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JUL ens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 SAN FRANCISCO Los Angeles Portland - Seattle Oakland, Cal. Tribune (Cir.O. 160,824 - S. 172,057) DEC 2 2 1952 JUL ens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 LOS ANGELES San Francisco Portland - Seattle Los Angeles, Calif. Examiner (Cir. 349,320) IARLY BIRD COAST TO COAST iom Fiim Storm Failed to Halt Gamblers By HY GARDNER LAS VEGAS, Nev., Dec. 25.?╟÷ Bud Granoff ;set';..the j mood the moment our. -pilot. pinpointed. thjg.: multi-colored lights that maKe Las Vegas from a height of 50Q0; feet look like Tiffany's window- through a telescope. "It's Vegas," he shouted. "Fasten your money. ?·elts!?vt3|jty' ; No hotel opening in history; including Glenn McCarthy's m?4 morable Shamrock shindig in' Houston could match the cur-1 tain-raising ceremonies that attended the launching of the Jake' Freedman-Jack Entratter com-' um bine's $5,500,000 monument to man's ; weakness for gambling, the iabulffiT firm fill. ITntnl Thrre were more celebrities^ s.radio, television and wire service men and Broadway and Hollywood corespondents around than one- ai'A'ecl bandits?╟÷and in this Wild Western showtown that's front page-news. "llJiitgll^; '.f*torms play havoc with the lighting system in Vegas. A few moments before Danny Thomas broke in the new Copa Room a downfall doused all the lights.1 Though the entire area was in darkness, an emergency power plant automatically flooded the casino with, light, not interrupting the spinning of the roulette wheels ??r the action at the crap tables for so njuch. as a split- second.: Ah unexpected cessation in the midst of a roll could cost the house tens of thousands of dollars; in this rackeiptis per^ missible fffij1 nature to blow a fuse but 4eaven help* the help if the proprietor does .*. *.!S;fl Harryji&tz &nd his brothers are so "Sold on Las Vegas-. that they've revived talk about go-: ing into partnership with Martin and! Lewis, S'ony Martin, Jimmy Durante and Danny Thomas in erecting their own hotel-casino-club. "We could rotate our' acts, bring in other names between times, have a lot of fun and: make a lot of loot on such a project." Ritz reasoned. If the boys go through with the plan I'd like to offer one suggestion: Book Joe E. Lewis immediatelj. If he plays yourl place long enough you'll be able to retire! . ?? Like Lewis, many performers fcan't resist the temptation to flilt. with Lady Luck if she's handi. ' Consequently, it isn't unusual to lose their, week's pay even before they collect it. To strengthen their "characters" fully 50 per cent of the big money earners who play the Nevada cafelrets, :arrange with their personal managers or agents to*. Ml^fct1 tfg&? , salaries so that < ttetel ^rfbraaers carry dblyt pocKe^mioney while they're in the'obai^er zone .$$l?║hDanny Thomas developed a case of swollen glands this morninj after the oiening show night, and tlue' to the show- must-go-on tradition of the theater, seven ,staijs who were at the opening are jgoing on in his stead., The : substitutes . include :Jan. Powell, i Denise Darcel, Jimmy - D.urante, the Ritz Brothers* Frankie Lavne and Spike Jones. "^'^^^^f^fH Terry Moore, whose- dlmen-j sions?·&i&ke Marilyn Mohrqe lookj like a Boy Scout, was very im-i pressed with "Danny. 1||fomaa'! routine,. Having, missed his introduction because^ she was engrossed in a conversation with a column^,- she turned to the latter andHaid, "That fellow is great?╟÷dfn||you think it's about time soniefeody discovered him." As a matter ho?·?╟≤ fact the Moore girl wasn't too far off the beam. Danny! Thomas will be discovered again?╟÷not as a story weaver, but as a singer with a timber and a resonance to his last | voice reminiscent of .Harry Rich- man- and; Benny Fields in their heyday and of the late Al Jolson, whose original role he plays in Warner's highly touted new version of "The Jazz Singer." Copyright, 1952, for The Tribnne cJiuen s PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 LOS ANGELES San Francisco Portland - Seattle Los Angeles, Cal. News (Cir. 244,564) * Esirl Wilson LAS VBGU^, *Te0** Streets of this town are green with Christmas decorations, as are the streets of most American cities -today. But in what other city would you see garbage cans full of silver dollars? It's part of the flavor of this moderii Yukon. Silver dollar are dumped hj- to garbagje cans in the gambling houses ortx&Qgc zle dazzle Fremont St., the main drag. They're pushed on hand trucks from the banks. Somtj- pushed back tb WILSON times they're the banks. "You know. one nrvwepapet- man explained to me, "one red- son they use silver dala^s heije is the worry of robbery. j "If a holdup, man gets KM) silver dolla#jpli hjis pocket, tys not going tosruii very fust." I've been here frequently, tut my' firm1 boy eyes pop e^ch time. Most Americans don't know that this cockeyed citlfs becoming sort of an entertfhr ment capital in its desire'to please gambling society. Though, the city's population is only 35,000, it employs afcfjut $5 500,000 worth of cafe entertainers a year. Why, even New York doesn't have in its famous night clubs as many stars as are here. "Lost Wages," as it's c^yjyfcjeven big hotels plus tv< ,j.L r-afes. Gander these names working here now or due to make Las Vegas merry dur- ing the holidays: Danny Thomas, Pearl Bailey, the Andrews Sisters, Bert Lahr, Lauritz Mel- choir Bob Crosby, Sophie Tucker Tony Martin, Carmen Miranda, Louis Prima, Harry Nimmo and Joanne Gilbert. And when Danny Thomas "lost his voice" and couldn't go on at "tjjir^ H"tfiUilr othe?