Variety (September 1963)

ee . “yy SaaS Show Biz Names fron Paris B’ way And H’wood Perform at D.C. ‘March’ : Chevalier’ $$. A. Farewell | te “Montevideo, ‘Sept. 3. Qo : Mairice Chevalier, :who “began | ' his last Latin American tour in Rio | de Janeiro on-.Aug. 10, was here | : last week. ‘and SRO. His. tour, or-| § |-ganizéd. by Clemente Lococo S.A.] ‘§ | (Teatro Opera, B.A.) and. Paulinho} # :|-Carvallio (Radio &-.Television Rec| [& took him to Sao] t Paulo, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, | | Santiago, ‘Lima and Caracas. ‘Che|. valier is. saying ‘goodbye . to. his of ‘Latin American" fans in a 110-min-ute show ‘reprising. | his. ‘biggest Washington, Sept. 3. The massive. civil rights march} on Washington mixed a. holiday }: atmosphere with a serious purpose | and. a group of. more than..50. showfolk contributed . to". both} moods. — Over 200,000" demonstrators heard a-show business: pledge “‘to do everything. possible,”. to’ bring the ., “evils of discrimination . to an en The affirmation ‘of: support: ‘for the civil rights eduse was read to the crowd at: the Lincoin ‘Memo rial by Harry Belafonte. While registering tiair strong support for the march, the show biz group. was partly . responsible: for bringing a relaxed and peacé ful “county fair” mood to the huge demonstration. On the serious side, thé Holly wood-New York grouns ‘statement | warned “artistic | sterility” would } ‘D.C. March’ ‘March’ Kayos : “ANKA cxveek.: (What -Feniarkable B.O. For 24 Hours | result if all groups in the USS. weren't given freedom.. Without freedom, “growth of the artist is seriously menaced.” Noting the artist’s itself,” “evils of discrimination.” This statement was preceded by |. & message from Americans abroad. supporting the march. Burt Lan caster brought from. Paris a scrolt of signatures of 1;500 Americans living abroad. . Josephine. Baker One exovatriate, J osephine Baker, disavowed for oné day her pledge. never to return to. the. U.S.. and flew in from Paris. just for the march. Wearing the blue. uniform 6f the Free French and five medals, La Josephine, praised the | “yacially mixed throng for: being. “together as salt and ‘pepper just as you: (Continued on. page 62) See Early Settlement. Of Arthur Schwartz’s Libel Suit Ys. ‘Globe’ | ‘Baston, Sept. 3. Indication is. that composer Arthur Schwartz's $1,000,000. libel suit against the Boston Globe and’ its drama critic, Kevin Kelly, will: be settled this week. It was undersiood that a retracion by.the Globe has been promised and payment. of |. Schwartz's costs of filing the suit. indicated by well informed circles, but a snag developed. and for a while it was indicated. that the case would go to trial. Instead of settling the suit at that time, the. Globe ran a denial of the libel. Fhe. story, published Aug. 13, headed: | “Globe, Critic Deny Libel, * said: “Both the Globe and: Kevin Kelly . deny the allegations of the com-. plaint. They state that there was (Continued on page 62). Subscription Enclosed find. check for $iaiseceenete To eee eC eK Oe ear eredes pe seseseweeeconses ‘Solis “valuable |: function in revealing. society. to | the showfolk.: said ‘they |. -came to Washington to protest the’ ord, Sao Paulo), hits, He was presented here cat Teatro |: . by -Klinger’ s . Productions. S.A. in.