Variety (Jan 1933)

40 VARlEfr Tuesday, January 24, 1933 Variety Bills NEXT WEEK (January 28) THIS WEEK (January 21) Numerals In oenn«otion with bilic below iniJ.cate opentng oa:v«t •how. whether, full or iplit week NEW YOBK CITT PaUM (2S> May Wynn Co Realtor Leon Brrol . Torke & King (Three to flII) (21) Catnpo Co .Muriel Window Vanesal Collette Lyons Joe & Pete Mlchon ' Ray Bolger R & De Ruyter Co Academy let half (28-31) 12 Aristocrats Manny King Co (Three to tUD 2d half (1-3) Brltt Wood (Others.to. nil) 2d half (26-27) N T O Rev ■ Collins Peterson BBOOKI.TN Albee (28) FelovlB ' Hops Wyse Aaronson F & L Vic Oliver Dahon A Rose 1st half (21-24) 4 Ortons Wilton Sis Harry J Conley Co Nell Kelly 4 Frankeiiberpfs KANSAS cm Malnstrcet (38) Bellly Kids B'd: «T Browne Rita Gray Chaplin Johnny Perkins J & M Mason (21) Detoregoes Al Verdi & T Welst & Stanton Fin D'Orsay WInir Wah Tr 'MILWAFKEK WlSCOBSlB (S8) Paul Ash Bd (21) 4 Pearls - Lee Port & I> Art Jarrett Co • "Hatry Bums Co . Thanlu to MABVJM BOHX»(CR HARRY SAVOY * OPENS ON ' JMW Clr««lt'Next-Week '1 . •■■ i'PliiwBd'br';;^-.;.-. UEDDY A SMITH At B Whlto Co Pomdlse (87) Monroe & Grant Valentine Vox A & F Lake Roscoe Arbuckle Llna Basquette Or State (27) Great Gretonos J & J McKenna A & M Havel Peter Hlfffflna Stuart & LAsh Buddy Rogers BBOOKL.TN ' Oates .Ave; 1st half (27-30) Leoha. Soyce Co Rdger Wllllants Terrell &. Fawcett Harry Howard RulE & Bonlta 2d half (31-2) Hal Sldalre Co Bert Rome Lubin Larry & A Medley. & Dupree Toung Kam Tr JIfelfopoUtaB iVt) Maximo Harry Savoy Boswell Sis Sailors Bnrico MadrJguera Valencia (87) Honey. Fam RelBS & Dunn Carol & Stuart Sid Marlon Co Betty Ja'na Cooper Jjathrop Bros Claire &.Gray. . Jlinmy- Savo- VaneBu:" ' ■ <■ . :■ :-. (21) ■ . «• Ajrrttoc/atB Jordan & WobdB ^ Ve*» Schwarta P WUI. Mahpney . . ' James Bvans Co . ■• AIAANTv ■■• :PaIa«e' , iBt half (28-31) . Johnny. Marvin - . Kayo ft Lenny-. ■ (Three to fill). 2d hklt -(I-8> ' . Oamberelll (Others ..to .fill)' 2d halt- C26-8T) Rdaltdr Joe Touns .Co • . JoB.B Howard Co . Billy Farfell Co. Beiiiiy Leohard Co BDIMON KeltK'a (8S) KlrkWhlte' & A Dbnovan "Sis & B • Win Mahbney Walter Powell Orcb (One to . fill) (21) • Paddy CUa Orch .3 Swifts Kitty -Doner Glenn '& -Jenkins Bronettes OHICAOO. ' Palace (88) Daws Sis & Xi King. Kink & K Fin D'Orsay Bob Murphy Babe Dldrlkson (21) B & R Goman I^ev Miles & Slegal Johnny Perkins Co Paul Ash Bd CINCINNATI Albee (88) B A -R Gohian Rev F'rsythe S'aht'h & F Pola Negri Jean Callaway Bd miNNKAPOEIS- -Orplievm ifSi} Batelie Taylor .;. R6SB <ft,.KdwatdB '■ /Tbree to flU) X (21) .Whoopee- NSWABK , --.l^>lave (88) : I Vespers . fIarmon'-£-Claxtoii Billy. House Co Benny KoBa RlmacB .Bd ■ " (21) ttnriy D<»lniar'r Rev .. NEW .OBLEANS — Sthte (88); Martin & Martin Will Aubrey Bather Ralston Wllla & Davis . DBVe Harris Co - (21) Gloria Led Co Herman Hyde Blla, Logtkn. , Dr Rockwell D&shlhgtons' Dogs OMAHA OMAAH Keith's 1st half (28-31) Detbregoes Al Verdi & T Welst & Stanton Rae Samuels Wing Wah Tr lat half (21-24) Klutlngs- Co King; King & K Wills &''DavlB ■ Pola