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JUL ens DAILY NEWS* Los Angeles ?╟≤ MONDAY, JULY 20, 1953 \f\ Mitchum is being Wed., Pantages, Hillstreet. Left to right are Salva- e car in "Second dore Baguez, Maurice Jara, Judy Walsh, Linda Dar* ereophonic sound, nell, Sandro Giglio, Reg. Sheffield, Jack Palance* IZLER SOLOMON conducts '^Symphonies Under the Stars" program tomorrow evening, Holly^o$$fe.Bowl. Pianist, Gran Johannesen. Erskine Johnson HlHHI!iniii!!ll!!lllil!!!!l!lliIi!!!:i!llll Skelton and Berle battle for top yaks in Vegas EXCLUSIVELY YOURS: Red Skelton and Milton Berle, booked into the Sahara and Sands Hotels for the same two weeks, are battling it out for the comedy king title of Las Vegas. Whether it was premeditated , or accidental fhay never. be known, but ..it'., looks now like Red and Uncle Miltie will clash again on TV in the fall. If Red lands in the CBS fold, as expected, he'll take over i the Tuesday j night 8:30 period opposite Berle. Who's nervous? Take_ choice. JOHNSON has been a family . possession for a long time." ,;|l||p3 John Payne and Sandy Curtis have set the marriage dat$ ?╟÷some time in September. DON PORTER'S unhappy with Hollywood?╟÷"It's so convenient to everything! can't afford." f^ Lita Baron''Is goijig; along with Rory Calh^tihci^i'ithat location trip for ..'*M4^vcS^?║S, Return,'* the new.Ma^y^Monroe starrer. So's Bo^.;,l^&|^im's wife. Gail RussWL-|$|^di:^ solace in religion^ itie0*alj$s and intimates sayfel^e's', wishing her fight against illness. She won't divorce Guy Madison unless he plans to re-marry and asks hep, for his freedom. The Jeff Chandlers failed to ESTABLISHED 1888 ' BArclay 7-5371 PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street - New York j VARIETY NEW YORK CITY Htyuiferl9B3 e-v Las Vegas,"June 24. Lena Horne, Lou Wills, Jr., Lux- \or Gali Gali, Charles Nelson, Paml [Garner, Copa Girls (8), Escorts, |(4), Ray Sinatra Orch (12), Lennie J Hayton, Chico Hamilton, Irving Jo- liseph, Wyatt Ruther; no cover or \minimum. | I Second headliner to be booked ?√ß by Jack Entratter in the Copa ?√ßRoom was Lena Horne. Following ?√ß the opening last December with ?║ Danny Thomas as marquee topper, j the sizzling thrush became the mag- I f net for big biz in January. Having 'her return inside of six months is jcanny pencilling because of hinter- i landers now pouring into this Garden of Hedon. I Miss Home's style is so per- I |sonal, yet it captivates the tough- I lest cynic. Her attack upon any 1 song is no powder puff experience, J having a deep emotional drive I ?√ßwhich transports auditors into any I realm she wishes to occupy?╟÷wit, I humor, sacred and profane love, I ?√ßtorment, or savage sex. Each move-| I ment of, eyes, distorted mouth,! ?√ß arms and hands, and eloquent body! ?√ß enhances her songs from "I'll I ?√ß Come to You," into "Bewitched,! I Bothered and Bewildered," "I I SWant to Be Evil (Because Evil! Spelled Backwards is Live)";! r'Love," with its exciting orches-l tral background; "Consequence,".; I "Lady is a Tramp," "I Love to; Love," and the closing protestations of "Stormy Weather." Lennie /Hayton, qualified above all to give | authority to the excellent arrange- J ments, is on the podium. Outstand- j ing assists come from Chico Ham-! | ilton, drums; Irving Joseph, pian- I ist, and Wyatt Ruther, bass. Luxor Gali Gali pulls off his magico with baby chicks to tremendous applause. His method of obtaining reluctant ringsiders and making them enthusiastic partici- j pators of the act is in itself often I a feat of magic. Burning the cur- f rency only to find it inside an orange, plus the genuine surprise I on faces of-his "assistants" upon discovering the baby chicks in their pockets, has genuine appeal j to everyone, earning Gali Gali I boffo mitts at finish. Lou Wills, Jr., on the Thomas I bill when the Sands opened, returns with his array of terps, best of which inj^ud^s reprise of aero j flips froMg rL musicomedy "Tree J Grows ittPSrooklyn," and windup in four twisting spot butterflies. Will. | PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 SAN FRANCISCO Los Angeles Portland - Seattle Las Vegas, Nev. Morning Sun (Cir. 8,531) JUN 2 9 I953 TALKIE TOWN -J. By SBAN FLANNEUL1- Thft persistent rumor that Louella Parsons will tie the knot with Doted song composer Jimmy McHugh has no basis in fact. Louella ?