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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-13
5000 PLAYERS IN
 CLEOPATRA CAST
Magnificent Spec { a z le Features Colbert, Wil-
 liam at POli's

Throngs that blocked the side walks tried to crowd into Polls at
 an early hour this afternoon where for the next four days the great est thrill spectacle ever screened
 "Cleopatra" will be the attraction, with Claudette Colbert, Warren william and Henry Wileoxson, a newcomer to films but who will be a sensation after his performances in this picture head cast of over 5000 players. Cecil B. De Mile the greatest living director whose name as the producer or director of a picture assures audiences the best in the entertainment line is responsible for this feature and going back we find that he has also given us "The Ten Commandments" ''King Of Kings" ''Sign of the Cross" and other epics of that caliber so that we are assured of greatness. with the cast that has been selected we are sure of acting and with the story that he brings to the screen assurance is given of the magni- tude of the scenes.
 Thousands of charfots are used, hundreds of dancing girls in the most spectacular dance scenes ever attempted, Roman and Egyptian war galleys, whole fleets of them, | thousands of warriors. flame throwing catapaults of the ancient times. the juggernaut of medieval times all are brought to a realism in this feature.
 Besides the immensity of the ate traction there is the romance one of the greatest that has ever been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-13
Local 7heaters Feature Promising Pictures
STATE PRESENTS
 FAMOUS ACTRESS
GIafllOr0us Grace Moore in Romantic Hit "One
 Night of Love-

< |
 Eupeflatiyes seem suddenly in-
 adeuuate and void of meaning
 faced with the task of describing
 the superb thrill to ba experienced
 at the Warner State theater, start
 ing today, when Grace Moore,
 ravishing ailuripg, gUld-voiced
 beauty acts and sings in the starr
 ring role of the romantic smash
 hit musical. cone Night of Love-"
 For three years a leading figure
 on the New York stage, renowned and beloved throughout the world for her exotic charm and glQri- ous voice, Miss Moore now en1erges triumphantly as one of screefidom's most captivating hg-, ures. She brings to the screen a distinctly new type of personality gay, joyous, exubefant. r0mafl- | tic with the fire Of youth.
 But the reintrodlntion of Miss Moore to movie audiences Is but one of the many highlights in ! a production resplehdent with beauty and entertainment. The musical and romantic interest Is solidly sustained by a gripping and convihciHs story. It concerns an American girl who, winning
 honors ir a radio audition, goes | to Italy to prepare for an operatic l career, Deftiy worked into the narration as ilaturla sequences are charming Milan scenes in which Miss Moore poufs out several of the most delightful arias ever written. The glorious stirring power of Miss Moofe's voice Is an indescribably thrili--hever be-
 fore experieneed by motion pie ture audiences.
 Tuilio Cafminati, in the role of the gay, ard0rous music teach et. deserves the highest praise | for a magnificent performance. As a matter of fact, the entire cast. from Lyle Talbot, who plays the second male lead in the role of the fappy-so-lue young Aiaeri- car, in Italy en 3 holiday. down
 to the sinailsst Dit player, per form with unusual ability and ti- nesse. Among these are seen Mo- iia Barrie, as the tilted opera star and rival of Miss Moore for Carminati's affections; Jessie Ralph
 as huxofn housekeeper; and Luis Alberni, Andres De Eegurola ani Nydia Westman in important roles. The climax of the film play is one of captivating beauty and mt sical charm. In the tragic sweet
 ness of a beautiful Hitting love
 song this thrilling, pulsating TO- maritic production comes to its glorious close destined to leave in the hearts of music and picture lovers the world over the superb thrill of their entertainment life- times. "One Night of Love" will write screen history. not only for it's sheer beauty and thrill, but for it's revelation in the person of
 Miss Moore a woman of ecstatic allure with a voice that holds a promise of new thrills for millions of picturegoers.
 Manager Julia M. Smith has ar-
 ranged a noteworthy surrounding program to accompany this fea- ture presentation which is un- doubtedly one of the finest en- tertaina ents you will see if you spend every night at the thea
 ters for the next six months.
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Kay Weber, incidentally, has been getting quite q hand as a radio vocalist, and one of the reasons Is her excellent dic- tion. She's . graduate of St. Mary's College in Kansas and followed that up with 2 course in both music and drama in Denver, where she broke into radio as dramatic actress. Current issue of "V0gue' tells of the hit made by Al Donahue, Boston boy who made good, at Monte Carlo this summer, where his band dispensed dance music at the Sporting d'Ete, which, in Eng Iish, is the Monte Carlo Ga. sin0.
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the person of Warren William, comes on the scene that the strange murders are finally solved, and the slayer brought to justice. William is new Philo Vance, though the parts of Sergeant Heath and District Attorney Mark ham are again carried by Eugene Palette and Robert McWade, re- spectively. Etienne Girardot also will be seen again in the person of the quaint and querulous Dr Doremus.
 Margaret Lindsay has the lead ing feminine role, the fiancee of the first man murdered. and sus- pected of the crime because she is in love with another of her guests, a part played by Lyle Talbot, who also comes under the scrutiny of the police.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-13

