Variety (Mar 1945)

Wednesday, March 28, 1945 45- Variety Gills WEEK OF MARCH 30 Vamrrel. In enhnretlim nllii bill* talon Indicate opening d«j al .hew. t nliethrr'.fiill or spill week ' Rrnle Hoist Oro Stlii Keller Oro Versatile! Klily Carlisle '"opsey & Ayere Dob Hopkins Hob DOUglllS.. Marian Nllca. M Dcrgoro Oro Zantlbat Mills Droa Bon & Sonny Maurice Rocco Buelt .Thomas Poeweo Marquette- I'etcrs Sin f.eoji Lo Morles ('litullo Hopkins Or, Ralph Font.Ore Loew ■SKW VOHK CITY dipnoi r.») Xn\ l''i* V'ufjilt Lena llorne . TheCnrclas Paul Regan Male (in Enoch i.lghl Ore Palsy Hrvw.ster l.udd Lyon .loan Carroll WASHINGTON Capllul C<B) 1'iliitulnr.s Willi}' IlnllB M Uriah SIk 'Montana Kid.' Paramount NEW YORK CITY Pxrainoont (28) Benny .Goodman,' Bd .Roh ISvrins Cojtdos Hros live fondos ■ ATLANTA Eux (»•)' Tommy Tucker Bd Gypsy Rose T>o Lowe Hlte A Stanly CHICAGO Chh-ugo CD) Dean Murphy ■ Klleeu Barton - Hal r.ollny "Miami OljinpiH m) Kurl T.lndsuy Gla Marshall Rogers rishiM- & While I^eou Naviirru. ; - Si>l>lll.«(l<-.-llO<1 I.OlOB RKO ^ALBANY Tommy Dorsey Nip Nelson Lane tt Clair* BOSTON Oro Hex Weber . TMIVKter Dolphin W * .1; Brow n CWLIJMIM'fl Palace (3-lk) Sons o' t-'un ..' Cabaret Bills NEW I0BR CITY Hill'* Gh> w rifUuM Ollbfi-f h»* i n 1» i^rauer Karohl WlUfii a •iHi'li nyan ■ 'liorlc.i .Strlrldnnd . limmv Bunu ■1111 Kolncy lllue AngH KvHyn IC night IMdlo Muycboff I'mirl- Mailoy IT (MilUIno 11 <3) *'at* flucfrl* Jimmy .Sayo T'aul A Smith, Win l'ranUUn One l-MMd <2) ISA''null Ore (ltawritovva) Alary T.ou Wins , liurbai'H l*cuda Ollff Jarktioj. *Phll Moore Oro : (aralvul Silvia & Christian ULlnhif iMalloy L'alKniy ttvoR .Stei'Qim Br Si Dig H ■Shoriy . r.ftinplltflUora (4) r.ut-y irllletto. » I-hiio. & CUlr* , Hon Yont (4) Prank Sorrcll Mary Jan* Yco ' Doyd llucburn Ore ilttrrl I'tiii.iin I* Jimmy Dortioy Ore 'maily Wallora l»alll Palmar . - Ilotrl I'Urre fliibHoll Sunnn Stanley .Mclba Oro Hotel IMata llurimunfl Hay Hen,son Ore Il0tf!l ItiHMrVCit Guy r^omburdo Ore Moi«!l %ivo¥ Vlian< ICay IClmbor Itoy Pox Mil. ThH Uurton Groi'tffiiua JJanntMfi • llolrl St. RrftU ' Josopiilno UotiHlnn ncKirh*o & Gomez , l-'i'^d MlUor Ore X: OuooUh Or^ap l>oi<Uhy Shuy PhuI Spa it Oro XiUH/.Xo Oro llttttil Tm ft Vlncnnl T.ou«*i'- Ore llotrl. UuMarf-A \*l«-ror Borgo WrcU &, K Harry. .1.00 Rol-nnan Oro - M lac ha Dorr Oro IceluDil PvanUio 'Marlowe 4 Whlrlwlmlft Taiiya Tnmara l.ou Martin On: BOOKING THE NATION'S LEADING INDEPENDENT VAUDEVILLE THEATRES EDWARD SHERMAN AGENCY NEW YORK PARAMOUNT BUILDINS BEVERLY HILLS, CAL CALIFORNIA BANK BLOO Gurfewsion Coal limed from page I Jolo of 'Variety' Dies at 72 Continued from pa Re 2 ' Bo*toa <«•> Bplko Jones Ore placlc Broa Judy M'annera- Marvlu Mima CLEVELAND rolace (56) ' Johnny Lkiiik Oro SAN t'RAJIClWO Golden Gate (?*) . The lllmni'A flirla OriiBH Ji'iin Cnrlti'i- VVmt & l.fvinir AlUn .foiled Warner VEW YOKK TITY Strand (30) 4'n,b I'allowny Ore ' FHILAUKLl'HIA Karle (36) Charlie Splvak Oro Buddy l^eslcr Dixie RoUim'Ih WASIUMiTO.N Karle (M) A ml re. And ice. * B Hox>eueH . .1 *i M .Ntulray Doria Taylor • Independent MSW YORK CITY Muale Hall <S») Lee Fairfax Corps de Ballet fill Malaon Roiy (M> Victor Rorge Al Gordon Joan Edwarda raul Aau Oro LONG ISLAND JauiaJca (J9-I) Max & Oana Trumpet 2 Milton Hlltliely