| Show Girls Lots of Them and Pretty Pretty That's Order To Be Filled by Army Navy Camp Shows 1 k 1 s' s I a j L n Al AI Jolson offers evidence that stage and screen stars really work at af the job of entertaining soldiers results also evident I I NEW YORK YORK What What do YOU suppose a soldier wants in the way of entertainment Girls of course Lots of them and pretty And they want them in a smart looking but but and and this is important modestly important modestly clothed chorus line Harry Delmar general production production production tion manager of Camp Shows Inc which presents professional entertainment entertainment entertainment enter enter- at all army camps and many naval bases with war department department de do- sponsorship and U S 0 O financial backing lists the soldiers soldiers' soldiers soldiers' soldiers soldiers' sol sol- sol sol- diers' diers preference in this order 1 Pretty girls I 2 Musical revues with revues with pretty girls 3 Sw Swing ng s singers blues blue shouters 4 to earthy sl slapstick a p pst s t I 1 c k but clean 5 Legitimate stage plays Good Clean Fun Delmar reports that the soldiers insist on clean shows ruling out outstrip outstrip 1 strip teases off-color off jokes and skits much to the pleasant surprise surprise surprise sur sur- prise of chaplains and nd most morale officers Delmar returned the other day from a two-month two tour of camps to see how the organizations organization's organizations organization's organizations organization's tion's 24 touring shows were doing doing doing do do- ing and to find out from the boys just what they wanted He learned that Jascha Heifetz I the violinist played to standing room in one California camp Heifetz insisted and the soldiers went for it that he would not talk or play down to his audience Im going to play a piece that has three movements the violinist violinist vio yb- told the soldiers soldiers The second second sec see ond movement comes after the first and the third movement com comes s after the second This is the first movement Violinist A Albert bert Spalding Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence Law Law- rence Tibbett and other concert artists are making the grand circuit circuit circuit cir cir- cir cir- for camp shows as are the nations nation's most popular s swing w win I a g bands Deanna Is Tops Rosalind Russell Linda Darnell Joe E. E Brown and other movie and stage stars are sellouts The soldiers' soldiers biggest hand went to Deanna Deanna De- De anna Durbin who all but broke up camp at Fort Devens Mass Camp shows are not open to civilians officers' officers families or anyone anyone anyone any any- one who does not riot live and work on the post |
