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I ill JL i Seashore Subecfs 1 Seashore Subject ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Night club shows: in the world's playground" customarily open at least a week before, the Fourth of July, and large groups of NeW Yorkers, Philadelpbians and Washingtonians journey down for aa appearance at the "opening." If some Dig sporting event like the Robinson Maxim fight takes place in Gotham around the same time, so much the better, and it's considered quite "the thing" to follow up the final bell with a trip to the seashore. But the first really big influx of visitors to Atlantic City usually hits Kentucky and Missouri Avenues over the Independence holiday, and the summer treason is considered otiiciaUy under ay. nineteen iiity vwo proved to be no exception, and the first clement weatn er weeK ena many iouna oeacnes ana oars jammed witn tourists from everywhere, and especially the Eastern Sea board.

For the first time in years both the Paradise and Harlem niteries are featuring complete revues. Musical bars in all sections of town are offering sepia singles as entertainment, while neighboring seashore resorts like Wildwood and Asbury Park have contracted for their customary number of "name" acts. Atlantic City "regulars" miss the swingy organistics of Bill Davis, who's usually a summer specialty at Grace's "Little Belmont," but aren't too unhappy about settling for Kam Kanmcz down from New York And certainly everybody's more than happy to applaud the return of the inimitable Don Kajihael to the ilammond at the Harlem after an absence of more than three years Incidentally, Don and his pretty missus are the proud parents of a practically new baby daughter iloy Branker, piano mainstay with the Three Peppers through the years, is doing a single at Sarre's Little Brown Jug Which didn't handi tha Club Harlem caharet, as a bad leg sidelines him "habit." A SMART AFFAIR IT IS Larry Steele's new edition of "Smart Affair," now on the boards in the Club Harlam in Atlantic City, is the toast of the Seaboard. Hera ara soma of tha rea In Atlantic City Larry Steele's Show Sparkles With Talent Music, Beauty SIC. ture the lull meaning of mod cap him at ail from collecting the two bottles of Scotch I I he won from "Bubber" Ilelds on the Kid Gavilan Gil JOStl White Turner fight.

The Ebonv Room of the Chez Paree re opened with a TsvrY ir lis Cs4 Variety show which features Apus and Estrellita and has wifiii jr mCI Koscoe uyia as emcee xne iamiuar lace oi narue jo uu I son is missing from the line up of greeters ana sealers at rUi I OflOW M. i a I By IZZY BOWE Darnell points to Bing Crosby, Billy Eckstlne and Frank Sinatra as his ideals of real crooners, but adds that there aren't many around who sing like them these rtav. rautvglncin Larrv elves sons the snow left Ixxy Rows gasping. Left to right: The line; Jimmy Tyler, feeder of the sensational, band that paces fabulous Peglea Betes, extraordinary dancer; Olivette Miller, the show, and tha Three Choeolateers, zany danca teem. Tha lovely lady of tha harp; the Beige Beauts, aye catching chorus show Is rated toot by who have seefi it.

I lationally famous Peg Leg Bates, to come this way since Katherine jn 77 i His Is a talent that goes beyond Dunham made the country mod will take lots more than the contemporary description. He's ern dance conscious. Coming in ocean breeze at this seaside spa greater than great, more sensa for accolades are the Four Tunes to cool the red hot enthusiasm tional than the word itself. Add 1 and the deserving chores oi Mar for Larrv Steele's all new "Smart VS beauty and zest Is Olivette Morfe McGlory. Formerly a mem Affairs," which is happily en trenched at the Harlem Club.

Miller, whose absence from thejber of the chorus, this little lady East was accepted as a real de made a most impressive debut nlal In thf fare nf hr wreat tvr a mlmfrv art that raosi ayuwuuauic vuc Kh a hirnUt oflVi wHll on far come out of the genius of this Lare abUity and a personality Adding some new girls to the young man 01 tne tneaire since added a different kind of old members of his "Beige he started In Pittsburgh several dass to the Beauts." Steele did so with an years ago, nis current revue ex Uv fnr hautv and warn luckv eels in its ceuence A "onj the busi enough to capture talent. Each tage of color andt talent, it Si short of the ladles of the ensemble panoramic emerxainmenr duux made charming gestures to his on a men level oi earawe mu rinnr nian. CnUrfuUv dressed of the cabaret and smacks of big time Broadway theatre. Though up to date in talent and ideas tne snow borders very closely to the entertainment that was the bulwark of the Cotton Clubs years ago. So well is it done that it is difficult to'dif ferentiate between theme and xxtw riiitctanrtinor nmnntr thi now in expensive costumes, they Using his imagination to cap we have recent looked like something out of the years, the Co ops, a New Singers Holler, Says Darnell mnHnrn Roxy and are well led by sou em music, both spiritual and dance' company of two guys and brette Flick Montgomery.

