Variety (Jan 1937)

Wedneisdayt jAmiary 20,1937 VARIETY NEXT WEEK, Jan. 25 THIS WEEK, Jan. 13 Nume^alf in CQnnectioii with bills bel6\^ ihdicata epeni ; show; whether full or ■plft week BOSTON B«be Barrl GlrlB Geprgla Jfaye^ Walter. Nlllson- Stanley 2 jlachel. Carlay Al Trahan (14) Betie-Bnrrl Stavis Bvape ., HdrrlB Claire Bare &. Yates SaHjr Ran* . , • Rial Sbermaq Benny FleldB OHICAGO Palace <!tX) jfittiBon'a Rhythms Medley & 'Dupree Moore & Revel Jaije Withers Oreat Grdtonas -(m : -^ ■ Whites Scandals , CINCINNAXI Keith's (22). Major BoAves Co. Watson Sis" ■■ ' ' ■■■■ -(IB)' BiBn Marden-s Co- CI4KVEI.AND Palace my . Marden's Riviera- Co ^(16) Mattlfion's RhytliiTis Medley & Dupree ' Moore & Revel Janij. Withers Grect^t Oretonas COJiVMBVS Kelth'e (22) George White's - Go . Keith'* (22-24) Diane &; Duval . Raynibnd WillMCt Radla'tlamblers. :Lewis & Moore- Jumbo Kelth!s (22-24) L'le Jack -Little Or Hoes & Bennett Loew KEW TOBK CITV State ..(22): ■. . & Doreeb;- - ftarfy Burns Co Behiiy Davls Co PiTTSBCrBAlf Stanley (22) •Pats' Wallor -Ore WASHINOTON ■ Capltor(22) ~ Blacketone NEW YOWK CITS Paniihoant (20) > ■Ray- Nflble -.Ore ■ ■ E:dna ■Sedgwick .,; Cyril Smith AUSTIN . . Pammovnt . (28-26) Dave Apollon Co, BOSTON MetropDlttan (2?) Herbert Mwndln Neila GoOdelle " Radclllt .& Hogerov Dave * H Murray .Pichlaiiha.^l?r—;■ Dalfr Wln^hr^B.. fllilrley Gale . CHICAGO Chicago (22) itial. Sherman NlraKa,. . , P & li. ritton B.d Allen. & : Kent . Oriental (22) Count- Bernlvicl Co : . DETROIT Ikflnhlgaii (22) Don Redman Bd Buck .& Bubbles. Ada Browji' ■ 4 Btepp Bros Edna Ma« . Waters MONTREAL ■ XoeW* (22). Olsen- & Johnson Co : TOKONTO V'Shea'ir Hipp (22) Leon Errors .Co TORONTO Uptown (22) Mogul ■ WACO . Faraihount .(27--28) Dave. Apollbii's Co Warner PHILADELPHIA, J%lleglie1iy: (26-27) 2 Boris Ann Suter Co Phil Seed Co Wells & 4 P . (2a-2e>30) Byrnes Sis Rev (Three to fill) (21-22-23) Virginia B'aqqn, Co (Three to nil) Knrle (22) Fred Wia,rlng^S Go (15) 'Tour ■ Hit Parade* : T«x,(22)- Dick-Don -A: . Dinah Steve Bvdns Salici's Puppets ■>. ■ - 'L <i5> Cttpt W Mausfl Co. 3 Samuels & Hay^e Jas Melton Nixon (28>3fl) Wells & 4 Fays (Three to fill). :(21-22-23) 3 Blue Streaks Bobby Gilbert Go Don Alvin Rev - (Ghe.to.flU) O:<ford (28-30) Ann- Suter Go. DOn Alvln Rev (21-23) 2 Earls Wells & 4 Fays (Two, to fill) PITtSBVRiiBH Stanley (22) Fats Waller Ore Chuck & Chuckles -■(16)-" , H'woQd Hotel.-R.ev. HEADING Astor : (15) N T G Rev UTIC*\ Stanley (2A-28) Little Jack .XJttle WASfHNfltON Earlo' (22) v K- Murray & Osw'ld Dixieland Jaz2band 3 DeLonK Sis D & E Ba.rstow (IS) Bttiiny pavla Co.. CHICAGO ^S^ate Tjike (23) Centehitlal Rev M1I6 Corrlrie.: K^yiHuffhefl Co INDIANAPOLIS ■ LSric (Iff) MareUs-Show ■ Xyrlo (22) Lambert!