Variety (Nov 1928)

98 VARIETY MUSIC-NIGHT CLUBS Wednesday, November 21, 1928 Padlocking by the Year Not So Popular Along Booze Bonlevard Exprossing •.hihiself ' • iin))alk-ni with . compromises with, the la\y. Federal Jud^e - Ilphry W. GoaUard refused Monday to agree to a con- sent padlock decree for the Silver Slipper and Frivolity, nlte clubs for six; .months, and . ordered.. the .trial, of the issueii to.proceed. After trial both of these . famous Uroadway nocturnal playgrounds were ordered padlocked for one year each. Per- sonal Injiinctions to restrain and abate the .proprietors from .main- taining a public nui.vance were also Issued. . ■- . Along , \vith the. Slii>per and rrivolity, both. ■ raided by ■ Mrs. Willebrandl's staff on the eve of Governor Al Smith's nomination for the presidency; the. Charm Club, 13.7 West .51st street, and. the Art Club, 124 West' SQthy were ordered pad- locked for: a' almiiar period. Up .until iast'^ the Silver Slipper and. !Friy61ity had riot been served with formal decrees of pad- lock.- These entries of the orders usuially reguire a. week for filins, whereupon the locks go up siimr marily. ■ , There is little likelihood of a succeasiful stay since the Circuit Court of Appeals, the next highest tribunal, Is usuially chary of further review of, such, cases, and. stays are Isfiyed only Avheri the. issues justify them drastically. / In ".view of Judge Goddard's at- titude not to bargain with liqiior offenders, when he refused to ap- prove a consent decree for six months, and also In view of the defendants' proposal to plead guilty and conaent i6> a half year's pad- lock, It Is unlikely the Silver Slip- per and the Frivolity, two of the foremost consistent: money makers among the chfes, haVe much of a chance for stalling. It will mean a financial blow to both with the new season just get- ting underway and the holidays shortly ahead. In addition, with Clayton, Jack- • son . and Durante opening Sunday The Outstanding Song Hi . from the . New 1928 Earl Carroll's "Vanities" "Blue Shadows" ^ "Once in a Lifetime" "Raquel" ' Sing Them—Play Them— I : Buy Them IRpbbins Music Gorforation . 79j| SCTtnthAvtnue.WcwYoA ; I ! Leading Organists in New York MODERN" ARNES I.oew'8 State Theatre, Tlmm 8q., N. Tt EddienSchwartz Featured Organist keith-Albee Theatres, New York Proctor's Fifth Ave. Theatre .;it 'tlio Silver . Slii'lH'r the roOm luiiked "In" iilemy, It will )>robably force th.o uniii.ue c.-vfe ohtcrt;iine.rs biiok into, the l'':ir(!dy, tlioir old .stand. Big Weekly, Grosses . The SliiJiJor. and Frivolity, . \yith olaboriito. Moor ontort;iinmci>t, has biH^n gpcid for fr.mii. $.l.".iii'0 ti). $12,- 000 wooKly Ki-o.ss-c's.' Tlio iJill DuTfy- IJon Alartin-lI.'Lrry lJiiK:U-".ii.iwky" ilorowitz bunch controlled both, whic-h operated under an. unusual, c'ordiale entonte of 'fliifting tnule from one to thf\ other; UoVontly, tiioy took control of- the ^rirador,, wiOi irarry J. Sus.ski.iicl a.s maii;i.q:ing director. A new Roy Ma,ok reviie' It the. Mir.'idor i.s "counted on to dp busino.s.s. Th^. Broudway .spots. re.'di/.e it'.s economically unhealthy to t;impev; with the law. The two current high spots, Richman and Casano.va (the latter in a room twice before pad- locked as the old 300 Club), do not sell, anything, to anybody. Others are . equally careful. They •' make theirs on the accessories, or have outside concessionaires- iis a. pre- caution.. The flock of big tfhve .hite clubs sloughed along with the above quar tet are now corning up for trial Texas Gulnah's Salon Royale and the European .Club at 26 West. !i3d were slated for hearing Monday but adjourned . a month, . with M. Michael Edel.stein for the defendants stating, that both have beeri volun larily closed meantime so as to ob- viate, ariy.official prejudice. The Beaux Arts, Beter's Blue Sour and Leg, Freres, 690 6th ave- nue, are currently before Judge Goddard