The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 107

rvor 0" 18-F THE MIAMI HERALD Sunday Dec 18 1955 145 NE 1st ST May Try Nitery Circuit FORMERLY THE PALMS BAR AND GRILL IV Critics Blamed 1 For Collapse By JAMES BACON Associated 1-resa Staff Writer HOLLYWOOD Cal Do the critics bother stars? A close friend of Milton Berle discloses that the television recent collapse was not as reported due to physical exhaustion the friend reveals "is emotionally sick because of unjust criticism from some New York critics The friend does not want his 2 EXCELLENT FEATURES the Secret motion picture fk A 1 ALSO ANTHONY STUDY IN SUSPENSE! miles for American camp shows during World War II Miss Pons once sang 2S concerts In 30 days a record of sorts Although Kostelanetz musical commitments keep him apart from his wife most of the time she says she will see her husband this' mohth in New Ybrk and added: of course always do our' summer concerts together but I am not planning to work this summei at all I want to rest" The singer once was almost a Palm Springs recluse hut nowadays she sails around the desert resort town like a queen on exhibition darting hither and jon with one oranother of her faiorite escorts The singer who became an American citizen in 1940 says her favorite musicians are Bing Crosby Eddy Arnold and Nat King Cole As for a nightclub career of her own already It was only a couple of years ago that she stood before a San Francisco audience (for' dear old charity) in a split skirted gown 'and sang Are a Girl Best Friend" Sfie explained mv career I sing for charity I bump and doorTopen! it minx DAVID NIVEN MARGARET LEIGHTON 7T8-4lit St Ml PH JE 1-3898 friend answered: "Milton always got an honest shake until he decided to move his show from Hollywood to New York face Jt all television is to Hollywood and the New York boys are fighting it for the sake of their jobs and Berle before his collapse-told- me that for the first time in 40 years of show business he is at a loss to know what the public ants from him used to read in the columns that the public was tiring of the so I changed to a It long until I read that the public preferred old so 1 changed back A is a monster probably kill more comics than -heart disease name reveajecj for the reason would kill me if he Rut he adds: second show' of the season he tried something different a Gore Vidal satire Some people liked it some It was the first time in 400 television shows that he ever worked without a audience 1 if one New' York critic led off his review: Berle lays second egg of season critics ery place else but New York hailed Milton's first show as a good The friend is right The first show which I Saw first In the studio audience and later on West Coast kinescope- was Berle at his best- It was the caliber of show that earned him the- Television" title Pressed as to why the New York critics such Is the case are out after Berle the LOUNGE children under ii in cars free Show Time 7:00 7:10 (Technicolor) 10:32 Kirk Oolat Silvina Minima Anthony Quinn 9:18 Only (Technicolor) PHIL CAREY DOROTHY PATRICK TOP SHOWS GRACE -KELLY TECHNICOLOR 1080 I PONS bumps for charity 'even way up here Only this morning four women tourists tried to get in my front door!" She- was so incensed at the intruders she immediately sent for an engineer to build her an electrical fence trouble is" she added want anything to interfere with the (Or her sunbathing in the near-altogether) FROM HER living room am one with half an eye can see from 150 to 200 miles across a cactus-dotted plain to DANC ANCE Cor 8th St end Biscayne 1045 DADE BOULEVARD Continuous Enter tninment NO NO MINIMUM Air Conditioned Free Parking 1440 Biscayne Boulevard a gray and purple mountain range bej ond From her bedroom the view is one long criss-cross of rugged peaks reaching out toward a distant horizon She also has the first view from a picture window in her bathroom At eerv opportunity singer' a vibrantly oung woman at 51 da-hos to Balm Springs to- get a wav from the crowds the autograph seekers and her violenth -demanding operatic and concert routines Miss' Pons who looked like a "Halloween