√ßays that she will never marry again. McHugh, who has known Hollywood's First Lady these many years, was also a boon companion of her late husband. What exists between the two is a warm friend- ?√ßhip born by the great respect they hold for each other's talent and character. Jimmy says his two biggest thrills in life were his audience With Pope Pius XII, and, when Queen Elizabeth told him, "Not wily do I love your songs but I sing them too." And before I forgetJ Recently I quoted Louella as saying that Cinemascope wasn't practical as a new movie medium, t erred. It is Cinerama that she he4 lieves impractical. Now 20th Century-Fox can stop having fits. ?? * ?? ' ~?╟÷' ?╟÷ THERE'S A GROUP of hard- Working men and women in this icommunity who seldom get recognition and that may be because their job is to get recognition for others. I'm referring to Strip hotel publicists. In my rounds of news gathering I find that gleaning items of local interest sometimes comes hard. So when sending outrcopy to national outlets I hope you men and gals won't forget this writer. FAMED STRIP TEASER Lili Et. Cyr arrives momentarily, to not only shed her garments at El Rancho Vegas (beginning August 12) but to shed her latest hubby, engineer Armando Orsini. . Opening Wednesday in El Rancha Vegas' Lounge is one of the pioneers in Dixieland Jazz, Sharkey. Bonano and his quintet. It is not just my opinion, but Louis Armstrong's as well, that Sharkey and his boys are the greatest Dixieland aggregation in existence today. I remember see- ing him in the Blue Room of New Orleans* Roosevelt Hotel about three years ago. Supposed to play for a four week's engagement, they broke all house records by staying six months. Which calls to mind a little story. Each summer New Orleans has its Pop Concerts. Four years ago after six weeks of operating in the red, the concert fathers decided to do. something about this sad state of affairs. Why not, they mused, invite Sharkey Bonano and his crew to take a regular part in the concert *pro-.. grams? Why not have Sharkey it demonstrate to the audiences the conception and growth of this solely, American creation, Dixieland Jazz? The decision was made and in two weeks time the New Orleans Pop Concert was. operating in the black. Just Wait? until you hear Sharkey's trum-1 peting of "I Like Bananas Because They Have No Bones." * ?? * I also like Larry Finley's Xhisj interview show at the Sands is. great) definition of ^nmW^r^xi-\ ner speech. He says that-"it'sj like a love letter. The victim nev-j er knows how to start it, and at! the end never realizes what they J have committed themselves to." J . . .There is trouble between.the! aged.Aga Khan and his playboy son Ali. It's whispered that thej Aga's youngest son, Prince Sardi,] is the father's choice as a successor. * ?? * AN ADDED musical note for pre-show enjoyment pool side at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn is Belles and Beaus, a quintet of lovelies who sing, play and table stroll. , . .Charley Correll (he's Amos of Amos and Andy), wife and three sons have checked in at the Flamingo. .. .Paul Sedway has taken the summer off from his Harvard Law School studies! to lifeguard at the Flamingo pool! and give swimming<|iessons to| such pretties as va^ioning Es-1 telle Kushner, the private secre-l tary of Erwin Ber ton