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oLarcuppmg_ C;orge Livingstone—Strangely enough, swing i. usio 3 responsible in a fairly direct wav for increased interest 111 concert music, declares mic oager-quist, violinist-conductor of the popular “r irst-Nighter air series.The reason is relatively simple, according to Sagerquist, and boils down to the fact that people like the dulcet tones of the violin. Swing bands find no place in their fyigh-speed arrangements for the instrument, so those whose tastes favor string music listen to symphonies in order to hear violins and the soothing style otmusic associated with them. lt;* sponsor interested in featuringHarvest On State StreetJoe DuMond, radio’s “Josh Higgins of Finchville,” has found several rural touches in the heart of urban Chicago. In the shadow of the Wrigley Building stands a tiny patch of corn, bounded on one side by a freight yard and on the other by the Chicago River. An old law requires that a cow path, running through a building at 100 West Madison Street, in the Loop, be kept open for bovine traffic. And the telephone directory lists more than a score of horse-shoers.* * *RecommendedFranklyn MacCormack, original announcer of the “Sunday Evening Hour,” is reported practically set for a return to that spot, when it returns to the air in the fall. MacCormack, whose mellow voice won him wide audiences in his “Poetic Melodies” series, announced the Sabbath symphony concerts when they began during the Century of Progress Exposition in 1933.Joe DuMondher in a new fall series.* * *Virginia’s VersatilityVirginia Payne’s versatility will be put to a severe test in “Kitty Keene, Inc.,” beginning a few weeks hence, when she is called upon to double as a primitive Inca girl. Virginia regularly plays Clara Lund in “Kitty Keene,” as well as the title role in “Ma Perkins.”* * •Reverse EnglishIn “Judy and Jane” scripts, Judy is single, m Jane married. |f:In real life, the | situation is reversed. Mary Salisbury, the | scriptualJane, is unmarried while Marge Calvert, who plays Judy, is I wed to Charles Calvert, also Mary Salisburyin the “Judy and Jane” cast. * * *Shortest IntroductionProbably the briefest program opening in radio is that used on Professor John T. Frederick’s CBS “Of Men and Books.” The only preliminary is Announcer Parker Wheatley’s three-second statement “John T. Frederick speaks of men and books.”Back In CirculationOut of Passavant Hospital, where she went for observation after illness forced her to abandon her title role in “A.rno1dGrimm’s Daughter.” Margar- ' explains. “Ard the funnier I ette Shanna is conferring with a am the more 1 eat!”Sound ReasoningNo dieting for Billy House, 300-pound CBS comic! “The more I eat, ';he bigger I get. The bigger I get, the funnier Itma,” he
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Las Vegas Age
Las Vegas, Nevada, US
Fri, Sep 23, 1938
Page 9
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Kenton C.
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