Jimmy Durante Still Lively at 75 in Las Vegas Show
In Las Vegas Jimmy Durante, age 75, performs 85 minutes of song and comic routines at the Frontier Hotel Venus Room retracing his early nightclub roots. He greets fans, jokes with Eddie Jackson and Sonny King, and ends to widespread applause. The Associated Press report notes his enduring energy and influence across Broadway vaudeville radio and film.
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Nancy Sinatra and Elvis Presley Star Together in Speedway
Hollywood profile recalls Elvis rise from Tupelo to stardom and Nancy Sinatra’s Hollywood upbringing and late-blooming path to fame. It notes Presley as a fictional race driver in MGM’s Speedway and highlights Sinatra’s international hits and transition from girl-next-door to mature artist.
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Yours Mine and Ours at the Gateway Theater
Daily staff writer notes Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda star in a light family comedy about merging two families. The film mixes slapstick with touches of sentiment though the plot remains thin and aims for broad appeal.
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Week Movie Lineup at WEGAW Gateways Theaters
WEGAW BRS shows starts Thursday with Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda in Yours Mine and Ours and What’s So Bad About Feeling Good with George Peppard and Mary Tyler Moore. Princess features The Shakiest Gun in the West with Don Knotts. Elvis Presley and Nancy Sinatra star in Speedway. Blackbeard’s Ghost with Dean Jones and Peter Ustinov at Bowline, Tony Rome with Frank Sinatra and Hotel, and ThunderBirds offers The Mini-Skirt Mob with Lost Command and Hostile Guns starting Friday.
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