N««rl. . Dave Harris Co PROVIDENCE ■ Keith's (88) - Bdler & Reed Co Harriett Hutchlrs Amaut Bros Solly Ward Co "iMster Cole Co (21) Rio Rita OFFICIAL DBI^TIST TO THE N. V. A. DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 1560 Bcbadwiair Thlt WL: ClBik & lloCaltMili; Hairy HtruMi Nell Kelly Oracle Setaen|£ Co (21) Klkuta Japs ' California Co Daphne Pollard Bob Murphy Dalton & Rose CLEVELAND Hippodrome (88) June Purlans Co Clyde Hager Miles & Stegal Barto & Mann Jean Calloway Bd (21) Diaz ds Powers F'rsythe S'am'n & F MItzl Green Art Frank Co White' & Manning . COLUMBUS Ohio (88) Gene & (31enn DALLAS Kelth'B (88) Olson & John'sOn OBAND BAPID9. Kelth'B iBt half (28-31) Howard Sadelle & B NaBh & Fately . TORONTO Hlppodnmie (27) 4 Frankenbergs Chaz Chase Tom Patrlcola Co Daphne Pollard 4 Orlons (2n Anderson & Allen Loma Worth Leon Brrol Billy Glason Glory Lee Co •tBOT Kelth'B 1st half (28-31) Billy Farrell Co GamberelU (Three to nil) .1st half (1-3) Ahdernon &•■ Allen Muriel Window Manny King Co Kaye & Lenny (One to All) 2d half (26-27) 4 Renards Gordon & Reed Werner, Henri Co Leon Janney Bernlce & Emily Mi]fr> TpBK cm Capliol (81) Marx Garden MIIIB Bros KUcben Plratea MaxeiloB Wfn Ijemarest Boulevard Jft half (27-30) Hal' Sldalre Co Beatrice Howell M * A Clark - : Stqart & JjAoh . . Tonriff Kam- Tr . 2d hBlf. (SI-2) Ithapsody lo-' Silk BALTIMORE Century (27) Max Co . Gold & Raye Edgar Bergen Co Belle Baker Starnes & Kover Co CLEVELAND State (87) Mady Co Sheila Barrett Joe Morris Co Bill Robinson Gracella & T'dore JERSET CITT Loew'a (87) Rector & Doreen Andre Renard Bob Hope D & B Barstow MONTREAL Loew'B (87) Fuller Bros & Sis Worth A Wyle Art Frank Chas King Carl Freed Co NEWABK State. (87) Janet May Zlngone CUftord & Marlon Neville Fleeson CO WASHINGTON Fox (27) 3 St John' Bros PlUard A Hllller ' ,Lowe Burnoft et VI Georgle Price A Friedland Re7 -EUZAIUBTH 'iiitB- .' - 1st half (27-30) Irend YermllUOn Thomais ■ 6 •' • ■ ■— (Two to;HID' let; bait :(20-23) 3 ,Rlxtbcds BUI St Henir - Bdgbr. Bergen' Co ' Gordan Klr^ie :ft M Al. B White Co . 2d half (2'4-26) ' Talent & Merit Helen Kane Hlers & Pollard Kitchen Pirates PHILADELPHIA '. Earle (87) <;arroll'B Vanities (20) PIcard & Seal Reynolds «l. White -Boswell -SIB Hal Shcrindp Sylvia & Clemence' • tVASHINOTON . ' Earle (27) 'DeWoIt Metcalt ft F Reynolds & White Radio Rogues Helen Kane ■ . (20) Harr^ 2 & L Bddle Oarr Barry &-Whltledge 8 X Sis Picture Theatres NEW 'YORK OITT ParamooBt (80) Kate Smith Nate BrUBlloS . C & J Prelsser Jack Miller Cookie Bowers ' 'Tonight Is Ours* BKO Box7 (20) Borrah MInevltch - Veloz & Tolanda Garcia Bd 'Hot Pepper' Boxy (20) C'therlne LIttlefleld Nicholas Daks Leon Llvoft Al Stobbl Mary. Miles ' Delivery Boys 'Air Hostess' BBOOKLTM Paiamoaat (80) Leo Carrlllo lea Kremer Railllo Rogues 'Tonight Is Ours' ' BALTIMOBlE HlppodrOme (20) Milton Berte Carroll Vanities 'Goldle Geta Along' . BOSTON Metropolitan (20) Don Redman .Bd 'Tonight Is Ours' PHILADELPHIA Kelth'B (80) Frankte Richardson Watson & Cohen 'Unwritten Law' NEW TOBK QTT FanchoQ & Harco Kay i& Sayre Herbert. Faye Co Billy Hallen RenoS Renor & B Orqhealn Ut halt (27-30) Rhapsody In Silk Kay & Sayre. Medley & Dupree RenofC Renora £ B (Orie t9 nil) . 