Evening star., 1935-03-10
the major that keeps it so alive and
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ALEXANDER WOOllCOLL has
proved there is an audience for an
program and that certain
amount of sophistication is appreci-
ated. Now Don Marquis is on the air
three times week for a large cloth
ing concern and one hears the names
of Robert Benchley, Franklin P
Adams, Dorothy Parker. Faith Bald
win and other ladies and gentlemen
of letters discussed as potential radio
stars.
also know there Is growing inter-
est In name" writer's as writer's and
that among the programs planned for
the next six months are several in
which the services of nationally ia
nous authors will be used.
Well see what will happen!
THE following correspondence is
i offered without comment. The
first is an excerpt from a letter
received by this column. The letter
was signed, but I am withholding the
name:
IT wish to tell you Of my ex-
perience in writing to WABC ex-
pressing my disapproval Of Alex-
ander Woollcott's broadcast of
February 10, in which he de-
scribed in great detail and much
gusto the finding of the different
parts of body in murder mys-
terry of long ago. thought it was
in extremely bad taste and said
so in my letter. I am inclosing a
reply from one of Mr.. Woollcott's
capable secretaries"
The reply read:
Dear Miss W:
"Mr. Woollcott employs three
capable secretaries, who look after
his fan mail and pass on to him
any letters that merit attention.
His is one of the few radio pro-
grams which is not censored by
the broadcasting officials, so you
may rest at ease in the knowledge
that he will never be cut short
as you put it. If you never listen
to him again, he will just have to
try to bear up as best he can,
made comfortable by the thought
that in less than years time he
has become one of the seven most
popular radio broadcaSters in the
minds of those who listen to adult
programs.
Yours sincerely,
"LEGGETT BROWN. Secretary"
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COME of those tunes in the Gibson
- Family are out of the trunk
Floating Through the Air" writ
ten by Arthur Schwartz, was used il
1928 in show called "The New York
ers" WINS is conducting an in.
teresting experiment in broadcastinl
horse-racing game. If it works Il
may open the way to a number o!
games to be played by radio Ton
Howard, back on the Vallee program
seems to have better material thar
usual Ricardo Cortez reported
to be receiving more requests for pic
lures as result of his radio serie.
with the Lombardos than he received
from film appearances.
A DID Russian invitation list-Leor
"A Belasco, who originally came from
there. The Soviets have asket
him to come over and help organic
dance orchestraS :. Al Shayne col
lects stamps Arthur Boran work
out his impersonations by watching
news reels of famous figures. HaI
his own private film collection Il
study as well Gus Haenschen va
cationing in Florida Jean King
one of the announcing voices on th'
Let's Dance" program, comes from
San Antonio Bob Grant caugh
a tarpon weighing close to 300 pound
since he and his c. B. S. bandsmer
opened at a Florida night spot
Juliet Lowell opening new offices il
Radio City :. Tim Ryan writing
all the material to be used by Tin
and Irene" on the N. B. c. commercial
that opened last night Jack Colt
Lennie Hayton's manager, directing
the new night spot, the Famous Door
on West Fifty-second street in Man.
haitian. It's owned comparatively by
about 50 radio musicians.
LARRY HORLICK'S violin solos
j i now a regular feature of the
Gypsies Monday programs. Here
tofore they've been offered every three
or four broadcasts. Guy Kent
the new vocalist heard with Carl
Hoff and his orchestra over WOR
and WIZ. Hoff chose him from
among SO singers he heard in one
weeks. Ed Lowry resumes vaude-
vile appearances April S when hi
begins a two-week engagement al
Loew's Paradise. Leon Navars
hunting q new girl singer for his
C. B. S. orchestra-blond contraltc
preferred. Kel Murray, once
concert meister for the Philadelphia
Symphony, has three former SYM
phony concert meisters in his orches-
ira now-Mischa Gusikoff, Lou Rad
erman and Ed Bachman. An
swering the question what happens
to radio amateur contest winners,
there's Pearl Garon. now singing with
Don Costello and his orchestra over
C. B. S. from Morris restaurant. D..
incidentally, Don Costello, the leader
is not Don Costello, the very good all
actor.
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TENE LOCKHART, now on the
" coast writing and acting for the
movies, still writes the Lay
Dan" scripts every week and posts II
to Irving kaufman. Borrat
Minevitch planning a second Car.