written, that of Marc Anthony and Cleopatra entwined.
 On the same program there will also be the usual carefully select ed short subjects that have become a part of the Poli programs and this week there will be another of the ever popular Mickey Mouse Cartoons with the favorite rodent in another pleasing role, also there will be comedy, Goofy News, and others and as a sparkling gem Metrotonews with Edwin Hill a. the commentator will be another added treat.
 Make your plans now to see this gigantic attraction as 1t will be shown for four days only, Satur- day, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-13
TYPEWRITER AIDED
 IN MARRIAGE

Springfield, Mo = {UP) = Tho Rev P. c. Sechler can't be stumped. When Myrtle Lawson, 21, and Archie Breedlove, 34 both deaf and dumb, went to him to be married. he typed out the vows on his typewriter. The bride and groom nodded their heads to make the necessary answers.
 All electric refrigerators in Ath- ems, Greece, are from America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-13

the entire collegei nal, uproarious series of events.
 The companion feature is to be Damon Runyor's hits story Mil lion Dollar Ransom" with Phillips Holmes. Edward Arnold and Mary Carlile. Performances tonight con- clude the engagement of Hide Out" and Ladies Should Listen" !"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-13
ROAMING THE AIR WAVES

they won't take his heart out too, A broadcast by Bob Crosby and the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra one night recently was instrumentaI in assisting William Caldwell or the Federal Housing Commission in finding a friend he had been trying to locate for three years, \. Caldwell was formely on the stage and is friend of both Bing and Bob, and when he heard the opening announcement of Bobs program over adio in the lounge of Toledo Hotel, he listened with interest. When he heard the title of a song which he himself had written several years ago an- nounced as the next number, his heart skipped few beats. It stop ped almost completely when he heard that his song was to be sung by Kay Weber, who seconds Bob Crosby in the Dorsey Brothers line-up of yocalists-the girl whom he had been trying to find. Fifteen minutes later a long distance call to New York had been added to Caldwell's hotel bill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-13
WAN DINE MYSTERY
 PLAY AT CAPITOL
The Dragon Murder Case One of Years Great-
 est Thrillers

"The Dragon Murder Case" the latest of the murder mystery dramas from the pen of the peer less author s. S. Van Dine, to be dramatized for the screen, opens at the Capitol theater Sunday. The picture is said to be the most bizarre as we'll as the most baffling of all the novels of tho famous author, involving as 1t does series of mysterious crimes ap- parently committed by some pre- historic monster.
 It is not until Phiio Vance, in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-13

where his orchestra and violin furnished the musical back grounds and interlHdes for a number Of important screen productions.
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With RAY FITZPATRICK

One of WaterbuFy's best known vocal groups, the ABC's will make its second Sunday appearance over WATR at 8:16 to-mOrfDw after noon. Their initial program scored a decided success with listeners Of the local station last week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-13
New York Stations

 fWEAF-eeo WOR--71O wJz-7eo - WABC-a60
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Tiny Bradshaw and his band will accompany the Mills Brothers on transforming tour of the south in November. If his doctor will guarantee to take out Bing Crosby's appendix around midnight on a Tuesday and have him on his feet again for his broadcast the following Tuesday, Bing is go- ing to indulge in the operation as soon as he finishes his next pic- ture, Here Is My Heart" No,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
HARRY RICHMAN Is
star With KENNEDY
And DENNY'S BAND
Famed Entertainer Is Singer,
Comedian, Pianist and
Song Writer

