Hollywood and Las Vegas showbiz notes and openings
Syndicated columns reveal Universal Pictures producer Howard Christie buying an original story "Angel Over Las Vegas" with Caesars Palace promo help. The Happy Jesters will headline in the D I lounge Sept 2, with a big name star to be named. Sid Caesar cancels Fremont show. Lainie Kazan to open Torres Towers in Feb with Caesar and Kazan. Frankie Laine to replace Caesar in Sept. Jackie Vernon joins Carol Burnett for a Greek Theatre week and Garry Moore TV role. Lomans to headline Americana Hotel Oct 10. Ben Blue launches Bagdad Room revue Fridays. Channel 8 chat with Yvonne Donjay.
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Dorothy Manners
Universal Picture
Howard Christie
Las Vegas
Caesars Palace
Joe Glaston
D-I
Christie
Santa
Fremont
Jackie Vernon
Jackie
Carol Burnett
Hollywood
Garry Moore
Sid Caesar
Jayne Mansfield
T-Bird
Ben Blue
Bagdad Room
Strip Sights && Sounds Dept
Channel 8
Yvonne Donjay
Jan Garber
Mel Tormeé
Pete Barbutti
Shirley Stevens
Benny Goffstein
Shirley
Belle Barth
Rusty Warren
Pearl Williams
Staints & Sinners
the Dunes
S&s
Joe Fink
Gordie
Dunes
Temple Beth Sholom
Vic Caesar
Caesars Palace Lounge
Nero
John Gary
Gary
the Flamingo
KLUC
George Pal to Film Rip Van Winkle for MGM in 1967
George Pal will produce and direct a live action puppet animation feature of Rip Van Winkle for MGM in 1967. The project fuses Pal's special effects mastery with a score built from authentic early nineteenth century American folk songs.
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George Pal
Rip van Winkle
Hollywood
Washington Irving
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Robert M. Weitman
MGM
Pal
Tom Thumb
U.S
Rip van Winkie
Dr. Lao
Jarre Leads 65 Piece Score Session for Gambit
Academy Award winner Maurice Jarre conducts a 65 member orchestra over two days to score Universal's Gambit starring Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine directed by Ronald Neame for producer Leo L. Fuchs.
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Maurice Jarre
Universal
Shirley MacLaine
Michael Caine
Ronald Neame
Leo L. Fuchs
Ethix Headline Las Vegas Pussycat A Go Go Debut
Ethix from San Francisco headlined the Pussycat A Go Go in Las Vegas for a two week run. Liberty Recording artists with the single Skopoll have charted in Billboard and Cashbox while a prior act, Billy Dee and the Debonas, continued on the smaller stage. Show runs 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. with Go Go Girls completing the lineup.
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the Ethix
Bill Dee
the Debonaires
Ethix
Las Vegas
Bobby Freeman
Bob Hirsch
Billy Dee and
The
Debonaires
Liberty
San Francisco
Off Broadway
Peppermint Tree
Condor
Columbia Records
Chad and
Jeremy
Coasters
Hirsch
Dancer Maria Jiminez Lands Role in Thoroughly Modern Millie
Spanish American dancer Maria Jiminez wins a film break when Ross Hunter casts her as the septuagenarian Jewish grandmother in Universal's Technicolor comedy Thoroughly Modern Millie. The 22 year old will also perform a dance based on an old Hebrew wedding song, requiring over three hours daily to age her character.
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Hollywood
Maria Jiminez
Ross Hunter
Universal
Jiminez
Celebrity gossip and social notes from a 1960s page
A collage of society bits including Walter Rostow hawk talk on Vietnam policy, Las Vegas and Broadway anecdotes, marriages and divorces, charity galas, and celebrity sightings. Notable names include Marilyn Maxwell, Mia Farrow replacement, Godfrey Cambridge, Dinah Shore, Maurice Chevalier, Bob Hope, Alfred Hitchcock, and Maureen O Sullivan.
Celebrity Pageant of Showbiz Names and Namesakes
A stream of entertainment figures and sports personalities appear in a collage style listing. Included are Bill Bartholomay and Jorie Leuloff at Marco Polo and Greenwich Village as well as Dolores Esperanza Greg Maines Irene Kelly Barry Sullivan at various venues. The piece mentions David Merrick Cary Grant Julie Christie Topsi Scott Terry Downes and Elvis Presley among others in a potpourri of show business notoriety.
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Bill Bartholomay
Atlanta Braves
Pretty Newsgal Jorie Leuloff
Marco Polo
Greenwich Village
Dolores Esperanza
Greg Maines
Chateau Madrid
Irene Kelly
Barry Sullivan
H'wood
Mary O’connor
The
Airlines
Arthur Benton
Rock Kenyon
Ruby Foo
Helen Parker
Doris Day
Dean Martin
Claudia
Elvis Presley
Jackie Vernon
Jackie Gleason
David Merrick
Cary Grant
Julie Christie
Topsi Scott
Terry Downes
Britain
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Vegas
Ralph Pearl
Jarre Conducts
Savoy Dining Room
Dunes Hotel and Country Club
Sko
Billboard
Cashbox
Dave Burton
Center
John Mowbray
Regina Whalen
City of Hope
Burton
Riviera Hotel
Starlite Theatre
Julie Andrews
James Fox
Mary Tyler Moore
Carol Channing
John Gavin
Beatrice Lillie
George Roy Hill
Paris
Asino
Dunes Hotel & Country Club
Frederic Apcar
Walter Winchell
White
Mimi Vignes
Roslyn
L.I
Cupid
Marilyn Maxwell
Jerry David
Bery Hammond
Monsignore
Red Skelton
Barbara McNair
Mgr
Frank Sinatra
Mia Farrow
Peyton Place
Leigh Taylor-Young
Donald Young
Burroughs
Clay Coles
Nat's Cancer Cytology Center
Fdr Jr
Gov. of
New York
Godfrey Cambridge
Chums
Dinah Shore
Harra’s
Lake Tahoe
Maurice Chevalier
Henri IV
Lauritz
Johnny Carson
Ronnie Dove
Times Square
Midtown
Society
Liz Schrafft
Sutton Place
Victor Huff
John Dillinger
Chicago
Ernie Teverell
Maureen O’sullivan
Jerry Bock
Bock
Broadway
Carol Ans Warner
Yarrop
Athens
Greece
Joan Paulson
Merrill Cody
Buffalo Bill
Wild West
Europe
Peter Finch
Jamaica
Norman
Panama
1.V. Blvd
Billy Dee c
TROAS
Hamine
John
Ge Teil
Memo
Harry James
Myron Cohen Rae Alee Tefey
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