Sammy Davis, Jr. Says He’ll Wed Canadian Dancer
BRIGHT FUTURE FOR YOUNG SEPIA ACTORS, MOVIE STAR SAYS
Harr; Admires Poitier
More Than Any Actor
WASHINGTON (ANP* - In an
interview in Hecht's Department
store actor-singer Harry Belafontc
.-aid he believes the future holds
more opportunities for talented
young Negroes in show business.
Hr admitted, however that he ad
mires Sidney Poitier more than
any Other personality in the field
Belafonte revealed his views „s i
Vi* eppeaared before a capacity j
crowd at a fashion show in the :
'■tort. He said he was having his |
first experience with fashion [
show*.
A NEW SHOW BV KATHERINE DUNHAM Lovely Katherine
tiinham rehearsing with her dancing-partner Vanoye Aikens for the
tew show she is going to stage in parts, where she is a great favorite
with the public. (UPI PHOTO 1.
Cafe’ ‘Lucia,’ Sargent's
‘Messiah’ Waxed !r. Stereo
NEW YORK New stereo j
edition? of Donizelii's LUCIA D1 !
LAMMERMOOR featuring -oprar>- j
» Mam Callao, and Handel - ME ;
stAH, performed by The Royal !
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra I
and the Huddersfield Choral So
e.ety. Sir Malcolm Sargent con
ducting. are being released today
by Ar.grl Records
Mme. Cal las new LU C 1 A has
Men completely re-recorded for
stereo, with Ferruccio Tagliavir.i
making his Angel debut as F.dgar
do. The Philharmnnia Orchestra •
and Chorus are condut.lcd by Tulin ,
Sera fir.
On Niv f>. " and P, Mme. Cal las j
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Questioned about.-the behavioi of
teenagers, the famous folk singer
and recording star said they aic
no different than when he was a
teenager, or when his mother was
a teenager.
“Life is just more difficult today
and adults arc not giving teenagers
a fair shake." he said
He said "Adults expect young
i people to be law-abiding, generous
i and ambitious while they wave an
| atom bomb over their heads and
I set an example of rushing madly
■ after money.”
I performed LUCIA with the Dallas
I Civic O; era
i The Sargont-Hudderst'ield col'a
| boration featured in Handel's fam
i mis MESSIAH it also a new stern
j re-recording of a previously re
leased monophonic version In the
April, 1959, issue of High Fidelit,'
Magazine, this co/noination's eat
Her monophonic MESSIAH was
recommended over all other re
corded vpi sions of the work. The
Huddersfield Choral Society’s
reading is the traditional one per
formed as the Society has been
i singing it for 125 yeai«.
Both of the new stereo albums
; are also available >»j regular mono
j phonic hign fidelity.
Theatricals
!s It True Satchmo Won’t Return
To N:w Orleans, His Home Town?
NEW ORLEANS fANP A
statement reportedly made by I
jazzdom s great Louis Armstrong
has created quite a furore in the
city, so much so that it is difficult
to tell whether 01’ Satch has com
mitted an unforgivable faux pas.
or that he has just been misquoted.
Satch was quoted as saying
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STARS OF SAMUEL GOI.DWYN’S “PORGY AND BESS" now playing at the Carthay Circle Thea
tre. received the National Council of Negro Women s “Meritorious Achievement" awards in the Grand
Bali Roam of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Sammy Davis, ,sr, i sport in Life) and Dorothy Dandridgr (Bess)
are shown with the Council president Mrs. Ferro! Bobo Starks, who made the presentation at a lunch
eon Saturday, October Slot attended by more than 1000 women.
THE WEEK IN RECORDS
BY ALBERT ANDERSON
FOR ANP
BEAUTY IS WORD FOR
TCHAIKOVSKY'S OPUS
It's been rightly said that the
iolin is the sou! of the orchestra,
and no more is this evident than in
Tchaikovsky's "Serenade For
Strings In C Major. Opus 48. on
the Mercury label ”
Pacil and smooth flowing and t
bounding in musical botiyancy, this
r-movement serenade is per
haps the noted 19th century com-
TV Writer
Gets Music
Head Post
NEW YORK (ANP) - Roy Ea
ton, leading creator of music for
television, has joined Ben ion and
Bowles as musical director, it was
announced by Victor G. Bloede,
vice-president and creative direc
tor of the agency. *
The 29-year-old musician joins
the agency from Music Makers,
Inc., where he was associate crea
tive director Hr was also commer
cial copywriter in charge of rarii
o-TV music for Young and Rubi
oan for years.
