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Approved by Good Housekeeping Burton Too Many Blues TORCH carrying on the ether waves has its place but this continuous overdose of blondes crying about lost love, brunettes weeping over the ' moon- light without you" and redheads wailing ditties concerning the man who's gone away, is like too much lemon meringue pie with every dinner. It's one thing to have Ruth Fitting get into a "Melancholy Baby" mood with her listening public, for Helen Morgan to tell you, in minor chords, that she "can't help lovin' that man," or for Gertrude Niesen to do justice to these contemporary sad lyrics. But when hundreds of lesser and undistin- guished ladies of the blues school give out those inef- fective imitations, it's plain aggravating. For the past several months there's been a menacing epidemic of that type of radio enter- taining which improvises on the wares of Tin Pan Alley, and the worst of it all, is that they apparently find it easy, not only to get a hearing from broadcast officials but to get spots on dozens of programs which might be used to far better advantage. Orchestra leaders are largely responsible for the vogue. Where, a few seasons ago, the trumpet player would lay down his instrument and warble a few lines of a chorus during the broadcast of a dance program, now the ork pilots consider it essential to have a female blues singer interrupt their musical presentations at regular intervals and do "her stuff." If they can get a fairly good singer of her type it's all right, but otherwise they just engage a pretty girl who is decorative for per- sonal appearances and coach her in the intricacies of splitting notes, murdering chords and doing a little see- saw stunt with accepted theories of song singing. Some of these unknowns who have suddenly sprung into the limelight have managed to achieve a fairly good tech- nique; a very few have become popular favorites and have obtained air engagements as regular soloists, but a large majority are just excess raucous noise. There are some on the large chains who should never be there there's a regular army of them scattered around smaller individual stations, and if you tune in on those daytime hours T* ' when they're broadcasting, it's "^ *■ •■>— V-^— but the enough to make you loathe popular music forever, ex- cept that when you do hear an expert deftly han- dling the same tunes, you realize that blues singing can really become an art. Some of them seem to think that if they can only get into a tearful frame of mind and make their voices sound that way as they slide down the musical scales into the realms rele- gated to baritones they are putting it over. Others adopt the cute and coy attitude and try the sac- charine type, but it's actu- ally more tike quinine than sugar. Not long ago I heard dozens and dozens of girls auditioning for an air spot that required an individual singing personality for a heroine part. I was happy that it wasn't up to me to decide on the fortunate girl because as I listened to one, after another, the episode became nerve- racking. Not only did most of the aspirants choose the same song in their trial pro- grams but most of them murdered even the simplest musical phrases. And even the best was not what I would consider outstanding. Enduring the talentless ef- forts one wanted to send these would-be radio stars right back to their homes and their business courses. Even if they should achieve mediocre success they represent nothing but a passing vogue, and when that's gone there's no place in broadcasting for such as they. The other afternoon I turned the dials until I had taken in every station. There were some talks in which I had no interest, an orchestra of sorts that was doing a very bad imitation of Guy Lombardo and the rest of the wave- lengths were occupied by girly songstresses who were ruining a number that Bing Crosby has made pleasant hearing. One of them was affecting the Etting finale, another was blaring forth in what she believed was Kate Smith style, while the remainder were lost somewhere in between the Niesen renditions and the appealing mike manner of Sylvia Froos. What they managed to effect was nothing better than static. The experience certainly lessened my respect for the capabilities of those whose iob it is to spot talent. May some kind fate that hovers SI over radio destinies deliver us from fl «*-«-^J<_5L — V the misery of too many bad blues. RADIO MIRROR BEHIND the MIKES By MERCURY WeEMS TAYLOR is composing a new opera and who do you suppose is working on the libretto? None other than Mary Kennedy, his recently di- vorced wife . . . Those wise in the ways of the theatre insist Benny Fields, hus- band and partner of Blossom Seeley, was the first crooner. Fields was singing lullabies in the back rooms of Chicago saloons when Rudy Vallee and Bing Crosby were still wearing knickers . . . Since he does his composing after 3 o'clock in the morning. Don Bestor had to find a soundproof apartment so that he won"t disturb the neighbors. Donald Novis has a new car . . . johnny Green, 25-year old Harvard graduate who serves as Columbia's musical consultant when he isn't lead- ing an orchestra or writing songs, is the author of "Mr. Whittington." the Eng- lish musical comedy success . . . Car- men Lombardo can vote now — he be- came 21 recently . . . Tony Wons pre- vents colds with a special fish soup pre- pared by his missus. Mixed with sour cream it is a concoction from which even pneumonia germs take flight . . . The Landt Trio and White chew gum during their broadcasts. If they don't, they say their throats go dry. Lud Gluskin, CBS orchestra leader, is married to Erica Telekte, former pre- mier dancer of the Hungarian Budapest Opera Company . . . Harry Horlick, A. & P. Gypsy leader, has a pleasing quirk — he insists upon picking up all dinner and lunch checks . . . Pat Barnes, the narrator, is the husband of Eleanor Gilmour, the concert singer . . . Vin- cent Lopez is now so strongly influ- enced by numerology that he won't hire a musician or a singer until sub- mitting them to the number test . . . AliceFaye has been accepted by Holly- wood's 400 and is now a welcome guesl in the most exclusive circles. "The trouble with most radio live wires," observes Eddie Garr, the im- personator, "is that they seldom have any connections worth while." With that thought for today it might be re- corded here that Eddie, a really clever mimic who has had a hard time getting established on the American airwaves. has been in London recently broad- casting for the BBC. Take it from Fred Allen, life is like a cornet — when you get ready to blow it, you find you haven't any breath left. ... Walter Winchell influence reached the nadir with the issuing of (('ontinued on page 7) Here are a few DON'TS about laxatives! Don't take a laxative that is too strong — that shocks the system — that weakens you! Don't take a laxative that is offered as a cure-all — a treatment for a thousand ills! Don't take a laxative where you have to keep on increasing the dose to get results! TAKE EX-LAX -THE LAXATIVE THAT DOES NOT FORM A HABIT You take Ex-Lax just when you need a laxative — it won't form a habit. 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Keep "regular" with EX-LAX THE CHOCOLATED LAXATIVE HSMU^BdMJ* MAJOR BOWES FRANK BUCK PHIL SPITALNY UE'U'i 1 Behind the Mikes (Continued from page 5) illetins forecasting blessed events in the kennel of Ilomay Bailey and Lee Sims. Their Great Dane was repre- sented as knitting tiny garments, pre- paring the bassinet, baby-buggy shop- ping and what not ... in ff years of broadcasting May Singhi Breen and Peter De Rose, "The Sweethearts of the air," have been absent from the vttidios but two weeks. They took hat time off for their honeymoon. rirace Moore has definitely gone iliywood — she has bought a home lere . . . Ditto, Irvin S. Cobb, who ac- quired Greta Garbo's beach place . . . The Rudy Vallee Rooters celebrated their idol's 3?rd birthday by issuing a magazine. It was illustrated with pic- tures revealing Rudy in various stages of childhood. One of the most inter- esting showed the great crooner as an entrant in a baby contest . . . And no matter how crooner is defined in the dictionary. Tin Pan Alley insists that anybody can be taught to play a saxo- phone but a crooner has to be born. Rut for that matter, don't we all? Mrs. Jack Denny has never attended one of her husband's broadcasts. So far as known she is the only wife of a. maes- tro enjoying that distinction. Some of them are more in evidence in the stu- dios than their hubbies . . . Joe Cook's son, now in his teens, is Joseph Cook, Jr., according to the records, but the household refers to him as Joe-Joe to distinguish him from his dad. . . . The scripts of "Home, Sweet Home" are written by Burr Cook, brother of Phil. " Rurr was also the author of those "Har- bor Lights" episodes which enjoyed such a vogue a few years ago. Frank Buck, the wild animal man was formerly the husband of Amy Les- lie, for many years dramatic critic of the Chicago Daily News. 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WABC and asso- ciated stations. Buddy's in his real element. 7:45 P. M. The Fitch Program — Wen- dell Hall and his ukelele. (F. W. I itch Co.). WEAF and associated stations. Red-headed music master with the southern drawl. R:00 P. M. Chase and Sanborn Hour Jimmy Durante, comedian and Rubinoff's orchestra. (Chase & San- horn Coffee). WEAF and asso- ciated stations. Well, he's had his months of airing. 8:00 P.M. Columbia Variety Hour with Cliff Edwards, Master of Cere- monies. WABC and associated sta- tions. A little bit of everything. 8:00 P. M. Goin' to Town with Tim and Irene, comedy sketch; Grace Hayes, soprano; Newel Chase, pi- anist; Leopold Spitalny's orchestra; Ed Lowry, master of ceremonies. WJZ and associated stations. We'll take the trip. •LOO P. M. Manhattan Merry-Go- Round. Tamara, Russian blues singer; David Percy; orchestra di- rection Jacques Renard; Men About Town. (Dr. Lyons Tooth Powder). WEAF and associated stations. Tamara has a mike way with her. 9:00 P. M. 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Madame Schuman-Heink and Harvey Hayes. (Gerber & Co., Inc.). WJZ and associated stations. The Grand Old Lady singing in her grand old style. 10:30 P. M. Melody Masterpiece with Mary Eastman, soprano; chorus; Howard Barlow's Symphony orches- tra. WABC and associated stations. Selections you'll remember. 10:30 P. M. Pontiac Program. WEAF and associated stations. Pleasant motoring in new lanes. 10:00 P. M. Little Jack Little and his orchestra. WABC and associated stations. A veteran singer has gathered around a lot of instruments and the idea's a success. MONDAY 10:00 A. M. Breen and de Rose — vocal and instrumental duo. Daily except Saturday and Sunday. WEAF and associated stations. Good morning to old friends. 10:15 A. M. Bill and Ginger. (C. F. Mueller Company). Also Wednesday and Friday and Tuesday and Thurs- day at 10:00 A. M. WABC and asso- ciated stations. They're always nice visitors. 10:15 A. M. Clara, Lu V Em — Louise Starkey, Isbelle Carothers and Helen King — gossip. 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Little Orphan Annie — Childhood playlet with Shirley Bell, and Alan Baruck. Daily except Sunday. (Wander Company). WJZ and associated stations. Thrilling adventures in childhood. 5.45 P. M. The Oxol Feature — with Gordon, Dave and Bunny. Also Wednesday. (J. L. Prescott Co.). WABC and associated stations. Just keep tuned in. 6:00 P. M. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century — Curtis Arnall and Adele Ronson. Also Tues.. Wed., and Thurs. (Cocoa- malt). WABC and associated stations. You'll never know the truth of these prophecies. 6:15 P.M. Bobby Benson and Sunny Jim. Daily except Satur- day and Sunday. (Hecker H-0 Cereals). WABC and associated stations. Adventure while the kiddies eat. 6:30 P.M. The Shadow — drama. Also Wednesday. (Delaware Lackawanna & Western Coal Company) . WABC and associated stations. What a bold, bad man he is. 7:00 P. M. Myrt and Marge — dramatic sketch. Daily except Saturday and Sunday. (Wrigley Chewing Gum). WABC and associated stations. Two girls getting along. 7:15 P.M. Gene and Glenn — comedy sketch. Daily except Saturday and Sunday. WEAF and associated stations. They're really very funny. 7:15 P. M. Just Plain Bill. Daily except Saturday and Sun- day. (Kolynos Sales Co.) WABC and associated stations. Exactly what it says. 7:30 P.M. The Silver Dust Serenaders Paul Keast, baritone; Rollo Hudson's orchestra. Also Wednesday and Fri- day. (The Gold Dust Corp.) WABC and associated stations. When shadows fall and you get ro- mantic. 7:00 P. M. Amos V Andy — blackfaced comedy team. Daily except Saturday and Sunday. (Pepsodent Tooth paste). WJZ and asociated stations. There's a pair in Harlem. 7:30 P.M. Red Davis — dramatic sketch Also Wednesday and Friday (Beach- nut Chewing Gum). WJZ and asso- ciated stations. Back again and better than ever. 7:30 P.M. The Molle Show with Shirley Howard and the Jesters. Also Wed- nesday and Friday. (Molle Shaving • Peggy Allenby is the girl whose voice you often hear in the dramatic moments of the Palmolive Hour 9 After years of Euro- pean success, Lud Gluskin orchestra di- rector came home and immediately cor- ralled three commer- cial programs on CBS .> \ 8:00 8:15 8:30 8:30 9:00 :00 0 lil Cream). WEAF and associated stations. A pleasing miss with a pleasant voice. 7:45 P.M. Boake Carter — daily except Saturday and Sunday. (Philco Radio and Television Corp.) WABC and associated stations. As he reads the headlines. 7:45 P.M. Dangerous Paradise — dramatic sketch with Elsie Hitz and Nick Dawson. Also Wed- nesday and Friday. (Woodbury Soap). WJZ and associated stations. That Hitz voice gets you. 8:00 P. M. Studebaker Champions— with Richard Himber's orchestra and Joey Nash, tenor. (Studebaker Sales Co.) WEAF and associated stations. Mr. Himber again. 8:00 P.M. Yeast Foamers — Jan Garber and his orchestra. (Northwestern Yeast Co.). WJZ and associated stations. He's been playing this style for a long, long time. P. M. Kate Smith and her Swanee Music. Also Thursday and Friday. WABC and associated stations. Kate, we missed you and we like you more now that you've changed your style. P. M. Edwin C. Hill, "The Human Side of the News". Also Wednesday and Friday. (Barbasol). WABC and associated stations. An expert's idea of what's going on. P. M. The Voice of Firestone Garden Concert, featuring Gladys Swarthout, me'zzo-soprano, and William Daly's sym- phonic string orchestra with Margaret Speaks, soprano; Fred Hufsmith. tenor and Frank Chapman, baritone. WEAF' and associated stations. A lovely singing lady with some clever associates P. M. The Plough Program. WJZ and associated stations P.M. A. & P. Gypsies — direction of Harry Horlick; Irani Parker, tenor. (Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.). WEAF and asso ciated stations. They just keep rolling along P. M. Rosa Ponselle with Andre Kostelanetz' Orchestra (Ches terfield Cigarettes), WABC and associated stations We know you like it P. M. Sinclair Greater Minstrels with Gene Arnold, intei locutor; Joe Persons, bass; male quartet; Bill Childs, Mai McCloud and Cliff Soubier, end men; band direction, Ham Kogen, WJZ ami associated station Old-time entertainment enjoying a new vogue P.M. Block At Sully; Gertrude Niesen with Lud Gluskin an. Ins Continental orchestra (Fx-I.ax (ximpany) WAItt am associated stations Two amusing people with a prom- ising new orchestra. 4:30 P. M. Colgate House Party— Joe Cook, comedian; Donald Novis, tenor; Frances Langford, blues singer; orchestra direction Don Voor- hees. (Colgate-Palmolive Peet Co.) WEAF and associated stations. Joe still holds his title of radio's craziest man. ^:J0 P.M. Princess Pat Players— drama with Douglas Hope, Alice Hill, Peggy Davis and Arthur Jacobson. (Princess Pat, Ltd.) WJZ and asso- ciated stations. Entertaining theatricals without too much effort. 10:00 P. M. Contented Program — Gene Arnold, narrator; the Lullaby lady; male quartet; orchestra direc- tion Morgan L. Eastman; Jean Paul King, announcer. (Carnation Milk Co.). WEAF and associated stations. It makes us feel that way. 11:15 P.M. Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orchestra. WABC and asso- ciated stations. You can't help dancing to this pro- gram. TUESDAY 12:00 Noon Connie Gates — songs. Also Thursday and Saturday. WABC and associated stations. One of radio's simple pleasures. 4:15 P.M. The Singing Stranger — Wade Booth, baritone; dramatic sketch with Dorothy Day. Also Fri- day. (Bauer & Black) WJZ and associated stations. He's a friend by now. 5:45 P.M. Robinson Crusoe, Jr. dra- matic program. (Bureau of Milk Publicity). Also Thursday, Friday and Saturday. WABC and associated stations. Going places and doing things. 7:30 P.M. Whispering Jack Smith and his orchestra. Also Thursday and Saturday. (Ionized Yeast Co.). WABC and associated stations. A little voice with a lot to it. 8:00 P.M. Leo Reisman's Orchestra witfr Phil Duey, baritone. (Philip Morris Cigarettes). WEAF and asso- ciated* stations. One of our own pet programs. 8:00 P. M.'Eno Crime Clues— dra- matic sketch. (Harold S. Ritchie & Co.) Also "Wednesday. WJZ and as- sociated stations. They do keep you on edge. 8:00 P. M. "Lavender and Old Lace" with Frank Munn, tenor; Muriel Wilson, Soprano, and Gustav Haen- schen's Orchestra. (Bayer's Aspirin). WABC and associated stations. Back to the olden days. 8:30 P. M. Lady Esther Serenade — Wayne King and his orchestra. Also Wednesday. (Lady Esther Cos- metics). WEAF and associated sta- tions. Mr. King again and he's very wel- come. 8:30 P. M. Packard Cavalcade. WJZ and associated stations. \ thrilling parade. 8:30 P. M. "Melodiana" with Abe Ly- man's orchestra, Vivienne Segal, so- prano, and Oliver Smith, tenor. ( Philips Dental Magnesia). WABC J and associated stations. And Mr. Lyman knows how to do | it. 9:00 P. M. Ben Bernie and his orches- i tra with guest talent. (Premier Pabst j Sales Co.). WEAF and associated j stations. Massa Bernie still selling his beer. 9:00 P.M. Household Musical Mem- ories— Edgar A. Guest, poet; Alice Mock, soprano; Charles Sears, tenor; vocal trio; Josef Koestner's orchestra. (Household Finance Corp). WJZ and associated stations. Turning back the pages. 9:00 P. M. Bing Crosby — songs. (Woodbury Soap). WABC and asso- ciated stations. After all, what more can you ask for? 9:30 P. M. Ed Wynn, the Fire Chief with Eddie Duchin's orchestra. (Texaco Motor Oil). WEAF and associated stations. Not so loud, Ed Wynn. 9:30 P. M. Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- velt and Josef Koestner's orchestra. (Simmons Co.). WJZ and associated stations. The First Lady Broadcasts for sweet charity's sake. 10:00 P.M. Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre with Gladys Swarthout, mezzo-soprano; John Barclay, Frank Mclntyre, Peggy Allenby, and others; Nat Shilkret's orchestra. (Palmolive Soap). WEAF and associated sta- tions. They fulfill their promise of a high- class program. 11:15 P. M. Jack Berger and his Hotel j Astor Orchestra. WEAF and net- 1 work. Dancing in the spotlight. WEDNESDAY 7:30 P.M. Irene Rich for Welch—; Dramatic sketch (Welch's Grape i Juice). WJZ and associated stations. ! A Hollywood Lady makes good on | the air. 8:00 P. M. Easy Aces — comedy sketch. Also Thursday and Friday. (Jad Salts.). WABC and associated sta- tions. An amusing pair who make this highly diverting. 8:00 P. M. Tender Leaf Tea Program — Jack Pearl, the Baron Munchausen with Cliff Hall; Peter Van Steeden's orchestra. (Chase & Sanborn Tea). WEAF and associated stations. There's no end to this hilarious fabricating. 8:30 P. M. "Everett Marshall's Broadway Varieties" — Everett Mar- shall, baritone and master of cere- monies; Elizabeth Lennox, contralto; Victor Arden's Orchestra; and guest stars. (Bi-so-dol). WABC and as- sociated stations. Listening to Mr. Marshall is our idea of a pleasant occupation. 