Variety (Jul 1940)

HOUSE REVIEWS 41 MUSIC HALL, N. Y, 'IScrcp BboJc,* WT-th' Seiiha: Kaye, Hilda EckXefi James arid Mildred MulCdVt Jan . Peefce, June Farrest, mile Fisher, The Top Hatters} Music, Hall Syrhph under Frank NQwicki's direction;'Tofft. Brown's School Pays? <rk6) I revieuied in .yA!Ri£:'jt:v issue of June 26. ■ it anyliody notices—or: cares-- there is a tendency at. the Music. Hall to use titles, for the .^tage shows .which are marked by unimaginative repetition of the: trite! For. exiarnple,: Russell Markert's spTightly cbllection of items this, week has the. pointless' and frequently used description, 'Scrap Book,' The Board of Direct- ors; ft may be .suggested, could do, bjelferthan thiat.-;. , ; .'; ^ ^ :'. Gorp$ de Ballet opens first with a. Chinese tableau and ballet .\hait 'w6rl« otit enteirtaihingly after a slow beginning. Selriia Kaye and Hilda 'Eerier participatie. A top isessidii is provided by Jarnes and .Mildred Mulc.ay,'' applause-inducing': masters of the mciuth organ, ah instrument Of small renoWii,. but iinpl-essive as ;thtey martipulate itrr:-: • ^; . ; The nostalgic 'Notes of Romance has Jan Peercie, that iockerob tenor; ' and June Forrest and Nelle Fisher in-a bit of Viennese setting. The Top Hatters, sensatiprial rbllerskating girl' and boy, perfbriit: bn- .a sinall circle Cpairited white) and they start with gasps, and gb. ahead.^from that point to leave the audience unable to adequately measure the plaudits such skill and daring ..(jompeL. ; ^ For the climax the Markert girls 46 their stuff <in white and red ,cbs-. tumes. seen sevieral times bfefbre at the Music Hall) and the show, which has been upbuilding frbni, the; third or iburth jmiiiite, is closed smartly. ; Land. IndidriapoliSi Jiinc 28, .. (Juhilee Follies' ioith : Strf Marion and ' Cli^ Hali, Princess - Chiyo, Rddney and Gould, Beii Beri, Jpe Termini (l^o ; Billy Samuel, Line ilQ)) ^Lucky Cisco K^^ k20th) . .- . l^ick Bbila hag . assembled a Svell- : rounded .aggregation of acts, and adding a few. musicians tb .the pit .'orch, puts on. his entire revue iii. 71. minutes' of acceptable .stage fare;;' - House , idea seems to . be; tb- add- ,a . line of girls-to-acts: and tag it with a. revue title, this one being 'Jubilee Follies,'- But that's a& near as/: the resemblance comes to revue, ' ' Line of 10: femmes cavbrts in thrfee spots; in opening with drink, rbutirte, . middling witli standard kick and Closing in.- military . number.; Prin- cess. Ghiyo;. billed as doing ah e?fotic dance of the. South Seas; tosses in a strictly American song, a ihodern. tap and fast, twirl, causing the audir' ence io vwonder if the. SqUth Seas have gone. that.; modern, l Rbdhey , arid Gould; regulars at. this, house, also at-ie in. the dance division, d.pihg slow comedy work . with .eccentric terps, and- getting' sortie giggles with . their. ;hands and feet mixup.: Billy Samuel. taps.