Variety (Oct 1942)

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56 Wednesday, October 28, 1942 one DOZEH ROSES TO A LOVELY SOHG STIR NOW INAUGURATING NEW STAGE POUCY AT THE ROXY THEATRE, NEW YORK, OCT. 28 Exclusive Management William Igency, Inc. New York—Cleveland—^Chicago- Hollywood ''Jane Froman is an eye-tonic and a show-stopping chanteuse. Her looks, style and original song deliv- ery had first nighters applauding till their Palms smoked." —ROBERT COLEMAN, Daily Mirror ''In the decidedly de luxe show ... headliner Jane Froman sings most engagingly a gamut of hit tunes.'' —HERRICK BROWN, New York Sun "Triple A indorsement to the most seductive thrush—^Jane Froman." —LOUIS SOBOL, N. Y. Journal-American "Jane Froman is easily the show's standout looker, a delightful warhler with a routine of tuneful ditties." —^IBEE, Variety "She has always been one of the favorites of this column. After hear- ing her new radio show last night, I repeat, 'a swell singer'." —BEN GROSS, Daily News "In fine voice for the debut of her new radio show, Jane Froman in- vested 'Begin the Beguine' with a wealth of melodic flavor and dramatic flash and applied an ingratiating sense of color and cadence to her music." —BOB LANDRY, Variety "Jane Froman is the most gor- geous,' glamorous singing lass who ever worked under, the moon of Mi^mi. Tab her the number one of them all." —JACK KOFOED, Miami Daily News "A patrician loveliness of face, form and voice, topped off by her stunning gowns and coiffure, repre- sents the finest popular singing star ever to visit our town." —DOROTHY DEY, Miami Herald "Sincere, frantically beautiful and in complete command of the finest voice in the cafe world, she is a showman's dream and a customer's —WILL DAVIDSON, Chicago Tribune "There's a piquancy and winsome- ness in Jane, a freshness of person and voice that make her thoroughly enjoyable. The customers glowed— and clamored for more." —JOHN HURLEY, Chicago Sun "I know every girl singer of songs in America and I 'don't know anyone who looks as good and can sine so well." —BILLY ROSE "Nothing so soulful as her reading of Gershwin's yearning billet, doux ever hit the Stadium in its 25 years of varied life." —LOUIS BIANCOLLI, World-Telegram EXCLUSIVE COLUMBU RECORD ARTIST