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W'i:i:K KNi)iN(; sati cday, Arr>t .-sT jr., i.M.\
New York
Show fronts
RV lifts UK I tlOKBUl)
Ldclu ivc to 'Jt'l yufti J'iiOI,€utton9
Hot Lips Pagf is strictly a jive
artist from ’way bacV Well, as far
back at the ciayt whert he tooted
the trumpet and solidly "sent" di>
veriion seekers frequenting Har
lem't Small’s Paradise. And f.*om
that nitery Page went to bigtime
and has become a sensational box
office smash. At the Oynx Club he
thrilled cafe society. So you tee the
little man with the trumpet who is
to embark on a cross-country tour
on September 15 with his band—is
by far a Jump, Jam V Jive
specialist.
“Rhapsody In Hliie” A
Tribute To .Ne;i (i Ai t
HOLLvtvOOuT Calif oi.e uf
Hollywood's finest iriLuti; tu the
Negroid Irfluonce iii Ameiic.ui
rnuslc win be heard ii the AVarnei
^os. film. "Rhaps-idy itt Blue.” Thi:
is the long-ev. rilled musical br-
graphy of the late Gv. igv Geisiiw in.
aoon to be released t . the nation's
theatres.
More than uf any utliei native
composer, it Is said ilml Ge--rge
Oershwin captured tia- ino-id nl
American life in his imirical com
positions. No writer of poetry, pro.-ie
or song, could bt- hciaKied a.s tiul>
representative uiJc.yun,vv.'h>>;f in
bis works he had dov uineriti-d tin-
positive impref.Int. .m Anieneat.
an made by the -Necn. n.' he
worked, sunp. and foiii’hi fm Amer
ica’s grentnes' Georae Gei-.hwin
recognized this axium. and thiougii-
cut his senKs and cadences, synco
pations, and dramHlic impulses ul
the Negro are Invi-xhlv heard
In the pictiire his t..inoU3 con
cert piece, "Rliap-iKlv in Blue" is
Introduced m New V >rk's Aolian
Hall by Paul Wl-.tvmin. ju-t as it
was In 1924 As iMiyi.iu- knuw^ it
is a tone po'-ui ..f thi big city -
yet its 8ophl*-ih’tj«-d urb:in Mouiids
give way InterniiUeiilly to Die
wail cf the bliK-s. the plaintive
chant whicii is of unmi tukeuble
Negro origin.
To George Cer.«li\vi:. Diis was no
ae^dent. Thi'iiiuyh wuiMluan that
he was. he was well jware ul tfie
nature and form of his snurce ma
terial. Ho spent many hour.- traver
sing the street# of Negro C'lmmun-
(Hes both in Uk- N. rth .md the
South in order that in'- highly sen
sitive ear could liuthfnlly interpret
the melodious strains which emit
NKW VORK - Harlem's world
! tamuus Apollo 'Dieatie is bein,i
• r.iade completely ver at the cost of
Sfj.OJO- Tile hjuso that built the
bands re,jpetis August 23. ar.d th'
h.atiegoers who na in to hear
, 1-ui- Ku:.seH and his orchestra plus
b-.t-k Watson and the Brown Dots
• and other uttructii'ns will be in
troduced to a theatre comparable
in appearance inside as well as out-
Blue to any ul the uUtei sWauk
Lroawday playhouses
Frank Schiffman, managing di-
tcctor of the Apollo said that con-
■r::iy to rumur.s the theatre has not
closed down in order to give his
>taff u ctnince to clean the spittoons
t and sweep up. Schlffnian, culled
"baady" by thuusimds of perfurtn-
f!s. .-aid ih.it It roiled him tu think
! that au.vune would have such a
'yiewp.mi ot his efforts. He pro
ceeded to show me through tiic
' iilace tiicii in process ii' btdng deco-
,.;ted. He tuok me from t - attic
to the ba.st-rneiit and from back i"
' t'onl aiid even I, hard-boiled as I
attempt to he in such things, could
rot hi'lp f:om being ^mp^es^ed
The 1. 'dies' raoin, f irm rly a
; -rtiall cubbyhole of mi affair, ha.s
been enlarged to a comfortable
I lunge with full length mirrors cuv-
ir-iinc the walls, tugs on the floor.
