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__ THE ORIGINAL j DomeikF I ?√ß?√ß PRESS CUPPINGS ?Σ≤ | 330 TOMPKINS AVE. STATEN ISLAND 4, N. Y. Tel, Gibraltar 7-6800 g Cir. (D 703,449) (S 882,925} This Clipping From, NEW YORK, N. Y. Journal American AUG 2 5 1358 ; "THE KNIGHT WATCH This Clipping NEW YORK, N. Y. DAILY NEWS , MIG | 1958 ^ Chorus Call Producer Donn Arden will pick f c h o r u s girlsT^howgirls and! singers for the LatiruQuarter revues here and in Miami Beach ; every afternoon at 3 next week, Monday through Friday. \ Ah! Roberta By: GENI KNIGHT SHE LADY SO APTLY' billed as ?╟úThe Cinderella of Song,?╟╓?╟╓ Roberta Sherwood-,' returns to Broadway t Thursday night as star of the Donn Arden production at the Latin Quarter. - ' ?╟╓ Corbett Monica, lately of St. Louis and stops West, Will be the comedy headliner in this edition of ?╟úInternational Holiday for Love.*?╟╓ No Roberta-come-lately, of. course, is Miss jSherwood. It took tlie singing lady and the American public many years to catch up with each other but once the union was effected it became a lasting romance.** Languishing for many years in small Miami Beach clubs, R o be r t a sometimes got a chance to play other cities. As she said following her tremendous premiere at the Qag?· some years ago: ?╟úIt took me 15 years ! to get here (New York) ?╟÷but i it was worth it. I nearly made L it once before?╟÷but I never got L past Elizabeth, N. J. It took me j 10 more years to make those last 15 mills.?╟Ñ Actually it was Walter Win-chell who started Roberta on her way. WW dropped in one night at Murray Franklin?╟╓s \ heard her,, was captivated and began beating the tom-tom. Meteoric Rise What followed is night club history. Tj She ?╟  played Miami I Beach?╟╓s Eden Roc at 10 times her Murray Franklin salary; made recordings, played in r* Vegas and climaxed her resurgent career with an engagement at the Copacabana. Her | bow that night stilt is remem-|; bered as one of the most thrill-. A ing episodes in show business I annals. } She possesses an exuberant, I contagious beat, highly individual, that wins an audience completely. Offering no/compe-tition to BB or MMM, Roberta minus the furbelows of the av-V* erage song star, simply belts ' out her songs. Shelias a min-1 strel quality in her performance that leaves her auditors tingling with excitement. ,L\ Corbett Monica, a relaxed, causual comic, served his apprenticeship as master of cere-I monies in his own club in St. ?√ß Louis. He has played top clubs in the West in support of stars such as Dinah Shore, Patti Page, Nat pole, Frankie Laine V and Julius LaRosa. / A Other attractions highlight-' ing tie new show are Helene and Hov/ard, dancers; Tanya Corlette, the ?╟ Girl in the Shower?╟╓; the Marilex Duo, novelty act; p r i m a donna Martha Errolle; soubrette Gina Genardi; production singer John J.uliano 1 and featured dancer Tony Mack. Jo Lombardi will play for the dance rhythms of the lissome Latin Quarter showgirls and chorus beauties with poddy Harlowe?╟╓s fine combo offering the alternate music. At the Pierre MADELAINE, CLEMENS, whose musical credits encom pass most of New York?╟╓s finest supper rooms, will be the new sihger-piansit at the Cafe Pierre of the HoteUBierre . . . Miss Clemens bows Tuesday night, Sept. 16 and will play for the cocktail and dinner hours. Top jazz stylist Chris Connor returns to the Village Vanguard for one week beginning tomorrow eve,. Camille, maitre dr at the Essex House?