tAGHSIf.
THE CASOUNUN
■W'FEK ENDING, SATETIDAY. JIT,Y ?8, 1948
Sermon to Hep-Cats in Jive Style
Honi-Toot»r Hawkins Holts Swing to Locturo Bobby Soxers
Bt JOSEPH KAHN
In the NEW YORK POST
‘'L4*ten. 70U hep-catii, hold np ■
minute? Tve stepped with the born,
tod I'm goons blow off some Im-
portast steam "
Like a bombshell'Ersklne Haw
kins, popular Negro orchestra lead
er. breaks la on his solid swing
program while playing at casinos,
dnnee halls and parties throughout
the country for the teen-agers.
And before you can say “Ttixedo
Junction." which be wrote, he Is
wHI oii bis way with a brief talk
ajMut curbing Juvenile dellnauency
Kids Need Ciiidanre
Hawkins figures "kids need guld
gace." and explained during an
Interview ai the Hotel Lincoln,
where he le playing currently,
"dances are a good time to catch
(hem "
“Buy off the aireels. "he tells them
with paternal gusto and a dash of
r«al Jive laegnage And they listen
to him. too
He atresses the nsefulnees of
spare time
"If you don't go In for sports, read
books, or be hep to plenty of places
to learn bow to make things wUb
machines md tools. Vou can take
free art 4, ,rses. music, or any
other subject you'd like to take
up."
Hawkins, who Is known for his
great facility on the trumpet, re
minded the Interviewer of the exist
ence of playgroniids. parks and
libraries
"Keep Away From f>anga"
"Try them." he says, "and you'll
And them more fun than running
around with a gang and looking for
trouble on every corner"
Hawkins bas always been de
voted to young people At Alabama
State Teachers College where he
taught music and dramatics, be
brought tog'thei the nucleus of his
present orchesira In IFI34.
New York
Showfronts
BY DON DE LEIOHBUD
6rS COMPLAIN OF '‘ tNOLE
TOM" AND "AUNT DINAH"
ROliES or NEGROES IN-
MOVIES
NEW YORK — I was talking ‘0
a soldier the other day wh.’ has
Just returned fr.-m 22 months ovor-
KhS and hU remarks on whal is
l>*lng done to cntcriain the Gl by
tht Specis] Service Division of the
Army is a rrvelalion. Thr soldier
has for his entertainment, accord
ing lo this GT. a choice of the va-
rlous USO Shows that c-ime through.
Ar 01 Shows, games, such as base
ball. basketball, boxing, etc., and
a Mcady diet of movies, sometimes 1
nightly depending on the outfit!
and Ihe location. It is about the |
movies I want to talk. I
This soldier said that the most
disheartening and mnralc-ebbing
feeling he e’%r had was when he
saw the moi ie. "Holiday Inn," star
ring Bing Crosbv with Miss Lou-.se
Beavers in one of the minor role.«.
"You kr( w." he said. ‘I was
sitting about middle of the audi
ence ready to enjoy .. good movie
after a bard day's work My ovitfit
was located several miles dou-n
the road and we didn't have a mo\’ie
that night so two or three of the
boys Jumped into the jeep with
me and we came up to this white ■
camp to see the picture. There wc
were, sitting .-unong close t^ a'
thousand white soldier.^ from every
part cf the United St.ites. inctu'l 2’
Of course the greater percentage;
from south of the border down
Georgia way. 1
,.1‘The picture was moving along
all right" be continued, "until big. '
fat, black tooth-showing, grinning
Louise F. ers came on with iw.->
little bad-haired children in typi
cal “darky" roles. I lost interest |
completely in the picture at that !
p^nt You couldn't blame me, could
vmt- Hero 1 am u-ith n hioK
ably shotvn to Chines, fndians. Bur
mese. Arabs, and manv other mem
bers of the darker races in the mid
dle and far Last. They gain their
•: le conrrpfion of whnt the Amer
ican Negro is like at home from
'1C picMir;?
