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This Clipping From NEW YORK, N. Y. DAILY MIRROR FRANCES MERRON'S 'BRIGHT SPOTS' Latin Q-utie: La Hollywood's fabulous Betty Grable ?╟÷ the dazzling, dancing [blonde who was queen of the nsilver screen for more than a decade ?╟÷ meets our town in a new role tonight ?╟÷ nightclub star. Still unbelievably -svelte of figure and deft of toe, Betty will whirl into the Latin Quarter with her own company of six and a special package show that al- I ready has won raves on the West Coast, at Las Vegas and in Miami. i Betty,s N.Y. debut will be made before a celebrity-jammed house ?╟÷a big turnout to cheer her on to a long run. The Latin Quarter is backing her and her company with the regular Doni^Arden presentation of ?╟úAll About Dames,?╟Ñ the current bill featur- I ing many new beauties.. THE ST. REGIS Maisonette sets its stage this evening for the [ first U.S. appearance of Belgian- . born song star Tonia Bern. A | top-rank attraction in Baris and London, Tonia is a beauty?╟÷and a bride! She was married this past Christmas Eve to British motor boat speed champ, Donald Campbell, son of the late Sir | Malcolm Campbell. Blue Angel, holding over co- | median Shelly Berman, also has a premiere tonight?╟÷an original two-act r evu e dubbed ?╟úIsn't | America Fun." The musical mer- riment features Fay DeWitt, Clai- borne Cary, Cy Young and Rudy Tronto, Marie ?╟úThe Body" McDonald I bowed at thfi Pnnyv. handles the cocktail hour and tween show breaks.. .New bill at the Bon Soir in the Village?╟÷in- imitable Kaye Ballard, the Little, & Mason Trio, songbird Beatnce Reading, plus host Jim- mie Daniels and other regulars. +n?HErpA^IE BOND Trio, fea- turing Toni Hollingsworth, moved SSL * x?½ Golden Dolphin last ^jught to split the bill with Greek Irouhador Nikos Gounaris.^ Cafe Sahbfa, the Isftelf hitery, is holding dancers Zvika & Talya and folk singers Hillel & Aviva through April. Recording ace Alan Dale checks into the Sapphire Room in Jackson Heights tomorrow to headline the weekend show. A husband-and-wife team of Parisian club stars, Luc and Jeanine Poret, top the new bill at Trudy Heller?╟╓s Versailles in the Village. Luc, by-the-by, is writer-arranger for such lumi- naries as Edith Piaf, Patachou and Genevieve, co-owned a Paris bistro with the latter...Den in the Duane introduced a new West Coast comedy . star here last night?╟÷Lenny Bruce?╟÷who ran up a full year?╟╓s peeking *f tti* Crescendo in Hollywood. S' Pack- er Restaurant on Madison Ave, romps Mori, through Sat PTiAYSBfTl Restaurant main* tains aTine of reviews on all B?╟╓way shows, makes them avail- able to diriers trying to decide over dinner on one to choose for the evening...Restaurateur Mickey Goodstein has taken over Michael?╟╓s Cafe on Chamber?╟╓s] St., a Mon.-through-Fri., lunch- ?╟╓till-dinner spot with a handsome private party center, the Rose Room ... Walsh?╟╓s Steak House will exhibit oils and water colors by its staff starting Monday... The Lobster has redecorated its downstairs grill and dubbed it the Lobster Cellar. ALAN DALE Weekend headliner. Monday With bewitching effect. Her songs and her self zinged the smart set. Zany comic Jackie Kahane, just back from a cross-country tour, led a new revue into Glen Cove's Golden Slipper* Tuesday. Bright and brisk for Spring. Mine host Bob Downey, a mighty man on the keyboard himself, has a new fun lineup go- ing at the smart NumbekjBne Fifth Avenue Bar. Honors are shared by funster Tommy Han- lon and sultry chanteuse Nanci jHall. Singing pianist Elaine Gilda This Clipping From NEW YORK, N. Y. SUNDAY MIRROR APR LEE MORTIMER Betty Grable Is Great In Latin Quarter Show A* I can tell?╟╓you, there are a lot of pleasantly excited people in this town. They?╟╓re the lucky ones who caught Betty Grable in her first New York cafe appearance at the Latin Quarter. They came to scoff and sneer. They went away cheering. It?