Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1941)

7/u<A6 ■ Dignified, sweet-faced Katharine Raht is Mrs. Aldrich. ON THE AIR TONIGHT: The Aldrich Family, on NBC-Red at 8:30 P.M., E.S.T. and 9:00 P.M., P.S.T., sponsored by Jell-O. Henry Aldrich is such an energetic kid that the other members of his family don't get their full share of attention. That's why we're printing the picture above of Katharine Raht, who plays Henry's mother in this popular series. Katharine was a school teacher, and a good one, until 1931, when as a hobby she began acting in summer theater productions. By 1936 she'd grown so fond of acting that she quit her teaching job and came to New York to go on the stage. A blank year of pounding on producers' doors followed before she began to gain recognition, and was cast in "Our Town" and other plays. The role of Mrs. Aldrich was her first chance in radio, although now you hear her on other shows occasionally as well. If you saw the play or the movie of "What a Life," the play which originated the Aldrich Family, you'll remember that in it Henry's mother was a different sort of person from the wise, kindly woman she is now on the air. In it she was flighty and interested in nothing much but society. Clifford Goldsmith, the author of both the play and the radio series, says that's because in writing so many scripts he's come to understand his characters much better. Goldsmith frequently shivers when he thinks how near he came to missing out on the play which eventually brought him so much fame and success. When "What a Life" was trying out in Philadelphia before its Broadway run, Goldsmith lost his overcoat and didn't have enough money to buy a new one. The proprietor of the clothing store where he went offered to buy a half-interest in "What a Life" for a thousand dollars — and so discouraged and broke was the author that he nearly agreed to the sale. If he had, that clothing merchant would have been a rich man now. TUNE-IN BULLETINS March 27: Some entertaining plays are presented on the Listener's Playhouse, tonight at 10:30 on NBC-Red. April 3: Jan Savitt and his orchestra open tonight at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, broadcasting over CBS. April 10: Professor Quiz has changed his time to tonight at 10:15, E.S.T., over CBS. April 17: Don't miss listening to our cover girl, Yvette, on Xavier Cugat's program over NBC-Red at 7:30. April 24: Nomination for the man who can get the last drop of drama out of the day's news: Gabriel Heatter on MBS at 9:00. 11:15 8:45 9:00 9:00 9:15 9:15 9:30 9:30 9:45 10:00 10:00 10:15 10:15 10:15 10:30 10:30 10:45 3:00 11:00 3:30 11:15 11:15 11:30 11:30 11:45 11:45 12:00 12:00 12:15 12:15 12:15 12:30 12:30 12:45 12:45 12:45 9:15 1:00 12:30 8:30 3:00 2:00 2:15 2:30 2:45 5:45 7:55 3:15 10:00 3:45 3:45 8:00 9:30 8:00 8:15 9:45 4:15 7:00 4:45 8:30 7:30 5:00 8:30 9:00 8:30 9:00 5:55 6:00 6:00 6:00 6:30 6:35 7:00 7:30 7:30 7:45 Il/j 6 8:00 8:05 12:30 8:45 9:00 9:00 9:15 9:15 9:15 9:30 9:30 9:30 9:45 9:45 4:30 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:15 10:15 10:30 10:30 10:45 10:45 10:45 11:00 11:00 11:15 11:15 11:30 11:30 11:45 12:00 12:00 12:15 12:15 12:15 12:15 12:30 12:30 12:45 12:45 1:00 1:00 1:15 1:15 1:15 1:30 1:30 1:45 1:45 2:00 2:00 2:00 2:15 2:15 2:15 2:30 2:30 2:30 2:45 2:45 2:45 3:00 3:00 3:00 3:15 3:15 3:15 3:30 3:30 3:45 3:45 4:00 4:00 4:00 4:15 4:15 Eastern Standard Time 8:is| NBC-Red Gene and Glenn 9:00>NBC-Blue. 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NBC-Red 9:15 CBS 9:45 NBC-Red 10:00 CBS: By Kathleen Norris NBC-Red: This Small Town School of the Air Edward MacHugh 4:45 5:45 4:45 5:00 5:05 5:15 5:30 5:45 5:45 6:00 6:00 6:00 6:15 6:15 6:15 6:30 6:30 6:45 7:00 7:00 7:00 7:00 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:55 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:30 8:35 9:00 9:00 9:30 9:30 10:00 10:15 10:15 10:15 10:30 10:30 10:30 10:45 10:45 10:45 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:15 11:15 11:30 11:30 11:45 11:45 11:45 12:00 12:00 12:15 12:15 12:30 12:30 12:45 1:00 1:00 1:15 1:15 1:15 1:15 1:30 1:30 1:45 1:45 2:00 2:00 2:15 2:15 2:15 2:30 2:30 2:45 2:45 3:00 3:00 3:00 3:15 3:15 3:15 3:30 3:30 3:30 3:45 3:45 3:45 4:00 4:00 4:00 4:15 4:15 4:15 4:30 4:30 4:45 4:45 5:00 5:00 5:00 5:15 5:15 5:30 5:30 5:45 5:45 5:45 6:00 6:05 6:15 6:30 6:45 6:45 6:45 7:00 7:00 7:00 7:15 7:15 7:15 7:30 7:30 CBS: Myrt and Marge NBC-Blue: Vic and Sade NBC-Red: Bachelor's Children CBS: Stepmother NBC-Blue: Mary Marlin NBC-Red: Ellen Randolph CBS: Woman of Courage NBC-Blue: Pepper Young's Family NBC-Red The Guiding Light CBS. Mary Lee Taylor NBC-Blue: The Munro's NBC-Red: The Man I Married CBS: Martha Webster NBC-Red: Against the Storm CBS: Big Sister NBC-Red: The Road of Life CBS: Aunt Jenny's Stories