Variety (Sep 1940)

■ j'■ 46 MMfSB REVIIIWS Wednesday^ Septeiiiber 4, 1940 < '•I ,1 I'M '§1 i ■ ill ; 111. •if •'i ;|-. i 3 PARAMOUNT, N. Y. y/ili Bradley Orch. (14) ■ujith Ray has added the standard restaurant bit out of the burlesque book. He works slowly but builds,up towards Ihe finish io sell himscll.to the audi- ence. s(m: ^RhytHin:on-: the Riv^f \Par),} mvieiceii iii.' Vapietv, Auflfi 21. ' acter.. K^iinedy is a real asset , to RhyUm's the: theme of; the entire ihe ■ cast, particularly for the tall bill here this week.. It's, threaded I straigbtnSan: whom Penner ,uses; for heavily through the .Bihg Ci'psby rc- ; some: iWild crossfire, / lease, 'Rhythm oh the River,'; and is-; Remainder of thei show.. is standard, spread " -lAvge portions through the ; Ed Ford and hi.i .dog; Whiley, are click stage Show that, supports. Be- \ doing the same a^: they .always have tweeiv the tWo the week's b.o, ;takei | done. But the audience liked Ford'S should, be high. When -caught open-! clowninff vvith the little pooch, wh'ch in? day A Wednesday) there was over / gets ; laugh,? from thie. drunk routihe. an hour's wait for seats; i Johnriy Wood.s always makes good Supported by the comparatively i with .hi?; impeesonatioiis. ^ lamilr ■ new^Will Bradley: bandv-^ : solid ;.»£ir. stuff .throughout .but still, eyi- group taking its first Broadway"shot.! dently sol^ in the ^stageshow: is loaded, with enter-,: the wayv\\roQds^handles.iL. . tainment- qualities-and.put together [ -Adagio^quartet,.^ with such neat regard for .pacing that M'gno.i go:m mpre ^J^^^'^l^f^ each act builds Wgger than its P^-e^ .tlia/} ^oivd:anc ng.^^^^^^ decessof. However, some of the- re-! fcctive. hoNV.ever. . Dorothy Hild line I?enner'.s act, but the sanie cannot be dnd Heleii Sylveslra, Thomas Lee sqid fo V . the 6ther two; meinbei's Q-f | ^ -[yHna c ra to/ord;. with tabl« and keep shoving boxe? under oft* man •■ !)• leapt ever up- ward; Squares are covered with shimmery clbthi adding to teetefy effect ot perch; which xeally had the customers worried. 'Then leaps headfirst for hand-torhan4 catch. Very effective'opener. The . week's finale fandango is allotted to the Sladlers, young pair whose ftr^t routine revealis effort to fiiid liiew way to cover faniiliar ground. Second offering is excellent and earned. heairty returns, being a Svorld tour' in pantomime and dance „ ■ t-r 1 Vv" I • xr •. ■ . i ! steb.s; Requires attehtive '^issistance „ New . York. a5a.ly;;News? .annual |.Jf^eh on^ound effects> but isr Worth Harvest Mooii Ball winners are again :?,;^;:effbrV;routine being:plenty/fast. STATE, N, Y, Ed Sullivan, Pout Reinos and Tpy Boys (2)1, Luba Mdliiia, Dave Vme, N. Y. Daily NewH' Harvest Moon .Ball wriners; Alex Alexander and FlOT' etitine Stnrtz, Arnie Sdbini and AUie Capek, Don Sassone - and fivelyne Pepe, Carl ' and .Elaine Casdia,. J acfc ling's - house'. (M-G). Ruby/ ■'New Zwer- Mooii'. to cheer m6s,t ariytbihg, and: his loir ■ .Saturday: (.31 >, de-rol: and adjective-filled : Introes ] ; . - wetit fai; toward cireattirtg .the :rno6d .. .Murray :ramps through the. whole-j proceedingis. taking, a .whack at lead-,:' ing the band, dohiiing paraphernalia .j similar to the outfits worn by Park i and Clifford andjpihingthem.in-anj;^^;^^^^^^^ and Lynne, Paul Re^ acro-laugh ^ session^ goodnaturedly . (,^rpa^sv the Hotse; Claude Bof^ badgering . -.. customers a obihicarbit repeat of his old vaude tui'h, .with S'^S^f ^Milton Stirand ^reopens for the: faU with: Garden Sed 5ve^eSl? ° a^ v^^^ card which bod^s well for^'—' c..n;.,ov, , sodced over easily. ^ , . tj^g. future. /Caught opening ^shoW' STRAND, SYRAGySE !