Variety (Nov 1928)

56 VARIETY NIGHT C L U B S Wednesday, November 7: 1928 Song Free Lancer es ■ Moso C.umble. is'hack, foUciwing- a J)rr6f ;'yrLoatibH .'In tlio Park. -West hospitai fpr a minot." Hii.rgical ppora- .:tiori;, ■ • ■ ■ INo . sooner .. did' ivi.oso:' pot back than- he, Walter/ i)puaUlsoiri and .. GUR . ■ Kniln : .}y en t .to; Pittsburph- to make whoopeie..\y:ith the new.V.KrUiie Cantor ''^Vhoop^e'' mu'sioai, - for. which Dopaldsoh • arid Kahn did tiio :. ^^^os.e is said .to have'turned diown a p.ip . offer from ,tJriitod yVrtists; for tixc^iusive th'enie- sons writlnff, fiijur^ ■ ing It hotter fb,r. i)ohald«:ori'to freer lance .and ' piciv . his spots," with his sbriff eontribiitipnxS tliii^rworth^ m to hotIv ,his ilonaldsonl iDpti^flas ,Gurilble, and. the picture coinpanies.. arnsts in Neuji York B •ORGANISTE MOpisBNE" ARNES .Xoew's state Thefitrei TlinW Sq., Nf T, PAUL BRA§$ \^oifp Organist : KeitK-Albee Thieatres NEW YORK CITY inCATURINO '■ Organ Novelties PRQCTCWS 86tk ST. NEW YORK . Eddie Schwartz FjecUwred Organist ; New York ProidtprS Fifth : Ays. TTheaitra ' W H ti; E PL AIN S THE AT RE WALTER^ILD Feature Orgartist \ /''.'AT ■-. ■'".■' : ■ K^Uh's. Hippodrome NEW YORK Geiger Closes Rendezvous Gene tloifrer cioi.sed his. Rendez- vous' in the Winter Gat-ileri building {Saturday night, .Bum biz, ..'With: oontva'cts . to' the show caHing for foiir weeks, .and.;oh!y^ pe'- riiWl' ■ played out, -the. acts 'volun- tarily r6loas(>d Q.ciger;. .consklering every thing,. ■■'.[:.■ . . The Rendezvous. ..'on .:the \sit,«' of tliC; former. Plantation and Board- walk, and last year known as the Casa Lopez, after..the original" Ca.sa pn 'West 5itth street had' burne!d. dd.wnV ffi.ilf**^ to c'lic'k from the start, Frances ■.■\Vhlte'.at $750 plu.s, a. P.er- cehtage failed, to draw. The sup- porting shpw. broiight the ~overhead for taiciit. to $2,000,:. incliiding 'the; Giersdorf- Sl.stcrs,. sev';erai .son#: and dance'.speci'ali.'its-, arid.aVd Geige.r',,,\\:ajrited .Clayton, .Tacksori and Diirapte for the •ro.pni,. but the ti-,i0• is: slated bnee again. for the Parody, opening -there Friday, to double . with the^ .forthcdhviiig" Dil- linghanv-Efrol .musical,'. Free Danping Lessons In Cleveland Gafe ■ , .Cleveland, Nov,' ^6. • Flp.of .-shows 'and free dancing in- struction 'are. the .corne-on ftags how. being used ;by.:the Frplic^. j. Sirtdclar - opened . it ,a month ago with a bang, . but" I.ately the sppt has been falling away; - ' : . ■' '.; Earl. iGates, Clcvelander.-. and for- mer vaudevillian; hasi been sighed to inaugurate- floor. "shpWs, ' Current r6yue .ihdludes Mmiei, M Arnpld'^'and Francis, Belle Morgan, Marie. Gates, and. .. Gfttes .pronidted' the idea of free daiicing .lessons during the dinner sessions. .Jt's ; making., a hit with the frails and college boys wh;q are bashful or knock-kneed. : A male teacher ia^nd a hostess are doing the trick; ' - .