Variety (Sep 1939)

^ednesdayi September 6, 1939 VARIETY 41 ?^ul«Streoter, ^llea Dunn ])«Tliiei Eoflei foi Gurrlty Oro Gloria Gale Mamie'* Grotto GUI Brhley Oro Hotrl Sfhrofder "Kmplre Boom) Billy Daer Oro Uny Bast Vlrg Hoffman Karl lUtsch'* Cepple Doch Oro M.lene SI urn W«rgu*f"e Dibble ' Xareen'R Bay Mcadowa Oro Jjfgt IIOUDlI lip ' Jimmy imye Oro K«n Kefli , Pelly Cray Many Holt . Vlcior ■ JjOg Cubin Carl lliTBman Oro juinnil Club Trudy Do ning Jtulnndo & Vdelta Yvonne Kerr Helen Everolt ■$ llrnrrtlcs Avia Kent Joe lllo - Hay ilnrtell JTKKy Oeitry, Ceno Emerald Jolinny l)avl» Oro Mo<1rmlallo Jtn Oarber Oro captain ilregs I,en Eselio Mnurrrn llosay Bteve Swodls pro Oniila Deri nalley Oro tinouku Ilartnmn Old Ilvldelbcrg EdJIO 7.ll>p Oro Vonna LuTau Bin Do .Vuro J'eRKy Hall Kl (Mftlr & Purand Nimie' Morrison I.oulf) Siroptcr Hobblo Itae I*nrlN Joo Cumin Cro Kenny Kny Llltlo Ray rinnklntnh lIooM (IUhI Kooui) Marlow Sis I'iontatlon.Club Bert Dnlloy Oro Mary Wobb I'lnntallon 6 Brown & Lyons Hunky Brown Buddy Tenlor 3 Jokers RciidczTons Bob .^ulicaon Oro Crnro Drown Jtonde/voun 13 La Nore Sla Marge O'Drlen Helen Shower Evelyn I'arr Jorry I-ynn Billy Lamont Reno Birr Blalco Oro Vivian Hotter' . Busty. Banli* Ann Oreffff Alma William* Helen Claire Jean Hamilton Romona Drownvlll Hal White Scaler'* Tony Bauer Oro |L«eneviove Woods Oordon Wallers Jo^sle & Viola Ding Burdiek Roma Costeltn Dolores liAmnr Nancy O'Ulen 706 CInb Al Harris Oro Toddy Cnpp Bchivartz GrIK Williams Ore Red Ravlii Ore Hay Wick Irene OrlRES Claudo .l^armenter Spa Dili Davidson' Oro Six rolnt rinb Casper Iteila Uro State Cardcns Earl niBB Oro Irone Sehrnnk Aniln Allen Hose Mario June Herman Kddle Kube Klo Dell Dotty l.une Jean Jaei|Uos Jack & Jill Strand Annex Simeon Phlllporc }lort Snyder Klburtn Johnson Dllllo Lament' SunHet Club Cddle Apple Tlo Top Tnp Joey Fcldsteln Ore Keii. Leslie niUy .<lray Jerry llerifon Nina Varola VIrBlnIa Olbsnn Ceno & Connie Chet HoBWell Ulder Sis Rosnllo & Welisler Thelnia Ward Town and Couotrr Club TInney LIvcnB'd Ore Lnrry Powell Ireno Durko . Uel«^n SavnBS Jiinn UoBera MlBUon Hubs Callaeher Joan Hnr'rlfl Jack Farrell Eve Evon ' Toy's Case "Lahdls Ore. 2Ulh & North Club Kay Crandell. Ore WIrtirs Futurlnllc Jtill Srhweltzcr Ore Jack Fexcr Vnlllo Jay Ore Maureen Ilofay ROKan & Mann Wlwonslh Knot Fran Meckin Ore M 'Merrymaker Ore Tom Sheridan Capi>y I^wls Arnold Dupre Maxine HOEuette Zanlter Oardeoa Lyie 'Stunn Oro Buddy Vaek The Empress Congo Durllng* BllUe McAllister ET«rgT«en Garden* OoorBe Baurer Oro Roy Saunders fcally Palmer Sherry Itane .Mary Ixiu SaroE* Carol Crano Hotel Henry Dale HarknoES Oro Hotel Jacktown Freddy Cnntle Oro lloCel KooeeVelt Don Aire -t Hotrl Heli«;nley Hownrd Baum Oro HUZ2 Aston Jack Rogers llnfel Wm Tenn (CuntliientuI Uur) ' nilly Cailzons Ilnrry Miirlln J<ihnny I'-rlta Al UlLernla IfaMnn (inrdens Kt?,l Covnio Ore EiiTMle P<Tella Mii-hnel Strange ■l4ihnny Morris l>i<k Pnilih rictty Nylander l.arry ^ Iluvls Nora- Lewis Kenny wooil Aerlnl Ballet Itcn VtiuDB Ore illnny llr:iyi:nr<l 3 youngsters Monterey Billy Sprjnper Ore New l*eim Husk (THnre Oro Marly Miller ThompKiiii Kis ;! Ihii Spots R.'i> ino'nd & Ardcn NKon Cnfe Al Maritico Oro Bob Carter Chick & Len ZaitE & Todd Maurlne ft Norva AOBelo Dl Palma Nut BouM 5 Rhythmnnlacs Allue Drooks. Boogy-Woogy Jack Lewis Zip Klein Reggie Dvorak Al Mercur Jim Buchanan Harry Nossokolt rines M Spltnlny Oro Billy Sherman Fnye Parker Flora Cate Jimmy Peyton Oro Lynn & Mason l^Qwey Moon MhnI Chevalier - t^hlc'iulta Jack Smltli- Rlvlera Earl Mellon Oro Show Boat H Middleman Oro Verne & Arlene Sky-Voe Tommy Dolan Oro Union Grin Art Yagcllo Frank Natiilo Mlkfl Sandretto