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LTMrTVV-r-- rBVa9-? 'v "W- 4 V' wajtw. 111 THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR- May 1051 irafsMM jLCedric Adams- ARIETY REPORTS FOR THE WEEK: Big noise they 111 'WJ JM -rtt'" A 15-pound carp leaps into the air in a vain struggle to 'CS 4 Bulls' IW'fel had in Philadelphia. A convention of the Pennsylvania Bandmasters' association got together a record 2,250 horn-tooters. The schedule included music "Tennessee Waltz" is heading toward the 5,000,000 mark in record sales and already is marked up as one of the most popular songs of the decade. Its earnings for its publisher and writers: S330.000 so far, with more coming.

And the tune became a success without the usual publicity campaign. It just caught on bv itself Thomas E. Dewey of New York gave show business in general a plug, saying that it has been noted for its contributions to good causes. The cause, in this case, was the cerebral palsy campaign New wrinkle stripteases was tried last night in New York. This was a 'script tease," a gal peeling off pages of radio scripts at the Radio Writ-ers' Guild annual meeting and auctioning off the pages.

One writer bid $300 for a sign-off page. GORDON ALLISON, FEATURE writer on a New York newspaper, went up fo radio's "Chuck Wagon" show to do a feature on Bob Dixon, He wound up playing a part in the show, not only for the one night, but for several weeks. Fur-Ihermore, he gets paid Milton Berle Is being sued by the Folies Bergere, just for using a television scene in which there was a French restaurant background Sugar Ray Robinson may sign up for a tour as a soft-shoe dancer and trap drummer The rebirth of vaudeville now may be officially over. The famed Palace in New York after this week will close, leaving vaudeville without a home. Since it brought vaude back two years ago it has used about 400 acts a year, but customers have been too few, the theater lately has been losing $5,000 a week, and the acts will now have to go back to the night clubs The house un-Anieriean activities committee is getting some heat in Hollywood.

Even when it whitewashes a celebrity, its critics say, the person quickly becomes conspicuous for lack of a job. Edward G. Robinson, for example, was shown to have contributed heavily to anti-Red organizations, but hasn't made a picture since he appeared before the committee. ACTING MAY BE the wrong raeket in radio. Paul Taubman, organist and musical director on a few soap opera and mystery serials, is now revealed as having an income from those sources of better than $50,000.

He also owns a restaurant, and playing the organ to entertain the customers is. of course, Paul Taubman President Harry Truman was presented with a first-edition copy of Sousa's "Washington Post March," written when Sousa was leader of the marine band in Washington. The tune dates back to 1SS9 Canada, still without a television broadcasting station is enjoying a boom in television receivers all along the border. It now ranks third among nations in the number of TV sets in use. Yet all its reception is across the international boundary Dagmar, the statuesque entertainer, has teamed up with Frank Sinatra in recording a tune called "Mama Will Bark." JANE RUSSELL PLAYED a personal appearance date in the Shamrock hotel down in Houston, Texas, and was paid off, in part, with a part interest in a prospective oil well.

The deal was capped this week when the well came in a winner Gene Sheldon, the pantomimist who used to be a regular here, has just been signed for a movie in Hollywood Two partners in a Denver, night club are both running for the same city council office. Anyway, that's one way to drown out the opposition The new play "Courtin' Time," rated a hit on the road, won't make its New York bow for a while because Lloyd Nolan, Its star, contracted a throat infection. Joe E. Brown may replace him, and if the deal jells, more rehearsals will be necessary. CLOWNS IN RUSSIAN circuses now may take no more falls.

Slapstick has been ruled officially as undignified, even for clowns, and must be replaced by satire and subtlety. Wonder what P. T. Barnum would have said to an order like that Piracy is becoming a big issue in record publishing. It's figured now that hundreds of tunes have been lifted bodily and stolen outright Cheating in the running of television films may bring some changes.

Film distributors have set up an organization to check on showings. And they'll require that film titles be published in daily TV logs, rather than just "Western" or "movie" Offices of American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers had a fire. Nobody fiddled Vaughn Monroe, whose records for the past couple of years have been only fair sellers, now is in with three big clicks at once: "Sound Off," "Old Soldiers Never Die" and "Someday" New musical hit is "What Is a Boy?" The lyric was originally written for an insurance pamphlet and picked up from there for recitation by Bert Wheeler. Now it's a quotable item. Give Away Department CEDAR TREES, WA 0443.

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Part collie pups, ST 7703. 1 1 I is it.i?,,,! 'i "The Brave Bulls" Is the 1 "The Brave Bulls" Is the channel from Lake Hiawatha. Many of the fish in the trap weighed close to five pounds. The Nokomis operation is part Lake Nokomis will be minus some 5,000 pounds of unwanted carp this summer a3 the result of state fisheries bureau operations there this week. Here a rough fish removal crew is shown lifting the bag of a carp trap at the inlet of the lake where Minnehaha parkway crosses the story of a great matador assailed by growing fear after being gored.

With his career at stake lie achieves final victory over himself as he faces the bulls. The picture is now playing at the of a conservation department program for removing carp $, from all city lakes this spring, by traps at inlets and outlets and by seining. I J5t KKO Orpheuni theater, stars Tornado: House Splintered, Next One Spared Mel Ferrer and Miroslava (right), he as the matador and she as the girl who lets 'W'Vlv IZ and she as the girl who lets i 1 1 him down. GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty Ferrer leads the bull with a muleta in a scene from the This two-story residence suffered only comparatively minor damage Friday when a tornado roared through Olney, Texas, and in seconds made matchwood of the house next door. Half of the northern Texas town of 5,000 persons was destroyed or damaged as the twister cut a path 200 yards film.

Critics have acclaimed the picture as capturing the wide through both residential and business districts. Two wild spirit, color and music of the Mexican people. Almost persons were killed and more than a score injured. AP all of the players are Mexican nationals or Americans of Wirephoto. Latin-American descent.

Two-Role Kaye Races in and Out of Some Hilarious Situations si 1'' I "On the Riviera," a musical farce blending the talents of Danny Kaye, Gene Tierney and Corinne Calvet, opens next Friday at Radio City theater with Kaye as an entertainer and also as a plane manufacturer who looks like him. Kaye being Kaye in either role, there arc complications. A JJ I I i 1 Zh I I "icaui uuums we Keep areaming it'll cost I I Ml Km I nn mn than llu 4-i CfeS3 1 TCZ I 1 mI( rri ri; Periton (Jean Murat), a 1 I Si VV lO-n 7 Plane buyer, is ready totalk 4'5f5ws 04 i 'v oTo) "-rxTs 1J ft business (above) but Martin ff rr CflA I Jv Sv--s A A talks big figures. Duran re- J-'WpJ'ti I rbrLs ft turns and the confusion- A (LT OTS IV Duran R0CS home (risht) I JllT jt TlBW A 1 IJUll and his wife thinks he's Mar- rSrl mW MfAr Duran goes home (right) and his wife thinks he's I it ll Martin. She recognizes him finally and then he's angry, thinking her kisses are for Martin.

Kaye, in both roles, straightens it all out. Corinne Calvet plays Kaye's partner in a night club act. They learn that the plane-maker, Duran, looks like the entertainer, Martin, decide to do a takeoff. Duran loses a big contract, leaves town. His partners enlist Martin to impersonate Duran at a party so rivals won't learn of Duran's absence.

Duran's wife (Gene Tierney) knows of the impersonation but Martin doesn't know she knows. Martin's night club partner thinks she is getting the run-around. "Are you sore It Isn't spoiled? It looks awfully dark to me'.".