Variety (Mar 1935)

rAsiETr VAIIIEIV HOUSE BEVIEIVS Wednesdaj, Marcli 13, 1935 Earle, Philadelphia: Philadelphia, March 8.' 'Although Roscoe Ates Is the billed headllner; house. Is doing so much exploitation ' on the IB Tltaphone ■ Gli'ls' that this line Is out-drawing the ri^st of the bill; Gals hive plenty : of advance notices and are but d«Llly oh some press stunt. Feature Is •NlgAt Life of the Oods* (U). . \ Opener Is a pop medley "by the pit band/ which cues a sound trailer on- the girls thit shows highlights from several " of ; their previous . pics. Screen is-pulled up with the line on In full stage, costumed In a pink ruffled.outnt that's effective In front ^;bf a igrbld . back drop. Girls are all ^ Jookers and advance - to the lights 'for an opening patter arieht War- ners, etc., then, xoupled, they do. a series;6f kicks, taps and shim-shams ^ in solo. : Lee .Chappelle, cute blonde captain of the bunch, follows in one : with a sock ,tap routine that smacks of Eleanor Powell. She's garbed In .blue; pants, flannel' jacket and cap, : .makes a: sturinihg picture and scorcig soundly. /-' ■ .• - . . Stewart Sisters are in the* deuce : Bjpbt. Trio is; a local product and • has played here several tines, but this time with a nevir piano-singing c pantngr. Open In two at nalke, war- . bllng JBliie Moon' and;'then lh\o a .good rl»ythm ' nuinber. ! 'Bubbles' : Stewart;i'd6es an Iritetp bf^ Joe Pen- ' ner* that's k kiibckout close. Joe- Besser' Is next. He hasn't .'.jJlayed a downtown house for some- V time, and his stuff - stlll gets plenty their general positions, 'failed to mar the Illusion. Talent portion of show ruhs a little better than 60-60 on the en- tertainment side.'. Carland Sisters panicked and Patricia Bowman, held: for a third "week, offers an- other of her solo dance routines thist has WQri her a. following h^re. Ashley ^^ees, male impressionist, lsn*t so. forte,! as it would take, coh- sidcrable stretch of the imagination to believe .he was.. Imporsonatihg ,any of the starts 'selected for: his experiihent. Three' Rhythni Rock- ets, colored hoofeirs, offer little new In the way.^ of stepping, although th4y work hard and cpiiBlstently. Garland Sisters, three femmes, one of whom; Frances, is; btlll isi child and Vbout 80% of the com- bination, : are excellent harmonists, but It rtsmaliied for the youngster to :tie thlhgs up Jn .a knot, Girl looks like a bet for pictures and should make rapid headway. How- ever,: she should I^e . coached . more, proficiently; in her foreign tongue .songs/ particularly. the German, as her pronunciation .Is none tbo ac- curate. Otherwlsci,' the kid. is tops and deserved- everything 6he drew today. Opening overture, with- the band jniplt,-dr6^'Rube-;Wolf-to-«tiage-for a trumpet solOt fQilowed by. the glee cliib, house ma.le choral ensemble, bjpenlng . with a spirited'. marching song and then ^blng intb a ballad. Fanchonettea 'and ballet girls are combined for; .current: week,;- with tlve. Following htm, ,the "Vltaphone,; _rGtrls,^ in r.a: .splder -web- set^ -do an, ~ acrobatic rope routlhe rlglit^'btf^^^ :, drop,' featurlrig a blonde in (Jehter. /idea is novel, but loses eftect he- cause -routihe Itself calls' for some •awkward-jiostures. Lee Chappelle Intro's Rbscbe Ates, . ^who,. cornea put ;iUane j«t,;the jisHal. '. wori)-at-the^eIbow: costume.: Does .pra9tlcf^lly .the > same act.i he stut- tered :la8t ■ .fall; igaigging < .with fhe' , band before' hringlng : out his fem : stooge, Paiiliiie Milam.; Latter hks. i what it' take$ in ' Ibbks, -class land; delivery. Atto rambleip ialongi ih- ^;formally. '.sharing a igobd portion of -- -laughs -before—cueing hlvnself off : ! with a flddle number. .