2d half (31-2) Taketa Bros. & Sis Tito C<iral CO' Fred Ardath Co Terrell &- Fawcett NEW TOBK cinr BKO Boxy (87) Ted.. Lewis Dixie 4 Snowball Whlttler High. Hat Co Bather Pressman Doris 'Deane Mildred. Gaye . High Hat Bd BOSTON MetropoUtan (87) Shanghai Long Tack Sam M-N & M-S Long Bellet & Lamb Bam Lohk Pan & Chang Manchu 3 BBIDOfiPOBT Poll (27) 'Sweet Se Lovely* Blanche Sweet Stroud 2 Chamberlln & H Loo Lorraine Al Rlnker Catchalots Sunklst Bns BUFFALO Boffalo (87) 'Joy Bells' King Bros & Cully Stetson- Nad'lne Gae Tommy Atkins Co Ann Roberts Sunklst Bns DETBOIT Vox (87) 'Sally' Mary Baton Jack Waldron T Roy Barnes Hal young Miss Harriett George Guhl Ilarry Stafford Leta Bliss Jack DUily Jack Egan HAllTFORD Capitol (27) 'Follow Thru' Joe Penner Olive Olsen Mao Harris Eddie Tamblyn Helen Wright Franklyn Farnum Madeline Sheffield Bill HalUgan Jerry Ross Allta Duncan Dee Loretta Earl Maestro HOLLmVOOD Pantages (10) 'Varieties of 1933' Benny Rubin Ray Conlln Kellar Sis Ashford & Brown Dorothy & Vina California 6 LOS ANGELES Loew'B State (10) 'Rookies' Nina Olivette Stone & Lee McCann Sis Cat Norrls Doughboy Ens NEW OBLEANS State <87) 'Movie circus' Monte Blue Monroe Bros Ohio Kennedf Kirk ft Lawrence Freethy Ens OAKLAND Orpbeam <20) •L Ceballos' Follies' Buster Shaver Olive & George Jed Dooley Co " Candreva Bros PHOENIX Fox (87) "Hearts of B'way' Vera. Gordon Sidney Page Lambertl Topsy McMann Peggy Earl Max Lerner Myrtle Lyman Torney- Ens J^OBTLAND Broadway (10) 'Joy Bells' Nadlne Gae Tommy Atkins Co King Bros ft Cully Stetson Ann Roberts BAN ANTONIO Empire (87) 'Bombay' Flo Lewis Leo Karlyn O'Connor Fam Gaylenne Bis Pasquall Bros Bombay Snkst Bns SAN FBANCISCP Warfleld (20) 'C Poy'B Bughouse' Charlie Foy Maxine Lewis Arthur Ward Balalaika 6 Flaschette Tudy Virginia Peck La Verne SPRINOFIELif PoU (87) 'Irene' Kathryn Crawford Bobby Watson George Dobbs Walter Regan George Ball Buddy Karsen George Fox Sydney Reynolds Anolyn Arden Ruth Fay Betty Farrlngton Dorothy La Marr Wanda Allen Karsen & Gretel ST. LOUIS Fox (87) 'Anniversary Show Sheehan & Patstoh Buck ft Bubbles ' American Belfords Gomez ft Winona Qucenle Smith Sunklst Ens TORONTO Imperial (87) 'Spotlights' Charlie Melson Mlas Irmanette 3 Bredwlns Chalmers Ens VANCOUVER Orphenm (10) 'Big Top* Jack Sidney Adele Nelson Flo Mayo Harrison's Co Bee Hee ft R Dolly Kramer WORCE9TEB Poll (87) 'Hands Up' ■ Ted Claire. Peg Leg Bates Ben Dbva Sunklst Bns DUtmore Hotel Paul Whlteman Or Jane Vance Red McKenzle Peggy- Healy Irene Taylor Jack Fulton Jr RamonA Central P'b Casino Morton Downey. . Bddy Duchin Orch dab .Mayfair Millard ft Anita Oac&r Davis Margie Landy Madlyn Moore Beth Cannon Lee Al Crawford Orch i Mayfair Beauties Coanle'a Inn - Cora Green Bobby-Bvana JazsllpB Richardson p ft B UeereB ' Emma Smith- Bessie Dudley Mlllan Cowan Red ft -Struggle .