Variety (Feb 1935)

t2 VARiEtr VABMETY HOMSEr BEVIEWi Wedni^sday, February 27, 1935 MUSIC H/a.WN. v. According toi. the' advance press work, Kay Swl(t,''{roclaJlte composer, - working with A.. Sllvermah. Is re- :sponE|ible for the stage show~ at MiiBlc Hall this week,'but according to the house program she Is given credit for but one song..- Whoever Is responsible has:' done a bettei? than usual job and Leonidolt and Fior- ence Roerge have originated a ballet pf delicate charm that will require a lot of beating. This comes iii the third number ..of the four part 'Impressions' which opens' with a fantastic dormitory, , supposed to be a fcQ.terhlty house. There's a . sentimental song, ap- piarchtly by Bob Gllbe^rtj: wi,th a tire- some 'Professor How Could You'' sung by Don Gortejj and the Glee ^ ..Club.. Close in is_a dimce by^ Gor- tez wlth some g;reat acrobatic work. Stage reopens to a section istyled •Laboratory.' Just why is not ap- parent since' the scene, shows a rocky, background with Hilda Eckler doing a contortion dance on a plat- form with' the Rqckettes following with a nice line dance in white and green, With bare legs. The music Is a catchy 'College Rhythm.' . Not . .sung,, but the girls take time out to shout the title in unison how. a|id then. It does :no harm, and: the .dande carries Itself over. , ; Thirt_sectlori, 'Bluebird of Happi- ness,' Is, based on a charming song of that name. Back drop'is the cerir ter of the. revolving stage, and looks as though It might have been - painted-, for...-IThe . Cabinet pf Dr. Callgarl'. with Its cUstorted perspec- tive.: ■ Jan Peerce-^lngs the number, while the ballet and thief chorus In costumes of the 90's promenade across the stage, which Is merely Inw terfereiice. The set folds' over on Itself In sections to form chromium columns, arid the stage is revolved .-to show the completed' columns,-^ other sections coming up .on the sides to form a semirclrcular arena, which is Vistly effective. Ballet Is In. blue with feather ..headdrcsses,-to ■ carry oh4he-suggestlon-bf-blueblrds.- They do a light daJ»ce that reflects : the lilt of ithe music, and for-the Qnale the-Rockettes return, also iii blue. In. .between- there is a..flute : solo . which." might well^.hkve .bieen omlttied. Runs only 36 minutes, but . there Is plenty of time to isell the show properly. Off the usual lines . and an Improvement. .; Orchestra plays the 'Tell- over-: ture with nice Are, arid without the brasslnesa which too often .spoils this number. Feature Is 'One More Spring' (Pox), with a newsreel com- . pilatlori and a Mickey . Mouise, 'The , -Bahd-Cpncex't,' in.color.! Tapes.were In use at half-.past eight, with'the . house well fllled during the pimper : ihowi , , Chic:: turn, starting with slaok wire and following with. Roman rings and trapeze. He'a full of graceful ges- turesi and virtually none of the audience catch'on that he Is a man. When he puUed his ourly >loride wig at the flnal encore, the surprise reaction was comptete. . JiOcal popularity of strictly French numbers is proved by twp acts on this bill. Geo. .Ctiarley, monologist; who eings wisecracking songs of the Montmartre type, arid Gilles.and Jullen, plaiio-song duo, who do^ cbmedy. and'. dramatic numbers. Masspacher's Baby Jazz, kid band, a,ieo' on the bill, is of the same^ local type./:,?; Couple of f4st Russian dancers," Janlne and Lasarowi m,uch snappier than most Russkles seen around here these days, got ia good hand. So.