^ .Harris &. Howieil ,Wh!tey -&- Ed Fold Variety Gambols Kay. Tolarid. -Griiy,- Fein.-' K.4NSAS CITY. ■ Tower (22) , R6X Weber, > Bdlsbn £: Loul.se Ted Cook (One . t*) nil) SIEMPHlfl . Orpheum (23) A B Marcus Co Frank Wilson - . Anita,-Chas A'-Jack ILFOBD : Snper Tbledoi . Billy & J Harinony Kings.' Halfe &' Bscoe- ISLINGTON Bi^e Hall let half (18-20) , Ju-Lio-San' Freddfe, P .& Anhe 2d Heilf (21-23). HeltaiioB KILBCRN Grange.' Jean Plorlan' • a Porters' ■ ,. LorarinU Thorpe Stanton. LEYTON8T0NE . vBlaltci Louie Almaer Benhett^&'Williams 6 Bbohiles Howell's Bd , OLD SIBNT. ROAD Astoria Antoii .Bd 4 Bobs -. Pletro .& Rita SHEPH'RDS BOSH Pavilion . Darmora Ballet Johnson Clark STAU^OBU lULL Regent. • AUetel.: & ArtU Frank Wilson Aiiita, Chas' <& Jack STRA'iFORb Broadway, Toledb, Elly &: Harmony Kings Halg & Bscde . S'^keAtham AStOrlfii r Ahtoii, Bd 4 Bobs' Co as booked TdllTTENHAM COURT ROAD' ' "Paramount', HAtty Fryer 3d Sylvia .« Chrlstlari. 2 New,: Yo|rkista,' . >. ..TbOTING ' .. Granada J. Maskeleyne Co Don -Francisco Bob HoWard. waltham^tow Grhnadu Bobby Howell. Bd Qeddes Bros. Karina Vadio & Hertz> ; We.ilenda's Lloiis provincial IXTeek of jfl^. 18 ASkTON UNDER LYSIE Empire ~ Batle & Foster Victor Moreton Daley 3 Maude. Selkirk ■•.CARpiFf ' (Capitol. Roy Fox Bd. CARLISLE . Lon0dale: Pantzer,'e Midgets . Browning '&■ Starr. Clifton &. Vellette EDINBURGH New Victorln M ..Middletbn Co! . itegeht ial half (18-2fr)- Red Fred Vliicent & Pox 2d half (21r23) Sherwood .Forest ■ HEREFORD Kemble Tony Gerrard' Go. Stanford' & McN. Danny Llptbk'i Go . iCarsons ' KINGSTON Regal - Sangers GlrcHS LEITH ^Tapitol 1st half (18.20), Sherwood Forest"; 2d half "(21:23) Red Fred ,. Vincent & Pox • .MANCHESTER Palace . .'•■. ■; 0'^ven McGlvney 3 Matiiis.' .. DakOtus'". ' - OXVOBD - Ritr Billy GoBteilo. Alexandra .3 '- 3 Australlaii Boys Hairry^.Moore Plough Adelphi B & D Waters I'at .0:Brl(Bn R, &. J WJrthon Vafdbl 4 tunbridge WELLS Kit* Glapham & - Dwyer Beryl Qrde Fred Hudson 8 Step Sis . UXBRIDGE Regal B & D Waters Pdt-O'Brien Y & j WInnon Vardel 4 Cabaret is IXEW YOKK CITY ill's Gay ttO'e Jerry White Paul Davin Fred BishojE| Gusr WIcke Rudy MadlSon . Will Ward Bernle Grover. Joseph B. Howard Splice Harrison. Week of Jan. 18 :! Astorlii D.H. Pindlay &, Fbra Canterbury M. „l8t half (18-20) HeltanoR _ 2d half (21-23) Ju-Llo-San Freddie, P '& Atjne . Dominlbn' MantOva.nl Ore New Vlftbria Ohlitoh .ft; ThonY - .Gypsy Nina BRIXTON Astoria niiiv;^eottbh Bd CHAdw»EM. H'TH Palace lolse Mandoliera CHELSEA . .Palace Percellys ,' Dlnkle Denton t EAST HAJt Gntnad* 5. Cleveres • -.- : » Cathie'* B4 i. Morris- & ;Cbwley ■Medlock &. 'Marlowe Premier . . Trblse Maridollers ' EDGWARE ROAD ' .(friind Jean. Florlah 3 Porters ];«ranna.' Thorpe & Stanton EDHONTON Empire ... Madloclc & ivfiirlowe Duncdh's'- Collies .