Evening star., 1937-12-23
VARIED PROGRAMS
ON RADIO TONIGHT
Rudy VaIIee Will Present
Ethel Barrymore and
Dudley Digges.

"edURSDAY night might be de-
scribed as variety night" on
the air, for the mos preten-
L tiouS array Of programs, incor-
porating music, drama and comedy are
being offered to listeners. The three
hour session on WRC begins at 8
o'clock with Rudy Vallees show, pre-
senting Ethel Barrymore and Dudley
Digges in scene from The Ghost of
Yankee Doodle" Comedian Oliver
Wakefield, Tommy Riggs with Betty
Lou and the first radio adaptation of
The Education of Hyman Kaplan,"
dialect sketch based upon the Ameri-
canization school stories written for
the New Yorker magazine.
Good News of 1885," the M-G-M-
produced program. which follows at 8,
will feature what is described as IAN
informal Christmas party" at which
the studios production head, Louis B.
Mayer, is to preside Nelson Eddy,
Eleanor Powell, Frank Morgan, Ray
Bolger, Edna May Oliver and Iliona
Massey, members of the cast, are
oSi'NodiNo W oA1Cl anu uId-
matte bits from "Rosalie" Albertina
Rasch, oalle dancer, will describe her
part in making the film, as will Dress
Designer Dolly Tree. James Stewart
returns as master of ceremonies and
Fanny Brice is to be heard in another
of her Baby Snooks" characterize
tions.
A T 10 O'Clock WRC broadcasts Bing
Crosby's Music Hall show, with
Madge Evans and Basil Rathbone of
the films as guests of the crooner, to-
gether with choral society composed
OF employees of Bing's sponsor, which,
1t is reported, ranks as one of the out
standing organizations of it's kind in
the country, having won second ma
tional honors in a competition. Mr..
Rathbone will not play in a skit before
the microphone, will read a selection
from the poetic works Of Robert
Browning.
Turning attention to WJSV, one
finds the Kate Smith hour at o'clock
fitting into the Christmas scheme of
things. Miss Smith blends her voice
with those of the 70 men and boys
who compose the Paulist Choir, we'll
known for its oratorio work, in spe-
cial arrangement of Silent Night" A
Yuletide playlet, written especially for
radio, is another high light After
Maj. Bowes and Buddy Clark have
supplied entertainment in their re-
spective fashions, the Columbia Work.
shop presents another half hour
drama, fitting into the listings at 10 80
pm. 1t is to be the first half of a
two-part dramatization of Lewis Car
rolls Through the Looking Glass"
A QUINTET of other programs of
interest: We, the People (WJSV
at 1900 introduces the audience to a
beekeeper and his bees, an expert lock-
smith, New York East Side boy who
won a medal for good craftsmanship
and the granddaughter of Charles
Dickens Americas Town Meeting
of the Air (WMAL at 800 presents
the pros and cons of the socialized
medicine question Hawaii sends
Christmas greetings (WOL at $500
:. Representative Louis Ludlow of
Indiana discusses The War Referen-
dunn (WOL at 7:15) A commu-
nifty sing of Christmas carols is picked
up in Cleveland (WMAL at 1900.
Foremost among tomorrows day.
time features is the annual ceremony
in connection with the lighting of the
community Christmas tree in Lafay-
cite Park. President Roosevelt will
deliver his Christmas greetings to the
Nation, with N. B. c., Columbia and
Mutual broadcasting the proceedings.
Also an annual event is the presenta-
tion of "Haensel and Gretel" by the
Metropolitan Opera Company CWMAL
at 2:25).
News Note-Ward Du Vail, known
to WJSV listeners as the Gypsy Min
strel has teamed with Earline King,
local songstress, who will change her
name to Giannina for broadcasting
purposes and become the feminine
half Of the Gypsy Minstrels. CA. NJ