Variety radio directory (1940)

PROFESSIONAL RECORDS— Continued League of American Pen Women. First radio work in 1932 reviewing Olympic Games for seven nations. (R) La Salle Fashion Show, 1936-37 (General Motors, NBC Red); Four Star News, 1939 (Palmer Bros., NBC Blue); others via shortwave. (F) M-G-M, RKO, Warner Bros, (f ). (L) 1932-34 on the Pacific Coast (f ). LYMAN, ABE. Orchestra leader. Born Chicago, 111., Aug. 4, 1899. Started playing the drum as a boy, and teamed with Gus Arnheim. The pair landed a job in a local theatre, but Lyman, still in his teens, decided to go to California, where his brother ran a restaurant. Organized a small band and played in the cafe. Shortly after, he organized Abe Lyman's Californians. With the advent of talking films, his was the first popular orchestra to be recruited for the screen. (R) Lucky Strike Hour, 1932 (American Tobacco Co., NBC Red); Phillips' Dental Magnesia Program, later Rambling Through the Night Clubs of New York, 1931-32; Hot from Hollywood, 1932-33; The Big Hollywood Show, 1933-34; Accordiana, later, Melodiana, 1934-37; Waltz Time, 1933-40 (all Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co., CBS); Your Hit Parade, 1937 (American Tobacco Co., NBC Red). (F) 20th Century-Fox (f); shorts. (L) Good News, 1927. (V) Abe Lyman and His Band, since 1921. (PR). Mc ina, NBC Blue); Uncle Walter's Doghouse, 1939-40 (Brown & Williamson, NBC Red); Avalon Time, 1939-40 (Brown & Williamson, NBC Red); Midstream. 1939-40 (P & G, NBC Red and Blue); Arnold Grimm's Daughter, 1940 (P & G, NBC Red); others. MCCARTHY, GRACE. Singer (Doring Sisters). Born Chapman, Kans., May 29, 1914; h. 5 ft, 4% in.; w. 117; dark hair, brown eyes; e. Des Plaines (111.) High School and Bush Conservatory. Entered radio in the fall of 1932, when the trio went on the air after taking a CBS, Chicago, audition. (R) Swift & Co. — Olsen & Johnson, 1933 (Swift & Co., CBS); House by the Side of the Road, 1935 (S. C. Johnson, NBC Red); Then and Now, 1936 (Sears, Roebuck, CBS); Carnation Contented Hour, 1937 (Carnation Co., NBC Red); Smiling Ed McConnell, 1937 (Acme White Lead & Color Works, NBC Blue); It Can Be Done, 1937, NBC Blue, and 1939, CBS (Household Finance); Double Everything, 1938 (Wm. Wrigley, Jr., Co., CBS); Laugh Liner, 1938 (Wm. Wrigley, Jr., Co., CBS): Uncle Walter's Doghouse, 1939 (Brown & Williamson, NBC Red); Plantation Party, 1939-40 (Brown & Williamson, NBC Blue); Avalon Time, 1939-40 (Brown & Williamson, NBC Red); Home Town Unincorporated, 1939-40 (Brown & Williamson, NBC Red); Show Boat, 1940 (Brown & Williamson, NBC Blue). (V) Occasional appearances in the Midwest, 1934-37. McBRIDE, MARY MARGARET. See Martha Deane. McCAMBRIDGE, MERCEDES. Actress, occasional singer. Born Joliet, 111., March 17, 1916; h. 5 ft, 3 in.; w. 114; black hair, brown eyes; e. Mundelein College (graduated on dramatic scholarship, 1937); m. William Fifield, announcer, writer (CBS, Chicago). First radio appearance with the Mundelein Verse Speaking Choir on June 4, 1936, as a result of which she received an NBC contract. Also story writer. (R) Story of Mary Marlin, 1937-39 (Procter & Gamble, NBC Red and Blue); Girl Alone, 1937-39 (Quaker Oats, NBC Red); Guiding Light, 1936-39 (Procter & Gamble, NBC Red); Dan Harding's Wife, 1936-38 (National Biscuit, NBC Red); Your Health, 1937-39 (sustaining, NBC Blue); Fibber McGee & Co., 1937-39 (S. C. Johnson & Son, NBC Red); Grand Hotel, 1938 (Campana Sales, NBC Blue); Woodbury's Hollywood Playhouse, 1938 (JergensWoodbury, NBC Blue); Don Winslow, 1938-39 (Kellogg Co., NBC Blue); Inside Story, 1939 (Ralston Pur McCLINTOCK, FOLEY. Comic singer, musician. Born Tyrone, Pa., Sept. 22, 1900; h. 5 ft, 10 in.; black hair, brown eyes. Is one of the four original members of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. In 1922, when the organization was one of the first bands to play film houses, Waring discovered the comic possibilities of McClintock's voice. His bass notes have been the trademark of the Pennsylvanians ever since. (R) Chesterfield Presents Fred Waring in Pleasure Time, 1939-40 (Liggett & Myers, NBC Red). (V) Appearances, with Fred Waring, in theatres, movie houses and night clubs. McCOMB, KATE. Dramatic actress. Born Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 25, 1878; h. 5 ft., IYa in.; w. 138; white hair, blue eyes; e. Masters School, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Howard College, Springfield, Mass.; widow; one son, Malcolm (advertising executive, writer of lyrics). Came to New York in 1925, beginning stage work in March, 1926; first radio appearance Feb. 8, 1930 in the "Silver Flute" as result of NBC audition. Onetime contralto soloist and choir director. (R) The 991