Variety (Jul 1938)

Vgclnesday, Inly 20^ 193a VARIEtY llOVJfSE REVIEWS VARIETY AS MUSIC HALL, N. Y. r tnibfl Senderowna. Mano Berini, WINTERGARTEN (BERLIN) Tlnrfu Hoppers, Robert Landrum, ffic Hall Symphony ■orchexlra ^t^o Rapee,.cond\ictqr). Dtck Lei- i^atomn;'Alm^^ A bit of a toiir of the town, mak- InK four stops, is what this week;s stoge revue represents; It is a col- SSSl and well proauced Leon Leoni- doff effort which, along with 'Al- SiW (UA). the drawing card cur- rent provides good audience value. Though perhaps not as rich in body is some stage shows have been,, the four-part Leonidoff production,, -in the staging, lighting and ^ other re- spects, is more satisfying than many in the immediate Dast,- A session with the orphe-'stra; billed as On the Mall.' opens and makes use once more of the clever mechan- ics of the stage equipment here. Or- chestra opens upstege in a setting suggesting a park, with tree set- nieces as dressiii.?, while the pit plat- form is decorated with shrubbery and a collection of music ■listener.«. some with straw hats aboard; As the number concludes, the orchestra moves downstage and onto the pit: which descends to its proper level for the balance of the show without interruption of. the proceedings, a duet on stage immediately following; Xyuba Senderowna and Marip 'Ber- ■ ini, ii» a starry setting, do one of the niost- popular numbers from 'Sani- nn and Delilah.' They render it im- pressively. , Also as part of the .'At . the Opera' seouenceahd built {ground Saint-Saen's'. 'Bacchanale,'' the girls provide effective: backing and' atrnos- phere. -for Jane Sproule, dancer, who works with six rtien; She .is borne on a ■ large tray by, temple girls Cmost of whom aren't so. good at snake-hipis)' and then Is' lowered :to^ the floor for an adagio-like rou- tine. It is anything but .sensational though possessing colorful charac' teristics.' .{ . A visit to Harlem produces some feverish Lindy-hopping by three un- billed .colored couples. : Glee club folnns the - atmosphere, and Robert . Weede leads them in a Negro spir- itual that proves a little slow, partly because it is too long; The setting! of a Harlem street- is effective.. 'At: the' Music Hall.' winding up the:show and best port of it. is built around the Rockettes. Number operi.s . with. Robert; Landrum, at the side of the proscenium, singing a special number ..inspired by. the Rbckette line. He has ah unusually clear and good voice,' which imnresscs doubly becauise of the fact that he doesn't use a microphone, jin odd sight these davs. . ■■ Rockettes follow in fanciful rou . tine, arresting although not intricate in conception. A new lipht filter is employed currently which, in addi- tion to imparting .soft, rich tones to the costumes, changes the color of them. It's a contribution to produc- .tion technique..The'36 girl.s iire split ■four ways.'eaclv.troupe of.nine wear- ing different colored' co.slumes of clever design. At one-point'all the costumes become the same. hue. "Thus- does color become an .integral part of the routine. Show possibly could .stand a little more ot that wild Lindv-hopoing. Jt Is. furiously: fast and diverting. " inlroduciiig her. May savs . she re^ cently. signed for pictures and is leaving .lor. Hollywood soon. May has been around for some time, - working on the air, appearing in legit now and then alsd in.vaucic. When he comes on for nteiiude.. he carries a ,. ^, , . „ and mannerisms are