Evening star., 1937-08-15


other Metropolitan singers have Joined
the artists service-Giovanni Marti-
nelli, John Charles Thomas, Karin
Branzell, Emanuel List and George
Cehanovsky.
To these have been added three
highly regarded violinists, Nathan
Milstein, Adolf Busch and Erica Mo-
RIM; two Russian pianists, Rudolf Ser
kin and Alexander Brailowsky. and
numerous other singers and instru-
mentalists of national and interna-
tional repute, which fact OF associa-
ton with the network affiliated agency
1nsures frequent air appearances by
these personalities, known to the lovers
of fine music.
NEWS and things-Phil Baker
gets a coast-to-cast network when
he returns on October 8 Tommy
Riggs may move to the Fields Bergen
Ameche show if he clicks with Vallee
-. The Marx Brothers will be signed
for Fall show any day now
Willie Howard probably will be on
the air minus his brother Eugene when
the leaves begin to drop of "Porgy
and Bess" is being adapted for radio
with an all-colored cast Radio
NeWsreel, featuring personalities in
the news, commences on October "a
-. . Kate Smith returns at the head
OF new full hour show September 30
. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson has been
signed as news commentator with
September 81 set as the starting date
-. Johnny Davis and Rosemary and
Priscilla Lane have been signed by
Warmers and will leave the Waring
band E. The Raymond Scott Quintet
is expected to become a permanent
feature of the Bing Crosby show
angling now in progress Paramount
is rumored to be contemplatin, a full
hour program in the Fall, presenting
all its big stars.
Those Promenade Concerts resume
on October 3 Maurice Chevalier
is going to come back to America for
a new network series, backed up by
name band Lenore Uric is to
be heard on the air again in a little
while . Ed Wynn is going back to
the musical comedy stage as the lead
in "Hooray for What?" Don
Wilson will be the announcer on the
new Lanny Ross program Reed
Kennedy. Kitty Carlisle. Frank
Crumit and Gus Henschens Orchestra
have been contracted for . series
that bows September 10 The
Glenn Mccarthy Edwin C. Hill team
will handle the Louis-Farr fight
broadcast Lawrence Tibbett prob
ably will not be able to take over
Frank Parker's spot in September
other engagements Burgess Mere
dith and Helen G1hagan are among
the stage stars to be heard during
the new season.
THOSE people up in the Heurich
Building are always up to some
thing. Those people are the powers
that be at VOL, and what they are up
to this time is childrens school In
radio technique. The school will be
conducted at no charge to the pupils,
because the station believes, and
rightly, that many local children pos
sess real talent for broa dcasting but
are unable to make much OF a thing
OF it, as the saying goes, because Of
lack Of proper training.
The course, scheduled to begin
some time in September, will consist
OF l3 weeks training in the appli-
cation Of talent to the microphone
and the practical side Of radio work
Members of the staff and invited in
structors are to participate in con-
Quoting these classes, which are open
to children Of Washington and vicini-
ty, 16 years Of age and under. Riddles
can troop up to the air. conditioned
premises any time now, as registration
is under way
Two communications of the past
week, among others, were those
from Ed Grunwald OF Variety, that
paper which the layman likes to look
at because 1t has such funny head
lines, but which is Broadways Bible,
and from Ray Bell OF Loew's, Inc.
Mr.. Grunwald, who edited the
volume, announces that he is sending
a copy Of the Variety Radio Directory.
The Variety Radio Directory comes,
and proves to be thick book, but
the postman doesn't want any money
for it. 1t contains practically all
the information any one in or out
OF the business. would want to find
about the broadcasting industry-sta-
tons, programs, production, law,
physical facilities, agencies, sponsors.
This Is the first edition of the di-
rectory, but it should prove to be to
radio what the Film Daily Year Book
and Motion Picture Almanac are to
motion pictures, what the Billboard
Index is to the legitimate stage. For
1t, thanks to Mr.. Grunwald. 1t gives
feeling Of security to those who
ars supposed to be able to answer
questions about broadcastinx. but
usually can't.
Ray Bell, about whom Jay Carmody,
Bob Phillips and Harry Macarthur
always seem to be writing on the
drama page, never is satisfied. He
points out that You Can't Have
Everything" now playing the Capitol,
deserves mention on the radio page