Evening star., 1937-08-08

James Melton put on a broadcast from
the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleve-
land. Although the audience was
aware of none of the sudden head
aches, the wind blew most of the music
sheets from the musicians stands, a
cat ambled across the stage while Jane
Pickens was in the middle Of a num-
Der, engineers held their hats over the
microphones as thunderstorm broke,
JEWS AND THINGS-Betty Cain is
the new Joan Houston" Of the
Tale OF Today serial Charles
Butterworth has scrawled on that
dotted line which makes HIM comedian
star OF the new Lanny Ross full-hour
show, beginning September 7 i.
People are saying that Arthur Boran,
the radio mimic. who appeared with
Mae West in her stage production,
Sex, number Of years ago, will
be with Mae when she inaugurates
network series Harry Won Zell
hired to fill in during Phil Bakers
vacation, takes one of his own fol-
lowing next Sundays show, returning
September II Boak Carter has
been broadcasting from his home for
some time now. The special facilities
installed In the commentators resi-
oence on the outskirts of PHILADELPHIA
during recent illness, including news
service teletype machines, so fasci-
mated Boak that he has decided to
continue the practice The Court Of
human Relations begins a new series
on September 3 Florence George,
young soprano, is another member of
the new Lanny Ross show cast
Ronald Dawson. VOLS dramatic d.
rector, goes up to the Mutual kew sta
uon, WOR. Newark, Friday, acting AS
guest director OF that outlets adven-
ture series, Junior G-Men." Dawson
received his radio training in England
WIN the British Broadcasting Corp,
and is interested In establishing a
unit OF the Junior G-Men" in this
territory :. Follow the Moon" zoe.
over to Columbia on October 3
That popular novelty program series
OF last season, The Varsity Show" re-
turns to the ether on October l
Milton Berle's show fades on the 29th
ONE of the pioneers of broadcastine
is hitting the comeback trail and
making creditable progress. 1t wasn't
so very long ago that one of the best
known introductions on the air was
How do you do. ladies and gentleman.
how do you do?"-the radio trade
mark of Norman Brokenshire.
Things happen in the radio busi-
ness, however. The ups and downs
reach their highest state of develop
ment IN show business. for show busi-
ness is subject to the fickleness of
public fancy-and radio is part of
snow business. Broke" slipped from
sight for quite a while; he was found
later living in a shack on a Long Is
land beach, a poverty-s stricken beach,
comber. Somebody who knew him
when" gave Broke" a chance, The
old voice was as suited to the mike
as ever, and things began to look up,"
as the saying goes. Now, Norman
Brokenshire has 1naugurated 4 new
sponsored series over limited Mutual
network
1t would be relatively conservative
prediction to suggest that his How
do you do?' will be heard through a
local station before many weeks.
THE activities of the Musicians
Union are of little interest to those
outside the business, but the dog
house slappers," the professors" and
the hot senders" OF the "licorice
stick" are up to something that will
affect radio listeners in general. They
are considering drastic curtailment Of
transcribed music, through formula
tion OF set OF regulations setting
forth the precise circumstances un-
der which union musicians may play
for recording purposes. A hearing has
been set for September Is. Adver-
tisers, too, will be viewing the pro-
ceedings with interest.