Fltz & Carroll (One to fill) (29 Only) ?tali-Icy r.avelle ana Praser Two to llll) ATLANTIC CITY Nteel Tier (1) Jimmy Doraey Oro Lew Parker Lorraine Itognnn } Kings Hollywood Steppers Andy Arcarl HALT1HOBB . Hippodrome (ft) • Lucky OIh : Kddle Mkiiboi) Co Lenny Gale . Wataon Sla • Royal <3v) • Lionel Hampton Or B & E Nightingale The '/.opliyru State (29-31) [arllco Echols 'anet Stevona i Brown & Barbara >eMay &. Moore (1-4) Laddie I.amont Valentino iudy Kelly Bdwarda Broa BOlfND BROOK fBrook (31-1) ay & Joaii V . kinniy Long . Three lo nil) CAMDEN , .Towera (30-1) floroiliillna ■ Pean Carroll Wilson & Frencliy Joey Raid In ' Wilson Sis • KLIZABETn Liberty («»-I) Warty Barrett Leslie Rollins tfathan Bros Sissy Nolan Corday Sla FITCIIBL'RG Ai i^r* 0 < 8, -» *1 * Connie Fuuton IfAHTKOltD St«l« (3U-J) Rona o" Kun . M May <^,.losoi>hlne I'Yftl .Sanborn Billy Moihii Bnlihy .larvla 4 ^toogca IIOLYOKE Valley Arena (I) .Terry Wnld Ore . . 3 Topa Vv\» & l-Yau (Tlijee to ml) NEWARK Ailanm (30) Tony Taator Ore Tat Hi-nnlnx nil K t'ora Fialrd Beth Kcnrell . TATERHON Majesllc (29-1) Cody * Cody Connie. Grave & J Virirlula Auvlin Kirk & Madrllne 3 HeartH (*-■•) The Gruj'soiiH Marloiv Carter Di'May & Miinr* Billy Meagher • Wilson & Frencliy. PAWTUCKET Capitol (l> Tom. Barry June & f.uwlor ' 4 Fantlnnls Adrlenno rarlter (Two to llll). PHILADELPHIA Carman (30) T*i'guy Marlowe Muglcol Arnolds Hope & Coylo 4 Crackcijacka PROVIIIKXr B Metropolitan (31-1) Mildred Wayne.. Bus Men Itliylhm l.eo Diamond 3 Monica J)o Oca Klin & Co (Two lo nil) . SPRINGFIELD Court Stq (29-1) B & H noland .Xfonia & Morris . .Billy Meagher Don Zelaya Da Sliuone Dnem (One to (111) WOONSOCKKT New Park (31-1) V & G Miller Rutona Doga Leeil & Lewis (Two to nil) . SHiep FIcUIm Ore CHslan nitase Olgu Uaclunovn Adla Kuxnet'/off . Simeon Karzaoff • Codolban pre Club IB Al lllxon Joe Mann Ann Denis ilaye Dixon .Marcia Kent Vincent fJcruon Gordon Anilicwe O Copiictitfiimi T A .Sally Do Marco Dixie' Roberts Patsy Hrcwater llnland'. Twins Marly Marlln Oro 'Coi)' Ruiig«' Dlcli Wilson Orrh lilainonil riorKeahn* Hob Hal) La Pierre ■ rr.ink Ross LloJiol ICaye Kinma Francis .llnxol Mangean 4 Marcia Dnle Cocll Lowln Gloria LeRoy Ullly Blinks Dill. Qiioiilmcyer Mitchell Urolhcr Michael KdWards Mort Held Ore Vlncont Trnvera.Orc 400 Clnb Dtiko KlIhiBlon Ore M.u-hlto Dd Havunrt-Madrlp Ponny King Pllnr (^oniex Jlnmi.% Kelly's I.a ltublo Jean Colv-lna. Iludya f.Vnu Jo Ann Collyer. Aloma llenco ItoMlta ■ Dlaho Page i "a i re i' & Itoss loe CHiieihi oro lal Coogn ■''hliiiio Murtlnrx .1 llackctt GIs ilai hlio l)u La >lnr(fnliiue Jo .Stoirord f^on Victor Tonl Koily nil .lohnson SocasNCs Oro Carl Rava/za Ore' Latin Onart^r .' •Mlisten* & ltolllna Ma^zone-Abbott D filorla Oillicii Korv!0|;s 110b' DouglJR i r.-n oio & r.oia Hudson Wonders • Hon Dova Win) W:vlsh .Unrlv Heck Ore Le Itnhan lll.u Tholnm t:drpenter ' Mcrvyn N'clson i;urlund WllHnn Day. Dawn at Dusli Monica Boyar Ccdrlo W'.nll.T'e 1 . I^no A Eddie's reddle Davis U .Roche Bros / Johnny- Thompson Yorkers are . headed lor sure (Inan- cial ruin -.because of the midnight c-urtew which the Little Flower took upon himself to ignore. Speaking as a 'peasant' fronr across the tracks, I am wondering, as I'have often won- dered before, j list