Variety (Jul 1940)

VlTeilnesaay^ July 1940 U&niETY RADIO lUBVlEWS 25 iVItb Tom Moore, Dale i:VanB> Caesar petrlllo Orchestra " falk, Songs, Music Sitardav, ?!30 aim.' ^ SJbC-CIIS, New yorti This is the kick-off program .of a. new seduehce < of . four. . half-hours whereby- Bill Lewis^ CBS program has attempted to reorganize the Columbia Saturday mormng program as a step in the cpmmerciah- Sn of that last remaining . 'prob- lem'of the. sales department The-idea bieHind ,'Let's Be Ldzy' is novel and likely to tickle the fancy o? many. Best bf all, it's calculated ia make ah impressibn-^it will stick tn the. ribs of; the memory, .so to sbeak This in itself is a merit both for the show as a show arid the show as D^ft of thiB Saturdayvmdrning up- building. Because'. asspciation of ideas and prbgram , distinctiveness are essentials Pf the whole shopping <jay project. Signing prt and oft to th©. strains of 'ifaz^y Bones/ the half-hour; is con- ducted in a broadly burlesqued spirit of utter relaxation. The advpcate for the cause of inddlehce is yawn> voiced, unexcitable, epllapsible Tom Moore;. It's a droll characterization, nicely handled: throughbut by> this Derformer. The program's singing interludes-fall to Dale Evans, who is not aHowed^ta RCf hot or deport her^ self tbd energetically, a. prohibition ,alsp applied. to the WBBM, Chicago, house orchestra under, the baton of •Gaesar: Peti illb. That's cute, too. In- deed .«some comedy laziness can. be conveyed even more/effectively by trick arirangemerits and light ,sp6ofing s'furits by the instruwentalists.^^ T^ musicians might have Some bright idieas-■ of their b\vnT:r.if encouraged. Musicians' u.sually^like fooling of this kind and bfteii are remarkably orig- ^inal. ■.■ ■. . -y'^ Sparky is the satire; jn lazy style,' of "the typical dairtime ■serial. This will be a regular part of the show arid, if the writing is resourceful; It ought tb be very , diveirting; tb hbusewives. and. menfolks alike, be- cause it kids, the do-nothing:; husband and the daytime program siinul- taiieously. Lflnd^ fHONEST ABE^ With Ray MIddleton :Drania .. 30 Afiiis. Sustaining: .. . Saiurdiiy, 10 a.m. WABC-CBS» NewvYork^ Following 'Let's Be Lazy.' ahd pre- ceding the Welcome/Lewis Singing Bee, a dramatic haH-bour has been placed in the running order of the nie.w: Saturday .moirning ; program splurge of,CBS, Because of the jpres- ent prominence of baritone Ray Middletdn iii. irnpersoriating Lihcbln and Jn .rendering with: much mascu- line gusto various patriotic.songs, in- cltidin^ 'Ballad for. Americans,'. the GBS-.chiolce for the central character of this series, .by E. P. Conkle pbs- sessed a certain timeliness and praii- sibility. It was ibe young Lincoln of; the river boats, Of the. lo^^^cabin colonies' alqng the Illinois river, of New Salem :and Ann Rutledge. The material- was ever-familiar ahd evei> moving, high in :authehtic 'Americana, hayihg the, smell and the feel of :pionieer.days. ■ ■ - ■ ■ The action bf .' the -flTst episode (di- . rected by Sidney Harmon) .picked up; Lincoln and ai cbmpan.ion. on a 'fl bottomed Scow: hauling cargb 'of. whiskey to the parched, thrgats of the far country;.^ Tile;sound effects man, produced, much -gurgling water. The sights and the sense of, the river was -partly conveyed by descriptibh. Au- thbr. Corikle.' unde.i:scored the familiar aspects of Lincoln: le^endr--his bobk- ishhiess, his gaunt virility, deceptively gentle, to the eye. of the fabled bully, Jack A.rmstrong. 'And then the fa- rapus wre.Stlinp sceneV the' sSVift bud of romahce in.^ the perspn/of Ann. 