-. a hddoes ■; some aero . dancing,, rnixihg in- uriorigihal gags, IJas : .comedy : possibilities ~ ; and . is youngj but should get some he W, mi-; , teiriaL; • ' •. ■ (Comedy has . its inning; with Ben Beri,. who, does: some iiifty juggling, - mixing ih iiquipS' which give color tb his tUrin. -Sid Marion and Cliff Hall exchange gags iri- middle ,of show which are mild ribticklers;, but they get going later with an old ; army -game' bit,, gobd^ for plenty . of chuckles. HaU particularly, could use new ihateirial as his natural: flair lor comedy deserves a belter break, ; Heaviest mitt winner is newcomer to Jiouse, Joe Termini; With a natural pan - for chuckles, he gives added measure with playing of fid- dle, banjo, straight guitar and' an amplified guitar. Joined later . by . fexiime who :siiigs and. whistles, arid . male stooge whoVharmbniCaS- ■ Best ■"■ m his act is his; silent, iriiitatioh ot Bonnie Baker singing 'Oh Johnny' while femme 'fills in the vocal parts ■ Off stage.; ■ ■ ; Shoy/ deiserves. better • than the thiii patroriage at third show operiihg day, Friday v(28), but natives have .been stung on the revUe; titles re.r cently. and may be shy of laying^ down . the coih until - the ^advance- .:^uard reports, • ,' : Kitey, ' -. . Washirittont Jtine ^^. .^-Eileen Rrtfer; .Four. Franks,--John Gallus, Garfield Swift^.Cylde.'Haqer,: Sixteen Gde Foster GifU: 'Man. Who . ..TalHed'Too. Much'' ■ (WE) : "\ " Gombirialtiori of'July 4 and war consciousness brings' up ■ heavily patribtic reviie- this. ;\Vce)f; Weekly .community sing.stunt uses six. scriii- ipatriotic ;standard, ;ditties arid .'-fihale mtrdducing hevv tune,-by, Ira Slius- ter, "r Am 'An Aihj»ricari.'■ In latter,. - une gals, in red, white and blue/ , drill against elaborate set With flag. -motif. ; AlthQUgh stagihg:; and smart Use of .the damUs give appearance ■■■ Of ..ample bulk; three of the foul- .■ acts are.;male singles.- Rbxyette Eileen Ritter launches setup; with regular ..community-sing stunt; u-i^ing 'Columbi ,'• !My. Mai-yr lanid,' 'Carry Mei Back to GV Vir- ginhy/ 'AhchorS; AWeigh* and 'Dixie.', Line, which poses beside screen dur- ing audience Warbling to help give Volume, swarms back ihtb garden set for brieit formation tap in long white ruffles and organdy muffs.. Four Franks provide \the opening: specialty,; capitalizing smartly upon their versatirity. In rapid succes- sion, mixed quartet/offers unit and single., instrumetital-singing-hoofing stuff. . SoiTie of it is n.s.g.,. but it all moves quickly- . and . total registers solidly,.■;■;..■■,:>■, ---. ^/y- /■ . . John Gallus . iollowa to cjarinet .While . using- .instrument, as mouthr stick f or ball-balanGing ;;and . bbuncV ing. Sounds^ aren't always; music, air though he prbves. he Can reailly play- before starting the ball stuff, but as a stUnjt it's -novel arid clicks,, He finishes strongly by,;clarinetirig.' with ball- balanced bri end bf the t'boter while-working 'line*: of eight li2-inchr high giii puppets in precision tap With other ; hand. Latter is more adapted to night .club^/than thibatre, but by working oh raised' platforih it's still a colorful hovelty even to the balcony. Four linegals in hobps arid ' .pantalets ' iritrbduce baritone Garfield;; .Swift: against . showboat backdrop, gals sticking to ;pbse. through 'Make Believe'and ^Why Do r Love:you^' riielting bff ias he opens up in 'Or Man Riyer'to get .top apv plause^ of. shoWi.nf He follbws. with '.Iri.sh Eyes', and takes , side mike^ to warble 'Her Name Was Rbsita- as traveler.. opens on} linte: • strikingly posed under individual,. ■var-i-cblbreci overhead spots. Gals in striped rhumba'4iil'^'esses rattle gourds fin spectacular routine, to 'Beguine,' Clyde. Hager takes it next for his .standard pitchman' -bit;- bpenihg suit case^ tb sell . his - ^'painless paring potato jjeeler'.' and ;give - away 'absb- lutely free' .everything from' 'Pinkr ham's passion pills' to 'stylo fbuhtairi peri which spells; as it writes.' The old 'g'way boys, - yarbothei' me!' arid the stobge - whp - gets - smeared with the Arabian; .wphder sbap ate still surefire,':; ' ■•;•.