Variety (Apr 1941)

PARAMOUNT, N. Y. V B?Tiiiy Coodman's Orcli Uaith Helen Forrest, Charles Christiftn, Georgie AttW Cootie . Williatrts, Johnny Cuflriiieri. Biily Butter/ield; .Gil Lain h yiith Tommy San/prd. Cdpdca^, liaita Revile wjitJi Bcrnicc. PflrJcs, Li/dn Sun, Fernando Alvarez, S(vrnba Sirens iii)::-'Road to Zdnzibor', (Por):, Tcuicmed ill yARipiy, .Mar^ • - Thi PSuraimourit has sorrie hot b.o. are still. effective., Sheldon . is ^ an STRAND, N. Y. impraved pertoi'mer since his last ■■ ■z^ date here, and had. no trouble :drag^ .. . ,■ ,0,. „.,„u n„i, ging applause from an otherwise Jimmy D<>rjcv Orch US) wtft^0.0 fairly cSld. audience. .. . EDerlv;, Jteien O'ConncU. Buddy Eddy irbward. local, air. favor.itfe,: is scii«i2?: T«P, Tap. .and ^o?. "f^jfj; on for four songs, which reveal a goiod I arid.His Pols;:*Th(e! GreatXic* WB^. set pf pipes and a nice, sincere, de- rcuietoed in Variety:, April s, livery. 'Carelfess,' which! Howard.l. ; ■ ,—^ , authored; went especially big, show-- Hottest , of the, top bands at . the ing that his fcmnie followiDg ^v«s '.nioj^ent due to a string .of besl-seU- rcpresented in the house- By virtue [ j^^g records since last fall, Jimmy: of his youth and good, looks, Howard Dorsey's orchestra artji., the tearfu „ » . Bette Dws mmV-'The Great Lie^^^ should'churii up a strong total at the. irates as a comer. As. an introduction to the finale. names oh its marquee—the film's Bob. I D^ering: cornes baP^ ^o"" » b 0 during^ s'tay here Hops : and Bihg Crosby plus .the j short :terp effort, .arid then the cur- • ;.^|,p ^^-j ^he. ^#0 ouUlde turns-pror stage's Benny Goodman and the Copacabanai Revue, latter haying the curreint South American ..rhythm craze to back up .the Monte Proser hitery'svi-ep as a. customer lure.^;. AU this, spell.1 bi* moneyi^ Holy . Week riotwithstand ing, plus. the.. Par.s in- noyatioh of a production' show on the narrow, pit platform.. . - . " •' . There.ai-fe two Other 'firsts' attached io the' cUrrient live, entertainment:, it's the first time the Par is billing a hitery entrepreneur ('by courtesy of Mont^ Proser■). in conjunction with the Copa's portion; it's also the. first iime that the Par. is playing.:a line of , (firls.sihce' it instituted the pit policy. The girls (6), two of them doubling from the nitery .and the remainder newjy train€(d, are beauts and cos,- tum.ed niftily for their «amba rou- tines.': . • With 'he exception of clever and personable .Bernice Parks thrfee tun*^s. •Chi-Ghi-Castfthaheo,'.'I.Hear a Rhapsody* and 'Ba Ba Lii,'. the Cbpa's contribution is' just a colorful brevity in the- pitshow setup, - Ferr nando Alvarez does, one L^tin song . backed up by the girls, with Lyda Sue's exoert acrObitics, chiefly turn- overs vttithou* the-, use of hands, se- Vueihg into the saiiie vocal.. There .lare twO: costume, changes by the. line*, second cominsr in the routirte.behind Miss Parks' ;flnal sOhg, and all . this represents a. cost, of over $2,500 per week to the Par, an expensively nice touch to break Up. the monotony, of the line Of male, musicians; ■ . However,:.Miss Parks. Lyda Sue and the Samba Sirens igiVe the pit platform a wealth Of s.a. and,: -as soTTiething different for the , early matinee jitterbugs arid ■. evening adults, it's probably well worth thp price and puts, the Par on a strong footing for opinosition to WB's Strand. • where -the strong combinatiori. of BetteviDavl.s'The .Grieat Lie' and Jimmi' DOrsey's oirch' opened Friday Snori. ^ei p enoi v, .