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DMY NEWS New York,N.Y. This Clipping From WHERE MAGAZINE NEW YORK, N. Y. NOV Rroadivau U By DANTON WALKER fcf Donn Arden Lisa Rose cidental Intelligence "There used to be a saying, 'Once a chorus girl, always _ rus girl,' implying that a chorus girl had neither intelligence nor bition. That may have been true in the days of high button shoes and pink tights, but nothing could be further from fact today. Now we have trouble keeping girls in the line because most of them are too intelligent and ambitious to stay there." The speaker was Donn Arden, who today probably employs more Sc h o r u s girls ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ t anyone in show business and is kept constantly on the move ig up revue talent for the Latin Quarter in New York, the Latin irter in Miami Beach, the Desert Inn and Stardust in Las Vegas, Moulin Roii^tt in ^Htrllywrmd and the Lid<r*"hr-?╜fearis. "As you w, plenty of beautiful girls had meteoric rises from the chorus ?╟÷Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Audrey Hepburn, June /?╟≤son, Arlene Dahl, June Haver, Janet Leigh and Lena Home, to [Hon a few?╟÷hut they were originally picked for their singing lancing ability, not their brains and acting talent. ?╟≤ ?╟≤ * ^^^^^^^_ "Today, with the studios cutting down on term contracts, a girl to have more than a beautiful face and figure to be groomed for dom and most of the girls know it. At the Latin Quarter here ?? of the girls are taking outside coaching and training for both and the theatre, and watching those beauties parade semi-nude would hardly suspect that nearly every one of them could make >od living in some other line of work in case Hollywood doesn't :on or they fail as dramatic actresses. For example, Tanya ette, 'the Girl in the Shower,' is the daughter of the owner of largest sheep station in New South Wales, Australia, and for a ?? worked as receptionist at the Australian consulate in New k. Shirley Forrest," an honor student at the University of Penn- ania, majored in languages and after graduation taught at a adelphia high school for a year. Recently, between auditioning TV shows, she gave private tutoring in German. ?╟≤ ?╟≤ ?╟≤ ^^^^^^^ "Peg Lynch, a blonde beauty from Georgia, graduated from range College and taught English and literature in a local high <ol two years. Pat Farrell graduated from Washington High in \ York, worked as a clerk at Metropolitan Life and this summer ied sociology at Columbia University. And so it goes. Not all ijirls are on such a highbrow level, of course, but this gives you dea. The most unusual chorus girl I have ever known, and the with the most imposing background, is my assistant, Lisa Rose. is pretty and shapely (37-22-35) but after auditioning in Las as she worked only twice for me as a dancer; she had just too k executive ability. As head captain of the ensemble her duties so numerous and exacting that I have given her an assistant, i Artus. However, Lisa will be a featured performer in the show h debuts in October, starring Jane Russell. ?╟≤ ?╟≤ ?╟≤ "Lisa's dad, Herbert Rose, headed a bureau in the War Produc Administration during the Roosevelt regime, which might ain her administrative ability. An aunt, the former Nancy ed, was a noted Ziegfeld beauty, hence her turn to show busi- Lisa was born in Los Angeles, entered the University of /land at 15, graduated at 19, then took courses at Northwestern ersity and the University of California, which gave her the ssary credits to enter the Sorbonne in Paris, where she studied ch, Italian and Spanish. When not working at psychology, she lessons in modern dancing from Jack Cole and ballet from lirna Schneider in Chicago, where one of her fellow students Kim Novak." "ALL ABOUT DAMES," new revu, at the famous Latin Quarter, is headlined by beautiful I una Maria liber ghetti After Dark East Side, West Side, literalh all around rhe town sparkling entertainment is to be seen for the going. Whether your taste runs to big-name singers, jazz artists, or just good dancing or background