Evening star., 1937-08-08

fence 10 keep MIN from CrOWdlng tn
many page of script, he has been
Figned to star in radio versions of two
modern comedy successes, The AMI
mal Kingdom" and Accent on Youth"
The work Of adaptation already has
been started, with the respective pro-
auctions scheduled to be heard on
September and September 49, Bar
Fymore's chore in the Philip Barry
piece. first of the duo, will represent
return to the type of role which once
placed him in the front rank among
nose matinee idol" people-the son
pf wealthy aristocrat whose hobby is
publishing the books of serious minded,
but struggling. authors. but whose
marriage within the society circle re-
moves him from the associations OF
he intellectual paupers, precipitates a
conflict within him. The Sampson
Raphaelson opus makes Barrymore a
middlea2ed playwright who falls into
the proverbial love with his secretary.
The versatility which Barrymore
has demonstrated through the years in
his stage and picture work, therefore,
shows itself again in his latest medium.
The characters which he will portray
in The Animal Kingdom and "Ac-
fent on Youth" are about on the mid
DIE course between his highly-regarded
Snakespearean interpretations and
parts of the type of the flighty film
producer in Twentieth Century" AS
WaS the case with the 'streamlined"
Shakespeare cycle, Barrymore is to be
Supported in the two September pre-
Fentations by his wife, Elaine Barrie
Barrymore
nODAY'S PROGRAMS - Norma
Dolin, l2-year-old piano prodigy,
makes a return appearance with the
E B. c. Concert Orchestra-WRC,
so . George Murphy, singing
hnd dancing screen player, is the
guest Of Werner Jansen, with a
Hawaiian medley featured by the
orchestra at $50 Henry
Fonda plays the lead on one
pct play and Wynne Murray sings
songs during the Sunday Night Party
WRC, 9 O'Clock =. Nelson Eddy joins
he cast Of the ds-Bergen- -Ameche
FhoW tonight. Wendy Barrie is the
quest dramatic altist-WRC at Z
Col. Jay Flippen, comedian and mas
ter OF ceremonies, Rafael, foremost
foneertina virtuoso; Beatrice Kay,
blues singer and mimic. and the
Seven G's, versatile mixed vocal
NhNr11S hoyn hno,, cir
stars of Harry Won zell's program to-
hlght-WJSV, $50 Lucrezia Sar-
ia, lyric soprano, well known in the
opera houses of South America and
Europe appears in musical tribute
o her native land, Peru, during the
Our American Neighbors" period
WJSV at 4 D'Artega presents
fantasy of the worlds most famous
Ualtzes on Jane Froman's program
WRC, o'clock.
HREE items from three local press
departments:
Ted Ostenkamp, dean OF the VOL
announcing staff, has been assigned
he additional duties of musical di-
rector for Mutuals affiliate. Osten-
kamp went to work at once installing
his new system for cataloeing the sta
lions large musical library. This
from Madeline Ensign Shelton
Young, WJSV announcer, takes a
nicrophone to the District dog pound
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock to
tneview the CANNES who are there
because they have no tags or no homes,
pr both. This from Ann Gillis, who
Declares as follows:
All the pups in the pound are ex-
Fitted, Rover, Rollo, Towser, Flossie-
IN fact, every dog there, from the
most dlgnlfied of the German shep-
herds to the most frisky of the wire
haired terriers-is wandering around
Under the new awnings, barking and
Ehimpering nervously to themselves.
As they prepare for what, in all likeli-
hood, will be the supreme moment in
their canine lives-their air debut
pver WJSV!"
Well, that's what Ann claims, any,
way -. WRC has signed Helen Det-
weller. well-known local golfer, to do
twice-weekly sports commentary,
Ptressing the womans angle, but not
restricting herself to golf. This from
Phoebe Gale, who indicates 1t is un-
Precedented and is Bill Coyles idea.
more program notes-Ina Claire
concludes her comedy series to-
hight, presenting Frederick Lonsdale's
The Last Of Mrs. Cheyney'-WMAL
ft Freddie Lightner will Of
fer some crazy kind of Shakespear-
Fan production tonight-WRC at s
GLADYS Swarthout, soprano Of the
Metropolitan Opera Co. and the films,
bnd Jesus Maria Sanroma, young
Spa nish- American concert pianist,
ere the headliners on the Magic Kew
program today: Tony Russell ballad
Finger, also will be heard-WMAL at
O'Clock :. Bob Hope assumes hobo
role during the production" number
pn the Ripping Rhythm Revue
WMAL at 8 =. The life of Theophane
Venard, French missionary martyr, is
to be dramatized during the Ave
Maria Hour this afternoon-WOL at
$50 =. The world premiere OF Time
Suite novel composition OF Roy Har-
Fis, member of the Columbia Com
posers' Commission-WJSV at 2
Willem Van Hoogstraten. veteran con-
huctor Of Lewisohn Stadium concerts
IN New York, takes the baton tonight
10 direct Weber's "Oberon' over
lure, prelude and fugue from Bach
Abert's "Well-tempered Clavichord"
md Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
WJSV at 8.
time to time it appears de-
sirable to point out that the
hishly-paid network performers do
hot possess what Is described in the
circles OF the literau As soft touch"
Il may not be As desirable as 1t ap-
pears, but 1t continues to be done.
6o-o-o 80.
N. B. C. statisticians have deter
mined that DR.. Frank Black spends
IN average OF II hours and 80 min