Variety (October 03, 1951)

74 3 , 14 S 1 Riviera Rover Boys frMW HI* t Chamber* of Commerce, because | British Our hotel to convinced the trip down to done In aoch a they faro bankruptcy II there are way that If you don't need to reat leaa than eight Roil*-Bo>c** parked and recover when you leave Parti, lit front el the door Bantleys and you * t|J by the time you get to Cadillacs have to uae the Service I I “ 1 ■“ | ‘ Entrance In the ; gambling' Casino. Britiah pound* Bow like real money and one hotel ha* tone to great espenv# to bring After n btor jf tbto faff get a from London a chef who ran un- few wbiff* of the oxygen you're derrook everything the way the flying through, then they hand you Britiah like it an apertif and tell you you'll aoon . Thom Galea be eating a delicious lunch Re Apart from swimming. tunning, vlved by thin just alightly beyond J gam n| lflg and shredding the repu- tho c«»matoa*, you alt up nlHtto unom of your friend*, the mam Nice They don't turn on the air conditioning until the poaaengera face* have begun to look like the egg-plant stall at the supermarket (U>, -faithfully Y <S2»and -GlgT Aa la the cnae of rumored poet- ponemenU. theatre bookinga ahifu etc . party agenta aay tt’a tirally tmpoaatble to get producer* or ginf 1 manager* on the phone, let alone get them to modify the house teat situation frequently day* go by with switchboard op- erator* any mg the producer or manager la ' In conference ‘ or at rehearguk In rontraat. management* knock •profit typo of themselves out trying to persuade agenta to aell theatre parties for furthcoming shows that appear to need boxofflc* help It's a cinch to get them on the phone or ob- tain any reasonable cooperation and the Bushnell 'the 1 then, it's claimed But under such ’ baa been variously a church, lesquo house, vaudor, leg!ter. film* house, etc. For the past several seasons, the BuahneU Memorial, an endowed cultural palace, has been the eniy local presentation spot for logit In Hartford A hod house for logit it seats about 2 000. with a good share of the seats spread out over tot floor It has averaged threo to four shows a season, most of them of tho spectacle type • 4 New Acts carrying trick la wheelkarro. style to a flne lauh "Vorth inspection for TV. etc - v ; ; : ^ ; Ttos. DC BANTCS TRIO ^ ft Ml occupation here ia^the giving of or tlon V ( “ * * Because of Its operation* the BuahneU meat has never made any real at* tempt to book continued legit .JN>» cause of the construction of the house, many shows have skirted Hartford only H. Y. Tho De Santas Trio tone femme two males) operate in the Mexican aero-dance vein Actually the to,* are more on the regulation toil, anting than terping side The ga| la a blonde looker who's in there largely for dressing; her chief eon. Your Beat Belts’ loro and ine Busnneu <tne, men it s ciaimeo. an uw<rr »urn , . . ,. c . - - — •v.ll.bl. tpof. Th* combui,- r,rrum.unc« Ih, b,»,M or(*a-1 L"2K2 ? TwJLISS «f th, two t*rtor> iWn. plu,.luth»u. which Mtur.lty look to Xrl " * * sign t«e« on ■ • ‘ going to Grand Galas A Grand unwillingness to buck the Shubert make a cleanup on hits, aren’t In- hut in two liniuin. th*«,by. >M t) u. M further ah*wi Th„lr* M Now H»*,n hn krnrtl-| t,mt,d in iryin* to *,t chanty cr».tm« the only known cvldcrmc kK>WIB(( „ »h»ro . (roup of of multi lingual heart failure The hostess, with the manufactured aimerity of a TVs womans pro- gram. soys there to nothing to w o rry about At lnoat. that's whot you think she says * >., she apeak* celebrities shoo names are known from one end of their own living- rooms to the other, pay from 1 000 <ft3» to 5.000 franc* 'gift' a head, and spend the evening listening to ■ J ..Ma Cannes orchestra play “Yea for — In two languages, neither of which Two - mi their Mu <«>r* slop over !ger of the Westport County Play- y. mmn to have mastered c<*nv Grand Galas always end up with house for several year* He Is the ptetely. She then «*•**♦* ****** " mile Islands of celebrities sur- son of !