The Washington times., 1927-11-02
ACTRESS STARS
IN RADIO

Reception conditions last night.
showed about an even break be.
tween noise and entertainment.
The West was q bit shy on loud
speaker deliveries, but the South
and North came IN nicely when
properly cOaXed. Interference was
. bit marked because new wave.
length ALLEGATIONS made new ad.
justments necessary, with which
dial twisters were not quite
familiar.
While one Of Americas most able
actresses. Laurette Taylor, was
making herself very much at home
In tens of thousands of living
rooms last evening and the charm
of her personality was spreading
itself generally over the wave
lengths, the fact that the plays
still the thing was being emphasized
for another set of listeners by Mrs.
August Belmont in the announce
ment of subscriptions of more than
=, half million from America toward
the Shakespeare Memorial Theater
Fund.
The annual gathering of the
American Shakespeare Foundation
was reported from WIZ, and the
much heralded announcement of
Mrs. Belmont was to the effect
that public subscriptions will now
be received to a fund for the re-
building of the fire wrecked
Avon. The American Foundation Is
tAIo % de-
fund and Mrs. Belmont said that
of this amount $550,S5S. was in
hand without public solicitation.
The campaign among the general
public is to begin at once with
local committees in all large
centers of population.
LAURETTE TAYLOR
REPEATS RADIO HIT
Laurette Taylor's contribution to
the entertainment program came
Through the Eyeready activities and
was the most important single
feature of the evening. This
charming actress did not seem as
happy in her selection of material
for broadcasts as she was on her
previous appearance before the
microphone under the same aus.
pices. but she gave unmistakeable
evidence of her very great ability
and promise of much when she mas
given more careful study to radio
requirements and limitations.
Most interest among Washington
listeners centered about the change
Of wave length OF WMAL last eve
ming and both the brOadcastinS sta
tion and this office would like TO
know what results were obtained.
We'd suggest also writing to the
Federal Radio Commission about 1t.
The program came through rather
clearly to our receiving set, its high
point being the Movie Club exer-
cises part of the program OF which
was novel in that 1t, was. presented
by the Hon. WI and his troupe OF
Chinese performers from the Palace
Theater.
Colby Hartman completed his
most interesting history of motion
picture development during the
course of the WMAL evening and
we are sure we're vOicing the wishes
of many radio listeners when we
suggest that Hartman have his
series of lectures published. We'd
suggest that he go over them and
make a few corrections here and
there.
For instance. The Washington
Times and not the Chicago Tribune
happens to he the first newspaper
in the country to publish serious
criticisms of film productions. We
can authenticate this for. Mr.. Har-
riman because l happen to be the
writer OF those criticisms and did
not enga &c to write them for The
Times until after I had tried to in
terest the editor of the Chicago
Tribune in them James Keely. the
very great newspaperman who was
controlling the destinies Of the
Tribune at that time, spent some
very valuable time trying to show
me how utterly unnecessary film
reviews were and that the Tribune
could never find space for them. 1t
was at least six months after the
Gardner Mack daily film reviews
started in The Times in Washing.
ton that the Tribune employed Kitty
r Kelly and inaugurated it's movie
department
To get back to radio and last
night-Lee Cronican Anade himself
very much of a factor in the WMAI.
program with his fine playing Of
Brahms The new series Of auction
bridge games started off we'll with
Messrs. Milton Work and Wilbur
Whitehead at the helm again, and
the oil industry put over its weather
reports in fine style from WRC.