■'., -.. ■ Curtainis then spread on full-stdge set with Greek temple backdrop. Letters spell P-E-A-C-E arid .Swift, in White military uhifprmV.warbles 'I Am An American,' ..taking in everyT body frbm 'the farms to. the/faC- tbries,' Line, closes; bill With mili- tary drill, jhighlighteid: by simart preCr cisibri -taps.: ' •■ ■ - ■ ';.:•■■••.■ . ;•■ .~, Biz light.at shbw CaUght, Craig ' STATE, N Y. XOWERi % C/ •.■■'. ■■ '• . '. Kansas-Ciiy^. Jufie 2^ Evelyn Brent with Harry F:6x and Gene Fields, Olympic Girls (3), jock- soh and tfedrai Lester-Hdrdino, Billy sears, .Hotise Line ' (8), Herb Six ■House OrcJi; - 'Girl; in 313' (ZDth) . K It's - a xeturn" to the established policy of combining trib of standard acts, an amateur' cohteist wiriner, and the houise riegulars intp 50 minutes: pri Stage; at the Tower this week; Show: fbilows a few weeks of units; and bands and;had a gobdly pace set for. it'in advance. This Orie holds'its sbwn-niceliy,'-.,' ■ 'Yankee • Doodle Revels' "was sug-' gested. as the. title, ;With' .'tlie 4th' -cbriiirig as ■ the. closing' day. of the shbw's week, and ; girls are in the riibbd'' With a: drurri-beatihg; khee- Jifting ■. niirhber. Glymplc . Girls three-some ..opens the-list of. stand- ard acts with acrobatic routirie set in White; bathing' suits. They're ade- quate and rightly spotted.', iackson ahd Nedra get off sbme belter than average dahcihg, ; and. Nedra adds. to. the act with her fig- ure. They enter iii a double roiitine, each takes a solo tUrn/and Wind up together oh pair of miniature steps, Lester Harding, resident m.C,, con- tributes a baritone -'Say ; It' aS his entry, cbnfining himself to a single sprig iri place, of the dub he usually offers. ; Harding- - then, introduces - Billy Sears, iS-year old frbm Topeka, kansi,: as the ariiateur discovery of -;the .^Yeek and ■ yburigster..,. pro.YCS: okay. 'He; does heat batpn twirling, though ■• preseritatipn needs to - be' woi-ked oh, 'Gnly doing a' few mi n- . utes in his first prb. appearance; here,. Mary Graham Minoir's liiiegirls shoW; theinseKes in a ballet nurriber .set to 'Tales of a."Vienna. Woods,' and aydi ^ Ciioe ■• gave; mbre; tl.vah: its - usual; re-, sponse.: One .of; the girls' .best efr iortd.:. ;.■.;.;: .;;■/• ■;■>:■;:,;;--■■ • Balance of show - is taken over by the. "standard . Evelyn .;. Brent-Harry Fox: compariy, '.first bit: .beiiig a. Solo; ,bf riiimicr.y; arid. i.nlpte.*;sions by Geni? Fields. PrcsiBntatiQh revolving.around '.Wish Up.pri ' ^Star;' permits hi-s .cri- ;try into ihiitalions.of film stariand pblitical figures and he. came: off with ai good. reSponise ' after inlro- ducirig, ■ FoK at ■-.this, slibW:-,- Fox's chore is ■ ah 'Ida' in : the - Eddie Lebuard-.Trianrier, and then he-gives; over to foiling for.Miss Brent, (.Mrs. Fox) •; upon her . ehtryr. Patter-..and , hiUggihg wi,th; Fox brini?