Variety (Feb 1935)

hi « S I C IGNITE CLHBS ^ WiedneBdayt Febniarj ^7t 193S NIGHT aUB REVIEWS IRA'S CLUB (MIAMI) Miami .Beachj Feb. 16. ; One' of the smartest rilte spots operatlns down here this season, Ira's Club, operated by Ike Levy, draws a sophisticated clientele. Due : mainly, to the efforts of the Yacht Club Boys (Adler, Kelly, Kerris and, Mann), Viloz' and Yolanda and Shep Fields' music, Ira's manages to hold; 'em till far after midnight. Food dished out; by Alme Desplante Is also a feature here. . . Patronage Is mainly In evehlhg dress. Marachlrio,-; from the Place Plqua,le, New YOrk, ;s at the door, arid Fred Perry, well-known Broad- waylte, greets' 'em at the ciaslno • entrance.' It's a'weU^balanced: lay- but all around, Including an In- triguing bar under canyas' on a —teiT^ace—adjolnlng-^the-T^maln-dlnlng: roomr Couvert tap: after dinner Is J2, with a.dollar tilt on week-ends. Yacht ■ Cliib Boys fit perfectly In this ipnvlronment and sell their soe- , clal material with a finesse that tops that of any other quartet dish- ing, out ,sp4cy: comedy: lyrics In the smart spots here. In addition to, their famlUar specials the boys have added several hew . topical ^Tiumbers-ttr their-Toutlne/ . — Veldz and Yolanda offer a slow waltz, a rumba, a tango and a Jumpjng-jack sort of. ;dance_.. Their ■ ;grac6-'and. rhythm puts them in: a class by themselves. Fields' music rates ariiorig the be'st now in Miami, Slncfe opening the dining room, wiilch : holds aboiit 250, has - been packing, them nightly, • but ~ it's. up to the casino, wiilch Up to now J'.as of even more expensive shows pre- '-been-^jpepattng^-<>nly-ln^rmit-tent-lyr ^seHt?aTcrT;Tfl3~t'oirChi"h1tery. to. take: care.;of the .terrific nut. had a four weeks* run, as did also Helen Morgan. Current Ilne-up has In addition to the Stanley Twlns^ who command attention with their original sha- dow dance and their, unique acro- batic terplschpre, the Rltz Bros., who hav^ discarded most of their dance routines Iii -favor of rough and ready, rip-snorting comedy. Originally booked in for a Single week after;four weieks at the'Fleet-; wood Hanjger, tlie -Rltz . trio looks set for the season. - .:>. Heleiri Morgan. singing most of her old songs as. .well as several nev/ ones that she has recently done in the flickers proved an outstand- ing draw: here.' La Morgafi not only won her Deauvllle audlencesi com- pletely .but also found favor with the management by her willingness to co-operate during several trying 'Weeks . ■ r ' ■ ' ■■ ■ ■■" ' Cllff^ewdahl,: tenor, arid ."Madev laine Northway: and Daiiilo,. dance team,: round out' the varied flobr show. ■ which is presented twice nightly^ while T'aul. Sabln's orches-: tra plays the show and dishes out darisapatloii in pleasing style. : . . Deauvllle has everything that a good resort club needs; including: a swell ; host Iri Jerry Horgaii',"; wellr :imow.mBrb"aiawayite^^^ lowing among spprtsmeri.^^^^^^ , , : CHEZ PAREE • Chlcago,; Feb. 21. : '; New .show lined. Up by Joey jfa- cobsoh arid Mike Frltzel compfires in entertalnirneiiit. with the long list MoUie Obliffet Mollle WiiliamB, retired for some yearji from burlesque, dropped Into the 'Gay Nineties,^ Manhattan night spot, last Friday (22): to learn If Joseph Howard 'still hacL his pipes,' aa she ; ezpla,lned. Occasion waai Howard's ;67th birthday. At Howard's request the for- mer burlesque star^ who owned: her tiwn shipw, Btepped to the platforin/. and: did an Anna ■ Held . Impressiph, ' customers paying plenty of attention. V-: Disk Reviews By Abel Green HpHywood Yacht Gliib (HOLLYWOOD, FLA.) v , - - : / Hollywobdi Fla.j Feb. 23. ': " , Ujider