Variety (January 1953)

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244 Fartyseveitth ’Anniversary Wednesday, January 7, 1953 STANDOUT STANDARDS come from MUSIC PUBLISHERS HOLDING CORPORATION * WINTER * JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS • • YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME • INDIAN LOVE CALL BIRTH OF THE BLUES PLUS A Great New Score from the Warner Bros. Picture “APRIL IN PARIS’* — Starring Doris Day and Ray Bolger APRIL IN PARIS I'M GONNA RING THE BELL TONIGHT GIVE ME YOUR LIPS IT MUST BE GOOD I KNOW A PLACE THAT'S WHAT MAKES PARIS, PAREE Coming Soon—A Sensational Score from the Warner Bros. Picture "YNf JAZZ SINGER" ★ HARMS, INC. HARRY GARFIELD Prof. Mgr. M. WITMARK & SONS NAT FREELING Prof. Mgr. STANDARD EXPLOITATION JACK McCOY NEW WORLD MUSIC GORP. REMICK MUSIC CORP. JOHNNY WHITE Prof. Mgr . ADVANCED MUSIC CORP. MONROE GOLDEN Prof. Mgr. ★ 488 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N. Y. DUKE ELLINGTON Record Artists’ Fees From $5 Up Many record makers, have moved up into the chips from disk royal- ties but they usually didn’t make big money when they first faced the horn or mike, Harry Lauder’s original contract with Gramophone & Typewriter, Ltd., in England, bound him to make records in lots of six for £5 —less than $5 a platter at the ex- change rate of those days. An ex- miner, Lauder said later that the "6 for 5” offer looked like big money because it was more than he could make in two weeks grub- bing coal. After his records began to be big sellers, an adjustment (Continued on page 246) Biopic of 'Spanish Town’ Composer as Mex Prod. Mexico City. Life of Maria Grever, Mexican composer of “In a Little Spanish Town,” who died in N. Y. last year, is to be made into a film by Mier y Brooks. Libertad Lamarque, Ar- gentinian actress-tango singer who is a topper in Mexican pix, will have the name role. Pic, to start early in 1953, will feature most popular of Mrs. Gre- ver’s songs. ‘Euryanthe’ at Carnegie In Opera-Concert Form Weber’s dnly opera, “Euryanthe,” will be presented in concert form at Carnegie Hall, N. Y., Jan. 13 by the Little Orchestra Society, under Thomas Scherman’s direction. Sel- dom-heard work was last performed in N. Y., by Arturo Toscanini, in 1915. Helen Laird, Irene Jordan, David Garen, Luis Pichardo and Kenneth Smith will be soloists, with the Westminster Choir assisting. SEASON'S GREETINGS MEYER DAVIS’ MUSIC Orchestras Extraordinary MEYER DAVIS THEATRICAL ATTRACTIONS Offices NEW YORK 119 West 57th Street PHILADELPHIA The Bellevue Stratford WASHINGTON 719 13th Street, N. W. CHICAGO'S WONDER BALLROOMS ARAGON AND Where tht Spotlight of Fame Always Shines on the Nation's Greatest Dance Bands. Extend Best Wishes to 'S'RIETY LARRY SPIER, Inc CARLYLE MUSIC CORP.