^fo rr I s. & ■' C o w ley Cathie's Bd FINSRURY PARK . . -Astoria ... Hallry Fryer Bd Blna & .Bllda . HA31MERS.MITH . Palace Darmora Ballet Johnson' Clark ■ Jaclc W«!St .r;ea Barbery nriip)' Gllhert Yyette Rugel lllack Cat Kitten Koruft. Al ■& Ton.l Cortez Blohdie Scott Evelyn Oliver .A.n'ianda'Uandolp.h , .rimroy T'Vornas ■ Mnxle Ar natVpng Amy Spe:icer ' Billy Darlela T.onny Slbinions Ore llruss RiilL Dick Mnh.sHeld Ciife 1l»ill "Yanyego Voodoo C Virginia Valley Jack Arnold ' Gus Howard Pimmela Clifford Phylls. Avery Violet. Carsoh Nell Bllz Bonnie Bedk .Lillian CarJion 'Chic'. FArmer Polly Plck^rt Sid Hftw.klnH Jean GOrdAri Dorothy Maxlne Johnny Po.well's Bd Gliuteuii Moderne Marybh I)alc ■ F McParlane Ore" . .Club. Giiuchb jjjiullri virgll Ana Estaseh - La poJores' Ramon Garr6si'i> ■ v - :G4Uchos''. Club Yuniuri Con.^uelo Moreno', Bllfico Grenet Ore. Roslta Ortega. ' Reno & Bstela. Roldan Don Hliberto Ore. Cu«i Ronge Irwlh dllbeft Or< Tladale 3 •, Cotton Club Bill Rbbihson Avis Andrews Berr'y Brbs ICjiloah'. . Ftohrl WcSsels Katherine Perry Dynamite - lIopl<er * ■ Tramp Bd Wbyte's Maniacs Broadway Jones r- Wen Talbert's Choir Bahama Dancers ■Arthur Davy .Ore Cab Calloway Ore Phil Beadle I Chlcp" Carlos Montoya Delliiia Vera Mona Mbntes Dolores & Gandidn Roslta Rlos Los Havape'roB Don • Alberto Ore. ABC Trio -Morocco Brnle Hoist; Ore' I 'i'Areanor ijoa ..•.iedap Pedrb Via Bd ' Fro Adalet Feral Bengd Betty Brite Betty Bruce Florence Cliurnbec'oE Hilda Elfonte- Roilf . Holbelh Johnny' Co Xavler .'LeiTiercler 7' ;Xlhravllla's Rekkbfs. -Rhoeni'ads , Plbrcrice: Spencer Tullah & Myl Irl.s Wayne Vega -Vsp Rubs , Morgan' Ore V'.. Travers ' Ore G. Cromwell Ore GreenjVicIl Village Caiilrto Ann White Alleen Rodlgah Bdl'-Durcya Slg RamOn Jennne Jordan 'Carlba Lopez Elba &; Jlntiriiy Marengo. .Ore Wallace Aillan Rev . Harlem' L^prbltr Brsklne H'-wkiris Bd Lillian Fl.(zgeri(ld Edna Mafe Holley Eddie Hftrroh ^ B, dastle . & Scott Mae Brown Willie Jackson Tlhy Bunch Ijovey Lstne. Falrbanlts Sis Hlckoi^y' ounf Jack Teagarxlen Ore ■ Prank Trumbaper Chas Tc(vgarden Aifl«Ie;»tftfcd' ' fBtiBnjr iBevngasv^ ••' 7 HMyW'd K«BlMur«nl Josephine HbustOii'' . Paul Barry Rhythm Kings Ada Leonard Demttri' Karele & Andre Paul R;^mos - 2 Dave'ys . Lcnnle Hayton Ore '. Hntel Ami ot Dick .Gaaparre Or Cbbiha Wright '.Jack & J.une 'Blair Heather Hallday Robert Bard btei' AHtbr Vincent .Lopez..Ore Pred L.o.we.ry'. . '' Melba Melting Emliy V.An l.oesen, Ghaa BoffmoD Staiiiey Worth Robert 1;. 