Variety (Sep 1942)

W«<lne8daj, September 30, 1942 55 Night Club Reviews ^SS^^S Cont'nued from page 4C ^^^^^j GRIDCAST By Nat Kahn COLLEGE GAMES FRIDAY, OCT. 2 GAMES WINNERS ODDS GeorKctonn-Mlsslsslppi Georgetown Even It's a tossup, but the Hoyas are rcbuUding stronoly. OkU-A. & M.-Baylor Okla. A. & M Even 4 lotu-scorin due' hctiuecii off-ucaT teams. Temple-VMI Temple 2-1 Temple is fighting mart after tlint Georgetown dr/eot. SATUKDAY, OCT. 3 EAST Army-Lafayette Army g-J Hank Miuur gives the Cadets the edge. Boston College-West Va "Boston College 3-1 rh« Hub team is one of the east's big powers Cornell-Colgate Colgate 1-2 The Red Raiders hauc been undcr-coiited. Harvard-Pcnn '. Penn 9-5 The Quakers start rolling to the Ivg League title. Holy Cross-Dnqnesne Duquesue 1-5 The Crusaders seem to have been over-rated. Navy-Vlrcinta Navy 9-5 This won't be a breather )or the Middies. Penn State-Buckhell Penn State 3-1 State has one ol its good tennis this year. PItt-So. Methodist So. Methodist 12-5 Thl3 is a veteran Mustang squad. SOUTH Alabama-Miss. SUte Miss. State t-2 Tho sleeper of the week—State to beat th^ vaunted Crimson Tide.' No. Carollna-So. Carolina So. Carolina 7-5 Tha Gamecocks are on the way up. No. Carolina State-CIemson Clemson Even This may well be a scoreless tie. Rice-La. state La. state 3-1 State is one of the powerhouses of the south. Tennesscc-Fordbam l-orc'ham 9-S The Rams to win via the air. TCU-Arkancas '..TCV , 12-5 The Homed Frotfs can chotleiige tlie best in the southuiest. Tnlane-Aaburn Tulane 2-1. Ttilane showed plenty poujer in beating USC last week. VaoderblH-Purdae Purdue 8-5 The Boilermakers looked good against Fordham last week. Wake Forest-Duke Duke 3-1 W. F. may make it a game for the first hal/. WEST Iowa-Great Lakes Great Lakes 6-t The Cadets, with Bruce Smith A Co., should take it. MIohlcan-Mlchlgao Stale Michigan 12-5 The Wolverines are one of the midwest's best. MInneiMta-lowa Pre-Fllght Minnesota 9-5 The Gophers are on their way to another national title. Missouri-Colorado Missouri 3-1 The Mtssourlans should make this a romp Nebraska-Iowa Slate Nebraska 7-5 The Comhuskers to rebound from the Iowa setback. Norttawcstcrn-Texa* Texas 2-1 Tha Longht^ms are among the toughest in the nation. Notre Dame-Ga. Tech .Votre Dame 12-5 The Irish have ; 30 many offensive guns to be held In check for long. Ohio State-Indiana Indiana 5-12 IndiflM is a sleeper in the midwest conference. Wisconsln-Marqoette Wisconsin 12-5 The Badgers showed enough power against JVotre Dame. FAS WEST Oregon Statc-Callt Oregon SUte 9-5 Watch the Rose Bowl champs roll.' Santa Clara-Stanford SUnford 7-6 The Broncos are too green. UCLA-Calif. Pre-Fllgbt I CLA 6-5 The (/clans ore among the Coast's pro>nin<>nts. Washlngton-USC USC 8-6 The Tro^ns won't let that Tulane beating upset them this week. Wash. Stete-Oregon Washington .SUte Even A close one for the Cougars. NATL PRO LEAGUE SDNSAY, OCT. 4 Steelers-GUnts r Giants 3-1 The Steelers are the league's doormats. Lions-Dodgers Dodgers 3-1 Look for the Dodge, s as the eastern champs. Barns-Bears Bears 3-1 A high-scoring game. Eagles-Hedsklns Redskins 3-1 The Indians wil' roll it up. Cardinals-Packers Packers 12-5 fsbell to Hutson—that's atl, ttrother.' STANDING Won, 12; Lost, 9; Ties, 3; Percent, ~i571 (Ties are not counted^ PERSIAN ROOM, N. Y. this since Duchin and the DeMarcos were Persian Room standards. Bob Grant's band, now enlarged to nine men. has been brought over by Miss Hildegarde from the S-P; in fact she favors this combo and book- ings are usually arranged coinci- dentally. Grant's next booking may be with Uncle Sam, but meantime he Is solid on a compelling violin backed by three reeds, one trumpet and Ave rhythm (accordion, piano, traps and string bass, besides him- self). Mi\t Shaw, ex-Duchinite, is another OK fiddler, heading the re- lief quartet. The Perstan Is a sizeable room, crowding in almost 300. and its quite a feat the way Hildegarde compels attention all the way 'and has 'em hungry for more. Leo Kahn is her accompanist, above average for the league. Meantime, the nearby Savoy-Plaza has been do- ing all right with Renee de Marco, and Morton Downey debuts there to- morrow (1). The Pierre's Cotillion also preems the same night with Vir- ginia Schooler, Myrus and Stanley Melba's band. Roy Ross batons at the S-P. Class or ma.