Variety (December 1950)

52 VAUDEVILLE P^^IETT • • . . •» ' Wediteftday/December 6, 1950 Occupation GFs Hollywood, Dec. 5. Despite recurrent rumors that ! Music Corp. is negotiating to buy The occupatwn troops now in. aways also found favor. A 1 acts Wasserman. ItnroDft have entirelv different en- ! were received enthusiastically. MCA president, deiiies any Such Dave Bines, producer of the RKO ' allowed to take all the bows neces* Century vaudeville unit which, played U. S. ^ sary and routines were generally hnvAn’f Vai’ militiuT>stalIations in^occupie|;^^^^l^^^^^ Iwasserraart safd n Germanv and Vienna. Bines and 1 Bines left 10.000 oasses to the ........ 4.. .. tertainment tastes of their ^ o^herwke^'the Wasserman, however, War II colleagues according to somewhat, otheivise tbe Wai n coueagues, accoimng_ to .tvoops would feel gyped.^^ acquiring some contracts now but these pow- reached fruition. \ ^ • 1 ' T**' • -1 t*A. A. At * *tMs^»J^*JA***»* k7M4Vk. no complete take- Germkny and Vienna. Bines and I Bines left 10,000 passes to tbe over of Century was contemplated the troupe returned last week from ; Palace theatre, N. Y., with the Dorso or Melcher would the jaunt; i troops. Most plan to use the ducats According to Bines, dames are no i vvhen home on furlough. Others are included on Century’s roster are longer the major factor in shows.; sending them to relatives. _ ' Jack Sriiith^ Doris Day, Polly Ber- Greater interest is in acts, and a i H^it was regarded^as good ex- Gordon MacBae and the feitinie entertainer needn't feel Plomtion for the RKO circuit. Sportsmen, slighted if there are no whistles ' . The Air Force provided transpor- ■ when she comes on. Bines added i t'itlon and the 12-piece band which i many of the personnel stationed in ; backed them. The GI tootlers, ac- Germany and Austria have their ' cording to Bines, played the show families with them and unmarried . as well as any pro band, and the lads fraternize with native femmes.; soldier-stagehands set iip equip- Gals are no longer the novelty that ment with the gusto of professional they were when combat was the ma -1 deckhands. jor occupation and tlie foxhole was Pitt Cafes Back in Stride After Acts, Ban^ Snafued in Blizzard the fashionable quarters of the day. 1 RROOITi VN P A-HAV The RKO unit was booked by j ^ ^ U/Vl Danny Friendly as t: circuit’s j NCW VRAR^S RVF V AIinF contribution to soldier entertain- ' 1 Li/llt u Li f L 1 tWJUU ment. Unit comprised Bud & Cece The charges by the Philadelphia branch of American Guild of Variety Artists that the parCnt na- tional union flouted the will of the cohyention by replacing the 3% tax on talent budgets in favor of a 1% salary tax has been with- drawn. Charges were withdrawn at a A four-day vaude show playing Robinson, Edwards Bros. Bros, trio,; through New Year’s day will be meetTng'^in New York fast week Tommy Hanlon Jr., Ruth. Da\ns, ; presented' at tlie Paramount the- between the AGVA national execu- The Appletons, Jackie Bright Billy atre, Brooklyn, beginning DCc. 29. tive committee and the Pbilly Wells, & the Four Fays^and^Harvey Last live program at the house was - branch board. Tlie 5^0 impost was Stone. The^ putfit played Weis- the one-niter played by Bob Hope adopted at the recent AGVA con- baden, Frankfort, R h i n e Mam, and his troupe Nov. 25. vention in Philadelnhia and wac Heidelberg, Bermerhaven. Beilin, i Bill will consist of songstress introduced to delegates from that pding, Vienna, Neubiberg, Lands- ; Toni Harper, Lucky Millinder’s j city. It was la?ci t^voked at m berg, ^Furstenfeldbruck, Nurem-i^ Lee Richards. Tip, Tap. Cleveland