Variety (Jan 1938)

52 VARIETY Wedn<csday> Jinuary ;; 12^ 19^9 srAtE; N. Y. •Sock vaud^ bill pi Uve acts, includ- ing Willie and : j!j\igene xtioWira:, iti th«?. post-iNew :3i: eai' support ior "jn avy, Blutj and Uola' lAiLrv, nere atxer a Chris ciaas (engagement ai the Capitol. Business is aiiteiy to be /aboive. ayer-r age; m view ot-toe iair. scufdihess oi tiie leature arid trie .added b.o, piiU oi ■me xiov/ards.,. v:- ■ Uri Urst .m; the thii-d posilibnj tdl- lowing ihe Litaizeea Arabian 'i roupe and ' xiboby, FjiiKus,: nowards around 11 ininuiiis oi talK, toppcid uy a song and balcboy inierierence tronj a plai\t; Sessions starts them off aus- piciously. .After Eddie ifeabody g;pes on for a health spell, workine .ai:ound 18 ininuteSi Wilh'b IlowJird^ strikes |t»ack with his Professor iPierre Gins- berg monbldg It is. smash .comedy ail. the way-:''■ ■„ .v^ ■ ■ . " ■ r^':'- The. closing spasm, vfoiidWiiifi the Harrisbh arid Fisher dance interiudc, is the quartet from 'aigoletto,^ "with Howards in bharacter arid >WilUe ex- ceptidrially c6m|ca)f Tesm .emp*?y.^ a prima dorina fdr. this iflrial nUtnlwr, who, in the .tradition ot dp stars, is ariythirig but ari ingenivlei She . i>eT comes; the excuse iEor' some clever cldwriirig by'Willie., The meat of; the show lies in the Howards,: Peabody and ?!fn^«s, meritioried also in the .comedy; di-. vision, with ; the Liazeeds and the Harrison-Fisher cdmbiriatlori; to dress. This is thiej first eastern apipearance for Peabody in nearly tWo! yeari. He getsihe maximum of results, from his, birijOi vidiln: and harp-guitar, but overdoes to -sdnie extent his attempt toward parloi: friendliness. How^eveiy a sock for: a musician single. ; . , Pinkus i^ on No; 2, aided by a foil, Ruth Foster,: whb also, contributes a taii dance. Going iri: rtbstly^ for clowning; he does falls, . panto, etc.. His imptessidri of a crooner in love,, wrestling the mike all over the stage, is best, while: the Big . Apple thing: could'be cut down or out>. Harrison and Fisher, with the Howards in, last se^n's 'Ziegfeld Fdllies,'^ are doing three ultra ball- room ' specialties; . with ... snxoothness and' grace. • Liazeeds,: long ardUnd vaude, open in «'fast ehduriaince, and tumbling turn.. , Char. EARLE, PHILLY : Philadelphia, Jan. 9,^ Always a. strong draw for colle- giate trade here, Hal Kemp combo at Earle this week .spinning Wickets in usual snappy fashiori. Balance of show no heavy strain on- the cpin^ sack, but bke enoughs Pic is *Sh, the Octopus* (WB). : ,^ ... i Even hut on the usually nifty stage sefliiigs" used by the-Earle-has^been, trimmed this sesh to hand it all to the tall, blond sticfc-swisher. Orchesr tra opens the show and then KemP Introes vocalists- and Other acts.. ^ ehirpers are Kemp's standard Bob Alien and a newcomer, Rosalind Martiuis. ■ Allen, gbod-looker,;-has pipes better siiited to dance Or iiitery ll(wr rather than at; 3,000-seat-vjaud- filmer, : t)ut he puts over^ his heart- thrbbbers satisfactorily. Femme chirper*s:a fairly; attraiictive mite, but n.s.h. as a warbler. Kemp siggregation Is good in.: ren- dition of pop. tunes. .;ln addition to music- has good comic in Saxie Doweil, sax todter, who gets over with novelty vocals. Band has nifty arrangement of 'Stardust,' employmg five saxes, arid then a sweU trom- bone sblb of 'Mood Indigo.