Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14

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place a ceiling on the number O
voices that Edgar Bergen will b
allowed to do. This sterling bit o
advance policy comes on the heel
of the news that next fall nev
champion will join the tight littl
circle of Edgar, Charlie and Morti
mer Snerd. This character will Civ,
the boys plenty of trouble, too, TO
she's an old maid with young ideas
Her name at the present time il
Ophelia, but that will be changed
before fall
If you have ever seen Bergin worl
in the warm-up period before broad
cast you would know Ophelia, fol
her head is Edgar'S fist, her feature.
are greasepaint, and her costume 6
handkerchief After the summer
vacation, however, she will be 6
skillfully done hunk-of-wood wait
ing for male guest stars with oper
arms.
The haIf-ho chiller is becoming
quite the thing about town. Last
week we carried an item that WTOF
was planning series of mystery
dramas, this week WMAL comes out
fatty with the announcement that
it will broadcast such a series be-
ginning tomorrow evening, 10:30-11
pm. The title is THE House OF
Horror" bringing you tales of the
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blood and thunder. This is local
program, produced by Washing
tonians with a Washington cast.
The scripts are written by an out
standing author of horror stories.
To our way of thinking, one of
the best bits on the air today is the
IT Love a Mystery" program, Obs
WTOP, pm, Monday through Fri
day. The script and the production,
both done by Carlton E. Morse, COM
bine into a smooth presentation of
material on the fantastic side. This
is a continued story, that is, con-
tinued for a number of episodes,
until the story is told, then begins
a new series. The titles for these
dramas are wonderful, beginning
Monday it's You Can't Pin Muir
der on Nevada; the last series was
81 Am the Destroyer of women;
one tafore that was THE Fear That
Creeps Like a Cat"
What brought all this up is the
information that the program has
been renewed for three more years,
and that a new leading man, Jay
Novello, joins the cast, succeeding
Michael Raffetto, as the sleuth Jack
Packard. What's more, this is only
a try out and there will be a series
of new Jack PackardS. Any new one
will have to be good, for Raffetto is
one of the most finished actors on
the air. You probably have heard
him as Paul in "One Mans Family"
While we are on the subject of cast
let's mention Mercedes Mccain
bridge, who plays most of the femi-
nine leads on the II Love a Mystery"
programs. She is one of the most
versatile actresses we've ever heard,
q powerful and facile voice with a
multitude of shadings and a COM
plete command of accent.
Take a three or three and a half
hour program off the air and you
have to fill big hole in the sched-
ule. This is the problem which
faced the Blue program ex-
perts when the Metropolitan Opera
season concluded. They came up
with some pretty good shows for
your Saturday afternoon listening.
Among the better ones are: Trans
Atlantic Quiz" at lis, Women in
Blue" at 2 pm, new program Of,
by and for the WAVES, variety
show with music and drama; at
2:30 it's music of Bobby Sherwood's
Orchestra and at Ais Horace Heidi
holds forth. The news comes at 4
pm.
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Music in the air department: The
lineup has been announced for the