Variety (Jul 1946)

so Wednesday, July 10, 1946 Variety Dills WEEK OF JULY 1* Hamerala la mbrmUob with kill* belaw Indicate opeatnt dor at show . whether full or spUl m*k. Tetter* la parenthtain Indicate circuit. (I) Independent! (L) Loewj (»•) Paramount: (K) HKOi (W> Warner KKH YORK CITV Capitol (L) 11 Geo. Paxton Ore Joey Adams Marl: Plant Tony Canzoncrl Hal Lc Rov Music Hall . (I) Paul Haakon Betllna Roaay Dolbres Anderson Edward Rcicherl Jo Andrews . Ben Dova Rockettex Glee Club l'urwmnnnt (P) 10 Raymond SciiU Dd Andy Russell IMeil Pipers Alan. Carney Jack Williams Roir <«0<h) 10 Donald U'fimnur Polsy O'Connor S Sivlfis Buster Shaver Co . Belle-Mrcs State (I.) 11 Howard Nichols 2 Wiles N Roe & Mra Wttl Josh Whllo 11 ' CA.MVKK toners (I) K-W The I.ockwells Jynx 81s Hobby Long- Rod Roirers Nathalie, llros . CHIC.ICO Chknijo (1*) 11 Vivian lllalne I.owe Hlte. &. Stan Lowery Ilac Clark Bros Orientul (II 11 Mills llros Danny Droyson Nelson Sis Ray l.anK Ore IN'lllANArOI.lS Circle (I) 11 C Thornlilll Ore Grace McDonald Kilille lVa Unity, The Kcmmyn KANSAS CITY Tower <I> 13 Gav 90'* Rev . .MIAMI Olynipla (l'l I'eitKy Taylor lien nerl llarrelts Uernnrils 10 3 Hotel Kdlaoa Blue Darron Oro Essex nouse Pancho Ore Hotel l>xlnaioa Moml Kat Tapu Kaua Tallma Made Moll Ilia na J Pineapple Ore Hotel New Ynrkri Chuck. Foster Ore Hotel 1'eumHVHnl B -Lawrence Oro Hotel Pierre . Myrus Consuolo & Artlnl Los Pnhchos Stanley Mellia Ore Hotel I'lata Paul Wlnchell Rosarlo & Antonio rancho Ore. Mark Monte Ore lintel Itooareelt Joe Relchmnn Ore Hotel 81. BriU. PoBKy Norman ' Paul Spnrr Ore Theodora Brooks Monte Carlo Dick (Insparre O Hohcrio Slhnm-y Old Bonuinlaa La?!..- ui-ua Marcella * KIchTs Olun. Orlova Aili-lcnno 1'iiikar. Joe La Porta Ore . Hlvlrra KUa Logan - Chanilra-Kaly Rlchnrd Hlrnber O Huh* Krrtrlima nianka Basil Koineen N Alexamlroff Sari, C.orbl Mlscha Uzdanoll Irene Feoilora Dara Dlrso KnrAvnen* Mtarli rlnb Morales Ore Venoillla* Evelyn Knight Bob lllalr Emll Pet II Ore Village Burn Billy Kelly AG INcy "The Outstanding Agency" Beeklag for Mw Mett Dlterlialictlag of fadepetrdea* Tktotra Owim a ' , * 1501 ■readway-Paraaieaat Wdej. Naw York Myoat •-«352-3-4 Jackie. Gleason Luclcnne & Ashour Strand (W) 12 Spike Jones Ore l,ON(i ISLAND Jnmiilcu (I) 11-14 2 Jacks Donna Louise Jack Lniniint Co Eve MulLhews ' .11-14 Jimmy .laiucrson The Stylists Kalsei- Co - The St l/lalrs rillLABKI.rillA Carman (I) 11 Milton Douglas Hoy Davln ATLANTIC CITY Steel 1'ler (I) 14 Hurry Jiimcs .Ore The Mnxellns Georglc Koye ■ R ft Myra Sawyer. J. L He M Caltes George Prentice UALTI.MORK Hippodrome (l>- 15 Hob Whaling Co Loraloc -Dick Buckley Hence Dcmarco State (I) 11-13 Morgan Sis p T Greenwood Sammy Moss Don Henry 3 14-11 The Toumnns Norman Bros Van Kirk PHILADELPHIA Curnutn (1) II Mlllon Douglas Roy Davis Grazlono Urns D WinilKor Dancers HOCK1 OHl> Pulliee (1) 14 Harrison. Car'l & 11 Mary Ann Russell Belli Knrrell 3 Parka SAN FRANCISCO (iolilrn Utile (K) 10 Del nios Jackson & Black'l Eileen Barton Morey Anisiei-ilam lteil Nichols Co SPRINGFIELD Court Sq (I) 11-14 Choi & Soniay Hal Havlland Tripp & Fall Gordon Glfford Seed & White Zclalne . WASHINGTON Capitol (L) 11 4 Evans , Pierre Carller The Jigsaws The Willys Howard (I) 12 ■L Jordan Tym'y 6 Hot Lips Page Ore Dusty Fletcher . Jackie Petky WILLOW GKOVE Park (1) 14 Only Hotel tall Vincent Lopez On" Hotel IVnlitnrr-A Guy Lombardo Ore Dorothy Shay. Frakson Mischa Borr Ore -Icelund Ice; Revue Kelly's Stables Henry Red- Allen O Vlckl Zlmmer Gloria Dale Peta Terry C Hlggenbottom ' Ijl Conga Dlosa Costello Ray Eberle Luis Del Campo Pupl Cumpo Ore Lntln Oiuriet Ted Lewis Ore Gcraldlne Du Bols Elroy Peace Murtah Sis nil & Cora Balnl - Slrkl De Vysenof Paul White " Leon a rrtdle'e