'The Chinese can hicve not too
much respect for Negroes seen
bowing and scraping ^11 the time
to white fiolks in movies as they
would judge the whole race does
the same.
"The Indians 'vho see these
movies see the Negro always shy
ing shoes, running errands, carry-
in gtrunks, cooking, washing, mak
ing up beds, and showing their teeth
bowing and grinning, rightly think
that the American Negro is lower
than their coolies,"
•tPTTEP IF SFGROES
took a walk
I agree with the soldier. It would
be far better if we didn't have
Negroes in the mnvles at all. For
Rochestci, Hatti" McDaniels. Louise
Beavers, and compaoj to refuse ab
solutely to disgrace their people
on the screen would be a far more
healthy situation than for them to
bo parties to a deal for which they
are paid what cann-U help from be
ing "betrayal money" earned fr'm
stiidi'vs for selling out their race
ft is well and 20xl to talk about
how much money this actor or
that p«-rformer has as the result of
what he has done, but it is n>
good at all when such money is
-arned at the sacrifice • f seif-re-
spect of members of his nr h^r rac^
Mnvi'*s. incidentally, in doing it,
have been doing the greatest job
.vet on the selling - f the while man
-IS the supreme being of ihcearlb
All movies gloilfy the white man !'
•otne way or other even th»se
wrtainme to crime, gangsters, and
sady de.alings The white womah
if she is a prosutute, is glamoriz-
HAZEI, scon AD
MIRER OFARTTATUH
BV TED Y.ATFS
I Altbongli her highly nri;'|nal
! iWlng version nf the el i^sles hai e
played the biggest part in esiab-
' Ilshing her as .i pianist. Hazel
[Scott is still seri-U'ly interested in
1 playing both clns,--lcs and Jazz in the
' orothodox manner. She is an .a:--
] 'eiif admirei of
Ar: Tatum. v\ h ise
•vnrk she studied
ividU during hi.4
ppiar.Tnce iit Ihe
Cafe, and counts
'lilly Kvle .-md
T e ■> d y Wlls-v,
i mong tiei ntber
rlt.:
’ t I
On Marcl, 24fh.
IIM.i Hazel Soit
pi'i.vt o nc*- v»f'-
diclory 'is a men'
HAZEL SCOTT club artl.st. t.ikiiu
her til -! v.'ic tii-r.i
,-incc l9-t2 On A|)iil llth. ly-l-i. -stte
"ipencd a foiir-w ek eniii.gomeni u'
;o Roxy Theatre Sb. will ^pend
'le .'ummer preparing herself, un
der the guidance of her pia'in tcaeh-
er. Richard McClanahan, for her
rt tour this
fall She will c.mtinuc to reni.aln
under the management of Barney
Josephson. though her conecrl
bookings will be handled by the
Lawrence Golden office.
Except for a 'wo-week engage
ment in September at Cafe Socicy
Uptown. Hazel jcott Ls finished
pennanently with nighi club work
Aside from the scheduled concert
tour, she will devote her lime : 1
recordings, a limited number of
ineatre engaBvmtnt-i. .;nd appear
ances on the radio and scretn.
all for a price.
Thr h"uld be
ineti; ,11 Ne.
tuns until H ll.v\
clean ufi it.i trea'o
m the films Until
other forcci ri>e-
and ch.illcnge the
ilywhitc South ;i)d
aries for jx:rfrayal
in I'ertain typi-- >
NegrTH- .'hoiild hav
rted ;
mo'
roe- out cif pic-
.•>od derii'S to
ent of ’h” race
Hollywood and
to the occasion
demands r.f the
other reactioii-
jf the Negores
' -rvilr rolns.
