Variety (Sep 1946)

S2 VAimfiVlUJB WediifisdaT) SepiemWr 11, 1946 AGVA Mulls New Code of Ethics in Bid to Bring In Indie Hddouts ..American Guild of Variety Artists is setting up a new code of ethics and practices for thie smaller iiilery and club bookers in New Yorlc and elsewhere, Similar in operation, but some changes from union pact set up for the larger agencies. Modifi- cation will give the bookers of small spots and club dates a squarer sliake, according to; Matt Slielvey, national head of AGVA, who is in accord with providing them willi a more siiTiplified setup than now ob- tains. Shelvey held an confab with Hymie Goldstein, prexy of Associated Agents of America and Nat Abrairtson, prez of Entertain- ment Managers Assn.. as well a.'i a group of indie agents unaffilialod with either agent group, in which i he promised to set up: a meeting- later this week or next to lay the ■groundwork for the new setup. , As part of the, deal AGVA plans to bring in holdouts among the in- dies for franchises, either within the agent groups or independently. If they come in as indies. Union will nick them a $50 fee for franchises but if they should come via joining up with either agent group the franchise would be gratis but of course their initiation fees in agent groups would be ■ commensurate to franchise fees. AGVA plans to set up a rule, modified version of the now exist- ing Rule B as obtains for Artists Representatives Assn. and' other agent groups recognized by AGVA throughout the country. This form, while working out okay for the larger agents and agencies, would not .work out for the smallies, ac- cording to Shelvey. Comic Gets Escrow Coin After Settling Wjth GAC American Guild of Variety Artists returned $105 to Tubby Reeves, comedian-emcee, which he liad up m escrow pendinK decision of the union , on commiissions Cpneral Artists Corp. claimed comic owed the agency, ' ■■' ' Controversy was cvontually spi- lled by the principals, with union uiilreezing the escrow coin. Piping Rock, Saratoga, Extending Season Piping Rock,' Saratoga, N. , v.; will '. remain, open through. September and , possibly into October, with Marty | Gold's Latin Quarter orph and Emcee 'iJewy'. Goyl.e ; holding, over, j New additions are Kay Vernon and , Gina Jans, singers; Winn Seeley, ; Qcorge Deber, USO-Camp Shows Peggy Marlowe and Pan Merryman, | q„ ^^e hospital circuit, and DEBER SHIFTS FROM USO-CSTOTEPPERAGCY. dancers; Jerry & Turk, comedians, and Lee Carroll, femme piani.st. Prices have been reduced, dinner „ \.. . I tap now being from $2,50 to $4.50,. Off. the i-e,cord 1 selette, of the Latin Quarter, N. Y., operates spot. Kon Nichols, who handled overseas [transportation, have resigned from iUSO-Camf) Shows. Bert Wishncw I will assume Deber's .chores, wliile i no replacement has . been set for iNichOls. ,:'■■;,:■' I Nichols is joining the Sol Tepper agency. Shirley .Shanin, who was in ' the Frederick Bros, theatre depart- rncnt, also added to Tepper staff. Carnival, N. Y., Eyes Olsen & Johnson To Follow Berle at lOG, % Deal is on for Ole Olsen and Chick Johnson to play their first cafe dale at the Carnival, .N, Y., starting in January, following cur- rent run of Milton Berle. .Dicker is likely to be signed at around $10,000 weekly, plus overages, which would make Olsen and Johnson the highest paid cafe comedians; Until deal is consummated, record is being held by Berle, who's get- ting a $7,500 guarantee, plus over- ages starting at $42,000. Since Nicky Blair took over the Carnival. la.st falli, he's had onl.v two shows. Pirst starred Martha Rave at '$5,000, who was; fallowed by .Berio. ■;-C''■''::■'..''