9:00 P. M. Town Hall Tonight — Fred Allen, comedian; Songsmiths Quartet and Lennie Hay ton's orchestra. (Bris- tol-Myers Co.). WEAF and asso- ciated stations. (Continued on page 57) ■ YOU WOULD NEVER OKI AM of (living your little girl i sheaf of raw wheat when she can have its goodness con- centrated in delicious cereals and bread. THEN WHY give children bulky cod liver oil when there is a better, really convenient and delicious way to take it... White's Cod Liver Oil Concentrate Tablets.'' 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Cirown-ups rind these tablets easy to carry, easy to take — no bulk, no mess. \\* ^ THOUSAND FOR more than three hundred years now, Amer- ica has marked the de- barkation of the little band of courage'ous Pil- grim Fathers at bleak Plymouth Rock by sit- ting down on the last Thursday of each No- vember to a dinner of turkey and stuffing and cranberry sauce and all the rest of the gastro nomic tid-bits that go with the time-honored treat. So firmly has the custom of Thanksgiving turkey become eslab lished that families who unpatriotically es chew the tasty fowl in favor of chicken 01 beefsteak or pork chops are viewed with some thing akin to suspicion A year ago. a hard> housewife who dared lo serve a nicely browned duck on Thanksgiving Day would have been talked about in the neighborhood It was only a littlt more than a year ago that a young vaude- ville comedian came to the airwaves, con vulsed millions of lis.. teners with a /am line: "Wanna buy a duck?" and. as a result more Thanksgiving diners will si 1 down l<; B PENNER DUCKS a feast of duck this year than ever before in the history of the nation. Authority for that seemingly sweeping statement is no less than the Long Island Duck Growers' Marketing Co-operative, Inc., which impressively named organiza- tion, composed of the principal duck raisers in the principal duck raising center of these United States, further declares that since the rollicking Joe Penner made his radio debut about eighteen months ago, the sales of ducks have increased more than forty percent ! Just how the nation at large will view this radical change in its Thanksgiving eating habits is a matter of conjecture, but one thing is certain. That is, that scattered in various orphanages and childrens' homes throughout the land are several hundred youngsters with razor-edge appe- tites who will welcome the change with cheers that will re- sound from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon. They will reap the benefit of an unique charity which Joe Penner, now in Hollywood making a movie, will institute this Thanksgiving. You must remember that this Thanksgiving finds Joe in the peculiar position of having more for which to be thankful than he ever had before. Two years ago* he was thankful because he was a fairly well paid vaudeville per- former, who worked pretty regularly, and who liked his job. A year ago, he offered up heartfelt thanks because he had landed a radio job, and was trying with all his might and main to make good on it. This Thanksgiving he will be able to give more fervent thanks than ever before— thanks that at last, after years of hard work, everlasting plugging, he has reached the topmost rung of fame's tricky ladder. And oddly enough Penner, to whom fame came in large part because of that one crazy line: "Wanna buy a duck?," will have for his Thanksgiving dinner out there on the coast ... a nice tender turkey! "Say, I couldn't eat a duck," he explains. "Why I'd almost feel like a cannibal!" You'd probably feel the same way about ducks if ducks had done as much for you as they've done for this modest, retiring young man. But to get back to the story of the cheer that Joe will dispense this Thanksgiving among the kiddies in the orphanages and homes. A couple of days after Joe made his very first broad- cast over a national network, as a guest star on Rudy Vallee's program, an expressman brought to the offices of the National Broadcasting Company, then at 711 Fifth Avenue, in New York, a canvas-covered crate 'from which emerged noises of such a peculiar nature that artists, page boys, hostesses, musicians, and executives alike paused to peer and speculate. The crate was addressed to "Joe Penner, care of Rudy Vallee program, National Broadcasting Co., 711 Fifth avenue, New York City." The express charges were prepaid and, unaware of the vociferous contents of the mysterious crate, none of the NBC staff knew exactly what to do about it. The relieved expressman deposited his bur- den, and hurried away from there. Finally one, more in- trepid than the rest, raised the edge of the canvas cover. There was a hissing, honking squawk that defied descrip- tion, and the astounded beholders saw, encased in the crate, a duck. Eye-witness stories conflict with regard to which appeared more bewildered — the group of NBC executives or the duck. At any rate, the executives acted first, although of course, they do not deserve too much credit for that, because they had it on the duck. They were not in a crate and the duck was. One of the executives sensed a connection. "Oh, I remember now," he enlightened the others. "That fellow Penner, on the Vallee broadcast the other night, had some line about a duck that got a big laugh. Bet this is a come- back from some witty listener." They decided to send the duck to the office of Marty Sampter, Penner's manager. Sampter tried to pass the buck — or perhaps it should be "pass the duck" — by sending it on to Penner's apartment, but the doorman wouldn't let it in. So back it went to Sampter's office again, by this time a pretty disgruntled duck, and quite fed up with life in a big city. Sampter found the duck in his office the next day. He didn't even know what ducks eat. He offered it various delicacies from the restaurant downstairs before he hit upon the happ\ thought of phoning a pet shop. That solved the duck's problem, but not Sampter's That night sitting disconsolately in a Broadway restaur- ant, Sampter happened to meet Nils T. Granlund, a well- known character in the night spots of Mazda Lane. To Granlund he confided his dilemma concerning the unwel- come duck in his office. "Send it out to my farm in New Jersey." the obliging Granlund offered, and so elated was Sampter that he paid the dinner (Continued on page 76 i u H R I because he had too much to do! That was his income as general musical director of the World Broadcasting System. makers of electrical transcriptions. Haenschen continues to supply the music backgrounds for the Bayer half-hour periods on both CBS and NBC and for the Captain Henry "Show Boat" program on the latter. If he can find the time Haenschen may form his own company to manufacture wax recordings of broadcasts, in which event he hopes to make much more than the $50,000 annual salary relinquished. Then there is Bing Crosby. That personable young man is doing so well that he has organized himself into three • RED DAVIS CHAMPIONS, these attractive basketball players are all the popular NBC star's leading ladies ,S this modern Mercury scurries about serving as the messenger of the radio Gods, he, she or it — take your choice — finds conditions in the air castles most ex- citing. All the old favorites are back on the kilocycles, as well as some new ones, and is business booming! Such an Autumn hasn't been known in the big studios in years. In fact, there is so great a demand upon the facilities of the chain broad- casters that Columbia is contemplating a second network. If it materializes CBS will be on an equal foot- ing with NBC which already has two coast-to-coast cir- cuits, although most listeners forget that the Aylesworth Airways consist of two distinct units. ( blumbia now finds itself unable to accommodate adver- tisers eager to buy time on the choice evening spots — from i to ID p. m. — and the same condition obtains at NBC. I his is forcing a lot of sponsors to daytime periods and that means bigger and better salaries for a lot of deserv- ing artists ♦ * » If you ilon t think things are prosperous along Radio Row consider the case ol <-un Haenschen, the popular bands- nun He jusl quit one job and .1 salary of $50,000 a year 11 different corporations — one for his radio work and record- ings, another to handle his movie contracts and the third to cover the business activities of his California ranch. Which reminds Mercury that Russ Columbo, whose name was bracketed with Bing's a few seasons ago in the famous "battle of the baritones," has also taken out papers of in- corporation. So far Russ has found Russ Columbo, Inc., a great gag at parties. When called upon for a song, Russ explains he can't oblige — every offer to sing must first be passed upon by his board of directors! Returning to Crosby, an interesting sidelight on his per- sonality comes to Mercury's ears from a Hollywood in- formant. As you know, Mack Sennett, famous producer of screen comedies, recently went into bankruptcy. And it xuili was Sennett who gave Crosby his first chance in the movies — and not as a bathing beauty, either. And so what? Well, Bing is now staking Sennett, coming to his financial assis- tance, while the once glorifier of gorgeous girls who never went near the water is rehabilitating himself. This, mind you, is all being done very much sub rosa for Bing is not one to parade such deeds before the public. * * * RANDOM ITEMS Things are really happening so fast along Radio Row that it is difficult to keep up with the current of events but here are some random items: Phillips Lord and NBC, after a series of misunderstand- ings, have kissed and made up. By the time you read this in your favorite radio magazine, the cruise of the Seth Parker should be resumed on the airwaves. Lord got into several jams trying to pilot his windjammer {no pun in- tended) around the world and suddenly got- becalmed. John Royal, NBC vice-president in charge of programs, responding to Lord's SOS, went to the rescue and finally steered the Seth Parker off the shoals. Jack Benny has again changed sponsors and now is cut- ting up capers for General Foods . . . The Soconyland Sketches are off the air after a run of seven years, some- thing of a radio record. They gave their 378th perfor- mance when the final curtain rang down September 25th . . . Mildred Bailey is broadcasting again, now be- ing associated with Willard Robison's orches- tra, a fine organization which has also had its radio ups and downs. "Going to Town," which you hear Sunday nights on an NBC-WJZ hook-up, came near being suddenly suspended. Ed Lowry, Tim and Irene Noblette, Grace Hayes and her fiance, Newell Chase, are among the stars on that variety bill. Well, it seems they held widely divergent ideas as to who is the real star of the program. And fell to bickering so among themselves over this momentous mat- ter that NBC executives became disgusted and nearly threw the whole combination right off the air. With any program where the enter- tainers are together {Continued on page 58) ^•J^s • Elizabeth Day un- leashes a spine-chilling yell during the "Forty-five Minutes in Hollywood" broadcast over CBS 15 c1\ul SurttcJtmajtb Son bcconuus a K I • The Waltz Ki plane talks over his air sponsor ng in his own new plans with Lady Esther WAYNE KING started out to be a railroad man. Because his father was a railroad man. Harold Wayne King was born in Savannah, Illinois, thirty-four years ago. He has three brothers, all of them widely separated. His father was a boomer switchman, an itinerant sort who worked there for a time and then went on to another town. The wife and mother died when Wayne was seven years old. life couldn't have been easy for the King family for Wayne re- members that he and his brothers were burdens to their parents. Wayne's first job was as a boy assis- tant to a doctor in an Oklahoma town. The doctor paid him seventy-five cents a week for working before and after school. He answered the telephone, cleaned up the place and ran errands. One day he found the doctor's shotgun. He wondered if it was loaded. He pulled the trigger. It was. Unfortunately when the gun went off it was pointed directly at the doctor's desk It blew in the side of the desk and put in a big hole n«ht through the doctor's bills payable file. The result of that escapade was that the doctor never did find out again just who owed him what and why. And Wayne was fired. Down in Texas the young King started in his father's profession through the sheer inertia of boyhood. Like most fifteen-year-old kids he had no particular ambition. His ilad was a railroader. So Wayne would be one. But already he was starting to show his love for music. The father got him a clarinet He practiced on it and soon railroading was far from his mind. At an age when most kids live in com- fortable family circumstances depending on mothers and fathers for everything, Wayne was already on his own. If lie wanted to ko to school he would have to work it out for himself. In fact anything that he wanted to do was his own problem. By his own labors and resources Wayne educated himself. \t Valparaiso University in Indiana he prepared himself Poverty and unhappiness were the early lot of Wayne Kinq who worked up to monarch of waltz time . . By CHARLES SILCHREST to become a certified public account- ant. He put himself through school playing that clarinet in the school orchestra. In those days Judge Elbert Gary was preparing young college men to work in his steel mills at Gary, In- diana. There they even had a university club. All of which led to dances and parties at which Wayne and his college companions fur- nished the music. Nowadays Wayne King is famous the land over. He's suc- cessful and prosperous. He wins popularity contests. He has a wife and a year-old daughter. He lives in the Edgewater Beach apartments on Chicago's northside in a roomy pent- house. He drives a big car and an airplane. He owns a beautiful wooded tract in Wiscon- sin which he calls a farm but which to any one else would be a rustic country estate. He plays nightly to thousands at the Ara- gon ball room just a few blocks from his home. In addition he does four commercial programs a week over both the National Broadcasting Company and the Columbia Broadcasting system networks for a cosmetic sponsor (Lady Esther) and next fall may add two more. W UST off the stage of the Aragon he has a little office of his own. The handle has been taken from the door. You can't get in unless the person inside opens the door for you. The office is sparsely decorated. There's a picture of Wayne and George Olsen with Paul Whiteman when they met Paul on his arrival in Denver to be married. There's a fraternity foolscap and another showing him to be a Shriner. No one gets in that private office except those few people Wayne trusts and respects and before whom he can speak and act freely. There he unburdens himself. The band was playing outside as he told us of his early life. There are parts he skips over quickly, like the first days when he was out of college . . . when at times he could only afford ten-cent meals, when he'd go into a cheap restaurant with only a dime and get whatever {Continued on page 62) •* / BEm isf*.^ «8 ■ ■I ■ ■ ■. v v> The famous ieader, Wayne King, with his wife who was Dorothy Janis, who gave up a film career for marriage Fate Showered Gifts LjjEac^u. 'S She's from Missouri, this beautiful young opera singer with the All-American career, now a big air favorite • Miss Swarthout is the "Met's" most perfectly groomed star, and1 one of the prettiest of mike's songbirds B Y ROSE * y \ HEYLBUT ONE Sunday night, about four years ago, I was in the wings of the Metropolitan Opera House. The Sunday night concerts, as you know, are made up of solo numbers by great stars, not-so-great stars, and just plain singers. The routine is for the performers to remain in their dressing-rooms until called for their own turns, and to go back directly after. As a general thing, only the call-boys adorn the wings. But this night, there was someone else there. A slim, svelte girl, in a gorgeous red velvet gown, sat there, on a battered piano stool, throughout the entire performance, studying the artists, watching their every breath with those great dark eyes of hers, absorbing every note of what went on. It was the first time I had ever seen a music-student back stage, and it was pretty thrilling to note her keenness. Then the as- sistant conductor beckoned to her, saying, "You're next, Miss Swarthout!" She got up unconcernedly, went out be- fore that great gold curtain, and sang something out of Tschaikovsky's "Joan of Arc" . . . one of the most difficult arias of operatic repertoire. Then, when the thunder of applause had subsided, she came back to that stool in the draughty wings, and went on studying the methods of the stars. That was around 1930 . . . she wasn't nearly a star herself then, and when the other singers spoke a word to her in passing, she rose and addressed them standing. You'd give more than one glance to a girl like that. "yOU like Gladys Swarthout for her earnestness, her tre- mendous enthusiasm, her easy charm of manner, quite regardless of the fact that she's extremely beautiful to look at and listen to. She's sympathetic. She's likeable. There's something about her . . . Maybe it's that easy, breezy Western-ness that makes you think of space and sunshine and natural things. She was born in Deep Water, which doesn't mean trouble in this case, but a small mining town in Missouri, at the foot of the Ozarks, where the entire population would fill one concert hall. She has always been musical and comes from a musical family. One of her cousins is Dean of Music at the University of Kansas, an- other occupies the same post in the University of Southern California, and her sister, Mrs. Roma Swarthout Slaughter, is her vocal teacher. Incidentally, Gladys gives her the en- lire credit for her career. She tells you that the most thrilling recollection of her childhood goes back to the day when a grand piano was deUvered to her home. She determined to be a singer at seven . . . not for the glamour of the job, but because the contralto soloist at church didn't please her, and she felt that she just had to do better (Continued an page 77) wmmrn On • Out of an Ozark mining town Gladys Swarthout worked her way up to her sensational success in opera and radio THIS is the saga of a young feller tryin' to get along. And not making a bad job of it. His name — and it's the square moni- ker—is Walter O'Keefe. The ini- tials, you'll notice, are "0. K." So is Walter. The old man's name was Michael. And before His Riverince made her Mrs. 0', his mother was Mary Mulcahy. He went to St. Thomas Academy to study for the priesthood. After that to Notre Dame. Perhaps you're gathering that the O'Keefe is as Irish as the black cows of Kerry. He is. Even now a bit o' the brogue slips from his agile tongue to flavor his words with a breath of peat smoke. He has a way with him, has Walter His, too, has been the luck o' the Irish. Mostly bad. But what's ill fortune to a lad gifted with grit? And that's what Walter has nothing else but. When a fellow can laugh like a Limerick Leprachaun when he's seized in the grim and ghastly grip of a scourge like infantile pa- ralysis, that's proof enough of pluck. Ask F. D. R. He knows! But, whoa, Nellie, we're getting ahead of the story! So let's go back a bit, because it is necessary to know the beginnings of O'Keefe in order to understand what manner of man he is, the reason of his success, and why he is destined for greater glories in the field of entertainment which he has marked as his own. He'll realize all his ambitions. Hartford, which I understand is in Connecticut, is the old home town. And baby O'Keefe took his first bow on August 18, 1900. To save the trouble of counting on your fingers, that makes him thirty-four. No, he doesn't look it, does he? Well, that's what good, clean living will do