Eaton received a bachelor of
Mortal science degree in history
fmagna cum laudc) from City
College of New York; a bache
lor's degree its smistc, piano
and pedagogy and a master's
degree in music, piano and
conducting from the Manhat
tan School of Music, and a
master of arts degree !m musi
cology from Yale,
As winner of the Aaron Naum
borg Award for a year’s study a
broad. Eaton spent his junior col
lege year at the University of
Zurich and the Conservatory of
Lucerne, Switzerland.
He was also the winner of the
first Koscuszko Foundation Cho
pin Award for pianists, and the Na
ihaniel Currier and Juior Sterling
fellowships from Yale. Eaton is a
member of Phi Beta Kappa snd
Phi Alpha Theta (honorary history
fraternity. l .
After making concert appearan
ces in both Europ and America,
Eaton was an instructor in piano
at both CCNY and the Minfcsttah
School of Music, and an iffstnsc
ter o£ rnusie history
that he does not intend to te
i turn to the Crescent City until
he is “received without racial
distinction." The statement ap
peared in a special article in a
recent issue of the daily limes
Picayune.
If Satch really said it. and meant j
it, there is at least one person who I
poser’s most arresting work. Audi
ences received ii generously in
England. France and -rttical Au
stria in past decades and their’s no
doubt the score, a. played by the
Philaharmonia Hur.garia unde l the
baton of Antal Dorati, will be hap
pily applauded by present-da'
music lovers.
Here is a work of art as well
m beauty. Tchaikovsky, who
was a perfectionist, wrote the
serenade for the entire orches
tra, instead of the more popu
lar string quartet. And he pis!
it together with eoherancc and
agility. The first movement
Pezzo In Forma hi Sonatina
for instance, is smooth and
melodic The second, the Valse,
is both elegant and graceful.
The third movement is sensu
ous. and the fourth is swift and
more unrestraint.
The second part of the f.r cen
ters on anothei gem. Arensky's
“Variations On A Theme By Chai
kovsky, Opus 34a." Perhaps, also,
it. is appropriate here because
Tchaikovsky and Arensky were
close coltcgucs at the Moscow Con
DATA N’ CHATTER
BY IVARCY DKMil.i F
ANP SYNDICATED COLUMNIST
FROM HOLT CWOOD TO HAR
LEM—Singer Dakota Staton con
ferred with State Department offi
cials before she sent out those
unique engraved invitations in
viting New York's elite to dine and
meet Madam Toure, wife of the
president of Guinea. A charming
hostess, Dakota and her devoted
spouse. Talib Dawud, conversed
with the First Lady with ease, b
cause they are devoted students
of African art and culture.
Does it pay to copy Dept New
comer to the singing ranks. Bobby
Darin, as you may know, has a big
hit with his version of “Mac the
Knife.” But the truth is that Dar
in's version is really Louis Arm
strong’s verson. Seems that Darin
listened to Armstrong's warbling,
of the tune before he cut s new
version of that old song, which
made the hit parade rounds
some years back
If you listen carefully, you'll
realize that Darin's rendition sort
of mixes up a couple of lines in the
song, to wit: Darin sings, “not lha<
Mack is back,” instead of "now
that. Mack is back;” and “cement
bag* drooping down,’* instead of
differs with him. .and is pretty vo
j cal about it.
j O C. W. Taylor, local radio
j newscaster and retired school prin
j eipa! who has been a personal
i friend of the trumpeter for many
j years and has boosted his stock
! everywhere, said last week that he
j was “surprised" at the musician's
1 statement.
scrvatory. "Hr was one of the few
friends to whom Tcaikovsky re
mained devoted throughout his
life," to quote writer Clair Van
A •, i so ail
This reviewer recommends both
these works.
it's a big jump from the classical
to the jazz but we are doing it
here, with "Jumping” Jonah Jones
providing the impetus. Tint trum
pet star is out with a new’ stereo
<Capitolt LP that takes the listener
on a musical jaunt around the
world, with stops at Rome <Ar
rivederci Roma), Mexico (South
of the Border), London (A Foggy
Day). Paris (April in Paris) and
Bra7.il, on Side 1. and Spain (Ma
drid). Chicago. Manhatan. Hawaii
iSong of Hie Islands), the Tsie of
Capri, and China (Shaghai), on
Side 2.