-dld^the.Qrily strictly clrcu8_nu ber on the :ppogira.m, the Medrano Sisters, three baJreback; acrobats. Ring Is placed on the stage for them. . • ■ i ■. In general, Mitty Goldln Is kieep- irig up the standard of entertain- ment he started at the Eriipire, and the gi'osB continues to show It. Stem,'.- CAPlTOL^Nyi "Excellent business: Washington's Birthday for the Cap. • ^Co telling • coneiuslveiy whether 'SeqUbla' (MG) or the . stage show, Casirio de Paree Revue with Mlltori Berlcj deserves thiB principal credit. , . Probably a little Pf. both. House /put- on a strong front for the revue,; but the Metro; artillery work for the animal ; picture wag effective, .aliso.^ , . 'Casino de Paree' is a good show. Cap is seldom as well fortified on the laugh : end. Bcrle -whams 'em —With gusto: and sockb. HlsHofE-cplor gags might have been a: little too much so for a program having a semlTediicatlonal attraction as fea- ture. ■ 'Sequoia' shpuld presumably draw plenty of kids. Still that may riot riiatter . enough to get lathered Up over it. :'. '. Beside Bcrle, the revue has' Chll tori anrt Thomaa, who always de liver oh i their whirlwind hoofing and - Cardlnl, super-sUck. card and clgarct baffler; They were pillars of stronj? support. Barbara Jason ; did nicely In slngirig and stooging for Berle. ■' ■ ; - 1^" Chorus brigade has sevetal okay Revolutions. Best iprPduction nuiri- Hber, of course, is th.e'elx beef, trust- »«rs working; with ■ the six male ^ inldgets. That's iBj^lp ribvelty. Major Bowes is Iri" the ne^y6;l:ee^ this week In cphnectipri With some footage about .3SVHN's iamateur pro gram. Seems' to be first: instance of newsreel exploltlrig the boobs of the air auditions." ' LanH. HIPIV BALTIMORE :Baltimore, Feb. 22;--r/ Not preciisely a bang-up blil, .but k four-act flourish : that possesses pleri^ty pf speed and variety, arid brie which totals up a trifle better than bulic of shows , the HiPP presents. No naimes of. note, so- it is the pic> 'Whole Town's Talkirig' (Col), which is receiving the selling ef- foi'ts of the house. The .vaude^ as entertainriient, mates, well with the flick and holds .Its own capably. Runs just under 60 mine. ^ Opener, Three Emerald Sisters, clownish tumblers who; unleash a humorous and. varied assdrtment of sturiti9,~Kniasslng a solid salute frPm the mob at concluslPn. Girls put a lot into their work arid sell stuff; well,. . ■.: ■'' .^_Deuce,_-newJi!afit_Jto _tlii3 town^ Landt Trlb and White, .frbin~ NBC's build-up bag. White apparently is the lad who accoirips at'piano (hav- ing, one nice' interlude on -own), while the: male trio ration novelty^ harmonies and" song sketchesi Boys' material is neWt which. helps. Also they evince a nice eeh.$e of comedy.. ,■ «, Ii(/the ;trey is Bobby Pirikus, a seasbrial habitue on - Balto vaude staged. Approximately 'sariie act and, though it didn't bbilect as handsomely as'.dld ythe other acts, it eased over o.k. . - '■ Closing is the Riniacs ork. famil- iar: to vaude devotees here by rea- sbn of/its :Constarit repeats at biie iidusc or .another In Baltb. Outfit inbludes in Its rbutihe tango, rumba a:nd.. carjoca, hooflirig performed by the batorieer, a gburd. player from the. • crew, and a ■ tiny but tbrchy femme trotter: New addition since last lamped here is another gal who hais but one bit, a 'Continental'; rou- tine partnered with the batorieer, Fast and: colorful act and thor- oughly satisfied audience;. Liowei- floor Was: fllled , second shoW: Friday afternoon. . / EMPIRE, PARIS ■■■ . Paris, Feb; IB. Vaudb progrram , shares, horiprs about equally here 'thisfortnight with Shirley -Temple .;in?