Radio stars (Oct 1935-Sept 1936)

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She had come on to the set at six-thirty that morning and worked without stopping all day. By night she, along with everyone else in the cast, was worn out. But the shooting schedule called for the completion of yet another scene. It happened that the scene contained one of her longest and most dramatic speeches — a speech which, on the stage or for the radio, would have been given careful rehearsing and much thought. She was horrified to learn that the company intended to shoot the speech that night. She was dead on her feet, exhausted. And she said so. But the schedule must be filled ! Perhaps a little fresh air would help Miss Hayes? Two men were detailed to take her for a walk. "They literally held me up, while I walked around the block," Helen described it. "Production, in the meantime, was at a standstill until a little California air revived me. When I returned, the scene was shot." That it turned out well is more a tribute to Miss Hayes' ability than to the Hollywood technique of moviemaking. In spite of her own success on the screen she feels, and resents, the fact that purely personal circumstances can make or break a star. "Acting is a wasted faculty on the screen," she says bitterly. "Personality rather than talent is the criterion of movie success." Until now, her only experience in radio has been infrequent appearances as the guest artist on dramatic programs. She made radio history one afternoon last winter when, on an hour's notice, she replaced Margaret .Sullavan, who had suffered a sudden attack of laryngitis, in the Lux Radio Theater's presentation of "Peg o' My Heart." Tempting radio offers have been dangled constantly before her eyes. But they never lured her until now. "I don't want to go on the air unless I can find a program about which I feel enthusiastic," was her attitude. Then came the Sanka program which met with her immediate approval. The central character is that of a woman who, in order to save herself from an emotional crack-up after her marriage hits the rocks, takes a position as head of a foundling home. It's a dramatic serial, with the powerful emotional thread strongly woven into the story incident. And bound up in that character are all the tragedy and comedy, the heartbreaks and happiness, that go to make up the life of any real and vital woman. It was the opportunity of creating this character that appealed to Helen Hayes. Unlike most great actresses who go into radio, she does not aim to evolve a new form of dramatic art for the air. Nothing as pretentious or arty as that. She knows that the essence of pure drama is unchangeable, whether on the stage or on the air. She wants simply to reach the hearts of as many people as possible. "I have no desire to pretend that I can work out a new form of dramatic art," she says. "To create a living, human character, a woman who is welcomed into the homes of listeners-in, and privileged to visit with them for half an hour — that is my aim." That is the same woman speaking who, when asked once what had been her biggest thrill since entering the theater, answered : "The first time my baby smiled." It is the woman who, turning down a fat movie contract and reminded by the film mogul of the salary involved, said quietly : "There is such a thing as making too much money." It is the woman whose greatest joys come from such simple pleasures as going sledding with her youngster on a winter afternoon or turning the earth for a new garden in the springtime. And eVery celebrity on Broadway joins with the neighbors in Nyack in saying : "We're glad Helen Hayes has come back home to stay I" The End (Continued from page 13) LUM AND ABNER (NBC). Hayseed hilarity. MYRT AND MARGE (CBS). They're in the movies now. SINGIN' SAM (CBS). Good cheer. MARCH OF TIME (CBS). Rapid-fire dramatization of the news. LOIS LONG'S WOMAN'S PAGE (CBS). Just what milady has been uniting for. AMOS 'N' ANDY (NBC). Still tops. LOWELL THOMAS (NBC). Head man of the commentators. DANGEROUS PARADISE (NBC». Elsie Hit: and Nick Dawson. BEN BERNIE'S ORCHESTRA (NBC). The life of the party. SWIFT STUDIO PARTY (NBC). Sigmund Romberg, Deems Taylor — what more could you ask? HARV AND ESTHER (CBS). Usually nood. ATWATER KENT PROGRAM (CBS). Splendid. HOUSE OF GLASS (NBC). Another "Goldbergs" scries. JOHN CHARLES THOMAS (NBC). A marvelous singer. EDGAR A. GUEST IN WELCOME VALLEY (NBC). Good for the sottl. N. T. G. AND HIS GIRLS (NBC). Gaycty plus. LUD GLUSKIN PRESENTS (CBS). Musical arrangements you should hear. LAVENDER AND OLD LACE (CBS). Frank Munn again. G-MEN WITH PHILLIPS LORD (NBC). Exciting at times. VOICE OF EXPERIENCE (CBS). Friendly advice. ** UNCLE ERA'S RADIO STATION (NBC). I'oii will or you won't. THE SINGING LADY (NBC). / mproving. POPEYE (NBC). Rather disappointing. MARIE, LITTLE FRENCH PRINCESS (CBS). Opinion is divided. THE GUMPS (CBS). Cof.ld be improved. 80