Variety (Dec 1940)

A6 VAUDEVILLE Wednesday, December 11, 1910 New Acts Philadelphia, Dec, IQ. •. Thomas E: ICelly, executive secre- tary. o£ the' : tJnited ■ E Assri,,- indie ■ perlprmers iiriion, in- timated this weeK that he^wfluld. as^ the Associated Actors & Artistes of America for a charteiyfor his g^rpiip,- tlval org to the American Ciuild of Variety Artists. / ' ■ Kelly claims that he has 'at least 25'-^ nitetMes all/set to sigh the dotted; line with his outfit; and/they're only waiting for. his gp-ahead signal. But this claim ■ jeered - at by" local AGVA oiTicials- His., move' tpward wooing, the 4 A's .also.' met with, the: same.respons0, ■ ' .■ • ^; 'Our charter giyeiS 'the- sole Jurisdiction oyer i periformers.. ihMihis area/ said Jack . Millerj. exec secreT; tary of AG VA here.. 'It is impossible; for the. 4 A's to gfant :a cha;rt?r tt» a rival organization: under bu.r p6n- stitution.' Kelly's boast that he had 'more.than 25'-cafes under, his belt, was called 'baloney' by Miller,. 'in the. first;; place,' .-Millerv said,, 'cafe owners are liavirtg. plenty .of. headaches witii 'the earljr; Siaturday' night closing, iaw, and arfe in ho. positipn to talk about, contracts^ with any union right n6\v.' / ' . „ j/iiUer said, he attended a meeting of the nitery; bps last.week in which he offered the support of organized labor toWai-d getting a liberalization; of the Sabbath curfew law at the coniing session of the. Legislature. With the Dehipci-ats again in . the Baddie in the Ppuse of Represehtar tives, the jpressure. of; labor unions will cut plenly of ice, he said. Delegates of AGVA have; been seated at the Cehtral Labor Union, body donsLsting pit all American Fed- eration of Labor affiliates. "The CLU has pledged support to AGVA in its flght for recognition here, Another problem facing AGVA has been the increase of benefits in the past few months. During the summer and. early fall Dick Mayo, local rep for the Theatre Authority, had been 'ut of the city and. cuflo •hows began running wild. Cafe owners were pressured by political organizations to contribute free acts; and, .with hb .TA to back them up, were forced .to come across.; Miller and Mayo, now returned, have called a,halt, Whether, the politicos will be peeved enough to. stymie possible lifting, of the curfew is tb be seen. In Suit Against County HUMPHREY BOG ART Sc MAYO ME'iPHOT.---' talk, SitiKflnr 10 MlQS. Strund, N. Y. Ordinarily fllrri contractees ^yho are dr3fted: for; personals.cbtiie along with .little more than bows and some- taik. which ; usually is also : prdin- . ' ■ ■ I.ary; ; Humphrey •Bbgart, w^^ Pittsburgh, .Dec 10.\ .(Methot (Mrs. Bogart) for compaiiy. Bill Grcoii, owner of the prosper- ' is an exception. • Among other thingsf,; ous roadhoirse hitcry which bears J he, has former stage experience and hi.s" naine, won a ■$19,240 yerdict.j that may count, but__i>side from that auniiiQt AiiPPhPriv Couritv-Isst week ^^^^^ material proyjded : hmi on. his agamst A'.'eglienyJ.ouniy strand- for. two,- for an apre pf ground ^taltcn foi the, ^^ t.^^^ ^^^^^ which he scrams back lew..floverleaf tr.alTic facility at.the.I;ig• Hollywood, is'' more -showmanly inter.scGtloiV of the .eiairtpn Road and Route . 51. V/bere . his spot is Ibr l', a special trailer, no .doubt made cated. Jijry was oiil more than five i yp at the Warner studio, prcceed.s hours arid more, than doubled the Bogart, highlighting in niachinc-gUn damage.s allowed Green ' by, the faijliion^and also with . plenty of County Board of Viewers. ..He had shooting—some of the. parts he .has asked for-$40,000. '' ■ 11)^ most .of the . : . , . . . - time bemg bumped off. . . Green:claimed new intersectipn^ , ^ ,,^.niiishes/Bogart is lying" on so complicated customers . Seeking '.