Variety (Sep 1946)

Wednesday, Sejptembcr 11, 1946 S5 New Acts PHIL SILVERS Accompanied by Saul Chaplin . Comedy 16 Ming. Copacabana, N. V. ■ Phir Silvers returns to New York arter graduating from burley to a 20th-Fcx contract that has landed him in feature roles in a bevy of films. It's a well-deserved gradua- tion and the bespectacled comic's return: to Broadway shows that ■while' he's shaken Minsky's, otit of his past 6s far as his material goes, he fortunately retains that free-and- easy ad lib comic manner and ter- rific sense of timing that burlesque seems to instill. The Broadway mob will definitely like him at the Copa, For theatre and nitery audiences outside the hep circle at the Proser fount, however, Silvers will have to do considerable broadening o{ his material. That's evident from re- action at the- dinner .shows;' which are well-populated with peasants, compared with the hepslers who patironize the later seances. VWhile the hinterlanders wonder what-the- hcck Silvers is all about, the Broad- way habituals get a terrific bang out of his trSdey songs and patter and his inside asides. i Comic is determined not to do an ■ ordinary talk I'olitine and has very weU succeeded in being both novel and entertaining in his humor.'Most Of the material is in thie fGrm of special songs, at least one of them : having been written specifically for this engagement, while others he has been doing for years, some of then* with Rags Ragland, who- was slated before his recent death, to play this date with Silvers. At the minnie piano on the floor is Saul Chaplin, now a tunSsmith at 20th-Fox and formerly teamed as a songwriter with Julie Styne. More lhan.an accompani.st, Chaplin is an affable foil for Silvers and himself looks like a bet for 20th for comedy character parts as well as eompct- Herb. BETTINA LIANDRA Songs 10 Mins. President Hotel, K: C. Bettina Liandra put in a good deal of time around clubs and shows in the Chi area iip till la.'.t season, and the Drum Room boolting. marks her BOW m the Kansas City area. The deal also marks a change in this hotel room s policy, opening up the place to specialty floor acts. Miss Liandra has a well-trained vojce m the coloratura range and well stocked with a repertory of pop tunes, musical comedy numbers / Old fayes and light opera. She's been around enough to know how to put it over on the personality .score, and okay on looks. At show caught she did "Begin the Beguine." "If I Loved You" and "Gyp.Ky," and cus- tomers gave With the patties. Booking on this new policy is on a twp-week'with-option basis and loofts good for several weeks along with the Jimmy Tucker orch which packs her up and plays for dancing. ' . Quin. . MONICA LEWIS Songs U lUins. Blue Ansel, N. Y. Monica Lewis steps into a diffi- cult spot in this Blue Angel date. Spot's patronage has been accus- tomed .to the superior chanting of Evelyn Knight, a fave at the Max Gordon-Herbert Jacoby enterprise, and consequently there's going to be many, comparisons with Miss Knight. However, Miss Lewis can stand on her own. She's a personable singer, with savvy in -delivery and selling. She mixes her numbers nicely, alter- nating ballads-.and rhythm, tunes with those of slight indigo shading. At session caught, she did three encores, which is a reliable bell- weather of patronage acceptance. Jose. making their are a robust UNO BROS. (3) Songs 12 Mins. Latin Quarter, N. T. The Lind Bros., Broadway cafe bow, „ ,„uu.>. vocal trio thoroughly grounded in harmonics and who know how to impart color and shading into their ollenngs. Their repertory impresses as being suitable for vaude as well as cafes, but for theatre work they'll .nave to add a few visual gimmicks. • J.