angel in orange earrings orange jacket and black-braided Capri pants says she wants to cut down on her professional activities tired of liing in ho-(els" she pouted have two beautiful homes (the other one is in New York) and no tinie to enjoy them 1 want to get more pleasure out of life even like to" go around the world but not to sing just to look" For Lily Pons has been singing ever since she was 13 After her sensational debut at the Met in Di on Jan 3 1931 Lily Pons was universally accepted as one of the great col- oratura sopranos Because of the range of her remarkable voice the Met revived Di and Fille du op- eras so difficult that they had not been heard since tfle golden age of singing TWO TOP TALENTS came a partnership in 1938 when she married orchestra conductor Andre Kostelanetz' Together they toilrecj 100000 NIGHTLY EXCEPT MONDAY EDDIE WESTON'S ORCH Miami's Largest Dance loor PALACE Couples Stags Cocktail Lounga the ocean at 25th iami Beach GRAND OPENING (MON DEC 19th) MIAMI'S NEWEST FINEST SUPPER CLUB COCKTAIL LOUNGE Lily Pons By EMILY BELSER International Newa Service Staff Writer PALM SPRINGS Cal Lily Pons the French musical pastry with the hipped-cream voice says she might native" and shake rattle and roll on the nightclub circuit of these Rut right now Miss Pons is "allergic to and furthermore she added hae to be awfully careful of the people ig charge of those nightclub acts If xou watch ourself it might turn out a little vulgar!" Miss Pons who will celebrate at the Metropolitan Opera Jan 3 the 23th anniversary of her debut there waed a be-jeweled hand around her Chinese-modern living room and admitted a lot of her highbrow pals have very well" in such glitter-spots as Las Vegas think fine" she said "if you can stand dishes and the smoky atmosphere" The famed coloratura was relaving in her Palm Springs hideaway perched atop a peak inr the San Jacinto mountains after a series of 17 concerts for which she reportedly got paid per night "I like she explained as she led the way through one orange colored room after another (orange is her favorite color) it is very difficult to get Loan House Aids Artists A Miami Beach commercial Institution came up last week with a new plan to assist Florida artists by renting their paintings for monthly one-man exhibitions The Washington Federal Savings and Loan Association is sponsoring the month-long one-mans at its newly opened branch at 1120 Normandy dr The first exhibitor was Clayton Charles head of the art department at Vniversity of Miami Eugene Massin also of the UM art department has been appointed director of the exhibitions by Jstck Gordon president of Washington Federal He will not confine the shows to local artists but will endeavor to show ork of painters throughout the state Given HOLLYWOOD Cal The rewards for champion blood donors at Camp Carson Cblo during the filming there of "Target were roles in the Warner picture Di-- rector Harrrton Jones assigned the winners a PFC and a corporal the parts of stretcher' bearers Great Great DINNERS Enjoy our lull course dinner Kishka Strudle and all the extras Miami Newest Club You'll Love IN THE CROMWELL HOTEL ON THE OCEAN AT 20th ST 3 SHOWS Blvd SIEJUNE CHILDREN UNDER II IN CARS FREE 700 7:10 A 10:50 CINEMASCOPE fSSA CLARK GABLE JANE RUSSELL TALL 9:30 Only Technicolor PAULETTE GODDARD JEAN AUMONT the GRE-T cur fuR-lpvin' Farrell king of mirth fills the nights with lusty laughter and high hilarity in our beautiful new lounge MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA ROAD Gala Season Opening Monday December 19th Stall The Lyric Twins Seeing Double BOBBY BYRON Host MCT EDWARDS LARRAINE Dance Stylists BOB REYNOLDS and His Orchestra AIR CONDITIONED WIDE SCREEN CARY VistaVision GRANT "TO CATCH A THIEF" MICHAEL REDGRAVE "DAM BUSTERS" 3: Till 1 PM Open 33:15 ftffiWEIItfiTHEATREl NAKED Farley Granger A- Anthony Quinn SOUTH Virginia MAYO Dennis MORGAN Like you haven't heard since the last wedding you attended Miami Newest Club In the CROMWELL HOTEL On the Ocean at 20th St 3 SHOWS OPENING ONE OF THE VOCAL GREATS OF OUR TIME! 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