what it is New Yorkers have that qualify them to go. their own merry,way while the rest of the country goes the Way it is directed by the Government? Is it ically too much to ask your glorified bartenders and-saloonkeepers in the various Manhattan night spots that they try to follow.the Government curfew just out of courtesy to the men in action overseas? ..." ' A showman in Intelligence, now in the Pacillc, writes: "Most of the combat men take that' Byrnes-La- : Guardia tiff over the measly extra hour as a gag, but lots of them re- sent it. As some crew members sug- gest, a short visit to the Marianas or Iwo Jima would make Billingsley and Perona, and their clientele, really appreciate any curfew . . ." Meantime, the past-midnight noh- . service to servicemen in the allr night eateries, .with MPs and SPs policing the restaurants, even though the bars are shuttered, is classified as the most disgraceful gastronomic tabu j et. Obviously the eatries are really in the middle on that .one, : especially spots like Reuben's, Toffenetti's in Times Square and the sundry Childs restaurants- With all-night licenses. A1.1 this is also redounding. to the disadvantage of the sundry clubs be- cause of the false perspective it puts on things. • • Business continues static, with only one decent crowd' and a negligible turnover ■ for • the so-called supper xhows, where they essay a second or 10 p.m. frolic. Meantime the curfewsion con- tinues. The speaks aren't catching on but it's now getting fashionable to go to large curfew parties, legit, in swank apartments and fashionable midtown hotels, where there are no tabus. You meet the same cross- section there as at the Stork or Morocco, and the price is right. ■ Another tangent are some nonde- script cider-stubes, with all night li- censes, which seem..to be booming. Cider, per se, is deemed non-alco- holic at the source but its fermenta- tion is said- to produce a different elixir. America'! Leadl*4j Independent Agent EDDIE SMITH 11501 Broadway New York ItoKxinl . Ilclalne .larow Hotel AiubiiHsailnr J.ouis Botancourt O JuIcr f.ando Oro Hotel Aator .Toso .Morand Oro Ron Perry Oro Hotel Bvlmoal ' Pinna Dolores King .lorry Lewis llcrt Enslcy Jimmy Uurns Artinl £ Coiisuelo Parson Ra Orc N'lno M.oralCB Bd Hotel lllltmore Joan Jlyldot.t Ann Warren 4tatitty Stewart Uddy Rogers pre Hotel Cor*mi«Ht«ire Charlio splvak Ore Hotel Dixie Don Daker Oro Hotel Udl«op Ray llc-rbeck Essex House Sthii Keller- Ore Hutu rlrnry. Hotel I.eilngloD Moml Kal TapuKaua Tallmo Malle .Moklhahn Ilnrold Aloma Oro Hotel Lincoln Geo Pus'ton Oro Hotel New Yorker .Mary Jnna Fjiw60n .Terry Mapcs' Billy Peterson Marylln Curtis H & J -Payse* . Hombrcros ' Sherry Orltlon Tolo & Marlha Art Waller Ore ' Monto Turin - .rucli Ga.s|,ari'o 'Ore Jean V .Miirray AlbCrto Oro Oetjen's (Urookljo) Jerry flalccr Vlckl Roberts Knrlan Dlxon- t'ho Suns Jimmy O'Brien Hilly (1i-ifCir.il Will Waid Singer Midffcis . Mousle Powell lid Old RhUiiiiiiiIuo Jan Dart Olga 'Woytova Sudle HaiiltK Lynn '& Lene Shirley DurruU Ud loe IjPoile On Rogers Corner Harry Lefcourt Oi- Clark's llawnllani, Harold Green Kreshmen Alars Trio ICorn Ivobblers- SIB Sclialii Ore . Romanian t Hinge Jonnlo Goldstein Vera Nlva Ifonry Herman R- Walton Danecr. II Jacobsoo Oro stork