Variety (Nov 1940)

Wednesday* November 20, 1940 55 House Reviews . continued from page 47., HIPP, BALTO up a precision heat tap number, takes hold with, fast gag- ™ Betty Atkinson, an s.a. drum ma- ?nrette who handles a baton in flashy iiVle Twirling the stick as she cop- ♦rihutes a fast hoof to a college med- : I? she earned a solid encore which brought her back manipulating a 12- S baton to big response. ; . P Park and Clifford next with extra flashy hand-to-hand stuff, -Wit**! sSd lads i stick to ' the old-style, body-revealing attire and work smoothly, socking oyer every trick.: mn^e Murray for some ; comedy fflhess whichVlngs himsimi- lavlV' attired, a striking contrast in physical - proportions. Drew consid- :. erable laughter; . . "Patricia Norman follows with vo- cals preceded by some t crossftre.^with Murray, Does •Rhumboogie,' .'Night and Day,' 'Old Man Mose* to audible 5eSption: and a medley of oldies. Has considerable :style and. vocal eriuipmerit plus punching out .a tune wm smart assurance, . ^eadsMine With vocal of 'Practice Makes Per- fect' gals stepping out in the hotcha Sine broken; up ./by. challenge; of solo spots, all good and extra smart ■■ chorus work. ■ ■: . • ... ".-:•' ... V . Murray winds matters up with his act which utilizes Milton-Charleston for a bundle of laughs. In nonde- script attire arid ya falsetto voice, assistant proves a perfect foil for the swift gagging, some of it blue but adroitly handled. .Some protracted hocking by Charleston is a hand- getter and just right to- bring back the line and a reintrbduction of all involved for a well-received curtain. Biz fairly good. Burnt. MAJESTLC, B'KLYN - ■■ : - ... ■. - v '«*.- ... Jock Denny's Orih viith Dick Stone, Dinah- Shore, Three Stqoges, At and Freddie; Shorts reels. and N;etJi}s- If this be an example of vaude- ville's road back, then there's a long stretch Of dreariness ahead. It's like asking the profession to ignore the advancements of show business up to present rday deluxe standards and begin over again at that point where it first began to emerge from dark ness many years back. -.. ; . This is putting another handicap vaudeville; already beset, by too many, handicaps. It's the presenta- tion of acts with old-fashioned light- ing and,' considering that nearly all variety, performers nowadays have strictly microphone voices, with poor sound equipment. The stage, is dark and dull looking; the, voices and music are lifeless.. Capping it,all, is the slowness of. the show itself and tbe mounting dirtiness of its name act; the Three Stooges, At the last show opening night (Friday), they were belching and spitting in each other's faces. Most of it would be/Unfunny in . a buries que house, and that's hot excluding the obvious body: grabs .and. some dirty words in Yiddish. Why a once fine comedy act has degenerated to this extent can only be laid to. ca.re lessness, as for instance the crack, 'Shall I lay you an egg with a piece of bacon?' .■■■•"'■" The Stooges, come before and after Dinah Shore,: who is currently sing- ing on. Eddie Cantor's radio program ■. She's okay in voice arid delivery, but most of her tunes are slow arid in the idiom of Jack. Denny's orch, society'; band, whose slow and polite music is out of place in South Brook- lyn. Dick Stone, Denny's vocalist, is also on the too -quiet side considering , everything else. He elects to. sing three songs, though two of them were unwarranted by the applause. Only other act in the show is the opening colored team of AI and Freddie, who nave little, talent as dancers, and cer tainly none as comics; though they "^hardest- at the latter. This is the second week of opera- tion here and business has been ri" u l •' ,. Less than half a house wast . i"/ 0 ^ the last show Friday night, ana there was nothing on the stage io warrant more. Evans and Lee, v& d The atre Building agents, are poking and supposedly operating "° m reports, the ^cts, musicians ^ Vi stagehahde are being ; paid : 5 gitty instead pf weekly, which in dicates a very ..short bankroll. ^ : '•'-■;' -\ '■■;■.