The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05

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 Bert Wheeler and Hank Ladd are splitting up their stage partnership on March lst. Wheeler has always hAnkered Co do Q "slngle" even tn the days when he and Che late Robert Woolsey were the Abbott- Costello team of the nation, Wheeler will continue in vaudeville while Ladd will head for New York Co begin Q now radio series. The girl In the act, FFaneetta Malloy, will be teamed with Hank-ln private life, she's Mrs, Ladd.
 Lured to disaster by tempting can of fresh paint, Betty Lou and her best boy friend, Wilbur, will attempt to make c platinum blond of dog Rover, In the Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou" show, tonight ct l0,00, over NEG.
 Nick Charles discovers that wln- ter sports Include murder, and Nora finds out that separate vacations for husbands and wives are danger. Ous In moro ways than one In "The Merchant Of Venom" Q kn0ok.d0wn drag-0Wt episode In "Th0 Adven. turcs of Che Thin Man," tonight,
 Victor Borge, tho Danish comic On Dlng CrosbyS Music Hall until recently, has left Hollywood to open at Now York's swank Waldorf -As- toria today plus 2 series of guest shots on radio shows emanRting from the east, Borge was the lead- Ing star of the Scandinavian coun- tries until Hitler invaded his native land and he was forced to flee to tho U, g, A, Ho says that during the final months before tho Maxi invasion he constantly heard ono song being played and sung in his homelNnd-"dod Bless America. "f never could understand song,' he says, "becRuso Isn't it true9-dod has already blessed Amerieal"
 Kate Smith, who fast Is becOm.
 ing ono Of tho best friends Of the
 boys In tho service, will take her
 Variety Hour to It, George Meade,
 Maryland, to entertain the sole
 dleFs in training there and for the broadcast tonight, WABC' OBS, 500.
 Oracle Fields, international cona- edlenne whose sincere sRlutes to the United Nations through her night- ly broadcasts over the BlWs have won her Q wide American audience, will pay tribute to Norway tonight ct l0:l6.
 Many screen stars have v0lun- teered to appear as often as tholr services are required by the screen Guild Players" radio scr. les. Already Bette Davis has Rp. peRred six times and Charles Boy. or four on the Guilds br0adeasts flor none Of which they received ree0mpenso other than self-satls. faction. Basil Rathbone is Q standby volunteer" that k, he has registered an open offer to fill any vacant Screen Guild Players casting in an emergency.
 Alec Templeton, whose Mfr. Bach Goes To Town" was the novelty hit of 0 couple of seasons ago, will turn his rapier wit on the classics again on tonight's broadcast over the Blue Network. Ills fiVe-nninutIs show Will feature two original compositions "Mendelssohn Mows Elm Down" and "Sonata For Tonette And Plano That Mozart Forgot To Write Be- cause In Those Days There Were No Tonettes So l Wrote It For Him" That last one would top the combined efforts of Raymond Scott and William Saroyan.
 Since, in last weeks "Aldrich Family" script, Homer got the girl for change, Jackie "HOmer" KeIk finds Q change In his fan mall. New batch included his first mash notes from schoolgirl ltsten- CTS! "NOthlng succeeds like suc- Cess," Jackie exults.
 pr. Frank Black, whose Friday night concerts have certain something different" according to listeners, will present chronologi- cal novelty, when Blacks orchestra and chorus broadcast their Feb. 19 program tonight. The selections originally scheduled for Feb. l9 were postponed, to make room for the series special l7th anniversary broadcast. They will be aired in- stead tonight.
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