'numbet uf ttlephune booths, and
fuP il.'y iKiw'Icr rr.um Scl.dfliiian'.'-
c.-rpentL-r-' pliunbeis, and p.aint-
• IS and iiK'i'huiiics ii.vaded the
noii’i- I »>in tii ll>e ba »-iiient. >'U-ari-
• d It oiit, y -uipk'Ct lv Io:e out Mh'.ie
r'Ctions of'the wall to eiiharge it
into a cnmfortdbh', colorful smok-
:t g reem with facilities for washing,
"■havmr. and a number of tcleph-rne
booths.
Th>' old ri-ke; rsal hall, located In
;he bastmetit of the 125th .Street
theatie. where all the great band.t
’ hh'. h' e played theio have re-
heaised bar been changed and con
verted into u recreation hall fui
mc’i.bei f Dk Apollo Th*alie staff
Jr thir room underneath the Apollo.
It was once damp and the
crack"d and peeler!, such
D-.kc KlHngl ri. Cab Cal-
I ioiicl Hampton. Cuotie Wil-
riiick Webb, Don Redmon,
T Bi.'idersun. Karl H.nes. the
Sw eethearti; of Rliythni. Count Basie,
'tl ufle Hopkins, Chi'rlie Barnett.
, Ocorae .•\ul’i. Boyd Raeburn, and
cfuintUsss others have gone through
■h'*ir p.Tces
There uch the.itricnl greats as
, Pill Robin- n. F.tliel Waters. Lena
[ikcnv. Cle.i Brown. Una Mae Car-
lidi-. B'Mie Hohdav, Flla Fitzger
ald. .S-vanich Churchill. Cbiltoji
I and Tboin.is. The Four Step Broth-
-rs. The Nicholas Brother?. The
Peirv Tiiolhers- Willie Bryant.
Ralph Cnuivr Pigmeat Markham,
and r.lhei.s. all of vihoin have put
■ on th. Ir numbers for preview bv
. Srhfffrnan In the past
‘Them «la>s i- gone forevei." All
actors, bands, and oth '*- peWormer*
will henceforth do ihrir rehearsing
on the second floor, nrar the front
wh.*rf n large room bos been con
verted into ji comfortable, airy, and
• 'lenn rehearsal hall
The t-endstanri on the stage hau
been rebuilt and wired so that the
■^tace hand® wor>*t have to push It
best sound equipment tn Hiirlem at
least. The whole place is being re
decorated, seals recuvered. and va-
il'iUs oUier impiovt-iiicnls put in u-
Scuiffman piepares to rcopin on
August 24U). With such a theatre.
Schiffman hupc-s to show the greut-
: cst attraciiuns m Negr show busi-
' r.css, js Well ivt the •.of attriicti.His
I in white show «ireies to HarUtn
I Audiences.
The Deep River Rjy4, one of
Anurica's lavurlte quartettes,
after appearing on the Ameri-
r.in Negro Musical Festival pro
gram with Lionel Hampton's
Orchestra and Anne Brown, th*
popular singinx star of concert.
Mireen. stage anrt radio, are
booked for a tour of UieatreA
uall-
b;.nds
Ifani-'
SEEIN’STARS
WITH DOLORFS CALVI.N*
NEW 'VORK CITY CNS) — A
brand new revue is now being plan-
i.vd lu be so clossol it promUe. to
-urpjbs anything done on the Nt
gru stage in the pa,--! 20 years. T.ie
ic-vue IS said to include such stars
as the dynamic Peg Leg bates and
ihe ftoothign-voiced .Marva Louis
with Joe Ziggy Johi.sun acting as
m. c. ai.d producer. An underrated
swtjig band, iiont>-U by CoUridRv
DavL-. b expected n supply thf
niusK- as a chorus of SO girls. Dane
iiig in pie..f?iL,ii, will add native
bejuly to the netting. The Unit is
expected to get uiideiway In Sep-
umber, It uring th*- nation right
InUi '.lie New Year
THIS IS NEWS: Liuh Arm trong
Celebrated 26 years ot show busl-
nes-. in Hollywood where he began
••Carib .Song." Katherine Dunham's
musical opens at the Subtrl Thea
tre ill New Haven, Augus*. 3U. Is
due fur a Broadwiy .-howiiig Sept
25 at the Adclphi. It. cast boast'-
William Franklin and Avon I.ong.
Cab Calh. voy is living to got
plane priority for his band to irnv
el The false UP, fla?h Bnnouncing
the Jap surrender tw-o days before
It was official, was found to have
come from one of "tnree spots in
the opJ South."