• itothine -it all
SEEIN’STARS
WITH DOLORES CALVIN
NEW YORK CITY iCNS) —
[CAB CALLOWAY TtAMS WITH
STOKOWSKI. . . . Cabell Callo-
I way. celcbrlacd .lazz nia.ster nf hi-
[ de-ho goes straight from his cur-
' rent cny.igcmcnl at Cafe Zanzibar
lo Mexico where he will join Leo
pold Stokowski, famed conductor
and finish work on their Rhapsody
m Reverse." a new kind of operet
ta. .. . Tic two hil on the idea
In Hollywond lust year when they
ctc.signed the story as being of a
modern bandleader wMti goes to
sleep and dreams he is back in the
days of the throe musical B's: Bacii,
Rclhovcn. ,ind Braharrs. . . . Mod
ern tunes arc added lo replace the
classical one and the old ma.sters
arc "taken for a ride" Cab has fin
ished two of Ihe three acts. He
thinks it'll take ore month to com
plete Ihe lash Meanwhile, Stokow
ski's pretty young wife, the former
Olnna Vanderbilt, wants to back
the proriticfion, providing Cab
plays ihe le.nd. And Cab thinks h'*
might
LENA HORN may come to {own
for her musical show on the lighted
way .after all It seem.s that Osear
H.-^morsfein wanl.s her for hit
revival of ' Showboat. ' his hit with
Eflna Ferher in 1!)27 If Lena can
c t a release from MGM, there 1„
I P'^sibiliiv .she will accept
l.ouls .forrian's •Rahama Joe" with
i cceni on the Ra is similar to his
■Rum and Coca CoI.t ' Onlv h"
I ad lihs Gn ^fe a faxi CaK I'm
iGvlnc to Na-esau" instead ef
U’.ving to .r:mmira." . . 71,«
f.-mous .1. rrian twtst to ' Deacon
•frincs" and "Cddoiv." still goes
•'tronc o n.all fe.itrr d;tes . , The,
34fh B.itt-iliin .Scabeps 'Who went
on hunger -trike at Pi>rt Hneuno.
f - lif. roeenlly arrived overseas
•ind like their new c •mmiinding of
ficer He strict disciplinarian
" d no f.-.v 'itb-m. That's
• It the- Si- '.ice? wanted — to be
’edged on ;,n cfiual ha.--is with white '
■' I be- s i
•lOHN WILDBERG who picture.^,
'merlf I* --.Tvier of 'he Negro ac- '
tor on Broadway will ,a\e a drama
‘•bool n.imed f ,r Iiim .at a Snuth-
e-n Wm-o Coiirg,. A fund for lli-
purpose is new being raised Wild-
rg prodiif'd ".Arnn T.ucasta' and
'•emr'n- "ritiiid" atiri for a while
was co-produciT of -porgy and
Bess" ... "O’een Pastures" will
‘ ' Hritain this week
through BBC On; of the original
.-tars, Di t i v H mes. wjll pl.iy
Do La’vd 'f! -uoporting c.ast in
cludes Cani.da t.ey. Fvr Jessye
Ch.ir. K n'mth .^tu-ncer. Fred O'-
No.al, .-Mr ,1 ciu i • - Gropgettf-
Hurvey, . nd P Jny Sidney. The
bro .'V ■ t 'vjT; ] , . hour
WHILE .rOE i Ot;is In.sIsts he
will re-M.'ury M iwa. -he'.- reeeiv-
m-' • niN 'e eptons in Hol
lywood I.uncheoo n-iih Georg.
Raft and L.iurrn R.u all, screen
tests at major film >*’idios and an
c-ngagf-iiiT.i Simpp's Playhous’
with ■ .'.e-ni-hters up to ihe co»-t
fill only part of h.-r iimerai-y Al
•o I \d.’m Powel. Jr.
Augu.st 1st Hizel Scott is doing
i.ll 'he pr. . -ii.g Frank Sinatra.
