Variety (May 1932)

VARIETY NIC W T C U B S Tue8"4ay^ May 3l\ 1932' Night Club Reviews FROLICS, L. A. Cutver City, MilV 2C. Inspired by the success he at- tained with the Frolics during a short' period of operation, Jack Lewis, fleyrlng the gold rush days are comlner back to California ,with the Olympic Games, has moved .his plant under" the skies to handle some 1.250 people. Place is laid out similar to the in- terior,, witii tibles arrftiiged in tiers and dance space in center. Uniisiii- ally large floor and length and breadth of' entire establishment give it sort of hlppbdrocie touch. Has a sliding canvas roof for the cold nights, and is also heated. It will have to play to almost capacity every night to let the djperators get over the finishing tape. • Irving. Aaronson aiid hla Com- manders are the ban^ attraction, with the, output $21500, which is around $1,000 less than the aggrega- tion got two years ago when they created a local ,iurore at the Roose- velt iibtel. \ Baliance of the show, Including a Marimba band, is easily another $2,600^ which makes it the heaviest output; for entertainment at any of the night resorts. Seems to be a mistake in throw- ing so much audible talent at the customers here as was on opening show. With the blue, sky dome, voices, even though mikes are used, do not penetrate properly through the large place. , The Aaronsoii band getting in oh the opening day had little ch^ince toT rfehearsai with rest of local floor show. Having the open air to com- bat, it was rather a diflioult task to penetrate with sound and get thie same eiffect an enclosed room gives. Sweet music went oyer welt b-it the hot stuff they emitted, did riot quite, reach. Naturally not being ■ accustomed to the place it would be unfair to judge the unit by the opening night. ,. The vocal trio, which was also sureflre on the floor always, failed to rouse the auditors ' to the. extent of taking their chins from their elbows. Red Stanley, always oke here with his. dancing, had the mob for him all through Music Quide IRVIMG BERLIN, lie "LVLLADT OF THE LEAVES" "GOBH BARM" "IN Ml HIDEAWAT" «WHX CANT THIS OO ON ' rOREVEB?" .I>nie to p6plilar demand' w« haV« lifted ' all restrictions from, and now releaso - , VLet's Have Aiother Gup of Coffee" Sonr Hit Of "FACE THE MUSIC" 1607 Broadway. New York "I've Got the Words—I've Got the Tone , HUUMIN' TO HTSEIF" "HELLO, SWEETHEAKT, HELLO" "TOU'BE THE ONE (Yon, Ueautlfnl Bon-pt-a-Gun)" "EVERTTIME HT HEART BEATS" "STOP THE SDN, STOP THE MOON My Man's Gone" "WHEN XOU'R OETTIN' ALONG : WITH YOUB OAL" DeSYLVA, BROWN & HENDERSON, Inc. 74S-7th Ay«-> New York •tAOtO,DANCK\^/TALMIC MTt- V LI6HTS OF PARIS " "LAFFINVAT THE FUNNIES" " UNDERNEATH THE SUMMER MOON " PROFESSIONAL OFFICES 158-160 West 45th St., New York ,(Cleveland—ChlcaK»—Los AoKfles) "TWO LOVES" "MARDI-GRAS" "DRUMS IN MY HEART" MILLER MUSIC Jnc. at West 4«th Street. New York City his endeavors. They also, a. armed to Phil Saxe, who is the band m. c. ■ Leading the" floor show were Jack Holland and June Knight. Latter not to bie; confused with the girl lii current 'Hot Cha' in New, York. Present one wais Holland's partner 10 years ago,; and only returned to work after recent death of her hus- band. Team knb .1 to the regu- lars and got big greeting coming on and off. Their floor routine Is smartest seen hereabouts in inahy a day. And if Holland would' trek east that $400 a week the couple get here could be increased; ' Christine Marsten, wife of Aaroti- soh, came next in the laurel .line with her rhumba gyrations. She gave it to, them hot and plentiful, creating quite a sensation, ,: Line girls,. snappy and, most youthful in appearance, opened many a;n eye. Routine of three numbers staged by , Moe. ;Mortoh clicked in great fashion, Showing the girl^ a little more would do no harm, as the males out here love to view it. Ben Blue, for some reason or other, in for' opening week. His chatter and tricks drew an omelet, as did his clowning efforts in trying' to get the ■ celebs out to dp their stult.. Jimmie Durante finally was compelled to tickle the -Ivories and vocalize a. number. Got the ovation of the night. Marimba band is . a questionable booking, as L. A. has been getting that' type of music in all the night spots.' Place is not immune to the night dew that collects all over. Opening