Variety (Mar 1938)

VMETV fSPWINiG OUtLQOK Oi? BUSINESS' Wjth Joseph M. Schenick, Tom Gird- ler, Alvin Macauley, A; J. Byits, j. j. Pelley, Piul S. Willis; JohiV F; Anderson, Morris W. jlafi; Edwin . ; S.- Friendly, Hon. Daniel Roper - • ' S'li'stainiiigr '' ••; WR/iF-NBC, New York ''\ ■ ;paV.ap.hi'a'smg 'Show W S.c'veti Dwarfs,' Jldwln; S, -Frieridly .of : .tha American Kew.Sp^per. 'Publisft^ ...; A.'"- read, a little iihgle oVer the- air \ tliat :5umitiai'i2e: the question posed -—biit, not particularly. aniswevedrrrby v.:' tlus-hall.hour:'., . '• ' '■ ' -. v- ;.,' W iW.. sprihig 'biisincss . ri?e.: .., 11".' ■ ■ . ^It was a imarshailirig' of mouthr ■ V places /for. huge pieces .of. .big;'bu3ir' . li 3SS, V Show. .biz. was.,' represenit,ied : •r.'ipeak.ing;. from; H6lly\vbQd)' by. its .: . JpsepK" m;. SchenclCj whb sbunde.<j aii ;•. pptirnistiG hbte 'that; despite the- .-' cession ?irid unsatisfactory:, grosses, at th'ci nTprneiltv the film cbnip^ ; isoihg ahead with large .budgets and: . a deteritiitied effort, to .wharri ovftr;. ■ product that would commind proHis.- ' ScHenck. /declared • HoUyvviood. was ■doing.its uthiost - to filrther .prosper- .. ..ity ^WG knbW itiiiSt. cprtiei,! Said: that iiVdustry has; tiever had so' many ,ini-: : p^ttan^ and xo^tly .pictures in pruv d (ic tion than; how. ..D(?Clared . tem-." :vPi)rai'y. discouragemertfe^^^ Ci'sative - business of picture making aiid industry has every-cdiifldferice in^ future.':'..; ^J -'.; S^^ cited.folloWihg figures to :'^ri(>w.; industry is showing ; way. .oii't 6f . recession: 281,500 . persons eni:-; :*pl»:^.ed'.- in-theatre operatibri; ..5<0,OQO' • eniga?(ed- ig production;; 1937, *>ayroll f!>r, HoIlyw6o(f alone $Sl,000,000: iii- ; - diistry pays over $i00,Q09,000 annua.U ly in.taxes;^industry's irivestthertt in U. S. around Wo billion ;. Holly wood . ^/. fiUidio hivesfment $W In closing, . .Schienck said ;Uo the , diily of maintaining highest possible .. standard of ehtertainrneht, thus cp'it> ':,, tributing ;6,ut .^share to nationat prps- - -ptirity, th6 association of ihotibn ■^ic- . .ture. prQdQcers- pledges , itself and alt ."■"its .resouvces.'. ■; A' f-ew; oi thiivspeakers were simi- . .larly bptimlstic.: .Others .wei:e prone. • t.i> use. the .forufni. pro.vided .them to ihfei'ehtially'..kick. .the,;:New' &eal )n . the shiiis.- Morris. W. Haft for the : - suit /.?ind cloak industry ; 3^ of ever-'Siiarpehed skill in merchandis- . . iWg and--bf ah . industry, contrbllingj, iiV sorhe measure.'ifs own prosperity. All .:iri; alU., this_wjis;:a good idea " for .FfBG to have thought up and carried .put; As doeis often .happeti, . hi>weyer, ' .when ' big bi? speaks f or • itself: thiey dohH have much power to . chai-m; Thiis, the railroad rep gripeis- • .because the goverhUM^nt only allowed. : a 5% increase in costs, (to. the con-. .sijnfief )' arid referred to.their-, prbs:' pective .effort, to cut overhead through /wages (tp the consumet-, again). - Lack, .of force or. chaim in . • sonie of the voices- and 'philosdphics ■. ^*preissed does. not. come 'under th$ • head, of f)airticularly Smart *sbcial de7 ;fenise' technique. (See lead story, this . ' ■ .weelf's radib section;)../.^ , • ■ john/abams-^warner: , . ■■ PI»no/;'^'\-■' \v/l4 MIns;:-/ //''■/■■■■■■■•/■;■:;-/.