Eddie Davis June St Clalro The Pettys Phyllis Arnold 4 Del Aires Susan Dahl Bob Wayne Art Woner Ore HOWARD NICHOLAS WEEK OF JULY 11 LOEW S STATE NEW YORK riaced bj' EJ>D|E SMITH AGENCY 1M1 Broadway, New York Texas Tommy Co (One to nil) BOSTON Boston (R) 11 The Dunhllls Ann Trlola Mlscha Auer Dick Stabile Oro Morgan Sis ' D & T Greenwood Sammy Moss Morey A: Eaton Don Henry 3 WORCESTER Plymouth (I) 11 Dr Neft Cabaret BiDs NEW T0&S CUT Aquarium Guy Granada Ore Bex Stewart Oro 1 nina angel Robert Maxwell Eddie Mayehoft Ellis Larkln 3 Eddie Mayehoff James Coppo Core Bocletj (Downtown) tlmmle Rogers Sarab Vaughn Cliff Jackson Pets Johnson J C Heard Oro . Cafe Society (Uptown) Bcrnlc West Patricia Bright Sonny. Thompson David Bruoks Carnival Milton Berle Hop. Skip, Jump Elly Ardelty Stan Fisher Marlon Colby Ben Yost Singers Walter John Miriam Gwlnn Miriam LaVellr Club IB Jerry Bergen Marge Hudson Florla Vestoft Candl Cortez Roy Scdley : Flora Drake G Andrews Oro Copucabana Desl 'Arnaz Oro Julio Wilson . Bob Johnston' Joey Gilbert Lynns Barrett Ernie Hoist Bd Raul & Eva Reyes; Peter Llnd Hayes Dlamoud noramnoe Jos E. Howard Ross St La Pierre Watson Sis Frltzl Scheft Ann Pennington Willie Solar Jacqueline Hurley Michael Edward BUI Acorn Emma Francis . Jimmy Allison BUI Moore Four Rosebuda'- Vincent Travers Or Marty Reld Oro 400 Restaurant J Uothwell Ore Havana-Madrid Carlos Ramirez Sergio Orta Unit Virginia McGraw Catallno Ore Carlos Varela Ore Hotel Ambansndor Louis Batancourt O Jules Lands Oro Hotel Astor Carmen Cavallaro Hotel Belmont Plaza Don Costello Doodles Weaver Wendy Blsnop ■ Kathryh Duffy Derf Eddie Stone. Ore ■ Hotel Bntnsora Dunnlngcr. N Brandwynne Ore Ralph Font Ore Hotel Commodore Hul Milntyro Oro Hotel Dixie Lorry Funk Oro Lou Seller Roberta Hollywood Jordan & Paryls Garlands Alicia Wallace Pago Morton ltcrt Stone Patsy Lane Jimmy' Nolo Tex Fletcher Village Vanguard H D hcnncit Eddy Manson ' Eleanor Dowers Don Fry Hank Duncan Trl» Hlvel Boh Lee Gertrude Hlld Jean AInslle' Francisco Bruce Norman Vlvlun K'lckolson D'Rlvcro & Belm'te ZnnzTuar Cab Calloway Ore Peart Bailey t Cl.arloteers Peters Sis Miller Bros Alan Dixon Pee Wee Marquette Claude Hopkins Of Zimmerman's Gene Kardos Ore W & J nrown Wayne Thompson Adrlcnnb Parker Beta Zslga i CHICAGO Hlackhowk Del Courtney Ore Dottle Dodaon Johnny Strong Hudson & Sharas Robinson & Ike Chez Pnreo Joe E. Lewis Kvelyn Brooks Phyllis Clalce Consolo & Mclba Adorables (12) Luclo Garcia Oro Coloslmo's Ada Leonard Ore Dawn Bros Virginia Walters Johnny Knapp De-icers 6 Mel Cole Ore Hotel DLimorck Anita Jakobl Sherman -Hayes Or EnrJca & Norello BUI Burke Dell. Welcome • Eddie Fetis Ore Hotel Blackstone The De Marios - Don Richards E Heckseher Ore II Edgewater Bch Henry Brandon Ore Haag's Elephant Miss Ruby Dogs Myrtll & Pleaud Coco. Steve. Eddy Dorothy Hlld Dcrs Hotel Congress Theodora- . Gonsalves & Meh'nl Pancho Ore Hotel Continental Robert C'rum Joe. Vera Ore Hotel: Sherman Cnrl Miirx - Beneke-Mlller Ore lintel Stevens Arlecn Llndstrom Ladd Lyon - Jeff Lane Copsoy & Ayres The Shyrettos Orrln Tucker Ore Latin Quarter Merry Macs Minevltch Rascals Jack Carter Tho Vallets L Q Lovellea Buddy Sbaw Oro Palmer House Ted Stracter Oro Gil Malson Larry ■ Starch lmogene Coca Mnurer Sis Marlfyn Marsh Rio Cabana Harvey Stone Ooorale • Tapps Rio Rumba Ore The Lovelies (10) Ceo Davidson Ore Vine Oordene Jessie Rosella Dick Drake Bobby Sargent Evelyn Christian Doreen Winters Job Klsh Ore Grey & Diane Congress Continued from page 1 first of next year. The bite is now 20% on both admissions and nitery tabs. Prewar theatre taxes were 10% and the night club nip was 5%. According to the best sources on Capitol Hill, the only chance of any such cut will depend