Variety (December 1954)

68 Wednesday, December I, v 1954' VARIETY BILLS WEEK OF DECEMBER 1 Numeral* in connactlon wlth blllrfettow Indicate opening day of aiiow whether full, or split week Letter in parentheses Indicates circuit. <l) Independent; (L) Loew; < ) Moss) tP) Paramount; (R) RKO; ( ) Stoll; < > Tivoli; (W) Warner \ NEW YORK CITY Music Hall (I) 2 Jacqueline' Langee Edward Ruhl Les Marcellia Gloria Ware Chet Clark Rocketles Corps de Ballet, gym Ore Palace ( Regala Texans' Watson Sis . Mambo Aces Pitchmen. R Romalne & Claira Lew Parker 1 to fill AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE . Princess CD Jean Sablon Chris Cross. Gu.ss Brox & Myrna Ron ..Parry 3 Hallos Irving. & Gird wood Eddie Lynn •• Dale Gower Shoty Girls . Dancing Boys: Tivoli ( ? oy Barbour Fontane St K Vaughn Margaret Brown Julian Somers Nina Cooke Eddi Edwards. Dayi Eadle John . Bluthal Lloyd Martin Vocal Octette Male Dancers PERTH His Ma|«stys (T) 29 Michael Bentine.. W Latona & Sparks Buck & Chic Dagenham G Pipers O’Hagan & H Stead 2 Myrons- Francis Van Dyk ■Seyler Heylen • Max. Blake Irene Bevans Ballet Girls SYDNEY Tivoli (T) 29 Jerry Lester Howell St Radcliffe Harry Jacohson 2 Chadells Atele & Latu G Dawn Sc F Cleary Singers’ Dancing Boys. Ballet Girls BRITAIN ASTOH Hippodrome “I) B iSc A Pearson 2 Nadias Cal McCord Marvi Sis M Woodward Billy Natcliett Lucille Gaye Hengler Bros . BIRMINGHAM Hippodrome (M) 29 David Whitfield Morgan & Gray. Jack.Jackson Terry Scott 8 Rubies Lorrae Desmond E Arnlcy Sc Gloria liuli'iksohs BLACKPOOL Palace 111 29 Gerry Breretbn Harry Bailey Robert Harbin . M Henderson Co Billy Scott NordjcS Williams Sc Shahd BOSCOMBE Hippodrome (I) 29 Sonny Roy Ginger Chilton G St B Joy BRIGHTON Hippodrome (M) 29 Frankie Vaughn Tommy Cooper Gold Si. Cordell Kelroys . Jlmm.v Wheeler Kcndor- Bros Ifa.rolcl Bcrcns Joan & Ernest Billy Baxter BRISTOL Hippodrome ( 29 Guy. Mitchell Vera Cody Tlylda Baker 'Waller Niblb 2 Arviiigs Rio Ron & Rita BRIXTON Empress (I) 49 Lita Roza Freddie Sales" Dargie 5 Arthur Haynes R Llngana &.Diane Airdoliis Potter. Sc Carole C Roberts 3 CHISWICK Empire (S) 29 Billy Cotton Bd Krceso & Stephens Bill . Waddington Eddie Gordon Sc N Austral Kcii St Alexis 2 Kexanos EAST HAM Metropolitan (I) .29 Issy Bonn Penny Nicholls Peter Cavanagh Eddie Vitch Copa Cousins Manning Sc Lee Lorraine Noberti Mayfairs FINSBURY PARK Empire (M) 29 Ray. Ellington 4 Rex & Bessie Marvels. Eve Boswell Les Marthys Morecambe Sc Wise Norman Vaughn Tommy Locky GLASGOW , Empire .(M) 29 .Vic Oliver' Les TraVcrSos Gaston Palmer Sylvia Campbell Margcrltc Sc- Charles Bobbie. Kiinber Victor Sea forth GRIMSBY 29 Palace Jimmy Mac' Ragoldl Bros Jan Harding. Miss. Blandish .. . J Raymond Girls Burke Sc Kovac Accordionalres A1 Shaw LEEDS Empire (M) Josef Locke Kazan Sc Katz Rolf Hansen N St N Grant Dave King 2 Maxwells Joe King P Sc S Sherry MANCHESTER Hippodrome (SI Tony Brent G Morgan Co Eddie Arnold S & P Kaye Brian Andro Trinidad Steel Rusty Bobby Collins NEWCASTLE Empire (M) 29 Anne Shelton K Sis Sc Eddie Radio Revellers Cardew Robinson Skylons Dickie Henderson. Konyots Gordon Sc Colville NORTHAMPTON New (1) 29 Phyllis Dlxe.v Varga Models Jack Tracy D Reid St M DU Mater Sc Denser RAJ Penn 3 Reedings NORWICH. Hippodrome (1) 29 M Fraser Harm Bd Tanner Sis Bery Brooks Davis Sc Lee J Jeff Sc June... 4 Balmorals NOTTINGHAM Empire (M) 29 Carroll Levis