'This was no great, or excejptiphal or .pjemoTable Tadib drama. Bui. it was wbrkmanlike. it held, it played, -arid to millions- potentially if not ac- tually, the. sfprywiis scriptural in character, and ; appeal..: ^ "TO -many, moreover, it ; must be, riefreshingiy differeht frbiti the:'soap- operaS: ©f the isurishihy: hours. " Author Conkle, incidentally, wrote 'Prologue- to Glory,' WPA.' play .'on Lincoln which received a. couple of votes for the. N". -Yi Drama . Critic^ a>vard upon its Gotham .presentation some seasons ajgo, . : - .Land. ■ FoDow-Up Coniment Jiinmy Diirainte quipped : and tripped through 30 minutes of ,'In- forinatioil Please', to the evident, en- joyment of. visual audience :and to guffaws of 'fellovv experts.' Unlike Grade Allen, who did quite a bit f straight ariswerihg on guiester. Dur- ante achieved little, in ■ Way of seri- ous replies. He did identify Sophie Tucker as 'last of the Red Hot Mommas' and • gave correct- lead to one ,bf lour \Ioe Miller .'sriappers.' Durante Went to oiano to sing a por- tion of ; 'I iGan Do - Without Broad- way, But Can Broadway Do Without Me ?? after he missed naming it, from word clUes; Jimmy was jintrodiiced as 'thie poor man's Cyrano ,de Ber- gerac arid star ;bf 'Keep Off: the Grass,';.which will resume in the fall, I hope' <these Fadiman's words). He direw . a big ;lauii;)i .when, after John:. Kieran had quoted • verbatim and at length frohi a poern, he re- marked: 'This, is .the only Cbiihtry in the world .Where they wbuld let .inhe sit next to a irian like .Mr. Kieran.' Jack Eig:en, doing Hollywood chat- ter for Sally's Fiirs on WMCA Suri- :days, sbuhds like a 1933. road com- pany of WincheU, even uhtb the in- flections,, ehding his spieling bri the vocal rise. ■' VERNON BARTLEtT English Commentator , ■15.Mlris.. ; ■ '/;-;■■ ' Transoceanic , ^ '■ DX (31 inega«yc)es) . Nirhter,: 8:30 (New York) v ;.BBC,''London^ yetnoh Bartlett is. brie of . several firitoris- who participate . in . a series from .London beahied . iat the United States and bearing the g^riefal title, •Britaih Speaks.' .The series has been. heard at 9 p.nj. New "Vbrk time but (firom July 7 onward) the tiriie is now ff:.'?0 p.m. It riiay be; brought in bh most shbrtwave sets at. 31 meters (point 9.6 on PX , calibratbr). yARiE'ry receritly reviewed another .iof . the series speakers',, the play- wright and. novelisti J:' Bi Priestley. He was .described as ' an impressive- spokesman for .the empire. Vernori Bartlett is a Menniber of Parliament and a Irian of prominerice overseas. His style iof talking is . pleasant arid chatty'.. He has an eye for the sort- of detail and small, hti- nianizing obsfervatiphs that inake tcf ports vivid arid; aiitheritic. As with all the British news 'reporters or cpirimenlatofs, the objective tone iS Undeviatingly maintained. . This, air ways contrasts with a tendency to vituperation in the totalitarian radio propaganda. While Bj-itish detach- ment, ■ especiallyr -on rdays^bf- maxi>v . mum drariiatie terisibn, has occasibn- • ally evoked from Vsome. Yankee.s (themselves far more excited and ; Volubly, partisan) a certain ihipa- tienqci it is, for the Ibng pull, a very, effective way to instil qiiiiet confi- dence on this side. Reception frorn E.ngiarid,by short- wave was very good Friday (5), but naturally this varies with the cosmic factors at vsny giveri time plus the •quality of the^receiving set. ' Soirie- what later- the sairie evening the , English niews frpm. Berlin., came in much 1 ess satLsiactorily .in terms of sheer audibility, ;^ ; .. - ..Bartlett. injects comment .on things American. He dwelled particularly .bri,the Lockheed boitibers frorii eali- fornia and how ^he British flyer.'i nandle.: therin,. repair : them, guard. them. He. spoke Of a Lockheed eri-> glneer who stands by* to give-advice: ■ Oh -repairs, but - cannot - (neutrality,, legislation) actually do, ariy work. There was allvsibn to the.