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iJLllen s PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 San Francisco Portland - Seattle Chicago, III. Herald American (Cir. D. 543.656 - S. 894,909) cJtlL ens ZZ as?╜J uo panui^uoj uaaq satjij q^oq qsnoq^ 'dui *m jo.ouras ijsaSSrq ji9qi PTO ^P-ia^sa* guiBS j. o^ gr aq; uf Auiratf uiojj uoav jnoj jo ino spjBqoiH_ua^ pTre ^ou H ?╟≤pooS jo ^or -e anuew op pinoA qsaj s pajnSij iaSua^g teseo jaSBUBtu aa^uBA 'Piarj ain tii put? yeo. %v tftoq UMop^ai W* ?╟≤uas siq jo AvaiA m ^nq snouas pajapisuoo ijou si Ainfur aqj, ?╟≤sA^p IT3I8A3S joj pauqapis aq IItA pire su^ipui Pub saa3iuBA aq? U39^ ?√ßaq auiBS s^pja^ jo Sura '"yfiH 8tTCi i??l f,9p?^oj8 PPT[m PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 LOS ANGELES San Francisco Portland - Seattle Los Anqeles, Calif Times kjm? ,???╟≤ ; (Cir. D. 399,393 - S. 770,054) JUL 1 IB5Z /C fMMPlla O. Parsons 7[/2 Cents' Boughtj|{ for Musical, Movie 3 ! BY-LOUELLA Oi PARSONS Motion Picture Editor International News Service HOLLYWOOD, June 29-^The best selling "1% Cents" has been bought by Freddie Brisson, Robert Griffith and Hal'Prince for a Rroadwry musical, to be followed by a rnovie. Freddie was very excited when he called to tell me: "We're talking to <?ary Grant, Gene jKelley and Van ?√ß'.' 'xX?·skJLffl8fm. Johnson. One of them will star in both the stage and. screen versions, ^teorgf Abbott, one of Broadway's greatest, already is signed to direct. And we're. discussing the musical score with Frank Loesser." I don't; vender at Freddie's en* thusiasm. ifhe Jtfobard BiiSill novel, a satire on the garment industry, has had great reviews, It's been a big year for Freddie and his wife, Ross Russell. Her "Won?? derful Town" is the hit of New York, and her |a6vie, "Never Wave at a WAC," which he produced, is big league at the cashier's window* i-Mjk * j ?╟≤ ALL tSrOUGH WITH WAITING rixa hayworth f or Betty Grable, Columbia starts "The Pleasure's AH Mine" Sept. 15 with Rita Hayworth I The musical, which has been stymied since Betty took a walk (^nd 20th suspended her), has been completely converted to Rita, which didtft take too much doing since both girls sing and dance. 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SpiOAV SIH 'UAVOjq 2IJBp B I sbav avou 'puoiq aouo 'jiBq sih n tt?╜?╜t, ^ r "sq^uoui Suor ?qSia *.ioj iiaas (),upBq aq auioq aq^ jBau uoiqsBj paioqaj ^BqAvauios ra oa^iBAi aq sb SIB9A- Eg siq uBq* j9pio ^or b p93{oor 'padoo^s ^BqAvaraos puB etBd 'ubui anno* aqi-^) 6Z aunf "bA 'SMHM iaOdMHN ?╜mo3 Siio^f .i??||^r i True and the \ to Eu- Arthur Kennedy rain-Andrews Africa Deal On; Las Vegas Hits Jackpot in Star [Talent '?√ß'?√ß?╟≤^i^SiSSpt)_PY ^nwm SCHALIi'ERT Jeann^' 'CralnTfjaha' Andrews, George Marshall, director, and Tony Owen, producer, are all to embark for South Africa to- film "Duel in the Jungle" and will bfe given a special send- off by Harold J. Mirisch. They will be on a six-month safari/ for this, which is latest undertaking jot Moulin Productions. Mirisch and Moulin Productions wi|i have the collaboration of Marcel Bellman and Associated British on "Duel in the Jungle," which has a screenplay by Sam Marx based on an S. K. Kennedy original. The picture will be shot in' 3D, Technicolor and for wide screen, partly in Kruger National Park, While Owen and Marshall will go ahead, the stars will leave in August and headquarter at Johannesburg, K1.KK DOUGLAS LIKELY LANA TURNER COSTAR A very great likelihood exists that Kirk Douglas will be the actor to star with Lana Turner in "Tl- Brave." Director Gottfried Reinhardt, now rope, will confer with him gg |g !J?║P|pi about this MGM subject, "* ^ screen-written by Ronald Millar and George Froeschel. It may follow more or less dj^ rectly a.fter "U-ly s s e s." Whether "The True and the Brave" will be made abroad or in this country is ,a question. Douglas is planning 18 months away from the United States on account of the tax exemption. Arthur Kennedy, who spent most of the past season in New York for "The Crucible," is returning to pictures in a powerful role . iimamm___s_____mL^ . in "The Americano," with Glenn Ford. He will play the padrone (Bento Hermany) of a large plantation in Brazil, who is misguided in his intense patriotism. The Jaffe agency arranged the deal, the film being the first for Kennedy since "The Lusty Men," with Robert Mitchum. LAS VEGAS HITS JACKPOT IN TALENT COSTS Show world, and particularly Hollywood names, are literally spilling over in Las Vegas this week, with a reported $150,000-plus being paid to top stars in the most remarkable aggregation of night-club appearances in the history of the Nevada or any other community. On a quick trip the writer caught the debut of Milton Berle and his company at the Sands (a reputed $35,000 item), and.also the first West Coast engagement at El Rancho Vegas of Vic Damone since he came out of the service.