^j^^ stage;^'' He gets up and at the, h.i;s nitery can't find their; way, •. | beginning , does a contrast - to,; hiij. At same time/a hearing fpr Green ! heavy a-ssignmerits;: being plenty jit-; 5 'of violating the state. .teHy. and nervous, Talk concerns or- ganizing a mob and three men from the Ozzie Nelson .orchestra", which ■ , , ■ i , . - , . : ,,. ^ provides fine, cobperatipn . to .the (Wed.). Hes charged W4h'selling ^gr^gj. contractee on his engage- liquor : to riiiniors,::. Qn9.e . before.v; jVient here,. are:; ihterviewed., The, Green .had his booz^ license • ponded but paid the'aUerhate .flnie; on charges of violating liquor law.s, postponed ortce before, was ' rescheduled; for . tomorrow Ruby Foo Takes Over Beachcomber in Proy. Providencie; Dec. 10. Town's recently opened. Bieach comber in . the Crown hotel has been taken oVer by Ruby Foo.. Spot was formerly under the per •ohal direction of Toihmy Maren and report is that Mareh retains a islight Interest in. the Ruby Foo spot. Or Why Mix Schreiber, Nifery Entrepreneur/ May ^ W Alan C^rreili on Sur?^ Of Midwest for TA ■;: Chitago,' Dec. 10; ' Alan Cbrrelli,- executive secretary 6.f the Theatre Authority, .is in" the: midwest on a /general survey ' tour arid to hPld several. inipOrtarit -.rneet- irigs with the regional, directors. <of "TA.. ; He" Stopped over, in jpetroit. to- sit in, oij, the Newsboys Dinner,. \vith which TA cppperated, aind: canie on tp Chicago to discuss feeri- eral regional . plans Ifbr -the;' Pr-esi-? d'eht .Birthday. Ball'shows;" :-ln a Icohfinb with vMax Halperirir niidwest representative for the. TA, he set'final .tii;rangenf)ents putting Halpierin in 'charge ;of.' an eiilarged territory takiiigy .: rribst. of. the mid- west, .states. ^ ' third, toughest bf the lot,: docs a swi.sh switch for a; laugh,, a little obvibus but eflective.:,-^^ ' ^^^^ ; V Mi.<:s iviethotrwho was formerly in musicals bh this stage, singis 'More Thfin You Know,' selling it 'nicely, and ifbr. a closer the Bogarts, .plus Nelson, and Harriet HiHiard, .work as a: quartet from a .noveltv angle. The '.v.ccal group narrows' down to. Bogai-t on a gag .which has- tlie manager shooting the, other thfec ih the virings because. there're so lousy. Payoff for a .closer is Bogart "oing out to the vvings to bump pff the manager Bogarfs acf vvas written by Harry Gourfain, stager of shows here, and Sidney Fields. Char. .Philadelphia, Dec. 10. The. State Unemployment Compen-. GRACE POGGI AND IGOR *• sation Board last week.'ruled against j pa"???", a .petition. flled by Frank. I>alumb:o, ' MartinJqUe,- N. .Y. South Philly nitery owner, asking to be exempted frorh paying unern- ployment compensation taxes on mu- Grace Pbggi was formerly ojne of the few' 'narne' showgirls in; America, if there is such a thing actually, ex^.J sici^ns. The board, in its ruling. Lcgpting that every so often, a line declared that bandsmen were-^bona ^ . ^ ^^^^ becpme a personality fide, employees of a cafe, and not employees of a - contrac.l^or-leader, Only exemptions to this rule, the board said, were 'name bands' whose members-were paid by the. leader" oh a yearl/ basis whether they worked or not. and enjoys a vogue and a reputation approximating that ot a principal. She has. been abroad in revues, as well ias here, 'but with, her new husband, Igpr, as a dance part- ner, this .marks, her -debut as part; of. a dance, team, tteretofore Palumbo's attorney, Charles. Solit. .