-y ' : ,\' ;. Frolics Will Reopen as High-Class Restaurant . Chicago, Nov. 6: An order lifting the padlock on the. Frolics cafe was signed last week by Fcdera,! Judge: JamesOWil- kerson. Permission was given to reopen "bhly as ,a - high-class resr. taurant." ' Cafe', Was padlocked on observa- tion evidence iagt May along " with a dozen Pther spots. Wilkerson lifted the pa:dlpck with the explana- tion that the property is said to represent an Inveistment of more than $250,000, and that there ,1s n& reason to. interfere with legitimate business. Court was assured the spot would open under management of^ Hermaii Griffin, restaurateur, and pot t»y the former manager. CASANOVA (NEW YORK) New York, Nor, S. L«atln acholars might object to thfe cualition obvious in the t'tle of Brpadway's latest . night Club, but nobody present at the premiere of Xick Blair's rendezvous could sin corely disparage "the new house," for it was replete with• elegance, ~ The restoration' ot the old Helen Alorgan club Is a return to the mirth and sportlveness which federal in trusion caused It to sacrifice,' Many a high hat and silved-topped cane pranced Into the hangar of mirth last night with a sable and ermine, a mink or a fox/; A spinier club premiere haa. not been khp%Yn this, seaspn. '.■:-:■■■■!'■ . . A blase audience lost Itself In ec- stasies of. approbatlpn over the show. It was a knockout frpm; the start. Mort Downey and Helen Kane massacred 'em! ■ Olive McClure; the.cbain-dancihg miss in '"Americana,'' led off with her interpretative exhibitions, handicapped by floor space, but fln- ishffd Aylth flying; silks.. • Downey followed, acting as,m, c. Where his ad lib might have lacked pungency he depended riot only that; but clambered up to a raised grand piano arid knocked out the hottest rhythm Ivory pbisisesses, singinig all the while such ballads, catch songs and molten jazz as one may " ever hope to hear, ' He gave them "Two Little BaJ)es In the Wood," "I'm In Love Again," even "Ramona," "Showboat" numbers and suggested .scores. They laid right "unjler their tables. ';■ ■ ■ '. Preceding Helen Kane, Blair's ace, the McCarthy Sisters: lit .into their custoriiary vocal eruptlorig, ,.giving: off that "Tpu Sa;y That Yoii Don't Lpve Me, But You. Do" business; written by themselves and Frahce.s Williams. :.-,It. went over strong. Their firgt experlencie on a club floor and they walked right in. When the taller sister sat on the piano, and gave her version of Helen- Morgan s.irigirig "My Bill" the! applause. Was. enprmous. Miss Morg:an was there to. hear It. ■,"....' . ^r.-^ . Helen Kane on a supper club floor was nezti The. same wonder a3 to how. she'd go over In her first- club venture as for the McCarthys When Helen left she was acquitted, virtually carried a-way on the shoijl- ders of the foregathered crowd. They split over her well-aimed put-ut- tut-uta; interpolating the "Good Boy" scores and other, novel songs added for the occasion. She'll go in a night club. The Casanova looks like a smash night club. It's name la adopted from the: famous Catsariova club iof Paris. The Parisian resort has 11 tables. ■ It's rented almost nightly for a private party, yielding a gross for the,night of not less than $2,000, and more often near $3,000. Cafe Variety in Chi. Cafe Variety . Is a new Chi joy cave. The floor show is billed the ••■Variety Follies" with Sammy Bromberg and bis Variety orchestra dispensing.' Jonas Perlberg .and Jimmy O'Connor are the props. Boys Back at Pj^rody When the Parody Club, New Yprlc, reoperi^.Nov. 15 It will haye as; Its pight club, headliners, Clay- ton, Jackson and Durante, and Bee Palmer. ■■ ,-. The CJD trio, under contract with dharles B;.:. p.illinghcim, start, . r^^^^ heirsals. for. the Leon Errbl -show; Nov. 14. \ : .