indicative of i Troupe, iictsoii. Jack Benny. He's good - at dame Kidding and explains he was once, a fl^male imper.sonatC)r iintll 'somebodv chased me.' The •belching baritone' bit is literal. May is doing well herd. Nicholas Bros. (2), <jn second, reg- ister vnly. mildly; Perhaps the smaller of the Negro lads is Warbling top much. Boys are essentially hoof- ers and more' of that is expected from them. Kid u.seS Duke Elling- ton's.'I-Let a Song Go Out ,6f My Heart' and 'Want to Make Rhythm".' Joe Arena, with hi.<i secret glasses of booze, and a . tall . acrobatic girl, iopens a diverting show okay. Jbee; STATE-LAKE, CHI great contrast to the ate Music ttall shows:! over-deliber- Chor. STATE, N Y. Will Osborne orch, Dirfc Royem Jomce Todd. Marly May, Loretlfl Ijee, JVtehoUw Bto.-! f2), Joe Areiia & 'Prison Furm' (Par), reviewed w fhw issue. Stage show is running 70 minutes Which is longer than usual in this spot, due to comparatively short fea Jure Picture, 'Prison Farm (Par) the second flim from the sanrie soui'Ce 'n two weeks. Most of the bill holds to; usual time routines but there is no limit »r Wjll Osborne's musical bunch, nor for m.c. Marty May. Osborne sticks around 30 minutes and goes to town. He-s introduced as the originator of slide music and fk Pi?.ves it. starting with 'Listen to we Glisten ot the Three Trombones.' S""" an exponent of the billing. Wimber is heightened by three slide cornets operated by the trumjjeters « ''?ndsman has something in Dickie Bob Murphy's former pfo «ge. Who quickly captures the audi ence wjth variations of .'Dinah.' dialects, but the bell ringer cor„e wnen he delivers 'Flalfoot Floogee w wi emphasis, on 'Floy-doy.' The men's impressions of Ted i^ewis. Shep Fields, Rudy Vallec. mtv".^" Lombard© and other lending ™,?S"'os are amusing and generally ■"'"^nt'c. Comedy trombone plaver annoys Osborne . with interruptions ?tiL ^'"."•'iS? the .fans. Band's v.nria seems its best. Jan W*„Todd ^appears for one son^ il^i ,*° Havana.' doins it .so well another^ be allotted: at least Bi.T'V^ ^'^"^ of New Orleans ' Lor n-S .opens her song cvcle^ with ;i"i Having Myself a, Time.' a nifty i=« Music, Maestro. Please.' is a and serves well enough but ine lass really lands with the encore. • i™^';''n,Street Blues,' Mis.s Lee scem- "18 to toy with the melody. Upon his monolo;; „'^'"•"S i.Vf'"« >5: fiddle Thni' Bo"W»<«;esler, Ehijiiir, -Theu Sehroe Berlin, July Wall Co. (S), Luis Lime Trio, Fredy Rolfi Jenny, Pic-, . , colo & Baby, 3 Veromis, Toitt JWnii- 5"^^ eclipsed by women's wood chopping contest de.scription later. Universal's; beautiful granny con- test, arrival of Barbara Hulton'-s noble .spouse in Lbndbn. (Par), caddying of John-Jacob Aslor's pa- in-lawi F. O. French, at AUston, Mass. (U) ■ and December-May nuptials" in New England (man, 63— ' ' by Fbx alL in the groove. PARAMOUNT, N. Y. Icieicicr, 5 Gleveres, 'C(iri;.<iis de Grange; 'Happy Landing' ('Mh) Chicago. July 17. Mnyfields & Virflinio (3>.:.1['<)uiiian Bro.