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Show STUDIO VISITS WITH TWINKLING STARS IN RADIO FIRMAMENT Modern small-town life is being poftrayed in Friendship Town, a new program series inaugurated over an NBC-WJZ coast-to-coast network. net-work. An all-star cast, including Edwin Whitney, Don Carney, Pick Malone and Pat Pagett, blackface comedians; Virginia Gardiner; Edith Spencer and Harry Salter's orchestra orches-tra depict the various characters making up the country village of to- day. There are scenes in the drug store; the academy of music, upstairs; up-stairs; the garage; opera house and other local points of Interest in Friendship Town. Local politics play a large part in the general theme, with love interest supplied by a pair of young sweethearts. Vocal selections are provided weekly by Frank Luther, tenor star. Ray Perkins, radio funster, says there are a lot of men today who, when they think of business, get a slump in the throat. j Marcella Shields, who plays varied roles, is proud of a naive tribute to her ability as a delineator of children. chil-dren. Following a recent broadcast In which the former vaudeville actress ac-tress played a little girl, she received re-ceived dozens of letters from children chil-dren who thought she really was a child. A soldier who has been in the United States Veterans' hospital since the World war recently wrote to Elaine Page, fashion expert on the Woman's Radio Review, for instructions for crocheting a scarf described in one of her broadcasts. The veteran explained he could stick to knitting like many of his comrades, but he preferred to do something different. Many celebrities are nervous before be-fore a microphone, but not Frank Buck, the man who brings 'em back alive from the jungles. Buck, who was recently interviewed by Grant-land Grant-land Rice over a national network, admits he was jumpy during rehearsal, re-hearsal, but perfectly at ease when he faced the "mike." The quintet of Hawaiian Serenades Sere-nades hajls from the South Sea Islands. Is-lands. Joseph Rodgers, the director, picked up the other four members and brought them to America. They, are William Joseph, Frank Antiserl, Jim Hapikinl and Samson Akaka. Will Rogers, according to Frank Luther, tenor, is the only great comedian who never looks for "gags" for his next stage appearance. Luther Lu-ther traveled with Rogers through the South and West on a flood relief tour, and declares the humorist Is never at a loss for the correct answer an-swer to any question serious or humorous. hu-morous. The other night on the Cantor program pro-gram : Wallington: Hey, Eddie! In China they grow pumpkins so big they cut 'em in two and each half makes a cradle for a baby. Admiral Cantor: Huh! That's nothing! Back home they grow vegetables veg-etables so large that three cops sleep on one beet. Frank Crumit and Julia Sanderson, dropped in on Rudy Vallee at the Pennsylvania Grill recently. Vallee suddenly broke Into his routine, and called on Crumit to sing his "Gay Caballero." Frank got up, cleared his throat, hesitated, and had to admit ad-mit that at the moment he could not remember the words of one of the most famous of the songs written by none other than Mr. Frank Crumit. Some quick prompting by Miss Sanderson San-derson saved the day. Dorothy Berliner, radio pianist, writes as well as plays. Her book "Making an Orchestra" has Just been selected by the Child Study association as one of the 100 best children's volumes published in 1931. One of the most enthusiastic admirers ad-mirers of Dean Gleason L. Archer, who broadcasts talks on, law over a National network weekly, Is an elderly elder-ly blind man who sends gifts ranging rang-ing from rare hooks on Colonial history his-tory to boxes of fruit. |