11^ Piorenzos..; ■ Horace Hei^dt Ore Lysbetli Hiighea Hotel C«iin iiiai tiiiiifrit: Ore Colleite & Barry Barbara:. .Jason Hotel RdlWi Bobby Hayes Pro Gypsy Lee' Muriel Byrd Bob Berry- liotei' Kmim!s HoqHr N .. rahdewyn'ne Or Maxinb Tiapplh ■ Hotel Firth Ave Roy . istrum drq ^ Hotel Governoi; .Qlinton Stuairt Jules. Ray O'Hara. On? Hotel. LeslnKfto Ozzle Nelson !Oro Shirley Lloyd Hotel: LlnViilp (sham Jpnes Oro. ' .Hotel; MvAlplh.' Enuch Ligbt Ore A Gonzales. But Hotel :Monl<>1ulr Corn I. Islhhderfi Juanita- Wayne Joe Pontee. ' Clay. Brysun Happy- Powers Mek Fisher John' Zeilner Bon Bluin Hnl Hope Ore . Hotel Murray Hlii 'tFotintuln. Room) Dolores .Parrls Rutit Kldd Frank McGbrihiclc Will Oo:kland il«»tel New Vnrkcf Abe Lyman. Ore Arthur Ravel Oro TesB Garden . . Marion Wtlklrie Jack. .Walters '■':. Rose Blaine* Tiny Wolf Sonny Sehuyler Hotoi Park :(-«inlra Tic Tbc Girls .' Ruthahia tii Malc'im Jerry Blaihe Ore Leonard Elliott Robin 2 . Dell Arden . ' . Hotel Park tjuie Pnnchb Ore' Junior Raphael' rc llbtei Pt^nneylviiiMa 'Benny Goodman Bd Berhhard'& Orah'm Prances Hunt Hotel Piccadilly Trent Patterson Arno & Zola..'' Jerry Stewart Dave Schooler Ore .Hotel I'taza Eddy Duchih Ore De Marcos'- •Will McGune Ore .Hal Atkinson Hotel Roosevelt 3 ESciUljres G'uy. i.ombardo Ore Hotel ilz-Curllob Edna Janis. Senbr Wences 4 tCi'addocks Zoska SenOr Wences Durelle' AfrinUe Basil Fomeen Ore Hugo Marlanl Orb Annan Vebaey Ore - Hotel Saybv,-PlRKn Endor & Parrcil Bmlle Petti. Ore 'Habaneras Ore Hotel Shrlton Phil Darcy Ore..: ■Keggy Dolan .Hotel Slierry- Netlierluiiid. Tania & Kirsolf Gen. Lodijensky Raphael . Lobbv Doublagb Nicholas ZoHn. Serge Sergey . Catherine Grey Alex Bunchuk Ore ut(pl St. Alorlt*. Cha.s .'Wright Roger - Stearns AIex:;Bbtkin Ens ■JaclcSherr Ore..:. Hotel St. RflgU 'Merry-GovRound' ■ Horatio Zito Ore Boris. Kbretzky . lfiiif (Iridium Room) Eimil Colemari Or Haftmaiin G & P ; Rcadlnger -2' Jack Powell Hotel TafI Geo, iHall Orb npUy Da^Vn- .Emperbrsbf 'y.t'm Hotel ynnflerltllt Eddie Lane Oro Jean FatVles Dean Goodelle Dee Luryeti. otcl 'Wuldu Aitoriii Mairlo & Floria Ev^ Symington Eddie LeBuron Bd Leo' Relsman' Oro Sll(!lvael 'iiarin Ore. . btei Weylln Alex • Fogarty.. Chiirtle, AVi'ljfht.. jiiliimy Kelli;''' , Ma'ry-'.Barlon' ■ 4. Moii-thiartre. Bbys Junior Opstcllo Cblciuita Inga- Bor f;e;,-Ky L Tanya , •Mary , Lane, -Joe Gapiyello. Orb , . Simeon Ivaravaeft' •.>orla Rjr&o ' Vlleiist. Gabrlelle .Michael .Mlchon Na'd la ';.'.' A SU>y Mlsqhn, 5. BdnnovsUy NIelvolas: Mbltley Or Blisha Tuttle Ore. Lnrne- Peggy SlrlcUlun'd Betty Bvyant ■ Jnse))li '/.n't*)ViT Oro Sid Tusclier'.'^ Hugo'. Pedu'llo Eddie Davis Oro .4 . Dandles -L4*«iii BdlUe D«Ol Vivian' Ray. Taehi ' Zee-Zee Jat-Lota Btiiy Reed Newell & Thoi- <Vm li'ar.irlv» '' ' Le''..Mira<e- Blliy- Hey wood. - i <:ilff . Allen >. Irving- Fields,: Kathleen. H'ow'iard liiitoB Cairnes Grace Brlskih Ellsha Tuttle Oro , .Mtm PiiVis Patricia Gllmore Versatile 3 - Oonoi Pnaclff'k Ore , Laurbhee'White AyoD' Johnson -.. Doh' Lambert. G-Splrlts of