- 'Bright Eyes' (Fox), which, in th'e. brigirial Versiori is proving; a big local draw, "Sevetr^ gbod^—acts-^provlde ~the STATE-LAKE, CHI vaudeville half of the show. Head liner is Marcel Thil, world's mid dlewelght 'champ,; who after clean Ing up - jock. MacAvoy, found rio iriofe feiielriess" to do' in the rlne4 acrosis' iri sriiooth fashion- bn ' stand —-- ; . ;_iJ:::ChlcagP, F^^ 23: This house enjbys in; excelleht spirit uriiorig its audience. It is fam- ily trade in the best serisei Act's are made most cdmfpr.table here by this, audience. The^ customers here come in here to be entertained arid meet acts more thari half/way. • . This was demonstrated Tat^—the first shoAV on Saturday when the audien ce "chortledtwith/cbntentment- bver the efforts bf ;the 'Discoveries', stage half of the shbwi. " These 'dis- coveries' are the : pick of the flock of : discovery nights that the State- Lake has been running lor the past seven months or so Seven spe- cialty workers In the amateur clasa, but;-getting across here, like sea'- sonqd professionals: - '. Stahdbut is a' girl :sin^er /whose name sounds like Marjprle Mac- Mahari, a boy 'singer named Howr ard, a colored; carloca team called Chic :and •Chuck, a Tiixle Friganza type singer, and- a glil: acrobatic dancer, all paced and: moving fast ■without--^a—^pauseT^tb—slpw—Up-4he- .show. • So many .theatree have made a phoney out of , this! amateur stuff that it's, nice to find prie doing It the right Way., '' Vaude portion Is full' of standard eniertalrimeht: -In -; its - fout. :;acts.: Starts Pff .with thevLlbpnatl Trio, xylophone' arid dancing act. Those twd~lridH^aTergTowirig-ifasti-partlcu^ larly the hoy who is rapidly deveir opirig; Into a standrout dancer. Maud Hilton doing a. "two-act with a woman straight; • dauces iand gets klndfqi of the hottdaj^i the Rosy stage snow -lift slightly ahortened tbia vweek, adid fox the ospected Juv*i>|l€i:'patroriagi>^the kids were all over the place-^here's ah anU riml act to open, Froske's Tigers. Dressed into production value, .with the Qa$ Foster girls atandln'g around the cage, who don't do : riluch, but It's a buildup. Then the girls scram and, Broske lets ^Jtls 4(0>Uri^ts into the ciage, : Thfey appear-'w be an amiable quartet, with the trainer working without^ whip, thoukfa an assistant stands Just outside the bars. Nothing much in the way tricks.. It'B mostly shiniwlng what liberties-he can-take with them, the head between the jaws, an arm ditto, and riiaiiharidUng therii,with- out a ebmeback. It riiight : seem .rather. .tame_J;p_.cir(cus-wise, people, but the act ended tb;a tremendbus hand here,' the youngsters deciding he;was great.':...■:/: Second shot is pne of the. Fred Allen contest winners; a lad who scrapes out two selections on the violin. Not bad,/but he needs : the amateur alibi. Foster girls ate back for . a confused ; step/dance to the can-can music, but no can-canning. Decorously clad. In broWn satin py- jama suits and make a: pretty swell appearance. Followed by : the Radio Rubes,: .headed, by... Riibe Davis. Hillbilly stuff, arid th&t's what the. Roxy crowd eats' up.; .Davis dpes some vPcal imitations Which help tp set off the act, and they make a sobd exit on 'Climbing Up-Dem Golden ■ Stairs,', which dates- back to the last century.' Tb give an idea, Ir^ne -Franklin revived this for a dialect gag when: she Was first able to play Iri; :Kew'York withoiit' Interference from' the Children's Society. It got .them back for an encpre, and a hbeilown very nearly brought them back' again. ; Clbser is -the' three-tesim dance stunt held pvejr. frpm last Week, with Freddy Mack telllhig 'which . Is the tarigb, ;thi^ 'Coiitlnienta} arid the ■waitz. ■ No; brie -:belibVes him, for 'they all look aUke^ :but It'A a showy act backgrQundefl- by the girls. ..in 4weU;costumes.'