^.. ~- /:'./WJZ-NBCiv.New' Yorlt .: -Johh : Adannis WaraeLi*, auperinr - : /ferdeht-:.'of ':. the ..New- ;York State. ■ JPblice. dertionstiated skill as a pianist . by , playihg Casar .vFrahck's Sym*' ' .phonic Viii'iations fbr Piano and Or- " chestra. with CJuyi Frsisier H^rrisprt's JEtbche.ster 'Civic Orchestra over the . . KBG blue from ,WHAM, Itochester.: . .Major Warnery who studied abroad for a concert career, and who played . thp organ folr a birief period in a // Biroadvvay theatre,.-was-spotted at the; beginning of the .hour-lOn^ broadca.it / ' TT^apparehtly to permit .an early get- . way. /During his:16-mihute appeair- ' arce, - the Slate: Police head showed - , authority of attack arid the. smi.ijoth- vness of technique assprciated with the professionisil piahist. ./His 'flngferr Zing, was excellent./ It: was hot War- ner's ; first .mike . date with : the>. Rochester of chestra nor; on the NBG network, Major Warher: had played . with the: upstate jnit,;is well as with: . ' the Radio ■ City Music ttall .orchestra: sevecal.:time.. ;./"".■ /': v.-;::.:.-' ': He's son-ihylaw-- of. Al Smith. / . :. ■ •■ ..:••■' '// •■ ■ ■■'••/ ■■' /'--/yacoi. • ■• >iR-HAR]|l^/LAijI»ER' ' : (Songs, :Orchestr» // .50- Minsr •■'■ /: ■ ' ■ Sustaihingp: i Wed., 4:15 p. im. ;W<)B^.-WJZ, New-Yort--'''■/;// ; .. ^With'iSTBC and Mutual pickih^Atp the program .from, the BjCitish'BrcJad- (lasting Co;;„Ai'nerican listeners iast :We.dnesday ,(16)..got their -fiirst heaiv - ing:: of -Sir. . Harr.y. Lauder . in nine' .years; • •W.li.i.le- ■■ rich- in .reminiscence i-pr tl)e older' elemerit,.'the meist^r- iingei;'s /.performance must / have made . a deep..-impress ./all the waiy :up ;ahd dowh:the age line, Sir Harry .himself' is 68.,hut, the years-haven't 'had :tljfe,. slightest ..•diminishing effect ! on, his^ rybice "0. . UpIque'artistry as a one'rmah -show;' ' -• .•• - '. i / He -w^as at the; rtiike durihg the ehr ,tire 30 minatos, ihterpolatihg -vi^i^ and 3 toi-y - between the ditties that had made,, hini;' ah 'in';e;natibfaal." figure.• Sir Harry opened with the inevitable- *I: .Love a Lassie! and kept it rolling foi. nine •'verses./ His repertoire in-, eluded ^'m .Tired- of Rbving,*/ 'Wel- corne.MacAliStcr^ Home.' "The -Flower of -the Heather' and 'To the End of the Road.'. .. As a gesture to St.-Pat- rickls/Day vhe 'also, did..'See;/Ireland. ■Again.' ■,■-•■■;;■•/ '■■:.■.■ :■■■••:/ / ■ .. In the/forepa'rt'Of the pro,gram Sir /Harry run,g' / - a Dlbg for. the,Glas- gow Interriational Exposition.- / ■/ ■ ■■•"/-■'■ V -y-'-'r:: Odec. •RACKET CHASERS* , With CfOr.doh E, Sm^ ■-lhle'rvle.w.-Brain» • •-- ■•./-■. ■ ■'.■ ■ •/|S--Mins>7-Ii*<;al.' : Tuesidayf ^ lb':45-.p.'inV ■: -; ■ WRBW. Buffalo - - This .'is; a forirt .of: 'Catjg: Bu>te without bullets./. Gordon E, Sutiilv,: general manager, of the ;B uff ak> ;:Be t-: ter Bi7. bureau, is q. and ard by VTc. Campbell,/ WKBW wi'tei--prpduccr, ■ On current isWiridles affecting iPcal- /ites./. (Fake stock, rniil. orders door- , to -door, s wecpsta jces; ..etc:/). / ;•, Typical case from the. bureau, flie?! is dramatized, saris .. blood and t|i a n - ■ /der ./.but . rendered engrossing . .by , .5<hrewd/ antics Of crooks^; and//>^ /C(HlrJ^e.^ s.iii'e.w,der antics of law. and: bfireau :in tracking: therb; dowh/ and profcctirig the.gullibie public.;.. What show-; lacks in action it make,* .up iri it-nViic;ht-happeri-to-.i|s - plau-.iir-;' bility and .in comic/ situalibn.s. some 'it the: suekei:s being; depicled as n<MU?il ,mj(^giets.: ' v.: - v-./ / ; :::. . :' Smith, arid Gajftpbell voices regisr ter well arid infbi-riially: /Weak/in- tfirprietatibh ih spots' by ama.teuc-.kis /t<»r»; but. on • the- Whole the-dnirivj :is..»