Variety (May 1946)

88 Wednesday, May 29, 194$ Variety Bills WEEK OF MAY 29 NamrraU to eaaiwettoa wllb Milt below tallica t* nlirthrr fall er •pill work •twain* day at thorn. NEW YORK CITY Capitol (SB) Guy l.oinbnnlu Ore Willie Shore Dob Wllllnnis AnnntnHry l>lckey Stute (30) Miller n & Lois Crosby Sisters . Joe Phillips Co Frnnlv Pnrltor Slate \iroa The D'lvuim WASHINGTON Ouiltol (30) The Dunlillls June Lorraine T»U Claire . HukU Forcle Paramount NKW YORK CITY I'anmiouiit <S»> Duke Hlllnk-toh B Mills Hros Stump & Stumpy Clark Hro» CHICAGO Clilmco (30) "W'oudy Herman Bil Paul Wlnvlicll Steve Conrios MIAMI Olyinplu <SI>) Maxlne . Turner. . llunih'H l'uppcts Ijowery A Rne A & M Havel Jumbo Hie Seal OMAHA. Orphrum (31) Chuck Foster Brt BOSTON H.wton (30) Sylvia Manon Larry Stevens J & J McKennn Milt Hertli (3) i SAX FRANCISCO (iolilen Hate (20) 'Clro Klmoc Ore I Mlguolito YnWIes (Johnny Morgan ■ '.Vnl'iil'nc & Bvelyn Smith & Hart CeorKe ' L'rooms ' 3 Ar.naunts Milton lllakoly , WASHINGTON llotvnrtl (SO) Cootie Williams O Hurl: «: Hubbies Gordon K Dors - (linger Snaps WII.I.OW CROVK 1'nrk (.10 only) Palermo's Pops Ralph RiiKllsh Wood & l.anler Bobby .. Dyron 3 Wolles <* only) Tho Knrolls Don Hooton N'ardlnl & : Kndyne. Peter Chan . 3 Claire Sis WOONSOCKET New rnrk (S) Polly r»n\vn . Marlon Burroughs Tom O'Ncnl Wllllaips & Da<l 5 Greys Cabaret Bills NEW I0&E CITY Aquarium Gem'- Krupa Org . Kex Stewart Ore IIIMVGuv W* nihel ailbcri Charles Strickland lack Ryan Harold. Wlllard Jimmy Burn* Blue .-.n«et Itoberi Maxwell Ellis Larkln'3 Eddie Mdychoft* James Corps t'-nfr Sm-lctj (Donntora) Josh While Sarah Vaughn Bernle-.IVest Cliff Jackson ■ Pete Johnson J C Heard Oro Cafe Society .(Vptotvii) Pat Flowers Beatrice Kraft Geo Paxton.Orc ' Hotel I'lerre Myrus Consuelo & -Artlnl Los Pnnchos Stanley Melba Orc : Hotel Tlnu Hllilegardo Mark Monte Ore Hotel Hoowvelt Joe .Relcliman Ore Hotel St. Reels Peggy Norman Paul Sparr Ore Theodot-n . Brooks . Hole! Toft Vincent Lopez On Hotel Waldorf-A Xavler Cugat Ore Mlsha Borr Ore Iceland Alan King Una Cooper Eileen Denceo 5 Kings 4 Whirlwinds A & E N C V "Trie Outstanding Agency" .1926-194* Booking for tba Molt Dlierlmlnatlirq of MopeRdeM Thoatro Owhti • 1501 Broadway-ParamoMt lldq. Now York BRytnrt f-4352-3-4 Warner NEW YORK CITY Strand (31) Tommy Tucker Or' Stevo Evans 3 Ross Sis The Chords PHILADELPHIA Earle (31) 1j Armstrong Ore The Chocolateers H Conl * Atkins Slam Stewart 4 UTICA Stanley (4-6) Hal Mclntyre Ore Tim Herbert The Lambertls Eve Metthews NEW YORK CITY Music Hall (30) Bettlna Dearborn ' Charles Lasky Lucille Cummlngs Ed Relchert Joe Jackson Jr Rocket tes Glee Club Corps de Bullet Row (31) Count Basle Ore Ray Snx Peters Sis Gene Sheldon Flatbush (1-g) Bill Brown Rogers & Collins 3 Crandall Sis Tripp & Fall CAMDEN Towers (30-2) Armand & Pallette Terrl LuFrnnconl E OldHeld Co Joey Bishop Montana Kid CHICAGO Oriental (30) Connee Boswell Jackie .Green LeJRoy Bros The Alblns HARTFORD State (31-2) Dr Nefl's Show Chester Morris (one to All) HOLYOKE Valley Arena (2) THE CHORDS STRAND, NEW YORK NOW Pen. Mgt. EDDIE SMITH 1A01 Broadway, New York Roland Morcclll Co Jamaica (30-2) The Jansleys Byrnes Sisters Henry Thtrrleh Ray Rlggs Lee Davis (30-31) Duke Allien Zenith Sis. Sally Jack & Masc't Allen Reno ATLANTIC CITY Steel rier (30) Mage & Karr O'Donnell & Blair Allan Jones Georgle Kftye 6 Willys BALTIMORE Hippodrome (2) S Kings Mack Trlplota Lee Trent Lowe Hit & St'n'y Royal (30) Billy Ecksilnc George Prentice 2 s Zephyrs Jerry Taps' State (30-1) The Karolls Don Hooton Peter Chan 1 Claire Sis (2-0) Kamy P & B Martin Bert Gilbert Tho Top-Kicks BOI ND BltOOK Brook (1-2) Duke Alden Zenith Sis Alan Reno Sally Jack & Masc't Mai Halli-t Jack Deleon INDIANAPOLIS Circle (31-0) Spike