..- ./; • .■■•; ■.,--■,■■ :■'■,. < ^ -. : Feature is 'Night Life of the Gods' (U); arid; newsreel. . A Pop- eye cattoph; was announced butsfde, but : it was hbt on at . the .show baught. Show was' altready too long for: a gbbd turnover.. Business oii the holiday waS packe'd'averi at the supper show,, with-a: mob of stari- deep right through, \ . Chior. PALACEi N. Y. - Air fariilllais^faces-heire thls-week, sticking; to: their. regular routines arid never gi^vlng the custbmers 'the opportunity to really . unbend. In toto it's an uninspired show,: Just running its course and. seemingly glad to .get the overlohg 73 minutes over with. IiPbks goPd on paper because of the standard setup, but actually a dlsoppplritriient on the stage through lacking anything new or outstanding. To the screen feature, 'The Good Fairy' (U),. must go practically all the credit for the b.o. returns, there being nbthlrig : in, the vaUde half of the show of impressive name strength. Headliner is Art Landry's Commodore -Hotel orchestra, with but one non-riiusical specialist, Ann Butler. --Latter is ■ a " blonde -singer of character nuiqbers and-gbt only meagre returns at: the opening day mat. Band fared the same up to its one hot session at the flnlsh. Lan jiry's nonchalant, dead-pan style might have had something to do . with this,. :the payees not under- standing, or Tesehtirig, or bbth J2o.urteen jmvisi_c.lans_besldes Landry, the pianist and hao>ist bbntrlbuting fair comedy and.' musical interludes Froni the opening dance flash of Ruiz and Bonita to- the next-to- clPslng Charles 'Slim' Tlmblin, and Including Landry's ork, every,act iri the show has' been :seen time and time again. Besides, there's no va- riation In th^lr work, nothing new, and what they deliver has, through familiarity,' become just so-sb erir tertalnment Riilz and Bonlta's terpslng, abet- ted by a sister-team's bucking and a feriime; planlsti: gives the, layout a fair start arid^ the pace is well sus-^ talned for piie-half -of Stan Kava TTairgh's T^eube^spot7Tj.uggling7^-—In coast defenser-and" why • U: 8: alt- forces must be Increased, While Fox follows rip this rattling of the sabre with the anriouricement that 'Congtess gets the biggest peace*, time arms budget In Its hlBtory,' aU tb the accompaniment of powder and gun displays. Mpa-n Is made the bbpgeyma,n: of- the PatheTFbx fanfare, with Pathe tagging its clip The jPrice.pf Peace.;' - ParamouiiLt goes exclusive during the current week's melange with an Interview ' Staged outside ' Bruno Hauptmann's cell, jln the "Trenton prison death hpus^. Hauptmannls statement smacks ioiad atid heavy of prepariation by 'his legtil staff. Prb- riuriclation of some, pf the: poly- sylables pfoves a tough task for him. In his statemenit,- Hauptmann malces a categorical - donlal of. the' Lindbergh murder, declaring . him- self -'a,bspl.utely;inrioceht. befpre; God* of every charge brought against him by the State of -New Jersey. Interesting twist is the extfli syllable that. he Inserts in the last name pf the murdered: baby. He prpnPUnces it 'Lind-cn-bergb,' an eccentricity that Attorney General WUentz made capital of during the trial; .":. GonsplcUouis by their sparsity are shots dealing with current natlorial issues and political personalities. Of this group; Pathe. is respprislble for dip in which -Sbriatbr ; Joseph Robinson explains the isignificance of the. U. S. Supreinei Court's