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OPERA SINGER CORES BIG HIT IN WINDY CITY jßi—wrwiii—ioiwMTwinwiiiiirnniiiiiTirrriiif-- unm nri 1— ———— a—— ammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmarnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ★ Theatricals ★ 'W'mnr.Tirml rr AWW n 111 11 n ' 'II'I i'~' nt, I I nr -I Imu im i i n , t - iinmr --rrm r-rn ri —■- GOSSIP OF THE fciOVIE LOT BY CALLA SCRIVNER (For Associated Negro Press' “AFRICIANA" AT AVILSHIRF. EBELL HOLLYWOOD “Africiana. a new stare revue Introducing the rhythm of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya and Guinea, is now playing at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. Staged by Victor Upshaw it features Gaucho Van Dor H;ns, Lakula, Graham Johnson. Toni Edwards and a company of 20 No vember performances are also scheduled for the Pasader.ea Play house and the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara A December pre miere in Las Vegas is planned. Voodoo, drum rituals, songs end dances will be featured ELLA FITZGERALD AT TAHOE HARRAH’S Ella, Fitzgerald is the rurrent aensation at Lake Tahoe's Harrab’s. Also featured on the exciting show is the Paul Smith Trio, Rowan and Alar tin,, the Dorothy Boren Sing ers and Dancers and Leighton Noble’s Orchestra, Russ Hall is producer. Famous comic Dicn Gregory is e musing the crowds a.t the Cre scendo while comic Redd Foxx continues to hold his popular spot at the Summit, along with Val WINNER OF “ KING-QUEEN" CONTEST Shown riding in a recent parade are winners and attendants, in a “ King-Queen ' contest, sponsored by the PTA of the Raleigh Day Nursery. At top of photo are James "Chip" Thomas and Deborah Williams, winners. Attendants, left to right are: Ma r shall Butler, Jr , Andraedes Smith. Vanessa Birdsong, and William McDonald. The children represented the nursery school in the homecoming parade of Ligon Jr.-Sr. High School and St. Augustine's College. Richard B. Harrison Players To Stage “Mouse Trap” Soon GREENSBORO “The Mouse Trap", a three-a-ct drama by Atu fha Christie, will be staged by the Richard B. Harrison Players o! AT College here in two perform ances on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 15 and 16. Curtain time has been announc ed for 8:00 p m. on each day. .Among the lead roles and their actors a,re: Trotter—G atom Lit tle, Winston-Salem, and James Allen , Shelby; Giles Bobby Spencer, Henderson; Christopher -James Wilder, Wilmington; P&ravwinl—Claude Ban-ant, Ja maica, West Indies, and Lavern Madisin, Florence. S. C.: Molly— Cornelia Bass, Rex-boro: Major Metcalf—James Woods Winston Agronmists st North Carolina State College say it is much easier to increase average corn yields from 20 to 50 bushels per acre, as i'ar Heel farmers have done, than to increase them from 50 to 70. They are convinced it can be done, however, because individual grow ers in the state are making up to 150 bushels per acre JACQUES ra*Wl m a if rbJt wwmMLm m pxmmttf J|| mm mSM $2.38 Pint |gl owasts JACOUIN #i G®. »»*.. PHitA.,. PCNKA. 79 PSOOt Martinez, dancer P ul King and tin- Lorenzo Holden orchestra. Louts Printa and his all-star re vue are featuring 20 ot the world’s most beautiful girls at Frank Sen nes’ Moulin Rouge. Also on the sensational bill arc Sam Butera nr.d the Witnesses. Dick Hum phreys. Tommy Roberts and Eve lyn Freeman. GREEN TO CONDUCT ’62 SHOW Johnny Green, a three-time "Oscar” winner and ten-time A wards nominee, was chosen Mus ical director for the 34th annual “Oscar” show of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences last week. Greene was musical director of the 1845, 1948, 1951 and 1956 A ward shows. He also served as its general director in 1949 and pro ducer-director in 1952. The 34th Acad mv Presentation will be televis d and broad nationally owr the ABC network from the Santa Monica Civic Au ditorium April 9. EMMY WINNERS HONORED AT PALLADIUM The untelevised presentation of the Hollywood Area Emmy A wards of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences last, week at the Palladium came as a Salem, and Raymond Cook. War-Maxine Murray, New Bern, rcnton; Mrs. Boyle - LoVcrne The Harrison Players are di- Davis. Greensboro: Miss Case-well roc-tad by Mrs. Sandra Motz, di —Pat-tie Gotten, Greensboro, and rector of drama. Comic Dick Gregory Returns To Alma Mater For Homecoming CARBONDALE, 111. (ANP) ; Comic Dick Gregory jinxed the j Southern Illinois university football j team in reverse recently when he ’ returned to his Alma Mater and ! helped cheer the hometowners to a 1 33-6 victory over Eastern Illinois A graduate of Southc-m Illinois, Gregory v.ar- entertained at the game toy the university's president. Delyte Monis. Only a few months ago Gregory, who graduated from the satuts of a car hop in Chicago i to one of the nation's hottest come dians, was a forgotten grad', and would have returned to the cam pus unnoticed But faings have changed tremen -1 dousjy for clever Dick, who has surprise to many Angelenos, who were expecting a telecast The in formal but highly entertaining program had genial Steve Allen as emcee. KRCA received 4 5 Awards: Most : Outstanding Single Program Al coholism—Tiie Hidden City and The Cure: Most Outstanding Mus ical or Variety Series (Curt Mas jsey Show-: Most Outstanding Fe male Personality (Mentha Tilton): (Best News Program (Jack La jtham) and the Station Achive j ment Award for Outstanding ! Service to the Community, also received by KTTV and KNXT. KTTV’s “Dodger Baseball” re ' ceived an award for Most Out standing Coverage of a Sports E jvent, ana “Great Churches of the Golden West”, another KTTV • feature was another award-win ner. Most Outstanding Series in the Field of Discussion, Documentary jor Educational, was KNXT KHJ’s "Engineer Bill” (Bill Stulla) was chosen the Most Outstanding Per ! sonality in the field of Children’s j Programming, and Clete Roberts ;o< KTLA the Most Outstanding Male Personality. Participating on the program were Jim Backus. Mel Blanc. Bill (Dana, Bob Nowhart, Alan Young ar.d Pat But tram. capitalized on jokes dealing with the race question. He stopped off at Southern Illin ois on his way to Chicago, where he lives (between engagements) with his wife and daughter. Johnny Mathis Sets Records HOLLYWOOD (ANP) Singer Johnny Mathis, one of the most popular and richest entertainers, is reported to be playing to record crowds in a cross-country series of one rughters at colleges and uni versities. Among other stops, Johnny has played the campuses of Indiana university and Wisconsin. He Biso played a special engagement in Pittsburgh on Oct. 31, before open ing at Rochester’s Eastman Theatre, Nov. 1, Mathis is scheduled to guest star j ob The Ed Sullivan Show, Nov. 26. The D. S. Department of Agri | culture has warned that hurley to ! baooo tied with rubber bands wfil not be eligible for price support loans P.ub v sr bands are consider ed "foreign matter” undw the Of ficial Standard Grades for Rur u.* the rubber bands with primed rsAher than stalk-cut hurley. Milk production on Americas dairy farms to 1988 averaged above If an executive says fee positively must have a report before he de parts at 4 o’clock, the office will present the papers at 5:§9, and not aus® minute aetawM SCORING A GOAL Hoping to add a fourth B to the musical trio of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, orchestra leader Lows Bellson checks the score of his Symphony in Jazz, perform ed for the first time at Las Vegas Nev. Bellson conducted a 57- piece orchestra in a Flamingo Hotel performance of his symphony which he spent four years in composing. Bellson's wife, singir Pearl Bailey, who was appearing at the hotel, was mistress of cere monies and provided a running commentary on the concert. {UPI PHOTO). WEEK IN RECORDS BY ALBERT ANDERSON FOR ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS VERY SPECIAL ENTRIES Pianist Ahmad Jamal, composer conductor Andre Kostelanetz and concert Byron Janis all share the spotlight in this week's column. Three of the most prolific music ians, the trio are heard on recently released long-playing records The fare follows: ‘‘Alhambra (Argo).” Tunes: We Kiss in 8 Shadow." “Sweet And Lovely.” “The Party’s Over.” “Love for Sale.” and "Snow Fall,” on side 1, and “Broadway,” “Willow Weep for Me.” “Autumn Loaves.’’ “Isn't It Romantic.” and ‘The Breeze And I.” The setting (the LP was record ed live in Ahmad’s recently estab lished Chicago supper club), and tunes were all made to order for Jamal’s tinkling piano There were no traces of overplay or artificial ity, only the pleasing and subtle interpreation of an ariist who is so much “at home” with the love ballads . . , The disk also features fine supporting music by accompan ists Israel Crosby, on bass, and Ver nell Fourner, on drums and per cussions. “Nutcracker Suite” and “Between Birthdays (Columbia).” Kostela Masco Young’s Notebook | HOW ROCK N' ROLL SINGER Hank Ballard's popularity has tak en a big nose-dive in the past few months. Once the hottest new star on the showbiz horizon. Hank has n't been able to come up with a hit waxing since "Let's Go. Let's Go, Let s Go.” One associate ob served, “Hank’s badly in need of n personal manager for advice- He refused to cover anly of the tunes several other artists waxed that were carbon copies of hi? own com positions. And Chubby Checker’s running sway with "The Twist”, which Hank wrote and first re corded. THE RUMOR that organist Biii Doggctt might pack up his rombo and head for another label since there has been , some grumbling about lack of ! promotion behind Doggett wax ing* on the Warner Bros. disk. i Biggest dent that Bill made on the chart since joining Warner was when his Kiejr Records re leased “Honky Took" climbed to the middle slot several months ago. THE EXCITEMENT at the Or chid Ballroom in PhiUy when new singing discovery Brooks O'Dell sang “Daddy’s Home." An excited girl started crawling onto the stage, and a cop grabbed her by the leg and began pulllhg her back. She screamed, as he hauled her to her seat, “That’s all right, Dad dy, I'll get you yet!” HOW FATS DOMINO Is Hop ping miserably as a box office attraction in different spots. In ptaeea that normally held sev eral thousand, Fate km been able to sure only several hun dred. The FAST SALES ACTION toe Impressions’ “Gypsy Woman” Is getting m-tvmA the nation., from deejay* and retail stones. “Gypsy Women” was predicted as headed for the top of the cherts by this columnist several months ago, when Curtis Mayfield first ployed a &w m. j net?., Ogden Nash and Peter Usti ! r.ov featured in varied roles. Kostelanetz, who has been re : sponsible for several innovations j in music, including opera for or chestra with instruments piaymg the role of singers, is presented here in another unique setting. While Nash and Ustinov recite ! short passages from the program, Kostelanetz takes turn at playing j the piano and harpsicord and di i reeling the studio orchestra . . . j The “Nutcracker Suite’ ’is always ! delightful when treated properly. I However, this particiular tract ap- I pears to be more of a showcasing of Kostelanetz's talent . , . “Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto j No. 3 (Mercury).” Byron Janis, pf- I arrist. Antal Dorati conducts the j London Symphony Orchestra. ; Young Janis shows considerable j skill in expertly handling some dis- I ficult passages in this beautiful but | somewhat intricate com,position by I the late Russian composer . . . Sig | nifieantly, this conerto, a follow-up to Rachmaninoffs Concerto No. 2, | was composed for his American tour in 1909 . . Janis’ interpreta tion of the three themes is artful, i And adding to the quality of the j reording is the fine work of the orchestra under the skillful baton I of Dorati. BRAINY, POPULAR : THArs “MISS NCC ” When the Forth Carolina College Eagles meet Virginia Union University Panthers in their homecoming game in Durham Saturday, No vember w, They will have the blessings and best wishes of the brainy beauty above, petite Betty Barnes, “Miss NCC” Betty , was named in a campus-wide election recently, is art honor stu dent from Weldon. A. senior psychology major, s he studied French last summer on a scholarship at the Umvemiy of Laval m Cana da,. Robert L. Williams: Young Tener Scores In Concert m CHARLES J. LIVINGSTON CHICAGO (ANP)—A singer of considerable ability and with a fac ile mind to express his musical ideas . . . this description aptly ap plies to Robert L. Williams, fast rising and talented young tenor. Williams, who recently re turned from a successful tour of Europe, delighted an audi ence singing a program of Ital ian, German, English (including Assault Charge Against Dinah Washington a Reduced; Not Sure Blues Singe r Had