Variety (Aug 1940)

Wednesday, Awg«^* VAUDEVILLE 37 Sally Ran^ still waving her fanp mnd Sid Tomack & Rels Bros, aside at the Park Central hotel, New York, whili the American Guild o< Variety Artists' local executive secretary, Phil Irving, is evidently still Ipokinjg for cause to pull a putsch In retalia- tion Fact that the comedy trio up till last night; (Tuesday) already had $1000 in salary (two weeks) cominjg to'them is not sufficient reason, Irv- jng says, >o pull out the ^htire troupe. ' Sid Tomack* Incidentally, is a y.p, o? AGrVA's Sari Francisco locali but there; he says, the organization really protects its members, From this ex- perience in New Ywrk, he added, the union apijarentiy cSh. only act as a small claims court arid is unable to ^ct on claims ioir important coin. Tomack said he' would like to know why he's paying dues into . AGyA if not for protection. He pointed to the stagehands uriipn, Which, he said, wouldn^t hesitate one: moment iri: pulling an : entire crew and calling a strike . iit one of its mi^mbers wais hot paid. Cpmplicaiipns Phil Irving oh Monday (5) stated- that complications had arisen at the Park Central because the hotel man- agement had; stepped in arid par- tially guaranteed salaries of the Rand tioiipe, with Miss, Rand, because of jjjpor bUsinesis conditions, giving rioteis for the balance. The fanner is in on a percentage. How this-complicates the matter adds more mystery. It: was also pointed put. by. the N. local exec see that he is work- ing hand iri glove with th^ musicians and stagehands unionj iahd that a situation' had been straightened out in the P. G.^'s Cocoanut Grove, Mon- day (5) night, narrowly averting a strike. The 'situation' was the stage- ■hahds' deiniand that Miss Rand em- plOY a Stagehand to handle some special lights,. The 'straightening oiit'. was .Miss Rand's decision not to use the lights. When .Iryine. was; asked why he was ready to pull out the show for a stagehands' matter, ' but liiotfor actor-members of AGVA, he stated that was not the case at all. He stated that this'cooperation with the stagehands and . musicians wi}l eventually straighten out the.Tomack . Bind Reis Bros, matter. . Irving added that he..saw. no rea- «on to build up a civil suit .foi; the boys and their lawyer, I. Robert iBrpder, . and that . if the trio had enough, money to hire a lawyer they should follow through with that course. Irving admitted that he had told Broder, who tried to reach him - oil a Saturday; •that he worked only (Coritihued on pafe 38) IW&ICARRUTHERS SIGNS DEAL WITH AGVA Chicago, Aug. 6. After a year of bickering, Barnes at Carruthers Fair. Booking iagency la.st week signatured ah agreement with the outdoors division of the American Guild of Variety Artists; , B. & C, had contantly stated that It. would not signature any . deal with AGVA.' ■ .■ Cinda Glenn Dated Ginda iGHenn sails Sept. 6 ifor the Urea Casino, Rio de Janeiro, bbo;ked by Hal Sands. Date is fornix weeks. Jlitery pays her and Charles Embler, her;:pianist,i in U. S. doU^ .class! passage both ways. Miss Glenn, formerly^lenri Ellyn, Svheh in ioridori and Paris shows, plays for Loew's in Washington and possibly also the; State, N. Y;; be- fore sailingi openirig ;the D:: C, date on Friday (9); Vf B zone manager Harry Kalmine has .dropped : idea of puttirig yaude back Into the Stanley for a or two this month. Instead,' he wiU hold ofif resumption of combo policy until middle Of Septertiber at least. Deal had been on fire for CSebrgp White's 'Scandals' unit to come in, possibly week of Aug, 16, whereupon, house would reveift to straight- pix again, until early fall. • . . However, George White's reps and Kalmine douldn't giet togeth^^^ on a 'sumriier price' and shOw was subse- quently bobk^id at regular saliary to coriie in later, probably be around Sept;:;l,3;:.'. Stanley has bejen on straight pic- ture, b>sis for, two months now, long-, est break, in vaudfilrii at this spot in several, years; During suriimer,; Stanley and ipierin, booked together in - a Lbew-WB pooling deaU have, been splitting majOir. product; ordi- narily Penn gets the A's exclusively. Icie Show May Play Al N. Y. Slate Fiiir The 'New York Ice Revue' which opens Thursday" (8) at the former ball park in phiiadelphia,. may be a f^atuF.e ,.attra.9^yjp at, the New York state fair at Syracuse, dated for Aug; 25 to- Sept. 2., peal was virtually coinpleted last week by the fair management, but is subject to ap- proval by the' Philadelphia ;end, which; is financing the open air ice show. Should the revue go on in Syra- cuse, it wiU be presented in the .Coliseum, an indoor arena there. iPaul Smith, director of the Syracuse lair, made the offer for the ice revue. Eddie Garr has been held ever at Gal NiBva Lodge/ Crystal Bay, Nev., for the balance of the summer. He was originally booked fOr two weeks. Poise mt 14 Minneapolis, Aug. 6; Performers in the 'kiddie re- vue' shows staged at the St. Louis, Park, neighborhood thea- tre, in cohjuriction with radio station WCCO, are continually pulling the unexpected. Last week the show was halted temporarily^ , because of faulty ; lacings in ■ ohp of the .artist's brassiere. The 14-year-old rope, dancer stopped, in thie . middle of her number, walked over to the pianist, asked hini to hold up the music ifbr a minute, and ■ then,, without going back, stage, she calmly and unembarirassedly re- :.tied the lacings iri her .costume before resuming her routine, For Philly Anchorage, Shut Since Gov't Raid ' Philadelphia, Aug. 6. Harry Drob, former, owner of