• ' Scho. same. Which is a testimonial to his .air and disc popularity. Band makes trim stage appearance, opening with a medley running the gamut from sweet to hpt. Dance team, the. Stapletbns, then moves in for; a smooth broken-rhythm tap' session ranging from .adagio to rug- cutting;!: With the boy in tails arid the gal in a red. gown, pair got across; socko, staying for three routines. ... • Tucker then orders lights put for a \ band novelty >' which. impressed here. . Illuminated'; musical notes in- various colors and combinations are flashed on arid off to represent dif- ferent instruments. Notes likewise move in rhythm and effect is .'well worth the wiring. Maestro's own ovefeast starts when he . takes over he mike to croon 'Little Girl,' ,gal : ans yelping names of favorites they wanted sung and responding audibly, to every flicker, of the Tucker: eye- a$h; Couldn't get off the mike un- til, he had gone through 'Imagina- tion,' T Need Loving,' 'Nobody but Me' arid 'How Many Times;* ••" More trick props, show Up with t v .J . vocalizing: specialty, 13 of the soys, lining. up with mugs to; do a drinking medley: during, which they produce steins hiding flashlights which illuminate faces only for one' scene. Steins also; bear letters which show lip under black light; spelling out ;.'Beer Barrel,'' 'Orrin Tucker* arid 'Bonnie . Baker.' -Plenty neat. Before 1 the lads sit down, 17 do a Florodora burley to tune of 'Golden Gate Blues/, which packs plenty chuckles. . This week's acrobats are - Paul arid Nirib Ghezzis. hand-to-hand control specialists. . The boys are smash, getting a deserved reception despite the fact the fans seemed a little sur- prised to'find; thena mixed up with Tucker. They keep in the spirit of the '. .week; by. closing with: an . in- verted jitterbug stunt; .walking, On hands in perfect synchronization for a fast bit of trick jive which had 'em shrieking. ..;' •• ; . ' Big ' moment for [■ the' palpitating crowd- was appearance of Bonnie Baker, who had to do all or part of nine numbers before they'd let her go; Gal sticks strictly to' singing, doing her talking With a broad smile rather than.words,. Bodyguards arid Tucker work, in, and out of the num- bers, including 'Pinch Me,' : 'Would You Mind?' 'Sonne Day,' 'What Little Girls Are Made Of,' 'Not Yet,' 'Re- sistance Is Low,' 'Oh Johnny,' 'Mak- ing.Eyes ■ at Me* and 'Wish I'd Listened to My Mother' from her Par; flick, 'You're the One.' . Tucker explains, she is blonde this .week due to directorial orders, • '.. Show is a clicker as long as the supply of Tucker fans last. Wern. GOLDEN GATE, S; F. a 1 ^...:: - \Sari:Francisco, Nov. 13. : (RKO). House into crew lays off this Week Tucker's aggregation Opener got off to a flying*start^essio^ tuVnmtf wnat amounted to a fan-club me^t5n«*" amountea. tp a fan-club o r, m!' mob being thoroughly hep ■w Tucker specialties and demanding Television Coin Continued from page 1. fbmia cities the Hughes concern will operate on Television Channel No. 2 (6b,0Qp-66,000 kc.) with 10 kw. aural and visual. \; . ';;'•• ■:■■'"■, '. ■• : ' • Other L A. Licenses Five other Los Angeles applicants received okay on their experi- mental : programs arid pleas .from New York, Chicago ..and Manhattan, Kansas, also were granted. A berth on Channel No. 8 (162,000- 168,000) was given CBS for the put: pose of 'transmitting programs to ascertain public reaction and other- wise conducting a . program of, re- search in .Los Angeles in conjunction, with that of its New York television station.' ; Web's Los Angeles traris- mitter will use . 