O-war 1. v.int. .Alexander Snialk::,-
and tN A’ Philhaiin .nlr Orches-
tra w- .1'; or h.iort to pay tribute
to Gl ir.T Gershwin nn t'fi Sth an-
"U’.' 1 1 concert And 21.000
Cer-hvem fans were applauding
T"’." • " "tiiuett arrangiment .)f
■P Res-c" w:*- played B’ft
no ,\nnv Bi 'wn wh' is in "Rhap-
- >dy In BL; '> T d Duncan or Bill
I tb’ crowd wing-
Music Festival August 15
HAM!=TON INSTITUTE, Va. —
The f- urlh annual Tidewater Chor
al Festival, spvnsorod each year
b.v the Hainptun lns»iuite sninimor
: school, and dircclcNl b.v Dr. Jamc-s
j E. D' rsey, will be held in Ogden
Hiill on Wednesday evening, August
IS. it has been announced.
Fiiiindcd and developed by Dr.
Dorivey. the festival was first held
during the summer of 19-12. when
Dr. Dor.-'ey, director I’f niu.sic for
the summer school, foiinded an
cnthnsia.stic rc.spon>e in the com
munity n:ar the college to the
Migge'’tion that local  horiiscs unite
in a fe.siiviil of song with the sin :• r-
iit Hampton Insiiutc. Over 100 vo-
cali.sts. reprc.senting 18 choral
gronp.s, were hc.ird in the 1942 fes-
tiv.d. while in 1943 more than ROO
voices made up the con binrd fi^s-
tiv.il chorus. Last summer .10 sing
Williams Orche-ira, lucky Mdlin-
dcr and His Orclic.slra, "Deck"
Watson and His Brown D' t.- Ex
clusive Giilc hookings number Ihc.-e
oulstanrting alt riicl ions. n;«niely;
Luis Rii.-^scH's Orchestra. Sl-tcr
Rosetta Thiu pe. Tiny Br iWh;i'.v's
Orchestra. Buddy .l.hnsnns Or
chestra, Conway and P.ntks. Tab
Smith's Oichcstra ioid niiiny oth-r
entertaining feature' Recently
Mor Giile 'isned Canada I.ev to a
management contract.
mg group , f'i in Mienplon. Pheo-
bus. Niwpirt News. N'.>rfolk, Suf-
f IK, ann Ch.irl I'o '.iUe. partinpaf-
ed.
Open to church cltoirs, glee rlubi
iirm similar groups dc-;ri'i^ to take
part, the foslit'al i.s ihe eulinin.ition
of several w,eks of .ctivitiy. dur
ng wh.ch Dr Dor.c.s visit« the
ipa'.mg siiici.ig ;."onps. work
ing with th'.in at theit relwarsals
and dcveli'i’ing a .suitable program
for the c. nihincrl public .ippr’arancc
al the t'.'tiv.il, Ih' i' hi-ing as'ist^-d
II.is siin-iii r by f.inr-t Hays, col-
lo.'e . rg ini •' -O. lt;.mpt..n In -ttlnl»*.
and Mrs. Vivian Flagg Oilier, in-
truclor .’f m'...-ic .it Miner Teach-
Ci.; Collece in Wr ’liington. D C.
-V —
Soiilli I’aik local Enion
To Render- l’l•o"l•am
n.Al.FIGII T;» S’l.lh Park
\(.cal I'liion ''ill render a progr im
. t M.ipli- Tem-'le Chnirh on F-ist
M.irlin Sttei-t ..I 3 .•'010^ Snnd ty.
Nlth Thr public I- rirdHlly
i.vitrd
Jessie Ho
.'ilir;
5 til pre-ident
V
n I'Ti rircto.e'
f.'nn las been pr-pf’d bv the
Si.i'e C r .1- rxt nsi -n .‘'•■rviee
□ nd is r.ady for disirilnitioii to
N rth Carolina cihzeii'.
LOVELY SAVANNAH CHURCHILL. America’s favorite song slyl'St.
who will be co-starred with the Big Three Unit that also incioder.