the 21 Club, arid Isabelle Hackett, Wife of a city detective/ have'fornried a company to. purchase the Arichorage, East River Drive roadhouse recently shuttered folloAving a raid by I'ed- eral agents because of nOh-p;ay of social security taxbs. .The; deal, outside of 'a few details, is virtually coinpleted, and. the neW owners hope to reopen .thie spot be-1 fore the end of the summer. Arthur H, Padula, former operator, still holds title to the building. . It/Was reported at first that the now syndicate would include Benja- min (Benny-the-^um) FOgelman, who. is trying to make a^ comeback, since the folding of his Broad .street bistro. However, 'Fogelman was un- able to raise the money. At present he is associated with his father in the junk business. Cite Hirst's Hotel Nitery for lewdness' Philadelphia, Aug. 6. . The Jungle Room of. the Alan hotel has been cited by the State Liquor Control Board for the show- ing of/'lewd and immoral' enter- tainment; The . spot. wias. favorite of the stay-out-late crowd, starting its shows when all other spots had closed. Owner of the hotel is Izzy Hirst, operator of a: burlesque wheel, as well as the Troc and Bijou the- atresi • asiS' IW Mpk. Council Nixes License for Cwly's Minneapolis, Aug. 6. Gurly's, qne of city's largest and most elaborate niteries, which has been in numerous jams with the authorities, has been denied a dance- hall and tavern license by the city council. The vote was 14 to 11. 'Eyery time that representatives of Gurly's cafe come in for a iicerise they experience some difficulty in obtaining it,' commented Alderman Harold Kauth, chairman of the license committee, 'but, mystecious- ly^ a short time later they alwiays succeed' 'in getting the necessary council strength.' 4 A.M. CURFEW --•-1 Revocation of ■ Julie Ppdell's Kit Kat Club's license on his East 55th street (N. Y.) nitery winds up the high spot of post-4 a.my rendezvous-r ing. When El Morocco arid the Stork, around the corner, stopped selling at 4 a.m. under ABC regulations, the Kit Kat was. one known oasis for a drink to be gotten at almost any hour. ' ■ The Kit Kat remained also, the sole class Harlemesque-type boite, in line with the Harlem-brought-to- midtown . cycle. With the Cotton Club's. premises for rent, the KK was the. lone spot of its calibre left in the field, and may yet continue since the management avers the ABC liquor license . injunction hasn't as yet been served on them; and fur- thermore they 'hope to straighten things out.' Wichita Nitery Bums r Wichita, Kas., Aug. 6. A. spark from an air conditioner ignited material being used to re- process the dance floor at the Kaliko Kat, nitery, Thursday (1). and build- ing was completely destroyed. Joe Prothero, owner, and .workers .in building escaped without injury. Loss estimated at around. $25,000. Prom Queen's' Plaza, Long island City, to Montauk Point, some 100 miles, there are more than 100 places where the Long Island motorist and vacationist, may . secure entertain- ment of one kind or another. There is a wide range in the type of re- soirts, Varying from floorshow' spots to dine and dance places, but the bar and grills, sans ostentation but with singing waiters, are popular amOng those professionally inclined. Largest cluster of such grills is at Long Beach, inbst being spotted in the west end close to. the summer cottage section and but one blOck' from the beach. In all there are 23 places operatirig at Long Beach and:, at least half have entertainment that starts early in the evening arid usually continues until three a.m., unless the weather forces earlier closing or the customers. are too sparse. .'. ... Brand's is fated the most popular of the west end spots, having a three- man Outfit. . At the piano is Lou Gould, once known as the 'recording king,' who oriiiinated at the Chat- ham Club, on New York's lower East Side. He- is a wizard at. the ivories, especially when in the mood, and his repertory seerris inexhausti- ble, Jo J"o White, specialist in com- edy lyrics, and Gould were at the Nut Clubj Miami Beach, last winter, and. will return there. Duo was at the Barbary Coast, World's Fair, but a 50-minute trick with a 10-minute lay-off was too .tough. Jo jo White is 61, but he's been saying that for years. Best of his (Continued on page 38) ■ CAPITOL, NEW YORK, BOOKS RADIO QUIZ WIZ Chicago, Aug, 6. Dr. I. Q. (Lew Valentine) takes his questions and answers broadcast show into the Loew's Capitol, New York, starting Aug. 19. Will broad- cast direct froih the Capitol stage over the NBC-red web each Monday evening. . : Dr. I, Q.- currently is doing th* stage broadcasts from Butte, Mont. . Show, which is oh for Mars Candy Co., is handled by the Grant adver. tising agency, Chicago. FIRST NEW YORK STAGE APPEARANCE ing Star of the Jack Benny f roftram RO XY; N E W YORK ITiis Week, July 26A^ And for the First Time in the History of the Roxy, held over an additional weeky ust 2nd^ with an entire new show ~ Direclion A. & S. LYONS XAVIER In His 2nd Sensational Week AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE NEW YORK WEEKS JULY 31 AND AUGUST 7 also appearmg at the HOTEL ; "The Paramount Theatre is present- ing one of Its best stage shows of the season this week. ■ ■"Xayier C.ugat's orchestra, la • Just about the b<e.st runiba" outfit south or north of any border. Mr. Cugat was one of the first rumba band, leaders; to achieve prominence and he has re- tained his position-at the'top .Of the heap." A.S.G. " Herald Tribune, August 1, 1940. RiG.A. Recording Artists Maniigement, MCA