Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1937, Page 51

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON D : )\ C, JULY- 25, 1937—PART FOUR = =—— e e BT Lanny Ross’ Public Career Shows Amazing Versatility Popular Radio Tenor Sings Light Selections and Concert Music With Equal Ease. Was Yale Athlete. T WAS not s0 many years ago that Lanny Ross was a very well-known name around New Haven. Conn. Indications are that it is none the less familiar now, but for a slightly different reason. Today, Lanny Ross is recognized as radio’s leading tenor, but Old Eli remembers him as a suc- cessful bearer of her colors on the cinder paths. He was intercollegiate quar- —Dick heard Jurg over Tony the Goldbr networks w * three successive gu appearances on the | Cavaleade of Music Columbia is conducting international short-wave tests 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 43- minute variety show, sponsored by that big soft drink man . . . That | Lanny Ross show. mentioned earlier, is | to have Raymond Paige as musical di- | G. M. has signed Bill led the highest-paid pro- n radio, for pictures and pos- sible air work for the Hollywood con- cern . . . Cal Tinney, who sounds and thinks a bit as Will Rogers did. has landed a commercial and will be heard on a program, begin- | ning in September Damon Run- yon is attempting to peddle his short | stories for radio presentation ter-mile champion at one time, but passed up an opportunity for a place on the United States Olympic team to<:- tour Europe with the university's glee conceived while Joe stared avidly at “‘;;’ (s_nis | the gaudy 24-sheet displays outside e Was to become an actor like those two e epuar | other East Side shavers who had made e | Rood—Frankie Darrow and Ricardo SRR | Cortez of stage and films. ATt e Up to three months ago, its fulfill- Snlehtlyiaga i At ment was as remote as Joe's winning RhE e of the numbers game, of which he was in New York, at | & devotee. Suddenly, a turn of the AT { | wheel of fortune brought his lagging s i | footsteps into the club house of the et | Boys' Brotherhood Republic, & fellow- he was a fear gy ship institution, where Joe and a e group of his fellow club members e o were asked by Lord to participate in Siho0) choirs, Bes broadeast. Joe's natural acting abil- et e B ity caught the attention of Lord, S who is ever on the lookout for genuine B o Aener Lanny Ross ' ability. Andd:;olw_ Joe }::; bécn;wsn | rmanent addition to e . voice and an engaging pemonllu\ m(;nnsz Busters” cast, already hmmg' the handsome singer soon developed | % Y anK metwork per. | APDeared in 12 programs, ADiofgnefol heRop Nk P! The boy behind this latest radio eonslities after he recelved niy first | | (5 P57 BEBNG this fatest radio chance before a microphone. he | sesses black hair, black eyes, an in- Demands 1have shean mmade (oriihe | tenecimauiline face S Ther ol it hos eppearance in other branches of en-| ;T8 TH) TUE (SO0 consuming am Uetelnment pusiness orithe 1one= e liiion Bowdls ibibe imer miibea st olay #tar of the Show Boal programs, {mm other than his present juvenile Whose full name is Lancelot Patrick | ;08 BIReE then bis present juvenile Bos Aty W biss ben B D i b s B T i it L e el e e e :::m:fhp‘l‘m m‘pd . “‘M‘ e viewed | legitimate Broadway stage production. by critics as an outstanding career : on the classic concert stage. Ross has 0‘41!-‘:) ig:r‘;k;h 8]‘:::‘:' ]1::19 ;fl:; ::n 4 i“xv\:\imn:h:, Tx‘t«gi-{x‘;.