Evening star., 1937-08-01

and Peggy Wood. completing a quartz
Of the first American dramatist to at
tain worldwide recognition.
In Beyond the Horizon" ONeill,
master at delineating Illustration, pro-
jects the story Of dreamer who did
not possess the courage required to
pursue his dream. James Meighan,
who played opposite Miss Hayes in
the radio serial "Bambi,' has been
selected to handle the similar function
In the production tomorrow night with
Neill O'Malley as the third performer
Meighan is the dreaming one who
plans to sail away and keep on sailing
because of love that seems destined to
remain unrequited 1t develops that
his impression was erroneous, how
ever, and the brother, who appeared
to be the favored suitor, played by
OMallev. takes to the sea instead
Miss Hayes is the girl in the case.
The ONeill cycle represents the
third phase in N. B. C.'s current
drama program, commenced with the
"streamlined Shakespeare" presenta-
tions starring John Barrymore and
Elaine Barrie. Ina Claire is doing
trio of lighter plays, and the monu-
mental work Of George Bernard shaw,
Back to Methuselah." has been
scheduled for the not very distant fu-
ture in special 75-mlnute condensed
version prepared by the author. The
succeeding vehicles to be of1ered
listeners in the group to be initiated
bv Beyond the Horizon are The
Straw" The Fountain and Where
the Cross Is Made"
Little quarrel may be had with the
combination of Helen hayes ana
Eugene ONeill Miss Hayes has been
nm the stage since the age Of 6, and,
of course, she is Washington girl.
Most recent additions to her exten-
give list Of Broadway successes were
MARY of Scotland" and Victoria
Feginia." In motion pictures, her
lsurels include the award OF the MO-
ti,n Picture Academy OF Arts and
Sciences for the best performance OF
1882. No apostle of the escape"
theory Of playWrightlng, ONelll has
won recognition for his grasplngs with
the perplexities of life. The Puhtzer
Prize in his field of endeavor has
been his reward three times, the Nobel
Prize, once.
"Bevond the Horizon" has been
echeduled for $50 tomorrow nlght
over the blue network of N. B. c., OF
which WMAL is the local outlet
TODAY'S PROGRAMS. - Bruna
Castagna. mezzo- soprano OF the
Metropolitan Opera Co., will be guest
star on the Ameche-Fleld Bergen
show tonight, WRC. at O'Clock, with
Areche and Dorothy Lamour doing
scene from his latest film, You Can't
Have Everything ;. The lie and
works of St. I2natius Loyola Is the
subject of the Ave Maria Hour-WOL,
$50. Allan Jones, screen player,
sings a medley of songs from the pic
ture "Firefly' as the guest Of Wer-
ner Janssen-WMAL, $50. Dick
Palmer, casting director for RKO,
is to be interviewed in his home by
Jerry Belcher during the Our Neigh
bors program-WMAL at 1890.
President Roosevelt and President Le-
brun of France head the list OF speak
ers to be heard this morning in con-
nectiCh with the dedication of war
memorial commemOrating the part
PLAYED by the United States in the
Melse- -Argonne ffensive-WMAL at
9 o'clock. Frances Farmer, screen
ingenue, and Wynn Murray. star OF
musical comedy, appear with James
Melton tonight, the former playing
the lead in a one-act drama. the latter
singing "Alabammy Bound and WAS
It Rain?" Independence Day in
Switzerland, featured by Swiss yodel-
ers. Alpine blowers, ringing OF
COW bells and the music of peasant
band takes place on WRC's sched-
ule at 3 o'clock.
MORE PROGRAM NOTES. Os-
good Perkins heads the support
ing cast when Ina Claire stars in the
late Sir James M. Barrie's What
Every Woman Knows" story OF a
retiring, helpful wife whose efforts
are largely responsible for her hus-
bands success, fact that he does
not realize-WMAL at 7. An am
bilious production" number based
on the song, That Southern Hospi-
tality," is to be presented by Bobe
Hope and his cohorts over WMAL at
8 O'Clock Cornelia Otis Skinner,
famous character actress, and Donald
Dickson, promising young baritone
of the Metropolitan Opera Co., are
the guest stars of Harry Won Zell's
show tonight-WJSV, $50. Fred
die Lightner is making it habit, for
he makes his fifth guest" appearance
on Jane Froman's program-WRC, 6
o'clock. Vina Bovy, Met So
prano. and Ozzie Nelson and his Or
chestra are the added performers
on the Magic Key show this after
noon-WMAL, l o'clock. :. Extracts
from the music of Moussorgsky's
Boris Godounoff" will be heard when
Howard Barlow conducts the Colum-
bia Symphony Orchestra over WJSV
at 2. Boris is to be sung by Sidor Be-
larsky. while Charles Haywood, tenor;
Russell Dorr, baritone, and a chorus
of IS conducted by Ian Adomian
complete the singing cast. :. Ecuador
and Colombia are to be honored on
the Our American Neighbors program,
with Gloria Gerla as singing star
WJSV, 4 o'clock . Music written
for the plays of Shakespeare features
the Lewisohn Stadium Concert tonight
-WJSV, 9 O'Clock. .. . Aquaplane
races from Catalina Island to Her
mosa Beach, Calf, will be broadcast
by VOL at 2 and again at 2:45 this
afternoon. Edwina Eustis, con-
tralto, Is soloist on the Music Hall
Of the Air-WMAL, ll:30'this morn
ing. e. The Rev. Thomas A. Carney