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FREEMAN COMPANY pub/icists Martin and Lewis, for instance, remember well that it was Jack Entratter who signed them to their first big-time break, when he scouted them at the Capitol Theatre in New Toric, 1947?╟≤ They were appearing as an unheralded attraction under Xavier Cugat, but Entratter thought enough of them to sign them for the NEXT 5 YEARS for his Copacabana shows* The top comedy team remembers that well enough today to sign with Entratter for the NEXT 5 YEARS to appear 3 weeks annually at his Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, as individual stars. is It was this kind of foresight*?╟≤..and planning that made Mr. Entratter sign Johnny Hay for #300 a week, when he first spotted him singing in a small bar in Queens, New York, while watching another bigger act* Miss Bankhead did her first nightclub engage- ment for Jack Entratter and will appear only for him for the next three years. Van Johnson, the movie star, had never appeared on a nightclub floor* Mr, Entratter convinced him into going onto the stage before live people for the first time and advanced him his first week's salary of #15*000 to pay special material writers and choreographers to work up an excellent act for Van* As a result, Johnson's 10 year attempt to get a musical part in pictures was helped by his Sands engagement, and he landed a starring role in "Brigadoon8 and a whole new movie career for himself* It was Entratter??s confidence In Ezio Pinza that prompted the great singing star to debut a nightclub act at the Sands, Now he is signed to do 3 weeks there annually as his only nightclub engagement in America, Another example of showmanship was the teaming of Robert Merrill and Louis Armstrong in a "Jazz versus Opera8 production that proved so successful, the two stars will tour the country in the same type of show ?╟÷ "High Hat and Low Down8 ?╟÷ produced by Entratter, Another accomplishment never attempted before in nightclubs was the presentation by Qatratter of a different star each nlgst to celebrate the First Anni- versary of the Sands, instead of a single star for the entire week. lit Wi m SIS! m ~ ?√ß mor ?? m 95 0 8 Wl L $ H I RE BLVD. ?╟≤ BEVERLY HILLS, CAL;* BRADSHAW 2-86 11