The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-25

Four fa-crite tunes CT the men
orerseas, wl;!cn have been requested
by their parents, wives a;ld sTsel-
hearts, win pc eCng BY Alice Cornell
Friday, April 20, (E;Yc, 9:45 a. ~
The favored selections are WIFI
Song in Ny Heart" "GcocAiSht
Wherever You Are,' "Just Hahy's
Prayer at Twilight" and 1.-THE Viz
tory Polka.
Miss Cornell, accompanied by
Earl Emerson Fox at the piano,
sings request songs, old and new.
Mondays through Fridays.
An array of personalities from the
entertainment world and from Off
cial Washington will appear on the
Four Freedoms War Bond Show. to
be broadcast coast-to-coast over the
Blue Saturday, April 20, at 1880
p. m.
Featured in the all-star lineup
will be Fred Warnings Glee Club,
Dorothy Kristen, noted operate
star, Larry Adler, famed harmonica
virtuoso, and the Four Freedoms
Orchestra, directed by Ted Steele.
Based on the celebrated series OF
oil paintings by Norman Rockwell,
the Four Freedoms Show will origi-
nate from New York, Chicago and
Denver, Col. Jimmy wellington,
emcee, and Bret Morrison, mar
rator, will be in charge of the New
York portion of the program; Will
fred Pelletier, noted conductor OF
the Metropolitan Oper Company Or
chestra, will handle the part of the
broadcast originating in Chicago.
Like reports Of the passing oil
Mark Twain, rumors of Ronald
Colman's retirement from the
screen are slightly exaggerated.
Says Colman, who is now starring
In his own radio show over NBC.
1--WE practically retired after every
picture I've made for the last five
years - but then somebody comes
along with new story idea I de-
eide not to listen, I listen just lit
tie, then, to be polite, I listen bit
more - and the first thing I know
I've got an 8 o'clock studio call, and
I'm in front of camera again.
"Just shows that a good script is
more powerful than good inten-
tons"
Dinah Shore, who's long beer
known as the owner Of one of the
smallest waists in the entertainment
business-21 inches around, for the
benefit Of the figure minded-llas
lost another couple Of inches since
beginning her last film, Belle of the
Yukon" Her costume calls for a
corset of the period around the
year 1900, and, says Dinah, Wear
ing 1t breath taking experience. 8"
Producer Bill Spier of the "Sus-
| penSe" thriller hiller airshow, says
casting experience occurred when
the funniest incident of his broad
he was producing a dramatic show
in New York. There was a large
studio audience" explains Spier,
land the transition music between
scenes was crashing and thunder
GUS. Suddenly there fell an abrupt
and complete silence, as the actors
prepared to 60 on with the script.
But out Of the sudden stiffness
came a high-pitched feminine voice
shrieking into the ear Of her COM
panion, IT ALWAYS" she yelled.
FRY mine in lard!"
Crime Doctor the Obs detective
program which once boosted Of thu
most number Of boards in radio,
now hasn't single beaverl Just
a few months ago there were House
Jameson's grey goatee, Everett
Sloane's flaming Van Dyke, Jacs
tombstone (the Crime Doctor" di-
rector at the time) with his ordi-
nary brown facial foliage and ar
assortment of other Beavers in Ray
Blocks orchestra. But Jameson re-
moved his for the sake Of a series
Of magazine photos; Sloane was
forced into razorblade assault be-
cause son Ned scissored a chunb
of in jest; tombstone is now out
in Hollywood; the musicians de-
cided boards were passe and SO
made a pilgrimage to the barber
ship. And that's what you'd cali
giving 'em the hair!