-awrence langner. co-foun- haaUly and glides Into the prats roumjed hy a sea of nobodie* der of the Theatre Guild, and Mrs ***** •-. 'jV P™** 4 "**^ to And nut whkh |f| Nrw York would be fine. Armine Marshall Langner. esecu- lf the planet really caivM*y^ *9 because there the theory to to gel live producer of the "Theatre withtml motprs^ ShortyJhereafter. #l| prew||| M loaded they won t } GuHd-of-the-Alr,“ radio show lunch . . vcjrefulty timed to reach know faf l0o days afterward how Bowden has been stag* manager you Juvi as the ship * * Thj * bored they were But here am us- for the Lunt* and was associated tho mountains Alp by Aip ih s 4 eon verbal ion does ti n DwarFHwHA T*Dto>;B—fltooafl gn4 IdMAI ivjs? .o^V-uVu^h* | rally kept a permanent blackout rates for tickets to a prospective on play presentations here " H Back of the new venture tenta- tively tabbed New Parsons The- atre Group are Philip Unpitr ■ Charles Bowden and Nancy Stern langner has been general mans- Unions’ Bum whirl The lads are good on feet-to- shoulder and catches Attractive black and white get ups put Over the aouth-of-border atmosphere. Tran. I against Equity, possibly ousting In the Broadway theatre* the stagehands, musicians and team- which Fontsnne Miss Stem to esecutive vteri have real power, but Juris* SPEED RINGS tS) Tap Dance ft Mins. -•Palace. N T I* 1 The Speed Kings are sept*n wqwy. FM.au * 1 MtotoBtoM operating as a typical ihh'• f mm the Industry-Wide advisory j overture act Their tap u..ik « group. However, there doesn't ap- fast gn i precise The tall mein. _ w ... 1 her to in the eccentric groove hi* pear to he much the partner specialising In splits and force the actor organ Isa- rr_„ Con do to iorce me actor w«mwr> i chore*. Don into line. ^ ■" | They bring on two chair* f«»r raiale-dasaie leaps and wind w uk raptdflre acrotapa Okay for general situations v . Iv rin Oiia' Cannes given -the r.*p«'3 and publicity tin ve under way Mr c other unions Involved In the setup ...ndiiL lu do knv *m »re Uon of being the Ihitty Parker of John Lodge, wife of the ('onnnti- are figured pretty much incidental : It.. orr»M«n Writ. .. ».«t to ■ rut (omw >*n .» .nor. .nrt hrr- Iui.aIIv when thev tell ,nr wru. ww w • w WTrmw f«n »v«toi «nu iwr- i Bam Fallnres «/vour KiU(i rnt.m 1-Grand GaU v«v » n th benefit mil Imp self a former dancer i* honorary j A M lb. pticr ol r»..m Kt „. uk ^ . hora , unl „, rt ... rh , lr „„ n (h. dnvr Atfrrd **** *^ h MrtkMk e. SMS . th. rhiMrrn »h« w.r. orphaned Drake. Walter Abe) and probably “"••Ijjj '••W Jjjj JW JB The life aa was lived here this • when their parents died of a sue- Tallulah Bankhead will spearhead .. year could only be understmMi hy f*it of Grand Galas, and we are the nprmng drive dinner I.aw- “a* 4 *® with eneciive po •• •**11* p. Scott and Zrlda Pitsgerald now aide to report that such oc- rence Langner and Theresa Hel- hand* and . Price* are sky high ... esrept finr casions are the most eaquiatte form burn of the Theatre Guild will also m *hing sporadic anempts lor ^ - f«»od. which to. cheaper than m „f torture stmr the Spanish In- be on the guest rostrum. ** r * Pans ... lunck for four *4 the quisition boy* were playing;, the] Staff for the New Parsons In- circuit, Mto Wlth iHMMtoF itotoBMBg l arll.m is about 4 500 franc* «ft3Q* Madrid Seville circuit \nt! it eludes llal