<ss, the town's hot and biz is ditto. i4bel. LYNCH'S, PHILLY (HOTEL WALTON) Philadelphia, Sept. 24. Jnrk Marshall, Delia Ltnd, Stump & Slumpv, Diane Berry, Line (14), Kos'e Gallo, Peggy Loeb, £ddie De- Liicn Orch (8), Ramon Monchito Orch (6); no cover or minimum. Jack Lynch has come up with an- other of his hit revues to open the fall season atop the Hotel Walton. Heading the bill Is Jackie Mar- shall, comic who has an original brand of humor, fresh material and a winning manner. Marshall's forte is his rubber-face, which he can twist Into the most fantastic styles. His voice is as pliable as his kisser. One of his funniest bits is his 'Butchie McGurk,' an impersonation of a Brooklyn goon who's been drafted. Also ribtlckling is a parody titled "Bla-Bla to You,' an' imitation of a Jap news commentator. In addition to his own stint, Marshall emcees with aplomb. Lynch has again unbuckled the bankroll for costumes designed by Miles White; the dance routines were staged by Marjorie Fielding. Opening number has the girls coming out in exotic costumes, while Delia LInd sings 'Sheherezade.' The 'Glamour Girls' tie up the proceed- ings with a patriotic ntimber titled ■We Got What It Takes'—an original tune sung by Miss LInd—with the showgals representing the nation's resources; three beauts representing the three branches of the armed services. Stump and Stumpy, brought back hero after three months' rb- sence, are still plenty clicko with thpir .seemingly effortless dancing and clowning. Still netting the l.-iughs is the imitation of 'Donald Duck' bv the short member of the (erring duo. Diane Berry Is a talented tapster, but effect of her clever footwork is taken awnv by a little too much mugging. She also clowns through a sonii called 'Hard-Hearted Hannah.' Eddie Deluca's orchestra performs noblv during the show and for dancing, while Ramon Monchlto's rhumba band, a new addition to the Walton Roof podium, takes care of Ihp lulls. Rose Gallo. a talented pianist and c.-\nary, and Peggy Loeb. hostess-ln- chiet. entertain In the cocktail loimge. ' Both the main room and the cocktail annex were crammed for 'he opening, tariff in dining rr>om for teeoff priced at $.'5-a-''<»aH. .^hnl. GLASS HAT, N. Y. (BELMONT-PLAZA HOTEL) Sfadlers (2), Patil Winrhell. Kay Penfon. BiU Johnson. Bohbw Parka Orch (10) vHth Johnny Bums. Joe Pnfiijnv Bhumba Band with Anita: S1.50 minimum tDsekdavs. $2 Sntur- 'invt. Sundays and holidays. This Is one of the Belmnnt-Plaza's iirighter entertainments. There's lit- Me here to suggest a large budget, but the entertainment Is there in considerable lots regardless. Two of vaudeville's standard acts are heading the bill, the Stadlers and Paul Winchell, and. as usual, they're "till supplying considerable sock to the lavout. The Stadlers, first on. pre still doing their nifty caricatures in danc" of Mickey and Minnie Miouse. Their turn Is divided in two narts. the first comprising the Dl.snev fharacter.<i and the second following ■=ome songs by emcee Bill Johnson. ragdoll dance that's okav excent or the grimaces of the gal. It would better if she. as the doll, would -dpan It to heighten the authen- ticity of the supposedly Inanimate character. Winchell has retained practically all of the old business in his good ventriloquial turn with 'Jerry Mahoney,' a dead wood carbon of Charlie McCarthy. Kay Penton, formerly in a George White's 'Scandals,' and Bill Johnson, out of the recent Eddie Cantor show, 'Banjo Eyes,' are reviewed under New Acts. Bobby Parks' band, which achieved considerable prominence during a long run at the Stork Club, and Joe Pafumy's rhumba band alternate on the stand, with the former playing a neat show and for'the straight danc- ing. The blonde Parks is a person- able front for the outfit, which, with this show, has enlarged from a standard seven pieces to 10. It's a crew whose three violins emphasize its melodic quality. It's no band for the hep kids, but contributes