Variety (March 1958)

72 P^RtEff Wednesday, March 26, 1958 VARIETY BILLS WEEK OF MARCH 29 Numarali in- connection with bills bolow Indicate epenlngdaYofshow. NEW YORK CITY Music -Halt 77 Malinl... Lucile Cummings Itockettes Glee Clutv AUSTRALIA MELBOURNl Tivoli 31 Shirley Bassey ... Vic Hyde Lili Berde Clifford Guest Curibas (4> George Holmes Neal Sc New ton Eleanor Gunter Joe Martin 3 Winds. Jimmy Jeff David Sterie Irene Bevans Rae Morgan Reg Prlestman Norman Thorpe SYDNEY Tivoli 31 Larry Griswold Johnny . Lockwood Eagle A Man A Robins Rayes Sc Faye. Anny Berryer Mediock Sc Marlowe Wlnnetou Sc Squaw BAD Stuchberry . Jimmy Parkinson Edit Juha.sz Frank Ward BRITAIN ASTON. Hippodrome 24 . Johnny Sliver Janei Beryl Gatlin George Meaton 3 Botands Margaret West' Nat Willis Dennis Bros. BIRMINGHAM Hippodrome 24 Edmund Hockridge Yana Renee Dymott Smoothey Sc l.ayton Sharpe A Iris Rene Strange Pierre Bel BRADFORD Alhambra 24 Willie Harris Jerry Harris Les Hobeaux Most Bros. Tony Crombie Co/ Hand-Jive Hostesses EDINBURGH Empire • 24 Eddie Calvert Rey A Roqjy ■ Londonaires BiUington . Garth Meade . Dennis Spicer Barbara Law Tilibs Bros. .FINSBURY' PARK Empire 24 Michael Holliday Hat Monty Peter Crawford 3 Do Vere Girls El Granadas Bernle A Barbara Jolly Jesters GLASGOW Empire 24 Anne Shelton JAP Barbour Stan Stennett Malcolm Mitchell 3 Richman A Jackson Don Hooien Del Rinas Cooper Twins Galantas LEEDS Empire .24 Jimmy Young Jean A Julie Billie Anthony Kendor Bros. Terry Scott Victor Seaforth . Taylor A Valerie LIVERPOOL . - Empire 24 A1 Hlbblcr Horler Twins. 3 Brittons Ron A Rita.- Sonny Roy Hollander A Hart 3 Paulo* .. LONDON Metropolitan 24 Roxy A Glenda Diane D'Orsay Alec Pteon A A C La Verne. Del A Dorxien Pauline Mee Rosemary Andrew’s ' Co: NEWCASTLE . Empire 24 Jimmy Clitheroe Miles Twins Duncan's Collies Alicia Dells Jack- Watson Cox Twins Maurice French NOTTINGHAM Empire 24 Alma Cogan - Terry Wayne Margo A John Baker A Douglas Abdulla * Saida Matanzas Derek Lawrence SOUTHAMPTON Grand 24 Alex Munro Alan Haynes. Eric Lloyd Roy Mack Bob Gladwin Tony Dc-Vos Dizzy Trent Dick Collins Syd Jackson NEW YORK CITY Blue Angel George Lafaye Evelyn Knight. Shelley Berman. Dorothy Loudon Bart Howard Jimmie Lyon Trio Bon Soir Sylvia Syms Phil Leeds Jone Remus Three Flames Jimmie Daniels Casanova Donna Dunn Margrit A Adrienne Chateau Madrtn Beatrice. Kraft Dors Jose. Duval Candl Cortex .Ralph Font Ore Panchito Ore Capacabana Vic Damons Betty Kean Ron Fletcher Ted Morrell Muni DAG Prior Michael Durso Ore Frank Marti Orr Downstairs Room Julius Monk - Ronny Graham Ceil Cabot Ellen Hanley Jean Arnold Gerry Matthews Stan Keen El Chico Marisa Terol_ Lucerite Tens Carlos A Myma Mellitas Del Campo No. 1 Fifth Avs. Cedrone A MitcheU Bob Downey Harold Fonvilla Joan Blsbop Hotel Pierre Stanley Melba Ore Joe Ricardel Ore Betty Benee Hotel Plaza Jane Mason Ted Straeter Ore Mark Monte Ore Hotel Roosevelt Harry Ranch Jig Adams- " Charlie Boyer L A F Maynard Riviera... Dennis. Day . De Castro Sisters Novelites. Cavanaughs- Ray Sinatra- Ore Hotel Staffer . Xavier Cugat Ore Hotel Taft . Vincent . Lopez Ore Hotel St: Regis Ginny Simms MUt. Shaw Ore Bay Bari’ Ore Latin Quarter Alan King See Hee Family; 'Dior Dancers Chandra Kaly . Martha Ann Bentley Jamel Twins India Adams Bob Kennedy. Jo Lombardi Ore B Harlawe Ore. La Cupldon ' Juanita Hall Old Romanian