Evening star. [volume], July 25, 1937, Page F-7, Image 51

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Lanny Ross' Public Career
Shows Amazing Versatility
Popular Radio Tenor Sings Light Selections
and Concert Music With Equal Ease.
Was Yale Athlete.
IT WAS not so many years apo that ΐΛηη.ν Ross was * very wpll-known
nam·» «round Npw Havpn. Conn. Indications are that it is none the less
familiar now. but for a slightly difTerpnt rpason. Today. Lenny Rom Is
rpcogni7ed as radio's lpadinp tPnor, but Old Ell remembers him as a suc
cessful bearer of hpr colors on the cinder paths. Hp was intercollegiate quar
ter-mile champion at one time, but passed up an opportunity for a place on
TT~.it. J r·»- i/Λ1 i- *. A - -·
I «nuν Ross
tour Europe with the university's glee
club.
Born of talented parents—his
mother was a concert pianist and his
father a popular
Bhakespe a r e a η
actor—Ross dis
played a fine
singing voice at
en early age. At
Cathedral School
In New York, at
the exclusive Ta ft
School and on
the Yale campus
he wa* a fea
tured singer in
plee clubs and
school choirs. Be
cause of the
unique appeal oi
his lyric tenor
voice and an engaging personality,
the handsome singer soon developed
into one of the top-rank network per
sonalities after he received his first
ehance before a microphone.
Demands have been made for the
appearance in other branches of en
tertainment business of the long-time
star of the Show Boat programs,
whose full name is Lancelot Fatrick
Ross. Already, he has been starred
In two motion pictures and is under
contract for further screen work. l ast
season he launched what was viewed
by critics as an outstanding career
on the classic concert stage. Ross has
been signed as the singing star of a
new full-hour musical-comedy series,
which will replace the Summer pro
gram in which Johnny Green and his
orchestra are being featured. He
moves into this new spot on Septem
ber 7.
J^EWS and Tilings—Dick Jurgins'
Orchestra will be heard over
Mutual, beginning July 31 . . . Tony
Wons returns to the air in a thrice
weekly series October 4 . . . Helen
Hayes and Henry Hull have been
signed for starring roles in the cycle
of Eugene O'Neil's plays to bo pre
sented bv Ν "R C rinrinc Autmst
Rumor has Johnny Green on the po
dium when Phil Baker returns in the
Fall . . . The popular series. ' Rise of
the Goldbergs." will be back on the
networks when the weather begins to
be cool . . . Myrt and Marge move to
β morning spot on August 2 . . . Fran
cis White has been signed for three
successive guest appearances on the
Cavalcade of Music . . . Columbia is
conducting international short-wave
test-s to determine the effectiveness of
directional antennae . . . Jeanette
MacDonald will be starred in a new
musical program set to bow on Octo
ber 3 . . . September will see a 45
minute variety show, sponsored by
that big soft drink man . . . That
Lanny Ross show, mentioned earlier, is
to have Raymond Paige as musical di
rector . . . M. G. M. has signed Bill
Bacher. called the highest-paid pro··
ducer in radio, for pictures and pos
. sible air work for the Hollywood con
cern . . . Cal Tmney, who sounds and
thinks a bit as Will Rogers did. has
landed a commercial and will be
heard on a variety program, begin
ning in September . . . Damon Run
yon is attempting to peddle his short
stories for radio presentation . . .
Jack Benny comes back on October :
3 . . . Ν. Β C. has tied up rights to
the blow-by-blow of the Farr-Louis
light . . . Helen Mencken will move
to Columbia, August 3.
D AY PERKINS, who.se "Hi There.
Audience!" variety show is heard |
over Mutual at 10 p.m. Eastern day- ;
l'ght, saving time, started preparation i
for both music and comedy at an un
usually early age. He began the study
of the piano at the age of 7 and at
Columbia University wrote and per
formed in varsity shows, was leader
of th<» glee club, wrote for the Jester,
the humorous monthly. Also during
his undergraduate days he did several
brief tours in vaudeville as an ac
companist and contributed interpo
lated numbers to several Winter Gar
den revues.
Ray never took the final examina
tions at Columbia—he was one of a
group of seniors who were given de
grees without examination so they
could enter the Army prior to gradu
ation—so to this day Ray doesn't
know whether the exams would have
been worse than the German artillery.
He was discharged as a captain of
Infantry early in 1919 and entered
the popular music business as a song
writer. Working for Waterson. Berlin
ana Snyder. M. Witmark <fe Sons and ;
other firms, hp turned out such hits
of the day as "By-Lo," "Scandinavia,"
"Down the Old Church Aisle" and
"Stand Up and Sine for Your Father."