Co Violet Pretty Teen Agers Levanda & Van PORTSMOUTH Royal (M) 29 Max Miller Reid Twins . Srtveen Winters^ & Fi Lotus Sc Josi Joan Mann Roy Stevens Maurice & May SOUTHAMPTON Grand (I) 29 Terry Cantor Ken Barnes Sc J Noble Sc Denester. Joy Harris Janette Fox Lake Jc Rolls Nudes SWANSEA Empire (M) 29 Dorothy Squires Kay \Sc . Katrina Hal Monty Pat Hatton St. Radio Ramblers 2 Mazurs WOLVERHAMPTON Hippodrome (I) 29 Stevano D Sc S Stevens .Terry O'Neil St J Sam Linficld Curzon .3 Billy Russell YORK Empire (I) Ken Platt Miles Twins Les Bryant: George. & Lydia Scott St Foster. Cox Twins Helena Bliss Bob Downey Harold Fortvllle Hazel Webster Belmont Plaza Joan Bishop A1 Castellano J'ohh Barney Hotel Ambassador Quintero Ore Sarkozi Ore .• Hotel . Pierre Manuel Capetillo Rapael Ruiz Conchita Carlos Montoya Stanley Melba' Otc Hotef Plaza ' Kay Thompson Paul Methuen • Ted Straeter Oro Mark Monte Ore Hotel Pk Sheraton Irving Fields Eddie Layton Motel Roosevelt.. Guy Lombardo Ore . Hotel St Regis Fernanda Montel Milt Slvaw Ore Ray Bgvi Hotel Statler.. S Finegan Qrc Hotel Taft Vincent Lopez Ore . Latin Quarter. Marshall Sc Farrell •Holger. & Dolores Ashtons Deb.onaivs Jet Sharon Ralph Young Piroska Art Waner Oro B Harlow* Ore L9 Ruban Bleu Julius Monk Norman Paris' Irwin Corey Dorothy Louden Melita Marshall Izen Two Guitars Kostya Poliansky Misha Usdanoff Lubov Hamshay Aliya Uiio Versailles “Bon Voyage” Paul Gray Louise Hoff. Tommy Wander Margaret Banks Rosemary O’Reilly Carl Conway Betty .Colby Ann- Andre Rain Winslow Danny Carroll.. Daiiiiy Desmond Don Dellair Jim Sisco- Salvatore Gioe Ore Pa.nchito Ore Viennese' Lantern Helene Aimce Dolqres Perry Bela Bizony' Ernest Schoen Paul Mann Charles Albert Village Barn Hal Granahl Senna & Gyle Jack Wallace Givens Sc Ferris. Mary Ellen Trio Lai’ry McMahan Piute Pate Waldorf-Astoria Patachou Nat Brandwynne Mlscha Borr Village Vanguar Robert Clary Riith Price C Williams Trio ‘ 1 i B * Billy Falbo Riverside Lena Horne Bela Kremo | Starlets 1 Batty ’ Jbyc# ., B Clifford Ofe HAVANA . Monlmartra Novollos Lago Sisters Romero & Chicuelo Salvador Levy • Nancy St Rblando C Playa Orq Fajardo Orq Tropicapa Tex Mex D‘Ruff Quartet Tropicana Ballet S de Espana Qrq A Romeu Orq S Suarez. Orq mg CHICAGO Black Orchid Harvey Stone Janet Brace Terry Haven Rudy Kerpays Duo Blue Angel "Calypso Festival” Duke of Iron Mary Ann Trinidad Joe Calvin Harigah Victor* Manuel' D'Lacy Ore Angela San Juan Blue Note Blue Note All Stars Johnny Hodges Ore Chez Paree Treniers. Georgie TappS • Taylor Maids Brian Farnon Ore : .. Cloister Inn Dinah Kaye ' Ralph Sharon Ace Harris Dick Marx Johnny Frigo Conrad Hilton ’Skating Stars' Margie Lee Cathy de Blair Shirley Linde Weldemanns Polo Perky Twins Jimmy Caesar Eileen Carroll Ray McIntosh B Dears Sc Dons Frankie Masters Ore Palmer House.- Hildegarde & Jack , - Whiting Howard Senton Gene Bone Robert Nbrris Empire Eight Charlie Fisk Ore iOS ANGELES Ambassador Hotel Joyce'. Bryant Ryan 1 ' Sc- McDonald Harry James Ore Band Box Billy Gray . Leo Diamond Dorothy Claire Nicco - & Barba Larry Green Trio Bar of Music. . Doodles & Skeeter Jaqueline Aires C Callinicos Eddie Oliver Ore Blltmore Hotel Romo. Vincent Tippy Sc Cobina . Norton - Sc .Patricia Hal Derwin Ofc Clro's Sonny Ho war Clark BrOs..