The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-11
r u Listening?
with CHARLES MANN

Tuesday. May l8, Is The Day for
Harry James. Here Is his schedule,
undoubtedly the busiest ever faced
by any orchestra:
Stage performances at the Para
mount Thcater, Broadway. where
James has achieved the most SEN
satlOnal success In band history,
Dinner and supper sessions Mt the
Hotel AStOr Roof, where Harry opens
siX-week engagement Monday,
May II.
Broadcast and rcbrOadcaSt OF the
James Chesterfield show on CHS at
7:l5 and ll:15 y. M, plus rehearsal
In the afternoon.
All that must be done In l6 hours,
between 10 u. m. and 2 n, m!
Fans WHO wonder how Dinah
Shore, known as radios No. ] song
stress, will fare as film actress
may be treasured to hear that Dihah
took lessons IN dramatic acting long
before She thought Of becoming n
warbler
William r. Grant, insurance cX-
eeutivc Of Kansas City, Missouri,
has acquired Arturo T0Scaninfs
manuscript Of his original arrange
ment of "Thc Star Spangled Ban
ncr." with a bid Of 81 900, 900 In War
Bonds.
The manuscript was put up for
sale to the highest bidder In War
Bond purchases at the Easter sun
day Treasury Department concert OF
ToScaninl, Vladimir tIOrOwit2 and
the NBC symphony Orchestra. The
Carnegie Hall concert brought q
total Of SlO,l9O,Oa In War Bond
sales and Grants bid raises the
total TO S1i,t90, 0i5.
Barry Woods new NBC show,
starting May 20, will cost one mil
lion dollars! Production costs are
$4,000 a week--for So weeks,
When the blackOut in New York
occurred last night the Tyrone
Power film Crash Dive" at the
Roxy has ten minutes to run then
the Jimmy Dorsey band was TO rise
on stage for It's presentation, But
n frantic search cnsucd for n film
filler because two of Jimmy'S men
couldn't be found. They finally
showed up ~ minutes late, with u
good cXcuSc--thcy were air raid
wardcns!
A prcoccupied qulzmaster can
mean money in the bank, one par
ticipant in the Frank Crumit-Julia
Sanderson quiz learned Saturday
night. A"'ied TO name four neu-
trail countries, the contcntant men
toned Switzerland and Turkey,
then stopped That's right,
agreed CNmit. switzerland and
Sweden, Now can you name two
more?'
when "A Teller needs friend
Bcglcy who pays villainOus Jasper
per Elliot in MICS stella Dallas,
used to be kindly Uncle Ed of the
"Kiddics Review" on Station WMBC,
Hartford. Conn.
Recently when he visited Hartford
some Of the youngsters called on
him,
"As soon as they learned was
Jasper Elliot, the old mcany,' Beg
lev said, "thcy looked Mortified. and
now they shun me like the plague.
Colonel Serge DraSha, eXiled aris-
tocrat. will be charged with the
murder OF beautiful and mysterious
Countess Olga, his companion in eX-
lie, during a case to be presented on
Famous Jury Trials tonight at 3
p. m. over the BLUE Network.
James Monks, leading man of "Ihe
Eve OF st. Mark" Broadway stage
hit who frequently is seen in the
leading role in Manhattan NJ
Midnight" over the Blue Network
every wednesday at $50 p. M, ae-
cepts those parts with one stipuia-
ton.
That stipulation is that his part
be completed no later than 1913,
ends. thus permitting him to rush
to the theater to don his uniform
and be on stage when he hears his
cue.
Monks has timed himself so well
he hasn't been late once at the
theater.
Lieutenant John F. Hasey %
year old adyenturer OF Bridgewater,
Mass. who has served four years
with the Fighting French Foreign
Legion and has won the Order OF
Liberation, highest Fighting French
award. will be guest OF Ginny
Simms on johnny Present to-
night NBC, 800 p. m.
Agnes MOOrehead, who pOrtrays
'Blondie' radio friend, Cora Dithers,
likes TO do the role because She can
get her teeth into IL. I'm fish
wife as Cora she explains. and !
love To put the venom into IT," Miss
Moorehead is one of radios finest
actresses and belongs 10 the eXclu-
sivc 20-Year Club go years on the
irl. having started as a singer in 81,
Louis. She won the New York
Drama Critics Award last year for
her fine screen work, and she has
just finished playing the menace,
N&-- o@@d In "IAna Eyre" an OrSou