<!. /.7),:Whife«;Roberts. Git Lamb & Tommy Saniordi Fritz & Jedrt Hu- bert;'Hold That Kiss' (M-GJ. That exploitation is still a vital medium of boxofllce power is being proved at the State-Lake this week; Currently; the State-Lake' has' taken a Simple little show,; dressed it up with a title'and girls to hnve .a unit that's doing much better than ordi- nary trade for the house. Instead of 12 girls in the line, house has 18: instead of a headlitier. there's a title, 'Scandals of. 1938.' House capacity at last sbow Friday (15). - Show's: neat though It doesn't have much variety. However, mo-st of the individual turns are good enough in their own right After the .opening line number come Maytiields "and Virginia, two rhen and ai girl,, in a simple little rhythm and: adagio routine. They have good musical accbmpahirnent biit lacl^ finesse and style. The 'Three Ypuman Bros,., playing viplin, clari- net and accordion, , prove-once rnore that impersonations of: name talent is strong ientertainment. Impersona- tions are primarily;: playing therne songs of name "orchestras. ;^ For the finale the.y turn out a hot session of 'St Louis' Blues.'.. 'Xouthfui,appear- ances helpi too.. ■ Whitey Roberts is surefire, as; al-': ways, with his gags, rope-skipping and plate-juggling.. He has excellent music particularly. in the waltz clog nuniber.- Rpberts gets' pn good terms with the audience qiiickly and" car- ries 'em sniartly: (311 Lamb's new turn does best with thei harmonica comedy bit, us- ing Tommy Sahfdrd as assistant and foil,' Lamb, apparently swallows a tiny mouth" organ,' : with Mhe har- monica sounding off ^s: Lamb twists his torsp abpiit For the opening Lamb is over,strong with his dance routine. Fritz and Jean Hubert are best here on the knockabout drunk comedy, getting plenty of lauffhp. Gold, PARAMOUNT, L. A. Los Angeles. July 17.. Fnnchonettes (20), Rube .Wall's orch, florbnrina & Dogs, JVfartin Lnujlor, Kenny Gardner. Stepin Fctchit, 'Tropic Holiday" (Por). With the bUrg tourist swept for the big iiandicrafts exhibisli,. the: other vaude emporium h.o.ling and the thermometer still in the 80',s, tlie Wintergarten'is silting pretty. Chiine Yee Wah Co. (5) starts things oft', with juggling and acres in the bei^t Chinese tradition to bring plaudit.-:. Louis. Bouwmeestcr, Dutch terper, deuces. Tt)e dead , pan, baggy tops and no muscle shuffle fill adequately. Fpllowed by Elimar,'gentleman jug- gler at Id, dolled to kill in white fish and: "tails. Trump triick'is; oil the;slack wire, where ne keeps hoops in action while manipulating a rlnji with the free leg.: Act is well pre^ sented and gains: plenty through hot orchestration. A little;more matur- ity and'he should be a click. Thea Schroedcr, ether neophyte,, debutf in vaude with a couple of chirps, that don't'mean a thing. : Chandra-Kali Hindoo dance group, two women and one man', has plenty of swell wardrobe and interesting routines to put itself over bijg. High sppt of the bill is Stetspn, -with his hat juggling, the best of its kind seen around: here in many a moon. He not only keeps one chapeau re- placing another but is able" to get each one to cut up a few, diddes'be- fore coming'to rest on his-cranium. Reaps the.,fitting hosannahs. Chan- dra-Kali aiid femrhes fill the liext liiche with a Siamese.number that'i well staged and dressed. Scbres s.olidl.v. The LimeTrio follows in its novelty cphtprtion act the twister being togged out- as a colored rag doll. .Fredy Rolf, single, and; kn'dWn here to radio auds, is .on with: pat- ter that's: no great-: shakes. Gives way" to the elephants," Jenn, Piccolo arid . Baby. The pachyderrns ; throw balls, count, multiply, use thd type^ writer and end up by giving a shave," if not 8: verjr close' one, tp.tlie stpoge. Second half opens with the'3 Ver- pnas in acrobatic specialties on rpll- ei-skates. The sdloists do spins, and figure work that bring in good; - turns. FoUpwihg