Evening star., 1938-02-08

- UEST performers on the vari-
ETY. shows tonight are drawn
principally from the ranks of
stage and screen players
Alice Faye. singing star of numerous
screen musicals. has been engaged to
contribute to Jack Oakie's program
(WJSV, $500. Ginger Rogers, Fred
Astaire's dancing partner, originally
was scheduled, but fatigue forced her
to beg off. At 10 o'clock, on the same
station, the other half of that double
feature show finds Benny Goodman
playing host to Bea Lille. who Is
known as Lady Robert Peel in Eng
land, and as very amusing person
both here and there. Basil Rathbone,
that effective nasty man of the Aims,
Is to join AL Jolson, who gets a half
hour on WJSV also, beginning at $50.
The singing stars on the male side
are Frank Parker and Lanny Ross,
both tenors, but excellent tenors. Mr..
Parker will be given his cue during the
program of AL Pearce and His Gang
WJSV, 81. while Mr.. Ross is to sing,
as usual. on the Hollywood Mardi
Gtas program tWRC. 9:3O). Lanny
has chosen Leoncavallos "Matinatta'
as his featured selection and also will
sing Begin the Beguine." "Matinat-
ia" represents the first number to be
sung by Mr.. Ross in foreign language
on the program.
THREE talks and an interview find
place on the schedules tonight. At
9:45, on VOL, Representative Herbert
S. BlgeloW of Ohio will discuss Con
scription for Foreign Wars" as one in
the series of addresses being presented
by arrangement with the National
Council for the Prevention of War
Dale Carnegie, who tells everybody just
how to make everybody else do what
the first everybody wants done, has
chosen How to Obtain Cooperation"
as his text (WRC. 10:45). Rowland
Lyon, local painter, will discuss Art
In the Nations Capital" over WMAL
at $50 He is to speak under the
auspices of the Washington Board of
Trade and will describe the growth of
Washington as an art center compara-
bic with Paris and London. Edgar A.
Guest is to interview Emile Monte
munro, one Of Fox-Movietone' ace
neWsreel camermen (WMAL, $500.
Particularly gratifying to many is
one piece of intelligence that came
from the studios today Frank Young
is to get featured spot on VOL with
the fist broadcast in the series set for
8 O'Clock tonight. Mr. Young happens
to be one of the most versatile pianists
in the city and would rank close to
the top in any other hamlet with re-
spect to this particular phase of his
musical talent. It is our firm belief
that Frank could do very good job
on Chopin with one hand while giving
out his own arrangement of "Dinah"
with the other. For his first half hour
recital Mr.. Young has chosen several
Of the interesting piano rhapsodies of
Lee Sims. A portion of the program
has been set aside for requested num-
bers
The time is o'clock, as was stated
q number Of lines ago. and it is
don't-mlss-it special for people who
like to hear other people play the
piano.
ODDS AND ENDS-The thrill of
the week" dramatization deals with
the heroism of a locomotive engineer
who remained in his cab when a steam
pipe broke (WRC. 81 :. Tomorrow
Lee Everett's guest is Mrs. Harry B.
Breckenridge, pianist and singer
(WMAL, 7:30 ann Lucie Stern,
former pianist pupil of Josef Hofmann.
plays Tschaikowsky's first movement
from Concerto in B Flat Minor, Opus
%. for Piano and Orchestra" (WJSV,
3:45) E. The Imperial Valley and the
Salton Sea are subjects of the School
Of the Air dramatization (WJSV, 2:30).
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