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ESTABLISHED 1888 BArclay 7-5371 PRESslLlPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street - Newf|ork MIAMI, OKLA.JI NEAV& RECORD,J Circ. D. 6,877 - S. 7.Q$S vktikr^** Wt n Buying Casinos %M ve 3it???╜ HEMS *Y*> VSV A. i A6P t-.1?? | LAS VEGAS/1 i -.-"You \fftlk inrar v\>e ***5 A^ i& tf^fa* 11 and the moans of VS?╜ #?· ^ ' ' :Eafeh;^e6k-M?·\ flia?╜\ wncal,^^^^ ht, -trar), I ^ ;. --mM . into this glittering to, I its- population. The ple?· Iets' or suckers?╟÷accoi^s' view you take?╟÷-' $els ortheh' 6w 1 sleep at all itables- all night, frolicking dice. ,4'" ^""^S P|)^lS in the gold rushV J tertainment isr ah 1^- j commodity in the gaimbUij Starrs of Broadway and \ j wood serve as the highest L shills in the World. Shill: I -son hired to stimulate SJaiA |., You may'; Have heard .of so?? j the fantastic figures'1 ,paid tt. j'tertainers by the Las Vegas 'h& ISome are,.;inflated by" a A I agent's pipe dream; others ;V 1 fantastically true.-' "Insiders h\ I believe - th-at'3 the $25i,0'00 weekiyv 1 figure announced for Betty Hut- fl I ton is close to'reality'.' ^L K"' 3 ; 3 I "She might be worth that," said ! I one operator. "But only she and' % ?╟≤ I few others would be. The-rest get j I around a third ofvjihex'figure 1 which is an excellent salary for s I week's work of an hour or two s Inight." "-' 3 - 3--r ' M^ ,'-,'vj.. '" Others are, angry at the puh- I licizing of such figures '''When { you announce that you're pajing' j Betty Hutton.25 G^N&p one 1 talent buyer, "how ^;-e you go- | i: ing to hire Tony Martin- for j j what ybit paid hinf%^|'$ime ? j "Prices are gettit?g o\:it of hand. When you hire .a star, fo?· 25 G's, your .whole show ,wilL run around I j $40,000. You can!t hope to show a j profit." s >$"*'$ X% .-:L, .'T-. But,-most of the.> others don't ESTABLISHED-1888 '[ty BArC,aY 7*537i; IIAY.18I958 W^ **'"'__?? -ctTTriwRS selling 1 HOWARD HU^piant to fi Santa Monica {_Wl'> v LLockheed for 35 million? ... Fold-|| \ ing of "Fourposter" ended S^;|b^1 iSidney-Romney Brant romance .. .1 SIrony in "Rose Tattoo" veto byl I?√ß'.?╜Italian censors. Tennessee Wil iamjl ?√ß conceived play \in Italy lor Anna J ?√ß Magnani, Italy's top star . . . Phil 1 I Ammidowns anticipate, their 2nd 1 llin September. He's social and sol-1 llvent . . . Harold Gary,',of "Man I ||Again Crime," and Evelyri Karl-| j sen, also TV thesp. serious . . 1 "Wonderful Town" playing to| 11 weekly profit of $11,000. 'And wbn-| i derful Rosalind Russ^T raRS^lO j I per cent of gross^-^- J. pe^^g^pot to lifjfl I (food, lodigngs ana I B'way newsmen del I head's bistro bowl II Vegas. But won^ 11 casino amusements . i|and Gail Robbins ct laie. Lotta wind? ESTABLISHED 1888 BArclay 7-5371 PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Chu.rcH-Street - New-|brV FILM DAILY NEW YORK CITY ESTABLISHED 1888 BArclay 7-5J71 PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street - New York WINSTON SALEM, N. C. TWIN CITY SENTINEL Circ. D. 33,529 lllllAY" 2219533 W 27 1953 HOLLVUIOOD-VinE VARD By ETHEL ROSEN WYMAN HOLLYWOOD OOY ROWLAND, accompanied by his wife, has left via motor on a cross country trip to New York where he will attend the world premiere of Stanley Kramer's production for Columbia's "5,000 Fingers of Dr. T" which he directed. . . . ^- John Wiyflje heads for Mexico City, as soon as his domestic g affairs are cleared away, to join company waiting there f to start production on the Wayne-Fellows picture, ^Be^do," co-starring Ceraldine Page. John Farrow will Jfirecn^!|. . . ^f Jane Wyman is very seriously consideringl^everal night club offers for the Summer has been offered two weeks at the igas^nd an engagement at the Pal- ijlaon. Miss Wyman's latest films soon to 1 "So Big" for Warners, and "Let's Do It I imbia. ... -^ June Allyson who starts | two weeks at U-l where she will be \ starred with Jimmy Stewart in "The Glenn Miller _ Story," is being wooed by F. Hugh Herbert to return to Broadway next season for the lead in his new show "A Girl Can Tell." . . . ^- Vic Damone goes into the Paramount the first two weeks in June; June 26 'he opens at the Chicago Theater; and July 15 at the El Rancho, Las Vegas, accompanied by that young genius, Burt Bachrach, at the piano. * * * A LAN LADD will combine a vacation with his p.a. tour of eight European cities, to plug "Shane."