~;:m&f,f“5 to practice for his first clarinet les- A ST “P Summer pro- | 300 The “apartment upstairs” may | in Which Johnny Green and his | ROt have liked the shrill wail of the f’a"‘e\‘,’:,‘“ “‘3 b‘;‘é featured. He | Teed. but he loved ‘t. Today he is & ece known as Benny Goodman, king Toyes ntonthissne WSSOl Ol (BEDLEI: o N B0Tic o Sortie e i Sohiol ber 7. | While Benny still was attending i L arrison High School in the Windy INEWS and Thing | City he played in a five-piece school | or i | band composed of Bud Freeman, Dave Tuft, Muggsie Spanier, Murph Podolsky and himself. All five of them S n the country to- He studied with Bogoslowski and Franz Schoepp (of the Chicago Sym- | phony Orchestra) and learnea nar- SSEine )’_ | !v“n\.,flnd counterpoint under Joseph I The | Schillinger, who taught George | Rite of | GETShWin. At 16 he was featured back on the | ¥ith Ben Pollack’s band. and he has beins o | Plaved 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 sol» part in Mozart's “Clarinet Quinte:.” | His stafl arrangers are Fletcher | Henderson, Spud Murphy and Henry Wood. and the keynote of Goodmar's | orchestrations is “swing somethingz simple.” They leave startling inno- | | vations to the inspired imprompiu | moments when the individual players “get in the groove.” 5 = Microphone Buffer. OHN BARRYMORE'S 7eal 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 & microphone suspended in the center of the square at eve-level. Barrymore throws himself into the | Jark Benny comes back on October | Part he plays so thoroughly that he N. B. C. has tied up rights to | often forgets he is speaking into a ‘M “blow-by-blow of the Farr-Louis | sensitive microphone. To relieve the fight . . . Helen Mencken will move | famous actor and other members of to Columbia, August 3. the cast, many of whom are stage {and screen actors, of the constant RAY PERKINS, whose “Hi There, | o'y of keeping a proper distance Audience!” variety show is heard | {Tom the mike, the buffer was d Mutual at 10 pm. Eastern day- 8P4 constructed. 1‘:’:: saving time. started preparation for both music and comedy at an un- | 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 f the glee club. wrote for the Jester, the humorous monthly. Also during | his undergraduate days Tahleclmh Plctfl. lr-‘ 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 | he did several him a5 he eats lunch, and, when hq brief; tours: in vaudeyillefasfian faesl noct worien oubial partichlany gooall companist and contributed interpo- | skit between bites, he buys the cloth | lated numbers to several Winter Gar- | and takes it with him. | ment. Pair of Young Veterans and a Newcomer Virginia Payne vlelli has been /entured for some time in a Perkins” Laurette Fellbrandt (center) is another popular radio actress, _appearing zm/ul(uly as Dot Houston the younger :nl?r in“A Tal(' prominent role on the “Ma Wrong on Purpose. (GETTING a wrong telephone num- ber or street address may annay, | but radio dramatic script writers hunt for them eagerly, out Guest, producer of the Done” programs “Telephone numbers and street ad- dresses on dramatic shows are usually wrong,” Guest explains. bers are taboo unless the dramatiza- tion is based on fact and permission is granted to them. Sometimes, mem- bers of the cast or studio employes permit their numvers to be broad- cast. i points Edgar “This is also true of addresses. If an address in any city is to be used, it is always carefully chosen, exist as an actual numb | street runs as far as the : for instance, a 4000 number is chosen.’ Sound by Measure. TAPE Johnny Every meastre Green's is musical equip- Air Headliners Afternoon Programs. 1:00 pm.—WMAL, “The Magic Key. 2:30 p.m.—WJSV, St. Louis Games. ‘Washington- Base Ball Evening Programs. 6:00 p.m.—WRC. Jane Froman 6:30 pm.—WJSV, Harry von Zell 7:00 pm.—WRC, W. C. Fields: WJSV, Milton Berle and Wendall Hall 7:30 p.m.—WJSV, Eddie Stanley 8:00 pm.—WOL. “Five Star Final”; WJSV, Rhythm Show. 8:30 pm.—WRC. America Al- bum of Familiar Music 9:00 pm.—WRC. Sunday Night Party; WOL, Kay Ky- ser's Surprise Party. Short-Wave Programs. 3:30 pm.—CARACAS, Dance Music, YV5RC, 51.7 m., 58 meg 9:15 pm.—BERLIN, Dancing a Generation Ago, DJD, 25.4 m., 11.77 meg. 9:35 p.m.—LONDON, “Zoologist in England,” GSG. 16.8 m., 17.79 meg.: GSI, 19.6 1526 me GSD, m;, 11 meg.; GSB, 315 m., 9.51 meg. 