upon whether the budget is comfortably In balance by the early part of 1947. There is strong pressure in Washington not. only to balance the budget but also to shrink the $270,000,000,000 na- tional debt. There is also an outside - chance that Congress might reduce cor. porate taxes effective with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1947. How- ever, m6st bets are that nothing will be done to reduce either corporate or individual incomes until the year beginning Jan. 1, 1946. British Chill Continued from page 1 from their Hollywood . studios, will make pictures in England starting this December and the Alms will be distributed both in America arid in the 500 theatres of the Associated British Circuit, part-owned by War- ners. Among the English producers Who were slapped down for not get- ting a move on, despite impressive production schedules, were Metro British and British Lion-Korda. According to local industry critics, only . British producer who seems bent on keeping the Union Jack fly- ing,high in the domestic and. world film market' still seems to be J. Arthur Rank. Latter is innovating a significant new trend, in the studios by speeding up production schedules. Setting out to. puncture the standard alibis of peacetime and wartime dif- ficulties, Rank wants to end the chronic condition of British films taking four times as long to make as Hollywood's. Result will be an eas- ing of the production jam-iip through quicker turnovers in the studio. Iron curtain being proposed for. American producers is not dictated by crude national feelings, accord- ing to the proponents of the idea. In their eyes, such counsel stems from desire to safeguard hot only the expansion of a vital national indus- try but its very existence. It would be just as if. they^declare, American newspapers wefe to be permitted to buy up Britain's scanty newsprint supply for their own purposes. The British P:5.-r. Producers' Asso- ciation has been <ai;ed upon to take up the matter surf be vested with power to aKrxsit* space on an all- British basis. about personal income taxes earned during the year 1947. In order to get them cut, the law would have to go through by October or Novem ber of this year, since it takes con- siderable time for business firms to rearrange their records under the withholding tax. Shifting over to lower rates after the year has started is not consid- ered practicable because of the in- volved bookkeeping and confusion which would result in trying to make out tax-return forms. ' There is still a good chance that the amusement taxes will be dropped to pre-war rates effective July 1, 1947. This cduld be done either through Presidential procla- mation declaring the official termi- nation of hostilities, or. by the passage of a bill some time after the OBITUARIES HARRY KOPLAR Harry Koplar, 63, pioneer St. Louis theatre owner, died of heart attack last week. He was formerly asso- ciated with George and' Spyros Skouras In the film business in St. Louis and later with Fanchon & Marco. He retired from business, six years ago. Began career in 1912 when he and brother Sam opened the Globe theatre. .Koplar obtained a chain of St. Louis theatres from O. T. Crawford, which later was sold to Famous Players, then repurchased and later merged with Warner Bros/ interests, Skouras Interests and Fanchon Si Marco. He built the St. Louis, a 4,000-seater in midtoWn, in 1924. Surviving are Sam, Nat and Sol Koplar, brothers, and Mrs. Sam Hamburg, Jr., a sister. ETTA YOUNG Etta Young Fritz, 73, retired stage actress known professionally as Etta Young, succumbed to a heart attack in N. Y. recently. She had appeared for many years in stock companies, including the old Castle Sq. and Bowdoin Sq. theatres