Rhythm SMUT S Ith Bd l't(radisi> Vlrglrila. Verrlil Paul Sydell^ Julie'Jehner Jimmy. Richard* J & . NoVu Bell. Marie Hollls Joyce Duskin Janis Andre- Edna. Mae: 5;ienh Huttori Ore ray Freein ' '-pi-c I'liii'e Kli'KHiite' "Toto CangloisI .!iUI. Pnrreli; Larry. Maddi Ore alnhiiw (Srili; Jolinny. ;Hanip Ore Evalyn Ty.ner 4 . Deauvllie-.Boys Dr. Sydney. Ross itiilnbuw .i<<N> Glen Gray Casa 'Loma Ore Pee Wee Hunt Kenny Sargent SS'dney Ross . Maurice;. & G'rd'ba Olympic 3 Bvalyh Tyner Don Azpiassu Ore . Royal JoevZelll Rachel Carlay Pearl 2, ' 'RunhIii . .Art Dbi-a.'Bolthber . Alex.'- Bol.shakbft Araholita Jenyn Pobedlna Antony Groaiieff,- Olga-' Moskova Zacliar ■ Martinoft Yasha , DatsUo Orc^ Supphire Nick Vouzen Bd Barry Wliiton Oro iorb Club Sully Kendis Orb Gus'Martel.,Oro .Tokay Mme lionri Thtlry JOhnny Carter Maria. Karoly la Dorothy Perry. Lou Hegcdus Bela Ztiiga Merrill & Zona Lillian Kahnos ,\j(i\i\n Kovac Gypsy. Roslka. Ore Eddl.e Ashman Ore Ubting) Gladys Bentlev- Rev Broopineld '& G Avon.-- L'l.ViR- Rvclyh'.'Ro'blnson Edna Holly -'• Kaiser Wlll.lamji r ValhalW Pancho & Dolores La valuta . , Bei'ta. Dbnii- Peter « Coht'l's Veranllleii Wlhi Shaw " Larry. Adler .. Manya & -Drlgo MeadoviJKrnok Hnvp ' Hawnllan Ser'h'd'rs Village .Burn: Larry McMahon, suit Mann Orb Scrrarinbs . . Helehe Miller 'RuKkln,:& NOrmtin Wayne Kennon Zeb Carver Co Vatiit Club ' France'e • Faye Lillian' Lovey Wllkh^s .^ James 3 FrlHcb KIdP' . pari Prine^s Bd Burlesque Reviews GAIETY, N Y. ....,.';..- (STOCK)-- . Third -lining Minsky* (Abe), Qper- ates this house, only he doesn't ad-r V0rtise hiiris(!l£ as .'alive,* and, be- sidesj he wa^ iri Florida lihtil last \veek, where all tho strippers come in, bathing; suits. Carrying On is his partner, Izzy Herk, who knows a little something about burlesque al^o snough, anyhOwi to know that the burlesk^ element doeSii't coiihe in White tie 'rt* tails. So the only thiiig classy sibout the Gaiety is the ush- ers' uniforms, if you can call them Cl3SS3^* ■*'* ■ . Gaiety's burlesk is strictly in the burleycue triood of the past 10 years, strippers first and strippers who striiH-^With comedy, if any, last; Completely out of. the picture, of both class and entertkiiiiTient -is .the Choirus,': except ^ in the - " one - scene) they do a waist-high,; strip while the juve sin.fs 'Miagholi ' in the : Moon- light.' It looks li ^atdener's hiehtmare. i . Minsky-Herk comborhere bias beeti very profitable, Both know the; ele- ment they are catering- to and what that element deinriands. Result is a total 'bf seven, strippers with .plenty of what it takes for their chosen craft. Some are a little more en- thusiastic: than the. bthers, but they all show as muqlL And that's about ipverythihgv . Undressers are ■ Joan Carroll, Dorothy