Variety (Dec 1929)

66 VARIETY MUSIC-NIGHT CLUBS-RADIO Wednesday, December 25, 1929 L A. EXPECTS DULL NITE; EXODUS FOR NEW YEAR Los Angeles, Dec. 24. Doesn't look as If there'll be much of a_New Year's celebration around here. Most of the boys and girls win whoopee it out of town, due to last year's embarrassiner moment when the town fathers had pro- hibition officers stationed at the en- trances of the class places arid who frisked everybody for flasks or botr ties. Since then the town has tightened up some more. Hence, the expected exodus. At that, some of the places ar« getting ready for the '30 festivities with the Ambassador's CoQoanut Grove to ask $15 per plate, as will the Roosevelt's Blossom Room, Bilt- more, and Max Fisher. Some of the night clubs will be satisfied with $10. ' Invitations coming from the ca- elno at Agua Caliente are scarce, as this guest list Is confined to patrons best known to that resort and who can be counted upon to, go up against the gaming tables. New floor show at lies Ambassa- deurs, New York, with 14 girls and those schnozzle lines. CUFFWINEHni Mastor of Cerumenies . "THE PEANUT MAN'^ At Coffee-ClUni 41th St. and 1th Ave., New lork Russ Coitiitiunists' Club Sharing Nothing Much The Russiana (formerly Little Club) on 44th St., needs holiday business badly. Shuberts, who own the site, recently turned the place over to a group of Russians on their percentage basis. No rent, but the Shuberts were to get a cut of 10% on grosSi- As,, yet there has been no net arid little gross. Onf niight last week the cafe was reported to have taken in Just 65c. and someone left a nickel tip. That was for two cups of tea. Though around 10 Russ entertainers are emr ployed none are understood to be getting salary. They work for table "extras" arid grub. Food Is the only thing they're sure abpvt. L. A. Russ Vogue Fades JjOS Angeles, Dec. 24. Alexander BorlsoflE, former or- chestra leader at the Russian Eagle Cafe, Hollywood's class night club, filed salary claims with the State Labor Commission amounting to $412 against . the club and Geri. Theodore LodljeriskI, its founder, BovIsofE claims salary for four weeks. . The Russian Eagle was much fre- quented by Charles Chaplin, Jack Dempsey, Estelle Taylor and other celebs of the film: colony. Recently it was Incorporated as a club with the membership limited to 200, It was the first of a number of Rusr slan cafes to sprout, up hereabouts. All of them have suffered froria the lack of. piatronage In the paist few moriths, , The . Moscow, inn has changed hands three times recently and the Russian Bear f olded up two weeks after it opiened. TIE-UP—BONUS Robblns Music Co. declai:ed a Christmas bonus to all ex- ecutives this week amounting to about three months' salary. Robblns was the first com- pany to make a film tie-up being publishers to M-G-M. SEVERE SENTENCES FOR LIDO VENICE OFFENDERS 1 IRVINC AARONSEll THE BRICK TOPS Saratoga, Dec. 24. The sequel to the sensational raid by prohi. ajgerits at the Lido Venice, palatial Saratoga Lake roadhoiise, during the racing sea- son in August, was written in federal court at Utlca, when Judge Frank Cooper imposed a sentence of a year and three irionths In At-' lanta prison on H. J. Sullivan, al- leged proprietor; pne of a year and two; months on Richard Stone,' al- leged head waiter, and one of a year and a'da:y on Steve Theodora, employee. The sentences, the stiffest handed out to night club or roadhouse men In Northern New York since the Volstead . Act; was enacted, were Im-. posed after a jury had found the trio guilty of liquor violations. Judge Cooper stressed that the sentences were imposed "a^ an ex- ample to others." This was''after Dean P. Taylor, U. S. Attorney, pointed out the. Lido Venice case was "one where higher ups have been convicted In an Important c^se, and yherei a severe sentence is •Warranted."- .' Attorney Roiscoe Irwin, of King- ston and . Albany, former internal revenue 'collector In that district, filed an appeal for the convicted men, pending disposition of which they wete released oh bail. During the. case, testimony was offered thiat the restaruant privilege at the Lidpx Venice, which opened In 1928, brought 1^3,000 a year. and HIS COMMANDERS stow Featnred with IRENE BORDONI in "PARIS" VICTOR RECORDS EXCLU8IVEUY I DANNY CAIHNS ' And HU R-K.O MEtODY BAND VasdevUle'a Oreateit Pit «nd 8t«>e Bmni | Now PlaylD* Orpheimi rbmtn, LOB ANOBLE8 FROM DETROIT (PARISIAN BED HGADSt America's Greatiest Girl Band jPerinuiient Address t8 West North St.. IndlanapellB. lod. PHIL FABELLO and His ORCHESTRA The Oi^er«ht Ensemble PreneoUttlno Feetnre .COLISEUM THEATRE New Xorb Glt7 jg7n?