* Ballrooni diio of Gbwer iirid;Jeanne go over sblidly iti:next; spot. -. B6b Williams aiid Red. Dust, jiog act. then comes- on Avith a' nifty—, making -dog, appearing, to be a fur neckpiece on a gal, come to life. Wiiliariis' fast line; ot qhatter while, dog refuses to do anythirig but look utterly blank is funny, but slightly overdone. .Animal is plenty capable, wheii Williariis really gets down to business. • - ■ -" • ': ' _' - Flash .finish provided by Four Kraddocks, acrobats. : Do some swelj pantomime, all in time to muisic, and plenty of: comic tumbling; Thorougll- ly proficient in. both humot' and hand-to-hand stuff. ; . ; : Curtainer iis a sdcko quartet num- ber by Ailen, Miss Marquis, Doweil and Kemp. Herb. CIRCLE, INPPLS; Indianapolis, jari; 9. House takes its second fling at vaudfilm. with a winning combihar tion of Clyde McCoy arid Don Bestor orchestras in 'battle of swing,' Both bands present on stage through ; 63 minutes; with large 'swirig-o?meter' in .background, showing degiree of hot m.usic, reached as orchestras al- ternate; : : • ■■^ Regulatigiri: svving music, in the: ac- cepted popular sense is.riot, heard, however, uritil the closing tune, when both bands get together to. jam .it on •Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen.'.. Both leaders fill s^ots about .rnid- ' die of show with; their specialties, McCoy playing 'Sugar' Blues,' 'When Day Is Done,' ami 'Hot Lips' as a begbff. Bestor scores at. the vibra:- . harp with . 'Make^vBelieve;' . sharing .spot with his isax:and trombone play- el-s,' who (lo. choruses ;of *Staraust,' .arid 'CorileiVted.' Dick WSre ; 'm;c.*s..; .ilis6;. doing ' a couple of Songs and tap dances. Sun- ny Rice, .femme.; tapster, is spotted afleV,; ,dperiin.e ■ ■ riuinber but is no " stiVfido.uir V. ;Be,nijett. ■Sister."; sit>;.with McCoy. orchestra .Urid do.,bnly:.two vocals, 'St. L6Uis Blue.'?,' and 'Rosalie. in which they nave assistance ,of Wayne Greggi band,vocalist. Gregg also solos 'Once In'A While.' .: Bestor ' barid.ster ('Ducky' Young), sings 'MamiTia. i^ Allow,', and •Jimmy Had A .Nickle' to. get' big hand. He . encores ' with 'I, Don t Wanna Go to School.'' ; .' Penwick and Cook do comedy acrobatics,- add• unicycle riding, and close, to a swell . laugh, with heaid- balancirig stunt,; Neil Buckley sings "two -songs J in his- .spot.. • Bestor baiid has .12 pieces,: McCoy. 10, with only straight orchestra tunes iri the-battle being 'Snake Charmer,' by Bestor, arid 'Tear It Down,' by McCoy, as show opener. ' ::; Pic. 'Thrill of a .Lifetime' (Par), :and biZ; good at final show Friday.' Einbas^y Newsreel, N, Y. : Practically all' the spot hews iri this' ':: week's . ' unreeling, revolves krburid the Washington front; There ate a few snatches of the Sino-Japa-' riese conflict, but not a thing from ^aiti: .While the celluloid parade proves .a decided letdoytrn in excite- ment as compared to the previous weeki the . performance- caught had 'erii stacked to, the rear wall. Iri relating what has just happeried iri the Capital, Metro, Paramount and Paithe ■ draw heavily on their files. Metro points up the President's rec- ommendation of - . $1,000,000,000 anhamient budget with shots of pa-. Tadirig warships land- other craft; Paraniount accompanies the recital of Justice George Sutherland's resig- nation frorii the high .bench with sbriie recent takeis of the-jurist; Pathe adds its bit to this topic by specu- lating in pictorial forni on the resig-; nee's likely:-successor. Paramount also appends a clip showing Justice Sutherland's former: associate. Jus- tice- Willis Van Devanter, on his way to a federal court assignment in N. Y . Pathe and Metro make contribu- tions to pressirig economic: problems. Former has Senator Byrnes, bf South Carolina, tell what his special com- mittee