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Raymond "Edward Johnson's vacation plans to bicy-cle tour the European Atlantic Coast will not mate-rialize this summer-because at long last Johnson'sambition for a sponsored night time show was real-ized when he copped the permanent lead on "Mr.District Attorney."

Summer and radio are almost synonymous to Rayfor vacation. He first entered radio during one of hissummer vacations from Chicago's Goodman Theatre.He got his first radio daytime lead when he wascast as Henry Mathews in "Today's Children" a

few summers ago. And now, as lead in "Mr.District Attorney" summertime, nighttime dramaticshow exposing criminal rackets in America.

Even though summertime hasn't exactly meantplaytime to Johnson he has managed to occasionallyindulge in one of his favorite pastimes-bicycling.Along the shores of Lake Michigan, Erie, Euperiorand the Atlantic Ocean, Ray has pedaled his way.This year he and his wife, Actress Betty Caine, areplanning bicycle tours along New England's coaston their few free weekends. When weekends aren'tavailable, Ray loves to walk along the shores ofthe ocean, where he can hear the sound of thewaves. The love of the sea is Ray's natural heritage.Of scandinavian ancestry, his forefathers loved andwrested their existence from the ocean.

During the weeks when Johnson isn't rehearsingor acting, he can be found along New York's water-front. Not a schooner touches port that Ray doesn'ttry to board her many strange tales of "debil sea"have been related to Ray by world traveled sea cap-tains. Barring ships in port, Ray and Betty spendhours scanning "For Sale" advertisements looking forthat home far from city streets and noises with abackyard of flowers-with the ocean for their neigh-bor. Ray says wistfully, "Maybe someday, after we'vefound our home by the side of the ocean, we'llpull out to sea like the owl and the pussycat tovisit the many strange ports we've heard the 'oldsalts' tell about."

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VARIETIESINTIMATE MAGAZINE

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IN THIS ISSUE

VIRGINIA CLARK (Photo by Maurice Seymour) CoverMR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY 2STAR'S OF TOMORROW 3

BATTLE CF THE SEXES 4PRACTICAL TELEVISION 4RADIO VARIETIES- RADIO STARS 5

LOVELY LEADING LADIES 6MATINEE IDOLS 7

RADIO VARIETIES GOLD CUP AWARD 8RADIO VARIETIES GOES TO A REHEARSAL 9SPORTS ANNOUNCERS 10MARJORIE HANNAN OBSERVES 11

THE FORD SUMMER HOUR 12INTIMATE NOTES FROM COAST TO COAST 13RADIO BEAUTIES AT PLAY 14 and 15VIC AND SADE 17VIRGINIA PAYNE 17"BLONDIE" COMES TO RADIO 18GLAMOUR CN A TIMELY BUDGET 19THE RANGERS 20RADIO'S LAUGH DEPARTMENT 21

COST OF MANHATTAN MOTHER 22MUSICAL SHOWS FROM CHICAGO 23MANHATTAN MURMURS 2415 YEARS AGO IN RADIO 25MIKE MARES AND CROSS TALK 26"KITTY KEENE" 26

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VIRGINIA CLARK (Cover Photo)Virginia Clark is a young lady whose charm and' beauty send interviewers scurrying

to the dictionary in search of new words meaning "lovely.' Miss Clark is theactress who currently plays the leading role in "The Romance of Helen Trent,"heard Monday thru Friday over the Columbia network on WBBM, 11:30 to 11:45am. CDST.

The fact that Virginia is able to project this charm over the microphone, com-bined with her skill as an actress, has made her one of the most succesful leadingladies in radio today. She has played "Helen Trent" in the serial since it beganon the network over 7 years ago, and still is a bit surprised at, her own success.

In private life Virginia is Mrs. J. 0. Bengston. She and her husband live in thesuburbs on a 17 -acre farm. They have flowers, orchards, horses and dogs, and all1 he things that make for graceful living in the country.

SCOOPS AND FLASHESAn added starter to ''Knickerbocker Playhouse" is Paul Luther uho appears in

the role of narrator. ...Friends wondered when they saw Betty Lou Gerson, Connieof Arnold G14711111'5 Daughter, shyly slipping around studio corners. Close investi-gation revealed a "beautiful shiner" adorning Betty's left eye! Betty and herhusband, Joe Ainsley, radio director, were having a bang-up game of badmintonand one of Joe's smashes scored a bull's-eye on Betty's optic. . .FLASH-the talkaround town about Bob Hughes and the newly formed Publicity Corporationof America is a definite fact. The company was formed recently with Bob Hughesheading the Chicago office. Those in the "know" state Bob's brilliant backgroundin Radio Publicity insures the future of the new corporation-Good Luck BobHughes!... Betty and Bob moving to New York on July 31 with a new cast.(According to Dave Owen of B. S. H.) ....Janice Sedgwick has joined the

Caroline's Golden Store cast as Jane Darrell and Dolores Gillen has stepped inas Estelle Larrimer, another new character in the same shore'....Butler Mande-ville, Uncle Joe in Kitty Keene, walked into the studios the other day sporting anew pair of straw shoes. Before he could dodge, Soundman Mitchell had grabbedthe shoes because they were just what he needed to give the effect of the

rustle of . Allan Grant, pianist who plays the theme song for the

Story of Mary Marlin, is readying three semi -swing tunes for the publishersFern Persons has stepped into the role of Mme. Henriette in Story of MaryMarlin. ...Ezra Stone looks like a sure thing for Rudy Vallee in the FallFibber McGee has a pop -bottling plant in Kansas City and he's spending 2 ofhis 9 weeks vacation looking it over... .Beth Wilson of The Grouch Club runs arabbit farm.. _Santos Ortega was "killed" if Life Can Be Beautiful so he couldappear in The Man I Married.

Reading from left to right:Stewart, Arlene Frances and Frank Lovejoy rehearsing for "District

Attorney" show.

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Frank Pacelli, fourteen -year -old Chicago radiostar, known particularlyfor his ability to play emo-tional children's roles. On"Mary Marlin" he playsthe little blind boy, sym-pathetic scenes havewrung tears from many aradio listener. His showsinclude: "First Nighter,""Inside Story," "Tale ofToday," "Grand Hotel,""Backstage Wife" and"Arnold Grimm's Daugh-ter."

Chuck Grant is only tenyears old, but in spite ofhis youth he has morethan three years of radioexperience behind him-for he started his radiocareer when he was onlyseven years of age. Amongthe many programs heappears on are: "Scatter-good Baines," "Judy andJane," "Inside Story,""The Bradleys," and"Helen Trent."

FRANK PACELLI

Lucy Gilman, 16 -year -old radio and screen star,is one of the best knownyoung girl actresses onradio in this country. Sheplayed Lucy Moran inToday's Children, whichran over five years, coastto coast and was DorothyHart, president of theJunior Nurse Corps forthree years. Recently Lucyco-starred with JackieCooper in Gangster's Boy,a movie that was a hit.Everyone in Hollywoodagrees that Lucy's futurein the movies is verypromising.

Jane Webb, really goesto town with her drama-tic parts, so well in factthat when she had to cryin one radio scene shecouldn't stop her tearsfor the rest of the broad-cast. She practices herdrama roles with herdolls and then takes allthe parts herself. Whilestudying drama she tooka try at radio and won apart on NBC.

CHUCK GRANT

LUCY GIILMAN

RADIO VARIETIES-SEPTEMBER

JANE WEBB

BATTLE OF THE SEXES PRACTICAL TELEVISIONThe modern chivalrous man isn't supposed to fight a

women but any thoughts of sparing the weaker sex areput outside the radio studio and everyone meets on com-mon ground when the Battle of the Sexes is aired eachTuesday at 8 pm. CDST over the NBC -Red network.

Men and women from comparative or oftentimes com-petitive walks of life fight it out to their respective intel-lectual deaths on this battlefield of biting words. Andthe margin between victory and defeat is never very large,no matter who wins.

The age-old debate to determine male or female mentalsuperiority has been given a decidedly modern slant by thetwo "generals", Frank Crumit and Julia Sanderson, whoconduct the program by captaining the respective teamseach week. It all began when Julia (then the "SunshineGirl") met Frank (a thwarted electrical engineer) in thecast of "Tangerine" in 1922.

They played the star parts in "Queen High" and "No,No, Nanette" and a half dozen other musicals. After 10years of musical comedy they were at the point wherethey felt they deserved a rest. In 1928 they married andretired to "Dunrovin," their country place at Longmeadow,near Springfield Mass., thinking the name meant some-thing. But it didn't mean much. Frank is an active manand Julia is not a good loafer.

Frank would listen to the radio and brood over theinactivity and Julia would walk the floor inbetweensessions of women's club work and other diversions ofthe gentry in the country. So Frank went into New Yorkand looked the situation over.

He had developed a distinctive song style, deriving hismelodies and ideas from such old favorites as the "GayCaballero." He wanted to sing again for audiences andspread out a few laughs. But he didn't want to get backinto sleeper dumps, hotel rooms and restaurant meals.Radio was the answer.