-a .sa0w named. “Nuit de. Fete. ” Washington, "Sept. 3, Showfolk,:. arate.story), “but the demonstra (28). new musical, ‘The Wednesday . matinee. ‘was called ‘off. and shifted’ to: Thurs: ‘| day: by. manager: Scott Kirkpatrick who. ‘suspected the civil rights. demonstration: would. ‘murder. busi. | ness.. “The Janis. Paige, Craig Stevens ; and Lawrence Naismith starrer | had opened ‘Tuesday: night (27) to unanimous raves, and is expected to -be a sellout for the. remainder of its three-week: ‘booking here: But . hundreds who chad ordered . tickets. in advance for. Wednesday. ght exchanged hem. for other. le enings. . The suit was originally to have.’ been disposed of this way, it was . Despite its notices, which suggest: ao boxoffice . block-. -buster’ : for’ -‘Manhattan, | Love” played to. Slightly less than’ alta half;filled -house’ Wednesday | night.:. Willson was: already -sick. Suffering: a bug, he was ‘running |. ‘a fever. in “his. hotel room -here even-before he got the bad news.. The matinee of. “Cleopatra” at |. ‘at. the midtown: Warner. was clob| bered, with “4 mere 68 “people present. ‘Night -business picked ‘up, but ‘trade. was~still.50% or more:| Continued on page 62) ; oa | Order Form “o ‘One’ Year Two Years” Oo Three Years @vuwreecvoesrstoeoe Please. Print Name). Street soeeoentanncene edb geneestadieesstasebes oe Fee e CBF ri reererseeierserentny ; Zone,.., State:: y ry Regular Subscription Retes . One Yeor—$15. 00. ‘Two Years—$28.0 00 Three Years—$39.00 Canada and. Foreign—$1 ‘Additional, Per Yeor VARR 154 West Ath Street Please. send: VARIETY for ! E |GEORGE A. HAMID; Ir. : Jessel Powwows On Israeli TV George’ ‘Jessel is. back from: one }.: their émotions. up, |™ added dazzle-to the big’ civil. rights: “March .on Washington” (see .sep tT Laké,. N .Y,, “Here's. -a .DonnArden line -Chandra-Kaly Dancers . =preceded. New York'36, N. ¥. {I/ ‘Executive Vice President, Atlan ; tle City.. Steél : Pier,: says: — . PAUL: “ANKA‘. ‘frst: . ‘played ‘the: STEEL: PIER.He : ‘has |. {dust completed, his. FIFTH. engage men -. PAUL ANKA's. consistent. pop: ; ‘wlarity continues, : excellence: of: ‘his. performance and | “In 1958: the.consistent the consistent™ success ‘of our PAUL consistency!” _ Richman, Lewis, ‘tion killed . show biz for -24° hours : locally... ; . ‘| With ‘the D. C. ‘residents who }did not. want to participate.in the | march. afraid to Teave their homes, fearing the possibility: of mass vio| . ‘lence in the:. downtown sector, midtown ‘Washington. was: virtually. deserted all day. The hunch. to play it safe and stay. home even. applied. Wednesday night This: is best illustrated by what: happened -to.. Meredith Willson’s } “Here’s’ Love,” cur-' Trently tuning’ up. for Broadway at: |the National Theatre here. ~ Soph, Cab, Jessel | ‘The ‘Concord’ ‘Hotel at’ Kiamesha. ‘one: of. the -most ornate. -hotels in’ the: ‘Catskill : “area, made nitery: history ‘Sunday. (1) by’ riot: -[ only ® recreating one of. ‘the most: famous. bills ‘of, a plittering cafe. era, ‘but’ even’ embellished * the. ‘Harry Richman, Sophie Tucker and Joe E.. ‘Lewis. card.’ with George: : | Jessel -atid Cab Calloway. The orig‘inals comprised ‘the top ‘cafe. draw. of :1938,: and its current cafe. rein-' -carnation. (with: caviar onthe side)-| “geems. ‘to: be an entertainment that. will be difficult to ~beat by: any: ‘| entrepreneur . ‘paying: going: ‘prices ‘for face talent, In. thatday, ; the. late Paul Small, ‘of the. William: Morris Agency, -got the” Richman-Tucker-Lewis: ‘parlay. together: for. $7,500. It’s: ‘believed. that -‘the :.Concord’s director, :. Phil ‘Greenwald, who “dreamed” up thé revival,. ‘induced Coricord operator: Arthur.