The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-17

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 Selections from "othello," verdis exciting opera of love and jealous intrigue, will lbe sung by Jean Ten- nyson, soprano, Jan Peerce, tenor, and Robert Weede, baritone, on the Great Moments in Music" program over OBS on Wednesday, February I7, at i0:00 p. m., EWT.
 Miss Tennyson will be heard as Desdemona, Othello's wife, and Jan Peerce will do the part of Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army. Robert Weede will be Iago, ensign to Othello.
 The musical story is notivated by lagos hatred of Othello for advarc- ing another above him in rank. For vengeance, 1ago plots successfully to make Othello think that Desdemona has been unfaithful. The climax of the opera is reached when Othello murders his wife, then kills him. self upon discovering her Vnno. cence.
 With two Rritlsh.bOrn stars, Her. bert Marshall and Ida LupinO, as his guests, Eddie Cantor will be dropping his "R's" until they bounce for the duration of his "Time to Smile" broadcast, Wed. nesday, February 17, over NEG at 800 p. In., EWT.
 Eddie will have some trouble with an oversize lmon0Cle when 1t falls cut of one of his Banjo Eyes into the tea he plans to serve guests in his home, Westchestershlre- On-T The Thyme.
 However, Harry von Zell, in his role of . starchy butler, will man. age to add some measure of formal. fly to the function until he opens the door to admit an "unclassy" person known as Bert Mad Rus- sian" Gordon. Then the letter R" will return with Q vengeance.
 The musical treat of the OccasiCO D will be supplied by SwingstresS Dinah Shore, with instrumental as- sistance by Edgar Cookie Fair child's orchestra.
 Kay Kyser holds the record for consecutive appearances by band- leader at the Hollywood Canteen. The professor of NBC's College of Musical Knowledge" Wednesdays, l0:00 p. l11., EWT) has put in IS successive Saturdays there.
 In the past year and half, Kay has made more than a thousand personlal appearances for service men and in behalf of war bond sales.
 New York, Feb. 10 - Isabel Man. ming HewsOn, Morning Market Basket" expert, will tell Q story about . counterfeit case that will never be forgotten by the United States Treasury during her program. Thursday, February 1S, at 10:OO a. In., EWT., over the Blue Network. Tn addition to her story, Miss Hewson will give recipe to help solve the meat shortage problem, one for barbecue sauce and another for apricot whip as well as a house hold hint on the cooking of green beans.
 The first feminine guest to grace the Sammy Kaye-Red Bar. Der Old Gold Show, will be Shir- ley Booth, stage star of My Sis- ter Eileen" and Miss Duffy of Duffy's Tavern, to be heard on Wednesday, February 17, over the Columbia network, 800 p. m, EWT.
 As the stage sister of frivolous Eileen, Miss Booths wit and acid tongue were largely responsible for one of the most hilarious and successful comedy plays to hit Broadway in recent years. On the program, Duffy's Tavern, she is well known to radio audiences as the whacky daughter of the fab- ulous tavern owner.
 TOnlght's session of WINS "Auth0r Meets the Critics" (Wed- nesdays, 500 to S:3O ?. m.) tends to the biographical when the au- th0r.gueSt and "victim" Is Jerry Maggi0ne, who penned the color full story of his family in Mont Allegro.
 On the other side of the eve- ing's Nt'rary no mans land. will be the critics, led by Granville Hicks, as chairman, Whit Burnett, cd. itOr, Story Magazine, and Judge Ferdinand PecOra, famed jurist, who knows whereof MaggiOne speaks.
 Kraft Music Halls Bing Crosby has recently purchased ranch near Elko, Nevada, with which he plans to further his interest in race horses.
 It was while entering "Private Miss Jones" in his diary of screen activities that he glanced at the page number and realized that 1t was his hundredth picture,