ON THE BFAM. . , Tommy Dor
sey's male singer couldn't sing "01
Man River" over the air. . . The
war over, leaders proclaim the
world will never be ul peace until
‘•‘r en and India are free. .. A pe
tition Is being circulated in Harlem
to prevent atomic Oombing b«>ing
used aguiii't people, only as weapon
jguinst the enemy in forts, etc. . .
! The PM reviewer think-x
! Bucklln Moon rhouldn't have nam
d his new bc-,k "Primer for Whit*
Folks" — that it is a primer for the
“advanced” whi need It slUl. Ro
bert Hiirri--'. piaiiixt, plaved the do
ing concert at summei schools
Benedict and Allen University. . .
They had been postponed due to an
injury to Uie artist's left hand. .
Nrwrspie Magazine will carry a story
on Marva Louis in Koitywoud m
their September issue. . . . Louis
.r.irdnn due back SeptemUpr Bth
Hhs film, “Caldonia" plays the cir
cuits over the cjuntrv
Sensational Brother and Sister Gimbination
• Giving St. Louis Nitery High Class Entevtainment
Dots And Dashes
Cttli^lht le ftii Vain fat-.'irjrieoi
Lila Johnson and her brother Buddy ttnset) are really tn the groove at the Plantation Club in 8t. Louis,
Missouri, where the musical aggregation is headed by Buddy with sister Ella on the vocals. A great com-
liinatiog, diversion seekers frequenting the spot rate the srster-brother team one of the nation's best.
Having recorded “That’s The Stuff You Gotta Watch" (Oecca Records, exclusively) Ella and GuOdy
are i*i lor a series of engagements extraordinary after their Miasouri date. To give you an idea of the
sopiilarity of this great orchestra, booked for an appearance in Camden, N. J.’s Convention HaM for
l.ahoi- D-iy—the advance sale of tickets indicates that a police line v.'>ll have to bo called out to keep
:he babhy soxers in check. iFJiioi' i»j ihji'i $bt uug tn- nally >>/ ' - bit
* Buddy And Band Lauded
By Broadway Columnist
BV BILL CHANDLER
HOLLYWOOD, Cal.—When Haz
el Scott c.vnie to Hullywoud to work
ill Ihv pi ..le Hhapjody in Blue.'
Woi-nir Biua. iiiquii-cil if she coal'''
sing Gershwins hit song. “My
Man" in buth French ond EnglUii. |
Slu- leplieJ that site c. ulJ. and m |
i Hebrew too if they wt.heQ. Th'.y|
later learned >he speaks 12 l;i>g.i- '
egf#. and si g# in scveial mure!
Denied Uve in her curr.:iU film.
"The Corn Is Green." Bette Davi^
ietD a double dose in the picture
she ha# just Coiopletod Stulen
Life." Tl’.eieln. she plays twin sls-
who love the same man —
Gle:m Furd . . . Illinois Jacquet
really taken over Cenliai .Ave-
Of a Saturday night, try and
gel into the Club Duwrbcat where
holding forth . . . Barbara
Stanwyck wha is now bving seen
••Christmas in Cor.necti*-it;"
Alexis Smith whose next l.s "Rhap-
sudy in Blue;" a..d Lauren Bacall,
all are superstitious about remov
ing their wedding bands in pic-
tuies, Consequently makeup artisL-
ir-vcr the rings ao tti.*y do not
:how . . Ed James, a local .id has
lied up KPAS far his radio show
tugged, "The Cupper Caravan"
which will pipe into the ether mu-
from Clubs. Alabam. Last Word.
Rtndczvou.---. Cafe Soci-ty, and the
Rhythm Club Ed sav-^ it’ll be the
longcrt air jump sh* w on th - Coast
Anybody wondcriiig when they'll
set a chance to view Joan Lorring
■the gal who almost stole "The
Corn is Orton.“ can rest easy. She’ll
be seen l.i ‘Thrie Strangers." in
the company of such able chnrac-
tL-r actors as Peter Lorre and Syd
ney Greenstrert . Dotiie Seamnn
cx-showgirl is no longtr hos
tess It the Last Word Cafe . . .