- but; some I good matenal, s.bnie justfair. Fields : dpes a VLionel^ Barrympre. aS; -Miss I Brent works oiit a scene from one of i.her filri^s. . 'Silver;.Horde;' Act. is ! smoothly kiiit.;; ... ■■■ Finale to. •'An-chors ..A'vvciglj,: ...with-, cirls clogging, rina.kes .f ull use'of set-;- ting'in a flag motif, ;ahd Sears frbhts it well \vith- his flash-lighted baton, ■ -.' ■ '■■ > Qiiin. Ray Kinney brch (12) witJi Aloha. MaidSi Meymo Hplt, Alfred Apakd;: The . Brickldyers, Busier Shaker with- Olive & George,; Georsrc Givot;-.'My Son, My Sml XUA):. ■ :. The State': is' servirig a hiildly. eri- .tertaining: 50-riiin.ut6 stage show- this week ;tQ accori\ii»ariy .'JViy Sbn.' Doubling from the Lexington hptel, New- .York, Hawaiian Ropm;; Ray Kinriey's band fprms the nucleus .of the layeut,:' Setup isn't too ^strbrig in nariie value or really .sock per-, fprmahce appeal,: .but;it- satisfies and seemed;; very.' (enjoyable to a fair- sized audience when caiight,.; . ', Kinney's, work. covers, the last half: -hour.; or so, teeing off in ah impres- sive native Hawaiian .settirig. formed; by. a palriitree-decOrated scrim- and a rain-effect. . Gorhbined with kin - ney's. ..'Aloha' .-theme- the . visual miarks- leaVe 1 i ttlie. ■ doubt .as to: the band?S .:. Ha'waiiati . style,;: but the' opening number is a j arring note in the face of all that local atmosphere; Instefad :,of emplbylhg. an ari-ange-; merit, using expected'•.wailirig giiitars and soothing island. .music. Kinnby downbeat, adds - iip. tb an Hawaiian versibri (if an' American jazz tune, the accent being, bri/ drums and a hprn sblp;' ' '"' -^r/'o-. ..With that put of the Way, hbwever; the band - arid its sUppbvtirig. quint.et of : swivel .- hipped; ;;• grass.-- Skiijted ferpmesi, the ,..:Aloha -.Maids, .: also doubling from tlie. Lexington;- bifild all the way id a strorig finish,.. Gals work •;. in ;:several ; ;places, ' back- grbuhded -by choral shiging/ ■ Meymb Holt, one .of the five, gets solo ;spbts arid: goes. .bver . neatly rwith .a; straight South' , Sea ■ Routine: and: aripther; •cptriedy seiSsipri ' wherein :-'shc .grac.e:^" fully interprets the lyrics pf sprigs surig. . by ' Kiiiniey;.^ She's ' clfeveri kinn.ey .'handles sorigis. in nice voice but, his: m.c.ing irivariably: leaves pne in- the dark: ais' to: nanies and titles. Alfred Apaka; clicks With the one .'solo; song; effort he's allotted.. Does' 'Make: Believe Island' .down ; front-with neat barid backirig, , . Outfit stacks.:, up ; infipressively, being able tb switch easily .from the island, style. tb; ;rhythm ; stuff.. It's coihposed of.;; five ,ex-Geprge./ Hall men; -pn; three saxes, triiriipet arid pianb, while reriialning fpur rhythm, drums, bass, -and; two guitars (bne electrjic)- ^ are :handled by natives/ Final band, tune is smart, all five girls W-prking;maraca5 fpr good ef- .fect.' •■' • ■ ■ : .■-.. ;' ■ ■.:::■■-. . Gp'ening setup, The Bricklayers, is a staridard dog act This is its sec- ond stand here-insik riioriths. :Dis- playing ■. a -pack . of well-trained terriers, - setup, gbes over easily,. setting is a: biricklaying. construction job, the hpunds, in, cpstume, being the cbnstrUctprs,; Layout is ; smart, tbPv. iri ihiat it's hpt just; a series bf; tricks; There's a; slight stery. in the - 'fprerrian,' ,whp's' always ..bend- ing the elbew at-a nearby pub (part ef the scenery), the wprkman in^ jured, by falling material, his Wife: being called and -theriv the arrival of an ariibulance pulled by a dog rriade Up as a; hbrse; Good stuff and: solid fpr . kids particularly,. Finale; has hpuhds 'leaping V . prito swinging, trapeze-like ; platfprms;. transfejpring them frpih one side /bf the stage to the other,- .'