself aftergits cpmic star Danny Thomas suddenly announced' - he couldn't perform due to acute laryngitis. This illness was not apparent dur|ftg the afternoon as he piled uo chips 'at the dice table -like??lnan bent on taking over the place. His winnings mounted so ihf|h that boss Friedman relieved his inferior dice idealers and trtfcg|i Danny Jg a labor-management war that- gake bystanders laryngitis from howling at what was happening. Jufet as suddenly agjipic Thomas confessed he was unable to perform, host Jack Entratter announced that stars in our midst would sub Ilk Danny?╟÷and^up popped a show that probably will never be \ eEualed unless m a Madison Square Garden benefit. . . . BecaiMit's a rare Won which you can see and hear Schnozzola, Jari|Powell, Spike Jones, Denise Darcel, Frankie Laine, Lou Wills; p?·. Connie R||sell and other headliners going all-out in such irM*nptu jam session. , . . Las Vegas is without doubt the New '^m^M capital of fakery. To test one of its knowrit-alls, .1 asked th^p#ity of a girl who was danc-; ing with Bert Lahr, and he bla??p|nformed meg it was a new blond sensation from Hollywood withl^hom Beft would start his ?√ßtour in the Thunderbird here tombrrlw night. He even gave mtt a name for the lassie, some of the tfilfflis she had appeared in ano offered to introduce me. He had no idea this "leading lady" was Mary Frazer of the Scripp's-Howaijd newspapers, who had flowr out from New York with our junket group. Not the slightest ides ~until a few minutes later when ij introduced _Mm__to_her. _.?╜--r-aiiMtiiiiHUf awu nines