Lenny Kent : Eileen Barton.. McKenna.Lino ”■ Avon Long .. Margaret Tynes .. vua ^ ul V^I^^ e nS!!il CtUnSOn Anita Boyar Jimmy .Roma . Red Smith 3 LOS ANGELES Avanto Garde Ruth Olay Jackie Kaln. Roy Krai Lenny BruC'e Ben Bi Ben Blue Kay Cee Jones:. : Barbara Heller . Sammy Wolf Joan Kay no Dick Bernie : Ivan Lane Ore .Coconut Grovi Sophie Tucker . Frances Brunn Freddy Martin Ore Crescendo Louis Armstrong . Dorothy Donegan SSI Club Annette Warren’ Johnny Walsh . interlude George Shearing Quintet/ Largo’ Frances Faye Peter Wood Eddie Grady Ore / tarry Potter's Supper ; Club King's Four Phyllis Inez Sandy Sims . Mocambo Mlyoshi Yumekl Keigo Imperial ■ Japanese Dncs Frankie Sands Trio Paul Hebert Ore - Moulin ROuga Betty Grable Toni. Dalli Donn. Arden Lino Royal Guards . Dick Stabile Oro . Slate Bros. Jimmy Ames ... Ann Hathaway, Gil Bernal 4 . Statifr Hotel Wally Boaf Don Dellair Ed. Bergman Ore The Seville Lecuona Cuban . Boys Steven Peck A Lita Ye LIHIo Club Abbey Lincoln ’; Havana Capri Margarita Sierra Tony Martin M. Alverez Mera Luisa ChOrens Somavilla Ore Calvet Ore Nacional Parislen Dncrs Dancing Waters W Re.ves Ore Rlylara - Ted. Lewis Eddie Chester Cathy Basic Beverly Marshall : Sol Klein Ore Elena Del Cueto Manolo Torrents Lasker Steinberg Mercedes Valdes . Armlnda Martinez Maria Magdalena . . Guzman Singers Rivera Ore Sans Soucl Tony Foster Gloria A Rolando Victor Alverez Miriam Barrens Elena Burice Raquel Mata -Kary Russi La Serie Ore- Ortega Ore Trspicana Erlinda Cortes Alberto Rochi . Blanca Varela Gladys - A Freddy. Riveros Guaracheros Monica Cast el Tropicana Ballet S Suarez Orq : 4 Ronaeii Orq/ LAS VEGAS Desert Inn "Newcomers. 1928" Paul Whiteman . Harry Richman Rudy Vallee Buster Keaton Flfl D'Orsay Carlton. Hayes Ore “Minsky’s Folies International-* Irv Benson Dorian Dennis Paul White Sid Fields Boubouka Carol King Cee Davidson Ore El Cortes: Dubonnet Trio Dick Saunders Marcie Miller Deedy A Bill El Rapcho Vegas Earths Kitt Morey- Amsterdam Barry Ashton Dncrs. Dick Rice Orch Flamingo Vic Damoiie Jackie . Kannon Little Buck Flamingoettes Jack Cathcart Ore Fremont Hotel . Nltecaps Make Believes The Victors The Castles Sabers. Dan Dailey . Collins Kids Camilla Williams Louis Basil Ore Beachcombers Sands Nat King Cole Allen A DeWood Copa Girls. Antonio Morelli Or- San Soucl . ■"Midnight In Paris- 1 Bobby Morris Pat Moreno - RSy Parsons Sherry Shons Cindy A Alberto. ■ Jeanne Masson Mile. ZabUda Bobby Blue ;Orci Showboat Hank Penny Shirley Scott. Garr Nelson Showboat Glrli Vic Artese Ore Silver Slipper Hank Henry Annie Maloney : Peggy Dieterick .. Jimmy Cavanaugh. Sparky Kaye Mac Dennison Geo. Redman Ore Thunderblrd Frank Gusto " Joe Fornaro Tropicana Jayne Mansfield Mickey: Hargitay ... Seine Dunn Cathy Crosby Johnny Puleo A . Harmonica Gang Dante D’Pahlo George Chakiris. . Lizanne Truex Sean Garrison Jack Ackerman Nat Brandywynne MIAMI-MIAMI BEACH Americana Julie Wilson Senor Wences Bert Michaels Jackie Heller Lee Martin. Ore. Maya Ore Avalon Balmoral ■ Charlie Fairell . !