Evening star., 1935-12-01

Will De MS second mlcrophone date.
He was heard recently In a minor
role in the same show, but preferred
to remain anonymous in order that
he might enter radios ranks on the
strength Of his own ability instead OF
calling upon the audiences loyalty
to his famous father. The young
artist Is much like his father-ex-
tremely tall-and with something of
the rich resonance and power of voice
which made the elder De Wolf Hop
per a favorite with the American
public -. Of two generations Despite
his youth, he has several seasons on
the stage to his credit, including, last
year, role with Katharine Cornell's
Romeo and Juliet" company.
SPEAKING Of Miss Cornell, she's in
the mood to take back all her
promises to stay out of radio She
has, as a matter of fact, practically
signed for a dramatic series on the
air-only awaiting the o. K. of her
sponsor on the script which she has
picked.
It is good to catch Victor Arden on
the air again occasionally, even with
out Phil Gilman, who is still on the
coast doing stint for the movies &.
Ben Klassen is due back at-the micro
phone tomorrow night after bout
with laryngitis You never know
what Kate Smith will do next
now she's bought basket ball team,
the professional champions, the Gel
tics - which means more work for
her manager, Ted Collins and,
| doubtless, more money >. being the
good business man he is.
David Ross has signed two literary
big names for his December 10 Poets
Gold program: william Rose Benet
and Leonora Speyer, Pulitzer prize
| winner And while we're on things
cultural, Jack Benny has turned art
collector at least he has the
nucleus for a collection In his pur-
chase Of Frederic Remington's famous
| portrait Of the Indian chief, Geronimo.
T ENNIE HAYToN's artistic leaning
- in addition to his music, Of
course-iS along the lines of expert
mental photography. He does the
whole job, from swapping the picture
to making the print. Hayton, by the
way, is due back on the airlanes shortly
after New Year Three other
bandsmen have some new bookings -.
N. B. c. having added 16 stations to
Joe Reichman's hook-up from Bos-
ton smart spot. Johnnie Green is
due to start another C. B. S. COM
mercial from Hollywood . . and
Tommy Dorsey has q new contract
which brings his programs up to three
week Horace Heidt's Brigadiers
include Ernie PaSsoja, the only from
bone player we've heard who can hiG
G above high c -. but that isn't
the reason for the Brigadiers' popu-
larity. 1t all goes back to the fact
that Heidt is a regular fellow who
pushes soloists and various units of
his band into the limelight instead Of
basking there contentedly himself.
IF YOU are one of the folk who could
get along without the amateur
hours, don't be too much encouraged
by WMCA's radical new step .. the
replacement Of its Sunday amateur
hour by dance band that Of Al
fred Who'll, to be specific. Maybe this
first collapse among the amateur hours
may indicate the broadcasters' suspi-
cion that the public is about surfeited
with inexperienced talent, but it will
probably be many a month before
genial Maj. Brown and Ray Perkins
are regarded as back numbers in the
studios. Meanwhile another amateur
show Is being lined up under Colum-
bias wing. The new show does have
slightly novel twist. however, with Val
Olman dipping into the New York
social register for his talent. Olman's
show is being planned as Sunday
night attraction to draw some Of the
majors regular dialers away from
N. B. C.
Congratulations and good wishes are
in order for John Hale, young tenor
who is back at a c. B. S. microphone
after a long illness. Four years ago
Hale was on the top of the radio heap,
after career that included everything
from farming and soda jerking to
opera study in Milan and stardom in
Earl Carroll's "Vanities" Illness in
terrupted his career, but he made
come-back-first, as master of cere-
monies for smart supper clubs here
and in the South. Now he has radio
contract.
RACK from her European wedding
trip, Nine Maria Jeritza stars
today on the N. B. c. 10 pm. concert
program on which she was booked
TO star earlier in the season before
wedding bells interrupted jean
nette Macdonald has asked that her
date on this same series be moved
up a month or two, inasmuch as film
ing of her new picture is still in
progress Columbia's concert hour,
tonight at 9 pm, will star Albert
Spalding, violinist 1. Louise Bave will
sing the leading role in the Radio City
Music Hall production of "Tales of
Hoffman" today >. playing opposite
Jan Peerce, tenor, whose contract has
just been renewed for a year.
EDWARD TOMLINSON will be back
- Friday with his chats and music Of
South America Columbia's Youth
Today" series shifts to new hour.
$3.50, Wednesday. Abram Chastns,
composer pianist, has new Saturday
noontime series on N. B. c. Irene
Bordoni has another microphone date.
this time with Ben Bernie Tuesday
night -. the big moment for the
ladies these afternoons continues to be
Claudine MacDonald's Radio Review.
but the tea-time chats N. B. c. has in
augurated on the blue network are
making q sfrnuc hid fnr a close second