The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13
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with CHAPLES MANN


 The Dick PowelI-Mary Martin and the Kenny Baker-Vera ZOrina musical show over the CBS Play house have put Charles Martin, the Playhouse hOSS, in the musical com edy groove. He plans now to do a radio adaptation of musical hit every other Friday on the Playhouse throughout the summer months.
 Jimmie Dorseys firSt-Week gross at Roxy Theater $112,000 including tax, was the all-time high for name band on Broadway and any theater anywhere!
 Milton BerIe'S radio contract has not been renewed were not surprls- ed Bill Bacher has resigned as producer of the folsom WOOley show to do a picture for Warmers . Arlene (What's My Name) Francis out of the hospital Phil Baker, the Take It Or Leave Man, will do Broadway show this fall with Lou Holtz and Bert Lahr McMil- lan's will publish Mary Margaret McBride's next book - cOmpila- tion of anecdotes about celebrities she has interviewed on her NEG air column Everett Sloan, the Crime Doctor in addition to his many air commitments, will direct summer replacement show.
 Program engineer for the Rudy Vallee NEG program stopped Joan Davis during rehearsal this week, and cautioned:
 Joan, you're pronounclng your 'p's' so hard they're popping in the mike.
 Cracked Joan, Let 'em pop. Goes with the corn!
 Hollywood Victor BOrge, the un- melancholy Dane who learned how to speak English in a few months, by attending the movies from mOrn- ing to night, will do a little movie making on his own hook soon, upon his arrival here from New York.
 His nightly five-minute piano. comedy radio stint will continue to be heard over the Blue Network Monday through Friday, at , D. m., from the Blue studios in Hollywood. Tonight's "Voice of the Army broadcast over WATR at 7:l5 will be of special interest to listeners be- cause of its timeliness. Entitled "Waacs at Allied Headquarters" it will feature on-the-spot interviews with members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps now stationed in North Africa.
 Wire from Charles Martin that Mary Martin will return to the CBS Playhouse on May 14th to star in his adaptation of Jerome Kern's great musical, Roberta. This was the show which brought Bob Hope to StardOm. His cO-star in the Broadway run was Tamara, the beautiful singer who was killed In the Lisbon clipper crash.
 The lifting melodies of Herbert, Friml and Lecuona bring spring time air to the Treasure Hour oi Song" over WATR tonight at 9:30 Metropolitan Opera stars Licia AL banese and Francesca aVlentino are featured with Alfredo Antoninis Orchestra
 Ted Collins, producer of the Kate Smith Hour, plans to produce three pictures starting the latter part Of June. The first picture, starring George Jessel, will be "Gentlemen, Be Seated"
 Eve Curie, daughter Of the great diScovererS of radium, gueSted on Mary Margaret McBride's program and had this to say about radio: T love it because it means as much to little people as 1t does to those who have reached the top. Like the successful experiments of my be- loved parents!"
 "The Diary of Norwegian the thrilling story of Norwegian youth trapped in his native land by the Nazi invasion, will be dramatizcd from the unpublished manuscript on tOnight's This Is Our Enemy" pro- gram over WATR at 8 p. m. Knut Frederickscn, author of the diary, was a youth of seventeen when the Germans struck at Norway. For six months he fought in the under ground" and finally escaped to Eng land. Now stationed in Alberta, Canada, where he is training with the Norwegian Royal Air Force, Fredericksen will speak during the broadcast.
 The prediction of Andre Kostela- netz that the war would increase the public'S desire for good music seems to be borne out by the Metro politan Operas announcement that next year it's season would be in- creased to twenty weeks which will be the longest in it's history.
 The Ole Professor. Kay Kyser, will play hockey from his musical col lege tonight at 300, when he ap- pears as a guest of the Kraft Mu- sic Hall. Bob Crosby, who is play ing host at the Music Hall while brother Bing is in Mexico, has been delving into his musical library this week and has lined up set of ques- tions with which he hopes to stump his talented guest.
 Leading educators of New Eng land will discuss the new motion picture, This Land Is Mine" in a broadcast over WATR tonight at 7:30.
 William L. Shirer is looking wist-