Broadway and Hollywood "Movies" (Jan - Dec 1932)

36 BROADWAY AND OW/yED A HP OPERATED W BROADWAY & WOELYWOOD MOV/ES U*iaer -me. dCrectCcno or QtXjaAcL JranklCn. Jones NA1/OVW. NETWORK / / Key 3TW/0Wat 6WV. TO HOUYWOO® lot W. 31 St. M Y, O. RADIO ROW, like Broadway, is ever changing and ever-growing ... Of the Hardened Artery scribblers, we prefer that Winchell lad ... As far as all the radio reporters go, it’s hard for one of their contemporaries to express an opinion — however, of ourselves we can say without conceit or intention to plug that this lowly writer is the only radio columnist who writes, illustrates and edits his own copy — we want our pa trons to know this because we aim to give them the latest radio news without a single thing deleted 1 Tune in on Father Charles Coughlin — WOR, Sundays, 4 p. m., if you want FACTS not fancies or fallacies on the “noble experiment”. . . Why not a build-up for Chic Farmer and Irene (CBS) Beasley . . . the 3 “Docs” are on Fri. at elevun-thuty p. m. . . . Radio men call the Automat the “Engineers Club” . . . Shilkret got the Chesterfield account besides Mobiloil . . . those Club Ballyhoo broadcasts are scaring off people . . . The Demons of the Publicity Dens mite send out “pub” wrapped in cellophane — to keep it fresh . . . Col. Goodbody’s gabfests for A. & P. are ousylay, garbagely speakin’ ... we recommend any weekend the WOR Minstrels . . . and by the way that Langford goil needs an orch. for her type of voice . . . Bobby Haight is gettin’ poorer ... Is Charles “Buddy” Rogers still television-minded? There’s a Scotch radio entertainer who acts as his own stooge and vice-pres. . . . that Jerry "WMCA” Baker stunt about who is the original “Radio Romeo” was a flop .... the “Prince of Pineapple” has two “corns” . . . ’sfunny how the fans forgot about Vaughn de Leath and Lee Morse — almost as fast as NBC . . . Larry Small and Ed Bartell are doing excellent morn bits . . . There are enough off-key singers to fill a 1000 KuKu hours . . . Alois Havrilla is staging an unem ployment show for Englewood’s needy . . . Seth Parker’s chinema effort is “not-so-hot” box-officely . . . Jack Horton, stellar pianist is the only one who holds the listeners on that WCDA Sat. nite studio party . . . they shouldn’t have taken Lopez off that “ladies’ hour” . . . some gels have to do more than sing to get a radio job. The radio school racket ropes in plenty of suckers ... We like the Mardi Gras Movement from the Mississippi Suite . . . Bill Lemay from Chi ought to connect . . . the Landt Trio & White (NBC) are better in the eve . . . Wee Willie Osborne and Marion Harris went broke . . . Those "dummy-mike” auditions are a scream . . . That new song “Crosby, Columbo and Vallee” gives me a laff . . . Lawrence Tibbit goes “radio” . . . Mills Bros, have a commercial . . . Columbo got the Waldorf ... we enjoy listening to Willard Robinson . . . did a certain program director get angry lately . . . And the first sentence of the NBC test script stuck many a fine lad . . . no foolin’ we enjoy flipping wiseys with the radio bunch on Conniver’s Concourse . . . Some new nite-clubs may be wired . . . there’s too much song pluggin’ on the air . . . they’ll be your friends on the Main Stem if you “puff” them . . . the effeminate announcing of station “breaks” gets on our nerves . . . Columbo ’s latest debut puts him in the big money — we remember when we met him at the last Radio Show — he’s a nice modest guy . . . Downey is back, as you probably know — but we want to say he’s better ... we scooped all rags and mags on “Russell and Kent” by gettin’ it exclusive . . . And Kate Smith “wowed” at the Paramount instead of Bing Crosby. Wonder how long the Mills Bros, will last — A bag-of-tricks isn’t everything — Vallee has both music and tricks that’s the very reason he’s lasted . . . Caught the Boswell Sisters backstage at one of the Fox houses — when I walked in their dressing room, they were in their “scanties" or “undies” to you — can one of them scream — whoops! — so like the true gentleman I am not, I simply crooned “I’m Sorry Dears” and scrammed. The DX boys are fillin’ up their logs due to the cold Spells . . . Fites when broadcast by a good man like Sam Taub, are great . . . The new crew at the Hotel Bossert (CBS) is oke . . . Stewart Warner is pushin’ a new set . . . There’s a large amount of “kiddie” talent going airy . . . Have to see Taplinger, McElliot, Johnstone, Sorenson and the rest of the pub. boys soon ... It wouldn’t be a bad idea to give the continiuty writer or production man a credit line . . . Somebody asked me the other day if Amos ’n’ Andy are still on the airwaves — teehee . . . When crooners “etherize” the women go gaga — just stop to think, janes, how unromantic they are — for like the rest of us they are afflicted with B. 0., corns, halitosis and what have you? . . . Atwater Kent’s Radio Auditions created tremendous interest! Marconi is honored at last . . . W. W.’s Luckies fill the bill — but for smokin’ we prefer Camels — free ad’vt. . . . will they broadcast the Olympics? . . . Nellie Revell is 0. K . — so is Sigmund Spaeth, the tune detective — also Werrenrath and Damrosch . . . Barbasol Ben drives me nertz . . . tho’ Teddy Black uses the Lombardo technic, his music remains good ... Robinson and Eddy Brown hold many fans . . . And Vincent Calendo ( Continued on page 48)