Variety (Oct 1931)

38 VARIETY yA«»E HINISE REVIEWS Tneadiij, October 20, 1931 ' NORMA tERRIS (1) ■W MlnAj Thre* (Special) Pal*eo (St.- V,) ' .Miss. Terrla. Imperaon'atca w. - k. ' 'firoadway feifimea lii sons;' T-hesc .• lncltt4eVlitfnore'' XJlrlc,' Hefeh Mor-, ' iSOin, H«l6n Kane, Ethel ^lermtin and Tluth Bttlng;,' And when Bb« Impersonates' them, thsV stay Im- jiersonated. Gan't be higher rec- ommendation, as Miss TerrU manr ages to swlAK her tones to fit the personality she Is tdklns.'ofC add still be :musleai:and entertalnlngr. : . ■ She shows by'her Vrork as'causht that she can mlike. her. stuR -sar- castic, cynical-or subtle, exagser'-' ated.or.plalni That's being-an'ar-' . t|6te. .. When she does'that Helen- . ICane ,taoop><bDop*da-da - she : tops . Kdne, ..while. stUl dolhs -a- scoter tn t .-Tolce .ajid- manner. •■■iTt the Meniian numj^er,'. whlle-not. wltji.'-aa: Strong' .-a. voic^ .as Misa>Mex>man!s„ yet more . -Ishlng.' -Also Bert ^XAhr - doing 'ShaJceqpeare.,: .-. .,. • - -.- .. ■•■ I floT eactt Miss Terrla. changes :hto hiMr. atyle And. althoughiher-blgge^t . laugh: getterv 14 itlte vKane..-number,- ,.tta'9re>> pJleitty;',o£ -fun the >Heteb- ;,)iiibrgan..w)A :the-.h^oua. flngecs- iland .Ilenore.. :lllrl9 iiui': .the . latt«|r. , .TCOvild^ slng.,",Bddle!. Qiuxtot''^. (Whoor "pee/' There's another< of. Ethel , 3arrymore. tlv^t'p.as gbod. That- one .. 9t iMias ilSt'ting.'/oaid' d(>.;hetteF>aja an early iivDiDer .rather'.th^..ln fln- .'lahlnev.;,: .. ' . MU^a Terrla\.male. pianist la. not .. irieiitteped'.jfh,: T^JlUng and €ti6 aeti- tjnef la plt^ln ,w|th' k. ;bl^k .s(i,tlh. ".' drop; ", ^M1S>./Terrla* so-yvrii.. matched. -' vil.le' Fl6i^sbh: Mid. '^xen'' -.then, dem^ ohatjiitie'iii,' .hwf' ialpn^a to -be .a)>ov.e -,the -. ShVll^ut^n' -.i^udlical "cjoiinedlea ' Mie had' b<»eii dolrigr'"t6 that time. Today she'a .evep better, , - : C^6s.ed■..th6■ .fliret hftU pi 'Wa. blll here and"c6uia.'.havd. stayed.'in'defi-- 'nltely from-a'pplauae, but even im- ''persbhatlons run out.' S/uin. JAN RUsiNi .Orchestra (IS) jCarthay :Clrol«, -Loa -AngalM - Joh Rublrfr, tfae Vaud^ Vlollh sblb^ ' ^t; now-.heads' a .aympHimic'type - -orchestra' -n^hlch'-'openedt'ict the Car- thay Girclb. U A/s sple 4l'.Slk rel^ - served seatr-plctnre hoiisiii''CaUthay switched < iromjt Ita' Abe Ibymahr : Georgte 'StoU>Hype at iatitz bandt. "shows In.a desire to bolster blz^Ukd >sl\'e 'em: ^met^ing diKerent. That .-.<the . picture aetemilneb -th^ gross . b&cer- land' itot-' the' typie of - su'pplbi- ■meatary - stage showi^ati'.thls >f«i:i- tlcular heuse»-ls bealde^-the--point. ■Rublnl. la.,something dlRererit any^ .■way.. .•■ . .■.'.: 1 . Kublnl- conducts 'Fauat;! .'Gyps^ AlrsV. and: 'Kiss In. th« ' I>ark< la ..jmasterly fashion. - The flnit -Is d : cit'ralsht-:-„Byimphonlo . orchestration. The . gyi>sx, medley. Introduces hU .-vloUn .eloloing .which registered^ and !Klss In .t)ie p^irk'. alao .has Siiblnl, .Iwlth. dalvatore .SantaelU'.-featured -.'^.t .the piano,-j Letter cpmes. in for eome,, extra' billing,, probahly. being !^ie' jtechniddh behind t'he -baton, ; . It'.s 'a good class- picture .house .preseiitatlQh iEind 'd't>leasant change ' of pace tor the Circle, although the liymap pbttularlty for so long has left'iiiore or 'Iess'of a. Jazzlque lin-^ - precision' oa. thje pa^oadge. They liked 'Rublnl plenty. Abel. LYDELL, GALLI and RVAN Comedy, .Daneing le iMins.; Two (Special) Jefferscin ■Al Lydell,. formerly of Iiydell and HIsgtns, .Is doing his well -'known .old man character ds good as ever, ,3ut he needs, more support than, he gets fEogn-.aalli and..Ryan, man dnd woman.' Lydell dbea a -. character 'that needa.' better straight, .worlf on the part of. whoever. stands . alongside, ^^t. la not so.' much in delivering .lines as .the ideportmentl .Gii-r of the .Galll-.Rydn support .' tap9 bkny, in ^twb. sblo" attempts: Man slnga, "\iltt only tb..:'the lower floor. ... , ..The act aa'it., atandis! at present 'Is neither'hot'nor .cold.. It iaan. at-<- tempt' tb inoderfilze .SQmetl\ing. that had -more value in the past. .It la far from''a Lydell and Hlgglns. tltLlAN SHADE Song^^ , . 