Variety (November 1961)

Minsky Producing Vegas’ New Frontier Xmas Show There's no kerping Harold Minsky out of Las Vegas. The producer who made nudes a major show biz industry in the casino belt has’ been signed ta produce | N the show at the New Frontier, AGVA: Hikes Walfare Levies —_—_——-. fentinued from page 69 ttad of relief distribution and to observe an executive committee nigstration at the union hasn't meeting, but were not permitted eo been decided. ; in the room. New executive committee mem “pas Another cash developed over ' twhich presently has. a Barry Ash7 boa bers elected by the board are Al! a ” tt powers of the executive rd, Kelly. who defeated actress Doroiton show, ‘Holiday in Rio.” Startwoush acts between the three times . ing date of Minsky’s new opus will ‘thy Lameur and Frank Palmer; Vince Silk. who won over Jack | and Linda Compton, who | yearis meetings of national board. te :3nt maintained that the latter: : Haley. Minsky intreduced the burlesque hoacd n.dst accept responsibility {ur tne exec committee's actions. eet ov a a dlentine. om sawest Bue Paul Valeatine, flaying the: Ro anole € 2 ‘and management difficuities. regional director Ernie Fast, based : in Chicago. asked for an iImerease: to. put him on a salary par with j the two other regional directors in| the union. He also sought permis-: sion to operate out of a warmer: climate temporarily because of a. gioup as subse-vient to the ad-* Iiiinisizat1or, declared that the nat: mal board kaw no powers over t “dictatamal’ action of the executive board. He cited the fact trait he and national board membeer Russeit Swann had attempted Hope's 25th Anni ‘a—«»««, Continutd from pase 2 —_a just dont have the time to. Highlight After Highlight ciation by Bright, he was turned [ana I down. he ; The meeting was to have con| ; tinued until Friday night (27), but; /#was adjourned one day earlier be-jreer as one in which hishlight has cause of the death on the Coast: been piled upon highlight. But | : Thursday of board member “Sen| even so, there are standout occaator” Francis Murphy. sions. such ag two years. ago when he received the Jean Hersholt et Humanitarian Award at the Ata 3¢ a | SMASH HIT | GAC-Hamul amu Continucd from pase J demy Award Dinner and when he ws , wound up as one of the fro largest SRMIINEp CO 0 tO RIDA ae IT was invited to star in the Rayal Command Performance in London. ‘In his 25 years working in film ‘in dependent fair bookers. studios, he has also acquired perGAC ‘Marviase’ Failed. ite film, which was “Facts.of Life” : Hamid was on par with Barnes !and. not surprisingly, a favarite : a -& Carruthers, the agency based in [costar in Bing Crosby, with whom ® Chicago. Between these offices |he has been associated in many pic% ithe bulk of the outdoor business jtures, He rates “Paleface” (Par) as ‘was vested. In order ta end enthis mest successful production. throat competition. there was an 1 In all his active life, the star has agreement ween these offices (de evoted considerable time, energy f SPAN MANA 1 1% : Show folks are taviag about the all new Hote! Avery. All new, large, beautifully femished dejuxe rooms with private bath, tele & evision & radio. Air conditionmg. 3% AVERY & WASHINGTON Si. : TES fo a a -pecent illness In an angry denuntime to prepare a nightclub act, ; sonal favorites. Such as his favor-| Wednesday, November. Li 1961 ‘Tnside Stuff—Vande A Baptist clergyman has turned down a solicitation for membership in the Playboy Club. and has extended an: invitation. ‘to Playboy owner Hugh Hefrer to join “our club.”’ Writing in the current issue of the Christian Century, Rev. Richard . Johnson said that in his club it is not necessary to hide ‘one's feelings behind “an insatiable appetite for liquor, food or. sex,” and that initiation fees are waived, “but there is a. maintenance charge of . everything you have! (Since everything. we have really belongs. to. Singer Patt Morrissey, currently. at the. Living Room, Chi, is one policy at Vegas’ Dunes Hotel, which | and the same as singer who spelled her name Pat Morrissey, VaARIETY’S | helped bring it out of financial | Living Room review of last issue notwithstanding. Thrush has switched. to a more distinctively-spelled appellation. Daisy Wood who died recently in Banstead, ‘Surrey at-84 was. $omeWhat cryptically identified in the obituary from England as an oldtimer Jin pantomime and vaudeville. Actually she-was a member of a unique entertaining family of which Marie Lloyd was the. most famous in Britain and. her sister Alice Lloyd the most successful in America. The Woods and Licyds were connected. by marriage with another tribe of troupers, the MacNaughtons, of whom Harry..MacNaughton of. U.S. radio fame is familiar. There were three wonien Singles bearing the ! Lloyd name, the third being Rosie. All. performed in America prior jto and just after World War I, imported by Percy ‘Williams. Alice Hope considers his show biz ca-| Lioyd’s and Tom McNaughton’s daughter, once wrote a column for Variety under the name of Alice: Mac. Now married to an American, J. A. ‘Keller, she resides at 13 Warren Street in Banstead, ‘Obscare Ottawa Cafe Hits , B.0. Jackpot With New Site Pins Regular Show Policy | Ottawa, Oct. 31. Le Hibou had an obscure