is Tola .Mankie- wicz. bipnde Polish songstress, using pit. crew fpr accpnipaniment. Chant eys are pf vintage'that dph't count for much any more; her spring dance up and down the foots isn't exiactly a help. " The 5 Cleveres, Aus- tralian troupe, tumble and aero, having some top notch stunts that are sometimes tpp quickly; dbne to put over tp full effect ■ Twp-gal- stand with bpy in handstand, pn the uppermost, noggin is plenty okay. They go over,big.; Bouwmeester is on again with another .terp,:this time sporting three legs. Dance is so well dohe that nobody can figure which leg' is the. phoney 'one. Laughs ga- lore. - Next tp clpsing Is - Chrysis de la Grange, decprated with a few .se- quins, and. Ippking the nobs. With feet propped- against the. vertical pole, she whirls in a horizontal po'- sish long enough tb. give the folks their mpney's wnrth. Fpr np reaspn a sketch is thrpwh- tngether with Fredy Rolf perpetrating ponderous banalities. Trusfc. Aiilo racing mishap in Au.^tralia I where watchers were .killed and 'mairiied; is swell catch by Palhe with I flying bodies .seen when car crashed: inta'crowd. Shirley Temple in N. y; also an item. JJiirl. StepinTetchit is heading the Fan- Embassy NcWSreel, N. Y. with Rube Wolf, maestro apd m.c. back after a nine-month vacation from the house, biz is on the up- beat with- the customers getting plenty of diversion. Sepia entertainer gives an oiit- Although punctured with a couple of sombre notes, the Embassy's new.s is pretty much a getaway from the distre!!s menu found too frequently of late. For a change Lew Lehr is funny. Reels start with Howard Hughes' landing in New York. House had the standing portrayal of the world'si landing at 8 p.m.-Thursday, a few laziest vaude player and keeps his] hours after he completed the hop. auditors in howls all tlie wa.y- With' P.^.a^oynt got it to the screen fir.^t Fetchit it's. not so much what he does as the way he handles his non- sensical mumbling, well-chosen pat- ter and general antics.: Fir^t pan of the act is done from a deep- cushioned chair, with Fetchit so lan- guid-he has tp be assisted in eveiy mpve by a gaily g;arbed NegiP yputh. His telephone- bit . and a change Of cpstume' gag are particu- larly funny. He has himself brought Metro also on same night, but Inter Universal; cashes in with glimpse of commercial pilot whp brought in hi.s own $900 plane on a non-stop from the Coast for Xiriballyed landing here, Teary stuff oh China.is khopked oft fast Metro offers annual China flood.s, now thwarting the Japs, ahd shows rescue from midstream of lone Chinese, .whose . family was sv/cpl away; Par's shots of Canton bpmbing Both com . DFourfni ^yreckage al'^p grim on in_a wheel chair fpr •hf^jast :bm>v ^g^,^ j^.^. ,„"„gest prp-China. Re.«t Wolf offers.much.the.same routinel,„, n^rfl? i,..JU„ v....«.ir ., ., . . u -for most part is laughs, human inter- as in the past but man».?e.s to m-i^^j ject lifew bits that are good fpi"| pg,- mugs a gal who found gold in laugns. ir«iii«c ' ic mlher backyard at Lakeside, Cal., and Stage unit, ^e'''"" Folhc^s.^.is^ ml^^j^^, s'henariigans at lictrojt zoo. indudes several colorful routines b.V| keeping f"icm« .,. i..v.^ riot the usual cutCj corny stuff. Intor- includes several colorful loulmcs P.v | pQ,,^-:,.. matches elommcfl bv the house Fnnchonettes, now.reduced; ?,°j.'f?'2l!..!l?