Variety (December 1954)

VAUHVOU Wednesday, December 22, 1954 Tollies' Healthy $84,000 For 10-Shows in N. Haven Milbourne Christopher New Haven. Dec. 21. Playing its annual eight-day stand at the Arena. “Ice Follies'* topped last year's gross for equiva- . lent performances by a slight per- . centage. Show pulled an approxi- ! mate 32.000 payees through the turnstiles for an extremely healthy i $84,000. at $4.80 top. 10-perform- | ance figure represented 90'© capacity. Show laid off following final Sun- day (19* show here, brief pre-Xmas vacation for the troupe being a I “Follies’* tradition. ‘Hollywood* 90G, Omaha Omaha. Dec. 21. * Hollywood Ice Revue * grossed a beiow-par $90,000 for its eight- day, 10-performance stand at Ak- Sar-Ben Coliseum here Dec. 7-14. Officials believe the dates were too i close to Xmas and that a Novem- j her booking would have draw n far * better. Show. too. also bucked a bad weather b r eak. While the weather actually was had only one day, the reports constantly predicted bad weather, discouraging outstate Ne- braskans and lowans. 1 i “ilollywood” headed from here 'i for Chicago, where it will open at I the Stadium Christmas night. The Truth About 1 The Rope Trick' lattrMliag byliN 49lh Anniversary Number policy based on lavish production determine who is responsilbe for plus a single name headliner. the business It also accustoms the Walters flayed the practice of customers to a talent diet that can- the competing niteries which, he not be maintained, according to said, are going wild in the talent Walters. dept. He cited the case of the Copa City, which will have on its UR fl 1* PI 1IJ_ _ AUry 1 Healy. Tony 1110^ liU UieZ HOC Barton and the Step Bros. The 1 Beachcomber is opening with, I|F*,| I A 1* Martha Raye. Vic Damone, Jack With I AQ ATIXl Carter and the Novelties. The f f III! LlCC 1111X11 Hg Miami Beach hotels are also likely to go in for the multiple headliner Chicago. Dec 21. policy. With Peggy Lee ankling the bill Walters said, prior to his depart- to recuperate from a recent opera- ure for Florida, that it’s • sound tion. Chez Paree here has lost its policy to make actors wealthy, be- original New Year’s lineup entirely cause they can make the operator As announced last week. % Joe E wealthy. However, that applies up to Lewis cancelled also because of an a point, after that you start giving * operation and the June Taylor away your profits and a lot of the Dancers had to make a booking OUT SOON HELD OVER 3rd WEBC Thunderbird Hotel * LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Currently Sahara Hotel Las V*qas ‘Peter Pan’ Tab Set For ‘Ice Capades’ Workover Pittsburgh. Dec 21. John H. Harris has landed the rights to “Peter Pan" for the big production splash in the 1956 edi- tion of his "Ice Capades.’’ The title role will be skated by Donna Atwood »Mrs Harris! in what is to be her farewell appearance in the extravaganza. “Pan" will have all of the regu- lar stage trappings, including the flying equipment, for which he has already contracted. “Ice Capades” has for years been using a con- densed stage or film as its big pro- duction number; this season it’s “Wish Y’ou Were Here.” which has been preceded by. among others. “Snow White’* “Brigadoon,** “Stu- dent Prince.*’ and “Cinderella.’* Phil Lawrence and Mitzi EXOTIC PRIM A BALLERINA • Cara**—Phil B«. 1 • Cl a#y—Oakland Oaa. Il-laa • Saa Fraaaitra 1 • Laa Aaiala* f • Laa V««a« V Contact DICK HBMRY 17U a'wey . H. V. JU *4* Tooth oo Top Jo<t Com plot od Latin Quarter, Boston WITH NAT KIMO COLS BUI Rodstein Enjoined Philadelphia. Dec. 21. William K. Rodstein. operator of the Latimer Club, was permanently enjoined from using the name, of his former night club, and the name by which he himself Is best known. In Common Pleas Court here. Rodstein sold his cafe. Big Bill's, to Benjamin Cossrow in 1951, and agreed not to use the name “Big Bill’s" for five years nor engage in a liquor business within three blocks. In September. 1953. Rod- stein purchased his present spot and operated for a time as “Broth- er Bill’s Latimer Cafe.” Cossrow promptly instituted suit to pre- vent use of the name. Judge Theodore L. Reimel said the name has real value, as evi- denced by the price Cossrow paid for the cafe, and Rodstein’s acts "show an intent to circumvent the covenant and confuse the public, thereby attracting customers of the plaintiff.” A hearing date was set to determine damages. Goffstein Quits as AssL To Vegas Flamingo I Brown Hotel, Looisvillo, Ky. Op a ria f Doc. 31 Chicago Theatre, Chicago Mat. Km OrtMorm Otr. O. A.C Las Vegas, .Dec. 21. Ben Goffstein, assistant to the president at the Flamingo for the past seven years, resigned last week and. aside from plans to take a six-week European tour, has made no future commitments. However, Goffstein will retain his Vegas residence, to which he will return following his trip abroad. A prime mover in the for- mation of the resort’s Hotel Assn, and a leading light in the local tent of the Variety Club, Goffstein was in charge of the plush redecorating job recently completed at the WHEN IN BOSTON Its tea The Home of Show Folk Avery A W wMff ru Sr*. Flamingo. Season's Greetings, USA Felicas Navidadas y Ur Prosparo A no Nuevo JOYCE AIM EE Pittsburgh, Dec. 21. Sol Heller, who has been in busi- ness for years around here with his two brothers. Jackie and Bill Heller, and a cousin. Monty Jacob- son. will become the sole operator of My Brothers Place after the first of the year. Restaurant is the suc- cessor to the Carousel, the nitery which the Hellers opened in 1948 and which was a big click until a year and a half ago. They con- verted it into My Brothers Place last summer. First to pull out. right after Carou- sel folded, was Jackie Heller, who is now with Alan Gale at latter’s club in the Capitol Hotel, N. Y. A few weeks ago Bill Heller withdrew from the management setup to open his own bakery in the Oak- land district. At end of year, Jacobson is leaving to move back to New York, where he’s going HELD OVER 14 Consecutive Weeks HOTEL POTOMAC McCONKEY ARTISTS COUP TO V6U AND \6uQS/ Jimmy Conlon and Dorothy Ryan Per* oroI Appearances: MARCUS GLASER, Chicago Films: CLYDE DILSON, Lot Angola* WHAT A GRAND PLACE TO *E FOR XMAS PALACE THEATRE, Hew York M WbkM to AM ■ OS(N SIBYL tOWAN