■ Syracuse,: >lug; 3.1 .Milton Daualas ond Pmcilla^ Four ^h[??SJ5f i^tSr';s;l.fe uu >.i,4 <rf>i'i'<iA' filial.,' viritVi ' uara. at the state: led.by Ed; Sallivan. the tab's columhist-actor, but indieatiphs are that this event's theatre b.o. is :jslippi,ng. : The take this year will be lower , than . '39,. wliiich was belo'w that of '38.; Possibility is that next year's booking will be. for only oiie week, instead of; the. fortnight Ses- sion the Wiriniirs. have . beeii getting up' to libvv at \the .Broadwaiy viaud- filmer. ■:;■.'...■. .■■: ^ "■ ■■ ■ . {: Current; dancers, howeyef,. are. far supei'ior to last- year's Winn.ei'S, pr.e- a , better stage picture arid- acefui lerping in the. Waltz, '. conga, foxtrot /and tango: Where. the .same degree .Of -sameriess pr6,yai}s. is ih the: colored lindyhop-- pers, the first three place-winners, beihg.^ represented/: but: tlielp;.whii'lil wind, khpckahout daticihg .is still suf.- flciently sensational to give the.show a terrific appflaUse finish'. Peculiarly, enough; the. top ap graceful and clever. Packs laughs, too,, in . acrobatic stieps indicating Qcean-Crossing, etc Paii? shbuld...go plaices with this iiUiriber;.. /, In between are: Senator Murphy, tried ■ arid- true:: and still pOpulai" Billy Lee of 'Biiscuit .EitBr' film, Ted dlaire >vith his cokey mbhdlog. .and^ Joyce. Hunter,, borrowed from .Henry King's orchj cuh'ently ;at the Mark Hopkins. ■ ■.■■,■ •;.;... /.■'.v V . Lee' moppet rhopped up, wasting iVo: time in lunging thi'ough a;. so;ng,: 'whacking his drums and, closing with fast-taip. ...Kid lis; per hOme and seems to love footlights,, audi-, ence taking hirh to its heart frbih fir.st;smile. Spbrts top rriuch.jewelry: for his age, but .a clicko .itein::bther:- wisev' ;■: : Paire's : Bowery shpwbird Is ','a cinch, ahd.Chap CPuld hav.e.spent the rest "of vthe p.mi. - in .spotlight:' HaS; that Conftdence and ease which lets plause click amprig the.: teams .at the , ^,i<!tomerV ipan hack and ehioV them State is. hot one! of , the-actual win- customers lean papK and enjoy inem iier^. They areVJack and Heleii SyL- yestra, Who placed, . fourth in; the tango, but got such a tremendpiis reception;from the .Madi.spn Square', Bradtey's)>an^, .a^apa^^ hill had paceiVvarUfty ai^ evei^ything ^^^^j^^ ^^ .^.^j^ ^j^^^ ■■yille:aigain.; .. ;" -,^ -;' . Though, billed fiJJT^^d P'aul;Re- gah,.mimic, came 'as close to putting the show in. his. ppcket' as possible in, the face of .'some class Competi- tion.,. Poss.essed of .'personality, He- gan -sold, himself right off this bat/; Milton Douglas, who later' comes- on. ,with Priscilla; in. a well-paced- song and patter routine,: emcees-and has j ust enoiigh- niew stuff,., coupled with ah eaisy style,, to help sell the, production. ' Troy arid Lynn .open the: bill with legrhania and hit tops in their take- off Of a .cauple; of kida at a cbilege prom, which the locals ate up. ; Re- gan comes on theii and JAinS .the list from Kay Kysier to Charles L-aiigH- . ton. ■ :... :'. ■ . Statuesque 'Viirginia MayO works with Ahdy Mayo ih the. Pansy the Horse. act, absent froni the local . stages so long that the 'comedy rou • tine, clicked from novelty standpoint. Tlie adagio turn by; the Four 'V.er-' hons round out the bill, neatly,'sho'w- ing tiice teamwork.: . -. ' \. ' Fair" b.o. house, for opening, Soj^; XYRIC, INDPLS. 