-iiarts ar- riving in crates to be asseiribled in; Englarid and , how English, workers frequently fburid cheerib notes ■ slipped iri the crates by workers in Galiforriia wishing, them good .going. Interesting;.too, for.Arriericans:was ^Bartlett's reference . tb ' Berlin's, re^ , jectiori: that day of the WasHingtori rcaffirmatibn of. the Monroe Doc-: Strme: The' Nazi iritierpretaition was,. artlett suggested, a bit acrobatic in gic.' •-.•;'.-'..;. ■-;•;''• .•.:' ■. ;: ■Entertainmerii itemisf .-are ■ to be; »dded to the 'Britain, Speaks* series, ^^bich henceforth will- Span from «;30r9;l,5 (by Niew York. time) every evening of: the week. Series has built up « «rood audience .here al-: feady arid: should grow as people, get to know about it./ (Gerald Cock, Anieiciean representative of BBC, is floing 'his best tb: see that they do ■■*npw.:,'' •;■ ■ ': Land. 'WHO'S DANdlNG TONIGHT?' With Arthur Linkletter . 30 Mihsi—Lbcai-•■■•. SAM^EI.'S;•■JEW.ELERS^ •• '. Sunday, 9 p.m.. ^ KSFO, San IPirancisCo : VariatiPri of a;d-lib tKird-degree- irig .of' dancing: bouples i at St. Fran- cis hotel is similar to sturil done; at Biltmore. hotel, N. Y.y by Horace Heidt. Those miked are given mer-. chandise brders good at spibnsor's stores, billed as 'home of lucky Wed- ding ririgs.'; Interrogator . is Art Linkletter. With a .youthful, refresh- ing persoriality; who never stumbles nor is at loss .fot corrirrierit,; he puts qqizees . at ease and. listeners /like- wise.. ■.';. On show 'taught; he. tabbed two couples : with 'that. lObk in their (Eiyes^ who adriiitted they'' were en'-, gaged, opening; way fbi,. riatural plug of sponsor's hitching ririgs arid lots of giggles.; . : - Questioning ;often, leads to unex- pected answers; One. iemme, asked What brought her to the St. Francis that Bveriing, ' confessed she'd just dropped in . to 'mail a letter, because thei"e wereiso iriany pickups in the hotel. Hastily: explained she riiearit mfiil collections as balli-opm audi- ence tittered. Anblher, quizied as to whiat show she'd seen last/ an- swered 'Safari;' 'Would you recom- InendltT'rpfesse^^^ -No, r would not!^, was emphatic and un- expected'retort. - / - ■ ^_ .Run of questioris includes where arid how couples met; hbw they happeried tb come to; Saii" Frariciscp or to' the hotel- favorite isports, eti- quette questipris sent in by listen^ ers, etc.: One listener.;query - was, 'Do you think gents should precede ladies demounting street-cars?' Gal quipped, 'Absolutely; unless/he Wants to give her a shOye and break hei rieck-^and Soriie Of them have-that idea.' Wcrn. . Major Bbwes' . Capitpi Fariiily show Suriday middjay reriiains,. in its- more than 900th consecutive^ broad- cast,, now. CBS. after riiany : years NBC.; one of the best variety hours.- Per the;recent Usiiail, Bowes, does his stint-\ by ; remote, control :fr,om his. Jersey shore, home, 'discoursing in-;; formally with' the talent in the. CBS studios iri N;Y; :'. Gray Gbrdbri, maestro,; was ; this past rSundaiy's: guestbr: arid, up, to standard, with a' pithily Written, interview, ; always topped off by . the guester's highlight achievement, whether a sorig,; a' band number or just talk. : irvinc -Caesar is doing a' corking job with his kiddie*'Sbngs of Safety- show over; -WQR .SUriday midday. An exceHent .exanriple: of rtiusico-: educational