■ Irving Fields 3 i Billy Mitchell • Mickey Gentile {Jose Curbelo Ore j Cafe Do Paris George Matson Guy. Lombardo Ore . Bela Bahai Ore CHICAGO Town A Country Judy Garland Bobby Van Dave • Barry. Burnell Dcrs Ned Harvey Ore Sicaris Ore . . VfwMw Laatora Janice Caire Virginia Craig i The Sxoiiys . Ernest Schoen Ore ■ Wiere Bros. Paul Mann j Piroska Village Bam : KRy Fellows BCly Kelly ; Jet MacDonald Mae Sagan . K Dick Estes Larry McMahon : } Bona Nagy Irving Harris t Chickie James Belle Carroll' ? Dong- Scott Piute Pete 1 Croft Twins Bobby Meyers Ore /Tinker Bell Village Vanguard ; Sherry BrittOQ Langston Hughes : Kingpins - Irwin Corey : Lvda Fairbanks Charlie Mingus ; Freddie Bell BeQ- WaMeri-Asteria hops Varel A BaiDy Chanteurs De Paris Emil Coleman Ore Deauville McGuire Sisters Jack Durant s Los Gatos Boh Regent ’ Tito Puente Ore Dahuta Jo • Drake Hotel . ? Pat O’Day • Jimmy Blade Ore Goto e5 Horn ; P Amaya A i C. Torres ? Stan Wilson 1 London House ; Teddy Wilson. C5> Mister Kellrs Eden Roe.. -Joe E. Lewis ERa Fitzgerald /Jonah Jones Rascha Bodell •Mai Malkin Ore Black Orchid Shecky Greene Dtahann Carroll Joe Parnello t3> ' Blue Angel Princess Abilia A King Christian Lord Christo Mighty Dictator Antonio Jiminez A _ Pepita Martinez i Lee Wiley Blue ’ Note. ; Kingston Trie Earl Bostic <5* j Marx A Frige Cloister inn . filmcr HeosO Eddie Higgins Trio Carol Charming Beverly Kelly i Ch-.qnita A Johnson , Sacaszs Ore Ramsey' Levus Trio > Ben Arden Ore P«pi Can qm OCi ’ Jimmy Durante - Eddie Jackson 'Sonny King : Jack Both Jaies Bdffano: - | Borden Twine ^ Sally Davis Norton A. P at r i ria Latin QQartor Milton Berle Batty George Metropolitans Dunhuls- MltmAft Stan Fisher Quito Clayero. Gina. : Guardi Martha Errole Walter Nye Ore Lucerne Havana Mardl Gras Diosa CosteDo . MRoe Velarde Don Casinor . Tonia Flores. . Tony A Francella Juan Rcnnero. - David Tyler Ore Luis Varona Ore . Malayan Hawaiian Bevno RENO Harolds Cluii Jodimars . Knox A Kdirril Wilder Bros. Harrsh's . King Pins Carmen LeFavo Lou Styles & Stylists • Jan Stewart 4 Holiday Barons Eddie Bush Mopes Sky room Kay Martin Woo Woo Stevens Jack Melick 3 Riverside Mills Bros. Starlets Bill Clifford Oro SAN FRANCISCO 44# Club: 3 Sharps Patsy Kelly- 1 Backstage Joanne Beretta Bernard Bragg Blackhawk LUrlfean Hunter Easy Street Turk Murphy -Ore . . . Crest Lounge Pete Dally Ore Pack's II Vagabonds Lord Buckley . Fairmont- Hotel MUls Bros. E. Heckscber ■ Ore • Gay M'S : Bee, Ray A Ray. K. . Goman Joy Healy Dncrs B I Wally Rose Oro ' -Hangover Earl Fatha Hines Ore Muggsy Spanier Joe Sullivan Hungry-I . Adi Moore - Marsh Bros. Gateway Singers Jazz. Showcase Paul, Bley- 4 .. Purple Onion Lll Greenwood Loii Gottlieh Jim Shaw’s' Puppets Tin Angel Marty Marsalla Ore 365 Club ; Jeannie Johnson Allen Cole/ Alex Duchin Orq Continued - from page 2 s plained about the lack of Cuban I patroniage since the natives are playing it safe at night. Yank tour¬ ists are riot bothered and the spo¬ radic shooting of some of the hsaver g r ingo newspapermen heard were , said to be cops-and- robbers stuff rather than politico bing-banging. (One report brought back, however, mentioned the Reader’s Digest office in the Pan- American Bldg. being sabotaged and ransacked by employees for variously ascribed reasons, none verified). Vet junketeers—* - ha ve new Hil¬ ton. . hotel/ .will travel”—reported the opening of the new plushery as very smooth with beaucoup casinoi action. The Havana Riviera casino was. the only other casino reported doing well; the new Capri and the old Nacional nsg; and the Tropicana, with, its lavish floor- show, doing the best nitery biz. The meandering Americans were surprised that in their drives to