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Anybody know anything about a picture titled Las Vegas By Night?

in 1963 A&W Restaurants put out a promotional record titled "Vic Damone Swings With A&W". On the record sleeve is mentioned a picture titled "Las Vegas By Night" as the picture where the songs were originally sung by Mr. Damone. It indicates the movies Executive producers were Hal Roach, Jr. & Carroll Case, Producer: John Maschio, director: Mitchell Leisen. It was a United Artist release. I can't seem to find out anything about this Picture.

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According to IA the picture billed on that 1963 A&W promo as “Las Vegas By Night” was ultimately released in 1967 as Spree (also advertised as Las Vegas by Night and Here’s Las Vegas). It’s a nightclub/Las Vegas documentary featuring Vic Damone, Juliet Prowse, Jayne Mansfield, the Clara Ward Singers and others, shot largely at the Tropicana and Dunes in 1962–63.

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tguernsey: "Las Vegas by Night" must be the working title for the film listed in IMDb as Spree (1967) at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062299/ for the following reasons: 1. "Spree" features Vic Damone as himself. 2. The plot description indicates that "Spree" is about nightlife in Las Vegas. 3. Hal Roach Jr. and Carroll Case are listed as producers of "Spree". 4. Mitchell Leisen is listed as one of the directors of "Spree", and it is the only film he is listed as directing after 1960. In addition, the AFI Catalog (https://catalog.afi.com/Film/18547-SPREE) indicates that "Spree" was filmed in 1962 and 1963 under the title "Las Vegas by Night".

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30 days ago

“Interesting! I can’t find any record of a film called Las Vegas By Night. It may have been a TV special, promo short, or a working title that was never released. Checking old trade mags (Variety/HR), AFI, or film archives under Mitchell Leisen or Hal Roach Jr. might give more clues.”

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@tguernsey Hi! I think you are looking for "Here’s Las Vegas", the musical directed by Mitchell Leisen [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500552] from a script by Thomas W. Blackburn [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085648]. Unfortunately, the movie is not listed yet on IMDb or Wikipedia, but there is a Hollywood Report article: https://archive.org/details/boxofficeoctdec18182boxo/page/n467/mode/1up?q=%22Mitchell+Leisen%22

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@tguernsey Hi! I think you are looking for "Here's Las Vegas", a musical directed by Mitchell Leisen from a script by Thomas W. Blackburn. I've provided direct links to the data sources, but the idiotic way of moderating this forum resulted to my previous post been hidden to private. So, here is the quote from the source published in Hollywood Report on December 3, 1962: "Hal Roach Jr. returned to motion picture production with the beginning of principal photography in Las Vegas this past week on the widescreen feature “Here’s Las Vegas,” in Pathe Color for United Artists release. Mitchell Leisen directs from a script by Thomas Blackburn. John Maschio is producer with Roach and Carroll Case as executive producers. The musical will lens at top Las Vegas hotels including the Dunes and Tropicana."