. ■ Buster • Shaver ; and - midgets, Glive and. George-; retain ' their 5taridar4 singirigi-dancing tiirh; ; "Varied dance routines, done fairly sriibbthly' and with much audience appeal, high- light- '.'...:•-■;. ■■ , Geprgi^ Givbt has a tpugh; few rniniites warming up his listeners but pnce. it's dbne he has clear sail- ihg, His-rputlne. pf garbled, English is - familiar: .by new but he! has tb rely much;'iripre 'en gags tp get pVer; In this ' instance the warm-up: prpcess is fpi-'ced by. weak material at the putse.t. Inipreveis as. he gbes alPrig, hb-wever, and: at.the finale he was clickirig-; here. Fer the bbwrpff h'e -di-pps ihtb straight talk,- expressr ing thanks arid: intrping Kinnfey. -..;■;■ Wood;- , Qliip^TAL;^^ . CJiicagtb, June 30. ' . ':L«?-.fy. /CUrtibn -Grc/t (15) 'with Helen - -So thern, ; Barr arid EsteSi Valentine, [ Vqx\ and Ruth Denny; ■Aime <yf Xyindy lPdpldTs' (RfCO). ;. . Following a stay.e.-.rliei' this; season" in; the Panthep .Room of the local Hotel Sherman,' .v/hei:;e; he s.cbre;d at- the wiiJket,-Gnritpn' bring's his. band tp' the ■ Oriental jpr a 'vv'eek's /stand.: Outfit -indi^cates.'- .plenty of .audience iiSatisfact'iPri'.'- Barid;'flew':ih 'frbm the Hotel-.New ^Yorker. - (N; Y.)• for this.' pre-i.b.ooked,'.' dale,.: ihterruptitig. its' '.Gotham rvin; jo.e 'Veriuti's: brch s.Ub-: stituting..fpr...the solp...week, -; .. -; -While, p'rim'a'riiy: a • daricb ..aggregq-.: -tibh, .. .CJinlbri -• orchestra - V :comes. through :with corisiderabie entertain-, ment--. .No-.tiviestipn ajapvit the listpn-; ab'ility.-bf ;the;.hand' i't.<:olf,.;. In; addi- ;tiori,.it ha.s:;pcme gbod ..Speci.'il.fy.wb'rk in;;gr.pUp.<; 'nml, sjngles, 'v/ith\Jini'my : C-Urry- trombbiTi.j.ivt. 'partJc-ularly.. scor- ing with h^s' cornedy vo.Gaiizihg, i.e.s.pe-, j cially .the' 'operatic burlosqiie ol' - the:- I 'Little Fishie.<<' ',nuniher. -.Thi,*^ ir clover ..stuff; that could be developed fuvtl'icr;: :Heleh '. Sothern, . fwrnrne •:vpcali;st I ;\vi.th'tlte.:ban^;. turn,s-;in .a;^ .'■.session,- ,■■ ■;' '■■' ':■ Specialty- t<;\rn.s-.are. the dance act of-Barr. and E.stes- and the', ventr.iio.'^ quiff)'Wlfhtine ..Vox.- lifth arc standard . it> vaudeville and. come through sblidly. Male of the duo has a; good comedy .appiearance and handles .his dancing neatly. But he's trying ■ to break into talking cpmedy and has far to; gp if he. wants it to • mean ariything. Has a; I t bf, gags, but;; riiust learn how to tell 'em. Ferhme is a rieat-lookirig dancer. . Vox hahdles. hiiS'dumimy well. Run- ning gags are good, enough except for an vOccasiorial slip into ■ blue stuff which is riot suitable for this type; pf wprk. Vox .g),sp continues his. pld; stUrits, the",drinkirig 'and talking bit; arid the dpuble. harriioriy Vocalizing. Ruth- Denny;. is fairly new to the. act and Comes up with. an exUberarit. .nersonality -Which puts her pVer.:sat:- isfactorily. on. w'arblirig, : , ~ • . - : -■. - • > r : : Business fair at supper; show Sat-^ .urdav; ..: .::,:-. ' !; > Gold.'