Veradero Beach and lcindred spots there was no. police roadblocks, but admittedly it ..has scared the tour¬ ist trade back to the mainland. The weather also was. inordinately chilly. .The new 30-story, $44,000,000 -Habana Hilton is owned by the Cuban Restaurant Workers Union, operated by Hilton. There was a palace guard of about 100 armed police arid others presumed dis¬ guised as waiters, captains arid chefs to. prevent any bombing or kidnapping of guests* the Holly¬ wood personalities included. Some of the expected film names failed to make the junket for reasons that may be real or contrived because of the Cuban scare. . Nonetheless the Cuban Tourism Institute, which says Americans left behind $37,000,000 in 1956 and $40,000,000 last year, envisions an annual $i 00 ,000,000 U. S. spend -1 thrifting in Cuba in less than five years. . Meantime the Florida ho¬ tels are booming again, aided by ] improved weather. . Ctlipw Revue , Murray Franklin’s Terry :Havei Roy Medley Linda BU 2 M 9 Son Lawton - HawtfHrs Larry K. Nixon Holly Warren Carlos A Yvonne Syd Stanley Ore . Geidia Girl Revue Ming A Ting Toy A Wing no nan Aha-' ' Tony.Toyada Tong Broa. Kabonki Dncra. RMk Wallis Charle* A Fayo Henry Levens Ore lEarzi A Refh __Ore Lord Un coil, Elvis-m-Creweit —^ Contlnned from page 1 ss sioris with . the singer whenever ] necessary. Presley, who started a whole , new' pop cycle - with his blend of ! rock ’n’ roll arid country styles, | became the best investment RCA Victor ever made. On Stoles* sug- ] gestion Victor bought Presley’s | contract with the indie Sun Rec- ! ords for $35,000 at a time when I be was: an unknown. A couple of i months after joining . Victor, . he - caught on with the kids and turned . the whole disk, industry into a vir- > tual one-mari show. At one time, ‘ over two-thirds -of Victor’s entire »disk production was based oh j Presley hits. As an extension of his disk rage, V he was also starred in three films, j “Dove Me Tendert’ for 20th Cen- ' tury-Fox, ‘"Loving You”. for Para- I mount and “Jailhouse Rock” for! j MGM; all were relatively low-cost! ! productions but were boffo at the I boxoffice. A fourth pic for- Para- ; mount, “King Creole” is due for release shortly. In addition to the, , disk* film and personal appearance coin*. Presley also cleaned up by | licensing the use of, his name and | l likeness for assorted juve-slinted | merchandise. His business affairs are handled by Tom Parker, a | Nashville penonal manager who, 4 before Presley, was ditto for coun¬ Boston Not Prudish, Says Censor Continued from, pace t drew a sarcastic editorial frdm the Boston Herald, to which The Pilot, official newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Boston, used the term “sophmoric:” On the question of official cen¬ sorship, Milliken argues that Bos¬ ton is more adult than some other supposedly less strict cities. For example, he notes, the Brigitte Bardot film, “And God Created Woman,” has had censor troubles in Philadelphia and several other cities, but has riot been bothered [here. Also, he points out, supposedly blase New York does not permit burlesque, which Boston allows. And although there was an uproar when he ordered a bra on the nude in “The Entertainer,” similar ac¬ tion, plus the. censorship of a line of dialog in the same play in New York a couple'of weeks later drew minimum comment. No