Per pop, blues and jazz, Steele has are about the best such haps the most original and for knit together a night club revue that goes beyond the bounds sure one of the most outstand Ine acts in this pot pourrl of talent, is that of the "Two an acrobatic dance team that should be on Broadway. To all this 'talent and Ideas Is added the music of Jimmy Tyler and his band. This is an outnt tremendous drive. Its music is full bodied and melodic, the kind WASHINGTON. D.

C. While that would make any show look talent but talent it has got. And appearing here, bobby sox favor good. And you can take It from fa 6 J. ite Larry Darnell entered into weu cnosen people sxoppuig uie There is a star.

If you can about styles oi popular vo muoustj make this separation, the Inter callsts. rr BUDDY JOHNSON tee bttr thing in South Auditorium In 1951. land on our Satchmo Concert Waxed by Decca NEW YORK Digging Into its extensive library of tape recorded concerts given In the last few vears by Louis Armstrong, Decca records Is Issuing anoiner long playing platter by Satchmo. Titled at rasaaena. the record Is based on an Arm strong concert at the Pasadena Decca breviously Issued two sets framed around Armstrong's Boston Symphony Hall concerts and Is also mapping releases of several of the Jazz man's singles.

AG's Hudson Cruise to Be All 'Moonlight and Roses' ltva Tnhnnu moaninp and! mir vnov lniinwiniT thAirlh tolerated they are free ww. 1 Tf i uiu u.j i groaning technique as the top Drotest to the Wilson Line, that your use without charge. PYaranrp oi.uie new moou in mu UMf.u inmnvon nrpt were sui i xne wuiua mil Carmen McRa who's a niehtlv attraction at the Airport v.t. Lii hvcteWnai.hm ntpr.lfwNr ha urinff them that Inn, deplores the peace and quiet of the other side of town The talents of the White fam. tainers.

He feels that the cur their complaints would be recti Jeffrey Lynn CO Stars i i 1 1 1 1 Tr 1 A I m. 1 I A nana welcomes tne nuD ouo.oi jveuiucy avcuue uw my are weu Known in America rent state oi wona unresi a nea I With Ohio 5fflT8 aCnior llsingmg ana playing cnores are aone veiecuye lom ana abroad, his daughter, Bev sucn aomesuc proDiems as mgn ine wuwn a uic YORK Marguerite Jtemwrr, folHno rnrM that h'a Vtnrk home never no erlv. aDDeared with him durina taxes have created the atmos fered corrections for the uuuas I iti i I u. i4tL.mnhin. tht last vear the waaswonn, vow more to roam, ana his Anne nas a Drana new converuDie iiUS" si 1.

4 I were senior, and a resident oi cieve as a rernnoiHation nresent Tin. TaD and Toe. currently yearJ Josn r. nas gainea cnucai ut a iurn uuiiy moai. "i.rA hii Vu th colleeiate co star nation nrwconf Tin Tan and Tn nurrentlv wm bring bacic auoi certain unetnicai prouu.

on TZnZZ, VrT the with Jeffrey Lynn on at the 500 Club, miss Raymond Winlieia nut nope mat uier'' TX members of naoio six months sentence he received on thatpurgiary cnarge fea( ioward cu i i r.r,Tif him AnAimh fmtA mil hitncoir rT a vpto nnn I i I 1 LarK oi tne Moon scheduled to Records has lust signed mm to was mconvoucHu L7i7 mmdv. Clarence Robinson who produced the fast stepping revue for the Paradise, is looking forward to fall sod the proposed revival of the Cotton Club revueston the B'way site of the old Zanzibar Ballad singer Bob Bailey, who doubles as mcee and is rather a shy type, displaying a different side, on ilie beach by sporting plaid shorts Stump and Stumpy continuing among the funniest of the current comics Shapely hip tosser La Bommie creating quite a stir both on the dance floor and the beach as the wolves cast approving eyes The Slim Hall laugh Imitator, who was making the bar rounds, folded his tent like the Arab and quietly stole away vihen the D. C. original came upon the scene Rose Yuen setting brown as a berry while baking her injured leg, and dreading third operation doe "the fall City Abounded with atheletes over the holiday and just after, playing host to Pvt. Don Newcoinbe on a two week furlough, heavyweight champ Joe Walcott, middleweight champ Sugar (Ray) Bobinson and the youngster who missed his try for the welterweight title earlier la the week, GO Turner.