for a chap. The first dozen years of his life were pretty unim- portant. Then things began to happen. At twelve he was shipped off to an uncle Mulcahy in England, and put in two years at an English public school — which is really private — near London. Winableton, to be exact. That brings the record up to 1914. There was a war that year. Walter came home. And finished his prep schooling in the U S.A. Although by now he had abandoned the youthful idea and ideal of a priestly career, the boy was filled with a burning ambition to continue his education. An ambition, incidentally, that stays with him still, and always will. He likes to learn. When he was graduated from St. Thomas he selected Notre Dame to be his Alma Mater. No lesser university would do Not for the O'Keefe. Yet there was ■v/ ♦ He wrote his first biq song hit when he was recovering from an attack of infantile paralysis in a middle-west hospital room divvil a dime at all Tor educational purposes in the family exchequer For the family hadn't stopped with Walter. There was Theresa and Jack. And it costs money to rear a family. But — and now you're getting a first slant at the O'Keefe character- Walter had determined to attend Notre Dame. And attend he did. He worked his way through. It wasn't a soft touch. But it gave him his chance. Many men revere Knute Rockne's memory for many things. O'Keefe never ceases to be grateful for aid extended by the great grid- iron genius during that first year. And Walter wasn't even material for a fifth horseman. Nevertheless, he roomed in Rockne's house. The daily schedule was something like this: Up at five to be at the offices of the South Bend "News-Times" at six. From six to eight he pushed 'phone plugs at the newspaper switch-board. Then classes until noon. Half an hour for lunch — which didn't help his digestion — and then an hour's rehearsal with the Glee Club before lectures again until three. Until five-thirty his labors were in the laboratory where he arranged bo- tanical specimens. And from then until nine, back on the "News- Times" job. After that, nothing to do 'til tomorrow! Except, of course, a few hours' intensive study to keep up with the rig- orous requirements of Notre Dame. No, it wasn't a soft touch. But O'Keefe has what we refined folk call intestinal stamina. Guts to you. He went back for more the second year. And somehow found time to play a part in the varsity play. He was "Pete, the Pest" in the South Bend version of "The College Hero". Now, here was a youngster avid for education, will- ing to sweat and save and sacrifice in order to emerge from the dumb-bunnie class. But when President Wilson said the word, and George Cohan wrote "Over There", the boy discarded every personal consideration and signed on with the Marines. He joined the Navy, but he didn't see the world. Indeed, all he saw was Paris Island. Which was a major catastrophe to a kid — an Irish kid, at th-t — who craved action in Flanders fields. However, Walter was sufficiently the philosopher to know that the percentage is all against fighting Fate or City Hall. He took it as it came, and when he was mustered out ol the service, calmly took up where he had left off. Back at Notre Dame he established a (Continued on page 7i) • Notre Dame gave Walter O'Keefe his educational back- ground, but trouble and illness taught him how to smile at fate when things seemed to go wrong for this favorite radio entertainer 20 TtOUf luzth WALTER OKEEFE 1 O'Keefe sings with gestures his own song hit, "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" \Y J$ BY HERB CRUIKSHANK 21 A ZZIE Nelson said, "Boo! G'way!" That was when he was asked about his heart. There's nothing the matter, you must understand, with Ozzie's heart, except that it beats a bit faster than the thrum of the rhythm section of his orchestra when he turns, as he often does, during a broadcast, and gazes upon a slender, satiny blonde — name of Peggy Lou Snyder. "G'way," said Ozzie. "You understand? I duwanna talk about that." "You nasty man," I shouted, "maybe you're married to this Snyder girl." "Boo! Shoo!" cried out the Snyder girl, who, 1 almost forgot to mention, is named professionally, Harriet Hilliard. S<> I booed and went to Milton Roemer, who used to sell furniture, but who went radio mad and became a martyr to broadcasting. "Scram!" thundered M. Roemer. "There's to be no publicity about thai romance business. It's bad for Ozzie; it's bad for Harriet. The public likes 'em young and single. Sappy young men like to imagine themselves the beloved of Harriet; certain young women, indicate by their mail, that they'd like to have Ozzie for a sweetheart. That's g<»od theatre; good radio. Whether Ozzie loves Harriet, or vice versa, or lx)th. it's nobody's business" I you," I says to Mr. Roemer, "so who wants it official ? All we have to do is stand beside Ozzie when he sings a love song and BY MIKE PORTER watch the bovine aspect of his eyes; or if that is unconvincing, get yourself a load of the wrapt expression of that Snyder girl when she coos into the mike and steals side glances at Nelson, who, you may have heard, is one of the youngest and most popular of the band masters. It's been that way for three years nearly, and, well, if the two of them are one, nobody ever was able to find it in the books — and personally, I think they're still single, because I never have known a married man, or even a married woman to look so moony at a mate as Nelson looks at Milliard — and the other way around. It's a gag in the studios to stand by and watch 'em as they sing. To the professional eye it is obvious that only instinctive showmanship prevents each from forgetting all about the audience. Look up at the title to this piece and quote it, and you're saying what every- body on Radio Row says — "They Sing Their Love Song Every Day". And we on Radio Row know that their sing- ing is not all done for the delectation of the public's ears. But there's this to remember if you're suspecting that Ozzie and Harriet might (if they haven't already) run off any day and tangle themselves up in the matrimonial skein — that Ozzie said to a sob sister, not long ago: "I will not marry as long as I have to run an or- chestra." Unfortunately for both of these youngsters, Ozzie must needs do quite a spell of orchestra conduction to reach his financial independence. But of course, if you're a big-hearted philan- thropist and want to hasten things, well you can toss Ozzie a check for half a million and tell him to go ahead and marry the girl. The talk of marriage, even of woo- ing, or of any tender emotion between Ozzie and his platinum-topped vocal- ist, is thoroughly discouraged by his en- tourage. And by "entourage", I mean, of course, the stooges who act as his ad- visors and managers. The very taboo of this subject is the most eloquent con- firmation of the existence of the tender passion. Both Ozzie and Harriet agree (they must still be single when they agree so heartily) that romance inside the organization, especially when it is an entertainment unit, is bad business. But what can one do when one is over- come by the Great Sentiment? One cannot dismiss that palpitation of the heart, or disguise that caressing note that slips into one's song, when one is in the throes. Ah, but they're both voung. Perhaps all of us shall live to see the day when the press agents openly refer to the Nelson-Hilliard tie- up as that of radio's happiest married couple. But at the moment, Ozzie says, "Boo!" And Harriet echoes, "Boo — go 'way!" The talk (Continued on page 60) • Ozzie and Harriet go into their radio act but it's real love in bloom for these two By R. H. ROWAN RADIO has found its modern reincarnation of Cinder- ella and given her a crooning troubadour for a * Prince Charming who chose his heroine, not with a glass slipper but with a nation-wide test of blues voices. Cinderella doesn't need beautiful feet any more and her good godmother is a soup company. Their kingdom is a network of airwaves that will carry the story of their ro- mance over eighty-six stations so that millions in homes all over the world will follow, week by week, the up-to-date version of a glamorous, thrilling romance.* When the Campbell Soup Company decided to put "Hollywood Hotel" on the air for three years they signed handsome Dick Powell of the flickers as the leading man "?% the broadcasts. Then they searched the country for a •^roine and through a series of local and national auditions finally selected Rowene Williams, a Minneapolis girl who had won the Chicago test for the role. Commencing with October 12, nations tune in and follow the exciting episodes of this new fairy story with Hollywood as a background and with such well known air artists as Ted Fiorito's or- chestra, El Brendel as a waiter, Cy Kendall as a hotel manager and Louella Parsons, prominent movie critic with her famous guest stars of the film world all participating in the entertainment. Only this time Cinderella takes second place and Prince Charming, known to countless fans as Dick Powell wins the spotlight. Feminine thousands who have built Dick into a camera star will sigh with envy at Cinderella's oppor- tunity. Young Powell is ideal material for the part he plays in "Hollywood Hotel". It's really his own story. In the past two years from the obscurity of master of cere- monies in the middle west and Pennsylvania towns he has iisen to one of the im- portant cinema celebrities around whom ornate and ex- travagant musical produc- tions are built. Now he's es- tablished as an ether "Cin- derella's Boy Friend". Dick is six feet tall, has blue eyes and auburn hair, weighs 172 pounds and with his exciting voice sings his way into all those fluttering feminine hearts. He was once a husband, in fact, before he was twenty-one but the mar- riage didn't last and he's again a Hollywood bachelor. Nobody knows for how long. His real name is Richard E. Powell and he was born thirty years ago in a small settlement of the Ozark Mountains, Mount View, Ark., to be exact. On No- vember 14 he'll observe his thirtieth birthday. He's a real product of the hill-billy section of America and did his first crooning at the age of four when some railroad en- gineer taught him to warble "Casey Jones". He still sings it on special occasions. The town where his earliest years were spent boasted of only 1,200 inhabitants and when he. saw his first street car at the age of ten he was so frightened, he couldn't understand what had become of the horses he thought should draw it. He's the middle one of three brothers, the eldest of whom is also a singer and when Dick learned his ABC's hi. had to ride miles to the small country school, jogging along on an old horse behind the older Powell boy. Their father sold harvester machines to the whole countryside and it looked to the boys in those days as though all their lives would be spent in the Ozarks. They did move during Dick's childhood to Berryville which was slightly larger than Mount View and on the north boundary of Arkansas, and when Dick was ten they packed their household be- longings once more and took up the family residence in Little Rock, the state's capital. It was here that Dick saw his first street car and where he finished grammar school with all the laurels of an honor student. He didn't repeat this success in high school, just getting by but at that time he was so much more interested in music than in algebra or lan- guages, he could not give the academic course his best efforts. While a high school sophomore he took singing lessons, learned to play a cornet and decided he wanted to join a band. His family were so tolerant of his ambitions his father bought him a saxophone and his mother a baritone horn. Then they all had to listen to Dick every night. What the neighbors thought has never been admitted. But soon Dick organized what he called "The Peter Pan" or- chestra, playing for week- end dances around Little Rock. Dick not only played one of the wind instruments but he usually offered a vocal chorus. Dick's brother, a tenor in a church choir got the younger Powell offspring into the choir and sixty dollars a month compensation to boot. Later he obtained a job in a synagogue for the Friday night services and also sang at weddings and funerals. In between he clerked in a grocery store, was a soda jerker another summer, worked as a meter tester for a power company and fre- quently did heavy manual (Continued on page 70 # Dick Powell, singing star of the films and radio, becomes Prince Charming 25 "AVING walked out on the radio act, given Toby and the Profes- sor the air, Margy was in none too happy a frame of mind when she woke up the next morning. Her slumbers had been interrupted many times with wak- ing thoughts as she went over the past few days. She was worried about Toby. He might give up his whole radio career en- tirely and she *.vas very much afraid the professor might go back to his heavy drinking again. As she answered the ringing telephone, she yawned sleepily into the mouthpiece — "Good morning, Margy". She recognized the voice instantly. It was Professor Gus. She almost laughed out loud because he didn't sound as if he had spent a night with a bottle of brandy. "I'm down at the corner," he continued. "May I come up for a few minutes?" "Give me ten minutes — no, eight will be enough, to dress and put some coffee on and come on up," Margy said. In exactly eight minutes the buzzer sounded. The professor entered the apartment and Margy's anxious eyes brightened when she saw he BY PETER DIX The thrilling adventures of two men and a beautiful girl seeking success in the broad- cast studios where Toby Ma- lone, vaudeville ham, became a popular air comedian with the help of a gag-writing col- lege professor and Margy, the red-headed waitress, who learned about stooging and love in two radio auditions liars. In this case, I think my boy friends are both." looked remarkably fit. His eyes were just a trifle tired but there were no other signs of dissipation. The professor grinned engagingly at Margy. "I hope I didn't wake you," he said. "I'm glad you did," Margy answered. "How about a cup of coffee?" "Splendid." Both of them carefully avoided mention of what had happened the day before until the professor had a second cup of coffee in front of him. "My dear," he began, looking first at Margy and then down into the steaming black fluid. "I'm going to be very presumptuous." Margy said nothing. "It's about yesterday. Uh . . . about your change in plans!" Margy didn't look angry when she spoke. There was a hint of a smile. "Professor, you've come to ask me to go back in the act with Toby." He was silent for a moment, then he nodded his head slowly. "Yes. I think I can explain Toby. Toby Illustrations by Carl Pfeufer wouldn't have behaved as he did," the professor continued, not quite at ease, "if it hadn't been for his — uh — emotional condition." "Excited, you mean?" Margy asked, looking keenly at him. "No, Toby — uh — Toby is in love!" "What?" "In fact, I have good reason to believe that he is in love with you." MWARGY stared wide-eyed at the professor. This was something she hadn't expected. In fact, the idea that Toby had ever given her a second thought other than as his stooge had never entered her mind. Nor did the pro- fessor's statement harmonize with Toby's utterances of the night before. "You're wrong, professor," she said. "Toby isn't in love with me. Not a bit. Besides I think he's got a wife some place." "Had a wife," the professor corrected. "He found out last week that she had divorced him in Chicago!" "Oh," said Margy. "Toby hadn't mentioned that." 27 "But what I wanted to say was that under the stress of his — uh — emotion, Toby was probably very careless in what he said. I'm sure he was upset at the very thought of you not working beside him." Margy laughed shortly. "And because Toby is in love with me — and I doubt it very much — you think 1 ought to go back and work with him?" "I'm terribly worried about Toby," the professor said. "I'm really quite fond of him. Heart of gold sort of chap and all that sort of thing. Margy, I'm afraid he'll slip terribly as a result of this — uh — misunderstanding." "Take to drink, you mean?" "Yes. Possibly." "Give up his whole career?" "I'm afraid so. He said as much to me yesterday!" Margy considered that a minute. "Have you a script for the audition?" she asked. "Yes," said the professor, "I finished it about o'clock this morning." "And the brandy too?" "Brandy? I didn't have any brandy? I say, what are you talking about?" "Nothing professor. I'd forgotten you were practically a tee-totaler these days. . . . May I see the script?" "I have a copy here. Then you will be ready to rehearse this afternoon?" Margy shook her head. "I didn't say that. But I'd like to see the script." * "But you will, won't you?" three • "David and I," said Margy proudly, "are engaged. We're going to be married." "I don't think Toby would want me back — after what happened yesterday." "Oh, I'm sure he would," said the professor earnestly. "Why, he's nuts about you. Uh — those were his words, not mine." "By the way," Margy said innocently, "if this audition doesn't go through what will you do?" "Oh, say. I forgot to tell you. I've been offered my old job back at the college. Might be a bit dull after this jolly radio business but still, it might be fun to train the young mind again. But, it's on account of poor Toby, you must give it another trial." MJARGY had been glancing through the script. "I'll think it over, professor," she said. And she didn't say much more after that because she was thinking. The professor finished his coffee, excused himself and left. As she heard his footsteps going down the stairs, Margy spoke to herself. "Men," she said, grinning without realizing it. "Are either the darndest fools or the darndest liars. In this case, I think my boy friends are both." After a while she said: "I wonder if either one of them really care for me?" And still later — "That will fix them !" * * * Toby and the professor met at the Consolidated studios at noon. Toby looked through the script and was enthusiastic. "Prof, if we only had Margy, we'd be set," he de- clared. "I think you're right, Toby! Perhaps she'll change her mind." "Well," said Toby thought- fully. "Dames are funny. She might at that." J^ EITHER even hinted to the other that they had seen and talked to the girl. David Mason happened along the corridor. "Already for the audition tomorrow night?" He asked. "No," said Toby, "we aren't. I've heard every pos- sible stooge in New York and there's not one of them good enough." "What are you going to do?" Mason asked. He looked wor- ried. "Cancel the audition, I suppose," Toby said. He didn't dare let himself be too hopeful about Margy. "You can't do that, Toby. That cigar account will go to National or Columbia and we'll lose the biggest piece of business that has come in in years. And you'll be through here." Miss Gordon of the casting bureau came hurriedly through the corridor. She saw Toby. "Oh, Mr. M alone. I've been looking everywhere for you," she gasped. "I think I've got just the girl you're looking for for that audition." Toby and the professor jumped up in their excitement. "Where is she?" Toby demanded. "I want to hear her right away!" "That's the trouble," Miss Gordon said sadly. "She can't come in today. I believe she said she was calling from nut of town. But she'll be in tomorrow by four o'clock!" "What?" Toby spluttered. (Continued on page 66) ; 28 H >.2 13 O U OQ- -t- o «- '?