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Show By INEZ GERHARD JOHN LAIR, one- of the first to enter the so-called hillbilly field In radio, was well known on the air before he returned to his boyhood boy-hood home in Renfro Valley, Ky., to rebuild the old settlement and set up a shrine to American folk music. He originates, produces and emcees all radio programs eman- ; - - if.---. X " j ' , ' ' JOHN LAIE ' ating from the Valley, programs based on reality. If a possum hunt is to be broadcast, movable equipment equip-ment is taken to the woods and the hunt is actually staged. All of the program's personnel actually live in the settlement. Lair's music library is one of the biggest sources of music collections in the United States. Harold Lloyd and Jimmy Con-lln Con-lln spent three weeks filming one sequence in "Mad Wednesday"; Wednes-day"; they are seen chasing a 400-pound lion up and down fire escapes, in and out of offices and along narrow ledges of a skyscraper. |