It wasn't long before Frank's intimate voice, and Julia'ssoprano and infectious giggle were known to millionsof listeners. From 1930 to 1938, "Dunrovin" was a homein name only. They had no vacation in all that time.

Now, with the "Battle of the Sexes" they spend mostof their time at home, driving down to the NBC studiosin Radio City Monday afternoons and returning earlyWednesday mornings after appearing on the two broad-casts, one shortly after Monday midnight for the westcoast and the other Tuesday at 8 for the central states.

This question -and -answer bee is radically different fromanything they have ever done before. Frank's presenceat once establishes the feeling of informality necessaryfor the spontaneity of the program and Julia's famedgiggle (silenced because of its contagion in breaking upthe continuity of these audience participation programs)still manages to break through every once in a while toassure the listener that she is truly Julia Sanderson.

The girl from Massachusetts and the boy from Ohiorecruit their "Four -member armies" from teams who havesent in challenges. The battle wages with "Gen." Juliafiring questions at the female "army" and "Gen." Frankaiming his quiz barrage at the men. The "soldiers," orparticipants, failing to give correct answers within thespecified time limit are "shot down" by the "firingsquad," consisting of sound effects men armed with re-volvers and blank cartridges.

This war -like aspect had amusing effects in scriptchanges on the program last October, when all the troublein Europe was abloom. It caused a line to come out of aseemingly harmless point of the script. Just after Hitlerdelivered his demands to the Czechs, Julia and Frank wenton the air with the "Battle of the Sexes" show. Theopening line on the show was to have been "The war ison!" It was speedily deleted.

April 30, 1939 was the date which formally markedthe beginning of a new industry television. It is thehope of RCA that this new business as it develops, willmean new opportunities for many-that it may matchin its advance the swift growth of sound broadcasting.

RCA television at this time will be available only inthe New York metropolitan area. The restriction is largelydue to limitations inherent in the art itself. Televisionwaves have some of the properties of light. As a rule,such ways will not follow the earth's curvature. Thus theyare rarely effective beyond the horizon of their trans-mitter.

Becaus.-,e of the character of the waves, television pro-grams, even when sent from the NBC mast 1240 feetabove the street on the Empire State Building in NewYork, will ordinarily cover an area scarcely more thanforty miles in all directions from that building.

At present, television networks are impracticable. Tele-vision pictures can be sent from station to station onlythrough special cables or elaborate relay systems still tobe developed on a service basis.

This Is a Pioneering EffortTelevision Programs

The accomplishments of RCA in television have beennotable. Television has been brought out of the labora-tory, and made a practical service. Yet, although tele-vision is exciting, thrilling even spectacular, the tele-vision broad casting now being undertaken by RCA andNBC actually represents a pioneering effort.

How soon television will be available to the countrygenerally is uncertain. Predictions about future televisionaccomplishments are at best only guesses. The men whohave so patiently brought television to its present stageof development agree that while it is the most alluringof the electronic arts, it is also the most elusive.

Television broadcasts from NBC television studios willbe sent out initially for an hour at a time, twice a week.In addition, there will be numerous pick-ups of newsevents, sports, interviews with visiting celebrities, andsimilar material.

Material for television programs is almost limitless.They can be sent from the studio, or picked up elsewhere.Almost any scene can be televised, if it is accessible tomobile equipment. NBC operates a mobile unit compris-ing two ten -ton trucks to pick up and transmit televisionpictures and sound.

Present licenses for television do not permit commer-cial sponsors. Naturally there can be no sponsored tele-vision programs as long as this rule holds. When spon-sors are allowed, advertisers will want to have a largeaudience developed before spending money for show.Meanwhile NBC will produce unsponsored programs. Thisis an effort similar to NBC's program operation whichprovides more than half the broadcasts on the Red andBlue networks.

How Television Will Be Received in Your HomeTo provide for the reception of television programs,

RCA Laboratories have developed several receiving setswhich are now on the market. These instruments, builtby RCA Victor, include three models for reception oftelevision pictures and sound, as well as regular radioprograms. There is also an attachment for present radiosets. This latter provides for seeing television pictures,while the sound is heard through the radio itself. Thepictures seen on the Kinescope of these various modelswill differ not in quality but only in size.

In initiating the first regular American televisionprograms at this time RCA believes that it is contributingto the growth of a lusty infant whose future is likelyto be brilliant, but whose coming of age will take place ata time no man can predict exactly.


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LUDDY, Star of"First Nighter"

Lower Left-BETTY LOUGERSON, "Julia" in

"Midstream" and "Connie"in "Arnold Grimm's

Daughter"

* This is Ken Griffin NBC network star and theLarry Noble of Backstage Wife, who landed in Chi-cago six years ago, a helper on a motor truckwits one lore dollar in his pocket. Without previousdramatic experience, he landed a $15 -a -week job asan actor at A Century cf Progress Exposition andlater took a radio audition which brought him tothe air. Fame and good fortune haven't gone toKen's head tho his one "extravagance" is the green,wasp -like, 10 -meter sloop, "Revenge," one of the fin-est racing crafts on the great lakes, owned jointly byGriffin and Blair Walliser, d rector of Backstage Wife.

* Elliott Lewis is the personable young gentlemanwho plays the leading roles in the "KnickerbockerPlayhouse" each Sunday on WBBM, 9 pm. Lewis,a native New Yorker, was studying law in LosAngeles three years ago when he decided to "try"radio dramatic work in order to earn money for histuition and living expenses. The trial was so suc-cessful that he soon gave up his studies to devoteall his time to radio. He was summoned to Chicagoto play in the new series when he was heard on a"Silver Theater" program. "Knickerbocker Playhouse"is sponsored by Procter & Gamble in the interests ofthe liquid dentifice, "Teel."

* Pat Murphy the "Bill Crawford" in "ThunderOver Paradise" program, Mondays thru Friday on theNBC -Blue network, is gaining tremendous popularityas a leading man. The Girl Alone program, off forthe summer but returning in the fall, features Patin the male lead. Pat's ability in no small waycontributes to this program's popularity. At NBC hewon his first part in Ma Perkins and since then hasskyrocketed to fame. Pat's favorite pastime is listen-ing to broadcasts of symphony music and his greatextravagance is books.

* Les Tremayne is the leading man on the populardramatic show "Campana's First Nighter" heardevery Friday over WBBM at 8:30 pm. CDST. Born inLondon, England, of a family prominent in Britishmotion pictures, Les made his professional debutat the age of four in a picture of which his motherwas the star. He came to America shortly after theWar to tour this country with his uncle's stockcompany, and made his radio debut on his birthdayin 1932. He enjoys driving his car on small countryroads for relaxation and his hobbies are reading andcollecting unusual knick-knacks.

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PAT MURPHY LES TREMAYNE

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AWARDED TO

JOE EMERSON"HYMNS OF ALL CHURCHES"

..BECAUSE..* He presents the world's most beloved hymns on his "Hymns of AllChurches" broadcast for 15 minutes every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.* He and his fine choir sing the hymns of ALL the great religious faithsProtestant, Jewish, Catholic and Christian Science, as well as Negro spirit-uals; no creed is given predominance over another and none is slightedor ignored.* He chooses the finest inspirational music of each faith, that listenersmay hear the hymns that people of other faiths know and love.* He avoids anything that savors of preaching; the only directly religiousthought, other than the words of the hymns themselves, is that of commonbrotherhood among all sincere followers of any creed.* The spirit of his program is one of tolerance and good will.* His tri-weekly program, the first commercially sponsored broadcast ofhymns in radio's history, celebrates its fifth anniversary during the weekof July 31.* His tact, sincerity and reverence win countless friends for his sponsor,himself and the National Broadcasting Company.

RADIO VARIETIES Magazine herewith presents JoeEmerson, former bond salesman, millionaire real estateman and expert aviator with the Navy Air Corps, withthe Radio Varieties Gold Cup Award for the month ofJune. Emerson first put the "Hymns of All Churches"program on the air in 1934 over Station WLW in Cin-cinnati. The response was immediate. Letters poured infrom housewives, business men, shut-ins, school children,Clergymen of practically every religious creed respondedby the thousands to Emerson's letter telling them aboutthe program and asking their assistance in calling it tothe attention of their congregations. They were enthusi-astic in their endorsement of the idea, and in manycases offered invaluable practical help and advice in theselection of the best hymns of their own faiths. Withina year, the program was a feature of twelve key stationsthroughout the country. In June, 1936, it became apart of the Gold Medal Hour on CBS, adding thirty addi-tional stations. Early last summer, it broadened its scopethrough the NBC, and during the week of July 31, thisyear, the program will celebrate its fifth anniversaryof uninterrupted broadcasting.

If Emerson had a million dollars, he'd be doing justwhat he is now-singing hymns. The reason he's so sureof this is that he once did have a million dollars, buthe didn't let the pressure of big business turn his attentionaway from singing.