vthe d of Walter .Kaf£enberg, l6ng connected with the ■ Alamac on .upper Broadway, New -York, the Yacht Club offers an Iri- ^imate revue and a mbderately- priced dinner. / . , ^' ^—^Arine-Greenway; flashing a-strlk;- . Ing appearance ■ arid sohie novei. ef . fects: in - evening wear, is the riialn attraction and has built up a smart following among resOrters, the sriiall room being Ideally suited . to hei". '.' "Btyfe.' of; pop singing. It's fier 10th week at this spot;: ; . Braridt;. F6wler arid Curran offer si.' i^butirie^'^bf ■ speeiar sottgs."' boys look well on the ifloor. and flt . In: rildely in the sriiail, cozy atmo- sphere'of the Yacht Club. Arline and Norman Selby, eccen- tric daricers, .found but a. highly . satisfaictbry: bill' for this type; of ; club. ; Freddie Kress and. his slx- •. piece combo provide fair dansapa-r "tlo'fi.""- 'T-—■ ■ : - ■ , ■ ..• PEAUYILLE ;( MI AM r-6 EACH )-^-rT-" JMiamLBeach,iF.ebL21)^ Originally built by- the late Tex . Rlckard, this spot during the past . few years^:has had a hectic iexlst- erice as a combo hotel, swimmiriif pool, bathing beach' and nite: club ' With RRme rpom accoutreipenta. ~ ' was Rickard's drearii that: the Deau- vllle .Club would be a rendezvous for the swanky-set. :•, • .Now the cliib is. undpr the riian ' agement, of 'Lucy Cotton Thomas McGraw, who, having .redecorated and rearranged: the . entire- setting, ■calls lief enterprise Beautiful Deau- vllle Twh'iie, hef hUsTjahd, rwilllarii McOraw, calls himself Governor of . Beautiful. Deauviile. : Supposedly a membership club, the whole eet-up is a gag, the place being about as exclusive as ;Grand Central station at rush hout. ; . Since opening eight weeks agd much too isoon; the: Deauvllle has tshanged its floor show line-up more frequently than any . other spot Iri ;. this resort, brily act on opening ^t>lll reriialriing Is the Stanley Twins Vincent Lopez and his orchestra tp- getlief with several'specialty acts Next, to , Al - Tfahari the show, stana-out IS Nick Long,: jr., fSFTiTs; elean-cut rii.c. style and' fine step'^ pirig/\.,: : ■■■: /other: single dancer 'Isr Betty Kean, also out of New- York nlte spots, but Miss Kean dldri't do half so well as Long; ■ Miles and Koyer. are the ballrooni dance pair, who get their best re- sults with a . vaudevilley adagio number, (^ulte sensibly they use this tossing- rbutlrie to top all their pre-: vlbus numbers. Pair miakes a splen;'- did appearance ori; the floor arid were over nicely with this audience; Frazee/listers handle, the warbling assignments, on the show;, This pair of canaries have gotten somewhat away from the too .eccentric styles .^Vhijch -hftve-lbeen ;flou,rl8hlhg..Llately and are going back tDwards straight singing manner. And itis a'ftellef. Gals, are easy oh the orbs and rest- ful on the ears. - Trahani' with Lady Ytikbna Cam- eron,, manages one of the best nlte club clicks .seeri hereabouts in a long while.' ■ —Production -under - the—wing of FauhOacard la eye.-filling; In every regard"' Oscard brings" plenty of showmanship and smart styling to the4l>uildlrig ot-thls- cafe-show-artd has incorpofated. Into; it several theatre effects—which—helghten-the show in fine fashion.