1 kw. power,-aural and.visual. ';: Other L.A; stations. Will be erected by Earle C. Anthony, Inc.,. using Channel No.; 6 (96,000-102,000 kc, 1 kw. aural and. visual) for - a study of the effect of ignition and diathermy, interference, and transmission oyer salt water to Cataliria Island; Leroy's Jewelers, May. Department ... Store? Co., arid Televisiofi productions,^ Iric, a subsid of Paramount- Pictures. : Jewelry outfit seek s to 'further, im-. prove the; quality of, pictures trans- mitted by -television from the stand- point of reception quality arid to de- termine the system of ■ teleyisioh: trarismissiori which will produce the. best results for widespread use. froin a visual arid optical, standpoint? Wilt operate, on Channel No. 10 (186,000- 192,o66, with 1 kw.. aural:and visual). " TheParamount subsidjary will op- erate a television relay station on Channel Nos. 13 and 14 (234,000^ 240,000; 240,000-246,000)- 250 watts visual; to supplement television broadcast station . W6XYZ, Los An- geles; for which the applicant has a .construction permit (W65CYZ pro- , poses iexperinientation with the 'Du- Mont standards;')'. ; Department Store Permish May' Department Stores received pei'mission to operate' on Channel No! 12 (210,000-216,000 kc.) with 1 kw. aural and visual power, for 'gen- eral research and experimentation in the Los Angeles area.' Metropolitan Television, Inc.-rcon- nected with Blobmingdale's and Abraham St Strausr-was the, New. York applicant. Operating on Chan- nel No; 8 (162,000-168,000 kc.) with 1 kw, aural and visual, station will be utilized fori development of program techniques for determining public tastes; including the : use of two tele- vision theatres .where daily programs; will be projected for free public viewing.. '".-\:. ; Chicago • station : will . be another CBS uridertakirig for the purpose of aiding in : the web's teTevisiori , search .'by developing; data on Chi- cago .conditions 'that may assist in the;riitimate/deteririiriatibn; of ■ ppla.fi-. zation and synchronization for a na- tional television service/ Channel No, 4 (78,000-84,060 kc.) will be used, with l kw. aural arid visual. For a. study of propagatiort charac- teristics; arid. horizontal arid .vertical polarization, Kansas State College of Agriculture and "Applied Science, Manhattan, Kans., .will construct a transmitter to. be operated: on Chan- nel No. 1 (50,000-56,000 kc.) with 100 Ayatts.aural and visual. Experimen- tation with various ■ synchrbriizing systems-using various numbers, of lines and frames also will .be under- taken."';. -V- Commenting on the 10 new grants,. Commish declared that; . 'These ; contemplated programs of research and experimentation, are pursuant to Commission . require- ments looking to development of ; television ito; anoint that will: eriable the industry to agree x>n a uniform transmission system of acceptable technical quality. V . ''v; •. Survey;';. . .'••;• ; 'Cooperation of: the • industry is. further reflected in the comprehend sive survey of the ;teievision situa- tion . now, being conducted', by . the National Television . Systems Com- riiittee.;; Organized last July through the joint efforts^ of the Radio Manu- facturers Association arid the Com- mission, ,this committee fepfesents the pooled engineering experierice of the"itidustry. Its. various panels have been; making a detailed study of many phases of television.' ; Formal 'over-all. progress report' froin the fuii committee will be re- ceived by .the • Commish on Monday, Jan. .27. after members of the FCC return. frohr ; Jan. 24 visit to the New. -York area to look over 'late televisiOn ■ deyelopments; first^harid.:. Earlier applicants, who contributed an investment of.$5,000,00P in previ- ous television authorization,. - elude:'' '.••'; .'