Variety (Jan 1949)

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S2 VAVBEVILLE Wedpeaday, January 26, I949 AGVA, Bookers Seen Comprombing Club Date Minimums at $20 Per A $20 minimum for club date acts is ip sight. Committee repre- septing tlie American Guild of Variety Artists met with reps of the Entertainment Managei-s Assn.; Artists Representatives Assn., and Associated Agents of America to explore the situation^ Negotiations started after a meeting of the N. Y, AGVA branch passed a. resolution naming a com- mittee to start negotiations for a club date code and :Bcale; Meeting 'Suggested: a $25 minimum for each performer with $50 for doubles. While most club date bookers feel that this is not the time to raise scales, especially in the light of declining revenues in show- business; it was felt that thft'CurT rent $15 scale was too low. Many bookers are willing to accept the $20 bottom, but will put up a stiff battle on. matter of other parts of the code. One of them is the pro- vision governing the number of hours an act may stay at one dub showing. AGVA reps insist upon a two-hour limit, after which the act . can leave .and; get paid even if he . hasnH workedl ■ The bookers insist that no entertainment manager L can judge with certainty how long an act must remain on - the job. They : declare that speakers at a banquet can: run overtime and con- sequently show would be late in starting. Committees compromised on permitting agents to function as emcee. It's been agreed that an agent may do a straight introduc- tion without jokes or comment. Next meeting between the AGVA committee and the bookers , will take place Friday (28). 6ILLIE HOLIDAY PUT ON BAIL IN DOPE RAP San Francisco, Jan. 25. Billle Holiday, released on $500 bail on charge of possession of narcotics, continued her engage- Iment at Cafe Society here. Singer was arraigned yesterday (Mon.) I Federal narcotic agents raided her apartment Saturday (22) at the 'Mark Twain hotel here and found ! opium and an opium pipe. Held ■with her is John Levy, her man- lager, who claimed that the con- traband was left in a medicine cabinet by a woman visitor. Fed- eral agents said Miss Holiday was apprehended while trying to get rid of the stuff. Agent in charge of the raid said the room smelled Of opium smoke although neither (Continued on page 54) i Paul & P^ulelle Trio:: Currently , :: LATIN QUARTER NEW YORK CITY . ■. . ■ ■■' ■• . ■ . . . . . one Af tlie mocii amaftiiigr -nov- * , .elty nets ever iraDdereil > ■ • . do liliow' * , ^stoDplnNT iinrobatic trlckii that defy' , ^description . . . l*anlette» a 8l«nd«r,' * , ,f)hiil»e1>' Monde . . . one of tlie 1ot«- * ^ []|«Nt «'rpntUi'eH ever seen on Broadway^' ' * 'I predict Mlie'll he movie property be-^ * " 'fore tlir end of thia run." • » -rI.EK MORTIMER. > - Dir.: LOU COHAN^ 203 N. Wabjtili, Chfugo*- LUXURIOUS RUSSIAN ERMINE JACKET Wlilta, prutltally nnv. In vtrftct conilltitn. $500. n»x 0-3S CliltaKO I, in. ' Appeal Decision Over E Niter^ Sales Tax Chicago, Jan. 25. Attorney General Ivan Elliot of Illinois filed notice of appeal of a decision by Circuit Judge William Brothers, which grants exemption from the. state sales, tax. to night clubs and cafes which feature enr' tertalnment. It has been estimated that ruling would cost the state Upward of $2,000,000 in revenue. Juror had ruled tax did not apply to entertainment and therefore should not be paid by bistros whose 1 main feature is entertainment. I Immediately benefitting from the ! decision last month were 18^ niter- ies. Clubs, represented by attor- neys Thbmas Rosenberg and Mil- ton Raynor, also' counsel for the , Chi Cafe Owners Assn., had paid . sales tax amounting to $238,000 I over a period' of three years' under I protest; College Inn, :Sherman ! Hotel; received over $60,000 re- ' fund. Re Hub AGVA Boston, Editor, Variety: In your issue dated Jan. 12 you printed an article headed ''Hub Court Delays Plea of AGVA Dis- sidents." You told about the refusal of the court in Massachusetts to issue an injunction against, those