^.ir?.,l"fL5i°''''^?.'l, RQXY, N, Y Si.r i4n<alcici!, Fronfc Cbni)ille tcilh. Sunny Dale, John & Edna Torrence, Merry Macs (4), Gae Foster Girls. Paul Ash house orch; 'Ml Circ d Million.' (201)0, reviewed in Variitv July iJ. ■ • As in othei: presentation houses, acts at the Roxy benefit from the natural dressing they get from back- grounds, line; lighting :and costum- ing. Then fen ordinary juggler can be made to look, like a heedlirier. Nobody can discredit the - Six An- taleks (New Acts), two meri and four girls, perch artists. Nicely cos-- tumed in White silks, the.y open fol- Ipwirig an introdUctipn 'by the line^ If the current Shpw is at all impeded, it is by way Pf having np, real.intro- ductibn -system. Using.a chorine.for that purpose is arriateurish." . The/Merry Macs, quartet pf har- mpny chpristers frem the air; a girl and three lads in gray arid black, are still stiff'away from mike per- formances. Have new singing twi.sts on :old tunes,, okay. Girl is Helen Carroll," a newcomer to show biz. The Ga'e Foster line, is snappy but congested in a waltz number. Wear flpWing orangfe . and green dresses and. seemed to require, makeup in-i striiction when caught The girls still are doing a hot shag. Frank Conville, with Willowy blonde Sunny Dale, a looker, get the laughter going, right,after the Anta- leks, particularly with some tough house Ibvemaking. arid; a Xharles Chaplin takeoff. Cpnyille: has that Chaplin technic down pat and; his strip tea.5e is okay, too. Suggestive- ness'.with the handkerchief is a- bit offside and can be eliminated. John arid BkJna Torrence are keen ballroom dancers,, who have been arourid for several years and ctin hold their own on nearly any" pro gram: ." Shan: APOLLO, N. Y. Edgar Hayes orch, Ralph Cooper: Pigineat, Jimmy Bdskette, Honi Coles & Bert Houelt Sye Dcner- eau.T, Julie Hunter, Leon- Cephus. Tjiree Peppers,, 16 'Harperettcs; 'The Dufce Is Tops' (Million Dollar) re- viewed In thi^ issue. Apollo again has the material this week but.dpesri't knpw where to spot it. Could chop the 85-minute time also. Cpnventipnal opening with Edgar HayeS' band (Band ReView.s); in pit for first half, playing for initial pro- duction number of- 'Hurray tpr Hol- lywood,' suggested b'y Ralph Coop- er's p.a. with his alUNegro film, 'The Duke Is Tops.' Dusky girls are still among .hardest w'brking choruses in toWri and Lepnard Harper furnishes them With exceptipnal routines...Gels oft : smooth semi-cbmic ' nuriiber. 'Snow ! Brown and Seven Dwarfs; with chorus girls - in, dwarf rigging.' Parts of it are mildly blue, but that's how they like their stage fare here. Julie Hunter and Sye Devereaux ai c in principal roles and. straight sing- ing while dwarfs arid rest of chorus cavort and copch. Only white act. Vera.and Romez, adagioists,.a break between two chorus numbers with- put breaking up anything; Cpbper introes him.self with some stale ^gags and a little Harleme.se lingo befpre; m.c.'ing remainder of the shbw. He used to conduct Apol- lo's amateur night Pleasant per .sonality without exciting and knows What they'll take. here. Three .'Pepper.s, in second" rung, should have .been: the fadcout net. Piano, guitar and bass trio have plenty on the ball, also diving into double entendre .songs., Have to beg off after four cncpres. Pignieal (billed as -inimitable and justly), peddles his usual blackoul.s in blue. Plerit.v :amusin(? in this spc- tor,. and certainly better timinu and thought than average biirley urountl tpwn. Cooper work.s with Pinnieal and Jimmy Ba.skette