- Oscard has induced the former show glrls; of this place to step out arid, dance' And they come through on the hoof- ing drities well despite the fact that novelty than anything else. But she rlrigs. the bell In a big way .with her: 'I Love You' In several lang- uages. This Is a number Arnold brought back 'from Juan-lesrPlris where Syd Chaplin . (Charlie's brothef) Writes songs; such as this j:QE-a_noyeltyL_^iThat.J)lity jThlrig. called Love' is another such novelty and likely fof Ariierlca. Besides de- llveflng vocally, Miss Courtney also looks very nice.: Murraiy arid Allen are a paradox. This two-man combo gets better as It pfogresises, yet . It : seertis a strugf^gle. More vaudevilley : than swank • nlte club, they seerii a bit put: of their element with the hotcha aind-^-fbfceful dellvefy ;-6f^helf Iiri-- presslons.; On the othef: hand they got quite a few. laffs; Dressirig rieatly, they're not tbo blatant but- it'Ei pne of-those acts which stlllvhas the management puzzled whether they belong In this spot. : Tariffs not cheap; |2.Bfli inlhiriiuriv per person after 10; champagne $10 a quart; -dinner,. $2.50. Brazelle also owns the Cafe Basque upstairs -where-the-^ilnner-tarlft-is^halfr^nd- the, idea Is to keep the two types of patfohages-apart . . — ^^-—^Aielr^ A itadlo Favorite LUD CLUSKIN 'and . Ktlfl' Continental Or- ' ..eh^stra. bfoadcastlng'bn ■ CBS's "Bl'g. Show", and de- servedly ■; winning new ad-" ■ mlrer8;weekiy.. . Hear-hlm play;-\ .• s; ^'WH EN I G ROW TOO OLOi TO DHEAH" : '•CLOUDS" "BLUE MOON" : ' : .• f'l WAS. LUCKY" "8IN0I/IQ A HAPPY 80NQ" UOBBINS MUSIC CORPORATION 199 SEVENTH AVENI)£ • • * NEW YORK • • • llil JAY SEILER THIS MONTH PALMER H OUSE, CH ICA60, III. MARCH 1, FOX, DETROIT • Personal ■ Maiiagement-• ^. HARRY BESTRY cinch, steps. . Number of new girls in the show here and they are look ers from the bell. Only weakness In the production is the costuming which is far under par. Gus Arnhelm band' In here to do the show and the . main dance" Job Both Jobs are handled to the finest results. Afriheim hasn't beeri around town much but this stay figures to make him plenty boxofflce both in clubs and theatres around the mid west -and east. Two ether sponsors are already nibbling.. . Gold, Bbeuf iSur Le Toit; . (NEW YORK) .lie Boeuf sur le Toit, N. Y. cbunr terpart of the famous Bdeufs In Paris and Cannes (wherein, Inclden tally, lies a still pending lawsuit over the use of the 'cow bn the roof billing), is authentic French in every respect. Joe Zelli was In for a bit as mari ager but: since: .bowed. ojat, wilth Charles Brazelle continuing as sole bperatof. Bfazelle brought back Billy Arnold from the Riviera casinos to maestro the very good dance band. • - - ■ Another .Parisian touch are the Rocky. Twins, Apblloesque Danish" brothers, who have appeared In. the Casino de Paris .(Paris) revlies with Mlstlnguett, et al., and who are to return to France after mak ing a picture for Paramount With Helen Grey as dancing part ner; they now dance ■. more in the modem manner than .when s.een. In the Paris music hall. Their 'Prpx- Imlty' number is a novelty and very smart, tracing the terpsichorean nearness (or : distaric.e).>Jbefween^ partners from the ante-bellum min- uet, up until the 1935 'Westchester bunny hug.* Real putstander vocally is Ann Courtney, liWhosC ; first,, 'Solitude number Is a bit morose, particularly following 80 close on the Rockys In the same, dimmed azure-spot. Effect Is rather depressing. Besides, the number is more of an instrumental CLUB VICTOR (SEATTLE) :. . Seattle, Feb. 20. Following Hal Grayson into Club "Victor, the town's ace dance-dine iilght spot, Del Courtney's 12-plece band is doing Its stuff, with allur- ing dance rhythms. New policy Is an attempt at a real"flbo"r 8Hb"w""by' Manager Bob Larson. Biz has been holding up okay at this place, with this drinks confined to wine and ; beer. But what this club needs, and a)l: of-them. In fact, to put them Into the real dough class, is liquor by the drink. .j.;LbQks . llke.