In 1925 he entered the advertising
department of the New Yorker maga
zine and remained three year's. He
returned to radio with the character
"Judge. Jr.," and then went to Holly
wood as a song writer for Warner
Bros. Hits. "Lady Lurk." "Under a
Texas Moon." "Smilin' Irish Eyes."
Once again he returned to the air
waves and soon gained national rec
ognition as the conductor of Mutual's
original National Amateur Night.
J^ONG familiar to radio fans, Del
Casino has appeared in many j
Important network presentations as
wpII as having been featured in his
own air shows.
A native New Yorker, born in
, Brooklyn, as a youngster he paid lit- \
tie heed to the possibilities of his be
coming a singer. Athletics were his j
forte, and, up until the time he grad- j
uated from Alexander Hamilton High
School, his ambitions were centered
on becoming a professional ball player.
For 11 years Del played in the Brook
lyn Amateurs League. His stage and
singing work was limited to high school
musical productions, where he sur
prised his audiences with the excel
lent quality of his voice.
» After graduation his more mature
Judgment turned him toward other
fields than base ball. He attempted to
corner the market by becoming a Wall
Street runner. Two years or tnis and
came the depression. His friends,
knowing the quality of his voice, urged
him to try for radio, and he made his
debut over a small Brooklyn station.
He caught on instantly and determined
to make a serious bid for radio fame.
"pHIIi LORD 0* Columbia's "Gang
Busters" series has brought true
"" the dream which Joe Yarmish, 1R
j-ear-old East Side lad. has had ever
since he could remember. The dream,
conceived while Joe stared avidly at
the gaudy 24-sheet displays outside
the nickelodeons of his neighborhood,
was to become an actor like those two
other East Side shavers who had made
good—Frankie Darrow and Ricardo
Cortez of stage and films.
Up to three months ago. its fulfill
ment was as remote as Joe's winning
of the numbers game, of which he was
a devotee. Suddenly, a turn of the
wheel of fortune brought his lagging
footsteps into the club house of the
Boys' Brotherhood Republic, a fellow
ship institution, where Joe and a
group of his fellow club members |
were asked by Lord to participate in a
broadcast. Joe's natural acting abil
ity caught the attention of Lord,
who is ever on the lookout for genuine
ability. And now, Joe has become a
permanent addition to the C B. S
Gang Busters'" cast, already having
appeared in 12 programs.
The boy behind this latest radio
success story is average in height, pos
sesses black hair, black eyes, an in
tense. aquiline face. The oldest boy
in a family of six. his consuming am
bition now is to be permitted to play
roles other than his present Juvenile
gangster " bits." for which he is ad
mirably suited because of his East
Side accent, and to secure a part in a ;
legitimate Broadway stage production.
one HOT July night in 1919, a shy '
10-year-old Chicago lad began
to practice for his first clarinet les
son. The "apartment upstairs" may
not have liked the shrill wail of the
reed, but he loved t. Today he is
known as Benny Goodman, king of
swing and dean of the swing school.
While Benny still was attending ]
wig il ûiiiwi in me winayi
City he played in a five-piece school j
band composed of Bud Freeman, j
Dave Tuft. Muggsie Spanier, Murph !
Podolsky and himself. All five of them
are top swingsters in the country to- |
day. He studied with Bogoslowski and
Franz Schoepp ι of the Chicago Sym- ,
phony Orchestrai and learned har
mony and counterpoint under Joseph ι
Schillinger, who taught George I
Gershwin. At 16 he was featured
with Bon Pollack's band, and he has j
played that hot clarinet with Isham
Jones, Red Nichols. Johnny Green and
Paul Whiteman, Recently at a mu
sicians' concert he astonished the
swing addicts by playing the solo
part in Mozart's "Clarinet Quinte:."
His staff arrangers are Fletcher
Henderson. Spud Murphy and Henry
Wood, and the keynote of Goodman's
orchestrations is "swing somethinz
simple." They leave startling inno
vations to the inspired impromptu
moments when the individual players
"get in the groove."
·
Microphone Buffer.
JOHN BARRYMORE'S zeal in por
* traying roles on the "streamlined"
Shakespeare series has brought a new
device to radio broadcasting—a micro
phone buffer. The buffer is a square
fence, about waist high, around which
actors of the Shakespearean plays
work into a microphone suspended in
the center of the square at eve-level.
Barrymore throws himself into the
part he plays so thoroughly that he
often forgets he is speaking into a
sensitive microphone. To relieve the
famous actor and other members of
the cast, many of whom are stage
and screen actors, of the constant
worry of keeping a proper distance
from the mike, the buffer was designed
and constructed.
