Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1936, Page 51

RADIO SCHEDULES CHANGE AS DAYLIGHT TIME ENDS Two Programs Afford Dialers “Something New” “Good Will Court” and Kate Smith’s Bravery Award Program Air Innovations. Many Fine Shows Competing. By Dorothy Mattison. AT'S new? casters. What's new? That's the eternal cry of the broad- And, as the curtain goes up on the new Fall shows, it becomes apparent that at least two of them have indeed come forth with new micrgphone formulas—whatever you may think of the entertainment values of the prescriptions they evolved. Kate Smith has done it with her appearance of these valorous winnerse on her programs. “The Good-Will Court” has done it in its dramas, which succeed to the N. B. C. Sunday night spot formerly held by Maj. Bowes. Curiously enough, both of these shows have adopted as their new recipe the old human interest angle— and, of course, both of them are trying | to sell coffee. There’s no doubt that | Songstress Smith will be successful in | her sales campaign, for even if she must do battle with Rudy Vallee for the Thursday night dielers there’s no doubt the Songbird of the South has a strong following of her own, not to mention the additional pull of Jack Miller's orchestra and the roster of big names appearing as headliners on her show. OW the “Good-Will Court” will fare on the network is a more cebatable question. But at least one angle becomes apparent the very first time you tune in. That is the fact that the listener must be given a bet- yter chance to picture the people he hears on that show before he can really become intensely interested in | following their problems. Those | court room scenes undoubtedly would | compel your attention if they had the benefit of television. And lacking | that—it's up to A. L. Alexander to give a word picture of the pitiful | pieces of humanity as they step up to the microphone. That skillful con- | ductor of the program would have to cut down on the number of cases he ushers up to air their troubles, of course, but there is little doubt that | “the additional time thus afforded for the airing of each case would render ‘the story more dramatic and human. As it is, there’s nothing very com- pelling about the judges’ quick hand- outs of cut-and-dried legal advice. It's all very enlightening, but scarcely entertaining. AT ANY rate, the battle of the broadcasters is on—full tilt. In | addition to the Smith-Vallee contest, | it looks as if other sponsors and broadcasters—maybe even the radio set manufacturers—had a plot afoot. Maybe they're trying to make us all two-radio-set families. How else can the family settle the ploblem of whether to tune in the “Good Will | Court,” Nelson Eddy or Eddy Cantor | — these Sunday nights—Maj. Bowes and the amateurs or “Show Boat” when Thursday comes around—Fred Astaire | or Rupert Hughes and their accom- | panying variety bills—Ben Bernie or | Fred Waring? The sponsors just | aren't doing right by the dialers put- ting such a choice up to them. But maybe they aren't doing right by themselves, either, as they may dis- cover when they begin to chalk up the results of their advertising efforts | in a few weeks. TH.ERES another curious angle to this eternal search by the spon- | #or for something new in the war of air fare—the way he flocks around with contracts for every brand-new star in the entertainment heavens. | Meanwhile, he persists in overlooking & lot of just-as-good—and sometimes | better—talent right at hand. Llslen to sustaining shows of Dorothy Dres- lin, Margaret McCrae, Carol Deis, Fred Hufsmith, Jimmy Farrell and Jimmie Brierly and you'll see what we mean. All of those songsters are do- ing splendid jobs. Why they haven't come to the enthusiastic attention of | - some air-minded sponsor is a puzzler. | But getting around to hopeful notes—there's a plan afoot to put some of the leading playwrights to work on dramas for the air. They'll do original plays designed for the microphone exclusively, not adapta- tions of vehicles written primarily for stage or screen. SPEAKING of drama, that first lady of the air, Helen Hayes, will have her hands full tomorrow when she comes back to the studios for a serial- ization of “Bambi” on N. B. C.'s blue network. She'll be in rehearsal for the radio show from 10 in the morn- ing until 8 that night. Three min- | utes before her program gets off the | air she'll slip out of the studio, board a private elevator and be off to the theater in company with a pcnceJ escort. After her theater performance | in “Victoria Regina"” she'll trek right back to Radio City for her Pacific Coast broadcast of “Bambi” at 12: :oJ am. THE not-so-large output of come- | dians takes on substantial in- crease, just by the addition of Charles Butterworth to the network scene. Along with Pred Allen, Jack Benny and Phil Baker, he