gold, declsibns. Included among the week's spot news gleanings is Parambunt's gal- lery of priricipaJs in the.Kenriame.r murder, ; trial: and - review / pf the- Oklahoma penitentiary b re a k ; Pathe's exhibit pf the workings pf the new explosive; UriiversaVe picr; toral notations of the persohaUtieB that brought out the latest Anglo- French asgressipnspact.; A-hiong the more excitlrig: sports 'bits-are those phPwlrig the : spills: which atterided the /running of .the : Ascot ;autb classic in Lbs Angeles -(Para- mount) ; Equipoise's loss of the handicap ; race. A.p.l_!.Tvferity.v .Grand^ (Fox), and knockout episodes dur- ing the Golden Glbve 'runoff (Pathe). • Lighter mbments cPme with; Fox's clip of Elder Lightfoot Mlchaud an^ Ills ; congregation going through their vaude routine, and Para- ^ount's treatment of the contro- versy among Georgia ' legislators oyer the riieasure that makes the wife . alsp pay alimony. Week's program also includes B'way ver- sion of initial' Issue bf 'March ct Time.' Odea and thought he'd go After a bit of vaude coin.. - - He dpes the regular fighter's stuff •^—little-; rope skipping, - shadow boxing, and: bag pririchlrijg, and then a couple of rounds with sparring partners. Not very • exciting, . but makes a good act, locally because of Thil's popularity. Also reaches a . bunch of his potential admirers whp are curious about him, but would never get td-se& him In the ting. /-V-. - :. : , ' .'=':;•' .:. '>, ■ ■ ; There's just .one/American act ''6n^h~e bill; B^^rljette^-'^femal97 IjerBonator. - He-does what appears to be a straight/fcmrae acrpba.tlc. ard femme isrbss-^flre. Rough and tumble; sort bf act which'warmed up this audience. In ahy house can make good: even farther down-than in deuce, ; Jue Fprig treys • with . a melange of vocal niinjibers, Fanaiiy ehtertairiment which wPiild fit neat- ly in a presentation llne-iip. , ; Closing 'the vaude is Frank Ll-' buse. and •his always funny routine. His femme partrier Is ;ambng the be3t:pf the-straight women In vaude. Mention .is duo the consistently fine line of girls In the' stage show.; Charle-^^rJ^lggbnieyer-keeps ^em tpp3.< Picture 'Hcilod,pra(lp' :(CpI). Busi- ness, good. <7p?d. / the end, however, the W. C. Fieldlan ball, and- Infjlian-club trickster over stays and - sipiighs the good; effect; ■ Carl. Sha\v^;: "Wik. acrb hoofery, with and without the dummy; is in the ceiiter,, a mlJ^ed-team In^ support strictly to' give ::the: act a plot, that of the screwy Shaw going on the -make-ibr-HthB--glrlr^th--the.jealous suitor tossirig him around. Comedy over weakly< but: the- dancing of the billed, name got his usual good hand. Timblin's blackface-preacher stint was oke iri the.: major spot; the comic, dlishlrig his U^ual anjount of blue gags; ait least >orie, Pf them being too offensive.- ' Best lauph come - In the-encpre marriage;: of blackface Hebe end . Scotch tearii. Holiday contributed a good house ■ ;.'. "■ :■■ ■ BchO, EMBASSY, N. Y. - (NEWSREEI.) Lead-off attention ,is given this week to iheating the tomtom In bFr half- of-mbre^rriiament-for Amer- ica."' Pathe tells . why. something riiust be done to strengthen the west MEDRANOr PARIS ?aris, Feb; 18. Headline spot jbeld h^re this fort* night by Ameflcan aerlallsts, Kafka, Stanley and Mae, troupe ^ Pf four; men and a woman with a'good: line of trapeze, iron Jaw arid head-bal- ancing work. Despitefact thattheir> apparatus is hurig too low and they- folIpW an acrobat who .te:brks right - under the rafters, they get a good reception. ■• : ■ Crowd is most Impressed by one- arm rope work of the sma]ilest rinan