meeting of the AGVA berg, Birkenfeld, and Lagens, lat-' and Toe and Howell and Bowser., national board and the salary tax ter is in the Azores which was|pic will be Paramount’s ‘‘Let’s substituted. It was explained that played on their return trip to the ; Dance,” which will open at the the- unless a convention resoluHon States- I atre Dec. 21 , with Monogram's i passes by a two-thirds majority. Bines opened that comedy and “Bomba and the Hidden City.” Lat- which this resolution didn’t get, audience participation gimmicks | ter pic will cancel out when tlie the board has a right to nullify it were most popular. Harvey Stone I stage show goes in. ! Henry l3unn, AGVA’s national got top reception with his GI rou- tiiie. Ilis ribbing of ofTi'cCrs went over extremely well with enlisted men, Jaickie Bright’s audience par- ticipationer also scored. His give- Perforirter Guild Increases ‘Gelebrity Night’ Salaries Americaii Griiild of Variety Art- ists ban on cuffo appearances at N. Y. cafe celebrity nights hasn’t stymied the Sunday night shindigs at Leon & Eddie’s and Dario’s La Martinique. Only burden has been the increased cost of talent to the operators. Bonifaces pay bne-seventli of regular weekly salary instead of the cheaper one-night fee, and all acts, if any, •‘guesting”, must now be paid, Union collects sucli Salary for later payment to abrogate sub- terfuge. Revamping of scale was because union didn’t want to grant the one- night scale which had been in ef^ feet at Leon & Eddie’s to any qth operator. Dario made application for the same deal and was turned down. Consequently, in order to avert suspicion Of discrimination, it had to up the; L&E scale. As a result, Eddie Davis’ Sunday guest nights have been costing a little more than $200. Dario’s bill has been running around $ 100 . HAROLD BARNES Currently ROXY NEW YORK Just Returned 7 Months Europe^Palais De Sports, Paris; Ptilladium, London Ed Sullivaii’s TV Show December 17 Direction: SAM RAUCH TA Names Hoffman Shuttle; Flu Attack I administrative secretary, also re- I ported that Dick Jones, head of iPhilly branch, agreed to take a T V Q ^ v.'ithdrawal card from the unioli. Temporary txec Sec TM^ in line.with AGVA rule that Harold Hoffman, of the American , AGVA ! Federation of Radio Artists, has ■ circumvent i been named executive secretary for candidates pro-tern of Theatre Authority, Posts, pending reorganization. Appoint-i . “ ment was made to fill the post made vacant by the resignation of 1 ^ vUIlUcl l llUlClo Alan Corelli, formet longtime secretary, who has aligned with set ' Tbulf‘71 Inc, Davis subsidiary will handle ' with a two-week stand at acts and clubdate bookings. I the William Penn hotel, Pittsbuf^h, The TA is still In a state of flux. ; following an attack of influenza pat form it will ultimately take ; which necessitated postponement depends upon the re-entiy of the ! of three concert stands. Chantoosey American, Guil£, of Variety Artists i and her manager, Anna Sosenko, into ^e benefit control organiza-, been staying in New York dur- tion. Performer union is currently • Hildy’s recuperation. demanding major voice in the, • rpi'p. Ti organization and a cut of $6,000 in TA funds collected on benefits ’ Which while AGVA was still with TA. ' iV ; Ma.ss., which will also be played m January, and Norwood, Mass., date of which hasn’t been set as yet. Hildegarde is slated to open at the Oval Room of the Hotel Copley Plaza, Boston, Christmas night, after which she’ll do three more concert dates following a Florida rest. for '13 La the COMEDY MATERIAL For All Branched of Theattitali GlfASol^’S FUN-MASTER •THl ORIGIN At SHOW, all GAG HU' • Nos 1 thru 3$ @ $1.00 oach • (Sold In SoquonDo Only) SPECIAL- FIRST 13 FILES FOR $10 . ALL 35 FILES FOR ONLY $25 • 3 Bks. parodies; per book SlTli • MINStREL BUDGET $25 • • « Glackout BKS., ea. bk $25 • HOW TO MASTER THE CEREMONIES . 