Webster Hall - Kelson'Maples Oro Ullly.Rizso t'teorge Weber Buzz Mayer West View Jack Crawford Oro Ha^y .Crawford Carl Miller <'ub UlBKlns- Sam T. Reed Ullehey Circus- M'lllows Red Nichols Ore Hill Darnell Johnny Uuify PresldcBt Al Wethe Oro Sheldon Gray Henneit ft Crawt'd Tom Allen Ray Bowles St. Paul Hotel Rtanley Love O (12) Bobby Innls Terraee Cafe Hownrd LeRoy Ore Marguerite Claudet Stewart' & Lee Town & Cooatry CItib Craig BulO Hy 'Ackerman Oro Dave Ackerman Miami .Continued from page 38 many of its famous ATLANTIC CITT Alpluo'yilliige Otto Thurn Oro Calo < Margaret Aemnier Hurman Plrchnor Avalon 'Hy Barron Orb Norman I'riest Bonnie L.aVuiine Thelma Arllne May Alnvny- Club Troy Singer Oro Judy Black Cedar Country Cluit Sherillna Walker O Shm Thomas C Aees o( Rhythm Ann Baker Dorothea Adams Cedar Gardens Duks Melvin Oro . Bloomlleld & U Btrenn<llned Sue Duke & Prlnco Dick Montgomery Helen Wiles Cliateaa Pete Gerael Oro Sammy Ulrk Phil Arden 3 Smart GIs Jackie Rogan Mary Lou Mann College Inn Norman Brill Oro Robbie Collins Jack Raynor Freddie's Cafe Tony Emma Oro Thll Kaye Joan Collette Blondell 2 Armand ft Jnllanna Eddie Barnes Golden Glow Paul Slmonettl Ore Mary Lou Gladys Delm'ar Camllle Gonrmet Club E Robinson Ore ' Harold Copeland BUI I.ochman Lola Wnlker Harry Meyers CLEVELANIT Hntton's Club Fred Helkell l.ols Miller Ruth I'.Trker Kay Krinlntan Mary Jane irotel Allerlon Sandra ft J Sleelo Hotel Cleveland Oeno Krwln Ore Walt Bergen Oro Hotel Sterling Marly Lake Oro Babe Sherman Joe Rose Hotel Ilpllendra Bob Millar Ore St Clair ft Day Don llooton Juvh & tUliWm Chick Williams Arlene Rice Oro Vic Corpora Mndsay's Sky-Club Poison Gardner Rita White Pearl Pe Luca Monaco's Cnfe Wlllard Pott's Ore Virginia Carroll Grant Wilson . Hounds CInb Dunes Boys Jules DeVorzon Jack Webb Ohio Villa Freddie Carlone Or Mickey Katz <;hnrlotte Claire 4 Grands Robettsnn ft White Tom Ball GIs (B> Sonthem Tarem Ted King Oro Don Kayo Stanley Club . George Winter Ore Karyl Norman Jacklo Maye. Ubangl Club Tommy Darncs Ore Herlel Collins Ethel Avery Rose Morttan Sonny Carr nnlielte's Belh Chains Pal $hel\ln M::nn<i ft Strafford Honey Murry Iviic Cuiieal Ruth Turf Club Jayno Manners 3 I'layl'oys Animndo ft LIta J«e Rnllo >larry l>obbs Celebrity Club France*! Kaye l':ildy llrndd Oro SOO Club Den Sii'X.ion JtoKi, .I'almer S Kny, Kutya & Kay Towers <;itnraud llowavd llruuks Muriel Thomas Milray »j:s iraiiiniy' Watklns llolel President (Kvund-Wvrld Rni) Virginia Verrill iihiillia ft Carlton 101><a Harris ' Mort Uiauds Ore Merry Go Ronnd Nat Hrnnilwynne L>nle Sherman AJ SiK'lleilay Nonind i^ally Keith Dave Fox Madge Carniyle Zola Grey Elaine Jordan Bdnn Thompson Sid Rose ■ Pndifock Int'l George Seottl Zorila Marie KIbhe Dllly Harris Irmn Lynn Walter Colo Freddy Farmery t Paradise Kalonh Kill Bailey Doris Jth'mbottom LethIa Hill iTlmrllo Johnson Or Blnndlna Willlo Jackson ft Jr Roacoe Shnmu . Jellie Smith Mary Stafford Uayn\ond ft Kord Kitty Murray Rennuli- Eddle White Mildred KhK <;harlle Masters Leo Bartell 3 Lunatrlx House Reviews .Continued from page 39. STATE, N. Y. SETBOIT Donk-Cndlllnc Hotel (ilo<ik Casino) Lowry Clark Oro ^Motor Bnr) Vic ALlis Oro llowery Tremore ft Claire Amits Jacobs ('har)ey Carlisle Melba Boudreaux Diane Rowland Morris ft Rogers Ann B.