14, is . underway just.'about,.a- year In that time it-has been welded into a cr^w of strpng propprtiohs, though, it still lacks ai :styifr its listeners can imrh^drately ,put a finger: oh. It; gets only •,four chances "to . delivet-: here■ due: to the abundance Of .other tal- ent.. All times are:..ones the band has recorded,: openihg with 'Halle* lujah,': following with its bestseUer, •Beat Me - Daddy, Eight to the. Bar,' a' sock ..piece of hpogie-wopgie, 'and a well :playe;a: but trifle slow 'Strangef Cargo,', a mood piece Writ- ten by pianist Freddie Slack. iHe talcias long choruses. ..The laggy imr pres.sioiV rriight come from too miich: piano:: Cutting it dbwn;:.and shortehr ;ihg ih'e'': general;,playing: timie ;would ,help:_;' : •.•::■■; v;:'- ' .\' ■■' OtUy 'ballad handled by the group follows. the, first number. , It's: 'Star-; ,dust'^ and inserted to give. jimmy ■Valentine, vocalist, a time at bat. Nice looking and making a. nice ap- peairance: he does a good job oh the : standaird's. lyrics-^gobd in view, of the fact, that hb: seemed scared istiff. Bradley handles his few iritroes with surprisiing ease. His: trombohing is a major part pf • the band's: brass. , , ■ Betty. Atkinson. fbUbWs Murray's Opening gags: Her stiht is short but flashy. Consisting of a series of .drUmr major :i)atpn-twirling. stunts. Com- bines a pair of tan routines with the baton worki first a rhythm terp, then one; to: a march. On her finish she forsakes the taps fOr aero.stuff,, toss- ing a baton While doing half-foirward flips, etc... and hitting the stretch working a pair . 6f sticks;' .In abbre- viated costume/: her underpinning malcfs it hard to focus attention on a baton. Got a resounding response. Dinah Shore, : southern-accented singer set for the forthcoming Eddie Cantor radio show; and now oh NBC sustaining, clicks ;heavily with a widely ranged set Of tunes Indianapolis, ylug. 30, Ggrlos Molina Orch, ■: Will ond Gladys 'vilhern,;: Carroll , iand : HoiiJej 'Theodora dnd Denesfia, Josephine Delvlar, Cortchita, ; Lucia Garcio; 'Yoli?ig People'•(20th). : Once again, the house has booked in all the ingredients of a good show, but When it's all ,put/together it adds up: to zero.. ,Bill is given a Latin title arid music is provided by 'Carlos Molina's. otchi with members of the house pit .prch shuffled into the visit- In a:j ing. crew to total'19 on the platform. voice, loaded wi.'th :wftrmth, and s.a. [ Acts are okay, but not sjpotted right she reels-off a fhythrhic 'Maybe,' a perfect, starter, 'changes pace for 'Foob • Rush : In,* ' thferi ;: goes to, the bouncy 'NObody'r Baby.' . Her vocal ImiJrpvlsing "proVideis a kick. As an encore she. lets go with *I'U Never Smile Agai ■ in a manner the writer of the tune must have meant it to be ^: sUng.: She's sock ahd her, audience i; rencted handsomely, tor get a sOck into the show. South Ameirican flavor seasons the entire bill with thie, exception of Car roll and Howe, who put oh a^slick boy and girl exchange of. gags, with the femme handing put'the Chuckles Band opens With Molina using, his radio sign-.oh, 'My; Engleesh she: is nOt so good looking.'then into a na- tive tune. Lucia Garcia sings : one Park and: Clifford, aero team; are song in Spanish and. One In English given a strong sendbff by Murray, to 'P^Pve that he should sing bpth in He says it's their first shot at this ^Spani.sh, ,Will and Gladys Ahern dO house. It's not.. Nevertheless, the difficult balancing and lift stunts find plenty bf favor and get *em: off to: the best hand to that point. 'Only thing wrong is,the pair's alinoying habit of accenting their:: get-ready maneuvers before :each trick.. Murray ■s comedy with; them during an- internal: is a jsirring note, being, blue arid; rather tasteless. ....... Sock next^tb-Closirig -Is provided ■ flung ' about: With abandon, arid for by Tito Guizar.: His. highly accept- j^^^^ j?