Variety (Dec 1944)

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40 VAUDEVILLE WddncHday, December 13, 1914 Night Club Reviews t'opacnbnnn. >i. Y. Sambn Sireiui (8i. MunUu Sieic- an, Betiy Aim Nyiiinu, Blniv & Demi, Afniili/ii HigUtower. Carol Bruce, Jerr); Lester, Eiiric Mudriquera Bntid, Joel Herron's Band; 52.50 iiiiiiliiitii)! U'eclcdai/s niid Su'idays. S3.50 Sddirdnt/!!. Iiotidnys. For visual appeal the Copa re- mains among the Xincst cafes in America. And that {"oes down the line, from the beaut Samba Sirciis, thcniselves by ndW an institution as showgirl lookers, to headline!' Carol Bruce. Comedian Jerry Lester is sharing top billine witli the sohg- sti-ess. It's iiot one of the best shows the Copa has had, but the si.i;ht values are sufHcicntly compensating. That inelOdes the colorful costumes $1,000 REWARD it noHiliui compared to your re- word when yea fabscrlb*- to the FMR-Motter Goq-Nlei Not. 3.4-5. $1.00 EACH 100 Gags for $1.00 nalif riirckt ra.viilile to PAULA SMITH Miiil lo **l'Mii-,>liiKtrr" iua \\. r,nh st,. Suite 10-41, N. v. C. lu Xri'd I'"rrs1i >liiterliir.' Then tend (sr DM Franhel'i OrlflAAl Enter- tainers bulletlne eonliln, Ing brand new paredlei. eriiinal moneloguei, band -neveltlei, freeh t*t*, R«w rautlnei, eicltlng Ideal, Five dltferenl louei, SI. I aire write . material ter Individuals. Query me, DON FRANKEL Desh V. 3C33 Dickens. ' Chlcaao, i7 aloii!! with the resl of the produc- tion. . I There are two reaUucd singers on the bill, Martha Stewart (New Actsi and Miss Bruce, but Ihcy don"l clash, since Miss Stewart is more or less ot a production warbler, though she docs have her solo inning. Miss Brtice, incidentally, is a late leplace- mcnl lor Jane Froman, who had to delay her opening here for sc\-eral weeks because of illness, . Miss Biuce has plenty of looks and class. She sings a nefat ballad, but appears to do best on rhythm tunes. It isn't wise for her to slougli olV the mike for her "Louisiana Pur- chase" number, in which she puvades aroiiiid the floor, since her voice i.s barely audible beyond the ringside tables sans the mike. Miss Bruce takes fullest advantage of her physical allure with her smart gowns, and, brother, they don'l keep any secrets. Lester remains a fast comedian, but somehow, after all these years, the : thought prevails that he's a comic who's always breaking in .an act. There doesn't seem to be any semblance of unity to his assorted turn, but that would be all right, too. it he liad better material. He's got a lot of stock mannerisms that don't make him a distinctive funny man, thougli, to do him justice, he uot plenty of laughs when caught. But when . you've seen Lester once or twice you have a pretty good idea of what's coming next. Rest , of the bill has some bright youngsters in Betty Ami Nyman. cute tapster, w^ho's on bricMy but impressively; Marilyn Hightower. ballet, and okav; plus Blair and Dean, ballroom team who go throiigh the standard stufT Jieatly, Enric Madii.i{uera's band remains one ot tlie bofl'iest outfits-around for the hoof, with the maestro at the fiddle, Kniiii. Vitipire ItiHiin. (PALMER HOUSE) Cliica0o, Nov. 30. Cnrmcii CauallnTo OtcIi (151; The Di0ala?ios, Borrnh Miiieuitclt Rnscal,<! (5) toith JoltnTiy Piileo, C, RttU TeT-rell, Dorr Stiiort, AbboU Dancers Hi); $3-$3.S0 Diiiiiniiiiii, Hildcgarde is announced, this far in advance, to take over at the Em- pire Room Jan. 25; iVieantime, this stanza should prove capable of keep- ing the. holiday crowds happy. Carmen Cavallavo's show-stbpplnig LOEW BOOKING AGENCY omiKAi ixieuTivi erncii LOEW BUILDINO ANNIX ^ W. 4M ll„ N, Y.e. • UynO f-^M* H. pianistics with "Enlloro" spots the conccrl grand in cenlci: ot the floor I'iM. top applause of the evening, while the Abbott Dancers, phea,sant- renlhered all out of reason, toss tor- sos over the piano in whot's described as a voodoo dance, Warmup for thi,s is "Warsaw Concerto," with violin and ba.ss viol accompaniment, in con- corl style. Blonde Jayne Dlgatano's Varga R.?