. CRA Sets Concert Tours For De Marcos, Dunninger Consolidated Radio Artists, which is adding a concert department, is setting tours for Tony and Sally De Marco and Dunninger. The De Mar- cos, who open Nov. 11 in Chicago, will carry a troupe to include Imo- !;eno Coca, comedienne, and Dan Roberts, harpist, plus two pianists and a string ensemble. Concert dates cn the De Marcos call for a $2,250 guarantee-against a 70-30 split. Dunninger will tour solo with a .■31,750 guarantee -against a 65-35 split; STEVE EVANS Offerinu HAPPY TIMES ft JOLLY MOMENTS Openiiie Soi<t. 19 StfliV CT,liB, SAN FIt.\Xf'ISf-0 KOSISN-ANGISU ASSOClA'l'KS ■ STATLER HOTELS SET SHOWS IN FIVE SPOTS Statler hotel chain is preparing to operate its' Terrace rooms-thiS: year in Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland and Detroit on a. regular floorshow basis, while the Embassy room in ■Washington will use display on a spot basis only. Boston and Buffalo rooms will open mid-October, with Cleveland | set to bow Sept. 30. Detroit is slated to : open Monday. Statler hotel. ] Washington, will have Guy Lom- bardo's orch. starting Monday (16), A chain spokesman declared that no individual talent agency has ex- clusive booking rights to the hotel, i ^ American J;ederation of Music^ns I AGyA^Adas^2 N-Y^vSpOtS has so far taken no action on Statler „, . ^ T », .. ,- inns despite the fact that its N. Y. Blue Angel, N. . Y,,^ nitery, -ha^ stop (Pennsylvania hotel) had, its P^c'^d basic agreement and posted bands pulled during current Con- with American Guild of tract difficulties.- . Variety Artists. Spot reopened last '■ . ' . '•■ ■ .' week, with Irwin Corey. Richard Dyer-Bennett featured in floorshow. ShplHon Rpnlarinp- Nprrpt Max Gordon'.j otlier spot, ViUage Olieiuun JXepidUU^ IMerrei vanguard, Greenwich Village, N. Y., In Union Seattle Branch wwch he dpened. last week, win i •. Fred Nerret is resigning post as make similar paet with vaude talent i u J * o u T I A . Union this week.. , head of Seattle branch of American , ■ , Guild of Variety Artists effective' I Sept. 22, for. a -supervisory post in j ne,w housing prpjeTct. in Cjregbn; Van I Sheldon, former vaud^ performer who ,has' been on the staff Of N. Y. [Local Of AGVA, win take, over I Seattle spot. . Nerret had previously been in charge of, the Boston " branch of CHARITY SHOW CLICKS, GOES OUT AS VAUDE UNIT . Another instance of altruism pay- ing off concerns formation on new D.C Cafe Slump Cues Oub Sales Washington, Sept; 10, Local niteries, flush from tlia golden taka of the war years, ara now waking up to find that Washing- ton-^a hick town before the war—• is reverting to type, with cafe so- ciety staying at home except on Saturday night and then ■shelling out com with a frugal hand. Survey ol: local night spots shows- that' cale : society is back in the pre-war dol- drums and several out-of-towners who invested dough in clubs here during the war are trying to pull out and head back to New York; Indication of un.settled nitery pic- I ture is a 15th Street spot, popular Wjth radio people and the younger' :.ct. now called Delmonico's. ,Clu)j> has had three different owners and three changes ot decor; in' past ,16 months; It opened during war as ' Herb Sach's Del Rio and then swung over for several month run as Club Duct. Apparently none of vaudo unit,, produced by ,Murray ] the ops have found it the anticipated Brown, tagged "Varieties of: 1947,''! goirt mine, Joe Mos.^ operator of Atlantic City's Copacabana, sold but his Four Hundred Club here last May, before Unit originally gotten together as a benefit show for the Home of In- curables, Bronx, N. Y;, and staged for the entertainment of patients ii^g ^eal slump in biz started", there, IS now being .sent out as a ' " vaude unit by Sam Gold, of Nugpld Productions, who has made a deal with Brown to handle its bookings. Gold is setting it for-a string of dates in vaudfilm houses. Brown visited a friend at the in- stitution several weeks ago and promised to stage a special show for the inmates. He lined up current unit, which not only clicked with