*^? a gag and r.ope-twirlihg turn. - Man who consumes most of the time, and patter a la Will Rogers, is okay, but he should practiceimore:oh the ropes and less oil the script. :He was. miss: ing plenty at show caught.; :Gal is: a looker and. adds color to the act. : Josephine Delmar gets Tiot on eohga Song and then .uses; the: body for the ; mitt appeal; ' The, torso is able '.ybcaling has ho trbuble con'- vincing the crowd. Firist is an Un- billed Spanish: piece,: then 'MSda me inanded: 'Sibohey' encore. Wood, :; CHICAGO^ CHI Chicagoi Aug..3i. Molina takes the qext spot to fiddle 'La Gblindrina,' haying a tough:timb folowing Delmar 'With / his ■ quieter strings .'appeal.' Orch .then ■ 'doe^ 'Comparisa.': . Top applausb winners: were: Theo- doraand Deheshaj : bailrbom ;teaTn, .who open": With a' gracefully '^done waltz, encore; with a kick - routine, and then: go acrobatic;for :a:;finish em: anyhow-., Sullivah gives therh a syrhpathetic' buildup ;a's unemployed brother and sister, ;but later spbils it by .t^slling the ,boy that ,the nian is waiting: ia the wiiVgs:.:to Collect .for the dress^suit.: It's too e'mbai*i:assing; to be.gOod comedy." Oh the:hoof, the Sylyijstras: are very polished,, looking, even ^ettei: . than - the ; ail-ar6und champ':team, Alex ■ Alexander, and Flpreritlhe Sturtz,- who are smooth; in a foxtrot. .-'::-.' :: There!s gbpd dahcih,? from Arnie Sabihi and Allie Gapbk, who do. the Vienne.se wijltz arid, also. won the tango,: while Don Sassone and Eve- lyne :Pepe, in the rhuhvbai, and; Carl and Elaine Casdia, niah' and wife cohga, charhps, are .:v.ery lively iri their . respectivej long : suits. : The [ihdyliop . Winners . are Thomas Xeei arid Wiida :Crawford, augmented .by Frankie Manning and Ann Johnsbn, Who , .'placed ; second,:: arid George Green arid Norma Miller, third:: : . With the exceptibn of the sec.ohd and third colored teams?, each; win-i hing dance combo gets $250 a week; from -Lbew's for the stage dates, with the all-around . clianipis: in at $.50.0., This means - an outlay Of -/around $2,000 for the dancers,' a cheap -buy cbnsideririg ./the ; strong buildup by the.Daily.News weeks in. advance oi the event./ ■ Three acts aUgmefit . the dancers and SuUivah to make up a fair va- riety show up ahead bf the Harvest Moon teams. : Per usual, there's a nitery setting and Ruby Zwerling's Crack pit ..crew on. the: stage. Paul R'eriibs .and: his; tWo aci-obatic ;and perch; midgets :Opeh the Show well, with Luba Malina, "good-looking brunetj filling the deucie slot. She's nifty on thb ;eyes and Okay vocally with:*Mme.;La Zoriga,'. a. medley- and a Russian, tune. For ari ertcore at this . catching she got a. little -too operatic, sloughing the previous good impression. Sullivan up to this point was strictly in the rble pf m.c, dispite a hbke try at dramatics with Miss Malina, but.then he played straight, for Dave; Vine, situated at a mike in a mezzanine boxj for session in very bad taste opening night (Thurs- day); Vine is in the Yiddish dialect idiom, which in itself is eggshell firmarrieht nowadays, and lays it oh top thick: He uses brie epithetr- which Sullivan then; repeatsi^r-that; is hot flattering-to: Jews, arid makes one wonder: why a Hebe comiC suCh as Vine should stretch so. far for .