^thlfl ;. state .,wJlI..aib-. erallzerto that extent, as the state liquor control board recognizes Im- provement Is possible and deslf- able on this angle, as the one big drawback to present law Is that this prohibition feature helps breed speaks. The state has Its own liquor, stores and. they're making big—^proftti l)ut . an Iriconslstency seems to be that the stuff is good enough for the state~t"o"Belirbut riot" for anyone tP drink In public even .under__whatever. restrlctIons_may seem 'wise. JClc-Myers, who Is lieutenant gov- Johnny Green •Love. Conie Take Me' and 'Let's Hold riands',f of pne of the pip plat-.' ters of the year: even though It's February. If any-complaints with that decision there can't be any dis- pute over the verdict of this com- posef-planlst-conductor'a treatment pf 'Love' as one .of the most Inter- esting arrangements to spin In a long while. ' The twist on 'Love'.. Is iri the ac- companiment to Marjory Logan's vocal, a deliberate off-key back- ground. FifSt . reaction of the lis- tener will be, 'What's golri' on In thete?' Majority of disk buyers ihaj' riot like, it; but it's bound to cause commerit fin'd after the record Is played two or three times it starts to sooth. Green's .explajiatlon to.this new idea in orchestratlpn is that It is the superimposing of the acconi7 panylng figure with a different key feeling than that In which the vo- calist and balance of the orchestra find themselves. Never mind figur- ing It out. Hear It, This • arrange- ment is something the average record fan will have to get used to for it's very different, new and worth repeating. ; If Green wants a Jast-teactlon Imi might: try it over the, air, preceding the number with an explanation, then asking for a written decision. - This record, as- a whole, plays as if Green were holding a guy by the collar and. making him .listen to 'Love.' If the answer is 'No,', with one hand still on the collar, he turns the disk bver and offers Xet's Hold Hands' as the persuader Pn this be- -Ing-a-swell-Fecof d<—Latter -is a Slll- mari-Lewlne tune.ffom the short- lived-Broadway-revue,—^Fools-Rush: In;' a rhythm ditty with melody ernor, is now busy at Olympia pre- siding over the state senate. One proposed; change in liquor board la that the lleut.-gov. and two other ^ state officials (elective) should com- ai¥'has''not" a.s3ig^^ they start performing before the mike the reason for thei hold-over is obvious. Best department Is op- eretta. ■■ "Virginia Teffy and Olln Walker are the featured dance team. Their bpenef, an eccentric, Is oke, but their second~is immeasurably bet- ter. ■ In formal attire they dp a soft shoe travesty on sophistication that clicks. Walker further sells the act by filling in at the mid-show spot with. some clever legerdemain. Dave Lang, tenpr from band. Is also spotted ;on the bill. Betty Al- den,, sirigle,.. does tapsi and., acro- batics. . Show runs 40 minutes. Foa. MONTE CRIStO (PARIS) :■ Paris, Feb. 15. Mysterious-currerit of -nitery fash- Ions has made this one-of the. few smaller plabes in Paris which Is do- ing enough business to get by. Spot-ls^decorated-^to-glve-the-lm- pfesslonof a little jewel box. Tiny paintings arid statues are stuck in illuminated niches along the wails. Walter presents: the wine list In the form of a parchment that looks like an old riianusc'rlpt. Chief attraction is a gypsy band With the Courtney; band at the "Victor hea,dllners are Marjorle Beattle, songstress; Don and Sally Jennings,, who do a smooth waltz routine and In second half of the show, the Continental; Charley Carter,;, not long .since .with . Al Pearce's gang, who impersonates Durante arid the four Mills brothers, together with a