Dee, Marie Vaughn,, Dorothy Raye, Ray DiivaV: Toots Brawher ahd Juhei Marshalt Bjpside^ the. fetrippers there's a 'specialty girl, probably Uroih the line,; who grinds her thighs to Ravel's 'Bolero' in even fa'ste;r tempo than the music, Show's comedy, bits are .pointless and without humor, but with plenty of dirt. Way they are executed by. comics Htiifb Paiye, - Bert Mauks arid. Torilmy Raft, they are ribald stag6 waits between strippers. .Striiinht iheh'are Leon-Devoe, Georgie .Kay and Joe Lyons, and that's about all that can be said .of-.themi ■- . Gaiety grinds all day and its iz at the 35c scale continues good. ■- '■ '. ■ .S? a goddess of rai . Ahne Norton, name attraction, mak6;si the inost of a pair :,of swell garris arid a. long, vielvet' .igown with a- zipper front.. H^len Green arid- Bobbie Yoling >kay' as' secOnd-ruririers who wear .ong'blackjWigs'as tesisers. Line also jires in - three numbers,: but dark blue lights get ttierii by the censotSi DeRita is a fave hiere wii^se wopi dial^dt arid 'wanrta/riiakfe 35 cents?! oyline are! Worked .too hard. On the stage every, other-v-riuriiber, high- pressiiring. skits with Liexv Black who. ias a 'Schnozzle' Diurarite style of cracking. Latter. ; - rieati^st in a Strange Interlude' bedroorii sketch. Holly Leslie producing, pr-eceding With four acts ;6f -bkay .. small-tinie; vaiide. ' • ,. ' / piillen. LOS ANGELES Ball Jeanne Teller- Clarence- Lawreriee Ueverly tyilaiiire Rii.tb Robin Larry Lee-. Oro lltitiore Botrl ;- W & Gladys Abeairn Eddie Rio : Til*. .Theadores • •. Red Haiiper' .Toy . Hod Ren , 3 Rhythm Rascals Harry .Srockwcll ■!Cbndo» -Bros Enrico. Hirba Ore Jimmy- Gi ier Ore ine Room .Tullan & Her Sle ■ i3catn Powell. . -Bennjb r«llack Arfi. ROXY, CLEVELAND Cancfeling his xfiaid shows,- Geoifge Young is opening Roxy's stock burly seasori a month in advance pf .u$ua time, stressing more . rilidity - arid heavy, exploitation to turn the trick Clever title takei-offs worked; Out by Mitch PlOtkin, p.a;, coppin?'as much comment: as the strips. Firs': stock.uriit topped by Joe DeRitii is tagged 'After the .Fat Man.' Doublcr sized ads. show.. DeRita leariing on lamp post,{ a dog nearby, . and comic yipping 'kold everything, Astra!! Conservative sheets, ahcmed coiipla times but let ad run. Heavier in raw flesh .than comedy, show has so riiany gals that . they, nearly bump bach other off the. nai:- row runway. Roxy's stage, orily 2^ feet wide, riot deep eriough for more than ; one drop , in back. No scenery used tb. speak of. Everything done either, on "a.set of. staircases or be- foird onb'bf six nfew colored travelers, Whilb" ebonorilicsil, doesn't lobk -too cheap,'dtie to . large caist. . Quartet of hot strippers trifle bet- ter than some cbmirig through in road units. Vanya goeis