Club Morales Oro ' shiners cleared up. A couple of ac- robats' had waylaid him and assault- ed 'him, because they thought he panned Ihe turn, As a ' matter of fact, the notice was rather favor- able, but the nip-up boys jtist didn't understand his language. Those Were the Days Those were the buccaneering days on "Variety," and this memorabilia on Jolo touches, off an entire flood of similar experiences. It was the hey- day of .vaudeville and a "Variety" review would make or break an act. The result was that the value of re- views was accented by. a very real- istic bread-and-butter equation and mauy-an irate trouper would storm NAPOLEON ;. Trained horse 6 mlns: Frill state " rroctor'g J3rd Street, N. Y. Giddyap. Napoleon, small time- bound. Jolo I Act was educated horse, snp- 'poyed- lo count by pawing with a dircfoot. This is the shortest review ever- printed in "Va-. ricty"—Ed.l a time.to have a prop base- • - ■ ... . . . nandy when things got; too ; A MemOrV 01 JOIO 111X01111011 t-of-hand; although Sime 1 into the old and present headquar- ters ot "Variety." If became cxpe,- dieut for a time, to have,a prop base- ball bat hai much oil was once completely frustrated by a highly temperamental discuse who protested in McCoy French that hers wasn't the "Hoboken French" he had alleged in a critique. Always a gent, and mindful of the Jocmiller about "always remove your hat before you strike a lady," Situe preferred lo stay chapoaued. and Anally conned the Gallic gal out of her beef. Acrobats usually were the toughest ordered by the wardens to take shelter, but Jolo calmly continued shaving, emerging well groomed be- fore going into, the shelter. Before joining "Variety," Jolo was secretary to the late Lcahder Rich- ardson, noted theatrical critic of his day, who was also a co-worker with Sime on the old N, Y. Morning Tcle-t graph. Later Sime got Richardson to - do a column in "Variety." Like Stme, Lowe was aware in the early days of the great possibilities the motion picture industry had be- fore it. Lowe was soon shunted over from the stage (vaude and * legit) into the picture phase. He built important news contacts and, staunch personal friendships with the pioneers of today's vast movie . industry. In addition to his widow, surviv- ing are a son, Herman, who lives in Danville. Vt , and is the son of Jolo's first Wife; a brother, Albert Lowe, of N. Y., long in the film business and also named Herman, Is curcntly. "Va- riety's" Washington'correspondent. . Death of Jolo marked the third "Variety" veteran in. two weeks to have gone on. First, Hal Halperin, ioiigtime Chi office head; and a few days later O. M. (Monte) Samuel, oldest "Variety'' correspondent (New Orleans). /bee and Abel. By FRANK SCULLY Hollywood, March 27. In England they still call shoes "boots." and Jolo died with his on. I worked for him as far back «as 1929. Once I wrote Sinie I was ' going to London from Nice to lake some medical treatments and would stay several months. He told me to fix a deal with Jolo. •If you don't like the deal," wrote hombres. not so much because they.'the Old Boy, "don't tell Jolo. Tell had muscles, but because they were I me. Thai's hot because \ don't want so dumb. •. It was either a case of! jolo to; -know", but; because I know