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^MILTON BERLE NEXT LATIN QUARTER STAR \ MILTON BERLE, King of Comedy, who played to SRO in New York's Latin Quarter, will make his local debut in the Palm Island Latin Quarter on Feb. 23. "Uncle Miltie" will storm the ramparts of Miami Beach night life February 23rd, when he capers into the Palm Island Latin Quarter for a four-week siege. Holding down the fort with the King of Comedy will be all the regulars in the Berle troupe, including his buxom comedy foil, Betty George, and the dancing Dun- hills. Now recovered from his recent leg injury that cut short his smash New York Latin Quarter engagement, the bumptious comedian promises a month of hilarious evenings for tourists and natives alike . . . with no two evenings quite the same as Berle acts and re-acts to each individual audience. The much acclaimed Donry^rden production, /1nternationafi1sl^h^-f6T%Love,/ will continue with only the starring slot replaced by Berle. Until that opening on the 23rd the stellar positions will still be ably filled by California comedienne Sue Carson and the zany British Bernard Brothers. BRUARY 8, 1958 THERE'S LOTS TO SEE, lots to thril to, nite clubs, dining palaces, sports thrills, celebrities, fashions. A year to remember in the magnificence of new shows which have emerged as the talk of the nation. The LatJn Quarter, where the King of Entertainers, Milton Berle, sparks the rave revue conceived by Donn Arden; Da Parte moro c r-. I ^ .-?╜?╟≤-./?╟≤>?√?- 4-U~ ?╟÷ -Milton Berle's riofoTOTy' IMhy hour and a half show at the! Latin Quarter in Miami Beach makes that attractive place the "Ben Blue's" of the East.. .A capacity crowd almost choked from laughing continuously.. .We have never witnessed Berle as fast and funny as he was at this premiere..., Donn, Arden produced the exciting girl stuff.. .High spots incluW WeWc'olWiF' baby doll (in silk diapers) Gina Genardi, a diminutive ball of fire; one of Japan's loveliest girls, Mitsuki Morigai; a beauteous prima donna named Martha Errolle; Betty George, the eye-filly, who gives the show a lot of its topic "A" and three of the swiftest precision hoofer^ Lof all time, the Dunhills. Latin Quarter Show?╟÷'Rapturous Revnue!' By $. S. BENECSC/ON, Amusement Editor The famous Latin Quarter, on Palm Island, presented Its 'International Holiday for Love"?╟÷produced and directed by Donn Arden?╟÷with the same pomp and circum- stance till I! HSi RHRRffllshed its career as a citadel of fine entertainment in the past. Per-<^ haps, there is a shade of added achievement in this '58 spectacular. In a room no longer dotted With unsightly poles, the new view of the two-hour show proved a slightly ecstatic experience. Chock full of color, talented terpsichoreans, buffoonery, saucy satire, singing excellence, panto- mimicry and dancing divertissement, the musical comedy format is superb entertainment. A dozen scenes divide the program of production numbers, song fests and headline performances. We sing special hossanas for the voices of Tony Mack, John Juliano, Gina Genardi and Bay Kyle. A new face on the Florida horizon is Gueti Clavijo, from Spain, whose Flamenco forays bring a new and tantalizing treatment to the heel and toe technique. The incomparable Rudy Cardenas with his famous collection of tricks with balls, cups and hats, performs his juggling jamboree with masterful precision and unbelievable control and timing. A great act for She's Just A Doll Statuesque Judy Howard totes the "children" right on stage with her at the Palm Island Latin Quarter every night. The imaginative costuming is for the "Tobago- Island of Love" sequence in the J)onn Arden revue. ^m\ SUE CARSON the kiddies who, incidentally, were present in great numbers. Woven into the fabric of brilliance, diversification and charm was "La Scala Time," featuring the excellent warbling of soprano Martha Errolle and tenor Gene Varronc . an aria from La Traviata. And from deah ole Lunnon came the Bernard Brothers to tickle our risibilities with zany shenanigans superbly matched to the tune or several recordings including "Bugle Boogie of Company B", "K-K-K-Katie", "The Indian Love Call" and a medley from "King and I," ^he latter, surely the high point in the presentation of hilarious lampooning, slapstick and pantomimicry literally rocked the house. Billed as America's sensational dancing stars, the Bob Pevoye Trio proved to be the personification of poise, grace, technical per-; fection and aero-ballet artistry. j A stand-out is Sue Carson, the I cute coquette and comedienne,! whose stint is loaded with dyna-! mite. She adds to a socko show a squint-eyed view of the trials and tribulations of the female' species with a ditty titled "All The Men Are So Smart," and tops it with a puckish treatment of "Teen-age Crush" that brought salvos of applause from all of us. Her impressions of Jo Stafford, Eckstine, Lena Home, Pearl Bailey and a special bit called "Stripper Blues" had the effect of a flash flood! "Seven Lively Arts'*?╟÷.a song-story of the peccadilloes of the male sex proved a howler. The African routine, a silly, slapstick story of a dotter who sticks pins in the doll-like image of her mother and discovers a prince in the guise of a green garter snake, completed the eap- tivation of an audience already hog-tied. Only jarring note, to this reporter, was the graceless "gal ex- otique" who trundled across the stage and, in the name of art, gave us a look-see at a pair, of bovine buttocks that resembled Hgy^ar end of a Chicago steer^ tir