Variety (July 1958)

Wednesday, July 30, 1958 VAUDEVILLE 113 Vegas, Vertigo & Ventura ■ Las Vegas, July 29: ' . The . Satis Souci Hotel’s “Inter¬ national Jazz Festival” which. Open¬ ed Wednesday (23) was plagued- Avith trouble from; the start, and Avas demoted, to a. position of less Importance, on Friday night. On Tuesday (22) the manage¬ ment closed the successful ‘‘Art¬ ists and Models of Paris,” a laff & lass show complete with nudes wh ich starred, singer-comedian Benito (Pat) Moreno. Originally it \vas skedded. for four more weeks. Musical groups featuring . Terry Gibbs, Charlie Ventura, and Dave Rodgers were booked into the main showroom, and Wingy Marione was set tor the lounge.: Manone pulled out before the opening because of a contract dispute. At. the preem, Ventura slipped on the stage and broke five ribs, sending him to the hospital and out'of action for four orfive weeks;. Casino bosses complained be¬ cause most (Of . the customers were musicians, and chorines, giving.the gaming, department, very little ac¬ tion. On Friday, ‘‘Artists and Models” was returned 1 to the main room: and the “.international Jazz Festival” moved to the lounge .on a .9:30; p in: to 6:30 am! time schedule: , Ottawa’s Canadian Nat l Exhibition Ottawa. July 29. Central Canada Exhibition,. set for Aug. 22 to 30. in Ottawa’s Lans* downe Park, will strengthen its policy of featuring Canadians in main niches.. The grandstand show,, booked by GAC-Hamid with Hal Sands choreographing and George Hamid producing, will have the Four Lads, Toronto' chant four¬ some: in top position every after¬ noon and night.; :.. Innovation Will have a different Canadian television name each night in the grandstand produc¬ tion, “Satellite Revue.” Starting; Aug. 22, stars will be, consecutive¬ ly,; the Hansen Sisters, violin pair;. Gordy Tapp,, emcee and comic of “Country Hoedown”; Joyce Sulli¬ van, thrush recently costar of “Showtime”; Roy Roberts, chanter on “Jiiliette”; Joan Fairfax; canary of ; several video stints;; Billy: O’Connor, singer On tv and radio; Sylvia Murphy, guest thrush ori various tv and radio bits arid mem¬ ber of the Billy O’Connor , group; Phyllis Marshall, also of various Canadian television shows, ex¬ thrush with- Cab Calloway; and, ori Aug. 30, Wally Roster, Vocal star of “Cross-Cariada Hit Parade”, on CBC-TV. : “Satellite Revue” will also im- . port a "string of acts, including the Two Sputniks who work trapeze hanging from a helicopter. Fay ^BOSTON 3 SMASH HIT | THE GLAMOROUS NEW I HOTEL !t Show folks are raving about the if. all new Hotel Avery.; All new, large, beautifuljy furnished deluxe rooms II . with private bath and television. || Many Air Conditioned. |§ AVERT & WASHINGTON STS. { •LASON-S FUN-MASTER PROFESSIONAL COMEDY MATERIAL for all Theatricals : "Wf Service th.« Star*''. .. Big Temporary Special on All . 35 Gag Flies for SIS, Plus $1.00 Post*** Forei gn: $1,50 •«., 35 f or <40 : o 3 Parody Books, Ptr Bk. .> . $10 o o 4 Blackout Books, Pair Bk. .. $25 o O Minstrel Budget ..$2$ O How to Master the Ceremonies „ St per Copy . Ho C.O.D'r ........ "Always Open" BILLY GLASON 200 W. 54th5t., N.Y.C.,19 Clrelo 7-1130 (WE TEACH EMCEEING and COMEDY) (Lat a Rea) . Professional Train You) & Bry, Stuart Morgan Dancers, plus a 20-girl line called the Sym-; phonettes under Hal Sands’ direc¬ tion. As in the past, the after -1 noon shows will be tailored for. irioppefs,. e.venirig for adults. ,i: This Will mark Hamidls return to. the CCE grandstarid after a year’s hiatus which -broke a solid, record of nearly 30 years of pro¬ ducing the .exhibitipri’s big show: Last ybar, Barnes-Carruthers han¬ dled the chores , in that' firm’s first venture into eastern Canada. In for its. second quarter-ceritury Will be the World of Mirth mid-, way. U. S. Air Force Band, ririder the baton of Col. George Howard, with the band’s chant group,, the Singing Sergeants, under Capt. R. L. Landers, will. be back for a second booking at the CCE band-j shell. • | Another innovation at CCE'will : be operation of a complete tele- ■ vision Studio on . the grounds with{ all Ottawa-originating shows pro-; duced in it. Studio will be. set up ! arid operated; by {CBOT, the Ot -j tawa English-lringuage- outlet Pf the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.’s video Aveb; . Documentary, airers will also originate from mobile units on; exhibition grounds.. ; ■ ; For the sixth, consecutive . year, . CCE management will rim a spe- . cial morning show (29) for Ottawa area invalids, including wheel¬ chair and stretcher .cases, iri :front of the grandstand. ' Invalids are to be : transported by. service Club members. CCE passed the half-million at¬ tendance mark last year for the first tirne. AriiPng this, year’s lures to. surpass r that figure; are raffling of a modern house, Com¬ pletely equipped and furnished, with a lot, plus giveaways of an autornobile each, night. . John Clarke,- CCE’s general manager, expects upped, publicity and ad^ vertising programs to swell the ■gate, as well. Jean Fenn Stricken; Kean & Parker K.C. Subs Kansas City, July 29. . Songstress Jean Fenn, who has been signed to opCn iri the Terrace Grill of Hotel Muehlebach here Aug, 1, has been stricken with ap¬ pendicitis and forced to cancel her: date. Larry Larrea, the Muehle¬ bach entertainment chief, did some scurrying , to sign Betty Kean & Lew Parker fresh; from their re¬ cent Copabana stint. They’ll play the Fenn fortnight / In the Grill beginning. Aug. 1. Word from Miss Fenn’s home in St.. Louis is that a planned Euro¬ pean warbling tour for her also is out the window, at least for the time being. She recently completed a role in “Rosalinda” In the Star¬ light Theatre’s outdoor musical Season here. Saranac Lake By Happy Benway Saranac, N. Y., July 29. . Under sponsorship of Benton C. Ressler, chairman of “We The Patients” Fund, about IQ of the Will Rogers patients were treated' to a three-hour boat ride that cov- • ered Lake Flower and upper rind I lower Saranac Lake. Ressler acted •• as host with nurse Claudette Basset ! attending the gang, just in case: ; Bob Simril of. Ballantyne Theatre j Supply of Omaha entertained; j Steve Matzner of 20th-Fox, Buda- ; pest, rated his first two-week fm> [ lough out of the hospital via a top ; progress report. He’s spending same in Gotham on business. ; Among recent visitors at the Will Rogers: Jessie ’ Endsor; of United. Artists, bedside Chatting, with her jnother Jessie Destin; Fred Nash, Washington, D.C.^ and Edward Fair, Newark, N.J;, ogling : Pierre Andre; Catherine McCabe of ABC-Paramount chatting with husband Fred; The J. C.. Kellys and; Anna Deninger of Flushing, - Marion Murphy of Elmhurst, L.I., i in to; hello Alex;Nabesar; Elizabeth •‘McMahon, Covington, Tenn/, play¬ ing bridge with Arthur Slattery, i Bob Cosgrove, Columbia. Pic- : tiires, in for annual checkup, and • vacation, hit. an okay report and ; will summer at the Miller : Camp in our. downtown Colony. Gang of: actors colony rnet the : train to. welcome 25 kiddies, sent up [here by the New York Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund. They were farmed out to different families in. the Colony for a two-week vaca-; tioriv The kids are having the time . of their lives, especially when they are at. the William Morris Park & Playground: ' Maurice Kostroff.. singer with the. Metropolitan Opera for 12 years also with the N.Y, City Center qf Music & Drama, checked iri for the o.o. and rest period as a third-floor patient. Ditto Israel: Lenine of- North Haven, retired film salesman for Warner Bros., also Julius Bernr stein, Brooklyn projectionist, tak-. ing to the new routine like a vet- ref an.' j Steven Matzner of: Budapest • United Artists) whose progress ; here is of special mention, passed • Iris examination at. . Plattsburg ■ Teachers College, doing, his study- ] ing. off hours while curing here. . ! Hugh M. Gibbs manager of Hen- j dersonville (N.C.) . Drive-In, •• after three, months of o.o. on. third floor, rated an all-clear to 0 go home..and do light work;: Sam Sriiith and Flo Thoms, who John (IATSE) Graham, Tower Theatre, Wichita Falls; Tex., is on his. second month of rest routine and how /rates mild exercise and pictures. Joseph (IATSE) Perlman, Rarid- force circuit. Brookljm, registered j for. the usual o.o, and rest period.' Write to those who are ill. Vaude, Cafe Dates New York 1; Davis & Reese sighed for Town . & County Club, Brooklyn, starting : Sept. 5 to augment the Diosa Cos- itello revue . . . Jose Greco pacted (for the Caribe Hilton, San Juan, ' Nov. 27 . . . Sheila Guyse to the j Cloisters, Chicago, Sept. 8 ^ . . Bob ; & Jane Allyson are at the Holiday House, Pittsburgh, this week . ... . ■ John Croft, operator of the Beverly Hills, Cincinnati, iri New York to i view the shows and sign acts. He’s ; lined up a series of turns with • MCA including Sheila Reynolds in ! March, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane ■ in April arid Guy Lombardo in July ■. . ,. Soler & Lorca to the Eden Roc, : Miami Beach, Aug. 13 . . . Jackie* Kannon lined up for the 500, At- I lantic 4 City, Aug. 1 , . Monica Boyar how at the Viennese Lantern. h. Cass Franklin Agency moved ifrom the Latin Quarter Bldg, into j the former offices of Kapp Rec- | ords . . . Senor Werices is another ; contracted for the Electrical Work¬ ers Union Show in Chicago Dec. 4 Bob Melvin has been signed to two engagements at the Fontaine¬ bleau, Miami Beach, dates to . be rriutually agreeable ... Marie Mc¬ Donald to El Morocco, Montreal, Oct, 20 . . . Enzo Lembo, an Italiari iniport, bows at In Boboli Aug. 5 . . . Barbara McNair who starts at , the Berne - Solinger. Restaurant, / Stockholm, is scheduled to follow ; at the Sporting Club. Monte Carlo, Sept. 5 . . , Marge Cameron follows her. current. Fontainebleau,. Miami Beach, stand with an engagement at the Glen Casino, Williamsville, N. Y. . . . Beverly & Jack Palmer, .• booked into the Copacabana, Aug. 21, precede that stand with, the : 500, Atlantic City, Aug. 1. Mickey Rooney’s three-week stand at the Copacabana, N.Y., beginning Nov. 13 will find Joey Forman as his partner in the act . . . Nick Lu¬ cas and The Towri-Aires close a four-week stand at the Bal Taba- rin. Lake Tahoe, Aug. 6. Chicago Hollywood : Louis Prima and. wife Keely. Sriiith returri to entertain at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas Aug. 12 for 12 weeks,. . . David Rose will conduct a special concert at the Santa Monica . Civic Auditorium Sept. 14 for the fund drive of the Keys to the Hospital’ Clinic. Bobby Breen