Variety (Sep 1946)

VAUPEVIIXE Okla. Dry Law Repeal Seen Adding $10,009,(100 to State TE Hoteken Say Oklahoma City, Sepl. IT. Statewide prohibition repeal may be brought before the Olilalmma legislature next year, but it us un- likely to be considered by the jojiu state legislative t«'l ?;r';j"d';:elcd B.U Gi.mn and Oscar Stango, one was indicated at heaiing condiKica o .^^ ^1^.^^^. Eociation seci-etary, estimated repeal , would bring the state approximately $10,000,000 annually in new revenue. He submitted fiptures showing that other -States of similar population receive such revenue fiom hquov taxes. ; i".-' > .lames C. Nance, committee chair^ iiwn. declared, however, that the issue was one for the people to de- cide and that the tax commi'.tee had no jurisdiction in the matter. Whether there are other plans to bring the r^eal issue before the ml Oklahoma legislature was not immediately indicated. Conventioneers Help Late Season Biz in A.C. Nitcrics Atlantic City, Sept. 17. Although race track opened its fall nu->>t in nearby McKec City Monday (Hi) most nightclub operators here ospcct to do little business with the WcdueB<lay, September 18, 194^ Detroit's Latin Quarter Remains Shuttered Till Morelli Tells Who's Who? Detroit, Sept Griffin & Stange Span 35 Yrs. as Vaude Partners ! where they are I the new edition o£ "Gay '90's Rcvuo._ . Both started stage Careers as end 'men in minstrel shows, playing ! with traveling turkeys until latpi- ' hitting their stride with the big- ItimeiB ot minstrelsy i-uch as Prim- irose & West, Lew Dockstador George "Honey Boy' HARRY ANGER OPENING CLUB CAIRO, D.C. NITERY Washington, Sept. 1 1 Club Cairo, town's m ' spot, gets under way here Friday ' with a high budget show and an ef- fort to sell Washington a nitery elabr orate enough to Sport its own per- manent chorus line, something which Walters Back With Loew In Fla. Nitery Operation Lou-Walters is'back in partnership In the Latin Quarter on Palm Island, Florida, which he'll operate with E. M. Loew, partner in the N. Y. Latin Quarter. Vm- several seasons, Loew pperat- | ed the Palm Island LQ solo, while , Walters was tied in with the Tei race , i-borri, Miami, and prior to that, with | the Colonial Inn. Walters was | caught in the Colonial room opera-| tion, iust at the time gas rationing | i^Q.^^^ venture became effective, and he was cut oft from his source of customers. He subsequently moved into the | Terrace room, which he sold .last; year. ,. ' • I, Loew, meanwhile continued with the operation of the Latin Quarter, in which he reportedly dropped S80.000 last year. Loew is said to have given Walters carte blanche in running the room. Walters is now in Palm Island supervising details on reopening, the spot. ■ mob, that. foUOvy'S' the:horses, VViilvthnt in minii/they have gone into thoii- Alsual fall pUm of cuiHail- iiiii 'acts • and .pntertainmeiit, Bath and Tiirf, Copa Cabana, Paradise, and ;i ho.st of smaller .places; b'a^'^^^ clo.'jod. Oth.or spots depend on convention bu.'iine;*! to keep them in chips, this boing the be.<;t oonvention yeai^ since Iho war, which, of course,dosed down everything. Such .spots as Babetlc'.s, Clicquot, 500 Club. Hiar le:ih. Club Notnand, Paddock, remain open year round but, aiwrfiys prune 1 ■ talCiVt-bMdgets after summer season,. Harlem Club will remain ^ open | until Oct. 5. late date for this club, /Uptown's Tom Endicott is buying more white space with local gazettes ' tlian he did in the middle of the sea- son. He usually folds up the latter part of September, but >.s holding out a.s long as the customers ^b, All spots got tough break last wfeck when the fine weather sud- „„,.-»cf Tiiphf i denly turned SO cold that patrons de- newesi nisr i i ^^^^j^^^^ ^^^^ jjaj, ^^^^^ ^ig con- ventions helped biz to hp etid, espe- cially the 16,000 Shnniers which I weekended here. and Evans shows. •n. Latin Quarter remains closed by the State Liquor Commis.sion whicli ^ay.s it "i.