Variety (Aug 1945)

Wednesday, August 29, 1945 Hotel Ice Show Wheel in Making lee Shows, Inc., with reputed - $280,000 capital, has been formed to produce ice sliows in liolels and nitenes throughout the country. Outlit i.s headed by George Naviclcas, producer ol ice-shows and owner of Broolifield Tavern, Brooktield, Mass., and. other nitery operations. \ow combo plans doing six to ei!{ht ice shows a year, similar to those that have held the rink at the , Hotel New Yorker, N. Y. Each unit will carry name stars, featured blacle artists and a lavish produc- tion. Shows will break la at Brooke field Tavern prior to being spht on iour and then rotate on a wh^el that - will be set up. First show of the new setup, "Spinning World on Ice" is currently ' set at the Casino, Clinton, Conn., with cast comprising Hertha Garon, Jack Roach, Johwny Brett and- Jay Weber. Another unit, starring ■ Ariane, is now being set for earjy • ' opening. J U L E" J ■: cl H E N N Y WIRK OR WRITR DEVI!'. CURRENTtY AT THE PARAMOUHT, N«w York THE MACK TRIPLETS Kiolii. Uaittlal . Forsonal Mtt. HARRY COHEN miL PARRELL . l<97. BrMiw«y Itra iniadlway ▼AUIlEmLE 45 BIHER DANN-TEPPER TIFF TO ARBITRATION Arbitration has been set for today (Wed.) a,t American Guild of Va- riety Artists on petition of Artie Dann, comic, to terminate exclusive representation contract with Sol Tep'per, N. Y. agent. ■ According to complaint filed by Dann, he claims Teppcr has not been working in his (Dann's) best in- tere.'-ts Tuid therefore wants a re- lease from the pact. He also .says he has proof to uphold his contention. Tepper on the other hand claims he has more than lived up to his end of the pact. Arbitration was set up at AGVA some months ago, but postponed when Tepper had not decided upon arbitrator to represent him at. the hearing. He notified AGVA he was leady this week and arbitration.was arranged. - Tepper holds a three-year confracl with Dann and option of three ad- ditional years, original having an- other year to go. Count Basic to Roxy,N.Y., In Jan. on Old Option Roxy theafte, N. Y., will play a name band at the end of the Carl Ravazza engagement, scheduled to end some time in January. Band will: probably bo Count Basic's, only one with which house has a commitment, Rea.son lor changeover to a name orch at that time is ascribed to the I fact that ; tlie house orch working daily during the; Ravazza run will be due a tour-week vacation with pay, according to AFM rules. Jerry Lester's Cnrfew Com Beef WithCiro's,HwoQd,PaysOlf $9,000 Stadiers Act Put Out Of Action by Benefit Slip Pittsburgh, Aug. 28. Dance team of Stadiers will be out of action tor a while due to arm in- jur.y suffered by Don Stadler last week at a big benefit; show staged at Stanley theatre llere by Variety Club lor its pet charity, Camp O'Connell. During last lifting tricic, Stadler . pulled several mus cl e s around the elbow and was rushed to a hospital. Medicos told him he'd have to lay off for: some time. As a. result, pair returned to their home on Coast. ..■ They .were to have opened down- town at Nixon Cafe night following the benefit, but had to cancel out. Team of Mimi & Suzanne, and Vivian Nicholson, dancer,; were ; booked in at last minute as replacements. '■• ^ Henri - Marco's' Prize: Canvas Henri-Margo,; of-the-former dance act. of Margo & Beth, took first pnze in an exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Galleries recently with his paint- ing of Constance Talmadge. Saranac Lake By Happy Benway Saranac, N. Y., Aug. 28. Mathea Merryfield, who is strictly abed, got Noel Sherman to bring his troupe to the Rogers. Among the artists' who gave the Rogerites a treat, were Noel Sherman, Kay .& Kay acrobatic team, Bernie George, baritone; Four Juggling Jewels, Frank Annuny.io and Dinger Trianon's orchestra. Things like this make life worthwhile for the. shutins of the theatre. ' . - Ben Grotle floored, with a serious setback that requires a 24-hour daily nurse service. Frau Eileen is with him at 108 Park Ave. Many :thanks to, Bill Petrie and- Ford Raymond, of L. A., for their greetings and gifts to this colony. Ditto lor Bobby Graham, of Toronto. Robert- "Legit" GosgrovCi who commutes between Boston and the Big Town, in for that annual check- up,, now getting the 0.0. and waiting for that real O.K. to return to work, Leandra Rinzler, who beat the rap here, resting at her home in Monti- cello, N. Y, Now that gas is plentiful, the sum- mer visitors are staring to shoot in here. Local nitespots are all pertiiig up, some adding flash showii. Write ta (liose wlio are ill. Nicholas Wade Designing New Cleveland Night Spot Cleveland, Aug, 28. Nicholas Wade,-architect who-de-' signed New York's old Monte Carlo •and Ben. Marden's Riviera, is con- structing a new nitery here for Charles Ma rusic and Art Warren, co-owner ot the Cabin Glub. Located on the site of the defunct Tropics Garden, spot will be labeled the Zephyr and have a capacity of 200. ♦ .lerry Lester's claim for $9,000 .salary on a lour-week engagement at . Giro;s, Hollywood, during the 4.wartime curfew era, has-been.