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Friday, May 10, 1946

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

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With Sall y Fields

house" and Ethel was her usual
rming self. Selma Bonheim is
also in the same establishment
and merchandises under the listing
of "Corsetiere."
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te's back again! Bigger, better,
.Anier than ever Zero Mostel . .
the guy that
ni a d e comedy
history at Lee
'n' Eddie's new
show which
opened Friday
night. Those of
you who S a w-
him during his
last appearance
in Detroit will
say ho's fun -
nier and great-
er than ever.
Zero Mostel
Those who
haven't are in for a surprising
evening's treat. Jack Fisher, re-
cently of the famous Red Arrow
Division, has a fine voice and of-
fers a selected repertoire of your
favorite ballads. There's Perry
Franks and Janyce, billed as po•
etry in motion and from all ad-
vance reports are just that, offer-
ing smart, smooth dance routines.
, . The Yvonne Armon Dancers
are back, too, which will bring
joy to many of the friends they
made during their last stay (espe-
cially a few of the male species, I
know). They can dance, too. . .
With a smile that compliments
the vibrant danceable tunes of his
orchestra, Artie Fields, is held
over by the wide acclaim of Lee
'n' Eddie's patrons. Judging by
the consensus of opinion, from
those in the know, Artie is des-
tined for big things in the music
field. . . It's interesting to note
that Belle Baker has broken all
records since the first of the year.
.. So many who remembered her
from the Temple Theatre days
turned out to hear and see her
and were delighted with her per-
formance and her appearance. . .
Many have asked why she had
not appeared in so long. . . It's a
touching story. When her hus-
band, Maury Abrahams, died i7
1931, Belle became a lost soul
and that, my pretties, is love).
She found it difficult to get back
to work. She lived practically in
retirement until she was persuad-
ed to take a few weeks' engage-
ment in London. That stretched
into a year. And at London's fa-
mous Palladium, she gained the
phenomenal success which con-
vinced La Baker that she still
nelonged to her public. Until 1936
she accepted engagements only in
New York . . at such places as
Paramount, Loew's State Theatre,
etc. The astounding record of
playing 287 consecutive weeks in
vaudeville is the enviable one held
by Miss Baker. And now in nite
clubs Belle Baker is still the great
Baker and still
deservedly r e -
ceiving the
praise and ac-
claim of all who
hear her. S i
Connie, very ca-
pable and tal-
e n t e d product
with Miss Bak-
e r contributes
considerably to
t h e successfal
orchestra's per-
Sid Connie
formance of her
music. Tuned to the minute detail
of Belle's moods, he anticipates
her every note. Besides being a
tine musician, Ski is a very per-
sonable, very likeable young man.
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married 21
Life's niceties
years, still madly in love with his
wife and his wife's children, boy
and girl (by a former marriage

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but whom he raised since babies).
And when the girl's (who's now
married and has an infant ) baby
puts its little arms around his
neck, F.G. says "I ehalesh."
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Dropped into Bert's Hickory
Grill with Doug Ryan, the vocal-
ist, and Johnny Williams, of Artie
Fields' band, last nite and was
surprised to learn that Bert is
Bernie Front's kid brother, the
yovngest of 12 children (10 of
whom are still alive and kicking
-- thank God and 4 of whom
are in Detroit - - Bernie (Mans-
fields clothes), Irving (is with Ber-
nie), Lou owns a BBQ (Hickory
Pit opp. Hollywood Theatre) and
Bert. They are the offsprings of
"Hafshu" (Eva) Front. By the
way, those "ribs" at the Hickory
Grill were not bad -- not bad at
all.
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Something new has been added
to our race. There are Irish Jews,
African Jews, "Galitziyoner," "Pay-
lisher," and what not. Now we
have a Yiddish monkey. . . Yessir,
a real live monkey -- Cy Axle'.
(Hickory Grill, next to Edison
Hotel, N.Y.) owns it and takes it
on his travels. He's visting in town
this week. He not only under•
stands but chatters in Jewish.
Tell us, Cy, is it a litvak? If it is,
it's my "lantzman."
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Everyone loves boogie-woogie
piano playing, and Meade Lux
Lewis is one of the greatest and
best known boogle-woogie pianist
. . has been recorded more than
any other pianist in the business
and has the longest and fullest
background of them all . . com-
posed and "cut" the famous "Hon-
ky-Tonk Train" which has been
done by such bands as Bob Cros-
by and Will Bradley. . . Meade,
very colorful, weighs close to
three hundred pounds and is but
five feet some inches tall (sounds
like Mr. 5x5, eh, what?) . . is
very popular with the audience.
. . He will be heard at the Ma-
sonic Auditorium on Saturday eve-
ning, May 18, in "Jazz at the
Philharmonic." Other jazz artists
to appear on the same program
are Buck Clayton, Helen Hume;.
Lester Young and Coleman Haw-
kins.
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Mozeltov! Elaine Knoppow
(Mollye's charming offspring)
"done got herself" engaged 'bout
three weeks after she met Jack
Wasserman ( one of Lena's pride
and joy). Must have been love at
first sight or maybe Jack was
afraid of "all the competition"
and decided to play safe. After
dutifully asking for her hand in
marriage and Ma Knoppow realiz-
ed that he "meant right by out
Nell," she gave them her blessings
accompanied by the usual sermon,
"It takes two to make a bargain.'
you know? The wedding will b•.
some time in June. Meanwhile
the Mesdames Helen Cutler, Rose
Lightstone, Cele Davis and Ethel
Brody are going to give Elaine
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ARTURO'S