in Boston, where she was born. She later married; Prof. Young, lecturer of Austin &. Stone's Museum, Boston. After his death she married Jack Fritz, owner and manager of the Fritz-Lawler stock co.. and traveled with that troupe for many years until Fritz' death. After that she joined up with Capt. Billy Bryant's Show Boat. Survived by- two sons and a daughter from first marriage, all of whom had been child actors: MARRIAGES Myrtle Mack to Fred Fox, Los Angeles, July.5. Bride is widow of Charles Mack, of the Two Black Crows; groom is a unit production manager at 20th-Fox. Anne Baxter to John Hodiak. Burlingame, Calif., July 7. Both are film stars. Mile. Jeanne Bourgeois to Lino Carenzio, Paris, July 1, Bride is Mistinguett, perennial Parisian music hall star; groom is young Italian tenor. Rita Koval to Dave. Starling, Hollywood, June 28. Groom is an announcer at KFI. Beth Rennef to Lynn Allen, Chi- cago, June 27. Bride is Metro con- tract player; groom is one of the Merry Macs, singing quartet. Ilene Woods to Steve Steck, Chi- cago, July 8. Bride is singer on "Breakfast Club" radio program; groom is arranger and trumpeter with Tex .Benecke and Glenn Miller Band. Pat Marshall to Harry B. Pollack, Chicago, June 17. Bride formerly was comedienne in the musical, "Day Before Spring," and now a Metro contract player. Candy Jones, to Harry Conover, Hamilton, Ont„ July 4. Bride is model and actress; groom is head of own model agency. Winifred T. Herman to Dr. Edwawi W. Friedman, Mt" Vernon, Jf. Y., July 7. Groom is son of Stanleigh P. Friedman, Warner Bros, vee'pee and attorney. Cloud Room Okay Again Cloud Room, Portland,- was re- moved from AGVA unfair list this week, after three weeks of operation sans talent when union ukase pro- hibited its members from working in spot. . Truce -was effected when nitery signed new pact and posted cash se- curity. Ben Dova forced out of the Radio City Music . Hall, N. Y„ show by a sprained ankle. Replaced by the Arnaut Bros. ESTELLE KLEIN Estelle Klein, 72, better known as "Ma" Green, onetime. vaudevillian who for last 10 years conducted a talent agency in N. Y., died there last week. • With her husband, Ed Klein, and daughter Hazel, she played vaude- ville in an act billed as Green, Miller and Green. When her hus- band died in 1921 she produced an act for her daughter known as Hazel Green and Her Beau Brummels. She was one of first producers to encourage theatre chain owners in booking large vaude units. When her daughter retired from the stage in 1933, the two produced many big Negro acts. Daughter survives. WARREN A. ALLEN Warren A. Allen, 42, of Batavia, N. Y., member of the Allen pioneer balloon jumping family,,, died last week of injuries when attempting to re-enact a parachute jump after hav- ing, been in retirement for several years. Allen recently sold the family bal- loon jumping equipment to a young Batavian and was attempting to demonstrate the use of the appara- tus when he was killed. The Allen family was known for its parachute jumps before airplanes became pop- ular and when balloons were filled solely with air. Surviving are his widow »M six children. MRS. MARY Q. A. DIXON Mrs. Mary Quincy Allen Dixon playwright and widow of George Dallas Dixon, former veepee of Pennsylvania Railroad, died in Philadelphia, July 7. A Shakespearean scholar, Mrs. Dixon frequently lectured on the theatre, and a number of her plays were produced by the Plays and Players Club, Philadelphia. Her opera, "The Marriage Tax," produced in the Academy of Music, Phila- delphia, is reputed to have given Nelson Eddy his professional start. Upon death of her husband in 1937 she was bequeathed his entire estate of about $350,000. JOHN BRUFFEY TRENT John Bruffey Trent, pioneer