Variety (May 1956)

VAUDEVUXE 'A'&IETY Wednesday, May 30, 1956 Hilton, Sheraton $55,000,000 Deals N ' ew Ro ' k M N.Y. Supreme Court Denies Agents’ Presage a Hike in Talent Buying Injunction Vs. AGVA in 2d Setback Tlie two h °nd l the a Sher 1 a n> will have ArHi^ble^Car^Perkrns,’ * ^ g ™ up o£ ^ents acting on be. (U»Gt,M<U» Borge Polls (1) $22,000 I XST&i ,l irS! jSfSSL' SM' im.* About Show Biz as Borge S’S"% S ''.TSOti £ In Close, and (2) a load Brings Em Sub-Rent $800 Ga , e Agency is asseIilbling Of Beefs on Inaudibility Plaza Hotel and office building in Omaha, May 29. th J h ' ^aKe lnd will book thf Cleveland, May 29. with the AAA. Last week, Justice ' the same city. Amount of the lat- 0maha Gity ^ud Commission “ p p re “ ious unit h “ ad ed by Victor Borge drew about $22,000 Samuel Di Falco ruled that the per! ter transaction is $25 000,000, 3Ust galn ed experience in its ven- Bm Halev & comets will disband and a storm' of complaints from centers had failed to set forth a while more than $30,000,000 is in- ture into t be show promotion biz j * t charleston W Va and customers on grounds of inaudibil- course of action on a basis that volved in the Sheraton-Eppley last week w j ie n victor Borge’s .. the new pac k a ge will have a i*y during his one-man show at would hold that AGVA had any deal. show brought the local officials , f exclusivity during the 10,000-capacity Public Hall Satur- duty to negotiate with the agency Both chains are entertainment about j 800 profit _iess than a local ™ree ■of exclusivity during the Crude four _ horn 0 rg. 3gency ■_4-Via Chorntnn con- ...u i_SUmmei run. ___ The two major hotel chains in+ the U.S., the Hilton and the Shera- A - n J I ton, have added to their holdings Umalia UlV lMdS LMTU considerably with a pair of deals. , ni n» n These involve takeover of the Ep- ^DOllt MOW BIZ aS iforije pley chfein by Sheraton, and the J* Hot 0 el P c“c?n„atl "SWreSS BriUgS Eljl Sllb-Rent $800 Plaza Hotel and office building in Omaha, May 29. Heatwave Barnstormer . A new rock ’n’ roll unit is being formed for a summer tour. New outfit, patterned along the lines of the high-grossing Feld Bros, unit, will have A1 Hibbler, Carl Perkins, Teen Agers, Illinois Jacquet Orch, Bobby Charles, Shirley & Lee, Cleftones and others. Layout is set to roll July 2 at Columbia, S. C., arfd will be on the road for five weeks. The Gale Agency is assembling the package and will book the conscious, with the Sheraton con- pr0 jftgter would have paid in rent. au “ u “ u _ plifying system, which piano come- This is the second Dleadinp v, fining its talent operations mainly Figures listed by Commission dian used on revolving platform, the AAA. First was dismissed to cocktail units and intimate type Chairman j oseph Barker Jr. were IF |\ Rif proved totally, inadequate for in- some months ago on the basis entertainment, while the Hiltan 4 437 customers with a gross gate VACF51C I IllYIPQ VI21V the-round performance. Half the t ;'e complaint had not been rW chain has a more flexible policy of $ i3 f60 o. on 75-25 basis, city got f CEdol/lWICO lUd Y time he couldn’t be understood or er ly drawn and that the D e?S giving individwl manageis and ab( * t m and advertising and » J heard Faulty amplified sputtered involved, rather than the S. division heads a latitude that per other expenses totaled $2,650. f\ - 1* 1 . gurgled[and created such l distract- ization should d the ® org ^ sjtSS JsrsirsvfiSZ Get Greennght aasatss wassKariS TTnnicv division is vir- pointed out that a private sponsor * a * s. * -d « > . ,. of severa l agents, sought an in. used on the pp y ag encies would have paid about $1,000 IJ A ll. At Bor ® e s a J°] ogetl 9 . su gg e s- junction which would forbid tually negligble, talent agem. ■ H V <IJ|*00|1T A If tion, they stormed downstairs look- AGVA from refusing tn HpaI anticipate that a greater talent fUl \llCClllCU ing for better seats but acoustics the^ organ£at?onand thus fl l ® WiU take P,aCe . ° n . U : 5? Las Vegav M a ; 2 9. SE prSerU ? e P S PlC L h ludt' the^Siam hfsaid.