Variety (Sep 1933)

>t\ii^fiJay, Sejptember 5, 1933 A D I O VARIETY 61 Itadio Rimaround Legal Cruelty Sept. 4.—Mr. and Mrs. Air Line News By Nellie Revell '^TC.oi'nmew P. Glumpfas, known F^fousaTas of radio fans a« 'Mary Bart? the Sunshine Girl and Sit' were divorced here today Zift^T 40 years of married life, all S which were spent ap partners on 2« stage,and before the mike. Mrs Glumpfas was awarded cus- tody of their scrap-books, aged 40 tiid 41. Tip fO'" Scriptlsts The Sabbath spirit is neatly -flmblned with practical sales ap- ImI in the following signature song for a Sunday broadcast with a iatent medicine sponsor: rrdrkl the herald angels sing, Whoozus Pills are just the thing; Peace on earth and mercy mild. Two lor man and one lor child. Crime Wave Bulletin Thieves broke into the office of a Tfldlo booking agent yesterday, but he wafl out, so they didn't lose iihythlng. r — ■ ■ Man Hunt Begins Moscow, Sept. 4 (By dogsled to VArWTt). Aided by the OGPU and accompanied by a pack of blood- hounds at full bay, Searsky & Boebuckovltch, local representa- tives of an Amerlca.r broadcasting chain, today began a nation wide i aearch for a Russian violinist who does nbt claim to have played for the czar. If such can be found he ■will be presented to the American radio public as a novelty. Decision to undertake this special pearch was reached when certified public accountants reported that If every radio fiddler who claims to " have been court vlollnigt to the czar r had each played a single two-minute selection for that monarch, the last of the Romanoffs (excepting Mike) would have spent 119 years, 10 months and 24 days doing nothing but listening to "Dark Eyes.' George Cohan rehearsed hours every day for weeks for those 13 min- utes that he was on that first program. And it took three men five days to transcribe the 172 pages of musical score for Cohan. More than 400 telegrams arrived at the studio following the broadcast. Nine Years Ago Nine years ago at the old Rendezvous Club on 46th street a dancer named Gllda Gray was beginning to be noticed. Curt Peters' band, which accompanied her, included two sax players—Hubert Prior Vallee and Johnny Martin. Today Hubert Prior Vallee is Rudy Vallee, John Martin is a radio executive and the band-leader, Curt Peters is today's Peter Arno, a little white one with a black doojlgger adorns Ramona... .Phil Spl- talny, Brno Rapee and Frank Black v/ear bowlers..Zora Layman 8 cute little checkered chapeau Floyd Gibbons' zippy light soft gray.... Don Novla never wore one Borah Mlnnevltch's beret with a corru- gated green bill on it Rudy Vallec's new gray Jane Froman's deep blue George Cohan's Broadway gray Irvln Cobb's cross between T.R.'s rough-rider and a Kentucky Colonel. Page Boy Connects Vincent Ragusa, NBC page boy, has captured for himself and two friends a spot on three programs a week. Vincent played the hot guitar during the last page boy show. They call themselves the Trio Versatile (each play four instiTuments) and feature Hawaiian music. Jack Arthur's Problem Jack.Arthur is in a quandary. He decided to take the film offer of MrG-M, but must shelve about 10 to 15 pounds. He has been putting on weight on advice of his voice professor, in order to achieve greater vocal depth. Jack will have to decide what kind of notes he prefers—musical or eagle. Thomas' Tough Breaks William J. Thomas, NBC press department, left by auto to go south with a cousin, skidded near Washington. Car. was wrecked and both occupants were taken to a hospital. While Thomas was convalescing he received a telegram that his mother was being operated on and left for Florida. His cousin is still in hospital with a fractured spine. Short Shots Sponsors are becoming fiddler conscious and are asking the price for Jascha Heifotz, Mischa Elman and Efrem ZImbalist, with two of the boys definitely interested—and at what prices.... Sam Herman resumes his solo sustaining Sept. 9....John, sheik of the banjo-playing Mitchell Brothers, sings with Carson Robison on the latter's CBS Bar X Days, and is now an actor on Tony Wons' morning programs doing wild west characters. Just a cowhand from Tennessee 'Johnny* Johnstone, manager of NBC press relations, has purchased a home in Great Neck ....Julius Tannen is the first comic to dare the public to send in gags... Vee Lawnhurst, Muriel Pollack and Harriet