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    I ALD 1JHE MOSBY ' ^BP^; UNITED PRESS HOLLYWOOD CORRESPONDENT j0: JpLLYtfOOD, SEPT, g?╜?╟÷(UP)?╟÷JERRY LEWIS CELEBRATES HIS 25TH fe& ANNIVERSARY IN SHOW BUSINESS THIS MONTH BY BEGINNING A NEW CAREER?╟÷AS AN ?╟≤EXCITED AND ENTHUSIASTIC* SINGLE. ON SEPT. 17, 1931, A FIVE-YEAR-OLD TODDLED ONTO THE STAGE OF A Katskills mountain resort for his first public bow. NOW, AFTER 10 years |||TH SINGER DEAN MARTIN AS.ONE OF THE BIGGEST TEAMS OF THE ENTERTAINMENT* WORLD, JERRY LEWIS HAS TURNED AN IMPORTANT CORNER IN HIS LIFE. THIS WEEK JERRY, RECENTLY *DIVORCED* FROST DEAN, BEGAN WORK ON HI& FIRST MOVIE AS A SINGLE, *THE"DELICATE"DELINQUENT,I AT PARAMOUNT. THE Set APPEARED DIFFERENT TO ME WITHOUT MARTIN AROUND TO THROW BUCKETS OF %TER ON JERRY BETWEEN^ENES, BUT OTHERWISE JERRY'S CO-WORK?·RS AGREE HE*LL BE A BIG SUCCESS AND RISE TO NEW HEIGHTS ON HIS OWN. H "I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT,THIS NEW LIFE,* SAID JERRY, WHO, DESPITE HIS ^iTICS, IS A SERIOUS, INTENSE PERSON. ?╟≤PATTY (HIS WIFE) AND I CAN BREATHE EASILY NdW. AT LEAST I CAN DO gfHE THINGS I!VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO. I??VE HAD OFFERS FROM EVERY STUDIO W TOWN,. DRAMATIC PARTS, COMEDY, DIRECTORIAL JOBS. DIRECTING WILL HAVE. TO WAIT. ROGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN OFFERED ME A SCRIPT BUT THE STAGE WILL IblE LATER, TOO. ,' ^3 ? "TELEVISION SHOWS?╟÷LOTS OF dgFERS. MY AGENT SAYS^THEREfD HAVE TO BE I' 76. HOURS IN EVERY DAY FOR,ME TO DO ALL I WANT TO DO,? HE SAID EAfiERLY. " JERRY HASN'T DECIDED ON ANY OFFERS, EXCEPT TO^ OPEN AT THE/^ANDS HOli 11% LAS VE<j?·5-?╜C DECEMBER, HIS FIRST CLUB ENGAGEMENT ALONE CMARTIN WILL PLOT THE .SANDS.liATER AS A SINGLE AND CURRENTLY IS STARRING, TOO, IN HIS IFIRSt MOVIE/ALONE, w10,000 .BEDROOMS.*} i 3 IT WAS IN LAS VEGAS THAT JERRY TRIED OUT HIS NEW STATUS. WHEN JUDY GARLAND GOT LARYNGITIS AT THE NEW FRONTIER HOTEL, JERRY SUBSTITUTED FOR HER AND PROVED TO THE CHEERING AUDIENCE HE COULD BE A TOP PERFORMER ON HIS OWN, fj| '&J [' "THAT WAS THE GREATEST NIGHT IN MY SHOW BUSINESS CAREER,w HE SAID, JERRY ALSO HAS HAD A BOOST FROM HIS FANS WHO, HE SAYS, HAVE WRITTEN HIM WISHES FOR GOOD LUCK. ANY COMPLAINT ABOUT THE SPLIT-UP OF MARTIN i LEWIS? C%1 ^Iml ?╟≤THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO COMPLAIN?╟÷THEY DON'T IF A MAN DIVORCES A WOMAN AND ;THIS WAS LIKE A DIVORCE," HE SAID QLUMLY. "AFTER 10 YEARiw HURTS ME TC?½ALK ABOUT IT.* | ALTHOUGH SOME OBSERVERS PREDICTED GLOOMY RESULTS WHEN THE TEAM SPLIT, jerry^IaFriends say he mw wilAealhe ,*^;remendous acting .%kp comedy TALENT* THATfS BEEN UNTAPPED, ?╟≤I N?·VER WAS WORRIED ABOUT WORKING ALONE,* SAID JERRY, LOOKING RELAXED AND HAPI^P^HE SECRET\OF SHOW, BUSINESS IS TO MAKE PEOPLE ?╟≤LAUGH?╟÷ -ALONE, WITH A MONKEY, ANOTHER MAN OR A PAIR^OF SPATS. -S# ?╟≤THAT'S ALL PEOPLE EXPECT OF YOU?╟÷MAKE THEM LAUGH,* AMD HE mm MQV I TO eekikqeFUNHY FACES BEFORE THE CAMERA, TC 9/?╜S., ~<l?·t_T':'' -M^^mssL. ! WIto's WorM HeeviW: \On Nitery <glrci*it? By James B<ae@m HOLLYWOOD?╟÷Who are the greatest night club stars? I The sure-fire performers who almost make it a pleasure to pay high prices for smoky 1 rooms and crowded dance floors? An Indiana housewife thinks a published list of such stars would fill a real need for persons of moderate income who can afford a night club only oh I; special occasions. "The few times we've gone to a club," she says, "we wound up getting stung by, inferior I entertainment?