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Tablecloth Plots.
IF YOU visit Radio City this Sum
mer, don't be surprised to see a
man rushing into a studio with a
tablecloth under his arm. It will be
Walter O'Keefe. He frequently jots
notes on the white expanse before
him as he eats lunch, and, when he
has worked out a particularly good
skit between bites, he buys the cloth
and takes it with him.
Pair of Young Veterans and a Newcomer
... M
Virginia Payne I left) has been featured for some time in a
prominent role on the "Ma Perkins" serial drama program.
Laurette Fellbrandt (center) is another popular radio actress,
appearing regularly as Dot Houston the younger sister in "A Tale
of Today " Madge Marley night) is the latest addition to Al
Pearce's "gang." She joined the company in New York before
the hegira to the West Coast and has an extended contract as
singer.
Wrong on Purpose.
ÇJETTING a wrong telephone num
ber or street address may annuy, \
but radio dramatic script writers hunt
for them eagerly, points out Edgar
Ouest, producer of the "It Can Be
Dune" programs,
"Telephone numbers and street ad
dresses on dramatic shows aie usually i
wrong." Guest explains. "Right num
bers are taboo unless the dramatiza
tion is based on (act and permission j
is granted to them. Sometimes, mem
bers of the cast or studio employes
permit their numbers tu be broad
cast.
"This is also true of addresses. If
an address in any city is to be used,
it is always carefully chosen, lest it
exist as an actual number. If a
•street runs as far as the 2000 block,
for instance, a 4000 number is chosen."
Sound by Measure.
TAPE measure is a part of
Johnny Green's musical equip
ment. Every instrument in hi* 22
piece orchestra, heard Tuesday nights
over Ν. Β C , Is placed * certain
distance from the microphone, and a
variance of an inch might mean a
world of difference in the tone. So
Maestro Green measures things out
before air time every week, just to
be sure.
Musical Martyr.
MEMBER of the modem or
chestra receives as little recogni
tion and is as little appreciated as
the man who plays the bass viol,
says Harry Salter, conductor of the
Wednesday night "Hit Parade " Serv
ing his professional career bound to
an instrument that stands two hands
higher than a horse and one foot less
than a giraffe, this musical martyr ι
Is lost in the shadow of this giant
of all musical instruments.
Although his importance in the
orchestra cannot be overestimated
the leader's uaton is never waved in
his direction. The conductor will call
the trumpeter to come forth and add ,
to the musical performance the clarion
notes of his silver-toned instrument. !
but the "zoom, zoom, zoom" of the
bass violin is taken for granted. The
baton Is lifted to summon the violin- j
1st, who, with a graceful flourish of
his bow, adds his dulcet strains, but
the "zoom" doesn't receive this special I
invitation. Then, with an all-em- 1
bracing gesture of his hands, the !
conductor binds all the instruments |
in one crashing finale. Each pours
out its individual color to blend in \
the general ensemble. But, beneath It
all. unnoticed and unappreciated, is
"zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom."
Music Sweeter Now.
J F YOU notice a keener sweetness in
radio music during the months
of July and August, there's a definite
reason. Don Voorhees. "Cavalcade of
America" music director, points out !
that these months in the year are ex
ceptionally dry, and musical instru
ments definitely are affected.
For instance, Voorhees points out.
violins, violas, cellos and bass fiddles
tighten naturally when the dry
weather sets in. The reeds in saxo- '
phones and clarinets also are tighter
and easier to play. Drum heads
tighten, piano keys dry out and become
more flexible, and trumpets are
sharper.
"Naturally, music will be much
sweeter, clearer and more resonant
during the hot and dry months." con
tends Don. "This condition exists
until the rainy season sets in just be
fore Fall. Then it takes all kinds of
remedies to get the instruments in
shape to combat the dampness."
In the Winter, Voorhees says, musi- ,
cians find the most difficulty in mak- '
ing their tones mellow and sweet. The
same holds true for early Spring.
"That's why musicians long for the !
warm, dry weather." is Don's comment, ι
"They don't mind working in heat as
long as their tones are mellow and
clear." I
Who Is Neorgio?
