Variety (January 1944)

26 HOUSE EEVIEWS PSkiiifY Jattiiary |9 ti State, N. V. GrticC McDotmld, Smith Ji Pale, The , Keddingtods The .Bie/vori/, JVu-is ■(4), Gy Refpesi Satici Pup- %ms;. 'Gm Crazy’. (Jfe.G),- rewiet(.’t’d in 'Variety’ Aug- 4, ’43. . , Tills stage bill at: the State is pin" jnarily lor v'aude ad^ictSi. siece, it lacks any outsVancling acts or sock jiioments to- 'witi an ordinary aHdi- ence. On the dtlior' hand; it ,ha.S: nb dead spol.s. .so even though -it ,runs: a. bit too Tdug,, it vyoii’t bore, anyone unduly.-' ; Go-h'e;adliner.s of the show arc. .filni aoubret Grace .McDonald and the- vct eoinies Smith .and Dale. . IVIiss 'Me-. , Dortaidni fprnioid .With her brothel' 'Kay McDonald . (-Who':,eiiri-,, rt ntly. has .'a specialty.spot iorwiiigcd ■Victory.’ ';tho- Army - Air .Foroe, sliow- at the' 44tii' Street 'theatre; ;N.; v;,) and later danced ' in ..various - Bi'oadxvay, TOu-dcals before being.'.signed .by .Metro.', still h.O.Ots ekpei'tly; .btit..;heC act. 'has jiot., bce'n. tOo ' woil..:.ih'ep.a'red,. Der. oiiehihg-bit.dl patter with' cb.ntic C.v K.oc.vos, is.; neither h.e\y :Or iast.e£ul; rvinie her' t.wo'Aong .huinborS and '^,0 dance- routine:'seem . the., reverse: proV porthin, for a danoev:.. It's al,s.Q',a.ini.s-: take to have her.nrili-'odu'ce.thc I'ol-, loydng.-. act; Sniith ,' and pale, .when she's'palpabiy out o£ breath from her; terping.'.''r; '.‘t '..h Sipi.th. .and Dale, twith minor- assj.sts from 'UVo ..Uhb'ilTedi'.'fomm.cS, ': 1 hcir. 1 on,g‘rahiiliar' ‘Dr. K.ronkhitc! routine... A.S aiwa.ys;:thi.s:..lo\v-eo.m'edse ant'c convnise.s a sizable audience and Icave.s-a .small.minority slightly bcivildered. .The SatialiEtippcts, also a long-esta.blished act. Is'- iho show- eliiser,.;a,nd/tp ■ahpreciatiye retiirn.s ;as be'toro*'.: . ■ , ''.''I The. opening; a.Ct i.s . The ■.Redding-' tOn.s; hi whicli \yhat appears , to be .a- Jatberonitl-daughtei::: Combo do akill- fl.il trampoline -acrobatic,sV lyith-: the gj-rl's- mother;, as 'ih,C. In . this ::ih- stance, the girl- starts-' with a .feiv, .simple tricks, .after .which ■ wduld-be t Linlblers I’roni the .audichce, arg used for laii.ghs, ■ The man in: thC' act prcr tends to be an'o.tlier tyro, but quiclcly drops h:he . pose tUr .somG- ,exccille.nt - comedy. ,st.u(T., The -Hickory Nuts, three :mcn and ,a gal;; olfeirthe .q.sual; hillbilly vocal dikl.hisUafm.ontal stdil. and the .remainihg ,aet is :,Gy ,RcoVc.s. ' a lanky'comic with, a, slow,' .'rambling style of - dcliv'ery and .an- apsortment of moderately; :amu.sing ’ ga,gs, . and; EOn.es. ■ . House' .iva.s -fairly , well /filled at ■dinner shoiv Thursday (6). flobc docs his share of sax and clarinet .playing, .i Trii 'Worth in ; the. opener /click.s .with.,- nifty, exhibitio.il' of control daricihg and cont'ortioh^.work. Some. of heroutstanding . tricks are' :the back beiids and aerial somersaults to. splits. / Goes: over bi.g,. ,.'/Steve; Evans, :wowed: 'em . with Iri.s impressions, ' outstaridihg ■ Of which ih still his Polish drunk sem. Gets plenty of laughs .with .the:/.:diire.rcht:- kinds, .routine./and ■.:slo.se,s .'with a' :iit-' terbug dance that sendsihim oT to a, solid hit ■; . Snailey:-Burnette: has an. act, good, enough , to/. pleaS'e,: ' mast. Of his .-fol-, .Idwelys .' although' .- it -lags / .i .Burnette,comes on in his scrceti cos-- tUme. to. warble'-‘I Can Whip 'Any Man Blit PopeyeV./tO:' his;;'own. gUitar .aceompanime.ni; .pUils, a few,., wheezes, ■and' introduces,. ",fde. Strauch, .