^We may takTonTother A special session of the Clark S e 0 d B t e h “ t ^ b00ker ' wh0 trolled by the union. He^irte S^lbaXlo U uS InX” ComSfsdonTad planned » Hall | offleials blamed Borge, if and the Fontanelle Omaha, to use profits to improve aud fa- favorable Consideration of a bid manager and Bernard! for unfavor- in a cour t 0 f j aw> ^ ben j s . a i so t attpr will continue to be oper- cilities and possibly create a “cush- seeking to reopen the casino of ab l e ructions, saying both were eviderTh that there can be no rep- i... r> vr.nnipv under ion” for a future promotion. the Dunes. Greenfelt action at forewarned that their portable p.a. re sentative action on its hphalf Vegas Dunes May Get Greenlight For^Greenfelt iiv -Piiffene C Eppley under ion” for a future promotion. the Dunes. Greenfelt action at xwewaniea inai iaeu- punme p.a. resentative action on its behalf ”If lhP?aton EppLy inns --- the spa, under Bill Miller, Major would be unsatisfactory. When ad- the individual members mav nos- Bul^o^thelr^otels ^ref in ^e'mid- ElephailtS NeVCf Forget* W n“.M wr^g^re's^idt^The 'f^tuaY aTle! owest WCpuauid IlCYCI lUIgCl, Commission, and was passed onto turned down offer gations in support thereof must be Sheraton deal calls for outright p n ||« T ra j npr f rftm | a ;i the county board for final ap- Borge > and‘Cleveland booker net- set forth. While in a true repre¬ ownership of 19 of the Eppley llillS 11311161 IlOm Jdll proval. ted profit on show whicj had po- sentative action the same wrongs properties and leases on the re- Salem, O., May 29. Under normal conditions, the jjjjtijlity of_ $35,000 ^ ^ op ; buttress the claims of those who maining three. With the Eppley Salem police were forC ed to re- m Un Jun°e PS 10^the next rlgularl^ far as^oLrBofge fans were con- br ? g the . act ^ n as to .themselves takeover, Sheraton chain will con- lease . a King Bros. Circus elephant ^L^pH tS’ppW nf tbP^rnfnK cerned. - an ? to ' th °l e simila ?y sit - trol 24,360 rooms in 54 Jiostels in trainer and truckdriver from jail uated, there can be no such repre- the U. S. and Canada. Gross sales last wee k to help round up two ele- 5®^* T P vnnidt «id th«t WanS : - ' mentation as to any private wrongs of the two systems are running plants which had wandered away ? pr ^ b J yP ? f dt u p d n ? n l b wnnid Itf .1 n • o ur i do , ne to t hese 4 Pontiffs with- around $240,000,000 annually. Un- from the ir lot while the attendant w mn Martha RaVC 111 8-Week out a f.P ecific statements of facts der construction by Sheraton are left to watch them was sleeping q em £°?S ?1 n i n i supporting a claimed wrong to units in Binghamton (highway soundly in a circus truck. Both P 6180 ? 55 ’ he ,, fel t a ® pe . c . ial sesslon W T)poT jif RpapIirnnillPr those complaining "parties, includ- hotel), Dallas, Philadelphia, Port- an imals were found two blocks to act ®" 0 ™ DeaCflCOIIlDer ing tho se who are named and those land, Ore., and Tarrytown, N* Y. f rom the circus site. Police then warranted. County Board rarely, Martha Raye has been booked who are represented. In its pres- rnPd 8 _ and as t0 ' those similarly sit- rnea * uated, there can be no such repre- -:- • sentation as to any private wrongs r , n • n ur l dbne t0 these plaintiffs with- Lartha Kave m 8-Week out a s P ecific statements of fact* ' ' — supporting a claimed wrong to % Deal at Beachcomber In^hcTw^fare^efandt!