Radio Mirror (Nov 1936-Apr 1937)

RADIO M 1RROR HINTS for the EYES OF WIVES! by $(wui Tledth • Unless yon have one of the rare husbands who is amused to watch mysterious beauty rites, it's up to you to join the secret association of Kurlash enthusiasts. These wise ladies keep a little private cache of Kurlash products and slip away for a few minutes' beauty conference with them daily. Husbands are entranced with the results — and never know why wives look prettier. You can whisk your lashes into Kurlash ($1 at good stores) in a split second. When they emerge, they'll be curled back soulfully — looking longer and darker, making your eyes larger. No heat; no cosmetics — nothing to arouse husbandly suspicions. Do not hesitate to use these other absolutely undetectable Kurlash products also. Try them in private . . . and give your husband a BEAUTIFUL surprise today. • Lashtint Compact. A patented mascara case with a little sponge, ensuring just the right consistency to darken the lashes naturally without stiffening or caking them. Waterproof. In black, brown or blue. $1. • Kurlene. Dresses the lashes, keeps them soft and silky, darkens them, tends to make them grow longer and thicker ' — and, either alone or mixed with a little Shadette (not illustrated, $1) in a shade to match your eyes, gives the youthful shiny-lidded look that is so flattering. 50c and $1 sizes. • Twissors. The little miracle tweezer with curved scissor-handles lets you see to trim brows accurately. Only 25c. THE CRITIC ON THE HEARTH Write Jane Heath Jor advice about eye beauty. Give your coloring Jor personal beauty plan. Address Dept. MG-12. The Kurlash Company, Rochester, N. Y. The Kurlash Company of Canada, at Toronto, 3. 68 FRED ASTAIRE. The star of this show, so far as I'm concerned, is the fellow who is writing Charles Butterworths lines. Charlie has never been as funny as this on the screen, and that is saying something! Packard would do well to have said scribe also write the car plugs — they need to be funnier, but not louder. You wouldn't think such a dignified firm would go in for medicine-show ballyhoo, particularly with one of the smartest, most sophisticated shows on the air, but grit your teeth and sit through it — you'll be rewarded with a fast-stepping melange. Incidentally, I thought I didn't like tap dancing on the air, but I'll make this one exception — anyway, it will have to do until television comes along. Fred's songs don't seem as catchy as they do in pictures; somebody should look into that. Understand the guest stars get a car for a souvenir. If Fred and Charlie are likewise paid off in Packards, they'll soon have a garage bill that'll make them wish they were on a cigarette program. NBC Tuesday, 9:30 P. M., 60 min. KATE SMITH will be the first person ever to give Vallee serious competition. On the air at the same hour, she presents celebrated personalities, news names, and the best showmanship stunt of the season to date — public heroes. A hero of the week, nominated by the listeners and selected by a judging committee of five famous people, is awarded $500. The act of bravery is dramatized. Besides, there is Jack Miller's Orchestra, Kate's liquid voice and her competent bossing of the program. CBS Thurs., 8:00 P. M., 60 min. FAMOUS JURY TRIALS. People who can't get enough courtroom drama will do nip-ups over this collection of legal thrillers, disinterred from judicial archives by Don Becker, producer and author, who does a neat job of renovating them. Such novel devices as a radio announcer's eye-witness description of Abe Lincoln preparing to defend a case lend a touch of reality or something. You almost expected him to ask Mr. Lincoln to "say a few words for the benefit of the radio audience." Recent cases are disguised a bit but not enough to fool you., MBS Mon., 10:00 P. M., 45 min. ' COMMUNITY SING. The introduc tion of Milton Berle as the program's comedian brings to the mike machinegun comedy. Of course it's well rehearsed, even when he's presumably clowning with the audience, but preparation is no fault and neither is his pace, if he can keep it up. Wendell Hall as a leader and Jones and Hare as misleaders don't dull things up any. CBS Sun., 10:00 P. M., 45 min. MAGAZINE OF THE AIR. Strange that no one tried this idea before — it makes a good excuse for a potpourri of entertainment and instruction for the housewife. You can't blame milady if she turns to the music page first, what with Leith Stevens' morning melodies and Reed Kennedy singing popular songs in the same rich baritone that tossed around the classics last season with the Pittsburgh Symphony. Trouble House is the magazine serial, a dramatic sketch with interesting characters. The other air columns of this radio periodical present "articles" with a feminine slant, by guest name authors. The magazine has an attractive make-up, with only one typographical error. An editor should edit and not editorialize. Delmar Edmundson does the latter as master of ceremonies, and destroys the magazine illusion. CBS Mon., Wed., Fri. 11:00 A. M., 30 min. RED GRANGE. If you enjoy the spectacle of the Gallopin' Ghost of 1923 making fumbles, listen to him read a radio script. But football fans won't mind his aerial stumbles as long as he spills the dope on college lineups and pigskin prospects, and keeps on interviewing coaches. NBC Fri., 10:30 P. M., 15 min. Sat.. 7:00 P. M., 15 min. MAJOR BOWES. There have been so many imitations of his "all right" that the Major is beginning to sound like a burlesque of himself. There's more Major than amateurs this year, and more Chrysler than both put together. CBS Thurs., 9:00 P. M., 60 min. Major Bowes — there's more of him and less of the amateurs on his new show every Thursday night at nine on CBS. Kate Smith — the first person ever to give Rudy Vallee serious competition, with her opposing Thursday program.