Variety (September 1952)

Scpt^in1>«r 1952 CoHn. Coart Awards 60(1 To AttyrReceiver lit m HartfordFire •Hartford, S6pt. 2. ’ ,A Hartford lawyer, serving as receiver for Kingling Bros.-Baraum & Bailey Combined Sbows, Inc., since the disastrous circus fibre of 19^4, has been awarded a $60,000 fee by State Superior Court here. Judge John T. Cullinan set that amount for Atty. Edward S. Bogin. - Payment of fees had be^»n op- posed by the circus. The lawyer had. originally asked for .$175,000, Fees for Julius Schatz, coxmsel for the receiver, have yet to^be set. The judge praised the work of the attorneys-in seeing that claim- ants were paid off 100 cents on the dollar with a $4,000,000 aggre- gate. He also lauded Bogin for his efforts that allowed the circus to continue on the road after the disaster. The circus receivership was set up six days after the fire-, the court pointed out. This allowed the show to take to the road. The Hartford County bar worked out an arbitration agreement;—^which set a precedent for disaster litiga- tion^with the circus for settling claims. The July 6; 1944, fibre cost the lives of 169. Arsons and left 382 with serious Injuries. Another 112 were less seriously injured. [ij'r-liT.] JAY MARSHALL has r«turn«d fo f Las Yagas to visit his mohoy. Cuntntly 7ih Wtik Hotel Thunderbird Thank* to HAL IRAUDIS ManagmnfnI MARK LEDDY THE CHORDS Insfrufflcitfn/iifs without InstrumentM SopL 4r4t toavmr Dam, Wis., Fair Sopt. $^13: Knoxvillo, Tonn., Fair Midwest Clab Dates aed Fairs! HARRY GREBEN 201 N. Wobasb Ave., Chtcofo, III. Directloe: O.A.C. THE GUARDSMEN 'Curroniiy LATIN QUARTER Nsw York HARBERS OPENING SEPT, t SAVOY HOTEL LONDON and QALE Grant's Riviera RRtTAURANT AND BAR 1II W. 44 St., New York LU 2-4411 WHER* SHOWBUSmXSS MEETS ♦TALENT CONTEST* MONDAY NIGHTS Friroi fr»f»**io(tai Ingagnm^nt auRlU»t« rrliM Amm-SvS In th* C*»« •! TUi But Hotels, Niteries N.S.CI Saratoga Springs, Sept. 2. A record-breaking final day (30) crowd of 24,452 sent the season's attendance to 368,979, an increase of 8% over 1951,, and wrote finis to the most successful ^August in the history of the Saratoga Bacing Assn. Surprisingly, betting jumped 17%, to $24,013,888. For. the second consecutive year thb ban on off-track gambling benefited the Union Ave. course. It was not so good for hotels, baths and some other businesses. Their season was described as fair. The Spa Summer Theatre, on the State Beservation, enjoyed a boom. Nitery life was virtually non- existent. • The races were filnl-televlsed for the first time and presented nightly, under sponsorship of Fitz- gerald Brbs, Brewing Co. of Troy, via WBGB, Schenectady, The fea- ture "event was aired dally over WPTB, Albany, and the Empire State Network; the Saturday top- per, on CBS. LAINE’S PALLADIUM 396 TIES DANNY KAYE MARK London, Aug. 26. Despite incessant heatwave. Frankie Laine has topped $39,000 in his first week at the London Palladium, which heats all takings at this house by any American or English act and • ties with former, record-holder Danny Kaye. This week’s take, with house sold out, will he same as previous week. Laine has also walked away with marks held by previous U. S. Imports at Belle Vue, Manchester, Sept. 14, with advance booking so big that management has been compelled to sked an extra- per- formance at 5:30 p.m. Sidney and Cecil Bernstein, bosses of the Granada, Tooting, a London suburb, have booked Laine for two Sunday concerts, Oct. 5, at salary reported as the highest ever .paid to any English or for- eign attraction. Meanwhile, Mrs, Laine has invested a reputed $20,- 000 in London antique shops for rarities which she is bringing hack with her. Dicker Bill Miller to Run All-Negro B’way Nitery The site of the nitery last op- erated by the Gilded Cage may reopen as a sepia talent policy cafe. Abe Ellis and Paul Schlosser, who hold the chattel mortga^ on the spot, are currently negotiating with Bill Miller, operator of the Blviera, Ft. Lee, N. J. Deal-may be completed this week for him to take over. If so, then an open- ing would he aimed for Oct. 15. The spot previously operated with an all-Negro show policy. As the Zanzibar, which was run by Joe Howard and Carl Erbe, the cafe played some of the biggest Negro names. This was the last .,bigtim€ Negro operation on Broad- way. Currently, the hulk of the Broadway cafe business is taken up by the Latin Quarter, which is -without any major competition on the Stem.. Curiously enough, Lou Walters, the LQ operator, op- erated on this site as the Gilded Cage. Walters was also in on it when, in partnership with Nat Harris, it was labeled the Harem. Tape Recordings Trap 2 St. Loo Area Cafes St. Louis, Sept. 2. Tape recording:? were used to supplement the oral testimony of a resident of Alton, 111., across the Mississippi from here, against own- ers of two taverns who have lost their liquor licenses because of rowdyism and curfew violations. Charges pending against two others are expected to be acted on soon. At a hearing last w^ek before Gus Halleu, chairman of the Madi- son County Liqdor Control Board at Edwardsville, Leo Geisen, the resident, produced the recordings which he said were obtained when he and two others hid in the weeds near the cafes. The owners of the Queen’s Tav- ern and the Greasy Spoon were al- leged to have permitted loud and boisterous demonstrations, offen- sive language by patrons in addi- tion to the curfew violations, all of which constituted a disturbance to nearby residents. State, Hartford, Reopening With Names on Weekends Hartforii, Sept. 2. State Theatre here reopens on a two-day format of vaudfilms this Saturday (6) after its usual sum- mer hiatus. Emphasis will he on the stage fare. Booked for the tee- off are the Four Aces, Toni Arden and a Gene Krupa unit. Through one of those booking curiosities, Kimpa will also play Bushnell Memorial the following Friday (12) as part of a Norman Granz “Jazz at the Philharmonic” presentation. As last year. State will use name personalities on the Saturday-Sunday layout. In other years, house has operated as a three and four-day stand. U.S. Admissioa Tu Uens Vs. Toledo Barley Ops . Toledo, Sept. 2. ' The U. S. Inl'emal Bevenue Dept, has filed tax liens against Jack and Edward Bnbeavr and Pearl Irons, partners, who operate the Gayety, Toledo burlesque house, totaling $21,883.94, for alleged non-payment of Federal admissions taxes for the period of March, 1951, through June, 1952. Of this amount $16,- 390.02 is being assessed for penal- ties. The bureau also filed an income tax lien against Jack and Tillie Bubens, totaling $1,772,65, of which $612.11 is for penalties and inter- est, for alleged unpaid Income tax for 1951. VAtnBBVttJbB 4s N. J. CITES 3D CAFE IN A C. ON LEWD RAP . Atlantic City, Sept. 2.' ^ A third nitery here is facing ac-^ tion of the Alcoholic Beverage Control (Commission at Us Kewairk’ headquarters for permitting what ABC agents plaim ,to be an in- decent show on Its premises. Last to be added to the list is John (Jackey) Hyett, operator of the Jockey Club, Midtown hot spot, . ABC agents two weeks * ago visited the Jockey ClPb afid gath- ered evidence, They charged later that Hyett permitted “lewdnes# I and immoral activity” by enter- i tainers. BLUE ANGEL, New York "A vastly imptoved, comedian who would be an asset for an intimate review/' Jose, VARIETY. ''Orson Bean is back, funnier than ever, and quite unlike anyone you ever saw with the possible exception of frank fay in hit great vaudeville days. He Is sock all the way." Lee Mortimer, DAILY M/RROR* BROADWAY TV THEATRE; "Three Men on a Horse" * "Orson Bean gave a standout pGrforiti» DAILY NEWS. "The Fortune Hunter" ^'Orsofi Bean showing- versatility In comic roles." variety. "Nothing But the Truth" "Orson Bean struck me as thoroughty likeable and talented besides." world-telegram. ED SULLIVAN SHOW (Convention Special) "Orson Bean got the most out of the confab idea with convention bit which Is standard with him In-niteries; it made a solid impact on this show," VARIETY, CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LOWER BASIN STREET NBC "Bean's voice and style are perfect on’ radio ... a delightfully pompous comedy technique. His unctuous air of seedy ele- gance made the most of Saturday's script." June Bundy^ BILLBOARD. "The big time's most refreshing laugh provoker since Herb Shriner arrived from Indiona. . frank farrell, WORLD-TELEGRAM. ORSON OEtN New York Just Completed 14 WEEKS - BLUE ANGEL, n.wy. 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