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JUL Lens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 LOS ANGELES San Francisco Portland - Seattle I Pasadena, Cal. Star-News (Cir. 34,648) MAY2 8ig$fc/.i ?╟≤iiiiHiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiinniHiiiniiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiniimnmninminniiffliiiiiimnHiiiinnninniiiHiiii Coast to Coast By HJJBGARDNER ?√ß ' ..:.Vf '....?√ß ESTHER WILLIAMS VIRGINIA HILL LAS VEGAS. This undoubtedly is the only community in America where the local classified columns carry ads offering baby-sitting -service on a 24-houri|fc^3is. No problem here trying to "win that new. jpaif of skc^S baby needs; the big headache is having enough left m$Uy yourself a pair of sox. . . 1 Sydney Smith Cooley, th^evee charmer, here for the usual reason, while her ti$a!f ex-to-be, Lee Cooley (he produces the Perry Como shctfr), vacations in Central America. . . . Another New Yori^making Vegas her temporary residence is Lota Krieridlp^ wife of the 21 Club impresario, Mac Kriendler. Iroriie^at after being wed for 20 years the number 21 proved w be the stopper. . . . Bill Willard, who splits; his time'3|Mween columning and playing straight man to former burfIf que comic Hank Henry in the saucy but, funny Silvfp Slipper revue, is writing a book about ^s Vegas :oh||^ters titled "Snake Eyes." He claims it's fiction but^t??|P that "any resemblance to anybody either living^cE^|:|s better off." ~.ytre~ bought ha Tnem^^"SI3t??║Taray|^ at El Rancho Vegas?' tt a piece of La's i Vega/ plrWOIt' uncno Vegas' - lost if he hadn't I wf fit Wlt" what he would The track opens Septal todTti?fSamWing temP^rily Bostonian Prexy ^Ro^sfoft^fe WMjS Lou Smith, the ^newest crush is : ' Hellooooo Dahliiisi!!_!_z!S^0t-!i _5TS^_ answer:. S^dai??E6tei ^^Isra&^ssstrl < &re3eo|fered by less!" Cross?╟÷our showgirls JUL ens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 LOS ANGELES San Francisco Portland - Seattle Pasadena, Cal. Star-News (Cir. 34,648) MAY 2 7 1953 HiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiifAiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiiimiiiiiiiiiHiimiiiNimiiiiiiiiiiiiui. .Coast to Coast HY GARDNER DOROTHY PARKER IAIjJjLI LAS VEGAS. I^p-.'An Unscheduled explosion took place here ^tyjjfc h&irs ago jn the shape of a 112-pound- atomic personahty Identifiedc, by Jack Entratter as M3CB- One?╟÷Miss Tallulah Bankhead. / \ As the cigar and cigarette smoke mushroomed \k> \n\h- the air vents, following Taiu's nightclub debut at thjLgandj Hotel, there was no doubt in the minds of the eyewitnesses llrat LHy"5'Xperiment was a success. "I have spent half of my life in saloons," Talul admits, "but this is the first time I have been paid for iV^The pay, incidentally, is reported to be somewhere around . $20,(100 per week, probably the least costly of all the atomic experiments thus far. * * * Wearing a baby blue satin gown, draped with transparent organza cape, Miss Bankhead chats informally with her fans, then explains why she'wasn't hired to play the Pinza role in "South Pacific." "Rodgers," she recalls, ^"thought my voice was too high; Hammerstein thought my ?√ß?√ß voice was too low. Josh Logan thought I had no voice at \ all." She. then sings "I'll Be'Seeing You" and proves with ingratiating humor that Rodgers, Hammerstein and Logan :'knew what they were talking about. "Actually," she say^ >t .at the end of her number, "my voice isn't as bad as jK ?╟≤sounds." She's right; v^iile it isn't the kind of a voice you'd -enjoy hearing in a canoe it could be awfully romantic in * a rowboat with loose, oarlocks. P After singing, Miiss Bankhead steps-in front of the curtain ahd re-enacts the classical dramajjjic scene penned 'J>y Dorothy Parker, "the telephone caltp Never have we ?╟≤seen a nightclub audience, particularly one with itchy palms anxious to get into action in the adjoining casino, remain so hushed and applaud so vigorously afterward. Always the superb showman, Ttdlulah changes the pace in breathtaking 'fashion by going into an original satire on gamhlm^ that's too adult for television, but custom- tailored fojl^egas. Unli&e^Jthe usual run of comedians, Miss Bankhead doesn't j^l tell jokes?╟÷she'acts them out as though she were doing a scene from a play. She's a real gone dahling and until somebody else comes along with a better description, from now on I'd like to refer to her as the Bernhardt of banter. W^^jih * * * ^Sitting at a ringside table with Grace Hayes, Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy, was the noted turf expert and . JokesterV Mr. Joe Erisco. Joe's eyes glistened when Talu "$ang and danced "Bye Bye Blackbird," but I wonder if he recalled the time the mere mention of that song's title * Slinost floored Enrico ^J^Sg^fc^^^ ?