The guardian., 1941-06-28

bearing the label of the John Imbes-
chied & Co. you are helping provide
employment for our young men . d.
thank for the opportunity 4. g. e.. and don't
any of you people say that 1 didn't
warn you because Wednesday evening
at "Cafe Society" was a night to be
remembered the Smooth Sessions,
Inc. Everett Darlington, Bobby Isaacs
and Bill Howard produced their biggest
and best affair of the season the
swanky Newbury Studios was closed
to one hundred guests and the boys
turned out in their formal white coats
while the ladies bloomed in gorgeous
evening gowns like a flower garden.
the grand feature of the evening
was the brilliant floor show which pre-
sented the outstanding hit numbers of
Stanley Browns "Dance Patterns of
1941" the dance revue which was the
talk of Boston and New York Stan
ley Brown, formerly with the Cotton
Club, of Boston introduced an all
white talent musical revue with line
of glorious showgirls and professional
speciality artists which for beauty and
ability outshone the downtown night
club circuit . swinging to the theme
of "South American Sway" these love
lies sang and danced to Sandy and his
Sandmen in grand fashion the per-
formance opened with a riot of color
and melody with the lovely ladies Of the
ensemble doing rhumba rhythm led
by the beautiful Casano Sisters singing,
"Down Argentine Way" Mavis
Murray brought the crowd out of their
seats with her classy version of "Min-
ME from Trinidad -. glamorous Jeane
Phillips went "Walking By The River"
with a smooth dance routine . and
then the dimpled blonde Marion Supple
locked the show up singing and dane
ing her impressions Of Ted Lewis and
his 'When Ny Baby Smiles at Me" and
"All Rect" numbers with high hat and
cane Doris Mara got big hand
with her precision dance and Barbara
Anapolahy went into an artistic aero
batic solo to "Intermezzo" which drew
raves glorious golden tressed Bar
bara Rigley brought down the house
with repeated encores by her terrific tap
version of "Sleepy" in which her flying
feet and charming personality danced
their way into everyone's hearts . .. and
returning to lead sensational finale in
torrid tropical style to the frenzied
plaudits of the patrons the costumes
and lighting effects were both spectacu-
lar and the exotic Loretta Chan took
a bow but was unable to do her daring
"Temptation" dance on advice of her
physician who diagnosed appendix
trouble . =. . she is an intriguing oriental
beauty who will positively appear at
the next affair her health permitting
our old crooner Toby Harris IA
vored with popular vocal refrains and
pleased the entire audience . it was
very large evening indeed and one
to be remembered when these Boston
debutantes demonstrated their great
appreciation Of Stanley Browns ex-
pert tutelage by volunteering to enter
tain our guests at Cafe Society >. the
idea went over so big that they ex-
pressed desire to return in the near
future among the guests present
were Mrs. Anne King, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Craddock, Mr.. and Mrs Ralf
Coleman, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Wal
den, Mr.. and Mrs. Richie Coleman, Ed
ward Grant, Mrs. Mae Chinn, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Rhone, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Sheppard, Miss Genevieve Brad
ley, Miss Beatrice Durant, Miss Irene
Sanford and Mr.. Howard Young, Mr..
Philip Aston and scores of others
which unfortunately space does not
allow me to enumerate however, a
new musical star is flashing over our
horizon in winsome and petite Mary
Ann Thomas, darling of the Sugar Hill
set and talented niece of the celebrated
Bobby Sawyer of Cotton Club fame
like her uncle Mary Ann is setting
the music world on fire as a child pro-
dizzy on the piano she recently
startled staid music critics at Recital
Hall of the New England Conservatory
of Music by her brilliant technique and
Interpretation of the difficult Beetho-
ven-Bowden "Sonatina in F" for two
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