^u^WfEi I OWEN FALLON I Orchestras VICTOB BECOBDS Office: 812 Book Towar DETROIT And His CALIFORNIANS Now PlayloK Second "tear WIL&ON'S BALLROOM (Formerly Cinderella Root) I.OS ANGELES TAL HENRY MAL HALLETT | and His-ORCHESTRA Victbi^ Records Playing Baker Hotel Dallas, Tex. Exclusive Manacement Orchentra Corp. of America 16S0 Broadway. New York AN D-HIS ORCHESTRA Now Playing Cocoanut Grove Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles VINCENT LOPEZ I I lOCKWOOD lEWlS Christmas Alt Over Merry Tuletlde season plausible excuse fof dragging In ^ny old tune, gag or expreasibn these days. It's hothlng^ new, and Ihs fans would be surprised If ariy of the stations passed Sip a single program without some mention of Christmas. May- be next year the statldns will use recorded greetings and run them during lulls In the program. Clayton, Jfackson a.nd iDurante, who have been on two "statlortis, but mainly WMCA, temporarily sus- pended air activities last week. Big Chief Schnozzler, moved by the sad news his radio stuff wasn't hitting on all cylinders, decided to cut out he mike for the present. A return almost certain, however. On WMCA the C-J-P contingent was replaced by a colored band. Miami Clubs Miami, Deo» ,24. Miami is to have Its floating night club this winter. It Is the Amphl- trite, reconstructed cruiser which was at Palm Beach a season or two ago but didn't catch on. Ed Strong of Cleveland Is the boat's principal backer. - Fred Warlrig's Pennsylvanlans will be a. feature of: the floating night club. Aaronson's Commanders will be the band attraction at the Roman Pobls casino, to be con- ducted by Johi> and Christo. Emile Coleman (Montmartre, New York) will supply the tunes at Deauville. Larry SIry will have his orchestra at the Lido. Woofard grIU at Miami Beach has been renamed the Montmartre. It will be conducted by Murray Abrahams. L. A. Cafe's Stock Complaint Hollywood, Dec. 24. Frederick v. Martin has filed complaint with the State Corpora- -tIon-~Comml3sioner—against—t-he- Brandstatter-AIglon, which oper- ates the Montmartre Cate. Complaint alleges that $30,000 stock of the corporation was issued to .an individual without receiving any financial consideration for it Charges will be heard this week INN and His ORCHESTRA KammerlnR at the PELHAM HEATH Pelham. N. V. Ooabllns at the ST. REGIS HOTEL New York City AND HIS PLANTATION CLUB ORCHESTRA I Formerly the MlssonrlanB, World's Great?- eRt Colored Band, Now at the Plantation Club, 80 West lS6tk St.. Mew Xork City The Air Line By Mark Vance dio fans could not mistake that Georgia Price was on the air. This Is a waste of valuable time. " Pretty good job of warbling on thQ Mid-Week Sing from "WEAP. Makes one feel like paissing the basket Amos 'h' Andy skidded otf a little on their WJZ blackface ex- change.. Six nights a week con- sume a lot. of material, especially when it Is all supposed to be short and funny. WMCA flhally giving Its artists' bureau ai credit line. That bunch works hard enough to get something. ILooks like WMCA has a monopoly on the Negro night clubs. Two In pne night, Small's Paradise iein'd Plantation. Fritz Porsch deserves mention for the progress his Coward Comfort or-, cheslra WEAP Is making.. Music satisfactory.;' Delivery Boys manage to bring some joy to WMCA whea changing their pace. Same goes for Jack and. Bob, who appear on different pro- grams, but make their vocal assign- ment one of the best things on WPCH: They get sweet harmony. VIc Ir^n and musickera on WMCA showed' some Improvement. Irwin should give his radio numbers nabre scrutiny. . Diversity characterized the Cities Service concert, WBAF, Cava- liers, did some effeptlve Christmas caroling. And a hand wave for the orchestra's "In a Toy Shop." Dave- Grrupp directs the Ra-ybestos Twins orchestra, WBAF, Thiis program pepped up by Al Bernard and Billy Beard. Vic Irwin aldo heard on WOR. New period was the Kinney Hour on a 30-minute WOR assign- ment. Orchestra under Murray Kellner's direction cahie over fairly well.. Orchestras Armstrong Quakers zipped effec- tively on WJZ and some worth- while music front the Armour - pe- riod which followed. Stringed en- seiiibie on for the Slumber music WJZ. Even Milton J. Cross eases in sleepy announcing. 