Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 September 1936 — Page 36

FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1936

" Way Down East’ Scheduled by CBS to Begin Monday as New Version of

~ Old-Fashioned Dramatic Thriller

‘Breakfast Club’ Program to Be Awarded Merit Medal.

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and radio “idea men”

it inspired hunch that. makes a program or picture a hit. ! - Seo; when CBS gets Major "Bowes on Thursday, each’ network will have an amateur hour interest” programs are with increasing numbers, and has wdded a community its Sunday night old-time drama hour, competing with two similar. programs on Whereupon WFBM, local CBS let, retaliates with 2a gas-light! thriller of its own: none other a gerial version of “Way East." : :

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“Way Down East” was given first in 1898 and rapidly became a “classic.” It has appeared in book form, was filmed with and without sound, played many thousand times in theaters and, if there are any ~ “under canvas” stock stil touring, it doubtless still holds the: boards. If vou haven't relearned -oldtime favorite songs, vou had better start brushing up. For, according to Frank Sharp, program director

at WFBM. the Sunday night CBS |

“Community - Sing” is headed our wav, and will be broadcast Indianapolis in the near future. Mr. Eharp also said that the first

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“Winterset,” chosen as last year's prize play by New York drama | critics, made Margo (above) one of the most -talked-of young actresses on the American stage. Now “Wintersét” and -Margo have moved to Hollywood, and youll hear portions of the play with its original: heroine and Burgess Meredith, the New York male lead, on | WFBM at 1 o'clock tonight. Margo, by the way, started out as a dancer with ther uncle; Xavier Cugat, whose tango orchestra is heard

broadcast of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, previously .set for Sept. 25 and 23, now has a tentative booking from 9:30 to 10 p. m. on Septi 24. And that the 1936-37 radio season will be the busiest yet. JSponsors are spending more money, programs are becoming more elab-

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orate, and the emigration to Hollywaod continue unabated, Mr. Sharp observed, » on » In answer to “Radio Fan." Story of Mafy Marlin” will be back on the air Monday at 10:13 a. m It's changed over Network, however, and neither local station will carry the. series. A You might try one of the following: WJAR, WTAM, WCKY or WOW.

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““Theé Breakfast Club” heard daily |

except . Sunday at 7 a. m. from NBC's Chicago studio on the Blue Network, is to be awarded the Radio Guide. Medal of Merit during tomorrow's broadcast. This iS the first time that the radio ‘magazine has honored a daylight program in its series of awards. Curtis: Mitchell, Radio Guide's |editorial * director, will present medal to Don McNeill, gram’s. master of ceremonies. Others featured on the hour-long | broadcast are Helen Jane Behike,

contralto; Clark. Dennis, tenor, and | an drehestra under Walter Blaufuss® |

direction, in addition: to guest art- , Which have included Joan and

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th Escorts, the Hallywood High | the Ranch | Bays. the Cadets Quartet and ‘the |

Hatters, Russell Pratt,

Vagabonds Quartet.

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BY JAMES THRASHER Fate has a notoriously unkind way of dealing with composers. A Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert endures poverty, petty jealous connivings and neglect as the price of future immortality

A Mendelssohn or Grieg receives | Ji o l contemporaries | 5 not oblivion, at |. | 10:15

adulation of disrespect, if 1ands of later generations. One hears less sneers ast the mention- of Mendelssohn's name of late, however. and we seem ready to forgive Grieg such things as his “Peer Gynt” music and many of the piano pieces. are. viewing the hotel have perpetrated this Grieg music forebearance Begin Grieg Broadcasts performers

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Among present-day ready to give Grieg a more hearin are :- Nicolai violinist. and Frank anist, “who are to devote

Sheridan,

tomorrow over violin

ginning at 9 8. m. WFBM, to the $hree piano sonatas by Grieg.

for ‘the artists Griegites

same instruments, these nay give pause to the antiby performing three of

the Norwegian composer's worthi- |

est works.

In answer to the many who

dismiss Grieg as a miniaturist, it |

shoyld be said that the composer's

delitate health may have prevented |

his working ‘extensively in the larger forms. Though he lived to be 64, his health declined soon after he was 30. His love of coun-

try is evident in his life as well as | his music. He insisted upon living |

for nearly 30 years in his seaside villa. though he had only one lung » and the damp and rigorous climate | undoubtedly shortened his active Vears. : Won Deep Affection

. ‘Throughout his life Grieg won: the admiration of eminent musicians as well as the European musical public's deep affection. Liszt. von Buelow, Brahms and Tschaikowsky all had kind words for. him .as a young man. The - King of Norway gave him a life

pension... He was loved almost as |

much in England as at home.