NBC-Blue: Thunder Over Paradise NBCRed: David Harum CBS: Kate Smith Speaks NBC-Red: Words and Music CBS: When a Girl Marries NBC-Red: The O'Neills CBS: Romance of Helen Trent NBC-Blue: Farm and Home Hour CBS: Our Gal Sunday CBS: Life Can be Beautiful MBS: We Are Always Young CBS: Woman in White MBS: Edith Adams' Future NBC-Blue: Ted Malone NBC-Red: Tony Wons CBS: Right to Happiness MBS: Government Girl CBS: Road of Life MBS: I'll Find My Way CBS: Young Dr. Malone NBCRed: Hymns of All Churches CBS: Girl Interne MBS: George Fisher NBC-Red: Arnold Grimm's Daughter CBS: Fletcher Wiley NBC-Red: Valiant Lady CBS: Home of the Brave NBC-Red: Light of the World CBS: Mary Margaret McBride NBC-Blue: Orphans of Divorce NBC-Red: Mary Marlin CBS: Frank Parker NBC-Blue: Honeymoon Hill NBC-Red: Ma Perkins CBS: A Friend in Deed NBC-Blue: John's Other Wife NBC-Red: Pepper Young's Family CBS: Adventures in Science NBC-Blue: Just Plain Bill NBC-Red: Vic and Sade CBS: Portia Faces Life NBC-Blue: Mother of Mine NBCRed: Backstage Wife CBS: We, The Abbotts NBC-Blue: Club Matinee NBC-Red: Stella Dallas CBS: Hilltop House NBC-Red: Lorenzo Jones CBS: Kate Hopkins NBC-Red: Young Widder Brown CBS: The Goldbergs NBC-Blue: Children's Hour NBC-Red: Girl Alone CBS: The O'Neills NBC-Red: Lone Journey NBC-Blue: Drama Behind Headlines NBC-Red: Jack Armstrong CBS: Scattergood Baines NBC-Blue: Tom Mix NBCRed: Life Can be Beautiful CBS: News CBS: Edwin C. Hill CBS: Bob Edge CBS: Paul Sullivan CBS: The World Today NBC-Blue: Lowell Thomas NBC-Red: Gasoline Alley CBS: Amos 'n' Andy NBC-Blue: Easy Aces NBC-Red: Fred Waring's Gang CBS: Lanny Ross NBC-Blue: Mr. Keen NBC-Red: European News CBS: Vox Pop NBC-Red: Xavier Cugat 7:45 NBC-Blue: Met. Opera Guild 8:00 CBS: Ask It Basket 8:00 MBS: Wythe Williams 8:00 NBC-Blue: Pot o' Gold 8:00 NBC-Red: Fannie Brice, Frank Morgan 8:30 CBS: City Desk 8:30 NBC-Blue: Fame and Fortune 8:30 NBC-Red: ALDRICH FAMILY 8:55 CBS: Elmer Davis 9:00 CBS: MAJOR BOWES 9:00 MBS: GABRIEL HEATTER 9:00 NBC-Red: KRAFT MUSIC HALL 9:30 NBC-Blue: John B. Kennedy 9:35 NBC-Blue: America's Town Meeting 10:00 CBS: Glenn Miller 10:00 NBC-Red: Rudy Vallee 10:30 NBC-Blue: Ahead of the Headlines 10:30 NBC-Red: Listener's Playhouse 10:45 CBS: News of the World 46 ■ Singing star on five different shows every week: Buddy Clark ON THE AIR TODAY: Treat-time, starring Buddy Clark, on CBS today, Monday and Wednesday at 11:00 A.M., E.S.T., sponsored by the makers of Treet. One of the busiest young fellows in Chicago must be Buddy Clark. Not only does he star on this program three times a week, but he sings with Wayne King's band on the Waltz King's Saturday-night show, also on CBS, and on Sunday's Show of the Week over Mutual. One result of his activity is that although he has a home, complete with wife and children, in New York, he has to live in Chicago, where all his broadcasts originate. Last year, when he was on the air with both Wayne King and Ben Bernie, he commuted by air between the two cities — but he can hardly do that five times a week. Doing so much singing on the air is fun for Buddy, because he sings all the time anyway, even when there's no microphone around. He isn't practicing — he saves all that for the rehearsal room. It's just singing for the fun of it, and often he warbles classical numbers instead of the popular songs you hear him doing on the air. Anything in Lawrence Tibbett's repertoire is usually in Buddy's, too, because he's a great admirer of the famous opera star. Buddy graduated from college as a law student, and he's always kept up his legal studies so that recently he was able to pass bar examinations. Just in case his voice ever goes back on him, he will be all set to put out his shingle as a lawyer. He's a collector of china, but he never felt any great interest in china until some time after he started collecting it. He happened to drop in on an auction a year or so ago, and while he was watching the proceedings he scratched his ear. As any old auction-goer knows, this is a signal. A few minutes later Buddy found himself the proud, if startled, owner of a set of Wedgwood cups and saucers. They began what is now a large and valuable collection. TUNE-IN BULLETINS March 28: Arch Oboler has scheduled Miriam Hopkins as his guest star tonight on Everyman's Theater, NBC-Red at 9:30. April 4: Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour gueststar on Kate Smith's show, CBS at 8:00, in "The Road to Zanzibar" . . . Lou Nova vs. Max Baer in Madison Square Garden — NBC-Blue at 10:00, Bill Stern and Sam Taub announcing. April II: Ray Milland, Brian Donlevy and Constance Moore star in "I Wanted Wings" on the Kate Smith program. April 18: Just as bright and amusing as ever is Information Please, on NBC-Red at 8:30. RADIO AND TELEVISION MIRROR