{imple eriough for theiri/to.hrtndie. .Miisic: sequerices. transcribed, Jiff (f.;,' ■RaSE MABIE '■■' SOIIRH •'■"/'■- ■'/;•/'■ I Sustaining: ,1-13'Mihs^.;' •/, Itfoh.-Wed., p.it*-;. //- . .WJZ,.:New-Yprk : ■Rose Marie;: •.formerly /Baby Rose Ma rie;. how;/Jgr.o.iy.h:tip,'^^ V^^^ air Monday night (14X in a rie\v' svisr tairting/ series..: It's .oh at ai: goc^ hbijr,. ,7:30 p/m;, and in addition to Monday/, nights, the prograrh . Will ai.so be broadcast at' the. same hoiir .Wednesdays;.V. -' -'' .::•-. :.. .Rose: Marie's /voice:' listened . irasp- ingly when hitting /the higher notes on the iiebut . performance caught. This/nilght be nerves and/probably corrected.,': Dictibri; - ambhg , Other ■ things, -in : her. fiiyor;- / Something of .iweetness. .arid ..youth also tinctures her; singi^ngy-::-.-: ■ ■'■/ ■■ ' - Each broadcast will, include what Mi.«5s Marie terms- ;/.memory tune. Opener :- v/as /■Jealousl' -pop Of about 14 yeai-s back . Which she iniprbvisei5 a: bit: . That hUmber never .'heeded any tinkering /with. A theme: tun? figures .as . the •curtain cbmes iib' jind .asi it/goes-down;, . '':■';./■, /./■/.'C^i:. ■'- FRANK 'LUTHEli''^--'.- iSoDfs ■:'/ ■■- ::/•/ .13 .minW.' -'^ ^^.-/^:■• .Sustaining:/; ;/^'.■;•/,/■•/■■.■■ V' WEAF, New York /. .'. Frank' Luthcr's early.. :morriini» ■.show fairly iceks With sac'charinity but - is marked by a professionalism .that / sti.fficicntly . entertaihing. to :iock - simple, sentimerit'al • femirifriity into ambrosial irh^giriatioh, - Luther; ;!vii!it.s: a -lyiie .tenor/voice, " ' seriti-^ m'eiitai . ..song,. with /obvious philo- /spphical wheezes, taking a persorial merto-yoii tone.in: doing that. Arid: so he makes his-, performiarice ihti- mate.;;// ■./ -/-:-••:■;• ■•>■■: ,-::.' . Here's a line oh Luther'.s type of --.<iongs: /'This Is iViy Nigh.t.to Dream,- :'Wonderful You,'^ iarid-Tm Forever 'Blo.wing. B.ubblp.s.*' : - ^ It's when ;he : tries something like 'I've Got:i Plenty of Nothing;' from Gei::shwih's . 'Porgr. and Bess, thait LutlVer. -lii isses;, - Song . seemed too trit;lvy.; for --him^/: V ' /^ ./ ;:Shgn, ■ .V - Nil . 11 ' \ : , .■ .5.000-WATT.-.CEiLEBRATIOV^^ • With Walter ijChick/OrcbeStra, BUIy- Baer Orchestra, Geer Parkihson, Ray'; Roes^, . Ruth- BaVlsV Snook /.:)Sealy-th-e-Ofr Be;!its';v ■Variety -. ■•■■■; ':/'/: .■■■.■;•■•■/,.v ■ .90 Minsi; Local "'-" ^ V- 'S'ustainingr/.•'■■ ' •;;.;,;;.: •:/..-./■/'./ .; .-^^J/ ./ i^onday, IVf^rch 14, i m. . • / ^ WBNS,.€olumbiis v ■ .:^ . .; • ■V-;,-;.:.:; Hour/ and a. ' half /celebration .maiA-kGd./WBNS' /boost -to- :5.006 waitU day ii^tift-1.000 watts night; Follow- ing rcgula.ir s.igh.roff at 1 ja'.m.^ .station came, batk ori air with experirfiental 5;000..Walts fbr the variety,show. ... . Walter - Knicks* staff- brchestra; /formed .the;/ba(:kboi:ie oi the jirogiram,' \vi'lh .Billy'B.a.er'/-. crew, .coming- ovCr. from the :.Deshler' Wallick hotel to/ , cohtnbute: a halfrhour session. Knick prchesti-a.op.eiied :w.i.th-15 minutes.'Of-: .swin.g,.: fo'llo.\ved/- by. qiiarlcrrhbiir/ of' :oI'gari mclodje.s, by. (Jeer Parkinson/ vvith .vocalii .by ^R'ay:/Rb.ese. .'.; ;■ :B road c'a.s t s la eked •. u p • a,s excel lent show*wi.ndoW/st(.iff 'for .stati:pn',: esoe'-. waihy- -^wth^li.st-CTitjrs-^ it for -first time.-.' duc!