arty by dressing lip 16 choriries as hya- ciriths, Who look funnyj but all :a good buildrup'for her .iiriveilirig as OXFORD, B'KLYK Only difference' betWeen the- 'Ojf-. ford' sind bther Ibbai burleys is the ^ed! w^th^which show is db^- livbrecl. Matbrial, ' f>1:oductiori and mecjKttnicaf^tririimings.tace no bbttet nor wbrsb' than the aVefagb. Usual flesh and dirt is .the main dishv. Onb other, unusual artigl^ is. thb inclUsiQin of ia spubrette. (No others have.beefi .. seen in N. Y. thus fafJ Her prbsbhVe, according to present day standards is anachronistic but ber performance riiakes up for the time taken away' frorii.the" nudity." . Hotisb has bk^y: 'lobkirig,; chbt^uir. And a little: bettbr on dancing 'than avei'age. Striiiper, Pat Lee,^s'spoti-. lighted Idr - two' dancbs . with chorus.; background^after doing her undrajpvo/; irig ttini. Both are: fairly well done. ' Standout is a Javanese daricb< She and her sistbrs of the slcin are, all pretty hefty With the excemtiori of Lillialn HartiSOn. lithe birUriette. Billy Holmes^ Jewel'45othelrn and Jeannb Pardaii complete thb liribup in thi's :> .division. Vickey McJfbily; thb sOli- ' brette, but with a Voice does well in her three aSM^nriibnts. Aribther of the; cho.rtis routines eriiolbyinp Bob CH'bstbr,'^ fiinfflpSr rjeaUy gets plabes. Tall Srid.^oodF aboking - boy siri*rs'^I "Gotta . Go Wlftfrb You; Are' with an Hawaiian'-girt sbttin*? to c6rkin.t» results. There's enoUgb.< quality in hiS'voice.to make it dick' " in a toligh soot;' . ' ^ . Using toackribybdv sketbhes Murray Lewis. bEst'bf the cbriiic twain manr sices to' pet lait>»hs with his caustic gSides. E'>b Fay^ younger than Lewis, • isn't bad but needs- experi- . ence. ' '■ ' . Bob Alda, juvb arid sihper. doesn-t: n;et mu-'h tb <J0 and doesn't do mucW ' with what be gets. Straight. Jack ^ Heath; is okay pbrformer. .. Hurl. Cufe Caiinriova Mary Martin- . . B Grey & J :Ber^;en Henry .Saiitrcy Ore Pierre & Temple Cate tM : Park,A ve Boy* .Stan rialrr «'>ro Clover Cluli Rob Grant Oro Rliumba 'Bd . ,. •Cnfe «Ie. Par« Sticky' Pay Don 'Griiham . . Hardy & Warner." Tju^llle Lehman jack Clawson-Orc . <f'«iviniinni 4 Playboye Ray Hendrltiks 'Dawn Roland Billy Wilson .. Col Manny Prager Beh Bernle. Ore Cubahols BHtellita A.UKUHtlnc Palafon" Alherto Serjso Carlo'-perranda Ore Kl; MIrartnr Xiurilne.. . : . Wally Vernon • Dan, & B Robei'fn Brookfl &. WaHh'Kt'ri Mirah- 'Xjftng;' Rioxe Marie >lartin Slim Martin Grc- . i Oliib Csfluire .Toe-Prjado . . liynn - Hayes VIeki' Joyce. Ben Mght 4 BHVitilres FumitiuH bum Loul)* . Prima Ore Little Club Jano: Jonei Paul Kendall Helen Warner Roae Valydaj; Melody drin Art Tatum' Omar'a boiiiK' Doirothy Roberta Gagnon & Br'ught'n Ge,or>fo-Rednrian Orr PajeiHe Siinuft Club Billy Joy Dan Oowninff MUrrleli- 