-He recently completed "Hell Below Zero" for Warwick Productions. . . . ^r Mel Ferrer will make one stage appearance at the Empire Theater, London, Coronation Eve, with a special showing of "Lili." ... -jAr Edmund O'Brien is doing a series of four lectures at the Pasadena Playhouse on "Shakespeare, leaves June 26, on a p.a. tour in connection with M-G-M's "Julius Caesar." . . . ^ Dorrell (Buck) McGowan, now in Rio de Janerio lining up locations and actors for the "Girl From Rio" which he'll produce, has signed Milton Ribeiro, one of South America's top actors, for one of the leads. McGowan returns this week to cast American players for the Technicolor picture which will be shot entirely in Brazil. * * * THIS WEEK'S PERSONALITY: Mel Epstein, educated, Ohio State University at Columbus, O., where he studied engineering, later switching to newspaper reporting and advertising. Came to Hollywood in 1931, worked as an extra, became second assistant director, then first assistant. Served for three and a half years with Signal Corps in World War II, assigned to produce and direct training films for the Army. Returned to Paramount in the capacity of unit production manager and first assistant director, and directed shorts with second units. Among the pictures he produced are "Whispering Smith," "Branded" "Copper Canyon" and "The Savage." Now I 8P*-JBFi in Peru with his camera crew where he is doing pre- *?║&?√ß production work in "Legend of the Inca" which stars ^sPr\ GFI "M Charlton Heston. EPS5|1|. - * * * ^ORMAJSJ^URO#ir-l|*^lew York to meet with Dean Martin and Jerry j^fpkkis on prospective story material for their next Paramount picture. WhJ^Sn^fJ^e Eas^P^^te"*will also scout Broadway shows for picture po^J&lities. . . -^M^&ii^ohnson being sought by 20th-Fox for "There's Nig^Pfein^'y^^^^^ffijsiness.'' ... -fc Henry King accompanied b^nis:;''p1r4*dVc|pi^^r^^^ over the week-end for extensive location site sc^uttgi^m^le Pine and Bishop areas for "King of the Khybar Rifles," Tyrone Power starrer which he directs next for 20th. Scouting thus far has failed to turn up suitable topography and possibility looms that picture, one of biggest on 20th's next year releasing schedule, may be made on location in the Himalayas, India. ^-mLLULAH BANKHEAD W. , looking for new experiences < TalluIakKoeks Night Clidfj For Mone-i| LAS VEGAS,"'" Ne?· jfOjp)?╟÷Tal* lulah Bankhe^ti had 'Ma prime attraction- in jhight cfi^-.at home ancl.abroad for years, ;!>,iPast night was the .f$p& time J>am ever got paid for?╟?!&*';* ^"''-^aStf' The professibnal v -Jjiljfess and amateur politician (1>Al4), whose past appearances ii?· ^elub as a customer infrigued the patrons as much as any floor sliQWj, said she undertook the cabare^Sstint because she "h^d?^rie .everything on stage?╟÷and off of it, for that matter." "They told me this. w-Quld be a new experience," she explained to her audience. "I.had given up hope years agb_ of finding a new experience. " .QKa| She also made this venture into one of the few entertaigiment fields that hadn't previouslypEfflpithe impact of her flamboyant pel for' a 'very practical jjJlili "jIH1 pays ^'er $20,000 a ^mek, " .?╟≤Thfe^iar received JT-j^iajsinj ceptioj^^ojiMhe 450-??uyfCiistomers in th^^)amRq^m Sbf the S^n^i Itotel ^^he^^0nnin% and afTEe end'"of hCT 25-minutel ' She had them Jj^jjK^JKitfr*^' at her oSvh ^tim ate *i^LSierself as a vocalist, tiffi^d',1hj?^fbjn into a void of inted|ipd silSl| while she rendered. >a^^^m^^.?╤|rnonologue and worked m^a conjgfebiis battery of laughterSie;'^l comedy monologue q|^s|m^iii^which is a| legal comm^h^'eriterprise in Las Vegas.