Playing the muted jazz that ha.;
now become a trademark with
him. Jonah and his quartet provide
a relaxing session of fine music
that is sometimes light, sometimes
restful and always artful. He also
does two vocals— "South of the
Border” and ‘■Manhattan."
"dropping down:” and five'll get.
cha" instead of i’ll betcha. . . Os
course, Darin didn't realize he was
singing incorrect lyrics, because
Satchmo had made the errors when
he recorded his version- and Dar
in was playing ' follow the leader"
Definition of the week: “In-law:
Something like an outlaw, only
more so.”
Richard Wright will realize an
other dream when his book. 'The
Long Dream,” hits the “Great
While Way" come February Pulit
zer-prize winning author-playright
Kctli Fririgs will do the adapa
tion and Lloyd "Richards, director
ial genius who brought plaudits to
“Raisin in the Sun.” will direct
this one Wright’s story deals with
a father's love for his son.
Don’t know why, but T keep
thinking Belafontc's 2 new movies
should have visa versa titles. Re
member the theme of "The World.
The Flesh and The Devi!? - ’ Don't
you agree that “Odds Against To
morrow " would have been a far
better title for the former flick?
One thing for sure, you certainly
couldn't give that three member
cast odds that they would survive
to build a new world after that
bomb blast, which somehow missed
them,
Parents Os White Performer
ObjsctTo Pending Marriage
RV BILL ROBERTSON
HOLLYWOOD Entertiner |
Sammy Davis, Jr. and Joan Stuart,
blone, 21-year-old Canadian danc
er, plan marriage “sometime after
Christmas,” they announced lasi !
week.
In Montreal, where she is
appearing in a nightclub re
vue, Miss Staur( was quoted as
saying they met only three (
weeks ajfc “Sammy was in
Montreal for personal appear- I
ances, and our east decided to
i-ateh his show,” she explained
“He just happened to know-one
of the people in our group,
who introduced us. We hit it
off right away '
n
' I m
ENG AO ED TO SAMMY t) \
VIS, Jit. S h a p c l > Canadian
dancer Joan Stuart. 21 iabove!,
became engaged to famed enter
tainer Sammy Davis, Jr.. Nov.
•Üb. ami the couple plans to wed
shortly after Christmas. Davis,
rehearsing for a show in Holly
uood. confirmed (he report ihai
he and Miss Stuart Mere en
gaged. Miss Stuart. currently ap
pearing in a Montreal nightclub,
I m-t Davis when the east of her
show attended his performance
at * Montreal night spot—f I*l*l
PHOTO).
'gossip
i OF THE
MOVIE LOTS
ev ii\i'RS tt.u iTi;
HOLLYWOOD - <ANT> Who! :
| talk highways and byway. a*
present is the quiz scandal that
has drawn everybody connected
with it into tlie not. liven Presi
dent Eisenhower had to take linn
out from ibe Panama and Cuban ■
insults and desecrations to discuss
it. The several Negro winners «’Vm :
| have won large sums during the
i past two years, have escaped men- ,
lion so far so it. is not known .f
j their questions wore ’'rigged' o, ,
j not.
“Wonder why they let those
African high official visit Disney- j
land, when they wouldn't lot Mr j
K ” go there during his recent ;
I visit." is the question one hears a
! round the streets since their re
cent three-day sojourn
The answer is plain. None of .
them bad conducted a "cold war.
involving and inconveniencing (he
United States There were no doz
ens of would-be assasins, anxious
to hide in the labyrinths and nook'
of Disneyland read,' to pump lean
mto them, 01 toss a bomb into the
n ' m.., -K‘s“ party
SAP NOTE lasi week: The pas
ing of dancer movinr artist Happy
Mitchell. As usual displaying their j
loyalty to the memory of those in
the “profesh," many movie and
stage folk paid the last respects at
the funeral, and funds for a great
floral offering wore raised on the
set of “Rachael Cade" at Warner
Brothers lot. „ s ,, „~n
THE academy award •
committee is virtually working
day anti making preparation
tor the “2nd annual Academy
it wards. The committee is not
only going to follow its usual
procedure of making the judg
ing for the “Oscars’". »* « n ”
biased and accident-proof as
ever, hut is a’os Inviting rar
tieipation in the contest by as
manv foreign countries as can
qualify.
