Thursday, April 24, 1941
DAILY NEBRASKAN
Ray Noble leaves radio for countrywide Music critic praises 'Torso
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By Preston Hays. loo original, "This Must Be
For the first time since he or
ganized his American orchestra,
six years ago, Ray Noble and his
17 man band pictured above- are
without a commercial radio pro
gram, but the radio vacation is
not forced. It's from choice to
give Ray and the boys a chance to
see America first. At the end of
the tour they will play the sum
mer season at Catalina.
Unfettered by broadcast sched
ules, Ray and the full band will
play in the university coliseum
April 30 for the Student Union
bhthday party and presentation of
the Cornhusker beauty queens.
Noble began his radio career in
New York with not one but three
commercials. He went on the air
for a cosmetic concern on which
the sponsor offered free lipsticks
for labels. The first week brought
in 83,000 labels. Simultaneously he
went on the air for two other
sponsors selling musical equip
ment and records.
Three programs a week, and an
engagement at the Rainbow
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much for the band, and the fol
lowing season he stuck with one
sponsor.
Less than a year after he made
his American radio debut, his or
chestra won third place in the
New York World-Telegram's an
nual poll for top bands in New
York. The next season he went to
work for Burns and Allen and
then went on the Alec Templeton
show as one of the headline features.
Bogart, Albert, Leslie star
in radio show Friday night
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"Hollywood rremiere," the Co
lumbia network series which
brings radio listeners previews of
motion pictures with the screen
stars playing their original roles,
presents "Wagons Roll At Night,"
starring Humphrey Bogart, Eddie
Albert and Joan Leslie, tomorrow
night.
"Wagons Roll At Night" is a
story of carnival life. Humphrey
Bogart will be heard in the rote
of Nick Coster, the hard-boiled,
cynical owner of a third-rate car
nival. Eddie Albert discards his
crew haircut of "Brother Rat"
and appears as a tough guy, too
Mat Varney who runs a lion
taming act. Joan Leslie, the young
girl who played her first starring
role in motion pictures opposite
Boggart in "High Sierra," this
time plays Bogart's sister, Mary
a convent-trained girl who causes
complications in the carnival when
she joins the troupe.
Louella Parsons, hostese on the
program, will introduce the stars
to the radio audience as well as
answer questions on Hollywood
life sent in by listeners.
Harmful publicity
Reeltimes
That too much publicity can be
just as harmful as too little of the
tonic was proved again recently
when the success story number II
of Frances Adair, picturesque vo
calovely on the "Johnny Presents"
series was revealed.
She eats regularly now, but
she'll never forget the early days
of her career when she nearly
Stuart: "Dr. Kildare's Crisis,"
1:28, 3:35, 5:42, 7:49, 9:56.
Nebraska: "Texas Rangers Ride
Again," 2:23, 4:54. 7:25, 9:56. "Free
and Easy," 1:13, 3:44, 6:15, 8:46.
Lincoln: "The Great Lie," 1:00,
3:07, 5:14, 7:21, 9:28.
Varsity: "Pot O' Gold," 1:35,
3:40, 5:40, 7:45, 9:45.
Variety: "Lucky Partners," 2:50,
6:00, 9:30. "Room Service," 1:05,
4:40, 7:50.
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Skirts 3130 to 5.30
Blouses 5.05
Jerkins 2.63
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with confidence in these
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Frtncct Adair
starved to
death because
of a "legacy"
of a half mil
lion dollars.
Anxious to gain
a strong toe
hold on the lad
der of success
right from th3
start, she en
gaged a hair
brained press
agent. The
mental machin
ery began to
function, and
out came an
idea of having
her fall heir to $500,000, left her
by a deceased relative in England,
The story was accepted ana me
actress, sinerer became a celebrity
overnight. It boomeranged, though.
Agency officials decided she was
unapproachable because oi ner
sudden good fortune, and for three
months she subsisted virtually on
peanut bars.