√ß"$?√ß* It was at a benefit pepornfa)lfce- at the Metropolitan Opera House. All the stars,;fe?esent nodded to Caruso, but fj^enfetpQ awed to get into #hversation \\.ith;hiM?/But not '(Frisco.' -?√ß} TitmJ^k^W'---\ IB *"s^_Ws& '. "?&)$?'* The\stutterkig"conac|ian^tapped the great tenor on the shoulder, and sahf, f'L$|kjje here, Rick, I just want to give Jnflp a tip. T ddn^t know idiat you're gonna sing tonight?╟÷ .but don't do "Bye Bye BlafiEbird/'?╟÷I .do that for an '"^ncore." Hy Gardner appears in The Star-News five days a week/?· Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. / -XQttgENP' Tel. WOrth 2-3797^ AMERICAN Press Clipping Service Inc?╜ 119 Nassau StreepO ESTABLISHED 1888 BArclay 7-5371 PRESS^H||^BHREAYUrk 165 Chur& Slftet - New York From *^ Nassau otreetrl J I New York City U/ , Wf*?╟÷ J 1553 I SW(Et"BNING) MGtk. D^95,404 Zsa Zsa Gaga Over Rubi?╟÷ George Back Home, 'Tired1 ?╟≤ By Earl Wilson - TAFFY 3$\n -vie lx*h>*h&i*3?·,i WISH FD SAID THAT: "An optimist is '% guy who believes tomorrow's prices won't be higher than today's"?╟÷Ethel Smith. v,,. TODAY'S WORST PUN: Tommy horsey tells about" the new medical discovery, frozen bandages?╟÷they're for cold cuts. Taffy Tuttle told Vivian Blaine she Toast Ot The Towf .By Ed Sullivan doesn't waste much time buying garters?╟÷ just uses snap judgment. The N. Y. City Center's fund drive didn't go high enough?╟÷it may affect the fall season . . . Insiders say Milt Gabler will berDecca's newm&R man . . . Selene Walters, once linked with the Shah of Iran, has been around Paris wftfTNex-King Peter of Yugoslavia. /' Jack Carter apd his wife were together again at Lindy's /. . Jose fereco gets 10 Gs apiece for two djance concerts at Hollywood ^owl in July . ./Red Buttons and Kitty Kal- "ieri go into thefSands in jLas Vegas July 29. A play-wilting duo/is sore at a songwriter who grabbed al^the publicity in the movie they dW together . . . Myron Cohen's taking ilyina jlessons^. . . Mala Powers is due here next weekf One reason: To see Vic Damone \. . Fred Chandler, the canvas heir, gave shopgirl Ceri Kane a BIG diamond. W^Mj^r' T^|f|^; Note from E. W.: "In Paris jl was introduced to Joni Mulder of Pasadena, visiting France because she won a beaufjy contest. I exclaimed, 'I was one of the judges who chose you ia^ew York two weeks ago!' She said, 'Thanks for a lovely trip.'" JACK ?·. LEONARD FIGURES he'll make a million?╟÷he sells Life Sayers at theaters showing "Titanic**.. . ThatVeftrT," brother. TONI OR DRAN SEITZ? A ?√ß |#^.i---4ivT'*1,.Tfew York. GOV. WILLIAM.- 8. UMSTEAD: of Notth: Carolina-, umvittn g!y upset soiMWt'X Plot^ Local celebs this ^e^'vecejved courteous 'letters ' IVom- ih> Governor, sa} ins !he would cevi^'inly consider then- pleas in behaK'of two rapis\.s. an* itwo murdererf, Locals shot.-haclc wires to the l^orth ?╟≤ Carolina ?½?╜*" ernor, saying tha#l*f ;:|^dn t wiut- ten him. kneu'jxbthing-e.about thd !cases, that their names had be^ used withotff any auther^tkH3$#' Marguerite Piazza, one-. of;^h icomeliev. Met -stars, will - iollow atami Benzell's lead and pick.JJPl lsome rfight club loot. She goes-;??| S__LjbW-1i*8KS* '' Siff Rain not only is hurting soutMun crops. It hurt Memphis CoWftft CaMval to the extent of $30,000. "Me and Juliet" arrives here with an advance of three-quarters ?√ß of a million bucks in the ROdgers- Hammerstein till. ?√ß stalls this fall via Hap Timed with Met's fiftieth ] Farley Granger Elaine Stewart; _ma_; Marlene Dietrich to Southampton. / 1 Toughest job of Cc} architectural adviser feon? "Just try to climbl Ilk and fix a pretty .iewN [ground its top," he groaf Wi. Jackie Gleason hope. [Queen hag a long run at(* Michael- ^odd Pi Evelyn Keyes J 1-i.Vl -making P Batisrt^^ 1, feoutes/y^ . Rox: HarL to Europe ?╟≤ J di^ Port au "Fino. Ward Bond I Lawson. The dancing Szo< NEW YORK, N. Y. DAILY NEWS Circ. D. 2.402,346-S. 4,716,807 18 J953:- ' pTniVMTON WALKER, The Frantic ?*&*** M 20as the date for the 1 Radio Peking has -t*?Σ≤?Σ≤^ powers have thejr Korean War to end. . ?╟≤ ?╟≤ V ?? .^ fe replaced hf ^e?╜- n^^>,s^^^'f^'g^fx:^^^^Siperm^ claim the . . Despite other reports, British ???╜?·?· * id ?√ß the terms Duke of Windsor is the cW ^???╜J^?╜ who has of the late Queen Mary sjdl. ^ *?· (remember him in Nassau as a Wiifter residence- Marlene Dietrich may at ^^feoo's J ^ I clubsM Mew to.La^Veg^to ^e^S^oted 'to I icimmp polo P^^^SSStJ? on1S?╜-... Too J Princess Ritav now concentrates on g^^ Berlin j^any movie commitments ^J^^Jed ol Cleve- against writing a sc101rVf<?^?1LTSeSor?r, Cole Porter llnd Amory's^selfeThjtot K|^eTnbered frQjn | may take we?╜y(gM?? ^s y, a-touring "Show I "Out of This wwSl^W be tae jun stadium | Boat" this Summer and.soloist at the^ wMoW of ?√ß