'Freddie Rich batons the orchestra for the How- ard Fashion Plates, WABC. • He seems trying to better his pro- grams. Weede Myers* orchestra on WABC fjrom Washington not bad on some numbers. ; Usual instru* mental layout plus vocal Injections, Ben Pollock heard from WABC from the Silver Slipper., Topical dance numbers featured. Duke El- lington WABC had a hotfooting period. Spreading The Puff What price announcer? Graham McNamee introduces each RKO artist with a laudatory announce- ment, f et some of the vaude folks follow right up with one of their own in which they jnake sure to mention their names several times. A most palpable case, was last week when .McNamee puffed up Georgle Price. Tet Price got In his -nameHseveral-tlmes-so- that the ra-- Valleo First Somebody is taking no chances of Rudy. VaJlee taking a backseat during his Fleischmann Hour WEAP with extras. The Countess Olga Medolago AlbanI, mezzo-so- prano, was given an Inning. .On the parallel line yallee's crooning won out. Mary Garden returned to the. air last week. MlsS Garden gets'a kick, out of the radio work, judging frbini the way she sends over that little spiel between numberis. She was:. Star artist, with thei "Victor hour, WEAP. Careful Presentation Selberling Singera.have become a sweet feature weekly on WEAP. A- lot ..of thought. placed In the pro« . (Qontlnued on page 63) r.FORr.F OLSEN i l l JESSE STAFFORD AND HIS MUSIC ROOSEVELT HOTEL HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. With SID GRAVMAN VICTOR RECORDS and HIS ORCHESTRA PALACE HOTEL SAN FBANCISCb Bmnswlck Becordliic BrArROLFE~|| I ANSON WEEKS Radio's Premier Conductor Lucky Strike Danca Orchestra P alais OlQr ,Restaurant Orchest r a ' BdlMD Ace Becerdloie OrchisBtra AND HIS ORCHESTRA Now In Third Tear at the HOTEL MARK HOPKINS ■ .• ^ 8m Franclnco _ Cm^VABitA BEt^D^ ARTHUR WARREN ipaul whiteman AND BIS Park Central Hotel Orehestra . BiMidoaetiajr WBAF—JWg. PARK CENTRAL HOTEL Kew rerk. New. Florentine Grill M«t. Variety Mode AJtotertalament 148» nroadwar^ New York, Suite 711 And His Greater Orchtstra 'Vow Making "KING OF JAZZ" for Universal - Personal Rep.t J AS. F. OIlXRSriF TOKIO CLUB Havana, Dec. 15. Every night club owner in Ha- vana Is wondering how'the season Is going to be as a result of the stock market crash. Some have spent thousands of dollars getting theli' places in shape, on a chance. This club's redecoi*ations cost more than $25,000 and with the entertain- ment the costliest In Havana, there is a steep nut to override. Zackie Moore and his 13 lUinoise Makers (largest band to ever play a cafe in Havana) have been signed for the first two weeks besides a Cuban "son" (native music). Goto, and Marino's floor show is the best s6en in Havana for a long time. Managers here as a rule have not given the entertainment angle sufficient attention, and although they engage big names, the shows are very poor. Pfarry Sisters, dancers, who have played in all local cabarets and theatres, still are fa- vorites. Carmen and Pepe Querrero, typical Spihlsh^'dShcers, broQghf here from Spain, do fast heel click- ing and Spanish singing efCectively. Six Broadway Rhythm Girls have won the crowd aiid go big every night. GJood combination Of looks a:nd ability. Lineup has Blllio Gay, Jackie Cortez, Thclma Elliott, Jean Goodreau and Joan Germalne, with MIsH Morgan leading the group. Keen competition among the clubs here Is raising standard ot the floor shows, Fene. ■ Bainio Reopening Chicago, Dec. 24. Fred Mann's .Ralnbp Gardens, damaged by fire after recently re- opening with expiration of U.. S. padlock, will be closed another month for reconstruction;. Beacon Organists Stuart Barrle, oreranlst at the MaStbaum, Philadelphia,wiets brought to New. York as guest organist for the opening of "T^arner: Bros, new B -aeon theatre on upper ^ Broadway last night (Tuesday). Regular organist at the Beacon will be Louise M. Roesch, former- ly with R- K-O. TED HENKEL Musical Conductor PrcMentation Director CIVIC THEATRE Auckland, New Zealand PITT ORCHESTRA OF 30 STAGE BAND OF 20 Robbins' Rose Co. Bobbins Music Co. this week Is organizing its first subsidiary, Wil- liam Rose Music Co., Inc., to ex- ploit and publish tht numbers ot Billy Rose. It starts with the. new Fannie Brlce United Artists picture, "Be Yourself." Jean Kenin and George . Clifford, Jance team, have been engaged to open an indefinite date at the Mont- martre Club, Miami, on New Year s Eve. Loa Forman, musical director of Palace, New York, threw a party at Keen's Dec. 21 to celebrate 10 years with RKO. A CHOP HOUSE OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT 156.8 WEST 48TH STREET . East •! Broadway The BAJAH of tlie Batlio B. A. ROLFE His radio programB Jn Ke- half of the Lucky Strike trade-. mark, via the mammoth -NrB.G;- chain,--have-, endeox^ hltn to llfty million Ustenera-ln- That's why -We'i-e proud that, In his air offerings, he consis- tently features' "Singin' in the Rain" ^ "How Am I to Know?". "Just You. Just Me'' IHpbbins Music CosFORAJior