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This ClipP^O From DAILY VARIETY HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. f MOULIN ROUGE ($5.50 Package) The Andrews Sisters (Patty, La- Verne, Maxene), garbed in a color contrast of black, white and red, opened at Frank .Sennes' Moulin Rouge Saturday night before a capacity crowd. The girls are playing this big room for the first time in three years, returning here from a string of nitery dates, last of which was at Harrah's Club in Lake Tahoe. Even though a number of years have passed since the Andrews brought forth such disk clicks as "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen," "Roll Out the Barrel" and "Rum And Coca-Cola," they still display all the zest and cuteness of that period. Not depending solely on their warbling, the Andrews have injected a flapper era bit into the turn which the audience ate up. The trio shuffles in a little Charleston routine which gives them a chance to show off. It's all done in a flavor that adds a plus to the top vocal group. Other tunes nicely sung include "Don't Fence Me In," "Begin the Beguine" and "Chanson D'Amour." A medley of real oldies like "Last Night On the Back Porch," "Barney Google" and "Show Me the Way To Go Home," latter with audience participation. Marvyn Ray, a master of magic, has a quicker-than-the-eye routine that's tough to believe. His best trick is the never-ending chord of lights he keeps pulling out of his mouth while the patrons eye him from all angles. It's a puzzler. The Donn Arjjen, Revue continues to impress with the "African" production number the standout. Dick Stabile's crew (16) inserts the proper musical tempo for both show and dancers. Kafa. | MOULIN ROUGE Indefatigability seems to be a prerequisite for this show, with the continuing Donn Arden "Wonderful ' World" lavish numbers demanding the performers run and shout as well as sing and dance, and the Andrews Sisters, with their peculiar kind of verve, and a great deal of zeal, speeding virtually non-stop through about 20 tunes, most of them evocative oldies. Armed, reading from right to left, with red, white and blue convertible dresses, the trio made two onstage changes?╟÷ tulip to sack to bouffant, dividing the act into more or less three parts. Opening segment featured some of the gals 1940's hits?╟÷"Don't Fence Me In," "Begin the Beguine," "South America Take It Away" and "Roll Out the Barrel." With the sacks came "Yes, We Are Collegiate," "Keep Your Skirts Down," "Last Night on the Back Porch" (for which all three strummed ukes) and "Don't Bring Lulu," with Patty cavorting as the vexatious heroine of the title. Bouffant bit returned ?√ßto the 1940's with "Rum and Coca Cola" and "Apple Blossom Time." Trio's vivacity and smoothness in seguing from tune to tune resulted in ail the tunes scoring. Marvyn Roy, holdover prestidigitator awes the customers with his illuminated bulb tricks-?╟÷a sort of leitmotif of lights. With "Wonderful World," which overwhelms with its sumptuousness, and which comprised three numbers instead of the usual two, to frame the acts, show really whams. Speaking of indefatigability, Dick Stabile and band backstop everything in addition to playing for between- show dancing. ?╟÷ Bob Good wine.