Variety (Mar 1942)

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La (;onga Clnb Freddie Coxlone Oic Lindsay's Shybor King Cole 8 Ray Baysor Sue Sanders Hal Simpson Pearl de -I.uua Monaco's Cafe Blaine, Elaine Bond Frano Reynolds Manny Landers Ore Begal Clnb Duoky Malvlir- Ore aiOO Clnb Joey Bishop Roberta Bvelyn Scott Hal Hall HolUe LaVelle Don Walsh Ore DETROIT Boob-CadllUo Hotel (Book Casino) Heta Stauder Prank Gagerr Ore (Motor Bar) Dick Rock S. Smoothies Joe Termini Kay Reda Kaya ft Kaye 6 Jitterbugs GuUI Oulll Don Arden Dane Johnny King Charlie Carllais Benny Resh Ore Jessica Garwood Delores LeUonta - Al Daro Colllna ft Anita Sheila Woode - Wm Hewitt Lea Walters Ore Clnb Coaga Calloway Club Rev l,Bri7 Steele ^ Margaret Watklos BllUe Holiday Bob Porrlsh Cepgo Oto Barl Dancer Anise ft Aland Paul, Slim ft 'Rddle HonI Coles Calloway Dane (4) C^rktown Tavem Don Harris Hart ft Alllaoa Panchlta Villa Phil Sklllman Ore Fceatler Bancb Dave Barnum Janeeso Carlotta ft Myers Clark ft Van Rancheros Ore . 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Monnle Drake Don Pablo Oro Fenobseet Olob Patricia Willis Betty Allen Pamela Britten Guy Welch Ore Hook's Bedford Inn Mao McGraw Oro Boyale ' Tanner Sis ^ 3 Guesses Louise Olenn Howard Nichols M Faber Qls Aylene Mason Hkeeter Palmer Ore Btatler Hotel Pancho Ore Baks ' ' ^ Olga Anton Peplto Co Tatf-Kretlow Gls Harvey Stone Jack O'Nell I,eonard Seel Oro Ban Mega Gene Bmerald Glenn Dale The Bordens Dotty Sloan CUtt Arvin Al Alexander Ore- - Stavadara Good ft Goody Great Satgfreld . Eddy Shepherd Jack Thomoa Ore Tlia nrapka Le Ray ft Sharps I/yle Carlyla Ore Dale Rhodea Ana Lee Carl Denny Koia ■Waoky' Kay* Hammond ft Kenn'y Babe Moore Pee Wee Murray Jack Nelson Oro WUttlsr Bote] (OoM Oab Beom) Hermaa Flae ' Madelon Baker Monnel Lopea Oro Sammy Dlbert Ore ■H dab Dale Rhodea Dl Giovanni Gdod ft Goody Dottle Ard Jean Moor* Joy ft Jnanlta Delia ft Drigo Horace Hooch Ore H'wood Notables -Continued from pafels had return reservaUom lor flighto yesterday (24) and today (23), William Goetz, of the Fox office, cloud-chased out ou American's MercuTjr to the West Coast, and Benny Goodman used tiie game line on his way to Phoenix, Ariz., to get himself married. Other Trs-elera Others on American's flying pull- mans were film editor Laird Creger, lu from L. A., Josef Hofmann, pianist, who was L. A. bound from N. Y,, and Rosemary Lane'j mother, who was scheduli^d out -to the Coast yesterday (24). Transcontinental tc Western Air's flying carpets also- winged Inward, some of the Hollywood mob headlAg for the'Kenf bier,'but return res'- ervation* were sUll unsetUed'at this scoring. Slmone -Simon was off to Colum- bia, O.. on Friday (20) and back In town aga;*) the following day, apparently doing -diores for a fash- Ion house; K«ith Davis, of Fred Warlng's -Pennsylvanlans, chose the TWA route for a short hop, and Donald Ogdoi. Stewart; of the Metro script staff, has a TWA reservation from Lu A. to N.Y. for Sunday (29). Lois Andrews Jessel was hade in town, arriving, on a - TWA star- streaker, to be met at the port by husband George Jessel; another TWA to L. A. traveler was Sir Cedrlc Il^rdwicOke. Gaston de Pamcins; who^ authored WHAT THEY THINK , Three Months After Pearl Harbor Honolulu, T. H., March 6. Editor,''Variety': Hdd no idea^ when I sent my last lettier on. to'yoi^ (30 days.after Pearl Harbor) ^ would' have brought me 116 letters to date,'from all parts of. the .country, askih^ me to send in more news like - it^. but , tl)at. would be impossible. Letters from people I do not know> all over the States, so one knows '.Variety' is weU read. to L, A. Jack . Kapp, pres. of Decca Bee- ,oi'ds,-sent me. a letter that spund'ed t^e Eskimo yam, 'Kabloona', was off as though lie . were weeping, and another from Ben Cammaick, foreign r^p for RKO, another from Harry Brand (Fox) and many, of the'so- called -lads who can take - anytiiing as -it happens along. Anyway it was reassnriiig-to know tl)ey at least Cantor's 25th Year ^Continued' from page 2; reading, or what may be the partial | tool^ time out of Jheji; busy Wves^to or whole answer thereto, it's a cinch ' ' ~ ~ '■- —- _«.