pi'opaganda at ; its. iriost palatable deyelopmerit.; ' *.:. . Lee ('Stubby') Gordon from dleye-: land on an NBC hobkUp has. a. good midday Sunday band session. High- light: was reprise of .'The Rest of My Life,'' einnOunccd :ias , writteri by Franklin; D. Roosevelt; Jr. (hi^; col- laborator, Kendrick ;Sparrpw, riot rifieritiOried),. which is just another foxtrot. FDR,' Jr;, however,' being a favored patrbh. of .21, the Stork, :Kit Kat and kindred; N.Y. boites, can nOw; have his "theme' Spng blared at him wherievier he coriies to town (with the exception, of coursie; of 21, which \has no ' music).: ' More dis- tinggished: was Gbcdbri's iarrange- merif of the 'Danice of JSomediaris' excerpt : from Sirietairia's 'Bartered Bride:' ]: WELCQM^E LEWIS SINGING BEE With Art Gentry, Jackson Wheeler Musical Quiz 30 Mins. ■. Sustaining Saturday, 10:30 a.m. WABCrCBS, New York ; Welcome L.€wis and Hazel, iflyrin had a iri'usical- quiz on WHN, New Ybrkj back in 1938: of which this brie, in revived 'but revised: forrii, \ a spiritual descendant.' Abtually; the Lewis-Fiynn program was one of: the first, if riot the first, of its kirid arid rated,; but did not get, , some of the credit • that siiriilar production set-ups later. gathere;d.; .Their faith in the; siri'ging. /bee . haiyirig lately :fOurid.;an echo in the, CBS prOgcam, departriietit, the new' arid. embel-, •lished > show :became;, ori Saturday last,; part of. the new program;, bam- paign to inject ginger, and -audience appeal in that .segrneriit bf the radio vieek. ;;'■■-.-^ ■;- .. -■:■'■ ; Basically it's the sariie .ideaiVvmem-. bers of "the .studio audience -are^ ^challenged; to sirig,. hum, Whistle or; hoot the: strains of ;a; popular nUm- ber^ This provides spontaiiepus riibrriment. . ■;. There - are. riiusical ■ I .chairiades.; mixed iri. The idea is . to have, furi and npt tb .takb the:,ques-. tioris or the program too spleriirily'..' The. coriiedy. is hokey .arid easy to cbrtiprehend; arid : high*spirited; ^ Fbr the operiirig- session the knack of se- lecting likely participants was ;evi- dent, . fbr • several: of these who coj-; lided: vvith. .arid kriocked; the wind out: of the melodies assigned to :them were -genuine; characters.: . .The program: pays off to particir parits:; Vairyirig lamoUrits. .arbitrarily decided by . Miss. Lewis. Any where- frbiri riirie ■ to, ;i7c : fbr trying but- .riiissing; rariging from. 74 to .99c- for succeedirig. ' At the firialje, for.: a .cli- mcixinig' giggle, live . duck . was. wheeled- On and" awarded as;:bpoby; -prite.: ..v;;'--;, -:-•..'.;•''■.':-;. ;.. Contestarits are called 'guffeys.': A guffey is the program's defiriition. for such .'guys or . gals. who are wizzes; at;; quizzes.' , rWhich is. a sample of the-saucy, nature of-the continuity. .. There; . are. one or two, quick sriatbhes of Welcome Lewis' siriging, but this is; never, stressed on : the theory .that the singiri.^ is not; What, is':being, pieddled Tliis is a novelty- show, -a feriiale hokefest and .bait for the - Saturday; / mornin.g carnival fnobd. Of the Airierican . hoirie (vi'ith the bid ;riian increasingly present due. to the five-day week). . . Couple bf CBS staffers, Art Geritry :arid Jackson Wheeler, plus some in- : ciderital: (unbilled). : rriusic wh ich chimes in-as irnpromptuaiccomparii- ment riow and again, are included. Program has- beeri put together with' corisidbrable imagiriatibn b.bth iri the scripting and the directing, and Miss Lewi? as the ;mistress in charge con- ducts herself and Jher callers easily and authoritatively.. ;The show will pick up mbmeritum as it 'urirolls arid should firid popu.