now in authority in AGVA in an action brought by other members of AGVA. You omitted to report that Judge Good had Cliff Barnes, the Boston branch representative, take oath that they would not keep those performers holding so-called Dale membership cards (plaintiff's) from being given, keeping, and performing their acts in clubs and: hotels controlled by AGVA. Louis J. M. Waxrmn. Pfeilfer Denied Chi Injunction In 'Unfair Action Chicago, Jan. 25^ Theatrical unions' "unfair" list- ings were tacitly approved here last week when Judge Donald McKinlay, in Cook county superior court, denied the request for tem- porary injunction to prevent American Guild of Variety Artists' alleged interference in the pro- jected opening of Jules Pfeiffer's Bow-Wowery; Chi bistro. Magis- I trate said, "nothing convinces me I that 'unfair' listings are unfair or I wrong." Ruling was the first - in this area regarding the listings of AGVA and Equity. Pfeiffer claimed AGVA had placed him on a "blacklist," in con- spiracy with Equity,- which had placed former legit producer on (Continued on page 54) Minsky Seekn^ to LiiHidi Strip (kuit With Travel:^ Cafe Shows Chicago, Jan. 25. Minsky burlesque is seeking to make a comebaclt. This time in cafes, Harold Minsky, scion of the famed hurley dan, is seeking to start the Minsky wheel rolling once more by staging shows for a circuit of cafes throughout the HARRIS, McCUNE IN ON COLE BROS. CIRCUS? ; Miami Beach, Jan. 25. < Eddie McCune, operator of tlie {Brook clubk Miami Beach, and i Nat Harris, manager of the spot and ex-boniface of the now closed l:Haremj;New York, are reported to I be in on operation of' the Cole Bros. Circus, recently purchased by a syndicate for $350,000. McCune will most likely set pol- icy, and current plans call for mod- ernization with introduction of a 24-girI line.. Jack Tavlin will con- tinue as general manager. A New Thought in Mental Feats'' THE DEsns Per*. Din JULES ZIEGLER >48 Fifth Av«Hu«, New Ydric, Phenet MU 2-2080 SATIRA SETTLES SUIT ON EARNINGS SLICES Chicago, Jan. 25. Satira (Patricia Schmidt) un- tangled her financial woes with an out-of-court agreement which gives Rose Miller, owner of the Silver Palms nltery here, $7,000 in cash and 5% of her gross earnings from Nov, 5, 1948 to Nov. ■*> 1949. Miss Miller had befriended dancer while she was serving sentence .in Cuban prison for the slaying of John Meei . Miss Miller supposedly asked for 25% of her earnings but pact drawn by Marshall Korshafc, at- torney, called for lesser demands. Dancer just closed at the Music Bowl, Chi nitery, but: biz was oif due to previous date at the north- side Club Silhouette, Where she played, turnaway shows. , Wallenda Member Hurt During Show Shreveport, La., Jan. 25, Philip Kreis, member of the Flying Wallenda trapeze turn, suf- fered severe. injuries as the result of an accident during a perform- ance of the Ward Bros. Circus In the Municipal last week. Kreis was descending from the trapeze to take a bow at the finish of his act when the rope broke, .accord- ing to Arch Gayer, of the circus. Kreis fell about 35 feetr suffer- ing a brokett wrist, a cut forehead and possible skull fracture, Waitreiss, 2 Cops Grabbed In Peoria Nitery Theft Peoria, 111., Jan. 25. Night club waitress, -a^ police detective and a patrolman were arrested last week on charges of taking $1,550 in cash, from the Pastime Club while the officers were supposedly investigating » burglary report. Cash was recovered from the locker of the nitery waitress. country. He's already st.irted ne. gotiations with the Jacobson Bros to purchase or lease the Hlo Ctl bana, Chicago strip spot, to house the burley-type show current »t the Colonial Inn, tfallandale, Pla which Minsky is operating, Minsky is also dickering for th« Carnival, N. Y., with Nicky Blair and is reported interested in' La- Martinique, N. Yi Minsky would take on only one of these spots de« pending on the deal he can make Minsky, during his current obl eration of the Colonial Inn, whiW' is one of the most pi'ofitable