*!elves, Burlesk of Al JOlson; nicely, received also,: Miss: Hunter,; tallish (looker . with nice pipesj; had; things iier' own .wayi thr,ushing three^ times; '. Openihg day had'Maiiireen O'HaVa: arid Lucille . Ball persbrialin'g J with: the .filni,: in which they are featured!. Solved :pr6blem . of what- tb d by swappirig banter :with m.c: Kaley., Laiided livicely, : particularly. ; Miss Ball, who rhade: direct^play for, audi- ence . withbut overdoing ; wisccrack; stuff.; Miss O'Hara somewhat stagey by contrast ;but corbped- WeU ; ih phony hair-piVllirig foir bovypflf; , : House iiear capacity at opening, ■ ■: - ,. •■•.WcrTt, ROXY, N Y. Ldrry Adier, . Calgary Bfoa. (2),; Cirlton ^tniw dhd Hi«. Mod Wags^ Three Byrne Sisters, Melba Osboriie George pell, Ben Yost^s Neu) York- ers, Coe Foitter Girls; 'He Stayed jot Breakfast' (Col), reviewed in Va- - RiExv.'AujT. 14. :■" •'•■■■■:■ Presentation moves :;briskly. ; Iti3 more: heavily,: complemented than U.^uai ifor this house, but still dbiesn't; run longer; than the ROxy's; a^eraBe.; 45 minutes for a stajgeshow.. Re^so'u: is that three of: the. tiirris are.biiniir. ■ nated. in the first setting, each con- tributing short bits pHriied: to; fit thb niobd of .the dressing. iQpehirig is an, attractively laid-out : scene bringing on thb Gae Foster line for a routirie of military and straight; tap.s. PrecisiOn'stepping of the gals ii well dpnci Irito it sk^Js George Bell, npldover frbm ■ last week,; with ah. aiicr'o novelty. He.- scrapes a violin while dancing. ..]. Melba:: Osbbrhe's: batpn-twirling and :taps; (Betty :At- kin.spn, -a:s|milar act, is at the riear-^,: by Paramount this: week) also .fit : iritdi the setup, though .her efforts arb: cpmpquatiyely irieffective. She'is on and off quickly. Three Byrne: Sis- ters to.s(s iri. clo.seup iand. Clear mili- tary-heel and toe stuff. Each act is sb - costuitieci-'^ and Weayed ; into' the" .seheriie- of •th;e setting as to apipear part; of .:it.: However, they're .pro-; grammed. .steparately. Carlton .Emhfiy's dogs are dragged: oh as the fir.st portion f adbs. The': turn has: plenty .of - appeal, in: the Ayell-traiiied" terriers.^, /.'There's' nb'l/h- ihg particularly. :startling about tl'b tricks, but the .act contains a Wealth •; of laughs :in the:, comical antics of : - several Of the. hounds. vLarry ;:Adler, . harmohica -plalver,' works a lone for a set of tunes, theri .segues, into a line number.,:; He vClicks off. a series of melodies that have be- cbrive : riiore. br /le.ss ,;standard With hiiiri. doing first 'Sihoke Gbts in Your .Eyes' and fpll6whig:with a medjey bl arrangerrierits he did ;With Dick Pow^ bll irt' -The: Siriging IVfaririe.'; "They're ^ 'Night and Day. and :Tiger Rag.' Close.s on a drawh-but, :b.Ut :exceUent- ;. ly played yersioh of Liszt's ;'Second HUngariari, Rrapsody,' then fades to;, a rear .stage stairway 'to Continue, as linegir^s Work : out neatly: cbstunied Jtfitmcopolis, Au9.V3i: . : ^rid fairly m .'FnnzaHre' with^Bemiy ^Meroff] ^^f^^^ ^F^^!,^^ more, laugh.r Band (12) i Line : il) , Dally Bell and ] with their standard pantomime Pair :FOttr fluster BVoiunj, Betty A«ci7ispn, offer, cleverly worked-out sight; stuff. Wynn Twins. Al Spitb,:Buddy^GrebTi,i^4 ^^JdJ^t .^1*^ ::a- Ken and Roy. Paige, Grace and^^" ^<?st s New York^r.1 combine ORPHEUM, MPLS. Paige, NikKo: 'Untamed' (Par), Ed Ford and : WWtcy'; Johnny . :CoupIe: are: energetic" and ybuthful,: Woods, Thret: Martels diid JWignbh,\l;arid were ■ splid wittji: customers at Jo,(? 'Pirfiner 'land: Co. (4),,; Doro(,hy.i show caughtV ■; : .~ V : .. - .:.: Hild. Sallet . (|6) Lou Adtidn: nVid,| : Show; hais no .finish ,to; sj>eak" ot Houii^. Orch. 'Rhy'thni on the River' Aitev Carrbli and Howe spread their (Par). Joe Penner rhade :his ;reputatibri on the radio arid in pictures, but; when it cbrhes tb a personal h6 still goes back, to his altha mamniy^ good old burleycue: : He; is doing his regular Vaude: act with little variatiOii, and C r.; barid': goes into;:theme -and; curtain ■closes, as if somebody had just rung;curfew. A little rearrarig- iri.g of the acts. with;.the: b'iand given more play, might' tuVn a losing prop- osition into..a;winrier- ; . Biz thin at third show opening day. :->■'•'--■'■ ■ ■ : Ktley..