- -larity. - ■-^ Land,' . ; TOM WILLIAMS tOld Dirt Dobbcr* HorticulturiBt 25 Mine; Susiaininp Saturday, 11:05 a.in. WABC-CBS, New York ' A five-minute interval of ; ribwy ; at. 11 ^;rii. came ahead of the fourth: prbgirarii in the: series launched ia.st week, by Columbia for the purpose of riiakirig Saturday riiorning coftimerr-.;. cially. alluring.: The firial;entry in the' new Siaturday . order .Originated: at WLAC, Nashville, a CB3 affiliate. ('Let's Be Lazy,' the first bf the four , halfrhbufs,; originated at WBBM, Chi- cago'), -. Toih. Williams ■ has beeri ; locally broadcastirig for soirie; tinie comirient .about fioWers;;and plants and things that grow,' and insects that prevent; their ' grOwirig,:, and; , fertilizer . and.: seeds and Whatriibt^, No^ he has. a\ natioriai; audience and CBS :wili test whether, such' a; progi'airi can attract; riatibnal. sporisolrship;.. CBS has ob- viously; been prompted in. this se- lection of 'Old Dirt Dobber' . by a- hunch. .. Myriads of good,, solid citi- zenry putter in gardens.; They col-/ lectively ;;make -the backyard :sec-; tibns of Saturday and SUnday. newf- papbr.s a brOfitable side-line; Why: not,;:CBS has reasoried. ai radio pro-., gram foir these implacable uprbbters?: ;Williams speaks well if not-very: colorfully and knows' his :stuff;: .He ; disclairiied oniniscience on .the sub^;: ject, but fbr ordiri'ajy purposes, his knowledge seemed'likely to be equal; to, most; strains that might; be put Upon it.,' .While thb; audience bf such a progvari-i ;as this riiust be highly 'seJective, arid while Williariis scarcely - can coriyei't;the heathen, apartriierit: dweiiers who 'haven't a ■geranium to their names, thie CBS hunch thai'a rambling.j;alk ;ori garderiirig.may he sales-worthy; sounded plausible at- this hearing, ; .Liind. ' AL AND BOB HARVEY Sbnr-' ;-;';'. . 15 mins.: ,■•;.-■;' '■■;. Saturday/7;15'. BBC;- London Aet i^: from Canadian vaucle. Boys did duty; iirbund Ontario for sfbrrie years, .artiving„thi.<r side about a year ago. When first ethering here team deserted the piano routine lor gag- stufiE and suffered frprii pbor mater- ial; at this airing they've returned to previous roUtirie to benefit accbrd- ingly. Pair ai^e not built; lor fun- sters, their vocaling style is just that Jittle, bit differerit to the usual iset-up and registers iri a light :\vay that's plea.sing. ;They bpze the happy-gor lucky, touching up hariripnic.s with pattei' arouridvthe tune and its theme, Sprinklirig sunshine, It's sugary but ;effective, «s evidenced by their disc popularity over , which rbutii pair first; gained; attention, herev^^ , : Iri the studio, Harveys had; com- posers of 'The- Navy's Here,' topsell- ing ditty of the moriient and which they introduced. Writing team ap- pairently did the pianqi.hg, throughout this airing, except;bri lyric treatment aroUnd cuiTent events, of which boys miake a specialty. Eddie Ahderson; on 'Wis, the Peb- plie,' rang laugh. bell consistently with studio grbup and probably with list*riing :aiidience,. Anderson.- interV viewed as 'Mr. Rochester'by a .yourijg Harlem ; hopeful, was. the farriiliar, funny hoarse-voiced, perky Negro of Jack Benny prbgrarii; ^ Timing,' as; usual, was excellent.. One difference, from regular routine. ;was that he sort of guffawed; ;himself sbvieral times.: Although 'needling* Benny a bit; - Aridersori V expi'essed gratitude, for whiat latter had done for hiriii Said he first auditibned for _a' port- er's part With Benny.thfee.years ago. Anderson sketched career in Sho;w businessr^as a Cbiriediari,;. -at first I was the only one who thought so,' and tap dancer—arid what he . said vi/ere in-betvifeeu stints at drivirig hqrse.Si and a truck; Closed by vo- caling number; from 'Buck Benny Rides Again." Burgess Meredith substituted fbr Gabriel Heatter as emcee of 'We, the People.' Turned iri a straight job..