op. erations in the resort area,' feels that he has proven the efficacy of girlie shows and burlesque as cafe entertainment. Contention is fortU fied by the successful operation of the 52nd street, N. Y., niteries, which have found strippers to be successful. Should a series of cafes latch onto the idea, it's possible that the new Minsky wheel will have con- siderably more playing time than the string of theatres which bore the Minsky name; Whereas thea> tres played a single week stand-in most towns, cafes could be ex- pected to keep a single show run* ning for several weeks. . : JUANITA ELLIOTT (of tli« Old Vitudevtlle Tnain, "BLOOXT 9IHTKRH") liBfl been «onfln«d 4o bed many yflKri. OiiOKRS 1i«B IIEK BOOKS AND Oil. I'AINTfNOS WII.Ij be : AirFKKCIATED •'Memories of n Sonbrette." relalins the author's own experiences on.tlie stas-e, I'line fl.DV. Aldo Four. BnokM of Poenm—^^'Raln- bow Rlb?)ons." tl; "Soiiss ■ of the Southwest,!' $1; "WAyufdo Notes of a Gypsy-Foot,"' 7Sc;.."My Klow,«r Gur- tleii," &0e. . AU poNtpnid. BKAUTinTIj Dir. PAINTINGS o( "TexRS Blue., Bonnets" and various scunes, from |5. up, accordiner to sU6. .TOANITA EI.I.IOIT V.illtor'Tlie' Chatter BoT Hotel Hnffuin, BulTMa S, N. .T. Chorines Seek Back Pay From Florentine Gardens Los Angeles, Jan. 25. Sixteen chorus girls filed claims of $280 each, amounting to $4,480, before U. S. Bankruptcy Referee David Head, against' the late Florentine Gardens. Spot folded recently. Chorus was represented by three of their members, Diane Mooney, Sally Barnes and Beverly Thomas, backed by attorneys of the Ameri- can Guild of Variety Artists. COMEDY MATERIAL For AD BranchM of Thoolrlcab , FUN-MASTER "Th* ORIGINAL Show-Bix Gcig Fill" Not. 1 10 32 @ $1.00 oach (Ordtr hi StquMca Only} SPECIAL: The Finr 13 File* for $S.OO !! I 3 DIFFERENT BOOKS OF PARODIES (10 in EMk BMk) %l» ft BMk Send . lOo for Hat* of other cnmedr material, Honirii, parodlei, minstrel patter, black-outf, etc. ' NO O.OID.'S PAULA SMITH Burley House Shuttered 4 Weeks by Heat of—Fire St. Louis, Jan. 25. The Garrick tlieatre, sole bur- lesk house here, will be shuttered for four weeks while damage due to an early a.m. fire last,week is being repaired. Blaze started in dressing rooms and is believed to have been started by defective electric wiring. Richard Ziesler,manager of the house, estimated damage at $50,- 000. Theatre is a unit of the Izzy Hirst circuit. Hub Censors Shut Casino Boston, Jan; 25. Casino burlesque theatre, will close for eight days this week by the Boston Censorship Board, fol- lowing testimony by Hub cops as to offensive dialogue by the come- dians and too much stripping. Cops said they found buzzer in the lobby they figured was used to warn the strippers backstage that officials from the censor's office or police were in the audience. Cass Franklin and Monica Moore slated for the Bismark hotel, Chi- cago, starting Feb. 9. 1 JAMES SUSAN LLOYD «No WILLIS Something Now in Cemody DoHclRg THE CRITICS SAY— "Lloyd and WUlts terpsichorean offering with accent on tlie comic, Is well routined and expertly pre- sented." By GEORGE BOURKE, Miaini Herald. "Lloyd and Willis, the danc« team* proved to l>e about the best pi Uj« comic variety ever to hit the Olympia stage." DICK LOWE, Miami Dally Newi. "Lloyd and WUHs, younc team of comic tcrpers . . . Billed tor their 'satirical impressions' genuine terp ablUty and .clever satire. Male solo bnck and wing to tune of "Swanee Kiver" li sufficiently liel> in grace and style to get apprecia- tion on Its own. Act on the whole, Is fiAit moving and ap^, pealing. Should go place*'^ Lowe . . VAHIBtY. Dec. 22, 1948 Just Concluded: OLYMPIA THEATRE. Miami CurrMtly: EMBASSY CLUB. Jaeksonvillt Ojptnlnci on Tour with PRANKIE CARLE. F*b. 11 Dir.; (ftENMAl ARTISTS CORPORATION FEB. 1ST, 2;30 P. M. - RETURN GUEST SHOT "WMdy larrlt Shew" (DnMoirt Nefworh) TELEVISION'S NEWEST SINGING DISCOVERY RONALD ROGERS JAN. 11-MARCH 15: THEATRE P.A. TOUR Followed by: 3 Weeks, Montreal's New "Tzigain6 Room" Mgt.i PHIL OFFIN. 48 W. 4ath Sh. New, tork