W>»e house manager. \ f * ,lur * . ; and for the same meal at the wasn't liecause we didn't know UrrslM Hans berry, treasurer ! Th* Assn, of Theatmal press fietirge V In Paris, youd poy at anybody It’s taken fpf granted il Oulton Ryan, asamunl treasurer Agenta A Managers also started an you get there at all that ><>u know Ralph Lyrett. public relations and ; organuing drive agntaM tto toMa everybody, otherwise somebody subscription director. Aaron Trau. PAt 1. A ROBERTA BRADY ft Mina. MjMjlw.N. Y. This mixed duo have a wide as- sort ment > of knockabout antics which they manage to develop within Palace-ordained limited p*- IK . „ 1v riod Lying a Part* eofo setting E*> ms, m »M» . run-through of trrpa and tumbling. The femme * best is one foot flipping Male’s sock bit is a spin- ning top launched from prone po- sition. seguing Into side somer- saults for a self-knockout finish. ■: Treu. lea%t g gilO The life in gem-ral on the Cote d'Atur always seems to have been planned by the script writer for an early Joan Crawford film, but this year its more might find out that not only does nobody know anybody, nobody also give# no dum whatsoever We •There’ll be war tnmoirow and **. rr spofcen to or nodded to by so here we are out of gin than ever, nianv people, our heads began to Cocktail parties, dinner parlies f0 hk , oilVla ^ Havilland * in •v»*. God help us nude bathing Snake Pit Several people spoke parlies You can t .turn around | 0 farhadt because they thought without falling over some obucure h# WM 0ru>n Welle* which brings bit of mimw European Royalty. up th# moot of who |hr> whose Claim to hi* title is about , h|nh Welles ,* and the even as secqwraa wet JCIeeiteu . .. the mo0 | rr point of who Welles thinks IHike of Windsor * yach! ii forever hi we were allowed the un- droRpmg anchor in the Bay . . tpeakable Joy of seeing Aly Khan and if you went up into the hill* moodily srhottisching with a overlooking Cannes you d be sure hIont1# l to find Lot's wife turning to salt As for who's here actually Frankel to New York rep for the group, which to planning a legit w heel. last summer, and will continue the effort this fall and winter and next summer. But Its success has been spotty at best On two occasions In the last few ^months the question of mutual sup- port among unions represented on ■ the Fact Finding Committee has arisen One was when Equity re- fused to support the ATPAM ill the are reportedly threatening not to U'ltr'i dispute with George Brandt Tomahawif CMiuast* Booking Switches book tlieatre parties in the future 4# •Wagon’ Parti** In the case of Wagon.’* there 40 over eakpnayment quotas for the pass rt ..J ment or worse.** Kolodm claimed that they had "the relation to art that lavatory limericks have to poetry ** “Ballet has lagged far behind the other art* In its reflec- tion of the child’s concern with his intimate organs.'' he added, ’’and seems to be embarked on a helter- skelter pursuit of the usual self- •ubway circuit. The other was j revelation ” when the stagehands Indicated a ; Then Kolodin tot go with A stun- blonde, and we decided he looks _ . ( Just about the way a man ought to . reduced a bit when the show's B t J look sho let Rita Hayworth go out opening was postponed two weeks “• « “» —who »» l ^rTl J™ down ai!a u , , uu ,,,h,r Rm * dw *>' Ro *» or To(l Crawford, producer of lha Alan Jay “2 BJ '» -»-« - - - Urrnarrr^rk nu^.l is the only even if’he di»es are reportedly about; 40 parties wtHingnesa to pass an ATPAM ner. “While wore at tt,” he ended, booked, amounting to over $200- picket line arpund the Booth. N YJ” , ltt'i face the fact that most of 000 groat, both figures having been when Herman Shumlin's produc- * w ‘- tlon of *Taace On Her Petticoat** waa being set up. . Previously, efforts by stagehands, musicians, bosofftre men and press- agents-managers to enlist Equity’s nore uaeiui . . wui nr j .. .. ... .. — io enusi nquiiy s genuine king available; V mlT * of^ond/ J mad# * n unprecedented offer #upport against the str.whaU met am l.