Lee now being featured with the Men About Town, or I should.say the Happy Wonder Bakers... Natalie Stark, radio columnist for the Buffalo -News.' vacaUoning In New Tork....Adia Kouznetzoff, Russian basso profundo, under the Her- man Bernie managerial wing for a period of two years....AbnerJLum and Abner) expects a blessed event any day.., .Vallee, who built Happy Valley, a spacious lodge in Maine, hasn't spent a day there all-summer. Scrambled Notes Aaronson's Commanders now the sole aggregation heard over WOR from a resort spot... .Typical night club opening will be given the res- taurant in the CBS building this Thursday (7)... .Either Enrlc Madri- guera or Irving Aaronson will land that Hotel Roosevelt spot .. . .Paul White, CBS publicity director, spent the week-end ir. Chicago fonferrmj on the publicity for the Swift programs (Olsen 6nd Johnson) to start in October ...If the I. J. Fox program-on WOR last Sunday pleased the sponsor it will mean a long run for 'Oily' Wakefield, the ^omed^J"; '- Will Donaldson, arranger, is the father of a son.... ill McCafErey of NBC on vacation....The 'John Henry' series soon will exit ?J The more remunerative commercials... .Edith Handman and Fre^^ Farber, who start a harmony turn on WOR this week, have been teamed uJ for five years ...WOR is holding 'Main Street' auditions for a com- ZrZl ^clfent" . Frank Darling, ^ormer^manager of Playla^^^^^^ over the concession of the Radio City Tower, and is ^l^l^f^^J^^^];^ the idea to charge admission to radio ^^^>«"55«'-^.^^il^^^ ^^^^^ back in town dickering with radio SP^"^^'^^-'' •^y'^Vt^rfstwf OrSs^^^ Columbia by the end of this month... .Tommy Christians Orchestra becomes the house band at WOR. Radio s * * ★ ★ ★ Musical Director The March of Slime ^Gossip dispensers should be re- minded that they gain their follow- ings through fear, not admiration. Home Town BOy Makes Good Dogsbody,, Iowa, Sept. 4.—J. Hi- ram Perkins 3rd, who is taking a correspondence course in radio sports announcing, today succeeded In describing two sunsets and a wa- ter polo match during the annual baseball game between Dogsbody and Silo Center. A big time radio scout immediately signed him up to broadcast eastern football games this fall. Epigram Department (Tfte epigram is a mechanical ap- pliance Ity whch the dull may achieve a iemhlance of vAt.' —Somerset Mau- gham in 'The Moon and Sixpence.') Some people believe what they )iope, others what they fear. This accounts for the parallel popularity of some air poets and the product they exploit. This would be a much more en- durable world if good singers would sing bad songs instead of the con- trary practice. Even the most skillful thief can- not rob an announcer of his convic- tion that without him the program would fiop. He who laughs last will not be in- vited to the studio for the next broadcast. I^* H. Lamb Quits San Francisco, Sept. 4. H. Lamb has resigned as to flio Chief of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and has left for the Northwest to go Into the shippinj business. For years he han- dled the Western Farm and Home hour, sustalner, on NBC's western network. Allan Dailey has been sent out from-Washington to succeed liim. AL GOODn gulf gasoline WITH IRVIN S. COBB W ABC W E D. - F R I. 9 P. M. GEORGE M. COHAN W J z SUNDAY 9 P. M. REVIEW Borden's 2d Coast Show San Francisco, Sept. 4. Borden has gone for a second program on NBC's to plug its None- Buch mincemeat, beginning Oct. 6 With a Friday night quarter hour. On 11 western stations. y —... Talent Includes Pair of Pianos (Grace Frankel and Gertrude Lyne) *nd Rhythm Rascals, harmony trio. Other Borden show is 'Magif' M<"'- "»ents,' a drama which starts "Wednesday night (6) on nine weflt- «rn stations. George White's "Flying High." "Melody." "Scandals of 29-31" Brown & Henderson's "Strike Me Pink" Schwab & Manders ;Coo^News." "Desert Song, New Moon," "Follow Through Max cordon's-Band wagon," "Hying colors" Ziedeid's "Hot Cha," "Chrysler Radio Shows," "Follies, ^26-27-28" 10 "Passing Shows" 1918-1927 7 "Artists and Models" 23-27 "Sinbad," "Bombo," "Big Boy"—with Jolson Jack Donahue's "Sons o' Guns," "The Dancing Girl," "Sky High," "Caroline" Century Opera House Shows: "Love Song," "Rose of Stam- boul.''"Last Waltz," 'Blossom Time," "Student Pnnce,;; "Lady in Ermine," "Florodora," "Princess Flavia, "Princess Charming"