| she worked solo, and for a brief said he would take an appeal tb the j sriell was in the recent Russell Mar- State Superior Court. The case is ! kert , revue at . the Hotel Plaza's being closely watched by virtually ■P^''?'^"^^^'"' N. Y, everybpdy in the cabaret biz in iPetinsylvania. Most, ops owe the j State , thousands of; dollars in ac? ciimiulated tijxes since the levy went into effect, and State ;6fficials have intimated that they will. begin a stringent drive to collect back taxes after thie first of the year, Unlesstthe bps pay up ithey will be subject to liquidation, similar to the action taken by the U. iS. Department of In- ternal Revenue on the Anchorage last summer for non-payment , of so- cial security taxes. TheJHEATRE of the STARS i« Hv tU B I N OtU E R A 1 MAN A O E R SIDNEY H^PIERMONT BOOKtNO MANAOER Here at La Martinique, Miss Poggi and Igor .suggest vaster potentialities as a coming dance team working in ah unusual thythijiic stylel away from the orthodox balirbomplogy, To be- gin with, he's a perspnable vis-a- vis, rnatching her. statuesque beauty. He handles her skillfully , and well, doing some, difficult lifts iand Whirls in great style; Their boy-meets-girl in the South American way is a novelty, and in totp the manner of their perspnality front registers handily with the class custorners: Team Is a bet for production^ . Abel.. HOLLYWOOD CO-EDS (2) Dancing-Acrobatic 6 MIns!. Flatbush, Brooklyn Two comely femmes are whirlwind tapstererjf. .Start : off with routine t8(P steps, but soon dive into spmer-- saiilts, cartwheels; and other acrbr batics. Unison spinersaults add to: a colorful closing. . - - Girls wear bluie. shirtwaists. .and white trouserlets, effecting the col- lege chieer-leiader.. ensemble. Their fast-moving, nresentatiori djvers some of the' repetitioiois. material; ROSS SISTERS (3) Acro-contortlobisto . S 'Mins. Tower/ lEansaa City.. • ■'These three' youngsters, all in their , early teens,'are. tops in con-, toftioh work. They!ve been ait it for four yeats, although Betsy, th^ eld- est., is only-16, With Victoria, 14, and Dixie, 12, All are very attractive, 'Their work includes most- of the regular' trick cpritortibns,; Including brie, in which each sits on her head, but highlight is their backbends. Betsy leads the three in this line of accomplishment,. although all are capable, Ace bit is a solo by Betsy, in which she Tjends backward from a double pedestal to pick up a hahdkerchief, three feet below. her feet and return to normal standing position. In another version of this she drops her head to .the floor, scoots eptlrely free from the pedes- tal and then, returns without the yse of hands and by her bw.ii mus- cular efiCbrt. Quin.' : ^ St. ;L.oiiis,-. Dec,. 10. ', The unveiling'oh Thursday; (5) of the Starlight Rbpf; a: $10O;00b p.rbject atop th.e Chase: hotel in the west end by Sarh Koplar, mahaging>'director pf the hotel company, njarked the last Word in swankincss -and this" room will replace the grouncf floor Ciiase Cliib, nitery, next Spring: In the interim .the Starlight Roof :wiir be used as a cocktail lounge arid for private dinner parties, conventions, etc. .All the glamour that could be mustered was tossed for the open- ing. Orrin Tucker's band and Bbnnie Baker Were brought here for a one- night engagement and they, together with. George Hamilton's , .footer^, Romo Vincent and Gbwer arid Jeanne, current rijtcry floor show, constituted Mhe .ehtertairtriient