} laugh. • His . material. otherwise is .mostly faniiliar.; • State is partially changing the show, for the second week beginning Sept.. ;4., ;:Vihe, Bemos' arid Miss Malina go out, and Benny Fields arid the Three Swifts: Come;ift. : Picture' also, iswitchesi 'Andy Hardy Meets ■a ; Debutahte*:.(M-G:) corning in. . : Biz ;:dpehing:; rilght ;was gopd,; but the: house, did Only :foUr show.<5 that day against the: usual; five-With the Harvest Moon Winners:: House evi- dently/had, plannfed'ah. extra show ;and: then : cialled it.off;; three shorts were U-sed to pad; out bet;weeri the feature iilni and stage Show. Sc^io; ^ GOLDEN GATE, S. F :'This zany; concoction,' the; recipi- ent of sopfie'Olsen-Johnson legal at-; tentioh, ; is long On; daffiness . and rather short on . talent. Aside frorri the genial arid talented Benny Meroff and . the / Grace and , Nikko;;. dance team, an 'added, attraction,' itv has I. little to coriinriend it.; Similar to the | Olsen-Johnsoh: screwiness, it lacks • the sporitaneify, sriioothness, speed arid: quality, prdvided by the latter's bft'eririgs. It;ieayes one with the irri- PXessiori : of , being \ strictly bush- league. , A ,lirie . bf: seven girlis and the :i2-piece ' orchestra :'starnp: the; show: with the brand of : ecbnoniy^ too; /'.; •:'■■•',;;.:..■ .- / ■ . ' : Reminiscent of the Olsen-JphnSon stuff is the bkld comiic who tries a hair tbriic at the start of the shoW arid finally winds up; with a pro- fusion of hirsTute z^dornrrient, the elephantine fat man Who , crowds through a, rpw: of cuStbhiers to ,try to get .a Seat, the youth .who asks how long the, show;still has to: run arid then bsterisibiy; sho,6ts himself when he's informed :it's Only half over, the numerous stooges and haWkers. in the auditorium and / boxes, ; interrupting the ; stage : pro- ceedings and Creating much din; the coniic . ipursuirig Women aCrbsS the stage at frequent intervals, the: line- gfils following Meroff ,out frOrit to kiss an ehibarrassed; male , patron, etc. '.,-• : • :/•. . The Meroff band, considerably be- low his usiiai standard, swings it but confines itself-to only a few nUrti- bers, .which is probably okay'- for a most of the customers. Meroff 'hinfiA self, besides :m.c.ihg; displays his usual v,er.^atility by. jgoing through his familiar routinesi perfbrminig oh a, variety of /instruments. : gaggingj dancing, juggling and;giving his im- pression of Ted Lewis. Thb much too :sriiall line works letliargically, with.- but ariy .apparent enthusiasm or zest, in. several jitterbug and swing Con-: tributioris. Staging, lighting: and cOs'- tuming leavemuch'to be desired, Dolly; Bell, a contbrtionistic. arid cojvtrol. dancer, ; twists;: and :berid.s through a succession "of difficiilt feats. The Four Buster Browns are feminine acrobatic dancers who fea- ture ,. cartwheels; som:er.saults and handstands,: bnd winning, approval. The Wynri Twins, an eribrmoUsiy fat nian and a: hiidget, provide slapstick run With/a hoop and btheirwise. AL Spiro;arid Biiddy Gre,en cohtribute to the iTjerriment with/ their CloWning With the linegirls to: polish Off , the presenbationi. ,;It's : -908 scene; th» octet and Foster belles ih:approp:riate costuriie. "They do brie song, theii give .way -io the; girls: on unicycle.v an oft; / ,V but' always effective "routine. Wood. :: :''>:' , :Sftn 'Ffttnctscb, J^ug, 28. Mauriien--O'Hafa, Lncille Ball, . „ Billy Lee,: Joyce Hunter, Sena tor [arid eccentric dancing^:: Ken andRov Murphy, ,Pfl:gc, :HocJ6, a?id Mdck, fed.