- uic U> flipped gracefully hi her first lurh with Adorn Digalano, closing with an. easy-looking boost to his shoulder for a sltdown posture, Cavallaro solos "Jennnic With the Light Brown Hdir" while Icom earns some beg-ofT bows. Gnomelike Johnny Pideo is the whole show where the Miiievitch Rn.scals are concerned, pulling all the slops with . pathetic mugging and never a wortl while the others push him around. Little guy duos "Peg o' My Heart" with "Vlto" on a ba.<s harmonica almost as big as himself, and also plays "Sheik of Araby" with "Al'' as encore to ensemble's"! Love You." Other numbers by the ap- plause-winning group are "Tico Tico" and "I'Jl ■Walk Alone," Nicely varied show also includes a smooth magi turn by G, Ray Terrell, who changes a wad ot paper into an c,;'.-, while bouncing it. around .with a fr » and cooks up a live bunny stew en casserole; Dorr Stuart, personable baritone, who slams over "Rangers' Song." "Stout Hearted Men." "Play. Gypsies," and a Cohan medley; and Abbott Dancers, who, besides the voodoo number with Cavallaro, cue the lighthearted stanza with a crisp jack-in-the-box number as jumping- jacks and maids with flulTy feather costumes. ftlif,;c. N. Y. Bowery Competish , Sammy's Bowery Follies. Bowery, N. Y., nitery, will have opposition in lhat area next month when a' new spot, the Bowery Gardens, will prcem on a site adjacent to the old People's theatre, which has been shuttered since burlesque was sloughed in N. "V. Promoters of the new nitery had been dickering for thcatr€ site, but could not gel Gov- ernment clearance to renovate. Bowery Gardens will be operated by Harry Lee and Domiiiick Kelly, who h#ve previously been financial- ly interested in several Brooklyn nitcries. Tab melodramas garnished by oldtime vaudc acts wiir comprise the show. Song," plus general pops. Iter voice is weak, but then again she makes no pretense ot being a singer; her forte as an accordionist is relegated because of an inability to cart the big instrument around for longer than a few moments. But the dark- huircd looker has plenty ot s,a, and considerable charm. She eschews aity mention ot the tragic plane crash and tries to get by on merit alone, which is wise. Kniiii. Sonny Skylar,.who replaced Andy Russell at the Versailles, N, Y. res- taurant-nitery, last week, Is u trc- fiiMidou.sly improved singer and en- tertainer since his N, Y. club date at the La. Martinicjiie, Skylar'.s forte, however, is his delivery ot special material and in this depart- ment lies his greatest improvement and Current success at the Ver- sailles where he is/itetually getting what^ known to b6^nc ot the tough- est dinner audiences (he works din- ner only) to notice him and ask tor encores. When caught, Skylar picked up the crowd with "Hot Time Town of Berlin," then "Tree Grows in Brooklyn," "Tu ra a Lu ra a Lura" with interpolations ot standards, and a specially written lyric that earned him solid respon.se. On >WOR, N, Y., with a successful radio formula, Skylar's work