Word: biz
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hayride," the new musical currently at the Shubert, is the story of Chicago's theatre-born Mike Todd, who took a jaded Broadway by storm a little over a year and a half ago with the lavish and ribaid "Star and Garter." Wise in the devious ways of show biz, Mike, since then, has offered a war-weary public escapism with a capital...
Saluting the new development, King Features' President J. V. Connolly cried: "Striking innovation!" Variety, ever detached, headlined the news: BOOK PUBLISHERS BORROW SHOW BIZ TACTICS IN HIGH-PRESSURE BALLYHOO...
...Russian resistance to Hitler's onslaught rose, so did Americans' curiosity. At present nearly 200 theaters are playing Soviet pictures, 2,000 carry their short subjects. Variety, the bible of U.S. show business, recently made this turnabout official, crowed in its Blitzkrieg jargon: Vodka Films' OK Biz...
...Gates, cats and ickies were hurt good. Longhairs took it on the puss, too. And it was a slight case of murder to the whole waxing biz. What happened was this: WPB bopped civilian use of shellac*by 70%, and shellac is the big item (15-25%) of each platter. Angle for the stab: shellac comes from India, which seems to be in quite a jam right now. Not only that, but shellac is hot stuff in war stuff over here. Anyway, this means a cut in rug-cutting, and no good news for highbrows, either. Needle-nuts can play...
...member of a swing band, one of the gravest risks you run is of being killed in an automobile accident. DEATH TOLL SHOCKS BIZ headlined Variety last week. Latest death, after a crash near Conneaut, Ohio, was that of Leon ("Chu") Berry, one of the best hot saxophonists in the business. The musicians' union recently tried to reduce casualties by limiting jumps between dates to 400 miles a day. But with Berry's death the toll of bandsmen fatalities reached more than 100 this year. The hazard is not just a matter of long drives between engagements...