Pre-Censorship Milliken says there is no pre- censorship in Boston. He attends film showings, and burlesque and nitery shows, occasionally suggest¬ ing cuts, or changes. But contrary to published claims, he declares that he has never asked a theatri¬ cal producer to submit to re-cen¬ sorship. He reveals, however, that he has sometimes been asked to look at questionable shows in other cities before they came to Boston. The Hub division chief does not arbitrarily, censor, he maintains. After viewing the play opening night he may “suggest” that de¬ letions be made, and will discuss them wfth producers, directors and actors, if they desire. He says he allows a “reasonable” length of time for the cuts to be instituted: A look at Milliken’s legit record for the past two seasons reveals that revisions were required in seven touring shows and one loc¬ al production. The tourers Were “Waltz of the Toreadors,”. “Tun¬ nel of Love,” “Hatful of Rain," “Janus,” “Rope Dancers,” “Cat On a Hot Tin Roof”; and “The Enter¬ tainer/’ The local show, was “No Exit,” at the Charles Street Play¬ house. In the last year, Milliken discloses, he has inspected 305 films, 37 plays, 52 variety shows, plus Sunday entertainment bills of varying types. Although a censor usually can expect criticism on virtually all sides. Milliken is occasionally com¬ plimented. He prizes a letter from director and co-author Joshua Lo¬ gan regarding “Mister Roberts.” i Cuts Milliken made in Boston were j “so good,” Logan wrote, that he retained them permanently/ ! What are the standards used in screening a play for the Boston public? Milliken says that he asks managements to delete “irreverent [use of Deity, obscenity, lewdness and indecency in speech and ges¬ ture, blasphemy.” In the case of such phrases as “son of a bitch/’ “bitch” and “God damn,” Milli¬ ken usually, asks that they be “smothered.” One of the largest number of smothering and dele¬ tions in any play was in Arthur Miller’s “View From the Bridge” when it tried out at the Colonial two; years ago. His Modus Operand! Describing his legit operations, Milliken explains that after he has seen a show opening night he sends a letter by messenger to the theatre next day, suggesting dele¬ tions. “There is no set time limit in which the deletions must be made,” he notes. “The producers or directors or Company managers may discuss and go over the sug¬ gested deletions with me/’ “Suggestions” are usually car¬ ried out forthwith. There have, however, been cases in which com¬ pany managers have delayed put¬ ting in the cuts almost up to the end of their stay. Such tactics en¬ danger the theatre license. There has been no test case brought by theatres or companies against-any of the “suggestions.” Refusal to institute “suggested” cuts can cost the theatre its li¬ cense.. As the show’s coining in are booked for only a few weeks at most, there is “little purpose,” as one producer put it, in contest¬ ing these “suggestions.” The theatre managements are anxious that the cuts go in as sug¬ gested, and as soon as possible, because the risk of Suspension of license. Thus, the theatre man¬ agement usually rifles fierd on the playing company, seeing to it that the cuts are made quickly. . Milliken: says that licensing of¬ ficials of other cities call him fre¬ quently for advice arid informa¬ tion regarding legit and film of¬ ferings. The standards of other cities follow the Boston pattern rather closely in the censorship of films and stage plays, he adds. How Milliken determines What is to come out of stage fare, beyond the obvious prohibitions cited above, could seem confusing. For. instance; he holds that outside of the four-letter words, he objects only to words included arid de¬ fined in the dictionary. Strange Situations That occasionally leads to strange situations.: In “Cat On a Hot Tin Roof,” for instance, the word “rut” was eliminated. It is in the diction¬ ary, but “poontang,” which has a southern and South Seas, meaning familiar to World War. II gobs, re¬ mained in. It is -not in the-diction¬ ary. '• Milliken claims that Boston’s rep¬ utation as place where everything is banned was earned in the long ago when Eugene O’NeiU’S “Mourn¬ ing Becomes Electra” was riot al¬ lowed to play in Boston and sub¬ sequently played “over the bridge” in Quincy, arid Maxwell Ander¬ son’s “Valley Forge” was also ban¬ ned. In both cases, the authors re¬ fused to permit cuts. Also many years ago there was an edict about chorus girl's tights, but “all things change arid we change with it,” as the Boston licensing chief observes. That presumably applies to the ban on the Lillian Smith novel, “Strange Fruit,” which was subse¬ quently set aside by the courts. In any case, Mflliken’s authority does not cover the literary field. In regard to the familiar line that femmes on stage in Hub have to wear stockings, Milliken says it ended during World War II. Be¬ fore the war, women appearing ‘on .. Boston stages had to wear stock¬ ings. “It was iust one of those . things,” he remarks. With rationing arid queues for nylons, bare legs won the day on the Boston stage: “We could hardly keep bare legged girls off the stage when the others were walking the streets that way,” he notes. Milliken, a 44-year-old career city official, became “censor” In 1946. A show fan since youth, he boasts of having seen everything on Boston stages, since he was In kneepants. A baseball career loomed for him as a youth, hut it ended when he was shot in the shoulder by . a holdup man Who hit his mother during a robbOry at the family’s Roxbury store. ASCAP-BMI ■mb Continued from pac« 1 remanded the point back to Judge Kennedy for decision. ~ ASCAP, which is not a party to the suit brought by 33 songwriter members of the Society, is expect¬ ed to oppose the new. Kennedy rul¬ ing by going back to N.Y. Federal Court for a rehearing. In this event, ASCAP attorneys will also likely seek to Introduce into the record large portions of the pre¬ trial examinations to support their position that disclosure of the per¬ formance records to BMI and the broadcasters would disclose confi¬ dential information to ASCAP^ competitors and customers. W: G. Handy 5S5 Continued front pace j his biopic, “St. Louis Blues ” had been cancelled by the "film com¬ pany. However, it was rescheduled yesterday because Handy, as his- wife, Irma, related it, “would have wanted It.” Film, which has Nat King Cole portraying the blind composer, as a result will he screened as originally planned at Brandt’s Yonkers Theatre next Wednesday (21. Dinner at Hoi- back's 44 Club is to precede the showing. With attendees to include local Yonkers (Handy’s place of residence) dignitaries, about 200 friends of..the family, and press reps.