- SlnimB ft .BQ.wle, LouIbIi Co01I-' .Wlllle Jackson Lucky Seven .9 Cotton..Club Alda.yrard' Henri Vessel Swan ft Lee Anise Boyer Roy-Atklna Peaches ft .Duke' Brown ft McGraw . Nltiholae BrOa Leitha. HUl Cab Calloway Orch. CInb Wlchmnn Jack Osterman Rlchman .Rev. Jerry Freem&n Or Arthur Brown C ft C Herbert Fra.ncla Faye El Ctiico'B Duran ft Moreno Lorenzo Herrera EI Flamengo Al Valencia Orcb Bl Flamenclto Nina & Moreno Marqulta Florea Ig^aclo RufBno Marta de lai .Torre Accordion Luis EI Patio Beatrice Llllte - Fontana ft Coles lender ft Farrell Henry King Or' BntbasBy Club Ernie Hoist- Orth Vllma ft B.Bbsen Sheila Barrett ' Oypey'TraD Baroness Bczsl Louis Hegedush Ethel Pastor Kokosch Gypsy Or H'lyw'd B'etanrant Fowler ft Tamara Collette 81b Frank Hazzard Blanche Bow 4 Cllmas Marquerite ft Leroy Theo Phane Barbara Blane Jean Muna Ahl Vercell ft Slnnott Gladys Leslie Iris Adrian Marian Martin Isham Jpnes Qrch HoM LexlDfton Don .Bestor Orch Miurfolr Tacht Clnb Rosa ft Sargent Me'yer Davia Orch Hotel Montclnir Charley Eckels' Or Nat Clnb Jack White Jerry Bergen Lulu Bates B.rooke- Adams Bill Spencer Blanche> Latell Dorothy' Maxine Al Barker Jimmy Murphy 3 Blake Sis Lew Dolgoff 'Joe Hayma'B Orch ParndlBo N T' O Rev Cantor's Beauts ' Abe . .Lyman Orch. PanunOnnt Grill Bddle Jackson Harriett Hllllard ■ • Otzle Nelson Orch Viatk Cheatral Hote^ RUBB'.COlnmbo Orch Ha'nnah WlIllamB nsce Plgalle '. Peggy, de -Albrew Velbz ft Tolanda H Madreguera Orch p Alberto Tangolsts Roiei Pennsylvania Ted, Weems' Orch Booaevelt Hotel Guy .Lomlbardo Or BOBSlan Arta Joe Morants -Orch Renee.'ft Laura NIckolas Hadarlcb Barra, Blrs ' Mjsha Usanotf St. BeglB Hotel Anson Weeks Orch Small'B Paradise 'Black Rhythm' R Nyra. Johnson Heers. ft Norton 3 Speed Demons Geo Walker Wm Spellman S Palmer Bros May Alex Mabel Scott Roy White Dorothy Turner CbkB Jobnson Orch Taft GriU Geo Hall Orch The Cearda Karoly Bencze Zslga Bela Mme Ilona deThury Karoly Nyaray Village Bam Brook Adams Val. Vestoft Floria VestoR Eddie Ray Nina Laughlln Joe Furst's Orch Waldorf-Astoria Jack Denny Orch CHIGAGH) Blaokbawk Rose ft Ray Lyte Deane Janis Hal Kemp Orch Ches Paree Sophie Tucker Ted Shapiro Ross McLean Stanley Twins Ben Omar 3 Rodlons - Mildred Tolle Edith Griffith Ben Pollack Orch Frolic's Te^ Gulnan Co Austin Nack Orch Paramonnt Anita LaPIerre Billy Carr Peggy Hoore Mary Neville Playgronnd Masked Countess Bddle Clifford Vaughn Sis Carl Lorraine Orch Vanity Fair CllfC WInehlll PhyllB Ray Edna Mae Morris Patsy ft Mickey Chas Starlght Orch Via Logo Jackie Hamlin Todd Sis Paula Tymes Wlkl Bird Al Handler Bd WIntergarden Helen Morgan Aber Twins Gloria Grafton Cherle ft Tomaslta Fawn ft Jordon . M Peterson Girls Frankte Masters 100 Clnb LaMlgnon Johanna Nagle Jimmy, Noone Orch WHEEIINO'S VATTDFILBIEB Wheeliog, W. Va., Jan. 23. Capitol, largest here, has gone vaudfllm after a long period of straight pictures. Bills are twice weekly, to 40c top. Linder'a Port Chester, N. Y., Indie Jacik lilnder started booking the Embassy, Port dhester, N. T, Thursday (19). This Rogo}tKsky -Bros, house wUl play units flrst baU^ five acts last lUCO.ROXY (Continued from page 13) which sends