-. At .tiriies his..voice was drowned out . bit;^by musical crespendo.s ; arid ^applause: ; guests ejridied their stbri' .v; . 'Charles Daiite's dinnerrtime re- prise of 'Cavalcade of Hits' on NBC, ' from Hollywood. Sunday (7) sounded ! like a trailer-for ASCAP. : Sprightly 1 dance prbgram;, batoned by ^ house maestro Dante, with Vocal, assists by ,Wiririie i?arker, Bob Stevens arid the. Mbllyvvoodmen, draniatically hooked up; yesteryear . pbjp .favorites with contempbrarieous ciirrerit events, public:: affairs, sports . highlights..; Of that period. It was effective musico- ricWscast hp.stalgia. - Average .mass assPciatibri bf pop song; hits of the past , has always spelled general ap.r pieal, and the NBC show'emphasized: that the more. U.sirig 'Bird iri Gilded Gage' as the signature song fore; arid aft. the hit cavaiciade rejirisGd many that are still actively heard on the air. Evolution Of the -program deftly, brought it up to date with 'Still of thie Night,' riot top oldish Cole Porter: item, then 'Mister Meadowlarky ciir-v rent pop, arid finally a forecast into: the .vocal future. 'It's: Mighty: :Pretty Night foi: Lovcj' peiged as a prophetic, hit-to-be. ; _ LouIk B. Wasmer, :bWniBr of KHG arid KGA; Sjpokarie, ajppbinted. to Board: of. Regents bf the Gonzaga University.;. •THIS, OtR AMERICA' Talk,--Music ^ - V 30 Mins. Sustaining ;; Wednesday, '8 p.ni. ' : WJZ-NBC, New York Magnitude of this subject on paper rinust have; bverawed;NBC's staff bf: Writers and producers> ; Instead of tryirig to break the subject down into small,' simplified bits, those re- sponsible for the seriies have ejectied to, cover much too imUch ground per program,' and iri' bluridierbUss/: fash-, ion. The facts and figures; are art- lessly :'documerited~-arid: the- story-, which the series seeks to, tell proves far from atterition-gripping ;; ;in- spiringi: 'This, Our America' is npt good, up-to-the-minute radio. .The purpbse of the series; is to provoke ;.the American masses into realizing: what trehiericibus efforts are hieing made, and. miust be niade, to • tarry out the. ; current; defense prbgram and hbw the American way Of-life can bb defended and why. it's worth ■defending. The National Rc .sources Planning Board is . the operative tieUp-on this series.; The initial: iristaillmerit (3) was. primbd to do a lot OfV pointing With pride. It'paraded in statistical fprhi the vast: natural, ipdustirial, traris- portatiori, cbmmUriicatibns and: labor resbUrceis:. that are, America's, :■■ It eT^ariniried some of these tools in de-, tail/ and admiited there are ; niany socio'-ecbriomic . vvrorigs yet. ■ to.; be rectifleci.' = • It proclaimed that force has beiert; .foreign to our .way. of life but hbw that ~ force : thr.eatens .us democracy; must: gird . itself with all resbui"ces at its coriimarid.: It closed w>th the assurance that democracy can be saved, despite the drastic shift to.a;military.ecoribmy;; : : .- , Thi."