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BREAKIN' IN A BRAN NEW BROKEN HEART and SOMEONE ELSE'S BOY on I 45 -MGM 1136 m m ts .ect nut am .r Limn tia GT.3111111 If I.I. /TO. 2 NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS * Friday, June 9,1961 'CALL IT FRESH --NOT OFF -BEAT' WHO'S WHEREpleads Tony Newleyin this interview (Week commencing June 12, 1961) HENRI SALVADOR HARRY SECOMBE, ROY CASTLE,ANTHONY NEWLEY'S face MARION RYAN, KING creased into a pained expression with NM E's BROTHERS, EDDIE CAL VERT, AUDRY JEANS the moment I mentioned the words IS SAVOY HIT London Palladium off -beat.," That term scares me," he RUBY MURRAY KEITH GOODWIN of the most wonderfully com- Weymouth Alexandra explained quickly." It really does. ONEplete artists on the international I KAYE SISTERS And so do the words ' way out.' stageappearancesforsuchalongshow business scene isa perpetually - Torquay Pavilion can never understand theirsignifi- time, Tony replies:" Inthepast.smiling, rubber -faced little Frenchman JOAN REGAN, -Henri Salvador, and he's currently cance. They'remeaningless,"he I played a lot of variety and concert EDMUND HOCKRIDGE datesintheprovincesand,quitestarring in cabaret at London's Savoy Torquay, Princess added. frankly,I Hotel. PEARL CARR, TEDDY JOHNSON don't want to go back to We were sittingina deserted bar at those same theatres untilI've some- Henri's act canbest be described Weymouth Pavilion as"different."It isabeautifully JOE HENDERSON, RAINDROPSLondon's Saville Theatre where Tony was thing new and differenttopresent. I thinkitvery unwise to continueblended mixture of unusual, out -of - Bournemouth Pier Theatre rehearsing and carrying out auditions for doing the same act for too long. the -rut songs (he writes them all him- MICHAEL HOLLIDAY, ALLISONShis new stage musical "Stop The World " Apart from that,I've' been veryself), uproarious comedy sketches and DES O'CONNOR -I Want To Get Off," which is due to busy writing-not onlyStop Thebrilliant miming routines. Blackpool North Pier begin a pre -London run on June 19. World-I Want To Get Off' but also His humour reflects the tingling EVE BOSWELL amusicalfilm,againwithLeslie Glasgow Alhambra Why thepained expression ? Because I freshnessof chipped iceand he had presumedtodescribeTony's humour Bricusse. It'scalled Boy On A emerges as one of the true masters BRUCE FORSYTH, Wall 'andit's based on' Pilgrim's GARY MILLER as off -beat! of the difficult art of mime. Gt. Yarmouth Wellington Pier " A better description would be fresh," he Progress.' " Salvador doesn't simply sing a song. YANA, DON ARROL pointedout. That's my whole aim-to He makes a production piece of every Blackpool Queens create something fresh and original, something item. "Deep Sea Diver," acleverly KEN MORRIS, JOAN SAVAGE that isn't run-of-the-mill." Title role contrived, amusing song, is attractive Brighton Hippodrome Newley himself will play thetitleboth visually and orally; also "Melo- " But that doesn't mean off -beat." he went role when thefilmeventually goes ANDY STEWART on. Peoplethinkthatso-called die d'Amour," which scoresviaits off -beat into production, but other than that,directness and simplicity. And "Mon Glasgow Empire humour has to be exceptionallyclever and no parts have been cast.There is DAVID WHITFIELD contrived. Amour," a song built around just two one for Adam Faith, who iskeenwords, is a positive gem of vocal pro- Nottingham Theatre Royal " But I'mnottryingtobeclever -clever to appear in the film so that project LITA ROZA with my humour.I'm not trying to baffle is still on the cards. jection. Southern and Palace Clubs, people with science either. I Manchester just want to " As yet,Ihaven'taclue when WEE WILLIE HARRIS make themlaugh,preferablywithsome- I'llstartwork onthefilm, I've LAUGHTER Bury and Accrington Palace Clubsthingthat's new and untried." got to wait for the right opportunity Tony's distinctive brand of humour, as well -and alsothetime,"saidTony, And whatabouthis"different" * NIGHT SPOTS as his fine singing. will be effectively show- who willalsoachieve oneofhishumour? He laughstoa record of SOPHIE TUCKER cased in the new production which, he says, cherished ambitions via the film. forhimself laughing-andthe audience London Talk Of The Town " spotlights the seven ages of man from early he's intent on directing it,too'. guffaw uncontrollably :he contorts his PATTI PAGE childhood to death." Tony is the only Since severing his lengthy associa-rubber face a dozen different ways to London Pigalle man in an otherwiseall -girlcast. End musical.Anyway. I've got myBox Jury " panel didn't agree.They tionwithWarwick Films, Tonydepictphotographs in afamily album; he runs riot with a caricature The projectisone of the mostfingers