■, ,Andy ':Kirk. Orcli. (14) ;;Jniic Rich- niond, , P,ha . Terr.etl,- Vibicin/ Harris,, He6:.,&' Lee, ;JdKn Mason, ,Johnny ViSfttl, ;Wo?;clle Trioi Flashe & Siinda, House Line; ^Half a ■Sinixer' (.1^).- .: ^ / / As ;usUal- at . this rHarlerii 'iheav.eri,. the. -staige- 'show riins. -about dbiiblie!. .^the. tinie - it -Should. ' . Probably the -custpriieri think 'they're -getting' a -.bargain, but: they'd, have . :just- -as much entertain merit;: only better-^, iX about 45; • minutes ; were; trimriied,: Trouble isn't tbb;many.. acts; it's that the;, acts.; ;them.selVes rarely know when tb stop; They .go: bri . and pii till a. dazed spectator is on. .verge ;of ■cbllapse. This is mpre or less .true of thenv ail,; but particularly.: so - iri lhe-;c*iSe' of' the cpmics, :"'/jio -mistake vulgarity, fer humpr: and then be- labbr a: ppint :until even a.gbod joke becomes: dull. . ;/Staging;' is/ still, skiriipy, but better than usual. . After; play ing the .<jh.bw frbm the piit, Andy Kirk's orchestra is pnstage fp'r' the latter iarid bie'ttcr pprtiph: pf the bill.:. Recently but pf: the GPt- ' tpri Club, N. Y.,: kirk fpllpws 'cus-; tohij oi thiS -hbiise by turhiilg Ipbse the ..brasses ,to tieklq the :Harlerriites ; but alinpst blast ,the eardrums' bf the casual -visitor; ; Band has passable .arrahgements, a nice, rhythm section^- excellent; ; p i a ri;i-st in Mary Lou ; William.s . and /a. / Sock . additipri in Flbyd - smith,-Vwhb evokes eloquent nielbdy and weird effects.'fr.bjn sev- eral 'different ; kind5 . of • ; electric guitars.June Richmond, a .portly ■shPuter;. ignites the heiise as Usual, but Pha;;'rerrell- fails to. come:, up, to his noisy-resception. ; ■Top bits in the first pbrtibn bf the show are the • ;;Novelle .'Trip (NeW Acts), Flashe and Sunda (NeW Acts) and .^: ripVeity. ;opener; by the house line. Novelles,/ white, have an ac- cordion :bffei:ing, with clickish music nicely presented arid the; knowledge of Avlien to leave Flashe arid Sunda are an/ exbti.c . dance offering; calcur latied -to get the gents stirred up and send 'end out talking. Paii:. can daricie well -eno.ugh -and they ad.d. a;cpuple :pf expressive; bumps to a native cpnga rputirie. '--/-' Hpuse line's novelty nUnibier is the opener,/.with .the. ;gals doin'g ;a tap routine .while bouncing hiige rubber balls;.; in simple . and : 'complicated rhythms...'. More: ambitious than usual fOT: the- hpuse and a de;";erved, click withv'the; addiehce., -Fer-the rest, there is . a standard gyrhnast act, He'e- and; Lee- (New Acts);'.more pfferings- by. the hbuse line;, a shriU femriie vbcalist and the-usiial asisbi^t-. nient of alleged . cbriiedians hammer- irig at faitigued . material. .'; He and Lee cPriipi'ise the bill's other' ofay turn. -■ ;:' ■ ■ ■ Hobe. ■ STRAND, N Y. Bob : Crosbiy's Grch (15), tinfV Doris Day; Rollo &:yerna Pickert,- Trixie; Three Sailors; 'The Man Who Talked Too Much' (WB), reviewed iii Variety this weekj ' .. .'It's not . pften that .the Sti-arid comes Up. lam;e .pn/ its: elevating :pit, ;which. contrasts this show's .lairi.sh quality Vail , the-: riiore sharply - with past iaybTats .hei^b. A; riiajor -iportion of the weakness-stems from': the ia«t that . Bob erpsby's band lacks spark: as stage - entertainment;/ secpiVd, the", maestrb's: siriging is' so sub-par that it can be taken as a gag; . 