§ .E a> •» 3 <0 fl> UJ U) ■ = "P at "M a o J o Jl |2 0) o -o >> c ■J- ,«2 w> iAfe A This genial ork pilot was on the Notre Dame football team, but found he'd make a better musician, so he bought a baton, or- ganized an orches- tra, obtained an air spot and is already a radio favorite CHARLIE I S Portrait by Ray Lee Jackson M N TV -*M Portrait by Ray Lee Jackson A L & LEE E I S E R They're not brothers at all, Al and Lee Reiser, this veteran piano team of cousins who've been entertaining radio audiences on the NBCfora number of years and are now heard weekly over WJZ and WEAF • RALPH MACBANE You'll hear more about this virile-looiting actor who's recently joined radio's dramatic ranks. He has been heard in sketches on NBC and, before coming to America, was one of Max Reinhardt's actors in European productions She's peppy and she's cute this young songster whose vocal solos have brightened the Fred Waring programs on CBS this past year. Babs is heard in trick arrangements with her two brothers, also of the Waring crew I KNOW all my friends will be greatly shocked to learn that I once was in jail. Irene Hubbard, or Maria, as 1 am better known to my radio audiences who tune in on the Maxwell House Showboat Hour; the Irene Hubbard who was educated at various schools and wound up at Vassar and then finally found her first and only love — the stage, actually stole a pair of silk stock- ings. Think of it! And, as Captain Henry would say, "It was only the beginnin' folks". I was brutally herded into a patrol wagon by two burly men of the law and ar- raigned in court. I was accused of petty larceny, had to bear the deep humiliation of having my finger-prints taken, and what is more, I was given a number. I was branded a criminal. 1 can just hear you all saying, "wasn't that awful", "how shocking", "it must have been terrible." But before you learn of this episode in my past through some other channel which might not reveal the true facts, the Editor of Radio Mirror kindly consented to let me make my confession in these pages, and before you judge me too harshly, please read on. Years ago — and more years than I care to remember — I specialized in emotional histrionics. Yes, I was what was known then, as the "leading lady" of an itinerant stock or repertory company. I was billed as the "Lady of a Thousand Sorrows". I gloried in my art and was able to turn the tear ducts on and off at will. You must remember that in those halcyon days theatrical fare was a little to the "heavy" side and although the mechanics of a three-act play were a bit cumbersome and the de- nouement was always obvious after the first inter- mission, the audiences took their entertainment seriously and were super-loyal in their affec tions to the actor or actress who could stir their emotions. After a few seasons of one night stands and barn- storming (literally), I received an offer to enact the leading female roles in a stock company in San An- tonio. Texas, my own home town. Ah, the thrill of it! My apprenticeship had been a hard one — cheap hotels, the food wasn't the best, practically living in a trunk, making those train con- nections ;it i p. x. in the morning, ad nauseam, ad infinitum. All of these weren't conducive to bringing out the best in a girl's (I was a girl then, if you please!) nature. Here was an opportunity to settle down, to build up a permanent following, i<> have inv own apartment (I was contracted lor an entire season imagine that'), and, most im- port.ml the company which had engaged my services enjoyed considerable reputation as a proving ground for ambitious young actresses My debut w.i. lo In- in the role of Marv luiner, the wrongly-accused shop-girl in Bayard Veiller's most sensa- • Irene Hubbard as she was helped into the "Black Maria" down in San Antonio, Texas; right, the young actress being finger- printed at headquarters tional novel, "Within The Law". The theatre press- agent was one of those live-wire, irrepressible souls, and like Jimmy Du- rante, he had a "million of 'em" — 1 mean ideas. His "idea" for me was a daring piece of press agentry, and after outlining it (what a sales- man that man was!), I consented to be a component part of the stunt. As the story goes, Mary Turner in the first act was sen- tenced to a long term in prison by the owner of the de- partment store in which she worked, because she had been unjustly convicted of stealing a pair of silk stockings. It u 'IRENE HUBBARD SHOWBOAT'S MARIA • A ride in a police patrol, finger- printed at Headquarters, the ig- nominy of iron bars, a thrilling rescue by a handsome actor — for publicity! 9 The real Irene Hubbard as she appears on the Showboat Hour, many years after she went to jail to get her name on the front pages in Texas was quite a dramatic sequence and al- ways managed to wring a few lachry- mose tears from the hardest-hearted au- dience. With this one bit in mind, our friend, the publicity man, secured the coopera- tion of the local police chief and made a further "tie-up" with the leading de- partment store in San Antonio. Wearing the raiment of a poor but honest work- ing girl, I was to enter the store and steal a pair of stockings from a counter. The store detective was to pounce upon me just at the psychological moment, newspaper photographers were to be posted at strategic points and all details were carefully gone over. Naturally, I was a bit nervous and wanted to back out at the last minute but my sporting instinct made me go through with my part of the bargain as promised. I backed up to a counter, put my hand behind me and {Continued on page 64) 35 BY DORA ALBERT IN the dizzy firmament of radio, where fame so often strikes unexpectedly and failure stalks the tragic figures of those who were told that success would be theirs for the asking, there is one man who has shown an almost uncanny ability to pick out the future stars of the air. Paul Whiteman. To him belongs the credit for the discovery of Bing Crosby, Morton Downey, Mildred Bailey, Lennie Hay ton and a host of others. It was he who took a composer of popular tunes, George Gershwin, and in- spired him to write America's most famous modern sym- phony, "Rhapsody in Blue". And to bring this story up to dale, he has just discovered Helen Jepson. She sang with Paul Whiteman's band a couple of times, and lo and behold the Metropolitan Opera Company signed her to play leads. To be discovered by Whiteman is almost like having star- dom placed in your lap. Sooner or later, most of Paul's discoveries become stars on their own. Even though for years they may have to croon their tunes to an indifferent public. Crosby and Al Rinker were nothing but a vaudeville team playing in cheap theatres when Paul Whiteman discovered them. Al Rinker, by the way, is Mildred Bailey's brother, Rinker being her real name. Paul Whiteman liked Crosby's voice and signed Rinker and Crosby. "I guess thai was just about the biggest thrill I've ever had," Bing said later in telling about it. "The idea that a great band leader like Whiteman should actually send (or a couple ol punks like us seemed too inconceivable to ; lie " lint just because Paul Whiteman liked Crosby's voice was no sign thai the public was uoing to lake lo ii like a duck 10 water Ii didn't When Paul look the two hoys Past on a lour of various theatres they flopped cold. He added a third member to the "•'in Harry Barris, and called them Hie Rhythm Boys, bul Morton Downey they still flopped cold. But Whiteman's faith didn't swerve. When Bing Crosby sang on the Paramount stage, the management of the Paramount Theatre objected. "For heaven's sake, Paul," they told Whiteman, "we know most of your act is good, but what's the idea of stick- ing a team like that into it? Don't you know that this chap, Bing Crosby, can't sing? Why don't you drop him from your act?" "I had to pay the trio |750 a week not to sing," Paul Whiteman told me, grinning. "The two boys played the piano and Bing slapped a cymbal. Two years later Para- mount was paying Bing a few thousand dollars a week just to sing. "Lots of young people all over the country were wild about him; but at first I couldn't convince any of the theatre managements of that. Nor could I convince the people who were at that time sponsoring my radio program. They kept on telling me to drop Bing Crosby from my act. When I kept him on, they sent me letters threatening to fire me unless I fired him. "Finally we got out to California. After a short time there, I was all fed up and ready to go back East, but Bing didn't feel that way about it. He'd spent five or six years trying to make a hit in the East and he had never clicked, so he thought that perhaps his big chance lay in California. He got an offer to sing with Gus Arnheim's Orchestra, and he asked to be released from his contract. I couldn't blame him exactly for wanting to try his luck in the Cocoanut Grove on the Coast. Even then he didn't click immediately. But when he did — zowie! "Bing Crosby is one of my pets. He's a hit in pictures Paul Whiteman, still King of Jazz, knows how to pick poten- tial air stars as well as hit tunes. He's helped a dozen artists to stardom in the past two years Paul Whiteman, fa- mous musical direc- tor, who's played godfather to dozens of aspiring artists Jane Froman George Gershwin now, but I think he'll be even bigger if they let him play some good strong comedy leads. Bing is a natural come- dian. He doesn't need any Jack Oakie in his pictures. He can carry a romantic lead and a comedy lead at the same time." Morton Downey, in a way, is another discovery of Paul Whiteman's. I say "in a way", because, let the truth be told, Paul didn't like Morton Downey's voice when he first heard it. "What," he groaned, "another Irish tenor! Why, if we go on a concert tour, John McCormack will lap up all the cream in every town we come to, and we'll come trailing behind him. Who'll care to hear another Irish tenor after hearing the magnificent McCormack?" But Hugh Ernst, who was at that time Paul Whiteman's manager, was enthusiastic about Downey's voice. Since he couldn't make Paul see things his way, he signed up Downey while Paul was away on a trip to Europe. Then Paul had to take Downey with him, willy-nilly. The Leviathan was at' that time making her first passen- ger voyage under American colors, and Paul Whiteman's band was engaged to give concerts on the way across. Mor- ton Downey, then a youngster of eighteen or nineteen, sang with the band. "To get around the difficulty of his being another Irish tenor, I put a French horn in his hands," Paul Whiteman told me. "He couldn't play it, but I figured people would think he was a pretty good Irish singer for a fellow who held a French horn. Eventually he got so enthusiastic about the French horn that I had to put a cork in it to keep him from blowing it." The truth was that Downey was pretty effective singing an Irish melody to his French horn. Even though he had objected to signing up Downey, m a short time Paul White- man was crazy about his voice. (Continued on page 71) 37 A ©Charles Winninqer, genial, white-haired pilot of the Maxwell House "Show Boat Hour," spent all his working years in the theater before turning to radio OWDEE! Ilowdee!! Howdce!!! Folks, meet Charlie Winninger, the triple personality boy from right off the boat! The Show Boat". Twenty or thirty million of you know Charlie in the character he has assumed for a hundred solid weeks on the air. You've heard his "Happee New Year", and responded to the boom of his voice telling you that "this is only the beginning". Once upon a time the boys in the beanery and the scions of the salons were at one in shouting for a "shot of Java", or telling the Grik to "draw one in the dark". But Charles Winninger made \merican multitudes coffee conscious. Now it's Maxwell House or bust. Scarcely fewer numbers recognize the snow-thatched star as a film fixture in the Hollywood firmament, and as a skilled, versatile veteran of a hundred theatrical hits. But materially in the minority are you who know Mr. Winninger as an exuberant "Good Time Charlie" who turns hand-springs Oil the dance floor of New York's exclusive Mayfair Club before an enthus- iastic audience of staid, or stewed, celebrities of Gotham's gayer life. And, unless you're in the profesh, you'd never think of this same (.. W. as a high-powered executive who perches behind a huge desk in a floor-filling suite of offices on the peak of a cloud-cutting skyscraper! Bui nevertheless, there he sits, answering long-distance calls from Hollywood studios, con- lerrmn with moguls of the show world, scanning continuities for coming broadcasts, ami in <.n imies auditioning acts which he. himself, independently sponsors to radio clients. and public. Indeed, this Charles Winninger was new to me, loo. I felt that I knew By MARIS ANNE LANE 'Cap'n Henry," away from the broadcast studios prepares to enjoy an hour's quiet reading in his own home him reasonably well in his other aspects. And I expected to talk to him as he cold-creamed the make-up off in some movie dressing-room, or in some corner of a broadcasting studio, or even over a cup o' tea, or something, in a cafe- teria, or preferably a cafe without the teria. Even the back-stage atmosphere of the theater wouldn't have thrown me off balance. But when I entered that office marked "Private" and saw the Big Shot behind that desk at the far end, I felt as though I might be seeing Charlie Schwab or one of the Rockefellers for "Fortune". When you're in a spot like this, the best way out is to sling a nice, general question that would take hours to answer, and let the other guy talk. That's what I'd do with a Rockefeller. That's what I did with the Winninger. "What about radio?" I asked. And he fell for it. I didn't have to speak again all afternoon. "Ah, yes, radio," murmured Mr. Winninger, or maybe it was "radio? Oh, yeah?", "well, there's room for vast im- provement in programs. It seems to me that radio stands now just where the movies were about fifteen years ago. They were pretty chaotic then, you remember, but they were making a mess of money. That's the way with radio today. "One error they're making is the mistake of some muscle- bound brains in attempting to exclude theatrical folk from the air. They'll tell you stage training is worthless on the radio. Shucks! No such thing! (He didn't say "shucks", but we'll keep it clean.) All this mystery about broadcast- ing is the bunk. And to prove it, why, after making a crack like that, do they go out and sign up Helen Hayes, Helen Menken, Walter Huston and dozens more to speak line for line through microphones scenes enacted on the stage? "Another thing, I believe the sponsor of a program should get a break. Give the players a legitimate billing, yes. But that a program should become known as the Joe Doakes Hour, after the featured star, and the sponsor remain unknown, unhonored and unsung is not only bad business, but lousy showmanship. I'd like to inject a little show- manship into radio. And, by Jiminety, I'm going to try! "They'll have to go to the theatre for both stars and material, just as Hollywood has been forced to do. There aren't enough show brains in the world to provide original shows for one time air presentations. It's a wicked waste even if it were possible. And, also, they are fall- ing into the Hollywood error of mis-cast- ing their people. For instance, once they gave Al Jolson proper material and roles, he became sensational, before that he was tottering. Just because he was mis-cast. The same applies to that marvellous comic, Al Trahan. It makes me weep when his talents are wasted. But some day they'll come to life. (Continued on page 68) 39 1 • Charles Winninger, genial, white-haired pilot of the Maxwell House "Show Boat Hour," spent all his working years in the theater before turning to radio OWDEE! Howdee!! Howdee!!! Polks, meet Charlie Winninger, the triple personality boy from right off the boat! The "Show Boat". Twenty or thirty million of you know Charlie in the character he has assumed for a hundred solid weeks on the air. You've heard his "Happee New Year", and responded to the boom of his voice telling you that "this is only the beginning". Once upon a time the boys in the beanery and the scions of the salons were at one in shouting for a shot of Java", or telling the Grik to "draw one in the dark". But Charles Winninger made American multitudes coffee conscious. Now it's Maxwell House or bust. Scarcely fewer numbers recognize the snow-thatched star as a film fixture in the Hollywood firmament, and as a skilled, versatile veteran of a hundred theatrical hits. But materially in l he minority are you who know Mr. Winninger as an exuberant "Good Time Charlie" who mrns hand-springs on the dance floor of New York's exclusive Mayfair Club before an enthus- iastic audience of staid, or stewed, celebrities of Gotham's gayer life. And, unless you're in the profesn, you d never think of this same C. W. as a high-powered executive who perches behind ,1 huge desk in a floor-filling suite of offices on the peak of a cloud-cutting skyscraper' But, nevertheless there he sits, answering long-distance calls from Hollywood studios, con- erring with moguls ot the show world, scanning continuities for coming broadcasts, and in between times auditioning acts which he. himself, independently sponsors to radio clients agencies and public. Indeed, this Charles W inninger was new to me, too. I felt that I knew By MARIS ANNE LANE * "Cap'n Henry," away from the broadcast studios prepares fo enjoy an hour's quiet reading in hit own home him reasonably well in his other aspects. And I expected to talk to him as he cold-creamed the make-up off in some movie dressing-room, or in some corner of a broadcasting studio, or even over a cup o' tea, or something, in a cafe- teria, or preferably a cafe without the teria. Even the back-stage atmosphere of the theater wouldn't have thrown me off balance. But when I entered that office marked "Private" and saw the Big Shot behind that desk at the far end, I felt as though I might be seeing Charlie Schwab or one of the Rockefellers for "Fortune". When you're in a spot like this, the best way out is to sling a nice, general question that would take hours to answer, and let the other guy talk. That's what I'd do with a Rockefeller. That's what 1 did with the Winninger "What about radio?" 