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RA I r. PICTORIAL THE ALL -FAMILY RADIO MAGAZINE JULY 21, 1939. No. 288. Registered at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper *BRITAIN'S SWING STARS *LISTENING WITH THE WINDSOR LUXEMBOURG, NORMANDY, PARIS, LYONS, AND EIREANN PROGRAMMESJULY 23-2 EVERY FRIDAY RADIO PICTORIAL July 21, 1939 whosepopular band can be heard in the Cookeen programme from Luxembourg every Monday and from CARROLL GIBBONS Normandy every Saturday at 10 a.m. 2 July 21, 1939 RADIO PICTORIAL No. 288 RADIO PICTORIAL A Mtn The All -Family Radio Magazine 441FtvEr.OM) Published by BERNARD JONES PUBLICATIONS, LTD. a. v 37-38 Chancery Lane, W.C.2. HOLborn 6158 MANAGING EDITOR K. P.HUNT ASST. EDITOR JESSIE E. KIRK Biparb4 IT sounds extraordinary that an artiste so youthful as Mamie Soutter should be celebrating this year her Silver Jubilee on the stage! Mamie- "doing her stuff" in Stanelli's "Crazy Cruise "-began her stage career twenty-five years ago as a little tot in the ALL THE WEEK'S GOSSIP, NEWS AND HUMOUR "TwelveLittleSunbeams,"hersalary HE off -to -America bug isstill getting show MIRIAM LESTER is a young lady of whom being sixpence a week to spend on lollipops 1 business people in a big way. Latest to declare you'll be hearing plenty, judging by her or whatever seemed to Soutter (sorry !)inhis intention of going is Carroll Gibbons, who willperformances in the "Melody and Song" pro- those days. sail immediately he finishes his summer tour of thegrammes. She's another Aussie, though actually She had to get a magistrate's licence everyprovinces. Anne Lenner expects to accompanyborn here in Leicester, and became a professional week. Then when she got too big, she was noMr. and Mrs. Gibbons on the American trip.pianist seven years ago. She toured in all the big longer suitable as a Sunbeam, but had beenIncidentally, Anne is contemplating starting asuccesses such asWhite Horse Inn andJill, "raised to stardom" in the troupe at three -club in the West End. She'll be certain of a bigDarling, in Australia, and also did a lot of broad- and -sixpence a week ! radio clientele ! casting out there. Now she's back in England, breaking fast into No matter where Jack Hulbert goes, he's alwaysradio and also doing a variety act called "Miriam, Gag of the week tells of an old lady who came to Murray and Maxine." Miriam sings in this act and Londontoseethe Lambeth Walk, and thoughtrecognised. Be sure your chins will find you out her partners dance. Look out for Miriam, I think Lupino Lane was a turning leading off it. IHEAR that Dorothy Kay, red-headedshe's going to be a star. favourite who has rather dropped out of HEARD the other week a fine rendering of oneratio, is contemplating a come -back. Dorothy 11 of my petmelodies, Rhapsody inBlue, is teaming up with Pat Halpin, who started 1 think this classic music tame, played by the pianist of the Willie Walker Octet,on the stage but for some years has been in But it serves a purpose all the same. and was told that pianist was Sidney Bright, thethe song -publishing business. The act will be If it hadn't been for Brahms and Liszt, brother of Gerald Bright-or Geraldo ! somewhat on the Daniels -Lyon lines-that's Sid also plays in his brother Geraldo's Savoyto say, plenty of wisecracking and also music. Where would Pola gets his Twiszt ? outfit and is heard on all Geraldo's records. Both Sid and Gerry studied under private piano tutor Back from a holiday in the United States, Will as lads. Gerry became a pianist on liners plying Fyffe and his wife greet the enthusiastic crowds at the Atlantic route, and Sid went to the Royal Southampton. Welcome back, Will. We've Academy of Music prior to a career with leading missed ye, laddie. London light orchestras. Later Sid joined Hylton at the Kit-Kat in 1925, then played at the Piccadilly, Berkeley, and with Carroll Gibbons. He has also " soloed 'on the air in "Romance in Rhythm." Not just brothers, but brothers under the skin ! Mr. Middleton's talks might have brought about a boom in gardens, but not to the extent of the loud- speakers themselves. risl the great hall of Broadcasting House is t the carving of a naked man, called "The Sower." His hand is thrust deeply into a bag slung from his waist, and he's supposed to be scattering seeds, but -- Visitor to Broadcasting House the other day paused, pointed to the hand in the bag, asked : "What's he supposed to be doing ?" To which one of the B.B.C.'s bright boys replied,"Oh, that's a repentant listener forking out his licence -money after ten years of