The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-12-29
Hot Spots
This MERRY HOLIDAY SEASON !.


unity the hot spot owners will get even up their LOSSES
The of the smart supper clubs and around the
VALLEY have been taking real beating all year long
with reconverson strikes all kinds of taxes and toohiob
priced overrated acts The fellows glad to see the
holiday spirit bring out few paying patrons to helm them
clear enough dough to pay Uncle Sam his taxes
| LARRY OWENS. owner of the CLUB OWENS THE
ATRE- BAR, comes with a holiday show that is solid
with the toast of the entertainment word-Eme Jones
Kay Randall Freddie Robinson and Honey Brown Three
shows nightly and plenty of atmosphere with George
Dawson's music.
AT BROAD's CLUB zOMBIE show called New
Years BALI is Irvine Aexanders offering The stars are
Dazaene and Mazaene, comedy stars; Tobie Winters
exotic dancer the Mystery Lady of Song and johnny
paws, blues vocalist. The dance music is now CECIL
THE CLUB THREE sIxEs-A fast moving Betty
Taylor revue features Derby Wilson and Fletcher Ollie
Brown. Yoga Chan Naomi Webb Of the sweet voice and
st. Clair Rogers, versatile NJ G.
The numerous other night spots also have plenty Of
entertainment for your dancing and seeing pleasure
Have good time, but don't drive if YOU plan to do
lot of drinking. Some high and mighty cab driver or
friend will see that you get home safe and sound
THE PICTURE BREAKFAST IN HoLLYWooDv
which Tom Breneman makes his debut has cast
including Hedda Hopper Bonita Granville. zasu Pitts,
Billie Burke, Beulah Rondi Edward Ryan. Ray Walburn
Andy RUSSELL Spike Jones City Slckers and the KING
KOLE TRIO.
RECORDING NOTES report Count Basic introduces
Ann Moore. his new songstress exciting display OF
piano passages in against striking effect of
wncopated saxes and brass His easy Jump stride so
much part Of this great band in full evidence on this
LES BROWN and his famous orchestra appeared
over the Spotlight Bands program last Monday night
via WOR Brown and his crew will the award of
Merit THE outstanding recording band of the YEAR
BY the Song Hits Magazine"
CAB GALLOWAY turned down $4,000 in bookings
40 that he could give his bandsmen tenday Christmas
vacation with full pay This is the tenth successive year
that CAB has turned down lucrative Christmas holiday
offers that his musicians could spend Christmas with
their families This Christmas holiday is in addition
regular four-week vacation with full pay that GALLO
WAYS enjoyed in September CAB opens at the
famous Panther Room in the Hote Sherman New Years
IN NEW YORK CITY 200 shutns are happy this
holiday season because Lou Swarz the actress and Ethel
Nlner, Harlem business thought of sending to
them cheer cards WELL, Poor Old Larry Chsm hand
ing the publicity for the Zombe and he's spirit
diet, too. This is a break for the artists too
FOLKS-Afonso Cato the After Dark editor is
making big strides with his paper He has editions in Chi
csgo and Cleveland now.
CANADA LEE, stage. and radio star, is feat
ed in movie short rent control to be released
for national distribution. the OPA announced early this
week The film, ASK the OPA" was produced by the
|AllAmerican News Real Company for OPA and details
the steps tenants take to get relief from exorbtan
rents in areas under the agencys rent control
IN NEW YORK are told that the CAFE IANll-
BAR has show called the international Laugh-Lease
Revue" which is big fast moving and entertaining
throughout Heading the long list are the INK spots ETA
Fitzgerald Maurace Rocco, mad pianist who continues 10
play standing up: Coke and Poke Howell and Williams
and the Zanzibeauts They tell that the girls are really
fine talent too The Zanzibar Of our musts wnen
We get a chance to run down to Manhattan.
Lionel Hampton. "Kng of the Nibraharp now en-
across the country New Yorks Strand Theatre
opening on December %. broke all records on the West
Coast including the combined OF Lena Horne jim
my Lunceford, the Ink Spots and Cootie Williams
Despite this tremendous schedule Lionel Is putting
the finishing touches his Swing Book which Will he
released about January 18th by the Negro Story Press
This Swing Book" will feature all current swing
personalities Among those discussed shown in pictures
will be Duke Ellington. Cab Galloway, Buddy Johnson
Tiny Bradshaw Louis Armstrong Charlie Barnett Benny
Goodman. Louis Jordan Walter Dyett. Woody Herman
Hazel Scott Lena Horne, and scores of others
HOT STUFF!
One of the huge Technicolor cameras burst INTO
flame while recording torrd romantic scene between
Enrol Fvnn and Alexis Smith for Warner Bros great al
venture epic, "San Antonio n - -
Experts declared however, that the IRE nad oeen
started by rays of the sun magnified by glass pane on
the side of the instrument
HOT ENOUGH .o.;rted
Flora Robson noted character actress was scllPteu
to receive an old fashioned (you know wnere) sp S
from Gary Cooper in Warner Brothers forthconiis I
ma Saratoga Trunk" Studio censors, after uue W.
beratons decided to delete the affair on the theory VA
romantics between Gary and lovely ngrld Bergman "ou
made the production plenty warm
Irwin Alexander YuIetde Revue 8
y "New Years Ball" &
AT BROAD'S CLUB ZOMBlE &