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Portland Public Library Portland Public Library Digital Commons The Maine Broadcaster Local History Collections 6-1949 The Maine Broadcaster : June 1949 (Vol. 5, No. 6) Maine Broadcasting System (WCSH Portland, ME) Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/mainebroadcaster . ub.OC I :L,v~ T B E U':-Vau - MAINE BROADCASTEh PUBLISHED AS AN AID TO BETTER RADIO LISTENING :&f ftllak Vol. V. No. 6 Portland, Maine, June, 1949 Price Fivt SHIMER REPLACEMENTS JOIN NBC LINEU. aul Gill Hit On Network Nelson Eddy-Dorothy Kirsten Symphony Will ad Video In N. Y. Showing Co-Star In Music Hall Series Occupy Sunda~ il G ill ana his wrsatile talen ts, notified that he was sch eduled for the ntnrl" re- :rvcd for· " 'CSH and Talent Scours program o f 1Vfoy 23. Evening Hour ~ B, , .icAsrin_g System audi­ Assigned co the third spot on the . ~amcJ 1taQAn.wide attention nl'cwork show. which also is seen Outstan~ing network pr ograms axe high pr,isc for his recent appear- via CBS rdevision, Gill w:is intro­ rak1111{ 1hcll' plae,·s in rhe , HC sum­ mer schcdalc as rncarfon substitutes 111\ .,rthur CoJfrev's T alent duced to G o dfrey b) the former 's for some of the winter season shows ut"' on CTIS. ,Radio Daily , Je:id­ brother-111-law Lewis Youngs of ldio an,J, television trade paper, Bangor, .ind proceeded fro m thern whose stars and rop performers go on v:ic arion in the warmer months. al l\otcwmtlw cributc co the l\lfoinc wirh his besr imitations. H e firsr The chwgcs already arc underway man •rtlh rhe · observation chat Gill simulated Godfrev himself, then went ,111d more ll'ill be in o rder duri ng u11tlo1 1,rcdh had contribmed some­ on to Amos 'n' Andv. \ V inston this mcmtl, and next. thinl? b• .-idcr ,,rostramminll' with his Churchill and Jack Bennv's "Roches­ A sponso r new ro the N BC net­ ralcnc, for mimic,! •1f famn.w.;...J:)eO- ter'', and wound up with a brie f in­ rcrprccatio n of his own Uncle T-1 czzie w ork', tho ugh long-c~tahljshl'd in ple. radiu, the United tares Steel Cor­ character. G ill is regularly heard o n \VCSH porntion, will j(>in the ro~tcr soo n From the applause that greercd ear lv mornings as a dise jockey, later w ith a Sunduy evening hour, R..l O ,., him at the close of each imitation .,s Vnclt' l Jera ic in The Ttadi1w 9.30, prog rammed by the N TjC Sym­ and the close of his act, it was hard Post, :igainr· rhc late nftcrno11n o;; p ho ny Orchestra. Jn t he corni11g for \lainc l istcners to understand \\"fl l)O an \\'LBZ in a \ 'is\C W ith F,111, U. S. Steel will µi,cs.:nt its · Jn• a young c rooner, heard first on :.Jnde Hezzie. and on ~rurday highly-n,tcd Thea GuilJ hnur, program, and not Gill, was de­ •nuns i11 Qi-,tlc Tlczzic's S.1turda\' ,h. offering somo of rlw hcst plays in \ 'i~ir ory r!,c Farm. · dtr,:d ·win ner ,imong rhe four con­ ndio unde1· recognized prnclutt ion tcst,n,ts he d. Ir all' smrted w hen Gjll was in­ experts, , ~h1~•·,( to scud a rr:1nscrlpriur1 nf h is Gill i~ in his rcgul:ir \ VCSH Already established for rhc "11111- 11mtat1ons t t, Archur (l':oJ fre,. .~s and MeQS ows, hut nssociaces 11re S H A HE ~:·PO TLIG HT- Sopruno Dorothy Kirsten and baritone Nelson Eddy mer in the 7.00-7.30 Sunda,• even in!{ 1 sulr, ht was call ed 11:0 '-cw York betting dtdt ·s fornr.,blc 1·1,cices in perio d fornwrly occupied bv H orac~i ,llld audit;oncd, and gh·cn :1ss•1ranc1: Qr<: co-star red in all-musicol ,,crie~ of Kraft Music Hall sturtin!l t his month ~he tra <le pr . mav whet rhe curios_ over NRC. Tbis wil he E ddy', third senson and Miss Kir> ten's oecond o n the Heidt js the ad vcn1u re sro.rv series, rT he v oulc' be ac&prcd f ·: G od- /t it} of program ~uildcrs in New York ~ummer series . R ichard l1i;;111ond, Pr ivate Dctecci vc frc)"~ T 1lcn. Scouts sh0\1 , rhough or dscwhcrc and rhat he mav vcr ~rnrring screen luminary Dick Powel!. prol.1bly nm 1,cfott ~ Fall. f-le re1~i,·e II caU,. J~J1igger fields, 'lik~lv Twll disringuished singers, Li~.ri. Robert Armbruster is musical con ­ Outstanding musically will be the •1·as surprised ear last n onrh to be rclc~ision, · tune Nelson l:.ddy and sopran,1 Dor­ d,1ctor 11f rhc K,\IH series wi:h Ede~ return of Nelson Ec!dv, famed bari­ och · Kirsten, :ire srarring again i.n .ind 1\ Iiss K irsten. · tone and D orothy Ki~ 1,-9,,-JJ~ lWg.... Kraft ~ lu~ic Hall's all-musical series soprano. tu Kraft Music Arthur. Fiedler True To on '\BC l,q;i,rning T hur~,lay, J une 2 cur~ep~,,, ~ .