JT WAS a bewildered Jacques Jolas
who pored over the cable handed
him at the conclusion of the first of
his current Saturday night piano re
citals. It had been filed at Neuilly. just
outside of Paris, and read: "Bravo très
emus avons bien entendu." That, of
course, did not bother him. for he j
translated it as ' Bravo, very moved,
came over well." which meant that
his program was received well in
Fiance. It was the signature. "Eugene
Maria Chester Neorgio Helen Joyce,"
which gave him pause. Finally he
began to see the light. Eugene is his j
brother. Eugene Jolas. editor of the
international literary magazine Tran- j
sltion, and Maria is Eugene s wife. '
Chester's last name is McKee. He's
a conductor. Helen and Joyce are Mr.
and Mrs. James Joyce, the former the
author of "Ulysses." Jacques still
doesn't know who Neorgio is.
· —
No "Glow Worm."
Y^ILBUR HATCH, C. B. 8. West
Coast musical director, abso
lutely refuses to play "Glow Worm." ;
but will accede to any other request.. '
Hatch's aversion to the song dates
back to his childhood days, when he
had to swing heavy Indian clubs to
the rhythm of the tune. He vowed
then that if he ever became a musi- !
cian of any prominence he would
Ignore the number. The vow has
been kept to this day.
Air Headliners
Afternoon Programs.
1.00 p.m.—WMAL, "The Magic
Key."
2:30 p.m.—WJSV. Washington
St. Louis Base Bnll
Games.
Evening Programs.
fi:00 p.m.—WRC. Jane Froman
6:30 p.m.—WJSV, Harry yon
Zell.
7 :00 p.m.—WRC. W C Fields .
WJSV, Milton Berle and
Wendall Hall.
7:30 p.m.--WJSV, Eddie Stanley
8:00 p.m.—WOL. Five Star
Final"; WJSV, Rhythm
Show.
8:30 p.m.—WRC. America Al
bum of Familiar Music.
9:00 p.m.- WRC. Sunday Night
Party; WOL. Kay Ky
ser's Surprise Party.
Short-Wave Programs.
* :30 p.m.—CARACAS. Dance
Music. YV5RC, 51 7 m.,
5.8 meg.
9:15 p.m.—BERLIN. Dancing *
Generation Ago, DJD,
25 4 m . 11.77 meg.
9:35 p.m.—LONDON. "Zoologist
In England," GSG. Ifi8
m„ 17.79 meg : GSI. 19 6
m, 15.26 meg; GSD,
25 5 m., 11.75 meg.;
GSB, 31.5 m., 9.51 meg.
If Radio Stars Have to Use Right Names
Public Will Be Surprised, Disillusioned
fck/^ mou lu tue proposai of Kep
resentative Francis X. Coyne
J demanding that entertain
ment stars use their right
names pass through the Boston Legis
lature, the stars of radio and the an
nouncers will have quite a problem on
their hands," said Arthur Godfrey,
the announcer-commentator of the
Saturday night Professor Quiz show.
"For instance, it's easy on the ears
when Jimmv Wellington calls into the
mike, 'Here comes Eddie Cantor.' But
if he has to follow Francis X. Coyne's
plan it will be 'Here comes Izzy Isko
witz.' Imagine the fun Charley Mc
Carthy will have with W. C. Fields
when he calls him William C. Dugan
field.
"Can you imagine an announcer
stuttering through Marie Gabriel Gor
maine Belzeniere Belanger instead of
Gogo De Lys? It will be Nathaniel
Birnbaum instead of George Burns
and Gracie Allen. Walter Winchell
will probably say that it's about time
that Ben Bernie had his wits about
him when he calls him by his right
name. Benjamin Ancollowitr Good
man Ace will give listeners plenty of
trouble when they try to remember A.
C. Eschkowitz. Bert Lahr will be Isa
dore Lahrheim.
"Even in Boston they can't remem
ber that Fred Allen was born John
Florence Sullivan or that Parkyakar
kus signs his name Harry Einstein.
"Here are a few more former tags
of radio greats," continues Godfrey:
"Glen Gray, Glen Knoblaugch; Sid
Gary, Sid Garfunkel; Joe Penner,
Joseph Pinter; Jack Benny, Benny
Kublaskv; Abe Lyman, Abe Simon;
Benay Venuta, Benevonuta Croolce;
Jacques Renard. Jacob Stavinsky;
Ted Lewis, Leopold Friedman; A1 Jol
son, Asa Yoleson."
Tliewe Song Composer Must Put Self
Into Any Mood Ordered by Sponsor
Raymond scott. c. b. s.
conductor and composer, has
to be ready to get sad or burst
with happiness on a moment's
notice. Ray has become an expert at
writing theme songs-—he has written
20 now ir> use—and for each one has
had to put himself into a different hu
mor. ,
A theme song must set the mood of
a program, and. before Raymond can
set a mood he has to get himself into
it. For example, when Mark Warnow
wanted a theme for his Blue Velvet
Orchestra, Scott not only had to put
himself into a blue-velvet state of
mind, but also he was obliged to find
out what a blue-velvet state of mind
was. Mark Warnow explained that
blue velvet music should be soft, rich,
luxuriant and graceful, and Raymond
had to sit down and figure out how
to say all that in music. Finding a
luxuriant dotted seventh seems well
nigh impossible to the novice, but Ray
must have found one because his "Nine
O'clock and All Is Well" now is Mark
Warnow's theme.