-i still considering the Latin Quarler'.s liquor license." Until Chairmiiii Felix H, H. Flynit. rules on the license it will remain shut- tered. , Flynn said he would not get aroimd to ruling on the spot until I Anthony Morelli, licensee, appeared to answer charges of questionable owtiership. The state has been crack- ing down on all places with liquor licenses suspected of having hidden owner.ships. Meanwhile, Enric Madriguera and his wife. Pat Gilmore, and 22 other members of his troupe are marking time. They were skedded to open^ j at the Spot but are now stymiecl bC' ' cau.se of license controversy. in - a long Sid RheingoU,' Who quit agenting for commercial pursuits^ is bade agenting again, having joined the Al Davis agency. He'll handle nitery and club-date bookings for that agency. has not been tried here time—if ever. C\ub Cairo is the baby of Harry Anger who, until last January, was production and district manager for; Warner Bros, in D. C. He staged the ' Earle live productions until they were discontinued. Anger, who also | operates a talent agency in New | York, has Sam .Shanker, local chain ; store, man, interested with him in! which will be | located in the Cairo hotel, just off the edge of the mid-city. Opening show will feature Robert Craig, 20th-Fox singing juve; Yvette, Hclene & Howard, and Nip Nelson, plus a group of New York show- girls. It was Anger who, together with Paul Young, local restaurateur, tried to open the Willard Hotel roof as a night club. This deal was blocked when a liquor license could not be obtained on the ground that there were not enough elevators to the roof. Schanker, Anger's current partner, has had two prior flings into cafe biz. He had a piece of both the Jalna and Culinary Arts, which were not long-lived. Romany room, Washington, which pre-war was a heavy talent user, will resume floorshows starting Oct. 8. Spot for several years operating as an eatery, will attempt shows with Harry Anger booking. STEVE EVANS HAPPY TIMES & JOLLY MOMENTS OpeikUlg 19 ;t«-. cunt, SAN l''lt.\NCISC'0 KOSli:\-AN0>ER ASSOt'IATJCS Monroe's Record 20G In 3 Days at State, Hartford ■Vaughn Monroe broke the house record at the State theatre, Hart- ford, in a three-day engagement ending Sunday (15). Monroe racked up $20,000. Previous highs were $18,000 re- corded during engagements of Tommy Dorsey and Sugar Chile Robinson. AGVA Pays Off $408 Claim to Frederick Bros. On Belle Baker LQ Date American Guild of 'Variety Artists forwarded Frederick Bros.. N. Y., agency. $408 involved in a dis- pute between Belle Baker and the agency over commissions on Lou Walters Latin Quarter, N; Y., I nitery last winter. Miss Baker dis- I puted claim but put amount in- i volved in escrow with talent union for arbitration. Such procedure had been set up several times but Miss Baker had been unable to attend because of illness or playing out- of-town engagements. Union set up another panel to arbitrate matter two weeks ago, notifying Miss Baker that unless she appeared the : $i08 would be turned over to Frederick Bros. When she didn't reply that was done. Controversy stems back to a dis- pute between songstress and agency as to who was entitled to commis- sion for the L. Q. booking. Date was originally pacted by Jerry Rosen, when latter was in the employ ot Fredericks. Miss Baker had been too ill to open on original date and Walters agreed to put back booking Until she could play it. Meanwhile Rosen left the agency to branch out on his own, with Miss Baker ILsted among his clients. It was afte" Rosen left Fredericks that she played the date. Fredericks, however, claimed original booking had been made ■'by Rosen while in their employ and were entitled to 5% of the commis- sions. AG'VA acquiesce^', on same stance when singer did not appear to put in a defense. FB CHANGES SETUP AS AID TO N.Y. OFHCE New York office of Frederick Bros., after reorganization talks between Tom Kettering, of the Los Angeles office and Milo Stelt, FB veepee. will concentrate on talent. Decision to have the N. Y. branch concentrate on artists was made so that various FB offices activities will be coordinated. Meeting also decided that the Hollywood 'office will concentrate on the "film business, while Chicago's primary activities will be devoted to bands. Findings arc to be pas.sed upon by L. B. Frederick, president of the firm who operates from the Holly- wood.post. New York has also been designat- ed to act as a feeder for Hollywood. Consequently decision has been made to reorganize a legit depart- ment which they regard as the best source for film material, N. Y- offtce previously had a legit sector which was dropped. Significant part of the proceedings is the fact that talks took place when B. W. Frederick, head oi N. Y. oflice was on vacation. However, it's been denied that he's being circumvented or that he's no longer important itv the setup. He's slated to return to work shortly. Shelvey Adjusting Wrong Contract Snarl in Chicago Matt Shelvey, national head or American Guild of Variety Artists, planed