Variety radio directory (1940)

PROFESSIONAL RECORDS— Continued Faria). Actor (dramatic, comedy, dialects), announcer, singer. Born San Leandro, Calif., July 25, 1905; h. 5 ft. 9 in.; w. 190; black hair, brown eyes; e. St. John's Academy and St. Mary's Highland College, Calif.; m. Betty J. Farquhar, former acrobatic dancer and singer. Appeared in stage units for film houses in 1920. Played in silent films, in tent shows, musical comedy, road shows, burlesque units and New York productions. Brought to radio in 1929 by Ted Maxwell, former theatrical manager. (R) Roads to Romance, 1929-30 (Associated Oil, NBC Pacific); El Sidelo Minstrels, 1929-31 (Consolidated Cigar, NBC Pacific); Spotlight Revue, 1929-32 (Associated Oil, NBC Pacific); Orphan Annie, 1930-32 (Ovaltine, NBC Pacific); Wheatenaville, 1930-35 (Wheatena Corp., NBC Pacific); Langendorf Pictorial, 1935 (Langendorf United Bakeries, NBC Pacific); 1935-39: Girl Alone, 3 years (Kellogg, NBC Red); Story of Mary Marlin, 2 years (P & G, NBC Red and Blue); Madame Courageous, 26 weeks (Durkee Famous Foods, NBC Blue); Welcome Valley (Household Finance, NBC Blue); It Can Be Done (Household Finance, NBC Blue); Tom Mix, 3 years (Ralston Purina, NBC Blue); Inside Story (Ralston Purina, NBC Blue); Don Winslow of the Navy, 39 weeks (Kellogg, NBC Blue); Gildersleeve on Fibber McGee & Molly, 1939-40 (S. C. Johnson & Son, NBC Red); Hollywood Playhouse (Woodbury Soap, NBC Blue); Texaco Star Theatre, 2 appearances (Texas Co., CBS); I Love a Mystery (Standard Brands, NBC Red); Welch Presents Irene Rich (Welch Grape Juice, NBC Blue); Signal Carnival (Signal Oil, NBC Red); others, including NBC sustaining programs out of Hollywood. (F) Silent films. (L) Henry Duffy, MacLoon Productions, Fulton Theatre Stock. (V) With Sylvia Breamer, 1926. PEEPLES, CORNY (Cornelius J.) Juvenile actor. Born Oak Park, 111., Jan 2, 1920; h. 5 ft, 1 in.; w. 100; brown hair and eyes; e. Austin High School. First radio appearance in 1932, as member of the Jack and Jill Players. (R) Little Orphan Annie (The Wander Co., NBC Red); Romance of Helen Trent (Edna Wallace Hopper, others, CBS); Story of Mary Marlin (Procter & Gamble, NBC Red and Blue); Lum and Abner (Horlick's Malted Milk Corp., NBC Blue); Adventures of Tom Mix (Ralston Purina, NBC Blue); Grand Hotel (Campana Sales Co., NBC Blue); Uncle Ezra (Miles Laboratories, Inc., NBC Red); Jack Armstrong, (General Mills, Inc., NBC Red); Tale of Today (Princess Pat, Ltd., NBC Red); First Nighter (Cam pana Sales Co., NBC Red) Welcome Valley (Household Finance Corp., NBC Blue); Stepmother, 1938-40 (ColgatePalmolive-Peet, CBS); Those Happy Gilmans, 1939 (General Mills, NBC Red and Blue). (L) Dead End, 1936-37. PEERCE, JAN. Tenor. Originally appeared as both violinist and vocalist. In 1932, while playing and singing with a house orchestra in a New York hotel, Samuel L. Rothafel (Roxy) gave him a contract for appearances at the Radio City Music Hall. Erno Rapee, music director at the theatre, teamed him with Dick Leibert. organist, and later gavt him solo assignments. Currently soioist at the Music Hall. (R) Radio City Music Hall, 1932-40 (sustaining, NBC Blue); Chevrolet Presents Rubinoff and His Violin, 1935-36 (General Motors for Chevrolet Cars NBC Red); Gulf Summer Show, 1939 (NBC Red); Gulf Musical Playhouse, summer of '39 (Gulf Oil, CBS). (GA) Programs for Palmolive Soap, Chase & Sanborn Coffee, Ford Cars, Lucky Strike Cigarettes, Vitalis, Radio Corp. of America; soloist, Arturo Toscanini broadcasts, NBC Blue. (F) Shorts, (V) Theatre appearances. (PR) Brunswick. PELLETIER, VINCENT. Announcer, narrator. Born Minneapolis, Minn., March 21, 1908; son of Mabel Pelletier, concert and opera singer; h. 5 ft. 7 in.; w. 160; dark brown hair, brown eyes; e. University of Minnesota and Northwestern University; m. Edna Pelletier; two children, Vincent Edgar, 7, and Cheri Lynne, 5. First radio appearance in 1923 as an amateur singer; in 1927 he became an announcer following an audition. (R) Lifetime Revue, 1932 (Sheaffer Pen, NBC Blue); Armour Hour, 1932-33 (Armour & Co., NBC Blue); Household Finance programs, 1933-39 (NBC Blue, 1933-38; CBS, 1938-39); Mar-O-Oil Musical Revue, 1935-36 (J. W. Marrow Co. for MarO-Oil Shampoo, NBC Red); Contented Hour, 1935-40 (Carnation Milk Co., NBC Red); Red Grange Forecasts & Scores, Sept. to Nov., 1938 (Pure Oil Co., CBS); Vic & Sade, 1939 (P & G, NBC Red and Blue); Grand Hotel, 1940 (Campana Sales, CBS). (F) Commercial films. (V) Finkelstein & Ruben, 1925-27; Pelletier & Fine. PELLETIER, WILFRED. Musical conductor. Born Montreal, Canada, June 30, 1896; h. 5 ft. 3 in.; w. 145; brown hair, blue eyes; m. Rose Bampton, operatic soprano; two sons, Frank and Camille. Doctor of Music, University of Montreal; conductor San Francisco Opera Co., 10 years; Ravinia Opera Co., 9 years; conductor Metropolitan Opera since 1917, 1015