«i>iu iiicii n.c 1 grOUP and me two OUUlue luma taii.s pan to reveal Howard, clad in {."jj^ a swiftly moving stage session .vestment robes and posed beside .an Davis-George .)Brent-- otgarii sirigirif The Rosary.', Heate.d j j^^^^. ^^^^ ^^^ on the at miniature organs: are the girls 01. ..■ ^^^^ nvs.g. notices:frorri N. Y. the ballet, who play 'Ave Maria, and I Haily critics, puttirig-rnuch of the re- join with Howard in singing and snonsibility for business bri the, band, playing 'Morn of Beauty.'. They pre-, ^?oJ-^^siti^,n . at the . riearby Parar sent a striking arid beautiful picture, n^.j.'nV the Strand's direct opposi- and get sorine good .musical resulUsvI '"vs*' • . u\gy,\y regarded conibiha- .DoTothy Hild, producer, rates an ■ | '| f^g''|in'^ Crosby-Bob Hope- - orchid, fpr this one, - -.^- . Dorothy Lamour fllrn, 'Road to Zari-: . Business, good .at third show, . ^^^ny Goodman's, band Friday. ... . Gold. • 7ao^t ^^^^ ^^^^ Easter Week and its visiting crowds the tilis of the two. houses .should ' work Overtime, along v^ith the^rest' Circus -at Madi-sori KEITH'S BOSTON " . . ■ . V Boston, ApriT lO • Milt BT,itfon.'s; Orch, .f^^^ . ... . . tommy Raff.erty and ■ Tito; Helen ' strarid'began the week with^ only Pamnier, Maria?! Belett and Enplish | one act in addition to DOrsey, but it Brothers (3). Al Gordon Racketeers,\ .^,3^ found that an additional laugh- Nan Rac.nitdMt.f.Wa(cr/all (Maitde: getting routine was needed in view Davis); "^Mr, nyiiaiiiite' 11/). .'. l-of the dramatic . filrii fare; Hector ■ ■ ■! . '.. ;,Vartd His.Pals, dog turn, were insetted With Nane Rae;ahd. Mrs. Waterfall- .the .secOnd (12), morning; ..but was fHiiaude Davi.s) , iiist. added,' '.Crazy . ^uUed.a show Or twO to .quidken the Show Of 1941;': as this unit is called, {^j.riover. Addition helps this bill follows the title accurately. Main-! t^'even better-returns, stay Is the smooth, suave and dizzy . Dorsey's cr«(ck combination, six cortiedy Of the Milt Brittpn outfit, brass, four sax, four rhythrii, hits which seerris to enjoy theiriselves .^^e (j^gnihg 'JOhn Sil^^^ through' it all; When: caught, a light: the . way through the . closing matinee (second show) mob .was;;,y^j^g ^ij, .jts ciirren^^ taking it stolidly, . Brittpn himself | gelling " recorded arrari^ements..' It stockinged feet and th« cloier • taaX routine fernplOVing soiti* Aocko tum- bling and head spins. \ ' Johnny Woods step* on next, for * short s6ssi6h .of :gagglng and an Intro of Gil and Birnie. Masonm the deuce. Act has added a jnorikey tp its troupe of well-lrairied canines andl has a tricky comeidy angle in the angle of thie'houhds doing just the. opposite of the commands given bv Mason, liazy dog is: gopd for a bundle of laughs arid dwarfed comedy dogs have plenty of Appeal.. Makes for a sohd spot on any layout..and Doi-sey's right iri the: groove, for; the .holiday lJprsey,b. .^^.g tracle Vhen .caught . ; Woods back .for his" act; ties in mimicry Of radio and pic personali- ties with a nicely arrpnged medley of parodiies. Does a good impi:essjon of Kate Smith arid is still using,the line about 'EleariOr, wherever you. are please come home' in the F.D.R. contpibutioh, / Continuous tenure jn ofTice by latter is also leaned on a b»t too :heavily in these days when it isn't funny anymore; When caught on the second .show Saturday. (.12), he worked in i rather baggy looking suit of collegiate cut .and for some, mysterious reasOn esoHewed makeup. He could usie it.. . The Sialicis close with .their refurbished puppet layout, socfc' from start .to .finish. They put Wednesday, April 16^ 1941 STATE, N. Y. . o( Broadway. . ..^ -, .,. .