->k about a. I»l *** •"•"•‘J' with r*fu»t A. on. Equity m,m- .1 ... 7.wa. ,ore inr 11 a*M> lies* of w arrived on the benefit bookings to cover the w— i ^ * ha the local vot. drevved up hr | on the benefit booking, to cover the ^ M . ‘ If they can’t get Lodge Night And a certain Queen j J h ny.. . . .. *. pr ? t>n< to first base in organising the field. •re very beautiful, l^nedict w e tholmhf we'd het.^ P sTk^k ° U "MM to because they have no If you like women with mustache*. £. * .... J *. JSSSK— .^5 representation there ^ In that case. and Prinersa are very beautiful. ii jw n»r T J rn»rrwm«ion mere in max rate. Tor the rest, every evening around f p , lto , lnc ? drn ^ M ^ r ? th * * h,<t there* obviously no need for them. „«ht Ih, rockla.l loune, at «»>, uTsXrdSTwTLf, f.,r H ,n. ' ^ ,1. h « which mean. th,y hav, n« n(ht Carlton loolu lib, Romanoff . w ith I ' m *. ,,,, Rum ' ot "»» *"«*« party »rh,dul, which ,h rrr - .,1a, : . ih. Jack Warn,™ ih, »• » *t»m th,r, to i, ,«i.mat,d to numbn well o\,r _ ' V Naples and from there to Capri 40 dates and nearly $250 000 p.ilms , . * the Jack Warners, the and lien, Raymond .topping brt,f | »« «*» you *othor,». 1» ,n rout, la Men Roc. Hc\ctly F. * (f,** If Jo« lib, foun- MrhoU. ih. Older girl, No,l t « I M : tjyrrtwa. palace and Coward. Salvador Dali who always * rf no " k ln hud two tomboys standing by With 7* r . ■_ .. . fur reerx for hi* mustaches when K *'??? Gahet has Just walked .— be ,OMvked h L* n ‘ ! ,he k * lhal large mou*. The V vim. s version of the Battle * P h * > *• f ‘ ,,h, ' r To «D , _ While in : business. The amount of work in- volved in rrbooking the dates, re- calling all the tickets and re-dis- trthuting a new supply based on St Louis fg gWP* e *? 1 ” .”ft* 11 * oi lip, furniihcd by Reman, th, th, theau,. U admittedly enor- rigl „ thrir 0WB expenw „. nd producer, and Ihealf, U, ' um « “>•» «» <*« IIKI ,1,m ’ H'lyiiiiim nir Uditir . . 1 ■■ h ■ *«« »Mr#up ,. K . . _» . . ■_ .1 m of KK»w» rv" correspond* in hvMena ' < or * f, A ‘ n<rn ^* n submarine munagementa are inclined to shrug d « ,_ - m « AV «h» InLnnii the a d general abandon ip a January And out, well let you > ofT party agent gripes about the t *_ I thf American th# W Kite Sale at Gimbel’s •. Jtisephine Baker and .Charles It-i-i., t have Wth appeared at tlto ♦ 1 ; ** Sidney Bechet ri I 1 sire are at \ . i\ < bieC in JiMh W • Fill* . . . S«»nny lyfic w.»> here a couple of days Hartford Indlnufd tmm gat* S? 1 . ^ . the ant remaining Dolly Sister *»0r tryouts, with presentations on ( top charity rates prevail, are w ith- ,r ‘" 1. at III around «.i* is the movie Thursdays. Friday* and Saturri4v> drawn The difference frequently s•r-cn o hrr ami r M>ter - "four shows* Other csmbd *N» r\- comes to as much as S><i0 $«»00 in life. , , and honest to Ltantfo^el peeted to go a full week. with , revenue from a single house for n4 *i T »<^>u* do not hate the capacity the nthf« mim we even saw Elsa matinee* on Wednesday* and Sat “■ ^ this intense preoccupation with the clash of sexes to expressed by and through a segment of society which has no actual concern with it . , . Methinks it to not the lady, but the laddie, who doth protest too much. # Tlieatre TVers CNlpwl rrwas MS* I «. • ' • . T. V* ; a. . * ; a percentage of the gross for all such programs