Variety (October 1954)

58 VAUDEVILLE PfcniETY Wednesday, October 13, 1954 The higher, echelons of. the American Federation of Labor: may attempt to settle, the dispute be- tween the American. Guild of. Va- riety Artists arid American Federa- j ' tion of . Musicians. George .Meany, AFL prexy, last week riiet with officials of the Associated Actors & Artistes of America. A delegation comprising 4A’s head Paul Dulzell, vicepresident George Heller, and AGVA reps comprising prexy Jackie Bright, national administi’a- tiv > secretary Jack Irving and board member M.urihy Tyler,, are. reported to have visited .Meariy while latter was iri New York. The meeting was very hush-hush .and no results were given out by of the. participants; However, is .known, that the 4A’s would i like the issue of the AFM-AGVA 1 hassle mediated and would like the role of the. musicians defined clear- ly so that further disputes can be eliminated on questions of which iori. has • jurisdiction over-a. mu- sical act, and whether musicians are able tO- double as radio and tele announcers. and performers without joining the. Aniefican..Fed- eration of Television arid Radio Artists. While no' results of the conference are- beirig announced, M’s evident now- that the hassle be- tween. both AFL affiliates has reached the point where settle- ment from the higher AFL councils becomes necessary. As far as AGVA is concerned, the conference with Meany would have even gr eater significance than settlement of the dispute with the AFM. Fact that Meany parleyed with AGVA toppers reiterates that the: present administration is the faction, of actors.that is recognized within AFL councils. Consequently, the palaver has- th net effect of cutting off any help from AFL af- filiates. for . Dick Jones, who re- cently seceded from AGVA. Jones, presently attempting to organize Philadelphia into the Actors Inter- national Union, can no longer' have j any support from any of the AFL unions in that city. WIN G NOW SKYLINE CLUB Mont. MAGIC INN, StattU Thanhs JOE DANIELS .: JIMMIE HUSSON AGENCY 119 W. 57th St., New York COMEDY MATERIAL for All Branches of Theatricals FUN-MASTER THE ORIGINAL SHOW-BIZ GAG FILE (The Service of the STARS) First 13 Files $6.00-AII 35 issues $25 Singly; $1.05 per script. 3 Bks. PARODIES, per book. rRi sio • O MINSTREL BUDGET... $25 • 4 BLACKOUT BKS., ea. bk.. $25 • • BLUE BOOK (Gags for Stags) $50 • HOW TO MASTER THE CEREMONIES $3.00 GIANT CLASSIFIED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GAGS, $300. Worth over.a thousand No C.O.D.'s, BILLY GLASON 200 W. 54th St., New York 19-^Dept. V Circle 7-1130 AGVA LIFTS CHASE BAN; ST. L. SHOWS RESUME St. Louis, Oct. 12. The hassle between the Chase Club and AGVA that caused a.halt, in floorshows in: the West erid spot. Sept. 30 was temporarily fayed: last Wednesday (6) when the Guild agreed not to interfere with per r for.marices pericling the; outcome of litigati between it and the American Hotel Assn.; Los An- geles, bn whether the Union shall represent individual performers. The hotel agreed to follow the pat- tern set by the Los Angeles case and withdraw the $250,000 damage suit it .had filed against Don Hart, St. Louis representative of AGVA, Julius. LaRosa, Gary Morton, Phil Lawrence and Mitzi moved into the spot Wednesday on sked (6) for a two-week stand. Execs of the Hotel Assn, of St. Louis said j that none of its members has signed a contract now. in effect with AGVA. The hotel association, holds that entertainers are indi tractors arid not employees; ATLANTA FAIR DAMPER VIA RAIDS ON MIDWAY Atlanta, Get. 12, A series of raids on the midway of the Annual Southeastern Fair here last week closed most of the concessions on the strip. Raid, held on Atlanta Day with Mayor Wil- liam B, Hartsfield and Atlanta’s official family attending, put a damper on the activities of the fair, arid brought about charges of “politics;” . Five were arrested on charges of maintaining a lottery and were released in. $1,000 bond, Fulton County- Solicitor John I. Kelley ordered the'raids. The mayor nd Kelley have been conducting a po 7 litical vendetta for the past two years. Although only a few concessions were raided by Kelley's forces, the. rest closed down voluntarily in order to. avert further diffi- culties. ' ' Vintage Auto Run Helps