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Concert Oct. 21 With 10 many recording com panlee bidding for. hie services, significant this week was the pacting by Supreme Recording company of i Vic Dickerson, worlds greatest 'trombonist and 1946-47 Esquire Award Winner, who has been signed to cut 12 sides this year for the waxing firm. Vic, former trombonist with Eddie has formed his own combo and is marking up smash successes on the west coast where his swlngsational sextette is currently appearing at the Down Beat Club. de-.

THIRD TEAMING Judy; Garland and Gene Kelly will be teamed for the third time in Parade. They were together 'in For Me and My Gal and The Pirate. DUE HERE Hazel Scott, sensational pianist, who has been great in her Bach to Boogie-Woogie programs, wilL be. heard for the first and only time in Philharmonic auditorium, 'Saturday Nov. 1 I Lionel Hampton' and qrchestra in jive vernacular blew their 'wigs'', (were excited with enthusiasm) as they liroke esdsthig records' at Los -Arigelqp Million Dollar theatre.

It was a jam session unlike anything this reviewer has witnessed on the: locale-vaudeville front. Ai a closing number -Hampton played his Flying the composition which first skyrocketed him to the Nations Number. I showman. Leaving4; the- stage his trumpeter and clarinet player, the maestro jived up the aisles of the He even invited ai lady in the. audience; for a jitterbug twirl.3; When last seen Hampton, was out.

at. the box office rhythm against the cashiers window. The show was 20 minutes over Schedule; and the shrieks and yelps, for encores were still coming strong. The 'Million Dollar management ineidentally, said the last time Hampton hit his licks (hot musical phrases) at the local theatre, they! had to tighten the seats in the-first 10 Hampton loves to play and when, he starts It. is difficult for.

him to It is. reported in musiedom that to play with the you have to have stamina. That isnt difficult to believe, but if. his boys work hard, Hampton himself puts "on a terrific show. On "Airmail i a 1 and Hamptons own compositions, "Himp'i Tempos Boogie and Hey.

Ba Ba Re-bojp the beat is solid. Play Boy, instrumental pice, featured Britt Woodman on trombone; Kenny "Durham, trumpet, and Jack Nelson, A topnotch pi number was Tom Tom Speciality. a 1 beats the drums and plays the bass, then with his trumpet man and last, but not least, he whirls into a fast beat with his drummer. At the vibes, is' a specialist. He produces wonderful tone quality w.i Impromptu, melodies.

He proved his musicianship by. giving out hot and with superb -technique. In vocal department Win! Brown did justice to the plaintive ditty, Almost Like Being in. Love, and Roland Burton offered sugar-coated phrasing to Hamptons latest Decca recordings Want To Be Loved-, and I Mis You So. Mara Kim, billed as the boogie woogie China, doll, performed an.

unusual mixture of ballet, oriental gesticulating and' "Red and Curley a novelty dancing team, were first rate entertainers and Leonard Barr and Helen Estes supplied the. comedy angles. Hampton despite heavy maid for him In the East, Middlewest ana South is remaining on the coast to reopen the Meadowbrook on a full six day inter-racial policy. -i BOSTON Ella Fitzgerald, the first lady of song, racked up another precedent setting stint e.d nesday when she opened as the headline attrac- tion of an all star vaudeville bill the RKO theatre. It was the first time that a -Negro singer had ever been'raccorded of feature position and feature billing on a show that, was not all-Negro.

BUFFALO-Finishing her per-sonal appearance a two-week stint, at the Town Casino in Buffalo, ravishing Lena Horne is set to leave for Paris at theend of October. Before leaving, Lena will spend the next few weeks readying a fabulous wardrobe rehearsing new arrangements, and cutting discs lor MGM records. LANA COMPLETES ROLE' Lana Turner has completed here role in M-G-Ms Home coming, in which' she plays opposite Clark Gable. She is planning to 'leave soon on- trip fit Lincoln Halloween Slight 1 III! On Halloween eve, Friday, Oct. 31, the Lincoln theatre will present the western premiere of Herald Pictures million dollar musical film, Sepia Cinderella.

Comprising a colored and white cast, the production was made by the producers of the much talked of Burning Cross. However, Sepia Cinderella, is free from con-' -here. the-honor Plenty controversy surrounded the movie "Foxes of Harrow since its release and this writer agrees with some condemns others. After seeing the picture we must admit we cannot find it epoch making but then again we do not think the author, intended it as such. Frankly we do like any bringing up of the -Civil War in movies, books or 1 SMOCK, HEADED HERE Murid Rahn, concert who is currently delighting audiences throughout Texas, will be heard here in concert at the Philharmonic Auditorium, Sunday, Oct.