night it made things pretty slippery for those who tread it after mid- night. ; • Starter ^was $6 a head, including, eats. Regular nights arid with about 800 desirable seats in the place it looks as though Saturday and Siinday virill have to carry the week's overhead. If the management, figures the Olympic crowd as their, ace in the hole , there is a chance to pay for this addition to the place. But If they must rely upon the locals it Is likely to turn out anothet story. Call. PARK CENTRAL ROOF (Noble Sissle Band) , . New York, May 20; Hotel Park Central got the jump on the local summer roof garden season -by opening first, moving Noble Sissle's orchestra from the Florentine grill to the, 26th story terrace restaurant , which has the advantage of an enclosure and re- movable air, passageways. This served the hotel in good stead, for the opening, which happened to fall oh ^ . cool . night iand- which probably accounted for the light premiere trade. The Sissle orchestra is the dance feature as before. The P. C. is smart in retaining the aggregation, which it has taken so much pains to baHyhoo. Furthermore, the idea of a colored dance aggregation in a midtown ho.tel is in itself some what of a novelty. It gives the P. C; an economic distinction whereas, it might other- Tvlse go overboard on the dance music investment with isome other name band' - Sissle' pan furthet be exploited for his past performances at the smart Giro's in Paris arid on the Riviera. Interspersing the dance session, Lee Barton Evans, Negro song de- lineator, is a nice'enough interlude. He did three numbers, opening with 'Or Man River,' and registered all the way. • No couyert for dinner; $1 after 10 p.m. and $2 on Saturdays. Abel. Jiist for a Change Just as a novelty. Jack Os- terman received, payment from John Steinberg for m. c'ing the opening and week-end proceed- in^a at Pavilion Royale, the Merrick roadhotisc; Onterman laid , off at tw«y-- roadhoiise openings. last week —Isham Jones' Pelliam Heath Inn and Ozzie'; Nelson's Glen Island Casino premieres—be- cause they called up arid wanted to pay him oft in food and min- eral water. They got him, how- ever, for the Hotel Pierre's pp;ening, but, s^z Jaice th6 Oys- terman, it wais a iiigh-class deadhead date. ' prominence of late with Walter 'W^incheli's Lucky Strike programs, the swank hostelry for the first time ha^ a personality bandl Here- tofore it was one of those conserva- tive string combos, camouflaged be- hind tHe palms. With Moss, whose prominence In the past has been along other chan- nels, the Pierre has a, draw possi- bility. Moss is the debutalntes' fa- vorite irialestro. For long he and his Meyer Davis orchestras have ofB- ciated at most of the important coming-out and wedding galas of the society bunch. Hence his spot- ting into th<e Pierre is a natural to draw thait younger set which still has ari abhorrence for anything West of 6th, in addition to which Moss- should draw a few livp ones Into the Pierre. This hotel hasn't been ex- empt from the general dearth of cash customers. Roof restaurant is one of the prettiest summer dining rooms In New York. It evidences good taste in every degree. > It ^has been scaled seemingly for popular appeal with a |3 club din- ner ahd only |1 couvert after 10. Drink mixers are 60c the bottle. Any stay-overs from dinner past the 10. p. m. barrier exempts the bouvert charge, evidencing the hotel figures primarily on the heaVy dinner draw. Abel. Iceland Went for $3,000 A Week as. Dansant Iceland, New York, which , closed ia, couple weeks ago after a costly attempt at, depression-price ball- room admission of 60c. without hostesses, miy ti-y again as an ice palace only. The dance angle for Iceland is reported as hiaylng proved one of the most costly of its kind- On top of a $660,000 niortgage against the place, the owners went for around $3,000 a week after paying $12,000 to install the dance floor. The at- tempt endured for ,10 yreeks. Hal Lee of Wall street, one of the directors of the Iceland corpo-. -ration, brought up his brother, Rob- ert E. Lee, and his orchestra of 13 when the dancing was put into the place. PAVILLON ROYAL (Merrick Road) Valley Stream, L. I., May 28. John Steinberg's Pavilion has been a consistent money maker and this season should.not be different. , Smith Ballew arid his