Variety (December 1950)

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Wednesday, December 20, 195Q VAUjDEVlLLB 45 To Aid in Oi^anizing Holdouts Deal is in the works for a link between the American Guild of Variety Artists and Local 802 of the American Federation of Musi- cians for a greater degree of co- operation between both unions. Both are working on a pact which will forbid acts to work with non- union bands, and also calls for bands hot to play for nonrunion acts. Terms will also call for a mutual ban on spots cited unfair to either union. In many cases previously the acts have gone through AFM picket lines, and vice-versa. Although the agreement by its nature will be confined to the NeW York area, similar deals are likely, to be concluded in other parts of the country. It’s felt that agree- ments of this kind will aid both unions to organize holdout spots. The Local 802-AGVA agreement is an extension of the recently con- cluded pact between the national offices of both outfits in which the jurisdiction of each union was de- fined and was made primarily to end the AGVA-AFM quarrel on acts, bandleaders and sidemen who use both music and dancing as part of their routines. Two N.Y. Jocks to Switch JIMMIE HUSSON "AW. ivtuyBODy" Currtntly: Club Dat«s for Mlldrod Lan* LEAMINGTON HOTEL Oakland, California (Until Dtc. 3«) FATRICE JAN HELENE and HOWARD HELD OVER CHEZ PAREE CHICAGO, ILL. COMEDY MATERIAL ^ AW Bronchot of Thwatrkah OUASON'S FUN-MASTER 'THE ORIQINAL SHOW BIZ GAG PILE'' • IJhru 35 • $1.00 •ach • CDwra,? ** 'J Only) AL—FIRST 13 FILES FOR $10 A LL 35 FILES FOR ONLY $2 5 1 budget .. .. $35 • MOW TO MASTER THE CEREMONIES ‘rtlssoa), $ 2.00 ENCYCLOPEDIA Or GAGS/ $250. Worth ovar a thousand. NO C.O.D.'S , PAULA SMITH 200 W. 54 St.a Naw York 1 f Dept. V Circia 7-1130 CALL Want at onca-^Giri musicians^ all In- struinents. Prafar thosa who doubla, Both pop and Wastarn (no hillbilly), do'spoclaltlos and danco# tor ^compact varlaty unit. Must hava b* naat/ and hava TALENT. All intaryiaws Naw York City, Writa «/o Varlaty, 154 W. ^«h St., Naw York If, N. Y. Wally Overman GAYETY THEATRE MONTREAL, CANADA WEEK NOV. 27 Mgt.: MATTY ROSEN, N. Y. Two N. Y. cafe disk jockeys are working out a reciprocal deal en- tailing exchange of spots for one evening weekly. Barry Gray, who spiels at Chandler’s restaurant two evenings weekly, will switch with Lou Quinn, who works from the Copacabana, N. Y. ’ Full details of the switch haven’t been worked out as yet, but ex- change is slated to start shortly after Jan. l. During the switch, Gray, Who is. regularly heard over WMCA, will gab over Quinn’s out- let WVNJ, and vice versa. Whether each takes his sponsor’s to the new mike is one of the matters to be resolved. Como Sock at Click in 1st Philly Date in 6 Yrs. Philadelphia, Dec. 19. Perry Como, playing his first cafe date here and making his first Philadelphia appearance in six years, fractured attendance records at the Click, Saturday night (16). Como was accompanied by the Fon- tane Sisters and their two shows clocked more than 6,000 patrons, despite Sat. midnight closing. Singer made the siiigle-night date as a favor to Click owner, Frank Palumbo, who arranged a Saturday .iiftefnoon cocktail party and reception for Como, which was attended by virtually every disk jockey in the area. CAN. COMBO TO FUY Ui. AFTER 2-YR. DEraV Irving Pall Quartet, Canadian comedy-vocal-instrumental combo, makes its U. S. debut Dec. 29, at the Forrest Park hotel,i St. Louis. Group was originally supposed to appear in this country in the sum- mer of ’49, but was refused entry under the U. S, Alien Contract laws. An appeal was made and granted in September of last year. Under the grant, outfit was called upon to make an American appear- ahee before Jaii. 1* 1951, or the appeal would be invalid. Quartet has been booked into the Forrest Park for four weelw by General Artists Corp. Statler Hotel, D. C., To Resume Name Policy in January The Statler hotel, Washington, is slated to resume an act policy Jan. 8. Spot has set Rosalind Court* wright and Cardin! for its preem show under the talent format. Ted Lewis is slated to follow Jan. 22. Inn had been on a band policy for some time, and spot will con* tiiiue to book top crews whenever budget allows. However, it’s been decided to accent acts in all of their shows. ’Saga of Sameness’ Sags Holiday 6.0. Not Too Gay Montreal, Dec. 19. The only things resembling a white Christmas around Montreal are the empty tables as local boite operators go into one of the poor- est holiday seasons for several years. Although prepared for the usual slump, owners were dealt ; additional blow with the announce- ment that all rooms must close early aver Christmas and New Year’s Eves. Lack of biz in some cases is not entirely the, fault of the season. Too many spots have opened in the past year offering the tab-lifter the same sort of entertainment, that is, an imported line of hoof- ers; a couple of singers; emcee- comedian, plus a novelty act. Most successful to date has been the Bellevue Casino and it hit on this formula first, it is still drawing with a regular clientele that the other saloons are unable to cut into. The stubes that spread from mid-town to the heavily pop- ulated French districts in the east end seem unable to produce any- thing more than a trio (always the same setup; an accordion, a bass and guitar) that specializes in pseudo rhumba numbers. Other rooms are suffering when new owners decide after a month or so that they are impresarios and start bargaining around for talent. With more than 25 rooms offering revues, the public is shopping around for entertainment and avoiding the joints that, keep changing their price policy de- pending on the amount they have to ante up for performers. The clubs with a consistent policy of price and show formula pick up the biggest chunk of business every time. The Esquire, one of the oldest clubs in town, may drop its shows in the new year and con- tinue as a lounge; the Latin Quar- ter which has gone through a se- ries of owners in, the past few years is up for sale after taking a beating for the last couple of months. The Diana Grill with its new Candlelight Room is starting to click, concentrating on “name” acts such as the Inkspots^ Ames Bros., Delta Rhythm Boys, et al.; but the climb is slow. The Iceland restaurant, N. Y., is currently undergoing financial re- organization folio wing a crisis of last week, during which the Amer- ican Guild of Variety Artists had to pay off the acts out of the $880 bond that was posted with the union. Because of a siege of sub- par business, spot’s till was shy of the. necessary coin and the union last week pulled the acts. More money was put up on Friday (15) and show was allowed to go bn un- til Sunday (17). At press time, union stated that the Iceland Would not be permit- ted to reopen last night (*rues,) un- ie$s a bond for the full amount of the show wa$ posted. Iceland is getting new money men into the corporation and it was expected that the spot would resume.