It was back before the chaotic days of the stock marketcrash that Emerson's financial rating jumped to sevenfigures. Riding to riches on the Florida real estate boom,he had amassed a fortune almost before he realized it.In addition to his more than a million dollars, he hasthree limousines, two airplanes, and a $175,000 mansion.

He still found time, however, to sing hymns inchurches, concert halls, and before friends and clubgatherings. When, almost as quickly as he had amassed it,his fortune was swept away, he decided to becomea full-time hymn singer. Radio appealed to him-he ap-pealed to radio fans. So much so, that in no time at allhe was singing on network broadcasts. And today he'sknown throughout the land as the baritone soloist on"Hymns of All Churches."

In addition to numerous concerts, Emerson has ap-peared as soloist in churches and synagogues of NewYork, Chicago and Miami; at evangelistic meetings withBilly Sunday and other revivalists, and on Chautauquacircuits in the Middle West and Southwest.

His is the rare combination of conscientious musician-ship and an ability to enter into the spirit of a dignifiedLatin chant, a Negro spiritual of childlike simplicity, anoble psalm first sung in the temples of Jerusalem, a

hymn of praise brought to this country from England, therousing melody of an old gospel song.

He is assisted by the choir of trained voices whichhas been with him for the last three years. The choir isunder the direction of Fred Jacky, a fine musician and fornine years an important member of the Cincinnati Sym-phony Orchestra.

An outstanding feature of the "Hymns of All Churches'program is the way in which Emerson introduces eachhymn before it is sung, telling how it came to bewritten, or relating an interesting story about its authoror composer. The material for these introductions has beengathered from years of research into old records, andfrom information sent in by listeners and historians inter-ested in the program.

Emerson is married to Wilsie Smathers, a soft -voiced,auburn -haired Southern gentlewoman. With their prettyyoung daughter, Carolyn, the Emersons live in a Chicagoapartment overlooking Lake Michigan. Dearest to theirhearts, though, is their home in Waynesville, North Caro-lina, where they spend their vacations and frequent week-ends. It is a regular farm set in the blue hills-thirtyacres of apple trees, chickens, cows, mules--a big loghouse Emerson built himself, with four bedrooms, a livingroom eighteen by forty feet with two fireplaces, one ateach end, which are large enough to hold a cord ofwood apiece.

Emerson's most prized possession is his collection ofmore than 500 hymnbooks and scores of unpublishedhymns which have been sent to him by listeners andfriends of the "Hymns of All Churches" program spon-sored by General Mills, Inc.


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Edgar Bergen, former Chicagoan and his Chicago -made Charlie McCarthy,spend hours rehearsing, with Charlie interested only in getting another

25 cents a week raise.

Charles Bayer, romantic French actor with lovely Virginia B-uce and JayClark, director. Boyer is heard in a different play and with a different lady

over WENR each Sunday at 8 pm. CDST.

Stars and director confer during a rehearsal. Edward G.Robinson and Claire Trevor, Clark Andrews, director of

the sketches heard Tuesday nights.

Betty Winkler and Elliott Lewis, stars of "KnickerbockerP ayhouse" on WBBM at 8 pm. CDST every Wednesday.

Edgar Bergen, Donald Dickson, Dorothy Lamour, and DonAmeche start off their rehearsals with cordial greetings.

Radio's top comedian, Fred Alen, rehearses with himself and seemsto be enjoying it.


Jimmy Fidler rehearses his rapid fire gossip ofHollywood Life.

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RADIO VARIETIES-SEPTEMBER.

Pat Flanagan, WBBM's popular baseball announc-er, was born in Iowa, where he received most of hisschooling. He attended college at Grinnell, Iowa, andthen became a Y. M. C. A. physical director for twoyears before the United States entered the WorldWar. Pat then went off to war, saw active service andacquired a slight shrapnel wound. Following theWar he returned to Iowa and entered the PalmerSchool of Chiropractic at Davenport.

The Palmer School opened its own radio stationabout 1922, and Pat had his first experience there.

Pat was working as regular staff announcer atWBBM in Chicago when that station began baseballbroadcasting, and he was assigned to cover thegames. His success was immediate, and he has con-tinued as the station's leading sports announcer.

Thin and angular, and with a shock of grayinghair, Pat is slightly over six feet tall, and a mount-ain of energy. He reads a great deal, mostly on theserious side, and is interested in all forms of sports.Pat and his wife are now building a year 'roundhome at Crystal Lake, Illinois.

Many of the more popular voices of radio lookback upon a career on the air of more than fiveyears and proudly admit they are veterans, but HalTotten, NBC sports announcer admits that he isalmost a radio greybeard, for he has been on theair since 1924. He was the first announcer in thecountry to do a daily play-by-play broadcast fromthe ball parks.

Born in Newark, N. July 28, 1901, Halmoved to Ithaca, N. Y., when still a small boy. Hestarted his school life in Ithaca, completed it in thepublic schools of Chicago and at NorthwesternUniversity. Upon graduation he began his career asa newspaper reporter. But the combination of sportsand radio so fascinated him that a short time later hefound himself devoting as much time to broadcastingsports events as reporting news events for the Chi-cago Daily News, then owner of Station WMAQ. By1930 Hal was devoting all his time to radio and in1931, when the National Broadcasting Companypurchased Station WMAQ, he became a member ofthe NBC Chicago staff.

The story of Bob Elson as an announcer for WGNMutual is a ten year sports chronicle of the UnitedStates. Now in the thick of his eleventh excitingyear as a sports commentator, Bob holds the dis-tinction of being the only announcer to cover everyworld's series ball game since 1929, and every all-star baseball contest since the first one in 1933.

On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 1 :30to 1 :45 pm., Bob conducts the "Ladies' Answer,"an interview show. On the evenings of those days,he broadcasts his sports review, from 6:30 to 6:45pm.

Seven days a week, ten minutes before game time,Bob visits the dugout at Wrigley Field or ComiskeyPark and gets inside slants from players on the"Leadoff Man" program. Then there is the littlematter of reporting the play-by-play account of thebaseball game itself. When the games finish at areasonable time like five o'clock, Bob has a leisurelyhour and a half to drive through heavy traffic andmunch a sandwich before his 6:30 sports review.

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MARJORIE HANNAN-Ruth Ann- in Bachelor's Children

Marjorie Hannan Observes . . .

Radio is the one branch of the entertainment businessthat recognizes value of versatility and put it on a payingbasis.

That's the observation of Marjorie Hannan, who playsRuth Ann, one of the Dexter twins, in"Bachelor'sChildren".

Experienced in both stage and radio, she makes thatstatement on the basis of her own observation.

Highest paid performer in the stage and screen systemis the romantic lead. This is the glamour boy or oomphgirl who packs them in at the box office, and the highpay bracket is composed almost exclusively of this type.Ability to act is secondary to ability to cause palpita-tions within the hearts of viewers.

Juveniles, who usually have practically as many linesas the leads, hence have as much work to do, drawsalaries about half as big as the stars on the stage, evenless than that in pictures. Their wardrobe requirements,usually as great as those of the leads, cut deeply intotheir earnings.

For sound acting ability and versatility, the characteractor usually has the star and the juvenile beaten handsdown. Necessity of frequent changes of costume makeshis clothing needs greater than either of the other generalclassifications. Yet he is not paid as well.

In radio, the romantic lead and the juvenile are wellpaid for their work, but it is the clever character actor,with a sound knowledge of tricks of the acting tradeand a number of dialects at his command, who reapsthe richest reward. He can put in a full day movingfrom one show to another, and end up his week with aneat stack of pay checks.

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THE FORD SUMMER HOURThe Mercury Choir, of 15 rs xed voices, six girls and nine men,whose gay summer songs ae reminiscent of winged Mercury'slight tread create unusual ensemble effects in "SummerHour" every Sunday night over \VBBM 8 to 9 pm. CDST. To-gether with Don Voorhees' orchestra, the choral group alsoprovides a sparkling backg-ourd for the songs of JamesMelton, tenor, and Franck White, lyric soprano. "SummerHour" each week presents a guest vocalist and musical groupof Ford employes. Intermission speaker is the "Rouge Reporter"who recounts events of inte-Ist in the motor company's plants.

MIIIIMAn ADV1Z MCM CCOQ,Ztr (COQ=Just before leaving for a vacation tourof his native Canada, when the "StarTheatre" went off the air for thesummer, vinegar visaged Ned Sparksgave his reason for the trip. SaidSourpuss Sparks, "I'm just going toloaf around leisurely. Take in all myold stamping grounds and renew oldquarrels with people I haven't seenin years." Sparks will be away untilthe show returns to the air in thefall . . . Add oddities: Beth Wilson,the "Grouch Club's" brunette song-stress, operates a rabbit farm in theSan Fernando Valley in her sparetime . . Jon Hall gotan unexpected bathduring the launch-ing of his new boat,the "Moonglow" -and the press pho-tographers took oneof the Linniest shotsof the week. ifey-Frances Langford had DICK POWELL

bribed a bunch of hefty workmen toseize Hall and toss him into the brinywhile the photogs stood by recordingit all on photographic plates . . .