Jones Ore KANSAS CITY Tower. (31) The. Arthurs Singing Weavers Larry Collins Sutton & Lee NKW BEDFORD HnlUs So. (SO-l) Williams & Dad Delage & Shirley- Lane & Love Birds Marlon Burroughs Eddie Mills PAWTl'CKET Capitol. (2) Eddie Mills Lane & Small Lane & Lovebirds Bryco Santry PHlT,AI>KLriIIA Cnrnian (30) 3 Reeds Van Kirk Mack Desmond Ann nrester PROVIDENCE Mt-trop'lt'n (30-1) Hal Mclntyre Tim Herbert The Lam bon es Eve Matthews ROCKFORD Palace (31) 3 Kelly Sis Ada Lynnc Chick Thomas, (three to tllli STKINCa IKI,D Court 8q (30-2) DAP Klnir Adair Dancers Vicente Oomoz Edmund Hall Ore Curnlvnl Milton Boric Hop. Skip. Jump Elly. Ardclty Stan Fisher Marion Colby Den Vost Singers Waller John. Miriam . Gwlnn Miriam LaVelle. ' Club IB Jerry Bergen Florn Vesloff Condi Cortez Hoy Scdley Flora Drake G Andrc'ws Ore Copucauana Desl Arnaz Ore Julie Wilson Bob Johnson Joey Gilbert Lynne Barrett Ernie Hoist Bd Raul & Eva Hayes l'eter Llnd Hayes Diamond! Horseshoe Joe E Howard ' Lionel Kaye Watson Sis Frltzl Scheff Ann Pennington Willie Solar Jacqueline Hurley . Michael Edward Bill Acorn Emma Francla Jimmy Allison Bill Moore Four Rosebude Vincent Travers Or Morty Reld Ore 400 Restaurant Benny Goodman O G'wlch Village Inn Jan Merrill Ann Paige Carrie Flnncl I) S Pully H S Gump Russ Carlyle Oro Havana-Madrid Nestor Chayres ■ Virginia' McGraw Don Cnsanova H'rls Cl're Shan'n Hotel Ambassiidoi Louis Betancourt O Jules Lands Oro Hotel Astor Alvlno Rey Ore Hotel Belmont Plaza Paul Regan Jack Fields Bob Russell Kathryn Duffy Dcrt Eddie Stone Ore Hotel Blllmore Dick Stabile Oro Lathrop & Lee Phil D'Arcy Bd- Mnrjurle" Knapp Hotel Commodore Hal -Mrliuyro Ore Hotel Dixie Larry funk Oro Lou. Seller notel Ellison Blue Barron Oro ' Essex Honse Paneho Ore Hotel Lexington Moml Kal Tapu Kaua Tallma Mall. Moklhaha J Pineapple Oro' . Hotel Lincoln Buddy .Morrow Ore . Zanzibar Rochester- King Cole 3 Tip, Tap & Toe Mario Ellington Maurice* Rocco Hou-nll £ Bowser Poo Wee-Marquette Clauds Hopkins Or. Ted McRao Oro lintel Keir Yiirket Jerry Wold Ore lintel Pennsylvnhl- Lou Martin Ore Kelly's Stable* Earl Warrelt Ore Vlckl Zlmmer Stella Brooks La Conga Dlosa Costello Marianne Del Cnslno Jose Curbello . Ore La Martinique Ben Blue Lessoy & Moore Roger Dannes Dixie Roberts Joe Candullo Ore Sacasss Ore. I At Id Qnnrtei Jackie Miles Radio Aces . Penny Edwards Rays- Don Saxon Esquires Marty.Beck Ore Buddy'Harlowe Ore Leon A Eddie's Eddie Davis Sonny King Tony Kardyro Christine Johnson Howells . Jo Ann Summer* Hndlson Cafe Jan Call Jack Kerr Carl Harte Monica Boyar Sonny Kehdls Ore Monte Curio Dick Gasparre O Roberto Slbonoy- OM Romanian Lcslit- tiros Marcclla & Nlch'l's Jordan & Parvle Olgn Orlova Adrlenne Parker 1 Joe La Porte Ore Riviera Ted Lewis Ore Noro Morales Ore Roban Blea Mervyn Nelson Paul Vlllard . Gina Janss Wally Blacker Muriel Gaines Codrlc Wallaco Trln Ross Kretchma Blanka Basil Femcen N Alcxandroff Sari Oorbl Mlscha UzdanoB Irene Feodora Dara Blrse Karavaeff Bplvj'* Roof Sptvy. Daphne Hellman J. Marshall Stork Club Morales Oro Versailles Evelyn Knight Emll Petti Oro Village Barn Billy Kelly Garlands Susan Cabot Alicia Wallace Page Morton Bert Stone. Patsy Lono Jimmy Kola Tex Fletcher Village Vangnard Eddy Mansoh Ktcanor Bower* . Don Fry Hank Duncan Trlk Wlvel Bob Leo Oertrude Hlld Jean Alnslle Francisco Bruce Norman Vivian Nlckolson i W ft J Brown D'RIvero & Bolm't* I Wayne Thompson Zimmerman'* I Adrlenne Parker dene Kardos Oro ' Bela Zslga CHICAGO UliH'khuwk Hilly Jiishop Ore Alice Munn Jny Seller . Mulnnc & Mnudoll Vlicz Tiiree Danny Tlionmw Mnurlco Ji Mm yea Phlllln Clnln- Frftnrls Marlon Luclo Gnrcla Ore . Gfty. ClnrUlfic Ore folottlnio'M Atlrt Leonflnl Ore VlrKlnlu WnUcr» Johnny Knnpp Mcl Cole. . Frolic* Gypsy Uoue Lee