Inside facts of stage and screen (March 28, 1931)

Saturday, March 28, 1931 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN Page Eleven CUTTING IN ON THE ETHER OFFERINGS 3y Ralph Foland KFWB 7-7:15 p. m. A cast of two in a miniature mu- sical comedy that ran fifteen min- , utes crowded their offering' with ■ neat entertainment. L-oyce Whit- ’ man Warbled -in S dainty’voice, and Nelson Case has a pair of throb- bing tonsils of the “it” type. The pair did a couple of harmony novel- ties, in addition to solos, that clicked through the ether. Their work has an originality of arrangement and a vocal blend that was plenty easy on the ears. “Fall In Love With Me” and “After You’ve Gone," with an appropriate set of words, were two winners. There are just enough lines in this brief song skit to hold it together as a continuity and give the tunes a legitimate con- nection with the main idea, which is Jack and Jill housekeeping and going through a set of plain and fancy newly-wed difficulties. KNX 7:45-8 p. m. With “off-stage” noises, viz.: clatter of horses’ hoofs and a couple of yips, the Arizona Wran- glers bowed in for a briefer broad- cast than they usually present. But lack of time is no restricting ele- ment for them. This gang always gives a peppy air show, scoring on the spontaneity of their offering. They opened with “Golden Slip- pers” at a fast clip, and rode on through “Mellow Mountain Moon” to a banjo and harmonica duet by Shorty and Sleepy. Wrangler Nub- bins has a pair of sweet pipes and used them to good advantage in “When the Work’s All Done This Fall.” Their’s is neat stuff for those air fans who dial around for old-time tunes and songs off the beaten track of standard pops. Loyal Underwood, the Sheriff, Sleepy, Hungry, Iron Tail, Shorty, Nubbins and Flicker make up the personnel of the Arizona Wrang- lers. KGFJ 9:00-9:30 P. M. A half hour of what was dubbed “salon music” on the program schedule presented Maurice Kohler and his ''instrumental; ensemble in a series of pleasing numbers. Light romantics' operetta.selections, and a delicately harmonious Russian mel- ody were acceptably executed by Kohler’s orchestra. This is a seven-piece outfit with the leader at the first violin. Instru- mentation is good, bc-ing suitably fitted to the type of music used in this program. Kohler is one of the outstanding staff members of the station. His broadcasts are always tastefully arranged with a good ear to effective musical layout. Taking into account the necessary limita- tions under which a conductor with a small staff of men must work arid the exigencies of supplying a heavy share of the music for a 24-hour station, Kohler’s offering was a marked success. KHJ 10:00-11:00 P. M. Period sponsored by Golden State Co., Ltd., and originates in the San Francisco studios of The Don Lee Co. Program has much entertain- ment value, and bound to build a following. Whole offering was built around a “Springtime Jamboree” idea, and was a sure-fire clicker. Meredith Wilson’s orchestra is an okay com- bination using occasional solos to relieve too much instrumental mu- sic. Average listener will leave dial as is on this program. Opening with an ensemble sing- ing number of “Rain,” the script proceeded through syncopated love songs to country store comedy skits, with no tendency to become monotonous at any time. Commer- cial angle stood out by too frequent plugging between numbers. Robert Olson vocaled “Rocky Mountain Moon” in a praisworthy manner. Following .a short intermission, a Jack Plumelet INTRODUCING PEOPLE AND PROGRAMS OVER KYA SAN FRANCISCO LISTEN TO Adele Buraais SING THE BLUES KYA SAN FRANCISCO comedy skit patterened from “Kid- dies’ Hour” indicated with conclu- sive force that this '.continuity: writer knows what it is all about. “Springtime in the Rockies,” be- fitting “The Springtime Idea,” used al’an ensemble number, closed ail easy to endure program. KECA 6:00-6:30 P. M. An instrumental combination, the Klein Trio, which broadcast for- merly under the name of Interna- tional Trio, offered an outstanding musical program in their usual style, which is characterized by fine mu- sicianship, good taste and plenty ot talent all around. Virginia Rose at the violin put across her share with fine delicacy of feeling and pre- cision of tone. Her work showed up well throughout the half hour. Her- bert Klein, cellist, contributed emo- tional strength, taking advantage of every opportunity to bring out the musical beauty of his instrument, Marion Rose, pianist, more than held up her end of the program with brilliant and expert perform- ance. James Anderson, baritone soloist, accompanied by Margaret Kintz Duncan at the piano, was at his best in “Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes,” and other songs of simple and melodious ballad type. Intermezzo from Cavaleria Rusti- canna,” “Traumerei” and the Raff “Cavatina” were among . the num- bers presented by this class instru- mental combination. KECA 9-9:30 p. m. Arthur Lang was featured in a series of ballads that displayed a fine baritone to good advantage. The atmosphere was light but slightly high brow throughout. “To Make a Long Story Short” played by the string ensemble was the- only pop representative in the mu- ensemble’s best tune. “Liebesleid' and “Liebesfreud” by Kreisler and “La Palorna” are classical out- casts, but nevertheless seem to get a class rating on the air, and as such deserve a little smoother, more finished performance than the string ensemble gave at this hear- ing. Arthur Lang shone vocally in every number. KFXF DENVER, COLO. 10 p. m. o 11 p. m. George Morrison and his band furnished an hour of about the hot- test. dance music to be heard around here. These .eleven colored boys surely love their music. The vocalist, Gene Montgomery, ren- dered several numbers in a pleasant baritone voice. With the arrange- ment of “The Tiger Rag,” offered, it was the most torrid thing heard in some time. This program came from the “Tokio,” popular dance spot—with Lou Keplinger announcing. Dusty. KMTR 10:30-11:30 A. M. Lani McIntyre and Boys, in an all request program, worked to- gether with finesse. Hawaiian groups with their plaintive wails usually get some' regular customers, and while this combination is not out of the ordinary, the boys get plenty ot melody out of their strings, and are good ether entertainers. Variety of Hawaiian melodies and pop tunes used for break. Harry Gcise 011 night program at this station stepped into this hour with pop songs, for no reason at all, killing the value of a good hour. May have been effective in studio, but airy- thing else but over the air. HARMONISTS AT KMPC Leon’s Close Harmony Boys, a new dance orcbosira, /is playing over KMPC in Itbe late evenings. Three times a week the aggrega- tion is on Ray Howell's nightly re- quest program at that station. MODELING HILLBILLIES The Beverly Hillbillies are being statue.tted by G. RiOinanelii. Every mein-heir of the troupe, from Zeke and Corn-path the Big to Mr, Tail- feller-(Glen Rice'),- is- having his Sfcdness done (in statue form, all of the height of six inches. KECA 7:15-7:30 p. m. Margaret Ruth Kernan, soprano, playing her own piano accompani- ments, is one of the; regular contri- butors to this station. Her reper- toire was a pleasing one of semi- classics and the more higlVbrow ballads. She got off to a bad start at this hearing with spotty vocaliz- ing in the opening number. Some passages getting out of vocal con- trol created an unfavorable impres- sion, but her last note, a high one, did much to make up for what had gone before, being sung true, with strength and clarity. “Your Song From Paradise” was more nearly consistent in beauty and accuracy of tone than any of the other numbers. Miss Kernan has, however, been heard to better advantage. KFWB S’-8:30 p. m. Henry Damski’s Imperial Grand Orchestra, with Agatha Turley, so- prano soloist, came over the UBC network from Seattle. The pro- gram was dedicated to the work of Luther Burbank. Such numbers as “Wedding of the Rose,” “Sing Joyous Birds,” and selections from the Ballet of the Flowers made good melody material for the dedi- cations. Agatha Turley can count herself among the few sopranos who need not be afraid of the mike. Her voice has beauty, range, expression, and a rare combination of mellow- ness and strength. She was un- doubtedly the highlight of the broadcast. The Daniski orchsetra is a good musical unit, dependable and satisfactory. M;/-. ’• A ' ; ~~ ~ ' . Glenn Tryon has been signed for a second Educational “Comedy, to be directed bv Harold Bcaucline. KHJ CALIFORNIA FRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION | 9-9:30 p. m. ■The!contest angle added interest to the Sunkist Musical Cocktail. This speedy broadcast packed plen- ty of musical punch that didn't let up till it bowed out into etherial retirement with the last station announcement. Numbers were not named and the fans were invited to send in their guess as to which was what in the fast repertoire. “The Sweetest Story Ever Told” segued into an Irish Jig, followed by the “William Tell” Overture. “Moment Musical” found itself in the strange company of “I'm Alone Because I Love You.” And so on through the broadcast. Raymond Paige’s corking orches- tra, Ted White, baritone, Carl Omeron, tenor, and Pearl Hunter, soprano, were the competent mix-, ers of this clicko cocktail. KFWB 12-12:15 p. m. Tom and Wash are old-timers as far as radio is concerned, and their negro dialect continuity has come through the w. k. test of time with good results. T o m Brenneman writes the broadcast, announces it and plays both parts—and it’s okay from every angle, managing to keep up a creditable average of enter- tainment. These two vocal char- acters are the regulation basso pro- fundo who runs things in a pig way, being very important and im- posing, to the fall guy, done m falsetto. Brenneman shows good judgment in depending on well- chosen lines to depict his comedy situations, rather than padding the continuity with wise-cracks of doubtful 'clicking potentialities. Microphone Technique—Correct Voice Placement JOSEPH DISKAY HUNGARIAN TENOR Granada Studios 672 South Park Place Phone DU 1941 KJES Operated by Julius Brunton & Sons Co. SAN FRANCISCO RALPH BRUNTON Station Manager RONALD SMITH Studio Manager FRANSi CALVIN ■ Program Director RUBY ADAMS (MRS. COFFEE DAN) Mondays, Fridays, 4:30 P. M. Nightly, 12:15, by Remote Control from Coffee Dan’s Jerry MacMillan A1 Jacobs Frank Cope Chas. Parker Lucille Gordon Players Dell Raymond Art Fadden Charles Locke Shirley Dale Broadcast 12:01 A. M. to Sunset (All Night)