in a couple. Lepri. Cephu.s, diminutive tapster, on and off.briefly and wbu)d be bet- ter off up front in the.show. Capable ..Jimmy Dorsey.orch, i4tidreic.s Si.s- tets '(3), Rtife Davis; Ainta Jdkohi, June flicliinond, Bob fiOerlp. Den Baker;, 'Professor Beware' (Pur), rtr viewed iii Vahiety' July 19. Comedy iis the keynote, at the Par this week with Harold Lloyd, on screien arid Rufe DaVis in the pit. Swing, the pld standby here, is "not left in the cold, however, the .three, Andre'w.s Sisters (New Acts>. txking , care of that rather than Jinimy Dor-, .sey's p'rchestra. SI)PW is ,prie of the Par's best set- up.';, .speedily paced for 55 inirii!. Data is the first pn/Brpadway for .the An- drews Sisteirs; Trip first , caine to allcrition via 'Bei Mir Bist du Sciioen' and only recently>.faded off a nidiO: commercial in: tlie niidwest for vaude.' Dorsey outfit: recently played" the Hotel New Ypilcer; N: Y. Most efl'ective of the riiusical por- tion are the Andrews gals, wlio'sing five pops, . closing; with two they popularized, 'Bei Mir' arid 'Jpseph, Joseph.',Have to'beg pff. Open with "Says M.y Heart' then dp swingy new arrangeriients Pf 'Alexander's 'H.-ig- tiriie' Band' and 'Pagan Leve Song.' The custpmers dpn't' -find Davis hard tP takei." Cpmic dpe.s- his stand- ard'stuff and caps it with a Donald' Duck bit that's tops. Keeps latter going as .long as it draws laughs. ' Anita Jakob! is:Pii fiirst with, an acrortap which she makes look easy. Flipper makes a nice appearance and isn't bad on the taps.: Could drop, without its being missed, , though, the ; eye roll iand hand ' waving, biz. Has an amateurish tang. Bob : Eberle and June Richmond work- "with this band. Eberle pipes ^ Dprsey's .Own ;,'It's:the;Dreamer.in Me' arid 'Still ef the Night' Does the latter pkay, in cbntrast to •Dreamer.''; Richmpnd ' a biggei edtiipri pf Martha Raye and llveris things up in the:same ,manner. Duos •Bob White' with Hay McKinley, creiw drrimriier. hnd trucks on down, with the band v.ticn. it fades into the pit--"'" Don Baker's.:, prgan .slnefest this week has snme gpod. backgrounds. - Iriterlude is in the travel themc,.with back'grpunds by Harry Rubin. STANLEY, PITT. Pittsburgh, Jiily 17. Major' Botdes Retme, .with Biiddy Priige, Ddve Broudy's house orch; 'Cotl'boi/ /rpm Brbofclyn' (WBJ.- Third, Ariniversary Revue is, .sor called because it was just about three years ago that Major Bowes sent his fir.st orie tp the WB deluxer. Since then this-has .been his hpttest spot, more than 17 of the tyro units, play- ing this site. Opening biz best here in rnonlhs; For a festive unit, hpwever. cur-- rent shew is but oh a limb;, not in the same, elass with what the No. 1 gorigster has been sending arpurid of ' late. Fpr Pne- thing, talent is loo rarhiliar, acts have tno riiueh' same- ness and m.c. Buddy Paige, paces it tpo slpwly; Current unit carries 14 acU, „»nd many ore much excess bag!(i:;;e; Shnuld be boiled do.wn to five turns at most Also a,question as to what - makes these Bowes busts click. Standouts are few, Herman Sil- verman, 16,- is an okay hoofer, while the inevitable mimic in any Bowes .<ihow is Larry Eisler, and a good one. Picked for a commercial show, several months ago frorii an amateur , unit, but-now back with the Major: agQin, covering the regulation field, Edwnrd G. Rpbinson, Ned Spark.s, etc.,, but coming through with a new one in Ronald Colman, excellent too. Material's good, but he overstays his Wclcpme. Closer is a natural, an ll-year-n1d billed simply as 'Stush,' who hijs a natural stage presence. Switching from baritone to tenor, is surefire. Brings on the finale, naturally,- be- caufc nothing can -follow him. En- tire cast, four-piece band, gal xylo- I Dhonisty tiro-pump player. male;.