everything to all parts ot the house with clarity, seemed to have, at least one . drawback at the show caught. When ,th.e MInevltch boys weren't making Onougb raipket, an electric buzz that sounded like <i. radio's AC 'hum' echoed through the auditorium. .Especially slgnlflcaht was the way the Tlddlsh talk bit by the brand's colored boy laid an egg. Rattled by all the castenet clicking up--ah«ad, the customers might-have thought he was speaking Spanish, if, they thought at all. They just didn't get. it, except for a scattered few who laughed here and there. Over on Broadway that same simple piece of surprise- business has.always been surcrflre for a howl. There's only one block between Broadway and- Slxth, but a block that can't be measured by yai^dage. The soap-bubbie fountain effect Is gained through use of the stage turntable. Ballet in sightly silver costumes d6 a Waltz minus a. bal- lerina, Ga,mbatelli being ofC this show. Veloz and Tolanda's closing dance is good enougli to. top oft. Another number by the teaim Would come in handy further doWn. An 'A^esop Fable', cartoon,-tmiler plugging: the Music . Hall, and. Uni- versal news are on the screen With the' featuroi picture, 'Hot Peppe.r' (Fox). Thei short subjects, run in. succession, followed by an overture which falls just :under the stage show. Pit orchestra plays a medley concluded by "Valencia,' which plianta the Spanish idea.. .No pro- grams and no billing or ,anii6un(:e- ments for the conductor or anyone else Inside the theatre. MInevJtch. and Veloz and Yolanda have their nanies up outside. Btisihejes pretty good here for the last Firiday . night pet'formaiice, while at the same hour (9 p. m.) the 6,000-seater Music lEIall up the street Wais'jammed and bvefflowing. Bige, MICHIGAN Detroit; Jan. 21. Titled 'Tin Types' with York and King this' week's show is one of the' good ones. A lot of entertainment, depending in the main on Tt & K. Other talent includes Boyd Senter and Hal Menkln, adde^ locally. In addition the.'Village Choir'. Is . used in the two production numbers. The "Village Choir* is Just a nani'e, .the group being a local one without im* portance.- • York and King, in addition to their clowning, are usln^ two new scenes. One is a reproduction of the old-time vaude house with'Rose Xing' in full length tights and with the husband and Coley Worth in a box on the stage. Played broad, it starts the proceedings off in the right vein.. Second scene used by Y&K Is the sleigh with the rubber horse that collapses for a belly laugh. Third is the ballroom with Miss King doing some trick vocals with her whistle working okay. Production numbers lend them- selves to the scheme of things. Act was in town for a week before opening and able to get a produc- tion built around them that sets It all off nicely. For the opening the familiar family album page' blown up with the heads of the 'Village Choir''singers stuck in singing old- time tunes. Girls dressed in the old tin types manner into a cute routine and then the opening Y&K scene. For a middle number prior to the |elgh scene a