Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23

with a degree OF onus, seeming re-
luctance to accept the fact the acts
can be overworked.
The proposed committee would &C
cept all applications for free enter
tainment, would be charged with the
responsibility of alloting acts and
music to those war agencies deemed
most worthy. Responsibility for a
refusal would rest with this COM
mittee, working in cooperation with
a representative of the American
Guild of Variety Artists, theater and
night club managers.
Requests for talent have been
mounting, with vaudeville and after
dark resorts receiving at least half
a dozen weekly in addition to the
agencies serviced. The musicians
recently had So applications for free
music within 30-day period.
The Hollywood Victory Committee
allots stars, and none can appear
unless the function has been Off
cially sanctioned by the actors
group. The Washington committee,
If and when established, would
exercise a similar jurisdiction with
entertainers barred from programs
not given this approval.
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Radio Show to Tour.
Information Please" the popular
Friday night radio program, is going
on tour for the war savings staff
of the United States Treasury De-
partment.
Admission to the public perform
ances will be the purchase of a War
bond and it is expected that this
series of entertainments will sell
millions Of Uncle Sans choice
securities. Oscar Levant will show
his artistry at the piano keyboard,
and Franklin P. Adams IF. P. A.
is expected to give out with some
of the old-time Tin Pan Alley
favorites in his repertoire. John
Kieran will also be worked into this
vaudeville lineup, which will in
clude a half hour of warming up
before the program goes on the air.
Clifton Fadiman will preside as
emcee.
First public performance OF IN
formation Please" is scheduled for
December at Symphony Hall.
Boston. Washington is on the list
of cities to be visited, and the prin-
cipals of the air show have also
agreed to take part in bond rallies
at each engagement.
Independents Speak Up.
Lowell Mellett OF the motion pic
ture division, Office of War Informa-
ton. has been in Hollywood, got
direct from independent producers
the reasons why they were opposed
to his suggestion that double fea-
lures be eliminated for the dura-
ton. Summarized, these reasons
we're:
% That no large studio could
exist unless it made "B"
pictures and could not remain in
business If it did not have "B"
theaters as secondary market for
"A" pictures. 90 That no "B" the
alter could exist without "B" pic
,ures-single or double bill. 90 That
It would be advisable to continue to
depend on the public to decide
it is satisfied with "A" pic
lures plus shorts and shows, or
it wants b" pictures-sin-
gle or double bill, giveaways, chance
games, contests, etc, thrown in as
extra attractions. There is a vast
difference both as to quality and
price of entertainment, and it seems
hat, considering the prosperity of
the industry over long period of
years, now reaching an all-time
nigh. the public has already made
is decision; and it would be unwise
% tamper with that decision. Why
swap horses in midstream or rock
The boat during this critical period?
Cochran Sees America.
The United States Treasury, in
is letting Steve Cochran
see America as tour manager. He
Claire Trevor to New Or
leans, Memphis and Kansas City,
then jumped to Chicago, where he
was official chaperone for Ann
Rutherford in appearances in that
city, Knoxville, Birmingham and
Atlanta. Mr.. Cochran will be back
in Washington Friday for a delayed
Thanksgiving, then hops a plane
for Los Angeles, on November 20