Bob Hope and Jerry Colonna enjoyedonly a three-day respite from workafter their show left the air for thesummer-played a week of personalengagements in Minneapolis, Chica-go, New York and Boston beforeknocking off for a holiday . . .

Although few of even his closestfriends know it, Dick Powell is oneof the most avid collectors of an-tique firearms in the screen colony.He has a collection of ancient pistolsthat would do credit to any muse-um - has picked them up hereand there for the past severalyears . . . And speaking of collecting,Alec Templeton collects old musicboxes . . There's no guesswork as tohow and where the children of GeorgeBurns and Gracie Allen are gettingalong, now that the "Radio Nurse,"newest scientific miracle, has arrivedat the Burns' menage in Hollywood.The machine consists of a transmitterand a receiver, put into operationmerely by plugging it into the near-est light socket. By placing the "ear"unit in the nursery, or wherever Ron-nie and Sandra happen to be at thetime, Gracie can plug in the voiceunit in any part of the house andhear the children's slightest cry, theopening of a window, or even theyoungsters' breathing . . Jackie Coop-er evidently has set out to bewilderthe natives of movie town. To dis-courage those maniacs who are con-tinually blowing their horns as theyRADIO VARIETIES-SEPTEMBER.

approach another car, young Cooperhas installed a new "gimmick" thatfastens to the rear license plate. It'sa horrible, grinning face-and whena button is pressed in the driver'scompartment, red eyes light up, a longtongue shoots out and wiggles de-risively and the face emits a noisestrongly reminiscent of the old-fash-ioned "Bronx cheer." Personally, we'reanxious to see the statistics on acci-dents in Hollywood. Our private opin-ion is that the apparition wouldfrighten even the best of drivers intoforgetting they had a brake, muchless its location . Famed as radio's"flying evangelist," Dr. Charles E.

Fuller, conductor of the "Old Fash-ioned Revival Hour," has travelled30,000 miles by air in the past threemonths, speaking at religious meet-ings in New York City, Chicago, Bos-ton, Minneapolis, Washington, D. C.,Philadelphia, Louisville and other im-portant cities . . "Fibber McGee,"who took up "water -farming" recent-ly at his newly acquired ranch homein San Fernando Valley, is displayinghis first chemically grown products-tomatoes the size of small melons."Beats dirt farming in Peoria," theex -Illinois dirt farmer declares.

We hear that Lesley Woods, theMary Lyndon of Kitty Keene,more than a nod from dance maestroArthur Murray in a Chicago nightspot. Murray had announced an im-promptu dancing contest for guestsand first prize went to Lesley. Secondplace went to another radio name,Bret Morrison, heard as Stanley West-land in Arnold Grimm's Daughter.

Friends visiting the Joe Ainsleys thesedays (she's "Arnold's Grimm's Daugh-ter") can't keep their eyes off thatstunning modern 12 -foot square livingroom rug. It was the gift of "FirstNighter" star Barbara Luddy, whomade it herself -with yards of brownburlap, hundreds ofskeins of beige yarn- and a crochethook . . . Les Tre-manye has just aboutdecided to put offthe lure of talentscouts from Holly-wood until fall. His"Betty and Bob" and"First Nighter" roles don't allow formuch vacation this year, so there's notime for film tests . . . Mrs. CarolineEllis, author and star of NBC's newweek daily, "Caroline's Golden Store,"disagrees with the familiar quotationthat "the play's the thing." For her,"the actor's the thing." Usually, whenan actor is handed a part in a drama,he expects to adapt himself to therole he portrays. This, however, is not

LESLEY WOODS

necessarily the case in Mrs. Ellis'drama. Often as not she makes hercharacters conform to the persons whoplay them. Mrs. Ellis is constantlyexperimenting with new characters.When ever a possible opportunity pre-sents itself, she brings a new playerinto her story. If she is impressd withthat performer's work, she is morethan likely to increase the importanceof the part in succeeding sequences.She believes that this probably is dueto the fact that she herself appearsin the show. Becauseof her friendly mikeside contact withother members ofthe cast, day afterday, she is able todramatize their indi-vidual charcateris-tics and so weavethem into the story."I like people forthemselves, so itseems perfectly nat-ral to me that I should write the scriptsin such fashion that they can be them-selves," says Mrs. Ellis. And as a resultof her unique theory of script tech-nique "Caroline's Golden Store" prob-ably has actors being themselvesbefore the microphone than has anydrama in radio history . . Bill Thomp-son, the triple -threat radio comedianwho plays the "Old Timer," "NickDe Popolus" and "Horatio K. Boom-

er" on the "Fibber McGee and Molly"hilarities, is vacationing in Chicagoduring the show's summer absencefrom the airlanes. Youthful comedianThompson, who, as the "Old Timer,"loosed "that ain't the way I heerd it,Johnny" on an unsuspecting world,will rejoin "Fibber" and "Molly" inHollywood when they return to theair in the fall . . . "Well I'm one upon Bing", chortled Bob Crosby whenhe got his first glimpse of his infantdaughter in Augustana Hospital."Bing's four boys are grand kids, butthere's nothing like being the fatherof a glamour girl." . . . HarrietteWidmer has more hobbies than youcould shake a microphone at. Shemakes puppets and puts on puppetshows for the neighborhood kids,builds model ships, dabbles in interiordecorating and does a lot of riding-with a Western saddle . LatestChicago recruit to the cinema city isEdna O'Dell, who planed out late lastmonth to warble on Alec Templeton'sprograms . .. Bret Morrison, romanticyoung leading man, has had to shellout for an entire new wardrobe. He'sdropped fifteen pounds and none ofhis clothes fit his new "sylph."

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RED SKELTONIt is the custom of Red Skelton,

comedy star of Avalon Time, to puton an impromptu vaudeville skit atthe conclusion of his regular air show.Saturday, June 17th, was no excep-tion. After the West Coast repeatbroadcast, he was merrily going thruhis well-balanced tomfoolery when theaudience in the studio started beg-ging for the famous "doughnut act."Red told them that he didn't bringalong any doughnuts. With this sev-eral persons in the audience jumpedto their feet and shouted, "We did,"and then came the storm. They startedshowering Red with several sacks of"sinkers." Naturally when you havedoughnuts, you must also have coffee.Red didn't, and not wanting to dis-appoint those who wanted to see himdo his "dunking" act, he sent one cfthe page boys out for two cups filledwith water. He then proceeded to gothrough his paces with doughnuts andwater. The audience was satisfied, andwent home happy in the thought thatthey had crossed up the famous com-edian, who delights in crossing upthe members of his cast. After thisexperience, Red says, "I'm going tobe prepared in the future, and bringa thermos bottle of coffee to eachbroadcast." And we can't say thatwe blame him.

"MUMMY" -REDSKELTON'S FEMALE

STOOGEHer nickname is "Mummy"! She

received this tag because her child-hood aspiration was to be an embalm-er. Her parents never could quitefigure out why-because Edna Still-well is as pretty as a movie glamourgal, and as witty as she is pretty.

Edna was just a high school young-ster when she got side-tracked fromthe mortician dream; she got a job asusherette in a theater in Kansas City,drifted into vaudeville as -comedystraight" and so the mortuary slippedinto the background-where it be-longed, anyhow:

It was on the vaudeville stage thatshe met the doughnut dunking com-edian, Red Skelton, and teamed up ashis out -smarting "secretary." Togetherthey have appeared in vaudeville, nightclubs, and pictures. Because RudyVallee thought they were terrific theygot into radio. He bagged them for aguest appearance in the NBC studiosin Chicago and by doing so gave thema start in radio. The Skelton -Stillwellcombination has had a stellar book-ing on the Avalon Time program sinceDecember, 1938.

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RETURNS

SEPT. 10

ORSON WELLES

Orson Welles, who has rung downthe curtain on the final CampbellPlayhouse presentation for this sea-son, is hard at work lining up starsof stage and screen and vehicles fornext season's series which are to beheard over Columbia network begin-ning Sunday, September 10. They willagain be sponsored by the CampbellSoup Company.

Campbell Playhouse, awarded tophonors in drama by the Women's Na-tional Radio Committee this year, wonwidespread acclaim from listenersthroughout the country for the uniquestyle with which Welles presenteddramatizations of popular plays, mo-tion pictures and novels.

Many topnotch stars of stage andscreen spanned the country to appearat the Playhouse. Helen Hayes, firstlady of the stage, Margaret Sullavan,Gertrude Lawrence, Katharine Hep-burn, Helen Morgan, Madeleine Car-roll, author Edna Ferber, who madeher radio debut as an actress, arejust a few of the luminaries whoplayed opposite Welles.