17 Mins.;. One Seth.di.. , - ItUIIan Shade,. according to the program, lisea songs written tor her by Al. Slegoli - That connection aounds- more, important to. the profesalon than-to the 86th or any other theatre audience. It . was Al Slegel - who was given credit for Ethel JUerman. .. Miss Sha^e has been touted as a 'Slegel And' and cn her perform- ance.-at the 86th gave every evi- dence. of being grooined ialong. the Mermaii Unea. -As a Slegel protege ahe ia bbund to be cbmpared with M.erindn, but a.-wide dUferenee In' tb/bl 'Yplces makes such a compart- aoh bdlbus.' , . . Oj\ the . whole iilBs Shade will '^ijake the'^xade and Is bound to Im- pro'vf)' b]r -work; .ah^, lias a' pleasing 'd'ppearahce. and does, her songs in a "typical 'veteran wdy, but despite the Slegel " Inflxiehceshe '. flashes' nothing out of the beaten path. Her voice IS- olce' alid fleitlbly;''cbntrolled.' ""-Opetoed with a dtunidtlc effort and' then' went 'intb>-"stratght. v<^dl- Izirfg df th^ nun^ber,' 'rhe ''flrst nuind- ■ber -'didn't' mdke 'aiiy 'too'''great an -tmpressfon; but' she .^ouAd blgget' favoii''-«vHen she (ihdnged her pace, foi^ 'Mlftnle, the M^<Jh?r.* • STark, I I'', "ii. »■ ■ ' ■ 'i • 'THREE RIO BROTHERS - Dances.:: • • l-'t-'-Mins.; One Rajae* (8fc V.) Trio' gl-ven oa hallln)$' from, a" Par unit. ''Kn6w their panto cbniedy tte'- 'aideS--dancing; -< Played- deuce here., toJhdAdsome reaction.'- '. ''- IJressJn an exaggerated cbltegldte style, ahd woifc^ with hata on -oh -opening. - They have their 'fall mo- ments'-and click with twii special numbers. -One-is where-each'does a schnolboy takeoff asking-a girl to dance. -'-,... • ; . Theljp.-recommendation Js speedy dancing'with some new, soft ..shoe t'wi'sts or seeming °so and in unison ^ith precision stepping. - One solos. Wlt^'ah impersonation ot-.a lad tak-' Ing.'.hls Saturday night bath for laueth^ ' .Touhg,'- with a.' long way ,tb'go, and sure to bie heard from. . •' ■ ■ - Shan. CHIEF EAGLE FEATHER- .Song, Dance ..- ■ 6 Mills.; One RKO. Los Angeles - The Chief has a equaw aas't, but «aJs the bulwark of the act peraonally. -Does a sort of-Injun 'blues' with the warcrlea and, hotcha Indian step- -pl.ne. . . Hoofing la the: strength of .the act :dn^' a aatlsfaotory..U'light Interlude In tixe deuce. ..JElooked locally. Abeh -SNYOER'BROS.'(3)- Aero-R<sl«y . 'B Mins.; Two ' - RKO,-Lo» Ahgeles -'--Iio'callybooked tdrn-'wltri a'thor- ough!}' professional air to their ac- robatic-and'risley-stuct.' ' . Male trloistarts'wlth ground work; and. finishes- rlsley to- £ro^d returns. Opening, >v Jibefi-; i VIRGINIA BACON AND CO. (9) : Singing, Daneing'Flash ' ■VT Wnt.; Full (Special) Jefferson. ' ' Lost:-out with a 'flve-peopTe 'flash asStBted^ by the four Cirlllo Bros, that- wobbled, Virginia - Bacon IS acound.wlth a large attraction that wlU-.be tops when lts:wrlnkles come out.' Clearly it is In-need' of more work for desired. smoothness and tau.tneas.' . - 'jMiss.Bacon carries a string of six gfrla.'-who are si' go^ Ih. addition to two'ap^lalt'y'artlats, t^b'n Conway, wliib' siiigs: in gbod voice; and Burton Pfirce, 'lir.,'youthful le'gger. Latter sells a number in 'one' strongly.' - Girls are'on plenty often and hold .up- nicely. Two step biit tor a slater raoocber number- that's- a stirrer. Another does an. acrobatic bit for about 76% rating. '. .Production takes in two settings, first an Indian lakeahore .viata for the .