New York, May 5.-Harry Richman
singing star of George Whites scan.
dals." the Ziegfield "Follies" and New
Yorks popular Club Richman, Is back
on the air performing for an NBC
network, including KFYR Of Bismarck
each Wednesday night at $50 O'Clock
(CST).
The famous entertainer Is being
featured with John B. Kennedy and
Jack Denny's orchestra on the hall
hour broadcasts from the NBC Radio
City studios each week.
Called back to New York from q
vacation cruise on his yacht to sing
on the revised Conoco program two
weeks ago, Richman scored such
hit that he promptly was signed tc
continue throughout the remainder
Of 1894.
Richman was suggested as the logi-
cal star to head the new program
when revision of that series first was
contemplated, but the singer was q,
sea and no one knew what course the
yacht was taking. Radio message,
and seaplanes sought the entertainer
for nearly q week before he finally
was located off the coast Of Florida
and 1t was not until the new series
with Kennedy and Jack Denny's or.
chestra was under way that he
reached New York.
Singer, comedian, piano player and
song writer, Richman has been In the
public eyes and ears for number Of
years. First attracting attention ir
vaudeville as piano accompanist fol
Mae West and the Dolly Sisters, he
later opened his own night club, the
Club Richman in New York, and soor
became popular both with the pa.
irons Of the club and thousands Of
others who heard him over the air.
George White heard him singing al
the Club Richnan one night and IN
1926, '27 and % Richman was starred
in the Scandals" Later he went to
Hollywood to be featured In Put
tin on the Ritz" and then returned
to Broadway to star in the Ziegfield
Follies OF 1881. Among the many
successful songs he has written are
walking Ny Baby Back Home" and
There Ought to be Moonlight Saw
ing Time"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
Meat Queries To Be
Answered by Cudahy

Many questions farmers have been
asking concerning the meat indus
try will be answered by E. A. Cud-
ahy, Jr, president Of the Cudahy
Packing Co., during the livestock and
meat forum over an NBC network
including KFYR OF Bismarck Sun
day, May s, at p. m. (CSTD
The feature will take the form OF
q question and answer dialogue, the
Institute Of American Meat Packers
sponsors Of the program, announce. A
livestock producer OF the middlewest
will be brought to the microphone to
repeat some Of the most frequently
asked questions.
Because no product is sold in this
series, it is one Of the most unusual
commercial programs on the air. It's
purpose is to make possible q higher
degree Of cooperation among meat
packers and producers Of livestock.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
City Fellers Are Busy
Making Engagements

Sam and his iCty Fellers, one Of
the orchestras under the direction
Of the KFYR booking service, are
extremely busy these days COM
muting between dance jobs and
broadcast program for General
Mills at $3.50 q. m. four days each
week.
Each Tuesday. Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday at $3.50
o'clock finds Sam and his City
Fellers In the KFYR studios here
prepared for a fast-stepping pro-
gram Of old-time music.
The boys found minutes almost
priceless in a recent episode.
Returning from a dance job
ITS miles distant from Bismarck,
the orchestra was delayed by a
tire puncture. Insult was added
to injury when the spare tire was
found without air and no tire
pump available. It was decided to
drive into Minot on the rim.
Due repairs were made and with
slightly more than two hours left
and about lis miles t., cover, the
orchestra left Minot, arriving here
20 minutes before time to 60 on
the air.
Henceforth Sam and his asso-
ciates will test their spare tires
with extreme care.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
NOVlS FEELS RADIO
AUDIENCE DEMANDS
INFORMAL PROGRAM
listener.in Wants to Act the
Part Of Participant, Sing
or Believes

New York, May 5.-"The radio au-
dience wants to dial in on informally
and feel it's part Of the merrymak-
Ing" says Donald Novis, popular
stage, screen and radio tenor, who
made personal survey Of listeners
opinions in Is cities on the vaudeville
tour which he completed just before
his return to the microphone.
More and more radio fans want
to feel that they're your friends,
continued Novis, who now Is being
co-starred with petite Frances Lang
ford at the House Party broadcasta
over a nationwide NBC Network in
Guiding KFYR Of Bismarck each Sat
urday night at o'clock (CST).
Most radio listeners want q per-
sonal relationship" explains the sing
err. "They want q radio program to
let them feel as though they were &C
tually taking part In the fun. That's
the technique we're working on in the
House Party show-and I think we're
going to see a decided trend in air
programs toward informal amusement
that lets the fan in on the inside, 50
to speak.
Being back before the microphone
with the House Party show IS q real
vacation for me-" added Novis. TITS
100 per cent recreation after the hard
grind Of the Hollywood sound stages
and the vaudeville circuit. But don't
regret all that hard work. It was in
valuable experience because 1t gave
me q chance to get acquainted with
fans in all parts of the country and
find out how I could please them best
when I went back to the NBC micro
phone"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
Wendell Hall Quit
Breaking Ukuleles