╟╓s not because the years failed to change Betty?╟╓s famed limbs and figure, which are as girlish as ever. It?╟╓s because she?╟╓s a genuine- ly great performer who has the audience rolling and roaring and yelling all the way through her all too short act. MOST OF US figured here was .another Hollywood ?╟úfreak?╟Ñ in an attempt to turn back the calen- dar. Betty is no such thing. The trouble with sex-p6t publicity is that we forget the girl who?╟╓s in back of it sometimes has some- thing more than, sex. Betty's a shrewd cookie too; in building up a terrific supporting act to back her in her song and dance material. She carries four talented boys, namely Dean Campbell, Gene Hardy, Jim Hodge and John Drexel, while produeer DonnArden buili some special turrisior her with some of his line gals. A high spot is Betty's ?╟úsister act?╟Ñ with Joyce Roberts, of the Latin Quarter company. Her bit is a glorious surprise. It, stamps Joyee as stgr calibre and stamps Betty Grable as a genuine show- man in permitting another (and younger) gal to steal applause ih the interests, of a good perform- ance. m This Betty Grable is a perfect trouper. You will never see a better one. k SMART EDDIE RISMAN built a magnificent supporting show around his expensive ($18,000 a week) star. I can?╟╓t remember one that?╟╓s more enjoyable at E. M. Loew?╟╓s gilded pleasure palace. It opens with a bang with the Shaller Brothers who came in as a last minute replacement, andj aren't on the program. Whatf these two boys do on the tramf poline is absolutely miraculous! It just can't be done. But they 44 it. 1 In a reprise at the Quarter is I D o mini q ue, amazing young I French magician and ?╟úpickpodkf I et?╟Ñ whose act is one of the f astei I and funniest on the boards, f [ know all the gimmicks, but hiI always gives me a thrill. x 1 The stars are > dressed up by Arden?╟╓s grand and glamorous ?╟úAll About Dames?╟Ñ reviewed here previously/and better every time you see it, including blonde and busty Pony Sherrell, who sings and wrote the production material; Boubouka and her belly bumps; and Mitsuko Mori: gai, Japan?╟╓s gift to the White Way wolf -department. It's a wonderful show and a lot of fun and I loved every min- ute of , it. . .1."" """...11 ""l : -MISS GAMS HERSELF. One of Hollywood's greats, Betty Grable makes her N.Y. song- and-dance bow headlining the >new show at the Latin Quarter* ??eser t Inn, f .as Vegass Las Vegas, Jan. .6. _ Peggy Lee, Bernard Bros (3) Evelyn Freeman & Tommy kob-\ fjt ??onn Arden Dancers] '?╟≤ i * Larlton Hayes Orch (12) * production numbers staged by Donn Arden; original lyrics, Pony PhiFnln w mv>^ical . arrangements, Phil Moody, $3 minimum. . Peggy Lee brings the packas?p Mm receJtly disPla^ed in H?╟╓wooJs Moulin Rouge almost intact to the Painted Desert Room, and word- of-mouth should bring it brisk biz even during the next few ?╟úslow?╟Ñ k Vxe turn> smoothly staged by^Nick Castle, is stimulating, and has appeal for motley tastes. s casual style is highly ef- fective m a well-balanced reper- click ?╟ tf her current dis- S&fc ?╟?Feve^ . Pfr trademarked Liover, and includes ?╟úIt?╟╓s All With Me,?╟Ñ ?╟ ?╟ My Man?╟Ñ yroiden Earrings,?╟Ñ ?╟úMananaM Why Don?╟╓t You Do Right?╟╓?╟Ñ ?╟Ñft?╟╓s W.?ISS ?╟úKto^ Tl?╟ú Miss Lee is. joined in several numbers_by Evelyn Freeman and ever to play Vega!Jrinblff'f ttogsi W . The Bernat-d Bothers (3), too long absent from the Strip, click \rith their comedy crammed with Out- co^hhies> props, and rohipS through disk pantomiming ?· Two new Donn Arden produc- es* ?╟ ?╟úSpeaking of Love?╟Ñ and Another Day, Another DoL far have bigtime Brilliance.?╟╓ They Art Johnson, giid the terps of Barbara Frederick and Larry Maldonado. Carlton.: &Sfe:*?╟≤; strong asset to the slitWi skedded through Jan. ?╟≤ * Duke.