for trial. . Bernaid's Sentence Edward Ber-nald, former proprip tor of the Moscow Inn, 161 West 44th street, the Russian restaurant opposite, tlie Hotel Claridge, pulled a year's jail sentence in the West Chester County penitentiary plus a $500 fine. Francis J. Helsing, ar- rested with Bernald, will be sen tenced today (Wednesday). Both are second offendfcrs for violations pf two padlocks against the Mp.scow Inn^ Lulgi'Si.the notoinous defendant in the government's suit for : con- spiracy, escaped sentence, on that felony but will waive trial oh the nuisance charge and accept a pad- lock, besides receiving any sup plementary sentences against the five alleged proprietors today (Wed- nesday ).- A flock of lesser oases were also ordered padlocked at th« same tirne . Judge Goddard cared not for "trial justice" and refused Issuance of six month consent decrees, ordering full trials of the issues on their merits This places a completely new aspect on the situation since the majority of the clubs, when "taken," have been able to. stall trial until into the spring when the intervening half year over the summer made little difference. The government is circumventing this subterfuge, besides which, pop- ular rooms like the Slipper and Fri- volity, being open the year 'round, Were taken at a time in midyear when an early fall trial became in evitable. Acquittal of the Ferndale , Club and the Lulgi Restaurant cases in New York, on "conspiracy" liquor charges forces the Government to take a new cotirse in its efforts to ^ry, up .'New York, Juries acquitting both dofcndantis in a^ many trials put the Govern- ment~T6n^ut"e"mcyn"g^those:-lines--of criminally sentencing alleged liquor offenders, particularly in view pf both having been the Government's, strongest cases to date. In each case,' the defendants offered to plead guilty on nuisance charges In the Ferndale case, the place was completely vindicated and Lulgi's only found guilty of maintaining a i)ublic nuisance, , , i. AS a move to offset their defeat in the courts, another whplesale raid on 21 oases—nite clubs and^al- Ic^ged whi.spprlow3—occurred last weoic. Mrs. Wlllebrahdt and Major Maurice Campbell are reported pre- paring for still ahPthe'r and the most spectacular b£ the raid series .within the month as a pre-Thanks- giving gesture (ind the forerunner vi the annual warning to the Xmas holiday conyiviallstB. - . ■ Padlocks Meantime,, Judge Goddard has paoirocked IJilly the .Oysterman on West 22d .street for six months on a consent decree and a personal In- junetion. , Hi-IIat Club on. West, r)Cth opposite the Richman, another oa.sl.s, • took the voluntary Govern- mental: veil for a simillar term.; A^ .flock of Ic-sser speaks-are among the padiocUce.s for a year or six months. .' The . "conspiracy" attenipt by the. Government is made for. the purpose of establishing a precedent to scare off prospective offenders. Conspiracy is a felony while main- taining a nuisance is merely amis- demeanor, carrying no loss of citi- zenship and punishable by a maxi- mum prison term of one year, $1,000. fine- or bpth. M. Michael"Edelstelh; whq repre- sents Luigi's, and has a cafe clien- tele, was attacked by Ncrnian J. Morrison, . special Assis.tant U. S. Attorney. General, and ah aide of Mrs. Willebrandt, as "a second-rate lawyer" and called the restaurant pepplo "a bunch of outlaws." "The Jury seemingly .did not agree with Morrison. The neixt oonspiriacy case for trial this week is that aigainst Beter's Blue Hour dh West. 49th street, previously padlocked. It was Major Campbell's idea that where two or more persons operiite a raided nite club or speak that they should be charged with con- spiracy to violate the Federal laws. Fathers KFVD in Studio Lo3 Angeles, Nov. 20. f'athe has tAkeh ^over radio star tipri KFVI) now opiEsrated by Cul- ver City Broadcasting Company. Station will be rhovcd to Pathe studio where a special building will be erected to iiouse it. Pathe will maintain a 24-hour service. . Night Club Reviews MIRADOR (NEW YORK) In a determined effort to.put over the Mirador Club, Bill Duffy and Harry J. Susskln.d have tossed for the edincation of Broadway's higlU club patronage a huge show, at din- ner as well us after the theatre. The club opened inausplciously several weeks ago. . . The owners, forseeing It headed for the shoals, dropped anchor and went IntP huddle. More sail was noeded.