Chicago, May 5.-As the Red-headed
Music Maker. Wendell Hall has been
known to radio listeners for more than
q decade. Vaudeville audiences knew
him as the Singing Xylophonist for
some three years before he went into
radio, but only one small town ever
knew him as the One Man Musical
Marvel, and that was only for a day.
Wendell, whose program is heard
over an NBC-WEAF network each
Sunday at 8:45 p. m. (CST) was going
under the Singing Xylophonist tag at
the time. He decided, however, that
what he needed was variety. So. for
sweet variety's sake, he got up an
act which was to feature him as the
One Man Musical Marvey. playing
ten instruments, successfully.
Hall opened In La Crosse, Wis, and
for the first three shows the Marvel
was q WOW. He was an even greater
sensation the fourth time. for Wen
dell, with the daring typical Of youth,
decided to embellish the ukelele num-
Der with q few deft twirls Of the in
strument while playing it. Came the
uke number and Hall tried his twirl.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05

When Asa Yoelson was q boy in
Russia he decided to come to America
to make q name for himself which
he did by changing 1t to Al Jolson.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
YOUNG TO INCREASE
USE OF THEME Song
Responds to Popular Demand
With Decision to Play Bars
Throughout

So many inquiries about the theme
music have come to the sponsors Of
the program broadcast by Victor
Young and his Orchestra over the
NBC network each Sunday evening
that not only has 1t been decided to
release information at once about the
music but also to respond to the
wishes Of the programs listeners by
charging on It's use.
The theme music on the program Is
the finale Of the first movement Of q
concerto, for piano, composed by Vic
tor Young and entitled Pearls on
Velvet"
Pearls ON Velvet" In its original
form embraces three movements. The
first movement is In two parts: the
first in the form OF an American song,
the second the love theme. The sec
ond movement is entitled blues. !"
The third movement is properly en-
titled Pearls Of Velvet" from which
the concerto derives its title. It In.
cludes q number Of unusual pianistic
runs.
In difference to the wishes Of the
programs listeners. Victor Young
hereafter will play q few bars Of the
theme music between each number on
the program. This presentation will
vary with each intermediate use In
order to lend the widest appeal and
variance to the music. At one mo-
ment 1t may be four violin strings; at
another a harp; another time muted
saxophones will pick it up: and 50 on.
Young has just completed the scor-
ing and musical arrangements for
frankie and Johnnie" the colorful
epic Of America produced at the mod
ernized Biograph Studios. the center
Of motion picture production In New
York.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
Barclay Is H0nOred
For Opera Function

New York, May 5.-(RHJohn Bar
clay, well known baritone headlined
In the Beauty Box Theatre programs,
was chosen as master Of ceremonies
for the annual opera ball at the Met
ropolitan Opera House Friday. April
~. This Is one Of the most colorful
affairs Of the spring social season in
New York. The MIC star introduced
fsmous figures Of the opera stage.
screen and radio to the huge audi
ence, which included many Of the
most important men and women in
business and social life. A portion Of
the ball was broadcast over NBC.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
DUNCAN MARSHALL
TO DISCUSS farm
PLANS WEDNESDAY
Speech to Chicago Association
OF Commerce Will Be
Broadcast
OVER FARM AND HOME HOUR
Address Will Be Picked Up from
Palmer House, Beginning
At Noon

When Honorable Duncan Marshall
former minister Of agriculture for the
Dominion Of Canada, addresses a gen.
eral meeting Of the Chicago associa-
ton Of commerce at the Palmer
House Wednesday. May 9. he will be
heard over a nationwide NBC net
work including KFYR Of Bismarck.
The speech will be broadcast during
the National Farm and Home hour
beginning at II 80 a. m. (CST.
The distinguished speaker will point
out the necessity for planning on
the farm"
That individual planning is as i'm
portant as national planning in the
agricultural field will be suggested
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
Friday. May II