piracy. ." Honest, customers ! CONGRATULATIONS to Kitty Masters. ManyIT is easy to look back and laugh at one's readers have wondered where she has been beginnings, as blonde and lovely Gloria Brent will agree. ON OTHER PAGES lately-" Why haven't we heardher? "The You see, Gloria has always been shaky at answer is a little baby son just born to Kitty in aauditions-admits she still is, even to-day- Page Burnley nursing home. and she can't imagine how she managed to B.B.C.'s Amateur Programme Racket 7 "He's already showing signs of being a singer," Kitty tells me ! prevent herself fainting when she first sang Stars and Their Cars 8 for a bandleader. Lawrence Wright ConcludesHis Howard Baker had asked her to deputise They tell of a Scottish comic too mean to take aat a dance at which his band was appearing, "Uncensored Diary" 10 holiday . he's draped coloured lights round hisas his vocalist hadn't turned up. Howard had Listening With the Windsors . 13 radiogram, and plays Promenade Concerts. noticed her dancing and asked a pianist acquaintance of his-Norrie Moore-to try to Britain's Swing Stars 14 persuade the delightful young lady to sing. Odd Fellows Take the Air 17 A NOTE from David Jenkins and Suzette Well, Norrie happened to be Gloria's fiance, Holidays They'll Never Forget 20 ATarri tells me that they are having aso it seemed an easy-not to mention a very grand time on their American trip. pleasant-task. But Gloria was terrified and B.B.C. Programme Guide 26 "We went to one show-a musical-calledwas only too glad when the microphone went Luxembourg Programmes 29 `Leave It To Me.' There's a funny little man"dead" as she was about to start ! in it called Victor Moore, something like As she turned to make her escape, it got Normandy Programmes 33 Horace Kenney and Tubby Edlin rolled intoback into its stride, however, and she had to Paris Programmes 36 one. Next night-there's nothing like thestay !She went over well and her success did Eireann Programmes 38 contrast they provide in America !-we wentmore than anything to give her confidence to to a show called 'The American Way,' whichget along. Now she sings with numerous Lyons Programmes 38 finished up with a funeral on the stage,bands on the air, a busy free-lance. complete with a real coffin !" Please turn to next page 3 RADIO PICTORIAL July 21,1939 World - famous pianistBenno Moiseiwitsch, Bride and groom, rehearses for a vocalistPat Kraft programme O'Regan and Miss in which hewill P. J. Porter, smile be appearing happily as they shortly,while leave Our Lady of PhyllisRobins Vict,ries Church, looks on with great Kensington. Good interest luck to you both ! THIS WEEK'S GOSSIP (Continued from previous page) DICE 0 'CONNOR, whose story of how he sold the B.B.C. on the idea of Damon Runyonappearedin"RadioPictorial" recently, tells me that the second of his series will be "Butch Brings Up Baby." Incident- ally, Dick had plenty of trouble locating Runyon when it was necessary to get his okay on the series. "I spent £9 incables to New York - primarily to the various clubs and saloons where Damon, though himself addicted only to tea and coffee, likes to sit and study the variouscharactersonBroadwaybefore writing 'em up !" Blow thelight out for daddy !Jack Wilson, who appears with his Versatile CRACK by announcer : "1 was asked to announce Five in the Turog Brown Dtbroy Somers, but the weather was so bad I nearly Bread programme from Luxembourg and Nor- announced Marius B. Winter." mandy, and his charming wife have a game with their son, Tony THAT experienced radio artiste, Doris Nichols, has just completed her series of broadcasts in "Danger, Men at Work," and may be appearing in more crazy comedy episodes in the near future. LOOKING positively immaculate in his A HEN the Imperial Airways flyingboat, Though she has been broadcasting for fifteen suit of tails in front of his excellent band V V Centurion, was partly submerged at Calcutta, years from practically every studio of the B.B.C.,at Quaglitio's, Van Straten (he has definitelyon its way from eastern ports to London, one of the Doris has never before appeared in a series. She isabandoned the All now !)sometimes findsletters saved in the mail aboard was bound for still living in the Midlands, and pays flying visitshis mind darting back to the first time thatbandleader Harry leader. to Town for these broadcasts. he ever entered the precincts of a lavish It was from a fan of his at Norwood, South You may remember that Doris was one of therestaurant such as he makes almost a home -Australia, and postmarked June 7, 1939.