Variety radio directory (1940)

Page scan 0001028 from Variety radio directory

Record Details:

Title:
Variety radio directory
Date:
1940
Publisher:
New York : Variety, Inc.
Volume:
Variety radio directory (1940-1941)
Leaf #:
0001028
Language:
English
Collection:
Year Book and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
September 19, 2024
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PROFESSIONAL RECORDS— Continued (Standard Oil of California, NBC Blue); also network appearances as violin soloist for General Motors programs. (PR) Brunswick. PITT, MERLE. Musical director, WNEW, New York. (R) Various commercial and sustaining shows. (F) Shorts (Warner Bros.). (V) Hotel and theatres. PR). POPEYE. See Floyd Buckley. PORTER, GARRETT. Script writer. Born Kansas City, Kans., Aug. 27, 1903; e. Princeton University; m. Elaine Knopf Porter. First radio writing in 1935 for the March of Time program as result of his experience with the United Press. (R) March of Time, 1935-39 (Time, Life, and Fortune magazines, also Servel, Inc., NBC Blue); Cavalcade of America, 193940 (E. I. du Pont de Nemours, NBC Blue, previously CBS). POST, DICK (R. H. Postlethwait) . Announcer. Born St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 20, 1914; h. 5 ft. 10V2 in.; w. 150; brown hair, blue eyes; e. Illinois Wesleyan University (A.B. degree); m. Helen Corbin, publicist for Howard Mayer. First radio appearance in 1935, following an audition. (R) Tony Wons, 1937 (Vick Chemical Co., CBS); Just Entertainment, 1938 (William Wrigley, Jr., Co., CBS); Hymns of All Churches, 1938 (General Mills, CBS); Betty and Bob, 1938-39 (General Mills, NBC Red and Blue); Scattergood Baines, 1939-40 (Wm. Wrigley, Jr., Co., CBS); appearances on Stepmother (Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, CBS) and Romance of Helen Trent (Louis Philippe, Edna Wallace Hopper). M. C. and free-lance announcer and actor on records and slide films. POST, WILLIAM, JR. Actor (dramatic leads, juveniles, heavies). Born Montclair, N. J., Feb. 19, 1906; h. 6 ft.; w. 170; dark brown hair, blue eyes; e. PhillipsExeter Academy, Yale (A.B. degree) and American Laboratory Theatre Dramatic School. Coach and director of amateur productions. Made first radio appearance in 1938 following an audition. (R) John's Other Wife, 1938-40 (Old English Floor Wax, BiSoDol, NBC Red); Billy & Betty, several parts in spring of '39 (Corn Kix, WEAF, N. Y.); Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories, irregularly in 1940 (Lever Bros., CBS); Second Husband, irregularly in 1940 (Bayer Aspirin, CBS). (GA) Lead opposite Judith Anderson in The Gift, Royal Desserts Program, Feb. 23, 1939 (Standard Brands, NBC Red); Magic Key of RCA (Radio Corp. of America, NBC Blue); others. (F) RKO, 1931; production by Jack Skirball, 1937; commercials. (L) New York productions: Many Mansions, 1937-38; Madame Capet, 1938; The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1938 (f); stock. POWERS, TOM. M.C., actor (monologues, drama), poetry reader. Born Owensboro, Ky., July 7, 1890; h. 5 ft. 11 in.; w. 175; brown hair and eyes; e. Bay View College, Tex., Kentucky University and American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York; m. Meta Powers. Served as captain in the Royal Air Force during the World War. Author of several books' including The Span, Scotch Circus, Flight, Life Studies; one novel, Need; plays, including Handy Man, Bridal Quilt, and others. First stage appearance in Lancaster, Pa., in February, 1911; New York debut in Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil, in 1915; first appearance on the London stage in Oh, Joy!, in 1919; most recent appearance in When We Were Married (Broadway production), 1940. Has been in radio many years. (R) Central City, 1938-39 (P & G for Oxydol, NBC Red). (LS) Life Studies, one man show, 1935-37 (S. C. Johnson & Son for Johnson's Wax, WEAF, New York, 1935-36; WOR, New York, 1936-37); others, including Roses and Drums (Union Central Life Insurance, CBS); Grand Central Station (Lambert Pharmacal, CBS). (GA) 14 appearances with Rudy Vallee, Royal Gelatin Hour (Standard Brands, NBC Red). (F) Vitagraph, 1910-12 (s). (L) Starred for 10 years with Theatre Guild; also productions for Sam Harris, John Golden, Mercury Theatre and numerous others (s). (V) Personal appearances in America and England. POYNTON, LORETTA. Actress. Born Jackson, Mich., March 12, 1914; h: 5 ft.; dark brown hair and eyes; e. Longwood Academy, St. Mary's of the Wood; m. William Patrick Carroll, Jr. Studied at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, and appeared in several of its productions. First radio appearance via NBC following an audition. (R) Household Finance programs, 1931-38 (Household Finance Corp., NBC Blue); Dan Harding's Wife, 1936-38 (National Biscuit Co., NBC Red); Story of Mary Marlin, 1937-40 (Procter & Gamble, NBC Red and Blue). (L) Stock, 1932-33; On the Make, 1936; Skidding, 1936 (s,f). PRATT, RICHARD G. Radio director, Charles W. Hoyt Co., Inc., New York City. Born Manchester, N. H., June 6, 1915; e. University of New Hampshire (B.S. degree, 1937). Lieutenant, U. S. Coast Artillery Corps (Reserve). Announcer and script writer, WFEA, Man 1018