The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-06
y u Listening?
with CHARLES MANN.

On the same Culver City stages
where he created his Academy
Award winners, Gone With the
wind" and "Rebecca," David o.
SeIxnick Is rushing through the
final preliminary phases Of produc-
ton on his newest film project
"Since You Went Away" starring
Claudette Colbert, Joseph Gotten,
Shirley Temple, Jennifer Jones,
Robert Walker, Johnny Wooley and
Hattie Mcdaniel.
Connie Haines, who resumes
singing on the Abbott and Costello
air show this fall originally sought
q career as a dancer. A heart all
ment necessitated a less hectic
branch Of the arts With the
screen prominence Of Joseph Gotten
the CHS "Goldbergs" serial lays
claim to another Of it graduates
who made good in pictures. Cert
rude Berg creator, writer and lead
actress on this series, gave their
first radio joys to Gotten, John Gar
field, George Tobias, and Allen JOS
lyn Add condolences; both
Frank Sinatra and Herb Polesie,
star and producer, respectively OF
the CHS Monday evening Band
box" series are from Hoboken, New
Jersey Four colleges were rep
resented In the names OF a group OF
radio performers, convened at tile
NBC luncheonette the other cay;
Alice Cornell, John Brown, AIRED
Wallenstein and George gibbs.
The third of the popular summer
promenade concerts will be gwen
on the Hour Of Charm this Sunday
night. Evelyn and her Magic Violin
will be featured in two solos; 90
ing meditation" by Massenet, WIN
the girl choir and "Hora Staccata'
by Dinicu Heifetz whit the other
strings in the background.
Cheer up you war workers! Your
chance Is Just around the corner.
Those of you hiding latent talents
behind an assembly line will be
given a chance to grab fame ana
radio contracts when Blue WAlR
carries the new Swing Shift Fro
lies" program tomorrow at l2:oe.
The show is designed as search
for new talent in defense plants IN
the New York area, and Will be
produced by the Blue network IN
cooperation with the New YORK
theaters.
The best talent chosen by the
Judges will appear on this special
series and outstanding performers
will be given Blue Network con-
tracts as potential radio stars.
The seagoing cast Of the musical
variety show Meet Your Navy"
will salute the 153rd Anniversary
of the U. S. Coast Guard during It's
weekly Blue WATR cruise, tonight
at $50. j..
Foremost among the talented
Blueiackets on board will be Larry
Storch, musician End class, OF New
York City, who will impersonate
movie and radio celebrities.
Raya Lett, sister OF George
Montgomery, will make her own bid
for screen stardom in "The Girl
From Leningrad,' now being filmed
for United Artists, with Anna Stem
and Kent Smith In the starring
roles.
Miss Lett, who had been asso-
ciate producer Eugene Frencke's
secretary, watched numerous act
resses get tests for the role Of a Red
Army nurse. When none satisfied
Director FedOr Ozep, she asked that
she be tested. She was handed the
part.
The popular Yankee network
newscaster. Cedric Foster, who
comes to Waterbury listeners via
WATR, will begin a new series of
Friday night commentaries under
the sponsorship of the Employers
Group, beginning tonight 10 to
1918. He will be heard every Friday
except on nights when the networks
schedules boxing bout.
Fosters background gives good
reason for the confidence that lis
teners have placed in his analysis in
years past. Born in Hartford In
1900, and educated at New York
Military Academy and Dartmouth
College, Foster received his early
training on local newspapers. He
then joined the Associated Press.
remaining there until he was chosen