╟╓s Casino-on-the-Park, has evolved a new plan to de light epicpref . * A seven-course dinner, to evoke the praise, of Lucullus, will be prepared on one day?╟╓s notice. ... v . English sole Verorffiju^, filet dfe bouef Stroganolr, coupe au marron gre among the gustatory delights^ washed down of course, witlTwines of rare vintage. Salute Benny EMILE PETTI, musical director of the Savoy Hilton Hotel, hz(s been named chairman of the Hotel Bands Committee for ?╟úAmerica?╟╓s Deejays Salute Benny Goodman Week?╟Ñ . . . It will be celebrated from today through.Aug. 31. Lynn Willis, agile on the keys, is a nightly feature at Andre?╟╓s, the elegant rendezvous in Gre&t Neck .4 ?╟≤ Among his attentive auditors the other night were Judy Holliday, Bob Evans, Lola Fisher, Jane Mor-j ean and Dana Andrews. I This Clipping From WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY NEW YORK, N. Y. Night Clubs By BEN SCHNEIDER PAUL GILBERT I LATIN QUARTER SHOW Paul Gilbert, West Coast comedian, takes oyer the star g role in the Lat- 1 in Quarter re- 8 yue tonight. A prominent per -former in the top night clubs around the country, as well as movies and ?√ßHjH H| :mHm TVr Gilbert will hpadline the show produced by SSr^en which features a ho, of^fertainers Trom all parts ot the world. . Another addition to the Lat'n Quarter show is Tina Robins, dynamic ?╟  young songstress aud r " cording star. The . Szonys sensa_ tion^l dance team, is another aaai tion to the show. | __ THE ORIGINAL_ DomeikF *?√ß PRESS CLIPPINGS ?Σ≤ 330 TOMPKINS AVE. STATEN ISLAND 4, N. Y. Tel. Gibraltar 7-6800 This Clipping VARIETY NEW YORK, N. Y. AUG 6 1958 Latin Quarter, N. If. Paul Gilbert, Tina Robin, Giselle A Francois Szony, St Leon Troupe (8), Marthe Errolle, Gina Genardi, Tony Mack, David Carter, Queti Clavijo, Adonis Pertas, Charlotte Foley; Elaine Spaulding, Kip Carlisle, Jerry Ruffner, Ronnie Meron, Janie Thomas, Charlotte Winson, Connie Warner, Lauris Lambert, Adele Gordon, Marlene Powers, Ruth Hanna, Ellie Stattin, Judy Kexrn, Sandy Keyes, Grace Sund-stromv Nancy Wachter, Peg Lynch, Pat Farrell, Shirley Forrest, Tanya Corlette, Joan Artus, Ruth Christensen, Barbara Sensing, John Ju-liano; Jo Lombardi and Buddy Har-lowe ofchs; staged by Donn Arden; songs, Pony Sherrell & Phil Moody; cosmmes, Treddie Witt op; $6 minJt mum. Md that Yiddish ad libs are necessary, that went out of style with doing loSl dialectics When playingjLpew?s JJelaneey. In the same idiom, that the management might have derfed Gilbert anent the Durant pratfall as knew of Miss Robin?╟╓s Whole World In His Hands,?╟Ñ so too the eomic?╟╓s ?╟úsermon?╟Ñ on the audience ladder was handicapped because of the anticlimaetic spiritual. That?╟╓s easy to resolve by elimination of her stint, since her routine, like the show in general, runs overboard. Gilbert knew 4he show was long, and so stated. He ended strong^ with that barefoot ^ance. Gilbert, bein|?· -a comic?╟  potential, owes it to himself to reappraise values. He is bound to pnd the effort not unrewarding-: Abel. While. Donn toflanif f.iatefna-j tional Holiday For Love,**' as the basic Latin Quartet revue is tagged i remains fundamentally the same! interlarded with occasional new guesters?╟÷in this instance Paul Gil-and Tina Robin?╟÷reappraisal ??f this E. M. Loew-Eddie Eisman operation is in order. For one thing, not for naught is | IteasUy the best nitery revue east of Las Vegas and west of Paris?╟╓ Le Lido?╟÷and it needn?╟╓t be ashamed of any competitive comparison anywhere. j For another, it accents?