26. Theatre Notes Screen Favorites Return Donald OConnor and John Dali are re-introduced to movie audiences in U-ls "Something In the Wind after several years absence. OConnor spent over two years in the armed Dali was last seen in The Corn Is Green, his only previous picture. 1 Plans Play Revival George S. Kaufman, debutting as a film director on U-Is The Senator Was Indiscreet, said he is planning a revival in the fall of the Pulitzer prize show, Of Thee I Sing.

Star's New Pfbject Told Rod Cameron disclosed on the Pirates of Monterey set at Uni-' versal-Intemational that he has invested several thousand dollars in a Los Angeles re-fabricated concrete housing company Complete Colman Film Having completed their work on the. Kanin production, A Double Life, at Universal-In-emational, Carson Kanin and his wife, Ruth Gordon, have returned to New. York. Kanin and Miss Gordon authored the original screen-play for the Ronald Colman picture. Unusual Film Chore Told.

Nuns at the Monastery of An- geles in Hollywood embroidered 1 a crest on the handkerchief that Maria Montez uses in Universal-Internationals Pirates of Monterey. U-I Buys 'Salem Frigate Universal -International has purchased Salem Frigate, sea- faring adventure-romance best seller of 'last year, for produc-. tion next winter. INKS CONTRACT Vic Dick-tnon, 1 946-47 Esquire Awird winner ss the worlds greatest trombonist, has been signed to cut 12 sides this year for the Supreme Recording Co. BAND ROUTES JIMMIE LUNCEFORD ORK Oct.

IS Club Surroca, Orlando, Fla. 17 Two Spot Club, Ft. Lauder- dale, Fla. 18 Sunaat auditorium; W. Palm Baach, Fla.

18 Liberty City- Park, Miami, Fla. 28 Two Spot Club, Jackaonvllla, Fla. 21 Bookar auditorium, Palatka, Fla. 22 Auditorium, Atlanta, Ga. LUCKY MILLINDER Oct.

18 Apollo theatso, Now York City. 17 Armory, Fairmont. W. Va. 18 I.M.A.

auditorium, Flint, Mich. 18 I.M.A; auditorium, Flint, Mich. 23 Trianon ballroom, Toledo, Ohio. ERSKINE HAWKINS Oct. 18 North Side collage, Fort Worth, Tea.

18 Roao Room, Dallas, Tex. 22 Doris Miller auditorium, Aus tin, Tex. 23 Lackland Air Base, San An tonio, Tex. ELLA FITZGERALD -Oct. 16-23 RKO theatre.

Boston, Mass. BhI( E'hoton To 6e Degree NEW YORK Duke Ellington will receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Music at. St. Ambrose College In Davenport; Iowa on October 20. The degree will be presented by Monseigneur Burke in honor of Ellingtons manifold contributions to American music.

Air Favorites on Screen New York radio stars Ted De-Corsia and John McQuade have been signed by Mark Hellinger for featured roles in U-Is The Naked City. Both players appear in sequences photographed by the company while it was in New York on location. Lippman in Hollywood Walter Lippman, political analyst and columnist, visited Douglas Fairbanks oh the set of The at U-I to watch Fairbanks, as Englands King Charles II, do some fight se quences with political enemies, Cromwells Roundheads. L. E.

Behymer Presents Philharmonic Auditorium Presents HAZEL SCOTT Amazing Pianist' Maestro Stan Kenton will guest on more jockey shows in two days than ever before; in hia entire career. In connection with Gene Normans jazz concert in the Pasadea Civic, Tueday evening, October 21, Kenton, is sked-ded on air shots for Frank Bull, Lou Marcelle, Gene Norman, A1 Jarvis, Alex Cooper and Bill An-son. Besides undertaking this heavy personal appearance chore, he will cut a batch of wax for Capitol Oct 20 and 21 prior to the Just Jazz bash. Russell Young Appearing Here Russell Young, known as the man with a. thousand fingers, a very capable concert pianist, will soon be heard at the local concert halls.

Presently he is doing a series of concerts for both UCLA and SC. RUSSELL YOUNG Young has played at the El Patio and La Cuca Rocha in Mexico City, the Hotel Reforma in Oklahoma City and has appeared in television from a Colorado station. The Broadmore hotel in Reno heard him and also the Tick Took club of The pianist is of South American parentage and hopes to hit the peak of his career in Southern California. Rare Film Treat Looms Audience response at two previews of Walter Wangers, new film production, The Lost Moment, has prompted Universal-International executives to plan an all-out promotional and advertising campaign aimed at the national release date. Big City Shown in Drama In U-Is "The Naked City, fans will see more of the worlds greatest city, on the screen, than could be seen in a weeks sightseeing trip.

