The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-22
Griffith Farms
Has One-Mon
Orchestra
By FRANCOIS

Another Saturday night has
rolled around and prospects for a
gala evenings entertainment were
never better.
F'rinstance, out on the Marlboro
Pike, where the Maryland Club
Gardens is a conspicuous landing
place, the management has in
formed us of elaborate details es
pecially planned for tonight.
To be featured at the Gardens
will be Dorothy Neville, who sings
Gianini Mia so beautifully while
perched in a gondola-Supporteo
by the musical background
wrought from the concertine
squeezes of Fran Trappe. Old TO
mantle italian numbers aren't the
only songs in Dorothy'S repertoire
as she's equally clever at making
her own orchestrations for swing
songs, scat numbers, or just plain
torch melodies.
Here's q word of cOngratula-
tiOns to Phil BObys, originator of
the Phil BOby's amateur pro-
grams so popular every Thurs
day night at Chevy Chase Lake.
Phil provides a wonderful OPP
pOrtunity for local talent to
strut its undevelOped genius,
and many who appeared on
PhiI's program have graduated
to big time entertainment.
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Griffith Farms has q one-mar
band in AL Kane, who produces
music and harmony from an cleo
trio guitar that sounds like com
plete Hawaiian orchestra. AL plays
my Kingdom for a Kiss" with
such irresistible Smoothness that
if you haven't heard him, it would
be a swell idea. to motor out to
Griffith's just for that purpose
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Agnes Knox, acrobatic toe
dancer extraord inaire, has
achieved a distinction at the
Shoreham in that she has been
engaged for the second successive
week on the Terrace program
Born in San Francisco 20 years
ago come December, this attrac.
tive blonde miss began her dane
ing career at the age Of 6. She
confeSSeS her ambition is to be in
as many Broadway musical shows
as possible, and has already
Snatched a good start by appear,
ing in Earl CarrolPs Sketch Book
fantasy last year.
This is the Knox beauty'S third
visit to the Shoreham, and accord.
ing to the abs and obs registered
by Terrace patrons, she'll be back
many more times.
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Eigh lovely "RoSebuds" fea.
ture the lineup at the Lotus Res
taurant and starring with them
are Mara and RenatO, former
Warner Brothers dance stars;
RaSSO and Duval, jugglers; and
music by Bill Strickland's Capt.
tOlians with vOcaliZing by Ray
DOnahue and AL Norton.
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A couple Of twilights ago we went
back to the Hamilton Rainbow
Room to get another sample of the
cozy hospitality dished up by Dick
Butler and his assistant, Mac Nc
CrGary. There's something ap.
pealing in the colored shadows of
the Rainbow Room and we were
particularly impressed by the
finesse manifested by the walters.
The crowd, too, Symbolizes the sur.
roundings, being youthful, gay and
congenial.
An interesting fact about Anna
Sablukova, singing MuScovite maid
at the Volga Boatman, is that she
once passed up an opportunity to
go into the movies in the place of
Olga Baclanofa. What turned
out to be Hollywood's loss of a sing.
ing star proved to be Matt Wind
sor's lucky day, as Miss Sablukova
continues to please guests at the
Russian Roof with her melodies.
For those of you planning to join
the Russian Roofers tonight, let us
hail the return of Matt Windsor,
who will be present playing his
accordion after a trip through the
Midwest and East in search of tai
ent for his winter shows.
George Patten, new master Of
ceremonies at the COcOanut
Grove, and cO-Star with VanesSi
and DeLima, dancers, boasts
mastery of six languages and
employs all six in various inter.
pretatiOnS of his numbers.
George is a real night club per-
former, and insists that his
audiences "cOme up close" to
him when he sings. This hOmely
gesture is big help in making
him a hit with the crowd.
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The man apprehended whilst he
wandered from the Ambassadors
Hi-Hat lounge and cocktail bar
that the deliciouSly pre-
pared food there was the magnet
that brought him back time and
again for more. And so it goes.