Evening star., 1937-06-27

on the road, he went on the air, with.
out pay, to oblige local commentator
or interviewer.
More recently he has been writing
scripts for radio comedians on the
West Coast. At the time he looked
upon radio as something which
burned up Jokes too fast" He had in
v1tatlons TO make guest appearances,
but refused them. Il was too busy"
he said. Laurie was on one comedy
show on the coast to help the star
out OF spot because . 6t slayer had
TO cancel Just before the show went
on the air" For that appearance he
refused to accept money. Il Just did
1t for friend" he said.
During the vaudeville heydav, he
was too busy to think of radio Dur
ing spare time he wrote a hundred
vaudeville acts, two movies, Union
Depot and Ten Grand: a column
for theatrical weekly and two books;
has been working on one book. His.
tory OF Vaudeville" for seven wears:
says, ''it will be finished any wear
now" Another book, Here Lies
Vaudeville" already has been COM
pleted
Rudy Vallee happened TO get Joe
at time when he wasn't very busy.
The Broadway show he had been
playing in, Swing Your Lady" had
just finished It's run.
A LICE FAYE has been associated
with the entertainment world as
dancer, singer and actress ever since
she was years old. At very early
age Alice already was considered a.
seasoned trooper, much in demand for
entertainments. school PLAYS and So
cial functions in the New York neigh
borhoOd in which she was born. It
was her early training that brought
about her first professional position
while she was in her early teens
With Chester Hale stage ensemble.
With that group, she toured through
out the Eastern part of the United
States, graduated to appearances in
various Broa dWay productions, one OF
which was George Whites Scandals.
1t was her work In the Scandals"
on the stage that led to her being
chosen for the leading role in that
production when it was made into a
motion picture. Since then she has
skyrocketed TO stardom in the movies,
and her latest successes include such
films as Wake Up and Live" You
Can't Have Everything "On the
Avenue and "Stowavay."
Miss Faye is unmarried and lives
with her mother and brother in Hol-
lywood. Despite the fact that she
now is one of the Nations foremost
entertainers, she seldom appears in
public. and one of her ma jor pleas
ures Is driving about by herself in a
small coupe. Since her appearance
in pictures she has won admirers in
large numbers all over the globe, and
her fan mail is among the heaviest
in the f1lm colony. One letter re-
| Gently arrived from a wealthy Areen-
| tine cattleman, who offered her his
him. Another letter, from French
man, offered her castle IN the Alps
and the family jewels II she would
accept his proposal.
Besides being blond and beautiful,
Alice is also a good athlete. and she
excells in tennis. For fve years she
held the amateur ice-skating cham
pionship in New York. She is an
ardent swimmer and she loves horse.
back riding. Alice has serious anbi-
| tions and hopes, in time, to inaugu-
rate career on the concert platform.
She has studied light opera extensively
and already has 10 roles in her roper
toire Amusingly enough. Alice is a
great movie fan and always Is drop
ping into previews, neighborhood the
| aters and new features wherever she
happens to be.
WHAT do you need TO project a
radio series from fair popularity
into the glittering realm Of a real hit9
Just one good idea" says Jim Jor-
dan, the "Fibber MCGEE" OF Fibber
MCGEE and Molly.
Jordan speaks with the authority
born of personal experience For 10
years, he and his partner (vho also is
his wife) labored diligently at their
kilocycle duties. From 1924 to 1884
they were consistently on the net
works, under various names They
frolicked as the O'Henry Twins, the
| Smith Family and the Smackouts.
They gamboled on the Saturday JAM
boree and whooped it up with the Kali
tenmeyer Kindergarten. Then, three
years ago, these hard-working veter-
ans of radio and vaudeville suddenly
appeared in new gutse-as q rural
Baron Munchausen and his frau
The 'one good idea" struck radio
audiences as tremendous and overnight
Fibber and his Molly became stars.
Today they're at the top OF the heap,
and Hollywood contract is the latest
laurel to be added to their list.