╟÷and "our pock- etbooks can't take it." Her complaint stemmed from | a visit to a Chicago cliib where a top female recording star was featured. The singer crooned only a couple of her hit records I into the microphone and noth- I ing else. ken up as a team but soon to appc-r 0? singles and probably jusf* as successfully); Lena ^ Horne, Sammy Davis Jr., Nat jr> King Cole, Milton Berle, Danny | Thomas, Jimmy Durante, Peggy Lee, Joe E. Lewis, Frank ,^j|yatra, Peter Lind Hayes and M'a*y Healy, Pearl Bailey, Spike Jones, the Ritz Brothers, Harry Belafontef^rlay Bolger,^ Billy Daniels and the Mills Brothers. Associated Press \Jm AMERICAN Jm Qr$_?╤ 524.656 - S, 769,679 paiLAQEJJ^A^PA. Nevada Casino Brags *lt Lost* 1,000,000 Las Vegas, Nev., Jan, l-ii (INS)?╟÷Only in Nevada are, there business . establishments, that advertise their losses?╟÷and! the more they lose the moreH &ey get. The Sands Hotel-, announced _proudi3rToaiy'Tlfa*'f it liad lost a million dollars to crap-rhooting, roulette-playing, fflaekjack-bet- ting ?√ßcelebr.ators during the New Year's holiday. '?╜f ?║fm N THINK there are thousands of people in the country," the housewife continues, ''who wquld appreciate a word from the experts on who to see in a night club." The suggestion was put to Jack Entratter, impresario of the Saadw-Hutial in Las Vegas. The same suggestion also was put to Amy Archerd, columnist 3 for Variety, who often attends three to four night club openings a week. He's an expert, too. _ Ipave favorites, too. It's sur- : prising how much the three of us agreed. All on the list have one thing I in common. They all knock 8 themselves out to entertain. None thinks he is doing thef m audience a favor by just show- I ing lip. *?╟≤' :' Here, then, is the list: Martin and Lewis^agw bro Whalen Refuses to Tei#ifyv^|| TBf; I Assistant State's Attorney Frank Whalen reportedly ?║??d on the 5th Amendment and refused testify before federal grand jury investigating ambulance chasing, lives at 314 S. Elmwood av., Oak Parfe.fl ting Cole Signs 3 Years at $00,000 LAS VEGAS, June 28 {INS}?╟÷Singer Nat (King) Cole has signed what was called the largest single contract for nisht club performances in thehistory ^^hol^ business. The new contract, signed by*#ck Entrs#ej% producer, of shows at the Sands H^eUmte, calls for ^0(WJo Je Paid to Cole for annual appearances in1957, 1958 andT9o9. WICHITA, KANSAS KACON JAJW1957 1|Holei Advertises Losses to Get {More CysfomerCSi Las. Vegas, Ney.,. Jan.., 1. ' |(INS) ?╟÷Only ' in , .Nevada ' are _ here business establishments hat advertise their leases wildly |?╟÷and the more they' lose?╟÷the ore customers they get.* ?╟? The Sands Hotel announced (proudly that itg^ad losf a million dollars t03^oCrap-shooting, roulette-playing, vblaCkjack; betting eelebry org during the three-day New Ygar's holiday.1 In addition ~ fogy the .heavy losses in the casinofwihe JSands threw its usual, gently?Σ≤'M?·W,B* IIYear's Eve party .^^^ir is high- flighted .by little, \i--h-e1 handings distributed to thed^^^mTbey are weighted with 25;silver do)- . lars ?╟÷?╟≤ w h i c h, ,g:. iaeidentklly, doesn't go far. ii'i Las' Vegas The lure of newly minted silver "dollars and' expeeleTSg wii> "! nings at the gami%|g-;$ables brought nearly 100,"006)^f&jtbrs t"6 Vegas since Saturday^