'reissue), $2.00 giant CLASSIFIED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF.GAGS, $250; Worth over a thousand. NO C.O.D.'5 PAULA SMITH 200 W. 54 St.. New York 19 Dept. V Circle 7-1 no New York Richard HayCs pacted Martinique, N. Y., Dec George De Witt signed for Havana Madrid, N. Y., Dec. 28 . . . I Condos & Brandbw succeeded Jean ' Carroll and Galli Galli at the La- tin Quarter, N. Y., Sunday (3) ... Three Suns into Town Casino, Buf- falo, Christmas week . . . Joe E, Lewis bows at the Beverly Coun- try Club, New Orleans, Dec. 28 for four weeks. Pittsburgh, Dec. 5. With business ’way off anyway so far this season, city’s burlesque theatre, the Casino, decided to stay 0ut for awhile when big snow put it out of action last week. Shows for next few weeks have been can- celed, house line and orch have been put on layoff and management doesn’t expect to reopen before Xmas week. Originally Casino had intended to close Saturday (2) for three stanzas ahead of holiday, but the storm hastened the shuttering by nine days. Understood that if trade doesn’t show an uptake after Yule and New Year’s stanzas. George Jaffe, who owns and operates spot, may fold permanently. Par, New Haven, Tuneup Spot for N.Y, Flagship New Haven, Dec. 5. Paramount, former cradle of Publix units in the old days, took ,a one-day fling at flesh last Tiies^ day (28) in what may be the fore- runner ,of an intermittent stage- show policy. As a final tuneup for a Wednes- day opening at the New York Paramount, show was brought In for a three-performance, single- day stand. Results were highly satisfactory, with some 4,300 pay- ees feeding the kitty at a scale ad- vanced from a 65c. top to a $1 top. Pittsburgh, Deo. I. City^S night clubi finally got back into stride over weekend after taking worst licking in thelv history from the big snoWt All of them were shut down tight for five days, a few finally unshuttered last Thursday (30), a couple of more followed on Friday and the rest on Saturday. Some of the more in- accessible highway rooms didn’t get going until last night (Mon ). In many cases, -acts were stuck here, both from preceding week’s show and those which were to have opened last Monday. Some opera- tors shelled out for transportation and lodgings for refugees although they \yeren't compelled to do that since the eniergency came under the “act of God” clause. Acts, Bands Snafued Sammy Kaye was to have played last week at Vogue Terrace but management got him in Cincinnati day ahead of his opening and he went straight bn to New York and will come back later. That room as a result remained shut whole week and got going again last night (Mon.) with a local band and show. Bill Farrell was also detoured out of the Copa, but Slam Stewart got here in the storm and played half a week instead of a full one at Jdhnny Brown’s Club. Alexander Bros, also were several days late in getting started at BiU Green’s While. Ankara show was stranded since it was a holdover but got in a last half anyway. Woody Her- man, who was at Vogue Terrace when storm struck, finally got out couple of days late by train, leav- ing their cars behind, but never- theless _ had to cancel couple of bne-nighters. Negotiations are underway fof “The Jazz Train,” a Negro unit which recently closed at the Para- dise, N. Y.