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Oblivious to the superstition of a show "laying an egg," producer Les Mitchel works best with his pet hen on hand.
By DALE BANKS
Skippy Hollywood Theater
To ordinary men, "three-in-one" is oil, but to the folks behind the mikes j the phrase is synonymous with Les ■ Mitchel . . . host, producer and director j of Hollywood Theater. Recently, it 1 took the combination of interpreta j tions — the "oil" and "Les," that is — for Mitchel to accomplish a grease j lightning recording session in London. ! When he first received his assignment to fly to London and, in the j course of two weeks, record six half-hour shows for Hollywood The j ater, Les was not in the least disturbed. However, twenty-four hours after his arrival in the land of the broad "a", he wouldn't have bet a ; dummy mike that the job could be done. In the first place, BBC facilities and equipment are a far cry from ours. In the second place, British actors are accustomed to rehearsing anywhere I from seventeen to thirty hours for a half-hour broadcast. Les' schedule called for four-hour rehearsal periods . . . which he was finally forced to extend to five hours in respect for the unbreakable 4; 00 to 5:00 P.M. tea ritual. Nevertheless, with the outstanding cooperation and acting abilities of the world famous Abbey Theater Players, Les not only fulfilled his contract, but came away with the title (to quote the London Graphic): "Les Mitchel, world's fastest radio producer."
Skippy Hollywood Theater, a comparative newcomer to the air, moved j up to the rarer atmosphere of a net | work show when it went CBS. The | nexj move will be to lift it from its I present status of a "platter" program, j And it is highly probable that by ; Spring listeners will hear the show ! "live." This popular program is an "oasis" in the lives of unknowns. Ex j cept for the star — generally a screen ■ favorite— this is one program that I gives the struggling actor a break. In \ its short life, Skippy Hollywood Tliea j ter has been responsible for the rec , ognition of many a young hopeful . . . ; Gale Storm, Peg Knudsen and Vanes j sa Brown, to mention a few. Adding the a la mode to the pie is the fact that j all scripts are by unknown writers . . . j a feature which has proved in no way detrimental to the program.
H. T. stars Jeff Chandler and Ann Dvorak get pointers on the fine art of s»»lf.dHFpnse from director Les Mitchel.