-ldBCB Lonoias I'ehs (8) Johnny King Benny Rcsh Ore Illue lantern Chuck MInrger'B Or 4 Flashet Mae Dcvlne <tulo Reynolds Drake Sis Rhner Brown Frank Temple Marie Paul Cliene-l'rombley .'Tho Drunkard* Marly .S^iulher R A Ferguson Gertrude W.irier Hilly .Morell Jim Stevenson Ore Corktown Tavern Juno Carmen l>i/k llnvilniid Phil ft Yvoime Wnlly ft Frances Cddle llraiton Oro Knstwmid Gardens Ted Weems Ore VVlilttIrr Hotel (Gold Cup Koom) Charles Auld Trio Club Imperial Hnnthn Chun H'wuod Beauties 12 PrCTSBUBGH Anchorage Hughle Morton Ore Maynard Deano Arlington I.odge Kler Morrison Ore Baleonades Varsity Club Oro Dill Green's Benny Burton Ore Ida lola BUI BIrken Crest Jimmy .Smith Ore Bddle Jones Juno Gardner Jack Rndgers Carnevale Puppets Club Carlisle Red Mitchell Ore Club Carlton Nell Drnnt • Dl Carmo' NIta Norman Cork and lluUIe Carla Moore Nick Parlllo " J^dle reylon'a Mike Peyton Bertha Xluller Hazel Calloway El Congo King Bass Oro Connio Slmms - Great Deulah Gladys Sage Marge Mansell Nub Drown Oro Club I.ldo Covert ft Reed Story Sis (2) Bennett 5 Ralph Fisher Ore Keblolo'* Tevo & Doro ' Fruddlo .Maher Dl Giovanni Monty Wysong Ray Carlln Oro Northnood loo Spec ft Spot Jack Campbell Ore Harry Davis Lee Webb Oasis Leonard Seel Oro June ft Jerry Dorothy Douglas Gladys Ddmar Helen Barbour Ken Conroy Mm« Curio R (30) Valm Ileacli Danny Beck Bruce GIs DICarlo ft DuDuls .Monnle Drake Don Pablo Oro ' Powntan Sammy Dlbcrt Ore Bedford Inn Don Miller San Ulego Pino ft Itoslla N'elaon, Thomas _ Geo Presnell. Merle ft Earl Oro Klatler Hotel. (Terrace Room) Frank Gagen Ore Bob Allen MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL Anglesey. Eddie LnUue D (S) lio'n ft J(-hTlnette Dorothy .llolder Hnivery . ■Bed". And'son 0'(3) Lillian Coodhuo ThOM'.as'ft .\lor*.«!on Danny Brown Co ' ComiuMlore Ken Davenport Ore A. Mnrrny Diinters 'Drunkard' Corooado nick Treso Bil .(6) Maxine Demars . Curly'» Ovcnr ncllman Ore Jtnj'O' Sis ' Jimmy Hegg Flying Wheels (2) has seen in moons. All this (Jespite . the slim possi- bility of gambling being permitted by the Tallahassee .czars, anS .rii-. mors rife that the FBI will virtually, operate the place during the next semester. Raids on the private book- ies have been too frequent to en- tice any Big City money Miami- wards for gambling purposes. It's safe to venture now that only the 26' games and the mechanical dice' will operate, with all other chance- ries in the very sotto voce depart- ment. But, as hotel men point out (wishful thinking, niaybe) only a small percentage of the visitors care about that; it's climate and sun they want. Right or wrong, thpugh, the only safe gamble right now appears to be that there'll be no gambling any consequence, and that the town will become very clean-up conscious when the season preems. Much , to-do about the Carl Byoir publicity fold-up here, with Ham- ilton Wright, Jr., taking over the ballyhoo for Miami at $2,000 per month, plus e.\penses (they'll in- clude a staff oit six, and photogs). Byoir, press-czaring for six years, ousted , by city commish on a 3-2 vole. Sieve Hannagan, of course,, continues for the Beach, at the regu- lar $25,000 annual fee. More Hotels Building Albion, St.. Moritz, Governor, Col- lins-Park, Royal Palms, just a few of the new hostelries under construc- tion at the Beach. Nat Bernstein, Kew Yorker, also operating borscht circuit spot (Laurel House, in Haines FallR, N; Y 1 new prop at Van Ness on Ocean Drive, with hotel re- christened The Milburn. Ruby Fob's (formerly Town Casino) expected to be the hit of the season, although not too centrally located, and Al Gaines (brother of Ben, of Boston's Mayfair and Miami Beach's Demp- scyTVanderbilt) and Al Goldman tfrere. Jack Goldman, Hickory House) will operate. Rumors that Dave Klcckner, of Dave's' filtre-Ropm;-wrU-bFranch-here.' Fan and Bill's, top steak eatery, de- buts Dec. 1. Dave Singer, operator of Park Ave. Grill (lop-price steiik- ery on the Beach) has changed the name of his spot from La Conga to kit Kat. Aubey Keoskie, former en- trepreneur at Aubrey's Lagoon, turn- ing "cm awny at his Sea Glades Ca- bana Club, which he'll convert into sno'oty-cocktailery for the season with name bands, if they're procur- able at cracker prices. Riptide, 23d street dawn-greeter, bows about Dec. 10. Twenty-third, incidentally, is now called Swing Slreet by the cafe men, with Win- nie's Waffle Shop, a few feet from the Roney, the late Lindy hangout for the mob, press and profesh. Mitchell Wolfson, of the Wometco Theatres, wangled into the Miami Beach city council by a 17-vote lead over Burbridge. Some Fair Summer Shows Mia-Tii and Beach taverns offering fair fare for summer shoppers; no names but better than mediocre talent. Jackie Maye, despite vicis- situdes wi'ih the polizei, still m-c-ing at the Paddock, but the minions insist on. no 'drag.' Also showing are Virginia Manch Sextet, Three Castles and Elmer Novak's orches- tra. . Royal Palm, in Miami, displays Beatrice Howell, mimic; Three Freshmen, comedy tumblers; LU vonia Warren Dancers and two dance combos. La Paloma, Miami revel room, too hot for the natives, but a la Dickie Wells in the pre- sunri$e hours, with anything going. Al Kelly's Torch Club: Carlton and Diane, terp,*: Patsy Filniorie. uneS' thetically billed as 'jnuscle dancer'; Billy Ro.";ser,' m-c; Marion Davis, Mickey Si^rnund and Delores Hardy, At the Beach's Kit Kat: Flea Mad- den's ork (for the local cats and ■gators, and good,- too); Betty Ward and Her Kittens;' Dixie Kay, with the taps deparlmcrtt; Vivian Royce shim-sham tapper.; Madie Davis, acrobatic dance routine; Marianne, Spanish dancer, and Mike Payton, m-c. Fave diversion of midsummer visitors is fishing off the piers and causeways. No investment and plenty of action, with juke joints flooding the roadside en route home, and fish ."sandwiches and beer avail been around for quite a while now and has gained considerable polish. This is reflected in the greater stress on vocals than heretofore, and the boys give out in okay fashion. They're also plenty forte when blow- ing the harmonics, Eddie George's solo with 'Flight of the Bumble Bee' being the musical standout. Another solo bit is Freddie Stewart's semi- scat vocal of 'Have a Heart,' also a clicker. Ginger Harmon's hot singing fol- lows. . Cute femme is attired in a 1939 version of a Gay 90's gown. Its initial impression is too severe, but then again it enhances her sveltness. She delivers three nimibers, with 'Die Man Mose' as the blowoll, for good results, and makes way for the Three Swifts. Latter's comedy-jug- gling routine has ben pat for years and seemingly never fails to get across. This also applies to their ciurrent date here. They're frequent repeaters at the State. . Harvest Moon v.'ihners come as the show's flnalQ, each team getting the opportunity for a display of their dance specialties. They're amateurs and naturally greatly lacking in Stage presence, but the audience opening night was fully receptive. Each divisional winning team is get- ting $250 a week for the SUte date, with the all-around champs pulling down $750 weekly. Winning lindy- hop femme, Connie Hill, was on the' stage opening day, but did not dance. She had been injured the night be- fore. (Wednesday) by a thug who followed her home from Madison Square Garden, thinking she was carrying her prize money. Second- place lindyhoppers performed in-' stead, but Miss Hill and her partner, Russell Williams, both colored, were back dancing on Friday. As per the Harvest Moon Ball reg- ulations-prohibiting any eccentric steps in those classes other than shag and lindyhop, the winning teams are also very straightforward in their dancing on the State's stage. As a result, they exhibit very little