nifty dansapation to those who go for the sweet. Johnny Burns vocals with the band. The Parks band, starting this week, is on a twice-weekly sustainer for 15 minutes (rom the hotel on Mutual. Kahn. B'way to Trenches Continued from page 1 ssa ings of hit Broadway plays for short- wave broadcasting to U. S. troops overseas. Plan, already okayed by the Daamatists Guild in behalf of its members, has not yet been approved by Equity, but probably will be soon. As a starter, five plays will be re- corded in actual performance, in- cluding the sound of audience reac- tion. The five shows haven't been definitely selected, but they'll prob- ably all be comedies. Capt. Charles Vanda, former CBS producer now with the Specialist Corps, is working out the plan for the Army. He appeared before the Dramatists Guild council meeting Monday (28) to get that organiza- tion's approval and was to attend yesterday's (Tuesday) Equity coun- cil meeting for a similar okay. In giving a go-ahead for the plan, the Dramatists Guild made two res- ervations. Permission to record each show must be obtained from its pro- ducer, and a clearance on the mat- ter of motion picture rights for every such play must be obtained from Sidney R. Fleisher, Guild ar- biter of Aim sales. There was a question among some of the Guild council members whether such shortwave broadcasts might in any way effect the foreign copyright or the film rights on the plays involved. And although it was felt that in normal times those a.spects of the matter would be studied carefully before making a decision, it was decided that the pro- posal should be okayed at once rather than jeopardize or delay any possible source of entertainment for soldiers. Approval of the Equity council is sought for a waiver of the standard rule that casts of legit shows must be paid an extra week's salary for all recorded performances, whether the recording is made of a regular performance or an extra one. The association has invariably refused to grant any such waiver in the past, but is expected to do so in this instance, as the discs are Intended solely for broadcast to the armed forces overseas and would not be heard in the U. S. Draft Key Men CAotlDued from pa(e B ^„^J strength of private Aim production might be weakened permanently. No Question of I'ull Co-op There is i ) divided opinion wit - in the trade on the necessity of pr-- viding any manpower which tho Gfvernment may consider nec- essary to the war effort. Que.''.;on rai.sed is whether the same Individ- uals would not b: as valuable, if not more so, where they are at pres- en' operating with full studio tech- nical and v.iiting facilities. Virt aily all requests from Government departments so far made to picture companies (or release of key men hi've, of course, been granted. Fear of Government competlti crd regulation, which prevailed in Er.gland at the beginning of the war, on the other hand has been dissi- pated. British exhibitors and di- - tributors found that increased Gov- ernment film production activiti. there bionsht increased attendance at theatres and consequently higher revenues, because the government services were producing pic which the public was apparently in- terested in seeing. Governmc:-.t regulation and Aim productioi^ in England at no time, hcwevi . sed any widesprea'" uneasiness there owing to closer working arrangements and \inC€ ■ standing with film producers. r.t- i.sh observers question, however, whether the An- can way of life lends itself as easily to stricter go- - ernment regulation and direction. Is It r.