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Scan 877
Variety radio directory (1940-1941), 1940
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120,000 Years in Sing Sing, 1936 (Sloan's Liniment, NBC Red); Behind Prison Bars, 1937-38 (Sloan's Liniment, NBC Blue); Criminal Case Histories with Warden Lawes, 1938-39 (Sloan's Liniment, NBC Blue); Right Thing to Do, 1938-39 (George W. Luft, NBC Red); Gang Busters, 1937-40 (Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, CBS); By Kathleen Norris, 1939-40 (General Mills, CBS). (L) Broadway Boy, 1932; We the People, 1933; Goodbye Again, 1934; replaced prima donna in May Wine for one week, 1936; Constant Wife, 1937; Successful Calamity (leading lady for Walter Hampden), 1938; others, including stock.
3BAKER, PHIL. Comedian. Born Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 24, 1896; h. 5 ft. 10 in.; w. 175; brown hair, blue eyes; e. Boston schools; m. Peggy Cartwright, former actress; four children, Margot, 6, Stuart, 5, Michael, 3, and Susan, 2. His first theatrical appearance was in a Boston amateur show, and resulted in his professional entry into vaudeville where he became partner to Ed Janis in a violin-accordion act; not long afterward he teamed with Ben Bernie, Baker playing accordion and Bernie violin; the War broke up this combination, and Baker joined the Navy; after the War he did a single act in vaudeville, gradually adding gags to his accordion playing, and eventually evolving a turn utilizing a stooge-in-the-box; he later played in musical comedies. First radio appearance in 1933. (R) Armour Program, 1933-35 (Armour & Co., NBC Blue); Phil Baker, 1935-38 (Gulf Oil, CBS); Honolulu Bound, 1939 (Hawaiian Pineapple, CBS). (F) Warner Bros., Sam Goldwyn (f); collaborator on songs for one Columbia film; shorts. (L) Music Box Revue; Crazy Quilt; Artists and Models; Greenwich Village Follies; A Night in Spain; Calling All Stars; others (s). (V). (PR).
5BAKER, SAMM SINCLAIR. Writer, director, producer. Born Paterson, N. J., July 29, 1907; e. Paterson High School and University of Pennsylvania; m. Natalie B. Baker. Started writing radio commercials and programs in 1934; formerly advertising copywriter. (R) writer, producer: Famous Jury Trials, 1937-39 (Mennen Co., 1937-38, local sponsors, 1938-39; Mutual); producer: Cheer Up, America, 1938 (Mennen Co., NBC Red); People's Rally & Fun Quiz, 1938-39 (Mennen Co., Mutual); The People's Vote, 1938-39 (Mennen Co., CBS); Quixie Doodle, 1939-40 (Mennen Co., Mutual); also many commercial news and commentator programs; scripts for Gang Busters (Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, CBS); NBC Original Plays and others.
7BALTER, SAM. Sports commentator. Born Detroit, Mich., Oct. 15, 1910; h. 5 ft. 10 in.; w. 198; brown hair and eyes; e. U.C.L.A. (1929), University of California (1930); m. Mildred Balter; one daughter, Barbara, 5. First radio appearance in 1937 when he wrote a sports script and secured a sponsor for it via KEHE, Los Angeles. (R) Inside of Sports, 1938-40 (Bayuk Cigars, Inc., Mutual); others locally.
9BARASH, THEODORE. Director, Benton & Bowles, N. Y. Born New York City, Jan. 17, 1914; e. University of Michigan; m. Jean Atkinson Barash. Started in radio in 1937 as agency director with Benton & Bowles. (R) Colgate Ask-It-Basket with Jim McWilliams, 1939 (Colgate Dental Cream, CBS); Myrt & Marge, 1940 (Concentrated Super Suds, CBS). (LS) I Give You My Life, with Molly Picon, 1937-39, and The Molly Picon Parade (Maxwell House Coffee, WMCA, New York).
11BARBOUR, OLIVER. Program director, Transamerican Broadcasting & Television Corp., New York. Born Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1904; e. Mercersberg Academy and University of Rochester. Started radio work in 1929, as actor and producer at WHAM, Rochester. (R) Light of the World (as director), 1940 (General Mills, NBC Red and Blue); others, since 1929, as actor. (L) Fourteen Broadway productions (featured actor in many); director of summer theatre, 1938, '39.
13BARCLAY LUISE. (Luise Barclay Boldenweck). Actress (leads, dialect). Born Philadelphia, Pa., May 23, 1912; h. 5 ft. 7 in.; w. 130; brown hair and eyes; e. Cincinnati Conservatory, Philadelphia Conservatory, Leland Powers School of the Theatre, Boston, Mass. First radio appearance in Chicago in 1933 after a tryout suggested by a relative employed on a fan magazine. (R) Betty and Bob, 1934-35 (General Mills, NBC Red and Blue); Rich Man's Darling, 1935-36 (Mutual); Modern Cinderella, 1936-37 (General Mills, CBS); Woman in White, 1938-40 (Pillsbury, NBC Red); First Nighter, 1939-40 (Campana Sales Corp., CBS); Grand Hotel, 1940 (Campana Sales Corp., CBS).
15BARDO, BILL (Wilbur P. Bardo). Orchestra leader. Born Beaver Falls, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1906, son of George M. Bardo, orchestra leader and champion fiddler
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