> " Threb .Vit9,phone , ^Irls next,, in. solo toe taps; Which..''seem iauperllu- ... ,0119; since.'6feorgie'TApp. ls o ' utc later. Tapp. .irates i, large hdrnd, • his rhythm whirls''very okay; Fhiale follows, Lee Chappelle doin{;"-the .- m.c. chore lo .. introduce .the com- < pany. Line. Is costuim^d in.; gold, . short-pklrt: outfits.; that are .. neat^ .';jpbs,.;/^.v •■ ,-vv.v..--,. -.: ■;;.-•; .■■'.; ■ . .Whole, show fs. produced nli:ely and offet-s'a:H' abunda'ace of t&Iclht :Runs 60 mliijjtes. A "Three 'Stooges' short and Tiewsreiel (kMplete the bill, ; Business.very.gbod.-.:, . . .. v iGm^ CAPlTOL, N. Y. (BEN BEBNIE UN IT) -It's:inostly--Beii-Ber'nie-^fr the-Cap femmes revealliig: •several intecest- color. EMBASSY, N. V. (NEWSREELS) Huey P. Long didn't bust up any cameras during the past week, but he nearly had Ina Ray Button's or- chestra scared to .death. The sen- ator from the. bayous also had Miss Huttoh a ; bit self-conscious as she -Interviewed him .In .his Washington. offices; to ask that he correct his song^ 'Every Man a King,' to Include the women in soihe way; Afte)^ writing in 'every wom- an A' .aueeii.' Miss Button starts, to put" girl orchestra through the number, Huey taking a sbat oh a chair and waving his hands around as though conducting,:; : The Klngflsh, prior to this epi- sode, had talked to Universal cameras, repeating a .portion of the speech he did on the air Thurs- day night (7). He isii't. a good camerit. subject and ..his voice doesn't: record as well ;"as that of other, senators.; Some shots of this year's Mardl Gtras in :New'C^'^^^s precede8\Long -x>n the screen, . , Show is; diversified, but not par- ticulffrl^'iieAvfiiyi- not, for the • box- ofllce, : strong. It leads oft with a Pathe cll]^ on air forceis, citing that England is increasing'her air arma- ments, but' that America r is also prepared, with a map Indicating the deferise Irohf onsthe Atlantic CbaM. TheVe ia( bbhslderable hews . of aii internatibnal and foreign nature, war material Including the Greek rebbUion and. Italy's tussle with AbxiislnljuJ:/:Ru'M . .this-week, with 'After Offlcb Honrs' (M.-G) on screen. As canny a jaz2. , purveyor as ever, with extra lurbe lows -and a mild screen rep to. fur ther fortify, Bernle brooks noMn- 1,, hlbltlons abdut' a I^ew-Metro aura ''at the' Capitol, ; but cohtirtues p^^^^ glng his forthcbmihg Paramount picture and Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. Doing it the way he does It, therfe^s no offense. . . Billy Severin, Frank Prince, Col. - - Manny - Prager . .(from ^ Bropklyn)., Dlcic Stabile, Billy Wilson, .Al Gqer- ing and: all the rest of the 'lads'' do their vocal-terp-jazz chores to sum a good total; It'is a miniature roadshow more than ever,mixing up the pops with highly effective . - hokiim. , V .. Of-the boys Fi;ank Prince's tenor- fng . (succeeding Pat .Kennedy) stands up,and outi Also looks'pos- . Bible for screen-testing. Lattej^ slant ^ goe.s also for Dldk Stabile, the hot M saxen "Wilson is the fast stepper and the others contribute in variduB Pf ' ways, notably Col. Prager In the vb V- V(Earquartets. '"" '' ■ 'For; the rest; Don Albert: batons .: :a peach of a. light overture , medley, inuslcally: sturdy, and wjbrfli'y, but not too Heavy for the film fans..The concert master's violin soloing also _ comes In for some extra attbntloh. Besides , the feature ' and usual Hearst Metrutone News, the; second 'March of Tinie' riewsreel issue; is Bupplemehtaiy , celluloid ballyhoo. :B1z good-bpehing nighti Ahel. PARAMOUNT, L. A. ; Lbs Angeleis, Marbh 7; New type of stage show; provided :' ;for J:his house by Fahchbn & Marco; a few" weeks ago seems to have hit Its . stride, and clicked -with the house regulars. Current show: Is ^. _ib.outi;pn, s^.: par; with Cthose of .the.: past few weeks, witH' probably - a, :little niore novelty injected in sev-: ' eral of the ensemble flfMShes,: and a striking, illusion utilized here for the fltst tlnie, although it is not hew to Broadway. ; It's a swimming illusion, by m^aiis of which half a dozen of the P&M line girls, garbed. In full length tights, and reclining upon, the ■ llbor. back stag's, are reflected by ■■. mean^ of-mirrors' against a scrim 'Which ■ jrlves them the appearance; of i^'ivlminlng in a huge tank, along with a lot of gold flsh. Fact that the girls merely wiggled their fpet and hands a bit, and failed to. move :.iScrcen- feature,.; .'JVH th^ King's ;irox;sfea':(Ear);.;MatH-Piu; Nbws, .'Redr Nichols and Pennies' musical, short and 'PopeyV cartoon for fillersi Biz staj'ted slowly; but picked up as in- itial. show advanced. Edtoa. .: ' Most of the shQw..this week istack^ up'as good fare. Stagb depiirtnient uses 68 mlnuties to run off its bill, that is minus any encores. Several of the acts could have returned but ihized the idea. Two: of 'the offerings are new and rated' about as much attention -if not a little more . than th^ others as to audience apprecia- tion.' - ;■..-■ ■.; . To' Open, Pelovis Juggles hats, canes, plates, etp., - with marked agility; : It -staried Off smoothly biit he .missed a >lot of timing toward the end which marred the. sum total. One of .his. .bbst. tricks; Is- tossing a lighted leimp in the 'airland catch- ing it on a plate's sharp edge. Fred :Sa9tbopi< speeijhless vcpmic,. on for tj^pical nbnseh'ftj?."-Nb'='sbuhd. out of this comediah, hut he brought forth the flrst sign b^. the house waking Qp. His xylophone thuniplng is really gagged for the most.part. Al Shayne (New Acts) is now. fatoilUar ■to.most patrons from his marathon :radlblhg:. A ripple of extra interest greeted him as he stepped out. . Harry ; Burhf^ assisted - by threi stoogesj well prirtied with hfs for elgn Jargon aiid patter.-- Still bomes on with his fistful of balloons which dlra,ppear one by one as his assist ahts pop . them. Ends up in blast of 'St.' Louie Blues.',. Jlouse with Burna* funstering warmed up for sure;," - . y-:'--: ^ ■■ : ■ Closing, Charlie Davis' musical outfit (New Acts) offered good mu- sic, not to be placed Ih the sweet lilting category"::but. nvor© in the rpusing Idiom which sent the show off with al_hlce flourlshr - This one could easily have returned a cbuple of times. ■ . 'Clive of India' (UA) on the screen. : Biz pkay opening, night. .'.' Two 'radio attractldns,.. one from CBS,: the other froni NBC, high- light the week's stage show here. Stoopnaglo' .and Budd and Martha Mears respec. At the boxofllce they ou^rht to niean some extra bucks for the house, notably Stoop-pudd team, apart from whether-their-act-ls-al- .most as old as they are. Team spotted down; jiear the close, follQ\^ed by this week's -win-- her of the Fred Allen amateur radio contest for further ether draft. He's Bob Eberle who plays the guitar and sings songs with zest artd, even . If. his diction is faulty,' he's fairly entertaining,: Park and Clifford, • hand-torhahd endurance workers : with a routine that's good but too long, open. Tom, Dick and Harry follow,: Miss Mears taking middle spbttiiig a,head; bf the big dance hiiniber by the Gae Foster girls. MIsis Mears does three numr bers;- She has an appealing voice and a :pleasing, personality, with successful stage -week in store for her here. . Tbni.Dick-Harry trio engage In nothing but .slapstick hut the way :they.