■; d'ho. doesn't do much/but .a.ct .as a fdil .lor , W'iviperaeker T.bd : Mason . /who -ap ■ .SinnU‘:^> l»i« Pitlsburgll,,|an. '7, - . . Tony Ra.stdr Orcit U5) Par-' ben.. Berr.fr Brothers (2), SPi.i’giiiia Mu.vey, John nip: vpnrdiUMle pJoe) Aforia'r, .Stiihl»u ,Pastor; ‘Whi.stluig/ ill Bropklyh'PtM-.G). / Tony? Pastor band opened today iFi'idayV Without the maestio, wlio was rcmbycd to hospital just bctoic show .time with a high, teniperature. In . liife ./ absence, ,/. Oharlie. Trotta, irthhpet; player; took, over the. baton' and;/ ,:alsb 'handled \the : -announce-. ;mehis.’' //Eveiy.thing .considered, per-, torhianee .went', off/ pretly/ ainootblj’,,. proving.' ■perhaps that .a Weli-.rc- hear.sed. unit::.can.. pfoceed ..under, its, own,.'jidw.er//wh'en . the occasion dc- mand.s.. Sniart niov'e ,".wa/S, .-Ka-Viiig ■bb rs 'a W M la er^^^ HvV/bT^^ ' i" horii sbetidn. comb down from a slnp.,of.,pap.ei l,,o stand ,,tor , a,,, solo .f-ight. aV l-lie as Mason 'cut- it 'to/pieGes.-iyith' .h wWb, adiltle/ mUd Obmedy ercabingj//^^;^^^^^ in here and. there \ia remarks .f*.''• ,'"1;- ,Vid me f-im reurcsented^ Burnette.:., BUinetle brings an his , ‘‘-•'■f ; Burnette, aCCordio:ri canyoji*. as good finale. tb^lidmtf Hown ' he .WhereUpoh .Stubby, steam aiy«y. s be s^n^ It mi a li-I n ^ 'C«u't Get Nowhere With VoU- s .he.,sings ,'A'flcr You've Gongvto heat up: ‘ . ■ , ilie iii'o :;hbun.d.s:rigiit at. the, giin. ■ ■' .1 :,/ rElim.matiQh .of PaMbi':'Scissored the ■running . . timb;- considerably', ’/Since: abs.b/iice . df' his; couple ofsold /.spots cut th'e- shbw. doUrn . by . at .i/lGasf/10 mihutoS..,..,Mahagernent ihastily cor,-: rected ■ that, however, - by -'quick b.iibkhig /'of./a.-.nlagipi^^^ 'CUr,- rehtiy -.playitig/- .in/,',.foWU.; atNixon .'eal'e/- ,y<'hb,/: /\vas pencilled i-nto . the layout' ..for.; 'gslong as, Pastor’‘/TS" out of , it;: Oahtu .'.went, intd, /the second .show-.-.'///'■/-' ' ■'■’/ ' // ; ■ ■ Band; made up Of five .saxes; fo.ur triimjj.efS. . three, tr6mb.bne.s, :'d riims, piano and. ba.ss. ijs in., the .gv.oovey. , ■ ■ , , - . - , ,, ■ I tradition,- brassv ,'and bounecy,. and liasn t '-the . -precision, the, sty/le- -aiid j 'dth'anebitibnts show Pastor’s -iiv- ;i'he :'bOun,ce .itmsed -to::have,'and -.ilsii/y t-wp'lw ttS^ bos^ .with befpre/.-gp-. 'itV^C ot the • pOSSi'DlllJviGS ,Oi .•••y,--i 'Qfvlp ' 'doiSc /-No 'Namb°'jiv^^ i ShaWs .and Gbbdmaiis ■..carefully KKO. Boston., Jan. .a.. ■ Glen Gray Orch (1,1), Helen Barret, Lucid Sc Bob Lyon. Ames Sc. ::Anio;'.;.;Sow.',of, .Diyicillfi’ .,tp ,/ /■., ' .'ilie, 'Casa-/.LD.hia. .bandi a -bit ■ the. wo:rse / fbr the'/ :w.artim'e' ;iY/ea:iV'''an'd./ tear,; facing, all//crack bands these: .days,- never, quite .touches its .fornibr estate as, thb' .meat on., the:: RKO's:, cru-rent .di'sh.but' its.wares/appear: gc- i.ee'.ptable enough to the rbgulurs. . ■ /Fronted . by/Gten Giav;;'the' band ilallo Baltimore^ Inn. 8. ' ,.me/dley.//.ahd ■ (Blubi; /Rhap.socijv: t-he?/ 'Dushover' ■ Mr ■ .'liitte-r clicking: /,through. the' ,.:shiirp j I oliirineting of ah' ,anoriymous..:yDung-,| /.DrShimpi." -jo-hnni I sfbr in .the bahd,/.A couple mo.rC: .iiv'C I t'D'mmei,... Jpannj ■ tunes.' or smart /pops .might have go,? the band going -fbr a .bcttc,i: ,/hand: Audience Was ■oordial, though;' it’s, just, a .qUestiort of contrast. ./ /. ' -Bob./Anthony sings, /Wit-h avora. rbsiilts;. . T-enaptation,’^^^/./^^ . SWe You Are’ and .'Paper Doll.’ and, Anita/..Boyer does bkay./iWitlr ‘.Sing You. ...Sintters,’- ‘My / Heart Tells .Mof and 'Shi.io Shoo Baby.’ ../:,,/-: ‘ Helen 'Barret Ibads' off the trio /of the Ijobby-soeU'.j; and JfttefhW? go for. in-a biif /vay. ? / . / A sliuidtiut this week i» .JuUc Hewitt, accordionist and contortion- ist, Ahe /■ opens \vith. ‘Indian Dove Call,’ first- /playing ,it ? .Straight.. and then giving out : with it in boogie- woogie style wlvich is really./, sOlid. ■She' .follows;. / with ’Twelfth . .Street Rag’ ill the same /Kroi>vish,'mahricr. Closing w nh some bending .stunts to earn one ol the bigge.st hanfls Of the show, ' " /■ ';''' ■In the closing slot; Willie Howard begins with lii.s fanliliar/ Ibsson in French. Hi niug.vit across in okay manner. Al Kg11.v ebines on to eon-: fuse exerjbody with some speedy double talk, and winds up by heck- ling Howard as the eomie satirize.s a SQap-bpx:■ orator., : HGW,«ird. turns to Ibai the.: Imuse. pitch ,ih its finale, as the diapcs close, in. /.S.trbrig biz ■wdieii^,^^ , - .Erirh ■/ ■, .V./: , ./ '.LididnapoHSi' Jan.'S. ? ■■':\Tlirva \ ■(Stcdd.tif s; . . Graciei ;:-BUrrie '0r.(‘h,:iwcniy '.Phlindr Or.mny Diamond, Wcilly Boccy; 'So’s Your ..Un-e'-iel !lUl.-...'/■/':',■,//' / /.'■ '/;,yV.:/|V:a«iioiiat, / Jiiiihijr johies’; ;Orch ieUh Betty Benson :Si Jimmy Conley; Terry & Ralph' Rio; 3 Bileita Girls; Elton Britt; Ectrle KgUer’s House Oix-h . 112 ); ‘Where Are My. . Childien’ tMonoi. , ; Johnny (Paradiddlb. J;oe' ..Morris is /the featuvod special- ist w'ith :1;he hand and he’s .filling' in I/(/snots: First Is ,a nbveUy. tune, '•Thafs- a Lot ; of SchickoTgrtiber,’ -,,.n ■ wttli /Morris lbuhahing :it; ih'a Hitler' Uli,,. V:,, PP 1 ■ lampoon, but it’s a number in qiies- How.: Sweet . qon,,bie/.taste. ,/When:/the , bp'ys iiv. tile back .joih.'in -the/retrain, 'That’s' a Lot.', etc..’- sounds, like what It'S, ■probably supposed to .sound like/and. not too comfy for the .family trade? In ' :h'.s ./, second , . spotlight-hogging... Happy /: ;FeU'oii,: ./SKirley, .Wfl.lii’e. i/.spebiaitie,s with a.,mixed/ tap-ballbt l w^,,;?m'ps/': pIpSOs iro' -is iiSual Jngtma_ Jewels 14)-. ..vO^sen:'.:; gv,'rou^^ -Ladd .'..||!?tv'p'i?a’didd1p .ItfeJ beaKng a/blue Shirley, Three Mandelts,. Felice Tula and House: Orch (12) . This layout .Js- held -together and' made, p.btent . by// the - presence. of: Happy -FeltOn,. a/smart-wbrking, and pac/e-setting emcee. Rotiirid; comic, gives out: w'ifh/ the 'persbiiality, throughout and handles a gag to the lin-iit: pitchirig in/;with telling'v.oca^^^^ 'W'hen,needed;-, He'.s on from the teC: oil tO; the fihaT eiirtalh, .makin'g ivny onl.v, foil the sttppbrtiog acts, it: adds II!) 10 a smart bill.. Brihging,/ on the, Juggllhg ;:je',wels, quartette ■ Of- 'club swinging /femmes who./ seU.' the .usual -th'rbw’,s'"/and catches . for-. -'maxirnum response. Felton does,-his. ‘Allegheny -Ai;’ : lb keep .mattbVis. .moving:-wdth .aags: arid fip.d.'fBolj -I;<y6n'.foll.dw .with '■icVn*;'?/ f/hc ivi’h’DcViii' -VogqI Ici’-itation- -stinits, , and v- Ames.and '.ftnteeios'; (in unbeat..- ''/■'.-:/" / .' /-Biz.: was ofl'/:at '' openin'g.' /biit; Wa.s/ ..building/...steadily;,’: /’,;EIiff.