The Washington times., 1927-01-10
ROMPING AROUND THE
RADIO DIALS
.BEBAN To Talk
FROMWRC

The early tuners will capture the
big prize of this evenings WRC
program. If past performances
amount to anything, for George
Beban, stage and motion.picture
star. is scheduled to take half an
hour to do whatever he likes to the
microphone. beginning at $50. In
the last few years. Beban has be.
come known to the general public
as a creator Of Italian character
studies in motion pictures and In
combinations Of motion picture ana
spoken drama. He IL appearing this
week in one Of the latter at the
Earle Theater.
Those Of US whose memories Of
the theater go back to the B. N.
period before moviesl like to think
Of George Beban as one OF the
artists of the stage-one Of those
actors who took his work seriously
and never sloughed q performance.
He was a character actor OF great
ability. and his desertion to picture
plays was of inestimable benefit TO
the screen, as he helped keep clean
things and pleasant things IN the
picture house. where they were DE-
coming fewer than they are now.
ITALIAN MUSIC
FROM HARVESTERS
Sidney and his Mayflower crew.
will start things going musicaHy
for WRC when Beban has finished
his entertainment at the studio.
Then the Star Radio Twins will do
their weekly stunt-bringins some
new songs and dance tunes to the
microphone The second concert
of the new features. Hires Harvest
ers. comes from WEAF at $3.50 with
an entire program of Italian music
and possibly short talk az to
WHY they are in Italy.
Then the Emerson hour brings
the Temple Quartet of Baltimore to
the loud speakers. With this quar-.
tet will be heard Douglas McComas
Brian Tucker Harry K. Rosen'
berger and Eugene Martinez. The
orchestra under the direction of
Nation Bovce has provided an in
terestinS program for the hour.
Faust" will be the grand opera
condensed for this evenings per-
Torrance by Cesare Sodero. Frances
Sebel. Devora Nadworney, Guiseppi
dl Benedetto Carl Rollins and Nino
Ruisl will sing the chief parts. The
final number on the WRC bill will
be the Palace Theater feature. the
Colgate Collegian Orchestra and
Sonic Meroff. the "bIues" singer.
SECRETARY WORK
TO MAKE ADDRESS
On the outer wave lengths the
chief feature scanned in the pm
grams is the address of Secretary
of the Interior Hubert Work at tie
annual banquet of the University Of
Pennsylvania from WOO. Piiiia
delphia, at $3.50 o'clock. There ar
quite a number Of things to be
found by the dials however-begih-
ming with the piano recital Of Flo
Wagner from WEAF at AIS o'clock.
The Pennsylvania State College
broadcastina station returns to the
air after long vacation this even
ing with the same call letters,
WPSC and the same wave length,
261. The State College Quartet can
be heard there at s o'clock. at
$40 o'clock Albert Payson TerhuEe,
the distinguished author, Is to be
interviewed by Philips Carlin at
WEAF regarding dogs.
The Georgia Minstrels make an
other appearance before the micro
phone Of WSB. Atlanta at 9 O'Clock,
at the same time the George
Barerre Ensemble can be heard
from WABC. At $3.50 o'clock one
Of the important features of the
evening will be found at WRNY
where John r. Matt. general secr".
tary Of the International 7, NJ. c.
A. is scheduled to make an address.
DR.. Mott Is one Of the best known
Of the International Y. M. C. A.
officers and is regarded as one Ct
the most interesting as well as one
Of the >ablest speakers in the
country.