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TheBe EEL FLYNN, Motion Picture, Drama Editor Serines Scores Again With ] Great Moulin/Rouge Bargain f ?╓¬ BY HAZEL HHRjA Frank Sennbg?╟╓ , world-!amed theatre restaurant, the. Moulin Rouge in Holl$wooc|, which has already played to over 1,000,000 patrons and*is starting on its second million^entered the win* ners\ circle for the third lime ?╟ 'last night with that clever impresario. Donnt Ard^h inf "the pro4uction saddle. | jjThe show- is another $200,000 peal replete with eye-filling femmes, colorful costumed arid scenery, startling production ?╟úeffects,?╟╓' and clever ?╜ acts. The last named incfude jpne of the most unusual ahimbl acts I haV^ ever seen in all; my years of reviewing involving chimpanzees ^of all sizes from a big man-like crea-. ture .wKo rides bicyles, unicy-| cles, and, even a motorcycle, | down \tq a teeney-weeney 1 baby | in a bailor suit that enjoys a *baby bottle full of milk and f craves affection from the end ^musician in Jerry Gray?╟╓s band. Jf And while we are op the sub-fej ... a special hand for this Screw, *They do a tremendous |#| m Arddn has 'tried something Sinew this time, emphasizing sing liing and singers, both male and 8female, rather than over much |dancing.. The show is . present led all in one part too, without I intermission. comprises 18 j scenes * in all, and really is sort* of musical tour of several cities and countries. , Paris itself is represented by several numbers with Montmartre types the Can Can, and other items that one might expect. But there are * also numbers involving Morocco, the Orient, | and even It^ly. \ The , last-named serves as the grand finale. Such mythical places as ?╟ú*fhe Conn try of Golden. Song?╟╓?╟╓ is also pre serited as is la sort of Arabian 'Nights fantasy dedicated to the delights of Jamour and the harem. EMPHASIS ON MUSIC The^e is-no big comedy act this time as in pa^t M.R. offerings,^ the whole emphasis being rather on production and even unveils a'snatch of grand! opera, ,and offers th?e^ of fourf singjifg discoveries botM .malel and female including a colora-f tjira and a youthful lyric tenor j with a gorgeous, voice. - J Should like to give all these soloists credit by name but unfortunately am unable to do so for :the entire program is printed in French, and my knowledge of that language is limited tot so-called Pfgeon French ... simple words ark. phrases. I shoi|^ also like to go into detail alout. what the | chief headliners, the Peters Sisters Cover nine hundred pounds of songbird ah(||gomedy) were talking and clptvnipg about, butj they too spdKe mostly FVehch.li However, suffice it to say that these huge gals from Santa Mbnica who wowed ?╟╓em in' Europe for several years, and have only Just returned to their native California, are indeed whoppers in taleht and the ability to ehtertaiif/ Other acts included a sensational .trio (replacing the Szonisl the Marquis Family, the; Perio Brothers, amusing jugglers, the refreshing Cabots, and the Ahdrea dancers. STORM GREAT In the ?╟úeffect s?╟╓* line the young producer who might become another 4 Ziegfeld if he chose offers * such startling items as a plane flyifig over Paris, a storm at sea and the dramatic \ sinking ?╟╓of a sailboat, and a Chines# number wherein _____ At.. JtIUahvxI v. n.mw pigeons flyJ*ar6und ' over /the heads of the audience . . . also a Venetian; carnival complete with masked celebrants an<^ moving gondolas.' In this finals as in the whole show the#ladies of the ensemble tread the runway in a potpourri of pulchritude Which should give the T.R.M.s of the Southland what they usually enjoy seeing. The whole show; indeed, rates as what the Moulin Rouge' always offers . . . a humdinger of an entertainment bargain Present at the opening were scores of screen stars ... everybody from Jeanne Crain to ^Li* beraee. The ?╟úBig Fob^KZ/of Cli*Sna Wright f Evefffng of Parties For Busy It seems everyone chose last Wednesday evening to j give a party, causing one to dash madly from one af- ^Fhst stop'on the agenda was the beautiful Holmby HiUs j hoJof Mr and Mrs. Melvin Frahk. Mel Frank and Norman , Panama are the successful producer-director ?╟╓ team on Bob Hope?╟╓s latest comedy for Paramount, ?╟úThat Certain Feeling.?╟Ñ . Frank, Panama and Hope hosted the. ! party in honor of Eva Marie Saint?╟╓s arrival in Hollywood,,. Eva, who came to town to star with Bob, was thrilled beyond words to ?╟≤t find a gigantic ice figure carved in the image of a saint bearing the name of Eva. I congratulated Eva on her ^ excellent, . Gscar-winning performance in ?╟úOn /the . Waterfront?╟Ñ and found her quite shy and Wrirtt , m0SThea?Σ≤tnof the cast of ?╟úThat Certain'Feeling?╟Ñ were on ! hand including George Sanders, David Lewis of the New or . ?╟≤sta^e and Pearl Bailey, one of my favorite performers. ^ , j ^ Pearl was bubbling over- with .stories about the little W ! she recently adopted and asked to bring him up t0 Sr s ON INTO THE NIGHT. .Stop number ; Pan and me was the Studios F^ere ?fllifi \ Desi (Desi Arnaz), Ethefe fVivjan- Jgg |g Frawley) were tossing a cocktail party for John yy ?╟╓ appears on their Oct 10 "I'Eove Lucy show- . _ *fhev gave us a sneak-preview of the show; also the pre-ceding one .which is on the air tonight, and b*liev?╜ me, it was so hysterical that we were all rolling in= the aisles with laughte , I was happy ta see lovely Mrs. John Wayne and also famous designer Eddie Stevenson who-has just Joined the Desilu group to be Lucy?╟╓s personal designer. # Other events going on the same evening included a recep-; tion given at the Beverly Hills Hotel by the Florists?╟╓ Telegraph Delivery Association, the Cocoanut Award party for The Most outstanding Musical Film of the Month held .at the Cocoanut Grove, and the gala premiere of the new Donn Arden Revue, '?╟ Paris 'Teujours,?╟Ñ at Frank Sennes?╟╓ Moulin, %, mus|c. ?? p,* comedy congratulated fS6shes Irp4:l& musical realm Arden who in turn congratulat?║cfi<ffiis mg cast and crew. ||y ?╟úBig Four?╟Ñ I mean Bob I^opef Milton Berle, Danny Thomas, and Jimmie Du-! jrante.. ?√ß' ,; ^ Music and lilies'.fQr ?½Pans,. Toujours?╟Ñ ar^i by PfMy Sherrell and Phi} - Mopdy^ V Harvey Warren designed th^vseemery,?╟╓ and Madame-' Berthe >jlid the cos-turns; fcfftbrjfl direction'is by! Lee Gotcfa 0 ... V' # The dpfioiotis 'steak! dinner served ^tf^ute tofthe skill I of mait$ev Sfhdtol Marcel La-Islaff. Maize and e ANNA RUSSEL^, f a m e d concert comedienne, will present another of her inimitable and 'kildrimis programs on Impresario Mary Rim^urtfet UP ?Σ≤ at I