«-»- that no longer must It bpy-meeti; loses-and-flnaily-again-meets girl for the finale. The iconoclastic refuta- tion of this time-honored show stand- iar^ is 'Banjo Eyes,' where Cantor meets the heroine, and then the boy- girl plot becomes subjugated to something else. Perhaps one answer is that, so long as theiy laugh, they're well satisfied. They love Groucho Marx stepping out of character, and hea'rt-to-heart- ing the customers, 'I wonder if Will Hays will pass this/ They like the tongue-in-cheek self-ribs, so long as ifs a laugh, of. which the. whole new cycle of Benny, Allen, Hope, Skelton, Fibber are prime examples. When the 'jBanjo Eyes' heroine ,is being pursued and rassled with by Cantor, she ad Ubs, 'Oh Ida!'—a departiure from character and a hark-back to the realistic, (where she implores the^ star's real-life wife, Ida Cantor, come to her rescue)—and thafs the biggest laugh in the show. On the subject of lauglis, and to ^pport his critics of unimaginative manager, Cantor can't see why they haven't long since bought space and baliyhooed, 'Jlecreofion is essential—;F. D. R.' The President has said that Every factor in the war effort embraces some form or another of 'morale,' which is another way of saying di- version from the martially realistic. Oh the subject of morale. Cantor is impressed every day with the all- out self-sacrifice of his fellow folk in the theatre for the boys in the armed branches. It takes on sundry manifestations from the Stage Door Canteen -to camp entertainment. Just how difficult are some of the camp junkets was reprised once again by .Cantor who recalled that even lesser towns like Trenton, N. J., and Gary, Ind., in World War I had big and sitialltime vaudeviiie theatres; that It was much easier for talent playing local stands, doing only two or three shows a dayl to hop out into camps for' some fre^ fun, and enter- tainment for the boyse-rbut now it means difficult hegiras from big cities to distant camp sites for. the same purpose, at considerable per- aonal physical and financial sacrifice. Cantor kudoses the - showgirls of today, however, as having it all over the 1917-1918 Zlegfeld crop for ex- ample; and that also goes for the boys in the line of any musical com- edy. They can step as well as the Marilynn Millers and Jack Donahues of yesterday, lacking, of course, the stars' charm and personality. But the talent Is there; the training has lieen rigorous and tiiey can do hoof- lag routines witli the>best of 'em. Cantor harkg back to Sddie Dowl- ing; Ray Dooley, Jidmny ITooley, Bert WiUiams, George LeMalre, Harry Fox, E^rank Tlnney, WilBe and Eu- gene Howard as a few -who were -with him in one or another Ziegfeld or Winter Garden show. He cites these as examples of the fullness of talent In another era, as against the paucity of favorite fun-makers whom you. can count on your iiands—and that takes in the holdover stars like the Jolsons and Wynns and Jessels and Tuckers. Cantor, at 50, is a veteran of 35 years In the ttieatre. The quarter- of-a-century steins, from-his Zlegfeld days. Before tliat he toured vaude- ville with the Gus Edwards acts, and, of course, was the 'old boy^ of the troupes. He'd worried about timetables, railroad fares, etc. He'd buy the tickets. send along a letter to me, which will never be forgotten.