here indi- cates a rtnc future in the nitery field, Jane Harvey, who precmed at Cafe Society Downtown, N, Y.. week before last, followed the advice of friends, who advised her to slant her singing .style In the Negro groove (a la Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, etc.), so well she was reviewed as a Negro performer although strictly an ofay. Downtown usually follows an a ll-sepio policy with Miss Har- vey one of the few white performers to be booked into Barney Jbscphson's Greenwich Village spot, ■ TEDDY lYNCH'S TOUR Theodora (Teddy) Lynch, who has completed a role in Paramoimt's ' The Lost Weekend," on Friday (15) makes an appearance at the Town Hall, N, Y., as a prelude to an ex- tensive concert tour. Songstress goes on the air for NBC early in January, New Act A Novel Comedy Mirthquake DODDODSON WITH DOROTHY AND THE JUNGLE JITTERBUGS NOW PLAY INQ iOeW'S State-Mew York City Thanki to JESSI KAYE Exclusive ManaganwHt: CHARLIE YATES Fwdfricks Bros. Artist Corp., Now York SOPH TO FRISCO JANe 11 AFTER 25 WEEKS IN LA. Hollywood, Dec, 12, After 25 weeks at the Florentine Gardens here, closing Dec: 23, Sophia Tucker goes to the Bal Tabarln, San Francisco, Jan, 11, In between she'll vacash at Pnim Spring,s and also do Some preliminary exploitation work on her forthcoming autobiog, "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas," due. via Doubleday Doran March 22. Reopen Jersey Nitery Newark, Dec, 12, The Brook, Summit, N, J,, nitery, shuttered for the past year, is re- opening Saturday (15) under owncr« ship of Gius Steck and Joe Zigler, Steck, who's also music director of WAAT, local radio station, will maes- tro with his own orch. DURINa-^HI SIXTH WAR LOAN DRIVE ARTHUR Mimler n( Orfiiiiony •ml N«w«. C'utnnirntiitor at th« UNITED STATU TREASURY HOUR I'liiirailH}! «:3Q VM., BtntloB .WNVC • Atao Uroiidrniillnjr Hln Comlo ImiwrimnitttoDH for GIBBONS ALE Dir.: NaHoiMl CoMart Artliti C^rp. ACTS! COMICS! . W« Writ* for HMdllntra .iri.KH nnil IIRNNY K L E I N M A N iJ-5I.K aOth M.. LeiTt MttI* Citr i, N, V, FrM CoMlof Praporcrf Mattrlal Avollahl* MARTHA BTEWABT Sonen 8 MIns. Copacabana, N. Y. Martha Stewart looms as one of the brightest new entries in nionlh.-i, ! Young and a looker, .she po.'isesscs a better-thaik-average song delivery, hence it's little wonder 20th-Fox pacted her quickly for pix. Currently at Monte Proser's Copa- cabana, she rings the bell with "See Nothing But 'You," "Trolley Song" and kindred pops,. She's a cinch under the camera's eye, as she is under closeup customer ogling In this nitery. Star timber, Abel. N. Y. Nitery Foliowup Gyp»y Markoir, at Casino Russe, N, Y,, is making one of her infre- quent protesslonal appearances since her near-latal Injuries in tlje Lisbon Clipper .crash nearly two years ago. This date is more or less of a test as to whether she will continue her career as extensively as prior to her injuries. With that point in mind, she's only doing one show a-night here, at midnight, upon doctors' orders. Miss Markoff is doing compara- tively, little accordlonlhg, starting oft with some straight singing, notably a Russiap paraphrase of -"Trolley Theatre Managers ... Auditorium Managers Promoters ... The ISame 99 "GRAND OLE OPRY is the exclusive property of WSM NASHVILLE, TENN. and may not be used in any form without our permission. If in doubt wire or phone u$. Thauk you. MILT BRinON And America's Craziest Orchestra WITH BUDDY RAYMON JOE BRITTON SUZAN CAROL Paraeiral ManagMMiif: CHARLES V. YATES