Variety (Jul 1944)

SI ORCHESTRAS—MUSIC -U%!RIETY Wednesday. July 12, 1914 NOW UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD, CAL, With- Abbott and Costello "IM SOCIETY" Starting Oct. 15 NEXT FEATURE With China's Xhialing River,' Top War Tune, Points Up Contrasts of 17 and '44 ; Washington. July 11. . ,. . The "I.ili Marlene" of China is a : new popular song called "On the I Chialing River," according to reports ! from Chungking which say the num- ber is sweeping the country, holding top ratin/ with civilians as well as soldiers./" Intereking angle of "Chialing River" is^hal it is not a martial tune but has the" 1 same nostalgic quality ;as "Lili Marlene''and "White Cliffs." Thus, all around the .world, the top war songs are entirely different from the "Over There" type -.'which scored most heavily in 1917-1?. Music is by Ho Lu-ting and lyrics- by the poet Hungrtiang: So popular is the number that it is now included in the new edition of "China's Pa- triots Sing." issued July 7.'.. • Free translation of part of "Chia- ling River" goes: .; ■ • On the duy When (lie. enemy took our village. . Thai day Host field and farmhouse. Family and cows and sheep. Now as I walk by the Chialing River' ' ■'•.':„' ' .'.'.v - I seen to catch the fragrance ofthe '. old homestead." >.' \ -..•.•<'. "THREE STOOGES' WILL NSMR1TO AND HIS HOLLYWOOD BAND of failure of cooperative agreement which ODT sought to work out with various government departments. Hereafter, if Treasury wants even a special .. ear for' touring show biz people on bond stints, it will have.to j. get' permission from. ODT. filing 3 formal application. .'•: . For Motion Picture? : ' EDWARD SHERMAN AGENCY Hollywood '■:. ■•':.'■ j-''-^ MANAGEMENT GENERAL AMUSEMENT CORPORATION NEW YORK HOLLYWOOD ll'wood's '44 War Efforts Hollywood. July 11 "Film players . traveled . a total of 866.000 miles and contributed 8.960 free appearances to entertain the armed forces, sell war bonds and help the Red Cross and other worthy organizations, according to Holly- wood Victory Committee's report for first six months of 1944. -< HVC records show a total of 29.788 appearances by 3,239 performers since Pearl Harbor. NBC, CBS, Blue, Mutual Plugs Following is list of the most played popular tunes on the networks for the week beginning Monday and through Sunday, July 3-9. from 5 p.w. to l a.m. List represents the first approximately 25 leaders in alphabetical order .(in some cases there are ties, accounting for a longer list). Tlie- compilations embrace the NBC. CBS, Blue apd Mutual-Networks) as repre- sentedby. WfMF, WABCi/WJZ and WOR, N. Y„ and are based ov data provided; by Accurate Reporting Service, regular checking source of the music publishing industry; . •„> , OPA Continued from page .1 Loesser Whiteman's Guest . Pfc. Frank Loesser, songsmith now attached to the War Dept. music di- vision, has been borrowed by Philco's Paiil Wliiteman for next Sunday's (16) broadcast to vocalize a couple of choruses in his. (Loes- ser.'s) war song medley. Whiteman is saluting the 'World War' II song- | smiths of whom Loesser is notable for his "Praise the Lord." "In My I Arms," etc. { Incidenti.'.-y, the soidier-pianist who soloed "Rhapsody in Blue" in the Gershwin musical tribute is named Pfc. Stanley: (not Walter) Freedman. as erroneously reported. Step Lively",.!. ; Days Ashore" ■ TITLE ■ A Fellow on a Furlough. . [ Amor—i"B'.way Rhythm" | An Hour Never Passes . j And Then You Kissed Me Apple Blossoms In the Rain— Every Day or My Life .,..,.,„.,,■ .,.,.,'. . Goodnight Wherever You Are- ., ,, ..;, . , ,. Holiday For Stwngs . . .. How Many Hearts Have You Broken? .. . . .. I Don't Want to Love You..-.: . ..'".;..... . ,"..'■;'.' I'll Be Seeing You .... .•... /..'..•.:.:■..'•.';,',.','■'..'.■..'..;. I I Dream of You ,. . . . . t ,r. . . I'll Get By— . Guv Named Jpe ,, ,' It Could Happen to You—-t"And Angels Sing".,. It Had to Be You—fShow Business". Kentucky ...... ......... Long, Ago and Far Away— '< "Cover Girl" ...,;,... Milkman Keep Bottles Quiet—t"B'way Rhythm" : j Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes • ! San Fernando Valley ..,......„,,....,.,,..,, . Some Peaceful Evening- : Sweet Lorraine ..... ..... . Swingiii'on a Star—t"Going My Way \ . . Time Alone Will Tell—v"Pin Up Girl".'.>.;■'.'.