For two and a half months Director Jules Dassin filmed scenes with. Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart and Don Taylor on the sidewalks of New York. THENEWNORIE A BIG NAME BANDS Hi BROADWAY AT 3" ML 6272 New Playing In Person One Week Only World's Greatest With. His find Entertainers ON THE SCREEN ft ft Shelia' Ryan Chlll Wills Starting Tuesday, Oet Slsft LES Dhown WHh His Band of Renown From Bach to Boogie-Woogie 1.25, 1.50, 2.10, 2.50, 3.00, 3.60 (Tax Included) Behymer Box Office! 5th at Olive; So. Calif.

Music 737 So. Hill St and all Mutual Ticket Agencies who is slated to draw the bow across her violin soon at the Last Word, winding up an engagement at. Mikes Waikiki Inn Oct. 19. The GOLDEN GATE QUARTET has done a set of spirituals for Columbia, namely: No Restricted Signs (Up in Heaven) I Will Be Home.

Again, Joshua FitDe Battle of Jericho, Swing Down, Chariot, Blind Bama bus, Gods Gonna Cut You Down and Jezebel. EDITH J. R. ISAACS, author of The Negro in the American Theatre, a well illustrated volume just published by Theatre Arts, has decided to turn over a part of the first years royalties on the book to Negro organizations. 10 will go to the.

College Fund, 10 to Forest Settlement House in the Bronx, New York, and 10 to Karamu House in Cleveland, Ohio. SAUNDERS. KING and musical combo open at the Savoy Club in Portland tonight (Thursday). The HUNTER GRAY TRIO leave the Last, Word to fulfill their fourth return engagement at the Zanzibar Club in Sacramento) beginning a two weeks stint Oct. 28.

From there they go to Blackshears in San Francisco to open Nov. 13. JAY McSHANN and band play their first date in Frisco on Oct. 31. (Halloween night).

A sweet one from the Crescent City (New Orleans to is GLORIA FRANCOIS; now residing in San Diego and a recent participant in a beauty contest in that town. All the sportsminded going to Wrigley Field Sunday when the Kansas City Royals taka pn BOB FELLER'S Major League All-Stars in a doubleheader, Our good friend. DYNAMITE JACK-SON back in town: after -a sojourn in San Francisco. The way that guy had been working he needed whatever, rest he. managed to get in the Bay City.

However hes popular in that part of the state, too, so we doubt if he got much shut eye. LEONARD McCLAXN, whq hangs his shingle as a bailbondsman out next to WALTER GORDON JR. at 41st and the avenue; is a wizard at making friends and holding them. In his biz this is a real asset. Hes often seen at Dynamites Cocktail Lounge, mixing with the boys, including his next door friend, BUDDY GARCIA.

otherwise. It was a foolish war and many of the people then liv-. ing in the south were newer to America than.they are now. We Are in accord, with a reviewer in 3a. local daily who- suggests that HEX HARRISON, an English im-' oortatfon, is miscast, Harrison has earned a reputation las a gentleman of the first water fend despite the desperate efforts )ot typical Hollywood direction he just doesnt fit into my concep--tion of.

a southerner of that par ticular era. Most of them were uncouth and. thousands of them still remain so. The picture has its points, both -good and bad, some of our Sepia. actors getting better than average parts.

KENNY WASHINGTON is espe- dally to be complimented on the way he handles his part as the plantations head slave, and our other, actors in the film give good performances. Of more import is the- fact that; FRANK TERRY, a Negro, wrote book and had it filmed by -20th Cen Itury-Fox. After all, in fashion, It is a progressive step for the race in the field of writ ing. HAVE YOU HEARD? The fast-climbing JOHNNY MOORE'S Three Blazers may soon hit the Last Word, the one Central ave-; nue playspot that leads in booking topnotch acts. Just now T-BONE WALKER, his electric guitar and his equally electric blues voice is electrifying patrons at the popular club, ably supported by PATTERSON and JACK-SON, heavy song, dance and -Comedy AL ALEXANDER, the wizard of the 88s, has his -hat into the Hallo ween dance ring and will run mad with his Basin Street Band' on that night.

