Radio who's who (1947)

RADIO WHO'S WHO 37 School and Peterhouse, Cambridge. First connections with radio in Savoy Hill days (1930). Besides broadcasting has appeared in many television plays last year including " The Dark Lady of the Sonnets," " The Importance of Being Earnest," "The Magistrate" and " Magic." Was also in some of the earliest television plays before the war. During the war was in many radio plays and feature programmes. Appeared in many stage productions including " A Month in the Country," "Macbeth," " Arms and the Man," " Heaven and Charing Cross," and "Toad of Toad Hall," etc. BLAKELOCK, DENYS. Radio-actor, b. London, 22nd June, 1901. Connected with radio since the days of Savoy Hill. Address: 317, Endsleigh Court, W.C..1. Phone: Euston 1876. Played the name part in " The Magistrate," leading part in " Chinese Magic," and appeared in " The Tales of Mystery and Imagination " and in other recent programmes. BLATT, EDGAR CHARLES. Producer, writer and director. b. Early, Nr. Reading, 4th September, 1907. Formerly head of B.B.C.'s London Transcription Service. Address: 1, Mandeville Place, London, W.l. Phone: Welbeck 9613. Spent early part of his life travelling, which he says appears from his point of view as a waste of money on his parents' part as he cannot remember anything very coherent about any of the places he visited. Educated Harrow. From 1927 to 1937 worked in advertising agencies as an executive, campaign visualiser, and senior copy writer, but at the same period was active in the theatre doing the book and lyrics for Chariot's "Stop and Go" (1933); part book and lyrics of Chariot's touring revue "A Magnum of Chariot" (1936); book and lyrics for three summer revues (1936); book and lyrics for revue "To and Fro" (1936); book and lyrics for Andre Chariot's Season of Three Revues (1937). In the autumn of 1936 joined International Broadcasting Co. as programme visualiser and senior scriptwriter and did several of the most popular broadcasts from Radios Normandy and Luxembourg. Appointed manager of the B.B.C.'s London Transscription Service in 1941, and from that date until September, 1945, wrote scripts for eight different broadcasting programmes. In September, 1945. left the B.B.C. to join Ted Kavanagh Associated as partner, where he continued to edit and produce " To Town on Two Pianos." Has edited, commentated, and written songs. Hobbies: Sailing, darts, and horse-racing. BLEWITT, TREVOR EATON. Talks Producer, b. Simla, India, 23rd December, 1900. Foreign Correspondent and broadcaster on world affairs. Address: 22, Isokon Flats, Lawn Road, N.W.3. Phone: Primrose 0821. After leaving Berkhamsted School and London University, travelled and lived in Europe, acted as correspondent of London newspapers in Geneva, Prague and Warsaw. Freelanced in London, 1930-41, as journalist, and translator with Phyllis Blewitt of about 20 books from the German, including Koestler's " Dialogue with Death " and Stefan Zweig's " Beware of Pity." Recent programmes were in the " World Affairs " series and " In Europe Today " series. BLISS, TRUDY. Talks, Plays and Short Stories, b. Belmont, Mass., U.S.A. Did " Kitchen Front " broadcasts. Address : 22, Harcourt House, 19, Cavendish Square, W.l. Phone: Langham 2663. A New Englander by birth, she grew up in the Middle West and California. First connected with radio on a Californian station in 1942. Recent programmes include " Memorial Concert," a play with music by Arthur Bliss, and two broadcasts a week on the North American Service, B.B.C. Married to Arthur Bliss,