Variety radio directory (1940)

PROFESSIONAL RECORDS— Continued grey eyes; e. 4 C's Business College, Drake University and American Academy of Dramatic Arts. First radio appearance in 1926 via WHO, Des Moines. (R) Ma Perkins (P & G, NBC Red); Bachelor's Children (Old Dutch Cleanser, CBS, Mutual); Lux Radio Theatre (Lever Bros., CBS); Believe It or Not (Nehi Corp., CBS); Capt. Diamond's Adventures (General Foods, NBC Blue); Carters of Elm Street, 1939-40 (Wander Co., NBC Red, 1939-40, Mutual, since Jan. 1940); others, not current. (F) Shorts. (L) Uncle Tom's Cabin (Otis Skinner revival): Lost Horizons, 1934; Three Men on a Horse (Australian company), 1936 (f); juvenile in various stock companies. (V) Wild Oats, 1924; End of the World, 1925. HOOSIER HOT SHOTS. See Frank Kettering, Ken Trietsch. Paul Trietsch and Charles O. Ward. HOPE, BOB. Comedian, M. C. Born Elthem, Kent, England, 1903; m. Dolores Reade. As a child he came to America, and made his first stage appearance in a tap-dancing act in vaudeville. When asked to announce the succeeding show at a theatre he was playing, he added a gag routine that eventually resulted in a monologue act. Later had a revue of his own playing the Midwest. In 1927 he obtained a small role in The Sidewalks of New York under the name of Lester Hope. His first starring role was in Roberta, 1933. First radio commercial in 1935. (R) Atlantic Family, 1935-36 (Atlantic Refining Co., CBS); Rippling Rhythm Revue (Jergens-Woodbury Sales Corp., NBC Blue); Music from Hollywood (Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., CBS); Pepsodent Program Starring Bob Hope, 1939-40 (Pepsodent Co., NBC Red). (F) Paramount. (L) Sidewalks of New York, 1927; Ballyhoo, 1932; Roberta, 1933; Say When, 1934; Follies, 1935; Red, Hot and Blue, 1936; others. (V) 1929-32; personal appearances subsequently. HOPKINS, PAULINE. Writer. Born Chicago, 111., April 11, 1911; h. 5 ft.; w. 105; dark hair, green eyes; e. Senn high and Cosmopolitan School of Music and Dramatic Arts, Chicago; m. Owen Vinson, radio director of Carl Wester & Co. When the stock company in which she was appearing in Omaha closed in 1930, she was offered a place on the dramatic staff of KOIL. Has been engaged in script writing exclusively since 1933. (R) Midstream, 1939-40 (P & G for Teel, NBC Red and Blue); Woman in White, 193940 (Pillsbury, NBC Red); Welch Presents Irene Rich, 1940 (Welch Grape Juice, NBC Blue); others, not current, including numerous scripts for First Nighter (Campana Sales, NBC Red); author of Mad Hatterfields (Nestle's Lion Brand Milk, 1937-38; Horlick's Malted Milk, 1939, WLW, Cincinnati). (L) As actress: Smilin' Thru (Canadian road company) (s); dramatic stock, 3 years. HOPPER, HEDDA. Commentator, actress. Born Hollidaysburg, Pa.; h. 5 ft. 7x/2 in.; w. 125; light brown hair, green eyes; e. public schools and Carter's Conservatory of Music, Pittsburgh; m. and div. DeWolfe Hopper, actor, deceased; one son, William DeWolfe Hopper, 25, film actor. Made first stage appearance in 1913, and first film in 1916 (Battle of Hearts with William Farnum). Newspaper columnist and lecturer at women's clubs. Radio appearances since 1937. (R) Mar-O-Oil program, summer of 1937 (J. W. Marrow Co. for Mar-O-Oil Shampoo, NBC Red); Lux program, 1937 (Lever Bros, for Lux Soap, CBS); Brent House, 1938-39 (sustaining, NBC Blue); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood, 1939-40 (California Fruit Growers Exchange. CBS). Also programs for California Prune Growers, 1938. (GA) Three appearances, 1936, '37, '38, on Rudy Vallee program (Standard Brands, NBC Red). (F) M-G-M, Paramount, Pathe, Universal, Fox, RKO. others (s,f). (L) 1913-1937 for Selwyn, Harris, Shuberts, and Hopkins, including such productions as Six Cylinder Love, The Country Boy, The Quaker Girl, etc. *HORTON, BERT. Actor. (R) One Man's Family (Standard Brands for Tender Leaf Tea, NBC Red); Hawthorne House (Wesson Oil & Snowdrift, NBC Pacific Red); Professor Puzzlewit (Gallenkamp's Stores, NBC Pacific Red); Dr. Kate (Sperry Flour, NBC Pacific Red); Death Valley Days (Pacific Coast Borax, NBC Red). HOWARD, ELISABETH. Casting director and program manager for Pedlar & Ryan, Inc., New York City. Born Haselmere, Surry, England, Sept. 9, 1906; e. Brimmer School, Boston. Edgewood School, Greenwich, Conn., and Knox School, Cooperstown, N. Y.; m. Edwin L. Howard; one daughter, Mary-Lou, 11. Started radio work in 1931, doing announcing for Procter & Gamble programs; spent four years on the production staff of Compton Advertising, Inc.; associated with Pedlar & Ryan for the past three years. (R) Mrs. Blake Radio Column, 1931 (P & G. NBC Red); The Road of Life (P & G for Chipso, CBS, NBC Red); Pepper Young's Family (P & G for Camay Soap, NBC Red and 963