in the troupe, arid alsb by iron ja'w swinging, which is rare here, ^r^' qubnt changes of tights by the girl brpught gasps^mpst v femme aero- . bats wbriclnif in Paris have oi^ly prie pair, of tights In the trunk. : Sho.W/ had previously been; stopped by Rbsella.: Dressed as, Pierrot, this perforhier, ai>parently;_ an .Itallahi goes 'right up under the ropf; wlthbut a net, and does an : equilibrist number on. apparatus representing a^ crescent mpon. Lylhg ; balanced on his bocki he juggles a star on Pne foot, and the-climax of . his act is: a head stand While the riibpn spins. Danger element of the number gPt the Crowd going: and they called hlrii back again and again, cutting Into the; next nuni> ber's time. , Third acrobatic number also had a; big success,: ;B Cairpls, ,. bJiled :;a8 youngest Icarlan ; troupe In' world, here from: Russia; Troupe consists of two little girls, youngest of whorii : Is: six, a boy of about 12, and two young meri. Star of the act is the tiny girl, who is tossed around by ' the boys,: Throughout the number the boys arid girls keep up business of talking affectionately to ,each other, "like one happy family; , in a gesture of circus solidarity, the Medranbs this week bill Mriie.; - Enrico , PIsslutt 1, widow of : the equestrian killed in a- ring .accident iri December. . Risslutti- was to -have played here and the hpuse/gaVe the engageriient: to: hl$ Wldbw. : She - works with a couple pf Schumann's hordes. :! 7. Bliris completed by Fray Brothers^-^ aci'obats; ■ (i femnie juggler. Mile. Roxea; the Novello bicycle troupe;: the Harrises, a hand-torhand team of ':' two; - the; Anenas, Indlari rope swingers, and' bpw-and-arroW ex- perts; Schumann's horses, and Me- ^drario's; regular troupe of clowns. : stem,. ^ROXY-MASTBAUM^ (PHILADELPHIA) Philadelphia,. Feb. 22 Firial bill for Philly's biggest film house, w hich has caused plenty of grief for "WB ever since It opened, shapes up as good on the stage, but riot so forte .on the screen. Pic- ture Is 'Living Pn Velvet' (WB). Stage show operis with the or chestra (Roxy CosmppoUtans) under Adolphe .Kprnspah, - rendering a medley of Romberg turies from the 'New .Moon,' With Charlottle Ridley (sbprario) and Abrasha Rbbbfsky (baritone) and the Crlee Club vocal- izing. It is. as bfCective an overture as the big hou se" has hacl; sihc^ Its rebpehlng. ;' /: v~ Next Is a contribution by the Roxy Ballet Corps, which scores neatly due to nbvel lighting. The theme and Id^a is the old favorite;!' Glow ■ Worm;' and sriiall lights fiicker in the filmy dresses of the gals, whlcht with misty lighting, produce a. swell atmosphere; , Alice -Young-,-ballerlna,-occupIes-lhe_flplp_ role.- - Offering entitled 'So Red the Rose' (name of a current best-seller) fol- lows. Jean Paurel made the spe- cial arrangeriient", and the Four Roxyans ,: (Ifoward Tarpey, Nace Bernert, George Johnston and Tom Dawspn) sing a group of 'rose songs,' unrelated except that they celebrate- : that particular floSver. Nothing striking, but okay. Smash of the program comes next and, 'as usiial, is provided by the Rpxyettes: (32 this time),.'daT}clng'.i^>- unlts :bf ifelght and gowned -in i:ed, blue,- yenbwl^ Uhd . white. Wiliiam JtowersidfisejcvjedjiLijiHUt^^ rection pf ' this; programmeTas 'Ari Old-Fafihloried .Bbiiquet;*, Newsreel,' back in: the middle Pf the show again despite bbjectlons, follows, 'and then comes the finale,; 'A .Gypsy Fantasy,! and much heav,-; ler , in 'scenery thah any pf- Boxy's other offterlrigs at the MastbaUm. -;--Ralph^Schaeften-opens-with-a.vib=. lln solP of 'Ziegunerweisen,' the, bal- let