Screenland (Feb-Oct 1949)

FRED ROB BINS Marilyn Maxwell obliges her host, Freddie Robbins, with a rythmic rendition of "Chopsticks" on a typewriter prior to the airing of his radio program. HYA Snooks! The stuff is de luxe — So /ct's sample what cooks — Before you ouvrez those books! MAIS 01)1— 'tis quite a spell from May to December but the days grow short when you reach September. And when the Autumn weather turns the leaves to flame, there's no more time for that vacationing game. It's back to French 3, and Biology 2, and la livre and la plume and that new English teacher. But there's always time for that wax and needle game — 'cause all work and no records makes you-knowwhat! So what's what in the new grooves . . . HEAVENLY! Miss Liberty ! ! — Move over those cookies from "Kiss Me Kate" and "South Pacific" for the melange that are gushing forth from the new Irving Berlin musical. Whenever a hit show comes along all the artists rush to wax the sharps and flats — 'specially when they're by Berlin, Rodgers and Hammerstein or Cole Porter. It's like a new Buick or caddie, everyone wants to get in on the deal! And you can take your pick; pick of all the fine slabs of a fine score. There's "I Love You" by Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Al Jolson. Jo Stafford; "Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk" by Perry, Frank and Doris Day, Dick Haymes, and Maggie Whiting — all on their respective labels, of course. "Little Fish In A Big Pond" was cut by Dick Haymes. and Bill Lawrence, and Buddy Clark and Dinah; "Paris Wakes Up And Smiles" by Buddy Clark, Jean Sablon, Al Jolson. and Maggie Whiting; AND our big favorite, "Homework," ecstatically etched by Fran Warren, and Dinah, and the Andrews Kids. "You Can Have Him," our other fave, was tallowed by Dinah and Doris Day sharing tonsils, and the "Voice With The Bedroom Look" — who's coming up like Citation — Fran Warren. Everyone's in choice voice. You pays your dough and voices your choice. Vic Datnone — "You're Breaking My Heart," "Four Winds And Seven Seas" — "The Golden Tone" has another hit on his tonsils, a sequel to "I Have But One Heart" — in "You're Breaking My Heart," a dual language deal for the price of one. Flip side caresses you like the winds in the title — delicious vibrations from Vickie boy. He's being screen-tested, you know and is that bad? (Mercury.) Evelyn Knight — "The Bird" is winding high again tweet-tweeting on 4 fresh sides that'll buy lotsa new Fall clotnes. "You're So Understanding," "It's Too Late Now," "Be Goody Good Good To Me" — which sparkles like "Powder Your Face," and "A Little Bird" and "Don't Ever Marry For Money." Whatta flair Evie has for bright rhythmic stuff. Blithe as a butterfly! ( Decca) Mel Torme— The "Velvet Fog" did a wonderful shot on our television show on CBS recently — sitting at the piano and playing and singing some of his own Fred's time-telling in French amuses Corinne Calvet Parisian star in "Rope Of Sand." Fred Robbins, of the spectacular vernacular, on "Adventures In Jazz," his CBS-TV show. beauties. Mel's way up top on the college poll of favorite singers, too. Pretty good for Capitol's newest male employee. His freshest. "Four Winds And Seven Seas" and "It's Too Late Now" finds Lem (Mel backwards) in the pop vein— and what could be nicer or more velvety after "Again" and "Careless Hands." Proving Candy's boy can sell pop tunes as well as anyone, given a good label that gets around like Capitol. The production effects around "Four Winds" is most effective . . . Rosemary Clooney — One of the Clooney sisters in the Tony Pastor band is on her own, and how! 'Cause Rosemary leaves you molten with her first Columbia cookie of "Bargain Day" and "Cabaret" — nothing less than molten! Chick signs with her left auricle and ventricle, shows oodles of promise and takes a rightful place in the same league with the Shores, Days, Staffords, Lees, etc. 'Course she did some things with Tony— "Sidewalk Penny Arcade" and "Grievin' For You," for example — but on her first solo, wow! (Columbia) Jean Sablon— Ah, ma petite chou, voici le voix de Jean Sablon sur deux disques that are just perf: "Dites Moi"— the tres adorable nursery rhyme from "South Pacific" and "Paris Wakes Up And Smiles" from "Miss Liberty." Biscuits like these are one of the things that make la vie so belle. (Victor) Frank Sinatra — Well, happy day! Another full fat album by Nancy's Daddy to go along with the first two he's etched. This one yclept "Frankly Sentimental" could have been called "Frankly Pretty (Please turn to page 62) 51