'Bahd's /rather negative itageiih^ p'ressibn: is all the ihbre- surjprisirig in View bf 'some of the excellerit musi^ cians in ; the. crew, including; Jess Stacy, piano; .Ray BaUduc, drvirhs; Eddie.Miller, sax; Bob Haggiart, he.ss, and -. -: Muggsy:- ; Spanier. ■ trumpet. .There's,..some :dash. .iri the janiming ;quaTtet arid bctet grpupings, but the rest pf; the musical oiutput is : more ballroom .than;theatre, / - .Crosby'^ fenime vbcalist is i Doris Day,- a Nell Brinkley blonde who's .more attrac.tiye.pn;sight;than, sound. She sings 'Shake': Dowh- the' Stars;* 'Six. Lessons; Frbm'^ Mmb: LaZbnga' and 'Si Si' in fair' fashiori. : 'Most : important bf all,; however, .is her .mfty appearance. .She/might be a/ picture . ;bet; .;if looking, afe- 'well .through a;iens'as she;doeis from the ■balcpriy.; '; ;. ; ,_. • .v -/ ^.-:;-: ."Threse Variety t,urns- make ui) the ' .rest. pf. .the shbw;-and in " much as all are. along ripvelty: lines, there - really Isn't very . ihuch variety^; Trixie;; juggler, appeared lat .nearby ' Lpew's State Priiy a few weelcs- ago! With : her plates,/ balls, etc. She's a cute little femihe and a- fast wprker, Rollo arid Vema. ■ PiCkert, : mixed team dahcing on /stilts/ - are held to three minutes/ arid get bVer as well as possible. The girl is a beaut arid! beth Ippk very ypUng. -The Three Sailors,/ standard; knockabout; aCrb tui'n for years; don't appearv:sd often on Brbadv/ay any nibre/but iappariently are' just as WelcPme.-.as ever. Their screwball Cpmedy clicked all the . way Friday night (28). / . ..' \ There's . alsp sbirie comedy irijeC- tipn up ahead - Via three bandsnieri dping.; ah; imitatibri of Sally '.Rarid's fan -dancing. . It's small-timeyi life'- pf-therparty :: stuff, With the • bpys- rpllirig .tip" their'trbus^rs'tp the knees arid each/ manipulating a pair ,of . small fans.. Shpw Clbcks in' 59 minutes: bUsi- iiess; only fair opening nisht.-. Scftb. CHiCA<aO, CHI •\.:'-'.Ghicoeb,. Ju7ie!-:20; - ■ ; Georjje . WhitcV . *ScanfItf ls'• *37) With Ella .Logan, Ben Blue, Ross Wyse, Jr. & Co, (2) , Kim Loa SiS' ters (4), Knight SisterU i2), Chris- tine Fofsythe, Billy Reyes; Craig Matthews,: 24 Girls; -^Safari'. (Par)^ EMBASSY, N. Y. . '"(NEWSREELS:) ' / EnriiphTasis/ On: the ' United States' heed; for a maximum, aeceleratioh of; defense, preparations i.<5' the major subject on this" week's Emba.ssy; bill. The contrast from the programs of niore recent -weeks, in which : the foreign eihbroglip has been the main source pf the: hews, serves to poirit up the iriternational :s.ituatibri,; in which the Yanks miay uHimntely: be th^ focal-ppirit' ;;■' ■ . ' ■; ■ . - .. ; The Republican National Gbnveri- tibri /ih :PhiIa:delp;hi'a would, under other circumstariccs; take the spbt- lighti/but ;the - reels, are giving the- Wiilkie- hbrninatibri,. etc. a decided secondary rble :d,ue to the pbviotisly: mbre ejctenUating circiiinstances^sur-' TouThding , the posaiblts ; iriclusiori of the.. -United. ■ States..; in the present •Wbrldvcri^is/;; '; ■;,'/;';' ■ -.. While-... prepatatbry.': moves.;, have; long-?ihqe. been, considered , mpre or -lc;:s . standard frbni; a /prbpaganda ..viewppi rit, .;'.'■.