open on isroaaway in the tail, la long term record contract ana me unc rns" Radio. 8:30 9 P. Meanwhile. White himself will Plans to take his folk songs out the Aug. 4 cursion uwy be busy before the fall video of their 'specialized category JitS mtn Wadsworth, 23 year old deDUt OI niS lamijy.

tie Will tour F6 mem Dest seuera in me cm "VI" 4. cjIZTJi that Hawaii and Japan extensively "Pop'' marKet. aa vriVrVTi Ut Ohio State. wiU undertake the during the late summer. In tho Tn flrfdlHnn to 1A.varold Bev ine vessel www fomi.t hv Katharine In addition to 13 year old Bev vsei.

JC" 'JZl made famous by Katharine Choeolateers "Jane has caught the craze People are still week they Immediately telephoned about the fracas between D. Cs Bob Williams and Charles 1 MCA here and told the manage uidsay in which the latter got the worst of a swinging chair ment agency that they Intended ress" Viio Dhdlv frT ti flcrht. found trt mAiTA KTJIT nf thi hsnnitnmo vu liu tt a uimj 1 It 1 li doinelhalladeer. number uacn't im whan tM Wo nut while he was' VLS IT1 V. A I Cleveland Browns Instead Besslt Buchanan Is making plans 1 I recording department, too, erly and 11 year old Josh V.

jri hav Henburn on the screen. She will White's career Is zooming along, the family Includes Judith Mary, I some ox h). Cuild's I play a daughter of the rich who las Mitch Miller of ColumbiaU, and Carolyn, 7. Harry Belafonte Lands 7 Year Pact With MGM HOLLYWOOD, Calif. Hand some singer Marry Belafonte signed a seven year contract with MGM studios this week and will Peg lee Bates, who fills the star soot for Larry Steele's show beein work on his first nlcture.

the Harlem, has purchased a sixty five acre resort in the Cats "See How They Run," on Sept. Kins, which he plans to build Into a dream spot for vacationers The studio tested Harry last Straw berry blonde Carol Carter of the chorus line became month In both dramatic and must Jigible to vote for her first president week before last The cal scenes, and when the West tlge Beauts are all snortin horse's tails onstaee. and even the Coast execs saw the test last In "See How They Run," Harry will play, the part of a school teacher In the South and his part is being rewritten to Include several songs. One hitch arises from Harry's good fortune. He will have to cancel out on his three week ap pearance at the Thunderblrd in Las Vegas, which Interfered with the starting date of the motion picture.

However, Harry Is considering an offer to go Into the Mocambo in Hollywood In mid y. dnu ne lived to tell the tale A rumor ot Dusty netcners 7: dth making the rounds, probably as a result of confuslonon or a vJsit to Arnerica and a visit with Josephine Baker of recent demise of comic John. Mason i Cute Skotye of the Norma Miller Dancers sends a note to tell of the Urreene from Chicago, vacationing at the seashore after tak fiuccess they're having with the Olsen and Johnson show, New York for a summer's stay witn tsig taaie. currently at the Flamingo In Las Vegas. Next stop, the fabulous "Killer" Jehnann la running into Infernal Bevenne reefs I Riverside Casino In Reno Nat (Kinvl r.ni at home in Holly the Jet magazine mentions involvinsr him In extra curri wood.