Jo.'o." - leaving jheir IQ in Stillman's Gym; or. they were of the Teutonic or Ital- ian allez-obp school and just didn't dig the jive. Somehow the haut coutour atmos- D.C. Bureaus Sorry About The Whole Curfew Thing Washington, March 27. ■ Present, progress of -the- midnight curfew has a good chunk of official Washington wishing it had stood in bed. Particularly unhappy are the War Manpower Commission, which has lo carry out the order, and the War Production Board, whose job il is to cut off electricity, fuel and ma- terials from recalcitrants. ■ WMC has been moving slowly and cautiously, and WPB has done virtu- ally nothing thus far toward en- forcing its end of the program. Fact is, J. A. Krug. the WPB chief, will make no moves until specifically directed by WMC. Then he will turn the matter over to his compliance division for hear- ings in advance of any cut-offs. The after-midnight period is 'the slack time tor the use of electricity and. with warm weather coming on, less and less fuel is required by theatres, niteries. etc. A Toledo Aim house continuing lo operate after midnight may be the first place to suffer a crackdown by WPB, and the boys. in the agency are pretty sick about it, what, with New York running wide open til' 1 a.m. without any action being taken. ' There is considerable feeling here that some violator with a smart lawyer would be able to take the matter to court and-have the entire curfew voided. Soph's Bowery Date 1 Sophie Tucker, currently playing nitery and yaude dates in the west, is set for a week at the Bowery, Detroit, starling April 23. She'll follow into the Chez Paree, Chicago. I climbed Ihe stairs to. Chateau Jolo. He was a. rosy-cheeked guy with thick gray hair and a splash of ,■-.,„• j „ , ,_, . , , yellow in.it. He wore thick glasses phere o Madame Frances' old estab- ^ ; ^ knickerbockers - plus lishment on West 46th street, where r _....„ „„ W „ A IU „ t .„, 0 „ h! „ cmi ,„ „, "Variety" is now located, tamed the actors a bit. The paper had to move from its famed 45th street: and Broadway corner to make room for the prospective Loew's theatre and office building. Jofo urged Sime'to buy. 154 West 46. tt had just been vacated by Mme. Frances (Mrs. Nate Spingold), the then No. 1 theatrical dressmaker, who was following the fashionable shopping trend into the midtown 50s. . Sime occupied the front platform and Jolo the rear raised section, both of which were once used by the mannequins. Sime was inordi- nately proud of the joint, until Mayor Walker cracked ■ that it looked like a class sporting house. Soon up came the carpet and out went numerous mirrors, also a near tapestry. Jolo hud a nose for news, as his numerous stories attested, but he cleaned up early and walked out of the office every afternoon before the other men got into stride. Once stuck for a story to keep up his average, he typed out a pipe yarn about a newsreel theatre in Grand Central Station. Four or live times he rewrote the report, using dif- ferent names of guys supposed to. be on the deal and every, time the item landed in the paper. The news- recler in G.C.S. finally materialized 15 years later. Jolo leaves a • widow, Charlotte Parry, a protean actress. She played the Palace, N. Y., every few fours. He had the seraphic