flash, and their future professional chances, if any, are left to the imagi- nation. From appearances, the most prom- ising dancer is John Phillips, who, With Margo Sage, won the all-round championship. He handles himself nicely plus havirig good appearance. Most of all, he' appears m-ore at home in tails than any of the others. Miriam and Clarence Payne, fox- trotters; Christine Carol and Frank -Fa-r-r-eHi-Viennese-walt z e r.',. and D or^ ROXY, N. Y. Houiell & Coles, Bud Huohes & Hi» Pals, Maurice & Betty Whaleii, Bor- rah Minevttch's Harmonica Rascals (9), Gae Foster Girls (24) , Paul Ash house . band; 'Adventures of Sher- lock Holmes' (20th), reviewed in this issue. othy Campelh and John Sakas, rum ba dancers, are no aiidience wow.s. The shag team'of Ann Fenchak and William Mack, a couple of cute kids, cop the applause honors, with the lindyhoppers clo.se behnid. Both teams were forced to encore Thurs- day night, whereas the straight dan- cers got little more than polite re- ceptions. Scho. New stage show here is more of a Fanchon & Marco production than merely an array of lalent. .'It is a little light on number of acts, but the F. & M. touches and Gae Foster girls put the presentation over. There are the usual three stage eyefuls, with acts serving more as background 'than ever. Starter is Foster femmes in trim b\ack jackets, long sheer hosiery and yellow pic- ture hats trying their luck with handkerchief sleight-of-hand. Okay, since it paves way for Biid Hughes (New Acts) standard legerdemain and balancing of his two pooches. Howell and Coles (New Acts) pair of colored lads, offer a song-dance comedy act that just about gets oyer. Maurice and Betty Whalcn come closest to having a really sock turn on the lineup. Pair do a swell nov- elty adagio, with the extreme lim- berness of the blonde Whalen girl • being, the highlight. ' Their trim, white, abbreviated garb is effective. Two come on after an elaborate Deep Purple' modernistic dance en- semble by the line. Borrah Minevitch's Harmonica Ras- cals are ' garnering the laughs as - usual with the same routine they've been using for months.. They are spotlighted here before a Brooklyn bridge-Bowery drop, with nine har- monica players imitating jovial 'dead end' lads. 'Sunrise Serenade,' 'When Day Is Done' and 'Beer Barrel. Polka' are the discernible tunes the troupe employs once they get through pushing around the shorty of the group. Foster Girls sock across a color- ful parade of tin soldiers finale. Their unison tapping is tops. Biz pretty slow at second show Friday (1). Wear. KEITH'S, BOSTON Boston, Sept. 1. The Trojans (3), Robinson TwiTis, Hank Morton & Loretta Dennison, Sue Ryan, Slate Bros. /with. Fay Car- rol (4), Ravmond Pike, Rozellas (4), Larrj; flint house orch; 'Exile £x- press (GW) aTtd 'Bod Lends (RKO ). .MISS Jcannette Curtis blok Long. Ore (8) Uonny Verner Ilel Olero Lloyd I.aUrlo Ore Kxrelslnr I'nrk Joe 'Dlllo's Oro Happy Hour Oordle Uo«'en O (C) .Madelyn Joyce I.ounge. rierre Ken DeVlllers Ore Marigold nobby (irlggs Ore AllnnesoCa Terrace Dale ilhodes Ore Jack Gwynne Co Karlo * Le liaron' ..vi« /..- « j:^. A Murray Dan (2)' able for a dime, EMBASSY, N. Y. (NEWSBEELS) A militaristic world, on the march —that's the story in pictures here this week. Paramount tops the reel- ers with its exclusive on the Euro- pean mobilization, in addition to a couple of novelty shots, rushed into the Embassy the very .same morning that they arrived in New York on the Clipper (Friday). One of the most graphic .shots, and portentious of war's exigencies, is Par's gandering a mother in London, startled by the hoax cry of 'bomb,' scrambling to the ground and terri- fyingly