Hopes to achieve by investi- gating the causes of the current busir hess; slump, vwKiie Metro , .presents; Commerce Secretary Roper aind the presiderit of. the National Manufac- turers Assn. in oral agreemerit about' business, ge^tting behind the President' to solve the recession. Pathe' also discloses how a state; agency goei about the task of finding jobs for the unemployed or paying them off in. unemployirient insurance. : ■ - Movietone and ' Pathe •- furnish the week's quota of Japanese destruction, slaughter and human havoc.; There isn't much footage but the dramatic innipact .Of the little, goes a long: way Pathe picttfres "the'refufeesrpouring- into Hong Kong and being fed. Mo- vietone splits its clips: between N; - king,- in the ;thrbes of a Japanese bombardriient and Shanghai, with the scenes from: the latter point including one of the U.' S. Marines on parade,: ; Ascent of. a Fascistic p'renniier in Rdumainia gets editorial notice from Metro to the accompaniment of a feW flashes of Kinjg Carol. Paraniount treats with much awe the. use of some $1,000,000 worth.of Stradiyarius fiddles at. a recent concert' iri N. Y, and shows the yacht Aafje which, while- bound- for ;an unknown desti-■ nation in the Pacific, was the scene of a couple of murders. Another epi- sode of the deep coriies from ai Mov- ietone camera, this being the trans- fer of passengers from the S. , S. Presiderit Hoover, lying on the rocks niear Formosa, and the .attempt to salvage - the liner, ■■ / •. One untoward: incident; which de-r velbped during the showing caught was ..the round; of. hiisses' directed at former Gov. Al Smith when Movie- tone makes pictorial note of his rer cent birthday. ; Odec. . PICCADILLY, LONDON London, Jan. 4; Firth Shephard is presenting a Unique idea .-vin a seasbiv of rtiixed; eritertainmerit,: cbrisisting pi m Usic, film, vaude arid a play.^: ; ■ ':; Show begins at 8:30 wUh Eddie Carroll arid his Swingphbnic Orches- tra holding forth to good .advantage. Then comes the latest British Movie- tone Newsreel, followed, by ■ Nelsori ■ Keys,, who does three of his fairiiliar. character skits. Nelson, using old material, isn't as funny as he can be. Latest Disney ; colored cartoon has: audience rofaring with laughter. ; Far arid , av/ay the hit of the show is the riiiriiicing' Florence Desmorid, who does irapersdriations of famous stage and screen stars. Besides ithe old familiar faces, she is. right up. to date: with-some'new ones, includ-: irig Garbb as JUarie; Walewska. • • ;$ec6rid ;half of: the- program is taken "up with a coiriedy by Arithony Pelissier, produced by Claud Gur- ney.. It hasv an exceedingly humor- ous basic idea and there -is a con- siderable amount of . sriiart, witty dialog, constantly borderirig on; the' farcical But the players are. over- whelmed -by' irrelevant details dcr. spite-an able cast headed by. Yvonne Arnaud.. . Jolo. EARLE, WASHINGTON .. Washirigjion, p. C, Jan. 9.. Revue staged by Guy Wbnders, of Ipcal Warner staff, is :Short, sweet arid good: mate for 'Wells Fairgo' (Par); ■ '■ -All,: doiie in brie set, western efr fec;tv. ppeins With Gae Foster girls (16), held over for second week, in? troducing . top-notch acrobatic: arid high kick dances by brunet Nadirie Gae. Stanley. Bros, keep things pepped up with more acrobatics and tumbling. ■ ■ '' V',- Louise Massey arid the Westerners^ song and iristnimerital act, click with 'Texas Trail' and 'Gay: Ranchero>' Clinch encore with current pop tear- jerker, 'Gbld Mine iri Sky J Group closes to rousing hand; with medley of : western favorites. Then it's right back iri the-coriiedy vein, Monroe and. (Grant wirining biggest salvo for their fast and fu- rious agility on trampoline. • " Gals; on' again to dance as though they loVe it in orange chaps, rhumba blouses and green five-galtbn lids; fbt pieppy novelty to 'Old Cowhand.' Then finale, with another turn by Miss Gae, whole cSst onstage. Playing to holdout biz at last show Saturday. . . ; 'V.