- do It :and - the iblever- tlmlng- makes this act., Big number for ;FosterItes i3tarts them, ouit with a mirror illusion; They are In red and whltel coistumes which aid In forming an effective picture after coming downstage for a routine that l$n't as close a copy of something else that's been done, as most are.; For the finale the girls do a fencing number. Show ; runs 45 • minutes, leaving time to fill. A Mickey Mouse, nov- elty short and a comedy, 'The Little jBlg ;Top' (Educo) besides the fea- ture; 'Enchanted April' (RadiorAnh Harding) and news. •Business fair Friday night. . Char,, tb' bbihsidei^ faira^ problems; and to deny -that- starvation exists; Japan pushbs ' °f orvfrard;-oh world trade; Italy starts building a Fascist me- morlaI.-and:.Po]l:t«iigal re-elects a dic- tator.; ■ :',,■.-■■ . ■ „. Week's , bill',Includes, its "laughs. Pathb n^ -Itas'a cOniedy announcer in the tHirsOn of 'TiBddy Befgnian. who does aNJack' Peturl. in bbhnec- tion 'With: bhb clip' 'On ladies'- styles oil .yesteryear.' He's a copy of Lew Lehr,; Who's . been . dbing,: this sort of .thing for Foic fOr some tinie and; who, this -week. |(o.bs, Prenchy aftet. camc^rais, )n'ave' crawled into a Gailllc 'nitery In New" 3rbrk to photo ah Aiiaohb Toiitlnei -. Other laughs are dravrn by. Sen. Long and some clips of boxing; matbhes, Including one of. a couple of. kids. - Reels, enjoy,, rather «veh reputa- tion tbls wejBk, and; ,with Pathe now in' new and;.'ellCoctive dress, X>iara- mptiht Veriialns the only reel that atands stlU ih this dlrebtiOn. Shorts are a FltzPatrick travel- talk, - 'Switzerland the Beautiful,' and .'Old Faithful Speaks' (FD). .- ...■':::..;. Gfcor. ; ^ f M|>IRE, PARIS ■ ■' ^.i. ■:;'-'■;■ .■• •'./. Paris, ;March -1.' For straight quality the' current Empire show is; as good as any which has .gone: onto the • former Stayisky revolving stage, since Pathe-Natan . revived two-a-day hero; Local' marquee, n'ames are missing, 'however, so despite ehter- talniiient valn'e of the show the gross dragged la bit the flrst days Headliner is. the lUuslOhlst, Che- fal.b,. who travels witfai three midgets, a giant, .a girl, ,a cOuple of assist ants and more Chinese trunks, cos tumes and apparatus than can be counted at one batching. He puts on as: thoroughgoing an act as any of its kind. Goes down: into the or- chestra for card," ring and hand kerchief tricks,, gets humor but Of his rhldgeta and sex appeal but of his. girl, does-an ;effectlve levitatioh illusion, and: keeps going at a'fast pace for some 20 minutes^ . Magician's patter and explanation are In funny French, Italian arid English, , all together, and audience dpesri't get much of them, but that only a,dds to the entertainment, His name mean's little to Parisians cur- rently, b'lit probably will'mean more after this engagej^tpnt. Only strictly American act on the bill is Miller arid Wilson, knbckr aboutcomedians and tumblers, whose: humor does;, not: depend /on speech and feets over well. Their acrobatic horseplay Is Jiist a little too sVtong for the French In spots, but In 'general draws laughs. Ex- actly the type -of act which can de- pend on getting good billing Iri Paris ariy -time, although possibly riot breaking any high pay records. Curious adagio act, Leblari, Du- charme and Ray,, follows the Tan- kees. Thi|9 teain, apparently French, has