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FREEMAN pvbficfsts ir/ta/ Miss Bankhead did her first nightclub engagement for Jack Qitratter and will appear only for him for the next three years. Van Johnson, the movie star, had never appeared on a nightclub floor, Mr. Entratter convinced him Into going onto the stage before live people for the first time and advanced him his first week?╟╓s salary for $15*000 to pay special material writers and choreographers to work up an excellent act for Van, As a result, Johnson?╟╓s 10 year attempt to get a musical part In pictures was helped by his Sands engagement* and he landed a starring role in "Brigadoon" and a whole new movie career for himself. It was Satratter's confidence In Ezio Pinza that prompted the great singing star to debut a nightclub act at the Sands, Now he Is signed to do three weeks there annually as his only nightclub engagement in America, Another example of showmanship was the teaming of Robert Merrill and Louis Armstrong in a "Jazz versus Opera?╟Ñ production that proved so successful* the two stars will tour the country in the same type of show ?╟÷ "High Hat and Low Down" ?╟÷ produced by Entratter, Another accomplishment never attempted before in nightclubs was the presentation by Ebtratter of a different star each night to celebrate the First Anni- versary of the Sands, Instead of a single star for the entire week. In the stiff competition of Las Vegas, this In itself was almost a miracle, getting Frank Sinatra ?╟÷ Danny Thomas ?╟÷ Billy Eckstine ?╟÷ Vic Damone ?╜ Jimmy McHugh ?╟÷ Billy Gray ?╟÷ Patty Moore and Ben Lessy, to each perfoim one night of the celebration, Milton Berle?╟╓s only nightclub engagement in the past 10 years was for Entratter at the Sands, aid he works there annually for three weeks, bringing In his entire TV show, often rehearsing new techniques for his fall TV programs right on the Sands stage. The booking scoop of the year fell to Entratter?╟╓s planning and ability when he signed Deal Amaz and Lucille Ball and their entire TV program, "I Love Lucy", for a NIGHTCLUB ENGAGEMENT at the Sands in 1957. -------------------- - more - 9508 W I L S H I RE BLVD. ?╟≤ BEVERLY HILLS, CAL. ?╟≤ BR A DS HAW 2-86 1 1