orchestra, a w. k. Criew of society niusikers and with a riilld radio rep, is set for the summer, or until Aug. 1 at least when there might be a switch. Bal- lew has a pleasing style of instrur- mentation and with the WABC wire, which is forthcoming this week, should prove a drav. iPaviUori can accommodate 2,000, 1,600 in the garden and 600 under the roof. There's no couvert but a minimum check of $2 per person. ' Marque and Marquette, dance: te,ani, are featured on the floor. Coriple are expert society dancers. Oi)enlng night Friday (27) saw th(B usual quota of uncomplaining music publishers, with Jack Oster- man m. c'ing. Tex Gulnan's Casa, down the road a few miles at LVnv brook, staged a preview opening the same night but the Pavilion did its share of business. HOTEL PIERRE New York, May 26. The chic Pierre has its roof gar den perched atop th6 41st floor overlooking Central Park at 61st street. In Joe Moss, who came into Circus Floor Show George Olsen's orchestra goes in- to the Hollywood Gardens, Pelham, June 10. Engagement. Is for three morithd. . , Instead of the usual floor show. Gardens will this season feature a small three ring circus. A ferris wheel and merry-go-round will also be fixed up on the grounds outside, with novelty the aim. Tex's /Racket Dears' Although Texas Gulnan's cash opening of her La Casa Guinan roadhouse at Valley Stream, L. I., occurred Saturday (28) night, she staged a preview preniiere in the Hollywood manner on Friday for irivited guests, with everything on the house. This not, only took in the newspaper biinch, i>ut the sho^' riiob. , Many came over from the At- lantic Beach club's opening the same night sind the same crowd corivmuted between John Steinberg's opening of his Pavillion Royal at Lynbrook, also on the Merrick road. ■Tex Is ballyhooing her little girls as the 'racket dears.' LA GUINAN'S FIND Paris, May 21. ■ Texas Gulnan's life during her stay in Paris was entirely devoid of any publicity, thus countering the adverse effect of her previous mis- adveritiire. On the last day of her stay ;there was a cocktail party at the Boeuf Sur Le Toit, where she drank nothing but coffee. It was during this party that she riiade arrangements for Lily. Gulttenu, a colored dancer, currently at the Royal, to accompany her to New York and Introduce there the ne\v dance. La Guinoin said she Expects to wdrlc in Paris next, winter. € H ATTE NewHayen By H. M. Bonft M. c.'s extinct locally. ' Par staff takes a shore dottage. Looks nice Shubert. seasonal fad- ing. • Mac McKerriiesB acquires reducing belt. •, ,^. ^ ■ . Ackhowledging Dolores Farris photo. . Ringllng-B. & , B.- circUs here June 17. Freddy, Scovllle spent four years as a gob. ' Billy Elder ba<ck on deck ajt the College." ' Gene Curtis In and hopped back to Montreal. -. - ; Tony golf clubs plugging for new riiembers. Mrs. Henry Busse to Minnesota ifor summer. Soori time for summer stock spots throughout .state. ■ 4 Par gang' would llke^to hear from Kearney Walton. Roger Sherman gang misses doft- spoken Tom B^own. Locals got ' thrill from 'Huddle' scenes filmed at Yale. . " Walter L; Main, circus here' at lowest top (76c) ever. Eddie Hill ha:s a prize collection of autographed photos. One nabe gives free gas, arid oil to patrons one nite wefekly. Bing Crosby crashed sports page in poise with Albie Booth. Tom Fitzsimmons is counseling stagehands in local strike. Tony Acquarulo breaks but'white flannels foir that N. Y. trip. Rosa Ponselle returns-to Y. apartment from local hosp. Par boys cleaned up so much on first dance will run another. Myrtle Beach concessionaires win right to run gaming wheels. After four shows daily, Pa.tsy Marr ;3pend^ Sundays practicing. Spencer hotel housing almost Us many layoffs as playing troupers. Civic Opera Comiclue organized, herie to .pfoduce opiera at pop prices. Tuesday nltes BijQ}i offers fans everything but the manager's shirt. Arthur. Benllne's old Fox chair now occupied by two other fellows. When trickier stripied pants are worn, Harry Cohen will wear them. Buster Lomax works for Harry Arthur between trips to Commercial garage. Harvey Cocks bums up if you say you never heard of his naval boxing exploits. Louisville By M. W, Hall Westcbester By Al Crawford Mt. Vernon bans sidewalk baUv- noos. : ■ , • Jackie Cooper visitor at Yonkera home of W. A. Orr. east