-'''. FOX, IC. c. .Kansas City, Jan. 9. .Lull in activities this week witJi all bets' on 'Spitalny. girl unit that blows in' next week. Budget paring i^eflects . strongly .-in; :entert4iiriment value of this week's': opus. Pic. is 'Tarzari's Reyenge' .(20th), with b. o. rriild. ■ \ ■ Turn the customers will remember is that of Powell and Nedra. -Mari and :woirian: .team; scatter-cblbred sand, on slate arid get sbriie. flrie results iri landscape pictures. Gobd lightirig essential for; their wbrk and they get it. - Good- showmerii they build their first picture with plenty of flourish and Suspense. A good nov- elty. . • / . Eugene JacqUes (Master Eugene); xylpphbriist,, leans heavily on hand for support. . He hits his • turn with some unnecessary hoofing. • ' Soribrbusf.Vpiced Ray Conlin. ven- triloquist, puffs his Stogie' and feeds' his diimriiy some wacky lines. Doesri't get. over solid until he: comes back with -iHarlah; Christie, rri,, ci, • on hi.«i Icriee.: It would be pretty corny in less capable hands. .. .v '"■ . Ai- Allan, a familiar comic here, closes: with his :newypartner;; Peggy Hoover; > ..Allah doing samie. act,; as Avhen last baiight -here. Shapely' gal handles lines • better than .she vSings arid danceis. Allan gets laughs with his gadgets; "•■ ■..■; ■ .; . ; Line (12) has two ings; '.Best is. . the pajama'openeVi .wh'cK' has ptehty^: Nice .costumes j!,z\?i. have been wearing lately sort Vot shatrie, tho.sc LYRIC, JNDPLS^ ' : . Iridianapplis,. J'an. 19., Ted Lewis and trbupe turn in en- tertaining show ^ with stage siettingis attractively, lighted for speciai ef- fects. Varsity Co-Eds, vocal sextet, add chorus, effects to Lewis' vocaliz- ing and hold down, a brief spot b their b-w.ri during" which they ' sin: a couple of turies from 'Desert Song. Opens with Lewis singing .'History of Music,' in which he traces evolu- tion of swing. Goes into 'Have You Got Any Castles?' Loretta:-Lane taps and' Gaye Dixon comes on to torch 'Swing, Brother, Swing.' Folio wee by Snowball Whittier in comedy pat- ter with Lewis, then Whittier in a dub - tap with : Betty Dickersoh, col- ored hoofer. . . • Lewis does cbriiedy numljer called ■He's the Leader of the Band/ V/hich gets plenty of laughs. Sylvia Marion and company follow with adagio turn which evokes gasps" frbm "audi-^ ence. • , ; : Ray Royce does a drurik bit in tails and high hat to display his acirobatic ability in falls and head flips. Two: stock numbers: are still in show. 'Me and My Shadow' dance by Lewis arid Whittier arid the 'Mu- sical Magical Man.' 'Peanut Vendor' , follows, with goobers throwri to the audience. Spotted next to closing is *Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen.' with Co- Eds and orchestra working well to- gether. :•; . ...■:.■.■ .. .Lewis finishes with special lyrics to 'That Old Feeling,' in which he says he prefers the stage to, radio and pictures. Entire cbhipariy Coriies on for. bow at firial curtain. Pic "Thank You, Mr. Mbtb' (20th» and biz good at first show' Friday STRANP, B'KLYN Managemerit has gone fbr vaude comeback with pui-se open, with the result showing in atteiidarice and . pri; the stage. Looks like it will last as- long as .the good : standard is; rhain- tained, and might grow to more than weekends. \ ;'.