Tho Allitn.s Cover Girls (6) . l^y<nUlto3 (6) Hchfl Llnhon Ore Hotel llNnmrck Duko , Art Si Junior Sherman Ilnyes Or Kiiy ^ (ilenn Martinis 1VII« Welcome Murl Gloria Eddie Kens Oro Hotel HlnrkHtone The Hnrtnmna li Uei'kaciier Ore Hotel Concrete Jili-io llobblns S Willinms Ore Paneho X Ore . II EOffewuter Hch Stephen Klsley Ore r.eltrnc ic liemlco DiGnlano & A (In in Preston T.aniboit 4 Sonp StylcH Hotel rnSnlle Terry )*ynn Al (.'Immberltiln Gurron & Dennett F XulJuch Oru Hotel Nhrrnmn T-A-D IIolTmcin JncU Lnno . . Collego Inn Models Curl Mnrx Uuddy Hlch Oro Hotel 9tevenJ LAdtl Lyon Jeff I.nne The Shyrenos Arleue I.lmlMovm Hoiilevrxriloiirs Copsey A Ayera Orrln Tuelier Ore I^ttln <|uurler MnrDvn Unyo Three Hocketa Knlello Hloiin Mni-tln Kent U Yoat CnVflllera L Q Lovelies Buthly v Shnw . Ore rainier House Teil Si meter Oro . Oil I,iimb Hob. (,'oiYey' - 1 Nip Nelson Stunrt MoiKnn (C) Merrlell Abbott D Itlo Cnlmna Jnn Murrny . The Heinnrtls Manor X Mlgnoft The Lovelies t!0> Vltif Gardeni Jcusie RoHCllu Ken ■ Walker Hobby Sai^ent Younp Lucliy June Hart Dorcen Winters MARRIAGES Marilyn Nash to Philip Yordan, Los . Angeles, April 16. Groojn is playwright. Dorothy Harrison to George Veinegar, Pittsburgh, May 19. Bride"s the daughter of Ralph Har- rison. ..band leader and booker. Edna Wolf to Freddy Castle. Pitts- burgh, May 22. Groom's the Pitt bandleader just out of the service. Phoebe Rubin to Tony Miller, N. Y., May 17. Groom is in cast of "I Re- member Mama." Marian Hopkins to George Smith, Las Vegas, May 23. Bride is a swim- mer: groom is purchasing agent for Enterprise Productions. Francine Blume to Shep Chartoc, Chicago, May 22. Grom is Chi indie radio producer. Railway Strike Continued from page 2- Oklahoma!" lost only a part of its queue and grossed a record $38,000 for its third week. "Tobacco Road" at the Mayan, reported a drop in advance sales but did a gratifying gross of $8,000 for its first week. The strike entailed slight hardship on traveling radio personnel, only a few of whom were on the road. Most of them foresaw the walkout and called off projected jaunts. Tom Lewis, of Young 8c Rubicam, was stranded for a time in Kansas City, en route to New York, and Stewart Dawson, of Foote, Cdne 8c Belding, was grounded at Needles, Ariz. Traveling bands were not delayed. Music Corp, of America-had been transporting its musicians by char- tered bus for a week, and General Artists Corp. reported none of Its bands on the move. Theatres weren't especially Incon- venienced by the two-day rail walk- out. In Albany all shows continued to operate on schedule, with fi.'m-truck- ing services taking up the slack left by discontinuance of Railway Ex- press. Exhibitors off the beaten path were told where they could pick up their film and drove in to get it. Albany booking offices, as in other parts of the country, could have carried on for long periods of time without having to resort to new shipments of film. Kansas City re- ported business off 6nly slightly as result of loss of transient trade, while every form of transportation was enlisted to get prints to exhibi- tors. In Denver, six houses were closed by the strike, but the keys remained open, as operators drove private cars up to 150 miles to pick up film. Those who drove into Denver from outlying towns also picked up prints for houses in those towns which lay en route to their homes. Although the Omaha territory is almost com- pletely served by rail lines, train strike did not cause much of a cramp, as once again exhibitors drove trucks, cars, and busses to booking offices. Only casualty was a consignment of film which was left locked in an abandoned train. Had the rail walkout continued for any length of time, the'large western districts, such as