• GASPAEEE'S OWN AT PLAZA Dick Gasparre heads his own dance orchestra at the Hotel Plaza,' New York. ' GiaRparre hfin been .idpritlfled with Meyer Davis orchestras,' conduoiing . Dayis units for rilrto year.s, Gasparrb brpaidcas.ts; thrpugh tliQ NBC with wh'pm he Is signed ex- clusively fpr putslde bppivirigs.. IRVING and HIS COMMANDERS ■ Now featured with Irene Bordoni's "Paris'* MUSIC BOX, NEW YORK - After Theatre: Club Richman PHILFABELLO and His ORCHESTRA LOE W'S 7th AVE N U E THEATRE . Nevy York City .."".,. ■.■'•:■; . MAL HALLETT AND HIS ORCHESTRA ; TOURING N. E. BALLROOMS ■ Personal Management CHARLES SHRIBMAN • Salem, Mass. GEORGE LIPSCHUin ■: nnd niB ■ SIR FRAyCI.S BRAKE IIOTEX . Concert Orcliiestra Al'*o l^oul)!'"*? Roytil Tlteatrv ■.•:.SAN- rK.lNCIStO THE ORIGINAL DINTY MOORE Redmond Padlock. . A padlpck suit has been chalked up against Jim Redmpnd's place at 62 West 49th street John Burke Is CP-defendant. Jackson Scoring Libs Angeles, Nov, 8. Howard Jackson musical direc- tor for Fanchon and Marco at the Egyptian and has been signed by Fox to score talker themes. now at ARTHUR MacLEAN'S HUNTER ISLAND INN Pelhani Shore Road, N. Y. OLSEN AND HIS MUSIC - SOON - ' F, ZIEGFELD'S "WHOOPEE" Starring Eddie Cantor Office: 20 Weat 43d Street . New York City PARISIAN RED HEADS America's Greatest Girl Band This Week, Arbee, Cincinnati Week Nov. 4* Indiana, Terre Haute, ; and Orpheum, .Springfield,'III. .' ; : .Permanent Address . .tS West North St., indlanapolla. Ind. FROM DETROIT JEAN GOLDKETTEl Orchestras VICTOR RECORDS Office: 812 Book Tower DETROIT ;,/■■■;.'■■■■ DICK GASPARRE , ' and His ; ; ^ ORCHESTRA HOTEL PLAZA, New York City -i., Pcrooniil Rep.: ir. SCOTT PATON , Kermanent... Address: '• 48 W. SOth St., N. Y. t. Circle. 1030^ ^ SAMUEL HEGGEN] tending a Great Little iBand Proctor's 86th Street NEW YORK CITY VINCENT LOPEZ and His ORCHESTRA Exclusive Brunswick Artist WOODMANSTEN INN Pelham Parkway, N. Y. JELLY ROll MORTONJ and His Red Hot Peppers victor Hecordlnip Artists. . ■ The OrlslnRtor of Ja«« and Stomps 7th Month, Rose Danceland Communicate for. Open Time ■ ; .MftnttBemeiit M. O. A.. Permait^Dt Address: VurLetyi New York WILL PRIOR And His Concert Orchestra .'at- United Artists Theatre . Los' Angeles PAUL WHITEMANt And His Greater Orchestra CONCERT TOUR Office: 1560 BROADWAY, N. Y. C. jPei-Honal Direction,. JAMES F. GlLLESriB 1 (FORMERLY WITH MEYER DAVIS) at th< 5th Avenue anJ^Sgth ^lfeefrN^^ BROAD CAST IN G T H ROUGH THE N B C CHAIN Personal Representative: H. SCOTT PATON Sincerest Appreciation to Messrs. H. Scott Paton and EaH Burks of the Hotel pia«, Donald Withycomb of the National Broadcasting Co. and My Si ncere Friend and Advisor/.LewWhite I