- Square: Garden, however, ' is. strong, q,, g continental olio with: .tricky is so deadpari in his announceirieints that it catches.- the • custpmers off easily handles the major portion of the 50-minute stage, allotment witlj out of prpportiori .with ^he rest pi the: layout balance .since'. they're ^completely straight-band hunibers and judicious 1. .... w " " jugprfjng of ats. singers who,, in all, - _, . come up with seven vocals-singly While the boys' ha.v.e added^ few. ^.^ ^ has cla-ss.writ-, tricks io the 'Poet^artd Peasani^^^^^ ^^er it, from any angle; : Its since last «'^Pl?<^«'i.^*"'.*'j!^'^ playing is clean and sure from ex. will be ..slightly disappointed .thafcj ^ ^j-^ « turned arrangements:. by they're bteaking up lew f^irni ure ;,^e^«f ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Singers are strik- backgroiinds and lighting effects and tim6 the actions of .their dolls to;:an exceptionally wellbointed rriusical accompanirrient. Flash of actual manipulation of the strings is a good touch and a cliricheir for well-earned, V bends.- Biz okay.: Bttm; : EMBASSY^ Wv...Yv^^ Thret Arvtolit, . Joe -E. Lewis Govoer and . Jeanne, Peggy Fiars, Ruby Zu)criin(; House Orch; 'The Dictator' iUA). iney re pieaKing "P^,«2 Vi. "t "^11 Toots Camarata.. Singers are. strik- and^flxtures at .the blowoff, Featured| j '^j good-looking, solid Sellers and .m the amalgam horseplay^ are i y Dorsey himself Tommy llafferty and Tito. . Rafferty. jas^- poised and lik- donates some okay, eccentric hoofing. ^HL l^^^i^r^Tnc^ fomlthirie th^t (in - and reliable miscellaneous .stooging, able^stege^pr^^ ^'ciiodmanV/crackeriaek cn^w arid Tito is spotted wHh^Ws^cco^lKm. ; he the comedy of Gil Lamb, with har- and shows up best, in .a richly hoked- .u—..-v . moriica-nteving stooge Tommy San- up arrangement of 'Dark Eyes.' Also ford, are the riiainstays of the enter- has a bit as a femme pianist with " " " over-blu*. embellishments. Helen Pamniier comes on early for a session tainmOnt; A.slde from' the fact that Goodman at this catching didn't inr dude a single sweet song to break up the. succession of jive arrangements; he's still a very potent factor in front of ari audience. His own virtuosity on the clarinet; .colored Charles Christian's elebtric guitar: Georcie Auld's tenor sax. colored Cootie Wil- liam's ex(^eptional' trumpet: Johnny Guarnleri's lvory-ttckllng,^d. Billy Biitterfield, also oh the trumpet; can't hSlp but meld into expertly . played, music. And. with them, of course, is Helen Forrest; one of the better band vocalists rtelivioring 'It All. Comes fea^k to Me,' 'I Ain't Got Nobody' and 'Yes. My Darling Daughter.'. The "lussicaV crew's 'Swing Low. Sweet: Chariot,' 'One o'clock Jump,' 'Rollin',' 'etc.. some the numbers played in the quartet and sextet cbmbinations. all got over. Lamb, in his session, is a forth- f^'^^ right comedy click, his imoersonatlon ll^ of a jitterbug being esbecinllv strong. ^"The confines of 'the pit hold down p his. eccentric, dancing, but that isn't missed In .the melange of zanylsm arid Sanford's fine work on the har- monica, ivhich also serves, ventrilo- qu.iallr, for Lanib's good, closing comedy bit. : Bl* w>s excellenlThur.sday. though It was the eve of Good Frldav, Scho. . ''iSS' fe and . the English! Brothers work hard in their slap- .°"'y «o.*^^ due to adverse notices stick aero routine and finally got ^ . of..,!«v,t K<.n/i flattering attention from a sleepy . Easily the beStof the^J"\«ht band house. Trio works with superb pre- ""'^^|,".