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THANKS TO For The Wonderful Raves Qf BETTY GR ABLE?╟╓S ACT At THE DESERT INN LAS VEGAS and The MOULIN ROUGE HOLLYWOOD and our appreciation to you, BETTY, for your magnificent performance! Produced by DONN A Written by PONY SHERRELL and DEN PHIL MOODY LATIN QUARTER MIAMI ALSO PRODUCING AND WRITING FOR Moulin rouge s desert inn HOLLYWOOD LAS VEGAS LATIN QUARTER NEW YORK DONN ARDEN Management: FRANK SENNES SHERRELL and MOODY Management: DAVID BRANOWER This Clipping HOLLYWOOD REPORTER HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. This Clipping From DANCE NEWS NEW YORK, N. Y. MAY 1*9 I /Don Arden is picking nine lo- l/al IpoysTincluding Bruce Sto- | /well, for two weeks?╟╓ rehearsal in Paris for the New Lido show which, after the Paris appear- ance, will play the Stardust in Las Vegas im June. Steve Papich is producing a Gay Nineties revue for presen- tation at the Coeoanut Grove. Patricty Morrison is the singing star. He will use six couples and' Tommy Ladd will assist the choreographer. Shirley MaeLaine is scheduled to star with Frank Sinatra in Devil May Care. The story by Garson Kanin is a fantasy about a man who enlists the aid of the devil to find girls for him. It will be -a musical and Kanin will also direct. Romy Schneider, the beautiful young Viennese star, has been signed to share billing with Gene Kelly in Lufeardis, which will be filmed in Germany this summer. Kelly and Sheldon Reynolds are co-producers. MAY 11 / MOULIN ROUGE ySammy Davis Jr.?╟╓s attainment of jfne-man-show status never was more Convincingly demonstrated than when /he opened a three-week roost in Frank bennes?╟╓s spot Saturday with a 65-min. act that not only packed the place, but had a line serpentining around the block both shows. On deck, Davis never really built to any climax; he worked on a high plateau all the way * there were no lows and no lulls. His rhythm-tapping and his amaz- mgly faithful and vivid impressions re- main the keystone of Davis?╟╓s turn, but along the route he sings a score of songs, and whether they are satiric impressions or uptempo throwaways his phrasing and delivery are loaded With showmanship. One thing is ever noticeable in the manner Davis works,- he can sense the type of material and/or entertainment an audience as a whole digs the most?╟Ñ and respond ac?½ cordingly. Highlights of the tremen- ' dous repertoire are his Jekyll-Hyde bit, c.Blrth Of The Blues,?╟Ñ takeoffs on Sinatra, Brando and Satchmo and, of course, the heel - and - toeing, which now includes flamenco. As a chaser, he a close-in combo session and belabors the drums ,and vibes. Preceding, standup comic Bob Mel- vin strings out his so-so gags a bit took ong. The Donn Arden production num- betshave beenr^fu^S from the usual! three to just Big Ben Beat?╟Ñ for Davis?╟╓l engagement. It gets the bill off to at bright, eye-fillmg start. Dick Stabile?╟╓s^ band does superb backstopping job 1 especially on Davis?╟╓ intricate cues ijf ?╟÷w. a.?╟ s .