"The best way to write eotnething
sad," 8*y« Ray, 'ie to be down In
the dumps yourself. A food grief will
*
put real pathos in your melody. But.
most often, you have to brew up your
melancholy artificially. To get de
pressed, sit alone at your piano. Soli
tude Is one of the beet guarantors
of sadness, especially on a rainy day."
For "hot" themes, like the opener
for the "Saturday Night Swing Ses
sion," Ray favors composing with a
lot of cheerful people around.
Raymond was stumped for a short
time recently when asked to write a
theme song for Hollace Shaw's so
prano voice—to resemble a nightingale.
The trouble was that classical com
posers already had done a thorough
job of exploiting the nightingale, and
Ray was supposed to And a new side
in the nightingale's character that no
one else had expressed. It was an
assignment that had to be completed
overnight and Ray had no time to go
to the wx> for research. So he was
forced to use what he knew about
birds and improvise a nightingale.
The composer defines the result as
the "tweet" of the nightingale com
bined with the "ter-wit" t»i the sky
lark. It now is the signature-theme
on Hollace Shaw'· »rogram.
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CAPITAL'S RADIO PROGRAM
TODAYS PROCRAM
JULY 25, 1937.
A M.!
"7:00
7: 15
7:30
7:45
"8:00
8:15
8:30
8:45
'9:00
9:15
9:30
9:45
10:00
10:15
10:30
10:45
11:00
11:15
I I : 30
II :45
W MAL—«30k.
WRC—950k.
Ensembl;
Child'» Concert
WOL--l,3!Ok. ! WJSV—1,460k.
Coast to Coast
Russian Melodie»
String Quartet
News Song*
Neighbor Nell
Γο he Announced
Southernaires
Music Mall
j Harold Nagel » Or.
j Concert Ensemble
Bible High Limits
jlhjs η That
1 Newt—Piano»
Bravest of Brave
I\ oguet
The Hour Glass
Round Table
Psalms
News Bulletins
Morning ( oncert
Morning Concert
j Dixie 1 larmonies
Your Washington
W ate h I ower
Hawaiian Echoes
! Art Brown
Elder Micha
Church of the Air
Roma
Tra
Church Songs
New» Bulletins
( hrishati Science
Arthur Godfrey
i Art Brown , Arthur Godfrey
I Church Service» |Tabernade Choir
FM.
12:00 Music Hall
12:15 " *
12:30 Our Neighbor»
12:45 - "
Dance Invitation News Kaye'» Or.
Midday Musicale Sonny Kaye's Or.
Moods and Modes Cantor Shapiro
1 :00 Magic Key
1:15 " -
1:30 - -
1:45 - "
I Sunday Driver»
I hatcher Colt
NX ate h Tower
Art Brown
Waltz Theme»
2:00 A Capella Choir
2:15 " -
2:30 In England
2:45 C hucker Ma rtinez
3:00 National Vetpen
3:15 " -
3:30 Sen. Fnhfact
3:45 " *
4:00 Drama
4:15 " ··
4:30 Helen I raubel
4:45
5 :00 Tea Tin e ~~
5:15 Guards Band
5:30 Golden Gale Band
5:45 " "
Symphony Concert Church of the Air
Browns Kiddie»
j
Red River Valley Brown's Kiddie»
World I» Your» Alpine Concert j
Paul Martin » Or. | Dick Stabile » Or. Ba»e Ball Game
Church of the Air
Dr. Johi R. Mott
Poet » (iold
St. Louis Blue*
Bible Diamas
C. B. S. Symphony
Ba»e Ball Game
Basr Ball Game
Shawneetown
Catholic Hour
Irving Conn » Or.
6:00 Calif. Concert
6:15 - "
6:30 W. Jan«sens Or.
6:45 " "
7 :00 Ina Clare
7:15 44 ··
7:30 - -
7:45; - "
Dancing Mood»
A Tale of Today Spanish Serenade
ι * * i __*· _ I
jjane F roman Sports Resume
, G. Williams Orch.
! Fireside Rental Watch Tower
Jingle Program I Vienna Melody '
W. C. Field»
Tom Dcreey'» Or.
