The Washington times., 1935-12-03

annual employees show Of a large
Portland department store, young
Bundle Wrapper Benny Davis
showed his vocal wares for the
first time on the stage.
In Frisco three years later he
wrote "Margie," as an amateur
endeavor, only to be refused by
the music publishers. However,
in 1915 in New York he crashed
through with his first hit, Good
bye Broadway, Hello France"
and not until five years after this
and nine years after he penned
it, did he dispose OF. "Margie,"
considered the biggest hit Of his
career.
Since that time over $500 songs
have been published under his
label and even now not a day
passes that he doesn't put another
new one on paper even though it
may never reach the public.
The brief low-down on the in
dividual flecks in his Star Dust"
revue now at the Earle:
Older brother Fred, of the Win
stead trio, formerly the IS Aces"
in 1884 local Fox Revue, was a
violinist for eight years before he
broke his hand, and tunes his
guitar like cello. Joe and Betty
Lee are purported to be the young
est dance team on today's vaude-
vile stage, and left the famous
Cocoanut Grove Club II weeks ago
to go with Benny. Alice Miller.
tapster, was a one-time feature
with Calling All Stars. .Dar-
lene Walders danced for four
weeks at the Palladium in London
and received a booking for two
years in England and Continental
houses. She goes into the "Follies
Bergere," Paris, on January 16. =.
Leonard Barr, Of the team Of Barr
and Estes, was Virginia Estes
dance teacher in New York three
years ago and teamed with her to
do the vaudeville circuits. Sue
Ryan, comic SongStreSS a la Bea-
trice Lille, was born and raised
in Holland where she studied op-
cratic voice for eight years. Her
uncle Is the conductor of the re-
nowned Cincinnati Symphony =.
Ginger Dewlow, mimic, was for
merly a featured torch singer for
Nils Grandlund at the Paradise
Restaurant in the big city,.
Tommy Rafferty,, former Brooklyn
five-and-ten cent store clerk, by
proof taps faster than a machine
gun can shoot Catherine Harris
does toe tapping routine that
no dancer has attempted. and was
for three years with the world
famous Albertino RaSch dancers
.. Pete, the newsboy harmonicisC,
in reality did sell papers at the
stage entrance of the Palace The
ater in Chicago.
Bert Granoff, costumed in the
regalia Of the Civil War South,
sings Southern melodies and the
theme song in 80 Red the Rose"
in harmony with the synchronized
music in the prologue to this film.
This proves to be the first musical
setup Of the kind ever used on
the Earle stage A 75-year-old
piano of the Civil War era is
used in accompanying Bert on
stage.
When l4-year-old Joe Morrison
sang "All Alone" in an amateur
! contest at a neighborhood play
house on Chicago's wabash Ave
nue. he won second ribbon, q
badly needed check for SO and a
job as song plugger in a down
town shop, which led to his first
break in a flashy opening act,
Novelties Of 1924"
Two and a half years ago an
other break came for this lad who
had at one time studied six Seri-
GUS years for the priesthood. A
call came from Baltimore and he
journeyed there from New York
to hear Composer Billy Hill play
THE Last Round Up" for him
in a Howard Street song shop.
He took the song and used it
opening day at the Paramount
Theater in New York. After this
performance Adoplh Zukor or
dered his name to go up in
lights with billing over every act
and signed him, then and there,
to a Paramount picture contest
This weeks booking at the Fox
is his first vaudeville engagement
in eight months and the day he