• . ;•;'.'; ; *■':'• RCA-NBC, CBS; G. E.j the Don Lee system; Philco Radio & Tele- vision Corp., Allen B.. DuMorit Labo- ratories; Balaban & Katz; Bamberger Broadcasting. Service; Crosley Corp;; First. National^ Television, Kansas City, Mo;; Purdue University, West Lafayette. Indi; Radio Pictures, Long Island City; State. University of Iowa; .WCAU, .Philadelphia;, Zenith Radio Corp., Chicago, and the Mil- waukee Journal. ; ... ; , •: * By Dick FUhell (\VHN, Ni 'Y.,'Sports CoHmentator) Fprdham—Arkansas The Razprbacks oi ; Arkansas come into New York, with only an aerial game. The Fordham Rams have been entirely successful in throttling their opponents'. passing:; throughput the year. ' They should defeat Arkansas. '. Missouri—Kansas - . Kansas - has nothing on the ball, while Missouri still has Paul Christ- man. : And that's enough; . '...-'■ Alabaina^-Vainderbilt;' Vandy stubborn, • but 'Bama should; score, frequently eribugh tb; take the day. '' - : ■;■'■' Baylor-—Southern Methodist The unexpected; might, occur, but the Mustangs of Southern Metho- dist should wi:. • handily. . Boston Colleje-^Auburn , /-Uburn is a rough club,- arid, will be tough opposition, but BC should be on top. '. : - • ..':". ;"■, ■ Brown—Dartmouth' Brown; is past. its peak. Dart-, mouth's .great .game with Cornell should give';it ..-the impetus, to knock; oyer the Bears. ,: - California—Stanford California is mpvirig, hut Stanford Pack to Soil —. Continued from pa ge 3 might cramp his date with a harrow or a disc or a baler at early morn iri his alfalfa field. . It is inspiring to. see an old Bro'ad^ way. trouper making His debut in his own newly bought orchard. He has discovered the facts of life;...He has learned that oranges do not grow in Crates, apricots in cans; or : 61 ives in martinis. He has learned that spin ach .comes put of the ground; and riot out of-a cartoonist's '-inkwell. . He has gone, back to nature arid revels in ;it like any . other venturer into larids unknown. . - i Your film star.;. Tongej*. tools his rakish red roadster along the boule- vards at •daybreak. Abo ut that, tirrie he is. warming up his new tractor for a bit of plowing On the - west- 40 be- fore checking in at the studio. . and the big Oklahoma 11 will tear it apart. •. .".:;-':' -;.';- : . Pehn—Cornell ; - ; ; Perm had an easy day with Army, while. Cornell was^ battered by : Dart- mouth. The Dartmouth game should help Cornell reach great heights in beating Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh—Pehn State ■'..' Pittsburgh is a. slight favorite, but the.. Panthers haven't enough 1 lirian-' power to stop this Penn. State loco- iriotive. -,-...'• • ; Princeton—Army . Princeton needs dry weather - for. its passing game;.; Army is unpre- dictable. The Cadets to turn the trick to finally win a major tilt, v Purdae—Indiana ^ ' This' is as close as close, could be. The only edge goes, to Purdue be- cause it's playing;, iri:' its own back- yard.-....';...-' ;';,-;; •; ; '••'•' Itice—Texas. Christian '-'•' TCU is just mediocre; Rice is: bet- ter than average and should romp to ■"victory.-;;.; : . ..;. : Tennessee—--Kentucky. ■\ Kentucky • will try to.; keep the (And Proper Odds) Thursday (Noy. 21) ;■ GAMES . WINNERS '; -r Fordham-Arkansas Fordham Missouri-Kansas ........ .-..'v.. ...Missouri ........;. ... Saturday (Nov; 23) Alabama-Vanderbllt ...... . . . . i Alabama "BSfylor^SlViU , • • • * > •.». t »■.•- # • •. »■ ■» •> • • SiR^U . f • •»•. • t ^ •■• ••. •'«• • Boston College-Auburn ..... ... .Boston College . . . . Brown-Dartmouth .. .............Dartmouth •.. . .... . v?.; >.-.. California-Stanford ........ /.... . ..Stanford Columbia-Colgate-................. Columbia '.;'...'...;.... Detrbit-Marquette ;..........;'/. .>■;. ..Detroit ..:'..-.'-.;.... .. . Georgetown-George Washlnjton .Georgetown Holy Cross-Manhaitan '.'.", .».;..;./.Holy Cross Iowa-Illinois Georgia; Tech-Florida Mississippi State-Mississippi -... ..; Mississippi '.;.; .Georgia;Tech . .... Nebraska-Iowa State .. . .;. NorthWestern-Notre Dame Ohio State-Michigan . . . Oklahoma-Temple J.;; •'.'•.. Penn-Cornell •>.... ;.'. Fittsburgh-Penn State Princeton-Army ...... Purdue-Indiana. ..... Eice-TCU ................. . Tennessee-Kentucky ...-.; UCLA-Washington ...... Villanoya-buquesne . .'".Wisconsin-Minnesota -,.'; Yale-Harvard .......;. .,.;. Nebraska .'