dpes;a dance to Brahriis' 'Sixth Hungarian Dance,' Miss Ridley and Robofsky sing briefly,'and theri the only: comedy note of a too-dlgnlfled show finds Its place. Porturieilo and Cirllllril,' Itajlart iiacrobatlc dancers (remembered' By some from an old '.Greeriwlclt ..Villaga.Fbllles.Revue'), supply the- lighter : note with -their 'Carpet Bag Gapers." It is original, spirited and funny.; Finale is .'Vic- tpr Herbert's 'Little Gypsy Sweet- heart,' with full strength pf Roxy organization taking part, but briefly. Show: will probably ;run through to Saturday,: gi'ving it eight days; In all, Irrespective of,biz, but then it's curtains for the big 4,800-^seater, which .-ieiopened . with.L_such.Lhigh. hopes Week before Xmas. -' " "■■■.;.■. ■ Waters. United Arfistis^ A. Lois Angeles, Feb. 21. Fourth week of Frank lOrth and his Crazy; Show has Shaw and Leo feat ured. Comics; work ia.ll throu gh the " hour's show, relieved- only by LeRoy . Twins and Luca^, twp feirimes arid a boy: tapping trio, Lee ., Wilmot, eccentric dancer; Leonard Seuias, kid trunipet or Chlquita, vb- calltit, and . Jimmle: Kosbeer, who : straights III,twp blackouts;fpr the comedy p:alr; vOutstarider of the show lis the -*Pay the |2' bit dorie by Shaw arid-Lee In thb .'Scandals'. R.alr work their regulisir vaude act, plus two other Ineffectual bits. Sureflre. in their delivery, they gather all the laughs possible while they are on, give out . a brairid of comedy: that is refresh- ing ln this stamping ground pf home : talent. Pair can ; easily stay; an- . other weiek bt: repeat In a.few weeks. Orth's. supporting -.taietit is bkay," , Chlquita sings a flirtation: number, irets it over well. LeRoy Twins' and Lucas have a nice: trio .routine fpr; . taps. Girls are/lppkers and the: lad's personality doesn't Hurt. Later he comes back for a gpod ; 8bft shoia number. Lee -Wilmot, besides doing; two limber-leg dances, doubles in thie bits. Webb Webster; 10-year-; old- drum major, is on-for the. finish..: to work with ;the lO-glrl line, who . open and : close :the presentatlbn with mediocre work. Orth has done alright with his novel idea of throwing a. show tp- gether with everyone on the bill . working in bi t s and gagging: ? tbrpughout. While the idea is not new. it's . new here. Ai ; Klein Is wPrklng with Orth, helping hirii on staglhg and locating talent. 'High Bcliool Girl' (Col-Foy) and: I'Sudari': (Col-Foy), twin features, with - Par . news clips" flir the screen~ fare) As an added attraction, house has Jay Clarke, mentallsti;wprking :frorii-the-"stagerand-handling-;horb-^r scbpes in the lobby at $1 each; MeU-iiV tailst stalled through his a<Jt. ait; th'iii." mat (Thursday) arid: had, 'ai-' tbuft'ti - tlme With a-nuiiiber of his set rPu»v. tlTjes. Roth his plants Ijbt iritb th*' :theatre' ■ - as—he fiiilehed -: his / act. Thtit's: tough bri any : meritalist^: . Business Prily fair, 'Call. ' STATE, N. Y. . 'David Cppperfield', ( M e t r o ) switched to State after five weeks; at the Capitol arid the filhi, rather than; the stage ehowv figured In sbt- tlng a new isross record on the first; day (22), which was Washington's Birthday, - at "Loew's'/number^. one hbuse. Length of the picture made it necessary to cut wherever pos- r slble and Al Rosen went to work pn the bin with the result that the five acts were allotted just 48 minutes. Even the neWsreel was shortbned to': two clips. "Though: the flirst three turns were on . and off-, within 21 minutes; the show ,In total did not seeni to lose . .e(tectiveneEs.""r-eut/:dPwn--s^^ : • ((Continued bri pa^e 41) ■