Europe received him enthusiastically as composer, conductor and pianist, and .he was besieged by offers of |

an American concert tour. = = =

Much of Grieg's music is worth | at ledst an occasional hearing: the | Ballade for piano; the ‘cello sonata | as well as the three for violin: the Holberg ' Suite and some of the Norwegian pieces. As a song writer, the late Henry T. Finck, American critic, regardéd Grieg and Franz as second only to Schubert,

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frequently on WIRE.

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INDIANAPOLIS WIRE 1100 (NBC Net.)

INDIANAPOLIS WFBM 1230 (CBS Net.) Flying Time Norsemen ; News-Songs Sketches

100 Buddy Clark 15 Tea Tunes

Renfrew

CINCINNATI WLW 500 (NBC-Mutual) Orient Jane Emerson J. Armstrong Lowell Thomas

FRIDAY EVENING PROGRAMS

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CHICAGO WGN 720

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Melodies

Singing Lady Orphan Annie

’. Verrill Popeye Bohemians News-Schres ¢

Scout Master Uncle Ezra Races

Johnsons Digest Poll Lum-Abner Singing Sam

Ensemble Romante

. Lone Ranger

Irene Rich Doris Wester Top Tunes

Tavern

Varieties

Smoothies Smoke Dreams Death Valley

Bob Elson Rubinoft Nelson's Or,

Hollywood Hotel Frolics 5 Gilbert Mershon Clara, Lu, Em,

Waring’s Or. Clara, Lu, Em

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. Unannounced Park Concert Royalists Singing Symph.

Kostelanetz

March of Time Rubinoff G. 0. P. Talk Len Riley G. 0: Goodman's Or,

News-Bason P. Talk Navarro's Or.

First Nighter Red Grange Hot Dates Amos 'n' Andy Old. Fash. Girl Waterfront

Unannounced

Martin's Or. Nelson's Or~ se “

Martin's Or. Kyser's Or.

Goose Creek News Geo. Givet

Busse’s Or. Beecher's Or. Lowe's Or.

Fisher's Or.

- Jesters ." “

Russell's %

Paul Sullivan ’s Or.

Rapp’s Moon River Lewis’ Or.

Heldt's Or,

Dance Or. Sanders’ Or, Ss Dance Or.

Heldt's Or,

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT PROGRAMS

INDIANAPOLIS WFBM 1230 (CBS Net.)

INDIANAPOLIS WIRE 1160 (NBC Net.)

CINCINNATI WLW 700 | (NBC-Mutual)

CHICAGO WGN 720 (Mutual Net.)

Chuck Wagon Devotions . 24 News ’ Early Birds Musical Clock

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Cheerio “ “« News Erwin-organ Dance Rhythm Academy of Med.

Golden Hour Good Morning

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Hymns Vass Family Nagel's Or,

News Varieties Let's Pretend

Griffith-organ String Or. Josh Higgins Originalities

Melodies ““ Tae

Happiness Constitution

Ozark Melodies Doe Whipple a Sweethearts Sonafas Topics ® ” 4 Lone Star Olanders Orientale Hall's Or,

Abram Chasins

Madcaps :

Herman-Banta Virginians Krenz’ Or, .“ “

G. Fonariova Stocks-News Old. Fash. Girl

House Party Rambles Chubby Kane Salvo-organ

Painted Dreams Mark Love Salvo-grgan

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FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

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and | Having"! conciuded the three Brahms sonatas |

10:7 110-12 Words-Musie . Melody Time

June' Baker Melody Time Markets Mid-day Service

WPA Program Buffalo

Safety Club Skipper “ we News, Farm-Home Farm-Home

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Turner-piano Ensemble Salvo-organ String Trio

Roth's Or. 44 - ae Farm Bureau News Fatm Circle 1 Watkins’ Or. Chatter i

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Ensemble Hi Hatters :

Gale Page 3. Hessherger

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Meditation News Mary Baker Tennis

Varieties “ ‘

Week End

Salvo-organ Doring Sisters Baseball

"wea. Middleman's Or. Joan-Escorts .

Varieties = ie Great Lakes Fx. "

Rainbow's End

WE'LL. CAMP ON THE RIMER BANK TONIGHT AND GET AM EARLY START IN THE MORNING! THAT'LL GET US INTO" TOMORROW

NIGHT !

WE GOTTA TAKE IT AND LIKE

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Tennis a Blue Room

Bueaneers Ruth-Ross

Thurn’s Or.

