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THE Alt!'EN TOUCH a biography of donn ardex producer/director of donn arden's "hallelujah hollywood 1" (SOON TO HAVE IT'S WORLD PREMIERE IN THE ZIEGFELD THEATRE, MGM GRAND HOTEL, LAS VEGAS NEVADA.) Written asd ?╜??spiled bj Larrj Ma. Idea ado IN THE WORLD OF THEATER, A DONN ARDEN PRODUCTION HAS BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL BYLINE. MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF HAPPILY SATISFIED CUSTOMERS HAVE SEEN HIS EXTRAVAGANT SPECTACULARS IN EVERY MAJOR CITY OF THE WORLD. 26 COUNTRIES SO FAR} INCLUDING SUCH GREAT CITIES AS NEW YORK, MIAMI, HOLLYWOOD, LAS VEGAS, PARIS, ROME AND RIO DE JANIERO. AND IN THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT, THE WORDS, "DONN ARDEN" AND "SPECTACULAR" ARE SYNONYMOUS. BUT THE LAVISH USE OF SPECTACLE IS NOT THE PRINCIPAL REASON FOR THE ENORMOUS SUCCESS OF THIS BRILLIANT SHOWMAN; IT IS HIS CONSUMMATE ABILITY TO COORDINATE EVERYTHING SO PERFECTLY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF HIS EYE-FILLING PRESENTATIONS. IN TRUE DONN ARDEN TRADITION, NO HOLDS ARE BARRED FOR THE SAKE OF BEAUTY AND NOVELTY. ....OF PROFUSION AND PERFECTION. IN EACH OF HIS LAVISH REVUES, WE ARE TRANSPORTED FROM ONE COLORFUL SCENE TO ANOTHER. WITH THE ARTICULATE TIMING OF A BRILLIANT ENGINEER, HE EMPLOYS THE USE OF GIANT HYDRALIC ELEVATORS, STAIRCASES, FLYING DISCS AND STAGES, RUNWAYS AND LIVING CURTAINS, TO CREATE BREATHTAKING MOMENTS OF MAGICAL ILLUSION. GRACING HIS STAGES WITH PERSONALLY SELECTED TALENT AND BEAUTY, ONE SEES THAT HIS COMMAND IS STRONG AND RESPECTED AND HIS TASTE IMPECCABLE. HIS STUPENDOUS ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE WON MR. ARDEN MANY HONORS? THE AMERICAN NATIONAL DANCE MISTER'S AWARD, THE GRAND PRIX IN FRANCE, AND THE GOLDEN RUNWAY AND SILVER MASQUE AWARDS IN ITALY, PLUS MINY OTHERS - ALL FOR HIS ENORMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO STAGE TECHNIQ.UES. BUT THE MOST CHERISHED MOMENT IN HIS HEART WAS BEING INFORMED BY CONGRESS, THAT HIS LAS VEGAS PRODUCTION OF "HELLO AMERICA", PRESENTED AT THE DESERT INN HOTEL, HAD BElN ACKNOWLEDGED AND ENTERED INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD FOR IT'S TRIBUTE TO AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN WAY.