who sup-I plies so much of the men's wear! to the shops around town. ACE PUBLICIST Barney Mel Devitt (his great job of publiciz-1 ing Fred Waring's Penhsylvan-1 ians a decade or more ago is still! being talked about in the trade)! is doing the town with screen! writer and Saturday Evening! Poster, Dick English. . . .Thai! swank Hollywood home being! used as a gambling casino and! operated by Saul Green is sup-i posed to have lured and bilked at lot of; suckers before the police! closed it down. Is there a ro-| mance goii^on between Joe E.1 Lewis and Republic's westernl star, Carole Dunn? ?╜ . .You figure this one out, I can't. Chapter three, paragraph i!4??H of the Las Vegas. City Laws states^'Nol; aircraft shall land or take off from the Atlantic Ocean Beach between the city limits of thej city." . . .Hollywood's Dana Andrews really living ^fpftip and down the Strip.. ' -' BON MOT: I choose my enemies as carefully as I do my j friends, and I give them each I the same amount of attention^ JUL PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 San Francisco Portland - Seattle Chicago, III. Herald American (Cir. 970,397) JUN I 1 1953 XllUfesTERDAY I TOLD YOU Cary Grant was being ""sought for both "Sabrina Fair" and Judy Garland's picture, % eJ**A Star Is Born." mm Now I can tell you Judy gets Cary. Remember how -good he was in "Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" with Shir* ley Temple? Well, Ijthink he and Judy will be excellent, "and I am glad for h^^^g "i^^B And that reminds me, Judy was at Romanoffs for dinner a few nights ago with Sid Luft and she hasn't been as thin in years not as well. T "2SSA ZSA GABOR. may-be among the missing (she ^Hasn't yet shown up in New York) but her sister, Eva, arrived at the Beverly Hills Hotel Tuesday to start "Paris ."Model" for American Pictures Corporation. Eva isn't volunteering any information about Zsa Zsa and the rumors that Zsa Zsa and Porfirio Rubirosa are made for each other, but she has quite a bit of news about herself. I When Eva finishes "Paris Model" she returns to New ^..York to staift rehearsals in| "Sailor's Delight" for the TJtheater Guild. Before it goes? into New York it will open at Dennis and Westport. * * ?╟≤ BOB MITCHUM WOULD LIKE to be officially' told that he's to play opposite Marilyn Monroe in "River of No Return." He likes the idea of going to Alberta, Canada, on location because there's fishing there, but until he's officially told he refuses to say whether or not he's going to make * ratjvie love to Marilyn. He's not pouting and not objecting to the Monroe picture?╟÷he just wants to be told. , ?╟≤ i 1 EVERYONE AROUND the Beverly Hills Hotel is getting a big kick out of the activities of Father James Keller of the Christopher movement, acting just like a movie director shooting sceneg^r his coming *TV show on the terrace. T - Yesterday Father was putting Charlie Farrell, Harpo >Sfarx and Pat O'Brien through their acting paces for his .series called "The Player's jthe Thing." Father Keller got a laugh when he said to ?·is actors: ^ "Now boys, brighten it up. We aren't in church, you know " m * ?╜R .. ^ARLENE DIETRICH IS BACK in Hollywood after ' hiding bad the time/di ner life helping Tallulah Bankhead at^pter closing show at theSgjjdj^jBjjjjg^ggSl. Tallu invited Marlene up' On the stage with her and the two gals "sang" a duet of "La Vie En Rose" as it was never sung before. ^liSpi ^$111 Good or bad?╟÷Jack Entratter has offered Dietrich a night club stint' at $30,000 per week starting in October?╟÷ and she's going to accept! These Las Vegas salaries get j higher and higher. Meanwhile, glamorous Marlene goes to London in I "Atfgust to make a film of Terrence Rattigan's new play, as yet untitled. '$3_M ,.~..?╜..' That's all tqdayTNSee you tomorrow! - ?√ß Heay Louella Parsons Ijftesdays at 9 p. m. on WBBM. t5