-' to 'ppWei'/ increase.: Bally hob .:vv:as held- to: minijrnum, and there- were.- -specciies^ greetings,; etG...to. nhM.r..pi:o:s[rarn;.all-'that.having;^ b.een tak.CjV/o'are of- eai'lier ^ii'i (la.V..; ■■; " /::., ../.• ■■ /. -:./. -■ -■/-- /■"■/■■•.;-Gt'iS;.' : EDWARP:.StARTZ / ^ Butch Ahhoiincer: . iSi^Mlhs....-/,-- ■ .•/'..■•■/^■- ^:---:\- -- -'Susta:inin'g:.. ./ ' WABC C^S, JTeiv York : /■"'•. Edward S.tartz, tabbed tlie ,'seven language,/ ariiiouncci'' / bf PCJ and PGI, Holland ih' a recent'/intervieW With Bob. Trout bveii CiBSj . showed that AfneriCa -doei^ not have :a/rho- nppoly -of tppnight, miliembri. As a matter-•■ ;of fact,-" Starts /outshone Trouti .i'ated one OX: Columbia's aces/ The Hpllarider/seemed to be-more at ease, to be' ., ' :better ,ad ribb.er,/;.tb possess a breeiier,. erigagirig pbrsbtir ality.arid- tb fiave. more '6ri the; I'adio ball generally, although .the, script,, riiaking . TrOut; play: up to;.; Startz, ^tobably contributed: to .this..impresr siOn/■ ^':-; /:/:■;;•'■ ^ V ■■■/-V'/ ;. Clear at; any. rate. why/Star.ti'^Qver a; period of 11 years; has: becoriie big. in Hollaridi V Only ai> dccasiorial mis- ,placed-'v.'-;,-;■ •- ■;/ .•:/■ - -;■- ■/ ••■■■^^■'jacb;- -' ■ GREAT C.A'FHEDRAL; CHOIR Lenten' -Speciaji:- '.; l^i'JMiinSi' --. > /.'./;. '• • ;'■-;'// ■/'/'- •: Sustiihinff''-•■~'-/:-^ .■ ;■/ Fridays,-■a:45-"p..ih;'- KFAB,-,:CBS./'LincoIn;-- . iSer.wirtg; the Leriteri■ religious music tastes of CBS - listeners is Lincoln's Great ■ C^thedrai/ Choir. • /Series':^ of six .broadcasts -started^ Friday (ii). Origination is.,. via: KFAB, ■ With an^i: nbuncing done, by Bob/MPbri,.-'KFAB staffer.^- / ■'■ y'-'i -.'. CBS made a good choice, -in the choir, since it's; nationally knowii, having been On previous- net broad'!- casts-: and .on;, concert /totir / seveirial tiriies; . Quality of/its.!work is/6n i)ar With the beis't in the country* Dired'- tioh ;is by. John; M; Rosborbugh, who :dra%s mbst' of his. voiceis itom Urii-? versity of Nebraska's/student body; '; Quarter hour starts arid . finishes with the theme, 'PlaihsOng,v.and the .meat bf . the/show heard- Was .in foiir humbers-r-IMisericardias dornniirii,"0 Bow; Thy^^ Head,' 'Srilvation is •Created.': and :'NPw. .to the- Sunset-' The 'SaiVatiori'/ number li fancy, with: thie. Whole: program a- Standout for/its-type.'■../'-; ■ ■;^-:/;: . Station; town and rhetwbrk all may befSeli-satisfied with/this one.; •NEW VOICES ON PARADE' With Howard Girede. . Ray NeisoB, .Claire DeerAeid, Rita Palnia. San^ : .dra : Sloaiie, . EndeM Wi|iiani!i, Frianceif: .Talb.ot;. is^^Mihs.:-: ■/:■:';■:->:-•/' Sustaiiiijir..,/ -.■,:./-/, ///.■-■• v'^:■^■';. Thursday;-is .p..-th<:' -- WEVD, New York / / ...'[This:stanza, which has-been pn for around six .mbhths, is aimed ,to un- cover talent; Attemptrhas been-iriade to .give/the: show .some 'production, sb it's billed as coming f rom Minnie Me- fbbsky's muSiC counter at .the Halhe- yille departriierit store;' Idea /is that, the- various custonier!?: do. their stUlT to keep the bther customers present .arid spending. / In- ,soriie case.^ ' the warblijig/..might.viiave::-the .^'opposite effect. : ■■.■■--v . ;./ --■ ■■■/- •■.--: . -.Wiiple thihg/is a itrange .'setup that, never even approaches clarificatioh. If; any . taierit is ,unearlhed : bn -the show it :woi:dd be' :a: rhiraclc, for the :pteseritalipn :i.