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After Ball Game

Jesse Crawford Sally Nelson x" ie Serenade Charioteers Serenade

Tea Tunes

Roth's Or,

Smoothies ' A. G. Karger

News-Songs Art of. Living

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Britons Take to

| Best Radio Wisecracks est Short Waves

FRIDAY

ROMB—5 p. m. —News Opera. Italian songs. 2RO. 9 63 meg. MADRID — 6 p. m. — Orchestra. Spanish Lesson EAQ. 9.837 meg. BERLIN—7:30 p m.—String . Quartets with. 2 Horns by FEN and Beethoven. DJD. 11.77 meg. E Ne Pp. m—Gershom Parkington uintet GSP. 15.14 8. GSC 31.2 m., 9.58 meg. mes CARACAS—8:15 p rm Music. YV2RC, 5.8 meg. PITTSBURGH—10 p. m —DX Clui WEXK. 6.14 meg P DX Gist. REGINA—11:45 p. m.— On. th Range. CJRO, Winnipeg. 6113 meg. CJRX, Winnipeg, 11.72 meg,

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Robert (Bob) Bowman is Britain's Ted Husing. He is, the only rise-cracking . sports radio commentator in this | country and he has done much] | to revolutionize the stodgy way in| which British commentators usually | | describe events. Even to ‘the British listeners-in | | themselves, the “oh's” and “ah’s,” | : | the “1 say, that was a good one,” | seemed to have Cambridge leanings. | tand the Irightfully decent shot,” | At least, all he kept telling the pub- | { of the usual British announcer | lic was that “Cambridge are row- | | have become a joke. | ing awfully well” “They're rowing | I The Oxford and Cambridge boat | faster than Oxford,” “They're about {race this year was an outstanding | three lengths in front,” and then as |

— Dance

i of criticism broadcaster,

in an

the | press.

: The | remark, “Oxford are rowing quite | ex-rowing :

Blue, | well, too.” S | i i

| WASHINGTON TUBBS II

(VESSIR, WHEN A DIZZY CRACKPOT LIKE C. HOLLIS WALLIS BECOMES SHERIFF, I'M THRU! 1 QUIT! Jo

ALLEY OOP

IT'S A FACT. HE'S GOT A. BADGE N'EVERY THING.CLAIMS THAT MARRIAGE IS A 50-50 PROPOSITION, AN' THERE - FORE THE SHERIFF'S JOB

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IS AS MUCH HIS AS | LULU BELLES.

| example, coming in for a good deal | a sort of after-thought, he would | MYRA

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WELL, NOW, SINCE MY FRIENDS ) HAVE FOUND OUT THAT 1 WOULDN'T LET EM BORROW OU DINNY, “THEYLL HAETA GIVE UP THEIR CRAZY IDEA OF TRYIN TGO TO + SRWALLA ~

NORTH, SPECIAL NURSE

OOOLA AN’ FOOZY ) AN’ TH’ REST OF ‘EM PROBLY ARE PRETTY MAD - BUT, WHETHER “THEY KNOW IT OR NOT, 1 DID ‘EM A GOOD

TH IDEA! GOIN’ TO SAWALLA’ OF ALL TH’ AWFUL PLACES TCO - TH RUMMYS! WHY, 1 WOULDN'T GO BACK THERE FOR ALL TH’ SALT THERE IS ON EARTH! 4

Colonial |

HE WILL REMAIN

THERE ’ OUR OPERATION IS COMPLETED” WHEN OUR FATIENT RECOVERS FROM HIS ELECTRIK SHOCK,

FIFTY FOR ANOTHER

Ts MARVELOUS, | PROFESSOR!

WELL, GARSTIN, YOUR h TREATMENTS STILL WORK-H 1 CAN STILL APPRECIATE A BEAUTIFUL NURSE, EVEN THO | WAS BORN

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HUMPH? WAIT'LL I DISGUISE MYSELF. WE'LL SOON GET THAT SHERIFF IDEA OUT O HIS HEAD.

— \_D 1936 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. T. M. REG. U3. PAT. OFF.

CMON, DINNY, OL BOY - LES GO FOR A LITTLE JAUNT AROUND, TO SEE WHAT'S

WELL, FER! )

AND HERE'S YOUR CHECK FOR THE USUAL AMOUNT ~ I'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.

I'S SORRY, MR BLAKELY. BUT YOUR TREATMENT - WILL BE $5000 MORE N THIS TIME 7 VOU SEE, BER iM VEQY BUSY AND.