Variety (Oct 1933)

48 VARIETY VAUIIE VILX E Tuesday, October 31, 1933 LEE. PORT and MILES Comedy, Danci 17 Mins.; One Academy» N. Yi The first mistake this act makes, as Indicated when canght here Sat- urday afternoon, Is to try to do a whole show Itself, or close to It. Considering what the trio shows in the way of comedy and dancing, moist of it comiilementary to clown- Inir.- 17 minutes'^ riinnlne time is twice too much. It used. to, be Lee. Port and Dotty.. TrJo includes a team of lads in sailor togs and a girl ^ho serves, for some clownery and .wisecracking- until glyeh an opportunity at clos6 to try an acrobatic specialty. The number is well and smoothly done but. comes a little late In. the shape of an encore after, the act has been oh long enough to begin to get tire- some.. One of the boys displays pretty good ability as a dancer .and in fomte. respects is laugh-worthy on c^medyi, but act as staHda contains so much chaff its. good points are virtually burled.. Spotted ~No. Chan CHARLOTTE JOHNNY ARREN»">BRODERICK Week Odt. ZO KEITH'S, Daytori, 0. iVeelf Oct. RKO PALACE, Columbus, 0. THAKX TO OUR PILOTS. Mileis Ingalls and Mark Leddy COOPER and PICKERT (8) Flash 17 Mins.; Full (Special) G, O. H., N. Mas the makings of a better dance fl.ash, but even in .its pi^esent condition possesses enough enter- tainment value tO: pass require- ments for much better dating than this. in the male member of the team heading the aCt there exists some real ability, as brought out by two specialties, one a fine Impression of Will Mahoney^ the other a difllcult number on stilts. His girl partner does nicely in an acrobatic spe- cialty, while backing the twain Is a_ line of six . girls who top what's usually found' in flashes. Four of the girls step out for a dance in; ma:scuUne full dress, making a. good impression; .Gftor. CARD! and MACS0N Bicycle Novelty 8 Mins.; Full G. O. H., N. Y. More properly belongs, to outdoor field than vaude, will do in latter only in the smaller, unimportant stands. Girl balaincing herself on a bike atpp a mechanism and again on a structure attached to a motorcycle in motion on a treadmill fligiire. None of it' very exciting, but a near-slip by the girl early in the act looked legit, Chdr. WANTED AT ONCE 50 VAUDEVILLE PLAYS Only tried . and proven material FARCE^COMEDY—DRAMA Send scrip with' royalty quotation<> JAMES JEWELL Fisher Theatre, Detroit, ich. lb The International Pianist Feature of Earl CarroH'is "Vanities." Screened in Metro - Go1dwyn-MayOr*s "The Cat and the Fiddle" (soon to be released). And His Two Pianos AT THE PALACE NEW YORK lastWe^k,Oct.20 ••Variety" id: "Renaud puis act over strong, with plenty of personality." Reprinted from "Variety," Oct. 24 Direction PHIL OFFIN SIMON AGENCY Palace Theatre Btiildi New York Andre Renaud (New Acts) on second; Xooks like an impoHation, probably from France, but. worth bringing oyer: • Renaud is a pianist playing, .two. pianos at once; a hand at each, but saving a, Liizst Rhapsody legit for the closer that really puts him over strong, Friday night's audience found the act more than a suiter. Cliar, FRED SANBORN Discovered in Paris WHOOPS-S-S-S-S ROSITA and RAMON With Edouardo Bianco Oreh. (2Q) 24 Mins.; Full Palace, N. Y* Rosita and Ramon, class ballroom dancers saw the Blanco band abroad •where they, maintained a top rep in continental capitals,, and de-. termined to bring them to • this country as a background for their own fecognized specialty. Combina- tion works out extremely well, giv- ing picturesque.background and en- gaging musical accbmpunimeht. Orchestra is made up of 14 men iTi gaucho dress. and horsemen's: boots, with the. leader in tails and playing; the violin when not baton- ing. No brasses in the arrangement, and only two accordions to repre- sent the r6eds. Rest ai'e violins, guitars, piano and drums, with a bass viol for punctuation via plucked strings. Music is soft and seductive and perfect in tone and modulation for the dance pair. Arrangements run to the rhumba technique which the native mu-. sicians .handle ' with fnsinuating subtlety for gap filling betweien the specialty bits. Miaih dahcei. pair do two formal ballroom numbers with seml-adaglo trimmings and appear in a spirited bit of like stepping for the finale, - applause getters oil all three occasions. To: rouiid out ..the: organization into a revue f orm* th<ere is a Spanish soprano, Angellta Lioyo," personable brunet girl, and another team of Castlllian steppers In Sarita and Julio Triano, spirited young pair. Idea: is capable of expansion into presentation form and ought to be a natural for picture houses; vaude field for units 6f this