-paid ; oft' by the Hollywood branch of Grabbe Unit for Vaude Tank unit headed by Bu.ster Crabbe is being formed by Con.soli- dated Radio Artists to include'Hick- ory Nuts, .B'our Elgins, and a hillbilly orch. V Omfit - is being submitted to vauders-at $8,500. Ciabbe recently: completed a tour of pools at the head of an aquacade unit. Vaude, Bands Figured For New J. C. Theatre New Orpheum theatre, Jersey City, which has been running. wit h •straight pix policy since last year, will restore .stage shows about the middle ot next month. D. F. Barecca, managing directori is not set on whether to install mu- sical tabs or straight vauae policy. He al.so intends setting a few 1>ands during the winter on guarantee and percentage basis. He figures with tilted scale-for such dates on a five shows a day asked the 1800-seater could gross enough to interest some B outfits who have built up reputa- tions via ; recordings;. American Guild of Variety ArtisLs. Several arbitrations had been previ- ously set up, but never came off un- til last week when arbitration de- cided against Herman Hover, opera- tor of Giro's, and in favor of the comic. ' , Lester had been booked into the Hollywood nitery for a four-week engagement at $2,250 per. He opened shortly alter the curfew was in- voked, according to compjaint; filed by Le>ier at AGVA. Hover wanted to either cancel him out or slice his! sal.iry. Le,~tcr refused to do either, but played the contracted time and let the salary ride until adjusted by AGVA. Loii. lIoUt signed for the Mayfair, Boston, Oct. 31. . AL.^"^-'WS?ROBERTS >i<iw at f>Orj>l<}N G.tTE THEA'rKI!! Han Fnimiltico nlili hkiiiiiuy KnnlK'nami 'J»Hi 4-oii«!liHl4>4l< 4 wkn. at "!t(i5*' Club Oiwn Auk. 30 for -t w«ebii ., MUSIO BOX, San Francisco Dir.: William Morris What floats thru the air on Monda y Wights? S«« pa§9$ 27 f9 39 •k "VERSATILE" S«id s. J. Montretl Star "Don Tanntn. whs ik .makiiig a welcome ro- tnrn to Mentreol in th« new iliow At- Tii* : Normondio Koof, i% on* of tlioM firit-elas* VER-: SA'TILE: eRtortmncn who pleato •verybedy^-rm lolmeit impettiMo talk. H«; It. of ceiinor «: comodlan. but hit comedy contitti of lomcthing Hioro than ; crocking jokos. Hit tokc-offt on prominent ontertaincri arc not imitations, thoy are welt-thought>out caricatures; satirical but not molicioHs; clover, but not; unkind; and they ore, at the same time, comic in thcmsolvos ; > . Audi best ; of all, hts nnmber* are short and snappy, so that no matter how many encores ■ the audience insist en having you feel he bat been on the floor no lime ot all." "GOOD-ANDFUNNY" Said ANN ROBINSON Miami Dally News , ". . . hit the jock-pet witli comedian Don Tan- nen . . . It would be difficult to. corral the comedian's act within the bounds of definition, but his talents include comedy singing, optic antics and' a: satire, on ventriloquism. The lad ; is . GOOD—AND FUNN.r.. You'll want to sec him." 'GREAT' Said PAUL M. BRUUN .Miami -Beach Sun-Tropics "Don Tonncn, thei headliMr ... eant* through In great style . ., .due no doubt to the many; radio programs on which ho hat appeared. "ThC; applause Tannen received was on ad- ditional tribute to his work for he is an enter- tainer who docs not change his material for a club, and who tfdcs net have to resort to off- color iteriet and material to get laughs. And take it from, one who knows, today, to get laughs'with clean comedy in a club, you havo; to lie GREAT." "A WHIZ" Said EARL WILSON New Yoric Post "Don Tonncn^ the new comic, it a whii.' "PERfECT COMIC- SUPERLATIVE" Said IvIALiCE Monfre*! Standard ; "Don Tannen is the PERFECT COMIC at th« Normandio Roof . . anyone who con get th« customers rocking on on opening night the way Tannen did this week, is in the superlative dost indeed. Hit Imitation of Lawr*nce. TIbbott tinging .'Accantnate the Positive' Is both hiloriout aMd devastating." 'SMART" Sa1d-R0&ER-T—DANA- . He-raid' Tribune- \ "TRIPLE 'A' INDORSEMENTS" Said LOUIS SOBOL Journal-American' . . - ' . . , "Don Tonneii and hit. bilorieus tom^feolety.' Don Tannen,: a smart new comedian.' "HIGH SPOT" "S7id LAUR ryarlefy, ■■: ' ,- . :.\ "A high spot is Don Tannen, who when caught took- down the lion's share- of the applause with his songs, gags, imixrsonationt,' ventriloquism ' and stininlating mottdt*'* DON TANNEN Just Concluded As H«adlin«r At The NORMANDIE ROOF MT. ROYAL HOTEL Montreal, Canada Appeared As Guest Star On Kate Smith Pro9ram , Thanks to May Johnson of M*C«4. And Norman Harris At The Mf.' Royal Hotel Personal Direction NAT DUNN 48 West 48th St,. New York