Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-04-01
THEATRICAL
DATA
By DAVID BETHEA

| crowds gave temporary spur to
show buz throughout the nation. it
Is still spotty in some of the larger
cities. But spring is in the air if
not in the pocketbooks.
NEW YORK. The headliners at
Harlem's Alhambra theatre (RKO)
are VALADA SNOW and WILLIE
BRYANT plus the never ending
run of Marc Connoly's "THE
GREEN PASTURES" Among
the IL youngsters currently fea-
tured in Broadway productions, and
who will be afforded their first
opportunity to view Charlie Chap
Inns CITY LIGHTS" will be tan
Herbert Coleman of "Lost In The
Stars" The film. the first of the
great Chaplain comedies will have
its one and only New York engage
ment at the Globe Theatre. begin
ming April 2 -. The king of Jump,
Count Basic and BILLIE HOLI-
DAY top the N. Y. Strand bill.
JUNITA HALL is taking time out
between chores of "South Pacific"
to appear on her own radio show
over Station WNEW, New York
(Sundays, to 3:15 P. M
"WISTERIA TREES" a drama
about the old South, starring Helen
hayes preems in on Broadway
March 80 All movies showing
IN houses where Negro stars are
the stage attraction got a lift at
the box office. "The Ink Spots"
gave Young Man With A Horn"
shot IN the arm at the Stat-Lake
theatre, in Chicago. Louis (Satch-
MOI Armstrong gave Dear Wife"
squirt in Seattle Wash. Pa
irons at Harlem's Apollo Theatre
In N. Y. will get a first run look
at Warner Bros "Chain Lightn-
ing" Frank Schiffman outbidded
RkO circuit for the movie.
HOLLYWOOD. Reports have it,
glamorous LENA HORNE is part
ing company with Metro after nine
years. Miss Horne may leave for
Europe for the summer San
Francisco. Four stencil bombs ex-
ploded in four main stem theatres
this week. Nobody knows the rea-
son for sinking up them.
NEW YORK. Since when did a
N. Y. Daily become so powerful as
to influence the National Broad
casting company to cancel a pro-
gram it deems not a public service?
This corner is shocked that NBC
permitted the daily to dictate who
shall or shall not be. heard on its
network Campbell Souns
wanted Rochester to head radio
program but American Tobacco,
Jack Benny's sponsor put thumbs
down on it.
CINCINNATI boasts of more
than 100000 TV sets served by the
Crosley Broadcasting Corp.
LEONE E D W RDS and her
SHARP SISTERS" the best blend
OF three voices since the Boswell
gals Former Southernaires'
tenor, Ray Yeates has organized a
vocal and instrumental quintet.
FIRST assignment is recording for
Decca Records LOUIS ARM
STRONG is really hot literary
property. Harper Bros. has COM
missioned the Santchmo to write
his autobiog while Doubleday
is planning to publish a study of
the jazz man Armstrong who will
celebrate his 50th birthday july a
DUKE ELLINGTON and his
DIRK take leave for the States for a
three-month European tour, March
20 SISTER THARPE is clos
ing a movie deal with goth Century
! Fox.
GHOSTS don't like the idea of
their home being bought by living
members of the human race. But
since there is going to be a we'd
Ding, It's an opportunity for two
OF their members to take the nup-
tai handshakes too, since the pair
has been separated by the pros
pective bridegroom getting killed in
the Civil War. But then the min
lister is stoned to death. Yes, this
all happened last Wednesday even
ing in the musical, "Great To Be
Alive, at Broadway's Winter Gar
den Theatre. And after seeing it,
you'll feel that it is really great
to be alive.