< so •miuddle.d - a hamst'riing-with prop sounds/by Way of productiori that, it's; difficult tb tell Who's . Singing. ;what. how /arid (par- ticdlarly) why- What with, phoney names for. several characters in .the prbceeding.<; and: Mibnje MefooSky's Uniritelligible: Heeb in trod uctiohs,/ i t-s all: a mysjtery. • For - the recbrd.s, on Vthe.^' shbw caught (10), one gal-had/a fairish deep:- voice ;;Which .she; .Wrapped ar.ouhd- ;*pb'vvn .With Love,* ;a pianist did: right by - the ivories ; a/ brief number. : arid- the- rest drew blanks: Soijnds l'ike Howard Grbd.e, who. rims the- works, / ought , to vhiarigie -his program; before; atterii-pting tb Bboric talent. ■■'v..''/'^ / , .Hobe. .lERRT L!VlXGSTON OXlCH / With Ruth Brent '■■■|s■■]Vliils^-^':-V/■:::-;../ Wednesday.*!, SU.'J—rSustaiiilnj: WOR, Mutual, Ne,w York ://Pi(jkcd -up.:fbur times. w<;e.kl.'v bn; ',.\ydR'-K,''paru.rlf/ 0f■ hoof -spots,/ Li.'V:- it'igitflri-c;i'f''w- does-.np.t-^ir.iprcss/as'be-, in'g' b'tHcr: tKfttv-a--r.wn-pf-tKe.i'mil). ag- '/rcga Uo\u k CJoiild. «^<e: sorfle sty)izing.■ Could al-^o .d.< - without mac^tro's lailcy^.vint'rb.?. - Hi.-^^speaking voice.■ cau.'tht on' title announccmerils. is niffa.^jjnt-, hb\vc,.ver; Avoid.'; any/corny, batlf.r indnlijf^rl in/ by j.sO many /or. Ivis nnr.'iical bi'Clhrcn.' • -. /'- Hurl.- TbM KIEFER'.S ORCilE.STRA Staff Group ;{0 Mins.; Local : /.; / ■ / -/^ :/ ' - :: -;-: Sustaining: /''' WOKp, Albany ;,';;-.-^^/. . Makinff- orchestras engaged hy sta- tions; under the ax,'r6cment; With/the AFM;. • a. !50ui ce.\ of/ royenu'e; / was a- /subject ;on. the; aiicnda of' a; recbnt di.stVict- riicetirig in./Albany';of. NAB. sale,"? manager. /. However."thei'c. is little: :indr'G'atioii. that W(>KO;:in Osjnft' its.' .new .barid;^'^!Tt}(2r as ^ giverxVthe matter/ ..seriou.<; - conrsideratibri; ..- The iihit. •' ■. .spotted. ■on- ;h!).i.'fThpuJ' periods; foUr .^-rnbi-nin.^.s.' /weeld trace : pif', real prbgi;arn>. buiidin'g.. .it.' plays danee rpusi.c'in - somewhat-rou- t lire' fash I o'ri ]'._ Th e. ..so i'e' V.bqnij .s t-hoii'vd; ■ and. he. not, 'top.. re.^i.i 1 ai l:y,' . i,^; Lb0 is ■Gfl.ppe:-i,anb,.:-i bahd.-i-riPKi-n,-: . / ';;/./ -:;-Blpci:shbuld/.be;■ 'di-esso-d ' ufi via/ th?;-- / .addition Of, siiiigei-S. ■.- /clthci-- trdiried,. 'riatural,-.:br both;/ With the mariy.-WoUldThc's/itching-^ foi/.a;c :tb. broadfv'i.^'f .hereinbou.tii. t.hi.s; shoiild riot .be.;difficult/ to arr;a:nge;/ ');ue.st' bsi.'vjs.; ■ The .barid/heeds to 'de- .vclOp a.ri indiiwidufii style and;lo-:play with more verve arid fi-rcdom^prob-.' ably that will cnrrie .in the passing:©/ time; : .;Ihtoi:p.o|atioh /-of ./ 'straight*. rpLi.si'G/. - arid/', belter oi:clne.strationS. wb u id -he) p. SO would th e i.n trod uc> tipn' /of- .sblb:.'?:; or ■.sbl.b; l-«.yd.-<.':-; -Kiefer.. Who has-Jed/tliealro.; pit 'cie.Ws, could step, pin :hiinr»-j5elf^.'w^th;'t'hc:.i'.i.bHn.' "■ ;: --^-'i-..-!/'--^-/-- -;-'■'■'•/■' Jaco-y- HOWARD DIET/ With Sidney fCaiifman ^.. 15-'-Minsi-r^Lbeai-;: Suslalningr"-,; ..;■,rV '.; -Monday, 8;45-'p. m;/ .'■:.:•-■ ■■-■ WQXR, New York City-' , Now- that he's played a brcak-iiv, date 'Howard Dietz can. dicker/with Rudyvv.aliee for"a'"date:bn'ihe^cftir equiyaierit'of -the:F'^ilace.. -Exchange :Df repartee between the M^G,-M exO'c S*"*^'",'"? and/ his . WQXR ; quizzcr was suIliV " cieritly, iri the insulting Style, of: imr : pertirient- Algohquiriisms to rate as a good .sophisticated' novelty .for" net- work hearing on a good soph isticated prbgrairii" (.Which; Vb^liee has—when 'in-New'York);'/.