Tie N.Y. Lamp Post Corner A parade oif antique cars down Broadway was part of the festivities opening the Lamp Host Corner of the New' Yorker Hotel, N. Y. The autos came from the museum under the Astpr Theatre. . Publicists Dave ; Albef and Gene Shiffrin Arranged the stunt. New room of; , the New Yorker is a rep- lica of the corner saloon of the turn of the century. The cars were of similar vintage. Models and newspapermen: were passengers in the cars. Four Lads Sot Pitt Xmas Deal Aimed at Teenagers Pittsburgh, Oct. 12. Four Lads have booked them- selves into the Vogue Terrace for the holidays, Dec. through Jan. I, on a cover-charge basis arid ex- pect to steam up a big ballyhoo aimed at the. teenagers. Since school will, be Out then, Lads, i - tend to . run a matinee every day during their engagement and, on a GAC package, will bring in a dif- ferent guest star every day; Those already set are Jill Corey, local girl, and Georgie Shaw. This has always been a profitable territory for the foursome, and they figure with any kind of a break to clean Up in the big 1,100- seat Vogue Terrace. Price of cover hasn't been set yet but; whatever it is, they’ll get it all. First time for the Lads at the Vogue; previously they’ve played the Copa here downtown and the Twin Coaches on the outskirts. Rosen Quits MAC Jerry Rosen resigned this week as vice president of Mercury Art- ists Corp., N. Y. Rosen had been an indie agent for many years before joining Mer- cury. Efficacy of television as a pub- licity adjunct for the cowboy acr tors is seem by the. tremendous juve trade now being dorient Ma- dison . Square Garden, N. Y;,, where the World’s Championship Rodeo, topped by RoY Rogers, is now in session., Number of youngsters has been so great that the Garden is throwing in an early morning matinee on Saturday at 10 a.m. Second show will be given at 2,p:iri, and the third at 8 p.m. It’s the first time that a rodeo has done three shows in a single day. Business has .been far ahead of the previous time that Rogers played the Garden. It’s generally agreed that television is responsi- ble for the attendance upswing, especially, among the young J uns, The lollipop set has been predom- inant in the sessions of the present rodeo. Another factor tending to in- crease attendance here lies in the reduction in the run of the show. Last year, the rodeo played 26 days. This year, it was booked for 18 days, but at the outset, it Was felt that it would be better to cut out Mondays and Tuesdays. This was done last week, but with the youngsters virtually forcing par- ents to attend, Monday arid Tues- day showings were resumed. w:-; Hello USA . . Held Over Third Consecutive .Month Caracal, Venexuola Thanks, Manuel Ovando McConkey Artists Carp. 1780 Broadway. N. Y. Show Biz Brass Readies N. Y. Jewish Appeal Fete James Sauter, USQ-Camp Shows prexy; Bob Weitman, ABC-UPT veepee, and Arthur Knorr, Roxy Theatre, N.Y., producer, will be in charge of lining up talent for the United Jewish Appeal benefit to take place at Madison Square Gar- den, N.Y. Nov. 22. Marvin Schenck arid Louis K. Sidney, of Metro, will coordinate talent activities from the Coast, where they will attempt to get commitments from talent who will be in Nevv York at the time of the benefit. Continued from page 57 LEGITER TOUR SETUP A batch of legit shows is being submitted for presentation in film and Vaude houses by agent Her- man FialkOff. They are “Fourpost- er.” “Velvet Glove” and “Vagabond King.” Under, the percentage deals now being contemplated, house buying these : shoWs will play no films during the run. Deal is on for several shows to be played ‘ United Paramount theatres. Vaude, Cafe Dates New York Eileen Barton forced out of the Copacabana, N. Y;, by laryngitis. Barry Sisters -subbing; . . Tlu* White Elephant, Canastofa, N. Y., spending more coin on talent. Alan Dale set there starting Nov. 12 . . . Will Mastin Trio pacted for the. Regal Theatre, Chicago, Oct; 21 . . Denise Darcel goes into the Copa, Youngstown, Nov. 1 . . . George DeWitt inked for the Latin Quar- ter, Boston, Oct, 22 . .. Archie Robbiiis renewed for a fortnight at El Rancho, Las Vegas., and has. been committed to that spot for the next two years. Gaby ’Bruyers, French import,, has been signed for the Mademoi- selle Room, Latin Quarter. Miami