and. to the exhth*' thinking, that would be cutting up the melon in too many pieces Theatre ops concede that the top sports events, such as a Robinson- Turpin fight, will pack their hou»c*. But. they claim, such events are too few and far between. Attractions with less marquee lur*- such as la-t Wednesday night’s «26» Saddler- Pep fight, at best draw only tha fight fans and theatre TV. to exi*t. must build as variegated an audi- ence as that which buys ticket* for regular film* In addition, rkhihs ooint out, theatre TV must be ab.e Id present a change of pace on oc- casion which la not posiibV through concentration on fights and football game* alone. .■■■ii i i —i Baseball Fever , increasing number of house seat* **** ■. ■ . withheld, the prob'em is appar- The downtown American Is. wit to ently a timgh one to explain tn ^ne block of parking lots and to benefit organisation member* ! ,ur, * e *' lhal ran accommodate ap- Since house seat* are generally P*'o*»«»*ely 5 000 automobiles, and the most choice locations it means <i,,t bus hne4 within two block* i that many tickets for which the of the fheatre, This situation is a trifle different in ihe location of Empress, in midtown, where parking lots, though probably as *l«d honest la L*>tfbsel peeled to go a full week, ^ ’ the benefit group ^According"to oJ those downtown Two heavily Maxwell. urd.iys House will be dark Sun- the agents, It is practically impos- travelled streetcar line* and two Austerity \he%! days sible to explain this house-seat bu4 ,lnM * Tt nithin a block or Among other things, Cannes has New Parsons” tag was annexed situation tq benefit officials 4*0 of the Empress, made u- v*ry curious alwtui who to the Center due to the old Par- The house started the rumor that there are no '“*»* Theatre here That house was rich Englishmen At the Last a noted test hou*e for the ShutorH count there were some 25 yacht- and t othcrs for years before liquor aired yacht* anchored at the jetty fame back It was eventually con- here one wa- the Royal Egyptian demnrd and torn down Since then Job. five or mx were either South Hartford has been fed a lean diet or Central American, there was a of legit. The Fttoral The at re Proj- nu»re For instance, the house seat 1 either has on playgoers to question- Broadway transient trade CusUsmS f pats I Jew >sh Rush Hashana holidays ffb** Sunday night to Tuesday sundt» .‘ n. . _ — Latin Quarter filled up for seat withholdings The critics Herbert Monk of the Monday dinner show. The new > w Bto be five or six time* as a m Globe-Democrat and Myles 1 opened Gilded Cage, which h. I ar^e as a few year* ago. It *' Standish of the p. m. Post-Dto- been doing from 300 to 600 oU » l * claimed. Thus, where most shows patch, also double in reviewing ( ly. did somewhat better, used to have only four or in somw films Monk is the more liberal In I Sugar Hill, opening tonight W * ‘ instance* tlx seats tohj out, the , his reviewa. Btanduh wields a with an all-Negro revue, to expec • sort qf eon verted dm ghv (Inn? the erf plus two or threw other a ho: Ibut* for some Of the Incoming pennon of the East Overshoe, I. I live attempts at atock, never filhd benefit shows include *'Lov« and Yacht Club, and all th* rest were, the Wants of the city. The Ceiiicr i Let Love** i22* # ’ Wdkon ' t34». number it now frequently 30 or cauttic typewriter Whit influence to add to the more. For instance, the house seat either has on nlivioart is aueiimn- Hrmrlwsv tran>. competition h*r r it trade. Harry able. St Louisans are canny and! Stem man. who formerly opera* cl follow New York review* printed th* Latin Casino. Philadelphia »• in the ftggtl rags. I the MftU’i bomface. 9