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 | and Snvder, M. Witmark & Sons and other firms, he turned out such hits | of the day as "By 2 “Down the Old Church “Stand Up and Sing for Your F In 1925 he entered the advertising department of the New Yorker maga- | zine and remained three vears. He returned to radio with the character | “Judge, Jr.,” and then went to Holly- wood ASs & song writer for Warner | Bros. Hits. “Lady Luck. Texas Moon,” “Smilin' Once again he returned to the a waves and s0on gained national rec- Ognition as the conductor of Mutual's original National Amateur Night. den revues. If Radio Star [13 HOULD the proposal of Rep- resentative Francis X. Coyne | 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 & 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 Jimmy Wallington 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 Haveto Use Right Names \Public Will Be Surprised, Disillusioned 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 Ancollowitz. 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; Joseph Pinter; Jack Benny, Benny Kublasky; Abe Lyman, Abe Simon; Benay Venuta, Benevonuta Crooke; Jacques Renard, Jacob Stavinsky; Ted Lewis, Leopold Friedman; Al Jol- son, Asa Yoleson.” Joe Penner, ONG familiar to radio fans, Del Casino has appeared in many | important network presentations as well as having been featured in his own air shows A native New Yorker, born in Brooklyn, &s a youngster he paid lit- | tle heed to the possibilities of his bF-‘ coming a singer. Athletics were his | forte, and, up until the time he grad-‘ uated from Alexander Hamilton High | School, his ambitions were centered on becoming a professional ball player. For 11 years Del played in the Brook- Iyn 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 Btreet runner. Two years of this 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. AYMOND SCOTT, C. B. S. conductor and composer, has to be ready to get sad or burst with happiness on & moment's notice. Ray has become an expert at writing theme songs—he has written 0 now in use—and for each one has had to put himself into a different hu- mor. . A theme song must set the mood of | @ 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 3 i must have found one because his “Nine HIL LORD o Columbia’s “Gang| o'Clock and All Is Well” now is Mark Busters” series has brought true | Warnow's theme. the dream which Joe Yarmish, 16-| “The best way to write something vear-old East Side lad, has had ever|sad,” says Ray, ‘is to be down in since he could remember. The dream,' the dumps yourself. A good grief will '3 Theme Song Composer Must Put Self Into Any Mood Ordered by Sponsor 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 best 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 find 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 zoo 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” of the aky lark. It now is the signature-theme on Hollace Shaw's program. < “It Can Be| “Right num- | of Today serial drama program. Pearce’s “gang.” singer. York before pie(‘e orchestra, heard Tuesday nights ’ world of difference in the tone. Su) over N. B. C, is placed a certain | Maestro Green measures things out | | distance from the microphone, and a | before air time every weck Just to | variance of an inch might mean a |be sure. “ CAPITAL'S RADIO PROGRAM TODAY'S PROGRAM JULY 25, 1937, WRC—950k. | FnumM __WMAL—630k. | _ | _WOL--1310k. | WJSV-—1460k. _ [ Concert l rold Nagel's Or. Psalms T [Elder Michaux oncert Ensemble News Bulletins | Morning Concert 00 Rmmn Melodies IO :30 String Uu-ml 45) s.r_,_le “High Lights Morning Concert Church of the Dix:e Harmonies i i & ‘\-“m ‘n’ That e Romany Trail Your Washington ' Church Songs A part of | instrument in his 22- | Watch Tower Hawanan Echoes Art Brown News—Pianos Bravest of Brave 00 News Songs 115/ Neighbor Nell :30 To be announced News Bulleting Christian Science Arthur Godfrey Vogues G | The Hour Glass Arthur Godfrey 30 Music Hall [Round Table |Church Services Choir _—_—mmmm—— e — PM. | Tabernacle Dance Tavitation News Fayes Or. Midday Musicale Sonny Kaye's Or. Moods and Modes Cantor Shapiro : Church of the Air 12:15 et | IZ 30 Our Neighbors Dr. Johi R. Mott Poet's Gold St. Louis Blues | Sunday Drivers | Watch Tower s Art Brown :l‘O Mawc Key | Thatcher Colt Bible Diamas & __ Waltz Themes | - Symphony Concert Church of the Air C. B. S. Symphony e {Brown’s Kiddies Base Ball Game Red River Valley Brown's Kiddies Base Ball Game 30 Sen. Fithface | World Is Yours | Alpine Concert Paul Martin's Or. Dick Stabile’s Or. Base Ball Game Traubel :30 Helen | Irving Conn’s Or, :00 Tea Tine 5:15 Guards' Band E :30 Golden Gate Band A Tale of Today 200 Cahf. 15 Dancing Moods | Base Bail Game (nnrrvl '.sn W, Janssen's Or. Sports Resume G. Willams Orch Watch Tower Vienna Melody = ‘Tnm Dcrsey’s Or. | Concert |7 - ferry Go Round Five Stur J...Cl roman Base Ball Game Fun}dr Recital Jingle Frogram C_ Fields Harry von Zell Milton Berle | Eddie Stanley mal Rhythm Show Walter Winchell | Familiar Music | Ray Perkins Organ Reveries | Music Camp Sunday Party |Good Will Hour Judy and Bunch | ol Paul Sabin's Or. Ed. Varzos’ Orch. News Rhythm —Romance Organ Reveries | G. Willams™ Or. Molina’s Or. Dance Music [News— Dailey Frank Dailey's Or. | G. Arnheim’s Or. Ozzie Nelson's Or.|; Henry Busse’s Or. | ™ Bach Festival |Eddy Duchin's Or. Jan Garber's Or. TSign Oft |G. Willams™ Or. |The Wtching Hr. : Dick Jurgins' Or. |News Bulletins 30l ! Joe Sanders” Or._ISign O : TOMORROW'S PROGRAM. : Gordon Hittenmark TNews—Sun Dial ; |Sun Dial [Sun Dial 77:00 Morning Devotions | Gordon_ Hittenmark Art Brown 15| Today's Prelude B | News—Hittenmark Gordon Hittenmark <Ne\\ —Art Brown | ) | ‘At Brown (News—Art | Sweethearts * Choir Loft | Tunes for Two | News—Police Get Thin to Music | Pianologues Martha and Hal Organ Recital Godfrey and Salb Bachelor's Children | Pretty Kitty Kelly | Song Stylists Between Bookends Angelo Patri Mrs. Wigg John's Other Wife! Just Plain Bill Today's _Children | David THarum Backstage Wife To Be Charming Myriad Voices |Myriad Voices Brown Mary Marln |Ma_ Perkins Bulletins Voices 10:00 The O'Neills 10:15|Personal Column | 10:30|Vic and Sade 10:45| Edward _MacHugh 11:00) Terri Franconi 11:15| Grace and Scotty |Mary Marlin Your News Parade | 11:30| The Cadets Three Marshalls |Bill Lewis Helen Trent 11:45| Helen Behlke |Rosa_Lce, Soprano We Are Four Our_Gal Sunday PM. 12:00[Love and Learn | News—Music Dance Music Betty and Bob IZ 15/ News Bulletins |Dan Harding's Wife| News—Music Hymn Program Farm & Home Hr. ‘Word- and Music |Lunchean Concert (Grimm's Daughter A In_Hollywood A Woman's Eyes Organ Recital News Bulletins Myrt and Marge Col. Jack Major 7 7 8: 8: 83 8: 9. 9% 9% Big Sister IReal Life Stories |Morning Concert |Swing Blues Salon Orchestra Organ Reital Melody ‘Mnlinze | Farm & Home Hr.|Salzburg Festival U. S. Navy Band e Mary Mason Pepper Young Ma Perkins Vic and Sade The O'Neills Lorenzo Jones Piano Recital Rhythms. The Guiding Light! Carol Weymann U. S. Navy Band Talk It Over Wakeman's Sports| Stardust Revue News Bulletins Wakeman's Sports| Texas Jim Lewis News Bulletins Flash S‘!nku Pop Concert |\ Club Matinee Bob Byion Dictators Playdays | At Wicliffe {Escorts and Betty |Home Folks' Frolic |Singing Lady s 0 Even'g Star Flashes| Jackie Heller | [Sundown Revue Clyde Barrie Eton Beys Doris™ Kerr Funny "Things Evening Rhythms Wakeman's Sports Washboard Blues Harlan Reed News—Musie News—Scores Radio Rubes George Hall's Or. x [ ] Davis Cup Cocktail Capers Ru.-:ly Bundy's Or. Tea Time Lowell Thomas | of July and August, land easter | tighten, piano keys dry out and become Phil Baker, Fred Allen Far Less the networks. The sarcastic, heard no more when agents suggest the Radio is offering the sought-after ever has been afforded by vaudevil and legitimate stage. Vocalists, dra-| matic actors and actresses, stooge: 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 accustomed to so stable & 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 Madge Marley (right) is the latest addition to Al | She joined the company in New the hegira to the West Coast and has an extended contract as 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, checks more eye-filling Musical Martyr. '\'0 MEMBER of the