line of eight gals. : Production .Is by Al Larpenteur, who goes for a tap-acfbbatic rou- tine., in last half with two of the girls, and emcees betimes. Show goes on In two snappy halves, first near midnight, and next an hour later. This holds the customers late. Jack Little, staff announcer for KOMO-KJR, handles nightly hour on alf for the club. Trepp. Steuben RoUiskeller (BOSTON) Boston, Feb. 22. This Hub spot Is in the basem.erit, and so are the prices.: Easy tariff and- mid-town location (next to Co- lonial theatre) make It one of the leading dinner hour rendezvous in town.. Club is attractively. flriishe.d off In the rathskeller mariner, al- though some of the heavy pillars block the diners' view of the fioor show. Management has overcome what might have been an acoustic detriment by Installing p.a. speak- ers stfateglcally. Jack Fisher (eight pieces) is now an Institution here. In his second season; and his band's music la made to order for the low-vaulted:ceiling. Fisher, local boy, has built up enough following around here to .earn top billing at the blub almpst co'nt"iriually ^rico his 'bperilng' nightT 'Count' \SL^seriault,' from the band, does the m.c.'lng and sells It straight. No clowning with the acts, but does a Jimmy Durante bit In his own spot. Latter not In his line, .apparently. . - • ; - ■■' BonnelF- and ■ Newroainn,- - -mixed'- vocal team, top the current show. This li their sixth week and when known as the best gypsy violinist In Paris, riiaybe because he plays loud- ef and further off key than any of the others. This keeps up the at- mosphere of gayety, especially since the band doesn't stop a minute, all night. - - ■■■ •-, .-^ Two femme singers help out- Elena d'Algy, Spanish film actress, who has worked in Hollywood and who isn't bad to look at, although her voice Is weak, and Maflanska, a Russian soprano, who does caviar arid gypsy songs and also attempts, with disastrous results, sonie Amer- ican numbers, such as 'Love In Bloom.' French and international spend- erJs have cast, their favor oh this spot. Sonie of them got to know the proprietor in Biarritz, where he runs an identical spot in the summer. " , Stern. 50-Year Protection in Germany Under New Law Publishing trade was advised Iri a letter from the Music Publishers Protective Association last ."week tiiat tiie copyright law In Germany has been so changed as. to extend the term of protectlori to 50 years. Under the previous German statute the original copyright pri a musical composition was good for 30 years. ;; Pollock Doubling as Leader and Manager ' " :' V ^> ^ I)etfolt,T?eb^ 26. Perithouae, atop, the .Park Avenue hotel, opens March 7 with Ben Pol lock's orchestra and Doris Bobbins (Mrs. Pollock), Pollock takes oyer the. jnanagement of the spot. . ...Pollock. v-Conriea '. here (rom ..the Coast. Orchestra !wlll contain 16 men. . ■ ..'.■ •: ' ■ arid verve which Greenes outfit give^ everything It deserves, Zeno-Irwla ate the composers of 'Love.' But 'Love's' treatment will caus«. talk, arguments and draw coricen- trated study by the band boys both here and abroad. The Impfesslon la that Green is still trying, arid It's all .on Columbia 3002-D,. ; Andre . Koitelanotz • Mercharidizlrig phonograph 'roo« ords : a show business like an* other: phase or variation of box of- fice values. Just the orthodox wax- ing of the current, pops, by com- p'eterit band?" or singers, seeitis nbt to be suflddent; nor has It been, ever 'slnci^ the adverit of' radio flooding the. cream of the current arid past, music Into the homes from the batons and larynxes of the top maestros and vocalists. In line with the much needed showmanship ori wax are diska such as Andre Kostelanetz on "Victor 36161,. a 12-lncher, offering instrumental novelties In Donald Redriian's 'Chant of , the Weed' on one side, and a very colorful 'Rumba Fantasy' ori the other. Latter riiedleys 'Peanut Vendor,' . 