'iiliri DarcdGVI) .lult Co Eddie Patrick Sta-hiey .Rlchmb,n MuKZy Marcctllnn ''3 Bebu'tahtcA HudMon Mctii Iff .Ted B'iOrlto: Parln Inn Marfirarlta & Del lo Henry .Mbnnct Hugo ATarchoitl Thora Malthaifloh Domlnic Colombo rJii Voilesoa, Ploren^O Gillette- \ Pet> inorirrejl) Or*" P Gallct & 'Cf Gla I'Irro ■" Murray-Peck: lyfirry: & A' Roffei-B Glbn Bdmunds Ore Doi-otby Roberts' 6enn Ray kliioey Lily GibHOn fxi.nnio';SleIntlre Or SomerMei House Bill . Zerlier VVIillaim.Jlarkowltz: 'roiisyV Pat O'.Shca Arnold 'SIh - Bqe I>a Aioine ' I.eoha' ftico Atfno!) Johnson . Al Erdrcdge Ore Joan' T-ce. ' Joy .Williams Trocadero Ethfel WJiters Bddle >Iallory Ore -UrGene'e' D^r.bara Uack Praiik Gallagher "I^ommy iiiuvara china: DOLLS (gba'nd; CANTON, o.y Eplipsing .any ,Qf the indbpsndeint circuit, aittrao.tibns piresented hefe Bob .Burch's new burly stodk corii-.: pariy currerit at thb Grand Opera hOusb is one dt the 'bbst' balanced, seen here since the days of the old Colutriblai wheel. . 'He has giveri .at-,. tention to staging ^nd lighting and., gone: to "added expense of using' ntandatd vaiide acts, each Week. Currently Anna M^i Lee, a iminutive Chinefcb strip, tease dancer,, is headlinedi Her best bit is offered near the cliriiax v .pf the . first act, wheri she is-spotted in a bi? China-, towri number. What she lacks as a dancer is made up lOy her captivating mannerisms and a good voice.. It's a bit different irid thpVpatrpns .appear to.iikb,. ,. . Ray Kolb, a veteran of burlesque is doing. character parts, and also stepping irito some of the. bjtts as a straight; rnian, Ernie Holder is the ' (Coritlii ' ■ psge^Jm s .Toronto,.. Jan. Lew Applebee was 20. JJiff dad owned b. cinema; Lbw wanted to, be a burlesque impreisarib' His djad was killed, Young Applebee turned tljb film hpuSc (Toronto's Rbxy) into . a.burlesque'sh(iw. It ellcked. At 23 he bas; b^^ part owner of his' own .chain 'of houses . i Tor rbntb, Detroit and! Buffalo. independeilt Burlesque Week.^ ■ ,.Mr 'Pads'" Fan clew' Gayety, nRapollB. -. '.Merry - Maidehe'.—BlaltO, ChloAKo. •• 'Mp'des linrt. ;Mode1n'T^a8lno, 'JorOnto. 'Hpeed and. Sparkle'^Open. , .'Ha-Cha' —r Lyrlip, ■ 'Aliehfown,' TUcfl.; ; -Majeetlc,: Hart-lsburK," • Gapltolj Beudlner. Thur.-Frl.; WiUiamnport; SAt; , 'Steppln' StarB'-^'TrOc, Philadelphia; •Twinkle 'roeH'—Hgd."ion,, Union OUy. . 'Mklds 61 Manhftttiin'^Jac<i«efl> Watfer- bury;' "i'oyland'-T-Howard, Boston. 'TeatikH and WheezeB'~-BmpH*e. .. 'Pcppeirpot'—Gayety, WaHhlngton, .'Bozo Snyder'is .Show'-^ayety, more." ' '"':.. ■T ' -'Gayety Gli'ls'—Capitol, Toledo. 'Too Hot for. ParlB'—Gayety. Detroit. • ^ParlH By ls'lfcht^—Garrick, f»t. Loula.' •HwlnK yoKir Bhby'—Casino, Pltinburgh,: 'S>vlnff Glrl«'—Lyric, Bridjfcport, ..'Ill-Ply£nii:-irCentury'^ BraoJ<l)-ji,r > .