has the happy fac- | 6:3 ulty of being able to twist laughs out of odd situations—even create a few |~ gigeles, just by his own treatment of lines. With Butterworth all set with a contract and Col. Stoopnagle and Budd having re-established them- selves among the topnotch comics, the current comedy scene would now be complete if a sponsor would only get sround to putting Edward Everett Horton on the air regularly. Comic Charlie Cantor meanwhile bobs up in the cast of Walter Tetley’s new “Jack Masters” show, a juvenile scrip at C. B. 8. . .. Arthur Boran car- ries his mimicry to C. B. 8., too in his new “March of Time” show . .. Those rural comics, Lum and Abner, will be with you for the next year and a half | j at least, according to their new $355,- 500 contract . .. No such luck for dial- ers of Clara, Lu, 'n’ Em as yet, though ~—their current contract ends this month and to date N. B. C. has made no move to put them on again. All of which means now is the time for tne dialers to sit down and pen a few let- ters if they go for the gossipy humor of that trio. Letter-writing listeners Just turned the trick for Ann Jamison, who is back with “Hollywood Hotel” because the fans told the sponsor what they thought of her excellent work . . . And speaking of smart moves on the part of a sponsor, the outfit back of Carmela Ponselle took a step in the right direction when it elected to let that singer do the picking of songs for her shows in the future. Wll.l.!AM GAXTON and Shirley Howard just suditioned for & award for bravery and the personal Clocks Set Back, New York Programs Now an Hour Later Wl‘l’H the end of daylight sav- ing time in New York today, regular network radio programs will come into Washington an hour later than usual. ‘The change will affect broad- casts on all local stations which originate in New York and other cities where daylight saving time prevailed throughout the Summer. commercial . . . Gustave Haenschen looks like a slight favorite over Guy Lombardo to get that show spot for- merly occupied by Ray Noble . . . Vic Arden has a commercial for a milk ouf- fit beginning October 1 . . . Blanche | Stewart, who has stepped into Mary Livingstone’s broadcast shoes to pinch- hit for her several times, is on the way to Hollywood for rehearsals with the new Benny-Livingstone show . . . Harry Von Zell has the announcing job for Stoopnagle and Bud, begin- ning October 4. Sunday, September 27. AMI WRC—950k * | 8300 | William Meeder r, organist Melody Hour 8:15 8:30 ‘Chlldnn 's concert. ‘Ton! 8:45 9:00| Antobal's Cubans | 9:15 | « 9:30 |This 'A’ That 9:45 | Concert _ensemble THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SEPTEMBER 27, 1936—PART FOUR. Radio Singing Stars Return for Season’s New Series House” progra m on Columbia. Mazine Gray (left) is the versatile songstress from Louisiana who does the vocals for Hal Kemp’s Orchestra during Phil Baker’s programs on Columbia. Nelson Eddy (center), popular stage and screen baritone, who will be heard tonight during the “Open Rosemarie Brancato, soprano, who will begin a new radio series on N. B, C October 2. The program will be identified as “Twin Stars.” Miss Brancato made her debut at 21 with the Chicago Civic Opera Co. as Gilda in “Rigoletto.” (Copyright, 1936) Eastern Standard Time. WMAL—630k | WOL_1310k | WISV—_L460k | Pict ures P |Dixie Harmonies [Salutations | News—Musie Jungle Jim |Morning Serenade “ . Coast to Coast on a Bus Song Styles Musical Potpourri km Aunt |Songs of the Church Susan's 10:00 | Sabbath Reveries 10005 ¢ o« | 10:30 | American Homes 10:45 | South Sea Islanders ! Southernaires | | Brown String Quartet | | Watch Tower Music Johin Ford, Lecturer 'Songs of the Hour !Church of the Air Beethoven Sonatas | 11:00 | Vogues and Vagaries 111:15 |Musical Comedy Revue 1 11:30 | Gospel vam 1145 | PM. Alice Remsen, Contralto Concert Master Neighbor Nell ‘The World Is Yours Church Services AFTERNOON PROGRAMS (Romany Trail Last of the Mohicans Maj. Bowes Family | 10:00 AM.| T 8:00 | 8:15 | 8:30 8:45 | T9:00 9:15 9:30 | 9:45 | 10:15 | 10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 12:00 |Salute to N. B. C. 12:15 i = 12:30 Chicago }wund Table 12 45 | = | [Pageant of Youth i | i i | Police Flashes—Music IRadio Cltv Music Hall Tabernacle Choir Cantor Shapiro Salon Music “ . ‘Klddlel Review T1:00° | Tucille Manners, soprano R‘dm Gity Music Hall 1:15 1:30 | Samovar Seremde 1:45 | e Highlights of the Bible Watch Tower—Music Art Brown Organist. Blllld ‘Time ;church of the Air Theatre of Romance |Safety Campaign T2:00 | Moods nnd Modes | 257 | 2:30 | Thatcher Colt Mysteries | 2:45 | The Magic Key | “ | | Church of the Air |Joe Brown's Kiddies Pittsburgh Symphony {Benediction Service 73:00 Hnrold ngela Or:hestn Listening Post 3:15 | 3:30 |Gold Star Mothers 3:45 | Cloister Bells ‘Helen ‘I‘r-ubel Soprano Cockntl Cwers iue Brown's Kiddies Columbia Symphony Or.