The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-05
WAVELETS
BY ED LEAMY

With Cecil B. DeMille again serv-
ing as master Of ceremonies, another
all-star cast Of radio, stage and
screen performers will parade their
talents before the What's New?'
microphone, Saturday, Jan. 8, at Z
p. m, EWT, over WATR and the
Blue Network, the final broadcast
from the Coast. The full-hour va
riety show will originate from New
York beginning the following week.
In the guest lineup for January 8
will be Dinah Shore, who again
made clean sweep Of the radio pop
ularity polls to continue her reign
as the nations number one singing
favorite, Dudley Digges, starring in
Broadway's newest hit play, Listen
Professor" Bob Crosby and Les
Tremayne, radios newest comedy
team, and Whats New?" Jester
Jack Douglas.
Highlight Of the evening will be
the performance of one of the more
memorable scenes from Listen Pro-
fessor' by Mr.. Digges and two other
members OF the cast, Susan Robin
son and Viola Frayne. They will be
heard from New York. The re-
mainder of the broadcast, with mu-
sic provided by Lou Bring and the
RCA Victor Orchestra and Chorus,
will be heard from Hollywood.
| Don Ameche, who has presided as
star and host since the inception OF
whats New?" will remain in Hol-
| lywood, anchored by screen COM
mitments, when the show moves
East. OF the regular Whats New?"
company, only Jack Douglas will
move East for the New York orig
nations.
Cavalcade Of America has selected
d moving dramatization Of Ernie
Pyles best-selling book Here Is
Your War" to broadcast for their re-
turn TO NBC in Hollywood on jan
uary TO- Cavalcade has been broad
cast from Radio City in New York
for the holiday season. Here Is
Your War" will star Joel McCrea as
the beloved war correspondent, Err
ME Pyle.
Ernie Py!e's dispatches from the
fighting front have been called by
many OF his devoted listeners, as
good as a letter from their sons. His
book has captured the same spirit
:. the spirit Of the individual SOL
diers fighting this war. Pyle has
covered a great deal OF ground in
this war. He has seen the long lines
OF soldiers going into battle. He
has waited those horrible hours for
overdue bombers with his friends
among the crew. He has shared
foxholes with the boys and he
has written about them as one OF
them. He recently returned to this
country for a brief rest but was
shortly off again overseas. Stanley
Young has written a powerful radio
drama for Cavalcade in Here Is
Your War"
Joel McCrea, who will star as
Ernie Pyle, has been occupied in a
great many war activities of his
own. He has just returned from en-
PERTAINING our boys in Africa, and
will soon be seen in a new Para
mount Picture Triumph Over
Pain"
Cavalcade's Hollywood Players
will be heard in supporting roles
on Here Is Your War;" on January
10 and Robert Armbruster will con-
duct the orchestra in the musical
background.
Parks johnson and Warren Hull
take their popular CHS "Vox Pop"
interview microphone to Lock-
bourne Army Air Base, Columbus,
Ohio on Monday, January 10, to
chat with some Of the nations most
famous Flying Fortress pilots, who
are back from the wars to teach
their skills to others. (WABS- CHS,
500 to $3.50 p. m, EWT).
Lockbourne, known as the Army
Air Forces war college" boasts
OF such recent graduate instructors
as Capt. James A. Verinis, Of New
Haven, Conn, co-pilot Of the famed
Memphis Belle: Major william
Andrew Smith, ex-Michigan grid
iron star and veteran OF e6 missions
| in the Southwest Pacific: and Major
Marion r. Caruthers, Of Beatrice,