Regarding kissing sieiies, Janie--'
Wo.itf Howe. Die famous Chioe.ir
ranieramun says thui a too fully
dress takes away froni the aiidi-
i’> appreciation '"f that delect-
! art. Jimmy should know. He's
n w behird iht* letl^e^ on Warntr's
“Confidc.itial Ai'em" .-nuiTing Chas.
Roier and l.nur* n "The Look" Ba
call . . . Rex Ingram, recently n-
oortccl to have purciia.sed a play.
"The Newark Playboy." rio pun in-
It-nded—Rex (iptrate? m New York
•md Hollywood) states he may di-
the
111.it Louis Sobol. p«.p'jtar columni.'-t
of toe New York Jouin.l-Anien-
can, along With the Hcarst News-
Buddy Johnson, creator of th
popular luiluby, "Baby Don't Yoi
Cry" and other Deccu hits is coi
icntly appcaiinu jn n limited tour
under the txclusvie management of pi'pvit, was u guest one evening,
the OaU- Agency, Inc. Sobol's pop lar and widely-read
Buddy .ftihnson made a metoric colunm had tnis to say few days
rise in a number of Broadway hot later:
wwknic .*1? Wi- ran iid'o-i-f ;i new-
CHARMlNf; !)AMSEId5
VOTED THE BESTS
NEW YORK tlPSj — Lovely
Lcliiii Mae Harris, glamorous D»-
. res Brown and exotic Bettye Mays
— u trio ot goud-loukeis — are
now the lop Tropical Tan Trio, ac-
..rding to a letter received by
Laurie ,\Iucfie. assuc .ite editor of
Independent Press Service.
A deluge of mail trom Cl guys
stnfioned in the South Pacific have
- I
Great i-Dinliinution 1
of TalfiitPtl 'Vunip” j
^ Muoit’ians
lay Braadw-ny production
opus t- accept a part in ' St. Louia
Woman, the muskal which -Ar
thur Freed. Metro ptuduct-i. b ph.ii-
ning to J.'ji iMo Times Square Ui
^}lI>wcuse Lena Horne Faye tn
ei»on. wife -f Btig, Gen ElliOtt
Roosevelt. i.“ 1 ue in town to c i->!8ri
m the Warner Bio.-* film, ‘ Daiicin*'
with Tears." She ll sha.e h..i...ri
ith Zachary Scott . .Maiceli
Mayis. the l aw York soiiKwrite.
' on the Coast, has knocked out
•>ne8 which Timniie Rogers i«
pla..'ilrx to rec-rd for Exoebior.
They are ".'ve Got a Gal That's
■' and I’m Just 23." and 'Drop An
ther Nickle in tht Juke Box "
.ena Torrence the movie bit play
r whose husband was killed in
action with the 99Di Pnihuil Squad-
on. was d*.wn from Vai Veide ov-
■r the wti'k-end looking mellow In
a Chinese coolie straw bonnet that
rtually shwuted. I.ily Dache' .
ere's a thumb-nail sketch on De.i
ms Morgan now starring in “Christ
mas in Connecticut."- He cun milk
a cowr. He listen'; to speeches but
seldom believes what in tiean. He
tins fun 8 hi;, own parties and at
thcr jieople's too He’ll sing at the
trop of a hilt. He likes picnic#, par-
irnlaily with hix children. He used
’.M w.,rk in the lumbering bu.xiness
with ills father. He doesn't walk
nider ladiiers. And a piano xlighily
out t>r tune jars his musical nerve-
Ann Brown De-ires To
Sing For All - .Mr. Bilbo!
NEW YORK 'IP.Si — Anne
'Town the beiintifiil .iiid l.ilanted
• nrert stai ha- app«. m a ser
ies of Aineiicaii Negro .Music re>-
ivals in CliiLUgu. St LuuU and
Detroit. in spite of the fact that
'!te was the viciiin of what many
'-•rm Hi.Ilywoi-d's “ inear cam-
laign" Ul. Race stargi Is boukt-d
olid for a series of concerts in the
'.'nlted Slates and Canada up tr
-.nd through the winter season of
940 Miss Brown has informed hoe
•nannger Albert Muitni in New
>'>/rk Dial she is especially aitxi«inii
I ippear at collogea and imtltu-
Inns in vn.-ious section# uf Ihe
'‘■imiry to exclusive Negro ai’d-
li-nces because often music lover*
.lie denied that privilege when Jim
Crow laws are In existence
Community groiipa interested In
presantirg one of the ‘tar* of "P.ir-
y and Res?" mi- ical opera for a
.vorthy ause vvuuiU do well to enn-
■act Mr. Moiinl at ht« .ffiees: 11#
W.*st .57th Striet. New York. N Y
The fact that the erstwhile star
if "Porgy and Bess" and the film
"Rhapsody In Blue.” the ep'c on
George OershwiiTs lift In whb'h
'ilm niakt-up men In the cinema
capit'jl smudged up .Mis# Brawn’#
vot'd-looks. wants tu play the ’solid
South' i# a .slap-in-lhe- face to Sen
ator Bilho who bus been shooting
his n..>uin off in a very un-Am«r-
ican manner
FMdie Viiioon. the popular
bines singrr with Cootie WU-
llama Orcheiitra. will debut
with his own ork early in Oct
under Gale, Im-. management.