Because of his interest in present-ing novels rather than plays or pic-tures, Welles inaugurated a series of"Best New Book" dramatizations,aired the first week of each month.A committee of judges, headed by theproducer, read novels, biographies andadventure stories submitted by authorsand publishers. Selections were basedon the work's entertainment valueand - whether romance, adventuretragedy or comedy-its potentialitiesin probing fundamental emotions.

Although Welles only recently cel-ebrated his 25th birthday, he is a

veteran performer. He began his ca-reer as an actor at the age of fiveas the rabbit in "Alice in Wonder-land." Seven years later he turnedproducer while a student at ToddSchool, Woodstock, Illinois. His classicrevival in 1937 of "Julius Caesar,"played on a bare stage, brought a dinof plaudits. His genuius was furtherevidenced in productions of "A Shoe-maker's Holiday," "The Cradle WillRock," "Heartbreak House" and hisoriginal narrative style of radio dram-atizations.

MICHAEL STEWARTMichael Stewart, bass soloist heard

on the Plantation Party series origi-nating in the NBC Chicago Studios ofCDST each Friday at 9 pm., once pro-vided a shock for the night -shiftforeman at the Newport, Ky., RollingMills Company. Stewart, who workedas a crane -hooker in the "hot mills"at the plant, glided up for duty oneevening in a dazzling limousine,stepped into the factory in an equallydazzling full-dress suit, punched thetime clock and changed to his over-alls.

For several days he only grinnedwhen fellow -workers prodded himwith questions about this patrician be-havior. At length he explained, admit-ting that he studied music in hisspare time and had, on the mysteri-ous evening, just concluded a concert.The limousine belonged to an oblig-ing patron who had offered to givehim a lift to where he was going; thefull-dress was rented.

He was then 18. Today, at 23, ofgrand stature and mature bearing, heis known as "the Chaliapin of theMiddle West," a title bestowed bycritics impressed by the range, qualityand resonance of his unusual voice.

His voice changed from childish so-prano to bass when he was only 12years old, without even a tenor orbaritone interlude.

He is a gifted raconteur and de-lights in telling stories about himself.The best of these concerns his misad-ventures four years ago in a downtown"Press while you wait" establishment,which caught fire while he was sanstrousers. With a great roar, hesnatched up a none -too -adequate wo-man's coat, dashed out of the placeand ran a full block, past fire enginesand the gauntlet stares of shoppersuntil he at last found a taxi. Thedriver, thinking he was crazy, at firstrefused to let him in the cab.

Stewart is unmarried, and spendsmost of his non -broadcast hours work-ing at his music. At rare intervalshe gets free for sessions at his favor-ite pastimes, hunting, golf and hiking.His parents are now in Honolulu,where his mother regularly hearsMichael sing on Plantation Party.

LOUISE MASSEYLouise Massey who hails from the

K -Bar ranch, Lincoln County, NewMexico, and the Westerners visit theK -Bar ranch every year in order torenew their acquaintance with wideopen spaces to pick any new songs theboys in the corral might have to offer.The reason is this: it adds a westernatmosphere to her program, the Plan-tation Party, heard over the NBC bluenetwork each Friday night.


ART VAN HARVEY (VICBILLY IDELSON (RUSH)

BERNADINE FLYNN (SADE)

Vat hAD ZhDqOn June 29 three famous people began their eighth year on the air-

the Gook family, Vic, Sade and Rush, who live in the "small house half-way down the block." The trio, with their author, Paul Rhymer, have spentseven years together in radio and in the hearts of thousands of fans thecountry over.

Vic and Sade Gook made their air debut on June 29, 1932, and wereso successful that a son, Rush, was brought into the script several weekslater.

The characters living in the "small house" are Vic Gook, bluff andgoodnatured bookkeeper for the Consolidated Kitchenware Company, PlantNo. 14; his wife, nee Sade Rush, of Dixon, III., a tolerant, housewifelysoul, mildly inclined to gossip; and 14 -year -old Rush, called "Mousetrap,"etc., by his father.

In real life, Sade is Bernardine Flynn (Mrs. C. C. Doherty) talentedyoung NBC dramatic star; Vic is Art Van Harvey, veteran character actor,and Rush is a young Chicago high school student who looks exactly as hesounds on the air.

Author Rhymer is in his early thirties; has been writing industriouslysince his high school days and he gets his daily skits by "sitting downand thinking about them."

Rehearsals particularly for the morning show, are strictly informal, familystyle, with the "Gooks" scattered about the room haphazardly. Sade usuallycurls up in an easy chair and dons \hornrimmed spectacles. Vic loafs atease on the couch and Rush wanders about with his script. During thebroadcasts Vic sits at a card table, Sade perfers to stand and Rush doeseither, according to his fancy.

Morning rehearsals usually last an hour under the direction of TedMcMurray and with Rhymer in attendance. Afternoon rehearsals arescheduled for a fifteen minute spot before the program and are somethingunique. Sometimes they run through the script again a couple of times;sometimes the whole group just sits around and talks.

And fans who chuckle delightedly over scenes in the "small house" willprobably be pleased to know that the producer, studio engineers, soundmenand even author and the cast will grin happily over some particularly choicebit in the script, even though they've heard the same things at least fivetimes before.

Virginia Payne, Who Plays the Title Role in "Ma Perkins"


Most stars, even the radio kind, do their shining atnight. An exception is Virginia Payne, who plays the titlerole in "Ma Perkins."

Virginia was a staff player at WLW, Cincinnati, backin August, 1933, when "Ma Perkins" was launched asa local show. In December of the same year, the serieswas brought to Chicago as a network feature. Since thattime, it has made steady gains, until today it stands atthe top of the nation's daylight hour entertainment. Justa few months ago, Virginia celebrated her 1500th networkperformance as "Ma Perkins."

Born in Cincinnati, Virginia attended the universitythere, after her graduation from Cedar Grove Academy.Dramatic activity was nothing new to her even duringstudent days, for as a youngster she had made her pro-fessional debut as a child actor with the Stuart Walkerstock company.

Later, she studied voice at the Cincinnati College ofMusic and dramatics at the Schuster -Martin School DfDrama, with Tyrone Power and Hal LeRoy among her class-mates. She taught at the school a while. Too, she did somestage work, doing "The Servant in the House" with theTyrone Powers, senior and junior. Then she put in a sum-mer season with the Stuart Walker company, beforejoining the WLW dramatic staff.

In addition to her "Ma Perkins" role, Virginia was heardas Mrs. Carter in "The Carters of Elm Street," and willresume that role when the series returns to the air inthe fall. She has been featured in other roles in a numberof leading shows, including "Kitty Keene, Inc.," "Womanin White," "First Nighter," and scores of others.

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The Bumsteads-Blondie and Dagwood are on theair.

The popular characters of Chic Young's famouscomic strip are heard regularly over the CBS net-work in a Monday night series sponsored by themakers of Camel cigarettes at 9:30 pm. CDST.

Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake who recentlycreated the "Blondie and Dagwood" roles for thescreen repeat their successful characterizations forthe air, heading a distinguished radio cast.

In the radio serial, as in the funnies, Blondie takesthe Bumsteads over the well-known bumps, bothfinancial and domestic. Baby Dumpling is on handto add a touch of youthful mischief to the pro-ceedings.

Penny Singleton, featured in the title role of "Blondie,"has had a long and colorful show business career despitethe fact that she is still a very young woman. She becamefamous on Broadway as Dorothy McNulty, and motionpicture producers sought her with offers. She finallyagreed on a major feminine role in "After the ThinMan" and she was an immediate hit.

Her marriage to Dr. Lawrence Singleton was the inspira-tion for the name Penny Singleton, which she decidedto use professionally. The name evidently brought goodluck for she landed the coveted title role of the picture"Blondie."

Penny is five feet three inches tall and weighs 115pounds. Her eyes are bluish green and the natural hue

PENNY SINGLETON and ARTHUR LAKE

of her hair is brown. She is very proud of the fact thatshe is a direct descendant of Daniel Boone.

Arthur Lake made his picture debut in 1924 as a

small boy in a western starring Franklyn Farnum, andhas been in the movies ever since. Before his success inthe "Blondie" series, he was principally noted for hissuccess as "Harold Teen." He has a preference forcomedy roles and likes particularly juvenile comedy leadssuch as the role of "Dagwood" affords him.

During the past six years, Arthur has been on anumber of radio broadcasts including appearances withRudy Vallee, Bing Crosby, and Fred Waring, but .thisnew series offers him his first opportunity to star onthe air.

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i1;,NiCsI7s3 1311a)COtt'An Interview with Joan Blaine, Star of "Valiant Lady"

Joan Blaine, one of America's leading dramatic act-resses, enjoys the distinction of having achieved star-dom in three important entertainment mediums-radio,stage and screen.

Recently she was elected one of America's twelve"best dressed" women and the best dressed woman inradio in a national poll of leading designers. Butbecause she believes that clothes alone do notglorify a woman and lend the glamour women want,she has set forth the prerequisites for the "budgetedbeauty" especially for Radio Varieties readers.