* initial 'installment's weakness was due -pririiarily , to two ca uses. Too.; rriiE^ny facts, and points were crbwded into the half hour; and the tebhniqUe used .leaned .strpngly to the:: moriotonOu.s; side.; ; Fir.st^ there was a series of voices, each desig- nated. to: make a brief statement. Later canie the Question arid ariswer routine and toward; the: end. ia..,few drairiatic bits .were, slipped in; The rattling: of ari adding machine and the ringing of a.: strength-testing biell riurictiiated: most of; the narrative; .They: were.interided ,as symbols - but in due time they- became fuised'with the general; •■ fog of words and in- cidental sounds. Odec. GE6RGE McCALt 'The Man From Hollywood,' With ' Lud Glnskirii Orchestra. • Ariecdo'ta. Playlets, Musle ,30 Mins.' . Su^talblniT.;' Friday, «' ^jm.;'-;.; WABC-CBS, New York : George,, McCall's previous, pro-, grariis dealing with Hbllywood; chit- chat .and; personalities have been: piartly'.sponsored,; partly iinspOrisbriedi Hie was. the-victirri bf the war teh- siori last August arid Septeipber, be- ing blitzkrieged by the news bulle-;; ;tiris;.so that a prbriiisirig prbgrarii vyas.'. repeatedly, cancelled but, thenr sidetracked,' theri. ultimately and iin.^: deservedly' dropped. He now relUrris Under the persotiial wing of:CBS y.p, Sill Lewis with a fixed spbt, 'Thb prbspects seem sanguine.; :Fbr 'purppses:of analogy: brily.,: the program ritiight be loosely character-, ized as a':^brt of .'Wie, The People* bf Hollywood.., (There is no actual similiarity .tb .;the- Sarika stianza iri style of presentatibri.); McGall digs up; persons of uriusual " occupations or expbrieriiceSi ■ • Nbt stars, but. ruri- of-therfactory .personnel. As tor exartiple, . Gladys Henry, who cori.^ \ ducts :a school bri the Uiii\rer'sal. lot I for teen-age theisp.ians. '■...'Or Jirri iDaUgherty, who is ;themix-master j foi: thb cemerit blocks iri. Which .slats' [ hoofs are imbedded in the couftyarij I of Graumari's ChirieSe theatre. Or a rub-down mari, from the Para- mount lot:; . And : .a voice'.^doubler (for singing: sequences). .Theisc; scat- tered elements are .brbUght together iritb a production that last Friday (.5) had. the prbfessiorial touch, in direction, quite a few quiet chuckles seeded in the text, and the expert Wiusical bridgirig of CBS house nia- estro-Lud-GlUskih.^-There'«-a -story- behirtd-tHe-story dramatizatiOri, thi» tiriie the suicide. of an ex-star that allegedly irisplred 'A Stir Is Borri.' The ;halfihour : jells as eritertain- Trieni against the backgrbund of the filhi industry. .'The light touch pre-; vents any idolatrous taint that makes : niariy, film fani brbadcasts riauseOUs.";. ;: .... ;:; First broiadcast proceedied.' ismbot.h-. ly, ; although McCall was occasibn- ally talkinig oyer a quavering. pai late. Lf/nd. ;, 'KING OF THE CONGO' With Eileen Hcrllliy,:Jamciii Urqua:rl>; ■ : Ben Levy, James Mckeehriic^; Ian Sadler; Jack Sihclair, Three Col- • lege ; Boys/ Kimlo: Stephen's Or- ' -..chestra*'.■/; :> '.''v'.;-'■ 40 mins. . . '• 'Tuesday, 9:20 : BBC,-'Lbndbn.-'' ;'This is the kind of thirig BiBe:dbiE!C excellently, an-, origiijal book arid;; lyrics-: tor .radib: productiori; clever, shiooth: arid- first rate musical enttr- tainriierit, ;Gorriedy came from Scbt- tish;stUdibs bf BBC, .P/ece ribbed the Tarzan liegehd in ils riiusical treatnierit of the .Mission- ary arid daughter; rescubd by 'Mart zipan' .King- of the. .Jungle; ; Girl teaches the fella;hbvir to love arid \He turns put to be son of ari old Ox- ford grad^vho'd. gorie astray in the badlands; The way One crack had it, the Oxford influence accounted for why he couldn't speak English. Yarn was unfolded a ;la FitzPat- rick : Tra.vel: Talk,' allbwiftg for a narrator to spot the action. ..Herlihy girl most pleasing arid a honey of a voice to lyric With-' Cast obviously pro stiiffj not a nhtiff in the compariyj player hand)in^f thie riative chief fole particularly effective; melcdying; of - Urguart iari a little weak on the ear.