music, it's to be had in .Manhattan these nights at clubs large and small. TWO FOR THE SHOW Gordon MacRae. deservedly one of America's favorite singers, is presenting some ven prett\ music right now in the Empire Room of the Waldorf- Astoria, where he's appearing with his wife, Sheila Stephens, in a new act written h\ Mi- Stephens. The songs are the thing, hut in ad- wm (.11 IA 111 SI: Fernar, in the St. Regis Hot, the Maisonette, in rei WHERE ida Mantel IS lovely r urn engage stars ment teatuies some ven clever satiric take- offs on people like James Cagney, Arthur Godfrey, Elvis Presley, Kather- ine Hepburn, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Dinah Shore. Rodgers and Hammerstein musical comedies are the source of most of their songs, with "The Ki'iili and I," "South Pacific," "Carousel," and "Okla- Van Alexander, an old-timer who knows his conducting, is their special maestro, directing the Emil Coleman orchestra. Between shows Mr. Coleman takes over, alternating with Bela Babai and his .rohestra for dancing. MAGNIFICENT MADCAP ()ne of the freshest, most enjoyable comediennes in mam a moon is one Phyllis Diller, no stranger to delighted patrons of the Number One Bar, in the Number One Fifth Avenue Hotel, where she's appearing in a return engagement.! The relaxed Miss Diller, who writes her own material, is likeh to do almost anything in her ar her own hilarious jokes. She pokes kindh (but pointed) fun at everything from progressive schools ( "our daughter flunked Sandbox") to herself ("m\ hair is just nerve ends?╟÷ the\ break it off" ) and in between hit on some high points of high fashion, with a-ven good hat-modeling hit that would make even a couturier laugh: When even her accompanist ( Number One Fifth's own Harold Fonville) laughs, that's prett\ good proof that there's not a straight face in rhe room when rhis /am comedienne gives forth with the remarks and the antics. An excellent tenor voice, handsome appearance, and gjpneralh good showmanship mark the performance of Number One Fiftjh's other star, Stewart Rose, who sin^ everything from romantic Rodgers & Hart'melodies to the latest rock-and-roll with excellent styling and enthusiasm. Rose's accompanist is Bob Downey, genial host and off-and-on talented pianist for the Number One Bar, where beautiful cocktail pianist Joan Bishop also rakes a ruin ar rhe piano occasional!) for almost constant rrjusic in rhis delightful little club. IT'S HILDEGARDE There can be no mistaking rhe long- black gloves, loveh white gown, and versatile continental melodies these nights in rhe Persian Room of the Plaza, where rhe One-and-only Hilde garde is currenth staging a rerurn en-1 gagement. Hildegarde is hack with some of her old songs ( notably "The East Time I Saw Paris" and "Je \ ous Aime Beaucoup") and some popular new ones /a French rock-and-roll, some songs from rhe movie "Gigi, and the novelt\ "The Three Narrow Sidewalks.") Ted Streater and his hand, and some loveh Persian Room lighting cii(\-t>. add to rhe pleas appearance of rhis beautiful singer and her songs. "ALL ABOUT DAMES" The Latin Quarter has just unveiled another sparkling DojpfjuArden I production, "All About Dames," for which Anna Maria Alberghetti is the current headliner following the revue's first star, moviedom's Jane Russell. Miss Alberghetti, known in almost every media of show business, headlines a revue using spectacular lighting, musical, and overall magnificent ef- filled with individual talent acts and bevies of beautiful chorus girls. FOR JAZZ FANS Jazz trumpeter Jonah Jones and his well-known quartet are currenth playing at The Embers, 161 East ^4th Street, with the Eugene Smith trio aho on hand for continuous music at this popular Eastside club. Down in the Village, jazz fans are flocking to hear the Miles Davis sextet and rhe Phineas Newborn, fr.. trio at rhe Village Vanguard, Seventh Avenue near 1 lth Street. Singer Ernestine Anderson is also on hand there, starting rhis Tuesday, November I lth. STEWART ROSE, handsome young tenor, appears nightly in the One Fifth Ave nue Hotel's lovely Number One Bar