for a role In MGM's "Small Town Girl," is doubling at the rill. luif ixl 1 A. I "iattlewune" Acams eonnnues urui riuiany uie ceuuxoia aiy Arnett uodds orcnesura as many "big iiame attractions as iwsslble to Carrs Amuse land the Ge Shearing Quintet are shaiine the bandstand at ment Beach and Bar on the Chesapeake Manson Melton I Birdland The Negro Actors Guild formulating plans for their resting" berth with Bill Graham's' office While Lucky JJjuinder has laid down Ws baton to take to the road as iwndler has aid down id tetott to take to the road as Jtonal sales representative for Joe Louis Bourbon Ernea l6 McClendon has contracted lor a couple of excellent sum theatre roles in TheatxeJ' whkh stars lUy Francis and Kam which has June Havoc as leading lady While Hilda Jynes just concluded a four day stint over WOB TV as one the actresses in the drama, Wght of January 16th" "poster currently at the Haxsliton Hotel cpstate was one rv two glrU elected for a sew deal for sepia artists In) commercials. otball gtar 5nurm'n MVMtmrd wHll not ffo to Texas wlth hlsl biggest and best poatnae ever, Aug. 4 Once again its sy Oliver and his orchestra whoU play for the Urban League Guild annual summer party at.

the Rainbow Room this 4 The Nicholas Brothers are planning to take out their own Latin Bevue at the close of their present successful stint down Mexico way For those curious about the family made, famous by the film, "Lost Ebony features sequel In the current Issue Sunnle Wilson Is thumbing his nose at those who forced him out of Jus former Detroit bar spot, as he! counts the cash In the new bar he opened under Ms Mark! Twain Hotel Ted BuUer, no relation to to Smalls Paradise manager, drew a good rola In the post war occupation drama, nVedding In which made its debut last week a sadder note, BUI Graham experienced man's greatest loss last week when his mother died With svm pathr tor Bowe, 2C31 Seventh Avenue, New York Qty. A 7 1 7 JiTVtXrteU against enslavement to in of our tames or uu Ambers of our crew will not assist oy i.maa enaroi nor a DOING GOOD Dolts Dick ns, arranger, oomposer and leader of hU il doino a grsst lob at Mothof Kelly Miami Baach despite the ordinarily ilow fum mtr season. He li slatod to east during the regu lar wlnttr season. iiVS M104W Buddy Johnson Sees Improvement in Dixie NEW YORK Bandleader Buddy Johnson lent his experience to the growing testimony that tours through tha Southern U. S.

are no longer tha trials they once were to touring entertainer. Johnson credits the Integration oi the armed forces as an Impor tant factor In this development He says that hundreds of Crs at tend the dances he plays in the na Uon southland with white and colored troops coming to the af fairs together and even on occa slon exchanging dances with each others girls. Johnson also states that he and his musicians are getting different Rocfct Op Big Groiiat rhythm. After smashing all recent rec ords In a week's stand at the Apollo Theatre In Harlem, the "Hamp" played before 15,000 peo ple during a Fourth of July stand at Carrs Beach In Baltimore and 20.000 during a special day given by the Toronto Maple Leal base ball team. fori Hampton Is now playing a week's date In Syracuse and will I.

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According to Johnson, they are now being Invited to clubs for formal jam sessions. This ajpet of the chanre, be feels. Is very Important since It allows him, and his crew, the op portunity to dispel derogatory attitudes towards Negroes oa a so cial level. Ten years ago. when he made his first trip Dixie way with his newly organized band, such things were not possible, he states.

John son added that he feels that the situation Is getting better so rap Idly that the coming ten years will show even greater change. Hamptons 'Jelly Roll' Top Wax; Ork to Head West NEW YORK Riding on the I crest of his hottest recording hits In years, "Jelly Roll," Lionel Hampton and his great troupe of entertainers, prepare to head West after a record breaking tour of the East. The "Hamp, stm possessed with the most amazing energy In show business, has proven that the big band business Is far from dead and keeps his audiences In a frenzy with his tremendous MeanwhUe "Luckbox" McDowall is holding down the host Th Vourr Darnell offered ESaT rtde the Neero Actors atmosphere with the cooperation the inna fered during xnexr last ntinn th. Ft Coast will be the Satur begin his annual trek west. Sonny" Parker, the Hampton blues singer, does the vocal on "Jelly Roll" which Is expected to popularize a new dance craze.

Parker accompanies the singing of the tune In public appearances with a dance step created especi ally lor the number. Hampton will also Introduce the tune "Woody Woodenbead." a song Inspired by the Courier comicstrfp, on the Sstxady night TV show. Bjccrsr mi Welter White Radio Show From WUB la Ntw York Signed by More Stations NEW YORK The "Walter White Show," which originates from radio station WLXB here. has been purchased by two more stations In other parts ox the nation. The transcribed show win be heard on WJR In Detroit and KWK In St.

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