^?"1'?.,.V* ?nn^~ , cision and timing as. they flirt ^'th' f^r Buddy Schutz . ^ospiUlizaUon in sensational tum-. tunity .on another the worn, Man bling tricks and His Drums,' but youngsters go Nan.Rae "and Mrs. Waterfall had' for it and it stacks up okay for that their troubles on .this shOw, cadging reason. As ..a replacement for. the less, plaudits. than usual for their and the band are going through a tough schedule of doubling between the.theatre and Pennsylvania hotel. Latter is only for this vveek, how- ever.- Band was optioned by the fahiiliar, but still: socko, interview comedy- skit that has played here before. Al Gordon's wellrtrained dogs get across okay in a comedy routine dy( gummed-up tricks. Finale of five pups spinning, on a revplyirig platform gets, the hand frayed . 'Flight of the . Bumblebee,' Dorsey has a new, tune to highlight a display of his ability on. sax and clarinet. It's tagged 'Fingerbuster' and easily fulfills itjs piirpOse. Helen O'Corinell's . dimpled sOrig contributions are solidly sold in vari- ous eyerfilling gov/ns, doing an Iiia CHICAGOrCH! , Chtcdpo. Aprit 12. StervPT Sisters XZ^i. Brinnts (2), G(*n> Shfilition & Co. . (2)', Eddy Hiimard. Rosemdry' Deering: tlornthv Hi'd Ballet Me); 'Road to Zanzibar" (Pah).: dence on opening day. House ordinarily, split-week. ' Fox. 20TH CENTURY, BUFF . Entire show in for a week and 1 Ray Hutton in her changes. From playing four-a-day, indicating a pre-'.'Alreet,' with band chorus, she cuts conceived drawing power not in'evi-' into a comparative weakie,. 'Minnie from Trinidad,'but puts.it oyer with room to spare. She's back later with Bob fiberly; Eberly's topdrawer baritoning is wrapped arpimd.ll Heiar a Rhapsody' airid the solid melody of 'I Under- stand', for a starter. Former is bit aged, but heretofore BMl tunes have not been played at the Strand, "rh.i.s show marks the first time the housci's prp-ASCAP rule was broken.: Eberly then hooks up with. Miss O'Connell for boy and girl stutT on 'Oh LoOk At Me Now' and -I DOn't Want Noth- ing At All,' the pair oozing the tete- a-tete stuff across the footlights in gobs of. mugging salesmanship. 'Amapola' finishes strong, the twO singers,' Eberly ballading arid; the girl for a rhythm-version, coming to riiikes.'set "Up on each side Of the stage,. Xdiea -was. good, neatly solv- ing a traffic problem. Tip;. Ta'p and Toe :click : pff : fe\v minutes of terps aboard their ovaj fiuj^alo, April 11. .•yariitie.'!' tuith Bert ' Wftecler., Hanlc Ladd with Frdnceita^ Malloy. Biltmorettes, Frakson, Red Dust and Bob William.^; Reginald Craig, Beryl Cameron;:.'Ptay GirV (RKO). . After a hiatus in stage shows hereabouts ' ibi: the: past couple of months, this highly touted gal and gam exhibit: airives just in time to bring 'em- back alive for . the Easter trade; As iindraped here, this abbreviated edition of Earl Carroll's original stager., is a trahsplarite:d nitery show, routined oh the - now familiar pic-hpUSe presentation pat- tern^, somewhat stale in dreissihg and decOr, but achieving a Certain daiss .rating, through emphasis on the Gar- ' platf orm; Trio .runs, thtough - clever-, roll nolrienclatuiei atipbsphere: arid ly. laidput unison routirii. :th6h. hops thC; excellence of its addied tal^iitvi intoyfast and assorted, challenge bits .. .Bert Wheeler ; carries the chief that ."get 'em ;Qff : strong.: -Hectoi-'s cpiriedy and eriicei 'assignments and - pups ;pbp up With the needed com- to .hi.s seasoned and expert troupihg' edy relief,' their wellTtrained antics is due. mbSt .of the effectiveness O.f and stunts getting' gbOd response, the. entertainment. Workirig solo . Biz. good last show opening day and . with Hank Ladd ; and Frah;- ' i^-: :i > cetta. Malloy; . his . deadipari ' de- livery clicks long,: TOud arid"iavor- abl,y: with, the, customers;. Bob Williams and Red Dust present an informal a;id somewhat, djffierehl trained. dOg: act and Frakson's dex Designed, fof .Easter Week theatre goer.'