exist-. ence in Ottawa before it switched. to new centre-town location two weeks ago. Now business is turna|. way and management wishes it had twice the 150 seats the coffee room | . While new site is.a big i factor, policy of regular shows is! _& Continental Excentrica HELD OVER AGAIN ” AMERICANA HOTEL ‘MIAMIBEACH, FLA. : iwhereby B&C would not invade helping business, too. {= = ‘the territory east of the Mississipand effort to charitable causes. New reom preemed with chanter | B & B Be cui dunce 1 ja Qne associate reckons that Hope | pi chi e Hamid promised not to go has been. instrumental in raising iTom Kines on Friday and Saturday Cc 0 ST U w E Ss of that line. Hamid’s. merger |nioid millions” for various |°Dly, following with the Courriers. with GAC ended that agreement. ' Hamid admitted that his “marriage ‘with GAC” wasn't working out. : However, in the past few years, profound changes entered the out| door field which affected operating | procedures Name performers became a necessity in many situa Attractive Identical 1: Twin Girl Singers For Top Night Cieb Act tus: be no more then 5°3” in height. Age 13 to 24 Sox 3, Daily Variety, 6404 Sunset Blvd. Hollywood 28, Calf. bookers had to ga to the large jagencies. With the Jesser stress ; On acrebats and novelties, outdoor i agencies diminished in importance. ‘tions. To obtain them the fair: Gowns and Costumes INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNES «MADE TO ORDER " TOW. 4b NY Od 35-4660 causes. He has backed charitable | Expanded show policy now calls efforts without any form of prejufor three shows each on Thursday : diveito race, creed or color, and it ;through Sunday opening. with Josh , has been said that no other star in | White Jr., following with Ed Mcthe-“world comes within “hailing Curdy. Rest. of week, Le Hibou distance” of Hope mm helping good | features usual coffeeroom fare, in-: causes. In 1950, he was chairman |Cluding poetry, folk singing. etc. of the United Cerebral Palsy Fund,| Shows are staged. by Harvey and has been an honorary chairGlatt, impresario and former book|: man ever since. He is associated ler and stager at the Chaudiere |f with charitable efforts. in Britain, | {Club ‘nitery, Other partners are} as. well as the TC. S., and has also | George ia a iaaaat writer. helpe& support worthwhile funds! nis |: in i parts of. ‘the world. He has |Fauikner, with experience in off EXOTIC DANCERS—Wanted | Experieac ed: ‘ Sead Photos. etc. CARMAN BOOKING AGENCY beat show “business. given his services often. and. freely in entertaining troops, and will probably be. doing another foreign tour in the immediate future. Many Personals for ‘Paradise’ Currently, he is concentrating | on a program of charity preems for Jhis latest Metro preduction “Bachelor in Paradise.”.On ThurMay (2), JERRY VAN DYK Comedy Personality SMASH HIT! CHICAGO PLAYBOY~ LIFE Magazine, October !9th Issue: | “Chicago's popular PLAYBOY CLUB is one of the Nation's | most important incubators ... newest Redgliag asi infections: banjo player—JERRY VAN DYKE." * Closes November 3rd. *% *& Coming Up & x CARILLON: HOTEL, Miami, November 4 thr 25 PLAYBOY, New Orleans, Nov. 25 thru Dec. 16 CLUB DATES, December 16 thru December 31 MONROE, LOUISIANA, January 1 thru January 13, 62 CLUB DATES, Palm Beach, January 25, 26, 27 PLAYBOY, Miami, January 30 thru February 19 CLUB DATES, Miami, March 2 and 3 PLAYBOY, Miami, April 3 thru April 22 PLAYBOY, New Orleans, April 25 thra May 15 KINGS CLUB, Dollas, May 28 thru June 9 (3rd retera) PLAYBOY, Chiago, July 19 thru August 3 PLAYBOY, Miami, August 30 thru September 19 PLAYBOY, New Orleans, September 20 thra October 19 Two days later, he planes to Dublin for another charity opening to sup further screenings in Parts, West ‘Beh Hope’s $ Homer celled in different fields of endeaver. j] he others were presented at the ; first annual banquet of the or-| ganization last month in Mon to receive his award at that Hime, in view of his current film com-| 7) mitment on “Road to Hong Kong.” ‘The board of governors of the Academy. therefore asked Ambassador Bruce to make the pre sentation in London on their be In casting their votes, the board of the Academy studied the careers of more than 300 outstanding men and women.-They included Edward Teller, scientist; Dr. Charles Mayo, meditine; Yousaf pher; Fritz Kaudewitz, bacterial | genetics: Prof. Willard F. Libby, i Nobel Privewinner, chemistry; Exclusive Booking: MUSIC CORP. OF AMERICA ° Direction: W. H. (Monk) Arnold Herbert L. Block, journalism; Morj: ton White, philosophy. he will make a personal appear. memes Continued frem page 1 Se | | terey, Calif, but Hope was unable {4 Karsh, photogra|] “PHOTOGRAPH OF THE vom | MAURICE SEYMOUR Breadway at 54th St. New York, N.Y. co. 5-31 33 THA NK Ss, E VER YBOD Y: “Berculean’™ 4 (Wartety) ; "Dick Barclay. pleased everybody ‘from Comrad Hilton. te Mitzi Gaynor”. . , ‘SARL WILSON : | (NL Y. Pest) “A very clever geatleBOB DANA (Werld-Telegr am-Sun) DICK BARCLAY Foetered with LISA KIRK EMPIRE RO ROOM, Waldorf Astoria, NEW YORK" . Exclusive Mgt.: MICHARL FRANK HARTIG AGENCY 156 West 44th St., New York 36 Pluss 7-224 72 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS OF NEW, CLASS clus COMEDY "s = 8 STEPIN FETCHIT, sss 1 FP