^ :.;---;';;-/• y:];-':: :/ Dietz Couldn't get a jbij; as an ari- nourieec on the..Lady Esther serenade.- :He haShH:got/ano,ther sex appeal'; in his. voice/ .' But the Voice is clear and; the speaker/ literate so - men/ arid wonteri. above the sloW-spellirig level.'- will-enjoy hi'ni: when he is; alternately- .serious /■ arid; spboliog, about.: prop-- agahda.: He.;thireaded.Metro'Iritb. his fejoiners . const^htly; with:. Kaufman: protesting that the .progi^am/waS sus^ tairiirig.,: In jahvaltercatibri' ovci- 'art.', whiph Dietz didn!t.want/kaufrrian to use, ahdv'M-G-M', which was vice Versa, Dletz said, 'Let's cbrirtprbriiise; .and .say they're synOrtyriibus.' -. ~; . kidding attitude of Dietz wa.s fe- - fleeted by -Kauf nian who, lor 'an iridie- station,/showed more' than .the usual in poiSe. and ability to wbrk into the persiflage,;;. Next Week, Hobolceri Palace. (^HRI^t IN/ CONCRETE^ With Saiitbs Ortega^ Jerry. Breunan, - Victor Albini, Robert Lawrencie, Carl Emory, Philip White, Robert : Ci'ozieif, '■■ Nina SimmOhS, : Vlviait ^ ; AMlhoiiy^. Kitty. - Clarke, . Mariuret' :-Fiiihcr, Geoffrey / Warhick, , :ja.c,ic . Ray hiond^/Harold: L ~ , L Itil- -^--jery—.;- /.: ..--;-:-/:■-: ". .W Min.s. Then the / . Land; CARLO; MOREtLl ;/ : / : Wlth / .Anlonio.:-Alaierechi^ oreheittra ■':'»nd; ehbr-ns' "' '^iiic;;iSiijfiQ;r' . v-; - 3d. Minis.; /Local ■ LA RPSA MACARONI Wednesd^y,'-8'p.-tti.:'-^ \-'- WOR, New York y \C<>m ..: ShoW built arourid a Metropolitan opera voice using classical and op- eratic background patently designed to ; attract Itailisin ears, but. good enough to glean wjdet audierice. In Carlo Morclli's .selection / of. .sbn{?s, spotting .Of appearances and orches- tral-Choral . efforts,. program evi-: denced intelligent building. ./Met baritone, openedi; up with ciasUai springtime sohAet- a wise in- troduction.; 'Songs of Jsiandets, i./of Sicilian : Origin; bjrpuighl;: chorus in hiidwaiy., Morclli returned for Fi- garo, from 'Barber of Seviile.' an- nounced that he'd performed: it for La Scala at \Milari : under Arturo Toscanini. For/an ehcbfe, 'Ala: Mia,: projected a more plaintive number after, robust bperatic tune; •Ahyil Choriis' from 'II Trbvatbre' supplied chorus' best effort;. Finale was an oii-chestra: treatment, of 'An Illusion Flower.' Antonio:. Almeie- chi's orchestra -and cho'rus gave pro- grani valuable aid. '■■.■. .r Sales linossagfi: was pertinent and surp.risifigly :cpiixcis&^^^^^^^^^ vthis Was due to; skillful annbuncer. Semi-dramatized cbmnijercial at an- nbthe.r point was weak ih cbntrast. '; .--'./ ■■■;/: ;...;;- -/. ■/ < Wear: BUREAU OF. NEW FLAY AWARDS With John : Aiaderien. Theresa /if el- burn, J. Robert Rubin, Charle.i Waldron, Frank Lawtoin,. Harold Vehmilyea, Marg:alo • Gilmore, Dudley >Dlg;;^es 13 'Mins/., -;-',. •■;- ;■ Sustaining: ■-/.;■■-: Tuesday. (»:4.'{ EST WOR-Mutual, Nev York . P.reseritatibn/ of awardw, whether for good bai'beririg or: Nobfjl Prize work;.- make;.sb-.so listening at ,best'. In the hewsreels a;;d in radib. the' stuff ■;• . put • before the • publ ic lor goodwill purposes. That about suni.s up. what happened On WOR (J.5) when the' Bureau bf >'ew/ Plays Sunday, 8 -p.mv - ■ WpR-Mutual, New York . Tills - WPA-prbducod drariia Wiu " ' taken fi*om;Pietro di DQiVato\s tragic/ : .story. / > a recerit' issue of - Esquire/ ' hia.ijaziri'e. Adaptation .was by LaW-- .,■ rence Bearsbh,-. directed; by - AslVloy ' , Biick, with. Jane Kim in charge of.: .prbductiori..; It was one of a regit I ar / series by the: radio unit: of tlic F.edr: era! - Theatre, Idea fis- to coritinti<»: .