Variety radio directory (1940)

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PROFESSIONAL RECORDS— Continued appearances, 1935-40. (PR) Electric transcriptions for NBC Thesaurus. DELLERS, WALTER. Music arranger, pianist. Born Chicago, 111., Dec. 1, 1885; h. 5 ft. 5V2 in.; w. 170; gray hair, brown eyes; e. American Conservatory, Chicago, and in Europe; m. Sophia Stroka Dellers; one son, Arthur, 28, and one daughter, Marian, 22. Also teacher of music, music studio manager, and coach for professional musicians; composer. First radio work in 1930 in Chicago. (R) First Nighter (Campana Sales, successively NBC Red and CBS); Romantic Melodies (Campana Sales, NBC Red and Blue); Grand Hotel (Campana Sales, CBS); also local programs for WLS, WGN, WMAQ. (PR) RCA Victor. DE MILLE, CECIL BLOUNT. Producer (Lux Radio Theatre). Born Ashfield, Mass., Aug. 12, 1881; h. 5 ft. 11 in.; w. 170; brownish-gray hair, brown eyes; son of the late Henry Churchill DeMille, playwright and producer, and former actor, and Beatrice Samuel DeMille, playwright and play agent; e. Henry Churchill DeMille Memorial School, Pennsylvania Military College, and American Academy of Dramatic Arts; m. Constance Adams DeMille, former actress; four children, Cecilia Hoyt DeMille Harper, John Blount DeMille Richard DeMille, and Katherine DeMille Quinn (actress, and adopted DeMille daughter). He was an actor from 1900-08, making his first appearance at the Garden Theatre, N. Y., in Hearts Are Trumps; in 1902 he added play-writing to his repertoire, his first effort being The Genius, written'in collaboration with his brother William C; in the same year (1902) he also became a theatrical producer, and remained a writer-producer until 1913. In 1913 Jesse Lasky, former vaudeville booker-manager and cabaret impressario, together with Sam Goldwyn then Lasky 's brother-in-law) and DeMille, formed the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., a film producing firm which later evolved into ParamountFamous-Lasky. DeMille was directorgeneral of this venture, and his first film was The Squaw Man (which he re-made in 1931). In 1914 he joined the Producers Distributing Corp. which eventually merged with Pathe. From 1928-31 he was producer of DeMille productions for M-G-M; since 1931 his films have been distributed through Paramount. Rosemary De Camp a JUDY" DR. SERIES CHRISTIAN" C.B.S. Screen Guild Silver Theatre Lux Theatre Big Town "I Want a Hedda Hopper Divorce" Hedda Series 918 ARCH OBOLER