Texas, would un- doubtedly have had to cease opera- tion before more than a few days were past, since film is. shipped sev- eral hundred miles to service ex- hibitors in these vast territories. OBITUARIES CAPT. J. M. PATTERSON Capt. Joseph Mcdill Patterson, 67, president of the News Syndicate Co., publishers of the N. Y. Daily News, died Sunday (26) In Doctors Hos- pital, N. Y. He entered the hospital on May 11, suffering from a liver ailment. Known chiefly as the founder of the first successful tabloid in this country, Patterson at one time had been an ardent Socialist, a novelist, playwright and soldier, in .World War I. His Socialism was shortlived, giving way in later years to the ultranationalism with which he fought the foreign policies of the late President Roosevelt, along with the other two members of. the anti- Roosevelt publishing triumvirate— his sister, Eleanor ("Cissy") Patter- son, publisher of the. Washington Times-Herald, and his-cousin, Col. Robert R. McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune. Born In Chicago, Patterson was the son of Robert W- Patterson, gen- eral manager of the Chi Tribune, and Elinor Medill, who was the daughter of Joseph Medill, founder of the Tribune. Educated at Groton and Yale, he joined the . city staff of tho Tribune h\ 1900 at a $15'weekly salary, while drawing a $10,000 year- ly living allowance. He broke with the paper because of his dislike for its conservative policies but re- IN LOVING MEMORY OF COUNTESS OLGA ALBANI turned when his father died in 1910, to take over with Col. McCormick. After having, served overseas as a captain during the war, Patterson returned to this country to set up the Daily News in 1919. He continued his work, in Chicago, however, until 1925, when he left McCormick finally to devote his full interests to his new tabloid. Jamming the paper with mass appeal, stories, he saw its cir- culation steadily mount. A strong supporter of the New Deal in its early days, Patterson subsequently turned against Presi- dent Roosevelt and his policies. His anti-Roosevelt tack took on the form of bitter denunciations of the late president's foreign policies in the years immediately.' preceding World War II, when his mid-western isolationism came to the fore, and, together with his sister, and McCor- mick, led the opposition against what he termed Roosevelt's "war- mongering." Daily News has main- tained the anti-Roosevelt editorial policies since that time. He was the author of two hovels and three plays, all of which he wrote between 1907 and 1914. His most successful play was probably "The Fourth Estate," which preemed on Broadway in 1909. He also wrote several successful vaudeville sket- ches, including "Dope." He and McCormick jointly founded Biberty mag, which they later sold to Ber- narr Macfadden. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary King Patterson, women's editor of the News; a son, Lieut. James Pat- terson, and three daughters, Mrs. Harry Guggenheim, Mrs, Donald W. Baker and Mrs. Josephine Patterson Reeve. LOU ANGER Lou Anger, 65, film industry pioneer, died May 21 at his Holly- wood home, a victim of pneumonia following a long period of illness. An. actor in his early years, he played in vaudeville and in numer- ous musical shows on Broadway, best known of which was "The Gay Hussars." Leaving the acting profession in 1916, Anger became associated with Joseph Mi. Schenck, an association which continued through the years; He moved to Hollywood in 1917,'- during the infancy of the industry', to produce pictures starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. During that period he developed several top screen comics, Including Buster Keaton and Al St. John. For a time he was president of Buster