modern or- | chestra receives as lit and is as little who plays 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 & giraffe, this musical martyr Is Jost in the shadow of this giant of all musical instruments, Although his importance in the orchestra caunot be overestimated the leader’s baton is never waved in ction. The conductor will call rumpeter to come forth and add , to the musical performance the clarion ver-tuned instrumer but t oom, zoom, zoom™ of the bass violin is taken for granted. The baton is lifted to summon the violin- . who, with & graceful flourish of s bow, adds his dulcet strains, but “zoom™ doesn't receive this special invitation. Then, with an ali-em- 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, unmoticed and unappreciated, is “zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom.'” I recogni- tion appreciated as the man the bass viol, Music Sweeter Now. JF YOU notice & keener sweetness in | radio music during the months | there’s a definite reason. Don Voorhees, America” music director, points out | that these months in the year are ex- ceptionally dry, and musical instry ments definitely are affected. | For instance, Voorhees points out violins, violas, celios and bass fiddles tighten naturally when the dry weather sels in. The reeds in saxo- | Phones and clarinets also are tighter to play. Drum heads more tlexible, sharper. “Natu 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. mus cians find the most difficulty in ma 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. | “They don't mind working in heat as | long as their tones are mellow and | clear.” and trumpets are Who Is Neorgno" T WAS a bewildered Jacques Jolas who pored over the cable handed his current Saturday night plano re- citals. It had been flll‘d at Neuilly, just outside of Paris, and read: “Bravo tres | emus avons bien entendu.” That, of course, did not bother him, for he translated it as “Bravo, very moved, came over well” which meant that | his program was received well in | France. It was the signature, “Eugene | Maria Chester Neorgio Helen Joyce,” which gave him pause. Finally he began to see the light, Eugene is his brother, international literary magazine Tran- sition, 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.” WILBUR 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- | clan of any prominence he would | | ignore the number. The vow hax been kept to this day. “avalcade of | | Sigurd Nilssen, Eugene Jolas, editor of the | 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 8 40-week tour for these comics, #nd 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 N. B. C and the favorite conductor of in- numerable listeners, Peter van Stee- den was among the foremost night club orchestra leaders when he decided 10 take & chance on the “fanciful fad’ He 18 50 busy now that vacatlons are very far apart. | Ed Wolfe, producer of “Pepper Younes Pamily’ avized his e | | | clates when he dkvr'ed 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 as one of the favorite theater ‘ orchestra leaders, but, except on rare | occasions when he is not pressed too | much by air batoning, he prefers only to look back upon them, returns to the pit are infrequent. DAY'S PROGRAMS—Harry Me- | Naughton, Phil Baker's “Bottle,” drops his stooging role to appear as guest comedian with Harry Von Zell— WISV, 6:30 ... It's a fourth week for | Fred Lightner on Jane Froman's show | —WRC at 6 . .. Ina Claire opens her | dramatic series with “Madame Sans | Gene"—WMAL at 7. .. Town officials | tell how they plan to move the entire | community of Shawneetown, Iil— | WRC. 430 . . . 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 oclock . . . Randolph Scott film star, and Niela Good sing- er, are the guests of James Melton | at the Sunday Night Party—WRC at | 9 . .. Helen Marshall, soprano, and | basso, are heard dur- ing the Fireside Recital—WRC, 630 A group of semi-dramatic sketches high light Ray Perkins’ show tonight | —WOL at 8 . .. Florence Easton, so- | prano of the Me(mpoht.