lots of difficult steps: and heaves, but little: grace. Consists of two men and', a girl, arid latter is Un- usually plump ; and heavy; though good lopklrig. One of the meri looks like the understandcr In an acro- batic family act,: father" thiaii' a dancer; He; needs all, his beef to toss his little partner around,; ,v. ;:.Act Would be mediocre but for -the list dance; 'which -1s"^ Iri phosphorescent costumes against a black drop. ; Big fellow wears no phosphorus, and Is invisible.' Girl's corsage Is so decorated that her waist, where: he grabs her. Is black, and thiJs as he tosses hief or holds her aloft It looks as if she "vvere : floating independently In tlxe air. Illusion Is complete and effective. Hkrid iihd face makeup of the two who are Vlslblb shows solid purple In the dark, and natural bA < lights go on.: : Sefeond; man keepi3 strictly off; In moments when foots :go up, keeping the Illusion. Strictly local number Is Gefmalne LIx, old-time slnfeer who, accpirir pahled by a pianist, puts over Pari- sian songs more effectively .than the hotter known and yoUnger women who have been playing the Goldin circuit recently. She does a tragic apache- song without super- fluous g^st ares, not bathos and Just enough'sOb in her voice. Gets over her humor with; snap. Diction is perfect—hot a wbrd missed. - Pity she's not younger and better-look- ing; it she were she could fill that American galp. : Circus act :.'whiclt Empire: always uses to., complete the program . fa Houck's trained, geldings, who dldii't obey orders at show caught, Plc^ tiire is 'Quadrille d'AmoUr,' with Irene- Zilaby. Hungarian stax-^f. local-intereBtT)nlyr: ; \ - TOX, BRpOkiLYK Why : must the- Ppx, BrooIiiVn, spoil: what could .bo a jsobd-yaude layout: with the garnishments, of a production, slowing: a 46-mlnute dash into a; <16rmlnute crawl?:. If It's to give .^he customers a. brei^ then the cu'stoiriers are wrong. If thoy take it as such. Certainly, that add- ed and wasted time isn't entertain- ment..;'. Besides a draggy show> here this weekrthere^ also a fair measure .of irony. . Helen. Kane, the original gal who set bbops to music, Is h^ro .In person, ttrhile a icax Floischer 'Betty- Boop' cartoon, dubb'Od hy;Mae .Quesr tel,: Is ori;>the'Screen; And to lay; it on a; bit thicker. Miss KanO's Open- ing-.sp^ial refera-to-thfli fact that she loqt her: suit against Fleischer. Inbld^ntally; If anybody is 'wbnder- ihp; wba:t happehed to Harry Car- rbU; "he's accompanying Miss Kane on the^-plano; -Carroll is practically doing: an >Ai Slegal. arid lB-handllng Mtsis Kane for radip,, The other acts are . ^he.. .Fotir Diplomats,. ;Gaehn. aind Jerikinii; and thO' Twb Daveys.; ,Th6 dbuble; blll- Ifig for thS latfbr icj: 16 a 'puislcr bbcausb lt's the mi^ Jifie^glbr !ivho's the- whoW act. MBKTDavey,Jusf-han^ dies : the: props.: . Davey whahimed: here at'thls batchliig, the: hpuse go- ing for , his swearing In between tricks to. the extent that he dragged down tiie applause honors.;' ^MIbs Kane registered only in the latter portion of ;her'atlnt; In the early part she's iserlous in her renditions of :Carrbll's . past hits;- and It Just doesn't become her.. 'When she does boop-a-doOp^. 