-these -da i's. the ;;'sp^ ing;of .American 'd(?fcrises ih'. the air,: land arid -on'::;si?a/haye, grim; under- : tbrics'. .k'eyribting.- the defense', films is the March Of Times ' latest -release.. .'The ■ United/States;;Nav-y^l94D.; . ;;■■:. A fii'^t -ihsi^iht .iritb this personality b£ .Weride:!! I.. .Willkie;; js.; gleaned froin; the. / .reel interview../., (Me'trp)' j 'u'p'bn hiis 'tiiariH-. ybu*'-speech fpllbw- i: ;ing the /nomination'; .'He '.'vUggcyt?/ a :' pcr,sfi,n.aljiy;.; - 'that: ..'riG...; Republicaii.'i nom inee- has en j oyed- in', ri'iariy: years, .1 .-'There:-..' very little.:'else oh Ihe'-biil that's of/pairticujar'ihtereKt,. with the I .best "br' the ';lighter . touche.*; being ! given .-over .to the .prcparatioris ;fQr. | Ihe./fbrthcbinirig' ..Max- ' BaerrTpny ■ Galcntb 'light;'.; the -v/inner ■;tp;'-m.oet'] .Jbc Lauifpr the ' heavy weight; title.. I At; that,'.however, ifs .so much- puf- | .- fcr^o;'- • •'."; ■ :■ ■ ■■:/'- .■ :': With the.-exceptipn bf Willie and Eugene Howard and Anh Miller, thi.«j is practically the same shbw that played fpr $3.30 at the legit/Erlanger just a few mprithis agp, / Oh: that scpre ;alpne the show figures as a: heat ehbugh bargairi fpr the; 75cv mpb; but, in addition, there is suf- ficient ; enter.tainmeVit; and meat to keep the :audience happy; at all tiriies. ■Most Of the slow stuff frpm the legit Versipn had been removed, the re- mainder being . 'bkay. Skits and blackputs; have been chbpped lb « single-Q, Which is sufficient. .; It adds /up new strictly as a regu- lar vaude .unit With the fbrriier $3.30 tag, the ; Gebrge White, mpriikei: and- a cpUple pf riariies to . giVe , impbrr tance. /•' ;' . Straight variety/acts, click stead- ily. Knight Sisters scpre excellently With their : hand-tb-hand . adagio wprk,.;dbihg rbqtin.es that arb u*!ually reserved fpr hien.-. Rps,s Wyse; Jr^, and his feriime ■partner ; keel 'erii over •\Vith. ,their acrobatic hoke. arid knbckabbut; Wyse.'s falls are un- matched -in vaudeville and .he it; steadily; develbpirig a/ cpmi.c. / apv prpach •that'.s stirefire. Gal, .itfo, is'a real a.^set; iarid tpgether they wprk up .tb ;cihch-vappeaj, ; .. .-, ■.; .■/•/ /•.: .. /^ ■ vKim Leb Sisters have been areUnd,. in yaUde arid . units fpr .years now,;' and. they are still, doing their dance . bit with :fbur dummies and ■vocalize plbaSantly enbugh ^ ph a couplc'. pf chpruses., In additipn,. they m.c, oc- casibnally.-:; Bill. R^yes..:is. a ;juggler,. but was pff the: shpW On ppenihg day - due, to / illness. ; H^'-.gdes/ in. on the shbw today (Saturday).,- His-;'rohi-: edy.;, talk ■ a.nd . general' all-around juggl'iri;g;a'r'e-.sta'h,dard, • "■/..:'■,.■ "/Christlrje vFofsythe'- is' .dOing'.'''thb. ■ tap. .rb.iitihes,; formerly- th.e \v:prk of.-- Arihi.-.Millei';.. in this- show. Miss' Fbrsythe is/a very-tall ..girlv-has a. gpod knpwledge:e£ tap dancing but heeds plenty -.;pf' -schop.lihg;'in show-.' rnari.^hip'; ■ and delivery;. ; .Graig Mathe'w;s; ■ -vpcals; •';exCisllentiy .: 'and: :makes a clearirctit appearanice; - ■/ ■ ; ;Ben''B]uc- -is-' the individual ...stand-/ put .iVith.. his ;reg,ular - vaudeville routine that.; h?is /been/tried, and proved fpr years. .. He.-.socks on; the •taki^dancchall bit and • thfe ~ comedy Ru.^siari'v terp. ; /Ella .Lpgan. / Jcioks: ,bellcr Uhan .ever", arid, cleanjed up • -.:;(.Gpnt.ihncd/bn 'p..age; 47);..'