Variety (September 1961)

Dr Shoemaker s Pennsy Dutch Frolic Almost Hexerei d’ By the Stolid Amish| By JOSEPH T. KINGSTON Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 12. A bearded, self-styled expert and authority on the often-peculiar “folk culture” Fennsylvania Duteb—who indignantly will deny that there is anything theatrical in his° method of operation—brought some 100,000 people tayerage 9.500 per day) into this city and its environs during the past 11 days. This was the first running of Dr. Alfred I. Shoemaker’s “Pennsyl: vania Dutch Harvest Frolic,” staged on a 40-acre Jot six miles | east of Lancaster. In an untidy mushroom complex of rented canvas tops and a couple cf newly-built. permanent § structures. it offered everything from demonstrations of “hexerei” (Pennsslyania Dutch witch medicine! to erudite panel discussions of the so-called Latinos Rile at ‘Riley’ | NBC Films’ Latin American ‘rep reports 100°2 resistance to. the off-web “Life of Riley’ series. ; Reason: south of the border, where the men still wear the. pants, station execs figure a comie series that portrays the head,of the household as a buf foon is “situation tragedy.” -— ‘Hilton-Style Hoopla Attends HCA’s Preem Of . New Bermuda Hostel] By RICHARD JOSEPH Bermuda, Sept. 12. Showmanship in large slices of the tangled religious back-|eame to this quiet Atlantic island grounds of the various "Plain Sects” of this area—the Amish, the Team Mennonites, the Dunkards, the Brethren, etc. It was, in effect, a kingsized old! Chautauqua presentation, the inevitable comparison made more, striking by the fact that, with this: Lancaster “show.” Shoemaker has _established a two-stand circuit. Each summer, for the past 12 Kutztown, Pa. ‘midway between Reading and Alientown) and this; year ‘pulled some 125.000 patrons | Jo inta the Kutztown: stand on eight! days. The Lancaster ‘Frolic’ was designed to catch the same crowd, | plus their friends from afar, and (Continued on page 68) VIP Turnout for Friars’ Mervyn LeRoy Soiree Hollywood, Sept. 12. Richard Nixon, California Gay. Edgar Hoover will be on hand to; fete Mervyn LeRoy at a testimon-.: jai dinner-dance which the Friars’ possibility Club will toss Oct. 22 at Beverly : destroyer’ Hilton Hotel. Heading large turnout of civic officials, business leaders and entertainment personalities will beHenry Ford II, Jack L. Warner and Bob Tope. Wm. Wyler’s Honor Monterey, Cal., Sept. 12." singer, is out shopping for a ‘perWilliam Wyler was given the : manent “most distinguished producer-di-| showed up at the Casino here to rector award” at the Academy of Achievement’s first annual Golden Plate Banquet last Saturday ) Only member of the film industry to have received an award, Wyler shared honors with distinguished men of various backgrounds, including science, medicine, architecture and advertising. j with the opening (1) of the $5, { 000, 000 Cariton Beach Hotel, firs completely new hotel in Britain's! ;oldest colony in more than 30 years.. (The -year, replaced a predecessor de‘stroyed by fire.) igood use of Hiltonian junketeering ‘techniques in ferrying a charter _pianeload tCunard Eagle Viscount) years, he has been running the. of iiterati and show biz personali| Pennsylvania Dutch Festival at | i Honeymoon. ‘Invitations were de-. Iron, who called at offices of. inivitees. Latter accompanied group (Robb, Miami cotumnist Herb Rau, Bob Kriendler, ; bert and travel and hotel press. {Major General Sir Julian GasEdmund Brown and FBI chief J. ‘coigne, Bermuda Governor, hailed Bermudiana, opened last Hotel Corp. of America made ties and spouses over for a Second livered in calypso by _ singers hnpy Barracuda and the King of .and supplied musical background en route. Guest list included Leonard | Lyons, Frank Coniff, Jack O’Connell, American Weekly ed; Inez ) Hugh ‘Downes, Bess Myerson, bridge expert Charles Goren, racqueteer Bill Tal At ribbon-cutting ceremonies ;the Carlton Beach as an important -island asset but warned against of overdevelopment as of island charm. A military band accompanied the (Continued on page 68) Calendar Will Not Help Her: Jane Rhodes Sued Ostend, Sept. 12. Jane Rhodes, French ‘opera pocket’ calendar. ‘She sing a concert—exactly one day after the scheduled date. The night previous, the management,. local orchestra, and a full house waited for her in.. vain. Miss Rhodes explained she had made a mistake in dates. Management sympathized, but is suing her for the full evening's expenses. if} utes ‘too long to stand through (no } }seats) and suffers from overbur‘| dened airconditioning equipment Subscription Order Form Enclosed find check for $........se0% Please send VARIETY for o One Year Two Years — Three Years: To Cece essseserceoescoeweces eee enreeecceseoneeane eerece @lease Print Name) Street OCT FOSHoKrVLO FORE OO Lee Beee City Cee eo oeeereescoenenesacrcos Zone. ... State. ...escs ; Regular Subscription Rates One Year—$15.00 Two Years—$28.00 Three Years—$39.00 Canada and Foreiqn—$1 Additional Per Year VARIETY ne. Hew York 36. .N. Y. | 154 West 46th Street mt ee ee ee ee eee the. -! sense of the word, :is & great talent t | With whom. I was delighted. to . . : . . i . . : — i” . . ducer says: From London, England EDDIE POLA Famous international TV Pro “My last show “FHIS IS ANKA’' for Granada, befure return ing to America, waa & memorable | experience. PAUL ANKA, . the star, and he is. a STAR inevery work” Italia ‘Ol a Model Of What N.Y. 1964 Expo Shouldn't Be ‘Turin, Sept. 12. Dreary look of intellectual, but static Italia ‘61 exposition should serve as a warning to planners of