■.-.. -..'••.. .. Noire Dame . ,v.- Michigan :. ; .'. . Oklahoma ; ..;... Cornell ..'.. , .;. Penn State .... ..v..,.Ariny-'.. •....... .'. . Purdue ..... V.. .'.;.. ..Rice ..->.. ........ Tennessee .... Washington \.. .; ........ Duquesne . .....; .Minnesota ..... .'.... Harvard . i '< « • f j» • • »- * • • .• •%« • * • i • • r • •••••*••••.••••< ODDS 3-1 ,'S-l" S-l ,12-5 ,- 3-1 . 6-5 3-1 . 6-5 . 11-5 3- 1 8-5 w 11-5 .12-5 5-7 . 3-1 5-8 . 9^5 . : 3-1 . 11-5 . .5-6 . r 1-3 .Even . 9-5 5-1 . 11-5 . 9-5 4- 1 8-5 ; : Boxscbre to Date: Right; 139; ;Wrb7ip, 5S; Tic*, 12; Pet., .728. : -. (Ties not counted); . Hollywood Feud Continued from pay i Goldwyn for the fe'mriie lead in 'The. Little Foxes.' ,.;;' .- .'' .;'-"'• Cooper wants to do; Parampurit's— •For Who'rri the Bells Toll,'; written by his old pa|,:Ernest.Heriii.ngway. .. . Goldwyn: priripurices that 'he wbri't : let Cooper go to Pafarnount.. Pararriount aririounces that, it never asked Goldwyn: for Cooper's services. Copper won't play for Warners un- less-.Goldwyri; lets him' play ,fpr Pararnoilnt. Warners won'f let Bette Davis play for Goldwyn unless Cooper plays' for Warners. . •. And there you are. > ;:"• Ut. ■ is close to the Rose Bowl. The lat- ter to hurdle this barrier., , Columbia—Colgate . Colgate's hipper-dipper will be well taken care: of by the .Lions'■;ag- gressive forward wall. - Detroit-—Marquette . .. Detroit is top versatile to take, the short erid. -: Georgetown—George Washington;. -'The. ■ Georgetown Hoy as • v a breeze.. . . > HoJy j Crosis—Manhattan Here - is a close; game, . with: Holy CroSs finally rebounding 'from bad breaks to get a close decision at home. .;';... ".;-'•' [ Iowa—Illinois ; Iowa f s victory, ovfer N'otre Dame makes it a marked team, but it should be able vot. get; by■ the Illini;; - Georgia Tech—Florida Florida is hot, but Tech is finally capitalizing on. its tricky offense and should win. -':; - Miss. State—Mississippi Here's a tossup, with State .. the favorite. 'Ole Miss' to -win the hard 'way. '. ;' , ;./. .■./.--: ; '--;-'•..' Nebraska^IOwa State. Nebraska, headed 1 .for trie; Big Six title; should powerhouse its way to a good-sized margin. ; .; Northwesterri—Notre Dame : • • Northwestern's the. favorite and playjng ,at horrie.. The Irish, have been iri the doldrump for threv con- secutive, weeks ariC; they're about ready to roll again;. Here's an upset, -.with Notre Dame on top; V Ohio State—Michigan Mapy good, backs on the A id. but Tommy . Harriiori^: makes the differ- ence as Michigan gets the shade. Oklahoma---Temple Temple's stepping out of its class Score down, but Tennessee's Volun- teers should score at will. . UCLA—Washington Washington is. too potent, ' Villariova—Duquesne This is. one of Clipper Smith's In- ferior teams. Duquesne. should have; no difficulty. ■..;;.,.'■ Wisconsin—Minnesota . Wisconsin is a passing.; outfit. But. the Gophers' fleet backs should score more often. . Yale—Harvard ; .'. Yale's a scrappy aggfegatlon,,'. but Harvard's timing has finally reached perfection, The Harvard line to out- charge the Bulldogs for Victory;. Mexico Ams. .Continued from page i. keep the nervousvories; mostly gals, from bolting. . ....'.;. ■: : ,''■':•' ; The station decided upon this, school, days procedure when it. had the embarrassment of hpt. being able to put on an advertised amateur show because all the aspirants fled as soon as they saw the mike. None of the arnateurs have protested, against being locked in. : The ; statiori is": now. considering;^ locking out of .. the mike rooni the Don Juans whp ooze in ori the pre- text thai they are supporting the girl singers, v.. These Juans, it has been found; make the shes even more ner- vous than does the mikei .'. Bob Sylvester has . opened two- week engagement, with options, at Merry-Go-Round, Pittsburgh, replac- ing Al Fremont band, going' t6 .Cp- 'lumbiana .Ba'jlroom in Clevelarid. t'.l.l. < ■>-1 p..