-redakin opening number, the other-a tree gag to fit vocal aolo of Joyce Kilmer'a "Trees' and aucceed-^ Ing numbera. Misa Bacon flgurea importantly in each, first in an In- dian specialty, later in a nicely done toe ballet. . -Finale Arrives fast. Over fairly well. Char, TOGO. Pog 6. Mins.; Full Audubon Togo, a dog, is not lo be confused with Togo, Japanese slideTfbrTllfe single.' ' Togo is a smartly trained police dog who balances' himself on a ball which he moves Up d special- ly injprovlsed trdclc, Btbps at the end and then turns anfl worlcs it back .don-h the incline to the start-' I'ng ppfrit ■. ■ ... Tralhfir stands clbge by., gulding^ dog by his poaltlbii and aq. o'c- 'f oslbndl flaah of the hand; ,. Trictc Is '.effectively done by Togo',''who aits' on hia hind legs at the finish and awaits the applause. . . Togo's on^ big stunt shows that Isn't necessary to make a dog do everything but talk to hold stage attention. Sfark. tEwre-aTrd-DaiJY-(2r - -— Comedy 16 Mins;; One and Fuir (Special) .J.ffferaon . Sam. Lewis and dlttO'-Dody -are' reunited after breakin'g a'long part- -nership lost year over dizzy, vaude conditions. Their -return Is -most auspicious. Receiving la solid recep- tion on their Initial entrance,- the two comedians -tossed hoke and ooraedy at the audience in . rapid succession, froin -which-it appeared the .two Sams are-once- more In- vaude to stay.' -. The act In which Patsy O'NcIl and - Thomas -Collins assist is a Series of bitsi Sock spot is the bur- lesque on Cleopatra and Anthony. In which Cleo calls for her 'Mocky.' The- boys may have a little dlOl- ciilty with the 'Mikado' burleaciue. Patsy -CNeil aids greatly and Collins Is oke: Earl. FLORRIE LeVERE (2) Male linperseiiator 13 Mins.; One and Fulf^ (Sp'eelal) JeffSrSoA Tills anew act of Florrle LeVere's Is; dn example of what -seii^oning and kh.ow)edge . of show business cdh. dp for . a performer whe.n he or she'strl-ves ,to put oh something new and ^.urpass former eftorts. 'VV'ith th,e gr^t mass of..actors crying they. cs,nn<^t, find, niaterlal, Miss Le- 'Vere digs and cbmes up with a da'rb roimid of special , songs, dances, Idei^s. .and ismart sieging. - Besides, she, glyes. an wnbUled boy and girl :e';^ei;y.,chance. to pufaover a sock. , Miss LeVere does a male aU :through; -She bpens''as a newsboy on<;Tlmes Square In^fron: of -a drop :on. which the^Paldtee Is most promi- nent.. Her quick ch&nge In front of the andience'turns h'er'into race .track- habitue and ^ome Uhbs with a: m-on di-eased as ft Jockey." Curtain up to full gives Miss LeVei> a stage doorr. John' number.-< :Flnlsh is a twist ' on- her fdmlllar drunk- 'and danbe.-- She brings oii"th6 'ttan Mr dn-acrebatlc dancer flnaie. .' ' the 8;lri aisSIst,S. .piat hlbiide, dbes t>kdy .with a; song ahil al^ In dia- log.-'Act Iboks iset frbni'e'yery di- rection. ■ . 1 ■ / Earl, BERNICE STONE _ And Abbott Dancers (10) Dances 14 Mins.; Full State, Smart dancing.troupe.for vaude- ville, ho.uses.. Girls act as though they .have had picture house- expe- rtence. Abbott Dancers, are the line g1rls„ .working together through the inajbr part of the turn...-:.: - GIrIa are nicely costumed, of uni- form height^ and perform with pre.^ clsion. Routines are abdv'e hverage tor TaudevlUe, with olever finish bits on each oit the routines. Opening has all t&e girls tapping on their toes. From this a girl, pre- sumably 'Miss ' Stone; sblo dances. She has grace and form and Is adept at hteh kicks,, grquhfl work and con- tortiph; - After this the Abbott Dancers take, the spot again for troupe work, which ia broken toward the finish by one girl warbling a song, ■ special! wherein she introduces the others by their first uanttes. Two girls are given feature spotting for one short acrobatic number.