Variety radio directory (1940)
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PROFESSIONAL RECORDS— Continued
LORD, PHILIP. Actor. Born San Francisco, Calif., Feb. 22, 1883. Son of a Naval captain, went to sea at the age of 15. Served as Lieutenant-Commander in the Navy during the World War. Later joined a stock company in San Francisco; toured Australia with Andrew Mack and Irish repertory. Subsequently appeared in various Broadway productions. Entered radio in 1931. (R) Woman in White (Pillsbury Flour, NBC Red); Story of Mary Marlin (P & G, NBC Red and Blue); Kitty Keene (P & G, NBC Red); others. (L) Declasse, Camille, Cappy Ricks, Trial of Mary Dugan (London), The Patsy (London).
LORD, PHILLIPS H. Producer, writer. Born Hartford, Vt, July 13, 1902; brown hair, blue eyes; e. Bowdoin College; m. .Sophia (Sam) A. Mecorney. While in college he was captain of the tennis team, a member of the glee club and had his own orchestra. After graduation he was principal of a school in Plainsville, Conn. After an unsuccessful adventure in fiction writing, he built a program around a Sunday Evening Singing School and by 1928, 32 local stations were producing the program with local talent. In 1929 NBC gave the program network presentation and called it Sunday Evening at Seth Parker's. (R) Sunday Evening at Seth Parker's, 1929-33, 1935-36 (sustaining, NBC Red); Uncle Abe & David, 1930-31 (Goodrich Tire & Rubber Co., NBC Red); The Stebbins Boys, 1931-32 (Swift & Co., NBC Red); The Country Doctor, 1932-33 (Lambert Pharmacal Co., NBC Blue); Cruise of Seth Parker, 1933-34 (General Motors, NBC Red); G-Men, 1935 (Chevrolet Motor Car Co., NBC Red); Philip Morris Thrill Program, 1936 (Philip Morris & Co., NBC Red); Phillips Lord Calling on You, 1936 (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, NBC Red); Gang Busters, 1936-40 (Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, CBS); We, the People, 1936-39 (General Foods for Calumet Baking Powder, 1936-37, NBC Blue; for Sanka Coffee, 1937-39, CBS); Seth Parker, 1938-39 (Vick Chemical Co., NBC Red and Blue); Sky Blazers. 1939-40 (Continental Baking, CBS). (F) RKO, 1929. (V) Known for many years as "Seth Parker." (President, Phillips H. Lord, Inc., program producers).
LORRAINE, KAY. Singer. Born St. Louis, Mo., May 29, 1918; h. 5 ft. 5V2 in.; w. 115; blonde hair, green eyes; e. Rosati Kain School for Girls; m. Raymond G. Sweeney, writer. First radio appearance via KSD, St. Louis, in 1935 after an audition. (R) Your Hit Parade, 1939 (American Tobacco for Lucky Strike Cigar
ettes, CBS); 99 Men and a Girl, 1939 (U. S. Rubber, CBS); Ford Summer Hour. 1939 (Ford Motor Co., CBS); Pursuit of Happiness, 1940 (sustaining, CBS). (V) Picture house appearances.
LOVE, ANDY. Singer (Tune Twisters).
(R) See record under Jack Lathrop.
LOVEJOY, FRANK. Actor (leads, charactor juveniles, heavies). Born the Bronx, N. Y., March 28, 1912; h. 5 ft. 11% in.; w. 172; brown hair and eyes; e. Rutherford (N. J.) High and New York University Wall Street Extepsion. First radio appearance was a guest spot on the Actors Guild over WLW, Cincinnati, in 1935. (R) All since 1938: Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories (Lever Bros., CBS); Big Sister (Lever Bros., CBS); Your Family and Mine (Sealtest, CBS); Gang Busters (Palmolive Shave Cream, CBS); Dick Tracy (Quaker Oats. NBC Red); Mr. District Attorney (Pepsodent Co., NBC Blue); Just Plain Bill (Anacin, Kolynos, NBC Red); Stella Dallas (Chas. H. Phillips Chemical Co., NBC Red); The Shadow (Blue Coal, Mutual); Johnny Presents (Philip Morris & Co., Ltd., CBS and NBC Red); appearances on Columbia Workshop, Arch Oboler's Plays (NBC) and featured on Columbia Gay Nineties Revue (all sustaining); transcriptions. (L) Chalked Out, 1937; Censored, 1938; Greatest Show on Earth, 1938.
LOWELL, DOROTHY. Actress. Born New York City, Sept. 10, 1917; h. 5 ft. 4 in.; w. 112; reddish blonde hair, green eyes; e. Adelphi Academy, Duncan School (Salzburg, Austria), and American Academy of Dramatic Arts; m. William Mundo Spire, radio executive, McCann-Erickson advertising agency. First radio appearance in December, 1934, on the Fortyfive Minutes in Hollywood program (impersonating Ginger Rogers). (R) Forty-five Minutes in Hollywood, 1934 (Borden Co., CBS); Heinz Magazine of the Air, 1936-37 (H. J. Heinz, CBS); Follow the Moon, 1937 (Jergens-Woodbury Sales, NBC Red); Fun in Swingtime, 1937 (Admiracion Shampoo, Mutual); Tim and Irene, 1937-38 (Admiracion Shampoo, Mutual); Your Unseen Friend, 1937 (Personal Finance, CBS); Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories, 1937-39 (Lever Bros., CBS); Our Gal Sunday, 1937-40 (Anacin and Kolynos, CBS); Gang Busters, 1938-40 (Colgate Palmolive Peet, CBS); We, the People 1938-40 (General Foods, CBS); Hilltop House, 1938-40 (Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, CBS); Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, 1938-40 (BiSoDol and Kolynos, NBC Blue); Second Husband, 1938-40 (Bayer Co., CBS); This
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