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...next few weeks will find Boston the hottest in its history, musically speaking. For jazz-lovers who like their music pure and uncommercial, "Wild Bill" Davison blows a fabulous trumpet at the Ken, 58 Warrenton St., just beyond the Met Theater in downtown Boston. With him is a truly "All-Star" band, featuring such the jazz-men as Rod Cless, clarinet, James P. Johnson, piano, and Sandy Williams, trombone...
...Three Sisters. All-star revival of Chekhov's classic of frustrated, self-pitying lives (TIME...
Further discussion of Ellington's concert will have to be postponed for more immediate matters. Most immediate is the return of "Wild Bill" Davidson to the Ken with a de-luxe, all-star band. The outfit Bill brought from Chicago this summer was fine, with a few exceptions, but his present one is superior in every way. And for historical purposes, it is one of the first mixed Negro and white bands to play Boston...
...Star Spangled Rhythm (Paramount) rounds up the stars on the Paramount lot. The show cost $1,500,000, including $500,000 for its high-priced performers' salaries, and it has the biggest all-star cast ever assembled in one picture since the last "biggest all-star cast ever assembled in one picture." This is less remarkable than the producers' feat in finding enough gags to keep them all happy. The picture has few dull moments, adds up to a nothing more and nothing less than a de luxe vaudeville show...
...retired from tournament play. In partnership with Comedian Harold Lloyd (Hollywood's best bowler) and onetime Champion Hank Marino, Day operates a profitable "bowling establishment" at Santa Monica, Calif., within earshot of Douglas Aircraft war workers. But to help swell the gate receipts of this year's All-Star Bowling Tournament (for the benefit of Chicago's Service Men's Center), Champion Day was persuaded to defend his title once more before entering the Navy -not only against Challenger Crimmins but against the ten highest scorers among the 100 All-Star entries...