Hawkins Opens Stage
Door Eanteen
■f 1i,
ll.!*
pl.il
chant whii
Negro (■i-i-’in.
To George Gu-ti.'-r. Un# wa- ii
sccfd'-nt. 'I'lu.lc.ugti -.. -lift all 111.I
he w; •. he w.i- -•II "• .ri oI tti-
nature and fuim >1 !■> nu
teiial. Hr .-tn-nt ut.ai. h»Lii- tiavi-i-
slng the sij-ei-t* f .V - n. c-mmun-
Hles both in Dk N’ .th th*- !■
South in nn'i-r th.ii In-- hn-hly sen
sitive i.ir cni.ld I.. ' .;iter|ir»i If
the meloniuii.- - which emit
from eveiydaj I-.'-u-. lif. Tli.'ii
Insertion g:t^ i l.,: ii.u i, .i n.ivm
iUld a zoxt um ..i..;,.- i. li i; c.-t -.-n'.. •-!
classical V* >•!;; cl
A flirlh. I .-’-j.tV'- of .lulhell- e'
tlciiy in the \V;,i . f Im is «Bii.id '•
through til. l.,ci th.it Gci hwi-
music is rend* I: ! ‘i;. .u'i'’ v !.
know the N--;- • murlc-1 ‘dimn '
Anne Bi-i'-.iii 1* i.‘- !:ci « xc*-|*;i ■1..1I '
voice to tin- uf "Siimm.-i - •
time.” fri.m C'iiwTii's folk-'-pi'. .1
’’Porgy .'ind Be Ha/el ScjH. '•
queen of bouiM vy .1 ic, pL.y.s a
medley of Gci-hwi.. •;;;.- ut Die
piano. And, .1 jci vi .-.i-ly mentl"n-
ed, Paul Whit- m..n . i.;i hi bu'id
figures t! cougli-.i t (h*- (.ickIii tinn
One need oidv to r«fei to White-
man's fiiiiK-js recur-D -1 R'-’!t-
In’ Chair ” featuring Mi>drj»rl
to know frnni vvlieia-- cnnii
of the insj);i'aii'in for hit siyl*'
All In ail. th* picture "Rhaps.--
dy In niut" say with mu-ic whrd
has often heen id through other
medium* Ti-at 1 - iliut this c-'un-
try of our:' is ''in of numy h. rita.’p.s.
heartachc.s. md hu -- n me of
Which are i.f ;hi- :.-c Ci hn- >;i ia.«-
— but nil hiiviiig 111 ihu'.g in can-
mon. They arc American
M. 'h- ll
hiffiii«n
i( aIi'-iii Ii;iv-
:• fii pnvie-A'
jjijj ’ ; i- Ul w lx. k I’r.mcr for Whit**! '
F"lk.s " — Dial 1: i» a primer L»r th®
■’ idvunc 'll" w-h - need It still Ho-
' " I* -*i!* f i.’vi : " All '"'rt H'-rri', piaiii-'* plnvi-d the do*
Iris. Mid .th-• pe-fnrmcr* - J'** conwrt at summei school*
-f. i-'h ri-' Dil 11 reheiii'ing Benedict and Allen University. .
, nd fl-m r. :n the fron» 'They had been pi-Mpuned oue to an
con-'artist's left hand, .