"Deck" Watson and His Brown Dots. plus, of course, Luis Russell &.
His Orchestra, is set to thrill sonrj lowers throughout the nation This
star studded show will give to theatre goers high class cntprtainincnt.
Exr.iu.sive M.inr.r recording artist Miss Cliurchill’s "Daddy. Daddy" and
"All Ale. . ' IS a besl-tellor.
Sam Ash Heads Gale Bookings
By Staff Cnrre.'poiidpiu
NEW YORK 'iPS. - Gale
Agency announced thi' wrek that
its band booking rtep irtmcni 1.' now
i.iid:r the mrccuun of Sam A.'h.
.\i"C Gale III ..II cxchi .vr i..;e.
■‘-o rtveiilrd 'h;:' ;!u nc-.v .-t-t-cp
calls fra wider .'cip- ;n the cn-
. ’ •,i;n.- ; fit Id
F.ank Sand.' wh-. I i* this outfit .
little more •;..in a vc;ir ag.i I •
join Willj.in: M-rns .Aaeticv iviurTW
>■' .iij'y 2a a- Ah'a js .-^laii! R.ilp'i
Cooper, a fop-vuiikin': figiire i*
Negro ll.cjitre. niie club .tiid radir
circles, has also been 'igned i' .in
• t the Sladi.ini -nr.-"’.■ tun:-.,
'■ OUI.S .IORDAN, 'he cm rent
■ - at tht Parin'-,ii»v Th. .«■
■"li 's Soi.ie. ii .IV br. - iJ to hav*-
avoided a tragrdv it 'be '‘f-i*'!- h-.
ing pro:.
n.H
first show Suod
Kent! n B.tn •
playing 'hf "s’
41 the stage
make rrtom f ,
crack' botwen th. movtfig
thf -i.i’.i.pnary p..i:? ,
were, sitting among close tp a
thousand white soldiers from every
part cf the United States. inchi'V-!
of Cvourse the greater percentage!
from south of the border down '
Georgia way. I
.;!;The picfiire was moving along 1
all right" be continued, "until big.
fat, black, tooth-showing, grinning
Lptjise Beaver.s came on with two
little bad-haired children in typi
cal "darky" roles. I lost interest
completely in the picture at that
p^int You couldn't blame me. could
you!* Here 1 am with a high .schivil
diploma and the experience mf mov
ing around among people as a m.m
and as an American citizen en
gaged in the job of making Ih?
u'Orld safe for democracy again and
have to endure Ihe loud guffaws
and titters of derision from the
whites who enjoy seeing Negroes
in roles that they claim are typi
cal. I felt that every eye in that
theatre was on me a L.auise Beavers
went through her Aunt Dinah ‘yes-
sah boss' portraval of the role nf
the cook and mammy in Ring Cros
by's hrusehold.
ROLES NEGRO DO CAUKE
Flenty harm
"I am not by nature extremely
race conscious or sensitive on fhc
questions pertaining to the race,
but 1 do know that roles such a'^
plaj'ed bv Louise Beavers in this
picture do the cause of »he Negroes
absolutely no good.
"These pictures turned out by
Holly’vo'Mj, featuring Rochester.
Louise Beavers. HatMe McDaniels,
Snowflake, Man*am Moreland, and
Clarence Muse, are shown I- po.v
pie all over the world, that is. the
same picture that I saw is prob-
that p»-rformer has as the result of
what he has done, but it is nu
good at all when such money is
"arned at the sacrifice of self-re
spect of members of his or her race.
Movie.s. incidentally. In doing it.
have been doing the greatest job
.vet on the selling of the white man
as the supreme being of theearlh.
All movie* "lorlfy the white man in
•otne way or other even those
liertainine to crime, g.angsfers, and
sady dealings. The white womah.
