Evening star., 1934-02-27
NOVEL BROADCAST
|BY MICKEY MOUSE
Minnie, Big Bad Wolf, and
Others Also "To
Speak,"

n n ICKEY MOUSE. Minnie, the
Nu Three Little Pigs, the Big
v Bad Wolf and other famous
4 ' 4 movie characters created by
Walt Disney will come to
microphone In person with Disney,
when he Is heard Is q guest artist on
the Hall Of Fame broadcast over an
N. B. G. network Sunday.
Disney will tell the story Of the
origin Of his popular characters, and
the same voices which speak for
them on the screen will bring them
to life on the air during the half
hour broadcast.
Nathaniel Shilkret and his orches-
ira will supply the musical back
ground for the unusual radio pro-
gram. It will be the first time that
D1Sney'S characters have ever per-
formed before the microphone on q
commercially sponsored program.
Uphill Fight.
Disney had an uphill fight launch
ing his Mickey on the screen, but
once the frisky little cartoon star got
the attention Of the public, he took
not only the country, but the world
oy storm. Mickey Mouse cartoons are
now shown in practically every coun-
try In the world, In comic strips in
the newspapers, and more than a
hundred manufacturers are making
Mickey Mouse novelties that find a
ready sale all over the globe.
Because Of his natural modestv
Disney isn't nearly as famous as the
creations Of his Imagination. Upon
his return to the United States, after
a year In the World War, he bought
. secondhand camera and for q time
worked as q free-lance in taking
news reel pictures. Later, he entered
the advertising business, and It was
here that he conceived the idea of
an1mating drawings for motion pic
lures. which later evolved into car
toons for public entertainment.
Goes Into Business.
In 1928, he went to Los Angeles
with his brother, Roy, and went in
business with q capital Of less than
$500 in cash. Disneys first series
was known as the alice Cartoons. !"
Then he originated the idea of Os-
wald. the Rabbit, which is still being
exhibited today. It was during the
production Of Oswald, the Rabbit, that
Mickey Mouse was first conceived.
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THE relation Of sports to art will
L be the subject for q discussion
by experts in both fields to be
heard over N. B. c. networks Friday
afternoon.
r. TAFT Mckenzie, sculptor; Lawson
Robertson, famous track coach, and
Eddie Eagan, former intercollegiate
and Olympic boxing champion, will
take part In the discussion with
Francis C.. Healey, director Of the
Midtown Galleries Of New York. The
program will 60 on the air from 2:45
to 500 pm
REATRICE FAIRFAX, famous au-
- thority on affairs Of the heart,
will comelto the microphone in
q new series Of dramatized philos-
optical discussions over an N. B. G.
coast-to-coast network, beginning Sat-
urady, March 10.
The distinguished newspaper writer,
who has shared the heart secrets of
millions Of men and women, will be
heard with . dramatic cast in half
hour broadcasts.
Miss Fairfax viii appear before the
m1crophone as q commentator on at
tending sketches in which veteran
radio actors will dramatic the every
day crises that threaten courtship and
married happiness. BY re-enacting
tragedies and Quarrels that have
jeopardized the happiness of real men
and women, she hopes to clarity for
her listeners the way to readjust-
ment and contentment.