vaude and film theatre operator, died at Lynchburg, Va., July 3. Trent es- tablished Trenton theatre in one- time opera house in early picture days and for years operated with Keith acts and feature films, He sold out in early 1930's. to Warner Brothers. After abondoning plans for two other picture houses in recent years Trent had devoted time to wide real estate and mining interests. THEODORE LEVEY Theodore Levey, 61, legit stage manager, died in New York, July 5. Levey was stage manager of the Broadway play "Dear Ruth" at his death. ^Other plaVs that he staee- ™4u age t. were "The Cay Divorcee- "The Little Show," "No & Nanette," and other musicals He was^also a former exploitation man for United Artists. n Survived by two sisters. KATHRYN ROBERTSON Kathryn Robertson, 58, died of a heart attack on the street in J a . maica, L, I,; June 29, and was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery She appeared in Winter Garden musicals and Gus Edwards units. Survived by her husband, Doc Wells, who was stage mgr. for Zieg- feld and Shubert shows. ■ KATY PEERLESS Mrs. Kate A. Arden, 81, retired British actress who had been known professionally as Katy Peerless, died July 5 in New Bedford, Mass. She had appeared for years in London music halls and in legit pro- ductions. Two daughters and a sis- ter survive her. Her husband, Wal- lace Arden, died in 1903. JOSEPH EOGENTON Joseph Eggenton, 76, character actor, died July 3 in Hollywood after a long illness. He played legit in California and oh Broadway be- fore taking up screen work. Surviving is his daughter. DICK ZAHN Dick Zahn, Marion, p., band- leader, was killed in a railroad crossing accident near Mt. Gilead, O., June 22. Mrs. Zahn, Ann Youngblood, vo- calist, and Dick Wolcy, band mem- ber, were injured.. MARY MAGUIRE ALDEN Mary Maguirc Aldcn, 03, former ' character actress on the stage and in silent" films, died July 2 at the Mo- tion Picture Country Home, near Hollywood. EDWARD THORPE Edward Thorpe, 59, manager of Orpheum, Galesburg, 111., died at.his home of a heart attack last week. Agnes Miriam Wright, 47, Colum- bus O., concert pianist, who gave concerts throughout U. S. and later teamed; with Eldon Howells on a radio program ■ over CBS, died in Columbus, June 23. She had taught music for several years. Archie Ray Pugb, who as Don Ross was known as orchestra leader throughout Indiana, died July 3 of a heart ailment in an Evansville, Ind., nightclub where his band was playing. Walden C. Carlson, 33, composer and musician with several well- known bands, died in Toledo, O., June 30, after illness of several months. Parents, brother and sister survive. Fred Hendrlekson, 52, still cam- eraman for RKO, died of heart at- tack in Warsaw, Ind., while travel- ing back to Hollywood from a va- cation. Caroline Elizabeth Young, film.' editor on Columbia lot, died sud- denly July 4 in Hollywood, follow- ing a cerebrar hemorrhage. Mother, 96, of Juliette Nicole, N. Y. couturier w.k. in show business, died in the south of France. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs.; Bill Peterson, son, New York, July 5. Mother is Phyl-. lis Clare, former band vocalist; father .is agent with Consolidated Radio Artists cocktail department. - Mr. and Mrs. Paul Winchell, daughter, New York, July 4. Father is vaude and radio . per- former. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert- Coleman, daughter, Burbank, Calif., June 28. Father is assistant director at Para? mount. Mr. arid Mrs. Arthur Vogel, son, New York, June 24. Father is former assistant Film-Theatre-Music Con- trol Officer with American Military Government in Bavaria. Mr. and Mrs. Art Moger, Boston, July 1. Father is ad-pub. dir. of Warner Bros, eastern division.