"Having the smartestgowns," says Actress Blaine,"and the most expensive furs,the service of the best tailorsand the most impressive labelson your shoes, gloves and hatsdon't make the best dressedwomen. Look into any bestdressed citations and you willrealize a thousand factors aretaken into consideration beforesuch an award is made."

"For instance," Miss Blainesays, "Take the figure; thenaturally good figure which hasjust good proportions is notenough. I t must look molded."One of Joan's tricks, for round-ing out the chest, which inci-dentally was prescribed by herspeech instructors when shewas training for the theatre,was to encircle her chest witha string each morning beforeher breathing exercises. Knot-ted loosely, the few inches'slack has to be taken up asthe chest expanded. In time,more slack has to be allowed.

"No woman can create theimpression of being welldressed if she teeters whenshe wears high heels," is a second Joan Blaine fashionhint. Not a day goes by that this young actress doesn'tgo into a brief routine for strengthening her anklesand firming her legs, a trick which explains her sure-footedness even at the end of a wearying day.

This is one of them. First, stand wtih the weightevenly distributed on both feet, then gently roll theweight around the outer edge of the feet, and comeup on the toes as smoothly as possible. Now, lock theright foot behind the left ankle, thus pulling all theweight on one foot. Then repeat, the roll aroundthe foot and up on the toes.

Joan also has a triple purpose routine for keepingwaist, hips and thighs slimmed down, one she bor-rowed from the Russian ballet.

"The value of this exercise cannot be praised toohighly. It gets you in the 'midriff' and once you getthe side -to -side gyrations, its efficacy for combattingfatty cushions on the hips is pretty obvious, but youmust resign yourself to the none too gentle bumpings."

Start with the body resting on the knees, armsforming an oval over the head, hands clasped. Stretchthe thighs as far as possible, and sit on the left one,immediately pulling up the original posture on bothknees. Next repeat the movement, and sit on the rightthigh, again pulling up on the knee position.


JOAN BLAINE

Because the persuasive quality of speech eitherspells success or failure on the radio, Miss Blainecontinues her speech training, even after a successfuldebut on the stage.

This young actress thinks as did Shakespeare, 'thata soft voice is an excellent thing" and can be usedby woman for almost any purpose, but that its ex-cellence is mightily increased with good breath control,a fine distinction of tonal values and a diaphragm themuscles of which are so responsive that a whispercan be as effective as a shout.

As for make up and groom-ing Joan says, "the most natu-ral and the most pleasing colorimpression the face creates isa pinkish one. The healthychild's face always has a pinkglow, no matter how swart itsskin is, nor how fair. Rougesand lipsticks which border onthe orange, the bronze, thepurples are never as good achoice for a woman. It mattersnot what her coloring is, asrealistic shade of pink whichemulate Nature's handiwork."

Miss Blaine chooses a creamfoundation with a warm pinkcast, covers it with two lay-ers of powder, the first withan ivory tone which exactlymatches her skin, the secondof a lighter texture with apink tone in it. Her rouge isa subdued rose which impartsa vital, life -like pinkness toher cheeks. Her lipstick ex-actly matches her rouge.

"Eyes can make or break agirl's glamour", according toJoan. To make hers, she usesa bronze eye shadow and brownmascara with faint gold flecks

in it, a trick which not only brings out the ambergold glints in her gray eyes, but which makes an effec-tive contrast with the pinkness of her cheeks and lips.

"As for clothes, they need not be expensive and thewardrobe need not be extensive, but they should reflectgood judgment as to type, occasion and color," inJoan's opinion. Fewer dresses and a variety of accesso-ries is advised; dark shades, such as brown, black andblue, should be worn three times as often a colors.Good skeleton lines-good width across your shoulders,the proper placing of the waistline, the correct spoton your hips for your jacket to come, the judiciouslength of your skirt-which will do the most for yourfigure are far more important in determining the wayyou are going to look than fabric, tailoring or color.

"And lastly," continues this fashion wise youngwoman, "unless you watch the tonal qualities of yourvoice you will be like the fairy princess who wasbeautiful to look at until she spoke, and then frogsjumped out of her mouth."

And that, my pretties, is a radio girl's glamour budgetrecommended for you and me all it asks of us is

patience and time.

111 11/AIN81.18ZOnce upon a time this starts like a fairy tale Osgood

Westley, leader of the Rangers on WLS, turned down a$1000 tip offered the act to play one song. He turnedit down because it was too much money, then settledfor $100.

The Rangers were playing, at the time, in Chicago'sBlackstone Hotel. Night after night they played for thedinner crowds, and night after night one man came tothe hotel, dined leisurely and remained to hear the stringmusic of the Rangers. After a few days, the Rangersbecame acquainted with him and learned the story ofthis faithful fan.

Only two weeks before the Rangers opened at theBlackstone, the man's wife had died. And on theiropening night, just as he stepped into the dining room,the Rangers were playing his late wife's favorite song,"Lover Come Back to Me."

It was to recall pleasant memories and lighten his griefthat the man returned every night to hear the Rangersplay "Lover Come Back to Me." He wanted his friendsand relatives, his wife's sister and aunt, to hear it, too,but they were scattered across the continent-one inVermont, one in Springfield, one in Buffalo, one in Toron-to, Canada, and others in widely separated towns.

The widower offered Westley $1000 to have the actplay "Lover Come Back to Me" for his family, but Ozzieaccepted only $100. That same night, the man arrangeda conference telephone call with all his relatives, and theRangers played "Lover Come Back to Me" on the privatecoast -to -coast network.

The Rangers were first heard over WLS in 1930 whenOzzie Westley and his male quartet started a two-yearseries of commercial programs. They presented two half-hour shows every afternoon, and "The Swift Rangers" soonbecame one of the best known radio acts at WLS.

Ozzie studied guitar during the second year and beganstrumming accompaniments for the quartet. Soon hereorganized the Rangers and added new members whoplayed as well as sang. This new Rangers foursome touredthe country with the original WLS National Barn Dancestage unit, returning to Chicago at frequent intervalsfor their radio programs.

After a year and a half on tour, the Rangers returnedpermanently to Chicago to resume positions on the every-day broadcasting staff at WLS. They sang as a male quar-tet, as soloists, played as an instrumental ensemble withother vocal soloists and often participated as actors indramatic script programs.

In 1935, after five years' association, with WLS, theRangers left to work in the General Mills minstrel showon another Chicago station. After a year as minstrels,the Rangers moved to NBC and presented numerous showsfrom the network's Chicago studios for a year beforesigning contracts with a sponsor for "The ChuckWagon."

Between radio engagements the Rangers managed tosandwich in an assortment of personal appearances atconventions, banquets, the Kentucky Derby, summer re-sorts, theaters, and night clubs. They played at the HotelNew Yorker, and in Chicago played at the Blackstoneand Congress Hotels.

The Rangers returned to WLS this spring as a vocaland instrumental trio, the result of a reorganization while


Hal Sims, Clyde Moffett and Osgood (Ozzie) Westley

Ozzie was playing in the Glass Hat Room at the Congress.With him is Clyde Moffett, who is now in his seventhyear as part of Westley's Rangers act. For the thirdmember, they added Harry Sims, who had worked withthem as an extra in the Chuck Wagon radio shows.

Ozzie Westley, the leader, is a native of North Dakota,where he spent his first 20 years on a farm. He sangin church choirs, high school quartets and glee clubs,and played in the high school orchestra before goingto St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, from whichhe was graduated in 1927.

During his four college years he sang with the collegechoir and quartet, and during his first year out of schoolmade a country -wide concert tour with the St. Olaf Quin-tet. The group also made a number of Victor records.

Clyde Moffett, who sings tenor and plays the stringbass, guitar and banjo with the Rangers, spent his earlydays in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas. He, too, took anactive part in school and college musical activities. Upongraduation from Ottawa (Kansas) College, Moffett en-tered the entertainment field via Lyceum and Chautauquaquartets, when he went on to musical comedy where hereached the top with a solo role in "The Student Prince."He joined the WLS National Barn Dance road show in1932 and has been associated with Ozzie ever since.

Th third member of the Rangers is Harry Sims, abaritone who also plays violin and mandolin. Sims is fromSt. Louis. He has studied violin ever since he's been bigenough to hold one, and even today takes lessons regu-larly from one of Chicago's leading concert violinists andteachers. Sims has been a member of the Chicago CivicOrchestra, several popular dance bands, among themMark Fisher's and Charlie Agnew's, and played severalseasons with Rhubarb Red and the Melody Kings overWJJD, Chicago. During 1928-29 he was musical directorof a Spanish vandeville revue which toured the UnitedStates. His first appearance with Ozzie and the Rangerswas during the "Chuck Wagon" broadcasts.

