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1 "THE ARDEN TOUCH" pAGS TWO PARTICULARLY MOVING, BECAUSE IT WAS AT A TIME WHEN PATRIOTISM SEESffiD TO uOSE iVAY TO A STYLE OF THINKING THAT QUESTIONED THE AMERICAN PURPOSE. SO WHILE SOME WERE BURNING THE AMERICAN FLAG, CONGRESS WAS HAPPY TO CONFIRM FOR POSTERITY, THAT ONE PROUD MAN, DONN ARDEN, HAS SAYING "HELLO AMERICA", HONORABLY AND JUBILANTLY. IN REVIEWING THE EXPERIENCES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN AND ARTIST, ONE REALIZES THAT EVERY MOMENT OF SUCH A MAN'S LIFE IS IMPORTANT, AND WITHOUT QUESTION, APPLICABLE TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRUTH OF GENIUS. AND BREVITY, THO BEING SEEMINGLY UNFAIR, WILL STILL ILLUSTRATE THE OVERWHELMING ACCOMPLISHMENTS DONN ARDEN HAS SUCCESSFULLY REALIZED BY HIS FAMED WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE MUSICAL, MAGICAL WORLD OF SHOWBUSINESS. GIMMICKS, GADGETS AND GIRLS GALORE! MIKING PRETTY GIRLS PRETTIER! BRINGING TO EVERYTHING HE TOUCHED, THE FRESHNESS OF THE AMERICAN TEMPO! THE FIRST PRODUCER TO BRING TO LAS VEGAS, NUDITY WITH ELEGANCE AND TASTE. THE AMAZING NUMBER OF SUPERSTARS WHO MADE THEIR LAS VEGAS DEBUT BY THE ARTISTIC REINS OF DONN ARDEN BETTY GRABLE, NOEL COWARD, DANNY KAYE, FRANK SINATRA, JACK BENNY, BETTY BUTTON, JANE POWELL, ANNA M1RIA ALBERGHETTI, EDGER BERGEN, PATRICE MUNSEL, JIMMY DURANTE, PHIL HARRIS, TONY MARTIN, EDDIE FISHER, ANDY WILLIAMS, JOHNNY RAY, AND THE INCOMPARABLE MAURICE CHEVALIER! NOT ONLY DID THE AUDIENCES OF LAS VEGAS EXPERIENCE THIS PHENOMENON, BUT IN'NEW YORK, AT THE FAMOUS RIVIERA CASINO, DONN ARDEN PRESENTED THE WILL MASTIN TRIO, FEATURING SAMMY DAVIS, JR. AND A NEW YOUNG COMEDY TEAM, JERRY LEWIS AND DEAN MARTIN. IN MIAMI, THE LATE GREAT JACK COLE, ASSISTED BY GWEN VERDON, NOW A BROADWAY STAR, AND CAROL HANEY WERE ARDEN'S PRINCIPAL PRODUCTION DANCERS. MARGE AND GOWER CHAMPION, OF FILM AND STAGE FAME, WERE HIS PRODUCTION DANCING TEAM. AND A YOUNG MAN NAMED AMOS JACOBS, WAS MR. ARDEN'S MASTER OF CEREMONIES. WE NOW KNOW HIM AS MR. DANNY THOMAS! DURING HIS THREE DECADES IN SHOW BUSINESS, MR.ARDEN HAS ALMOST SINGLEHANDEDLY RAISED THE STANDARD OF NIGHTCLUB AND THEATKERESTAURANT ENTERTAINMENT TO ITS PRESENT RESPECTED PLACE IN THE FIELD OF SHOWBUSINESS. IIS.BRILLIANT SHOWS ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE CREATED A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE WHICH OTHERS STRIVE FOR, BUT SELDOM ACHIEVE.