. •( rnmf .'riable airy, and ' Ncvvspic M.igazine will carry a irtory
r.-hc-t's-il h'dl h*'’ Mrirvn l.ouis in Hollywood 'n
n, , ' .'“-tlnd’i.n ih« rtage hnn-'h-Tr September issue... Louis
n rebuilt and win- - - that the ! ^ -n buck Septemhsfr 8lh
V .i-d- vv .n’t hav.-> *0 push It ”‘3 film. “Cnld.inia" t-lays the cir-
w.rd an ! hr. -kw.ir*! ns In th- ' «ver the country
- .. th.
•- h.-n-
v'-'*' rt
It v ill m-V hv it«.->f.
•-hctih ■!!> rniitroHfd The miisl-
cl ..I-, who i:-'«d »'i fit (,n siiff-bnrk
r-':iii-: -.nrl *-liim*‘'v tr^ to dlmh to
I. ii te. i h>'ii th--v due for .i
. • , • - ti .-It |» new chniix-
' -Y- H nnd «ti v i'«ed hv S*-hiffman
•f ih: ' huDi .-•n the order
» : chair with a wwive’
• ll. c ;.II‘VV the musicians In'
• I *.;\v;i.i|, hnik'vnrd. sTrieway.-.
• inv -' av exceot straight un
•ri-. :.tkm-t;.lkie'' ■ v s’, m s-i sue-
- f. (Iv used hv (he Armv for oral
|i n of messin*'* nnd sle.
• !. ir i-.-itii- tnen^rvornU’d In the
. ..‘v . ■ ! sf.t-iin that Schiffman
'• ■•’.••'alli'd in the dlo follow-
. -j 'hi M-ler.se of vi!,.l m.iterlrils
3ailev hy th. WPR in \V..shingtin.
inur h In f--1 tin- .Aixdln will be the
ri’Iy ti in New Y rk City with
vuch equlpm.-nt since It was the
firi-l t*- t kc advanta-tf »f the re-
1 onvern u procram tiuit relased -i
limited amount if such equipment
for livihan u>t.
I'l '-airs in the pr ijection booth,
hi.iti.i n.-w jir-ji-ctiin mu’hir.e#, the
hti-t on th.- market have beer. In-
d..lle*l. thuv g-vlng Du- Apollo the
^ext Door” ®r ted shearer
F.verytime an annuuncemeni
is made that a new show is be
ing cfl'4 the preKv agents get
busy vvhh slnrle* about this or
that star being "groomed" or
"havins signed" for the lead.
As soon as someone puckered
hl.H or her lips and said that
"Strange Fruit" was to he made
Into a plaj and presented on
Broadway — Ihe stories were
rampant that Mary's little lamb
or Little Miss Muffett would
get the lead. Come now bos's.
2(ltli (eiitiirv Gabriel
■Searehes For Gabe
Tbe Second
BY LAURIE MACFIR
By Broadway Columnist
VOTED HIE BESTS
1.0 > .-Is
Hud.ly Joliiiboii. cie..tor of the
popular lullaby. "Baby Don't You
Cry" and other OcLCa hitN i.- cor-
unlly iippcaiiny -n « lunlled tour
utider the cxcluavic management of
..uis hobol. p pillar columnist
• N*-v. Yo.i; J0U111..I..
long With Die Hiar-I New
gue;l one evening
- u ll
now ti
■rdir
the Oi.U Ac.encj', Int
Ruddy Johnson made a metoric
rl*e in a number of Umadway hot
spots, an extensive toiir of Kuro
pean capitals and wiili ihe ..it-laim
of eminent music critu-.', «•* :l
At Barney Callant’s hi New York
City, where Btiddy and Hi- Hand |
completed a lotm eniuntenunt, ,
crowds were tunic*! away niKh;ly i
and only the pressure of ndv-tnee!
banking compelled him to end his
puinilar lun there It wa- wiiih- play
ing nt thi- vvell-kn.’vvn nii’ht-.ciKit
NEW YORK 'IPS) — Has any-
•Jii - seen a ‘ avvk’’ Honest, we're
not kiddiir... Urgently wanted .tc
biiyi 1# cne hiwk Uumc) accordiim
to the bovs in Er?kine The Hawk)
Hawkins' bam. The boys would
-ery much like tu hear from u
h:iwk owner. They tried the zoos
nd the pet sliop?. but ll was strict-
v "nothing doing.” Rw.son for th:
r.inlic h'gh-and-lovv hunt for the
>ng tailed bud of prey Is the bi*
h-..-8' hlTihday and also the first
Rr .idway appearance of toe Hawk-
' la' band a* the Strand Theatre in
w York CMty. On such a mom
entous double uccusion. the boy.-
hi ghi soiuethitig ..huuld be don.