'Slbpney,' 'Adios,' 'Mama Inez' and •Tony's Wife' In" a highly "colorful' and interesting orchestration which, under - the Kostelanetz manner of AErftngement,._take9 .on _ beaucoup. appeal. It's a disk -which grows oil rather than palls the listener. Al Bowlly ' Ray Noble. ha,s, so dominated all : of his H. M. Vi-Victor releases on both sides of the .A.tlaritlc ■ that Al.. BbwIly was perforce an anonymity. Ye t Bowlly's. the . same tenor w hn'p vocalized almost every chorus on a Noble record, but so far he's known only by his pitch rather than hl» - name, and then only in a limited sense. . . However, Victor and Noble ar« now building him up as a tenor ■. soloist on his own and he's getting; the cream of the tin pan alley crop. Victor 2485B couples 'A Little Whlt« Gardenia,' Sam Coslow's hit fron| Paramount's forthcomings 'All the Klrig's ■ Horses,' and. the Dietz- Schwartz song, 'You and; the Night and the Music' from 'Revenge yvith Music'.(legit musical). That Nobl* arranged and directed the accom* ; panying orchestra Is no handicap} a "rumba-rhythm Interlude in. the 'Revenge' orchestration Is pne in-. stance. ; '■'•■.'"■ ' "."•■'■ • . Geraldo; •.,. Frorii London cpriies Geraldo "and His Sweet Music -Mrlth a two-part foxtro.t medley of Harry Wobdi* .. score out of 'Evergreen.' Geraldo's dansapatlon Is as his billing Implied and the slx ditties but of the revu* (recently a, Gaumont-British fllmu* . slcai) are well done; vrlth approprU ate vocal Interludes. Coluriibia 3007. ■. : Hal Kemp .-- . Three out of the new "Gold Diggers,' and 'Little White Gar- denia' from 'King's Horses' consti- tute Hal Kemp's cinematic riiuslcal excerpts, all well done. 'Word* Are In My Heart' Is the waltz hit • -led--by~the-\4&Hfttat--gaFoar:Wlwr48 I fr^^ wit h ' Lu Habyr- of Broadway' on Brunswick 7369. 'Garderila' . with :Qoln' Shoppin* With You' (also 'Diggers') ar« paired, on No. 7370. Bob Allen and Skinny Erinls share the vocal honors. 'Fate' Waller Long before Waller came to at* tentlon with his .hotcha rhythm on Victof and the radio he was noted In tin pan alley as 'that sizzling organist from Harlem,' so It's no surprise that he recourses to the console for some heated interludei on Victor 24853, offering 'I Believe In Miracles' a,rid 'Night Wind.* Latter Is a bit mbre muslclanly, but both are rhythmic and appealing. And the organ Interludes certainly make It different. Qzzia Nelson "■' Brunswick 7373 is all Nelson, batoning and vocalizing a pair oC brisk foxtrot ballads, 'Things Might Have Been , Different' and 'Threvf a Bean. Bag at the Moon.'- San* customary Harriet Hllliard's vocal Interludes, the leader also handle* the choruses, but essentially they're two nifty foxes in the 1936 manner. - Little Jack Little ' ' ~ 'Miracles' again with 'Don't Be Afraid to Tell Ybur -Mother' in. the, Little Jack Little style, to self- vocalizing, and forte on the ivorle* but withal sweet jazz. . Freddy Martin Typical Martin rhythmpation o« Brunswick 7368, Harry- Woodr 'Dancing With My Shadow,' which ; He fashioned In England before It ,: came over here, and 'Believe It, Be* ; loved,' with a male trio and Elmef. Feldkamp airing the larynx in some .nice vocal accompaniments. . v^ Benny Goodman Snappy foxtfotology by the Good* mariltes, 'Blue Moon' and 'Throwin* l^toriea at the Sun,' Helen Ward ott the^vocala. iStrlctly-.fbr the hooferi. Coluriibia 3003. :