Keaton Comedies and became veepee and general manager of the Schenck or- ganization in 1920. In addition to his film activities, Anger took a deep interest in sports and functioned as president of the Vernon Baseball Club during the year it won the Pacific Coast Lea- gue pennant and traveled east- to beat the St. Paul Club of the Ameri- can Association In the Little World Series. ™ „'» oth er spheres, he built th. United Artists Broadway and Wli shire theatres, the Hollywood RoosL Ve \ H ? te1 ' J^Wadge Apart ments, in which He died, and was .instrumental in organizing the horse track and hotel resort below the Mexican border at Ague Caliente Mexico owes much to Anger for the development of its own film indus- try. He was one of the first Holly- wood leaders to interest Mexico City in motion picture production. His widow, Sophys Bernhard An- ger, former musical comedy actress survives. ■ . ARTHUR EDWIN JAMES Arthur Edwin James, 68, newspa- perman and former ad-publicity exec for motion picture companies, died in Baltimore May 22. He had been on editorial staff of the Baltimore News-Post for the past, three years. He had formerly been city editor of the Morning Telegraph, New York, and for a time conducted the "Beau Broadway" column of the paper. He later did film publicity and also edited. several film trade publications. Two daughters survive. CARROLL DALY Carroll Daly, 79, retired actor, died in New York May 25. He made his first stage'appearance in '1887 in an opera company at the Criterion theatre, N. Y. In later appeared with William Faversham in "The Sqaw Man" and toured for two seasons with the Inte Mildred Hol- lund in "The Triumph of an Em- press". MRS. RICHARD BARRY Mrs. Elizabeth Barry, 69, wife of Richard Barry, author and play- wright, died May 23 in New York. She was co-founder arid co-direc- tor with her husband of the Native Theatre, Mamarbneck, N. Y., and assisted him on many of his plays, biographies and novels. ROSAMOND AKINS PATTEN Rosamond Aklns Patten, 61, for many years secretary to Crosby Gaige, legit producer, died in New York, May 24. Survived by husband. Frank G. Hope, 80, uncle of Bob Hope, died in North Hollywood, May 27. He came to this country from England 57 years ago, and was a building contractor. Mrs. C. J. Bulllet, wife of drama- music-art xritic of the. Chicago Daily News, died in Chi May 20. She was a widely-known portrait and landscape painter. Mother, 74, of Margaret, Leczar, died in New York May 22. Daugh- ter is exec secretary to William F. Rodgers, v.p. over distribution for Paramount Mother of Ed Wiener, N. Y. press agent, died May 26 in N. Y. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Gil Golden, daughter, Norwalk, Conn, May 25. Father is exec. asst. to Mort Blumenstock, v.p. over advertising-publicity at War- ners. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hennings, son, Hollywood, May 25. Father is radio writer. , ' Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Davis, daugh- ter, Los Angeles, May 22. Father Is a cameraman at Metro. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Lake, daugh- ter, Des Moines, May 15. Father is head of production at station WHO in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Travis Johnson, daughter, New York, May 23. Par- ents are members of "Song Spin- ners" vocal group. Mr. and Mrs. Roland H. Gray, daughter, Pittsburgh, M ay 18. Father's on WCAE staff. Mr, and Mrs. Richard Friedkin, son, Hollywood, May 23. Mother is Audrey Westphal, Paramount ac- tress. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brecher, son, New York, May 22. Father is the- atre supervisor for Leo'Brecher En- terprises, N. Y, Joe E. Lewis makes his annual stand at the Chez Paree, Chicago, starting June 14.