> By Happy Benway Saranac, Lake, N. Y . Dec. 5. Study & Craft Guild held its 10th annual Harvest Hop to a packed house la.st week. It featured “Adirondacks Sports On Parade,’’ Schaller Bros;, leave for London with awarding of prizes my Eddie this week to fill a circus date . . Vogt, who emceed affair. Prizes Mons. Choppy pacted for the Des- included an 8m camera, a $200 ert Inn, Las Vegas, Dec. 12 and the ; U. S. Bond and many others. Ernie Riverside hotel, Reno, Dec. 28 . . .' La Roiiche and Huntsman fur- Three Romanos into the Lookout ' ni.shcd the music; Alfredo Gpiiza- House, Covington, Ky., Jan. 29 . . .: lez and Ed Worthington, Jr., ( headed the committee in charge of Ollic&fiTO I. event. Che? Paree has set Herb Shrinef,lclta,7r'eport\7rt: Francis Faye, and Helene and How-, ginia strum, Tillie Astrum, .lack , ard on current show . . . Nan Blak-; (rkq) Wasserman. Walter (CBS) ; stone;ii)to the Trocadero, ,Oma}ia,; Rpmanik and Yours Truly. .Dec, 11 . Riverside Uieatre, Mil-: Rob Pasquale, who made the ^waukee, ha. Three Suns, Jer^ ■ grade here, hack to marry^Helcn I Colonna, and Janis Paige on its Grunn VtHpI v : Jan. 25 show . . . Dorothy Dorben ThevTi reside m rin.Jntn7 j line into the Beverly Hills CounU y I rolonv " out downtown ! Club, Newport, Ky. . . i Will Harris, I A17 Fo<;fpr pV +1 i Oriental producer, has snagged the defunct Alnin/T^iv'oW^ 'annual auto show, Feb. 7 . , * Fisher co"- and Marks caper at the Bellerive, o-irtmeru Of f^ i K r .Tan 12 W two weeks. ^ \^^ht of the Variety Clubs hos- pital. Copa City Ops Continued from page 51 I I ^ Just Concluded: ^ “WHAT’S ON ^ YOUR MIND?" ^ A TV Production if THE "AMOSINO MENTALISTS uci//c W (f^v /^ooc*ii$ j^- RDturhluB to: ^ Ootning Doc. 27 ^ Radir ClOb/ Fort L’aU^rdalt, Fi«.; to Fabi; tiSAItSI Kv MayRower Hotel, Palm Beach, Fla. ^ Dorothy Grenville, planed in S . Brooklyn to visit Forrest I “Slim” Glenn. I , Glenn (& Phelps) Phillips, vet s vauder and newcomer here drew § ; good clinic report that ups him fpr I pictures. ^ j .Harry Na.son, showing S . J^JLVgreiSs, nice ^mW io iihWeMh(>”ai^e^li." >'03) tractions, Inc., for dates in Febru- ary at a rental of $1,800 or 7% of the gross. First show booked un- der this arrangement is “Briga- doon” from Feb. 5 to 9. Another instance cited is the booking of Eddie Cantor for Feb. 27 by Amer- ican Legion Post here “while Copa City M'as negotiating for him to ap- pear there.” Calls Such Use Illegal Continuing, the complaint insists that the Freeholders who approved the, bond issue which made funds available fOr the construction of the Auditorium, “intended it for municipal and public purposes only.” No mention is made of the series of concerts, ‘symphony pres- entations (University of Miami) or lectures already booked. Accord- ing to Copa City reps, they are only seeking to prevent direct competition for nightclubs and theatres through booking in of mu- sical and other attractions of the type. They point out that between the lessee and owners taxes, they are paying some $13,000 a year to the city and feel that they should be protected by the council. Others in the cafe industry hereabouts point out that the original sum of $750,000 voted has doubled’ and may go even higher, due to “bad planning, nt> invitation to any eje- pcricnced thcatncal person to join tlib^ t)lanning committees.”' ^ 5 ' iULIET MASTRY Singing Sensafipn Currently Appeoring In Htr Sth ConitcuHv* Wetk of PALUMBO’S AND C. R. Philad#lphid, Po. N«w York RtprotonfoflvB MICKEY SHAW 1674 Broadway, Now York PLoiia 7-A33t PLoia 7-4389 JUST PAUCE, New York TRIO CAmOl RECORDS CURRENTLY fIVE O'CLOCK CLUB Miami Beach Mgt.: Bill Burtan M.C.A. Vb f i .