If she is a prostitute, is glamoriz
ed and made to seem noble. A pick
pocket is still high over the Negro
college professor. The white pot-
.vBsher enjovs a better place in so
ciety than the late Dr. George
Washington Carver.
FRUSTRATION CON-
FRONTS NEGRO
With this viewpoint being ground
nut nn a million screens through
out the land and 24 hours around
»ne clock to white and Negro aud
iences alike, if is small wonder
that the mental outlook of the Amti-
(Can Negro Is so weighed down
with a sen.se of frustration. Hew
can he win? The movies say he
can't and translated into real life
r^|s promise seems true.
When the movies come nut with
Knttle McDaniels and others show
ing their teeth and bowing all over
the place, if adds to the cau.se for
the white man.
This one soldier who aired his
complain to me was pmbahly
speaking for thousand? nf other Ne
gro GIs '*'ho have endured Ihe
same sensation, sitting in 8iidienc®s
with whMe speetaors and seeing
members of their race make a fool
of themselves to the detriment of
anccs on tl:c radio and strevn,
all for a price.
There .should be sl-irtcd a move
ment to cut all Negroes out of pic
tures until Hollywood declics to
clean up its treatment of the race
in the films. Until Hollywood and
other forces ri.sc to the occasion
and challenge the demands of the
ilywhite South and other reaction
aries for portrayal if the Negores
In certain types of servile roles.
Ncgroc'- -'hould have nothing at all
to do with the movies and that
goes for workin_* in pictures as well
buying seats to see them.
•g e-r--ir-  .\f|.*m powel, Jr.
Augu.st Isf. Hizrl 5cott is doing
.-.11 'he prep iiiiL' Frank Sinatra.
Oscar Livant. Alexander Sniallcns
and the N Y. Philhaiinonlc Orches
tra weie 0*1 on hand to pay tribul"
to GcorL'c Gershwin on his -SIh an-
(lU.il iv.ci oil: ! concert. .-Sc.d 21.000
Gershwin fans were applauding.
Tim rt’-c 11 Penneft anangement of
•Pora - and Rcs-i" wn- played But
no .Anne Bri>wn 'wh’t is in "Rhap-
s>cl.v In Blia”! T> d Duncan or Bill
Fr nlrli'i -irvoKyi th’ crowd sink
ing cxccrtc from the opera Miss
Brown anti Mr. Duncan have ap-
p( nr'-d f >r the incmnrir.I many times
':aving preu-n e "f in nd .Af'er lh
first show Sunday m •■i'.ni’., Ihe .Stan
Kenti-n Ban-i tud i. ufc -v-'r'
playing ihe .Star Rp-inaled Ranm
os the sla^e w.is slilmg down ’o-
make room f ir the picture • lui
the screen. A little ■.■•h”e .. | dnjp-
ped her hat, leaned v r to plcK
it up and caugtii h'-r arm in the
crack'betwen thi niovnig daec and
the stali.inaiy pl.ilf in.i 1. ■' k t-ol:
■;u* ! Kjk ;iid .-h ut "Stop Trc
Stage." Stag.' hand'- vorking from
the b.ack, -ailed 'n.'t.iftly and thus
Ihe child waa s ved Later. I.ouit
emfided he yelled ImH en'-ugh for
them to hear him in Mnrlcm
.-.si-tant 'o Moe Gah-
Lew Leslie prominent pniduce*-;
of many Br adway .'uccc.'ses. num
bering amonu them the famous
"Blackbirds" rovucii. hiad.s thea
tre bookings while Janus Siet-i iiso ;
handles r.i' o. another divi.-nn ot
this gigantic theatrical .iite.iii’-
which in recent week- has unoer
gone a ;; r.ctal reor"jnization
Gale lets t'le fi.!!ovvinu under
it.s m.aitazemeni cof.t; ct.-. Erskittc
Hawkins .and His Ouht-.-lra. Ella
Fitzgerald, the Ink S;>ois. Can;
the Stan
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