The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-03

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nagle will drop into "Duffy's Tav-
Orn'' next Tuesday, March Z, at $50
., m, EWT, over the Blue Network,
10 assist I'd Archie" Gardner In
making out his income tax return,
HIS fldueiary IN q nut, ~ usual,
what with phoney oil stock and
counterfeit ten-dollar bills which
Crackpot OToole foisted On him,
not to mention the weekly deficit
from the SIS per plttance that Duff
~ pays him, Archie Is worried. No
matter which way he looks OF it
vertical or hori1ontal-"the net
gross deductions on the indices don't
compare quadrllaterally with the
column on exemptions"
II Tigers II me old pal stoop-
magic will lend me the loan OF his
I. @. It will be Q clnch, Triggernom-
etry was not one Of me best sub
jects ct school, I fam would con-
TESS"
Holding front row seats on the
curb during the transaction viii be
Charlie "Finnegan" Cantor, Flor
ence Miss Duffy" Halop; Eddie
'"rhe Waiter" Green and Willard
"Crackpot OToole' Mitchell, Music
by Peter Van steedens orchestra
and O popular ballad by Benay We.
nuta will temper the proceedings.
Arthur Hopkins, distinguished
veteran Broadway producer, pre-
sents series Of plays on the Ma
tional Broadcasting Company Net
work starting April ~, recreating in
radio versions many Of his great
hits OF the last three decades, 1t
was announced today by Clarence
L. MenSer, NBC Vice President in
charge Of Programs.
The series will be titled Arthur
Hopkins Presents" and will be heard
every Wednesday ct 1880 p. m.
(EWT). The plays will run full
hour and will feature as nearly as
possible the original stars who
created the roles. Wyllis Cooper,
widely known radio writer and head
Of the Program Development Divi-
sion Of NBC, will write the scripts
Among the ealy productions con.
templated are Our Town" with
Frank Craven; 1.-THE Philadelphia
Story" with Katharine Hepburn;
Anna" Christie" and '"The Deluge"
with Pauline Lord; "Burlesque
with Barbara Stanwyck, and plays
with Raymond Massey, Eva lie Gal.
leinne and Joseph Schildkraut, Phi
lip Merivale, June Walker, Edward
G. Robinson, Ralph Bellamy and
many others.
In announcing the new series
Menser said, ''It Is with great pride
that NBC announces Arthur Hop
kins' association with II in this pro-
lect. nj the more than thirty years
he has spent on Broadway.
Arthur Hopkins has been o vital
force in the American theater."
His production since he turned
from Journalism to produce THE
Poor Little Rich Girl" have covered
wide range Of authors and stars.
He has staged Shakespeare, Tolstoy
Ibsen, Hauptman, Sophie Treadwell
Eugene O'Neill, Elmer Rice, Robert
Sherwood, Sidney Howard, Philip
Barry and Zoe Atkins. A few of the
great artists who have played under
the Hopkins banner are Mrs. Fiske
Ethel Barrymore, Nazimova, Pauline
Lord, Laurette Taylor, Katharine
Hepburn, william Gillette, John
Drew, John and Lionel Barrymore
Leslie Howard, Clark Gable and Ed.
ward G. Robinson.
This series OF programs marks
Hopkins radio debut. Commenting
on his new role Hopkins stated:
For years we have talked Of a peo-
pies theater and O repertory the
ater, always thinking Of them in the
limitations OF brick and mortar,
train schedules, baggage cars and
limited capacity audiences. In the
meantime, the microphone has
found an immediate audience OF
millions. Plays that can live only
when spoken have lain too long IN
undisturbed libraries. The medium
is here. The plays are here. And
fortunately the National Broad
casting Company, is about to bring
them together. I am happy to be as
ISOLATED with them in q project
which I believe can add greatly to
a wide enjoyment Of the theater's
riches"
Wyllis Cooper wrote the popular
radio series Lights Out" and
Good Neighbors" and was author
producer Of the Army Hour" He
has been radio actor and producer
and motion picture writer. He was
head Of the script department OF
MICS Central Division before COM
ing to New York as writer and pro-
Queer.
The first production Of Arthur
Hopkins Presents and the subse-
quent schedule will be announced
at later dates.
Frederick Delius' rarely perform.
ed Song Of Sunset" O setting Of
poems by Ernest Dowson, is pre-
senteu under the direction Of Sir
Thomas Beecham In Invitation to
Music" Wednesday, March 8.
(WABC- CHS. 1880 p. m. to ~
midnight, EWTC.
Soloists in the work are Mona
Paulee. mezzo-soprano of the Met.
ropolitan Opera, and Robert Nichol-
son, baritone. Members of the Col
legiate Chorale. Robert Shaw direc-
tor, and the Columbia Symphony
orchestra also take part In the per-
Torrance.
Delius worked on Songs Of Sun
set" during 1905 and $07, but the
composition was not performed pub
licIy until 1911 when Beecham gave
1t its world premiere.
A close personal friend and adj
mirer Of the composer. Beechaln
is universally recognized as Deliusy
finest interpreter. One English critic
has gone so far as to say, "It is
beside the point to label Beecham
as the greatest exponent Of Delius;
the simple fact Is that Delius' music
was written for only one man to