1th one of the Four Diplomats, .who doubly,.as iji. c. It's better. Glenn and Jenkins get across nicely with their dai^cing' and broom-handling, but their comedy chatter, erdiriaflly the feature of their,'turn, doesn't get iicrosB in this big. house., -trh^y.'ro wpfked. in: and. out;of the sliow, first as 'piano-' mbVefb; then'as' sweepers and then Into^ their-act. '■ The tS-glrl line shows 'great Im- provement over the choruses at; this thoatre heretofore. Of the Diplo- mats, male, quartet^, beside, the lad who .doubled as :m. c one Is drafted for a dyet with a fed-headed torch- er. - Specialties of the Dlploriiats are but fair, as Is their work en toto. On the screen, is 'Marines : Are Cprtilng'; (Maiscot). - Biz oke Friday night.. : Scho. Metrbpoiitan, fi'klyn ComblnatlOri of; Ann Hardliig an^ Robert'Moritgonlery, on the i^creeri in .'Biography of a Bachelor Girl' (M;G), with Jimmy Durante (New Acts) On the stage, gave this under the-'L' Loe# deluxer; run like ) grind/, a big house at the Saturday mat. House Is cheating a bit be cause of the Incluslori of Durante, In on hlo stridlb (Metro), sataryi the tisu^l five acts being cut t.o 'duf to pave the way for;a more raiiid turn over. Stage end Is under ;i'-o wife In 62 mihutes; Schiiozzbla' taking up 20 of these-in whamming fashion.^ Durante closes the show,; unusual for a single, but it's prpbably better to': bring; him into; the screening rather than hold up; :the 'sho\v With encpfes and ovbrtax the minds Of twb br ; three asslatant-riianagers with what to do about those .etari- dees. As it was; they; called for Chief Big-beak to return even aftter 20 minutes.' Inddehtally, the eynir phony In brown the riosey-kid is sporting here Is his "most strikirig creation iso faf. :: All three acts preceding Durante suit the purpose,.; though one; of them Includes ' a piece of business that, for dirt, by far eclipses every- thing tried to date. It's a twist on an Old gagi and Is stressed tb :an objiectlonable. point, especially be- fore such a mob of: kids at this house had Saturday. Otherwise/the mlxe'd team, Lbiralne and'Dlgby,"'!^ nrie, cleverly handling an on-the- make theme and some funny knock about.--: •;:-■:': ' Opening the show is the excellent Hal Menken Reviie, six-people flash dominated by the fine hoofing of the billed name. Turn; also holds "a femme harriion'y trio, a igood banjb- ist arid a girl who usually does a Russe dance, but "was on here strict- ly for atmosphere. : Shirley. HoWard, Iritroed' over th6 p.a. as by courtesy of isfBC; delivers a severi-ininute repertoire of pops in fair fashion in deuce. Has;volce, but lacks spark -for :Btage. purposes. :,.■;■■; ■ Bcho. MUSIC HALW N; That n&ebhahlcal •dge whiph tha Radio City Muslb Hall has over other theatres is forcefully asserted In thb. current 'Ciavalcade Of Color' on the stage. It'a 'a' typical M.H. show in that it features BlghtUness above action, but a knockout of its kind. With 'Roberta,' (RadlO) as a screen running mate. It gWea the big. house an exceptional all-around program. Show :;is. in three sections, with the. punch set at;rlTlng with the seo- ond iteni and. holding oyer for th* finale., . A shlhy, silverrtoppbd turn- table resting at a slight anglb la the center, of attrattloh, back- isrrburided by a lljfht coloredi cloth eye on which a myriad of lights plays. . Some of , the switchboard tricks afb magrilficen't. Nick. Daksy; in th«i .custoihafy tight pant's,, starts It off with a troupe Of gents who specialize in plrouettei^ and whose parits are rio less form: fitting than Nick's. The ballet is also;' Included, doing a sightly . riJUtine with costqhtes litro- yidlrig a feasoii for the nundber'a title; 'Rhapsody In Whlte^' Anna RosiroUe and Julio Martiriez slnff a SpahlBh introduction for the big nUmber^Tangd In Scarlet.'which !