New York Expo. If Robert Moses doesn't get down off the mountain, the Gotham fair also may lay an egghead. egg. * The Italian celebration of the unity has beautiful, spacious cilities, but lacks heart, excitement, fun—and people. Of the 10,000,000 expected to date, less than 4,000,000 have showed up, and there is nothing more doleful than:a scattered handful of footsore sightseers rattling around in too much exhibition area. Timid, highbrow approach of the N. Y. planners so far can well result in a similar bust and they should remember’ Dryden’s admonition that.none but the brave deserve the fair. There is a hush over everything at the park along the Po that makes the spectator feel he’s attending an expensive funeral and this is not wiped out by the effect of the exhibits, most of which are sterile, have no audience participation, and just plain dull The exceptions which prove the rule include some self-generated demonstrations and a coal mine in the “Sources of Power” section (although several of the real miners in the synthetic | an diggings yearned to get: back to the mines—this was too boring). The U..S. exhibitions were very showmanly,. as was the Disney Cir| -!carama, a movie-in-the-round tra velog of Italy with shades of Ciner Jama, This is the word-of-mouth hit | of Italia 61 although it’s 5-10 min (Continued on page 69) Small World Dept. San Francisco, Sept. 12. Jack Hayes, agency repre-sentative for American Express in San Francisco, attended “La Plume de Ma Tante” at the Alcazar Theatre several. nights ago and after the performance had started, turned to his wife and at the same time pointed to Fred O’Brady who was on stage and said, “That guy and I were in prison together.” ‘Hayes, who was with the ‘British Intelligence during the war, was arrested in Marseilles by the Nazis and imprisoned as a spy. O’Brady, who was unknown to Hayes, was arrested and imprisoned also because he happened to. be.in the same house where the arrest was made. The two became good friends during the incarceration but had not seen each other until the other evening when they had. quite. a reunion. following the performance, first. centenary of the. country's Jane Russell’s WAIF grounds, modern buildings and fa| ' | Local Boy Makes King’ | . Milwaukee, Sept. 12. “King of Kings,” (‘Sam Bron— ston & MGM) opens at the Strand here Dec. 20. . ‘Jeffrey Hunter, who por-' trays Christ in the film, is a former resident of River "Hills, “a carriage trade’ suburb. Hunter’s parents the Henry HA. McKinnies, still | reside in ‘River Hills. Report of JFK’s Miff At | Lawford Role in ‘Consent’ Just ‘Nonsense’ Sez Actor| London, Sept. 12. Peter ‘Lawford. contemptuously dismissed rumors that President: Kennedy was miffed at his brother in-law accepting a role in “Advise | ;and Consent.” Lawford’s reaction | was swift, concise and unprintable. more. for the JK Urges Congress Hike Fed] Outlay for Seattle World's Fair Seattle, Sept: 12. -President “Kennetly::has askeq Congress. to. appropriate $1,000,000 -at. the. ~The appropriation © “woul {raise the total for the federal pro. gram at Century 21 to $10,000,000, About two years ago Congresg approved $9,000,000 for federal participation in the fair—raising the scope of Century 21 from a regional] falr to a true international exposition. This was followed by | winning endorsement of the Bureau “| of Internationat Expositions. in ‘Paris. Former President Eisenhower originally récommendedl $12, 500; -000 for the Federal progiam.. . The Federal Science Pavilion, consisting of six connected ‘units, . including a theatre, the Boeing -. Co. Spacearium . and a working laboratory for young people, is under construction on. the. faire © grounds. The U. S. Dept. of Com. merce will : operate the. exhibit, with Dr: Athelstan F. Spllhausas, _| commissioner. Later he told VarRrIEty: “The'| The Spacearium. -will use rumors are nonsense. I’ve been an } special . technique, with. a actor for over 20 years and man-: aged to do thé job without interference and I wouldn't take it now. I find. my family relationship with the President no embarrassment in my career. “Just before I left for Normandy for ‘The Longest Day’ my wife and |I weekended with the Kennedys. By LEONARD L. LEVINSON |He was reading and enjoying. the book, ‘Advise and Consent’ and was interested in haw the script was shaping, But he made no comment | on my role. Anyway, I can’t understand how it’s got around that the senator I play is an unscrupulous character; he’s just a hard hitting | guy who also likes fun.” Pitch at Legion Cony. Denver, Sept. 12. Jane Russell, appearing as Mrs. !Bob Waterfield, added a touch of | Hollywood glamor to the opening }sessions of .the. American ‘Legion ‘National Convention here Friday: (8) as she addressed the Legion's.|. | Child Welfare Commission. Miss : Russell’s topic. was her favorite subject— finding homes for orphaned children from all over the world—she and Waterfield are sters. Angeles Rams coach was accompanied by Verrill Rogers, execu adoption agency founded by Miss Russell and now affiliated with International Social Services. Miss. Russell said WAIF is not an adoption agency; but a migration social service agency to finance and implement the international adoption of orphans. et en ae The film star and wife of Los |. tive director of WAIF, the. child | Trade Mark Registered FOUNDED 1985 by. time SILVERMAN). Published Weekly by VARIETY, ING. Sil President verman. 134 West 46th St., New York 36, N. ¥, Hollywood. -28 6404 Sunset Boulevard, HOllywood ‘D-1141 . 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