The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-08
Cab and His
BoysChange
Style a Bit
Show Not 0verdosed With
Hi-De-Ho Picture Is
Entertaining.
81 JOHN w. THOMPSON


Juggling about Lows stage in re-
splendent white lie and tails, Cat
Galloway leads his phil Harlem
onic" orchestra through musical
potpourri this week, which defie:
one to keep his feet still.
Those who find themselves under
the spell of Mr.. Calloway's music
will be gratified to know that most
of the boys who played with him
last year are back again There
are "Slop," Mouse" and Doc" ir
the trumpet section; rip" Flat
and 'Bunky' at work again on saxo-
phones and clarinets and of course
''Foots" and his flute. Benny Payne
does the straight vocal numbers ano
plays the piano.
This particular edition of Cabs
show is not overdosed with his spe-
cial brand of "hi-de-hoing," but
supports the fact that the Negro
bandmaster is capable of playing
very melodic music of other types
just as well.
The program begins with a novel
arrangement of Cotton" in which
Mr.. Payne and Mr.. Galloway appear
as Southern Negroes wheeling bale
of cotton 20 the dock. Their duet
is well dore and the ending contains
some real barber shop" harmony.
AS a sequel to Mr Caiiioway's 1895
hit tune, Miss Otis Regrets" he
plays this time THE Gentleman OBJ
viously Doesn't Believe l., Making
Love" You'll like the way he sings
words like lunch" which sounds
like he was biting down on head OF
lettuce.
Letha IIill, blues songstress, is
presented In a jaded sketch of hot
music which is held up only by the
interceSSion of the comic element
supplied mostly by Mr. Payne at the
piano.
Cab Outdoes the Major
In the decidedly Galloway style
bne may hear Some of These Days, "
which is recognizable only because
the title is announced before the
number is played, and the tradi-
.tional Minnie the Moocher," duri
(which Mr.. Galloway outdoes
BoweS in kicking the "gong" aro
There are two minutes of "Ly-
mite" Hooker, fast tap dancer
whose gyrations appealed to yes
terday's audience, and slightly more
than two minutes of Ralph Brown
6 more dignified terpsichorean spe-
CHI r>1a
The hit of yesterdays perform
ance was Nicodemus, a ragged
comic who knows how to say moth
ing and make it funny. Before he
gets through his lackadaisical skit
he also demonstrates that he can
dance. He's wholesomely comical.
There could have been but one
suitable finale number for Mr..
Galloway to play here this time
and he plays it, THE Music Goes
Round and Around" as only the
Negro maestro can play it. If you
like Galloway, you'll like this show.
Picture Is Entertaining
Exclusive Story" the film based
on the exploits of Martin Mooney
New York newspaper man, who re-
fused to divulge the sources of his
information about the numbers
rackets, does not tell what Mr. Moo
ney would not reveal 1t is a fairly
entertaining picture in which Fran
chot Tone, Madge Evans and Stuart
Erwin take melodramatic parts.
1t is Joseph Calleia, foreign actor
however, who lifts this film from its
doldrums. His portrayal of Acello
the gangster who murders, falls un-
der the influence of dope and then
"squeals" when Mr.. Tone threatens
him with a fake bomb, is one of the
best we have seen. The producers
would do well to handle Mr.. Calleia S
contract with care.
Miss Evans looks pretty, Mr.. Tone
twitcheS his eyebrows, finally evinces
love for the right girl, and Mr.. Err
win is sufficiently upset throughout
the picture as the reporter who
writes the big story.