Ginny in the army next
Only a month ago Kay Kayser
and Ginny Simms, spotlight stars
of the "Uouege
of M u a ic a 1
K n o w 1 e d gc"
sessions, were
inducted into
the leatherneck
brigade at the
San Diego Ma
rine Base with
honorary com
missions as
sergeants. Now
comes word
that Kayser'a
is to broadcast from Ran
Field next Wednesday. Per
is angling this time
To this first-nighter the high
light of Kosmet Klub's 1941 spec
tacle, "Torso Del Torro" was the
show's unusuaiiy line original mu
sic, which was penned by student
composers. Catchy melodies, Latin
color, clever lyrics, and solid
rhythm backgrounds were all
found in the score.
Most of our bouquet must go
to Clarence Flick and Romulo
Soldevilla, who not only authored
the play, but turned out eight of
the show's eleven songs. Hit tunes,
in our opinion, were "I Want To
Be A Glamour Girl," "Local 676,"
and "This Must Bo Heaven."
The glamour girl number was
especially well done by Mary
Adelaide Hansen, who wrote the
very clever lyrics to match Flick's
and Soldevilla's score. "Local
676" was a good tune to back the
slap-stick dancing of Betty New
man and Bob McNutt. Though not
for an "honorary" army pursuit
ship for her excursions 'cross coun
try. Davis speaks to gratis
Elmer Davis, news analyst, has
been invited to be Commencement
Day speaker at the 154th annual
exercises on the campus of Frank
lin and Marshall college. Lancas
ter, Pa., Wednesday, June 4, ac
cording to an announcement by the
president of the college.
Business staff note
Advertising pays in many ways
at least it brings results. Free
man Gosden, Amos of the famous
CBS "Amos 'n' Andy" team, lost
a five months old cocker spaniel
in Westwood, Calif., recently and
advertised widely for its return.
He's had over 55 replies offering
him mastiffs, dachshunds, terriers,
bulldogs, one St. Bernard, chinau
ahuas. bloodhounds and setters
but "Puddin" the spaniel is still
missing.
Heaven" was one of the crowd
pleasers and might have good
"pop tune" prospects.
"In Juquilla."
Lending the Mexican color and
a rhumba rhythm were "In
Juquilla," and "Id Give The
W'orld." Kay Tunison and Carl
Harnsberger, who did the latter,
were responsible for the outstand
ing singing of the show. Other
songs for which the authors should
be commended were "Victory
Song," which was presented by
the three comic bull-fighters;
"Dear Mr.," which featuied Pat
Herminghaus, and "Those White
Collar Blues," which John Mason
sang very well.
Another top tune was "I'm So
Lonesome," which was written by
Dorothy Jordan. Perhaps one of
the most effective numbers in the
show, it featured the singing of
Mary Adelaide Hansen and pro
vided the rhythm for the tap
chorus. Lynn Myers gets an orchid
for his presentation of "Car
mclita," a good Latin number by
Dale Kreps and Leonard Peltier.
"How About It, Benito" was a
very clever and comic serenade to
the bull. The number, which was
presented by the bull-fighting and
slinging trio, was written by
Mary Rosborough.
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More than 1,500
enroll in course
on civilization
BERKELEY, Calif. (ACP). An
overflow enrollment in a new Uni
versity of California course on
American civilization is reported
by President Robert Gordon
Sproul.
More than 1,500 students en
rclled, making it necessary for the
university to install a public ad
dress system in a classroom ad
joining the institution's largest
hall.
"The large enrollment is evi
dence of the keen interest of our
students in American life and the
American contributions to civiliza
tion," President Sproul said. The
course is designed to spread be
fore the student "a broader pic
ture of the nation he may be called
upon to defend than is likely to be
included in any specialized pro
gram of study."
In the 10-year period 1931-40,
graduate student in American
colleges and universities produced
nearly 27,000 theses as candidates
for doctorate degrees.
Twenty-five thaperones and 666
coeds from Stephens college. Co
lumbia, Mo., recently made a tour
of the west.
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Blonde Wvnn Murray has re
turned to Fred Allen's cast on
the "Texaco Star Theater,"
heard on KFAB on Wednesdays.
Since her appearance with Allen
last season, Wynn has appeared
in Broadway's "Louisiana Purchase."
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