Ruby Elzy “Serena” of “Porgy and Bess” Dies in Detroit <
RUBY ELZY STUCK BY
CAREER TILL THE ENI)
(by DOLORES CALVIN')
New York (CNS) ..When Tbt
final curtain fell last week in De
tioit covering the career of Ruby
Elzy, the soprano who made ‘‘Ser
era”, a character in George Gcr
shwin’s immortal, “Porgy and
Bess” famous, we if the press
plainly saw that she was a real
troper to the last. A woman who
believed in her sing ng career, who
sacrificed everything and every
thing and very pleasure to carry
it through; a woman who dreamed
of fame and who got it when she
sang at the White House, Miss
Elzy will always be remembered by
tliose younger ones in the profes
sion as possessing an unconquer
able will.
She was the original Serena and
when the musical was staged for a
comeback, on Broadway at the Ma
jestic Theatre, Miss Elzy was im
mediately sought to take over her
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old part. She Sang Serena in the
comeback 800 times and from New
York to Hollywood, wherever the
show went, there was always a
warm round of applause for “My
Man’s Gone Now.”
The actress’ last venture into the
movies was as Eddie (Rochester)
Anderson’s wife in “Birth of the
Blues’ w'hen she sang the “St. Lju
is Blues” to soothe him after he
had been hurt in a riot.
I remember sitting in her dress
ing room back stage at the Majes
tic on one of the last nights that
“Porgy and Bess” was to be there.
With her was her actor-husband,
Jack Carr who doubled for Crown
and their black cocker spaniel, who
a few days later, much to Miss
Elzy’s grief, ran away. Clarence
Muse’s daughter was there too.
Miss Elzy, just 33, was garbed in
her black dress, mourinng her dead
stage husband. She spoke of tak
ing up her concert career when the
show ‘broke up’. “It’s always been
my ambition to tour the country as
one of the leading singing stars”,
she said. “I can hardly wait to
start it.”
It’ll be hard on the woman who’s
taking it upon herself to fill Ser
ena’s shoes. There can never be
a more sympathtic or a more real
Serna than that played by Ruby
Elzy, for the role seemed to made
for her alone and her hart wa3 in
it in every one of those 800 per
formances.
HOLLYWOOD TAKES BACK.
WARD STEP IN FILM TREAT
MENT OF NEGROES
New York, NY.Sol Li-ssei
was asked this week by the NAA
CP to halt the withdrawal from
production of pictures with color
ed performers. Since the riots
films with Negroes and white mix
ing are also being withdrawn fron
movie screen especially in the
South according to a recent ann
ouncement in Variety, Amusement
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World organ. It was also reported '
that Public Relations investigator
Hal Horne for 20th Century-rox
decided against retakes on
Stormy Weather.
In an effort to counteract the
surge of anti-Negro feeling through
out the country the Equity Council
in its recent resolution condemning
riots cited the Negro’s contribution
to the theatre and to entertainment
the Variety story also said.
Seem Stars
(BY DOLORES CALVIN)
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New York (CNS) LENA’S SAL
ARY REVEALED.When Miss
Lena Horne, prize beauty of Holly
wood’s sepia row, worked in
’’Stormy Weather” at the 20th
Century Fox studio, she was loaned
them by her real boss, the Metro
Goldwyn Mayer Studio.._Lena is
under contract to MGM_But a
bit of inside news comes when we
find that 20th Century has been
paying MGM $7,000 a week for
Lena and Lena gets only the small
sum of $450. a week for all that
work!
*****
THIS IS NEWS.Universal
Pictures Corp. is still looking for
an actor to play the part of the
famed Bert Williams, comedian of
yesteryear_.._For a while, we
expected Willie Bryant to take the
plac, but now Universal is seriously
considering sax and trumpet player
Louis Jordan... .Jordan, by the
way, is free, since he was turned
down by Army officials_An in
teresting article in the July Negro
Digest is “Dooley Dood It” con
densed from Time Magazine .. .It
reveals that the composer of the
number 1 tune is Herman “Dodo”
Hupfield and he wrote it in 1931.
The tune, as you might have guess
ed z. now is “As Time Goes By”
and the plugger. our own Dooley
Wilson, who undoubtedly ha3 al
ready “dood” it...
TALK OF THE TOWN.Ev
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baritone which Duke Ellington is
featuring at the Hurricane_He's
Albert Hibbler, a romantic singer
who must be led to the mike be
cause, you see, he’s blind. ,__Dave
Wolper, owner of the Hurricane,
wants the Little Rock, Ark , sing
er for a long term contract (Jazz)
Eldridge, Gene Krupa’s man Fri
day and Jay llcShan.._Hibb'er
met Ellington several years ago in
Little Rock.
ACQUIT IOWA MAN INDICTED
ON RACE FIGHT MURDER
CHARGE
Polk County, Iowa_Robert B.
Vanderer was acquitted this week
of a second degree murder charge
in the killing of Harold McCasland
here NAACP counsel revealed this
week. Vanderer who was defended
by NAACP counsel was acquitted
by an all white jury following a
three hour deliberation. He had
bee nindicted in June, 1942.