°ortb It? Discussion anc the recruiting of key men from American film pro- duction is an extension of the varied views on li.e drafting of male sta s. Seme industry heads still debate the issue as to whether such names as Clark Gable. Tyrone Power, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Victor Ma- ture and . ossibly Mickey Rooney v.'ould not serv the cause better producing the type of pictures which would best maintain the theatre as a 'national forum' for the exposition ot Government pictures of important informative and morale value. Opin- ion has been expressed that the 'sU - bait* which drew maximum pub 2 attendance has t>een withdrav.n fiom theitres. A Government pic- ture, shown along with a Clark Gable production, would draw n estimated audience of 40,000,000 50,000,000, where a lesser name W"id bring from 7,000,000 to 8.0C' • Ot<" attendance. As a result it would t£ke a much longer time to send the Cuvernment message along. Wm. Fox L__ contlnoed from pace } paid the bankruptcy estate $895,000. This sum proved practically the en- tire assets of the Fox bankruptcy ^d provisions of its payment effect- ed compromises in eight major claims against the bankrupt. After all other settlements and withdrawal of claims against Fox had been effected there still re- mained approximately $350,000 in alleged debts to be cleared. These, themselves, have l>een reduced at creditors' hearings to $113,000, w th the Arnold claim remaining in mid- air. Tliis means that upward«of $202,- 000 in debts have been withdrawn, reduced, expunged or disallowed. In the compror i.se settlements ef- fected through dropping the suit against All-Continent, records show the following cases cleared: The government accepted $295,000 for its claim of $4,920,975. Chicago Title & Trust Co. received $125,000 on iU bill for (1,250,833. Capitol Co., California, got $287,- 500 out of iU bid for $5,109,374. 20th CenturyrFox Tilm and Movie- tonews. Inc., two California inter- locking companies, settled for $39,- 500, plus clearance on countorclaims and exchange of releases, its claim for $11,024,960. Fox Theatres Corp. of New York, trustees, received $25,000 for alleged debts of $18,523,570. Sentry Safety Control Corp., of Nev York, and Joseph E. Cohen took $7,500 on their joint claim for $1,300,000. Lexington Ave. and 59th St. Corp. accepted $5,000 for bills aggregating $1,250,000. 'Touch.e Niven i Co., certified pub- lic accountants, and Carol Hall, of 1 N. Y., collected $17,500 on indeter- minate claims. All-Continent. Corp., Delaware corporation formed by Fox in De- cember, 1930, was organized, dis- putants said, for the express purpose of defrauding the movie magnate's creditors. Fox's wife, Eva, and his two daughters, Mona and Belle, were listed as owners of . All-Continent, which was further desc^bed in the 'recapture of as.scts' suit as Fox's 'alter ego.' Trustee Steelman started the suit against All-Continen'^ on behalf of the creditors of the bankrupt, charg- ing it was created with $7,000,000 of the film mogul's assets and then transferred to his family. Glamour Irks Det. j^^s Continued from pace 3 chieapen the general good of the campaign. News' Editorial Breaking precedent by running a picture of Paulelte Goddard warm- ing up on the beach for btnii work in its regular edit' -ial columns, the Detroit News repeated: 'We spoke yesterday on this page of the glamour girl method of pushing war bond sales and what we considered its de- fects. The principal of these is that it has failed. 'We have no quarrel with the Hollywood cutie who is giving her ki.<»es away to any bond buyer who doesn't mind lipstick on his face. According to her lights and abilities, she is contributing to the cause, and if she Is having a wonderful time, no one would quarrel with a girl for that The quarrel is with the Treas- ury Department, which does not un- derstand or refuses tj believe that the security it has for sale calls for an appeal in keeping with the nature of the national emergency. 'We have been convinced from the .start, and each day adds to our con- viction, that the war effort and show business belong apart. We believe the latter is indLspensable in war- time, as show business. * • • They have cheapened everything they have touched, they have been responsible for such foolish hoaxes as the ground markings on Long Island farms, they lend an aura of unreality to as real an emergency as ever con- fronted the American people. 'For every citizen who buys a bond from Miss Goddard, after her gla- mour has been recharged with a bit of road work on the Virginia beaches, as shown In the accompany- ing photograph, a hundred will be a little sick over the processes of the Washington mind • * ♦.'