( Carlsons (2) Tina Louise Dick- Stabile Ore Bobby Ramos Oro- Charley Foy'» Dave Apollon Abbey Browne * Crescendo Mel Torme Moca mho Lillian Roth Paul Herbert Oro Moulin Rbuge Frank Llbuse Margot Brander Szonys (2) Charlivels (3) ■ Miss Malta & Co Doubledaters (4) Mine .Ardelty Jery LaZarre Ffolliot Charlton Tony Gentry Gaby Wooldridge Luis Urbina Eileen Christy Bob Snyder . Ore Statler Hotel Xavier Cugat Ore Abbe l^gne MIAMI-MIAMI BEACH NEW YORK CITY Bon Spit .Tony Sc Eddie Marion Colby Jimmy Daniels Three Flames ; Blue Angel Dwight Fiske Mort Sahl Susan Johnson Geo Lafaye' Bart Howard Jimmy Lyons Trio Chateau Madrid Alonso Dancers Ralph Font Oro Maya Ofc Copacabahe Kean -Sis . Myron Cohen Lancers Bob Sweeney Peter Conlow Jean Stevens M Durao (no Frank Marti Oro. Gale’s Alan. Gale Jackie ■ Heller Warner Sc McGuire Larry Foster Teddy King Ore No* 1 Fifth AVe Clover cruh Kalantan Luis ToiTen Betty Ford Tony Lopez Ore Selma Marlowe Line Woody Woodbury Leon & Eddie’s Lois De Fee Lynn Star Rose Ann Rita Marlow Charlotte Watere . Nautilus Hotel Alan Dean . Antone & Ina Sid Stanley Ore Black Orchid Jo Thompson Richard Cannon Count Smith. Sans Souci Hotel Arthur . Blake Sacasas Ore Ann Herman Deri Anne Barnett . Saxony Hotel George DeWItt Barbara Ashly The. Ilaydocks Taqo. Jt Dce NitVa .Frcday CJalo Ore Johnny Silvers Ore .Bombay Hotel Phil Brito Nelicfa Peter Mack Sandra Barton JohninS Hotel B S Pully Sam Bari Harry Rogers Ore ‘Bobbie Lynn DILIdo Hotel Bea Kalmus Martin & Maio Fausto Curbelo Ore Vanity Fair Chlco-Chico Havana Cuban Boys Sue Como 3 Tones Judy Foster Club 22 Joe Mooney Three Peppers ,. Club Echo Jayne.-Manners Bobby Byrdn Satin Dolls . Grade: Scott Mlkki- Mars Ray Sindino .Trio Bar ot Music Bill Jordan Hal Fisher Beth Challijs, Harvey Boll Fred Thompson Five O’clock Bell Barth Hal Winters Don Ostro Ore IAS VEGAS, NEVADA Flamingo 3 Ritz Bros Silver Slipper Sally Rand Buddy Baer Kalantan Hank Henry Desert Inn L Walters’ L Q Rev Sahara Marlene' Dietrich Last Frontier Ed Wynn Step Bros Dagenham Pipers . El Cprtez Rowan Sc Martin Vicki Young Golden Nugget Gas Lights Sf Pink Tights Sands. Frank Siiiatra Harmonica Rascals Clarke Bros El Ranchb Vegas Billy . Daniels Showboat Minsky** Follies 1955 Thutiderblr Ella Logan Don Tannen Catron Bros ot Belgian Fair ■ ■ fnnttnued from page Z m =55 tries. Performance of each com- pany will be : accompanied by ap- parel and jewelry fashion shows, all with the accent on “elegance.” The heron reported tentative plans are being mapped to stage a film festival, an aquashow (there never has been one of th.e latter on the. Continent) and a Cinerama exhibit. ' . * A second hall Will be.: given to the cinema, said de Fernig, All countries, including those in the Russian orbit, will, receive' bids to send entries in the festival but there has yet to be a decision on what type of prizes, if any, Will be awarded. The Belgian stated he hopes to have a Cinerama pic exclusively lensfid for the Fair and already has had “encouraging”, talks with Lowell Thomas about making such a film. He said he promised gov- ernment cooperation to Thomas in the latter’s plan to shoot some ma- terial in the Belgian Congo for a current Cinerama production, Rea- son Brussels wants a specially pro- dhced subject in this process Is that Paris, which is only 40 miles away, Will have shown all the regu- lar Cinerama releases. ■* First Postwar Fair Brussels .event is to be. the first post-World War II World’s Fair and. de Fernig hopes to develop