The killing grew out of the re
fusal of the operators of a carni
val to admit Negroes to certain
shows.
The case was tried on the theory
of the right of a Negro to attend
a place of amusement with the
same freedom enjoyed by any oth
er person. The court also ack
nowledged a Negro's right to de
fend himself if illegally assaulted.
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Todd Duncan, Harriett Jackson and
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Hollywood in Bronze
|BY RUBY BERKLEY GOODWIN |
Hollywood, Calif., (CNS) Ethel
Waters gets just one week of rest
at her spacious home on South Ho
bart before she hits the road again.
This time it’s not so far. She will
open with “Laff Time” in San Fran
-cisco on July 1. Reginald Beane,
her accompanist, who was given a
deferment by his draft board will
meet LaWaters in the bay city.
There is more to the greatness
of Miss Waters than her ability to
style a song or to act in a dramat
ic scene. She has a great mind
which constantly surprises you by
cutting through all superficialities
and stating a profund fast so s!m
ply that it takes several moments
for you to grasp its importance.
We chatted for a few minutes via
phone. “I’m so glad to get back
home,’ she stated with a lilt in her
voice. “You have such a lovely
home to come back to’’ I reminded
her. “It isn’t that, darling, though
I do thank God for the beauty and
the comfort. I am glad to get hack
because it’s home. If I were in
two rooms, I’d feel the same way
about it.”
*****
Ernest Whitman is heard every
Saturday morning on the Billie
Bure radio show “Fashions ano
Rations”. The show which is
heard on alternate months from
Hollywood and New York features
Juan Hernandez during the east
em broadcast. The half-hour chow
comes over KNX at 8 a. m. Al
though there is still talk of “Blue
berry Hill” going on the air, mem
bers of the cast are still in the
dark as to when. The show under
the direction of Ben Carter would
have Whitmas as MC. and would
be his first coast-to-coast contrac
role since he left New York.
*****
» Reginald Fenderson who nevci
received the break in pictures lit
deserves has answered the call tc
the colors and is now at Fort
Huachuca, Arizona. As special
morale officer, he will be in charge
of most of the entertainment for
\ our boys stationed at the desert
outpost.
sk * * * *
Mantan Moreland and Ben Car
ter are doing their crazy comedy
routine in San Francisco this week.
This is Carter’s first time on big
time as a vaudeville performer but
Mantan is an old hand at it. The
two make a swell team.
*****
Ada Brown and Harry Swanigan
her accompanist, join the Bill Rob
inson “Born Happy’’ show at the
, Mavan. Ada has had a very sue
I cessful run with the Sissle band
and show at the Hollywood Casino,
i Although we knew that all wasn’t
quiet on the Robinson front, few
People suspected that Fannie would
divorce Bill. Their home on the
westside is one of the showplaces
and despite the Robinson’s long so
journ in the east, it has always
been well kept.
*****
Have always marvelled at the
patience of both actors and direc
tors in filming a scene. Visited
j the Paramount Set where they are
i making “Henry Aldrich Rocks the
| Cradle” and saw a group walk of
the set, then back on for another
walkoff. After about the twelfth
time I walked off and started for
home.
*****
Rochester seems to be coming in
for his share of sepia glamour girls
these days. He finished his role
at Columbia in “What’s Buzzin’
Cousin?’’ with Theresa Harris and
hurried over to Metro-Goldwyn
Mayer for a role in “Broadway
Rhythm.’’ He is Lena Herne’s
boyfriend but for a little while
casts an eye at sophisticated Hazel
Scott.
*****
SEPIA SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
_..Suzette, the dancer looking
lovely and dainty in slacks and
sport shirt on the Paramount lo\
Willie Covan wit hhis good luck
tap shoes leaving MGM where he
teaches the stars to rush back to
his private studio on the the east
side. Nat Cole of the King Cole
Trio rehearsing Lena Horne in her
Brazilian Boogie Woogie number
for her new MGM picture. Phil
Carter. MC. at the Herb Jeffries
i Flamingo night spot on Avalon.
i
JEFFRIES’ ’’WHITE PAPER"
SCORED
(Continued from page 1)
of rioting.
I 2. Retention of Federal troops
in Detroit.
3. Investigation by a Federal
Grand jury of the city Police De
partments.
4 and 5. Federal Grand Jury in
vestigations of the Mayor of De
troit and the Michigan State Police.
6. An investigation otf reoorts
that workers in certain Detroit war
plants several weeks ago began to
make daggers and other weapons
out of tool steel.
7. The introduction and passage
of legislation to make violence a
gainst members of the armed forc
es and violence to prevent minor
ity groups from performing war
work a federal offense.
8. It was asked too that Navy
Department Orders regarding toe
| conduct of sailors at the Bells Is
land training station be enforced
and that an investigation of
sailors’ participation in the ri >b>
be made.