-; /■-. Ailsiins, Nowai’k ';;///,- ' ;-Aeibai'k-,'Ja.ii;'/7.; //' ■ Vii iccjlin ' Monro.e , Orch ) f cn f- ii i'-.. ihfj.r.PiiyUis Lynne Sc Bo.bbiF.Ri,ekey: Dorothy Keller, Murphej Sj,ycKs, (3): Gil- Mci.isbtt; '‘Pee:rsl.dver’ . tRep): . ,,,bncl/she's./'.satisfactory ,, hi- bblh 'l.h-c--'’ -.'The/ ifipes,. aren't tori. good.- ■ but //thcy//.,ser:vb;':ln ‘Too /You'iig ■ Dr .. Tri'),. ■: Gld’ -■' .'put. .'YpUr: Arms ' / Ai.'/ouiid ■ Mo:’:'/ blit:- what ''Miss - 'Maxey !.'has//vis;iially could make/ ub for. even i.i'e.ss'. c(f:,a .'vpiCe;■ /■■./ ' i.,.. .Only , bhe/ word for the h'oormg/ of. :'■(' Eevr.v Brothers, who have lat'e'r' ■ ivi iie-en rediVeed. .from .three tp. two /;bv ■Uncle//Sarh;. The/:;.W'Ord’s .sensa- ■' iinn;<l:' And 'in-.their ‘/r>nse, it's, SRcIled I with .'a./'/ capital'- ' Tim/ Plerbert.is' /.!h/'ltir-g..:a 'fairly ouick' return,/.,l.iav- in.''//vfiaycd Stanley only /li-'-./fe-W The Throe ■Siooge.s are the - draw- ing card on the Circle's now bill and do a /good /-,1bb : of .eivtertalnmg/ /w’itlv 'tli'elr -speeiai .;b.rancl of hoke,' but/the .article; that makc;.s :,tho,./big:/hiipfes-. tiioh: Is .-Clraeie/ Baih/ib,,. -with hqr in- divirlual ’st.ylc. Qf-.-siugiiig/ itt,,,.H^ an v/bkay.' bahd';,/ ' it's- her - flj'.st visit’ here, and iDlks hked.-her a.lot;.- S-Ue clicks/f roin her. ■opening, with .-a '.nifty: vocal 'o,f.;. 'SbmebQdy/.Lbvgs//Mp:;'■ AG^ ter/. Jimmy Paliner;/'sells -.him.sblf .hi'eelv wif h/. ’a,: ;hot:yer;S,ibh‘. ot-.-'Ba.s.lh'- .Strecl’ and /‘Star Eyes’ for an .en- core. /-.Miss Barrie does, a, .medley /to ; clineh/.the cleai; she /.applies, . a cute peisoualitv and voice to match '.tb'/ /Pack . ;Up Your Troubles,’ .'With some . added .verses dedicated /tb the Axf-s/! ‘Beau't/ifui Mor.niug,’ .anct -adds: a .clever 'hillbilly arrangement of ‘I'm /Just a Girl Who Can’t Say , No;’ She also joins Tex , Muleahy and /t-iie -bbys in :a lively .vef.sio:n .of .‘.Plstql Packin’ Mama.’ ':/' /..■ : -/ :/ The; ThrOe Stooges crack jokes aiVct sktills. in their well-knowm slap- .stiek:/nlaiincr for--plenty of laughs., '.Their ihaferiul/. is .prbtlj; - well :‘shop- wbrn,. blit the explosive .maiiher of ,! presentation gets, results; ; , : ■.Wally Boa,g stif.s. -eustomer.. interest ■w'ith,/ivis;‘Rubber'.Seulptbe’/Speoially,. in ...wdiic.h 'lm/hYoulds / various Gb.lebts,-' mostly dogs, but of balloons. ,/Fbr::.a linish,.. he / -goes: Into ■', a danee.. /The. audience givbs hifn si nice,hand;: Orraay Diamond also gets ii .ris'b out' of: the .hdiusd with, .soihe fa.st -aiid; /slick '..ac-rb..dahee,: rbutiiie.s. It*s .a plca.shig bill.:all./-tbe/.-ivay through./ /Biz w’a.S fair -(vhen/bau:g'ltt:ii1 /spite of a price rise pubinto efi'cct.this Week, ... Corb... . ■ Indiuiutpoiis. Jcin. 8. /, The Hfbge.spns Lew Sifeeter.,: Ned:' ■.Harerhi.. Dean Sister,s - (3)/. GleasoH Sc -Saiiborn,: Val, Eddie. Sc CbUi’e-n; . E:d: '.iie.sener 'Orch;'.:. ‘'Seven Sinners' ‘tTndtef. : Iiidio flagship/ has set :a' good show;' c.urronllv,-. :la/ybut -featuring .Vau'/bn' n iii/tro/ of/jOlsen and S-hirley" //. /i Monroe band as, th6 cente}/piecc/.bor- ■rnd'im’s nr^ Mixed duo/..of) eccentric-'hoofers raefed-;by_,three Adjunct.acts./pf,,Jivcly.,/mmjj,bVO^ hang up.'a: bell ringer' /vyith .lheir gyrations/, to /make,;.way / fov/ Feltori, Setup as; also key cd, tb/bai^ to join Shirley Wayne , in a . lan'gh gelting sesh, / Miss //Wayne: with grole.scjue,- cbstuming./.aiicl .'hep fi/d-,j diing. In /conjunction .-W'ith Feltbil' ' earn a begbffi. Three Mandells, teeterboard .;aci'.0- comics/. WHlv.