^thcy cohcurred. The expensive Randalls, international dance team,; were dropped with other acts, and an im- posing floor show gathered.- Roy Mack accumulated a raft of show £tirls, lively dancers, and whipped "them into Various numbers, one a collegiate affair in which the maids wear raccoon coats iand carry, swaig- Tjer .sticks. Effective! : Retaining Bee Jackson and Ar- thur Gordoni, "Dear Friends" m.c, •ind the dance team, John and Mary Jennings; the lovely soprano. Mar-, guerite Howard, rerhains, and cli- maxed the bill with Harold Leon- ard's orchestra. Evelyn Martm, dancer, in "Billie," given a part and the show opened. ■ Since its .premiere a week ago business has strikingly picked up. The showgirls are: Gene Brady of VHpld Everything"; Evelyn Caiman, Marian Eubanlcs, Virginia Case, all pf "Good Boy"; ; Wyn Terry . of "Cross My Heart," a;nd Bobbie Gar- man, Helen Kane's understudy. : The showgirls- open, marching In costume to the center of tlie floor, the dancers folloyving ah Introduc- tion by Gor.doni. It is a shapely crevf.. The dancing girls are riot a facially attractive lot, but dance ex- pertly and have loaids of youth. Miss Howalrd is .responsively received for her soprano and Miss Jackson has her hands and toes full bucking the extraordinary dancing of Miss Mar tin, who trips and: struts "^^^^ cellence. Bee does "Dp. Digga Do from "Blackbirds" arid fares .well Her voice is lacking. ^ Mo^t delectable is the "' Neath a Fan" number led by Miss Hpward Nudity is disavowed and the pro- prietors boast- the qleanest floor show, ever presented, although this isn't strictly authentic. ^U.^., Additional ta.lerit consists of Eddie Young arid Tommy Shields, Kit Kat boys, piano and voice. Entire show hangs on the super lative prettincss of the shapely showgirls, . Gordoni's suav© manner dor, once the rertdezvous of the sp- an d Leonard's orchestra. The Mira- cial i'egister, is no longer as fprnuiL as of yore. SILVER SLIPPlER (NEW YORK) Turning jaway plenty swank couvert charges who wouldn't wait or couldn't stand the crush of the opening night, Clayton, Jackson and Durante premiered sensationully- it , the Silver Slipper Sunday,night to a $3 couvert. The room, with its 400 capacity, probably filled , twice over , the opening night, arid, should have covered the boys' $3,000 guarantee on ttiat evening alone. . The Shnozzolas* are spotted great in the. Slipper, a much better room for them than the Parody, where, they were for two seasons. .While . possibly a couple dozen seats les.s at the current spot in actual ultimate capacity,, the playing capacity -at the Parody was smaller becauac of the physical designs of the ropm.'; Lpu, Eddie and the chief Shnezzle, JImmie, turned, down the- Parody chiefly because of this, with other i-easoris figuring. The switch to th© Slipper is a friendly arrangement between tlie trio's sponsors and the Duffy-Marden.