\n Opera Co., and Efrem Zimbalist, renowned vio- linist, join the Magic Key cast this) afternoon—WMAL at 1 o'clock . . .| | Good Will Hour bows on WOL at 9. [ WWELL. it took three days and nights | to complete the job, but N. B. C. finally has opened its new combined Radio Offers Pay and Steady Work | preview | perami Regular and Jack Benny Sign for Years and Years-Stars of Stage Secure. By Chris Mathisen. INANCIAL security, once the reason for persistant sneers at radio on the part of established stage and screen performers, has become tha prine cipal drawing power directed at stars of other entertainment fislds by “Sorry, but I prefer a steady jon" i possibility of & sponsored geses, Few artists today turn apathetic ears to broadcasting contracts security in far greater measure than entertaining the press, agency people and sponsors “better people” The last constituted the official ope with a host of diplomatic, governm social leaders in attenda for the for remembered for m: the most experienced party-goers. Such a ering as was present of cony reportorial ial gathe the -pecial | gathering place on the mezzanine floor would be difficult to match v one remarked on the excele and . Gord: ting microphi eatment n Hittenm ne was tr of the 1l ate ed to nu teresting col kin was r ant . Hardie Mea- roup, as is usual with Hard Phoebe Gal tells the newspapers what is g at N. B C, was at the eleva direct visitors as to the rou tour an their friend tions made for m in- to where tk . The floral decora= corsages Tim ived r'vle atu "‘"‘V‘c on his ment was caused by screen present Patsy Kell Roland more people than an The recep Pats Manager to know elie’s. i 4 ¢ pass into hise tory u r the time men- tioned on the ations, in fact . was given little time ir epare for Wednesd men out witk X new fr ed one they seemed scene, appeated among radio and drama re trade pape is growing ons press the part of radio sta- agi on weekly tions. A THOUGH it sounds very much as if Ann Gil Columbia's local publicist thought of the idea for him, the announcement comes through that the red-headed matutinal peds dler, Art Godfrey, is offering free aire | plane rides to his fans and going s0 far as to extend the cou 3 choice of or land plane, It seems practically every one knows that Godfrey flys for the fun of 1t and practically every one wants to fiy with him, so the daredevil pilot has decided to capitulate Oh of ves, there is a catch, at that Catcht Applicants for a free ride must listen to the entire Sun Dial | program every morning for a full week, and listen attentively. If they suce ceed in listing correctly all sponsors, their addresses and their product, the sojourn among the clouds forthcoming has 350 hou fiying time, a creditable amount a private pilot, and he promises that the ride will be safe and longer than the usual commercial t spins Godfrey office wait and refusi sitting in his spacious for the lists to come in 2 to answer charges that | he is emploving coercive methods to kain spiels isteners for his early morning CUSTOM $ BUILT 29':5 Auto Radio LEETH BROS. 1220 13th $5. N w. ME+ 0784 WMAL-WRC studios in the Trans- | f | him at the conclusion of the first of Lux Building, quarters which repre- | | sent & 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 past 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 occupled, successively, in Careful Attention to Your Car Cuts Transporta- tion Costs “Let me care for all of your automobile needs.” Dave Morris Auto Service 1529 M ST. NW. ME. 1230 Sunday, July 25 At 4:30 P.M. Pational Memorial Park On Lee Highway in Virginia Presents a Program which we hope many hundreds will enjoy. Fully 600 people attended last Sunday’s concert and greatly appreciated it. The Quartet and Pipe Organ will feature God in Nature. Here are a Few of the musical afternoon: onal Memorial Park has four redio periods: Sunday Mornings, 9:45 te 10: Tuesday and Seturdey Mornings, 7:20 to 7:25—W. O. L. 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