\ Paige, are knockabout qbmediahs and Ciaire, -The - Stadlers : (2), Peggy , eccentric danCcrS who score. - ", d'JVciil; Girls, Charles Kaley Orch; ■ \^ Back:.,wii;h their, madcap burlesque 'Dancie/ Ciri, Dance* (BKO>.. ' •-'-■■ " - ■' -■ Gate clicks with :nicely balah.ced ! .■faiill this: week. Tradition seenis; to ciall f or Opening' with actios and cloS-r ing with: terp team, ;which is b,ka'y a.5 lbhg.-as:variatioris hpid but./ as per curirent edifioh: ; Muscle spot in this case goes to Page,, Hack and Mack, wh<>se : suspense-builder ,1$, to .start. bailroorii dahcing; Grace and Nikkp- agairi - stop ^the • show. Their' acro- batics are startling and uriusuaL The pair: furnish mariy laughs. ; . v .. :; Despite all itJs •deficiencies, the show seems- to get across well and stir :up, much hilarity:: The initial performance Friday (30) was before ah almost completely filled house. , ■ ■ ' Rees. HAMID'S PlEJl, A. e . (Hipro.imoM^) - :^.':'-,' Atlantic: City^^^ S/iirlcy Ross; HerT7>an; Ti7Hberfli, Jr., and Pat Rooney, Jr.','-, Jans Lyntoii and C6., Three Sparks, Paul Nolan; Cldrh Bros. {2y,:DoTn Bros. (2)i dndt, Mary, Henry iiarris and iJiracie. Webb,- 'Harry .Ward's Mouse- Orch (9),; 'Girl Ffonv Hdvand' (Rip).; George: Hamid picked - , \biarig-up: vaude: bill; for/ the ' big Labor Day.' weekend biz- 'and the final week -of :summer: .skeds at his: Million Dollar Pier. Herman Timberg, Jr;, arid Pat; Rooney, Jr., got caught in the .SOuth Jersey floods and hadh't, arrived when the second .show:,was Caught today ifSuhd'ay),; but even .v\^ithouf them the S,R,0, c.rowds got; more / thairi. their mpney-s 'wbrth. ;'.,/ . . ■ ^ Tire two Clark brothers do stand- ard roUerskatirig: They give an anius- ing illustratibn, of a fellow taking hiS: first skating less6:n,:good'except for it being sti-etched too much, and Wind up swinguig each-other, around. : The' two Dorn. brothers: larid red- headed Mary click With their har.-; .rnoriy. This crowd went . for Paul Nolan;; whose; juggling; Is :just ariiusing as it is clever. . He manipu- ; lates tpphats neatly while his hand- ling Of rubber .balls is funny with- out ariy apparent effort in: that direc^ tion. : The ihob made him encore. Heriry Harris arid Gracie Webb ar« here supposedly in, their .first profes- sioiial erigagement. They won sOine sort.pf: jitterbug contest:ih Philly./ Iiii■ their : varibu3 routines they ; suhJ^ marize jitterbugging. Their, conduct oh the stage is; green (he had; tb push her behind the Curtain .ait the '.bnd), but ;the, crowd liked them. ; Shirley, Sois was the big hit of tbe performance: caught: In white, lace and lijatin, blonde fillrii . star sairig I'lf 'Never; Srnile Again'-arid did:a medley of tunes: ^he ihtroduced;in:fllriis/, Her singing drew much applause, even some, whistling arid stonriping, but hbr attempts, - tp be cohvcrsatibnaiiy / .amUJJing,,fell; fiat.:: She returned: for .two ericores.-,: - For the w.ind-up: Jaris Lyhtoh and Go;.., and: the Three Sparks' do turns altertvatel.y. The Lyntbh troupe, two ,men and a ,wbm$n; coritr.ibute a wild acrobatic dance, and atone poihl; the 'wpman;: is- distorted into,knots.: The men .all- but: moji: up^' the"' stage with her. The tlVree Sparks staft. yrith a orecision tap and ehd Up With'rough- house stunts. ; '; - Sixty-cent admission includes Jan jSavitt's orch ;,lh ' the. • ba 11 room j: a tid Tom Mix's circus pri the ocean endof ther pier> held over from last week. . '■• ■ -■■ V. Carteti- ■ '•?;x;5k::;