\ ......' Runo'ff is serini-rpreseritatiori .style, With Teddy King's mwe than good band on stage. Pics are none too' good on the weekend flesh splash, but combined show is enbugh to hold interest;" However, it- might hie a bet- teividea to tip thevfilnfi-end. : Musickers are just what the dodtoF ordered for the yourigcr .: element;: with kids swingiri"^ it right in . their, seai;s:bri each curtairi raising. Might:- not be good policy to snturate old- sters with same.; despite general ap- nea!, of the stearii-heated cleffing. Goes soft arid :sweet Occasionally, .rid should keep an eye on that gauge.,': . Sharighai .Wirig;Trbupe s batics, for a full 13 minutes for en- joyment,- ; ■ • - Earl La Vere and Helen Ware, in comedy chatter,: sort of wear them- selves but, With; the audierice not far behind;on final exit. Miss Wear;is still a moderately good, voice ;in straight and comedy numbers, and La Vere is at typical vaude jokester with an almost uselbss accordion. Hal Le Roy is a cute comic with use of soriie good horiiey jokes used as a breath-catcher between terping. Lank is; stiU persbnable arid endowed witli miraculbus; ■ underpinriing. .'His 'Sweet Sue;'. Lazy Colored Boy and rriusiciess tapping get. across. Lowe, Hite and $tanley, ne.wly formed slapstick trib of a niidget, middler and a giant; and late of RKO's 'New Faces,', and a troupe of Big Appiers,: supposedly from N.Y.U., round out the swell bill. Comiclcers turn iri good performances. Most of the foolery is trite, but altitude bf the major portion and top trouping of trio;save it. . •;■■ ;'••: ' Films, 'Shadow' (Gol) and 'Expen- sive Husbands' (WB), STATE-LAKErCHl . \.': ■■■■ Chicago, Jan, 9. ■[ • Bill didn't look so hot op^riihg day despite headlining of; Lita Grey Chaplin. Acts iari too long for major difficulty. •' The Great Sigfried in the opener has a good, nbvei act, tossing cannon balls around in neat style. Two gals augrrient with acrobatics^ Clipped in half, it'd be better. ■ ; ; ■; Iri the-deuce is Jackie Green, back, to vaudeville after, 12 weeks in niter- ies here. More singing this time and less irtipersbnations.' He murders 'Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen.* On far too long but .flash finish, sends him off with a whbbpie. : \:. Stuart and Martin, male hpke comediaris, look, like a, couple amateurs. ■' ■'■ ■ • Lita Grey Chaplin does okay but -would click better if act -wais abbre- viated. Songs are fairish, but style is what puts 'em b-ver. . . ^; Windup has Manno ai^d Stratford, ballroom team, off to a slbV/ start :yrith a slow posing thing to accompani- ment of orgari. Secorid routine, sat- ire on kid ballrooin' dancers, is neat takeoff. House line gives bill, sparkle.. Business off on dinner show open- ing day; r, Picture is 'Living On Love' .(RKO), Loop. QRIEOTAL, CHI Chicago. Jam; .9. Thei-e's a fine riovelty-loaded 'shOw on the stage curreritly. y It breaks plenty of tfaditiorial rules, of vaude ;bobk.irigr b.ut_audieri^ •eni., 'Thiree bf the five acts are .nov- elties; v- ^ Two fine line nUmbers by Dorothy Hild gals break up the shOw. nicely and give it sufficient, bulk and color. Wally -and Verdyn Stapleton follow the opener with a neat little dancing turn, aided by an excellent choice, of musical accompariiment. Ballroom work and tap routines riiake up their act. arid: their youthful exuberance, besides their. pleasant style, gives them the junip from the bell.. .. Allan Rogers warbles, three quick selectioris. arid then Pansy^ the Horse, solid novelty comedy, , gets oyer. Gal's cbsturiie is a wojy, but. speech of act is not in ;keeping with its Clean tone, and should be elimihaited. . Old-fashioned but suitable eriter- tairirrierit. is th? Rigbletto Bros, turn.