to Gbica80> Monday (16) in unsnarl .a contract mixup that may cause loss of coin to group of per- formers through mistake of Chi of- fice of General Artists Corp. i.s.suing wrong contracts to performers for a six-week date at Shadowland, San Antonio nitery. Instead of issuing regulation AGVA contracts for the date, GAC in.stead mistakenly issued AGMA (American Guild of Mu.sical Artist.':) forms, which covers concert and op- eratic fields and ha.s nothing to do with vaude dates. Although booked in for six weeks the show was cancelled out after second week. AGVA has blanket bond up for spot and is demanding two weeks' salary paid for labor performed despite mixup in con- tract forms. Since AGVA, has no jurisdiction over. AGMA nor were the acts members of that union they cannot process on unplayed contract, tfine via that union. As far as AGVA j is concerned, it has no way of col- lecting unless penalizing: GAC for mistake and demanding payoff for remaining four unplayed weeks. Shelvey will huddle with Jack IrVinu. head of Chi branch ot AGVA, on what procedure, if any, will be taken against GAC. AGVA may alao discipline the periormcrs tor signing other than their own union's contracts. Yank Act* for London Arren and Broderick have been signed to open at Stoll's theatre. London, Oct. 10, in Tom Arnold's Ice Show. Layout will also mark the pro bow of Cecilia CoUcdge, 1940 Olympic games winner in the fancy skating division. Also set for a London show is Ann Falvo, singer who'll bow at the Prince of Wales theatre, Oct. 10. Frankie Carle has been signed to repeat at the Capitol theatre, N. Y., starting around Nov, 28. TAKES PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HER OWN AGENCY MAY JOHNSON ASSOCIATES LTD. ' . ■ SPECIALIZING IN ALL FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT WITH MAIN OFFICES AT THE MOUNT ROYAL HOTEL. MONTREAL Saranac Lake By Happy Bcnway < Saranac Lake, Sept. 17. Charles Kaufhold, electric techni- cian for Yost theatres of Harrisburg, Pa., checked into the Rogers for observation. Joe Donicolo agreeably surprised by visit from wife, Ruth Dcnicolo, and sister Rhoda last, week. Elated over nitty clinic report.s Dick Moore, Ben Schaffer, Victor Gamba and Sig Mealy have formed a quartpt to yodel chanties to other inhhates at the Rogers. ■ The J. M. Florios shot in from Now York Citj; to mitt, James Wotton, who is doing nicely, Bobby Hatz, who beat the rap here, is back on his old job, while Joe Debrowski, who recently beat an operation, is now an assistant switchboard operator at the Rogers, E.ithcr Morrissette, who recently camo»here for annual checkup, wa.'i ,t;iven all-clear papers and returned to work; Fay Schacht, formerly of Warner Bros, home office, has beat rap here, and returns to work at old job next week; Jackie Roberts, nitery songstress, okayed on checkup and left for the Bis Town. Charles Dowe flashing good clinic Reports ' and upped for meals and mild exercise. : ; Anna Mae Rook and Joe Diamante popped in from Philadelphia to bed- side Isabel Rook, who's'flashing nitty clinic reports. Helen Pelechowicz, formerly of Grand theatre, Camden, N. J., ex- changing chit-chat with brother Joe, who shot in from New Jersey. Rose Hanken received her go- home and back to work papers last week. William Gargke and Jack Baker shot in from Long Island to visit Edith Gargke, who Is showing nice improvement. Alice Dudley, dancer, checked in at the Rogers, ■ - (Write to those who Art 111.) Lederer Named European Rep for Ringling Circus Hans Lederer, of the Clifford C. Fi.^cher office, has been named Euro- pean representative for the Ringling Bros.. Barnum & Bailey circus, and is'slated to make his first European trip to line up Continental acts, at the end of November. He'll accom- pany John Ringling North. Lederer, who pre-war ran a talent agency with offices in Paris and Vienna, represented the circus until out- break ot the war. Rintiling and Lederer will be gone two months during which time they'll hit England, France, Switzer- land. Belgium. Holland and the Scandinavian countries. JOE VILANE OANCE sm'sr Glenn Rendezvous NEWPORT, KY. Mlft.: OKO. MIUIY Carnegie Hall, New Dir.: .lOK MANN York Laurette and Glymas l>.\.\('IN(i HtMOKISTH Sfi>t. a(» to Ofi. 3 KIEOWN IIOTHI., UmlB-vlllC, K.T- HYPNOTIST .tniu/liiic iiiKl KiillliiK rcrf<>rn>nn<'i>» .\v,\n,.\nM; fihi bookinos M. ELSTER •XIH f.HHi Wth SlicH, S. y. 2), N. ALWAYS WORKIMG WHITEY' ROBERTS Now on the 4th Option BLACKHAWK. CHICAGO l>lr,i W.M. SrO«1HS _____