-. Charlie Eiofeld also4 As. you perhaps know, we had a return- engagement from one of the yellow bellies, this week (three months after Pearl Hai^l>or)i and-^aU -we can say about their marksman- ship is they hit the Island anyway. It was a brilliant .moonlight night when he started over, but when he reached, here a sudden heavy rain- storm'and high winds and excep- tionally . hea-vy cloud -'formation ruined his visibility-, and result, he hit'"a* hl^ spot where he dropped his eggs( -about three-quarters of a mile from where I Work, but tbank Divine Providence no one was in- jured or damage done. Thirteen weeks after the 'first- attacl^ Hawaii .is ready to'a man for them'and. If they plan any more sneak attacks you may expect fragments of their outfits in New York. Thafs How far we are ready to blow .tiiem to. Bestrictlon .on- liquor wa^ .lifted here this past week "and th^ first three days'netted for-Uncle-Sam $29,000 in. fines. We 'Are put- on trial, and If it' Is to 'be abused it will be denied for the entire dura- tion; and this provost marshalt is no* softie, believe .me. For blackouts and speeding during .daylight he- is equally'as severe, and if,-you are arrested for any violatiott today,- to- morrow you either pay.or go bye- bye. Liquor is -rationed but one quart ^0 • a,,^persbfa of liard liqUor, or three quarts of wine each wedc, and the pUghtest infraction means destruction of your card. ^ Copper mall for all first class mat- ter is the only j^ay to get ma0 here reasonably early, all -other second class o.k: As-yet I have not received the Jan.' 14tti issue, and all of us here iHlss our magazines much, Go'Vt. only permits a drawing ac- count from your* hank of $200 per ,montb, no-more, irreeardless of who. or what you lire. - So naturally' it slowed up hundreds. Director John Ford is here on a tour of duty -with -(h^ navy and bought out tiie opening night of *How. Green Was My Valley' at, the WaiUkl. theatre, and ga-ve every man in uniform the. preference, just, for them and their officers. "The commandant has granted me a very special privB^^ge of a perma- nent pass to go-Into tiie various hos- pitals where there are, or would, be^ any show lads confined. Seenis he has. a tender spot in his heart for- 'Variety' and gets many a laugh out of the slanguage used by the paper. He got one of the gobs who was a hoofer and «a all-rotrnd trouper to .' decode it; as he put it So, when I get an opportunity, I shall make the rounds. tty card arrived oJc thanks, and please know correspondence Is about' the only thing we may look forward to here. Before long; it would not at all surprise me if .pri- vate autos were also, asked to be racked for the duration. Mabet ThoiTtas. . Rogers Jewelry Renews WHK Cleveland, March 24. Rogers Jewelry Co. has renewed Its dally 15-mInute news program over 'WHK for another year. The firm also renewed for the same period its 15-mlnute 'Musical Gems' broadcast of recorded inusic, which■ follDWi'th* :fifeW9c6st. ''■•'•' Short Hetnorles Indeed New York. Editor, *Variety': In the N. Y. Thnes, Feb. 7, Repre- sentatives Heffmaa, Bennett, Faddls, Taber and Curtis ore quoted as-hav- ing slurred the theatrical industry. This was in connection with their re- fusal to appropriate civilian defense funds for work done and to be done by .members of the theatrical pro- fession. Have they forgotten Carole Lom- bard so soon? Have they forgotten that entertainers raise money for De- fense Bonds, Red Cross, Tuberculosis, Infantile Paralysis, British, Russian, Chinese, Finnish, French and Greek relief agencies? Have they forgotten that entertainers are used to cement L|itIn-AmerlcBii relations? ■' ' Do'-'your'tfiitifr We •IrfprrrHkc^^ble' politician who helped, elect theip and whose name appears' bashfully on their City, County or State payroll has made as great a contribution to our way of life as the entertainer. ■ The