A Gun , NEW YORK (ANP)—A felonious assault charge against blues queen Dinah Washington was reduced last At Annual Ball: Arlisls Ami Models SI itw (*av *©lo rime LOS ANGELES (ANP) Thou sands of guests frolicked at the an nual Artists and Models Ball held at the spacious Hollywood Palla dium last week. The fantastically garbed merry makers included every creature which could be dreamed up in and out of this world. Unsightly apes, slinky serpents and fancy poodles mixed with gay caballeros and beautiful ballerinas. Even TV sets, satellites and “lost week-ends were represented. On the whole, the Angel City went all out to prove it could vie with Chicago. New York and Paris in originality. Prizes were given for the most original costumes Sammy Davis To Guest Star On TV HOLLYWOOD (ANP) Enter tainer Sammy Davis Jr, currently appearing at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, has be-n signed for a guest stanins role in the “Coals Afire” episode of the “Frontier Cir cus” television series, it was re ported. During his engagement at the Sands, Davis is having his wife, former movie starlet Mai Britt, and his daughter, Tracey, as his special guests. HOW OLD HEADS nodded in agreement when the Afro newspaper editortaled that pro ducer Otto Preminger could make a more “positive state ment to the world about de mocracy in our country’.” by not having Martin Luther King play the role of a Georgia sen ator in “Advise and Consent” and give the part, instead, to such experienced professional actors as Sidney Poitier, I nano Hernandez, Frederick O’Neal or James Edward*. THE QUICK RISE in popularity i tor singer Nina Bundy, the tall and | shapely Philly cute whose tallest lan is probably Wilt Chamberlain, | who shows -up wherever she ap pears. DELORES BRANHAM, the pretty Kim Novak-like east coaster who now prefers the west roast, and is about to march down the aisle fm GUOUffiAN RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1961 Did English) song* and Negro spirituals Is a concert in th» Little Theatre at McCormick Place last Sunday afternoon. A graduate of the Boston Conser vatory’ of Music, he also studied voice in Italy and is conversant In five foreign languages, in cluding Latin. VOICE CLEAR, FLEXIBLE In the concert Sunday, Williams, possessor of a clear, flexible voice week In Felony Court here to third degree assault after the complain ant testified that she was not sure The press came in for their share of honors. Plaques were presented to the members for coverage of the exciting event. ART FOR ART'S SAKE —These two Bennett College fie h men admire touring exhibit of small American paintings on dis olay in the Fine Arts Buldng of the Greensboro. N. C. College. Left to rights Misses Linda Pearson, ot Jacksonville, Florida, and Elizabeth Jeffries, of Guilford College y\(OL\ THEATRE RALEIGH FRI. - SAT. NOV. 1© - 11 “THE LADIES MAN” JERRY LEWIS —.PIus— “FOUR FAST GUNS” SI V - MON. - TEES. Nov. n - IS - 14 “CIMARRON” GLEN FORD -_PI US _ “12 HOURS TO KILL” WED. - TUCKS. NOV. 15-16 ‘STORY OF RUTH” STUART WHITMAN Straight SSL 25 BOW ,/r^.Xr it mmy me** sf» umt * mrmsat embellished by several tonal quali ties, dealt expertly with such dif ficult compositions as “Rugiadose, Odorose (Scarlatti), “Widmung (Franz)" and “Zueignung (Strauss).” His range and pitch on “Caro Mio Bene (Giordine)’’ and the spiritual "Anchored in De Lord fair, by Price', ’’ were also excel lent. He was accompanied by pian ist John Martin. the singer actually had a pistol As a result of the testimony of the uncertainty of the gun by Miss Inis Green. Magistrate Dawd L Malbin reduced the charge. He also continued Miss Washington in SSOO bail and assigned the case for trial in the Court of Special Sessions. Miss Green brought the original assault charge against Dinah re cently when she accused Mi-s Washington of pulling a pistol on her when she tried to collect a S7OO dress designing debt. Dinah denied the charge. Miss Green, of Harrisburg, Pa . said she had been living in Miss Washington's - nvfm'-nt when the dispute occured. For A Refreshing And A Relating Evening of Entertain meni VISIT THE Sportsman’s Club iADULTS ONLY) Smithfield, N. C. P G WILDER Owner Phone WF 4-9593 13
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