;> the way *if u gift — and since
'he band has no mascot — !•* —
-hr - -.:rch for a hawk
Any *f the jiveders who know
■f the whereabouts of a sw**.t
k. plt jse conluc! Mr Han v
Gi'litste.n. Manager Er‘kim' Hawk-
t»s b.ind. care Strand Theatre, Now
York City Mr. Goldstein, and the
members • ' • '-in'-' crew.
I . i.tee the hawk will live l
lu- host of pli st. .-o.-iety. The bird
will he chn.ii -i-d "Gabriel, the
Sec'-nd" and will leave on an cn-
(•‘iisive tour of the country after
the current Strand engagement
Diet, rest, exeicisc — everw con-
ider.il-ui, Will l:f given Die new
ma.'*. t He 'or she) will be intro-
; duc«-d tn the most elamorous peo
pic in !t1i * nl-rl ii’uncnt world
. .nd will the boy ; believe, through
ly enjoy his '.ir licr' new life
.\ci'. .duig to V-’el.st- 's Collegiate
' Di - fnalih!' a hawk has a long tad
'and long legs ami corn*-# in varie-
tiis lik ••Buz?:urd?, Kitis. and
Sharji-Shinned Hawks." Hawkins’
bandsmen say the ‘harp-shinned
hawk sounds like what they’re af
ter. ... he's already be hipped /
ti the Jive Don't let this urgent'
.pi'a go unanswered! Caldonia! j
jCaldcn.a! Has anyone got a hawk? '
Stage F(‘i- .Action Group
Doing A RemarKa-
ble Jnb
; NEW YORK 'IPSi — Stnae For
; Action anm-unevs (ha*, with it.*! per-
fo’immce on Tutsduy next beforr
tile Midiown Community Center
the pl-'v. "The Man With the Three-
'Cornered •Attitude’" by Peter Mm-
! tin. will reach its 50th performance.
■ This play has been part of Stage
For Action repertory for the pj"t
six months and is coticemcri with
(lie pr blem of Reernvorsion. post
War Employment and Inti mation-
111 Unity. -A-s with all Rt«BC For Ac
Hon pl.iys. Du- material contained
within is continually being revised
0 ;.s to iH‘ up-to-th.-minute topi
cally During this pniod it has
b'-cn -con 1 y some 20.000 people ir
'• p rive '.or.m .hs Perf. rmnnee-
l:iv bv-en ■•('•'r' in .\rmv Camps,
ILSO Ci'oters. lUM.SW.A in
Camden. N J.. Unitt-vl Sterlworki*;
'1 IU.lhlch..m, Pa. fU numerous
PT.A m"*-tings and many eommun'-
ty n.tllie.v
' a'l week v.hi-n it v;i-' pr.-^cnled
i-foro a meeting of Steelworkers
111 ncDilelu-m. Pa., for Philip Mji-
ray D:iy. one of it? n. st itilei.-tefi
n \. -I- Philip Muirav. Pres
ident of the National CIO. w!. 1
. i ro much interest in the i>or-
'ormance that a late;' ronference
i> biirg held in disco?, means by
which a cl'ser n-latiomldp bclvve-n
'he NHlion.d CIO an 1 .Stage F-.r
.Action might be effected
Stage For Action also hn? in it •
’■*'|iert 'v. "Deci'inn.” an expose uf
'he wt'kim?! of na’ive farrisrr. by
' dward Chn'-lnrov; "Skm Pri
e play that eo-':tarr*‘d E!nid Rap-
hru-l. an imiinrtant r .nlrilniti*'n to
the camj.'ii .11 arain-t race *Hscrim-
ir atoiii: and r.’adv '*0. n our lOl'i
vei.-iii n .if “J.H' M.-GInnacul." .•
Dmely, t'.pical 1* vue.
V - -
fP.vi ROI.STFHS STAFF
N'-'V YORK ilP.S. -- I.auiU'
Macfie w'hn joined up with Ilm
O'dt’D iidciil Pre- Si-r*-!*'*' on July
ha- iipon nr.imotpd t - the post
of associate editor and automatical
Iv become# assisVtnl to Ted Yates.
edUor-in-chiof. it was announced
Si.'biirs popular and widely-r.ud
oluinn had this tu #u> u few day#
altr-
.... We run across .1 new
ftar In the m.ikinB. “Velucity"
Johnson;. He wrung melodie-,
iicw and ,.ld out uf a tiny bat-
uud pfano Hi.-i pl.iylng will
make you weep with ei-si.itiu
apprceintion."