^ Martha Raye has been booked who are represented. In its pres- Latter two will also be highway returned the trainer to jail after l£ ev 9f» has aver takan a course f or -an eight-week deal to headline ent form the action is not main- hotels to compete with motels.. the hunt. This was only one in °PP 0Slte *<> the Tax Commission, the Beachcomber, Miami Beach, tainable.” The Hilton acquisition brings a series of elephant mishaps that so approval was expected. starting July 20. She’ll work the ■— 1 - ; - that chains network up tjo 25 hotels had eastern Ohio officials in a tur- _ Ml U er » 6 en ® ra J. mana ger of the spo t on percentage, just as she did in 20 cities in the U.S. and inns in moil. The elephants had wandered Dunas » said if the county agency when she took over the Clover arfmif I.ACCpr ‘FvP<S MpY Puerto Rico Mexico, Spain and off twi-ce before. g rants the gambling license, the Club, Miami. Deal was worked out 111 III LiCddCI 1UCA. Turkey. Total is 27,912 rooms. The circus moved to* Greenville, Dunes will swing open its casino by the William Morris Agency. Hlumnio o lo PalMi'iim Hilton also has three hotels in Pa., after performances in Salem, J£ 1S . ^ lda y tl). Its not expected For the past few years Miss Raye vljllipid, d Ld 1 dllaUlUIIl Japan, Thailand and Italy with a but the elephants were left in Sa- that key supper room shows will bas been playing the bulk of her . Arthur Lesser> personal rep for total of 1,150 rooms. Under con- lem because their trainer, A. C. be booked for some time and, ac- n itery dates in the summer because Patachou, is shuttling between struction by Hilton are units in Towne, 18, was in jail. After the cording to Miller, these will be 0 f ber t v commitments. Balance of Chicago, where the French comedi- Cuba, Mexico, West Germany, pachyderms were rounded up, po- musical revues built here sans big the show with Miss Raye at the enne is at the Palmer House, and Canada and Egypet with a total of lice ordered them loaded on the names, and will be kept under a Beachcomber hasn’t been lined up New York, where the former Goth- 3,250 rooms. I truck" and taken out of town. (Continued on page 50) Miss l ,ANOttKJ.C*l«»N»A . rHOMt DUNKIRK Mias Jerl Southern Premiere Axtiata | I My Dear Jerit ^noortunity rul job you d^ m Mlss Jar » Froman ^ wit h an , May 1, 8ubfl v^^perfomer regia^ 8 ® ® * of f after haxe fact that they ^ tribute to JERI SOUTHERN Booked Through Feb., 1957 your fl»» over hey < standing- standing- prjicioui . ^ -q a gracious lady To a In t *^Cocoamt Qroy- all of ub hey » _ Sincerejtyj Representation: |_ HAROLD JOViEN—Premiere Artists & Productions Agency Sunset & Carol, Hollywood 46, California — .. ' Association with—Willard Alexander Agency MAY: Clouds, Honolulu JUNE: Birdland, New York JULY: Newport, Jazz Festival Cotton Club, Cleveland Blue Note, Philadelphia AUGUST: Bakers, Detroit SEPTEMBER: Macumba, San Francisco TELEVISION: Gordon Mac Rae Rosemary Clooney Disney OCTOBER: 4th Repeat Engagement at Birdland, New York Blue Note, Chicago val NOVEMBER) itoryvill*. Boston El Morocco, Montreal . DECEMBER: Merry Christmas from Home, Royal, Nebraska JAN.-FEB.: Birdland, Concert Tour Coast to Coast DECCA RECORDS AND ALBUMS NEXT RELEASE "I Won't Be Around Anymore" B/W "What to Do" Managementt Charles H, Joffe am showman plans to reestablish his base. • He has been latterly headquartered in Paris. Lesser has his eye on the new Olympia, Mexico City, a 1,600- seater, as a North American music hall flagship akin to London’s Pal¬ ladium for. name variety attrac¬ tions. He became interested while Patachou was at the - Hotel del Prado’s Versailles Room where she returns June 15, after Chicago, for three more weeks on top of her recent six-week stand. Lesser and Jack Hylton have a new revue planned for London this fall costarring Patachou and British comedian Tommy Trinder. Pearl, Bailey N.Y. Waldorf . Pinchhit for Belafonte Harry Belafonte’s opening at the Starlight Roof of the Waldorf- Astoria, N.Y., has been postponed until 'the singer gets over a siege of laryngitis; He was slated to bow Monday (28). Spot was taken by Pearl Bailey, who had been working the down¬ stairs Empire Room. She’ll fill until Belafonte is recovered. WHEN IN BOSTON It's th* HOTEL AVERY The Home of Show Folk Av«ry & Washington Sti. Radio In Evory Room HOTTEST ACT IN SHOW BIZ ATTENTION AGENTS, BOOKERS AND PRODUCERS WORLD FAMOUS HYPNO¬ TIST •vallubU for ImmodUto booking* * n ThoMrOi, Drlvo-lnt, Nit* Clubl, Fair*, «t‘- CoRtbot'MORTON GREENE J200 Euelid-AYo.', tMlwbl Boaeh 30, Fla-