-- , usln .g: cur i ?erit m agazine istbribs. , ■- ■./ 'Christ i'n^ Concrete' ;Wps ' Slbry ' of an iinscrupUlbus building -cou^ fractor; /his eonsCientious: Italian / fbroman and thje: horde; of amiable /: Italian' wbrlcmcrit' on: .a ■ large.-scale cQristructibn . job. ./ There- - was the main, theme of the villairiouV coii- ~ tr;ac.tOr /Ordering; the.. Workmen; ;to sklnip on> the aniourit / of :cemerifc. ■ • vtsed; Some of the men,^particiilarly ; .the' foi;eriiah, who coritinlially pro- / tested./aj^ainst ^the -risk" involved, :^ ic.ared- tlie .Waills; might collapse.; . ..; Minor theme ;deals with the fbrer -./^ ■man/and his family, his.wife's and cliildrcrils excitement when he taine home at night, their happiness at- ;■ tire prospect of. owning- their / own •house. . As -was - evidorit /from ;the .fir.slj the/walls of the .buildiiigyflri.dlly/ did collapse; bUrying the foireinan. . Fadcout was a/pairifully.;drawri oiit ' alVair, • with the foirenniari, rrhoariing' / /hyster.lcalfy -in "pain/ arid'^'tei'i-br" iitid' • ah offstage voice .(whether his mind//, or... whether there was /Some;: otUer Supcrriaturiil iexpiahation was, never '. : clear) as .a sort of. Greek /chbrus; - • While/ the yarn ' wi>'5 -.draniati<»/ ; enbbgh, it lacked elarity. Pace .Was ' sw-il't 'iind the Way- chairactcrs /ind •' color - Were'/ established -vWdii ad- ■' ' iriirablc. ..But;whether/bccause/ot i /■ :ht\r.c'rit . weakness-;;ia .the briginat- sloiy. . trouble in the .adaptdtibi) or- -": p'ossibly the ..weltier of" bi^okeri . Erig-,' ; ;ii.sh dialog, .the drama became in- " •creasingly; .:cohfiLisih|f, : ; : Merits Were buried- by this lack oi . clarity. . /;-:/■ ..-'--.-' Hdbe. .TdHN , H, FINLEY ./---'-■/ .-.-;' :NewNpnper Talk 10 M|ii.s. ; .../.-■ - 'y--/r '/■■/ ■:./-■•■:;•■.. Sustaining:'/ WABC. CBS, N.;y. v; . Dr. John H. Firiley,: editor of the . :N; -Y;. Times, discussed, eruditely, th ' ' newspaper:as-an/aid to education; iti '- ; , [rminUte address on-'The Ambr- ' icari School of the Air,' Col.U.nnbia'j / excellent afternoon sustainer.- Dr. Firilcy's love, for.' and, kriowled.?e. bl ' ancient histOry-^this time' Biblical— : / '.served as; the; teeing-bff.. point for , j his- thesis - that' newspapers ^bring/: /history.up to date; that history JS not merely a record-.'Pf-the^past; bu I some- . / thing Which is also being written .iii' the present.; ; / .• .i; y /;■';.■' . One objection to/the talk, might be / that it was too profound, to hold tlie :• .u.riswervihg. attention of/yoiihg listen. . ers. The single excursion Dr; Finlcy made into humor wias apropos and - deftly. negotiated. Times edttbr is a good speaker. vFollbwing hit remarks was a briskly presented :dramati-/.a-> tipn of the hahdlihg ;df. a story i ri a: newspaper office. 'Headline,'with a ■ . pieritltude of soiind effects, probably intrigued tcensters.' ELVIRA BIOS.': Sbnes/: ;.'' ..-. /. 