- CLIFFORD and GRAY Hoop Juggling 8 Mins.; Two (Special) Acaxlemy ' SIrtce last caught, in 1923. ClIfTorc^ and Gray have developed a novelty hoop-Juggling turn th^it'a tops for open or shiit notches on' best bills. ' - Considerable .changes have'taken' place in - eight years; man 'and woman drifted considerably away froin straight hoop Juggling to vari- ous mdneuvers. Foot and much re- verse juggling goes into the routine for flash and buildup, while for bow- Off the' man rings the girl in a novel wxy. '' ■ '• Ovei^ nicely down here. Char,' . TRACEY and LORD (1) Comedy 18 Mins.; One, Full : Jefferson Tracey is half of the former Tracey and "Vino team ahd Lord of Tork and Lord. Two such hoke- sters.can't go very wrong. It looks like old home -week for the gravy and bit .boys all' the way; They missed very little in the way of bringing up laughs on the slap stick route; UhblUed'glrl assistg. V The finish.-with the. bdssoon and dancing Is 'not stron^r enough to tollpw' the hotte, There'' are two putatandlng bits, sdwiiig a body In 'two, which takes the act to full stage,: and the trombone bit in Which Tracey plays while Lord does a long wig leader: in the pit. Boys work okdy together. More tlmj6 to foci around-with,a finish should put the turn in. line for work; , . . Earl. 3 RIXFORDS Acrobatic « Mins.; Full (Special) .Academy . The Rlxfords, compo.scd of two men and a woman, have a fast ac- robatic act which succeeds because of its neatness and ease pf the workers. It Is bpund to please^ any place where pepple|can see. Many pf the-usuar hand-to-hand tricks are interwoven «-ith several hot seen about In a long time. From the manner in which this audience applauded this act it looks like vaude.'patrons welcome' the return fb normalcy in'their entertainment. At least in the acrobatic end. The girl is very strong and at one spot holds both men (larsc fellows) on her back. The flnlsli trick with the girl entwined around the waist pt the understdnder while he piills the bther man up with all rthree in a prene ppsltlpn was a sock, ' Earl. TeaK oTTalkers Go . Phoe.nlx,-Aile,, Oct. 10. ' After twb yeara pf etrftlght pic- tures, :this house- wint ibf>.ok. to a •vau4efllm policy tPday,-r :Itta Phpe- nlz'a first stage snpw In -tWo' years,' and: the. audience's reaetlpn. was a mute commentary oh the -yarlety stage pf tpday. The tomispeople hadn't seen' live' peeiile'^dlk' acrbss a stouge.for sp Iphg they were dumb- tpunded.' ' ..Hpuse. Is Pttblix-ope'rated. Uarr^r I^iice, division niahager,.. with, a number of weak pictures ' bepked and tbUgh bj)i>osition','4ec^ed'to re-, turn '<raude'^tp this' hbdse'-dhd'the RialtP, Tucson.- Ndce tuOf.beeh'but qf touch 'with vdude since Ben Plaz- zo tucked'aVray 'Westerii -v'a'udeville. current bill has -Zarrd and Vai- ioh; skaters; Scovelle - S^ters (4), flash' .dancing'act:; Mdlrvb J^ensen, tap dalncfar;' ' Bobby 'tJKe'''Hen8haw, and TehA'^bh' and lhikker'djtpieiarlng in ihe t>rd«lr'' named; "with "a ^900 budget fpr the twd housed, It's' fin pkay biU; . Bern Bernard of the Lps Angeles' RKO'pfflce Is-bbeklng.' Natives'^sat through 'the "bhbw in a^^bewildei-ed manner.".Acts- were appreciated,. laughs '^eris'-'plentiful,' but applause was 'lackln'g;'Atter'the spill' everyone stopd'^pn ther'sldCr walk .and did a rave,--but'the audi- tortum^eporunent was something' ' At the mat most of the kida iu.i never , seen vaude before. tSiS talked with those on the stage. Bm shftw played to the youngstera «SJ had them rolling. Johnson and