■;;': Time Waits For No One—'."Shine Harvest Moon" What a Difference a Day Made..... ;..Vl.:... • •. . Lynn Ban. Susanna Foster,, Lana i Turner, Milton Berle. Orson Welles. | Jack Benny and Rochester. Misclia Auer. Rosemary Lane. Ilene Woods, Dizzy Deane and Johnny Coy taking j part. ?'.; .. Film company executives. wKoj have been aware of the crisis in | travel facilities lor many months, have been making trips to and from ] the Coast far less frequently than heretofore in keeping with Govern^ ment requests to restrict travel. The- atre circuit executives, w.ho neces- sarily travel more than any other ! persons in the film industry, also : have cut down, using- the mail and] other means of communication where possible.. "•' ~.V • ... : 1 • v '. • All Fix Execs Cut Down '; Paramount partners, and Metro sales and production—tappers^JiQld. fewer meetings now because of these travel restrictions, and majority of the film companies this year are holding regional sales meetings, rather than one national convention, to facilitate matters. Only company holding one national convention this year is RKO. with the meeting al- ready set to start July 24 at "the Wal- dorf-Astoria in N. Y. Bands and vaudeville troupes on the road have been taking a terrific beating at the hands of OPA officials throughout the country. Latest in Hampton Tops Own Record at Apollo, N. Y., With 26G Gross for Wk. Lionel Hampton and orch set a new record ;at the Apollo; Harlem. N. Y., by grossing over $26,000 last week. Band bowed out oil Thursday night .(6) to head lor Canada and a tour of one-nighters in that territory. • V^-impion's boff biz gave him over $13,000 for his end, being in. on a straight 50-50 split. Banc p layed' eight shows daily and kept the wickets sizzling despite torrid weather and lack of a cooling system at the uptown house. There were rows of standees at practically every perf ormance. . Hampton had held the previous house record of $22000 for New- Year's week this year.- PUBLISHER Block .Melodylane ' .Shapiro . Miller Melodylane .Paramount ; .Shapiro .Bregman .Advanced Chelsea .Embassy. ., - ~ .Williamson .Berlin .Famous .Remick .Broadcast-.. Crawford .Feist .Santly .Morris .Campbell : Mills Burke .Bregman ' .Remick .Marks t f'i/iniisical.. " hegit Musical. Television Continued from page J I stance of Government action against I a band leader occurred in Omaha. I Neb., late last week, when Maurice i P. Healey. manager pf the Ina Ray I Hutton orch. was held there for trial i on a charge'Of "conspiracy to violate OPA gasoline regulations.", ...' ■ Miss Hutton and the orchestra were permitted to continue their Kansas tour of Army camps in three autos for which, it is claimed in the complaint. Healey tried to obtain gasoline witti OPA inventory cou- pons intended for use by filling star tions in replenishing their supplies. Use of railroad rolling stock and plane space is being devoted more and more to the transportation of wounded brought back to this coun- try for hospitalization from far- flung fighting fronts, according to^an OPA spokesman in N. Y. Monday (10•>.'. '.'There must; be less .travelling by everyone, necessary or otherwise, so thai these men can. be trans- ported quickly, eyen if it means the eventual rationing of travel. We don't want to reach that state, but if the people do not abide by our. 're- quests now. it will be necessary to ration travel very soon/' he stated. OAT Gripe on Stars' Treks Washington, July 11. / The Office ot Defense Transporta- tion gripe against the (Treasury star bond tours,: first reported recently in "Variety,'' came to Hie surface last Saturday (8» in a formal ODT order banning speciiil cars and trains for War Bond rallies, etc. ODT, as ex- plained in "Variety," believed it had made a deal with the Treasury and then later claimed it was double- crossed when bond tours went on although the'.Treasury did d'tch its fllan for a special Hollywood bond train/ - , . „ The order came jhroitg*,. because \ Payson Re orch at Hotel Belmont Plaza's Glass H^t. N. Y.. had option taken up for four wcreks. 1 Tommy Reynolds and musicrew opening a mid.western tour in Kan- sas City. ■ :".,' : .«. ■' ''';.' -;,' ;;. Lenny Conn, at the Hollywood Palladium, added June Hayden to his crew as vocalist. Louis Jordan's orch doing one- nighters on the Pacific; coast before opening at the Golden Gate theatre, San Francisco, July 19, ';-. : ■ \ : Freddie Slack, currently at Slapsy Maxie's, Hollywood, booked for a tour of California one-nighters be- fore swinging east for theatre dales. Tommy Reynolds and ork hopped out of Hollywood for dance dates in Wichita, Kas.. returning to the Coast in August. ' ' '■ , .