Radio stars (Oct 1935-Sept 1936)

BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO THE AMATEUR ? STORIES OF SOME WHO WON A CAREER— OR GOT THE GONG. 12y *P<yLotlty Iftookl MAJOR EDWARD BOWES, the man of the (amateur) hour, supervises a new, fascinating industry— the manufacture of stars. The star-milt grinds away each Sunday night, and the trail of the amateur hour is strewn with star-dust. Out of the mint come a few hrilliant. flawless products and a host of minor satellites. But the stardust when sifted yields golden grains, equally precious in their own way. rich in laughter, tears and consolation. Perhaps only a few of the hundreds of amateurs will parallel the success of Doris Wester, who is being tested by several companies for a screen career ; of Clyde Barrie who is now a regular ether star broadcasting on a coast-tocoast network. For some the climb may be long and tortuous. For others, hopeless. But win or lose, in one way or another hundreds of lives, have been brightened by the golden opportunin accorded by the Major Bowes' Amateur Hour. The story of the three young Youman Brotheris a modern variation of the delightful Cinderella theme, emerging from the amateur hour wheel of chance. The brothers are George, Jack and Seymour, known as Skippy — nineteen, eighteen And seventeen respectively — three brilliant youngsters who. with the aid of an accordion, a violin and a clarinet, demonstrated their uncanny ability to imitate a dozen of the best known orchestras on the air. To these youngsters has come success so dazzling that their future is clearly marked for stardom. Fresh from the schoolroom the) have l>een catapulted (Continued on page 76) Here are the Youman Brothers, George and Jack and Seymour, who recently made a sensational hit in their imitation of five of radio's leading bands.