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St. Paul (Minn.) Dispatch RIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1952 3/Z/ hero^amuscular and agile chap, William Bendix, as isiacKow^.. Prize Fight Mm Planned Jean Hedda Hopper s lltiisr '?╜$M&'- SSBOIIH^ HOLLYWOOD-^Jack balance, formerly a professional pugilist, has long waig&d to do "The Jack Dempsey Stor??on1th%i.screen) I but has about ^eft'up^|# of its ever being So he bought apprize fig^ yarn of his'own* titled.' [j "Knockdown/, ^t concgrhs ,a fighter so devastate Ting and ruthle^ in-*the=Ju)g that he becomes th most hated figure ihgthe sports world. Finalj [he's knockejt^utghimseif and learns humanity fighting .his^ay ba"ekl|lhthe top. Jack will ofj both hims^lfa^d^^^^jfccjry to Paramount for" pi duction. ,^^??3ea?|^Petcrs was heartbroken whi she was yanked from her planned tour of Koj to do "Blueprint, for Murder." She's worked I a beaver prepajh^her wardrobe. One of. the item$ i consisted'of a parka with a wool cloth exterior \ and lined. With silver fOx fur. She ha4|ijb&ujj> one of her own j'fclanketi$?·5; iiia&e|;the nliddle-lining. Jearejpiid alsd bought a. seal coat, and hadsah old one, originally purchased from her landlady, I refurbished hf^gthe trip. 'She so wanted to make the trip that 'she offered to ^^offesalary during her absence; but the studio expects her to r^|rf.for ^^Friday. However, she's been promised permission to gdg|pthe next tou%'tp Korea; h 2satspJU)'t Sore Zsazsa Gabor-Us MHiag rumors that.she and Colette Marchand feuded while making "Moulin Rouge" by tossing a cocktail par ty footer upon her arrival here for the|premieres of the picture. Zsazs&lf.^ accompanying George Sanders as far as': New York. He leave! 'f4Dr Eagppe Saturday. She'll remain" iflSfae big city for. a couple df^weekJy|o do television shows*"-""' ' ^??║, &j0$h,QW (x&gFree The- Saflds. lj*fef one of the most hA??iiitif',f^^^jf"" Vegas, opened with ^^fegnorrnous splash; and a contingent"- o|^||pnites were on hand to' hei|??cij|i$> .^roof that there are no p&j??║|e 'like show jpebple came whj^^inn^; Thomas, who Was it^'^adl!n%^|he floor show, got laryngitis. and ^couldn't do it. His cronie* took-wer and did. a show th&tiwould nwe" -'co|t thousands of dflhirs; but for Danny they went on fa? free. |||| Jlllen s PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 SAN FRANCISCO Los Angeles Portland - Seattle Richmond, Calif. Independent (Cir. 28,860) fl?·C 2 4 1952 Earl Witsori LAS'^G/iSL^evA-Here in wh^tt has become the^anw^ ^mazinj part of America, a new high in hospitality was attained when the nejL-S^nds Hotel, gambling spot, held its magnnoq utn I "opd'lllig* j|e -*?╟≤" Us gents of the press were presented with | 25 silver dollars with which' to go out and make a-fortune. Presumably we would fritter this money j away gambling. But if the management thought .the Earl Wilsons would squander | money that way, the management was right. "We'll divide it up 50-50," the Beautiful Wife said. "You take $5 and I'll take $20."_ A wild rumoj: that there'd be a slot machine in each hotel room had reached us. On : your arrival, tjjfe bellboys ^would say, "Shall I I show you to your slot machine, sir?" j But Jack Entratter, ex-manager of the fam- I ous Copacabana in New York, now manager here, hasn't ||kmiplished that yet. He also (denied the assertion of Comedian Danny 1 Thomas, star of the opening show, that a waiter was caught dealing slices of bread off the bottom of the loaf. I Here in the shade of some 90 slot machines, I beheld "Gambling Society." I saw Ray Ryan of T^xas?╟÷supposed to be the fastest gambler in America; Nick the | Greek from Hollywood, Al Levy of San Francisco?╟÷and such plain folks as Jimmie Durante, Frankie L^ine, the Ritz Brothers, Denise i Darcel, Lorraine Cugat, Miss Terry Moore, and ; Spike Jones. But there was a great difference in these i people. Miss Moore said she had lost $20. The re- i port was that Ray Ryan had lost $20,000?╟÷ ; not a large sum to him. ; The hotel's big bankroll man, Jakie Freed-. I man of Houston, said while running around } in his Western outfit that "The House" had , been "$200,000 loser" for &J0&?½ opening night. ^^^^ "But we overcamjyrf^he said, happily. ! AH the loosejajdney in American seems to \ be here. And^wnile you're tossing it to The | House, ajp^Rwess says, "The House would like j to buy^rdrink, sir." : must have a clear head to lose my ffey with," I said. And sure enough, al- It Happened Last Night though inexperienced, I was soon losing as fast as the greatest exper^| I Sickly lost my share,; of the $25 that < the-Management had given usJiBie B.W., with her usual Ijish luck, got most of it back. We wound up with 23 bucks left from the 25 j and believe that may entitle us to give lessons, because nobody we know has lost as little as $2. In ifact, in this "Gambling Society" here, we're a little ashamed to have been so stingy with our losses. THE MIDNIGHT EARL INX N. Y. The John Roosevelts are planning a quiet trip to Nassau to recover from the election. 7'T. British Pamela Shaw, arrives here presently to join Johnny Myer, just back from his European quickie.. ... Rita Hay worth did the Viennese Lantern with unidentified young man. . . . Following her appearance^ on the Jackie Gleason TVer, Audrey Meadows was rushed, to Slower Hospital for an allergy attack she got after eating Chinese food. Danny Kaye signed Fran Warren to appear with him at the Texajp State Fair starting Christmas Day. . . Patrizia Mahgano (Syl- vana's sexy sis) appears in the new Italian film, "Ring Around thsiciock," opening next month. ^.?╟≤?√ß"'."wP"'^-- TODAY'S BE$r CORN: The Three Suns claim to have a car that can go 300 bill-boards an hour. *0s&^$M WISH I'D SAlij) THAT: "Money doesn't talk anymore?╟÷it gasps''?╟÷Charlie Jones. EARL'S PEARMJ . . . At Majors Cabin a female snarled, "Darling, you make that'*tiat look. 10 years younger!" Henry Fonda'sf^nsMering doing a musical version of "Cannery Row^^fei Rear Admiral Richard Byrd is planning?√ß alfc??|her South Pole expedition for this Summer^.- . George Raft's running around Franee?║ja.naV(Italy with the French sportswoman Suzanne Volterra. t Sam Chapman's in the/market for a good , public relations job. . .fe^race Schmidlapp and Georgette Cushinw-Kwere a #Hapsburg House midnitem. Grace Downs tells of|0Je* woman who stopped the airline hostess- as she passed her seat and asked, "Will you please tell the pilot not to go faster than the speed of sound?╟÷we want to talk!" /. . That's earl, brother. | PRESS ( Jfc Sea**1? Angeles po* ?╜nw JRN2 1953