imT ker. had them throwing their lull en the stage.. Result was that'rtoS pf tiie kids ; sat threugh anottS shpw. business was capacity Saturdav ppenlng day. HpUse had a Unecm the sidewalk frem 7- until lo p. a First time a line has watted months. Picture, 'Goldle' (Poi» wasn't'coimted to draw, _After the! first day .Henshaw a. .a'd., the bUl 4m get the natives In the spirit,: .He told them when and how to,. shpw, appreciation, n worked. The hands started to come, but it tobk some telling, Nace flgures that vaude is hig best bet, .Phoenix and Tucson are Arizona's ace towns. Phoenix has a population of 60,000 with another 10,000 scattered around within lo miles. .. Tucso'ii Is about half 'that size.. ."towns, are . about 460 liiiies from li. A.-on the S. P. A)Jts mi^ce the..j.u.(np .by . automobile, c'uttlns down a,45(* round trip railroad fore. .Merchants. In town are .oil Inter. ested iln ya,ude. . They 'clatnv that It brings people to town. AiiythjlnBtKat getS'thenx on .the ;niain steni Tuchiig mpney 'tp< .the stbrca. . , Call, .. •: I^curaiubuht^v Aurora ($i86-A-DAY uisiVtV ;; .'.' :'..' ;Aurprd;:ili.; Qct. 16. .^hts '.new and .'primely -situated hPuse becbmes another .^nday on RKO's western bookSi-no^V that the Fanchon- Se Marco-' units have, dropped out. ' .'Thpse coast' shews made an impresslpn here^ and it will be a tough thing -for vaude tp follow'them up. Meanwhile booking last halves here have alsp become troublesome. This<,house.Is no shooting-gallery, but. a . real.-first-rate, spot/ with a discriminating' - patronage.' - - StUl there. iS' the budget-system, which does, .not only :inolude titis Publl;c stand, hut others -in- small towns throughout the. middle -west. terri- tory, ...All are willing to^ .play and payi.for name attractions,: but find there .aren't enough tP' gp around, so the problem remaihSJ'-' In view, of: these 'blrcuilistances and .conditions Btck Bergen, RKO bppker, Is now dpplng ideas for the one tp .'three day standers' tp be practical, and cheap. First'of-these special vaude. shews, so-called, was headed and buUt . aroUnd Sell's Hawaiian Flashes. ' Two laddltlonal acts. Curry .and De: Sylvia;-dance team, van.d :Foley and Lee, acrobats,; .padded: out the show.-. .Cohslderlng that the whole layout, including 10. people, stood at a cost of little more than , $160 a day! the. idea seems to b^ sounds If small vaude prpductlons'pf this type can stand the gaff pf minimized cpst, it should prove Valuable .to . a lot of small town houses. N'umt>er of angles that can be wprHed, Fbr example, ^he amateur contest gds. is always goo,d in the sticks^ Other local tle'ups are also effective. Aurora is probably as good a criterlcn as any pther small town. If a. 3,000-seat hPuse like the Parambunt' can pack 'em in pn a Thursday night It prpves stdge en- tertainment Isn't dead In the back woods,providing the pro'per'medium la therW. " Bell's -Hawalians" Is a'n' old-tlme turn that's pldyed ' lavdrything everywhere for years; ^ Four men and 'two ' women,. pltiylng steel gultdrs and ukes, Is not Very im- posing in Itself, but with the aug- mented actS; around it much better. Bell, more Americanized than the others, m^kes a very poor m.c, and should lay off if he can'.t do. better, ';Foley" and '.Lee".are,, Icnpc'kabout' acrobats 'who spend tpo jniuch time' gettlnif into their rbutines. Befpre and after that.bpth nien flep pn the flCor, presumably for atmosphere. Curry and De Sylvia are Just an average dance couple, but at least youthful. With no other music than the guitars arid ukes it made It dlt- (Icult tor the dancers, ' Another item, more sentimental than entertaining, was' a tot no more than four, probably one of the Hawaiian's children. .:. ITpungster -showed' plenty of nerve at least, doing n couple of choruses and steps. In'all. about 36 minutes and pretty fast moving. If Bergen can continue to )>ut out such shows at that price there should Ife cus- tomers. Three shows a day here' and not so bad, Banks Konncdv is the fea- tured prgnnl.