1 asked. And he fell for it. I didn'l have to speak again all afternoon. "Ah, yes, radio," murmured Mr. Winninger, or maybe il was "radio? Oh, yeah?", "well, there's room for vasl im- provement in programs. It seems to me that radio stands now just where the movies were about fifteen years ago. They were pretty chaotic then, you remember, bul they were making a mess of money. That's the way with radio today. "One error they're making is the mistake of some muscle- bound brains in attempting to exclude theatrical folk from the air. They'll tell you stage training is worthless on (he radio. Shucks! No such thing! (He didn't say "shucks", but we'll keep it clean.) All this mystery about broadcast- ing is the bunk. And to prove it, why, after making a crack like that, do they go out and sign up Helen Hayes, Helen Menken, Walter Huston and dozens more to speak line for line through microphones scenes enacted on the stage? "Another thing, I believe the sponsor of a program should get a break. Give the players a legitimate billing, yes. But that a program should become known as the Joe Ooakes Hour, after the featured star, and the sponsor remain unknown, unhonored and unsung is not only bad business, but lousy showmanship. I'd like to inject a little show- manship into radio. And, by Jiminety, I'm going to try! "They'll have to go to the theatre for both stars and material, just as Hollywood has been forced to do. There aren't enough show brains in the world to provide original shows for one time air presentations. It's a wicked waste even if it were possible. And, also, they are fall- ing into the Hollywood error of mis-cast- ing their people. Eor instance, once they gave Al Jolson proper material and roles, he became sensational, before that he was tottering. Just because he was mis-cast. The same applies to that marvellous comic, Al Trahan. It makes me weep when his talents are wasted. But some day they'll come to life. (Continued on page 68) 39 Miss Francis wears this Wat+eau vel- vet with jade green ostrich trim de- signed for her by Rose Sapphire THIS is one season when your last year's hat won't do at all. Fashions in late fall and early winter chapeaux are so decidedly new what with colors on black hats and feathers on everything. Arlene Francis pretty dramatic actress on the Borden's "Forty-five Minutes in Hollywood" program over the WABC chain shows you the various models which Rose Sapphire, well known New York importer and designer favors right now. First there is the Watteau of black velvet trimmed with jade green ostrich. It's typical of the eighteenth century and must be worn as Miss Francis shows you with most of the back of the head showing. The pert little number in the beret family is a saucer shape of black velvet and putting the beret in the dress-up class with a strip of para- dise trimming and tricky grosgrain bow right in front. Sailors are back again too, smaller than ever before of hatters' plush with metal-fringed ribbon trimming finished with a bow in the back and boasting of an eye-length fragile veil. Rose Sapphire favors the large hat of felt and grosgrain combined for the cocktail hour. Miss Sapphire has gone to India for inspira- tion in another afternoon hat which is called the Maharajah turban of ambre-cire with ribbon fringe tied in front after the fashion of the Turkish aigrette. This will remind you of the dressytea hats your mother used to wear when you were a girl. Miss Francis whose dark tresses lend them- h Ives as a glossy crown for these millinery prizes is ready for brisk days in town in a tweed felt betel with a perky little quill. The hat itself is on along tricorne lines and is suitable with 40 The saucer beret of black velvet with a sprig of paradise feather and a grosgrain bow perched on the edge of the brim The old-fashioned sailor back again. Arlene's is of hatters' plush with metal ribbon pnd tiny veil reaching the eyes V From India comes the in- spiration for this smart Maharajah turban of ambre-cire with aigrette of fringed ribbon XJL Miss Francis ready for a cocktail party in this large hat of black felt combined with wide grosgrain ribbon Below is the perfect hat for daytime wear in town, a triangular type beret of tweed with a perky quill "foT +rhn-mifl<| Photographs made exclusively for Radio Mirror by Bert Lawson M0$^ tweed town clothes or cloth coats. Fashion dictators this season have gone very gay on hats. They've searched into the dead centuries for ideas and the result is that the ladies may be as picturesque as to head gear as their type will allow. Of course, if you're the outdoors type, you'd be ridiculous in some of these extreme little numbers which are designed for the feminine woman. On the other hand, even sports things have taken on a more romantic air in the process of softening their lines. Furthermore, according to Paris and New York, tweeds are proper everywhere, even at afternoon tea parties but instead of the severe sweaters, they've combined suits with flatter- ing blouses of gorgeous new materials. This is one year when you'll have to do careful shopping if you want to look smart and your bank account entails strict limitations. This is not only true of hats but of dresses and coats which will be more difficult to copy this year than when houses were putting out what they called "Ford" models. The gowns, whether for evening, street wear or informal occasions are all made on the simplest lines. The charm is in the material — gorgeous vel- vets, heavy crepes, satins and the softest woolens. Trains, as a general rule, are out on everring gowns which are again floor-length and even all around. So if you're planning to make last year's model do for this winter you'll have to get the scis- sors out and straighten the hemline. Most of the big designers have gone in for purple in a big way and combine it with that luscious shade of dark red that was once called magenta. For the first autumn in several years blue is being shown, a deep midnight shade that's flattering for certain types. 41 (9u 4 v^CIr*c Latest news and newest happenings behind the microphones and OW about starting the western journey this month by dropping into San Francisco, then up into the northwest and finally to the southwest? Only, of course, while around the Golden Gate we mustn't mention the earthquake, fog or call it 'Frisco. Course you know it really was a fire, the fog is only a light mist and to call it 'Frisco would be to call down on all of us the wrath of the Native Sons of the Golden West and all the other like groups. • Betty Jane Rhodes, thirteen-year-old high-school student has been given a two-year contract as a singer with station KFWB Now that the Monday night KFRC jamboree gets on the CBS chain for part of the program, we might as well drop around and see some of the performers. The studios are a bit dingy, but what it lacks in that respect, is made up by the spontaneity of the folks there. Harrison Holliway skippers the craft. He was the one- man technical force years ago. Now he runs the whole works. There's Edna O'Keefe, whose middle name is Patricia . . . born back in '12, the daughter of an Irish father and an Italian mother. The popular song- ster, with the wistful eyes, is a native daughter . . . got an audition when she finished school and has been radio-minded ever since. In private life she is the wife of Ronald Graham, a KFRC baritone. Ronald Graham was born in Edinburgh, the son of a retired English army officer . . . travelled a good deal before settling in the bay region, grad- uating from Tamalpais High school and then to radio. Some twenty-five years old, he plays tennis, does pen and ink drawings rather well ... six feet tall, about 160 pounds, blue eyes and brownish hair. Then there is Earl Towner, whose specialty is directing vocal ensembles, but just now devotes his jamboree work to a male quartet. A graduate of Boston's famed music conservatory, he lives in Berkeley with his wife and three children, and his hobby is carpentering. Bespectacled, about 5 feet six in height, he has hazel eyes and a ready smile. Now for Arnold Maguire, a native San Francis- can in his early thirties, who is "President of Hodge Podge Lodge," KFRC fun maker program, and heard also on the jamboree in character work, la rapid succession he has been an artist, photogra- pher, salesman, reporter, stage actor and then to radio years ago. He has reddish brown hair, dark eyes and is married. Harrison Holliway, master of the jamboree, was born in San Francisco 35 years ago, graduating from Lowell High and studying law at Stanford for awhile. He is an amateur yachtsman . . . (his father was a sea captain) . . . has a couple of youngsters . . . and never yearns to go back to the sea where he was once a commercial wireless opera- tor before going into broadcast activities. We'll meet some more of the gang at another time. * * * Now that KJBS, San Francisco, and KQW, San Jose, have come under one ownership, with studios for both in San Francisco, Lena May Leland is heard more often, though she plays from the San Jose studios. She has been staff pianist and music head of BY DR. RALPH t&e. 1|VWAV^S among the artists of the broadcast studios along the west coast KQW for several years. She was born there and her young son is now in school. Rather small and petite in type, she is of Irish ancestry, and has dark hair and blue eyes. By the way, she is no relation of Charlie (Charles Bradford) Leland, who left Los Angeles for Chicago radio a year ago and seems to have disappeared from public sight and hear- ing. And maybe you didn't know that Dudd Williamson, new KJBS-KQW announcer, used to be Dudd on the NBC Tom and Dudd duo. Dudd was born up in the Yukon territory thirty years ago; lives in the bay district and has one small son. He is heavy-built, six feet tall, weighs about 200, with sparkling dark eyes and coal-black hair. Besides straight announcing work, he is good at dialect impersonations. Won- der where his former team-mate Tom (Alfred T. Smith) is these days. He was a fine hockey player in off moments when not before the mike. * * * Did you know that Raylyn Kinney, KYA's well- groomed contralto, used to be a professional stage dancer? Yep. 'Tis true. Or that Dixie Marsh, with her "Piano Inti- macies" program on Oakland's KTAB, was born in Birmingham as Helen Marsh and in private life is Mrs. A. E. Ryan, and the mother of a 1.5-year old daughter who is a musical prodigy? Or that Harold Peary, once with NBC but now at KTAB, was born in San Leandro, Cal. and the family name used to be Perez. And my bay crystal-gazer also reports that Sam (Samuel P.) Moore, likewise of KTAB, was born in Monticello, Florida, on June 28th, 1887. Peary does dialect-type work, while Moore pre- fers the guitar and string instruments. And I almost forgot to add that keyhole gossip says that NBC's contralto, Nanette La Salle, has been baby buggy shopping, and will have a new artist in the fold ere this reaches print. * * * A few years ago the name of Ted Roy, known as Oregon's "Singing Blacksmith,"' was second place winner in the national Atwater Kent na- tionals . . . The big, broad shouldered lad, who was born in Pilot Rock, Oregon, was a student at the Oregon State College in Corvallis when he won the singing contest and a scholarship at the Curtis Institute of Music. With the contest won, he returned to Corvallis for his degree and married his accompanist, Bar- bara Edmunds. He has been on northwest stations, but since '32 has been with the NBC staff in San Francisco and as a member of its Knickerbocker L. POWER Male Quartet. He's also heard frequently as a soloist. The "Singing Blacksmith" ... his father was a smithy and Roy worked at the forge in vacation time . . . had to leave apartment after apartment when non-musical neigh- bors started to holler. So he rented a barn on a long-time lease for $5 a month and, with his wife assisting, the one- time stable loft is now one of the coziest of 'Frisco studio- apartment places. It's comfortable and what's more im- portant, neighbors aren't near (Continued on page 84) 9 Glamorous Elissa Landi of the films who has appeared on programs which were broadcast out of the big studios in Los Angeles A water boy at fifteen, a "Met" opera star at twenty-five, Everett Marshall is now an air sensation. The tall, hand- some singer goes over some of his fan mail at the desk in the living room of his attractive Manhattan apartment Mr. Marshall enjoys a leisure hour in his comfortable fireside chair; above, the popular baritone cooks his own breakfast Photographs made exclusively for Raaio Mi> tin by Bert Latvian lx//t£H ClutumtL. C&itc&L (Left) Lowell Thomas and his young son enjoy a canter over the Cloverbrook Farm, Pawling, N. Y. 1 (Below) A bicycle built -for one provides exercise and beauty aid for Rosa Ponselle, the "Met's" most famous songbird in radio (Above) Announcer David Ross talks over a new song with Connie Gates as they enjoy a pleasant view from a hilltop By the Oracle who knows all about stars, programs and personalities from Coast to Coast and who'll tell you anything you want to know A ,RE Myrt and Marge off the air? What program is Jeanie Lang with now? How old is Billy Page in "One Man's Family?" — Vivian J., Hanks, N. Dak. M\ rt and Marge returned October 1. jeanie Lang is now on the Ward Sunday Night program with Buddy Rogers out of Chicago. Billy Page is fourteen years old. 0. K.? Please tell me something about Bill Smith with Harold Stern's orchestra. His voice is wonderful. — Rose Grey, Indian- apolis. You, too. Kosie? He was horn in New York on June 4, 1906. Attended La Salle Academy and later Georgetown University, majoring in dramatics. Joined the Stern or- chestra in 1930 as drummer and vocalist. He's five feet, ten inches tall, blue eyes, brown hair, wants to be a dramatic actor and is happily married to a former Providence school teacher. Now is that enough? Will you please tell me how old and how tall Jackie Heller is? — Frances O., Schenectady. A lot of you girls are asking about Jackie Heller. Kinda like his voice don't you? He was born May 1, 1908 and he's five feet. one. Where does Paul Whiteman hold his audition contests and what day does he have them? — L. B., St. Louis. There are no auditions at present but information can be addressed to Mr. Whiteman. Park Central Hotel, New York. When auditions are held notification is sent to names on file. Are the Singing Lady and Eileen of "Today's Children" the same person? — Mrs. S., Freeport, L. I. Ireene Wicker is the Singing Lady and also plays Eileen. Where can I address a letter to George Givot? In "Melody in Spring", did Lanny Ross play the whole part or did some- one else do the acting? — Ruth Lorey, Jamaica. George Givot can be reached at Columbia Broadcasting Co. 485 Madison Avenue, New York. Lanny did both the singing and acting in that picture. You're so wise and helpful to other readers, why can't I join the ranks? What are the real life names of the characters of "Today's Children" and which parts do they play? Who are Vic and Sade and Rush? Are they associated with other programs? — Susa B., Wilmerding, Pa. Come right in, Susa; you're welcome. The cast of Today's Children follows: mother. Irna Phillips: Frances, Bess Johnson; Bob Crane, Walter Wicker; Kalherine Norton, Irna Phillips; Terry Moran, Freddy Van; Dorothy Moran, Jean McGregor; Lucy Moran, Lucy Gilman; Eileen, Ireene Wicker. Vic is played by Art Van Harvey; Sade is Bernardine Flynn and Rush is Billy Idelson. Miss Flynn and ldelson are frequently cast in other dramatic programs originating in the Chicago Studios. What is the name of the Goldbergs' theme song? Eddie Duchin's theme song? Who plays the guitar with Rudy Vallee? — Ray C, Bloomsburg, Pa. "The Goldbergs" signature is'Toselli's Serenade." Eddie's is Chopin's "Nocturne in E Flat" and Frank Staffa is the guitarist with the Vallee Orchestra. Do we please you? Where does Phil Harris hail from? Is he married? Do you think he's a success? I think he has a marvelous personality? — Pauline G., Los Angeles. Do we think he's a success? That's been proven already. He's quite popular on the air and in person. He was born in Linton, Ind. and dry those tears when we tell you he's married. Is Max Baer's sketch "Taxi" any place on the air at present? Where can I direct a letter to him? — G. I. L., New York. He's not on the air at present as the sketch was discon- tinued. He'll get mail you forward to NBC Studios, Rocke- feller City, New York. Does Bing Crosby have another name besides Bing? Is it true he won't be able to sing after 1935? — Marcia D., Los Angeles. Bing's real name is Harry Lillis Crosby. Who said he wouldn't sing after 1935? That's silly, do you want to break all the girls' hearts? I read about how the different band mas- ters lost so much weight, Dick Himber lost thirty pounds, Jacques Renard, twenty pounds. I also have too much of me — Maude L., Peoria, III. Diet and exercise, 46 only all reducing should be done under ex- pert supervision and only after a thorough physical exam- ination How can I get in touch with Rosa Ponselle? — Mrs. L., Valley Stream, L. I. Columbia Broadcasting Company, 485 Madison Avenue, New York. Could you tell me if Ben Bernie is as old as he represents himself? Can you get pictures of him in the magazine? — Mrs. D., Washington. No, can't you take a joke? He's no juvenile, but he's not old, either. Radio Mirror had a complete story of Ben with several pictures in the January issue, 1934. I have heard Walter Winchell referred to as Captain. Kindly tell me how Mr. Winchell acquired the tide. — W. G. C, Fair- mount, W. Va. If he was ever a captain, he certainly succeeded in keep- ing it from all of us. We guess he's just captain of his soul. If it isn't asking too much could you tell me the ages of these stars? Frances H., Windsor, Conn. It's not asking too much. We're here to answer ques- tions and we'll give you their birthdays: Bing Crosby, May 2, 1904; Jimmie Melton, January 2, 1904; Eddie Can- tor, January 31, 1892; Frank Parker, April 29, 1906; Lanny Ross, January 19, 1906. Does Dick Powell still sing on the "Old Gold" program: What station is Jack Turner on? How can I get pictures of Ozzie Nelson and Harriett Hilliard? — Janice R., Springfield, Mass. Dick Powell is now on the new "Hollywood Hotel" pro- gram from California; Jack Turner has been associated re- cently with WMCA; look in this issue and get your pic- tures of Nelson-Hil- liard. Like 'em? Is there any way to obtain a picture of Winston, Lanny Ross's brother? — Loyola R., Covington, Ken. Maybe Lanny will get one for you. Wins- ton's in England. Write Lanny at the NBC Studios in New York or care of Paramount Pic- tures, Hollywood. Is Joe Morrison married? Where is he now? Will he be back with George Olsen? — Evalyn S., Baltimore. He's single or he was when this was written but he's out in Hollywood now completely surrounded by beautiful girls. He's not scheduled to return to Olsen's band. Like your magazine very much and would like to ask you a few questions? Is Wayne King Married? — Erna E. S., Chicago. Wayne King is married to Dorothy Janis and you can read all about him in this issue. About those personal ques- tions on Russ Russell, the announcer, would suggest you communicate with him. Can you tell me if Johnny Marvin will be back on the air in New York? — E. B., Wharton, N. J. He's not scheduled on any of the chain stations' pro- grams now. Does Rubinoff answer his fan mail, and where can I address a letter to him? — Jane W., Portland, Me. Yes, he does. Address him care of The National Broad- casting Co., Rockefeller City, New York. Is Frank Parker married and where can I address a letter to him? — Ada M., Springfield, Ohio. You mean you hope he's not married and you're in luck because he isn't. Write him at the NBC Studios, Rocke- feller City, New York. Can you tell me where Captain Henry's Showboat broadcast is held?-^. P., Gary, Ind. At the NBC Studios in New York. Do radio stars personally autograph their photos? Does Bing Crosby answer his fan tnail?