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[VOLUME VIINUMBER 2D'
ADAK SUM
14 MAY
5.062
ATTENTION ALL;ADAKIANS. Hold on to your sombreros, Pedro Gonzales Gonzales is
) coming to;. Adak i.n*a USO, Show called "Fiesta-USA" which will play at the Bering
Theatre, Thursday J7 May at 1930* The*'little fellow..has run out of- sagebrush a
• long.the:Rio(Gra,nde and in the environs of Hollywood so he will introduce his
chilli-flavored comedy to the -r North land. In a manger of speaking he )Ni\l be..
scouting.; out the climate, because he-is starting a-'neyv television seiies- with
Barry Nelson; under the'working title of "Hudson Bay". If he get's along well in
our frozen north he-shouldn't have .any trouble with the Canadian brands .
Pqdrorhas long been popular in San. Antonip*s’Mexican-theaters whin he-,wa§ seen
in arbenefit show-by Walter O'Keefe* O'Keefe.spread the word about the- Mexican
comic,tand Groucho Marx grabbed Pedro'for his quiz show* From-that time on Pedro
Gonzales Gonzales has-been busy in one film or TV show.after-another. He appeared
in "The:High and the.‘Mighty", "Wings of the- Hawk", "Gun the Man-Down" and "Ben-:/
gazi".,tas .well aS'TV shows such as "Sheriff of Cochise", "Jim.Bowie", "TheTexan"
and a'1 whole*string:of comedy programs; His biggest scroen-.role to date-was in
"Rio Bravo", where as the owner"©f a small barder-town hotel:he halps his.friend
(John Wayne). in, ar/ft6ur of‘need* •: . ; •• •-.
More comedy for. this Fiesta provided by comedian A1 Morrison and'Corhedienne
Betty Reeve, Neither one are Latinos, but they are'in'.the show to metke with jokes
and not with frijoles, A1 has a'resemblance to the late Humphrey Bogart, but
there the resemblance stops, they are utterly unlike-.in their performances, A1
plays the pianb^' the banjo, the violin or he might even sing, dependrig'oh the
moment* His brand ,of foolishness went over big in New York sfpots particularly
their Greenwich. Village Nut Club'and the Village Barn* iPhis represents his second
todr .for'USO1, Shdws -~—h---— iT*
, Betty Peeve sings arid dances in additibn to serving as a foil-for At Morrison*
■She is a featured entertainer for the Statier Hotel chain of supper clubs,-and
..is highly popular in the resort spots of Miami Beach-. ‘
. Also featured are Singer-dancer Kelly Robbins formerly was under -contract '
with.‘20th- Corfttiry^Fox, and she appeared in "Tender is the :Night" as well as
other* Fox flickers*. Jdyce Moore, singer*»dancer in the troupe,'making her first
tour‘for USO Shows*. A distant relative of Col. John Singleton Mosby, of Confed
erate cavalry fame,- Joyce has been dancingisince she was three *years old. Los
.Tres Iiombres play the music for the Fiesta-USA show, being led by bass player,
Jim.Robinson,- Jim* a .singeri is popular inatheNevada clubs as-well as'in'spots
along -the Coast, . ■ . ■ • ,.
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