‘L.. Wina-. ‘| rick to. shell.out’:infinitely. more |’ $treets are around this time? “Too -| many:-people staying: home. watch| ‘ing: television. ‘Here “in Israel. ‘at. -that; hour. the people. ‘are. crowding: the. stores, the cinemas, concerts, ‘the sidewalk: cafes—-give | them ‘tv: -and -they, too, will-stay home and | itwill hurt: the entire. economy.’.. ‘Ben-Gurion was. “very. . -impressed. for the recreation of: this card for the ‘one evening. “The |-trio. was “buttressed. by. ‘a Buster -Burnell liné (8) ‘and. the acro Amin Bros. In ‘the! original; ‘and | the ‘this historic. ‘trio. _ Following | the’. acrobats, Rich-. man opened and recalled’ the hits. of ‘his. day, and they were consider ‘able. ‘There: ‘was. ‘little ‘question that .|:the 3,500’ or. more of the: SRO. con-. ae Th ‘gregation in theConcord’s..Im| j= “entertainment \ . Wednesday, September 4, 1963. has inte (De . | New Imprint, Via US, On Show Biz Romy’ Ss Col Deal Romy Schneider, once: the best| | known ingenue on the German. {screen and of late’.a ‘stage and: [film actress in. France, has, been enaires.”:. The French: penchant: of oe put’ under. a seven-film,. five-year |. [contract by Columbia. . | Her first’ role: under: the new ‘|:ticket is with Jack”-Lemmon ‘in’ ‘the comedy, "Good. N ‘eighbor Sam. ” of. ‘his. frequent. trips | to. Tel Aviv’ and a powwow. with the new prime \ minister, Levi ‘Eshkol,whom he. = | huddled on tv in. Israel.: AS result 1 Himited | television there is a. Poss! | ncord SRO With | bility. ' However; ~ says J essel, unlikely to. be. incepted. for’ another year or more, . personal : attitude ‘on (a) (b) crime. shows; .etc., _and what. it might do, to: ‘juvenile. behaviorism, {e} the boxoffice inroads:on:Israel’s ‘w.k.. penchant for supporting films, } concerts , and the like. : a ee See “helping the Tsraeli ‘econviny, ‘set ; ‘by selling bonds but for. something else. having to do with. television. :|J 1I.took pictures of.10 key. cities’ ‘downtown sectors,” says he, at 8:30-9 p. m. For example, Frisco’s: Market St., ‘the Hub: in. ‘Boston, the’|Loop‘ in. Chicago, ete. with. the: ex-eeption. of Times ‘Square. which is ‘a freak; and ‘I “showed the. ‘relatively deserted: downtown areas: to” ‘ Premier: Ben-Gurion, “Tsgaid, ‘See: ‘how . deserted: ‘the and. during. his regime there was no tv in Israel, ‘and: now it: appears. that an hour of limited’ educational television . will” come in ‘a year. or ‘80: am. Room, which’ is the largest | cafe ‘in the world, that this. was ||| great. entertainment ‘as. well_as'|]} . |} theatrical “history. . Each “of: the j||_ {f| three stars. went into the. “spirit’-of ||] Ti the-oceasion ‘and even. ‘exceeded |: tl themselves. Richman’s. voice hasn't tf ‘weathered ‘the quarter-century but |. LE ji he. still. suggests: the great enter-. io |-tainer::of: yore, ‘as he did in. the'}. ‘li| Latin. Quarter “N.Y., date “where ||]: °* he..closed the previous night. And’'|j[° ~. I} | .as.for Soph. and Joe ‘E., they did ||]... } everything. just’ right. There. was.a |: 7 mh ‘(Continued on. Page: 63) . oe | It’s Sa a Big Ker? "The. “eefananny” | may be |." disk company-rush to the cen| }| . tury-old. 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Eéhkol ‘can’t blind himself tothe upsurge |: ‘loftv asa communications medium, : \and.. the likelihood. now is. for a}: } limited telecasting: program, possi}. bly starting only with one. hour a. night and perhaps’ doubling | that, in: time: However,.