scope being limited just now. Rush. BERTRAND, RAWLI LAWRENCE Comedy Slfit 15 Mins.; Two (Special) G, O. H., Nv Y. Two women and a man attempt to s^ll themselves . with a skit, the comedy content 6t which Is not strong nor' the singing numbers well enough done to merit more than passing notice. Patterned strictly for. th^e smallest time. A snake in the flesh is used as buildup for one comedy bit, but it more or less fizzles after promising to bring about a funny situation. This' in .connection with a rehear- sal in Which the man's supposed to use. a snake but doesn't have iahy idea it's one that lives aind bites as well. Talk at the opening gets a few giggles, but hardly, more, as man and one of the Women engage in crossfire on misinterpretation, of words. Trio works ahead of a drop pf a small railroad depot. Song's include the Inevitable 'Lazy Bones' fpr the finish. Char. AMES and ARNO Comedy : 10 Mins.; Two (Special) Orpheum, N. Y. Knockabout comedy novelty suit* ing for: the best bills and'pfi next to closing calibre for hfere or betlier. though exigencies of the lineup, on this engagement made it advisable to spot Ames and Arno third instead of -fourth on the flve-acter. Girl shoulders most of the comedy and the bruises, falling with a breakaway piano stool, running into her viollning partner and, on dance doubles, taking it on the chin heavy. She's a comedienne: with-a-real-^ense of humor and.at times very funny. Over excellently here Saturday afternoon. Char. BRUCE JOHNSON FOUR Music Seven Mins. RoJcy, N. Y. Four colored boys who make a lot of noise, but no music. Frame- up is. piano, guitar;, harmonica and washboard arid cymbals. Two of" the boys take turns yelling into the mike. An. unnecessary precaution, but thfey like tiie showoft angle. One boy has a falsetto which is breaking down his natural voice and will have him- stranded pres- ently. Practically, no musical re- sults, but they tear around and fool ah easy audience nicely; Not for better houses in its present shape. CJiic. ALLAN and THELMA Comedy, Violin 11 Mins.; One G. O. H.» N. Y. Mixed team playing violins. One member, also playing the cello, makes a valiant attempt at Comedy without going very. far. There is some violin and cello playing legit,, together with a vocal solo by the girl, 'Dinah.' The sing- ing, can be forgotteri: Some talk to .bolste.r the comicali- ties of the man, whose appearance ald8"ln-gettlfit'la^igTisr-m^ value to the turn on a .graduation try. Char. Inside Stuff-Vaude Herb Williams is taking singing lessons, whether he wants to or not. Seenis some guy noticed his' voice, was .h^isky and told him he .didn*t know how to use his voice, guaranteeing, to cot-rect the condition—a;t a fee. . The advisor went to work arid started Williams, chirping 'mi, nil, mi' It was then that the comic realized he was taking singing lessons.'Fig- ures he cannot do anything about iti the teacher being a fellow club meriiber. iFearlng :hor appearance might hurt the . picture rather thari help the gross. Par is willing to pay $1,500 to Aimee MacPherson in ileu of play- ing her a:t the Chicago; Chlcais:o, wherie she was to have appeared this week. The saliary under the contract was $6,00Q, but while, there may have been a technical out for Par a.s a result of a clause allegedly broken by the evangellsif in appearing at a church wlthiri 60 miles of Chicago Par. did hot force this point. ' When walking out of the Amalgamated Broadcasting System picture last week, Ed Wyhn gave as prie reason the vaude booking by George Godfrey vtrhp heads the radio project's artist bureau. Wynn particularly resented Godfrey's use of 'Ed Wynn Vaudeville' as billing for the shows. That Ed Wynn stuff hag been used fluently In the booking as well ai the billing, although audiences and Wynn saw only the; blllirig. Lb.u Holtz is mi.c'irig the Edgar AHen Suriday night variety concerts at the Wiriter Garden, New York, for $750 per. .He's' in on a week to week basis. The Gtreatest Novelty Of All PAUL REMOS And TOY BOYS Radio City Music Hall, N. Y. (This Week, Oct. 26) Thanks to "Roxy^* and Leon Leonidiiff Personal Management PHIL BLOOM JUNE McCLOY MUST PAY Taps, Broadway agent, has beeri awarded a $1,623 default judgment for commission against June .Mc- Cloy, vaude songstress, now said to be ori the Coast i.n pictures. Julius Kendler repped Taps. Miss McCloy defended the suit but failed to appear at the trial. Gerwral &KectUlue Offices LOEWBUILDINC ANN EX 160 WEST 46^51^ BRyant 9-7300 NEW YORK GITY J. H. GBNERAL MAMAOKB MARVIN H. SCHENCK THE ORIGINAL F^ANS Y Wonder Horse Including *TANSY JR." Old Roxy, New York, This Week (Oct. 27) Direction At GR0SS9IAK