~, , 9.()0 to 9JO (Q,/)O ), m. U} I' , l. 1r \IOUS T "' · • • .~ . -t Jol~"r 1'11 89~ks, "'SUlrtmer matus. µ1ogram A substitution of real in1pom nce ~crinn vf rhe- 13osc-0n Sym1lhony. .\kl\• 26. A~e Rep..orter, tak~ pluce in the near frittn•~-no.. 11- ---' ~"l""'.ll!!"'"'lx== mi In 19 18, after a brief period in the T his is l!dcly's rh ,• .l season, and Y()ur Bir Parn de, when Hill Harring- .\.rmy, he r cturnt•tl m the o rchestra ,\I iss Kfrstc,i.'s s,•, 111, on l{M H . Joins NBC News ton rakes <11·cr in placi: of F ral\k as a 1tiolist, He remained in the ,\I iss l< irHcn, in -.ddir.ion rn r.i;r re­ Sinatra, V1 •ntl isr Eileen '\Vilson viola section of that orchestra until gular appearanns on lhc shf.w last George H icks, noted rnJjo news will be retained, hut Mar k \IV:m1u\\ 's several seasons after he had become s11111111cr, ha~ made frcqucm visits to • and special events repo rter, has join­ orchestra n:rurns to the program pe rmanent cond uctor of t he Boston the pro!!rnn, at Jolson's guest in, the .:d rhc st:1 ff of the BC News and after prolonged absence, and a n ew P(1ps Orchestra in 1930. past year. Spt•cial E venrs dcp:irtmcnr. mixed chor us has been added, the Tn January, 1942, t he dapper con­ b h~v. r:idic , ~erecn ~nd co ncert Hicks, who h:1s been in rad io all Hit P araders. his adult life, is wcll -k1Jown for Jijs ductor, who had heen 011e of Bos­ scar.. has appc:ircd ofren :1,~ gu.csc Guy Lombardo's famous orchestra ton's most eligible bachelors, was soloist on ~ HC\ T clcnl,unc Hour rci;ordings made aboard a command tilccs over for Phil H arris and Alice married en Ellen Bottomley. Fiedler hroa(,c:i~ts. Mi., Kirsi~), j5 one of craft just before, during and im- r aye o n their Sunday evening time is both a sullurbanite and° cosmopo• the Merropolirn, -<.)per<!' Comp:tn\,'s 111cdiatel y afrcr t he D -day landings from 7.30 to 8.00. T he H arriscs will lice. H e is an honomry police and n1nsc noted ~n ists. · 011 Normandy beaches, one of which rcrurn in the Pal l. fire chief. T oday Vicdler is one of brought ro i·adin audic11ccs for the The George 0 . H anlon show. a the best known c itizens of Boston first rime rhe actual sounds of the w ar newcomer, w ill be heard Tuesdays and a n internatio nal figure. H is in Europe. at 8.30 p. m. in place o f the Alan broadcasts w it h the "P op$" orches­ flicks is s1:ttecl ro lie among the 30 Young program. Bob Hope and t ra on NBC's R CA \'ictor Show and reporrcrs and corrospundenrs w ho Fihher McGee and MC1llv w ill take his recordings for RCA Viccor have will go to Euwpc this month co rake their summer vacatio ns, and it is not 11111de F iedler and the Boston Pops part in hrnadcasts commcmo(ating delinirely k nown as yet who will familiar wherever music is hc,lrd. t11e fifrh anniversary of the invasion rl'ulacc them. Pcunlc Arc Funnv at Fiedler starred a new idea when he of Nor111a11dv. P l~ns call foe the IO.~ O T t1esdays will gjve way for the established the open-air concerts on playing of pa;·ts of rhe records made summer to :1 new progrnm. A L ife rhc Esplanade of rhe Charil's Ri,·er. by H icks during rhe invasion on D . In Your H ands. Morton Downey, These free concerts were instituted clay, to he foll owed liy his description w hn sings T11csdavs, T hursdays and Arthur F iedler hy F iedler to bring music to t he of rhc same :ircas as they are today. S:1t urdavs at 11.1 5 p. m. will he off 111:rnv t housands of Boston residents Among H ick's fumre major as­ rhc airlines for the war m months, ' \\'hat's m a nam_c? " the poet who had not heard the concerts in signments w ill be reporting on t he n,rnrning in rhc Fall.