the impact and scope of the one held in N, Y. in 1939 and 1940. He expressed it this way: “In striving to truly represent the state of human knowledge and progress throughout the world, \ve have set ourselves an enormous, but, we are sure, gratifying task. “In order to carry out this task, it may be said that we are. mobiliz- ing our entire country. This is a necessary mobilization.. "We are ex- pecting approximately 120,QO0 visitors each day, and on some days as many as 250,000. In the six months that the World’s Fair will be open, from approximately April 15, 1958 until Oct. 15,1958, between 20,000,000 and 25,000,000 visitors are expected! These iigures are based on attendance at the last World’s Fairs held oh the Conti- nent.” Baron de Fernig said the Belgian government alone is putting up $200,000,000 to cover costs,, and added to this will be heavy sums invested by Belgian’s private in- dustry and foreign exhibitors. Fair grounds Will, cover about 450 acrCs, excluding another 120 acres for parking areas. - All to be located four and a half miles from the centre of the city. Iron Curtain nations are being invited because Belgium maintains diplomatic relations with them. Further, there’s a desire to follow the pattern of the N. Y. exposition at which Russia was among the major exhibitors. Total of 56 countries and the Vatican have been asked to join in. The Papal .State already has accepted, this to be the first such participation. Countries in addi- tion to the U. S. which have ac- cepted are the Netherlands, Lux- embourg and Norway. of TV Continued from page l ‘Voice’ Hoopla ; Continued from page 2 ; RENO Map«s Skyroom Buddy Lester Continentals D Arden Skylets E Fitzpatrick Ore New Golden Day, Dawn St Dusk Sue Scott Dante Varela Trio Will Osborne Ore of the programs beamed behind the Iron and. Bamboo Curtains. .! Oper- ation his 14 studios here. Thedore C. Streibert, director o| USIA and former president of Mu- tual Network, will head up the opening ceremonies tomorrow and then will conduct the brass on a tour of the operation. Entire cost of the move from New York was $2,600,000. Popular tours are being planned through the “Voice” studios:. “We want the people of America to see and; hear for themselves exactly how. we carry their message of peace and goodwill to less fortu- nate people imprisoned in the Soviet orbit,” explained Jack R. ^oppele, assistant director of USIA, who heads “Voice.” “They will not only be. able to see the multi-lingual broadcasters at Work,” he continued, "but to turn on . loud speakers to listen to the foreign language programs.” another, he points, out, the exhi- bitors never: spend any money ad- vertising or promoting his films, and as long as he’s got to do the promotion, he feels he’s got the right to go into tv as a logical de velopment of his belief that the medium is good for motion pic tures. Video. is Surefire as a pro- motion medium “Ed .Sullivan proved that;” Proof of the pudding is always in the pocketbook, and Disney, who says of: tv that “I Wouldn't have gone into it if I didn’t think it would help us iii the long run, anticipates losing money on tbe, ty series. In one particular, instance, the three “Davy* Crockett” pier tures he’s just wrapped up for Disneyland,” he’s taking a loss of $500,000 Which he hopes to make up in foreign sales of a feature combining the trio. Program price of “Disneyland” is $65,000, Which means that Disney was paid $200,000 for the. three “Crockett” episodes. They cost him $700,000 to shoot. He won’t be able to. esti- mate exactly how much of a loss he’ll take for the first^year’s pro- duction until it’s all in the can; but he’s mapped ‘other new pro- duction that’s bound to exceed the budget. He’ll make . some of the difference, up in more inexpensive shows Which utilize some of his cut-down theatrical releases and in foreign sales of the made-for-ty pix, but just how much he’ll sal- vage he doesn’t know. Point he makers, however, is that for him, television, while, an ex- citing and stimulating medium, is still secondary to . theatrical mo- tion picture production. Emphas- izing that he’s got five major pro- ductions slated for release Within the next 10 months, he reaffirms his viewpoint that ‘'what does busi- ness for us also does business for the exhibitor,” that “Disney is in business to do business and that Disney Productions expects to make, money from motion pictures and not from television. Gets Sylvanla Award Currently in New York to ac- cept a Sylvania Award for “Dis- rteyland,” he’s slated to return to the Coast to start production roll- ing on several new projects for the show, among which is another “Frontierland” series on Big; Bill Williams, the legendary cowboy who explored the Santa Fe trail. Unlike “Davy Crockett,” this, atong with another in the works on the exploits of the early Mississippi keelboater, Mike Fink, will be in two parts, which will mean, a smaller expenditure and more ease in editing for foreign sales. “Wil- liams” rolls in March* the Fink production schedule isn’t set yet although a script has been written. Others in the works are “The Story of: the Atom” and a spacetrip to the moon and Mars for “Tomor- rowland” and excerpts from some 30 theatrical “True ’ Life Adven- tures” now shooting in various parts of the globe. Television production is inex- tricably tied to his theatrical pro- duction, Disney explains. There are some cases where he’s produc- ing exclusively for tv, as in the "Frontierland” series. But ex- cerpts from his theatrical features will provide 1 a good part of the “Disneyland” content, not only old features but upcoming produc- tions. Example is tonight’s (Wed.) clips from the upcoming Cinema- Scope cartoon, “Lady and the Tramp,” and next week’s (8) “Op- eration Underseas,” which shows how the Disney cameramen got their underwater shots for “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” shot near Nassau in the CaribBean. Fuller use of some of his older films, like “Alice in Wonderland;,” which comprised the entire second show of the tv series, won’t hurt their theatrical re-release chances, he believes, but will help by giving the audience., a taste of the charac-^ ter and story treatment: As for the Disneyland park out- side Los. Angeles, Disney sees, it as not Only an amusement park where people can see. the “real thing” in the way of the cartoon characters they’ve watched over the' years, but also ag a ''permanent set” for the tv series. He expects to do a great deal of shooting there--the various series. He expects to do a great deal of shooting there—the various sections of the park coin- cide with the phases of the tv show l^-and it’s : also anticipated that some ABC-TV live V programming will originate there* since a live studio