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RADIO PICTORIAL, April 29, 1938, No. 224. Registered at the G.P.O..a a Newspape, EVERY FRIDAY Special' Investigator COWBOY TO ADIO STAR - Big Bill Campbell's - OwnStory ED MORE MONEY By John Trent SHIRLEY RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938 ..... ..... A happy moment for Winifred and Kenneth, S. charming wife and son of famousviolinist MMANTOVANI and JuniorMantovani, whose hands are insured for £10,000 r2 April 29, 1938 RADIO PICTORIAL No. 224 RADIO PICTORIAL The Magazine for Every Listener Published by BERNARD JONES PUBLICATIONS, LTD. 37-38 Chancery Lane, W.C.2. HOLborn 6158 MANAGING EDITOR K. P. HUNT ASST. EDITOR MARGOT JONES PROPRIETOR OF RADIO SHOP :Now here's a set that gets every station, sir. Can you hear that?That's Persia ! WISECRACKS by THE WEEK'S WITTIEST BROADCASTERS CUSTOMER :AllIcan hear is atmospherics. MIIMIONIIIIIMINEMIIIIIMMOIIIIINIM PROPRIETOR : Why, sir-that's INKREDIBLE! WELL SPOKEN cats ! VISITOR : May I see Mr. Sandy PRODUCER : Say, we don't want :WHERE TO FIND YOUR By Al and Bob Harvey (B.B.C. MacFife, the Scottish comedian ? this dame in the leading part. She FAVOURITE PROGRAMMES. "Palace of Varieties" National, April 30). STAGE -DOOR KEEPER :I'm don't speak good English. Radio Luxembourg sorry, sir, Mr. but MacFifeis ASSISTANT :Sure, boss. What Pages 25, 26 and 29 . HIGH KICKER engaged in important business. we want is elocution. Radio Lyons 1ST CHORUS GIRL : There's one VISITOR : Doing what? PRODUCER : Yeah ?Well, fetch Pages 30 and 31 thing about me-I have got shapely STAGE -DOOR KEEPER :Mr. Miss Cution here. It's a lousy name, Paris Page 33 MacFife is removing the inkstainsbut we'll call her Ella. feet.Your feet are nothing more RadioNormandy from his blotting -paper. By Eddie South (in the new Brown than boats ! and Poison show, Luxembourg, May 1). Pages 34,35,36 and 38 2ND DITTO (viciously) : Another By George Formby (Feen-A-Mint star, Luxembourg, Normandy, May 1). RadioEireann crack like that and you'll take a short trip on one of 'em ! Page38 U TAP OF THE TREE By Maisie Weldon (AI acleans Radio B.B.C. Programme Guide Normandy Calling, Normandy, May 1). " This tap -dancer certainly knows POP- ULARITY Pages22, 23and 24 " Have youbroadcastinthe his business." mmunnummosiomm GEE! Children's Hour before ? " "Do you think he's another Fred PRODUCER (rehearsing histor- "Well, I've had years of experi- Astaire ? " THINGS ARE LOOKING UP ical play) : When the villain tries to ence as an Uncle." "Why, this man's a whole flight." BANDSMAN :If I asked you for kiss you, you shout " Nay, sir !" and " In the Children's Hour ? " "A whole flight ? " a kiss,I suppose you'd turn your when he asks you to elope with him " Oh no,inthepawnbroking " Yeah, a whole flight Astaires." nose up ? you cry " Nay, sir, nay, nay !" By Doreen Stevens (Rinso Radio business." Revue, Normandy, Luxembourg, May I). CROONETTE :No, my whole HEROINE :Say,what amI By John Rorke (with Mabel Con- face. supposed to be-a horse ? standuros in Children's Hour variety, By GeoffreySumner(Horlicks By Fred Douglas (Risla Fun Fair, Regional, May 3). Picture House, Master of Ceremonies, Normandy, May 1; "Palace of Varieties," CLOSE OF PLAY Luxembourg, Normandy, May 1). National, April 30). " I must say you're a wonderfully LABOUR OF LOVE young -looking man for seventy." WHAT'S IN A ? HE : Would you like to see some " But you should see my father, WIDE-AWAKE FELLOW GEORGE :That's a nicelittleof my imitations of film stars ? lady. He's ninety-two and he's got LANDLADY : Iwon't charge dog you have there, Kenneth. SHE : Yes, start imitating Robert. twenty-five children." you for breakfast, since you didn't KENNETH :Rather. We call it Taylor. " Why don'tyouinformthe eat any. Ben Hur. By Edna Wood (Windmill Revu- newspapers ? " ACTOR :That's great-I couldn't GEORGE : Ben Hur? deville star. Hear excerpts from Revude- "Not till I get the final score." sleep either. KENNETH :Yes. When it was vileinDanderine'sshow, Lyons, By Max Miller(ina "Comedy ByCarrollLevis(presentedby a puppy we called it Ben, and a little Luxembourg, May 1). Corner" recording from Lyons, May 5). Quaker Oats, Luxembourg, Lyons, later we found out our mistake. Normandy, May 1). By The Western Brothers (in new YOUR SIGNATURE -TUNE " GUYED " No. 8 B.B.C. series, "Cads' College"firstterm begins May 6, National). WHITE -CAPPED " Tellme,didn't your brother BREAKING IT GENTLY work in a circus as The World's SHE :I always cook to the radio Tallest Man ? " now.When the band plays Did " Yes, he was so tall he had snow Your Mother Come From Ireland 1 on his hat all the year