The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-09-05
Inside Stuff

People travelling to the coast u.s.
ually lay in a supply of cork he'll
NETS, shorts, Stacks and other semi
tropical apparel. So it was with
degree of amazement that Johnny
Green's favorite haberdasher re-,
ceived a request from the pianist
maestro composer for a varied as
sortment of spats in divers colors
and sizes. 1t was only after he ex-
planned that he was replacing Don
Bestor on the Jack Benny program
beginning September 29th that the
bewildered sartorialist understood.
incidentally, Johnny has a surprise
| for Public Comic No. 1. The young
man will bring'with him a new ar
rangement of Love In Bloom"
| when he docs a Horace Greeley.
New York City's current anti
noise campaign has been receiving
a good deal of publicity lately,
and Carl Hoff, the maestro, has
compiled a list of noises radio
among these noises are: A spon-
sor's lusty mo-" Sopranos
who squeak like shoes you're
breaking in .. Fan letters that
"squawk" louder than words {.
Amateurs Amateur hours :.
Gongs and sirens on Amateur pro-
grams In fact, this whole AM
ateur business +. Studio audience
applause and laughs by radio
straight men who giggle at so
much per guffaw /. Announcers
who pun on song titles Mas
tiers of ceremonies who ad lib"
| rehearsed continuities :. And,
last. but by no means least, the
whole radio business.
Juliet Lowell, who collects
| dumb Bellies Lettres" forwards
the following one which was re-
ceived by the Artists Bureau at
CHS &. Gentlemen: I have a
good voice but l want to leave my
home town because nobody here
likes me. Do you think 1 can meet
the requirements to be a radio an
nouncer f. Signed f.. Sans S.
Jack Mills, head of Mills Music
Inc, one of the country's best
known music publishing firms, has
just finished survey which shows
that there are over 5000 new
songs introduced in the various
branches of show business each
year. The majority of these songs
make their appearance in the ra-
dio field, but a good percentage
of them are forced on the public
through the medium, of small time
vaudeville acts and "quickie' NOV
lie shorts. 1t is a good thing for
all concerned that these songs die
a quick and natural death. "Of the
5000 songs" Mills declares, Sin
the course of any single year, only
10 of them will be outstanding
hits, and only rs will be good SELL
ers. When 1t is considered that
the mechanical cost of producing
and subsequently exploiting hit
is approximately $4,000, it can be
understood why many music pub
fishers are in CCC camps"
Because Loring Red Nichols
believes that vaudeville can be CIV
en- a ''shot in the arm" as shown
by recent box Office reports
throughout, the country from the.
aters showing good variety bills
Nichols, always a devotee of the
variety house, has accepted en-
gagements for an extended vaude-
vile tour. Nichols has always felt
that although radio is supposed
to have killed vaudeville, theatei
goers are always prepared to stand
in long lines at the box office ol
any theater offering decent
flesh and blood entertainment
tits all. cycle" claims the car
rot-crested, trumpet-toOting baton
eer.s Nichols opens at Loews State
New York's ace vaudeville house
on Friday, August 80.
In the same way as some ORA
matte actresses gesticulate before
mirrors to improve their facial ex
preston, Mary Small rehearsel
her songs in a special room equip
ped with a public address system
and a playback attachment
After she finishes singing song, i
is played back to her in the pres
ence of her instructors and to
gether with Mary they listen TO
any slight flaws in her rendition o
the song. II any are noted, Mar!
corrects them, and consequent!
her numbers are always perfec
when they are aired via the ether