attempting to shelter her children beneath her body. Par's clips on the preparedness moves cover mainly the push in Eng- land, Poland, France and the Soviet, with little empha.sis on Germany, probably for censorial reasons. While the German attack on Poland early Friday morning eclipsed to some ex tent what would ordinarily be .su perlatively. timely shots, Ihe accom- panying commentary is up-to-date, though in a limited vein, premising its description on war's state of ex- istence. Rest of the bill is anti-climactic There are maneuvers bv the U. S, Army, testing of its defense units by the Soviet, London preparations to safeguard citizens from possible plane bombings and German youths being drafted to care'for the farms while adults are preparing for the front. A great number of publicity .shots are shown. At Malibu Beach, Cal., there's a canine show caught by Par which seems more notable for its parade of players than the showing of the dogs. Universal's new starlet. 11-year-old Gloria Jean, gets a puff from the company—too much so, in fact, from announcer Graham Mac- Namee—in showing her attendance at the world preem of her first film, 'The Under-Pup," in her. hometown of Scranton, Pa. There's a silly ofif^^mowing Walter Hagen retiring from tournament golf after 25 years in. the game. ' There's little . news value attached to lis treatment, which gives it a facetious comedy once-over (Par). From the front of the House the opening vaude show of the season here got away smartly in a 45-min- iite performance. Backstage union negotiations, Fowever, had the. com- pany in a turmoil: Slate Bros., tOp- billed, played the first day of the holiday weekend program (1-4), then withdrew when they declined to sign up with the Amierican Federation of Actors. The Rozellas, a musical com- edy quartet, replaced them; (Details in vaudeville section). Slate boys played a shorter rou- tine than usual and could have given more than one encore as. far as the plaudits were concerned, A few new gags spiced the regular rough-house comedy and dance turn, which has always wowed the customers here. Fay Carroll, a nifty blonde, vocaled 'Our Love' throush rowdy interrup- tions by the Slates. Sue Ryan, in the next-to-sh'ut, was well received for her vocal caricar tures of night club singers and an opera diva. She's a periodic visitor to these boards, . Three Trojans, male tumbling team, opened with a fast routine of conventional tricks. Boys are clean cut and very satisfactory. Hank Morton and Loretta Denni- son are in. the trey. Miss Dennison is a talented singer and soft-shoe high-kick dancer, playing straight to the pantomime of her comic partner, whos dressed as a (jossack. Morton's pantomime is based mostly on ogling the Dennison figure and twanging on a bull fiddle, made up to appear nat- tered and . unplayable, though Mor- ton extracts some hot rhythm from it with the aid of the band in 'Tiger Rag.' Duo well received. A highlight is the dancing of . the Robinson Twins. At the opening .show they were deuced, displaying hoofing that would look smart in a $3.30 musical. Of the two, the boy is the more natural and best-styled tapper, showing plenty of imaginar live steps and solid rhythm; how-- ever, the couple, both redheads, work smoothly together. Raymoncl Pike, juggler, playing Saturdaj^^^e day and Monday (2-4 ^ took the No. 2 spot after the opening day. He's satisfactory, opening with tennis rac- quet and ball to.sstng and then run- ning through a series of clever stunts. Larry Flint, one time divisional music director for RKO in New Eng- land, is the new house band, leader, replacing Eddie Rosenwald. Flint's overture medley of pops was okay. Fox.