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AMOS AND ANDY BACK AWAY FROM FRED (MdCHTYI ALLEN AS EDDIE CANTOR WONDERS WHERE HE WILL STRIKE NEXT

WHITEY FORD AL PEARCE RED SKELTON JERRY COLONNA AND BOB HOPE

LUM AND ABNER, THE CRACKER-BARRELCOMEDIANS


JOE E. BROWN HAS AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCEBENCHES HIMSELF IN PAULA WINSLOW, FRANK GILL AND BILL IDEMLINC

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Left to right, -hey are Marie Nelson (Hannah), Announcer Dick Post, Ken Griffin (Larry), Margaret Hillias (Pat), John Walsh (Bump), DanSutter (Tony) and Louise Fitch (Dale).

Other daytime radio dramas may concern themselveswith the dolorous side of life if they care to, but "Man-hattan Mother" has a more joyous outlook.

Its author, Orin Tovrov, and its producer, StuartDawson, believe that people just aren't as mournful andunlucky as most strip shows would have you believe.Furthermore, even if they were, listeners would ratherhear something with a more optimistic outlook. Thatthey are right about listener preference is shown in theprogram's steadily climbing popularity rating.

Some credit for the show's policy must go to DanSutter, who plays the role of Tony Chandler, for it was inthe early days of "Manhattan Mother" that he talkedTovrov into making Tony a delightful screwball, insteadof just another millionaire playboy. According to theoriginal plan, Tony was to be just another wealthy heel,just as every young millionaire automatically becomes aplayboy and a heel in every other air show. He was tocome into the script for a few weeks, just long enoughto complicate matters, then depart. That's as close tostandard formula as the idea ever got, for Tovrov likedSutter's suggestion that Tony O'Sullivan tendencies beplayed down. Result is that "Manhattan Mother" haswhat probably is the only likeable young rich man onthe air.

Sharing romantic interest with Tony in the series is

Dale, played by Louise Fitch. In real life, Louise is Mrs.Jerome B. Rosenthal, wife of a prominent Chicago attor-ney, and mother of a flesh and blood Dale, born lastNovember. She is heard in ingenue roles in "It Can BeDone- and several other air leaders, as well as in "Man-hattan Mother."

Other half of the show's mother -daughter team is Mar-garet Hillias, also heard in "It Can Be Done" and others.Former Little Theatre star in her native Kansas City, sheserved a year as program director al KXBY there beforecoming to Chicago and network radio in her present roleas Pat Dwyer.

Owner of one of radio's most demanded voices is KenGriffin, the series' Larry. In addition to his "ManhattanMother" work, he's heard as Dr. Brent in "Road of Life,"Larry Noble in "Backstage Wife," and in several otherimportant network roles. He came into radio as an engi-neer, graduated to announcing, then took up acting. Inhis spare time, he spends his hours sailing, and is one ofthe more able yachtsmen along Lake Michigan. He holdsan enviable record in the lake's major racing events.

Bump, Larry's loyal right hand man, is played by JohnWalsh, formerly of the musical comedy stage. Walshstarted his career in the theatre as a youngster, singing inthe chorus of the Metropolitan Opera Company. Later, hisbass voice was heard in numerous Broadway musical pro-ductions. In addition to "Manhattan Mother," he's busyin "Scattergood Baines," "Rural Crime Reporter," and"History in the Making."

Marie Nelson, heard as Hannah, also is familiar to"Bachelor's Children" listeners, as Ellen Collins, Dr. BobGraham's housekeeper. A descendant of Pierre Cote, one orDetroit's founders, she has a long and brilliant record instage and radio.

Dick Post, who announces "Manhattan Mother," is oneof Chicago's busier mikemen. In addition to this series,he does "Linda's First Love" and "Myrt and Marge,"among others.

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EDNA STILLWELL."FEMALE STOOGE"

AVALON TIMEEvery Sat. Nite-NBC-Red Network

DORI NG SISTERS"A TRIO OF MELODY AND BEAUTY"

PLANTATION PARTYEvery Fri. Nite-NBC Blue Network


DOROTHY DAVIS"SWEET ADELINE"

UNCLE WALTER'S DOGHOUSEEvery Tues. Mite NBC-Rtd Network

TOM, DICK and HARRY"WHAT THE WELL -DRESSED BATHER

WILL THROW AWAY'UNCLE WALTER'S DOGHOUSEEvery Tues. Nite-NBC-Red Network

LOUIISE MASSEY"SWEETHEART OF THE OPEN SPACES"

PLANTATION PARTYEvery Fri. Nite-NBC-Blue Network

MANHATTAN MURMURS

Bob Trout's friends are kidding theace CBS announcer about an experi-ence he suffered recently in Portugal.When the Atlantic Clipper landed inLisbon, Newscaster Trout had nosooner stepped ashore than he wasplaced under arrest. And for the entiretwenty-four hours the Clipper re-mained there, Bob was trailed by twosuspicious Portuguese policeman. Rea-son: he had forgotten to get a Portu-guese visa . . John J. Anthony, di-rector of radio's "Original Good WillHour," is looking over country placeswith an eye towardbuying. He wantsmore fresh air forthat infant son ofhis . . And IngenueJoan Tompkins is

looking for a housein the country, too.Joan is anxious tofind a place whereshe can run her dogs LOUISE TOBIN

when she's not broadcasting on "YourFamily and Mine.- Then, too, believeit or not, she wants to commute-says the train trips from the suburbs

to Manhattan relax her . . These arebusy days for Barbara Weeks, star of"Her Honor, Nancy James." Whenshe's not on the air. Barbara is hud-dling with the interior decorators-trying to complete her new houseso she can take care of the influxof World's Fair visitors from her hometown of Binghamton, N. Y. . .

. . . A song sung by a Gone -With -The -Winder in a Greenwich Villagecafe and heard by a world-famousmusic critic resulted in a new singingstar for radio this season. The songwas "Beale Street Blues." the cafewas Nick's famous village rendez-vous, the critic was John Hammondand the star is Louise Tobin. Ham-mond heard Louise singing and askedBenny Goodman to give her an audi-tion. Benny heard the Texas warbleronce and signed her pronto. Now she'sfeatured every Saturday night on his"Swing School." . . . Producer BourneRuthrauff walked smack into a sur-prise when he returned to the CBSstudios from his vacation. Hoping toforestall any vacation fish stories, theentire cast of his "Big Sister- pro-gram had had pictures of themselvestaken with enlarged fish danglingfrom their lines.Don't be surprised if Cobina Wright,

Jr., draws down a movie singing as-signment. Talent scouts were bendingtheir ears to her recent warbling onthe Eddie Cantor show . . Credit BobHope with this revealing descriptionof a noted radio star: "He can't adlib. His eyesight's bad." . . A decadeor so ago a gangling school teacherin a Colorado Rocky mining town helda lantern while a frightened youngdoctor performed an emergency legamputation on a miner, injured from acave-in which made headlines of theday "I hope we'll meet again sometime,- the doctor told the teacherwhen the operation was over. "You'vegot what it takes to get ahead. Theway you kept your nerve tonightproves that!" The other night, in a

smart outdoor dining spot in Man-hattan, the doctor dined with theteacher who got ahead. He's a suc-cessful surgeon now, on the staff ofone of the most distinguished hospi-tals in the world. She's a famousactress who went from the stage tothe screen to radio. You know her asthe airlane's "Valiant Lady"-JoanBlaine . . You Bob Crosby fans shouldhear the popular young Caravan maes-tro sing the swing lullaby he wrotefor his month -old heiress-it's terrific!

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15 YEARS AGO IN RADIO By QU I N RYAN STUDY IN BROWN

Quin Ryan reading the "Funnies" to a group of youngsters in 1924. To Quin's right is Jackie Cooperof movie fame. See picture of Jackie Cooper at bottom of page as he is today.

First broadcast of Indianapolis Automobile Race-seven hours duration -1924. 1925-first broadcast ofKentucky Derby. Station WDAP at the Drake Hotel in 1924, changed to WGN on Memorial Day. 1924.

Station WGN alternating hours on the air with Station WEBH, which was named for the EdgewaterBeach Hotel. Bob O'Neil, director and announcer of WEBH. KYW in the Hearst Building with SenKaney, now Program Director for NBC in Chicago. Herbie Mintz, Sally Menkes. Popular Chicago enter-tainers: Ukulele Bobby Brown (now Production Manager of CBS), Eddie and Fannie Cavanagh, CharlesErbstein, Walter Wilson (Uncle Bob)-the song -writers George Little and Larry Shea, writers of "You'rein Kentucky Sure As You're Born, "Too Tired"-Little Jack Little, Tommie Maley-writers of "Jealous"-Paul Locher (Paul Small), Paul Ash, Milton Watson, Peggy Bernier.

First continuity written in Chicago by Quin A. Ryan in 1923 for Balaban & Katz-Nathaniel Fin-ston's Orchestra, Jess Crawford. Fred Waring's band on the stage. First reading of the "Funnies" inAmerica, August, 1924, by Uncle Quin-Dream Daddy Harry Davis and "How Do You Do" Harris Ceise-F irst remote football games done by Quin Ryan-Michigan-Illinois game at Champaign in 1924.

