Evening star., 1936-09-06


Fall shows, there'll be no fewer
- than 10 big-time variety bills
on the air. That would be the very
best kind of radio news, If those shows
were to be put on at regular intervals
throughout the week. But they're
not. Half will continue to crowd into
the Thursday night lineup, which
means that the dialer is surfeited Cne
night and yet finds the rest of his
evenings pretty barren Of variety
shows. That might point moral to
the sponsor Of Al Jolson's new variety
bill. Let him pick another broadcast
date.
Crowding of the klocycles isn't the
only short coming of radios variety
artists. All seem to fear putting on
show which doesn't include at least
half a dozen big names, with the re-
suit that the sponsors Of Messrs. VAL
lee, Ballew, Crosby, Lanny Ross, Dick
Powell and Ted Hammerstebl. to
name a few, are crowding their shows
with too much talent. It's Just pos
sible that there was something Of a
tip-of to the broadcasters in that re-
cent movie poll, which revealed that
four out of five movie-goers would be
more than willing to get along with
one instead of two movies at a time
The listeners could dispense with some
of the extras on the radio menu, too.
WHILE we're moralizing, We wonder
W if Irene Noblette hasn't found the
recipe for marital happiness. Even
though Tim Ryan, her husband, isn't
the whole show these Sunday nights
when they step up to the microphone,
he Is so far as Mrs. Ryan Is con-
cerned No member of the audience
applauds his antics more apprecia-
lively than she.
Ed East and Ralph Dumke will be
back in the radio picture with a new
two-a-week morning show for the
women. So will Patricia Dunlap in
WLW's new script show. Bachelors
Children" Also due to augment the
script shows is a new yarn by Will
liam J. Murphy, who turned out the
Flying Time" show, his newest ad-
ventures bowing on N. B. C.'s blue
network on Monday. Edward Ford,
reviving his perennially popular
"Grummits," will have a role in that
series of his own authorship when
WOR dusts of the show September IA.
IT SOUNDS as If Joe Reichman is
doing his best to out-Duchin Eddie
himself, the way he tackles the piano
these nights. Will Osborne Is re-
nouncing grooming and will come back
with his slide band September Is.
George Olsen says he may take over
leadership Of that band led by the
late Orville Knapp and that Mrs
Olsen (Ethel Shutta) may stay in
New York for a radio series.
Vincent Lopez will be the one to
launch that shoe manufacturers
series September IS, with Hal Kemp
and Duchin following him at that
microphone. Kemp will play at the
Astor, the while he does the batoning
for the Phil Baker radio show during
the coming season.
Getters among the Summer orches-
tras have included Shep Fields group,
and now all Of a sudden he's being
mentioned for a show which may re-
volve around Shirley Temple and
Clark Gable.
OZZIE NELSON will be back at the
Lexington while he does his Sun
day night stint for Bob Ripley, but,
at least for a few weeks, he'll be there
without Harriet Hilliard, his bride of
a year. Mark Warnow will do the
music for the Helen Hayes show
again this year.
Cab Calloway's orchestra gets back
to the air September 20 via WOR-
MBS. That hook-up will also bring
Don Mario out Of the silences. this
time as orchestra leader.
Distinguished orchestras Of Europe
and other lands will be piped to help
N. B. C. celebrate its tenth birthday,
beginning with q noon-time broad
cast on the N. B. C.-WEAF network
next Sunday. Emo Rapee and the
Sunday night motors symphony will
get back to that network on the same
date, playing from Carnegie Hall. with
Violinist Albert Spalding and Harold
Bauer. pianist, as guest soloist.
Doubtless it's true what they say
about Ethel Barrymore's retirement
from the stage, but the story goes
that it may not include radio. The
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