Friday. May II
1:oo-Breakfast Club
S:0O-Breen and De Rose
S:l5-Clara. Lu and En-, Colgate
Palmolive Peet
8:30-Bisquick Pgm.-"Sam and His
City Fellers''
s:45-Press Radio News Service
a:5O-Studio
S:55-Markets
9:00-Morning Parade
a:3O-Studio
e:5o-Manchester Biscuit Ppm.
955-Studio
lo:oo-Markets and Weather
10:l5-Wendell Hall
10:3o--yic and SADIE
10:45-song Fellows
1l:00-Markets and World Bookman
1l:l5-Words and Music
1l:30-National Farm and Home Hour
l2:oo-Silent
::oo-Markets. Weather and Farm
Educational Hospital Day Ppm.
2:3o-Program from RBC
soon. p. Federation OF Women's
a:,s-Reinald decentralization
3:3o-Oxydors Own Ma Perkins
3:45-Alice in Orchestralia
4:00-Navier Cugat and Orch.
4:3o-Cheerio Musical Mosaics
4:45-Little Orphan Annie
5:00-Dance Masters
S.10-lNCerCOIleEIdIo 1OunCl dlhU
5:3O--Baseball Scores
5:45-"Taxw Max Baer for Goodrich
6:nO-Studio
e:3o-National Music Week Ppm.
7:0O-Merry Macs
7:15-Al Kvale e. Orch.
7:30-Pennzoil Program
7:35-Studio
7:45-Rud and Glenn
S:O0-Speed Wallace
S:l5-Nash Program, Tina and Tim
8:30-General Tire Program with
Jack Benny
e:oo-S. st. Paul Livestock Mkt. and
Program Resume
S:lS-Studio
9:30--Press Radio Bureau News
9:35-Hotel st. Regis Orch.
1n:0o-Tom Gentry and Orch.
10:30-Sevmour Simons and Orch.
11:oo-Clyde Lucas and Orch.
:3o-Frankie Masters Orch.
l2:00-Silent
saturday. May n
7:0O--Breakfast Club
8:0O-The Gospel Singer
8:15-Morning Parade
S:3O-Press Radio News Service
S:35-Morning Parade (Cont.)
s:46--Studio
S:55-Markets
9:00-WomAn's Page Of the Air
9:30-Heinnie and His Grsnadiers
|10:o0-Markets, Weather and Aunt
Sammy
10:l5-Soloist
1O:3O-Vic and SADIE
observation-disclosures
IL :0O-Markets and World Bookman
11:15-Words and Music
11:20-Hotel Patterson Broadcast
II :30-National Farm and Home HouI
12:3o-Silent
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NBC studio pickups: Muriel Pol
lock and Wee Lawnhurst are celenfat-
ing their eighth year as . radio seam
The ambition Of Harry Reser, ace
banjoist, is to become q conductor OF
symphonic music. Annette Han
shaw's picture graces the cover OF the
first issue OF magazine gotten out
by the inmates of q western penl-
Tertiary. John Fogarty's idea OF
spending a pleasant afternoon these
spring days is to stroll the New Jer.
sey hills with pair Of pedisreed
pointers he raised from puppyhood.
Wendell Hall, MICS red-headed
music maker, was quite track man
during his high school days. He won
the Chicago high hurdle champion
ship in 1917.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
PRESERVE THIS PAGE

PRESERVE THIS FACE
Radio fans would do well to save
this page all through next week.
It will serve as an excellent guide
when you may tune in on pro-
grams to your liking with q mere
turn Of the dial.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
ROOsevelt's Review
Will Be Broadcast

| President Roosevelt's review Of the
battle fleet OF the United States, and
New York Ciy's welcome to the men,
of-war will be brought to the whole
nation on Thursday, May 81, accord
ing to arrangements made between
the secretary Of the navy and NBC.
On that day the president will re-
view Americas sea fighters outside
| New York harbor. and as the sleek,
grey ships Of the battle sQuadrons file
by to salute their cUmmander-in-
chief. NBC announcers will picture
the scene.
| President Roosevelt will board the
cruiser indianapolis in New York har-
Dor and sail out to position of
Ambroxe Light MICS broadcast will
start at Gas a. m. (CST) and the
first ship In line will pass the Indian
apolis about 10 q. m. (CST)
MIC will have observers and mic
rophones aboard the Indianapolis on
the bridge Of the U.SS. Saratoga. flag
ship OF the aircraft carriers: aboard
the U.S.S. California, flagship OF the
battle force, and also in blimp or
naval airplane. The last ship will
clear the reviewing stand" about
IL a. nj. tCST.
Beginning at approximately noon
(CST, as the first ship approaches
the Battery. NBC microphones there
will describe the arrival. From that
point MICS mobile transmitter,
cruising up Riverside Drive, will pick
Up the story to complete the picture Of
New York's welcome to the Navy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
Raymond Knight Has
A Versatile Array

New York, May 5.-tP)-Raymond
Knight has one Of the most versa
tile casts in radio In his new Cuckoo
show. There's Mary Mccoy, Jack
Arthur. Mary Hopple and the Spark
lers Quartet, all Of whom can both
act and sing. Even Bob Armbruster
the orchestra director, can step up to
the mike" and play q dialect part
when called upon.