Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-15
\ OUTLETS STILL TROUBLE IT, S. RADIO GLARS
Good Will Court Destined
TO Greater Radio Fame
Stories of Problems Told to Jurists One
of Most Fascinating Ideas
Developed on Air.
Bv Peter Dixon.

By Peter Dixon. |
rs difficult to predict what will
happen next in radio. Ether en-
tertsinment takes amazing pat
4 terms. Now Maj. Edward Bowes
and his amateurs must take a second |
place in the estimation of this listen
er, for A. L. Alexander is doing the
outstanding stunt of the season with
his Court of Good Will on WMCA
Sunday nights.
missed my guess on WINS Itsy
Bitsy Riddle hour. 1t has failed to
win a place on the networks, though
I think 1t deserves it. But I'm will
ing to guess again and prophesy that
the Court of Good Will or a very
similar program will be heard ma
tionally within a few months.
The Court of Good Will is startling /
in its realism. People of every race,
color and strata of society appear be-
fore various Manhattan juristS, out |
line their perplexing problems and /
receive sound advice. It's a simple /
pattern. but the curious stories told by
the "litlgantS" are fascinating. Cliche |
or not, only one phrase describes the /
program Human hearts are laid bare!
l recommend it as the most faScinat- |
ing entertainment on Sunday night. |
II you are out of the WMCA area, be |
patient, for this program is too I'M !
usual and fascinating TO be limited
n the NeUy Work area
THOUGH Joe Penner was featured
with AL Jolson a week ago, there .
is little likelihood he'll be back on the /
air regularly before January -. But /
there is a possibility you'll hear Leslie .
Howard in a regular series. His price {
is reported to be $4,000 program =.
The Marx Brothers won't be on the
air for that motor account. 1t was
Just a rumor The name OF Barbara ?
Blair is placed in nomination for a
comedy spot on some program. l
think it's time Snoonie came back!
Why doesn't Rudy Vallee play
sax solo on his Thursday night pro-
gram? Perhaps you'd forgotten Vallee |
used to be a saxophone player!
COLUMBIA means it about keeping |
horror out of its juvenile shows. |
Several sponsors have been unable to |
do business with Columbia because |
their plans have included the presen-
tation of blood-and- thunder tnrlllers
The New Kate Smith series will
present Kate Smith at her very best,
according to advance information
Investigation reveals that the average
amateur travelling in a Maj. Bowes
troupe can save at least $50 week
out of his salary after all expenses
are paid. Not bad pay for going to
school!
> T OTIS of radio people won't have
- radios in their cars And I know
of one radio personality who has just
returned from a three months vaca-
ton and he didn't listen to program
for the entire 80 days Lois Ravel
is now singing Friday nights at $50
it's a good guess that Bob Law
renee. the baritone fiddler with Paul
Whiteman. will be the next Whiteman
protege to achieve stardom. He's got
a real voice with an heroic Swagger
in it AL Donahue. who follows
Raw Noble into the Rainbow Room
and the N. B. c. broadcast from that
point, is quite the pet OF Park ave
nue. George Olsen and Ethel
Shutta NAV be together after all
There's a plan to feature them at the
Stork Club and that1l probably mean
/ a broadcast together, too E. If you've
I ever seen the Sisters OF the Skillet
you'd know just how funny 1t is that
they are going to do a program for
corset manufacturer. Only they'll re-
fer to the product as "a foundation
garment" Neither Eddie nor Ralph
wears 'em They'll be heard on
c. B. S. Sunday afternoons.
CURTIS MITCHELL managing edi-
~ tor of Radio Stars and one OF the
most able editors in radio. has re-
signed to head his own publication
group. He also plans to take whlrl
at radio production FREDERICK
James Smith, who edited Radio Tower,
now heads the entire Tower magazine
group Old Home Week on White
mans Music Hall Thursday. George
Gershwin will be there and also Mil
bred Bailey of the ''rockin' chair 80.
Carl Hoff'S music shifted from c. B. s.
to NIB. C.. Mark Warnow will sup
ply the music for the Helen Hayes
series on N. B. c. A humorous
news commentator will be featured
with Vincent Lopez when the piano
playing maestro returns to the air
for a brewer :. Teddy Bergman was
rehearsing for the Vallee show when
his own program was booked In as
opposition to Vallee o. E. NC
Intyre. who conducts that new ANA
teur series on WOR Sunday, is also
general sales manager OF the flrm
sponsoring the program Death
Valley Days has been renewed for
another 50 weeks on the air.
GINGER ROGERS, a swell gal who
didn't make good in radio, was
AL Jolson's featured guest last night
WINS offers the most fascinating
program title of the week-the Pip
squeak Pippins! Sounds like an or
chestra for Mickey Mouse Johnny