The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-08-21
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THE LOCAL SCENE
by ulysses boykin


The faces of the weekend Valley amusement seekers
tenc told that there is beer The crowds stroll
nr ms and down the avenue with place to 60 and not
eoeh parks and amusement spots to satisfy the demands
M ire enlarged population. Ash Can LaRue getting some
qr ont front Of the & c club between shows The mad
srable essential defense jobs by the walters and
endef and portes and big headaches Of the managers
hand propretors The constant paroling of Supt Louie
SDcrr storm troopers up and down the main stems of
Ihe Valley The crowds waiting in line in Of Broads
Icb Zombe TO get glimpse at Marceus Wilson's pro-
|duction Fixing Home The smell of barbecue orginat-
inc from enrys Swing club The swing tunes pouring out
|o Mac lyey Cozy Corner The long lines in front Of
Ih liquor stores and grocery stores The tout to lunch
signs on butcher shops Uniforms Of all types and de-
|srptons in droyes eyeing the Valley. Folks with big
bank rolls forced to seek shelter rat infested dumps and
to pa> big prices for very small dsh-ous of food The
crowded streets everywhere in the loop Well such is the
result ID nation at war. they say to end all this
psy-'uryy goings and to bring the Four Freedoms
right down to Paradise Valley.
Notes here and there about folks who make the
news-Got a nice letter from Charles Booker former
postal clerk and active club Charles is Camp
Mccoy Wise. getting basic training. He misses
the bright lights and the boys the Paradise Bowling
alley
GEORGIA Gibbs Cafe Society Downtown star has been
|repaccd by Katherine Ann Cornell Critics and Miss Cor
|neS press agent point that the finds singing is
|someuhere between Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday
Ire iN3NG miss SnOuu Click WIFI nlxHl lie
|ranons
Cab Galloway, a clever business we'll asa
clever swing artist has signed with goth CenturyFox
to make two pictures for the next rive years
First picture starts shooting the first of the year De-
will have chance to hear the Jumpin-jivester
and his aggregation when they start their coast-to-
coast tour of theaters in September.
Nelikcd Charles Emges comments on Movie Music in
[D0yn Beat of Aug Is the movie stormy Weather
|Emge stated that the movie is just another Hollywood
tamNca except that its cast is composed of colored
|repr sincere Woodworking highly talented Negroes
varying degrees of the fact that their
|vhe insist that Negroes be depicted not what
| hut as what the white bosses think the American
Nbis liihic wants them to be-
The most interesting thing about the picture Emge
|pn an incident that occurred while was IN pre-
|srpa William Grant Still, the foremost composer OF
It'll engaged musical supervisor tdescrlDed
las Bang vague largely honorary title in the movie CAPT
|h and Is do the background scoring, including SYM
|pho NIX stormy Weather for the Katherine Durham
|Ml, scene.
81 discovered that he was just figure head
|Nond c studio and that the bigwigs had their ideas
|ato What Kind Of music should go into allcolored PIC
|t and that their ideas. not Stills were being carried out
Ihe show down on the music for the ballet Sc
|qefce the coumnst pointed out Still planned TO put
IN heart and soul into the composition that would glory
I'm cultural achievements Of his fame The higher-ups de
|nanerli something hot, sexy primitive william 1Iahl
~ walked of the lot in disgust Dave Raskin (no ben
In ater rumorcd), movie music mixer took over
|ne stormy Weather ballet, which turned out TO be an
.Uher production number. Empc explained.