Opening of WLS, which was called WES for one night and then changed to WLS to denote theWorld's Largest Store, indicating Sears, Roebuck & Co. in February. 1924, with the greatest collection ofstars known at that time, and the first remote broadcast from New York, which included William S.Hart, Ernest Truex, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Duncan Sisters, Ethel Barrymore, H. B. Warner, Alice Brady.

Ford and Glenn at WLS; Sam and Henry starting on the radio at WGN in the fall of 1925, later knownas "Amos and Andy"-Quin Ryan's introduction of Floyd Gibbons on Christmas Eve. in 1925.

The WGN broadcast of the Scopes Evolution Trial in June, 1925, from Dayton, Tennessee.

KRUPA-COOPER "DUEL OF DRUMS" BEGINS

Jackie Cooper battles it out in music with his idol, Gene Krupa, who inspired the newlyformed band of Hollywood youngsters known as "Cooper's Clambake Cats." Jackie leads theyoung swingsters and plays drums in la way that led to Krupa's prediction that Jackiewould be one of the best drummers in the country in a few years.


Johnny Mack Brown, film star andformer Alabama All-American footballplayer, is the pleasing master -of -cere-monies of the new CBS "Under WesternSkies" program, heard each Friday onWBBM, 9 to 9:30 pm. CDST.He donssombrero and neckerchief to add to theatmosphere of "Under Western Skies."Leta Gayle, singer and the Texas Rang-ers, vocal and instrumental octet, com-plete the cast. The show originates inCBS Hollywood studios.

Lillian Gordoni, who orig-inated more than six thou-sand radio broadcasts inNew York and Chicago,has discovered and devel-oped more new talent inher Chicago school thanany other person in themiddle west.

LILLIAN CORDON IHere's a "pleasant note on Chicago

radio." Preston Flower, a coming juven-ile if we're any pickers, recently reportedon his first six months in radio. Priorto hitting the network airlanes, he stud-ied radio acting and technique withLillian Gordoni, well-known radio coachand producer for nine months. His sec-ond week out he earned $200.00. Atthe end of six months he has a nice bankbalance to show for his efforts. Inci-dentally, Preston knew nobody when hestarted, had to make all his contactsfrom scratch and get his face andabilities known to Chicago productionmen-which all goes to show that thereIS a place in radio for people who'vegot what it takes. Incidentally, anothernice note on Preston Flower is, he'sappreciative. He recently wrote LillianGordoni "sincerest gratitude for all yourhelp. It's been swell working with you."Pres. has appeared on Manhattan Moth-er, Ma Perkins, and Betty and Bob.

a`U,LFILO hkr =OM q'hilEFirst off, an item of real import-

ance to us-our many, many sincerethanks to all of you for the manyfine comments on our column of theprevious issue-we were really verypleased. Item No. 1-A slap where itwill do the most good or an apology ifwe must put it that way, to all thoseconcerned, regarding our statement ofthe Helen Trent show's fading. Our infowas definitely wrong, it seems, and weare so, so sorry. By the way, the starof the Trent series, Virginia Clark,may also be heard in a new role inthe Woman in White daily, NBC-WMAQ 9:45 CDST. It's a girl atthe Alden Goble's home, July 2. Heis producer of the "Smile Parade",Thursday WENR 3 pm. CDST. Backhome again at local NBC studios areHal Peary and Bill Thompson withreports current that Peary will notreturn, come Fall, to the coast andthe Fibber McGee show and it's a

better than even money bet thatBill "Horatio K. Boomer" Thompsonwill also remain in our midst . . . .

Good news for producers, not so goodfor actors, eh what? Had the pleasureof meeting a very fine gent severalweeks ago who we believe is highlydeserving of comment in this issue.Producers, actors and engineers are un-qualified in their statements as to his

ability to turn out the best andfurthermore, they say he's one grandguy, so, boys and girls, here's toWBBM's Urban Johnson, chief soundtechnician. Many and varied are thestories we hear concerning the AFRAvs. Executives battle of the century,which at this writing, is still in prog-ress. From the INSIDE we hear thatthe actors will not be called againfor voting purposes and sooIt could happen any day. Wouldn't itbe nice if there just wasn't anythingunpleasant to write about, you know,such as the story that's making therounds about that well-known lead-ing lady who is trying to burn, orshould we say DROWN the candleat both ends? It's really too bad andwe hope that with the next issue ofMM & CT we can say, all is wellagain-really, she's a nice person.

Surprise-Franklyn McCormack onScreen at local theatres. That's rightand if you caught the newsreels ofthe Jack Benny Premiere at Wauke-gan several Sundays ago, you saw Macas MC in charge of all the fuss.Incidentally, JB it seems pounced allover a local writer of a well-knownradio weekly for allegedly havingprinted certain things which weretaboo but later all was forgivensaid statements had not been made.

Two shows definitely set for Fallreturn are Parker Family and WaysideTheatre and while we're on the sub-ject of the latter, we feel that cer-tain nice things should be said aboutits stars, Patricia Dunlap and OlanSoule. Miss Dunlap you met on thefront cover of our last issue and inaddition to her splendid work on thisshow, she may also be heard as oneof the twins in WGN's Bachelor'sChildren, 10:15 CDST. Olan Soule, aswell, a star of both above mentionedair features, is as pleasant off theair as he is while portraying the roleof the great lover as he so often andcapably does. Overheard recently inthe lobby at NBC one of radio'smany HAMMETTES (actresses) quote:"Radio work is so trying, I believeI'll take the Summer off to playstock" unquote. Things I Like toHear: -George Watson's southerndialect stories and Gene Rouse's Phil-bert, really a character that should beon the air. How about it, NBC Art-ists Service? You're welcome, Gene.We're still hearing wild tales of aparty that was held several Saturdaysago at a Northside home late re-ports are that two guests are STILLmissing. Wonder if that actor has paidoff those slightly silly bets made onthe Louis-Galento scrap wish I couldsee it if they are.

Gail Henshaw, NBC char-acter actress, did a favor fora friend and broke into ra-dio; she had a quarrel withher fiance and achievedstardom.

Back in 1936 she wasflirting with Broadway fromthe wings of a stock com-pany. One day a friendfound himself minus a play-er for a radio production ona New York station; hecoaxed Gail to take the partand her engagement ex-tended to two years. Duringthat time she graduated tothe networks and roles inThe O'Neills and Mary andBob.

Last summer Miss Henshawpromised to become Mrs.Robert Sheridan Hughes.And then, in November,there was a tiff, a brokenengagement and Gail leftfor Chicago in a huff and anairplane. She'd worked upsuch a good mad by thetime she hit the middle westthat she marched from theplane to the NBC studiosfor an audition. Today she'sstar of the NBC dramaticprogram, Kitty Keene.


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Romanticists will bepleased to know that herfiance hopped a plane him-self and persuaded Gail tobecome Mrs. Hughes lastChristmas Eve. The bride-groom was so nervous heclimaxed the ceremony bysaying "Goodnight, Sheriff"to the J. P.

Gail simply dotes on herwork but if the time comeswhen she wants to retireshe knows just what shewants to do. Then theHughes family will get them-selves a yacht (they hope)and tramp around the world.After that, allows Gail, theysettle down and raise a

big family.For relaxation Gail steps

from the role of dramaticstar into that of housewife.As such she dashes home toexperiment with new reci-pes, which she collects withenthusiasm, and producesdishes that are epics, saysthe masculine half of theteam.

Gail's not superstitious,but she always holds herbreath when she's passing achurchyard, just as a pre-cautionary measure.

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This progrcm, on WLS, runs five hours everySaturday night-plays two shows before audi-ences in the Eighth Street Theater, one at 7:30pm., another at 10 o'clock. When you visitChicago, plan to visit the WLS National Barn

Patsy Montana, WLS sing-ing star, is also featured inthe WLS Rodeo. Patsy's 4 -year -old daugkter, BeverlyPaula Rose (right) has a newpony to ride with Mother inthe Rodeo.

Otto, "Little Genevieve" ofthe WLS Barn Dance, chatswitk Accordianist AuggieKlein (below) at a Barn Dancerehearsal.

Dance. See your favorite radio stars; see a bigcoast -to -coast broadcast produced]

And when you're at home: listen to WLS, tothe Barn Dance and all the everyday programsthat feature these same friendly radio stars.

WLS broadcasts on 870 kilocycles with 50,000watts, highest power permitted in the UnitedStates. For greater enjoyment of your radio, tuneto WLS, Chicago-on 870 kilocycles.

Al Rice of the famous Maple CityFour (above right) studies his linesbackstage at a WLS National BarnDance rehearsal.

Caroline and Mary Jane DeZurik(below right), yodeling and singingsister team at WLS, walk brisklytoward the stage door as they arrivefor an early rehearsal of the WLSNational Barn Dance.

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