Buddy IS u popular pianist nnd
he plays and situ* hi> big hit
numbers. •That's The Stuff You
f»otl;i Wateb" and "B .by, rion’l Y*ui
Cry” along with o’her favorite?
which he ha.s origin.itr-d .and re-
•• 'idtii for Decca. such .a.;:
?.1r. John.son." "Slop Pretending''
ami •'Let's B*'r.! Out Some I. .v* ."
Th.fc w.ie the tunc.« that kyrock-
eted him to fame,
Hiram Johnson, Rudiiy’.s brother,
by the way, is one of ihe nation's
lending promoters. He h is succes;-
tuHy biioked "named bands” in
every key city along Ihe Atlantic
•onstl'ne. On Labor D iy, Hiram has
-ecurrd Camden. Now Jersey's Con
vention Hall f ,r 11 dance de luxe
with, of cuurse. Buddy Johnson’s
Orchestra as the ntlryction.
P- .S Now th.at i« the stuff you
really gotta watch!
tan topics
-NLW YORK i!i
LJii.i Mae Huiri% glnjnoro'
1 ri“ Brown and exotic bt.iye May
la of guud-loukets — are
Tropical Tan Trio, ac-
■u a letter received by
' .V M..cfio. a??ociate editor of
Independent Pres? Service.
A dtlugc of mail Irom GI guys
'tall* n*-d in the South Pacific have
voted iliese three beauli.s not only
lh. ir favniite pin-ups but as the
most talented of the young singing
‘tars in shi.vv biz
"What I w.nild lik>- to see now
l.s for Du'se girks to get a few thou-
-tand photo# made uo and auto-
.nh them. Y*-#. th«‘y might well
pick up their Tun mail at our office
I' cati-O ill 48 West 48th Street In
this city," Miss Macfie continued,
"we are .still getting requests for
Jean Park- phot is which have long
since been discontinued due to the
i:ict tiiat Mi.'is Parks retired from
th« stage nnd broke up her nll-
ul . 1, Ot cuur.Ke Ihe boys in the
lined forees don't know it, but it’s
.“omo job I'vcn to get the girls to
send us picture#. Unpatriotic. I call
it "
SIGNS NEW DRtTHMER
Buddy Johnson laift week
signed Harold .Austin formerly
with Cecil Seolt's Orchestra (o
a Innx term eontraet. .-Austin re
places Gi-nrge Jrnklns who rot
a pink sl'p.
• By CHARLES ALLEN
riv Cr.'
r-l-M
Mils Macfie. a brllhnnt feature
writer will perform dl#'-
editor.
Tab Smith {above) is a sensation
with his ork, a combination of
eight mueicians at New York’s
Savoy Ballroom where also another
greet maestro (Tiny Bradshaw) Is
swingin’ out nightly. Tab who hails
from Kingston, N. C. started music
at the errly age of 14 and comes
from a musical family. You will
soon be dancing to the tunes of this
talented artist and his ''jump'’
musicians who are on the pbeat
with the downbeat. Petite Bett}.
Mays is an added attraction in the
vocai deoartmenL
-V..
Eddie A’inoon. the popular
blur* singer with Coutie WU- ^
ItsinK Orrhestni, will debal
with hix uwn ork esriy In Oel
under Gale, in*-, managevient.
Hawkins Opens Stage
D*H)r (!anteen
NEW YOHK .IPS) - Er-lkll»
Hawkins and hi# bund cuiTeiitiy
Ducking '.hem in ul the Strand
Tl.eatie, literally and musically
gdve out with '‘swing " opening iho
g.^tes of the new. teenporarv loca
tion of the Stage Door Canteen, in
the Hiiicl Diplomat on W. 43rd St.
When the first GIs i nd their h'*;-
tessc.s marched thru the portal# Jf
the boy.n' new cnlo-tainirient haven.
Hawk and hi? crew played the
maestro's latest Jivt- specialty. ,
"Swinging n the Stage Door." com
posed ill honor of the occasion
"Yesterday
luui 1 was on the wrong lute:
inly ot find
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