nice production Is lit up of 'It's Winter Again' with Ith Drake doing the vocals, as sl^d by the choir. Miss Drake maK|es a very nice looking snow- maiden and with a pleasing voice does okay. Boyd Senter hasn't played this house for over a year, and had no trouble getting over. Hal Menkln using a novel set of stairs, drums and Chinese bells does a neat rou- tine and tops it with a nice piece on the midget steps and okay. For an overture Loii Forbes, In his last week at this house, uses 'Symphonic Gems' and 'Tiger Rag.' Both for standout effects. The 'Rag,' while plenty hackneyed as done here, with Abe Lincoln hitting for home on that trombone got a reception. Merle Clark uses 'Show boat' for his solo this week, and more on the concert effect with Harold -Stanton and Miss Drake singing the vocals. Stanton sings the vocals on 'Old Man River' for the finale and for some reason Is left In the dark, al though in the previous number with Miss Drake he gets a spot behind the scrim. And for the finale other singers are not given a bow. Picture, 'Frisco Jenny' (WB). and business mild. Lee. M. C'S SWAP San Francisco, Jan. 23. Fox.-West Coast has swapped di recting Jobs of Walt RoesKer a..d Jay .Brower, former coming into Warfleld from Orpheum, Oakland, with Brower replacing. Paramount, New Haven ^ New Haven, Jan. 19, • It won't be ^long now. One more week of units, then the films wlii have this house all'to themselves Everything goes out. includlhij units, concert orch, and organ. ° There may have been some doubt in the minds of Paramount execs as to whether ;they should cling to the stage fare. As a matter of fact 'Desert Song,' this week's unit was brought In somewhat as a .final ex. periment after ah ^original folding date was set for. the week previous. If the object was to find out public reaction definitely, they found out. The week's gross of |7,400 meant crimson figure of ..about $5,000, and this is a whole lot to. stand, on top , of a previous successon of weeks that -had the adding machine ciphers . working overtime. Unit alone cost house $4,850, 'wjnlch was a big bite; but management was determined to get reaction on a class production. That reaction was so negative it left no room for doubt When a town- gives 'Kid Prom Spain' |14,Q0d in. a normally $6,000 house and 'Strange Interlude' |13,. 000 in a house with an average seven grand take (both in houses opposlsh to -Par) and then follows those figures up with $7,400 for Par's 'Desert Song* tab, there can be only one answer. Whether or liot locals want any stage shows at all .'remains to. be. seen, ^hubert opened burlesque last night (.23). Failure of units locally can npt be ascribed to pbbr quality of stage fare as some excellent shows have passed through here recently, with current 'Desert Song' no exceptlqn. Probably the mqst ambitious thing evier attempted' by this house; but it didn't draw. Unit gets under way with trailer of cast which d.oesn't mean a thing, first because it can't be read on traveler instead of screen and sec- ond, it's-toQ long to, remember even if it could be read. Principals in- clude Perry Askain,! Elvira. Tanzl; Nbnhette Vallbh.