Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1950 — Page 10

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This is the last of a series about the return of vaudeville, here and abroad. They initiated a the founding of the United Nations: »

new generation of Americans, = ® » =

CHAPTER THREE : THE DEMAND FOR ‘LIVE ACTORS’ By WENDY and EVERETT MARTIN

| Old- time periorners are not { They never gave up hope.

But it took a young fellow named Joe Franklin to do some-

thing about keeping it alive. i He's a 25-year-old lad who | troupers. | recordings: He never let the pubfe forget the great variety acts of 25 or 50 years ago, Back in 1935, when vaudeville was dying, Joe Franklin inter-

| | viewed the late George M. Cohan

for his grade school paper. He

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{asked Cohan if he had ever made phonograph records. Cohan admitted reluctantly he had. * | “Where can I get some of {them?” asked Joe. | “Darned if T know,” Cohan re-

hand stores.” Ten-year-old Franklin out to find them, He's been at it ever since. Today, his collection of,

20,000 records, covering the vaude-|

{ville era from 1805 to 1930, is valued at $200,000. He supplies! platters for motion picture com-| |panies, radio and’ television sta[tions and advertising agencies at la $25 charge per record.

He has presented a radio show, “Vaudeville Isn't Dead,” and is now appearing on another one, “Joe Franklinis Record Shop.”

{from the old Hippodrome Theater, New York. When it was being de{molished, he bribed his way past {the watchman and searched abandoned trunks and suitcases, He unearthed old records made by {Weber & Fields, and the one and {only platter Lillian Russell ever made, a private recording of {Come Down My Evening Star.”

MOST PEOPLE DON'T know

(Charlie Chaplin once made a rec- P ord. He did according to Joe, who §© {has it. It's a version of “Tango of ©

{Roses,” played by Chaplin on a {violin, Joe has also Cohan's song, “Your's a Grand Old Rag,” sung {by Bill Murry in 1905. When the record was released, Joe claims, {protest by patriotic societies forced Cohan to change the word “rag” to “flag.” _ Joe has recordings of old corn | routines. People love them.

What is corn? Billy Glason :

For Franklin preserved the best of old vaudeville on

‘t started

{| Some of Joe's recordings came °

from 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 of Co-operative and effective disarmament would maks the danger have no Fart of tis newt ng! oe of war temple, Ii would Se 4 way of achieving the high purposes notion. Their argument: The sea of the United Nations without the tremendous expenditures for yas full of ‘whales to supply,

‘armaments which conditions in the world today Joake imperative.

surprised at vaudeville's return. rs & = plenty of oil for lighting.

” Disarmament is the course which the United “States would prefer to take. It is the course which most nations would like to adopt. It is the course which the United Nations from its earliest beginning hag been Seeking 40 follow. > i

The cimaHndiront) plan. vast include all Kinds Weapons. (It) must be based on unanimous agresmenk; One-widod dis. armament is a sure invitation to aggremmion. must be stand it. It never dies. It never | fool-proof. . . . Disarmament must be policed Rie plas np changes. . h thoroughly. : Corn, or not, vaudeville once gue . NN Emme influenced the” thinking of large But until an effective system of disarmament is established, | sections of the population. Ahout let us bé clear about the task ahead. The only course the peace- | 1910, Herman Lieb and his wife, {loving nations can take in the present situation is to create the [§ Evelyn Walls, toured the nation] | armaments needed ‘to make the world .securé against aggression. {in a headline act, called, “Dope.” | | This is the course we will continue to follow as long as it is "It was written by the late Joseph | necessary.

gets attention from all the old

Banner, Lincoln's Address, George M. Cohan. It's | from the heart. People under- I!

plied. “Maybe junk piles or second-1 YM Patterson, Shortly afterward, : 3 gs bn F » »

{a wave of reform was directed at : 2 drug traffic. Many states A X | passed Jaws banning sale and {

The United Nations was born out of the agony of war—the most térrible war in history, Those who drew up the charter Pearl Baile really had less to do with the creation of the United Nations than | possession of narcotics. y the millions who fought and died in that war. { Today's rebirth of vaudeville is, {them, into the pleasures of “live x = = 2 ® = | attributed to publi demand for|theater.” The new military expan- The United Nations represents the idea of a universal morality, | live performers. Authorities say sion they predict, will strengthen superior to the interests of individual nations. .Its foundations the demand was created during the trend. rest upon the faith of men in human values—upon the belief that World War II, when USO troupes! For this reason, representatives men in every land hold the same high ideals and. strive toward the played military and naval bases of the William Morris Agency and| same goals of peace and justice, py jof both the RKO and Loew cir- " # = fv - {euits, say theré is nothing experi-| The invasion of the Republic of Korea was a direct challenge {mental in vaudeville's return, It's! to the principles of the United Nations. That challenge was met here to stay, they maintain. Old| by an overwhelming response. The people of almost every mem- | jstars are coming back. New ones ber country supported the decision of the Security Council to meet | jure making names for themselves. this aggression with force. RN 888 i The people of the world rely on the United Nations to help; them achieve two great purposes. They look to it to help them | {improve the conditions under which they live. And they rely on it! to fulfill their profound longing f for or peace.

TRADITIONAL L Y, vaudeville y' [attracted the whole family on its {night out. It is doing so again. | According to theatre managers across the country, attendance

today is made up in part of old- Minute Limit

jtimers, who remember vaudeville Set on Voting

in its former glory. But young people, many of whom saw camp | Study your ballot before going shows and war-time benefits, are/{, the polls Nov. 7. accounting for more than half of | Thi Je the advice Marion! the audiences. They often sit s is the advice of Marion ers College will meet in the Claythrough two shows. {County Election -Commissioners pool Hotel Thursday for a lunchThey have their favoritesiwho sald each voter will be al- eon. ! OR new ” stats. Without jowed only one minute to cast his| have singled out performers who ballot. The time limit is in ac-| are modern counterparts of great/cordance with state law. stars of vaudeville’s brightest] Insistence on the limitation will] Ye Pear] Bailey is one of them. be made x help mingle jamal. {at polling places. ng the May She is called by the critics, “the primaries, time restrictions were | female Bert Williams. llax and many were unable to cast | Pearl doesn’t all herself B [their ballots before closing time. singer. She just “talks a song, Commissioners . said every ef-|

[tor instruction purposes. Precinct | | boards will. inspect their equip-| {ment the night before election] day to assure smooth operation. |

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wry flashes of humor in be- |;.nts have been made to print tween, like Bert. Her style goes [several hundred to meet emerback to the golden days of |gencies. Yasfevilie, when Wet forinets | | To speed voting, machines Pavel of their hands.” [been set up in the Court House Pearl started in show business in Philadelphia 17 years ago. But she was billed as a dancer. Hcr| present style evolved slowly, after] a long career in night clubs. She! {broke atendance records in the Blue Angel, in. New York, and] Chez Paree, Chicago. As al specialty singer she played in! Hollywood productions of St. Louis Woman and Variety Girl. Although she has appeared on television with Milton Berle, Clif-! ton Fadiman, Ed Sullivan, Arthur Godfrey and Henry Morgan, jshe~ says TV doesn't “give me {space to move around.” This is ja common complaint of performers who are used to “live audifences” ‘and large stages. 1 sg 8 = ANOTHER RISING young star, |tavorite with a new generation lot vaudeville fans, is Jay Mar|shall, who does a pseudo-magi-|cian routine, which is in the tradition of Fred Allen's early

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