- iThey do magic, juggling and comedy aerbljatics to get a good harid. Nifty interlude • is. contributed by -two femmes,; with toy Soldier number. . . With the exception of an. inept opening speech, Art Frank act is ex- cellent stuff. Frank's, hoofing has eriough to. {jet over on its own; ; Picture ii?. "Thrill, ot a Lifetime' (Par). Business.bkay last show Fri- day. . Gold. . Capitol^ Washingion : •. Y":- Washirigton,: D. Jan; 9. ■ After revue-type shows for several weeks,-' house reverts now to. 45 minutes of straight four-act vaude. Opens with La Lage, European ac'ialist; who gets things off to fast start ,with some better-tiian-av'erage stunts p:i rings arid single rope. Girl, slirti arid , attractive. blond, insures, solid hand with spectacular- spin flriale,- ■,:'. :.,;•; ^ ■'''. '■. Lee: Sims arid Ilomay. Bailey, in sjecorid, spot, make pleasant impression with song arrarigements. Their best bid is Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue.' 'Summertime,' by Miss Bailey, also gets over." " ,: '■"" t.- ; Jack La Rue,' .screen villain, and Vince Barriett, Hollywood's No. 1 ribber; in nextTtb-.shut. Boys couldn't have spent much tiriie putting the act together. Just, spend: a few iriinutes ,bh,. stage, with Barriett stooging arid taking slaps in the face While La Rue does .straight: Latter goes intb dra-. matic bit from 'Blood. arid Sand' for a moment, but: it. dbiesri't niake much of ><n.' imp>res.s.iori; ; ; , . ; , .: • ; - Bill' closes! with its best turn, dances by Beauvell arid Tova, . Duo has clevjer routirie.s light, refreshirig and ori,gihal enough. With ,theri% filU irig cQLsturiie-charige spot., is: Ruth Barnes, clever tapster, who also has a flair rbr subtle comedy. :. : Pic j.s 'Bad Man of Brimstone* and biz good at second shbw Friday. ■ : STANLEY, PITT Piitsburgh, Jari. 9. / Spotty entertainment but laden with, possibilities. Nothing, here that the scissors arid a: few words of ad- Vice can't cbi'rect. "■ Chief offenders are Bert Frohman and 3 Diamond Bro.s,-although-in to- tally different ways; For Frohman it's irierely a lap.se iri, judgment, the result of too much nitery work. He's a slick" rii.c., has an ingratialirig per-: sonality afid gets himself irito mob's ■ good graces iniriiediate'ly with.:. his straightforward announcements. But ■vVhen getting arourid to his own spot rinidwayi with a isession of sbngs, he's deadly. That'sbecause , he insists i upon having all; his numbers played ■■■■] at-, a terribly slow tempo. -It's all,.: -right on a floor . >vhen- there's a sue- , cession of: iindraped beauties °parad-: ing l>ehind: him,.; But up on a stage, '. thi-ee, s.o.rigs in; a row at such ai mor notonous pace is iriyiting disaster. It's different with the 3 Diamonds, ; however,;' ,. They're simply the vie- -tims bf bad taste in material. Cirack- erjack knockabout- dancing comedir ^ ans. thev ruin their chances with -riia-: terial that ordinairily would have a tough time getting by in ,a third-rate burlesk house. Wouldn't hurt them ' to get a bar of soap and then wash their ritibuths with it. : With average comics it would be just a .matter of. not knowirig better but Diamonds are: ': tbo smart and, too well established tb take such.risks. ..' Otherwise, hbwever, Stanley lay- out ; shapes Up srriartly,' ., -Operis .with.. Helen Reynolds and her eight roller skaters/ who take; the-^breath:, aWay- 'With; their ,• dangerous stunts. Gals are all attractive: and \their - flashy ^ -turn would .be cinch -anywhere. Here it clicks big,, unusual for a get- away act; : They're followed .: by ; 3 ■ Orchids (New Acts) iri :.some, har- - moriy singing . but lesis effective thain . it should i>e because of . overorches- tratioris. '."