(1). it will be. 100% ; educational, (2). noncommercial, (3) |; “aH | “capitalistic” -Trade Mark Registered’ _ FOUNDED ‘90s. by. SIME. SILVERMAN Puptished Weekly by VARIETY, ING. : ae d Silverman, President . SNew York. 36, N.Y. Hollywood 28 “ ga04 Sunset” ‘Boulevard; HOllywood : 9-1141.. Washington: 4 ea National Press Building, Sterling 35445: Chicago WV ; 400 No. Michigan Ave.,. DElaware 71-4984 London, §.W.1 . 9 St. Jatties’s Street,. Piccadilly, “pyaePark: 4561-23 ne . "SUBSCRIPTION. “Annual, $155. Foreign. $16; Single Copies, 35 Cente . 7 ABEL GREEN, Editor” yoo! : Paris; Sept. 3 ‘French. ieetiagers now -seem "to : have. ‘come into their own. If they: |still like things --American, “they are’ now: backing French. ‘equivalents of them and. they. : ‘also now’ are known: by-a:French term for those in their teens, “Les Deceg having their own A-Bomb also ‘ape | pears to leaking down-to:such mundane: things. as teenagers and. show — biz. «The decegenaires are now’ basic- | ally. a bit: more -affluent, in -keepjing with. a -general-. economic up-.. turn here. They. ean thus buy disks; 7 go. to music halls and: even. boites ‘and make a dent at film b.o. too... -1It-. seems: that Elvis Presley. has. . taken. a back.seat to a local edition .. ‘in’ Johnny Hallyday... The™ names ‘Of:-rock: practitioners ‘are | :still: . | Americanized but made in Fraice, : They: have their. own: Magazines, .. with. Salut Les Copains: one ‘of the: © ‘toppers. Thése | play “up: the | ‘mode of friendship .and good: natured ®.-palship, especially | ‘with * girls.’ In... fact’ copain means buddy. Black: {Continued, on page 49). | Commie Radio. Campaign Aimed at 1,000,000 lialos, Frankfurt, Sept.. 3. Latest ‘target: ‘for ‘Commie prop-: . aganda-loaded “radio. -broadeasts ’:: ‘are: the. 1,000,000. foreign. workers a 4 employed in. W t. German The government-has been against |, Pes est Germany. ‘ty-something which. Jessel,’ as: a visiting American ‘showman inter“ésted in the internal affairs of that country, endorsed.: ‘because of. his. culture, Nearly 1,000,000: foreign ‘workers from: Greece: and. Italy are cur-": rently. working. in West ‘Germany to. help fill the gap in employment “here: And it:is. oftén reported that -there ‘is little local entertainment. im their own linge ‘to: keep these. workers . entertained’ during their ae free’-time. But now. thepropaganda-ininded. A, East Germarfs and ‘Czechs are try-:. ... ° r fing to fill ‘the gap; ‘in| the. way :-:: most detrimental to West. Germany * cand to. the-western world... ~They. have started regular. evenTas ‘ing. broadcasts, in: Italian, peamed-. stations nightly play “disk jockey -shows”.of. the tunes’ requested,. _ 1 aimed “especially: ‘for’ Mario in. Frankfurt or Demos. working. in. ‘Munich. : ’ Heavily. Jarded. between the plat. ‘ters. are. anti-west political ‘prop=-.:. “aganda;: ‘and | slanted ..news .shows. ‘reporting some of the daily. events. from:’.Greece and. Italy... ‘The -workers: have. also: been 7 urged to slow. .down.on ‘their. jobs © so that they can keep earning their. pay checks for a ‘longer time, and it’s: ‘suggested, too, . that they. have their friends’ ‘tune’ -in-regularly on the devilishly clever: : Propaganda : show. * oo “‘JUason 2. 2700, _ res 2. : INDEX) . Bills. 7 49° : New: “Acts © abeecane¥ecs _ Gasting ceeeseees weedy 58°] Night Club Reviews. eees ~ Chatter: | 7 61 . “Pietures. 2 ee ‘Pictures wee ee: Film. 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