-BLock-Horwitz alli- ance. , ' The boys are running the room as they have been elsewhere before. They have Leon back with them at the. door and Jimmie Durarite's jaz- zists making jazzique'on, the stand. An N.TIG. revue surrounds the boys, but nothing really matters one wa;y or t'other outside of the C'-J-D combo. It's an excuse to plug a wait and give the indefatigable Sclinozzles a chance to breathe. Lots of new stuff this season, with Bugs Baer credited, for some of it. And the old hoke, including tHe "Well Dreased Man," Jinimie's "Broadway" hokum, and the rest. . Opening night was . a bedlam, Granlund's Aztec number- went awry on the costuming, almost overdoing some already typically >. nude NTG exposures. Jane Dob- bins, formerly at Texas Guinan's, is the current chief nude in the revue. There's a female Ginsburg doing some vocal hokum that's pretty . terrible, Sa.lly Mayo is the hot bluea specialist and Mar tie Martelle is a la Helen Kane. ' Couvert $2 Monday through. Thursday $3 from Friday through Sunday nights. -4.bel. Robinson, Only Radioer : Chicago, Nov. 20, Russell Robinson, local manager for Waterson, Berlin and Snyder, broadcasts over KYW three nights a week . Robinson is the .only one of the music boys in town alloved this privilege. Frolics Line Up Chicago, Nov. 20. Opening show at the Frolics, Nov. 21, includes ; Maxln© Hamilton, Chester Fredericks, Nicholas and Honore and the Seattle Harmony Kings. Also a picked girl line-up. Entire show booked and supervised by local. William Morris office. W. PALM BEACH ACTING MANAGER FOR CABARET WANTED Dinner dance and cabaret; Ncw^place, right in heart of city; Could use 4-l)loi;o orchestra and about 5 good-looking show, girls with ability for cntortalnmont and hostes.s work. Don't an.swer unless you are capable and steady. Send piiolo.s and news Itemn, to;,'ether with ftill partlculara nbout yourself and l--ist two years' coimexrtions. ADDRESS: Paul Zee, P. O. Box 7168, Miami, Fla. ' ' Carlo Active William Carlo, former Village cabaret prop who retired several years ago to go to Los Angeles, is bJick in the racket and back In Greenwich Village, New York. . Carlo has taK6H'6veF the former Shadowland, redecorated and re- opened as Stagcland Club. A six piece band and several singing wait- ers provide the entertainment here, with $1 cover tap after nine o'clock. SIMMONS ON WOE Mike Simmons, publicity director for'. Gotham,"—has—^been—signed—to- deliver his weekly motion picture chat over Station WQR. Simmons had previously con^ ducted bis movie column over Wf^H for approximately two years, GIBIiS AT AB,BUCKI.E*S Los Angeles, Nor. 20. Babe Kane and Vivian Fay, both of the western "Good News," which closed In San Francisco Not. . 10, go Into Arbucklcs Plantation Caf*. Joe Pani In Fin. <Joe Pan! and Louis Bob .wOl operate a nite club at Palm Beach this season. , I^s-the^ place Georepe -LeMalr* ran last season. Vanitiet Club Dark Vanities, nite club, cellar at COth .street and 7th avenoe, nosedivbd after a spin of nearly a month. (Miiek Co^ldmon asserts be Ifl it grand back. IRVING AARONSON I and HIS COMMANDERS Now featured with Irene Bbrdoni't ^'Paris'* MUSIC BOX. NEW YORK After Theatre: Club Richman * PHIL FABEILO and Hi« ORCHESTRA LOEW'S 7th AVENUE THEATRE New York City MAL HALLEtT~l AND MIS ORCHESTRA TOURING N. E. BALLROOMS Personal Management CHARLES SHRIBMAN Salem, Mass. GEORGE UPSCHULTZ Columbia Recording Artist Conducting ■ — SIR FRANCIS DRAKE HOTEL Concert Orchestra SAiN FRANCISCO THE ORIGINAL DINTY MOORE FROM DETROIT JEAN GOLDKETTE Orchestras • VICTOR RECORDS Office: 812 Book Tower DETROIT DICK G ASP ARRE arid His ORCHESTRA HOTEL PLAZA, New York City Personal B«p.: H. SCOXT PATON Permanent Address; 48 W. 60th St., N. T. C. Circle 10307 VINCENT LOPEZ | and His ORCHESTRA ST. REGIS HOTEL New York City JELLY ROLL MORTONl lind His"lted Ho^TPeppelB- Vlctor BecordJnr AitistB The Orlfflnator o( Jaza and Stomp* . S5th Week, ,K08« I)ni]iceland Communicate for Open Tim* . ManaKement M. C. A. . Pemianent Address: Variety, Mew Tora WILL PRIOR t now at ARTHUR MacLEAN'S HUNTER ISLAND INN ^ jPelham Shore Road, N. V« GEORGE OLSEN AND HIS MUSIC SOON 1^ ZIEQFELD'S "WHOOPEE" Starring Eddie Cantor Ofllcet 20 Wotit 43d Stroot Now York City And Hi* Concert Orchestra at United Artists Theatre — Los Angeles PAUL WHITEMAN And His Greater Orchestra CONCERT TOUR Office: 1580 BROADWAY, N. Y. C. PerAtmiil Dlrortlon,