The release by the Federal Gov
ernment of building material for
the construction of houses for work
-ers in defense areas was also urg
ed. |
Finally the XAACP charged that
failure of the War Manpower Com
mission to prohibit recruitment of
workers elsewhere before all avail
able local labor had been utilized
resulted in an enormous and in
creasing strain on housing facilit
ies in Detroit and led to, in part,
the creation of conditions culmin
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VISITS 4 CONTINENTS
Chief Petty Officer Adie Brown,
a product of Chicago and who is
from Coast Guard Headquarters in
Washington, DC., was a “Windy
City’’ weekend visitor. Officer
Brown has travelled extensively
since his enlistment in the service
more than a year ago and lias
touched the soil of four continents,
including both North and South
Africa. He reports that our boys
in service are well represented in
every port he landed in and that
they want letters from home every
day.
L
ating in rioting.
The NAACP told the President
that it was gratified by the report
that the Department of Justice has
summoned all United States Att
orneys to meet in Philadelphia this
week to discuss the obligation ard
duty of each of them to preserve
civil rights of American citizens.
The NAACP suggested that the fed
-eral government through the De
partment of Justice weed out from
the federal, city and state police
forces all members of the Ku K'.ux
Klan, the Nazi Bund, and the Black
Legion or any other anti-minority
and anti American organization.
Vigorous support of FEPC was
asked of the President and greater
use of the ra^io, press and moving
picture by the OWI in the dissem
ination < | information that will
create a better understanding be
tween whites and Negroes.
The NAACP expressed amaze
ment at the silence of the Presid
ent who as far as printed stories
reveal did not mention the riot
during his press conference this
week. The most charitable explan
ation of the President’s behavior,
' the NAACP said, is that he was
waiting until he had gotten his ap
propriation bill through the south
ern anti-new deal and republican
bloc in view of the needs of OWI,
FSA, NYA and other similar agenc
ies.
RIOT PICTURES ANSWER
TO JEFFRIES’ “WHITE PAPER ’
The full answer to Mayor Jef
fries’ efforts to absolve completely
the Detroit police force in a “white
paper’’, the NAACP declared are
to be found in the more than 100
action pictures it has on file that
were taken by newsmen during the
height of the riot. Among these
pictures of whites maiming help
less and hopelessly outnumber-d
Negroes is the now famous shot jf
a Negro on Woodward Avenue sur
rounded by a crowd of civilians and
mounted police an dsupposedly in
the custody of two policemen who
grip his arms while a white assail
ant strikes him full in the face.
Another is a picture of a cowering
fear-stricken Negro on whom sev
eral white police are closing in.
j The NAACP again asked why
I Jeffries and police commissioner
Witherspoon could not make ar
rests out of the nearly 1000 white
rioters whose faces are clearly iden
tifiable in these pictureh and who
could be easily apprehended by e’. -
en a mediocre detective. In pict
ure after picture white men are
shown maiming, killing and destroy
ing the property of lone Xegr>e.\
White surface quiet has settled
here Negro citizens continue to
fear that another outbreak will ac
company the complete removal of
troops from the streets. A grad- j
i ual withdrawal of these soldiers
, all of whom are white is already
in progress.
Governor Harry Kelly informed
the XAACP on July 2 that he had,
“requested that the troops remain
until the state of emergency his
been lifted. I believe my request
will be honored. Everything is be
ing done to keep the stuation und
er control an dto determine the
causes of the disturbances.”
The XAACP wired the War Dep
artment “We understand War De
partment proposes withdrawal of
troops from Detroit immediately
after July 4. Personal investiga
tion and other inquiries by NAA
CP. indicate likelihood that such,
withdrawal will result in resump
tion of rioting. Urge troops re
main until tension is relieved. It
is better to keep troops thtre in
definitely tha nto remove them one
day too soon. We see no hope De
troit police force has ability ;o.»e
with situation.”
Arrested rioters have been charg (
ed with 931 misdemeanors and 432
felonies including one murder.
Thurgood Marshall, NAACP spec
ial counsel who after consulting
with the Department of Justice in
Washington flew to Detroit during
the rioting reported this week
that the NAACP Detroit office has
been so swamped with requests for
legal aid that the legal staff has
been forced to restrict its investi
gations and defense only to the
most worthy of the cases. The le
gal defense is being handled by
members of the Detroit Branch
Legal Committee, the Wolverine
Bar Association and a Committee
from the local National Lawyers
Guild. Along with NAACP lawy
ers as the cases reach the office
of the NAACP they are immediate
ly referred to lawyers. Trials arg
conducted each day. Marshall said
that he is now working on writs I
of habeas corpus for many of the
Negroes who were sentenced to 90
days’ imprisonment last week.
Marshall revealed that at least two
of those sentenced were not given
opportunity to secure counsel and
were to go into the Army last week
4 Most of these men had been
held in jails without opportunity to
secure counsel or even to telephone |
their families,” Marshall said. The .
members of the families were pre
vented from seeing these men be
cause the officials told them they
could not be located. They were
moving the Negroes around during
Monday and Tuesday from jail to
jail and many of them were confin
ed in the garage behind the Piq
uette Armory. The research and
other work done on these writs of
habeas corpus will be by the end of
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