· night, who^uTrfjed: for him? Merely Jimmie Durante, the Ritz Brothers, Frankie Lame, Jane Powell, Spike Jones and Denise Darcel. It's exciting if you can stay up all night. Who's that at the gambling table next to you? Maybe a Texas oil man. Maybe a character from the underworld. It could even be Ursula Thiess, the German actress who's a friend of Robert. Taylor and who does a nude swimming scene in the new picture, "Monsoon." "It was my first picture and I did what they told me," she told me. "It's a quick scene and I hope the public forgets it quickly." :Si?? ^SM^t^-t But these guys_who win or lose $90,000 a night and shrug it off?╟÷I can't get used to that. Money never seemed to me to be for that purpose. Anyway, there's already a gag about the new spot being called "The Sands." They say that only in the Sands will' you find spinach and there's plenty of that green stuff here. * * * THE MIDNIGHT EARL IN N. Y. . . . The League of Restaurant Owners came to terms with the Bartenders' Union, which had threatened a strike in time for Christmas . . . Father Divine is trying to settle the summons trouble that's kept him out of New York at his Philly retreat . Juan Duarte is on his way here to sell properties belonging to his sister, the late Evita Peron . . . Paulette Goddard's first N. Y. date was with Erich Maria Remarque at Manny Wolf's. ?· ?╜, Magda Gabor has quit the family jewelry business and will open in a revival of "The Women" . . . Johnny Meyer was at Armando's shjgwing off beauti- ' ful Pamela Shaw . . . Hedy La- marr's ex-lf&lband, Ted Stau?·=-v fer, flew ISoad of African chorus cutil||?·q: AcapulcO lb appear at hjiflught clubvJI . . Beverly BeMley's one r oLa the , honeys on ^C-TV's "The Big FaWISH I'D^lD THATjf5roU don't get ulcfe from wha* you eat_you get ulcers f?·om*what's eating you."?╟÷Igor Gorin. (Copyright 1952 Post-Hall Syndicate. Inc.) ESTAtf 0EC 21 1952 j THJI LAIT WATCH?╟÷G a r t| Bnsrfhers, whose telephone 'give Ij^ay" gimmkek for a $100 credit fon yiTV.Vse/ Mag caused such a fusifaroumd Wwn, have asked me1 i to ???║V, along this message to I the n??lic: Any citize^ij|vho feels | he iBs'been misled^Ve^ircharged or high-pressured by this firm's' advertising or sales methods is requested to contact the store, and the high brass will handle the matter personally. So if any* .body has a beef, register it direct] [to Gart Brothers, and not through I me, as so many have done. If you'd likehfc??. lei^^Sftf^Show thej results afterwards, I'd be inter ested to hear them ... Ben Hecht) has been signed by CBS to create a- new weekly TV series . There'll be a big Christmas party for underprivileged kids this afternoon at East L, A. Junior College Stadium, with Lt. Gov. Goodwin Knight, Mayor Bowron and lots of stars on hand. No admission charge, but donations of gifs and toys will be welcome] . . . I overlooked a Christmas theme radio play up at the top] of the column?╟÷Brod Crawford in "Santa Is No Saint*?* on Holly ?√ß wood Star Playhouse, KFI at 2 ... Big surprise of the impromptu show put on at the Sands Hotel,, Las Vegas, the other nig'nf "wWij Danny Thomas took-sick, was Denise Darcel. Everybody knewj the Ritz'Brothers, Jimmy Dur ante, Eddie Jackson, Frankie Laine, Bay Anthony and Jane Powell were great entertainers,] but Denise came through with a! performance nobody^iiftew she had in her ... TomghtfliSve Arden announces the winnd^^in her1 "Most Beautiful School Teacher' contest on Our Miss Br*>oks, KNX at 8. Names i,o4Ht??e Winning teachers and the:$$ipils who submitted them wltie?║pe announced, and I know some kiddies who are going to get some AWFULLY good grades from now on. . [ DA^#^j3te^bhnsonf.didn!tt s.i i/??ut i^^Phy^^P^^^k^oihe'thing- SUNNY THOUGHT pgTrelaxi^PSPSSfl-at a Las do anything speciai-^^ei^ejj rea^P^enough for the or-Other." She's 3"slti which to^hriW the fblks who are chattering^- ?╟÷IPmKSBH | 1TE JOHNSON DIDN'T Oo e/'iytlimg special ?╟÷ *~i 'win a trophy, isn't "Miss Soniethmg-or-Otlier." Mst a pretty girl, relaxing ^ th;e,"-sim.' at. a Las ?? Nev., resort hotel. That seemed reason enough for '| pciftisJ@tegrapher to take a picture witE|p^ht to cheer i Bilks who are chattering through *K*pltfoer rough SJfcMi winter.