The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-09
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By ED LEAMY

LEAMY soloist each week, plus Edward Johnson, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera Association, as master of ceremonies and one tal- ented singer competing for a Met contract.
 Wilfrid Pelletier, Metropolitan Opera conductor, will be musical di- rector of the program.
 The Benny troupe, including the newest addition, happy, redheaded, 2-year-old, high baritone, Larry Stevens, will broadcast from Muroc Field, California, this Sunday, Mo- vember 12, p. m. over NEG.
 Last week, with the aid of Dun- ninger, the supreme mentalist, Jack discovered Larry in filling station, and the long search that started with his 'auditioning" Frank Sinatra and John Charles Thomas ended. The boy, who dispensed gasoline, oil, and window wipes, sang "I'n be Seeing You", and that was it for Benny.
 This week at Muroc, he'll sing "Let Me Love You Tonight.
 Of course, with Jack and Larry will be Mary Livingstone, Phil Har- ris, Rochester, and Don Wilson.
 Thursdays Gay = of the Day." It's songbird Helen Forests favor ite story, about the young couple who eloped and got married, after 24-hour courtShip. After a few days of the honeymoon, the fact came out that the bride was a pro- feSsional snake-charmer.
 .Why, darling" said the husband, little responsibility, "how is 1t you never told me that you were a snake e-charmer?"
 'Well,'' said the wife, you never asked me-"
 Singer Dick Haynes has a Man of Destiny coming to his Every thing for the Boys'' program. Tues day, November 21st. over NEG.
 It's Jimmy (T'he Nose) Durante, whose earlier appearance on the global half hour show was cancelled because it coincided with D-Day.
 Two new war songs, one written by Fred Waring the other by one of his staff now in European battle, will be heard fo rthe first time in the U. s. during the WATR- Blue Network broadcast of Fred Waring and his PennsylvaniaS tonight, Nov. g, at TOO p. m.
 The maestro's song, composed eS- pecially for the 169th anniversary of the Marines, is named "The Fly ing Marines" The Glee Club will also celebrate the occasion by sing ing '"The Marines Hymn
 Met baritone John Baker, sing ing star of Steel Horizons" heard Sundays at g p. m., over MES, has had to turn down eight concert dates for the first two weeks of December because his schedule of performances at the Met is so heavy.
 Worth her weight in gold means | almost just that when applied to l Yeoman Catherine Rooney, SPAR | from New Orleans. As the tiniest | contestant ever to appear on Jay c. Fippen,S Correction Please" (she's not more than feet Il incheS) | the SPAR recently garnered the largest amount of prize money on the quiz show.
 Dean Murphy, em cee of the M-G-M Screen Test" programs over MBS, is in extreme demand for civic functions. His latest appear ance was for the Women's Victory League in New York City.
 If Junior Riley sounds pained during 'The Life of Riley broad casts fo rthe next few weeks, it's because Conrad Binyon, who por- trays Junior has made the foot ball team at his high school, and those bumps on his head are not all from knowledgel
 Musical "hits" from the operas will be presented by Phil Spitalny and his Hour of Charm" all-girl or chestra November 12 over NEG, in their second broadcast from Holly wood. The girls are in the film city to make the picture, "The Co-eds Are Coming" in which they'll be CO., featured with Abbott and Costello.
 Town Criers quartet, heard on the Kay Kyser College of Musical Knowledge" includes one member who is still attending high school. She is Lucyann, who graduates this semester and will then join the rest of the group at City College in Los Angles.
 Several years ago, Cass Daley dlm and radio comedienne, became 3 student in television technique at the California Extension Division. The course proved so interesting to Cass that she augmented her studies to include television engineering as well. This week she was asked by he faculty to lecture on the rela- ionship of radio and film acting technique to that of television., |