■ tpi>ped by. the Rockettea in an Un- usual dance for thbm. - Diahce st^-; irig Is crbdlted to Gerib Snyder. Rockbttes are back In the finale, aa are the ballet girls., In the latter Natacha Nattova, Allen Noyes and Victor Cadd 'coiriprlBe an, adagio rtrifr—fof^-sbmer-unc omm o n to sslnK" and a. .apeclal bongj : 'Cavalcade of the Blues,', authored by Billy Daw- jiOp .andlLibhel Sbapliio..serv.es as a- themor. ■ Male chorus in the pit pitchos in throughout' the Bho< along with the orchestra.Latter plays Ravel'a Bolero as^ the-overture, und swell; . Business heayy; opening night, v; PARAMOtJNt, PARIS ;V;; ' .-:Pari8, - Feb.'. 22.-' '■ Jacques Charles has put on one of - his more attractive. If:' iriexpensWe,- shows here this week. Calls it 'Cherry Tlme,^ after the backdrop; which as cllriiax lights: up with a flock of red .balloons: fepresentlnff cherries, (:[ ;,':.':• -. 1.-:.. Basis - bf show is Par's line, 24 Blue Bell girls,.; who Parry out real Tiller tradltlori as to precision arid uhlspn of movement, to say nothing of bnap. They're by far the best in Paris. At one point they break tha llhe ;fof Iridividual work. Just by way of contrast ind' to show the French they'fO-'hot niachlhes. Few. odd'spot' :ter8,-splits and 'slriiple Russian Btepa by some of . .'the girls, whllb th« others reprpsent an encoUraglng au*: dience, serve tb increase the'effect of the line work, which is taken vOf again iriimbdiately afterward. As usual, Charles'gives one vaUd« number, the Threb Babies,. Ameri- can; girls, in an eccentric acrobatlo dance act They fit In well with tha show, and their V horseplay gets plenty, of laughs. Good acrobatic* by 'the ;.4iusktest Of . the ..three gobs; over well. Picture is Fox's local made .'La: Vertigo,' directed by Paul •^chlller^ ex-Paramount Ipcal. studio •writer, who has name-in neons oh mairqueb fof .first, time. House was full at current catchirig. : Stern. : ^^^^^^^^^ OT^ ; j ' Chicago, March 8. Show-this week Is a prime exam- pile that it doesn't take plenty, of coin to biilld a good show; No headliniers, no heavy ni'oney acts, ■ but yet a bill that's entertainment froni Btaft to finish, Reason for the lack of. money play on the stage is the. picture,: 'Little Colonel' (Fox); which will push the gate into high numbers currently without any help from : sta;^e. However, the second issue - of V'Mar-ch of—Time' -on the iscreen Is figured as extra weight at the box office. It's an old-time Baliabari & Katz production and a good brie with plenty pf excellent settings by; Leo Stahr, flrie. cbstumlng- by Francis Pallester. and unifprriily eye-filling daitce routines by Fred Evans. Prb- "dudtlbn staff here has becbme tops;, and given material to work with fcurrentiy they, turn out a bang-up job.-'.. :;;. No legitimate' headUrier here biit the greatest Interest: currently Is being expressed in .Vivian Delia Chlesa, who shot out into a sort of local spotlight recently by copping., the flag in an amateur- •warbllrig coritest. held by WBBM, • the local Columbia web station; Miss Chlesa. is on late In the show to sing three :numbers, numbers -which she- does - pretty well, havlng surig the num- bers In the contest and iri her first suistaining show bn WBBM. Sho W';a8 rather a^iVkward in getting oh arid off the stage, but that was to be expected. She made up for It, how- ever, on. her really ;:flne stage pres- ence arid her exceptlorially pleasing tonsils. Technically, the girl seems excellenti but her best point, and. that which bells every note she «t« ters, Is the warmth and body of her voice. Miss Chlesa apparently has all the riecessary qualities to; go places as a siriger of classic tunea. "VVlth Miss Chlesa in as CBB rc)p> : (Continued on page 29) :: ;