- Viewed also was Red Skelton's enormously successful performance at the 'Slnara and Betty Hutton's stunning show at the Desert Inn. But that's only part of the .whole panorama, including Spike Jones, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Gale Storm and Bambi Linn, Rod Alexander and Dancer Johnny Conrad, who are part of the Damone show, plus a host of others. Berle packed the Sands and had the resort jumping with his hillbilly act, this Belrlg-his first night-club engagement, he said, in six years. Skelton. hasn't worked in that field since the Chez Paree in Chicago ih the 30s, and he was down among the audience and everywhere. Damone Wfo new personality and a much finer singer than when he, went into the service and' seems headed toward."The Student Prince" in pictures, ' K7illll' M'LAGLEN CHQSEN FOR HEROIC COSTUME ROLE Victor McLaglen goes back to his former home base, 20th Century-Fox, to play Boltar in "Prince Valiant," with Robert Wagner and Janet Leigh. -He's enthused, too, 3]^ause, as he says, this is at.-flst a hero. McLaglen's last iS i c t u r e at 20th was "Foxes of Harrow." He won an Academy nomination this year for his portrayal in "The Quiet Man-" Charles Carr Palmer, who divides time between ' his screen writing and the production of industrial pictures, L anticipates henceforward devoting six months out of every year to the filming of entertainment, features. The firs^ wr^y^*;"The Land Un- kno^pt,\fev^^ich is about a i?╟÷ _ newsman;, Avho becomes in volved in an expedition that leads to the-ffii<SQ^ery of unusual animals and things out of the past centuke^^Soward Duff is being sought for that part of the newsman, -m& Ray Har- ryhauser, who created the special effects for "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms," will devise new animations for the production. Howard Duff HisTARtISHED 18: Floor *up Look At ThdmAet By IRVING KOLODIN NOBODY who has lived through the last decade has to be told anything about ceiling prices, but there can be an absorbing story in floor prices?╟÷especially if the floor is the oversized one of the Metropolitan Opera House. While the songbirds are dispersed for the summer, several score of workmen have been industriously tearing out the old seats on the orchestra floor, preparatory to giving it a new look that few who haven't seen the work' in progress could visualize. The famous banked rows called the orchestra circle have gone, of course, and also everything else from wall to wall downstairs has been swept away, as if by. a giant bulldozer. Remaining-. iS' 3the sweeping row of pillars beneath the boxes, for they are an integral part of the building support, and nothing can be done about them. Where dowagers and gentlemen of fashion are accustomed to sit stand piled bags of cement, and the overalled carpenters seem more appropriate to a workshop thanjthe area surrounded by the diamond horseshoe. The ena intent, of course, is a realignment of all the seats on the orchestra floor, to replace the makeshift arrangement that has endured more than 60 years. For the first time in all that while, there will be an integrated rise (as the theatrical people call it) from front row-to b?rtr p^nfiaa^ Summer at the Met: The look just before tt tically irreplaceable, arid will be put back in as many places and with as little patching as possible for the underflooring. On top of this will go a spanking new maple covering; then the long rolls of carpeting will be tacked down before the new chairs are put into : place. It was for many years the reasonable belief that if a customer paid $8 for an orchestra seat in the Met he was entitled to some- at the present time." Petrillo went on to urge Cabinet representation for the interests of the arts generally. . . . Robert Merrill, popular Metropolitan baritone, ventured a new field recently, with success. He took the floor of the Sands Club, in Las Vegas, and "gave out with a full routine of acceptable night-club material. Nothing like starting young! tJrLih ens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 LOS ANGELES San Francisco Portland - Seattle Hollywood, Calif. Reporter (Cir. 6,821) The Ames Brothers, opening at the Mocambo on July 7, wilPbe interv?SW??M by K^WB, difejay, Larry Finley at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, tomorrow night, l Finld'Tre.^rOCjo/iis chores at his MOP here on Thursday night . . . Lynne Carter I and^fs FouPCaftiers will tape an interview with Lynn Castile tomorow for KHJ I programming later this week. Carter's act is currently headlining at Charley Foy's Supper Club.