Show GE iE l ADIO By INEZ GERHARD GERnARD SAMMY KAYE KA YE entered WHEN college he was headed heade for a civil engineering degree But long before be ore he was graduated he had formed a college band after he left he kept the crew together radio called and his famous swing and sway style soon became a national favorite No other band band- bandleader bandleader bandleader leader has brought so many differ differ- different different different ent types of air shows to the net- net 1 A SAMMY IY KAYE KA YE works His Sunday Serenade music interspersed with readings of poetry was in direct contrast to toSo toSo toSo So You Want to Lead a Band Sammy Kayes Kaye's Showroom on ABC presents his crisp versions of popular songs Now he admits that its success has made him start planning a new one for later this year Someone with a statistical mind sat down and figured out that more women named Mary have been picked as Queen for a Day than those with any other name Rating second on Jack Baileys Bailey's hilarious program is Betty followed by Alice Helen Ruth and Ann Some that stretch the imagination have been recorded on the program program- such as Gummel An- An jani and Minal MinaI returns to the field of scale big-scale musicals with the an an- announcement announcement announcement that it has pur pur- purchased purchased purchased chased Two Tickets to Broad Broad- Broadway Broadway Broadway way and will produce it on the scale that made movie his his- history history history tory with their Rogers Astaire-Rogers films years ago Ralph Edwards is trying hard to live up to his new title Mr Cele- Cele tie bri-tie awarded him recently when the necktie industry gave him his annual award to a star per per- performer performer performer former from motion pictures and radio The theme this year as last when it was won by Bob Hope is Presentation took place before 1200 tie manufacturers ers from all over the country Prop man Irving Sandler's name usually appears in Samuel Gold- Gold Goldwyn Goldwyn Goldwyn wyn productions productions-on on store-fronts store street signs in a variety of other places But it wont won't appear in Gold- Gold Goldwyn's Goldwyn's Goldwyn's wyn's new release Rose Roseanna Roseanna Roseanna anna McCoy because the period of the story is 1880 and Sandler Sandier explains that was some years be be- before before before fore his ancestors emigrated to America Alfred Hitchcock a stickler for authenticity provided genuine old Brown Bess muskets which were used at the Battle of Waterloo for fort t use by soldiers in a military military- cere- cere ceremony ceremony ceremony mony in his new picture Under Capricorn Tom Ewel Broadway comedy I find who made his motion pic pie picture picture ture tore debut in Paramount's Pacemaker shorts has been cast as a ran Man Friday to Bing Crosby in Paramount's Mr Music l which will go before the cameras soon Groucho Marx who brings his You Bet Your Life to CBS Octo Octo- October October October ber 9 recently did a play-by-play play description of a benefit baseball game between teams of Hollywood stars which threw the fans into a dither He his vacation close to his Beverly Hills home playing golf doing benefit shows and attending Coast league base base- baseball baseball baseball ball games Lux Radio Theatre launched October 14 1934 celebrates its anniversary on the air October 17 It has never stopped growing gro ing is said to have established itself as asa asa asa a Monday night listening habit for 30 million Americans Any radio program that can at at- attract attract attract tract an audience at eight o'clock in the morning must have a pretty loyal following Junior Miss goes goeson r on CBS at eight Saturdays from Hollywood and the studio is crowded mostly with teen ODDS AND ENDS Bob Hope of I-of Where There Men Are Men has three homes homes homes-an an year all-year residence at Toluca Lake a winter place at Palm Springs and a summer home at Balboa And then he keeps traveling It is estimated that Drew Pearsons Pearson's ABC broadcasts are heard by more than 12 million people Eugene Loring the famous choreographer directed all the dance sequences in Warner Bros The Inspector General which stars Danny Kaye great comedy star i |