«ex- I tet and others join him at the finish. [Good-looking Vivian -La Manse, corking aero dancer, is a tbc-tapper lof (listin'ction, too. - , [ No overture this week frorii Dsivc ■ roudy's pit orchestra: band on slaKe , '. for accbriripaniment' Pal-re. however, ; inticad of Broudy, batoning. I - ■ : Cohe-n. TOWER. K. C. frnm 94 tn 20 Lnd^ breaks. Up fun theme. Also on |,as dancer but not really doing an.v- sunnortine a2u Bat-barino feTn^en are Nazi activities at Yaphank, Mhing. different Honi Coles and Bert "^i^'^ irnPnrr nhlifps^^^^^^^^^^ with indictment by local (l.ii. I Howell, both formerly singles, aie ?nfans ai?d has them welf educated.'.sheens, when cau.sht, while .Lpkay. Howell works with; uke and ?-«,?in«c 2a <l,mi.«h% Kuhn and his cohorts wpre | has crooner type voice. Dpes 'Uhtil Fhe"&?crrali a'fd and Par). lUUyV .Tom.^row' ai.S Ti-Pi-Tin/ Taller. Mirlin I^w uncorks some'""""^1 horse ra^e. current one wind- boy has lon.i,', loan gams that move soeedv tern routines but -^tibuld mg "P in a free-for-all, adds humor ) spcedil.v. Also work in hai-mony vo- «„^nr,'L hinVcoir In iVi'ic Hie \.v;ir-,'and novelty (Fox).. Fox follow,^ with : cali'zing. Cpuld chop some 61 corny confine himself to thi.s. HI. ^^.ir ., u,. czech-Sokol mass alhictic j patter. " .. . .' i Hayes band playing well for the show and bettering on the stage afler half Way mark.- Miss Hunter, wiii- bling with outfit, has a: corny ."-•tyle, but interests ariywriy. Gets off t-n- trrlaining 'B.rown Gal,' 'Public .Mel- ody Numbei-'One.' 'Shoot the Liltkcr bling and drumstick routine detract no?a?'e from anolherwisc surefire act Kenny, arMung. . ^ , ... ... Gardner, crooner, is held over'from ; Thick Ash .s.chool.s, Av.th a P^r.'.tin|; , ^st week and comes through with a'duck steaVnjj the r food (Palhct. trio of ballads and pops ihal give! President .Roo.sevelt s current. lour him a chance to dcmon.slrate well-. *P.-r).' TVA protect f Palhcj trained pipes. ' , Shov> is attractively staged and I bathing .<-i.iit fashions (Fo»i on the and .'lock arid. I'brary side, are jrilcrost- Wcll routined. Trade heavy diBy (M). - ■in^.- Beiiutiful leg contest wit,-h pal.s' at opener Tliur.s-: heads covered, as"described by Fo>'.« Edu'o.- - Lc'w Lehr, is mildly: amuiing, lU to Me. John Boy,' etc.." in. last sl.Vle. ■ Nfjt much volume but :<|Uhl- ily puts her over. Hurl. I Kansaf City, July . in. Pliil Harris orch (IS), Ruth Robin, '; Rulh & Billy -Ambrbice, Ernie Riiy- I burn's Adorables, Shippy Avd<:rstin ■ * Charlie Bagby, Poul Regan; '/) I- ■ uays Goodbye' f20th).: j The "Tower, is reverting from its- usuiil policy of variety in f;i\or of ; Phil Harris's orchestra. With Hnlh ■ Robin as song.stre.s.s. a danoinij dni) : ; and .sorrie specialties from the (.ir : chestra. the Harris crcv/ U.^) roiiridj,- . (Alt a S.S-minutc show thafs hcnvy I on pop son);s. which arc "Uiit ' here and ,(hfy arc wcU; deliveitd. ' Bi-/, (.wifl. It's Hitrrjs who's plu;(Ked and it's hv l.'ic ( u.^lonicr.'t, m;iny' of whom iiic- Iririmr', :f:oril(.' to .stro. He ni:c.'s". b;i(<in^-. ( hariLs the novell.V nuMib»i-s ,: ;ui(l (iiK.s with Mi.ss -Robin, lit'. ' " 'Continued on page ,53)