Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-23

ANA' oiNANy ooh' 10. llC
Story of Ruby Valentine" starring
Juanita Hall in the title role and
featuring a distinguished support
ing cast, will premiere over the
Nationa, Negro Network under the
alternate sponsorship of Philip
Morris and Pet Milk starting Mon
day, January 25. The dramatic
daytime radio series will be heard
daily, Mondays through Fridays.
Listeners may consult their local
newspapers for broadcast time in
their own area.
In the role of Ruby Valentine,
Miss Hall-the singing star who
shone so brilliantly in South Pa
cific"-plays the part of a woman
who has two great careers. Ruby,
once a famous singer and enter
talner, as the series begins is ir
her middle age and the wealthy
owner of a chain of New York
beauty parlors. What happens to
her and to the lives that cross hers
make up the exciting "Story of
Ruby Valentine"
In the opening episodes Clara
4 johnson, played by lovely Sara
Lou Harris, shy and pretty girl
from small town, comes to New
York to seek her fortune. Armed
with a letter to lawyer Walter
Williams, enacted by Elwood
Smith, Clara in a matter of days
meets the fabulous Ruby Valentine
and finds herself caught up in the
excitement of the big city and I'M
expected drama.
Juanita Hall brings to her new
radio series a brilliant dramatic
and singing career that contribut-
ed greatly to the fabulous success
of "South Pacific" AS Bloody
Mary in the Rodgers & Hammer
stein musicale, Miss Hall was pre-
sented the Donaldson Award, the
Perry Award, and the Bojangles
Robinson Award for her show
stopping performance. She also
received numerous citations of
merit from such prominent organ
izations as United Cerebral Palsy,
The State of Israel, and the Amer
lean Council of Churches.
Aside from her national acclaim
by critics in "South Pacific" Miss
Hall has long been an important
star in the theatre and the world
of music. She played with the
original Ziegfield production of
"Showboat" and in Marc Connelly's
"Green Pastures" and has APP
peared in such Broadway successes
as "Sing Out Sweet Land" "St.
Louis Woman" "Street Scene"
and deep Are The Roots" An
alumna of the Juilliard School of
Music, she was soloist and assist
ant director of the famous Hall
Johnson Choir. She also formed
her own, The Juanita Hall Choir,
and has performed on such out
standing programs as the Kate
Smith Show, Rudy Val]ee, Norman
1 Corwin, and the Theatre Guild of
the Air.
The supporting cast of "The
Story of Ruby Valentine" includes
prominent personalities from the
entertainment world. Sara Lou
Harris ("Clara Johnson") recently
voted in the Chicago Defender poll
the "Most Glamorous Woman in
New York." does the popular New
York Mr.. & Mrs. airshow "Sara
Lou and Buddy" with her hus-
band, Buddy Bowser. She has ap-
peared in leading supper clubs and
is an alumna of Cy divers or
chestra. In addition to her show
business career, the beautiful ac-
tress is popular cover girl and
a successful model for Lord &
: Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Berg
dorf Goodman, Milgrim and many
other distinguished fashion houses.
Elwood Smith cavalier Will
| liams"), has appeared in seven
, Broadway, productions including
''The Priate," "St. Louis Woman"
-Four Saints in Three Acts" and
Peter Pam" He is also an expert
enced director, writer, and mar
rator.
Viola Dean ("Dinah Davis"),