| 4:00 | Musical Bulletin 4:15 - 4:30 Red Crou Program 4:45 | o isunday Vespers. | |Red Cross Program. Potomac Regatta |Red Cross Program Red crou Program 75:00 erlon Tnll!y 5:15 5:30 |Home Bumomea 546 | | Roose! | Terri P.M. | Tea Time velt Raceway | | Nocturnal Singers 1a Franconi ‘ Potomac Regatta EVENING PROGRAMS Ann u.x Guy Lombu'don Orch. | intercontinental Concert | w 6:00 | National Catholic Hour 6:181 | i From |N. B. A Tale of Today | the Orchestra Pit. C. Program | hair Quartet Tony Wakeman | Hit Tunes Eventide Echoes |Dance Favorites Henry-Gerard Rainville Summer shnw i Fireside Recitals Sunset Dreams Husbands and Wives | Pm.sb‘zh Stri ng Ensemble Ozzie Nelson's Orch. Watch Tower—Music Joan Grey Gypsy Fortunes Good Will Court “Spiri Symphonique Moderne it of "76"—Drama | “ | | Merry Go Round Album of Familiar Munci | Walter Winchell Whiteman's Varieties To Be Annwnced P'lve Bur l'inll | Treasure Chest [Moral, Religious Training| |Aven McDonald |Grace Vvitality ” [Erno Rapee’s Orchestra L | News Organ Reveries | Bulletins | |Dreams of Long Ago | Blue Ribbon Band Music for Dancing Kay Keyser's Orch. Il.')nrlrm\umty Sing |H. V. Kaltenborn |Sunday Evening Hour | 9 Organ Reveries Henry Busse's Orchestra ‘Kem\ Beecher’s Orch. | Slumber Hour | - \ Art Brown Omie Nelsons orchenn |Jay Freeman's Orch. 1 News Bulletins |Ted Lewis’ Orchestra Fletcher Henderson's Or. Jan Garber's Orchestra | Al Sakol's Sky Ride Nat Brandywine's Orch. ‘Ted Piorito’s Orch. “|Sign oft Sign oft | Sign off EARLY PROGRAMS TOMORROW |Sign off | ) [Gordon Hittenmark " Gordon Hittenmark |Today’s Prelude 'Morning Devotions I'I‘hz Wake-up Club Cheerlu Sesh! Gordon Hittenmark |News | The Streamliners | “ “ “ Breakfast Club Bulletins Pianologues Police Flashes—Music Accordion Aces 58588858 ) | Mrs. Wiggs John's Other Wife Just Plain Bill Josh Sweethearts of the Air Viennese Sextette Aristocratic Rhythms Higgins | Hollywood Brevities Jack Barry Mrs, Frances Northcross Ballad Time e David Harum Backstage Wife How to Be Charming Voice of Experience {Herman and Banta Home, Sweet Home Honeymooners |Edward MacHugh Musical Potpourri Oezie Nelson’s Orch. AFTERNOON PROGRAMS Betty and Bob Modern Cinderella John K. Watkins Hymns of all churches The Big Sister Hubert Hendrie Magazine of the Air | 1 Merry Go Round Mary Marlin The Cadets PFarm Merry Madcaps = Honeyboy and Sassafras) Curbstone Queries and Home Hour Salon Music Musical Novelties Luncheon Music This Rhythmic Age Between Bookends Montana Slim Romance of Helen Trent Rich Man's Darling | WISV at | movement of Mendelssohn's Major Features and Notes | ELSON EDDY, baritone star of | stage, screen and radio, will intro- | duce the new Open House series on WJSV at 8. Francia White, soprano, | and Josef Pasternack’s Orchestra, also will contribute to the program. Rosa Ponselle, soprano, of the Metropolitan Opera Co., will be the soloist with Erno Rapee’s Orchestra on WRC at 10. She will sing “Ritorna Vincitor” from Verdi's * Aldfl " Falvo's song “Dicitenello vuie,” the “Ave| Maria” from Verdi's “Otello” and Del Rigo's “Homing.” The orchestra will feature the prelude to the first act of Wagner's “Lohengrin” and the third movement from Brahms' “Sym- phony No. 2 in D Major, Opus 73." The Sunday Evening Hour, on 9, will feature Mischa Elman, internationally known concert violinist. He will play the first “Violin Concerto in E Minor,” Schubert's “Ave | Maria,” Kerby's “Viennese Memory” and Espago’s “Air Tzigane.” The orchestra, directed by Fritz Reiner, | will contribute two movements from Deems Taylor's suite “Circus Day.” Tschaikowsky's ‘“Marche Miniature” and the overture to Smerana’s “The Bartered Bride.” | Paul Robeson, world-famous col- ored baritone, now in London, will | | be featured during the Magic Key | program on WMAL at 2. Jane Fro- , contralto, and Casper Reardon, ‘hlrpm also will take part in the broadcast. 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Mary Mason “w LACS Navy Band Pepper Young'’s Family Ma Perkins Vic and Sade 'The O'Neills SPOI:':ih!e o “ - 4 Romany Trail Happy Hollow Manhattan Matinee Melodies ‘‘Shall I leave my ““Can my landlady turn me into the street?”’ ‘“Can my husband take my child from me?” Phil Baker will resume his broad- cast series on WJSV at 7:30 in the |role of a dynamic newspaper editor. Hal Kemp's Orchestra will provide the musical background. A new detective series called “That- | will make its cher Colt Mysteries” debut on WRC at 2:30. | The Columbia Symphony Orchestra | will present a panorama of seldom heard American compositions during its concert over WJSV at 3. These include the andante from “A Night in the Tropics” and the “Dirge” and the “Love Song” from Edward Mac- D()wel] ® " Indlln Suite.” AT 5 :30 P.M,ES. T. 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