13 Mihs. • -: Sustalhjnr '' Thursday, 7:31 p. m. WJZ. New York Mexican singer of Mexican tiifies. Prograrh eriianatcs from Hollywood, her-e M'ss Rios; is currently in pic- (sipbiisprbd by seven major nim com- -^— ^^'^ _ . |)ariies)/passed;but:a. couple of-thou* I ^^"■*^^-' Sanger, has^^i; part jn^e.f Or th-; ,sand bucks-tp-tyro-plTiy kmumyk' m'^"^ Bureau df ■ - New Plays ' and the ''he exception .entire, time. la . DfaiTh^iti.sts Guild don't ;get aioriL' -■■ n>/vot.ed to tunes iri tango- teriipo. etc.;: vrry'wdl. .. That's a trade »t^kU, bn^^^l^^^^ 'Once in a it/S buried beneath the surface for' )yh«'C in English the pubnc'-arid; didn't show up here; iw-'v. «n « . the Mex tuttes. in /a throaty, torchy :jGhH Aridef.s6h::(N:ew .York JoUmaT-' r ^^^^ bh the cai-s,;-but: she ican Ci-jc) sbbfee, -aS: 'A id TlTeresa ^h')uld prdbabiy confine .herself to '• ty* ri ''r^ r\ A .'i D . n.'.,; • :i:-'.< n .*<« # -them ^f^v awKiia .-finrl/ .nr.^-'.- .if4<Ar.-in'fr Ahneri _ -Hcl.burn/,ind J. jipbert'^RutD^n v-p >. -What they said was down the gi^ppveo 'Pro, cast from 'BroadWay . . for awhile ;arid'. not attempt ISn,«lish /until ' her dictiorti" " mbre- ppliiihcd. niially. put on a .snatch froiri one bf ' ^ ^"b-tube .was np doubt,i aii the . bureau's plays, called' 'Thy i ^ r.eiiof from the Rib Gratideari style; ■-Mercy.' it .wa,s uriforlbriate; , ,. ■': j but 15 miris,, of them, backed by the . Bit happened to, be a ■ huMabalbb-' Hodck orchcStraV wbuldri't br ; about a strike with a murder to.ssed i lJor"ig. ' ■ '■/;''-.-■ / - /V - ' ■;>' ■■. HI.. It Marled n the rriiddie of some- j '- - ^- ' " ■ ' - .Ihirig.:this.. Teviewer failed- to catoh'| h.rpperly,-.and ended that-'wa-y; Wfilch-. ■bring.s .to mjrid;Or.son :WcII<i.s'-rQ'cent4 - iti-ictum .that a:.sh.bt--in-the dui-k-'arid a' I-l>»ily«- lO:.'.©. p.m,- Z' ■ l;)l,.pl'. I'ackct- oh the;soLi.rid;niachinCs ! VVKY,;6.klab6ma City'-: -ma;^e •^^n<y;/.)is' ^•^■'' - -- • -- •'•• ■• • ■>■ -:t.._--;.:... :;:- .. .radio diaina. " nn: ake; bingiiAM;: NeWcaJiter. / /-.; / ■ - ■' 1.5 iVIiri.s.-r-Loi|!at: ;l)»ily,:10i.'',0..p.mi but. not' irittiirigjhie -' ■•"•.-:•/■-■-'-•-■ ^di/a;. ;.■ -.. ■Gre'g-o'r'y G^nlliii.e'; o'vyrif'r-and'.msri- airer . :0r /KftOC:;:/ i! otjh lisl.oi- .-.•f .jVI in /v.).; 'sunniiig/ih FIbi i.i.)<j itid Lb!; JiJbuth fbi" ;jjx'-'Weck3./ //. '■'. • ■ ■•'/■ ■/: . .fiiwMY McAllister -Soiij:s' ;•;..■■ ■,:/.■/:- .■■..-.-.■: --v-':-./ .i.5--Mins.^Local//''- v; BARNEY'S -■([;LOTHES . ■ • ^/. • Thursday; 7:30 p; m.' • ;W^NEWi-New-York-:/ : -Singer ..bf Irish .s'trrtirnWuV*) ■-iirn-c.s lia,s .an okay, .sot 'of pip^il;; ' 'Pi7)i»ruMi obviously., reaches; tfie ; 1 iiUeticrs .'.'it ;whorh ;it i.s-.arri'tcd. as Sbrigx. iiie dcdi> rated, to .rilimerou.s /biiHiid.aye^ -in ;Uriclc-. Donnish '.style/-''B^^^^^^ tribu.tes .--one:; ".' :-.tw.u se'li. -xif "iliftiii'g Irish. jigK ■ '-Fbr pre too .he. sh a.yftd a (if( :i ti 11: i i'n'pta: 11. ,s i /ri'e,s',sage. ' - .. BIrigh'jrn. generally ' Opcii-^ .with - ■ w/vither report ariid'iclOses with .sonV i.anTUsirig: aiicedotc. -frorii tlve / day" ' jt c.w.s. Gathers materia 1 frnhi:-1hi'os' l;ffilc(.ypcs' ■ .set ,up- ■iri,. 'y/kV.'i'-:sii!cii;')'ii/: ..'j'lid .-rcWritcrs.:,for- his own -ust'.-v'/i.lh «ttrij||a,>iii; - :on .'.short,.:, /lurnchy ;.s-ciir -r0'i<:.';i.-:'; / ' ,. -.■ //■'. ■■ •'/ . ■/■: .•.: ,-.(Jill; the .nig.hr.pf■ the'Hitlf»r.^ p'tif-tch: Au."^tria. -; Bingham 'cOrido.rv-.^d tuii.d pT the;majbr,:riews of the ot'iire .ii:i()r)('t)irig into -one- s'tirit and. ;pre-' ijVO^od . a-/good:: resume of ' tli'o . sit- iiijli'in- 'tiikcn. as. :a:-whole./ /.://. ' ■/; -v.-- ;- • fMti,'.rh;(hi: /was.. pulled in .frPm WNAn; tlve .University of OklaliyMv ^ifitipn /about; two yeiirs: agtV, / Hia Lewi