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    Page (5-A TORRANCE HERALD. Torrnnce, cmiromia. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1C. 1037 Chateau Thierry Battle Films Found MUSICAL 'Andy* of Amos and Andy Married \ Big Moments NEW YORK HIGHLIPE ON SCREEN ! By Chance After 16 Years In Vault HIT OPENS In New York's WASHINGTON il'.P.I One for p'osterlty. h(>n thoy wen of the- most precious of all World : nln off In th projection room TONIGHT Vivid History War records-tile six reels of , t _ u, " COI1CColleenBP ' 101for tnrthe bcn-"rn fllm showing the 3rd Division, , Rhythm, sweot, trembly and New York In the oarly yea of the A. E. F. In action before '. pflt of thc iWioral stnff and all lowdown; heavenly song hits of the century when "Dlamo Chateau Thierry Is now safely I officers- Interested in studying scrumptious girls: n parade of Jim" Brady was a familiar f In the keeping'of the War De-iAnietiean fiuhting-nien Hi-ae- lire .ind Lillian Russell was t personalities headed by Allc toast of the town, lives brie partnipnt after a mysterious dls- ; tlon. Kayo, the Ritz Brothers, Do: appear;: IB years ago. Gen. James B. Allison. retir on the screen in "Manhatt Hying fiddles, hot Melodrama," which co-sta Sorgt. W. A. Shoemaker, sec- Ing chief of the Signal Cor[ Ameche; retary of the Society of the 3rd j said on receiving the prized rec" U-umpets and honey crooners; Clark Gable, William Powell a Marine Division, who recently I ords at his office: dancing feet like rain on the Myrnn Loy and opens tonlg roof; and the Insanest antics at the Torrance theatre.
  • Pioneer Film Director Honored / HENRY KING

    Pioneer Film Director Honored / HENRY KING

    The Museum of Modern Art 'iWest 53 Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 Tel. 956-6100 Cable: Modemart NO. 57 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PIONEER FILM DIRECTOR HONORED SEVEN WEEK RETROSPECTIVE FOR HENRY KING CO-SPONSORED BY MUSEUM AND DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA "...the most underpublicized filmmaker in Hollywood. This tall, lean, handsome, urbane, but unflamboyant model of a corporation president makes film hits so easily, so efficiently, and so calmly that he is not news in a community of blaring trumpets, crashing cymbals and screaming egos." -Frank Capra Henry King, one of the founding fathers of American film, who began his career early in the century, remains today one of the legendary figures in Hollywood, and though he preserves his privacy, his films such as "The Song of Bernadette," "Twelve O'clock High" and "The Gunfighter" speak for themselves, and these and other major works will be part of a seven week retrospective given in King's honor by New York's Museum of Modern Art in association with the Directors Guild of America. The Virginia-born director, who has specialized, like D.W. Griffith and John Ford, in Americana themes since his first classic, "Tol'able David," and later with "State Fair", "In Old Chicago," "Jesse James" and "Alexander's Ragtime Band," will make a trip from the West Coast to New York to participate in the opening of this program. On June 29 and 30, he will address the Museum audiences, although he seldom makes public appearances. While he contributed to Hollywood's worldwide reputation, King, who recognized such early superstars as Richard Barthelmess, Ronald Colman and Gary Cooper and gave them their first leading roles on the screen, has managed to retain his relative anonymity in an ostentatious environment.