crossed." all raved about the disc-but voted hasn'tmadea picture. Ishe important in Tony's colourful career, Tony willbe bidding for Britishitamiss by threeto one on the worried ? of an ancient French female singer; BEST FOR YEARSfor in addition to starring in " StopcharthonoursagainnextFridaygrounds that it wasn't a commercial " Not really," he countered. " YouheimpersonatesanAmerican TV JIMMY BRENNAN'Sseason when hislatest Decca single-coup-proposition ! see,Ihonestlywasn'tveryhappyannouncer advertising gin; and with The World," he is also the director. perfecttiming to a prerecorded showatBlackpoolQueens,And as if that isn't enough, he wroteling. thenew Johnny Worth com- Tony's irrepressible humour comesabout most of the filmsI made with with an I soundtrack,bringstolifeanoisy theshow, which features adozenposition Bee Bom " through nicely on Pop Goes TheWarwick, and don't want to get " Fun and Fancy Free," is one of up-to-dateversionofthenurseryWeasel,"atrack drawn fromhisinvolved in a film again unless I'meater at work. thebest the resorthas seeninsongs, with tunesmith Leslie Bricusse.rhyme " Pop Goes The Weasel " -second LP which will be issued thisreally keen on the idea. Henri opens his act with a laughing recent years. The actual writing of the showis scheduled for release. month. The album,titledsimply " I've been sittingat home withsong. Forty minutes later, he leaves Don Arrol canclaimthelion's took four weeks-not inBritain Actually,the Worth song isthe" Tony,"isacollection of balladsthe door open waiting for a suitablethe stage-still laughing, All of us at share of the credit. He was given a but in New York. " A " side of thedisc,but I haveand swingers and spotlights anotherscript to come along.So far. nothingthe Savoy on Monday were doubled remarkablereceptionatSaturday's You see, Leslie had to go thereafeelingthat" PopGoesThemodernisedoldieintheshapeofhasappearedthathastaken myup with laughter throughout his per- opening. towriteforBeatriceLillie'snextWeasel "isgoingtoattract more" Pack Up Your Troubles In Yourfancy.But I'm in no hurry.Theformance-and all of us agreed, too, Spottedby. ValParnellforhisshow, and the only way we couldattention. Old Kit Bag " ! right scriptwillturn up soon,I'mthat the 40 minutes passed far too Palladium TV role in the resort lastgetdowntowriting'StopThe Mind you,lastSaturda',` Juke Asked why hehasn't made anysure." K.G. summer, Arrol has come a long wayWorld 'wasfor me togothere in the past 12 months. with him," Tony explained. This Blackpool season should con- " We worked there in an apartment solidate hisposition as one of thislent to us by Bea Lillie," Tony con- country's most promising young stars.tinued. Inthemornings,Leslie U.S. stars are clamouring for more tunes Yana, making her second succes-worked on her material, and in the sive summer season appearance at theafternoons, we got down to our own which has been selling extremely well. Queens, forsakes her more sophisti-writing. Itcertainly was afunny For the record, let's get it straight cated approachfora warmer andway to work, but it turned out fine by 4/EARY 'Apache' tORDANthat Jerry has no intentions of pack- much more personal one, whichisin the end and we managed to com- ing up singing altogether. sure to endear her tothe holiday-plete the book, music and lyrics of Romance."A while ago, Lill Babswill be biddingforhit parade " SureIenjoy singing,"he con- makers the Queens attracts. the show between us." -a Continental star-recorded Jerry'shonours with more of Jerry's tunes.fided, " but Ilike writing even more: aboutthe The show is heavy with production How does Tony feel " Cinderella Jones " while on a trip The obvious question at this pointfirst,because I doitbetter,and and young Ross Taylor can take a patshow ?"Naturally, I'm hoping it'll totheU.S.,andDanishguitaris:Is Jerry letting his own recordingsecondly, because I findit more re- on the back for his efforts which havebe successful," he emphasised. For soloistJorgen Ingmann, who tookcareerslideinfavour ofdevotingwarding in the long run. resulted in such a sparkling evening'sa long time, I've toyed with the\idea " Apache -to second placeinthemore time to composing ? " I get a kick out of seeing one entertainment. of a one-man show and thisisit. American charts,is eager to record " Let's put it this way," he began. EDWARD MICHAELS of my songs in the charts, especially It's also my first attempt at a West more of Jerry's tunes at the earliest" As a singer I feel very discouraged whenit'srecordedby anartist opportunity. with the way my career has been pro- who's new to the best sellers." Here in Britain, Jerry's songs aregressing. 1 thought I was doing quite Tony Newley. for example, notched 1111.11.111111111111111r4"11111111111111111111.