Beach, for the season, starting’ in December . v . . Tony Ponce hired the Gamegie Recital Hall, N. . Y., for an audition, tomorrow (Thurs.) . : : Sandy Stewart down for Chub-: by’s, Camden, N. J., Oct. 18. Arena Competish in Ind. With New Wirtz Setup Indianapolis. Oct. 12. Plenty of competish in arena biz looms here, with Arthur Wirtz and James Norwood announcing for- mation of Wir-Nor Productions to operate in Indianapolis and other. Indiana cities, Dick Miller, presir dent of Wirtz’s Indianapolis Coli- seum Corp., which held a lease on the big plant at the state fair- grounds for 15 years until last spring, said he will move his office to a downtown location. Wirtz indicated a fight was brewing after the Coliseum lease was awarded to a syndicate headed by Mel Ross, Indianapolis show- man who also operates the. Murat, downtown legit-house. Miller had nothing more to say about a previ- ous statement that Wirtz may build his own arena here, but said that Wirtz “definitely plans to do busi- ness here again.” Butler U. field- house, where Sonja Heriie staged her iceshow after splitting with Wirtz, presumably would be avail- able both for Wirtz’s “Hollywood Ice Revue” and sports events. Ross has booked “Holiday On Ice” into the Coliseum Dec. 5-12 v Annual Sports Show also will be held there Jan. 28-Feb. 6. Annual Shrine Circus will.be shifted from the Murat to the Coliseum March 15-19' with view to making more time available for road shows in spring at the legit house, l i Hollywood, Oct. 12. , Record one-night gross was set at the Moulin, Rouge nitery here Saturday night (9) third night of the new “Ca C’Est Paris” revu Nitery, formerly Earl Carroll’s, had line of waiting patrons stretching down Sunset Blvd. for the second and third shows. Gross hit $18,000 after taxes, about $2,000 better than the best single night at Carroll’s, according to available statistics. Berk Into Own Agency Sammy Berk resigned last week from the Universal Artists Bureau and will open his own agency. Berk had been with Universal for several years and prior to that maintained his own offices. He represented Cab Calloway in the- atres for many years. Vallee’s London Date London, Oct. 12. With the signing of Rudy Vallee for a cabaret season starting at the end of next month, the Cafe de Paris is continuing its policy of big league talent. He’s skedded to open on Nov. 29, following Noel Coward, who starts a six-week en- gagement on Monday (18). Vallee has been booked for two weeks, with options for a further fortnight, at a weekly. salary re- ported to be around $1,800. Kay Thompson is now in the final week of her month’s season as a solo act. MISS NAOMI "Chant. With a Chachla" NOW LAKE CLUB Springfield, III. Dir.» JIMMIE HUSSON AGENCY 119 W. 57th St., Ntw York Currently GLASS HAT Belmont Plata Hotel New York Originators of th# Show "WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND" Currently appeari COLONY: LONDON, w. i, UNTIL OCTOBER 17th Dir MUSIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA A*. j days, with the new Mae West show. ; Reservations are at the -heaviest in years for any attraction that ever played this nitery, and according to operator Lou Walters, most of ’ them are coming in from women, j The Copacabana; with Joe E. Lewis; Versailles, with a new show, “Bon Voyage,” and the in- timeries, headed by Blue Angel, Ruban Bleu and the Bon Soir, are currently in great shape. Th increase has also hit the Latin Casino, Philadelphia, which 1 preemecLTast. week, with the Will Mastin ffrio. Spot has been re- furbished so that new interest has been given the nitery. The Celeb- rity Club in that city, also had a good pfeem with Jack E. Leonard as the headliner. The Coast arid Chi clubs have also picked up considerably, ac- cording to the agericies. The pick- up, according to the percenters, is more poteAt than in previous year$ in many locales; I P0 Dick Shawn has been signed for the Celebrity Room, Philadelphia, (Nov. 1^, j j j ^ ( ) t ,j .i t rtf PHIL LAWRENCE and MITZI YOUTH ON TAP Just Completed Erie Social Club — Philadelphia ith JULIUS LA ROSA Currently CHASE HOTEL - ST. LOUIS O.CT. U —LET'S DANCE — ABC-TV Ugt.i KEN GREENGRASS Dir.: GEN. ARTISTS CORP. CAB CALLOWAY NOW—SEVENTH WEEK HOTEL SAHARA LAS VEGAS M«>- IIU. MITTLER, 1*1* Iroodway, N«w York