smile of a cat playing with a mouse. I quoted a figure. He shook his head and raised it. He must have decided then and there that I was the paper's prize chump, t Sime found out later what a lousy deal I'd made and si f» me an additional $200 to square the rap. Maybe at Jolo's suggestion.) Jolo's desk looked out oh the statue of Edith Cavell in Trafalgar Square. It was the layoff's club- house. The word "Sacrifice"; carved on the statue stared him in the face all day. When he could take it no longer he went off and played golf. He already was dressed- for the part Now'and then ne would, drive me into the country to share the fresh air with him. He had a place near Windsor Castle at the time. Char- lotte, his wife, was a gracious and hospitable hostess. It all seems far away and long ago, but that's the way'muggs lived abroad during -the Long Armistice. He may have been the toughest critic of acrobats in the first years of "Variety," but by the 1930s he had softened considerably. He could even be charitable to drawing room comedies." The only thing he-became crotchety about was telephones. lie - brought Hannen Swaffcr on the paper. Swdf lived above the "Variety" office with a ouija board of directors and. a copy of Karl . Mnrx. Swaf would - sound off, dressed in a blue serge suit,, a blue - - , . , , , ,,- . serge overcoat, a black dirty-shirt- years, bu t also.performed all over nit £ r ■ d a ; b , ack t ha V H e the world. They were married ■ ' ■ around :)0 years. Jolo's popularity in English show circles was often indicated and hp developed into a confirmed West End flrslnjghter. Not a few Broad- way producers watched his legit re- views aiutnot infrequently followed „ lhc - aesk in New York up Ins good reports by cabling Lon- ! ...„..„ ..-, u:„ : ...» ... don for options. He? could have would stride around while Jolo sat, grinning, dressed in his golfing tweeds. Jolo also had Frank Tiliey, Miss Humphries and a guy named Rcgcnsber'g as his staff at that time-. Rene's chief .beef was that the axe- returned before London was blasted by Nazi bombs but stuck to his post at 8 St. Martin's were always cutting his name out of Ihihgs. Jolo used to grin at all beefs.. One way or another, he covered London like the dew. He had a (lock of friends, and thought "Va- Eddle Ileyu-nod combo follows Hawkins into Billy Berg's, Holly- wood, for six weeks starting April 16. place, Trafalgar square, even after • riety's" --candor continued to shock St. Martin's church close, by was ' many of them, the majority took our turned into rubble. ■ viewpoint on its face value, which is ■ Jolo's 'sense of hunior was muni- I saying a lot for a town where every-, test by his replies to the New York.j thing is rigged to protect the guy office ancnt the Battle of Britain in.i with either a title or a bankroll. ] 1940. when the blitz was at its worst, j Jolo was the ambassador who got I Typically-,he once laconically ob-: us in. Sime who sent him over can served, "Oh, I. just complajned to my ! now take him the rest of the way. landlord- that there was too damn- And. if I know Jo'.o, il there is any much noise last night. admission charge, ■ the r»j>» will be Sfme's. '.-'-Li" During another air-raid, he was)Sfme's.. .«•«-, ..'i»li>. .in .V€:»..i i '«.