Concert
Ba»e Ball Game
Base Ball Game
Harry λ on Zell
Milton Berle
Eddie Stanley
ο:ΐΛ) ruppnnç nnythra
8:15 " "
8:30 Walter Winchell
8:45 Organ l'evene»
9:00 Music Camp
9:15 " ··
9:30. "
9:45: " ·' _
10:00 Judy and Bunch
10:15 Paul Sabin's Or.
10:30 Ed. Varzos' Orch.
10:45 " "
î I : 00 Slumber Hour
11:15 " "
M : 30 " "
11:45 " "
12:001 Sign Off
12:15
12:30!
^ Merry <·ο Kound hive >ttr hinal
Familiar Music Ray Perkins
Khvthm Snow
Sunday Party | Good Witt Hour Stadium Concert
Ne»
'Organ Reverie» G. Miliums' Or.
'New·—Molina » Or. Dance Music
C. Molina ι Or. | "
ΒιϊΓCoy le
Henry Busse's Or.
Bach Festival
Rhythm—Romance ! News Dailrv Or.
Frank Dailey'i Or.
G. Arnheim » Or.
Ozzie Nelson'» Or.iAl Trace» Or.
Eddy Duchin's Or. Jan Garber s Or.
Sign Off |G. Williams' Or.
I Dick Jurgins' Or.
^ Joe Sanders' Or.
1 he W tching Hr.
New» Bulletin»
Sign Off
A.M.
TOMORROW'S PROGRAM.
6:30
6:45
Gordon Hittenmark
7:00 Morning Devotion» Gordon Hittenmark Art Brown
7:15 Today'» Prelude !
7:30 I " "
7:45, " ·' I - -
New»—Sun Dial
Sun Dial
Sun Dial
New»—Art Brown
.. .. I ..
8:00 Breakfart Club
8:15
8:30 " "
8:45 Brkh._ Club -News
9:00 Mary Marlin
9:15 Ma Perkins
9:30 ι New» Bulletin»
9:45 I Myriad Voice.
10:00 iThe O'Neill.
10 : 15 jPertonal Column
10:301 Vic and Sade
10:45 Edward MacHugh
New.—Hittenmark
Gordon Hittenmark
Art Brown
Mr». Wiggs
John » Other Wife
Just Plain Bill
Today'» Children
David llarum
Backstage Wife
To Be Charming
Myriad Voice»
11 :00| Terri Franconi
11:15! Grace and Scotty
11:30 The Cadet»
11:45 I Helen Behlke
ι New»—Art Brown
I Sweetheart»
Choir Loft
[ 1 une» f ir Two
I New»—Police
Get Thin to Mu»ic
Pianologue»
Martha and Hal
Organ Recital
Myriad Voice.
Mary Marlin
Three Marshall»
Ro»a Lre. Soprano
Morning Concert
Bill Lewi»
We Are Four
Sun Dial
Godfrey and Salb
Bachelor'» Children
Pretty Kitty Kelly
Song Stylist»
Between Bookend»
Angelo Patri
Air Magazine
Big Si»ter
Real Life Storie»
Swing Blues
Your Ni'w» Parade
Helen Trent
Our Gal Sunday
P.M.
12:00'Love and Learn [News—M u»ic ! Dance Mu.ic
12:15 New. Bulletin. 'Dan Harding'. Wife New.—Mu.ic
12:30 Farm & Home Hr. Word, and Mu.ic Luncheon Concert
12:451 I " " ' I " "
Betty and Bob
Hymn Program
Grimm'. Daughter
In Hollvwood
l:00jFarm ê; Home Hr.
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1:30 U. S. Navy Band
1:45| " "
2:00
2:15
2:30
2.45
Salzburg Fe.tival
Mary Ma.on
Salon Orche.tra
Organ Reital
Melody Matinee
U. S. Navy Band
Talk It Over
Pepper Young
Ma Perkin.
Vic and Sade
The O'Neill.
A Woman'. Eye»
Organ Recital
New» Bulletin»
Myrt and Marge
3:00 Club M.itine* Lorenzo Jone.
3:15 " " Piano Recital '
3:30 " " Rhythm.
3:45 " " Tlie Guiding Light
4:00 At Wicliffe j Carol Weymann
4:15 Escort» and Betty Home Folks' Frolic
4:30 Singing Lady
4:45 Even'g Star Flaihe»: Jackie Heller
5:00 U. S. Army Band Sundown Revue
5:15 " " Davi. Cup
5:30 Te· Time New»—Mu»ie
5:45 Lowell Themu Radio Rube*
Wakeman'· Sport»
Stardu»t Revue
New» Bulletin»
Wakeman'» Sport»
Col. Jack Major
Pop Concert
Texa» Jim Lewi»
New» Bulletin»
Fla»h Stake»
Bob Byion
Dictator»
Playdays
Wakeman'» Sport»
Clyde Barrie
Eton Bey»
Dori· Kerr
Funny Thing.
