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THANKS TO THE PRESS For The Wonderful Raves Of BETTY GRABLE'S ACT At THE DESERT INN AND THE MOULIN ROUGE LAS VEGAS HOLLYWOOD and our appreciation to you, BETTY, for your magnificent performance! Produced by DONN ARDEN Written by PONY d PHIL SHERRELL MOODY LATIN QUARTER MIAMI ALSO PRODUCING AND WRITING FOR MOULIN ROUGE # DESERT INN HOLLYWOOD LAS VEGAS H LATIN QUARTER NEW YORK - Opening April 22 DONN ARDEN Management: FRANK SENNES -rfP Las Vegas as la McCoy Paris' Via Le Lido's Hop-Over for 6-loeth Stop H^H SHERRELL and MOODY Management: DAVID BRANOWER TOMORROW By ABEL GREEN Pierre Louis-Guerin and Rene Fraday returned to their Le Lido, Paris, base last week after setting a deal which will be finalized this week for the first-time-in-the-U. S. appearance of a Lido revue. It's slated for six months at The Stardust, illfated Las Vegas hostelry, which will reopen in ample time before the June 1 bow of the Lido show. The entire production and cast of 50 will be flown from the French capital via the polar route to Los Angeles. Even the eight Donn Arden boys and the vocal choir, the only U.S. components, will come to Paris to rehearse with the Guerin-Fraday production in France and then fly back to Vegas intact. Per usual, Arden will stage it as he has all Lido shows for several years. Unlike the seasonal habit of interlarding the Lido (Paris) show with Yank acts, the technique will be in reverse for the Vegas engagement?╟÷as many European acts as possible will stud the show, which will include also the swimming tank, the iceshow segments, the airplane sequence and all the accoutrements which have hallmarked Le Lido productions over the years. Even the Bluebell Girls (16) and the 12 French showgirls will be from abroad. The Bluebells, despite the London origin of Miss Bluebell, the stager, (Continued on page 66) v torso while she stood under a , i rain barrel for a waterless shqwer. I' | We cannot pull down the cur- | jtain of this review without commending Walter Nye for his competent orchestral conducting nor the original music and lyrics by Pony Sherrel and Phil Moody, the continental scores of Julio Torre! and the ingenuity of the stage sets, I lighting and props. E. M. Loew, E. R. Risman, Harry Spector, Maitre D' Mac Sherman and Jacques Marchand, chef de cuisine, responsible for the many elements that make up a most satisfactory evening of entertainment and serviee, are due countless kudos for a well organ!/"*4 enterprise. k Wilbur Clark's DESERT INN preterit* tv7 IN PERSON! ^B GORDON MacRAE WITH VAN ALEXANDER CONDUCTING BEVERLY DENNIS A DELIGHTFUL'SURPRISE! BH DONN ARDEN present A \ I the DONN ARDEN DANCERS '"?√ß'-.. ^?√ßj m EXCITING ART JOHNSON Singing Master of Informalities CARLTON HAYES and ORCHESTRA SHOWTIMES RESERVATIONS - 12 FOR DESERT INN