is being built. Park opens in July,- and ABC expects to have the first “Disneyland” segment shot there on the air the week of Labor Day. Continued from page 2;. over the years from the pre-World War I “lobster palaces” through the Roseland, hotcha, svelte ball- roomology, -foxtrot, swing, Lindy- hop, strut, conga,, rhumba; samba, mambo variations, not forgetting the imported-from-London Lam- beth Walk, the boomps-a-daisy, sliag, boogie-woogie, Argentine tango and all the other Latin- Amerioan importations aqd im- provisations/. Interspliced is the story of the rise and decline of the band craze, and its influence on the nation’s dancing styles, not to mention the reversal to form with the revival of the square dances. It’s fun reading, being an easy picture story, with well edited pix and captions, and a remarkable re- fresher course.. Qne doesn't be- lieve so much variation of the. hoofing theme could hanmm in so short a span. And with each new nuance, of course; the farflurig. Arthur Murray Studios . start all over, again. No wonder the Mur* ray Foundation is so fast with the loot for its video show, in itself another noteworthy footnote to our times. Katherine & Arthur Murray and Sherman Billingsley with his Stork Club show are the lone two institutions who have been regu- larly on television, bankrolled (wholly or in part) by other com- modities and at the same time revitalizing interest in their own basic institutions. Nice work if you can get it* ‘Commandments’ Continued from page 1 the Department plus formal en- dorsement from the Federal Court in N. Y. Thought at . Par is that such Special consideration might be given “Commandments.” It’s shap- ing as the most expensive film in the company’s history plus the fact it’s regarded as particularly suit- able for the special type of Yista- Vision projection that only a rela- tively- few large houses can ac- commodate. As distinguished from standard V’Vsion, this process pro- vides fbr the projection of. two frames of film at the same; time, horizontally fed thorugh the pro- jector. All resulting, in king-sized screen images. * Since the first antitrust decrees against the various companies were entered in 1946, no producer- distributor has sought to take' on any theatres, As a means of set- ting the precedent, Par-might also argue that the presentation in mind for “Commandments” repre- sents a new kind of film show business, akin to the “Cinerama’* exhibition and the initial road- showing planned for Todd-AG's “Oklahoma." ill Eat Continued -from option and had intention of participating in a Hemingway pic. McCarthy shot back with the assertion that he has photostats of correspondence between Heming- way and Lowe, plus a contract, all of which has the author obliged to appear in* write and narrate / a projected film to be made on safari in Africa. i Now back to Rice. He versions - that some time ago Lowe suggested to Hemingway the latter write a pic about an African junket. IT smingway' expressed himself in a letter that “it would be a nice thing to do some day,” according’ to Rice. The lawyer insists that while this was not a legal docu- ment of any consequence he still thought it best to have it disaf- firmed and this was done by both Hemingway and . Lowe, However, Lowe in the interim came in con- tact with McCarthy, showed him the letter and, sez Rice, McCarthy made photostats of it.