^A. C, Woonsocket, R. I. Some do and some don't. Bing does answer his fans but we imagine there are times when the deluge is just a little too much for him. Would you kindly tell me the name of the woman who takes the part of Mrs. Goldberg in "The Goldbergs" program? Would it be possible for you to send me her picture? — Dorothy H., Media, Pa. Gertrude Berg has been taking the part and she also wrote the scripts. The May issue of Radio Mirror carried a picture and biography of her. Do you want to know something about your broadcast favorites? Write to the Oracle, Radio Mirror, 1926 Broadway, New York City 47 THANKSGIVING aXMSl£/l RAH-RAH-RAH — y-e-a team! A multitude of ex- cited strained voices dying out in the distance. A flash of brightly colored pennants snapping* in the cold air of a November morning all combine to paint a glorious picture of a gala Thanksgiving day football game. Keenly whetted appetites are temporarily forgotten as the ball is kicked off for the last quarter. After the final whistle the bowl is slowly emptied as everyone rushes home with anticipation for the Thanks- giving dinner. We suggest a dinner which without a doubt will be thor- oughly enjoyed by your family and guests. Menus have changed since the olden days when prepara- tions for the Thanksgiving feast were started days in advance and when the festive board was laden with enough food for a week's consumption. THANKSGIVING DINNER Fruit cocktail Clam Broth (with a dash of whipped cream) Celery - Olives - Nuts Hearts of lettuce (with Russian Dressing) Turkey Wild Rice Dressing Mashed Potatoes Turnips Brussels Sprouts Creamed Onions Cranberry Sauce Mince or Pumpkin Pie Nuts - Candies Turkey Clean out turkey thoroughly, remove hairs by singeing, holding the bird over a flame constantly, changing position until all parts of the surface have been exposed to the flame. Take the giblets and wash clean. Place in pan, cook until tender, with tips of wings and neck, putting them in cold water and heating water quickly so that as much of the flavor as possible may be drawn into stock which is used for making gravy. Stuff the turkey with dressing; if the body of bird is full, sew skin, if not full, use a skewer to bring skin together. Draw thighs close together and insert steel skewer under middle joint, running it through body and bringing it out under middle joint on other side. Tie a string around the drumsticks which are crossed and fasten to tail. Place wings close in body and insert another skewer through wing, body and wing on opposite side Fasten wooden skewer to draw neck skin Under back. Cross string attached to tail piece and draw it around each end of lower skewer, again cross string and draw il to each end of upper skewer, knot the string and cut ofl end Place on its side on rack in dripping pan. Rub entire Illustration by Harlan Crandall 3rd 4 slices raw bacon surface with salt. Take y cup melted butter mixed with y% cup flour; spread over legs, wings and breast. Dredge bottom of pan with flour. Place in hot oven 450° F. When flour on turkey begins to brown reduce oven temper- ature to 350° F. Baste every fifteen minutes with j/2 cup butter melted in y2 cup boiling water. After this is used baste with fat in pan. Pour water in pan during the cooking to pre- vent flour from burning. Use buttered paper to prevent burning if turkey is browning too fast. Cook about ^y2 hours. Olive oil may be used to rub over the turkey to make a nice crisp skin just before plac- ing in oven. Turkey Gravy 6 tablespoons fat from roasting pan 6 tablespoons flour 3 cups stock water, salt, pepper Brown fat with flour. Pour on gradually stock left in pan; Cook five minutes; season with salt and pepper; strain. Wild Rice Dressing \y2 cups wild rice 3 large onions 3 yellow leaves of raw celery % lb. chestnuts tablespoon turkey dressing Wash wild rice, boil until it becomes soft. Remove from the fire, strain and dry thoroughly. Take the onions and bacon, chop finely. Put onions in raw bacon and cook until bacon turns a golden brown. Boil the chestnuts until done. Add one tablespoon poultry dressing, the finely chopped celery and chestnuts. When dressing has cooled put in wild rice, stirring well. Pumpkin Pie 2 cups stewed and strained pumpkin 2 cups rich milk 1 cup brown or granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon salt y2 teaspoon ginger 2 teaspoons cinnamon y2 teaspoon allspice RADIO MIRROR Mix pumpkin with milk, sugar, beaten eggs, salt and spices and beat two to three minutes. Pour into lined pastry pie dish. Place oven at 475° F. and put in pie. Allow to remain in oven fifteen minutes; reduce heat to 400° F. until filling is firm. (About 40 minutes). HOMEMAKING The Davidson twins, Harriet and Gretchen, New Columbia dramatic actresses would be attractive either as blondes or brunettes, Pierre says. "BiiaWe crt D>uiwd& ? IF you were born a brunette and have always dreamed of being devastating as a blonde there is no reason why you should not change your crowning glory, and later your mind, provided of course that you have features and skin texture which go with the accepted idea of what a blonde's coloring should be. Chemists and hair experts have perfected the various methods of coloring hair so that if the process is done properly and only the best in- gredients are used, hair may be tinted a new shade with- out spoiling the quality or endangering the health. The number of really natural blondes who are in the limelight is small in proportion to those who were born another color and went blonde in the beauty parlor. On the other hand, Fifi Dorsay was a movie failure as a blonde until some expert suggested she become a brunette and immediately her luck changed. Bebe Daniels, Carmel Myers, Joan Crawford and several other actresses have been blonde, brunette and even titian-haired at various times in their career and some of the stars of the air are not as they once were, regarding their golden tresses. There is this to remember, though. Amateurish efforts at home are generally bound to be failures. It takes an expert to do this job thoroughly and once you've changed your hair, you're really a slave to the beauty parlor. There's nothing so ugly as dark center parts on a. golden head nor. dis- colored streaks in a sleek black coiffure. For the many Radio Mirror readers who have asked our advice about hair dyeing, as well as the effect of perma- nent waving on various types of hair we consulted Pierre, well known New York hair expert who serves some of New York's smartest society women as well as prominent stage, screen and radio stars. Pierre has ar- ranged and cared for the crowning glory of Claudette Col- bert, Constance Cummings, Whitney Bourne, Kay Francis, Peggy Fears, Tallulah Bankhead, Grace Menken, and planned some of the novel headdress effects worn by the late Lilyan Tashman. Hair dyeing, Pierre says, is a difficult procedure and if not properly applied will not only ruin the hair but also injure the scalp and some of the vital organs of the head. He sees no reason why some brunettes should not be blondes if they choose, nor why blondes who'd like to be titian-types should not achieve their ambitions. He admonishes that the client should be in excellent health and there must be no scratches nor marks on the scalp. A trustworthy shop guarantees the result of hair dyeing. It is wiser and safer to have a rinse, which is a coloring that will blend well with the present shade of your locks, but if you want something revolutionary, be sure of your operator and then go ahead. Medicated shampoos, Pierre explains, are wonderful for the hair and are often sufficient to give the hair a live. glossy look without the rinse. The hair is the first feature of the body affected by excitement, sorrow or any great change in your life. It loses its luster, becomes lifeless and often the color is changed. (Continued on page 87) DEPARTMENT • by S v I vi a C o v n ey 49 • Tony Wons, radio's amiable philosopher, raids the ice box his own kitchen for one of those quick meals between jo Spaghetti Add a handful of salt to a pan of water. Bring water to the boiling temperature. Add one pound of spaghetti, cook twenty minutes and pour the spaghetti through a drain. 1 pound of spaghetti 2 pounds of small clams 1 clove garlic 4 tablespoons pure olive oil Steam the clams for five minutes, using one cup of water. When steamed take the mussels from the shells and strain water through a cloth. Brown the garlic in the olive oil. Add a cup of strained tomatoes. Cook for ten minutes, and then add the water from the clams. Cook this ten more minutes. Five minutes before serving add chopped parsley to the clams and mix the whole thing with the (already cooked) spaghetti. An old English dish, Apple Staffen, is a fa- vorite of Kathleen Stewart, pianist on the NBC network. Pie Crust 2 cups pastry flour Yi teaspoon baking powder Y* teaspoon salt Yi cup crisco or shortening Ys cup butter Ice water DIKING the summer and early fall when we manage to spend most of our leisure time out of doors, radio plays only a minor part in our pursuit of pleasure. Now with the arrival of November with its chilly evenings, our radio once more takes its place as the main source ol entertainment. The various broadcasting net- work- are featuring many of our favorite stars in a va- riety of programs which are designed to suit the tastes and moods ol t he listener-in. M though you may never think of your radio stars along these lines, we have taken the trouble to see what some of them do during the time thai they are not on the air. We have found thai they not only shine at the microphone but also m the kitchen. I rom their experimental cooking and their successful efforts in culinar) realms they bring you their specially .mended dishes winch you can try out in your own home I et us turn the dial and listen to the lovely sofl voice of Ponselle who says spaghetti in almosl any style is savor) to her. and suggests spaghetti with clam Mix and sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Work in shortening using tips of fingers. Add water drop by drop, until mixture is of right consistency to roll. Toss on floured cloth, pat, and roll out: dot with butter, and roll up like a jelly roll, repeat this several times, chill, roll paste Ya inch thick, allow more paste for upper than the lower crust. When placing on a pie plate allow a little paste for shrinking. Put in tilling. Line a deep baking dish with butter and brown sugar. Put in the pie crust and fill with apples sliced as for a pie, sweeten with sugar, sprinkle -a few raisins in. Cover top with more pastry and cook in medium oven. When done turn up-side-down on a platter. The sugar and butter will have melted to a delicious caramel covering. Serve hot. Hard sauce is a delicious accompaniment with this. Hard Sauce Yi cup butter Yi teaspoon lemon extract 1 cup confectioners' sugar Yi teaspoon vanilla Cream butter, add sugar gradually beating constantly. Add flavoring. Whether its the blue of the night meeting the dawn of the day, or the dawn of the day meeting the blue of the night, Morton Downey still says his favorite is ice cream and plenty of it. Chocolate Ice Cri-.am \Ya cups sugar 2 cups milk R A D I . _ __ — ^ _ HOMEMAKING 50 StakA' dirtckevLL 1 tablespoon flour y% teaspoon salt 2 eggs slightly beaten 2 squares chocolate 2 cups cream 1 tablespoon vanilla Scald milk with chocolate, mix dry ingredients, sugar, flour, and salt, add eggs. Combine mixtures and allow to cook over hot water until thickened. Cool, add cream and vanilla. Strain and place in the freezer. June Pursell, contralto, recommends Old Indiana Corn- bread to her many Radio Mirror friends. stirring until creamy and smooth. Boil 3 to 4 minutes. Vera Van, not only sings well but she can make some of the most delightful dishes. When you have tried her Brown Bread I am sure you will be convinced. Brown Bread 1 cup graham flour 1 cup corn meal 1 teaspoon salt 5 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup ground rolled oats I Yi cups milk y$ cup molasses {Continued on page 67) Old Indiana Corn Bread \y2 cups corn meal Yi cup flour y2 teaspoon salt 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder y2 tablespoon butter \y% cups creamy milk 1 egg Sift dry ingredients and add milk and beaten egg and butter. Bake 30 minutes in a moderate oven. Fredric William Wile, that informative personality of the air, rates Griddle Cakes aces high. Here is his favor- ite recipe. Griddle Cakes \y> cups flour 3>4 teaspoons baking powder 3 tablespoons sugar J4 teaspoon salt 1 egg lightly beaten 1 tbl. melted butter Ya, cup milk Add milk and butter to egg, add dry ingredients mixed together stirring vig- orously until dry ingredients are just dampened. Heat and grease griddle iron. Drop mixture from tip of spoon on griddle iron. Tom Waring, whose sing- ing you have enjoyed so much over the CBS network, suggests Creamed Chipped Beef for your luncheon. Creamed Chipped Beef Y\ pound dried chipped beef 1 heaping tablespoon flour 1 tablespoon butter 1 cup milk y2 teaspoon salt % teaspoon white pepper Melt butter in saucepan, add flour and seasonings. Mix well, add cold milk, K Julia Sanderson is an expert home manager as her husband, Frank Crumit, wil admit after one of the dinners this attractive star often prepares for him DEPARTMENT BY SILVIA COVNEY 51 BY CHASE GILES ^^^TOW that Chicago is ending its second year of the l^M Century of Progress we look back over the two seasons of festivity and wonder what was the best radio story of all the world's fair radio stories we heard. We think back through dozens of yarns concerning big names and stars in search of the best anecdote of all . . . and we finally choose for that honor one which concerns people you've never heard of. But it's the most human of all the world's fair radio stories we heard during the last two years, though there have been plenty of them. Let's break the yarn down into parts . . . just like a play. We'll have a Part I, a Part II and a Part III. Part I — The time is forty-one years ago. The place is Chicago. The setting is the world's fair of 1893. The characters are two young guards. The fair has transformed the city into a giant carnival. People come from all over the earth, thousands of people, to see the wonders and the amusements. , Hundreds of guards are necessary to keep order and to direct people through the maze of sights. Two of those guards are chaps named Smith and Noble. They are young fellows. They'd never met until the fair threw them together. They became inseparable pals. They work side by side. They share a room in a board- ing house. They eat their meals together, work together, and when the day's duties are over they play together. When the fair ends the buddies must part, each going back to his own home to carry on. The farewells are fond and fraternal. Always they will be pals. Every now and then they'll manage to get together again. They'll write letters regu- larly. But you know how those things go. As the years sped by they gradually drifted farther and farther apart. The letters became fewer and fewer. Finally they lost track of each other. Part II — The time is last summer. The place is Chicago. The setting is the Century of Progress, Chicago's world's fair of 1933. The characters are world's fair officials and Prank Mullen, agricultural director of the National Broadcasting Company. Somebody thinks of a bright idea. Wouldn't it be nice to find the old guards from forty years be- fore and bring them to the present fair? They would reminisce and compare the two lairs. Everybody agrees it would be a swell idea. But how to go about it? After all forty years i^ a long time and people wander and drill about. Finally they call in Mullen from NBC. He suggests they might be able to get the old guards together by announcements over the complete NBC network during the national farm and home hour period. The announcement is made. Then they get stories in newspapers all over the country. They ask Latest gossip and news along the Middle West ether lanes the old guards to write, also anyone and everyone who knows the present whereabouts of asy of the old guards. They sit back and wonder what will happen. Part III — The time is just one week later. The scene and characters are the same as in Part II. Three hundred and nineteen of the old guards have been located. Their letters come from thirty-six states of the Union. One lives in Alberta. Canada, another in Alaska. One letter has been kept aside. It came from one of the old timers who wanted the help of the Century of Progress officials. He wants them to try to help him locate a long lost pal, a friend from forty years before when both were guards at the 1893 fair. Yes, you've guessed it . . . the letter came from Smith. It was signed John Smith and it came from Fostoria, Ohio. John is old now, his eyesight has dimmed, his thinning hair has grayed. He lives pretty much in the past as is the wont of old people. And among his most treasured memories are those of the good old days with Noble at the 1893 fair when both were young and full of life. Will the Cen- tury of Progress officials help him locate his old pal? Well, they don't know if they can but they are willing to try. That letter has been kept aside on the bare chance, the one in a mil- lion gamble, that Noble might also respond to the call for old guards. A day later it comes. It's Captain Noble, now, retired from the army. For twenty-five years he was com- mandant of Culver Military Academy. Now, in the evening of life, he lives in Shreveport, Louisiana. Noble writes to find if they can help him locate a long lost pal from the 1893 world's fair. You couldn't write this as fic- tion. It is too far-fetched for anything but a true story. The Century of Progress could and did — reunite the long lost pals. FRANK BUCK, CHICAGOAN Frank Buck, whose "Bring Them Back Alive" jungle adventures are now on the air, and Frank Bering, who is head man at the Sherman hotel in Chicago are pals of long standing. In fact — although you may not have known it— Buck claims Chicago as his home despite Texas being his birthplace. "There'd probably be an argument about that home thing," Buck explains. "Probably Chicago would say it was Texas and Texas would blame it on Chicago." As a young boy he ran away from his Texas home and came to Chicago. That was in 1901. He started as a check-room boy at the old Morrison hotel . . . back in the days before quarters and dimes were placed on the counter as sacrifices to the blonde beauty of the Venuses who shame us into rebuying our chapeaux. {Continued on page 81) Peggy Davis, young dramatic star of the Princess Pat Players is descended from another Peggy Davis who appeared in London stage productions 200 years ago 53 A "OUR PUBLIC" OUCH ! Some of those radio announcers ought to go and stand in a corner after they hear what a part of their listening public really thinks of their pseudo Oxford accents, or slovenly diction. "Talk naturally and don't say too much" seems to be the consensus of those who have expressed themselves. Advertisers who have too much to say about their own products, who exaggerate the values of the wares they sell on the ether are also denounced. But we asked for honest opinions, no matter how much they hurt and we're getting them by the thousands! What do you think of RADIO BROADCASTING? How do you react to what you hear on the air? Are you satis- fied with what you get and thankful for these ether en- tertainers or have you definite suggestions for changes and improvements? Tell us your real opinions, not only about broadcasting but about your own Radio Mirror. Not only do we ask for constructive criticism but we're willing to pay for it— TWENTY DOLLARS FOR THE BEST LETTER, TEN DOLLARS FOR THE SECOND BEST. AND ONE DOLLAR EACH FOR THE NEXT FINE! Write today to the CRITICISM EDITOR, Radio Mir- ror, 1926 Broadway. New York City; letters to contain not more than 200 words and to be sent before Nov. 22. Here are this month's SUCCESSFUL LETTERS: $20.00 PRIZE A lot of people have complained, I daresay, about slo- venly or inaccurate diction on the part of radio announcers. But how many, I wonder, have ever actually tried to do something about the opposite evil — this business of affected accents affected pronunciations and dramatic pauses the star broadcasters seem to be going in for at present. It looks to me like a case of pseudo-culture. Like a Ken- tuckian taking up the Harvard "a" for instance. Last winter I tuned in on Bernard Shaw one evening. He was speaking to a sophisticated audience in New York City. His cultivated delightful voice was as clear as a bell. And as naturally musical. No studied oral effects for Mr. Shaw. And the winter before that, listening to the Philharmonic broadcasts which to me are the greatest gift radio has to offer. I was compelled to note the difference in diction used •lin Downey music critic of the New York Times who uun explaining the program, and his announcer, Frank Knight. Mr. Downes, a scholar and critic of long standing, spoke simply and directly and had a great deal to say. While I-rank Knight unrolled one suavely polished platitude after the other off his glib oily tongue till I yearned to wrin^ hiv neck across some thousand miles of ether. Mrs Raymond Pearce, New Orleans, La. $10.00 PRIZE I o have my radio out of commission is "a little death." I'm for variety everyone's tastes differ and radio is for mi People should be willing to listen to the neces- advertising— often it's interesting. Long, identical ttions at beginning and end ol programs are bor- l"oo extravaganl claims bring forth, "Oh yeah?" Men more natural; most women sound affected. I hiiM- benefited by trying man) radio advertised products. I ol nuousl) lo this "ask your mother" business; [ hiUitni would ask lor a pink elephant with a little urging: H'n somewhat cheap and I think