-punchy / tricks ■ make- ^ for a strbn',g finish. Bill is polished &.off' with , Felton’s“ patriotic .pitch. j| ‘Piit a Stamp In- .the/: Bbok" and - a y strong wind-up. Biz very good. - Bunn. Arif'iiial, Chi . . Chicago,. Jeah/S. '- Hdl McIntyre; Orch' Tie) '..'with Cto'.'ici Van and Al ■Noble; Tru Worth, cSieve; .Ebd-iis,:. 'Sr.).Hle.y -.'Sit'C- Pette .with' Joe SHazich. ajidiribd Mason; .‘She’s for Me’, WT .' Smiley, B.urnette*sagebrush'screen coniic,.-aiid:; Hal Mcllityrc's/.Oeheslra sha’i'e topline billing this' Week.- : : /:, ' /Mcln-lyl-q/s ga/ng. '.shoW's- :--<'orsalilily 111 their ■sel.eetiiohg aiid- delivery, pos'); ' s.essing the - ' instrumentation/ ' and talent to, dish, :the tunbs 'o.ut hot ..lind sultry , or With/ a,, tinge .bC-.-th'e,- .s/vm- .phdnic. In . such- things as- the. medley composed of ‘All the /Things -You Are,’ ■.Night, and Day’ and an exeerpt front the / 'Rhapspd/y iri -Blue/’ 'ivhich- is , outs.tahdihg in molodi/c/:/:nuanbes.-: /.E.xce.Hent; -alsb: is the.ir, -renditio'ii//„of David Rose's'///‘Holiday for Strings'- and ;a. / nifty - ■.arrangemeht - of ‘St. Louis Blues.’ '/.; .' Band Jias a swell pair,:bf ./singers in Al- Noble-. who/ -takes .'care bl the romantic end with -‘Pepple .Will Say;’ 'My Heart 'Tells MeV/a.tia/ .‘Bogin I he, Beguihe’/'. with ' -a iset / bf '.pibes thai -' pleases .hcarers,:and .Gloria ■'Van,, who .slays ’eiii,with .‘Either Too YOun-g -o.f Too Old;’ ‘Einbraceablc Yon' and ‘When They Ask About You’ to heavy -applause. '/o;Hiet iteniS by .the band are 'Rbclcin’ .RHytltm! hot/open- ing ‘Uumber-'/and- --Ih/e. warbling / bf/| .‘Sho.o /ShoQ .Baby.’ by" John 'rurhbull.' one of / Eie, ■saxophoni.sts. . McIntyre: makes a hegt, unassttmlhg' front and t'h.at he’s one ' bf the / stage's oiinger come'ilians;', . A .Idosc-: limbed -.j umping, / jack, with a ;soun:d. fi.air' for miroiery'. .'in'c/l- an easy, way .\v.!.t''i ,/'lhe: chatter., .- the. former .Her;-. the Aniiy. : Lender.,was .foreed to do ,- some: tall scurrying''to' ,roo.ouo his :'i single.- 0\ el original cast,-most of: the bo.'i's ha'i’-. j.^'MK /-up b'/b*-turnover. /' Monroe/, whiilped ' Up Iris /present 'outfit /loS's- than' a/ inonth: a.gb, a:i'(cr getti'n'g - the thumbs down- .sign .fforn. /i;i|g:...already / -been: .set with, ■bilposi.sh 'j 'combos./ Best ...opening: /house , -has had in' some time.- /.That -was due. i/n p'art,. of. V - /(I’UriAht -.oUtfiL fherefeie,;^ imt. yet /I in the pink, but listens--vyell and:.hews - ./h-"' ■/ /‘r-I.ure, Whistling- ..in elo.sely to past, Monroe, .stanclartl.s: Per (.isual, bahrl/ Is. btlilt around./the mab5t:rov whose vocalizing- anci bi'a/ss work-build to .strong- appeal/ aiid has a. Willie local following,' ■':. /: ': ' :-/ -Orch , /tees//,//off :/.,-.With'.,--.‘Hot'va’.;d Sqiiar.G,’ and' rebounds...witli, a- ffajih .dlll/y,; .seltin-g/ the:-stage-for'/'Vaii.ahii/’.-? Sfcick .iiitoning .pf ‘Em,br,a:OOabl.o'/-Yuu,', My. Idcal’/ and ‘Pagliacci.’:, tip frimt. ' :E.t‘()-o’klvn’ :. <:M-G)'. ill'/ town.: / Hdld- pver.';/ evetwWhere, else. : T'Cblieh. TO%v4‘1’, K. C. / Willie Howard Sc Al Kelly. De ’Barrie's Birds, Kdlena & Gene, Jttiie. Hewitt. Naomi Siemens; Towe.f . Orch iH.i '.'-leitlt' Jack '..parks: Marilyn. B«(Ii ngef;. ‘Cailihg Pf. 'Pe.a,t)i’ .iU ).'