Wa»hbonrd Blue»
Cocktail Caper»
Rudy Bundy'i Or.
Evening Rhythm»
Harlan Iteed
New»—Score*
George Hall'· Or.
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Sunday, July 25
At 4:30 P.M.
Rational iWemorial $atrfe
On Lee Highway in Virginia
Presents ο Program which we hope many hundreds will enjoy. Fully
600 people attended lost Sunday'» concert ond greatly appreciated it.
The Quartet and Pipe Organ will feature God in Nature.
Here are a Few of the musical treats in store for you this Sunday
afternoon:
1. Organ "Under the Leaves"
2. Quartet "Gad, Who Touch·»* Earth With Beauty"
3. Quartet "The Gray Hill» Taught Me Patience"
4. Orogan (By Request) "Adoration From the Holy City"
5. Vesper Menage D'. Honcher, Presiding
6. Quartet "The End of a Perfect Doy"
National Memorial Park has four radio period»:
Sunday Morning», 9:45 to 10:00—W. J. S. V.
Tuesday and Saturday Morning», 7:20 to 7:25—W. O. L.
Thursday Evening», 7:15 to 7:20—W. O. L.
Tuna In and Be Glad!
Radio Offers Regular
Pay and Steady Work
Phil Baker, Fred Allen and Jack Benny Sign
for Years and Years-Stars of Stage
Far Less Secure.
By Chris Mathiseh.
FINANCIAL security, once the reason for persistant sneers at radio on the
part of established stage and screen performers, has berom» th» prin
cipal drawing power directed at stars of other entertainment field* b?
the networks. The sarcastic, "Sorry, but I prefer a steady Job." 'Λ
heard no more when agents suggest the possibility of a sponsored F»W
artist* today turn apathetic ears to broadcasting contracts
Radio is offering the sought-after security in far greater measure than
ever nas wen anoroea Dy vauaevnie·,
and legitimate stage. Vocalists, dra
matic actors and actresses, stooges,
masters of ceremonies need wonder no
longer whether or not the show will
"fold" after the opening night and
leave them stranded. Sponsors on the
air assure them of at least 13 weeks'
steady employment in most cases—the
usual contract period. Only the cream
of talent in other branches of show
business Is accuslomrd to so stable a
source of Income.
In the early days few entertainers
of reputation felt inclined to plunge
into the new medium. Advertising
over the air was insignificant, hence
no sponsors willing to pay appreciable
salaries for their services. The indi
vidual stations or newly-born networks
operated on skimpy talent budgets.
The few courageous performers who
braved the laughter of their colleagues
along Broadway to face a microphone
are in a position to do most of the
guffawing now. They have moved up
the ladder of popularity through
broadcasting, have been rewarded with
long-term contracts, more eye-filling
checks.
Phil Baker, veteran of musical com
edy and the old two-a-day, has signed
a two-year contract with his sponsor,
as has Fred Allen. Jack Benny can
look ahead to regular pay days for
three more years at least. The pros
perous days of vaudeville held out
hopes of a 40-week tour for these
comics, and then came the distressing
period of ' at liberty." Frank Black
was enjoying a far-flung reputation
as a theater and recording musician
when broadcasting came upon the en
tertainment scene. Realizing its po
tentialities, he became one of the pio
neers of radio music. Today Black is
general music director for Ν. B. C.
and the favorite conductor of in
numerable listeners. Peter van Stee
den »ai among the foremost night
club orchestra leaders w hen he decided
to take a chance on the "fanciful fad "
He Is so busy now that vacations are
very far apart.
Ed Wolfe, producer of "Pepper
Young's Family," amazed his asso
ciates when he deserted the theater,
where he was regarded as a fixture
Broadway remembers Wolfe, who was
once a stage director for David Bel
asco. Broadway wants him back, but
Ed shakes his head, continues to guide
radio dramatic presentations. Don
Vorhees can look back upon a number
of years a.s one of the favorite theater
orchestra leaders, but, fxcept on rare
occasions when he is not pressed too
much by air batoning, he prefer* only
to look beck upon them, returns to the
pit are Infrequent.