entire industry should protest. ., JtM. . (Formerly An Entertainer, Now . a Soldier in the S. Armyj . [Name wittiheld by- request—^Ed.1 What Is a CpmeilllBn7 (Hiioago. Editor,. •Variety/: . , It seems there is'considerable dif- ference of opinion about what a 'true comedian' Is. Some of the critics are saying, for instance, that Olsen and Johnson are' not true comics but only showmen. ' So someone might decide how you; tell a 'true comedian' from an arti- ficial one or a fake one. How about he who comes on the stage with a hundred different ga^lgeta that, do odd -tricks? And the prattfall guy- is he jnct' p iiniahln g'' Vjlinaplf 7 Are we to finally conclude-that a 'true comedian' b a fellow who has a iheUow -tone and ' character? ' A young guy. can't be' a true comedian- He's Uto fresh, and. artiflciali -It Is really bard to understand 'what a real conxedixm -is - 'outside "Victor.. Moore, Bobby Clark, Lew Doctc- stadter and WHl Rogers. ' D6es anybody know what a real comedian -is? '. '. '. Cart Peterson. iurl^ Voiiict iGonUaoed fr«m paie theatre license and should be denfed' the opportimi^ toi pervert a noble*' cultural institutions to that purpose.' JzL support of the license codimls- sioner's action in refiistnic to grant license renewal to - tiie-Gaiety and other, burlesque theatres, aHof 'which' are now cioBed; were ccjlmitted- af- • fidavits from Robert -W; Searle^ .gen^ eral secretary of the Great^- New York Federation of Churches; R^. Joseph A. UlcCafftey, .sastor ot. the. Roman Catholic- Church'of the Holy Cross, and' Rabbi (Soldsteln, on be- half'of the- Reformed Rabbis .and the New York -Board of Jewl^ Min- isters. Testimony submitted.'in court bj Policie Commissioner VaTegoitine was. that there had been some '98 .arrests . on' various' charges made, in XbH vicinity of the (Saiety iheatre .and oT these ther^ had been 50 convictions during the past 10 years. Mpls. Passes the Back < On Bnriesk to Mayw Minneapolis, March 24: . Refusing his request to refer com>' plaints against burlesque to its 11* cense coAirbittee for aptfippriate ac- tion,' the city coutt^ lias tossed the . hot potato of^ what to do about it back into th» lap-of Mayor M. £■,' Kline. The aldermen adopted a -reso* lutlon suggesting that the^ police de- partment, headed offlci^Oy by the mayor, teOce action S the hurlesque theatres are vlnlatinff the law. It was declared this* 'belongs distinctly . In the mayor's dei)«rtment' Mayor KUue had:bEoughtthe mat* ter to. the council's attention in « ' letter containlcg a police department ' iLorals' squad report assertion that a-show 'Witnessed at the Lewls^lU- man Gayety, burlesque, was lewd and Indecenf and that oomplailnts also had been received regaxding tb* type of perfohnance- at the Hlrgch- Kafz Alvin, ' twora-day burles^ua house.. A number of aldetmen, how- ever, ^ defended the Alvin, asserting, they' bad ' attended 'perfonnaiices '&ere and not only had seen nothing wrong, but also had enjoyed the shows. , . The mayor's reiuciance io act him- self and his apparent desire to pass the buck to the council lOr possible revocation of the theatres' licenses may be due to a doilbt whetiier the courts would sustain, police, action in closing the houses. It also may be due to the fact tliat' two previous mayors. Who bamed shows in' Mln-. neapolis, were defeated at the nexi. election, .coihcidentally or^ Otherwise. '; PortUnd'a.DdTe Portland, Ore., March 24.. Portland's drive against . obscene shows -eontihues. The city 'council has ordered Harry L. Akins, man- ager of the Gaiety, to show 'cause why the theatre's license should not : be revoked, IVs accused of per- mitting obscene shows. The Star, burlesque, was forced to surrender its license Feb. 27, but the theatre reopened last i^^eek un- - rl?r new mnnp^emerit.