The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-03

one of his first brOadcasts on hil
return to New York. Interviewed
by Martha Deane. O'Shea was in
the middle of relating one Of his
experiences before the cameras wheE
the programs allotted time ex,
PRED. He was brought back next
day to finish the story, the first
time that Miss Deane has brought
back a guest for two successive
shows.
Jimmy Durante and Xavier Cugat,
Garry Moore's partners on that
Thursday night NBC comedy series.
may soon be movie as we'll as radio
teammates. They're both being
sought for MGM's Tale of Two
Sisters which goes into produc-
ton in late May or early June.
Guy LOmbardo's trio, featuring
Carmen Lombardo, Jimmy Brown
and Eddie Hellman, have special
arrangement of the novelty tune,
"The Surrey With the Fringe on
the the Top" which they will pre-
sent on "Three-RiDg Time" to-
night at 1890 p. m. over the COL
umbia network.
Ogden Nash, bard of Iight-hearted
verse, who appears regularly with
Guy, offers some whimsical advice
on the subject of apologies. Sug.
gestS Nash in the title of his poem,
"Just Keep Quiet and Nobody Will
Notice."
The film companies continue their
raids on radio talent. Metro this
week signed Ginny Simms of John
ny Presents fame to a starring con-
tract; it also signed Alan Reed, reg
ular of the CHS Playhouse and Fred
Allen shows, to one-year terrner.
Ginny, of course, will continue with
her Tuesday night program.
AS her personal tribute to Ma
tonal Music Week, Marian Ander-
son, American cOntraltO, will sing
two of her favorite spirituals on the
Telephone Hours Great Artist Ser
les" tonight, NBC, 900.
Sinclair Lewis and John Hersey
join John Kieran and Franklin P.
Adams around the experts table to-
night for another session of "Infor-
nation Please" NBC, 1890 p. m
Lewis and Hersey promise to work
well as a team for they worked to-
gether for many years while Hersey
was Lewis secretary. Hersey went
on to become an editor of Time"
and wrote Men on Bataan" and,
more recently, Unto the Valley
Lewis most recent work is "Gid,eor
Planish"
The full story of the adventures
that befelI Kay Francis, Marths
Raye and Mitzi Mayfair while en-
tertaining Americas fighting fore
es on the battlefrcntS of Britain and
Africa will be told by the stars
themselves on "Cavalcade of Amer
lea" tonight NBC, 500 p. m.
Paul and Grace Hartman, the
zany dancers. have been signed by
r. K. o. to appear il Higher And
Higher Which recalls the last time
OI4lo ICdlIl oI5llCO Ny elAS ooAAS
company, the brain trust at the
studio had signed them because they
thought they were ventriloquists!
Now that most of the big mems
clothing stores are selling wOmen's
suits, Morton Gould insists that
you've got to watch out or you'll
walk out of one of those shops with
herringbOne SUIT and two pairs OF
panties.
Johnny the famous Call Boy was
working on a crossword puzzle and
finally put it down disgustedly with:
81 quit-my brains have crampS!"
Headliners Make Smart Diners'
Dale Carnegie ringsides delighted
ly at the Waldorf Astoria while
Alec Templeton sings for him: How
To Win Dollars and Influence Pom
ieS." At LeOne's Meyer Davis
cOnfideS that wealthy FlOridian
will open Broadway night spot
and call it "Oui Oui Montreal Oui
must go. Two Martins sip
1dTlIIlS dL the MdJdH-ia uiO PA"y
wright Charles and screen beauty
Mary At Cerutti's Peggy Hop
kins Joyce and Nancy Carroll fume
becauS ether reading with Mary
TaIley is delayed an hour by two
shipyard workers. The riveting gals
sip champagne cocktails-a sign Of
the times! Mary Margaret Nc
Brides guests at the swank Cafe
XIV are Charles Dana Gibson and
his wife who was the original Glib
SOL Girl She is the sister of Lady
Astor and still sports an Our-glass
figure and wears those high-necked
Gibson Girl waists.