• ■; Currerit / hsyb.u'f .hak' variety, :, bal-,; aheo/-. and do,ntain.s chough 'i/nlerest to hold -regular ■ eustbrners-: The- line-?. up' labka- a: dravvm,g card,/ bu pre- sen-t's a .s'olld ^lbnt,bf,epn 1 peti 2 ht/pel■,■/:- fbrmers with -Us •six / a.cte. / ,Ed Rese-. rtef and , the house' orch/-pvot'idb t'iie sh'ow.;: with :a. nitty , 'musical, - back- ground from the .stage./. . , ■ /, /. / . - / The .Hoge.so'Us, ■ circus a.ei'i al arti .sfs,; are/': di,iic'hprs: in ,/tho closing / spot; Their skilliitl tricks bn ihb.rings' get earnd,st . ' attcnlibn,. 'Clbwn . .-bf / the group/ ,has a neat trick Of ./landing- .upright when. .the. audienco is , .sure he's going ,to. fall .smack.oh his clDme./ ,. /'Lew. Sirbetcr tlbes okay las/ ,emce/e- .ind a- -/ versatile: display// of soh-gs, 'clahee's' and gagk./ Tlie Dean .Sisters,/hai'niony /trio. re.gistcr., , plea.santly ■.-with ' ‘In . My- Arms,’- ‘Put Your Arms' Around: -Me, Honey;' - and. ‘Sund.ay, ' Monday,, or /AlWa.vs;’ wlth/,/a.; .patriotic .medley fo.r. aii i.e'fi'eeti'i'.q ■ wind.up...;, Exit: with a .dahee.,. ■ ■'.- '■■ ■-■/■ - Glea.'b'ii: /;and' .Sniibbrn' ’ .start/ : aC- (jeptably.-iwith. a, .dance,., work into a/ sma.ll-.seale i>u,ppet, show//..aiid' . tiil? I .is/h with , musical -bit ./during / w.hich lein'n-io - .pla:ys: /- the .accordion ' whim- ■ jiimiiy' James,/qrch has/something - ot a rep irv the,sd parts, having played on an excursion, steamer, last couple .summers, and a dance date or two. While his name doesn't carry the b.o, heft thivt some,bthOr hamb.,Crows :ca,u. / bo,tist,| the. /jtvveS' go' tor .his :jivO^^ big vay. James fronts for the band, inlroes the acts, and gives out vith a liokelarihet thitt: is- right, down, the,- / alle.y for the .V'bu.hg.sters./ /He-ha's a , i2-picco eombp; strong on the biicis sitlc,, /.«‘it/h'’ ’a .tr.um/po:tet. 'vvho can bl/ttsi out the'-top liotes in the modern idio'ni.'/ .C.nrries ah ehergetie gal vb- : calisl. Betty BbnsOn, who d.iesn't exhibit tiny unusual pipes, but has a style which ploa,sc.s, goes over veil with ‘People .Will Say’ and ‘Muraci, . He Says.’ ' / Bai/itohfi,?: er.ooh6.r :/ Jiiuln^^^ , donley/'-- also pleases ’em, with a plea.sjnt de- livery and smoiith .singing style liis . be.st tunes arc 'Blue/Rain’-and 'When / the .Lights Go On Agaih,’ 'the latier: iheiuded.lii, .a’medley. b.y the bah.cV bf . patr/iotie//airs./.Incbi'poratihg, ‘Gotuing. In on a Wing./.land /‘Q.v/or 'fhere ’ : James’, o/pehing :tunc ..was, /‘King/ Pbr- / fcr..siphvp;-’-,With/,th.e. lads.'really'tiii ihg .-Gii'the,-, jive’. ...Take Hoke, drum- mo;'. i.s featured in.i'WbQdc/hopber.’s...' ..Ball:,.’. .plenty./■siyih'g,')''.'. / Bass, .licUtlgr./,' also .come/s to . the fobts/ for /a ,dog- hbUse.siHVeialty. ;■ Jambs.’ crew/does. a good job,ot iirpViUlng ■ musical baek/- -. /'.grotmd fur- 'the/a'cts. ' i.ryW-’f-i ■ Three - Biletta .-girls' open vaude - portion of the bill. :Gals are aero- //bats. WiOrkuig-.sm.Oothiy,' in .a/.roii.line / bf/.sbincrsaults, hahdstahds, bouiidh 'bart'whebls,/ and- /the .like. ■ I'ciiimbs ■ are young, and paec through a l.tst assortinent of standard/ aci-o, sltmlA' Wind tip .with a zippy ehalleiigc/rdn- tine,'. remihiscent of, old-time i/Arah, bounding/ /aets./a'hd- the galS' iu’e; bv,cr.y-/ bit-as good in this.dbpai/tmei'it/n.s 'the. /male 'acts, U.-ied, ;tb :bq; /.,,Bo-tved. bll' ,:tO:- ,a/'big .hand.. ■ ;.