PREVIEWS OF THE WEEK
"X,I’L ABNER,” based on the
Broadway play that had such a
record run Produced by Para
mount, and shown si The Academy
Awards Theatre.
■■ ■■ »
WEEK ENDING SATUSDAT, NOYEMWE® t 4. im
Sammy, rehearsing for a dra
matic TV show here and commut
ing daily to Las Vegas, where he
appears at the Sands Hotel, ad
mitted the courtship lasted only
eight days, but said: “I’ve known
.loan long enough to be in love
with her. We went to coffee shops
mostly and iust sat and talked. We
found we had a lot in common."
A friend of Davis said he has
ringed Miss Stuart’s engagement
ring tinges with a three-carat
marquise diamond.
In Toronto a possible ob
stacle to the marriage develop
ed v hen .loan's mother, Mrs
John Stuart, commented: "Nat
orally we don't approve. It's
ridtu tilous. I've known about
it, but t don’t approve."
Mrs Stuart said Joan has neve: j
sad a steady boy friend "because j
he was too busy with her career I
Nellie Johnson:
Young Contralto Sings
At Benedict College
COLUMBIA. S C Nellie .lonn
on. a Benedict College graduate
who is a rising new star it; th<
.■iiiii" ; t field, will open the 159-60
Boned 1 ’ ! Lyceum Series with a re
cital Novembr 12. at 8 P M . in
Anti-sdo! Chapel.
For the past tew years, the South
Carolina born contralto has ap
peared in recitals and a- guest so- j
lei:-! with musical organisation: in
the New York area, southra n col
leges, high schools, churches and |
radio
Recently she appeared with
tenor .la' l’erinc in a Carnegie
Hal! eoncert and was ac
claimed by the New York
press as possessing one of the
finest contralto voices h card
for a number of years."
Miss Johnson graduated cum
_ Old
Quaker
STRAIGHT
BOURBON
WHISKEY
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fill ««*« BOURBON *** \iSjjm
s§J ?! THr no> piwkcr wsrnxwa comiw' j lUh
uwwitnun. coy a raesao, e*io j
I lu, r*iwt * niSl qtSMR W, m
and that "I don't know what hap
pened to her this time.
She said Joan began dancing «i
15, with the National Ballet in
Canada, and that currently she and
her sister, Marilyn, are appearing
m the same Montreal show
Sammy says, “1 have never rt«i
Joan’s parents, nor have tftiy given
me tire opportunity to spdak ' n
them or the telephone Bid Jo*'-
is o\-er 2i and knows her o>>
mind 1 love hoi very much, an
we want to get married
“I dent want to hurt hei famir
any more than 1 would wan! t
hurt mine. I hope ! can meet nr
folks and prove to them that i
am not the goblin of our times. -
an ogre ”
Sammy uas forniOrly matrids l"
singer l uray Whim, °3 flw d
vorced. him in Santa Momca. Cahf
earlier this year
!aii rl r from Benedict, u heir
'-lie was feahired soloist Midi
ilie Benedict ( boir She I it»-i
earned the M (leg-ree fium
\rw Vin k University and has
rionp ad vanrr Mink ip sin-i;* 1
studies.
Her musical background ineiud"
tudy m ith Burton form ail. cm
cent pre-i' l i'll! of the New Vo i,
:' ll . :11 c Ti-ai’lu A ion; ! -'■
late Paul Weiner, foi’meireielii 1 11' 1
or m leading European ope- >
houses; Stuart Ross and M'a t < *
n.-oiluv At prosotii. -Ih is » tu
dent of Dr Otto Jonowit/ and
Professor Mas Klein.
Miss Jo!in.son’s concert a! R--n
diet will include works by Hand
Put cell. Sarti Schubert, Korifi 1
and Tschaikowsky.
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