<it, who still uses old- fashioned slides and is his owiV pheer leader.' Usual newsreels, a Paramount oome<ly with Ford Ster- ling and 'Cauglit Plastered' .(Radio). ' - Bpan. K^DZIE, CHICAGO (OPENING) - , ; . . Chicago, Oct. 17, Chicago prayerfully hbjfes (he K.ed.zie .C3;perlment may succeed, Eveh a moderate click would enor- mously. Invigoi-ate the .posslblllUes for a vaudeville revival In'tlie mid- dle west. It would be, moreover,'a vindlcatlori.. and a'triumph to hurl In the faces of the antl-vaudevlUe ex- hlbs, tor the . Kedzle boldly b4fl .staked all on vaudeville througli'a pplicy. pf &lght acts without a pic tui-e. ,Not even a newsreel of i trailer. "Projection booth'is.emptjr.' In fprmer times the Kedzle «u a notable monoy-maker with .vaud* film. In .the past two seasons It has been devoted to 7e-Qent dr&inatlo stock.' It's an ideal neighborhoed, thickly populated, a;.shopping'ceil< ter and ah.Audiende which,.like tlM sbuthsi'de Englewbod, starts 1a'ugli> Ing when buying its-tickets. ', ' Theatre Itself as a physical prop* erty Is-In splc-and-^span order, hav* ing always.beeh well cored fbr, fre« quehtly refurbished, and Identified with' showmen of ability. If s joat intimate enough for. -vaudeville. Many, things suggest -that, despite skepticism, the Kedzle has a chance, George. Zurek, for lO years.at-Uie Riviera- and other former vaude stands, heads a six-piece pit en* setnble composed of fprmer mem- bers pf the Palace orchestra and including a hot drummer , that will help plenty. For an opening show they played like a seasoned aggre- gation and ' were a source' of strength and pep. Backstage a' crew of four man- aged by John Percihl kept -the bill running smoothly. Only other union brother - was the spotllsht. man. Unions, as well as the • actors, agents, and the entire vaudevlUe fraternity are giving the house tne breaks. ISverfone senses that liete Is no ordinary -reopening, but the launching of their pwn boat on perilous seas. Everyone stands to gain. -It's another favorable point, that' eagerness to co-operate.' K dhJn'f used to be the case. Indeed no secret history^ is exposed ■when recalling that the Kedzle. among ptherS, had' its troubles of yester- year'with boozing stagehands an.d similar' abuses all alon? the line.. To John BlUabury, RKO agent, deservedly belongs much credit tor succeeding where' booking "scouw failed. He has made possible tli» Kedzle exi>erlment throM^h inter- esting an outsider, ISdward W.. Mo- naco, son of a prosperous Itali»° physician of Oak Park, suburb. Mo- naco is .flndnclngi; Blllsbury super- vising, Dick Hoffman booking. , No charitable leniency Is ne*"^ to give the first bill an enthuslastK okay. It -ivas an exceptionally verting and well blended show tiwi could play the Pnlace unch«nf» Frances Kennedy, former vauae , single, more recently nssocWiej with radio, acted as mlstress^l ceremonies. Her ability to 8PP«" In partloular to the women ano * knack for sentimentalizing wltnouj getting too sugary was Jiist wn«i the ceremonlar requirements oi inaugural bill on a new policy calieo Show opened with Howard delle and Bern Ice, wcll-dresseo. swiftly-winged, two girls and a i" low dancing turn recentiy « «» downtown Oriental for D«c","?,„is; Charles Brugge, supcr-mandolini" and acrobat, followed. Tiiirfl cam Billy 'Swede' Hall, with Miss I^^e" nedy giving the audience the huma"