!, this week's bill shaoes up as: hi-jhlv, satlsfactoi-y, iand well bal- ■ BP^ed. ,■ :V- . "Show gets ijrider vviay "with the theatrei -ballet; In a semii->mOdern number, with. the i dancing Sterner S'sters (2) ^iOiri'ing for a bit of a.cro- ibatic tanping; Both attractive blondes, they mfike for good, appear-^ ' fcri'^p. .but tout) pps could be stronger. Then the::Briants. standard. act,- yvhd score- well with .their panto- iriipe^po^trayaf 'of twro souses ahd the attemots of one to iret a/chair tinder Jiie riiore inebriated friend. Ballet comes back, this time on a _ . darkened stage, illiiminated bnlv by l'trous . prestidigitation; particularly ! the lighting in their dressesv'They: his-riianipulatiOn of lighted cigarets, create a nice pictur>i :and .form a perr j were welcome to the patrOns. • feet setting' fOr ' the - splendid to^i Vocalizations allotted to Beryl dancirig'of Rosemary She Cameron and Reginald C.raig arejn- ; (11), despite Go.od Friday. Wood. Hl^Pi BALl:o ' : Bdltimor^, April 13. Lane: & Ward, Johnny Woods, Gil OTfd BeiTiic Afason,- Sfllici's Puppets t5);Phil:Ldmpkin House Orch (12); The Devil and Miss Jones' (.RKO) displays plenty of class, and ,ability, being well ,feceivertj different except the latler's 'One •Look ,At You;'.- The turnbling arid . Gene Sheldoni ;of the baggy trous-j fope-sfcippiing; acrObatics of the Bilt ers and little boy maftner is on for a ; mprettes (three girls) are-effectively bri^f bit with his banjo arid grSbs, spotted :and earn them a deservedly plenty; of laughis. Then, coming bapk' fine reception; \vith a .straight womanj^ he does, an encore bit. making some funny fates, hnd, ,usihg 4 couple .of w'ell-wbrn pieces of buslniess, which| however, House Orch under company con- ductor works the show creditabl.* .r ,Biz fairly sturdy when caught Good Friday. Burton. Modest, layout,, held dbwri'in play ing . tiinA .to accommodate ': accom pahying .film portiorii plays smoothly e.nOugh and rounds out a nice, combo aimed at holiday. trade. , Neat-opening slot held down by Lane and Ward, youthful mixed hoofihg and aero dub. Youngsters sell brace, of 'well-planned dance routines^ ttie 01*81 a novel y/orkoiit in ■^ar on. many. fronts, defense - at home, strikes and other: material of a related, nature have'air the, news- reels On the go and, like the daily ,papeis and radio, they aren't finding' time for much else. Fireworks in" the, l^alkans is still, too new fOr .the re.cls to have-gotten anything. in : from there sirice' the outbreak, but Par talks about it in digging up a previ- ously-<!hot clip taken in Zagreb; Yugo-slavia. Also, Fox has cornered the Yugo ambassador in, Washington, and . he spestk^ impressively, albeit, somewhat ' alarmingly, about the isituation. . , ! , ^; As a foilOw-up, the show offers the Greek envoy and Par then . visits with the Polish premier, who :rer dently arrived Oji this side. Alrriost on- top Of this, Mussolini is heard in his speech frOm Rome, getting; the usual catcalls from the Emb audir ence. , A.s he mounted the rOstrum the buce took a concerned: look straight into the Par cameras, An exclusive,,and very interesting, is the specially-prepared. tour of Hongkong arranged by Arthur Menken, Par ace cameraman, Avho does the commentary. Supply depots, building of ships, defense , forces, guns, etc.,, were-photOgraphied with the