The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
ROAMING THE AIR WAVES

John Barrymore and his wife, Elaine Barrie, will make their "flol- lywood Hotel" debut when they pre- sent several scenes from Barry. more's latest screen vehicle, "Bull- tlog Drummonds Revenge" during the Friday program over the WABC- Columbia nationwide net. work from 900 to 1000 p, m., EST. The story from which the preview scenes have been selected concerns Capt Hugh Bulldog" Drummond, who, on the eve of his marriage, promises he will engage in no more dangerous adventures, Then Drum. mond stumbles on to Q suitcase filled with Q newly discovered pow. erful explosive stolen from its in- ventor by an oriental. The suitcase disappears. Inspector Nelson 0t Scotland Yard enters the case, and the two sleuths experience Q series of thrilling adventures. When the explosive Is recovered, Drummond once more promises to relinquish his sleuthing and he and his fianooe proceed to Switzerland to wed in peace. Another highlight of tho hour will be 0 musical Melange headed by Frances Langford, Jerry Cooper, Anne Jamison, Ken Niles and Raymond Paige's Orchestra with Ken Murray and "Oswald."
 King George VT's Christmas
 message Co the Empire will be broadcast over the combined BluC and Red Networks of the Nation. al Broadcastlng Company on Christmas Day, December 25. King George will begin speaking at approximately lO:0O .. Tn., EST, from his castle at Sandringham, just outside of Lond0n. The broadcast will be King George VI's first radio Christmas message to tho people of his far.slung empire and will mark Q resump. ton of practice lnaugurated by hls father, King George V, who, In 10S3 employed worldwide radlO facilities for the first time to do. liver . Christmas message tO Che Empire. George v continued thls practice up to and including Christmas pay, 1885, when he made Q plea for peace through. out the world. All of hls Christi
 mas messages were broadcast throughout the United States by NEG. King George VI has made only one previous radio address that was heard in the United states. On Coronation Day, May 1S of this year, he delivered . cor. Onatlon address to his people. Alp. proximRtely eight minutes In length, his speech was broadcast in America by the National Broadeasting Company. The Christmas message by the King will be . highllght of NBC's i'm. pressive schedule of almost two score special Christmas programs from abread and from ell parts os the United States.
 The broadcast season's first Wagnerian opera, "Die Walkure," sung by c magnificent cast headed by Kristen Flagstad and Laurlts Mclchl0r, will be heard in full Saturday, beginning at l,A0 ?. m., EST, over the nationwide NEG. Blue Network. Arthur BOdanxky will conduct the third opera Of the season to be broadcast direct
 from the stage of the Metrop0li- ten Opera House. Kristen Flag. stad will sing the role of Slcg.
 llnde and Melchcolr will have the part of slegmund. These two world famous Wagnerlan stars will be supported by Marjorie Lawrence, as Bruennhilde, Fried. rich Sch0rr, as Wotan, and Lud- wig Hofmann, as Hulding. KerS. tln ThorbOrg. Swedish contFaltO, will be Frlcka. Taken together, these stars of the Metropolitan constitute probably the sinest Wagnerian east in the world to. day. Flagstad, the reigning senSR. ton of the Metropolitan, has long since exhausted the suHOFlatiVOs