^ -iBarl Ask&'m,' John Merkyl, Rbbert McCoy,; Chas.- Boyle; John Wagner, Sylvia .. Shbre a^d Kenneth Rawley, a number of whom previously appeared in legit comipaiues of the showl Following ah''6V6rture, show goea into 'Rife Song* sh<irtly and putq over male chorus with a wallop early in thei presentation. Girls get an opportunity to shine in some bn-. semble numbera'that require voicei^ as well as ninible limbs. Soldier formations of boys and girls ovei' big, as Was a'tap routine by girls in French Uniforms. A native danc- ing scene drew, a nice hand. Perry Askam's personality and voice well suited . tb, leading role,' equally good In solos and. his duets with Tanzl. Other male voices to. register were Earl Askam.and Rob- ert McCoy. Nennette Vallon gets plenty histrionics but of native girl role , and adds a dance that stands out.. Cast as a whole fits. Unit runs straight through with no encores, and nothing resembling an interraisslbn. Only break is fur- nished by male chorus who do yeo- man duty to cover up sceii^ shift- ing. Show Is nicely costumed and carries several effective sets. Pror duced mainly with musical angle In mind, with emphasis on male chorus, comedy suffers for want of sufllclent time to deliver ^properly. Chas: Boyle and a cute trick named Sylvia Shore handle the laughs as well as could be expected under the handicap of being rushed through their business. Whole show sticks pretty close to original score of production and never misses a chance to register with the Romberg tunes. Musical numbers are . nicely spaced and unit swings along at a clip that leaves no dull moments. -Runs about 80 minutes. News, sport short, organ solo and 'Billion Dollar Scandal' (Par) on screen. Bone. CHICAGO Chicago, Jan. 21. Ben Bernle and all the lads hold forth currently under a last minute booking, caused by a. date mlxup at B&K. Bernle Is considered a far stronger personality In a box office sense than he was on his last Chi- cago theatre appearance a couple of years ago. That radio broadcasting has put hlra among' the national heroes somewhere between Babe Ruth and a good five-cent cigar. Answering Beeandkay's S.O.S. wasn't so difficult at a moment's notice as it would perhaps otherwise have been, as Bernle played the Palace only a month ago and that gave him the framework for his turn. It Introduces his more or less well-known coadjutors, such as Manny Trager, Pat Kennedy, Jackie Heller,' etc., whose specialties pro- vided the punch as Bernle 'yowslred the laughs with his patter. Band got across easily In per- formance, but what was probably more Interesting both to B&K and to Bernle was the fact that busi- ness was promising a nice gross at the final count-up. Bernle was the whole show, plus the attractive Stanley Sisters. Vincent Lopez didn't participate this week due to the house wanting a classical over- ture to contrast with Bernle on the stage. In consequence MarccUI, B&K old-timer, was at the baton. 'Tonight Is Ours' (Par) on the screen. Lund,