and comic. Arte Johnson open at Chuck Landis’ Largo riitery Aug. 8 and Will be followed by The Ink Spots. George Liberace, current, is holding over two weeks . . . Songstress Beverly Hudson, joins the Ben Blue Revue at the vet comic’s Santa Monica nitery . . . Pianist-organist Dick Aiirandt set for an Indefinite stand at the Wild Goose at Toluca Lake. He supplants, 88er. Johnny White who: shifts oyer to the Goose Res¬ taurant in Sherman Oaks . . . Jean Fenn signed by the K:C. Muehlebach for two frames Aug. 1 . . . Granada Dancers, with Pi- trellita & Raoul, go in Aug. 15.. Billy Eckstirie just opened his first Chi Black Orchid date i . . Tira Robins, The Blackburn Twins & Jerry Collins tapped by Eddys’ in K.C. for Sept. 19 . , . Allen & Do Wood are due there Oct. 3 . Roberta McDonald has a tw'o-week- er at the Metropole, Windsor, Ont., current . . . Jo Anri Miller works a pair at Louisville’s Brown Hotel Oct. 3, and is set for Houston’s Cork Club Nov. 3. Zsa Zsa Gabor signed by Ch-z Paree for initial Chi nitery book¬ ing, opening Aug. 8 . .. Phil Foster set by the Black Orchid Oct. 10 for a pair . . . Marie McDonald to the Statler-Hilton, Dallas, Oct. 2, with Myron Cohen following Oct. 16 and Johnny Puleo’s Harmonica Gang set to open Oct. 30. Cohen to work the Houston Shamrock Oct. 30 . . . Norton & Patricia do three week* at the Adolphus, Dallas, Sept. 8, with Lou Nelson, Billy Albert 8* Audrey Sisters inked for a pair Oct. 8_Peter Wood to the K. C„ Muehlebach Aug. 15 for two frames ... Nat Cole to Chez Pareo Sept. 25. Houston Ben Bennett arid Dick Patterson ; opened for two weeks in Continen- i tal Room of Shamrock Hilton on I the bill, with Vicki Benet. Teddy [Phillips orch continues . . : Bob j Wilson orch will play for dancing {Saturday night at the pavilion at • Sylvan Beach. Group was recently ! organized and has a working ar¬ rangement with the bands of Lee {Brown and Hairy James whereby latter will furnish Wilson with ar¬ rangements . . . Johnny Conrad Dancers make their debut -at Club Crescendo . . . Joe & Barbara Pic- ciotto have taken over the man¬ agement of Bolo’s Pogo Lounge . .. Barbara Burrisk, local songstress, has formed her own four-pieca combo and made her debut at the Bachelors and Belles Club dance . . . Bill Gannon and Janet Smith are at Terra Club . . . Ed Gerlack. orch plays for a benefit dance at Sylvan Beach Aug. 8. “BY FAR THE BEST...” PSrjety . . a* big a Kit as ener-r-adroitly com¬ bines wit,; talent and humor that spells out success alL along the line—one of the great virtues of his act is that it is almost entirely fresh and originaL’ 9 >" Wyro. ‘‘A rare comedian—holds audience In the palm of his hands f or 45 minutes and has them clamouring for more." . The Stag* *“BY FAR THE BEST . . . American cabaret entertainer seen In London in a long, long time.” Kendall McDonald, Daily News . . the best comedian heard in any London cabaret.” What's On In London o “I never laughed so hard at anyone who sang so well,” Youngman Carter, Londan News The DEEP RIVER BOYS Starring HARRY DO0GLASS Opmin, 10th lar.nraii.Ml Twr lurrently CHINA THEATRE Stockholm, Swodoa Direction: WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY Ptre. Mgr.: ED KIRKEBY • ___......■■.■■ifiaiaiiniiiill ■ ■■ ■ Coming Up 4th Appearance (1958) ED SULLIVAN SHOW CBS-TV WALLY GRIFFIN Just Concluded — 3rd Holdover Engagement THE COLONY - London, England Currently EMPIRE CLUB, Bermuda Masagomoitt: DIRECTIONAL ENTERPRISES Jerry Levy — fred Amsel I Wfi 200 W. 57th St,, New York City