M-G-M ren! Crooner Will Osborne arid ^ saxateers booked at Playland for l4 weeks. . ■ • ■• •:. , Met opera CO. to give seven nerl ' formances-at County Center season. • - Tuckahoe pretty well arldlzed when . Feds closed six spieaks and roadhouses in one night Wedding In lion's cage feature of White Plains Elks' circus. Albert Bi-ass and Dorothy Tucker mada one. W. T. Leon and W. K, Heyriian. New Rophellei county, bridge champs in tourney by Macy newspaper :ChaIn. ,W. R. Nlgley, banquet manageu of Astor hotel. New York, ordered to pay wife, Ariielia L., Nlgley. Mt. Vernon, $100 weekly, and $1,200 counsel £e6 pending divorce action. News of the Dailies (Continued from page 42) and the mortgage holders, bought' the property; . - After the Dawson Variety Playerk -ti-avelirig stock, were booked for a one-week stand at Hinckley, Minn., the city, council rejected the troupe's application for a perriiit Claim was money would be taken out of tho town where home talent should Be patronized instead. Lou Breese, stage band leader of the Minnesota, Minn., obtained a license to marry Capitola Howe in his home town. Omaha theatre men are protest^ Irig the operation of carnivals there this summer. , Complaint has been lodged with the city that permitting traveling prganizations' at this tlriie would be poor econonrtlcs. . Heavy cloudburst breaking over Warren,, O., struck the Hagenbacfc- , Wallace circus tents threatening ' serious damage. Animals became unruly for a while but finally quieted. Omaha fire prevention force is dramatizing . a fire over station WOW every week. ; Martin Moore, "Times' news staff, adds girl to family. Credo Harris' play, 'ElevatPr Door,' to be produced. Harry Dlekman carrying on at Madrid foiir nights week. Marion Green, drammer-dammer on 'Times,' gave show of her own at Arts Club. Jack Bigelow and Musical Misses open Fontaine Ferry Park. Al Gor- man's band in dance hall. Lester Vail, new leading man at National Stock, deserts pictures to come to Louisville. Arrived by air- plane. Harry J. Martin, Nat'l mgr., gave Week of be-.eflt performances for two slain policemen. Forty local players in cast, including Hugh Sutton in lead. .V H-P boys given pep talk by Pub- lisher John M. Gallagher, who thinks things are beginning to look brighter, a-nd may give gang lift back toward regular salaries, Sixtieen orchestras, about all tal- ent, in city, celebrated 'Living Mu- sic' Day by playing in downtown stores last Wednesday. Stunt ar- ranged in co-operation with 'Times- C-J.' Indianapolis By Gene Haynes. ; Night baseball pulled. 10,000 at opening. Keith's theatre, home of Berkell's stock; starts summer season. Ohio, Skouras-Publlx, again dark after week of 'Grand Hotel.' Ted Nichols, Skouras-Publlx p. a., has gone in for golf and Swimming. Walter Shead has new weekly publication, 'Democrat.' A broth r of I^rry Shead. , More money cuts in newspaper offices. 'Times' and 'News' the latest to drop "wages. - , Reports still out Iftiat either Farf- chon & Marco units or local stage outfit will go into Circle. ^International Speedway race left the town in a mess. Patrons ate, slept and drank on streets. Municipal swimming .pools being renovated for summer. Have some of the most elaborate In country, B. V. Sturdlvant Avent to Cincy and personally selected .the WLW gtage show for Indiana. Has 4C performers. Abbreviated bathing suits for femmes has been okayed in Chi in a test case before Judge Frederick Elliott., Charge was a violation of an old ordinance, going back to the bloomer days. Alimony Club in Chicago, once a popular institution behind the bars, is dwindling. • Now has but eight members. Judge, Sabath is respon- sible for the decline. James Stanley Joy.ce; once the husband of Peggy Hopkins Joyce, won a $1,500 suit brought against him in Chicago by a New -"York clothing company. Asking $75,000 damages, Dorothy Guy, Chi beauty contest winner. Is suing in superior court for injuries sustained in a motor accident last February. Robert Holton, believed to be an orchestra manager, Is being sought by police : on complaint of having, defrauded three students in Peoria; 111., of $100 apiece.' Holtpn is said to have promised the boys jobs. , CBS c^'*"- otO Bob B i^ffoj Mr New Son» "HAVING A GOOD TIME, VVISH YOU WERE HERE" Goes for Yoa . From Me In CaUfomla , , AL DUBIN