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JOHN REED KING, emcee of "Double or Nothing," takes us backstage at the Texaco "Theatre Show, with off-the-cuff notes on Alec Tempelton, James Melton, and other favorite radio stars.
THIS month . . . let's go backstage at the Texaco Star Theatre show, with James Melton, Al Goodman, guest stars and company. The amas' ing figure in this program is Melton himself with his wide round of travels, his hobbies, and his great personal charm. A member of the Metropolitan Opera Company and a concert star in his own right, Jimmy is always catching a train to make an appear' ance anywhere in these good old United States and Canada. At last Sunday's rehearsal he told me that he was leaving Thursday morning to drive to Philadelphia . . . but that's a story all its own . . . for . . .
As you may have seen in recent advertisements Jimmy has a collection of old time autos . . . Stanley Steamers, Whites, and so forth. He actually has 81, according to his confidential files and he "gets out and gets under" to fix some of them up himself. The trip to Philadelphia was to be accomplished with Jimmy at the wheel of a Stanley Steamer, vintage 1903 or thereabouts. Jimmy had overhauled the motor, found a broken cylinder, replaced it himself, and was all ready to shove off. At last reports, he was somewhere South of Newark, New Jersey, speeding down the highway at 23 miles per hour. Jimmy has had all
kinds of offers for his old cars, but he holds on to them with a great personal pride. To me stamp-collecting would be lots easier and more facile to house. But old automobiles are his hobby . . . exemplified best by a miniature Gay Nineties racing car in silver and diamonds that he wears in his coat lapel all the time.
The Star Theatre show starts rehearsal Sunday mornings at eleven with a full cast on stage. After the morning rehearsal Jimmy Melton holds a breakfast-luncheon around the corner at a local restaurant to let all hands have a chance to discuss the rehearsal and script.
Alec Templeton, a regular member of the Company, is now overseas on a Camp Show tour. Even to the members of the orchestra. Alec is a genius apart for he never ceases to cause amazement with his piano im provisations and unusual ideas. Alec dreams up all the Three-Ton Operas himself, and his unusual ear for music and his sense of humor make each one an adventure in entertainment. He is always planning new ways to weave in guest artists as well. As a result . . .
Rise Stevens, Hildegarde, Jane Froman, Ginny Simms, Jarmila Novotna, and the host of other visiting celebrities have found themselves from time to time in some pretty uproarious