^'^i/ song catalog has variety, as mdicated by renditions of such varied works as "Donkey Serenade " a rib of "Pagliacci" and the tradi- tional,'Eih-Eili.'' In their straight song work, there's a great deal of seriousness, which.i.s sometimes dis- comforting in a cafe, but there's *"°"gh talent to maint=ain ihtefest au the Tvay. . ■ AH their, work is in the fortisfiimb vein, which may be all i ight for im- mediate heeds, but with the vigor tney put into their harmonizing a vocal conservation program may be necessary ultimately. Jose. CHIC-CHOCS (.1) Songs ■.,■■,■■■■ , 15 Mins. Village Vanguard, N. Y; ■ rti^^Pi,^ trio, comprising Dorothy ;5;igPelle, Thelma Murray and Loise v^hittaker, do okay on their initial Vr„ ^ appearance at :this Greenwich village bistro. Intime surroundings are perfect for their harmonizing of cnanties, mostly Calypso tunes. Gals make neat appearance in wmie gowns and give out neatly and !??J."ioniously on such item's as iMmnie from Trinidad," "Can I Rely 2." You?",' ','Ice Cream, Come and ^ct .It' and "Hattie from Haiti." ■trio IS plenty mike-wise, through . naving appeared on the radio, via; ■tJAL nrogram on City'.s niuny sta- tion WNYC. Hu.sky-voiced member e.ssays snatches of comedy in the numbers that should be enlarged .upon, and nrobably will as they go along.' VVith^a bit more poliish they'll do for either boite or vaude dates. Florida Bistro SB Continued nom page 53 s to investigate lack of law-enforce- ment on gambling, though nitjery'op- erators ; in that section literally' lost their shirts outside of one or two spots. Chamber insists that there has been laxity by enforcement of- ficials. Operators point out that some politically ambitious members of the committee are behind the move, what with elections coming up next spring. Also ask, "where has the gambling been taking place on the beach?" In Miami, with a new manager ap- pointed, the civic- reform league which has been dormant since last season when it forced closing of area rooms as 86, Brook and smaller spots, suddenly came , to life and joined the parade. Again, seasoned ops branded it the usual pre-season hoopla. Broward county, where the fabu- lous Colonial Inn netted over $2,- 000,000 for the owners, and where Green Acres, Bouche's and smaller casinos reaped a harvest of Dade (restricted gambling) county money, the "word"' has not, as yet, come through to "gO: ahead." If Broward does operate this sea- son it is said that Colonial Inn will not present shows. This means that the highest budgeted ($30,000 week- ly for talent and music) spot in the area will be cut off from talent. In the Miami sector the AFM local has readied a scale which will not only bring a hike of 30% in pay for musickers but will reclassify many former B spots to class A. Florida Supper Club asisociation members have already indicated that in such event they will bring in out- of-town bands, with some smaller rooms planning to drop bands and floorshows. Anomaly In present situation is fact that AFM and.FSGA reps com- bined Jo ..hting la\itsuitsiagainst en- forcement of 25 cents per head tax recently passed by Miami city com- mission. Added headache for Miami Beach ops is proposed action by city coun- cil to cut down hours of operation for niteries holding all-night licenses, Action is predicted on fact that too many bistros are taking advantage of ordinance which allows such policy. (Miami law calls for 2 a. m. closing for all spots). At present, during what is supposedly the "off" season there are five beach clubs offering up-to-dawn drinking and dancing. One spot, th« Club 22 by instituting svjch a, policy turned a red-setup into a profit making in- vestment. Paddock has always op- erated under a "dawn" policy, though at present a beer joint with- out entertainment. Kitty Davis' and Don Richards' Famous Door joined the