| ■•, .y-./. / / ■/ ■. Te'fry and Ralph Rio, male /.ami/ ^ diminutive/ fiimme,. open With sbme hoke . b.y the. gal .in ,little-girl Uiini- I'ofe. Gal gets plenty of laughs -wit li. her orbss: talk, ■'ahd .juve, elownii'ig, milking effective use of sbmtching,/ and ero.ss-leggetl, businqss.Patroii.') -. ga've them an- enthusiastic hand. Hillbilly -.singer,/ ' Elton- .Britt, tied: the' .show, up vdthy his: cowboy.,/ songs,, and .yo'deling: Patrons here like .the. hillbiHy: s;tulf . ' 'Large, percentage .’of / patron.s" at this:;/ house/ /are clelense ‘workers ffbm ruraT districts, of Ten':, nessee - and', Kentucky; afid / they .are partial to, the guitar pla,yei‘s and -yu: deters,./ of, whom Britt /is onc/ bf. the best to pliiy this .house. Registered 'sfroilgly/Wilh,-a ttinc.ho-rnade oil: iree- / ebrds. .’StaV;, Spangled . Banner-; W;tV- i.rig/'Sbm'ewhcr'e-’ . Made-a strong/fin- ish ivHh a'.yodoling; number,/-which -had the ati.d|encc:'applauding Itisl-il.y, , ./Nicely rolinded .bill, hea-vy on mu- sic-and, vocals. Additib-h. of -a /cUm-e- liig'.act../-(vould -have made a,,,b.eUof bahi/nced. JayoUf. ■ House w;is ’ -O'oin-/: fo'rlabiv (Vlled -at, first show- Friday. f'7ic ' /■/.-- 'lioldaw Phyllis, Lynne sets-the, YOchl; pace/. ..... v,,,.,,. /,.with/'.,/''No-'/Love;' No Nbthin,g,’ ;'Shoo.'t; Gcinieci'y/' ,1%^^ '.o-f; ■the. i''gi,}y/' w'brk.s:'. :p!i-'., 'an,';/.;a'sSortment'- / of Shoo.,/Baby/ and,‘.PeOplo .Will.'Sa'y.' .[.c|/|r.reht;stage sho-w,/witH'Willie How- i/hprn.s. ; latter number 'also; featuriilg Monroe j biflih g 'and -tvo win' e/. ./' "^ tou'e-h" of ntinstrcl .da.ys is ad.dcd in', an . alternate, d.itet;;/ , Chantei|-.s^^^ ' ■-^■' *-/ .. - ■ , ■ m eyc-filler./''artd .Okay.for. .4ouiid./al. though she could: dp Witb 'bettor.Vaeal ■.ilexibility,.;-./'■ - • , Bobby , Rickey, ■ a / Rbitcllc „ Park /(N-i/J//) kid; grab.s/ the spot for /a pro:-",, ionged slffU-p'Ounding .sesh' and-,giir ne-rs ,:i strong, hand.- /Solo, despite -its fla'sh.-'. Is . dverdon'e.. and..,calls:'jiGi/' -rey trehching;--■;■■■/,■ ; individual turns op/ch; ■with/, bp.r- othy Keller, a clever; heei’n’ t/bc step-, .per, who departs fronjl straight 'Jeg- j 'day. -.of. mania : to compound a smUrf jitter, | MRii)')-’ tokebff/.finale that ;elifiks-strongly, . ' ...Murphy' Bisters,/get/--aWay'/tp a, slow ..start:'.with ‘SaW My:/Sweetie' hi the. Newsreel,’ a dullish ditty /that's over,- long/and padks little punch.... Girls get into bigh/gear’ with ‘Paducah’ and .wlnd'..up bn a flash note with their' ..Standard / s.ock versio;n, / bt 'B-I|Bi• .'Enebro: is merely a .tiiWe-filler. './ Gil Maison,closes, with his.riTonkey- :ahd- dbg dut-UPS, animals pla.vinre for laughs, rather,.than 'adulati.bn; .getting / ■.strong risibility reactibn.-, Turn Is, v'eH-ctied, smartly .paced, ahd- Mal- ■Ison’s presbntatibh ■t.s-.botb''',adroit /and beguiling. ■,,,-///.,'' ■ Jona. / /: 'em "h's//; usi'ia,i;/--Sho'w ::'f,unS/,49 -mi'h- nlcs and nuivcs along at a fa.st ;eii/p ::'frOm// the .opening - signatU/re/ 'tO l'hc.,'ctose'-/in/,'.., . ■-Marilyn -Ballihger/ eye-pleasing .hrupettc. who sings . regularly ■ vVitii: the ,house-;orch. aets-as/.m;c, and -a'd^ quit's' h'crself creditably/ .She tees off /.with ..a - medley :o/f -pops. 'inelUding; 'As Time :GoeH,.By,', ’‘Pap'er Doll,’ ‘Ybii‘11. Never. Know.’ .‘Sunday.. Mon- Always”. and ‘Pistbi,.'Packin’ Slut'holderS give/ her"a nlc.e to the biii by NeJ Hnverly, who Works; Through a .blackface routine p.f :./! 0 ng ai.i'd tomcoy patter/to'pjaed- by. -art oldAashibn.e:d .s.and .darice,’- He' gelS; .'a . iTlbc ; reception., Val,-; Eddie Apotlw, A. Y. 