is adventuring 'neath the Miami
moon and partaking of that
"Southern Sol" (don't get excited
. that only means the sun). . .
Wish I were there. . . Boy, I
could stand a couple of weeks
"sunning myself."
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We hear that Mike Allen opened
the new cocktail lounge and res-
taurant at the Eddystone Hotel.
Hear the food's Okeh - - Nice go-
ing, Mickey, and good luck!
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The American Haven Club elect-
ed new officers recently. Anne
Goldstein, pres., Ida Gam, vice-
pres., Belle Kaminsky, sec'y, Sara
Portnoy, treas., and Anne Tamar-
off, publicity chairman. The group
donated $200 to the AJC, $200 to
JDC and several more hundred for
rescue work of orphans.
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An event to look forward to . .
The Lt. Jack Winokur Post No.
268, of the Jewish War Vets are
going to present their first annual
spring dance on Saturlay, May 25,
in the Grand BallIroom of the
Book-Cadillac Hotel. They've en-
gaged Tony Marvin's orchestra to
assure you a fulsome evening of
danceable rhythms. . . With a
little luck, you'll also have to hire
a truck to cart home sonic of the
very valuable door prizes they are
ocring. . . Read about them here
and then make sure you attend!
A new 1946 nationally advertised
refrigerator, washing machine, ra-
dio-phonograph, 12 pairs of ny-
lons. Tickets at Grinnell's, or call
UN. 3-0921.
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And now that's all for now.
Don't forget your contributions tr.
the Allied Jewish Campaign. Let'a
bring back the hope, the faith and
the glow to their eyes that Is
theirs by rightful heritage. . .
Let's do it the American way --
willingly and wholeheartedly.

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dow display is "a thing of beauty
and a joy forever" (to borrow a
phrase from one of our earlier
poets -- Keats, I think ). You will
be impressed, too, with the taste-
fully furnished interior, which is
also "a-t-o-b-a-a-j-f."
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Didja know that Bob Cavanaugh
of Paw Paw is reputed to be the
youngest prosecuting attorney in
the U.S.A. and that Osmund (0z-
zy ) Kelly (Hubba, girls) of Flint
is running for Lieut. Governor . .
and that there was once is guy :n
Saginaw that "out-I3arnumed" the
famous P.T. himself? He was "Lit-
tle Jake" (they called him) Selig-
man, a clothier in the lumbering
days. He was one of the country'.:
most unique advertisers. . . When
the "jacks" hit town after a pay
day, he'd gather around in front
of his store and start a "battle
royale" by tossing several pairs of
new trousers from a second story
window into their midst. The
battered and bleeding "jacks" who
came in with what was left of
the trousers would he given a
coat and vest free. Then "Little
Jake" would charge him $15 for
a new pair of pants. Smart peciple,
these Chinese!
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Everyone, " 'Tenshun!" The Mil-
ton Gurvis Post No. 36 of the
Amvets are going to celebrate.
'Twill be the inaugural dinner
dafice. Permanent officers will be
installed and the charter will be
received by the Post. Mickey
Woolf's orchestra will do the hon-
ors for the dancing. The date is
May 31 in the Italian Gardens at
the Book. The Post is named after
the late Milton Gurvis who died
when his Navy Patrol Bomber
crashed.
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Add to posterity — Born April
19 — lovely Sharon, only a few
weeks old, but really lovely al-
ready .•The Harry Thomas' boast
her parentage. . . Saundra Elicit
born April 28, another mite of
feminine pulchritude .. The Doug-
las Lee Hittlemans claim her.
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Lucky people -- Dorothy Gold-
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at the Rose Sittig Conon Bldg., at
6 p.m. Again "Mozeltov tzu all"
machetonim."
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Funny? You just "ain't a'kid-
din'" baby. The Bernards, George
and Gene, have
the funniest
kind of an act
ever. First, let
me tell you how
they dress- big
bows in their
Is a i r , checked
gingham pina-
fores, and if
you can ima-
gine it couple
of lanky guys
The Bernards in that "get-
up," that's
plenty funny. Now then, they give
you impressions of phonograph
records—and here's how it's done
-- Someone back or side stage
plays the records and the boys
go thru the motions of singing
and acting them, but so realisti•
cally do they do it, that you'd
swear the boys are actually doing
the singing. Their impressions of
the Andrews Sisters, Betty Hut-
ton, Bing and Mary Martin, are
all, oh, s0000 funny. Besides
George goes into dancing routines
that are Okeh. One can immedi•
ately see that at some time or
another, George was a student of
the ballet. Their quickie of a news
reel is excellent. There's just no
two ways about it, the Bernards
are funny and top the show at
Latin Quarter. And that's where
Sammy Mandell, another "Detroit
boy makes good", opened with his
band. Sammy does the M.C.-ing
and has a good voice. His intro-
duction, "Hi Neighbor," gets the
show off to a fine start. Another
bit Sammy does that's a bit of all
right is the "Cow-Cow Boogy"
and he does boogie. The orchestra
plays good, danceable, popular
tunes. . . Little Bobby Jule (God
bless him, he looks like a little
kid out there on that big stage
and that always arouses my mo-
therly instincts) does a terrific job
of juggling. Starts off with tam-
bourines (quite a novel idea) and
winds up with balls, hoops, Indian
clubs and what have you. His de-
lightful comedy adds much tc
making his act not only talent-
full, but extremely entertaining
as well. . . There's no one in town
can routine a line of girls like
Tiff Virginia Tiff. The opening
bridal number (for which Sammy
Sings "I Wanna Get Married")
is a nice bit of terpsichory as well
as the back-out Hawaiian routine
sans the straw skirts. . . Lorraine
Kask does a very charming Par-
isiene number which is heartily
accepted by the audience.
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You really should drop aroun I
that Six-Mile and Woodingham
section - even if you don't live
in the neighborhood. David Furs,
owned by Sam Pearl, opened its
doors on Tuesday, ant; the win-

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