pack. Result; they're all struggling for biz. Most successful of the group is Benny Gaines Black- amoor room which keeps open un- til four a. m. with a straight enter- tainment policy and no band. City council and reform elements, fear that all clubs: Willi during the sea- son, attempt to follow .suit and thus make the Beach: an all-night, 16wn; Something tlie.y do n6t want, , ' Plunging on Talent Despite all the furore, top opera- tions—such as tlie Capacabana. Beachcomber, (jlover and other,-! are going ahead with bid.s for names. Beachcomber has lined up on ten- tative basis Mae 'West,. Milton Berle and will definitely, open eprly in December with Jackie ■Mile.'!, and possibly, Beatrice Kay. Cppacabaha has tentative : commitrhents with Harvcy Stone, Ritz; Brother.*!, Joe E Lewis. Other toppers being dickered for by the clubs at .sky high bids are Sophie Tucker. Danny Thomas. Mar- tha Rsiye, Willie Howard, Franlt Sinatra, Danny Kaye, Jimmy Dur rante: and most every topliner in the country, with highest figure thus far the Beachcomber's offer to Mil- ton Berle, $15,000 weekly, with pro- i viso that he bring in own package, i Such offers have led to specula- tion that the Beach and Miami will' be wide open this season. Con-I trarily, most concession men and smaller: op5 are afraid there will be a clampdown on any form of gamb^^ ling. One larger bistro o-wner I points out lhat if Broward runs on a restricted basis, there is a good; chance for the Miami: top'.spots to make a profit this season, aided by the chance that there'll be no gamb- ling anywhere around and the, tour-: ist's "will have, to spend that hot money somewhere. One vet hotel op points out, how- ever; "They might as well go all gut, gambling or no gambling. This is the last season they'll be seeing fresh dough invested in, their rooms. Next year it wall be different. They'll be using their own coin.- That black-market cash will be just a memory. And don't be surprised if all this noise -boils down to a; mur- mur and it will be "just like last year.", ■■„, Trans-Atlantic ; Continued from page 1 ; Variety Bills WEEK OF SEPTEMBER IV NninrrnU In mnnrvllon nllli UiMb Ijclnu iiiiHciitc ni»-nln« iia< nl nhoit ivli4*llirr, lull ni -iilit wprll I.<-tt«rH in imrviitlirKis iiiilii'iUe: «ii'0ult.: (1) Iiiil«|i«ndcnti "(1.) M«wi ocean flights predict 75 European flights weekly within the next year,: points up the potentially: important aspects of the deal. Seven Seas, ac-- cording to Hubbell, expects at least 50 of the 75 flights will be ■ showing .American films. Although use of American pix in 35m size is an old idea with steam- ship companies, exhibition on planes is an: outgrowth of the major dis- trihs' swing to foreign 16m distribu- tion. Planes will use I6m prints ex- clusively and the only things hold- ing up the idea are scarcity of planes and of the specially-designed 16m projectbrs to put in these planes. ' Although keeping exact details of the deal with film companies under wraps, Hubbell disclosed that his company pays for the films on a per capita basis (number of people who will see the film on the planes) and according to the age of the pictures. Majority of the pix used to date, in the Pan-American flights have: been current and Seven Seas has even preemed ■ certain films over the o,cean.