~> ' , .Fred SanbPm starts the laughis rolling arid keeps therii,-:going right through his 12 ;nirnutes. He's carry- ing two stooges, first bf whom is ari- . noimced as an . iridividuai act. -He. comes out ifor. iome minor rope.: . :tricks, with Sanborn: heckling :him with: pantomirtiic; interru^itibris lead- .. ing to latter's always sure-fire stuff on the xylophone;. It s a - first tihrie fbr, hirii. hbre in :tOur; or five years . arid funnier than ever, customers beiiig r«sluctant to let him go. - ■ .:Next-tbTclosi.rig' :is' Mary Brian, the flicker" name, iri: a smart dancing act. with two be-tailed lads,. Arena and: Fisher.. .Hihterlarids are" accustomed to seeing the cinema ladies do prac- tically riothing and when bri«? comes along who's actually :iri there batting ■ away, it's a pushover: for her. Miss ; Brian has developed into a pretty good' aCaderiiic hbofer-aridtwofksrher --- :head off, with comriiiensurate resulti boys backing.; her, nicely : arid giving a smart ■'dispiay ..of fobtwoik . them- selves.: Diamonds close. .• .. Dave. Broudy leads his house crew frorri' the :stage but,, on account of -s)cating act, band's;, spread' but ;too thinly a«bss the;, stage; arid their ac-; companinients as, fsi result aren't al- ways., too forte; Picture : 'Stand-In' ; '(IJA) arid-biz okay, full lower floor: ■ and half a balcony. ; Cohen. KEITH MEMORIAL ^\/^ -..(BOStON)-" . Boston, Jan. t. . ,;An all-colpred revue,j,;Opens. the. vaude season at the de luxe Memorial,, which this week; takes over stage shows from the Keith Boston. Latter reverts-tb duai pix.- Backed -up-by Eddie Mallbry's band, highlights are Ethel Waters. Sunshine Sammy and Sleepy Williariis. . Butterbearis and Susie; Peg Leg Bates, and the Harvest Moon Dancers. • Mallory's band backs up the acts fairly well and .sounds best in its own inning; when seven saxophbries push but 'Whispers in the Dark,' a trombone solos 'Old Feeling' and the trumpet section whams 'Moon Gets in My Eyes.' • • .', ; ; ■• ^ Peg Leg Bates, who played the. other Keith house only recently, * , outstandirig white, Surishirie Sarilmy -;- and; Sleepy, Williams get over with their acro. finish. V'.-; • . Mi.ss Waters opens the reviie with ' 'I'm JUst a ROyer,' her most pleasing, riuinber. Other 'staridairdi are; 'Miss ' Otis Regrets': and 'Stormy Weather.' Not an Outstandirig show, but-Com-;: bined with 'You're a Sweetheart' (U) ori the screen; it drew.;hefty: biz over tlie .weiekerid; .■,:■;.: '■ ;.■■..[:■■■. ' Fox. Roberts-Boila Vaude Set for Philly Opening ■ Another ;Chicago-produced " unit wends east when Sarii Roberts arid Nick ■ Boila send their 'Can You Take It?' to the ■ Atlantic slope. . First date;set;is..week of MarchH at .Fay's, Phiiadelphi ;.■; Unit, gets $4(500; a Aveek and has .been playing the midwest ^sppts for ,-past -fcvs'.,; months;; ■ . ■- ;' Show. Will he the secorid■ Chi- ' cago unit to '.come;, east this ■:se'ast>n. ,: a year notable for its . absence; cf ^midwesterri.MayPUts booked -bn east- ern time, Airiton: Sciibiiia^s '^'Waikiki;. Nights' i.s routed In ;• from the, Great Lakes: country next month. ,'.•