'jXJUAYS PROG RAMS— Harry Mc
Naughton, Phil Baker's "Bottle,"
drops his stooging role to appear as
guest comedian with Harry Von Zell—
WJSV, 6:30 . . . It's a fourth meek for
Fred Lightner on Jane Froman's show
—WRC at 6 . . . Ina Claire opens her
diamatlc series with "Madame Sans
Gene"—WMAL at 7 . . . Town officials
tell how they plan to move the entire
community of Shawneetown. Ill —
WRC. 4 30 . . . Dixie Harmonies pre
sent a half hour of spirituals—WOL
at 9:15 this morning . . . Mary Pick
ford makes a guest appearance on the
Fields - Bergen - Ameche program—
WRC, 9 o'clock . . . Randolph Scott,
film star, and Niela Goodelle, sing
er, are the guesu< of James Melton
at the Sunday Night Party—WRC at
9 . . . Helen Marshall, soprano, and
Sigurd Nilssen, basso, are heard dur
ing the Fireside Recital—WRC, 6 30
... A group of semi-dramatic sketches
high light Ray Perkins' show tonight
—WOL at 8 . . . Florence Easton. so
prano of the Metropolitan Opera Co.,
and Eirem Zimbalist, renowned vio
linist. join the Magic Key cast thts
afternoon—WMAL at 1 o'clock . . .
Good Will Hour bows on WOL at 9.
Vl 'ELL. it took three days and nighta
to complete the job. but Ν Β. C.
finally has opened its new combined
WMAL-WRC studios In the Trans
Lux Building, quarters which repre
sent a marvel of elegance and practi
cability both as to studios and offices.
The management reports that the last
vestige of the Inaugural ceremonies
has been removed from the scene and
ordered has been restored. Such an
ambitious program of festivities as
was arranged for the pait week pro
vided a stiff test for any studios and
offices, but the upper floor of the
Trans-Lux Building, happily, appears
to have survived.
The three days and nights in ques
tion were occupied, successively, In
entertaining the press, advertising
agency people and sponsors, and the.
"better people " The la.st constituted
the official opening, with a host of
diplomatic, governmental, civic and
social leaders in attendance, but the
preview for the fourth esiate will be
remembered for many a day, even by
the most experienced of répertoriai
party-goers. Such a convivial gath
ering as was present in the : penal
gathering place on the mezzanine floor
would be difficult to match.
Every one remarked on th» excel
lent planning and treatment of the
new layout . . . Gordon Hittenmark's
perambulating microphone was treat
ed to numerous important and in
teresting comments . . . Hardie Mea
kin was regaling a group, as is usual
with Hardie . . . Phoebe Gale, who
tells the newspapers what is going rn
at Ν. Β C , was at the elevator to
direct visitors a.s to the route for their
tour and as to where they would find
their friends . . . The floral decora
tions made many charming corsages
for many charming ladies . . .'im
McGrath received congratulations en
his victory in that announcer's nice
a while back ... A flutter of excite
ment was caused by the rumor that
screen comedienne Patsy Kelly was
present. Many were present, but not
Patsy Kelly . . . Trans-Lux ManagT
Roland Robbias appeared to knew
more people than any one else . . .
The reception did not pass into his
tory until well after the time men
tioned on the invitations, in fact. N.
Β C. was given little time in which
to prepare for Wednesday's onslaught
of agency men and sponsors . . . No
one went out without having made
at least six new friends ... A coterie
of sports writers was on hand Oddly
enough, they seemed to fit into the
scene, appealed perfectly at ease
among radio and drama reporters and
trade paper representatives . . . There
is growing agitation for weekly pre=s
receptions on the part of radio sta
tions.
^LTHOUGH it sounds very much as
if Ann Gillis, Columbia s local
publicist thought of the idea for him,
the announcement comes through
that the red-headed matutinal ped·
dler. Art Godfrey, is offering free air
plane rides to his fans and going so
far as to extend the courtesy of ft
choice of sea or land plane. It
seems that practically every one knowy
that Godfrey flys for the tun of it
and practically every one wants to fly
with him, so the daredevil pilot has
decided to capitulate.
Oh, yes. there is a catch, at that.
Catch* Applicants for a free ride
must listen to the entire Sun Dial
program every morning for a full week,
and listen attentively. If they suc
ceed In listing correctly all sponsors,
their addresses and their product, th*
sojourn among the clouds will be
forthcoming Art has 350 hours of
flying time a creditable amount for
a private pilot, and he promises that
the ride will be safe and longer than
the usual commercial sight-seeing
spins.
Godfrey Is sitting In his spacious
office waiting for the lists to come in
ai:d refusing to answer charges that
he is employing coercive methods to
gain listeners for his early morning
spiels.
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