'Erskine 'hdibkins ‘Oivlp.W Smith ,& j.mhiie. Mitchell’;' Swing.; Ma'diucs, : .the Kemmysj 'Btisincss-- ineii of RhytUin;.' ‘Submuriiie ’Ba.se’ ’ipRC). ■";* ,-Thooost-hQ,lldayletdDwni,sn't:c\:i- rlq;nt ../-at; this:, /Harlem /shbwcfi'i-e,^ . 11 .S: ’ Erskine / Hawkins’ openihg brotiHht on a: packed: hovlse which .applaitded evorytlUng .th/roivn. at them.. Haw-:. kins /provided ■sufficient- variety. tiUd. pace to,, the: .show to cover .similarity, of surrounding acts and lack oi a consistent brand of .bomedy. :; Sax /seetion offers /the kick, for the - audfeilcc, ,■ althbugh. the ./maesti'o.'s.. .trumpet coiitributed, n;o little bit in .itself, Howeyef, the./.feed-op.orators .provided 'plehty: audlenee.' cxcitcihen't W/ith their arias In ‘Beer Mash :Blue.s’. and' '.‘F.rq.st;’ Band’,s ohirpers, Effie Smith atid, Jimmie .Mitehell,; hot good. response from the house. Dahoo fea.ms. constitute the. rest, ,bf'/ the acts.' /Starte.rs.are Swing Mn.mac.s,: ■( 3 ).,:a pair of -.sharpies in./exaggerated zoot suits,,/who go in .for/'/fast/ taps with a ■ liberal, sprihklirtg of ■CQinetbl .Fast/acro windup sends them off to an Gx.c'cllent, hand, ./ ' ’Busihessmeh./bf Rhythm 12) at the ha.!''d.; , . , , . Kaleha & Gene, acrobats, follow: with - fast/ routine of balahci.iw^ and, .somersaulting.., . Next - Oh . are';' Be Barfie’s: Birds, ■ Six cockatoos lea? tured'- in: a, variefy "o.f' stuhts,' demoil'r stralihg the ■ skill:, and. patience,, of trainers; Tlic kids Were/.entra/hced-a's the . birds ■; pushed -.carts, ■. rode ’ bn . a merry-gb-rbmjd/ ahd ptherwi.se went through ■■ their rbutinb. ' . — ■ ; '. ■ Naomi -Ste'CenS/ is, a buxom blonde .vvhcl- swings but ■vviKi-.-such niiinber.s a.s T.; Gotta - Get ' .Hot’and ,/’Nob(/)'d.\' Makes -.a' /Pas.s/ At Me,’ ' .She inves.t.'j- :licr /.VOGals wi th an, off -beat whi ch' iificl: .Cblieen ' b'cctipy' the opening of'thb program.proliably,had —i P i 1ri out; 'Rnhrt. Ihpir Httnnl iSoi'ansp .warm-up; spot. : .Biz., .sUffering; from. the 'post-h(>li? day. leldbw.n, just fair. W’hcn .ciauglit: ■ Corb ,., Si. A. Oi ■ ' New Orleans', Jan. .6.. .: ,, Lee Sim.iSc . .llpniay .Bdiiey; Billy; King,' Ray :;Sc Trerie Howard; Al Stone Sc Lee; Net/: Stanley: Sc; .Martin; House Q,Tt'Ji;, ■tSnlian’s : .pang%tdr’. . (Mofio). ■/, Comedy predotniuales this one W'h,i.ch/i.s, the best in some, weeks, , ■ Topping the-flv/6. acts/.are Lee Sims and Ilomay Bailey. .Gbuple present -familiar, soiigs which Eie ; capacity bp en i ng- d ay /..audience - went- for i n■ a big w/ay,; / 'tVith:' a ,charming,'manner Her .:husb!,md ■ aocompanies her at the to. cut.’shoft , their Usual act bo.eau.se time- allotment /had / been .ebpsunied by' Others Oh the .bill.. Iff a sh.brt ■ -number;/pair did/.a./fast softshoe rou- tine for'finq results,'. •■ .. / ;/ . ..;Ke.m,myt‘5 '. (2),,' sole,-:o;tay: act; here (New /Acts),. /do ■ a,, comedy-adagio. -lyhlle. Tim Mb.o/re'.ahd; yhoan/Harri.s;;: hbuse/regulars. kffoek ofr,a domestic, comedy .skit. Jose. plaiio and does some applnuse-pro- vokiffg; piano ,ticklffig,. 6f: his; bwh's ./ / //Bill King . juggles: niftily for neat - aitdlence response, while Neil . Stan-, ley and Marti run the gamut ol llol- /■ iywood imitations:/ .to’ .'get 'plenty ( of , pahn-p/ounding. ' /./'.,/ -Roy ...and. irehe ' IlbWard's: ,eomie 'dance.Si; . .'-especially . ‘.Mefry'./-/Widow, Waltz,’ got. 'over ,-as 'did.,:Sl.one nn(( - Lee. with ' the;ir. .Camp Fire Girl .ih:-. '■.tervievv.'■:■■:, ■ r-yLiUz;; ■;