permission of the authorities. : Some excellent shots have been recorded on sabotage of ships in South American and Mexican locales, with those of German ships afire be- ing particularly good. Fox comes through with some fine camera work iri connection with the: visit, to Atistralia of American warships and a parade-celefbratibn on landing of Our sailors there. The shots from the air are very impressive. . Under the heading of 'Facts for Ainer-icans!,' -Par furnishes official pictures of Navy equipment, guns, etc.; but it's not enough. That may be due to the Government's dis- inclination to have too much photoed on .our battle boats. News of .Day handled the launchihg of U. S.' new- est battlewagon, the North Carolina, with Secretary- Of the Navy Knox making a speech on defense. He's a good neWsreel subject, . -Other war-type clips, include the Army "Day parade in New Ybrk; a series pf shots at various camps and forts; nev> planes at Langley. Field, Va.; . Washington Army :Day cele- bration;.' soldiers going . through leather-lung .exercises; trial of largest tank yet produced;,study of capturied German Messerschmitt on the Coast;, housirijfs project for defense workers in California; .civilians -in training for home defense; clipper on-arrival in K» Y.-'bOund for'Britain; ait show over Rip; scouring Atlantic, waters for missing Navy .bomber, not found; Britain's King and Queen.vat, Ply'- riiOuth; with/the King ,,ails6 taking ride in a;gun-carrier..and- the 'Queen inspecting food trucks; signing in London Of- agreement releasing bases to the U. S.; arrival, of Australian troops In; Palestin^j.'-manWacture of. shell. cpslngs 'arid Others,: on the. labor strike front; Pathe has caughtvsome startling scenes of .fighting between pickets and work ers at the Foird pliartt. ,: '.. , 5?lie cu.stomaVy, Newsireei jlemorlies clip,' specially prepared by the Embassy, this week includes the assassiriation of King Alexander Of Yugo several years "ago; Nicaraguah eacthquake ,,in : I931 arid shots Of ppening baseball games- thiat yeari! . MiscellarieoUs material includes ari advance of'.this , season's ball teams in trainings a , couple; : of rodeosi salmoh; fishing, a ski/ ineet, .-spring styles and the $2,000,000 'Valrgas dia^ mond that is bein^ cut, up. - For added war fiavori Emb this week has March of Time's 'Australia ,.,at Wah' : ■ - Char, With Charlie Chaplin's super r length. -Dictatpr' on the screen; the State this week is. pffering a slightly shortened staigeshow, but .a potently entertaining pnei . .Consijsts of . four: acts, all mote or Jesis familiar and aU good. Two are deflnlteiy . sock- Joe E. Lewis, and GOwer and Jeanne, , Show is opened iri.traditional fash- ion by the; Three Arnolds, :aerobats. Mixing comed,v :and."balancing neat- ly,, the two .men and .-a girl--pro-- vide about eight miniites of: unusual .. tricks seasoned " \vith' .amusing, sly • miscues and mild slapstick; Turn has obviously, improved considerably since '.last caijght by this'; reviewer.. Lewis, With: his. characterjstic- air of extemporaneous fooliiig. is .irri.c. arid . has two Sizable: cOm.edy spotS; Ma- , terial is pretty much as befOfe, iii^: eluding the kidding aboiit radio com- mercials and the spoofing of .Ttid : Lewis, Harry Richmaii and Ijawrence... Tibbett. It's all. irresistibly.' funny, as.always.'