-' Hubbell believes that the exhibi- tion of pix on transoceanic flights will become as integral a part of flying service as food is today. All airlines will eventually have pix services, he believes, since air execs recognize that nothing is more bor- ing to a traveler than a long plane flight. Need for such a service hasn't been fully appraised yet, he said. Operation of the projectors is a sim- ple: matter, for the hostess, who flaslTes lhe'"film "6n" a screen set- up against the cabin door at the front of . the plane. Seven Seas, at one time headed up by Grton H. Hicks, currently chief of Metro International's 16«n opera- tions, recently merged with Modern Films Corp., which had been book- ing 35m prints to steamship lines. Latter company was headed by George Barnett, who took over as prexy of Seven Seas. Hubbell served as Army liaison officer with the film industry during the war. Seven Seas is also planning for eventual use of 16m films in do- mestic railroad lines. Efforts in that direction have been snafued in the past by jurisdictional union tan- | gles between the railroad birother- hoods and lATSE, btit one important rail line, : Hubbell said, is Currently .experimenting with the idea arid feels Confident the union trouble can be iironed out.. Army ran 16m pix on ho.spital trsiinS : during the -war, where the ■ idea was ■welcomed, by both medicos and patients. , XKW YOKK CITY I'lniltMi (L). i» Oeiie. 'lvvij.i)H" Ore .vnt;;i <;rpen Hon B,-i'i MuhUi Hall (n 12 Ra.bana HfLsburtjli diaries l.asK'ey R.stolle Sloan .hyjM'e iteneft .:, IJl'Uuhiiad 'Koijue: ■ Bob: W.illiaiiis ; :: mil :.Iudd : ■ Rot'kettes Cori),*) (le Ballet rartiilioiint, <r) II ('ha.<j, Rpivak: Ore Bqb Kvan.s h mailt Bros F,es:ffy I.ee Koxy (I) 11 .MllUegiiiHle. Fat.'^y, Kelly Jari M Lirray ,Kleanor Teoiiian: Slalp 11.) 12 Btl .Sullivan .Barveat ;il Win',ers, '-Marianne, [Imyell. & Bnw.ser -, ' .lohiiny ,Burliti : ■ .III ne Keen ,: Strand (H) lit fiob (:'i-o.sl)y Ore : Town .rritr..? , : '': ■: Don CunTniings The Duiilnlls I'liitlXIHll (1) 14-l.-> ,.iTacJ< I'^imont Co'. " l.ucy .Vasii .lul,fs *t 'Tiia Hilly 'I).T fit: ■ (one 10 'mi) ' .laniHira (I) 11-14 .rohmi>' "'niiKg'nn ' C Byrii * .LerOy , Younp: Si. 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Dooley Walter Blake Geneve Doraii. SAN FRANC IS< O Golden Gate (K) 11 4 Evans The HerZogH Hose Murphy . Dick Buckley Tommy Dlx SHKEWSBLKY Moors (1) IH Christine Forsyth , F & at . Shannon Gloria, l.evoy Jack PaVr*«lI Sl»RIN(iriKT,P Couri Sfl (l> 12-iri Stuart Kistpra Abdullah Girls Ted Ijester , Roy mviB . Lorraine Rojenan. Bobby "Whiilinf? no WASHINGTON Capitol (D Vi BoWes* All Stars Howard (1) 18 "BrsKlnp Ilawkinn O Rerry Brnn Kitty Murray CoTiw.ay J'arka llhK-kliaivk Del Courtney. ,OrQ Dotti'S Dodso-h. Hdssi Sis i'li ': AI Roberts Gil Venter ' Chez Puree nracie Fields (irace & Nicco Ja<'k AViUiama Bill Blair Adoi'ables (12) Gay Claridge Ore Luclo Garcia Oro Colofiitno's 3 Stooges Betty Morgan Maurice & Mara ■ Tony Feola (■"olosimo Models Ginny Tjowery Mfil Oole Ore I Hotel liisinnrok ! .Sherman Hayes Ore I Dell "VI Ucome ] Vela Moiitoj'a Haskell Betty Hin The Martinis Eddie Pens Ore I Hotel Congress Milt Hprth Trio. Iviki Pchai:;t Orq llolel CouHnenfal .Tai-iies KyKes .Joe Vera Ore ■ Kiircji .Ford ^ |{ .Kdgewater Ite'eh Henry Brandon OrC: Song. Rt'ylislH '{Mi ■ Paul. &. Paulf tte ■ ■ RoUet &. Dornthea' Xellit^ Arnaut-, D Hild Dancei's l.iifin Quarter A L Siinykins Latin' T,ov(^Iies Jackie t'oogan Paul Carleton Piosa COFtello .Buddy Shaw Orp , Kio Cabana Jackie Mllea' Olark BroBV ■ Rita Ochman Nancy Doran Don Bradfield The Lovelies (3Q) Cee Davidson Ore . Vine GanlenB Jesafe Rosella; Larry Ross Rega;n Callais ■. Anita JaUobi: Phi! DisRey Jack Page Orq ■ Joo Klsh Ore Cabaret Bills NEW lOEK CITY VFW Resolution Cdntinued from page 1 a shot fired in anger. Nor did it j make exceptions of the hundreds of j namcnstars like Bob Hope and XJSO i personnel who .knocked themselvefi j oiit ,to, ientettaih .these same troops iinder aciiiat battle conditions and who, in many cases, took the same, risks and lived under the .same con- i ditions, often, foi: longer periods of | time. ' ' ■ : ■ ■ " ■'These actorsr" .said the resoiur | tion, *'were not and did .not,serve as combat troops, and otiier. . combat awards were promiscuously aw?irded to those who were not at any lime engaged in combat.'