the patients but caught attention of Gold. Brown will head unit -v^'hicli also includes Ursulina^ ReiUy Sis- ters, Harold Green and Inez Gilbert with several Others to be added. i Nitery Asks Arbitration ! On Toss of Gal Line INK SPOTS INTO ZANZIBAR Ink Spots have been signed to a return date in the new Zanzibar show; N, Y., opening Sept. 27, Others on the bill include Thelma Carpen- ter, Peg Leg Bates, .Hot Shots: and the Claude HopkinSj-EUiil Eddte Yin- son bands. Nicholas Bros, were originally set union before taking over in Seattle, tor the layout; but dropped out be- Freddie Dale now holds that berth.' causp of a billing tiff. line 7°,"°' y ■^i£..•.»Sp•»..,,,,,, ..... >0.li|,„„ a. 01' ... Jose, ■ ;. H ^ DUNHILLS'' BROADWAY'S NEWEST DANCE SENSATION ^.lle':;^!:^ STRAND, New York For 6 Weeks Lettving for Hollywood Itnmed'iaMy Att^r This Engagement to Appear in a Piefurc for Warner Brothers Personal Manager, JACK LENNY PAUL SMALL ARTISTS, LTD. 201 West SZncI Strtet, New York 19, N. Y. Noel Sherman, line producer, has filed broach of contract claim against Dinty's Terrace, Cohoes, N, Y., with American Guild of Variety Artists. Producer's beef to union states that he pacted with spot for book- ingot a lOrgal line some weeks ago. Latter subsequently reduced order I to eight and then six girls. Eventu- ; ally: a contract was drawn up for j latter -number and .line went in two | weeks ago, pacted, for a lour-weel^ run. Spot said it . w.as hot sati.s,fac- tory and tossed after initial week. . Lou Smolov, Buffalo rep of AGVA. weighed matter and recom- mended to national office of union that spot must either play or pay gals for four Weeks as stipulated in contract. Nitery has put: the coin up in escrow at union and is asking for arbitration of .the matter. Tess Diamond Heads Up Fishman's Vaude Dept. Tess Diamond, who resigned as, head ot Hollywood branch of Ameri- can Guild of Variety Artists some months ago, is entering the agency field. She has .joined Ed Fishman's agency, Capitol Attractions, Inc., Hollywood, and Will handle all vaude and nitery booking'?, leaving Fishman tree to concentrate, on screen, radio and recoi'ding placements. Fishman has leased a small build- 1 ing on Hollywood boulevard, wliicli I io now being remodelled. Upon coni- 1 pletion Capitol Attractions will oct ' cupy buildiugi . . SONIA (0RTI5 INTERNATIONAL SINGING STAR 'Vanities' 40G, Mont'l Montreal, Sept. 10. "Skating Vanities" took bad beat- ing with $40,000 net for nine-day run (two matinees) at Forum last week. Seating 8,000 at tops, $3. Polio epidemic and Labor Day week- end, opening nipiSed take badly. ' Saranac Lake By Happy Bcnway Saranac Lake, N. Y„ Sept, 10. Benny Ressler received a nod for his untiring efforts on , War Bond drives in this district, He was given a silver medal by Treasury Dept. Lad did it all between rest periods. ■ Birthday greetings are, in order tO Whitey Mathews, Virginia Godwin, Carl Ballantiiie and. your coltimnist Happy Benway, Sam Lefko, filni salesman, from Philadelphia, flashing good Clinic re- ports, and upped hini for meals and mild exerci.se. - ' \ :• :: After a six-month leave : of ab- sence, Mrs. L Terkel is back at the Rogers, where she'll -be connected with house staff. Eddie Dillion shot in to bedside chat with Bob Goldstein, who re- cently licked a major operation and now doing OK at the Rogers. Kay Laus has progressed so ,well, she is now part-time switchboard operator at the Rogers. . Al Jolson rounds out his 20th year a.s donor of two free beds to the Northwoods sanatorium here. Hazel Smith, an ex-Rogerite who left here to try California ozoning, is now taking the cure at Prescott, Ariz. Reports nice comeback. Alfred Michalski porting up OK via bed routine. Ditto for Kathlyn Bernard, who mastered a series of major "rib" operations. 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