fea- tures. ' : State,., city, and"* civic -biggies Ulsq were on deck for oratorical pyro-, technics and the.dinner for which a $10 per plate tap was madCi Man*-, agement got swell cbrpp from;statiph KWK, located in th.e sarne building, in publicizing the opening^ via a 45- mihute ether program. ^ ; ■The room; in the shape of an elongated U Vcpmplelely eflclosed with,shatter proof glass, the: windows of Which are 15 feet high. They are made so as tp "^lide back in warm weather. From any seat In the thre'e rooms the cu.stpmers may have a clear vision of the va.st expanse , of the adjacent Forest Park. There's also a pocktail lounge, which fea- tures a modernistic circular bar. The rooms': dome is mechanically, oper- ated and may be rolled back to ex- po.<e the-.sky; . The. combined ■ rooms, which : are air cbnditi'Ptledy have a capacity of 1.100. Harold Koplar. son of the managing director, designed: arid executed the whole layout. • ■ .Panariianian Club on New^York's lower east side had sprne labor trou- ble Sunday .night. (8).; and part. of: Monday night (9), When the Ameri- • can Guild-of Vaviety Airtists reached a settlement with the owner, 6n^ Max :Schreiber; Schreiber . paid the 14 performers five days' back salary and agreed to pay them double sal- ary higtitly until Friday (13). -When' .he-s.- arixipusly- looking -forWard' tp changing Uie show; -.. " Tliere ;are: (eight• .thoriries in' the . show sind six principal."!. J,atter are Murray :White, .m. the DeMarari- yilles -(2), dance team; Betty. Stone, singer; ditto; Anna LUbin; 'arid Chi- quita : Veneziai, danicer. They • got their: coin arid >verit back, to woivk,- but. the settlemerit in some irespecti is, the least of :tbe story; "-The mal part is Schreiber ;himself 'as; part of the,nitery industry.. .' •It seems that he was originally a' plumber; and; once one of the 'big spehders^ at the Old ,Roumanian,' establislied -east side nitery. After a while he wPlte up to: the fact that he,re he was speriding a;:lbt of coin Iri a .night club when he could. jiist 'as well pwn.,<>ne. himself:' - Sb. he. leased . the .spot once:, occujiied by Luclwig Satz. Yiddish legiler, and set liim'self up; around -six. weeks ago.: ! Frpm the Way he t-eacted. to his : labor ; troubles, ■ arid -also the fact that sorite of'the, checks he;'gaye his. per- fprmers. a. .couple of. weeks . ago bpunced back, Whieh Was the mb- tivatipn for the .eventual walkout,, Schreiber MPnday night looked very miich as though he wished he were back in the -pllirntiing business. '■. ' IngailsV Falni IBeacher " Mile.i: Ingalls, of New York, takes oyer ' the booking ,of the swanky Whitehall.hotel, Palm Beach, for this winter season. , .' First show opens Jari. li. includ- ing the Callahan Si.sters (2), Soiiny Tufts, Minor, and Mirion, Igor and Poggi, Sara Ann; McCabe arid "The Devops (2). ; New S. A. Cycle The new Hurricane . (NJY.) show Will 'probably ;^lso have a line of .shp.wgirls, doubling frbni the various shows,, as part of the GycliB fpr the 5,a; touch. . The; corhpetitlye Beach- comber 6rt Broadway iadiict^^^ a girl show this week. Ronio ;Vincent returns 'Dec. 18 to the Hurricane as , m.c., with : Joan Merrill, DeAngelb-arid Porter, Eddie- Bush's band arid ;i..olita Cordoba's rhumbalsts iricludied iri the sho^w. Dear'J,\C.;—■ ;•■..■■.....■■";' If I was ..writing: a ..review : of yoiir book here is what. I would -S*y:-T- *?At last. I've found an-acioT who can write and a writer who' can act. That man Is J. C. Nueent> who, In his book/It's a. 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