╟÷ surprising as it may be?╟÷that a metropolis like New York today is left with only ?╟útwo slices of bread?╟Ñ in the class saloon field (the other I ofrnc^rse??-is the Copacabana). This Latin Quartef^jgl^w also points up anew the unique talents of Donn Arden as easily the champ Belasco of the bistros. His revue | productions contribute to such ! diverse spots As Paris?╟╓ Lido, the I Moulin Rouge in Hollywood Las yefait DeserUn.n and Stardust, ana the LQ?╟  5 in Miami Beach and N. Y. I . Arden, as already has been noted in these columns, knows his way \ f round a floorshow, and the classier budgetitus, the handsomer I the end^ result. Thus he takes his troupe from diverse environs such as Paris, Venice, Madrid, Milan, . t?? New Y??rk, with a sizzling West, | Indies topper-offer. In the tradi-f non of revues like the Folies Ber-! I gore (Paris) and ultra floorshowsi with generous sartorial trappings I where the operation puts accent on f production over stars, he utilizes | r pro talent, of course, but never I permits the headliner to eclipse I the overall values. Thus Marthe Errolle Is a pre- l possessing and personable prima.J Rm? GS?ar5?i ^ a RoPPery soubret. 1 Queti Clavijo is a flamenco and castanet clicker who makes much! ot her opportunities against a mat-1 ador ^-background and to Adonis 1 Puertas guitar accomp. Giselle & ; rrancois Szony terp their way toft showstopping results, easily the bit I ot the bill. (For some reason there i was undue backstage noise during I their stmt, including poor stage-P management which permitted un?l eciiPsed scrims and travellers). There?╟╓s always a socko acrobatic 1 act which is sizable in numbers | and impressive on sight values,! a?4uthe St. Leon Troupe (8), two! ot them femmes, are rousing with! their nsley in the best tradition I Then the-e are the ballet produc-I tion numbers to interlard the spe- i cialties, and a dramatic curtain-of-1 rain effect to sparkle the Caribbean I finale, including two gals in travel- ?√ß Ing birdcages suspended from the m ceiling for further flash. All of it. backstopped professionally by old v^tide pro Jo Lombardi alternating W1lh Buddy Harlowe?╟╓s dansapation. The two added starters also reg-fstered although tightening f This Clipping SEP 3 Desert Inn, Las Vegasl T. 1 Las Vegas, Aug. 26. ! Dur?nte. Eddie JacksonJ Sonny King, Jack Roth, Jules 1 fano, -SallyDavis, Ben I Stan Kramer & Dancers (12), CarltonHayesOrch | \L*J?? production numbers by Bonn I Arden, arrangements by Philm Moody, lyrics by Pony Sherrell; $31 minimum. < . v m bi lf?ur.a"te' always a block-buster attraction here?╟÷and good! for the casino because he pulls in Turn danc*y effect. lurn is, embellished with some v31 bl!f register for big lnciU(le references to Van Cliburn and Las Vegas nudity. inS?uny K!ng gives a strong assist to the goings-on, Durante being in sharihg the spotlight with him and vet partner Eddie Jackson. Trio scores with the w.k King?╟╓s high-pitched singing voice serving as an inter-lt& baianTce,t0 the distinctive 'fftSSS of 11Jacl?0Il and Durante. Rotund Sally Davis, and rubber-necked Ben Wrigley add laughs to do drummer Jack Roth and 88?╟╓er Jules Buffano. Kramer & Co., with its first-ciass puppetry, is a solid act which serves as the show?╟╓s warm-up. A lavish holdover production number featuring the Donn Arden Dancers and the voice of Art i b?i??? complete the four-week skedded bill, competently backed by the Carlton Hayes orch. Duke.