Guest Artist will be BOBBY PITTMAN, gaining fame as a vocalist via Supreme Records. Columbia Records has recorded Hey Hey Big Mama, a- swing blues by JOHNNY and "No, No Baby, another swing opus by 8UGARMAN PENIGAR. Both are played by the Chicago All Stars. JACK McVEA and ork held over at Blackshears in Frisco. folks like em there.

-ROT MILTON and band doing one-nighter dance dates in the South, aided and abetted by CAMILLE HOWARD, who knows 'what to do with a piano and her voice. Milton vocalizes from behind his drums. GINGER troversy and notable for a star-studded cast, lavish sets, and an eminent, musical score. Such artists comprise the cast as Shelia Guyse, Billy Daniels, Deek Watson and the Brown Dots, Freddie Bartholomew, Ton-daleyo, John Kirby and lis orchestra, and many othera Ladies who have always wanted to wear Cinderella's slipper mayenter the Sepia Cinde--rella contest by registering at the Lincoln theatre. The lucky lady whose foot fits the slipper will receive a fur coat, nylons and various other items dear to the feminine heart.

Blazers Booked At Ringside -i The Hollywood Four Blazers, one of the coasts top entertaining musical groups, the star-studded show at the new Ringside Club, Washington Blyd. and Western ave. A gala grand reopening is scheduled foe Wednesday October 22, with many stars listed for guest appearances. Among the stars who say they will attend are: Hattie Noel, Wl lie Best, The Hi-Hatters, The Trenier Twins, Calvin JackseVi, Howard (Sandman) Sims, Mable Scott, Herb Jeffries, Bill Day, and Patterson and Jackson. Supporting the Blazers will be Bill Austin at the Piano and Tris Paula, a pretty and talented young lady, direct from the Ritz club, Chicago.

Bill Gray, popular entertainer, will act as host. To insure the patrons of the berts. service and the highest quality in drinks, Olin Gore, Ike Fisher and Alva Fair have been engaged to handle the fine li qtiors, wines and cocktails. Top food will be Served, prepared by one of the citys expert chefs. No effort or expense, has been spared to make the New Ringside club the show place of the westside.

According- to reservations eoming in for the grand reopening it: will be' one of the largest night club premieres in recent years. I Louis Jordan is doing one-nighters enroute to the West coast. Bill Robinson Theatre Central, at 43rd Place AD. 1-9341 Try. Our "Easy Chair" Leges Sat, Oct 16-17-18 Ida' Lupino, -land, Sidney Olivta.

de Havil-Greenatreet In DEVOTION" IN OLD CALIFORNIA With John Wayne Binnie Barnes rr rr 4 DAYS STARTING SUNDAY, OCT. 19 Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn "BRUTtFORCr "SONG OF THE THIN MAN With Wm. Powell, Myrna Loy A TCH For Our Gold Strike Night Starts Soon of The flia WASHINGTON AT WESTERN rz SENSATION IN CONCERT SINGERS' DECTA SIGMA THETA SORORITYZ preenti IN 2 2300 CENTRAL AVE. PHONE AD. 1951 i ALL SEATS, ALL TIMES, BOc NOW PLAYING Grapes of Wrath Henry Fonda Jane Harwell 'Tobacco Road" Gene Tierney Dana Andrews Starting Friday, Oct.

31 10 P. M. HERALD PICTURES Presents West Coast Premiere Register at the Lincoln for the Sepia Cinderella Contest the girl who ean flt the Cinderella SUpper will win a fur coat and other prises. Coatcourtesyof Fur Manufacturer's Outlet WlUhlre A Flgneroa FEATURING 'V is Soprano TRIS PAULE (direct from the Ritz club, Chicago) BILL AUSTIN at the piano 7: BILL GRAY YOUR GENIAL HOST GUEST STARS Galore Wediresday Thursday Friday r- Saturday Sunday. A Long Weokond of, the Greatest Entertainment In A CONTINUOUS' STREAM OF TALENT; No Stop No Walt 'He Intermission Jost Plaln Pun All Evening, From 9 u.m.untR2a.m.

ALVA FAIR OUN GORE IKE FISHER WILL SERVE THE FINEST LIQUOR WINES REAL FINE FOOD ITS A GOOD TIME; FOR ALL. COME EARLY AND STAY LA The Original Carmen of Carmen Jones Story of The With a thrilling vocal and dramatic performance that stamped- her as top material in the operatic field. PDiLsonnomc nuDiToniur.i Tickets: 90c, fLl, fL6, $L4 (ine. tax). Call KL 486 and Philharmonic-Bok.

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