rather 54 antagonizes parents. My pet peeves are unexpected blares of noise when the kids are asleep, and third-rate political speeches replacing good programs. I love contests. They give us "dear Homemakers" a little excitement, anticipation, a chance to use our brains (?) instead of our tired hands. Your magazine is a stand-outer; I like your including sponsors' names and your fine photography. I wish you could indicate contest programs somehow. Mrs. Beatrice Merrick, Springfield, Mass. $1.00 PRIZE "Our Public" broadcasting is a swell idea — like your en- tire magazine, in fact, and what an opportunity to tell these grudging and unappreciative persons, who raise such hulla- balloos over radio advertising, a thing or two. I'm more than willing to listen a few minutes, at the be- ginning and ending of a program, to the advertising of a product. After all, who pays for these expensive artists that entertain and amuse us, and the time on the waves, but the manufacturer of said product? How would you like, dear listener, to pay for your radio amusement yourself? I'd imagine there would be still more outbursts from some of you. After all, broadcasting is expensive, and the money it takes must be made up in returns from the pur- chase of a product. Not that we should all rush out to buy every soap and silk — that would be beyond the wildest dream of a sponsor, but we all use some of those offered, thus making for ourselves splendid entertain- ment at precious little cost to our depleted pocketbooks. What say? Mrs. John T. Shewmake, Seattle, Wash. $1.00 PRIZE Some day, perhaps, the sponsors will awaken to the fact that brevity is the soul of advertising. Meanwhile, we need announcers with less matter and more art; announcers who can present the commercial side of the broadcast with such quiet dignity, subtlety, and charm that the transition from the sublime to the ridiculous is scarcely apparent. Milton Cross is a master par excellence of this art. Announcers who try to act "cute" (we have too many of these) have no place on any program. It is the business of the come- dians to act cute — if they can! It seems just a bit impertinent to criticize so perfect a magazine as Radio Mirror, but I should like to see some space devoted to the "irregulars" of the air waves; the guest artists who appear a few times each season: Mischa Levit- ski, Heifetz, Lucrezia Bori, Schipa. And why not reserve a corner during the winter for the broadcasts of the Metro- politan Opera? Edith Oakley Baxter, Wichita, Kansas. $1.00 PRIZE This letter is quite contrary to form for its purpose is to commend, and commend highly, the superior quality and wide variety of current radio programs. The educational world, through radio, shares with us its knowledge. Travel experiences, news-events, and questions, political, social, financial, and religious are discussed and explained for us. What more interesting or enjoyable way could we study and learn? I he entertainment world brings*to radio and to us thp BROADCASTING best of everything it has to offer. Opera, light-opera, and musical comedy artists sing for us : masters of classical and popular music play for us; comedy teams provoke our laughter; and stage and screen present their stars in the most attractive manner they can devise. What more could we ask for — we who have nothing more to do than choose our favorite types of programs? That we be spared a few minutes of advertising? Per- sonally, I think that is expecting too much for nothing— and that we should be more appreciative! Evelyn Kelly, Headland, Ala. $1.00 PRIZE The controversy on radio advertising seems to be waxing strong on the pages of my favorite radio magazine. Each writer appears to be skimming the surface according to his or her personal preferences. May I add my opinions to this most important subject. of the moment? I, too, appreciate the generosity of the sponsors for giv- ing us their fine programs. Likewise, I feel that it remains their privilege to devote a few minutes to voicing the merits of their products. But I think I speak for the multitude when I say, "Isn't there a limit to the merits of any product regardless of its reputation?" I am interested in a tooth paste that has proven benefi- cial, but 1 doubt the lengthy paragraph that ends thus, "guaranteed to remove fiim in three days, etc." Every woman wants to use a smooth powder but the following test, as broadcast by a nationally known firm, is an insult to feminine intelligence; "and after dancing with several girls, I selected the one who used so-and-so powder, because her cheeks were that smooth, etc." Then there is the cream that takes off ten years in ten minutes; the cigarette that "revives" your en- ergy; and while you are preparing "the only coffee that is fresh" you are reminded by a certain fashion reporter, that your nails must be blood red (UGH!) if you would be cor- rectly groomed. She would convince us that her advice (plus her enunciation) is strictly Park Avenue. BUT WE LIKE TO REMEMBER WHAT HONEST ABE LINCOLN SAID ABOUT FOOLING THE PEOPLE. Pearl Syverson, San Francisco, Calif. $1.00 PRIZE Radio tries to please everyone and, as a whole, succeeds very well. The types of programs have to be diversified to satisfy all, but cannot help displeasing many, because of the differences in human natures. I don't believe we can criticize the radio artists themselves too strongly, because they must be good to get where they are. Since individual taste so often prompts rash criticism, we should not bear down too hard on either the programs or the artists. My real kick is in the stations themselves — not the large stations, but the ones in medium-sized towns. These local stations are privileged to carry network broadcasts and programs, yet how they abuse that privilege. They either cut in on a good orchestra, drama, or news broadcast to tell of a "wonderful bargain", or cut in to play phonograph records. When attained Little Jack Little (at the piano) grown up from singing pianist to orchestra leader broadcasts over the CBS chaii clearer reception of a network program can be through a local station, that, of course is the one to be dialed; but interrupting a good program (or programs) so much that it gets monotonous, gives the station itself a "black eye". Ray Bresnahan, Struthers, Ohio. Dia I i WIIHRI3VER you turn your dial— be it in the broadcast band, the amateurs, or the short- wave foreign group — you can tune in on a law- breaker. That's a mighty strong statement, and 1 wouldn't dare to make it unless I could back it up. Would you like to hear some of the evidence as to the rackets that flourish in radio, particularly those off the waves occupied by regular commercial stations? An amateur according to Funk & Wagnalls' diction- ary, is "One who practices an art, not professionally, but for the love of it". This is the thought which the Government has had in mind ever since radio amateurs have been licensed They know, when they apply for permits to construct their transmitters, that they are violating regulations if they send messages for pay. And vet this practise had become so prevalent, and was cutting in so seriously on the business done by the commercial radio communications stations, that special rules have- had to be passed The offending amateurs were sly enough, but still they urn- caught. Ihis is the way in which they worked. Smith is a business man m New York, lie has a lare,e number of dealings with Jones, who is in business in I os Angeles. Smith and |ones B Y GLOB find it necessary to be in constant communication. The mails are too slow, so they use the telephone and tele- graph. But at the end of the month they find this is excessively expensive. Smith gets a bright idea. Somehow he learns the name and address of a nearby amateur operator, whom he visits. They strike up a deal for the ham to handle mes- sages for Smith and Jones, using some Los Angeles operator, with whom the New York ham is acquainted by radio, as the West Coast contact. They usually work out some simple code, so that if a government radio supervisor happens to be listening in, the commercial na- ture of the message won't be too obvious. And Smith and Jones pay off the amateurs with whom they work, either in cash or in tubes, condensers or other radio parts. That was a good racket while it lasted, but it was stamped out at the latest session of the Radio Congress. Why, you may wonder, should anyone object to a system whereby the amateurs turned an honest dollar while helping business men save money? The answer is simple: It wasn't an honest dollar. The amateurs were harming the business of regular communications companies, such as Western Union, Postal Telegraph, RCA Com- munications and the {Continued on page 79) TWISTER 36 RADIO MIRROR He's so funny in his own quiet way. 9:00 P.M. Warden Lawes in "20,000 Years in Sing Sing." (W. R. Warner Co.). WJZ and associated stations. Expert advice on how not to meet this man. 9:00 P.M. Nino Martini with Andre Kostelanetz' orchestra. (Chesterfield Cigarettes). WABC and associated stations. He's so romantic. 9:30 P.M. John McCormack. (Vince Program). WJZ and associated sta- tions. This is another heralded and wel- come return. 9:30 P. M. The Adventures of Gracie — Burns & Allen with Bobby Dolan's orchestra. (General Cigar Com- pany). WABC and associated sta- tions. It takes a smart girl to be as dumb as our Gracie. 10:00 P. M. The Byrd Expedition Broadcast with Mark Warnow's or- chestra. (Grape Nuts). WABC and associated stations. Thrills among the penguins. 10:00 P.M. Lombardo-land featuring Guy Lombardo and his Royal Cana- dians; Pat Barnes, master of cere- monies. (Plough, Inc.). WEAF and associated stations. Ah, Guy we've been waiting hours for this. 10:15 P. M. Mme. Sylvia in Holly- wood. (Ralston-Purina). WJZ and associated stations. How's your silhouette? 10:30 P.M. Conoco presents Harry Richman, Jack Denny and his orches- tra and John B. Kennedy. (Conti- nental Oil Co.). WJZ and associated stations. Broadway done up in baritone notes. 1 1 :00 P. M. Henry Busse and his or- chestra from Chicago. WABC and associated stations. Wherein we enjoy Chicago hospi- tality. THURSDAY 6:30 P.M. Sports Program. (Shell Eastern Petroleum). WABC and as- sociated stations. For the big outdoors folks. 8:00 P.M. Fleischmann Hour — Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees; guest artists. (Fleischmann Yeast). WEAF and associated stations. You'd think this program couldn't be improved upon, but somehow they do it. 8:00 P.M. Grits and Gravy— moun- taineer sketch with George Gaul, Peggy Paige and Robert Strauss; Anthony Stanford, director. WJZ and associated stations. Life in the Ozarks. 9:00 P.M. Captain Henry's Maxwell House Show Boat — Charles Winnin- ger; Lanny Ross, tenor; Muriel Wil- son, soprano; Conrad Thibault, bari- tone; Molasses 'n' January; Gus Haen- schen's.Show Boat Band. (Maxwell We Have With Us {Continued from page 1 1 ) House Coffee). WEAF and associ- ated stations. A leisurely boat ride in charming company. 9:00 P.M. Bar X Days and Nights. Carson Robison and his buckaroos with a dramatic cast. (Feenamint). WABC and associated stations. Adventure with the bucking bronchos. 9:00 P.M. Death Valley Days— dra- matic program with Tim Frawley, Joseph Bell, Edwin M. Whitney; John White, the Lonesome Cowboy; orchestra direction Joseph Bonime. (Pacific Coast Borax Co.) WJZ and associated stations. Making it exciting for the lonesome cowboys. 10:00 P.M. Paul Whiteman's Music Hall — Al Jolson, entertainer; Paul Whiteman and his orchestra and radio entertainers. (Kraft-Phoenix Cheese Corp.). WEAF and associ- ated stations. We like Al's new style and of course are devoted to Whiteman's art. 10:00 P. M. Borden's "Forty-Five Minutes in Hollywood." (Borden Sales Co.). WABC and associated stations. Microphones planted in camera land. 1 1 :00 P. M. Don Bestor and his Hotel Pennsylvania orchestra. WJZ and network. He's quite a favorite now. FRIDAY 8:00 P.M. Cities Service Concert— Jessica Dragonette, soprano and the Cities Service Quartet; Frank Banta and Milton Rettenberg, piano duo; Rosario Bourdon's orchestra. WEAF and associated stations. That beautiful Dragonette voice. 8:30 P. M. True Story Court of Hu- man Relations. (True Story Mag- azine). WABC and associated sta- tions. Real life in its most thrilling mo- ments. 9:00 P. M. Waltz Time— Frank Munn,! tenor; Vivienne Segal, soprano; Abe" Lyman's orchestra. (Sterling Prod- ucts). WEAF and associated stations. Dancing in the moonlight. 9:00 P.M. Let's Listen to Harris — Phil Harris and his orchestra with Leah Ray, blues singer. (Northam Warren Corp.). WJZ and associated stations. We do. 9:00 P. M. March of Time— events of the day. (Time, Inc.). WABC and associated stations. Dramatizing the things that hap- pen. 9 :30 P. M. Pick and Pat in One Night Stands — orchestra direction Joseph Bonime; guest singer. WEAF and associated stations. Some ether barnstorming. 9:30 P. M. The Armour Program fea- turing Phil Baker, Harry McNaugh- ton, Mabel Albertson, Irene Beasley, blues singer, and Roy Shield's orch- estra. (Armour Products). WJZ and associated stations. Mr. Baker knows his radio tech- nique and his humor in any me- dium. 9:30 P.M. "Hollywood Hotel"— Dick Powell, Rowene Williams, Louella Parsons, movie stars and Ted Fio- rito's orchestra. (Campbell Soup Co.). WABC and associated stations. What we're all waiting for. 10:00 P.M. First Nighter — dramatic sketch with June Meredith, Don Ameche, Cliff Soubier, Eric Sager- quist's orchestra. (Compana Corp.). WEAF and associated stations. • Waiting for the curtain to rise. 10:30 P.M. The General Tire Pro- gram with Jack Benny, Mary Living- stone, Frank Parker, tenor; Don Bestor's Orchestra. WEAF and as- sociated stations. In his own way, Benny puts it across. SATURDAY 7:45 P. M. Floyd Gibbons — the head- line hunter. (Johns-Manville Co.). WEAF. Can you keep up with him? 8:00 P. M. Swift & Company — orches- tra under direction of Sigmund Rom- berg; William Phelps, master of cere- monies and Richard Bonelli. WEAF and associated stations. If you like the better music, you'll never miss this. 8:00 P. M. Roxy's Variety Show. (Fletcher's Castoria). WABC and associated stations. The master showman comes back to the airwaves. 9:00 P.M. One Man's Family— dra- matic sketch with Anthony Smythe. WEAF and associated stations. This program seems to be more popular with each broadcast. 9:00 P. M. The Smith Brothers, Billy Hillpot and Scrappy Lambert, with .Nat Shilkret's orchestra. (Smith Brothers Cough Drops). WJZ and associate. The boys behind the beards. 9:00 P.M. Grete Stueckgold with Andre Kostelanetz' orchestra. (Ches- terfield Cigarettes). WABC and as- sociated stations. The cream in your coffee. 9:30 P. M. The Gibson Family— musical comedy with Lois Bennett, Conrad Thibault; Don Voorhees, musical director. (Ivory Soap). WEAF and associated stations. Something romantic for tonight. 10:00 P. M. Raymond Knight and His Cuckoos; Mrs. Pennyfeather; Mary McCoy; Jack Arthur; The Sparklers and Robert Armbruster's orchestra. WEAF and associated stations. Crazy, but amusing. 1 1 :30 P. M. Paul Whiteman's Satur- day Night Party. WEAF and asso- ciated stations. Everybody's invited. 57 RADIO MIRROR long enough to get acquainted — there arc arguments about headline honors. * * * Dave Freedman is one of the more adroit of the radio gag writers. His ex- perience creating comedy for Eddie Cantor, George Givot, Fannie Brice and Al Jolson among many others, is the inspiration for a series of radio stories now running in a national magazine. 1 le is also the compiler of a glossary of terms used by gagmen. Here are some of them: A "technocrat" is a great gag which cannot be fitted into a script; a "dragola" is an off-color joke; a "buffaroo" is a powerful quip almost certain to cause a bell}' laugh; a "weakie" is a feeble jest retained in a script until a better one is substituted: "ti ti mi tita" means a sophisticated Park avenue crack: "dynamite" is ma- terial that can't miss or possibly is dan- gerous; and a "hup cha de bup cha" is a sure-fire laugh provoker. * * * Richard Himber. who has plenty of avoirdupois, finds himself from three to five pounds lighter after a broadcast. But don't you worry, dear listener, that Dick will waste awav to a skeleton if he continues as a conductor. The pounds that pass away as he performs on the podium are always restored by a good night's sleep. It is all very mys- terious. Less mysterious are the 80 pounds Jacques Renard, another weighty maestro, has lost in five months by dieting. You can see they are gone permanently by merely counting his chins. * * * "Lazy Bill" Huggins was a life guard at Virginia Beach for three years. Be- tween times when bathing beauties got into distress. Bill used to strum a uku- lele and sing. Discovering one day that the mermaids were more interested in his songs than in being saved from the Huggins decided on a career as an entertainer Incidentally, he likes be- ing called lazy; indeed, he holds it as a distinction. 'Some of the greatest men in history were lazy," languidly observe" Bill, "but I'm too lazy to look up their names'" Which is Mercury's idea of keeping strictly in character. THE MONITOR MAN SAYS Sponsors despair of ever luring to a microphone 0. 0. Mclntyre, widely syndicated newspaper columnist. In the last two months he has turned down a .mall fortune in offei - . . Edward Mel- vin, Jr.. juvenile "Dixie Circus" per- former, has an interesting sideline — he i lothing . . Roger Wolfe Kahn, youthful millionaire maestro, is experimenting with television programs Ruth Etting has two whippets which in- con itent wimi. i .it ( ,;ili- fornia dog tracks . . [immie Grier plays piano, violin, banjo, flute hi i I le ( .hi also play the sax but n't Nize mans! nighl club engagemi nts I larrv Ri hm.in llew in I loll) wood lor a short holiday. And back came a fan- 58 Hot and Airy (Continued from page 15) tastic story of what happened when he went acalling on Clara Bow, once a flame of his, as you may recall. Either the night club sheik is losing his grip or the California sunshine is too much for him. Anyway when he knocked on the door of Clara's bungalow one of the "It" girl's girl friends responded. Then, according to the story, Harry rushed through the doorway and gathered her in his arms in a bear-like hug. "Oh, Clara, you are more mar- velous than ever!" he is supposed to have exclaimed as he planted right where it did the most good a great big kiss. "Sir," shouted the lady, breaking away from his embrace, "how dare you!" And it was only then — still ac- cording to Mercury's Hollywood scout — that Richman discovered his error. Whereupon he is reported to have be- come so upset and mortified that he beat a hasty retreat. . But not before mistaking Clara, appearing to see what all the commotion was about, for her maid! Relief from financial troubles via the bankruptcy courts — a method popular with film folks — isn't sought much in radio circles. Perhaps it is because ether entertainers are more provident and don't find it necessary to go in for ex- travagant display. So when one does file a petition in bankruptcy it becomes a real item of, news. All of which is introductory to recording here that Irene Taylor, under her real name of Irene Martin, acknowledges debts of $5,938 with no assets. Of this amount $5,450 represents commissions a firm of booking agents is trying to collect for getting engagements for Irene. The $488 liability remaining is listed as payments due on a car. * * * Just because he left strict injunctions not to be disturbed under any pretext while occupied with his radio rehearsal, Al Jolson is $30,000 poorer. His broker tried to get him on the phone at the studio to warn him certain stocks were dropping. A page boy, standing sen- tinel at the door, wouldn't allow the message to be delivered. A $30,000 loss, however, doesn't spell bankruptcy to Jolson — he has got plenty. Of course, you've noticed that Jolson doesn't remain on the air more than five or six broadcasts in a row. Here's the reason as Al explained it to A4er- cury: "No matter how big you are, if you try to stay on week after week, year after year, people get tired of you and you go the way of all flesh. How can any one go on for 40 weeks in a row anil find a good script every week ':" + * * STARS ARE STYLISTS Radio stars all possess a certain ial Hiii known colloquially as "It." I a< h is distinguished by an original style, developed under various en- nments ami influences, Smith, lor instance, gives the majority of her songs a ballad treat- ment. She sings each song "straight", hitting every note as it was written, never ad-libbing or improvising. Her hearty, direct style was developed dur- ing her first experiences before an au- dience, when she sang war time ballads to entertain soldiers in camps around Washington. Bing Crosby, on the other hand, rarely sings a song "straight". He treats each number with different variations "swinging" a song while his accompanying orchestra carries the melody. His special style of syncopation was developed when he was one of Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys, where he had valuable training in ad-libbing and harmony. Fray and Braggiotti, whose two- piano programs are distinguished from the way they "kid" the old masters, Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, by play- ing "Yankee Doodle" as they would play it, and by mixing classics with so- phisticated arrangements of popular tunes, fell accidentally upon their amusing style. Both were serious music students in Paris, and both were a little bored with highbrowism. So they be- gan to burlesque the highbrows, and were so successful commercially that they haven't stopped since. Vera Van's "intimate" style of sing- ing blues was developed when she was soloist with Gus Arnheim's band, aim- ing her voice softly at the ears of dancers who gathered around the band- stand. Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians reached fame partly on the strength of college medleys and glee club special- ties first developed by Fred in his cam- pus days at Penn State University. Nino Martini, one of the few opera stars who perfectly understands micro- phone technique, owes his flawless tenor voice, with its depth of feeling, its lack of strain and pretention, to a life lived for music. He denies himself late hours, smoking, drinking, or anything which might be injurious to his voice. His style is youthful, unspoiled and exe- cuted with perfect technique. * * * Walter Winchell revived the rumor that Lanny Ross is married and con- tributed the additional information that he is a daddy. The bride wasn't named, so Radio Row assigned that role to Lanny's business manager, the per- sonable Olive White. All parties con- cerned emphatically deny the story. But Olive and Lanny are terribly de- voted. She even accompanies him to Hollywood where he is making a pic- ture. * * * There is a new racket being played on radio celebs. A mysterious voice over the phone warns that a gang of kidnappers are plotting to do their stufl'. 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For Lovely Eyes WINX Darkens lashes perfectly They Sing Their Love Song Every Day (Continued from page 23) FREE Merely send Coupon for "Lovely Eyci— How to Have Them' Mail to LOUISE ROS*sT~ ~T\7i7 243 \Y. I7ib St., New York City S.imi Si,, it (n, Slat* • idi i >:• n. roui in .1 pai kage of Win . , ;. ,m: wbctbi i I you w ivli Hlai k or | Hrown, 60 of love agitates their tender cardiac re- gions. So what more may one ask in the way of proof? It's been that way ever since they met, nearly three years ago. In fact, there is no good reason to doubt that Ozzie was smitten at the very first sight of this Snyder lass, who has become Harriet Hilliard, the stately, slender blonde, who affects such ravishing gowns and such queenly poise. It's not difficult at all to be attracted by five feet and nearly five inches of exquis-' itely formed body, clad in attife such as Harriet wears with regal poise. It was up in the Glen Island Casino, on a moonlit evening, I think, when they first laid eyes on each other. It seems that Ozzie either needed a singer, or was indulging in one of those time-worn press agents stunts of holding auditions. Usually nothing ever comes of these tests, except an increased patronage in the shape of relatives of the contest- ants. There were plenty of amateur warblers and relatives on hand for the tests too, but Miss Hilliard, who had come from the stage, and who was then swaying gracefully among the featured pretties at the Hollywood Restaurant, barged into the scene and said : "W WANNA be a radio singer. I hear you are looking for a girl who can sing. I can. How about giving me a break?" "Uh-huh," said Ozzie, "I sure will. Get up there and warble." Harriet got up and warbled while Ozzie experienced alternate chills and fever, and nearly twisted the cork handle off his baton as he listened. Harriet not only warbled. She really sang. And it was a torrid ditty that she tossed off, but it seemed positively scorching to Ozzie. When she stepped down, Ozzie whis- pered : "P. S. You get the job." Now, we all know that Harriet is no Galli-Curci, nor even a Virginia Rea, but when it comes to knocking over a blistering product of Tin Pan Alley, or engaging in one of those boy-and-girl talk-songs with Mr. Nelson, she is really caloric, and she was quite a help to the band, both professionally and visually. It was nice thereafter for patrons to walk into a gay night spot or a studio and gaze upon Harriet, who added color and charm to the picture, and a bit of gaiety to the music. O/./.ie thought so, and Harriet prog- ressed to a long-term contract, with raises. Never the twain shall part, it seems — and we all hope. They're nice kids, bul l hey needn'1 be so bashful about being in love. Harriet is a moody girl, and it's no use trying to gel her to tell you about hei ieli I hey gave her, a couple of years ago, a biographical questionnaire to hll out ,ii the NBC offices, and she kipped over most of it. Ozzie is more talkative, except on the he. ii i ailment business. In fact, when Ozzie gets started you can hardly stop him. He will tell you all the ups and downs of the orchestra business — even if you are an orchestra leader yourself and know more about the racket than Ozzie has yet learned. I heard him give Jack Denny some fatherly advice one night in the Para- mount Grill. But there's no denying that Ozzie is a pretty good musician at that and a lad with ideas. We should have lost an attractive radio charac- ter had he proceeded with his original design to practise law. As a matter of fact, Ozzie is actually a lawyer. Be- coming one was his ambition when he started in at school. And you might say, in broad terms that Ozzie is one of those local New York boys who made good. In reality, he is a Jersey native, but that's really New York suburban. He was born in Jersey City in March 1906. Of all things, his mother named him Oswald, because she hated nicknames, and thought that "Oswald" would flab- bergast anybody who wanted to play tricks with her boy's tag. But when Ozzie got to Rutgers, he had been "Ozzie" for several years, and this Ozzie went through the University like axle grease through a tin horn and be- came a quarterback, starred in swim- ming, boxing and lacrosse. He became a pretty good pugilist; was editor of the college paper, which was supposed to be humorous, and by the time he graduated in 1927, he had organized an orchestra and changed his mind about law and briefs and habeas cor- puses. This despite the fact that he had pottered around the Jersey Law School for quite a time. His band sort of fas- cinated him and somehow it fascinated a lot of other young folks, and Ozzie developed to be quite a fellow around at the parties, and then somebody, as somebody always does, said: "Humph! Why don't you go on the radio?" ^10 Ozzie dug himself up a manager and the manager managed to get him on the radio. I think it was WOR that first took a chance on him, as it did on Lopez and many others. And then, just as if you'd snap your fingers, there was Ozzie and his band tooting away at the Glen Island Casino, a joint that was swanky in those days, and which still likes good orchestras, or why does it keep Glenn Gray and the lads saxo- phoning around in these times? In the winter time, Ozzie got booked into the Barbison Plaza, in the Ritz Towers, etc. and one winter he went to Miami, and would you believe it. during all this time. Ozzie began thinking that maybe it wouldn't be a bad notion to get him- self a sponsor or two, and snap! Just like that, Ozzie got 'em, and first thing you know he was up there with Joe Penner, another young fellow trying to get along and, well lor a few weeks. the program didn't seem so hot, so Ozzie got together with Harriet, ami Harriet and he did a lot of trick sing- ing (always with the affectionate tones RADIO MIRROR quite palpable) and away they went to hit the top rating, right beside Joe Pen- ner, who was doing a bit of expert sky- rocketing himself. And there, you have the story of what happened to Ozzie. And what happened before all this to Harriet? Well, as I was saying a ways back, Harriet was originally Peggy Snyder. She has been an actress, a showgirl, a ballet dancer and such. From all this you might suspect that she comes from a theatrical family. Well, I won't fool you. She does. And both she and the family met with success, even though they all started out in Des Moines, Iowa, which is quite a step from New York. Harriet's just 23, having passed that birthday on July 18th last. Her papa was a stage director, and one of his first directions was to direct Harriet to stay off the stage, but you know how it is. Really, Harriet played her first dramatic role at the ripe old age of six weeks when she was rolled onto the stage in a cradle to be the chee-ild in one of those snowstorm, Down East draymas. Later she played child parts, and what's odd about that, says you, since she was quite a child? I don't know, but she played 'em. But all play and no work is not so hot, and Har- riet's mother up and said one day that this Peggy youngster would have to go to school and learn something besides stock company patter. So Peggy was packed off to the St. Agnes Academy in Kansas City. One of her classmates was Ramona, the piano-vocalist gal who is such a help to the Paul White- man outfit. J\T fifteen, Harriet got to twinkling her toes and became a ballet per- former under the tutelage of Chester Hale. Know Chester Hale? He's the fel- low who directs the Capitol ballet and sends out pretty gals in pink dresses all over the country and does very well, though I never have been able to figure out what good a ballet dancer does in the world. Harriet didn't seem to think it amounted to much either, but it built up a pretty sturdy pair of props for her, and then, when she was fed up with hops, skips and jumps, she made one last jump and got into vaudeville. A couple of times she played in acts with Bert Lahr, Ken Murray and others. Then her beauty attracted that eagle-eyed connoisseur of feminine charm, Nils T. Granlund, who was then directing the famous Hollywood Res- taurant. He employed Harriet to add to the eyefulls there, and Harriet lost no time in advancing herself to the job of being a sort of cute mistress of cere- monies, and maybe Ozzie Nelson first saw her there, instead of at the Casino, as I said,- and maybe he fixed it with Granlund to enter her into the audition contest, so he could employ her, but Oz- zie says he didn't. But who can believe this fellow Nelson? He says he isn't married to Harriet. He says — no, he doesn't say that he doesn't love her. So, well, maybe we'd better let it go at that] but don't say I didn't give you a couple of good strong hints when some morn- ing you pick up your newspaper and read about Mr. Nelson taking a bride. THE RADIO FANS HAVE VOTED ! "RED DAVIS // RETURNS TO THE AIR 1 OCTOBER FIRST AND no wonder! For "RedDavis" xi. is the story of a red-blooded American boy. It is a typical story of American family life. Adventure — romance — heart- aches— growing pains — love — life — humor and action. 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To be happy you must have enough money for comfort. To be successful you must work hard, harder and better than the other fel- low. Wayne saw too much suffering, failure, as a kid not to appreciate that you get from life what you give to life. WN college he developed his mentality along philosophical and psychological lines. Now he applies all that. He studies his audiences. On a hot summer night he makes up a broadcast he thinks will be cooling and relaxing. His first fundamental of music is that it must be simple. It must come from the heart. It must be sincere, sweet and dreamy. It must appeal not to the highbrow but to the average person, the lithe young stenographer and the husky shipping clerk. It's an odd experience to stand backstage and watch the faces of the audience at the Aragon as Wayne works to them. The band follows his every desire almost before he expresses it. Those boys have worked together for a long time. In eight years only three have left. And not one of the three has ever been able to play as well since. Because when Wayne lays out the program and then gets in front of the boys he actually lifts their emo- tions out of them through their horns and pipes and drums. The Aragon is primarily a dance hall. It's huge and magnificent but not gaudy. Wayne wouldn't play in a bi- zarre place. It would hurt him. Out front the kids gather around the band stand. They don't want to dance. They want to watch. With his hands he leads the band, his body swaying in rhythm, his eyes closing on soft passages, and most of the King music is soft. The kicN crowd around, hundreds of them. The Aragon is mostly a kids' place, young stenographers and the like. Wayne loves ami understands them. For them he would highhal the most highhat of all the hignhats. To him they arc the real people, the ones who have 111 led him from starvation to star- dom. Silk hats and ermine wraps are out of his line. The Pennsylvania Dutch slock from which he Sprang was the Aragon kind, not monical and id A people, \t ilii \i.i"nii it's jusi a hij; party. It hasn't the atmosphere of a dance hall. Wayne will shake hands with a kid out front, grin to another. The last night we were there he kidded a young girl about her red shoes. "I know how you got that way. That's from drinking out of a mason jar down south." The girl blushes fu- riously. But she loved it. A chap in- troduced himself. "Down where I come from we get seven quarts to the acre of corn." Another chap next to him began to argue. It all goes on the WGN microphone. It's informal, happy, spon- taneous. Wayne spots a girl from Jackson, Tennessee, and takes her to the mike to say hello to the folks back home. He laughs and kids with them. There's nothing bawdy about it. It's all just good clean fun. I have seen Wayne bring tears to the eyes of those happy-go-lucky kids. I've seen him make them laugh. I've seen the same faces there before him week after week. Some of those kids haven't missed a week in four years. If illness keeps them away they explain and~ apologize on their return. To them it's their recreational home. He is their pal, they are his friends. But sometimes somebody makes the mistake of confus- ing his jolly camaraderie for something else. Some love sick girl makes a fool of herself, or some young fellow who had a couple of drinks talks out of turn. King's grin fades, turns into a deep scowl. They are taken away, their money returned and they are told not to come back. Wayne will not stand for any funny business. He doesn't do those things, no one in his band does and he won't work for such people. What's the use of trying to do the best job you can for a bunch of drunks? They wouldn't appreciate it anyway. Wayne won't even try . . . and he refuses to be a grinning ape. "^Jfc^AYNE thoroughly enjoys his fan mail when the letters come from sincere and intelligent people. But he detests the cranks and morons. One woman keeps writing him lascivious and almost unintelligible letters. He feels rotten every time he gets one of them. They worry him and it bothers him to realize such people can be interested in him as a male instead of him as a ro- mantic musical ideal. He doesn't know just what to do about it all. He's afraid to take any action like the police for fear the woman might commit sui- cide or do something equally terrible. Then he'd feel he had been to blame. And if such things ever get into the papers there's bound to be a bad after affect for Wayne. You know how prone people are to quoting something about, "Where there's smoke there must be lire." Ten years ago he had an experience he has never forgotten. Two teen aged girls came to Chicago in search of Wayne King, their ideal man. They made such fools of themselves they finally ended up in a police station threatening to lake poison. It was all finally straightened out but it left a scar on the King soul. It made him even more cautious. It hinted toward the slime that has so often ruined pub- lic entertainers. Not that Wayne has ever done anything wrong. In all the years I've known him I'm sure he has never had an "Affair" with a woman. He rarely takes a drink. He has only the innocent bad habits of the usual male. He isn't a bad boy in any sense of the word but he realizes what can happen if some poor deluded fools of women in fogs of passion lie about him. He's afraid and he hates it. I have never heard people say King is high hat, conceited, hard to get along with. I've known him for four years and I think I know the answer. In the first place Wayne is outspoken. He's abrupt. He says just exactly what he thinks. He loves people but not when they try to impose upon him. He won't even listen to aspiring young artists who want to know what he thinks of their work. He won't even run through the songs amateurs send him. He won't talk for publication ex- cept to very few trusted friends. He won't loan money to chiselers. MRUT there are very good reasons for ** all that. He doesn't want to hear young artists or go through their music. Because if he says they are good they may spend lots of money and time and effort in trying to get started. And his judgment may be wrong. Maybe they aren't good after all. He won't loan money any more than he'll throw money away because he's learned the value of a dollar and he's working to build up an estate for his wife and baby. He doesn't go around to night clubs because he hates the smoky air and loud, drinking crowds. He'd rather be flying through the sheer beauty of sunrise in his airplane or playing golf with chosen companions in the clean fresh air. He won't talk for publication because he isn't publicity mad. In fact he doesn't want publicity. He's much more interested in his music and hav- ing people like that than in all the stories that have ever been written. And because he is so reticent and abrupt with writers many have slan- dered him in a fit of personal pique and lied about him to make a story they can print even though he said nothing at all. He recently spent several weeks in California on a vacation . And was amused to have a West Coast scribe write that he wasn't in California, couldn't have been because the West Coast reporters are so on their toes that even Dillinger couldn't get into town without their knowing it. Never- theless he was there for several weeks. But he wasn't looking for publicity. He doesn't try to push himself. He de- tests the theatrical type of person who always seeks the spotlight, and although he is a professional entertainer he still insists he has a right to a personal life of his own. Wayne never listens to any other or- chestras on the radio. 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