Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-11-25
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BY NEZ GERHARD

When Sammy Kaye entered
college he was headed for civil
engineering degree. But long be-
fore he was graduated he had
formed a college band; after he
left he kept the crew together,
radio called, and his famous,
Swing and sway" style soon be-
came national favorite. No
other band leader has brought
SAMMY KAYE
so many different types of air
shows to the net works. His
Sunday Seranade," music in
terspersed with readings of poet
ry, was in direct contrast to $50
You Want to Lead a Band" ABC
presents his crisp versions of
popular songs. Now he admits
that its success has made him
start planning new one, for
later this year.
RKO returns to the field of
big-scale musicals with the an
nouncement that it has pur-
chased 1.-TWO Tickets to Broad
way, and will produce it on
the scale that made movie his
tory with their Astaire- Rogers
films years ago.
Ralph Edwards is trying hard
to live UP to his new title, "Mr.
Celebri-tie", awarded him re-
Gently when the necktie industry
gave him his annual award to a
star performer from motion pic
lures and radio The theme this
year, as last, when it was won by
Bob Hope is "celebri-tie". Pres
entation took place before 1900
tie manufacturer from all over
the country.
Prop man Irving Sanders
name usually appears in Samuel
Goldwyn productions-on store
fronts, street signs, in a variety
of other places. But it won't ap-
pear in Goldwyn's new RKO re-
lease, "Rosanna Mccoy, because
the period of the story is 1880,
and, Sander explains, that was
some years before his ancestors
emigrated to America.
Alfred Hitchcock, a stickler
for authenticity, provided gen.
uine old Brown Bess muskets
which were used at the Battle
of Waterloo for use by soldiers
in military ceremony in his
new picture Under Capricorn"
Tom EweII, Broadway COM
edy find who made his motion
picture debut in Paramount's
Pacemaker Shorts, has been
cast as "Man Friday, to Bing
Crosby in Paramount's "Mr.
Music, which will go before
the cameras soon.
Groucho Marx, who brings his
"You Bet Your Life" to CHS
October 9, recently did a play
by-play description of benefit
baseball game between teams of
Hollywood stars which threw the
fans into a dither. He spent his
vacation close to his Beverly
Hills home, playing golf, doing
benefit hows and attending coast
league baseball games.
''Lux Radio Theatre, launch
ed October ID, 1884, celebrates
its 18th anniversary on the air
October II. 1t has never stopped
growing, is said to have estab-
lished itself as a Monday night
listening habit for 80 million
Any radio program that can
attract an audience at eight
o'clock in the morning must
have a pretty loyal following.
Junior Miss" goes on CHS at
eight Saturdays, from Holly
wood, and the studio is crowded,
mostly with teen-agers.
ODDS AND ENDS Bob
Hope, of "Where Men Are Men,,
ha three homes-an all-year res
idence at Toluca Lake, a winter :
place at Palm Springs, and
home at Balboa :. And
then he keeps travelling 1t
is estimated that Drew Pearson's
ABC broadcasts are heard by
more than IL million people
Eugene Loring, the famous
choerographer, direvted all the
dance sequences in Warned Bros.
The Inspector General, which
stars Danny Kaye, great comedy
star