* George Paxton Ore Andy Kli'k Ord Hlii« An|f«l Monira Lewi(i • Klclianl D, 'Bennett Jrwin Ool'ey Stuart ii.*isfi FlllH Lai'liln J' Delta, Rliythm Boys f'nro atonieiy (J)onnloLvn) Timniie Rogers StisH ri Reed (^liff Jaclison I'efe .Toluison J d Heard Ore . Cafo Society ((;pto\vn) Jaf'k Gilford Pi^t rif ia lil-ight. I >orui>iy : .la rnac,,/ - v >f{)pe Foy**. ; Kdniutid il.aU J>avif Maiiin 3 ■ p.a-Vld ii.rotpi>s Carnival Milton Berle \ Flly A rdelty Stan .Fishfr .Marion-C'olby^ l^e-n Vosr .SinEer*,. . -Mlriaiil Gwinn ■ Miriam La Veil* Coparnhiuja lulle \Vi:lann . Joey Oilbi&rt . f..yrin^ Hit ri'fctt , rornie Tlotst Bd T..'CUofi!i Llnyes Ore l^hil SilWMP S.;iut Chaplin. I>ia itioud liorhf'sUflc Iln.ss ^. La Pierre Wiitjon Sis \:"v\V/.\ Scheft Ann Pennington Willie Solar ,Iacniieiijip Hurley Mlr>ha.el FJdward Bin Acoitn Bmnja Francl* Jimmy A,lJison Bill, Miiore; Pour Jio&ebudii Vincent Travers Or Morty Reid Oro 4U0 Chih Louis Jordati Ore Randy Bro<tlts Ore MonohiLo Bd Havanu-'tTaftrid Dean Martin .ferry- Lewis Carnien tV- (tolando Sergio Oi'la CatalJno Ore Carlos Vaf"('la Ore Hotel nix1« r.-arry piijilt Oro Reese Gay ■ r,ou Seller- Dean & Ray Iceland Ice. Revuc Kell>''H Siai>leii Hsnry Red Allen O Gloria l»ale Vet a -Terry J C HiggeriboftoiTi ■ Vat roii|j;a Bobby Cai>o- JFCstello &■ DtiTlas - Loi'faine Do Woiid:' Maoliifo Ore Pupi Cfmpo Ore .La 'Aliirliiiiijue H'firvey ■Slnnc Tlie V;tgnb(inds Tex K ci-idrlc]; VhI Oinian Ore Bob Miu-lif-ll . I.jiliii t)n:u'tei Ted Lewis Ore Geraldlrte' DiV Bois :! LiiuV lirog >]iroy Pcaco Gail ■ Bcnijftt SirkI 1)0 Vysenof Paul VVhife .1 r't! n Ffaiitiifl Jej'vy Grf v Leon ^1' r(?ill<>> Louise .S( f wo r t The Pa \ s^>n L & LUpi TMiid. , - U-l Revamp Continued from p ge 4 organization of the U talent-story setup. Adolpii Sohimel, corpora- lion secretary and counsel for U, who was also named exec co-ordi- nator of New York story and talent activities early this year, will drop^ the latter task in view of Goldstein's appointment. Larney Goodkind, U's ea.^tern story editor, and Martin Spector,. talent chief, will temporarily, at least, remain as is. G-ldstein leaves Friday (13) for England and on his return in about four weeks, fie in*: dicated, some changes might be made. He'll set up story and talent departments for U-I in London. Vs Studio Realie;nment Hollywood, Sept. 10. Further steps in realignment of Universal - International, following recent merger, were made Tuesday (10) with new assignments and pro- motion. Morrie Weiner, with Universal. 26 years, named operations manager,; with A. McDagostino as assistant and Ed Tate head of operations desk. Leslie Carey, former chief sound en- gineer, becomes assistant to Charles Felstead, sound department head. George Macon, formerly with Metro, named head of research and Law- rence Crukshank set as assistant to Ray Crossett, head of .story and writing dept.- ■; . James Mason , Continued from page 1 j Granger, Phyllis Calvert and Mar- garet Lockwood. Still it makes good coin prospects for "Odd Man Out,"' "Wicked Lady" and "The Upturned Glass," the trio heading for early release by Universal, and for "They . Were Sister,.'' "Seventh Veil" and.: "Man in Grey" how on U. S. .■screens. "Fannie By , Gaslight," final United Artists xelea.«e: for Rank, is. also 'sjst.. for 'early release. ' Mason-.recehtly sighe'': a- paCt with David Rose, former Paramount exec, to form a new company which would have. his exclu.5iv.e ;serviceS for a period of fi-ye years. Tefms of agreement permit Mason to make outside deals through the new com- pany. Understood that both Para- mount and Universal are dickering to h an die releases of the Rose "Mason: ■biiifit. . ■■'-'rA-'^-'