■•'■'. '; Henry Busse's ..musicrew' moves into the Hollywood. Palladium Sept. 5 for six weeks. • . Fletcher Henderson and band shoved oft*, on a tour , of the Pacific Northwest. Earle Hines and band booked into the Club Plantation. Los Angeles, in October, following Count Basie. Frankie Masters and ork moved into Slapsy Maxie's nitery. Los An- geles, td celebrate the Fourth of July. Tiny Brown orchestra held over indefinitely at Pirate's Cave, San Diego. ■ • ..;' - ; • . V Harry Owens band doing a iinur sical short at Warners. Jimmy Dorsey orchestra to War- ners to play in "Hollywood Canteen." Ray Kinney and his Royal Hawai- ians booked into the Vogue Terrace. .Pittsburgh, for s run beginning Aug. 4. .';' .' "no rfjajtter how gooa your program and material, it Will'.not mean much unless, you show- home pictures on far larger . screens-, than today—at least 24 by 20 inches in size." He said his company is convinced that nothing... smaller than pictures, the size and. reproduction fidelity of home . motion pictures eventually would satisfy the public. Levey said sets ..used today give pictures only 7 by 9 and 12 by 9 inches. Answering a question if. Sco- phdny's interest in the film field might delay marketing sets for. the home, Levey said the company's pol- icy is strictly independent, and that definitely such sets would be made available as soon as physically pos- sible alter the war. He stated that present laws prevent retarding any- thing in the .public interests, and that film company interests under stand this. Pointing to fact that his company has had actual commercial exper- ience with large-screen supersonic projectors in London theatres, Levey staled that the important British Odeon circuit ordered 60 theatre in- stallations for metropolitan London. And that subsequently, important American film interests (Paramount and 20th through affiliated compa- nies'! went into Scophony in the U.S. " Costs • After his. talk. Levey told "Var- riety" as regards his plea for co- operation .': among film . company in- terests that .only such co-operation would make for economical televi- sion in cinemas. He pointed to fig- ures previously quoted by other companies that tele sets in theatres w-ould cost around $30.000... Levey stated to "Variety" that his com- pany planned to make such; sets at a maximum of $7,500. possibly less, and that Scophony's experience in London showed the upkeep was very low% As to boxoffice in film thea- tres alter, the war. Levey said film industry leaders were aware that keen competition from other forms of entertainment Was indicated when peace comes. . . ' : ., . For television in theatres. Levey showed large slides illustrating the tele projection outfit successfully used in London theatres He claimed the theatre projector re- quired low operating voltage and no cathode ray tubes. He said this tele projector .'was as easy to oper- ate as a standard theatre film pro- jector, ;-..':" •.'.?';•', ". < Pointing up that the struggle be- tween television companies and film interests may grow to large pro- portions. Levey stated, "it ; would therefore seem' a recommendation for cooperation between motion pic- ture interests should be considered sound."' .•..'•; Herbie Fields, Out Of Army, Lines Up Own Orch Herbie Fields, who formerly sat in on clarinet and sax for the Raymond Scott quintet, is lining up a 16-piece oich following his recent medical discharge from the army. Combo, Which will he handled by Music Corp. of America, will feature Fields as vocalist in addition to a femme singer. Latter has not been selected as" yet. '-■ ; ■. Willy Stahl at Paramotint to do original score for Pine-Thomas pic-' turc, "Dark Mountain." Ain't many ottirr iiniWiialJ.f famiiUN pmfesHMMials uw. 1M*.. VISl'AI, index n-ennj • ?K over 101) IMI'OKTANT nllislt- pult- livliers—<<oin|»le1i* Info plus leail Hlieet. and l> ric of rhuru^ ot ottt favorites hi il advanee releases. SAMPLES FRIOK. TUNE-DEX Hil'J Broudwuy New York 19 Top Tunes for Yont Books An Ail-Time Favorite EXACTLY LIKE YOU Music by ... 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