. ■■ (jrbyyei; .rand; Jeanne; continuihg. to show the. spectacular iinproyement . that has marked their :Wbrk the last several years, provide a solid punch with three stunning dance rbutiries. All.are imaginative and inventive,; have provocative . thernes and.. are briliiaritly:. .choreographed. They'd probably be- Strikirig; no matter who. danced them, but Gower and Jeanne , dance with enorrtiOu.t style, gratce and'.sklll, in additiori: to which they,' : have . youthful :eagerries3, freshriesa -.and-lobks., " Peggy Fears, whose previoiis New: Ybrk singing, appeararices have been .mostly in class . riiterieS, depends: mbrie on 'loOks, style alrid' personality, than on vocal- ability fbr this stage-, "date. . She was iinpressjvel.y togged in long, sleek, spahgled-gOld at din- ner show ppening day (10), standing rather: still and using only - slight gestures fOr emphasis. She makes shrewd use Of her lirnitied voice,, and bv clOsing with Irvih^f Berlin's 'Little Old Church i l England,' contrives a Certain climax to her turn. Seemed somewhat ill at ease. : Ruby Zwerling's; house band, usu- ally 'II Dit. is on stage for this bill. Attenuance ver.y. light at perform- ance caught, Hbbe.". LYRIC, INDPLS. Indianapolis,; April 11. . Sammy Kaye Orch, Tommy Ryan, Charlie Wilson, Arthur .Wright. 3 Kadetai Stdtltr Twins, Walter Dare Wahl. Billy DeWolf, Ann Rector, Maury. Cross; 'Shot th.parfc' CWB). When this hoiisii inks in a band which has a following through,air; appearances and on platters it's almost' a „ stire bet that, the final: tally at the boxoffice will show a profit. "This :week Sammy Kaye not only renders favorite; tunes in the pop style of the day, biit his finish when he works with the audiehce on his 'So You Want tp Lead a Band' idea is surefire enough to give.the.ciis- tomers a, little riiore than expected for their money; At show caught Kaye plucked iour yoilithful . jitterbugs ^roin: the audi- ence to wave the stick. Their an- swers',to his questions had the thea- tre patrons convulsed. The band then follows faithfully the tempp of the baton-waving in the hands of the amateurs for more giggles. In the. music portion of his show Kaye is Well equipped' with special- ists in the vocal department to keep the running time of 68 minutes mov- ing smpothiy. The four rhythm, two trumpet, two trOmbone; and four saxophone sections do all right With ;Ain't We Got, Fun' .to open, with vocal b.y. the Kadets. following'with 'Amapola.' Kay picks. up the clari- net to join his boys ort. Melancholy Baby.' Lat^r, the band does a .gypsy, medley ,with, the help of the Statler Twins, Who appear,:ear]ier in a tap rptitirie; The, band also has a tam- bourine novelty , in gypsy rhythm. Which is lighted too miich for the right effect. ■■■ . Tommy Ryan scores with 'High on a Windy Hill,' 'Beguine;' with band chorus,- ^nd 'My ; Buddy.' , ' Another heavy mitt winner frohi the band is Maiiry Cross, whO jittiersJngs 'Five, O'clock Whistle,'. IBeat Me Daddy,' and, then,' plays • an aissorthierit: of biand instruments; Arthur Wright Is heard on -.liast Time: I Saw Paris.'. Kaye Joiris his meri again tor last band nuriiber with licorice stick reh- ;dition of 'Ha.llelujah.'- Outstanding ambnj? the.'added.acts is-.Billy DeWolf, who has,a new:apr proach to gigs and iriiitatioris. . He works sriioothly and had thei -atidir: erice with him all the way, Walter Dare Wahl, viiVa. the help Of a dlniiinu- tive partner, 'does his standard acrO antics arid hand mixups to good ef-. -feet,. Visitor 'froni: radio .-thiis "week Is Ann- Rector,: winner., of the; WFBM .'Talent Parade,' /whp, socked With :a marimba interpretation of > .cldtssi-. cal-tune,.- Kaye has been ah annual visitor during past years and always puts oh a good show. Good biz at thirfi show Ffiday .-(11); bperilrig : day* augurs well for a week's profit,. ■ Kiley. ;