round." I make an Irish stew. When they By Wilfrid Thomas (Stork Radio play Annie LaurieI make some Parade, Normandy, May 1;Cremola Scotch shortbread. programme, Normandy, May 2, 3, 4 ,6). HE (biting furiously) : What were they playing when you made this cake-Rock of Ages? MORAL SUPPORT By Mary Lee (with Roy Fox in " Gather round, folks. I'm going Reckitt's "Swinging In The Bathtub," to sing." Normandy, May 5, Luxembourg, May 6; " Very well, I'll accompany you." "An Hour To Play," National, April 30). "On the piano ? " " No, to the hospital." TURNING OFF THE LIGHT ByPaddy Browne(of the B.B.C. " Have you heard about the band- "Cads' College" staff, starting May 6). leader jilting that little croonette he was so fond of ? " "Great Scott !Why, he told me BAIT she was the brightest ray in his " Say,that was alivelylittle life." blonde I saw you with last night. "Well, now she's his ex -ray: - Where did you find her ? " By Janet Joye ("Friends To Tea," "It was easy.I just opened my Regional, May 2). wallet and there she was." By Harold Ramsay (Fynnon pro- SHIVER MY TIMBERS ! gramme, Lyons, Normandy, May 1). "My,it'sa coldnight !This reminds me of the night I was born." "Oh, was it cold the night you FACE VALUE were born ? " And then there was the Hollywood "Was it cold? Well, you can tell star who had platinum -fillings in her how cold it was-No stork would teeth. ever have reached us. A penguin Her teeth were worth so much, she brought me !" had to sleep with her face in a safe. By Jack Curtis (Lushus Jellies show, By GertrudeNiesen (Horlicks Luxembourg, May2,5,Normandy, Picture House star, Normandy, Luxem- May 3, 6). HENRY HALL . " HERE'S TO THE NEXT TIME " bourg, May I). 3 RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938 LEW STONE COMES BACK (-ADDS and ends :Wilfrid Thomas, per- sonality warbler (see his photograph on page 8), now helping to write and devise several AUDITION shows a week for I.B.C. New crooner ON with Maurice Winnick's band, who should make the grade, is Sid Lewis, late of Al TUESDAY, Berlin's band, twenty years old and good, BROADCAST but he's going to change his name, why, ON heaven knows. .. Syd Chasid, violin and SATURDAY bandleader, now leading oneof Johnny Rosen's bands... Harry Hemsley summoned to a command performance at the Capitol, Cardiff, during recent Welsh tour of Queen Mary. Harry a riotous success as usual.. Fred Latham has left the Jackdauz. Reason ? Difficulty of fitting in the work with Jack Harris's frequent broadcasts. .. To solve many queries, " Mr. Wilkes," in the highly successful " At the Black Dog " broadcasts, is Cyril Nash, grey-haired, debonair radio veteran. Pioneer TT'S fairly certain that ball -to -ball broadcasts of 1 the England -Australia test matches will be a feature of this summer's radio programmes. Pioneer of this type of broadcast is Oswald Anderson, amiable "Aussie" broadcasting genius, now in this country.It's claimed that Andy has pioneered more innovations in Australian broad- JohnShar- casting than any other man. man (centre) As a matter of fact, he pioneered and directed with Len the first public broadcast in Australia, in 1923. Bermon and Dawn THE craziest -school -ever opens term on May6, Davis, new when "Cad's College" hits the air. MusicHall Davy Burnabyisheadmaster,Kenneth and act George Western are head prefects, Fred Morris is Boots, Archie Glen is the fag to the chief prefects, IT 'S good news that Lew Stone will soon Paddy Browne (as already revealed in "R.P.") is be taking up a resident West End job the botany mistress, Tom Kinniburgh is the Scotch again, now that the Hippodrome show, master,and CharlesShad wellandtheB.B.C. for which he was conducting the pit Variety Orchestra are all signed on as "pupils." orchestra, has ended its run. Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye, those mercury - With the B.B.C. giving its late -night dates fingered pianists, visit Cad's College for the opening exclusively to" outside " bands,itwill day 1It all sounds a lot of fun. Cad's College is a mean that Lew 's smooth music will be heard place where the three R's stand for revels, racket, again on the air. and "rah ! rah !"It is situated, by the way, at He's going to Le Trianon (ambitious nite- Hounds Green, Dunceter. spot which is to stage Mae West's London debut),anditisnow certainthat Al Au Revoir Bowlly will return to his old chief. TWO exits to America.One is Albert Original members of Lew's Monseigneur band Harris, who has been playing guitar with to return to him are Lew Davies, trombone, and Ambrose. Alfie Noakes, trumpet, both from Jack Harris's The other is Hal Swain, who is signed up band.